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Last Edition TON, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 9, 191* Nlagarji Palls. N. Y.. Feb. 8. ? Mia .Beatrice R. Snyder, of Buffalo, com mitted bulolde today by- wadtnfc Into the river Just above Prospect Point and going over the American falls. As her body swept over the brink of the cataract she tutned her face toward would-be rescuers and smiled a fr.: ewell to them. A park policeman paid scant atten tion to the girl when ahe drat ap peared on the path leading to the river bank. Then, aa ahe began to run toward the river. It was too late to Intercept her. Without moment's hesitation she waded Into the stream. She turned once and smiled toward the men who were calling to her to stop, and con tinued to soove rapidly Into deep water, la aa Instant ahe was whisk ed from her feet and carried rapidly toward the brink of the falls. "Mamma and Papa: Oh, you both forglve^jpe for bringing this awful disgrace upon you in theee years of; your life. Also may our Heavenly; Pather forglce . all my alns. But I' have been very good, thank God. j "Yon will find a slip for the money under your dresser scarf. With my heart full of love for all your kind ness snd tender love, good-by. "Lovingly, - "BEATRICE." Card {Uvea Her Name. There was a card In the purse bearing the name of Beatrice R. 8nyder. With the lower liver Jammed with Ice anjd the Jam Increasing hourly, there Is little hope &at the body ever will be recovered. Buffalo, N. Y.. Feb. 7. ? Miss Sny der was chief clerk Jn a Buffalo tea store. She had been dejected since the desth of her fiance, George F. Meyers. They were to have been married In a few months. She work ed this morning. CARD GIVES WOMAN'S NAME Guessing Contest at Jones' School There will be a Queuing Contest at the Jones schoolhouse (or the ben efit of the school next Friday night, February 11. All are cordially li fted to attend and hrlng with th/sm one of the first pictures of them selves. The* occasion promise* to be one of merriment snd pleasure. As 1 ti<? object la a worthv one It Is to be hoped s large number will attend. GAIETY THIS EVENING. The looked-for and much talked-of Life of Moses, written by Rev. Mad* toon Peters, conceded to be one ' of the finest pictures ever produced, will b* one of the attractions st the Gatety tonight. The management extends an Invitation to all the min isters of the city to witness It. The muslcsl program for the Life of Moses will be strictly classical and seml-eacred. In sddltlon to this famed and "noted film, the manage ment advertlaes other pictures that will be pleasing and instructive. The Gaiety should be paclWT at the per formance tonight. Be sure and see The Life of Mooes. It will be weU worth your time. FUNERAL TOMORROW MORNING. the funeral of the late Mr. Will Ism P. Baugham will be held at the residence, corner of Respess and Sec ond streets, tomorrow morning at 10: JO o'clock, conducted by Rev. A. McCulen. The order of Masons, of which the deceased was a member, will have charge. The interment will be in Oafcdale cemetery. SOCIAL. The Ladles' Aid 8oclety of the Christian CHureh will give a social at the residence of Mrs. W. D. Woolard on West Second ~ street , Thursday night. Refreshments will be served. The public invltdd to* attend and thus sid a worthy cau ap. ?Mrs. Martha Stolts, of Bethanis, aged 76. waa gored and seriously in jured by her cow yesterdsy. She went into the stable to milk when the cow attack** her. Owing to her Ate, fatal results are feared. % ? *."-"-4 -V :~y. ? *Obi ? ?>*i BOX PARTY AT PINEY GROVE Took Place Last Saturday Night and Was Much Enjoyed. The box p?rty given at Plney Orove aohoolhouse, District No. II. I.ong Acre, under the auspices of the Woman'* Betterment Association, on Saturday evening. February 5, waa an immense success. The net pro ceed! realised from the sale otsboxee, etc.. amounted to .140.50, which Is to be used toward the erection of a new afefcQolhquee. Miss Alice Brady, the accompllahed and el&clent teacher of that place la doing a great work and deserves mach credit After the boxes had been aold. Mr. Jfa. Y. Tayloe being present waa called, and responded heartily, as be always doee when there Is a chance to aay a word In behalf of public education. He made a splendid short talk full of encour agement and commendation for the people of' the district in the good work in which they are engaged, ma remarks were listened to with best of attention and punctuated with fre quent applause. When the applause evoked by Mr. Tayloe's speech had subsided Mr. E. A. Daniel waa called, who made a short talk In hla