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HERLOOTFILLS " PATROL WAGON iNew York Woman Has Rec- ord for Shoplifting. +229 ARTICLES IN ONE HAUL 8ix Skirts, Twenty-one Shirtwaists, Five Sweaters, Two Muffs and Nu- merous Smaller Things Found on Her Person When Placed Under Arrest. New York, Dec. 26.—The record of “ghoplifting belongs to Mrs. Julia Boda of Far Rockaway. Mrs. Boda, in one of the department stores in Brooklyn, picked up 229 separate articles, includ- ~ing eighty-five handkerchiefs, six skirts, twenty-one shirtwaists, five sweaters, eight pairs of gloves; five books, three pairs of slippers and a number of other things. The loot was taken from one store under the eyes of two store detectives, who followed her about from counter to counter Arom 11 a. m. until 3:30 p. m. 4. After making a haul she would dis- appear in the women’s retiring room ‘and return, ready for more loot. She had two muffs when she was stopped, one under her ccat and the other in her hand. Both of the muffs were found to be stuffed with goods. A sweater which she had negligently banging over her arm also was found to conceal more property. The Glad. stone bag was bulging with articles. There were four shirtw s in one of her stockings and four pairs of silk stockings in the other. Around her body were sweaters and handker chiefs and pieces of ribben and other he had picke:d patrol wagon. MUKE SHIPS FOR PACIFIC California Congressman Would In : crease Naval Estimates. Washington, Dec. 26.—\Vhen the full membership of the house naval af faire committee meets next week to consider and determine a naval build: ing program for submission to the pub- Mc Representative Stephens of Cali fornia, a member of the committee, will insist on an elaboration of tie plan, 80 as to meet what he regards as the needs of the Pacific coast. He announces he will move to in- crease the number of submarines to be authorized at this session of con gress to sixteen instead of the “eight or more” as recommended by Secre- Daniels and that in piace of the x torpedo boat destroycrs also rec- ommended by the secretary he will in- sist that the number be increased to odds and ends of things up. The pile filled th eight. :~Representative Stephens added that, 'while he does not intend to take any jingoistic attitude, he purposes to insist that the number of battleships beincreased beyond the two recom mended by the navy department. CAUSES LOSS OF $700,000 Pire at Chicago Destroys Big Depart- ment Store. Chicago, Dec. 26.—While: the last of a big crowd of Christmas shoppers welre leaving the Julius Oppenheimer department store the building was shaken by a boiler explosion and flames burst through the lower floors. Within a few hours the building, a flve story structure, was in ruins. The loss is $700,000. Several firemen were injured by falling bricks and one sustained a dis- located shoulder by falling from a lad- der. ‘The flames spread to two apartment buildings west of the store and ten families were driven out in their night <clothing. FEDERAL MEDIATION URGED Labor Secretary Cannot Interfere Un- less Principals Ask It. _ Washington, Dec. 26.—Mediation by the department of labor in the East- ern Ohio coal strike was sought by Representative Francis of Ohio. About 16,000 men are idle in this territory. The secretary said he stands ready td offer the good offices of the depart. ment it asked to do so by the interest- ed parties, but that the government cannot interfere upon its own initia- tive. FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED *Trolley Car Goes Over Embankment Into Swollen Creek. Uniotown, Pa., Dec. 26.—Fifteen wersons were injured, a number seri- ously, when a street car collided with a wagon, jumped the track and rolled over a fifteen-foot embunkment into rain "swollen Redstone creek near Leith. Fifty-four persons in the car were rescued with difficulty. Many women fainted and were saved from drowning by other passengers hold- ing 'their heads above the water. Confederate Officer Dead. Lewiston, Ida., Dec. John Lane, major general of artillery under Gen-' eral Robert E. Lee in the Civil war,’ died at his home here. He was a son of General Joseph Lane, former Unit- | ed States senator and first governor of Oregon. Miner Convicted of Kidnapping. Bozeman, Mont., Dec. 26.—A verdict | ot guilty of kidnapping Martin Hark-' ins in Butte, Aug. 27 last, was return- ed here against Owen Smith, a miner.’ The jury left the penalty to the judge. ,French Sclentist Dead. Parls, Dec. 26.—The death is an-| nounced of Professor Alfred Fournier, | a member of the French Academy of Medicine. He was born In 1832, HENRY A. DU PONT. Delaware Senator Undergoes a Serious Surgical Operation. Photo by American Press Assoclation. United States Senator Henry A. Du Pont of Delaware underwent a se- rious operation at St. Mary’s hospital at Rochester, Minn., for abdominal trouble. His condition is said to be satisfactory. ROW OVER $1 JOB FATAL Wisconsin Farmer Kills Blacksmith and Ends Own Life. Solon Springs, Wis., Dec. 26.—In an argument over the payment of a $§1 account, Louis Kurilla, years old, a farmer living six miles west of Solon Springs, murdered Fred Dickinson, aged thirty, a blacksmith, by shooting him in the temple with a shotgun. After the shooting Kurilla attempt- ed to escape in his farm wagon, but was overtaken by Deputy Sheriff Lord and a posse of citizens. As he was about to be arrested he shot himself with the same gun and died an hour | later. Dickinson had repaired an old wag- on pole for Kurilla. The argument began when the latter attempted to take the pole away after Dickinson refused to grant him a few days in which to pay the bill of $1. TO APPEAL HARVESTER CASE Judge Smith Grants Request to Per- fect Abstract of Evidence. Council Bluffs, Ia., Dec. 26.—Judge Walter I. Smith of the United States circuit court has granted a request of the International Harvester com- pany for permission to perfect-an ab- stract of evidence filed at St. Paul, Dec. 12, so that an appeal from the dissolution decision of the federal dis- trict court, given at St. Paul, Aug. 12, might be made to the United States supreme court. Dissclution of the harvester corpo- ration was ordered by the district court to take place within ninety days after Aug. 12, provided an appeal was not made. s appeal will be per- fected soon with the aid of Judge Smith’s order. GAMBLING TRUST ALLEGED Chicago Combine Said to Make Profit of $1,000,000 Annually. Chicago, huge gambling trust exists in Chica- go, which makes a profit of $1,000,000 a year and pays $15,000 protection money to the police, have been made to the Merriam crime commission. Monte Tennes, gambling king of the city, is declared the head. Edwin W. Altz, an investigator, charges that 300 policemen receive $50 for each hand- book operated. RS * o p gl < + AUSTRIAN ARMY LEADER < L IS OUSTED. * < e < - Vienna, Dec. 26.—General <+ <+ Petiorek, commander of the < # Austrian army which was re- < *+ cently driven from Servia, has < < been removed from his com- <+ < mand. Archduke Eugene, de- < < vout cousin of Emperor Fran- < 4 cis Joseph, has been appointed & “ to succeed him. +l L3 <+ RO R R K R R X Loses $40,000 in Holdup. Kansas City, Dec. 26.—E. H. Hobart, am ining man of Denver, was held up ; and robbed of stocks and bonds val-| ued at $40,680 and $200 in cash, Ho-| bart was met two blocks from the Union station, where he had just ar- rived from Denver, by two men who forced him into an alley at the point | of a revolver. Swiss to Demobilize. Paris, Dec. 26.—The Swiss govern- ment has decided to order a partial | demobilization, aicording to the Petit ' Parisien’s Berne correspondent, who says that 250,000 men will gradually be released from duty. s ! FEWER BILLS IN HOUSE' Only 20,0C0 Measures Introduced in Sixty-third Congress. | Washington, Dec. 26.—The volume' of bills, public and private, introduced in the house during the present ses»i sion is far below the average. 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