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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
GOVERNMENT FOR
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Matthew E. O'Brien Says There
Is an Alliance in Which
Federal Body Fig.
ureS.
FAvoRl7lsM is SHOWN
Prohibition Candidate for Governor
Speaks Interestingly IN West
Haven Methodist Eplsc0.
pal Church.

At a union service In the Methodist
church In West Haven last night At
torney Matthew II. O'Brien, candidate
for governor on the prohibition ticket,
delivered an address on Federal Fa-
vorltism to the Liquor Traffic" The
church was we'll filled with the MEM
bers of both evangelical churches of
the place. and Rev. Mr. Squires. of
the Congregational, and Rev. Mr.,
Hammond. of the Methodist church.
occupied seats and took part in the
service.
Mr.. O'Bricn said. In part: AT this
time OF the year. when every good clti-
zen Is feeling patriotic and getting
ready to celebrate the independence
Of the nation, wish to call attention
to the warning uttered by George
Washington in his first inaugural mes
sage At that time the father of his
country realized that there might be
danger ahead for the new republic
and he warned the country OF II. He
said: Beware of entangling alliances
Had his injunction been kept In mind
the entangling alliance that l am tC
speak OF would never have caused tn,
crime, the misery. the want and tn,
woe that II has been responsible for
refer to the alliance between tn,
federal government and the liquor
traffic.
1T Is this alliance that has produced
much evil that we are now trying t.
break The first compact made b,
the federal government and the liquol
interests of this country, by which tn,
business was licensed and recognized
as a legitimate business, was In 1894
when congress. exercising its taxlnl
power, passed an act licensing the salt
Of intoxcants.
AT that time the country was II
dire need Of money, and that was Of
fered as the reason for the passage o
the act. Az soon as the war debt wa
paid this act was repealed The peo
pie In that day and generation wonl'
not become partners IN bushes
that debauched the citizenship OF tn
(ContInued on Second Page
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Richard M, Garfield was well known
and esteemed by largo number OF
friends In this city, Up to the time OF
his Illness he was time clerk In the
building department of the n. Y. N.
II, g. II. road, where he was considered
u hard and conscientious worker. Some
years ago he earned quite reputation
as Il bicycle rider, taking many OF the
amateur prizes In the events at tho old
Coliseum on Howard avenue. He was
also fine bowler His father, who died
several years ago, was passenger
conductor on the New Haven road Tho
deceased was rs years old and his
death, caused by lung trouble. is more
than usually sad following as II does
that of his wife but few weeks ago.
He leaves n little girl three years old,
mother, Mrs. J. Fl. Garfield Of 1858
Orange street, and sister to mourn
his loss. The funeral Will take place In
Lltchneld tomorrow, the burial being
in Norfolk.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
TRAIN ROLLS DOWN BANK
Five Coaches Ditchcd-Tw6 Women
VIII Dlc-Many Limbs Broken.

Tottenham, Ont, June 2S.-The Win
nepeg express on the Canadian Pacific
railway, west bound with 20) passcn-
gers on board. was ditched two miles
east of here at midnight Saturday. Five
coaches were thrown down an embank-
ment. turning completely over. No per-
sons were killed outright. but two
women were fatally injured. About af.
teen other passengers received brok-
en- arms or legs, Five or the injured
were taken back to Toronto. and the
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
Uprising Across Texan Border
Continues to Spread and
Troops Are Rushed
to Scene.
AMERICAN FAMILIES FLEE
Several Companies OF Mexican Troops
Arc Reported TO Have Gone
Over 10 the Rcyolu-
tiOnists.

