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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI-
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO-
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Notes Covering happenings In
= This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.

Adjournment of congress not later
than August 20 has been tentatively
agreed upon.
The sinking Of an Italian destroyer
by an Austro-Hungarian submarine
was announced Sunday.
Sir Edward Grey, secretary for for
eign affairs, has been created an earl
by King George Of England.
Record temperatures for the year
were reported over Kansas and Mis-
souri, Saturday, about SO degrees.
The admiralty announces that on
July IL German submarines sank .
British auxiliary cruiser and three
patrol boats.
President Wilson has nominated
Judge John H. Clarke, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, to succeed Justice Hughes on
the supreme court bench,
The official figures on the number
of persons who took part in Satur-
days preparedness parade at Mil
waukee was given out as 10000.
The entire business section of
Newhall, is miles west of Cedar Rap
Ids, Iowa, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently. The loss was estimated at
$80,000
Lloyd's shipping agency announced
Saturday that the British steamer
Antigua, of 2S76 tons gross, is report
ed to have been sunk. The steamer
was unarmed.
Paul Smith, aged %, vice president
and sales manager of the Chalmers
Motor company, killed himself by
jumping from the tenth floor Of the
Biltmore hotel, in New York, Satur-
day.
President Wilson has nominated
Representative James Hay of Madi-
son, Va, chairman of the house mil
itary affairs committee, for Judge of
the United States court of claims, OF
succeed Judge George w. Atkinson,
who retired for age.
Laurence GinnelI, Irish member of
parliament who addressed many ques-
tions in the house of commons to
ministers during the Irish rebellion
and invariably alleged that his coun-
trymen who had been arrested were
mistreated, was himself arrested Sun
day.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
Kitchener Left $s5o,ooo Estate.

London.-The will of Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener, the British secretary
of war, who lost his life in the sink
ing of the cruiser Hampshire off the
Orkneys June 5, was admitted to pro-
bate recently 1t shows that he left
an estate valued at approximately
$S50,000, mostly to relatives.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
This Cir, Is a Good Sleeper.

Denver, Col.-Mrs. Wess Harvey, 23
years old, who on June % suddenly
lapsed into a deep slumber, still slept
this week without having responded
her. Aside from breathing deeply,
the woman appears to be normally
healthy. Nourishment has been ad-
ministered in liquid form.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
NOTORIOUS TRIAL OF WIN. Or
PET FOR DEATH OF
MARION LAMBERT.
BIG MONEY HELPED THE MOST
His Lawyer go Pleased That He Cried
-Shys Young Man Proved In
nocent-WilI Take Rest
for a Few Months.

Waukegan, 1l1-William Orpet, the
university student charged with MUIR
dering Marion Lambert, high school
girl, and his former sweetheart, was
found not guilty Saturday by jury
in Judge Donnelly's court after five
hours deliberation.
Orpet was silent through excess Of
emotion. He was barely able to re-
turn the handclasps of his attorneys.
He accepted the hand OF reporter,
but muttered scarcely perceptible
| please don't"
He made his way to the jurors and
shook their hands one by one, smil-
ing wanly, but saying nothing.
His Lawyer Pleased.
! James H. Wilkerson, chief of coun-
sci for the defense, was unable to
keep back the tears and they trfckled
from his eyes while he with his as
seciates, Ralph F. Potter and Leslie
p. Hanna, were receiving congrat-
ulations.
Mr.. Wilkerson stated that in his
opinion Orpet had been more than
declared not guilty.
"He was proved innocent" said Mr..
Wilkerson. "He is going home with
his mother now. Then he is going
into the country for a much needed
ence brought on him by a remark
able, if not unprecedented, series of
circumstances. Then he will come
back home and make a man of him
self"
At the close of the prosecutors ar
gument, Judge Donnelly delivered his
instructions to the jury.
Counsel for the defense considered
Judge Donnelly's instructions favor
able to the defendant.
Trial of the case, including selec-
tion of a jury, occupied the better
part of two months. There appeared
in evidence A letters written by Or
pet to Marion over period of a
year; bottles and boxes containing
cyanide from the Mccormick estate,
from the Deerfie1d high school lab
oratory, from Kraft's drug store at
Lake Forest and white powder scrap
ed from Marions hand and from spots
on her cloak; the girls garments;
magazine article dealing with the
use Of cyanide as fumigator in
greenhouses; the chemistry text
books used respectively by the high
school girl and the college student,
copy of the Wisconsin statute deal
ing with the sale of poisons, and a
bottle of molasses and water.
Witnesses of Many Kinds.
Five chemists, all of whom were
specialists in toxicology, one alienist,
two surveyors, druggists. streetcar
men, an undertaken, school teachers,
police officers, reporters and friends
of the Orpets and Lamberts were
among the long array of witnesses
who testified.
Ralph w. Dady, states attorney of
Lake county; David R. Joslyn, states
! attorney Of McHenry county, and Eu-
gene M. Runyard appeared as coun-
sci for the prosecution, and James Fl.
Wilkerson, former United States dis
trict attorney at Chicago; Ralph F.
Potter, his law partner, and Leslie
P. Hanna of Waukegan, for the de-
fense. More than thousand venire-
men were examined before a jury,
said by counsel upon it's selection to
be above the average in intelligence
and character, was chosen. Judge G.
H. Donnelly presided.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21

