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, PA., MONDAY, FVAUlVAUYl \TEAT1IER CONDITIONS. 1 ALL THE HOME NEWS. tun Forecast Tint 11 8 p. m. Tomorrow fol For the People of Plttston and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Partly cloudy and slightly colder toniKlit; Tuesday, fair. THE HOME PAPER. 57TH YEAR. t WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. 1 DAILY EST. Bl- THEO. L1AKT 1882 PITTSTON TWO CENTS A COPY. I u TD A nTT'C FORTY CENTS A MONTH. ( C-D ST iiAXfiiQ. 1, 1907. A codicil in the will provides 'or $50,- (KH» Tor use in prosecuting Thnw's murderer.JAP [Kiu Ul L11 "THE SKY PILOT." WILL RULED OUT j ' v t»XC- fx * ; 'l£'' '' r • ;Jm ' ' w~j,"V- v #,_• •, *■D» PUN IS ALTERED Picture Play to be Presented in the liroad Street M. E. t'luircli To- "The codicil D liects to bo mi shown Hint Tim' the will lielicvei intended to kill ■ts forth that he ex•ilerod. This plainly at ths time lie made that Stanford White I ni. "WDrro\v Evening. President and Committee Court Refuses to Accept It Government to Abandon Have Not Agreed. PUlslon people are to have an artistic treat tomorrow evening, when Albert Armstrong presents his picture play, "The Sky Pilot," in the Broad street M. E. church as the fourth number in the Y. M. C.D A. course. Itaiph Connor's beautiful and touching story' of western life is an inspiration in itself and when brought vividly before the mind by means of a series of beautiful pictures is doubly entertaining. The picture play is a pictorial representation of the story, the pictures following one another in rapid succession, so that it seems as though the story is being acted out before our eyes. As the pictures are thrown on the canvas Mr. Armstrong recites briefly the story of the play. The entertainment is sure to delight all who attend. Course tickets are good for admission and single admission tickets to those not holding course tickets will be sold for 5U Yet. "Our ciiho is It the district attor! prove nil that wi tore thp week en Distrlpt Attorney .Jerome's effort to counteract the effect of Evelyn Xesbit Thaw's testimony will involve, it has developed, surprising testimony, affording revolutions of the doings of the gilded set ol' which White, Thaw and the Xesbit girl were members. (short onC\ nnd unless ley prolongs it wo pan ( wish to establish be- Dam at Panama. SCHMITZ STANDS PAT THAW'S WIFE CALLED DAM IS CONDEMNED President Favors Shutting Several Questions Asked Were Ruled Out. Out Coolies. Will Not be Built With Low Dam and One Lock. Washington. Feb. 11.—Mayor Schmltz and the members of the San Francisco school board held two conferences aud formally agreed on .the policy they will pursue in connection with the question of the Japanese aud the San Francisco schools. The mayor and the members «Df the board have refused to make any statement as to what position they will take when they call at the White House to confer for the second time with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, in a telegram, however, to the California Exclusion league Mayor Sehmltz declares the delegation has "not made any arrangements up to date of any kind." New York, Feb. 11.—Before court opened it was decided by the lawyers defending Harry K. Thaw that Evelyn Xesbit Thaw, whose love for her prisoner husband prompted her to sacrifice herself ou the witness stand, would continue her recital today. Says Jealousy Caused Shooting. The prosecution, It was pointed out, will have lo pnDve. lliat Thaw was mentally sound at the time of the shooting. In orrV'v to do this, it was said. .1 pronto will contend that tho shooting instead of lieing the result of an insane Impulse was the result of jealousy. Washington, I''elD. It.—Thorp is unassailable authority for the announce* incut that the giant Gatun dam at Panama lias been abandoned by the government. With the collapse of this project comes to an end the plan for three great locks in Sight—a ladder-like arrangement for lifting steamships eighty-five feet from the channel of the canal to the huge Gatun lake. Harry Thaw, who. it had been rumored, would go ui)on the staud to cor robornte his wife's narrative, will not testify. cents, To prove Thaw's jealous nature the prosecutor will call many witnesses who wore at gay. supper parties with the Thaws. These witnesses will include chorus girls;mien about town and waiters in restaurants. It will he shown by (he prosecution that whenever Thaw saw another man was in the slightest way attentive to his wife he would become highly enraged, aud his brutality would assert itself against Iter and against others. Many Instances|.of Thaw's jealous rage will be citedj to the jury. These incidents took place both in this country and abroad, especially in Paris, at the very time whefe, as .Mrs. Thaw said on the witness sthnd. she told Thaw the story of her downfall. Instead of being the kind frf»nd Mrs. Thaw described the prosecution will attempt to show that Thaw treated her in a cruel and almost inhuman manner. These two important questions wore definitely derided upon at the most important conference held by Thaw's law yei's since the trial began. The confer ence took place at the apartments ot Delphin M. Delmas, all counsel in the employ of (he defense being present. It was also determined to settle ajt the very opening of the court session the question as to the admissibility of Thaw's odd will. Mr. Delmas prepared a long: brief on this point and was confident that Justice Fitzgerald would rule favorably to the defense. PRISONER WAS HUNGRY For several weeks President Roosevelt, Secretaries Koot and Tat't and Senator Knox have gone deeply into the Panama canal plans and have sought the advice of eminent engineers not engaged in government work. The president soon learned that no engineer ot' national reputation would unqualifiedly indorse the monster dam and its independent locks. An engineer of worldwide fame Informed Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Root that, apart altogether from the stability of the dam in the Gatun gap, the lock proposition was at best a risky and unnecessary experiment. The element of tremendously increased cost above the government estimates, should the locks and dam be constructed, was pointed out as of only minor importance compared with the doubt 111 respect of the foundations for the dam and the flight of locks. The Impartial testimony of engineering friends of the administration was cumulative against building on what is at best a doubtful foundation a dam to hold a lake eightylive feet deep and 110.square miles in Polander in Jail Unf3d for More than 300 telegrams have been received by Mayor Sehmltz and lie members of the board urging them to stand firm for the exclusion of the Japanese coolies from the United States. A telegram from the president of the California Exclusion league in part reads: 24 Hours. Mayor Kclcascd Mini Siiuimui-ilD on 1.earning ol' Case—Jlad Been SENATOR ELECT CHARLES CURTIS. Brought Here From Plains Thinks Schmitz Has Backed Down. by Constable—By ( bailee The advisability of bringing to tht attention of the jury Harry Thaw's eccentric bridge whist playing as a medium to bolster up the claim that ot the time of the commission of the act he was of unsound mind was discussed. but not definitely settled. That will depend largely upon the extent and manner of the cross examination of Mrs. Thaw by District Attorney Jerome.Charles Curtis, reeenily elected to the United States senate to represent Kansas, Is part Indian. The new