El Paso, Tex, June 2S.-Fifteen hum
dred troops have arrived In Torreon,
CoahuIla as reInforcements for the
garrison at that point II Is reported
that the revolutionists have occupied
Matamoras, Coahuila. about 10 miles
from Torreon and Americans are send
ing their families away from there as
rapidly as possible.
Two hundred Of the Eighteenth
battalion. Mexican infantry, arrived
y in Jourez this afternoon. In Chihua-
y hua patrols are stationed in the
streets and public squares and the
iaIls are guarded heavily.
El Paso, Texas, June 2s,-Thomas
s, Labrada. leader of the Mexican
Junta AT Austin, has received tele-
grams stating that the revolutionists
have, in addition to the assault upon
Las Navas, captured Jiminez, town
OF 10000 inhabitants In Coahmila. and
that Cludad Porfirio Dlaz, a,small
town across the Rio Grande from
Eagle Pass. Texas, was soon to be at
tackled. Labrada also received dis
patch that se,eral companies of Mex
ican soldiers had taken sides with the
revolutionists
Jfminez, the town reported captur-
ed, was seized by revolutionists last
year and Is generally conceded to be
a hot bed of revolutionary sympathiz-
ers.
San Antonio, Texas. June 2s.--Of-
ficers at Fort Sam Houston are kept
posted upon progress of the so-caled
revolution IN northern Mexico, but
have received no orders 20 make prep
arations to march to the border.
A despatch to the Express from Sal
tillo, Mexico says:
Three companies of the Seventh
regiment stationed in Saltillo, under
command of Major Carvantes were or
dered to Viesca, this state, where ac-
cording to meagre reports received an
attack was made upon the residence
of Mayor Thomas Zertuche. several
persons being killed The family OF
Senior Zertuche Is reported to have es-
!, capped
The rioters numbering about 200,
cut the telephone wires and tore up
I the rails of the Coahuila and Pacific
railroad between Viesca and Toreon.
A passenger train on this division was
Z held up at Parras.
The cause of the riot Is not known
\ but 1t is presumed that dissatisfaction
with the mayor is the cause of the
trouble. The local companies of cav
4 airy left on special train for the
scene Of the trouble.
Washington. June 2S.-The state de-
APARTMENT to-day received n Telegram
from Governor Campbell of Texas. as.
inssuring the federal government that the
s. ttate of Texas will do all In her power
10 prevent violation of the neutralit,
avs as result of the reported revo.
hutton In northern Mexico. Las Vascas
which was attacked on Thursday, Is di
n.ectly opposite Del Rio Texas. Ac
Eylordingly Secretary of state Adee yes.
frterday sent a message to the governor
Wi Texas asking that he use every
fmeans to prevent any violation of th'
-4neutrallty laws of the United states II
h&fonnection with the disturbance alont
"A The Mexican-Texas border. The Mex
d3lcan government had requested thi
.Tgovernment to take such precautionar,
measures.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
THE FLEET GATHERING
Twelve OF Sixteen Globe -Girtlling Bat.
tlcships IN Frisco lIarbor.

San Francisco, June 2s.-Twelve Of
the sixteen batteshlps Of the Atlantic
fleet. which Is to start on July on the
voyage from San Francisco to Hamp-
ton roads, are now In San Francisco
harbor, The other four are expected
to arrive from Northern Waters dur
ing the coming week. The battleships
now here are the Connecticut, Ver-
mont, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky,
Louisiana. Kansas and Minnesota.
On Tuesday next the Panther and
Yankton. auxiliaries will sail for Homo
lulu to be followed on Wednesday by
the Culgoa and Relief and on Monday
July 6, by the Glacier and Ajax,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
AUTO TURNS TURTLE
sOne Killed and Two Fatally Injured,
While Three Escape Unlarmcd.

ita Warren, Pa, June 2S,---One person
s1e'was killed and two others fatally in
n .iured here tonight In an automobile
4INccdent. They are:
ent Dead: Eric Anderson, aged forty
uSiive years foreman of the erecting de-
---partment Of machine company here.
MAlSataly injured: Mrs. Eric Anderson,
.Biged fortytwo years, r. NJ. knabb,
ulEbroprietor of the Knabb Barrel works.
There were six persons In the ma
F,hine when the accident happened.
Arhe party was travelling at high rate
M Pf speed, and in endeavoring to turn
put Of the road to allow a buggy to
gpo,G;yss, the automobile ran into gutter
'Snd turned turtle. Three of the occu-
pants escaped unhurt
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
GRISWOLD is I'LL
Yale Stroke Reported in Serious
Condition at Thousand
Islands.
HIS BROTHER SUMMONED
Leaves Eric, Pa, and VIII Go Direct
TO Bedside OF Stricken
Oarsman.

