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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
THE TRUNK MISTER Y.
Worldwide Search for Porter Charlton,
Husband of Mary scott Castle Chari-
ton, whose body was found In Trunk
in Lake Como.

in Lake Como.
Como, Italy, June 1.-THE whole
OF Italy is being searched today ana
the seas are being strewn with wireless
messages in an effort to apprchend
Porter Charlton, of Washington, the
youthful husband of Mrs. Mary 5. {.
Charlton, whose mutiliated body was
taken from a trunk found i'll Lake
Como yesterday.
The theory that Charlton also was
slain has been. abandoned by the
police. There are reports that he was
seen in Como as late as last Wednesday.
The authorities cling to the belief
that there may be 3 connection be
tween the murder OF Mrs Charlton and
the death of Miss Estclla Reid, the girl
whose body was found on the beach at
Naples on April "A.
The proprietor Of the Suisse Hotel
in Como, where the Clarltons stopped
for few days before taking up their
residence in the cottage near MoltrasIo,
was examined by the police today re-
gardng Charlton's alleged mistrcat-
mcut o! his wife. He admitted that
the stories OF cruelty we're true and
repcatcd his statement that the couple
uuarrcled so violently and that Charl-
ton treated his wife SO badly that he
was forced to expel them from the
hotel
The police believe that Charlton,
who is at least twelve years younger
than his wife, soon tired OF her after
their marriage three months ago, III
formation having been received from
America that he married her as the
result of a sudden infatuatiOn.
1t is practically certain that Mrs.
Charlton died from suffncatlon after
her body was crammed into the trunk.
Today's poSl-motcm revealed seven
wounds on the head but they are
not believed to have been sufficient
in themselves to cause death. They
undoubtedly rendered her unconscious,
in which condition the body was wrap
ped in a heavy stripe of cloth and
crowded into the trunk.
Ismolatoff, according To story
told the police today made inquiries Of
some fishermen ON Lake Como early
i'm the week rs to the deepest part OF
the lake.
New York, June 11.-Thc last word
received from Mrs. Mary Castle Charl-
ton by her brother, Captain Henry
Fl. Scott, Of the United States army,
now stationed at Fort Wright, Fischer's
Island, was latter dated April IL,
telling of her marriage and that she
and her husband planned to live in
Frankfort Germany, for Two years.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
6lST. CONGRESS
SENATE,

Discussion OF the tariff was continued
in the Senate today. The galleries
were almost deserted and but compare
lively few senators were III attendance.
Everything bore a holiday appearance.
. Senator Clay opened the debate,
saying there was absolutely no reason
Why $3.50, 900 should be appropriated
for tariff board. All obtainablc facts
and figures, he said, had repeatedly
been obtained and no necessity exists
for duplicating the work.
Senator Galinger admitted that the
republicans in the coming congressional
elections must stand or. fall by the
Payne Aldrich bill. He would not
look SO far ahead as 1912.
During the debate Mr.. Aldrich said:
eff the whole business OF this govern
mcnt were turned over to business
man $500. 100000 could be saved.
That is what | said and repeat it, Of
course that is not feasible. If the gov
crnment's affairs could be turned over
to an individual thirty per cent could
easily be saved. | cannot predict what
will be done in the way of appropria-
tons.
The tariff board plan was defended
by Senator Aldrlch al length, He said
it was necessary to enforce the maxi
mum and minimum feature OF the law,
He said the tariff board feature Of the
present act was written by himself
without q single suggestion from Sena-
tor Bcveridgc or any other person.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate Yesterday resumed CON
sid, ration of the sundry civil appopration
bill.
Senator Beverage. addressed the
Senate for nearly three hours in advo-
cacy of n strong tariff commission and
in support of the provision Of the bill
apprnpraring 500, 600 for continuing
the work OF the tariff board. The
Senator WAS sharply questioned byScna-
tors .Aldrich. Hale, and Gallingcr. After
Mr.. Beverage concluded, Senator Hale
attacked the tariff commission idea put
forward by Mr. Bcvcridgc aS an attempt
to destroy the AldrichPaync tariff law
The consideration Of the bill was not
completed. and it will be resumed to-
dav, when other inSur9cnt republican
senators will talk in favor Of the tariff
commission.
Confcrces on the omnibus lighthouse
bill reached an agreement and their re
port was adopted by the Senate. The
bill carries total appropriation Of
81 .35S, $50. Among the new aids to
navigation authorized was go. 900 for a
range light at Norfolk.
The conference report on the rivers
and harborS bill, carrying in arproprla-
tons and authorization Sol 81 us. was
agreed to by the House.
The general deficiency bill. Carrying
s.. 7333 .573. was reported.
The democrats and insurgents again
defeated the plan toapproprla;c money
for automobiles for the Vice President
and the Speaker. These two items
were sent back Ia the cOnferccS on the
Legislative, executive. and judicial bill.
All other portions Of the conference re-
port were agreed to. The confcrccs
will again cndeavor to come 10 some
understanding upon the provisions for
automobiles.
The conference report on the naval
bill was partially agreed to. The senate
amendment providing for the building
of a battlcship in government navy
yard was accepted.
The confrrccS on the omnibus
light house bill reached a final agree
ment yesterday. ~ passed by the House
the bill carried 81 .O65. 100. all thc>"
items being agreed upon III conference.
The graduating class of the I'M
vcr>ity Of Virginia law school mum
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set .Adrift In Boat.

