The Sandusky Star-Journal from Sandusky, Ohio • Page 1

SECTION ONE ULY TWENTY-FOUR SHOPPING DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SANDUSKY MERCHANTS ARE AT YOUR SERVICED 20-PAGES THE SANDUSKY STAR-JOURNAL. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR, SANDUSKY, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1911, LAST EDITION NUMBER 39 Buyers Plan to Fly Over Pekin and Nankin Dropping Bombs on Cities. REPRESENTATIVES OF REVOLUTIONISTS GET 13 Rebels Expect To Ask Foreign Countries to Recognize the Republic Soon, FATHER, NOT SON, IS THE TRAGIC FIGURE ON THIS DAY WHEN HENRY BEATTIE DIES CLEVELAND, Nov. of 13 aeroplanes being purchased by Chinese rebels in country were ordered in Cleveland today. The rebels plan to sail a fleet of aeroplanes over Pekin dropping bombs upon the city.

Moi jPby, of Detroit, and Roy Wilcox, Albion, are negotiating the purchases. Wilcox will go to China as an Instructor. Roy Wilcox, of Albion, will go to San Francisco at once and arrange for the shipment of the aero- planes to China. Moi Poy, of Detroit, negotiated for the purchase of the machines here and says it is the plan to have the thirteen aeroplanes fly over Pekin and Nankin dropping bombs upon the towns. The three machines purchased hare were built by an amateur but along the lines of a Curtiss plane.

The seats work on hinges so if one of the three operators is killed he may be dropped to the ground. Forts are Taken. FRA-NClSCOr-Nov. revolutionary troops captured one oi the forts on Chun Shan hill, near Nan- Jjjng. after several hours' desperate fighting, according to a cablegram received here from Shanghai by the Chinese Free Press.

The forts are outposts situated a few miles from Nankin. The dispatch said that the revolutionary military committee had announced that the massacres in Shensi were committed by mobs composed mostly of Manchus and not the revolutionist soldiers. Dr. Wu Ting Fang and others are working on a proclamation, which will be issued shortly, asking all nations to recognize the republic, according to a Shanghai dispatch re ceived by the Chinese daily papers. CLASS FIGHT CHAPEL Ohio Sortliern Students Break Up Fnruitnre and Hare Parade Through the Streets.

ADA, Nov. 24. With a view toward showing their class strength superior, 230 engineering students at the Ohio Northern university made an assault upon other students in the chapel. The pharmacy and law students were driven from their seats and for twenty minutes the interior of the chapel was the scene of a general melee which threatened to wreck the place. Benches and furniture wer-e broken and many black syes resulted.

After routing all other classmen, the engineers marched single file through the town, entering nearly every business place by one door and march- panging business to be TTTT CONFESSING GDILT, PHlnQ Tfl PHATP uUlS5 IU UXmllx Henry Clay Beattie, Admits Killing His Girl Bride And Says He Wants to "Sia nd Right With God And As He Walks to Death. SIGNED CONFESSION TELLS OF GUILT. RICHMOND, Nov. .1. J.

Fix this afternoon announced the confession of Heary Clay in whuh the executed murderer in a signed statement said that: "Desiring to stand right before God and man I confess my guilt to the ciime charged against me." The statement sas ttuu though ninny things published were not true "yet the awful fact with its harrowing details remains." YOUNG WOMAN LEADS SUFFRAGETTES' WAE RICHMOND, Nov. custom he was sent to the chair witih- paid for life icday, when Henry Clay out breakfast. The guards were ner- Beattie. was shocked to death in vous but each with his work to do the electric chair in Virginia state quickly adjusted the straps. A hand Leattie.

the Son, RICHMOND, Nov. Henry Clay Beattie, died. Throughout Virginia there is little sympathy for thp ynnng -man NEW YORK, Nov. sentence of not raope than eight years and eight months and not less than four years and eight months was imposed today upon W. J.

Cummins, former trustee of the Carnegie trust company who was convicted last Monday of the )0 of the funds of, convicted of having brutally murdered his wife, that he might revel more securely in the sordid-affections of a creature whose soul he himself had helped to steep in sin, from her very girlhood. There is no sympathy for. him, but there is a world of it for the broke, white- haired father, who is planning to go away from the state where his respected name has been disgraced just as soon as the last, grim chapter in this tragedy of his life has been written. With his daughter, Hazel, and his other son, Douglas, he will go to Washington, never to return. They probably make their in one of the suburbs of the 'national departing froni Richmond just as soon as they can obtain young Seattle's body and have it cremated and the ashes buried beside his dead wife.

C. Beattie, is the tragic picture in this celebrated case, that excited the interest of a nation. Prom a proud, haughty man, of fearless of mien, looking the world straight the face and upholding the honor of his old "Virginian name, he has changed to a forlorn, hopeless figure. The transformation is complete. A has replaced the old quick, elastic tread.

