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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
Horrible Crime by Members Of Secret Society Unearthed
in Culvert Near Utica by Milkrnan-Two Little
Ones Dead. One Fatally Hurt
WHOLE ITALIAN QUARTER IS AROUSED
Loaned by Railroad Company, Are Now
on Trail of Murderers, and Mob Law viii Prob
ably Prevail IF Fugitives Are Found

UTICA, N Y, Sept. 13.-Black Handlers are beliered
to be responsible for terrible cine unearthed here early
today when three children kidnapped from their homes last
night found under culvert Stag2es Cemetery
by passing milkman.
One of the children, Teresa Percopia aged eight had
been shot to death Another Fannie Infusino aged six
dying from bullet wound in her abdomen while the
third Freddie InfusnO, aged two and half was uncon-
scous from loss of blood from wound in his right arm
and is dying.
The Italian colony in Utica numbering $4,000 per
sons state of wild excitement and if the kdnapers
and assassns caught grave trouble feared The VIC
TINS are all Italian children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
SALE IS REPORTED
OF WESTERN UNION
Wall Street Hears American
Telephone and Telegraph
Is the Buyer.

NEW YORK, sept. bit was re-
ported on Wall Street this m0rning that
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company had acquired co7tr0iiing in
terest in the Western Union Telegraph
Company, and that II wJuln assume
operation OF its latest acqujsi ion i'm
mediately.
There was no official Confirmation Of
the story. but the fact that the stock
Of the Western Union Company rose
from Sc TO So a shSSe seemed con-
firmative. as fluctuations of this char
acter in this stock are Unprecedented.
Wall Street takes stock in the story as
indicative OF the desire Of the Gould
family 70 get out OF Shs worry and
furry of business.
George Gould. the managing lead Of
the Gould family. has lost his t-yo best
friends in the last few Year,, Russell
Sage and L. H Hartman, and the
pace in the Street Is swift.
The American Telephone and TeIe-
graph Company has been especially ac-
tive during the last nine years. In 1900
1t acquired the American Bell Tele-
phone Company and all its assets.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company has a capitalization OF
t153. .47s.60O stock. S5S.O0O,C00 bonds and an
outstanding note OF Indebtedness Of s1O0.-
100000.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany IS the premier telegraph corpora
ton and has been a Gould property FOR
many years II controls the American
Telegraph and Gable Company. Empire
and Bay State. Washington and New
Orleans Telegraph Company, North
western. Atlantic and Pacific. Franklin,
Gold and Stock, Illinois and Mississippi
and a numbe' Of other companies Of
prominence.
Tt has a capitalization Il S99.s 100 and
Oohd issue OF S3S $500 Last year il
earned gross S2S, So, ,21z. Wall Street
takes stock in the rumor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
PACIFIC HOLDS
DIRECTORS ELECTION

NEW YORK, Sept 13.-William r.
Rockefeller and Jacob II. Schif were
today elected directors OF the Union
Pacific TO hH the vacancies caused by
the deaths Of Edward II. Hartman
and II. II. Rogers. They were also
elected members OF the executive com
mittee.
At todays meeting committee,
consisting OF Marvin Hughitt, Charles
A. Peabody. and Henry G. Frick, was
appointed 20 draw up resolutions on
Harrimans death.
The election of Rockefeller and
Schiff TO the executive committee in
creases the mem bership of the com
nittee from five 70 six, Rogers not
having been a member of that com
mlttee. while Hartman was
Ex-Judge Robert s. LOVett was ap-
pointed chairman Of the executive
COMMITTEES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

The new government Of Venezuela IS
proceeding with all reasonable dispatch
upon it's policy OF settling all outstand-
ing international disputes
Unofficial advices received here con-
firm the report that Venezuela has come
10 an agreement with the Orinoco cor
poration for a settlement of its claims
through the payment of x5S5.OOO IN eight
equal instanments. The first installrnent
is TO be paid to the corporation, which
is an American company, at once, and
the balance in seven equal annual In
stallments.
This claiTa has been pending between
the United States and Venezuela for
several years past, and arose out of the
violation and annulment by the Vene-
zuelan government Of concession
granted in 1888 10 an American citizen.
Provision Yas made-tn a. protocol ar
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

