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HARTFORD, Conn., March 7.—
James Plew, companion of Bessie
Wakefield, “the woman who never
had a chance,” convicted with her
of murdering her husband, William
Wakefield, last June, today was
hanged in the death yard at
Weathersfield State rrison. Plew
and Mrs. Wakefield both were sen
tenced on Novmber o, to die on the
gallows, following Plew’s admission
that he planned the murder and
aided the woman, wno is but 24,
carrying it out. Judge L. F. Burpee
passed sentence.
Immediately the woman was sent
enced to be hanged a statewide fight
was begun to save her from the gal
lows. The fight soon became nation
wide, but Governor Baldwin de
clared he could not commute the
sentence to life imprisonment. It
was argued that Connecticut has not
taken the life of a woman by hang
ing for more than 100 years; that
Plew exerted aa almost supernatural
influence over the woman, who had
been maltreated by her husband,
both before and after their mar
riage. She has two cniidren living,
a boy six years old and a girt of 4.
Shortly after the court ordered both
Plew and Mrsfl Wakefield to be
hanged on March v. The woman’s
lawyer secured a reprieve for her
until the court meets later this
month to receive the complete
printed records or the case.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ March 7.—
Mrs. George W. VanderDilt, wife of
the New York capitalist, died here
this morning from the effects of an
operation performed for appendi
citis several days ago. She was
brought to this city by her family
physician when the operation was
found necessary in order that the
services of an eminent specialist
might be secured. Her husband
was with her when the end came.
Mrs. VanderDilt before her mar
riage was Edith Stuyvesant Dresser,
daughter of Prof. Dresser, a well
known author residing in Maine.
Although belonging to one of the
wealthiest brancnes of the family
Mrs. Vanderbilt was not inordinately
fond of society and spent much of
her time with her husband on his
100,000 acre para and farm near
Asheville, N. C.
CLEARFIELD, Pa., March 7.—
Jacob Huff was sentenced today by
Judge Bell to serve 19 years in the
penitentiary for the murder of his
wife last September. He was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
but was granted a new trial which
resulted in a verdict of murder in
the second degree. He shot his
wife while under the influence of
liquor.
CHICAGO, March 7.—Charles
Coler, whose claim that Emperor
William l was his father caused
much official correspondence be
tween the United States and German
governments, died here last night.
Up to the hour of his death he
claimed that he was entitled by right
to the throne of Germany.
PARIS, March 7.—Prefect of
Police Hennion today opened his
much heralded school for Paris
policemen. The basic principles of
all courses will be to train police
men to act according to common
sense rather than always following
explicitly the rigid rules set down
in the Paris police manuel. All
present members of the Paris force
of police will attend, alter which
recruits will have to attend for from
three to six months before becoming
eligible for membership on the
force.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 7.—
Chief Justice H. M. Cltbaugh, of the
supreme court of the District of
Columbia, died this morning. He
was appointed to the position in
1904.
PITTSBURG. PA., March 7.—
Proceedings in the criminal court
here today were interrupted by a
man, evidently a foreigner, pushing |
his way up to the judge’s bench and
declaring that he wanted work. The
clerk of the court led him from the
room aud he disappeared in the
crowd. He appeared to be in des
perate straits.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—
A poll of the members of the Senate
and House today disclosed the fact
that the administration has a safe
majority for the bill to repeal the
Panama Canal Tolls tot.
NELSON, B. C„ March 7.—Six
thousand Doukhobors, who have a i
settlement near this city, have sent'
a letter to the government asking
that the law compelling the regis
tration of births and deaths be re
pealed. The letter states that if the
law is enforced that the Doukhobors
will remove their clothing and ap
pear naked on the streets of the city.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—
Statistics have been compiled by the
postoftice department which refute
the contention ofi the railroads that
they were forced to carry mails at
a loss of more than $15,000,000
last year. Assistant Postmaster
General Stewart states that the gov
ernment is paying the railroads all
that the service is worth.
