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5ji fri4 fPW gl rz 3ti A T3K Jjnjijfi SW THE WASHINGTON EOST FRIDAY APRIL 26 19071 PLOT TO BE REVEALED Baroness May Spring Surprise in Murder Trial SHE MAY NAME THIKD PEESON and was introduced to the baroness He appeared very much pleased and talked with the prisoner for several minutesT The ballet that killed Simon was exhibited in court to day Whllo the deadly missile was passed from baroness sat chatting with her counsel and from time to time making notes in a memorandum book Among the spectators in court to day were two brothers of themurderedman SHE PLANNED TRAGEDY hand to hand by the Jurymen theGUl WllO Killed HCkfelSuitOr and Self left WilL Wealthy Manufacturer Merely Smiles at Apparently Damaging Testimony She Is Expected to Lay Crime on Another When the Defense Opens Jft SuSgffiSrtl ABED MTODEB tho defendant i Mrs Anna Polanza who bad worked with the defendant In Simons factory Noblewoman Charged with Murder Of said that when Simon after Tie was shot was being removed from his office to the elevator she heard a policeman pointing to the baroness ask if that was the wo 1 man Oiot flrsj tho nhnfK Tea Said I 1 Simon this is the woman lime de Massy shot me Girl Heard Accusation From another witness Elizabeth Veronica Hale Who was employed by Simons company as a designer however the prosecution got about the same testimony Miss Hale said she was In the office when the baroness was brought in by a policeman after the shooting What was done with the defendant when she was brought in asked Mr Ely The officer took her before Mr Simon and asked him If this was the woman who had shot him replied the witness What did Mr Simon say Yes that is the woman that shot me Take her away take her away Did Mrs de Massy say anything She smiled and said I didnt shoot tolm The accused appeared amused by this testimony The court adjourned Sjwclal to The Washington Port New York April 25 A sensation Is expected at the trial of the Baroness de Mass charged with the murder of Gus tav Simon when the defense opens its cate There are intimations that a plotJ the prisoner and that somebody will suffer severely when all the facts are brought to light The apparent indifference of both the defendant and her counsel to the States circumstantial case is taken to mean that the real story of the shooting Is yet to be told There wese no witnesses to the shooting and enough has been said by those con nected with the defense to Indicate that aj tnira person is believed to nave naa a hand in the jueer case It has been reported that the defense will try to show that the woman did not shoot Simon but was blamed by the real murderer because she happened to be in the shop at the time of the shooting and because the slayer knew that Simon owed her money During the proceedings thus far the baroness has appeared more at ease than any one else In the court room She has been more Interested in her personal appearance than in the States case Her lawjers too have shown no trepidation when the State presented to the Jury the tacts establishing what appeared to be sufficient motive for the killing Baroness Bows to Jurors When the baroness entered court this irorning she made a special point of bow irg and smiling at the Jurora who will decide her fate They did not return her greeting of course but that did not bother the prisoner one whit because she Immediately turned to the representative of tho French consulate her only friend the court room besides her lawyers ind chatted animatedly with him in French At this point Henry Clay McPike ho was associated with Delphln Michael Del mas in the Thaw case and who had been hoerine about tho court room for an hour while several prisoners were being sentenced approached the counsel table ACCOUNTS 92000 SHORT Losing Company Accepts Resignation of Its Treasurer Requested Family to BVe Front of House eU Lighted at Wedding that He Might See Every Guest Enter Bereaved Bride eject Says She Would Have Respected Others Stronger Claim Officer Admits Most of Money Was Lost Speculating All Concerned Silent No Arrests Have Been Made DIED MURPHY Department of State Washington April 25 1907 Information has been received at this department from Mr Arnold Shanklln American consul general at Panama Panama of the death on the 8th of April 1907 at Panama Panama of JOSEPH MURPHY The legal representatives of the deceased can obtain fuFther information by applying to this department Per dispatch No T7 dated