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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

"Not--not exactly IN the roonn," said
Mnry, after an instant's hesitation.
"There were people outside the door
and--and my maid. who had been out,
ran In during the excitement"
rs your maid Janet or Jeanette
Beauchamp?"
Eyes" Marys voice was uneasy now.
and her eyes met the frightened ones
Of the maid. who had risen with the
apparent intention Of leaving the room.
But before she had reached the door
the Prosecutor had waved Mary from
the stand and the clerk called loudly:
Janet Beauchamp!"
There was a startled cry Of "oh.
mon Dfcg@ and the E'renchwoman
paused, wringing her hands, the centre
OF attention. She made a half move
ment as II determined to escape any
way and defy the law, but tho sight Of
the police that guarded tho exits and
the stern repetition Of her name
brought her reluctantly hack. She
murmured a little prayer and crossed
herself as she took the oath, but the
cool friendliness Of the prosecutors
voice treasured her. i
Janet, how long have you been In
the employ Of Miss Pager"
"Two--no. tree years els season."
"And was II usual for you to leave
the dressing room when your mistress
was getting ready for the street,
mo. monsieur--alrl"
"But you had been told to leave her
on this particular day?"
'Told to leayelr Janet's voice ross
IN gallo excitement. "Mcb nom I
had but gone to 70 petite miner. for
ze new fiowaires for re blue gown"
who told you to go?" s.
Monsieur Daniels, he come In. and
he and Mademoiseile. they tallk, and
he say pourquoi could / not 20 to get
20 new fowaires--ze orchids. since 70
shops would not be close for one half
hour yet And Miss Page she say.
certainment that I should 90 then. for
she could finish To dress by herself for
once"
"How long were you outi-
~0h. 10 no sGiS pds;--I mean. | 40 not
know, Maybe fifteen. maybe twenty
minutes. come back quick pGycsQus
there are two kinds Of orchid at ze
shop and ! want Mademoisalls to see
zem both"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

tina police, because Miss Page was stu
unconscious He went to do that. say
Ing he would send up special force
Of the hotel porters to clear the corri-
dor, and then Mr.. Langdon and went
back into the room"
was Miss Page conscious by that
time?'' There was sarcasm In the voice
now and Farleys reply was couched In
the same tones.
when got back in. the room, Sir
Miss Page had disappeared"
DO you mean she had left the
suite?"
Eyes. sir"
'How?"
"well, there wasn't any way for her
to have gone with us at tho door ex-
cept down the fire-escape, and the
window WAS open. but she wasn't in
sight at that time"
"Then you mean." said the prose-
cutor sharply, that this supposedly
III and unconscious woman, In the few
moments which you spent in parley In
the corridor. got up. climbed through a
window and down a fire escape and
WAS out of sight before you got back
into the room'"
Eyes, sir"
"That is all" said the District At
torney with grim triumph. Turning.
he said word to the clerk who called
sharply,
MARY Page take the stand!
At the sound Of her name Mary rose
unsteadily to her feet. her eyes turned
appealingly to Langdon. one trembling
hand crushing back the little cry that
rose involuntarily to her lips But
HER agitation was no more than an
echo OF the excitement that swept
through the crowded, room.
To Langdon alone the calling Of
Mary came as no surprise, and he was
at her side In moment, whispering
reinsurance. and urging her to answer
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
By FREDERICK LEWIS Author of "What Happened to Mary
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"will you explain to the court"
no cried, "how that revolver came into
your possession. Miss Page"
Gaining courage at his tone and the
smile that accompanied hts words,
Mary turned toward the Jury and In
that beautifully modulated voice that
had held 30 many audiences spoil
bound. she told rapidly but In detail,
the story OF Poilock's visit to her
dressing room OH the afternoon Of TINT
fatal day She faltered q little over the
recital of his abrupt proposal and.
woman like, put In the world-old
apology for his brutality by the simple
statement:
"He was drunk. you know
Thcn, wildly. hor slender hands
gcsturlng and her voice rising WITH
poignant memories and prldo OF Lang
dom she told OF the latter's entry IN re-
sponse to her screams and Of his battle
with Pollock Tcnsely SILENT but with
every nerve alert. the crowd Listened
as she described how Pollock had
pulled the revolver OUT Of his pocket
only to drop IL
"Ha tried to picis Il up again. she
sald unconsciouslS vlsualIzing Tor
them the picture Of the struggling mon.
"but I crawled close and snatched 1t
ut before he could reach 1t"
She paused, and when she would
have taken up the thread OF her story
again. Langdon's hand stopped her. :.
"That il all, thank you. Miss Page,
no said, and the District Attorney. sur
prise on his face, but with q new CLINT
in his eyes. got quickly TO his feet.
II crave tho courts permission to
ask tho witness one moro question.
he snid. and as the Judge waved as
sent no asked slowly. knowing the
sensation his question would create:
miss Page was there anyone else
In the room at the time this struggle
was going on~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

