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The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
ESCAPE FROM TOMBS EASY
So Says the First Prisoner Who Ever
Accomplished that Feat.
Just Picked Up n Handy Piece OF
Rope, Climbed Over Wall,
and Was Free.

New York, Aug. l5.-Frank Snyder, the
first prisoner to escape from the new
Tombs prison, was to-day arrested at the
corner of Sixth and Lewis streets by
Patrolman Thomas Mulligan. Of the
Union Market police station.
Snyder has been at large three weeks.
He worked at odd Jobs on the lower east
side, and was seeking another position
when the patrolman recognized him, hay
ing known him before his arrest. and took
him into custody.
Il am willing to go back, because I'm
tired of hiding. was never arrested be-
fore, and expected TO be paroled the
next day after escaped. I'm sorry ]
idn't wait, but Just couldn't.
THE Tombs is easy. l could do Il
again tonight want TO deny the stories
sent out about the guards helping me-
No one knew / was going 10 make the
try. 7 didn't know it myself until one
minute before. when I saw what a pipe
1t was.
You see. there's always lots Of rope
lying about inside the prison and the
prison yard. COPIED piece and went
TO the wall on the Franklin street side,
| and got up TO the ircn and tin roof Of
the stairs. near the Bridge OF Signs.
Then I tied the rope to the iron fence,
and slid down."
And talk about noise? The guards are
never awake there. Why. I made noise
enough 70 wake q dozen dead ones. II
was about Z o'clock at night when I slid
into the street. had on a short sleeve
blue shirt. and a pair of dark pants
no hat or coat. Only a couple of kids
were in the street, opposite the entrance
to the Criminal Courts building, when ]
got away. and I told them to beat Il and
keep still about It. They disappeared
I'm new one at the inside looking out.
but that was an easy getaway for me. Il
would be cream In the tea for an Ui,s-
timer"
Magistrate Walsh ordered Snyder re-
committed to the Tombs to finish out his
| sentence. Snyder Is twenty-five years old
and lives at 625 East Sixteenth street. He
was sent to the Island for six months for
| disorderly conduct. and transferred to the
| Tombs to work. He was n ''trusty." an6
had access to the prison yard.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
PRODUCE MEN UNDER FIRE
Agents Of Commerce Commission In
Vestigate Conditions in Pittsburg.
Charge Is Made that Prices Are
Fifty Per Cent Higher Than
in Other Cities.

Pittsburg, Aug. 15.-Agents from the IN
terstate Commerce Commission are in
Pittsburg investigating the suit recently
entered here against the Pittsburg Pro-
duce Association by w. II. Arbours, a
local dealer, who specified in his COM
plant that the association was an il
legal combination in restraint Of trade.
and cited fifteen direct violations of the
act OF Congress Of July ?, 1890. The pro-
duce merchants involved handle products
from many States and are alleged to
regulate prices on such products.
An attorney close to the prosecution
alleges that the government has obtained
ample evidence upon which TO proceed.
The Pittsburg Produce Association.
while chartered, has no capital stock, and
the forty-two members who compose it
VIII be subject to heavy fines if the ale
cations are proven. They handle 90 per
cent Of the produce consumed here.
One Of the government agents to-day,
declared that Something must be wrong
in Pittsburg," because Of the high rate
Of produce. 1T was not directly due
~ MI -AlBDuE SUIT lldL 4 came TO
Pittsburg 10 make this investigation, 50
said the official We had been noticing
for long time, and were thoroughly
aware that it was due to some abnormal
condition. am thoroughly convinced
that our suspicious are correct, although
I have not completed my investigation.
Il may as we'll frankly state I have
found that an unlawful conspiracy or
combination exists here, and that Pitts
burgers are paying, in many instances,
20 per cent more for their produce than
the people Of other cities. l have been
investigating the relations between the
railroads and the produce association and
viii tell you just as frankly that I have
found no evidence TO connect the railroads
with the conspiracy.
These facts will be reported to the
Department OF Justice. which has several
ways of dealing with such cases. It may
be deemed advisable to bring indictments
against thess offenders. But it Is possible
that the matter may be remedied in
some other way"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
DEMANDS SAILS TO BRING BODY
Captain Is 0bdurate and Passengers
Raise Necessary Sum.
Miss ShOyer, a Chicago school
Teacher, Dies on ShipbOard After
Vessel Leaves Gibraltar.

