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FRIENDS OF EATON
FAMILY ON STAND
Wife of Rear-Admiral Wished
Him Dead, Testifies Henry
M. Cates, of Rockland.
EXPERTS GIVE TESTIMONY
Quantity Found In Stomach Might
15c Indication Poison Was Self
Adminlstcrcd Widow's Letter
Is Introduced at Trial.
PLYMOUTH. Mass.. Oct. 20. Rear
Admiral Joseph . Eaton died from poi
son, at least one dose of which was ad
ministered within six or eight hours
or his death, during- which time, the
testimony showed, he was unconscious
This statement of medical experts
waa the principal evidence introduced
by the Government in its efi'irts to
support its charge that the Admiral
came to his death at the hands of his
wife. Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, now on
trial for her life.
That Mrs. Eaton had many times
said that she wished that her husband
was dead was the statement made on
the witness stand today by Henry M.
Cates. of Rockland, who knew the fam
ily in 1910.
Experts Take Stand.
Testimony as to the finding of poi
son in the Admiral s body and indica
tions as to the time and manner of its
administration, was given by Profes
sors W. F. Whitney and William Ualch
of Harvard Medical School. These ex
perts, retained by the Government, had
analyzed the contents of the organs
removed from the body or tne Aamirai.
Sixteen grains of pure white arsenic
was found and a greater amount prob
ably was thrown off from the Admiral's
system before death, according to the
testimony.
Both professors admitted under
cross-examination that the presence of
a large quantity of arsenic has been
accepted by experts as an indication
that the poison was self-administered.
Defeane Confirmation Falls.
District Attorney Albert Barker, In
re-direct examination, brought out
testimony to show that the poison
might have been administered equally
well by some other person. It is the
contention of the .Government that poi
son was given the Admiral in tea and
other beverages by his wife.
The defense failed today to secure
any confirmation of its contention that
the Admiral used Intoxicants frequent
ly and then resorted to drugs to over
come the after effects.
Professor Whitney said death was
not caused by arsenic in the form to
be found in the parts green kept in the
Eaton home.
Mrs. Eaton's Letter Read.
A letter written by Mrs. Eaton to
Professor Whitney in 1909. while the
chemist was examining the digestive
organs of an adopted child of the
Eatons who had died suddenly, was
introduced. The writer said, m part:
"Will you kindly Inform me how
much longer It will be before you can
state exactly what my dear little
healthy, strong child died from? I am
here alone in this isolated place with
my husband. Admiral J. G. Eaton,
whom I know to be a dangerous man.
"Now, please search for foreign poi
sons, as ho has talked to me freely
about foreign poisons and he has ail
the cleverness of a maniac and Is cun
ning enough to use one that would be
hard to detect. He has been planning
my death all day today, and yet I am
powerless and I trust on the finding
of poison to have him examined for
insanity and taken care of."
Mrs. Annie Driscoll, of Rockland,
friend of the Eatons, testified to hav
ing stayed at the Eaton home for three
months in 1912. at Mrs. Eaton s re
quest, "to keep this feeble old man
away from a woman who wants to get
his money. She said Mrs. Eaton be
lieved the Admiral was Insane and
complained that he was always flirt
ing with girls and women. Mrs. Prls
coll said that while she was at the
Eaton home the Admiral's habits were
regular and ordorly.
Charles Hilt, a neighbor of the
Eatons in Assinippi, testified that he
was told by Mrs. Eaton that she went
to a doctor in an attempt to have the
Admiral declared Insane.
"But," Mr. Hilt said. "Mrs. Eaton
told me that If anybody was crazy It
was she."
Mr. Hilt declared he had never seen
the Admiral Intoxicated or under the
influence of drugs.
" Pantry Doors Locked.
From M. Shurtleff, of South Wey
mouth, a tradesman, came testimony
that Mrs. Eaton had said that the
Admiral placed poison in food which
she ate at a theater party In 1910 in
Boston. Mr. ShurtlenT added that Mrs.
Eaton appeared to be so afraid that
the Admiral would poison the family
food that she had extra locks attached
to the pantry door at their Summer
home in Weymouth.
Miss Katherine Griffin, of Boston,
testified that while employed as a book,
keeper In May, 1912, in the Eaton home
Mrs. Eaton had accused her of making
the Admiral sick, of taking advantage
of him because he was crazy and. of
taking all his money.