April 10 1307 OTT On Tuesday April 23 1907 at 530 oclock JOSEPH beloved husband of Josephine Ott nee Hart brecht aged forty six years Tuneral from his late residence 1133 Seventh street rorthwest on Friday Apiil 26 at 9 oclock a Requiem mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 930 oclock Relatives and friends Invited Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery OWENS On Thursday April 25 1907 JOSEPHINE widow of William Owen In the eighty fourth year of her age Funeral service on Saturday April 27 at 9 30 a at her late residence K3 Fifth avenue New York Interment private Baltimore and California papers please copy POOLE On Thursday April 25 1907 MOLLin RIGHT wife of Maurice Poole Funeral from her late residence 936 street northwest Saturday April 17 at 2 30 DOHNEA On Thursdav April 23 1907 at her residence 2017 street northwest Mrs CLARA nee Kullberg be ioea wue oi cne late samuel Dounea aped ninety three years and six months Funeral services Saturday April 27 at 2pm BILRON Suddenly on Thursday April 25 1907 at 7 CHARLES beloved son of Samuel and Roselel Bilson Due notice of funeral hereafter Baltimore papers please copy RUTHERFORD Entered into eternal rest at 720 a on Wednesday April 24 1907 Brevet Lieut Col ROBERT RUTHERFORD captain United States army retired beloved husband of Elizabeth Rutherford Funeral on Saturday April 27 at 3 at St Andrews Church cornerFour teenth and Corcoran streets Interment at Arlington New York and Philadelphia papers please copy TIGHE On Wednesdav April 24 1907 at 1130 EUGENE beloved hus mand of Mary Handcock Tlghe of Charleston aged forty nine years Notice of funeral hereafter FTOERAL DIRECTORS JOHN WRIGHT CO Funeral Director an Embalnifra lirtrj ta eo rectlon Im of rihapcl on premtet 1SJT Tnth at Telephone yortlt 47 Opea itj and mint WILLIAM LEE FunerarDirector As 3 Embalmer XJrerr is connection Commodloai impel ana Moaern unmaionam xodmt pries til Prnnsrlrsnla ar nw Telephone main lisS Special To The Washington Post Providence IV April 25 Levi Cook Lincoln secretary treasurer and general manager of the Woonsocket Machine and Power Company admitted to day that he had embezzled 92000 of the companys funds by the Issuing and discounting of notes that were Issued up to the amount of 5000 each The confession was made in the presence of the directors of his company and of representatives of Estabrook Co of this city Mr Lincolns resignation from all these positions was demanded made and accepted He has also resigned the directorate of two Woonsocket banks Lincoln admitted the money was lost mainly through speculation He has turned over his handsome home on South Main street Woonsocket together with other property to the company but it Is believed that there will still be a shortage of about 60000 which the stockholders will have to bear pro rata Esta brook Co acting for a third party offered In February to purchase the stock of the power company for 15515 per share Lincolns peculations were discovered when the audit was made by Estabrook Cos accountants preparatory Ho the transfer of stock on Saturday of tills woek The purchasing companys offer still holds good though the date of transfer has been deferred The stockholders will realize about 140 pec share Early this year the power company Issued 100000 worth of new stock and Lincoln according to his own statement utilized 57000 of this to retire some of the notes he had Issued some of which he put out as long ago as 1890 There are still seven forged notes of 5000 each in local banks and other securities bearing the name of George Bachelder president of the company which Lincoln admits he forged The Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore was on Lincolns bond for 100u0 Lincoln has not been arrested He was regarded as one of the wealthiest residents of Woonsocket President George Batchelder of the powfer company is a member of the State commission to the Jamestown Exposition and went to Jamestown yesterday He was notified to night of the shortage and immediately announced his intention of returning to Woonsocket at once CANADA BUYS BUITAL0ES Oil City Pa April 25 The body of Miss Belle Stroup and that of Thaddeus Ross her former sweetheart whom sho shot before committing suicide yesterday eight hours before the time fixed for Ross ynarriage to another woman were viewred by a coroners Jury to day After which they were Temoved from the undertaking rooms where they had been prepared for burial That of Miss Stroup was taken