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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Means by Which Ocean Liners
Garry Enormous Sums.
Fifty Millions in kegs-Contents OF
Strong Rooms Sealed by Govern
ment Officials Are Secure
From Theft In Transit.

New York.-The natural assumption
would be that in the safeguarding Of
the treasure which the various coun
tries are constantly sending one an
other by the big ocean liners there
would be required the vigilance Of
many men. This, however, is not gen.
orally the case, since, once the gold is
stored away in the rooms set apart for
that purpose on the big ships and
the vessel is well out to sea, no arm
ed guards are necessary.
Taking the specific case of one liner
sailing under the British flag, We find
that it has two strong rooms, the
smaller of the two being in close prox-
unity to the captains office. This one
compartment has no doubt sheltered
gold enough to pay the cost of the
liner many times over. The walls,
the roof and the ceiling are lined with
two inch steel plate, and the room
contains nothing in the way of fixtures
save shelving. The locks, which are
Of the double variety, are rendered
still more secure by steel hasps cover
ing the keyholes, and they are pro-
vided with massive padlocks. The
strong rooms, being in the most fire.
quented portion of the vessel where
persons are passing them at all hours
Of the day and night, thus receive the
best protection after all. There are
two sets of keys, one of which is re-
tanned by the agent in change of the
consignment Of gold and the other Of
which remains with the captain.
In the case of the British vessel
mentioned there is another and larger
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
MUST WED RIGHT
Fortune Awaits New York Girl nd
Makes a Good Match, but Trurw
Must Give Approval.

New York.-Fearing that the I'M
sum of money" she bequeathed TOD
granddaughter might attract lru
petent and designing persons to Id
Mrs. Caroline Falconer Buttet
provided in her will that the guE
daughter may never marry
Keague, and that when she does ID
ry the man she chooses must na
with the approval of at least tOr
the five trustees of the estate. n
girl, bound by this odd codici Of 4
Butterfield will, which was filed
New York city, recently, is Miss D
othy Billiard Smith. She is Just I'd
soming into womanhood and has sps
most of her life in London,
Six codicils in the will are de'ta
TO the granddaughter and the prOSa
u marriage. She is cautioned agai
{. hasty marriage, advising that d
consult her mother She Is warn
never to marry a McKeague. lti
pears the grandmother was form
friend of Mrs. McKeague. None
the three McKeague boys have e.
been attentive to the young Won'
If the codicil is broken the money
aside for Miss Smith goes to six CD
table institutions.
Miss Smith will enjoy the inc0
from the Butterfield estate until
is thirty when it will come into
own right, unless she marries not
accord with the directions in the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
IS MEN DIE
IN COAL MINE
Others Escape From Flood After
Narrowing Experience.
MOST OF VICTIMS MARRIED,
The Men Were Drowned 1000 Feet
From the Mouth OF the Mine,
Their Only Avenue Of
Escape.

Uniontown, Pa.-Caught like rats in
trap when water rushed into the
manway of Superba No. 2 Mines, at
Evans Station, three miles north OF
Uniontown, following a cloudburst, IL
men were drowned and 81 escaped
after a most narrowing experience. The
men were drowned about 1000 feet
from the mouth of the mines, their
only avenue of escape. The majority
of the victims were married and had
large families.
The men who escaped were forced
to half swim and half walk to the pit
mouth through water ranging in depth
from their waists to their necks on
their way to safety. The majority of
the miners who escaped were knocked
down by timbers that were sent down
the mine with great velocity in the
raging current Several men were be-
ing carried back into the mine to GER
tain death when rescued by their COM
panions who risked their lives.
Officials of the Superba Company
say it will take at least 60 days to
clear the mine of water and until that
time bodies must remain in the water
in which they persisted. Superinten-
dent ]. Buttermore was the first man
to see the high water start in the
manway. He raised the alarm and all
the men on the outside rushed into
the mine yelling as they went. In
that manner more than half of the
miners were saved.
The wives and families of the
miners and drivers in the mines when
the alarm was raised rushed to a
large hole made by the rushing water
at the manhole and frantically threw
sticks. stones, bushes, poles and what
ever other timber they could find into
the water to stop the rush into the
mines where their loved ones were
earning their daily bread.
Failing in that they rushed to the
mouth of the pit and would have con-
tinued their mad dash into the water
In the mine had they not been stopped
by cool-headed persons who guarded
that entrance. The women and chill
dren remained at the mouth Of the
slope late tonight refusing to return
home until an attempt had been made
to rescue their husbands and fathers.
Several large pumps will be placed in
the mine tomorrow and everything
possible will be done TO get to the place
where the bodies are certain to be
found.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
POLICEMAN STUNG BY BEES
Attempt to Herd Fleeing Swarm Dis
astrous to Jersey
Copper.

