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NEWBERRY AND
ELECTION PALS
COME TO TRIAL
Prosecutor Dailey Expects
Jury to Be Completed
Tomorrow Afternoon.
40 ATTORNEYS IN CASE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 27.
Michigan politics went on the operating
table here today.
The insides of the stato’s political his
tory.for the last three years were to 'be
dissected and held up for public scrutiny
with the opening of the trial of United
States Senator Truman H. Newberry and
134 of his eohertg, charted with corrupt
ing the ballot box. A petition of the de
fense attorneys challenging the Jury
panel on the grounds that it was im
properly selected, some of the defendants
being absent, was denied.
By the time the story of the bitter con
test between Henry Ford and Newberry
for Michigan’s seat in the senate in 1918
is carved out and kicked around the
courtroom there promises to be not even
a skeleton left in concealment.
CHARGE FRAUDS
IN 1918 PRIMARY.
Newberry and his aides stand accused
of using fraudulent means during the pri
mary and general elections in 191S, when
Newberry defeated Ford in the senatorial
race. The prosecution claims $1,000,000
more was spent in obtainin’? Newberry’s
election. The limit set by law is SIO,OOO.
The senator also is charged with filing
a false statement of his campaign ex
penses and covering up the huge amount
alleged to have been spent. The trial
opened before United States District
Judge Clarence W. Sessions.
Efforts were made to obtain a delay
at the "last minute because of many of
■tbe principals suffering from influenza,
but Judge Sessions ruled the trial should
proceed.
ILLNESS EXCUSES
PROSPECTIVE JURORS. •
Physicians’ certificates, showing sev
eral of the men summoned as prospec
tive Jurors were suffering from the dis
ease, were presented to the court. They
were excused.
Judge James O. Murfln of Detroit, one
of the leading attorneys for the defense,
was seriously ill. His associate attor
neys asked Judge Sessions to postpone"
the opening of the case until Murfin
could attend, but the court refused.
The court Instructed attaches to take
great precautions to prevent spreading
of the Influenza. Members of the venire
were told by Judge Sessions to take all
possible precautions to safeguard their
health. They were given the usual in
structions, Including warning against
talking among themselves or to any one
else about the trial.
DEFENSE PROTESTS
VENIRE METHOD.
The opening move by the defense was
expected at the start of the trial. At
torneys for Newberry announced they
would protest against the method taken
by Judge Sessions in eliminating those
men from the venire who the judge be
lieved were unfit for jury service because
of physical! disability or other reasons
Frank C. Dailey, in charge of the
prosecution, hopes to see the jury com
pleted by tomorrow afternoon. Several
government witnesses have been sum
moned to be on hand at that time, ready
to testify if the jury is chosen.
Dailey will be assisted in the prose
cution by his .fellow townsman, Judge
W. A. Eichhorn of Bluffton, Ind. Dailey
enters the case with a rt?eord of suc
cessful prosecution of election frauds
behind him. He was in charge of the
prosecution of the notorious Don Rob
erts gang of Terre Haute, Ind., and
also cf the later Indianapolis election
frauds.
Other government attorneys include H.
Dale Souter. former United States at
torney for the Grand Rapids district,
and Oliver Pagan of Washington, D.- C.
The bureau of investigation experts,
headed by Earl Houck of Ft. Wayne,
Tnd„ will assist the government.
FORTY ATTORNEYS
TO PARTICIPATE.
About forty attorneys are expected
to participate In presenting the defense's
case. Martin W. Littleton of New York
heads the defense's legal array. George
E. Nichols will have charge of the de
fense’s case during the jury selection.
Senator Newberry, accompanied by the
otbep main defendants, arrived in Grand
Kapids last night. Included in the parfcv
were John Newberry, brother of the
senator; Paul H. King, secretary of the
Newberry campaign committee, and Al
len A. Templeton, manager of the cam
paign committee.
Newberry was fresh from his thirty
six hour journey from Washington and
“stood mote” when questioned by news
paper men regarding the uase.
