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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
Two Distinct Issues.

There are. Or course, two distinct IS
1 sues of the first edition OF Thackeray's
! classic The earlier that which Il sought
r. tut collector-has Vanity Fair on
page id small rustic. open-letter type.
and on page so appears woodcut of the
: Marquis of Stcyne. In the eighties a
good ,ort WAS proCurabe for about 60,
4 in lie uiueties for about Eio and by 1900
I the vail, had risen 70 about EIn Mr.
ri,rpont Morgan owns all that Is said 70
exist ~ the original autograph Of Van
ity Far
To ,uJoE Elizsbethan dances one
should SEQ them danced in the right tor
rs mar as can get to the rlRhD
Shdkcspcarean atmosphere. In Shakes
pedre'S England at Earls Court YOU
! can sec them on tho jutting rush
1 str,wn stage IF the ':lobe. The halber-
Il dier At the gate tolls YOU 10 go In and
So, the Morris, and YOU go under the
/. wooden galleries, and, hiring three
Z legged stool for pence. sit among the
( croundlings If you are a gallant you
NAV sit on the stage The Morris dane
GERS were charming costumes. me girls
1 wear wide beribhoned hats and rich
: stun dresses. with ankletS OF bells.
There i A motley jester. the nlmblest
dancer IF all. and fool who bunets
The dancers with a bladder. One nd
dIer and drummer beating drum of
quaint design. provide the music: Ihey
dance. the Morris in the true fashion
= with heating sticks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02

The frame of this Rock
er is made of genuine
Vermont maple. which is
noted for its beauty and
dura bility. The back and
seat are woven of select
ed reed. An ideal Rocker
for porch or room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
RECORD PRICE IS PAID
FOR AN OLD EDITION
Copy of Vanity Fair Brings
TO Pounds at Eng
liSh Sale.
srec.a. Correspondent ;, The star.

LONDON, MAY 10, 1872.
Collectors Of the nineteenth century
editions viii tie interested to learn that a
record price. almost doubling the former
one. was paid al the Mess1s. Sotheby
weekend sale for Vanity Fair, A Novel
without a Hero. in the twenty original
numbers Witr all the wrappers and ad-
refreshments a. issued from the Punch
.ofH,. in 1878 al shilling apiece.
r.. -.r...S Harmsteln we're the buyers
IL the very ine copy at Gt70. The for
me- highest price was e1oa. in the spring
az 1Ag. fof a set of the original num-
hers bought four or five years earlier at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02

Massive Imperial CHARTERED
Oak Frame Davenport. like
cut, upholstered in genuine I'M
perial Leather; opens up to tull
double bed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
On a Perfect Night.

Every survivor who landed
from the rescue ship Carpathia
tonight agreed that speed had
not been reduced. All said that
the night was perfect, wonder
fully so, the brilliant rays OF
the moon bringing out in start
ling distinction the great noun
tains Of ice that dotted the
edge of the great banks Of New
Foundland where the tragedy
took place.
The band of the great vessel
was playing soft music in the
great saloon. Many of the pas
sengers had retired
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service,l
NEW YORK, April Is.
Speed madness and an express
train schedule for ocean liners
caused the Titanic tragedy.
Dashing at a rate of twenty
knots an hour through an ice
filed ocean, the atmosphere as
clear as polished glass, the
great liner, the acme of luxurl-
BUSINESS and the last word IN
naval architecture hurled mad
" against an immovable noun
tain of ice and two hours and
twenty-five minutes later had
disappeared from sight forev-
err.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

heavy oars tearing their tender
hands to the blood. Few of
the boats were fully manned.
Sailors had stood aside deliber-
ately refusing life that the wo-
men might have a chance for
safety although their places
were in the boats.
Daybreak ON the Ocean.
Daybreak found the little
flotilla bobbing and tossing on
the surface of the ocean. 1t was
not known whether help was
coming. Panic seized some Of
the occupants. Some Of the
women tried to jump into the
water and had to be forcibly
restrained. The babies, little
tots, just old enough to realize
their position found themselves
helpless. They set an example
which moved their elders to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

