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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
400 HEROES SLAIN
FRENCH WARSHiP LlBERTE
CATCHES ON FIRE AND MAG
AZlNES EXPLODE.
FEW JUMP AND SAVE LIVES
Sailors Work Desperately to Save Yes
sci From Flames, Needless of
Their Own Safety-Debris Carries
Death to Other Ships.

Toulon, France.--An appalling naval
disaster attended with enormous loss
of life occurred at daylight. when the
battleship Liberte, one Of the finest
vessels in the navy, blew up in this
harbor. The death loss is estimated
from 300 up to 400 or more. The killed
include officers and men of the Lii
oerte, and also large number of
those from nearby warships.
The precise cause of the fire and ex.
plosion is still matter of speculation.
The Liberte was anchored In the road,
stead, where she had lain since the re-
view of the feet by President Fal-
Heres on September 4. Around her
and not far away were her companion
ships, all of which by the very force
Oh the explosion added from their own
crews to the list of the Liberties
dead. The Verite was the nearest at
hand, and the flying fragments and
bursting shells played havoc with the
panic-stricken sailors helplessly watch
ing the fire from the decks.
1t was O'Clock In the morning
when the fire was discovered, and
many of the Liberties crew were
asleep. The alarm was sounded and
the order given to flood the hold, a
useless effort in the quick rush of the
flames.
Almost Immediately series of deaf
ening explosions fell upon the air.
The Liberte shook from one end to
hnl
armor and the terrified sailors, realiz-
ing their peril at last. would have
jumped frantically into the sea. They
were too late. Already the work OF
destruction was complete. One final
and awful explosion infinitely more
terrifying than those preceding rent
the great ship in two. The huge frag-
ments shuddered, and moment later
the Liberte was at the bottom of the
sea.
1t was discipline, strangely enough,
that caused such a frightful loss Of
life. Most of the sailors were asleep
at the time OF the alarm. At the first
explosion, for only small squad had
bene called to fight the fire, they tum-
bACo AAOhA hhCAA bCA AhS anu were dUOuL
to jump overheard when a sharp order
recalled them to their posts. These
met death when the ship went down,
and after the final explosion, out OF
the floating bodies that mingled
with the debris on the surface OF the
water, only a few were saved by the
cruising boats, launched too late to
rescue the injured and the drowning.
1t was a pathetic incident that with
seemingly plenty of aid almost at
hand it was impossible for such aid to
be given, so short was the time be-
tween the first alarm of fire and the
quick destruction of the Liberte
The fire spread with the most amaz-
ing rapidly. and 1t is now lamenta-
BILE conclusion that In the general ex-
element no order was given to flood
the magazines, step which might
have saved many lives. Men and Of
ffcers worked with the utmost desper-
alton, but after the first explosion the
interior of the ship became a veritable
volcano, sweeping back the sailors
who time and again risked their lives
TO carry the projectiles from the gun
rooms.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
Bury Ashes In Westminster

London.-For the first time in its
history the ashes of cremated per.
son were placed IN Westminster alb
hey. The ashes We're those of Rev.
Robinson Duekworth, canon and SUB
dean of Westminster.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

: One nice thing about an aeroplane
race is that you can see the racers
occasionally even If tall man or a
fat woman happens to be directly in
front of you.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
Hang Slayer Of s,oIxnln.

Kiev. Russia.-Dmitry Bogroff, the
assassin of Premier Stolypin, who was
condemned to death by court-martial.
was hanged here. Before his execu.
ton he asked that he might see a
rabbi, but refused this consolation
when informed that the interview
must be in the presence of officials.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A Rochester girl refused a young
man twelve times because he smoked
cigarettes, but not more than one girl
In twelve would refuse a man once for
that reason.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
Presidential Cow or Tour.

