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Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
POSTNASTERS TO
RETAIN THEIR PLACES
Won't b. Disturb d Until End
Of Term, Exc, pt OG Charges.

Postmas er General Burleson an
nounced that it was the administra
tion's policy to continue all Republican
postmasters in their offices until the
end of their terms, provided that no
charges were sustained against Their
efficiency.
The policy applies to all elias es of
postmasters.
My department will be run on bust
ness lines and not by politics., said
Mr.. Burleson. He said there nigh, he
some removals. but believed the ma
jority of the postmasters were efficient
and would not be disturbed.
Mr.. Burleson said the decision had
been made after conferences with
President V iison, who favors the
merit system. plan is being worked
out for efficiency under the classified
civil service. fourth class postmasters
having been placed under that protec-
ton by Mr Taft.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
ST. JOHNSTOWN.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Walter Rogers have
returned to their home in Wilmington
after spending Saturday and Sunday
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Rogers.
Mrs. Grover Lord has returned to her
home in Wilmington after spending a
few days with Mrs. M. w. Newton.
We are sorry to report that Miss
Name Elliott is very sick at this writing.
Owing to the rainy weather, farmers
of this vicinity are getting very much
behind with their work. Most of them
have their strawberries set.
Our new minister preached Sunday
afternoon at st. Johnstown and Sunday
evening at Greenwood. Everybody
seems very much pleased with him.
Mrs. Adamcheck presented her daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth, with a new piano
for her graduating present.
Col. Thomas Curry lost valuable
horse last week, the third in ten months.
All of them were fine animals. We all
sympathize with Mr. Curry.
Miss Florence Fowler is home from
Philadelphia, spending few weeks
with her parents. White Wing.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
LAST HONORS PAID
TO J. P. MORGAN
Distinguished ASSembIagG At
tends Funeral

Funeral services over the body ioi
J. Pierpont Morgan were held in St
Georges Protestant Episcopal church
in New York, where he had worship
ped for half a century.
Afterward a special train conveyed
the funeral party to Hartford, Conn,
for final services at the Morgan mau.
soleum in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Blanketed by covering of 5000 red
roses, Mr.. Morgan's fayorite flower,
the casket left the Morgan library,
where the body had lain in state since
Friday night, for the church. A vested
choir of 250 voices preceded the fu-
neral party into st. Georges.
Fifteen hundred persons, one of the
most notable assemblages New York
has seen for many years, were crowd
ed into the church. Admission was
by card only
The services were conducted by
Rev. Karl Reiland, the rector of St
Georges; Right Rev William Law
renee, bishop Of the diocese of Bos-
ton; Right Rev Chauncey B. Brew
ster, bishop of the diocese of Connect
cut. and Right Rev. David H. Greer,
bishop of the diocese of New York
There were twelve honorary pail
bearers.
Four pews were reserved for the
of J. P. Morgan & CO an
their wives. Among those preseni
were Andrew Carnegie. Thomas A.
Edison, Charles S. Mellen, w. X. Van.
derbilt, Jr., Dr. Nicholas Murray But
Ter. Clarence H. Mackay, August Bel.
mont, Henry C. Frick, General Thomas
H. Hubbard, George B. Cortelyou and
Frank A. Vanderlip. The Morgan fun
ly proper included Mrs Morgan, MI
and Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs.
w. P Hamilton and Miss Anne Nor
gan.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
Buried AWE rirrinn wen.

While diys.ng we'll his home Il,
Glastonbury Conn Er;il ShNa1.
was buried alive 1y a cave-in Of s1ad
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
Eats wiid Parsr ps and Dies.

Russell Price. nine years OF age,
died in the hospital at Bellefonte,
Pa. from poisoning as the result OF
eating wild parsnipsc in mistake for
artic hOkes. Only the efforts OF hospital
physicians saved the lives of his
twelve-year-old brother and seven.
year-old sister. The children had been
fishing along Spring run. and, becom
ing tired of the sport. besan to dig for
artichokes. They dug up several W Id
parsnips ana in ignorance ate the
roots.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
BELGIAN WORKERS
BEGIN BIG STRIKE
Industrial Movement For Man.
hood Suffrage Starts.
MAY TIE-UP THE COUNTRY
Leaders Say From 100000 to 100000
Quit and That All Industries Will Be
Affected.

