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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
west Point Favors Football.

Washington, d. C.-West Point
has no intention of inveighing against
football Superintendent Scott de-
clares in his annual report that he
favors all sorts of athletic sports at
the Military Academy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Would Extend Censor's Sway.

London. The joint committee OF
the House of Lords and the House Of
Commons, which was appointed in
July to inquire into the censorship of
the drama, has reported in favor of
continuing the censorship, and of ex-
tending the authority of the censor
so as to include also supervision
over the music halls, the same as Is
now in effect at the theatres.
A@&E
Persian Cabinet Resigns.
Teheran The Persian Cabinet,
which was formed on July is last, re-
signed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Reform IN French Courts.

Paris, Minister of Justice Bar
thou confirmed the announcement
made here that during the trial OF
Nine. Steinheil that he will appoint
a commission to institute reform in
court practice, by restricting the
power of the court to examine wit
nesses.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
italian Deputies Begin Work,

Rome, The Chamber of Deputies
has reopened. Socialist Deputy Ca
brini described the mining disaster
at Cherry, ILL.,, and urged the gov
eminent to request the United States
to better protect foreign workmen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
LATEST News.
RY WlRE.

BY WIRE
Duelist Guilty of Murder.
Sylvania, Ga.-Rufus Lucas, sur
vivor in fatal duel with J. w
Hodges, a merchant of Oliver, in the
latter's store several months ago, was
found guilty OF murder with a recon-
mendation to the mercy Of the courts.
In the fight Lucas was wounded.
Three Die in Fire.
Colingwood, Ont.-James Daud, a
farmer, his wife and his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Fowler, were burned to
death in fire which destroyed their
home.
Coyotes Raid Turkey Ranch.
San Jose, Cal. B. Anderson's
turkey ranch, the largest in the coun-
try, was raided by coyotes and nearly
two hundred birds were killed The
price of the birds went up in conse-
quence,
Would Increase Walsh's Bail.
Chicago. -Government attorneys
have appealed to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals to increase
the $4,000 bail of John r. Walsh,
former president of the Chicago Ma
tional Bank to $250,000.
Accused as Slayer, Ends Life.
Lafayette, Ind. Elias Ray, mill
ionaire land owner, killed himself
~
court to face trial for the murder of
one of his employees last spring.
Aged 80, He Marries.
Manchester, N. H-Abel Cheney.
aged ninety, of Concord, VT, and
Eliza j. Martin, aged seventy-twos of
South Hookset, were married at the
brides home. This is the BRIDE
,groom's third marriage.
Child Dies of Rabies on Train.
indianapolis. Wesley Col
Inns, four years old, died of hydro
phobia on a Big Four train. The
child was bitten by dog at his home
in Delaware, Ohio, three weeks ago.
Gives Him Tragic Divorce.
Wabash, nd.-Joseph Bidwell and
his wife, against whom he had filed
suit for divorce, met at the home of
a relative, and, failing to reach an
agreement to withdraw the suit,
Mrs. Bidwell drank from bottle of
carbolic acid, threw herself in her
husbands arms and died.
Jeffries Barred in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. Mayor Calvin refused
to grant permit for Champion Jim
]. Jeffries and his Congress of Ath-
letes" to give exhibitions Thanksgiv-
ing afternoon and evening at Central
Turner Hall here. The Mayor gave
no reason except eve don't want
Jeffries here
West Point Favors Football.
Washington, D. C.-West Point
has no intention of inveighing against
football. Superintendent Scott de-
clares in his annual report that he
favors all sorts of athletic sports at
the Military Academy.
Women Oppose Big Hats.
Columbia, S. Church women
here have begun war against wear
ing big hats in church, Resolutions
denouncing the peach basket and
other large designs are being passed
in all the churches.
Lived in Howell; Left see, 1000.
San Francisco. When the estate
of Mrs. Susanna Moore was probated
a fortune appraised at s62, 900, of
which 1872 900 was in cash, was dis
covered Mrs Moore lived in howell
and for years was a charge of the
Catholic Benevolent Association.
Since the fire of 1906 she received
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
BY CABLE.
Cubans Want American Money.

Havana-A petition has been re-
ceived by President Gomez from the
Chamber of Commerce of the Prov
ince of Oriento urging that American
money be made the currency stand
ard through the Republic.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
CASUALTIES.