"Mrs. Eaton has a bad temper," the
witness concluded.
Assistant District Attorney Fred G.
Katzmann stated tonight that the
Government expected to rest its case
Thursday. The defense, it was learned,
may finish its presentation of evidence
by Saturday night or Monday forenoon.
zer to make the race. They brought
petitions signed by 2000 voters in the
district, asking Sulzer to run. There
are said to ba only 5700 voters in the
entire district. Mrs. Sulzer urged him
to accept the nomination.
Obviously Sulzer was well-pleased
with his nomination. He walked up
and down his office in the mansion,
smoking a cigar, smiling and telling
how he intended to fight his enemies
to the last ditch.
He waved his callers to a chair and
began to tell how he regarded his re
moval as a possible real blessing in
disguise.
"The Indians declare," ho said, "that
everything is for the best. I'm pretty
much of an Indian myself. I ve been
out West 14 times. Sometimes I think
that's where I belong. People out
there have written me since I started
this fight against Tammany Hall that
if I were among them they would send
me to the United States Senate. Maybe
they would. I don't seem to get on
very well in this effete East.
Reforms Not to Be Dropped.
"But I started to say that I thought
maybe my removal was for the best.
What could I do in the Governors
chair? Nothing. But I can do a lot in
the Assembly and other places. I can
carry out my reforms there. I tried
to carry them out in the Governor's
chair."
He was silent for a moment, walking
the length of the room. Suddenly he
stormed, closed his eves and said:
"Yes, sir, I tried so hard tnai i iosi
mv lob."
"I'll see you here In January," he
said and he disappeared into his study
with the Injunction that he be not
disturbed.
The nomination of the Impeached ex
ecutive was brought about through the
desires of the state and county leaders
of the Progressive party. The sentir
ment among the Progressives through
out the state and other states gener
ally was against the move, according to
State Chairman Theodore Douglas Rob
inson and County Chairman Francis W.
Bird.
Will of People Considered.
Mr. Bird in a letter to' Mr. Steindler
before the meeting began cautioned him
regarding "the unwisdom of nominat
ing Mr. Sulzer." "Of course it is a
fundamental Progressive principle that
the settled 'will of the people in any
district should govern In the making
of nominations," Mr. Bird wrote. "Pro
gressives everywhere will recognize
that the committee must perforce act
In accordance with the settled will of
the people of that district."
However, Mr. Bird pointed out that
although 3200 voters in all parties, as
he was informed, out of a total of 6000
voters, had signed a petition favoring
Mr. Sulzer s nomination, such a nomi
nation, "if brought about In this way
would be more of a neighborhood than
a party nomination. It would not be a
strictly Progressive designation, but
nomination by the voters of all the
parties in the district, using the vacan
cy that happens to be on the Progres
sive ticket for their purpose.
After Mr. Sulzer had been nominated
tonight there was a demonstration In
the east side meeting hall. Bands in
the streets played National airs. The
nomination was made unanimous.
CHURCH ASKED TO
CHAMPION WORKER
Protestant Episcopalians Re
quested to Demand Better
Social Justice.
WEALTH PROBLEM ISSUE
More Eauitable Distribution of
Riches Wanted Capital - Labor
Strife Condemned Mission
ary Bishops Elected.
IDAHO IS URGED TO ACT
COMPLETION OF RECLAMATION
PROJECTS RECOMMENDED.
F. II. Newell Cites Bad Standing of
Irrigation Bonds and Points to
Example Set by Oregon.
SULZER OUT FOR ASSEMBLY
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back in the executive chair. His
promise Is to make the "fur fly" If
he is made an Assemblyman.
"And I will make it warm for my
enemies in the Assembly," he said,
"and I'll make them take notice in
other places, too."
His statement follows in part:
"In view of the urgent pleadings
from lifelong friends and the request
in writing from more than half of the
registered voters of the Sixth Assembly
District, regardless of party affilia
tions, begging me to accept the nomin
ation for member of Assembly to fur
ther the cause of honest government,
X have consented to come back to Al
bany as a member of the Assembly
for the good that I can do. I shall be
a non-partisan candidate, having no
ax to grind and no motive or pur
pose other than to do what I 'can for
tho cause of good government the
struggle for which brought about my
removal from the Governorship by an
arrogant boss whose dictates to do
wrong I defied."
Jewish Leaders Urge.
