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WASHINGTON.' D. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912-FOURTEEN PAGES.
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SLEUTHS FOLLOW
GIRL; THEN NAB
VAULT ROBBER
WE CAN'T ALL BE THANKFUL
WOMAN'SSUICIDE
LAST JUNE LEADS
POLICE RELEASE
GIRL WHO SHOT
MOTHER ONTRA IN
Killing in Pullman Gar -Accidental,
Declare Trenton
. ' Authorities,
DOVE OF PEACE
HOVERS OVER
BALKAN WAR
Bulgarian Delegates Reported
to Be in Constantinople
for Conference.
TQMAN'SARREST
HOSTILITIES SOON MAYGEASE
Turkish Ambassadors Advise Porte
to Deal with Allies Direct.
Troops Still Battle.
Constantinople, Nov. 14. It was
officially announced to-night that
the Ottoman government has taken
np direct negotiations with the Bul
bars for an armistice. Nazim Pasha,
the Turkish commander-in-chief,
has received instructions to open
communication with the Bulgarian
headquarters beyond the Tchatalja
line of forts.
Constantinople, Nov. 13 At 4
o'clock this afternoon the director
of transportation informed inquir
ers at the war office that a cessa
tion of hostilities had been ar
ranged looking to peace.
Simultaneously another official
summoned the chief contractors
for supplies, including military
footstuffs, forage, &c , and in
formed them that hostilities would
-ease to-mglit.
Peace Delegates
Reported in Capital
Constantinople, Nov 13. Persistent ru
mors prevail here to-night that Bulgarian
delegates to a peace conference have ar
med in the capital, but It was not pos
sible to verif) the report. It la known.
however, that the Turkish ambassadors
accredited to the great powers have -notified
the Porte that the best plan Is to ne
gotiate direct with the allies
Meanwhile the war Is being prosecuted
with the greatest vigor A patriotic pam
phlet just issued by lrince Sabas Ed
D.ne lr Impassioned terms calls upon
the Sultan and all members of the Otto
man d)nast) to go to the front. This has
created a tremendous sensation In court
circles from the Imperial kitchen to the
eunuchs from the harem to the Sultan
hlmseir
The proclamation reads
Sire Go to the aim) Join In the cry
01 victory or death, and Kismet will re
ward you "
The Sultan was from the first anxious
to go to the front, but was disuaded by
his advisers, who were afraid that such
a step might have a disastrous effect on
his health
Refugee. In Shipwreck.
A number of sailing vessels with refu
gees from various parts of the coast suf
fered shipwreck in last night's great
storm that swept the sea. One boat
foundered at Ilaldai Pasha on the Asi
atic coast with a loss of more than 200
lives Immediately the ship put to sea,
heavj weather was encountered, and she
was driven out of her course. The vessel
was crowded to excess with people of all
ages As the small guppl) of provisions
and water soon gave out. the passengers
suffered all the horrors of hunger and
Continued on Pace Four.
PHYSICIAN S-AYS
WOMANWASCHOKED
Assistant County Physician Backs
Up Findings of Coroner's Phy
sician in Gibson Case.
Jersey Citj. N J Nov 13. "Death
was m my opinion caused by strangula
tion. asphyxiation, caused by pressure
from without " was the testimony of
Dr Arthur Haskln, assistant county
physician of Hudson, at the hearing to
day, relative to the death of Mrs Rosa
Menschlk Szabo Burton W Gibson,
the lawjer accused of having brought
about the woman's death was represent
ed at the hearing by Robert II Elder
and two other law j era. Dr. Hasklns.
finding agrees in almost every detail
with that of Coroner Physician Schultz.
of New York, who made the first exam
ination. Mlddletown, N T, Nov. IS. Burton
W Gibson, declared to-night that he
expected to be reinstated as executor of
the estate of Mrs Rosa Menschlk Szabo
shortly. He said he knew nothing of
what was transpiring in the matter In
New Tork except what he read In the
papers. He seems to be worried, over
whether the newspapers will make a
feature of his trial and puts the ques
tion to reporters who visit him Ho ap
pears to think the public Is no longer
Interested in the case.
Striker Denies Ursine Violence.
Salem. Mass.. Nov. IS. Joseph JEttor.