New York, Aug. 15.-Miss Mary Shoyer.
who in life was a Chicago school teacher,
in death was the cause Of a lot Of trouble
on board the North German Lloyd liner
Prinzessin Irene. from Naples and Glib
raltar. which arrived to-day. She was
thirty years old and had been travelling
in the south of Europe for her health.
Continental physicians told her she could
live only a short time, and she started
home. But she had delayed too long. She
was very weak when she came aboard
the steamer. Day before yesterday she
died.
The young woman had been travelling
alone. Miss Edna Scudder, Of Trenton,
\. j., who had met her casually in Rome.
and Miss J. L. Brownies, who shared a
first-cabin stateroom with Miss shoyer,
went TO Capt F. Won tten-Peterssen
and asked him not 10 bury the body at
sea. He refused, saying ne would have
to put the dead woman over the side, IN
less he were handed Sis. which he said
would be the cost Of embalming and cof-
fning the body. He declined 10 accept
the express orders, which were included
among Miss Shoyers effects, for part
OF this amount. saying the cash must be
forthcoming.
Miss Scudder and Miss Brownies went
to the other first cabin passengers with
the story. Il was decided to try to raise
the money which Capt Letten-P Petersen
had demanded. Miss Scudder. who. by
the way is dependent upon her own exer-
tions for a living. headed the list with S2o
DR.. s. G. Van Deusen, mayor Of Mich
igan City, Ind; Dr. Alvin G. Tnlotson.
OF New York, and Rev. W. H. Oxtoby,
Of Philadelphia, volunteered to act as the
committee on donations, each Of them
giving $40 for the fund. In a short time
the three succeeded in collecting 500. OF
this. so was demanded by the stewardess,
who had waited upon Miss Shoyer, and
so went TO others Of the crew as tips.
The three committeeman took the remain
ing $500 10 the captain.
After some delay ne agreed 70 take IL
and hold Miss ShoyeT's body. II was
taeitly understood that half Of the 500
would go 10 the ships surgeon. and that
the remaining Sl00 would be spent for a
coffin and for the expense Of embalming.
Miss ScuddeT sent a wireless message
from sea to Miss shoyer's sister. Mrs.
Ambrose Wight, Of lis Howard avenue,
Chicago, telling her Of the death.
Members of the family are expected
from the West to claim the body.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
LEHIGH VALLEY DOES WELL.
Net Earnings show an Increase and
Large Surplus Remains.

Philadelphia, Aug. 15.-The annual re-
port of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1907, was made public after the adjourn
ment Of the meeting Of the board OF
directors here to-day The report indl-
Gates that the year was very prosperous
one for the company.
The gross earnings were $Ss.0sS. 4S1.51. an
increase over the previous year of s3.27S.-
574SS. The operating expenses were s22,-
1l4,252ss. an increase of 1885,. O42.17, leav-
ing net earnings of $1S.s54,17S.e2, an IN
crease of $1.S16,5s271. The surplus for
the year was sS.O24s52SS. an increase OF
$572, 369.S1
The total number Of tons of revenue
freight carried was 2S.153, $50. an increase
Of 10,1i ger cent. The number of passen-
gers carried one mile was go, 459, sos. an In
crease of 1915 per cent. and passenger
train mileage increased only 40 per cent
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
EIGHTEEN HURT IN FIRE.
Elevated Trains at Chicago Dash
Through smoke and Flames.

Chicago, Aug, 15.-Eighteen persons,
twelve OF them fremen and six civilians.
were hurt to-day in a fire at 151-l57 Lake
street, during which elevated trains on
the loop were forced 10 make a thrilling
dash through the flames. The building
was owned by the Lambert Tree estate.
The FIRE caused a loss of $4,000
Five Of the imperiled men were car
ried on a narrow plank across an alley
seventy-flve feet from the ground, while
hundreds OF persons in the street eheered
the reseuers.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
MARRIAGE IS ENJOINED.
Aged suitOr Kept from Making
Young Girl His bride.

tc4Sa,srg. Miss. Aug. 15.-The con-
templated marriage Of Thomas Lewis.
who is sixty years old. TO Miss Johnnie
Rogers, fourteen years old, has been PRE-
vented by an injunction The stepfather
Of the girl consented TO the marriage. bat
the other relatives opposed it on account
Of the discrepancy in age. Circuit Clerk
Collier made out a bin Of Injunction pro-
hibiting the marriage. Judge Burt an
nounced his willingness to issue the in
junction, but Lewis agreed TO relinquish
his claim on the girl and to return the
marriage license. whereupon he got back
the s. he paid for it.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
STATE ASKS $44,186,735 FINE.
Judge Landfs' Decision Seems 10
Have Given New York an Idea.


