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Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
White SLAVE
DEALER SENTENCED
Fined $500 and Sent to Jail
For Eleven Months.

New York, Oct. 30.-Wolf Katz, who
said he was a real estate dealer, liv-
ing at 1S4S Second avenue, was con-
victed before Justices Olmsted, Wyatt
and Moss in special sessions of traf-
ticking in women and was sentenced
to term of eleven months in the pen
itentiary and a fine of $500.
According to the testimony, Katz' s
method was to form partnership
with the women he procured and share
the proceeds. His investment was the
rent of an apartment. The women who
testified against him were Marion
Walker twenty-eight years old, of At
lantic City, and Rosie Feldman, aged
twenty-three, who said she came from
the lower East Side.
The women said that they had moth
ing to do with the apartment except
to occupy it. Katz paid the rent and
made visit every night at twelve to
collect half of the proceeds of the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
General Robert p. Hughes Dead.

Philadelphia, Oct. 29-Major Gen
eral Robert P. Hughes, U. s. A., retir-
ed, die dat his home, 5841 Overlook
avenue, from complication of throat
diseases. He had been ill for some
time. General Hughes was born in
this state and was seventy-one years
of age. At the outbreak of the Civil
War he entered the army as a private
in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer
infantry. His enlistment dated from
April 25, 1861. He was appointed a
first lieutenant Oct II, 1861, and rose
during the progress of the rebellion
to be lieutenant colonel of the Penn
sylvania infantry, from which he was
honorably discharged June 28, 1865.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
AN ESKIMO CHURCH.
The SeaIskin Sweatbox Finally Went
to the Dogs.

The SeaIskin sweatbox Finally Went
to the Dogs.
The missionary sent to the States for
a magic lantern and the necessary
slides. Thirteen months later they
reached him.
Everything in Bafin Land dates
from that ever memorable magic Ian
tern exhibition. From 300 miles around
the expectant Eskimos came in behind
their dog teams to participate in the
wonderful event. The sealskin church
was filed to overfowing. The specta-
tors were packed as closely as sardines
in tin. The scent of sperm oil and
blubber and sweat soaked furs min
gled in the air. Although the ther-
mometer outside registered 40 degrees
below zero, the perspiration poured in
streams down the faces of the enthusi-
astic audience. And when the strag-
Cling list of arctic explorers who have
touched at Cumberland sound have
long since been forgotten the recol-
will linger in the minds of the Eskimo
from Meta lncognita to Cockburn Land.
But a few nights later a sad fate
befell the sealskin church. 1t was
eaten up by pack of hungry Eskimo
dogs. These savage creatures, starved
almost to death. made raid on the
edifice during a binding snowstorm.
Managing to get on top of the roof,
they soon tore holes in the sealskin
covering, and. in spite of the exertions
of the missionary and his entire con-
gregation, they actually ran away with
the greater portion of the frozen skin.
which. at a safe distance, they pro-
ceeded to devour-Everybody's Maga-
zinc
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
TAFT REACHES
new ORLEANS
Junket Down the Mississippi
Ended To-day.
BADGERING UNCLE JOE CANNON
The President Discovers That the
Speaker Is With Him and Against
Him on His Waterway Program.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 30.-Presi-
dent Taft's junket down the Mississip-
pi river ended this afternoon. The
boats carrying the twenty-five govern
ors, the TT congressman and the host
of deep waterway boosters stuck
closer to the presidents flagship, and
the run from Natchez to this city was
made without chartering single spe-
cial train.
The presidents program here in
cludes luncheon at the archbishop's
palace, a speech before the waterways
convention, a football game between
the University of Louisiana and Sc
vance, a dinner by one of the New
Orleans clubs and a French opera in
the evening.
The thing that stands out strongest
in the Taft trip down the river is the
presidents persistent badgering of
Uncle Joe Cannon. Uncle Joe ducked
and lodged, but the president drove
him into an open declaration on wa
terways. The speaker has made it
plain that he is opposed to Mr.. Taft's
plan of issuing bonds for improve
ments. but the president is still nag
ging him.
"All I can agree to do" said the
president in a speech before the st.
Louis Business Mems League, "is to
keep punching Uncle Joe up to the
point where he may make an admis-
sion, and if I accomplish that feat be-
tween st. Louis and New Orleans l
shall have done something equal to
the work which presents itself to the
engineers in improving this river
In another speech the president re-
ferred to the speakers biblical quota
tions on the trip down the river. "Un-
Gle Joe" has sought to create the i'm
preston that he is with Mr.. Taft on
his waterway program, but there has
always been "but" or two attached
to his Endorsements, usually in the
form of biblical quotations.
'I observe" said the president, "that
there has been considerable curiosity
along the shore in reference to Uncle
Joe's attitude, and he, by reason of his
familiarity with the scriptures has
been able to cloud what he really
| thought in the language of that Orien-
| tai literature, which carries him off in
a blaze of glory without a full COM
initial. All I have to say in the pres
| ence of this distinguished statesman
| (Uncle joel is that he heretofore has
indorsed all l have said, with certain
scrint11ral qualifications and am will
ling to endorse all that that Uncle Joe
says if l may be permitted to search
through Crudence Concordance and
get few scriptural quotations
In other words, Uncle Joe is with
Mr.. Taft, but he isn't, and the presi-
| dent is glad to give him the same kind
of an Endorsement.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
MADE MATTERS WORSE.
Her Effort to Correct Her Error About
Charles and Mary Lamb.

