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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
SUTTON SELF-SLAIN,
OFFICIAL FINDING
Verdict Approved by Acting Sec
rotary Winthrop.
BLAMES ALL YOUNG OFFICERS
Family Not Satisfied With Result
VIII Ask Congress to Sift the
Case to Remove the Stigma of
Suicide.

Washington, D. C.-With the pub
LEGATION of Acting Secretary of the
Navy Winthrop's approval of the fnd-
ings of the court of inquiry that Lieu
tenant James N. Sutton, Jr., of the
Marine Corps, was directly and sole
ly responsible for his own death at
Annapolis, Md, nearly two years
ago. the famous case became
closed incident as far as the Navy De-
partment is concerned.
Counsel for the Suttons intinated
that they were far from satisfied
with the verdict, and that they prob
ably would take the issues to Con-
gress, with view of having a full
hearing of the case by a committee of
that body.
Mrs. Sutton declined to discuss the
result of the inquiry, which she
sought in an effort to clear her boys
name from the stigma of suicide.
Acting Secretary Winthrop said that
he had dissolved the court of inquiry
and had given directions that copies
of the findings of the court and it's
conclusions, together with his obser-
vations thereon, be sent to Henry e.
Davis, the attorney for Mrs. Sutton,
and to Arthur A. Birney, Lieutenant
Adams attorney.
The findings completely exonerate
Lieutenants Utley, Willing and Be-
van-the three young officers who
were present at the killing-of any
criminal connection with the acct
dent, though the report censures
them for failing in their duty to dis
arm and arrest Lieutenant Sutton.
Too much time has elapsed since
the incident in the opinion of the
Navy officials, to undertake any pro-
ceedings against the persons whose
conduct in the case has been made
the subject of criticism by the court
They, however, will be made ac-
quainted in an official, but informal,
way of these criticisms, which will
both serve the purpose of an admoni-
ton to them and of presenting to
them the view taken by the depart
ment of their conduct
Although Mr.. Winthrop, in his in
dorsement, speaks of the lax state of
discipline existing at the marine
school prior to and at the time of SUIT
tons death, he says that conditions
have improved; that splendid disci-
pllHC pISNdnS at ILLS ClIue, ana JDdC
he Is confident that the unfortunate
situation previously existing will not
again prevail.
The marine school Of application is
now at Port Royal, S. c., under the
direction of Lieutenant-C Colonel Cole,
who is regarded as an excellent off,
Ger.
Lieutenant Sutton is directly and
solely responsible for his own death,
which was self-inflicted, either inten-
tionally or in an effort to shoot one
of the persons restraining him, and
his death was not caused by any 9TH
er injury whatever 'sse
This is the verdict of the Navy
Court of Inquiry, approved by the
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
and by Beekman Winthrop Assistant
and Acting Secretary of the Navy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
The Man Behind the Blast.

At the head of the rock drilling
and blasting gangs in the New York
Central yards is little Irishman who
knows the science of breaking up
granite cliffs from alpha to omega.
He knows rock as well as Southern
epicure knows possum.
1t is rare pleasure to see him go
about his task. He picks out unerr-
ingly the weak spots in the rocky
wall before him, probes them deep
with cunningly slanted drills and
then breaks the solid bluff into tiny
fragments.
All the time 1000 workmen are
toiling in the yards about him, and
the trains are coming and going ev-
cry four minutes His position is
onerous, yet his responsibility rests
lightly on his shoulders. He is as
quiet and unassuming as boy and
his laugh is as merry and jovial as
though he had not care in the
world.--Alcolm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

will be issued authorizing the under
taking.
This settlement prevents actual
American investment in the aban-
doned Hankow-Canton line, but it is
the opinion here that American capt.
tai has been placed on an equality.
Washington, D. C.-The news from
Pekin that America would have a
share in the Hankow railway loan
was received here with intense salts
faction. The settlement of the issue
is victory for the State Department.
which has insisted on the fulfilment
of the promise made to Minister Con-
ger in 1904. The State Department
has fought successfully the alignment
of the European group which sought
to exclude it. Its victory, department
officials say, augurs well for the fut-
ure, as the dispatches from Pekin in
dictate that American capital will be
placed on an equality with foreign
money in the empire.
The result is another step in the
consummation of the policy of the
open door in China, SO steadfastly in
sisted on by the American State De-
Dartment
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
AMERICA WINS SHARE in THE HANKOW LOAN
China Agrees Increase Amount S25OOOO to SOOOO0O0 One
fourth of Which to Come the United States and hFeefOuhS
to Go TO British, French and German Interests