Industrial Worker of the World leader.
on trial as an accessory to the murder
of Annie Loplzxl during the Lawrence
strike together with Joseph Caruso and
Arturo Glovanlttl. denied to-day on the
stand all knowledge of the circular al
leged to have been signed by him. ad
vising the strikers to throw people down
stairs and break their bones. Be stated
that the first time he saw Oe circular
was In the Police Court In Lawrence.
He denied he had given any permission
to use his name on a circular advising
violence.
Mat., "Ilebecc of Sunnybrook Farm."
To-day, 2 15. Columbia Theater. SI to SCc.
largest Morning Circulation.
Young Woman Unconsciously
leads Detectives to Her
Fugitive Fiance. (
ST0LE$1,300 FROM ASYLUM
Sweetheart Faints as She Sees
Youth Arrested for Pennsyl- '
vania Authorities-.
Eighteen-year-old Mamie Baker last
nigh unconsciously led detectives to
her fugitive fiance and then fainted when
she saw handcuffs clicked on the wrists
of the man, Julian H. Davis, twenty-one
years old. wanted by the police for rob
bing the vault of the Pennsylvania State
Insane Asylum of nearly $1,300.
Trailed by two sleuths. Miss Baker left
a hotel In Pennsylvania Avenue, wended
her way through the theater throngs, and
sought a dark spot beneath a big tree on
the northern edge of the Mall at Seventh
and B Streets Northwest, where she knew
Davis, with a heart full of love for her,
viae walUng to kiss her for the last time
before fleeing from the police on a motor
cj cle
Davis, standing beneath the tree, naa
Just folded the girl In his arms, -vhen a
startled exclamation escaped his lips. He
had glanced Up to see two plainclothes
men coming toward him witn long
strides. There was a tall Iron fence be
hind him From his right and left the
detectives were coming. There was no
way to escape.
"Arrested as n Thief."
Before MIsb Baker realized the plight
In which she had plaoed her lover. De
tective Sergt. Lawrence O Dea, of the
Central Office, and Detective Joseph W.
Ibach. of Harrlsburg, Pa . had locked
handcuffs on his wrists. Davis turned to
his sweetheart and in a voice, broken
w lth a sob. said ' I'm arrested as a
thief, little girl" Miss Baker reeled and
swooned
After a few- seconds Miss Baker re
gained her faculties with a hysterical
cr) Then she cried. ' Oh. I did It. Ju
lian. I did It I led them here to you.
Can lou ever forgive me I didn't
know they were following me, bo). I
didn't know '
While the girl stood sobbing and her
whole form trembling convulslv clj . the
detectives led Davis by dark and de
serted streets to police headquarters.
wheTe he was pfirched and charged with
being a fugitive from Justice The girl
made her wav back to her hotel
Davis, chief clerk at the Pennsylvania
State Insane Asylum, was discharged
on Octobtr 11 He went to the home
of Miss Baker at 303 Harris Street,
Harrisburg. and told her he had been
offered a Job n Baltimore. Shortly after
lie went to work for the General Llec
trie Suppl) Compan), of Baltimore.
Knew the Combination.
But as chief bookkeeper at the Insane
aylum Davis knew the combination of
the vault, and the ease with which the
vault might be robbed kept recurring to
him. according to the police Last Mon
day night, according to his own admls
sions. Davis lay in wait outside the
asvlum until he saw the night watchman
leave the building and start across
field to his home for a midnight lunch
Davis, the police sav, admits cieeplng
in the unguarded office of the asylum.
spinning the combination, and stepping
into the vault, closing but not locking
the massive steel doors so he could not
be seen. Under the electric light In the
vault he took from hts pocket several
pieces of soft metal and a file. It Is said
Then he easily fashioned a key to un
lock the drawer In which the cash was
kept Having been In possession of a key
to the drawer for months, the police
allege. It was simple for him to remem
ber the outline and make a key that
would onen the drawer
It Is charged he found more than J1.HI
In the drawer Of this money, 1800 w as In
gold, and the remainder In bills of large
denominations and a pocketful of sliver
The police say he locked the drawer, ex
tracted the key. and placed It in his
pocket, stepped from the vault, locked
the big doors, arranged the combination,
and stole away. -
In Harrisburg he chartered an auto
and made a midnight dash across the
country to York. Pa , paying the chauf
feur $K and then boarding a train for
Baltimore, appearing for work in the of
fice of the General Electric Supply Com
pany at the proper hour on Tuesday
morning The police say Davis telephon
ed to Miss Baker, sent her a special de
livery letter, and forwarded her $250
Cnme from Ilarrlahursr.
