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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
|EXPL0S|0N IN
BOILER ROO N
KILLS SEVERAL
CATASTR0PHEE OCCURRED IN
g. A. L. SHOPS AT HAMLET,
NORTH CAROLINA.
(Bv Associated Press. }

Raleigh, N. c.. Dec. 2S.-Three
white men and Ave negroes were
killed and several negroes are miss
ing as the result Of an explosion a.
the boiler shops OF the Seaboard AIT
Line at Hamlet, N. c.. this morning.
Tho explosion was caused by turn
inc water into the hot boiler. Tne
walls of the engine room were de-
molished and the roof Of the ma
chine shop was blown on.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
AT THE FREE
1>A 49, METHODIST CHURCH.

The revival services. preparatory
n the Holiness convention, are very
hopeful. The convention proper be-
until Jan. IL.
Prof. A. L. Whitcomo. lor"e'
cresident of our college at Green
Vile, H., but now of University
Park. Iowa, will be with us all mex.
week. Also Rev. W. B. Godbey' o.
Kentucky will be present to reau
ena translate from the original
Greek. There will be three or four
services daily, beginning with sun.
rise prayer meeting at s a. m. a"
are invited. e. E. sHELHAME"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
THIEF MADE BIG
HAUL LAST NIGHT.

Las, night some one entered the
room of Mr.. NJ. r. Johnson, pro-
rrietor of the Central hotel, when
is located over the postomce, anu
stole his gold watch and about $50
In money,
Mr.. Johnson had not locked ms
door. and the thief found 1t an easy
| ratter to make his entrance anu
exit without disturbing Mr.. john
son. who did not learn Of his iose
until this morning. officers are AZ
work on the case, and think theJ
ore IN the track of the thieves
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
FOOL WOMAN GETS FIVE
YEARS IN PENlTENTlARY

Kansas City. Mo. Dec. 27.--t
doesn't always pay 70 take dare'
Mrs. Mabel Benson. of White Water
Kan, was sentenced to five years III
the penitentiary today because sne
forged a $45 check on a dare ouere
by her sister-in-law.
81 never refused to take dare'
she told the Judge.
II dare you to serve i've years IL
the penitentiary. said the Nour'
81 m giving you the limit.
Mrs Benson's husband. joseph, !
/, civil engineer. She has TWO SINAI
children.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
Story of the Celebrated Case.