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 7.—
“Tommy” Manville, jr., son of the
New York, Milwaukee and Pittsburg
“asbestos king” was working to
day, with his fatner reconciled to his
wedding with Florence Huber a
chorus girl. He was filling a posi
tion as box mailer in the Johns
xvianville Company here. By work
ing Tommy was adding $12.50 per
week to his income of $10,000 per
year.
ERIE, Kansas, March 7.—Dr. C.
G. Fletcher, a wealthy physician of
North Yakima, Wash., committed
suicide in a hotel here last night.
He recently arrived in the city and
states that he intended to take up
his residence here. He had been
a resident of North Yakima for
more than 20 years and had made a
fortune through investments in real
estate. Family trouble is believed
to be the cause of the rash act.
CLEVELAND, March 7.—A refer
endum vote on the proposition of a
bond issue to raise $1,000,000 for
public recreation buildings will be
voted on here soon, it was an
nounced today. Brilliantly lighted
playgrounds for use at night of
those who work during the day is
part of the plan. Each playground
would be supplied with a gym
nasium.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—
Colonel Goethals believes that only
a very small percentage of the ma
chinery used for building the
Panama canal could be used for the
construction of the government rail
roads in Alaska. In offering his
testimony before the House com
mittee considering the Ramsdell bill
for Mississippi river improvements
he declared that it would be imprac
tical to use the Panama mahcinery
equipment on either the Alaska or
Mississippi projects with the excep
tion of some minor parts. The
great bulk of the machinery used in
building the canal had been espe
cially built for the purpose and was
of too massive construction to be
used to advantage. He believed
lighter machinery would be required
for building the railroads in Alaska
and was also of the opinion that
special machinery would be required
to handle the Missippi project when
it was undertaken.
MASSILON, Ohio., March 6.—
April 1C has been selected as the
date upon which Gen. Jacob S.
Coxey proposes to lead his second
“army of the unemployed” out of
Massiion for Washington. General
Coxey announced that demands will
be made upon Congress that work
be furnished for those in idleness.
Coxey plans to reach Washington at
the same time as the contingent
from the western states under
General Kelley.
LIES MOINES. Iowa, March 6.—
Preparations ar6 being made to
resist through the courts the en
forcement of the Iowa law provid
ing for the sterilization of insane,
diseased and criminal wards of the
commonwealth. A test case will be
entered in the name of a prisoner,
as plaintiff, but it is understood
that prison officials are paying the
legal expenses of the case.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—
The treasury department basing its
estimates on telegraphic reports
from internal revenue collectors,
states that the revenue derived
from the income tax, together with
the corporation tax, for the past
ten months is in excess of $100,
000,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 6.—
Explorer Steffanson, in a letter writ
ten to the National Geographical
Society, states that he will sled his
supplies from Point Barrow to St.
Patrick’s island during the winter.
He sends information that the mem
bers of the party are all enjoying
good health.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—
W. T. Lopp, chief clerk of the
Alaska division of the bureau of
education, is now in Washington to
appear before the House committee
on appropriations. He will ask for
S125,000 for medical relief and
$250,000 for food and necessaries
for the natives. Included in this
last appropriation is the item for
the new schooner.
It is the belief of government offi
cials that considerable money can
be saved in transportation by hav
ing a special government schooner,
and that the Indians may be trained
in sea-craft with much advantage to
themselves and the nation. The ship
could be used for transporting sup
plies during the summer and as a
training ship for natives during the
winter.
BOSTON, March 6.—Archdeacon
Stuck, of Fairbanks, Alaska, who
scaled Mt. McKinley, the highest
peak in America, delivered a lecture
here last night on Alaska. He de
clared that the crying need of the
territory was a system of wagon
roads rather than government rail
roads. He believes the appropria
tion of $7,230,000 asked for roads
by the Alaska Road Commission
will accomplish more for the de
velopment of the territory than will
the building of the trunk line to the
interior.