Villa was reported found dead again
Monday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
Less Beer Drank.

According to the Brewers Review
the production Of beer in the United
States last year was 5,283,338 bar
rels less than it was the year before,
and the production in 1914 was g.
812,158 barrels less than in 1913.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
18 Men Missing.

Charlotte, N. C.-Eighteen men, IA
construction officials and employees
of the Southern railway and four
linemen of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, are missing and are
believed to be either drowned or ma
rooned in trees on the Catawba riv-
er, about IL miles from Charlotte
The river is rapidly rising.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
80 Persons Perished In Tatoi Forest

Paris.-Thirty-two persons lost their
lives in the fire at Tatoi forest that
destroyed the chateaus of King Con-
stantine of Greece and the crown
prince, says Havas dispatch from
Athens. Twenty-eight of the victims
were members of the Royal guards.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
OVERLOOKING RIVERS CARRY
RUIN IN STATES OF CARROLL
MAS AND VIRGINIA.
RUINS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Hurricane Along the Coast IL Follow.
ed by Downpour, Swelling Streams
-Rescuers Drowned While
Taking Refugees Food.

Atlanta, Ga.-Serious floods in
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia Sunday caused five known
deaths, rendered hundreds homeless
damaged property and crops to the
extent of $10,O0O,000, according to
first estimates, and demoralized rail.
way, telegraph and telephone com
munication. Following the hurricane
that struck the south Atlantic coast
Thursday, unprecedented rains have
fallen, driving rivers and smaller
streams from their banks and imper
fling many lives.
Swept to Death.
At Biltmore three persons, Captain
G. G. Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe and Mrs
Leo Mulholland, were drowned when
the Lipe house was flooded.
Swift streams are flowing down
some Of the streets of lower Ashe
vile.
Throughout western North Carroll
ma the situation is reported serious
Two dams at Hendersonyille collaps
ed, releasing hundreds of tons Of wa
ter and fears are felt for the big
dam at Lake Toxaway.
Workmen Submerged.
The Southern railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Belmont, N. c..
has been washed away, carrying 10
or IL workmen into the river. The
Seaboard Air Line bridge over the
Catawba river at Mount Holly, N
c., has collapsed, as has that over
the Catawba on the Salisbury-Ashe.
vile line.
Practically all railway traffic in
southwest Virginia and eastern West
Virginia was tied up, telephone and
telegraph wires were down and heavy
crop damage has been reported. Crops
in some sections Of South Carolina
also suffered heavily.
Almost all of the town of Biltmore
laid out 25 years ago by the late
George w. Vanderbilt, is under wa
ter ranging in depth from three to
five feet The town is cut off from
Asheville by water a mile wide.
The property losses of lumber and
industrial plants throughout the sec
ton will be heavy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-11

INTO WRECK IS
PROGRESSING
PUBLIC UTILITIES INSPECTORS
FINISH WORK AND LEAVE
FOR CLEVELAND.
Spent Yesterday Here and at Wells
Ville-Traetion Company Also
lnVestigating-Notn
Given Out

