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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1913.
DIXIE’S COTTON CROP
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15:—A crop ot
6,542,850,000 pounds of cotton, not in
cluding linters, was produced in the
United States during 1913-14, the de
partment of agriculture announced to
day. This is the third in size, that of
1911 which amounted to 7,459,940,000
pounds, being the record and that of
last year, when 6,851,710,000 pounds
were grown, being second.
This year’s crop probably will be the
* n.Qst valuable ever grown in the United
States. At the average farm value of
cotton on November 1, which was 13
cents a pound, it is worth $860,570,500
* lor the lint alone. To this about $125,-
000,000 probably will be added by the
, \alue or the seed and linters. The pre
vious most valuable crop was that of
f 1**10, which was valued at $820^320.000,
* and with seed and lint at $963,180,000.
All the states, with the exception of
Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri and
Oklahoma, produced crops better than
the average of the past five years, while
r Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina
produced their second largest crops and
Texas its third largest.
Estimates- Georgia Cotton
/ Yield at 2,275,000 Bales
' The government, estimate of the size
of the 1913 cotton crop was issued FrL
' day. It estimates the yield for'Geor
gia, exclusive of linters, will be *2,275,-
000 bales, and the total yield of the
, south at 13,677,000 bales, exclusive of
linters. These are 500-pound bales.
This is the first government estimate
on the 191? crop.
Private estimates of the Georgia
i/ield had run from 2,200.000 to $2,500,-
MO bales. Up to December 1 a shade
over 2,000,000 bales had been ginned in
^ oorgia, but this year, because of fine
weather conditions and extra premiums
for labor in some sections, the crop
was gathered rapidly.
. The price of cotton has ranged around
13 cents through the season, but for the
most part has brought above that fig
ure. 'This is particularly true in the
states east of the Mississippi, where
the grade has been exceptionally good.
Taking 13 cents as an average, how
ever. and 500 pounds as the average
weight—this is the weight figured on in
the government estimate—the value Of
Georgia’s estimated yield will be $147,-
$75,000, which does not iiiclude the
value of cotton seed.
Tne estimated Georgia yield for 1913
compares with 1 ? 776,546 actual yield in
1912, and a foiir-year average of 2,-
,017.371. V
The estimate for the belt compares
with lo,703,421 last year and 15,692,701
n 1911. It will be seen from the Geor
gia estimate that this state will have
almost a bumper crop, with the ad
vantage of high prices caused by the!
smaller crop throughout the rest of'the
belt.
UNIFORM EXPRESS RATES
' MEET WITH OPPOSITION
(By Associated Press.)
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Prospects of an
apparently irreconcilable difference be
tween advocates of uniform express
rates all over the country and state
commissions which will fight for the^
own rates, developed today in the con
ference held here of the National Con
ference of National Railway Commis
sioners. All sections c*. the country
were represented:
The commissioners have been consid
ering for two days the possibility of
making intrastate rates uniform with
the tariffs adopted by the interstate
commerce commission. The federal
commission was represented by W. A.
Kyan, who explained and defended the
national rate. T. B. Harrison, of New
York, chairman of the joint committee
of the express companies, has been a
leader in the fight for uniform rates.
With the submission of figur.es, how
ever, showing the advantage which some
states enjoy through the reductions ef
fected by their commissions, it became
apparent that the uniform rate had en
countered opposition that probably
would prevent its- recommendation by
the state organizations.
Dwight N. Lewis, assistant commerce
counsel for Iowa, who led the attack on
the proposition, said:
“Why should states which have fought
long and hard to obtain laws which
will give them low express rates, sur
render that advantage now, at the plea
of the express companies? We will
never agree to it."
Florida and Georgia are said to be
among states which will refuse to con
sider tjie uniform rates. It is thought
that Wisconsin and New York will
urge it.
SMITH PLANS TO DEFEAT
COMPENSATION BILL
AMERICANS IN HAVANA
DO HONOR TO GONZALES
HAVANA,\ Dec. 15.—A brilliant re-
?eptioh was given last night at the
American club in honor of William ,E.
jonzales, of Columbia S. C. r United
states minister to Cuba, and his wife.
President Menocal was one of the
quests. The function Served as an off
icial introductioh of the American min
ister and his Wife to the American
jolony.
