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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-03

the court. and waited for me to sit
down.
Il want to tell you why happened
to be in your room this morning" he
said quite frankly The tone robbed
his words of an embarrassm
could even let my face relax. Per
haps first you'd like to know that we
got Winthrop out on bail" he went
on although it took the combined
efforts of Hazard money and Crownin-
shield influence to do it. We had to
drag a judge away from poker game
go bail"
But Mr. Abbott's out? He's at
homer" questioned.
Yes" he answered. "Oh. it's lot
OF tommyrot They have nothing
against him. A mudheaded detective
bounced upon the first person he saw.
which happened to be Winthrop, shot
him in the arm. and found some fam
lily jewels in his safe"
"Jewels!" | exclaimed.
Il might as well tell you-youll see
1t in the newspapers They mean
nothing, except the lively magma
tons Of the police connect them with
the jewel robberies we've been read
ing about"
How abusrd! But. of course, Mr..
Abbott can prove he didn't steal them!
The people who have been robbed will
have to identify their property. ana
there you are! If they are Mr.. Alb
bolts family jewels, they are not any
one else's. It's ridiculously simple
isn't it,
1T is" he agreed. He narrowed his
eyes and stared into space for while.
then rose and began pacing in front
of me. What he was trying to figure
In. or out, was that emerald bracelet
which | didn't know about, and OF
which he had not the slightest inten-
ton of telling me. 1t was incriminat-
ing evidence against Winthrop.
What does Mr.. Crowninshield
Think" l asked.
'Oh. you know how he is-a regular
clam. Thinks a good deal and says
nothing. He's inclined to treat the
whole thing as a joke, except
Except WHAT"
He sat down suddenly.
I'm forgetting to tell you my ex
citing little story" he said. and the
question passed unanswered. I'VE got
home about two. all dead tired. took
Winthrop home and wanted to stay
with him, but he wouldn't have it.
1t didn't take me long to go to sleep.
Well, something woke me-what.
don't know-but it was odd. for |
never wake up suddenly. | sat up In
bed and listened. At first | could only
hear the surf, and then | caught an
other sound, an annoying little rasp
couldn't explain to myself. | thought
lot of stuff about rats and such junk.
but l got up and went into Johns bed
room. listened again; the sound
was closer | didn't want to wake
John. for knew he would be amused,
but with all these robberies, decided
I'd find out what it was.
Finally | located the sound in the
hall l sneaked to the door and lis
tened. Ten seconds of listening con-
WINGED me that some one was at Ma
tales door and the sound was that
of an instrument against the lock-
Now, what | intended to do was to
jerk open Johns door suddenly and
see who it was and why he was there.
But the blamed door stuck as jerked,
and when l did get it open woman
"a woman. you UNDERSTANDINGS
scooting down the hallway not up to-
ward the steps, but down toward
Laura's room, or mine. 1t was pretty
dark, but there was enough light for
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-03
Jumped.

This critic certainly has got things
all mixed up in his review Of the
play"
What did be say"
He said the play was both thin and
fatuous."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-03

changed his mind and swung his
racket into position.
Ready" he called.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
IMPORTER HELD IN FRAUD
Accused of differentiation,
Amounting to About $4,000

carl Thalheim, president Of c. Thai
bciu 4 Co. OF No II West 4th street.
Inporters OF artificial flowers. feathers
and straw bralds. was yesterday ar
raigned before United States commits
siouer Shields on the charge of undervaiu-
ing merchandise imported from Europe.
lie was held I'm $1,000 bail for eXamlna-
ton.
Assistant United States District Auor-
ney Addison $. Pratt said false entering
NJ merchandise has been going on for
about seven years. The governments loss
e estimated at $4,000.
snccial Treasury Agent III. ID. Ester
brooke has been investigating the entries
Of merchandise made at the custom,
House by c. Thalheim & Co for some
time I'pon comparing the company y
secret invoices with the consular invoices
the alleged systematic undervaluationS
were discovered. Mr.. Esterbrooke has IN
formation regarding many underValua-
tions. he says.
Another arrest will be made in the case
shortly.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
TRADES HAND FOR
LESSON IN SCIENCE
Row Gets a B. S. from School or
Experience as Experiment
Ends in Explosion.

