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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
DEATH FOLLOWS GRAFT
SIXTH VICTIM IN THE PENNSYL-
vANIA STATE CAPITOL STEAL
A SUICIDE.

Philadelphia, Jan. 21.-For the fifth
time the death curse which has fol-
lowed the trail of graft in the $13,-
100000 state capitol marked victim
when James H. Stevenson of Merch-
antville, N. j., jumped from Della
ware river ferryboat and drowned
himself.
His suicide was the result of reso-
luton he had made never again to ap.
pear in a trial growing out of the
capitol scandal. 1t was also the out
come of his unfaltering loyalty tc
John H. Sanderson, the contractor
who was convicted of fraud in con-
nection with furnishing the capitol.
For nearly two years he had evaded
the service Of subpoena which he
knew was sworn out for him, to tes-
tify in the case of the commonwealth
VS.. Architect Joseph NJ. Huston. This
subpoena was served last Monday, a
week before the day for which the
trial was set. Stevenson waited and
brooded six days before taking final
action. Two courses lay before him
to 80 to Harrisburg and tell there
what he had learned during the years
he was employed by Sanderson, or
commit suicide.
Stevenson was the confidential book
keeper of Sanderson, who recently
died suddenly in New York. AS such
he was acquainted with the most in
timatc details Of the transaction of
his chief from the beginning of the
furnishing OF the capitol until the
trial.
There is not doubt in the world
In my mind" said Harry G. Steven
son of 354 West Duval street, a broth
er. tonight. that Bert killed himself
as a direct result OF the capitol graft
exposure. He had tried to dodge the
service of a subpoena but had at last
been caught
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
ROBBER SUICIDED
Killed Owner Of Place He Had Held
Up and Robbed.

New York, Jan. 21.-Frederick
Boettcher. a Brooklyn jeweler. was
sandbagged and fatally shot in his
store late yesterday afternoon by an
unknown man who ended his life by
taking a capsule of carbolic acid be-
fore he could be locked up. Boett-
cher identified his assailant as q man
who came to his store not long ago
and looked at some diamond rings.
Today when the jeweler started to
come from behind counter, the
stranger struck him IL crushing blow
OH the head. and as Boettcher reeled.
the man shot him behind the ear.
rha shot hrnught ont Mrs. Roettcher
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
Society Takes Sides In Dispute
Over Title To Historic Castle
FORMER MISS BERRY


as much as the castle had cost in
itself.
For eight years she was a most
She had the best specialists in Europe
attend the prince. in the hope of find
ing remedy for the anaemia which
had undermined his constitution.
Three years ago the doctors thought
he might be suffering from an affec-
tion of the liver. and he went through
an explorative surgical operation at
Berne, which, however, confirmed the
diagnosis which attributed his illness
entirely to anaemia. On that occasion
just before the operation, he showed
his wife his will, according to which,
with the exception of the small
amount left him by his father, who
had died few months before, all
the property was left to his wife, who
was in reality already the owner of
it.
Princess Ruspoli went on living
TRANQUILITY with regard to this until,
on the death of her husband. she was
startled by being confronted with a
later will, in which everything, except
what by law cannot he allenated from
her, was left to his brothers. This
includes the castle of Nemi. with it's
splendid furniture and the surround
ing estate.
Suspects Undue influence.
Even now the princess cannot ex-
plain the change in her husbands
will. unless 1t was that some one, TAX
ing advantage of his weak condition,
induced him to change the testament
without her knowledge.
Princess Ruspoli who is still living
at the castle of Nemi is going to fight
to the bitter end to have her rights
acknowledged. She speaks Italian
fiuently, and will have no hesitation
in appearing before the courts, and
will give an example OF what an AM
erican woman can do.
Her friends say that her wrongs
are SO patent that she deserves the,
full support Of public opinion in her
country and of the representative OF
the American government here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

