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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08
sLAsHEo BANK PRESIDENT
J. 2. cudahy Caught the Man in His
Home al Kansas City.

Kansas City, March Finding
Jere F. Lillis, a wealthy local banker
in his home when he arrived unex-
pectedly at an early hour. John P.
Cudahy, a wealthy packer and son OF
Michael Cudahy, the Chicago million
aire, committed an assault on him. as
a result of which Lillis is In st.
Mary's hospital. His condition is
said to be critical Cuts inflicted with
knife are on his face, limbs and
one arm. The cuts have been made
in criss-cross fashion. II he reeov-
ers he will be disfigured for life the
physicians say.
Before the knife was out Lillis was
bound with a strong rope. One Of
Cudahy's chauffeurs was present.
Neighbors heard Lillis screaming
and groaning in the Cudahy home
and they called the West Port Police
Station. 1t was a woman who called
Her identity has not been establish
ed
"A man is being murdered in the
Cudahy home Send an officer
there" she screamed
Ten minutes later a policeman hur-
ried to the Cudahy home which is in
fashionable residence part of the
city. Stepping into the hall he heard
screams coming from parlor. Then
came groans and cries for mercy.
The policeman followed the sounds
and soon reached the room. 1t was
brilliantly lighted He described the
scene as follows:
Three man were in the room
PROSTATE on the floor lay Lillis half
clothed and bound with a rope. His
legs were bare: His few remaining
lclothes were bloody Above him
stood Cudahy. He was in evening
dress, except that he wore no coat
His sleevs were rolled up Blood
was on his hands. At his side stood
a chauffeur, CARRIED in regulation
leather cap and buster, as though
he had come into the house after
trip.
None of the men noticed me. Lii
lis groaned and tugged feebly at III,
cords that bound him.
Don't do it Jack Please don
do it, he pleaded
Il rushed to the trio and asket
Cudahy, What does all this mean?'
He has ruined my home he re
piled. turning to me and making n,
resistance to arrest. | allowed hin
to telephone TO his attorney while
called an ambulance for the wounded
man. | asked him the mans name
and he calmly replied that it wa
Jere Lillis.
From the beginning to the end o
the affair | did not see Mrs. Cudahy.
Cudahy was arrested on a eharg,
of disturbing the peace. He was re
leased on 500 bond.
Since Cudahy's marriage to Mis-
Edna Gown, who was a society cir
of Omaha on December IS. 1899 tn
family has been prominent in Kansa
City society On the day of tn,
> marriage Cudahy's father made hin
manager of his Kansas City packin,
interests. After a three months
honeymoon which included trips il
special trains and the occupancy o
palace in Italy. the couple returned
to Kansas City and purchased one o
the finest homes in the city.
The Cudahys have FIVE children.
Lillis is a bachelor ~ years old
He is manager of the Western Elk
change Bank and prominent socially
He was member Of the same club
to which Cudahy belonged and tn,
two were often seen together in tn,
| clubrooms.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08
BOUGHT IN $4,000 SHARES
American Telephone Co. Paid Between
Ten and Eleven Millions.

Boston. March 5.-The purchase by
the American Telephone Co. of the
10000 shares recently sold by the
Mackay Co. has been announced here
by President Vail.
President Vail said the price paid
for the stock was between eleven and
twelve million dollars
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08
Keep the Kidneys Well
Health is Worth Saving and Some
Bennington People Know How
to Save Il

Many Bennington people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon-
sible for vast amount of suffering
and i'll health, but there is no need
to suffer nor to remain in danger
when all diseases and aches and
pains due to weak kidneys can be
quickly and permanently cured by
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here
Is Bennington citizens recommen-
dation,
G. W. Gregg, 1l3 Bradford Place,
Bennington VT, says; Il have told a
great many people about the merits
of Doans Kidney Pills. was sub
ject to attacks of kidney complaint,
which were so severe ut times that
was laid in bed for weeks. | had
pains in my back and the kidney Sc
cretions were irregular and painful
in passage. Doan's Kidney Pills
were finally brought to my attention
and | procured a supply In three
days after beginning their use | was
up and around and attending to my
work. My back was soon free from
pain and my kidneys were restored &c
their normal condition. cannot
praise Doan's Kidney Pills too high
lly."
For sale by all dealers, Price 81
cents. Milburn Co, Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doans ant
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08
SANATIVE
AntiSeptic Cleansing is Best
Accomplished by the
Cuticura Remedies.