The three inspectors OF the Ohio
public utilities commission who ar
rived here Wednesday evening to in
yestigate the accident of Tuesday at
the Riverview crossing. when Motor
man James +. King. of the Wheeling
Traction company lost his life. left last
evening for Columbus They spent
yesterday going over the scene OF the
accident and investigating the affair
from all sides. After having thorough
~ gone over the ground they went to
Wellsville and attended the private in
vestigation OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road company. On their return TO
this city they attended the investiga-
ton that is being conducted by the
Wheeling Traction company and ques-
TONED some Of the Witnesses.
Just what their finding in the mat
ter was could not be- learned last eve
ming. After having returned here and
attended the hearing that Is being con
Quoted by the traction company. they
said that there was absolutely nothing
10 give out in the matter. However.
their Investigation was as thorough as
10 was possible TO make under the cir
cumstances and it is expected that a
decision in the matter viii be reached
! by them soon.
While the traction company officials
/ spent the day investigating they had
not reached the end last evening and
would make no statement as 10 the
responsibility for the sad affair. The
claim agents OF both the traction ana
Pennsylvania Railroad companies
were working on the case and they
did not feel at liberty to give out any
statement until after the finding of
the coroner's inquest which Will be
| held at the Bellaire city building this
morning. The utilities inspectors that
were on the scene were ". i. Packard
( n. b. George and e.. G.. Thorpe IL Is
likely that both the railroad and trac-
/ ton companies will have practically
completed the work today
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-11

Il'fal services for tho Late Edward
- anderson highly respected citizen OF
,..a '.tS "h" saceImbcd 20 "A compUe4-
.' YI~' asses ti his home ON seventh
tuesday evening viii be- held .r
,,, .'t ui God TINS afternoon Al =
Do. services Will bee jon charge
,,.r i-'iEr, NO. 80. LO.O.F. %
700, N OBJ" deceased was a m.nb,r i,
.-' standing. and the Rev h. Wen
r'.''. .i iLr church of God will Of
Nt.ltr cemetery ' d" NC
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
TELLS OF S5O,OOO.OOO
INTERBOROUGH LOSS
Secretary Fisher Gives Details Of
Financing since 1905 Merger.

Several new avenues of disclosure were
developed yesterday 10y the Thompson
legislative committee. which delved into
the more recent financial operations OF
the lnterborough Rapid Transit Com
pany. These operations In brie, were
the formation of the interborough Con.
solidated Corporation. holding COM
pany; the acquisition Of the Pelham Park
and city Island Railway companies; the
acquisition OF the subway construction
contract held by John u. Mcdonald and
his associates. and a $1,000 900 refund
ing note issue arranged by Theodore T.
Shonts with J. =. Morgan & co. in 1912.
Horace VI. Fisher. secretary of the In
,erborough. testified about all these
transactions, but he was unable to fur
nsh all the details that We're required
by Hainbridge Colby, counsel to the
Thompson committee. Mr.. Colby asked
Mr. Fisher to refresh his memory on this
and other note issues. especially to find
out in detail what the Morgan firms
accommodation" cost the lnterborough
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
New Witnesses Disclose
'Fi,c or Six Attempts to
Kill Poultryman.
HORSE STEALING TRIP
TOLD ABOUT AS ALIBI
Police Explain How They
Traced Automobiles by
Blind Clues.

A. they peer further and further into
'ov Illuminated hy the arrest OF the
,sa4rclr ~ the car used 10y the assassins
.-I e ,u. ~ the accused Eunmen and
y Llc detention If several other young
non as "uairr.al Witnesses" the police
.ad ps'r.,' Attorney are becoming ,on-
sr.cd '.a they ar" uucovcring the
:. cts not merely OF one murder but OF
series
NI,dor Vas piled on murder 10y the
en-" crew ~ Hdr'o.n's Little Italy.
from winch were drafted tie men who
sa.' EiG in the back in front of West
N,,hn.'ou Market fourteen months
go 1000 many knew ahou, this crime.
SON. Nere suspected Of being ready TO
Turn .'tan,rs.
opposite '.rcro. the man who paid out
=. sash fot tn" suout,ng Of Ban, was
led Gtetaup l.nmonte. partner of
Greco 10 the East lo>th street murder
sable. Nuu gay. to District Attorney
''7'> '' ''' '"''' ih''Vl' III NV h''
case hI, did not give the names Of the
mu-dere,s also was killed.
Ar'urd.r- To- the police theory II e
Nry Nk,'g tuat the So pul OF the two
gIuuu.. ,.u .udcd the lifc of Ham was
Ted IH,., - also a suppusitlun that
. ..IJ'N, uf l.umonte's. said To he MS
uptD.r. .lsu came to his death AT t."
.t'Is u' comrades Who qudrreilcd over
'''.r f.. ~. tH" Edm murder and then
s'v"t,i themselves to shooting in the
back a'l ,r,'r friends who seemed 10 be
gwen 20 gossip
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
MAGISTRATE CORRIGAN,
ANGRY, SUES NOVELIST
Feels Damaged 5000. 600
Worth by Chapter in &.
u. IIoward'> Book.

