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The Washington times., 1912-05-12
STEVEDORES' STRIKE
EXTENDS DOWN COAST
Baltimore Troubles Threaten To
Spread To All Atlantic
. .. 's'- Ports.

Z BALTIMORE, Md, May 12-As a re-
suit Of the failure to settle the steve
dores' strike, which has been in prog
ress here for the last two weeks for
higher wages and recognition of the
union: telegraphic orders were received
here today from H. B. Griffin, presi-
dent of the National Transport Work
ers Association, at New York, to pull
out everything in sight"
= The order is expected to bring to the
reinforcement of the stevedores 1000
men employed on coastwise ships in
port now, according to the local lead
ers. These will include stokers, sea
men, deckhands, oilers. cooks, stew
ards, and other classes of employees who
are affiliated with branches Of the CEN
trai Organization.
According to Joseph Anderson, chief
organizer Of the strike here, the order
anects other Atlantic seaboard ports as
we'll as Baltimore.
! The strikers demand an increase of
8 cents an hour, recognition of their
union, and that the men be taken back
IN a body. These demands were re-
fused, but today the companies offered
to take back all the men who would re-
turn to work, with few exceptions, as
soon as room could be made for them
THIS offer. the union leaders said, the
men would not accept.
To the suggestion that Cardinal Glib
hons act as a mediator in the contro-
rersy, the cardinal said he would be
glad to do so If requested.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12

his staff. The letter was addressed to
"Comisario Emlgrazione. Boston, Mass,
per Don Cugilemo."
The letter was written on a piece Of
brown wrapping paper with pencil, and
Is translated as follows; Coward.
When on Thursday the Cretic arrives
there are people hidden on board. II
you take them this time dagger draw
ingl this for YOU We have resolved.
Understand. (Signed) The Camorro."
On the last trip of the Cretic to this
port from Naples Inspector Hartland
found in one of the water tanks twen-
ty-seven italian stowaways, all OF whom
were deported.
1t was stated that friends OF the
stowawaSs In this city and New York
had sworn vengeance upon Hartland
and others who had assisted in the
search of the ship. They did not seem
to be aware that the tip had come from
Italy to Chief Inspector OF Police Watts
who had asked for the search
There Is an organization In Naples
the sole object of which Is to send to
this countrysas stowaways persons who
would not meet the requirements of
the regular immigration examination.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12

portant work Of the conference. Until
II is made. adopted In whole or In mod
ihed form by the conference, the ballot
ing for bishops cannot be made. The
committee has been holding frequent
and long sessions. II Is said even now
the reports of the subcommittee on
what bishops shall be retired and how
many new ones elected, Is unknown
even to the members of the committee.
The ballot was taken, II Is said, but
without being canvassed II was sealed
ir an envelope and placed under lock
and key. a..
Delegates filled the various pulpits of
the city today.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
Down-Easters Will
Fete Charles w. Morse

BATH. Me-, May 12.--Chsrles w.
Morse, recently pardoned from the At.
lsnta Federal prison by President Tart,
VIII be given a public reception by citi-
zens when he returns here this month.
President N. Gratz Jackson, of the
board OF trade, today called a special
meeting OF the organization to be held
at the council chamber Monday after
noon. The board will supervise what
ever program of reception is planned.
Morse is expected here on or before Me
mortal Day.
Friends of the former banker have
planned numerous affairs In his honor
this summer.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
ACCUSED OF LYNN
MURDER, YOUTH IS
STARVING HIMSELF
William A. Dorr, Alleged
Slayer of Marsh, Brought
!, East for, Trial.