On the eve of the opening of the trial
Allan K. Moore, Grand Rapids, printer,
and Neil R. Walsh of Owoseo, former
prosecuting attorney of Shlawasee coun
ty, changed their pleas of not guilty to
nolle contendere.
As the trial opened, nine of the ac
cused men had pleaded nolle contendere
and the remainder “not guilty." The
nolle contendere plea allows the respond
ents to pursue their regular business
without appearing in court and guaran
tees immunity from a prison sentence if
found guilty.
I. W. W.TRIALTO
BE LONGDRAWN
Jury Selection in Armistice
Day Murder Slow Work.
MONTESANO, Wash.,' Jan. 27.—A
heavy detail of secret service operatives
was on hand today when the trial of
eieven alleged I. W. W. members accused
of the Armistice day murder of our for
mer soldiers was resumed in court here.
It is apparent that the trial is to be
a lengthy one. Lawyers predict that it
would take ten days or two weeks to
select a Jury. Ten possible jurors so
fry? questioned failed to provide even one
acceptable to both sides.
Seven women are among those called
today. Hundreds of former soldiers and
members of the American legion are at
tending the trial.
Three Officials 111,
Cabinet May Not Sit
WASHINGTON, Jaji 27.—The regular
• uesday session of President Wilson’s
ibinet may be postponed today be
muse of Illness of cabinet officials. See*
•vtary of State Lansing, the secretary
' f war and Attorney General Palmer are
all suffering from severe colds.
They Stay on Job
With Whisky Gone
' HICAGO, Jnn. 27.—Many employes of
Chicago are observing that one of the
effects of prohibition is to decrease
greatly the number of absentees, thereby
increasing production and nendlng thous
ands of dollars into circulation for the
benefit of storekeepers and others. That
prohibition is now believed to be an im
portant economic asset to any community
is indicated by a statement of an em
ployer of 1,500 men. \rho fays that dry
conditions have reduced absentees and
that prohibition "is the greatest thing
that could have happened to the country.”
The employment manager of one of the
largest industrial plants in Chicago said
the closing of the saloons has cut down
Monday morning absentees at least 60
per cent and has helped the workers in
many ways.
Death of Rich Miser
Reveals He Subsisted
on Bread and Milk
CARDIFF, Jan. 27. —A wealthy man's
miserable death was described In the
coroner’s court here recently.
Esau Field, aged 7% bad lived alone for
a number of years In poverty, although
he had $20,000 In the bank. A nephew
told the coroner that the old man had
lived on dry bread, herbs and water. He
did not suffer from the delusion that he
was poor; It was pure miserliness. If
any one to provide him with any
thing he would take it, but he would not
pay for it himself.
“I heard that be was ill/’ continued
the nephew. “I went to the house and
got through the window. I saw that my
uncle was ill and I wanted to go for a
doctor, but he would not let me go.
Next day he collected his rents as usual.
That night I found him lying dead on
the floor of his bedroom. Death was due
to bronchitis.
The goroner returned a verdict
••death from natural causes accelerated by
self-neglect/’ He recalled that he held
an inquest on the dead mans sister, and
had occasion to make strong remarks
concerning his neglect" to provide hfir
with proper attention. _____
ITALIAN SHIP '
LOSSES HIDDEN
BY THE CENSOR
'Merchant Fleet of Nation Is
Virtually Wiped Out by
Enemy U-Boats.
ROME, Jan. 27.—The ministry- of
transports has Just published some high
ly interesting statistics, which throw
much light on the question of freight
and shipping, a vital one for Italy, whose
very existence depends on her maritime
commerce. Here are some of the most
important figures, which had been with
held during the war:
On December 31,
mercantile fleet of 713 ships, totalling
2,329,074 tons. By July 1, 1919, she
had only 434 ships, totalling 1,431,055
tons, namely, than 61 per cent
of her pre-war merchant fleet. From
Jan. 1, 1915, to July 1, 1919, 364
ships, totalling 1,357,073 tons, were lost,
and eigbty-flve, with a total tonnage of
189.654 were built. The loss of ton
nage was due to the following causes:
245 ships, totalling 1,055.642 tons, and
representing 45 per cent of Italy s mer
cantile fleet before the war, were sunk
by submarines or mines: forty-five
ships, totalling 139,751 tons, were lost
through storms and ordinary accidents
at sea (6 per cent); forty-two, totalling
139.150 tons (6 per cent), were broken
up: thirty-one, or 52,530 tons (2 per.
