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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16
G. B. CLARK DIES SUDDENLY.
Private Secretary to Second Assist
ant Postmaster General.


George B. Clark, private secretary To
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph Stewart, died of heart failure at
the Emergency Hospital about 1879
o'clock this morning, where he had
been taken a half hour before in cab
from a drug store on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
MI Clark, who was forty EIGHT years
of age, went to the Post Office Depart
ment at o o'clock this morning and
after opening the mail for Mr.. Stewart
conversed with him for some time on
departmental matters. He told MI.
Stewart he was not feeling well and
believed he had indigestion. He was ad-
viSed to drink hot water, but later said
he was going to a drug store for the
purpose of securing some medicine.
Shortly afterward a telephone message
was received at the department telling
of his death.
Mr.. Clark was n native of Wash
ington and had been employed in the
postal service for twenty-seven years. For
five years he was stenographer to tho
general superintendent of the railway
mail service, after which he was appoint
ed private secretary TO Second Assistant
Postmaster General j. Lowrie Bell in
1890. He continued In that position un-
der Second Assistant PostmaSters Gen
eral Nelson. Shalenberger. McCleary and
Stewart, and held the position at the time
of his death. He was unmarried and
lived at 1912 Harvard street northwest
with his mother, Mrs. Julia Clark, who
survives him.
In speaking of Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Stew
art said: He was a man of fine char
acter and was very highly esteemed by
the officials Of the department
His death is generally deplored
throughout the department.
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AGED Baltimore Woman Slain
in Her Home.
DAUGHTER is ARRESTED
Son Accused by Her Also Held on
Suspicion.
SAYS SISTER KILLED MOTHER
Supposed Motive for Butchery of
Aged Parent to Secure Life
Insurance.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 16-With
her head cleft in twain and her lower
limbs chopped almost to pieces Mrs.
Sophy Coufal, eighty-one years old, was
found dead in the cellar of her home,
S15 North Bradford street, early this
morning by Patrolman Patterson, the ak
used in the crime lying within fifteen
feet of her body.
Her daughter, Soplly Bartusek, and her
son, John Coufal, were arrested snort
time later and are held at the north
eastern police station.
In the house lived the old woman, her
son. John Coufal, her daughter, and James
Bartusek. said to, be the woman's nus
band, besides the two daughters of Sophy
Bartusek Finnie aged about twenty years
and Mary. a young girl. Bartusek was
absent last night
Early this morning Finnie ran to her
neishbors. screaming that her grand
mother had fallen down the steps and
was diving. Patrolman Patterson. hear
ing the commotion. went to the house and
found the body hacked in several places
daughter they found her in bed ane
hysterical. She declared that her half
witted brother John had committed the
crime. She said that her mother had
fallen down the steps and that imme'
diately John had taken the ak and killed
her. She made no explanation as to the
motive
Accused by Sister.
John Coufal stated that he had gone
| to the house about 1890 o'clock. but tina
| his sister had refused to open the doo1
and let him in. He had gone away ano
returned some time after midnight. Ther
| when she let him in, he declares, sh'
| began screaming. ''You killed mother!'
He denied knowing anything further o
| the murder. Finnie Bartusek refuses t
! make any statement beyond saying he
| grandmother fell down stairs.
| Only one motive can be ascribed for tn
| daughter being connected with the crime
| q desire to secure possession OF the prop
| erty or insurance money which her mothe
| might have possessed. Investigation OIL
this line will be carried out by Corone
| Carruthers this afternoon when he re
| sumes work on the case and at the In
| quest tonight.
Feigned to Be Asleep.
| Coroner Carruthers made this state
ment:
when ] arrived. about 1870, Soph.
| Bartusek was in bed and feigned to b.
out of her mind. She kept calling TO
her husband, James, but that was all
She refused to talk about the case, bu
told Finnie that her brother John ha
pushed her mother down the steps an
killed her with the AK. But the theor
of John pushing the old lady down tn
steps hardly goes well with the fact tina
MRS Bartusek opened the door to let hir
enter the house at 1880. 1t is hard t
find the motive; but when we were tax
ing Mrs Bartusek to the station, abou
who lives at 100 Lansing street. met u
and he cried out to his sister, Sophy:
Your dissipated life has caused yo
to do this Mrs. Bartusek made no re
ply"
The murdered woman was born in Aus
tralia and had lived in this country thirty
six years.
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SCHEME OF RED DUKE OF ITALY
PRACTICAL SOCIALIST COLONY
IN FLORIDA.
Five Acres Gift to Each Man and
Wages for Making as Much
More for Syndicate.