to the home of her sister Mrs jFred Ehret of Coal Hill this county Ross body was taken to the home of his parents Next door to his home is the house which he bad prepared for himself and his tride to be Miss Edith Samsell The residence has been thoroughly furnished and was to have been occupied by them last night had not a jilted womanturn ed the wedding day into one of tragedy A pathetic Incident was brought to light to day when Mrs Mary Mable a sister of Miss Samsell Viewed the re mains of the murderess arid suicide Mrs Mable recognized the dead woman as a fellow traveler who rode with her yesterday on the train from TitusvlUe to this city Saw Slayer on Train One was coming to attend the wedding of her sister while the mission of the other was to prevent the ceremony with bullets from a revolver she was carefully earning in a cigar box Mrs Mable was accompanied by her daughter and together they discussed the coming event Miss Stroup attracted the attention of the mother and daughter by her evident desire to overhear their conersatlon changing her position in the car so as to better hear them talking Miss Sampsell the bride elect who was prostrated by shock last night Is somewhat better to day She was ararnging the brides table when notified that Ross had been shot and killed She said to day I did not know Miss Stroup I was aware Mr Ross kept company with her before he commenced calling on me rour years ago but I was under the im pression he had stopped and never dreamed of his corresponding with her Recognies Others Claims Had Miss Stroup come to me Wednes day when she arrived In Oil City or at any time after the first announcement of our proposed marriage and told her story which has every appearance of being true I should never hae pei mltted the marriage ceremony to have been performed If Thad had promised to marry this girl she should have been his wife Although ostensibly living with his parents Ross It is learned had a furnished room In a business block In the heart of the city where he sometimes slept and entertained guests That he feared trouble at his wedding Is shflwn by a request made of the Sampsell family that there should he plenty of light In front of the house In order that he might see the guests as they entered the front door Ross was warned by friends that he should be careful but he appeared to consider the warning a Joke Thedead girl had made a will In which she left her property to her sisters In her bosom was a photograph of Ross and a sfeitement saying he had promised to marry herein May and that she knew nothing of blaplan to wed Mls3 Sampsell until she read a newspaper announce ment FLOX TO KILL PRINCE Armed Anarchist Caught in Belgian ChurchThree Others Arrested Brussels April 25 An anarchist armed with a dagger a loaded revolver and other weapons was arrested to day in a church where Prince Albert of Belgium nephew of King Leopold and Tielr pre sumptive to tha throne was about to visit One of the attendants of the churcn accldntally discovered the man hidden In a confessional box locked the door and called the police Later three olherc anarchists similarly armed were arrested In the vicinity of the church Two of the latter admitted that they were French anarchists The authorities are convinced that the prisoners were engaged In a plot to assassinate the prince The church which the prince Intended to visit was the Hal Church or Church of Our Lady and 9C Martin near Brussels Celebrated on account of an Image of the virgin In one or the chapels which Is said to work miracles This Imam which la of black wood Is visited by crowds of people and has reCetved offerings of great value from kings and emperors Prince Albert is the aon of the late Count of Flanders brotner of King Leo pold He was born April 8 1875 and was married OstoBer 2 1900 to Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria They have two sons Prince Leopold born In 1S0L and Prince Charles born In 1903 VICTIM HIS ACCUSER Supposed Leader of Band of Kidnappers Caught made Desperate struggle Boy Who HadBeen Stolen and Returned to Parents Identifies Suspect in New York Police Believe Gang Is Responsible for Five Abductions Father of Lad Had Received Black hand Letters WWJlJtlif Gut Prices in Drugs Razors and Cigars mmb Vr 7 1429 pa ffvTo day and Saturday 9 pa rOur50c Assorted Chocolates To day and Saturday 29c 5000 Munyons Remedies Must be sold by Affleck says a large New Tork house and here they aro SOc Hair Tonic 19c 25c Face Cream 9c