New York, Aug. l5.-New Yorl's legal
department IS already preparing its de-
tense against a threatened action by the
State 10 collect a SATISFIES fine or viola
ton - law Of 1888, prohibiting any per
son, corporation. or municipality from
discharging sewage into waters of the
State without the State health commits
sloneT's permission.
The complaint was filed with Gov.
Hughes by Edward Hatch, jr., as repre-
sentative for J. Pierpont Morgan and
other members OF a committee Of the
Merchants Association. The governor is
asked 20 direct the attorney. general TO
begin proceedings Immediately to collect
the penalty.
Il is asserted that ga violations Of the
law have occurred since its enactment,
for which an initial fine OF $500 each may
be assessed with an additional $500 pen
atty for every day such sewer has been
maintained The compliments charge
that heavy loss OF life has resulted,
among residents along the water front.
from disease directly traceable to the dis
charge Of Nth from the sewers.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
Largest aIorning Circu1ation.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation-a circula-
ton in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the
CAPITAL. Its books are open.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
FOUNDER OF D. A. R. DIES.
Miss Junia Mckinley Was Cousin
OF the late President.

Atlanta, Ca. Aug 15.-Afiss Junia Nc
Kinley. a cousin OF the late President
Mckinley, founder Of the first chapter
Of the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton, and one OF the best beloved wom-
en- IN Atlanta, is dead at her home here.
During the Spanish american war Miss
Mckinley enlisted with the Red Cross So
ciety, and was awarded a gold medal for
performing acts Of mercy.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16

jamestown visitors are arriving daily
and looking for furnished rooms An ad.
in The Herald will get them. The Herald
has the largest circulation at Norfolk and
jamestown Of any Washington paper.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
SHOOTS HER FATHER
Woman Kills Brutal Parent
Who Shot Her Mother.
DIHONORED HIS DAUGHTER

New Yorker Pursues Wife and Fa-
tally Wounds Her, WhereupOn HIS
After Hearing, Magistrate Paroles
Her in Custody OF an officer.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01

thread needle, sew patchwork and
read without the aid OF glasses. She
is in full possession of all her faculties
and is cheerful and happy. and hopes
to round out the century. While she
enjoys her present good health, there
is every reason to expect that she will.
In the fall of the year 1871, more than
IS years ago, according to a record in
the family Bible. she was born in
Franklin county, but whether in Free
man or New Vineyard she cannot tell
as her parents house was located on
the town line. The house contained
but two rooms, one in Freeman and the
other in New Vineyard. She came to
SacO at the age Of IS and secured en-
ployment in the York cloth mills. 1t
was at the age of &c that she first met
Caleb Cole. who had gone from Oak
Hill, Sanford, to Denmark to visit a
brother. 1t was II case or love at first
sight, and a little over a year later
they were married. The ceremony was
performed under the religious rites OF
the Society Of Friends in the town "
North Berwick, a few miles from San
ford. The whole service with the eX-
celtiOn of the certificate was conduct
ed by the contracting parties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01

