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ESQ PEOPLE DEAD IN TYPHOON
1900 ALSO MADE HOMELESS IN
GREAT STORM.
Missionary Jagnow Brings News Of
the Calamity in the Caroline
Islands Last March.

SAN FRANCISCO June S-The first de-
tails of the havoc wrought by a typhoon
and tidal wave in the Caroline Islands in
the latter part of March We're brought here
today by Rev. G. H. Jagnow, a missionary
who arrived on the steamer Coptic The
Islands known as the Oleai group were COM
pletely devastated by the typhoon. A tidal
wave that followed not only swept over
the land, but practically buried it under
blanket Of sand from the oceans bed This
wave rendered 1900 people homeless and
go men. women and children were drown
ed on one island alone. twenty-five persons
were lost on another of the small islands.
The typhoon lasted three days. All the
trees and shrubbery were either uprooted
or buried in the sand When the tidal wave
occurred and swept over the land hundreds
of natives saved themselves by swimming
about until the waters receded. The Ger
man. authorities sent steamer with sup
plies and with these the natives expect to
subsst until they can produce their crops.
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bunal, for he might as well be tried by

bunal. for he might as we'll be tried by
crocOdiles.
Lieut.. Col. Ayres said that he had been
warned repeatedly to be careful, as an
effort to be made to force him out of
the army and that Gen. Leonard Wood was
one Of those who had warned him. He
declared that this animosity arose from his
friendship with Gen. Wood, whose firing
line he commanded at Santiago. The lieu
tenant colonel said he was of the few
men who congratula ted Wood when he was
made brigadier general. The officer
serted that he had been tried on many
charges, and If he had been guilty would
have been forced out of the army long ago.
He also had been commended by his Off
GERS, he declared.
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LIEUT., COL, AYRES
DEFENDS HIS WIFE
He Makes Some Startling
Charges Against Others.
VICTIM OF PERSECUTION
Declares Statements About His Wife
Tissue of Falsehood.
SON IS ALSO A VICTIM
Appeal to Military Tribunal, He Says,
Would Be Suicidal-Crocodile
Court Better.
Declares Statements About His Wife
Tissue of Falsehood.
SON IS ALSO A VICTIM

WEST POINT, n. Y. June S.-Lieut.
Col. Charles G. Ayres today came to the
support of his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Ayres of Virginia, in her action for 100000
damages against the commanding officers
Of the Military Academy. Lieut. Col. Ayres
declared today that the charge that the in
fuence of women at West Point is detri-
mental to the cadets or the academy is due
to jealousy, and that the criticism of Mrs.
Ayres is a tissue of falsehoods by officers
Of the army anxious to hurt Mrs. Ayres. He
added that to attempt to settle the matter
by appeal to a military court would be suici-
dial, as his experience has convinced him
that military Investigations are a farce
and have been used for years as means to
destroy an officers record
In the course of his statement Lieut.. Col.
Ayres alluded to the action taken by the
Secretary of War as the result Of the con-
fliet between Mrs. Ayres and the officers Of
the academy which action, he said, ex-
cluded Mrs. Ayres from the academy.
Singled Out for Persecution.
In making his statement, lieut. Col
Avres said he deeply regretted the present
situation as he is greatly attached to the
academy
AS to the treatment of his son, Henry F.
Ayres a cadet at the academy, by the COM
handing officers, he said that Mrs Ayres
was first told more than a year ago by Off
GERS and cadets that her son was being
singled out for persecution.
The son, he said. has never mentioned this
subject to his parents, but has accepted
his punishment, but other cadets We're
not punished as he had been for the same
offenses. The boy, he said, has already
been recommended three times to be given
medal for saving lives, and all of his
instructors had informed Lieut.. Col. Ayres
Of his gallantry and calmness.
Appealed for Protection.
Lieut. Col Ayres declared that his wife
appealed to the authorities for protection,
and tried in the absence of her husband to
defend herself any high-spirited woman
might. The result was, he said, cowardly
! attack upon her and her husband. the re-
| suit Of years of malice of a spite against
| man and woman who never Intentionally
wronged a human being and against
man who never let an insult pass.
| The attack, he said was first made upon
! Mrs Ayres and was given to the news
| papers by those in authority at West
| Point.
The upshot of Mrs. Ayres' appeal to the
| authorities for protection, he added, was
| the action of the Secretary Of War in ex-
| GLIDING Mrs. Ayres from the academy.
| Some Startling Charges.
| As to the reason for taking the matter
before the civil instead Of a military court,
Lieut.. Col. Ayres declared that major
| general told him fifteen years ago never
! to appeal to any kind Of a military tri-
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ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Heavy Log Chain Was Placed Acros
the Track