(By Associated PressJ
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—A coroner’s
physician began today an investigation
of t,he death of Mrs. Helen L. Mac
Kay, widow of Rev. Dr. Donald Sage
MacKay, for many years pastor of
the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas on
Fifth avenue and president of the gen
eral synod of the Reformed Church in
America. Mrs. MacKay died jester*,
day afternoon under influence of ether
on an operation table in a private hos
pital, where she had registered a few
hours previous as Mrs. J. H. Jones, of
Boston. A piece of paper in her hand
bag on which she had scribbled her
pame and address, led to her identifi
cation. The belief that she was suffer
ing from an incurable disease led her
to visit the hospital for an examina
tion, according to the theory of the
coroner. Ether was given at her own re
quest and for the purpose of aiding in
the examination. Heart failure under
the anesthetic caused depth.
Mrs. MacKay was a daughter of the
late J. Gregor Smith, one time governor
of Vermont, from whom sh£ inherited
a large fortune. She was prominent in
New York society. Dr. Macay died
.suddenly in a railroad station in Port
land, Me., .in August. 1908.
GERMAN SENTINELS TOLD
TO SHOOT WHEN STONED
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(By Associated Presrf.)
. MAYENGE, Germany, Dec. 15.—Senti-
iels on the fortifications and the artil
lery testing ground here, who have been
Jtoned and shot at for several nights
>ast, have been ordered to shoot down
.heir assailants on sight.
It is feared the anti-military agitation
n Alsace has spread to this city.
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:he affected phrts.
If you have catarrh of tne nose, throat
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DEATH OF WEALTHY
WOMAN INVESTIGATED
BATTLESHIP VERMONT IS
LIMPING ON WAY HOME
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Wifh her
starboard main shaft broken and sev
eral of Her compartments flooded, the
battleship Vermont is limping toward
Hampton , roads on her return from-the
Mediterranean cruise, under convoy of
the battleship Delaware and the colliers
Orion and Jason. The accident occur
red at 3:45 a. m. yesterday^ At 8
o’clock last night the Vermont was 1,-
200 miles from Hampton roads and 600
miles from Bermuda..
A radiogram to the navy department
from Rear Admiral Charles E. Badger,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, describing the accident,' said there
was no cause for alarm. The Vermont
is proceeding to Hampton Roads under
her port engine making eight knots in
comparatively smooth /sea. Admiral
Badger says the skip of the ship and
the propeller strut were examined by a
diver and appealed yninjured. Neither
the shafting nor the propeller was lost.
The Vermont and her convoys should ar
rive at Hampton Roads about December
17 or 18. '
The battleships Wyoming, Arkansas,
Florida and tTtah of the returning Med
iterranean squadron are continuing to
ward. New York, where they arer ex
pected to arrive next Monday. The
Connecticut. Kansas and Ohio 'are pro-
ceding toward Guantanamo, route to
Mexican waters.
BY BALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Senator
Sutherland has again introduced into
the senate a bill similar to the one
which came so near passing at the last
congress, known as the workmen’s com
pensation act, and to which railroad
employes of Georgia were so generally
opposed, the passage of which was* pre
vented at the close of the last congress
by the notice of Senatot Hoke Smith
that he would occupy the balance of the
session debating the house amendments
and that the bill could not pass. /The
bill is now before the judiciary com
mittee of the senate, and, while the
senators w ho opposed the former bill
were busy with other matters, came
very near receiving a favorable report
from the senate judiciary committee.
This fact was brought to the atten
tion of Senator Hoke Smith today and
he has begun again an active organiza
tion in the senate to prevent the passage
of this measure.
Senator Overman is acting chairman
of the judiciary committee and this
morning at the request of Senator Smith,
tie introduced an amendment to the bill
which provides that nothing in the bill
Shall curtail the existing rights of rail
road employes given them by the com
mon law or the federal employers’ liabil
ity act.
He will also present to the senate a
letter written by President Wilson, on
October 10, 1913, in which he said, re
ferring to the Sutherland workmen’s
compensation act, that “it did not seem
to him just that the existing rights of
workmen under the federal law should
in any way be curtailed."
TRANSPORT FOR TAMPICO
TAKE CARE AMERICANS
GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 13.—The
transport Sumner sailed today for Tam
pico, Mexico, with 10,000 rations and a
detachment of the army medical corps.
The transport will be used to care for
Americans and others leaving Tampico
on account of the constitutionalists
Lord Strathcona, Now
93 Years Old, Has Had
A Remarkeable Carer
(Special Cable to The Journal.)