Detective Ibach cleverly detected the
plans of the fugitive At 9 45 o'clock
jesterday morning. Miss Baker, with her
aunt. Mrs. M E Baker, boarded a
train In Harrisburg for Washington. In
the chair car behind that occupied by
the woman ad girt, sit Ibach. reading
a newspaper At Union StaUon Mrs.
Baker and the girl alighted and enter-
Contlnucd on Phbc Fear.
SPRING-RICE NAMED
TO SUCCEED BRYCE
London, Nov 13. It was announced by
the foreign office to-day that the resig
nation of Jaes Bryce as Ambassador to
Washington bad been received, and that
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice had been appointed
to succeed him.
ALLISON MacFABLAND,
AC0.UITTED OF WIFE MURDER,
- IS SENTENCED
New York, Nov. 11 Allison MacFar
land, once convicted of wife murder and
then acquitted in a second trial, to-day
was sentenced by Judge Hough, of the
Federal Court, to a year and six months
In the Atlanta penitentiary.
MacFarland pleaded guilty to a charge
of counterfeiting. MacFarland admit
ted that his scheme was that of perfect
ing a metbojr of duplicating silver orna
ments Off wholesale awrat a low cost.
He declared he used the SO-cent piece
merely as a basis for experiment, and
not with any idea of counterfeiting
money. v
COMMONERS IN
RIOTOUS SCENES
Wild Confusion Over Attempt
to Rescind Home-rule
Amendment.
London, Nov. 11 Kb the House of
Commons was being peremptorily ad
journed to-night after scenes of wild con
fusion, following the attempt of Premier
Asqulth to rescind the vote taken last
Monday on an amendment to the home
rule bill bv which the government sus
tained a defeat, a book thrown by one of
the opposition members struck v inston
Churchill, first lord of the admlralt).
full in the face. Mr Churchill was
slightly stunned, but otherwise unhurt.
although the force of the blow left a spot
on his cheek
It was perhaps the stormiest session
the House has ever known. From the
moment the Premier made his motion to
rescind the vote the uproar continued at
most unlnterruptedl) Liberal speakers
were shouted down by the Unionists, Pre
mier Asqulth was denounced as a traitor.
and several members were ordered from
the House when the unparliamentary
language grew particularly violent
The galleries were crowded when the
Premier arose to Introduce his motion
The Unionists were hopeful that the
speaker would declare the Premier's mo
tion out of order The speaker, Mr James
Lowther, however, while admitting that
the Premier's motion was unprecedented,
ruled that it was quite in order.
Asnntth Called Traitor.
Premier Asqulth then submitted his
motion, and in support of it said that If
the House did not reverse the decision
reached by the Commons on the amend
ment of Sir Frederick Banbury, the gov
ernment would be unable to proceed with
the home rule bill The debate pro
ceeded amidst great excitement. The
Liberal speakers w ere .shouted down by
the Unionists, who at one time hurled
the word "traitor at Premler-Asqulth
Sir William Bell, Unionist, who had been
particularly strong in invective, was re
quested by the speaker to withdraw his
remarks. This he declined to do, and he
was ejected from the House. To cap
the climax. Sir Frederick Banbury, who
Introduced the first amendment three
das ago, arose in his seat and moved
an amendment that Premier Asqulth's
resolution was an affront to the House
of Commons
Capt Craig, another Unionist, declar
ed that the government suQporters
were present under disgusting circum
stances, while the members of the cabinet
present did nothing but grin like, apes
at the minority.
"This government smells in the nos
trils of the financiers of London." shout
ed Henry P. Croft, also a Unionist.
By this time the uproar was so great
that all semblence of order had disap
peared and the speaker suspended the
sitting until to-morrow.
Canadians Want
Ottawa Governed
Like Washington
Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 11 Premier Bor
den, replying to a delegation asking him
to attempt to make Otowa a federal
district like Washington, D. C, told them
to-day that he Is overwhelmed bv re
quests from members of Parliament and
other prominent men from all parts of
Canada making suen requests.