Washington. - Pauline ,of-
President Tafts pet COW Mas -
here for a three weeks visit 70 ". os
consin. She will spend ten uaI .Ss
one of the leading attractions Oh ''
dairy show at Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Up in Wisconsin a man dived into
the water and caught q 22-pound
muskellunge. Down in Texas they
are killing mountain lions with jack.
knives. We need frost
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

The announcement that from 1850.
600 to s,oOO.OO0,00O bacteria are con.
tanned in a cubic centimeter of ice
cream must go unchallenged on our
part for lack of time In verifying thu
figures.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Several cases have occurred of eye
sight threatened or lost by the inord;.
nately long hatpin point. Unless won
en- realize themselves that this is a
constant and serious menace and re-
strict the length of the sharp pin,
some steps will have to be taken to
protect the general public from this
dangerous nuisance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
Manitouoc Pioneer Dies.

Manitowoc. John Boehm' 'p'' "a
the oldest residents Of the gu!
county. is dead at the age OF - - Eve
He came to this country loi 30.
years ago and settled in Mani'0'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A college professor comes to the
front to announce that vacations are
dangerous If he got among a crowd
of enraged vacationists he would find
them even more so.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

In due time there will be angry
farmers watching with shotguns to
keep some trans-continental fiier from
alighting in their cornfields with his
aeroplane
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Drop in and dine any day" Will not
be a fashionable invitation much
longer if aviators take up the custom
of dropping In through the roof as the
one in Atlantic City did
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Laundrymen prefer Pittsburg as the
scene of their convention in 1912
There are reasons why laundrymen
should have an affection for Pitts
burg.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

The Frenchman who has succeeded
in 'photographing thought" has per
haps pointed the way to getting the
truth from witnesses who find 1t con-
yenient to forget
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A Kentucky minister has figured out
that heaven is a structure $4,000 stor-
les high. Let us hope that it has ade-
Quate elevator service.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

The bobolinks are flying toward the
rice fields of Louisiana. This may
mean an early fall and again it may
simply mean that the birds are hun
cry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Too many babies are killed by their
pushing out loose window screens. 1t
seems like foolish waste of perfect
ly good babies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Science. it is asserted, has solved
the mystery OF the Sphynx. but hard
ly anybody can solve the mystery of a
boiled egg until after breaking it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A New York young woman killed an
other with hatpin. but the death
was due to carrying concealed liq-
uids.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A Boston girl of seventeen years
old has become the bride of China.
man. Perhaps she wants to be sure
that it will never be necessary for
her to do the family laundry work
herself.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A Newark fan dreamed heswas slid
ing for home-he bumped his head on
the floor hard, and found he was
home.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A man in Atlantic City has adver-
tised that he is lost. Why should he
go TO that trouble, when, according to
some ministers. most OF the people
there are in the same condition?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A French scientist declares that the
body rests more quickly after fast
work, but even this is no excuse for
the joy rider.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

A Chicago pastor says: "Wait until
you are burning with an idea before
putting pen to paper" Yes, and then
call out the fire department instead.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29
Dutch Statesman Is Gamma.

Liverpool.-The Dutch minister of
foreign affairs, Jenkheer de Marees
Van Swinderen, sailed for New York
On the steamer Mauretania
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

There has been revolution in Ecu
ador. but We have not been able to
find out whether it was necessary or
Just INDUCED in because the revolu.
tionists felt the need of practice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

rs chicken an animal?" must be
decided by a Judge at Port Chester,
N. Y. The half-dollar table d'hote
chicken is suspected of being min
eral
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

French experiments with an aero
mail service may result in drop in
postage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

What if the beef prices are going
up? The doctors tell us that we have
been eating too much OF it. anyway.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Still. there is no pity for the poor
baseball players, who are bought and
sold like so many tubs of butter,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Perhaps the champion idiot and
criminal combined is the person who.
shouts "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

