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New-York tribune., 1910-06-30
PENNSYLVANIA
THE KITTATlnNY


The leading hotel al peiaware Water gap. sap
pa Every convenience and amusement sad
sfs horses and instructors Write for booklee
showing hotel. auto maps. etc .-
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NASTNK! CHUNK HOUSE. on beautiful
island in the Delaware: always cool; e3Sei-
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roosouitoes Dancing. fishing. bathing. boating
-ooI $40 a week up Further particulars.
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VERMONT
VERMONT VACATION RESORTS
1so page Illustrated Book Full Information
q, rspard 10 summer Resorts IN Vermont ard
sborss axe Champlain with hotel. farm and
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address SUMNER HOMES. No. 81. Ss5 Broad
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PROSPECT HOUSE.
Sanitary plumbing. electric lights; garages
n.iIx cream vegetables from hotel farm
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New-York tribune., 1910-06-30

Continued on tenth mage.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
MAY OPERATE ON ROBERTS.
Reports Revive Interest In MysterI
Gus Shooting at Atlantic CITY.

Atlantic City, Feb. 4-Revival of inter
est in the shooting of Charles Roberts
jr., a wealthy Baltimorean. on the Board
walk, in August, 1893, has been revived
here. by the reports from Baltimore that
Roberts will undergo an operation for re-
mOval of the bullet fred into his body
by an intending assassin, while he was
riding upon the Boardwalk I'm a roller
chair with Mrs. Williams.
While it is understood that the oDera-
ton is simple and attended with no dam
ger, there is a general desire among resi-
dents and hotel visitors who followed tho
unsuccessful attempts to find Roberts
would-be slayer, to secure details of his
condition under the knife.
Local police who acknowledged them
selves entirely baffled in their attemnts
TO trace the slayer. after Roberts refused
to make any statement. still believe that
Roberts knew who shot him, and that his
handsome companion on the nearly tragic
chair shared his secret.
Surgeons at the City Hospital decided
not to remove the bullet which Law close
enough to his back to be easily located
and the man was told that it need never
cause him trouble
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
TALK SOUTH POLE.
Peary Meets with Committee of Geo.
graphic Society.

An informal meeting of the research
committee of the National Geographic
Society was held last night at the resi-
dence of Prof. Henry S. Gannett. presi-
dent. Commander Robert E. Peary was
present, and the subject OF the proposed
expedition to the south pole. under the
joint auspices OF the society and the
Peary Arctic Club. was considered. The
matter will be taken up later in a formal
way
The only proposition that has been con-
sidered was that proposed by the Peary
Arctic Club to put in Pearys steamer
Roosevelt. the society TO put up S5O,0CO
and the two organizations to become
joint partners in the south pole expedi-
ton. Members of the National Geo
graphic Society say there has been no
proposition by the Peary Arctic Club for
the sale outright Of the Roosevelt.
The Peary Arctic Club made an offer
to the Treasury Department recently to
sell the Roosevelt 10 the Revenue Cut
ter Service.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
PRAYS WHILE DYING
Aged Woman Drops Dead
WOrShiping at VeSperS.
HOLDS A ROSARY IN DEATH
Miss Margaret A, Sullivan Doing Her
Last Devotion when the Grim
Was at One Time a Teacher in
Public Schools of This City.