Pekin, China. partici-
patton in the Hankow and Sze-Chuen
railroad loan was assured at the
offices of the Foreign Board by Henry
P. Fletcher, the American Charge
d'Affaires, and LANG Tun-Yen, presi-
dent or the board The loan is to be
increased from 27,500,000 to $780,
100000, and American bankers are
to get one-fourth, the three-fourths
going to British, French and German
interests.
Americans are to have equal OPP
portunities to supply material for
both the Sze-Chuen and the Canton
lines and branches; they will appoint
subordinate engineers, and they will
have also one-half of all future loans
of the Sze-Chuen Railroad and its
branches, with corresponding advan-
tages
The details of this settlement will
be arranged after the arrival here of
Willard D. Straight, the representa-
tive of the American financiers. The
protest lodged byMr. Fletcher against
the completion of the loan with Brit
ish, French and German interests
alone will be withdrawn, and an edict
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
FIGHT ON CORPORATION TAX.
ernal Revenue Bureau at Washington, ID. c., TIC
Legal Contest Impending.

Washington, D. C.-The officers in
the internal revenue bureau who are
charged with the responsibility of
administering the new corporation
tax law have been appraised of the in
tention of corporations to resist the
law in the courts and test its consti-
nationality, but the Treasury officers
have not been able to learn the point
of attack They believe that the law
will stand the test, and their chief re-
lance is on the fact that it was
drawn by able lawyers, who carefully
safeguarded 1t by adhering strictly to
the Supreme Court decision uphold
ing the right of Congress to tax a
corporation for carrying on bust
ness.
President Taft called to his assist
ance in the work of putting his ideas
into written language Secretary Knox,
Acknowledgement Wickersham and
Senator Root, all of whom are adj
mitted to be able lawyers, while the
President himself is not without a
reputation for legal ability.
1t has been suggested that one
point of attack would be that the law
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Among the WORKERS.

Fourteen countries in Europe pro-
hibit night work for women.
Boston plasterers. now receiving
sixty cents an hour, want sixty-five
cents.
Three hundred Jewish bakers on
strike at Montreal threatened a bread
famine.
The latest figures show that the
number of separate unions in Eng
land is close to 1900.
The street car strike in Evansville,
Ind, was declared off after long me-
gotiations. Forty Of the union men
will return to work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

is in reality not tax upon the privii-
ege of doing business, whatever it
may have been meant to have it be,
but is, according to the fairest con-
struction, tax on profits.
The officers of the internal revenue
bureau have collected evidence from
all over the country as to the number
of corporations, and conferences were
held as to the methods to be pursued
in collecting the tax. No definite
plan will be formulated until the new
commissioner of internal revenue
takes Office. The Congress appro-
priated $4,000 to assist the Treas
ury Department in organizing spe-
cial force for the collection of the tax.
The officers of the internal revenue
bureau express the opinion that this
sum will not be sufficient. and the
next session Of Congress will be asked
to make an additional appropriation.
The tax is to be paid on the earnings
OF corporations for the calendar year
ending December 81. Returns must
be made before March 1, 1910, and
payment be made before June so, or
heavy penalties will be imposed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
A Ways Answer.

A sentry while on duty was bitten
by valuable retriever, and drove his
bayonet into the dog. It's owner sued
him in the County Court for it's value,
and the evidence given showed that
the soldier had not been badly bitten
after ALL why did you not knock
the dog out with the butt end of your
rifie?" asked the judge. The court
rocked with laughter when the sentry
replied why didn't he bit me with
his tail?"- London Daily News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
A Skewer of Frogs.

IN the Paris Halles more than A.
900 pounds Of frogs legs are sold
daily. They come mostly from the
vendee, where the soil is fiat and
swampy Frogs are exported now in
large numbers to London clubs and
hotels, where they occasionally fig
IRE on the bill of fare as "nymphes
en- brochette." The best frogs fetch
along about dollar, more or less,
for a skewer of ten. The new frog
season closely follows the snail sea-
son, which finishes with May for the
time being.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
THREE REASONS
Each With Two Legs and Ten Fin
gers.

