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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Thief ALL HIS LIFE
Murderer Says He Couldn't Re.
sist Committing BurgIaries.
Believes Blow on Head Delivered by
Father Affected His Brain and
Made Criminal of Him-Moth.
er Defends Son.

Springfield, Mass.-Bertram G..
Spencer, who recently confessed that
he murdered Miss Martha Blackstone,
shot Miss Dow and committed many
burglaries, says he thinks he brain
Is affected. His case already is at
tracing much attention among law,
vers and alienists.
II killed Miss Martha Blackstone in
a fit OF anger" he said. Then / shot
Miss Harriet Dow. I did not know
what I was doing. When the women
screamed l lost all control of myself.
would not have harmed a hair of
their heads If they had kept quiet.
Il have been a robber since I was a
child. I stole knives out Of a grocery
when I was only nine. Thieving has
had an irresistible fascination for me.
l have broken into houses in almost
every city where l have lived. In
Springfield in the past year l commit
ted more than a dozen burglaries.
would get out of bed and go out and
rob. After the deed was done my
mind seemed to be relieved and
could sleep.
II think my brain is wrong. My ia,
ther hit me on the back of the head
when I was a boy with the butt of
a whip. It left a big dent. Since
then my temper has been uncontrol.
liable. Nobody has been so afraid OF
me as myself. I did not run away
from Springfield after the murder be.
cause I enjoyed reading about the ex
element and the foolish efforts of the
police to find a clue. l never dreamed
they would get me until l was ar.
rested"
Spencer told how he had Travelled
to many different parts of the world
on a training ship. His relatives had
thought naval discipline would curb
him, Is his father had failed to do so
But he returned, he said, with the
same love for thieving and a temper
as uncomfortable as ever.
At the time of the San francisco
fire, he said, he acted as a public
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
HOT WAVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Temperature Reaches IS Degrees In
Shade Where Freezing Weather
Usually Prevails This Time.

st Johns, N. F.-Record-break.
ing temperatures have accompanied
a hot wave that has been ex.
perienced on the west coast Of New.
%foundland for the last few days.
At points where the usual tempera-
ture at this eason of the year would
be below freezing the thermometers
have registered as high as IS degrees
in the shade.
These figures are unprecedented in
the history of the colony.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
SHIPS COLLIDE, ONE SINKS
Two S%chooners Crash in the Night
OFF Fortune Bay, N. F., and One
Founders-Crew Saved.

North Sydney, N. S.-A col
lision in the night off Fortune Bay,
N. F., of two Newfoundland schoon-
ers, the Edna Carter and the Victoria,
by which the former vessel was sunk,
was reported. For two hours the two
vessels hung together with their rig
ging e%ntangled, and it was feared both
would founder. After they were cut
apart, the Edna Carter went down.
It's crew escaped to the Victoria.
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answer before she sailed for Europe, but the shrewd New York reporters
couldn't shake her in her determination to take time. Cavanei returned
to her dear Paree" A
Then she announced that O. a certain day at IL o'clock she would give
her answer. #&#
Promptly at the appointed hour the reporters swarmed her apartments
The songbhds maids were present, but the great warbler ws not in sight
reporters waited impahenly. Then am madame from her boudoir, rubbed
her eyes and said she had decided. What will your answer beg" asked the
reporter for an American paper.
Eyes" said madame. r#
That's why the New York millionaire artist and former sheriff of
Duchess county is the happest man in the United States. OF coursee yery
body hopes Mr.. Chanler will always be happy.
Cavaieris advancement on the lyric stage las been rapid. Only a few
g she vas singing IN a cafe chantant in Rome, where III ws heard
by Leoncavala, the composer of "Paghacci'" who gave her her first impor
tant lessons in vocal music. She is the daughter of a workingnan and for
a time she worked as a folder in a book bndery. Previously it is alleged,
she sold flowers in the streets. Now lei jewels are said Ito exceed in value
100000.
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DANCERS SAVE 60 PEOPLE
Men and Women in Ball Costume
Arouse Occupants of Apartment
House-Woman In jured