MAN, 31, WHO LIVED AT
HOUSE NO. 13, IS KILLED
ON 13TH BY CAB 1313
Hartfordi Conn .. Nov. 11 On this, the
thirteenth day of the month, James
Rose, thirty-one years of age, and who
lived at 12 Putnam Street, was Instantly
killed by a trolley car.
The number of the car that struck and
m r -nnr ki .. "'"ipf
Mr. Rose as he was crossing' theJe
Is lilt "wuiy injj-
Killed air.
street
PRESIDENT FIXES
RATES OF TOLL
THROUGH CANAL
Issues Proclamation for Busi
ness and Shipping Interests
of Entire World.
Pree-dent Taft last nlkht Issued
proclamation for which the business and
shipping Interests of the entire world
have anxious! been waiting It fixes
the rates of toll on vessels passing
through the Panama Canal W lth the
proclamation was made public a report
bj Prof Emory Johnson, of tho Lnl
verit) of Penns)lvanlo. the government
Panama transportation expert, showing
the probable development of traffic
through the canal
Prof Johnson figure that under the
system of tells promulgated by the Prcst
dent, the canal will be self-supporting
during the first decade, and that in the
second and succeeding decades the reve
nues ought to le sufficient to permit the
ultimate amortization of the entire $373,-
CmU0 invested in the canal
The tolls fixed by the President are
practlcallj those charged by the Suez
Canal with Which the American water
wa will compete for the world s ship
ping The Panama Canal revenues will
not compose an) toll on passengers,
which the Suez charges M francs for
each passenger
President) Proclamation.
Here Is the President's proclamation:
I. William Howard Taft President of
tho United States of America, by virtue
of the power and authority vested In mo
by the act of Congress approved Au
gust 34, 1913. to provide for the opening.
maintenance, .protection, and operation of
the Panama Canal and the sanitation and
government of the Canal Zone, do hereby
prescribe and proclaim the following
rates of toll to be paid by vessels using
tho Panama Canal
"L On 'merchant vessels carrying pas
sengers or cargo one dollar and twenty
cents J(l 10) per net ton each one hun
dred (100) cubic feet of actual earning
capacity.
2. "On vessels in ballast without pas-
sengers or cargo 40 per cent less than
the rate of tolls for vesels with pas
sengers or cargo
"3 Upon naval vessels, other than
transports, colliers, hospital ships and
supply ships, 50 per cent per displacement
ton.
"4 UDon army and navy transports,
colliers, hospital ships and supply ships
$1 30 per net ton. the v essels to be meas
ured by the same rules as are emplo)ed
In determining the net tonnage of mer
chant vessels.
"The Secretary of War will prepare
and prescribe such rules for the meas
urement of vessels and such regulations
as may be necessary arid proper to carry
this proclamation into full force and ef
fect
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed
"Done at the City of Washington this
thirteenth day of November in the ear
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and thlrt -seventh
"By the President,
PC KNOX.
SfCTfUrr of State."
' Prof. Johnson's Report.
It tat upon Prof. Johnson's report that
the President based the tolls The expert
savs In his report-
It has been estimated by the Isthmian
Canal Commission that the annual ex
penses for the operation and maintenance
of the Panama Canal during the early
years of Its operation will amount to $3,-
600,000, and that JM0.O00 per annum will
cover the annual outlay for sanitation
and civil administration, provided the
Canal Zone Is made a government reser
vation and the population Is limited to
the canal operatives and their families.
It Is thus anticipated that the annur' ex
penses for the operation and maintenance
if the canal and the sanitation ana gov-
the canat ana me sanitation ana
.
contlnueil ou Page Four.
GUNMEN ACCUSE
STATEWITNESSES
Plans of Defense Outlined by
Attorney at- Close of Prose
cution's Case.
New York. Nov . 13 'Bridgey" Web
ber and Harry Vallon. with Jack Rose,
Sam Schepps, and an unidentified fifth
man standing bv, fired the shots which
ended the life of Herman Rosenthal
Crouching In the corner, where they
had been driven by the law, the gunmei
charged with the crime, to-night hurled
Kick this counter-charge at their accus
ers. Gp the Blood," "Lefty Louie," and
Vhlte 1-ewis. hurried to the scene
bj a message from Rose, fled as the first
shot rang out. Dago Frank was not
there at all
Later the crie was fixed upon them by
Rose in settlement of a grudge which
he had long nourished against the late
Jack Zelig
This Is the sensational defense upon
which the gunmen have elected to stake
their lives Wahle outlined it earl this
eventng In an impassioned opening ad
dress to the Jury.
