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CHAKLOTTfc, N. C. MONDA'V EVENING. MARCH 27. 191 I
pO j In Charlotte, ’ cent« a Copy Daily—- TiCpnls Sunday
I Qutside Charlotte, i Cents a copy Daily and Sunday
ty-Six Bodies of
he Victims Have
Been Identified
Eightv 'six
" i '■! niid fony-
a th.' :on-.'U'ry
’■1 ii-!()ii P1:*,0'' Siit-
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
funeral of col. COSGROVE
,’i - s
wore nit n.
in ilu' hos-
• St.-irted.
i.lord'll hv him
■ ’ii'ti wi!h The
Associatetl I^’ross.
riiarloston. S. March 27.-Tho
I'Ofly of I'n'.oiu'i .I:unos ('ossiove, who
> »'sto!’(iay movnini; in Baliiniore.
ft :iclu'(l herp this niorninsj and wili be
laid to lest tomorrow, {'oloutd (,'os-
urovo was one of th(> foremost advo-
l atps of u('0(i rn:;;is and drainage in tiiis
seftion. his achie'.enu'nts her' sland-
ine: as a nn'unnient to him. lie was
taittMT I rc;;i'onsiiiV' ;i)r tlie rpchimnia-
'o tix^i on i;f fluti'.sand' of n*'ar
or. No 1 lh’:H‘ IS heini: con-
'■'H('d to purpo^^is of asrrii'uUure and
K'anufactures IW* was also jiresideni
«-f t'le Sou';; Tarolina Lf'apiie of pood
FOUR PERSONS CREMATED
d»* itn’n 1 hn roi'd- and d^aiiuu
his infliien('t' beins:
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ONE KILLED BY
DYNAiVllTE EXPLOSION.
PianKMTi, I,a., M:;roh 27. -'I'he f‘X-
i I'lt'sioTi of !ni) iiii'iails of iixiiarniie
I Tfom the i'n;>aci of a ritle imllet fired
I y a nuMMlier of a launch party in llan-
' ^i>n tan. I ■> '(InafuM’iooi'i resnlr-
I li !ii T; i' losr> of I'lU' iife. (he in.iui’>'
of thit'i perr-ons. ilit* 'vreckini; of the
1 "ai 1 d:i:aai;t' to propel ty so'.eral
mile? dis;.K;i.
M Ivat»' .Mi.lcr is dv-'ad and T.
L. A'lr^.-. !-'l!is I'i'liu .■! id John iJavid-
.'w)u. a l rivmbi.s nf tiu' launch pa>f
" i't iui'i d. Las'less serii.usly
Windows \V( ii'- \en in liuihiin^s in
. til'.' 'o\\ i;, ii\o 'iiilcs I.-or! ii ' sc-e”.e.
' tii-’d a, a liox on tlu' shoj-e
l.'ai \ard^ di-.^Tiit. .A levriti ’ * \;do.-;iMn
I ' :'s ;lu' •uls^^i'r. Til,* i ,,a: wa'^ tiro-
' i\en in twain and i’.n'.i'.-dvatel: s:;nk
M.-rrvi ii; Miss Miller witii it.
SAVANi\AH ENTERTAINING
VISITO'^S FROM NEW SHIP.
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I'ljtleasant onf\ ilii
luos: innai'y :!n-
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ilip Me'Tliams '.iiiicr';
•i t'o'.iij iUiV is ill lo.'i,
al i^avan-
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By Associated Press.
Aurora, Mo.. March 27
D. K. Morris, a i»romineu'
sician, and his four - a
were burned to death ii a
fire that destroyed
home three miles
Aurora. a I
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THE HAREM SKIRT IN ACTION.
Walking costumes that made the j
Broadway Johnnies’ eyes bulge The j
young lady who wore this late style ;
of garment, commcniy known as the '
Harem skirt. Is Mir.s Marie Walter,
a chorus girl in a New York produc
tion, She was accompanied along the j
Gay White V/ay by her oress agent ,
and bondsman, in case a policeman j
should decide to take her along. Of
course, she was the center of a curi
ous crowd, who followed her until
she disappeared into the manafjer’s
office. It was not to gain notoriety I
or publicity that she donned this :
freak grament. No. indeed! Tak? her |
word for it, she simply Vv'ore it be- '
cause she believes it sensible dresG i
for women.
