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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
ROYAL ARCANUM HARD HIT
New York Court Decides Order Can
not Raise Its Assessment Rates
Without Members Consent

New York.-Supreme Court Justice
William J. Kelly of Brooklyn handed
down a decision in which he holds
that the supreme council Of the Royal
Arcanum cannot raise its assessment
rates without permission from the
members OF the organization.
II is believed that the decision deals
hard blow to the order. The case
was brought to the attention OF the
court by Samuel Green OF Brooklyn,
who is a member OF the Dewitt Gin.
ton council X. A., and who at one time
held one of the highest positions In
the council.
In deciding in favor of the plaintiff
Justice Kelly declares that the society
cannot assume an unlimited reserved
power to increase the amount OF as
sessment to an extent which might be
prohibitive and could only result In
depriving the individual Of his mem
bership.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
DOES NOT SUPPORT MA0Rlz
Emperor William, Through Foreign
once, Declares Germany VIII Not
Intervene In Nicaragua.

Berlin.-The foreign once Tuesday
made public an authorized statement
respecting the letter OF Emperor Will
liam to President MadriZ OF Nicaragua
Reports have reached Berlin that at
tempts were being made in America
to construe this letter rs an indorse-
ment by the emperor OF the Madriz
party.
The statement follows: ''MadriK
gave notice OF his election upon
undertaking the presidency. 10 the en-
perior in the usual written form. The
customary formal reply was prepared
by the foreign Office. II was not an
autograph letter. but was simply
signed by the emperor. The address.
great and good friend was In ac-
cordance with Official courtesy. Any
Intervention by Germany In Nicara-
guam affairs neither followed nor Is In
tended Germany neither sought nor
designs 10 seek a coaling station. Ru-
mors OF Germany's Intention toward
the Galapagos islands are equally
without foundation. as are all sugges-
lions that the German government
has 10 any wise modified the cultiva-
ton OF friendly relations toward the
United States"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
PORTLAND SWEPT BY FIRE.
Ten Acres In oregon City In Waste
Two Men and $50 Horses
Die.

Portland. ore.-Two lives at least
were lost. scores Of persons were In
Jured. $50 horses burned TO death and
damage amounting 10 half a million
wrought in a fre on the edge OF the
business district here Thursday. The
athletic field OF the famous Multno-
nah Athletic club was swept by the
flames and the magnificent grand
stand destroyed.
The dead are: r II. Price. foreman
OF the United Carriage company sta
BILE. and helper whose name Is
Prude. Several Of the stable en-
ployees are reported to be missing.
The FIRE is believed TO have started
in the salesroom OF the Oregon Brush
company.
The burned district covered APP
proxlmately ten acres. but large por-
ton OF this area was devoted to the
athletic field OF the Muromah club.
The FIRE started in the old exposi.
ton building. an immense wooden
structure on the south side OF Wash
ington street. extending from Nine
teenth street TO Twentieth. having
length OF about 400 feet and a depth.
OF 220 feet
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

New York.-Twenty-four American
Episcopalians, IA of them residents in
this city, will incorporate at Albany
a plan to bring about organic union OF
the Christians Of all the world, Pro
testant and Roman Catholic.
The Christian Unity Foundation Is
the name of the society. II is pattern
ed upon the Sage foundation, purpos
ing to place at the service OF Chris
tianity the same methods that are EN-
ployed by the Sage and similar re
search foundations.
The new scheme is unlike the Fed
eral council, organized here three years
ago, for its hackers seek cooperation
without disturbing organization. The
new scheme would sink all means and
make simply one big religious body.
While started by Episcopalians, the
venture does not aim to induce others
to be Episcopalians.
The new foundation announces It's
plans to be private conferences with
leaders and the publication of litera.
ture. Nothing of the nature of public
conventions will be held. No appeal
will be made TO the official bodies OF
any churches. Everything attempted
will be along individual lines.
The magnitude OF the foundations
task is seen when It Is noted that
there are 1S6 independent religious
bodies in Continental United States
Their membership is 100000, or al
most exactly a third Of the total popu-
lation expected to be reported by the
census soon to be given out
Church property was valued al
s1,257 $3.50 in 1906, and this is a
very big bar to unity when 1t is con.
sidered that in almost all instances
thus far, when organic unity between
bodies has been imminent, It has not
been theology that has proved the
snag, but property, financial salaries
and similar worldly interests.
The new foundation does not, how
ever, stop with unity OF Christians in
America. 1t aims to bring about unity
OF Christians all over the world-or
ganic unity.
The council, among other things,
undertakes to stop "over-chUrching"
In small communities, to aid the move.
ment for a uniform law on marriage
and divorce, to secure united Protest.
ant influence for one days rest in
seven for working men, and similar
lines.
There are now, America leading.
two distinct American movements
looking toward Christian union in the
world.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
START ON new BEEF INQUIRY
suHroENAs ARE SERVED IN The
PACKERS PROBE.
District Attorney Sims Takes Per
sonsl Charge OF the Proposed
Investigation.