Falling senseless to the floor Of Holy
Trinity Catholic Church, Thirty-sixth and
O street northwest where she was at
tending vespers last night. Miss Margaret
A. Sullivan, sixty-fve years old, former
ly a school teacher in Washington, died
three minutes after she was carried to
the priests house.
Heart failure was the cause of death.
The aged woman breathed her last be-
fore physician could reach her side
She did not regain consciousness. The
last words she uttered were spoken in
prayer.
Few persons saw Miss Sullivan fall. and
they believed she had tainted. She was
lifted in the arms of several men and
carried to the priests house.
A physician, who arrived a few minutes
later. pronounced life extinct. Whether
death occurred while the woman lay on
the floor of the church, while she was
being carried from the auditorium. or
after she was placed on the couch is not
known.
Miss Sullivan lived at the home of
Thomas B. Blackman, 3411 0 street north
west. She had resided there for years,
having been a friend of Mrs. Blackman
since girlhood. Miss Sullivan attended
church yesterday morning and it is said
she received holy communion.
About o'clock last night she left her
room and went alone to Holy Trinity
Church. The services were nearly com
pleted when the aged woman slipped from
the pew to the floor, unconscious. In her
hands she clasped rosary and a cross
which she had carried for years.
Coroner hewitt was notified. He ordered
the body removed TO the morgue. The
police sent word to the only surviving
relative, Thaddeus J. Sullivan, of Fort
Hunt Va.
On arrival he ordered the body removed
to an undertaking establishment. where
funeral services will be held Arrange
ments for the rites have not been COM
pleted.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
DEPEWS ENTERTAIN.
Editorial Association HOnored-
Taft Dances Again.

Senator and Mrs. Depew received last
night In honor OF the Republican Edl-
torial Association of New York, and
many members Of the Cabinet, most of
the New York delegation in Congress.
including the Vice President and Mrs.
sherman. and the Speaker and Miss Can
non, attended
Late In the evening President Taft, who
had been at the theater, dropped in with
one of his aids and remained for a few
minutes. He met most of the editors.
shook hands with old acquaintances.
and then danced a few steps with Miss
Pauldng, Senator Depew's niece, and
Miss Macarthur, of Troy The reception
was a brilliant affair.
The editorial organization was enter
tanned here four years ago by Senator
and Mrs. Depew. when they came TO meet
President Roosevelt.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
STUDENTS DANCE.
Annual Ball at New Willard a Huge
Success.

In the large and small bathrooms Of the
New Willard last night the George Wash
ington University students gave their an
nuai ball for the benefit Of the university
hospital
The ballroom was filed with guests
from the time that the Marine Band
struck UP the opening waltz until the
final Blue Danube"
The scene was one Of particular beauty.
Society was out in force, and the gowns
were gorgeous The hop at the barracks
being given on the same night, a large
number of the guests from there arrived
at the Willard in time for supper. and
stayed until the end Of the evening.
The rooms were decorated with pink
and this, together with the many palms
and evergreens and the red of the interior
decorations and the hangings OF the
boxes, made particularly beautiful
scene.
The receipts from the sale Of tickets
are said 20 exceed. Is a large AMOUNT.
those Of any previous year.
Among those that were present from
the college itself were noticed Dean
Vance and his wife, Dean WiIber and
Mrs. Wilbur Prof and Mrs. Hodgkins
Prof. WiIloughby Of the Johns Hopkins
University Of Baltimore; DR.. Davos. sec
Tetary Of George Washington University:
Dr. McBain, the dean Of the College Of
Political Sciences, and many others Of the
college, law. medical. and political depart
ments Of the university,
Mrs. Scott entertained a box rartv. ar,1r- ub-4,
were Miss Temple. ot Tennessee. and Ms. Coles
Miss Bartlett. Il New YORK, was present as rho
guest Of the Misses NgeIhsm
Miss Ruth Moves. yellow satin. with gold
suaUgled net.
Miss Marsaret WoTthingt1n. white c7era de chine
with bodice Il silver net
Mss BIflrd Brce. becoming cown OF rirk satin
with Overdress Of net
Miss Margaret Parker yellow chiffon. with trim
mlrgs Of Irish lace.
Miss Dora Ferguson, yellow satin. with gold bad
work
Miss Morrow. white silk with white net ove~,lress
Miss Payt0n. blue silk worked with silver thread
Miss Frances Clarke, pale pink satin and Irish
lace.
Miss Dorothy SmaLlwood. lavender satin hr1.slda.
Miss Margaret Weller. dress Of pink silk and whie
Cyendress of lace.
Miss Helen Zch. yellow satin, with bodice Of gold
sTargies.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
KILLS HIS FAMILY.
Farmer Goes Insane Over Message
from Heaven.