The vast political strike. planned
by the Belgium Socialist Trade Unioh
is no won in full force
Unlike most strikes, the movement
is not for an increase in wages or a
betterment of working conditions; 1t
Is in protest against the refusal OF
the government to grant the workers
manhood suffrage and against the
present system OF plural voting
The frs, workmen to take part in
the strike were the night shifts OF the
mines and mills throughout the coun-
try. They left the various plants in
charge OF a few caretakers, told OFF by
the Socialist leaders TO keep the prop
erty from deterioration.
The leaders say that from 100000 to
100000 men have quit and that all in
dustries OF the country will be affect
ed. There were numerous exceptions
to the general walkout in many dis
tricts The strike is complete in such
places as the mining districts. but is
scarcely discernible in some localities.
In the city of Brussels itself the
strike must be looked for to be found.
Probably one-fourth Of the workmen
in the suburban factories did not re-
port for work. The Socialist commit
tee estimated that 10000 men had
struck in the capital.
Reports from the provinces tell of
complete or nearly complete stoppage
of work at Liege, Charleroi Mons, La
Louviere and small cities AT Mons
there are 10000 strikers and at La
Louviere 26,OOO, most of them belong
ing to the metal, carriage building and
tobacco trades At the great seaport
OF Antwerp the strike did not appear
until late in the day, and then only ]
affected a part of the dork labOrers. T
The movement has extended to other
branches. Everything is quiet at Ant /
werp.
The suspension of work at the coal
mines in the Charleroi district was
Sufficient men remained at
their posts to keep the machinery in
good order and the pumps working
The metal workers of the same yicin
Ity have only partially quit, but it is
that the remainder Of the
men in this trade will lay down their
tools
Twenty strikers were arrested at
Charleroi for interfering with work
srs. The total number on strike in
hat city is 10000 out OF 10000 en-
1loyes in the various trades.
At La Louviere the miners strike
vas general All the fac or.es there
.losed their doors except a pottery.
which was running full force. The
treet cars We're operated as usual
Turing the forenoon, as the strike Of
he motormen and conductors was
imed to begin in the evening. Some
ttempts were made TO cut telegraph
Fires in the vicinity of La Louviere
The stoppage Of work at Tourn2i
vas only partial in the Qu-rries and
oal mines. At the factories nearly tie
ull complement of workers went into
he shops
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
POPE Plus
DEATH is NEAR
PORtif'S Condition Takes Turn
For the Worse.
FEVER HAS INCREASED
DR.. Amici Gravely Announces He
Fears His Holiness Will Not See
,fhe Dawn of Thursday.

Pope Plus Y. is dying. His condition
Hook a turn for the worse on Tuesday
evening. when Professor Marchiafava
and Dr. Amici issued the following bull
letin
The pope's fever has returned. His
amDerature is now 1907 Fahrenheit.
The thorag symptoms and those Of in
auenza have been slightly aggravated.
The condition OF the patients vital
3, force is gGcd.'
The bulletin is obscurely worded.
II makes the first allusion TO an affec-
tion of the thoraX, which is apparently
a paraphrase for pneumonia. Medical
friends OF Professor Marchiafava say
he always uses the expression "an af-
election OF the cavity Of the chest in
& stead Of pneumonia"
J Professor Marchiafava who is a
, state func uonary, called at the home
office and conferred with the under
secretary. Ii is believed that he warn
ed that official that the popes cOndi-
fiOn was alarming
There have been several incidents
which show that the optimistic Off
cials of the Vatican can no longer re- /
sist the conviction that the end is
near. Dr. Amici after leaving the bed
side for a few moments to speak to a
friend. said gravely: 81 fear his holi- !
p ness will not see the dawn of Thurs .
day"
II is learned that the original even .
sSng bulletin issued by the doctors con- (
1ained the phrase "expectoration di /
minished, when delivered to Cardinal |
Merry del Val, the papal secretary Of [
state This was not in the bulletin as /
printed in the Ossarvators Romano, /
4he official organ of the Vatican.
The pope's cough is dry and per-
sistent and emetics may be admins !
tered, with the hope Of provoking ex-
pectoration in the hope of relieving /
congestion of the bronchial tubes, /
which aggrayates the sufferings of the |
pontif and increases the danger of a
collapse during one of the sunocating
paroxysms.
The weakness of the pontiff is in
.creasing. The fever has increased to
zO2 Fahrenheit Drs Amici and Ca-
gait are administering inhalation and
hypod ernie injections oxygen tubes
are kept in a room adjoining the pope's
Bedroom.
The doctors admit that a bacteria
logical examination of the sputum Sc
eretions confirm the reports that the
Influenza is OF an infectious character
and has provoked Inflammation which
is now spreading to the lungs
Mgr Caccia Dominini, the pope's
private chamberlain, drove in Cardinal
Merry del Val's automobile to the res
3dence of Cardinal Vincenzo Vannu
tell. the pope's confessor, to warn him
Of the possibility of being summoned
% the Vatican if the pope's condition
became worse.
',7'he chamberlain afterward visited
Oreglia, the dean Of the Sa-
rred College. who is bedridden, and
also Cardinal Serafno Vannutelli, the
sub-dean. and informed them that the
condition Of the pointif was alarm
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
BIG INHERITANCE TAX
J. P. Morgan's Estate Will Pay Over
S3,OOOOOO.


