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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
1.-TWO KILLED IN An
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
The Car Dasies Across Road Into
Ditch
PINNED UNDER the Big MACHINE.
Philadelphia And Camden Business
Men Meet Death And Other Occu-
pants OF Car Are Injured-Auto-
mobile nunning At Medium Speed
Say The Eye-Witnesses-The Res
cuers Are Stopped By Flames.
Dreading An Explosion.

Philadelphia, Pa. Especially. - 1
just became known that two promi
nent business men, one of Camden
and the other a Philadelphia. are
dead as a result of an automobile
accident which occurred near Naza
reth. Pa, in which three other per
sons also received injuries.
The dead are:,
w. H. Wagner, 2O6 Cooper Street
Camden. vice president of j. B. Van
solver & Co.. instantly killed.
Charles A. Fleuhr. Second Street
pike. Philadelphia furniture dealer
died without regaining consciousness
Besides these fatalities the follow
ing occupants of the cars were in
jured: Albert F. Rolling, buyer fol
j. B. Vanaciver & Co.
Henry Linde, furniture dealer, Of
1921 North Twenty-second Street.
BENJAMIN Ritter, chair manufac
turer, 1851 Germantown Avenue.
The automobile party which ended
disastrously fter the machine swerv
ed to the side of the roed and plung
ed over an embankment near Naza
reth had been arranged for weeks II
4
advance.
Apparently the big machine struck
on obstruction in the road. Il
swerved sharply to one side, almost
turning around, and plunged ovel
the side of the rod into the ditch
Not a sound C; me from the five oc
cupants of the car, but an instant
after the machine turned turtle 9
flash of flame and smoke went up
Fearing an explosion, bystanders
were afraid to begin the work OF
rescue for several minutes.
The body of Mr.. Wagner was frs
picked up. He had been riding or
the front seat with the driver, and
when the machine toppled over he
was hurled across the road. the back
of his head striking one of the rails
of the Nazareth tro ley. His skull
was crushed, and death was instan'
taneous.
Mr.. Fleuhr was eound by the res
cuers pinned underneath the wreck
ed car.
His skull was fractured, his face
badly battered and his body burned
by escaping gasoline.
BY his side was Mr.. Linde, who
was unconscious when taken out, but
who escaped SCI ious injury. Mr.
Rolling, perhaps internally injured
was also pinned under the car. THIS
driver, Mr.. Ritter, was thrown across
the ditch and seriously urt. He will
probably recover, although he sus.
tanned serious scalp wounds and
Commissions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
DUST KILLS barry.
Fatal Germs Thrive lin Dry Part OF
A Minnesota Town.


Winona, MINI. Especially. - Wi
mona is fighting an epidemic of in
fantile paralysis, which attacks chill
dren between the ages of six months
and 10 years, and, where is does
not kill, leaves the victims helpless
cripples.
When efforts of the board of
health failed to check the growing
number of cases the state authorities
were called in. They say the dis
ease germ was carrying in the dust
from the streets into susceptible or
gans of the children. The 80 or
more cases are scattered throughout
the outlying districts which are not
sprinkled.
A special meeting of the council
was held, and it was decided to
sprinkle all the alleys, streets and
sidewalks in an effort to rid the city
of the germs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
WASHINGTON.
BY TELEGRAPH

President Taft may be obliged to
abrogate the Cuban reciprocity treaty
in order to give other nations the
benefit of the minimum rate.
The State Department anndunceo
the appointment of Osro G. Gould,
of Minnesota, to be vice consul gen.
eral at Seoul.
Representative Tawney told the
President that his committee would
sail for the Isthmus Of Panama Mo-
vember z.
Secretary Hitchcock will try to
make the registry bureau of the Pos
tai Department self-supporting.
The itinerary Of President Taft's
fall trip calls for a journey of 49,
900 miles to be made in so days.
The retiring President of Bolivia
may try to prevent the inauguration
of his successor.
Congress adjourned without con-
firming the nomination of several
Taft appointees.
Edwin v. Morgan, American min
lister to Cuba, is in Washington on a
vacation.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
NGagn announced CnaC the lnlIlaIS
of the designer on the new Lincoln
pennies are To be removed.
In executive session the Senate
confirmed the nomination of William
Heimke to be minister to Salvador.
Senator Penrose called for an in
vestigation of the condition in steel
mills in Western Pennsylvania.
Seventeen young lieutenants were
assigned places in the Marine Corps.
New boilers are to be installed in
the battelship Maine.
Chief Willis L. Moore. of the
Weather Bureau, is pushing young
men into important positions in place
of the men over 60 years of age.
Because of mental or physical de-
ficiencies half of the candidates for
commissions in the Marine Corps
failed to pass the examination.
The men of the Revenue Cutter
Service celebrated tie one hundred
and nineteenth anniversary of the
establishment of the service.
1t is understood that the Presi-
dent will appoint Thomas White as
supervisor of the census for New
York County.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
sWaaloWs His Teeth.