usual learned and scholarly manner. Altogether It was an evening to be long remembered In No. II. REX. To Change Rules of Football Now York. F?b. 8.? A radical re vision of gfetfcargiaaBr i by ths Intercollegiate rules commit tee In charge. Greater safety tof the Player and more variety for t)ie spec tator are felt to be essentia! if the gsme Is t(f be permkted to live by public opinion. The rules committee adjourned until March 25 after appointing a sub-committee to consider three plans of reorganisation. The sub committee Ib composed of A. A. SUgg, University of Chicago; Dr. W. L. Dudley. Vsnderbllt University, Nashville, Tenn., and Ol W. Savage. Oberlln. O. When the rules commit tee reconvenes It will pass formally on the recommendations decided up on tarthtf meantime py the aubebiif m It tee. v ^ , In the main, the committee now feels thst-' injuries ? to players are largely due not so much to msss plays as to savage tackles. Accordingly. It la recommended that there bo no more diving tackles; that a rigid phy sical examination of all candidates be Insisted upon, with medlcsl supervi sion of all plsyers throughout the ?eaaon; that buffeting with the shoulders of ends racing down the field' after the ball be abolished; and that <he back who receives a punt be protected, on the other hand, from unnecessary violence by the ends. It is a question in the opinion of the committee If It would not be wise to abolish football between high schools, or at least between high schools and colleges, where the plsy ers are mors mature in physique. Changes Made in Baseball New York, Feb. 8.? Here are the chances In the baseball rules which will probably be adopted without a light by the magnates of the major leagues at the achedule meetings neat week. Umpire 811k CLougblln of the American League outlined them today: The ooachers box haa been altered to pre rent the coacher from getting nearer than 15 feet of first base. The dead line rune-through first and second bases. The umplr$ must watch small points which hitherto have been sub ject for complaint from captalna, auch aa the discoloring of new balls. The captalne must notify the um pire of substitutes or changes In the poaltldna of players, and the umpire most announce them to the crowd. The captains must give the um pire the batting order llat at .home plate before the game la called, and the players named must take part (n the game. If a player on the defense Impedes or atops a batted ball by throwing a ilove or maak at It the runner gets three baaea. The umpire Judging balls and strttfes Is "the ~ chief, litw -colleague guarding the first and second bases - Every player g*ta an assist who as ?fta in putting out a runner, even If be makes the put-cut himself. Thus he may get oredit tor a put-out and j a q assist at once. v The chief umpire may fine bench ; kickers and eject them for a second _ enae. ^ ^ ju.# hmfs HLL FROTH ACTIVE CRATER TO SIPETT Volcano io Eruption, ' H Poas, Loog Dormant, in Eruption and Thousands of the Inhabi tants Arc Flying From the Lava Streams. TOWNS ARE IN DANGER Port Llmon, Coo La Rica, Feb. 9. ? Thousands of villagers at the foot of the volcano Poas, now In the most ac tive eruption la Its history, belching forth molten lava, ashes and im mense rocks, are fleeing for their lives, the streams of lava are flowing through the fertile valleys and de stroying towns and plantations on every side. Rocks weighing 200 and more pounds have been hurled for a distance of two miles from the crater of the volcano. Villages within the zone reaching almpst to the capital. Ban Jose, have been dpserted by the panlc-atrlcken residents. In the town of LaLechera, five kil ometers from the foot of the volcano, rocka weighing a hundred pounds crashed through residences. There, has been loss of life on the plantations nearest the volcano, but the extent Is not yet known. The vblcano gave plenty of warn ing and before the eruption begun the villagers were In flight. In-Cgbadijls some of the streets are filled with ashes to the housed tops. <?