Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 5 of 12
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BOUND BY BOBBER,
i HER HI GUI OFF
Woman Let in Bogus Gas In-
spector, With Gun, Who Gagged
and Tied Her.
TURNED ON ALL GAS
Bold Intruder Sneered at $18 She
Gave Him, Snipped Her Tresses
and Left Them Behind in a
Package, She Says.
New York.—Mrs. Geitel Charloff,
who came to this country from Odessa
with her husband, Joseph, and their
four children less than a year ago, was
found on the floor of the living-room
of her home on the second floor of the
tenement at 1759 Prospect place,
Brownsville, the other day by a neigh-
bor. Her hands and feet were bound
and her hair had been cut off short.
The gas was turned on in the room.
She said that a man had come
and robbed., her of all the money she
had, $18, and then, disgusted with the
smallness of the amount, had cut off
her hair.
Charloff is a shoe cutter. He got off
at noon, and in the afternoon took
their youngest child, Shunie, four
years old, to Manhattan with him to
see an oculist arid then to visit a sis-
ter of his wife’s.
About four o’clock, Mrs. Charloff
osaid, a man rapped at the door. Her
husband had told her not to let any
one in unless she knew him. She
peeked out at the man and he said
he was from the gas company, so she
let him in. The man looked at the
gas meter, she said, and then in the
kitchen demanded money and pointed
a revolver at her. Mrs. Charloff at-
tempted to get away and says that the
He Began Cutting Her Hair.
;man grabbed her by the throat. Then
she gave him $18, the rent money,
'which was all she had. '
“I didn’t come for such a small job,”
she says the man said. He threw her
into a chair, she says, stuffed a towel
in her mouth and bound her hands
with another towel and her feet with
Ja piece of cord he had in his pocket.
Then, with a pair of scissors, also ta-
ken from his pocket, he began cutting
her hair, remarking that he could get
something out of that. Mrs. Charloff
jgave her age as fifty-three, but she
looks much younger than that and had
fine long hair of a dark brown color.
When the man had finished clipping
her hair, she says, he tu. ned on an
the gas jets in the room, closed and
locked the window and then went out.
locking the door on the outside and ta-
king the key with him.
He left the hair in the room, tied up
in a package.
SAVES HER SUNDAY DINNER
“Terror of Bridgeport” Goes Down in
Defeat at Hands of Mrs. Bridget
McGuire.
Chicago.—Thomas Young, a youth
with a police record, and known as the
“Terror of Bridgeport,” has met his
match.
He went down in ignominious de-
feat, felt by him to be more of a
disgrace because it was not adminis-
tered by a hardy veteran of the ring.
Not without a battle was he con-
quered. ’ Twice he was put to the mat,
in this case the cold, hard ground, and
twice he came back for more punish-
ment. The third time he took the
count. He was vanquished.
The “Terror” met defeat at the
hands, or rather the doubled fists of
Mrs. Bridget McGuire, a good-natured
matron, with no reputation as a
“scrapper.” But she was protecting
her Sunday dinner and she fought
with determination.
Mrs. McGuire was returning to her
home, 835 West Forty-first street,
with meat for Sunday dinner for her
four children tucked securely under
her arm.
The erstwhile “Terror” stepped
from the shadow of a building and
demanded the meat. Her reply was
short, but to the point—of his jaw.
When he rose to his feet he had a
revolver in his hand and a bad look
in his eye, but, nothing daunted, the
peace-loving Mrs. McGuire planted
another blow where the first had gone.
Down went the bad man, and again
he bounded to his feet, this time to
rush the woman off her feet. But
Mrs. McGuire was not taken una-
wares. She landed again, this time
with a “haymaker,” and to show how
she felt on the matter promptly sat
down on Young and screamed for help.
When a policeman arrived Mrs. Mc-
Guire had the revolver, the meat and
a prisoner. Young was taken to the
police station.
BIG BEAR CHASES HUNTER
Eruin Makes Attack on an Unsuspect>
ing Nimrod From Behind and
Routs Him.
Estacada, Ore.—Bruin came off first
ir a brush with Max Klaetsch, a
mighty bear hunter, and a pack of
hounds, near Government Camp. The
hunter, bearing scratches and abra-
sions, can only tell of the sudden ap-
pearance of the big black bear.
To add to his ignominy, the bear at-
tacked him while he was seated, rest-
ing on a big windfall. Klaetsch, his
brother, Otto, and a homsteader were
beating the brush hoping to find the
bear, whose footprints were plainly
discernible at various points in the
woods around Government Camp, 18
miles southeast of here.
When near the summit of the Cas-
cades, Max Klaetsch became tired of
the monotony of the chase and seated
himself on an inviting log, however
holding his rifle all ready to shoot.
Suddenly there was a crash just be-
hind him ana the big bear rushed out
on the very log on which the hunter
was seated.