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June S.-According
to the statement of railroad officials an at
tempt was made yesterday to wreck the
southbound Southern Pacific overland train
short distance north of this city. 1t is
stated that a track walker discovered a
heavy log chain bound across the rails at
siding switch which If not discovered
would have thrown the train off the track.
The scene of the attempt was three miles
from River station, Los Angeles, and
short distance from West Glendale, where
a passenger train was recently thrown off
trestle through the alleged efforts of train
wreckers. A freight train passed over the
track an hour before the chain was dis
covered
Railroad officials are convinced that the
attempts at train wrecking the work
of a crank or a discharged employe
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CHICAGo'S SUICIDE RECORD.
Fifty-Eive Persons Ended Their Lives
In Nav

CHICAGO, June S.-Chicago's suicide rec
ord was broken in May, when fifty-tive per-
sons in the city ended their lives. The coro-
ner's Office and Forecaster Henry ]. Cox
say the weather is responsible for the in
crease.
For the current year there were 1919
cases of self-destruction when the office
closed last night, and the effect of the
weather Is to be seen in the increasing
scale January led with % cases, February
had %. March 81, April 49, May 50. Seven
cases were reported in the first seven days
of June.
The effect on all sorts of crime also was
manifest In the first five months of the
wear there were seventy-five murders, TWEEN
ty-two of which were committed in May.
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A Counter Plot, Perhaps.

Orchard constantly corrected Richardson
as to differences he would draw from his
answers and as to the attorneys recollec-
ton Of his direct testimony.
Haywood was repeatedly in consultation
with Mr.. Richardson, suggesting questions
and giving correct dates The tack taken
by the defendants attorneys in asking
Orchard If he wanted Adams to help him
in the assassination of Gov Peabody be-
cause Adams was federation man is
taken as another indication that the de-
Tense will contend that Orchard was In
the employ of the Mine Owners Associa-
ton and that he tried to involve the feder-
alton or a federation man in all of his
crimes 1t is certain the defense will
claim there was a counter plot on the
part of the mine owners to break up the
miners union by having lawless acts at
tributed to it.
Went Over the Testimony.
Richardson went over Orchards tesu-
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Village Destroyed by Earthquake.

CONSTANTINOPLE, June S.-The village
of Serai, fifty miles east of Van, on the
Turco-Persan frontier was destroyed by
an earthquake yesterday. Slight shocks
were felt at Van.
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Information for Shoppers.

Special Bargains will appear to-
morrow In the announcements Of the
following merchants, who are regu-
lar advertisers In The Sunday Star:
S. kann, Sons e. Co.
PaIals Royal
Goldenberg's
Lansburgh G. Bro.
Parker, Bridget & Co.
VIM. Hahn & Co.
PhiIipsborn & Co.
Julius GarfinkIe G. Co.
q. Rlch's Sons
M. c. Stout e. Co.
Barber e. Ross
Bon Marche
Mayer & Co.
Hub Furniture Company
Arthur Burt
House g. Hermann
Family Shoe Store
F. G. Smith Piano Co.
O. J. De Moll e. Co.
Frederick Music Co.
The Famous
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February. and was formally declared
sane His trial was to have begun next
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closely following the suicide of his wife in
Switzerland yesterday, produced profound
sensation in Washington today To several
of Mrs. Hau's friends the dispatch telling
of her suicide did not come an absolute
surprise. because, they say, the tone of her
letters ever since her husbands arrest last
November has grown steadily more melan-
choly Mrs. Hau repeatedly referred to her.
self, it is said, the most unhappy woman
in the world, and she gave expression to
the great weight of sorrow which oppressed
her. II do not believe in his guilt" was
the statement which most frequently ap-
peared in her letters.
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Met Him at Headquarters.