LYNN, Mass, May 12.-william A.
Dorr, the young Californian arrested In
Stockton, that state, on tho charge OF
numbering George L. Marsh, the rich
soap manufacturer of Lynn, month
ago. is todal locked up in Essex county
jail at Salem, after a five-day trip from
mis- home In the custody of two Lynn
detectives and a Stockton hospital
nurse. ...
Dorr was in a state of collapse when
he reached the Jail, and was taken to
the hospital department. The nurse,
Miss Fiorente Thomas, said that Dorr
- slowly starving himself to death, and
she does not believe that he will live
TO stand trial Ia June
: Detective William Kane asserts that
he has evidence sufficient to send Dorr
to the electric chair. Much of this evil
derce he obtained in Stockton. The
main portion OF 1t consists Of a diary
CT DORIS movements in Lynn sent by
registered mail to his aunt, Miss Orpha
Marsh, of Stockton, from Boston. Miss
Marsh Is the relative of the murdered
: man In whose interest as a beneficiary
Of the soap manufacturers Will, 1t Is
claimed Dorr committed the assault
/ u
death. The diary ends with this state
rnent, according to Detective Eane:
Thursday. April 11-Met Marsh at 4
j.. m.
Thursday. April II, II p. Mall
over"
D3rr was one of the Beau Brummells
Of Stockton, ana sang in the Baptist
Church choir, as did his chum, Zollie
Clements, who is also under arrest in
Stockton charged with plurder. Glenn
ents has confessed tc killing five men
In California In the last few years. He
and Dorr were inseparable. and when
the latter showed signs of weakening
IN the, jail, where both were confined,
Clements called him a coward, and
said; BE a man, Dorr. don't quit until
the bell rings"
Unknown to Dorr, his aunt, Miss
Orpha Marsh, with whom he had lived
tor five years, who had maoc a will
leaving all her estate of $50, 900 to Dorr,
gave the police the first clue to the
murderer, and aided the stockton police
IN his arrest. When she received the let
ter telling her Marsh WAS dead she at
once called Chief OF Police Frank
Briare, of Stockton, on the telephone,
and expressed to him her fears that
Dorr had committed the deed
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
Centenarian SoWS
FiVe-Acre Field

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 12-Samuel
Keefer, a Penn-Yan 1o2-year-old farmer
has completed the sowing of a Ave
acre oat field. Every inch of the ground
was covered on foot by the centenarian,
who has no use for "new-fangled farm
machinery" and scattered his seed by
hand
On the occasion of his hundredth
birthday Keefer received congratula-
tions from Justice Hughes, then gov
Srnor OF New York. and from President
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
Move Steamer Lanes.

Trans Atlantic steamer lanes have
been moved still farther to the south on
account of the serious ice menace in
the Atlantic. The ice Is hundreds OF
miles farther south than is usually the
IN se. and a second change in the steam
er lanes was recommended by the
Hydrographic office. The first change
In route occurred after the Titanic DIS
ESter.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
To Found Home for
Aged Drug Clerks

w. T. Thompson, with the w. S.
Richardson drug store. at the corner of
Fourteenth and r streets northwest,
has been elected chairman of the Dis
trict of Columbia State Committee, af-
filiated with the National Association of
Pharmacologists, to establish a charita-
Bile home for such drug clerks and drug
gtsts who may become incapacitated
from sickness or old age. The associa-
tion provides also for the care and ed
ucation of orphaned descendants The
home is to be established as soon as do
nations are received and endowments
are solicited from those interested in
pharmaceutical progress.
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
CAMORR|STS SENT
DEATH THREAT TO
BOSTON INSPECTOR
Arrest of Italian Stowaways
Stirs Anger of
Friends.

BOSTON, Mass, May 12.-Col. George
B. Billings, immigration commissioner
for New England, today received a Ca
morrist letter, presumably intended for
William r. Hartland, an inspector on
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
EP|SCOPACY REPORT
F. PRINCIPAL SUBJECT
AMONG METHOD|STS
Result of Deliberations of
Committee Ready for Sub
mission to Conference.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 12.-The report
of the general Methodist conference
committee on episcopacy is expected to
be made tomorrow morning.
Upon this report hinges much OF i'm
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
Goes to Beverly july |.

Unless present plans are changed
President Taft expects to go to Beverly
July l.. He has written a letter to the
Taft Club of Beverly, thanking them
for preparing a celebration in his honor
when he goes to his summer home
The Washington times., 1912-05-12
T. e. n T. M A

Also called letter, sale Rheuni. !. .prurI-
tus, Miik-CruSt, WeepipE skin, etc.
ECzENit CAN nc CURED TO STAY
and when ] say cured. ] mean just what
say-C-U-R-E-D. and not merely patched up
for awhile. TO return worse than before. Re-
membefNI make this broad statemen: after
putting ten years OF my time ON this one dis
ease and handling In the meantime a quarter
Of million cases Of this dreadful disease.
Now, ! ut nuI care what all you have used
nor how many doctors have told you that
you could not be cured-all I ask is just a
tfnnce 20 show you that I know what I am
talking about. II you will write me TO-DAY,
i will scrd you FREE TRIAL OF my mild
soothing, guaranteed cure that will convince
you moro In a day than I on anyone else
could Ia a months time. II you are dis
gusted and discouraged, I dare you 10 give
me "A chance TO prove my claims. by writing
me to'lay you will enjoy more real comfort
thar YOU had ever thought this world holds
for you. just try II and you will see / am
telling you the truth.
DIR. }. E. Cannnday, SD4 Park square.
ScdaIia, Mo.
References: Third Natl Bank, Sedalia Mo
Could you do better act than to send this
notice to some poor sufferer of Eczema7
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
MCNAMARA, ON SPREE.
CELEBRATING BIG JOB,
TOLD ALL TO SLEUTHS

