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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-03
COAL FAMINE.
THREATENS SPOKANE

Spokane Dec s. - Much
alarm Is felt here today because
railroad officials report the coal
supply IS becoming so low that
> it is doubtful If the passenger
trains can be run - hours
> longer The coal famine is the
, result of the swltchmen's strike.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-03
Rrothcrhood Asninst Strike.

Chicago. Dec S.-Grand Master
Lee OF the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, announced today that the
striking switchmen of Duluth. who
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-03
DOG EATS BODY
or DEAD BABY.

Walla Walla. Dec. S.-A dog
belonging TO C. #. Stovall, drag
ged to the steps of the Stovall
home the body of n baby about
four months old, which the dog
found in an alley back of the
house and was trying to eat.
There Is no clue to the baby's
identity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-03

Senator Tom Carter is up to more
mischief
The Washington times., 1909-05-09

Continued on Fifth Pase)
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
CANDY STORE, WHERE MONEY WAS LEFT.

had once borne. or to Mrs. Minor, %
which is another name Parker has
borne. A boy was caught carrying a
message to the pOstofice asking for
letters addressed to Mrs. Minor. Then
Mrs. Boyle. the mother, grew apprehen-
sive for her son.
lust show me your marriage certif-
cate, Helen" she said kindly. "JuSr
show il TO me once And if you are
my Jimmy's wife in earnest and by
rights I'll shield you from the whole
world"
The story Of Mrs. James Boyle's an
swer comes from several sources ard
ali agree. With the gentle smile all
the reporters in Mercer know so we'll,
she met Mother Boyle's kindness with
her own.
Dear Mother Boyle she said. Dear
Mother Boyle. You are so old-fashion-
ed. People don't have marriage certiG-
Gates any more. Indeed. they don't"
And so young Mrs. Boyle stayed on. be-
wildering the neignborhood, filing the
air with music. and waiting for jimmy
to provide her with more clothes. while
Mother Boyle did all the housework.
and sewed at the gowns of her daugh-
ter-in-law that they might look as well
as possible
There is evidence enough that Helen
Boyle was at this time looking into the
kidnapping Of little Edward Cudahy, in
1903. Papers were sent for and received.
The account of the acQuittal of Pat
Grove was found in the house. Indeed,
some of the letters afterWard sent to
the Whitlas correspond almost to the
word with some that went TO Mr.
Cudahy while his little son was held
In any event, on March y Jimmy
The Washington times., 1909-05-09

Freely At Last.

All three In the party laughed when
the pianist finished with a little run
Ia the bass-tum. tum. tun, tun. Then
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
LOGICAL PREY SEEN
IN THE VHITLABOY
His Family Is Richest and
Most Conspicuous in
Community.
LADS WAYS KNOWN
TO THE BOYLES
Families Live Near Together.
Woman's Quick Wit
Saw Chance.

and his wife left. ostensibly for Denver.
Actually James Boyle was seen by boy
hood friends more than once after that
day and entertained them with char
acteristic Chuck Conners stories On
side streets IN Sharon On the morning
Of the 18th of March last he hired a
sorrel mare ara buggy, and tsok up his
watch near the rear of the Whitla
house, literally within a stones throw OF
the hack door.
The plan seems the better laid the
more one studies it on the scene.
Billy was the favorite child of the
rich Bull connection The wealth be-
hind that connection IS fabulous. The
child's father was the leading attorney
OF the county and loved his son enly
more than the Bulls and the Forkers
loved him. There was money enough
there for ali Jimmy BoyIe's needs
and his wife's- Finally. Billy Whitla
was accustomed 10 slip out The back
door of the whitla home and run TO
school by a side street. He could be
caught up carried away, and the alarm
not given until the news went to the
parents by the abduoSor's own plan.
What happened that day IS known OF
US all. How Billy went another
route to school On his bicycle. How a
man called for him to keep him from
being quarantined for smallpox How
Continued on Fifth Page)
The Washington times., 1909-05-09

