* FLIRT GAVE A S500
RING TO STRANGER
Police Have It and Pretty Wife
Will Probably Not Call for
Jewel.
______
Philadelphia, Jan., 29.—The police
■here have a diamond ring worth about
$500. The owner is said to be the
pretty young wife of a prominent busi
ness man. So far she h. : failed to call
for it and it is doubtful if she will.
Albert Kirchner turned the ring over
to the police, saying that two nights
ago he got into a mild flirtation at the
corner of Eighth and Market streets.
The other party to the flirtation was
a pretty wrmnn, and eventually they
made an <#gagement to meet on the
same corner last night.
"How do I know you will be here,"
Kirchner asked.
"Here, X will prove it to you,” she
answered, and with that took the ring
from her finger and handed it to Kirch
ner. On the night appointed he was
on the corner. He waited there for
four hours, but the woman did not ap
** pear.
Detectives have ascertained that the
wife of a prominent business man two
L nights ago left not only the ring in
the hands of Kirchner, but two more
equally valuable rings in the hands of
two other strangers as pledges that she
would keep engagements. The police
pension fund will probably be in
creased.
VICTORY IN FAVOR
OF SUMMER BASEBALL
Conference Decides College Men
May Play With Men Who
Receive Salaries.
Chicago, Jan. 29.—Students attending
“Big Bight” colleges will be allowed
to play baseball with teams not under
the national agreement, provided they
do not receive money, directly or In
directly, for playing according to a
modified ruling adopted by the dele
gates to the college conference today
The ruling was advocated by Professor
Paige, of Minnesota; Professor Smith,
1 of Iowa, and Secretary Elyer, of Wis
consin. It is interpreted to mean that
students may Join in games with clubs
which include paid players providing
they themselves are not paid.
Some of the college athletes see in
the ruling more than a half compro
mise on the “summer baseball” ques
tion, which has attracted attention.
The conference re-affirmed the rule
which prohibits students taking part in
athletics of any kind as representatives
of athletic clubs, either in vacation or
during the college term.
STORY TOLD'BY A GIRL
BELIEVED TO BE FAKE
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 29.—Miss Kdn»
Ford, of Chicago, who was found hern
last night after a search which began
at Beaverdam. Ky., January 14, when
she disappeared, is still in St. Louis,,
despite statements to the contrary made
last night. She probably will depart
tonight for either Chicago or Oxford,
Ohio, where she was a student at a
woman's college.
Miss Ford was found by Mrs. Clara
A. Coates, general secretary of the Y.
W. C. A., and Is now a guest of Mrs.
Coates. The girl's aunt. Mrs. Grace
Gholson, of Chicago, according to Mrs.
Coates, will arrive here late today,
Mrs. Coate’s said the girl's trip was
the result of a whim to visit friends
here.
WOULD GO TO PRISON
TO SAVE HIS BROTHER
Denver, Jan. 29.—Guiseppi Poncia,
21 years old, pleaded today with Con
stable J. S. Rupp to allow him to take
the place of his brother, who is in jail
awaiting trial, charged with stealing
a door sill from a freight car.
% "My brother has a family to sup
port,” he said, "and I have no one de
pendent upon me. He has a Job and
can care for his wife and two chil
dren, while I have no work.”
Justice Morris, on hearing of the
circumstances ordered the constable
to look into the condition of the pris
oner's family, with a view of paroling
the man should he be found guilty.
WOMAN IS BADLY HURT
IN A LOUISIANA WRECK
St. Louis, Jan. 29.—Twenty persons
were injured, all but Mrs. Vernie
Kinkle, of Ferriday, La., slightly, when
the Iron Mountain train, known as the
Mexico and California limited, was de
railed last night at Garner, Ark., ac
cording to reports received today at
headquarters of the road.
Mrs. Kinkle was thrown from a car
Beat and received, it is thought, inter
nal injuries. A low switch point
caused the 10 cars of the train to leave
the tracks. The cars remained upright.
