Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 April 1911 — Page 7
RE If EIILS HFIT
I' EN ARE OVERCOME DY AM
VONIA FUMES IN BIG CHICAGO DLAZE.
L035 ESTIMATED AT $800,000
M r3rh Refrigerating Plant Is De
s'royed Many Deeds of Heroism Aic Recorded Twenty Persons In
Hoe Overcome by Smoke.
, mo. .March 20. Chief Arthur R null of thu Second battalion
. r of Fire Chief Seyforllch;
.f Mfrt Fisher of the Fifth hat
i, ,uh1 ahout rorty-elglit other n wero Injured and ovorcomo
i irJii fumes In a tire which de . I warehouse H of the cold stor
.u of tho Monarch Kofrlgura-
iiipuny, -10 ISast Michigan street - loss is estimated at
i hi- .:er peroons woro over
i a i '120 at tho Harmony ho-
- I'M'l. from tho refrigerator flro. he mm wore lighting tho big
i
if Seyforllch not only assisted - umg his brother but helped to . .vh.-r firemen, following an exn of an ammonia tank. Thou
. . f North Hide residents carao to
s the tire In automobile?, and f- carried exhausted firemen to
r t'alH In their machines. F.riren Taken Down Escapes.
'ld storago warehouses of the
' ntlng compnny occupy the on'iiji k on Michigan Btreet between as n J Hush streets. Tho buildings k s i-n stories high, of brick and rpn (, being separated by thick vka ls Wurehouso B was filled l'ter. dried fruits and chickens. . ik was seen pouring from tho " "nor of the second section and a - Ii i!'inn was sounded and was fol- . J hv -3-11" and "4-11" alarms. : in Chief Seyferllch arrived ti A Hquad of firemen under his hi reached the fifth floor, but u rt Mediately overcome by am"i mes and smoke. A rescue i "iFhed in Immediately and conJ un 'onscious firemen to the s n an "levator and by means of - : .
'.n ' ''lef Seyferllch carried l -epli Dlkeman to safety from
1 floor and went back to reBcu
(vnim whon ho fell exhausted smoke. He was assisted to
' tloor by members of the res
and Chief Seyferllch. who
arrived, himself took his
r 'rom (he burning building. Autos Used as Ambulances.
' ti were laid near a fence on
mid in the absence of am
several spectators offered
oinoblles to carry the men to
j ivant hospital.
: forced water onto tho
frnni every available hydrant
t ru' blocks. A large ammonia
' !n" bnrnlnc section exploded - t 'ir firemen, who were as
- a laddor in the rear, 30 feet
below.
"loston caused the flames to
afresh In the rear of tho
"ink exploded tho men
-f made a rush for the flro
"Unz Into tho alloy and - 1 down a rope from tho roof ' ÜKir. Thoro he lost his
' Ml into the alloy.
"h Rlackey. driver of 'tli h's automobile, and for-
w r 'or Chief Horan who was
?;r. at ho stock yards, also
in of the ammonia fumes
n he roof when tho tank
'i v;. cirri od tiown un-
I i titi-t.knt Mackey was
lu-k yards lire.
A'-:n.TS HEALTH IS BAD
1 K
' 8 Suffering From Attack of
' ""za Cancels Visit to Francis Joseph. March 20. Disquieting recurrent regarding Em press 1 Victoria's impaired state of " liad been kept in her "'r'v two weeks by nn nt,;'ii'ieuza she disregarded her advice and went to tho " ' "Ii. Since then she has ' ''Uly from tho nfter effects ' '''"'tiza. nt accompany Emperor ,f Ida visit to Francis Jo- ; Vienna, but will go direct to the Island of Corfu. : " mporor will pnas his "vn-
WOLGAST STOPS MEMSIC AND RETAINS HIS TITLE Champion Lightweight Outfi0hts Op. ponent and Referee Stops Qattle In the Ninth Round. I-os Angeles, Cul., March 18.-Ad JJolBMt Is sun Ulc iiHbtweIght chumHlou of the world and will remain so for ho rent of his natural life, so far b the pugilistic prowess of George Memslc is concerned. Noxlng before a crowd of 8,000 pco Pie In the Vernon arona of the Pacific At hlotlc club, Wolgast whipped the Johemhuunto such an abject state of helplessness that Heforee Charles F byton stopped the unequal contest
mo ninth round and awarded tho decision to the champion. Eyton's move was a most popular one. Momsle's two eyes wore closed from tho Jabbing that ho received his mouth and noso wero puffed and mi wan B0 ua,j,y wonkeiIt,d from flu term c bombardment of body punches that ho had Btood up under for 23 minutes that one moru clean blow to tho Jaw would have dropped the benton hoy to the canvas Wolgast WOI1 Without drmvl n
long breath or mussing his hair. He took the very host nuncho thnt u.,
sic had to givo. smiled at tho hin
und fought back bo uggresalvely and Hteadlly that It became onlv n rm.it,..