Story OF the VcAcUldIcu
twas a scene blended with tragedy
nat confronted those who week az
!, week sat through the historic
dynamite conspiracy" trials.
Now it was baby crying from
,,,e rear of the court room, whore
rio wives and children of the de-
.cndants sat; now it was the hoaNs
yojce of a man seated in the witness
nair and defending himself a$aIhs,
rho charges of nationwide con
niracy, in which officials OF d''o'
,abor were deeply concerned. NJ
nesses from near and far cane Hh1
went, but those whose fate II A'"
with the jury remained there i'S'
tcning to the accusations and to the
,ft-repeated story Of the killing oil
| twenty-one people in the Los An
scles Times explosion.
The court room itself seemed
ting setting for that sombrc story
surrounded by great marble pHia'S
With the daylight shut out BY hea'!
curtains, and the Judge installed De
fore an allegorical painting of JUS
,ice. that court room day after aa
echoed the stories of violence, o. IN
discovery of burnt fuses and bnrste
internal machines, of midnigh' VIZ
its by mysterious men In alleys
empty houses, in lonely couhtF
roads, or on the tops Of buildings
The vision Of a dark spectre VII
a bomb under his arm became a II
miliar image in the minds OF 'ho
who listened. Back of the railing
y amid the spectators, sat the rel
q tives of the defendants. Three ro'
i deep across the room were the q
a fendants. Among the score OF
l. torneys sat perhaps the most pictu
J. esqme defendant, massive In pu'
.s nnrid in complexion, always stu
d cusly occupied. now ,copiously II
'f ing his notebook when the les
le rony was exciting; now, when
lg trial Jagged, burying his spectac
IN rose in a Latin version OF on
n Khayyam. He was Olaf A. IV'
e. roe, of San Francisco.
Another man toward whom
eyes Of the spectators often stra
lrs vas Herbert S. Hockin. He sat az
mi between bailiffs, during much OF
n trial, for he had been BRANDED
ds. the court as "a man who could
nut be trusted by any one" 1t was H'
in who was named as having
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
[AB0R lJN|0k' tEADERS FOUND
GUILTY IN DYNAMITE CASES
cNE OF THE MOST NOTED TRIALS IN THE cooNIAfS o1oA'
CANE TO CLOSE TODAY, WITH CONVICTION VI tnlnt'
r,our uru CHARGED WI tn DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 2s.-i
officials of labor unions
we're found guilty of completely III
tue Mcnamara dynamite plots. IN
luding the wrecking of the Los An
cles Times building, and were con-
,,,led on all counts in the indict-
ments. President Frank Ryan. OF
the International Union OF Iron
Workers, is among those convicted.
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
Monday, when the men will DO SEN
fenced. The defendants have been
placed in Jail.
The convictions Of Tveitmoe ana
Clancy. of San Francisco, and }. H.
Munsey, Of Salt Lake City. sustained
the governments charges that they
assisted in plotting the Los Angeles
explosion, in which twenty-one were
killed, and assisted in the escape OF
James Mcnamara in his flight from
the scene. The verdict also sus
tanned the charges that the McNa
n,aras were assisted in NATIONWIDE
,lots by almost all the executive OF
Ecials of the iron workers union
whose head, Frank Ryan. once sa
, w. the councils of the American Fed
,ratiop of Labor. The two men ee
) Gaming conviction were Herman =
, Seiffert, OF Milwaukee. and DAME
: Huckley, of Davenport, Iowa.
} A scene almost tragic was enacte
: In the court room few minutes AZ
9 or the conclusion of the trial. III
d wives of a score of the men were
It rear room, and leaning over Il
o railing calling for their husband
The possible punishments vary fro
6 auy minimum to maximum
y, thirty-nine and one-half years.
er TIE courts discretion.
at Appeal VIII Be Taken.
~ Washington, Dec. 2S.-Senat
ey Kern. of counsel for the defcndan
o. when told of the verdict, declar
he ,he cases would be appealed.
Ky declined to comment further
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
TWO MEN DROWNED
IN NSSIMMEE RIVER.
(By Associated Press. }

Tampa, Dec. 2S.-News was re-
ceived today of the dro wing OF carr
Hilliard, Of Kissim e. and Kay
mOnd Harris, Of st. ND, IN tne
Eissimmee river. The oody OF Hill
lard was found yesterday at South
Port. The other body has not been
recovered. The men had started on
q yachting trip into the Everglades
and were seen last on Saturday. the
funeral Of Mr.. Hilliard occurred yes
terday, and searching parties are
out now looking for the body Of
young Harris.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28

J. Bruce Ismay, director in the
White Star Steamship Co.. has re-
signed because of failing health ana
broken spirits. as a result OF the II
tsnic disaster. Ismay was the SUD-
Jet of bitter criticism because ne
saved his own life while there were
%, many women aboard the sinking
vessel and his motives will ever o.
questioned, whether Justly or not
Orlando Sentinel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
|OEAF MUTE FOUND
UtAO At HIS HOME
Lived Near Cedar Springs, s. C., and
Is Thought to Have Been
Murdered.
(Ry Associated Press.)

Union, S. C.. Dec. 2S.--Ed Smoak'
On aged deaf mute farmer ''v'hs
;,,ar Cedar Springs, w&s tound ocad
a, his home yesterday. according to
news received today. His watcn
and money on his person were un-
touched but II is the belief that ne
was murdered. Authorities are IN
vestigating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
B0DY Of POLICEMAN
FOUND NEAR ASHbURN
tBy Associated Press.)

Ashburn, Ga, Dec. 2s.-After be-
ing missing since Friday afternoon
,he body of Chief of Police }. H.
Moore was found early today near q
suamn on the outskirts Of the town
Ills pictol was cluetched in one hano
enc chamber being exploded. indi
eating that ne had committed sui
eide.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28

After a struggle lasting two nours
foun men In a motorboat at Miami
recently landed and killed q man
eating shark weighing 300 pounds.
The man-eater, it is understood put
up very hard fight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
yycy BECAUSE wHIsKEY
h''A BARRED FROM MAILS

