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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
Alleged Stacker and 3
Women of Family Held
for Conspiracy
NEEDLE TO BE USED
FOR ASSASSINATIONS
Prisoners Deny Charge,
but Public Is Aroused
Demands Safeguards

London. Jan. 81. - Great Britain
gasped to-day when a poison plot, COM
pretending the murder OF Premier
David Lloyd George and Arthur Hen
derson, the Premier's right hand man
in the War Council, was brought to
light in the Derby Guildhall. A family
Of four were accused-Mr5. Alice
Wheeldon, her two daughters, Miss Ann
Wheeldon and Mrs. Alfred George
Mason. and the latter's husband, a
chemists clerk. The three women are
active suffragists and the man lead
ing conscientious objectcr' TO military
service.
II is intimated that the means the
conspirators intended to use was
subtle but powerful poison to be in
jected through a needle" or hypo-
dermic syringe There is nothing in the
evidence so far made public to show
where they planned TO make the at
tempt, but II is limited that it was
scheduled for the next meeting at
son might be the joint speakers.
The treatment which Mason, who is
six years his wife's junior, received
from the authorities is alleged as the
motive of the crime. He has been an
able TO get employment at his profess
sion-that of chemist-apparent be
cause no one would lend q helping hand
20 a conscientious objectOr." The pub
lie insists on using the term Stacker
The family is said TO have become en-
uttered over Mason's plight and to
have held the two statesmen response
bic for il.
All England Aroused
The arrests have aroused the whole
country TO pitch of white-hot resent
ment. Sensational Developments are
expected when the evidence is &eard
next Saturday. until WHICH time the
prisoners were remanded.
Information laid by an Inspector Of
Scotland Yard charged that "the de-
PENDANTS on divers days between De-
cember % and the date of laying this
information did amongst themselves
unlawfully conspire, federdte and agree
together against the Right Honorable
David Lloyd George and the Right Hon
orable Arthur Henderson, wilfully and
with malice aforethought TO kill and
murder. contrary to the Offences
against Persons Act Of 1861 and against
The peace of our lord the King, his
crown and dignity"
The proceedings, of which the Mayor
Of Derby had charge, were Of d formal
nature, but so serious was the charge
that the accused made no attempt to
secure bail, realizing, perhaps, that it
would be useless. No details of the
conspiracy were brought out I'm court.
I'm court Mrs. Wheeldon and her
married daughter, in pleading not
guilty. Indignantly denied the charge.
On being asked if there was any reason
why she should not be remsnded, the
mother cried:
"This is just a trumpet up charge 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
GERMAN MOVE
WAS FORECAST BY
TRIBUNE JAN. 81
Blockade of Great Britain by
New Fleet Of U=BoatS
Predicted

GermaEys new move was forecast
in The Tribune on Monday morning,
January %, when travellers returning
from Germany BY way Of Bergen, Nor
way, told Of how the barrier would be
established around the British Isles
by thirty submarines of the latest I
type, all launched within the last two
months, and all having a cruising
radius Of 5000 miles. These Ameri-
cans asserted then that the announce
mcnt would go forth on February I.
This newest danger zone,'" The
Tribune said. "is more easily guarded
than the old war zone Il includes
only the North Channel, which sepa-
rates Ireland and Scotland; st. George
Channel, between England and Ireland,
and the entrance 10 the English Chan
mel"
"The submarines which will patroi
this zone have a speed of Is knots on
the surface and II knots submerged, it
is said. A novel feature Of the plan a
described Is that each submarine viii
be con post operating IN a ten-mle
radius. These submarines are equipped
with six torpedoes, two rapid-fire guns
mounted fore and aft, bomb-laying
chambers, a large supply Of bombs,
mines and grenades. They will carry
sufficient provisions to last five weeks
without revictualling.
an the case OF neutral vessels pass
ing through the prohibited area. their
cargoes will be examined as previously,
and If they are carrying contrabaRd
they, TOO, will be sunk, but after their
crews hvea taken TO the lifeboats.
Germany will endeavor OF keep as
close blockade of ships entering Brit
ISL ports as Grea tBriatin with her
feet is at present exercising over Ger
man pOrs'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
WIFE MAY ADMIT DESERTER,
FRENCH COURT DECIDES
Woman, Sentenced for Receiving Hus-
band Who Had Fled Army, Wins Appeal

