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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
EUGENE ELY DIES
AVIAToE's ATTEMPT TO MAKE
SENSATIONAL DIP RESULTS
IN HIS DEATH.
TEN THOUSAND SEE MISHAP
BIrdmap, Who Was First to AIiehE
on reck Of WarshIp In Air Ma.
chine, Falls $50 Feet at Macon
(Ga.l Fair Grounds.

Macon, Ga-Eugene Ely. noted
aviator and the first man to alight
on the deck of a man-of-war In q
heavier than air machine, was killed
at the fair grounds here, when his
biplane failed to rise from a sensa'
tional dip and fell 160 feet to the
ground.
Misjudging the distance Ely started
his downward glide too soon while
running at a mile d minute and was
unable to make the rise. When the
machine crashed to earth the aviator
was hurled clear of 1t by nearly a
hundred feet He was unconscious
wher, reached by his mechanician,
Frank Collin, and died ten minutes
later before he could be removed to
hospital.
Ten thousand Mortified spectators
witnessed the fatal plunge.
Before running his machine out Ely
asked his assistant mechanician. Ed
gar Turner, for a note book. The
book was handed him and In 1t he
wrote the address Of Mrs. Ely In
New York. Handing the book back.
he said:
IF anything happens to me wire my
wife. There's her address"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
CHINESE CRUSHED BY REBELS
imperial Troops, Defeated in Two-pay
Battle Before Hankow, Are in
Rapid Retreat.

Peking-Imperial troops sent to
the relief of Hankow have been de-
feated by the revolutionists in a two
days battle outside the city.
The warship fleet under Admiral
Sahchen Ping was forced to drop sew"
eral miles down the river under a
heavy fire from the shore batteries.
One Chinese gunboat was sunk by
Its crew which deserted to the rebels.
There is CONSERVATION in the capital
ut this reverse, the most serious since
the revolution started A wireless
message from Hankow confirms the
reports of the imperialists' retreat.
Dispatches from Kiu-Kiang are of the
same tenor, adding that the Chinese
gunboats are retreating to that place.
The conduct Of the rebels at Hankow
fs reported to be exemplary. Martial
law is being enforced.
When the fighting ceased on the
first day the revolutionists took up a
strong position. Reinforcements for
the rebels arrived and on the morn
ing following a force fully 5000 strong
commenced an advance on the i'm.
perial encampment
The advance was conducted eau
tiously. On the march the rebels
burned hundreds of huts, fearing am
bush.
The loyalist infantry made faint
show Of resistance. while the shots
from the imperial warships failed to
dislodge a rebel field gun which had
been made the special object of at
tack.
When the rebel scouts reached the
imperial camp they found it desert
ed, and the main body entered, wav
ing banners and shouting in jubila
ton. The loyalists' evacuation was &c
hurried that they left many tents and
six carloads Of baggage and ammuni
tion.
A rumor is current that the rebels
have cut the railroad behind imperia
troops and captured Siaokan, 80 mile.
north of Hankow.
Another native report is that the
rebels hold the railway tunnel al
Sinyangchow. in the southern part oi
Ho-Nan province.
Consular dispatches from Yun-Nar
report persistent rumors of disaffec
tion among the imperial soldiers
A Mohammedan rebellion is report
ed imminent in Kan-Su. the scene O
the Mohammedan revolt Of 1S5S-75.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
FLAW WILL NOT
AFFECT RUM LAW
SECRETARY OF STATE DECLARES
TECHNICALLY CANNOT IN
VALIDATE AIKEN LAW.
STATES ECONOMY TO SAVES BIG SUNS
Scott Again ReprieVed, for the Fourth
Time.-Conneau to Have an Ex-
perimental Farm.-Won't
Accept Portrait.