-. .,n,,on Decembebr 27-Post-
.,.s,.r General Hitchcock's regula-
,r barring intoxicating liquors
,r,m me new parcels post. a pro-
,.,o, which went almost unnoticea
.ba. the complete regulations were
made public last week. now promises
!, kick up a row In Congress- Inc
uouor manufacturers and Dealers es'
,,cia,ly the mail-order houses wn'cn
cav, their support to the measure
we're dumbfounded when the reeu'a-
,ops we're published to hnd tna'
their products were barred from tue
r,ne,l,s Of the parcels post by the ar
n,r.ry dictum of the Postmaster
general Already the prohibition
;ni temperance papers are acclaim
H., lntchcocks action as a Victory
,or :he dry cause. while the hquo'
,eap.. are preparing to frame tn'
ta.s. sort OF protest against TN
,nar.o declared by the postonce'
Hailc the postoflice as yet mas re
a.e. no formal objection, II wa
4en,e today that the liquor peop'
"a. already taking steps TO pro'ee
rgr interests. 1t Is probable ina
lreet action will be taken unit
tate of the Kenyon bill is know
U5 Il he Kenyon measure should
leoated. then a strong effort will
A. through Congress to compel u
m sion Of liquor properly paeh'
i. the operations of the parcels pos
i.s defeat of the Kenyon bill won
r,au that Congress refuses TO pr
t the shipment of intoXicants
ial state commerce, it is contende
will he argued therefore. that II
Institutional for one branch
~ Government to prohibit what a
e'her sanctions.
when the Sheppard bill. when
IL House duplicate of the hen!
reisure. was being considered by
touse committee last session.
i8neuts of the measure used Z
st'ae argument with a reverse I'll
lish That is, 1t was assumed u
the parcels post regulations wo
admit of the shipment of liquor,
t3arefore the committee was url
Lot 10 report a bill which would
libit something sanctioned by
other measure.
This attitude shows how sure
LIQUOR people were that they VIC
i"ceive the benefits of the par
Lost. The ruling of Postmaster U
eial Hitchcock is a heavy blow to
tensive interests. and they are
pected to begin an immediate c
1aign to induce either Hitchcocl
his successor. after March I. to ca
'ha ruling.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-28
FIRST WIRELESS OPERATOR
KILLED AT HIS POST

New York, Dec. % Wireless op-
orators say tina, the death OF an op-
orator in the great German wireless
station at Norddeich. near the North
Sea. on Sunday, probably Is the nrs'
cosc on record Of wireless operator
heing killed at his post. The ber'
lin dispatch indicated that the op'
orator, a man named Mueller, mus'
have carelessly come in contact VIII
the wires employed for the creation
Of electric waves. which are charged
! With such powerful voltage tina
death comes instantly to any on
touching them
n fcw weeks there Will De
steady movement Of celery from oa'
ford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
PHILATELISTS WILL REJOICE.
Postage Stamps Issued by the Allies
in Balkan War.
Foreign CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
MUNICH, November 50. 1912.
1t has by now become commonplace
that the misery of war makes the joy OF
the stamp collector. The war in the near
east will be no exception, says the
Munchener Neueste Nachrichten, for phi
latelists soon will rejoice over an event
that is unique in the history of postage
stamps The stamps issued by the allies
for the conquered provinces are to be all
of the same type in design and decoTa-
ton. the only difference between the
stamps of the various states being that
the vignette in the middle will be a pic
ture of Sofia in the case of Bulgaria. OF
Belgrade for Servia. of Cettinje for Mon
tenegro and of Athens for Greece.
The design of the new stamps is orlg1-
nally Greek. being an artists adaptation
of an idea furnished by the director of
the Numismatic Museum at Athens.
Above the four capital cities floats the
same luminous cloud wherein a fiery
cross appears with the inscription: In
hoe signo vinces." 1t is a crusade stamp.
Greece has issued provisional stamps
for LemnoS. ImbroS, Samothrace ana
Thasos-the islands restored by her fleet
to the Athenian empire, after 2,o'D years.
AS these stamps will be Withdrawn on the
conclusion of the war, many OF the phil
latelic brotherhood will have to be con-
tent with the commemorative stamp at
present being printed, representing Olym-
pus and on the summit an eagle killing
serpent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