cent), were sold abroad. Altogether 361
ships were lost, totalling 1.387,073 tons,
and 59 per cent of Italy’s
mercantile fleet.
OLD TRAMPS
BOUGHT UP.
Old tramps, the refuse of foreign ports,
have been bought up at fancy prices
abroad, while home production "was sys
tematically discouraged at home by an
incompetent bureaucracy. T *aly needs,
if her commercial and Industrial develop
ment is not to be sacrificed, at least
4,000.000 tons of shipping, and these she
could supply herself, especially now that
the yards of Triest and Istria, which
were the most important of the Austro-
Hungarian empire, have been added to
her resources, thus giving work to 80,-
000 or more men.
It is a far cry from the 1,431,655 tons
of Italy’s present merchant fleet to the
<1.000.000 tons, or thereabouts, which she
imperatively needs, and In order to fill
up the deficit she has had to charter
foreign vessels. England takes first place
ns the marine landlord, renting fifty-six
fihlps, totalling 371,815 tons. Other na
tionalities have contributed as followg:
Portuguese, five ships, 29,460 tons: Chi
nese, one ship, 8,560 tons; Norwegian,
Ihirty-four ships, 143,097 tons: Greek,
nine ships, 45,725 tons; Swedish, ten
’ihips, 20,640 tons.
MOST ENGAGED
ON TIME CHARTERS. %
Most of the ships have been engaged
on time charter, which is one of the
most expensive forms of hire.
During the first ..six months of the
present year Italy’s imports by sea were
Its follows
Coal. 135.981 tons from North America
nnd 2.70G.652 from England; grain, 1,205,-
947 tons from North America, 292,5151 from
Booth America, C 1,736 from India, 321,604
from Australia; wheat, 142,600 tons:
metals, 240,312 tons from North America,
i’8,775 from Great Britain; frozen meat,
111,860 tons from North America. 34,256
from South America; cotton, 89,930 tons;
mineral oils, 89,930 tons; miscellaneous
goods, 321,999 tons from North America,
1*3,828 from South America, 70,061 tons
from England, 159.320 tons (phosphates)
from Mediterranean ports, 186,926 tons
from other countries.
All this works out at a monthly rate
of imports by 6ea amounting to 1,067,378
tons, which Is insufficient for the in
dustrial prosperity and development of
the country. The minister of transports
calculates that Italy is forced to spend
2,000,000,000 lire a year owing to lack
of tonnage. Nitti has made a most prac
tical resolution in deciding to devote
3,000,000,000 lire to the reconstruction of
Italy's mercantile marine, thus giving a
great impetus to the shipbuilding indus
try, to which Italy at one time owed her
Greatness and prosperity.
Multitude of Kin
Make Hearthstone
Bright for Her
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beall, Washing
ton, D. 0., who has prolific ancestry,
also is rich in numbers of descendants
—lO5. Mrs Martha J. Sultt, of Durham
county, Nor‘(i Carolina, pausing on'pass
ing life’s nh'qty-flrst milestone, glanced
about, and th.in counted 112 immediate
descendants.—beating . the record of the
Washington wonJgn by seven.
Mrs. Suitt celebrated he>
birthday. The remarkable family gather
ing brought st venty-five kinspeople.
Eight living cbilctfen, forty-eight grand
children and flf'. f-six great-grandchil
dren—such a family Indicates a bountl
ful progeny and Interesting family his
tory. The oldest child, is 67 and the
youngest 49 years old.
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VIENNA LOOKS AT
U. S. AS GOLD MINE
People Believe Every American
Rolls in Luxury .