IBy Cable % Ths IiUu1tI
Paris, Jan. 3l.-Hss wife dc right
to receive her soldier husband wher
she knows he is a deserter? For thus
doing so, Madame Mareelle Veryken
was condemned by an inferior court 10
three months imprisonment.
The wife, however, appealed from
this decision and the higher court has
rendered decision in her favor, de
pitc the piesdings Of General Attor-
uey Siben, who contended that when a
deserving husband comes home the
wife should leave the house.
The high court held that there was
no law prohibiting the wife from re
ceiying her husband and that, in sny
case, there was nothing to show that
she had favored his desertion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

punish me because my dad is a con-
unfounded charge against him, and he
went 20 prison for il. Now that he is
ont Of the way, yoE arc trying TO pun
ish him through me-"
Daughter Calls 1t Plot
Her daughter, Mrs. Mason, added:
1T is an infamous connection against
my husband and my family"
The case has caused demands that
the heads Of the state be better pro-
tected. Both Lloyd George and Ar
thur Henderson are distinctly demo
cratic and have proved themselves &C
cessible even TO those with no official
business.
An especial whip to public indigna-
ton is the fact that all the accused
belong TO classes against which there
is much feeling sufragists and "con-
scientious DIRECTORS" or those who at
tempt to evade military service on the
plea of scruples against taking human
life.
Mrs. Wheeldon. who is about fifty
years old, lives in Pear Tree Road, an
excellent section of Derby, where both
she and her daughter Ann, who is a
school teacher, are well known. The
other daughter. Mrs. Mason, is also a
school teacher, an6 lives in South
Hampton.
Teacher Arrested at School
Ann Wheeldon was arrested at likes
ton School while she was At hr
classes. Her only comment was; Il
know nothing about this charge
Mrs. Mason was arrested at Foundry
Lane School. South Hampton, and
simply said: 81 don't know what II is
all about"
The women complained that the cells
in which they had spent the night were
cold and unsanitary, but the Mayor
assured them that everything would be
done for their comfort and that they
would find better conditions at Biz
mingham, whence they are to be re-
moved.
Ample precautions were taken 20
protect the prisoners. The conserva-
tive British law, circumscribing mat
ter which the papers may print in ad-
vance of court proceedings, precludeS
any effort of the press to arouse feel
ing against them. In fact, though
many of the details of the charge were
made known last night, the papers were
only allowed TO refer 70 a "remarSa-
BILE conspiracy" which now develops
as a poison plot against the heads Of
the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
SAYS NOTE WILL NOT CLOSE
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
President Of Grain Body Expects Ger
man Order TO Affect Prices

Chicago. Jan. 31.-Joseph Griffin,
president of the Chicago Board of
Trade. when asked what effect the
German note might have on the Board
of Trade, said;
"Germany's decision may have some
effect on prices, but no other effect
The board will continue as heretofore,
and being a market for food products
will not close under any circumstances.
The Chicago Board Of Trade remained
open at time when nearly every
market closed, and it will not be af
focted in any other way than perhaps
price quotations by the action of Ger
many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
Officials to Hear Mrs. Gaynor

Mayor Mitchell and other members Of
the city government will attend con-
cert tomorrow night b. Mrs. William
J. Gaynor, widow of the former Mayor,
IN the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
Justices Luke h. Staplcton, Townsend
Scuddcr aud william j. tarr, former
associates of Mr. Gaynor ON the Su-
prcmc Court bench, also viii attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

No Duty on Virginia Tobacco
that's why Piedmonts
don't cost you more
Import Duty on tobacco doesn't make
cigarettes any BETTER simply increases
their price to the smoker.
Piedmont Cigarettes pay Duty, be-
cause they're made of Virginia tobacco
ALL Virginia - grown right here in the
US. That's why Piedmonts give better
taste and more quality for less money.
The golden Virginia tobacco in Pied
monts is as mellow as the sunshine of the
south-tobacco experts say that Virginia
is the best cigarette tobacco on earth. 4
.aagqsHvhys~sssaeoeG Co \
"A package of Piedmonts, please"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
ALLIES SHIP LOSS
IS 100000 TONS
Britain'S Share Almost Is
Per Cent of Total
British Tonnage

