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The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Marianna Couple Nearly Drowned in
 Icy Lake Waters.

Marianna, Ark, Jan. 13.-Captain and Mrs. l. s. Johnson had a thrill ing experience when thet steamer 'Nettie Harmon sank in LAnguille lake this morning.
 Captain Johnson was forced to swim to a treetop and climb into the branches where be remained for two hours suffering ths lmlsme cold before being rescued by relief party from Marianna.
 Mrs. Johnson ran to the extreme top of the hurricane deck just above the water line, and was rescued by the same party that came to the aid of Captain Johnson
 Both were taken to Marioana but were reported at a late hour tonight as resting easy
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
PLAN 5 DON'T
 SUIT MORSE
CONVICTED BANKER WOULD RATHER GO TO GERMANY FOR
 BENEFIT OF HIS HEALTH.
impossible to Tell at This Time Just When He Win Be Transferred to the Army and Navy Hos
 pital at This Place.


 Washington, Jan. 13. 3.-Charles w Morse. the convicted New York bank CT, may not accept the privilege oz treatment at Hot Springs, Ark, ss q prisoner patient, in accordanse with the authority granted by President Taft yesterday
 It is understood Morse has dest:ned 10 leave the army hospital at Me- Pherson, Ga, at this time. noas:islS because he believes himself sl,gs.eal- " unequal to the trip to Arkansas.
 Officials here are reticent in regard to the matter Warden William N Hover of the Atlanta penitentiarv and Major David Baker of the Fort Me pherson hospital, today sent telegrams explaining the situation These were laid before President Taft, nut rot made public.
 All details for making the trarsfer so far as the prison authorities were concerned, had been arranged, the time of departure only depending pl'- on MT Morse's readiness
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Lake Steamers lcshound.

Chicago, Jan Fifty-five pas sengers are icebound on two lake passenger steamers, five miles out of the Chicago harbor tonight, 72 hours after they ran afoul of floating ice, which made further progress impos- sible.
 Neither immediate danger nor i'm mediate escape from their position ap- pears likely when tugs gave up 10. night. the second days efforts to reach the imprisoned boats with lines.
 Wireless reports from the Indiana. enc of the boats. indicated there was enough food and fuel aboard that craft and the other, the Kansas. to last a week.
 smooth sea has given the ice blocks an opportunity to freeze to- sether and to clog the screws of both toats.
 An on-shore wind would drive the boats on the beach and the break 'ng up would subject the wooden boats 10 a strain they might have difficul- " in resisting.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
VALE GETS ENDOWMENT.

New Haven. Conn. Jan. B. is announced today that Andrew Carna- gie some time ago promised get of $100,000 to the snslowrlent fund of the Yale Forest snaoo. Association as soon as its endowlnent find had reached s50O,00O. and orlg si9.ano is now needed to comple.e this gum.
 Another promise of sl00,N0O to erect a memorial building for ,r. estry purposes has beel made by a person whose name Is not maas pu5- lie and 1t is exported tha fund wlll soon be paid in. fine fuirra alans oi the school include the purchase of i school forest of seversl thousand acres.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
NEW TESTIMONY
 BY GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL ATTORNEYS ENpEAvoR TO DlsPRoVE STATEMENTS
 OF PACKING HOUSE MEN.
Introduce Testimony to Show That Profits Were Covered in False
 Test Cost Prices.

Chicago. Jan. 13.-Goyernment at torneys prosecuting Chicago meat packers on charges of violating the sherman antitrust law, brought out today the first direct evidence by which they expected to show that the packers concealed profits and set up a false cost price upon which to base the price at which retailers got their supplies
 The governments accusation is that the packers, in making up this arbitrary ''test costs" price, oyer- stated the actual cost and subtract. ed from it only substantially half the actual profit from by-products there by compelling the retailer and con. sumer to pay prices based on a cost much greater than the actual cost
 Testimony brought out today was designed by the federal attorneys to show this price might be padded and to substantiate the allegations that it was padded.
 Chief Accountant H. A. Tmimmins of Morris and Company. in testify ing. stated that since 1907 on certain large purchases Of live cattle, only to cents pound were allowed for hides and cents pound fol fats. The government contends q this instance, that in making up tho i test price on which selling figure was based. the packers would add tt the price per pound paid in the yards and on the hoof, a certain killins
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
SNEAD-BOYCE
 CASE FATAL
HUSBAND SHOOTS FATHER OF MAN WHO ELoPED WITH HIS
 WIFE TO CANADA.
Prominent and Wealthy Texas FamI- lies Plunged Into Grief Over Fatal Ending of Romantic
 Runaway Escapade.

Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 13.-A. c. Boyce, ST, father of the man who recently was arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, charged with abduction of Mrs. J. B. Snead from a Hospital in Fort Worth, tonight was shot and killed by ]. B. Snead, husband of the woman win whom young Boyce is said to have eloped
 Boyce. who was 70 years old. was sitting alone in lobby of local hotel, when Snead walked in, about g o'clock tonight According to wit nesses. Snead walked up to the old CT man with his haad behind him, under his coat. The old man turned and looked at Snead and then asked him:
 Well, what are you goine to do about it, you cowardly cur?'
 Snead muttered something in reply and then, drawing his revolver, fired two shots quickly. He hesitated an instaat as the older man fell for ward. and then fired three shots into Boyce's side.
 Boyce was dead when others in the lobby, which was filled with people at the time of the tragedy. reached him.
 Snead turned and ran from the place. knocking down two who would have blocked his way.
 A traFeling man named Cherry, employed by Swift and Compsny, oui of Kansas City, followed snead aft CT he ran out The slayer went ons block from the hotel and then hesi tated and turned and started back to ward the scene of the shooting.
 Cherry pointed him out to an off cer and he was arrested.
 Snead was taken to the police sts tion and then to the county jail where he refused to make q state ment tonight
 On his deathbed, Boyce made a statement, declaring that he saw Snead once before today in the lobby of the hotel and avoided him.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
; BOND BROKER DEAD.

New York, Jan. 13.-Edward Dwight Shepard, once millionaire, the collapse of whose bond selling company with loss of millions in 1909 caused a sensation, fell dead of heart disease on the sidewalk Of Lower Broadway today. He had been living in comparative retirement since the failure of his firm, F. D Shepherd and Company, which dc a large business, particularly in securi- ties of New Mexico corporations He was apparently in good health up to the time he was stricken.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
ARMY REORGANIZATION
Modification of Measure Now Pending
 r. Contemplated

Modification of Measure Now Pending
 r. Contemplated.
 Washington, Jan Extensive notifications of the army reorgani- zation bill. now before Congress, were announced tonight by Chairman Hay of the house committee on nit tary affairs, at hearIag in Nbish Secretary of War stimson pari;cilas ed
 Chairman Hay determined elimi- nate that portion of the bin wh'eh would make the staff corps perlna. nent and abolish the present system of details from the fine of the army. He declared the chief of coaeE artillery and chief of the division of militia also would be retained in the army or ganization when the bill finally is presented to the house
 The proposed creation of now .na- iors general in the consolidated sup ply department was opposed by See retary stimson as a discrimination against the officers of the 4lne.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14

cost; from that figure would be sub tracted an allowance for hides at from f to cents a pound and for fats 3 cents pound. while in reality the hides realized from 9 to IS cents pound and fats up to cents a pound.
 By this system, the government tried to show today, a false cost price was set, hidden and excessive pro fit obtained and the aYehiler and consumer made to pay for is.
 When court closed attorneys fer the government were reading into the record figures from the account books of Morris and Company, show ing purchases and sales since 1907. and other figures in which the test cost' prices which are attacked, were a part. United States District AL torney James Wilkerson said today that it might take three weeks to read into the record the figures from the accounts Of all the defendant companies.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
COLD SPELL
 IS RAFTING
BUT WEATHER MAN SAYS AN OTHER MAY BE EXPECTED
 AFTER FEW DAYS.
Trains in Kansas and Iowa Are Still Snowbound--Lake Steamers Are Fast in lce-Forida Misses the
 Promised Freeze.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan 1S.-The roard of education authorized the opening of tine public schools to- night to those who have no place to stay during the present cold spell. The buildings will be open day and night
 At s o'clock tonight the local gov ernmeat reading was IS degrees asove zero By tomorrow morning all lse main lines of the railroads in western Kansas will be cleared and traffic will be resumed. The tracks of the Union Pacific road were open cd today. The santa Fe road off cials say their lines to the west will be opened tonight. The Rock Island stlll has stretch of blockaded track between Pratt and Bucklin.
 At Ashland, Kas.. where no train has arrived for eight days, supplies are low.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
FIVE KILLED
 IN JOY RIDE
MERRY AUTO PARTY AT TREN- TON. N. J., RESULTS IN DEATH
 OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
Machine Skidded, Plunged Over Bluff Broke Through Ice and Drowned Five of the Six Occupants
 of the Auto.