Baltimore. Md. June l1.-Mlss
Mary Donaldson, a prerosscssng
young woman, wants $4,000 damages
from James Walsh because Of cruel
treatment while taking Il boat ride.
Walsh invited Miss Donaldson to ac-
company him to Millcr's island. and
while there they wen, for a row on
the river. When some distance out
Walsh. according to the young woman,
insisted upon having Il kiss, and when
this was refused threatened to over
turn the boat When she still persisted,
he took the oars from the boat and
cast her adrift. The bill gives no cx-
PLANTATION of what happened subsequent
" or how Walsh himself reached shore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11

Nix ROOSEVELT told his Oxford audi
encc on Tuesday that while president
he pursued no course toward any ma
lion that he would not have felt Jusll-
fled in r,Irsuing toward an individual.
But. saws the Philadelphia Record, II
he had acted toward any individual is
m, government of which he WAS the
head acted toward the Republic of Co
lombia seven years ago hc would have
landed in the penitcntiary, with a long
sentence ovcrhanging him. In his dis
membermcnt Of Colombia, As IN his
urgency while assistant secretary OF the
navy that fleet should be sent out to
intercept Cervcra's fleet he went as far
outside Of moral as Of International
law. The individual" he said, can
depend for his rights upon the courts,
which themselves derive their force from
the police power of the state. The nation
can depend upon nothing OF the kind. ]"
That is true. and no American states
man has gone further than Mr.. Roosc-
welt in taking advantage of the absence
of law to establish might in the place of
right.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
ALEX ANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE IL.

THAT the blood of the murdered
crieth for vcngcnce was shown shorty
after our first parents were expelled from
the Garden Of Eden. No matter what
precautions are taken to cover up CRIME
murders generally will out. The lind
ing yesterday OF the body OF
Mrs Charlton, an American woman, III
a trunk. weighted down by stones, IN
Lake Como, Italy, is another attrStatlon
Of the truth OF the saying. The ne"
fishermen became entangled III the
r.reptacIe which was brought 70 the sur
face. Upon being opened the ghaSlly
remains Of a woman, who Is believed
to have been placed in the trunk
while still alive, were exposed. Inc
police of continental Europe are now
cndcayoring to locate her husband,
Porter Charlton. A horrid murder was
committed in this city several years ago
and the body Of the victim, with one
lunp removed and otherwise mulitatcd
to prevent its floating, was buried in the
Potomac. Two weeks later while two
Young men we're dragging for lost
anchor they hooked the body and
brought it to the surface. Had it not
been for the accidental discovery the
disappcarcuce of George Curtin would
never have been explained.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
COIiRT OF APPEALS.

Proceedings III the Court ot Appeals
at WythcvilIe yesterday. were as fol-
lows
Wears Is. SaIyer. Argument con
cudcd and submitted.
Clinchiicld Coal Company v. Wheel
cr's administrator, partly argued and
continued until Monday.
The next cases to be called are a
follows: Meade ct aI ". King ct al.
JuStlls ". W. VI. Ritter Lumber Com
panv: Norfolk and Western Railway
Company vs. Dixie Tobacco Company
Hall *. Graham. sheriff and admins
traitor: Barnes ct ais. ". Crockett : AL
miniStratOr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
THE LAKE COMO MYSTERY.