Complete local and constitutional
Treatment for distressing facilitating
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08
A Timely Protection

Everyone knows the after effects of
LaGrippe are often more dangerous
than the disease. So often IL leads
to pneumonia, which weakened
heart action makes fatal. La Grippe
coughs that strain and weaken the
system yield quickly to the healing
and Strengthening qualities Of EQleY.s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-08

TO women, especially mothers. for pre-
serving, purifying. and beautifying tho
skin, scalp. hair. and hands, for the treat
ment Of inhammatOry and lucrative
conditions, as well as most efficacious
medicinal agents in restoring 10 health.
strength. and beauty pale, weak, nervous,
prematurely faded, rundown women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
ARMOUR EMPLOYS
FATHERS TACTICS
Effort to Break Corner in
Wheat Causes Sharp
Break in Price.

CHICAGO May ga spectacular
battle in May wheat, involving mil
lions OF dollars. IS being waEed be-
tween Theodore Waterman. Of Albany,
y. y and J. Ogden Armour. OF Chi
cagO. and as a result a sharp changef n
the price Of this food staple came when
IL dropped IN price 4 cents. 20 1O6 -.
from Saturdays close Of 10 IL This
was followed by a rally 70 1O7
The raDid decline caused tremendous
excitement in the pit and a panic
struck the camp OF the bulls"
Waterman is said TO be attempting
q. corner Of May wheat in emulation OF
the famous Patten deal Of last year.
Arthur Leask appeared on the floor Of
change and was said to be acting for
Waterman This gave rise 10 the re-
port that Waterman was liuutdatinE
al least part Of his long line.
The sudden drop in prices and cause
Of all the commOtiOn was the an
nouncement that Armour had the
grain and that lake boats were being
set al top speed and under forced
draught 70 deliver it TO Waterman.
II Mr.. Armour succeeds in brea king
the corner in wheat he viii be dofnS
as his father did when the famous
Letter corner was broken
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
CAPITAL WOMEN WORK,
SAYS CENSUS BUREAU
Eleven Per Cent of All Wage Farmers in District Shown
to Be Females, While Percentage of Clerks and
StenographerS Is Twenty-seven.

Do the women OF Washington work
This question is answered in the af-
irmative by the Census Office, with
figures showing that one-ffth of the
salaried employees OF private manufact-
uring establishments, exclusive of
steam laundries, are women.
Furthermore, the women constitute q
per cent Of all the clerks and stenog-
raphers employed by such concerns.
and II per cent OF all the wage earners.
But two girls under sixteen years OF
age were found to be wage earners.
These figures were announced today
by Census Director Durand- They rep
resent conditions that existed on Decem-
Der 10. 1903
II was found that the total number OF
salaried officers and clerks on December
Il, 1909. was 1,eo9. composed Of 1.22
males. or so per cent, and 527 females,
or 20 per cent
There were 172 officers Of corporations
OF whom lC6 OF 81 per cent were males,
and S or per cent were females.
The total number Of wage earners
on December Is was 1895, and Of this
number there were 7,Ol7 males. or 50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
PAPERS ARE FILED
IN NHOFFSTOT'S CASE
His Return to Pittsburg De-
pends Upon Supreme
Courts Action.

Papers were fled in the Supreme
Court this afternoon In one OF the most
important Of the Pittsburg graft cases.
that Of Frank NJ Hofstot. president of
the German National Bank Of Pittsburg.
and OF the Pressed Steel Car Company.
The question OF whether Honstot ls
taken back 20 Pittsburg from New York
Immediately Tor trial. or whether he re-
mains out on bail through the sum-
mer, depends on whether the Supreme
Court passes on the appeal before II
adlourns next Tuesday, Nav q
E4ohstot contends that he Is a citizen
OF New York. and that he was out OF
Pennsy wanna when the crime for which
ne was indictei was committed He is
charged with brlblng members Of the
PlttsDurg council 10 get them 10 de-
posit city money in his bank. Reoufsi-
llofi was made on the governor Of Neuy
OK oy pennsylvania, and was grant
Hofstot was arrested and placed in
custody Of a detective named Flood
bis counsel then sought a writ OF ha-
beas corpus from Judge Holt, OF New
YORK Judge Holt denied IL and then
Honstots counsel appealed TO me Su-
preme Court The record was filed
with the supreme Court today BY the
counsel for the Pennsylvania suthorf-
ties who are anxious 10 hurry the
case along, get Judge Holts decision
sustained, and then secure the Gus
tody of HoffstO, and try him. For
this reason they want the court ~ -
on the matter before next Tuesdsv
the last day before the summer recess
otherwise Hohstot who IS out on
bond OF $4,000, will be a free man al
summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
Sensational Expose Directly
duplicates Sugar Trusts
High Officials.
ASSERTS HIS FORMER
STORY WAS FALSE
Says Accused Checkers Received
Salaries Regularly-Ofhce
Secrets Revealed.

