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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
FOUND WITH THROAT CUT.
Georgian Is Brutally Assaulted by
Gang at Thomasville.

THOMASVILLE Ga. January 4.-B.
+. Akridge, who lives at Sale City. Ga.
near here. was found near Thomasvilie
with his throat cut from ear TO ear and
with numerous bruises on his body. He
will probably recover
Akridge says that he left Thomasville
Saturday AFTERNOON to walk to his home
and that at .Ochlochnee river he was
met by crowd of men from his own
neighborhood, who attacked him and in
licted the injuries which he bears He
says that some held him and others OF
the crowd covered him with rifles while
one man cut his throat. He refused to
give the names of his assailants.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. January 4.-The
body of A. G. Martin, d prominent local
automobile dealer. was found yesterday
at the corner of Bradley avenue and 9Th
street, on the South Side, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. No clue has been
found to the manner in which the
crime was committed
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DETROIT F1NANc1ER's SUICIDE
Henry c. Potter, Jr., Kills Himself.
Victim of Nervous Trouble.

DETROIT, January 4.-Henry c. Potter,
jr., of this city. vice president of the
Peoples State Savings Bank of this city,
committed suicide at his home shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock this morning. Mr.. Potter
had been suffering from nervous prostra-
ton for some time.
About d month ago Mr. Potter was
found unconscious in the bathroom OF his
residence, on Jefferson avenue. with the
gas escaping. 1t was stated then by
members of his family that the gas had
been turned on. accidentally. as he was
overcome by an attack of heart trouble.
This morning a shot was heard in the
bathroom of Mr.. Potter's residence.
When the family and servants entered
the room he was found dead on the floor
with bullet through his head
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TAWNEY IS CENSURED,
SECRET SERVICE PRAISED
Charged to MIR. Tawney.

* = * / have no doubt
that many members of the
House simply followed the
lead of Messrs. Tawney and
Smith without having had
the opportunity to know very
much as to the rights and
wrongs of the question.
/ think the responsibility
rests on the committee on
appropriations, under the
lead of the members whom I
have mentioned.
Mr.. Tawney in the debate
stated that he had in his pos
session "a letter from the
Secretary of the Treasury,
who himself admits that the
provisions under which the
appropriation has been made
have been violated year after
year for a number of years
in his own department." 1
append herewith as Appendix
A the letter referred to. 1t
makes no such admission as
that which Mr.. Tawney al
leges.
The ink contract fraud in
the bureau of engraving and
printing was investigated by
the secret service, and the
guilty parties brought to JUS
tice. Mr.. Tawney stated in
the debate that this was not
investigated by the secret
service, but by a clerk down
there" conveying the i'm
preston that the clerk was
not in the secret service. AS
a matter of fact he was in
the secret service; his name
was Moran, and he was pro-
NOTED to assistant chief for
the excellence of his work in
this case.
For z long time I contented
myself with endeavoring to
persuade the House not to
permit the wrong. s. : :
These methods proved un-
availing to prevent the
wrong. Messrs. Tawney and
Smith and their fellow-mem-
bers on the appropriations
committee paid no heed to
the protests.
l have spoken plainly and
directly, and have set forth
the facts in the case.
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H1aHwAYMEN ARE BOLD.
Three Hold-Ups in Rapid Succession
Startle, Chicagoans.

CHICAGO. january 4.-Three hold-ups
in rapid succession, the last occurring
early today, caused excitement in the
downtown district. Two highwaymen
figured in each and one was captured In
the presence Of scores of persons Charles
W Moffett, a travelling salesman. was
beaten and robbed. His nose was broken
and he was taken to a hospital in semi
conscious condition.
Joseph Ligidel real estate dealer. was
accosted by two men, VINO demanded his
valuables. Instead Ligidel drew a knife
and began slashing at his adversaries
They ran and one was taken by the police
A third victim was robbed and severely
beaten.
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y FOUR SERIOUSLY HURT.
Gas Explosion Almost Totally
Wrecks House at Martinsville.