Chicago. Under instructions
from Judge lands deputy United
States marshals will call promi-
nent Chicago packers to appear be-
fore the federal grand jury to answer
to the charges which have been made
against the National Packing COM
pany.
Subpoenas we're issued several days
ago for different members OF the pack
ing firms. but they have been held In
the office OF District Attorney Sims.
awaiting his instructions. Judge Lam
dis will give the federal grand jury Its
instructions and while he is expected
TO tell them to make a searching In
vestigation into the methods OF the
National Packing company. the govern.
ment officials will be looking for the
men named in the subpoenas.
Men who are claimed TO have viola
ted the Sherman antitrust law and
others who It is thought will be able
to give the details OF the inside work
ings of the company will be called.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
PITTMAN is FOUND STARVING
Nicaragua President Reported 20 Have
Badly Mlstreated American Prls-
oner-creates Reign Of Terror

Washington. United States
must soon intervene in Nicaragua or
allow peace TO be effected there by
England and Germany.
Unmistakable significance attaches
10 important reports FROM its diplo-
matte representatives in Nicaragua to
the state department Thursday show
ing that Madriz has produced inten'
tionally a reign OF terror In the west
ern half OF Nicaragua. In which four
fifths Of the white people OF that re-
public live.
The dispatches show that William
Pittman. an American prisoner In the
hands OF Madriz. was inhumanly treat
ed by starvation and other privations
since he left Greytown on July 4 on
his way 90 Managua.
When he was put in prison in Mana
qua II was in a filthy CELL" Ave feet
by six and there again he was starved.
A prompt protest from Consul OH
wares at Managua secured the trans
fer OF Pittman to better cell and
the United States is furnishing the
money to feed him properly, and It is
also furnishing the money to take
care Of the relatives in Nicaragua OF
the murdered Groce.
The more serious aspect OF the gen
eral situation is that citizens OF Ger
many and Great Britain are protesting
against the reign OF terror in western
Nicaragua. Nicaraguans openly make
threats against the lives OF American
citizens and there is nothing TO pre-
vent an immediate outbreak OF street
murders, arson. robberies. etc, which
will involve all foreign residents in
Nicaragua.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
COL. GUFFEY EMBARRASSED
Business Affairs Of Democratic Lead
er Of Pennsylvania Are Placed
In Hands Of Receiver.

Pittsburg. Pa.-The business AFFAIRS
OF Col James NJ. Guffey. Democratic
leader OF Pennsylvania. member OF
the Democratic national committee
and one OF the best known oil and
coal men OF the entire country. we're
placed In the hands Of receiver Fri
day.
The assets OF Colonel Guffey are es-
timated at s17.0OO.0O0. his liabilities
at less than 100000. Inability to
realize on his assets. which consist
largely OF coal lands in West Virginia.
is said to be the reason for Mr.. Cuff
fey's embarrassment.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
SHALE ROCK CASES ENDED
verdIets Of "Not Guilty" Are Ordered
by Judge Against Two Remain
Ing Defendants.

Chicago.-verdicts OF mot guilty"
in favor OF Contractor Michael II.
McGovern and Ralph A. Bonnell. for
mer assistant city engineer, were
signed in Judge Albert c. Barnes
court Friday. the jury acting In obedi-
ence to instructions from the court.
BY the acquittal Of the remaining de-
PENDANTS in the Identical way in which
City Engineer John Ericsson and For
mer Deputy Commission OF Public
Works Paul Redieske had previously
been eliminated from the case the
trial for alleged conspiracy to defraud
the city out OF s45,ss4.20 In payments
made for "sale-rock extras" in the
Lawrence avenue sewer case came to
an abrupt end
The statute Of limitations has run
and there will be no more Indictments.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
PINCH0T AND CANNON TALK
Engage In Estemporaneous Debate az
TO Who Was Father Of Con-
servatlon Idea.

