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Established July 29, 1786 BALM ENVOYS WOULD Hi PEACE TALKS AP-CHDTJXE WHOSE LIFE IS ATTEMPTED BY ASSASSIN SLAIN MAN'S SON PROPOSED cons Circulation Greater Tin a That oi Other Pittsburgh' 3fornlBf Pacers Cc-bi'-d Rain TWd CENTS A COPY. PITTSBURGH, MONDAY MORNIgHjajWary 7. TEN CENTS A WET" 1 itniiirn nnin -i Urn rVAH 5 sv i i Of 101 PICKS OUT A SUSPECT 1 -3 Dramatic Scene in Magistrate's Court When Young Hirning Views Prisoners. Preparing Note to Turks, Aimed to Prevent Rupture. Sparring for Time.

City Planning Body Has Route for Highway to Serve Large Territory. GIRL CHOOSES ONE V- -a. 3 i 1 JO- 1 v. rK i v. i T-1 I'V' TYPE AND PROTOTYPE By DeDECK.

Smallpox In County Home Insane Inmate Dead, Four Others 111 and Quarantine Is in Efteet. COMPENSATION IS EXPLAINED Of REED Archduke of Tuscany. MOKE'S LIFE ATTEMPTED Wtrrkman Fires at Tuscan Nobleman and Wounds Governess. PARIS, Jan. 26.

A Barcelona dispatch to the Petit Parisien reports an attempt to assassfnate the Archduke of Tuscany. While the archduke was walking in the grounds of his estate at Miramar, in the Balearic Islands, a workman employed on the estate fired at him several times with a revolver. One of the bullets grazed the archduke and wounded a governess severely. Rivals for Girl's Love Fight Duel to Death Youths Battle With Ax and Re-volver at Polecat, Pa. One Will Die.

SrEciiL Telegbaji to Gazette Times UNION-TOWN, Jan. duel today over a woman's love at Polecat, may result in the death of both contestants. James Thomas and John Payne, rivals for the hand of a young woman, met shortly after, Jhidntght this morning, and Payne, who was armed with an ax! struck Thomas on the back of the neek with the weapon. Thomas drew a revolver and shot Payne in the left breast near the heart. Maddened, Payne rained blows on Thomas.

The latter's head was almost severed and he was cut in the back. The men were found bleeding, almost dead, by neighbors, who were attracted by the revolver shots. They were rushed to the Uniontown Hospital. Thomas cannot live, and Payne is in a critical condition from loss of blood. The name of the girl over whom the rivals fought is not known.

OOLL POPS FISOTIN PiiOOW Policeman Breaks Into Pet Store and Separates Dogs. Several bulldogs fought in the window of a Smithfield street pet store yesterday noon. A crowd of churchgoers paused on their way home to ntnir choice and watch the combat Policeman James Hoey, arrived when the more vicious of the doe-s ent- on the throat of its adversary. Fearing one or tne dogs would be killed br the window broken, Hoey shattered the tran-cm, climbed into the store, and separated the warriors. PLASTERER'S PLEA PREVAILS Says He Finished All Workhouse Jobs and Wins $1 Fine "Now, judge, there isn't any use of sending me to the workhouse.

I nm a plasterer and I finished all the plastering up there a month ago," said John Kirley, aged 52, of 419 Allegheny avenup. tutor. day morning when threatened with a workhouse sentence by Magistrate Justus Sehroedel in the Woods Run Police Sta tion. Magistrate Sehroedel had told the man he deserved a workhouse apntonr. then Kirley made his plea.

He was fined $1 or 48 hours in jail. He paid. ITS BENEFITS MANY A new boulevard which will combine in greater degree than any similar project, either accomplished or still in the future, the features of utility and attractiveness is proposed bv the Citv Plan ning Commission. In a general way, the project has been gone over by the engineers so that no doubt remains as its feasibility, the comparative cheap-i ness of the work and the great benefits "ouia ormg to the people of a. large section of the city.

