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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-23
Traces ChIoroform Bottle.

Mrs. Cain said she bought the ch!oro-
form TO Kill a dog. he continued. adding
that she had discussed this with Giedel
and Patrick McGann, a friend Of the
prisoner. whom he had taken into his
room.
The bottle was handed 10 Giedel 70 re-
turn TO its place in the bathroom. Mrs.
cain thought it had been returned there,
hut could not find IL when she went with
the detectives to search for it. She
identified the bottle produced by them,
the one taken from Jackson's room. as
her bottle. She then recalled. as did
McGann. that Giedel had asked If there
was enough in the bottle ''to kill man. D"
Mr. Mott went on.
A search Of GiedeIs effects produced a
bloody cravat and evidence which en-
abled the police 20 find watch and
chain stolen from the murdered man.
McGann. said Mr. Mott. will testify
that about 30 o'clock on the night OF
the murder Giedel left HIM In Bryant
park. saving he had 10 see a man. Nc
lontinued on nfth mage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-23
To Prove Fermentation.

Mr. Mott said Giedel would be proved
guilty Of murder in the first degree, not
only because he took another's life when
committing a felony. but because he did
so with deliberation and generalization
He said:
More than twenty-four hours before this
murder he DrOvided himself with bottle
of chlorofOrm after inquiring whether y
WIS enough 10 Kill man ana theh wen ven
20 the hotel. intending TO commit the ROD
berv and use the ChlOrOfOrm, no matter
what effect II had upon MS victim.
In this city there are thousands or men
living in hotels who. IL Is not too much 20
saw. are at the mercy of employees and IL
il FOR this Jury 10 give this case serious
consideration-tO determine whether tnlS
defendant. when confronted win this
chloroform bottle. told the truth before ne
had a chance 20 make up d defence
The nearest thing 10 an outline Of the
defence thus far made public was con-
tanned in the following question. read
TO each talesman.
II YOU were convinced from all the evil
dence in the case that the decedent met
his death while attempting 20 commit a
crime upon the person OF the defendant
and while the defendant was attempting
10 protect himself from the deCedeut and
uTgFpnf me fOiuinlSrlDH OF HAiA Il ilAll4'i
would the fact. If 10 IL proven. that the
defendant did prior 20 the attempting Of
tho decedent 10 commit the crime upon
defendant. steal from the precedent. preju-
dice YOU against the defendent and pre-
vent YOU from rendering a fair and Impair
tial verdict
rhe suggestion in this question was
completely ignored by Mr. Mott in his
opening address. on the night Of the
crime. he said. Jackson went to his room
early. as was his custom. A short time
before this. he said. the cook and a
waiter In the hotel saw Giedel. who had
been employed there as bellboy and
discharged. skulking in the basement.
The next morning chambermaid
found Jackson's body in his room. ad-
Joining the apartment Of District At
tornev Whitman. The detectives found
an empty chloroform bottle, bearing the
label Of a druggist In East Newark, y. ].
The chlorofcrm had been purchased by
q Mrs. cain. Of No. 247 West 50th street.
This city. Mr. Mott said. She had as a
lodger in her house Paul Giedel, the de-
fendant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-23
Premier Is Apprised.

NJ Caillaux the Premier, was imn1e-
diately apprised of the disappearance or
Mona Lisa" and after a hurried con-
ference with VI. Lepine the Prefect OF
Police. al the Ministry Of the Interior.
VI. Lepine set off for the Louvre. accom-
panied by VI. Hamard. chief Of the de-
tective bureau. and these well known
officials. reinforced by the entire STAFF OF
detectives. remained until night indus
triously searching the Louvre for the
missing masterpiece.
The most remarkable feature Of the
case is that the picture appears 10 nave
been taken early yesterday morning,
without its absence being remarked un-
Ill noon to-day. AT 7:3O o'clock yester-
day morning two masons were passing
through the Salon Carre, when one of
them pointed 70 the Mona Lisa and
said 10 his comrade: THAT is the finest
picture in the Louvre"
An hour afterward one of the attend
ants. in going through the Salon, no.
ticed that the picture was missing, but
believing il had been removed by one
Of the photographers. who have the
privilege Of taking photographs in the
Louvre ne merely said: Hello. Jo-
conde' has gone 70 the photographers
again. on the other hand. another D.
fetal believes he remembers seeing the
painting at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Georges Benedite. acting conservator
of the Louvre. is inclined 20 believe the
removal Of the painting is the work u
a practical joker, pointing out that such
a world famous art treasure would be a
white elephant in the hands Of 4 thief.
as il would be utterly impossible 70 dis
pose II il. At the same time, however.
NJ. Benedite does not altogether aban-
don the hypothesis Of theft.
There is a scaffold against the FACADE
OF the building placed there In connec-
ton with the installation Of an elevator
Rv this scaffold il would be easy 70 enter
and leave the building. and person
acquainted with the interior and pro-
vided with keys 70 the various rooms
could easily reach the Salon Carre.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-02-04
CECIL waIe, ELKToN MARYLAND, SATURDAY,