A gas explosion in a house jointly oc-
cupied by John H. Bridgeman and George
G. Garrett resulted in four persons be-
ing seriously injured and the house al
most totally wrecked. The space be-
tween ceiling and floor filled from q
leaking pipe. and when ignited hurled
the ceiling down upon the heads Of Mrs
Bridgeman and her small son and Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Flanagan of Wheeling, the
latter Mrs. Bridgeman's sister, inflicting
serious injuries. All were taken to a
hospital.
The Garrett family We're not in their
section of the house
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CLEAR FIELD FOR HEPBURN.
Idaho Senator to- Be Reelected by
81 Incoming Legislature.

BOISE. Idaho. January 4-United
States Senator Weldon B. ,Heyburn will
undoubtedly be reelected by the incoming
legislature.
B. r. O'Neil. state chairman of the re-
publican state central committee, and
Gov.-elect J. H. Brady, around whom the
opposition to Senator Heyburn's selec-
ton was alleged to have. centered, dis
claim having had any ambition to oppose
the present incumbent.
The late republican:sta ate corfvention in
dorsed Senator Hepburn d6TFre-eiection.
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JEALOUSY CAUSES TRAGEDY.
Base Ball Player Kills Girl, Wounds
Escort and Commits Suicide.

BONNEVILLE. Ind, January ed
ward Strickland shot and killed Miss Ida
Williamson, eighteen years DID, fatally
wounded Almond Tmmons the girls es-
cort. and then turned the weapon against
his own head and blew his brains out at
Chandler. Ind, near here. The shooting
occurred al the home of Charles Hass.
where a dance was in progress. Strick-
land was d base ball pitcher and is said
to have signed with the Evansville Cen
trail League team for next season.
The crime is attributed to jealousy on
the part of Strickland,
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FLEET ENTERS suEz CANAL.
First Section Begins Passage at
O'Clock This Morning.

SUEZ, january 4.-The battleships
Connecticut. Kansas Minnesota and Yer
mont, composing the first section Of the
on their passage through the Suez canal
at O'clock this morning. They are due
at Port Said late tonight. The weather
is nagnificent and large croHN, assem-
bled on the Avenue Helene to witness the
spectacle
The. American auxiliary cruiser Pam
ther and the collier Ajax came into port
last night. >" =
lsMAILA, Egypt. Januafy 1.-THE
Americap battleships Connecticut. Ner-
mont. Kansas and Minnesota. >thatt to es-
"a CONTINUED on Second +Pagel
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Fatal Collapse of scaffold.

CLEVELAND, January 4.-By a col
Furnace here last night fifteen Italian
workmen were thrown to the ground One
man was killed and the others seriously
injured. some probably fatally.
The men were thirty feet in the air en-
gagged in tearing down a brick chimney.
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Death Of Ephraim B. McCrurf.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., January 4.,Eph-
rain Banks Mccrum. . newspaper work.
er of many years experience. is dead at
the home Of his daughter, Mrs. w. L.
Ripple. He was founder Of the Altoona
Pa, Tribune and the Juniata Tribune
published at Miffiintown. Pa Later he
was engaged in journalistic work in Ohio
and at WASHINGTON D. G..
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WOMEN TRAIN FOR WAR.
Army of Amazons in Montenegro
to Fight Austria.

CHICAGO, January Am 4. army of
Amazons trained ITO wage war on the
Austrian empire is the newest body to
take up the profession Of arms. according
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Weather:

Rain Tuesday and possibly
late tonight: warmer tonight.
Colder Tuesday.
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Senate Acts Promptly.

I The Sena was in the midst of morning
business. when, Mr.. Latta arrived there
with the .message from the President,
Immedia tely" after the message had been
read Senator Hale smoved that 1t be n.
ferreds 10. the committee on appropriations
He said that this action was not for delay.
but to give the committee an opportuni
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A Sweeping Denial.