An Act to authorize Somerset Railway
Company to extend its railroad from
Northwest Carry in the town of School,
mock, westerly and northerly to the
Canadian line by one or more routes.
and authorizing the sale or lease of said
railroad.
Be is enacted by the Senate and House
of Representa- ives in Legislature assem-
bled, as follows:
Section 1-Somerset Railway Company
now owning and operating a railroad
from Oakland, Maine. to Birch Point, So
called. on the west shore of Moosehead
lake. and having a charter to build and
extend Its road therefrom along the
westerly shore of Moosehead lake by way
of Northwest Carry in the township Of
Seboomook. and therefrom to Chesun-
construct equip maintain and operate a
railroad from such point in said town
ship of Seboomook as it may desire and
to connect with its road when built to
said Seboomook, westerly and northery,
to one or more points on the boundary
line of the State by such route or routes
as the directors of said corporation In
the exercise of their best Judgment shall
deem most feasible and best calculated to
promote the public convenience, with all
the powers and subject to all the liabil-
ties incident to railroad corporations I'M
der the general laws of the State.
Section Amy railroad company oper-
ating railroad wholly or in part in this
State. or any railroad company owning
anu operating any railroad In canada,
which is. or may be. connected at the
boundary line of the State with this rail-
road when built to said boundary line.
is hereby authorize to acquire by lease
or purchase the railroad franchise prop
erty. rights. immunities. and all other
assets Of the said Somerset Railway
Company. and to operate said railroad
when acquired with all the rights, fran
chses and privileges hereto attached
and to purchase and hold the whole or
any number Of shares of the capital
pany. and upon acquiring ma iority OF
the shares Of the said Somerset Railway
Company. fS hereby authorized to guar
antee the payment of the whole or any
part of the principal and interest Of the
outstanding indebtedness, including tho
mortgage bonds Of the said Somerset
Railway Company or OF any indebted
ness or mortgage bonds which may here
after he issued by said Somerset Rail-
way COMPANY
Section 2-The directors Of any railroad
company which shall acquire and hold
by purchase under the provisions OF this
act the stock of said Somerset Railway
Company. or majority Of the shares
thereof. as herelnheforc provided. NAV
designate the person or persons who shall
vote upon said stock so held by it. at any
meeting Of the stockholders Of said SOM
ersnt Railway COMPANY. and any stock-
holder or director Of any such railroad
company may he a director thereof
Watervile. Me. Dec. -. 1906.
Notice Is hereby given that the Somer-
set Railway Co will ask of the next Leg
islature Of Maine the aforesaid act
BY WILLIAM T. IIAINES,
Its Attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01
The Preservation of Niaqara,

1t is said that Secretary Taft will at
once take up the question Of the
preservation of Niagara Falls. 1t
would certainly be- 4 great calamity if
this wonderful and impressive exhibit
of natures primitive strength and
beauty should be lost to this country
through the sorlid greed of the COM
mercial spirit. These falls today
constitute one of the greatest scenic
beauties and wonders in all the world.
They are a constant source Of inspira-
tion and delight to millions of visitors,
not only in this country. but from all
parts Of the globe. 1t is the judgment
of a large majority of the American
people that no small coterie of men
should be permitted to build up their
personal fortunes at the expense Of
this great exhibition of natures
strength and grandeur
1t is too much perhaps to expect that
anything that appeals to the esthetic
side Of human nature will receive
much consideration from men whose
conception of life and of humanity is
measured with a dollar yardstick. 1t
is. however. wholly within the power
and wholly within the right Of the
American people to say to these men
you cannot and you shall not be per-
mitteI to interfere with the pleasure
and enjoyment of millions Of citizens
of the republic whose rights are vastly
superior to any that You can possibly
lay claim to. by all means let us save
Niagara Falls from the attacks OF
commercial vandals, and let us so pre-
serve them in all their pristine beauty
for the enjoyment of generations yet
To come,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01
A Busy Bee From Tennessee.

Congressman John Wesley Gaines
of Tennessee is filling the
Washington newspapers with inter-
views relative to the legislation he
proposes to introduce and the general
stirring up he proposes to do wren
Congress reassembles. John Wesley is
noted in Congress as the indefatigable
ily which manages to embalm itself,
as the late Speaker Reed put it, lin the
liqlid amber of nearly every Congress
Si"nal speech. 1t is practically impoS-
correct reprint of his remarks from the
congressional record without adver-
Using to some extent the HOnorab BILE
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee. 1t
does not matter that many of the ques-
tions of Mr.. Gaines are irrelative. not
to say, vacuOus. 1t is not informa-
advertising.
Strange as it may seem. these tao
to his fellow members. They look upon
him coldly and refuse to take him Seri-
ously, and as the years go by it be-
comes more and more difficult for him
to catch the Speakers eye 1t may be.
therefore. that. on account of t:lis
characteristic and its somewhat har-
rowing consequences. and because the
House cannot at any time be persuad-
ed to take him seriously, John Wesley
will be less in evidence after Congress
reconvenes than he is at the present
time when there are comparatively
few members of the House in Wash
ington. and the newspaper correspond
cnts are therefore disposed. in order
to fill up space, to give them an ey-
ceptional latitude in the publication of
their views.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01