As WAS stated in II dispatch IN yes
tcrday'S Gazette, the body Of Il woman
found in trunk was iishcd out OF
Lake Como Thursday in front OF Mol
trasio by fishermen.
The body has been identified as that
Of an American writer or actress, named
Mary Crittcndcn Castle, OF New York.
Last May she arrived ut Mol
trasio with a man aged %. whom she in
trodured as her husband They re-
ceivcd mail addressed To Porter
Charlton" and made the acquaintance
OF a Russian, 80 years old, ConstantIn
Ipoathoff. OF st. Petersburg.
{, Some DAYS ago a woman went TO the
Hotel Suissic, at Como. Her alleged
husband quarrclcd with her so violently
there that the hotclkccpcr turned them
out at . O'Clock in the morning. They
hired boat and returned to MoItraslo.
Nothing was seen of them for four days.
1t is stated the woman in the trunk had
not died Of the wounds in the head and
doubtless had been shut in the trunk
and thrown in the lake while still
alive.
The police arrested 4 Russian sup
posed to have assisted the murderer
and are actively searching after her
young companion, who said he was a
bank clerk in New York.
The Milan police believe the crime
was connected with the murder of Miss
Reid. who was drowned ut Naples.
Mary Scott Castle was as emotional
Woman with a spectacular career
She startled New York on August
3 last by shooting William i.
Craig New York lawyer, as he stood
in Peacock Alley at the Waldorf As
toria. But her revolver was pathetic
ally small, the bullet was detected by Il
fountain pen in Craig's pocket and he
was uniniurcd.
Mrs. Castle. trembling and hystercal.
was taken to police station, where, be-
tween sobs. she said that she had not
meant to kill Craig, but that he had
done her great wrong. Craig, though
inclined 70 rcticence, said the woman
was in love with and had pursued him.
He is married and lives in New York.
Mrs. Castle was subsequently released
under $4,000 bail furnished by her
brother, Capt Henry Harrison Scott,
u. 5. A. who hurried hithcr from the
south when appriScd Of his sister :
plight The case never came to trial
and Mrs. Castle was discharged in Sep
tember last after Craig had appeared
before the grand jury and declined to
press the charge.
Thereafter Mrs. Castle dropped from
public view until dispatches from the
west told of the granting Of Il decree Of
divorc.. ut Nome. Alaska, to her nus
band, Neville H. Castle. Il San Francis
co lawyer.
Mrs. Castle was pretty woman and
brief stage career in New York inter
spersed her life of excitement. This
was after her marriage to Castle. which
took place in San Francisco more than
10 years ago.
She was 81 years old and the daughter
Of H. II. Scott, OF San Francisco.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
Improved PASSENGER Train Service via
Southern Railway.

Effective Monday. Jum" I:Ih. 1910.
trains Nos. - and 2Ii viii he changed
10 Nos. l.! and II. lravin% Washington
3:2I y. m. Alexandra 80 =. m. daily
.rNrcrr sunday. aud sill h" operated
hctwrrn Washington and ilarrISonburS,
-topuing only ~ Important intermediate
points. arri wing llnrrI>onhur% 17b =. IN
30. II returning will arriy" Al"NandrIa
HE'S u. M. Washington II 80 Il. m. These
train, will handle Pullman Buffet Parlor
Cars. thus giving patrons accelerated
service To- The Valley 81 Virginia and
IItrriSOnhurg.
Effective sane dale. train 40. I'll.
daily except SUNDAY. viii lcav" Wash
in-ton i:o p. m. Alexandria ~ =. m.
and will be- operated through Ia N>rrcn-
ton and iIarrisomhur@. arriving Warren
ton $50 =. m. Ilarri~unhlr- ln"I' l.. M.
making all stops Ut iml"rm"dIat" points.
Thus giving our local patrons OF The
lIarrisOnhur@ and Warr"nt"n branches
more tim" in Washington ana AicAAh-
dria in which 10 attend /" business
engagements and shopping.
For detail Information ana schedules
Apply nearest ticket agent or writ" l.. ,.
Brown. Gen. 4 @cnt. 400 Fifteenth street,
northwest. Washington. u. E.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
President TAFT and the country are