Irma walked from the room for as
slstance and soon returned with Dr.
Clarke and several neighbors. Levy
met them az the front door with a
loaded shotgun and threatened. 10 kill
the first man who entered the house
Ut clarke rushed at Levy. who fed To
room on the second story and barri-
caded himself in, declaring ne was going
10 XIII anyone who came near him. DR.
Clarke telephoned 20 the police and then
set about giving aid 10 the wounded
woman and child. Levy. from a win
COW on the upper story Of the house.
watched the arrival OF the police ana
sthro1gh the-headS dldhEainstantlX.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
MORGAN MAY GET
HARTMAN POWER
Former, as Trustee, Would
Dominate $4,000 Miles
of Railroad.

NEW YORK. Sept 12.-Although 1t IS
confidently believed the will OF E. H
Hartman was read 10 the mesabers of
the family last night in Arden House
by ex-Judge Lovett and Charles A.
Peabody. no intimation Of It's contents
will be made public until it is fled for
actual probate. in a week or more.
There Is much speculation as 10 what
the will contains and whether 1t inti-
mates the amount of the Hartman es-
tate. which has been variously estimat-
ed at from 100000 to s2OO,oOo,OOO.
Morgan May Be Successor.
II was noted that Morgan did not at
tend the Hartman funeral yesterday.
though It IS known he went secretly 10
Arden house a week ago last Thursday
and had long conference with the dy-
ing railroad man. At this conference. #
Is said Hartman urged Morgan to take
over the management OF his great sys-
tern. believing that Morgan was the only
fnancier IN America capable of grasp
ing the situation. Morgan is said to
have agreed.
Morgan was never a close personal
friend Of Harriman's and there is no
20 10 the funeral They were businesses
foes or business friends, as the occasion
demanded, but their personal relations
were never close.
Peabody Formerly Family Attorney.
After the funeral the Hartman fam
ily. accompanied by Judge Lovett and
Mr. Peabody, wenc back 10 Arden House
and the Will Is said 10 have been read.
Pea body was formerly a family attor-
uey. with "A practice Of 100000 a year.
He was Harriman's personal counsel and
at Harriman's insistence gave up his
great practice 10 assume the presidency
OF the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
at a much less salary II is said he
drew up the Hartman win
Neither he nor Judge LOVett nor any
member of the family would say any
thing about the will, or even admit or
deny that 10 had been read.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
CRAZED MAN SHOOTS
WIFE AND DAUGHTER
Wealthy San Francisco Liquor Dealer Commits Suicide
to Avoid Capure-Tragedy Follows Quarrel.
Threatens to Kill Anyone Entering House.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Sept. BIT
is believed today that Mrs. Ferdinand
Levy and her five-year-old daughter,
Mariana. will die from pistol wounds
inflicted last night by Ferdinand Levy.
a wealthy wholesale liquor man, who
then shot himself 20 death
The tragedy occurred following q
quarrel between Lew and his wife. He
shot her down and then turned the re-
volver on his little. daughter. The shots
were heard by the eldest daughter.
Irma, who was in a front room in the
house In moment her father entered
the room with a drawn revolver ard
told her ne had killed her mother and
sister andethatr be was ssorTXk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
BIG DAMAGES ASKED
FOR WAR" CLAIMS
One Massachusetts Farmer Wants
$3.50 for Injury to Parlor
Organ. e.

BOSTON, Sept. 12.-While the recent
war" in Massachusetts was a theoret-
ical affair the damages the farmers in
the southeastern part Of the safe are
asking from the Federal Government
are severely practical
Three hundred dollars" for a slightly
damaged fence post is one claim.
Six hundred dollars" for a dam iRed
hay crop which had been cut anc stored
away I'm the big barn before the mimic
war started was another
Two hundred and eighty doll 7rs'' was
the Lain Of a farmer who said that hts
paTlOy organ had beer turned over
when Battery = unlimbered and fired at
the theoretical invaders. The owner as
serted that the conclusion shook all
the tunes out Of the organ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
No Trouble Over Negro.