Panxsutawney, Pa. Especially -
Few physicians ever operated upon
a man with the same object as did
the doctors at the Adrian Hospital
here. when an abdominal incision
was made on Peter Jackson, white
man. jackson. while drinking bot
tie OF pop at his home, dislodged his
false teeth and swallowed them. A
physician. unable to recover the
molars. forced them into the mans
stomach and then rushed him to the
hospital. where the operation was
performed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
IN the WORLD OF FINANCE

A movement has been launched
by holders of common stock, includ-
ing it is said, the Rockefeller inter-
ests in New York, to bring about the
election of new board of directors
of the American Shipbuilding Com
pany The cause of complaint is
the failure of the concern to de-
clare dividends regularly.
1t is reported ON good authority
that the American group which is to
participate in the Chinese loan con-
sists of j. P Morgan & Co., the First
National Bank, the National City
Bank and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., all of
New York. The loan is to be 10000
900 sterling, of which the American
syndicate is to get one-fourth. There
has been some disagreement, but it
is said that negotiations are now pro-
ceeding without a hitch.
Already there is talk of what will
be done at the next meeting of the
Steel Corporation directors for divi-
dend purposes, which Is as remote
as October 26. Calculators have
computed that the earnings for the
current quarter should be $35, 000,-
900.
A well posted street railway man
says the dulOuODte ud6 ndU LullCe-
able effect on the earnings of both
street and steam railway. He de-
clares that the summer earnings
would have been appreciably greater
but for the steady use of the automo-
bile for summer recreation.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
plans by further stock purchase
to increase it's control of the Staten
Island Midland Railway Company, a
constituent of the Staten Island
Rapid Transit Railway. The Balti-
more & Ohio already controls 49,
558 of the $4,000 shares OF the road.
or 1854 per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
NEW COINAGE STOPPED.
But 28,OOO,OOO Lincoln Pennies Are
Already Issued.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD. - The or
der of the Treasury Department, at
Washington. to discontinue until fur
Their notice the coinage of the new
one cent pieces was received here
by the superintendent of the Phila-
delphia Mint. Ten machines were
busy turning out the pennies when
the order was received. The coin
age of the new pennies was begun
in June and up to the time the or
der was received today 1905, 900
of the little coins, representing a
value of $279,950 had been minted
About ia. OO0,O of the coins have
already been distributed throughout
the country and the remainder will
be shipped cut as rapidly as the de-
mands for the pieces develop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
suffocated Ry Smoke.

Philadelphia Is p ciaD. - Mrs.
James Hensler, 10 years OIL, was suf-
located by smoke at the home of
her son-in-law, Thomas HI. Marmey,
during fire in the upper part of the
house. The family as asleep when
the fire started and the flames were
discovered by a crippled daughter.
who gave, the alarm. Marmey tried
to reach. Mrs. Hensler's rooms, but
stopped at window o. breath of
fresh air and fell out. He was slight
" injured. When the firemen arriv-
ed at the house they found Mrs.
Hensler dead 15 feet from the front
door. The house was not badly dam
aged. ~ ssp4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
THE NEW TARIFF LAW.

At 5 o'clock P. M, August .,
President Taft signed the long
looked-for tariff bill. and the
Payne Act became law.
The bill was under, consideration
by a special session of Con-
gress, convened March 10. for
four months and twenty days.
The House received the bill on
March IL and spent "a days
debating the measure, passing
it to the Senate on April 3.
The Senate Finance Committee
had the bill under considera-
ton for eight days, Mr.. Aldrlch
introducing it in the Senate on
April II.
The Senate debated the bill for
40 days, passing it on July 3.
The House and Senate conferees
struggled with the provisions
of the measure for 20 days,
signing the bill on July 20.
July 81 the House took it's final
vote on the act, and August .
the Senate passed it for the
second time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
Died In His Brides Arms.

