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V THE 3IORNISG OKEGOMAX, KRLDAI"- 31AKC11 21, 1913. E.ETTEJD NAVAL OFFICEE WHOSE DEATH IS MYSTERY, AND WIDOW WHO 13 SUSPECTED, AS SHE APPEARED AT HIS BURIAL. 35 MORE GET SERUM GUIIi 2 PRISONER FLAUNTS sum E OL Miss Hocken Smiles With Con tentment as Deeds of Vio lence Are Charged. TRIAL FOR ARSON BEGN Great Exhibit of "Weapons," Taken From Militant Headquarters In London, Is Offered by British Prosecutor. LONDON. March 10. Miss Olive Hocken. the militant suffragette, who Is charged with firing the pavilion .of the Roehampton Golf Club, was put on ' trial today. Mlsa Hocken appeared to glory In the notoriety aha was achieving. Sha stood in the prisoner's enclosure wearing a bright sash in the suffra ge t la colors and smiled contentedly as the government lawyer detailed her activities in the Held of arson and In the destruction of mail. "WeapomV Are Exhibited. A. large assortment of suffragette "weapons' was Introduced as exhibits against Miss Hocken. Some of these were found In the militant suffragette "arsenal" in London on March 13. Others were taken from a gripsack alleged to have Been dropped by Mlsa Hocken In her flight from the golf links. The list of exhibits included telegraph wire cutting apparatus, bot tles of adds and corrosive fluid, ham mers, flints, tools for forcing windows, false Identification platea for automo biles, ropes, cotton wool. Are lighters. candles, paraffine, a suit of workmen's overalls and a set of pole climbers. Mlsa Psskkarst Advlsea Outrages. "These women have now sunk to climbing telegraph poles," said the government counsel dryly, as be called attention to the leg Irons. Among Miss Hocken's correspond ence, the government found a letter from Miss I'ankhurst. "openly Inciting har followers to acts of lawlessness and outrage. At the conclusion of the opening ad dress, tho magistrate adjourned the case lor a week. $100,000 Fir Damage Done. Two "arson squads" of militant suf fragettes succeeded In destroying $100.' 000 worth of property early today. One squad burned down the country resi dence of Lady Amy White, at Engle fleld Green, near the Thames. The other squad fired the buildings of the golf dub at eaton-auper-Mare, a fashionable Summer watering place In Somersetshire Lady White la the widow of Field Marshal Sir George White, the hero of Ladysmlth In the Transvaal War. The flames were discovered at 1 o'clock this morning and at that time had such a start that the efforts of -the local fire brigade were hopeless. Traces of oils and Inflammable ma terials were found scattered about the house, while around the grounds werel papers Inscribed "Stop torturing our romradea in prison." "Votes for Wo men." Two women on bicycles were seen In the neighborhood half an hour before the fire was discovered. The house was unoccupied. t r si Ik .:,Xv.,.,JM..1 . '-'':-. r- " 1 viBil " ' ' ': ''-;jgjS ABOVE", LATE RR A R-ADMIRAL EATON. BELOW, MRS. EATOS AtCD HER DAUGHTER, DOROTHY AINSWORTH, IN CEMETERY. POSTMASTERS QUIT JOBS Two Thousand Resign Rather Than Accept Civil Service. WASHINGTON. March 10. Because of the extension of the classified civil service to Include fourth-class post masters and the announcement that postmasters of that class would be subjected to a competitive examination, the Postoffice Department Is receiving nearly 20 resignations a day. Officials declare that about 2000 fourth-class postmasters have resigned since the executive order carrs'ing them into the civil service was Issued. Practically all of the resignations are In postotfices where the postmaster's sslary la merely nominal and where at times the expense of conducting the offtce equals the postmaster's compen sation. In many of the cases It will be exceedingly difficult to secure ap plicants who will take the prescribed exsmlnatlons. While the department is endeavoring to secure new postmasters, the Incum bents, although they have resigned, will be forced to discharge the duties of the office.' ' - 1 WIDOW IS PRISONER Arsenic Cause of Death and Mrs. Eaton Is Held. COUPLE'S LIFE TROUBLED SPIRIT IS SAID TO BECKON Alonxo Thompson, Dying Mnltimll Hotwire, Says Dead Father Calls. DENVER. March 20. Alonxo Thomp son, multl-mllllonalre spiritualist of this city, lies on his deathbed tonight, declaring that he Is In hourly commun ication with the .spirit of his dead father. Mr. Thompson Insists that his dead father Is constantly beckoning to him and telling him to join him in the spirit world. At the bedside of the dying spiritual ist are Mr. Thompson's two wealthy brothers. Charles Thompson, of Port land. Or., and Cyrus Thompson, of Belleville. 