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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
Live Stock Market.
Pittsburgh, Dec. T.

fittSpui gu DcS u
CATTLE-Suppiy light. market STEADY
choice. So. a5a9.50: prime. SS.50a9.l0; good
81 I5aS. 40; tides. s6.75a7.50; fair. So.5oaoSo'
common, s4.5oa5.50; heifers. $4l0a1.5o; fresh
cows and springers, s25aSS.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply fair. mar
ket strong; prime wethers, s.25a4.50 good
mixed. s3.75a4.10: fair mixed, S-baS 10;
eulls and common. s2a2.50: lambs. said
veal calves. s1o.s0al1; heavy and thin
ralves. S7aS.
HOGS-Receipts, 30 double decks; mar
ket slow and lower; prime heavy. 81 20;
heavy, mixed and mediums. T.S0a7.s5
Aeavy YorkerA t.o5a7.so: light Workers.
q. 4Oa7 So; pigs, s7a7.&: roughs. $-75a7.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
ACCUSES BOY
OF CAUSING NUISANCE.

With his mother, Mrs. John Dun
back of William street, John Dun
back appeared before Recorder Ke-
hoe last night on complaint of A.
Bloomfield, a tailor, of 204 New
Brunswick avenue, who accused him
of general nuisance. The recorder
dismissed the case, but warned the
young vapdal that Jamesburg would
be his next stop, II he appeared be-
fore him again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Zellman
Music H use, incorporated, piano deal
er, at $50 Smith Street, in the city of
Perth Am. y, in the County of lid
dlesex an. State of New Jersey, on De-
cember 9th, nineteen hundred and
twelve, did make q general assignment
of all and angular the assets Of said
partnership for the equal benefit of
creditors Of said partnership. The
creditors Of said zelimaa Music HOUSE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07

Kingsville, Tex, Dec. 7.-Deserted
by her guide in the face of a pack Of
enraged javalinas, or wild Mexican
hogs, Miss Bessie f. Yoakum, daugh-
ter of Benjamin F. Yoakum, head OF
the st. Louis and S~anFrancisco and
other railroad systems, proved her
courage and saved her life by STAY
ing five of the animals. Miss Yoa-
kun has been in this vicinity for
several days on a deer hunt. She is
and expert shot, fearless in the chase
and is often separated from others
of the party to seek game with only
the aid of a Mexican guide. 1t was
on one of these lonely expeditions
that she imperiIed her life and
proved her courage. After a ride of
two hours through the wild country
Miss Yoakum and the guide came
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
Appeal Lots Assessments.

An assessment of $3.50 on lots Nos.
200 and 20, in block No. 313H,
Perth Amboy, has been appealed by
Micheal Stopka; he claims the value
of the property to be valued at $50.
Edward and Mary Seman have ap-
pealed an assessment on lot No. 13,
in Elizabeth street, which they value
at $500 and want assessed according
ly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07

suddenly on the pack of javalinas.
They were on the lookout for the
animals, as their ferocity is well
known, and when several of the
beasts rushed from the thicket to-
ward Miss Yoakum and her guide the
latter became panic stricken, leaped
from his horse, dropped his gun and
dashed for a tree. At the same mo
ment Miss Yoakum also leaped from
he rhOrse and fired while the first
wild hog was a score of yards away.
Miss Yoakum killed two more of
them with as many shots. Then her
rifle failed her, and she ran for the
gun the guide had dropped. With
this rife she killed two more of the
hogs and then sent random shots into
the underbush, into which the re-
naming animals had fed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
Writ OF Attachment.

A writ of attachment against the
rights, goods, effects and chattels of
William Rikie at the suit of the H.
P. Nelson Company, an a~bsconding
debtor. was issued in the district
court by Judge Beekman, Wednes-
day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07

EVENING NEWS covers the field
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07

Inc, partners as aforesaid, are
notified to present their claims
said estate under oath or aft
within three months from 49,
hereof, to the undersigned, or
barred from coming in for . din
from said estate.
Dated December s., A. D., 1919.
HYMAN FRIEDMAN, Assigned.
117-112 s~mifhNEtreet,
Perth Analogy, New 1er,~
13lee-11-7-5teewGA
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
CONSUL
PLEADED GUILTY
Charged with Withholding
Money from Estates in
His Keeping.