VIENNA, Jan. 27. —The United States
is the faraway fairy tale land of silver
and.gold in the thoughts of the misera
ble, hungry people of Vienna. In their
imagination most of the Americans, if
not quite all, are millionaires.
From Vienna's standpoint it is nearly
true. An American who has $7,500 can
gt 1,000,000 crowns if he exchanges
his dollars for Austrian currency.
Cabaret artists delight their audiencea
with songs of Yankee millionaires. In
the Simpllcisslmus case, to fox trot
rhythm, you learn what the cabaret
singer would do were he an American.
Being an American he would naturally
be a plutocrat, but he would also be a
philanthropist. He would buy up all of
Vienna and move It to Switzerland where
it could get plenty to eat and thaw out
its chilled bones.
STORIES ADD TO
FALLACY OF BELIEF.
A favorite story Viennese like to tell
you is of an American demanding of a
Vienna banker how many crowns he will
get in exchange for SIOO.
“As many as you want,” the banker
replies with a sweeping bow.
But being an American In Vienna has
its disadvantages. If you remonstrate
because you are charged four times as
much as a local inhabitant you will be
curtly asked: “What are you complain
ing about? For $2 you can buy the
whole city!”
Food smuggling is the leading industry
of hungering Vienna. You see the “sneak
traders,” as they are called, everywhere
with their knapsacks on their backs.
Practically no effort is made to stop
the practice.
“You know that man is a sleichhean
dler; why don’t you arrest him?” I de
manded of a Vienna policeman.
“Because I have a wife and two baby
girls at home to feed,” was his -short
answer.
“But these people are getting every
where; that’s why you don’t'get your
ration on your food cards,” I argued.
TELLS PATHETIC
STORY OF NEEDS.
“In spare hours I havo to put on my
own knapsack and go Into the country.
For one week we had only bread and tea.
My wife and I can live on that, but the
sables can’t.”
Instead of better organization to ra
jlon equality to rich and poor what little
tood there is. It is practically every man
tor himself. Instead of bearing the mod
erate charge of large quantity transpor
tation by railroad or in wagons, food has
the exorbitant price of having been
brought to Vienna on the backs of human
beings with tha additional increase of an
illegal business.
So many people have become knap
sack merchants that shops are complain
tng they can’t secure girl clerks. Servant
girls are quitting their work to strap a
bag on their backs and go into the coun
try on bicycles or by train to buy provi
sions from the farmers. Then back in
the city they sneakingly peddle from
house to house.
The fact that one has a food card does
!aot insure him that he will get even the
nample-size ration it calls for. He must
stunt from store to store until he ffndH
food for sale on cards at the fixed gov
ernment, price.
The only Viennese who today get
enough food to live on either patronize
these illegal knapsack merchants or put
on their own knapsacks and go Into the
country.
Frisco Opens Drive
for Publicity Fund
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Jan. 27.—A
campaign to raise funds for the* adver
tising of San Francisco throughout the
east and middle west has been started
here. An even SIOO,OOO will be spent
annually for the coming three years by
the San Francisco Convention and Tour
ist league, advertising the attractions of
San B’raneisco in periodicals.
‘‘Make it a million” is the slogan
adopted by the solicitors today as they
opened their campaign. It was pointed
out that cities much smaller than San
Francisco spend more than SIOO,OOO an
nually for this purpose and San Fran
cisco was pictured as ‘‘lagging far be
hind.”
Wdman, 103, Enjoys
Smoking Her Pipe
LAWRENCE Mass., Jan. 27.—Mrs.
Mary Regan, Lawrence’s oldest resident,
has passed her 103d birthday. She is
the mother of seven children. Sixteen
grandchildren and five great-grandchil
dren call her “grandma.”
Mrs. Regan had a doctor but once in
her life. She smokes a pipe every morn
ing and night, eats a plate of Ice cream
every night and says that she is willing
to die now, that she has lived long
enough and has seen all she cares to see.
