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Arizona republican., 1908-01-19

Time was. and not so many decades ago. when there were no separate waists. Women of every age. color and condition wore matching bodIces and skirts and when the one became decrepit. the other wss necessarily discarded. The famo Of inc separate waist was of slow growth and for several seasons WIS viewed with disfavor as an ugly makeshift garment which bore slight resemblance to the wondrous crsat'ons now worn.
 The Tailored waist.
 From season 10 season taiIoced linen sh.rtwr!sts do not vary greatly. They Lave more or less plaits. larger or smaller sleeves. higher or lower collars. but In the main features closely resemble the original masculine mode. and are in tended to be worn with the clo:h ,allor- made gored and four piece circular skirts recently brought out. or those with the stlIl Inore recent overSkirts Fof ,Ee double skirt so long heralded bv fashion prophets has at last actually arrived and threatens to oust the piaited mo;iels which hnve sahmiitei Co evr-y possible. variation that dzess:nascrs sud ta.iors devise.
 New Skirt Nodeis.
 Because of these new aud most at trsctive skirts. ihs short iacSe'. whc ca has been in er'ipse since early aui1rn=. will undoubtedly hioom aGa'r ia ,h" spring. There nre distinct n.Hts vf e wide revival of ihe h!P .cn=,th roat and F this jaurty l,tt'e ouieF garment returns to favor. u IS safe to say iha; serarHte waists Of every texture will be 55ore than ever elaborate. Lin-ere waists intended for ike first warm days of spring gre the most fascinating affairs iulas uahle. ard while they seem exccpd'nE.y ornate. it Is not from design so nrca as by req son Ot the beauty of the materials en- ployed. In many instances the yokes will be of shoulder width. cut in one. two or three points back and front and formed O: medal,lOhs of ir.sh. Nenise, or flet with hani-emhFoidered fine linen ceuters. Entre 6oux of lace and emJroid- cry will compose thr body of the waist and of the three-Guarters putfed sleeves. for as yet none but the conventional shirt waist sleeves have attained Iull length. In fact. present indications are that the short sleeves will last for auother sum mer.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-19

sleeves Of Swiss. English eyelet. em- broidered net of all sllover lace.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
Preservation Of PiIing Against Marine
ROrerS.

THE length of'service of piles in wharfs and
other marine structures is greatly shortened by
the attack of marine bOrers. or shipworms. A
method OF protection, both efficient and cheap
is much needed, the more so because the timbers
best suited for piling are becoming very scarce
and are increasing rapidly in price.
Marine borers are found as far north as Maine
and Alaska, though they are more numerous
and destructive in warmer waters farther south.
Since they require only small exposed surface
in order to gain entrance and completely destroy
a pile, any effective means OF preservation must
protect the wood from high-water mark TO point
in the mud below which the borers do not go.
A number of excellent methods have been de-
vised for protecting piling by external c0atings
or sheathings, any Of which, properly applied,
will increase the life of the pile. Three factors
which decrease the efficiency are the cOrrOding
action of salt water, the wash of the waves which
Injuries and often breaks the casing, and dangers
from floating timbers,or debris. Thick iron cases
resist damage from these sources for a long
period, but they are very expensive.
The injection of perservatives through holes
bored in the top OF the pile, or near the mud
line, has failed to secure distribution sufficient
to adequately protect the outer layers OF wood,
All soluble salts have also shown tendency to
leach out when exposed to salt water. Impreg-
nation With ereOsote, coal-tar product has
usually proved highly efficient with suitable
kinds of timber properly prepared, when aufi-
Gent quantityIof good creosOte is used.
The alItmberssused for piiing are long
leaf, short leaf, and loblolly pine, and white and
red oak on the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico
and Douglas fir on the Pacific coast Spruce,
redwood, cedar, cypress, eucalyptus and pal
metto are used locally All of these woods with
the exception of pamelttO are subject to damage
by borers. Hardness is not complete barrier TO
their attack, although boring is probably slow in
dense woods. Southern pine and oak can be i'm
pregnated with ereosote, and this promises to be
one Of the most efficient means Of resisting the
borers. 1t Is probable that some OF these tmbers
can be successfully treated by the open-tank
process. However, if very heavy absorption is
desired a treatment under pressure may be the
more efficient.
Circular l2S, just issued by the Forest Service,
gives a detailed description OF the most impOr-
tant marine borers and their habits, together
with a discussion OF the different forms of
mechanical devices in use for the protection of
piling and of protection by chemical preserva-
tives. This publication will be sent free upon
application TO the Forester, Department OF
Agriculture washington. D. c.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
CHARLES W. MORSE
UNDER ARREST
New York FinanCisr Charged With
Grand Larceny.
HELD UNDER $4,000 BAIL

