THE WASHINGTON HERALD THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24 1910

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DS CRIPPEN DIES

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Wife Murderer Pays Penalty-

in London Prison

MAKES ALLEGED CONFESSION

London Paper Publishes Story Cred-

ited Cripiien Neither BlackPine Nor Hell Annonnccs DropsFall Effort io Commit SuicideFrifntrntert liy Prison Guards

London Nov 23 Dr Hawley Harveytho American dentist who was

onvktpa of the murder of his wife Coraknown on the stage as Belle Blmore washanger in Pentonvllle prison at 9 oclockthis morning

A great crowd gathered early inaround the gates of tho prison

gray walls were wrapped In forbut there was nothing for them to see

a private coach containing andriving into the jail and out

again black flag is not run upwhen a men Is hanged as was formerlythe custom and there Is no signal to de-

note that the judgment of the courts haskeen carried out

Another change from the old system isthat no hell is now tolled when the hang-

ing is taking place This is out of con-

sideration for the other prisoners whoin prison under sentence of death

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thpir sentencesKxecnUon Is Private

A large scroen had boon erected withinthe walls of the prison on the northeast

in order jhat the residents offlats might not witness the execu-

tion Even the skIes of the pit intowhich the body dropped were padded sothat the trapdoor should work in silenceNo reporters were admitted-

As the clock struck 9 the crowd stoodsilent for a moment Ten minutes laterthe iindersheritf departed thus Inti-mating that all was over The crowdthen dispersed without making anydemonstration

Tippen weighed just over 140 poundslie was called at an early hour thismorning and dressed in his own clothesHe spent hte last moments in the com-pany of a Roman Catholic priest Fatherrare who says the murdered diedbraver fortified by the rites of theChurch He walked firmly to the seatfoldThe Dally Mali says that while Crippen was in bed last night he removedThe glasses from his spectacles andbroke them with the apparent intentionof committing suicide by opening veinHis movements attracted the attention ofthe warders who were watching himand they Immediately searched timThey found fragments of glass hiddenIn his underclothing

Crippen passed a restless night Whenhe was awakened this morning he lookedTale and haggard and left his breakfastpractically untouched When Bxocutioner Lido and his assistants enteredthe murderers cell a few minutes before9 oclock Crippen arose slowly and quietly submitted to the pinioning of hisarms

Denth Quickly FollowsHe was then escorted from the cell by

two warders who assisted him on theFcaffoW where he seemed to be on the

of eollapfo The noose and white-cap were quickly adjusted and the exe-

cutioner then drew the bolt which freedthe drop Death Is stated to have beeninstantaneous

Five minutes after the hanging theusual official notices were affixed to theprison gates

The inquest on the of Dr Crippenwas held at Pentonville prison this after-noon The Jury attar listening to thebrief testimony rendered a verdict thatthe judgment of death had been dulyexecuted

The prison doctor testified that Crippenmade no resistance and did not struggleagainst the warders The whole proceed-ings from the time the executioner en-

tered Crippens cell until the death occupied only one minute

Notwithstanding the fact that the homeoffice Scotland Yard Arthur NewtonOippens solicitor and the prison off-

icers emphatically deny the report thatthe murderer who was hanged this morn-Ing made any confession the EveningTimes persists that such is the caseTh paper publishes lengthy narrativewhich it is alleged Crippon gave to hisfriends after he had been sentenced todeath

The statement is by no means convincing It Is written all the way through-in the third person It declares thatCrippen and his wife quarreled frequently She was fond of boasting of herconquests over other men and was con-

stantly threatening to leave him Sheoften spent at a time indoorsdressed in her underclothes with a paja-ma jacket across her shoulders Humi-liated and exasperated by her insultsrrippen refused to occupy the same bedroom with her and sought elsewhere forsympathy which he found In Miss Leneve

Gnve Wife BismuthCrippen tho alleged confession says

finally decided to rid himself of hIs wifeShA had for some time been taking aremedy for indigestion This consisted-of sugarcoated tablets containing bismuth Crinpon decided to administerhyoHcin in the same fashion lIe gavehis wife the first tablet utter dinner onJanuary 311 last when after the departure of Mr and Mrs Paul Martlnettlthe actor and actress who were friendsof the Crlppens he became aggravated byIsle wifes boastful allusions to her vari-ous love affairs But this was not asthe evidence given at the trial Indicated-a fatal dose