> Scientists have set out from San Jose to make observations and visit the volcano as soon as possible, be lieving the eruption will not continue long. , Port' Llmon, Costa Rica, Feb. 9. ? | The volcano Poas, long dormant, has renewed? eruption. Thousands of the inhabitants are fleeing from the lava streams. Many villages have been de stroyed. ? A constant- stream of refugees is arriving at San Jose, the nearest city, 20 miles to the south and east of the M<e?no. ' . Juanttto, lying to fee southwest of the mountain, Sarcero to the north west and l^aLaguana, to the north west, are threatened with destruct ion, according to advices received at this place. Thousands of Inhabitants have fled to the high ground in the surround ing country, and many camps have been thrown up in the Sierra DeTll eran mountains where the villages also also crowded with terror-strick en refugees. t The volcano Barba. between San Jose snd Poas, is reposed to have given signs of becoming active, rumb ling and trembling. Earthquake shocks are reported over a wide area, some of them of great severity, and spreading panic. The* smoke from Poas lies like a mushroom pall over the country for many o&lles surrounding the crater, snd the ashes have been carried far. At night the sight Is terrible, flames shooting to a height of hundreds of feet, and even in broad daylight they are visible agsinst the heavy black smoke. Desengane and ^treses, towns on the flanks of Barbs, are covered with those who have fled from The settle ment near the spouting mountain, but even these are not considered safe havens in view of the threaten ed activity of Barba. Vsst plantations have been de serted when lsbor Is most urge&tly needed to harvest the coffee and su gar crops. In conjunction with the loss of labor on Nicaraguan planta tions ss the result of the revolution , thora It is believe* that the Contra! American output will be seriously depleted. THE OEM TONIGHT. The following is the program scheduled for the Gem Theater this evening: The Pretty Dairy Maid, drama; The Bathers' Race, comedy; The Japanese Invasion, war-drama; Remorse, melodrama; A Tiresome Play, comedy.1 The orchestra also will render another delightful musi cal program. Judging from the pro gram all who attend this popular place of amusement tonight can con gratulate themselves. The pictures i>roml?e to be spicy, ludicrous and pathetic. The entire performance this evening- nhtould be liberally pa tronised. Remember the Oem is the place to spend an enjoyable evening. The man who calls woman's card parties gambling surely never water ed them play. I Often when a man get* a" political bee under his hat he Is the only on* that la *tuag Superintendent Makes Report to Commissioners At the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners yesterday. Dr. P. A- Nicholson, County Superinten dent or Health, submitted his report Chlch no doubt will prove of interest > the Dally News readers. Ip addi tion to the report oil the superinten dent a letter from the State Secre tary of the Board of jHealth was read which was most complimentary to the county and the superintendent. The Report. To the Honorable B^ard of Countj Commissioners of gfeaufort County. Gentlemen: I hens with beg leave to submit the folloii^ng report for the month of January. . There are in the, county home the usual number of Inmates, slxteep I think, all doing well with the exception of two or three chronic diseased which remain about the same. There are six In mates in the county Jail. Sanitary condition of the jail and county home Is in a better condition than I have ever seen It. There has been no death In the jatl; one Nln the home. I have not been to the county home within the last ten or llfteen days, but have had another physi cian to make the calls there for me. as I was dally, tn contact with small pox, although using every precau tion, I feared there might possibly be some chance of conveying the dis ease In oar county home. I know of no further suggestion that I can make as to the jail and county bome. Yours respectfully, P. A. NICHOLSON. 8upterfntendent of Health. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Bssufort County. Gentlemen: I herewith submit im port for the. month. of January ln_ce lard to our smallpox epidemic snd icsrlet fever now prevalent In our county. On January ll,' 1910, we discovered In the Southern Hotel four cases of smallpox. The same lay we discovered- In the northern part of the city another case In one Levy Reddlck. On the 13th one Mr. Barners, a white man. on the end of rhlrd street; the last house on Third itreet. On January 28, we had an >ther case to occur In one Tom Twine In the house adjojnln* the old hotel. All of these people were taken to the pesthouse on the evening "of -the llth except Twine, wh<$ was on the 23d. *nd Mr. Barnes. Mr. Barnes, being In s house, the last hovWrmr Third itreet, and saying that he would ob serve the quarantine laws and would not allow any one out or into his premises which I have every reason to believe he carried out to the let ter. On January 30, discharged old man Paul Adams from the pesthouse after thoroughly fumigating, bath ing, and putting on clean clothes. He wfls further advanced