House-Woman Injured.
Chicago, April 25.-Sixty persons
we're rescued from the Cledan apart
ment building, 740-46 East Forthwith
street, by an evening dress brigade of
men and women attending a house
party near by, when fire attacked the
big building. One woman, Mrs. E. E.
Ballard, was burned probably fatally,
and several others had narrow es-
eapes from death
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
CHANLER TO WE'D SINGER

Robert Winthrop Chanler, great-grandson and
an heir OF the original John Jacob Astor, says he
is the happiest man in the United States. Wheth-
er he will be able to say the same thing five
years or even one year later, there seems to be
some doubt among his friends. One of his
brothers has openly expressed the opinion that
Mr.. Chanler will not be so happy.
1t is all because Nine. Lima Cavalieri, who
has been called the most beautiful woman on the
stage, said Yes" 1t took the prima donna sew
eral weeks to make up her mind. The great can
%tatrice, like others of her profession, has her
whims. Mr.. Chanler met her and fell in love. HI
asked her to be his wife. Candidly the songbird
said she liked Mr.. Chanler, but must have time
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05

for the Americans. possibly l am partial to the United States. Maybe
% this country because it has done 81 much and means 81 much t
me. My first teacher was an American. I learned English at Doshisha, al
a school founded by the Japanese with the assistance of American mission
aries. The first country I visited W as the United States and my first foreign
post wal right here at the legation in Washington.
Ills majesty the emperor of Japan adnires President Taft besides pos
sessing great personal friendship for him. The visits Of Mr.. Taft to Japan
have made him a favorne figure He is always welcome. Colonel Roosevelt
is yry popular, II only TO. the reason that he played such a important part
In bringing about peace between Russia and Japan IL ha5"
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When he goes Frye will take with him memories of man of the great
VINO nav gone to Washington and who have passed to other spheres Of
acuV1y Fry vas elected to the fortysecond congress. That vas more than
loty ear ago, % hat he was still a young man in his first term. He was
electea % succeeding congresses till he took the seat which Blaine vacated
Since 1896 he has been president pro tempore Of the senate. He vas a mem
per OF Tn Parsp peace commission which adjusted the disputes between the
United States and Spain, in 1898. All his life almost enato FRYE has held
public office. He ws a member Of the Maine legislature from 1861 to 1867
Later n vas mayor of Lewiston, his birthplace, and state attorney general
1t is just sixty years ago that he was graduated from Bowdofn college
"A nice old man" A@H -.a"
That is what they say about Frye in Washington, and they don't say II
IN d d1sparaging way in which the phrase is often used. They near thai
he is gentle and courteous in his treatment of those with whom he comes
in contact IA ###
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corporations than any other man in the United States. Mr. Perkins likewise
when Mr.. Perkins said:
Glant corporation would be not a menace but a great public benefit
II managed under laws that compelled proper publicity and punished officers
tor improper methods.
The attempt by humans to make laws that will nulHfy conditions which
have come about through the conquest If the mysteries of nature will never
succeed. One might justa as we'll attempt to leghNate against the lightning
The officers of great corporations should realize that such concerns are
more freely public institutions than private property.
Let American business enterprises grow and expand and embrace the
earth, if they can, provided only that their methods shall at all times be fair
honest and aboveboard"
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PERKINS FOR PUBLICITY

George w.. Perkins, as pretty nearly everyone
knows, is a partner and the right-hand man Of
J. Pierpont Morgan, so when, in an address to
the graduate school of business administration of
Harvard university, he advocated national con-
troll of great corporations and compulsory public
ity as a panacea for business life, he made some
of the captains of finance in this country sit up
and take notice.
OF course Mr.. Perkins would not have said
such things without the consent of Mr.. Morgan.
therefore it may be inferred that ]. Pierpont
feels the same way. There are some statesmen
in Washington, however, who take such utter
ances coming from such a source with a grain
Of salt" But Mr.. Perkins seemed to be in ear
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JAP ENVOY RAPS WAR TALK
"Dces Japan want war;"