She paused, and covered her eyes as
II to shut out something terrible.
"afr Pollock was in the room." she
said at last. 'He-he had been drink
ing-he wasn't himself-he could
hardly stand. He-he said, he wanted
to talk to me alone for five minutes
and he wouldn't let me out though !
was afraid and begged him to-"
"Did you try to get QUIT Was there
a struggle between you and Mr.. Pol
lock?"
She shook her head. "Not then" she
said with little sob. Butt was
very angry--l told him he had tricked
me--and wouldn't listen to him,
We've Quarreled over his being
drunk and-he tried to make me take
a drink OF the whiskey myself"
A shudder OF repugnancc swept over
her, and her eyes grew wide and
staring and she swayed for a moment
like a flower In a storm; then. with a
tremendous effort, us one called back
from the borderland to consciousness,
she added hoarsely:
81 remember striking at hlm--and
knocking the glass out Of his hand.
heard it bteak-and then--I must
have fainted!"
Miss Page" came stlll another ques-
ton, "it you had refused David Pol
lock-if you feared him-why did you
grant him an Interview late at night
IN private room at the hotel?"
Grant him an interview" her voice
rose in startled protest. 81 didn't.
That was why was so angry-I had
expected to find Mr.. Langdon in that
room!"
"oh, You had made arrangements
then to meet Mr.. Langdon there?'
Again the satrlc note crept into the
harsh voice, and crimson tide rushed
to Mary's pale cheeks.
"The boy told me-" she said with
dignity, "that Mr.. Langdon was waiting
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
sYNoPsIs.

Mary Page. actress is accused Of tho
murder of James Pollock, and 10 defended
by her lover. Philip Langdon. Pollock
was intoxicated, Shale, q crook and tool
Of Pollock was on the hrs escape watch
Tag for Langdon.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
3 WAR FRONTS RAGE
IN ONE SCH0OLYARD
Dovellkc Truant Officer Rushed
TO OueIl Echoes Of Strife.

Hackensack. Feb. i5.--No firing line
In Europe mas anything on the battle
front TO which Truant Officer Herman
Meyer was ordered this afternoon.
Meyer hereafter must make his head
quarters AZ the Broadway school, where
there is Juvenile east front, west
front and Italian front rolled in one.
Headquarters OF the truant officer
have been the State Street school, pop
ulated almost exclusively by children
OF American born parents. But the
Broadway school is made up largely OF
children Of Italians. Germans, Aus
trians and other nationalities repre-
sented on the European firing lines.
The result Is that every newspaper
dispatch Of victory or defeat has re
suited IN a second battle on the school
grounds The truant officer was en-
Toying peace at the neutral State Street
school when transferred TO the strife
ridden district, where he is expected TO
play the role OF peacemaker.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
POLICEMAN'S GUEST
CUTS LOOSE ON BEAT
Shivering Man, Restored by
Patrolman. Starts Saloon Row.