of Minor, the man was convicted of
forgery and sent 60 the penitentiary at
Jefferson City. His putative wife was
nearly distracted. She believed that
with money enough she could obtain his
release. But there was no money TO
be had. So she turned to James Boyle,
across the river, and became his wife.
The life there was not pleasant Mrs.
Boyle's wardrobe needed replenishing
and her husband did not have the
means TO buy even the necessaries to
which she had become accustomed. They
disappeared in the summer and were
next como upon in Springfield. III.
There Mr.. and Mrs. Boyle were ar
rested for forgery, but were released
The police <rail leads from Springfield
TO Wheeling, w. Va, and then on to
Columbus. Ohio. By that route they ar
rived In BoyIe's old home. in Sharon. on
Thanksgiving Day, 1908 1t becomes
necessary now to recount the history OF
Boyle and to indicate the life which he
took this woman in the thriving little
Industrial city in western Pennsylvania.
Frank H. BuhI,
Big Man of Sharon
Sharon is the creation OF Frank II
Bun. Here is man really big. l.
Detroit H. had inherited a business as
an iron founder. But seeing the ad-
vantage Of operating nearer 10 the ore
beds. he removed the business to Sharon
and founded the old Sharon Iron Works.
The future of this settlement was then
problematic. II lay between the two
growing cities of Erie and Newcastle
and owed such standing a. IL had to the
old Erie canal and some small works
which had been erected near by.
Bull first buiIded and then sold the
Sharon Iron Works TO the Republic
Iron and Steel Company. Next he
builded the National Steel Works and
sold them 10 the Carnegie Stssl Com
pany for $500. 900. Finally he builded
the Sharon Steel Company and sold its
plant TO the United States Steel Cor
poration for a price said TO have been
S14, 900, coo. This last enterprise in three
years was the making of Sharon.
1t took, and today It takes in trainloads
of ore and sends out. trainloads OF wire
nails.
Among the young wOIaen of Sharon
were the two daughters of Henry
| Forker. One Of them became Mrs. Buhl
and Is now a matron OF unusually fine
! presence and sweet personality. The
/ other is Mrs. James p. Wnitla- The
Bulls are childless. The " hitlas have
two children, a daughter Of thirteen and
little BILLY" aged eight. with their
/ three brothers. Mrs. Bull and Mrs
/ Whitla inherited more than substan-
/ tial fortunes. So that in the Whitla
| connections there are said to be more
than S90,0O0,O0O held in excellent Sc
! curity
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
Buhl Marked
Wherever He Goes.

Mr.. Buk:, who is now about fifty-six,
continues to be the first figure in the
city. It's 10000 inhabitants, counting the
residents of nearby settlements, know
him as a saturine, self-contained, for
chile captain of industry. He walks the
streets when In Sharon with his hands
behind his back, and rarely greets any
one save his family and business con-
nections. Wherever he goes in Mercer
county, or in the large city of Yo1ngs-
town, Ohio, which is only fourteen
miles away, he is a marked man. If
1t be that he has not only the virtues
but the vices Of big men he must by
very force Of his success crafty the
latter somewhere else.
In Sharon the small mountain upon
which he has erected the great stone
mansion he calls home is known as
Bull Hill. over it's brow runs State
street and the three imposing residences
on that Fifth av&slue of Sharon are his,
that of the Forkers, and that Of the
Whitlas. Not far away stands the hos
pital donated to the borough by Mr..
Bull and named from his father, Chris
tian II Bull At the foot Of the hill
is the r. II. Bull Club, with a library
OF $4,000 volumes, gymnasium excel
lently equipped. music room, kinder
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
SuSpICIUH
Enters Boyle Home.

