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New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
CHAUFFEUR AS A Legislation

Just how chauffeur who Is privileged - I'd,
his own laws TO some extent VIII act ~ - "a. 70
ter of speed control and good roads lss.s- TON
mains TO he seen when Represen'As. -. IsxsS
Davis takes MS seat IN the MassaenIseNS S,--nsry
iat,re The arst Of the year Davis was 'r..us sor-s
employed by the Matheson Automooii' - iatss
as a tester and IN other capaciues. - Not
went with private family as caa n ~ break
long ago he quit work make an eHol- l' ,ns srst
ing into the Legislature. and was 80 49, nv forr
ms he r5 n election ier ofs fe threw his a p %
and won handt.y in the stretch For tas E.syssA
teen m years he has been resident - .
.nloh city hs vsr rse<sssut>-aAssa~
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
WHEN A MOTOR REcoMEs CRANKY.

A frequent source of annoyance in the running
of a motor which has seen considerable service
arises from the lost motion between the connec-
tions of the throttle and ignition levers and sub
ioined parts In most cases this may be corrected
by inserting tension spring in portion Of
the system in such a way that It will keep the
parts constantly drawn IN one direction. Any
slsckness OF the joints will thus be obviated.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
STILL ROOM TO ENLARGE.

II has been estimated that there present
no less than hundred and fifty thousand auto
mobiles in I'm America, and another estimate
places the proba BILE production of the forthcoming
year at seventy-hve thousand new cars. On this
basis the parent industry is made to loom very
large But when it is considered that In the hey
dav Of the carriage industry less than one
million buggies year were turned out during four
consecutive seasons, it appears that the business
OF vehicle production enjoys possibilities which the
automobile section of it has by no means begun to
exhaust even yct-MOtCr World.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
INDEPENDENT SHOW FOR oLDs CARS.

Not lar away from the Garden the Oldsmobile
Company is holding independent show al its
salesrooms on "Autofnobie Row" The show has
been going since the opening Of the recent Grand
Central Palace exhibition Hundreds OF persons
have visited the place. and General Cutting has
made it his personal business 70 be in attendance
TO welcome the many callers.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
FRIEND OF GOOD ROADS
FHIT PART THE 1CTO rs
PLAYING.
Mr. Terry Says Construction OF
Highzcays Mast Keep Pace
9th the Times.
5cith the Times.
By Charles Thaddeus Terry.


1-a,--rsr Terfsative Board OF American Auto
mobile Associstion.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

gives an engine that pulls better
at slow speeds and more smooth
ly at high speeds. It adds to the
iexibility OF the motor and gives
superior evenness of torque with
out increasing one particle the
complication or the cost.
No other four-cylinder car will
satisfy you after you know.
You'll find us at the Show, or
LIS Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Six-Cylinder Results from Four Cylinders

You would like six-cylinder car
On account OF the smoothness of
its operation, but cannot afford
il?
The Haynes car Tor 1909 gets
E six-cyiinder results by the simple
and unique expedient of adding
second fly wheel at the forward
end of the motor. The balancing
weight being thus distributed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
MORSE CASE CALLED.
In Which the Banker Asks for New
Trial.

New York, June 1.-THE appeal of
Charles w. Morse from his conviction
of misapplication of the funds of the
National bank of North America was
heard today by the United States
circuit of appeals. Mr.. Morse asks
for new trial and that he be admit
ted to bail, pending a second hearing
of the case. Morse was not in court,
but Mrs. Morse and Benjamin Morse,
the ex-banker's son, We're present.
Mr.. Martin w. Littleton. Mr.
Morse's counsel, declared that Morse
was wrongfully indicted and convicted
in defiance of his rights as a citizen
Discussing the loan of $114.00o made
to John F. Carroll by the National
bank of North America. Mr.. Littleton
said the government had never shown
the real value of 1000 shares of stock
of the American Ice company which
was given as security by Mr.. Carroll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
SHOT THREE OFFICERS.
Corporal LisIe Grabtree Then Com
mitted Suicide.