New York state will receive between
S3,OOO,OOO and S4,OOO.O0O in inherit
ance tax from the estate OF the late
J. P. Morgan, according to preliminary
estimates made by attaches of the
state comptroller's Office.
The estimate is based 5n a report
that the total estate will be about
S1O00OO,000 The tax is expected to be
one of the largest ever paid.
A reduction of per cent is allowed
if the tax is paid within six months
after the estate is appraised.
Because Of the various enterprises
in which Mr. Morgan was Interest ed
it will be necessary to employ a num-
Der Of experts to appraise the estate,
which consists mainly of stocks, bonds
and works of art
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
Home For Vice Presldenr.

A government residence, second in
rank to tae White House, is provided
for Vice President Mar hall in a bill
introduced in the house by Represen-
tatiye Cgiio9. Of In1iana. Mr.. Cullop
proposed That authority be given for
$1,000 imL edia ely Tor designs for such
a h'''' Nin~tcn
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
Boy Killed In PLAY.

John Miller and his brother Law
reSce, eleven and seven years old. re-.
spectively found their ia hers old
shotgun in their home in New York.
and, to make their play more realistic,
stuck a lighted firecracker into the
muzzle of the gun. When the fire
cracker went off it exploded an old
charge in the gun. The shot entered
Lawrence's side and he died in a few
minutes.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18

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Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
Llve stock Markets.

PITTSBURGH CUnion Stock Yar's)
CATTLE slow; choice, $500 $50;
prime, S7.25dS.65.
SHEEP slow; prime wethers, 5 A.
G6.00: Ills ana commons, $3.50 Il
$50; Ia 2 $450aS.f0; veal c-l IS
S9.50G 9.
HOGS strong: prime b avie so i':
mediums. S975: hesvy Yorker 81 ;
69S0: light Workers. and pi 8. $5.S
19.S5: roughs, $5GS.75.
Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
1900 pamaaes Eor Rroken L..

A verdict for s25.OOO damages fol
fractures Of his left leg was won by
Joseph Lauzon. brakeman, from a
jury in the supreme court in White
Plains, ~ Y, against the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad corn-
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
CRISIS IS NEAR
Conflict of Authority in New
York Still Unsettled.
Meeting of Board of Trustees
Called for Today.

Albany. Aug. 1S.-The conflict be-
tween William Sulzer and Martin H.
Glynn over the governorship of New
Y ork continued today. A clash OF au-
thority was expected late this after
noon at a meeting of the board of
trustees of public buildings. The
trustees include the governor, lieuten-
ant governor and speaker of the as
sembly. The board has authority to
assign quarters for state officers and
departments and is said to have decid-
ed to assign the assembly parlor on the
third floor of the capitol as the tenn
porary office of the executive in view
OF Governor Suffers refusal to vacate
the executive suite on the second floor.
Mr.. Glynn as acting governor, Sena-
tor Robert F. Wagner, as acting lieu
tenant governor, and Speaker A. E.
Smith of the assembly, plan to meet as
the board of trustees. Governor Sui
zer's friends say he has decided to at
tend today's meeting, the outcome of
which is awaited with keen interest.
Chester c. Platt, Governor Suffers
secretary, is secretary of the board of
trustees.
The employees of the executive
chamber who have remained loyal to
Governor Sulzer may be called upon
after the meeting of the board to de-
eide as to whether they will continue
to serve Mr.. Sulzer or transfer their
allegiance to Mr.. Glynn. Failure to
recognize Mr.. Glynn's authority may
result in their pay being held up by
the state com ptroller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
WAITING ON LIND
Government Is Less Optimistic
Over Mexican Situation.
Alternatives Are Being Talked
Over in Washington.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Administra-
ton officials appeared to be less op-
timistic today over the Mexican sit
uation but still were awaiting some
word from John Lind which would
make possible publication of Wilson s
views already in the hands of the
Huerta government.
Chairman Bacon of the senate COM
mittee conferred with the president.
AT least we have done our duty" said
he when leaving the executive offices.
He discussed possible rejection of the
views of the United States. I'VE have
shown the world our friendly inten-
tions and it will not be our fault if the
suggestions are rejected"
There was an undercurrent of discus
sion of possible alternatives of which
lifting the embargo on arms was one.
Mr.. Bacon declared that would be done
only after all peaceful means had
failed.
White House officials intimated the
United States would take deep interest
in proper protection for VIM. Bayard
Hale, Wilson's friend who has been
sending reports from Mexico.
Though Hale has no official status his
presence has been hotly attacked by
Mexican newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
JOHN MARTIN ILL.
Ex-U. S. Senator Very Low at His
Home in Topeka.