Worse yet. good old Mrs. Boyle saw
letters come TO the house for ''Jimmys'
wife addressed to Mrs. Parker, or Mrs.
'Yorke" which was the name Parker
The Washington times., 1909-05-09

garten, and recreation rooms for all OF
Sharon. The one gift cost $4,000; the
other $25O.O00. To these should be added
a park Of ten acres recently given, and
an armory erected at a cost of $4,000
about four blocks from the Bull.
Whitla, and Forker homes lives an
elderly Irish woman. Katherine Boyle
She has five sons-"One named for the
good st. John, one for the gOod st.
Thomas, one for the good ST. James,
one for the good st. Joseph, and one for
the good st. Michael" as she puts IT,
Only one of these boys is a dom fooT'
he who is named for the good St.
James.
James Boyle
Long a Wanderer.
Somehow he began badly. As a youth
he was arrested for burglary and con-
victed, but sentence was suspended.
Then ne and Mike opened a plumbing
shop and Jimmy wrecked it. From
that day he has been a wanderer. And
while he was away the other boys were
STRENGTHENING into good business men,
Their uncle, JCnn Boyle, is the chief
baseball "fan" of Sharon. But he is not
far ahead of Thomas, John, and Harry
Forker, the brothers TO Mrs. Buhl and
Mrs Whitla So when old John Boyle
went TO the Forkers and undertook TO
lease the Shenango House-the fourth
hotel of Sharon, and named from the
river which flows beside 1.-THE prospec-
tive lessee met with a hearty welcome.
He got the hotel. He managed it well.
The panic Of 1907 came and he fell be
hind in his rent, from 5000 to 5000. but
the debt was passed until such time as
John Boyle could repay it. The debt
was paid and soon afterward John Boyle
died, leaving three OF his nephews
with steady work and good business
prospects in running the hotel.
The James who came back to Sharon
last Thanksgiving Day was not the
James who had gone away. He was a
broader man, physically, and his face
had filled into a surprising resemblance
to the late Senator German. The same
full lips, the same strange formation
Of the cheeks. which gave the face the
expression OF a set, mild smile; the
same soft hair, touched with gray and
reaching smoothly back from the fore
head, mark both faces. If none of this
shows in the newspaper photographs
of James Boyle. the lxidnaper, remem-
Der that these were taken after arrest
and conf1nement-and dissipation
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
BOyles Welcome
lanes Pretty Wife.

Of course James and his wife we're
heartily welcomed by old Mrs. Boyle.
1T looked Ike the beginning of
new life for my Jimmie. IL did, eX-
plains old Mrs. Boyle in her honest,
Irish fashion.
And such a creature as his wifei Her
like had never been seen on that side
Of Bull Hill. Even in November the
windows in the neighborhood were left
open to hear the music from the Boyle
house. n the Roman Catholic Church
hardly a woman (and no NAM failed
to turn to look at the lively young
woman in her fashionable clothes, with
an arm around each of two nephews,
following the service as though she had
known ii all her life-though there are
those in Sharon who say that Mrs.
Boyle was reared In a Presbyterian
church like the Scotch-Irish woman she
is. Jim ME" was proud enough. But
he was not so proud or so hopeful as
his mother.
In about three months trouble came
Though Mrs. James Boyle had so many
clothes that she was the marvel of all
the women on the street-a society
woman Who lived next door. the wife
of a stearhtter who lived on the other
side, and a genial old lady who sells
homemade candy still a door beyond,
all told the writer OF itAshe felt that
her attire was positively shabby.
Suspicion
Enters Boyle Home.
The Washington times., 1909-05-09
hcuSemaid
Makes Rich Haul.

surely, a housemaid with such abili-
ties did not have &c look long for work
AS Clara Stratton'' she entered the
nome OF II. Chouteau Dyer, in st. Louis
There also she stayed FIVE days. Ac-
cording TO the Dyers she then left with
jewels valued at 5000.
The Parkers were separated in st.
Louis IN January. l9Os. Under the name
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
CHANGERS WANT
new LEGISLATION
May Send Lobby to LegiSIa
ture TO See What Bills
are Passed