Antwerp Especially. = Joseph H.
Leute, American vice and deputy
consul general at Zurich, Switzerland
died in the arms of his young bride
on board the steamer Marquette lust
as the vessel was entering this port
Mr.. Leute was married in Philadel-
phia on the eve of the sailing of the
Marquette from that city July 25.
Death resulted from tuberculosis.
Mr.. Leute was 25 years old and 4
native of Pennsylvania. He is said
to have been consular official of
great promise.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13

Rochester. N. Y. Especially -
Leaving her home early on Satur-
day afternoon to place flowers on
the grave of her father, pretty Anna
Schumacher, II years old, who re-
sided with her mother in this city.
was attacked by one or more un-
known men, criminally assaulted and
murdered. Her body was dragged
outside the cemetery to depression
in lonely spot and covered with a
thin layer of earth and leaves. There
by constables of the town of Greece,
who found marks of a struggle in
the Schumacher family plot in the
cemetery, where the flowers placed
on the fathers grave by the girl
were still fresh.
A superficial examination of the
body led the police to announce that
criminal assault had preceded the
murder Particles of what looked
like skin were found under the
girls fingernails, indicating that she
had fought her assailants and
scratched them in her desperate re-
sistance. The spade with which the
murderer or murderers covered up
the body of the victim was found
nearby. It was fiecked with grain,
showing that it had been stolen from
some nearby farm.
1t is the theory of the police that
the girl was attacked by tramps or
thieves, the vicinity of the cemetery
where the body was found being a
favorite resort for vagabonds and
criminals.
The dead girl, who had eight sis
tiers and two brothers, lived with
her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Schuma-
cher, and unmarried sisters.
Saturday afternoon about o'clock
the girl obtained permission from
her mother to go to the Holy Sepul-
chre Cemetery. She took some
plants and flowers to put on the
grave In the family plot. That is
the last time she was seen by her
family until the finding of her body
Monday morning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13

Washington, D. c. Especially. -
Carrying an aggregate appropriation
of $1,100,00O, or $666,000 more
than as originally reported, the con-
ference report on the Urgent De-
ficiency Appropriation Bill was adopt
ed by the House.
Bitter opposition was directed
against the provisions of the bill re-
specting the establishment of a GUS
toms court and providing for the
purchase of automobiles for the Vice
President and the Speaker, but all
attempts to send the report back to
the conferees for amendment were
defeated. The bill as passed made
no provision for the payment of SAL
aries of judges and officers of the
court
When the House met the inten-
ton was to have the conference re-
port on the Deficiency Bill receive
immediate consideration, but it was
frustrated by Mr.. Macon (Ark.) Still
occupying the role of objector, Mr..
Macon refused unanimous consent to
motion by Mr.. Payne that the rule
requiring conference reports to be
printed in the Record should be sus-
pended in the interest of the Def
cheney Bill. All appeals to the Ar
kansas member to consen. were in
vain.
Incensed at this turn of affairs,
Mr.. Hughes CIV. Va) declared that
the business of the House should not
be delayed simply to humor some
whim of Mr.. Macon's." Il don't
appreciate any such gratuity as
that" said Mr.. Macon, more obdur-
ate than ever.
But the Republican leaders were
not THIS to be defeated in their pro-
gram of putting the Deficiency Bill
through, and after being in session
seven minutes mustered up enough
votes to force recess for half an
hour in order that the Committee on
Rules might bring in a resolution
covering the case.
When the 80 minutes were up Mr..
Dalzell (Pa.) promptly was recog-
nized to offer a rule which would
render the Payne motion effective.
Mr.. Macon could not bring himself
to see the necessity for the rule.
He remarked that it would have been
time enough to ask unanimous con-
sent when the conference report was
presented. Each case, he argued.
should stand on it's own bottom, Just
the same as tub does"
The rule, however, was put through
with a whoop, the Democrats gen
orally refusing to support the Ar
kansas member. The conference re-
port on the Urgent Deficiency Bill
then was presented by Chairman
Tawney and Immediately taken up.
The report appropriates $4,000
to pay expenses of the proposed Gus
toms court, but does not provide for
the organization of the court. 1t also
makes the followi : appropriations:
One hundred thousand dollars to
the Department of State for foreign
trade and treaty relations; 100000
for collecting the corporation tax;
$4,000 to relieve the suffering and
restitution among the Indians of the
Lapointe Agency, Wisconsin; $4,000
for automobiles for the Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker; $4,000 for the
Alaska Yukon-Paciflc Exposition.
The report also authorizes con-
tracts for the construction of the
Isthmian Canal to the extent of the
total amount of bonds authorized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
1895 bindings Burn.