Magistrate Joseph = rorric,u filed
suit in tho supreme Court yesterday 70
recover s.00,ooo damage from ,h"
Bohhs-Merrll Company publishers ~
the move Gods Man" and George
y Howard. th" author for lncl on tie
ground 'ha, chapter IA IN" hooh refs's
- him.
Tho chapter tn which Marls'rd'" COR
rigan. objects is headed "Jus'lor a la
toruighu." and purror's :" ho tnc de-
Script.uu of proycrdu ugs Iu the jefferson
Market police court The chapter tells
IN an unpleasant fashion ~ coud tious
in tn" hui pen" at the court, AMI de-
votes a quantity ~ more or less hitter
descriptive writing to an alleged account
of the actions ~ Magistrate Cornigan
OF the h.nch, ~ his autcccdents his
alleged suhs"r,,ruce 10 orders from a
political organization. efforts at cheap
Wit" aud attempts TO appear to be deal
Ing Justly with an cases when such
WIS not III" fac'
Magistrate 'urrigin saws Ia his COM
plant that he was appointed to the
bench in 1907, and alleges that n" words
in the chapter refer To hum. lie declares
that the language in the book means
that IN III" performance Of his Judicial
duties he was guided by improper in
fu,u"cs and was brutal. h"ctoriug and
unjust" and should not hold office
While tho complaint does not men
tion the fact, tn" records show that
Howard was arrested in 1909 ON charges
made by "A show girl IN Havana, -
known as Teddy Gerard Sh" told the
polic,mau who arrested him that he had
threatened her III. with hunting knife
because sh. wouldn't give up $50
diamond ring n. presented to her When
Howard was ariaigucd before Mag
trat" tnrr!gan IN the jefferson Market
court 'hc show girl WIS unwilling tn
make = complaint, hut was forced Ia
do SO
Howard was suhs"uuruil2 held for
/ trial in Grncral Sessions tor carr q
ing concealed weapons. and two years
! later was fined slo0 by Judge Swami
| but the show girl failed to appear to
press "A robbery charg" and MagIstrate
I corrigan paroied the novelist on this
charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
hterborough Wiped Out
$4,000, Q,000m Big Merger,
Is Secretary's Testimony
Fisher Also Tells Thompson Committee How Pelham
Road, Afterward Sold for $40 900, Caused
$1,5OO,OOO Stock Issue


The testimony at the Thompson
legislative committee hearing yester-
DAY chiefly concerned the organization
OF the Interborough holding company
the lnterborough Consolidated Cor
poration, last year. which cost the Inter-
borough about sjO.000,O 900. according
to Secretary Fishers estimate. II de-
Nelopcd that the total loss incurred by
the lntcrborough- Metropolitan merger
was between 10000. 900 and 500. O.o0O,-
900.
The secretary. Horace NJ. Fisher,
the days only witness. testified that
the Peterborough paid August Belmont
sl.ll5,000 for services in connection
with tn" acquisition Of the Pelham
Park and city Island Railway COM
panes for S35O.00O. The road. de-
scribed 10y Mr.. Fisher as "a mule tram
way somewhere in The Bronx" .ater
was sold to Frederick W. Whitridge
for $4,000.
other developments AZ the hearing
concerned sl5.0OO.0o0 note issue
through !. =. Morgan 4 Co. and the
acquisition Of the Mcdonald subway
contract.
Col. Timothy 5. Williams. presiden,
Of the Il. II. r. issued a long state
ment about 100000 gift from his
company in Acknowledgements OF his
services in connection with the sub
way contracts.
iainbridge Colby. counsel to the
Thompson committee. threatened to
resign yesterday as a result o. the
publication of letters that passc! ne.
tween T. a. Gillespie. one Of the a.
third tracking contractors. and hi
brother in Pittsburg. in which I.emue
Ely Quigg was referred to as "t.s
nearest man Ia Gov. Whitman" VIII
the letters was also published fac.
simile of check for $500 sent &c
Mr. Quigg by Mr.. Gillespie. The row
in the Thompson committee WI,
patched after an hour behind CLOSED
doors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
100 GUESTS POISONED
AT ARCHBISHOp'S FE7E
Ptomainr Lays BanouctcrS
LOw-Dr. Mundclcin and
Gov. Dunno Escape.

