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SUSPECT EIIDS LIFE
DEATH END8 8EARCH FOR RICH
FRIEND OF 8LAIN MODEL OF
PHILADELPHIA.
SON OF BIG COAL MAGNATE
Bernard W. Lewis Saw Girl Killed
After Visit to Home, Police Believe
Committed Suicide While Officer!
' Were Waiting to Arrest Him.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.-Bernard W.
Lewis, the young Pittsburgh million
aire who was being sought on a charge
collateral with the murder of Maizle
Colbert, the model, committed suicide
on Thursday at Atlantic City.
Lewis, traced to the very threshold
of his suite by detectives, delayed their
admittance with conversation. He shot
himself with a .22-caliber rifle just as
' the doors were battered down.
The bullet entered the temple and
death was instantaneous. That Lewis
anticipated arrest and made prepara
tions to kill himself Is Indicated by
the fact that the rifle was new.
Although the detectives do nor.
charge Lewis with the murder, they
declare that his was the collar found
In the beautiful model's rooms. A
woman, who saw Lewis Friday night,
Identified it, they assert, by a spot and
the fact that It was slightly wilted In
front.
Lewis killed himself when about to
be arrested. The warrant charged him
with failing to pay a $19 taxicab bill.
This he contracted by taking the
Misses Mabel and Ethel Kyle of Ger
mantown, Pa., from the Bellevue Strat
ford to their home and then riding
back to Fifteenth and Poplar streets,
where the Wilton apartments are lo
cated. The detectives now admit that
while they sought to arrest Lewis on
the failure to pay the money, they
really wanted him because they be
lieved he saw the murder committed.
They say he was In the girl's rooms
when her lover appeared and, mad
dened either by alcohol or jealousy, or
both, battered the girl to death while
Lewis watched, hideously fascinated.
While the detectives were hunting
wildly for Lewis the man, evidently
mad with excitement, telephoned thrice
to the Kyle home.
"What shall I do? What shall 1
do?" he asked the first time he tele
phoned to Miss May Kyle, sister of
the two public school teachers he
escorted home.
"I do not know" this woman this
woman Grace Colbert or Roberts or
whoever she was. It will ruin me.
It will ruin me this revolting thing.
My God, they say the police are look
ing for me."
"What shall I do?"
The police now declare that the ar
rest of the murderer of Grace Rob
erts is a simple matter; that Lewis
suicide but confirms their suspicions.
They say that the real murderer Is
within the grasp of their hands.
Lewis was thirty-seven years old, a
Yale graduate of 1901 and a member
of the Union, Pittsburgh, Country,
Oakmont and Pittsburgh Automobile
clubs. He was married but had been
estranged from his wife since last No
vember. He was well known among
the devotees of the night life.
150 PERISH ON TROOPSHIP
British Transport Torpedoed by Sub
marine in the Mediterranean,
Says London Statement.
London, Jan. 6. The British trans
port Ivernia, 14,278 tons, has been
sunk, it was officially announced on
Thursday. One hundred and fifty
military officers and men are missing.
The text of the announcement reads
as follows:
"The Ivernia was sunk by an enemy
submarine in the Mediterranean on
January 1 during bad weather and
while carrying troops. At present
four military officers and 146 men are
missing."
HURLEY QUITS TRADE BOARD
Chairman of Federal Commission Un
expectedly Resigns, to Resume
Business in Chicago.
'Washington, Jan. G. Edward N.
Hurley of Chicago, chairman of the
federal trade commission, unexpected
ly resigned to resume business In Chi
cago. He had a personal conference
on Thursday with President Wilson,
and his resignation was accepted. Mr.
Hurley"s resignation win taxe enect
February 1.
Rues Make Captives.
Petrop-ad, Jan. 6. The capture of
600 prisoners, three cannon and a num
ber of mine throwers and bombing mor
tars on Botech. heights, in the Rou
manian theater of war. was announced
by the Russian war office.
"DON'T STOP YET-THINK
REFUSE PEACE OFFER
ALLIES DEMAND REPARATION
AND SECURITY.
Entente's Answer Asserts Berlin Must
Give Acceptable Terms Before
Conference Is Held.
Paris, Jan. 3. In reply to the prof
fers of Germany and her allies for a
peace conference the entente allies In
a collective note, declare that they "re
fuse to consider a proposal which is
empty and Insincere." The note was
handed to the American ambassador,
William Graves Sharp, by Premier Brl
and, and was made public simultane
ously in London and Paris.