Duluth. Nov. 26.-V. D. Nickoiich
Montenegrin consul and representa-
tive in the United States and Canada
pleaded guilty to one of the two in
dictments returned against him by
the November grand Jury, charging
him with grand larceny, FIRST degree
Nickolich has been held "A prisoner In
Duluth since September 26, when he
was arrested. accuSah of Withholding
trust funds from several estates lefl
in his kseping.
f." Today Nickolich said the money
was to have been. sent to him from
the old country, but that the mails
were delayed by the war. Judge Di-
bell sentenced him to the state peni.
tentiary on the .indeterminate plan
He will serve from one to ten years
When asked If he had anything to
say. Nickolich raised his right hand
and said:
so help me God. judge. am not a
criminal 1t was wrong suggestions
and wrong advisements that put me
in this circumstances"
You are not the only one who has
been engaged in this sort Of work.
said Judge Dibell. "lt should be stop.
ped" "................
The. county. attorney. moved the
court to dismiss the other charges
pending against the. prisoner.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
YOUNG WOMAN'S
AWFUL PLUNGE
Possessed Of Hallucination,
She Leaped from Twenti-
eth Story Fire Escape

Chicago. Nov 26.-Possessed with
the idea that she was pursued for dis
honorable purposes, Miss Maude Van
Duson, 25 years old. today leaped from
the twentieth story of the Mccormick
building and was crushed to death on
the stone paving of an alley at the
street level. She jumped from an al
ley fire escape nearly $50 feet above
the ground I'm view of many pedes-
trians Her body struck another fire
'esaane at the first floor and bounded
into the alleyway with nearly every
hone in it broken.
Miss Van Duson. according to pa
pers found in her pockethook which
she carried down with her, was a
school teacher in Humboldt. Neb.
From her papers it appeared that she
had been seeking a position here and
had been possessed with the idea that
she had been in danger from white
slavers." She wrote that she had
been driven to appeal to Chief of Po-
lice McWeeny and to the federal de-
tlement workers for protection.
She had prepared for death by pin
ming across her bosom strip of white
linen which had been stained crimson
at either end and OH which she had
printed in large letters Death before
dishonor." She had tied around her
neck a copy of the New Testament
in which she had marked passages
in st. John. In her pocketbook was
another marked bible and typewrit-
ten statement of several thousand
words which she had entitled. Part
of my lifes history"
II will die clean if have to kill
myself" was written at the head of
one of the sheets.
strip of bacon. a small paper of
pepper. an ounce Of tea and $3.19 in
currency also were found in the hand
bag. The police assert that Miss Van
Duson evidently was deranged when
she leared from the building.
The landlady of the house in which
Miss Van Duson had been rooming.
said that the young woman had been
without employment for some time.
II am trying to write this without
the least emotion" her typewriter
statement began. land. though the
following statements may seem dra-
matte, your reason will assure it that
they contain only common sense.
First. have very little money and
am not allowed to hold a position.
Second. will accept no money but
that l earn
ITO be without money is to be en-
posed to any amount of insult and to
fall into tho hands of the spiritualist
white slave trade"
She then heard Miss Van Duson op-
en- the window and ran for help. An
elevator man broke down the door but
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
MANY INJURED
Fifteen Removed to Hospitals az r
suit Of Brooklyn Fire.

fftecn removed to Hospitals ae He.
suit Of Brooklyn Fire.
New York. Nov. 26.-Rrooklyn's
East river waterfront was the scene
late today of the most serious explo-
sion and fire that section has known
for years Fifteen men We're removed
to hospitals suffering from burns and
injuries from which a number may
die. several persons on the scene at
the time We're missing. but late re-
ports discredited earlier beliefs that
several lives had been lost. The area
OF three blocks was swept and loss
of nearly $1.O0O.0O0 caused.
The fire started with series of eX-
plosions OF chemicals on the ground
floor of the five-story building Of the
Union Sulphur company in the Will
iamsburg section. OF seventy men at
work in the building, a dozen on the
main floor We're hurled in every direc-
ton, suffering terrible burns, bruises
and broken bones. Four other explo-
sions followed and the building soon
was enveloped in the weird blue flames
of burning sulphur. Workers had es-
capped from other floors. fought their
way to the sulphur fumes to the res
cue of their comrades and were them.
selves overcome.
The flames swept down a large hay
and grain warehouse and licked SO
close to the plants of the BROOKLYN
Gas company and the Pratt and Stand
ard Oil companies that series Of ter.
rible explosions was momentarily
feared. While the heat blistered the
gas and oil tanks they escaped de.
Struction
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
tContinued on Page 81
CASE COMPANY
MADE PROFITS
Was not Starved Out by the
Harvester Trust Declares
Former Manager.