ESTABLISHES IRISH COUNCIL Home Rule Measure Falls Short of Demands of Nationalists Redmonds Followers Will Try to Amend Bill After Its Introduction to the House of Commons May 7 London April 25 Discussions are still going on between the government and John Redmond chairman of the Irish Parliamentary party in the House of Commons respectirg the Irish bill which will be introduced in the House May 7 Those participating have been reticent as to the provisions of the bill but it can be stated broadlv rfiat st iiiho an Irish council partly elective and part MRhn ly nominative wnlch shall administer the domestic affairs of Ireland exclusive of the army and navy but will have little or no legislative powers This is far from what the Nationalists desire and in the discussions Mr Redmond strove for a greater measure of home rule and will carry the flght Into the House of Commons without however declining to accept what Is offered as a sop to the Nationalists who have obtained many advantages from participation In all the entertainments to the colonial premiers even that given by the riletnbers of the House of Commons They are arranging a dinner for the premiers on May 6 the eve of the introduction of the Irish bill This will be made the occasion for a great home rule demonstration all the premiers being pronounce advocates of the self governmentgovernment of Ireland What the Nationalists are unable to get from the government they will endeavor to obtain by amendments which will be proposed during the debate upon the bllL 6ome of the members of the cabinet are willing to concede many of the demands of the Irish party but the majority favor a measure far short of what Mr Redmond and his followers ask Special to The Wtihbirton Pott New York April 23 After a and to hand struggle In a dark area early to day tne police captured a man who Is suspected 6f being 4he ringleader of a band of professional kidnappers The Prisoner Is Ignazlo di Leonardo The po I lice think he has been Involved In the ab duction of no less than five children in one case he has been positively Identified by the little victim Thats the man exclaimed little Salvatore Slatta as soon as he caught sight of the prisoner In a line at police headquarters Then the sturdy little chap doubled up his fist and struck at the man The arrest was made in the area of the tenement at No 233 Hamilton avenue Brooklyn on evidence furnished by Antonio Slattl a broker at the Bowery and Spring street who also owns a string of barber shops on the upper West Side and In Harlem His boy six years old was kidnapped on January 90 DI Leonardo was cornered in the tene ment by Detectives Archlopoll and Mlcelll He showed flght at the start and when he saw the detectives were too much for him he dropped out of a window into a rear area The detectives followed him in an instant and thfre the struggle was renewed The captive had to be clubbed into submission Sicilian in Disguise Since the kidnapping of the Saltta boy from his home 333 West 126th street on January 20 last and his return home three weeks later Fetroslnl and his men have suspected Di Leonardo of being one of the kidnappers It was shown that a few minutes before the brokers son was stolen from In front of his home Dl Leonardo passed through the street Wheq the detectives put a watch on the Sicilian he changed his appearance by shaving his black waving mustache Then he disappeared from his home 155 Cherry street DRUG SPECIALS Epsom Salts 2c Pound 25c CastiloSoap 10c 24c Craves Tooth Powder 9c 25c 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Cndertaker and Embalmer KK 2d at ae Telephone eatt KS CarrUxes furnished tor aU oeaaatone FRANK GEIERS SONS XU SEVENTH ST KW Modern ChapeL Telephone Call North 12 FUNEKAI DESIQFS Eugene Dawson 33 and Sarah 8 Rer James OBrien Henry Cbappell 28 ot Dinwiddle Vs and Eine Shell so ot uennan va Rer Mulr Carnelo Lombardo 24 and Franoesca Ignoto 26 Rer Nicholas TassellL Robert Fleming 61 and Rosalie Gouldlng 17 Rer McKlm William Stinnett 83 and Ella Darts 21 Rer Freeland Peter Alwyn Dlckerson 29 ot Lake View and Susie I Reamy ot Potomac Mills Va Rer Power Henry A Stein 25 and ClarafE Undbec 20 both Baltimore Rabbi SUreretone Alexander Elliott 38 and Genertere Stewart 23 Rer Thomas Smytne Arthur Paris 28 ot Brooklyn and Paris Nlier 23 Rer Gordon Leonard Delaplaha 25 of New TorkTN and Mary Noble it Rer Paul Griffith Eugene A Tasker 34 and Mary Henderson 12 Rer Shelton Miller Richard Dorsey 22 and Martha Reed ZL Rer