Her Effort to Correct Her Error About
Charles and Mary Lamb.
Charles Lamb, the beloved Ella Of
the essays. wrote both tragedies and
comedies, but was not a successful
playwright. When his farce "Mr. H."
was produced at the Drury Lane the
ater it failed conspicuously, and the
genial author, who was in the audi
ence, himself Joined with companion
able vigor in kissing it.
1t is. indeed. an airy trifle, too slight
in texture for the professional stage,
but it has proved a charming play for
amateurs. At a recent performance
by college dramatic society a little
dialogue took place between two ladies
in the audience which would certainly
have delighted Lamb himself could he
have heard it.
"'Mr. H., a farce in two acts by
Charles Lamb" read one Of them
from her program. do you know, l
had quite forgotten that Lamb was a
dramatic author
"Oh, my DEAR" exclaimed her neigh
bor, with a superior smile, "of course
he was! Surely you must remember
that he and his sister collaborated
with Shakespeare"
"Collaborated with Shakespearev'
exclaimed the first speaker, startled
out Of her politeness. ridiculous!
What could have put such an idea
Oh, you must be thinking of the Tales
From Shakespeare by Charles and
Mary Lamb"
There was mirth in her voice, and
the superior person, flushing, perceived
that overhasty "cramming" for the oc.
casfon had led her into error. She
tried to retrieve herself.
II did not mean collaborated with
him, of course" she explained loftily
"That was merely slip of the tongue
meant translated him." - Youths
Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
FOUR LYNCHED FOR MURDER
Mississippi Farmers Take Vengeance
For KIInu of PeddIer,

Meridian, Miss, Oct. CIV. H. Pal.
mer, a Kemper county farmer, report
ed that four colored men had probably
been lynched in Kemper county as
result of the murder of peddler
named Kahn. Kahn's head was sew
cred from his body with an axe, and
after his money and goods were stolen
the body was placed in his cart and
the horse started down the road.
White farmers, who found the horse,
cart and body, also discovered some
of the stolen goods in colored mans
cabin. Four colored men were charg.
ed with the crime, and one is said to
have confessed, duplicating the other
three.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
MOVE MILLSTO BREAKsTRlNE
American Sheet Company Takes Tin
Plants From Union Towns.

American Sheet Company axes Tin
Plants From Union Towns.
Pittsburg, Oct. 30.-The American
Sheet and Tinplate company, part Of
the United States Steel corporation,
began the shifting of machinery from
certain plants to others perhaps 100
miles distant, thereby putting into ac-
ton the threat of some time ago to
wipe out the last trace of unionism in
it's mills scattered through the coun-
try.
The great tin mills at Bridgeport, o.,
and at Martins Ferry, O., are being
boarded up and their 500 employees
left without work, while the expensive
machinery is being brought into Penn
sylvania and installed in plants long
since abandoned and formerly marked
for the scrap heap.
These two Ohio plants have admit
tedly been the strongholds of union
ism in the strike which has ragged in
the American Steel and Wire COM
pany's plants since the night of June
80 last. The workmen there have been
most stubborn, but it was not decided
until some days ago to board the mills
up entirely and take the machinery to
other towns.
The work of shifting the machinery
was begun, and the hopes of more than
1900 families in these two towns of a
return to work under any scale have
been extinguished. Local officials at
the abandoned Ohio plants are quoted
as saying that the mills will not be
reopened inside of four years.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
CUSTOM HOUSE
NEST OF CRAFT
Importers Say New York Ser
vice is Corrupt
CROOKS RETAIN THEIR JOBS