Parkers Prairie. Mimi. Feb. 4.-Firm in
the belize that he was saving his family
and himself horrible torture because OF
failure to carry out a religious decree that
had been pronounced against them, Will
lam Ruckheim. aged thrty-five years. a
thrifty farmer Of Ottertail County. muir
dered his wife and four children this
morning and stabbed himself He proba-
bly, will live.
Ruckheim declared with every evidence
Of sincerity that he had received a divine
message demanding that he and the mem
bers OF his family proceed to the ceme-
tery at South Ellington, there 10 exhume
with their bare hands several bodies
deeply buried.
Unless the command was carried out as
pronounced, Ruckheim and his family
would be dragged TO death. With such a
fate, seemingly inevitable. before him.
Ruckheim says he decided 10 kill his
family and himself
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
PATENT LAWYERS BANQUET.
Bill Providing Court of Patent Ap-
PeaIs Is IndOrsed.

More than seyenty-five members Of the
bar and guests talked shop and ex-
changed views at the annual banquet of
the Patent Law Association Of Washing
ton at Rauscher's last night
The bill before Congress providing for a
court Of appeals TO decide Patent ques-
uons was indorsed. Several of those who
spoke favored legislation placing the bur
den Of protection of inventions upon the
government instead OF the inventor.
President William II. FinckeI was toast
master. Guests of honor were Commis-
sioner T. p. Moore, Justice Robb Of the
Court Of Appeals; Representatives AIorri-
son and Wilson. and Senator Brown. of
the Committee on Patents. Neither Sena-
tor Brown nor the Representatives would
commit themselves as TO future IegisIa-
ton
Melville Church, who was called upon
for the first toast, said the members Of
the patent bar had more TO fear from TOO
much legislation than too little. II. u.
Williams, of New York. and J. \. Wei
dersham, Of Philadelphia. advocated the
proposed court for patent appeals.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
BURNED AT PLAY.
Flames Almost Devour Rose Mar
shall, Four Years Old.

Rose Marshall, four years old. was play
ing with fire yesterday afternoon and
now she lies on a cot in the Homeopathic
Hospital, her small body covered with
bandages. Physicians say she cannot live.
Rose is the daughter Of Michael Mar
shall, who lives at 451 X street northwest
The child was alone in the front room
on the first floor about $50 O'clock yes
terday afternoon.
Opening the door Of stove in the ROOM
the child poked at the Goals with a shovel
It is believed she raked a burning ember
on the folds Of her fiimsy dress.
The childs mother was in an adjoining
room. Max Armstrong heard the mothers
cries, and John A. Wilson, Of 1923 Fourth
street northwest, Joined Armstrong as he
ran In the house. The men gathered rugs
from the floor and wrapped them about
the girl. The fire was soon smothered.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05