111. Financial Mis- Once Rich. Admiral Had Met fortune, Although Wife's First Ensband Caller at Home of Katons. (COTltlnnofl From First Page.) "AUTO BANDTT CONVICTED Informer Guarded in Jail to Prevent Injury by Companions. CHICAGO. March 20. James accused of being the brains of the "automobile bandtt" gang which com mitted many robberies in Chicago streets, was found guilty of highway robbery today and will be sentenced to an indeterminate term In the peni tentiary. Robert Webb, another member of the ganir long sought by the police, who testirieit yesterday against his com panions, after pleading guilty himself, was guarded in the Jail, his compan ions In prison having threatened hlra because of his testimony. stomach. The formal report of Pro fessor Whitney has not been made and the arrest was ordered upon a ver bal communication to the District At torney. For ten days the authorities have known that the admiral died of ar senical poisoning, and thetr efforts have been directed to finding where and by whom the poison was obtained and to laying bare the home life of the Eaton family. Home Life Troubled. In the first quest they have not been successful, tbo District Attorney says. Along the second line of Inquiry a wealth of evidence has been furnished by friends of the family and neighbors. The admiral and his wife, who was 20 years bis junior, did not always agree It Is said, regarding those who should be received at their home. Both bad been married before. The admiral's first wife was Mary Anne Varnum, whom he married at Dracut 1ST1. when he was a Uteutenant In the Navy. His body was burled beside that of Ms first wife. From his graduation at Annapolis until his retirement with the rank of rear admiral. In 1905. the life of the naval officer was filled with i honors, and be acquired a fortune. Boon after his retirement he met Mrs. t"crr3r- I innla Mav Alnswortn. the daughter of ' George Harrison, of Alexandria, Va. ; Mrs. Ainsworth later divorced her hua- band. D. H. Alnswortn, an employe of the Senate at Washington, and she and the admiral were rnarrled In 1907. Admiral's Courtship Described. The coortshlp was described by the admiral In a statement which he made it the ttme of a brief estrangement from bis wife four years ago. He said: "I met Mrs. Ainsworth in Chicago and thought she was a widow. At that time, however, she was not actually di vorced from her husband. It was not until just before my marriage that I learned sha had a husband. Then she told me that her husband was alive and that she had Just obtained a divorce OLEXDALE. Or.. March SO. (gpe- from him on the grounds of drunken- cm!. Word has 3u?t reached here of and desertion. the murder of Jim Barry, who until a -Durlng the Urns that I paid atten--ouple of days s?o worked on the rail- 1 fc knowing her straitened clr- road. He was murdered at Wolf Creek, i 1 . . . CORilunm uu t 1 ...... v 11. uuv JIM BARRY JS MURDERED Railroad Employe Is Killed at Wolf Creek, Near Glrndale. for the divorce proceedings which she had instituted against her husband. Promts to Marry Kept. "I married her because I had said I would and was too much of a gentleman to withdraw my promise. She has al ways been a good wife. "I knew that money was given to Ainsworth, but never with my consent 1 except once; then 1 paid his fare to Cleveland to get rid of him." After their marriage the Batons came to Brookline. Soon afterwards the Ad miral met with financial reverses and In his last days led an unpretentious life on a poultry farm In Norwell. His principal Income was from his al lowance as a retired naval officer, which amounted to $4000 a year. It is Understood that his estate Is represented largely by a life insurance policy for $5000. - Disappointed that a child had not been born to them, the Admiral about two years after his second marriage, secretly adopted an infant, which he proclaimed as his own. The deception was successful for a time, but the baby died when a few months old. Mrs. Eaton . declared that the Infant bad been poisoned, and an examination of the stomach Was made. Cbnrpre Causes Estrangement. No poison waa found, but as a result of her charge Mrs. Eaton was t tranged from her husband for a brief period. Then they were reconciled and again lived together. With them at that time lived the two daughters of Mrs. Eaton by her earlier marriage, June and Dorothy. June Is now the wife of Ralph P. Keyes. of Boston. Ainsworth, Mrs. Eaton's first husband, renewea friendly relations with the Eaton family and was an occasional visitor at their home. Mrs. Eaton said that her husband was much Inter ested In drugs and their effect on per sons and devoted much of his time to strange experiments. The blue and starred flag of the Kearsarge Association of Kaval Veter ans of Boston will wave over the grave of the Admiral at Dracut. The asso ciation made known today Its regret that no naval honors had been accord ed the dead officer and announced that It would mark his resting place with the association colors. SLAYER SENT TO ASYLUM Ralph Henry Is Committed, but Ex pects Soon to Be Free. cha tor A LB ANT, Or.. March 20. Ralph Henry, acquitted early yesterday of a arjre of murder In the first degree the killing of George Dodd near Corvallls last October, was taken to the State Insane Asylum at Salem to night on a commitment made today by Judge Kelly, based on the verdict of the jury, which found Henry not guilty on grounds of insanity. Henry will remain in the asylum un til experts pronounce him entirely sane and entitled to liberty. Henry walked out cheerfully from Jail, where he has passed the last four and one-half months. He expects to be liberated within a few days. lve miles south or here, some time lince last night. Jim 'har"'an, s section workman at Wolf Creek, who was sen In his com pAUy. has disappeared. T:i Coroner of Josephine County will arrive at Wolf Creek tonigut to hold an inquest. band was dead. I helped toward the support of herself and children, giving her money, though at the time I did not know for what purpose she was using it. Later, after the marriage. I learned inadvertently that I had been, paying ARIZONA ADMITS HEALERS New Medical Bill Recognizing Chris tian. Science Passed. PHOENIX, Aria. March 20. The House