Men Who Confessed Their Dishonesty
at Trial Granted Immunity - Mer-
chants Declare Unfair Business Com
petition Was Brought About by the
Grating.
New York, Oct. 28.-Importers and
merchants, who have been held up for
years by the grating of custom house
inspectors and weighers, say that the
whole customs service in this city is
rotten from the bottom upward How
far up the rottenness extended few of
them could guess, because the COM
ment through false weights and re-
turns, collecting bribes for prompt SER
vice forced the importers to deal only
with the little crooks.
Who the men are that get a fat
share of the blackmail the little crooks
collected is a matter which interests
men who have been forced for years,
they say, to be dishonest themselves
in order to get their shipments han
died by the petty officials of the GUS
tom house.
Merchants Forced to Submit.
Scores of merchants who deal in
imported goods have been gouged for
years by the graft system in the Gus
toms service. They submitted to it,
they explained, because they had to
get their shipments into their ware
houses, and strict honesty wasn't pos
Sible with many customs men. 1t took
cash in the hand and smiling ac-
quiescence in grand larceny to enable
them to keep their heads above water
in an unfair business competition
brought about by the grating in the
service.
The end of the Musica case in the
criminal branch of the u. S. circuit
court came when young Philip Mu-
sica, an importer, who had pleaded
guilty to participation in cheese weigh
ing frauds, was remanded for sentence
by Judge Holt, and the indignant CON-
ment from Judge Holt that Collector
Loeb's action in retaining self-con.
fessed thieves in the customs service
was discreditable to the government
and an injustice to honest men, made
some importers believe that the whole
graft system could be ended by fair
course of dealing in Collector Loebs
office.
Young Musica's guilt had been set
tied by the testimony of three men
George Brahm, George Berge and Will
liam Hutchinson, assistant weighers
on the docks, all of whom have a
guarantee of immunity from prosecu
ton and were retained in their jobs
They testified coolly that they were
dishonest men when they gave evi
dence against the young Italian i'm,
porter
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
CARNEGIE'S Gitf ACCEPTED
Pennsylvania Will Take Over 45O
Acres For Tuberculosis Sanitarium.

Acres For tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 30.-Andrew
Carnegie's offer of $50 acres of noun
tain land on the top of the Alleghenies
at Cresson for a sanitarium for the
treatment of tuberculosis was accept
ed by the state
Commissioner of Health Samuel G..
Dixon laid the data concerning the
land before Governor Edwin S. Stuart,
an after short consultation they
decided to accept the land for the
state.
Immediately upon this action, DR..
Dixon sent this cablegram to Mr.. Car
negie at his home in Scotland:
with appreciation accept Cresson
property for Pennsylvania"
1t is stated at the capitol that DR..
Dixon has full authority under a re-
cent act to accept the land for the use
OF the department Of health in it's cam
paign against tuberculosis. Plans will
be prepared at once for the buildings.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
WILL DISMISS THE CROOK
Collector Loeb Will Clean Out the Ne
York Customs Service.

York Customs Service.
New York, Oct. 29.-Collector Loet
and Special Counsel w. Wickheu
Smith admitted that the cugton,z seq
vice is rotten with graft.
They have reason to know the truth
OF the story of how customs officials
seduce importers into plain embezzle
ment and how different grades of Gus
toms men pick the pocket of the treas
ury, and touch lightly on the facts.
The federal officials are planning an
Investigation to sweep the service
clean. This time, they say, the i'm
porters will not be made the scape
goats. Few crooked officials haze
promises of immunity, the word went
out The general program adopted con
templates the discharge of suspected
officials, big and little. Come to me-
was the advice Loeb sent out to mer
chants and citizens that have beer
gouged.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
FLOWER NAMED FOR TAFT

Is a chrysanthemum, Pure White, Me
dium-Size Bloom of Great Beauty.
Washington, Oct. 29.-"The Presi
dent Taft" holds the place of honor al
the annual chrysanthemum show OF
the agricultural department. This was
foremost among the new varieties, be
ing pure white, medium-size bloom
The President Taft is a genuine
thoroughbred among chrysanthemums
1t is not exceptionally large, but the
petals are beautifully formed and grow
in such manner as to give the en-
tire flower the appearance from lit
tie distance of a solid mass.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
A Reply to Gladstone,

Gladstone had no great scientific
knowledge" said an English writer.
"and at dinner. when Faraday de-
Bcribed an important new scientific
discovery, the premier showed indiffer-
ence.
"'After all,' he said, hiding a yawn
behind his hand, what use will it ever
be?' .....s
"'Why.' said Faraday, there's every
probability, sir; that some day you'll
he able to tax it,"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
As ExempIified.