men and children out of the
way. No one who claimed to
be an eye witness to the shoot
ing could be located tonight.
One story related in detail that
the captain and his first officer
shot themselves but other pas
sengers positively say that
they saw the white bearded,
grizzled face of the veteran
mariner over the top of the
bridge just before the railing
disappeared. They say that
not until then did he Jump in
to the ocean to go down forev-
er in the suction that marked
the last plunge Of the Titanic.
Terror Of Survivors.
The plight of the survivors
in the boats was pitiful in the
extreme. Few Of the women or
men had sufficient clothing and
they shivered in the bitter cold
blasts that came from the great
field of ice which surrounded
them. The bergs and cakes Of
drift ice crashed and thunder
ed, bringing stark terror to the
helpless victims.
| F'rail women aided with the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
Horrors Told Over and Over.

The horrors of the majority
who went down to death with
the great liner were told over
and over again. How John ia
cob Astor kissed his wife and
saluted death as he looked
squarely into It's face, the de
votion of Mrs. Isidor Straus to
her aged husband, and the will
ingness with which she went to
her doom with his loving arms
pressed tenderly about her,
the stories of life sacrificed
that woman might be saved
brought some need Of comfort
to the stricken. 1t was felt
that it had been as it should be
An Act of God.
Tonight the White Star line
through its managing director
Bruce Ismay, disclaimed re
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
The Majestic Ocean.

Others were on deck watch
ing the majestic ocean. Still
Others sat artlessly in the vari
Gus cabins, some smoking, 9th
ers quietly talking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

sponsibility saying that it was
an act of God" lsmay de
Tended his action in taking TO
the life boat. He said that he
took the last boat that left the
ship.
We're there any women and
children left on the Titanic
when you entered the boat ~
he was asked. The reply was:
q am sure | cannot say
Wireless Appeal
The water was rushing in the huh
from many wounds as Wireless Opera
tor Jack Phillips on orders from
Captain Smith pressed down his great
key and from the wireless far aloft
sent out the frantic appeals.
Come quickly, we have struck an
iceberg and are sinking was fash
ing through the air.
Deck stewards rushed through the
corridors rapping frantically on the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19

tears as they told it tonight.
Some tried to comfort their
stricken parents.
I'VE Are Saved"
Finally off in the distant
horizon a sailor in the leading
boat discovered something.
We are saved!" went up the
cry, and the rescue came just
in time for before the Carpa
thia had taken aboard the
occupants of the last frail
craft the waves were increas
ing with the rising of the sun.
All were tenderly cared for
then on the Cunard liner. The
regular passengers willingly
gave up their cabins to the ref
ugees. Medical aid was forth
coming and nothing left I'M
done that could relieve the dis
tress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
Shots Were Fired.

Pistol shots were fired. Some
survivors say they were fired
at men who tried to force wo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
The Oceans Darkest Day
April Is, 1912

Then came a grinding crash.
The floating hotel staggered.
seemed to recover, plunged for
ward again. A shower of ice
masses fell on the forward part
crushing to death steerage pas.
sengers and members of the
crew stationed there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
Man the Lifeboats! ("

'Man the life boats!" came
the order from the bridge.
The steel plates of the hull
had been started. Rivets and
bolts had been sheared off as
a knife passes through cheese
and the water tight bulkhead
doors were useless.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
"Unsinkable. I"

For a moment or two things
were quiet. Then came shouts
of alarm. From their cabins
rushed men and women in the
flimsiest of night attire. Some
were panic-stricken, but the
alarm did not last. The Ii
tanic was unsuitable. - All
had been assured of this fact.
Most of the men and women on
board believed this statement
made by the line officials and
owners. A few of the stronger
minded went back to bed. But
within FIVE minutes Captain
Smith realized that his great
charge was wounded to death
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12
PLANS RELIGION FOR JAPAN
MIR. lava Would Have II Center
About the Divine Right Of the
Emperor.