The entente allied governments In
sist that no peace is possible so long
as they have not secured reparation
for violated rights and liberties and
the free existence of small states and
have not brought about a settlement
for the future security of the world.
The note declares that the proposal
of the central powers Is not an offer
of peace, but a "war maneuver."
The note does not specifically out
line the definite war alms of any of the
entente governments except Belgium.
Before the war, It Is pointed out, Bel
glum asked for nothing but to live In
harmony with her neighbors. Asasiled
i cr.it. r,f th trpaties guaranteeing
lu rayi. v.
her inviolability, Belgium, the note
says, has taken up arms to defend her
indepedence and "ner neuirumjr av
iated by Germany."
Belgium's aim, which Is declared to
be the only aim of her king and gov
ernment, is described as "the re-establishment
of peace and justice. But they
only desire peace which would assure
to their country legitimate reparation,
guaranties and safeguards for the fu
ture." TEUTONS CAPTURE 2 TOWNS
Drive Russians and Roumanians From
' Match in and Jijila, in
Dobrudja.
Berlin, Jan. 5 (by wireless). The
towns o! Matchin and Jljlla, In north
ern Dobrudja, have been captured, It
was announced officially on Wednes
day. .
In the Interior of Roumanla the Rus
sians and Roumanians have been
driven back west and south of Foc
sani, and the Invaders are now In
front of the fortified Russian position.
On the Moldavian front strong at
tacks were made by Russo-Roumanian
forces." The official announcement says
these assaults failed with heavy losses
to the attackers. The towns of Bar
sescl and Topescl, as wtll as several
hill positions, were captured by the
Teutonic forces.
HARDING NEW CANAL CHIEF
Will Succeed Goethals as Governor of
Panama Zone New justice
for Hawaii.
Ttr.cMnirtnn. Jan. 5. President Wll
son on Wednesday appointed Lieut
CoL Chester Harding governor general
of the Panama canal aone to succeed
nnothals.
Announcement was also made of Ike
-lninpnt of Lieut. Commander
William C Watts of the Culted States
steamship Michigan to be judge aavo
cate of the navy, and James L. Coke of
Honolulu as associate Justice of the
aoprerae court of ttawau.
OF MY WAR BABIES!"
MEXICO BARS PACT
CHIEF CARRANZA REFUSES TO
ACCEPT PROTOCOL.
President Wilson May Recall General
Pershing Fletcher Prepares to
' Take Up Duties.
Washington, Jan. 4. The American
Mexican Joint commission reported on
Tuesday the parting of the ways In Its
efforts to settle the differences between
the United States and the Carranza
government.
After an all-day session, threshing
over the latest refusal of Carranza to
sign the protocol framed by the com
mission, the American commissioners
made public the terms of the protocol,
indicating that the negotiations had
reached a conclusion. Secretary of
the Interior Lane, chairman of the
American section, made it clear that
Carranza's refusal to sign the protocol
was flat and final. The protocol made
public provided simply for the with
drawal of the American forces in Mex
ico and their replacement by Carran
za military forces.
Withdrawal of the American expedi
tionary force under the command of
Major General Pershing is an imme
diate contemplation by the administra
tion, according to persons close to
President Wilson.
Tho nrnrnrnl WftS Slimed by both
American and Mexican commissioners.
Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador desig
nate to Mexico, called at the White
House and spent nearly an hour In
conference with President Wilson. It
is believed he will be ordered to ms
post soon.
I. W. W.'S OUSTED BY SHERIFF
Sheriff at Cussan, Minn., Declares Dis
turbers Are Beaten and Will Be
Driven From Logging Sections.
Virginia. ILinn.. Jan. 5. Two hun
dred and fifty woodsmen, strikers and
Industrial Workers of the World, agi
tators, were arrested on Wednesday at
Cussan and were rushed here on a spe
on train. Authorities will place them
in a vacant building under heavy guard
until they can be arraigned later. I
believe the situation Is well In hand,"
Sheriff John Menlng is quoted as say
ing. LAWSON BITTERLY ARRAIGNED
Senator Stone, Chairman of Foreign
- Relations Committee, Declares
No Public Official Guilty.
f
Washington, Jan. 4. Senator Stone
of Missouri, chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, bitterly
arraigned Thomas W. Lawson on the
senate floor on Tuesday, and declared
emphatically that "no public official Is
guilty of wrongdoing" in connection
with the "leak" to Wall street on the
Wilson peace note.