why then did make the contracts?
This claim is so absurd it carries its
own refutation My contracts con-
tanned the customary clause obligating
the buyer to assume import or export
duties on other Governmental charges,
but never was there the slightest inti-
nation TO me that any tax would be
imposed by the German Government
that would invalidate my contracts I'M
til ten days after | had secured them,
when Geheimrath Kempner Chen a
director and now the president OF the
Kali Syndicate) came to me and
threatened that unless | compromised
my contracts in some manner satisfac-
tory to the Syndicate, the German
Government would pass law which
would invalidate them He also said
that he made this C,atement upon the
authority OF the Minister Of Trade and
Commerce OF Prussia.
MIR. Huston correctly states that
the real tax is trifling. being from Is
cents TO o5 cents per tom this tax APP
uears in a clause OF the law separate
from that containing the penalty lax
and is the only kind OF tax tiial was
provided for in the contracts.
Mr.. Huston also states correctly:
1T is the tax on overproduction
that is worrying the American BUYERS
and lurther on, in explaining what the
overproduction tax really is, he states:
Should mine go beyond this in
exceeding its lair and lawful quota, it
must pay a tax on its overproduction,
which is so high as to be prohibitive.
That expresses it exactlv fNis
Qverproduction or penalty =: IN
tended to be 'prohl:.i,e,' Tor the only
mines which wcthd overproduce their
sllotn = we're the mines which had
- ,heff entire output to the Ameri-
Can buyers. Consequently these are
the only mines that are affected by the
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German Kali Works. is able to quote
price on Potash Salts from S.. 50 to
$3.50 per ton less than American Fer
tilizer Manufacturers who pay the tax
OF $22.oo per ton. 1t will also show
that i'll doing this the Potash Trust is
making an enormous profit. which no
doubt accounts for their sudden inter
est in the welfare OF the American
farmer.
Although the German Kali Works
are going to some pains to explain to
the public that they are the only ones
who are, or have been in the past, will
ing to sell Potash to the farmers di-
rect, we think that our readers are
sufficiently well posted to know that
heretofore the German Kali Works
have positively refused to sell Potash
to farmers direct and forbade Ameri-
can Fertilizer Manufacturers to resell
Potash purchased from them below
certain figures that the German. Kali
Works themselves fixed. Any manu-
facturer who did so would have his
supply OF Potash cut off.
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WHAT THE TAX MEANS I
AMERICAN FARMERS.