Mr.. Izawa, ex-vjce-minister Of edr-
cation, Is the originator Of plan to
provide Japan with an entirely new
religion 1.-The new religious body. ac-
cording to the Japan Advertiser, is TO
be called "The State Religious Com
munity of Japan" and Mr.. lava ex-
plains his proposal as follows:
'The Japanese Empire having been
governed by one imperial family since
the very beginning, the emperor pos
.sesses divine right. Such a policy can
hardly be found in any other country.
IN China 1t has happened that the en-
peror ahdicates his throne to be sue
ceeded by one Of his former subjects.
Then, too, when the German emperor
spoke once Of his divine right, he was
strongly criticised. Bat in Japan the
emperor is the descendant Of Amend
Observation-Disclosures the creator Of
the world. Hence the imperial family
being divine race is entirely differ
ent from the race of Japanese.
s'This ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mi
is the only creator of the world, and
he has existed since the beginning and
still exists. He is called emperor Of
Heaven in China, Buddha In India.
and God In Western countries. NY
plan is to gather religious commun-
ity around our emperor for the pur-
pose of cultivating among its members
loyalty toward the emperor and Of ele-
waiting their moral ideas.
"As to the citizens of other coun-
tries, they are all living under the graz
cious protection OF the Creator OF the
world, SO that they can become mem
bers Of this religious community II
they become subjects Of the Japanese
emperor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12
Mental Proeeaaea b tte BraIn.

We have no facts which at present
will enable us to locate the mental
processes in the brain any better Tan
they were located fifty years ago
That the mental processes may be due
to cerebral activities We may believe.
but with what anatomical elements
the individual mental processes may
be connected we do not know. Not
withstanding our ignorance, it would
appear best and most scientific that
we should not adhere to any Of the
chronological systems, however scitn-
tific they may appear to be on the
surface. We should be willing to
stand with Brodmann, believing that
mind Is function or an attribute OF
the brain as q whole, or is concomi-
tant Of cerebral operations, but ! at
least am unwilling TO stand with the
astrological loealizationists on the
ground OF special mental process
for special cerebral areas or for sps
cial cerebral cell groups SHEPHERD
Ivory Franz, in Science.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

Martina had been arrested while try
ing to get out of the country, but
nothing Of the sort occurred.
When / reached New York city |
didn't go to the Office. / hailed a tax
icab and had myself driven to within
couple of squares Of Leoni's bank in
Elizabeth street. Discharging the taxi
man walked down to the place, min
Cling with the crowd in a way to make
myself inconspicuous. Leoni was back
Of the cashiers cage. I walked in.
Hello, Mr. Leoni," I said. "seen
anything Of MartinaT
Leoni was good actor but not good
enough.
you haven't seen him, have your"
he said.
ooh, yes" I said. Il saw him out
in Whitehsh. He killed a fellow by
the name Of Cantino out there the
day before yesterday"
1 never watched anybody closer in
all my life than 1 did Leoni while I
was telling him this. No Anglo-saxon
could have hidden what was going on
in his mind the way that little Italian
did. His expression was one Of sur
prise, only surprise, that / should
mention such a thing.
How horribIe!" he said. "How dis
tressingl"
He did it 50 well that he fooled me.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12
Le0a -IUfHped up VIII q gun in bis hand.

of gold rings in my ears helped out
the deception. explained to the
woman who rented the rooms that
was out Of work and that / probably
would be at home lot during the
daytime.
/ was. Both daytime and night
There wasn't an hour in the twenty.
four that /, or Cluffer, who came over
to help me, didn't have an eye glued
to the window that covered Leoni's
front door. He had no back door or
somebody would have covered that
too.
It took just ten days to clear the
thing up. It was about in the morn
Ing. I was watching, and the street
was empty. Along came a man In a
macintosh and knocked at Leoni's
door. The door opened instantly and
the man went inside. In about half
an hour he came out, looked up and
down tie street, and hurried in the
direction Of Broadway, toward the
subway. Re thought he had hidden
his tracks, but rode up to Harlem in
the subway with him Just the same.
He got off at 125th street. fol-
lowed him, and under the light of the
ticket sellers window l saw his face.
Martina" l said, and he turned
with a gun in his hand.
I hadn't taken any chances, and ]
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