New York-From the beehive Of
William Hogslin of Bayonne, N. j.,
the bees recently fitted They had
done no work in the morning, and
as Hogslin had counted on serving
honey to his guests, he was anxious
to have them brought back. So he tel
ephoned to police headquarters and
Policeman LOBBY was sent forth to
round them up.
By the time LOBBY arrived at Hogs
Inns place the bees had bestowed an
affectionate kiss on every person with
In reach. LOBBY was courageous and
he started after the most recalcitrant
bee Whereupon the bee stung him.
And about a million other bees did
likewise.
LOBBY was becoming very warm,
and he removed his helmet. His head
ia bald, and on this smooth and shin
ing surface rushed the bees and stung
him full tnerrily. The policeman call
ed for aid from Edmond Isbills. Is
bills, equipped with box, cooed to
the bees and drew them from their
perch on a tree limb. They were re-
stored to their hive.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
GUARD GOLD AT SEA

specie room situated next to the pro-
vision department. This is about IL
feet in length by in width. 1t fire.
quently happens that both strong
rooms are filled to their utmost capac-
ity, and on one occasion this liner car
ried some S50,000,000 in gold bullion,
packed in small kegs bound with steel
hoops.
Gold usually is brought to the yes
sci on which it is to be shipped the
day before the date of sailing, and it
is stored away carefully before pas
sengers embark. 1t arrives at the
pier In ordinary trucks, under the
guard of armed men. The customary
method of getting the gold on board
| is to haul the kegs up an inclined
chute to the deck by means OF hoist
ing engine, but this method is not fol-
lowed invariably Sometimes each
keg is placed in a sling and carried
on board by men detailed for this
service.
The receipt given by the steamship
company sets forth that so many Kegs
have been received for shipment, not
for any stated amount of gold to the
value Of so much. The kegs bear the
! government seal in many instances,
and in such cases, when they have
been safely put in the strong room,
the iron doors thereof are sealed with
government wax, the impression be-
ing broken only when the official on
the other side comes to receive the
gold The kegs are checked thrice
when they are taken from the trucks.
when they reach the gangway and
when they are placed in the strong
room.
Although no armed guard stands by
the strong room, two men watch the
room constantly so long as the ship is
in sight of land. AS a matter Of fact
there is little danger Of any one steal
ing gold in transit on a ship. 1t would
be necessary that he should shoulder
keg weighing some two hundred
pounds and vanish with it without be-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
information Physician Gave on His
Condition Made Him Mel
anchoIy.

Tuckerton, N. jim fit Of despond-
ency, due to belief that he was SUI
fering from an incurable disease, Ma
than Gerber, wealthy merchant of
this place, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat. Gerber was one of
the most influential Hebrews in South
Jersey, and was the owner Of chain
of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City,
Lakewood and Mount Holly. He was
supposed to be a wealthy man, and
outside his family and few intimates,
was believed to be in good health
However, he had been feeling bad re-
Gently and went to Philadelphia to con-
suit a specialist. What he was told
no one knows, for he would not talk
about his visit to the physician with
his family, but had been melancholy
and breeding ever since.
The other morning Gerber was up
early, and bought horse from a
aeighbor. He went into his store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

Washington.-Treasury Department
officials are not inclined to say they
believe the report that William Loeb,
Jr., collector of customs at New York,
and former secretary to President
Roosevelt, is about to resign his job
to join Colonel Roosevelt's new party.
Reports of impending changes in the
Cabinet continue. Secretary Nagel is
the latest mentioned. The Secretary
has told his friends he would not serve
after March 4 should Mr. Taft be re.
elected
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Converted At SO.