oi nine until he wore his man down.
uemeics one fleeting chance at the
onus lightweight title came and went glimmering In the first rnnmi
Fighting while he wiib still fresh ami
strong. George drove In with a stinging rlht and left to the head. Wol
gast appeared hurt, ao much bo, that In tho clinch that followed, he dropped to tho floor. Tho bell Bounded nuiok-
ly boforo the actual damage to Wolgast could be ascertained.
After the fight Promoter Thomas J.
McCarey, Wolgast, Memslc and Ref-
ereo Eyton were arrested chareed
with violating tho state law acalnst
prize lighting.
ROBIN HITS PROMINENT MEN
Former Banker Says New York Cham
berlain, Among Others, Urged Him Into Trouble. Now York. March 17. Joseuh fi.
Robin held the grand Jury sncllbound
for two hours while he made revela-
Ions regarding the financial trickery
nto which ho hnd been drawn I
through blB friendship with the de-
LENTEN SEASON For All but the Politicians.
SEVEN DIE IN GALE
TUG SILVER SPRAY SINKS OFF CLEVELAND AFTER BATTLE WITH SEAS.
ALL OF CREW ARE DROWNED
Bodies of Five Frozen In Ice Are Recovered Captain Leaves Parting Message for Wife Another Vesel Has Thrilling Experience.
Satan Believe Me, You Couldn't Make That Bunch Hear You With Cannon.
INDICTED FOD FRAUD
NINE MEN ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
ONE TRUE BILL A SURPRISE
Witness Called to Aid Prosecution In
Alleged $10,000,C00 Alaskan Land Grab Shares Fate of Others at End of Inquiry.
Chicago. March 17. iN'ine men were
"M.?Tg 0 TV fom'mn- d Jury charged with having defrauded
which he declared that prominent city
anu siaio omclals were involved. Throughout his recital tho name of Charles Hiram Hyde, city chamberlain, who handles sums of money approximating: $200,000.000 a year, was frequently mentioned. lie told the story of a night conference with that official and others wherein the witness had been un?ed to como to the aid of the CarneBio Trust company. Dig promises were mado him, ho declared. If ho did so, nnd he was empowered to repeat those promises to the others who might be in n position to give the Carnegie crowd the money thoy needed.
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 tho Frank-
further Zeitung says that tho young ' mcut for two vears. or both, on
iiirKB cemrai eommuiee nas recejvea
n dispatch from tho seat of hostilities
in Yemen to tho effect that the Turk
ish troopa are putting the Arabs to
flight everywhere and that the ma
chine guns hnve caused great havoc
among, the tribesmen.
Tho Arabs hnve lost 200 In tho last
two fights, while forty of tho Turkish troops wero killed.
Sheik Vahya. leader of tho revolt
ing Arab tribes. Ib snld to have taken refuge on British territory.
the government out of 110,000,000 worth of Alaska coal lauds. They were Albert C. Front, former president of the Chicago &. Milwaukee Electric company and promoter of other enterprises, now in Europe; Plcrro G. Beach, former secretary of the Alaska Central railroad and at present secretary and treasurer of the Albert C. Frost company; Georgo M. Seward, receiver for tho Frost company; Frank Watson, of Spokane, Wash., Georgo A. Ball of Munde. Ind., Duncan M. Stewart, Seward, Alaska, formerly manager of the Southern bank of Toronto, Ont.; Henry C. Osborne, Gwyn L. Francis and Francis H. Stewart of Toronto, bankers and brokers, who
aided FrosL Twenty Cases Are Pending. The men were Indicted under the conspiracy statute, which is known as section 5440 of the revised statutes of tho United States. The penalty provided is a fine of $10,000 or imprison-
all
counts In tho indictment. There are two counts in tho indictment returned. There are now about twenty indictments pending In different parts of the country growing out of the
Alaskan frauds, and more are prom
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK IS PROVING SUCCESS Postmaster Generai Reports 3,923 Accounts Opened In 48 Offices Since System Established. Washington. March 20. Less than
two months after 4S postal savings banks had been established, on February 28, to bo exact, 3.023 account had been opened and a total of $133.801) hnd been deposited. This figures up an average of $30.54 per depositor. in a statement Issued by tho post
office department it Is pointed out that If tho postal savings system proves as popular after It haB been established In all money order 'post offices, tho 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, tho money on de
posit thoro after one year's operation will amount to $803.214, desplto tho fact that the total population of all tho towns In question Is only about
370,000.
