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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. VALDOSTA. UA., TUESDAY. MAY 2, 1011,
MBS. DODGE TO
GO ON TRIAL
Wealthy Widow of Former
High Sheriff is Charged
v/ith Strange Murder.
20,000 GO ON
STRIKE TODAY
International Strike of Sea
men Will Effect Many
Deep-Water Sailors.
New York, May 1.—This Is the
date understood to have been agreed
upon for the inauguration of the
Guildhall, Vt., May 1.—When the
case of Mra Florence M. Dodge, of
Lunenberg, Vt., was called for trial
.At the Essex county courthouse in thl 8
city today It was-the first time since J international strike of seamen, for
the conviction and execution of Mrs. | which preparations have been under
Mary Rogers for the murder of her [ wa r i° r almost a year. New York
husband, six years ago, that a woman i shipping Interests are waiting with
was placed on trial for her life in this an interest that is not unmixed with
state. Mrs. Dodge, the wealtny anxiety to see If the threatened
widow of the late J. Marshall Dodge,
. former high sheriff of Essex county,
is charged with the murder of Wil
liam Heath, a painter and decorator
who at the time of the murder was
employed in doing some interior
painting at the house of the accused.
Attracts Great Attention.
Not for many years has any mur
der case attracted so much atten
tion and intense Interest in this state
and throughout New England as the
case of Mrs 1 . Dodge. This is due
partly to the fact that she is a wo
man, wealthy Wd prominent in so
cial and church circles, partly to the
apparent lack of motive in the case.
So utterly at a in assigning a
motive of the murder were the au
thorities' at the time of Mrs. Dodge'B
arrest, that under the laws of Ver
mont, the accused, although charged
with murder in the first degree, ob-,
talned her release under $12,000
ball. It is general! believed that the
proscutlon now is not a single step
nearer the solution of the puzzle
than at the time of Mrs. Dodge's
'.arrest. ' ■{
Delay In Getting Jury.
The trial at which superior court
judge, Alfred A. Hall, of St. Albans,
is presiding, will probably last some
time. Some neiay is anticipated in
selecting a jury, as the county has
only a small population and the case
has been so widely discussed that it
may be difficult tot find twelve men
who have not already formed an
opinion as to the guilt or Innocence
of the defendant. The state is repre
sented by Attorney General John G.
Sargent of Ludlow, and State Attor
ney Harry B. Amey, of Island Pond.
Attorneys Harden B. Howe and Har
ry Blodgett, of St. Johnsbury will do
fend Mrs. Dodge.
The element of profound mystery
which surrounds the case has aroused
unusual interest in widest circles
and the town Is filled with visitors
from other parts of the state who
have come here to attend the inter
esting trial.
Who the Victim Was.
William Heath, the victim of the
murder, was a married man with a
family of several children and bore
an excellent reputation as an honest
reliable and inoffensive man and
industrious worker. On September
17 of last year he was at work
painting the woodwork in one of the
rooms of Mrs. Dodge's house and, at
he door, met Mrs. Dodge, wringing
er hands and informing them that
Idath had committed suicide. An
Investigation showed that only one
f the shots heard had taken effect,
leatb hud been shot in the back and
nstantly killed. The location of the
ound and the fact that the shot had
en fired from some distance, pre-
iluded the possibility of suicide. A
,volver with three empty cartridges
as found in the room and Mrs.
idge admitted that the weapon was
ir property having formerly been
the possession of her late hus-
id. Mrs Dodge was arrested on
charge of murder, but as the au-
iritles were unable to assign any
otlve for the alleged crime. Hie
isoner was' allowed to give bail. '
DISCUSS LIVE QUESTIONS.
ntxesseo Bankers ar„ Holding
iThree Days’ Session This Week.