Milton, KY. - Eighty-three-year-old
Ben Morris, the oldest inhabitant OF
Trimble county, was baptized We'd
nesday evening in the Ohio River. He
had acknowledged conversion a few
hours previously and asked that the
ceremony take place right away. He
was taken to the leyee in a carriage
and was so feeble that two men were
needed to support him as he entered
the water for immersion. Elder H. T.
Martin, of the Christian Church, eff
ciated
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
HYDRoPLANEs FOR NAVY.
Department Plans To Equip Each
Battleshp.

Washington.-Eac battleship of the
Navy will be equipped with a speedy
hydroplane within the next year If
plans of the Navy Department mate
rialze. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews,
acting secretary, has called upon
manufacturers to notify the depart
ment not later than August Is whether
they will submit hydroplane designs
to meet naval requirements. 1t is
proposed to have the machines sustain
a speed in the air of not less than
so miles an hour, carrying two pas
sengers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
HIob In Air: Engine Blows Up.

New York-Harry Brown, the avia.
tor, and a friend, Raymond D. Porter,
of this city, had sensational escape
when, at a height of 1900 feet in their
Reroplane, over Hampstead Plains,
near Hampstead, L. J., the engine
blew up. Brown instantly moved the
planes and the machine volplaned to
earth. Neither of the passengers was
injured, although the aeroplane was
slightly damaged, the propeller being
broken in making a landing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
CLAUDE ALLEN
FOUND GUILTY
First-Degree Murder Verdict
at WytheVilIe.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT.
Flancee OF Prisoner Sobs In Court
When the Result Is Announced.
Frie Allen To Be Tried
August "a.

Roanoke. Waiter being out l
hour and 40 minutes, the jury in the
Claude Allen case, at Wytheyille re
turned TO the courtroom and announc-
ed that they had agreed upon a YER
dict. Intense silence Teigned in the
room as the foreman read the verdict
of guilty Of murder in the first degree.
4 motion was made by the defense
that the jury be polled which was
done, with the same result
The silence was broken by the sobs
Of the fancee of the prisoner, Miss
Wisler. who broke down completely as
she realized the meaning OF the YER
dict. For the first time during his
trial the prisoner showed signs OF
emotion, although It appeared that he
was moved more by the grief of his
sweetheart than by his own fearful
predicament His mother wept and
mingled her tears with those of her
boy and his fancee. Several OF the
Jurors brushed away the tears from
their eyes and women in the audience
sobbed aloud.
The usual motion to set aside the
verdict was made by the defense and
rejected. after which Judge Staples
adjourned court until August IA, when
Friel Allen will be put on trial for the
murder OF Commonwealth Attorney
Foster Friel is a cousin of Claude's
Floyd Allen. father OF the man who
was adjudged guilty Of murder, him
self under conviction. was visibly
moved when he heard the verdict. 90
cannot believe IT," he muttered again
and again.
Sentence has been deferred in the
cases Of father and son, that they may
appear as witnesses in the cases ye
10 be tried.
The Allen prisoners were brough
back to Roanoke and will remain il
confinement in the Jail here until thu
beginning of FrieIs trial in August
Rumors are current that Sidna Al
lens wound has steadily grown worse
and that il will be but a matter OF
few days until the leader Of the Hills
VILE clan is brought to justice. He il
believed to be hiding in the recesse
of the Carroll Mountains along will
Wesley Edwards, his nephew, thu
other member of the gang yet al
large.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Packers Submit Plan.

Washington.-Details of the plan of
the meat packers for dissolution of the
National Packing Company were pre-.
sented to Attorney General Wicker
sham by James II. Wilkerson, United
States attorney at Chicago. The De
partment of Justice is not yet prepar-
ed to say if the plan is satisfactory.
Ralph Grow, counsel for the packers,
assured the Attorney General that the
assets of the company have been
actually divided among the Swift,
Morris and Armour interests,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Wife OF Preacher Arrested.

Nashville, Tenn - Mrs. Freeman,
wife of Elder w. c. Freeman, Bap-
list preacher and merchant who was
found dead in his store at Mike,
Tenn, a few days ago, was arrested,
together with Lucien Simmons, a
young man employed in the Freeman
store. Both are charged with murder.
Mrs. Freeman and Simmons were the
only persons near the Freeman home
when the preacher was said to have
shot himself. ,-4...s :, &c.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Marines Ordered Home.