SYDNEY. Nova Scotia, Sept. fS.-
ANY talk Of trouble IN Mr. Peary' 3
crew because he took Mat Henson. the
negro. with him on his final dash 10 the
Pole can be put down as absolutely tic-
tion." today declared Mrs. Robert z.
Peary, in response 20 requests for her
opinion as 20 the probability OF fric-
ton resulting from her husbands choice
Of Henson for his companion on that
part of the tr.p TO which the greatest
hOnOrs naturally attach.
Continued on Eleventh Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
WEATHER REPORT.

Showers are probable IN the east Gulf
region and the Mississippi valley, while
fair weather viii continue In Eastern
sections with slowly rising temperature.
The winds along the New England
coast win be moderate sOut herls; on
the middle Atlantic coast light variable.
shifting 70 moderate southerly; on the
south Atlantic coast light 10 moderate
easterly, becoming variable; on the es ST
Gulf coast light easterly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
Organizations Hostile to the
Presidents Policy on
Tariff.
aNTENDS TO DEVELOP
ROOSEVELT IDEAS
Plans Must Be Framed to Enlist
Support of Democrats and
Insurgents.
By ]. c. WELLIvER.

President Tafts legislative program
for the four years of his first Admins
tration is now regarded as pretty we'll
developed and accurately forecast by
some recent illuminating circumstances.
The first message Of the new Presi-
dent on general topics will go to Con-
gress ar the opening OF the December
session. 1t IS expected 70 present these
chief features in the line Of developing
so-caTed Roosevelt policies:
A demand for charging substantially
the powers OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission over physical operations Of
roads
Demand that the commissions power
TO fix rates. either singly or in sched-
ules. and either on complaint or on IT'S
own motion. be made so broad and posi-
tive as to be unquestionable hereafter
in the courts.
Demand that the commodities
clause" recently emasculated by the
courts. be rewritten into the law in
Demand for a grant to the commission
OF full power and appropriation 10 make
valuation OF the railroads.
Demand for early and scientific con-
sideration of certain specific tariff
schedules. especially cotton and wooden.
Demand for simpHhcaton of the pow
ers OF the tarff board or commission,
80 there shall be no doubt Of the Presi-
dents right to employ it in general
tariff inquiries. making comparison OF
producing costs at home and abroad.
etc
Currency Reform.
Demand for currency reform. which,
however. will not be pressed at the next
Hession because the monetary commits
zion will not be ready. and also because
the President does not propose that IT
shall interfere with his railroad and tar
IN designs.
Finally. II is confidently predicted that
the program which has heretofore been
attributed 20 the President. Of reorgan-
szing the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. making II a purely judicial body.
turning over its administrative powers
70 some new authority. and giving it's
functions Of prosecution and investiga-
tion TO the Department Of Justice, will
be entirely dropped.
Likewise, II Is predicted by those best
Informed. that the plan Of generally revis-
ing the Sherman antitrust act will be
omitted from the program. Omission OF
this. and of the related proposal for the
licensing Of corporations engaged in in
tterstate commerce. would not be evil
dence that these had becn rejected. b,it
merely that there vas work enough in
hand without them.
OF course. II Is expected a great num-
Der OF other matters will be discussed
BY the President; but the foregoing are
regarded as the constructive proposals
likely 20 be pressed most strongly.
Important Court Decision.
The making Of a program for the new
Administration has become cutie a DIFF
ferent matter from what II seemed
likely 20, be. Since Mr.. Taft became
President two court decisions Of the
greatest importance have been handed
down. which have unsettled matters
supposed TO have been corclusivalv
acted upon. These two decisions have.
gn fact. largely undone the greatest
CONTINUED on Fourth PaRel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

Flooring, Good, Sa.oo Per 100 Feet.
Frank LibbeX 6S-co.,a6t q SG;,Is Aye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

FORECAST FOR DISTRICT.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday:
light variable winds, shifting 70 south
eTly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
TEMPERATURES.
SUN TABLE
Tide TABLE.