Neenah.- Thirteen persons were
killed, ten instantly, and ten others
seriously injured when Northwest
ern train, northbound, struck a
hayrack filled with Menasha merry
makers at grade crossing on the
southern outskirts of this city. Four
of the injured are so seriously hurt
that they can not live.
Thirty young people, who were re-
turning from a Saturday night
dance at the home of Peter Han
son, who lives on the road to Osh-
kosh, were singing as the big hay
rack was pulled up the slight in
cline to the Northwestern crossing,
mile south OF the station in this
city The next instant the speeding
Northwestern passenger train. bound
for the north, had ploughed through
the rear end of the big farm wagon,
and twenty-three of the thirty oc-
cupants of the wagon were scattered
200 feet along the railroad right of
way, dead, dying, or dangerously
hurt. Those who were seated in the
front of the wagon escaped almost
without bruises.
The Dead.
JOHN CHEDGICK.
JOSEPH CHEDGICK.
DOMINIC OMNISZNICKE.
JOSEPH CHESLOCK.
CELIA REM
AGNES ASHOPKE.
MR.. AND MRS. GUSTAV FINN.
FRANK SEAGER.
JOHN HARDT.
STEPHEN LISEK.
JOHN DRILL.
JOSEPH GIENYO.
The Injured.
Tony Kernski.
Herman Syring.
Joseph Brezinslki.
Mrs. Joseph Brezinski
Philip Mack
Benjamin Dombrowski
John Sadolski.
NJ Olson
Anna Sadolsl1i
AMANDA 6yrlng,
Those who escaped injury are:
Martin Golonski.
Pearl Schelewski.
Tony Schelewski
John Schperski.
Tony Berzinski.
Mrs. Berzinski and child.
Mary Schwartzbauer.
Tony Romnick
Peter Hanson, driver.
Only the driver, Peter Hanson,
who did not receive as much as
scratch was able to give coherent
account of the accident. He saw the
headlight of the northbound North
western train, underestimate the
distance, and, before he could urge
his overtaxed team across the tracks,
the monster locomotive had ground
through the vehicle with its party of
merrymakers.
Not one of the survivors. with the
exception of the driver, saw the train
or heard its approach; none realized
the danger until picked up. The
train had passed the scene fully 400
feet before it could be stopped.
Words fail to describe the scene
following the collision. Mangled
bodies were strewn along the tracks.
Six bodies were taken off the pilot
of the engine. Dismembered parts
of many were left on the trail of
blood from the crossing to where
the train stopped. Three of the bod
les were so frightfully mangled that
identification was made possible only
by the clothing they wore. One body
was shorn of head, arms and legs.
They were picked UP half an hour
after the body had been taken to
the improvised morgue in the Me-
nasha Furniture company building.
The driver and his horses escaped,
but the hayrack was smashed into
splinters. Pieces OF wood were
ground into several of the dead
Phillip Mott and Amanda Syring, i'm
jured, were thrown through the
| foundation of the fiasman's shanty
at one side of the track.
| Two others of the persons killed
We're hurled through a fiagman's
sha14ty with such force as to over
turn the little structure, One of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-29

The auto can beat the old Gretna
Green chaise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
ANOTHER LEGAL TWIST
TOEDDY WILL CONTEST
GrandnepheW Files Petition
Asking Leave to inter-
vene In the Suit.

CONCORD. n. H., March 2l-One more
legal twist to the already complicated
litigation over the will Of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy. founder Of the Christian
Science Church, was given today by coun-
sci for John B. Baker Of this city. Mr..
Baker, who claims to be q grandnephew
of Mrs Dddy. through his counsel, filed
q petition in the superior court asking
leave to intervene in the suit now pend
ing in that court against Henry NJ. Baker
of Bow, executor OF the Eddy estate.
In this suit, brought by George w. Glover
Of Lead, S. D.: Mrs. Eddy's son, and DR..
E. J. Foster Eddy of Waterbury, VT, her
adopted son. the plaintiffs claim that the
residuary clause Of Mrs. Eddy's will is
void because it provides for a bequest
to the First Church Of Christ. Scientist, of
Boston, of an amount far in excess Of
that which is permitted by law to be be-
qusathed to single church. The plain
tits ask that the court order the residue
OF the estate, estimated at approximately
g. 500 600, to be given to them as next Of
kin to Mrs. Eddy.
John B. Baker in his petition takes
the ground that he should be permitted to
intervene in this suit because IL the
court should declare the residuary clause
invalid he would be entitled to share in
the residue as one Of the next of kin. A
similar petition was recently filed by
George W. Baker OF Manchester, a
nephew of Mrs. Eddy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
Mr.. BALLINGER REGRETS
LEAVING FRIENDS BEHIND
Saws He Will Take Plenty Of Time
to Plan Fight for Re-
tributive Justice.