Sulzer agreed to run after consult
ing with a score of political advisers
today. The rabbis of every synagogue
In the slxtn district called at the
executive mansion today to urge Sul-
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 20. (Special.)
That Idaho should follow the lead of
Oregon and Washington in joining
hands with the Reclamation Service to
omplete Its half-finished Irrigation
projects and again turn the tide of im
migration to the Northwest, is the
opinion of F. H. Newell, director of the
Reclamation Service. Mr. Newell s
rived In Boise today. He has been In
the service since it began Its work
and has watched the progress of every
irrigation project started by the Gov
ernment.
"The time has come when irrigation
bonds are worthless in the East." said
Mr. Newell, "and It Is absolutely use
less to launch any project with private
capital, as the people have lost con
fidence in irrigation projects not
backed by the Government or state.
"Oregon is in the same boat as Idaho.
It has a number of half completed proj
ects upon which people have settled
and who are having a hard struggle to
get along without a sufficient amount
of water. That state, however, has
put up $40,000 and the Reclamation
Service a like amount, and an Investi
gation is being conducted by the Re
clamation Service engineers to ascer
tain the feasibility of completing the
projects and if conditions are found
favorable the state and Reclamation
Service will join hands In the work.
Washington Is doing the same thing.
GARRISON OFF TO COLON
Secretary of War Goes to Learn
Canal Zone Lair Needs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Secretary
Garrison, accompanied by Mrs. Garri
son and Brigadier-General Erasmus M.
Weaver, chief of the Coast Artillery,
will leave Washington tomorrow after
noon for New York to sail Wednesday
for Colon. The Secretary expects to pass
a week inspecting the canal and con
ferring with Colonel Goethals and the
other members of the canal commis
sion regarding the legislation necessary
for the operation of the great water
way after its completion.
The party will sail from Colon No
vember 1 on their return to New York,
where they are due November 10.
COFFEE PRICES ADVANCE
Rumors of Cold Weather in Brazil
Have Effect.
NEW TORE, Oct. 20. There was a
big advance in the coffee market to
day on rumors of cold weather in
Brazil and unfavorable private crop
advances. Early offerings were com
paratively light after the hasty liquida
tion of late last week, but selling be
came heavier as prices reached a level
35 to 39 points above the closing figures
of Saturday and caused reactions of
some 12 or 15 points in the late trading.
The spot market was firm and half a
cent higher in sympathy with the ad
vance in futures.
TWO BURN IN SMOKESTACK
Workmen Are Victims of Explosion
Caused toy Gasoline.
ELY, Nev., Oct. 20. Two men were
burned to death and four others re
ceived minor injuries at McGlll when
an explosion occurred today in the
smokestack of the Steptoe smelter.
The men were lining the interior of
a new smokestack with an acid-resisting
compound. The hose connecting
with a gasoline torch which they were
using became disconnected and the ex
plosion followed.
The only man In the country whose name
and address reads the same -way which
ever end you start It Is O. M. Re-rer, Keger,
Mo., according to the Brooktleld (Mo.)
Gazette
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The Protest
ant Episcopal Church in general con
vention was called on today to demand
a "more equitable distribution of
wealth and a Just return for the
worker." A resolution to this effect,
introduced in the House of Deputies by
Rathbone Gardner, a lay delegate from
Providence, R. I., .avas one of the most
radical the convention has had to deal
with along this line. The deputies
voted down a request to consider the
resolution immediately and it was re
ferred to the committee on social service.
A movement for a "preaching mis
sion of wide proportions what some
other denominations would term evan
gelical work" was started by a reso
lution Introduced by the Rev. James
E. Freeman, of Minneapolis.
Comment Is Aroused.
Mr. Gardner's social service measure
aroused comment by its unsparing de
nunciation of present social conditions.
The most disproportionate inequality
and glaring injustices," it said, "as well
as misunderstandings, prejudices and
hatred as between employer and em
ploye are widespread In our social and
industrial life." It provided that the
church declare Itself for the ideal of
social justice and asked every com
municant to study conditions and try
to remedy them. r
The House of Deputies adopted a
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to make a gen
eral Investigation of business methods
of the church and recommend reforms
at the next convention.'
Pension Flan Submitted.
