Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 March 1911 — Page 7
ff IMPERILS RFTK
FIRE VEN ARE OVERCOME BY AM MONIA FUMES IN BIG CHICAGO DLAZE.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $800,000
parch Refrigerating Plant Is DefrayedMany Deeds of Heroism Are Recorded Twenty Persons In Hotel Overcome by Smoke. . i : aco. Mnrch 20-Chlef Arthur It. ,frii h of tho Second battalion. , vr of Fire Chlof Seyferllch; ,f ucrt Fisher of the Fifth bat-
and about forty-eight other
Ii were Injured and overcome , .monia fumes In a fire which dent warehouse H of the cold stor- ; .in of the .Monarch Rofrlgerun.pany. 40 East Michigan streot. - pt rty loss 1b estimated at
5
i'f CO".
V
. '.' other porsons were ovorti a blaze nt the Harmony ho- !,' k from the refrigerator fire.
tv men were fighting the big .f Seyferllch not only assisted , s. im his brother but helped to ,,-!ir firemen, following an exi. of un ammonia tank. Thou(f N'orth side residents came to , i the tire In automobiles, and . r ! ' arrk'd exhausted firemen to s;.itals In their machines. f rcren Taken Down Escapes. . .old storage warehouses of tho rutins company occupy the en- .. . k on Michigan street between , nd Hush streets. The buildings ...v. MfnHoa hlch. of brick and
: ru-. being separated by
u.iu Warehouse u was
uMer. dried fruits and chickens.
thick
filled
1
i.ke was seen pouring from tho
rr i f,,r of the second section and a a 'arm was sounded and was fol-
h "3-11 anü 4-H" aiarma.
, ,n Chief Seyferllch arrived squad of firemen under his n reached the fifth floor, but -imediately overcome by am-
'imps and smoke. A rescue
-.fhed in iccmediately and con
,.' unconscious firemen to the an elevator and by means of
- 1 1 s.
... . t .i
. m nioi aoyierucn ramw i .-ph Plkeman to safety from floor and went back to rescue men when he fell exhausted inoko. He was assisted to - floor by members of the res-i-v and Chief Soyferllch. who arrived, himself took his 'mm the burning building. Autos Used as Ambulances. i n were Inid near a fence on t. and in the absence of am- . several spectators offered nmoblles to carry the men to - .ivant hospital. forced water onto the - from overy available hydrant ' blocks. A large ammonia -he burning section exploded. four firemen, who were asc a ladder In the rear. 30 feet ' f below.
plosion caused the flames to
- Kit afresh in the rear of the
WOLGAST STOPS MEMSIC AND RETAINS HIS TITLE Champion Lightweight Outfights Op
ponent and Referee Stops Battle In the Ninth Round. Los Angeles, Cul., March IS. Ad Wolgast Is still the lightweight champion of the world and will remain so for the rest of his natural life, so far as the pugilistic prowess of George Multifile is coucorued. Boxing before a crowd of 8,000 people In the Vernon aronu of the Pacific Athletic club, Wolgast whipped the lioiiemlan into such an abject state of
holplessness that Heforoe Charles F , Eyton stopped tho unequal conteEt j early in the ninth round and awarded !
the decision to the champion. Eyton's move was a most popular one. Memslc's two eyes wore closed from tho Jabbing that he received.
his mouth and nuse were puffed and , he was so badly weakened from the
terrific bombardment of body punches thut he had stood up under for 25 minutes that one more cloan blow to the jaw would have dropped the beaten boy to the canvas Wolgast won without drawing a long breath or mussing his hair. He
took the very best punches that Mem sic had to give, smiled at the blows, und fought back so aggressively and steadily that it became only a matter of time until he wore his man down.
Memslc's one lleetlng chance at the world's lightweight title came and went glimmering in the first round. Fighting while he was still fresh and strong, George drove in with a stinging right and left to the head. Wolgast appeared hurt, so much so, that in the clinch that followed, he dropped to the floor. The bell sounded quickly before the actual damage to Wolgast could be ascertained. After the flght Promoter Thomas J. McCarey, Wolgast, Memslc and Referee Eyton were arrested charged with violating the state law against prize fighting.
LENTEN SEASON For All but the Politicians.
SEVEN DIE IN GALE
TUG SILVER SPRAY SINKS OFF CLEVELAND AFTER BATTLE WITH 8EAS.
ALL OF CREW ARE DROWNED
Bodies of Five Frozen In Ice Are Recovered Captain Leaves Parting Message for Wife Another Vessel Has Thrilling Experience.