Rome. Jan. 21.-The trouble which
has arisen over the will of the late
Prince Enrico Ruspoli between his
widow (nee Berry Of Oakhill. Ga.) and
his brother, Prince Umberto, threat
ems to divide society into two distinct
camps, so high has feeling risen.
Those who side with Ruspoli de-
clare that the disputed castle and
estate of Nemi were bought by the
late prince with his own money. while
the partisans of the widow retort that
although the property was in the
princes name, she provided the mon
ey,, as it was notorious that he had
little or nothing of his own.
Most Americans in Rome side with
Princess Enrico, although Princess
Poggio-Suasa (nee Curtis of New
York; sides with her late husbands s
family.
This case may have such important
development as to create a precedent
in the legal principle in questions of
the same kind between Americans and
Italians. The friends of the princess
say that her argument, which they
consider very strong, will be more
forcible if backed by the American
press and by the feeling of the people
OF the United States.
Wife Paid for Castle.
When. eight years ago, she married
Prince Enrico, who was then already
in delicate health, and all her prop
erty was put in his name. she made
a will constituting him her heir in
case of her death and was assured
that he had done likewise toward her.
Wishing to buy castle for their resi-
dence. they finally settled upon the
historic one Of Nemi, which belonged
to the Orsini. and was to be sold at
auction.
The castle was paid for, of course.
with the princess money, but the
deeds were made out in Prince EN-
rico's name. The princess then set
to work to restore the castle and to
furnish it with objects really belong
ing to the epoch. in which is was
built. and she suent ON this twice
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
|STENSLANO HAS
BEEN PAR0LED
Banker Who Robbed Deposi.
tors Makes Room for
Others

Chicago, Jan. 21.-Paul o. Stems
land, former president of the Milwau-
kee Avenue State bank of Chicago,
and Henry w. Herring, formerly it's
cashier, who were convicted in con-
nectfon with the wrecking of the bank
and the disappearance of $1,3OO,0OO of
Its funds, were paroled today. {.
Stensland. who was captured after
sensational chase extending across
the Atlantic ocean, into Europe and
to Joliet, concluded he had been pun
ished enough. Allowing for good be-
havior this time represents SEN
tence of four years, six months and
eight days. He was sent to the, peni-
tenttary on an indeterminate sentence
of from one to ten years. Herring was
given a similar sentence. Arguments
before the pardon board on behalf of
the prisoners we're that their guilt
consisted chiefly in trying to cover up
shortages while struggling to get the
almost 63 years old.
The looting of the Milwaukee Ave-
nue. State bank involved the savings
OF $4,000 depositors and the disappear
ance of about s1,S00,000 of the insti-
tution's deposits. Stensland left Chi
cago July IA, 1906, without making
his destination known to his associ-
ates, but it was not until August z
that the bank was closed by the state
banking examiner after an examina-
tion of the books.
The suicide of the banks paying
teller and three depositors who had
lost their savings, the death of another
from worry and four victims adjudged
insane from the same cause added an
element of tragedy to the affair. In
the meantime the fugitive bank presi-
dent had been traced to Tangier,
Morocco, where he was placed under
arrested by Assistant States Attorney
Harry Olson, Sept. 3, 1906. Cashier
Herring gave himself up to the au-
thorities. admitted that he had assist
ed Stensland in the peculations. and
was sentenced to the penitentiary be-
fore the latter was returned to Chi
cago. Stensland was brought before
the criminal court Sept. ~, 1906,
pleaded guilty to charges of embezzle-
ment and receiving deposits after the
bank was insolvent. and two hours
later was serving an indete inmate
sentence in Joliet On Aug. q, 1907
Stensland was refused a pardon on
the plea of failine health.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
BABIES PRESENTS.

The women Of the Guild of the In-
fant Savior of New York, are adding
their advertising to the usual Christ
mas rush. The yhave had pictures of
pretty babies ranging in age from a
few weeks to Il few years printed in
the daily papers. and offer to furnish
the pick of these to any childless
home of good standing. The guild be-
lieves it has hit upon an opportune
time to provide homes for the young
sters, some of which are doorstep ba.
bies. and some of which come from
poor families. The guild assures the
public that most of these babies are
well-fed, good-l.atured children, and
offers, in case one chooses a cry-baby,
or otherwise unsatisfactory charge, to
allow it to be exchanged later, like
other Christmas bargains.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