Delaware Grange may send delegates TO
the Legislature to assist the Legislative
committee Of Pomona Grange in lobby
ing for the several bills to be presented
IN behalf Of the grangers OF this country.
This was suggested at the meeting OF the
grange last night, and win probably be
done when the proposed bills are ready
for presentation.
The grange is particularly interested in
the bin TO change the law relating 10
weights and measures.
Under the present law the inspector OF
weights and measures cannot arrest a
marketman or farmer for underweight un-
less he actually secs him in the act. The
proposed bill viii provide that the inspect
or may act upon evidence OF faulty scales,
counscate them and punish the offender.
The grange IS also Interested in the bin
TO regulate the use OF wet and dry
measure. In view OF the Importance OF
these bills to tho grangers it was thought
necessary that it should send delegates ia
the Legislature to lobby IN their interests
with the Legislative committee OF Pomons
Grange.
The feature of last nights meeting was
a talk by William Tinsman on ''Chick.
ems" Arrangements were made for the
initiation OF large class at the meeting
on Monday February g.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
GAS FUMES NEARLY
KILL FAMILY

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 26.--Over-
come by gas. Mrs. Pauline Snyder.
aged 10 years. and her 5-year-old son.
Albert. were discovered in a dying
condition this morning in their apart
ment. consisting of two rooms, at no.
254 North Wanamaller street
The mother and son were found at
145 a. m. by AIRS. Francis Clare from
whom the Snyders rented their rooms.
She noticed a strong odor OF gas and
went TO the rooms occupied by Mrs.
Snyder and son. Quickly summoning
the police. Mrs Snyder and the little
lad were hurried of 20 the West Phil
adelphia Homeopathic Hospital. where
it was said that the mothers condi-
ton was critical.
An investigation by the police indi-
Gates that il was not "a case OF attempt
ed suicide for the gas was escaping
from. half-open Jet and the window
was open. 1t is believed that the wind
blew the gas out while the mother and
son We're sleeping.
Mrs Snyder's husband left the house
carly i'm the morning 20 go to his work
and it is thought that as he was about
20 leave, he turned the gas low, not
thinking that the little flame would be
extinguished by the breeze coming in
through the window. The police IN
vestigation is still in progress.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
DENATURED ALCOHOL
KILLS THREE ARTILLERYNEN
Last of Victims Who Drank Poisonous Liquid on
Saturday Succumbs at Fort DUPONT Today.
Fourth Soldier is M-Gof Ii by Ruse.

The third victim Of wood alcohol polls
onng in tho Fort Dupont garrison died
there to-day. He was Private Samuel ALI
bright, OF the 18th Company Coast Ar
uilery.
Two men died at the post from tho same
cause yesterday. They were Sergeant W.
Alfred GAaham. OF tho Forty-ffth Com
pany, and Private Martin Berry OF tho
1asth. <he former was married and his
widow resides in Ohio, where tho body
win be shipped for intcrment. Tho other
victims wcro unmarried and n their
bodies are not claimed by relatives thoy
VIII be Inferred I'm the National Cemetery
al Fort Mott. ~ J.
-Four OF the soldiers imbibcd OF the pols-
onous liquid. Three OF them arc dead. The
fourth who is Private Albert Freeman.
OF the iseth. is IN tho fort hospital.
Graham was tho first 20 die and Berry
followed with Albright. tho last to sue
cumb. All three men were popular with
their comrades and their death has cast
gloom over the entire garrison.
Coroner Gaynor and Coroner's Physician
Bastian went 70 the fort yesterday and
made an investigation OF the two case,
which had developed up to that time anJ
they we're satisfied that death in eacl
case was due 10 drinking denaturod alco
hol. The coroner, accordingly. issued GER
tihcates TO that effect. The same actor
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
S. R. LAWSON
DIED TODAY
Second Venerable Whining.
tOnian to SuCCumb to Pneu-
mOnia in Two Days
REWARDED BY RAILROAD
FOR HEROIC SERVICE