LONDON.—Lord Strathcona has re
turned from Scotland. Much has been
written about this veteran of ninety-
three, but not every one knows he has
more residences than any other peer in
the United States. They are now nine
in number, and besides his house in
Grosvenor Square, include country places
in England and Scotland, and stately
homes in Montreal, Winnipeg and Nova
Scotia. And no one knows which of
these addresses will find him, as he is
always on the move in trains or liners.
Certainly, Lord Strathcona has more
than his share of interesting recollec
tions. When Donald, eighteen years old,
left his home in Scotland and sailed for
Canada, Queen Victoria had just been
crowned, the first steamship was pre
paring to cross the Atlantic, and there
was no Dominion of Canada. Theie was
no railway across the continent and the
vast region controlled by the Hudson
Ray company was then the great lone
i land of adventure. And into this wil
derness went Donald Smith as a penni
less lad in 1838, and he is now a nero,
a statesman, a millionaire and a mono-
genarian.
TRIES TO ASSASSINATE -
SOUTH AFRICAN MAGNATE
SHERIFF FIGHTS NEGRO;
PASSENGER IS INJURED
(Special Dispatch to The’ Journal.)
AVAYCROSS, Ga., Dec. 15.—M. Gil
bert, of Waycross, was painfully wound
ed and a score of passengers on an At
lantic Coast Line* passenger train run
ning between Montgomery and Way*
crosfe thrown into a panic last night by
a fight between a deputy sheriff* of
Clinch county and a negro prisoner near
Homerville.
The deputy fired on the negro in self-
defense when he was attacked, bullets
flying wild through the car and caus
ing all in it to duck for safety. The
negro made his escape, Jumping from
the train. According to the report
brought tiere the officer had unlocked
the handchffs for the negro to get a
drink of water and the moment the
cuffs were unlocked the negro grabbed
them, striking at the officer. Gilbert
is in a local hospital and will recover.
DREDGES ARE RAPIDLY
CUTTING AWAY SLIDE
(By Associated Press.)
PANAMA, Dec. 15.—Rapid headway
has been made against Cucaraeha slide
In the last week. Early today the
dredges touched bows and tonight there
Is a celar channel, hupdred feet wide
and twenty feet deep, through the slide.
Three barges have ben towed through
to the north end of the slide and the
big ladder dredge Corozal will be taken
through tomorrow. Within the next
few days two ladder dredges, two suc
tion dredges and three dipper dredges
will be concentrated at the north end
and the excavation of the slide will be
greatly accelerated.
The new 1 '' 1,000-cubic yard dump
barges, of six ordered for use in the
canal, are due to arrive at Colon to
morrow. They will be placed in service
immediately to transport material from
the slide.
WABASH DEFAULTED
PAYMENT OF $44,830,000
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.—Thomas B.
Fguntleroy, special master in the Wa
bash railway receivership, filed a state
ment in federal district court today that
tbo \Vabash has defaulted in the pay
ment of bonds and interest aggregating
$44,830,000. •
The report says that the trustee for
the bondholders has a right to file a
suit in foreclosure and that the com
plainant would he entitled to a decree
foreclosing the first refunding and ex
tension mortgage.
(By Associated Pre3»,)
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Af
rica, De^p. 16.—An attempt was made to
day to assassinate Sir Lionel Philips,
the leading gold mining magnate of
South Africa. Three shots were fired at
him. One bullet lodged in his neck and
another in one of his thighs. His condi
tion is declared not to be grave. The
would-be assassin was arrested.
The attempt was made while he was
walking on Commissioner street. It is
suppose^ to have been an outcome of
the bitterness aroused against the mine
owners owing -to the dissatisfaction of
the miners in connection with the condi
tions of settlement of the strike move-,
ment in. September. At that time a se
ries of riots occurred in which about* 100
miners wjere killed and itiany wounded.
The grievances of the men were chiefly
concerned with the great mortality in
the mines and refusal of the mine own
ers to recognize the unions. They were
eventually forced to accept the terms. Sir
Lional Philipps was closely identified
with the late Cecil Rhodes and Alfred
Beit and he is a partner in the firm of
Wernber, Beit & Co. He has lived in Jo
hannesburg since 1889.