When Crippen returned home on thenight of February 1 according to thestory he found his wife half dressedwith curlers in her hair and a pajamajacket about her shoulders Dinner wasnot ready and everything was untidyand in disorder That same night hegave her another tablet His wife fellinto a stupor from the effects of thisand died within an hour

It was on the evening of February 2RO tho story goes when Crippen begandissecting the remains with a surgicalknife which he had bought several daysbefore Ho severed the head handsfeet and then removed the bones whichhe placed in the kitchen stove and whichwere soon reduced to ashes which hethrew in tho dust hole among the houserefuse This task occupied some days

Meantime decomposition of the fleshset In anti Crippen was afraid the neighbors would detect it and seek the sourceHe then deckled to bury the remains ina hole In the collar where they worefound afterward He throw the knife hehad used into the garden of a nearlyempty house where apparently it stillremains

Respecting the foregoing narrative itIs assorted that Crippen although he didnot confess made a statement for post-humous publication which he handed toMiss Leneve This It is claimed Is theonly statement that Crippen authorized

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HISTORY OF CRIPPEN CASE

February 1 Belle Elmoro believed to have been slain on this dateMarch 26 Notice is published in the daily papers to the effect that Belle

Elmore has died suddenly In CaliforniaJuly Dow visits Crippen at his homeJuly 3 Crippen flees from tho city with his typist Ethel NoneveJuly 13 Decomposed body of Belle Elmore found in cellar of Crippens

home in LondonJuly 20 Crippen and his companion sail from Antwerp aboard the

steamer MontroseJuly 32 Capt Kendall of the Montrose recognizes Crippen and com-

municates with Scotland Yard by wirelessJuly 23 Inspector Dew leaves Liverpool aboard the steamer Laurontlo

for Quebec tJuly 31 Crippen and Miss Loneve placed under arrest aa their vessel

arrives at Father Point QuebecAugust 20 Inspector Dew sails from Quebec with his prisonersAugust 21 The party reaches LondonSeptember 21 Crippen and his companion formally committed for trial

for the murder of his wifeSeptember 26 Coroners Jury returns verdict of willful murder against

CrippenOctober IS Crippen placed on trial for his lifeOetober 22 Crippen found guilty and sentenced to be hangedOctober 26 Miss Leneve acquitted of the charge of being an accessoryNovember 5 Criminal Court of Appeals rejoots Crlppons appealNovember 1 Date of hanging ohangod from November S to November 23November 23 Crippen hanged in London

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DR WILEY URGES PUBLICITY

Prices to Consumer Can Thus Be

Made Reasonable Says Expert

DlHpcnse the MiddlemanIrofllN nml Ilenettt Both the S

Farmer and Housewife

Pittgburg Nov 23 The prices paid by

the consumer for food stuffs today loomup like the Washington Monument while

the prices received by the farmer looklike an humble gravestone said DrHarvey W Wiley

I am a farmer sam Dr Wiley andwhat I want to see Is the cost of thingsreduced to the consumer and at the same

time have the farmers returns IncreasedRecently I tried to buy two carloads

of lumber from a number of VirginiaWest Virginia and Carolina lumber

but would they sell it to me Notso you could show a receipt for It They

told me to buy it from the jobbers whopurchased It from them When I triedto do this the jobbers told me theycould sell only to retailers and that Iwould have to pay the retailers profitto get the lumber As a result I had topay 300 more for It than It would havecost had the producer sold it to me direct

Publicity publicity and more publicitywill equalize these things Hammer atthe middlemans profits day and nightand in time hell have to pay the farmermore and charge the consumer lessPublicity was what made the pure foodlaw Enough of it will wipe out the

between the 5 cents that thefarmer gets for his steer to the price thehousewife pays for the porterhousesteak

ROBERT CLOWRY RETIRES-

T X Vail New President of theWestern Union Company

New York Nov 23 Robert C dowrypresident of the Western Union Telegraph Company tendered his resignation-to the board today Theo-

dore N Vail president of the AmericanTelephone and Telegraph Companywhich controls the Western Union wasappointed to fill the vacancy

In his letter of resignation Col Clowry

salUHavIng been continuously engaged inthe telegraph business for thanfifty years I feel that I am entitled toretire from the service and take a muchneeded rest

Mr Vail began his business life as atelegraph operator The Vail family wasconnected with the earliest developmentof the telegraph Alfred Vail uncle ofthe new president of the Western Unionwas a partner of Prof Samuel F BMorse Inventor of the telegraph

In a message of farewell to the West-ern Union employes Col Clowry said

The greatest regret I have InIs that I shall miss the close and friendlybusiness relations with my associates ofso many years with whom It has been apleasure and an honor to serve

