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DEATH PENALTY
RATLIFF'S DUE.
CRIES JUDGE
Nine Jurors Hold Out
for Punishment on
GallOWS.

MABLINTON. W. Va, June s.
Judge Bennett, a man of high char
acter and principle, in speaking Of
his having sentenced Warwick Rat
lif, the assailant Of little Miss Ona
Bird, daughter of Uriah Bird, while
she was clipping with her boy sweet
heart, Arnold Caldwell, on May -.
to only twenty years in prison. in
stead Of 20 death, said;
II cling to and protect a prisoner
until evidence convinces me beyond
all doubt that ne is guilty. RatliF is
guilty; and how. in the name of law
or common sense, the jury recon-
mended anything but the death pen
atty ! cannot see. He ought to be
hanged"
Citizens Still Wrought Up.
From one end of Pocahontas county
to the other irate citizens are stu
wrought up and indignant over the con
duct Of the jury which recommended
mercy for Warwick Ratlim. convicted
OF the most horrifying assault ever COM
mitted within the confines Of this State.
Citizens. with innamed minds and
clenched fists. have assembled on the
streets. and again asked one another if
it is really true that Ratlif Is to escape
hanging
The look in eyes and the infection OF
voice when mentioning the case. clearly
indicate what is in the hearts and minds
OF every one.
Most Of the armed mOuntaincers have
been thoroughly cowed by Judge Ben
nett, who threatened to deal summariIv
with the persons or persons who used
the word lynch"
Judge Bennett presided at the trial and
heard the evidence given by Miss Ona
Bird. the pretty little girl. who was SO
Wronged IN the Businesses OF the noun
tain forest.
Her Pitiful Story.
This pitiful. heart-rendering. and sick
ening story. dramatically told with sobs.
was heard by twelve supposedly sane
and honest men.
Undoubtedly, any member of the jury.
had he heard the same story from his
own sixteen-year-old daughter. would
have quickly blown the life out of the
nend. or at least felt that a grievous
injustice had been done if the law did
not terminate his bestial career.
Nine men on the jury had the courage
10 say Ratlin should be executed. but
CONTINUED on PAGE TwelveQ
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Amounting the Stone.

Grand Master Woodman was then
presented with a vessel of corn. a YES
sci OF wine. and a vessel of oil which
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Friends Are Pleased.


Friends OF Hau in Washington were
much gratified at the news contained
in the cablegram and were quick to re-
iterate their faith in his innocence OF
the crime
DR.. Charles w Needham. president of
George Washington University. where
young Hau was professor of Roman law.
said yesterday that although he did not
know Hau intimately. he regarded him
as one or the most capable members Of
the fac = and that had ne returned TO
Washing - in September, as he had
planned to do. Hau would undoubtedly
have been elected, his term of Office hay
ing expired
Cable Sent Last Night.
The cable which contained the news
that Hau mad made no confession was
sent at O'Clock at night at Karlsruhe
so that the day was over. When shown
the cable last night. II. Ralph Burton,
Hau's representative in Washington.
repeated his statement of the afternoon
of his disbelief in the confession. He
was highly gratified and said that there
of the statement, as MIR Dietz was in
constant attendance on Hau.
The Developments in the Hau case
yesterday formed the chief topic of con-
versation in Washington. where the
Klaus were widely known socially. and
through Mr.. Hau's connection with the
George Washington University. Friends
of the young professor and his wife
were profoundly shocked to hear of her
tragic death through dispatches TO the
morning papers, and hardly hsd they
become accustomed to that news that
the evening newspapers published dis
patches from Berlin saving that Hau
had confessed TO the murder OF his
mOtEer-in-law-
Suicide Unexplained.
No one is prepared to explain the ma
ture of the interview between Hau and
his wife, which, according TO The
Times cable, Immediately preceded Mrs
Hau's suicide. Her devotion II her hus-
band throughout the entire affair has
been widely commented on and those
who knew the young couple in Washing
ton declare it was characteristic Of the
wife That this devotion was mutual
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(Continued on Fourth Page.l
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Worst Since ST. Louis
Tornado and Loss
Appalling.
ClOudburSt Wipes Out
Small Kentucky
Town.

