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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
DR.. c. ". ELIOT HIT BY
Sl44,000 BANK THEFT
President Emeritus of Harvard Liable
as Shareholder In Cambridge
institution

Boston Mar. 3.-Acting on war.
rant sworn out by National Bank Ex.
aminer Ellis II. Pepper, the Boston
police began a countrywide search
for George w. Coleman. missing book.
keeper of the City National Bank of
Cambridge.
A shortage of S144,000 discovered
in the accounts of the bank. disclosing
loss of nearly half the institutions
entire resources. led to the closing of
the bank Ex-Gov John L. Bates was
appointed receiver.
Coleman, young man who lived
at No. 1856 Magazine street. Cam.
bridge, disappeared Friday and was
later heard from in Kansas City, when
he said he would return. In the mean
time his absence caused an inyestiga-
ton, with the result that the short
age was uncovered 1t was found nec-
essary to close the bank upon vote OF
the directors approved by the Comp.
troller of the Currency at Washing
ton. Bank Examiner Ellis Pepper
took charge to-day.
Edwin S. Dresser, President of the
wrecked bank. said: "Coleman's sal
airy was $l2 a week. He is not sup
posed to have had access to one cent
of the banks funds. He never acted
as paying or receiving teller, and IL
the other men did their duty he nev-
er handled the funds in any way. How
he ever got away with the money is a
mystery we are trying to solve now.
l don't know whether it was by for.
gerry by checks or how"
Among the stockholders is Charles
w. Eliot, president emeritus of Har-
ward
Under the national banking laws
the stockholders are liable to assess
ment If the assets are not sufficient to
pay the creditors in full. AS DR.. Eliot
holds ten of the 1000 shares, he is La
BILE for a part of the defalcation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
GENERAL STRIKE
OF l25,0OO VOTED
All Philadelphia Union Men
Ordered Out After
Turbulent Day
FIGHTS IN ALL PARTS OF CITY
Police and State Constables Unable to
Cover Broad Zones of Disorder
Cars DeraiIed and Smashed by Mob
p. r. T. Firm.

Philadelphia. March 3.-The gen.
eral strike, the probabilities of which
has been worrying Philadelphia for
the past week and causing uneasiness
over the entire country, was ordered
at the meeting of the Central Labor
Union. The walk-out Of the 140 un-
ions numbering fully 125,000 men will
take place within a week unless the
grievances of the striking street car
men. who have caused all the turmoil,
are arbitrated.
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, as an expression of its SUI
preme disregard of the result of the
meeting. and confidence in the result
of its efforts to run cars, has ordered
almost the entire rolling stock into
operation.
The danger lies in this, that the
striking carmen will have the active
help of perhaps 10000 idle men. rest
less, dissatisfied force that may pro-
duce far more disorder than the city
has yet seen.
The decision of the union bosses
followed a day of almost continuous
rioting, in which a boy was killed and
sixty persons were hurt.
The trouble spread over the south
eastern section of the city and flared
up generally wherever police protec-
ton was inadequate. 1t was one Of
the worst days Philadelphia has suf-
fered since the employees of the p.
r. T. went out.
The rioters congregated at the cor
ner of Fifth and Jackson streets soon
after the labor meeting adjourned and
carefully prepared for the trouble that
followed. Some of them first blocked
open switch with a piece of wood
while others began to harass several
approaching cars with bricks and
stones.
As the mob grew, the conductor of
the first car became terrified at the
attack and drove his car at full speed
over the open switch. Careening and
bounding, it zig-zagged across the
street to the sidewalk, crushing those
who were in its way against the brick
wall of a building which crumbled as
though made Of paper.
A man and boy are dead and four
other boys were seriously hurt as the
result.
MKENNA, Charles, aged fourteen
years; died in the Methodist Hospi-
tai from fractured skull
FREDERICK, John f., aged forty-flve
years, crushed head leg and inter-
nally injured; died shortly after
ward.
The injured are:
EVERETT, William, aged fourteen
years, leg and arm crushed and in
ternally injured.
SHINSKIG, Abram, aged twelve years,
general contusions.
TRAlNOR, Raymond, aged ten years,
general injuries.
MOORE, Edward aged fifteen years,
crushed head.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
IDAHO SNOWSLlDES.
Mace and Burke, Buried to a Depth Of
Fifty Feet.