Two men were killed and third
was seriously injured by a boiler ex-
plosion at Gardiner, Me.
Clifford La Rue, a young man living
near Spencer, Iowa, while hunting,
was instantly killed by the discharge
of the gun, the top of his head being
blown of.
M. A. Harlwan of Alden, brakeman
on the Illinois Central, was killed at
Reinacker Siding, Iowa. The accident
is the fourth to occur there during the
past month.
A hot fiat iron which Joseph D.
Druse "a farmer of Design. ILL.,, took to
bed with him two months ago burned
one of his feet so badly that he died
from blood poisoning.
Seven passengers were injured,
some severely and two perhaps fatal.
ly, when a passenger train ran into
an open switch and crashed headlong
against switch engine on a side.
track in the yards at Sanderson, Tex.
While crossing the Northwestern
railway tracks about quarter Of a
mile from Daggett station, Mich,
where his mother was waiting for the
train. George Eek, nineteen years old,
was struck and killed by passenger
train. His head was crushed and his
body terribly mangled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
CANCERS TOLL IS APPALLING.
Disease Claims Half az Many Lives az
Tuberculosis.


Albany, N. Y, March 23.-."The in
crease in cancer disease in the State
of New York is little short of appall-
ing. It now takes yearly toll of half
as many lives as tuberculosis"
This startling declaration, proved
by statistics, is made by DR.. Harvey
R. Gaylord, chief of the Buffalo state
cancer hospital, in a report to the
health department..
DR.. Gaylord declares the average
death rate for cancer per 100000 pop
ulation for 1906, 1907 and 1908, taken
collectively, is seventy-six,; showing
an increase in thirteen years, from
1896 to 1909 of 2S.s per cent. The
average death rate per 100000 for
1906, 1907 and 1908 for tuberculosis is
1863, showing decrease in the last
thirteen years of 81 per cent.
Eve we'll understand why tubercu-
losis is decreasing" says DR.. Gay.
lord. 1T is the result of our knowl-
edge of the infections of the disease
and of the now we'll organized war
fare which is being opposed to it. Our
knowledge Of the nature of cancer as
disease is in its infancy, but it is
rapidly advancing, and the outlook to.
day offers a very bright hope that in
the future we shall understand and
combat the disease by methods based
on the present experimental re.
search"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and o.
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
PERSONAL.

c. P. Taft has given $4,000 for q
park shelter house at Cincinnati. to be
named after the president.
Former Judge w. w. Howe Of the
Louisiana supreme court died at New
Orleans. aged seventy-f1ve years.
Capt. Henry G. Kelly, one of the ex'
perts who made transportation by
pneumatic tube a success, is dead in
Chicago.
Paul Stanley, comedian and com.
poser Of the song, 'Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-de.
Ay," is dead at Denver after a linger.
ing illness.
Henry Clay Cullom, brother of Sen
ator Cullom, died at Peoria, ILL.,, aged
seventy years. His death was the re-
suit of a paralytic stroke.
Lewis McClough, formerly president
Of the state agricultural college of
South Dakota, died at New Britain.
Conn.,, aged seventy-three years.
Lieut.. Herman E. Mitchell, son of
former Senator Mitchell Of Oregon,
has resigned his commission in the
army. The action is voluntary, Lieut..
Mitchell desiring to live abroad.
Mrs. Benjamin S. Edwards, eighty
nine years old, daughter-in-law of Min
ian Edwards, one of the early govern
ors of Illinois. died at Springfield. Ill.
Mrs. Edwards was sole survivor of the
adult witnesses of the wedding of
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
OTHERWISE

The California assembly passed a
bill making it a misdemeanor for one
man to treat another in saloon.
Norval Baptie, worlds champion
professional ice skater, again was de.
feated by Morris Wood Of New York
ct Cleveland in the final contest of the
indoor meet.
The constitutionality of the New
York public service commission law
was sustained by unanimous deci.
sion Of the appellate division Of the
supreme court.
Pat Grove. former kidnapper and
later an evangelist, recovered from
his third fall from the water wagon
In Chicago last week, and allowed his
friends to put him On train for Pom.
tiac. He was hurried to the santa,
rum there.
Miss May Irwin, actress, composer
OF cook book and owner of an isl
9and near Clayton, in the st. Law.
psnes river. has announced that she
ha1s decided to convert her house on
IL island into Z hotel and conduct II
next summer under the name Of May
lrvin'S Inn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
use STATE CASH M RollTlCs,
Former Game Warden Tells Inquisitors,
Of Political Work Under Order
Of Governor.