DC6S Japan WduC Wal
NO" emphatically replied Baron Uchida. the
Mikado's ambassador to the United States, in an
interview in Leslie's Weekly. +
1T is quite incomprehensible how war stories
about ny country start in the United States" said,
the baron. mo reason %justifes such talk. There
appears to be an entirely wrong impression. ia
pan does not want war with any country, least of
all her steadfast friend, the United States.
your distinguished ex-vice.president. Charles
W. Fairbanks, after his opportunity to know the
situation intimately, exactly represents the feel
ing in Japan when he says that anybody who
talks of a war with this country is wicked, mis-
chievous and almost malicious. Mr.. Fairbanks
told of the undisguised affection Of the Japanese
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FRYE WILL QUIT SENATE

Senator William Pierce Frye, who has repre-.
sented Maine in the upper branch of congress
since March Is, 1881, when his term expires in
1913, should he live that long, will not be a can
didate for reelection. Senator Frye is the second
Oldest member Of the senate, his colleague, sena.
tor Hale of Maine, having been a member eleven
days longer. It is announced also that Senator
Hale Is to retire to private life. Senator Aldrich
Of Rhode Island, the most powerful man in the
senate, although the state he represents would
not make some of the counties in Texas, is going
to quit. Report likewise says Senator Depew of
New York has enough and will retire.
On September 2 next Senator Frye will be 79
years old. Age is beginning to mark his rugged
figure and he has heen i'll in he'd recentlu
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Tribune Correspondents Detail
Affairs i'm Other Lands
HOUSE EWARM|NG IN
SEAMAN'S HOME
Old-Fashioned Minstrel Show
Was, Among Other Things,
on the Programme.
Special Cable 10 The TrIbunc

Special Cable 10 The Tribune
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 29.-The
American Seaman s home here has been
opened with an old.fashioncd American
nousewarming with dancing, spcechmak-
ing and buffet lunch Among other
lhlngs on the programme was an old
fashioned minstrel show
Mrs. Ozmun, wife of the American
consul general, delivered an address.
Mrs. Ozmun made n patriotic appeal TO
the mon. assuring them that the Ameri
cans In ConstaDtinoplc were much inter
ested IN their welfare, and thot she
felt sure they would make good use OF
the new club.
AT the conclusion of the address. one
OF tho sailors made very neat little
speech, and, presented Mrs. Ozmun with
handsome set of silver coffee cups.
saving that it was due 10, her untirinC
efforts that the club had been founded.
The sailor added that he and his com.
rades felt that their present was but
very small expression OF their graft
tude to Mrs. OZmun for all she had
done. The housewarming began with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
d Gossip Heard in Cities
Across the Sea
RUSSIAN ADMIRALTY
HAS LEARNED NOTHING
Fail to Profit by Experience in
the War With
Japan.
BY GEORGE FRASER,