Satan Believe Me, You Couldn't Make Cannon.
That Bunch Hear You With a
III
ROBIN HITS PROMINENT MEN Former Banker Says Nev. York Chamberlain, Among Others, Urged Him Into Trouble.
DIED FOR FRAUD
NINE MEN ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
ONE TRUE BILL A SURPRISE
Witness Called to Aid Prosecution In Alleged $10,000,COO Alaskan Land Grab "Shares Fate of Others at End of Inquiry.
New York. March 17. Joseph G. Hobln held the grand Jury spellbound for two hours while be made revela
tions regarding the financial trickery j
into which he bad been drawn Cblcago.March 17. .Mne men were through his friendship with the de- indicted here by the federal grand funct Carnegie Trust company and In ! jury charged with having defrauded
IS PROVING SUCCESS Castanet had
bodies.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 17 Seven lives were lost and a fishing tug Is at tho bottom of Lake Erie as a result of the gale which swept tho lakes. The tug Silver Spray of Erie, operated by tho Hooth Fisheries com
pany, went down off this harbor. The
crew, consisting of six men and a boy. took the tug's lifeboat and rowed
for the shore, but were dashed on the
breakwater and drowned. Bodies of Five Recovered.
The tug Castanet, Captnin Mcivar. picked up the bodies of four members
of tins Silver Snrnv's crew. i ney
wero those of Cnpt. James Purdy. Charles Brasse, Henry Andorson and Robert Watt. Tho bodies were frozen into the ico on the leo side of tho rock breakwater off EaBt Fortieth street. Life preservers encircled all the bodies. Their position Indicated that the men had reached the breakwater alive, and had frozen to death there awaiting the help that didn't come. The body of Tom Reed was picked up by the tug Lorain near the scene of tho wreck four hours after the
recovered tho first
which he declared that prominent city
and state officials were Involved.
Throughout his recital the namo of
Charles Hiram Hyde, city chamberlain.
who handles sums of money approximating 1200.000.000 a year, was frequently mentioned. He told the story of a night conference with that official
and others wherein the witness bad
been urged to come to the aid of the Carnegie Trust company.
Big promises were made him, he de
clared, if he did so, and he was em
powered to repeat these promises to
the others who might be In a position to give the Carnegie cruwd the money
they needed
. iho ank exploded the men
-of made a rush for the fire
u-adins Into the alley and
ml "1-nvn a rope from the roof MnJ floor. There be lost his
4 frll into the alley.
Tos- vh Mackoy. driver of
- vfM üoh's automobile, and for
r tor Chief Horan who was i : at the stock yards, also . r,i of the ammonia fumos.
'hp roof when the tank
I was carried down un
Lieutenant Mackey was
-nek yards fire.
OI a'
n : ERIN'S HEALTH IS BAD
A , b r
.
s ts Suffering From Attack of
-f uenza Cancels Vi6lt to Francis Joseph.
" r March 20 Disquieting re
t- mrrent regarding Empress j
victoria's impaired state ot
TURKS ROUT ARAB REBELS
Report From Yemen Says Insurgents Have Lost 200 Men In Last Two Battles.
Frankfort. Germany. March 17. A dispatch from Saloniki to the Frankfurther Zeitung says that the young Turks central committee has received
a dispatch from the seat of hostilities in Yemen to the effect that the Turkish troops are putting the Arabs to flight everywhere and that the machine guns have caused great havoc among the tribesmen. The Arabs have lost 200 in. the last two fights, while forty of the Turkish troops were killed. Sheik Yahya, leader of tho revolting Arab tribes. Is saM to have taken refuge on British territory. MABRAYAID PLEADS GUILTY
th-i government out or $iu,uuu,uuu worth of Alaska coal lands. They wero Albert C. Frost, former president of the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric company and promoter of other enterprises, now In Europe; Pierre G. Beach, former secretary of ih Alaska Central railroad and at
present secretary and treasurer of the Albert C. Frost company; George M. Seward, receiver for the Frost company; Frank Watson, of Spokane, Wash., George A. Ball of Munde, Ind., Duncan M. Stewart. Seward, Alaska, formerly manager of the Southern bank of Toronto, pnt.; Henry C. Osborne, Gwyn L. Francis and Francis H. Stewart of Toronto, bankers and brokers, who aided Frost. Twenty Cases Are Pending. The men were indicted under the conspiracy statute, which is known as section 5140 of the revised statutes of the United States. The penalty pro: vided is a fine of $10,000 or Imprison- . . t it
ment for two years, or ooui, on n
Postmaster General Reports 3,923 Accounts Opened In 48 Offices Since System Established. Washington. March 20. Leas than two months after IS postal savings hanks had been established, on February 2S. to bo exact, 3.9211 accounts had been opened and a total of $133,SG'J had been deposited. This figures up an averago of -530.54 per depositor. In a statemont issued by the post office department It Is pointed out that if tho postal savings system proves ns popular after it has been established in all money order post offices, the total amount on deposit after one year's operation will be about $200.000.000.
