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organized for the sole purpose Of rnur-
dering and plundering. 1t is of SiciIian
origin and 1ourishes to-day most now
erfully near Palermo, Sicily, that ISL
and Of vendettas and murder. There
persons are held for ransom. If the
captive's friends or relatives do NOT
ray the ransom the victims bodv js
cut In several pieces and sent to his
family. In Italy the same organiza-
ton Is known as Camorra. The Maf7a
has been fought In New York and New
Orleans, where its members have com.
mitted some Of the most f1endish mur-
ders In the history of the country Tn
the latter city the police by we'll or
ganized plans succeeded in breaking n
up to certain extent. but every now
and then another victim is found c,,t
to pieces. The mutilation of the cornsey
after death is one Of the signs of the
work of the Malta.
The police have been obstr1,cted "a
the work of clearing this latest mur-
der mystery by the taciturn air Of the
Italians approached. Low caste
Italians and even some Of high hirth
have refused to diyulge informat,ons
refused to be mixed in the case. and
those who have covertly aided the M
lice beg and plead that their nan,e.
be not mentioned. Italians Of hich
birth have feared to interpret for The
newspapers and police, because thew
say. they do not wish knife fhrn.t
into their backs as they seek their
homes in the darkness of the night
This is no ordinary fear.
The evidence Of the Malta in New
Orleans first came to light from
series of horrible murders that showed
cunning and careful planning Of
execution. The existence of a secret
society was evident. Through per-
sistent work the New Orleans police
exposed the Malta and drove Its mem
bers from the city. with q warning
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he was satisfied he had seen the
much-wanted man. It Is not known
over which route the man went. The
local police have notified the SAN
Francisco police OF the incident and
the trains on both roads entering Kan
sas City will be watched
At the police station to-day 1t was
given out that members Of the So
called Mafia had threatened to kill
Chief Of Police Carroll and Detectives
Prindiville and Pickering IL they con-
tinued to take an active part in the
search for Torturici- Information
concerning the threat had been i'm
parted to them by some friendly
italians, 1t was said. The officers re-
fused to talk about the matter, but
would not deny that warning had
gone out. 1t Is generally believed that
some one was playing joke on the
officers, and the matter is being thus
treated.
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The visit to the Morgue was made at
the suggestion OF District Attorney By
ington. The belief was that when the
woman saw the mangled remains she
would break down and tell all she knew
If she did know anything. Detectives
Ed Gibson and Mcmahon, Captain Bur-
nett and Chief Dinan accompanied her.
Louis Ferrari, from the District Attor-
ney's office, went along to interpret.
The trap was laid perfectly, but they
could not break the little woman down.
A representative from L'Italia, Carlos
Delpino. was in the Morgue when this
inQuisition was tried. He covered his
ears when the woman's shrek rang
out. Delpino was highly indignant over
this method Of sweating and said 1t
would rouse the Indignation Of the Lat
In quarter. IF that woman was used
as a decoy and was an accomplice she
is a wonderful actor" he announced.
Delpino said that Mrs. Rosa Torturici
came from an Italian family of the bet
ter class. Her people had suffered sud-
den reverses, and when she met Tortu-
rici at New Orleans she was on the
verge of abject poverty.
L'Italia to-day will have a scathing
editorial denouncing Torturici as an
abject coward to leave the woman and
child in such a predicament.
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WORKED IN SAN JOSE.
Torturici Employed There Eighteen
Months Ago ON Railroad.


