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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
DENIES THE ASSAULT
Asheim Declares He Never
Knocked Heminway Down
in Defense of Wife.
IGNORANT OF TROUBLES
And Doesn't See Why lie Is Mention
cd I'm the Case-Echocs Of
the Affair.

Waterbury, Aug. 12-lnterest in the
divorce case brought by the wife Of
Lewis NJ. Heminway grows and new
facts are coming to light daily re-
garding the actions of the defendant.
Lewis Asheim, the architect who has
been mentioned in connection with
the charges growing out of the case.
should be involved. Mrs. Hemn-
way, In her complaint for divorce.
says her husband might have strang-
led her but for the timely Interior
ence Of Mr.. Asheim.
Any persons who knows Louis
Heminway and knows me will take
very little stock in the yarn that l
Knocked him down, said Mr.. Ash
elm. He is a much larger man than
am, and If / tried to prevent him
from doing anything he'd probably
break me in two No, sir, can't re-
call ever saving Mrs. Heminway."
Were You present at any time that
Mr.. Hemnway is alleged TO have
thrown a lamp at Mrs, Heminwayg
Mr.. Asheim was asked.
II was not" he answered. Il re-
member being present when the barn
was burned, but the cause of the fire
| did not know
Mr.. Asheim said that he and Mr.
Heminway had always been good
friends. Il used to call on him regu-
larly" Mr.. Asheim continued be
cause / have known him for num-
Der OF years. But | know absolutely
nothing about the Heminway do.
nestle affairs, and neither Mr.. Hem
inWay nor his wife ever conflded
anything to me-"
Up at Bantam Lake there are re.
ports that Mr.. Heminway has been
lodging a deputy sheriff for several
weeks and that he has succeeded n
keeping out Of his way There Is al.
50 a report that Mr., Heminway was
| on a train bound from New York
| last week, and that Mrs HeminWay
unbcknown to her husband, was or
the same train, accompanied by hel
attorney They had the papers which
they later turned over to sheriff fol
service After leaving the train, Mr.
| Hemnway was Informed of wha
was about to take place, and kept GU
! Of sight for a week or two.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
METH0DlSTS HOT
AFTER CANNON
Church Begins Active Crusade
to Dust Gear of the House
for Side Tracking
Liquor Bill.
ALL MEMBERS CALLED ON
Measure Pending for Five Years Pro-
vides That Liquor Shipped Into
a State Shall BE Subject
to Its Laws.
ALL MEMBERS CALLED ON

Baltimore, Ma. Aug. 1.-THE
Methodist Episcopal church has be-
gun an active crusade for the election
Of a speaker who will allow con-
gress to vote the interstate liquor
shipment bill"
The church, which has over three
millions Of communicates, has created
the Temperance society Of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church, with authors
ty to represent the denomination In
all temperance matters. This society
Is managed by a board composed of
a bishop and fifteen members, named
general conference. The board of
managers has organized and directed
its chairman to take steps to begin an
active campaign. An official address
has been issued to all members of
the denomination asking their coop
Grafton The shipment bill' which
has been pending in congress for at
least five years. does not seek TO i'm
pose prohibition upon any locality,
but provides that liquor shipped from
one state to another shall Immediately
upon crossing the boundary become
subject to the laws OF the state into
which 1t is consigned.
THE speaker of the national house
Of representatives., says the address,
absolutely controls It's procedure. He
Is opposed to this legislation. He has
used the power of his office to hold II
In the judiciary committee appointed
by him on the alleged ground that It Is
unconstitutional Our church, by action
OF the recent general conference insists
that congressional doubt as to the con
stitutionallty OF such legislation be re-
solved In the interests OF the people
and the public morals, and that gen.
eral conference unanimously adopted
the report of Governor Hanly's specia
committee appointed to wait upor
| Speaker Cannon. which closes with the
following words: 1--WE submit TO oul
people and to all good citizens the wis
dom of electing men as members o.
congress who believe In It's validity anc
who are willing TO enact IT,
"At least one member of the hous,
judiciary committee has been defeated
for the nomination on his record OF
this question, and we believe the tint
has come when our people who want &
help secure this legislation must sup
port for congress candidates who vii
not only vote for this measure, IL the!
get a chance. but will themselves sup
port for speaker man who will ALLOW
1t to be voted upon, and that It's pass
age is improbable until Christian vot
ers recognize this situation and cas-
their ballots accordingly"
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
UNDESIRABLES WIN
Hartman and Gould Get Decision and
Plaintiffs Rcprimand.