zoaI for the advancement OF science
cost Go,tfricd Meier, jrr fifteen years
old Of 40. 2i3 East 55th street his
ricbt hand Yesterday. The police could
u.. rcarn the exact nature Of his un-
lucky experiment, but his hand was so
h,d,y ,,ccratcd that 1t had to be am
putatcd. 49,
Gottfricd was a member OF inc
s,raduating class Of Public School ~ III
r.st ,1st street. He has been inter
cs,cd in electrical appliances for some
time. and has been reading book on
.c,rcrimcntal science which he optained
%, ,ho Y VI. g. 4. library. When ne
.,r,c home from school yesterday ne
rad , niece Of iron shaped like a small
horseshoe He asked his mother Tor
some copper wire. and the request
,c;rc refused. got 1t from another
source.
Soon aftcrward Mrs. Meier heard
hammcring in the back yard and Ane"
that Gottfricd was at work upon HIS
ovrorimcuts. The boy was hammernS
or the window sill Of the ground iioor
ubcn there was loud explosion
Gottfricd ran through the hall scream
ing with pain and was brought Dt'K
into the house by neighbors. HIS race
was burned with powder ana ms risht
hand was badly mangled.
An ambulance call was sent To the
pocention Hospital, and when Or.
powman came he said that the boys
hand must he amputated. Got'tfieu
eaid he was making battery for an
electric bell. The police thought that
some Of the supposed wire which he
hammered was "A dynamite cap.
Gottfried has had number OF uh-
fortunate experiences. When he was
nine wears old he fell into a bonfire in
front Of his home and his hair was
burned off and he received severe burns
ON the body, the marks of which re-
main 10 the present time. He was con
fined in a hospital for several weeks at
that time.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
TRICKY SHIPPERS FINED
Two Firms That Duped Rail-
roads Are Punished.

Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Knox. who has charge OF the prosecu-
ton of merchants and business firms ac-
cused Of falsely classifying merchandise
shipped in interstate commerce so as to
obtain a cheaper freight rate from rail-
roads, yesterday had the representative
Of the Edwards & Riordan Company.
dealers I'm hats at No. 5a Broadway, ar
ralgned before Judge Hand in the Crimi-
nal Branch of the Federal District Court.
The company entered a plea OF guilty
to an indictment charging the shipping or
artificial flowers to Omaha as millinery
and was fined 500 which was paid. The
freight rate on millinery was just half
that charged for the transportation Of ar
tiflcial flowers.
Louis Le;kowitz, Of Walker street,
manufacturer of leather goods, who
pleaded guilty to shipping dress suit ham
dies and straps as leather scrap, was
fined 500, which was paid.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
ROSENHEIMER CASE ENDED
Man Whose Auto Killed Girl
ONLY Guilty on Technically.

Edward r. Rosenheimer, who was ac'
Quilted three years ago Of murder
charge. which was brought as the result
Of his running down and killing Grace
Uough on Pelham Parkway with his au-
tomoblle pleaded guilty OF violation o.
the Callan automobile law before Judge
NIahoney. in General Sessions yesterday
Sentence was suspended upon the recon-
mendation OF the District Attorney.
Isidor Wasservogel. Assistant District
Attorney. told the court that his investiga
,ion showed that Rosenheimer was guilty
only OF a technical violation Of the law.
II was alleged that after the accident
Rosenheimer failed to report 1t immediate
~ IN the police, according TO the law.
Mr.. Wasservogel found that although
posenheimer did so home after striking
the carriage I'm which Miss Hough was
driving. he returned Immediately In n
bucgv To- the scene OF the accident. Every
one had gone by that time, and he found
no one 20 whom he could report the fatal
ity.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
SMOKED so YEARS,
BUT DIDN'T DRINK
This Was Habit of Man Who Died
at 9S-Held Oldest lnSur-
ance Policy.

Hearken. all smokers and be of good
cheer. Devotees of My Lady Nicotine
who fear deleterious results from the
use of the much maligned weed are
urged 10 read this brief tale.
A man has recently passed away who
had been an assiduous and diligent
smoker for eighty years. The cause or
his demise, as pronounced by reputable
physicians, was old age. He was ninety
eight years old, and up to the END
boasted that he had been accustomed 10
smoke constantly in his waking mo-
ments since his eighteenth birthday.
Incidentally, users of alcoholic pew
erages can gain no measure of comfort
from the example of this patriarch, who
when filed with qualification over his
Immunity from tobacco, declared in the
same breath that the products of King
Alcohol had no place in his scheme Oh
being.
George l.. Newman. of Charlottesville'
Va is the man who attained this proud
distinction. lie also was known as the
holder OF the oldest life insurance policy
in the United States, which was Issued
nv the Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York in 1874 one year atter the
cornpanv began business.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
COTTON REFORMS
Plan to Extend Examinations
for Future Delivery.