Before he could make a move to
shoot bruin struck him and sent him
rolling into the brush several yards
away. The pursuing hounds passed
over the prostrate hunter, and by the
time he could regain his feet and his
rifle, bear and hounds were far out of
sight.
To Remove Insane Woman.
New York.—Clara Conner, formerly
of Indianapolis, the demented woman
who was fonud raving by the side of
the dead body of Louis Parma, profes-
sor of music, will be taken to an asy-
lum for the insane.
ABLAZE FROM HEAD TO FOOT
jHotel Laundress Frightfully Burned
When Live Coal Sets Fire to
Her Clothing.
Bloomsburg, Pa.—Ablaze from head
to foot and screaming at the top of
her lungs, Gusie Wintersbaugh rushed
into the kitchen of the Exchange ho-
tel the other evening and threw the
waitresses and kitchen help into a
panic. The 60 guests in the dining
room hearing the excitement, poured
(into the kitchen and added to the con-
jfusion there.
: She wa.s burned so that the flesh
hung in shreds from her back from
!her neck to her heels, and under her
arms and on her breasts she was liter-
ally roasted. <
She had been raking a stove in the
basement when a hot coal set fire to
the loose wrapper which she wore
land in an instant she was ablaze.
Slushing outside she climbed the steps
to the kitchen and burst in upon the
istartled girls, a living pillar of flames.
(Shrieks filled the air and Chef Die-
trick snatched up the only piece of
carpet in the room and extinguished
the flames by wrapping it about her.
Phone Sets Robber Flying.
York, Pa.—A telephone in the
home of Dr. W. A. Yeagy of Dillsburg
made an excellent burglar alarm the
other night.
Robert Bailey, living not far away,
detected a man in the act of crawling
through a window into the home of
the physician. Not caring to risk an
encounter with the would-be thief, he
went to his telephone and called up
the physician.
Looking out again, he saw the
burglar make his exit as though fired
from a gun. The telephone bell had
done the work. Nothing was missing,
except a few dollars from a drawer of
the sideboard.
Nations Reach Agreement.
Paris.—Italy and Russia have reach-
ea an agreement, under which Italy
will support Russian policies in the
Balkans while Russia will recognize
Italian sovereignty in Tripoli and may
make a naval demonstration against
Turkey.
SIAM’S THRONE IS NOT SO SHAKY NOW
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admittedly liberal and promises to do much for the advancement of his country.
CRATERS
ARE QUIET
FATHER WAS WIFE’S ADMIRER
Son Attacks and Beats Parent Who
Comes to Visit Him After Fif-
Violent Eruptions in Islands of
Samoa at End.
Scientists Say Centuries Are Likely to
Pass Before There Will Be An-
other Flow of Lava From
Volcano.
San Francisco.—The volcanic out-
bursts that for over six years have ter-
rorized the Island of Savail, in the Sa-
moan group, have ceased^kt last.
These eruptions have been almost in-
cessant, and there Is no record of any
other volcanic center that has been
so violently active for so long a time.
All the terrific energy of the Mata-
vanu volcano seems now to have been
expended. Dr. K. Sapper, Dr. W. Gre-
vel and other students of volcanic phe-
nomena express the opnlon that there
probably will be no other eruption of
Matavanu for another eentury and
perhaps never.
The ground for their belief that the
volcanic energy has been entirely ex-
hausted is that since the first month
of 1911 there has been, a gradual and
uninterrupted decline of energy, until
every trace of it finally disappeared in
October last.
In August last the lake of molten
lava was covered with a hard crust,
but cracks in its surface still revealed
the rosy light of the superheated mat-
ter below, and through one or another
volcanic vent a little smoke was still
rising. Three months later a cold sur-
face covered everything. There was
not a trace of smoke, not a sulphurous
odor, no sign of fluid lava, nothing ex-
cept a little steam here and there.
So this is the end, perhaps for gen-
erations, of the remarkable phenom-
ena that specialists have traveled from
Europe to study. The trouble has
been that they have found little vant-
age ground from which to pursue their
work. The ebullitions have been so
continuous that it has been impossible
to witness the phenomena and their
results except at long range.
There was no volcano where these
eruptions, beginning in August, 1905,
were centered. All the many vol-
canoes in the island had been quies-
cent for over a century. Suddenly
volcanic vents were opened on the
floor of a deep valley about eight
miles from the northeast coast of Sa-
vaii. The whole valley was soon filled
with lava. The ejecta built up a ridge
of lava, about 1,000 feet thick, where
the valley had been; and above the
ridge arose a mountain of outpourings
2.000 feet high, to which the name of
Matavanu was given. Over 30 square
miles of the Island were finally cov-
ered to various depths with the fluid
lava, destroying many native houses
with their areas of cultivation.