A careful reading Of this message will
show that ! said nothing to warrant the
statement that 1.-The majority of the cou-
gressnlen were in fear OF being investi-
The newspaper., 1909-04-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty Deeds recorded during
week ending March 80, 1909, fur
nished by The Delta County Abstract
Company:
Lawrence C. Barnard to Ben Head.
so acres near Crawford. 81 900.
Mary b. barley to j. ID. billiard,
12O acres California Mesa. 81, 200.
X. C. Collins to G. w. Hendricks, 3
lots Crawford, 81.
d. w. Mcintyre to Sally d. Collins
2 lots Crawford, 81.
Clark A. Hill to Emma NJ. Van
aiken. y lot Cedaredge. S75.
C. c.. Hawkins to A. S. Davis, %
acres near Paonia. $1,000.
l.. f. and Fred Howard to l.. +.
Crandell. 8 lots North Delta, 81.
A. S. Davis to Lulu 3. Hawkins, 4
lots Paonia, $4,000.
Charles F. Frey to Mahlon T. Col
Inns. tract near Crawford. $4,000.
Lionel X. Wigram to Herman Dar-
ling, 4 lots Delta, $500.
Melvina Clark to o. B. Masterman,
l lot Paonia, $525.
Ruby F. Lowe to Robert C. Hutch
ison, 8 lots Delta, $4,000.
o. G. Taylor to W. B. Richards, /
lot Paonia, $4,000.
G. C. Faris to NJ. C. King, 8 lots
Paonia, $4,000.
George E. Williamson to Eliza A.
Jones, 10 acres Surface Creek, s1,750.
George II. Bradley to Z. T. Con-
quest, lots Delta, $500.
The newspaper., 1909-04-02

A Dutchman, addressing his
dog said: You vas only dog.
but wish | vas you, ven you go
NIT de bed in, you shust durin
round dree times und lay down.
Ven ! go NIT de bed in | hat to
lock up de blace und Wind de
clock und put de cat oud und un-
dress myself und my wife wakes
up und scolds me. Den de baby
cries and | haf to walk him up
und down. Den. maype. Won |
shust go to shleep it's time to get
The newspaper., 1909-04-02
A Dreadful Condition.

An Ohio lawyer who went
down into Mississippi to live
writes to a northern nurseryman
for catalogue and any informa-
ton the latter can give on grow
ing fruits and truck crops in the
state of his new home In con-
nection with this request this
gentleman says that the farmers
near him do not grow any fruits
or vegetables. We do not give
his name or place OF residence,
for obvious reasons. but we want
our readers to see the picture he
draws of conditions in his new
home, and the need of a change.
He says:
The average Mississippi far
mer buys canned and dried fruits.
Likewise canned and dried, other
goods. He gets up at the alarm
from Connecticut clock. tastens
his Chicago suspenders to his
Detroit overalls, washes his face
with Cincinnati soap in Pennsyl-
vania washpan. sits down to a
Grand Rapids table and eats In
diana hominy fried in St. Joseph
lard on St. Louis stove. Then he
puts a St Louis bride on a Ten
nessee mule and plows a farm
covered by an Ohio mortgage.
When bedtime comes he reads a
chapter from Bible printed in
Chicago. says prayer written in
Jerusalem. and crawls under a
blanket made in New Jersey. only
to be kept awake by the bowling
of a Mississippi dog, which is
about the only home-raised pro-
duct raised on the place"
Isn't it a dire and dreadful pic
ture? Overdrawn2 Not a bit, so
far as it relates to thousands OF
homes all over the country. Time
to make a change here. and let US
hope our lawyer friend succeeds
in his undertaking.
The newspaper., 1909-04-02
Fruit Growers.