DETECTIVE FOSTER THROWN
FROM UNION HEADQUARTERS
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29.—After
Robert router, a detective for the Na
tional Erectors’ association, had been
ejected from the headquarters of the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers today, Frank
M. Ryan, president of the Iron Work
ers’, declared Foster had struck him
with the butt of a revolver. Foster
admitted he was armed.
LUMBER HEARING.
Kansas City, Mo., Jari. 27.—Taking of
testimony in what was expected to be
the last day of the hearing of the
state’s ouster suit against 26 lumber
companies charged with violation of
the anti-trust law began today with
the questioning of the last witnesses
for the defense. With the testimony of
both sides in, Speclnl Commissioner
Reynolds will present his findings to
the supreme court.
ZANGWILL TO PRODUCE PLAY.
London, Jan. 26.—Israel Zangwill has
finally decided to produce in America
his latest play, "The Next Religion," for
which the British censor refused a
license. The censor’s action was taken
because of certain passages in the play
which he regarded in the light of relig
ious criticisms.
PRIMARY IN MANILA.
Manila, Jan. 27.—The democrat!*
primaries today resulted in an over
whelming victory for the faction fa
Yoring the Philippine administration.
CHANGE IN JAPANESE
CURRENT OFF ALASKA
Warm Breeze Is Nearer Coast
of the United States ThaD
It Formerly Was.
Cordova, Alaska, Jan. 29.—A phe
nomenal change In the course of the
Japan current, which bring it closer to
the Alaskan coast, was reported here
today by Capt. J. C. Hunler, of the
steamship Northwestern, and Capt. P.
A. Obert, of the steamship Edith, ar
riving from Seattle. Captain Hunler
said the Northwestern was set 50
miles eastward ahead of the log run
ning from Cape Flattery to Cape St.
Elias.
Unusual weather conditions, believed
to be due to the change in the current,
have prevailed here for weeks. The
average temperature has been 40 de
grees above zero, and there have been
heavy rains.
Reports from the interior show tem
peratures there 15 degrees warmer than
ever before recorded at this time of
year. Warnings by wireless have been
sent to steamships now approaching
Cordova.
ASSASSINATION IS
PLAYING PART IN
CHINESE WARFARt
Tien Tsin, Jan. 29.—An attempt was
made this morning to assassinate Brig.
Gen. Chang Huai Chih, at the rail
road station here. The general was not
injured. The would-be assassin, who
is a young Chinaman, apparently ar
rived here on the same train as Chang
Huai Chih from Peking. The general
on leaving the train proceeded to his
brougham, which was in waiting. The
assassin followed him and threw two
bombs, whieli wrecked the carriage.
The assailant fled, but was quickly
surrounded by soldiers and police. He
kept his pursuers at bay for some time
with his revolver, but was finally over
come.
Chang Huai Chih, who is well known
here has been largely responsible for
preventing the population of Tien Tsin
from going over to the revolution
aries.
Murder in Peking.
Peking, Jan. 27.—Gen. Liang, Pi, a
high Manchu official former comman
der of the imperial guards was in
jured, perhaps fatally, today by a bomb
thrown by an unidentified Chinaman tn
military uniform. The man hurled the
bomb from the side of the road as
Liang Pi was alighting from his car
riage to enter his home. Both of the
general's legs were broken and torn
and the immediate amputation of one
limb was necessary.
The assailant was himself instantly
kelled by the explosion. Gen. Liang Pi
was a strong reac tionary and had been
suspected of implication in the recent
assassination of Gen. Mu Lu Cheng.
The agent3 of the revolutionary party
in this city recently intimated that a
dynamite campaign was not improb
able in the near future. Yesterday’s
and today's affairs may be the begin
ning of a series of similar crimes. It
Is evidently the intention of the dyna
miters to pick out the prominent of
ficials and military officers opposed to
the republican movement.
No Secret About It.
The republican agents who do not
attempt to keep the nature of their
mission in Peking secret, declare that
fighting will not be resumed imme
diately, although isolated conflicts may
occur. They communicate openly with
the staff of Premier Yuan Shi Kai.
many of the members of which have
expressed revolutionary sympathies.