Benjamin Lenovttz, proprietor Of the
Farmers and Merchants Hotel $40 VI
street northwest, was swindled out Of sf.i01
on Thursday afternoon while negotiating
with three New Workers. for the sale OF
the hostelry, according 70 the he
told the police last night
Warrants charging grand larceny have
been issued. The police believe Lenovitz
is the victim Of a professional plot. About
a week ago he was approached By a Mr..
Wilson, Of New York, who told him. il
is charged, he knew man in New York
who wished 10 purchase a hotel in this
city. The prospective purchaser was
Harry Marcus, millionaire horse owner.
clubman.' The millionaire wished to buy
the hotel and give It a sa present 10 his
valet, "Abe Harris" who was soon 20 be
married
Confederate Makes Appearance,
Millionaire Marcus" and Valet H9--
ris" reached Washington THURSDAY morn
ing and engaged a suite at a fashionable
apartment house in the northwest. Len0-
vitz and Mr." Wilson met Marcus and
the valet in the billiard room Of the
apartments about + o'clock in the after
noon.
Il was agreed that Marcus should pay
5000 for the hotel. Lenovitz alleges. To
show that he was In good faith. Leno-
vitz says he deposited Sl,lo5 with Mr..
Wilson The quartet were 70 have met
yesterday afternoon. when the c0nsumma-
ton Of the deal was TO have been mad.
Millionaire Harry Marcus Valet
Abe Harris" and Mr. Wilson" have dis
appeared, and s., 100 is also missing. The
warrants for the arrest Of the three con-
tains the plain names. Wilson. Harry
Marcus, and Abe Harris
Detectives Pratt and Hewlett are on
the trail Of the three, with hopes Of cap
turing them in a few days.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
COMPANY G WINS GAME
Company C Defeated in Military
League Basketball Series.
Contest Witnessed by GOOd-siZed
Crowd Proves One of the Most
Interesting of the Season.

Company G, OF the District Military
League. won last night from Company c
in one of the best basketball games
seen in the National Guard gymnasium
by the score of q to IS.
The winning of this game would have
tied Company c with Company G. Both
these teams have improved wonderfully
in their teamwork since their previous
performances.
The score in the first half was close
throughout. first one side scoring and
then the other until the bell rang. Com
pany c was on top, u to 10.
Evard. of Company c, played a fine
game In his new position in center. maxi
ing two goals in this half for his team.
The second half became exciting soon
after the referee tossed the ball into the
air, when Rider. Of Company c. threw a
basket, tying the score. This brought
the Company c rooters to their feet
After that, Company G started in to
score, and they took an easy lead. scor-
ing eight baskets.
Mahoney and Goucher were the stars
for Company @. while Rider. Hagan, and
Shedd We're the best and only scorers for
Company c. Lineup and summary:
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
FISH PRICES ADVANCE.
Heavy Demand Takes All the Fresh
supply at Omaha.

Omaha. Feb with the local market
almost entirely bare of fresh fish. the
trust has advanced the prices on cold
storage fish
Trout is now quoted at Is cents a
pound wholesale, a rise Of cents. Hall
but is up cent a pound. Those are the
most popular fish. Retailers say that
when fresh fish is available they can
buy outside the trust. but when II is
scarce the price always goes skyward
on the frozen goods, and there is only
one place 10 buy.
Pork lolns are on the upward way
again, and the wholesale price is 121-2
cents. or l cent above the figure at last
weeks drop. Beef prices have regalned
the fraction of cent they lost recently,
retailers say.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
IMMUNITY PLEA STANDS.
Charles II. Heike Declines to Change
Because Of Threats.

New York, Feb. 4-John B. Stanch-
field, counsel for Charles r, Heike. sec
retary Of the American Sugar Refining
Company, who was indicted with five
other employees of the sugar trust for
conspiracy 10 defraud the United States
continued his argument before Judge Mar
tin in the United States Circuit Court to-
day.
Mr.. Stanchfeld said that Heike would
stand on his special plea of immunity. on
the ground that he had been compelled to
testify before the Federal grand jury in
proceedings brought under the Sherman
antitrust law
I'VE do not propose TO withdraw that
plea because of any threats that counsel
for the government may make" said
Stanchfield. Il am fighting for the con-
stitutional rights of the defendant. and
We Will not be coerced"
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
TELLS OF RESCUE.

United Wireless Station, New YCrk. FEB.
i.-StCamship Alamo at sea 4th, $50 q, m,
answered S. o. S. call of steamer Ken
tucky Started for them at about a. m;
sighted them at 80 p n; was in wireless
communication every moment Arrived at
the Kentucky about p. m. and took all
Of the crew Of forty-six aboard and we are
proceeding 10 Key West Revenue-cutter
YamaGaw VIII destroy the remains Of the
they reach her. ". G. Magnnis, wireless
operator on the Kentucky. was very highly
praised for his excellent work by the cap
tain and crew.
UNITED WIRELESS NEWS SERVICE
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
EUROPE WANTS ROOSEVELT.
He Is Forced to Decline Offers of
Lecture Engagements.