left for Whitefsh that day. Thirty
hours later was asking the postmis-
tress Of that little town Il she had
any mail for "Ignacio Martina" She
had. OF course she knew that wasn't
Martina so she wouldn't hand over
the letter, but had a glimpse of it
and saw that it was from New York.
I spotted Martina next day. He
was a villainous, though intelligent
looking fellow who lived in the Ital-
ian settlement Of the town without
any visible means of support. Now see
how pure luck often makes a case for
a detective with scarcely any effort OF
his own.
There was in Whitelsh private
Italian banker operating much after
the manner of Leoni in New York.
The Italians who lived in the town
were mostly men who worked on the
railroad, and their families They had
begun to settle in the town a few
years before, and one Frank Cantino,
a white-headed old Calabrian, had ta-
ken upon himself the burdens of king
Of this Little Italy. He made himself
political boss of his countrymen first;
then he became their banker. He was
much respected and liked by his
countrymen and by Americans as
we'll, found this out on the third
day of my visit to Whitefsh because
on the night of that day Cantino was
murdered in the room in the rear of
his little private bank.
The murder was a terrible shock to
the peaceful little town. Nothing of
the sort had eve@ happened In its his
tory. The tragedy had occurred on
Main street, no later than ten o'clock,
and was crime of the boldest and
blocdiest sort. Cantino had been
stabbed seven times, and any one of
the cuts would have been fatal.
1 reached Cantino's Office few
minutes after the alarm had been
spread. There were no signs of a
struggle and no disorder of any kind.
Cantino apparently had been stabbed
first in the neck as he was turning
away from his assailant- stabbed by
someone whom he did not fear-and
after that the assassin had wreaked
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

terrible vengeance on his victim. In
vestigation proved that the bank had
not been robbed. The safe was locked
and Cantino's papers and property
were all in order.
The local authorities began to seek
for the motive for such strange
crime, but / put it down as Black
Hand work at once. 1 reasoned that
Cantino had been threatened even as
my friend Leoni in New York, that he
had refused to yield to the blackmail-
ers, and that he had been slain as
promised In the threats.
With the permission of the sheriff l
began to 80 through the old mans pa
pers. had not searched long before
found what / was looking for. He
had received threatening letters Just
as I deduced. There we're three Of
them. The last one had threatened
him with death in two weeks If he did
not turn over a certain sum Of money
to "the man who comes and asks you
for it" Apparently he had not done
this, and he was killed as conse-
quence.
I was disappointed in those letters.
1 had expected to see them in the
handwriting Of Martina. But they
weren't. They were in another and
quite different hand, an educated Ital-
Ian hand. but not Martina's.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

had him covered, called an officer
and turned Martina over to him. Then
as fast as taxi could carry me I
went downtown to detective headquar-
tiers, and from there to Leoni's in
Elizabeth street.
We broke In the door, and Leoni
jumped up with q gun in his hand.
One OF the plain clothes men twisted
1t away from him and dragged him
out to where wEr waiting.
Good morning xseoni," said. Il
just pinched your pal. Martina. and
he confessed"
We had hard work keeping him
from killing himself.
; THAT dog" he screamed. THAT
dogl"
Had Martina confessed? oh, no;
but before morning we had the whole
story. Martina told on Leoni. and
Leoni on Martha. They had framed
up d Black Hand conspiracy that YVES
study In cunning. Leoni was to
find out when any italian banker had
any money, and Martina was to 60 cut
and scare him. Leoni had made Mar
tina write him the Black Hand letter
SO that he, Leoni, could appear as q
victim of that society, thus lessening
the possibility Of suspicion that ne
was member Of it. But for that
they might have been operating yet.
AS 1t was, they hadn't pulled OF a
single job. Martina had killed Cam
tine as a warning to other bankers.
And had caught the pair Of them be-
cause Leoni foolishly had let me see
a sample Of Martina's handwriting.
The Federal authorities took Leoni
off our hands He is doing twenty
years. The Wisconsin people gave
Martina life in prison.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

