The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 22, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 October 1914 — Page 1

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280,00010 /RE LOST BIGBATTLE Allies Check Fierce German Raids. FRENCH CLAIM GAINS Big Guns iro' ght Up and Battle oi Aisne Resumed. JAP WARSHIPS SHELL GERMANS Bordeaux Reports French Progressing Slowly on Left—Germans Repulsed cn Center and Defenders Gain on Heights of Meuse —Si.uation on Right Unchanged—German Supply Base in Belgium Afire—Kaiser Prepares to Besiege Antwerp. The activity along the Belgian frontier indicate that the Germans are planing for a siego es Antwerp within a few days. More than 25,0C0 of the German naval reserve have been broupght up to Brussels. German Zeppelins dropped bombs in Deyhze and Thielt, northern Belgium. The convent of St. Vincent de Paul, in Deynze, one of the oldest in Belgium, was badly damaged. Zeppelins have been reported at many points in Germany, and apparently they are being massed for offensive operations. Bordeaux reports that the French continue to make slow gains on the left, where the general flanking movement is in progress. Paris Declares the allies’ loss is 100,000 men and 180,000 Germans have fallen in the battle of the Aisne. Both sides have brought up big guns and resumed the fight at long range after charges have proved futile. An official announcement concerning the progress of the campaign against Kiauchau, the German port in China, says the Japanese fleet has attacked the litis fort, effectively aided by the army. PARIIS — The official communique is as follows: “1. —On our left wing the reports received on the situation are favorable. “2. —In the center our troops have successfully resisted several violent attacks. We have gained slightly on the heights of the Meuse. In the Woevre a heavy fbg has brought operations to a standstill. “3.—On our right wing (Lorraine and the Vosges) the situation remains unchanged.” 3 Germans Again Defeated, Says Paris. PARIS — Germany met with still further defeat in a series of attacks in full force against the French arid British designed to avert the imminent disaster that threatens in the conclusion of the battle of the Aisne with victory for the allies. From the River Aisne on the west to the Argonne region on the east the Germans left their trenches in a series of determined assaults to break down the French resistance by the sheer force of ‘ numbers. The onslaught was met by the French in a series of counter attacks in which th' Germans were defeated and driven back with heavy losses. An official statement by the French war- off in the afternoon says: “The general situation remains unchanged. There is a lull in the fighting along part of the front. At certain points, however, particularly t tween the River Aisne and the a». gonne ridge the enemy has made several violent attacks, but has been repulsed.” Germans Gain Nothing, Says London. LONDON — French and British troops have progresed in their attacks, while the Germans have failed in onslaughts of the utmost violence. The official statement issued by the British war press bureau, says: “Last night the enemy attacked our line with even more vigor but no more success. There is no change in the situation. “The Germans have gained no ground and the French have advanced here and there.” German Supply Base Burns. Dispatches from Ostent report that Mons, Belgium, base of operations and supplies for the army of General Von Kluck is burning. Mons was the organization center for the sending of reinforcements to the firing line in France. Belgians Claim Victory. A dispatch from Amsterdam says that the Germans, in again bombarding Malines and at the same time attacking Grembergen, were repulsed by the Belgians with heavy losses. Prussian Guard Wiped Out. BORDEAUX — The Prussian guard, the picked soldiers of the German empire and the kaiser’s pride, feu been out to pioceo la the fighting

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SUBMARINE BOATS «■ j. • ■ German Type at Right and English at Left. I A i SBiwiw I .F - of the last three days on the center oi the battle line. The strength of some companies has been reduced from 250 to 100 men. Virtually all the original officers have been killed or wounded. Two battalions have been annihilated. Germans Admit Heavy Losses. Germany admits her losses in the tittle of the Aisne have been extraordinarily heavy, according to a Berlin dispatch. Cholera In Budapest. LONDON — A dispatch from Rome says a message from Budapest asserts the minister of the interior has announced" fifteen new cases ->f caolera in the Hungarian city’s military, hos pital. ■ German Planes Fly Over Cities. BORDEAUX — Two German aeroplanes flew over Calais and Boulogne, throwing bombs which caused some damage in both cities. Zeppelin