PARIS, January 15.-Some details were
given today by Duke Pompeo Litta con-
corning his offer to donate a portion OF
an extensive tract of land in Manatee
county, Florida, to victims of the earth.
Quake in Calabria and Sicily.
He said the land was owned by syndi-
cate OF which he was the head. and OF
which his brother-in-law, ]. Lamb Perry
Of Charleston, s. c.. was a member. He
had planned to work out in Florida a
scheme along the lines of his colony IN
Lcmbardy, where he had distributed land
directly 70 peasants and shared with them
the re, enues derived from its cultivation
In FIcI'da, the duke said, the Italians
will be given FIVE acres Of land in their
own grit, but would be asked to devel op
a second farm for the benefit of the SYM
d:cate receiving. however. wages IN pay
ment for the work done upon the latter.
All details of the contemplated colonial
| ton, the duke said had not been work "a
out. He expected that a series Of CO.
operative stores would be established, at
which the colonists might buy their ma
terial, f cd, clothing, live stock. machin-
cry. etc, at low prices and upon easy
terms, or pay for them in labor IL they
so desired.
Duke Lrtta claimed that he was prac-
teal socialist.
In Italy, where Duke Litta Is known
as the Red Duke" his plans for the col
onization of Lombardy were rscsiyed with
skepticis,n, yet they are said to have re-
suited sue ctssfully for the peasants.
| He says the Florida lands cover an area
of 10000 acres, and that he pla",S t.
calorjze there 5000 families or 10000 in
Gividuals He expects that the Italian
government will indorse the movement
and irterds soon to see Henry White, the
| American ambassador here, with view
to securing his aid In obtaining the CO.
operation Of the United States govern
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BIG SW|NDLERS PLEAD GUILTY
RosENTHAL PROMISES TO MAKE
RESTITUTION.
Will Pay Back $4,000 and Goes
Free-Companions Each Get
Two Years.

BALTIMORE. Md. January 16.-After
hearing their pleas of guilty of the charge
of conspiracy to defraud, Judge Wright
in the criminal court sentenced
Benjamin Harper to two years in JAIL
Joseph Sloane, alias Goldsmith, to three
years in the same institution. and re-
leased Henry L. Rosenthal under sus-
pended sentence upon his giving bail In
the sum of $4,000
This was an outcome of the recent ap-
pointment of a receiver for the Chesa-
peake Manufacturing Company of this
city, which had been run for a short time
by Harper and Sloane.
The company managed to establish a
line of credit in this and other cities.
After obtaining quantities of goods kar-
per and Sloane disappeared. The receiv-
Ell, appointed to settle the affairs of the
| company, found that practically all the
| effects had been removed.
Daniel Miller & Co. of this city, the
| Warner-GOdfrew Company of New York
| and other interested firms in both cities
| caused search to be made. resulting IL,
| the recent arrest in Boston of Harper
| and Sloane, and the recovery Of a guam
| tity Of merchandise, part of which is said
| to have been shipped from here to New
| York, thence to Boston and back again
| 10 New 4OTk.
| Rosenthal surrendered himself tC
| the states attorney of this city, having
| it is said come from Boston to avoid ar
| rest. As bail. Rosenthal deposited witt
| the court three cashiers checks of the
United States Trust Company of Boston
| for total of $4,000.
His sentence was suspended for thirty
| days upon his engaging to make complete
| restitution to the firms Interested. This
| 1t Is understood, will mean the payment
| Of $25 600 for goods wrongfuIly obtained
| and SIS, 900 for the expenses incurred by
| the firms in tracing and causing the ar
rest and conviction of the three men.
/ States Attorney Owens asked clemency
| for all three in view of their pleas o
guilty. saving the trouble and expense Of
| tedious trial.
/ Rosenthal Is said to be wealthy
merchant of Boston controlling chain o
/ stores in number of cities, and to hav,
had commercial agency rating of
quarter of a million dollars.
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DEAD
IN RAILWAY WRECK
Continued from First Page.)

