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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
". E, D, Stokes
SHOT BY women
Millionaire Hotel Man Wound.
ed in Quarrel.

New York. June 2.-W. 2. D. Stokes
ownerajre- was shot three times by
y0dng women, who say that he
came to their apartment to get letters
written by him before he was married
last February.
Mr.. Stokes is in the Roosevelt hos
trifing. The girls say that in the
scuf1e, which was carried into the
hallway outside their rooms, Mr..
Stokes took a random shot at them,
but he didn't hit anything.
Lillian Graham, who said in the
station house that she was twenty
two years old and singer, and Ethel
Conrad, three years her junior, were
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
MEXICO CITY
ROCKED BY QUAKE
CAPITAL Thrown Into Panic and
63 Are Killed.
SCORES WERE WOUNDED
MANY Soldiers Are Among the Dead.
Buildings Collapsed and National
Palace Is Damaged.

Mexico City, Mex, June S.-A VIC,
lent earthquake shock, the most Sc
we're which has visited this city IN
ten wears, shook Mexico City.
Many buildings were wrecked by
the earth tremor, which lasted for SIX
minutes, and at least sixty-three per,
sons were killed, seventy-five wounded
and property worth 100000 wrecked.
When the work of searching the
ruins is completed it is possible that
the list of dead will be Increased
somewhat, as hiding here and there
throughout the city there doubtless
are many wounded, who, with, tra1'
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08

tIonaI fear II the authOutlesHL su7
eminent hospitals, are anN1 Il
evade discovery.
Fissures were opened in the eat
several large buildings collapse anC
scor $ of adobe houses crum5le n2-
tlei. o;vupouls.
Several PERSONS were killed d ugl
The eclipse OF the building od biel
by tie s.reat railway power pla
The National Palace had ona-nf Il:
walls cracked and the keystone Of lont
Of the arches was displaced.
The ancient cathedral OF SantoI Do
mineo was damaged.
The oscillations moved from ntrtI
to south. The dead in the aiobt
houses cannot be numbered at phes
ent. The su0ck was most severely fel
in the western part OF the city, tho ugl
buildings in the ceatrat part Oh tn
capital were rocked The only fof
eigner known to be dead was a C1lna
man,
Warehouses at the central st2fo1
collapsed and an engineer was KILLED.
A private boarding school oulIq n
was wrecked, but none i the occu
| pants was injured,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
Avoid Frauds.

A paint fraud is paint that looks
fair for a year or so, and then
makes repainting necessary.
Don't waste your money and in
jure your property.
The L. & M. Paint has been in
use for thirty-five years.
You make one half of it by add
ing 34 of a gallon of Linseed Oil
to each gallon. 1t then costs about
$3.50 per gallon, and is the best
paint that can be made
Our sales agents are Phillips
Hdw. Co., Cambridge, Md.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
STUDENT SLABS PROFESSOR
Wounds Instructor In Neck Whilt
Temporarily Insane.

Sharon, Pa, June s. - Luther ID.
Miller, senior at Thiel college and the
son of prominent minister OF Greens,
burg, while temporarily insane while
in class, stepped UP to Professor War,
rem J. Ellis, with the ostensible In
tention of handing him a paper, but
Following the attack, the young man
ran to a hotel, where he was later
found by the police.
The final examinations in German
were on at the college, and Miller was
one of the students participating 1t is
believed that close attention to his
books caused mental alteration. Pro-
fessor Ellis will probably recover.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
Slew wife. Baby ard Neighbcf

Halle, saxony, June S.-A painter
named Heitel at daybIeak entered a
house where his wife, with whom ne
had ouarreled, was sheltered by wo
man friend There he shot both wo
men and his infant child. He then
barricaded the house and stood Off the
notice for three hours. Finally ne
killed himself.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
lorimer Probe to Beuin at Once,

Washington, June S.-By unanimous
vote the senate approved the action
of the committee on privileges and
elections in naming subcommittee
of eight to conduct a new Lorimer in
vestigation. The subcommittee, which
under the resolution adopted really
becomes separate committee, is
clothed with wide authority and will
begin work Immediately
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
GIVES METHODISTS BIG SUM
Duke Family Plan to Give Trinity Col.
Iege 100000 Endowment.

