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The evening world., 1909-01-04
LITTLE GIRL KNEW
THE PROPER WAY
TO PUT OUT AF|RE
Closed Doors and Windows
and Wrapped Quilt Around
Blazing Christmas Tree.
PRAISED BY FIRE CHIEF.
Chloe ReeS Is Called a "Hero'
and Is GraciouSly Patted
on the Head.
PRAISED BY FIRE CHIEF,

Chloe Sackett Rees Is the proudest 1T
ue girl in Long Island City to-day. all
because Fire Chief Hauck patted her on
the head and. Notwithstanding her short
sklrts. her pigtais and big bisque
doll she clasped In her arms. called her
hero"
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Rees. Choes
mother, left the home, a frame building
No. ia Ninth street, and told her little
daughter, who was alone in the house,
not to play with the matches. and above
ell not to light a single one Of the can.
dies on the big Christmas tree In the
parlor.
After Mrs Rees had gone Chloe, who
10 eleven years old, played with her
toys, but every few minutes she would
look up into the branches OF the tree.
and the longing to Sc It once more
slight grew In her small brain until
she could resist II no longer.
Lights Burned Merrly.
SthHulH6 pH NidlI sbt NdINAH
struck match, and In a few minutes
the tiny candles on the lower twigs
were twnklIng away merry.
Then she sat on the floor under the
tree holding hel doll, and for few
minutes was lost in silent admiration
But 1t wasn't long before Chloe
shifted strange odor and looking up
saw that one OF the big branches was
ablaze
Chloe didn't get n bit excited She
laid her doll carefully aside, closed the
windows and doors, so there would he
no draught TO fan the blaze. and then
got heavy counterpane, which she
wrapped about the tree After this
she went to a window In the rear OF
the house and called to David Breen.
twelve years old who was in the
street, to send for the fremen
Surprise for Firemen.
David dashed around to the engine
house in Eighth street and when Chief
Hauck and his men arrived they found
calm little girl pounding counter
pane Wrapped aOoul DlE NiiStlIHS
tree which had been overturned and
from which smoke was curling All
the firemen had to do was to throw the
smoulder'ng tree from a window
You certainly are hero" Chief
Hauck said, and I'm going to tell your
mamma so when she comes home, No
veteran fireman could have acted with
greater calmness or presence Of mind
You did exactly the right thing, and II
you hadn't, the whole neghborhOod
would probably have been set atire,"
The evening world., 1909-01-04
BANKS WCE.PRES|DENT
A SUICIDE IN HOME

DETROIT, Jan, h--IIenrv C. Potter
ir, of this city, vce.president OF the
Peoples state Savings Bank. Of this
city, committed suicide al his home TO.
day, Mr., Potter had been suffering
from nervous prosration for some time
About month ago Mr.. Potter was
found unconsciousl lin the bathroom Of
his residence on jefferson avenue, with
the gas escaping II was stated then bv
members Of this family that the gas had
been turned on accidentally as he was
overcome by an attack OF heart trouble
This morning, about u o'clock n shot
was heard the bathroom of Mr.. Potter !
residence. When the family and serv-
ants entered the room he was found dead
OF the floor with a bullet through his
head
The evening world., 1909-01-04
COURT AGAINST NEGRO
IN BROWNSVILLE CASE.

WASHINGTON. Jan. A-The Supreme
Court to-day dismissed the case Of Os-
marily discharged BY the President on
account OF the Brownsville riot, holding
hcIent to Justify the bringing Of the case
to the supreme Court
The evening world., 1909-01-04
TWO KILLED. TWENTY HURT
IN RAIL ROAD COLLISION.
Details of Crash in Oklahoma
Meagre, hut Train Thought a
ElNer From Kansas CITY.

TULSA, Okla, Jan. Am engineer
and fireman We're killed and twenty
other persons were hurt to-day when
passenger train and freight on the
Frisco road crashed head-on near
Fisher. a small station twelve miles
west of Tulsa. 4 train carrying ply
SiCanS was sent from Tulsa
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4.-The St Louis
and San Francisco passenger train that
was in collision at Fisher Okla, with a
freight Is believed to be The Meteor"
Il fast train that left here at so Sunday
night for the Southwest. No details OF
the wreck have been received at the or
fees OF the railway here.
The evening world., 1909-01-04
THREE LITrLE BOYS ARRESTED

Several false alarms OF fire We're
turned in in Jersey City recently, and
q watch for the senders was instituted
Patrolman Mcclure eays he saw three
eight-year-old boys turn in an alarm
from a ooX at York avenue and Grove
street last night They are John
ORourke +. o. keete and Arthur Jones
This morning they were paroled for en-.
animation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
MRS. PAUKSHEN
FEAREODEATH
DIARY RECORDED BELIEF
THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD
DO AWAY WITH HER BE-
CAUSE OF ANOTHER WOMAN.