SAN JOSE. April 1o.-Pietro Tortu-
rici, who murdered Biaggio Vilardo in
San Francisco, was employed here for
a time eighteen months ago on the
construction Of the San Jose-Los
Gatos Interurban Electric Railway.
This, Il was believed, was before he
went to San Francisco, as he had just
come from New Orleans. He worked
with a pick and shovel and those who
met him found him q very quiet
fellow.
1t is believed that after the murder
Torturicl came back here and bought
a ticket for Kansas City. A man an
swering his description purchased
ticket at the broad gauge depot Sat-
urday evening. Herbert S. McCor-
mick. yardmaster at the depot. re-
ported the matter to Chief Of Police
Carroll to-day. He noticed the man
at the time he bought the ticket to
Kansas City and when he saw the
murderer's picture In The Call to-day
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hiding. I have not seen him since the
night Vilardo was killed"
The woman recovered from the
shocks she had received with wonder
full swiftness. She was perfectly COM
posed when she was taken back to her
cell in the City Prison. With the baby
in her arms she slept soundly all night,
worn out by - strain.
This woman, the police believe. holds
the key to the brutal plot that resulted
in the butchery Of Vilardo, but after
the attempt made to wrench a confess
sion from her Yesterday failed they do
not think she will ever tell what she
knows.
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Mrs. I orturici Ter
ror Stricken at
Morgue.
Shrieks When the
Bloody Relics
Are Shown.
Continued From Page /, Column 5.

But the tread OF the detectives rang
on the pavement with the oIninous mo-
notony Of firing squad leading pris-
oner to his death She lifted her head,
and the defiant scowl was there again.
Up the stairs OF the Morgue she
walked TO the threshold of the room
where the mutilated body lay. They
matted her there and told her the baby
must not be carried in.
They took the little thing from her.
The baby cooed and patted the face of
the policeman that held it. The moth
er's knees shook and her face was
deathlike-
OFFICERS ARE UNNERVED.
Suddenly they flung back the door In
the CHASTITY light OF the autopsy room
a sheeted form looked up, white and
terrifying.
A woman's shrek. that caused the
most hardened 10 olanch, followed.
Por DiO." she cried. FOR Gods sake,
no."
With prayers and shrieks blended in
one desperate outburst, she fought and
struggled They could not drag her
near that sheeted horror. She turned
her head from il and massed all her
little strength frantically to force her
way from the scene.
Those who insisted and still insist
Biaggio Vilardo was hacked to pieces
in the little house on Green street
could not bear it Men who had seen
death in ugly shapes and never shud-
dered Quailed before the woman's des-
perate cry, For Gods sake, no.
So they took her back to the room Of
the captain Of detectives and Ques-
toned her again. She rallied in a short
time. With the baby on her knee she
answered the questions put 10 her with
the air Of a sullen defiance she had car
Tied since her arrest. except when led
10 Vlardo's marble bed
They went over her account of the
night when Biaggio Vilardo was
hacked TO pieces a few feet from her
bedroom. They got very little out of
her-just one little detail, which does
not amount to much as evidence.
This is the little additional point she
remembers: When Pietro Torturici
came into the room where his wife and
baby lay after the brutal murder had
been committed, he kissed the baby.
II was believed that the woman
would break down and confess when
she was forced to look upon the mutt
lated corpse. but if she knows anything
more than she has told the officers
could not wrench II from her yester-
day. The play upon the Sicilian super
sution was intellectual If the woman
Rad anything TO confess, for they could
Tot carry ii out to the bitter end They
feared that the woman would lose her
reason CesselessIy the detectives piled
her with questions. but she reiterated
her previous stories Her manner was
as cogged and sullen as ever.
BLOODY BLANKET UNROLLED.
Suddenly a bundle was brought into
ire room and flung upon the Goor be-
side the woman 1t was opened and a
bright red blanket unrolled. The baby
On her knee saw the brilliant color and
stretched out its tiny hand toward it
The mothers air Of defiance was gone
in an instant and her face was again
distorted with terror. A detective lift
ed the blood-soalced shawl that had
enveloped the hacked trunk found on
Russian Hill.
'Por Dio!" she shrieked again, and
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SOZODON1 I
TOOTH POWDER

the complement Of SoZODoNT Liquid. has
r5rzsive properties. yet is absolutely free
fio-n grit and acid. II viii not tarnish gold
cling or scratch the enamel.
sFoRNs: LIQUID. POWDER, PASTE
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SORE AND BLEEDING GUMS

SOFT and spongy gums are made healthy
b. the mildly alkaline and astringent prop
critics Of SOZODONT. 1t is the most
fragrant deodorizer and antisePtc dentifrice
known 10 the world.
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Continued From Page 1, Column 4.
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Prayer turns the heart toward the
sun Of happiness.
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make at suicide.
HUSBAND DENOUNCED.