Spokane, Wash. Mar. Twenty
four persons are known tonight to be
dead as the result of snowslides in
the mining region of Northern Idaho.
To the nineteen persons who perished
in the avalanches at Mace and Burke,
Idaho, are added three who died in a
similar accident when the camp of
the Carbonate Hill Mining Company
at Mullan, Idaho, was destroyed and
two killed at Dorsey, Idaho, to-day.
The fight against time and cold at
Mace and at Burke has been waged
bravely and persistently by the little
army of men who hope to find under
the heaps of ruins some who have es-
capped death. The rescuers have dug
frantically for many hours. Every
available man and boy has been
pressed into service.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
EXPRESS BURIED
IN SNOW SLIDE
Great Northern Passenger Train
Swept from Track Near
Cascade Tunnel
TWENTY BODIES WERE RECOVERED
Many Women Among the Fifty-one
Passengers-Relief Trains Rushed
from Everett, Wash, Unable to Get
Within Eight Miles Of Scene.

Everett. wash, Mar 3.-Twenty-
three lives are believed to have been
lost in an avalanche which buried the
Spokane express on the Great North
ern near here. The train, with fifty
one passengers has been stalled in
the snow near the summit of the Cas-
cade Mountains for week
The private car of Mr.. O'Neill, sup.
erintendent of the division, was at.
tached to the train and was complete
ly buried. Nh. O'Neill escaped in
jury, as did the greater part of the
train crew.
Two passengers who escaped the
the drifts and driving snow and sum-
moned help. Relief trains have been
sent out from here. but are unable to
get within eight miles of the scene
of disaster. Wires are down and ex-
act information is impossible to OBJ
tain.
1t is reported that a work train, six
locomotives and rotary snow plow
which were working to relieve the
stalled train. as well as a water tank
at Wellington, were also buried.
Among the passengers are many
women and children. The express was
standing about two miles west of the
western entrance to the Cascade Tun.
mel when the snowslide occurred.
Later adyices state that Great
Northern transcontinental mail and
express train carrying no passengers
and four electric motors used to pull
the trains through the Cascade tunnel
were also swept from the tracks and
carried a hundred feet by the avalan-
che. Mail and express trains had been
stalled for several days 1t is thought
that no one was on board. According
to reports, there are eighteen feet OF
snow at the east end Of the Cascade
tunnel and fifteen feet at the west
end.
General ]. n Gurber and w. B.
Scott, general superintendent of the
Great Northern, are stalled by snow
at Essex, Mont.
Everett, Wash, Mar. 3.-Twenty
bodies have been recovered, twenty
five persons are missing. and fifteen
or twenty are injured in the avalanche
at Wellington.
The avalanche swept down the
mountainside just before sunrise. 1t
was half mile long. The cars and
locomotives were buried deep and it
was six hours before rescuers could
reach them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
BOATS PATROL|NG
HERk|MER STREETS
Electric Plant Flooded, $50
Houses Deserted, Shops and
Schools Are Closed
VILLAGE OF 0,0OO III DARKNESS
Only % Hours' Supply Of Drinking
Watcr-Dynamite Being Used to
ley--The Hudson Rising.

Albany. n. Y. March S--Thc vii
lage OF Herkimer, the seat of Herki.
mer County, is in darkness. $50 houses
have been vacated and armed guards
in boats are patrolling the canals that
lately were streets, lest those sleep.
ing on second story floors be drowned
in their beds.
The electric lighting plant has been
flooded and all the lights are out; the
fires under the boilers of the pumping
stations have been quenched, and
there is only twenty-four hours of
drinking water in sight for 5000 peo-
pie. All manufacturing plants have
suspended and two schools are closed.
Many fed to higher land during the
day.
The village is menaced on the west
by the Mohawk River and on the
ncrth and east by West Canada Creek.
a continent. On one side only is there
escape. The creek has thus far risen
more rapidly than the river because
of an ice jam at the point where the
two join.
Ice jams west of Fort Plain have
caused the streets in llion and Frank.
fort to be inundated and dynamite is
being used to break them up. When
that happens ii is feared the rush of
water and ice will cause havoc. for
the Mohawk River is almost soldly
clogsed from Fort Plain to Canajo-
harie.
At Fort Plain the Mohawk rose 10
feet inch from $50 p. m. yesterday
to $50 p. m. to-day. Otsquago Creek,
an important feeder of the river, sud.
denly rose many feet and caused great
damage all along its route.
All that section of Hornell south of
Cedar street is inundated. Water is
pouring through many houses, the oc-
cupants of which We're removed to
places of safety during the night. For
four miles below Hornell the valley is
full of water from hill to hill and the
river is rising every hour. The Erie
Railroad reports that the Canisteo Riv.
er is spread out over the valley for
distance of thirty miles and that its
tracks are under water in many
places.
The worst flood in ten years is
working its way down the Genesee
Valley from Croyeland. On the Dams
vile and Mount Morris Railway water
reached high up on the engine wheels,
which threatened to food the fire
boxes. People living on the flats
about Groyeland have been forced to
move into the second stories of their
homes.
With the streams tributary to the
Hudson River swollen by heavy rains
and melting snow into torrents, and
with the river rising at the rate Of
about eight inches an hour one of the
worst floods in recent years is predict
ed in Albany.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
new YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices Of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.