Des, Moines, Ia, June 14.-Cor-
poral Lisle Crabtree shot and perha ps
fatally wounded Captain John C.
Raymond. commanding officer of
troop B, Second u. S. cavalry at Des
Moines, then shot and seriously in
jured First Sergeant James H.
Washburn and Corporal Elijah Such
who attempted to disarm him. Later
he shot himself and may die
Crabtree had been reprimanded by
Capt. Raymond because of his fail
tre to report when his leave of abb
sence had expired. He had passed
the night in sDes Moines and was to
have returned to his barracks at Z
a. m. Crabtree was summoned by
Capt. Raymond and questioned as to
his conduct whereupon the corporal
hotly insisted he had leave of ab-
sence till Z O'Clock at night Capt.
Raymond accepted this explanation
and the incident was considered
closed when Crabtree demanded that
he be transferred to another depart
ment. This Capt. Raymond refused
to consider telling the corporal he
could not do that as long as he was
not good soldier
Immediately Crabtree pulled a re-
volver from his pocket and began
firing Sergeant Washburn grappled
with the soldier receiving bullet in
the hand and one in the jaw Capt.
Raymond had seized the mans arm
and was about to disarm him when a
bullet struck him in the neck lodging
In the spine and he dropped to the
floor paralyzed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
Company of Native Constabulary
Rises in Mutiny.
Make an Unexpected Attack on
Their Officers.
ONE LIEUTENANT SHOT
Mutineers Take to the Hills
With Munitions of War.
return to the Attack and a Hot
Fight Ensues.

Manila, June 14.-DetaiIs of the
m nuliny OF the company of native
constabulary stationed at Dayso on
the island OF Mindanao. on the night
OF June show that the attack on
tneir officers was made unexpectedly
oy the mutineers. When the
mutineers opened fire one officer.
Lieutenant Degoicouria. was hit three
times, but none of his wounds was
serious. while Governor Walker and
the other officers of the company es-
capped without a scratch The
mutlneers then fed to the hills after
taking thirty rifles and 5000 rounds
of ammunition.
Governor Walker hastily sum
moned the neighboring planters as
soon as the mutineers were out OF
sight and proceeded to fortify q, con-
ven1ent convent in preparation for a
long siege On account of the fire.
arms restrictions most of the plant
ers We're only armed with revoIvers,
but when the natives made an attack
on the convent on the afternoon os
the seventh, they fought with great
spirit and drove off the mutineers
The mntineers made desperate at
tack on the beleaguered garrison and
number were Killed and wounded
before they retired. Among the be-
sieged the wounded included Collector
Reddy and Messrs. Burchfield Ste
vens. Reynolds and Hernandez All
OF these planters wounds were slight.
Lieutenant Degoicouria, the wounded
constabulary officer, is the man who
after the murder of Governor Bolton
in 1907 :,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Baptist Ministers Conference Takes
Up Prof. Fosters Case.

Chicago. June 14.-Behind closed
doors, the Baptist ministers confer
ence today took up the question
whether Prof. George Burnaan Foster
of the University of Chicago, should
be expelled from the conference be-
cause of unorthodoX statements in his
recent writings
DIR. Johnston Myers, who severely
criticized the views of the professor
public.
The charges against Prof. Foster
grow out of opinions advanced by
him in a book recently published
which are declared by the ministers
of the Baptist conference to be abso-
llItelya opposed. to the basic principles
of the Baptist denomination. The
specific charges were made last week
by Rev DR.. A. w. Matthews who pros
nounced the book rank heresy-
Since then many ministers have de-
the divinity of Christ and by SO doing
forfeited all right to remain in the
Baptist church.
There being no governing body IN
the Baptist denomination. the sup
porters of Prof. Foster assert that the
ministers conference has no power
to demand his expulsion. Mr.. i. P
Boynton and other members of the
conference declared before the doors
We're closed that in their opinion Prof.
Foster would not be expelled from
the church. though he might be ex-
cluded from the conference.
Eff Foster is expelled, declared DIR.
Boynton. there are several other
members of the conference who come
in for a house cleaning before we fin
ish the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
CHARLES BOYER Is DEAD.
End of Drunken Spree on the
Sllunganunga.