If you are thinking of buying
spraying machinery, let us show
you our line of Friend" sprayers.
We can please you.
M. MILLER & F. BErZLER. Agts.
Paonia, Colo.
The newspaper., 1909-04-02

up. You shust stretch yourself
und den scratch a couple of
times und you vas up. hat to
light de FIRE. put on de kettle.
scrap NIT my wife already, und
maype. get some breakfast
You blay round all tay und hat
blenty of fun. | hat to work a
tay und haf blenty of droubI,
Ven you die you's dead; ven {
die. l haf 20 go to hell yet"
The newspaper., 1909-04-02

Ten acres. all in cultivation. only
one mile from town. Cheap. Ss-s
c. G. HAWKINS.
The newspaper., 1909-04-02

Mountain and Plain
Ready mixed paint.
THE INDEPENDENT LUMBER Co.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
DUTTON, POLICE SAY.
Fourth 1rrest in State Bank
S1cindle Case.

The fourth arrest in the swindle al
legged to have been perpetrated on the
State Bank. at No. 3TS Grand street. was
made last night. man said by the po-
lice to be stephen A. Dutton. "the brains
Of the scheme" was taken into custody.
He was charged with obtaining $500
from the bank by false representation.
The arrests resulted from the disposal
recently TO tue State Bank of one hun
dred shares of old Northern Pacific stock.
the bank officials believing at the time.
they say, that they. were receiving q
valuable security for a loan, when in
reality they we're getting almost worth
less stock
The man arrested last night by Detec-
tive Nelson. of the Central Office. has a
record. the police say, of two terms in
Sing Sing. the last one of two years.
The arrest was made at Pine street and
Broadway, below the dead line
The man was hurried to Headquarters,
and there said he lived at No. Il Man
haitian avenue, The Bronx. He was a
builder. he told the detectives. The com
pIainant, according to the police. is Al
bert I. voorhis, cashier OF the State
Bank.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
Bad MEAT BLAMED.
Ptomaine Poisoning appears
at Three Southern COLLEGES.

Atlanta. oct. 29.-One Southern college
is closed. the student body of another is
depleted and the work of third is serl-
ously impaired by the simultaneous ap-
pearance of a strange malady, declared
to be ptomaine poisoning. due to the eat
ing of impure Western meats.
More than forty cadets of the Georgia
Military Academy are i'll. Most of them
were rushed to Atlanta hospitals yester-
day The other schools affected are the
La Grange Female College. La Grange.
Ga with two hundred students which
has only sixty students left. and the
Athens Female College. Athens, Ala.
with one hundred students. which closed
early in the week
The eating of boiled boneless ham b.
the cadets of the Georgia Military T. ID
envy is believed 20 be directly respo1-
sible. As Atlanta is the distributing cen
tire for a large section of tho South, it is
suggested that the diseased meats found
their way from Atlanta to the other IN
stitutons.
At the Georgia Military Academy
number of the cadets ate heartily Of re
boiled ham on Saturday and on Sunday.
Two sons of President Woodward were
the first taken i'll, and a score or more
were complaining on Monday morning.
Tuesday forty-three were violently i'll.
Five have recovered sufficiently to 90 TO
their homes
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
W4TER SHUTDOWN.
Famine Threatened By Sage
of Jameco. .

Sias W Titus, who has been pumping
water for the city at Fourth avenue and 6th
street. i'm Brooklyn. and at Jameco. out on
the island. and who shut down the pumps
on Thursday because the city had fallen
behind in its payments to him, yesterday
told Commissioner John II. OBrien of the
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec-
tricity that he would not accept payment
for a months supply of water and call
of the agreement, but that he would insist
on payment for years supply.
Brooklyn needs the water, and Commis-
sioner OBrien is trying to find a way to
keep the pumps going.
Titus from the beginning has had trouble
with Chandler s. Wilmington. engineer OF
the Finance Department. who has refused
to audit his bills.
THE department has not undertaken 10
operate the plant at Jameco to-day" said
Commissioner O'Brien. MIR. Titus has
served notice on me that the air lift devices
used by MN IN developing the supply al
this station are patented. and that he viii
hold the city responsible il It undertakes
10 use these devices or any OF the machines.
pumps. etc. installed by him under the
contract made by Commissioner Ellison. I
have referred the matter 10 the Corporation
Counsel and viii await his Instructions
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
TWO PLUCKY BOYS.
Meier q Whim per as Surgeons
Operate on Them.