ton is given in the Law Magazine. In
a trial in which he was engaged, the
question at issue was the va idity OF a
will which the plaintiff alleged to be
forged, and under which considerable
property was devised. The witnesses for
the defense swore that the testator sign
ed the will while life was in him." The
evidence was going strongly in favor of
the plaintiff, when OCOnnell undertook
to cross-examine one of the witnesses. He
observed that this witness, like the 9TH
ers. repeatedly swore that life was in"
the testator when the will was signed
and that he saw the testator append his
signature to the document.
by virtue of your oath, was he alive?"
asked O'Connell. BY virtue of my
OATH said the witness. life was in
him." Now" continued OConne.l, with
great solemnity. Il call on you, in pres
ence of your Maker. before Whom you
must one day be judged for the evidence
you give here today. / solemnly ashland
answer me at your peril-was it not
live fly that was In the dead mans mouth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
POLISH WOMAN EXHIBITORS.
Peasants Society an Important Fac
tor in Life of the Country.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
WARSAW November % 1912.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
WARSAW, November 26, 1912.
The Polish Society of Woman Agricui-
turists recently organized at Warsaw i
large exhibition of poultry in which ayr
culturists from all over t3e country as
we'll as peasant WON, II participated. This
society. which has lUurish:ng branches
throughout Poland, plays a very impor-
tant part in the life of the country, and its
spheres of activities have considerably
outgrown it's title. Not only does the So
ciety seek to further the profession of
agriculture among the better-class wo-
men, but it teaches the peasant women
gardening and poultry raising, while it
also has obtained the establishment Of
housewifery schools in country districts.
Through its eXertiOnS the peasant arts
and crafts are fostered, and many beauti-
full designs which We're thought to be lost
have been traced and reintrOduced into
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
VISIT GEN. BOOTHS GRAVE.
People From All Parts of World Pay
Homage to His Memory.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, November 30, 1872.
Gen Booths grave in Abney Park
cemetery continues to be visited by peO-
pie from all parts of the world
Each day we get many inquiries for
the generals grave saik the gatekeeper
the other day. People from Germany.
France, India and America have already
been; in fact. they come from all over
the> world. Sometimes We have as many
as fifty visitors to that grave alone in one
day. All classes of people come.
The other day, While on NOTORIOUS
an Indian student who had lately arrived
in London asked a Salyationist the near
est way to Abney Park cemetery. lie
said he had attended the generals meet
ings in India. and wanted to pay homage
to the memory of one who had done so
much for his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

the city Of Armagh. Ireland. and was
seventy-six years old. DR.. Love was a
surgeon in the Confederate army. His
wife. who survives. is a daughter OF the
late Charles James Faulkner, one time
minister to France.
Mrs. Charlotte Iseler Carter, wife OF
Deputy Treasurer William H. Carter Of
Clarke county, died several days ago at
her home near Berryville, aged eighty
one years. She leaves her husband, one
daughter and two sons. one of the latter
being Owen Carter of Washington.
Col. George A. Porterfield of Charles
Town is said to be the only living West
Virgnian who is veteran of the Mexi-
can. war. He was also an officer in the
Confederate army. He recently cele-
brated his ninetieth birthday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

workhouse at Occoquan, in tow of the tug
Gen. Warren, with hundred tons OF coal
aboard, and was caught i'll "a heavy gale
Before the tug and her tow could make
harbor the lighter had half filled with
water, and to prevent its going to the
bottom in deep water Cart Sam Sissaon,
master of the Warren, showed it ashore
near Hallowing point.
Later il was raised and taken To Alex
andria, where it was found new side
would have to be put in it and other work
done to fit it for service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
DECIPHERS TINY WRITING.
Contained in Book Three-Quarters of
an Inch Long.
Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, November 80, 1912
From Notes and Queries it is learned
that the contents, in very microscopic
handwriting, of a tiny book described in
the catalogue of the Bodleian Library as
THE Smallest MS. in the Library" have
at last been deciphered.
The book has been in the library for
more than two centuries and a half; its
pages measure three-quarters of an inch
in Length and three-quarters of an inch
in breadth; it is bound in black leather
with silver corners and 1t is attached to
chain and kept in a red leather box The
pages are covered with very minute
shorthand.
An enthusiastic stenographic expert has
identified it as a sermon Transcribed by q
famous seventeenth century practitioner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Of the art. jeremiah Rich. who boasted

of the art. jeremiah Rich. who boasted
that he could write SO small that his
pen could scarcely be seen to move"
These featS were more common in those
days than in our own. 1t appears that
the same penman presented Charles III
with another specimen of his skill, a copy
of the same sermon. written on fine
paper. bound In crimson with silver
clasps and corners" the book and its
little finger.
The whereabouts of this curiosity are
unknown. 1t is one Of those books that
are not intended to be read: but 1t may
have been preserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
DISTRICTS LIGHTER REPAIRED.
Was Wrecked Month Ago During
Heavy Gale on River.

lighter belonging TO the District.
which has been out on the marine railway
at Deans boatyard, near Alexandria.
being rebuilt. has been completed and
launched and viii return To service at
once.
The lighter about a month ago was on
.tx W. 0css Alexandria To the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Manhattan Sleuth Work.
From Puck.

