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New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
APPLAUD AS WOMAN WINS
Separation Granted to Mrs.
Townsend.

Members Of the Minerva and Thursday
Morning clubs Of Manhattan cheered and
clspped their hands when a Jury in the
Supreme Court at White Plains yesterday
awarded separation to Mrs Florence r.
Townsend from her husband, George 5.
Townsend, formerly a prominent leader OF
New Rochelle society, on the ground that
he had tried to place her in an asylum.
Mrs. Townsend contended that the action
of Mr.. Townsend in telling her neighbors
she was insane constituted extreme cruelty
and the jury upheld her contention. For
two DAYS the trial had been on before JUS
tice Keogh. and after his charge 1t took the
jury an hour to reach verdict.
About forty women from New York and
New Rochelle were in the courtroom, ana
they all sided with Mrs. Townsend, who is
a member Of the Minerva Club. When the
jury reported the women hugged and KISSED
Mrs. Townsend, and every club member IN
sisted on shaking the hand Of each juror
Mr.. Townsend called in his behalf ave
physicians. among them DR.. Charles Dana
Of Manhattan, all Of whom testified that
the plaintiff was Of unsound mind in 1911
when they examined her. Then Mrs
4
women companions and DR.. ID, B. Sheldon
Of New York. who testified that they had
never seen her do an irrational act
Mrs Olive W. Piper said that when her
baby was seriously III last year and had 10
take medicine with strychnine In 1t she
called in Mrs Townsend to help her care
for the chile.
WAS Mrs. Townsend rational or IRA
tional?" the lawyer asked.
II wouldn't have called in an Irrational
person TO administer drugs 10 my child,
would ," she raplied.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
TURNS ON SCHEFTELS FIRM
Expert Testifies Report Did Not
Justify Mining Articles.

Tho cross-examination Of Walter Harvey
Weed a reoloeist and mining expert. VINO
had been called as witness Tor ths ue
fence at the trial OF George Graham hics
and other members of the firm OF b. H.
Scheftels & Co, brought surprise 10 tns
defendants Yesterday. when Goldth"si'o H.
Dorr Assistant United States Attorney
elected the statement from DR.. Weed thst
the possibilities of the Ely Central copper
Company had been vastly and knowingly
exaggerated by Rice and his associates "
boom the stock.
Dr Weed was retained by Rice to ex-
anime the Ely Central property. HIS re-
mort was published In the Scheftelss mi"'
ing paper but. Mr.. Dorr explained, II, was
written in the technical manner OF an ea-
mort and did not convey a clear ldea OF
the value Of the property to the average
stock buyer. Mr. Dorr read from the pup
Ications of the Scheftels crowd numpcr
If articles booming the Ely Central, IN ono
of which il was said the property was hot
nrospect but a proved mine. DR.. Wceo'
however, said that, In his OPINION 'ne E'
Central was but prospect.
Another statement OF the Scheftels paper.
that the whole 800 acres of the Ely Central
bore demonstrated copper ore Oh COM
morcial value, was met with the testimony
% Dr Weed that he had found only half
an acre with copper ore.
The possibility, widely heraided oy nee'
of working the Ely Central through s'e"n'
shovel pits, was declared by pr' "ecu W
! be doubtful proposition.
Mr.. Dorr then read articles puphsheo Wy
Scheftels & Co., issued after they haa
ceived and published the Weeo repo,'
serting that DR.. Weeds innings hdo sus
tanned in every respect thelr dec'arauo", |,
concerning the Ely Central Dr' "e'u
said that he did not authorize such s.a'e-
mcnt. and that his report couid not nave
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
FORCED TO COMMIT BIGAMY
Woman Who Married H. F. Par.
shall Gets Light Sentence.

London, Feb. H.-Mrs. Deborah Jefrreys
was sentenced to-day at the Old Bailey to
days Imprisonment on charge of con-
tracing bigamous marriage with Horace
r. Parshall. the American capitalist-en-
gneer and chairman Of the Central London
Tube Railway. The sentence meant her i'm
mediate discharge from custody.
Horace f. Parshall. through his counsel.
entered a plea for merciful treatment OF
the accused and the recorder adopted the
view that Mrs. Jenreys, in going through
the form of marriage. with Mr.. ParshalI.
acted under The compulsion of her real
husband, Herbert II. Jeffrcys
The prisoner declared that her FIRST hus-
band. from whom she was separated, had
insisted upon her marrying Mr.. Parshall in
order - get his money and threatened to
Kill her unless she did SO.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
OLYMPIC HITS A WRECK
Big Liner Loses Propeller Blade
Arrives at Plymouth.
MUST GO INTO DRYD0CK
Makes 90 Knots After Accident
to Land Passengers at
Scheduled Points.