New York, Feb. II. - Charles W.
Morse, financier and promoter of many
arge combinations, including the So
called Ice Trust, and a merger OF
nearly all of the coastwise steamship
lines, who has returned from his
brief trip to Europe. was arrested
in his stateroom when the steamer
Etruria reached quarantine in the
over bay, held in custody until the
| Ihip was locked and then was whirled
away in an automobile to the home Of
Justice Victor Bowling, of the supreme
court, where he gave bond in the sum
II $4,000 to answer to two indictments
charging grand larceny and involving
the sum of 100000. Mr.. Morse was
released and went Immediately to his
Fifth avenue home where he gave out
statement asserting his innocence
and asking the public to suspend judg-
ment until he has had the opportunity
Of facing his accusers in court.
Mr.. Morse will appear before Justice
Bowling in open court and plead not
guilty to the indictments. He denied
that his trip to Europe was a flight
He said he had gone abroad to sell
stock In a large interest and to secure
I fortnight's rest. Both purposes were
spoiled by the publication Of reports
that he was fugitive from Justice, he
declared.
The charge against Mr.. Morse grows
out of a note given to him by former
Chief Justice Morgan j. O'Brien, of the
court of appeals. Judge O'Brien is
said to have deposited three notes for
100000 each with Mr.. Morse in pay
ment for a block of 1000 shares of
stock in the National Bank of North
America. The notes were to be held
three years and not discounted, accord
ing to Judge O'Brien, and at the end
of the three year period he was to have
the privilege of concentrating or with
drawing from the bargain for the pur-
chase of stock. It is charged that Mr..
Morse discounted one of these notes at
the Mercantile National bank, in which
he formerly was a director, and that
he represented to the bank that ne
was authorized to receive its check for
the amount of the loan. It is further
alleged that the check given to Mr..
Morse was made payable to Judge
O'Brien and was cashed by Mr.. Morse
at the National Bank of North Amer
ica-Morse signing Judge O'Brien's
name, per c. w. Morse" It is the
theory of the indictment that the
check never having passed into the
hands of O'Brien or his authorized
agents, its use by Mr.. Morse consti-
tuted grand larceny from the Mercan-
tile National bank, title never having
passed from that institution.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
ALLEGED FoReER ARRESTED
Cox Admits Forging $4,000 Check ant
lmpugns Dead Bank Official.

Cox Admits Forging $4,000 Check ant
lmpugns Dead Bank Official.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19.-Lewis S
Cox, an insurance broker of this city
was arrested here on a warrant charg
ing him with forging a check fol
$4,000 on the QuakertOwn NatiOna
bank, of Quakertown, Pa. Cox wa:
taken after a struggle with officers
in an Office building in the centre Of
the city, during which he attempted
to shoot himself.
Cox, according to the police authori
ties, admitted the forgery charged
against him, and declared it was will
the knowledge Of DR.. Joseph Thomas
president of the Quakertown National
bank, who died suddenly about two
weeks ago. Cox further made the
declaration that DR.. Thomas cut his
throat, but this statement is denied
by members Of the Thomas family and
the family physician.
The warrant for the arrest Of Cox
was issued at the instance Of Byron
Thomas, son Of the bank president
who recently discovered the forgery
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
Little Heroine Killed.

Gainesville, Ga, Feb. 1S.-In an at
tempt to rescue her six-year-old COM
panion, David Rogers, from in front
Of an approaching train, Lilly May
Kline, twelve years old, was struck
by the train and both were killed. The
children were walking alongside the
track, accompanied by the girls
father. Hearing a train approaching,
the little boy started to cross the
track, but stopped midway. The girl,
realizing his danger, rushed to his
assistance, only to be struck by the
engine as she picked him up in her
arms.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
ENToMsED MINERS SAVED
One Man of Twenty-Eight Imprisoned
Fell Down Chute and Was Killed.

One Man of Twenty-Eight Imprisoned
Fell Down Chute and Was Killed.
Shamokin, Pa, Feb 19.-All but
one of the twenty-eight men and boys
who were entombed in the Mid-Valley
colliery were rescued. Frank Orlos-
lde, a miner of Mid-Valley, fell down
chute following the accident and
was killed.
The men were entombed by num-
Der of pillars of coal running, caus-
ing a gangway to close in. When the
miners were imprisoned they gath
cred in a long, well-ventilated galley,
and made plans as to the best means
of digging their way through the
blockade. The men had picks and
shovels and began work without de-
lay. The imprisoned men heard the
sharp raps on the steam pipe run
ming through the drift and felt GER
tain Of being rescued. When the res
cuing party penetrated to where the
entombed men were 1t was found that
the entombed men had dug a big
distance through the fall Of coal.
There were but few persons at the
entrance to the drift when the res
cued men reached the surface. The
men quickly made their way to their
homes. showing no effects Of their
experience.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
Harry Thaw's Mother Now Threatens
Proceedings.