Chicago. Nov. 26.---Fred Robinson,
vice president and general manager Of
the Case Threshing Machine company
of Racine. Wis, q 100000 corpor-
alton. was the principal witness for
the government today in the suit for
dissolution of the International Har-
vester company.
the Milwaukee Harvester company.
which was absorbed by the Interna-
tional Harvester company in 1902.
Profits of The Milwaukee company.
according to the witness, who nego-
tiated the option of the property to j.
P. Morgan and George w. Perkins.
averaged 100000 Il year for the two
years previous to the acquisition Of
the property by the combination FORM
ed In 1902.
The sale Of the Milwaukee Harvcs-
was made through P. n. Middlekauff
to Perkins and Morgan.
"An option on the company" said
MIR. Robinson. was given to Mr.. Mid
dlekauff. The purpose was. I believe.
to turn the option over to ]. F. Nor
gan and George W. Perkins"
who besides yourself controlled
the Milwaukee Harvester company at
the time?" asked Edwin F. Grosvenor.
government counsel.
Steven Bull. Frank K Bull. r. T.
Robinson and Charles l.. Mcintyre"
replied tho witness. THE Milwaukee
company was purchased for the In
,ternational Harvester combination for
approximately $4,000 900"
The threshing company ohicial said
that the Case ganization competed
with the International Harvester com.
pany in hut two items Of harvester
implements. shredders and gas trac.
tors.
Mr.. Robinson was followed by e.
X. Butler. organizer and president Of
tho Keystone company at the time OF
its absorption by the alleged harves-
ter combine. The witness testified
that he sold his interest in the Key
stone company In 1908 to the McCor-
micks. Deerings and others interested
In the international company.
Frederick G. Howe. vice president
and one Of the heaviest stockho olders In
the International Harvester company.
is to he called by the government az
4 W.s.-~~ hAsAAr1oW.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
JOHN 7. BRUSH
DIED TO-DAY ON
TRIP TO COAST
Was the Owner of the New
York National League
Baseball Club
DEATH OCCURRED N HIS
PRIVATE CAR IN MISSOURI
Had Been Suffering from Locomotor
AtaAia-Railroad Company Decided
TO Rush Him Across Continent
Rather than Detach Car there.

ST. Louis. Nov. 2s.-Thc body of
John T. Brush. owner of the New
York National League Baseball club,
who died early today in his private
car near Sceburger. Mo-. arrived here
this morning. In the car accompany
Ing the body were two nurses, his va
let and a railroad man.
The body was forwarded to Indian
apolis at moo ntoday and may be
transferred to New York. hut definite
arrangements await the approval of
his daughter who resides in Indian
apolis
Mr.. Brush who was seriously i'll from
locomoter ataxia when he left New
York Sunday failed rapidly on the
trip. At Indianapolis yesterday the
railroad company considered detach-
ing the baseball magnate's private
car because of his serious condition,
but finally decided to rush him to the
Pacific coast. The car was here for
two hours last night and tank Of
oxygen was placed in it for emergency
uSe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
EXCHANGE DIES

Duluth, Nov. 2S.-After lowering on
the brink of dissolution for months,
the Duluth stock exchange will quit
next Saturday. The executive COM
mittee announced today that the ex-
change will go out of business.
The exchange was organized about
three years ago. 1t started out pre-
tentiously with Il big room in the
Commercial club building. First the
room shrank and then the exchange
subsidized into small quarters.
Some of the brokers, especially the
directors. stood by the exchange and
"ndaavored to make it success. After
sinking money into the venture for
many months. they decided to allow
the exchange to give up. They today
gave. cut statement to that effect
sttrtbuting he failure o lack of public
interest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
Defense Will Claim These
Three Were RESPONSE
bic for Explosions
M'MAn|GAl UNDER CROSS
Examination BY DEFENSE
Hockin Tcrrorizcd Mechanical into Go.
ing into the Dynamiting Game by
Threatening to Keep Him Out of
Work II He did Not.

Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. 26.-Con-
tentions Of the defense that the Nc
Namaras and Ortie f. McManigal
alone were responsible for explosions
and that the iron workers union exc
cutive board and President Frank NJ.
Ryan knew nothing of any $1,000 ex-
pended from the union funds for de-
stroying non-union property were pur-
sued in cross-examinatlon of McMani-
gal at the "dyna mite conspiracy trial.
today.
Before being turned over by the
government. McManigal had told
had talked of blowing up the locks Of
the Panama canal and how James r.
Mcnamara was to return to Los
Angeles 'and wipe that city off the
map" by series of explosions and
how they we're prevented from carry
ing out these plots by their arrest in
April. 1911. He also had related that
after his and James BIS arrest in De-
troit and on the train to Chicago.
tective, 100000 to allow them to es-
cape. telling Biddinger If you don't
get it. Clarence Darrow will"
Senator John w. Kern. for the de-
Tense. cross-examined McManigal.
Was the pay you received from the
McNamaras your motive in causing SO
many eXplosions?" asked Senator
Kern.
NO, 1t was not money. Herbert S.
Hocktn. when he first started me into
the dNnamiting business. terrorized
me, saying if / didn't do it he would
prevent me from getting work. Then
l was prompted by foolish notion
that 1t was for the good of the iron
workers union. My mind was inflam-
ed with the idea 1t would build up the
union
McManisal admitted he had been
arrested three times. twice for lar
ceny and once for disorderly conduct.
After the Los Angeles Times build
James B. were hunting in the woods
In Wisconsin, you say he admitted to
YOU that he deliberately killed the
twenty-one persons. that he was a
printer and he knew he would kill
someone when he put the bomb in the
Times building. and vet YOU continued
to associate with him."
Yes. I did"
McManigal had said that when j. J.
planned wholesale explosions" in
Guiding the blowing up Of Los Angeles
city. he was afraid the executive
board would cut off his allowance
Now you say Mcnamara. in order
to get more money proposed to steal
$15O.000 by killing the treasurer of
the automobile races at the speedway
in indianapolis. and yet you still kept
company with these men who damned
the MURDER"
Yes. I did"
McManigal told in detail how much
he was paid for each "job.'
when you caused the explosion in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
GRANT HEARINGS.

Washington. Nov. 26.-Plans for ex-
tended hearings to receive complaints
and recommendations as to the coun-
try's currency system We're discussed
today by the suhcommittees of the
house banking and currency commit
tee which has charge of the prepara-
tion of currency reform legislation.
The subcommittee was appointed
after the authorize ton of the money
trust investigation by the banking and
currency committee last session. The
Aldrich currency plan. embracing Il
central reserve association. as formu-
lated by the national monetary COM
mission was referred to this s,lbcom-
mittee, but in view of the declaration
of the democratic national platform
against the Aldrich scheme. the COM
mittee is expected to evolve an entire
ly different system.
Representative Glass of Virginia.
the chairman. secured a quorum of
the subcommittee late today with Rep
resentatives Bulkeley of Ohio. Korbly
of Indiana and Taylor of Ala abama
present. No definite date was set. but
1t was understood that hearings will
begin early in January. Bankers, par
ticularly the smaller country bankers.
merchants and representatives of la
bor interests will be asked to appear
before the committee.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
SUFFRAGE MAY Be
LOST IN MICHIGAN
Complete Official Returns
May Show Small Majority
Against Amendment.

Lansing. Mich. Nov. 26.--Leaders
in the fight for the passage of the suf-
frage amendment, to the constitution
of Michigan. admitted today for the
first time that the complete official
returns may show the defeat Of the
measure by few hundred votes.
But three counties. KeeweenaW.
Montcalm and ST. Clair. remain to be
heard from officially. The official vote
from the remainder of the state gave a
ma jority of l65 for the amendment.
Unofficial returns from the three miss
ing counties rolled up a majority of
about 700 against the amendment.
There is a possibility that the Of
fetal returns may be changed in some
instances before the contest is finally
determined. 1t was announced today
at the office Of the secretary OF state
that the returns from a large majority
of counties contained mistakes and
were sent back for correction.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
LIFE TERMERS ASK
HABEAS CORPUS
After Eighteen Years Make
Application for Testing
Convicting Evidence.