Charles Boyer. member of the So
called ''Whitehorse brigade was
drowned in Shunganunga. creek, near
Tecumseh. Sunday afternoon Although
Boyer was drunk at the time, and his
death may have been due to accident,
there is a suspicion that he was ma
terfally assisted into the creek by some
of his companions. Boyer and a num-
Der of others were on a SPREE and had
gone TO Tecumseh to be out of the way
of the police when they were finishing
a jug of liquor. In the party were Oil
yer Boyer. brother of the deceased.
Fred Ogden and Claude Moore, beside
several others whose names have not
been definitely learned.
Three young men from Topeka, who
were not with the carousing party,
heard disturbance among the revel-
lers. and upon investigation, found that
Boyer had been drowned in the creek.
none of his drunken companions at
tempting to help him. The Topeka boys.
esse Steadman, S. W. Cunningham and
Eugene Hatton, assisted by farmer
who lived nearby, went into the creek
and pulled out the body of Boyer, which
then notified the coroner. DIR. H. H.
Keith. Upon examination, DR.. Keith
discovered wounds upon the body of
Boyer. which indicated that he had
been in a fight before he fell or was
thrown into the creek. One ear was
damaged and one eye was badly black
ened.
The body was taken to Shellabar-
gers undertaking esta blishment. but the
date of the inquest has not been set,
Coroner Keith awaiting the return of
County Attorney Schenck, who is out
of the city.
Charley Boyer was 3S years old,
and a good painter. He, has spent
about halt of his time in jail for the
past ten years, but he has committed
but one kind of offense-he got drunk.
He was honest and intelligent, and un-
Ike many of his alcohol drinking COM
panions. never degenerated to the 4.5e
OF cocaine or other drugs.
Boyer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Boyer, are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
n. S. Dwelley. in Oakland, Cal, They
have been notified of their sons death,
and will probably return to Topeka at
once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
ARGUMENT IS BEGUN.
The Trial of Patrick Calhoun Is
Nearing an End.

San Francisco, June 14.-"Gentle-
men of the jury. congratulate you
that the term of your long and faith
ful service is approaching an end"
In these words. Assistant District
Attorney John O,Gara opened today
the argument in the case of Patrick
Calhoun, vice president of the United
Railways and instituted the last
chapter in a trial that promises to
stand alone in the annals of Cal
1fornia's criminal jurisprudence.
An hour before the doors of the
court room hall were opened crowd
gathered. A detail of police per-
mItted the seating capacity of the
court to be exhausted gradually and
the remaining applicants for admis-
sion were dispersed or formed in line
to await possible vacancies. Every
member of Calhoun's counsel was on
hand early and two or three officials
of the street railway corporation
occupied seats in the neighborhood
of their chief.
District Attorney A. H. Langdon
and Assistant District Attorney
Francis j. Heney were seated at the
prosecutions table.
Mr.. O'Gara made no estimate of
the latitude of his argument which
appeared at the outset to be a, re-
view of the peoples case. 1t was be-
lieved that he would speak without
interruption the greater part of the
dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

She was shown a picture of a
young woman astride a white
horse with large show tents looming
up in the background. The witness
was asked If it was not a picture of
herself. She could not remember it.
isn't that your picture taken in
Manchester, England, when you were
with the Cody, Buffalo Bill, shov?'
asked Mr. Nicoll
The witness could not recall it, but
would not swear that it was not her
picture.
Mrs. Gould was asked if she remem-
bered employing and discharging 1855
servants at Castle Gould during the
year 1905. She could not remember
definitely.
During Mr.. Nicoll's examination of
Mrs. Gould with regard to her ac-
quaintance with Dustin Farnum, he
questioned her as to her visit with Far
mum and a party to a hotel in Atlantic
City one Sunday in September. 1906.
She was shown what purported to be a
diagram of the suite occupied by the
party, but was unable to designate
which of the five room she occupied.
The exa miner drew from her the state
ment that there were two single beds
in the room
Mrs Gould was excused just after re-
cess was taken.
Mr.. Gould was in court all during her
testimony. but she refraineG from
glancing in his direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
PRATER PLAYS HERO.
Council Grove Banker Stops a Run.
away Horse.