Bomb Kills 11 Russ Children. LONDON — The operators of a German Zeppelin dirigible dropped a bomb into a school house at Bialostok, Russia, killing elevn children, according to a dispatch from Petrograd to the Morning Post. Germany Can War a Year. BERLIN!. via London — The re-, sponse of! the German public to the efforts of the government to raise a war fund of $1,250,(90,000 has, it is asserted here, removed all anxiety thd> nation maly have had regarding its ability to meet financial obligations due ;to the war. According to military authorities, the war is costing Germany about $5,000,000 a day, inclusive of the money spent on behalf of those who have been deprived of their bread winners. The means of the governnient at the beginning of the w ar, not counting the permanent war treasure, but including the reserve funds of the Reidhsbank, amounted to about $125,000,0100, wljich, in the meantime, however, has been considerably increased through th|e issue of notes. Most of Maubeuge Burned. PARIS — A resident of Maubeugje who had been made prisoner but later escaped states that Maubeuge was three-quarters burned by the Germankl. Thb forts resisted for a, long timej the assaults of 40,000 men. French Fleet Shells Cattaro. LONDON — A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Venice .dated Sunday, says that the French fleet at that time had been in action for the last fortyeight hours bombarding the port of Cattaro and the fortified island on the Daln’atian coast. French Seize German Congo. PARIS — It is officially announced that French forces in equatorial Africa have reoccupied the greater part of the Congo territory ceded to Germany by the treaty of 1911,” says tae Havas correspondent at Bordeaux. Turks Shut Dardanelles. LQNDOf'J — The Dardanelles have been clos,ed to navigation, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the Reuter Telegram company. The duration of the closure is not stated. Foes on Three Sides of Teuton Army. BORDEAUX — The Berliner Tageblatt’s military critic admits that “the German army in the Verdun region is meinaced on three sides by the French. VILLA IS NOT A CANDIDATE Assures Washington He Will Not Run For President in Mexico. WASHINGTON, D. G. — Assurancs from General Villa that he will not be a candidate for president or vice president of Mexico were forwarded to the administration by Consular Agent Carrothers. General Funston reported that Zapata had protested to him against the evacuation of Vera Cruz and delivery of the city to Carranza forces. General: Carranza has signified his willingness not to become a candidate if Villa would give a similar promise and if all the military leaders of the revolution could be also eliminated as possibilities. None of the others have appeared as candidates. • Villa’s assurances were regarded here as portending a peaceful end of the break with Carranza. „ .

EUSS ISOLATE PRZEMYSLFORTS Czar’s Troops Hold All Railroads In Galicia. MASS FOR MOVE ON BRESLAU Chyrow, in Hungary, Occupied by Invaders —Attack Last Fortified Place Before Cracow—May Leave Troops to Surround and Cut Off Cracow and Advance Against Breslau. PETROGRAD, RUS. — Having occupied Chyrow and the Carpathian passes, leaving Przemysl surrounded and cut off, the Russian army is now in possesion of all railroads and is advancing rapidly westward along both lines traversing Galicia. The northern column has attacked Tarnow. This is the last fortified point between the invading army and Cracow, sixty miles away. The southern column has occupied Sanck, but is advancing slower than the first, the intention being to cut off the retreat of the Austrians which the northenr army is driving to the south. Every indications is that the Russians do not intend to try and capture Cracow, but will leave a strong force there, surrounding and isolating the intrenched camp, as has been done at Przemysl. The advance will then be pushed tow ard Breslau. 1,000,000 Russ in Battle. It is now apparent that the movement through Galicia is the main offensive of the Russian army. It developed that Grand Duke Nicholas, the commander in chief, is with the forces there, who number more than one million men. The armies are proceeding along the parallel lines or railway, moving rapidly westward. With all of the six Carpathian passes occupied by . Russian troops and with strong forces on the Hungarian plains just south of these points, all danger of a possible flanking movement has been avoided. Consequently there is nothing to retard the invasion. German Attack Blocked. The following official communication from the chief of the general staff regarding the Russian operations has been given out here: “Russian troops are driving fast en the offensive in the forests of Augrstow’o, in Russian Poland, Province of Suwalki. The Germans are using heavy siege artillery in