Paris, Jan. 21.-Crimes or violence
continue of frequent occurrence in
France. The Apaches of Paris seem
bent upon proving their utter disre-
gard of possible punishment.
One of the worst of their kind, Jean
Jacques Liabeuf, who wantonly slew
a policeman the other day and wound
ed four others, was associated with
a woman known as ia Grande Mer-
celle.' who figures as a sort of queen
of the Apaches. Her whims seem to
have determined many of the depre-
dations of the malefactors.
Liabeuf initiated the armored mis-
creants of the middle ages to the eX-
tent that he wore sleeves and wrist
lets of brass, which bristled with
keen points. so that policemen in the
mere act of attempting to seize him
were sure to infiict severe wounds
upon themselves. He says that he
derived this idea from reading of
similar appliances used by some Lon
doners obliged to traverse the streets
late at night as safeguards against
the gangs Of strangers who were
abroad.
Aged Women Murdered.
This equipment Of Liabeuf, together
with revolver and an enormous
knife, which he carried, one in each
hand, explains how. by attacking the
policeman suddenly and without
warning, he was able to do SO much
DAMAGE not only to him but to bev-
eral OF his comrades who ran to
his rescue, but not soon enough to
save his life.
The Apaches are exercising rule
of terror in some of the lonlier parts
of Paris. An aged female concierage
was murdered in her lodge OH busy
street in the heart of Montmartre on
Monday evening. She was both chlo-
reformed and strangled. and some g.
900 francs, temporarily in her keep
ing, being the rents paid her by the
tenants of the house, were stolen.
On the same night an old woman was
mysteriously slain by the roadside in
Neuilly Plaisance. a suburb of Paris.
She had been struck on the head and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
Policeman Who Seized Paris
a odche Wounded By Ary77or
CRIMES VIOLENCE CONTINUE
TO
RECENT OUTRAGEs ATTRIBUTED

a large knife thrust into her throat,
where it still was when the body was
discovered.
Public Demands determination.
These recent crimes have left a
deep impress of horror upon the pub
lie. Vigorous demands are made for
the suppression of the Apache scourge
and early in the week the prefect of
police issued instructions to his men
that they must not forget that it was
their duty to defend themselves eff
caciously against violence. In other
words, they must not hesitate to use
weapons in cases where they were in
danger of serious bodily injury.
1t must be owned that the restraint
of the Paris police is admirable, and
no better proof of it could be cited
than the patience shown in the en-
coun;;rs that they had with the ban
dit l.iabeuf. The policemen refrained
as long as possible from using their
swords and revolvers, and the con-
sequence was the killing OF one of
their number and the sore wounding
Of others.
Another similar case occurred on
Thursday. when two policemen were
stabbed in most cowardly manner
by Apaches whom they were trying 10
arrest
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
PEARY's RECORDS
Those Deposited on Early Trip Turned
Over to Club.

Washington. Jan. 21.-Arctic rec
ords, which Commander Peary left in
a cairn north of Greenland in May,
1900, when he was making an attempt
to reach the North Pole. and which
were recovered seven years later by
the Danish expedition under Mylius
Erichsen.. who lost hisesltfe III the
work. have been ." ,lrned to the Peary
Arctic club by .tion of the king
of Denmark. A translation of the re-
port of the finding of the records is
also sent to the club for preservation.
The report tells of finding the cairn
after passing Cape Clarence Wyckoff,
on the east coast of Peary Land. Com
mander Peary's report was found
wrapped in canvas in tin box. The
exploring party removed Commander
Peary's report and placed in the box
one of it's own, continuing north to
finish the American measurements
between Grant B. Schley ford and
Cape Bridgman.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
TRIPLE MURDER
WAS REVEALED
Either Robbery Was the Mo.
tive or the Work of Black
Hand