Before leaving Washington last evening
for his home in Seattle. former Secretary
BalIinger Of the Interior Department.
said one of his principal regrets at de-
parture is leaving agreeable friends and
associates. He proposes to take ample
time in planning a legal campaign for
retributive Justice and mentioned "Mr.
Pinchot and his companions in their plot
to in1ure and defame me-"
The former Secretary also pointed out
that many persons did not seem to under
stand that by the terms of the joint reso-
luton OF Congress to investigate the In
terror Department and the bureau Of for
estry the report Of the committee had
left nothing for Congress to act upon.
"Had the committee found grounds for
the impeachment of any officer involved
in the investigation" said Mr.. Ballinger,
lit would, Of course, have been the duty
Of the House to prefer charges accord
ingly. But the very contrary appears"
In concluding he said: Congress has
nothing to do with the political judgment
OF persons as to the fitness OF untitness
Of an officer or his policies. These are
matters which concern the executive
only, and the executive in my case has
expressed himself In no uncertain terms. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
MILWAUKEE, WOMEN VOTING.
Casting Ballots in Primary Election
for First Time.

MILWAUKEE. March 21.-voters OF
the city of Milwaukee. women as well
as men. are today casting their ballots
at primary election to decide on can
didates whose names shall appear on
the Ofncial ballot for school directors
at the election April 4.
While women OF Milwaukee have be-
fore voted for school directors at q
regular election. it is the first time In
the history of the city that they have
participated i'm primary election.
The number OF women who reRfste red
for the election Is about 5000. Three
women are among the twenty seven
candidates. Fouf candidates are FOR
the short term. the others for the fuIl
six-year term. Today's election viii
decide which ten names shall 70 on
the official ballot for the full term. this
being the only real contest
The socialists have four candida r..
for the full term. the remainder or ths
would-be nominees being classed as
non partisan.
While the registration of voters. to.
tailed $1,000. the vote IL expected to be
Tar below this figure. Only q few
women voted early. the voting being
very quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
.LUNAT|CS IN FIRE PAN|C|
Flames in New Jersey lnstitu-
ton Badly Scare the
$500 Patients.

NORRIS PLAINS, N. j., March IL
Fire starsea by one Of the women pa
tients in the New Jersey State Hospital
for the Insane here early today caused a
scene Of almost indescribaible confusion
in the big institution. where 2,3OO patients
are confined.
Prompt action by physicians. nurses
and attendants checked the flames before
they had spread beyond the room of their
origin. The clothing Of the patient who
set fire was burned, but she was saved
from any injury Of consequence. None
of the other patients was injured.
The fire was started in wing Of the
main building. where 74O of the most vio-
lent woman patients are confined. In the
other wing are about 800 men of SINH
lar degree Of insanity. The woman is
supposed to have set her room afire from
a lighted gas jet.
The inmates of the room were gotten
out and the hospital force checked the
blaze. The patients in the danger zone
meanwhile were removed to other parts
of the institution. 1t was some time be-
fore the excited inmates could be quieted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
JUDGE WAS MISQUOTED.
Did Not Sentence" Boy to Navy
But Advised Enlistment.

Judge Pinckney Of the Chicago juvenile
court did not sentence an incorrigible
boy to the United States navy. but ad-
yised his father to place the Lad in the
service. as he believed 1t would make q
man of him.
That Is the gist of the Official report
made to the Navy Department by Lieut..
]. II. Comfort, the recruiting officer at
Chicago, who, under Instructions from
the department, Investigated the allega-
ton that the boy had been sentenced" to
the navy.
The report relieves the Judge OF any in
tention to siur the navy. and quotes him
as saying that he believed the navy would
make man of any boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
OLD NEW YORK THEATER TO GO.
Edwin Forrest First Appeared as
Tragedian at Thalia.