the bombardment of the fortress of Ossowetz. An attempt by the German infantry to close in on the fortress has been checked. “On the front of the Silesia the enemy has bene greatly re-enforced and shows much activity. Sorties by the garrison of Przemysl have not been successful. Many prisoners, a number of cannon and some stores of amUnition have fallen iuto our hands. “As the Austrian retreat in Galicia continues great confusion is noticeable in the ranks.” IS CHOSEN TO RULE ALBANIA Son of Abdul Hamid Elected by Senate of New Kingdom. LONDON — A dispatch to the Central News from Rome'says a message received there from Durazzo, Albania, announces that the Albanian senate has elected Prince Burhan-Ed-din, son of the former sultan, Abdul Hamid, Prince of Albania; in succession to Prince William of Wied, who left his kingdom some days ago and subsequently renounced his throne, retiring to Switzerland. The correspondent adds that Essad Pasha has arrived at Dibra and declares his intention of proceeding to Durazzo at the head of 10,000 men. HOPE FOR PEACE IN MEXICO Latest Spit Between Villa and Carranza May Yet Be Adjusted. WASHINGTON D. C. — Reports from Mexico that a conference is to be held at Zacatecas at once for ti e purpose of effecting an adjustment of the Villa-Carranza differences inspired the hope in several quarters here that the latest Mexican problem might be solved without the country being again plunged into revolution and warfare. The White House was the first to make public the fact that a conference is to be held at Zacatecas between Carranza and Villa supporters. Nine Counties Go Dry in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE —-. Nine of twelve Kentucky counties in which local option elections were held voted dry, according to unofficial returns. Those counties voting to remain wet were Henderson, with a majority of 1,053; Fayette, 3,264, and Andersen, with 64. Counties voting dry were Carroll, Montgomery, Mason, Bell, Boone, Clark, Shelby, Bourbon, and Scott. Three counties, Daviess, McCracken and Christian, recently voted, wet. Monday’s election leaves fourteen of 120 counties in the state wet.

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INDIANA STATE NEWS Socialists Name Women. GOSHEN, IND. — Socialists of Elkhart township, in nominating their first townshin ticket, have made three women candidates for the advisory board. They are Mrs. John McKibbin, Mrs. RuffclpM I. Yoder and Mrs. Louise Blaser, the first women ever submitted for elective offices in this locality. When’ Peter G. Keely of Elkhart. Socialist nominee for superior court judge, declined to run, the Social:.-: committee filled the ticket vacancy by using the name of John McKibbin, a Goshen barber. McKibbin ran for mayor of Goshen last year. There are al': ut ICO Socialist voters in the township and 1,000 in the county. Live Wire Kills Coal Miner. BRAZIL, IND. — Charles Brill, thirty-three years old, was killed wl en he came in contact with a “live.’ wire at the Lost Creek mine of the Vandalia Coal company at Seely vide Brill is a eager and was engaged at his work when the accident occurred. The first aid team of the mine applied a puimotorin a futile effort to resuscitate him. Brill is survived bv a widow and a small son, who live in Harmony. Chemicals Fire Cciioge Building. CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — A fire in the basement of the physics and chemistry departments of Wabash college caused several hundred dollars’ damage and for a time threatened the destruction of the building; The fire probably was caused by the explosion of chemicals and. on account of the gas produced, was fought with great difficulty. One Thousand Men iff Church Parade. FORT WAYNE, IND. — One thousand young men p in a prrade from the First Baptist churib to the First Presbyterian church as a preliminary event to a congress of the Young Men Forward Movement ot Fort Wayne and the Presbyterian church. W. L. Bryan, president >f Indiana university, was the principal speaker. Risks Life to Avoid Collision, COLUMBUS. IND. — To avoid a collision with a buggy in which there were two women. Dr. .1. F. Wright of Taylorville endangered his own life and wrecked his automobile by running the machine though a fen.ee and down a twenty foot embankment. The physician escaped with slight injuries. Cartridge in Stove; Woman Shot. GOSHEN. IND. — Miss Elizabeth Sockwell, Carnegie librarian here, is in a serious condition from loss of blood, resulting when a cartridge that had been carelessly thrown into a stove exploded in her face as she lifted a lid. The bullet has not teen extracted. Thomas L. Creath Dies. VERSAILLES, IND. — Thomas I;. Creath, one of the leading attorneys of this county, is dead at his home here after being operated on for appendicities. He was prosecuting attorney of Decatur