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•:a \ Ii- r' tnai (’harh's \\ . Mors*' was
in hi^ il lu alih and iliat there were
”ur-.. n > uiO'.iids loi' reeen' ireqm-nt minors
. \.n I’iat hf was ill. .\oihiim otRria! has
I'.-a- n • M h» ai li In : f ciacei niny the ifp‘'>i’!
wa- iui: hi ;■ ,i| li'a: !■;. iur a ;aidt)n miulu
‘ ’ .ni* I dl'Wll.
iU'Pori;' :liat ('iiar'''s .Moi'se. mnv in
■ '!.e Atiai.:a pt iii; t. ;ii iary. is in a criti-l
'\il cntuii'ion, are withoui fonndaiion.
i'.' f". till'-- an '.inoffiriai statement
:o(!rv h :h(‘ drpariment id j;!s,ice.
j I’re.'-iih Taft has had .Morse's ap.-
iidiea'i'in fcr c'.fmency nndor cnnsider-
',itlon alxjut thre;' v.t'eks. Ho also has
. i.nsidt ied :ui ajiplication for the par-
: (l-.n of .Joiiu K. Walsh, now in the
,'•! ! io- !.eav«*nworth penit:*ntiar>.
,-.a • lait'tr' .\;ots«' is serving a fifteen >ear spu-
ih' disaster tene. wiiile Walsh is serving a seu-
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OF me HEELS
(BY. H. E. C. BRYANT.)
New YorkAroused io
Necessity Of Pioper
Fire Protection
aiiiiwnt of
' i:-)ieftid
leme of five >ears.
1 y
f trenGTHENED. !
Art Importers Plead Guilty.
Hy .\ssoeiaied I’ress.
New York, .March 27.—Louis .7.
Diivcen ami .loseph Duveen. members
f)f the an importing firm of Dnveen
i Hrotliers, i)leaded guilty today to
f h •’" Th(. i charges of conspiracy to defraud the
! f .h-lt nnon ■ government hy making nnder-
’ .,1 I\alnations of imt)orts of art objects.
' ‘ ,..ptnt'h Martin, of the Tniled States
, ,",„u iHiifish ^'''^”'' importers $10.-
wa - givMi h^
r.ftifcrs dui-|l^' •
la-t
000 each, the ma.ximuui fine, which was
lai
Tpkes Oath.
„7 William n.
>•.. r. f entlv nani-
f : . t|M- [)(»sition
i-t'iieral of the
-n all; s%vorn in
f;iiied of cr»n-
.• ,.iid Mr. Taft
Mii.tment.
, President.
_'7. Dr Fran-
!• ln;i ugurated
’i,dJi,’>. a' cording
rt'C^dved by the
Brig. Gen. Bloomfield Dead.
Ry A^Miciated Press.
Moiiievista. (’olo.. March 27.—Brig.
f;en. Ira .1. Hhjomfield. who served with
flisiiiKtion in the civil war. was found
dead in his chair from heart disease
j at liis home ycoterday. He was 76
vears old.
Story Probably Untrue.
Hy Associated I’ress.
Washington. I). March 27.--After
a thorough search of the California
coast Caiitain Daniels, of the revenue
cutter McCulkMh. reports that the
story of a burning steamer sighted on
SaTurda^■ off Kureka. ('al.. is j)robably
untnic. riie MrCuHoch was ordered
Isear(‘h t^r survivors but conid find
no trac:e of a disaster.
Big Celebraiton
In 11 al y
}?y \ssociated Press.
Ivome, March 27.--'rii!' crlcbiatioii
of the jubilee of ihc Italy unit t>cgan
i today wiiii ilie formal oponeing by
Kiiii; \ ic'or Kaimanuol of the Interna
tional Art l-'xliihitiou.