Quoted for the Week.
MILK-Per quart, 4c.
Western extra. 3lq32c.;
State dairy, 23Q25c.
CHEESE-State. Full cream, special
1712 Q1Sc,
EGGS-State. Fair to choice, 29p
33c.; do, western firsts, 81 q 34c'
APPLES-Baldwin per bbl., S2''oV
4.25.
DRESSED POULTRY-Chickens' per
h., 15@24c.; Cocks, per lb., l4c''
Squads, per dozen, s2O0@5.75.
HAY-Prime, per 100 lbs, $l.l5'
STRAW-Long Rye, per 100 lbs sov
S5c.
PoTAToEs-s State, per bag, $1,000
lao.
oNIONs-White, per crate, S5c'@
$l.00.
FLOUR Winter patents, $5.6O@6.lO
Spring patents, s560Q6.S5.
WHEAT-No 2, red, sl.30; No j.
Northern Duluth. s1.2S.
CORN-No. 2, 701ac.
OATS-Natura white. 521a q5oc''
Clipped white, SO 1a G56 lac.
BEEVES-City Dressed, Sq1Ol2c
SHEEP-Per 100 lbs, s4,5O@6'5O'
CALVES-City Dressed, 1lQl6 1ac
LAMBS-Per 100 lbs, SS,4OQ9OO'
HOGS-Live, per 100 lbso $S'oog
$50; Country Dressed per h. llV
13c.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
TAFT URGING INCOME TAX.
Appeals to Ohio Legislators Through
Arthur |. Vorys.

Washington, Mar. President
Taft intends to use his personal infiu-
ence to secure the adoption by the
state legislatures of the income tax
amendment to the constitution. 1t
was made known to White House WIS.,
itors tonight that the President has
written to Arthur |. Vorys. OF Ohio,
former campaign manager for Mr..
Taft in that state, urging the adoption
by the Ohio Legislature of the income
tax amendment.
The President, it was said, hesitat.
ed about writing to the legislators
themselves, but decided that he would
communicate with them through Mr..
Vorys.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
TAFT MEASURES TO BE PASSED.
President and the Congress Leaders
Arrange II.

Washington, Mar. "a definite
agreement has been reached between
President Taft and the responsible
leaders in Congress as result OF
which. unless the insurgents develop
unexpected strength, the Administra.
tion bills will have the right of way
and will be passed
This agreement was reached at a
White House conference in which
President Taft, Senator Aldrich,
Speaker Cannon and Senator Crane of
Massachusetts took part. II was de-
cided that every effort should be made
first to pass the postal savings bank
bill in the Senate without delay; Sec
ond, that the House should put
through the Government appropriation
bills before turning it's attention to the
Presidents measures.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED.
Says Irregularities Are the Result OF
Abscondine NepheW's Shortage.

Kansas City, Feb. 2S.-Aleged IT.
regularities of nearly 100000 in the
books of the Bank of Holyrood, at
Holyrood, Kan. resulted in the arrest
here OF Byron +. Church, for twenty
years the banks president.
Church came to Kansas City three
days ago and was found at the Orient
Hotel
Ray Church, 26 years old, son OF
the ex-bank president was arrested
with him, but was released. Maxwell
Church, another son, who served as
cashier of the bank, is wanted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
MRS. BENZ. FLkGER KILLED.
Her Automobile Struck by Railroad
Train Near NIAGARA Falls.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Feb. 2S.-A
New York Central passenger train go.
ing at sixty miles an hour over a grade
crossing in Gratwick, half way be-
tween Niagara Falls and Buffalo, at
l. 30 o'clock p. m. killed Mrs Martha
Flagler, widow of Benjamin Flagler,
and so badly injured Mrs, Morris
Cohn and Mrs. George F. Nye that if
one or both do not die they may never
fully recover from the effects of the
frghtful collision between Mrs. Flag
ler's automobile and the train. Miss
Katherine Nye, Is years old, was only
slightly hurt. Chauffeur William Nc.
Phee escaped in similar manner, be.
ing only slightly cut.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
Upholds s13s,a7s Inheritance Tax.

