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TOLUMBS XVI. NO. liV7.
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; PROTESTS INNOCENCE
Albert Lukens Claims to Know Nothing of the Murder of
Elizabeth Brown, but Some Rather Damaging Evi
dence is Being Secured Against Him Boy 'a
Mother is Frantic With Grief and is Watched
for Fear She Will Kill Herself.
Canton; O., Jan, 10. A third ar
rest was, made late yesterday aftor
noon In tho Elizabeth Brawn murder
case, and the pollco arc giving tho
(Impression that they hopo soon to
identify tho girl's slayer.
lAilbort Lukens, a laborer, Is tho
latest to be taken In. Ho has a
record, as ho admitted to the police.
nd has served a tcrmIn tho Mans
field reformatory for "manslaughter,
ito which ho pleaded guilty when
charged with tho killing of a woman
in Cincinnati,
IWdillam Blair, a close friend of
Lukens, was taken to Jail lato last
night and held as a witness. This
followed a sweating process through
which Lukens was put In tho pollco
station, and tho taking of such vol
untary evidence as 'could be gotten
from his associates.
Lukens claims ho was at homo nt
11 o'clock tho night of the murder
and stayed there tho rest of the night.
Iln this he Is supported by his moth
er. Ho says he didn't see tho Brown
tt arter Saturday afternoon, but
iflvo persons were found, four of thorn
women, who said they saw him with
'her' Monday afternoon. They said
they saw the two together in tho
Tavern.
'Herman F, Renz went to the pol'co
stntlonlast night and identified ns his
own tho hairimer which tho police be
(Ileye ;wns used ns a weapon in kill
ing tho girl. Renz lives In tho same
Tjouso with Lukens.
Canton; O.', Jan.
10. Albert
TRYING TO SQUARE
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The War Secretary Will Speak Tonight on the Subject of
"Labor and Capital" He Recognizes the Weakest
Point in His Armor and Will Endeavor to Quiet
Recent Rsports.
' Washington, Jan. 10. itemizing
that ono, of tho strongest points
of attack against his candidacy Is
his supposed attitudo on Uio labor
questions, growing out of his de
cisions when a federal jdgo In
Cincinnati, Socrotary Tnft proposes
to irrako his position clear at tho
outset of his campaign. Ho hud
Intended to talk about tho Vhillp.
pines in his .speech at Coopor Union
Npw York City tonight, but has
changed his subjoct to "OM'ltal
and Labor". Tho announcement of
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18 TIE LATEST REFORM
Federal Government Under Existing Laws Puts a Great
Block in the Road of State Authorities Enforcing Pro
hibition Laws Bills Framed so as to Correct
Evils Will be Presented to Congress at the
Present
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mim YirBhlngton.'-Jah'. joi' A. prohibi
tion lobby is tho latest reform
organization to bo established in
tho national capital.
It wUl bo1 operated under tho
auspices of the national commit
too of tho Prohibition party and Us
specific purpose will bo to urgo con.
gross to protect "dry" states from
federal pro-liquor Interference,
rriie bureau will be In Immediate
charge of iMatthew 13. O'Brien of
Bridgeport, CH,. who wns tho
i'rohlblton party's candidate for
governor of that state in tho last
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i Lukens, aged 2."), " ti clerk In tho
offices of tho United Steel company
still protests his lnnocenco today,
of tho murder of KHznbeth Brown,
whoso body was found In an alloy,
Tuesday. Ills aged mother Is almost
Insane from grlof. She Is under
constant guard for fear sho will
kill herself. Pho has not been al
lowed to seo hor son.
II. F. iltoiiZj who occupies a part
of tho Lukens homo, hns Identified
the hammer as one taken from his
cellar. '
No formnl rhargo has yet been
made against Lukens- Lukens wns
released from the Mansfield rofor.
matory nbout a year ago He
.was sent there from Cincinnati.
after"" having pleaded guilty to
manslnuehfor. for tho murder of
i Mrs Julia Rttogor. who was boiton
to death with n mkor in her homo
nenr Cincinnati. In IPSD. '
Tho nolce. today, arc' trying to
tnico Luken's movements on tlin
,,,nv n"'1 ",tr1,t "oforr tlio erlmo,
mo innisf, mat be did not seo Mm
Brown prl. Mondnv. but tho pollro
bnvo wltne"f"? who will swenr ho
vbMtod sovornl cafe with tho girl
tbi lnv before tin bodv was found.