CeorgeTt Harris HEALTH OFFICE RECORD Deaths Reported np tonoonApril 24 1M7 WHITE William DaIs 421 st no B0 years I Ethyn Spellman 82r at sw rearm Rudolph A Tang theAlhampra 11th and its nw S3 years AmellaHenalng IPOS 8th St nw 41 years Anna Colbert 461 I at aw XT yeata Alfred Richards Casualty Hospital yean Ellen Dunlop 3102 at nw 43 years James Walters Soldiers HomeD 72 years Samuel Ireland the Kenesaw lira and Ir rm Kts nw 41 years THREW OUT HJUNTTURE Pennsylvania State Officials Tell How Capitol Was Oversupplied Harrlsburg Pa April 25 According to the testimony of many State officials before the capltol Investigating commission to day the new capltol was furnished by the board of public grounds and buildings with millions of dollars worth of metal and other furpiture in direct viqla tlon of the act of 1893 which requires that all supplies must be furnished only on requisition of the heads of departments The board 1s cotnposed of the governor auditor general and State treasurer The heads of sixteen departments testified that they had made no requisition for furnishings and that they were not consulted by the board as to the furniture with which they had been supplied Others testified that they had more furniture than they could use and that they had discarded the surplus to make room Clarke Pond secretary and treasurer of the Mead Roofing and Cornice Company of Philadelphia subcontractor under Payne Co who had a special contract with the board for fitting the attic of he capltol testified that furnished material for 2229460 ancy that Payne collected 23670340 from the State on TjIIIs made out on the Mead companys billheads FOUGHT HIS EXECUTIONERS FUNERAL DESIGNS Of every description moderately priced GUDE 1214 st nortKweat Pfcoar 437 GEO SHAFFER TVOJUST TAsHie 24141 KeUa X4tk Eye ata aw 4 Condemned Man with Knife Finally Dragged by Force to Scaffold Guntersville Ala April 25 Bob Watts a young white man was hanged In the Jail yard here to day under unusual circumstances He had become possessed of a Knne ana resisted to the end Am monia was thrown Into his cell and he was thus overcome arid dragged to the scaffold by force cousrhlne and moanine plteously Watts was haneed for the murifor nt Perd Winkles a Confederate soldier in the fall of 1904 Winkles had drawn hl pension money amoupting to 230 from the State and was going home when he was murdered The dylnsr man said that Watts had shot and robbed him MATCH CAUSED GRAHAM FIRE Mystery of Blaze Solved Investiga tion of Servants The origin of the fire which practically destroyed the contents of the home of Andrew Graham HOT Sixteenth street rorthwest late Wednesday afternoon wa3 solved by Mr Graham and Acting Chief Martin last night The servants were Susan Hammond Gor Hoep Ins rtvyeari Questioned and It was definitely estab iisnea mat a smoldering match was accidentally thrown on the dining room table which had been set for dlnnex The origin of the fire puzzled the firemen Every indication pointed to the conclusion that It was incendiary the blaze apparently starting from the middle of the room and spreading rapidly to furniture and tapestry close by Laborers Leg Broken Immediately after stepping work for the day yesterday Kanchas Ducante an Italian laborer In the employ of the Drake Stratton Company contractors who are engaged 1n railroad repair work in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue southwest fell over a large oak beam Into a small excavation and fractured his leg below the knee He i was laxen tsgnergency Hbspitai American and Other Barbarians TVhe Vlnlt Borne an entertainingly written and profanely Illustrated story at the expense of Ill bred loartsts In tne Holy Ctty will appear ta next Sundays Post KAISERS SON INJURED Prince Friederick Struck by Horses Head Falls Unconscious to Ground Berlin April 23 Prince Eltel Friederick Emperor Williams second son fell from his horse during a cavalry drill yesterday afternoon on the roebrltz grounds near Potsdam and was severely injured The incident Is described as follows The princes horse took fright upon hearing a bugle signal suddenly reared and threw Nback its head striking the prince in the face and knocking him unconscious from the saddle When the prince revived he suffered from a violent headache which later abated He probably will remain in the barracks adjacent to the drill grounds until Satur day and will then go to Potsdam Emperor Williams physicians lay em phaslsjm the statement that Prince Eltel Frlederloh