Or. Leighton, an ambulance surgeon in
New York Hospital. had two cases last
night in which the patients-boys thir-
teen years old-showed more pluck and
grit he said, than a. great many grown
up persons would have.
Abraham Laver. of No Ais West 25tn
street was playing on the street Just
off Ninth avenue early in the evening.
when he was run down by a taxicab.
Charles Abels, the chauffeur. was plac-
ing the boy in the car when his mother
rushed out Of the house calling for the
lad. She refused to let him be taken
to the New York Hospital and an ambu-
lance was summoned. DIR. Leighton
found that the boy was IN q serious con
dition. having suffered fractures Of the
pelvis and femur. Mrs. Laver became
hysterical, but they told her not to
worry
While the ambulance surgeon was
busy at the Laver home. 3 call came
from the West 30th street police station,
where Theodore HEM, Of No. 220 West
31st street, had been taken by the prin-
cipal of Public School &c, in West 30th
street The boy had broken his arm by
falling in tho school gymnasium, but he
never even whimpered while waiting for
the ambulance. He joked with the po-
licemen in the station house and chatted
with the surgeon when his arm was
being set He asked about tho other
boys mishan.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
REALLY DEAD NOW.
omddc Had Been Declared
Dead an Germanu.

ST Louis. Oct. 29-Although legally
oead in Germany for two years. August
baer' seventy years old. was alive until
ne committed suicide here to-day.
Worry because an annuity of $500 was
overdue is believed to have prompted
MIN to swallow carbolic acid.
Mrs. Mary Seibert. from whom Baer
rented room told the police that Baer
had $4,000 on deposit in saxony, which
he had allowed to accumulate. His sis
ter. not having heard from him, sup
posed him to be dead, and brought ac-
ton in the German courts for possession
OF the money. The courts pronounced
him dead two years ago. A year later
Baer heard of IT and went back to his
Old home He said his sister recognized
him, but that the courts refused to ad-
NIT he was alive His sister. however.
agreed TO pay him $500 a year, and he
returned TO this country.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
MILLION4IRE SUICIDE
Wanted To Be 7cith Brother,
H'ho Died Years 1go.
Try telegraph to rhe tribune

Pittsburg. Oct. 29.-Edward stein
hauser. thirty-eight years old. a member
of one of the wealthiest families of the
North Side killed himself this evening
in the American House. Mr.. Steinhauser.
who is credited with being worth $1,000
900, went to the hotel at = O'Clock this
afternoon. and. under an assumed name.
hired room. Here he wrote the follow
ing letter, addressed to ". s Wilson.
No. 925 Penn avenue. PittsburS:
Dear Billy: Break the news to the
dear ones at home. Tilley and mamma
are at Annie's for supper. but grandma
is at home. I cannot help this. Forgive
me, dear friends. I cannot rest until I
am with George. ED.
z. S.-WiU: Don't phone home about
this. You might startle them. You go
to Annie's yourself and tell them. And,
Will, have my body fixed up right before
1t is taken home. Let them remember
me as I was. Good-by. old pal. good by.
Steinhauser then posed before the mir
ror and shot himself in the head. Mr..
Wilson proved 10 be a nephew of Stein
hauser The George" referred to was
a younger brother who died some years
ago.
Steinhauser was connected with
steamship company of Nicaragua. He
was visiting his mother, and was pre-
pairing to return to Nicaragua.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
KERR CALLED CUR
INSULT IN n LETTER
FROM GAYNOR.
Democratic La1Uyer'S Name
Crossed Oat and Word
JPTtten Iboue 1t.