IL L
self I'D above the two others. The boilers
exploded Immediately, leaving little hope
that firemen or engineers will be found
alive.
The force Of the impact practically
tore the chair car in two. The tourist
car. directly behind, was telescoped al
most from end to end.
Only one passenger in the chair cac,
a little girl five years old, escaped with
life. The occupants Of the tourist car,
nearly all asleep, were caught in their
berths when the crash came. Many were
crushed to death as the car splintered
about them.
According to one account which has
reached this place the employees in the
baggage car and the occupants OF the
smoking car, both of which were hurled
from their trucks to the side Of the
track, escaped with severe injuries.
Engineers Dead or Dying.
Among the known dead is Gus Olsen
of Salida. engineer of the passenger
train. Sigmund Olsen, engineer on the
first engine of the freight, and ]. L.
Jeffrey, engineer Of the second engine
of the double-head one injured, prob
ably fatally,
The wreckage caught fire, but the
flames were quickly put out by surviv-
Ing passengers and members of the
train crews, who used snow for this
purpose.
Westbound passenger train No. 1, which
followed the Inflated No. B. about two
hours later, was advised of the wreck and
picked up doctors and nurses on the way
over.
In sorne quarters the. freight crews are
blamed. They were supposed to have re-
ceived orders at Glenwood Springs to wait
for No. at Dotsero.
Two relief trains have arrived here, car
rying from twenty-five to thirty-five in
jured The dead are laid in a row at
the scene of the wreck and will not be
br ought i'm until later.
One injured passenger died on one +
the relief trains while being brought hero
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HAMS WOULD DO It AGAIN
TRIAL FOR LIFE LIKE POKER
GAME, BE SAYS.
Nav Need to Protect Other Brother
and Will Garry a Gun-Knew
How Jury Stood.

NEW YORK, January 16.-District AT
torney Frederick c. Dewitt, successor of
Ira C. Darrin in Queens county. said to-
day that Can't. Peter c. Hams would not
be called for trial before next March on
the charge of killing William +. Annls
in Bayside last summer, for which he is
under indictment.
Cant. Hams brother, Thornton j.
Hams, was acquitted by jury yesterday
of completely in the killing of Annis. MIR.
Dewitt said he needs time for a personal
investigation in order to make himself
entirely familiar with the case or he
would ask for an earlier trial
He expects in a few days to ask the
court to set a date for the trial and or
der the drawing of the jury panel. Mr.
Dewitt refused to discuss q report that
a. commission. would be appointed to in
quire into the sanity of Capt Hams.
Thornton J. Hams was quoted today az
saying he would willingly do it over
again.
IF my brother-the major here-got
into trouble and needed me for protection
I'd do the same thing Hams is said
to have added.
Hams was asked whether, after he had
twice been tried on a charge of murder,
he would continue to carry a revolver
Certainly. I'll carry a gun" he an
swered. "a man can't tell when he
might have to use it,"
Being on trial tor your ife." he added
''is like game Of poker. The accused
goes in holding pair of deuces and the
prosecution holds three aces. 1t Is all ir
the draw.
II have been asked If the night before
last, while the jury was out, was not the
worst ever spent. 1t was not by an!
means I have spent nights on shipboart
in storms that were much more nerve
racking.
81 wasn't worried that night about TIT
jury. Quite early / got word from col
who looked in the juryroom window tina
the jury stood nine to three in my favor
But I wouldn't have given nickel TO
my chances when the jury went out"
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PRISON TERMS FOR IS.
Alleged Mexican Revolutionists Are
Also HEAVILY Fined.

Ell PASO, Tex, January 16-Thirty- five
alleged Mexican revolutionists, arrested
during internal disturbances in Mexico
last summer, were sentenced by Judge
Lira Lira. at Chihuahua, to prison terms
ranging from seven years and two
months to one year and three months.
Fines were imposed against all of the
thirty-five, ranging from 81 500 to $1,000.
Enrique Portillo and Miguel Portillo,
sons of the collector of customs for the
Casas Grandes district. were among those
sentenced. Enrique will serve seven years
and two months and pay a fine of S1.S1O
and his brother VIII serve a term OF six
years and eight months and pay fine of
1880.
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in the outskirts. and it has peeI qui'e
jmnossible to take any census of them.
BAYERN AT PALERMO.
American Relief Supplies DISTRIBUTE
ed TO Refugees There.

PALERMO, January -16.-The chartered
steamer Bayern, carrying relief supphes
purchased with money subscribed IN the
tinted States, arrived here this morning
and was received by the American con-
sular and local authorities. big crowd,
composed chiefly of refugees from the
earthquake district expecting relief, gath
ere1 on the water front to see her come
into port.
NAPLES. January 16-Pay Inspector
MCGOWAN has come ashore from the bat
tleship Connecticut and will take charge
Of the disposal of the supplies on board
the Celtic from New York. This Vessel
probably will be sent to Messina ana
Reggie The Connecticut is to leave mere
shortly to reioin the other American bat
tleships at Villefranche.
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OlD-1|ME SNOWSTORM HERE
HEAVIEST FALL OF YEAH
COVERS WASHINGTON.
And Will Pile UP All Night Unless
Rising Temperature Changes
It to Rain.