John Martin, former United States
senator from Kansas, is seriously sick
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
James Going. 1920 Polk street. SEN
ator Martin has been in poor health
for several weeks and reports from
the Going home this week are to the
effect that his conCition is regarded
as serious.
The former United States senator
for many years figured prominently
in Kansas politics and in 1858 was
elected as the first county attorney in
Shawnee county. In 1874 he served
in the state legislature and in 1883
was elected as district judge in Shaw
nee county. He later became clerk
of the supreme court and in 1893
went to the United States senate to
succeed the late Preston b. Plumb.
Senator Martin is widely known in
Kansas and has lived in the state
since 1855, when he moved to Tecum-
sch from his birthplace in Tennessee.
He is 80 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
MUST MAKE REPORT.
Dawson Brings Gladness to Hearts
Country Publishers.

Attorney General Dawson sent an
opinion to Governor Hodges today
that will bring gladnesS to the hearts
of the Kansas newspaper publishers
that all city clerks must make regu-
lar quarterly reports as to the city's
finance and that prosecutions will
brought where the officials fail to OBJ
serve the 1913 law regarding publica-
ton of itemized statements.
Complaint was filed by J. NJ. Lewis,
publisher of the Kinsley Graphic, to
the effect that the law was not be-
ing observed in his town. The gov
ernor took the matter up with the
attorney general and that official to-
day gave an opinion that will mean
more information for the tax payers
and more revenue for the country
editors. Discussing the new law
Dawson said:
That statute requires the city
treasurer of every city in Kansas to
publish once every three months, be-
tween the tenth and twentieth days
cember in each year, full and de-
tailed statement of the receipts, eN-
penditures. and liabilities of his city,
and the penalties for neglecting this
is fine of not less than $25 and
more than S100, or by Imprisonment
in the county Jail not less than thirty
days nor more than ninety days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment
for such offense.
"A mere summary of the receipts
and expenditures of the city for the
quarters is not compliance with the
statute The purpose of the law is to
apprise the taxpayer of the sources
of revenue of the city and the vari-
Gus sums received into the treasury
during the preceding quarter, and to
apprise the taxpayer likewise of
where the money of the city goes,
and that must be done item by item.
The liabilities should show the out
standing bounded Indebtedness and
the outstanding warrants
Il presume that an example will
have to be made of some derelict city
treasurer before this law will be gen.
orally observed. This office only
awaits information of some specific
case of wilful negligence to see that
a prosecution is instituted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
KILLS HIS FAMILY.
The Murderer Then Fatally Wounds
Himself.

New York, Aug. 1s.-The nude
bodies of Mrs. Mary Lake and her
four children Horace, II, Walter, 8,
Stella, IS, and Dorothy, IA, were
found in their Brooklyn home today
horribly mangled. Beside them dying
was the husband and father, Henry
Lake, a restaurant chef Apparently
he had killed all five and then fatally
wounded himself.
The tragedy took place as early as
last Thursday. Odors from the house
aroused neighbors and at their request
the police broke in. The bodies of the
mother and the two boys lay on the
bed The girls were stretched on the
floor. All had been shot and several
of the bodies bore evidences of hav-
ing been repeatedly :slashed with
knife. In corner huddled in a pool
of blood with a gaping wound in his
head was Lake. He was in a semi
conscious condition and could only
humble incoherentIy.
The room was wreck. Furniture
was overturned and the walls were
streaked with bood.
Lake was rushed to hospital where
physicians said he could not live Ac-
cording to his neighbors he was a kind
father, not given to excessive drinking.
The police are at loss to fix a mo-
tive for the crime He was about As
years old and his wife was about 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
CONTINUED on Page TwoD
BRIST0W ON SUGAR.
Kansas Senator Proposes Gradual Re-
ductiOn in Tariff.