Trenton, ~ j., Mar. 2.-Justice
Reed in an opinion filed in the SUI
preme Court to-day sustained a col
lateral inheritance tax of s13S,37S
levied by the Secretary of State upon
the estate of the late Wesley II. Til
ford, who died in New York last
March, leaving a personal estate val.
ued at 11,626,9S7, of which s7,6O1,96
was in shares of stocks OF corporations
chartered in New Jersey.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03

Guthrie, OLA, Mar. 3-The move.
meht for a laobr party in the next
slate election is strong among labor
leaders and Farmers Union men. A
conference was held here with that
eha IN view, attended by G. s. Zeigler
ana D. L. Langston, president and sec.
felary respectively of the State Fed.
Grafton of Labor, and numerous rem.
fesehtatiYes of the Farmers" Union
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
RIOTERS CLOSE STEEL PLANT.
Bethlehem Works Shut Down Because
Its Workmen Are Not Protected.

Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. 2S.-The Beth
lehem Steel Company closed down to-
night, and, it is said, will remain
closed until the local police authori-
ties are able to give protection TO
the men who have remained loyal to
the company. This step was taken
because of serious roting early this
morning, when mob OF 500 foreign
ers attacked the steel company en-
ployees as they were going to work,
and tonight, when the same crowd
made second attack while the men
were leaving the plant. The strike
has been going on for some time, but
the rioting became serious today for
the first time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
MIDGET STOCkMAN DEAD.
Man Three Feet Five Inches Tall Dies
Worth a Million

St. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-Stephen
Remington, financially one of the big
gest but physically the smallest farm.
er and live stock man in Missouri,
died here. He was SS years old and
his fortune was estimated at $1,000
600. He weighed seventy-five pounds
and was three feet five inches tall.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03

Malone, n. Y, Mar. There is an
epidemic of measles in Northern New
York. At Gouyerneur there are more
than 800 cases, making it necessary to
close the public schools there. Here
the disease is subsiding Three chill.
dren of Alvin Booth of Ellenburg De.
pot died within twenty-four hours of
each other and were buried in the
same grave.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
ZION CITYS END.
corporation viii Probably Pay 20
Cents on the Dollar.

Chicago, Mar 1.-The wind-up of
'se Zion City receivership was fore
Hadowed to-day, when Receiver C. D..
homas issued a report which he stat.
Il would probably be his last. Practi.
illy all of the secured claims against
ae estate formerly controlled by John
'lexander Dowie have been settled,
nd there remains property sufficient
} pay the unsecured creditors about
} cents on the dollar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
WOMAN SuFFRAGlSTs LOSE
Maryland Legislature Refuses to
Grant Them Votes in Baltimore.

Annapolis, Md, Mar, 3-The bill
permitting women to vote at munici.
pal elections in Baltimore, was killed
Tor TINS session of the Legislature at
least' when the House, by vote of
o. to q, decided to postpone indefi.
h'eiy further consideration of the
measure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
TRADE GONE, SUICIDE.
Boycotted Butcher Dies on Wedding
Anniversary

ST. Louis, Mar. 2.-Loss of trade
due to the meat boycott caused Alex
ander Bindebeutel, butcher, to kill
himself. His body was found in the
ice box of his shop.
Bindebeutel ended his life on tho
eighth anniversary of his wedding.
His wife said her husband had spent
many hours working on his books to
discover a way TO eyade conditions
which were costing him his trade.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
Many Drownlnos in New Enaland.

Boston, Mar 1.-The United States
Folunteer Life Saving Corps reports
cat from May to September last, Goa
9rsons were drowned in the New
ngland States, OF the dead 272 were
lildren, In Massachusetts alone 2Se
; alsons We're drowned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
PISA'S TOWER IN DANGER.
Scientists investigating Flow of Wa
ter at It's Baee

Pisa, Italy, Mar, "A committee of
scientists is investigating the stability
of the Leaning Tower, from the foun.
dation of which water has been spring
ing for long time This has resulted,
it is feared, in weakening the under
structure of the historic tower
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
AVALANCHE BURIED rs.
Twenty-Five Families Overwhelmed In
Wallace, Idaho.

Spokane, Mar. IA telephone mes.
sage from Wallace, Idaho, says TWEEN.
ty-tive families, probably seventy-five
persons in all, We're buried under an
avalanche last night. A special train
left at midnight for Wallace, carrying
rescuers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
Quits the Ministry to Raise Poultry.