In spite OF the fact that Potash is
costing the American Fertilizer Mahu
lecturers so much more this season,
and in spite OF the fact that the prices
OF such fertilizer materials as bone,
blood and tankage, which are used III
such enormous quantities, have adj
vanced to a figure hitherto unknown in
the history OF the business, we know
OF no reputable fertilizer manufactures
who has raised the price to farmers
this year. The manufacturers are
standing this heavy Potash tax oui
their own pockets, and yet, if the
American Government does not effect
some relief, raise in price is :. 40
come, and the American farmers, O.
necessity, will suffer
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
The following article by Mr. Robert
Bradley, OF the American Agricultural
Chemical Company, is quoted from
the Journal OF Commerce Bulletin,
Date OF Saturday, December II, 1910.
Alter you have read it through we be-
lieve you will understand the Potash
Situation better than you ever have
before, and that you will feel it your
duty as patriotic American citizen
to write to the President OF the United
States, and to your Senator and Rep
Preventative requesting that our Gov
,ernment take positive action to rem
.edy this unjust state OF affairs.
= You have called my attention to
IAN interview in The Journal OF Com.
rmerce and Commercial Bulletin OF
: December TO- by H. A. Huston, OF the
German Kali Syndicate, in which h,
attempts to discredit statements viii,
Il made in the New York Sun OF No
Eivember 20. In this he says:
: in the contracts which are the bone
OF contention the American Fertilize
- Manufacturers agreed to assume
taxes imposed by the German Govern
.ment. They knew that some regula-
a,tion OF the production had been under
v Consideration for some years, and that
,aasuch regulation was imperative in
,aeder to conserve the potash supp,
e* -
+" Mr. Huston assumes to have knowl-
edge that was previously advised
, that the German Government would
.invaldate any contract | might make.
ii had knowledge OF such intention,
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heavy penalty tax; and this was the
clear intent OF the law to make this
tax SO excessive that the filling OF the
American contracts by these two
mines would be 'prohibitive, the tax
being nearly $50 per cent above the
American contract prices f. o. b. the
mines.
Continued on Page ~
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Ththe Adlon Hotel in Berlin by Och
What does the Governor take the
people OF Maryland for, when he ut
tiers such stuff for their acceptance?
Does he imagine that we are such
children or imbeciles as not to know
that this State is being loaded with
a bonded Indebtedness which promises
to reach a staggering nronortion? 1t
is a BONDED debt, but it is DEBT.
1t is an l. O. U. and one which will
have to be met when it natures, as
the people will find out as the tax
rate mounts higher and higher during
the - coming years - THAT, THAT TAX :
CAUSE THAT DEBT HAS GOT
TO BE PAID. The mere fact that
it is in the form OF bond or bonds
makes it none the less DEBT, and
ior the Governor to talk OF our
being free OF debt shows either
a want o, sincerity or want OF intel
ligence that is disgusting in State
Chief Executive.
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Now it is thus clear that two large
Mines that could easily supply the
American manufacturers, would, in 50
doing, greatly exceed their quota, so
much SO, that their allotment or quota,
would be reduced to nothing, and
thus all OF their Potash would have to
bear this heavy tax
On the other hand, the German
Potash Syndicate, or Trust, is com
bination OF great man different
Mines, so that, taken together they can
produce and ship an enormous amount
OF Potash without any one Mine eX-
ceeding its quota or mourning the
heavy production tax.
This will make plain to our readers
the reason why, at the present mo-
ment, the German Potash Trust Cor
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-02-04
DEPENDS ON WHAT OK Is GORED

"HE past week has furnished a
fine illustration OF the fact that
u most OF us look at the free
trade VS.. protection controversy pure
ly from the standpoint OF our own
personal interests. President Taft
brought forward the terms OF his pro-
posed reciprocity agreement with
Canada and how OF protest went up
from every section OF these U. S,
where the remC.si OF the protective
tariff would affec: that sections Local
industries. The most significant and
instructive leature OF the whole affair
was the way it unmasked the So
called insurgents or "progressives'
OF the Middle West These gentle
men nave been making heap OF fuss
about the iniquity OF the PayneAld
rich tariff and the way it has bur-
dened the people with the increased
cost OF living Well, the ''recipro-
city agreement with Canada would
be supposed to reduce the cost OF liv-
ing-that is, it would take the duty
off OF Canadian wheat and dairy pro-
ducts and admit them free to this
count TN And t. Tnu would eXnert, !.
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&. ~
M1vEYoNE!.' 7. 1 Potash
Hmer
E TAX CAME ABOUT.
I German Potash Syndicate,
expired June 30. 1000. Be


contract was made with one OF the
largest German Potash Mines to sup
ply large American Fertilizer Manu-
facturer at low prices ior a period OF
two years, with an option to extend
these contracts Tor a longer time
Shortly after this about o5 other
American Manufacturers secured SINH
lar contracts. When the new Syndi-
cate was formed, it was, OF course, APP
parent that if these contracts, made by
the two large mines referred 10, were
allowed to stand, it would mean an
enormous loss in their profits and Incl
dentally great saving to American
Fertilizer Manufacturers, and as re-
suit OF this, a great saving to Ameri-
can farmers.
The action of the Potash Syndicate,
or Trust (known in this country as the
German Kali Works., is well set forth
by Mr. Robert s. Bradley, OF the
American Chemical Company, and we
quote the following from his letter OF
November 25th, 1910 The remarks
that Mr.. Bradley makes about the way
the Potash law affects his contracts
apply with equal force to the contracts
OF the Independent Fertilizer Manufac-
turers OF this country. Mr. Bradley
was in Berlin when the new Syndicate,
or Trust, was lormed, and he says:
Within a week ! was waited on at
IN l.
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
NOTICE!