The Monongahela boulevard, as it is proposed to name the new thoroughfare, is admitted by all who have considered the project to be the most logical outlet from the downtown to the Sehenley and Squirrel Hill districts, and it is figured that it would take care of at least half of the traffic now usfnir fh Grant boulevard, while at the same time serving as a medium of travel for the heavier traffic as well as the lighter for that section of the city lying between the Sehenley and the downtown sections and now to be reached only in a roundabout way through Fifth avenue or Forbes street. And. likewise, it would bring the South Side in direct communication with the city proper without the necessity of the long way round. mil Follow Itiicr. As its name implies, the proposed 60-foot boulevard would follow the Monongahela River and practically all the way, according to present plans, the river would be in sight and there would be added to the advantages of quick and easy communication which is at the root of all city planning where the business districts are concerned, a thoroughfare for pleasure driving and pedestrians whose attractiveness is of the sort to be found only in a city like Pittsburgh with its hills and valleys and rivers, and here perhaps nnh-aiong the way proposed.

There is another and all important feature of this projected highway which has not marked any similar work in this city. Much of the work is there ready to the hand of the engineers and requiring only comparatively minor and inexpensive changes; and, furthermore the work could be done in sections! spread over several years so that the matter of cost would not be so noticeable, and each completed portion of the Continued on Sluth Pajje. COMPAfll TO RAISE CATS What For? Cat Fur, of Course. Black Ones Only. CHESTER.

W. Jan. company Is being formed among men here and in Wheeling to raise cats. It will be the only concern of the kind in this country. An application will be made February 1 at Charleston for a charter for the "West Virginia Cat Farm." Prof.

S. G. Sammons of Chester and Edward Ellis of Wheeling are back of the company. Fifteen acres of farm land south of Chester have been purchased for the cat farm. The farm will raise only black cats for their fur.

SICKLES' FUID UOHCHEO NEW YORK, Jan. Sickles remained undisturbed in his home toaay. ine order for his arrest was issued yesterday, but Sheriff Hnrhi.r decided not to serve it until Monday. 3 he sheriff said he would arrest the general unless the sum of for which he has failed to account, it is charged, as chairman of the New York Monuments Commission, is paid. A movement to raise by subscription the amount of the general's indebtedness and relieve the aged Civil War- from all possibility of going to jail was iai ieu.

toaay. to Gazette Times geles, Rose Weinsteln, San Francisco, Bertha Unger. Washington, D. and Baltimore, Rose Stein, Minneapolis, and Esther Lipscher, Somerset, Pa. The witness said he admonished Spell-berg against getting married the ninth time.

'Are you going to marry Mixs Lipscher when you are married to Florence and I asked him, and he replied, --Yes, and you know I am not divorced from the Ungcr woman in Baltimore, either; but you mind your own business. One of Speilberg's alleged wives, Florence Kemp, is in Marquette, the witness said. Shortly after his separation from his last wife, Speilberg was arrested in IJe-troit, and, being released on bail tied, and his whereabouts since are iYAIl DEEMED LIKELY tBr Afvjciatsd Pkiss to Gazktt Tihes LONDON, Jan. 26. The Balkan plenipotentiaries, who have received full powers from their respective governments, appointed a committee today to draft a note to the Turkish plenipotentiaries explaining why the peace confer ence taust not be considered broken off.

It is hoped the draft will be ready Monday night. This action of the allies Is part of a campaign of pressure with which they hope to obtain their object without resuming war. At the meeting today two distinct views were manifested one for the immediate rupture of the negotiations, leading to a resumption of the war, and the other favoring a temporizing policy, to avoid irrevocable steps. The latter course triumphed, and a committee was appointed, consisting of one member from each delegation, as follows: Michael Madjaroff, Bulgarian minister at London; Prof. Georglos Streit, Greek minister to Austria-Hungary; Count Voy-novitch, chief of King Nicholas" cabinet, representing Montenegro, and Dr.