A Boston woman who is a fond
mother writes an amusing article
about her experience feeding her
boys.
Among other things she says:
"Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys,
Bob, Jack and Dick. aged 6, and
years respectively, are three Of our
reasons for using and recommending
the food, Grape-Nuts, for these
youngsters have been fed on Grape
Nuts since infancy, and often be-
tween meals when other children
would have been given candy.
Il gave package of Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3-year-old child
was a weakened little thing, i'll half
the time. The little tot ate the
Grape-Nuts and cream greedily, and
the mother continued the good work,
and it was not long before a truly
wonderful change manifested itself
in the child's face and body. The re-
suits were remarkable, even for
Grape-Nuts.
aBoth husband and l use Grape
Nuts every day and keep strong and
well and have three Of the finest.
healthiest boys you can find in days
march
Many mothers instead of destroy
ing the children's stomachs with can
dy and cake give the youngsters a
handful Of Grape-Nuts when they are
begging for something in the way Of
sweets. The result is soon shown in
greatly increased health. strength
and mental activity.
There's Reason"
Look in pkgs for the famous little
hook, 4The Road to wellville.s
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true. and fun Of human
fnterest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

II you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease mail us a postal re-
questing medical denomination blank,
which you will fill out and return to
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and II you can be
cured you will be told SO; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to US as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, 53d and Jefferson Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
OLD AMERICA PASSING.
Is Destroying Conditions of Early Days,
FerrerO Says.

needs, he says, eat up the large earn
ings of the people, who are living bet
ter than the Europeans
Signor Ferrero believes that while
the anti-plutocratic movement is a
triumph in some directions, it is des-
tined to fail in others.
"Industrialism, says Signor Fer
zero in concluding, seems to be de-
stroying part of the old-time Amer
lea of Franklin and Washington and
creating an America less American
than that of the past. When and
where this destruction will cease
no one can say"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Ahont Nofe,I Pennie

Senator Aldrich, 1t is said, does not
read the newspapers.
Don Jaime, the Spanish Pretender,
will marry princess of the imperial
German family.
Ex-senator Thomas G. Platt cele-
brated quietly his seventy-sixth
birthday at Freeport, L. /.
President Taft will rest at Bever-
ly, Mass, until the beginning of his
trip through the West and South.
Although Clemenceau is no longer
Premier he remains beyond compari-
son the most powerful man in French
public life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Be It observed that Uncle Cy"
Young is still in the game.
Connie Mack is believed to have
strings on more than fifty players in
the minor leagues.
Lave Cross is now the manager Of
the Charlotte, N. c., team and is
playing second base.
Brooklyn runners are again cur
rent that Billy Keeler will be the SUI
Aperba's manager next season.
Worcester's sensational third base
man, Hugh F Bradley, has been
bought by the Boston Club for Sep
TENDER delivery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Paris.-Concluding a series of i'm
pressions of America which he gained
during a recent visit to that country,
Guglielmo Ferrero. the Italian his
torian, finds that the anti-plutocratic
movement is essentially struggle
between the old traditions of the
Puritan democracy and civilization,
gold, luxury and pleasure repetition
under modern and more complicated
forms OF the struggle which rent
Rome for three centuries.
The rapidity of development,
lightning changes in customs and the
creation of multiplicity of new
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
WOMAN SHOOTS DOWN CASHIER
She Accuses Richard d. Watson, OF
Georgia, of Deserving Her.

Augusta, Ga. Because he be-
trayed her under promise of marriage
and was preparing to desert her to
wed another girl, Miss Elmira Todd,
a beautiful young Augusta woman.
walked into the Central of Georgia
general freight Office and opened fire
with revolver on Richard D. Wat
son, cashier, for two years her accept
ed lover
She shot six times, three bullets
taking effect. Watson was removed
to a hospital and Miss Todd was ar
rested.
Between her sobs she told heart
rending story of love and a suisse
Quent life with the man she shot be-
cause she feared he was about to put
her off. II had to shoot him." she
moaned II gave my all to him,
trusting to his promise to marry me,
and he was about to wed another.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
"Rube'' WaddelI Hero at
Gas Explosion Accident.

Cleveland, Ohio. RUDE Waddell,
vaudeville actor and pitcher of the
st. Louis American League team.
played the hero role at the Wirick
storage house fire, in which gas ex-
plosion injured ten persons. Wad-
dell, strolling near, climbed ladder
beside two firemen to show them
how to tie a sailors knot in the rope
used in tearing down wall. The
rope had refused to hold, but RUDE
made it stay, and the imperilled lives
were saved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Mint at Denver Robbed-EmpIoye
Allowed Gold to Splash ON CIotIle,

Los Angeles, Cal.-Charged with
one of the rarest offenses ever COM
mitted against the Government-that
of abstracting gold from a mint
Charles w. Dakin, an employee of the
mint at Denver, Col, was arrested
here. Dakin is said to have sold gold
to local dealers in small lots. The
employee allowed the melted product
to splash on to his clothing while at
work in the mint, and then scraped
it on and kept it for his own use and
nrnfit Viva. ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Mutes in Census Work--Secretary
Uses Them to Operate Machines

= = ~ ~ 17Ae' S'1AAAHNs''
Washington, d. C.--Believing that
deaf and dumb mutes will make good
operators for the puncturing and tab
ulating machines to be used in max
ing up the returns Of the next census,
Secretary Nagel, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, is inclined to
appoint them to such positions If ca
pable ones apply for the places. This
work requires great care in its per-
Torrance, for the reason that there is
no way to obtain check on the re-
suit ,st
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
NO CHINESE HOGS FOR THEM.
don's Poorer Classes Show "a Strong Prejudice
Against Foreign Porkers.