1t is to he hoped that Senator Bev
eridgc'S bill for the prevention of child
labor viii, secure Il passage We d.
not believe that there is any industry
i'm this country that needs to rob chill
drcn of their childhood IN order to Sc
cure commercial success. If there are
any, in our Judgment. civilization can
manage to get along without them
quite comfortably. We have a very
good child labor law in this State 50
operation from the fact that it has
practically no teeth in it. 1t requires
children under 16 to work In mills and
factories to have certificates of excuse
from the regularly official constituted
school boards. If. however. corpora
tons fail to observe this requirement
of the law there is practically no ade-
quate punishment for them. If this
law is ever to amount to anything
more than a dead letter it will have to
be provided with penalties severe
enough to be effective IN practical OPP
Grafton. and it will. Furthermore. have
to put into the hands Of school au-
thorities vastly more power than they
now possess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

In the matter of
The partnership Of NJ. T..
Deal c.. the individually
az, CALVIN b. DEAL in Bankruptcy.
and
MELVIN r.. DEAL, and
they Individually
l,ankrupts.J
To the Hon: CLARENCE HALE. Judg"
of the District Court OF the United
States for the District of Maine:
CALVIN -. DEAL and MELVIN F..
DEAL Of Winthrop in the County of
Kcnnebec and State of Maine, in said
District. respectfully represents. that on
the SOth day of December. last past, they
were duly adjudsed bankrupts in
dividually and as members of the CO.
partnership of NJ. f. Deal Co.. under
the Acts of Congress relating to bank
ruptcy: that they have duly surrendered
erty. and have fully complied with all the
requirements Of said Acts and Of the
orders Of Court touching their bank
ruptcy.
Wherefore, they pray. That they may
be Jccreed by the Court to have n full
discharge from all debts provabl.. against
their estates both individually and as =
copartnershp p. under said bankruptcy
Acts. except such debts as are eycer,,eI
by law from such discharge
Dated this 5th day of October A. d. 1905
MEt SiS Z Z. B bEAf.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON,
District of Maine S.
On this 18th day of December A. D. 1905
on reading the foregoing petition. it is"
ordered by the Court, That a hearing no
mad upon the same on the 18th day Of
January. a. D. 1907. before said Cont at
Portland. in said District. at ten o'cIoct
IN the forenoon; and that notice thereof
nal; newspaper printed in said District
ana that all known creditors, and other
said time and place. and show cause 'i If
any they have; why the prayer OF said
petitioner should not be granted saw
And it is further Ordered by the Court
Ihat the Clerk shall send by mail To ali
known creditors copies of said net;tion
ana this order: addressed to them at ther
Glac,.S OF residence stated $500
:, Witness the Honorable CLARENCE
Ia H. i, r. JudGe or .he said Court, and the
on the 9th day of December A n ,o0e'
u; 81 JAMES z. HEWEY. Clerk '
m true copy OIL petition and order there
Attest: JAMES f. HEwEY. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-01

saving far less than they should in
these times at abundance. Prosperity
tends to create spendthrifts and to put
people in an extravagant mood. This
decline in the spirit of economy, with
corresponding rise of the speculative
spirit and the desire to indulge In get
menace of a time of prosperity. Of
course the cost of living has increased
along with the increase of prosperity,
but this does not begin to account for
the greater amount OF money. which
people are now spending.
This year was one of peace. not only
for our own country, but for the world
at large, the sole important exception
being the deplora ole state Of affairs in
Russia where a long down-trodden
people made desperate struggle to
break some of their bonds of oppres-
sion The years great disaster in this
country was the earthquake and fire
at San Francisco the greatest calamity
which the world has known in recent
years, but the response from all sec
lions was immediate and equivalent to
the needs of the hour, and the city is
recovering from the terrible blow with
characteristic vigor and optimism.
Politically the year brought no great
changes or surprises. The off-year
congressional elections showed that
the people still put their faith in the
policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Re-
publicanism, and by their votes, they
gave the party in power continued con-
troll of all branches of national legisia-
ton, control which has been one of
the most important factors in this
splendid era of prosperity which the
United States has been enjoying fo,
the past decade.