He moves along most of the time with his head bowed. Friends and acquaintances bow to him or speak in passing and he hears them not. He has aged ten years in as many weeks. penitentiary here. There i IK'if at ion of a physical or men IP! weakness as he strode into the death chamber, took his place in the electric cha nnd sat nuiet as the straps were adjusted.

Su-rHntfndent i was seen to move toward the switch. A little thread of white smoke rose from the death cap and the limbs and body of dying man twisted in the utmost tension and then crimpled as the curreni was shut off. Out in the drizzling rain a morbid crowd await- waived his hand after the black cap! ed the news and then departed. None had been the curreni waa i of the Beattie family was near the turned on and at 7:23 Beattie was penitentiary but the body was imme- pronotmced dead. A crowd surrounded the neniten tiary this morning and only dispersed when it was announced that the exe- diately prepared for burial.

Douglass Beattie, brother of the dead man called at the penitentiary soon after the execution and claimed cution was over. Beattie slept soundly throughout the night and was awakened by his spiritual advisers. The execution took just three minutes from the time Beattie stepped ft on thg lonely Mid lothian turnpike with the blood- the body. Funeral services will be held tonight or tomorrow. Four months ago, on a dark July Beattie returned- Dr.

Oppenheimer, prison cian announced it was all over. Beattie did not falter as he marched between the guards to the chair. He shook hands with the two ministers, took from the hands of Rev. Fix his bible and began the march. The death chamber was in darkness save for the lights above the chair and near the switchboard.

Twelve witnesses sat in the darkened recesses stained body of his wife held close to i his side in his auto. But an hour bee had left the home of i uncle, Thomas Owen. There' suffr a Qpportunities Here Need Presentment To Business Men of The Country. MOVEMENT STARTED TO SECURE PUBLICITY Wide Field Is Open And Small Expenditure Would Accomplish Much, Coincident with the movement for a Sandusky celebration in connection with the Perry's Victory centennial at Put-in Bay in 1913, and the encouragement given the Business Men association by the decision of Judge Srough in the lot subscription cases, a move- I ment is r.ow under way looking toward ij'ie suitable advertising of i Sandusky's advantages in the bei lief that such advertising will re- i suit in the location here of new i industries. This plan haf bjcn foiiow-iii with success a uiuubt-r of soiuh-vm cities.

Advertising iu the has prove a these cities, bringing in hundreds i inquiries irom aieu and concern--; which could not otherwise '02 secured. present the only publicity of a kind which the city has is that secured; through the local papers undjrom bili- -bonr'lV along the The expenditure of a few thousand do't- lars, under the direction oi' an expert of the room. but smiling. Seattle was ashen pale Following the prison the body of the dead woman was tak- demonstration" in London en. and there Beattie told a story of Premier Ascruith.

The trouble re- a bearded highwayman who held up suited from this attitude of the his machine in the road, after the i i ttJLl Miss Christabel Pankburst, one of advertising man would carry the of England's militant stO ry of Sandusky's alvantages ail 1 fin i iv war oi; country, and even to foreign lands, agamst i SU pp Or j- ig movement, a. well-" when a delegation of known citizen who is interested In the-- the city sends to the u- tt- 1. ra i Star-Journal the following communi- to had nearly run him down. Beattie i getles tried to obtain from him a eation wWch shoiM bg iBtergst to John D. Says Instead He Increased the Amount and Extended Time.

said that when he started his auto to i pledge that he would support an run away from the bearded equal suffrage bill in parliament. He who was armed with a shotgun the not only refused, but told them he man fired at the machine, was opposed to granting the right of Beattie. to women. While the family of the dead girl: mourned her death at home. Beattie, police officials, and private detectives scoured the neighborhood for traces of the bearded' highwayman.

The blood soaked auto in which he; had carried his wife's body was pressed into service and Beattie him-1 self ran th? gruesome vehicle up and down the Midlothian turnpike through the night. Just as dawn broke, on July 19, Lu- 0 ther L. Sherer, Chesapeake and Ohio Very SlOW PfOgreSS IS Beintj 'Simply for the want of pFeaeatmea, all: On looking over our beautiful city and seeing the vast opportunities has to present to any live person, I- jfee! it is my duty as a citizen to lay 7 this before our people. Could you wish a more-beautiful and: healthier place to spend your life Sandusky? Can you find a more- I trally located place? Could you find a inore quiet and law abiding place? These are a few questions to ask ycmr- self. Sandnsky is standing -with stretched arms offering that whteS: many cities have not to offer.

has this not been grasped along ago? PAID $10 SHARE FOR STOCK Them in Securing Murder Trial Jury. Oil King Says He A Year to Buy Back Their Stock, I railroad detective, brought into the case I by the girl's'family, reached the scene i of this crime with a brace of blooB- hounds. Then the first suspicion of Beattie himself took root. The bloodhounds circled wide about the place through the woods and fields, but baying loudly they invariably re- turned to the spot, where Beattie de- clared his auto stood when his wife Little ChailCe NOW TO COITl- was shot. A short time later a ne- gro "mammy" found a single-barreled shotgun, identified by Beattie as the NEARLY HUNDRED CALLED suspended at each place until the procession passed.