Tivas b,se b.e.. I,s+ -,T ..,-o,.1
- ...----. ,.,
huiNls@ persons s1i-'aSl! INJURED
according 90 ibe Indications az the
latest reports from the REGIONS I'm
southern Illinois and soufBvesrer1
kentucky. visited last night by a
tornado and cloudbursi.
Southvestoru indiana also srffar-
81 .. $500. .-.--. ~. =
''ii'' 1Ni "' i'ss "a
ne mas Htth reported
The prouertv Eoss viii no Far~e
Communication Cut On.
Most az cha. ,,.-... 81. .L.. f-.--,,.+
...5, " '- ..,, .''. p ~
'-s-''o '> '-1 'i are 7,'' ~o''-'
ana reports are coming from round
abour sources. SD that complete de-
-ir. -,r.,,f... f.r-- ,-.,.,.r -. ...---..f fan.
s9' 'l@i "">
All reports Indicate THAI the tor
hao' was 'Ae most severe lelj ia
inns region since me H. EJ'Is c5-
clone.
Frrr Towns Ds-t-o--a5
--N, '-.-
---i-''- '
"--- --'- a-s '-7-o-
~ H'--As " .- --
a.-' property WIS ta' .-
.--7- o.. ~ i-- F--'-- .-.---".t '- OF
-A1 -- county was t-7- p. me STORM
--
banks and many houses along ,ae banks
were swept aha
Fai'He.SlF- a'l s-.-tH" are '"' az
-re Indiana towns WHICH suffered
MANY Bodies Recovered.
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Suicide Unexplained.

lc0ntinuea on Fourth Page.s
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Her Pitiful Story.

continued on Pare Twelve4
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HAU CONFESSION
BRANDED 4 FAKE
BY HIS LAWYER
Special Cable to Wash
ington Times RefuteS
Sensational Report.

Karl Hau has not confessed that
he murdered his mother-in-lay,
Frau Moliter, i'm Baden-Baden last
November, according to a special
cablegram received by The Times
yesterday from Hau's lawyer, Ed
ward Diet, at Karlsruhe, Baden, TO
this effect. The cablegram read:
.'Hau has not confessed. Mrs. Hau
killed herself by drowning, Friday. al
Zuerich, after an interview with Hau.
l.nIE,,I-Z
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TAFT'S BOOM
NOW NATIONAL,
VORYS MANAGER
Launching Decided on
at Conference Held
Last Night,
Campaign Director to
Plunge Into New
1Ork'S MaelStrOm.