In 1896 Sir Lionel was sentenched to
death at Pretoria for participation in the
Jameson raid, together with John Hays
Hammond, George P. Farrar and Colonel
Frank Rhodes. The sentence was later
commuted to a fine of $125,000 and ban
ishment.
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of San Juan De Ulua, in the harbor o f Vera Cruz. This fortress is also a
prison for politcal offenders. The Spaniards began building it in 15S2, and it
has cost $20,000,000 up to date.
Rival Gangs
Fight Battle
With Pistols
NEW YORK, Dec. 1*.—Fifty shots
(By Associated Press.)
were fired this morning near the Fourth
avenue entrance of Madison Square
Garden in a battle royal between two
gangs that have infested the garden
during the six-day bicycle race. A Mad
ison aveneu stret car was commandeer
ed by one element as a barricade while
bullets whistled in all directions. Pas
sengers threw themse’lves on the floor.
When the police arrived the combat
ants jumped into automobiles and es
caped. So far as is known no one was
hurt, a remarkable fact, in view of the
promiscuous shooting. It was said
the battle started in a row over the
right of rival leaders to furnish “strong
arm” men for special police work In
the gardeil.
COAL MINES’ DEATH TOLL
IS 449 IN ONE MONTH
(By Aasooiated Prut.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Coal mine
accidents in the' United States in Octo
ber resulted in the death of 449 men,
according to reports from State Mine
inspectors to the United States bureau
of mines. This is a conserable in
crease over October, 1912, when the
fatalities were 203, but this year there
was one explosion at Dawson, N. M.,
i that resulted fatally to 263 miners,
j No information has come from Cali-
; fornia, Georgia and Oregon because
! these states have no inspection service.
During the first ten months of this year
the fatalities were 2,292 as compared
with 2,008 last year. \
From the 1912 figures, however, there
j must be deducted 54 fatalities that oc-
1 curred in the three states that have
no inspection service.
RUSSIA’S CHINA PLAN
GOOD FOR RUSSIA ONLY
COUNTY ENGINEER SENT
TO JAILJN NEW JERSEY
TRENTON. N. J., Dec. 15.—County
Engineer^ Estel D. Rightmire, of Atlantic
countty, entered the New Jersey state
prison late yesterday to begin a sen
tence of one year for conspiracy to ex
tort money from a contractor. Rightmire
wAs convicted by an elisor drawn grand
jury and fought his conviction to the
highest court, where he lost his ap
peal.
(By Associated Press.)
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The pro
j posal of the Russian minister to
1 China, Wassily N. Kroupensky, that all
I of thie international forces in Chi Li
I Province, including the American sol-
| diers and marines, be withdrawn, was
j reported to the state department late
j today in a message from American
Minister Reinsch, at Peking.
Minister Reinsch will be instructed
to confer with his colleagues of the
diplomatic corps representing the other
nine countries maintaining arrpecl forces
in China, but it is considered unlikely
the other governments will acquiesce
In the progress mapped out by Russia.
It is almost .certain the United States
will dissent from the Russian proposal.
ECZEMA 25 YEARS
FACE A MASS OF IT
Says “Resinol Cured We of One of the
Worst Cases Anybody Ever Saw.”
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept, 20, 1912.—"t
had eczema for the last twenty-five
years, and have been afflicted so badly
that for weeks I could not go outside
the door. My face was one mass ot
pimples, and not only the looks of it
but the itching and burning pains I ex
perienced were just i dreadful. I lost a
great deal of sleep and had to keep
dampened cloths on my face all nlgnt to
relieve the pain. I had become dis
gusted with trying different things.
“Qne day I made up my mind to try
Resinol, and after using one' jar of
Resinol Ointment, and one cake of Res
inol Soap, I saw,the difference, and now
my face is as clear as anybody’s, and
I certainly don’t need to he ashamed to
g-> out. Resinol Soap and Resinol Oint
ment cured me of one of the worst
cases of eczema, I guess, that anybody
ever saw.” (Signed) Mrs. C. Hellmuth,
5.611 Appletree street.
Try Resinol yourself and see how
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druggists, or by mail from Dept. P, Res
inol, Baltimore, Md.—-(Advt.)
BEN JONES IS CONVICTED
FOR KILLING HIS FATHER
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ELLIJAY, Ga., Dec. 15.—Ben Jones
was found guilty In Gilmer superior
court for the killing of his father and
was sentenced for manslaughter to five
years in the state penitentiary.