PRESIDENT TAFT and the country are
confronted in the conference upon the
railroad bill by exactly the. same situa-
ton that eyiSted wien the tariff bill
was committed to a conference com
mittce, also dominated by Senator AL
drich. Again the president has uttered
q plea for the observance of pledges
given the people in the republican ma
tional platforH and repeated many
titles 10y the president himself in his
speeches to the public, and again Sen
ator Aldrich the boss, has declared
that these pledges and promises are not
to be regarded, but his own promises
to his democrat allies and the great in
lereStS he and they represent are alone
to hc considered Great is Senator al
drich.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Clara Morris, the actress. who is i'll,
may have her home sold over her head
to satisfy Il mortgage in Ionkers, \. \.
Sir Charles Hardingc has been APP
pointed British viccroy of India i'll sue
ccssion To the Earl of Mimic.
The Russian Douma has passed the
Finnish bill giving that body authority
over the Finnish diet.
DR.. Frank T. BouIlingcr. IL we'll
known veterinarian Of New York, killed
himself because OF the death OF his
bride
Congressman John Dalzcll yesterday
evening secured an injunction to pre-
vent Il recount of the ballots in the
Thirticth congressional district in
Pennsylvania.
Three persons were injured and
many barely escaped ut 11:13 last
night. when a north-bound Forest Glen
car turned over at Buttcrnut street and
Georgia avenue. Washington.
4 body Of rcvolutioniSts attacked the
town OF Nandaine. between Rvas and
Granada. Nicaragua. yesterday, and cut
the telegraph wires. After eight hours
fighting, however, the government
troops forced them to withdraw.
The government will 60 into business
against the food trust, the army and
navy will get better and cheaper eat
ables, and Washington will have cold
storage plant built by the government
at cost of 81, 500, 900, if the bill to be
introduced by Mr.. Stanley, OF Ken
lucky, becomes law.
Declaring compulsory vaccination a
crime and AN insult TO common
sense" Harry f. Bradford president
Of the Anti-compulSory Vaccination
Society Of the District OF Columbia, yes
tcrday afternoon appealed 10 the law
and legislation committee Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce To use lis influence III
having repealed the law making varci-
nation compulsory in the District.
DR.. Donald Hood, writing to the
London Lancet, propounds the theory
that appendicitis is contagious. He
SAYS: If the disease is due, rs | be-
licvc. to the effect of microblc influence
the micro-organism may, under certain
conditions. he conveyed from lndvld-
uaI to individual" DR.. Hood dwclIs
gravcly on the great increase i'll the
number of cases and points out that
within recent years the type OF the dis
ease has changed being now much more
virmlcnt than formerly.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company yesterday awarded Il con
tract for Improvements 1T Harrison
burg, Ia cost in the ncighbOrhood Of
$50. 600. including the erection Of II
passenger station The new station
will be located west Of German street.
between west Market and west Water
streets. The city Of lIarris"nburg has
purchased property to open Il new
street leasing from German street To
the station.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
Echo of Guild Hall Speech.

London, June 1.-THE influence Of
ex-Prcsident Theodore Roosevelt Is be
licved today by leading English poll
ticians to be partly responsible for the
appointment Of Sir Charles Hardlngc,
permanent under-sccrctary of state, to
succeed the Earl OF Mimic as viccroy
of India.
1t is argued that Rooscvclt's Guild
Hall speech, which urged England to
exercise more rigid rulcin Egypt, de
cidcd the government 10 adopt more
rcpressivc rule in India, where the
growth 81 the nationalist movement Is
one of the most serious problems now
confronting the government.
Hardingc is recognized rs an adro-
cate Of force and will undoubtedly
adopt policy far different from that
followed by Lord Mimic and other re
cent viccroys Of India.
1t is believed, too. that Lord klch-
clcr favored the appointment OF iar-
dinge for this reason Hardingc pos
sesscs tremendous influence in govern
mental affairs, and should he meet
with opposition in his iron-hand rule,
il is believed he has sufficient strength
10 embarrass, il not overthrow. the adj
ministratlon.
Harduge's selection was big sur
prise to the politicians who generally
credited the report Of few days ago
that Sir Lewis Harcourt was to get to
Minto's post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
VIRGINIA y EWS.