A stesming bowl of coffee, e plate OF
hot cakes and syrup and healthy ap-
petite were the simple requisites 70
convert shivering, hopeless man into
en- optimistic job seeker under Police
man William Nolan's philosophy. The
policeman found the shivering man in
a doorway Monday night and took him
home with him
After they had toasted their shins
before the glowing fire and Mrs. Nolan
had cleared away remnants OF the
feast the policeman went out on his
beat. The stranger left him, profusely
grateful, TO find the fob he had been
seeking. He said he was Thomas
Wright and promised to do as much
for the policeman some time.
Nolan was still musing over the sat
isfaction that comes from helping a
person who is down and out, when no
was summoned 20 a saloon to suppress
q stranger accused of fourishing re-
volver, impersonating an officer and de-
manding free drinks.
well, Of all the crustl- Nolan ex-
claimed "If It amt that fellow
Wright You had 70 have drinks be-
sides, oh T.
Wright was placed under 81 800 bonds
when taken by his indignant former
host before Magistrate Breen IN the
Harlem police court.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
EAST SIDE DISCARDS
ITS LAST SULLIVAN
Failure TO Clothe Voters De-
thrones Patrick H., Cousin
of Mighty big Tim"

The last OF the Sullivans has laid
down his sceptre of authority In the
Sd Assembly District Of the lower East
Side. For many years II has been one
% that name who served as leader.
guide. philosopher and bail renderer
fol- the turbulent population OF that
part Of the city.
Last night at q meeting Of the elec-
torate. Patrick H., cousin Of the mighty
big Tim" was declared politically
dead. and Bernard F. Golden, real es-
tate operator, Of 2l7 Centre Street.
elected to reign in his place.
Patrick succeeded to the post OF lead
or Of the Sd District on the death OF
his much-loved cousin, who always
saw that no good voter walked through
the SHOWS of winter without stout
pair Of shoes or lived through. o
Thanksgiving or Christmas Day unfed.
But the successor of Big Tim" was
more concerned, so his might-have been
henchmen say. In recovering a large
share Of his cousins estate than IN
the welfare of his constituents.
A few days ago, driven to action by
scores OF complaints, the county com
mittee met and officially deposed Pat
rick H., charging him with disloyalty
to the party and neglect Of its welfare.
Last night his successor was chosen.
Al the same meeting delegates TO take
part in the unofficial Democratic
convention at Syracuse were chosen.
They are George ". Loft, George r.
Roesch and Mr.. Baro.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
STARS IN SPOONINC BEE
MISTAKEN FOR AIR FOE
Jersey Farmers Yearn TO Shoot
Jupiter and Venus.

Hackettstown. n. j., Feb. l6.-Farm-
ers of the surrounding rural districts,
az well as the city folks of Hecketts-
town, would have given its weight IN
war stocks last night for one Of those
straight-in-the- aeroplane guns.
Everybody for miles around was wait
ing for the enemy TO strike. The lights
could be seen plain enough, hoyering
over town, and 1t didn't take the en-
lightened populaoe long 20 decide they
were on planes. And what would aero
planes be doing hereabouts unless they
had come 20 drop dynamite on the mu-
nitions factories which flourish In this
section?
The excitement didn't subside until
A scientific visitor got off a train this
morning and did some explaining. II
there's any peaceful legal way TO stop
Jupiter and Venus from spooning so
close TO the corporate upper reaches
Of Hackettstown it's certainly going to
be found.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
SAY 500 LEPERS
MENACE COUNTRY
Doctors Declare Fifty Are
at Large in New York
City.

