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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
BROKEN FLANGE
WRECKS FREIGHT;
BLOCKS TRAFFIC

Bridgeport. Conn. Dec. 11.-one Of the
worst freight wrecks in this vicinity in
years occurred here early today, about
30 cars being piled up along the tracks OF
the New York division OF the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at the
extreme west end OF the city. No one
was hurt
The wrecked train is known as the
Springfield preferred. No. So. esst-bound.
the destination OF which is Springfield.
Mass. where the train Is broken up. \
broken fiange on the wheel OF the engine
tender threw the train of the track and
as IL was going az good rate of speed.
20 cars OF the line OF i2 were hurled from
the irons.
Several OF the cars were torn 20 pieces.
others we're overturned and many left tho
rails apparently little damaged
Wreckers were sent here from New lIa-
ven and II was several hours before the
tracks were cleared. Passengers were
compelled 60 walk around the wreck. and
were transferred 10 trains on either side.
All four tracks were completely blocked
and there was long line OF stalled
freight trains extending up and down tho
road. no freight moving In either direc-
tion for over hve hours.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
BROWN MAN
HON0RED BY
GOV. {. H. GUILD

Boston. Dec. lin making the ap-
pointment OF Mr.. Walter Perley Hall.
as railroad commissioner today. Gov.
Guild designated him as chairman OF the
board. a position formerly occupied by
Mr.. Jackson.
Mr.. Hall has been a resident OF Fitch
burg for many years. He Is n graduate
OF Brown university and the Harvard law
cchool and served as city solicitor ot
Ftchburg. assistant district attorney OF
Middlesex county and assistant attorney
general, which latter position ne now oc-
cupies. lie is a member OF the legal firm
OF Baker e. Hall OF Fitchburg lie Is
married and has three children.
The Massachusetts, board OF railroad
commissioners was created i'm 1869 and
some OF the ablest men i'm the state have
served on IL. The present commissioners
are clinton White OF Boston and George
w. Bishop OF Newton.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
SUIT alleges BREACH
OF AGREEMENT

Henry T. Molter has brought suit
against Mabel Daggelt. Ida A. Colwell.
Esther Lowe and Isabel f.. Lowe. all OF
this city: Grace Godfrey OF Cranston,
Amy T. Bosworth OF Worchester and Isa-
bel F. Lowe guardians OF Eleanor
Lowe. a minor. and Frank NJ. Lowe 10
recover $1,000 damages for breach of an
agreement to convey certain land. Mr..
Molter attended an auction sale OF the
land and bid $500 for the same that be-
ing the highest price bid. He put up n
cash deposit OF S4S5 and paid taxes
amounting to S216.15, but has never got n
deed OF the premises. as defendants could
not give a good title.
Mr.. Molter wants his deposit back. the
amount paid for taxes so for having the
title examined and $3.50 the amount OF the
excess of tho market value OF said prop
erty over the amount OF the plaintiffs s
aforesaid Page. Page & Gushing are at
torneys for Mr. Molter.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
FIRST MURDERER
ELECTROCUTED IN
NEW JERSEY

Trenton. " j.. Dec 1.-THE first official
electrocution IN New Jersey occurred in
the state prison here this morning when
Serverio Dl Giovanni. an Italian, paid the
death penalty for the murder OF Joseph
Samson, a fellow countryman. at Raritan.
last September. The condemned man was
placed in the chair at 5:57 o'clock and the
current was turned on. DR.. Edward A.
Spitzka of jefferson Medical college.
Philadelphia. who was present. announced
that death was instantaneous.
Eighteen Numbered volts were turned on
and the contact kept up for a minute and
eight seconds. The current was turned
on a second time for about four seconds.
DR.. Sphzka afterward explained that the
currert was turned on the second time to
quiet the reflective muscular movements
that always occurs in a case OF sudden
death.
The electrocution was In charge Of r.
+. DAVIS. state electrician OF New York.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