Harry Thaw's Mother Now Threatens
Proceedings.
New York, Feb. 19.-The disclosure
that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had been the
guest, unchaperoned, of E. R. Thomas
at dinner in the Cafe Boulevard, led to
an authoritative statement that the
first step by the family of Harry Thaw
in proceedings to annul their marriage
would be taken within a very short
time.
This statement from one in the con-
fidence of Mrs. William Thaw, Harry
Thaws mother, was followed by an
other, from a person close to Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, to the effect that she
would never again go to the Matteawan
state asylum to visit her husband.
Daniel O'Reilly, Evelyn Thaw's per-
sonel counsel, stated that no action Of
any kind had yet been taken by Evelyn
Thaw, nor had any legal action been
begun against her as yet. By this the
lawyer meant merely that no legal
papers of any kind had as yet been
served by his client Of upon her.
All Mr.. O'Reilly would say definitely
was this: 1T is possible that the pub
licity given to the fact that young Mrs.
Thaw dined at the Cafe Boulevard with
Mr.. Thomas may bring about the first
step in proceedings to annul the marri-
age between Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
and Harry Thaw."
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
SLAYER IS KNOWN
Brother Of Lewis cIawson's Wife lie
Under Suspicion.

Under Suspicion.
Reading, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The disap-
pearance from this city OF a brother.
in-law of Lewis B. Clawson, the shirt
manufacturer, who was murdered in
his Office Saturday afternoon, has con
WINGED the police that the mystery
will soon be dispelled from the case
and that the slayer will be in Gus
tody in a short time.
Abraham Rosenthal, twenty-seven
years old, Is the man who has left
town. He was with Clawson a mo-
ment before the shots which killed
him were fred, and a description of
a young man seen running from the
building an instant later corresponds
with that Of Rosenthal.
A young man with a gray mixed
overcoat and Derby hat was seen by
several persons running from the street
entrance a few seconds after the pistol
reports. The revolver which had killed
Clawson was found on his desk. His
body was lying at the other side of the
room. The only word uttered by the
dying man was in reply to a question
of DR.. George W. Overholtzer. who ar
rived just before he was taken to the
hospital.
Did you shoot yourself?" asked the
physician. NO" replied Clawson.
Partly as a result of this scene, it is
said, Miss Blanche Harrison, a pretty
blonde, who lives at Wyomissing, a
small town three miles west Of Read
ing, and who was employed by Claw
son, has not been at the factory for the
past ten days.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
Van sehaick viii Go to Jail.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Captain VIII
liam H. Van Schaick, who command
ed the steamboat General Slocum
when it burned and 1000 lives were
lost, will begin his sentence Of ten
years next Tuesday, it having been
decided not to appeal to the United
States supreme court. At a meeting Of
the officers and of the various commit
tees of the National and American
Associations of Masters, Mates and
Pilots it was decided to petition Presi-
dent Roosevelt to pardon Captain Van
Schaick Immediately.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
viii Abandon Plant.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. lit was
announced that the Middletown works
of the National Tube company will be
permanently abandoned and the work
which has been done there will here
after be done at Pittsburg. The Mid
dletown plant gave employment to
1900 men, at a monthly payroll of
$4,000, and has been the chief indus
try of the town.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
aiTraitors' MarkD on Face.

New York, Feb 1S-Charged with
cutting a deep cross called the "trai-
tors mark" on George La Bresto's
face because the latter refused to give
blackmail money to the Black Hand,
Carlo Pianinom was held for trial by
Magistrate Rutts.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
BURGLARS Kill OLD MAN
Well-to.po Citizen Of York, Pa, Found
Dead IN Bed.