Trenton, N. J.. Jan. 1S.-when darkness fell upon the scene where a joy riding automobile party plunged to their death in the artificial water way connected with the power plant above this city, early today, two of the victims were beneath the ice that covers the water. These bodies were recovered during the day:
 DONALD REED, son of former State Supreme Court Justice Aired Reed, of Trenton.
 MARGARET TINDAIL. Trenton
 HELEN MULvEY, Trenton
 The bodies still in the ice are;
 CHESTER A. vANCLEEs, an au- tomobile salesman of this city.
 ANNIE SHOHOSKY, Trenton.
 FREDERICK NJ. FOSTER. the driver of the machine, and member of a well-known family of this city. who had narrow escape from death. is at home of his father here in a se- rious condition from exposure and shock.
 All concerned in the accident were between the ages of F and 24 years the Mulvsy girl being the youngest
 It developed today that the automo- bile belonged to Fosters father and was taken from garage last night while Mir. Foster was attending the automobile show in New York.
 Young Foster and his companions met the girls and after driving about Trenton Induced them to tasse ride into the country
 Young Foster tonieht said the par ty left Trenton last night and went to roadhouse three miles north of Trenton.
 While there, some of the party, he said, had something to drink but he himself took nothing. lie did not know what time the party started back to Trenton. He was familiar with the road, he said, and knew the curve at the point where the accident occurred.
 As he reached the bend he contin- ued. uhe machine began to skid and he put on the brake. The machine kept on, however. plunged over the bank, broke through the ice, and was submerged.
 Foster said he climbed out of the automobile and got on top of the ice He waited what he thought was three or four mautes. hoping to see the others come to the surface, bu they didn't
 He got to the shore, he said, and ran to the roadhouse and told what had happened. Both his hands anf feet are frosted The automobile was lifted out Of the water late this afternoon.
 Helen Mulvey, one of the victims, has been 2 resident of Trenton for the past year. The girl came here from New Haven after her brother Joseph P. Mulyey. took up his resi- denee in this city.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
NEW VESSELS ON CRUISE.

Kingston. Jamaica, Jan, F. The United states battleships Florida and Utah, now attached to the First d. vision of the Atlantic fleet, arrived here today. The water front Has thronged with citizens who assembled to view the largest warships ever seen in this port
 A launch from the Florida. whlie being lowered over the ships side this afternoon. was capsized " the heavy sea. The occupants were res cued.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
STRIKE SITUATION QUIET.
No Recurrence of Outbreaks at Law
 renee, Mass. Mills.