Madison, Wis, March 49, Henry
Overlook, former state game war
den, yesterday told the, legislative.
senatorial investigation committee
that during his term Of Office he spent:
the states money for political pur--
poses, and that whatever political
work he did during his term was at
the order Of the governor, as his su.
perior oficer.
Senator Morris, following this state
ment, moved that certified account
Of Overbeck's testimony be sent to
the attorney general. The motion was
carried by a vote Of 8 to 1. Mr..
Overlook was on the stand nearly the
entire day. He told Of disbursing
$40 Of the Stephenson campaign
fund. but could render no definite
statement. OF the money paid out,
500 went to E. 8. Minor, q, congress
sional candidate in Green Bay. He
made preliminary arrangement"
with several others for campaign
work. He also arranged a. meeting
between the Rev. Eppling. q Lutheran
minister. and Mr.. Edmonds for the
purpose Of securing the formers serv-
ices for the Stephenson campaign.
Mr.. Overlook admitted that the mat
ter Of q donation to the Lutheran col
lege at Watertown had been mention
ed to Rev. Eppling, but would not
have the committee understand that
Senator Stephenson had pledged do
nation in case of his nomination at
the primaries.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
FROM OTHER SHORES.

A dispatch from Murca de Paneyos,
a little town about fifty miles from
Braganca, Portugal, says that during
the celebration of a festival there the
people sacked and burned the tax
collectors building.
DR.. A. D. Foster, surgeon in charge
of the American marines at Annoy,
China, reports sporadic cases of the
bubonic plague in Annoy. He recon-
mends the detention and disinfection
of passengers for the Philippines be-
fore they embark.
King Edward witnessed two flights
by Wilbur Wright at Pau, France, and
showed an equal amount of enthusi.
asm with the other spectators in the
remarkable accomplishments of the
American aeroplanist. The king COM
plimented Mr.. Wright on his success,
full demonstration.
The reports publishing in the Unit.
ed States that serious complications
threaten Salvador or any other Cen.
trail American state are without foun.
dalton. There has been no declare,
ton Of war, the International situation
does not cause alarm, and Nicaragua
Internally is at peace.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
Father and Son Are Sentenced
to Twenty Years in the
Penitentiary.
fRItNUS RuSn.TO sign BONDS
Wealthy Citizens Swamp Clerk Of
Crimina. Court Motion for New
Trial Will Be Made.

Nashville, Tenn, March 23.-After
fling a bond totaling nearly mil
lion and half dollars, Col. D. B.
Cooper and Robin ]. Cooper, convict
ed of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to twenty years in the
penitentiary for the killing of former
United States Senator E. w. Car
mack, retired to the home of Judge ].
G. Bradford Saturday night and dis
cussed the next move in the case.
Although Judge Hart fixed the bond
at $4,000 for each defendant, there
was rush to sign it on the part of
wealthy citizens Of Nashville, which
fairly swamped the clerk in the Grim
inal court. In vain he protested over
and over again that more than enough
sureties had been signed, but the in
variable answer was: Eve want to
put our names on that bond, too"
Trial Lasts Sixty Days.
The trial has lasted sixty days.
The jury was out seventy hours and
twelve minutes. John d. Sharp had
been acquitted the day before. The
Coopers received thee vrdict without
emotion.
The jury reached an agreement at
daybreak. The original ballot, taken
within a few minutes after the jury
retired, showed one Juror for murder
in the first degree, three for murder
in the first degree with mitigating cir
cumstances, one for acquittal and the
rest for punishments varying from ten
to twenty years. imprisonment in the
state penitentiary.
Within q few minutes all were
brought to an agreement as to the
guilt of the defendants Cooper, but
disagreed as to the punishment.
There was not at any time the ques-
lion of the conviction of John Sharp.
Will Probably Go to High Court.
Saturday, April 8, the motion for a
NEW trial will probably be entered and
argued before Judge Hart. He will
probably deny the motion and the
case will be appealed to the supreme
court.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
SPOIL PLANS FOR RETURN OF BOY
overzeaIous Police Spoil Arrangement
Between Father and kidnappers.