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21.--As they sat
on a log over the body Of a dead porcu-
pine in the heart of the Wisconsin woods,
toward evening of December II. 1910,
j. b. Mcnamara told Ortie McManigal
how the eyes of every one he met seemed
to rivet and burn into his brain as he
sped toward Salt Lake after killing u
human beings in The Times explosion.
"A few days after that J. b. went down
to Conover to get the mail. lie didn't
come back, so | went down to Conover
and found MIN in a boarding house sur
rounded by dozens of empty bottles. He
was drunk as a lord,
81. b. told me he had such good news
of everything being quiet on the coast
that he had to celebrate. That night we
went out to a saloon and met a bunch Of
fellows, one Of them saying he was an
engineer. j. b. got awful drunk and told
everything he knew.
I'VE afterwards found out that those
men we talked to were Burns detectives.
The Burns detectives had US in their
hands right there, six months before they
lid arrest us
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
RAID ON
QUACKS EXPECTED TO
STOP MALPRACTICE

WASHINGTON, Nov 2l-Postoffice de-
partment officials today expressed the be-
lief that the nation wide raids of yester-
day on "quack' medical concerns charged
with misuse of the mails and in connec-
ton with which the department has work
ed for two years, will shatter the crimi-
nal practices against which cities have
been powerless in the past.
1t was announced that in the two years
during which postoffice inspectors have
been investigating these individuals and
concerns more than 1900 arrests have
been made and 800 convictions secured
and that concerns have been closed up
which, by fraud, obtained from the people
over $780, 5000, 900.
Warrants were issued in 173 cases and
$50 inspectors under the direction of
Chief Inspector Robert S. Sharpe, We're
engaged in preparing the evidence which
resulted in the wholesale arrests. With
the raids completed and the indictments
effective the work Of the inspectors is
completed. The results of the crusade
are still being received in kilograms from
various division headquarters. The raids
yesterday were the larest single haul"
in the history Of the postoffice depart
ment and probably establishes a record
for any department of this government
The postotfce department. prior to its
activity against medical frauds, received
hundreds Of letters from women in all
parts Of the country complaining against
the freedom allowed persons engaged in
criminal medical practices.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
LEAPS UPON HOOD OF
AUTO BEARING DOWN
ON HIM; is UNINJURED

A. A. DeLoach the manufacturer,
took a thrilling ride today at noon on
the police auto while several hundred
excited persons at Pryor and Decatur
streets looked on.
1t was an involuntary ride on the part
of Mr.. DeLoach, although he was not
under arrest by any means-it was a
ride for life.
Mr. DeLoach started across Decatur
street at Pryor and had to pass close
behind a traffic jam As he emerged,
the police auto came along. and MI.
DeLoach found himself directly I'm its
path. The big car was so close on him
that he didn't have time to get out of
the Way-thero was but one thing for
him to do. and he did it.
With tjgerlike leap, he went high in
the air. the car shooting under him. He
alighted with an energetic bump on the
hood of the car and reposed there. The
auto was brought to a stop several feet
away and Mr. DeLoach allghted I'M
harmed.
In referring later to the speed Of the
auto. Mrs DeLoach said he thought it
was moving too swiftly through the
crowded streets but that he was glad
to be able to demonstrate successfully a
new method Of escape for pedestrians
trapped in the streets by autos.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Clay, Doomed Slayer,
Speaks for First Time
Since Tragedy, May Y
Breaks Long Silence by Com
planning of Cold Coffee, Then
Becomes Mum Again.