Berlin, Jan. 81 by wireless 10 Say
Vile .-More than 100000 tons %.
shipping have been lost by the En-
tente Powers through the war meas
ures of the Central Powers, it was Of
neially announced to-day. The figures.
which carry the account up to the be
ginning Of the present year. give the
British losses as more than 5000 go
tons, or nearly Is per cent of the total
british tonnage when the war began.
The statement reads:
During December 1852 hostile mer-
chant ships, of total OF 500 900 tons
gross, were lost through the war meas
ures Of the Central Powers. OF this
tonnage 100000 was British. In add
ton, SiXty-fye neutral merchant ships
OF total of $500 tons gross, were
sunk because Of thur tran sportation
OF contrabaBd 20 the enemy. The re.
suit IN December therefore was a tota
Of 4lj,500 tons gross.
"From the beginning Of the war up
10 December 81. 1916, therefore, adding
the losses which became known later
during the year, 4,02t 500 tons Of hos
tile shipping were lost through the war
measures OF the Central Powers, 5000
600 tons of this being British, or al
most 10 per cent of the total British
tonnage at the beginning OF the war.
During the same period the naval
forces of the Central Powers have sunk
or condemned as prizes i0l peutra
ships, of So, 800 tons gross, because
of their transportation Of contraband.
at is stated, also, that at the begin
ming of the war there were confscated
in ports Of the Central Powers ninety
nine hostile ships with a total gros
tonnage Of $4,000 or these ship
ninety-tive, with a total gross tonnage
of l73, 800, were British"
The German submarine which re
Gently sank British torpedo boat IN
the English Channel, says an Oversee
News Agency item to-day. sank IN sd
dition seventeen vessels cf i0.0j6 tons
gross in the period from January l.
to January 20. In the cargoes Of these
vessels were 5000 tons OF wheat and
about 1900 tons Of coal and other con
traband Of war.
The German official announcement
that a submarine sank a British tor
pedo boat destroyer in the English
Channel on January rs was met by a
British Admiralty declaration that "no
p~i.'-L DESTROYER or any other British
v.rship was destroyed as claimed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
German Papers in u. S.
Defend Kaiser'S Order
CbicAgo Stats

Chicago Stats Zeitung. Further to
serve the cause Of humanity. the gov
eminent Of the United States could do
nothing better than 10 cooperate 10
bring ihis bloody war to nm end, possi-
bic only by rigorous blockade of
England,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

NOTE. Why do Picdmonts cost only &c. for
package of ten, while cigarettes made of Turkish
tobacco cost Toe. or lSc. The answer IS Pied
monts, being made Of Virginia Tobacco, grown right
here in the U. S., pay no I@ipsT DRD, no OCEAN
F,tigAi no MARINE IH5prasc,-al the value is in the
cigarette itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
149 AMERICANS DIED
IN ILLEGAL SINKINGS

One hundred and forty-Dine
Americans have been killed
50 far by German submarines
in illegal attacks on ships, as
follows:
Falaba, March %, 1915. |
GulAight, April 30, 1915. 3
Lusitania, May I, l9l5....ll4
Arabic, Aug. 10, 1915. 2
Hesperian, Sept. 4, 1915. !
Ancona, Nov. 8, 1915. II
Persia, Dec. 80, 1915. |
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
UNEARTR SKELETONS
OF POhpEll VICTIMS
Discovered in Actual Positions in
Which They Were Over
taken by Calamity.

After a lapse OF close upon 2,000
years since the destruction OF pomnell
the skeletons Of four of The victims
have been discovered In the actual
positions in which they were over.
taken by the catastrophe
Two Of these victims apparently a
man ana wife belonging TO the upper
classes, had evidently been caught by
the shower Of red-hot stones IN the
eloistered garden Of their yilla and
while Fastening to seek shelter ia q
corner had been suddenly buried and
asphyxiated through the collapse Of
the roof oyerladen With volcanic dsst
The husband was found in q sitting
position, with his head and back bent
forward and the legs wide apart His
wife was standing erect Immediately
behind him. Her gold earrings were
found on Il level with her cars, and
there are two gold rings stlll on the
fingers.
"A third skeleton was that Of youth
huddling with his face TO a hole in the
garden wall The last Of the group a
ful-sized man. bent almost double
under the weight Of the suffocaung
debris, had on a finger of the RIGHT
hand an iron ring inset with prettily
engraved cOrnelian.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
TO FAVE MORE VEGETABLES
Big Gain in Yields of Onions, Cab
bages and Beans.