M. R. Yesnitch, Servian minister to France, with the addition of M. Politis of the Greek delegation, owing to his knowledge of French and his acquaintance with International law. Adrlauople Mooted Point.

General lines were laid down on which the note Is to be drafted, comprising the arguments already set forth many times as to why the league demands the sur-- render of Adrianople as indispensible to peace. That the policy of the allies is to gain time is patent, and does not deceive anybody. The delegates decided that the advantages to be derived from the resumption of hostilities wou'i be in proportion to the risks they ran, and that they would not take that step unless absolutely forced to do so. It is realized that even a partl reverse would have! irrave moral and malarial consequences, apart from the 5oss of thousands of men. In addition, the fact Is not overlooked that there is danger of Rumania advancing from the rear, and of Austria imposing on Servia and Montenegro conditions for remaining neutral.

The only disadvantage in delaying decisive action is in keeping large armies inactive and on a war footing for a long time, thus heavily taxing both the financial and agricultural resources of 'he countries. Armies Readiness. With the war party now in power in Constantinople, it is not believed that Turkey will ask any further negotiations, as the recent coup d'etat in the Turkish capital was brought about by objection to the yielding of Adrianople, the point Cootnaed on Second Page. HEWS SUMMARY Conversational Subjects. FOBEIGX.

Balkan peace envoys took conciliatory steps toward resumption of peace negotiations. Page 1. Attempt made on the life of the Archduke of Tuscany in the Balearic Isles Page Ten troopers slain by Moros in the Philippine Islands. Page 1. DOMESTIC.

The stock exchange in New York filed a brief attacking the Federal govern, ment's power in ruling over its affairs. Page 9. A statement was Issued in behalf of 54 Eastern railroads asking for special board to arbitrate in dispute with firemen. Page 9. STATE.

Host killed guest at birthday party following quarrel over woman present. Page 1. Fayette and Washington counties realized tidy sum from "Blue Law fines Page 12. Tener-Bell measure for control of corporations was scheduled to come up today at Harrisburg. Page 7.

LOCAL. Smallpox was fatal to County Home Inmate and four others are ill. Page 1. J. Denny O'Neil told Crafton men he was ready to sacrifice his business and political interests to make state "dry." Pase 2.

Two cars of elk for Pennsylvania forest reserve arrived in Pittsburgh. Page 9. Former South African vaudeville magnate passed through Pittsburgh to win world-walking wager. Page 9. Large gathering attended second day's session of Pittsburgh Sabbath School Institute.

Page 2. Toung son gf slain George Hirning picked one muspect out of 10 in dramatic scene in court room. Page Work of state accident commission explained by its chairman. Page Local Baptists will celebrate two days this week. Page 2.

SPORTIXG. The interstate Baseball League will meet today in Steubenville. Page 10. Pittsburgh bowlfrrs will vote at the A. B.

c. against the retention of the "dodo ball." Page 10. West Virginia intercollegiate track meet will take place at Clarksburg next Decoration Day. Page 10. FIXAXCZAL.

Th stock market showed greater strength at end of week. Page 13. Railways placed big orders with steel mills. Page 13. The cotton market became somewhat inactive.

Page li George Hirning, a lad of 13, whoss father was slain in his butcher shop, 601 Madison avenue, Saturday, calmly stpod before a line of 10 men in Central Pollcs Station yesterday and picked from among them a prisoner whom he believes was one of the two men who made him an orphan. Harry Smith, aged 28, of Bellaire, arrested yesterday afternoon by Police Capt. Joseph Murray and Special Policeman Edward Harkins in a lodging house in Second avenue, was the man designated by young Hirning from anions all the suspects gathered in by police and detectives. Just a few minutes before Hirning mado his identification Andrew Siebert, aged 26. of Perry street, arrested late Saturday night by Detectives John Lally and Louis Leff, was practically identified as one of the pair who was seen entering and running out of Hirning's shop by Alice Bolster, a young girl of 323 Madison avenue.