On Wednesday an industrial exhibi
tion will he begun at Turin, where
in iM'il \'ictor Emnianuei. grandfather
of the i>resent monatch assumed tlie
title of King of Italy tas Victor Em
manuel 11,
.At midnight a gun wacs fired from
the .lanicnlnni hall and the bell on
the caiptol was rung. From that hour
the city was as-;ir. Bands playing pa
triotic airs traversed the i)rincipHl
streets which were bright with lights
and gay flags and bunting: crowds fill
ed the s(jnares shouting "viva Roma."
The celebration is offensive to the
lloly See. and today some of the less
orderly attempted to approach the Vat
ican.
They were met by a strong detach
ment of police and turned back.
During the morning hours King Vic
tor Emmanuel, Queen Helena, th^
Duke of Genoa, the Count of Turin, the
ministry, diplomats and the members
of parliament and the foreign commis
sioners of the art exhibition met at
the capitol, at a sitting the solemnity
and impressiveness of which was in
marked contrast with the rollicking in
the streets.
Count Di San Martino, iiresident of
the exhibition committee, presided and
speeches tuned to the patriotic occa
sion were delivered by President Man-
tiedi of the senate: President Mar-
cora of the chamber of deputies and
Mayor Nathan.
King Victor Emmanuel replied with
an address that made a deep imi)res-
sicm. The Americans present were Am-
basasdor Leishman, Harrison S. Mor
ris. United tSates ocmmissioner to
the- exi)o?»ition and .1. P. Morgan, pres
ident of the foreign committee.
News Bureau,
Congress Hall,
Washington. March 27.
North Carolina is not going to show
up very w'ell when the chairmen of
the important committees of the
house are announced. AVhile some
states will have three or four good
committee cl:airmanshii)s the Tar
Heel state will have two or three
small ones. Had Representative
Tliomas been returned he wouhl. no
doubt, be made chairman of the ('om-
i mittee on public buildings and
grounds, for iie was the ranking
member. Mr. (.lodwin is slated for
cliairman of the committee on reform
in the civil service: Mr. Page, of ex-
peiniittires in the interior depart
ment; Mr. Small, of expendii ures on
public buildings, and that will be
as high as any member of the dele
gation goes if present plans carry.
(Jf course, with the democrats in
contrtji, the North Cartdinians should
have some good general assignments,
but they have had all along. Mr.
Kit.'-Ilia is oti the rnigiity wa.xs and
means committee but he takes the
])!;ice of i’on who was literall.v jmsh-
ed off. Mr. Page, ii is said, will be
on the approiDia!ions committee. This
is a line plac'' f-:>r him. Mr. Webb
wili rcii'.in i’.is seat on the judiciary
coinmiitee anti get others. Mr Small
may be on I'ivers and liarbors, where
he longs Io !)i*. 'The list is not com-
l)!e(e anil, t in'i'td'ore, it would be
hard io say exactly what (ila'vs the
'I'ar He'^ls will l'.a\c. ir so happens
I hat three or four slates will get the
lion’s share t>f good things. Alabama,
for instance, will have i'n;lerwood,
chairman id ways and means; Clay-
t'-n. judiciary; .Richardson, iiensions:
Hurnett. imnug'at ion and naturaliza
tion, and Hoi!in. iiuinstriai arts and
V j>osi'ions. ’"I’oxas will fare ahno.-it
as well. So will New Voik.
A lively time ma,\' come over the
slate arranged by the Avays and
nn ans in the taucus to be held the
la^t t)f t'lis week. Some of ihe states-
ir.cn aie l)ii'king vigorously. Angry!
l^rt,)losi^ are j);omised.