Toxic Especially An official re-
port on the damage by the great
fire at Osaka places the number of
buildings destroyed at 1869, in
GLIDING IL office buildings, 8 schools.
4 banks. 10 business blocks and 90
temples. There was but one death.
due to illness caused by the fire.
Three persons were seriously injured,
six suffered slight hurts. An investi-
cation of the disaster has been begun
by the authorities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13

Toxic Especially Japan has sent
an ultimatum to China announcing
that she will proceed with the re-
construction of the Antung-Mukden
Railway owing to China's failure to
give her timely consent in view OF
Japan's treaty rights and the con-
venience of the worlds communica-
ton. Japan, however, is prepared
to deal amicably with the other Chi
no-Japanese differences concerning
Manchuria.
The ministry of war states that
it is prepared for any eventuality.
Several hundred Chinese soldiers
are stationed along the line.
Picking. - The negotiations be-
tween China and Japan for the con-
struction by Japan of the Antung-
Mukden Railroad, in accordance with
the convention signed several years
ago by Prince Ching, then Chinese
minister of foreign affairs. and Bar
on Komura, the Japanese foreign
secretary, and which have been in
progress at Mukden since 1907, have
failed owing to disputes between the
contracting parties arising from the
Interpretation of clauses in the con-
vention providing for the policing of
the line, etc.
Japan has formally intimated to
China her intention to proceed with
the reconstruction of the line with
in time limit, which Japan consid-
ers reasonable, regardless of China's
objection.
The entire railroad question there
will be transferred from Mukden to
Picking and be made part of the
whole Chino-Japanese question, con-
corning Manchuria, the negotiations
for the commencement of which
were concluded July 81.
The Antung-Mukden line was
built by Japan during the war with
Russia. After the war treaty was
signed between Japan and China, un-
der the terms of which Japan was
to be permitted to reconstruct" or
transform" the line, use it for a
term Of Is years, and then turn 1t
over to China.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
SAYS BIBLE Is ANTIQUATED.
President Emeritus OF Harvard Elk
presses His Views.

Boston, Mass. Especially In an
interview President Emeritus Charles
w. Eliot, of Harvard, made the
statement that many things in the
Bible are Anticipated.
do you not think the Bible and
Shakespeare should be included in
your list of books one should read
for a liberal education?p was asked
These volumes will be read by
everyone more or less" said Mr..
Eliot. About the Bible-many
things in this volume are Anticipated,
and 1t is a question in many modern
minds whether it is always advisable
to advocate the reading of this to
the extent of excluding many other
books.
However, the Bible will be al
ways read, and the same may also
be said of Shakespeare"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
killing FOLLOWS A Joke.

Ohaska. Tenn. peciaD,-Joe
Burafin. aged 80 years. was shot and
killed by Brandon Mcmahon. Nc
Mahon in a playful mood, knocked
on Burnfin's hat. Angered at this
Burnfin attacked Mcmahon with a
stick of wood, knocking him down
While lying on the ground Mcmahon
drew his revolver and fired three
shots. Ono bullet struck Burnfin
near the heart, killing him instantly
Mcmahon surrendered. He is sc
years old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
..PENNsY'' TO SPEND $4,000, 900.

Philadelphia Especially. Officials
of the Pennsylvania Railroad ANNOUNCE
ed that improvements amounting to
about $7,0O0.0O0 are about to be
made ON the lines of the company
west of Pittsburg. OF this sum 3d.
900, 600 will be expended on improv-
ing the Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati
and St. Louis railroad, and $4,000
600 In double-tracking the line be-
tween Richmond and Irvington, Ind.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
BODIES WASHED UP ON BEACH.

Cape Town Especially The Brit
ish steamer Maori foundered of
Slang Bay. Nine members of her
crew already have been landed, and
up to the present time six bodies
have been washed up on the beach
1t was at first reported that the
Maori had a considerable number
of passengers on board and a heavy
casualty list was feared. but later in
formation Is to the effect that the
Maori carried no passengers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
PIPE STEM PIERCES TONGUE
Driven Through BY Opening OF
Furnace Door.