One of the revolutionary agents here
makes the assertion that he has been
received by Premier Yuan Shi Kai, who
made him the promise to release a
number of suspected dynamiters, who
have been imprisoned recently.
Sun Yat Sen's Ultimatum.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 27.—Presi
dent Sun Yat Sen, of the provisional
Chinese republic, has issued an ulti
matum declaring the Manchu throne
must be abdicated by 8 o’clock on the
morning of January 29. the date set
for the ending of the armistice between
the government and the republicans, or
an attack will he made on-the capital.
This information reached here today
in a cablegram to the Chinese Free
Press.
HONOR TO CHURCHILL
BY HOMERULE MEN
They Will Organize Big Demon
stration for Him When He
Comes to Belfast.
Belfast, Jan. 29.—The liberal party
according to report current here, hopes
to compensate Winston Spencer
Churchill, the first lord of the admiral
ty, for his disappointment at his plans
in regard to speaking in favor of home
rule at Ulster hall being upset. To do
this they will organize a demonstration
in connection with his visit in Belfast
on more striking lines than would have
been the case if the home rule meeting
had been allowed to proceed without
molestation.
The military authorities in Dublin
have arranged to send troops here both
from the capital and other points,
should their presence be considered
necessary for the maintenance of order.
London, Jan. 29—Hillaire Belllco, for
mer member of parliament, in a speech
today, declared that he was actually
in a certain newspaper office when
orders came from an authoritative
quarter for the conservative press to
demand home rule in 1910. This hap
pended just before the general elec
tion at a time when part of the union
ists press was already writing in favoi
of home rule all round.
WOODMEN RAISE RATES.
Chicago, Jan. 29.-—The proposition foi
the revision upward of the insuranct
rates in the Modern Woodman ol
America, was adopted at the conven
tion by a vote of 460 for higher rates
against 307 opposing the proposition.
MINERS AND EMPLOYES
TALK WAGE QUESTION
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29.—Bitumi
nous coal miners and operators of In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and western Penn
sylvania met in joint conference today
behind closed doors to discuss a wage
scale to go Into effect April 1, 1912,
when the present contract expires. The
convention of the United Mine Workere
of America adjourned to tomorrow to
permit the officials of the organization
to attend the wage conference.
News Brew ties
NEW YORK—As he boarded his pri
vate car at the Grund Central station
last night to return to Ottawa, aftei
five days’ entertainment in the United
States, the duke of Connaught, gover
nor general of Canada and uncle 01
King George V., turned to Ambassadoi
Reid, who has been his host here, and
said: "We were very much impressed
by the hospitality of your people. We
were treated royally by tha press and
the public. The duchess and rnysell
are very grateful to the people of New
York, and we shall look forward with
great pleasure to another visit. Out
visit this time seems to have been toe
short.”
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.—Luther Da
vies. an Oshkosh, Wis., lumberman, tes
tified yesterday in the congressional In
vestigation of fraud charges in the sale
of Indian lands that he purchased $19,
000 worth of timber lands of the White
Earth reservation at the first day of the
sale at Crookston in 1900 and on the
second day turned them over to Hovcy
C. Clarke, said then to have been with
the Niehols-Chisholm Lumber compa
ny, for $24,000. Mr. Davies testified
that although the land was turned ovet
to Mr. Clarke the second day of the
sale by quit claim, the total transfei
was not made until three years after
ward.
BUENOS AYRES—Diplomatic rela
tions between the Argentine republic
and Paraguay have been broken off and
the Argentine minister at Asuncion has
retired from his post. The Argentine
minister of foreign affairs, Ernesto
Bosch, has sent a telegram from Asun
cion announcing that he had not re
ceived a reply from the Paraguayan
government to Argentine’s demand foi
satisfaction, and that ho had with
drawn from the legation this afternoon
and vyith his whole staff had gone
aboard the Argentine gunboat Parana,
He added that he would arrive al
Buenos Ayres tomorrow.