with the dis ease when discovered than any of the other patients. I have one cook and one guard at the pesthouse. The cook acting as guard and cook, also to relieve the other man. The cook Is paid $1.60 per day and the other guard 11.26. They have allowed no one to enter the lot or go any closer to the building than the road. They have made ub good guards, sober and ready to 'do anything that came along. We secured the pesthouse from Mrs. Dudley for this smallpox purpose for $50 If we should want It for the year the price should be the same, or If we only used it for sixty or ninety days, with the understand ing that this house should be thor oughly fumigated, cleaned up and whitewashed Inalde. I feel that we were very fortunate In fecuring this bulldinc, as It Is adjoining the coun ty's property and If 'we would have had to built a pesthouse and put down pumps, etc.. It would have cost us $400 or $500 more than It has cost us. I don't know but what it would be wise for the Commissioners to Investigate and seelf this house could be bought reasonable to main tain it and keep our material there for a permanent pesthouse. as we would hare no trouble tn getting a family to occupy the house after It Is thoroughly renovated. Other ma terials that were bought I don't know the price as the bills have not come In, except as to Mr. J. W. Oden, or the Southern Furniture Co. I went In person to the other furniture dealers and the same cots that I bought from Mr. Oden at $2 apiece they would not sell for less than $2.60. These are iron cots and will last us twenty years. Can bo fumi gated and painted over and stored away until we need them again; or can bo used In the county convict camp. Now aa to the vaccination. I was so busy getting the pesthouse ready and caring for the Inmates that I had the other physicians do^Uje vaccinatum. aa was done bb* fore. 1 vacclnaW-^2 or 33 myseir. Those that were In the buildings, o* that had been exposed to smallpox when theM cases, broke) out. #have on hand now 300 vaccine points, which can be kept and replac^l^hy fresh ones at any time that we *ant them thdeflnltely. I cannot mak^a (Continued on Fourth Fact) r* - jUstmiiau I SEN. HEYBURN -r GETS REBUKE FROM SENATE No Encouragement fV. < n i The Senate Votes to Loan The Government tents For Use of Confederate Veterans at Re union. Rebuke Unanimous. COLLEAGUE AGAINST HIM Washington. Feb. 8. ? Protesting against loaning government tenta for the uae of the Confederate veterans ?t their annual reunion in Mobile. Ala., tffict April. Senator Heyburn of Idaho, In the Senate late today made tho sharpest comment upon the ls si^es of the civil war that has been heard In Congress In twenty years. He Inveighed against men In "reb el" uniform being permitted to oc cupy government property, or the "rebel" flag being allowed to float above it. Finally he drifted into the question of honoring men by placing their statuea in the congreaslonal HaH of Fame and try unmistakable Inference condemned the action of Virginia In sending the statue of Gen eral Robert E. Lee to Washington. "Take it away and worship It if you please." he thundered, "but do not Intrude It upon the people who do not want It." Democratic Senators moved uneas ily about the floor conversing with each other or sat frowning and an ftered.'hlstenlng to the speech. Fin ally. when Senator Heyburn had con cluded. Senator Bankhead said: "I am sure the 8enator from Idaho fefls much better and I ask for a vote.'* j The Rebuke Unanimous. "By roll call," shouted a dozen or more Senators, and ti ? ?il a went up in second of that request from every part of the Senafc chamber. When the vote was had on- the tent-loaning measure all of the Democrats and all of the Republicans ex"?ot Mr. Heyburn. voted for It. HI? : ?gative vote was uttered in a loud ^nd de fiant tone. treasure was reached near the close. of the session. Mr. Heyburn was prompt to raise an objection, and Mr. Bankhead just as alert in moving the consideration, regardless of the objection. It immediately was evident that the objection aroused some feeling, for with flushed face and animated voice Mr. Bailey declared that If this measure was to be ruled out of order no other business could be trans acted. The Bankhead motion being unde batable. the 8enate immediately pro ceeded to an aye and no vote on the question as to wbether the resolution should be taken up and It was adopt ed unanimously. Mr. Heyburn him self refraining from voting. With the resolution adopted Mr. Heyburn took the floor, made a speech in which he went over many of the Issues of the war and declared himself as much a patriot now as be had been In 1861-6 3.