In line with it's announced policy CT
preventing corners and manpulations OF
the cotton market in the future the board
of managers of the New York Cotton Ex-
change has directed a special committee
to work out a plan to extend its system
Of guaranteeing. certificatinS and exam
ining grades OF cotton for future de-
livery. For the past twenty years it
has been the custom for all cotton sold
for future delivery TO he examined only
at this port.
II is proposed now that this system be
extended 70 warehouses i'm Southern
cities which offer the necessary facilities
OF size, safety and availability. II this
plan can he carried out 1t is believed that
il will prove a great boon TO the cotton
trade. William V. King. superintendent
of the Cotton Exchange, regarding the
plan, SAID:
at will prevent corners and manipula-
tions Of the market, and II will give the
owners of the cotton reliable guarantee
Of the grades thus making it more sal
able to the mills at home and also for
export to any part of the world. IL VIII
also make cotton one Of the safest COL
laterals in the world TO loan money upon'
because the bank or banker Will know
by the warehouse receipt and the guaran-
tee of grade that the cotton is safely
stored in an approved warehouse and
what its market value is. The Cham
Der OF Commerce Of Columbia, ;. G,
realizing what a great benefit this VIII!
lie 10 all concerned, has already sent a
Iaru,,,ion 70 the New York Cotton EX-
change to assure 1t of it's cordiai sup
port and earnest wish 10 cooperate IN
putting into effect such a beneficial plan.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
CHESTNUT BLIGHT FATAL
Man Dies Who Eats of Squirrel
Poisoned by Nuts.

Hartford Conn.,, Nov. 25.-Another
death attributed to the chestnut blight.
the fifth in the state this fall from that
cause. occurred to-day at Glastonbury,
when Everett o. Hale, thirty years old.
died at his home there.
He was taken i'll last night after eat
ing OF a gray squirrel, and the attend
ing physician gave the cause OF death
as ptomaine poisoning, due to the squir-
rel having eaten chestnuts affected
with the blight before it was killed.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
Perreyon, a Record Holder,
Falls in Monoplane.

Buc, France. Nov. 25.-Edmond Per-
rcyon, one Of the best known aviators OF
France, was killed to-day when his mono
plane capsized while ne was flying at a
very low altitude over the aerodrome
here. The airman was crushed to death
beneath the motor.
Perreyon, who had held his flying cer-
tfcate since December. 1910, was the
creator Of several altitude records. While
flying alone at Buc On March II this year
he attained a height Of 1850 feet In
June he ascended with a passenger at
Buc TO an altitude of 1885 feet, and a
little later the same month at Vienna,
made a record high fight of 1880 feet
with two passengers.
The death Of Perreyon constitutes the
S4sth fatality in the annals of aviation
and the both thus far In the year 1918.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
DENY CORNER IN STEEL
Witnesses Testify That Com
petition Ruled Prices.

Several witnesses testified yesterday in
the case Of the government against the
United States steel Corporation that they
had bought steel and ron upon com
petitive basis Albert +. Converse, prcsi-
dent Of the II. .. Tack Company OF
Cleveland. said that his company, which
manufactures hfty kinds of tacks ana
small nails. making from 2"w"o~ TO
2S.u)0.Oo0 tarks a day, mad bought on a
competitive basis.
John II. Smith. Of the Smith Brothers
Hardware Company. Of Columbus, and
Lemuel u. Lefty, OF the Kirk-Letty Man
ufacturing Company, of Cleveland testi-
fed as TO the competitive nature "f the
steel business The Smith Brothers Hard
ware Company purchases wire nails,
poultry netting. etc. and the Kirk-Letty
company manufactures bolts, nuts and
screws.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
ZELAYA IS Still
SOUGHT IN VAIN
No Trace of Nicaragua's
Ex-Dictator Found by
Secret Service Men.
NOT IN CANADA,
HIS SON ASSERTS
Marshall Examines Irias and
Macias, Former Aids, but
They Plead Ignorance.