J Nashville, Tenn. May 1.—The re*
Irmatlon of the banking and cur-
Incy.system and the relation of the
Istal savings Institution* to nation*
T or State Banking are the.leading
lestion* . elated for diecueaion by
|e executive council of the Ameri-
Bankers* Association at a three
lys* meeting begun In this city to
st rlko materalizes and if so to what
extent It is likely to spread.
The strike is to be against the
Shipping Federation, Limited, which
has its headquarters in London. The
Federation, as originally organized,
was confined to vessel owners in
Great Britain, but within the past
few years it has included most of the
ship owners in European countres.
The main grievance of the seamen
is a so-called “welfare plan” adopted
by the Shipping Federation, which
‘the sailors assert amounts visually
to a system of slavery. Every sea
man shipping on a vessel is required
to carry a “discharge book” which
contains his record, as to character,
ability and the names of vessels on
which he has been employed. No
man ca»n be employed unless he is in
possession of a “discharge book,”
and the union men claim It amounts
to a blacklist and that it is used by
vessel owners to break up the labor
organization.
The International Seamen’s Union
of America ,1s. In receipt of advices
from the European brafache^-of .thp
organization' declaring' that every
seaman engaged in merchant 'jnarine
traffic in Britain, France,
many, Norway, Sweden ar fi
Finland^l^o quit work as soon as
the order to strike is used. The
British contingent embraces about
100,000 men, and the number in all
the other European countries is es
timated at about 125,000.
It is said that more than 20.00
deep water sailers engaged in the
Atlantic coastwise trade of America
will quite work. The strike, how
ever, 1s not expected to affect traffic
on the Pacific Ocean or on the Great
Lakes.
MAKE DEMAND
UPON MEXICO
Ambassador Wilson Instruct
ed to Investigate the Death
of Prof.Soffer.
Washington, Mayl.—Ambassador
Wilson, at Mexico City, waa today in
structed to immediately investigate
and report on the killing of Porf.
O. Scoffer, of the University of Cal
ifornia.
He is said to be a millionaire and
it is reported that he was a non-
combatant and if the advice la born
out. immediate redress will be de*
manded from the Mexican govern
ment
M’NAMARA ON
TRIAL FIRST
CHINK REBELS
A BLOODY SET
They Pillage, Burn and Mas
sacre, and Have Their
Heads Cut off in Turn.
It is Said that the Trial of the
Dynamiters will cost About
$2,000,000.
Los Angeles, .May 1.—James Mo
Namara was the first of the alleged
dynamiters placed' on trial charged
with blowing up the Times.
It la reported that the National
Editors Association, which waa large
ly responsible for the arrest of the
accused men, will probably retain: Ten tbcWnd v fre|ght
special counsel to assist in the pro- threatening if }'Strike i
‘ssSffManlgal wil^ ’l e tried last.
It Is beloved that' the trial
'111.cost two million dollars. Many
LAURENS BOY
KILLEH MAN
Dick Rowland Threw a Clod
Which Cost the Life of
Don Cooper at Dublin.
witnesses:,'
east.".The wife of
a witness for the
Federation Tal
Jndianspojii, I:
American' 1 Federi&ii i. of labor has
taken up the defefiso of the McNam
aras and will attempt to bring John
back to Indianapolis on Habeas Cor
pus, The action will be in the fed
eral court.
The first real test comes with
the prosecution of those charged with
kidnapping at Indianapolis.
• Hong Kong May 1.—Three im-
portanUowns of the We«t River dis
trict were captured am} pillaged by
Chinese rebels* and many of the in
habitants have been massacred. The
fighting around Canton, continues and
a portion qf the city outside of the
walla Is burning.
The large force of rebels who
scaled the walls were surrounded
and capthred and are being decapitat
ed as they are brought In.
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BRICK MAKERS
GO ONjSTRIKE
They Rtefuse to Accept Re
duction in Wages and walk
out Fronji Their Work.
Chicago, May 1—Every brick
maker in Chicago struck today ana
every plant la tied up.