Mrs. Regan cites the fact that bes
greatest pleasure in life was the raising
of her family and “outside that meeting
Daniel O’Connell.” She shook hftnda with
the great Irish statesman in her native
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920.
THE BOYS IN THE CAR BEHIND
KOREA CLINGS
TO AMBITION
FOR FREEDOM
Leader Says Moral Force Is
Steadily Overcoming
Jap Aggression.
BOSTON, Jan. 27.—Japanese for< - e and
aggression in Korea is steadily -fJelng
overcome by the moral strength and
passive resistance of the Korean people,
according to Dr. Syugman Rhee, presi
dent of the provisional republic of
Korea, who spoke yesterday at a meet
ing in this city. He expressed complete
confidence that Korea would eventually
achieve independence.
“Today, in Korea,” he said, “the world
witnesses the slow but sure victory of
a great moral 'force. The Japanese have
fouud physical force helpless before this
moral force. They face, with their thou
sands of trained soldiers, and their
modern equipment of warfare, a people
without arms or munitions, but a people
whose entire moral fabric is concentrated
a desire for liberty and freedom.
They face a people whp have enjoyed
self government for more than 4,00t>
years, aiid who possessed an enduring
civilizatiffn centuries before the Middle
Ages or/the discovery of the New World.
“The 1 independednee movement in
Korea came into the open last March.
Thousands of men and uomen, and thou
sands of children, heartened by the words
of President Wilson, cried their cry of
liberty. They had no arms, they made
no threats, they were not violent. But
they were shot down by the Japanese.
Other thousands took their places, and
the Japanese rifle war continued. Yet it
achieved nothing, and Japan was com
pelled to adopt other practices.
“The Tokio government proposed a "re
form program, and declared that they
would put It into effect. Heralded in
the newspapers, bearing the fulsome
praise of the Japanese officials, what did
it accomplish ? Nothing. Why? Because
the Koreans refuse to be deceived any
longer, and demand the complete inde
pendence.
“A people with a distinct civilization,
a people with a different language, a
people with d'.fierent physical traits, a
people with a different dress, and a people
that has shown its willingness to obey
the teachings of Christ, will never
mit to Japanese domination.
“There is no longer a Korean empire,
but the republic of Korea. The republic
of Korea was born at a period of sorrow
for the Korean people, and it will live
until their hearts are filled over the at
tainment of freedom and independence."
Ohio Beauty Balks
at Altar , Spurning
$75,000 Marriage
MAr GERTRUDE DEAN
CANTON, 0., Jan. 26.—May Gertrude
Dean, 16, and pretty, has turned down
an offer of marriage that carried with
it a fortune of $75,000, a life of ease
and an opportunity to travel and see
the world.
She is the girl who refused to marry
William Bennefc Hoffman, 81, after the
license had been secured and the minis
ter summoned.
Miss Dean answered an ad printed
by Hoffman, in which he explained that
he had to have a wife by Feb. 1 or he
would lose a fortune. She did it in "a
spirit of fun," as she explains, and
didn't expect an answer.
Hoffman called at her home. Theft
courtship lasted two days and then she
decided that she couldn’t make up her
mind to spend her life with him, So she
called it off, fortune and all.
The next day Hoffman married Ida R.
Hinton, 22, of Mlddlebranch, after a five
hour courtship.
COOL OFF , WAIT!
RECTOR’S ADVICE
IN DIVORCE CASE
WASHINGTON, .Tan. 27.—A two weeks’
“cooling off” period before marriage was
advocated by the Ilev. Dr. William
Shenfe Chase, rector of Christ church,
Brooklyn, before the house judiciary
committee. Dr. Chase beaded a dele
gation from Brooklyn, which came to
Washington to urge favorable action on
a resolution by Representative Randall,
prohibitionist of California, proposing
a constitutional amendment designed to
lead the way to the enactment of uni
form divorce laws in all states.
A wait of r half a month before chang
ing from single to double harness, in the
opinion of the Brooklyn clergyman,
would mean no more hasty marriages,
■which, he asserted, are largely responsi
ble for the “alarming increase” in di
vorces.