ing against any attempt that she may
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
GOOD PROGRESS,
Industrial Activity Is Unabated
in Most Of the Trade
Reports.
Higher WAGE SCALES
Little Friction between Labor and
Capital-TrafYic Returns Well Main.
tained-TextIle Manufacturing
In better Position Than at
Any Recent Date.
Higher WAGE SCALES

New York, May 5.--R. @. Dun e Co. 3
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Weather Irregularities provided the
only check to business. On the whole,
however. encouraging progress is
shown in most trade reports and in
dustral activity is undated. The
special jobbng dry goods sales at
tractcd n large attendance and results
surpassed expectations. Textile man.
ufacturing is in a better position than
at any recent date, the strength of the
raw materials giving additional firm
ness to finished fabrics. Aside from
the Chicago stock there is exceptional
~ little friction between capital and
labor. many higher wage scales going
into effect this week. Traffic returns
are well maintained. railway earnings
for April exceeding last years by 105
per cent. and lake navigation is heavy
No definite change appears in the con-
dition Of the iron and steel industry ex-
cept that fewer new contracts are being
made for pig iron and some lines of
finished steel. Activity at the works has
not lesscncd: on the contrary, producers
are utilizing every facility. and not even
the usual minimum percentage of capac
ity is idle for repairs.
Textile markets have made further pro-
grtss in the right direction and machinery
at the mills is well occupied.
Commercial failures this week are 2l2
against 20i last week, 204 the preceding
week and 207 the corresponding week last
year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Building aud Allied Trades Doing the
Business OF Their Lives.

New York. May 5-Bradstreet's to-ror-
row will say
Heavy rains or cool weather have re-
arded corn and cotton crop preparations
and retail trade, but have rather favored
winter wheat. which fully holds the mag
nifcent promise of a month ago while an
increased area Is certain in spring wheat,
which latter. however. needs more mois-
turc. Iron and steel are rather Quioter as
regards new business. and increased
ease is noted in old material pig iron and
bars. but structural material is eagerly
bid for. and large orders for railway
cars guarantee activity for che mills for
months to come. The building trades and
allied lines, such as lumber. hardware.
paints and glass. are apparently doing
the business Of their lives, unchecked and
untouched by the usual May day labor
disturbances.
All statistical measures of trad"
progress point to general business
ceding years at this date. Bank
clearings are OF enormous volume next
to the largest ever recorded; failures
are fewer and liabilities smaller than
a year ago. railway earnings are in
dicative of heavy tonnage movement.
but money remains strikingly easy
considering present and recently past
activity in trade and finance.
Business failures for the week num-
Der 1913. as against 1913 last week, 176
in the like week in 1904.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
WISE WORDS OF CHILDREN.
Felicity Of ExpressiOn Not Often At
taIned by Elders II Theirs.

What could be more simple OF more
spl' mildly direct as "A compliment to a
pretty girl than the small boys admir-
ing question, says the Spectator. "Are
your eyes new oncs?" No "grown-up'
person could have thought OF that. "A
Illuminating animal is enc that chcws her
cuhs'-there might surely ba less
thoughtful definitions. AS for dehni-
tinns. no dictionary has ever gwen any
thing better than "a movable feast-a
picnic"
There Is a delightful note Of the n,ght
nursery in the beginning of girls es-
say on boys: 1.-The boy is no. an animal,
but they can be heard 10 a considerable
distance enualed. perhaps. in its
splendid simplicity by the hcy's written
criticism to the effect that most girls
are very shy and angry."
1t is the directness of the description
which compcls attention in vivid COM
ments such as. Just before It killed me
the tooth came out" and nothing surely
could be more Johnsonian in its absolute
truth than the answer given to the
rains-taking schOolmgster trying to
make the class understand what might
be meant by the subversive word "ant-
podcs." "lf bored a hole right through
the earth till came out at the other
side. where should I be-" ION yer cad.
You can't do IT,"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11