did not suffer concussion 6f the brain as was reported and declare that he probably will be able to perform his duties soon DENIES SPANISH AIUANCE German Newspaper Says Edwards Visit to Alfonso Was Purely Social Special Cable to The Washington Poet Cologne April 25 The Frankfurter Zel tung states authoritatively that the sole reason for King Edwards recent visit to Cartagena was Queen Victorias wish to visit England after her confinement and King Alfonsos desire to accompany her This could not be done untlf Klne Edward nad paid a return visit The two kings the Zeltung says mads no political arrangements ana tnelr conversation was limited to general topics The Zeltung adds that the story in the Correspondence de Madrd that King Edward and King Alfonso arranged a practical alliance between Great Britain and Spain Is absolutely without truth Ell CuIIlson C57 are nw a rears james A Keuey Myrtle at ne 1 year Rnlh Ryan C2S at nw 1 month Ida Harris Sibley Hospital 10 hoars Charley Hurler 3U 7th St se 1 hoars COLORED George Beekman 111 Id st nw 13 years llemlpa Powell Got Hosn Ins II years Enestice McCIare ChampUln are nw We Want You to Try Our Regimental Rye It Is a fine blend of Maryland Rye whiskies stored ana mellowed In heated ware houses Physicians who have tried it say tt meets all requirements from a meaical standpoint being free from fusel oil and other harmful Ingredients Not a iCheao whisky but a safe one Full quiri l0 Gallon J5OO To Kalori Wine Co 614 14th St Phone 008 7 TO REBUILD SPAINS NAVY of Cabinet Approves Marine Budget More Than 10000000 Madrid April 25 The cabinet has approved the marine budget which amounts to J10000000 being an Increase of 3000 000 over the preceding budget The In crease will be continued for eight years The minister of marine explains that his scheme comprises the construction ot docks fortifications and ports as well as of new wardships Prisoner Burned to Death Chlpley Fjar April 23 The Jail building here was destroyed by fire this morning and VMieiperson Henry Berry white was burned to death The Jail was full of prisoners rand it 14 believed they tried to burn their way out and the flames got beyond their control INFECTION AND CONTAGION HOUSEHOLDERS CAUTIONED Disinfect Freely This Spring Infectious andcdntagious diseases are prevalent Theluse of a reliable disinfectant protects the household The last thing at night pour Into the traps of the closets wash basins sinks Just a little Piatts Chlorides Dusty or damp cornets and cracks nooks behind plumb lug and all spots that cant be reached the scrubbing ibrusbr should be freely sprinkled with mixture of one 1 part Piatts Chlorides and ten 10 parts of water This dilution costs less than cents a auart Do not nexlect a liberal sprinkling of the cellar To remove objectionable odors where sprinkling Is Inadvisable keep a cloth or sponge moistened with the dilution mentioned A little extra care Just now may prevent much sickness and expense Suspicious that Saltta had compromised with the kidnappers the detectives questioned the father He admitted that he bad received many Black Hand letters the last demanding S50C0 The letters all threatened the kidnapping of his son unless the money was forthcoming The father told a story about finding his son at Roosevelt street and the Bowery but the detectives could not get him to admit that he had Dald a ransom for him Some days ago Detectives Archlopoll and Mlcelll took the Saltta boy from his fathers home They told the father iney naa use ror mm xne cnna was carried to police Headquarters and there a number of photographs of Italians ait suspected Black Hand members and criminals were shown to him Boy Identifies Picture When the boy saw the picture of Dl Leonardo he cried out Thats the shoemaker Thats the man who took me away Then he told how he had been put on a street car and brought downtown He was taken to a house where a woman cared for him The woman then took him to a house across the street and kept him locked in a room Later she put hhn on a street car and took him across a bridge The detectives have suspected all along that the boy was taken to Brooklyn and that some woman had a hand In keeping the child when the police were searching for him Archlopoll and Mlcelll then began a hunt for Dl Leonardo They traced him to the home of Lulgi Afronte in Hamilton avenue Brooklyn Di Leonardo was out until early this morning The detectives watched him return home and Mlcelll keeping guard on the hall Archlopoll stole