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29.-The
Russian admiralty seems 10 have
learned nothing from the war with
Japan, and the ineflicieDcy or worse in
this department of the government is
as apparent as it was when Rojest.
vensky's Joke fleet met destruction in
the straits Of Tsu Shima. This fact
was clearly brought out before the
duma committee on naval estimates
recently. The committee considered the
delay in the construction of the four
Dreadnoughts by Russian yards with
Russian material, which was under.
taken in order TO convince public opin-
ion that the admiralty was able to
cope with such an undertaking. Two
thirds of the. sbip.huildiue grant of
$4,000, 900 roubes (Sl0,400.000) which
was sanctioned without the duma &
assent, has been already expended on
the equipment Of the yards and the pur-
chase of material, but the actual work
on half of il during the past year has
been nil. Even the designs arc not
settled. The government lzhora works,
which was TO supply the armour within
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ment 10 buy the PalaEzo Farpese. which
is at present leased by the French en-
bassy, is resisted by the Italian govern
ment. 4 semi official note issued the
other day states that "on August
last. on the demand of the minister Of
finance, Count Of CaSerta. and Prince
0ohenEollern-Sig Sigmaringen. proprietors
Of the Palazzo Farnese, were judicially
notified that as the palace formed part
Of the state domain, rs the result of
rights derived from the pontiiical re.
script Of April 16. 1861, aud the written
rescript of June is, 1861. any transac.
tion making over tho palace to any
other person would he considered as
null and void.
Mrs. Cleveland i'll Italy.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is thoroughly
ENJOYING her stay IN Italy. Recently
Mrs Cleveland and her party were the
guests Of Contcssa LaZZsri in Florence.
The other guests arc Mrs. Bissel and
her daughter. Both parties are sight
seeing together. They visited the Church
Of Santa Maria NovelIa and other
points Of interest in Florence.
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two wears. now find il impossible TO de-
liver the turrcts and plates for ton
wears In these circumstances the duma
refused further credits for ship build
ing. but was instructed by the council
of the empire TO reconsider its action.
The admiralty reforms viii doubtless
be FASTENED thereby. The Drcadnoughts
cannot. however, he completed in due
time without having recourse 10 foreign
aid 1t is possible an American concern
will get one OF these ships.
The official report OF the secret sit
ting Of the duma. at which Sj5,O0O,0OO
was unanimously voted for the rcorgan-
ization and redistribution Of the army.
contains some interesting indications of
the general character Of the proposed
changes. NJ. Guchkoff, az reporter Of
the committee OF national defense, said
that the ministry of war proposed far
reaching notifications IN all branches Of
the service. which called for the above
mentioned expenditure next year, and
about a million sterling in each of the
two following wears. The committee was
persuaded that these changes would ma
teriallv enhance the efficiency of the
army and strengthen the empire, The
assistant minister Of war, General Poll.
vanoff. pointed out thst the result would
be obtained without increasing the an.
nual contingent Of recruits. The
spokesmon of the opposition welcomed
a reform 40 necessary 10 Russia The
proposed changes would assure the co
| hcsiou OF the various terms, which had
| hitherto been lacking. He approved the
| introduction of the territorial system,
but doubted the advisnbiitv of with
drawing troops from the western from
| tiers 4 special grant of $4,000 was
voted for ai~ships.
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Use Forks-Not Fingers
.cial Gable TO The Trlbnnc.

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
CONSTANTINOPBE. Jan. 2o-The
Turkish army Is to be equipped with forks
as rapidly as possible. Up TO the pres
ent. Turkish soldiers. like the greater
part of the Mussulman population. used
their fingers In order 10 eat their meals.
With the Introduction of the constitu-
took upon himself TO make an innova-
ton and gave An order for a large guam
tlty Of forks In Europe. A banquet was
recently given In the TaXim barracks.
where the Eighth regiment is quartercd,
This regiment was chosen for the initial
experiment OF the new utensils. Among
those preseut were General Shefkct Pasha
the commanders OF the First and Second
army corps. 1t Is feared Shere will be
trouble among the direct Mussulmans.
who regard the forks as "A distinctly
Christian implement,
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Moors Stand Pat
Special Cable 20 The Tribune.

Special Cable 20 The Tribune
MADRID, jan. 99.-Grave news from
Melila is contained in Il letter signed
by Scnor Antonio Islesias, correspondent
Of La Correspondence dc Espapa." Cen
craI Marina, the writer says. has Off
cially declared the whole country at
peace. Therefore. peace prevails de
jurc." but not "dc facto." At Nador the
Moors killed a man in one OF the Span
sh regiments and constantly fired upon
the advance guards and at many other
points the calm is but apparent. At all
"Zocos" cartridges are sold in enormous
quantities They come from TanSicr and
other places. where they are smugGlcd
In. The 4loors have only handed TO the
Spsnards few old guns. and openly
declare that war will break out again
when they deem II convenient. and that
the Spaniards shall never work the
mines.
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Happenings i'm the Old World
:;
PARISHI0NERS IN :;
ENGLISH CHURCH ::
GO OUT ON STRIKE j
Special Gable to The Tribune.
L ~ DnN- L., I'll 4 .