WASHINGTON—The Duke of Con
naught went the American "pace”
in his visit to the national capital yes
terday. Arriving late in the afternoon,
he was whirled first to the British em
bassy, spent 40 minutes in the White
House, where he was received by Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft, then was motored
back to the embassy', where he was
the guest of honor at a dinner to whlcl
most of the prominent members of the
diplomatic corps were Invited; visited
the National Press club and then, tired,
but ’’delighted,” as he expressed it,
sought his private car. He left about
midnight for New York.
ROME—France and Italy, it is under
stood, are agreed as to the principle
in the settlement of the Manouba af
fair, involving the arrest of members
of the Red Crescent society while pas
sengers on the French steamer Ma
nouba, en route to Tunis. The nego
tiations, which still continue, however,
between Marquis dl San Giuliano, the
Italian foreign minister, and M. Bar
rere. French ambassador to Italy, are
directed toward seeking a formula
which while fully satisfying France,
will at the same time safeguard the
dignity of Italy, so as to leave no trace
of the incident to either country.
FREEHOLD, N. J.—Andrew McCon
nell, the magazine editor and foundei
of a so-called electrical healing cult,
was convicted by a Jury here yester
day of assault with intent to kill his
wife, who is a member of a family
prominent in Atlanta, Ga. The testi
mony showed that McConnell shot hej
while she was at the house of her moth
er in Ocean Grove, N. J., on the nlghi
of December 23 last. He fled, but was
arrested in New York. Mrs. McCon
nell has partly recovered from her
injuries.
WASHINGTON—Patrick Barrett’s
anxiety to sec President Taft yesterday
landed him in the house of detention
where he will be examined tomorrow
as to his sanity. Barrett, who is 38
years old, came to this country from
Ireland nine months ago and in the
last two days has been acting queerly.
The day before he attracted attention
in the crowd at the union station wel
coming the duke of Connaught, James
Sloan, Jr., of the White House secret
service force, arrested Barrett at the
executive offices, where he claimed tc
have business with the president on a
"religious matter."
KANSAS CITY. MO.-While politi
cians debated their choice for the
party’s presidential nomination in hotel
lobbies, and with the atmosphere out
side the meeting filled with rumors ol
possible clashes between supporters ol
rival candidates, the republican stnu
central committee met in executive ses
sion at the Coates house today, selected
St. Louis as the place and April 25 as
the date of the republican state con
vention to select delegates to the na
tional convention in Chicago, and ad
journed without even so much as a
mention of factional Doubles.
PARIS—The Franco-Itallan Incident
arising out of the seizure of the French
steamers Manouba and Carthage by
Italian war vessels was settled yes
terday satisfactorily to both nations
This announcement was made at thf
close of a meeting of the cabinet, which
after examination, approved the terms
of the note agreed upon by Camille
Barrere, the French ambassador al
Rome, and the Marquis di Sangullano
Italian minister of foreign affairs. The
note will be published in Rome by the
Italian government.
CENTRALIA, ILL.—The coroner's
jury selected to Inquire into the Il
linois Central wreck at Kinmundy, 111.
early Monday morning, last night
brought in a verdict placing the blame
for the death of J. T. Harahan and the
others upon Henry Schneiderjolin
operator at Edgewood, and Harry J
Broecker, flagman on train No. 25. The
Jury also found that the railroad com
pany erred in permitting trains to run
so close together. The verelict was
returned after two hours’ deliberation
KHARTUM—The cathedral here
which has been erected as a memoria;
to Gen. Charles Gordon, who was killed
when the city was captured by the
Mahdists, was consecrated yesterday
The function, conducted with the ful
rites of the church, was most imposing
equaling almost the spectacle which
accompanied the reading by Lord
Kitchener, some years ago, of the bur
ial service to the memory of General
Gordon, who was killed on January
26, 1885.
NEW YORK—Miss Agnes Pear
Weller, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
her sister, Mrs. Catherine Smith
daughter of the late E. M. Weiler, ol
Utah, were fined $100 each in the court
of special sessions yesterday, aftei
having pleaded guilty to shoplifting
The fines were paid promptly.