If the 48 offices already established keep up their gain, the money on deposit thoro after one year's operation will amount to $503.214. despite the fnrt tlmt the total nonulatlon of all
the towns In question is only about 370.000. The postal savings bank at I'ekin, 111., stands thirteenth in this remarkable record, with 137 open accounts, a total deposit of $3,313 and an average balance per depositor of $24. IS. First place is held by Leadvllle. Col., with 3C3 accounts, a total deposit of $21,253, and an average per depositor of $58.71.
Captain Leaves a Message. "Good-by, Hattle. We are now going on the breakwater. James Purdy." This was the message picked up on the shore by CharleB Howey. freight clerk of the American Steel and Wire company, while the tugs wero searching. It was written on a wooden ring from one of the portholes of tho sunken tug Silver Spray and was from the captain to his wife. The Castanet was unable to get close to the breakwater even from within, because of the heavy tea that was running. So a rowhoat was low-
ered away, manned by Capt. Don Mcivar And threo tailors. Great waves broke over them as they advanced, and the slippery foot
ing made their Journey one oi pern. They chopped the bodies out of the ice with axes, hitched ropes around them, and they were towed back to the Castanet Stories of Survivors Thrilling. Thrilling stories of battles to make the harbor with Immense waves beating down on their vessel and freezing spray transforming it into a mass of Ice. were told by the eight members of tho crew of the Ellle B.. another member of the fishing fieet, which put into the harbor. The men were almost frozen and arrived half dead from their exposure
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES
A bill making it a misdemeanor to
sell clguretto papers went througn
the Utah legislature.
Three bouh of John Galluns, a miner,
were burned to death in a firo that destroyed the GallaüB home at Honuy-
brook, Pa.
Mrs. Uro vor Cleveland sailed for Europe ior a visit to her son lUchurd,
who is at school in Switzerland. With
her is her son, Francis Cleveland. Columbia university has voted a membership in tho Sigma XI society, a high scientific honor, to Chung Yu Won, a Chinese student in metallurgy: Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil millionaire is so nearly blind, hia friends in Wall street heard, that hu is unablo to see his signature as ho is writing it. A horso drawing a carload of coal over a chuto at tho general land oillcu in Washington fell through the holo luto tho basement and had to be removed by using a derrick. United States Senator William J. Stone, who is ill with grip at tho home of his son, Kimbrough Stone, in Kanbas City, Mo.. Is greatly Improved, although still confined to his bed. Ttio first school of tanning In this
country is to be established at rrau Institute. Brooklyn, N. Y.. under the aubplces of the National Tanners' association of the United States. Dr. De La Plaza, vice-president of the Argentine republic, has been obliged to postpone his proposed vtbit to the United States until next year on account of administrative reasons. The Nevada legislature pasted a bill which allows six months' residence as a basis for divorce suits and permits such resident to leave tho state in the meantime in case of need. After suspending tralllc ior nearly
I two weeks lecause of. landslides In 1 the Feather river and Nlles canyons,
the Western Pacific railroad succeeded In opening the line for lrelgnt service. A shooting affair following a brawl In an Italian boarding house at Pennington, N. J.. ended in the death of the proprietor and his wife and the serious If not fatal wounding or threo of the boarders. In accordance with tho national custom of Slam, the body of King Chulalongkorn I., who died October 23. was cremated at Ilangkok. with all the ceremony that marks this honor to
the dead of that country.
Reports that Stanlford Smith. Brit
ish administrator of Papua, and his
party of exploration had been massacred by Papuans proves to have been untrue. Smith, with his expedition, arrived at Thursday island.
DAVID H. MOFFAT EXPIRES President of Denver. Northwestern &. Pacific Railroad Dies of Grip in New York.
counts in the indictment. There are
. ii.i j-t A :
two counts mine lnuicunem IUIU.MV. ... . . th fter ef,
In. WU4jVit - -
New York. March 20 David H. Mnff.it. banker and railroad man of
There are now about twenty
fects of grip.