We are going TO discon-
finue the Music Business.
All of our music and mu-
sicsI instruments will be
sold out at ~ the original
price.
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
GEORGETOWN

GEORGETOWN, Del, June S.-From
one acre of land this year Oscar Pep
per, a local meat cutter. has cleared
up more than 500 on his Strawberries.
Most of the fruit has been selling for
SO and S4 the S2-quart crate.
Children's Day exercises will be
held in Wesley NJ. E. Church Sunday
evening An interesting program
has been prepared
The Denver Cottage at Rehoboth
has been leased for the season by
Mr.. and Mrs w. S. Lacey OF this
town.
The graduating class Of the Lans-
ford, Pa, High School will be ad-
dressed by Superintendent Of Sussex
Schools F. j. Hardesty on Thusday
night
Although he is 70 years old. Will
liam A. Faucet Of this town. took a
horse back ride with his son. Linford
p. Faucet. manager of the II. X. Mul-
ford Medical Comapny. Philadelphia.
this week. while the latter was on a
visit here. This is the first horse
back ride that Mr.. Faucet has en-
ioyed I'm more than a score Of years.
James Camp will commence July
29, and Zoar August II. Both are on
rickson of this town.
the charge Of the Rev. James L. Der
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
DRAW JURORS FOR
SUSSEX COURT

GEORGETOWN. Del, June S-Jury
Commissioners Henry A. Houston OF
Millsboro, and Curtis E. Davis. of
Laurel, drew the following petit iur-
ors to serve at the June term of the
Superior Court, and the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions. and additional jurors
for the Court Of oyer and Terminer.
which will sit on June %:
Petit Jurors-First Representative
district: George r. Clendaniel, Albert
Archer. Charles NJ. Tatman; Second:
Harry r. Wright William Hatfield,
Nehemiah II. Wiley; Third; John ].
Kinder, Jesse Obier, Asbury Brown;
Fourth: Isaac S. Wootten, Curtis S.
Rogers, Robert Spicer; Fifth: James
w Bailey, Frank A. Robertson, Eze-
kiel Kenney; Sixth: William G..
Bryan. James Edward Goslee. Henry
B. Mitchell; Seventh: William Will
liams. Chester Townsend, Cove S.
McCabe; Eighth: John Marsh. Wrix-
ham Mcllvaine; Ninth: William j..
Thoroughbred. Harry E. Hudson, AL
fred P. Pepper; Tenth. Silas ]. War
rington, Edgar w. Ingram, William ].
Westcoat, David Coverdale.
Additional petit iurors-First Rep
resentative district: William ]. Cir
withian, Joshua A. Ellegood, David H.
Argo. Robert F. Hazard; Second:
Jabez T. Wiley, ]. Frank Porter. John
p. Isaacs; Third: Martin Cannon, Err
nest Fields, Simon p. Wiley, Robert
j. Allen; Fourth: John s. Locates,
James II. Wright, Thomas II. Mes
sick; Fifth Charles E. Moore, Har-
vey B. Rodney, Harry Richardson,
Joseph NJ. spicer; Sixth; William
L.aParker, Clayton NJ Adkins, Edgar
w. Gray; Seventh Elijah Lynch,
Caleb NJ Simpler, James Townsend,
lsiah Rockwood Eighth: Otis d. JOS
eph, john 3 Steele Ninth: ELI B.
Pepper DAVID M Reynolds, Rufus
Davis; Tenth, Alfred II. King, Thomas
j. Lindale, b. Frank Walls, Elisha d.
Campbell.
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
BERRY BOXES
Are LARGER
Delaware Growers Comply
With Law to Do Business
In Boston
EIGHT MILLION BOXES
THE EMASSACHUSETTSDEMAND

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, June "a story about
Delaware strawberries about to be re-
jected in New York and Boston be-
cause of "short-weight and short
measure" quart boxes was circulated
yesterday in Boston and New York
papers, but the Delaware growers are
fearing no wholesale rejection of Del
aware fruit for two reasons. First,
nobody could reject a Delaware straw
berry when it attains the size and
color it now has; and, second, there
are few, if any short-weight straw
berry boxes being shipped from Del
aware
AS told in these columns, soon after
the Massachusetts and New York Leg
islatures passed a law requiring stand
ard and higher-weight box for berries
and small fruits, the E. L. Jones Com
pany at Dover, probably the largest
machine shop on the peninsula, be-
Ndiut tlOWutu Win oiuClo AAOLl DbA
and basket manufacturers to alter
their moulds and forms for berry
boxes. A large box mould was made
for the very purpose of conforming
with this law. The machine shops ran
on this work for several weeks. II is
fully believed by the authorities that
the Delaware fruit measures will stand
the test, Just as does the Delaware
fruit
An influential New York daily yes
terday printed the following rather
damaging accusation which is wide of
the mark in accordance with the fore
going:
"Sealer Charles B. Woolley. of the
city's weights and measures depart
ment yesterday announced his deter
mination of taking every precaution
to prevent the sale of strawberries in
short-measure boxes, and declared
that he would have deputy sealers on
hand to put into court every dealer
caught with short measure boxes in
his possession.
THE sealer made that announce
ment after learning that there are
some 20.O00,000 short-measure straw
berry boxes in Delaware, and that
eight million of the boxes are to be
shipped to the Boston market The
boxes are about three cubic inches
smaller than the Massachusetts, stand
ard quart measure, which calls for 67.2
cubis inches.
During June all the berries sold In
and around Boston are shipped from
Delaware. Yesterday, seven carloads oi
berries from North Carolina and South
Carolina reached this city and in
vestigation by Sealer Woolley and his
assistants convinced them that the
berries were packed in boxes Of stand
ard measure"
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
SomnambuIisfic Child Falls
From Window at Midniqhf