Nimule. Uganda Protectorate, Feb A.
Theodore Roosevelts services as a lee
turer are in demand ar a dozen European
centers, and his latest mail has brought
him several letters clamoring for him 10
ill engagements. He viii be unable 10
accept any but those previously arranged.
however. He expects 10 reach England
May Is. and viii be in America about a
month later.
Col Roosevelt arrived here to-day with
the hunting party. all being well. He
viii shoot no game TIL the party reaches
Gondokoro. 10 miles from here, about
two weeks hence.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
Hoppe Leads Morninrstar.

Pittsburg, Feb. AIN the last nights
play of the l,50O-Doint match between Will
lie Hoppe and Ora Morningstar here
Hoppe showed eonclusively that in the
previous two nights play he had been
simply loahns. He ran his third needed
500 points tonight while Morningstar was
making 225. Totals: Hoppe, 1,5OO; Morn
ingstar. 1,oS2- Hopes high run tonight
1s6; average, 80 Momingstar's high run,
80; average, %.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
Diekema Y. VI. c. A. Speaker.

For the opening meeting In the New
National Theater Sunday afternoon, under
Y. NJ. c. A. auspices, Representative Ger
rit J. Diekema. of Michigan. is the speak
er. The road to happiness" is the sug-
gestive topic which Judge Diekema an
nounces. Violin solos by Mr.. Anton Kas-
par, with selections by a section of the
Association Orchestra, will make up the
musical programme which opens at 8
o'clock
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
STEEL MEN STRIKE.
Telegram Says Eight Hundred Quit
at Bethlehem.

Officials of the International Associa-
ton of Machinists. at the headquarters in
the McGin Building. late yesterday after
noon, were advised by wire Of a strike
at the works OF the Bethlehem Steel
Company, Bethlehem, Pa.
With the information came a request
to James OConnell, president OF the as
sociation, to send organizers to BethIe-
hem at once TO organize the machinists
OF the big plant, who number something
like 500 skilled men.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
BOARD
Representative Smith ReaWakes Is
sue at BTOOkland.

Representative Smith, Of the House Dis
trlct Committee, made another strong
plea for public-service commission and
the adoption Of the postal telegraph last
night at the Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton meeting in the town haH.
Mr.. Smith wants a service commission
composed Of disinterested men of the
highest type. He wants them paid $4,000
a year. and hopes that the President viii
tell them that they are to get off their
coats and wo-k.
He spoke at length in favor Of the tele-
post.
Prior TO Mr.. Smiths address a short
business meeting was held and routine
matter
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
SUE TO ENJ0IN TRUSTEES.
BnltimcTe Heirs of Brightvvood
Park Man File Petition.

Rev. Charles NJ Eyster, Martha Crum-
rine. and Marguerite Eyster, all Of Bal
timoTe, filed petition for an Injunction
and accounting yesterday, and asked
the District Court TO compel George P.
Hart Mayme r. Hart and Attorneys
NJ. J. Colbert and John D. Sullivan to ac-
count for the proceeds Of real estate in
Rrightwood Park. covered by n deed OF
trust executed by the late Augustus o.
Brummel
The trustees have disposed OF the prop
erty and are prepared to make a dis
tribution Of the proceeds, which the Pc
titiOners ask the court 20 enjOin.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
YARDAMAN Is LOSING
Result of Caucus Points to
Defeat of Ex-Governor.
ALEXANDER rs ELIMINATED
with Thirty Votes With
draws and Next Ballot shows
jOurns Until Monday Nighi-BHI-
Ioting May be Resumed Tuesday.