The Archdeacon has been all
over the territory and states that in
many camps, owing to the lack of
roads, the miners are compelled to
pay enormous rates to • have their
supplies delivered on the ground
where they are operating.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 6.—r
Senator Works in a speech in the
Senate today on the Mexican situa
tion declared that the United States
would be forced, to deal with
Mexico in a very decisive way in
the near future. Continuing he
characterized President Wilson’s
Mexican policy as “one of the dark
est pages of the American history.
We claim the right through the
Monroe Doctrine to protect foreign
ers in Mexico but we have failed to
do so, and other nations will be
justified in demanding satisfaction
if we do not secure it for them when
their subjects are unjustlv treated.”
PORTLAND, Ore., March 6.—The
prohibitionists of this state are
preparing to make a fight to have
this state go dry at the election
next November. Negotiations have
been opened with Billy Sunday, the
noted revivalist who has been hold
ing forth in Pittsburg for the past
two months with remarkable suc
cess, to conduct a state-wide revival
in the interest of prohibition. The
Ministerial Association are behind
the movement to have Sunday take
part in the fight.
SACRAMENTO, March 9.—A lone
bandit entered the Oak Park branch
of the Sacramento bank on Saturday
afternoon and secured $3,000 at the
point of a revolver. The bank is
located on one of the principal
streets near the pleasure resort
where hundreds pass every hour.
VALLEJO. Cal.. March 6.—
Orders have been received here by
the navy officials that the receiving
ship Cleveland be outfitted at once
with a full complement of men and
made ready to sail at an hour’s
notice. The officers are reticent
about giving out information claim
ing that they have received no in
formation beyond the order to pre
pare to sail, but it is presumed that
the vessel will be sent to Mexican
waters.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 6.
—George Ayler, town marshal of
Danville, was arrested on the
charge of obstructing the mail, and
is held for the federal grand Jury.
It is alleged that while intoxicated
he refused to permit the mails to
be placed on the train and delayed
the train 30 minutes.
PARIS, March 9.—According to
an announcement today the French
Military Academy have enrolled
more foreign officers who have come
to France to study than at any
previous time. They hail from all
parts of the world.
SEATTLE, March 9.—Mrs. Henry
Warner, wife of the Issaquah farmer
who wras found dead in his barn,
having been beaten to death, has
been arrested on suspicion of being
implicated in the murder. Letters
have been found showing that she
had a lover and tnat they had
planned to get rid of the husband.
Warner was one of the wealthiest
residents in his district.
SACRAMENTO. March 9.—“Gen
eral” Kelley of the army of unem
ployed, with 18 of liia ' lieutenants ’
were arrested upon their arrival in
this city on the charge of vagrancy.
There are over 1,000 men in the
army which iB marching to Wash
ington to urge President Wilson to
furnish employment of all who want
work.
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 9.—
Plans are being perfected to inaug
urate a campaign against national
prohibition by the United Brewery
Workers of America. They will at
tempt to enlist the support of
organized labor and have secured
the services of many well known
public speakers.
The organization has a member
ship of 50,000 and will fight prohibi
tion on the grounds that it would
deprive the moderate drinker of his
right to obtain stimulants and
would throw thousands of wage
earners out of employment.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—
Henry White, former ambassador to
Great Britain, in an address de
livered here Saturday night de
clared that President Wilson was
correct in his opposition to the
Panama Canal tolls act.
He was secretary of the ebmassy
at London, in 1898, and in the ab
sence of Ambassador Hay, opened
the negotiatons for the repeal of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty which was
supplanted by the Hay-Pauncefote
pact. Mr. White declared that
American diplomats had no thought
of exempting the United States
when they agreed to the provision of
stipulation that “all nations” should
use the Panama canal on equal
terms.
PORTLAND, March 10.—Port
land society was shocked today
when Edward Gerlinger filed suit
against Lloyd Frank for $200,000
for alienation of his wife’s affec
tions. Frank is a member of the
firm of Meyer & Frank, and has a
family living in this city. Owing to
the prominence of the parties con
cerned the filing of the suit has
caused a sensation.