overzeaIous Police Spoil Arrangement
Between Father and kidnappers.
Cleveland, March 23.-But for the
bungling of a secret letter intended
for James P. Whitla, in an Ashtabula
hotel Saturday night, Billie Whitla,
the Sharon boy, would be safe in the
arms of his distracted parents.
All night $4,000 in bills lay be-
meath a rock in Flatiron Park, Ashta-
bula, left there by Mr. Whitla under
instructions from the kidnappers.
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning
Whitla returned to the rock there,
hoping to find his money gone and in
it's the place the signal that his son
would be returned to him in the Smith
house, Ashtabula. within the hour.
But the money, untouched since he
had deposited it there at 9 o'clock Sat
urday evening, was still there.
Police Spoil the Plan.
Whitla was instructed in letter
from the kidnappers to leave the
money in Flatiron Park Saturday
night. If no detectives were about
the kidnappers promised they would
secure the money and deliver the boy
safely to the father in hotel at Ash.
tabula at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
| ing.
Whitla deposited the money as re.
quested, but the Ashtabula police
learned of the plans to pay the ran
som and went to the park. The kid.
nappers are supposed to have seen
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them, for at 8 O'Clock the money was
Intact and not . man had appeared at
the spot at which It had been left.
Whitla had q score Of detectives in
readiness in this city to start q search
for the kidnappers as soon as he had
safely secured the boy. Mr.. Whitla
and the detectives left Sharon last
night. A conference Is being held in
Sharon and plans are to be made to
attempt to capture the kidnappers
with the boy in their possession.
Whitla believes that the failure to ef-
feet q settlement with him Saturday
night will brighten the kidnappers and
they will not communicate with him
again.
Believes Efforts Useless.
The police of Ashtabula are unwill-
ing to believe that the kidnappers
have left that section Of the country.
Although Whitla has instructed them
to discontinue their search, as he be-
lieves it is useless, they are attempt
ing to find the hiding place Of the
kidnappers.
The letter from the captors of Will
lie Whitla came to thee boys parents
in Sharon, Pa, Friday afternoon. In
structions were given Mr.. Whitla to
go alone to Ashtabula on Saturday
night and place the $4,000 under a
rock at the base of a gorge in the
park at O'Clock. At o'clock on
the following morning, If the money
was obtained by the kidnappers. they
promised that the stolen boy would be
sent to the Smith hotel in Ashtabula
unframed.
Letter at Smith Hotel.
In order that there might be no mis-
take made, another letter, it was
promised, would be written to Whitla
under the name of &C. A. White" Sat
urday night. He was to receive this
letter at the Smith hotel in Ashtabula.
The letter was delivered as promised,
but after laying uncalled for for about
half an hour the clerk opened it, the
contents were communicated to the
police and guard was placed in Flat
iron Park, thus running the plan for
the return of the boy.
After five hours of anxious waiting
Whitla went to the hotel to get his
boy. There he was informed that off,
GERS had been on guard at the park all
night and that no one had come for
the money. Whitla was overcome
when this news was broken to him.
He went to the park and found his
package of money undisturbed.
Later. in company with the detect
ives, he returned to Sharon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
CRIMES,

Az . prelude to the campaign In Mo
son City, Iowa, against tuberculosis,
last week, Martin Elafson Of Clear
Lake, fearing that he would die from
the disease, shot and killed himself.
Overriding motion for a new trial.
Judge Prince of Laurens, s. c., sen.
fenced Wade Cothran Pieson to two
years in the penitentiary for the kill.
Ing Of Thornwell Boyce last Novem.
Der.
Edward Butler, a saloonkeeper at
Trinidad, Colo, was shot and instant
ly killed by ]. M. Justice. Justice
gave himself up to the officers and
stated that Butler had stolen his wife
from him.
For the first time in the annals of
the criminal court Of the District of
Columbia, an Indian, Robert McCulic,
was sentenced to serve twenty years
In the penitentiary for murder in the
second degree.
Two unknown men attempted to
assassinate Mayor E. ]. Adams of
Pass Christian, Miss. One of the men
was bending over Mayor Adams with
an appraised knife when Mrs. Adams
awoke and screamed. The men were
frightened off and escaped.
Saying his conscience hurt him so
badly as to force him to surrender, E.
R. May, wanted for forgery at Noun
tain Grove, Mo-, walked into the sher-
ifs Office at Alexandria, La, and gave
himself up. He was taken back to
Missouri.
Word has been received at Danville,
ILL.,, of triple murder and suicide by
Robert Strawser, rural mail carrier,
at Flore. Strawser gave his three
children strychnine and then swallow
ed a quantity of the drug. The four
lifeless bodies were found by Straw.
ser's wife.
Thomas Benson, alias Daniel B.
Pearce, who claims to be a marine
engineer from Boston, was arrested at
Philadelphia On the charge of forging
William NJ. Cramps name to check
for s1,50O The prisoner claimed he
had received it from Mr.. Cramp be-
cause he had been struck by the lat
ter's automobile.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
Police Arrest Man, Give Him
Third Degree" and Get
on Trail Of Boy.
WHOLE SECTION RANSACKfD
Millionaire Uncle Assumes Charge Of
Search-Father Refuses to
Publish Letter.

