Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
FROM BUSY CENTERs
Stories OF Real Life as Told by
Wire, from Every Section Comes
Tales Of the Busy World.

Stories of Real Life q. Told by
/ Wire; from Every Section Comes
Tales Of the Busy World.
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22.-Twelve
hundred persons, possibly hundreds
more, lost their lives in the disaster
spread by the earthquake in Mexico
Tuesday. Official reports are COM
ing in today from many points by
communication which had been cut off
The heaviest loss of life occurred
III the towns of Acambay and several
nearby small villages. Two churches
fell, one at Acambay, crashing down
while filled with people attending
early mass, killing every person in the
edifice. Most of the dead were women
but the priests perished with the con-
gregation. Both towns are in abso-
Lutte ruin. Great assures opened in
the strets and nearly every building
was destroyed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Declaring
N''N eiit NpiNNllOH5 VI lflc
had broken gang rule in New York,
and that all they feared was the po-
lice, Jack Rose, "Bridgey" Webber
Harry Vallon and Sam Schepps, on
whose confessions five men have been
convicted of the murder of Herman
! Rosenthal, walked forth free from the
west side prison.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 21.-
The largest and most representative
convention in the history of the Ma
tional American Woman's Suffrage
association was opened here this after
noon with "A great outdoor rally in
Independence square. Enthusiasm
over the success of the cause in the
recent election in Oregon, Michigan,
Kansas and Arizona formed the key
note of the demonstration. Five plat
forms We're erected in the square,
from which stirring addresses were
delivered by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw,
Miss Margaret Foley, Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch, Mrs. Harriet Taylor
| Upton, Miss NJ. Carey Thomas and a
number of other noted leaders Of tie
equal rights movement.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-This after
noon the three informers against for
mer Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
Bald Jack" Rose, "Bridgie" Webber
and Harry Vallon, were released from
custody.
The men had hoped to be set at
| freedom under cover of darkness for
fear Of personal violence being direct
ed against them by friends of the four
convicted gunmen.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. a.
Obeying the orders of his employer,
II. II. Hart of Oakland, James Litz,
II chauffeur, ran $4,000 automobile
off the rear end of a ferry boat in
| San Francisco bay.
When informed that the machine
had been sunk in the bay, Hart wrote
to the railroad company offering to
pay the expense if the company would
send pile driver to hammer the auto
mobile deeper into the mud on the
bottom.
Hart's decision to drown" the Of
Tending automobile was reached after
IL had rolled up repair bill amount
ing to $4,000. He called Litz into his
library.
Take that car out and lose it," he
said.
81 can't lose it," replied Litz. "It's
too well known; somebody would find
1t and bring it back"
"Then sink it in the middle of the
bay"
The chauffeur left on his mission.
For the first time in weeks the car
ran smoothly to the ferry station and
was driven aboard the boat. Litz
asked the mate to show him the deep
est spot in the harbor When the
boatman had designated the place,
Litz stealthily ran the car to the YES
sells apron. Then he pulled wide the
trottle and leaped to the deck. The
automobile splashed into the water
and disappeared in an instant.
| GOSHEN, N. Y, Nov. 21.-The
state is expected to rest its case today
against Burton W. Gibson, the New
York lawyer, charged with the muir
der Of his client, Mrs. Rose Menschik
Szabo, on Greenwood lake, July 16.
DR.. Otto H. Schultze of New York,
the coroner's physician, who perform
ed the autopsy on Mrs. Szabo's body,
was the first witness. DIR. Schultze
testified that Mrs. Szabo died of
stranguation by compression on the
throat.
Nearly score of witnesses have
been subpoenaed for the defense.
Robert II. Elder, Gibson's chief
counsel, had not indicated today what
,In JaFapso u,o,ld ha aycant that he