senator's mother belonged to the Knw tribe, which Inhabited the section of Kansas where he was born forty-seven years ago. His father was a white man. In his boyhood the statesman, who was a light, slim lad, used to ride horses as a jockey at local races. Later he became a hack driver in Topeka. Hut he soon rose to higher tilings. When he was not much past thirty he was elected to congress, and he has been re-elected sis times. Senator Curtis succeeds Senator Benson, who was appointed to till out the unexpired term of Joseph R. Burton, resigned. "Morning papers announce in big headlines that Schmitz deserts labor for Japanese; mayor and school hoard make complete surrender. We cannot and will not believe it. Exclusion league demands exclusion by act of congress; treaty will not exclude. Sovereign rights must not be bartered away by promises and should not be basis for compromise. We will not yield one iota of our rights as a sovereign people regardless of cost or conseCj uences." Ilis Condition Was Discovered. Suffering from the pangs of hunger and thirst a Polish prisoner was found in ii niost uncomfortable condition in tile jail in the. city hall this morning. For 1M hours he bad not been given a morsel of food nor a drop of water. He had been brought in from Plains township and placed in a cell by a constable, who was to return for him Wednesday morning. When Mayor Larigaii learned the circumstances of the case lie released the man summarily and then sent word io the otllcials who had caused his The pathetic picture of a sweet young girl pursued by Stanford White, with tlie benign figure of Harry Thaw in the background ready to rescue her from the machluatioua of the architect, it was asserted, will fade completely when the prosecution offers its evidence of Thaw's jealous rage. Alienists will be called to testify that there is a wide difference between jealous rage and insanity. To Upset Mrs. Thaw's Story HEALTH SEN TO GATHER BISii OP TALBOT'S VISIT Played Cards Like "Crazy Man." If it should be decided upon to subpoena witnesses to tell of Thaw's hobby for bridge whist, a game which he played so wildly that lie lost thousands of dollars, persons high in society and prominent in clubdom, with whom he played, would be called to testify. It has frequently been remarked that Thaw's style of whist playing was that of "a crazy man" and that on the very night of the shooting of Stanford White—June 25- that remark h ul been made by whist players at the Manhattan club, within a stone's throw of the scene of the killing. 1'pcn hearing the news that Stanford White had been shot it was conjecture:! instanily by one of the whist players that Harry Thaw had done the shooting. Meeting Will be Held To- Class Confirmed in Trinity Mayor Schmitz's reply to this tele gram in part follows; "Telegram received. Announcement t»I" morning papers absolutely false. Have made no arrangement up to date of any kind. Story false, like ail other statements mode about me. Have refused to give any statement. President lias refused also until conference completed and is showing friendly spirit. I am a Oalifornlan trying to do my duty to my state. Cannot succeed if hampored by hostile press of San Fran- morrow Evening. Sunday Morning. a rea arrest Could Be Made Safe at Great Coit. The man's name was given as Mike Zufska, and the commitment against him was issued by Squire McDonald. The man was arrested for aggravated assault and battery last Saturday evening and was held under $800 bail for his appearance at a further heart'ng next Wednesday evening. He was unable to secure a bondsman and was given into the care of a constable. Instead of taking the nan to. the county jail tlte constable brought him to Pittston jail and lodged him in a cell at .8 o'clock yesterday morning. He left word that lie would call for him Wednesday afternoon. Commissioner !Di.vin Will Not be The lii-hop Also Preached a Sermon Those engineers who. were willing to concede that the monster dam could lDe made safe, but at enormous cost, were not at all sure that the tier of three locks and their approaches would have a safe foundation. Their advice was against attempting this ambitious and startling engineering proposition. Even with a safe foundation the tier of locks would be nothing more than a perilous experimenter Rut it was pointed out clearly that, there was no adequate proof that a proper foundation could be obtained. Brutal as will be the picture of Thaw that Jerome will draw, it, was asserted. however, that the prosecutor will be unable to defend the memory of Stanford White, The friends of the architect are dedng all in their power to protect his name, and they even have gone to a prt#Ciuent law rtrm to obtain advice as to what can be done. Their efforts, however, will be unavailing. for not only will it be impossible to get denials of Mrs. Thaw's story in regard to White into the evidence, but other witnesses may lie called who wiil further blacken his memory. lfero Personally I'.ut W ill lie Hep- on the Control of • Thought—Ev- ening (Service in St. .lames', resciitcd—Large Meeting Ivv- the Bishop Preaching a iWKil—l,ocal (DmC j*vs I rgc IlriMk' Action Thought fill Sermon, Regarding Water Kt. Rev, Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of I'cinnil pi'ivps.vlv/inlr, made his 1111- elsotj. shed liuiil visitation to Trinity and Finai Agreement Tomorrow, The meeting of health board representatives of ;iii tin- towns served Willi water from 11;• • Spring Brook waterbed to discuss conditions on the shed and take action on the questions that will arise, will bo held in the city hall, this City, tomorrow evening, commencing at 7 :;DC». The meeting will he a public one. The Pittston board, which has taken the initiative on tlio James Episcopal churches yesterday. In the morning, lie administered the At II10 Whit" House conference the f'allforninns w ill present (heir views to President Roosevelt in writing, and a final, definite agreement probably will not lie reached until tomorrow. Secretary Hoot spent two hours at the White House discussing' I lie school question with the president, and it may lie authoritatively stated that the president will assure Mayor Schmitz and the school board that if they will agree to end the agitation by abolishing the oriental schools the president will in turn use his influence to secure a treaty with Japan that will exclude the cooly labor from this countrv. rite of confirmation to a class of eight ca lal iduteH in 'I'rlnity church, also making an address to those newly confirmed. Tills was followed by the Holy Communion, celebrated by the bishop, who also preached the sermon. In his address to the class, liisliop Talbot emphasized the fact that Confirmation marked the beginning, not the end. of the communicants' progress and duties. He counselled especially that the Holy Communion. as the Service of our own institution,, should be given the supreme place in worship; that it should .'be the regular, not the exceptional, service, in. which one took part. His sermon to the congregation was based on the thought ill the 10th verse of the ,*D Ist Psalm, "Create in me a clean heart. O God; and renew a right spirit within me." He dwelt upon the necessity of controlling and purifying one's thoughts, since character, in God's sight, depends not entirely on conduct and speech, but 011 the state of the heart. The rector of the church, Itev. 10. lD. Johnson, and Kev. A. II. Wheeler took part in the Thaw, it is understood, advised his lawyers not to put his wife on the witness stand again this morning, but wait until tomorrow. He expressed the opinion tlint she was fatisruci. and he wanted nothing done that would injure her health. Mr. Jiebnas was willing (a acquiesce in the wishes of the accused, but il is said that Evelyn Thaw herself It happened that no arrests were made yesterday or last night arid to all intents there were no prisoners in jail. Zufska was forgotten at dinner time and supper fine and he did not even get a drink of water. When Mayor Langan reached the hall this morning he asked if there were any prisoners arid was told that there was not, except for the man who was in on an out-of-town commitment. The mayor inquired about him and asked who had given him food. An investigation revealed the fact that the man had not been visited from tlie time lie had been put in. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hoot were reluctant, it is said, to abandon the Gatun dam plan, but further information from Panama 111 respect of new borings raised alarming doubt about the entire Gatun scheme, and a final decision was reached to modify all the "plans for the canal in the Gatun district. This radical turn about In lhCD policy of the administration has not been communicated to many persons, and it is not known when tin* senate will be informed that the tier of locks and Hie KDrD foot high dain arc to live only in government, documents. J11 spite of the vast wealth of the Thaw family it became known yesterday that boUi the prisoner and his mother have chins tightly to the purse strings since the murder. question, has received word from Dr. Dixon, the State health commissioner, that he. will be unable to attend the meeting. He assured the board by letter a couple of days ago, however, that he will have a representative on hand to render -any possible assistance to the meeting and to report 'to the .State board whatever action it may take. demanded Thaws Hold on to Cash, •'No. I have much more to tell, and t want tlinse jurors to hear it all and an One of {lie guards in the Tombs said that a bout a month ago Thaw's mother visited her son in the prison, but when she arrived at the gate she told the doorman that she had left her pass at home. The doorman admitted her to the prison, but told her that she could not see Thaw without a pass. Being unwilling to go to thf office of the commissioner of correction, she asked for !! messenger. A small boy passed through the corridor of the prison just then, and the doorman sent him to the department of correction for the pass. soon as possible Mayor Schmitz said Sickness invaded the ranks of the Thaw jurors for the first time during the trial. Wilbur K. Steele, juror No. 0, showed the effects of a disagreeable cold. He is sixty years of age. One Juror III "It can be stated positively that President Roosevelt has made no definite proposition to lis. We discussed the matter witli Mr. Roosevelt, and he understands our position. There has been no change in the situation since then and cannot be until after the con- Some weeks ago invitations were sent out to boards in the towns served from the Spring Brook shed, and it is expected that they will be very generally responded to. Among those expected to attend is Mayor Fred. C. K i r ken da 11, of Wilkesbarre, It is like* y that Dr. Mtilholland, president of the Pittston board, w II preside at the meeting and will bring to the attention of the gathering the findings of the board on its recent investigation of the shed. The report that has been prepared for the councils will be placed before the gathering and an ex]•!ession of opinion will be asked on what the meeting wants done and the best means of having ,it done. The Pittston board will urge that the company be compelled to vacate the shed. Zufska was brought to the mayor's otlice and when ouestfoned replied that he had not had anything to eat from I lie time be was put in. lie told the reason of his arrest, saying that it was a family fight and that he bad been served with a warrant because lie had put a fellow foreigner out of his home for fighting. The mayor ordered his release', and after the man had departed telephoned to the squire's office and notified him of the action. The justice said be thought the man had been taken to the county jail. It is likely that Plains township officials will be refused the, privilege in the future of u: big tlie city lockup. Dam Site to Be Retained, Accurate information is that the Gatun dam site will be retained in the amended plans, but that instead of the monster wall and eighty-five foot lake there will be a low dam. with a small, head of water, the consequent creation of Lake Chagres, mid one lock probably 1,100 feet long on the Gatun foundation. All engineers agree there Is the proper soil for one lock of the length ik ned and Hint a dam with p. head of about thirty live feet can be built with safety and inclose a lake having sixty-two feet of depth. Declaration that Evelyn Nesbir Thaw's story of her downfall at the hands of Stanford White, as told on the stand in her husband's trial fqr killing the architect, had not half revealed the degradation to which she had been subjected in the mirrored bedroom in the Twenty-fourth street house was made by Mr. Delnias. He added that if Mrs. Thaw had not forgotten in the excitement of her court appearance many of tlie details of her experiences the defense would not have had to offer another w itness. ference." Oregonians Object to Japs. The boy went uptown willingly, believing that lie would be paid foi- his trouble. When lie returned with the pass Mrs. William Thaw searched through her poeketbook and finally drew forth two pennies, which she gave to the boy. fine of the men connected with the prison therefore went down iu Ills own pocket and gave the boy a oiiarter. Woodburn. Ore.. Feb. 11. Following the replacing by the Southern Pacific of ten white section men with Japanese laborers, fifty Americans called at the section house and warned the Japanese to leave town. There was no violence, but (be Japanese departed for Portland. servici At 7;;I0 p. 111. the bishop preached lin St. .lames' chinch on the text. "Are not A bail a h and l'liarpai',* the rivers of Damascus, the walers of Israel? May 1 not wash in I hem and be clean? So lie turned and went in a rage." His theme was the exaltation and sanetification ot the ordinary and the commonplace,. Life is liirtde up chiefly of simple habits and duties, perpetually n earring, with a few great and exciting moments. To fulfill tlie.se wisclv and n a spirit of joy and eoit.sec.'.'alion is to make the most of life. This would do away with the enormous pressure which engineers pointed out was sure some day to create Assures in the wall of the ginnf dnm that was proposed. It would make the whole project of a dam and lock at the Gatun site safe, shorten the time of completion, reduce enormously the cost and take the enterprise from perilous uncertainty into the renlni of assilred engineering success. It was on his return from a short visit to Philadelphia that Mr. Delmas discussed the Thaw case, "i went to Philadelphia to get rid of the trial for a day or two." he said, "but while there I learned all I could about the ease of Harriet Thaw, second cousin of Harry Thaw, who is confined in Krankford asylum. At the Purl Blanchard hotel. Timsday, Feb. 12th, 1!to7. Everybody invited. Co mo and have a sood time. Good music. Charles IT. Kromelbiru', 11 I'ilf I toast The local line officersof the Ninth Kegimont will bo ut Wilkesbarre this evening', and the election to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel F. 1j. McKee as colonel Of the regiment, will be held. The choice of the line offi'cers will undoubtedly fall upon Col. Asher Miner. To Klcct Colonel New York, Feb. 11.