NEW YORK, Nov. in I toto the story told by the Merritt bro: FACTS IN BEATTIE CASE -'i thers before the Stanley probe committee investigating the steel trust, John D. Rockefeller issued a statement from (Continued on Page 9) Many Were Anxious. plete Pane! Before Next Week--Friday's Proceedings, OHIO MINERS MAY STRIKE Jr 21, 1911--Henry Clay Beat- company. i the headquarters of the Standard Oi! tife, arrested.

August 21, Demand a Raise of Fire Ci-uis a Ton For Mining in Eastern District. Chesterfield Court House I This statement, however, did not de- That there was great interest in in the Beattie case was indicated by the number of tele- phone calls that came to the Star- September 8, 1911-- Verdict of guilty, Beattie sentenced to death. November 24, 1911 Death sen- tence executed. Oil uiag- thP the electri- cution had taken lace and th nate and his chief almoner. Rev.

Frank formation was given to all who Despite the fact that a careful examination was made into the qualifications of twenty-one men as jurors in the Klawetch murder case Friday morning in the common pleas court, no progress was made towards picking out the twelve men who will decide the fate of the little Italian. All but one of the persons summon- Isn't it true that Sandusfey has the. best of shipping facilities both by land and water? We have a right to boast of our railroads, street and interurban. lines. Now why should any of.ns wish to go elsewhere when we such opportunities at homo? The ter has made many trips to the important cities and country places the United States but has beeu unableTM; to find even one city that has any-, thing like Sandusky has to Gentlemen, all we need is to do Sparacus said, Rotise!" Awafcea long sleep we have had aad.

(having and acquaint ourselves with what Sanduslcy has to offer and let our neighbors feast on the fruit wa: have so ions left the tree." Now will we stil! leave this fruit' hanaring to rlecay or will advise- outside world that we have more than; we can care for and must have with them that which has soc lone; been left untouched? T. Gates, as well as J. Pierpont Mor- called, several of whom were ed re excused for ause Tne To1.n4- til Ci i rvni fifr itiTfrneiTi Cardinals Designate Will Then Meet The Pope and Thursday Receive Red Hat. ROME. Nov.

Cardinals 'Designate J. M. Farley and D. Falconio arrived in Rome they were enthusiastically met by a large number of people. A large crowd of ecclesiastics the station and knelt, and kissed the rings of the American prelates, while many travelers and other persons about the station joined in emphasizing the cordiality of the reception.

A characteristic note was given to the occasion by some of the clerical suite carrying rolled American flags bound with white and yellow ribbons, the papal colors. Msgr. Farley was receded by Cardinal Merry Del to whom lie spoke in acknowledgment of what he called the "most courteous, generous and noble recognition of America'' in the selection of nsw He added that American Protestants as well RS Catholics hacl shown enthusiasm over the honor, as was proved by more toan 2.000 messages received fror? all claRS- es the monster send-off given to him when he left New Ycrs. During the usual napal audience. Cardinal Merry Del Val foirsnunirated to the pope the arrival of thn 0 dinals-delesate.

and informed Mm of the cordial reception that had been accorded to them everywhere. The pope was pleased, aud said he was looking forward to receiving them soon. The secret consistory will be held on Monday and the. public consistory will follow'on Thursday. A the secret cfonsistory only the pope and the cardinals, resident in Rome are present.

At the consistory three days later, the ceremony is pinch imip-insr, tlip new cardinals re- ceJvJng' their rrd hats from the pope. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24. --A strike in district No. 6 of the I United Mine Workers of America, in- i eluding the mines in eastern Ohio, is predicted if the operators refuse the miners' demand of $1 a ton for mining coal, when the present scale of 95 cents a ton expires next April.

Operators say they will not grant the 1 increase. They declare that the demand for domestic coal DOW is so small they are not making money and a could be closed -j av bv a boiler in the Bib- loss than they could oe workeu with a j-, mill llcre $1 a ton scale tn pflect. jan, to tell what they know about the transactions by which the Merritt men. One minister was an early inquirer. Many apparently bad questioning of prospective jurymen has proceeded for three days.

lip to brothers were "squeezed" out of a for- hoped that there would be res- rida j' f1ia bee fn-nn n-nJ v. An WI.KM 1 to i Tl i KJI ft? LIVERPOOL, Nov. persons were tune in ore and railroad property. Representative Stanley will also try to have Martin W. Littleton removed from thi? cDmniitle" v-'u'n th? matter is brought up in the hojse asking the democratic majority to aid him in ousting Littleton.