Columbus -Saloonkeepers who built
hope of evading payment Of their an
nual $1,000 Aiken law tax by reason
Of a flaw in the new Garfield act,
amending the. county fee law, are
doomed to disappointment, according
to Secretary of State Graves.
Discovery of this flaw caused a
furry of excitement about the State
House, and until Graves gave his
positive opinion there were predic.
tions that revenue from liquor sellers
was doomed in wet" as well as dry
counties.
The Garfield act repealed several
sections of the general code apply
ing to fees among them, as stated in
the title clause, section 6086. In the
closing clause, however, section $685.
instead of 60S6, was listed for repeal
No. 60S5 is the section authorizing the
county auditor to list liquor dealers
for taxation. Secretary Graves points
out that the intent of the Legisla
lure is obvious, namely, that 6086 and
not 60S5 should be repealed, since the
former is specified in the opening
clause and in the body Of the act, and
moreover because the purpose of the
net was modification of the fee
charges and not an abolition of the
/ liquor tax.
However, the repeal was clearly g
typographical error, and court deci
sions are said fully to cover the point
that the unmistakable intent of the
legislature is not to be lost because
of a mere clerical error.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Law Unconstitutional.

The law creating township boards
of park commissioners is declared to
be unconstitutional by Attorney Gen
eral Hogan, in a ruling to Prosecuting
Attorney F. r. Hogue of Geauga
county.
These officers are appointed by tho
common pleas court and the law
creating them is declared no good be-
cause it seeks to empower these ON.
GERS to levy taxes, an authority alone
vested in elective officers.
Prosecutor Hogue asked for an
opinion as to whether or not the new
Smith one per cent law prevented the
park commissioners from making a
one mill levy for park purposes. 1t is
a corollary that this levy cannot be
made if the law creating the commits
sioners is invalid.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Carload of Bass Planted.

Columbus.-Thef fall distribution OF
fish has been started by the state fish
and game commission by the placing
of q carload of fish in the streams OF
Franklin county. These fish consist
largely of black bass and rock bass
of mature growth. These fish were
caught in nets in Lake Erie.
1t is unlawful to sell bass in Ohio,
although this fish may be caught with
hook and line. During the coming
week a large stock of fish will be
taken from the state hatchery and
distributed in various parts Of the
state. From now until about the
middle of next month the distribution
will be made. The fish being distrib.
uted now will spawn in the spring.
According to Chief Warden John c.
Speaks, fishing is becoming a greater
pastime now than ever before, not
only in Ohio but elsewhere. He esti'
mates Ohio has as many as 100000
fishermen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
MINISTER IN JAIL
REV. CLARENCE v. 7. RIcHEsoN
CHARGED WITH DEATH o.
AVIS LlNNELL.
WOMAN DIES FROM POISON
Druggist Tells Police He Sold Min
lister Cyanide of PotassIum-VIctim
Is said to Have Been Engaged to
Accused. :,

Boston.-A cell In Charles street
Jail holds Rev. Clarence Virgil Thomp-
son Richeson, pastor Of Immanual
Baptist church, Cambridge, charged
with the murder of Avis Linnell OF
Hyannis, Mass.
Miss Lnnell, who was nineteen
years old and a student at the Con-
servatory of Music. was found dead
In the bathroom Of the Young Wom-
ems Christian association home here.
The arrest Of the minister was made
at the home Of Moses G. Edmands, IA
ther Of Richeson's fiancee. 1t was
made without a warrant on informa-
ton substantiated by the police that
the minister had bought cyanide Of
potassium shortly before the girl died
from that drug The warrant was Is
sued after the pastor was lodged In
cell.
After a brief hearing in municipal
court Richeson was held without bail
for further examination October 81,
the date set for bis wedding with Vio-
let Edmands.
Deputy Superintendent of Public
Watts said he received word from
Newton that William Hahn, a druggist
OF Newton Center, had sold cyanide Of
potassium to Richeson, whom he
knew we'll, on the night Of October 10.
Miss Linnells death has caused a
sensation because Of several mysteri-
GUS circumstances. She Is believed
to have been engaged to Rev Richie,
son, but 1t is said the engagement
was broken and the clergyman later
became engaged to Miss Edmands.
Richeson has steadily refused to dis
cuss the case. The minister is ma
tive of Rose Hill. Va, and has lived In
Liberty, Mo-, Carrollton, Mo-, st. Louis
and Louisville. He is thirty-five years
Of age
Liberty, Mo.-Clarence Richeson
for several years was a student at
William Jewell college here. and was
expelled in 1906 in his senior year
when he was detected cheating in his
examinations.
While in college he figured in one
sensational incident, when he refused
to leave the home Of a young woman
who is said to have Tilted him, until
two o'clock in the morning.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Pen Warden Faces Quiz.