Secretary Tatts boom for the Presi-
dency came out Of its Ohio confines yes
terday. IL is 90 be national AFFAIR
from this on.
Such, IN word. is the 81 significance
that attached 10 the conference held
here last evening. To which Secretary
Taft. Representative Burton, and Insur-
ance COMMISSIONS Arthur J. Vorys Of
Ohio. manager of the Ohio Tart forces.
were parties. Topics of mere state
magnitude were subordinated to a
broader discussion Of the general situa-
ton. The sentiment in the other states
OF the Union was canvasseu. as well as
the probabilities Of Taft support in
various sections of the country
YoIys Campaign Boss.
Secretary Taft expressed the sincerest
satisfaction with the conduct OF his
political affairs in Ohio by Commissioner
Vorys. As a consequence. speculation
as TO VINO viii look after Secretary
Tafts interests outside OF the Buckeye
State may cease for the present What
ever the occasion may demand viii be
referred TO Mr.. Vorys Tor his action.
The first intimaticn OF Mr. Vorvs-
wider activities may be discovered I'm
his forthcoming visit To- New York clt,..
He viii leave Washington for New
York ar O'Clock this afternoon 20 at
tend three days conference of State
insurance commissioners there. while
there he will confer with Henry w
Taft. Secretary Taft's brother. and with
other Republicans of equal prominence.
Before leaving the city he viii endeavor
TO obtain accurate knowledge OF the
situation there.
Plans All Tentative
No definite plans were made at the
conference. The discussion Of tie gen
eral situation pushed other mgtters into
the background. Assurances thar Ohio
is for Taft are so positive and couvinc-
ing that they no longer arouse much
comment The proposed holding OF
midsummer convention ir the Buckeye
state for the purpose Of formally rn-
dorsing the TAFT candidacy was Incl
dentally discussed. but no decision was
urged by Mr.. Norys. though il was made
quite clear that the direction OF affairs
would center at Columbus
Secretary Taft left at.7-l0 last evening
on his Western trip He will have mo-
further immediate opportunities for tax
with Mr.. Vorys. but no doubt VII see
him again soon after his return
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Hydrogen is so very light and dlf-
fuses so rapidly that it is almost i'm
possible to retain it In any glass ves-
sells. If bottle was filled with hy-
drogen gas, and an ordinary cork
placed in the bottle and allowed to
stand few hours, there would be
very little hydrogen gas left. It
would have passed out through the
pores of the cork and air would have
entered.
A glass stopper will sometimes al
low the hydrogen to escape around
1t. A small crack in the bottle,
which would be entirely too small to
allow air or water to pass through,
will allow hydrogen to escape with
great rapidity.
Thus when a balloon Is filled with
hydrogen gas It becomes very buoy.
ant, as 1t is several times lighter
than the air which 1t displaces. In
fact. air is fourteen and one-hali
times as heavy as hydrogen.
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The manner of driving or riding
has strong bearing on condition.
and we can see every day thousands
Of examples to this effect on the
streets anywhere, says a writer In
Outing Magazine. Given two horses
having the same care. food, ETC.,
both physically able and performing
identical tasks, yet driven by two
different men-one Is always fat,
composed. and tranquil; the other
nervous, agitated. anxious, and in
consequence thin and out OF condi-
ton.
What is the reason? Nothing but
the different handling-lack Of SYM
pathy, Of any horse sense or horse
mans instinct in the driver Of the
latter. Why Is the average livery
stable or riding school horse hag-
gard Of eye, anxious Of countenance,
almost always thin and worn? Not
lack OF food or overwork-just men
tai worry and the nervous overstrain
less people, most of whom wholly
lack horse sense and are proud of It.
Do what you will In the way of
care, etc, the handling the horse re-
ceives has greatly to do with his
physical welfare. Perfect condition
is not mere matter Of so much
food, so much water, warm bed, q
tight roof. 1t depends. as does every
thing else In life and in our relations
with other men and all beasts, upon
the little things, the unconsidered
trifies-and lucky Is he who has the
interest. the patience, the intuition
to investigate closely, to discern
clearly. and to apply intelligently,
countless ways. and in various asso-
Citations.
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Women Who Wear Well.

II is astonishing how great change a
few years OF married life often mako i'm
the appearance and disposition Of many
women. Tho freshness, the charm, the
brillianco vanish like tho bloom from u
peach which is rudcly handled. The
matron is only dim shadow, a faint echo
of the charming maiden. There arc two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesscs which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
OF its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
when there Is defsQgement OF the health
Of the delicate womanSx organs, so surely
whe( these organs ar6>established in
healAh thefSce qnftOfMat o.,ee witness
70 the Tact in fesay@td comelrraSA Nearly
q million women have found health and
happiness in tho use Of Dr. Picrce,s Fa-
yorite Prescrlptlon.. 1t makes weak wom-
ents on label-contains no alcohol or
harmful habit forming drugs. Made
wholly Of those native, American, medic
lnal roots most highly recommended by
leading medical authorities of all the SOW
eral schools of practice for the cure OF
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers. or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing OF
children, also for the eXpcctant mothers,
to prepare the system for the coming OF
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no medicine quito
so good as "Favorite Prescriptions 1t
can do no harm in any condition of tho
system. IT is most potent inyigorating
tonic and strengthening nervinc nicely
adapted to woman's delicate system by
physician of large experience in the treat
ment Of woman's peculiar ailments.
DIR. Pierce may he consulted by letter
free OF charge. Address DR.. Il. V. Pierce,
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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WOMAN IN PROPER SPHERE.
Queen Marghcrita Condemns The
Emancipation of Her Sex.

Queen Marghcrita Condemns The
Emancipation of Her Sex.
The Dowager Queen Margherlta Of
italy has been expressing her disap-
proval of race suicide" with no less
frankness than President Roosevelt
less often is a royal interview more
than collection OF perfunctory
phrases, polite, but insignificant. Yet
Queen Margherita has been saying:
A childless family Is incomplete.
There is a poetry and pathos about
childhood which appeal to every
right-hearted woman. Most women,
though they may not be able to put
this idea into words, feel 1t. They
have the maternal instinct. Hence
the remoteness of race suicide.
Women show their intellectually
by rearing healthy and great chill
dren, just as much as they do by
writing books or painting pictures.
The wife who deliberately refuses to
bring children into the world must
have something wrong with her NOR
al makeup.
| am very pleased to know that
there is movement in the United
States in favor of large families, and
that President Roosevelt has put
himself upon record as favorins
them. European woman have begun
to look for light to their sisters o.
the United States.
| am absolutely opposed to any
extravagant theories of what Is
called the emancipation Of woman. In
whatever condition of life woman
may be placed, her first duty is the
negative one of not giving up the
qualities that distinguish her sex.
Above all, she should guard against
developing the trait of men. A blend
ing of ancient reserve with modern
independence would give us tha
ideal woman.
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CoMnoF grNsE AND DIGESTION,
"Bolting" Food at Meals One OF the
Chief Evils Of the lay.