Rev. Gates made no statement but is expected to do so when he returns to his home in Montclaire, N. J. testimony which night offered in the case. He was excused.

UNCLE ei.rv.d- moned, and all but twelve of them fornd not to be qualified for jury On looking over Sandusfcy one can readily see it is not a mushroom citr. snrinsing up in one day. hnt a city- fhp.t IIDS grown steadily and built fcnv her-elf a foundation to be proud Now flint tb 100th anniversary of Ad-" victory is at hand and- (Continued on Face S) STEEL TKUST INVEST1GATLNG COMMITTEE HEAELNG ROCKEFELLER CHAJRGEs, OILEIXG, AJS P10XE51R MIA'EE WHO SAYS HE WAS EOBBED Sensible married men always siv their wives bisr ai- lo'-vaiH'Cs so I here will IIR thai, mticn more to borrow from "em. Forecast: Snow flurries Uiis noon and tonight: colder. Saturday (Continued on Page Two.) at a.

one A 0 Stanley Kentucky congressman whose steel trust Investigating committee has been naearthing some startling testimony to Its sessions at Washington, promises a fight to overcome efforts on the part 1 of United States steel attorneys to block progress of his probe. Temperature year ago, 34. Sun rises Saturday at 6:31 a and sets at 4:06 (standard time). Maximum wind velocity for 24 hours ending at noon today, 20 miles northwest at 11 o'clock Friday morning. onr sistPr c-Hies ar? doing all to push to front, it behooves The trial so far has served to bring xls awaken and show the outsida out the strong prejudice against world and our own peonle at horns capital punishment which exists in wMt hnve to offer.

With vast this county. Over half of the men mtrttifndr? seeking homes, don't you sumironed so far have declarpd fh'nl: i the dntv of evprv themselves as opposed to the inflir- oiH-rn to nnd finrl his brother tion of the penalty. oine -when by so doing he will prof-r to Friday noon, rrosecntins; A 1 5 7 Hart had ased nvcront of peremptory challenger-, nnd A tornry i for the defpuso. four of Iris i Tho nftel was at imon, i i i i suat? 'nor used a lur'ns 11)f moraine session. morning, it looked to court house iiuprhes if 'he of til! 1 might ''iin info ru-xf I a ftverytliing of t-ouvse ponded on the answers of the parties railed to serve.

A man with imi'iidf confidence in H- he reads in tin neY. spa- IDK OF was during the trial Friday morning. His name is Fred summoned np a talesman. He told the court that he would rather th? accounts of the alleged accent nrime. The fis'wrmen of this port have malvitur.sorae very heavy catches dur-" in.s; the past week, the catch consisting mainly of Large catches are- also reported froai Lorain, Huroa and- Vermilion.

At the Booth Fish, Co. the catch of" which he read in tlw local I herring during the last few days av- newspapers, than give belief to the (Continued on Page 6) BEULAH BINFORD SLEEPS WHILE HENRY CLAY BEATTIE IS PUT TO DEATH FOR WIFE erages about 14 tons a day. The eateli of white flsh has been very light account of the stormy weather. The Post Fish Co. reports that tie.

catch averages from eight to ten tons-. a dav while at Lay Bros, the average" is about ten tons a day. aronsdous of the fra.sic scene enacted in the grim prison at ii'hiiiotui. -nist before she this the girl, who ccu r.ot et- shippec to customers urc beinj to nscd (luring ths I retail pri of herring is 10 conts 1110:1 nd while the mice oi wlrito fish Is Members of the committee in the pi NEW YO.HK. Nov.

rifiacefully. Beuiah on whose si-count Hnn-v Clay Beattie. murdered his girl-bride, was unconscious of i the girl, who ccu r.ot et- vory t'nu pRsing of tbf time for tlui ex- tiroly escape the thuusht of the death made at WKV: ec-ufion of Beattic Friday morning, i made the followins: siatcmoat heavier than at tins pert i attended a theatre party i coni'smins Keattie as reported by beriKishrr.au of the rib i Vermilion, who been t.he "Even if he is guilty he will never! ness for the past thirty sajs if confess. He is too proud even in his the largest run of hfirrinc in his Last night she went to a local thea- dying moments to make a confession." The catches at tre and witnessed a "ghost play," "The At the play she often mentioned house during the past few days ft-n" of Peter made merry Beattie, saying she hoped his ghost averaged between and 20 terns. The catches of the DriscoU Thursday uicht, the girl did not retire friends today: until late and it was before she awakened.

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