General ]. Santos Zelaya, former die
tator OF Nicaragua. who is wanted in his
native land 10 face charge OF murder,
continued to evade arrest yesterday. Sc
cret Service men secured the city all day
but found no trace OF the WHY MIC
araguan. g. Alphonse Zelaya, who says
General Zelaya is his father. denied that
the Nicaraguan had escaped TO Canada
He WAS. however unable to say where
he was.
II. Snowden Marshall. United States
District Attorney, investigated the dis
appearance Of Zelaya by summoning
Julian Irias to the federal building yes
terday afternoon. Irias. who was Zelaya
minister general. assured Mr.. Marshall
that he knew nothing about the move
ments OF his former chief, nor did he
sympathize with him.
Irlas. who has dincd with Zelaya at
least once since Zelaya's arrival here. ad-
mitted he had represented the followers
OF the dictator I'm Nicaragua, but said all
were now against Zelaya. lie was clos
etcd with the officials for nearly five
hours. II was explained that much Of the
time was consumed In efforts TO get an
Interpreter
The escape of Zelaya on Saturday was
due. II was reported. TO delay I'm deliver
ing the warrant for his arrest at the
office of Marshal Hcnkel. in the federal
building II should have been delivered
Saturday afternoon, II was said. but dld
not reach there until Monday morning.
Meanwhile it is said. a friend Of General
Zelaya got wind Of the impending arrest
and warned him to leave the Hotel Har-
grave. where ne had been staying since
Friday. He went to the Hargrave from
tho Waldorf Astoria, where his presence
had become known 10 secret agents OF
President Estrada Of Guatemala.
II was also rumored yesterday that
Zalava was being watched by private de-
,ectives at the Hotel iargrave when ne
was advised of his approaching arrest
Joaduin Macas Zelayas eX-Consul gen
eral to Birmingham. England, VINO has
been the generals private secretary, said
Yesterday at the HarSrave That Genetal
Zelaya could not be so very far away as
he left all his baggage at the hotel
Macias assured all that the general WISH
TO the United States was inspired solely
by a desire to look after his personal al
fairs. lie said that Zelaya owned prop
crty i'm New Orleans.
Although Zelaya is charged specifically
with the murder Of fellow countryman
named SiXto. IL is believed that the eXecA-
ton by his orders Of the Americans
Groce and Cannon. will figure in his trial.
which. it Is said. is to be held at Man
aqua. A charge involving the theft OF
81 go. It is said. will also be brought
against the eX-dlctator.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26

the preparation Of the proposed advanced
tariffs. explained the methods employed
in figuring the advances.
The proposed first-class rate between
New York and Chicago. SAID MI Mc-
Cain, was 7s.8 cents a hundred POUNDS
instead Of 10 cents, as at present. III tils
increase the rates were expressed III
tenths OF a cent The same system was
employed in figuring rates 10 intermediate
points This resulted in making the IN
crease in some instances more anu III
other instances less than per cent. All
of the class rates were based on per-
centage of the New York-Chicaso rate
Mr.. Mccain explained that all diHeren-
tals. both between cities and between
established differential routes, had oech
preserved.
According to Mr. Cain, the Ne" Eng
land rate structure on westoound tral-
fc was not affected by the proposed ad-
vance. though eastbound rates to New
England were increa sed per cent.
Rates on export and import trafhc were
affected precisely as domestic rates
ION bjtuminous coal" said Mr.. Nc
Cain. 1T Is proposed to advance rates
from all fields approximately per cent
preserving such differentials as now oD-
tain"
+. Morris. chairman Of the Centrai
Freight Association, submitted an elao-
crate statement of the changes IN the
rate structure i'm the central territory
affected by the proposed advance tie
explained the statement in detail. fol-
lowing closely the lines pursued by Mr..
Mccain.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
SEEKS TIC HELP CHILDREN
Aid Society Secretary Wants
School Social Centres.

The opinion that the public schools
should be made genuine social centres TO
aid in the solution OF the child rescue and
regeneration problem in New York was
EXPRESSED by c. Lorlng Brace, secretary
of the Childrens Aid Society. AT the an
nual meeting yesterday at the Union
Trust Company.
The public schools have not yet devei-
oped a plan for experimenting the home
influence on the child. and the work must
therefore be carried out BY other agencies.
II constitutes large and important part
Of the work of the Chldren's Aid So
c,ety."
The following officers were elected for
the wear: President, William Church Os-
horn: vice-president. William Douglas
Sloane; treasurer, Ed. G.. Merrill secre-
tary. C. Loring Brace. The following
trustees were elected 10 serve until 1916:
William Douglas Sloane. Archibald ID.
Russell +. Delano Weeks, Eyert Jansen
Wendell and Charles r. Richards.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
PENNSYLVANIA r. r. Rates.