plans for Tariff Tinkers,
Thf> democrats of the ways and
m(‘aiis coii'initiee of the house, v.'ho
ar j.reiiat ii!g a recii)rocity bill and
bills to reduc; the duties in tliroe or
ta.riff sehcdfiles, are di'.ided inio
’ progre?s!e" and “conservative"
ca:nps. Ciiai: iian Underwood, leader
jof the conservatives, backed b>
; Messi s. Palmer, of ppiinsylvania;
P.rantley. of Ceorgia: Dixon, of In
diana; ilatiiniond. of .Minnesota; Har
rison, of Now York, and Peters, of
Massachusetts, if is said, favor the
passage of ilie reciprocity measure
the first thing and passing it to the
senate and then following ihis up
with bilh' reducing the woollen, cot
ton and i'oodstu.f'fs schedules. The
progre'-:sives, under the leadershi]) of
Claude Kitciiin, of North (^arolina,
wtjitld, it is understood, )»lay politics
by passing the woollen, and perhaps
other schedules, first. The following
Hy Associated Piess, [ nanipd are counteci v.'ith the Kitchin
Nashville, Tenn,. yiardi 27.—When P^i'ty: Shackleford, of Missouri; Hull.
By Associated Press,
New York, Marcii 27.— ‘(^ive us not
merely fireproof, but death proof
buildings” bids fair to become a mu
nicipal srogan as a result of the
Washingtcjn place fire cfisaster of Sat
urday afternoon in which neatly 1 .'tO
persons lost their lives.
The slogan was coined by Fire
Chief Croker as summing ui> his re
coin mendat icjns for the future. The
entire nation, he declared, will learn
“Next let us have all inside stair
ways encltised in tire jiroof ]iarti-
tions. Never allow an exit door to bo
blocked and make the fire escape
windows oi>en to the floor level like
a dc:»or. Protect each floor with all
available automatic safety devices
and sprinklers. Last, but not least,
make fire drills at frequent intervals
compulsory in all factories, lodging
houses and institutions."
Tile Womans' Trade Union ft?'-
nonnced the beginning of an investiga-
a lesson from Saturday s fire such i tion which is expected to embrace
as it has leariied only twice of late everv factor.\ in New Y(uk city
years--once when the (^ollingswood,
()., disasier tau.glit the necc-'ssitv of
adecpiate tire jii’ot ections in sc-hool
buildings and again when tlie Iio-
qitois iheatre lire in Chicago taught
the same lesson for theatres.
C'hief Croker's recommendation is:
"The 'city beaut ifuT is less vital
than the ’city tafe.’
"Let us set- liis! of all that our
jieople li^e and \sork inider adeciuate
protection for their lives and persons.
"1 wonhl hiive fire esc'ape land
ings extending all along the outsitle
of every office loft or factory build
ing-
"I woidtl have ihe balcony landings
built v.ide enough for two persons to
I'ass in safety without crowding,
wiiere unitm labttr is employed. .-Vd
union vx'orkers v\ill be asked to write
conlideiitial answers to questions con
cerning conditions where they toil.
The timing of the height of all
buildings and even tearing down of
existing skyscrapers is lecommended
by Theotlore II. I’ric-e, a prominent,
fire insurance man. The height of
every builtling shoultl be governed, he
sa.\s. by the charac-ier of its occu-
panc-y. Four or five stories should be
the legal maximum where manufac
turing or imlustria] pursuits are ftil-
lowed.
".\ lire in the financ-ial district,
could, in a "^niall radius, wipe out the
available lire insurance capital ui
the I'nitetl States," said Mr. Price.
I
SOIT SETTLED
Never Heard of Death
Fwm Coca Cola
By .\ssociated Press.
j ''hat I aiiooga, 'I'eiin., March 27.—The
By Associated Press. I hnaiin.^ of ’ evidence for the de-
, _ , , I te.ise 111 the coca cola case was re-
London, Maich Ji.—Ihe slander suit | sumed in tlie federal court todav and
ot Haron Aincdd de Fore.si against his | j),. ,, ^ witthans. of New York, tes-
jiilied tliat he had never heard of
I a death resulting from the use of
Carieine. l*'lfecas of caffeine which is
found in coca cola witen administered
to aniiiKils would not furnisli a con
clusive result as to its effects on
man. he said. Caffeine jA'as not, he
declared, a habit forming drug.