up to the room and knocked Story of Capture Whos there jelled DI Leonardo Amigo replied the detective The word means friend In Italian You cant get In yelled Dl Leonardo with an oath Here Archlopoll threatened to break down the door He began beating at the lock when Di Leonardo snransr from the bed and leaped through the window Mlcelll and Dl Leonardo grappled The fight was fast and furious even when Archlopoll went to the aid of his partner DI Leonardo formally charged with kidnapping was taken to police headquarters His wife was also taken The detectives said they might need her to prove their case Summonses were issued for the parents of all the Italian children who have beta kidnapped In the past year These pa rents Included those of Tony Manino of Amity street Brooklyn Tony Marandlno of Seventeenth street Brooklyn the Bruzzuflr boy of Sixty third street and First avenue Manhattan the La Barbera boy of Second avenue and Forty fourth street and George Brucato of SS Stanton street PAID BLACK HAND MONEY Visit Our Annex 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Kodaks Films Fountain Pens Teddy Bears Washington Views Have Your Films Developed and Printing Done by Us WE CARRY OVER ONE MILLION POST CARDS AFFLEOO Drug and Souvenir Stores i WrwjfrW MOB ATTACKS MOTORMAN Siejit of Mangled Body of Boy Enrages Car Passengers Police Beat Them from Insensible Man Who May Die from His Injuries New York April 25 The sight of the mrtilated body of a sixteen year old boy who had been ground to death under the wheels of a Coney Island surface car to night transformed the passengers into a maddened mob which heat into unconsciousness and might have killed the mo torman but for the arrival of police reserves who clubbed the Infuriated men back In the crowd was the father of the vic Um who until order had been restored was unaware that his son had been killed The car operated by George Decker was moving through Franklin avenue Brookljn when Edward Kelly In play ran out of a sde street onto the track The car struck him and he fell In such a position that the wheels severed his head and legs As the car stopped abruptly its passengers swarmed out An Instant later they vented their rage upon the notorman who was dragged from the platform thrown on the pavement and trampled upon Near by policemen unable to check the riot summoned the reserves who beaf back his assailants and hurried the sense less motorman to a hospital where he may die WILL HONOR SOLDIER BRYAN LEAPS FOR HIS LIFE RECEPTION TO GIBBONS Witness Could Not Identify Wilkesbarre Men on Trial as Receivers Wilkesbarre Pa April 23 At the Black Hand trial to day Salvadorla Scommoca living at Dunmore Lackawanna County testified that he had received threatening letters from the Black Hand organization whose headquarters were supposed to be at Pittston Tha letters demanded that be pay certain persons 60 He paid 30 but refused to pay the other 10 He was asked if he could Identify any of the prisoners as the persons to whom he paid the money He looked the defendants over but said the man to whom he paid the money was not among the number Mrs Rose Cregonsl who was known to have saved money was the next witness She said she had received threatening letters demanding money She did not like the tone of the letters and went to New Tork City to Jlve Movements of Ocean Steamers ARRIVED Kw York Teutonic fnjd Lira poo Mesaba Ann London Ethiopia from Olissow Gennanla from Naples Drntacbland from Hambartv Southampton and Cherbourg Osra from Bremen Glasfov Furaesala from NwVors Harre La SaToie rrm New York SAILED New York Amerika for Hamburf Tla Plymouth and Cherbourg OaUla tor MarssIIlm La Presence for Harre Chemalts for Bremen Cnlted State for Chrlstlansaod and Copenhagen Qnewtstow Baltic for New York Bremen Trare for New York REJORTED Cap Race Newfoundland Columbia from Cits go fcr New York1 will dock Jfondar Locanla from Llrerpoot for New Tork will probably dock about a Siturday Newport Dmrtschland from Hamburg tor New YorkwUI probably dock about 7 Brow Head Kalsertn August Victoria from Nw York for Hcnrtrorg will probablxreach Fljr raouth about 11 Sabl Island Nora Scotia La Lorraine from Harre for New Tork win probably dock about I a Saturday Military Will Act as Escort at Funeral of Col Rutherford Full military honors will mark the funeral to morrow afternoon of Col Robert Gedney Kutherfprfl A retired who died at his residence 1811 Nineteenth street Wednesday afternoon The services which will be