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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06


COMO.
her skull was crushed, as if with club
or iron bar, and her arms and Shout
ders showed signs of brutal handling
Charlton had disappeared.
The Charltons. it was learned, had
arrived there several weeks before and
had gone to live in villa which they
had rented from n Russian. Persons
who lived rear by said that Charlton
and his wife. whom they knew rs Mr..
and Mrs. Porter. had quarreled fire.
quently and often the woman was
heard crying late into the night.
Fourteen days after the body was
found Charlton walked off the liner
Princess Irene on to the North German
Lloyd pier in Hoboken. Confronted
there by Captain Scott, his wife'a
brother. and Chief of Police Hayes.
he broke down, admitted his identity
and confessed the murder. He said in
his confession:
"AIy wife and 1 lived happily to
gether. but she had an uncomfortable
temper, and so had /. On the night of
the murder she had the worst outbreak
of temper l ever saw. | told her to
keep quiet or l would make her keep
quiet. Then she had another outbreak.
1 took up a wooden mallct with which
had been preparing a table and hit
her on the head and body two or three
times. At midnight put the body in Il
trunk. dragged it to the lake and threw
1t in
For three years Charlton was held
prisoner in Jersey City before he was
returned to Italy for trial. Every legal
means was used in an endeavor TIC
keep him from being sent back, the
case even going to the supreme court
Of the United States, which decided
that he must be extradited. In the
course of his incarceration I'm New Jer-
sey a board OF alienists examined
| Charlton and declared that he was or
unsound mind and not responsible for
the commission Of the crime.
In August. 1913. Charlton was lodged
| in tail Mt Como. and since then three
successive dates were set for the trial.
but each time circumstances arose to
cause postponements. The war was
| the cause Of the last. In the meantime
a commission had been appointed to
INQUIRE into Charlton's sanity. and he
was found TO be sane.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
Train and Track.

Every large railway company in Eng,
use of the king and queen.
At the present time the New York
Central station in New York is the
worlds greatest railroad terminal.
Last year in the United States 5.471
persons were killed while walking OH
railroad tracks. This was at the rate
Of fifteen a day, or one every ninety.
six minutes.
The Hawkesbury railway bridge in
New South Wales, Australia, is 1900
feet long, supported by six piers, each
on caissons of depths from 101 feet to
162 feet, the deepest foundations OF
any railway bridge in the world.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
Short Stories.

The view from the top of Pixies peak
embraces an area of 10000 square
miles.
Martinique used to enjoy large in
come from the sale of coffee. An insect
destroyed the industry.
Hypodermic injections Of water will
often induce sleep If the patient thinks
morphia is being given.
The Filipino child is avery apt schol-
ar, but he or she leaves school general
ly at the age of fourteen to marry.
Sac Paulo, somewhat more than
twice as large as Illinois, is probably
the finest farming state in Brazil and
produces practically three-fourths of
the worlds coffee. 1t is also rich in
cotton, sugar and tobacco.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
SHORT AND SHARP.

A bank account takes you out Of the
blank account.
Idle talk sometimes manages to make
somebody busy.
Spain will shortly be the only limo
cent bystander in Europe.
Persuasion indicates a strong Will
and obstinacy n strong won't.
Big jobs habitually postponed until
tomorrow are never undertaken.
Vassar sets a precedent for the sex
by admitting that she is fifty years Old.
Somebody has found good word to
say for joy riders-they are not aDus-
ing horses.
We suppose now that Alice blue
and Helen pink" will be eclipsed by
Boiling green"
Don't tell your troubles unless 1t Is
the only way to prevent the other fell
low from telling his.
Speaking of lessons of the war, tne
most impressive is that 1t Is not going
tn be worth what it costs.
When mans stomach works harder
than his hands everything Will become
n bore TO him sooner or later.
It's a safe bet that Orville Wright
pot more for his aeroplane interests
this wear than he would have got ten
years ago.
Vigorous bombardment of the censors
"a reported both from London and Far
Is but no list of resultant casuaiteS
has been published as yet
Some genius has discovered that SOAP
can he made from an oil extracted
from grape seeds. And along comes
burbank and spoils It all by inventins
n seedless grape.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
Pert Personals.