Twenty fivj hundred men are out, Once they escaped from Jail, but
ley refine ' to accept reduction in '? ere «*»Ptured, tried and sentenc
ed. Evana receiving a Ilf. sentence.
He'leaves prison a blind, feeble and
crippld
MARKET REPORTS TODAY.
They
wages. The building
Uon is unsettled.'
3 DETECTIVES
ARE ARRESTED
They are Accused of Trying
to Bribe Members of Leg
islature for Votes.
Columbus, Ohio, May 1—A sensa
tional arrest is expected this after
noon following the arrest of David
Berry, A. C. Bally and F. S. Harrison
of Burns Detective Agency, charged
with attempting to bribe a member
of the legislature.
Representative George Ney allege
Dublin, Ga., May 1.—Don Cooper,
engineer at the Dublin plant of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company, died
this afternoon from the effects of a
blow on the right temple inflicted
Inst last night by Die Rowland, the
18-year old son of Deputy Sheriff
J. W. Roland.
Rowland is in Jail. He claims
that Cooper cursed and kicked him that the trio paid him two hundred
dollars to help defeat the nine hour
work day bill lor women and to help
pass an Insurance bill.
The evidence was secured by a
dictaphone secreted In the room
where the conference with the di
ttves is alleged to have been held!
The detectives are held in $5)000
bonds for an especial session of the
grand jury tomorrow. •
Governor Harman and Atjor^e:
General Hogan are holding efjloeed
conference today.
and that he picked up a clod of dirt
and threw It at him. Cooper lost
consciousness Immediately after be
ing struck and never regained his
senses. He was operated upon at a
local hospital today.
Cooper is from Social Circle, and
b body will be shipped there to
morrow for Interment. He has been
here only since January. He came
to Dublin from Warrenton. He had
no relatives here.
The blow evidently was riven with
«nme heavy and blunt instrument.
The skin was not broken.
Congress of Press Associations.
Rome, Italy. Mav 1.—Ths sessions
of the fifteenth International Con
gress of Press Associations began In
Rome today and : will continue
through the week. Delegates from
i$x&7 countries ars in' attendance.
S. A. P. Congress of
Louisville, Ky., May 1.—1
from many states were In atMtfance
here today when Pretldent-fMnersl
William A. Marble of New.York
called to order the twriity-second
annaual congress of ths National So
ciety of the Boos of tb$ Ameritan
Revolution. ’
FREEZING WEATHER FELT.
Six laches of Anovv in Wisconsin and
('Freezing in Kapsss.
Lacross, Wis., May 1.—Six inches
of snow fell today and 1$ still falling.
Crops are greatly benefltted by -Its ''
Freezing Weather in Kansas, jj
Topeka, Man., May 1.—Freezing
temperature I followed last night's
heavy rains. 'Thin Bnow fell In cen
tral Kansas. /
Tur|ic'ntlm| Market * n Savannah. •
Savannah,] Ga., May 1,—Turpen
tine la 74c today. Rosin $7.48.
COMES ACROSS
The Dams, of Holland, In
cluding Eleven Members
Have Reached America.
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NOTED BANDIT
GETS PAROLE
Train Robber, Highwayman
and Desperado is Free
After Seventeen Years.
Sacramento, Cal., May L—Chris
Evans, once the most noted bandit,
train robber Bind highwayman of
desperado-ridden California, was re
leased on parole from Folsom prison
Where he had (pent seventeen years'
of a life sentence for train robbery.
His daughter, Mra. Guittarez, of Sac
ramento, who bad shown the most
remarkable and touching filled devo
tion to her lather and, for many
years, had loyally devoted her ener
gy to the task of obttatnlng the re
lease of Evans; becelvd him at the
prison gates and after an affectionate
embrace both departed to comply
with the condition of the parole,
bah'shlng Elans from the state of
Oregon. He will make his homo
with his daughter at Portland, Ore,
Chris Havana woe the leader of a
bold gang of desperadoes which,
the early nineties terrorized th coun
try about Visalia and Fresno with
repeated holdups and train robber
ies, After a most spectacular chase
Evalns and several other members of
his gang were captured, after they
had killed several of, their pursuers.
itton steady ind Higher—Htot'kp,
Strong, IVlu-at Firm.