Having given his order twenty min
utes before and seeing no indications
that his dinner was ready. the man
with the sparse whiskers beckoned TO
waiter.
my friend" he said. perhaps I
have made mistake. Is this pay as
you enter restaurant"
"No, SIR" responded the young man
in the white apron. yawning. This is
dinner cooked while you wait res
taurant."
Thereupon he resumed his dreamy.
contemplative attitude. and the man
with the sparse whiskers waited some
more.-Chicago Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter low grades, $4.50@475; winter
clear, S490@5.10; city mills, fancy,
$6@6.25.
per barrel.
WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, s114@
1.16.
CORN steady; No yellow, local.
69@69hc.
OATS firm; No. white, 46Q46hc.;
lower grades, 45c.
POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 140
141Ac.; old ROSTERS, lie. Dressed firm;
choice fowls, 16c.; old roosters, 12c
BUTTER steady; extra creamery,
35c. per lib.
EGGS steady; selected, "a @ &c.;
nearby, 31c.s western, 31c.
POTATOES firm: per BUSH, 60@65c,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
$5Oo,O0O GIFT FOR YALE
Will of Wilkes-Barre Physician Con
tains Large Bequest.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Oct. 29.-By the
terms of the will of the late DR.. Levi
I. Shoemaker, of this city, which was
filed for probate, Yale university is
given a bequest of over 100000, to be
used in the medical department of the
institution.
This sum will revert to the univer-
sity upon the death of his wife, who is
to enjoy the proceeds of the estate
during her life time.
In addition to this several bequests
are made of sums ranging from $4,000
to $500, among those remembered be-
ing the Home for Friendless Children
in this city and James S. Allen, col.
lege chum.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
STRICKEN AT GRAVE
Shock at Funeral Fatal to Woman at
NorirstoWn,

Norristown, Pa, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Weinrich, fifty-two years old,
died here while attending the funeral
of her mother. She was just leaving
the grave when she had stroke, that
resulted in her death. A sister of Mrs.
Weinrich was badly burned by her
clothing being set on fire.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Canal Zone Governor Hasn't Resigned

Lexington, KY, Oct. 30-Joseph c..
S. Blackburn, governor of the Panama
canal zone, who arrived for a two
weeks visit to his farm in Woodward
county, denied he had resigned the
governorship, and said he had no in
tention Of resigning.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04

Hurt Cutting Wood; Dies Of Lookjaw.
Bellefontaine. O., Oct. 29. - Ezra
Hedman, of Mount Victoria, died Of
lockjaw. While splitting kindling wood
ten days ago stick few into his face
injurtng his nose. A. !,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Cops Bracelets Held Handcuff King

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 2s.-The police
are laughing at Joseph Delissi, the
"handcuff king" who had been ap-
pearing in Rockville theater. He is
in jail, accused of having been con-
nected with a robbery. The man whom
handouts and straitjackets couldn't
hold-on the stage-was unable to get
out of pair of police bracelets Hart
ford cops decorated him with. Several
hundred dollars of negotiable securi-
ties were found on Delissi, the police
claim.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
PAID CASH TO COOKS GUIDE
Gen. Ashton Says He Gave BarrilI Be-
tween &1nn and 5000 Enr Affidavit

Gen. Ashton Says He Gave BarrilI Be-
tween $500 and 5000 For Affidavit.
Washington, Oct. 30.-"I paid Bar
rill, DR.. Cooks Mount Mckinley
guide, between $10O and 5000 for the
deposition in which he stated that the
explorer did not reach the summit
of Mount Mckinley by fourteen
miles"
This statement is made by General
James H. Ashton, of Tacoma, Wash,
and now in this city for few days.
He is the man who rounded up the
guides and others employed by DR..
Frederick A. Cook in his ascent of
Mount Mckinley.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Fine $4,000 and One Year For Importe

Fine $4,000 and One Year For Importer
New York, Oct. 30.-Philip Musica,
member of the cheese importing firm
of A. Musica & Son, who pleaded
guilty to defrauding the government
by conniving at a plan for under
weighing by customs weighers, was
sentenced by Judge Holt, in the Unit
ed States circuit court, to one years
imprisonment in Elmira reformatory
and to pay fine of $4,000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Railroad Raises WAGES.