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del, June 3.-The small
son of j. Wesley Davis. a resident of
Chapel street, had a peculiar expert
ence one night this week. The little
fellow is a somnambulist and on this
night he removed the screen from one
of the second story windows and
plunged out The fall was only about
twelve feet and he escaped fatal in
jury, although he was badly hurt
A large hack load of young folk left
town last evening for Brandywine
Springs, where several hours we're
spent. The following composed the
party; Marion Miller. Olive Heisler.
Audrey Miller, Eleanor Fader, Helen
McNeal, Elsie Grier, Dora Law, Emily
Warpall, Ralph Dawson, George Hol-
ton, Simpson Hoffecker, Knowles
Bowen, Rodney Miller, Arthur
Houchin, Harvey Ferguson, the Misses
Kathryn and Alberta Heiser, chap
erones
The farmers are happy over the late
rainfall. 1t will help the hay crop, and
give those who have not plowed a
chance to plant corn. The drought will
make a short hay crop in this section.
Thomas j. Green, a farmer living
a short distance from town, thinks
some one made an attempt to steal his
horses a few nights ago. Hearing a
noise in the stable he hurriedly dress
ed and hastened to see. He found one
horse loose and two more hitched a
short distance to a fence. He believes
that the thief had returned for the
last horse when the noise frightened
him away.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore NJ Adams,
John Leslie and Miss Ella Latshan, of
Royersford, Pa, were the guest of DR..
and Mrs. William j. Rowan.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Pearce Cam, had the misfortune to
burn his hands badly by putting them
on a hot stove.
The Methodist folks of Wesley
Church. McClellandsville, have made
extensive improvements to the ex-
terror of the building. Reopening SER
vices will be held on Sunday, June A
at o'clock. The Rev. G. T. Anderson,
pastor of Newark M. E. Church will
deliver the sermon.
Miss Nellie Logan, of Wilmington
was a visitor here this week
Miss Anna Hossinger spent the
week at Atlantic City.
Evening journal., 1911-06-03
STRAW RIDE FOR
SEAFORD COMPANY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SEAFORD, Del, June 3.-The young
men of Seaford gave the young wo-
men an old-fashioned straw-ride to
Bridgeville last evening. Il was one
81 the larfgest straw-rides given in
Years. there being over forty girls and
boys. and two chaperones in the
Arty
Those participating were. Bessie
Culver. Geneva Owens. Elsie Hurley,
maybele Thompson, Arinthia Wiley,
Ethel Robinson, Elsie Benson, Helen
Coulbourn, Grace Brown. Mollie Daw-
son, Julia Donoho. Mary " Elliott,
Madeline Lord, Agnes Huston, HUI
dab Donoho, Mary Marvil. Pauline
Hney, Nina Coulbourn. Bessie Hor-
sey Helen Smith. Elsie Hurley. Buby
Burton, Emily Dulaney. Mae Porter,
Ruth Sewen. Alvin and Howard Nor
gan. Albert Leroy and Frank Hurley,
Roland Wright, Toby Thompson,
Woolsey Williams. Norman TAYLOR,
George Warrington, Halbert Robinson,
Joseph Wiley, William Ross. How
ard Galloway, William Chipman and
Milton Coulbourn. The chaperones
were Gertrude Obier and Marion Cal
laway.
The young people will give dance
IN the Opera House on Tuesday even
ing. Invitations have been issued to
the dancing clubs Of the various
towns and about two hundred per-
sons. including out-of-town guests are
expected 10 be present Music Will
be furnished by Elliott's Orchestra. OF
Wilmington. Dancing Will begin at
$50.