NEW York. May 2s.-Ths man
who bored the holes in the scales
through which tne springs were ma
nipulated by which the Government
Tas defrauded cf $4,000. 900 in duties
by short weighing OF imports by the
Sugar trust, told the whole story un-
der oath today
He vas Oliver Splitter, for twenty
five years superintendent OF docks for
the trust. convicted last December for
conspiracy 70 defraud the Govern
ment, and sentenced 20 two years in
Atlanta prison.
Restored 20 all OF his rights BY a
full pardon. secretly granted BY
President Taft. Splitter took the stand
TO testify against Charles r. -Heike.
secretary OF the trust. and the former
employees now on trial He related
the story Of the frauds. duplicating
directly all the checkers. former Cash
Ter Bendernagel, and former Superin-
tendent Ernest W Gerbracht- He
said. however. that ne knew He!ke
cnly slightly.
Says Wages Were Paid
Splitter swore, however. that ce
knew OF his own knowledge that the
Sugar trust used the city weighers'
returns 10 pay for raw sugar and that
the Government weights were not
used in the Wall street ONCE in any
calculations This testimony. Slim
son admitted. VIII be used 70 show
that the secretar.y must have known
OF the frauds
Splitter swore that he had received
his own and the wages Of all dis
charged checkers Up 10 the time he
was taken 20 Atlanta TO serve his
term and that the money was paid TO
him by Gerbracht-
In the latter part OF 1906. Splitter
svvore, ne received a telephone mes
sage warning hiLa 10 be careful with
the wire springs he was INFORMED
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
SENATE CONSIDERS
TWO BATTLESHIPS
Friends of the Provision Are
Mastering Votes and
Feel Sanguine.

That the Senate will pass the naval
bin with provision for two big battle
ships was indicated when II met this
afternoon and. after routine morning
business. proceeded to resume con-
sideration Of the naval appropriation
measure.
Last Friday, the situation was close
and had a vote been taken then, the
two battleship provision would have
been lost. Since then, work has been
done in behalf Of two dreadnauGhts.
When the bill was taken up, Senator
Perkins, chairman OF the Naval Com
mittee. proceeded 70 refute the asser-
tiOns made last week by Senator Hale
and Senator Burton that a g 0o0-tOn bat
tleshiD cost S16,0O0.OOe. Senator Perkins
said the highest estimate he could find
was S1.150090 He held that under any
circumstances 80 was the part Of Wis
dom 10 build two big battleships. lie
followed with a speech OF some length
in support Of TWO dreadnaughts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
MONEY TO BE, WASHED
BY TREASURY LAUNDRY
Saving of Million Dollars Year Believed Possible In
der Proposed SyStem-Dirt and Microbes
Both to Go.

be done. The matter was then taken
up formally by AIr. Norton and turn
ed over 20 a committee whose mem
bers are c. S Pearce. Of tsse division
Of loans; G. K Leet, Nr. Norton =
secretary; Brandon Smith. the de-
partment chemist. and As9ptant
Treasurer Pusey, Of Baltimore
il is asserted BY the committee.
which has made an investigation of
the scheme, that a. least so per cent
Of the paper money now destroyed
can be saved and reissued after il has
been washed and sterilized. The laun-
dry machines cost between 500 and
$1,000 each. and their work. according
10 the washing committee will save
the Government at least $1,000. 600 q
year
Only United States silver certhcat ates
are eligible for free baths National
bank notes and yellow backs cannot
be washed because Of the character
Of the ink used on them.
According TO the system Of cleans
ing that Is 10 be tried out. the bills
VIII be placed in sieves and run
through water Then they VIII be
thoroughly sterilized, 10 kill Of the
thousands OF microbes that they ac-
qUire through circulation and after
ward wiz be dried. FURNISHED, and re-
issued.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
-FOUR INDICTM TMENTS
IN FAST WIRE WAR
Government Again Suddenly
Active Against Alleged
Bucket Shops.