In the Paukshen habeas corpus
case, the hearing of testimony
closed yesterday afternoon, and
the further hearing of the case for
argument was continued until JAN
uary 8.
A diary maintained by Mrs.
Paukshen last April and May when
she was having trouble with her
husband revealed the fact that she
was jealous of Mrs. Daniel Fla
herty. who had entered her home
as housekeeper and had formed the
impression that her husband and
Mrs. Flaherty had conspired to kill
her. Every letter in a series of 20
or 80 written for this diary bore
on the assassination feared by Mrs.
Paukshen. Poison seemed to be
the favorite means which she
ascribed to her husband in his ef-
fort to get rid of her, and from
the letters there was poison every
where, in the food, toilet articles,
beds, dresser drawers and so on.
Then again she said her husband
was trying to kill her with a
butcher knife, and at another time
said he wanted to cast her under
a locomotive.
Counsel for Mrs. Paukshen ad-
NIT that her troubles, based on
grounds therefor they claim, had
partially unsettled her mind at the
time these letters were written,
causing form of paranoia, which
disappeared later when she sepa-
rated from her husband, and that
she was mentally sound when ad-
judged insane in September, and is
sane today.
Nine doctors testified that Mrs.
Paukshen is sane today, while only
one doctor, ]. NJ Semple. superin-
tendent of the Medical Lake hos
pital, said she was insane Among
the doctors who contended that
Mrs. Paukshen is sane were DR..
Howells and DR.. Baker, alienists,
of Spokane. DR.. Howells, for
number of years was superintend-
ent of the Medical Lake hospital.
Mrs. Paukshen came here three
years ago from Missouri to marry
r. A. Paukshen, wealthy farmer
of Lincoln county. She is a wom-
an of education and apparent re-
finement and seems mismated with
the horny-handed rancher of the
Big Bend. In Missouri Mrs. Pauk-
shen was for three years vice presi-
dent of the State Music Teachers
association.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
Attorneys Claim Evidence
viii Not Sustain
Charges.

The Horton embezzlement case
rested today, owing to the fact OF
this being legal holiday. The
jury remained under lock and key,
except when taken from the court
house for their meals by Bailiffs
Murphy and Maxwell. Trial will
be resumed in the morning.
Nearly all of yesterday after
Moons testimony was devoted to
the further hearing of evidence as
to the confessions of Horton. AT
ter Assistant Corporation Counsel
Frank Allen left the stand, Detec-
tive Martin Burns, who heard the
confession, was called. Burns prac-
tically corroborated the statements
of Allen. The hearing of the tes-
timony of Expert T. c. Cannon
closed the day.
Attorneys for Horton and an ex-
pert accountant retained by the
defense in an advisory capacity,
compared notes after the close of
the trial last night, and seemed to
think that they had their case as
to Horizons responsibility for the
missing $6S.40 well in hand Hor-
ton claims that the s6S,40, and all
other moneys collected that day,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
BANK TO BUILD
z STORIES

If the move is authorized by
stockholders, the Old National
bank will erect IL story building
on the northeast corner of River
side and Stevens street and in
crease the capital stock from $780,
900 to 100000. The present
building on Riverside and Howard
will be sold to the Union Trust Co.
The trust company owns the Riv-
erside and Stevens site, which will
be transferred to the Old National
for a consideration of 100000, the
bank receiving 100000 for its
present site from the trust COM
pany.
1t is the intention of the trust
company to increase capVal to
100000 and conduct savings
bank in addition to it's regular
business. The proposed new build
ing for the bank will occupy a
site 100 by 142. This site was
bought by the trust company from
d. c. Corbin in the spring of 1907
for 5000, 900, and the sale price now
fixed registers a 100000 increase
of value since that time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
BELIEVE HORTON IS SAFE.