Il. II. Large, general freight agent Oh
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, explained
that that system. I'm preparing the au-
yonced tariffs. had preserved carefully
the present rate relationship. both re-
gional and destinational. lie tesuhed 'na'
per cent had been added TO present
rates on soft coal Westbound. The IN
crease was figured by taking The aver
age OF the rates from four fields ana
adding r per cent 10 it. This method
he said. resulted in an increase OF less
than : per cent on water-borne coal.
ON anthracite coal Mr.. Large said, the
advance on Westbound traffic had been
made : por cent Via the al-rail route
through Pittsburgh. 70 Eastern destlna-
tions no advance had been made at All on
anthracite. because existing rates already
had been made the subject OF ATTACK a"'
the commission had under consideration
the results of an investigation OF 'hc
TRANSFORMATION OF hard coal. lie asserted
that much anthracite was being sold III
the East "at substantially less than the
cost Of production"
"It is absolutely necessary, decidicu
Mr. Large. FOR us 10 make supstaHu"'
profit on the transportation of COAL pc
cause Il constitutes so large percehIdsc
of the traffic. Ii We were forced TO ~
crease our coal rates we shouid oe
obliged To increase enormously the rates
on other traffic in order to break even
Assuming that your proht on the trans
portation of coal is 20 or 40 or I' PEI
cent" inquired counsel for the PIt'souieh Il
coal Company. would you favor the d"
dition of the proposed . per cent!
Yes" replied Mr.. Large. because u.
returns OH the traffic now arc insutilc'en'
IN meet our absolute needs. NO sue"
nroat however. is being made
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
RAILROADS RECITE
LOSSES OF INCOME
Show Great Decline in Net
Revenues in Plea for
Higher Rates.
"SUFFERING FROM
SLOW STARVATION"
Figures Given as Basis of Argu.
mentS To Be Made for 5 Per
Cent Advance.

Washington. Nov. 25-Prelminary hear
il SIS before the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the application Of the rail
roads in Eastern classification territory
for an advance of , pc. cent in all freight
rates were concluded late to-day. An
adjournment was taken until December
10 20 afford the commission and the OPP
posing counsel time to analyze the mass
of stat nentS, testimony and statistics
submitted by the attorneys for the roads.
Evidence submitted to-day was de-
signed to demonstrate in concrete and
analytical form .he declared necessity for
the proposed increase in rates. Account
ing experts. statistiCians, rate makers
and experienced traffic officers submitted
a wilderness Of tables. showing the finan-
cial operations of the Eastern roads,
separately and combined. They are to be
made the basis of the testimony to he
offered later in support Of the proposed
increase.
The figures offered to-day tend 10 prove
that while the roads generally are en-
ioying an Increased business, returns
from operations continuously are decrcas-
ing. until. as w. {. Maxwell, general
traffic manager OF the Wabash. declared
the situation is becoming daily more
serious. We are suffering rom slow
starvation"
It was stated that the demands Of the
travelling and the shipping public for i'm
provcmcnt and extension Of railroad facilI-
ties could be met by the roads only as
they were enabled to obtain more money.
The margin Of profit. it was asserted, was
so constantly narrowing that IT was be-
coming increasingly difficult to obtain the
necessary additional capital with which
adequately to maintain, equip and operate
The roads
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
'SIFT LIFE POLICY LOANS
Insurance Presidents Plan for
Convention Next Month.

The seventh annual convention of the
Association Of Life Insurance Presidents
will be held at the Hotel Astor on
Thursday and Friday, December IL and
~. The practice of policyholders or
mortga ging their life insurance, thereby
reducing the amount of protection for
their benefciaries, will be considered at
the convention.
Robert Lynn Cox. general counsel and
manager OF the association, said last
night that the rapid increase in policy
loans has led many companies TO put
clauses In new policy contracts permit
ting :hem to defer the making Of loans
for from sixty days to six months. so as
to avoid the effects of unusual demands
that might be made during a general
financial stringency. -.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
SAMUEL MANNING SUICIDE
Ex- Engineer in State Arch
tect's Office Shoots Self.

Syracuse. y. y. Nov. 21.-Samnei
Manning. formerly chief engineer in the
state Architects Office at Albany. com
mitted suicide last night His body was
found i'm a lonely spot on the outskirts
Of this city. He had shot himself
through the right temple.
Manning was removed from the oihce
last May. lie went TO Buffalo and be-
came associated with the firm Of Green
g. Wickes. architects, on many state
buildings. lie was subject 10 nervous
attacks and returned to Syracuse. De
spondency undoubtedly caused his SUI
eide.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-26
SABOTAGE THEIR WEAPON
Silk Workers Hope to Win by
.r. Harassing Owners.

The Industrial Workers Of the World
leaders Of the Paterson silk mill opera
tives announced yesterday a new war
against their employers. The first gun IS
10 be fired December I, unless the silk
mill owners avert tho threatened strug-
gle 10y agreeing to capitulatc by that
date.
Ewald Koettgen. general organizer
OF the Industrial Workers, said that tn"
coming struggle. should fight be neccs-
sary. would be wagcd along entirely DIFF
fcrent lines from those followed in the
last strike. which lasted for twenty-five
weeks and cost more than $LJn'W'
through the Industrial staendtion II
brought about.