Samuel r. Lawson, aged Il years,
of No. 204 East Tenth street. died this
morning. lie had been III Of grip for
three years. which developed suddenly
into pneumonia on Friday. He IS the
second venerable Wilmingtonian TO die
of pneumonia in the past two days.
Mr. Lawson was born IN Brandywlne
Hundred and for 35 years had been a
storekeeper for the p. b. & W. Rail-
road Company. This employment was
in the nature OF reward for heroic
services. About ss years ago Mr.. Law
son was in a wreck on the railroad at
what is now Edgemoor. Despite the
fact that both of his legs were broken,
Mr.. Lawson pluckily assisted the train
men in clearing away the wreckage and
in assisting other wounded. For these
services he was given the position OF
store keeper by the railroad company.
He was one of the first benenciaries OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad pension
system.
Mr.. Lawson was a member of the
Masonic Fraternity and of tile odd Fell
lows. sHe was one OF the original mem
bers of Hanover Presbyterian Church
and for % years had been a member
of First Presbyterian Church.
He leave a widow. Anna and -four
daughter. Mrs. S. Wallis Merrihew. OF
Plainheld, n. j.; Mrs. Robert d. Kemp
and Mrs. Albert Marks. Of Wilmington
and Mrs. Helen I. Wier, Of Plainheld
/ Two sons. John W. Lawson. Jr. OF Mo-
I bile, Ala and Charles II. Lawson. oi
/ Wilmington, also survive.
Arrangements for the funeral hay,
not been made.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
SCHOOL GIRLS IN
1.-THE CHAPERONE"
High School AIumnae Delights
Members with the
Presentation

The regular meeting Of the Alumnae
Association OF tho Wilmington High
School was held in the High School
last evening. The new officers were
installed and Miss Elizabeth Mac
Daniel. the president received very
cordial welcome from the girls. Strong
err efforts than ever are being put forth
TO increase the scholarship fund. which
has been established by the associa-
ton. Plans were discussed for the
mid-winter dance, which viii be given
by the association in Eden Han on
Friday. February Il.
After the business meeting tho girls
were invited into the auditorium. and
greatly enjoyed the production Of the
musical comedy, "The Chaperone,
which was given by the members. The
members OF the cast were all cXcep-
tionally good in the parts which they
took and a great deal Of merriment
was caused by the acting OF Miss
Elizabeth Creamer. who took the part
of Pete xatzenjammer--the janitor.
Pete's chum, Bridget O'Hoolihan. Miss
Lola Parsons, also caused a great deal
Of laughter. The solo work and the
work Of the chorus was very good. Fol.
lowing was the cast of characters:
Miss Mollie Eye" president Sigma
Xxi Fraternity. Miss Viola Casey; Miss
Pollie Sea-" Miss Neota Carvin; Miss
Nora Marks" Miss Marguerite Rolph
miss Ella Fant" (the fat girD Miss
Ella Elmer; Miss Ina Blossom" Miss
I Katharine Allies: Uncle Dick Rich,
/ (uncle OF Pollie Sea) Miss Carrie For.
rest; Susan Van Dusen,' chaperon'
and teacher, Miss NJ Alexander; "Dicl
Tate" Miss Ethel Toppin; "Joe Kerr
Miss Edith Bakey: "Phil Buster" Mis-!
Carrie Tadman; "Orson Arnis.' Mis-
Marion Buoy: "Ben Dunn Miss Irmi
MacDaniei: "Afiles stone" prineipa
Locofo Girls College, Miss Edit
Francis; "Pete Katzenjammer." lani
tor, Miss Elizabeth creamer; Bridge
| O'Hollihan," housemaid, Miss Loli
Parsons. Miss Mabel Haley was ac
companist.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
WILLEY'S CASE
UP in SENATE