BOSTON—Silas N. Phelps, the Mon
roe Bridge outlaw, was electrocuted at
the Charlestown state prison yesterday
for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Em
mett F. Haskins at Monroe Bridge on
June 12, 1910. The current was turned
on at 12:15:55 o'clock and the man was
pronounced dead by the physicians at
12:22:05 o'clock. Phelps met his death
calmly.
NEW YORK—The putting by a Third
avenue butcher of a one-pound lead
ainker in each of his Thanksgiving tur
keys led to his conviction and sentence
to three months In the penitentiary
yesterday.
BANKER MORSE GIVEN
HIS FREEDOM TODAY
Former Convict Will Go With
His Wife to Florida
Health Resort.
Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. 29.—Charles W,
Morse, the banker, whose prison sen
tence was recently commuted by Pres
ident Taft, left the army hospital at
Fort McPherson today. He was
brought to a local hotel, where he will
stay until he Is able to bo moved,
probably to some Florida resort.
Morse was accompanied by Mrs.
Morse and Ills sister. Miss Jenny Morse
He was conveyed from the military res
ervation In an ambulance. His physi
cians thought the removal from the
hospital where he spent so long a time
after his transfer from the federal pris
on would aid In his Improvement.
It was the first time in more than two
years Morse escaped the eye of govern
ment officials. Most of that time he
spent in the penitentiary. About two
months ngo he was taken to the mili
tary hospital. Since his freedom was
given him two weeks ago he has re
mained In the hospital, too 111 to b«
moved, according to his doctors.
TRIES SUICIDE AS
SPOUSE GOES OUT
WITH BOX PARTY
Chicago, Jan. 2S.—Claiming that sh«
was the wife of Ross C. Forbes, a
traveling salesman, whom she saw
with a man and two other women In
a box at the Chicago opera house, Mrs
Rachel Tipton, of Minneapolis, attempt
ed to commit suicide In the women’s
retiring room of the theater by swal
lowing the contents of an ounce bottle
containing laudanum and sweet oil. She
was taken to the Henrotln hospital,
where Dr Waterman, house physician
of the Hotel Sherman, said she might
recover.
Forbes, who lives at a rooming house
conducted by Mrs. Maud Moore at 1448
East Sixty-sixth place, soys the woman
Is not his wife and that she took one
of the tickets for the theater pnrty
from his pocket. Mrs. Tipton has been
living at Mrs. Moore's home since last
May, when, she said, she came from
Minneapolis. Forbes is married, but
Is not living with his wife. Mrs. Tip
ton is a widow.
Exchange of Tickets.
Forbes, who had arranged to attend
a box party in company with Mrs,
Moore’s son, Edward Moore, and two
women, went to the theater to exchange
the tickets, having discovered that one
was missing. While he was at at the
box office window, Mrs. Tipton stepped
up, produced the missing ticket and
said:
“You’d better change this one. too,
hadn’t you?”
The woman then attempted to ac
company the party into tho box, but
was prevented. Grabbing one of the
young women of the party, she said:
"You know he’s my husband."
One of the members of the party was
a Miss Jamieson. The name of the
other was not disclosed.
Finding that she would not he al
lowed to enter the box. Mrs. Tipton
went to the retiring room and sent the
maid for change, saying she wished to
telephone. While the maid was gone,
she swallowed the contents of the bot
tle. The maid returned with two
nickels which she gave the woman,
who went to the phone.
Notifies a Friend.
Mrs. Tipton then called up Mrs.
Moore and told her what she had done,
saying she would never see her again.
Then she called up a Mr. Jamieson,
brother of one of the members of the
party, and told him where his sister
was. saying "he would know what kind
of people she was spending her eve
nings with.”
She tlien told Jamieson that she
would meet him later at the Morrison
hotel.
The maid summoned the manager of
the theater, who called Dr. Waterman,
Forbes, declaring that the woman was
merely a roomer at Mrs. Moore's home
and not his wife, did not leave the box
until after the third act, when lie con
sented to talk to newspaper men. Both
of the women in the party said that
they knew the woman.