was in the sack turned over by
him to the city treasurer at the
close of business July IL, 1907.
He says he was given no receipt
for the labor and material account,
and had no knowledge that part of
the funds was missing. The money
sack was locked in a safe, to which
three men had the combination,
but which Horton did not possess,
and not counted until between 10
and II the following morning. The
defense thinks that on this show
ing the jury can not find Horton
guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
The last witness before the adj
journment yesterday was T. c.
Cannon, one of the experts who
discovered the shortage in the city
water office. After detailing the
results of the examination, in
which ITO items of shortages were
found for an aggregate of $3329,
Cannon was asked about the con-
fession. He was not SO positive
as to the specific items that Hor-
ton admitted had gone into the
bull SACK but Horton had said
that all of the missing funds he
presumed had gone there. When
asked as to the specific items that
Horton was Intercepted about as
having gone into the bull SACK"
he could remember only three,
among them being the item of
SOS. 40, for which Horton is on trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
ASSUMED BROTHERS GUILT

PASCO, Wash, Jan. AFTER IS
years of exile in shame and dis
grace, Antonio Berudeitti recently
received the double news of the
great disaster in Italy and Sicily
and that his brother had confess
ed upon his deathbed that he and
not Antonio had committed a MUIR
der. A letter from his wealthy
father begs hi INTO return and be
forgiven. His home is the ruined
Messina and he may never see his
anxious parent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
DROP PRITcHARD CHARGE

Charges of cruelty preferred
against Professor Milton Pritchard
of Pierce county were dismissed
last evening by the state board of
education. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Mcdonald advised the board
that the charges had not been sus-
tanned. Allegations against Pritch-
ard came from Clarke county peo-
pie. who asked that his certificate
be revoked.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
FIGHT MYSTERIOUS
BATTLE

BELGRADE, Jan. 1.-Wounded
Austrian soldiers are arriving at
Moster and Herzegovina, according
to. advice, although no details of
fighting are known.
1t is believed a serious clash oc-
Cured between Austrian troops
and Servians in the mountains of
Montenegro.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
BOGUS FIVE DOLLAR PIECES

PORTLAND, Jan. 1.-Several
counterfeit five dollar gold pieces
have appeared in Portland and vi
entity. The coin is deceptive ex-
cept in weight, which is light. The
body is babbitt metal, plated with
gold.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01

States for settlement of pending
claims. Buchanan, who
is at Caracas, informed the state
that President Gomez
was assured of this governments
desire for friendly relations be-
tween the two countries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
LUND LEAVES FIRM

Charles B. Lund has Withdrawn
from the law firm of Hamblen,
Lund & Gilbert. The firm will con-
tinue as Hamblen & Gilbert.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01
ASPHALT TRUST GETS ACTION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-Buch-
anan, special commissioner to
Venezuela, has opened negotia-
tons with the Gomez administra-
ton on behalf of the United
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01

/ can have no real succe

except that which l will
make for myself by honor
able means. / will not climb
to affluence upon the skele-
tons of men less powerful
than | am. l only want
credit for that which | have
actually earned.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01

A woman doesn't prove her su-
periority when she puts herself be-
fore her mirror.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
MSS oARoLrNn sonILEE, sUPr,

T-|-T| y LIN"
An oppUrtunIty is offered 20 young women whq
u.sh 10 become trained nurFes TO enter one % the
btrt Training SCHOOLS in chicago. Registered muir.
srE In chicago receive &-rHo a week Graduates u
ms school are eligible Go membership I'm state end
National Association OF Nurses The course com
pIvrs three years Of training in practical and
theoretical nursing. and ls thorough iu all brantGe'
of The work. Tuition, board ana laundry free.
While n usining the physical m9ral and saeaI
welfare OF Students are carefully qua itu, 20.
further PARTICULAR and free bcoklet. hdd-sEE
MISS CAROLINE soELLNER, sUFT,,
Lakeside Hospital Trailing school for Nurses
HAs lake Ave, Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Reform Mayor
Meets Trouble
A. w. Linticum of Bonesteel Must
Fight Charge of Larceny Made
Against Him.