Lukens was todav confroned w't'i
the Fku'l of tho murder"-! girl st'll
blvUpnr.1 with elorfed blnotl. In an
offi to brnk him d-vvn. Ho hnndlvl
It w'th on!v Mltrht Ipdlcatl'vns oT ner
voinness. and anaw-,-rp-l nil questions
calmly and cefirtrouBly. ' '
this alternation In his plans, taken
In conjunction with his open letter
to Llowellcn Lowls, secretary of the
Ohio Federation of Labor, published
today, is regarded as showing
Tafi's bollof In tho necessity for
replying at once to tho rccont at.
tacks of Prosldeiit Gompors nnd
other lnbor leaders.
It Is practically assured that 1'lrst
Assistant Postmaster Oencral Hitch,
cock will assumo tho manngomont
of tho Taft boom In nho East and
South .
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Session.
oloctlon nnd Flnloy f. Hendrlckson
of Cumberland, iMd..
Interviewed today by tho United
Press, O'Brien said;
"Tho peoplo do not understand
tho Iniquities that aro holng com
mitted by tho fedornl government
In nullifying tho pollco powors of
tho states, Each state should lmvo
tho right to control Its Intornal
nffulrs lp donllnir with tho liquor
question, Under tho Interstate com
merce net liquor Is
holng shipped
Into tho
lnws of
WITH
IIBBY
states In conflict with the awl .Mississippi railroad near hero to
tho states nnd under tho'daly. Threo men aro reported dead
protection of tho fedornl
govern-
U?U Wydu'CA!H'VKEgpHTHE GOC O'LD WHrsTLE' STILL
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Dispatches from Ncv York and Plttcburg Say That Factories Which
Broke Are Starting Up Everywhere In tha Ecst.
ment. Wo propose to remedy this,
If possible.
"There Is also another act un.
der which tho federal government
protects violators of state law nnd
raises a revenue from lawlessness
Tho government issues a liquor tax
receipt anywhero In tho counttry,
to anyone who may apply. Many
pursons aro thus defying tho stato
pollco powors, being protected from
federal interference by this tax
receipt. Tho government virtually
says to a man who vlolntes stato
laws; 'Wo will not molest you if
you pay tho tax.'
"In ono branch of tho Internal
rovonuo sorvice mn aro employed
to hunt down nnd nrrest violators
ot tho law, while. . another branch
of tho samo department Issues liquor
tax receipts to violators of the
law. Even In tho District ot Co
lumbia this thing Is fdone. More
Ihnn 200 persons aro today holding
federal liquor tax recolpts In tho
District of C'olumbin, In conflict
with tho district laws. Persons who
hold no local license to nell in.
toxlcnnts should not receive tho
fcderpl tox recolut.
"Tn Indian territory tho govern
ment appointed a hdccI.i1 agent to
enforce tho territorial liquor laws,
nnd when ho started his erusado
ho found that nearly flvo hundrod
of tho persons whom ho wns to
nrnsccuto for violating tho torrl.
torinl law were holding receipts
from the federal government, por.
mlttlng them to vlolato tho law.
"Unless bills to remedy thoso ovlls
aro pigeon-holed In committee they
will be passed by rongress tn tho
rresont session."
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LIES,
ALL LIES"
Wayne B. Wheeler Talks on
the Prospect of County
Local Option.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 10. "Lies, all
lies," was tho way superintendent
iWayno Wlicoler, of tho Ant! saloon
league, characterized the stories that
Tiavo been circulated that ho organ
ization, discouraged over tlio outlook
tin county local option, was ready to
compromise on soma tomporanco leg
islation less radical.
''iThoro will bo no compromise with
saloon Interests," declared Wheeler
"Wo are In this light to tho finish.
.Wo will fight far county local op
tion and V0 wlirwln,"
MOTHER KILLS HER SON
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
nioomlngton. Ills., .Tan. 10. airs
James Valentino, In a fit of Insan
ity caused by III health, today cut tho
throat of hor six-year-old son, frac
tured hia skull with n hammer nnd
cut her owh throat. Doth aro dying.
THREE MEN KILLED IN
COLLISION m ALABAMA
iMabllo, Ala., Jan. 10. TPwo tlm-
jber trains collided on tho Alabama
and two Injured,
HOUSE I
DYNAMITED
"Black Hand" Operators
Blow up a-Pittsburg
House.
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Pittsburg, Jun.'S'lo
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-Homo of
dynamited
Oeorgo Sataramomwis
hero last nlfint byi "Ulack Hand"
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wife and two children. Mrs. Sntar-
amo Is nbt oxpected to recover.
Tho "lllnck Hand" society had
sent Sataramo threatening letters,
demanding .2.000.
Sweep the Baltic Driving
Its Waters Fat Onto
the L-tnd-
Kicl, Germany, Jan. l(. A tor.
rifle coafat storpi which has been
l aging for nearly threo dns con
tinue to sweep tho water of the
Italtlc far Inland., Tho rolling plalni
nenr I.ubeck aro 'now In many places
flooded bcvoii foot deep, villages
aro inundated and oven I.ubeck Is
suffering. It Isvl feared thero lias
been consIdernb'le'Jloss of llfo, Tho
destruction of proportv has been
enormous. 'I hero are mnny reports
cf ninrlno disasters.