70 TOday-High tide 7.lS d. m and 1:43
D. m: low tide. ;26 4. n. and l.53 y. M.
Tomorrow-High tide, : JS a. m. and Sis
,. m. low tide. 200 a m. and 2:30 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
coNnITrON nF

CONDITION OF RIVERS.
j HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Sept. l3
The Potomac is slightly cloudy and
the Shenandoah is muddy today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
ELEVEN LIVES LOST At SEA


NrN York NOV TO-. E,la,ed
aeu- of disaster at sea ia which
probably eleven lives were lost was
brought to New York yesterday Six
members of the crew of the harkcn-
tine John 5. Bennett. Capt. Jonas
Firth. bound from New York to Hal
ltfaN with a cargo of coal, were
crowned early Monday morning
" hen the vessel was sunk in collision
off Block Island with g four-mastet
schooner supposed to be the Merrill
lC. Hart of Thomston, Me.
| Wreckage bearing the name of the
Merrill c. Hart floated ashore neal
the scene of the collision, indicating
| that the schooner played the seconc
part in the accident The Bennett
was owned by A. w Hendry & son
! of Liverpool, y. S
Meager details of the disaster
were brought here by Capt. Bullock
of the steamer William Jones, whicf
picked up two Filipino sailors of the
Hart. the crew of which numbered
in all eigho.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10

DOC TORS SAY BOY IS DEAD
Sensational Gilman Follow, ll,pna.
hc ,hbhun Given At >omrnIIIs
Nrv jrrsy, and Prison Faces
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
ENGINEER IS KILLED IN WRECK
Frisco Freight Train wrecked Near
ChnnQicr--FtrcmHu probably
Fatally Hurt

Oklahoma city OKLA Nov. TO-,
A. L, Davis, engineer was killed J.
G.. CraeNcy fireman, probably fatal
ly injured, and four others hurt in q
wreck of the Frisco freight train yes
terday morning three miles east OF
Chandler The engine aud tender
loft the track pullug OFF three box
ears. The engine then overturned
Davis was scalded to death, CrackIey
was taken to Chandler hospital sur
foriuR from scalds, George Willard
In brakeman, oklahoma CITY and
three men riding on the cars were
injured. They are: j, F, Brady arm
broken, Albert Fortman Dallas
hand crushed; George Holpaur
Rosedale, Ark arm broken
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
VICTIM Of HIGNWAYMEN
REpt TABLE DALLAS BLACK Is
BktIALih CUT lP NEAR
FREIGHT YARDS.
Names of AsSailants Furnished the
Police and Entire Department
l. Aroused and Are mt
Work on Case.


Dallas, Texas, Nov. lo.--Hach
Lockhart, an industrious negro was
yesterday made the victim OF an at
tack by three negro highwaymeh
and is expected TO dle from MS
wounds.
Lockhart is employed as porter !"
the rreadwell drug store al E''0
street and Central aV'Iuo' ''e u'e"
his week $ pay about n''H 'n' s'a''-
ed down the tracks o. '"' 'o"S''"
! and Texas Cehlia' railway W ~ ~
his home. When near 'Le l"'uU'' ~
the railroad lTeISht N''''' ''""' "
jmile below the ora I mon oet"' :"
East Dallas, th'ee he7I" ''S way
men stopped h'n ana "'''.eD ''''
to give up ms monty
Lockhart resls''o ''" '''V T
Waymen oVerpo"eIeu "'"'' W."
money and his nat ana '''' 'o"'' y
tue ii'l'''
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
FACTORY INSPECTION TO BEGIN
Special Attention viii BE Paid TO
Naointious OF the CHILD Labor
Laws.

Austin. Texas. Nov lo.--Facjory
inspection will begin by the depart
ment of labor statistics this weeE,
probably Wednesday, when Deputy
Commissioner H. g. Wagner viii
leave Austin on the first round
Mines mills, factories and every
thing Of this kind will be inspected,
and special attention will be paid
to violations of the child labor law,
according to Deputy Wagner The
department has put in its time since
September ! in trying to disseminate
information relative 10 the labor
laws of the state, and believes mat
the time is now ripe for inspection
From now until January | the in
spections will be hurried, in an effort
to cover the future field by that
time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
LUNGS AND HEART ARE EXPOSED
ROY Rides Thirty-Ei&ht Miles IN .
SpimglcNs Cart So Ihat lic May
Receive Treatment.