Lawrence, Mass. Jan II Although there was no repetition of the out breaks which marked the beginning yesterday of the strike Of textile opl eratives. who object to decrease in their wages incident to the cur taiImentu uby two hours Of the work ing week under the new 54hour law. mill agents and owners tonight were considering the idea of general shut ting down of the affected mills ua- til conditions have become more near ly normal Such shutdown would affect eight or nine mills. employ ing upwards of 25,00O persons.
 Joseph Etter. member of the execu- tive board of the directors Of the Industrial Mill Workers of America, who was sent from New York to di- rect the strike. addressed mass meeting of operatives this afternoois, He counselled them against entering the mills against which strike had been ordered on Monday morning and said his immediate aim was to have general strike declared.
 Compared with yesterdays violent scenes. everything was aniet about the mills today except for two minor disturbances and work was carried on in every mill. though the force Of operatives at most of them was de pleted considerably The Everett mills closed down idfeninitely how ever, tonight. About $500 operatives in all are out on strike at the differ ent mills.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Another Norther comlna.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-The moderated cold spell now existing over the mid ale west and northwest will continue, Nlth local variations, for the next several days, according to the weath- CT bureau. After that cold wave. now forming over the Canadian north. west, may sweep down over the ter ti9ory that has been held by simi- iar invasion for the last two weeks.
 coalitions today were moderated materially from those of the previous 'Pw days. The rise in temperature was generally throughout the west ana Canadian northwest.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Iowa snowbound.

Mason City, Ia, Jan 13-Train No. , cn the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway has been snowbound since last midnight and all trains are aban. doned today on the line. The Chi cage and Northwestern railways train No 20 has been snowbound al day at Parkersburg and trains north of fere are abandoned It is showing hard and drifting badly tonight
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Franklin case Postponed.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 13.-Over the vigorous objection of the state, Judge Willis granted further delay to- day in fine case Of Bert H. Frank Ia. the McNamara detective, chareed in two instances of jury brigery ~ cording to the courts ruling, Frank lin's attorney will have until Janu- arv F to prepare arguments on behalf of the motion to dismiss the two in formations against their client
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Trains Still Blocked.

Denver, Colo, Jan. is.-The Santa Fes Colorado Flyer" due here last Thursday, was reported early tonight to be still stalled in snowdrifts in western Kansas.
 Union Pacific trains due here yes terday are thirty hours late. Unim- rortant changes are predicted for Colorado. Wyoming and northern New Mexico, where the temperatures gre well above the zero mark.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION

Chicago, Ian. 13-The sub-commit- tee on arrangements of the Repub- lican national committee held it's first meeting here today, organized snd transacted some routine bushes.
 The architect who is to have charge of preparing the Coliseum for the gathering reported he would be able to scat about 1so00 D yrsons Of this number 1,6oQ delegates are Demo crats.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
Warmer ln Texas .

Dallas, Texas, Jan Warmer weather prevailed today over Texas and Oklahoma and the temperature movement was spectacular. Early morning temperatures were about as low as on the previous day but there ~as practically no wind and by noon the temperature was several degrees higher. The Sunday forecast for the southwest is for warmer conditions
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
HOGAN AND MURPHY MATCHED

San Francisco, Cal, Jan lS,-'one Round, Hogan of this city and liar lem Tommy Murphy of New York, have been matched for a 2O-round fight here on January St, according to an announcement made tonight hy Promoter James w coffroth They win weigh in at .lss pounds at 6 ?. m
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
FIND AMMUNITION 1.

New Orleans, La. Ian. f3.-Rell- able information was received here tonight that carload Of ammunitions beIieyed to be intended for revpll's tionary purposes In Mexico. had heens located at Jackson. Miss Aaolhsf car is also said 10 have been feNna at a small station near GuIfpofl
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
NORWOOD IS E
 OUT OF RACE

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 13.--- Attorney General Hal L. Nor wood today announced his with drawal from the contest for the democratic nomination for governor.
 The primary election Is to be held March 27.
 MT. Norwood stated that he had hoped to make a canvas by the expenditure of reason able amount of money. How ever, he says he has found 1t impossible to continue the can vass without without oaa.!..;;s;;S oaa.!..;;ss;;S oH hts friends for financial assistance and rather than do this he has decided to withdraw.
 His withdrawal leaves the contest between congrpssman Joe T. Robinson and Governor George W. Donaghey, who is seeking a third nomination.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-14
THE WEATHER.