Enormous increases in production of
fal onions, cabbages and beans over
last year are shown in estimates an
noaaced by the department of agri-
culture.
Fall onions production is forecast at
.12.ls4 1j0.sbushels, compared with q
STD TOO fast Year The acreage this
ydaris 41,3O0, against 2s,40O last year.
California leads, with 3348,000 bush
els; New York is second, with 2,SS1,
200 bushels, and Ohio third, with H.,
100000 bushels.
Production Of cabbages is forecast
at 691, ,920 tons, compared with 252,310
tons last year. The acreage is 73,200,
against 40.S00 last year. New York
leads in production, with 3496s0 tons,
almost four times as much as last
year, and Wisconsin is second, with
121.9OO tons.
Almost double the quantity of beans
is forecast, with total Of 15,S14000
bushels in the five principal growing
states-New York, Michigan. Colorado,
New Mexico, and California. Califor-
MIA leads, with 9,278,O00 bushels;
Michigan is second, with 4,006,00O
bushels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
.hhEnICA PATS FOURTH
OF COST OF WORLD WAR
Expenses Now for Ali Nations
Are Estimated at $780,
100000 Daily.

The war is costing the belligerent
nations Of the world at the rate OF
Sid0000000 a day-$G 100000 an hour
-and the United States Is paying at
least one-quarter Of this staggering
sum, according to estimates made by
the Mechanics and Metals National
bank OF New York.
The estimated daily cost at the be.
ginning Of the war was S5O,000000,
and year ago it was S100,000000.
This country's rate Of expenditure is
greater than any other nation, Great
Britain being second and Germany
next.
BY next August, according to the
banks figures, the total cost Of the
world war win be $155000,0 600. Al
ready expenditures have exceeded
Sl0O000000,00O, Of which all but
fraction has been translated into per-
manent national indebtedness. Inter
est on public debt is now calculated 10
be more than 10 per cent of the nor
NAL income Of the German people, as
compared with less than one-half Of !
per cent in the case Of the people Of
this country
The developed national wealth of
the allies is placed at SG00000,000000
by The bank, while that of the Teu-
tonic powers is given at $130000,0O0,-
600.
About 530OO0O0 men are today en-
gagged in war TO what extent the en-
cente allies have gained superiority
over Germany is shown by the bank
in striking fashion.
With no more than 100000 Of
American manhood enlisted, the total
military strength of the allies is 49,
100000 against a total for Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria ana Tur-
key Of 2O0O0OOO. The population Of
II entente allies from which .he ranks
of their armies may be replenished is
1,300O00,00O, against a pop
ulatiDn of. less than 150,000000 in the
central European nations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
MOVES HOUSE 1850 MILES
Los Angeles Family Goes to EdmcG,
ton, Can, and Takes Home
With Them.

Los Angeles.-It is not an uncom'
mon sight to encounter a house upon
rollers in the middle Of a street and ~
the process of being transported to q
now location some distance away but
It is seldom that house is taken t.
pieces, the parts transported mora
than 500 miles, and once more put to-
gether again. This rs exactly what has
happened, however, with tie residence
Of } =. Storor % this city. The Storeg
family recently decided to make its
home hereafter ia Edmonton, Canada,
and for some reason. not generally
EnoWu 70 the public they took thelf
house with them. a corps OF worlSmen
was engaged, the house taken down
piece By piece, each carefully marked
and done up in neat bundles and load-
cd upon a steamship for transportation
90 Vancouver, ana thence by rail to
Edmonton. 1t win not be long. there
fore until an American frame house,
built Of American lumber from floor
to shingles, appears in 4 Canadian
city as the residence of the Storer
family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
UNCLE SAM LANDLORD
May Have to Build Homes for
War Workers.
Great Influx Of Laborers at "war-
Bride" citiss Puts Living Space
at a Premium