(.one VKnln.t r.niiK.
It Is now gang against gang The
gunmen of New lork are making their
last stand Zellg Is dead Monk Kast
man Is In Sing Ping Jack Sirocco Is
a fugitive from justice. Charles Becker,
protector of them all. Is awaiting the
Judgment of the law In the death cham
ber And those that remain the s)s
tem shattered, tho wheels of Justice
finally In motion are now locked In a
final. despera'e struggle for the mere
right to five
"White) ' Lewis will take the witness
stand to-morrow morning, the first of
hi four companions, standing in the
shadow of the death chair, in a final
effort to Impress a Jur with one of
the most remarkable defenses ever set
up against a charge of murder
The summons to defend themselves
came suddenly late this afternoon when
District Attorney Whitman, with the
smashing story of Shapiro still fresh
in the minds of the Jurv. and the storv
of Jack Rose Just told from the stand,
abruptly closed his case after two more
unimportant witnesses had btcn heard
Refuse to Dismiss Indictment.
Though not taken altogether una
wares, the defense winced under the
suddenness with which the Issue was
pressed upon it The customar) mo
tion for the dismissal of the Indictment
was flatly denied bv Justice Goff and
' Gyp the Blood. Lefty Louie Dago
Frank, and Whltey Lewis were face to
face with the effort on which their lives
depend.
It was a day of striking contrasts in
the chamber where the issue of life and
death has so often been waged before
Crowds all day stormed at the doors
for admission. Extra police guards were
summoned to hold In check the multi
tudes but even they failed to hold back
the mob which, at the opening of the
afternoon aeslon, massed In the corri
dors of the criminal courts building, and
fought for the chance to hear tho con
cluding passages of the stor) that Jack
Rose had to tell
Men and women high in social ranks
fought shoulder to shoulder with sinister
looking denizens of the underworld.
Clothing was torn, hats smashed and in
the flying wedge which the police finally
formed to stop the panic at least naif a
dozen men were hurled bodllv Into the
street,
AH Mrntn in Crowd.
When order had been restored, the
throng of spectators within the court
room presented a kaleldescoplc picture of
every element In the life of a great city
Over near the wall to the left of the
Judge's bench Mrs. O H. P. Belmont.
mistress of millions, and a leader In the
suffrage movement, sat with Miss Inez
MUholland, the young society leader of
the militant body of suffragists. Near-by
was Mrs. Whitman, wife of the district
attorney. KVchard Harding Davis and
Reginald Wright Kaufman, novelists, oc
cupied seats In another part of the court
room. .
Paramour Nabbed After Mother
of "Wife" Learns of Her
Death Here.
LETTER UNRAVELS MYSTERY
Fred Schwartz, Alias Kiligas, Ac
cused of Haying Lured Girl
Away from Husband.
Mstery surrounding the strange sui
cide of a voung woman known as Mrs
Carrie Schwartz in a boarding house at
1223 E Street "Northwest on June IS last
was swept aside yesterday by her moth
er. Mrs. Mary Umhoefer. of 3? Madison
Street. Guttenberg, N J . who assumed
the role of sleuth and caused the arrest
of a man known as Fred Schwartz, who
posed as the husband of the dead woman.
After a quarrel with Fred Schwartz,
twent-slx J ears old, Mrs Carrie
Schwartz locked herself up In her room
at the E Street boarding house In the
afternoon of June IS and swallowed
nearly all the contents of a two-ounce
bottle of carbolic acid, leaving no note
of explanation and dIng at Emergency
Hospital without regaining conscious
ness.
Fred Schwartz was arrested after the
death of his supposed wife and held a
prisoner at the Urst precinct station,
pending Investigation, but Coroner Nev-Itt
found that Mrs. Schwartz herself had
bought the acid and that Schwartz had
left the hotel some time before the wom
an was supposed to have drunk the
fatal draft The coroner could find
nothing to Indicate that Mrs Schwartz
was a victim of foul play.,
Icnnrant of Itenl "Nniiir.