-6 4. The Southern Senators held a hur ried consultation, while the Idaho man was proceeding, and decided to make no reply, but allow the ques tion to go to a vote. Colleagae Againat Him. It ao chanced that Mr. Heyburn's colleague. Senator Borah of Idaho, was the first of the Republicans to be reached in the roll call. He vot ed "Mn favor of the adoption of the resolution. "Thia resolution refers in terms to a Confederate veterans' reunion at a specified time," Mr. Heyburn said, "and It purposes that the govern ment of the United States, in recog nition of Its purposes, shall loan the property of the United States. I truat I shall not be charged with bad faith when I say that I have today inquired from a Senator who is Interested In ; this meaaure whether or not on this ! ebratlon the men engaged in this cel-j ebration would wear the rebel uni form. and his reply was In the afflr-' matlve. I asked him further if the robel flag was to be carried over this property of the United 8tates and he replied that both the rebel and the union flags were always carried at theae reunions" Mr. Heyburn then aald that while I he did not want to open the wounds, of the war of the rebellion he still | thought the South had made a great I mistake In that war. He had been j told that the governmeht whs In the "habit of making auch loais the Grand Army of the Republfe*4nd he thanked God that such was the case, aa the Grand Army was compoaed of men who had fought on the aide of the Union and "their cauae was a glorious and honorable one." "Do you expect." he aaid, going baek to the contraat of the G. A. R. with the Confederate veterans, "that' BILL AGAIN IN THE SENATE Senator New loads Discuss esJTie Measure, f Waahlngto^^jJ^*^ ? ^Ourlng the conslder&l^u[^RrV?1ne business in the Sen^r^ } Senator Newlauds. of XevadwrTOscussed at length the, administration federal Incorporation bill. The question before the Senate was the reference of the bill, Mr. N'ewlands contending that K should go to the committee on interstate commerce, rath9r than the commit tee on judiciary. He disclaimed any Intention of embarrassing Che admin istration in getting proper considera tion of the bill. He took up the various methods of Tegulatlng trading corporations en gaged in Interstate commerce, and said it could be done either by na tional government and subject their operations to national direction and control, or by national license given to State corporations, prescribing the conditions upon which they would be permitted to engage In interstate commerce unless they obeyed the conditions imposed. He declared that for many years he had favored na tional Incorporation of transportation companies for the reason that Inter state transportation constituted three-fourths of the total business of the common carriers. He said It was an economic necessity to have great trunk lines from ocean to ocean, and from the lakes to th* gulf. The conference report on the urg ent deficiency bill was laid before the Senate. It fixes the salaries of the judges of the customs court af $7, 000 .per annum.. This is the house provision. The tariff law fixed the salaries at $10,000 annually. There is still a disagreement on the- provlefot* appropriating $12 5,000 Additional for the Immigration com mission and this and several other minor amendment were sent back to conference. f The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from Secre tary Balllnger In which Mr. Ballln ger thsnked__jhe Senate for calling bis attention to the rule which pro hibits the heads of departments from submitting measures to bo acted up on by the Senate. Senator McCumber. of North Da kota. from the committee ob finance, reported favorably, with amendments , the Elklns' resolution to Inquire into the high cost of living. * Washington Can Now Boast a Daily That Pays Expenses For the first time In several years Washington can boast of a daily newspaper. Washington Dally News, which has more than paid expenses. The manager feels very much grat ified at the results obtained. We have been printing the paper six months last Friday, and under ad verse conditions, as the present quar ters are too small. The News has paid the Interest on the Investment and added about (1,000.00 In new equipment and stock on hand. While I the patronage has been liberal from a great many, there are still a large number of merchants who are not contributing any support whatever. You who are not. ask youselves the question: Does Washington need a daily paper? Does such a paper as is now being published aid In any way the upbuilding of the city, if so. Is It your duty to support It? Does the growth of your business depend upon the growth of Washington and Beau fort county? If your answer to any of these questions Is in the affirmative, then it la your duty to support It as a public Iqstitution. LET 178 NOT FORGET HISTORY. The Washington Gray Chapter. Children of the Confederacy, organ ised by the late Margaret Arthur Call. w?g the first chapter organised In the 8tate, and the second organ ised in the United States. W. H. CALL. IN HONOR OF MRS. 8PRUKK. Mrs. James H. Hodges entertained at her home yesterday afternoon from 3 to- 6. in honor of Mrs. 8. 