Columbus.-With a view to estab-
lishing the truth or falsity of charges
made against Warden T. H. B. Jones,
of the Ohio penitentiary, the probe Of
conditions at the state prison will take
a new turn when resumed, probably
the last of the week, after the attor-
ney generals return from Baltimore,
and will go searchingly into the war
den's management of that institution.
The taking up of this phase of the
prison management will be the result
of the letter Of protest sent by the
warden to the attorney general in
which he declared that he was being
accused without warrant or any op-
portunity to rebut. 1t is expected that
the warden himself will be given all
the opportunity necessary to present
his side of the case.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
State to Watch Values.

Although the state public service
commission may not make physical
valuations of telephone properties be-
fore authorizing sale of the plant Of
one company to another, it will take
care to see that sales are not made
on fictitious values. To permit such
course would be to allow rates to
be charged on fictitious values, It is
said, thing which it Is desired to
prevent.
The commission will have from each
company a detailed statement OF the
property which is sought to be sold.
The commissions engineers will go
over these schedules and check them
up to be sure no excess valuation is
placed on the property. If necessary,
more detailed examination will be
made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
POSSE SEEKS Ex-CoNVICT
Ellsworth Authorities Believe Charles
Marzyek Killed IL Persons In
Three States.

Ellsworth. Kan.-The theory that
one man slew IA persons in three
states within six weeks received sup
port in a statement made by Mrs Min.
ME Vopat. divorced wife Of Charles
Marzyek
Marzyek. who is an ex-convict, is
sought by the county authorities in
connection with the murder of five
members Of the William Snowman
family here.
Mrs. Vopat said Marzyek has been
in Colorado Springs. where the Wayne
and Burnham families. six persons
six weeks ago were killed, and is ac.
quainted in Monmouth, ILL.,. where viii
liam E. Dawson and his wife ard
daughter were slain recently.
AS a possible connection between
the Ellsworth and other tragedies
Mrs. Vopat said her former husband
was convicted OF forgery in Colorado
Springs few months ago. She said
1t was not improbable that he had
been in Monmouth lately.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

J. D. Avery of Shelburne Falls IL
surely the king of oxen in this part
of the country. At the Brattleboro fair
recently he has had the most wonder
full exhibit of oxen, and in all the tests
of strength for pulling heavy boat
loads of stone his oxen have cleaned
the decks. One of the secrets In these
tests Is the way the oxen are man.
aged and driven. Mr. Avery does his
own driving and is master at the
business, The other day again, as the
day before, he cleared everything be-
fore him in the OK pulling ring by TAX
ing all three prizes in the free. for all
class and first and second in the $500
class.
The load drawn in the $500 class
was about 9,106, while the veteran Oh
man made an exhibition pull of nine
feet in the free for all class with q
fancy pair OF DeVons with load Of
1928. which is the biggest load
drawn at Brattleboro since he pulled
over 1000 with his famous pair of
Holsteins.-Hampshire Gazette.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

one day Of the wonderful cures made
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and decided TO try 1t,
and 1t has made me a well woman
MY neighbors and friends declare It
had worked q miracle for me. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound iB
worth its weight in gold for women
during this period of life. If it will
help others you may publish my
letter. Mrs. NATHAN B. CREATION,
81 N. Main Street, Natick, Mass.
The Change of Life is the most criti-
cal period Of a wOman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known
10 medicine that will so successfully
carry women through this trying
period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Ify you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Farm Study Big Saving.

Planning for an even bigger cam.
paign Of agricultural education than
has already been put into effect, the
four state supervisors of agricultural,
in a report to State School Commits
sioner Frank Miller, declare that the
study of agricultural in rural schools
had in many counties saved from
$4,000 to $4,000 to the farmers.
This, they said, is only small frac.
tion of the sum that will be saved
when a thorough knowledge OF s"ien.
tific farming has been installed
throughout the state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
WHEN JOHNNY CAN'T HEAR and I
Boy at Play Is Always Deaf when\V
Hia Mother 10 Calling
Him,