New York, Jan. 21-Triple murder
was revealed in an obscure flat in
the heart of New York's east side al
dusk yesterday. Robbery was the
motive or else it was another case OF
the black hand.
Salvatore Scalpone, a young Ital-
ian barber, his wife. and Guinsippe
Scalpone are the victims.
Policeme nentered the fiat which
was licked, by way of the fire escape
Scalpone's body was found tide to the
door, the face battered beyond recog.
milton and lying In a great smear
of blood. Near his master, stod a
whining bulldog covered with blood
The animal had paced aimlessly from
body to body, shifting one and then
the other, staining the floors crimson
With his footprints.
In the next room were the bodies
Of the women, gagged as was the man
by handkerchiefs similarly knotted
and the heads battered.
Drawers had been dumped out. cup.
boards ransacked, mattresses ripped
open and every conceivable hiding
place for money or valuables pried
open. In a little hallway was found
a basin half filled with bloody water
q blood stained vest and a pair OF
overalls, also blood stained. The
water had apparently been crimsoned
when the slayer washed his wet
hands before he made his escape by
the fire escape.
The police are convinced that more
than one person took part in the
murder, for, with the bulldog on guard
and three persons to cope with, one
man would have been powerless. Also
examination showed that Scalpone's
body had been dragged from the din
ing room to the kitchen where it was
tied.
There Is no direct clue to the MUIR
derers. The murders must have TAX.
en- place last night. but neighbors re-
port they heard nothing unusual in
the barber's fiat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
NEED SUBSIDY
Would be ut Mercy Of Japan in Case
Of War.

Washington, Jan. Ell do not an
ticipate any war with Japan, but if
such war should come we would be
absolutely at the mercy of Japan or
any other invading force, so far as
the coast defenses are concerned"
declared Representative Humphrey of
Washington. before the house COM
mittee on merchant marine and fish
cries today. Mr.. Mckinley of Cali
fornia corroborated this statement,
The committee was considering the
Humphrey ship subsidy bill. MIR.
Humphrey urged favorable action on
his bill.
The authorization for an auxiliary
fleet to meet eXigencies of war was
even more important, he considered.
than the upbuilding of the merchant
marine.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

of the trainmen says that substanti-
ally all of the railroads had been
heard from, either formally or in.
formally. with respect to the propo-
sition submitted by tn. strainmen and
the Order Of Railway Conductors.
The answers received today, how
ever. did not change the completion
Of the general situation. None grant
ed any of the terms proposed by the
employees, but each has expressed a
willingness to negotiate settlement:
The prospect of strike is considered
meager.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
CENSUS SCORED
Employment of Press Agent Not
-,,...ss -v,.. y Proper Policy.

Washington. ian. 21.-Grilline
Census Director Durand for employ
ing a press agent, Representative
Robinson of Arkansas, a Democrat
at meeting of the house committee
on census today tried to show that
such employment was for improper
and partisan purposes.
The committee. however, voted
down Mr.. Robinson's proposition to
prohibit the payment of any money to
any such employ. The committee re-
ported adversely on the Robinson bill,
asking for information as to the ex-
tstence, authority and compensation
of such press bureau.
Mr.. Durand said the newspaper
boosting of the caliber of the su-
Dervisors. objected to by Mr.. Robin
son. was necessary to promote public
confidence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

and the man fed. Hard pressed by
the police. who had been attracted by
Mrs. Boettcher's screams, the would
be robber was seen to raise his hand
to his lips and swallow hastily. He
was arrested and taken back to the
store where Boettcher identified him
Still unaware that he had taken poi
son. the prisoner was taken to q
police station. Here he collapsed and
died. Examination showed that he had
swallowed carbolic acid in capsule
form. Nothing was found on the man
to indicate his identity.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
HIGH PRICES Of meat HAVE STARTED
A NATIONAL BOYCOTT ON THE PRODUCT
Hotel Mems Association and the Various Trades and Labor
Organizations Behind Plan to Reduce the Cost to
What it Should bethany Cities Have Acted

Denver, Jan. 21.-Something of a
national character is to be given the
recently inaugurated meat boycott, ac-
cordtng to Samuel Dutton. president
OF the Western Hotel Mems Protective
association. The proposition of cut
ting down the consumption of meat
will be brought before that body at a
meeting to be held in Chicago January
II when the association will be made
national. unless something is done
to curtain the price of meat" said
Mr.. Dutton today, "the time is coming
when the poor of this country will be
no better off than the peasants of
Europe"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
BROKE RULE
Supreme Court Was Not Called TO
Order at Noon.