Schwab has bought another steel
company. Charley believes In doing his
early.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Just as though the president did not
have troubles enough. his daughter
has told the reporters that he has
really beautiful tenor voice."-Boston
Herald. " -
Rudyard Kipling must be the great
est OF modern poets. since he Is 1.-The
only one for whose works glossary
and concordance have been issued.-
Chicago News
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Envy has torpedoed many a friend
ship.
Railroad men certainly have their
own trials.
It's getting about time for father to
intrench for Christmas.
The worst use that can be made of
success is to boast of it.
And when the canal is open again
how long will it stay open?
The last straw couldn't break the
camel's back without great deal Of
assistance.
clan is learning to call strangers by
their first names.
Here and there some little nation on
the outer edge of things has not yet
entered the big war.
Discovery of a new planet is an
nounced. but it's no recompense' for
tearing this one to pieces.
If wishing is praying some people,are
praying nearly all the time and with
out getting their knees dusty.
Few things are necessary for the
wants of this life, but it takes an inf
mite number to satisfy the demands of
opinion. i'm.
Yale university is almost a million
dollars richer than year ago, says an
exchange, again illustrating the power
Of knowledge. "a
At least they were good enough to
wait until the American doctors cleaned
up the typhus in Servia before they re-
sumed fighting.
Spain has submitted a bid feHathe
peace conference. but it may be barred
by the statute of limitations before the
date for opening the bids arrives.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
Town Topics.

Baltimore is carrying out its reputa-
ton as the convention city. The cry
is still they come. And once here they
all want To come again. - Baltimore
American.
Chicago has Il religious revival plan
ned To last six months. If they would
make it permanent institution there
might be some hope for Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If all the people would obey the law
which forbilS the throwing of paper
or any kind of waste into the streets
what tidy town good old Philadel-
pbia might he,-Philadclphia Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

Thirty ThOu:and Suffragists
March In New York City.

The biggest suffrage parade ever held
in the history of woman suffrage
marched through the streets of New
York city on Oct. %. With splendid
precision. between two huge throngs of
onlookers, women by the thousand,
hour after hour. filed past to martial
music. Enthused with the spirit of the
principles for which they We're fight
ing, enrollers by the hundreds and
thousands SO swelled the ranks of
marchers that it looked as if the pa
rade might be swamped by its own
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
THE TRAGEDY
OF Lake COMO
The Charlton Case Remarkable
In Criminal History.

IN HE trial Of Porter Charlton for
the murder of his wife, which
recently ended in a verdict of
guilty and the sentence by the
Italian court Of six years and eight
months Imprisonment, has gone down
as one of the most interesting recent
chapters in criminal history. The jury
held that Charlton was only partially
responsible and that there were exten-
uating circumstances. The term to
which he was sentenced is reduced by
the time he has been under restraint,
something over five years. Moreover, a
year Is deducted under the amnesty
for all offenses committed before Italy
entered the war. Consequently Charl-
ton will be incarcerated but twenty
nine days.
Porter Charlton, a slender, shy young
mamie is but twenty-six years old
now-was married to a woman many
years his senior. He Is the son of
Judge Paul Charlton of the Porto
Rican courts, a classmate at Yale of
eX-President Taft. He married the di-
vorced wife Of Neville III. Castle of
Nome, Alaska, and a sister Of Captain
Henry Harrison Scott of the United
States army. They lived in New York
for awhile and then went abroad.
The news Of Mrs. Charlton's murder
came by cable from Milan on June 10.
1910. Her body, stuffed in a trunk, was
found by fishermen in Lake Como. near
the village of Moltrasio. The back of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
MISS EDITH CAVELl
A DEVOTED NURSE
Sad Fate of the Woman Has
Stirred the World.

The shot that killed Miss Edith Ca
veil, an EnglishwOman and head nurse
Of surgical institution in Brussels, at
the order of the German military court,
has certainly been heard around the
world.
Miss Cavel was prosecuted for hav-
ing helped English and French SOL
diers, as well as Belgian young men, to
cross the frontier and go to England.
She admitted by signing a statement
before the day Of the trial and by pub
lie acknowledgment in court that she
was guilty of the charges, not only that
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
Some Questions.

What's become OF the old fashioned
woman who called lingerie red fan-
nel?" Bless her.-Bufralo News.
What will the Natural History mu-
scum of LOCO years hence preserve as
the dodo OF our day?-New York Sun.
What has become of the old fashion
ed statistician who used tn demonstrate
that a world war could not possibly
last more than a year:-New Orleans
Times picayune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
A FAvoRITE OF FORTUNE.

Little Founding Adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard.
One Of the most fortunate youngsters
in the United States is a little found
ling of about five years Of age who
has been legally adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Finley j. Shepard. Mrs. Shep-
ard. formerly Miss Helen Gould, Is
widely known for her philanthropic
and charitable work. She inherited
S1uO00.OO0 from her father, Jay Gould.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

The little boy had been abanuoneu
by his PARENTS. whose identity Is sui
unknown. and was found upon the
steps of 81. Patrick's cathedral In Ne"
York lily at midnight by q policeman
on Sept. L.. 1914. He was placed al
81. Christopher's home, Dobbs FERRY
y. V. Methodist institution for par
cntlrSS boys and girls and situated not
far from the beautiful home OF MIS-
Shrlmr! nj Irvington-on-the-hu
The little waif was known at the IN
Stitution aS John Doe No. 1O4. de Is
n"w Finley j. Shepard, Jr., and the
heir prcSumptive TO a large fortune
He has the run of an extensive estate
one of the finest in the country, anu Il
enjayin% far more than the average
comforts of home. Surely no Iairy
Y"hmnthcr ever did better TOT
I'i'ntege.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06
THE FATE OF ANTON LANG.
A Report Denied That He Was Killed
Fighting With the German Army.