London. The first shipment of
Chinese hogs to England bids fair to
be the last. The Peninsular and
Orient Steamship Company believed
that the carcasses could be brought
in large quantities in refrigerating
ships, and that the trade might prove
a competitor with frozen beef and
mutton.
The carcasses sold we'll in the
wholesale market, but the retailers
find that the public will not have it..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
london Literary Note.

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe on
June IA celebrated the ninety-eighth
anniversary of her birth. Fifty-nine
years ago Mrs. Stowe sent into the
world work that had far greater
effect than any other on the progress
and destiny of America. Publishers
Circular
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
CHICAGO MERCHANT KILLED.

All Those Injured in Auto Accident
Near New Brunswick VIII Recover.
New Brunswick, N. Large
crowds visited the scene of the auto
accident four miles south of here,
which resulted in the death of George
A. Mclean, Jr., and his father, George
A. Mclean, ST., Of Marshall Field &
Co., Chicago.
The younger of the Mcdonald sis
tiers, Miss Harriet, was the most ser
iously hurt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Peter Brown, arrested at Pawhus.
ka, Okla, charged jointly with his
stepmother with the murder of his
father, I. p Brown. last April, has,
according to the Sheriff, confessed
the murder, but charged that he was
assisted by his stepmother, who, he
said, had promised to marry him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Some 5000 hogs were brought over
on trial shipment and placed on
sale at the shops for the first time
at twenty-five per cent below the
prices charged for other imported
hogs.
But the public prejudice, even in
the poorer classes, was so pronounced
that the butchers had in most cases
to raise the price of other pork, such
as American and European. before
they were able to sell it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
YOUNG STUDENT A SUICIDE.
Fabian Fall Shoots Himself in Ar1nory
at Boston.

Boston, Mass.-After sending a
message asking his cousin to come to
the South Armory in Irvington street
Immediately, Fabian Fall, member
of Battery A, M. v. M, shot and killed
himself. Fall was twenty-one years
old, and lived in Nc. 393 Marlboro
street, in the Back Bay section.
Fall was a first-year student at the
Harvard Law School and president of
the Board of Directors of the Harvard
Crimson. He had previously spent
two years in study at Harvard, and a
year at Oxford His father is Charles
G. Fall, a lawyer. and he was an only
SON
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

London was somewhat shocked
and amused the other day to dis
cover that the glass front of the por-
trait of Prime Minister Asquith at
the Royal Academy exhibition had
been placarded with bill inscribed
Votes For Women"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

The head and the hand constitute
the winning forces in life. Man
comes to his kingdom through the in
strumentality Of their combination.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
We getab BILE Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and streng tn. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
T,vdia r. Pinkhann,a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Chinese Girl killed.

Bow Kun, slave girl, was found
murdered in Chinatown, New York
City. and Chin Len, her master, was
arrested as suspect.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Bolton Han Returns

Bolton Hall, just returned from
Europe, says he learned much to help
In his back to the land" movement
in New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

The greatest cotton crop in the
United States was that of 1908
which, on the farm, was valued al
$722,000,OOO. NY.-35
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Army Reduction Saves Millions.

1t was said in Washington, D. c.,
that the reduction in the strength of
the army and navy, pursuant to the
Taft policy of retrenchment, was OK
pected to save $16,00O,0O0.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Canada produces nearly all the worlds
asbestos
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

cure, not merely tenn
porary benefit. Rev.
Maxwell s. Rowland,
of Toms River, N. j.,
makes a statement in
this connection that
is worth attention.
Says he: Il was sud-
denly taken with an
attack of kidney
trouble, had severe
pains in my back
and loins and was
generally run down.
Doctors were not
helping me. so ] be-
gan using Doan's
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24
Eats Five WatermeIons and Dies.

Lucinda Davis, a negress, thirty
five years old, died as the result of
eating five watermelons at a contest
at Louisville, KY DR.. LOOMS Blan-
ton pronounced death due to cardiac
paralysis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-24

To aid in the study of high volt
ages short experimental transmits
sion line has been built in Sweden
adapted to operate at 100000 volts.