NEW YORK, March 21.-The passing of
another landmark Of old New York will
occur at real estate auction here next
month, when the site of the Thalia Thea
ter, on the Bowery. the oldest playhouse
in the city, will be sold to the highest
bidder. The building stands on the west
side of the Bowery, just below Canal
street. 1t was built in 1896, and opened
October o3 of that year. 1t was the
first theater in the world to be lighted
by gas.
The house was the scene of Edwin For
rests first appearance as tragedian,
November 1S. 1895: of Mslbran's last
appearance in America, October q, 1&27;
of Charlotte Cushman's debut as LADY
Macbeth, September 13. 1899. and Of the
first production Of London Assurance" I"
MAY 16 1912.
The theater was practically destroyed
by Are four times and each time IL was
rebuilt and opened within ninety days
Until 1879 1t was known Is the "Old
Bowery" Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
CHANGES IN POST OFFICES.
New System to Be Extended to Sew
eral Large Cities,

Postmasters of Boston, Mass: Brook.
lyn. N. Y: San Francisco and Los An.
geles. Cal; Toledo. Canton and Cincin-
natl, Ohio. and Norfolk. Va, have been
summoned to Washington by Postmaster
General Hitchcock to discuss the reor-
ganization Of their Offices.
Mr.. Hitchcock plans to organize each
Office about April 1 into two divisions,
those of mails and finance. each under a
superintendent, to more effectively utilize
the working forces. The system has
been tried at Atlanta, Indianapolis, Jack
sonville, Fla; Rochester. N. Y; New Or
leans, Erie, Pa. and Lincoln, Neb. 1t
will be effective at st. Louis July L next,
when the new government building is oc-
cupied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
STUFFED DOOR CRACKS;
TURNED ON THE GAS
Suicide Of Thomas Mccartney Be-
lieved to Have Been
Due to Injury.

Stufing bedclothes in cracks along the
bottom Of a door and window Of bath
room on the third floor of 1913 Pennsylva-
mia avenue, some time early this morning,
Thomas Mccartney. a bartender. thirty
years Of age, turned on the gas and lay
down on the floor to die. The lfeless
body was discovered about 10 o'clock this
by a colored porter.
The porter detected the odor of gas. and
found that it was escaping from the bath
room on the rear of the third floor. Find
ing the door locked. he summoned assist
ance and forced an entrance. When the
apparently lifeless body was discovered a
physician was called, and he pronounced
the man dead.
Coroner Nevitt was notified. and gave a
certificate of death by suicide.
Mccartney is thought to have taken his
life because OF an injury to his left foot.
Friends say he fell into q cellar some
time ago and received the injury. and
that he had brooded over 1t ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
RIGHT TO KILL, SHE THINKS.
Court Refuses to Hold Girl Who
Fired in Defense of Honor.

POULTNEY, VT. March 21.-AcceptinG
the girls statement that she had shot
Luigi Vermillo In defense of her honor
Judge F. G. Swinnerton of the Rutland
municipal court yesterday declined to
hold Camilla Covino on a charge of MUIR
der and discharged her.
On the stand the young Italian girl adj
mitted that she shot Vermillo, a fellow
countryman, forty-f1ve years old. who
was boarder at her parents home in
this town. on the morning Of February
16. She said VermillO entered her room
before she had arisen. insulted her and
attempted to drag her upstairs. She
managed to break away from him and Sc
cured a shotgun, with which she shot
Vermillo.
II hardly realize what the charge is
against me-" she continued. why in
my country I'd have a right to shoot q
man who insulted me-. America is more
free than Italy. they say. The man at
tackled me, SO why could I not shoot him
here? He insulted me and then I shot
him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21
BULLET THROUGH HIS HEAD.
Boy at Play Uses Revolver With
Fatal Results,

ATLANTA. Ga, March 30-"Watch me-
I'm not afraid cried Robert Harrison
aged fourteen, as he placed a revolver to
his head while playing policeman today
He snapped the trigger as his playmates
yelled, and the only cartridge left in the
magazine exploded. He died in a few
minutes without speaking a word
The boys playmates. including his
smaller brother, were armed with toy
pistols. Robert slipped into the house
and secured a thirty-two caliber revolver
belonging to his brother, who was asleep.
The other children were afraid of the .pis-
tol, and in an effort to re~ssure them
Robert placed 1t to his head and fired,
with fatal results.