lie admitted anihorsiiip of a iiook
on it)xico!ogy coniaining a table re-
pc-rnting i;’. cases of caffeine poison
broiher-in-law, Heiir.v Milner, and his
mot her-in-^law, Lady (Jerard, opened to-
tla.v, bur soon collai^setl owinu it) a
laciv' of evidence. .Judgment for the
(k'feiidants was returned,
the suit collapsed smideiily when
Lord Derby to whom the slanders
v.ere alleged to have been confided,
tc'ok the sla.nil and swore that she had
no reeoHeciit)ti of them. Sir Edward
('uarke. counsel for tin* idaintifi.
thereupon announced that he was un-1 jn nine vears but explained this was
able to in'oceed in view ,f the lack'
of evidt'iice and judgment for the de
fendants was reiunu'd.
a (luotation from Cohen, a (Jerman
sclent ist.
Dr. 1-.1. ('. Wootl. ,lr.. of Pliiladel-
]}.iron tie Forest, whose marriaue j,hia. mad*; a. series of «‘xi»erimeiits
IO the widow of Meiiier, tlie choco-
laie nianufacturei' of France, was an-
niill'=‘d. subsequently entered English,
societ.y and married Mrs. Gerard, who
is very wealthy, having inherited
most of the fortune of the late Barou
Hirsch. The wife who is (U'scrihed
as beautiful and accomjilished, later
vanished from her home anti accord
ing to the plaintifl', in the company
of Lieutenant H. C. S. Ashton, of
the second guards and a
the family.
(m frogs to ascf'rt’^iii the effet'ts of
caffeine on the muscles. He came to
thci coufdusitjn, he saad. that caffeine
caused an increase of the action with
out increasing the amount of energy
(•('iisumetl. 'I'he cross examination de-
vt lt)])eil iiothiiig new.
Ur. Harry O. Hollingsworth, profes
sor of phychology in the I’liiversity of
(’hicago, testified that he had made
experiments to determine the effects
friend of 1 of calfene and c-oca-cola syrup on the
mind. Ten men and six women were
the Tennessee general assembly recon
vened today at noon after a long recess
it faced :> I (jf the business in the his
tory of legislatures in this state. Some
of the most important bills of the ses
sion are yet to come before the body
for its consideration, and some of the
recess committees have as yet not
drafted the bills-, so strenuous has been
their work and so heavy the pressure
upon ihetn.
'Phe most important measure to
come up will be the one to arrange
for the refundin.g of the state debt of
$11,000,000.
Good roads is another tnatter in
which the people of the state are vit
ally interested. The special joint com
mittee appointed to consider this ques
tion will offer a general meas-ure pro
viding for a state highway commis
sion.
Several amendments to the criminal
laws of the state will be proposed, in
cluding a bill providing for the electro
cution of conciemned felons.
Among t)ther matters yet to come
ridges and Her Jhiee
hildren, of Bath, N. C,
of Tennessee; Hughes, of New .Jer
sey: .Janies, of Kentucky, and Rainey,
of Illinois, Randall, of Texas, is class
ed by himself.
These men, it is known, have fail
ed to agree upon a course of action
but the indications point to victory
for the ‘'i)rogressives,” as they call
themselves, or "radicals,” as others
call them.
Rainey, of Illinois, is considering
the cotton schedule. Southerners ar
gue that the cotton schedules w'ere
framed to benefit' New England and
not the South and, therefore, they
are not worried about it. Chairman
Underwood is doctoring the woollen
schedules. The reduction there w'ill
lie considerable—from 11 and 12 to
5 and 6 cents perhaps.
The plaintiff alleged that the con
duct of his wife was apjiroved by
,ady Gerard and .Milner in utter
ances reflecting tipon him. He charg
ed that they had accused him of hav
ing beaten his wife, kicked her down
stairs and generally behaved with
such outrageous brutality as made it
impossible for her to live longer with
him.
Milner, who marriel the Duchess
of Montrose, denies having uttered
the slangers.
T>ast year de Forest sought elec
tion to parliament. He is a libc'ral
and his wife's relatives are lorries.
His speeches in the campaign in
censed his wife's relatives and tlie
alleged slanders were said to have
followed.
Death of Col. Erwin.
By Associated Press.