Cotton Broker IndictedBirmingham Ala Nov 3 Jon W

Knight head of the bankrupt firmof Knight Yancey Co whose failureIn April last startled the world nd theInvestigation of which developel thatbogus bills of lading were used h is beenIndicted by the Federal grand fury atHuntsville Ala on five charges usingthe mails to defraud The allegation isthat Knight sent the bogus bills of lading through the moils of the UnitedStates

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FINDS NO TRACE OF POISON

Analysis of Sugar at Naval Academy Shows No Tampering-

One More Typhoid Fever PatientTaken to the hospital 31aUIiiK

Twentythree Cave

Spckl to The HeraldAnnapolis Md Nov 23 That the

sugar alleged to have been tamperedwith bj attendants in the culinary department of the midshipmens mess halland which caused a wholesale outbreak ofstomach and intestinal trouble amongthe brigade contained nothing more thancommon table salt is the result of theanalyses conducted by naval surgeons atthe Naval Medical School HospitalWashington was stated tonight by au-

thorities of the Naval Academy afterthe report of the Burgeons was receivedThe tests conducted thoroughly to determine the presence of any of the severaldrugs that would cause sickness of thenature that affected tho midshipmen disclosed nothing along this line

Local surgeons howover say that acombination of sugar and salt is suffi-

cient to cause quite as much disorder toones system as any dose that might beadministered Supt Bowyer will probably take final action In the premises tomorrow

Although one more typhoid fever pa-tient was sent to the Naval Hospital today bringing the total number affectedup to twentythree no additional alarmover the situation Is created among theAcademy surgeons That this Is so isattributed to the fact that tho prevailing theory is that the foreign milk usedtemporarily up to November 9 causedthe whole outbreak and the surgeonsstate that the typhoid germ contracted-in this manner is likely to be carried Inthe system for about three weeks Under this circumstance therefore thephysicians say a few more cases arelikely to develop before the end of themonth

MORE TRUNK CLEWS POUND

Tinnier of Paris Purchased InAvenue In 1002

New York Nov detectives whohave been working for seven days piec-ing together the motley career of WilliamLewis the missing waiter In whose trunkthe body of a man immured was foundat 4EO East Fiftyfourth street last

are almost confirmed in their beliefthat the murder was done in the flat ofMrs Emil Alexander at 140 West Sixtythird street in the slimmer of 1802 whenthey located today a supplyshop in Seventh avenue a block awayfrom the Alexander apartment where theplaster of paris used to seal the sarcophagus within Lewis trunk was pur-chased

Though no particulars were given outat headquarters today it Is understoodthat the searchers after facts have alsolocated the man who was ordered toconstruct the zinc box designee to lit Inside of the plain wooden trunk which wasmarked with LewIs name and to sealup the body of the one who was murdered

Todays gleanings have not led tho de-

tectives to alter their belief that Albert-C CalHero the French artist who wasfor several your prior to 1902 an intimateof Lewis and who disappeared In Junoof that year was the man who was doneaway with and no other than WilliamLewis Is being sought

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LODGE GAINS VOTES

ON SECOND OANVASS

Foss Proposes Selection of

Senator by Popular Vote

Boston Nov 51 Slnca Govelect Fossissued his demand that Senator Lodgewithdraw as a candidate for reelection-a slight rift appeared in the gloomspread over the latters headquartersSeveral Democratic newspapers jumped-on Mr Peas for going after Mr Lodgese strongly and there la no questionabout the latters position being slightlystrengthened among tho memberselectof the legislature The little Republicanloaders have seized they opportunity tosecure some publicity by writing letters-to Mr FOBS they appear in print usuallybefore the addressee gets thorn askinghim all sorts of questions and cudgelinghim severely Mr is answeringthem as they come provided they areworth paying attention to

Another newspaper canvass of thelegteiatoraetoet has been made

since Mr Foss issued his withdrawaldemand to Senator Lodge The returnsshow that 82 favor the reelection ofLodge 14 araoppoMd to him H are non-committal and the remainder are scattered This is a gain of 6 for Lodge In thenumber who are for him

Mr Fora tonight issued a statement inwhich he proposes that the election of aSenator be postponed until the next legis-lature has bad an opportunity to enact alaw providing for a selection by popularvote Mr Foes says I shall recommend-to the legislature that the matter of theSenatorial selection be referred to thepeople for their decision at tho polls nextfall unless the legislature shall decide thequestion before that time