From PUCK.
Detective-What did you say was in
the pocketbook, mum?
Agitated Victim--A transfer
Detective-Ah, That was the work OF
Able the Rat. He's been playin' in rot
ten luck for a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

when his hand was placed on the will
The witness instantaneously fell on his
knees and acknowledged that il was SO.
A fly had been p aced in the mouth of the
deceased so that II might be sworn that
life was in him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Hillsville Gunner Taken to Prison

ROANOKE, Va, December 14.-Sidna
Allen and Wesley Edwards, who are I'M
der sentence to serve long penitentiary
terms for their part in the Hillsville
tragedy, We're taken to Richmond today.
The gunner We're both heavily manacled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Socialism and the Peace Movements"
will be discussed at Typographical Tenn
pie, 4o3 G. street. this evening, by Charles
F. Nesbit The public is invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Haven B. Howe, who represented Pu-
laski county, Va. for several terms in
the state legislature. died Thursday
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Notification of FrostS.

\ conference was held here yesterday
by representatives of the Richmond sec
ton of the United States weather bureau
and local fruit growers with view of
obtaining special frost warning service
during the next spring. The plan has been
tried successfully in other loca tiles de-
voted largely to fruit growing. and 1t has
been practically determined to furnish the
fruit men of Frederick and adjoining
counties with the special bulletins.
Miss Margaret Williams. who was born
on Washngton'S birthday ninety nine
years ago died this week at the home of
her nephew. Charles r. Taylor, in this
city. She was the oldest person in the
lower Shenandoah valley, and doctors de-
clare she would have probably lived much
over IA century had i. not been for fall
she suffered last week. resulting in fatal
injuries.
DIR. Il. *. Oates of Martinsburg has
been elected president of the Eastern PAN
handle Medical Association, one Of the
largest societies of physicians in West
Virginia.
DR.. William S. Love, one of the most
widely known physicians in the Shenan-
doah VALLEY, died suddenly late Thursday
night at his home in this city. He was
seized with "a stroke OF apoplexy just AS
he entered the house upon his return from
Memorial Hospital. where he had been
attending patient. He Was native OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Heads Winchester Masons.

II. IL. McCormac was this week elected
worshpful master Of Winchester Hiram
Lodge, No. 81, A. F. and A. Masons, Of
officers were promoted. Hiram Lodge is
one of the most historic in the Virginia
Jurisdiction. having been instituted in
116S In it President Mckinley was made
a Mason while he was here as a major
of an Ohio regiment during the civil war
William NJ. Eale, 4eventy-four years Old
and Confederate veteran, who was
stricken with paralysis three years ago,
died this week at his home at Fairfield,
Rockbridge county. and leaves a widow,
two daughters and three sons, one of the
latter being Adjutant General W. W.
Sac of the Virginia militia.
Garner Scrivener, living in the western
section of Frederick county, is suffering
from numerous cuts, bruises and other
injuries sustaintd several nights ago,
when q horse he was driving to a car
riage ran into fence. Scrivener was &C
comparing several young woman friends
to their home from festival, and they
were panicStricken when the man was
jerked out of the vehicle by a sudden
lurching of the horse. but Scrivener held
on to the lines like grim death and finally
succeeded in bringing the horse to its
launches and saving the young women
from being injured.
The postmaster at Berryville. Clarke
county has been advised that the Post
Office Department will inaugurate a free
mail delivery service in that town begin
ming about January I. 1t being one of
the towns selected for experimental pur-
poses. In case ii proves successful the
Plan Will be extended generally by the
d. partment in small towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

If you want work read the want col
unnS Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
DANIEL O'CONNELL ACUTE.
Remarkable Work in Cross Exami-
nation Shown by Incident.
dependence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
DUBLIN, November 20, 1912
An oft-quoted example OF Daniel
O'ConneWs acuteness in cross-eXamina-