st. Louis. Mo-. Aug. 12.-Georee
Gould, +. II. Hartman and other Of
ficials of the Union Pacific Railroad
company were defendants in q suit in
which the United States court Of APP
peals Cor the district of st Louis hand
cd down a decision to-day and gave
the plaintiffs severe reprmand.
The action was the result OF con-
troversy over the ownership OF $27.-
299, 900 worth Of bonds Of the Union
Pacific railroad claimed by the admin
istrators OF tht estate of Charles
Durkee, who died in Wisconsin IN
1870. The court characterized the
suit as a fraud and stated In It's opin-
ion that the evidence showed that
through the action the plaintiffs
succeeded in defraudlng dupes out Of
$50. 900.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
MELLEN PLANS
SUBWAY INTO
NEW YORK CITY
CONTINUED from First Page,)


that within two years after the legal
difficulties are disposed of, the Port
chester estchester road could be COM
pleted.
The road Will be financed" he said,
by the issuance of its own securities in
the first instance, supposedly to be
cashed by the New Haven company, and
TO remain In It's treasury our boara
Of directors thought 1t was advisable to
have an additional route into and out
of the city OF New York We have trou-
bles in other directions which would
not care to air Ia public, but there are
advantages in having route from Mt.
Vernon to a point In the city in con-
nectlon with the subways or otherwise,
because to-day the more business we
do frcm certain committing points in
New York state to the Grand Central
station the worse we are off. or tolls
| absorb practically all the revenue Of
the New Haven road In this business.
II the subway can take our business
down town or even less. as we hope
| they might, should we contribute a
large volume Il would lessen our tolls
to and from New York by at least so
| per cent.
1T is inevitable that the New Ha-
ven road will have to take care of Its
present commute business and Il large
| Increase which II has the right TO ex-
pect from the electrlicatlon. and Il
must have some other means of bring
| ing that business down into the hear
| OF New York city. II would naturally
prefer to use Its existing line, but =
must take care OF the business, ant
! IL 1t cannot use existing lines 1t mus
do the next dest thing.
Il hope to make arrangements will
other companies to have the trains run
through without transfer. and | Nigh
/ say that IL ! cannot make arrange
monts with other companies | may h'
obliged to come directly to the commits
sion and ask for such an arrangement.
Mr.. Mellen later on suggested that hC
had an idea that II would be well =
form a New York corporation. whicf
would take over the whole New Haver
| line within New York state.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
TUNNEL BUILDER KILLED


Denver, Col, Aug. 12.-Charles E.
Bigbee, of Denver. noted tunnel
builder, was almost instantly killed by
broken guy wire last evening at
Shoshone, a camp of the Central Col
orado Power company, II miles east
of Genwood Springs, Col. Mr.. Bigbee
had constructed forty-nlne tunnels. In
the construction Of the Simplon in Italy
he is said to have broken the world s
record for fast boring, He planned and
executed the Tennessee Pass tunnel on
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
He was 50 years old.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
SPIRITUALISTS IN
A DEATH MYSTERY
Police Find Two Women at Side
of Long Dead Physician
Praying for His Res
direction.
\ MOST PECULIAR CASE
Principal Says She Was Awaiting In
structions from Her Controller
Who Has Been Dead
Two Years.