Robert Z. Clay, condemned wife Stay
er and alleged maniac, today, for the
first time, broke the long silence he has
maintained since the tragedy of May L.
He spoke five words plainly and intel
ligently, then lapsed again into abso-
Lutte silence.
One of the TRUSTEES carried Clay's
morning meal to the slayers cell. Clay.
who has always manifested a sub
stantial appetite, looked over the break
fast and then picked up the cup Of cof-
fee Poking his finger into the coffee, a
momentary expression of disgust cross
ed his features, and he exclaimed:
This coffee is not hot"
The startled trusty was so taken by
surprise that he could hardly speak.
Whats that you say" he finally
gasped.
But not another word came from the
doomed slayer.
Ii is this remarkable silence that led
to the plea by the defense that Clay is
crazy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Atlanta Chinese
Have w ar Fund

Lum Joe, head of the Gee Gong tong
of Georgia and one of the inhabitants
of a Chinese boarding house on East
Hunter street. was greatly exercised
this morning over the report that
China had prepared to engage Russia
in war. Lum long since lost his queue,
by order of ex-President Sun Vat Sen,
but he waved his arms eXcitedly in
explaining that the local tong would be
hit some 81 800 worth in such contin-
gency, and that he Oum Joe) would
not be able to get back to China for
MANY years to see his wife and married
son. The 81 800. said Lum, would go
forth by foreign money order next week,
direct to the Golfers Of the president of
the young republic. Yuan Shi Kai. Each
Chinaman in the local tong, composed
of 70 members. had formerly given "a a
month, but now the dues had risen to
80
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
ON IN
PROBE OF GEORGIA
RAILROAD STRIKE

Vice President Murdocll, Of the order
Of Railway Conductors, began conclud-
ing arguments today before the board
Of arbitration Of the Georgia railway
strike with a denunciation of super
intendent Brand, of the road.
on account OF Judge w. l.. Cham
hers the third arbitrator, arriving in
Atlanta on a belated train from Wash
ington. the arguments did not begin
until 1880 o'clock. Ii was expected
that Brand would follow Murdoch and
would speak until the session closed
No verdict was expected before to-
morrow.
In his denunciation of Brand MUIR
dock declared that if Conductor Pas
chal violated the 16-hour law, II was
done under the instructions of the su-
nerintendent. He declared that Pas
chaI was not discharged because of any
failure TO perform his duties, but be-
cause he had been active in endeavor-
ing 70 better the condition of his fell
low workmen.
Brand. he declared. had forced the
strike. When he first reached Atlanta
TO effect a settlement, he found 1t i'm
possible to put his case before the
president of the road. on account OF
Brands activity and found the super
intendent already in conference witt
stl'ikebre0kers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Declares Old Plant
Must Come Down.

Specifications were issued, bids
invited, and, upon the recommen-
dation of DR.. Rudolph Herring
whom the city had employed to
advise it, and after a fun discus
sion by the board of health. the
city council, the board of aldermen
and by the bond commission, with
the approval Of the mayor and city
attorney, the present contract with
the Destructor Company, Of New
York, was made.
The entire question of installing
the new crematory rests on tearing
down the old plant. 1t is absolute
ly a physical impossibility to build
the new plant on the city's proper
ty while the present furnace is in
operation.
There is no real objection 10
tearing down the old plant. 1t is
worn out, and the expenditure Of
$4,000 reported necessary for re-
pairs would only put 1t in service
able condition temporarily.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Republic Party, Nations Lib
orator, Opens Public Cam
paign for War Funds.
SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS .
ARE ALREADY Modified
Hero of Revolution Appointed
Leader of MOvement-U. S.
Chinese Raise Money.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21.-Chiua-
town is in fernlent over the receipt Of
cablegrams that Chung Hwa republic is
preparing for war with Russia for the
possession Of the province of Mongolia
The big secret societies which fostered
the revolutionary movement and led
the campaign for funds through their
headquarters here have for the last
week been intevchanging csblegrams
with President Yuan Shi Kai and Gov
.ernor WI Hon Man Of Quang Tung
province, concerning the situation in
Mongolia. The climax was reached
last night when the Young China as
.socation, the society organized by D..
Sun Vat Sen, Chna's Hberator, opened
a public campaign To- funds to sustain
a war with Russia
Lecturers were Sent through China
town today bearing placards announc-
ing Chinese Russian war lectures" Al
street corners they explained to the
Chinese the situation, saying that Wal
was imminent and tLat funds were nee
essary to aid China.
The situation parallels the action last
September, when the Young China as
ISOLATION publicly opened the campaign
for funds for the Chinese revolutionary
movement.
Dispatches have been received by
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Declares He win Bear Cost oil
Submitting Crematory Issue
to the People.
OLD PLANT NEED NOT BE
RAZED, ASSERTS CLAYT0M
Final Clash on oday Before thet
AIdermaniC Board-Mayor-
Elect Argues. (