The House of Deputies considered
the support of its clergymen. A pen
sion plan was submitted by Monell
Sayre, of New York. As a result of
the preliminary report of the joint
committee appointed to take up this
matter a resolution was adopted con
tinuing the commission with power to
become a corporation and put into
operation a pension system covering
the entire territory of the Episcopal
Church. The maximum pension will be
$2000 a year and the minimum $500.
It was stated authoritatively today
the general convention, which was to
hav closed next Saturday, will con
tinue into the following week, owing
to the amount of important legislation
yet to be considered.
. Bishops Are Elected.
Four missionary bishops of the Protes-
tane Episcopal Church were elected by
the house of bishops. They are: Bishop
of North Dakota, Hugh Burleson, of
New York City; bishop of Spokane, W.
B. Capers, of Columbia, Tenn.'; bishop
of Cuba, Milo H. Gates, of New York
City; bishop of New Mexico, F. C.
Howden, of Georgetown, D. C.
The action of the house of bishops
must be ratified by the house of depu
ties before the new bishops are ap
pointed, but it is practically certain
that the choice made by the former
body will be allowed to stand.
Dr. Burleson, chosen for bishop of
iMortn uaKota, is secretary of the
church board of missions, with head
quarters in this city. Dr. Capers Is
principal of the Columbia Institute for
Girls at Columbia, Tenn. Dr. Milo H.
Gates Is vicar of the Chapel of the In
tercession of New York. Dr. Howden
is rector of St. John's Church at
Georgetown.
The Very Rev. Charles Blaney Col
more, dean of the cathedral at Havana,
Cuba, was selected by the house of
bishops as bishop of Porto Rico. This
missionary district included Haytl and
San Domingo.
POWER PLANT MAY GO IN
COWLITZ RIVER PROJECT
INVESTIGATED.
IS
Dam Near Mayfield Declared) Cap
able of Developing 25,000 Horse
power Doing Little Damage.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe
clal.) Development of the water-power
in the Cowlitz River channer at May
field, 25 miles east of Chehalls. is to be
commenced, according to information
received here today.
For some time past the ground has
been gone over carefully and the in
formation secured is said to satisfy the
men who propose to put their money
into the plan. Oklahoma capitalists are
said to be back of the plan, and it is
said they have ample funds to carry it
out in Its entirety.
The Mayfield project is declared the
easiest accessible of any water-power
project in Southwest Washington, ac
cording to men who have investigated
its merits. It is said that fully 25,000
horsepower can be developed.
The Cowlitz River, which feeds from
Mount Rainier, carries a heavy flow of
water the whole year, running from
three to five males through a narrow
gorge of high rock walls. By building
a dam it would be possible to harness
a powerful flow of water and the dam
age to lands up the valley are said to
be slight.
Recently the Washington Public
Service Company asked for a franchise
from Chehalls northward to carry high-
power transmission wires Into the City
oi uiympia. This petition win be neard
by the Commissioners November 30. It
is understood that there may be a re
quest to delay action temporarily on
this proposed franchise.
The lands below Mayfield, where the
power site is located, belong to the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, to men
interested in the Washington Electric
Company and private persons.
OFFICIALS SEEK NEW TRIAL
Error Alleged to Have Occurred
Case Against Raymond' Men.
in
SOUTH BEND, Wash- Oct 20. (Spe
cial.). John T. Welsh, of counsel for
Martin C. Welsh, City Attorney of Ray
mond, and J. W. Jackson, convicted
Saturday of conspiracy to suborn per
jury, today filed a motion for a new
trial with Superior Judge Wright.
The motion alleges error. The first
trial cost the taxpayers approximately
$7000.