Trying io Settle OH DisputeVIojma Nov 23 Mack H Davis com

mercial adviser of the American StateDepartment baa concluded his inquiries-in connection with the dispute betweenthe Vacuum Oil Company and AustriaOfficial negotiations with the minister ofcommerce will begin November 2S Thegovernment will probably withdraw itsmeasures against the company throughthe Influence of the French embassy

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TAFT ADDRESSES

VIRGINIA TEACHERS

President Also Visits Avia-

tors at Fair Grounds

TELLS OF CANAL PROGRESS

Auditorium Filled WhenExecutive of Snilon AppearsPrnlaca Wonderful Growth of theSouth nUll Progress In EducationReasons for Building Loclc Onnnl-

JUohnlond Va Nov 22 President Tafthad a strenuous day in Richmond andleft at fi15 oclock Hebegun the day by breakfasting on barbocued rabbit with Gov Mann at theexecutive mansion lIe was escorted fromhis hotel by a local committee and thecadet corps of the Virginia PolytechnicInstitute

After the breakfast at which abouttwentyfive prominent citizens of Richmond sat Mr Taft went to the

Davis Monument in the shadow ofwhich he reviewed a parade of cadetsfrom tho Virginia Polytechnic InstituteHis next flight was in an automobile-to the battlefield of Seven Pines stop-ping en route to make a briefto some colored student At 2 oclocka luncheon was given in his hon r by

0 of tho business men of Richmond atwhich exGov Montague was tonet wuHter The President at theluncheon until 4 oclock

Goes to Aviation GroundsThe energetic local committee headed

by tho Presidents friend DeaconHomphlll of the Richmond TimocDiepatch had planned a visit to the aviationmoot at the State Fair Grounds and to afootball game between a team from theCoast Artillery at Port Monroe and theVirginia Militia The President consent-ed to ride through the park whore theaviation meet was being hold but cutout the football game

His final appearance was at the cityauditorium at 4 oclock this afternoonwhere he addressed an audience jhattilled the hall the seating capacity ofwhich Is about 10000 The occasion wasthe meeting of the Virginia Educationalconference and the President here madetho principal address of the day Prsident Taft spoke in part a follows-

I am always glad to stop in Rich-mond It Is a city that reflects thewonderful material growth of the Southand at the same time awakens in themind of the visitor at every street cornerand in every public square an intoneinterest by its historical associations Atevery turn there comes tho local associa-tion with Washington Jefferson PatrickHenry Marshall and Madison and othergroat participants in the natal struggleof tho republic as well as of JeffersonDavis Robert E Lee Stonewall Jack-son and the other great leaders of theSouthern Confederacy

Closely following this thought comesthe feeling of gratitude to God that weare now a united nation with the bitterprejudices of the past dispelled and ableall of us to accord the proper meed ofpraise to the American heroes of thepast whether their floods were performed and their services rendered inthose early days when all Americansjoined in a single cause or whether theyloomed large as leaders on either side inthose sad four years when brothers wereengaged against brothers in an internecine strife

Canal Progress PleasingSpeaking of the Panama Canal the

President saidNow it is completion I tUft de-

lighted to say that if you were to gothrough th experience that my partyand I have gone through the four dayswe were on the isthmus you wouldnot need an answer or assurance fromme It does not require the imagination-of an engineer to see that the canal isthere and is being put through and thatit will be a great canal

We are engaged in taking out of theCulebra cut an average of 1808000 yardsper month are taking out of theother parts of the canal enough to makethat average about 2800000 cubic yardsIf It wero excavation only we would nothave so much because it wouldthen be completed about January 1 1911

but there are those great lock structuresfor instance at Gatun which are nearlya mile long and 250 feet wide with a wallon the outside 40 feet in width and awall in the middle of 50 feet in width

I think generally the people of theUnited States favored a sealevel canal

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ADVERTISING TALKSWRITTEN BY WILLIAM C FREEMAN

In spite o the pessimists andcroakers and faultfinders the

country has not gone piecessince a year ago today

We should all be mighty thank-

ful that we hpve prospered reaswe are alive to en

joy the bounties of this wonderful country

Have we made as much money-

as we should have made IsTHAT the only question to askourselves

Have we BEEN SQUARE iIi

ur business dealings with ourfellowmen That is a MOREIMPORTANT question If wecan answer in the affirmativethen we can enjoy this day

Looking back over a year is along time Most of us cannot re-

view it with entire satisfaction toourselves but if we have triedto do the right thing eventhough we blundered many timeswe need not be cast down