Washington, Jan. 21.-What had
been supposed to be an absolutely un-
breakable rule was violated yester-
day when oon arrived and passed
without the supreme court of the
United States being called to order.
Six members constitute a quorum,
but only Chief Justice Fuller and
Justices Harlan, Brewer, Day and
Lurton were present.
After wait of eighteen minutes
Justices White and McKenna entered
the court hurriedly. fastening their
robes about them as they took their
places on the bench. They had been
IN attendance at the funeral services
4 the late Ambassador Nabuco of
kd,x, Justice Moody lis still con-
=. home with rheumatism.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

meat. do you?" appeared on the streets
here in large numbers today, follow
Ing the action of the local federation
of labor which adopted resolution
calling upon all labor unionists and
their sympathizers to abstain from
eating meat for a period of one month,
as a protest against the high prices
of that article of food. Thousands of
these buttons have been ordered by
the leaders in the movement and the
demand for them, it was declared, was
not confined to laboring men, more
than half the requests coming from
business men and clerks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
RAILROADS. WILLING
TO ARB|TRATE
Tenor Of Replies Received by
the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen

Cleveland, Jan. 21.-Plans for ne
gotiating with the railroad systems of
the eastern part of the United States
and Canada for a wage increase and
uniform working conditions were
formulated here today at the head
quarters of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen. President w. G. Lee
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21

eating were recruited by the action
of 900 Omaha workmen, who today
pledged themselves to vegetable
diet. he matter was laid before the
central labor union last :.ight and IT
is expecte dthat several thousand
workmen will join the army of non
meat eaters.
Eighteen Thousand Protest.
Kansas City, Jan. 21-That the 49,
600 people in Kansas City will Join
the anti-meat eating crusade during
the next ten days is freely predicted
by labor leaders here today. The
Building Trades council, with q men,
bership of 5000. representing eighteen
crafts and thirty local lodges, will
meet tonight when it is practically
assured resolution will be passed
pledging the members to refrain from
eating meat for thirty days. The In.
dustrial Trades council, which has
10000 members. and represents nine.
ty-nine crafts, will meet Sunday to
take similar action.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
Boycott Proposed,

st. Joseph, Mich, Jan. 21.-A call
has been issued from the central labor
council for meetings of all local labor
unions for the purpose of uniting with
the labor unions in other cities in
boycotting meats for a period. The
unions are urged to eat no meat for
at least thirty days, unless the prices
are materially reduced,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
st. Louis Will Abstain.

st. Louis, Jan. 2l.-The high cost
OF living will be discussed today at a
meeting of the Woman's Trade Union
league and it is expected a resolution
will be adopted asking the members
to abstain from eating meat. The
central trades and labor union will
act on such resolutions Sunday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
Pittsburg Vigorous.

Pittsburg. Jan. 21.-A meat strike,
along lines similar to that in Cleve-
land, Ohio, where the movement orig
mated, has been organized in Greater
Pittsburg. Today the streetcar em-
ployes by the hundreds are signing
the pledges to abstain from meat for
thirty days, beginning next Tuesday,
while thousands of affiliated members
of the Iron City Trades council are
awaiting word from their leaders be-
fore putting into effect the meat boy
colt resolution adopted by the council
last night. Youngstown, Ohio, Wheel.
ing, w. Va, Shraon. Pa, and other
nearby cities have actively joined the
crusade against the high priced meats.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-21
HITS PROHIBITION
Oklahoma Federal Judge Decides That
Liquor May be Shipped Into State

Liquor May be Shipped Into State
Muskogee, Okla. Jan. 21-Federal
Judge Ralph E. Campbell has decided
that shipments of liquors into Okla
homa subject to the shippers order,
are not in violation of the federal
law that became effective January 1.
He also held that on liquor shipments
sent with draft sattached to bills of
ladfng for collection by banks, the
banks in no way violate the law in
making collections. The decision ia
voring Kansas City liquor houses is a
blow to the prohibition enforcement
statutes.