Washington.-With thousands of
workmen crowding into the "war-
bride" cities Of the nation, Uncle Sam
faces the proposition of becoming d
landlord or having his important war
work crippled The crowded c0ndi-
tlons in many Industrial centers al
ready are hampering the work Of muni-
tions manufacture especially with ad-
ditonal plants being built to employ
more workmen.
The great demand for lahorers in
many sections has been followed by
the demand for houses. Companies
have built houses for their own work
men, and real estate men and builders
have done their best to relieve the
situation. However, the onward sweep
Of workmen has dened all efforts to-
ward proper housing.
The use of beds in eight-hour shifts
has been resorted TO in such cities as
Youngstown, O. Erie, Pa. Bridgeport.
Conn; Chester, Pa; Newport News.
Va, and many others All OF these
cities We're crowded even before the
United States entered the war. In
Erie As munition workers procured
room and board IN one fve-room house,
with cots IN every room and in The
cellar and attic. Conditions in all of
these cities are becoming worse each
day. one shipbuilder procured 200
badly-needed workers and lost them
the next day because he could find no
place for them to sleep.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
OSTRICH CLEANS BACK YARD
Mysterious Bird Eats All the Fallen
Fruit and Waits for More.

John Stobbe Of Salt Lake City Utah.
has an ostrich on his hands. Mr..
Stobbe allows that 1t is some bird.
At first it was generally supposed
tnat it had wandered away from LIB
erty Park, with a panel of wire fence
in it's craw. The only difficulty about
this explanation was that the keeper
found neither ostrich nor section of
fence missing from his compound.
In the meantime, the puzzle that his
presence in the neighborhood provoked
did not disturb the ostrich. He appro-
priated the back yard Of the Stobbe
residence under squatter's right. The
yard was strewn with pears and apples
from fruit trees. These he cleared up
forthwith, along with such pieces of
broken dishes, knives, marbles, patch
work tins and other bright morsels
that appealed to his sense Of things
edible.
Now the bird has settled down to
watching for the falling of the apples
and pears, unmindful Of the decreasing
supply on the trees. s. r. Lambourne,
superintendent Of the City Parks. said
last night that the bird undoubtedly be-
longs at the Wandemere resort. In
sistence Of many persons who tele-
phoned to him that they had served
the city by finding one Of its ostriches
led AIr. Lambourne to investigate when
the bird had strayed. He notified the
officials Of the resort. but at last re-
ports the ostrich was still holding
down the outield and inheld in the
Stobbe apple orchard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
SNATCH BABY FROM MOTHER
Kentucky Kidnapers Use Auto in Oar
Ina Crime.

County authorities still are search
ing for Jimmy, 3-year-old son Of Mrs
J. A. McAfee, who was snatched from
his mothers arms on the streets at
Cynthiana, Ky, and carried away in an
automobile by three men, all strangers
to Mrs .AIcAfee.
Mrs. McAfee was On her waS home
from the Western Union office, where
she Is iaanager She said the man who
took her child from her was Of low
stature, sfoclSily built and had tattoo
marks on both arms.
She bit and scratched him a number
of times before he succeeded in taking
the boy from her, she says. Mrs. Nc.
Afee recently secured a divorce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06

made on such l2lh day ol i'ehwarH
1918. the provisions OF section i0l ns
TO automatic insurance MEANWHILE con-
tinung IN full force ii SO nailed or
delivered on or after such day. or if
for $1,000 on more though mnloA or
delivered before such day Gse lnur
ance shall Ia the absence of other
Specifications in such writing hc ana
be deemed applied for and the con
tract made on the duy of mailing or
delivery"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
RURAL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
Higher Pay in Business Pursuits
Causes Shortage Of Teachers in
Wyoming.

Cheyenne. Wyc-Score another one
for Mars! School authorities in Wyo-
ming say % rural schools are closed
in the state because teachers cannot be
secured. More financial reward in
the business pursuits connected with
the war are tahing many women and
men teachers away from their profess
sion, according 10 the state superinten-
deaf of instruction.