Durham, N. c., June S-Announce
Western North Carolina Methodist
conference and the Duke family OF
New York city have entered upon a
plan whereby Trinity college is to be
given s1,00C,000 endowment, of which
amount 100000 will be raised by the
Methodist church, wae made at the
closing exercises Of Trinity college
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Fire Sweeps Ohio Town.

Youngstown, O., June S.-The VII
lage of Lowellyille, near here. was
bartly destroyed by fire, 400 persons
being made homeless. The fire started
in a saloon. The fire department OF
YOUNGSTOWN sent help.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-08
Bio Milk Plant Burned.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, June s. = The
large milk receiving and separating
plant of the ]. NJ. Horton company, of
New York, located at Richville, St.
Lawrence county, was destroyed by
fire, at loss of $4,000 to $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
ALTAR TO KINGS MEMORY
Gift Of Anonymous American
Consecrated at Sandringham.

London. oct. 30-In Sandringham
Church yesterday. I'm the presence of sew
cral members of the royal family. the
Bishop Of Norwich consecrated two me-
MORALS 10 King Edward one is the
anonymous eift Of an American donor
and takes the strikingly original form of
a solid silver altar and reredos. The
only other places in the world where
similar objects can be found are i'm Flor
encc and i'm St Marks Philadelphia.
The whole of the work is very massive
and cxquisitcly moulded and chased,
showing figures I'm high relief ilanked by
architectural designs. The front of the
altar represents two angels holding be
tween them the royal arms. above which
is the inscription. Edward VII. No
vember, 1Sil; 6 May, 1910"
ON the rctable is the inscription, "To
the Glory of God and I'm Memory of Ed
ward VII, the Peacemakcr.'
The reredos represents christ after tho
Resurrection appearing 20 His disciples
I'm AN upper room and saying, Peace b,
unto YOU" Above it is "a canopy orna.
mcnted with a horiatcd design ana OF
either side is Gothic tower in fouI
stories, surnounted by a lofty spirc.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
OUTFOUCHT
BY CHURCH ELDER
Resident of West End Avenue
GrappIeS with Man Found
in His Room.
DAUGHTER GIVES ALARM
Half Breed Indian Gets Good
Drubbing Before Patrolman
Arrives and Takes
Him in Charge.

Guided by a half-dresDed woman. VINO
had come out into the street screaming
tat The house was being robbed. Patrol
man Lennon. Of the West Tooth street
station. dashed from his post early
Yesterday morning ard made for the
ho1se at No 7J2 West End avenue.
The woman, who was running with him
sobbed and cried out that he must
hurry. because her father was being
killed by burglars.
When Lennon got as far as the en-
trance 10 No 752 he could hear the
sounds Of a terrific fight going on some
where above him AS he sprinted up the
6 irs and reached the third floor he saw
light streaming out into the hallway
above. from which the sounds Of com
bat came He made the next fight in
two Jumps and ran in the open door
way.
Even to the eyes Of a policema-- the
sight that confronted Lennon was un-
usual Rolling here and there on the
floor. the while he sent in shower Of
hooks and upperCuts from any and every
angle, was a white haired man of fifty
years. arrayed in a badly torn night
shirt. over and l1nder the older fighter
was revolving the figure Of a husky
dark complexionod man, who was fight
ing back whenever he had a chance. 81
spite Of his years the man in the night
shirt seemed 10 he getting the bettor Of
In battle
The woman with the dressing gown
wlo had called the policeman from his
post was by this time at Lemmon's heels
IN the doorway. and she screamed that
the white haired man was her father
and to save him. Thereupon Lennon
pitched into the scrap, and after hard
w.rk rescued the husky stranger from
under the old man. who was still full Of
action. and e;ot the handouts on him.
The man offered no resistance and was
taken TO the Tooth street police station.
The prisoner said that he was George
Williams, a halfbreed Indian The man
in whose apartment he was found and
who WAS putting up such an excellent
fight was David owens, an elder Of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church. Accord
ing TO Mr.. owens, he was awakened by
the sound cf some one moving around in
his room. He listened for a moment
and hearc distinctly the shuttle Of feet
and the squeak Of a drawer being pulled
open. Ttereupon, wide awake. he sat
straight up I'm bed and saw the figure Of
Il man standing near the bureau.
without. wasting another second the
plucky q der vaulted ont Cf bed and
made a 1cmp ~ the burglar. The two
grapplcd and went to the floor with q
crash. The noise Of the struggle walked
Mr. Owels's daughter
When the Indian was searched AT the
station h ouse the police pulled ont Of his
pockets 2 watch and chain worth $3.50
tie q asp valued at S25 and a gold
bracelet worth Sl5. These articles. Pa
uolman Lennon said, We're all identified
by Mr. owens as his property.
Willis ms was arraigned i'm the West
Side co art later in the day and pleaded
guilty / o a charge Of burglary. Magis-
trate ippleton held him for the grand
Jury without bail.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
DROWNED WITH $4,000
Miner in Flooded Shaft Said to
Have Life Savings on Person.

GBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Morrlstown. y. j., oct 29.-By pump
ing night ana day the water i'm the Hi
hernia mine has been lowered sixty feet
since the accident on October -, in
which twelve miners lost their lives.
The mine officials still assert that some
of the bodies may be recovered within
one or two weeks. but miners in the en-
plov of the Wharton steel Company say
that it will be as many months before
the bodies can be reached.
Friends of Frank Liska, one Of the
miners drowned i'm the accident, assert
that he has 10000 on his person. They
say I.iska has been in this country for
twenty-five years, during which time he
has run a miners boarding house, hav-
ing never less than a dozen or fifteen
boarders. The $4,000 is said To repre-
sent his savings in that time, the man
always carrying the money on his per
son. having no confidence in savings
banks.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
JOSEPH PULITZER'S LIFE
Always Restless and Alive to the
Doings of the Great World.

Joseph Pulitzer was born near Ruda-
rest on April 10, 1871 As boy he
was siclly. lie early in life showed the
traits that were the dominating charac-
teristics Of his career. AS child he was
restless impatient and precociously alive TO
the doings of the great world. lie had an
enormous appetite for books. and read
early and late. thus impairing his sight,
which was weak from birth.
When the elder Pulitzer died. Joseph. 1t
the age OF fourteen, set out to make a
living for himself and To help his mother.
He drifted 10 Paris. 10 London and then
TO America. a country he had long ad-
mircd because II had won what his native
Hungary had fought for in vain
Joseph Pulitzer was eighteen years old
when hc landed at Castle Garden without
a cent He knew no one and had no place
to appeal for aid. The country was I'm the
last throcs of the civil war. He cspoused
the cause of the country he had so lately
come To and became "A soldier of the
Union without any but mere smatter-
ing of the language OF those for whom he
fought. without any very clear idea of the
ISSUES al stake. he rode forth In German
cavalry regiment and served until the war
was ended
Al the close of the var he went West.
lie was not familiar enough with America
nj American ways yet to choose a career.
and meantime he lived as best he might.
a. worked .n the cavalry barracks for a
time ana then became d farm hand. Then
Continued OF seventh page.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30

one of the favorite fctions of Tam
many Hell and Democracy i'm general Tor
many wears has been advocacy OF the
home rule principle. To hear Tammany
Hail campaign speakers spout about 1t
and abuse Republican legislatures for
violation Of this sacred principle you
would think that Tammany originated
the idea and it's people had fought and
bled and died for generations in support
Of #. Yet as soon as Tammany, or,
rather. Boss" Murphy grabbed the Leg
Islature all reverence for home rule was
cast aside If ever there We're greater
violations Of the home rule principle than
Nurphy's Legislature achieved in numer-
ous instances the records don't show
them.
Most Of these applied to New York
City. but Murphy was not particular how
he handled other municipalities OF the
state. If any Of his sub bosses wanted
some favor Murphy's Legislature gave it
10 them. over the bleeding body of Home
Rule incarnate. In the notorious three
platoon police law all the first and second
class cities of the state felt the heavy
hand of the boss New York city felt II
worst. though. for this metropolis is rich
est picking for Murphyism.
one of the most striking instances of
the Murphy Legislatures contempt for
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
HATRED OF AUTOS FATAL
Farmer Holds Up Owner Of One with
Pistol and Is Killed.

Charlotte. ~ G.. oct 9-Bccausc he al
lowed his prejudice against automobiles to
carry him to the extent OF drawing pistol
on passing car Sam Whittier. a wealthy
Cleveland County farmer lost his life to-
DAY. Facing the drawn weapon In Will
thcr's hand, Lucius Randall a prominent
Gafney, G.. business man, shot Whittier
twice, killing him Instantly.
Randall. who was driving his automo-
bile. came face 10 face with Whittier In his
buggy on a public road. The latter alight-
ed snd. drawing pistol. announced that
he was going To kill 1.-THE automobiist.
Randall pleaded with him Intellectually.
then drew his own weapon and fired. He
surrendered 10 the Sheriff.
Whithcr's well known antipathy to the
automobile Is the accepted theory In ac-
counting for his actions. lie was un-
married
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
WALL ST. FOR UNDERWOOD
Fina1 oicrs Regard Him Strong
est Democrat, Says Banker.