Washington, D. c, Jan. ;3.-Fore- cast for Arkansas: Falr Sunday; Monday, probably fair and warmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-08-20
9 HORSES

Bay mare, z years old
Black gelding, 5 years old
Matched team black. z years old
Black mare, 5 years old
Roam geldine, 10 years old
Bay mafse18 ears old
Family driving horse
Spring colt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-08-20
LIBRARY NOTES

List Of books in travelling library
just received and ready for circula-
ton at the public library.
Adams A new conscience and an
ancient evil.
Bennett Helen with the highhand.
Bennett Old wives tale.
Bishop Road to seventy years
young.
Bryce Stevenson reader
Chesley Social activities for men
and boys
Churchill Commission
Clemens $4,000 bequest and
other stories
Day Tie Skipper and the skipped
Dimock Dick among the lumber
jacks
Dudley With mask and mitt
Earl The school team on the dia-
mond
Flandran Prejudices
Galsworthy The Patrician
Hay The Right Stuff
Holmes Elsie Venner
Kaemffert New art of flying
Keyes When mother lets us play
Lincoln The woman haters
Living without a boss
Lucas The Ladies' Pageant
McGlaufiin Handicraft for girls
Meriwether Seeing Europe by
automobile
Montessori The Montessorimethod
Ogden Rural hygiene
Pyle Story of champions of the
Round Table
Riley Rhymes of childhood
Rogers Earth and sky
st. John Things a boy should
know about wireless
| Sidgwick Peeps at many lands
Germany
| Smith Kennedy Square
| Spofford Old Washington
| Stockwell Essential elements of
business character
Stories of the middle ages
Thompson Party leaders of the
time
White The Cabin
| Wister Lady Baltimore.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-08-20
MRS. ELLA B. m. BISSELL


Mrs. Ella B. M. Bissell died at her
home in Old Forge, Pa, Saturday.
July 20, 1912, her death being the re-
suit of stroke of apoplexy, sus-
tanned several months ago. Fitting
services conducted by her pastor.
Rev. James Thompson, were held at
the homestead at 1920 a. M, Mon
day, the obsequies being interspersed
b. two choice selections, sung by
Mrs. Chas. Randall. The remains
then-the casket envelopedi in beauti-
full flowers, presented by friends. and
followed by company of neighbors
were conveyed to the Lehigh Val
ley station at the Lackawanna juno
ton, and taken to Towanda, where
they were inferred in Oak Hill ceme-
terry, the services at the grave being
conducted by her former pastor,
Rev. John S. Stewart, D. D. Mrs.
Bissell, whose age was 63, was twice
married. her first companion being
Capt. Geo. V. Myer, who died fifteen
years ago. while as its fruits, there
were born to them three sons, Harry
W., of Pittsburg, DIR. w. w. and
Cecil B. of Old Forge, all of whom
survive. In 1910 Mrs. Myer was
married to D. H. Bissell, this union.
though of short duration, being also
one of happiness, each evincing an
Acknowledgment towardsthe other.
Mrs. Bissell, who was the only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Brown of
Browntown, near Wyalusing, where
she passed her early life, receiving
as she did, the best educational adj
vantages afforded in those days.
Mrs. Bissell, who was a member of
the d. A. R., could by authenticated
records, trace her maternal ancestry
to the Mayfower. while on her
paternal side-the Browns, the fam
lily was conspicuous for its partici-
patton in the War of the Revolution
| two Of them having been slain in the
Wyoming Massacre. 1t could be
said of Mrs. Bissell that she always
had well-ordered household and an
attractive home, she being adelight-
full entertainer, ready in converse
ton, showing an apt appreciation of
the little pleasantries of life, as we'll
as evincing the best of taste in at
tire and home surroundings. She
was affectionately attached to her
companions and sons, disregard be-
ing reciprocated by them all, to the
last. Though suffering good deal
through weary months. she bore it
with fortitude, sustained by an I'M
| faltering trust in her Lord and ISav-
ior, finally falling asleep in ssthe full
hope of blessed Immortality. Mrs.
BisselI is survived by her husband,
ID. I'll. Bissell, three sons, named be-
fore and four brothers, DIR. c. w.
Brown, Washington, D. c., DR.. j.
w. Brown, Ithaca, N. Y, F. M.
Brown of Reynoldsville, Pa, and DR..
d. Brown. Wyalusing, Pa. Towanda
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