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Bristow
opened debate on the free sugar schedule
today by proposing a reduction from $190
per hundred pounds, the existing duty, to
$1.5213 with additional reductions in
periods of three and six years which final
ly would bring the rate down to S1.2712
and would leave the Cuban 20 per cent
differentiaI.
Il do not think 1t wise at this time"
said Senator BriStow, Ito disturb the re-
cfprocal relations we have with Cuba.
believe these reductions can be made with
absolute safety to our sugar industry and
that ii would continue to grow and pros
per. If the proposed ruinous legislation
could be defeated, in my humble Judgment
within less than 20 years from this hour
would be producing within our borders
every pound of sugar which the American
people consume.
Senator Bristow said he could not find
language strong enough to denounce the
manner in which the tariff bill was con-
sidered and passed upon in party caucus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
REBELS ARE DEFEATED
Lose in Three Days Fight With
Federal Troops.

Eagle Pass, Aug. 1S.-Constitu-
tionalists were defeated in their three
days battle with Federals last weeks
near Abasolo, about 100 miles south
of here in Coahuila- They retreated
Saturday and yesterday, declaring
they had not sufficient ammunition to
reply to the Federal fire. About T.
900 men were engaged on both sides.
No estimate of killed and wounded has
reached here although several wound
ed Constitutionalists have been
brought to Piedras Negras.
Jesus Carranza, brother of the Con-
stitutionalist leader, has gone to the
front with reinforcements today.
The result of the Federal success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
HAD TO Give 1T UP.
to Fly Around British Isles
Temporarily Abandoned.

Yarmouth, England, Aug. 1S.-Sydney
Pickles, an Australian aviator, substi-
tuting for Harry G.. Hawker the air
man who, after making two fast lights
of 240 miles. was forced by illness to
withdraw from the 1000 mile tour
around the coasts of England and
Scotland for a prize of $4,000, failed to
get his machine in the air on time The
hydro aeroplane was badly buffetted by
the waves, the engines were covered
with water and the pilot and mechanic
were in danger of drowning when res
cued. Later it was announced the
present attempt to tour the English
and Scottish coasts had been abandon
ed. Another start will be made
Wednesday from Southampton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18

of very hot day with much humid
ity for the altitude and with but little
breeze.
The showers have been of benefit
around ST. Joseph, Mo. An Associated
Press report received today reads:
Farmers say the showers of rain in
this locality within the last 48 hours
while light have been of great benefit
and that the late corn will not be a
total failure as had been feared. Pas
lures have freshened up and notwith-
standing it is bright and hot again
today, the situation is far brighter
than it was last week.
At Joplin, Mo-, bright sun this
morning soon dispel1ed heavy clouds
hanging over the city and forced it's
torrid rays on the rain -drenched
streets for the first time since noon
yesterday. Rain fell intermittently all
afternoon Sunday and the temperature
is considerably lower as a result.
Following is a list of maximum
temperatures at government stations
in the "a hours ending at o'clock
h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate Continues Deliberations on the
Tariff Bill.

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Senate met at II.
Senator Tillman in speech attacked Wom-
an suffrage. Consideration of the tariff
bill resumed.
Bristow opened debate on sugar and Of
fered substitute.
Senator Dillingham; introduced amend
ment to triff to divert income tax revenue
to construction of good roads.
Lobby committee adjourned until Friday
without hearing any witness. Finance
committee heard concluding arguments
of California wine producers.
House not in session; meets Tuesday.
Lobby committee resumed with /. II. Nc
Michael under examination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18

Washington. Aug. 1s.-President Will
son has no intention of compromising
with insurgent Democrats on the ad-
ministration currency bill. He made it
plain today that he intended to stick
by the report of the Democrat ma
jority of the house banking committee
and was confident that the house would
adopt the Glass bill without material
change