He was charged with having killed
his father near here last Monday, but
evidence at his trial resulted in convic
tion for manslaughter.
Willburn Kennemer was tried last
week in Gilmer superior epurt for the
killing of Arthur Lawing one month
ago, and was sentenced to fifteen years’
imprisonment. v
WOULD MAKE OPTIONS
AND FUTURES ILLEGAL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Representa
tive Harrison, of Mississippi, has pre
pared a bill which he. will introduce next
Tuesday, to declare illegal options and
futures on cotton, hops, wheat, torn,
oats, rye, barley, wheat flour, pork, lard,
bacon or other agricultural or iood
products.
The bill embodies drastic provisions
to abolish all such transactions and to
penalize buyers or sellers of options and
futures.
Easy to Live 100 Years
If You'll Only Follow
Sir James’ Directions
(Special Cable to The Journal.)
LONDON.—The decrease in the death
rate during the last century has been
remarkable, but as every well informed
physician will tell you, it has been
brought about chiefly by lessening the
number of deaths among infants and
persons under thirty-five years old. Aft-
et the latter age the danger of death is
greater than ever, in spite of all that
medicine and surgery can do.
The famous British physician, Sir
James Sawyer, believes it is by no
means a difficult matter for any human
being to live to be 100 years old. He has
recently declared that anybody can at
tain this *4ge, unless killed by accident,
if he or she will religiously observe the
following eighteen “commandments of
health:”
1. Eight hours’ sleep every night.
2. Sleep on your right side.
3. 'Keep your bedroom window open.
4. Have a mat at your bedroom door.
5. Keep your bed h\vay from the wall.
6. No cold bath in the morning, but a
bath at a temperature of the body.
7. Exercise before breakfast.
8. Eat little meat, and be sure that
it is well cooked.
9. Drink no milk—this applies to
adults only.
10. Eat plenty of fat to feed the cells
which destroys disease germs.
11. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy
the cells that combat disease.
12. Allow no pet animals in your liv
ing rooms, for they carry disease germs.
13. Live in the country if you- can.
14. W r atch the three Ds-r-drinking
water, damp and drains.
15. Have change of occupation.
16. Take frequent and short holidays.
17. Limit your ambitions.
18. Keep your temper.
CLASH ON PROHIBITION
POSSE NABS SUSPECT IN
SEARCH FOR CAR BANDIT
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15.—One of the
posses searching thfe country adjacent
to Harahan, La., for the man or men
who robbed a Southern Pacific express
oar last night of $4,000, today arrested
a man giving his name as Henry Park-
„ei. The authorities do not attach great
importance to the arrest, but are hold
ing Parker for further investigation,
L. C. Lord, the messenger in charge
of the car when it was robbed and who
was beaten by the robber, is not badly
hurt and/left the hospital this after
noon.
Prune out limbs and twigs of apple
trees infested with blight. Disinfect
to^ls after each cut.
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STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD
QUITS; HEALTH IS BAD
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Because of ill
health B. G. Talbert, for ten years chair
man of the New York Stock Exchange,
tendered his resignation toda.y It will
be considered by the governors on De
cember 24.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Shattering
the rules of the house of representa
tives, champions of prohibition who
packed the galleries late yesterday,
broke into repeated outbursts of ap
plause and shouted as Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama,
pleaded for a resolution which would
submit a constitutional prohibition
amendment to the states.
The extraordinary demonstration con
tinued unrestrained for many minutes
as Mr. Hobson proceeded dramatically
to discuss the prohibition question, and
was not checked until Mr. Hobson had
drawn into controversy his colleague.
Representative Underwood, who is now
engaged with him in a race for the
United States senatorship from Ala
bama. The injection of personal poli
tics into the situation brought the ma-
jerity leader to his feee with : reply to
Mr. Hobson, and this precipitated ap
plause from the members on the floor.
GALLERIES IN UPROAR.
Republican Leader Mann, at this
point, demanded that the rules of the
house be observed, and Representative
Moon, of Tennessee, who was in the
chair, admonished the spectators. Quiet
was restored temporarily after a voice
from the gallery shouted:
“We’re American citizens."