CHicAGo. Feb. lO-Morc than Is0 Of
the 40" guests nt tn" INST official ban
quct given IN honor Of Chicago's new
Archbishop, the Most R"v George Wju.
lam Mund"lcIn. formerly of Rrooklyn. a,
the University club were taken III with
ptomaine poisoning Tonight soon after
the first course of soup was served
The Archbishop was not affected and
very few AT the speakers table were.
only few Of tho dishes or the soun
course had been cleared away when
many OF the guests rushed out. Others
followed. and for the next half hour
Dr. John u. Murphy. pr l.. |. Nc
Arthur and Dr. Hugh Mckenna were
busy administering smctcs.
All the lounging rooms and halls were
filled with the sick, and there were
Others standing in line. Walters sour
ried through the club hearing Jars OF
mustard and pitchers of water.
The emetics Immediately relieved
them says a statement drawn m by
the three physicians. "and practically
all returned 10 the banquet hall"
Among the guests were Gov. Edward
T.. Dunno, ex-Mayor Carter II. IIarrl-
son and many prominent business men.
After the excitement had subsidized the
Archbishop arose and smiling at those
who had stayed In the banquet hall
said:
''When hundreds Of strong men fal-
tered and left the Church and the state
remained. aud sat safe aud serene" and
he pointed to Gov, Dunne and the line
Of ecclesiastics with their red birettas
who sat near him
Dr nurphy later gave n partial ey-
planaton of how there came 10 be poison
in the soup
"rhere were young chickens in the
SOUP" he said, 'rhev were brought
into the club this morning. The souD
was boiled this morning, II was re
boiled this evening. Soup IL the great
culture medium for germs. The germs
got into the soup--you can't trace them
The second boiling killed them. but the
poison remained"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
WILLSINK ALL
ARMED SHIPS,
TEUTONS SAY
New Submarine Policy ''in
Harmony With L. S. Dis
armament Plea"
TIME FOR NErTRALS
TO WARN PEOPLE
Spec.a, tah,e ncsnatch 10 TIN srN.

BERLIN. VIA London. Feb. lo.The
German Government handed q mciroran-
dun to tho diplomatic representatives
Of the neutral Powers IN Bcriin to-day
concerning the treatment of armed mer-
chant vessels
The memorandum declares that here
after the German Government would re-
Ga rd such merchantmen Of enemy coun-
tres as war vessels aud would attack
them withou, warning The rev policy
is declared to I've IN harmony with the
American proposals for the disarmament
Of mcrchaitmcn
The Under Secreta-, said the orders
would 20 into operation AZ the end OF
this month.
The Government holds tha' such a
policy - justified by the instructions
which !, says have been issued 10 COM
manders Of merchantmen by the Bgi, sn
Admiralty 20 carry guns ana to attack
submarines on S,gnt similar instru"-
tions - j. stated. ha,. been is-u,d 10y
other u1tiors AZ Ndr With GERMANY.
The 70 emoraudum states mat soon
after the outbreak uf IN" Ma German
cruisers established the td.t that Erttisu
liners were armed The British Gov
erumeut. 50 far as H. own mor'hduim"i
were concerned, Ms of tye opua1 ih'i
such ships miiutdlNcd tn" character 81
IeAc-ful merchant vessels ~ ncn carving
arms for the purpose, Of defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-11
DAMROSCH KEPT OUT
OF CANADA BY WAR
Feeling Against Germans
Causes Cancclling Of En-
gagcment>.

Reports from Ottawa. Canada. that
chestra has cancelled its engagement in
that city, were verified by statement
given out last night by George Englcs,
manager Of the symphony Society OF
New York, who takes care of the book
nrs of the musical organization.
an view of the unrest created in
ottawa by the recent deplorabl dcstruc-
tion of the Parliament buildings there,
said Mr. Engles last night. "and since
articles in ottawa papers have ap-
neared protesting against the coming
70 Canada Of musicians Of German
birth. the symphony Society OF New
York prefers to postpone the Ottawa
and Montreal concerts until later
date
ono ottawa paper ran a nrst page
editorial protesting against Germans
visiting their city. taking away good
money and "gloatng over the ruins or
the Parliament buildings" Mr.. Dam
,osch when told of this editorial eN-
pressed Surprise and said he considered
the outburst the expression or rev
"hotheads." He added that his orches-
ira had always been well received In
Canada In the past aud that 1t was
cOrvposed Of neutrals
"The symphony society SAID the
statement issued from Manager E.ngles's
office in the Aeolian Building, does
not desire to give its many Canadian
friends cause for worry, nor does II wish
IN apprayate an unfortunate situation
by bringing into the Dominion OF Canada
AZ the present time five German horn
musicians who are members or the
orchestra hut who have not yet received
their second Amalcan citizenship
papers"