bill regulating the practice of medicine was passed by the Senate to day. Like the- California bill, it per mits healing by Christian Science prac titioners. The Senate also passed and sent to the House the bill forbidding the is suance of certificates to physicians, dentists and opticians suffering with tuberculosis. Governor Hunt signed the bill mak ing it a crime to coerce anyone into signing an initiative and referendum petition. Mothers, With Deformed Babies, Plead on Knees. SUFFERERS BEG FOR 'CURE' 17-Year-Old Boy Treated 19 Days Ago When He Could Hardly Move Goes Through Exercises, Con- -fident of Vaccine. NEW VORIC, March 20. In the pres ence of scores of physicians gathered from all parts of the country, many of them representing city health boards. Dr. Friedertch F. Friedmann treated S5 patients with his tuberculosis vaccine today. Twent-niiie of the- sufferers were deformed babies. Before holding his demonstration the Berlin specialist issued a statement ad vising out-of-town persons not to come to New York with the hope of being treated until after the Government had passed on bis vaccine at the conclusion of Its inquiry. Mothers Beg for Serum. At the doors or the hospital for de formities and joint diseases. Dr. Fried mann was beset by a throng of sufferers who besought him to treat them. The patients he attended, however, already had been selected, and be had to force his way gently through the crowd of disappointed men and women. A mother with a child sank to her knees, holdin the baby toward the physician in out stretched arms. During the clinic a 17-year-old boy worked in the operating room. He was a patient treated with the vaccine 12 days ago. "Look at my leg," he said to Dr. Friedmann, baring his knee. "When you injected your vaccine I could hard ly move, the leg was so swollen. Now I know that I will get well." Physicians Examine Patteat. The boy went through exercises to show the suppleness of his legs and then submitted to examination by th gatnered physicians. Diseases of the bones were treated today. Dr. Friedmann will hold a clinic at Bellevue Hospital tomorrow, to treat pulmonary cases. Dr. Friedmann has requested the Government physicians, who attended the clinic today, to place ur. .Arthur Atkinson, a Wisconsin phy sician, on the list of patients to be treated at Bellevue. Dr. Atkinson, suf. fering from pulmonary tuberculosis, came East to urge Dr. Friedmann to treat him. POPE IMPROVES RAPIDLY Wish Expressed to Receive Porflrlo Diaz After Easter. ROME. March 20. The condition of Pope Pius Is improving rapidly. Today for the first time since his Indispo sition he was up almost the entire day. For a time he left his bedroom and went Into the adjoining study. Be sides receiving Cardinal Merry del Val, he gave an audience also to the Italian archbishop and to a bishop who had urgent matters to discuss. The Pope also for the first time since his illness took a meal in the dining-room. The pontiff expressed the desire to see General Porflrlo Diaz, for mer President of Mexico, If he were able to remain in Rome until after Easter. Anti-Free Lunch Bill Signed. JEFFERSON CJTT, Mo., March 20. Governor Major today signed a bill making It unlawful for saloons to serve free lunches. The law was urged by the St, Louis Retail Liquor Dealers Association. It is said tnat its enforce ment will save St. Louis saloon keepers $250,000 a year. Holder's Successor Appointed. CLEVELAND, March 20. Inspector William 8. Rowe, 33 years a member of the police department, was appointed chief of police today by Mayor Baker to succeed Fred Kohler, who wa re- You'll Proud Serve Be to O L Y M I A on your table. It is brewed by the most approved process from the finest materials. Just phone Main 671 or A 2467 and have a case delivered. Oly mpia Brewing Company 1 Easter Comes Everybody wants new-apparel if THIS is my personal invita tion to you to come and see this great exhibit of the world's best clothing. Beautiful new fabrics for these new Spring days, gathered here from home and foreign looms. Fuli of the beauty and the grace of the Sprinij time. Designed in perfection and tai lored without a fault, they will make a mighty appeal to you for possession-Prices, however, are modest; $20, $25, $30 and $35 for the cleverest models that can be made by human skill. Look them over ; try them on. My young men will- enjoy showing them to you. 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From All Classes of Society, Women and Girls Are Showing Great In terest in the Literary Side of "The Staff of Life." Mrs. Davis, whose photograph we reoroduce herewith. Is taking; an active Interest in the Prize Story Con test of the Royal Bakery and Confec tionery. Unlike most women of today Mrs. Davis is not ashamed of her agre and Is proud of the fact that on Lin coln's birthday she will celebrate 1 years of an active llfo. Her interest in domestic science prompted her to enter a very attractive story in verse. Stories are being- received dally. In One of the Many Royal Bakery. Prise Story Contestants. a 1 it: T 'Y-Jy 4 I Z i - i - a MRS. S. J. DAVIS, Montgomery Apta Portland. every mail, from women, both youne and old, as well as from many little tots who are taking a mature Interest in future housekeeping problems. The contest closes on Monday at noon. March 24. For any Information call the Contest Editor, Main 5555 or A-2555. 'It's Yes! the Water.' 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