Thousand Islands. n. Y, June 2S.-
Dwight T. Grlswold. the Yale stroke,
whose collapse last Thursday was fol-
lowed by an easy victory for the Har-
yard crew. is i'll at the home of G. b.
Noyes, on Deer Island Alexandra
Bay. There was report here to-
night that Griswold was in serious
condition but the report could not he
confirmed nor the cottage at which he
is stopping be communicated with to-
night.
Griswold's collapse during the race
was said 10 be due as much to nerv-
BUSINESS as to physical exhaustion and
he Is reported now TO be suffering
from nervousness rather than from
any physical Ill effects sustained in the
race.
A brother Of Griswold. whose home is
In Pennsylvania, has been summoned.
Erie, Pa, June 2S.--Matthew Girls
void, jr.. has left TO join his brother
! Dwight, the stroke oar of the Yale
varsity crew. who is reported sick a,
the home of friends in the Thousand
Islands. The Griswold family is at tho
country home outside the city and
could not be reached tonight. The re-
port that the oarsman was i'll followinp
the struggle against Harvard crew was
confirmed, however, BY acquaintance
Of the family.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
ROMB KILLS POLICEMAN.

Barcelona, June 2S.--A policeman who
was injured in the bomb explosion yes
terday In one of the lavatores Of a
public square, died to-day of his
wounds. Nine persons have been ar
rested for an alleged participation in
the outrage, which occurred while q
panic among the great crowds which
Lined tha atraatA
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
REBELS SENTENCED
SIX of Those In Bomb Activity with
Seryian Prince Must Die.

Ccttinje, June 2S,-The trial Of
thlrty-siX prisoners charged with reVo-
lutIonary activity In connection with
the discovery of score of bombs here
last year and during which sensational
testimony was adduced, involving
Crown Prince George of Scrvla N u
conspiracy against Montenegro, reach
cd It's climax to-day, Six of the ac-
cused were condemned to death, three
to life Imprisonment and twenty-sevon,
including five former cabinet minis
tors, to terms Of Imprisonment ranging
from six to twenty years.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
FILIPlNos IN THE DuMA $4,000 FIRE AT WINDSOR
Tobacco Warehouse Destroyed and
Railroad Station Damaged.

Windsor, June 2S-Fire today de-
stroyed the tobacco warehouse of the
American Tobacco company, the tobac-
co warehouse of w. S. Wrisley e. Son.
the lumber yard of william Sunson
two freight cars and slightly damaged
the freight depot of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad com
pany in this place. The cause of the
fire which started in the warehouse OF
the american Tobacco company Is not
known. The total loss will amount to
about $4,000 with only partial insur-
ance.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
ROOT AT MULD0ON'S
Secretary Of State Continues Course
With John LIS Trainer.

New York, June 2S.--Secretary Of
State Elihu Root is at William Null
doon's health institution at White
Plains again. He went there on Satur
day, not because he needed It, as he
did last year, but because he and his
physician decided a short course of
Muldoon's curriculum each year would
be good thing.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
HoCHs FOR HANS
Pltsburg Fans TO Name n Day In
Honor of Ball Player.

Plttsbure, Pa June 2S.-rhursday,
July 10, Is to be celebrated by Pitts
burgs baseball enthusiasts Ms Wagner
day" In honor of Hans Wagner, the sem
satlonal player OF the Pittsburg team,
The home team and the Bostons will
play at Exposition park on that date,
and some suitable token IN appreciation
Of the shortstop's great work on tho
diamond Is TO be presented during the
game.
A local paper Is raising a popular
subscription with which to buy the
token. No contribution OF more than
one dollar will be accepted.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
PERU A YANKEE COLONY
Says Ex- x-Revolutionist Who Didn't Get
the Presidency.

Valparaiso, June 2s.--Augusto Dur
and, leader In the recent unsuccessful
revolution against Peru, has arrived
here from Iquique, Chile. He says
the Peruvian is misleading foreign
opinion, that the last elections In that
country was falsif1ed and that the gov
ernment Is introducing into Peru
germ of the greatest danger by con-
verting that country into yankee
culnnT.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
BOY KILLED BY FREIGHT
Bridgeport Viaduct the Scene of Fatal
Accident.

Bridgeport, June 2s.-Frank Pugel,
aged fifteen, of Kossuth street, was
run over by freight train on the ele-
waited tracks in East Bridgeport at 7
o'clock tonight. Both legs were cut
off above the knees, and he died two
hours later at a hospital
Pugel with several boy companions,
had climbed upon the viaduct and as
a fast east bound freight passed they
tried to board it to steal short ride.
Pugel missed his hold and fell
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
MRS. MACK'S ESCAPE
Wife of Johnny Mack Nearly Drowned
I'm Passaic River.