James c. woodward declared today
that the question of tearing down thsi
old crematory and the erection OF new
$37S, 900 electric power and garbage dis
posal plant should be submitted to the
people at the general election on De-
cember 4. He said he would urge the
aldermanic board to take this course
this afternoon. and that he would agree
to accept the decision of the people.
"The election on the crematory will
cost the city nothing he said. "for I
will pay the cost Of the tickets"
r. NJ. Clayton, chief of city constFuc-
ton. said today 1t would be practical to-
build almost half OF the new plant
without interfering with the operation
OF the old one. He said, though, ic
would be impossible to build the new
plant on the city's lot without Destroy
ing the old one
His opinion supports Mr. Woodward's
contention that there should not be
such haste to raze the old plant. He
will explain his views to the aldermanic
board.
The board OF health insists that tho
crenatory must come down at once
The plant has been closed for ten days
and a steam shovel is at work excavat
ing around it in preparation for the
building of the new plant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Woodward Has But
Three of Ten Votes.

Mr. Woodward and DR.. W. L. Gill
bert. president of the board of health.
will be the leading spokesman for the
opposing propositions this afternoon. It
will take a unanimous consent of the
members OF the board for them TO
speak It is expected that this will be
granted.
There are ten members OF the board.
Mr.. Woodward only has three certain'
votes. It will take six votes for him to
carry his point. He said he believed he
would get the needed number.
DIR. Gilbert gave out this writers
statement today:
Two years ago the board OF
health, realizing that the present
crematory was inadequate, appoint
ed a committee for the purpose of
investigating and reporting on the
best modern method Of garbage dis
posal for the city OF Atlanta. The
committee visited many cities Of the
North and East.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
WOMAN PICKPOCKET
ROBS UNDERSHERIFF
ON A CROWDED CAR

captain Bob Devers, deputy sheriff,
Is 'oarching for well dressed, comely
oman with an assertive air who deftlv
.i'E.d his pockets for IS on a South
DECATUR car last night
I-'ers boarded a crowded car at
".I,"haII and Mitchell streets at $50
'"'rl and managed to wedge himself
.1." the aisle. Just as he got straight
.'.a away well dressed woman bus
He'd into the car.
Let me get ahead of you" she de-
handed.
peVers complied CALAMITY and even
'''7d his hat. The woman said that
,"s was glad he thought that way about
II. ior she was going by him or know
.'' reason why. When the deputy
cached for his fare he discovered that
0s was short about 49,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
SEEKS ELOPERS WHO
LEFT HIM TO CARE
FOR SEVEN CHILDREN

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Nov. 21.-
w. c. Elrod Of Murray county, Georgia,
appeared in Chattanooga today and re-
quested the officials and the police to
aid him to find his wife who he asserted
had disappeared with G. j. Dixon, Of
Murray county, saw mill operator, on
November 8.
Mrs. Erod left three children behind.
while Dixon, who is a widower, left
four. All seven are now on Elrod' S
hands for support. so he states A
warrant has been issued for Dixon in
Georgia. according jo his statement.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21

I'VE slept in the big dormitory on
the third floor. each girl with little
room Of her own, and the sisters in
their apartments at one end Of the hail."
said Miss Bricken, "The electric lights
had been turned off, and only one big
lamp was left to light the dormitory
dimIy. This had been cholled out by tlTs
smoke when one Of the girls awoke and
aroused the sisters.
There was no alarm bell, no shrieks
of terror Sister Cecilia. Sister Ra-
phael Sister Vita and Mother Gabriel,
who was in charge in the absence Of
Mother Superior Aloysius, arose quiet
~. opened the windows to let in the
fresh air, and ran through the dormi-
tory, touching each girl on the shout
der and waking her.
"'Get up quickly and quietly they
said. The building is on fire, but there
is no danger Don't stop to save any,
thing
when we were all awake and stand
ing in the smoke-filled room, one Of the
sisters led the march down the two
flights of stairs through absolute dark
ness, but with step as steady and un-
hurried as in the every day march to
studies. Down through the darkness
marched the girls, on to the main floor
and into the chapel, which was at the
end Of the building farthest from the
fire. and safe for a time, at least. The
candles were burning on the altar. but
there was no other light.
And there, while the flames we're
bursting through the roof at the end of
the building, we knelt and prayed that
81. Josephs might be saved, and rem
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