county one term, being elected in 1900. S3OO for Worthy Young Women. LAFAYETTE. IND. — President W. E. Stone of Purdue has announced that the-Indiana Federation of Clubs had placed S3OO in his hands’ to be loaned to worthy young women students who need financial aid. Dies Seeking Health. ROCHESTER, IND. — Mrs. Frank Walters of this city, who went to Colorado last spring in search of health, died there, according to word received here. The body will be brought here for burial. Missing Man Is Located. GOSHEN. IND. — Charles Carpenter, twenty-two years old, who disappeared from his home here three j ears ago and who was believed to be dead, has been located at Edmonton, Alberta. Bloodhounds for Missing Man . WORTHINGTON, IND. — Walter Speas, forty years old, farmer, eight miles north of town, suddenly left home while temporarily insane. Bloodhounds have been put on his trail Merrill A. Teague Is Dead. MUNCIE, IND. — Word has been received by relatives here of the sudden death of Merrill A. Teague, former Indiana newspaper man, who expired suddenly in New Y'ork. Will Feed Lambs. TIPTON, IND. — George H. Pecker, G. C. Wood and J. B. Grishaw have gone to Wyoming to buy thirty car loads of lambs to be fed on their farms in Tipton county. Lightning Fires Stock Barn. FRANKFORT, IND. — Lightning fired a stock barn on the farm of Frank Canady and the structure waa destroyed, with SI,SOO loss. Mothers Fight Smoke Nuisance. EVANSVILLE. IND. — Mothers’ clubs of this city will petition the city council to pass an anti-smoke ordinance.

PURSE TO UNEXPECTED HEIR Stranger, Proved Son, Wins Estate of Warsaw Miser. WARSAW, IND. — James W. Swaner of Chippewa Falls, Wis., will Inherit the entire estate of James W. Phillips by the verdict of the jury in the sensational suit brought here by Swaner against twenty-one other relatives. Swaner, now a middle aged man. will obtain money and property estimated at $35,000. James Phillips, who spent his entire life in Warsaw, was an eccentric character. He lived alone in a shanty on the shore of Center lake, dressed in rags and denied himself even necessities to hoard his money. He did not trust banks, and after his death a rusty coffee pot, containing about $2,000 in gold, silver and bank notes, was found hidden in h?s shanty. The relatives —many of whom hardly knew him during his life—started a fight for the property, in the midst of which John -Swaner appeared and asserted he was the sole heir.- Phillips never married and had. carried the reputation of a woman hater. Swaner convinced the jury that he was the son of ' htllirs and Sarah Birt, born out of v. c’:. THREE K'JRT IN AUTO CRASH Two Politicians and Driver Injured Returning From Rally. I.AFAYETTE, IND. — While returning from a political meeting at Otterbein. Carl A. Mehaffey of Williamsport, prosecuting attorney of Warren and Benton counties; Elmer E. Rogers of Williamsport, editor of tire Williamsport Republican, and Chris Christopher of Otterbein were seriously injured at the top of Statestreet hill in West I.afayette when the j ante in which they were riding crashed into a machine driven by Robert Sheyner. Christopher and Mis passengers were thrown out and landed on their far es. The three men were taken to a local hospital and it was ascertained that Rogers had sustained a fracture of the skull and his condition is critical. Christopher and Mehaffey were injured about the head and also badly ■ bruised about the body. 1 ANOTHER LOW WAGE THEORY Prison Labor Gets Blame for Women’s Low Pay. TERRE HAUTE, IND.-— Heads of large establishments whi<?h employ women appeared here before the commission appointed by Governor Raisto,i to investigate conditions of labor for women in Indiana. Frederick A. Reckert Jr., manager of the Ehrmann Manufacturing company, told the commission that prison labor was the greatest enemy of better conditions and hours for working women. He said manufacturers could not pay better wages as long as they wore compelled to compete with prison labor. He asserted manufacturers were in favor of shorter working hours, but that some of the employes desired piece work and longer hours. PERITONITIS FROM SCALDS Coffee Burns on Arm and Face May Be Fatal to Girl. NEW ALBANY, IND. — Miss j Lucille Riggle, daughter of Clement J. Riggle, is dying at her home here from peritonitis, the result of a burn on the arm and face, While such cases i are exceptionally rare, physicians say i that they are recorded in medical! science. I Ten days ago, while carrying a pot | ■ of boiling coffee, Miss Riggle fell, spill- ; ing the coffee on her arm and face. | The burns were not deep, however,! and it was believed that she was not! dangerously hurt until peritonitis de-; veloped. i DIVORCED. ASKS HEART BALM Evansville Man Sues Contractor for Five Thousand Dollars. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Edward C. Jarvis, a wealthy shirt manufac-! turer of this city, entered suit in the ; | Vanderburg county superior court against James M. Colwell, a contractor, asking judgment for $5,000. He alleges that Colwell alienated the affections of his wife, who until the day before the suit was filed, was Mrs. Mayme M Jarvis. A decree of divorce was granted ; Jarvis that day. MAN DECAPITATED BY CARS Loiters on Way Home and Gets In Way of Shipping Crew. ANDERSON, IND. — Walter M. Copper, thirty-one years old, was decapitated when a cut of cars backed over him on a switch at Pendleton at 2 o’clock in the morning. Copper had been to Anderson and left here on the last car the night before. He loafed around Pendleton until 2 o’clock and started to his home a half mile away, when he got in the way of a shipping crew. Youth Accused of Forgeryl CONNERSVILLE, IND. — Quincy Murservy. twenty-one years old, is in jail, charged with forgery. He presented a check at a local bank for sl4 and ran when the cashier invited him to come into a rear room, lhe police arrested him as he stepped aboajrd a traction car.

HOSPITAL AT TERMONDE Showing Damage Done to the Building by Big German Guns. ■ I Il r I | |h : J xJfaX! fy , ... - © 1914, by American Press Association A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR. } Wednesday, Sept. 23.—Momentous that may decide the battle of the Aisne are concurring near St. Quentin, where the allies are making a furious attempt to turn the German right wing. The allies have advanced on their western wing after severe fighting German attack on the east wing of the allies have been repulsed. The Austrians are falling back behind the forts at Hrzemysl and all the railroads leading to Przemysl are held by the Russians. It is announced officially at Nish that after a nine days’ struggle the Austrians are in full retreat along the front from Liubovia to Losnitza. Thursday, Sept.-24.—The allies have won new victories in the furious fighting along all of the 24>0-mile buttle front, except at the center ot the line, where the discouraged Germans have ceased their attacks. French detachments catured Peronne, north of the German lines, which is an advance of ♦en miles by the allies, after a desperate engagement with the enemy. A separate French army is advancing on Roye. The Montenegrins operating in Bosnia, after a hot engagement, defeated the Austrians and occupy the town of Pratzho. The immense forces of Russia are rapidly near the German frontier on a line of advance 159 miles w ide. Friday, Sept. 25.—The thirteenth day of the great battle of the Aisne i finds the Franco-British armies and Germans still fighting desperately, with the Germans fiercely resisting the gradual advance! of the allies on i General von Kluek’s ‘flank . On the eastern end of the battle line in France the Germans are making a determined assault on the Verdun positions . Zeppelin airships have extended then operations to the Belgian seaside resort of- Ostend. Three bombs dropped from a dirigible caused considerable damage to buildings and a panic among the inhabitants. Russian pursuit of the Austro-Ger-man forces in Galicia continues. A Russian official statement says that Galician fortified position of Czyschky and Foulstyn, with all the Austrian artillery, have been captured. Saturday. Sept. 26.—A battle of extraordinary severeity is raging at the western end of the Anglo-French and German battle line in the region north of Noyon where the ‘French are' still striving to out-flank Gen, von Klucks’ re-enforced army. The allies are reported to have made i slight advance. On the eastern end of the fighting line the French admit that teir line has been forced back across the River Meuse. Russians operating against the fortress of Premysl have captured two towns to the north and south of the position and have cut off its railway communication'. The British forces from the union of South Africa have occupied Luderitzbncht, a town in Gefman Southwest Africa, where the Germans retreated after blowing up the railroad. Sunday, Sept. 27.—French and British forces were again victorious along the entire battle front in the most furious conflicts of the battle of the Aisne. Twelve cities were attacked from the air by the Germans. Their aerial craft . bombarded Paris, Antwerp ( hent, and numerous small towns in Belgium. German activities in this respect was widespread and of the utmost boldness. Battle rages in extreme violence at St. Quentin, where the Germans are striving desperately to prevent the capture of the town by the allies. A Russian column is less than fifty miles from Cracow. Cossacks are raiding the country between Tarno and Cracow and driving back German and Austrian skirmishers. Russian troops occupy Dembica and Tarnow and the czar’s armies are crossin gthe Liver Wisloka in force.