Tho postal Barings bank at Pekin,
111., stands thirteenth in this remark
able record, with 137 open accounts, a total deposit of $3.313 and an average
balance per depositor of $24.18. First place is held by Leadrille, Col., with
363 accounts, a total deposit of $21.253, and an average per depositor of
$58.71.
DAVID H. MOFFAT EXPIRES
President cf Denver, Northwestern 5. Pacific Railroad Dies of Grip In New York. N'ew York, March 20. David H. Moffat, banker and railroad man of Denver, died here from tho nfter effects of grip. For many years Mr. Moffat has been
recognized as a leading citizen of Col-
Ised as soon na these cases are out of j rado. '9 connection with the dothe way. An early trial will be de-! velopment of the state hnd gained manded. Judge Landls held all of i fr him the name of "empire builder." tho defendants tinder $5,000 bonds. ! Perhaps his greatest recent work of
MABRAY AID PLEADS GUILTY
L. B. Hindman Awaits Sentence
Council Bluffs, la., on Alleged Swindling Charge.
at
Council niuffs. Ia., March 18. I 13.
Hindman, known as tho "Honey Grove
Kid," ono of the men under indictment
as alleged accomplices of I. C. Mnbray
various swindling ventures, for
which the latter Is now serving a sentence in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, entered a plea of guilty
before Judge Smith McPhcrson In tho
federal district court after a Jury hnd
been secured for Mb Immediate trial.
Hindman will receive his sentence
nter.
! C'-N RELIC IS BURNED
WHcsh Carried Martyred
- i rrom Washington to '"SfieUl Is Destroyed. ' o!'"- Minn., March 20. The w ' "oln par, tho private t.-nv-, " r go of Abraham Lincoln t that carried his body from
, . "J" springnold,. 111., for n ' Wtts 'ostroyod by a """ that swent Pnlnmiitn
EX-SULTAN TRIES TO ESCAPE
'"nlng every bit of drv
" northeast part of the city ,K f.ro to the crato in which
'""mi boxed.
( Tower Will Be Memorial. 'in.' Jm Mnrch 20 11 w,,a Ml by the commit tnn in i
.1 . . --,,, VMUIAU
- rnfi cf0,,,rl!ml,on ''i to l.0.ono for the Orovor Cleve-
41
morlal tower had been
re-
Abdul Hamid Attempts to Leave Villa, But Plot Is Revealed Had Bribed Guards. Vlonnn, March 17. If tho reports In the Vienna papers from Snlonlca are true, former Sultan Abdul Hamid econt;y attempted to escape from Villa Allnntlnl, with tho assistance of Kevornl soldiers who hnd been bribed. Soldiers afterward revealed the plot
and Its fnilure so mgered Abdul that ho smashed the furniture. Doctors attempted In vain o cnlm him and wore finally forced to put him In a strait Jacket.
Conspiracy Dates From 1908. The alleged conspiracy began at Chicago on April 1, 190S, It is charged, to defraud the government of largo tracts of coal lands within the Cook
Inlet precinct and recording district in Alaska and In tho district of lands attached to the land office of the United States situated at Juneau. "The eald coal lands aggregated approximately 10,000 acres and are of tho value of $10,000,000," the Indictment rends. "It was a part of said unlawful conspiracy thnt by cunning persuasion and promises of pecuniary rewnrds and by corrupt means, persons severally qualified by law to make location upon and entry nnd purchnso of said lands should bo induced to mako fraudulent locations of coal lands, ostensibly for the exclusive
use and benefit of snld coal land
claimants, respectively, hut In truth nnd In fact for the use and benefit of
snid conspirators or aome of thrin."