Orchard said today that he had not be-
come acquainted with Pettibone until 1904.
the early part of the year. He had roomed
over Pettibone's store for while.
Wasn't it because of that fact that you
met him." demanded Attorney Richardson.
mo, 1 met him at headquarters" the
witness replied.
Richardson next went into the attempts
made upon the life of Gov Peabody of
Colorado. He wanted to know why Or
chard had gone to Cripple Creek to get
Steve Adams to help him assassinate the
governor.
WAS it because he was federation
man. he asked.
No" replied Orchard, ut was because I
wanted a partner
Did you know Adams very well?"
Not so very WELL
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Four Dead in One House.

NASHVILLE, H., June S.-A tornado
swept over New Mnden. seven miles north
of this city, last night, killing four persons
and severely injuring several others. A
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ORCHARD WANTED A
PARTNER IN CRIME
Witness Tells About Attempt to
Assassinate Peabody.
HE GAMBLED AND KILLED
Proceeds From His Assassinations
Spent at Gaming Table.
WHY GREGORY WAS MURDERED
He Was Opposed to the Federation and
the Coal Miners, It Is
Alleged.
HE GAMBLED AND KILLED
WHY GREGORY WAS MURDERED

BOISE, June S.-The Haywood trial was
resumed today at 9:3O am, with Harry
Orchard still under cross examination.
Before court adjourned yesterday Or
chard had been questioned by the attorneys
for the defense concerning his life narrative
down to the early part of the year 1904,
when the witness had gone from Denver
to Ouray, Col, with Charles H. Meyer,
then. as now, president of the Western
Fedora ton Of Miners. Meyer had been
afraid of attack from the thugs of the
mine owners and had taken Orchard along
as a bodyguard.
The Haywood family group, which now
numbers seven was in court as usual when
today's proceedings began.
Orchard was brought in as usual by a
squad of deputies and detectives. His COM
ing and going during the last two days has
not created the stir in the court room
which was so striking the first day he was
on the stand.
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Did Not Know GREGORY.

Asked about the assassination of Iyte
gregory IN Denver. Orchard said he had
never known Gregory personally, and had
no grudSe of any sort against him.
What the reason given Won for tba
killing of Gregory" demanded Richard
son.
because of his opposition 10 the fedora
replied
But the federation had nothing to do
with the coal miners did it,"
Il believe not"
ana there was not a coal strike on?"
Yes, | believe there was
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Met in Sicily.

Karl Hau then student in the Univer-
sity of Berlin first met Fraulein Lena
Moltor IN Sicily late in 1889 or early in
1860. He was then only nineteen years of
age and she was twenty-four. and brief
but impetuOus courtship resulted in a
runaway and secret marriage within a few
weeks of the first meeting. This was fol-
lowed by public ceremony, and almost
Immediately afterward by the departure
of the couple for America Objections by
her family to Frauen Moitor's marriage
made the breach between the old country
and the new seem even wider than the
Atlantic, which she had crossed, and by
those who knew the couple best at that
time. it was said, Mrs. Hau, being cut off
from every one but her husband, devoted
herself to him passionately.
Mr.. Hau entered George Washington Uni
versity and was graduated with distinguish
ed hOnors. So brilliant was his work. in
fact, that he was made a member Of the
faculty, taking the position of professor of
Roman law.
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Mitchell Their President.

But the coal miners belonged to Mr..
Mitchells organization?'
Yes, l believe Mitchell was president"
Orchard said Gregory had been a deputy
OF the coal operators. He had also been a
detective at Idaho Spring during a strike
the federation was conducting there.
The witness said Pettibone had reported
the proposed assassination of Gregory to
the executive board of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, and had said the board
thought it would be a good thing Asked
to name the members of the executive
board at this time, Orchard gave the names
of Jack Simpkins. James kirwan, Z. c..
Coakley and Jack Williams.
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Burton Still LOYAL.

In spite of the strong evidence against
Prof. Hau, supplemented by the latter's
confession that he killed his mother-in-law
Frau Molitor, Mr.. H. Ralps Burton, who
has had charge of the Haus' affairs since
they left this city June u, 1906, and who
was a close personal friend of Hau, de-
cIared this morning that he still did not
believe the latter to be guilty. He eX
pressed profound sorrow at the suicide of
Mrs Hau.
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Weather.