Newark. n. j., June 2S.-An elev-
enth hour thought OF wearing life
preserver probably saved Mrs. Dorothy
Mack, parachute jumper from being
drowned to-day in the Passaic river,
near where Frederick l.. Wood of New
Haven. Conn, lost his life recently,
through becoming entangled in an
American flag as he descended.
After an ascension of several hun
dred feet Mrs. Mack dropped with the
parachute which carried her over the
surface OF the river and several yards
from shore. As she neared the water
the woman loosened the strappings
and leaped clear of the parachute.
The life prcserver kept her afloat until
n man swan out from shore and tow
ed her in.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
R. M. CANFIELD DEAD
New Haven Young Nun Expires Sud.
denly In LItchRcld.
Especial 10 the JournnI-Courier., Z,

Litchfeld, June 2S--Richard NJ. Can
field of New Haven, died suddenly here
today, Mr. Canheld came to this place
several weeks ago to recuperate, but
his Illness had apparently gone too far
and he grew steadily worse, expiring
suddenly this morning.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
CREEL ORDERED BACK
Mexican Ambassadors Vacation Plans
Suddenly Changed.

Mexico City, June Ambassador
Creel, who had been granted long va
cation was tonight instructed to pro-
ceed to Washington Because Of the
disturbances In Northern Mexico 1t Is
thought that this sudden change of
plans may be due to the seriousness of
th~ .ititni Ian
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
ASTRONOMERS SEE ECLIPSE

Geneva, NJ Y, June 2s.--Succesful OBJ
servations of the eclipse OF the sun
were made here to-day by DR.. William.
r, Brooks at the Smith observatory.
The sky was very clear, and the def
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Stroke Griswold OF the Yale crew, Il
was stated by Coach Kennedy after the
memorable race OF last Thursday, ap-
the physical and nervous breakdown
which he suffered during the race with
Harvard, and when he left Gales Ferry
on the night of Yale's defeat his condi-
tion was reported to be excellent. He
came here TO pack UP his things in
preparation for the summer vacation,
and said he felt In fine spirits.
Grswold was graduated from the ac-
ademic department last week, lives In
Erie, Pa. and roomed during his senior
year at AZ Vanderbilt hall.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

1t is supposed here that Mrs. Doro-
Johnny Mack. She is a young woman
and became we'll known in New Ha-
ven and West Haven last summer dur
ing her husbands engagement at the
shore.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Washington. June 2S.--Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday:---
For Eastern New YORK: Fair Mon
day and cooler at might or Tuesday;
light to fresh winds mostly southwest.
For New England: Fair Monday in
north. portion, Tuesday, showers with
cooler in west and south portion; light
to fresh Winds, mostly southwest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Mudoon was the trainer of John L.
Sullivan, the pugilist, in his palmy
dayg
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
WEATHER RECORD.

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
Wind.

Observations at United States wealth.
er bureau stations, taken at p. m. yes
terday, seventy-6fth meridian time.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Continued on Second Paee.)
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
BARON IS
SENT TO PRISON
FOR 20 YEARS
Adventurous Career of the Mo-
tOrious Won Veltheim,
Alias Kurtz, Ends.

LONDON, Feb. 12.-Carl Ludwig Won
veltheim, a German-born ~naturalized
American, known also as Frank kurtz
and Carl S~neiderich Mauritz, was sem
tonced at tho Old Bailey today to TWEEN
ty years penal s~crvitude, having been
convicted of attempting to blackmail
Solly E. Joel, the South African finan-
cier and mine owner out of $4,000.
Won velthelm posed as a baron, and
his misdeeds have been widely chron-
icled in both hemispheres.
He was arrested fou months ago in
Faris, and extradited to England. He
has served in the German navy and
army, was once in the Bulgarian army
and has had many adventures in AUS
tralia, America and Japan.
In 1898 he shot and killed Wolff Joel,
q brother of Solly Joel. in Cape Town
He was arrested and tried, pleaded self.
fefase n was acquitted.
Some years afterward a body recov.
cred from the Thames was identified as
Won Veltheim's by his wife. Later the
adventurer was discovered serving or
the -Bechuanaland police.
Won Veltheim committed biganiy will
not less than eve women. TIT
prisoner is alleged to have obtained
large sums of none from most of thu
women he deceived.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