Washington is in the grip of an old
fashioned snowstorm. The weather fore
caster SAYS it will keep up tonignt.
Following rapid drop in the tempera-
;:Ire about o'clock this morning, the
''noisettss work of the skies began. At
ii st the fall came in minute balls of ice
Of a sleety character about Sis o'clock.
These changed into snowfiakes. which
srew larger and larger, until finally the
'eeese feathers from the clouds came
tumbling earthward in a great white
hurly-burly filling the atmosphere and
binding pedestrians.
The fall is the heaviest OF the season.
and quickly formed snowy coverlet on
street, roadway, field and forest. present
ing a picture Of the winters grandfathers
and grand1nothers delighted In.
I'VE will have snow this afternoon and
tonight and tomorrow will be unsettled"
Prof F'rankenfeld said this afternoon.
Monday may be fair. After that-I don't
know
Forecaster Frankenfield explained that
the immediate cause Of the present
snowstorm. which at times approached
the intensity of a junior blizzard, is
disturbapce which appeared in the
southwest last night and bowling along
the west size OF the appalachian noun
tains reached the District line soon
after daylight this morning. The storm
originated in Texas and was central
today in West Virginia.
The temperature between 6 and 8
o'clock this morning was 30 degrees,
when the mercury began to climb down
the tube until it reached the 'skiddoo"
number, %, this afternoon. Should
there be rise in the temperature to-
night the snow will turn into a rain
fall.
\ dispatch from Winchester, Va. this
afternoon says:
A heavy snowstorm prevails in north
ern Virginia Since daylight seven inches
of snow has fallen and the storm con-
tinues unabated.
Thomas Robinson. old subscriber of
The Star. writing from Sandy Lake Dam.
Libby. Mimi, says:
Washington is not in it for bracins
Zephyrs'
He gives the minimum temperatures for
Libby. ON ever day. commencing January
: to January H. as 20, 80, 81, IA, ), IA, 2S
and 81 degrees.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday.
MISUNDERSTANDING 10, p.n, 40:
pm. Al; IL midnight, 81. January 16 4
am. 81: am, 80; IL noon. "A; pm.
- Maximum. A. at pm, January 10
minimum. 90, at pm, January III.
Barometer-January -, pm, 1927: s
pm, 1857: IL midnight. 1910. January
III. am, 30.42; a M, 3047; noon 80 40
pm, 30.44.
Minimum temperature past twenty-foul
hours ~; year ago, %
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PATIENT COMMITS SUICIDE.
William w. Keller Ends His Life at
Government Hospital.

William W Keller twenty-nine years
of age, who had been an inmate of the
Government Hospital for the Insane for
the last eight years. committed suicide
at that institution today. Keller, IL is
stated. had been out of sight of attend
ants only about ten minutes when his
body was found hanging from a porch
on the side of one of the buildings.
The patient had used a sleeve of his
coat as a moose. The body was removed
to the morgue at the hospital. 1t is said
Keller was suffering from dementia pre-
cox, and was not regarded as a danger
Gus lunatic.
Coroner hewitt directed that the re-
mains be turned over to an undertaken.
and gave the necessary certificate OF
DEATH Keller. it is stated. has a aster
residing in this city.
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TRAIN CRASHES INTO SLEIGH.
Frightfu1 Accident at Ontario Train
Crossing-Four Are Dead.

LONDON, Ontario, January ia
sleigh load of people, returning from
dance at winona, was struck by the
Grand Trunk express early today at a
crossing just east of Grimsby station.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Wilson and George
Teeter were instantly killed and Mrs
George Teeter so badly injured that she
died shortly after. Miss Lottie Teeter Is
thought to be injured internally, but may
recover. Gordon Nelson was taken 10
Hamilton Hospital terribly injured and is
not expected to recover.
The Teeters' infant child was with the
party and had a miraculous escape, re-
ceiving only few bruises. Both horses
were killed and the sleigh was completely
demolished.
All the killed and injured belong to
Grimsby.
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Mime. Julie Riv-King Injured.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. January 16.-Mme.
Julie Rive-King of Chicago. a pianist. was
thrown from a milk wagon yesterday.
She suffered serious scalp wound. She
became lost in South Highlands and a
passing milkman offered to carry her to
her destination. The horses took fright
and Mrs. Rive-King was thrown out Of
on the pavement. Several stitches had to
be taken In the scalp
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RIVERS AND HARBoRS BILL.
Congress to Pass Measure This Ses
3 sion-Local Allowances.