Miss Jeanette Virginia Milton and
Mr.. Cecil O'Bannon. both of Fairfax
Court House, We're married in Rock
vile, Md. Wednesday afternoon. the
officiating minister being Rev. W. D..
kecnc, pastor of the Southern Mcrho-
dist Church.
Four thousand five hundred and
twenty-five automobile owners have
taken out license ut the office Of the
secretary Of the commonwealth Ia
operate their machines over the roads
of Virginia, and it is believed III equal
number OF vehicles remain to be reg
iStercd.
JacuucIin Marshall Robertson. for
over 10 years cashier of the People 5
National Bank at Charlottesville died
yesterday morning Of pneumonia. Mr..
Robertson was born in DanvilIc in
1864. He was the son Of the late Cap
tain Harrison Robertson and his first
wife. Eliza CEarkson Marshall. Of FaI-
uuicr county, granddaughter of John
Marshall. the great chief justice. Be
sides his widow he leaves one brother.
Harrison Robertson ir., Of DanviIlc.
Suit was instituted iii Richmond
yesterday by Fire Chief John Red
wood against the Richmond News
Leader for $4,000 damages. He
charges wiIIful defamation Of character
in an article published by that paper
last March in which il is minated. he
says, that he had been guilty Of IT.
Irregularities rs trustee for the estate
Of Molly White, ncgrcSS, during
and subsequent to her incarceration
on Il tive-year term in the Virginia
penitcntiary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
The Coming Fight.

San Francisco, CAL, June 1l.-Thc
arena at Eighth and Market streets,
in which JcffricS and Johnson will dc
battle Oh July t, is beginning to show
some kind of shape and the contractors
declare it will be fully completed by
July |. 1t is now onc-third completed
and shows monster size. Builders de
clare it is the greatest structure OF It's
kind ever attempted, being 400 feet
square and with sufficient room to ac-
commodatc 3S, 600 persons comfort
ably.
Promoters believe the arena will he
jammpd Oh the day of.thc big fight The
seats will range from 50, To 500, and
it is no idle boast to declare that the
gate receipts will reach somewhere III
the ncighborhood of $250, 900 or $500,
600. As Rickard and Gleason, the
promoters, have put up purse OF
Sl01 900 and will have spent another
500, 600 on preliminary expenses by
the day Of the fight. they will probably
make SO 900 or 500, 900 out Of the
gate receipts, as well as one third of the
moving pictures. As these will prob
ably be worth $500, 000-a bid Of $3.50,
900 has already been rece!ved--it is
easy TO see how Richard and Gleason
will cut 100000 a piece out OF
the big battle. The sale of seats shows
that S114, 600 worth have already been
disposed of, while the total reservations
to date reach 5000, 600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11


MISREPRESENTATION OF the result uf
the Iowa primaries and fake conven-
ton in Wisconsin. described as the re-
publican state convention, when 1t Is
known thai state conventions We're
abolished hy the Wisconsin primary
law, are used by the reactionary forces
OF the country in an effort TO deceive
the general public into the belief that
progres, and clean politics have re-
ccivvd Il setback. Just what effect the
attempted deception may have is not
clear. bun the false pretense is fooliug
no one we'll informed. The progress
iseS made great gains in Iowa and lost
nothing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11

THE Lincoln Memorial Road Assu-
citation formed 10 promote the con
struction by The federal government oi
a memorial road in honor of Abraham
LINCOLN from Washington to Gettys-
burg. Pa. was organized in New York
a few days ago. An association 10 con-
Struct a memorial road from Washing
ton 10 Mount Vernon was organized
several years ago but is meeting with
Very little encouragement from the
government. But this proposed road
is south Of the Potomac
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11
Aviation Trip Abandoned.

New York, June ia combination
of a southeast gale and heavy rain in
terfercd today with the proposed flight
of Charles X. Hamilton in his aero
plane from this city to Philadelphia
and return. and the attempt was post
poned until Monday. Hamilton has
his machine under cover at Governor s
island and will tune it up late today if
the weather permits. He may make a
series of short flights over the upper
bay tomorrow.
He has equipped his machine with
a new. sevenfoot long propeller, which
is expected to develop more thrust than
any lie has used. He declared today
that if he has used He declared to-
day that if his plans work out he will
cover the ninety miles separating this
city and philadelphia in less than an
hour and half.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-11

Mrs.. Winslow'~ soothing syrup ~ the
prescription of one Of IN" best female
phv>ican- and nurses in the United
States. and has been used for fifty years
with ncvcr-Etiling success by millions OF
mnihcrS for their children. II relieves
the child from pain. cures dmrrii"c"l.
gripping in the bowels. and wind collie.
BY givin. health Ia tItr child it rests the
mother. twenty-five cents bottle.