A. II. Prater, cashier of the Council
Grove National bank, coming here
merely to attend bankers meeting
broke into the hero medal class for
bravery this morning when he sprang
out onto the pavement on Kansas
avenue, seized the bride bit of the off
horse of a runaway transfer team
which was endangering all life upon
the street and jerked them to the
curbing where the horse he held fell.
almost catching him under it. Beside
a severe straining of his muscles and
a bruised arm and hand, the banker
escaped without injury and received
the congratulations of the gathered
crowd.
A team of one of the lighter wagons
of the Merchants Transfer company
ran away from their driver on lower
Kansas avenue. running north at a
dangerous speed for all life and ve-
hicles in the street. A young man
named Garland sprang onto the rear
of the wagon about Fifth street hop
ing to stop the team from the wagon,
but the reins were found to be fallen
under the wagon. He shouted to the
team, but they only ran the faster un-
til they reached Sixth avenue. where
someone waving his coat turned them
in toward the curbing when Prater
jumped from the sidewalk from
among the spectators and pulled the
team around the corner where the
horse fell up onto the sidewalk or
the Bank OF Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
Police Hot on the Trail of Ber-
sins Murderer
Fail to Find the Man Who Sold
the Oilcloth.
HIS JEWELRY TRACED
To Pawnshop Where 1t Had
Been Pledged.
No Longer Any Doubt That He
Was Killed for Loot.

New York, June 1.-THE mast val
liable clue the police had in the MUIR
der of Samuel Bersin, whose headless
and dismembered body was found on
the lower East side last Thursday,
came to naught early when detectives
failed to find any dealer who would be
able to identify man who had pur-
chased the black Oil cloth in which the
torso and limbs were wrapped. The
police first found that this old cloth
was manufactured by a firm in Tren-
ton, N. J., and that it had been sold by
one of fifty dealers in this city. All OF
these dealers were visited and each in
sisted that he could not recall making
a sale of SO inches of the material to
any man answering the description of
the man who left the bundles with the
l4-year- boy on the street.
The location of the dealer who sold
the oil cloth in the famous Guldensuppe
murder case, similar tragedy of a
dozen years ago, proved to be one of
the most important pieces of evidence
in the conviction of the murderers.
The finding of Rersin's jewelry in a
where it was pledged by a
man tallying with the description given
by the boy who had the custody of the
packages had led the police to abandon
the theory that Bersin's murder was
the result of a. romance and to accept
the belief that he was 1ured from his
home in Harlem and for the purpose of
robbery. When he left his home the
day before the body was found, he told
his sister that he had a business ap-
pointment down town but did not say
with whom.
AS the oil cloth in which the parts
of the body We're wrapped is sold al
E.ost exclusively by peddlers on the low
Ell East Side, the police believe that
the murder was committed in a room
not far from where the murderer en-
ployed the young boy to take charge
of the bundles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
And Two Funeral Services in Honor
of the Late DR.. Hale.

Boston, June 14.-The great Uni
tartan family of Boston met Sunday in
the South Congregational church to
pay a last tribute to their departed
leader. Edward Everett Hale.
At the same hour a host of friends
and admirers of DIR. Hale gathered at
the Park Stret Trinitarian church to
listen to enlogies by clergymen. of
many creeds. Flags We're flown at half
mast by order of the city's chief ex-
ecutive.
The body of DR.. Hale lay in state
from 10 until / O'Clock in the South
Congregational church and was viewed
by thousands Ambassador Bryce was
among those present.
Arthur Hale, eldest son of DR.. Hale,
gave the closing word rising and say
ing:
I'm accordance with an old custom of
my father. I wish to thank you for your
attendance here, and through you all
the friends, throughout the whole
world
The body was taken to the Forest
Hill cemetery, where the burial SER
vices were private.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
PINK SIGHT IN HIS GUN.
Ii Has Been Discovered That Col.
Roosevelt Is Color Blind.