ALBANY FIGHT
ON NEW START
Resumption of Evidence Finds
Socialist Enmity Strong.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 27.-A four-day
recess, devoted to planning an attempted
compromise, found New York assembly
men today as grimly determined as ever
to go through with the procedure of
trying five socialist members.
Speaker Sweet, bead of the movement
against the socialists, today appears
stronger than ever. When the judiciary
eommlttee met today and the introduc
tion of evidence was re.sumed by John
B. Stanchfleld there was little indica
tion that even the few members of the
judiciary committee, who are against the
unseating of the socialists would have
any influence against the slated plans of
the assemblymen.
National Interest in r.he socialists’ trial
has manifested itself throughout the
recess. Word has come directly, by post,
and indirectly through political channels,
that boards of aidermeu In many cities
where socialists are seated and state
legislatures which havfi socialist members
are watching the Albany proceedings
with intense interest. State legislative
business has come to a practical stand
still. All interest centered today on the
question whether Stanchfleld, attorney for
the state, would be able to show a di
rect connection between the five social
ists and alleged plots to overthrow the
government.
Landlords Blaming:
Nail Now
BT. LOUIS, Jnn. 26.—Pity the “poor”
landlord and blame the high rent cost on
the lack of nails.
St. Louis fontractors and hardware
dealers declare that shortage in nails
in Missouri and Kansas is holding up
building operations and thus keeping up
rents. They claim that the greatest
shortage exists in the Bs, 10s and 20s.' In
Kansas City, it is declared, dealers are
rationing nnlis to their customers.
The shortage is primarily due to the
recent national steel strike, and indi
rectly to the coal strike, it is claimed.
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GERMAN FIRMS
FIND LUSITANIA
TRADE BARRIER
Stumped in Efforts to Re-
Establish Business Rela
tions With England.
NOTES SHED MUCH LIGHT
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Correspondents of
German firms who are endeavoring to
re-establish business relations with Eng
land' are finding the word’ “Lusitania’
a troublesome barrier.
The Evening Standard quotes the fol
lowing typical correspondence:
Writing from Marseheld-Solingen, the
German started in this matter-of-fact
style: C
“Gentlemen—lt is a long time since
we heard from you, and we trust that
our friendly business relations will soon
begin again. We wroth you Dec. 28,
1918, but reply We should like
to know how you are, and hope to have
a reply from you shortly.”
Then follows this delightful post
script/ “We are all well.”
The reply of the British firm is to tbq
point:
“Gentlemen—Your letter of the thirty
first ult., the first we have received from
you since the outbreak of the war
reached us on the even of the"day which
is now and will forever be known in
this country as Lusitania day.
“We do not know how far you have
been permitted to learn the details cf
ibis crime against humanity. A sheer
brutal murder of 1,100 civilians, of whom
Innocent wonlfen and children formed a
large part, and in celebration of which
a commemorative medal was struck in
your country. /
“Our relatiofls with you personally
prior to the war were al.vays most
amicable, but we can not discriminate
between one and another, and' for the
sake of mere financial gain bring our
selves to resume relations with a people
we regard as being entirely unworthy ot
consideration and with, whom we do not
wish to associate.”
One would have thought that this
would be enough—but not for a German.
Another letter followed—from Hamburg
—containing typical bluster and whine:
“We Regret that’ gentlemen of your
education believe every word newspapers
write. 4
DECLARE NO MEDAL
STRUCK FOR INCIDENT.
“No medal Jias been struck in celebra
tion of the destruction of the Lusitania.
All German hearts were distressed when
learning of the great loss of lives of
jo many women and children caused by
this torpedoed shot. But do you not
know that ammunition has been carried
on board? If not, one shot never would
have destroyed this big steamship. The
order to sink her had been given by
one man in a second's time, in order to
destroy ammunition, which was destined
to kill many thousands* of our soldiers.
The destruction of ammunition and the
big cargo ship was considered a victory.