Washington, Feb. Ib-Moro than five
hundred lepers at large In the United
States constitute q menace OF serious
possibilities, unless proper steps for
aggregation are taken, in the opinion
OF physicians, nurses and others who
testified before the Senate Health Com
mittee to-day in support Of bill to
establish a national lsprosarium.
The witnesses, all Of whom had made
extensive personal researches on the
subject. agreed that the three hundred
persons under treatment In ths ooun-
try's free state or municipal leper
asvlums included less than one-third
OF the total of those afflicted. They
declared that the disease rapidly was
spreading; that the danger OF Sc
rious epidemic was real and that seg-
regation was the first demand In the
campaign against 1t.
1t was the consensus OF opinion
among those who testified ths, ABOUT
fifty iepers were at large in New YORK
City, eighty in Chicago and at least
one or two in each of the large cities
Of tho country. They declared, In ar
guing for q national asylum, that IN
dividual victims were treated In many
instances with great inhumanity by
local authorities interested chieny IN
shifting the burden Of care to some
other community.
DR.. J. W. Mexican, American super
intendent in charge Of the lsper asylum
az Chiengmai, Siam, said the history OF
the disease showed that only by for.
cible segregation could 1t be eradicated
and the lives Of It's victims made toler-
sbls. An epidemic In Europe which
killed thousands was ended, he said, Dy
legislation forcing the victims into
refugees. He added that segregation
had been equally successful in Hawaii
and the Philippines. The witness
agreed that while a new treatment, in
which Chaulmoogrs oil is used, had
proved successful in eliminating the
symptoms in nearly all cases, 30 that
the victims appeared virtually cured,
there always was q danger OF recru-
descence..
Frederick Hoffman, an insurance sta
t,stician. who said he had studied the
disease in most Of the leper colonies In
the world, declared leprosy was much
greater menace to public health than
commonly assumed.
There are one or more cases In
each Of eighteen states" he said. land
the eases OF inhuman. brutal treatment
Of iepers ere an indictment Of the ma
tion's inhumanity."
DR.. Isadore Dyer. in charge OF the
refuge in Louisiana; DR.. Howard Fox,
Of New York, and Dr. John S. Button,
Of the Maryland Board Of Health, were
among others who testified.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
QUAKE RECORDERS BUSY
Disturbance Acute About $500 Mile.
from Washington.

washington, Feb. 70. A very severe
earthquake was recorded to-day on tho
seismographs OF Georgetown Cniver-
sity here. 1t lasted more than an hour.
The heaviest shocks took place between
1901 and 1903 a. m. IL was approx
mately between 1900 and $500 miles
from Washington.
The record Of the disturbance shows
10 began at 6:5l a. m. and continued
until after s o'clock. The direction Of
the movement was east and west
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
INCREASE IN DEATH RATE
Health Head Blsmes Pneumonia and
Influenza for Mortalities.

There was a marked increase IN ths
death rate for the city during the last
seven weeks over the corresponding
period last year. This years rate has
been 1928, against l4.IS in 1918. Pneu'
monia and influenza are 10 blame, &C
cording TO Health Commissioner Emer-
son.
A slight decrease IN mortality from
these causes was noted during the last
week. with s46 deaths, against $50 the
previous week. Deaths from heart dis
ease and nephritis increased in the
corresponding period. In all there were
1925 deaths during the week, com
pared with 1,546 last year.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
RUBBER CLUB ACCUSED
OF BEING BRITISH ALLi
Ludwig Blitz Sues for $1,000
Charging Trade interference

Absolute control over al shipper
of rubber into the United States ir -
interests Of Great Britain and n'
Allies is charged By Ludwig Bllu, :''
of the biggest rubber importers IL as
East, in a suit In which he dsns-.'
100000 damages from the Rubber C..'
of America. Lawyers for Blit1 %.
Justice Van Siclen, Of tae BrooIlT
Supreme Court, that the seven nsr
bers Of the club not only eontroltc
incoming shipments, but in.eiaa
movement Of rubber after Il had o.
rived. =,
Blitz's lawyers charge that ne el'
is working under an agreement w
Great Britain. in which i is stiPu!s,ss
that no rubber handled here .hs.l D
permitted 20 reach the Centrs. Povsn
In carrying out the agreement be ny'
they have interfered with bis HI
shipments from one state 70 sno'a''
and that his business has suffered.
Lawyers for the club denied tn' w
such binding agreement IS was @s
plained Of existed. They said that "
raw rubber was consigned from cne
Britain's colonies 20 the Britlh C9sis
here and that the club fseihss'sd "
handling here.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
CITIZENS UNION NAMES HEADS
William Hamlin Childs, OF Brooklyn,
Becomes Vice Chairman.