Mrs. Tipton is said to be a widow
and the mother of two children. In her
muff was found a pass book on a Terre
Haute bank, which she said belonged
to her uncle. When It was suggested
that she be taken to a c/ty hospital
she said:
“I want to be taken to a decent hos
pital. I can pay for it."
DEATH OF A UTAH MAN
JS STRONGLY DOUBTED
A, B. Edler, Former Supreme
Court Reporter, Thought
to Be Still Living.
San Francisco. Jan. 29.—A. B. Edler
formerly reporter for the Utah su
preme court, who, according to advises
from San Diego, was under arrest there
charged with using the mails to de
fraud, was reported from Los Angeles
in November as dead from blood
poisoning. The statement published
widely and never was doubted by his
acquaintances here.
About the time that the report oi
F.dler's supposed death reached here
Adam Richter, a Salt Lake real estatt
dealer, received a letter purporting t<
be from the owner of nine lots in Sal
Lake, offering the lots for sale at i
low price. Richter bought several o
the lots for $2,000, and subsequentlj
sold some of them. Richter, after pay
ing taxes on the lots, learned that the;
belonged to Minnie Oldham and Sam
uel Bender, of Butte, Mont.
Richter made the draft he paid fo
the lots payable to Floyd Scott. Thi
mail who applied for the money unde
the name of Scott, it is reported here
proved to be the Edler, long mournei
as dead.
CHAPLAIN OF^THE MAINE
LIKELY TO BE A BISHOF
New York. Jan. 29.—An unconilrmo
report has it that the Rev. John F
Chldwlck, who was chaplain of th
battleship Maine when it was de
stroyed, in Flavana harbor, Is to b
made bishop of San Francisco.
Father Chldwick is president of Si
Joseph's seminary at Dunwoodle. I
is understood the appointment to th
vacant place was brought from Rom
by Cardinal Farley, but lias not ye
been announced.
CONCRETE COMPETING
WITH LUMBER SALES
Witness in Hearing Says Other
Construction Material Is
Being Pushed.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27.—Further
testimony tending to show that the
price of yellow pine lumber has not
Increased more rapidly In the last 10
years than dozens of other commo
dities was given today by Charles 8.
Keith, of this city, who began his third
day on the witness Btand at the hear
ing of the state ouster suit against i
26 lumber companies, charged with vlo.
latlon of the anti-trust law. Mr. Keith
testified that corn, oats, rye, potatoes
and cattle had Increased In price at
a far more rupld rate than lumber.
"In the last 10 years,” Mr. Keith said,
"the yellow pine lumber trade has suf
fered severe competition from concrete
construction. To combat this the aim
of the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' as
sociation has been to find new uses for
yellow pine. The association has en
couraged the use of It for making
creosoted paving blocks, for Interior
finishing and for other purposes which
In the end tend to benefit the con
sumer."
With the election of officers and the
choice of a meeting place for next year
the principal business before It, the
final session of the convention of the
Southwestern Lumberman’s association
begun here today. The morning ses
sion was given over to further discus
sion of the fight upon mall order
houses, the parcels post, the so-called
"producer-direct-to-tho-consumer” and
"obi Iteration-of-t he-middlemen" move
ments, which, speakers said, tend to
concentrate the lumber business In the
I hands of big corporations.
AVIATOR RESCUES
GIRL FROM DEATH
INJCECOLD RIVER
Thompsonvllle, Conn., Jan. 27—■
tVhat Is believed to bo the first res
cue from drowning by aeroplane oc
curred a mile south of this village. The
circumstances surrounding the rescue
are most spectacular.
Dora Pease, n G-year-old child, re
siding In a small cottage on the bank*
af the Connecticut river, while return
ing from kindergarten, stopped to
watch men harvesting ice on the river.
Her childish curiosity aroused, she
crept to the open space In the river
below the ice cutters, who did not no
tice her. Two large cakes of Ice at
tracted her atentlon and seating herself
upon them the little one began to
amuse herself by propelling them along
the smooth surface of the frozen river.
Child Carried Away on Ice.