Rain tonight. Tomorrow, part
ly cloudy.
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Could Not Live Without Him.

On arriving there Mrs. Hau went direct
to bathing establishment on a small lake
and requested to be given separate dress
ing room. The attendants later saw her
swimming out in the lake. but soon after
ward they observed that she was no longer
moving. A boatman rowed out to the spot
and brought the body to the shore, where
a physician. who was hurriedly sent for.
attempted in vain to resuscitate her A
long farewell letter was found in her cloth
ing, in which she declared it was impossi-
BILE for her to any longer bear the sorrow
of living apart from her husband. notwith-
standing his awful deed, but death was bit
ter for her, owing to her child.
A considerable sum OF money was also
found in Mrs. Haus clothing.
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The Motive for the Crime.

Soon after Hau was brought to Germany
Mrs Hau went to Switzerland. For some
time past she had been making efforts to
discover what had become of her dOwry,
so 600. which she had intrusted to her
husband. During the course of these in
vcstigations it developed that Mrs. Hau' s
father left $4,000 and considerable realty
to his wife and children, and that the
greater part of the estate was to go to Mrs.
Hau upon the death of her mother, which
seems to furnish the real motive for Hau's
crime.
Mrs Hau came to karlsruhe two days
ago and had long talk with her husband,
and 1t is understood that he then told her
he intended to confess that he had muir
dered Frau Moltor, it was no use to con-
tinue the struggle against the testimony
any longer. Mrs. Hau left the prison In a
state of the utmost drepression and went
to the village of Pfaeffikon, where she
drowned herself that night
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Resided on 18th Street Northwest.

During most of their stay In Washing
ton the Haus resided on 10th street, near
q street northwest, and it was from there
that first rumors came of unhappiness in
the little family, which by this time con-
sisted of the husband and wife and bright
little daughter. Mrs. Hau was an accom-
plished pianist, and 1t was said she fire.
quently sought consolation, during the alb
sences of her husband, by playing for hours
the most weird and melancholy of the pro-
auctions of the old masters. Prof Karl
Hau was always immediately dressed, and
he gave forth the impression of being we'll
supplied with funds by such acts as do
mating his salary instructor in the uni
versity to maintain scholarships for deserv-
Two t,t1a
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New York Office: Tribune Building
Chicago ONCE: First National Bank Building.
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Now, them the attorney went on, ARE
you sure that Haywood did not say there
was likely to be a split up in the Mine Own
ers Association, and that the miners would
have to do something If they wanted to re-
tain the militia?''
Orchard declared that he remembered
nothing of the kind.
"At the time of the Independence depot
explosion weren't you having some rela-
lions with Detective Scott and Detective
Sterling?'
II may have
Did you ever talk to A. E. Carlton?'
Orchard said he had spoken once to Carl
ton, who was an official of the Mine own
ers' Association. He had also spoken to
Nelson Franklin. Asked how it was that
he could pass the militia without trouble in
Cripple Creek Orchard replied that there
We're many union men who had done the
same thing.
At this point Orchard created something
of a sensation by adding the crime OF arson
to his long list of rhisdeeds
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
Body Hurled a Distance OF
Thirty Feet.
MR.. JOHN M. RITzLER
Meets Death at His Home
Near Owen Station.
Had Flagged an Approaching Car
and was in the Act of Stepping
From Track When Struck

Almost at his veiy doorstep ahd
before the ewes of his wife j. Nj.
Ritzler, aged 3S years, was stsuef
down and instantly killed, one'hait
mile north of Owens Statatlon, by
sonth-bound interurban ear NJ
& 30 clock Sunday evening. The
car was in charge of Motorman
Frank McRill of Delaware.
According 10 the wife Of the
victim, she and hc, husband had
planned 10 visit Sunday evening ut
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Leonard, at stop No. &. beyond
Green Camp. They were sitting on
the front doorstep awaiting the ar
rival of the car. The home is lo-
Gated but few feet from the
tracks.
AS they saw the ear approaching
they jouuneyed 10 the tracks to-
gether. Mr.. Ritzler stepped to the
middle Of tracks and waved his hat
to Tag the ear which was running
at u sped OF about thiry-five
milos an hour. 1t seems rs though
he did not realize how close the ear
was to him, but Inc turned around
and remarked to his wife, "Stand
back little; you might get run
over. - The wife obeyed the warn
ing and by so dong proboby saved
her life, and the next instant the
ear struck him, throwing the body
about thirty feet against fence.
The ear stopped and backed up
TO the scehe of the accident. The
lifeless body OF the victim was
picked up and carried into the
lICmc. Coroner T.. l.. Brady was
summoned and his examination dis
closed thc fact that death occurred
almost inStantancously. The body
was terribly marked. He had sus-
famed u deep cash in the abdomen.
a hole over he right eye, the bones
of the left limb and right knee
were fractured, his arms were bro
ken, besides numerous flesh bruises
over the entire body. The coroner
has not yet completed his inquest,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
ChAmberlain's Cough Remed )
is Both Agreeable and
Effective