Johnny"
That was his mother calling from a
window and Johnny playing in the
street, but Johnny didn't hear her.
And then:
Johnny! Come here"
But Johnny is at this moment
reaching up to catch high ball and
his ears are closed to all calls; where
upon:
Johnny, do you hear me?"
But johnny doesn't He has caught
that ball and now he Is fielding 1t to
another boy standing by a tree. So
now: q
Johnny" this time with a little
staccato In it, and perhaps a faint
suggestion of a slipper.
And does that open Johnny's earsT
Why, he's at the bat now and pre-
pared to hit the ball swat that VIII
send 1t half way down the block, and
all things else are as naught to him
But now hear the vigilant mother
this time gently, for she knows that
boys will be boys:
Johnny, l want you to come in
now"
Johnny is at this moment running
Ike a wild man, or boy, making for
that tree he was throwing at a mo-
ment ago and utterly oblivious OF
everything in the world, the parentaF
voice included. But that cleaves the
| air again now:
Johnny"
Johnny is standing with one foot at
the root of the tree and the other foot
extended, all ready to jump and run
when the boy at the bat hits the bah.
Johnny"
And Johnny runs like all pos
sessed, not for home, but for the base,
and there he stands, while from the
window comes again the voice:
Johnny"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Phone Receipts HInher.

Columbus.-The income of the state
from the excise tax on gross receipts
of telephone companies will be in
creased $22, 1856, the state tax COM
mission reports. The Cuyahoga Tele-
phone company of Cleveland reports
gross receipts of $869,55S, as against
$774,10S in 1910, an increase of $685.
445. making its increased tax $765.
The Cleveland Telephone company re-
ports $1,440,556 as its gross receipts
as against $1,165.4S4 in 1910, an in
crease of $275, 072, and an increase tax
Of $3,300.86.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
WOMAN WHIPS IS HAZERS
University Of Illinois Sophomores Are
Routed After Breaking into House
Where Man Was III.

Champaign, Ill.-Mrs. Andrew ].
Miller, wife of former States
Attorney Miller Of this Champaign
county, put to rout and severely lashed
with big whip several of party of
sophomore students from the Univer-
sity of Illinois. as they sought to break
into the Miller house with. the object
of hazing certain freshmen who board
ed there.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
$1,000 for Buckeye Lake.

Three allowances were made by the
state emergency board. The state
board of administration was given
$4,000 to replace the laundry build
ing recently destroyed at the peni-
tentiary, and to equip it; the state
board Of public works was given ST..
900 to correct defective sanitary con.
ditions at Buckeye Lake, and the
Ohio state university was given 1886
for new roof for Townsend hall.
The requests of the state board Of
public works for $25,O0O to repair
damage done to the canal by foods,
and for $4,000 by the state liability
board of awards to engage help re.
quired by law were deferred until
next week.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

The state, through Attorney Gener.
al Hogan, has entered suit in the com.
mon pleas court of Franklin county
against the Coshocton Gas company
for $1,122 and a penalty Of $178 al.
legged to be due the state as excise
tax on the gas companys gross earn,
ings.
The petition recites that the tax
commission certified to the state audi.
tor that the gross earnings of the
company were $93,552 for the last
year, and that hence the state had
$1,122 coming as excise tax, but the
Coshocton company declined to pay it.
At the time the suit was filed the
gas company entered its appearance
in court and will! probably in defense
of the suit allege and attempt to
prove the illegality of the tax com
mission.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
State to Save Biz Sum.

When complete reports are made
from state institutions under the con
troll of the state board of administra
tion, savings of thousands of dollars
each month will be shown to the
credit of the new board, according to
statements of the members of the
board. At the school for the deaf
$2,0215S has been saved in the month
The school for the blind made a
similar saving. At the penitentiary
completed figures show that $7709S
was the net saving in the first two
months of the boards control.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
KATE SHELLEY NEAR DEATH
Iowa's Heroine In Preearious Condition
and Doctors Give Up Hope for
Her Recovery.

Bone 10. Kate Shelley, 1owa's
heEoine, is In a precarious con-
dition at her home near Moingona.
She is bedfast with Bright's disease
and doctors have given up hope for
her recovery. Miss Shelley saved n
Northwestern train years ago by
crawling across a tottering river
bridge and rushing to Moingona,
where she gave a warning as the
train was pulling out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
state Demands Fee.