—J. D. Lyons, vice pr -iident of the I'liion National Bank, Pittsburg, was the first witness called today in tile Thaw murder trial, lie was called for the purpose of identifying the will of Harry Thaw. District Attorney Jerome linnied'utely objected "to Lyons as a witness, on the ground that no testimony had been presented as to Thaw's insanity. There was a long wrangle between the attorneys. Lyons was finally allowed to testify to having received from Harry Thaw, prior to April, t'JOfi, the will over which the light is being made. At this point Attorney Delmas again offered the will in evidence, but it was onlcMd laid aside temporarily. Dr. Dixon in a statement on typhoid fever made the following comments: "Scourge is the word we should use. We continually express a horrible fear of the yellow fever 'scourge' or the 'scourge' of cholera. But we have become sti accustomed to typhoid fever that the loss of a number of lives from this disease is designated as tin outbreak.'proprietor Heating sloven and -anges. Ash SUDDEN DEATH C 'hfirles IC. llowit/., of Wyoming avC\, \\ -st Si(|o, was found dead in tin* kitchen of his homo this afternoon about o'clock. Tim discovery was made 1 iy his daughter on her return home. Mr. llowitz was evidently jtrieken with heart failure as he was about to leave the house, he having had his hai and coal on. "I nm much encouraged by the present outlook in the ease," he added. "I think the jury must have been impressed by Kvelyn Thaw's story. Before we put her on the stand I heard her story only once. There was no re hearsBl, uo attempt at dramatic play. Delmas Pleased With Outlook, "Tliv novfs tluu then- were a half dozen casus of yellow fever of cholera in Pennsylvania would .startle every city, town and village in the State, We would consider no money outlay too great in the buttle necessary to slop I lie onward march of such a scourge. Hut we are just waking up to tin- realization that the scourge of typhoid is draining eight or nine lives in Pennsylvania for every day in the year and that there arc (Jti persons Stricken with the disease for every day in the year. The decision has been arrived at in relation to the contract for the waterway, it is said. The Tana ma situation Is now so simplified that the government may undertake the eonstruetion, say persons in a position to know the facts Some Reflections on Civic Duty. "The story as she told it In the courtroom is not half as tragic as it was when she told it to me then. If she had told in court the details she -told me there is not a jury in the wide, wide world that would convict Harry Thaw. 'lively n Nesbttt Thaw was then recalled to the stand, and identified the note handed to her husband at the Cafe Martin oil the night of the traded.'.'. She was asked if she ever heard Thaw speak of any threat made against his life by Stanford While, but the question was rued out. Several th,, quest ion was ruled out. Several 1 court adjourned. I !iis is aii age of lDi# things. Expenditures along every line are far beyond those of any other period ol Ihe country's history. At the same time, in private enterprises, expenditures were never before so closely scrutinized and guarded. Every business house insists on receiving full value for every dollar expended. The increasing sharpness of business competition has made this extreme care necessarv. Buy Your Shoes and Rub- \ bers at the big 0 INVENTORY SALE K Footwear offered at sacrifice prices in A order to reduce llie stock before A ft will pay A "Only once in my life have 1 been so touched with emotion as 1 was when Evelyn Nesbit Thaw first told me her story. That was at the grave of my father when the last clod of earth was thrown on his eoilin. "Let us not hesitate to pay any price necessary to insure tin' people of Pennsylvania pure drinking water. The army of watershed inspectors and health otlicers that we hope soon to be able to place in the field agUiusf this foe will, it given the opportunity, wage a battle for the protection of the State that will forever redound to the health and happiness and prosperity of the people of Pennsylvania. QUIET MARRIAGE. That corporation which most surely guards against wasteful leaks achieves the greatest financial success. All this is true of private enterprise. Should il not be true of the people's business? Yet it isn't. Municipal mismanagement the country over stands a shameful monument to the idea of "public office being for private plunder." There are none to gainsay that nine-tenths of our cities are plundered by professional politicians. The people know it, yet stand idly by, timid and fearsome of the power of political rings. The question for every citizen to ask himself is. shall I use my vote to put an end to this wasteful iniquity? It A quiet marriage took place in St. .I( he's church this morning at 10:31), when Miss Mary M. Ileilly, of South Main street .became the wife of Mathew MiclKlitis. The ceremony was performed by Itev. John P. O'Malley, and only a small number of the couple's friends were in attendance. Miss Annie IU'illy, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Joseph Smith was the groomsman. After tin- ceremony the party drove to tie Laurel Line and took a car for WilkCybarri\ where they had dinner at Hotel liedington, Mr. and Mrs. Michclitis left this afternoon on a brief wedding tour to Jersey City and New Vcrk. When they rcttirn they will reside with the bHide's mother. Mis. Mary Ileilly. of South Main taking Inventory "As 1 sat (here, as a lawyer, listening to the Bill narrate (he story of what she had suffered at the hands of Stanford White the lears welled into my eyes and I fairly sobbed. jou to call Boys' 98c shoes, now o»c Boys' $1.25 shoes, now Boys' $1.75 siloes, now . . 8»o C11.25 "If we do not now waken up to the necessity of waging this battle our descendants 2."i years hence will look upon our Indifference to the horrible invasions of preventable disease and the unwillingness of our people to pay out money to keep well as a thing beyond their understanding." Children's Jersey ljC-Kgin.s "Vet never have J seen a woman with such strength of character as the frail little wife of Harry K. Thaw. In conferences with the lawyers for the defense she asserts her opinion and nothing can change it. Even the older Mrs. Thaw has been obliged to yield to the wishes of Harry's wife." 45c Men's Storm Rubbers t.Vj 10 Per t'enl. Discount on \V. Ij. Douglas' shoes for Men- Queen Quality Shoes for Women $.1, and $3.50 kind reduced to $2.50 I'Vjimdry Foreman Hurt Mr. Delmas in answer to n question; regarding the determined effort of the I defense to introduce the will of Harry j Thaw said: James Kennedy, foundry foreman at Pittston Stove Works, was painfully injured last Saturday afternoon A pattern fell 011 him and severely Injured one of his feet. He was taken to his home and was unable to report for work this morning. » LADI1S8' SHOES at a special rwluc• tion of 25 to 15 per ccnt on every pair: i MM SHOE SUE, "AT£ This Is the main part of our defense Street