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
no superior for coughs, colds and
csoup. and the fact that 1t is pleas
ant to take and contains nothing
Ia any way injurious has made Il
n favorite with mothers. sMr. w.
IS. Pelham, merchant of Kinks
vile, Iowa, says: For more than
twenty years Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been my leading rem
,edy for all throat troubles. II Is
especially successful in cases of
Group. Children like it and my GUS
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25

Sheriff Karb, of Franklin county,
at once detailed Mr.. Pbelan, one OF
his deputies, to run down the clue,
with the result that when the dep
ATTY arrived at Radnor, he found the
supposed Burr to be none other than
Harmon, generally known as the
tree man. The deputy sheriff said
there was resemblance existing be-
tween Burr and Harmon.
Monday Mr.. Harmon was busily
engaged in explaining to the Pros
pect villagers, just how it happened,
but the majority of the people are
having good laugh a the tree
salcmsman's expense.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
DETECTIVES AFTER
The WRONG MAN
M. o. Harmon Mistaken for
Missing Official
Was Seen Near Radnor and Farmer
Telephoned the News to
Mayor of Columbus.

Mr.. NJ. o. Harmon, Of Prospect,
the tree and plant seller, who Is we'll
known throughout Marion county
was Saturday mistaken for Charles
B. Burr, the missing director OF the
Board of Public Service, OF Column
bus. while he was peddllng trees in
the vicinity. OF Radnor.
About II o'clock in the morning a
farmer giving his name as A. A.
Peal, residing near Radnor. called
" Mayor Badger, of Columbus, and
informed the Columbus executive
that he had seen man walking
along the road whom he thought
was the missing service board di-
rector.
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but has pronounced death as causcd
by an accident.
Motoiman Merrill testifies IN re-
gard TO the affair that Ritzler did
not attempt ITO flag the ear until it
was quite near. and then he says
he answered the signal and applied
the air, but the victim was seem
ingly unconscious Of the high speed
of the ear, moved too slowly to
clear the track. and the ear struck
him as he stepped backwards over
the west rail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ritzler had moved
10 their cozy little home along the
intclurban but three weeks ago. aud
were not well acquainted with tho
customs of the intcirrban road.
The sad tragedy came when they
had scarcely become settled and the
wife is prostiatcd with grief.
The deceased is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John. Ritzler, residing
near Green Camp. Besides the wife
an parents. two children. Mrs. Ella
Jerew and Mrs. Glen Eckley. both
of this city. survive. Two sisters,
Mrs. +. f.. Dowell of Chase street
and Mrs. c. G. Brady of fleetwood
and Il brother, Charles Redwood
of Green Camp. also survive.
Short funeral services will be
held at the home ut IL O'Clock
Tuesday noon, after which the re-
mains will be taken to Green Camp
and services will be conducted at
the Green Camp Methodist church.
lnierment will be made in Green
Camp cemetery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
A Thousand New Easter
Belts Just Arrived TODAY

Our notion department just opened today most
bewildering new line of belts late ideas, the best
belt effects to date. usual this store is first.
Belts at 5Oc-2a styles of belts at Soc. You ought
to see the clever M styles the dressy feathers
silks, tnses etc We \eve them in black, white and
all color also now elas belts and extra belts
for large women.
has'e, heckwcas-A new I'm of those charming
soft collars made from chiffon huh other dainty
trimmings, the handsomest neckwear shown in Marion
and sold exclusively by us, 75c and 81 90 values
here Soc.