left homo yesterday morning. saying
that no was going to the Jones brook
which is about milo from tho village. to
fish. when he did not return last night
his relatives became alarmed and notified
the town authorities, who organized a
searching party and started out carly
this morning.
Hall was at one time confined at the
Waterbury insane asylum sand 1t Ia
thought that he was not of sound mind.
Tie was Of n melancholy nature. Before
starting out yesterday he sharpened II
knife and when asked what he intended
to do with II he said that he had not de-
cided yet. 1t Is feared that he cut his
throat.
The searching party returned tonight
after searching all of the streams in that
vicinity without finding any trace OF the
missing man.
1t was reported tonight that Hall was
seen yesterday afternoon near Mendon
about eight miles from his home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
Convictions Secured under Ii.
cense Law of 1902 Can
Be Counted.
RULING BY JUDGE MUNSON
Henry Bowers Convicted Of second
Offense In Washingvon County
Ceurt-Barney McManus CHARGED
with Forgery on Physician's
Prescription for Liquor.

Montpelier, May 4.--1n Washington
County Court this afternoon Judge Love-
land Munson ruled that convictions OF
intoxication committed under the license
law of 1902 count under the present law
The case OF State VS.. Henry Bowers.
charged with a second offence of in
toxication. was at bar, and Is. Il. Bailey,
attorney for Bowers. claimed that such
offences did not count This is the posi-
ton that has been taken by City Judge
Fay of Barre while City Judge Il. NJ
Harvey of Montpelier has ruled in ac-
cor.iance with the decision given to-day
by Judge Munson. Bowers pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 50 days at hard
labor in the House OF Correction at
Rutland.
After being out IS hours and coming
in twice for instructions the jury in the
case of Carrie Moody. administrators,
VS.. the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. failed to agree and were discharg-
cd. not only from This case but from
further service for the term. They were
paid for 81 days.
Barney McManus of Waterbury was in
county court this afternoon on an infor-
nation filed by States Attorney Jack
son charging him with forgery of an
unusual kind. The alleged offence con-
sisted in changing Il physicians pre-
fscripton from one quart of whiskey to
four quarts. The respondent was admitted
( to bail in the sum OF $500 with &. Il.
Moody OF Waterbury as surety. Nc
'Manus was represented by Clarence II.
Eenter.
J The jury in the case OF Caroline Carl
! son VS.. Carl O. Larson had not agreed
at five o'clock this afternoon. This was
the last jury trial of the term and it is
probable final adjournment will be reach
! ed tomorrow.
F, DR.. A. ii. Lewis. a Barre veterinary
surgeon. was arrested to-day at Bellows
Falls on a bench warrant brought to
Montpelier this evening and lodged in
Jail. The charge against him is an old
offence OF intoxication, in which the
bonds had been forfeited. Dr. Lewis
will be brought into court tomorrow
morning. .e
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11

employed is greater than that OF an acd
land
Another use to which the utilitaria|
Chinese apply their canals is the rail
ing OF ducks. These duck farms al
proiita bic.
The condition of the Chinese canal
as a rule considering the tecming pod
ulation. is cleaner than the canals
the United states. There are few,
any factories to contamnatc the wate|
and il is used indiscriminately for bait
culinary and laundry purposes. tn
Chinese have number of clever devicd
and ideas in connection with their cana
(which could be adopted with profit in tn
United States.
The Grand canal system in China ha
existed, in its present shape. SIND
about the time Columbus discovere
America. The Grand canal itself frol
Hangchau to pekin is LOCO miles ION
much of it being banked with ston
It's condition is such that a small GU
lay would place it upon modern. full
effective basis, the greatest system
the world.
! The entire internal commerce of Chm
far greater than China's foreign con
mercc. is carried by the canal system. II
advent of railroads. while in some doGr,
decreasing temporarily the canal trait
would eventually affect it but little,
the railroads would. as universally ols
whore, build up a business of their own.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
HEALTH OFFICERS MEETING
Some Of the Speakers for the Annual
Scsslon in This City, June 1929.