It has been estimated that at times
the outpouring of lava from the center
of eruption amounted to from 2,000 to
3.000 tons a minute. The coral reef,
about five miles from the shore. Is the
outer boundary of the lagoon between
the coast and the reef. The lagoon
has been entirely filled with lava for
a distance of about five miles along
the coast and a long lava ridge was
built up in the sea beyond tho coral
reef. The neighboring salt waters
became a superheated caldron, killing
millions of corals and fish; and many
fish, thus cooked, were collected and
eaten by the natives.
DOG FIGHTS WITH FIREMEN
Canine Would Not Permit Them to
Enter Blazing Tenement to
Quench Flames.
Philadelphia.—An old and feeble,
but somewhat determined dog creat-
ed considerable excitement in a
three-story tenement house at 623
Washington avenue, first by starting
a fire, then giving the alarm, and
lastly by beating back the firemen
who came to extinguish the blaze.
The troublesome animal is the prop-
erty of Santo Accarlto, who occupies
the top floor of the house. While the
occupants of the house were asleep
the dog knocked a lamp from a table,
setting fire to the carpet.
With loud barks the dog aroused
his master, who quickly gave the
alarm, and all in the house fled to
the street, except the dog. When
the firemen arrived and attempted to
enter, they found a very much ex-
cited canine standing in the doorway
ready to repel boarders. Although
somewhat senile, the dog showed a
formidable row of teeth, and the fire-
men hesitated. Finally one, some-
what bolder than the rest, flung the
dog to one side and the fire fighters
entered.
teen Years of Separation.
San Bernardino, Cal.—When Oscar
Johnson was about to enter his home
he saw a stranger embracing his wife.
The husband seized a brick, rushed
into the house and struck the stranger
such a tremendous blow on the head
that he was knocked unconscious and
may have suffered a fractured skull.
Then Johnson Investigated and
found that the unconscious man was
his own father, O. W. Johnson, of
Peoria, 111., whom he had not seen for
fifteen years, and who had come here
to surprise his son with a visit.
When Mrs. Johnson saw her hus-
band strike his father she went into
hysterics and became threatened with
complete nervous breakdown. She
declared she would seek a divorce
from a husband whose jealousy was
so unreasonable and whose suspicions
were so unfounded.
Johnson said he would take a sec-
ond look before he leaped again, and
sought a physician, who probably will
attend both the wife and father for
some time.
German Women Good Rat Killers.
Baltimore, Ind.—When customs of-
ficers opened a dry goods box of a
woman passenger on the steamer Bres-
lan, on its arrival here, a dozen giant
rats hopped out. German women on
board instead of jumping for high
places, joined in the chase and not a,
’rodent escaped. Every article in the
box, including several picture hats and
shawls, was destroyed by the rats.
Schwab Plans Bigr Dock
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May Construct World’s Largest Ship
Plant in San Fran-
cisco.
San Francisco.—One possible reason
why Charles M. Schwab of the Beth-
lehem Steel company and the Union
works has decided to build the most
capacious dry dock in the world at
Hunters Point, San Francisco, was
made known by Edward C. Holmes of
this city, who prepared tentative
plans for Mr. Schwab’s Inspection.
In anticipation of the new business
that will be brought to the Pacific
coast by the opening of the Panama
canal private capital, aided by a sub-
sidy of 3 1-3 per cent from the Domin-
ion government to run for 35 years,
will build a dry dock 928 feet long at
Esquimalt, R. C., on the Strait of Juan
de Fuca. Holmes drew the plans. «
“So far as I know,” he said “the
largest docks In the world now com-
plete are those at Glasgow, 880 feet
size; Southampton, 830, and Bremen-
haven, 755. The new dock at Esqui-
malt will outmeasure them all, and
Mr. Schwab is planning to outmeasure
Esquimalt.
“I am not In his confidence and do
not know what his final decision will
be, but when I drew tentative plans
for him they contemplated a dock 1,-
050 feet long.
“In return for aid from the Domin-
ion government the company at Esqui-
malt will give government business
the right of way, but it is to be pak.
for at commercial rates.”
No American shipbuilding company
enjoys a government subsidy, but the
biggest dry dock in the world could
bid for navy business, and shipping
men here pointed out today that the
presence of such a dock would remove
one of the objections heretofore raised
against the policy of maintaining si
battleship fleet on the Pacific coast.
BUILDING A PIGEON ASYLUM
Col. John T. MacAuley of Louisville*
Ky., Starts Something New in
Philanthropy.
Louisville, Ky.—This city boasts
'what is perhaps the first asylum for
homeless pigeons in the country. The
philanthropy is the idea of Col. John
T. MacAuley, veteran theatrical mana-
ger, who has built the hospital on the
cottage plan, capable of accommodat-
ing thousands of birds, in the rear of
his theater in the heart of the busi-
ness district. Destruction of numer-
ous landmarks reecntly, incident to an
extension of the retail and office dis-
trict, has distributed the ancestral
homes of legions of downtown pigeons
and their bewildered flights in search
of new habitation attracted the benev-
olent eye of Col. MacAuley, who imme-
diately set carpenters at work on th®
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142200/m1/5/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.