WASHINGTON. Jan. ee.--rho re-
versal by the referee board Of con-
sulting scientists OF tho findings OF
DR. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food ex-
pert of the Agricultural Department.
IN regard 10 the alleged poisonous
nature OF benzoate OF soda when used
as a preservative for fruits aroused
much comment and some criticism.
In the Senate the board was put under
fire by Senator Hepburn OF Idaho, while
friends Of Or. Wiley are declaring that
the tests reported by tho board arc
not OF long enough duration TO Off
set the careful Investigations OF the
pure food expert
DIR. Wiley's friends are saying that
the judgment it took him nine months
OF experiment TO demonstrate to his
own satisfaction can hardly in the
nature OF the drug under considera-
tion be overturned by two months
investigation. especially when this in
vestigation was conducted by chemists.
some OF whom have not in recent years
been out OF the chemical laboratories.
and whose especial lines were not
foods.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
DEATH DELAYS
WILL PROBATE
Late Col. Rogers Made No
Mention OF Valuable
Papers

The will Of the late Harry Rogers
OF New Castle, has not been probated
The reason for the delay is that one
OF the witnesses to the instrument Is
dead. The win is a short one and tho
bequests are made TO his children. No
mention is made of the mass of vaiu.
able papers which the Colonel owned
and priced. Included in them wera
deeds from the Duke Of York, ana
many Of the papers date back hundreds
of years and are very valuable.
In the will of Miss Adelaide Young.
Of New Castle, the Equitable Guaran-
tee and Trust Company being the exc.
cutor, much cash is left for charitable
purposes and her jewelry, silverware
and ornaments are willed to relatives
and friends. Emmanuel Church a,
New Castle gets $500 and the interest
or $3.50. tho lattcr 90 be used in keep
ing the fmamnuel Cemetery in good
order.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
FINES ON FOUR
IN ONE FAMILY
Police Say BIaCkweIIS Tried
to Shield Relative Whom
Authorities Wanted

Members OF tho Blackwell family, OF
No 7l4 West Eighth street. were fined
In various amounts by City Court
Judge Cochran this morning for resist
Ing Sergeant Kelleher and Patrolman
Purcell early Friday morning. Tho Of
ficers went 70 arrest stephen Black
we'll Jr.. who had been accused OF
larceny
The officers told Judge Cochran that
the father and three husky sons had
"slSlrmished' with them before the ar
rest could he effected. and Purcell was
Obliged 20 draw his revolver.
stephen. the father. and Harry Black
we'll were fncd $50 and costs and Paul
and Alfred were fined $40 and costs
The Blackwells asserted that they had
merely insisted on seeing warrant.
and had not objected after one had
been shown. Stephen had caught hold
Of one of his brothers when the officers
attempted 10 take him. they said. and
no ono had attempted to strike tho
policemen. Each OF the BlackwelIs
admitted that he had been arrested be-
fore. They We're represented by Rob-
ert G. 1Iarman.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
win be taken in .AllDrirht's case

VIII be taken in .Ailbrights case
How Men Got Alcohol.
According to Coroner Gaynor the alco-
hol which brought about such serious re-
suits was obtained by Private Berry from
Resident Machinist Peacock, at the fort
Berry said he wanted the liquid to Thin
sheIlac. Peacock instead OF giving the
man tho alcohol. made the mixture for
him. Borry, Il is said. returned shortly az
forward. and argued that the sheIlac was
still too thick. lie then received a pinf'
bottle Of the poison and instead Of using
Il for the purpose for which It had bean
obtained. no and his companions drank it.
Berry's home is said TO DO IN Indiana,
but where Albright came from. the fort
officers could not say whom inquiry was
made there this morning.
A strange coincidence Is that Berry car
ried the news of the death OF Sergeant
Graham 20 the commandant NJ tho fort.
Colonel Williams Ho later became III him
self and died with the same symptoms SO
Sergeant Graham showed.
Tho death Of the three soldiers Is the
talk OF Delaware City to-day. It Is said
that the mon had been drinking and when
they could no longer get whiskey their
thirst overpowered them and they re-
sorted to the alcohol with tho results az
stated.