Pittsburg, Oct. 30.-Oficials Of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad have
issued circulars to their 5000 laborers,
announcing that when they draw their
pay Nov. / for October work they will
receive pay on basis Of $1.65 . day
instead Of $3.50. -,lp.s..s.x "a, a,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Mother confesse Child Murder

Suffolk, Va, Oct. 30.-Accused of
numbering their five-year-old daugh-
ter, William and Vincie Pugh, were
held without bail for the grand jury.
The child was beaten to death and
the body buried several days before
murder was suspected. The woman
confessed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Live Stock Markets,

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-.
CATTLE active; choice, $6.50@7.
SHEEP strong; prime wethers, $4.60
OATS; culls and common, S1.5003;
lambs, $4@6.80; veal calves, $8.5009.
HOGS active; prime heavies, $8.O5
OSLO; mediums, $7.95@8; heavy
Workers., $7.85@795; light Yorkers,
saa.ss00g77'1S; pigs. s7.25@76o; roughs,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Woman Killed by Broken Needle

Boonton, N. j., Oct. pa broken
needle in her hand caused the death
of Mrs. Ellen High, of this place
When the hand began to swell it was
thought the needle point would work
out, but blood poisoning soon spread
through her system.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Drops Dead at Friends Funeral

Shamokin, Pa, Oct 29.-Mrs. George
Nye was among a large number of
mourners accompanying the body Of
Mrs. John McCollum to the cemetery
when the former, thinking that he
friends body would soon be lowered
into the grave, grew so overcome with
grief that she fell to the sidewalk in
a paralytic fit and died.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Gambler Shot Dead by wife,

Reno, New, Oct. ga. g. Talbot,
millionaire gambler, widely known all
along the coast, was probably fatally
shot by his wife after a violent quar-.
rel over a divorce suit which she in.
tended to file.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04

Offered to Trade Sons With Neighbor.
Winsted, Conn.,, Oct. 2S-When War
rem w. Jones' foot was cut off by e.
H. Stedman's moving machine near
here, Stedman offered the boys father
to trade one of his sons for the MAIN
ed boy. The offer was refused, and the
Joneses have sued Stedman for $10,-
900 damages.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
WILL FACE DR.. COOK
Barrill Says He Will Disprove Mount
Mckinley Story.

Hamilton, Mont, Oct. 29-E. N. Bar
rill stated tnat he would be near the
platform when DR.. Frederick A. Cook
makes his speech here, prepared to
argue every point that the explorer
may bring up in attempted controver-
sion of Barrill's affidavit that in Cooks
Mount Mckinley climb he failed to
reach the summit. Barrill is bitter in
his denunciation of DR.. Cook and re-
iterates that he told the truth in his
affidavit.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Suicide In sheriff,s Office

Baltimore, Oct. 29.-Despondent at
the recent death of brother, Deputy
Sheriff Charles E. Bichy committed
suicide in the sheriffs office at the
courthouse. ~
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Death Sentence For Assault.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 2s.-After being
twice found guilty of assault on a
young white girl of Atlanta, Rogers
Merritt, colored, was sentenced by
Judge L. S. Roam, of the superior
court, to be hanged Dec. 8.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
Archduke's Son Arrested as swindler.

HTChduKe'S son Nrrested as SWlndler.
Paris, Oct. pa man about twenty
years old, who says he is called Count
Cubata, but who is really Archduke
Karl Heinrich, son of Archduke Otho,
and a woman, aged fifty years, who
was married to Count Cubata in 1905,
have been arrested on the charge OF
swindling tradesmen.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
The Weather,

Forecast for this section: Fair and
cool today; tomorrow, fair, with slowly
rising temperature: moderate north.
westerly winds, becoming variable.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
SAW REMOVED APPENDIX
Just Out of Hospital After Operation
Lad Explained From Specimen.

Lad Explained From Specimen.
W1lllamsport, Pa, Oct. 30.-The ply
siology class in Professor Kiess' room
OF the public schools had unique OBJ,
Ject lesson. The lesson was about
the appendix.
Earl Biddle, aged sixteen years, a
member of the class, who has just
come out of the hospital after an oper
alton for appendicitis, was present
with his removed and diseased appen
dix In bottle of alcohol, and explain
ed from the picked specimen.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
ATurn Down.

SSnaggsy-Beg pardon, mister; I'm a
stranger In desc parts. Farmer Har-
row-Well, I dunno of anybody that
wants to git acquainted with ye.
Maras away)-Bestaa Transcript ,.s.,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
The Weather.

Forecast for this section: Fair and
cooler today; tomorrow, fair; light
to moderate northwest to northeast
winds.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04
GIRL AND MAN SHOT DEAD
Finding Of Bodies In Boston House
Reveals Mysterious TRAGEDY.

Boston, Mass, Oct. 2S.-A young
woman named Howard, of 38 Batavia
street, and an elevated railroad con-
ductor named Sternberg were found
shot to death on the steps leading to
the woman's apartments. 1t is believed
Sternberg killed the girl and himself.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-11-04

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