& \ rivers and hatbors bill will be passed
during the present session OF Congress
This decision has been reached by lead
crs of the House and Senate although
the fact has not become generally known
The various items will be cut to the
bone, and the bill will probably carry an
appropriation not exceeding 100000.
= The items of local interest TO be in
GUIDED in the bill will be:
s Potomac river at Washington. d. C..
1000
HAnacostia river District of Columbia
$4,000.
Breton bay, Md, $4,000.
York river. Va; hTattaponi river. Pa
munkey river and Occoquan creek. $4,000
Nomini creek, Va. $1,000; Rappahannoch
river. Va. $4,000; Urbana creek, Va.
$4,000; James creek, Va. $4,000.
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PRICE FOR CITY GAS.
Question Brought Up in the Dis
trict Appropriation Bill.

1t will not be long before the question Of
the regulation of the price of gas in the
District Of Columbia will come to the at
tention OF the Senate. Senator Gallinger,
chairman of the District of Columbia
committee, who is also chairman of the
District of Columbia subcommittee of the
appropriations committee. intimated that
the gas question would first make its ap-
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DELIVERS A MESSAGE,
Consul General Wynne Visits John
Burns in London.

LONDON, January 16.-Robert J.
Wynne. the American consul general at
London. today called on John Burns, the
labor leader and member of parliament,
and delivered personal message from
President Roosevelt, responding to a mes
sage which Mr.. Burns had sent to the
said:
Tell the President that fears are enter.
tained here for his welfare while in At
rica. He must remember that there are
great dangers there from both animals
and climate and that shooting is hazard
Gus for man wearing glasses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16

MARSEILLE, January 16.-The battle
ship Rhode Island crept into the harbor
this morning in a dense fog and fired .
salute of twenty-one guns, which was
answered, gun for gun. by the shore bat
teries She moored alongside the Georgia
and Nebraska, already in this port. The
battleship New Jersey, following in the
wake of the Rhode Island, is expected to
arrive here at noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16
Bona Eide Circulation of The Even.
ing and Sunday Star.

ing and Sunday Star.
The sworn statement below
shows that the circulation Of THE
STAR is what 1t is claimed to be.
The circulation of THE STAR for
the week, including and combin-
Ing it's evening and Sunday morn
ing issues, is the largest, the best
and the only sworn detailed oircu-
lation of each day, covering all
issues, in the District of Columbia.
In both its evening and Sunday
morning issues it has a larger
carrier delivery circulation into
the homes Of Washington than
any other two local papers COM
bined.
THE SUNDAY STAR, viewed
separately, has the largest, the
hest and the only sworn circula.
ton in the District of Columbia.
Fifteen thousand of THE STARS
regular subscribers take no other
Washington paper whatever in
their homes, depending upon THE
STAR alone for news and adver-
Using.
THE STAR. daily and Sunday.
thoroughly covers the local adj
yertising field, reaching all classes
of washington purchasers. rich
and poor alike, in their homes, Oh
every day in the week at an hour
when they have the time and ln-
clination to read a newspaper.
SATURDAY, January Q. 1907. 30,5O7
SUNDAY. January 10. 1909. 49,. 42.014
MONDAY, January II, 1909. $500. $3.50
TUESDAY. january II. 1903. -. 3S.SS3
WEDNESDAY, January Is, 1909. 3S.1S0
THURSDAY, January Ia. 1907. 3S,169
FRIDAY. January Is, 1900. $1,000. 3S,447
Total for the week. .273,379
Average 3s,O54
I solemnly swear that the above
statement represents only the
number of copies Of THE EVEN.
ING and SUNDAY STAR circu-
lated during the seven days ended
January 10, 1909-that is, the
number of copies actually sold,
delivered, furnished or mailed. for
valuable consideration, to bona
fide purchasers or subscribers
and that the copies SO counted arc
not returnable to or remain in the
Office unsold, except in the casa
of Sunday papers sent to out-of-
town agents only, from whom
few returns of unsold papers have
not yet been received.
]. WHIT. HERON,
Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper
Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this sixteenth day of January.
AID. 1909.
W. SPENCER ARMSTRONG,
(SeaL) Notary Public.