There is no such thing as medi-
cal absolution," says a physician,
and he argues that little common
sense is more valuable than a great
deal of medicine
Indigestion, headaches. nerve
troubles. rheumatism, gout, and
other prevalent complaints might be
prevented by more care. he says, and
their permanent care lies only In
great attention being paid to what
should be eaten or drunk. how much
exercise taken and other points of
vital Importance"
The popular and growing habit
of "bolting" food is one of the evils
Of the day. Many people go to doc
tors for medicine for indigestion tho
sole cause Of which is that they allow
food to go into their stomachs in too
solid a state.
That much indigestible food IL
taken in comparatively little harm
would arise. 1t is quite possible
that more harm arises from indis-
cretions In food than in drink"
Much error Is preached, he de-
clares. about the effects of drinking
water on digestion. but drink"
should only be taken toward the end
Of the meal. and then the less the
better. for II the digestive juices are
not diluted they can. of course, per-
form their work more efficiently.
Drinking tea with meat 10 GER
tainly habit most prejudicial to
digestion, so that the somewhat pre-
valent habit of having meat teas
should be avoided"
A good deal of pure water should
be drunk between meals. Hot water
is distinct aid to sluggish digestion.
and drink Of water the last thing
at night and first thing in the morn
Ing is conducive to good health.
'Pappy' foods for children should
he thinks, be largely abolished, and
crispy and crusty foods which en-
courage mastication given instead.
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Newspapers in Japan.

In Japan there were already In
1902 1928 newspapers, dailies and
others. the highest circulation reach
Ing about a quarter Of million.
Among the lower classes one paper
Is read by five or six persons.
A very few of the older people
cannot read, but all the younger gen.
GRAFTON can. The most eager interest
Is taken. not only in stirring public
events, but In administrative meas
ures, such as the very recent na-
tionalization of the railways.
Every newspaper posts it's daily Is
sue in the street and all day long
groups of readers, too poor to buy q
copy, replace each other to scan the
news Of the day, Discussion runs
high among people who are far be-
low the voters level though every
male over twenty-five years of age
and paying direct tax Of 10 yen
($5) Is entitled to vote.
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CHARTER NOTICE.


IN the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia
County.
Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation will be made to the above Court
on Monday, the third day of June A.
D., 1907, at ten o'clock a. M. under the
Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, entitled AN Act to
provide for the incorporation and regu-
lation of certain corporations, approved
April goth. A. D.. 1874, and the supple
ments thereto, by NJ. N. Halkowicz.
Dominick Rugala, John Branicz and
George Copcha of the Borough of Mount
Carmel, Pa, and Film Fludowicz and
Nycola Palcowicz of the Borough of
Centralia, Pa. for the charter of an in
tended corporation to be called Russian
Saint Demetry Beneficial Society,"" of
Centralia, Pa, the purpose and object
of which is to maintain and support its
members in case of sickness, injury or
death. and those dependent upon them,
from funds collected therein and for
these purposes to have. possess and en-
Joy all the rights, benefits and privileges
of the said Act of Assembly and its sup
plements.
WALTER & HUGHES.
EDWARD ]. FLYNN,
Solicitors.
Centralia, Pa, April 90, 1907. s-a.st,
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ADMINISTRATIVE. NOTICE.