The drag net of the Department OF
Justice was dropped among the bucket
shop men again today. with the result
that four additional names have been
added 10 the twenty-nine fast wire"
operators already indicted, and two ad-
ditional true bills returned against the
Celia and Altemus forces who are said
TO operate under the name OF the stand
ard Stock and Grain Company. Of Jersey
City
The four men who were today indicted
for the first time are: Samuel w. Adler.
Of New York. c. A. Tillis. known N
New York as Cat Tillis. from mis-
habit of signing kilograms with his in
itiais: William Fox, and Z. NJ. Brown
ing. now living in Baltimore. One Of
the indictments charges a conspiracy to
commit an ohense, while the other
charges the me- with operating a
bucket shop in Washington. D. c.
Most Of the Altemus and Celia men
were caught in the simultaneous raid
which took place in several large cities
on April last, and by which the re-
lentless war against every form of mar
ginal gambling was begun by the Cow
eminent With the additional lndict-
ments, the true bills against the Stand
ard Stock and Grain people row include
Edward Altemus, Louis Celia, Angelo
Celia, Samuel X. Adler, Cat Tillis,
William Fox, Robert Hail. Samuel Ray
mOnd, Oscar J. Rappel, Z. NJ Brown
Ing, Henry c: Stunt, H r. Duryee.
and Charles Alley. Duryee was the
Washington correspondent for the
house and Alley his operator
The indictments Of today indicate a
new departure in the Government s
methods OF fighting the bucket shops.
Heretofore the charges against the
brokers have been of a violation Of the
code prohibiting conspiracy. The Gov
ernment today comes into the open and
charges a direct violation Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia law, which prohibits
bucket shops and bucketing, and which
makes unlawful the setting up OF a
gaming table.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23

Life is "tust one blamed thing after
another in the Treasury Department
these DAYS When they are not firing
clerks. giving exhibitions or labOr-sav-
ing devices to frighten the lives out Of
other clerks, or putting in new elevator
for Secretary MacVeagh. they are doing
something else along the line Of re-
trenchment or improvement.
The latest thing the committee Of re-
organizers has done is to prepare for
the establishment Of a laundry in the
department Il is not one Of these
ordinary machine laundries that run in
opposition 70 the Chinese. but a money
washing laundry laundry AIr. Norton
thinks is going TO save the Government
a million dollars a year.
It occurred TO Mr.. Norton that there
was no necessity TO destroy all the
used United States bank notes that
are turned in and ground into pulp
under the present system.
why not wash the dirt and the
microbes of the greenbacks?" Mr.
Norton asked.
Director RalpI-, OF the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. said 1t could
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
RAILROAD BILL
VOTE THIS WEEK
Aldrich Feels Certain of
Action on Measure.
Collecting Votes.

Senator Aldrich and other Republican
leaders in the Senate are expressing
hope Of getting a vote on the railroad
bill IN that body this week. The bill
viii be taken up again tomorrow, after
the naval bill. the consideration of which
goes on today, is out Of the way
Ever since Friday. Senator Aidrich
and the rest of the regular leaders have
been trying 70 round I'D votes against
the Cummins amendment which would
require the approval by the Interstate
Commerce Commission Of all proposed
increases of rates before they went into
effect.
The next big fight on features % the
bill will probably come on the capital
izatiOn control question. The insurgents
will insist on a thorough airing of this.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
CAPITAL NAY GET
CANAL TO THE BAY
Gallinger Resolution Pro
videS for Survey of Route
to Chesapeake Points.

washinSton's dream Of a ship canal
connecting the AnaCostia river with the
Chesapeake bay may be realized
Senator GaIlinger today introduced a
resolution authorizing a preliminary
survey 70 determine the most feasible
route for such a waterway.
This project has been long supported
BY the Washington Chamber Of Com
nerce. II was proposed fifty years ago
ard the question has been agitatsd from
time TO time since. This is the first
time. however. that official recognition
has been given the project
Two routes are proposed
The first is an airline canal from
Bladensburg 10 the Severn river eight
miles above Annapolis. This would be
seventeen and a half miles long.
Ire second route contemplates a va
tervay from BladensburZ &c Deep Run
on tho PatspScC river This would be
tWenty-One miles long
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
OHIOAN STILL VOTES
FOR MARK HANNA
Name of Dick Is Scratched From
Ballot and Dead Mans
Mare Inserted.
Mare Inserted

NEW PHILADELPHIA. Ohio. May q.
1t was reported today TO the Tusca-
rawas county board of election that a
voter at Uhrichsvine, at the primaries
last Tuesday, crossed the name of
Charles Dick. candidate for reelection
a. United States Senator. on the Re-
publican hal'c- and Inscribed the name
of VI. A. Hanna. Ohio's former Senator.
who died six years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
CUBAN REBELLION
MET WITH TROOPS
Gomez and War Department Ready
TO Quell Any Out-'
break.