8. Spruks, of Scranton, Pa., with a four course luncheon and bridge party. The afternoon was much enjoyed. Owing to a disagreement, the union men of the Winston Salem Journal walked out Sunday night. The paper rami out as usual yester day taorning. those who gave th?fir support to Union cause weald sit Idly by and say nothing when tbos^ issues are raised? They are none the leas pa triotic now than tbey wjere in 1S61 63-?4. Could they be leas patriot \r and can they complacently permit the pubject of the war to become a Jest In this age? if so, the sooner we know it the betttr." SLAYER BURIED WOMAN'S BODY - IN BASEMENT Husband Missing Wife of Janitor Said to Have - Had $2,500. Police Trace Man's Baggage And Discover Bloody Hatchet. JAMMED BODY IN TRENCH New York. Feb. 8. ? Wedged in & narrow trench beneath the concrete and boards of a basement floor was found today the body of an unidenti fied woman, who had first been hack ed in the head with some sharp In strument like an ice pick, and then strangled to death. The police be lieve she was the wife of a Scandi navian janitor, who vacated his quar ters In an uptown apartment house Friday of last week. He was known variously as Petersen and Tamsen or Thompson. The basement room was locked and bare of furniture, but on the walls near where the flooring had been ripped up and the trench dug. were bloody Anger prints. Jammed Body Into Trench. The owner of the apartment house knew little of the former janitor, who lived quietly In his subterranean quarters, until he gave notice that he would move. An evil odor had first Indicated to the tenants that something was wrong, and. on their complaint^ -landlord, summoned . the police. They broke Into the locked, room that had been the jani tor's parlor, and when they ripped open a loose plank a woman's bare knee came Into view. The murderer, hampered In hlB work by steam pipes, had jammed the body forcibly Into the trench over a hot pipe and then held It In place by nailing down the planks. The woman bad very little hands. fine and delicate, and not like th? hands of a janltress. Just a few ' days ago this woman had held In her hands a thick roll of yellow bills and (old ,more than one person that she had just had a windfall of $2,500. She and her husband were going to buy some land and build a house at Freepori. Long Island, she had said. Today there was no trace of the blWs. IlaRgage and CJIrl Found. An expressman who had moved Peterson to an address farther up town, where he was known as Tam sen was found. The police traced him, but In his stead was found only a girl of 19 who spoke no English and has thus far refused to answer the questions of an Interpreter. But the luggage was Petersen's, and tn the kitchen of bis new quarters were found a bloody hatchet and In one of his trunks the marriage certificate of August Petersen and Augustus Sophia Arkman. dated Jersey City, 1907. The nameless, silent girl and ft man called Pierre Loesel, who was arrested as he entered the flat where she lived, have been detained. Peter sen Is still at large. OLD FORD VOTES THE TAX Forty -two Votes For Tax And Twenty -five Against The citizens of Old Ford voted fav orably yesterday for a special school lax In their district. The election pa??ed ofr quietly. There were 72 registered voters. There were 4 2 votes cast for tax and 25 against. * The Dally News wishes to extend con gratulations to the citizens of that section. Beaufort county is rapidly forging to the front along education al lines. "JefTrle* Is worried about his * wind," says a sporting item, but he seems to be exercising it by talking 300 words a minute. The weather bureau seems to have the grouhd-hog for fair this time. ^ New Advertisements * ? in Today's News ? [AJtotTfeaAt ? | ? Gaiety Theater. ? ? OheaapeakeNBteamship "o. ? ? \J. K. Hoyt? fcotton Goods, Ac. ? ? J. L, O Qulnu, FlorUt ? Bulbs. ? ? Paso Ointment. ? ? Hyomel > ' ? ? Vlck'a Remedies ? ? Laxative Bromo Quinine. ? ??? ? . - - a.
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