VILLAGE
RAIDED
Abysinians Attack Italian
Garrison in East
Africa.
Koine, Jan. lO.tNows has been re
ceived hero of ".serious trouble in
Italian Sonulllantl'bn tho east coast
of Afilcn, which." ( has resulted In
pitched buttlo between tho Italian
forces there andjtho, Ahysstnlans.
tA dlbputch reported" a raid by 2,000
Abysslnlans ncatv Lugli, tho further
most Italian btatlon in tho Interior,
tho Abysslnlans robbing, killing and
imprisoning many of tho merchants.
darter dispatches indicate that tho
trouble in HulKutJSoninllland Is of a
moro serious natuTo than at Hist sup
posed. It Is learned on good author
ity that Lush was besieged by 'tho
Abysslnlans mid destroyed after a
dosperato nnd unequal light, and
that Its defenders woro killed,
lit Is bolloved here thnt tho Italian
government is concalliiir a severe re
verso In order to"' proparo tho public
for grnvor nows. " The Italian gov
ernment has ordered tho squadron
TERRIFIC
STORMS
Shut Down When the Money Panic
coast of Somallland In order to pro
tect the tuwns along tho coast, as the
entire territory is garrisoned by not
moro than 2.000 natives, under the
command of Italian officers.
TORPEDO BOAT FLOTILLA
REACHES PERUAMBUCO
Washington, .Ian. j(),The tor
redo boat flotilla arrived at Pern
umbtiro, Ilru7.ll, today, according to
advices received by tho navy de.
partment. It was two days lato,
owing to heavy soas.
Dotrolt, Mich., Jan. 10. Fire this
mornlnw ,l0btroyed.-th?-Brrctei3tjUid,
Ions. Five firemen woro severely In-
Jurcd, but are expected to recover.
Three Persons Killed and
Eighteen Injured Near
San Jose.
San Jose, Cal., Jan. 10. Three
pel sons wero killed aim eignteen
Injured In a wreck of tho Sunset
Hxpress, on tho Southern Pacific,
near here, last night.
Tho dead arc: Mrs. IahiIso Hoyd
and 10 year old son, the wlfo and
son ot Kev. A. . Hoyd, Portland,
Oregon, who was on his way to ac
cept tho pastorate of tho First M.
15. church at Atlanta, Georgia; and
mi unidentified tramp.
Among tho seriously Injured aro
Maynnrd Sober and MYs. II. W.
Sober of Hamilton": O.
Spreading rails caused tho accident.
All cars, savo the Pullmans, left tho
track.
IS FINED
TWENTY.FIVE
Williamson is Denied a New
Trial . and Fined by
Judge Babst,
.Flnduiy, O., Jan. 10. Uyion Wll
llnniboii was flnod $25 and istH yes
terday afternoon after ploullng guil
ty to tho chnrgo of trying to bribe
a Juror In tjia Standard Oil caao. This
uuiijui'u .1 iiiuuuii jur ii new umi,
which was overruled.
So boon as Judgo liabst hud over
ruled the motion ho directed thnt the
case of former Stato Senator McCon
Ica bo called. McConlca was Indicted
for having secured tho services of
Williamson In tho attempt to brlbo.
EXPRESS
WRECKED
Prosecutor David asked for a post- (of bo&slsm, or ono man control," ho
poiiommit as, ho said, soveral ot tho said. The clubs or the precinct corn
state's most ImiKirtant witnesses could .mlttee men or both should havo n
not bo present. This tho court de- hand In selecting these candidates
"led, whoroupon David moved that .for 'delegates, If this Is not practical
tho Indictment bo nolled. jn committee of Mr. Tafts friends
This wns done and tonight David should nomlnato the list."
won't say whether ho will bring tho "Uurton also mado It clear that ho
McConlca enso before another grand Hd not intend to go Tiomo for anv
TEN THAW JURORS
HAVE TAKEN
Jury Box was Filled for the
the Axes Were Weilded Again Harry and Evelyn
Show More Affection Edna Goodrich Accepts
Subpoena.
Sow Vork, Jan. 10. For tho
fifth time, since tho trlul of Harry
K. Thaw commenced,, all oT tin
seats In tho jury box wero filled
when court, adjourned nt 1 :;)() to.
day, seven of tho occupants hav
ing taken tho oath as permanent
jurors, and, tho remaining five, nil
of whom woro secured at tho morn
ing session, Bubjeot to porompto-v
ohnllrngo by both r.ldoa. After
recess tho peremptory challenge!)
will bo used. There wero thlrty-fivn
talesmen examined nt tho morning
session.