Massillon, o. Especially With his
tongue so swollen that he cannot
speak a word, John Eckstein, of this
city, is confined to his home as the
result of an unusual accident.
While attending to the engine at
the Crystal mine. northeast Of Mas
sillon, Eckstein was about to throw
a shovelful of coal into the furnace
when the furnace door few open
and struck the short clay pipe which
he was smoking SO sharply that the
end of the stem of the pipe was
driven through his tongue.
His tongue Immediately began to
swell, and he since has been unable
to speak a word or take solid food.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
Look For Birds, Find silver.

Hanover, N. H. Especially Three
boys. Charles Todd, Raymond Moss
and Harry Connell, started out to
they saw bird fly from the ground
vestigated,9 and not only found a
nest with five young. birds, but $3.50
worth of silverware. Over the sill
yer was pair Of old overalls. Some
sof the plate was covered with mold
half an inch thick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
? Boys Club Third To Death.

Brownsville, Texas Especially -
That both Lad part in clubbing
to death their 1O-year-old companion,
Elisee Cantu, was the confession of
Idaifono Gomez and Angel Cerveras,
IA and 10 years old. The trio had par
taken freely of "mescal." and Cantu
was attacked with heavy stick when
he became abusive. Friday Cerveras
asserted that Gomez alone did the
clubbing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
WANTED WIFE TO DIE FIRST.
Man Shot At Her And Baby, Then
Killed Himself. Q

Cordova. Ala. Especially Walter
Gipson shot and killed himself after
attempting to kill his wife and year.
old boy. Three shots were fired at
Mrs, Gipson, and nc penetrated her
arm. Gipson then fired at the child,
the bullet going through it's clothes,
after. which he fired bullet into his
own breast His last words were:
81 would die easy if I knew Mag
was dead
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13

White Bear, Mimi. Especially In
pitched battle with rifles and re-
volvers following, bold robbery OF
the First State Bank of White Bear,
Robert Pohl, said to have been an
ex-convict, and Edward Larken.
chief of police at the Five Forks,
Bald Eagle Lake cottage, were kill
ed and several others wounded, Will
liam Butler, a White Bear fisherman,
perhaps fatally.
Pohl, who had been working at
White Bear for about a week, and
who Is believed to have been pro-
fessional craftsman, took a check
for 81 to the bank at $50 A. NJ,
and while the cashier, Alfred Au-
GER was examining it he produced
an automatic rifle and demanded all
the cash in the bank. Anger COM
piled. AS the robber dashed out OF
the hank with $685. in cash Anger
raised the alarm and citizens pnr-
sued the man to the Interstate lum-
Der yards, where he hid.
Larken entered the yards and was
shot through the heart. The robber
then ran to pile of lumber short
distance beyond the yard and hid
under it. A desperate battle with
the self-constituted posse, during
which at least 500 shots were ex-
changed, followed. John Brachvo-
gel, one of the posse, finally winged
the robber in the arm. The man
dropped his weapon, but picked it
up again and as he turned to fire
Brachvogel shot him dead Fift~en
bullets were found in the mans
body.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
Taft To Visit Charleston, S. c.

washington. D. C. Especially -
President Taft has decided to include
Charleston, S. c., in his itin rrary
for the Western and Southern trip.
He will arrive in Charleston late in
the afternoon of November and
spend the night there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
-Four Picknickers Drown.

Ogdensburg, N. Y. Especially. -
Four men lost their Lives by drown
ing near Rocky Point. Eight men
started out for Rocky Point. sum
mer resort, to arrange for a picnic
to be held there next Monday. On
arrival at Rocky Point it was neces-
sary to anchor the sailboat and land
in a punt.
The punt was very leaky when
seven of the men boarded it and
began rowing for the shore. When
half the distance had been traversed,
notwithstanding all efforts to bail
out, it sank with its occupants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13
THE TARIFF BILL
IS NOW 4 LAW
Lively Scenes Mark Final Passage
OF the Measure.
AND CONGRESS- HAS ADJOURNED.

Vote On The Payne Bill In The Sem
ate Showed Forty-Seven In Favor
And Thirty.One Opposing The Act.
Western Senators Line Up Against
It-Taft Goes To The Capitol To
Affix His Signature And. Is Warm-
ly Received BY Congressmen-
Bitter Debate Characterized The
Sessions Last Day.