10y If.NEIhlI l' IHI' ii4'HI'
Atlanta, oct. ID was surprised to
find q stronS sentiment crystallizing in
New , ork favorable 10 the candidacy Of
Congr essman Underwood. Of Alabama,
for TN Democratic Presidential nomina-
ton" said Colonel W. /. Peel, president
Of the American National Bank, who has
Just returned 10 Atlanta after a busi-
ness trip through the East.
Il talked about national politics to a
great many conservative and represcn-
tatiye men i'm financial circles in New
York. and practically every man ! talked
to regarded Underwood as the strongest
man i'm the Democratic ranks.
"T4ney don't want Woodrow Wilson AT
all: they call him a weather vane, and
more than once / heard it said that he
conf ,ined the bad qualities Of Roosevelt
and Bryan. Harmon is regarded in New
Yorl. as "A strong man. but ! didn't hear
as much about him as about Under
WOO l."
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
BRUSH DEFIES JOHNSON
Ba seball Chiefs in Argument Over
World S Series Tickets.

Chicago oct 29.-Arouscd by the publca-
tiOn of reports quoting f. q. Johnson, pres
id ent of the American League of Baseball
Clubs, as having more or less direct eyi-
d snce connecting the New York National
Ieague Baseball Club with the alleged
furnishing 10 ticket scaipers OF a supply Of
tickets 10 the worlds series games Prcsi-
,Icnt John T. Brush % the latter club TO-
day made public letter deiyinS Johnson
10 proceed with an investigation.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
GEN. BOOTH ALMOST BLIND
English Philanthropist Prepares
at 83 for Operation.

London. oct. 9O.-General Booth made
the pathetic confession i'm addressing a
large gathering yesterday that his eve
sight was so bad that he could not dis
Germ a single person in the audience.
After visiting Germany and Denmark
he said. he hoped TO bee able to undergo
an operation which would restore his
vision. Tie is almost eighty-three years
old
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
FRUITS OF MURPHYISM
Principles Of Home Rule Violated by Legis-
lature on Orders Of Boss.
DEFIANCE IN NEW POLICE LAW
Three Platoon Bill Passed and Signed by Governor
Despite Vigorous Protest.

home rule was the passage of the women
school teachers equal pay bill. That in
the way it was jammed through the Leg
islature in the last days Of the session,
was nothing less than a scandal. This Is
said without any reflection on or consid-
Grafton of the merits of the question OF
equal pay for the women and men teach
ers doing the same work. The justice of
the women's cause and the propriety of
granting their demands We're for the local
authorities 10 settle Il was not a ques-
tion for the Legislature but for the
Board of Education and the Board of
Estimate under any reading of the home
rule theory.
Vetoed by Governor Hughes.
other bills Of similar purport had been
vetoed by Governor Hughes on the
ground Of interference with home rule
Murphy's Legislature jammed this one
through. regardless of local authorities
or the damage done to Democracy's fa-
vorite fetch. MAYOR Gaynor accepted it,
and said that the $3,5OO,O00 extra expense
which 1t would saddle on ;he taxpayers
here was slight thing.
IN this same class must be placed most
of the other salary raising, job creating
and pension bills applying to New York
City. its boroughs and the counties with
Continued on Hfth page
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
JOSEPH PULITZER DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Proprietor of "The WorId''
Stricken with Heart Failure
on Yacht at Charleston.
WAS ON HIS WAY SOUTH
Had Been in III Health q Long
Time, but Family Had No
Inkling End Was
So Near.