Brattlcboro. May 4.-Arrangements
for the annual meeting of the health
of Vermont were completed at
a meeting Of the State board Of health
here to-day. An unusually able array
of talent has been engaged for speak
crs at the meeting. At the opening
sessions there will be addresses by
Gov. G.. ]. Bell Bishop Michaud of Bur-
lington and +. L. Greene of st. Adams
One of the features will he an ad-
dress on The Epidemic of Cerebro
Spinal Meningitis" by DR.. Donald
Lewis of New York city.
Some Of the other speakers will bc,
DIR. A. c. Abbott of PHILADELPHIA, DR..
A. II. Doty OF New York, Prof. F. c..
Robinson OF Bowdoin College. DIR. W.
4. Clark of the Massachusetts, State
board of health, DR.. Il. II. Baldwin of
Saranac Lake. N. Y.
State Superintendent OF Educatiou
w. Il. Ranger will also sneak IN
School Sanitation"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
GOING TO RHODE ISLAND.
w. r. Ranger Has been Elected state
| COmmissiouer OF Schools.

Montpelier, May A Free Press man
this evening interviewed the Hon. Walter
Z. Ranger. State superintendent of edu
cation, in regard to the announcement
sent out last evening from Providence
II. ] that Mr.. Ranger had been elected
by the State board of education of
Rhode Island as State commissioner of
public schools to succeed Thomas =.
Siockwell. resigned. MIR Ranger has re-
ceved no official notification of such
election but says if the offer of this
position IS officially presented to hin he
shall take it under careful consideration.
The announcement Of his election to
this position came tonight to Mr. RAM
ger through a dispatch from Providence.
sent to the Boston newspapers and his
attention was first called to ii by a
newspaper man. The position carries
an annual salary of $1,000 with an album
dance of clerical help. MIR. Ranger nat
urally did not feel inclined to discuss
the matter in detail until he had received
an official communication from the
Rhode Island State board of education.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
THE CANALS OF CHINA.

The canals of China serve a. wider
purpose than that of transportation.
says American Consul George Il. Ander-
son OF Hangchau, China. These canals
produce food and the muck gathered on
their beds is used for fertilization, and
every particle of plant life growing in
ana around them is used for various
purposes, writes Walter j. Ballard in
Business Magazine for May.
China is practically covered by this
network Of water. From the Grand canal
lead smaller canals and from these
ramify still smaller ones, so there is
scarcely single 40-acrc tract Of land not
i'll touch with this magnificent system.
IL is by this means the Chinese raise
'h.ir immense rice crops. During the rice
growing season the fields are flooded, thus
furnishing at the same time hatcheries
Tor the fish which. teeming in the canals
iurnlsh the Chinese fishermen with
abundant hauls. This dual service of the
canals is of inestimable value to the
country.
The method of gathering the muck
from the canal beds is similar to that of
our FISHERMAN. dredging by hand. From
this muck enough shell fish is obtained
to pay the farmer for his work and the
iertlizing muck it self is therefore clear
profit 1t is largely used around the
mulberry trees. those valuable adjuncts
to the silk industry. The fertilizer. being
rich in nitrogen. potash and humus cle-
ments is of great value. Another of the
mutually beneticient features is that this
muck dredging has kept the canals open
for centuries.
The Chinese farmers also keep the
canal purified by gathering all floating
weeds. grass. etc. The reeds are used for
weaving baskets and for fuel Thus not
a bit of plant life about the canals goes
to waste.
The adjoining swamp ground is used
for raising lotus roots from which COM
mcrcial arrOwroot is largely obtained.
The natural query arises, "Why could
not our southern States swamp lands be
similarly utilizod?" Where the canals
widen tho extra water surface is used
for raising water nuts. or rather bulbs
These are rich in arrowroot. The annual
potit from an acre of shallow water thus
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
You Must
Sleep.

If you cannot, it is due to an
irritated or congested state of
the brain, which will soon de-
vclopc into nervous prostration.
Nature demands sleep, and
it is as important as food; it
is a part of her building and
sustaining process. This period
Of Inconsistencies relaxes the
mental and physical strain, and
allows nature to restore ex-
hausted vitality.
DR.. Miles Nervinc brings
refreshing sleep, because it
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1t is also a nerve builder; it
nourishes and strengthens ev-
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Nothing will give strength
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During the past winter I had two
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After taking a few doses Of Nervine
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