BONESFEEL, S. D., Nov. 2,-CSpecial,D-
What promises to become one of the most
sensational lawsuits ever fought in Greg
DRY county was started today, when A. w.
Linticum, the reform mayor Of Bonesteel,
was arrested on a charge Of larceny. MI.
Lirticum was arrested on an information
sworn out by a Mr.. Crawford, who charges
that on or about August 20, 1909, the mayor
stole a valuable COW from him. The war
rant was issued by Judge Crosby and the
case is being prosecuted by States Attorney
Pat Donohue.
Nj. Llnticum was elected to office last
spring by the church and reform element
of Bonesteel and has always borne a good
reputation. His troubles began, however,
soon after entering upoa his duties as
mayor. He announced at once that all
forms Of vice must cease and there was a
moving Of roulette wheels and poker tables
to back rooms. Chief OF Police higgins was
dismissed and Ault was put i'm his stead.
The Board Of Aldermen could not stand
for this change, whereupOn a compromise
was effected. A little later the mayor, who
is quite heavily interested in the cattle
business and sometimes referred to as the
cowboy mayor" made a wager on the
weight Of a steer whereby he lost So. This
his enemies took advantage of and sought
to show that the mayor was somewhat OF
a sport himself. M this case will be
fought to the bitter end Is evident on all
sides.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Personal Gossip.

Mr. W. :, browne Of Boston is sp nding
the weekend as the guest OF Or. Robert
Hollis,er.
Mr.. Sidney G. sing Of Syracuse. y. y,
is visiting his parents of South twenty
tifth avenue.
Mrs. John c.. Gown Is making a visit Of
several weeks at her fathers home at
Cleveland, %.
Nj and Mrs. Gurdon W. Wattles, who
have been spending tee week in New York
City, viii return home today.
Miss Lulu Houck has returned home
from a visit I'm Lincoln. where she has
been the cues, Of Miss Fay Louise
Richard.
Mr.. ana Mrs. a. G. Edwards and family
have moved TO their home, $500 Harvey
street, which has been occupied for several
years by Mrs. Everett Preston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker OF Ter.e Haute.
Ind, have been spending several days
as the guest Of Mrs. fuckers sister. Mrs.
Charles Fuller, csC7 Farnam street
All. and MIS-. Alvin Johnson. who have
been spending several weeks visiting In
Detroit New York and other eastern
points, are expected home THANKSGIVING
AT and Mrs. william Salter ana Edwin
Snalls, an of. Fremont, and Miss Marjorig
stevenson OF Columbus, Neb.. viii arrive
Monday ~ remain until after the Ravens
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Socialists for
City Ownership
Unexpected Strength Shown by Them
in the Traction Con-
test.
(From a staff correspondent.l

DIES MONIES. Nov. 2OECSpecial Tele-
g~ram)-The unexpected show of strength
on the part of local socialists for their pro-
gram of compelling the city council to sub
NIT to the voters a plan for municipal
ownership of the street railway adds COM
pllcations to an interesting situation. The
franchise Of the present company is i'm
litigation and when an effort was made to
sell, the terms offered were rejected by
the ouncil An agreement has been made
as to submitting to the voters a new fran
chise. Now the socialists have taken the
lead in a movement for municipal owner
ship and are circulating a petition to force
a vote, and it is certain they VIII succeed.
They will also compel a vote on a plan to
force the present company to pay over a
large amount Of money said to be due on
the old franchise.
Although the late Edward Entwistle
engineer on the first railroad train in Eng.
land? left but a very small estate, his viii
is to be contested. Three daughters and
two grandchildren claim that his signature
was obtained by undue influence in favol
Of George Entwistle, with whom he haC
lived for a long time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Social Calendar.

MONDAY-Mrs. w. T. Burns, luncheon at
the Omaha club for Miss Moffitt, guest
Of Mrs. J.. A. MCShane; Mrs, Glenn G.
Wharton, hostess for the meeting Of the
Monday Sewing club, Miss Ramona Tdy-
Tor, afternoon party for Miss Bess Town
send. Miss Lucy Updike, meeting OF the
Junior Bridge club; Mr.. and Mrs. II. c..
Freeman. dinner for N~anCe-SheldOn we'd
ding party.
TTESDAY-Mrs. David A. Baum, bridge
luncheon; wedding of Miss Helen Shell
don, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. c..
Freeman, to DR.. Charles A. Vance Of
Lexington, KY; Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Shearer, supper for Miss Townsend and
Mr.. Ravens; Mrs. NJ. Kellner, bridge
party at the Metropolitan club; Mrs. c..
J. Hubbard, luncheon for Miss Booth OF
Harlan, la.
Observation-Disclosures Of Miss Bess
Townsend and Mr.. Pau Havens; Dundee
Dancing club party at the Dundee hall;
wedding of Miss Lena FTicke Of Platts-
mouth to Mr.. Russell b. Harris at the
home OF the bride; Mrs. II. M. Simpson,
luncheon for Miss Booth: elk club
dancing party at the Rome hotel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. day.
FRIDAY-Charity ball at Fort Crook;
Mrs. Harry Deuel.. Friday club; Qui Vive
club. dancing party at Chambers; after
noon and evening party at Wattles Me-
mortal Parish House for All Saints sun
day school.
SATURDAY-week End Dancing club,
party at Chambers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
BANDITS SAFE IN PRISON
Train Robbers Are Delivered by Off
GERS Without Any Trouble.
TAKE THEIR FATE SERIOUSLY
Woods and Mathews Determined to
he Model PrisOners-TorEen-
son wished Train would
he wrecked,