At meeting OF the city committee
Of the Citizens Union yesterday Will
lam Hamlin Childs, Of Brooklyn, was
elected vice-chairman Of the union.
The following officers were reelected:
William Jay Schieffelin. chairman:
Julius Henry Cohen and William w.
Niles. vice -chairmen; Percival Kuhne,
treasurer, and w. +. Youker, secretary.
Mr.. Schiefelin announced that the
executive committee Of the union, con-
sisting of Walter T. Arndt. Albert s.
Bard, Emory r. Buekner, Julius Henry
Cohen, Raymond b. Fosdick, Edwin s.
kassing Percival Kuhne, Louis Heaton
Pink, Clarence Bishop Smith and Law
renee Arnold Tanzer, had been en-
larged by the addition Of r. L. Hoguet,
s A Lewisohn and J. VI. Proskauer.
New members elected 70 the city
committee. the governing body Of the
union, were Emory r. Buckner, Will
lam Hamlin Childs. Maurice p. David
son, X. l.. Hoguet. Clarence NJ. Lewis,
5. A. Lewisohn and J. ". Proskauer.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
NAUTICAL SCHOOL IS TOPIC
Many Speakers to Oppose Abolition u
Annual Dinner Saturday.

The proposed abolition o. INC NeT
York Nautical School will find powerful
OF opposition in speeches to be made a.
the schools twelfth annual dinner, ~
The esaociation ia composed OF two
n ou.and men cducated TO command the
country's merchant marine. and IN
times Of necessity auxiliary naval YES
sells The value Of the merchant ma.
rine as vital part of the programme
Of preparedness will be discussed
Among the speakers will he Ralph H.
Mckee. Commodore J. W. Miller, Mon
taeue Lesslcr. general counsel ior tno
Marine Society Captain James Icy
lnnd OF the Old Dominion Linci, Colone'
I ""n onis A. Ame.. Joseph Morrell. pires,i-
dent Of the Maritime Exchange; a. ;.
Hcbble. Morgan Line; J: II. Gardner
Fall River Line. and Captain F. ;. NC
Murray. superintendent Of tho school
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
GENERAL ELECTRIC WINS SUIT
Judge Mayer Holds Importers Infringed
lamp Body Patent.

Judge Julius NJ. Mayer in an opinion
filed YESTERDAY in the Federal Court
IN the suit brought by the General
Electric Company. found that the pat
ent granted February p. 1912, to Jus;
and Hauaman for "incandescent bodie
for electric lamps" was valid and had
been infringed by the defendants, Laco-
Phillips Co.. importers.
Edison found a dim pathway and
fra siormed it into an Illuminated
road said the judge IN his opinion
Ju,f and ilsnaman have broadened
that road into boulevard. alive with
blazing lights"
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
CASTLES FACE $2l,633
JUDGMENT FOR DEBTS
Hotel Supply Man Said Their
Salaries Stripped Cafe.

Judgment was yesterday given
against Vernon and Irene Castle. tho
dancers. by Justice Ford for s2l 1888 In
favor OF Edward Shaw. who sued for
money owed to the L. Barth Hotel Sup
ply Company The Indebtedness grew
out OF the interest the Castles had IN
the Sans Souci Cafe. at Forty-second
Street and Seventh Avenue.
II was alleged that the Castles, ns
officers Of the corporation that ran the
cafe. mismanaged its affairs and drew
more as salary than business warrant
ed, not leaving enough TO pay the debts
Of the company.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
POLICEMAN LOSES PAY SUIT
First of Actions Against City Defeated
BY Statute of Limitations Law.