Suddenly the Ice cutters were aroused
by a loud splash and u child’s screams
and were horrified to see the child
seated on an Ice cake floating rapidly
Sown the river toward the Enfield falls.
150 feet away. An attempt to rescue
the child by means of a long rope
failed. Several of the men ran along
the banks of the river and one of them,
throwing off his heavy boots, sprang
after her.
The cold water forced him to aban
don the attempt, however, and In a few
minutes the child was within a few
feet of the falls, which roared and
surged as the water struck the rocks
30 feet below.
The attention of the panic-stricken
men was detracted from the child In
her perilous position by a whirring
above them as Charles S. Jenkins,
amateur aviator, swept down from the
Suffleld hills to the west and over the
river. By gestures the Ice cutters at
tracted his atentlon to the child, who
seemed to them to be at the very brink
of the falls.
Aviator Saves Little Girl.
The child’s attention had also been
attracted to the aeroplane, which was
swooping down upon her and, kneeling
upon the Ice raft, she waved her hands
nnd screamed to the aviator. As the
machine passed over the cakes of Ice
the child made a leap and a wild
clutch, grasping a cross-support far
below the engines and was lifted to
the seat by Jenkins.
Jast as the child leaped the Ice
reached the brink of the falls and fell
to the surging water below, minus Its
victim. The machine was brought to
earth on the shore of the river and
the little girl taken to her home.
PACKERS BEATEN IN
RULING ON EVIDENCE
Margin Sheets Are Admitted By
Judge Carpenter Over
Their Protest.
Chicago, Jan. 27.—A ruling In favor
of tho government In the prosecution
of tho 10 Chicago packers was made
today when United States District
Judge Carpenter allowed the Introduc
tion of evidence of 35 original margin
sheets of tl^e National Packing com
pany for the first eight months of 1910.
The defense had denied all knowledge
of these original margin sheets until
they were suddenly produced In court
by District Attorney Wilkerson.
The government believes the margin
sheets to be an Important link In
the chain of circumstantial evidence
by which It expects to prove the pack
ers guilty of violating the crlmlnul sec
tion of the Sherman law.
When Special Counsel Pierce Butler,
representing the government, started
to read the sheets to tho Jury the de
fense made vigorous objection on the
ground that tho evidence was imma
terial.
"These papers are Irrelevant and
should be excluded," snld Attorney
John S. Miller, representing the Ar
mour group of defendants. “If we are
not careful we will be overwhelmed
with Immaterial things in this cate."
"These papers are red-handed things
In the opinion of the government," In
terrupted Attorney Blair.
Judge Carpenter then overruled the
objections and Attorney Butler was
i permitted to read the disputed docu
ments to the Jury.
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> 4 BIG BANK ROBBERY. 4
4 -4
4 Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 26.— 4
1 4 Tho Royal bank branch at 4
• 4 Main street and Seventh avenue 4
5 4 was robbed of all its cash by 4
4 two robbers at noon. Manager 4
3 4 A. A. Stevens and the members 4
4 of his staff were backed into 4
■ 4 the vault and locked there 4
1 4 while the robbers helped them- 4
3 4 selves. The sum taken was 4
3 4 hich un in the thousands. 4
.. .
STOLEN GEMS FOUND IN
POLISH JEWELRY STORE
Murder Is Charged as One Fea
ture of Gigantic Robbery
of Statue.
Csenstochowa, Russian Poland. Jan.
!7.—Precious stones to the value of
(50,000, which were stolen two years
igo from the statue of the virgin known
is the "Miraculous Black Virgin,'■ In
ho famous monastery of St. Paul, In
his city, were recently discovered In
he store of a Jeweler named Adler, In
he city of Lubln, Poland.
Clews were also found which led to
he recovery from a house near Lem
:>erg, in Austrian Qallcla, of another
150,000 worth of Jewels taken from the
;ame statue.
Father Macoch. one of Iho monks of
he monastery of St. Paul, has now
seen accused of murdering his brother
jecause he threatened to Inform the
luthorltles that he was the author of
:he robbery. Father Macoch will be
rled on the capital charge next month.