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, February 11, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-02-11 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, February 11, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-02-11 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19070211_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | , PA., MONDAY, FVAUlVAUYl \TEAT1IER CONDITIONS. 1 ALL THE HOME NEWS. tun Forecast Tint 11 8 p. m. Tomorrow fol For the People of Plttston and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Partly cloudy and slightly colder toniKlit; Tuesday, fair. THE HOME PAPER. 57TH YEAR. t WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. 1 DAILY EST. Bl- THEO. L1AKT 1882 PITTSTON TWO CENTS A COPY. I u TD A nTT'C FORTY CENTS A MONTH. ( C-D ST iiAXfiiQ. 1, 1907. A codicil in the will provides 'or $50,- (KH» Tor use in prosecuting Thnw's murderer.JAP [Kiu Ul L11 "THE SKY PILOT." WILL RULED OUT j ' v t»XC- fx * ; 'l£'' '' r • ;Jm ' ' w~j,"V- v #,_• •, *■D» PUN IS ALTERED Picture Play to be Presented in the liroad Street M. E. t'luircli To- "The codicil D liects to bo mi shown Hint Tim' the will lielicvei intended to kill ■ts forth that he ex•ilerod. This plainly at ths time lie made that Stanford White I ni. "WDrro\v Evening. President and Committee Court Refuses to Accept It Government to Abandon Have Not Agreed. PUlslon people are to have an artistic treat tomorrow evening, when Albert Armstrong presents his picture play, "The Sky Pilot," in the Broad street M. E. church as the fourth number in the Y. M. C.D A. course. Itaiph Connor's beautiful and touching story' of western life is an inspiration in itself and when brought vividly before the mind by means of a series of beautiful pictures is doubly entertaining. The picture play is a pictorial representation of the story, the pictures following one another in rapid succession, so that it seems as though the story is being acted out before our eyes. As the pictures are thrown on the canvas Mr. Armstrong recites briefly the story of the play. The entertainment is sure to delight all who attend. Course tickets are good for admission and single admission tickets to those not holding course tickets will be sold for 5U Yet. "Our ciiho is It the district attor! prove nil that wi tore thp week en Distrlpt Attorney .Jerome's effort to counteract the effect of Evelyn Xesbit Thaw's testimony will involve, it has developed, surprising testimony, affording revolutions of the doings of the gilded set ol' which White, Thaw and the Xesbit girl were members. (short onC\ nnd unless ley prolongs it wo pan ( wish to establish be- Dam at Panama. SCHMITZ STANDS PAT THAW'S WIFE CALLED DAM IS CONDEMNED President Favors Shutting Several Questions Asked Were Ruled Out. Out Coolies. Will Not be Built With Low Dam and One Lock. Washington. Feb. 11.—Mayor Schmltz and the members of the San Francisco school board held two conferences aud formally agreed on .the policy they will pursue in connection with the question of the Japanese aud the San Francisco schools. The mayor and the members «Df the board have refused to make any statement as to what position they will take when they call at the White House to confer for the second time with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, in a telegram, however, to the California Exclusion league Mayor Sehmltz declares the delegation has "not made any arrangements up to date of any kind." New York, Feb. 11.—Before court opened it was decided by the lawyers defending Harry K. Thaw that Evelyn Xesbit Thaw, whose love for her prisoner husband prompted her to sacrifice herself ou the witness stand, would continue her recital today. Says Jealousy Caused Shooting. The prosecution, It was pointed out, will have lo pnDve. lliat Thaw was mentally sound at the time of the shooting. In orrV'v to do this, it was said. .1 pronto will contend that tho shooting instead of lieing the result of an insane Impulse was the result of jealousy. Washington, I''elD. It.—Thorp is unassailable authority for the announce* incut that the giant Gatun dam at Panama lias been abandoned by the government. With the collapse of this project comes to an end the plan for three great locks in Sight—a ladder-like arrangement for lifting steamships eighty-five feet from the channel of the canal to the huge Gatun lake. Harry Thaw, who. it had been rumored, would go ui)on the staud to cor robornte his wife's narrative, will not testify. cents, To prove Thaw's jealous nature the prosecutor will call many witnesses who wore at gay. supper parties with the Thaws. These witnesses will include chorus girls;mien about town and waiters in restaurants. It will he shown by (he prosecution that whenever Thaw saw another man was in the slightest way attentive to his wife he would become highly enraged, aud his brutality would assert itself against Iter and against others. Many Instances|.of Thaw's jealous rage will be citedj to the jury. These incidents took place both in this country and abroad, especially in Paris, at the very time whefe, as .Mrs. Thaw said on the witness sthnd. she told Thaw the story of her downfall. Instead of being the kind frf»nd Mrs. Thaw described the prosecution will attempt to show that Thaw treated her in a cruel and almost inhuman manner. These two important questions wore definitely derided upon at the most important conference held by Thaw's law yei's since the trial began. The confer ence took place at the apartments ot Delphin M. Delmas, all counsel in the employ of (he defense being present. It was also determined to settle ajt the very opening of the court session the question as to the admissibility of Thaw's odd will. Mr. Delmas prepared a long: brief on this point and was confident that Justice Fitzgerald would rule favorably to the defense. PRISONER WAS HUNGRY For several weeks President Roosevelt, Secretaries Koot and Tat't and Senator Knox have gone deeply into the Panama canal plans and have sought the advice of eminent engineers not engaged in government work. The president soon learned that no engineer ot' national reputation would unqualifiedly indorse the monster dam and its independent locks. An engineer of worldwide fame Informed Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Root that, apart altogether from the stability of the dam in the Gatun gap, the lock proposition was at best a risky and unnecessary experiment. The element of tremendously increased cost above the government estimates, should the locks and dam be constructed, was pointed out as of only minor importance compared with the doubt 111 respect of the foundations for the dam and the flight of locks. The Impartial testimony of engineering friends of the administration was cumulative against building on what is at best a doubtful foundation a dam to hold a lake eightylive feet deep and 110.square miles in Polander in Jail Unf3d for More than 300 telegrams have been received by Mayor Sehmltz and lie members of the board urging them to stand firm for the exclusion of the Japanese coolies from the United States. A telegram from the president of the California Exclusion league in part reads: 24 Hours. Mayor Kclcascd Mini Siiuimui-ilD on 1.earning ol' Case—Jlad Been SENATOR ELECT CHARLES CURTIS. Brought Here From Plains Thinks Schmitz Has Backed Down. by Constable—By ( bailee The advisability of bringing to tht attention of the jury Harry Thaw's eccentric bridge whist playing as a medium to bolster up the claim that ot the time of the commission of the act he was of unsound mind was discussed. but not definitely settled. That will depend largely upon the extent and manner of the cross examination of Mrs. Thaw