+ Special Gable TO The Tribune.
: LONDON, Jan. 29.-Thcre have
: been all sorts Of strikes, but it
! church strike. The parishioncrs +.
: Of Emanuel church, Preston, .
!. thought the curate in charge
|. should have the living, but it was .
!. presented to a stranger. When .
! he took charge pretty much the :
: entire congregation left the church f.
!. rs he entered the pulpit. Demon .
+ strations were held outside the =
: church by several hundred people, .
: and churchwarden, who does not L.
: agree with the majority Of the 4.
!. congregation or tho question, had .
!. to be escorted home by the police. :
:
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Built 'Tuppenny Tubes"

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
LONDON. Jan 29.-The late -. o
Mills was we'll known in England. not
only because he wHs thc father-in- law
OF the American cmpaSsador and graud- .
father OF Lady Granard, who may pre-
side at the castle In Dublin as wife Of
tho lord lieutenant. bu, II" was one OF
the group Of American financicTS who
was while engaged in this work that he
became acquainted with Lord Rowton
out ot this acquaintance grew the Mills
hotel IN New York ono OF the dead null
tiniNonaircS favorfto charities. Lord
Rowtou had established the RowtoD
houses In London. which are run on the
same plan as TIA" Mills hotels. and it
was from there that Mr.. Mills got the idea
OF building hotels whore good acCommo-
dations could b" placed in reach OF men
at moderate prices.
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habits. who had accumulated fortune
of between four and five million lire. al
of which. in VIII executed two month,
before his deccase. he beuucafhed TO the
pope. II WAS pointed out to him. il is
said, that his holiness is unable per
sonallv 10 inherit bcqucst of the kind
whereupon he decided upon a ruse and
sold his estate TO the vatican for halt
a million lire.
Contest the viii.
Immediately on the death of hdami
his three female cousins commenced
an action at law, alleging that the tcs
tator was not mentally fitted to execute
Will, being afflicted in mind. and that
the testament was invalid Plaintiffs
entrusted their case TO Signor ScialOia
the present minister OF Justice, who
has presented to the Lanciauo court
a memorandum in support of his clients
contentious The memorandum sets
forth. among otbcr things, that Adami
claimed Ia have received his fortune
direct from Heaven through the medium
of the Archangel Michael, who intimat.
ed the duty of leaving everything TO the
pope.
An Amazing Narrative.
Tho following amazing narrative. the
"Messaggero says, is also embodied In
inc tnemoraDbNnl' NHSn nv Hal lHie'
his will Adami decided ia leave Rome
and pass mis- last days in his own coun-
try, He took n carriage and left for
Saugro, On the way he fell into a deep
sleep, and on waking up found himself
in his bed at his Roman plazzo, At
this he manifested surprise, but the
monks around him said; You are not
in Rome: YOU are 1T Bologna. But
this is my room. said the dying man.
=, . I. IL l.
your own room in Rome. But the
furuiture?' "We had IL fetched from
Rome Adami allowed himself TO be
persuaded. Believing himself at Bo.
logna. he wrote TO the cardlnaI-arch-
bishop and asked him TO come 10 him.
The cardinal camc-a false cardinal, a
priest, in fact, disguised rs car.
dinal.
Gave Away Fortune.
\ few words having been exchanged,
the soi.disant cardinal inquired IT u
will had been made. = Yes. replied
Adami. "and [ have left everything TO
the pope. - But YOU still have some
money by YOU - 81 havo 100000 lire,
which | cntrust to YOU, your cmineurc,
TO give to the pope. The money was
handed over. and Adami soon aftcrward
died, The number of witnesses for the
plaintiffs is very large. and many let
iers of the tcstator win he put in.
American Girl Holds Castle,
II is generally believed that Princess
Ruspoli. who WAS Miss Berry of Georgia
will pbc awarded tho castle of Ncmi,
which her lato husband bought with her
money. and which his heirs claim MS
part of his estate, The case is exciting
a good deal Of attention. The Young
American princess holds the castle and
will leave nothing undoue to maintain
her right To it. In this she has the
support of all the American colony and
q goodly share of the high Italian NO
biltv,
The attempt of the French govern