Belfast. Feb 27-The White Star liner
olympic, which left New York on Wednes-
day and arrived at Plymouth tonight.
struck a submerged wreck in the Atlantic
early this morning. One blade of one OF
her propellers was broken
After landing her passengers At Plym-
outh, Cherbourg and Southampton the
liner will come to Belfast to have new
llade put in, which will be a matter OF only
a few hours work.
The repairs would have been executed at
Southampton only for the fact that there is
nc drydock there sufficiently large to ac-
commodate the Olympic.
The first reports intimated that the dam-
age had been severe, and Captain T.. j.
Smith announced through the ether his in
tention of proceeding to Belfast, where the
big liner could find drydock. Later In
the day, however. he telegraphed that the
hull Of the vessel had been uninjured and
that he would hold to the regular schedule.
. These reports were confirmed last night
by the White Star office in this city. II
was said there that the liner would be
taken to Belfast after discharging her pas
into drydock there for the repair OF the
damaged propeller The process. however,
would cause only a days delay, and she
would be ready to sail from Southampton
on her westward trip on March 7, one day
behind schedule The next voyage east
ward from New York would be begun on
time. March 16.. it was said
The messages picked up from the shin
were indefinite as to the nature and posi-
ton of the submerged wreckage. 1t was
said, however, that the vessel was making
twenty knots afterward, only few knots
less than her average speed.
The first accident to the big boat after ner
initial visit here in June of last year oc-
Cured in Cowes Roads, just outside OF
southampton, on September 20, when she
was in collision with the British cruiser
Hawke Her passengers. the largest list
that had ever sailed the Atlantic. had to be
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
MINERS DEMAND INCREASE
Anthracite Men Meet Operators
in Formal Conference.
ASK 20 PER CENT MORE
Interests Will Give Answer Soon
and Compromise Is Probable
No Strike Talk.

At the conference between the commit
tee Of the anthracite mine workers and
the operators yesterday the formal pres
entation of the demands of the men was
made by John p. White, president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America. The
operators will consider them at meeting
on Tuesday The operators viii appoint
a committee to confer with the committee
of mine workers on March 13.
Among the operators at the conference.
which was held In the offices OF the Trunk
Lines Association, at No. 143 Liberty
street, were william RI. Truesdale. presl-
dent OF the Delaware, LaCkawanna &
Western: T. B. Thomas. president of the
Lehigh Valley; George +. Baer president
of the Philadelphia Reading and OF the
Central Railroad OF New Jersey Joseph
L. Cake, an Independent operator; Morris
williams, president Of the Susquehanna
Coal Company; T. p. Underwood. president
of the Erie; G. f. Childs, Of the New
York. Ontario e. Western, and w. a.
Lathrop, president Of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company
The representatives OF the anthracite
mine workers were John =. White, presl-
dent Of the United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea; Frank j. Hayes. international vice
president; William Green, Frank Earring
ton and others representing local districts.
A number Of the members of the COM
mittee Of anthracite miners had met some
Of the operators who attended this con-
ference before, and there were friendly
greetings on both sides. Joseph l.. CAKE
was Temporary chairman Of the operators
committee and President Baer OF the
Philadelphia & Reading acted as ts
spokesman. when the announcement was
made that the operators would take the
matter up on Tuesday and then confer
with the mine workers on March H. the
date for the Joint conference. He explained
that the committee which met the mine
workers Yesterday was not regularly ap-
pointed one and had no power TO act
The greater number, il not all Of the
members, of the conference committee ol
the mine workers will leave New YorH
! to-day and return in time for the confer
ence with the operators. President white
will go to Indianapolis 10 arrange for con
ferences over the demands OF the bitumi
nous miners. whose agreement expires a
! the same time as the agreement OF the an
| thracite miners.
The belief among coal dealers and opera
tors Yesterday was that II the anthracite
miners strike the bitumlnous miners vii
! remain at work. and vice versa. IL TN
| two classes OF workers quit at the same
| time. It is believed the union treasur!
| would soon be depleted.
While tho operators were not willing u
discuss their possible policy. 1t was sai'
| unonically that they will on no accoun
agree to the demand for % per cent In
crease In wages. but might be willing Z
entertain a compromise proposition.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
TOXIC BOND SALE CLOSES
Offering of $18,OOO,OOO Here Success
full, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Say.