State dairy and food commissioners,
sleuthing for violations Of the stste
liquor laws in Cleveland, have uncov.
cred half a dozen houses where in
toxicants are sold without state II.
cense. Names of proprietors have
been certified to County Auditor Pres.
tien as owing the $1,000 license fee
Unless the fee is paid furnishings will
be confiscated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
TELLS OF 100000 "FUND"
Lieut.. Governor Morris on Stand In
Stephenson Inquiry Names Robert
J. Shields az Receiver.

Milwaukee, Wis.-"I have been told
~ Mr.. Cook. partner Of Edward
Hines. that approximately $1OO.
0OO was paid by Hines and Senator
Stephenson to certain men. one Of
whom was Robert J. Shields. to be
used in the election Of Senator Steph
enson." said Lieutenant Governor Nor
RIG at the Stephenson query.
He said Mr.. Shields went to Wash
tngton and saw Senator Stephenson
and came back with a check.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
lts Validity Attacked.

That the law prohibiting the use Of
tfammel nets for fishing in Lake Erie
is class legislation and therefore un.
constitutional, was the only argument
produced before the circuit court, by
attorneys representing the trammel
net fishermen who have brought man.
damus proceedings to compel the
state fish and game warden to license
them to use their nets in the Lake
Erie waters.
The right of the state to regulate
fishing in a manner applicable to all
was not questioned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
U. S. STEEL CANCELS LEASE
Contract for Great Northern Ore Beds,
Biggest Property Controlled by
Company, is NuIIified.

New York.--It was officially an.
nounced that the United States Steel
corporation has cancelled its con-
tracts for the lease of the Great
Northern ore beds. one of the biggest
properties of that kind controlled by
the company
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

Ashtabula. William C. Scoville,
pioneer blacksmith and one Of the
first settlers of the Western Reserve
is dead at his home here. He was
born at Fort Miller, N. Y, Sept. II.
1881, and was but years old when
his parents moved to this place He
saw this city built UP from q woods
and the little log school houses give
way to the large brick structures
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
state EaIls Heir to Rssldue.

The state of Ohio has again fallen
heir to a deserted fortune" only this
time the fortune" amounts to $75.
The money has been turned over to
the state by the probate court and IS
the unclaimed portion OF the estate
of the late Katherine Eichnar of Co
lumbus and represents the share that
is due and unclaimed by John ].
Eichner and Othmar Eichner. The
property was turned into the county
treasury by Barbara Bichney, execu.
trix OF the will. through her attorney.
C. s. NJ. Krumm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
II. L. swift Dies on Trip,

Chicago Herbert L. Swift, presI-
deu; Ct the Sterling Lumber and Sup.
ply company, and brother of Louis F
Swift. the packer. died suddenly on a
Chicago E. Northwestern railroad train
near Milwaukee from heart disease.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
At Private Expense.

The expense of sending tubercular
Satients to the state sanitorium at Mt.
Vernon may not be borne by the
county, SO Attorney General Hogan
rules in response to a request for an
onipion on this subject from the su-
perintendent of the institution. No
law could be found authorizing the
county to bear this expense.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

Judge Petit has ruled that Reno d.
vorces are invalid in Illinois. but peo
pie who have them need not be expect
ed to hurry into the courts for the
purpose of having things righted
What do they care for a little old
thing like a ruling?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Saves Life Four Times.

For the fourth time in six months
Steve Scott, colored, sentenced to die,
was yanked from the shadow Of the
electric chair through reprieve from
Gov. Harmon, telegraphed from Ra.
leigh, N. C. Scott has been in the an
mex awaiting execution for the murd-
er Of an Italian railway laborer in
1910, in Miami county, since April
rs, 1910.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26
Hobble skirt Hooms = Town,

Portsmouth. N. H.-The hobble SKIRT
Is proving an important factor in an
Industrial boom in this city. To the
increasing popularity of the hobble
are attributed the largely increased
use Of fancy shoe buttons and the
vastly increased business Of the Sut-
ton factories here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-26

Ladies' NUTS will. according to ad
vance notices from the fashion en-
poriums. be much larger during the
coming winter than ever before. This
being the case, 1t may be necessary
FOR the young man who takes girl
out In cab or an automobile to hire
an extra vehicle for the purpose Of
transporting her muf