NOTTINGHAM, Eng.. March 11.
—Suhragettes caused an outbreak
last night in the town of Buicole,
near this city, which resulted in the
destruction of every puolic building
In the town, by fire. The women
were marching through the streets
and started operations by breaking
windows along the line of march.
When disbanded by the police they
threatened the uestruction of the
public buildings and made good in
their threats. A number of the
leaders have been arrested and
threaten to start a hunger strike ir
detained in prison.
SACRAMENTO, March 11—“Gen
eral” Kelley’s army of unemployed
which reached here Sunday was
utterlyrouted last night by a mob
of citizens. Kelley and IS of his
lieutenants are in the lockup and
will receive light sentences as
vagrants.
The army, which numbers more
than 1,000 men, had pitched camp
on the banks of the river and were
making an active canvas for proven
der. The mob waited until morn
ing before visiting the camp. Fire
hose had been secured and the
quarters of the army ivere drenched.
Some of the men attempted to
resist tne citizens and were thrown
into the river. The officers of this
county are paid by the fee system
for the number of arrests made and
were inclined to gather in the whole
army but were forestalled by the
citizens.
MANY PEOPLE ARK
HOMELESS IX JEXEAT
Despite the fact that many large
blocks were erected and hundreds of
homes built in Juneau during the
past few months the demand for
houses is becoming more acute every
day. One rental agency reports that
they have a waiting list of over 40
and that a number of weddings are
being delayed because of the scarcity
of homes.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
HONORS D’HEIRRY
Paul D’Heirry, late United States
commissioner at. Chitina, was very
highly esteemed by all who knew
him and his many sterling qualities
were recognized by the citizens of
the interior town where he had
made his residence for the past
year. He was a member of the
Arctic Brotherhood, Camp Chitina,
No. 31, which passed the following
resolutions and ordered them spread
on the records of the camp and sent
to relatives of deceased:
“Whereas, It has pleased Al
mighty God in his infinite wisdom
to call to his last home our dear
brother, Paul D’Heirry, and
“Whereas, Our brother was one of
the organizers of our camp, and one
of it’s most active and enthusiastic
members, and at the time he was
called from us was our beloved Vice
Arctic Chief, and be it
“Resolved, That in the death of
Brother D’Heirry a great loss has
been suffered, not only by the Arctic
Brotherhood, but by the people of
the entire Copper River valley, and
that we sincerely mourn his loss,
and bow to the will of God, and that
be it further
“Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be spread on the minutes
of Camp Chitina, No. 31 and a copy
sent to his bereaved daughter, and
a copy sent to any other relative V.
may have, and a copv to the papers
of Cordova and Valdez,’’
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SAN FRANCISCO. March 10—W.
Naughton, the famous sporting
editor of the San Francisco Exam
iner, died today from heart disease.
He has been considered the best
postd man on sporting events in
America for years.
Naughton was a native of Aus
tralia and came to America many
years ago as manager for Peter
.Jackson, the colored pugilist. His
close connection with tlie sporting
fraternity enabled him to secure)
Inside information and his prog- f
nostications of the outcome of
events in the fighting game was fol
lowed by thousands of persons in
making their wagers. Soon after
coming to America he accepted the
editorship of the sporting depart
ment of the Hearst paper here and
has held the position ever since. His
writings on sporting topics are
familiar to the readers of nearly
every paper in America as his
articles were widely copied.
SEATTLE, March 6.—Mark W.
Harrington, former president of the
University of Washington, whose
hysterious disappearance many
years ago baffled all efforts of the
police and relatives to locate him,
has been found at Landsdale, Pa.
His mind is a complete blank con
cerning his life before he was appre
hended by the authorities of the
eastern cities as being unable to
care for himself. He has been
placed under medical care and
everything possible will be done to
restore his intellect. During all his
wanderings he had kept papers
which disclosed his identity when
searched by the officers.
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