Subscriptions TO the New York allotment.
amounting to 100000. of the s45, ,S75, 900
City of Toxic Japan, per cent loan, Of
fered here through Kuhn, Loeb & Co..
closed at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
While no figures we're obtainable. mem
Der of the banking firm said that the offer
ing had been successful and that subscrip-
tions had come from all over the United
States and were OF a high class, very few
being from spectators Some of the SUBJ
scriptcns, he SAID. were for large amounts.
but there were also a large number OF
small orders. He Sas unable TO give the
amount of the total subscriptions but said
that the sale had gone of very nicely"
The Paris Offering of the bonds. amount
ing TO :260e,00o. was highly successful, be-
ing seven times oversubscrbed according
10 cable dispatches received I'm Wall Street
yesterday. In London, however, owing TO
the threatened strike OF the coal miners.
the allotment OF sl5S75.000 offered there was
only about half covered by the subscrip-
tions. and the underwriting syndicate was
Obliged 10 take UP around - per cent of the
allotment. Nevertheless. when tho siibscrlp-
lions closed the bonds were quoted there al
j-l6 premium.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
TO DEVELOP AVIATION IN WAR
100000 To Be Spent by British Army
in Aeroplanes Alone.

London. Feb. 2.--The estimates OF ex-
penditures for the British army for the
financial year OF 1928, including both ef-
fectiye and non-effcctive services, aggregate
SlS9 SO0.O00, or an increase of ss5o,OgO over
those Of the year 19il-i2
The entire increase IN the estimates Is due
70 me proposed expenditures by the govern
ment fOf the development Of aviation In the
ffliish army IN a memorandum accom-
paiyng tho estimates Niscount Hsidaht,
secretary Of State FOR War. says mat
complete military aviation school, with
iuil complement OF aoroplancs and all the
Workshops necessary 90 train thoroughin
,llcers Of both The army and the navy, VIII
m established at AZ carly date on Sahsou.g
Piain, the great man0uvring ground OF inc
army IN England Thp sum Of 100000 Is
70 be expended on the acquisition Of aero
lianes alone.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
YUAN's MEASURES IN CHINA
Will Pay Arrears to Republican Troops
and Grant Relipiouc Liberty

Peking. Feb 2z-Yuan Shih-kai has no
tiGcd DIR. Sun Yat-sen at Nanling that in
ternational bankers have offered TO ad-
vance a sum of 2O,OOOOc0 taels (about sl3.
$4,000 adding that he will therefore soon
be i'm position to send 100000 taels (about
i2,720.OO0J to Marking in order TO pay the
republican troops.
Yuan-Shih-kai realizes that unless they
are paid the 100000 enlisted men in the re-
publican army are likely 10 constitute a
national danger.
Tang Shao-vi and the other delegates
arrived from Nanking to-day and viii be-
gin negotiations tomorrow regarding the
constitution, the personnel OF the coalition
? "vernment and the location Of the capital
OF the new republic In the opinion OF the
t,,itsates Peking will remain the capital
The Methodist Board of Foreign Missions,
No i5I Fifth avenue, received the following
cable message yesterday. signed by DR.. Fl.
a. Lowry, president of the Methodist Col
iege in Peking:
President Yuan Shih-kai promises re-
Ngious liberty"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28

transferred TO other vessels, and the olyn-
mic was repaired at cost OF nearly slOo'"o'
On the voyage begun last week sne oo'e
notable list OF passengers, parucuisiP i
this time OF the year, when trs'ei ~
orally light. Among the 5G aooato "e
the Duke Of Newcastle William r. |oie',
former president OF the United states o'eei
Corporation; James B. Duke, former presi-
dent OF the American Tobacco Compshy'
Oscar Lewisohn and his wife (Edna Mo!''
Maggie Teyte, the English opera s'sr'
Whitelaw Reid. the American Amoassauor
to Great Britain, and Mrs. Reid; oakieis"
Thorne, Count Apponyi, Samuel HopKins
Adams Colonel Samuel Il. Winslow ana
Mrs Arnold DAILY.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
WICKERsHAM ENDS ARGUMENT
Contends for Commerce Commission I
Power in Intermountain Cases.

Washington. Feb. 2L-Attorney HeheIa'
Wickersham closed the arguments pelorc
the Supreme Court to-day IN the inter-
mountain rate cases by contendlns tnat no
tribunal had the power TO review the au-
thority vested by Congress In the inter-
state Commerce Commission. He based his
argument on the theory that as Consress
VAS able to make exceptions to the prohipi-
tom IT could delegate its power TO the COM
mission.
r. G. billiard and F. W. McCutcheon pre-
s,r,ed arguments for the railroads They
attacked tho constitutionality OF the Ions
and short haul clause oi the law under
which the commission Issued It's orders
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
SNoWCLAD ROOF CAVES IN
@. P. r. r. Roundhouse at 0utremon
Collapses-Damage $4,000.