Chicago. Nov 26.-After eighteen
years in the penitentiary at Joliet on
a life sentence for murder. Charles
Kurth, IS years old and Thomas Nc
Nally. 63 years old. today appealed to
the courst for freedom on writ of
habeas corpus.
In 1894, the two We're sentenced for
life for the murder Of Pat Prunty and
his son. James Prunty. The conten-
tion that they wore convicted on
fraudulent TESTIMONY is the basis of
the petition for yelease Counsel for
Kurth anas-McNas'.' a.ssertSd when
the police arrestaH their clients. rela-
tives Of the dead men failed to identi'
fy them. and that later at the trial.
the same men testified that Kurth and
McNally were gully.
Edward Warren, who was convicted
with the two. was pardoned after five
years Imprisonment because he was
afflicted with tuberculosis, which lat
er caused his death.
The men We're sentenced by Judge
Freeman of the superior court who
will hear the petition for the releas-
ing permit
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
LITTLE PROGRESS
Jury to Try Mrs. Lash May Be Read
ynAa Tosln.

Late Today.
Sedalia. Mo. Nov. oe.---Little prog
resS was made today in the trial Of
Mrs. Pansy Allen Lesi,. charged with
the murder Of Mrs Elizabeth Quaint
ance at Green Ridge. Mo.
Court was in session only two hours
after the work Of selecting a jury he
gan and at adjournment a panel Of
forty men. fro mwhich the twelve jur-
ors will be chosen, had been drawn
from the special cenrn of seventy-two
men. II was believed that the jury
would be completed and the introduce
tion Of evidence would begin late to-
day.
That the trial will occupy little time
was indicated by the announcement
that the state would call but three
witnesses. The most important state
witness probably will he Fisher Quain-
tance. brother-in-law OF the woman
the defendant is accused of having
poisoned while she lived in the Quain-
tance homo in 1904. The other two
state witnesses will be Gree nRidge
physicians who attended Mrs. Quain-
tance during her illness. 1t was be-
lieved that the. testimony OF the de-
fenSe will be brief.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
Declares Indifference Over
Servia's Demand For
Port on Adriatic Sea. ate
PEACE TERMS Of TURKEY
INCLUDE THREE CONDITIONS
No War Indemnity, Retention of Ter.
xatory Adjacent to and Including
! Adrianople and Turkish Sovereignty
Ovee ALBANIA Believed to be Basis.

London. Nov. 26.-while Russia is
believed to be continuing her military
movements on the frontier and Aus.
tria- Hungary is believed to be rapid
~ mobilizing an immense army equip
ped for field service, there Is nothing
definite today to indicate that an in
ternational war in Europe is immi-
nent.
The increased tension, the depress-
ing undercurrent of which is felt ev-
erywhere. however. tends greatly to
decrease the ability of diplomacy to
resist an ultimate rupture.
Great Britain has given Servia as
as France and Russia to understand
she has no interest in Servia's demand
for port on the Adriatic sea. England
also has declared she has no intention
Of supporting Servia's claim nor aid
ing any other power to do so.
The progress of the representatives
Of the Balkan states and Turkey for
peace is kept strictly secret. 1t is said
Turkey presented the following as the
basis for an agreement:
"E'irst--No war indemnity.
"Second--The retention by Turkey
Of the territory bounded by the Mar
itza river. the fortress of Adrianople
to he included.
"Third-The maintenance of the
sovereignty of the sultan of Turkey
In Alhania.''
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
GALLANT RESCUE.

Punta Arenas. Chile. Nov. 26.-sto-
ries of gallant rescue by whalers
are told by the passengers and crew
of the British steamship nravia. which
was lost on the Billy Rock. Falkland
islands. on November IL
The passengers and part OF the crew
arrived there today They declare
that but for the whalers probably all
would have been drowned. The entire
cargo and thousands of mail bags
were lost.
The vessel dashed on the rocks
while steaming at six knots an hour
through heavy rain and wind storm.
She began to sink Immediately.
A panic broke out among the pas
sengers and crew. nut whalers in tho
vicinity sent their small boats and
took them off as we'll as a portion Of
the mails They were landed on the
Falkland islands and transferred to
the steamer Huanchico Of the same
line.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26
HUMAN BOMB BOUND OVER.

Los Angeles. Nov 2s.-Carl Riedel-
bach. alias Carl Farr, the human
bomb. was bound over today to the
grand jury by Police Judge Williams
and a few moments later the grand
jury WAS investigating the case Ried-
elbachs bond was fixed at $4,000.
Riedelhach was not represented by
counsel. He took a deep interest in
the hearing and frequently interrogat-
ed the witnesses. At the request of
Chief Sebastian Riedelhach made an
accurate drawing of the Internal ma
chine with which he caused a panic at
the central station last Tuesday.