York, Pa, Feb. 17.-DaVid Hechsrtr
eighty-hve years old, well-tO-dO re-
tired citizen Of York, was found dead
in his bed with his skull crushed. He
was murdered By burglars. The trag-
edy is shrouded In mystery, as there
is no apparent motive for the murder
Of the man, unless It was in hope Of
getting money.
The robbers entered the house
through a back window and the old
man was dealt a murderous blow in
the top part of the head with Ratchet.
In a small cupboard Of the room,
Just near the bed, It was supposed that
he kept his money concealed, together
with many securities. The door Of the
cupboard was ajar, and it is thought
that the murderer made a rich haul.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
BLEW HIS SONS HEAD OFF

Father Took Doubie-BarreIIed Shot
gun to Young Mans Home.
Shamokin. Pa, Feb. 18.-Conrad
Whine, of this place, took a double
barrelled shotgun to the home of his
son John in Locust Gap, near here.
and after a quarrel shot the young
man dead.
The sons head was half blown OF
with a load of buckshot. The father
was arrested and brought to Jail here.
The men had been on unfriendly terms
for some time.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21

Washington, Feb. 18.-Following an
operation for a twist Of the bowels,
Senator Asbury c. Latimer, Of South
Carolina, for five terms a member Of
the house Of representatives and since
1908 a member Of the senate, is lying
in a critical condition ut the Provi-
dence hospital here.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In thu
Principal Markets.

-
Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR weak
winter extras, new, "a a AIS; Penn
syivania roller, clear, $4.2544.40; city
mills fancy, 35.75@6. RYE FLOUF
guiet; per barrel, s4.6094.66. WHEAT
steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania red, 94d
94kc. CORN firm; No. yellow 10.
cal 60@62c. OATS quiet; No. 2 white
Clipped. 5765Tkc.; lower grades, SEC
HAY steady; timothy large bales
Sf9619.5O. PORK steady; family, pei
barrel. $3.50. BEEF steady; beel
hams. per barrel, S26027. POULTRY:
Live steady; hens, 13@14c.;; old rroost'
ers. 91kc. Dressed firm; choice fowls
14c.; old roosters, loo. BUTTER hrm;
extra creamery, 36c. EGGS steady
selected, 25@2Sc.; nearby, 23c.; west
ern. 24c. POTATOES steady; per bar
rel, S00S9c Sweet Potatoes firm; pei
basket, 90c@S1.
BALTIMORE-WH firmer; No
2 spot, 951a@95%c.; steamer No. :
SPOT, 901b690Ac.; southern, 9O19q
941bc. CORN firm; mixed spot, 60H
06ic.; steamer mixed, 56%057c.;
southern. 57061c. OATS firm; white
No. 3. 570571bc.; No. 3, 56@57c.; No. 4
b2655c.; mixed, No. 2, 54@5415c.; No
8. 526531hc. BUTTER firm; creamery
separator extras, 35@36c.; held, 23d
24c.; prints, 36QS7c.; Maryland and
Pennsylvania dairy prints, 1S02Oc
EGGS lower: fancy Maryland, Pennsyl'
Vania and Virginia, zoe; West Vir.
ginia, 19c.; southern, 17Ql8c.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
FIre. INSURANCE. FIre.

Protect your property against Loss or Damage by
Fire or Lightning, by insuring in the very best
Companies only.
Before placing your insurance or renewing
your old policies Call or Write for rates to
P. 7. Carlisle, Jr., Milford Del
Life, Accident and Fire Policies. Ono Of tn e
doest estabiishediusurance Offices in the State
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
Ii,,e Stuck Markets.

PITTSBURG Union Stock Yards
CATTLE higher; choice, S5.50@5.70;
prime, s5.3005.50. SHEEP steady;
lambs higher; prime wethers, $5.7506;
culls and common, S203.50; lambs, Sc
0T.5O; veal calves, $8@S.50. HOGS
active and higher; prime heavies, $4.65;
mediums, heavy and light Workers.
$4.7745Q48O; pigs, $3.50; roughs, $3.50
64.10.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
REASONABLE
FIRE SURANCE

Ward & Marshall will writ fire insurance on
your home or place of BUSH ess and save you
money. Call on them at their hics, next door to
Adams Fxpress Office opposite humes q Son, Good
safe company, authorized by the State Insurance
Department, and rates reasonable. Call before
insuring or renewing your insurance,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-22
WEIRD STORY OF BIRTH
HAS NO WEIGHT IN SUIT.
vice-Chancellor Declares Woman Hold
ing Deceased Physicians Property
Is Not His Daughter.