1 Boy's Bearing Ts Remarliahle. The cool and collected bearing of the dead man's young son yesterc'ay afternoon when he stood before the suspects ranged before him was marveled at by detectives and other witnesses. The men were lined up in the magistrate's court room. The boy was taken in by Assistant Superintendent of Police E. J.

Kennelly and Detective P. P. Shevlin. Pale, but determined-looking, and displaying no nervousness, he gazed long and earnestly at each man. -He started at one end of the line and gradually shifted his gaze from one to another in the lino until he saw Smith, who was next to the last man.

There he stopped and turned to Detective Shevlin and shook his head slowly. The boy was then taken into the De tective Bureau, where he told Detective Shevlin that he was almost positive that Smith was one of the two men whom ha trailed from his father's shop after th killing Saturday and lost them when they separated and disappeared in alleyways. "But." the lad said, "I wouldh't want to make a mistake In this, because I know it woud be terrible if the wrong man were to (suffer. That man. though.

looks awful much -like one of the two I followed." Smith Ansirers Description. Young Hirning is far above the ordinary in intelligence. The boy heard the shot, saw his father stagger bacK into his mother's arms, his weight bearing her to the floor. Instead of shrieking, he stole out a side door silently and, seeing the two men running down the street, followed them. It was not until he had lost them and began Inquiring of pedestrians whether they had seen them was the object of his quest learned.

Had he cried out in his pursuit the men likely would have been caught. Smith was only one of a half dozen sun-pect3 gathered in yesterday by Capt. Murray and Harkins. He was found In the Volunteers of America's headquarters in Second avenue near Smithfield street. The blue suit he wore was covered with grease stains, he had on a slouch hat and in nearly every other detail answered the description obtained of one of the two men for whom the search was belntf made.

Susifcct Very Xcrvous. When Murray and Harkins started to look him over Smith, they said, pulled his slouch, hat down over his es and betrayed signs of nervousness and when he stood in line with tiie nine others in the police station he trembled and attempted to avert his eyes when the slain man's son looked at him. "I hope we have the right man," Capt. Murray said. "I surely wouldn't like to go wrong.

It's a mighty serious thing and I certainly would want the identification to be very positive before I would charge him with murder. The mere fact that he trembled and acted suspiciously doesn't indicate anythjng. Any man, no matter how innocent ha might be, could hardly help being nervous under such trying circumstances." The suspects picked up by Murray and Harkins hailed from all parts of the country. All were of the tramp nature and were found in cheap lodging houses or loafing on the streets. William E.

Shafer, aged 21, gave his address as Brookville, Pa. Charles R. Howard, aged 40, of Washington, D. was another; Edward Pruitt, aged 28, of Knoxviile, Charles Weiner of New Rochelle, N. Harry Lawson, Balti- Contnued on Second Page.

Another Story by George Randolph Chester JOHN AMES, Rover, the new character George Randolph. Chester has created for the series of stories he is writing for the Illustrated Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Gazett Times, is better than Get-Rich-Qiick Val-lingford, in the oplnioil of his admirers. "A Matter of jBYanchise" Is the title of the story' in thl3 series in next Sunday's Gazette Tims. Remember to watch for this fascinating story iu Next Sunday's Gazette Times dispense with Host Slays Guest During Birth Feast Shoots Down Friend on Threshold After Quarrel Over Woman in Party. THEN TELEPHONES FOR POLICE Special Tei.eoaii to Gazette Times.

UNIONTOWN, Jan. birthday party at Continental, near here, ended eaFly this morning in the murder of Henry Brooks, aged 26, Whose head was shot from his body. Isaac Croson, aged oS, who gave the party, is in the county jail accused of slaying his guest. The trouble started, it is said, when Brooks' woman companion was ordered to leave the house because she had not been bidden to the festivities. Brooks said that he would go with his companion, and asked Croson for his hat.