A. B. Kerr. Democratic lawyer. who.
as president of the Barnard Campaign
Club, addressed to Judge Gaynor some
pertinent questions as TO certain charges
made against the Tammany candidate
for Mayor received an insulting reply
yesterday.
In his speech in Breitkoop's Congress
Hall, in East New York. last night,
Judge Gaynor admitted that sin signing
his name to the letter to A. b. Kerr he
had run his pen through the Kerr
"involuntarily, almost"-and had written
the word cur" above 1t.
Henry H. Curran, secretary of the
Barnard Campaign Club, made an affi-
davit that he received the letter and
that he opened IT. He swore that the
word Kerr" had been crossed out and
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
HIDDEN CHAPTERS
IN CITY FINANCE
LITTNG IN H FOOLS
PARADISE.
Taxpayers H'M Haze to Face
Tscice Present Tar Rate if
Chaos Continues.

IN previously published articles Of this
ssrles The Tribune has shown;
That she cify's finances are in = state Of
Siszraoeful chaos.
That revenues raised under specific char
Ter provisions are hsbitually diverted from
their legal purposes.
That in consequence illegally issued reve-
rue bonds have been issued ~ make up
deacits in cash and 10 psy of old revenue
bond debts.
That money payable out of permanent
improvement accounts Is not in the city
Treasury 80 pay claims when the records
show II ought - lie on hand. and that IN
consequence contractors are kept waiting
months for the payment Of claims on the
ples that there Is no money available.
Thet this method of conducting the city's
finances works great injustice snd costs
the taxpayers millions of dollars a year In
Interest and other charges
That this condition of chaos is due 70
the Controller assuming powers in dealing
With the city's revenues that are not su-
fhoriLed by the charter
In the article here published The Tribune
viii show:
That the taxpayers af New York are liv-
ing IN fools paradise.
That the tax ana other revenues legally
available for defraying the cost of city
government are short millions Of dollars
yesr Of the amount authorized to he OK
pended in the budget for the cost Of city
government.
That sll sorts ~ eKpedients are en-
ployed 70 conceal the actual condition of
affairs end throw over 80 future years
charges which should be met in the
present.
Thst taxpayers viii hare 70 fsc. the
prospect Of double the present tax rate
unless the existing conditions sre speedily
face5 and the annual revenues for the
oos; IF city government placed upon a
bssis approzimstinR the annual e1pendi-
tuFes for that purpose.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-30
"Cur" written above it. His affidavit
continued:

Cur" written above it. His affidavit
continued:
That the crossing out of tho word
Kerr" and substitute above that word
the word Cur" was a part Of this let
ter as received and had taken place be-
fore the receipt Of such letter.
That the letter to which the above =
q reply was sent from the office of the
Barnard Campaign Club by registered
mail Yesterday October %. and that de-
ponent has i'm his possession the usual
card receipt for same. signed with 5he
name, wv. J. Gaynor."
When MI Kerr was asked to tell how
he happened to send the queries TO
Judge Gaynor. he replied that it did not
seem to be necessary to explain their
pertinency. "As for the letter of Justice
Gaynor which is a reply. but not an
answer" added Mr.. Kerr, lit speaks for
itself and requires no further comment
from me-"
Persons who have examined the orig
inal letter from Judge Gaynor believe
that the word Cur written above ;he
typewritten word Kerr" which was
crossed out, was penned by the same
hand that signed the letter 1t was
written heavier than the signature.
which made the ink look somewhat
darker.
Mr. Kerr is a son of the late James
Kerr, of Clearfeld, Penn, member of the
Democratic National Committee and ut
one time chairman Of the Pennsylvania
State Democratic Committee. He is Il
Yale graduate and member of the law
firm of Zabriskie. Murray, Sage & Kerr,
No. 80 Wall street.