“We think that it is high time to
forget the cruelties this war has created
on ail sides. *
“You have broken our necks, we are
completely at your mercy—you know
how hard our fighting was against more
than thirty enemies.”
The writer in conclusion says: “Should
It not be time now trying to help pri
vately and In business to save the former
enemies from starving after they have
ceased to be able or eveß willing to
Injure and damage you and your
people?”
Bogus Agents Get
Away With Liquors
BOSTON. Jan. 27.—Fine old liquors
with a value running Into thousands of
dollars wcw stolen from the residence of
John Powell. Representing themselves
as United States reveuue agents, a band
>f several men gained admission to the
Powell apartment, commandeered the
liquor and hauled it away in a truck.
The robbery was committed in the
daytime. Powell, who was away, was
formerly local representative for a
wholesale liquor firm. The pseudo reve
nue agents presented their bogus cre
dentials to Mrs. Powell, who yielded to
their demands for admission to the
apartment, search and confiscation of al
coholic beverages.
When Powell reached home and
learned of his loss he communicated with
local prohibition enforcement officers
and learned that they had no part in
the confiscation.
A search throughout New England has
been instituted for the roM*rs.
Canada Goes Into
Water Power Data
*
OTTAWA, Ont., .Tan. 27,-Tbe wa
ter powers of Canada are practically
illimitable, and this assertion is to sll
intents and purposes applicable to the
huge stretch of the country from coast
to coast. The commission of conserva
tion of the Dominion has been engaged
for nearly a decade in investigating the
various natural resources of Canada
which preeminently includes its water
powers.
Will Replace CoatT
to Keep (Jut of Jail
BOSTON. Jan. 27.—1n lieu of six
months In the house of correction Martin
J. Flaherty will purchase a $65 overcoat
for Patrolman William T. Desmond to re
place the one retired from active service
during a drunken demonstration with a
fish knife.
Bride Takes Blame
for. ‘Fiend Murder /
and So Does Hubby
MRS. PEARL O’DELL.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Jan.
“honeymoon murder,” for which Mr. and
Mrs. James Louis O’Dell are held in jail
here, is a puzzle to lawyers and to stu
dents of morbid psychology.
Edward J. Ivnei, of Rochester was the
victim. He tvas 19, and when he was 16
and Mrs. O'Dell was 15, they had been
sweethearts.
His body was found, hacked and bat
tered, beside a railroad crossing five
miles from Rochester.
Mrs. O’Dell sobs to police officers an*
to" physicians who endeavor to qniet her:
“I killed him! Jimmy is innocent. T
killed h;m myself because he wrecked
our happiness.”
O’Dell, who is 22—four years older
than his bride —is more composed.
"Pay no attention to what Pearl says.
I killed him, because he deserved to die.”
James O’Dell of Olean, N. Y., and
Pearl Beaver of Lopez,. Sullivan county,
met last summer and were married a
few days before Christmas.
Five Want Same Car;
Pitch Coins for It
JUNCTION CITY, Kas , Jan. 27.—)Jive
men tossed nickels at a crack in the
floor of a garage here recently to decide
which had a prior claim on a high
powered touring car that each man
wished to~"purchase. -
The' winner took the car and the other
four put their names on the waiting list
In the order in which their coins lay
from the crack.
He Wm. e. BLOCK CO.
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Our January
LINEN SALE
Has Only 4 More Days to Run
To fail to profit by the economies of this sale means
paying 20% or more. Just as sure as day follows
night, linens will be higher and scarcer.
This is the best linen buying opportunity that will
in all likelihood be presented in years.
Just four days more.
ISJo Regular Prices!
20% to 40% saving
on all DECORATIVE
LINENS, including
Mosaics, Madeira,
clunv and filet, also
Japanese pieces and
moderate priced filet
and cluny lace effect
table, sets, scarfs,
ovals, doilies, etc.