Charleston. S. c., oct. 29.-Joseph
! Pulitzer. proprietor of The Now York
/ World" and the "St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch" died aboard his yacht, the Lib
erty. in Charleston harbOr, al 1:iO
o'clock this afternoon. The immediate
1 cause Of death was heart failure. in
duced by gall stones. Although he had
| hccn in i'll health for n Ions time. the
| end was a severe shock to those around
him and his acquaintance in Charles
! ton. There was no suspicion on their
/ part that his condition was serious.
| At about O'Clock this morning there
was a decided change for the worse,
when Mr. Pulitzer suffered a sudden and
acute pain. However, at daylight the
sufferer appeared to be better and slept
until 1870 o'clock. When he awoke he
complained Of the pain in his heart and
soon became unconscious.
Mrs. Pulitzer. who had been Informed
Of her husbands illness, arrived in time
| from New York To be with him in
his last moments. With her youngest
son, Herbert. she was at his bedside.
Herbert Pulitzer accompanied his father
on the cruise to Charleston.
Mr.. Pulitzers body vii, be taken north
tomorrow afternoon at 80 o'clock on a
special Pullman train. The funeral
coach will be lined with black. An
nouncemert was made that the burial
will be held in Woodlawn Cemetery IN
New York, probably toward the end Of
this week
The last words of Mr.. Pulitzer were,
"Leise ganz leise' C'Softly, quite
softly'D. They We're occasioned by the
reading of his German secretary, who
was entertaining Mr.. Pulitzer just IN
hour and a half before his death with
an account Of the reign of Louis XI
Toward the end of the chapter Mr.
Pulitzer spoke his last words
Mr.. Pulitzer's yacht was on the way to
Jellyl Island, near Brunswick, Ga.
where Mr. Pulitzer has a winter home
on account of the threatening weather
and "A reported West Indian hurricane,
however, she put into Charleston Some
Of the Yachting party will return to
New York with the body, but others will
stay aboard, and it is. likely that the
Liberty will sail for New York to-mor-
row afternoon
Mr. Pulitzer was attended in his last
ill-.ess by Or. Robert Wilson. of Charles
toA and Dr. Guthman. Mr.. Pulitzer's
physician, who was on board the yacht.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30

With his youngest son, Herbert. Mr..
Pulitzer left New York on October %
for cruise down the coast to JekvI
Island, off the coast of Georgia. The
chill Of the recent fall rains appeared
to have had an undesirable effect on the
publishers health. so he was urged to 20
South in search of milder air. He had q
heavy cold just before he left. and that
had prevented his daily drives i'm the
park
The day tho yacht. the Liberty. left
New York Mr.. Pulitzer said that he
would return i'm time for the election
next Tuesday week ON Friday Mr.
Pulitzer was taken Ill., and the Liberty
put into Charleston on Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Pulitzer complained of symp-
toms which caused such anxiety 10 those
on board that a telegram was sent "a
New York, and Mrs. Pulitzer although
not especially alarmed decided she
would start at once for Charleston. She
caught the 3.jS o'clock train on Satur.
day afternoon over the Seaboard line
and boarded the Liberty about half an
hour before Mr. Pulitzer died.
At the home Of Ralph Pulitzer. No II
East I'D street, last night, it was said
that the body would be brought to New
York to-day by train. The private car
used by Mrs. Pulitzer on the trip to
Charleston will be used by the funeral
party on the return 10 New York. II
was at first planned to return with the
body on the Liberty. with a stop al
Fortress Monroe To take Ralph Pulitzer
on board. but that plan was abandoned
Joseph Pulitzer. jr., received word of his
fathers death in St Louis about :
o'clock Yesterday afternoon. He left St
Louis for New York on the 3:JS o'clock
train, due TO arrive here late this even
! ing
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
Had Been Doing His Bit

"rn the district controlled by senator
Frawley there is a man registered under
q name other than that by which he Is
known. His wife admitted that he had
cone from White Plains within month.
Sh,. added that he had been doing his
BIZ
AS sample of the looseness of the
work done by the office OF the State Su-
perintendcnt Of Elections il is pointed
out that man for whose arrest for
false registration a warrant was issued
last wear. but who got out OF the state,
registered this year In the same Assem-
bly, district.
"One OF the peculiar cases cited is
that Of a boy nineteen years old. who
registered. saying he was twenty-one,
His mother. begging for mercy. pleaded
that her son was so drunk when he went
To the registration place that he did not
know what he was doing. There was II
is said confirmation Of this. which would
prove the incompetency or the careless
ness of both the police at the booth and
the inspectors of election who would per-
nit a boy so intoxicated that he could
not tell his age to register The mother
said undoubtedly some one told him what
to say and he repeated it, parrot like
AN Investigation of batch of these
resulted in the confession of woman
that she had no boarders, as they had
represented themselves. and that she