HAVANA. May 2--Acting under Sc
cret orders from President Gomez and
the war department. troops are being
quietly moved today into the negro dis
trlcts affected by a spirit of revolt.
Utmost precautions are being taken
against any surprise and the govern
meHt believes that the troops will be
able TO quell quickly any uprising that
may come tomorrow on the date set by
the negro leaders.
Hundreds OF residents IN the sections
affected are coming into Havana They
declare there is great unrest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23

per cent, and SIS females. or II per
cent OF the 1895 wage-earners,
there were 1871, or 81 per cent, who
were sixteen years and more Of age,
and twenty-four, or 0.3 per cent, IN
der sixteen years Of age. The male
wase-earners, sixteen years and more
Of age, e,ss5. formed So per cent Of
the total for this class, while the fe-
males numbered S76, or II per cent.
There were three times as many
women in the wage-earning class as
there were in the salaried class in
the District private manufacturing
establishments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
-CITIZENS TO MEET
AND CONSIDER GAS

For the first time in the fight OF the
District against the oppression Of the
gas companies. the concentrated Opin-
ion OF the citizens OF the District is 20
be presented TO Congress concerning de-
sired legislation.
a call was issued today for a special
meeting OF the recently Fed
Grafton OF Citizens Associations 10 ac-
upon the BOriand-Cary bill for S0-cent
gas and the Coudrey resolution restrict
ing The increase OF capitalization by the
gas companies.
The meeting viii be held Saturday
Continued on Sixth PaEel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
PRICE OF LUMBER
OBJECT OF INQUIRY
Department of Justice Starts In
vestigation of Lumber
Trust.

In pursuance Of the determination of
Attorney General Wickersham to con-
tinue his investigation Of trusts dealing
in the necessaries Of life and affecting
the cost OF living, the Department of
Justice, it was ascertained today, has
started an investigation into the price
of lumber IN different sections d the
country. in erder 10 learn whether the
Lumber trust is subject TO prosecution
under the Sherman antitrust law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
THINK DEAD ITALIAN
IS ANTONIO COMITO
New York Police Believe Murdered
Man Is One Who "Peached" on
"Lupo, the Wolf"

NEW YORK. May 23.-The entire
force Of this city is working on the
theory that the mutilated body of an
italian found in the woods near the
FlatbUsh section Of Brooklyn is that Of
Antonio Comito, who. by turning State s
evidence, convicted "Lupo, the Wolf. q"
and his associates. who are serving
sentences in Atlanta for counterfeiting
The face Of the murdered man was
so mutilated that identification was i'm
possible, and there was nothing in the
clothing but q scrap of paper bearing
the address of Brooklyn Italian who
claims he does not know the dead man
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23

that the Government officials were
keeping q close watch
"FroT- whom was that message2 -
asked Sdmson.
7 .ru't know"
Arrangement With Checkers.
Splitter said that. following the raid
on the docks by Richard Parr. the
checkers who had been using the
springs came 20 him and asked him
II they were 20 lose their jobs.
I told them he said. that Ger
bracht had promised 10 take Gaze Of
them. I then went 10 Gerbracht and
asked him what was to become Of ne
and The checkers as we had an been dis
charged He told me % 20 on home
and that he would cal on me later a
my garage. He did 50 and from that
Continued on Sixth PaEel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
SQUADRON READY
TO QUELL REVOLT

PEKING. May z3.-AIinlster Calhoun has
been notified ~ Rear Admiral Hubbard
that the American Pacific squadron Is
In readiness 70 act Immediately II there
is any outbreak against the mission
aries or other foreigners in China.
The Charleston, Cleveland and Chat
tanooga are prepared 70 land marines
II they are needed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-23
SKIDOO DANCE PARTY
TO BE HELD TONIGHT

Tonight will be a big night for the
younger members of the Columbia
Turnverein, for the long-exrected ski
doc Dancing Party will be held in the
club house, e2S NJ street northwest. be-
ginning at S O'Clock sharp
The dance Is being given for the ben
eft Of the turnfest. prize class which
will compete in the Turnfest TO be held
in Baltimore, May .. IS. and q, and Is
Of the Columbia Turnverein.