It Is chnrged that by this menns the conapirators, or soma of them.
hoped to receive and enjoy the bono
fits of a greater number of lorations
nnd entries of coal Innds, and of a greater quantity of coal lands than
allowed by law. ,
The indictment of Receiver Sownrd
Is a Burprise, as ho had bectr sum
monrd ns one of the witnesses to tes
tify before the grand Jury.
development was the Denver. Northwestern & Pacific route, known na the '.Moffat road." In honor of tho builder. This rond. to extend from Denver to Salt Lake, has been completed beyond Stoamboat Springs, Col. Mr. Moffat was rated az many timcB a millionaire, his wealth being estimated as high as $40,000.000. He was born In Orango county, New York, July 22, 1839.
MANY OLD HANDS PENSIONED
Cleveland, Ohio, March 17 Seven lives wero lost and a fißhlng 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 the Hooth Fisheries company, went down ofT this harbor. Tho crew, consisting of six men and a boy.
I took the tug's lifeboat and rowed ' for the Bhore, but wero dashed on the j breakwater and drowned. ; Bodies of Five Recovered. l The tug Castanet, Captain Mclvnr. I picked up the bodies of four members I of tho Silver Spray's crew. They
wero those of Capt. James Purdy. Charles Hrasse, Honry Anderson and Robert Watt. The bodies were froren Into tho Ice on tho lee Bldo of the rock breakwater off East Fortieth street. Lifo preservers encircled all tho bodies. Their position indicated that tho 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 tho Castanet hnd recovered the first bodies. Captain Leaves a Message. "Good-by, Hattle. We are now going on the breakwnter. James Purdy." This was the message picked up on
the shoro by Charles Howey. freight clerk of the American Steel and Wire
company, while the lugs were searching. It was written on a wooden ring from ono of the portholes of the sunken tug Silver Spray and wa3 from the captain to his wife. The Castanet was unable to got close to the breakwater even from within, because of the heavy tea that was running;. So a rowboat was lowered away, manned by Capt Don Mclvar and three pallors. Great waves broke over them ns they advanced, and the slippery footing made their Journey ono of peril. They chopped the bodies out of the ice with nxes. hitched ropes around them, and they were towed bnck to the CastanetStories of Survivors Thrilling. Thrilling stories of battles to make tho harbor with immense waves beating down on their vessel and freezing spray transforming It Into a mass of Ice. wero told by tho eight members of the crew of the Eflle I)., another member of the fißhlng licet, which put into tho harbor. The men were almost frozen niHl arrived half dead from their exposure.
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES A bill making it a mlBdemeauor to eell cigarette paper went through the Utah legislature. Three sonu of John Gallaus, a miner, wero burned to death In a Are that destroyed the Gallaus home at Honeybrook, Pa. Mrs. Grover Cleveland sailed for Europe for a visit to her Bon lUchard. who Ü at Echool in Switzerland. Wltn her la her son, Frauds Cleveland. Columbia university has voted a membership in the Sigma XI society, a high scientific honor, to Chung Yu Weu, a Chinese student in metallurgy. Honry M. Flagler, tho Standard Oil millionaire is so nearly blind, his friends in Wall street heard, that he ia unable to eee his signature as he Is
wriUug it. A horao drawing a carload of coal over a chute at the general land ofllco in Washington fell through the hol iuto tho basement and had to be removed by using a dorrick. United States Senator William J. Stone, who is ill with grip ut the home of his sou, Kimbrough Stone, in Kansas city. Mo., is greatly Improved, although still confined to his bed. Tne first echool of tanning in this country ib to be established at Pratt institute. Hrooklyn, N. V., under the auhpicos of the National Tannurs association of tho United Stales. Dr. De La Plaza, vice-president of the Argentino republic, has been obliged to postpone his proposed visit
to tne United States until next year on account of administrative reasons. The Nevada legislature passed a bljl which allows six months' residence as a basis for divorce suits and permits such resident to leave the state in the meantime in case of need. After suspending trallic for nearly two weeks because of landslides in
the Feather river and Nlies canyons, the Wefatorn Pacific railroad succeeded in opening tho line for freignt service. A shooting affair following a trawl in an Italian boarding bouse at Pennington, N. J., ended in the death of the proprietor and his wife and the serious if not fntal wounding or three of the boarders. In accordance with the national custom of Slam, the body of King Chulalongkorn 1.. who died October 23, was crematod at Ilangkok, with all the ceremony that marks this honor to the dead of that country. Heports that Stanlford Smith. British 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.