CAMDEN. Jan. 22.-In an opinion
rendered yesterday in the suit of DR..
George Buchanan, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Isabel McGarvey, of Magnolia.
against Mrs. Rebo Hurff, or Bucha5lan,
of this city, Vice-Chancellor Leaning
DEGREES that the defendant shall not
dispose of any of the property, real or
personal, until an administrator Is APP
pointed. The court evidently was not
Impressed by the weird tale of birth
and 'yeiled woman features of the
case.
In part the vice-chancellor says: 1T
is manifest that if defendants testi-
mony is true DR.. Buchanan died with
out property and that the property now
controlled by defendant belongs to her.
I am. however, unable to believe her
statement. While the general story of
her life may be within the bounds of
possibilities, so many of her statements
conflict and so many are manifestly un-
true that it seems impossible to rely
upon the most material parts of her
testimony. The evidence offered on be-
half of compliments entirely satisfied
me that defendant is not the ileglti-
mate daughter of DR.. Buchanan, but
that she is he daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reese Hurff."
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-22

HARTFORD, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Jere *.
Cooke, wife of the fugitive rector of
st. Georges Church. Hampstead, Long
Island, is preparing to divorce her hus-
band. Cooke clipped with Floretta
Whaley, a ~17-year-old heiress, nine
months ago.. and was recently dis
covered in San Francisco, where he
was living with the Whaley girl and
their baby.
Mrs, Cooke is living with her parents
here. She said:
my husband fed with the girl sim
ply because their sin could no longer
be concealed. This revelation was
desperately hard for me to bear, but
the harder blow fell from my hus-
bands lips.
"What are my feelings toward that
girl?" asked Mrs. Cooke, repeating a
question. 'Ill tell you frankly. | pity
her from the bottom of my heart. Mr..
Cooke will throw her aside like a worn
glove. It was his pride that he never
failed to win anything he really
wanted, and it is a fact he never cher
ished anything he won.
"He will surely cast her off-the girl
with her b~aby-and that will be her
punishment"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-22
IN BATH ROBES FLEE
BELTS ACADEMY FIRE.
Students Lose Valuables When Old Pre-
paratory School in Stamford
Is Quilted.

STANFORD, Conn, Jan. 22.-Betts
Academy, one of the oldest preparatory
schools in the country, was destroyed
by fire this morning. The loss will
amount to between 800, 900 and $15O,00O.
The fire was discovered by Sheldon
Cross, of Fonda, N. Y, one of the
ffty-six students in the academy, who
gave the alarm to Principal Belts.
The students and others occupying
the buildings all got out safely, many
of the students not waiting to don their
clothes, but hastily throwing bath robes
about them. Almost all of them lost
clothing, personal effects and money,
The academy has been in existence
for about seventy years, and was
formerly conducted by the father of
the present principal, James Belts,
who founded it. In its earlier history
it was known as Belts Military Acad-
envy.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-22
PHYSICIANS SUMMON
HIGH SCHOOL PROFESSOR.
To Discuss "ouacks and Their Methods
for Champe Andrews, but Mat
thews Tells About Steel.

Members of the Essex County Medical
Society expected to hear an address by
Champe S. Andrews last night. but they
didn't hear him, for he failed TO appear.
Professor Byron C. Matthews, OF the New
ark High School. proved most acceptable
as u substitute speaker. The following note
had been sent to every member of the soci-
ETY. and to the newspapers by Ralph IL.
Hunt, the secretary:
The Hon. Champ S. Andrews, Of New
York city, will deliver a lecture before
the Essex County Medical Societysin the
Free Public Library, Newark, Tues
day evening, January q, at $50 o'clock
Subject: 'Quacks and Their Methods
The lecture will be illustrated
When Professor Matthews arrived Or.
Bleyle asked him II he could not possibly
deliver a lecture on "Quacks and Their
Methods The professor wrinkled his
brow and opined that he couldn't.
1--WE got some views on steel plants"
said the professor.
Then DIR. Bleyle. without even consult
ing Professor Matthews. jumped ON the
platform and said:
In tbe absence of Mr.. Andrews Profes-
sor Matthews has kindly offered to tell Us
how they make steel rails
Everybody a%pplauded. Professor Mat
thews, without giving DR.. Bleylc away
started MS aunrcSe. Tie explained. however
that he would not be able TO DO Tho subject
full Justice, as he would have to Com
press the steel talk into thirty minutes
He then went on TO explain how the ore
was mined, smelted and made into rails.
Once in a while the steroptician woke IN
long enough TO throw another view on The
screen and consequently the lecture WAY
a success. AZ its conclusion Professor
Matthews was rendered n vote OF thanks.
Tho lecture was all over at l0:l5 and
then a final search was made for tbs
missing Mr.. Andrews, but no Mr.. Andrews
was visible. MI. Andrews WAS to have
been brought to the meeting by Dr. r
C.. Newton, OF Montclair. Dr.. NeWtoh
also failed to turn VI.