by District Attorney Jerome.Charles Curtis, reeenily elected to the United States senate to represent Kansas, Is part Indian. The new senator's mother belonged to the Knw tribe, which Inhabited the section of Kansas where he was born forty-seven years ago. His father was a white man. In his boyhood the statesman, who was a light, slim lad, used to ride horses as a jockey at local races. Later he became a hack driver in Topeka. Hut he soon rose to higher tilings. When he was not much past thirty he was elected to congress, and he has been re-elected sis times. Senator Curtis succeeds Senator Benson, who was appointed to till out the unexpired term of Joseph R. Burton, resigned. "Morning papers announce in big headlines that Schmitz deserts labor for Japanese; mayor and school hoard make complete surrender. We cannot and will not believe it. Exclusion league demands exclusion by act of congress; treaty will not exclude. Sovereign rights must not be bartered away by promises and should not be basis for compromise. We will not yield one iota of our rights as a sovereign people regardless of cost or conseCj uences." Ilis Condition Was Discovered. Suffering from the pangs of hunger and thirst a Polish prisoner was found in ii niost uncomfortable condition in tile jail in the. city hall this morning. For 1M hours he bad not been given a morsel of food nor a drop of water. He had been brought in from Plains township and placed in a cell by a constable, who was to return for him Wednesday morning. When Mayor Larigaii learned the circumstances of the case lie released the man summarily and then sent word io the otllcials who had caused his The pathetic picture of a sweet young girl pursued by Stanford White, with tlie benign figure of Harry Thaw in the background ready to rescue her from the machluatioua of the architect, it was asserted, will fade completely when the prosecution offers its evidence of Thaw's jealous rage. Alienists will be called to testify that there is a wide difference between jealous rage and insanity. To Upset Mrs. Thaw's Story HEALTH SEN TO GATHER BISii OP TALBOT'S VISIT Played Cards Like "Crazy Man." If it should be decided upon to subpoena witnesses to tell of Thaw's hobby for bridge whist, a game which he played so wildly that lie lost thousands of dollars, persons high in society and prominent in clubdom, with whom he played, would be called to testify. It has frequently been remarked that Thaw's style of whist playing was that of "a crazy man" and that on the very night of the shooting of Stanford White—June 25- that remark h ul been made by whist players at the Manhattan club, within a stone's throw of the scene of the killing. 1'pcn hearing the news that Stanford White had been shot it was conjecture:! instanily by one of the whist players that Harry Thaw had done the shooting. Meeting Will be Held To- Class Confirmed in Trinity Mayor Schmitz's reply to this tele gram in part follows; "Telegram received. Announcement t»I" morning papers absolutely false. Have made no arrangement up to date of any kind. Story false, like ail other statements mode about me. Have refused to give any statement. President lias refused also until conference completed and is showing friendly spirit. I am a Oalifornlan trying to do my duty to my state. Cannot succeed if hampored by hostile press of San Fran- morrow Evening. Sunday Morning. a rea arrest Could Be Made Safe at Great Coit. The man's name was given as Mike Zufska, and the commitment against him was issued by Squire McDonald. The man was arrested for aggravated assault and battery last Saturday evening and was held under $800 bail for his appearance at a further heart'ng next Wednesday evening. He was unable to secure a bondsman and was given into the care of a constable. Instead of taking the nan to. the county jail tlte constable brought him to Pittston jail and lodged him in a cell at .8 o'clock yesterday morning. He left word that lie would call for him Wednesday afternoon. Commissioner !Di.vin Will Not be The lii-hop Also Preached a Sermon Those engineers who. were willing to concede that the monster dam could lDe made safe, but at enormous cost, were not at all sure that the tier of three locks and their approaches would have a safe foundation. Their advice was against attempting this ambitious and startling engineering proposition. Even with a safe foundation the tier of locks would be nothing more than a perilous experimenter Rut it was pointed out clearly that, there was no adequate proof that a proper foundation could be obtained. Brutal as will be the picture of Thaw that Jerome will draw, it, was asserted. however, that the prosecutor will be unable to defend the memory of Stanford White, The friends of the architect are dedng all in their power to protect his name, and they even have gone to a prt#Ciuent law rtrm to obtain advice as to what can be done. Their efforts, however, will be unavailing. for not only will it be impossible to get denials of Mrs. Thaw's story in regard to White into the evidence, but other witnesses may lie called who wiil further blacken his memory. lfero Personally I'.ut W ill lie Hep- on the Control of • Thought—Ev- ening (Service in St. .lames', resciitcd—Large Meeting Ivv- the Bishop Preaching a iWKil—l,ocal (DmC j*vs I rgc IlriMk' Action Thought fill Sermon, Regarding Water Kt. Rev, Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of I'cinnil pi'ivps.vlv/inlr, made his 1111- elsotj. shed liuiil visitation to Trinity and Finai Agreement Tomorrow, The meeting of health board representatives of ;iii tin- towns served Willi water from 11;• • Spring Brook waterbed to discuss conditions on the shed and take action on the questions that will arise, will bo held in the city hall, this City, tomorrow evening, commencing at 7 :;DC». The meeting will he a public one. The Pittston board, which has taken the initiative on tlio James Episcopal churches yesterday. In the morning, lie administered the At II10 Whit" House conference the f'allforninns w ill present (heir views to President Roosevelt in writing, and a final, definite agreement probably will not lie reached until tomorrow. Secretary Hoot spent two hours at the White House discussing' I lie school question with the president, and it may lie authoritatively stated that the president will assure Mayor Schmitz and the school board that if they will agree to end the agitation by abolishing the oriental schools the president will in turn use his influence to secure a treaty with Japan that will exclude the cooly labor from this countrv. rite of confirmation to a class of eight ca lal iduteH in 'I'rlnity church, also making an address to those newly confirmed. Tills was followed by the Holy Communion, celebrated by the bishop, who also preached the sermon. In his address to the class, liisliop Talbot emphasized the fact that Confirmation marked the beginning, not the end. of the communicants' progress and duties. He counselled especially that the Holy Communion. as the Service of our own institution,, should be given the supreme place in worship; that it should .'be the regular, not the exceptional, service, in. which one took part. His sermon to the congregation was based on the thought ill the 10th verse of the ,*D Ist Psalm, "Create in me a clean heart. O God; and renew a right spirit within me." He dwelt upon the necessity of controlling and purifying one's thoughts, since character, in God's sight, depends not entirely on conduct and speech, but 011 the state of the heart. The rector of the church, Itev. 10. lD. Johnson, and Kev. A. II. Wheeler took part in the Thaw, it is understood, advised his lawyers not to put his wife on the witness stand again this morning, but wait until tomorrow. He expressed the opinion tlint she was fatisruci. and he wanted nothing done that would injure her health. Mr. Jiebnas was willing (a acquiesce in the wishes of the accused, but il is said that Evelyn Thaw herself It happened that no arrests were made yesterday or last night arid to all intents there were no prisoners in jail. Zufska was forgotten at dinner time and supper fine and he did not even get a drink of water. When Mayor Langan reached the hall this morning he asked if there were any prisoners arid was told that there was not, except for the man who was in on an out-of-town commitment. The mayor inquired about him and asked who had given him food. An investigation revealed the fact that the man had not been visited from tlie time lie had been put in. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hoot were reluctant, it is said, to abandon the Gatun dam plan, but further information from Panama 111 respect of new borings raised alarming doubt about the entire Gatun scheme, and a final decision was reached to modify all the "plans for the canal in the Gatun district. This radical turn about In lhCD policy of the administration has not been communicated to many persons, and it is not known when tin* senate will be informed that the tier of locks and Hie KDrD foot high dain arc to live only in government, documents. J11 spite of the vast wealth of the Thaw family it became known yesterday that boUi the prisoner and his mother have chins tightly to the purse strings since the murder. question, has received word from Dr. Dixon, the State health commissioner, that he. will be unable to attend the meeting. He assured the board by letter a couple of days ago, however, that he will have a representative on hand to render -any possible assistance to the meeting and to report 'to the .State board whatever action it may take. demanded Thaws Hold on to Cash, •'No. I have much more to tell, and t want tlinse jurors to hear it all and an One of {lie guards in the Tombs said that a bout a month ago Thaw's mother visited her son in the prison, but when she arrived at the gate she told the doorman that she had left her pass at home. The doorman admitted her to the prison, but told her that she could not see Thaw without a pass. Being unwilling to go to thf office of the commissioner of correction, she asked for !! messenger. A small boy passed through the corridor of the prison just then, and the doorman sent him to the department of correction for the pass. soon as possible Mayor Schmitz said Sickness invaded the ranks of the Thaw jurors for the first time during the trial. Wilbur K. Steele, juror No. 0, showed the effects of a disagreeable cold. He is sixty years of age. One Juror III "It can be stated positively that President Roosevelt has made no definite proposition to lis. We discussed the matter witli Mr. Roosevelt, and he understands our position. There has been no change in the situation since then and cannot be until after the con- Some weeks ago invitations were sent out to boards in the towns served from the Spring Brook shed, and it is expected that they will be very generally responded to. Among those expected to attend is Mayor Fred. C. K i r ken da 11, of Wilkesbarre, It is like* y that Dr. Mtilholland, president of the Pittston board, w II preside at the meeting and will bring to the attention of the gathering the findings of the board on its recent investigation of the shed. The report that has been prepared for the councils will be placed before the gathering and an ex]•!ession of opinion will be asked on what the meeting wants done and the best means of having ,it done. The Pittston board will urge that the company be compelled to vacate the shed. Zufska was brought to the mayor's otlice and when ouestfoned replied that he had not had anything to eat from I lie time be was put in. lie told the reason of his arrest, saying that it was a family fight and that he bad been served with a warrant because lie had put a fellow foreigner out of his home for fighting. The mayor ordered his release', and after the man had departed telephoned to the squire's office and notified him of the action. The justice said be thought the man had been taken to the county jail. It is likely that Plains township officials will be refused the, privilege in the future of u: big tlie city lockup. Dam Site to Be Retained, Accurate information is that the Gatun dam site will be retained in the amended plans, but that instead of the monster wall and eighty-five foot lake there will be a low dam. with a small, head of water, the consequent creation of Lake Chagres, mid one lock probably 1,100 feet long on the Gatun foundation. All engineers agree there Is the proper soil for one lock of the length ik ned and Hint a dam with p. head of about thirty live feet can be built with safety and inclose a lake having sixty-two feet of depth. Declaration that Evelyn Nesbir Thaw's story of her downfall at the hands of Stanford White, as told on the stand in her husband's trial fqr killing the architect, had not half revealed the degradation to which she had been subjected in the mirrored bedroom in the Twenty-fourth street house was made by Mr. Delnias. He added that if Mrs. Thaw had not forgotten in the excitement of her court appearance many of tlie details of her experiences the defense would not have had to offer another w itness. ference." Oregonians Object to Japs. The boy went uptown willingly, believing that lie would be paid foi- his trouble. When lie returned with the pass Mrs. William Thaw searched through her poeketbook and finally drew forth two pennies, which she gave to the boy. fine of the men connected with the prison therefore went down iu Ills own pocket and gave the boy a oiiarter. Woodburn. Ore.. Feb. 11. Following the replacing by the Southern Pacific of ten white section men with Japanese laborers, fifty Americans called at the section house and warned the Japanese to leave town. There was no violence, but (be Japanese departed for Portland. servici At 7;;I0 p. 111. the bishop preached lin St. .lames' chinch on the text. "Are not A bail a h and l'liarpai',* the rivers of Damascus, the walers of Israel? May 1 not wash in I hem and be clean? So lie turned and went in a rage." His theme was the exaltation and sanetification ot the ordinary and the commonplace,. Life is liirtde up chiefly of simple habits and duties, perpetually n earring, with a few great and exciting moments. To fulfill tlie.se wisclv and n a spirit of joy and eoit.sec.'.'alion is to make the most of life. This would do away with the enormous pressure which engineers pointed out was sure some day to create Assures in the wall of the ginnf dnm that was proposed. It would make the whole project of a dam and lock at the Gatun site safe, shorten the time of completion, reduce enormously the cost and take the enterprise from perilous uncertainty into the renlni of assilred engineering success. It was on his return from a short visit to Philadelphia that Mr. Delmas discussed the Thaw case, "i went to Philadelphia to get rid of the trial for a day or two." he said, "but while there I learned all I could about the ease of Harriet Thaw, second cousin of Harry Thaw, who is confined in Krankford asylum. At the Purl Blanchard hotel. Timsday, Feb. 12th, 1!to7. Everybody invited. Co mo and have a sood time. Good music. Charles IT. Kromelbiru', 11 I'ilf I toast The local line officersof the Ninth Kegimont will bo ut Wilkesbarre this evening', and the election to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel F. 1j. McKee as colonel Of the regiment, will be held. The choice of the line offi'cers will undoubtedly fall upon Col. Asher Miner. To Klcct Colonel New York, Feb. 11.