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ROSS ADVANCING TOWARD BRL SLA J Czar's ten Seize All F ill Lines in Gaiicia. 1,000,600 RUSS IS BATTLE New C>tv in Hungary is captured—. Advance oh Kaiser’s Fort ess t 0 g n at Cnee—German <■ ttack Re portec Blocked—All arpathian Passes A"e Cccupted. Petrograd Sept 30— IL: ing occu ’pied Chyrow and the Carpa titan pa-< es leavirg Przemysl sum nded and cut off tl: Russian army s now m possession of all railroads tnd is advancing rapidly westward long both lines traversing Galicia. he north ern column has. attacked Ta now This is the last fortified point b tween the invading army and Crac jw, sixty miles away The southern column ha occupied Sanck. but is advancing s ?wer than the first, the intention be ng to cut eff the retreat of the Austr ins .which the northern army is drix ng to the ■ south. Every indication is tha the Russians do not intend tc tr and capture Cracow, but will leax • a stri'iia force there, surrounding nd Isolating the Intrenched camp, a has been done at Przemysl The a< ance will then be pushed toward Ifre au. 1,000,000 Russ In B« tie. It is now apparent that the movement through Galicia is tl ■ main offensive of the Russian ar» y It de velops that Grand Duke N bolas, the ccmmander in chief Is wit’ the forces there, who number more than one million men. The armies are procee ine along the parallel lines of rc.ilw y, moving rapidly westward With ill of the ’six Carpathian pas'- - c t ripled by Russian troops and with st mg' forces or the Hungarian p’air.s j’ t south of these points all danger, of a possible, flanking movement has bo-> avoided. Ccnsequently there is net- ing to retard the invasion. Genmon Attack 3lo r ;ed. The following off: ial <• >mmunicaUon from the chief es t ? general staff regarding the Russian >perat : hits been given cut here; “Russian troops are clrh >g fast on the offensive in the forest 1 of Augitstowo. in Russian Poland'.' ’ evince of Suwalki. The Ger:: aps re. ustaß heavy siege artillery in tl bombardment of the fortress of Os wetz. An attempt, by the German , .fantry to close in on the fortress has been checked. “On the front of Silesia he enemy has been greatly reinforced nd shov ■■ ranch activity. “Sorties by the garrison c Przemysl have not been successful. I any prisoners, a number of cannor and some stores of ammunition have alien into our hands. “As the Austrian retreat in Galicia, i continues great confusion is noticeable in the ranks.” crimelssuspe’ited IN HOMEJOLGMUST Mother and Four Children Die; Father Escape ;. Champaign, 111., Sept. “o.—Champaign county officials seek to lift the veil of mystery which sun ounds the death of Mrs. Scott Stone ard her four children, who are dead in tae charred ruins of the Stone farm hcuse, south of Champaign. Scott Stone, the husban i, who occupied another part of the abuse, was the only member of the\fa nily to escape. The dead are: A rs. Dessie Stone, twenty-eight years Id; Violet Stone, five years old: Wi »er Stone, four years old; Marcella S one, three years old; Vernice Stone, o. e and onehalf years old. Because the bodies, of t* a children had not been recovered a 1 also because of the peculiar cir imstaaces said to surround the d< th of the mother and babies the t >roner deferred the official investig tion until Tuesday. At 2 o’clock Monday mo ning cries for help were heard by neighbors, 'Stone sounding the alarm He said he had awakened to fin 1 hi; room full of smoke and 1 at er calling to his wife withoftt resporse, leaped from a window. He. said that the nerth part of the house, o cupied by his family, was in flames. His only theory of the cause of th > fire was that his wife kept a coal oil lamp burning which might havt exploded or have been upset. Scott Stone is a son of T M. Stone, a wealthy land owner. Hi. wife was a favorite and devoted'to the children with whom she died. Residents have demanded a thorough investigation.

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