United states Marshal W. r. Warner,
Deputies Logan Sammons. John SIDES,
Claude Hensel, Sheriff f.. f. Bradley, De-
tective Devereese. Pinkerton Detective
Asher Rossetter. and Special Agent w. T.
Canada Of the Union Pacific have re-
turned from Leavenworth where they
landed the Overland Limited mail bandits
In the federal penitentiary.
The convicted men were not very talk
alive on the road down from Omaha, eN-'
cept TO say that had they been able to Sc
cure other witnesses who had promised
to be on hand to help them in their allbis
they would nave been acquitted.
d. W. Woods. who has been the humorlst
Of the party, seemed to realize that his
future was hopeless and had lost much Of
his good humor and really took the matter
more seriously than the others. They had
bat little to say, and talked but little Of
the crime Of which they had been CON
victed. Even Fred Torgenson, who had
up to this time been the most stoical one
Of the five, said when crossing the Mis-
souri, river bridge at East Leavenworth:
Il wouldn't want to see anybody hurt.
but ] wish this whole train would go
through this bridge and that | would be at
the bottom Of the wreck
Arriving at the prison about 43O i'm the
afternoon, the five men were formally
turned over to the prison authorities
There was but little ceremony I'm the pro-
ceedings. The men were ordered to get in
line to have their pictures taken. Orig
ware, dazed and broken by the situation,
was a little slow and was pushed into the
line by a burly prison guard with the
sharp admonitlon:
Get in line, there. You have got to
do as you are told here"
The prisoners were then photographed
In the clothes in which they came to the
prison, and were afterwards searched and
given their prison suits on which was
stamped their prison number, by which
they will be ever known hereafter. and
were again photographed.
Woods and Matthews remarked to the
officers while going to Leavenworth that
they intended to be good prisoners and
earn every credit they could.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
STOPS ONLY A W SALE
Iowa Supreme Court Decides Legal
Injunction Does Not Prevent
saloon Business.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. 2O-The SUI
preme court today, in an important de
cision, declared that a person who had
vioated the mulct law and been per
manently enjoined from selling liquors, can
nevertheless resume business provided he
complies with all the requirements of the
mulct law, such as paying the tax I'm ad-
vance, obtaining consent from the city
council and from the property owners. He
need not. under the decision, get another
written statement of general consent. The
court holds that It is only the unlawful
selling that Is punished and that one who
complies with the law is selling lawfully,
Injunction or no Injunction.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Mackay Denies
He is in Combine
Head of Postal Telegraph Company
Says He Knew Nothing of Wire
Deal Before Completion.

NEW YORK, Nov. Cove have had
nothing to do either directly or indirectly
with the combination of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company with the
western Union Telegraph company" said
Clarence H.. Mackey, president Of the Pos
tai Telegraph company, today.
I'VE have not wished to Join It, and have
not been invited to join it. There have
been no negotiations whatsoever with us
regard to the matter and there is every
reason why we should not have had any
thing to do with it. We knew nothing
about 1t until the day when it was pub
licly announced.
1T is true that we own a large block of
stock Of the American Telephone and Tel
egraph company, but that is one of our
many investments. We never nave had
and have not now any representation on
the board of that company, and our stock
is not consulted or considered any more
than the stock Of any other stakeholder,
as you will see from the fact that we knew
nothing about this deal until IT was pub
licly announced.
THE statement that MI. William II.
Baker represented us is incorrect. He does
not represent us in anything in the slight
est degree, Neither have we had anything
to do with purchases of telephone com
panies in the middle west. Our company
is slow and conservative in its invest
ments but swift and aggressive in its
service. We are not disturbed in any way.
We have successfully met hard competition
for over twenty-five years and have pros,
pered and are in first class financial con.
dition; better than ever before. We have
waited until this matter had slmmered
down so that we could make one statement
covering the whole subject. As 1 stated
several weeks ago competition will con.
tinue and it Will be real competition the
same as heretofore"