—J. D. Lyons, vice pr -iident of the I'liion National Bank, Pittsburg, was the first witness called today in tile Thaw murder trial, lie was called for the purpose of identifying the will of Harry Thaw. District Attorney Jerome linnied'utely objected "to Lyons as a witness, on the ground that no testimony had been presented as to Thaw's insanity. There was a long wrangle between the attorneys. Lyons was finally allowed to testify to having received from Harry Thaw, prior to April, t'JOfi, the will over which the light is being made. At this point Attorney Delmas again offered the will in evidence, but it was onlcMd laid aside temporarily. Dr. Dixon in a statement on typhoid fever made the following comments: "Scourge is the word we should use. We continually express a horrible fear of the yellow fever 'scourge' or the 'scourge' of cholera. But we have become sti accustomed to typhoid fever that the loss of a number of lives from this disease is designated as tin outbreak.'proprietor Heating sloven and -anges. Ash SUDDEN DEATH C 'hfirles IC. llowit/., of Wyoming avC\, \\ -st Si(|o, was found dead in tin* kitchen of his homo this afternoon about o'clock. Tim discovery was made 1 iy his daughter on her return home. Mr. llowitz was evidently jtrieken with heart failure as he was about to leave the house, he having had his hai and coal on. "I nm much encouraged by the present outlook in the ease," he added. "I think the jury must have been impressed by Kvelyn Thaw's story. Before we put her on the stand I heard her story only once. There was no re hearsBl, uo attempt at dramatic play. Delmas Pleased With Outlook, "Tliv novfs tluu then- were a half dozen casus of yellow fever of cholera in Pennsylvania would .startle every city, town and village in the State, We would consider no money outlay too great in the buttle necessary to slop I lie onward march of such a scourge. Hut we are just waking up to tin- realization that the scourge of typhoid is draining eight or nine lives in Pennsylvania for every day in the year and that there arc (Jti persons Stricken with the disease for every day in the year. The decision has been arrived at in relation to the contract for the waterway, it is said. The Tana ma situation Is now so simplified that the government may undertake the eonstruetion, say persons in a position to know the facts Some Reflections on Civic Duty. "The story as she told it In the courtroom is not half as tragic as it was when she told it to me then. If she had told in court the details she -told me there is not a jury in the wide, wide world that would convict Harry Thaw. 'lively n Nesbttt Thaw was then recalled to the stand, and identified the note handed to her husband at the Cafe Martin oil the night of the traded.'.'. She was asked if she ever heard Thaw speak of any threat made against his life by Stanford While, but the question was rued out. Several th,, quest ion was ruled out. Several 1 court adjourned. I !iis is aii age of lDi# things. Expenditures along every line are far beyond those of any other period ol Ihe country's history. At the same time, in private enterprises, expenditures were never before so closely scrutinized and guarded. Every business house insists on receiving full value for every dollar expended. The increasing sharpness of business competition has made this extreme care necessarv. Buy Your Shoes and Rub- \ bers at the big 0 INVENTORY SALE K Footwear offered at sacrifice prices in A order to reduce llie stock before A ft will pay A "Only once in my life have 1 been so touched with emotion as 1 was when Evelyn Nesbit Thaw first told me her story. That was at the grave of my father when the last clod of earth was thrown on his eoilin. "Let us not hesitate to pay any price necessary to insure tin' people of Pennsylvania pure drinking water. The army of watershed inspectors and health otlicers that we hope soon to be able to place in the field agUiusf this foe will, it given the opportunity, wage a battle for the protection of the State that will forever redound to the health and happiness and prosperity of the people of Pennsylvania. QUIET MARRIAGE. That corporation which most surely guards against wasteful leaks achieves the greatest financial success. All this is true of private enterprise. Should il not be true of the people's business? Yet it isn't. Municipal mismanagement the country over stands a shameful monument to the idea of "public office being for private plunder." There are none to gainsay that nine-tenths of our cities are plundered by professional politicians. The people know it, yet stand idly by, timid and fearsome of the power of political rings. The question for every citizen to ask himself is. shall I use my vote to put an end to this wasteful iniquity? It A quiet marriage took place in St. .I( he's church this morning at 10:31), when Miss Mary M. Ileilly, of South Main street .became the wife of Mathew MiclKlitis. The ceremony was performed by Itev. John P. O'Malley, and only a small number of the couple's friends were in attendance. Miss Annie IU'illy, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Joseph Smith was the groomsman. After tin- ceremony the party drove to tie Laurel Line and took a car for WilkCybarri\ where they had dinner at Hotel liedington, Mr. and Mrs. Michclitis left this afternoon on a brief wedding tour to Jersey City and New Vcrk. When they rcttirn they will reside with the bHide's mother. Mis. Mary Ileilly. of South Main taking Inventory "As 1 sat (here, as a lawyer, listening to the Bill narrate (he story of what she had suffered at the hands of Stanford White the lears welled into my eyes and I fairly sobbed. jou to call Boys' 98c shoes, now o»c Boys' $1.25 shoes, now Boys' $1.75 siloes, now . . 8»o C11.25 "If we do not now waken up to the necessity of waging this battle our descendants 2."i years hence will look upon our Indifference to the horrible invasions of preventable disease and the unwillingness of our people to pay out money to keep well as a thing beyond their understanding." Children's Jersey ljC-Kgin.s "Vet never have J seen a woman with such strength of character as the frail little wife of Harry K. Thaw. In conferences with the lawyers for the defense she asserts her opinion and nothing can change it. Even the older Mrs. Thaw has been obliged to yield to the wishes of Harry's wife." 45c Men's Storm Rubbers t.Vj 10 Per t'enl. Discount on \V. Ij. Douglas' shoes for Men- Queen Quality Shoes for Women $.1, and $3.50 kind reduced to $2.50 I'Vjimdry Foreman Hurt Mr. Delmas in answer to n question; regarding the determined effort of the I defense to introduce the will of Harry j Thaw said: James Kennedy, foundry foreman at Pittston Stove Works, was painfully injured last Saturday afternoon A pattern fell 011 him and severely Injured one of his feet. He was taken to his home and was unable to report for work this morning. » LADI1S8' SHOES at a special rwluc• tion of 25 to 15 per ccnt on every pair: i MM SHOE SUE, "AT£ This Is the main part of our defense Street |
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