Philadelphia, Aug. 12.--L. Emerson
Wheat, a physician, aged forty-nve
years, was found dead In his home at
18th and Diamond streets, in one of
the most pretentious residential sec
tons OF the city to-day, under start
ling circumstances. Beside the body,
which lay on couch, two women
We're found praying for his resurrec-
ton and muttering strange incanta-
tons, though physicians say the con-
dltlon Of the corpse indicated that the
man had been dead at least forty
eight hours. The two women were
Mrs. Fannie Soult, professional spr-
itualist, and Miss Florence Beckman.
They were arrested
DR., Wheat had been living along In
his home during the absence OF his
family in the country. He was last
seen alive on Saturday. and failing to
make certain visits, the police were
asked to investigate. They forced the
door OF the house and found the ply
stefan lying half clothed on couch
in his office. Lying PROSTATE on the
floor they say, they found Mrs. Sou!t
1 and Miss Beckman.
To the police Mrs. Soult said she hat
known DR.. Wheaton for about sever
years and that since last april she had
| been treating him by what Is known al
| the magnetic treatment.
! On Sunday last, she said, the phys,'
| clan came TO her house and asked hel
! to come to his home. as he felt al
! though something was going TO happen
/ He could not say what he wanted, Sh'
/ worked over him until morning, wheT
| she got a message from her splritua
controller Or, Miller AT the time III,
police came IN she was waiting for hin
\ to instruct her as to what she Shout,
next do In the case. Miss Beckman sht
said was simply a friend who had gone
/ TO the house with her.
DR.. Miller. whom she refers to as he
/ spiritual controller, died about tw'
years ago.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
BUB0NlC PLAGUE RAMPANT
American Surgeon Finds Castro TAX
ing No Measures Against II.

san Juan, P. r., Aug. 12-Dr. Charles
W. Vogel, surgeon in the United
states health and marine service, SAIL
I ed to-day on the steamer San Juan for
New York. He takes with him report
OF the investigations Into the bubonic
plague situation In Venezuela, where
he said conditions are deplorable The
Venezuelan officials and merchants, ac-
cordlng to DR., Vogel, declined to give
MIN any information and the foreign
Econsuls also were reticent The sur
geon said President Castro had ordered
the suppression Of the true state OF az
fairs, though he admitted that the
plague exists.
DR.. Vogel added that he found no sys-
tematlc efforts being made to stamp out
the disease
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
WEDDING ON WARSHIP
Whole Ships Company Witnesse.
Marriage OF Jacls-Tar.

Vallejo, Cal, Aug. 12-Henry P, Bow
en- ordinary seaman on the cruiser
South Dakota and Christina Ralston
Of San Francisco, were married on the
deck OF the cruiser at Mare Island yes.
terday, Chaplain MdAllister, U. s. ~,
officiating. This Is the first wedding
solemnized aboard war vessel al
Mare Island and the whole ships
company witnessed the ceremony.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
STATION ROBBERY
Bold Attempt at Connecticut
Company Safe in Bridge
: port Depot.
GOT BUT LITTLE MONEY
Steel Safe With $4,000 in 1t bnaled
Efforts of Burglars When They
Reached 1t.

Bridgeport, Aug. 12.-What is be-
lieved to have been an attempt to rob
the big safe Of the Connecticut COM
pany, in the offices at the local rail-
road station, was made early this
morning by thieves who climbed over
the porch at the northern end Of the
station and broke through window.
The safe contained the money for to-
days pay, amounting to between s5-
900 and $4,000. but the big steel re-
ceptable proved too much for the
burglars, who were obliged to content
themselves with little money which
they picked up on the outside.
The burglary was a most daring
one, occurring at the railroad station
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
LADY'S WATCH FOUND.

A handsome ladys gold watch found
on the street was brought into police
headquarters yesterday afternoon. 1t
has diamond set In one side of the
case and the other side Is engraved
with O monogram. The watch Is a
hunting case case style and the make
a Waltham. The loser can regain 1t
by communicating with police head
quarters.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-13
PEROXIDE SOAP.

PEkUKlDE SuAP.
Possessing many of the Antiseptic
Germicidai Properties
ana the skin whitening eilect of
Perovide of Hydrogen.
THIS SOAP is prepared with great
care from pure Drugs, Vegetable OILS,
and Pure Peroxide of Hydrogen, an abb
solutely harmless but most eihcient
Skin Bleach
MAKES THE SKIN WHITE.
A. d. S, Peroxide Soap whtens the
skin and keeps II white, II clears up
dun and muddy compilations and by
us antiseptc action prevents Pimples
Eruplions Sunburn, Tan and other
Blemishes.
THE BEAUTY OF PURITY.
There Is something indescribably at
traetive in the wholesomeness of a COM
plexlon that Is noticeaby clean and
clear.
4. ID. \. PEROXIDE SOAP.
Is the only soap that whltens the
skin and keeps the complexion fair AM.
without the slightest fear of harm on
the most sensitive skin. II is good and
can do only good to all those who use
II regularly.
Price ~ Cents the Cake.
Gi|Iespie's Drug Store
Phone oos-4. IA CHAPEL STREET.
Goods Delivered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
DEC;DES TO STICK
AROUND AWHILE