Montreal. Feb. "A heavy snowstorm
played havoc with the transportation I'm and
out Of Montreal during last night and this
morning. Trains on the Canadian Pacific
Railway and Grand Trunk from Toronto
were three or four hours late Several To-
cal trains on the Grand Trunk were stuck
I'm snowdrifts.
Owing 10 the tremendous weight Of snow
on the roof Of the Canadian Pacific round
house at Outremont the roof collapsed. II
being luncheon hour. no men were in the
building. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000. Several engines in the shed were
damaged.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
NIAGARA LAW EXTENDED.

Washington, Feb. 27-Tlfe Senate to-day
adopted the House joint resolution extend
Ing to January J. 1914, the law regulating
the use Of water from Niagara Falls. The
present law expires on March !.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
sNow BLOCKS MAINE TRAFFIC

Portland, Me-, Feb 27. - The heaviest
snowstorm of the winter in Western Maine
prevailed last night and part of to-day,
temporarily tying up shipping and badly
blocking the steam and electric railroads.
The snowfall in this city was 1876 inches.
a thirty two-mile wind from the northeast
piled up large drifts. Coastwise steamers
remained In port over night
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
BLIZZARD RACES UPSTATE
Trains Delayed, Wires Down and
Traffic ParalYzed.

Utica, y. Y, Feb 27.-The Mohawk VAL
ley is in the grasp OF snow and sleet
storm which has ragged for the last twen-
ty-four hours Traffic is delayed many
hours. wires by the hundreds are down and
transportation is at standstill. Telephone
and telegraph communication with the out
side world is almost impossible. Telephone
poles went down like dominos in one spot
near Marcy for distance Of a mile, only
six or eight poles standing. Communica-
tion with Rome, just west OF Utica. was
via Syracuse, fifty-two miles away.
There are four thousand freight cars in
the local yards ready TO be moved, and
passenger trains have been crawling
through Utica this afternoon and evening
eight to ten hours late. comparatively
moderate temperature is all that prevents
great suffering.
Syracuse. Feb. H.-Another snow block
ade like that OF a week ago threatens
Northern New York tonight. The storm
that is sweeping eastward struck the
northern section with full force early to-
day and within few hours played havoc
with railroad service. Freight traffic was
abandoned. passenger trains were run with
two engines and every piece Of snow fight
ing apparatus was called into service.
Rome, n. Y, Feb. IA storm OF rain,
sleet and snow last night eliminated to-
day in a bowling blizzard. Traffic is again
interrupted and telephone and telegraph
wires are down in every direction
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
Strike Settlement Remote.

Meanwhile the settlement OF the strike
itself appears to he still remote. The mill
owners have positively declined TO treat
with the leaders OF the Industrial Workers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
UNION TO PROTECT
MAN IN LEAP YEAR

Greenwich, Conn.-The marrying
justices of Greenwich, while admit
ting that the town may be a sort of
Gretna Green for New York, have
united to protect young and innocent
man for leap year
A few weeks ago n middle-aged
woman with young man, the latter
slightly intoxicated, came here from
Portchester to we'd Every justice
but one refused to tie the knot on
the ground that the young fellow did
not know what he was about. The
justices are said to have since organ
lied into sort of union not to marry
young men to old women.
One couple came here from New
York and went to Justice William
Timmons. They asked IL he would
marry them II a license was secured
The woman was about sixty years old
and the man seemed eighteen. al
though he said he was twenty-one.
The justice called him to one side
and asked him II the woman had pro-
posed to him. The youth said yes.
Justice Timmons told him to get
out of town and quit being foolish. The
prospective groom took the advice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
Bowels are Basis
of Child Health

Griffin, Sandy Utah, and Mrs. Clara Nc
Intosh Masonvflle, Colo, are always sup.
piled with DR.. CaldwelI's Syrup Pepsln,
and with them, as with thousands of 9th
ers, there is no substitute for this grand
laxative. 1t is really more than a laxa-
tive, for 1t contains superior tonic proper
ties which help to tone and strengthen the
stomach, liver and bowels so that after a
brief use of it all laxatiVes can be dis
pensed with and nature will do its own
work.
Anyone wishing to make a trial Of this
remedy before buying 1t in the regular way
Of a druggist at fifty cents or one dollar
a large bottle family size) can have a
sample bottle sent to the home free Of
charge by simply addressing DR.. W. T..
Caldwell. 40j Washington St, Monticello.
Ill. Your name and address on a postal
card will do
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
CASCARETS FOR A
SICK. SOUR STOMACH
Gcntly But Thoroughly Cleanse and
Regulate Your stomach, Liver and
Bowels while You Sleep.