Washington.-Th State Department
having given the word, the Navy De-
partment has ordered the return to
America of $50 of the marines now in
the neighborhood of Guantanamo,
Cuba, leaving about 100 men to act as
a permanent garrison for the naval
station. The Prairie, now at Colon,
will take on 200 marines at that point
from the Isthmus and stop at Guantan-
amo for as many more as she can ac-
commodate on her Northward cruise,
leaving the Ajax to follow with the re-
malnder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Falls 1000 Feet To Death

Canton, Ohio.-When 1000 feet in
the air, rope attaching the trapeze
bar TO his parachute broke and Thorn
as Heifeld, 26 years old, of Spring
field, H., fell to his death here. His
body struck in the soft earth of a
celery field head first and was buried
to the knees. The accident occurred
almost Immediately after Heifield,
watched by 5000 people at Myers
Lake, an amusement resort, cut loose
from his balloon. In the crowd were
two sisters of the aeronaut.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
FIND WOMAN IN BOX CAR.
She Was Fashionably Dressed and
Claimed Wealthy Relative.

Kansas City, Mo-Saying her name
was Juanita Wood, and that she was
the daughter of Frank Wood, a
wealthy Boston contractor, young
woman, "a years old, was found I'M
conscious in a box car here by the
police. She was fashionably dressed,
and said she had run away from col
lege in the East. She told the police
she had been in company with man
from ST. Louis, who had befriended
her and that the last she remembers
she was walking with him yesterday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
To Fiuht Army Worm.

Washington.-The Senate came to
the rescue of Southern farmers Fri
day by passing a resolution appropriate
ing Immediately $4,000 to check the
ravages of the army worm in the
States where crops are threatened
This was supplemental to the appro-
priation of $4,000 which the House and
Senate have voted to expend for the
same purpose
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
M. AND M. PAYS $4,000 FINE.
TRANSPORTATION Company Violated
Laws In Grain Shipments.

Savannah. Gait was announced
here that fine of $4,000 was paid
into the United States Court here by
the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company 1t was levied by
Judge Emory Speer after the corpora
ton was convicted of violating the
commerce laws in shipments of grain
from Philadelphia to Savannah. An
appeal was taken and lost
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
RICH MERCHANT is SUICIDE

which stood beside his dwelling on
Main street, took brand new razor
out of the show case, went up to the
third floor of the store and cut his
throat. He was dead when found.
Gerber was a prominent Mason He
was well liked by every one who knew
him, and was a man of weight In
business and financial circles.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
ANNOYED BY COOKS FRANKS
Bertha Heida Sent a Washing Machine
to One Doctor and Three Lemons
to Another.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Heida, aged 33,
a cook who has been employed by
prominent families in Clifton, Avon
dale and Walnut Hills, fashionable sub
urbs, was committed to Long View
insane asylum.
She was taken into the probate
court on the AFFIDAVIT of DR.. Frank
Perry and Lieutenant Kent of the
Norwood police department. DR..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

Perry, Lieutenant Kent and DR.. Inom'
as P. Dickson of Norwood, testineu
she had been annoying them with ie'
tiers and telephone calls. DR.. DICKSON
said he performed a minor operauOn
on her four years ago, and that slnes
that time she has been telephoning "
him five to twenty-five times day
He also testified she sent a GENE
terry monument maker to his ONCE
and that she sent him a washing ma
chine and large orders of grocere','
he also charges that she threw cur
fee cake at him when she met nlu
on the street a few days ago.
Dr. Perry testified that she SEW
him three lemons by mail, called nilA
up frequently, impersonating his pa,
ttents, and sent him late at night ~
far address by telling him 3 GNU
was dying. She appeared rational u
court, and insisted that the Witness.
against her be made to testify IN n''
presence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
ILLITERACY is SCARCE.
Chicago Completes Biennial School
Census-Shows Big Gain.

Oensus-ohoWs Dig OdTH'
Chicago Chicago's present popula-
tioR is 2.3S1,7OO, according to the
biennial school census just completed
by the board of education. The fig
ures of the last Federal census, taken
in 1910, were 2,1S5,2S3.
The school census shows the total
number of minors in the city to be
SS2,516, of which 5O.791 are foreign
born and 11,191 are negroes.
According TO the count there are
only 157 children between the age of
II and 81 who are unable to read or
write either English or some other
language.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Measure AS Passed BY the Senate
Carries S116,ooo,ooo.