said to myself: you big 49,
fool You guessed wrong, absolutely
wrong"
went back to the Office and began
to write up my reports, trying to find
Jaw In the theory / had worked out.
Since had been up against Leoni and
had played my big card and hadn't
brought anything out ! felt that my
theory must be wrong His express
sion absolutely had convinced NE.
But as ! wrote and rewrote the rec
ord of my doings since Leoni had APP
piled at the Office for man, couldn't
sec where in the world l had fallen
down II was any good at all then /
had worked up a case that pointed
straight to the end | had worked to-
ward, If 1t didn't point that way.
But ! hated to believe that had
failed so completely.
Cantino had sold Martina tickets
over the old talia-Mediterranean line.
Our men had been watching the
docks and boats Of that company clos
er than any other. Nobody approach
ing Martina's description had sailed
on it. The second day that / was In
New York the report came that the
line wouldn't have another boat for
two weeks, and that no reservations
on that boat had been made from
Whitefsh, Wisconsin. There had been
no reservation from Whitetish for
two months
"Stung!" said the agency superin-
tendent. "Your man got away on
some other line. told you that you'd
better let that Black Hand stun
alone"
But / had my own private bunch, in
spite Of the innocent expression on
Leoni's face. | made myself mental
bet that Martina hadn't left this
country, and that I knew just where
to find HMM time.
1t took some time. TO make long
story short, went to the tenement
directly opposite Leoni's office in
Elizabeth street and rented the two
front rooms on the third floor. was
dressed in the clothes of the average
Italian laborer, and while | was lit
tie too tall for fair specimen, a pair
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12

However, I went at once down to
the house where Martina had boarded.
He was not in. He had gone back to
tho old country the night before He
had purchased his railroad and steam.
ship ticket Of old Cantino several days
earlier, and last night he had gone,
leaving the house at nine O'Clock.
! went from there down to the sta
ton and found that Martina had taken
the midnight train for Milwaukee, He
would have had plenty of time to COM
nit the murder,
At once wired the New York Of
fee Of the Burns Agency what had
happened and to have them watch the
boats of the Italian line on which Mar
tina had bought tickets. After this
/ caught train back to New York,
taking with me the threatening letters
received by Cantino. To while away
the tedium of the long Journey took
these letters out to re-read. Studying
them more carefully now ! as struck
with the impression that ! had seen
that handwriting somewhere before.
I was sure of it. / had piece Of
Leoni's writing in my possession. 1t
was an address he had written for me
in his office. dug it up and careless
II compared it with the Cantino let
tiers. Then got a shock. The letters
were positively in Leoni's hand-writ-
ingl
1t took some time for the signifi.
canoe Of this to sink in.
Martina had written Leoni in New
York a practical duplicate Of what
Leoni had written Cantino in White
fish, Wis. Leoni, the banker, who had
come to US with threatening letter,
had written the same kind Of let
ter himself to banker in Wisconsin.
And Martina had left Whitefish the
night that Cantino was murdered.
Meanwhile the New York Office of
our agency was watching the boats
that sailed for Mediterranean ports.
Every 200 miles or so I would get a
wire advising me that such and such
boat had sailed and nobody answer
ing the description Of my man had
come aboard Every time / opened a
wire I hoped to see the news that
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12
unavalIIna Hero Worship.

Herman Perlet, the musical director
and composer, was recruiting a phil
harmonic orchestra and had enlisted
the services Of an italian acquaintance.
Among the instrumentalists he pro
cured was very old man with an
ANTICIPATED flute from which he was
able to get wheezy tone now ana
then. "Take him awayi" ordered Per-
let after the first rehearsal. HE can't
play the flute. What Thata man can't
playa da fute!" gasped the sponsor.
"Net in this orchestra. Take him
awayi" "Maledetta!" He rolled his
eyes heavenward. 'Thata man can't
playa da fiute!" And he beat his
breast in Indignation. why. thata
man he hghta with Garibaldi!"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-12-12
cnoumber I'd Years old.

A dispatch from Findlay, o., to the
New York American says: mrs.
John F. Moore of Arcadia has a GU
cumber 40 years old. When she was
Miss Sarah Jefferson. 40 years ago.
she pulled a smaH cucumber with .
portion Of vine attached to It and
stuck It IN a bottle. When 1t grew
large the cucumber was placed in 3
bottle and sealed. and to this day has
retained its color end freshness.