That awful sourness, belching of
acid and foul gases; that pain in the
pit Of the stomach, the heartburn,
nervousness, nausea. bloating after
eating, feeling OF fullness, dizziness
ana sick headache. means indigestion;
disordered stomach. which cannot
De regulated until you remove the
cause, II isn't your stomach's fault
Your stomach is as good as any.
Try Cascarets; they cure indiges-
ton because they Immediately
cleanse and regulate the stomach, re-
move the sour, undigested and fer
mentipg food and foul gases; take
the excess bile from the liver and car
~ off the decomposed waste matter
ana poison from the intestines and
bowels. Then your stomach trouble
is ended forever. A Cascaret tonight
will Straighten YOU out by morning
l0-cent box from any drug store
will keep your entire family feeling
good for months. Don't forget the
children-their little insides need a
good. gentle cleansing, too.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
Georgia's State Chemist Praises
Cottolene

Mr.. J. II. McCandless, State Chemist
of Georgia, before a recent gathering,
gave emphatic testimony to the high
quality Of Cottolene. He said:
1.-THE sale Of this product (Cottolene).
and the proclamation that it Is made
from cotton oil, have done more to bring
cotton seed oil truthfully and favorably
before the public than anything else in
recent history
llr. McCandless then pointed out why
a pure, refined, vegetable-oil base, such
as is used in Cottolene, is the only as
surance that a woman has OF a clean
dig8tible cooking product.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05

The careful mother, who watches close
~ the physical peculiarities of her chill
dren, will soon discover that the most i'm
portant thing in connection with a child's
constant good health is to keep the bowels
regularly open Sluggish bowels will be
followed by loss Of appetite, restlessness
during sleep, irritability anu a dozen and
one similar evidences of physical disorder
At the first sign of such disorder give
the child teaspOonful of DR. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin a. night on retiring and re
peat the dose the following night IL neces-
sary-mOre than that will scarcely be need
ed. You viii find that the child will re-
cover It's accustomed good spirits at once
and viii eat and sleep normally.
This remedy is a vast Improvement over
salts, cathartics. laxative waters and sim
liar things which are altogether too pow
erful for child. The homes of Mrs. z. S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
BITES HIS TONGUE OFF.

Pomona, Cal.-Roscoe Stratton, 16-
year-old son of G, c. Stratton of
Lordsburg, almost bit off his tongue
when an automobile in which he was
riding collided with another here,
throwing him against the side of the
machine. A local doctor sewed up
the piece. which was hanging by a
shred and although Roscoe will be
unable to talk for some time the ply
sicial believes that the tongue will re-
sumo normal shape.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
BACKACHE ALMOST UNBEAR-
ARIE

Is an almost certain result of kid
ney trouble. d Toomey, 500 E. Olive
street. Bloomington, Ill, says; II
suffered with backache and pains in
my kidneys which were almost un-
bearable 1 gave Foley Kidney Pills
a good trial and they done wonders
for me. Today 1 can do hard days
work and not feel the effects For
sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
PIELESs WEEK FOR 10000.
Union Working Girls of Chicago
Plan SeIf-Denial Campaign.

Chicago.-Ten thousand union
working girls in Chicago are going tc
deny themselves luxuries all this week
in order to raise a campaign fund to
help other working girls organize
unions and enforce union conditions.
The union girls will try to deny them
selves nickel shows, dances, choco-
lates, pie, ice cream and ice cream
soda.
One hundred agreed to walk to
work each day and give their car
fare money to the campaign fund An
other hundred agreed to donate their
savings for the week
There are 125,000 women and girls
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
SCHOOL Is WITHOUT PUPILS.
Teacher Holds Post Despite Striking
Parents and Scholars.

Emporia, Kan A school without
pupils is being taught" by Miss
Blanche Bullock, at Hazel Dell, near
here. Only four pupils are enrolled,
the children of farmer. A few days
ago the teacher punished one of the
pupils and all ae being kept out of
school by the parents.
But" says Miss Bullock, "the
school is running"
The truancy law may be resorted to
to bring the pupils back.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05

Do you know that of all the minor
ailments colds are by far the most
dangerous? It is not the cold itself
that you need fear, but the serious
diseases that it often leads to. Most
of them are known as germ diseases.
Pneumonia and consumption are
among them. Why not take Cham
ber,ain's Cough Remedy and cure
your cold while you can. For sale
by all dealers.