Washington.-The Sundry Civil APP
preparation Bill, carrying approximate
ly $116,000,000 for the support of vari-
Gus bureaus and branches of the gov
eminent, passed the Senate. 1t con-
tains increases of about $6,000,000 over
the appropriations authorized by the
House The difference between the
two bodies will be adjusted in confer
ence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
GOES MAD COUNTING COINS.
Woman Who Begged On Street Worth
$500. 900.

Los Angeles. Cal-Driven mad by
constant indulgence in her only pleas,
ure, the counting of pennies and small
silver pieces begged from passersby,
Leota Seybold, an ancient character OF
the street corners, was sent to the
asylum recently. and there found, Sat
urday to be worth at least 100000.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to send
her to the care of two sisters in Okla
homa, where she owns large tracts OF
land.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Lieut.-eov. EIIyson At Sea eirt.

Richmond. - Lieut-Gov. j. Taylor
Ellyson, National Committeeman from
Virginia, is at Sea Girt for a confer
ence with Governor Wilson. The sub
ject of enlisting all the Democratic
newspapers in the work of raising a
campaign fund will be discussed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
GoMEz's CURT REPLY.
Unsatisfactory Answer To the U. S.
Minister.

Havana.-President Gomez made a
curt, unsatisfactory reply to American
Minister Beaupre's protest against the
granting of big tract of swamp land
made by the Cuban government to a
company partly composed of Ameri.
cans. There were charges of graft in
securing the concession, and these
were contained in the protest, but
President Gomez upheld the old Span
ish law.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

ing seen. Masters of vessel, a.
gold is the safest cargo of any IN
die.
The total weight of one nm,
ment of gold shipped by the mi
vessel in question amounted to Il
thing like 10000 pounds, Or AMI
tons, and the freight charges anal
ed to $4,000. or, roughly spaS
one-eighth Of l per cent. Specie \
shipped is insured at its full vain,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Baker Killed in DOUGH Mixer.

New York-Samuel Krampler a
baker. lost his balance while at work
in a Harlem shop, and fell into a
dough mixer equipped with revolving
knives. He was instantly killed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
HELD UP, ROBBED AND KILLED.
Travelling Man Victim Of Negro In
West virginia.

Bluefield, w. Wa travelling man
named Tripod was held up, robbed of
5000. then shot and instantly killed by
a negro at the little town Of Rolfe,
w Va. Two Italians were also shot.
The negro escaped to the mountains,
pursued by the sheriff's posse.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

Scranton, Pa.-As he was playllS
Nearer, My God, to Thee" on wv
piano, at his home, Augustus LauDac.
suddenly fell forward on the keys anu
expired.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

Not In the Same Class
Pop, tell me one thing"
Yes, SOM" .,
Are Skye terriers anything ike Sun
dogs?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Writ Dismissed.

My whole duty is fully performed
when ! decide the single question pre-
scented for decision, namely: is Harry
X. Thaw at present sane or insane, and
would his release be dangerous to the
public peace and safety?"
The writ of habeas corpus upon
which Thaw obtained his temporary
release from the Matteawan State
Hospital is dismissed, and the court
custody of the superintendent Of that
9ql o. peuInleI 90 MBVL lBQl sI9pIo
institution. Thaw has been living at
the local Jail, in charge of the sheriff,
since his case opened, early in June.
Thaw procured copy of the de-
cision shortly after it had been render
ed He read it only with seeming in
difference.
1T is as ! thought" he said. 81 am
sending the sad word to my family.
1t would have been better had l been
acquitted, like Captain Hams"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
TWO MINERS KILLED.
Three Others Injured BY Explosion
or Gas In Coiliery.

Wilkes Barre. Pa-Two miners were
killed and three others injured, one
probably fatally, by an explosion OF
gas in the Hillman slope of No. l col
liery operated by the Delaware and
Hudson Company at Plymouth. The
explosion is thought to have been
caused by a miner igniting a body of
gas with a naked lamp.