This RemaAable Sale of
Shows for Itself Its Superiority Over Any Previous Sale in These Particulars
1 The Rarity of the Collections
2 The Clear Desirability of the Pieces Offered
3 The Sale Prices Marked in Plain Figures .
4 The Proof of Genuineness
5 The Absence of Any Doctored,
Moth-Eaten;
Darned Rugs
6 The Lack of Guile, Cappers or Oriental Fairy Tales
A $50,000 Stock at Cost Price
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY
This Sale Is Intended to Stop for Once and for All Time
- The Supposition That Oriental Rugs Can Be Purchased at Auction Sales at Import Cost
We Again Make This Assertion
At No Time At No Sale Here or Elsewhere Even in Constantinople
Have Oriental Rugs Been Sold So Cheap
JtermanstfmJjg, iHestfjeb, aroufesf, Surbfetans, &a?aks, itlostaute, efjtrrjan$
From the Small Prayer Rug to Carpet and Room Size
NOTICE
We Reserve the Right to Restrict the Sale of Any Rug or Carpet to Any
Person We Know to Be Acting in the Interest of or for Rug Dealers
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cT'Merchandiso of c Merit Ory
BANANA HATE OPPOSED
KANSAS AXT NEBRASKA POINTS
Charge Discrimination.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Agent Considers Complaints ot
Commercial Organizations.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 20. Evidence to
support the complaints of various asso
ciations and commercial organizations
in Kansas that the freight tariffs on
bananas shipped from New Orleans
and Galveston, to Topeka, Wichita and
Hutchinson are discriminatory as com.
pared with the rates to Nebraska, Iowa
and South Dakota points, was submit
ted here today at a hearing before u.
R. Marshall, special examiner of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The SDecifio complaints under con
sideration were one filed by the Traffic
Assoclatipn of Topeka to the effect that
the railroads had discriminated against
Topeka in favor of Lincoln and Beat
rice, Neb., and another in which com
mercial organizations of Wichita and
Hutchinson charged that the rates on
bananas from the Gulf of Mexico to
those points were both discriminatory
and unreasonable.
Another complaint pending before the
commission was filed by jobbers ot
Lincoln and Beatrice, who objected to
the action of the railroads In raising
the rates on bananas from the Gulf to
those points to equalize the rates to
Kansas and Nebraska points.
This proposed increase has been sus
pended by an order of the commission. refused to return to her husband
little daughter witnessed the shooting I So ends the celebrated import rate
of her mother and ran screaming to a lease in which the two cities fought for
neighbor's house. Payne and his wife J advantages.
had been separated and Mrs. Payne had
CHARGES MAY BE FILED
Man Who Shot Brother Liable to Be
Prosecuted.
MEDFORD. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
In spite of the finding of the Coroner s
Jury today that Elmer Conger met his
death from a gunshot wound inflicted
by his brother, A. P. Conger, Saturday,
and that death was accidental, the
case will be brought before the grand
Jury at Jacksonville Wednesday, and
a charge of criminal carelessness prob
ably will be entered against the
brother. In the opinion of the Prose
cuting Attorney, such action is neces
sary, as the evidence at the Coroner's
inquest showed that it was a noise
that A. P. Conger shot at, and not the
figure of his brother which he mistook
for a deer.
Friends of the family have urged
the authorities to drop the case, in
consideration for the young man's
feelings, as he is wrought tip over the
tragedy, but they will not be dissuaded.
The funeral of Elmer Conger will be
held at Jacksonville tomorrow.
Husband Slays Wife and Seir.
TRENTON, N. J.. Oct. 20. William
Payne, aged 60, a farmer living 10
miles south of Trenton, killed his wife
today and then committed suicide. A
CLEET0N MAY SEEK POST
Portland Judge Thinks Multnomah
Should Have Place in Court.
Many of the friends of Circuit Judge
Cleeton, presiding judge of Multnomah
County, are urging him to become a
candidate for the Supreme Court, and
he is considering the matter and will
make a definite announcement in the
next few days. Judge Cleeton has been
probate judge In Multnomah County
ofr many years, and recently was pro
moted to the Circuit bench. In dis
cussing his probable candidacy. Judge
Cleeton said:
"There is not and has not been a
Multnomah lawyer on the Supreme
Court. More than one-half of the liti
gation that goes to the court for final
determination arises in Portland. Un
der these conditions it seems that Mult
nomah should have at least two f the
seven members of the court. I am con
sidering seeking a place and will make
a definite announcement in a few days."
Celebrated Rate Case Ends.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The Inter
state Commerce Commission ordered
today that for two years the railroad
rates on imports westbound from New
York and Boston shall be the same.
All British coins are legal tender in
Canada.
Drink itW
Between
Meals
Ward off headaches by drinking a cup
of bouillon between meals. Make your
bouillon by dropping an ARMOUR
BOUILLON CUBE into a cup of hot
wnter and you will bare a deliciou birnd of
flavors Ixwf (or chicken) with rentable
and seasoning.
Stimulating Invigorating Refreghing
in boxes ot 11, 53 and loo
For Pfewa Sittptes, AOdnwm Armor aaa Comvmmr, CTBIemn