Corporation Counsel Hardy won for
the city yesterday the first of several
hundred suits brought by policemen
for back payment of salary increases.
The case Of patrolman named O'Con-
nor, decided in favor Of the city by
Justice Hotchkiss, will be regarded as
Il ruling case in all the other actions.
which involve between $4,000 and
$4,000.
1t was claimed by O'Connor and the
other plaintiffs that the increases Of
salary should have been paid to them
from one TO six months earlier than
they were. Most Of the claims date
back 70 1907 Assistant Corporation
Counsel Sweeney raised the point that
the action was barred by Section 302
Of the charter, which provided short
statute of limitations for actions by
members Of the force. Justice tlotch-
kiss sustained this contention.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16

Leslie ?. Hanno. OF Orpets counsel. -
am not thoroughly familiar with the
case yet, but have been informed that
several witnesses will be introduced to
prove that Miss Lambert knew that
thero was nothing the matter with her'
Miss Davis has been made III by the
tragedy and IL In hiding. Miss Harder
could not be found to-day. Miss Davis
Il Is believed. thought to the last tnat
Miss Lamhert's condition was serious
She wrote letter TO Orpet week pc
fore tho girls death telling him tha'
Marian was III. In his last letter 10
Miss Lambert Orpet refers to this let
ter, and apparently II was the reason
ne went from Madison TO Lake Forest
TO meet his onetime sweetheart In the
woods. Unless Miss Davis was merely
backing up Miss Lambert In trick in
tended TO hold Orpct or lead him 70
marry her, II is thought logical that
Miss Davis was honestly under a mis-
taken impression, as was Orpet:
The principal witness on this moot
roint. as far as has been learned, is
br. y. n. Parmenter, of Lake Forest
tho Lambert family physician. He was
called 70 attend Miss Lambert on Janu-
ary Ii. when she had tainted and be
come hysterical Or. Parmenter learned
from her mother that Miss Lambert
Rad been III two days after his visit,
but he admits that this fact may merely
have convinced Miss Lambert that the
medicine Orpet is known to have sent
her was proving at least partially ef-
fective.
when ! arrived that night at the
Lambert home" said DR.. Parmenter'
"her mother WAS under the impression
the girl had been poisoned In the high
school laboratory by chlorine fumes.
This is the gas the Germans use In bat
tie. knew IT was not the cause OF her
Illness. because chlorine gas acts in
stantly. Miss Lambert after coming
from school had eaten hearty dinner
and } concluded she was suffering from
acute Indigestion"
viii Orpet admitted to-day that he
had purchased an empty bottle IN a
Madison. Wis. drug store. just before
he left for his last visit 20 Marian
Lambert, according TO States ATTORNEY
Dady. who said he believed that the
bottle was the missing contsiner for
which search had been made.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
RUSSIAN CHAMBER MEETS
Directors Add James Parmelee, o'
Cleveland, TO Board.

At the Arst meeting yesterday OF the
board of directors Of tho recently or
ganized American Russian Chamber o.
Commerce messages were read from
the Russian Ambassador to this coun-
try and heads of the Russian Ministry.
That the chamber in this city will be
the means Of forging a new and par
ticularly strong link in the bonds Of
friendship and mutual reliance between
the United States and Russia was e.
pressed in the messages.
James Parmelee. president OF me
National Carbon Company, of Clege-
land. was elected a member OF the
board of directors. \ long list Of ap-
plications for membership was sub
mitted 10 the board.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
SHAMED AT SCHOOL,
GIRL, ID, KILLS HERSELF
Teacher Read Aloud Note to a
BOy-Child Takes Poison.

Hartford. Conn, Feb. l5.-Glndy'
Stone, aged fourteen, committed sui
eide tonight by drinking poison be
cause her school teacher had read to
the class to-day an intercepted note In
which the girl had invited boy friend
20 attend valentine social at a
church
The girl purchased some poison at a
drug store. took II home and drank 1t.
She wrote q note 30 her mother asking
forgiveness.