Mobile. Ala., March 27.—Colonel
Thomas Kilshaw' Irwin, president of
the Mobile cotton exchange and the
oldest charter member of that organi-
be‘fore‘Tbe'Tegisia\Tire wnrbe'a^T^^^^ here this morning at the
providing for the settlemenL of the
Reel Fotji lake question.
Banker Shot to Death.
Bv Associated Press.
New York, March 27.—When bus
iness opened at the private bank of
.lulius Debrovsky today the first cus
tomer v. as annoyed that she c^ould get
no answer to her q\iestions from the
banker, who sat leaning o\er a
table, seemingly buried in thought.
He had good reason for his silence.
Rufus Hazel! Ends Life.
By Associated Press.
(Charleston, S. C.. March 27.—Rufus
I. Hazell, for several years bookkeep
er for the wholesale and retail groc
ery firm of Welch Eason, commit
ted suicide this morning in his office
by sending a imllet from a new 38
calibre pistol through his temple, no
ronson i>eing assigned for the deed.
Hazell was in jioor health, however.
He was unmarried and about 38 years
of age.
General Reyes Off for Paris.
Bv Associated Press.
age of 7t) years. He was a native of
this city.
During the civil war Calonel Irwin
was inspector general of General Fer-
.guson’s brigade which formed part of
Wheeler’s command and was with
President Davis as a guard when the
Confederate executive w^as- captured in
Georgia.
The Truskott Trial.
By Associated Press,
Independence. Kan., March 27.—The
defense continued the introduction of
its testimony when the trial of A. A.
Truskett. for tlie murder of J. D. S.
Neeley, of Lima, Ohio, was resumed
Jfoday, The defense hopes to close its
evidence by tonight.
Perished Li F la m e s\s
Marf'h 27.—Four
■; five others had
t;.* destruction of
i a« ti, four mile.H
 11 y today. The
\1 I'.fidges and
Hi I p;i rtm s, 1 he
Ml .e ehildren es-
iiin'■
■ 1. the wife of a
> «.f Baih. N. C..
■ r ihree ciiildren
the second floor. Early today Mr,
Veach was aroused by the crackling
of flames. He alarmed his wife and
their children who slept on the first
floor and shouted up a flame choked
Ktairwav to Mrs. Bridges. There was
no response. Veach attempted i>
rush through the burning stairway to
his daughter's aid but was driven
back by smoke and fire.
The house burned down in an in-
credihlv short time. In the ruins were
found the charred bodies of Mrs.
riiey slept on Bridges and her children.
terward. without recovering conscious
ness . investigation siiowed $l,i>(tO
missing from his safe.
The police are undecided whether
the case is one of murder or suicide.
Returning From Ice Barriers.
By .\ssociated Press.
Clirist Church. New Zealand, March
27.—The steamship Terra Nova passed
Stewart Is-land, off the southern ex
tremity of New Zealand today, return
ing from the ice barrier, where the
British Antarctic exiiedition undef
Captain R. F. Scott, was landed.
Steamer in Dangerous Position.
Modena. Italy, March 27.—General
Bernardo Reyes, the Mexican soldier j ... p
who is mentioned as likely to return Associated Ft ess.
to his former post of minister of war
in the cabinet of President Diaz, left
here today for J’aris. He said that he
expected that the new minis-try would
Wa^ington. March 27.—The steam
er D. N. Luckenbach is in a dangerous
posit,ion on the Ncw' Ground shoals
northw^est of Key West, Fla. The reve
be formed before his arrival at the j nue cutter Forward is standing by and
i-V'Tcii canital. ’ bas called for assistance. The Yama-
' craw, cruising near there, has been
Postpones His Flight.
By Associated Press.
Kiel. March 27.—.Joseph Brucker
has decided to iiostpone until next
fall his attempt to cross the Atlantic
in the dirgiJile balloon Suchard. The
voyage had been planned for this or
next month and the delay is to per
mit of trials of the balloon and its
machiner.v overland before the trans-
Atlantic trip is taken.
ordered to the scene by wireless.
Case of Packers.