Chlcaso, June 14---It has become
known to the general public for the.
first time that Theodore Roosevelt is
color blind, and the famous hunter.
using pink ivory bead as front
sight on his American made gun.
which he is using in preference to
the elegant 1000 express rifle
made in England which was sent
him by one. of the nobility sl1ortly. be-
fore he sailed for Darkest Africa
Mr. Roosevelt is the first hunter of
large African game who has dared to
use anything but the English .HoIlen-
aen express rlfie, gun of tre-
of several foreign made guns Just be-
fore his start for the African jungles
the former president told Major A F.
Laudensack, an expert sun tester, he
must use a pink bead as a front sight
because of his color blindness
Major L4audensack expressed much
surprise at this statement from Mr..
Roosevelt, as he was making remark
able scores during the test.
Everything looks one color ia
me- Roosevelt told Major Lauden-
sack. BLACK looks the same as
white, SO I believe it would be a bully
idea to strike happy medium be-
tween, the undesirable background by
using pink bead as a front sight
'sFine,'' said the expert. and in a
few moments a pink bead replaced
the ordinary blue gun metal sight of
Mr.. Roosevelt'S rifle.
Unblushingly Mr.. L4audensack told
newspaper men of the marvellous
scores made by Mr.. Roosevelt after
the pink sight was attached to his
gun.
ssHe is a. grand marksman,'' said
Laudensack, "and do not hesitate to
say that he will be equal to any of
the many perilous situations he
might encounter. I had not been told
that Mr.. Roosevelt was color blind.
and certainly could not have learned
it judging from his shots when we
began our test of the guns he was to
take with him on his African hunt.
sHe made some very excellent
scores when we first began the test.
You can imagine then my surprise
when he told me that everything
looked one color to him, and he
thought he could do much better If a
pink sight was attached to his gun.
After this was done he made some
of the most remarkable shots have
ever seen. I am considered an excel
lent shot myself. but could not equal
the scores of Mr.. Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
HIGHEST IN 27 YEARS.
Live Hogs Sell for So Per Hundred in
Chicago.

Chicago. June 1.-THE highest June
price for live hogs since 1882. was eS
tablished at the Union Stock Yards
when the best porlSers sold at the long
predicted figure of IS per hundred
pounds. The prevailing high prices are
due to unusually light receipts of live
hogs this spring at all western packing
oenters. the extremely high prices of
grain last year prompting many farm
ers to dispose of their stock rather than
TO pay the heavy prices for feed stuff
Receipts of hogs today al the nine
leading markets of the west were 29-
600 head less than for the correspond
ing day last week. and 32.600 less than
for the same day a year ago. AS a re-
suit of the scarcity of hogs the price of
provisions is now the highest iE many
wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
TWO CARS AT CHEYENNE
Racers Spend the Night There and
Leave Early for Laramie.

Cheyenne. Wye. June 14-Ford car
No. ? in the ocean to ocean motor car
race and the Shawmut car arrived here
Is minutes apart last night. The crews
Of both machines were worn out and it
was decided to remain here till morning
when an early start was made for
Laramie.
Denver. June 1.-THE Ford car No 1
which arrived in Denver at 9 o'clock
SUNDAY morning left last night for an
all night run to Cheyenne, Wyo.. dis
tance of 100 miles The Acme car,
which encountered difficulties in Kan
sas. is expected to arrive in Denver to-
day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

groom came not. The following
morning. Mrs. Hockett remembered
that she had invested the sum of $5,-
600 in some mining stock. her intend
ed husband being the purchaser. She
made hasty examination of the
stock and found it to be worthless.
This explained the sudden disappear
ance of the bridegroom. p. v. Hook
ett was one of the best known bank
ers in the southeast part of the state
in his life time, and was an old man
when he was married to the woman
who is now his widow. Some of his
children are older than his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
KILLED STEPMOTHER.
W. NJ. Scott Pays the Penalty in the
Electric Chair.

Auburn. N. Y, June 14.-W. M.
Scott, aged 23 years was electrocuted
in Auburn prison today for the muir
der of his stepmother, Mrs. Della M.
Scott, near Chenango lake in October,
1907.
Scott shot his stepmother while
they were in a wagon together on a
trip. The body was thrown into some
bramb1es in a wooded part of the
country and it was not found until
Scott, under arrest on suspicion of
the murder, led officers to the place
several days later.