Kansas City. Mo. Clifford Pin.
chot and Speaker Joseph c. Can.
non engaged in an extemporaneous de.
bate upon the subject OF conservation
before the Knife and Fork club last
night While each gave expression to
the highest personal regard for the
other and both agreed that conserva
ton of the natural resources should
be encouraged. they differed on the
question who was the father of CON
servation.
Mr.. Cannon, who spoke first, said
that the late J. W. Powell. at one
time director of the government geo
logical survey. deserved the honor,
but Mr.. Pinchot asserted that Theo-
dore Roosevelt was the father OF con-
servation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
INDICTED IN RISK PROBE
Rock Island Jury Returns True Bills
Against 10 Persons In Insur-
ance Scandal.

Rock island-Seven indictments
charging 10 people with conspiracy.
embezzlement and perjury was the
product of the grand jury investigation
of fraternal Insurance frauds.
Those indicted are:
DIR. A. l.. Craig. Chicago. former
medical director of the Fraternal Tn
bunes.
c. F. Hatfield. Chicago.
NJ. ). Franckel. Chicago.
Miss Margaret McElvain. Auburn.
III.
Harold A. Weld, Rock Island. former
supreme treasurer OF Fraternal Tri
bunes.
Otto L. Caldwell. Springfield. III.
NJ. d. CARRIER. Washington.
Thomas w. Wilson. Springfield. Ill
DR. C. II. Walters. Springfield. Ill
S. S. McElvain. Auburn. Ill.
George w. Kenney. Springfield. III.
X. NJ. Witham. Aledo. Ill. former su.
preme tribune of Fraternal Tribunes.
The indictments were returned
wednesday anu are dkdlust ANue TOUT
former officers of the Fraternal Tri-
Dunes prior to the merger with the
American Home Circle. and the four
officers OF the American Home Circle
who gained control of the Fraternal
Tribunes by means OF the merger and
by inducing the officers Of the Tribunes
to resign their Offices: against c. F.
Hatfield. who was. It is said. the man
who brought about the deal; George
w. Kenney. who is said to have Sc
cured money On fraudulent notes. and
against three OF the witnesses, who
are declared to have testified falsely
before the grand jury here with refer
ence to money received on alleged
loans they made TO the Home Circle
and Tor which they received payment
after the merger with the Tribunes.
Harold A. Weld. II. NJ Whitman and
Doctor Craig furnished bail In the sum
Of $4,000 each.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
CR|PPEN IS HUNTED
SUPPOSED TO BE ON SHIP
BOUND FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
CORPSE DUG UP IN CELLAR
Killing OF Belle Gilmore, Actress,
strlklnely Similar TO Charlton Case
Suspected Husband Well Known
In Indiana.

Scotland Yard is seeking
DR.. Harvey Crippen. an American
dentist, In connection with the murder
of his wife. He is believed TO be on
q steamer bound for New York Grip
pen was a native Of Coldwater. Mich.
and was educated In Indiana. where
he is well known.
The authorities Thursday cabled the
police of the United States to arrest
Crippen. who. II is thought. sailed
from England Saturday
Doctor Crippen, who Is said to be
fifty years OF age. made his home
for some time at 80 Hilldrop Cres-
cent. North London. Some time ago
his wife. Belle Elmore. a vaudeville
actress and treasurer OF the Music
Hall artists guild. disappeared. and
subsequently a notice Of her death
appeared in the local papers.
The fact OF her demise was gen
orally credited. but there was more or
less gossip among the women inti-
mates and this finally reached the
ears OF the police. The latter visited
Doctor Crippen and the interview ap-
peared TO be satisfactory.
Doctor Crippen disappeared last
Saturday and a search Of the Crippen
house was made and the battered body
OF n woman was found buried in quick
lime and was burned beyond recogni-
tion, but the finding Of the body, to-
gether with other discoveries. has
left no doubt in the minds Of the au-
thorities that the murdered woman
was Mrs. Crippen.
The case is strikingly similar TO
that OF the Charlton murder at Lake
Como. Italy. Porter Charlton was ar
rested In Hoboken. but in the absence
OF an extradition treaty between the
United States and Italy specifically
providing for the return 10 either
country OF a citizen OF the other coun-
try who has committed crime
abroad may go free.
In the present case no such com
plications are probable. as the British
American extradition treaty leaves
70 loophoie OF which a suspected Grim
inal may take advantage.
Doctor Crippen. after attending
schools in Indiana and Los Angeles,
completed his medical studies in Mich
igan, Cleveland and New York city.
He practised in Detroit, San Diego.
Cal. Salt Lake City. St Louis and
Brooklyn as an eye and ear specialist
He married Belle Gilmore. as she
was known on the stage. at New
York.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
AVlATION'S DEATH TOLL GROWS
ERBsLoEH AND FOUR coMPkN-
IONS KILLED IN PRUSSIA.
Winner OF ST. Louis Balloon Race
Perishes In Aeeident-Rolls
Loses Life In England.