conducted by the Rsv Dr George Calvert Carter will be held at St Andrews Proestant Episcopal Church TJhe Interment will he in Arlington Cemetery An escort of two battalions of light artillery and two companies of the Thirteenth Cavalry of Fort Myer will accompany the body There will be two sets of pallbearers eight of whom will be from tho Loyal Legion and the other eight from among Col Rutherfords army friends Nebraskan Has Narrow Escape in Runaway Accident in Vermont Special to Tha Washington Post Morrlsvllle Vt April 25 JVllliam Bryan had a narrow escape in a carriage accident here early to day Mr Bryan was being driven to the St Johnsbury Railroad station to catch the 7 oclock train to Burlington and bis driver had to whip up the horses in order to reach the train on time the team of spirited animals going through the streets at exceptional speed When tha street that leads to the depot was reached a part of the harness broke and the horses started wildly Into a gallop down a steep hill The crowd at the station did not realize that anything was wrong and watched the approach of the team with a good deal of curiosity but it was soon evident that there was something wrong as Mr Bryan was seen to arise and the driver began to tug desperately at the reins By hard work he got his horses under con trol Just In time to swing them aroundj sharply to the right and avoid crashing Into the depot platform Mr Bryan shot out of the carriage like a projectile from a rapid flre gun by the sudden stop but landed all right although he covered a distance of ten feet Mr Bryan held his nerve and escaped without a scratch though slightly shaken up There was a good deal of excitement and one man was thrown down in the rush to reach the Nebraskan When quiet was restored Mr Bryan delivered a short address devoting part of his talk to the school children a number of whom were In the throng FIGHTS BUGS WITH BEES Kansas Scientist Has Variety Whoss Eggs Are Death to Green Pests Lawrence Kans April 25 Prof Huiter of the State University who has taken charge the flght against the green hug in the wheat fields is sending out a parasite bee which lays an egg in the green bug that causes Its death The bee has 500 offspring while the green bug has only forty The bees are kept in cold storage at the university and sent out when called for At present about 200 calls are being answered each day PORTO RICAN SECRETARY Congressman Ransdell Pays Tribute ta Cardinal at New Orleans New Orleans La April 25 Cardinal Gibbons was the leading figure at a public reception to night attended by a large number of Roman Catholic dignitaries and closing the celebration of the bestowal of the pallium upon Archbishop Blenk of this city A eulogy of Cardinal Gibbons was pronounced by Congressman John Ransdell of Louisiana Special Features IN NEXT Sundays POST Dogs fail as life savers and disappoint Paris police American and other barbarians who visit Rome Pittsburg Phils generalship displayed in the betting ring San Juan Porto Rico April 25 The selection of William WiUoughby of Porto Rico to succeed Regis Post who has been made governor Is practically assured Mr WiUoughby is now treasurer of the island and he was recently elected president of the executive council AmerleaiisUstl Other Barbarlanaj Wi Visit Rome tut eatertatniarfr vrrlttea ad yrofaaelr illustrated atorr at the expense of Ul lrre4 tourists ta the Holy City vrOl uvea la next SadayB Poart Complies with all requirements of the National Pure Food Law Guarantee vNo 2041 filed at Washington You will recognize Ar buckles Ariosa Coffee in the cup any Ntime by the taste That taste identifies it as the straight pure Brazilian and distinguishes it from the make believe Mocha and Java and sundry other mis branded or misnamed impostures The improvementin the quality of Ariosa is the natural consequence of our own commercial development and promises more for the future Sold in a sealed package only ror your beneht ARBUCKLBBROS lCew Torts CitJ Big Jim a monster rattler terrorizes the Little Wabash The Changing Numbers by Jacobs Moose calling in the forests of the North Night in the National Museum wrecks the nerves oPa novice Bookmakers not real gamblers The bettor takes the chances Romantic legends of Indians who once lived on the Pojomac Remarkable career of the man who trapped the risco boodlers These are but ten of the many Interesting features in next Sundays Post Vi ojs of Jl i.

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