• • *
20% saving on all
TABLE SETS, pat
tern cloths, with
napkins to match
=TIE BASEMENT STORE-
January Reduction Sale of
Domestics and Beddings
LONGtLOTH,
yard wide, soft nain
sook finish, launders
nicely; suitable for
infants’ and chil
dren’s wear (no
phone orders); extra
special, OA/-
yard J-l UL
LONGCLOTH,
yard wide, fine, soft
chamois finish; 50c
,T. 39c
LONGCLOT H,
fine, even thread,
easy to launder, lor
undergarments —
10-yard <?0 r T
bolt for
CAMBRIC MUS
LIN, yard wide, fine,
soft thread (no
phone or- OO n
ders), special
UNBLEACHED MUS
LIN, yard wide, strong
even thread, wears well,
suitable for general use,
extra special,
yard
PILLOW TUBING,
soft finish —
36 inches wide.... 49<*
40 Inches wide....ss<i
DYNAMITE USED
TO BLAST WELL
OF FLAMING GAS
Spectacle in California One of
Most Extraordinary la
History.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—Imagine a
torch, with a flame 200 feet high, burning
with a roar that could be heard for
thirty miles and throwing ont wave* of
heat that seared everything within a
radius of hundreds of yards.
Imagine that torch, burning thousands
of dollars worth of precious fuel, extin
guished in the fraction of a second, as a
man might blow out a candle.
DYNAMITE MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN WATER.
The conquest of one of the largest ftrs
In gas well history. In the Elks hills,
Kern county, California, has demon
strated that dynamite is far more ef
fective than water in fighting the mas!
stubborn fires.
Dynamite had been used in the past to
,wreck buildings In tbe path of great
conflagrations, but never, deliberately, as
a direct weapon against flames.
Anew Standard Oil Company well hid
caught fire from friction soon after the
vast underground source of gas ws*
tapped. For ten days picked crews
fought the fire. A hundred and ninety
million cubic feet of gas was being con
sumed every twenty-four hours —enough
to supply a city.
Water, mud and earth were poured
into the crater of the well, to no avail.
DYNAMITE DOES TRICK
WATER COULDN’T.
Then Ford Alexander of Taft. Cal., XT
expert “shooter,” was sent for. He had
accidentally discovered, in fighting an
other fire, the effect of high explosive n
flame.
By means of cables suspended from
nearby derricks, 150 pounds of 100 per
”ent Hercules blasting gelatin was swung
directly into the flame, thirty feet from
the mouth of the well. The gelatin and
the electric wires attached to it were in
sulated against the terrific heat and the
explosive discharged by an electrical
spark as it reached the flame.
The explosion snuffed out the tower of
fire.
Immediately streams of water were
played upon the well to prevent the fire
starting again.
A fortune in natural gas was saved,
and a method worked out which will
save millions of dollars.
ANDERSON FETES CHINESE.
Special to The Times.
ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 27—Seventy
five representative local men attended a
banquet given last night at the Y. M.
C. A. in honor of the party of thirteen
Chinese educators touring this country
to obtain ideas for Chinese schools. The
guests visited Madison- county schools
yesterday.
Everything Reduced!
20% saving on all
PATTERN CLOTHS
• * *
20% saving on all
NAPKINS
• •
20% saving on all
CRASH
• • •
20% saving on all
TABLE DAMASK
by the yard
• •
20% saving on all
TOWELS
• • *
20% saving on all
FACE CLOTHS
—First Floor, Northwest.
BLEACHED
SHEETING— 214
yards wide, firm
thread, easy to laun
der, excellent wear
ing qualities (no
phone orders). Spe
yard 69C
BLEACHED
SHEETING
yards wide; r7Q _
special / Y/C
UNBLEACHED
SHEETING —Pine, even
thread, launders nicely,
wears well; very spe
cial —
2% yards wide....7o#)
2*4 yards wide....69<)
2 yards wide 59<i
BLEACHED
SHEETS, seamless,
soft, firm thread, neat
ly made; size
81x90 f P7CT
inches.ip A • / t 7
BLEACHED
SHEETS Made of
best quality seam
less sheeting—
Size 81x90 Inches,
3d. SI.OB
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