she has not the strength to cry Justify.
There is a little Italian boy with the
musical name of Mariana who has
just passed the dangerous stages of
pneumonia. Not long g a rail little
mite was brought to the hospital in a
pasteboard box, to be nursed back into
a world which did not want her.
And there is Alice, whose conva-
l~escence has progressed to the high
chair stage-Alice of the big eyes, who
gazes speculatively and rather disdain-
| fully at the passing show, to wit, the
nurses who quietly hurry in and out,
intent upon their duties. Never d word
says Alice. but N wonders of what
she is thinking.
All the wonder and tragedy Of life
are in the eyes of some of those hos
pital babies, of whom just now there
are twenty-four. 'f
Transformed from a private dwelling,
the hospital has been outgrown by its
work. There are twenty-five cribs,
with six emergency cots. When the
latter are in use the wards are over
crowded. There are twelve nurses in
the training school, beside Miss Clara
A. Watkins, the superintendent; Miss
Mary l.. Cromwell, her assistant, and
Miss Grace B. Watkins, the supervis-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
BEATS DAUGHTER, DRIVES
WIFE OUT; SENT TO "PEN."
John StantOn's Behavior al
Home Won't Be Repeated
for a While.

John Stanton, father of four children
was in the First Criminal Court to-
day charged with beating his little girl,
aged 10 years, and chasing mis- wife
from their home at 202 Mulberry street,
last night. Stanton did not show any
sign of shame when confronted with
the charge, and the court reminded him
that this mornings visit was not the
first to the court on the same kind Of a
complaint.
The fathers attitude toward his fam
lily had come to the attention Of super
~intendent John A. Cullen. of the Chill
dren's Catholic Aid Society, and a COM
plant followed. The little girl, who
was the victim of her fathers drunken
conduct last night, was in court, but
Judge Howell would not permit her to
testify, remarknlg that her place was
in school and not in a courtroom.
Stanton pleaded guilty to the charge
while his wife stood by pleading for his
liberty.
He was fined $50 and. went to the pen
itentiary i n default Of the payment.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12
WOMAN WHO SLEW
ARTIST GUER|N
IS ACQUITTED
"Mike" McDOnald's Widow
Found Not Guilty by
Chicago Jury.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Dora Nc
Donald, widow of Mike Mcdonald,
once a power In gambling and politics,
was acquitted last night of the murder
of webster Guerin.
When ex-Congressman Lewis began
his argument yesterday a riot de-
veloped in the ecorridors, due to the
attempt of frenzied women to enter the
court ROOM Mrs. Mcdonald shot
Guerin to death in his office in the
Omaha Building n year ago.
The evidence showed when he was
a schoolboy living lear her home she
became infatuated with him. Melon
aid appeared to pay little attention to
the affair. For eleven years Mrs. Nc
Donald and young Guerin carried on
their love affairs.
Guerin's mother begged Mrs. Nc
Donald to give up the boy, but she re-
fused. Her defense was blackmail and
~self-defense. Mcdonald in his will be-
queathed her $4,000 to defend the
case.
Mrs. Mcdonald had been the wife Of
Sam Barklay, a once noted ball player
He divorced her because of McDon'
aids attentions.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-12

and the majority have no money.
Doubtful cases, those wherein the
parents are suspected of fraud, are
turned over to Frank LOOMS. agent
for the Children's Bureau of Newark,
of which the hospital is a member,
The milk dispensary is one of che
city's most valued institutions. Here,
day after day, are given away bottles
| and bottles and hotties of the best
~pasteurized milk. From Its start until
last June a period of. eight years. over
! a million bottles were distributed. The
milk's price is ten cents for twenty
four hours feeding. Where parents
cannot pay, 1t is given away. The bot
ties are kept in a long sort of pan,
through the bottom of which flows a
stream of cold water.
The hospital is crowded. It would
take but little to make 1t o~vercrowded
The members of the board of managers
are a~nxiously waiting the outcome CT
the Babies Hospital benefit in the
Newark Theatre next Monday night,
when Miss Rose Stahl will appear IN
1.-THE Chorus Lady" Many tickets
have beer sold, but desirable seats may
yet be obtained from the committee II
charge, of which Mrs. Frederick f
| Guild is chairman.