L. B
Hindman Awaits Sentence
Council Bluffs, la., on Alleged
Swindling Charge.
at
; "he had been kept in her f 'Hrly two weeks by an at- ' ittlluenza she disregarded her n's advice and went to the "ft ball. Since then she has i reatly from tho after effects
Council Bluffs. la.. March IS. L. B. Hindman. known as tho "Honey Grove
! Kid," one of the men under indictment
as alleged accomplices or i. i.-. .Manray in various swindling ventures, for which the latter Is now serving a sentence In the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, entered a plea of guilty i.rr Jnricp Smith McPherson in the
"II not accompany Emperor : rpdcrnj (igtrlct court after a Jury had ri hts visit to Francis Jo-1 bc(?n socurP(i for his immediate trial. VI r.na. but will go direct j jn(lmnn v-ill receive his sontonce
r'ir 'o tnc isianu oi toriu.
II.. ! irfArnnt nnrta
Ulctmenis penuius i u.. . Mr Mnffot ,ns been
of the country B"wnJ "" recognized 'ns a leading citizen of ColAlaskan frauds, and more are prom h connection with the do,sed as soor . as these f , Xmoni of the state had gained IS ÄÄnS:1 hdd aU ! for h.m the name of "empire buildup 'defendants under $5.000 bond, Perhaps , h I. greatest recent .ork o
Conspiracy Dates From 1908. uuh-iuiihr-.u o ........
Tiw. allpcod conspiracy began at
western & Pacific route, known ns tho
Ch Bo ou aVh i VlöbsTit is charged. I 'Moffat road." in honor of the buildto defraud the government of largo ! or This road to extend from Denver
mporor will pass his "va- J
later.
! EX-SULTAN TRIES TO ESCAPE L' Z jLH "RELIC IS BURNED , Han1d Attempts to Leave Villa,
nwM ...
But Plot Is Reveaica riaa Bribed Guards.
Ca- Which Carried Martyred t From Washington to Spr -rj field Is Destroyed.
Vienna. March 17. If the reports In the Vienna papers from Salonlca
! - Minn.. March 20 The I trc true, former Sultan Abdul Hamid I. -in car. the private trav- j reccnt;y attempted to escape from VII- '! Kn nf Abraham Lincoln ! m Allnntlnl. with tho resistance of r t! at carried hia body from evornl soldiers who had been bribed
Soldiers afterward revoaieu tne pioi and its failure so tngered Abdul that ho smashed the furniture. Doctors attempted In vain o calm him and wero flnnlly forced to put him In a strait Jacket
-'"it o Springfield. 111., for " v-;v was destroyed by a fl 'hat swept Columbia 'twt.lng every bit of dry northeast part of the city ' ' n Crc to the crate In which Mil been boxed.
n
ceiiod.
Tower Will Be Memorial. 'on. N. J., March 20. It was ' d by the committee In chnrge Inst contribution needed to $110 00 for the Grovcr Cleve-
;"m rial tower had been re
tracts of coal lands within the Cook inlet precinct and recording district In Alaska and in tho district of lands nManhod to the land office of tho
United States situated at Juneau. "The said coal lands aggregated approximately 10.000 acres and are of the value of $10,000.000," tho indictment reads. "It was a part of said unlawful conspiracy that by cunning persuasion and promises of pecuniary rewards and by corrupt means, persons severally qualified by law to make location upon and entry and purchase of said lands should be Induced to make fraudulent locations of coal lands, ostensibly for tho excluslvo
use and benefit of said coal land claimants, respectively, but in truth and in fnct for the use and benefit of said conspirators or some or them." It is chnrged that by this means the conspirators, or soino of them, hoped to receive and enjoy the benefits of a greater number of locations and entries or coal lands, and of a greater quantity cf coal lands than allowed by law. The Indictment of Receiver Seward is a surprise, as he had boon summoned as ono of the witnesses to testify before the grand Jury. FIRE DESTROYS BALL PARK Grandstand and Fences at Washington Are in Ashes Flames Threaten Other Property.
to Salt Lake, has been completed beyond Steamboat Springs. Col. Mr. MofTat was rated as many times a millionaire, his wealth being estimated ns high as $40,000.000. He was born in Orange county, New York, July 22, 1839.
Washington. Marth IS Fire practi-
W J Brvan's Daughter to Wed. ; cnlly wiped out the grandstand and Iliicoln Neb. March 18 Mr. and bleachers of the American league bareMr, William J. Bryan announce the . ball park. Before the flames were
xmiiMitnr lirnrp i emu-urn iiivj um ucühujiu .hv- um
.innncrmrtlt of their
Dexter Ilryati, to Richard Lewis Hnrgreaves of Lincoln. The marringe will be celebrated qarly In June, the exact date not being made public.