According!), a certificate of death by
suicide was Issued, and Schwartz was re
leased. In the examination to which he
was subjected Schwartz declared he knew
nothing of the antecedents or real Iden
tity of his so-called wife He even told
the police, it is alleged, that he did not
know her real name He could not tell
where her relatives might be found, and
did not know where her home had been
The body of Mrs Schwartz was buried
In Woodlawn Cemeter). with only
Schwartz to follow the coffin to its rest
ing place. So far as the coroner and
police were concerned the case was offi
cially closed Schwartz remained
Washington working on the wireless
towers under erection at rllngton He
wis kept under surveillance as a person
who could stand a bit of watehlng
About a month ago. Mrs Umhoefer
addressed a letter to her daughter at
the last address given bj the )Oung
woman. The letter went to the board
ing-house In E Street A woman who
hid known the so-called Mrs. Schwartz.
feeing a woman's handwriting on the
envelope and gueslng that some rela-tlve-
was writing to the dead woman
opened the epistle and learned the name
and address of the mother of the suicide
Sirs Umhoefer was at once notified A
delay In the malls kept the knowledge of
the death of the daughter awav from tha
rrotner until Just a few davs ago Then
newspaper clippings recounting the sui
cide or Mrs Fred Schwartz were mailed
t i the mother Mrs. Umhoefer in this
was learned that the daughter had been
polng as the wife of the man who called
nim-elf fc-chwartz.
Mother Informs Police.
.Mrs umhoefer boarded a train for
Washington she told the police all they
wanted to know about Schwartz and hts
supposed wife Mrs. Lmhoefer declared
that her daughter married George bantes
and went with him to Brooklyn Mantes
was a friend of Fred Schwartz, whose
real name Is said to be Charles Frederick
Kiligas, and the latter was a frequent
visitor at the home of Santes and his
wife
According to the mother of the joung
woman. Shcwartz or Kiligas. lured the
Kin away irom ner husband. Santes. and
the eloping couple came to Washington
Mrs. Umhoefer gave the police Informa
tion which caused the authorities to tele-
riioiie 10 uie ponce of Brookljn N
it was learned that Killga. alias
ocnwarix. is wanted in Brooklvn on
charge of passing worthless rhe-k
Armed with this information. Detective
orreonis uuy uurungame and Ned
eedon left police headquarters
An hour later they arrested Kiligas.
alias fachwartx, in a saloon under the
rooming house where he had lived with
tha. woman who committed suicide The
man was taken in custod) as a fugitive
from Justice and was locked In a cell at
me cixin rrecmct station.
The police allexe he nassori w hnn
checks In Brookljn and three In Hobo
ken. N J The Prisoner said his home
a" Jienorla Street. Brooklyn
Capital Portias
Admitted to Bar
of Highest Court
Further evidence of the Invasion by
women of professions hither ,o re
garded as entlrel masculine was
provided In the United States Supreme
Court vesterdav by Ellen Spencer Mus
sey, the suffragette leader, who moved
the admission to practice of Miss Sophie
B Kent and Miss Laura B Cooper, both
of Washington. The admission of wom
en to practice before the highest tri
bunal Is hardly an unusual Incident any
longer
There are more than flftj womea
members of the bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States who have
paid $10 each for the privilege of being
enrolled
The distinction of making the first ar
gument before the court, however, 14
still to De attained oy any oi mem.
Jnrnr fill Drnnmlte Trial Postponed
Indianapolis, Nov. 11 Owing to the Ill
ness of Juror Spauldlng, Judge Albert B.
Anderson to-day adjourned the dyincilte
conspiracy trial In Federal CoBrtrTiera
untll to-morrow.
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WAS IN NERVOUS STATE
Half Asleep, and Fearing Thieves,
Daughter Fires Without
Looking.
Trenton. N J. Nov It Mrs Eliza
beth Myers, wife of J Rappe Myers,
of Greensburg, Pa., was shot through
the lungs -by her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Myers, while leaning over the girl
to kiss her In their berth In the South
ern Express, bound for New York, early
this morning Mrs. Myers died In St.
Francis" Hospital here two hours later.
The shooting took place Just this side
of Croden, Pa., twenty miles south of
this city.