Having decided to include the
city of Spokane in his itinerary
only to stop off a few hours and
then out again before the tempta-
tons of employment had seized
him, Jack Lloyd has already out
done his schedule by four months
and the prospects are bright for
another nine months of his pres
ence.
Last June a store on Main av-
enue was robbed of $27 worth of
tools. In a very few hours the
goods were found in the posses
sion of Lloyd, who held to the
story that someone had given him
the loot
1t looked bad for Lloyd and he
was bound over to the superior
court. Theh evidence was not
strong enough to charge the man
with burglary. so he was accused
of larceny. to which he pleaded
guilty this morning and was sen.
fenced to nine months in the coun.
ty Jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

question. What is it,"
There were a hundred questions
that could have been asked. This
is the one that was put:
IF you were young man, Mr.
Hartman, with a firm purpose OF
making the business of railroading
your life work, what would be the
most valuable advice you could re-
ceive?"
The question was clearly foreign
to what Hartman had anticipated
He hesitated a moment before an
swering. There was a shadow of a
crafty smile in his eyes and at the
corners of his mouth. He thrust
his hands deep into the pockets OF
his trousers.
1t may have been that in framing
his answer the mind of this hard
oftimes cruel, man of finance was
with his boys, for when he spoke
the shadow of the smile had disap.
peared.
THE best advice that l could re.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
NO LIBRARY AID
FOR SUFFERING

DES MONIES, Sept. 23.-Bowed
down with the weight of many
years, suffering with the pangs of
rheumatism, homeless and almost
friendless, an old woman in Des
Moines appealed to Andrew Car
negie to help her buy a case of
medicine. The crudely scrawled
letter was sent weeks and weeks
ago. 1t told pitiful story of suf-
fering and want. 1t told that the
writer was 10 years old, alone, un-
able to work and in need of help.
Confidently believing that the
great steel magnate would send her
a few dollars with which to buy
medicine, she waited. Each day
she eagerly looked for the coming
of the postman. Her rheumatism
became worse. Her hands became
gnarled and twisted. The little
room where she lived was close
and sometimes sitting A friend
sent for her to come to the coun
try and she went.
But no letter came from Car
negie.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
CARELESS VOTE
COUNTING

I'VE solemnly swear that we will
make a true and perfect return of
the primary election and will in
all things truly, impartially and
faithfully perform our duty re-
specting the same, to the best of
our ability"
The above is the kernel of the
oath taken by the judges of the
election boards and a similar one
is sworn to by the rest of the
board, binding them all to render
good and efficient service.
In going over the poll books of
Edward precinct, the last one of
the city to be checked, it was
found that official who had charge
of the republican tally book had
violated his pledge, not giving the
work even ordinary consideration.
At the first glance it would
seem as if the tally marks sup
posed to represent the number of
votes had been loaded into a shot
gun and fred at the tally book.
The democratic and the non
partisan Judiciary books are in ex.
cellent condition, showing that not
everyone on that election board
was negligent.
The inspector at the precinct
was R. r. Swim. The judges were
G. w. Armstrong and Fren2
Mueller. The clerks were w. T
Montgomery and c. N. Mueller.
In the aggregate of las totals
carried out and supposed to repre-
sent the correct number of votes
received by each candidate there
were only Is correct entries, and
these were confined to small mum
bers from one to Is.
In some cases the candidate is
given as many as 20 votes more
than he is entitled to, as shown by
the tally marks.
For convenience in the count of
the votes the tally books are aN.
ranged in squares, in which five
votes are to be marked. In Ed
wards precinct there was no sys-
tenn for marking the votes. Some
OF the squares contain as many as
seven marks and others only three
and four.
Not until the second republican
book, now in the hands of the in
speetor, is seen, or the entire bal
lot of that precinct is recounted
will the vote by that precinct BIZ
known. 1t is impossible to make
any definite conclusions from the
book sent in to the auditor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
s74,3|9 FOR
WATER