FOOD AND FUEL QUIZ ON
Federal Grand Jury Investigates High
Cost at New York Four Deal
ers Examined.
New York, Jan. 4. The January
federal grand jury, sworn in, took up
Imnjedlaltly the government's Inquiry
Into the high cost of fuel and food
prod acts, and the Jury had at Its dis
posal the testimony taken before the
December body.
TEUTONS GAINING
BRAILA CAPTURED BY GERMANS
CITY IS CHIEF COMMERCIAL
CENTER OF ROUMANIA.
German Soldiers Gain In Mountain
Zone Also Take Two Towns
In Rlmnlk-Sarat Region.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,
coiin Tiraiin Roumania's chief
commercial city, has been captured
by the Germans and Bulgarians, ac
cording to the official announcement
made. The announcement says, ji
Is reported that in Great Wallachie,
the main commercial city of the Rou
manians, Braila, has been captured by
German and Bulgarian troops. Do
brudja has been entirely cleared of
the enemy."
The day announcement: Regarding
the Roumanian front operations the
statement says:
"Front of 'Archduke Joseph: On the
Golden Bystritza the artillery fire was
lively. Advances by Russian compan
ies and raiding detachments between
Czokanesti and Dorna Watra failed,
with heavy hostile losses.
"Attacks delivered by German and
Austro-Hungarian troops in the moun
tains situated between the Transyl
vanian eastern frontier and the low
lands of the Sereth secured us a con
siderable gain of ground. Several hun
dred prisoners were brought in."
STATE TO BE SET UP FOR SLAVS.
Amsterdam. A dispatch to the
Rheinisch Westphalsche Zeiturig of
Essen from Berlin states that negotia
tions are proceeding at Lucerne, Switz
erland, between representatives of
Austria-Hungary and Montenegro, Ger
many also being represented, with a
view to the creation of a new South
Slavonic state under Austro-Hungarian
protection. Prince.Mirko of Montene
gro, it is added, will be the ruler of
the new state.
LIVES OF 300 ARE SNUFFED OUT
Tokyo. Three hundred persons
have been killed and many injured in
disastrous earthquake in Central For
mosa, according to special dispatches
froxa. Taihoku, the capital of Formosa.
It Is estimated that 1,000 houses have
been destroyed. The city of Nanto has
been damaged extensively by fire.
PRISON
BUILDING
BURNS.
Joliet, 111. Fire destroyed two
buildings devoted to the manufacture
of chairs in the State Prison here.
Seventeen hundred convicts through
out behaved with exerrplary discip
line, according to the Warden.
CINCINNATI MARKETS
GRAIN.
k Corn No. 2 white $1.011.02, No. 3
white $11.01, No. 4 wmte (Pc,
No. 2 yellow $1.0101.02, No. 3 yellow
$11.01, No. 4 yenow (gc, iu. a
mixed $1.0101.02, No. 3 mixed $1
1.01, No. 4 mixed 98 99c, white ear,
new 98c$l, mixed ear 98c$l, yel
low ear 98c$l. - -
Hay No. 1 timothy $16, No. 2 $15,
No. 3 $13. No. 1 clover mixed $15.50,
No. 2 $13.50, No. 1 clover $16, No. 2
$13.50, No. 1-clover $16, No. 2 $14.
Oats No. 2 white 58y259c, stand
ard white 5758y2c, No. 3 white 56
57c, No. 4 white 5556c, No. 2 mixed
56057c, No. 3 mixed 5556c, No. 4
mixed 54055c.
Wheat No. 2 red $1.921.94, No. 3
red $1.8901.92, No. 4 red $1.601.70.
EGGS AND POULTRY.
EggsPrime firsts 50c, firsts 43 c,
nrHnnrv firsts 40c. seconds 35C.