New York, May 1.—Cotton was
steady ait two to four points higher
toddy. July 15.39, October 13.22.
■ Stocks were strong, several touch
ing the highest point for the year.
Chicago Provision Market.
Chicago, May 1.—Wheat was firm
at-a fourth to three fourths higher,
today. Provisions were lower, hogs
fifteen lower and cattle steady.
DR. AINSWORTH
HAS RESIGNED
President of Wesleyan Col
lege Tenders his Resigna
tion to the Board.
Macon, Ga., May 1.—Rev. W. N.
Ainsworth, one of the ablest and'
best-known Methodist ministers of
the south, has resigned the presiden
cy of Weslyan college, which he ham
held tor the last two years.
The announcement, made today by
him, created quite a sensation in
local church and educational circles,
as it was wholly unexpected. The
resignation is to take effect ,at the
expiration of the present schoiastio
term, ending in June.
President Ainsworth’s letter of
resignation was mailed Saturday
night to Colonel Isaac Hardeman,
chairman of the board of trustees. In
It he states that he is anxious ‘‘to
turn to his chosen life's work at the
earliest possible moment,” that Is,.to
re-engngo in the ministry. He has
held the leading pulpits in the south
during the last twenty years.
Since his connection with Wes
leyan college, President Ainsworth
has succeeded in raising $260,000 of
a proposed $300,000 endowment fund
and has enlarged ths capacity and
scope of the institution in many par
ticulars.
A meeting of the board of trustees
will be held on the last Friday In
May, when Dr. Ainsworth's resigna
tion will ho afted upon and his suc
cessor ; probably choses. It Is be
lieved that Dfi:' Ainsworth will re
turn to the south Georgia conference.
Washln-ton.
so cnlled bar and bottle law, which
absolutely prohibits the sale of bot
tle -goods where liquor Is sold over
the bar, ’ became operative in Mas
sachusetts today. Temperance ad-
vornteejbayeve the new law will ma
terially' ‘reduce drunkenness. The
liquor dealers, on the other hand,
declare it will have an oppoalte ef
fect. • ! i* T
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New JTork, May 1.—The whole
Dam flatly, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. 5am and eleven lltttle Darns,
ranging in age from one to seventeen
yean, arrived here the other day
the Hoiland-Amerlcsn liner,
Ryndam. Considering the fact that
both Mr. and Mrs. Dam ore under
forty years of age, they have accu
mulated quite a large family. Among
the children are two sets of twins.
The family came from Nlsuw Boyer-
dew, Holland, and is bound for the
West. The same steamer brought
another large family from fertile
Holland, that of Mr. and Mra. Wil
helm Wisse, who were accompanied
by their ton children ranging in age
from, five to twenty-three years.
Thera are no twine among them.
QAHKRON DAM CASE AGAIN
It le Expected That the Oft Deferred
Oue Will Be Tried.
Hayward, Wis., May 1.—When
tlM oft-postponed case of John F.
Dcltx, the so-called defender of
Cemeron dam, Is called Infeourt here
tomorrow It is expected the trial
trill proceed without further delay.
Delts, hie wife and hie eon will be
tried jointly fer the mnrder of Depu
ty Oecar Harp,
is Yoim
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CASE WELL
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Are You Ready for
Emergencies?
If one of Tour famly should be sev erely burned do tou know what tu
do? Are you prepared for sprains, braises, cuts, end the thousand and
one every day accidents that seem so trivial and yet may not be in the
tong run.
We wiR be glad to help you select a few “emergency aids,” tell
you how to use them, and the cost to so small compared to their Importance.
It's hardly worth mentioning. Sooner or later the time Is sure to come
when you will be thankful you took our advice.
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