Leichlinger. Rhenish Prussia--Os-
car Erbsloeh. the German aeronaut
who won the international balloon
race at St Louis in 1907. and four
companions were killed Wednesday
when the dirigible balloon Erbsloeh
burst at a height OF several hundred
feet and dropped to the earth a crum-
pied mass.
The Dead.
Oscar Erbsloeh. inventor and bal
loonist
Herr Toelle. q manufacturer of Bar
men.
Engineer Kranz.
Engineer Hoeppe.
Motorman Spicke.
The craft was OF the nonrigid type.
176 feet In length and 80 feet In diam
eter The motors were OF 125 horse
power and drove the airship at a
speed OF 2Sh miles an hour.
The war department recently pur'
chased one of Erbsloeh's balloons.
The cause OF the accident is a mat
ter OF conjecture. but Il is believed
that the bursting of the bag was due
to the expansion of gas by the warm
sunshine.
Bournemouth. England. - Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls. third son of
Lord Llangattock and one of the most
daring and skillful OF British avia-
tors. who recently made a flight from
Dover to France and return. met a
most tragic death at the close OF the
FIRST flying machine tournament OF the
year in England Tuesday.
In the presence Of a great company
Of spectators. a majority OF whom
were women and children. and many
personal friends OF the young aviator.
the Wright biplane on which he was
flying fell suddenly with terrific speed
from a height OF 100 feet
II struck the ground close to the
crowded grand stand, smashed into a
tangled mass. and before the doctors
and their assistants could reach the
spot Rolls was dead.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
URGES LOEB FOR GOVERNOR
Taft Fsvors Collector New York Port
for oubernstorial Candidate In
Empire State.

Beverly. Mass.-President Taft Mon
day urged William Loeb. Jr.. to ac-
cept the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in New York this fall. Mr..
Loeb is averse to taking up the task
and would prefer to complete the work
that he has undertaken as collector
Of the port. but before he left Burgess
Point he assured the president that II
the demand was made he would &C
cept the duty.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Killed In Mistake for Another.

Kendallville, Ind. Albert Lehr.
thirty-elght years old. was killed by
Ave Italians employed on a section
gang while standing on the plat
form OF the Lake Shore depot. The
shooting is thought to be the outcome
Of the accidental killing Of an Italian
by a freight train three weeks ago.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
HALF.pozEN INJURED.
Bolt Of Lightning Falls as 5enedic-
ton Is Pronounced.

Paris, Ky-Half dozen persons
were knocked down and seriously In
jured at Silas Baptist church, ~ miles
from Paris, when a bolt of lightning
struck the edifice. Rev. T. G. Stack
house had just pronounced the bene-
diction and stepped from the pulpit
when the shock came.
The bolt tore a big hole in the cell
ing and shattered INTO fragments the
marble slab on the pulpit desk.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Beef Freight Rates Stand.

Washington.-The interstate COM
merce commission announced Friday
that the recently filed tariffs. making
advances In the freight rates on cat
tie and dressed beef between Chicago
and New York. had not been sus-
pended
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
preslden, Of ss.ooo.ooo COLLEGE,.