Croson went to the second floor and obtained Brooks' hat and a shotgun, it is said. Brooks and his companion were standing in front of the house when Croson came downstairs. Croson handed Brooks his hat and, as the latter turned to leveled the shotgun and fired. Brooks fell to the ground, his head almost blown off, and the woman was bespattered with blood. Horror-stricken by the tragic ending to the gay party, the guests fled the house.

Croson telephoned County Detective John Smith to come and arrest him. Smith and Constable Ray Howard went to Continental. They found Brook' body outside the house. Croson was arrested without trouble. Both were miners.

The name of Brooks' woman companion is not known. MOS KILL TEN TROOPERS Captain and Three Lientenant3 Slain in Philippine Fight, MANILA, Jan. local wireless station has picked up an unsigned message, presumably from Zamboanga, which gives the first news of the death of Capt. McNally, of the Philippine Scouts, and seven of his men in a fiirht jio.o. or tnose killed were lieutenants and 14 scouts were wounded.

The lrfss of the Moros is not given. It is believed the fight was near Jolo. Wires are down in that direction and no direct news has been received. WliTEBSPUJlHCE Gotham Strike Near End; Woman leader Defiant. NEW YORK, Jan.

26. The largar hotels and restaurants affected by the waiters' strike were picketed today, but the strikers seemed to be peaceably inclined and little trouble developed. The strikers held a mass meeting at which Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, leader of the strike, declared that the union was prepared to hold out indefinitely to gain its oemands. The strike committee met to arrange a program looking to a settlement. SOREST IIARSOI CASE NEW YORK, Jan.

information obtained from Isadore Stein, known as "Izzy, the Painter." whose confessions of the workings of the so-called arson trust have resulted in the indictment of more than a dozen men, Morris Ooren-stein, a boss painter, was arrested today. The complaint alleges that Stein set fire to the Gorenstein dwelling with the owner's consent for the purpose of collecting the insurance. Gorenstein was held In Jlu.OOQ ball for examination Tuesday, George McCutcheon, aged S3, a patient in the fir tav Xlle- gheny County Home in Woodville, died yesterday morning from smallpox, after being ill five days. Four other inmates of the same ward now are ill with the malady and nearly a hundred others were exposed. Symptoms appeared first among the patients five days ago.

It was diagnosed then as measles. The eruption was light and the symptoms mild, physicians of the institution say, which caused them to be mistaken in the diagnosis. As soon as it was found that the disease was smallpox. McCutcheon and George Webb, August Ott, Henry Brown and Joseph Spinger, the four other men affected, were segregated, and the occupants of the ward who were exposed were quarantined, conditions are said to be serious. Every precaution is being taken to prevent a further spread of the disease, and the physicians believe they now have it under control.

Dr. J. F. Edwards of 3J5 Mil! vale avenue, superintendent of infectious diseases of the Pittsburgh Department of Health, visited the county home yesterday. He found that every care was being taken to prevent a spread of the disease, and declared last night that there is no cause for persons living outside the institution to feel uneasy.

McCutcheon's relatives live in Millvale. He had been in the home eight months. His body was buried yesterday. IMS HIKE' GOOD HAUL Valuable Jewelry Stolen from East End Eesidence. Burglars, after carefully drawing down all the window shades that none might see their operations, ransacked the residence of Miss Laura Porter, M18 Marga-retta street, Saturday evening while the occupants were out, got $300 worth of jewelry, picked out cigars from the humidor of Miss Porter's brother Frank, and escaped without leaving a clue.

The burglars probably entered the residence with a skeleton key. Charred matches were found all over the house, one of which was in a heap or smouldering lace in a bedroom when Miss Porter returned, about 9 o'clock. The family had left at about 6. KIDNAPERS TJOSDNG BOY Seize Servant's Child for Son of Noted Surgeon. PHILADELPHIA, PA Jan.

26. An attempt made to kidnap John B. Deaver, son of Dr. John B. Deaver, the appendicitis specialist, became known today.