Through AloiS Lang, n cousin of Al
ton Lang. who played the part OF
Christus in the Oberammergau Passion
play, came Il report that Anton had
been killed in the Champagne district
while fighting with the German army.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

Envy has torpedoed many a friend
ship.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

Vassar sets a precedent for the sex
by admitting that she is fifty years old.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

The Hail of Fame senate rejected
the name of John Paul Jones because
he was Il soldier of fortune. There IS
no doubt John Paul was Il soldier Of
our young republics good fortune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

The man who cannot make q mis-
take never tried
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

Somebody has found good word to
say for joy riders-they are not aDus-
ing horses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-06

Big jobs habitually postponed unit
tomorrow are never undertaken.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
THE DEVIL COMING.

on next Friday night. Dec. 10, the
oliver Stock company will again
take up a run Of two bills a week
at the Oliver theater. The opening
play Will be the much heralded
drama, The Devil" This has been
a wonderful success in stock, owing
TO its unusually strong story and the
many interesting parts. Mr.. Finch
will be seen as DR.. Millar, THE
Devil a part that is entirely diff
ferent from any he has played here.
Miss Aubrey will appear as Mrs.
Hoffman. the wife Of the millionaire.
1.-The Devil is a great play. There
are surprises and suspense in the
arrangement and the story has just
enough sensationalism to bring the
play the popularity II deserves. Kick
In" a new crook play, will be the
stock offering for the first half Of
week starting Sunday Dec. u.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
AT THE LASAIIE.

Today's feature at the LaSalle is
Marguerite Clark, one OF the most
charming Of the present film ia
vorites. The play is entitled still
Waters" and introduces this girl
that is different" in novel screen
drama OF circus life. The excellence
OF this production has been univers-
ally commented upon by the metro
politan press and the slightly &C
vanced prices the LaSalle today
Will be found to be justifable
Wednesdays feature is a William
Fox production, THE Broken Law. ."
featuring William Farnum and Dor
othy Bernard in stirring story Of
Gypsy life. The plot concerns the
search for a missing child, her ter.
rible experiences, and the keeping
of an oath of vengeance Mr.. Far
mum will be remembered for his
excellent work in The Spoilers" and
ether big pictures, is capably as
sisted by Dorothy Bernard, hand
some and attractive screen star.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
KIDNEY DISORDERS
QUICKLY RELIEVED

Hundreds Of people have been re-
lieved of the agOnies caused by weak.
diseased or clogged-up kidneys by
using SolVaX. the new remedy that
quickly reaches the source of all
kidney complaints.
If you suffer with pains in your
back and sides or have any signs
of kidney or bladder trouble such
as rheumatic pains, puffy swellings
under the eyes or in the feet and
ankles, if you are nervous. tired and
rundown, or bothered with urinary
disorders, SOlvaX will quickly and
surely relieve you of your misery.
SOlvaX is the most potent remedy
yet discovered for Kidding the system
of uric acid and driving out all the
poisonous impurities which cause
such troubles. 1t neutralizes, dis
solves and makes the Kidneys sift
out all the uric acid and pOisOns left
by the blood, and renders the kidneys
and urinary organs clean, vigorous
and healthy.
Wetticks Original Cut Rate Medi-
cine store, the popular druggist, says
that no medicine ought 10 be paid
for unless il does the user some good.
He therefore sells SUlvax under a
positive guarantee 10 quickly relieve
the worst case Of kidney trouble or
refund the money. Try SolVaX to-
Gay and if you cannot see and feel
a decided change for the better
Just go to WeItick's Original Cut
Rate Medicine store and tell him
YOU want your money back and he
will return il without question. This
is the strongest argument that can
be offered in behalf of any medicine
I-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
MOBILIZE INDUSTRIES
OF THIS COUNTRY.
Many Conditions Are Being Altered
From Decade TO Decade.