Cleveland, March 21.-At midnight
the police Of this city were expecting
to find within short time little Will
lie Whitla, son of the rich attorney of
Sharon. Pa, who was kidnapped from
his school there Thursday. They then
had under arrest man with whom
the boy had been seen in a down
town hotel as late as 9:15 o'clock last
night, according to reliable witnesses.
This man was given the third de-
gree" for several hours, and, it is
said, admitted that Willie Whitla.
with others of his captors, was in a
lonely suburb of Cleveland.
In fast automobile, a squad of de-
tectives started for this point at II
o'clock, but their search was without
result. The officers returned and re-
ported they had been unable to find
the boy at the address given.
Porter Gives the Clue.
According to the police, the man
who furnished them with the infor-
nation is Henry Ball, porter in a
local restaurant. Ball told the officers
that a friend who lived at the Hotel
Benway, on Ontario street, met him
on the street Thursday night. The
friend had the boy with him, saying
he was the son of Mrs. Satchell,
and asked Ball to take the child to
business place near the Erie depot,
where the boys father would meet
him. Ball received 81 as remunera-
ton. he says. He failed to find the
father and then proceeded to visit all
the hotels, in the hope of locating
him. Not succeeding, Ball took the
child back to the Hotel Benday and
left him. It was to this hotel that
the police went last night.
Frank H. Buhle, the millionaire I'M
Gle of Willie Whitla, arrived here last
night from Sharon and Immediately
assumed charge of the hunt for his
nephew.
captors Use Big Words.
Sharon, Pa, March 20.-J. P. Whit
la, father Of the missing boy, last
night made this statement:
There is no truth in the Cleveland
rumor that my son has been found,
and hope that the papers of the
United States will discount the story,
which might tend to discourage fur
Their search"
The lawyer and his close friends
and assistants in the kidnapping in.
vestigation refuse to give out for pub
licity the letter received from the kid
nappers. 1t is said, however, that the
letter contained some striking SEN
fences in addition to those made pub
lie. One alleged remark is: "Our per-
capabilities are as keen as yours, and
we have brains to help U.S." 1t threat
ened instant death to the boy should
the letter be made public or shown
to detectives, according to reports
here. 1t is also intimated that the
letters contained something which
had to do with the method in which
the money was to be paid over to the
kidnappers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
s4,pLoAD OF ALIEN sPuDs.

Philadelphia, March 23.-Sixty thou
sand bushels of foreign potatoes, the
largest consignment ever brought to
Philadelphia, were landed by the
steamship Iuenos Ayrean from Glas-
gov and Liverpool. The tubers came
from England. Ireland and Scotland.
and the shipment was made possible
by reason of the short crop in tn
United States. Other liners are due
here with big shipments Of potatoes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
Jap Bridegroom Can't Be Found.

Jap Bridegroom Can't Be Found.
San Francisco, March 20.-With the
announcement that John A. Emery,
archdeacon Of the California Episco-
pal diocese, had at last given his re-
luctant consent to the marriage of his
daughter Gladys with Gungior Aoki,
who claims to be the son of the late
Japanese general of Russian war
fame, appeared the startling develop
ment that the young bridegroom-to-be
is missing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26
Peace in Balkans Assured.

Peace In Balkans Assured.
Belgrade, March 23.-Peace is re-
garded as assured. It was semi-ofa.
cially stated last night that the powers
today will invite servia to declare. the
question Of the annexation Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina settled and to dis.
], arm and discharge it's reseryists.
|, Furthermore. It Is said that tho
erviaigoveTnment will .accede to this
Teonest thus opening the way Tor di.
rect egotiationss between Austria
Hungary and servia for q commercial
agreement. /.