Freedmnn's hospital and threatened for
a time the largest lumber yard In the District of Columbia. Tho loss is estimated at $50.000.
MANY OLD HANDS PENSIONED
Pennsylvania and Santa Fe Roads Provide Generously for Their Aged Employes. Chicago. March 20. Statements issued by both the Snntn Fe and Penn
sylvania railroads show that during 1910 more than $700.000 was pnld out by thote two systems to former employes who are now on their pension rolls. Tho totnl of the pension roll or tho Santa Fe was $1S.0D2. while that or the Pennsylvania amounted to $6S0,(1S7. Tho pension system on tho Snntn Fo has been in force nbout four years, and during that period 221 persons have received Its benefits, tho nmount paid out being $115.045.20. Stockholders of the Pennsylvania road recently added $200,000 to the usual appropriation for employes' pension?.
3,500 JOIN EXPRESS STRIKE
United States and Wells-Fargo Em ployes Quit After Peace Proposals Are Overridden.
New York, March 18. Thirty-five
hundred employes of the United States
and Wells-Fargo Express companies threw In their fortunes with the 1,500 striking drivers or the Adams Express company. This total was Increased
by the drivers or several smaller con
cerns, but the employes or the Ameri
can and National companies stuck to their wagons, despite entrentles and
the threat of a union ofilcinl to declare
a strike or "everything on wheels" In the Metropolitan district ir the trouble was not adjusted. Mayor Gaynor was astounded when he learned that his peace proposals, accepted by the men, had been overridden by the Jersey City men at a midnight 'coherence. "The ptrjkc Jb absolutely inexcusable," he told a delegation or the National and American drivers "who appealed to him for protection. "Further than that. It is criminal and brutal. Do not be drawn into lt. I shall have three policemen, if necessary, detailed to every one of your wagons." Many drivers ordered out in the sympathetic strlko wero largely dissatisfied with the turn of events.
HELD FOR $75,000 THEFT
Employe of John Wanamaker Charged
With Stealing vaiuanie mercnandlse From Big Store. Philadelphia, March 18. William J. Hoesch. an employe In the store of
John Wanamaker for the last twenty
years, Is under arrest charged with the theft of thousands of dollars'worth of merchandise from the establishment. Ills arrest was brought about through the theft of a cheap rifle. In searching for the rifle detectives came across priceless oil paintings with which Hoesch hnd dec"' orated the walls oi his stable. The goods round in bis homo aro valued at about $75,000. "
CORONATION ENVOY IS SUED Daniel J. Sully, Former "Cotton King," Demands $1,500,000 From John Hays Hammond and Others. Washington. Mnrch 20. John Hays Hammond, special ambassador o( the United States to tho coronation of
King George of England, was made
co-defendant w.... his son ami five others In a suit for $1.500,000 damages, filed by Daniel J. Sully or Now
York. Mr. Sully, formerly known as the "cotton king." charges a conspiracy to ruin his reputation and charac tor as an international cotton expert.
MANY ARE HURT
FIRE
TONS OF BB00M CORN BURNED
Seven Buildings Are Destroyed by "Ire at Charleston, III. Loss $20O,0CO. Charleston. 111.. Mnrch 20. This place narrowly missel destruction by fire when seven bulhPngs nnd twelve hundred tons of broom corn were 'totally destroyed with an estimated loss of $200,000, covered by Insurance of two-thirds of the loss.
Sixty People Leap From Milwaukee Factory Windows Man Missing Loss $100,000. Milwaukee. March 18. Sixty people wero compelled to Jump from the windows of the Minn Billiard company factory and many wero injured and burned when tho building caught fire following an explosion of dust or dynamite. Eleven men were rushed to the Emergency hospital, and several were fatally injured. It is believed thnt nt leaBt one mnn failed to escape and that the body Is in the ruins or the building, which was destroyed. The loss Is $100,000. A report was circulated, baBcd on a statement, that the Minn factory was nn open shop, that tho explosion was a continuation of tho bomb outrage which began with the wrecking or tho Milwaukee Western Fuel company's big coal crano Thursday night. The officials, however, refuse to confirm this report
THE MARKETS, 1 Nw York. March IS. LIVE STOCK-Btrers $.. 2T 6 V) Hokh " 0 7 55 Sliet'p 3 75 jr 4 75 I'LOL'H-Winter Strnlshts.. 4 15 Ö 4 25 WHEAT May M 9674
COllN-May & &H OATS-May 35V4tf' 3G
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