From Decade 10 Decade.
What IS more important is that the
Industries and resources OF the country
should be available and ready for
mobilization. 1t is the more impera-
lively necessary, therefore, that We
should promptly devise means for do
ing what we have not yet dOne-that
we should give intelligent federal aid
and stimulation to industrial and vOca-
tiOnal education, as We have long done
IN the large field OF our agricultural
industry; that at the same time that
we safeguard and conserve the natural
resources Of the country we should
put them at the disposal OF those who
will use them promptly and intelli-
gently, as was sought 10 be done In
the admirable bills submitted 10 the
last congress from its committees on
the public lands, bills which l earnest
~ recommend In principle TO your con-
sideration; that we should put into
early operation some provision for
rural credits which will add TO the ex-
tensive borrowing facilities already
afforded the farmer by the reserve
bank act adequate instrumentalities
by which long credits may be obtained
on land mortgages and that we should
study more carefully than they have
hitherto been studied the right adapta-
ton OF our economic arrangements 10
changing conditions.
Many conditions about which we
have repeatedly legislated are being
altered from decade TO decade, IL is
evident, under our very eyes and are
likely 10 change even more rapidly
and more radically in the days imme-
diately ahead OF us when peace has
returned 10 the world and the nations
Of Europe once more take up their
tasks OF commerce and industry with
he energy of those who must bestir
themselves TO build anew. Just what
these changes will be no one can GER
tainly foresee or confidently predict.
There are no calculable, because no
stable. elements in the problem. The
most we can do IS TO make certain
that we have the necessary instrument
talities Of information constantly at
our service so that we may be sure
that we know exactly what we are
dealing with when we come 70 act, If
II should be necessary to act at all.
We must first certainly know what II
is that we are Seeking TO adapt our
selves 10. I may ask the privilege OF
addressing you more ut length on this
important matter a little later in your
session.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
THE SOUTH BEND NEWs-TIMEs

ences. She finally brings herself up
TO his standard. and then tells him
what she had done. thus causing a
violent scene. His old girl tries to
win him back. hoping that he viii
seek a divorce, but, in a thrilling
scene Of danger and disaster the wife
proves herself the better woman.
and her sacrifice wins her husbands
love and forgiveness.
The drama is worked out 70 its
conclusion in a manner which capti-
Yates the minds and hearts OF those
who see il. and leaves a comforta bic
feeling OF satisfaction over the fact
that a girl. starting life under a
heavy handicap. has proven herself
worthy Of the highest place in the
affections of an educated, high bred
man.
Vim comedy entitled "A Pair Of
Birds is also TO be shown. ON to-
morrow's bill are The Tenderfoot's
Triumph" a Selig western comedy,
and The House OF Fear" a detec-
tive story. with Arnold Daily in the
leading role.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
THEATERS
"TT PAYS TO ADVERTISE"

Wiseacres who decry the use Of
printers ink as a medium OF public
ity are advised 10 go and see 1T
Pays 10 Advertise" Conan and Har-
ris' latest play success, which is to
be presented at the Oliver theater
this evening and tomorrow matinee
and night 1T Pays TO Advertise" is
a farce that was the reigning laugh
ing hit at the George NJ. Cohan the
alter in New York all last season. II
was written by Roi Cooper Megrue,
author Of Under Cover" and Walter
Hackett
This ingenious comedy will. IL is
said. do more to boost the advertis-
ing business than any argument the
smartest Of advertising men could
think Of. Indeed. this show con-
tains about the best arguments that
a convention full OF promoters could
think up in a month. Moreover, it
is full Of laughs and, what is more to
the point. ills clean.
The story told in 1T Pays TO Ad-
.vertise' concerns an idle youth whose
father. a captain OF industry, casts
MN dSANNs nc AdllS III WIFI a young
man who is full OF ideas, the princi-
pal one being publicity Say a thing
often enough and hard enough" says
this young promoter, land the man
you are trying 10 convince will not
only fall for your argument. but will
shortly believe that he himself is the
originator OF it,"
The disowned son and his pal de-
wise a scheme to boom a new brand
of wonder soap and by means Of an
extraordinary advertising campaign
build up tremendous business. But.
unfortunately. they have no soap.
Father, astOunded at his sons COM
mercial coup, comes to the rescue
and all is well. but not before count
less complications. sentimental and
otherwise. have transpired.
1t would be a misfortune not TO see
1T Pays TO Advertise" 1t will give
you the laughing treatment, which
everybody needs and everyone is bet
ter for having. but IL does more.
much more than that. II booms bust
ness, il imparts the best business
spirit-not the narrow, timid. cring-
ing spirit OF small business, but the
spirit-big. audacioUs. large-vision-
ed, which commands success.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-07
At THE AUDITORIUM.

A stirring story is wildly told in
The Better Woman" which is TO
be shown at the Auditorium theater
today. Lenore Ulrich. the star, has
a difficult part 20 play. and plays it
to perfection. 1t is that of an I'M
educated girl in a mining town who
Graves affection and love, sees a
young civil engineer engaged on a
big work in her neighborhOod, real
ICES that he is the man she wants,
and by means of a crime causes the
breaking Of his engagement TO a girl
back in his "Old home town." The
engineer. in a drunken frenzy at los
ing his first love. marries her. and
then begins a struggle between her
better nature and her early infiu-