In the last year RIGHTBUSINESS METHODS haveobtained a firmer foothold thanever before Have you observedhow many crooked lines havebeen straightened out during the

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They thought of a lock and its gatesas difficult and complicated machineryand they thought the idea of lifting avessel of 25000 tons by water and machin-ery was so full of difficulty that It wouldpresent obstacles every time a steamerwent through But the advantage of visKing the isthmus to confirm the Judgment of the engineers in the mind of thelayman showed that that thing is noweasy It is shaping itself The damwhich seemed such a tremendous workis a long way toward completion andwhen you walk over it you dont realizethat it is a dam It is so big It seemsas It it were a work of nature itself

I dont venture to prophesy when thecanal will ready for full use I thinkthat If it were necessary for us to putpne of our warships through there itcould be arranged a very considerable

before the 1st of January 1915 whenthe canal will be completed but it Is wellnot to prose too much but to do whatis done thoroughly so that when it iscompleted there will be no defect whichcan be made a basis for complaintagainst those who are responsible

Redmond to Compete for SentLondon Nov the coming elec

tion William Redmond will contest CorkCity against William OBrien This Islikely to prove the most exciting of allthe Irish elections

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Have you noticed how BUSINESS HOUSES that conducttheir affairs on HIGH PRIN-CIPLES are thriving

dont hear any whimperfrom them Do they make

all the money they want Perwho does but what

they have made they have madehonestly and they are notashamed to look thein fellowmen-in the face

It is most gratifying that menare somehow influenced-to do the right thing in factthey feel compelled to do rightWhat is it thats causing it

There is a BUSINESS CONSCIENCE abroad and has penetrated the brain cells of menwho realize more and more thatno success counts money orotherwise unless it has been

HONESTLY WONADVERTISING has made

greater strides than ever beforebecause more care has been

to make it RELIABLETHE TREND OF EVRY-

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THANKSGIVING

Im thankful on Thanksgiving Day jTm thankful all the time

To bunch your gratitude this way is something like a crime Imthankful when November brings white meat and pumpkin pie

glad of bumper crops and barns and cribs that groan Im glad

the little kids have tops7lhat Fido has a Im thankful forsubstantial things that make us rich and fat Im thankful when

the hausfrau springs a new gown or a hat Im thankful that Ihave to cheer my ponys lot Im thankful that my old

hens lay real eggs that hit the spot But more than all of this my

friends though things like these are grand Im thankful that the

heaven bends above so good a land A land vhere people do their

best because they like to strive who do their work with pleasanT-

zest all glad that theyre alive Im thankful that each day 1 meetfine people clean and white with kindly hearts and tempers sweetambitious to be right Im thankful that so many try unmindful

of lifes scars to shape their pathway for the sky and earn a

crown of stars WAIT MASONOewrigW K Oeergc Uattbe Atoms

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OCTAVE CEA1THTE IS DEAD

Father of Aviation Well Knovr-an Civil Engineer

Chicago Nov 21 Octave Cnnnttfather of aviation pioneer balloonist

and scientist died at his home todayThe aged inventor who Originated theIdea of the biplane in aviation hadin poor health for some time He

from a visit in Paris a tlirafter that time was confined to his

bedOctave Chanute who was thedent of the American Society of ChitEngineers was born in Paris FrancoFebruary IS 1S82 and came to the UnitedStates in ISIS He received his education

New York City and later took up Mslife work of civil engineering on thestructlon of the Hudson River Railroadair Chanute came to Chicago In 1368

and assisted in the building of a portion-of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Healso did work In railroad constructionthroughout the West He has a recordof more than 2000 flights in aeroplanesof hi own Invention

Col Thomas B RoyBerlin Nov 23 Col Thomas B R y

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One Oil Company that Does Not Fear Investigation

PostOffice Department Could Find Nothing to Criticise

Nor Can Any One Else

SWISHER BROTHERS OIL AND GAS COMPANY

CHARLESTON W VA

Owns Nine Wells Now ProducingOver 80 Barrels Per Day of HighGrade Oil

12 More Wells to be Drilled at Once

NOW PAYING 12 DIVIDENDS on Total CapitalizationL-

eases Owned on 1200 Acres of Rich Oil and Gas Land

CAPITAL 175000SlooOOO Sold 75000 to be Sold in Washington Par Value 25 Payable in Installments

Full information upon request Room 509 Star Building Phone Main 2404

ARTHUR P RAINEY Local Manager

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