Brunswick. Me.-Prof. William T.
Foster OF Bowdoin college has accept.
ed the presidency OF Read Institute, a
college to be built at Portland, Ore,
from a fund given by Mrs. Amunda
Reed and now amounting to $4,000, 900.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Twenty-Five Hurt In Bridge Crash.

New York.-Twenty-five persons
were injured early Friday on the Man
haitian approach of the greensboro
bridge over the East river when a
crowded car from North beach with
theater party aboard crashed into the
rear Of a Flushing car
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Admiral coohIan's Widow Dead.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Julia Barber
Coghlan, widow OF the late Rear Ad-
miral Joseph B. Coghlan, died at the
Adler sanitarium Friday. after an Ill
ness Of but two days. from uramic
poisoning.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Man Annd 1n4 Dies

Ripley. Miss.-Mike Cox. a native
of ireland. said to be the Oldest man
In the south. died here Thursday. aged
one hundred and four years. He
worked as a farm hand until he was
one hundred years old.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Inventor Passes Away.

New York.--Alois Wirsching. in
ventor OF the stock ticker and many
other we'll known inventions In the
electrical trade, died in his home in
Williamsburg Friday. He was seventy
nine years old.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
Generation Tax Payments.

Observation-Disclosures on account
Of the corporation tax are now within
million dollars Of the assessments
made by the bureau Of internal reve-
nue.. They amount to s26.2S5.723.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Scientific measurements establish
that Yale students weigh more and
are thicker in the neck and chest
than in 1864. How much larger they
are in their minds is not statistically
impaired.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21
n.msnd for ,rrIo,ted Land.

Washington.-The drought condi-
lions in the west are reflected In the
Increased demand for irrigated land.
according to Director Newell OF the
reclamation service.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

New York's subway has improved
on its old straps by putting in cast
steel hangers. with porcelain handles.
But the public is expected to do its
hanging on in the same old style.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

indianapolis doctors made man a
new nose from a chunk Of his leg.
He limps now, and he can't smell, but
otherwise the operation was a sue
cess.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

mo photographer who is an artist
will fatter a patron" says London
weekly. No photographer who is an
"artist" will make a living. either. Ell?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Cook books issued by the govern
ment have proved so interesting that
a bureau OF household recipes might
be suggested.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Training for housekeeping is woe
fully missing from our school sys-
tenn" says an Ohio manufacturer. Is
this another covert attack on the bis
cults of the woman's college gradu-
ate?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Meanwhile. It may comfort those
persons who think they have had a
narrow escape to reflect that It will
be seventy-five years before Halley's
comet visits this part Of the universe
again.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Singing is proposed in Paris as an
aid In uplifting the morals OF young
people. But how about the old people
next door?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

The German emperor keeps up fifty
residences, some OF which he has
never seen. He probably wishes TO
have things prepared In case he is
ever caught far from home late at
night.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

A Nebraska woman's hat, decora-
ted with fruit. was eaten by a horse.
But It was OF practical use. at least.
while others like it
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

The number Of cigarettes which are
smoked in this country is rapidly in.
creasing. Perhaps this is due to the
precautions that are being taken to
stop the sale of poisons to irrespon.
sible people.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

The Michigan is our fastest battle
ship, but the medals for the shot-put
and marathon records have not yet
been awarded.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Liliuokalani is given to understand
that since she has no crown she does
not need any crown lands to sup
port IT,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Generally speaking, the main DIFF
ference between the husbands poor
kin and the wifes is that his doesn't
cost her anything.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

When churches select press agents
they should seek them outside Of the
atrical ranks.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Paper money is to be made smaller
But cheer up. II will probably con-
tinue to look bigger and bigger.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

All signs point to a sky full Of ny
ing machines before long.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

No man n an automobile should re-
gard himself as a licensed killer OF
his kind.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Nicaragua's revolution continues
pegging away in a manner to keel
every one feeling natural.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

Some day this part of the country
will get mad and clean up with Medi-
cine Hat
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

beware of pickpockets and hat
pins" warns the London police. thus
putting both parties on their guard.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

England has invented luminous golf
balls for those who are afraid to hole
out In the dark.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

A Chicago man has the last world
His wife dislocated her Jaw while
bawling him out.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-21

The anti-kiss button is all right In
principle. but so many ladies use
hooks and eyes.