The pope, since the date of the rob
>ery, has presented two diamond
:rowns of the value of {40,000 to the
(hrine of the virgin In the monastery,
s’hlch Is visited every year by more
:han 250,000 pilgrims.
WOMAN IN A BATHTU3
TAKEN BY CONSTABLE
Jury Now Considering Whether
He Committed Assault and
Battery.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 27.—A Jury In
:lio criminal court Is spending the night
lellberatlng on whether "Con" Ru
lolph, an outfielder, who will play with
iho Newark. N. J., club next season,
committed assault and battery when he
irrested Mrs. Mary Korpanty, of Ne
:rona, after she had undressed and
:.akon refuge In a bathtub.
"Con” was elected constablo of Har
•lson township at the last election. His
first, service was a detal to arrest Mrs.
Korpanty, who weighs 200 pounds, and
ivho was charged with disorderly con
luct, having had a quarrel with a
neighbor.
When "Con” went to the house to ar
rest the woman she filled the bathtub
ind Jumped In. "Con"’ stood outside
the bathroom for four hours. Mrs.
Korpanty defied lilm. So “Con’’ sum
moned Constable Heilman and Volun
teer Firemen Berkes, Conroy and Gib
son.
After Mrs. Korpanty had thrown wa
ter on them they made a rush at her,
grabbed her, and despite her struggles,
lifted her out of the tub. Then she
tainted.
After she recovered they wrapped
her In a blanket and carried her before
Squire Williams, where she gave ball
for a hearing. Members of her family
brought her clothing and she went
home. She then had "Con" arrested.
BOW IN IRELAND IS
PROSPECT OF SPEECH
Ulster Hall Refused to Home
Rule Speakers By Belfast
Corporation.
Belfnst, Ireland, Jan, 27.—The city
corporation today refused the request
of the Liberal association for the use
of Ulster hall on the morning of Feb
ruary 8, the day of the home rule dem
onstration, ut which Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
and John E. Redmond, leader of the
nationalists, are to speak.
The corporation also forestalled any
further possible maneuvers by passing
a resolution not to let Ulster hall for
any further meetings of any kind In
February.
London, Jan. 20.—Winston Spencer
Churchill's action in giving up his In
tention to speak In Ulster hall, Belfast,
on February 8 Is commented on favor
ably In today's newspapers. Only the
bitterest opponents of the first lord of
the admiralty chide him with retreat
ing from a position which he should
never have taken up. The home rule
meeting In Belfast will now probably
be held In St. Mary’s hall, which Is la
the nationalist quarter.
Dispatches from Ireland today ex
press the fear that It will be difficult to
prevent trouble in Belfast on the day
of the meeting. The unionists may find
they have created a force which they
will be unable to control. Some of the
Irish unionist newspapers now advise
Winston Churchill to cancel his visit
entirely.
GRAZED AWAITING
“NEXT” OF BARBER
Frantic Memphis Man Chews
Up Druggist and Police
Sergeant.
Memphis, Term., Jan. 27.—The strain
of waiting for a North Main street bar
ber to say "you’re next,” produced such
a state of nervous tension in the mind
of Henry Johnson, a steam fitter, to
day, that he became frantic and Jumped
on the back of Sam Levy, a druggist,
and bit a piece out of Levy's back.
Abandoning Levy he dived at Police
Sergeant Julius Brett, who weighs 350
pounds, and began chewing him. Brett
dually subdued the man and took him
to the station.
The legal authorities of Memphis now
are pondering the problem of what to
do with Johnson. If the prolonged
wait for his shave drove: Johnson crazy,
lie will be committed on a lunacy
charge. Otherwise it is a case of as
sault and battery. Proceedings have
been begun on both theories.
WELL. KNOWN NEWSPAPER MAN
ACQUIRES CLEAR LAKE MIRROR
Mason City, la., Jan. 26.—F. G. Ath
erton, former postmaster at Osage, haa
purchased the Char Lake Mirror fronv
Yost D. Wallace and will take poase*
alon February 1. _ „ '■