Verona, n. j., Mar. 2.-The Rev.
Charles Little, pastor of the Verona
Methodist Episcopal Church, has de.
cided to retire at the coming Newark
Conference and will devote his time
20 poultry raising on his farm near
Cedar Grove.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
Net National Debt Now s1,oss72s. IRA

Washington, Mar 3.-The public
debt of the United States according to
statement issued to-day by the
Treasury Department increased So.
oO749S during the month of Febru.
ary. The debt less cash in the treas.
ury on February 28 was S1,O6s, 1928 15I.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-22
BORROW AUTO; JAILED.
Two Young Men Are Taken IN Gus
tody at Grand Rapids.

CHARLOTTE, Mich, Aug. 22.-
Charged with larceny OF an automo-
bile from Contractor Frank Curtiss'
Philip Gordon Lennox and Don Leon
Burdette Hancock were yesterday
rested at Grand Rapids
Donovan. Lennox rented the machine
of Curtiss Friday, agreeing to be back
Saturday noon, stating that /
ed to go to Hastings to get young
lady and from there to Grand Rapids,
where they we're to be married.
Hancock went as chauffeur. The pair
arrived at Hastings, got two girls
and from there went on to Grand
Rapids, but failed to return to this
city as agreed.
Lennox, who came here
weeks ago, has passed himself off
as "viscount' Phillip Gordon Lennox,
spy in the employment Of the Brit
ish government. He also claims that
he was renectly a prisoner in a mil
itary prison at Nicaragua, but escap-
ed, being shot in the leg at the time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-22
REVOLUTION NEAR END.
Estrada's Forces Rout Government
Troops and Madriz Prepares TO Flee.

Estrada's Forces Rout Government
Troops and Madriz Prepares TO FIee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The pro-
visional government of Nicaragua is
tottering TO It's fall. the Madrtz army
Is demoralized. CONSERVATION reigns
In Managua and DR.. Madriz, his gen.
eralin-chief, Toledo, and DIR. Irfas,
are preparing to fee the country.
This, In fact. is the advice received
by the state department from United
States Consul Olivares at Managua,
which advices were confirmed by dis
patches in a similar vein from Mr.
Johnson, United States consul at Co
rinto.
The panic in the capital also Is
threatening the lives and property Of
Americans. Crowds are reported
traversing the streets crying Death
to the Yankees" While the cruisers
Vicksburg and Yorktown are at Cor
into and in close touch with the sit
uation, the legation and consulates in
Managua are under heavy police
guard and preparations have been
made to meet attacks on American
lives or property.
The situation grew out Of the VIC
tory won by the Estradan troops
Thursday, whan the reyolutionists
defeated strong column Of govern
ment troops and effected the crossing
of the Tipitapa river. The rout OF
the government army seems to have
been complete.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-22
HOWARD ELLIOTT,

athletics, but the queen cares little
or nothing for sport OF any kind. She
Is q keen walker and an enthusiastic
needlewoman.
She Is In all respects the mistress
Of her household. The details Of the
clothes and food of her children are
all submitted to her. She Is method.
ical and orderly even In small mat
ters. She Is intensely patriotic, and
she has never given up her custom OF
buying clothes made by British work
ers of British material
In this connection 1t Is interesting
to know that her majesty has much
interested herself in the servant prob
lem. She has stated that to her mind
the real root Of the unsatisfactory
state OF things Is that mistresses are
too little concerned about the COM
fort Of those whom they employ. They
ought, she says, to do everything they
can to make the leisure hours OF their
servants as agreeable as possible. and
her majesty has practiced what she
has preached.
When the king and queen move
from Marlborough house, Buckingham
palace will be filled with children for
the first time since the death OF the
prince consort 40 years ago. Children
will, indeed. be the, note OF the new
court. The queen is above all things
a mother, and she will appeal to the
heart of the nation as the mother
ruling her home In wisdom and love.
The royal children are as typically
English as their father and mother,
well hammered, unaffected. fond OF
outdoor games. Prince Edward-now
duke. of CORVALLIS perhaps the
cleyerest. Princess Mary, the only
daughter has the most character. and
was, when she was younger, some
thing of a pickle. Between parents
and children there is the most perrecs
affection, and the king Is never 80
happy as when spending holiday
with his boys.
The character of his wife and the
Of his family lie are
the great possessions which King
George carries to his throne. iney
will stay him in times OF perpiexlty'
They will endear him to his people,