The Trenton police, after a three
hours' Inquisition of the girl, and Will
lam R. Cuthbert. of Lynchburg. Vs.,
who fought his way through a panic
stricken crowd of men and women to
the side of the wounded woman and tha
crazed girl, decided that the affair was
an accident, due entirel to th nervous
condition of Miss Myers, who told them
she awoke to see a face touch hers
and thought that It was the negro
porter
Both Miss Mvers and Cuthbert were
released from the First Precinct Police
Station, the former hysterical and call
ing her mother's name, shortly after 5
o clock this evening
On n to Vrw lork.
Mrs Mi ers and her daughter were on
their way to New York from Salem. Va .
where they were on a visit to J. Rappe
Mjers, Jr. the oung woman's brother,
and where only last week she had be
come tngaged to marry T Blair Dillard.
a wealth) lumber merchant of Salem
and Richmond They had a double mis
sion to purchase presents for oung
Mvers. who Is to be married on Christ
mas Day, and to begin busing material
for Miss Mers trousseau.
The story as the girl relates It is that
she and her mother had CJ00 worth of
jewelry In a chamois bag. Likewise they
had a JC-caliber revolver, which Miss
Mjers Insisted upon carrying while in
the South liecau.se of a terror of negroes
that she Inherited from ber mother
The porter or the sleeper William H
Green was sitting upon a camp stool In a
stateroom not six feet away from the
berth occupied by the two women. The
girl nervously asked her mother whether
she thought that Green was watching
them The mother calmed the girl and
told her that Green would protect rather
than harm them Mrs. Mers retired
."iout S o clock Her daughter followed
about a half hour later
Mother Leaves Berth.
It was after midnight when Miss
Mers fell asleep She awoke several
times with a start and her mother, as
watchful as though the voung woman
had been a bab. tried to sooth the trou
bled girl bj caresses and whisperings.
Short!) before-5 JO this morning, while
the girl was asleep, Mrs. M)ers stepped
softl) from the berth and went to th
washroom Ten minutes later she re
turned The girl was murmuring in her
sleep and tossing nervous) The morher
leaned over her before cllmbirig back Into
the lower berth which the) occupied.
Green heard her murmur
Sly poor darling '
Sirs M)ers stooped sjowlv and her
lips met her daughter s The girl awoke
with a half-choked scream She drew
her hand from beneath her pillow, and
thrust It forward She had slept with
the revolver clutched In her hand
There was a sharp report The elder
woman staggered backward She reeled,
her head struck the leg of a man who
was Jumping from the adjoining upper
berth and she staggered toward the open
stateroom, where Green had been dozlns
on a camp stool
Fall to Floor.
' Someone help me. " the woman gasped.
I have been shot by Glad)s
Green dashed to the platform shout
ing for the conductor. R. Slead. of Wash
ington Several men and women, panic
stricken followed him. Mrs M)ers fill
Continued on Page Eleven.
Japanese Wins
Billiard Title
From Hoppe
New lork, Nov .11 Kojl Yamad3. tho
Japanese cue expert, defeated Willis
Hoppe worlds champion In the IS.?, ballc
line billiard tournament at the Hotel As
tor to night, lamada won perhaps tha
most sensational battle ever fought out
on the table A sensational spurt of 85,
when the boy wonder appeared to hava
him hopelessly beaten, enabled the Ori
ental to win by a score of SCO to 437.
Hoppe needed on! three to assure him
self of victory when .Yamada uncovered
his wonderful finish.
In the afternoon Slosson disposed of
Taylor by 500 to 43 in innings of a
close play, while Cllne walked awaj front
Sutton with Seo-.to 37 In 30 Innings.
Ora Momlnxstar defeated Calvin Dem-
arest In another thrilling match by tha
core of sou id 439
SALOONS CLOSED DURING STRIKE
Martial Law VI a j- Ite Dcclnrod Ovr-
, t I"K to lllfits In Drs Moines.
es Moines. Iowa. Nov. 11 Saloons in
Des Molnes were closed to-day following
yesterday's rioting In the teamsters'
strike here. The City Council was cal1-"
to meet lq special session to-day tor
sldee the situation. More pollreme
be sworn In and special powers 7
granted the Mayor
Gov. Carrol). Major Hanna, at
of Police Jenney went Into cc
at noon to-day to discuss rating
State militia to stop rioting
Moines. It is probable that befc
the city will be placed under ma