If the Jury is not completed to.;,,eIni No. n amI IJttIeton rilallemred
day there will ho a session of rourt Henry Dwhnes No. 12. Tho other
Snj"r,ln threo jurors wero ilien sworn. There
y bother or not they arc nctlng'are now ten sworn jurors In thjo hox.
Estimates Now Made Show That Another Hundred Mil
lion Dollars Will be Needed to Complete the Job De
ficiency Appropriation of Eight Millions Has Been
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Washington, Jan. l(). Tho
Panama canal is likely to cost at
least ono hundred million dollars
moro than tho original entlmates,
according to figures and data In the
possession of tho senatorial Inter.
oceanic canal committee
A compilation prepared for tho
senato committee of all tho appro.
prlatlons mado up to date for tho
canal shows a total of ,7ii.(!0ii,()(i().
For tho remainder of tho pres
ent fiscal year, tho canal commls-
Hurried Conference Follows the Uncovering of the Anti
Taft Movement to Have a Mass Convention to Name
State Convention Delegates Burton Says He is
too Busy to go into the Factional Fight. - f
Cleveland, O., Jan. 10. Congress
limn Uurton has declined to 'lead the
Taft forces In Cuyahoga county In
their light with tho Foraker-Dlck
cohorts.
UJurton will bo homo, tomorrow
bays a dispatch from Washington,
but ho will refuse to nanio the slato
of Taft delegates to run locally. Ho
Is coming merely to act In an ''ad
visory" capacity and will remain but
a short time.
The opponents of Taft yesterday de
clared that tho warfare begun In Cuy
ahoga county will spread to every
county In the state, bringing about
the appolutmout of a host of rump
delegation to the stato convention
ami the likelihood of an Insurgent
delegation from Ohio to the national
convention.
"If this Is done," declare Taft
leaders," tho split that will como in
tho national convention will end In
tho nomination of President Koose-
velt for a third term.
Kurton last night In Washington
gavo his reasons for declining the
leadership.
,(Wo bhould avoid all appearance
ilength of time, hut ho said that he
THE OATH
Fifth Time This Morning but
under tho dlrectolon of nttornoys,
It is a fact that Evelyn Thaw and
hor husband were much moro af
fectionate In their demennor today
than heretofore, t
The Hdna Goodrich Incident is
now closed. A detective called
on hor by appointment Inst night
at tho theatre and sho accepted tho
service of tho subpoena for nppear.
anco ns a witness for tho defenso
THItKE MOItK Alti: SWOHN.
Now Vork, Jan. 10. Upon the ro
ronranlng of court, Jerome pcrempt-
orllv rf7n11rlllil W'lMnm M C,1.
slon has asked a deficiency -appfo
prlatlon of $S.00U.00().
Eighteen months from now, there
fore, there will hnvo been expend,
ed on tho canal a total of $120.
fiOn.OOO, leaving n balance of lesq
man ..i.,1ono.0()0 out of the sum
originally authorized by congress,
j with which to completo tho canal.
These figures aro not only Inter.
estlng in themselves, but thoy
fully warrant tlio assertion that
i large additional appropriations will
bo necessary to finish tho big ditch.
1
would bo willing to make frequent
trips to Cleveland If ho could help In
that way. Ills work In Washington
Is such that ho docs not feel ablo
to absent himself for so long a tlmo
as would bo necessary If ho took
charge of tho situation hero.
It Is not alouo that legislation is
claiming Huiton, but he is working
in tho political vineyard for Taft In
the capital. Ho had most to do with
(bringing Secretnry Taft and Frank
II, Hitchcock together, and ho Is now
helping In work going on to lino up
the bouth, a section In which ho is
woll acquainted,
lUurton's homecoming means thut
a meeting of the county executlvo
committee will bo hold tomorrow!
Tho coinnilttco will fs3uo a cull for
tho primaries. Tho action of tho
Foraker Dick fnctlon in deciding to
contest the regularity or tho regular
organization and of arranging a mass
convention throw a bombshell into
tho Tnft camp yesterday, and desplto
a great show of courage there Is ,a
most decided spirit of norvousness.
Confident that 'tho big majority'' of
Clovcland Kepublleans are for the
war secretary thrro Is, howovor, fear
that tho big dologntlon can bo se
cured only after "a rough and tumble
flBht.
F. W. Treadwny, president of tho
Tippecanoe club, was closeted with
Arthur Vorys at Taft heaUquartera In
Columbus yesterday, Secretary Kod
wny of the Cuyahoga committee was
brought Into the conference over 'the
Contlnuod on Pago Sir 3,
pop fur d p niTPU
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