3,500 JOIN EXPRESS STRIKE
W. J. Brvan's Daughter to Wed. Lincoln, Neb., Mnrch 18. Mr. nnd .Mrs. Wllllntn J. Hrynn announce tho engagement of their dnughtcr, Grace Dexter Bryan, to IMchard Lewis Har-
FIRE DESTROYS BALL PARK
Grandstand and Fences at Washington Are In Ashes Flarres Threaten Other Property.
Wanhlngton, March 18. Flro practically wiped out tho grandstand nnd hleachcra of the American league baseball park. Hcforo tho flamcB were checked they had destroyed the old
Frcrdmnn's hospital nnd threatened for
greaves of Lincoln. Tho mnrrlngo a tlmo tho largest lumber yard In the will be celebrated early In June, the District of Columbia, Tho loss is estiexact date not being made public I mated at $30,000.
Pennsylvania and Santa Fe Roads Provide Generously for Their Aged Employes. Chicago, March 20. Statements 'issued by both the Snntn Fo and Pennsylvania railroads pIjow that during 1910 more than $700,000 was pnld out
by thoHo two Kystoms to former emp'oyes who aro now on their pension rolls. The total of tho pension roll of the Santa Fe was I4S.092, while that or tho PennEylvanlanmountod to $G80 r.S7.
The pension system on tho Santa Fe has bon In force about four years, nnd during thnt period 221 perrons have received Its benefits, the amount paid out being $115.64R.2C. Stockholders of the Pennsylvania road recently added $200,000 totheupunl appropriation for employes' pension?.
United States and Wells-Fargo Employes Quit After Peace Proposals Arc Overridden. New York, March IS. Thirty-five hundred employes of tho United States and Wells-Fargo Express companies threw In their fortunes with the 1,500 striking drivers of the Adams Express company. This total was increased by the drivers of several Braaller concerns,, but the employes of the American and National companies stuck to their wagons, despite entreaties and the threat of a union ofliclnl to declare a strike of "everything on wheels" in the Metropolitan district If the trouble
was not adjusted.
Mayor Gaynor was astounded when
ho learned that his pence proposals
accepted by the men, had been over
ridden by the Jersey City men at a
midnight conference.
i ne BtriKo ib absolutely Inex
cusable," ho told n delegation of the
National and American drivers who
appealed to him for protection.
"Further than that, it Is criminal and
brutal. Do not bo drawn Into iL I
shall have three policemen, If necesBary, detailed to every one of your
wagons.
Many drivers ordered out in the sympathetic strike wero largely dlEsat-
istiod with tho turn of events.
HELD FOR $75,000 THEFT Employe of John Wanamaker Charged With Stealing Valuable Merchandise From Big Store. Philadelphia, March IS. William J. Hoesch, an employe In tho 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 estab
lishment His 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 had decorated the walls of his stable. The goods found In his home are valued at about $76,000. ,
F0NS OF BROOM CORN BURNED
Seven Buildings Are Destroyed by
Mre at Charleston, III. Loss $20O,0C0. Charleston. III., March 20 This
plnce narrowly misled destruction by fire whon seven buildings nnd twelve
hundred tons of broom com were to-
tally destroyed with an entlmated loss
of $200,000, coverod by Insurance of two-thirds of the loss.
MANY ARE HURT IN FIRE
Sixty People Leap Trcm Milwaukee
Factory Windows Man Missing Loss $100,000.
Milwaukee. March IS Sixty people
woro compelled to jump from the win .I.... ii tri tt
uwwB ui me .uhji Mintard company
inctory and many were injured nnd
burned when the building caught fire
following an explosion of dust or dynamite. Eleven men were rushed to the Emergency hospital, nnd Bcveral were fatally Injured. It Is believed thnt at least ono man failed to escape and thnt the body Is in the ruins of tho building, which wns destroyed. Tho loss Is $100,000. A report wns circulated, bnscd on a statement, thnt tho Minn factory was an open shop, that the explosion was a continuation of the bomb outrage which began with the wrecking of the Milwaukee Western Furl company's big corl crane Thursday night. The officials, however, refuse to confirm this report
CORONATION ENVOY IS SUED Daniel J. Sully, Former "Cotton King," Demands $1,500,COO From John Hays Hammond and Others. Washington. March 20. John Hays Hammond, special ambnssador of tho United States to the coronation of King George of England, was made co-defendant w. . his son and five othors in a suit for $1.500.009 dam
ages, filed by Daniel J. Sully of NewYork. Mr. Sully, formerly known as the "cotton king." charges a conspiracy to ruin his repuUitlon and character as an international cotton expert.
THE MARKETS.
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