An ordinance to carry on water
extensions to the amount Of STA,
319 from July 81 to December 81
1908, was introduced in the city
council last night. The big items
In this list are the new IA inch
main on South Grand street, esti
mated to cost $14,3S3. and extern
sions to improve the service in
Lidgerwood to cost $4,000. Over
$4,000 is asked for pay rolls, $1,000
for auxiliary power, $4,000 FOX work
on the Sprague avenue trestle and
other smaller items for different
purposes.
To enable the council to make
this appropriation. another ordi-
nance has been introduced, raising
the limit to which water extensions
may be carried in one year from
$4,000 to $25O,000. All water ex-
tension allowances are paid in city
warrants, as that fund is already
overdrawn about 100000.
Expenditures for extensions this
year now amount to $14S,000, leav-
ing only $4,000 of the amount orig
inally agreed upon available.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

ceive," he said deliberately would
be this:
Find something to do and do il
the best you know how.
What that something might be
would make little difference"
Would it be better that the
something would offer opportuni
ties for actual railroading expert
ence or for learning finance and the
intricacies of Wall street," I asked
wall street," Hartman ex
ploded. wall street! You young
men can see nothing but Wall
street in railroading. You think
Wall street is everything.
Wall street has nothing to dc
with it, Your imaginary young man
intent on learning the railroad bust
ness has nothing to do with Wall
street. Wall street is center for
large financial transactions That
is all.
IF the young man would succeed
he must get this Wall street idea
out of his head He must find some.
thing to do, as | have said, and dc
it the best he knows how. Let him
find a place where he can see rail
road accounts. Let him study those
accounts. The experience that en-
ables him to grasp the full meaning
of what he studies in his education
THE main thing is that he find
something to do. Whether that
something is in the office or else
where, if the young man learns
everything that is offered him tC
learn, if he has the right stuff in
him, he has already been success
full. AS knowledge increases, sue
cesses will increase if the young
man continues seeking always
something bigger to do and con
tinues doing it the best he knows
how. Seeking and doing may leat
| him to Wall street, when he needs
Wall street to do big things the
best he knows how
Have l answered your ques
tom"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
FURTHER
PROTECTION

For the purpose of further safe
guarding the city from fire, Chief
Myers has prepared additional
recommendations as to what-i is de-
sirable to add to present regula-
lions.
In a communication which will
be submitted to the board of public
works, he recommends that in
buildings used for mercantile pur-
poses, automatic sprinklers be
added. At present most buildings
are equipped only with standpipes.
In hotels, lodging houses and
mercantile establishments where
Easements are used, holes in the
floor protected by brass coverings
on hinges are recommended, SO
that nozZles of hoses can be showed
through and thus fight fires which
under present conditions are al
most impossible to get at without
damage and great loss of time.
A radical recommendation IS that
every building in the city except
dwellings and churches bepeqnipped
with fireproof shutters ands8toors
For the business district, it II
recommended that every secont
s5lock be supplied with hydrant il
| the center of the block on the
curb line, so as to shorten hose
leads and avoid street catgracks.
To utilize the old pufnpih9 sta
ton on Big Island is furthe
| recommendation. This, the chic
advocates, should be used to fur
| nish nothing less than IL incl
| mains running east and west ant
| "a inch mains north and south ant
necessary hydrant attachments. II
| addition to using this system TO
fire protection it can also be util
lied for street sprinkling and sewe
flushing, which wuold prove o
| great saving.
! All of these things the chief de
clares are necessary for complete
| fire protection, and at the rate the
| city is growing they are necessary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
$4,000 in HAND
FOR APPLE SHOW

The Moscow excursion interrupt
ed the work Of the apple show
hustlers today, and for that reason
the $4,000 which committee
spread out over the town to col
lect, has not reached it's mark
However, when the hustlers, the
most of whom went on the excur-
sion, return to town tonight, they
will get busy right away, and it is
expected by tomorrow to have the
$4,000 collected, or at least
pledged.
1t is estimated that during the
short time the committee worked
yesterday afternoon. almost $4,000
was collected and pledged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
BURGLARS BROKE
MARKS SLUMBER

REDDING, Conn, Sept. 20
Mark Twain, clad in his now ia
nous white fiannels, appeared in
court to testify against Henry Will
Jams and Charles Hoffman, charged
with having robbed the humorist' S
home.
Mark was considerably dis
pleased at being robbed and com
planned that the burglars were
noisy and disturbed his sleep. He
posted a notice over the doorway
of his home notifying all burglars
where the plated silver" will be
found and advising them to be easy
about their work and not disturb
the family.