By Associated Press.
Chicago. March 27.—Counsel for the
Indicted Chicago meat packers appeal
ed before Jud,ge George A. Carpenter
in the United States district court to
day and were given one week to file
a demurrer to the government’s action
The hearing was set for April 3.
Mrs. Burbank Files Suits.
By Associated Press.
St. Ijouis, March 27,—Mre. Orion
Allen Stack-Burbank, formerly of
Nashville, wife of Roy E. Burbank,
filed two suits in the circuit court
here today, one for a writ of habeas
corpus to obtain possessicm of .John
King Stack 111, her seven-.vear-old
son by her first marriage, and one
for $o0,00o against Richard B. Stack,
her first hiisband, and all members
of his family.
The suits were filed after the
criminal case against Stack on a
charge of kidnapping the boy was
continued until tomorrow.
Stack is a wealthy lunmerban of
Escanaba, Mich.
nsetl, one sqiiatl lieing given caffeine
in various forms, whik* the other squad
was given sugar of milk. He saw no de
pressing effects from the caffeine.
Thei-e was no reaction below normal,
indicating, according to the witness
opinion, that no reverse energy was
consumed by the caffeine.
His cross-examinalitm brought forth
nothing material.
Dr. .1. Weseiier, of Chicago, was
recalled and his cross-examination fin
ished. As to the 213 cases of tea poi.s-
oning reported by Bnllard, the witness
gave it as his opinion that those cases
were in the main |)oisoned from tan
nin rather than caffeine.
Chain of Wireless Stations.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 27.—A chain of
wireless telegraph stations extending
from Maine to Florida is included in
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany system, the annual report of the
company for the last year made pub
lic today shows.
New stations were erected during
the year south of New York and
many coastwise vessels have been
added to the fleet equipped with the
Marconi system.
Fifteen Round Bout
By Associated Press.
Sapulpa, Okla., March 27.—Sapulpa
was alive today with ring followers
here to attend tomorrow’s bout be
tween Mike Schreck and Carl Mor
ris, of Sapulpa, ’the Oklahoma, “white
man's hope. ’
The fight Is scheduled to go fifteen
rounds. The betting is four to one
on Morris, with even money that
Schreck does not stay five rounds.
Guard Employees
Dunng Stnke
By Associated Press.
I.exington, Ky., March 27.—Precau
tions taken by the Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Hexas Pacific' railroad to
guard its employes during the strike,
which ended Saturday night are not.
to be relaxed at once. Guards will be
taken off the locomotives but the sec
ret service of the road will be kept on
tJie alert io prevent “snipping' at.
trains by the sharp shooters of the.
mountainous s+ections in northern Ten
nessee and southern Ketucky.
Some of the employes ad officials of
the mountain division are fearful lest
news of the strike fail to penerate the
backwoods districtly sufl^ciently to in
form all s-trike sympathizers there
of the outcome. There is also some
specualtion as to whether the men
who havce been shooting at the trains
can successfully resist the temptation
to try their skill further at moving
targets as the cars wind through the
mountain passes.
Weather Fine For Drilling.
By Associated Press.
Galveston, Texas, March 27.—The
weather was fine for drilling at Fort
Crockett tt>day and the soldiers in
the second and third regiments hart
three hours of strenuous work in
company and battalion formation.
The men of the first regiment are
getting their second anti-typhoid 1n-
occnlation and are thus escaping
drill.
There are now' seven cases of.
measles in the camp hospital. This ia
regarded as an unusually small num
ber for so large a camp.
Death of Rev. J. F. O’Connor.
By Associated Press.
Mobile, Ala.. March 27.—Rev. .Tohii
Francis O'Connor, provincial of the
Society oX .lesus, with terriiory ex
tending ironi Key West to Galves
ton. died liere today.
Death of Justice Strawbridge.
By Associated Press.
Thomasville. Ga., iMarcli 27.--.Justice
Strawbridge, of the firm of Straw-
iiridge & Clothier. Philadelphia, died
suddenly this morning at his wMnf^r
home here. He suffeiod an attack of
heart trouble.