El paso, TeNas, NOV. l0 with Il
great SAP torn In his side by u 'oau
ot shot from his sun accidentally dis
eharged, exposing hts lungs and his
heart lying on his back IN a sprins~
less cart drawn by burros, Genafo
Garcia, aRed 8 years, arrived at ms
home in marea yesterday mornlhs
after jourucy of thirty-five miles
from the scene Of the accident which
occurred at 1 clock Monday even
Ing. The boys only companion was
a younger boy, His condition was
such that anesthetics could not be
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10
MISsOURIAN SHOOTS HIMSELF


Hulaboro, Texas, Nov John
Sharfer of Missouri who has been
visiting his brother ten miles west
of Hnlsboro, shot himself to death
yesterday morning Dependency Is
believed to be the cause The body
and gun were found near the
water tank ON the farm
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-10

Denisou Texas. Nov l0 Necli
Wilton. a brakeman on the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railroad, was
thrown under the wheels OF freight
train near Caney. oklahoma. yester-
day, and seriously wounded Ills lett
leg was cut Oft
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-18
coRseTs IN ANCIENT GREECE.
A Playwright Says Cycling Skirts
Were Also Common There.

The discovery has been made in
Paris recently, tha, the Greeks 1000
years ago wore cOTsets and other ar
ticles of modern feminine dress, ac-
cording 10 the Paris correspondent of
the New York Times Nine Paquin
and Jules Bots disclosed the fact in
the latters play, La Furie,' at the
Comedie Franchise, for which the ia
nous dressmaker designed the cos
tunes after consulting some of the
Oldest records Jules Bots said to me:
There is really nothing new under
the sun. The ordinary conception Of
Greek dress refers only to certain ne
RODS | know what I am taking
about.
Il have studied the works of Schlie-
mann on Mycenae and o. Evans and
De Mosso on the prehistoric epochs.
! have made excavations a. Hnossos
and in Crete | have visit ed museums.
/ don't imagine the things | write
about. The Grecians of the most an
cient periods had modern figures. This
is the point | insist upon. Look at
the statues of the women, ancient
Greek vases and sculptures and you
will see ribbons, csnoline, head
dresses, basques 'and corsets. The
cycling skirt was the usual mode at
the court of Agamemmon.
To prove his points NJ. Bots had pho
tographs of old sculptures and vases.
These are extraordinarily like the
modes of 1880 From these Nine. Pa
quin made the costumes for the play.
OF course, this upsets popular ideas
about Greek dress. and probably mu-
steal play showing Ulysses in pajamas
and Dido in a kimono will be pro
duced on the boulevard as a result.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-18
HOW TO PLUCK CHICKENS.
Why Dry Picking Is Apt to Prove the
Most Satisfactory.

or course any housewife knows how
but do they know how to prepare the
birds so that they will be attractive to
he eye (which couss much TO the
nurchaser)? When "a. bird is plucked
dry the pcultryman will receive more
per pound for the fowl than when it is
scalded
In picking dry, the breast should be
Dlucked first, starting near the crop
After the breast the thighs then the
back near the base of the tail, and last
the wings. As soon as the feathers
have been removed the wings should
be twisted over the back and the feet
washed after which the thighs and
legs should be pressed to the body
either by placing a brick on the Bird
breast or by tying the bird, the object
Of this being to give the bird a plump
Dr. blocky appearance.
Any aged bird may be scalded with
out seriously injuring its quality if 1t
is properly handled; but owing to the
large number of poorly dressed scald-
ed fowls the marketmen place a pre-
MUM of from one TO two cents pound
on dry-plUcked stock. Boiling water
may be used but care must be taken
not 10 leave young birds in the water
too long, or the skin will cook, while
with old fowl a little more time may
not do any harm. The head and shanks
should be kept out of the water, as the
scalding will discolor them and make
them unsightly.
Immediately after the bird is taken
from the scalding water it should be
dipped into cold water to stop the
cooking and, as poultrymen say, to
plump the bird" The bird should
hen be hung to line with feet tied
together as no bird plucked on the lap
or a table will have so good an appear
ance.
If a scalded bird is exposed to a
draught when being plucked or when
cooling, the skin is likely to harden
and become tough. 1t is because Of
these possibilities that dry plucking is
recommended by large raisers of poul-
try, as the condition Of the skin TO a
yreat extent accounts for the high OF
"a returns received