Estate or Cornelius Cronta, late OF the Totcn OF
Bloomsbury Pa.
Notice is hereby given tnat letters OF admin.
istration on the estate OF Cornelius Cronin, late
granted to the undersigned admiristratr,x. TO
whom all persons indebted TO said estate are re-
quested to make payments, and those having
claims or demands Will make known the same
without delay TO
ELIhABFTH CRONIN,
Administrative,
John g. Harman, Bloomsbury, Pa.
Attorney. 4-4-8t.
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DIsPENsEs WITH A BED.
Convertible Chairs Add To The
ADDearance OF The Room

The numerous positions into which
q morris chair can be readily changed
account for its popularity. The use!
can adapt the chair to almost any In
cline desired, with one exception--he
connot change the chair to a couch.
This Is overcome in the convertible
chair shown In the illustration
Nominally the chair serves the pur-
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate OF A. j. De,T, late Of Greenwood To,on-
ship, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters testament
tary on the estate OF A. j. Derr, late o. Green
wood township, columbia county, Pa, deceased
have been granoed TO John e. Harman. Blooms
burg, Pa, 10 whom all persons Indebted to said
estate are requested TO make payment, and
those having claims or demands will make
known the sane without delay TO
JOHN G.. HARMAN,
Executor
d-4-8t Bloomsbury, Pa
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Every month about 300 articles
are left in the Berlin street cars by
their owners, about 500 of them be-
ting women's purses.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of a writ of Levari Facias
issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas Of Columbia County. Pa, and to
me directed there will be sold at public
sale at the Court House. Bloomsburg,
county and state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 8th, 1907,
at o'clock p. M, the following describ-
ed real estate:
All that certain farm and tract of land
situate in Pine Township, Columbia
County and State of Pennsylvania
bounded and described as follows :
Westwardly by lands of Alem Johnson,
northwardly by land of Ashur Fullmer.
eastwardly by land of --- Clemens
and southwardly by lands of ------
containing
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poses of the ordinary, but by a few
quick changes can be transformed
into a couch. In construction the
seat Of the chair is made In two sec
tions, one section telescoping into the
other. When necessary to lengthen
the chair into a couch one section Is
pulled out, one side of the chair be-
coming the head and the other the
foot of the couch. The cushion Is
also In two sections, both of which
are ordinarily on the chair. but
quickly spread out on the frame Of
the couch.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate or Peter McAndre,U, late or ConW,0ha'n
Township, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Peter
McAndrew, late of the Township of
Conyngham. deceased, have been grant
ed to the undersigned administrator, to
whom all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands will
make known the same without delay to
MICHAEL ]. MONAGHAN.
Administrator, Ashland, Pa.
Edward J. Flynn, Attorney. s-a-6t
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Advertising is like carriage-its
progress Is impeded by getting into
nut.
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There are no fewer than ~ dis
tinct dialects spoken in Mngland
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FIFTY-FIVE ACRES
more or less, upon which are erected a
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,

FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
barn and other out buildings. 1t being
the same land conveyed to Elijah Full
mer by Thomas Faus and wife by deed
dated April 25th, 1917 and recorded in
the Recorders Office at Bloomsbury in
Deed Book l.. page $50. See description
of said land recorded in Columbia Coun-
tv. Pa. in Mortgage Book No. 10, page
Is6.
Seized and taken into execution at the
suit of A. X. Fulmers use VS.. John f.
Derr, surviving Executor of estate of
Elijah Fullmer, deceased with notice ia
Susanna Green, Mary !. Deen, Mianda
NJ. Robbins and A. K. Fullmer, Defend
ants. who are the real owners of the
land; and to be sold as the property of
the said Defendants.
TERMS OF SALE.
1. All bids must be paid in full, ex.
cept where the plaintiff or other lien
creditor becomes the purchaser, and a
duly certified list of liens shall be fur
nished, including mortgage searches on
the p ropcrtv Sold together with such
lien creditors receipts for the amount
of the proceeds of the sale, or such por-
top thereof as he shall be entitled to.
2. All sales not settled Immediately
will be continued until the Monday fol-
lowing the date of sale at two o'clock p.
m. at which time all property not set
tied for will again be put up and sold at
the expense and risk of the person to
whom it was struck off and who, in the
case of deficiency of such resale, shall
make good the same, and in no instance
will the deed be presented to the Court
for confirmation unless the bid is actu-
ally settled for with the Sheriff, as above
stated.
CHAS. b. ENT.
Andrew l.. Fritz. Sheriff.
Attorney.
*See Purdon's Digest, 9th edition page
4I6; Smiths page 334.
Sheriff's Office,
Bloomsbury, Pa, May IS, 'o7. ! 5-I6-4t