Live Poultry Roasters, 4 lbs and
over, 18c; broilers, IV2 lb and under,
20c, fryers, over -Y2 lb. l8c: fowls,
4 lbs and over, 18c; 3 lbs and over,
17c; under 3 lbs, 16c; roosters, 13c;
ducks, white, 3 lbs and over, 18c; un
der 3 lbs, 16c; colored, 16c; young hen
turkeys, 8 lbs and over, 21c; old hen
turkeys, 8 lbs and over, 21c; young
torn turkeys, 10 lbs and over, 21c; old
torn turkeys, 10 lbs and over, 21c;
crooked, 12c; cull, 8c.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Shippers $7.50 10; butcher
steers, extra $99.25, good to choice
$7.758.75, common to fair $5.50
7.25; heifers, extra $8 8.50, good to
choice $77.75, common to fair $5
6.75; cows, extra $6.507, good to
choice $5.50 6.50, common to fair
$4.55.25; canners $4.255, stockers
and feeders $57.
Bulls Bclogna $67, fat bulls $7.25
07.50.
Calves Extra $13, fair to good
$11.5013, common and large $511.
Hogs Selected heavy shippers $9.85,
good to choice packers and butchers
$10.80010.85, mixed packers $10.60
10 80, stags $78.50, common to choice
heavy fat sows $7.50 9.75. light ship
pers $9.50010, pigs (110 lbs and less)
$709.
Sheep Extra $S 8.50. good to
choice $7.5008, common to fair $507.
Lambs Extra $13013.25, good to
choice $12.50 0 13. common to fair $
It
Why Thai Lame Dock?
Morning lameness, anarp iwingro
honiinr nr an all-day back
ache; each Is cause enough to sus
pect kidney trouble, uei anw w
cause. Help tne aianeys.
Americans go it too hard. We
overdo, overeat and neglect our
sleep and exercise and so we are
fast becoming a nation of kidney
sufferers. TJWo more aeauw wau
In 1890 Is the 1910 census . story.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Thou
sands recommend them. (
A Kentucky Case
T. B. Redd, Cadis,
Ky., says: "I had to
get up often at night
to pass the kidney se
cretions and mornings
I was all worn out.
Intense pains darted
through my back and
hips and I could hard
ly straighten. I had
dizzy spells, too, and
often staggered.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me and best of
All T hav.n't lo1 O T1 V
TM4
need of a kidney medicine since."
MDmi'mI Amy Stare, BOc a Baa
DOAN'S "Sfifif
FOSTER-MDLBURN CO. BUFFALO. N.Y.
Height of Boastfulness.
"Isn't Blower Inclined to be Just a
little boastful?"
"Boastful? Well, I guess yes. After
a beggar has touched Blower for a
nickel he will tell you that he has Just
been giving a little dinner to an ac
qutaintance of his."
Important to Mother
Examine carefully every bottle 01
rtk crrnmA that famous old remedy
wiui v. .
for infants and children, and see that it
7 r
Signature of
In Use for Over 30 Tears.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorii
When a Feller Needs a Friend.
She Tell me about your early strug-
He There's not much to tell. The
more I struggled the more the old man
laid it on. Boston Evening Transcript.
Oranulated Eyelids, Sties, Inflamed Eyes
.ilered over niaht by Roman Eye Balsam.
One trial proves its merit. Aav.
The People's Physique.
Some consideration should be given
to the effect that the change in loco
motion will make uponthe physique of
the people; for even the farmers are
now using the automobile, and the
horse is used for little but draft pur-
. . . I .v-i n toT
poses. Will not me race uewmo
and nerveless that lolls upon soft cush
ions, protected in every way, from the
hard joltings of the road? More and
more, machinery Is brought Into serv
ice, and less and less physical exertion
is required in the carrying on of open
air occupations. Man touches a but
ton, and a gas engine does the rest.
This makes things easier; but the
question is whether it confers an actual
benefit in the end. Mobile Register.
Exempt.
v "Avoid criticizing," she said. "Don't
make a practice of finding fault with
other people, or picking flaws in what
they say or do."
"Teacher," spoke UP a little boy,
"that's the way my father makes his
livln'l" .
"You surprise me, George! What
Is your father's occupation?"
"He's a proofreader, ma'am."
The teacher coughed. "Well.
George," she said, "I make an excep
tion in the case of your father."
Youth's Companion.
Some Required. .
"Mr. Jobbins is a very brave man."
"Yes; that's why Gladys asked him
to her mistletoe party."
A contented mind Is .a continual
feast. .
Why Wait
Mr. Coffee Drinker, till
heart, nerves, or stom
ach "give way?"
- The sure, easy way
to keep out of coffee
troubles is to use the
pure food-drink
P0STUM
Better quit coffee
now, while you are
feeling good, and try
Postum, the popular
American beverage.
"There's a Reason"