The kidnapers bungled and instead stole John Twin, the 14-year-old nephew of Mrs. Alfred Simmons, caretaker on the Deaver estate at Wyncote. After holding the boy captive for five hours the kidnapers found their mistake and released him. The police have a good description of the men. SHIP REPORTED Slill Vessel Hits Breakwater Near San Pedro on Pacific.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 38. The steel steamer Mackinaw, which sailed from San Pedro tonight, struck the breakwater at the entrance to the harbor and is reported to be sinking. Capt. P.obert Dollar of the Dollar Steamship Company and a number of friends are said to lie the only passengers.

Tugs have gone to the rescue. Ghairman of State Accident Commission Tells of PRAISE FOR TENEIi David A. Reed, chairman of the State Industrial Accident Commission addressed a meeting of. the Neishborhood Men's Bible Class at the Eighth United Presbyterian Church, Perrysville and Burgess avenues, yesterday afternoon. He told of the efforts beine- mRdo tr.

cure just compensation for employes in-l juieu in the line or duty and urged the support of legislation proposed by this cummiifision. "It is a great task," said Mr. Reed, "to find men for this commission who are possessed of ideals, but who are (fiee from delusions. We are just beginning to get away from the old theory or personal liberty for the individual and ti realize that the community is entiled to some protection, even at ths cost of personal and individual liberty. "When a man is injured at his work, and there exists no legislation whereby or his dependent family can secure damages for the accident, the burden of support is automatically thrown upon tne community, with the bad effect on public morals such cases necessarily entaiL Means Much to County.

"This means a great deal to Allegheny county. Here we have on an average of one death a day. The families of these men become public charges in many cases. With a full compensation for accident you will find your charity expense greatly decreased. "As in other cases, the best-defined legislation is sometimes ant tr, its purpose to relieve the ultimate con- I sumer of this cost.

The employer is the irimary loser by damages, but it is up to the consumer to see that he is not the man who eventually pays the bill in biher costs of products. "The accident commission is trying to make it to the employers' interests to prevent accident. We want to make accidents expensive; there will be lesz. Take for instance the man who comes to work drunk. He not only endangers hU own life but the lives of those about him.

In the natural course of events, that drunken man will bring about an accident, and with proper compensation laws, the employer will find that it is too expensive to hire drunken men or even men who made a practice of heavy drinking." Praise for Governor. During his talk, Mr. Reed paid a compliment to Gov. John K. Tener, who apjiuinted the commission.

"Gov. Tener," he said, "deserves unbounded credit for the appointment of I his commission. He had no way of knowing what the qualifications of an appointee should be, but after he made the appointments, he loyally supported the commission. "I have been asked many times about the provisions made for the small employer, like the small contractor, whu finds- himself unable to pay compensation for life or a long period of time. In these cases we have worked toward the greatest good for the greatest number.

"There is no way for the small to protect himself, except to make tcoidents rare and to guard against thj ones which may happen bv an adequate insurance policy. This will undoubtedly be the course which many will take," WOMAN SAYS HER HUSBAND vv HAD EIGHT OTHER SPOUSES Somerset (Pa.) Wife Tells Tale Rivaling Story of Bluebeard and Wins Divorce from Attorney Latter's Friend Testifies Deceiver Left Trail of Deluded Bridesfrom Coast to Coast. SFEC1AJ, TELEOEiM SOMERSET, Jan. that her husband had eight other wives, Esther Lipscher Spielberg has obtained a divorce from Nicholas Spielberg, a well-known attorney of this place. The most damaging testimony against Spielberg was given by a classmate in college, Dr.

Henry J. Jaulusz, of Pittsburgh. Both were born in Budapest, Hungary, and the doctor married Spielberg's sister. Jaulusz testified he first knew Esther Lipscher a short time before tier marriage to Spielberg in Pittsburgh, July It, 1911, and declared she was Spielberg's ninth bride. The couple lived together only 10 days.

Jaulusz gave the names of his brother-in-law's nine wivps an follows: Sarah Newman of New Haven, Minnie Felt, Toledo, O. Florence Kemp, Indianapolis, Florence Klapp, Los Au.