Jackson. Miss. Feb. 4-The result of
the caucusing this afternoon points plainly
to the defeat Of ex-Gov. Vardaman tor
the United States Senate, though he re-
ceiyed one more vote than he ever has
before.
At a caucus of the candidates and the
friends Of candidates who are counted as
the opposition to Vardamanism held IN
the senate chamber just before the gem
eraI caucus. the name of c. II. Alexander,
one Of the leading candidates for the nomi-
nation, was eliminated by ballot Mr. Alex
ander and his friends agreed 10 stand by
the action Of the private caucus 10 the
end.
Nardaman Does Not Gain.
When the regular caucus was called TO
order at o'clock the name Of Alexander
was formally withdrawn. There was great
speculation as TO where his thirty votes
would go and the ballot showed that they
among the remaining candidates.
but leaving Vardaman ten from the nnrni-
nation, and 1t Is believed with abou
he will ever get. The last ballot stoo,
Yardaman. IS: Percy. IS; Byrd. j; Kyle,
q; Street, 5; Alexander, ?; Humphreys, /;
Critz, /.
The caucus adjourned till Monday night,
but in view Of the fact that the Mardi
Gras is on at New Orleans it is not prob
able there viii be another caucus ballot
before next Tuesday or Wednesday night.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
GIVES ORAL MOUNTAIN TOUR

Prof. Charles f. Fay, Of Tufts Col
lege. addressed the Geographic Society
at the New Masonic Temple last night
He took his audience on an imaginary
tour through New Switzerland" over
Canadian mountain peaks and into cav
erns. Prof. Fay has spent eighteen years
in exploring the Rockies of Canada.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
DOCK INSPECTIONS STOPPED.
Port Regulations Changed by Cir
cuIar just Made Public.

The Treasury Department yesterday is
sued a circular which makes some i'm
portant changes in port regulations.
Under the new regulation, residents re-
turning from abroad shall be allowed TO
include in their exemption personal ef-
fects only. Baggage declaration for non
residents shall be printed in red ink
and those for residents in black ink.
Passengers hereafter may have baggage
sent to the appraisers stores instead OF
having it inspected on the docks. Col
lectors viii pass" all bona fide books
printed upon paper and appropriately
bound at the rate Of . per centum ad
valorem.
The Secretary's opinion was that Con
gress did not intend TO exclude from the
old rate books which were imported for
their contents. but only 20 prevent inn
portation Of books which had costly
bindings brought over for the binding
alone
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
BANK SHORTAGE $55O,OOO.
Surplus VIII Be Turned Over to De-
pOsifOrs of Boston Bank.

Boston. Feb. THE examination Of the
annairs of the South Bridge Savings
Bank has been completed, and in a few
days a detailed report OF the condition
OF the bank will be available From
source that is reliable, it can be stated
that the shortage is about S5J0,000
The loss to the depositors, however, will
not be as large, as this would seem
10 Indicate fer the surplus amounts to
about HlI0e0, and assets of John A Hall,
the treasurer, amounting to about Sl5,@0
have been turned over TO the bank The
net shortage therefor. will not be in the
vicinity of $4,000. which would mean
that the depositors may lose about 10 per
cent on their deposits.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
Mrs. Ruth Evers to Wed.

Chicago, Feb. announcement has
been made Of the engagement of Mrs.
Ruth Swift Evers, daughter of the late
millionaire packer. whose divorce was a
sensation Just year ago to-day. to J.
d. Mcclure. of New York She is now
in Santa Barbara.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
Crew of the Kentucky Are
Taken from Ship.
THE ALAMO IS FIRST
Mallory Liner Nearest to the
Vessel in Trouble.
CHEERFUL MESSAGE NEXT

Captain and FOrty-six Men Taken
Aboard the Alamo and Jubilation
Along Entire Coast FOllows-Bat-
tie Ship Louisiana and the Scout
Cruiser Birmingham Started, but
Are Recalled-Unfortunate Craft
Old and Practically Unseaworthy
When It Left New York-On It's
Way to the Pacific Coast.