In the course of his speech Mr. Hob
son had said:
“We ought to have our party under
stand now while the war is on, that it
never was intended for an alliance with
the liquor interests. Yet there is a
great Democrat, a great Alabamian, who
is present today, who recently an
nounced—at least that Is the way I read
in the reports—that if prohibition con
tinues to be injected intq Democratic
politics, either ^prohibition would be
giound to dust or the Democratic party
must die. I take second place to no
man who loves his party, and let me
tell you that if the Democratic party
cFn only live by joining with the liquor
•Interests to debauch the American peo
ple, then, In God’s name, let it die."
CHEERS GREET UNDERWOOD.
Before the tumult had subdued, Repre
sentative Underwood,, who had been
quietly listening up to this time, rose
in his place. Cheers and handclapping
from Democratic and Republican mem
bers on the floor greeted him.
“I wish to say to the gentleman from
Alabama," Mr. Underwood began, “that
I regret excedingly that in presenting
the petition for the cause of prohibition
to the house that he should have drawn
into his speech a partial utterance of
mine that misrepresented my remarks.
At some other time and in the proper
t>Jace I will interpret my own remarks."
TWO GIRLS FIGURE IN
• COLUMBUS MYSTERY
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 16—Police of
ficials and detectives in this city were
confronted today by a double mystery
in which two women were the central
figures.
While physicians were working to
save the life of Ruth Arnold, twenty
years old who recently came here from
Cincinnati, the disappearance of Janice
Black, twenty years old, recently of
Milton, a small village near Hunting-
ton, W. Va., was reported to the police
by officials of the local Young Women’s
Christian association-
Miss Arnold was found yesterday un
conscious, lying on a street car track,
an empty bottle that had contained
poison clutched in her hand. She had
refused to tell anything concering her
self.
Mystery was added to the case today
when Y. W. C. A. officials reported to the
police that among the effects of Miss
Black, who has been missing from the
\ 4 M. C. A. rooms since Tuesday night,
was a card bearing the name, “Ruth
Arnold." |
Miss Arnold today denied she had ever
met Miss Black. She could not explain
how her card came into possession of
the missing girl.
MOTHER IS CHARGED AS
POISONER OF FAMILY
LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y„ Dec. 15.—
Mrs. Cynthia Buffum was arrested here
this afternoon on a bench warrant,
charging her with murder in the first
degree in having poisoned her husband,
Willis Buffum.
Ofte child died under mysterious cir
cumstances, another is dying, and three
others are suffering from poisoning.
Of the family, Mrs. Buffurp alone es
caped.
BOMB, EXPRESS PACKAGE,
KILLS WOMAN IN PLANT
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—-Ida Anuse-
witz, a girl of eighteen, employed as
confidential bookkeeper pf the, O. K.
mottling company, at 528 West Thirty-
fifth street, was killed today by a bomb
sent to her employers. Thomas >J>fc-
Cabe, managing salesman, was cut in
the head by flying metal, and Michael
Ryan, an employe, was injured by shat
tered glass. The desk on which the
bomb was placed as Miss Anusewitz
openod it was demolished and the office
was wrecked.
The bomb was delivered by express.
Apparently it contained dynamite.
Who sent the bomb and why were
questions that set half a hundred or
more detectives at work on every possi
ble clue. On the wrapper they found in
writing the return address—23 State
street, New York City. The building at
this address is a large office building,
occupied chiefly by exporting firms who
employ a number of foreigners.
The bureau of cumbustibles, working
on the mystery with the few bits of
metal found, announced that the missile
was of similar construction to the bomb,
sent to Judge Rosalsky about two years
ago*
ST. PAUL POLICE CHIEF
UNDER BOND FOR GRAFT
ST. PAUL, .-inn,, Dec. 16.—Martin
F. Flanagan, former chief of police and
Fred Turner, former city detective. In
dicted on chargea of bribery and grand
larceny in the first degree in connection
with the investigation of graft in the
underworld, appeared at the sheriff’s
office today where the warrants were
served. Flanagan and Turner ware, re
leased on bonds of $(6,000 each.
Eight indictments charged Flanagan
and Turner with bribery, It being al
leged that they entered into agreements
with proprietors of disorderly houses to
permit them to operate with police pro
tection tor considerations varying from
$200 to $3,000. A ninth indictment
charges the two with being agents of
former resort proprietors for the dis
bursement of a fund of $2,176 to com
bat the abatement law In the legislature
and alleges that they embezzled the
money.
It was asserted that the indicted itien
collected $10,000 from women of the
underworld.
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