but. believing il was the duty OF the au-
thorities 10 act on their own voition
rather than with the advice and consent
of the liquor dealers. the league sent a
formal request 10 the police commissions
ers requesting that action be taken. and
I understood that number Of clergymen
Interested in tho subject were going to
write TO the board as individuals Whether
they did so or not 1 do not know.
I'VE have also asked the clergy TO take
similar action I'm Central Falls. Newport
and Pawtucket " It is good thing for
Providence IL is also a good thing for the
other cities
Business Agent Agnew said: THE bar
tenders favored the Christmas closing last
year. and again this year. but a commit
tee from our body met a like committee
from the liquor dealers and Il was agreed
that the liquor dealers should make the
request OF the board this time. as that
would be far mora satisfactory TO all
concerned 7 understand that this has
been done. ] am glad of IL. as IL will
give the bartenders Christmas 10 spend
at home with their families
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
NO=L|CENSE MAJORITY
1900 IN BAY STATE
Vote In Favor of Restrict
ing Licenses Heaviest in
Massachusetts History.
Prohibition Wave Seems
to be Spreading.

Boston. Dec. l1-with the election II
~ Massachusetts cities all but one OF the
35 cities and towns OF the state have
gone on record on the question of permit
ting the sale of intoxicating liquors AMI
the result OF tabulations made today show
been particularly manifest I'm the South
has reached this state and that the no
license majority I'm Massachusetts is now
over 1900.
The entire state went no-license last
year by about 1900 majority. which was
the first time that the sentiment of the
state had changed since 1898 when the no.
license majority was about 300. The ma
1ority this year is the largest in the his
tory OF the state.
The total vote on the license question
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
WOULD-BE SUICIDE
FALLS ON ROCKS

Rumford Falls. Me. Dec i1.-Henri Gi-
rard. a restaurant omploye, who made
sensational leap from the foot bridge
in an attempt TO commit suicide by
drowning. died today from injuries re-
ceived by falling onto tho rocks 25 feet
below. Two friends attempted 10 hold
him after he had climbed upon the iron
railing OF the bridge. but the man fought
until he freed himself and leaped into the
darkness. lie fell short OF the water
and landed upon the rocks. Girard was
about 2, years old, came from 81. Lam
bert y O.. and leaves a widow. and one
child. lie had not been living with his
wife for five years and was despoRdsal
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

, Adams. was Yes, 1862; No. ls243l.
License by this years elections is now
favored i'm IL cities and 72 towns. while
there is a prohibition sentiment in Is cit
les and 2i9 towns
The Massachusetts Total Abstinence
League. which has kept in close touch
with the license situation in the stats
and which has been particularly active i'm
sending around literature and speakers.
has compiled figures for each year end
ing on May /. the time OF granting IL
censes.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
JENKINS, SR, BANKER, HELD
ON PERJURY INDICTMENT

New York Dec. 1l.-John G.. Jenkins,
Sr., formerly president OF the First Ma
tional bank OF Brooklyn and his three
sons were indicted by the Kings county
grand jury today on charges of conspir-
acy and perjury. This is the first indict-
ment against the elder jenkins but his
sons have already been indicted on other
charges. They are John G. Jenkins. Jr.,
former president of the Jenkins Trust
company: Frank Jenkins. former presi-
dent OF the Williamsburg Trust company
and Frederick jenkins, director in those
institutions.
The doors OF all of these institutions
were closed several weeks ago. The four
Jenkins were present in court to be ar
raigned. Their counsel pleaded not guilty
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
FLORIDA REPUBLICANS
FOR ROOSEVELT POLICIES

Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. 1.-THE Florida
State Republican Central committee met
here yesterday and decided to hold the
state convention in ST. Augustine on a
date not later than Feb. Is for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the Repub-
llcan national convention TO he held in
Chicago. June l6. The committee also
adopted a resolution endorsing the Roose-
Welt administration and pledging the party
90 send delegates to vote for candidate
who represents the policies OF the admin
fstration.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

state commerce commission. whose sub
ject will be. Powers Duties and Work
OF Interstate Commerce Commission"
Arrangements are I'm charge OF the ex-
ecutivc committee: J. Edward Studley,
Frank o. Field, William j. Tully, Louis II.
Comstock, George l.. Shepley ]. Herbert
Foster and Henry A. Carpenter.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
ASKS $4,000
FOR INJURIES
HE RECEIVED

tricity, Sullivan AYERS in his declaration
filed I'm court He further declares that
the electric lighting company knew Of the
danger. but he did not and that IL was
gross carelessness and negligence on the
part OF the corporation sued not TO have
shut off the heavy currents OF electricity
being carried by these wires That these
wires were not properly insulated and
were uncovered is another charge made
by Sullivan.
His right hand came I'm contact with
the live wire and the result was a burn
ing OF his hand. fingers and thumb. Sc
we're and painful burns on the top and
back OF his head. the permanent loss OF
the use OF his right hand He was thrown
down by the shock and besides the In
turies above specified suffered others.
Sullivan.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

Timothy F. Sullivan has brought suit
in the superior court against the Nara
eansett Electric Lighting company TO re-
cover $4,000 damages for personal In
juries. including the manning, deforming
and distorting OF his right hand we'll
as Disagreement 10 the head. back. right
and left side and other parts OF his per-
son. Mr. Sullivan was n common laborer
for John r. White & Son on Oct. 1 and
fhe defendant company furnished Sulli-
vans employer electricity for lighting
purposes.
on the date named Sullivan was engag-
ed in taking down and dismaGtlng the
plant of John r. White & Son on India
street and that there were about the
premises wires heavily charged with elec-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
KING OSCARS BODY
LYING IN STATE

Stockholm, Dee 1.-THE body OF the late
King Oscar was removed from the cas-
tie ind taken TO the chapel today where
IL will lie in state from Friday next until
the day set for the funeral
The condition OF Dowager Queen Sophia
is occasioning anxiety. The strain upon
the queen incident TO the illness and
death of King Oscar was very severe and
since his death she has been almost con-
stantly confined TO her bed.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

I'm 10 cities which held elections yesterday
was: Yes. 5000; No, 9s.S33.
The total vote Of all the cities with tho
exception OF North Adams. which does
not hold its election until next Tuesday,
is: Yes. 135, 30; No, l30,S5s.
The total vote I'm the spring elections In
the s21 towns was: Yes. 5l227: No, 5000.
The total vote of the state on the Ii
cense question. not including the city OF
North Adams, is: Yes, ls6,947: No, 199, :
s33.
Last wears vote. including North
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

in their behalf and bail for John c. Jenk-
ins, Sr., was fixed at $4,000 while that OF
his sons was made $500 and they are al
ready under heavier bail I'm other cases.
The charges against them are based on
the loans ALLEGED 10 have been made by
the First National bank of Brooklyn and
the two trust companies to the accused
men.
1t is charged that they engaged in a
conspiracy to secure these funds in excess
OF ten per cent of the paid-in capital
stock OF the various concerns and that re-
ports to the state superintendent OF banks
were soefalsifed by them as to conceal
the fact that the loans were made
The charges OF perjury were based on
this alleged concealment.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

Along the north Al
lantic coast the
rainfall was heavy.
IL was showing
this morning in the
Lake region and
raining In north
orn New England.
The western area
OF high pressure
has diminished I'm
strength. II is now
over the Mississippi
valley and Is caus-
Ing fair weather
over the central
states An area Of
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
MONEY PUT ABOVE MAN
WILL PROBE
GOLDFIELD SITUATION

Washington. Dec. n.-Assistant Secre-
.ary Murray OF tho department. ot oon,
rierce and labor. Charles +. Nell. com
smith commissioner OF corporations. will
leave Washington at 2 p m. today for
Coldheld Nevada. ~ make a thorough
investigation Of the trouble between The
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
MICHIGAN FARMERS
AGAINST LIQUOR

Saginaw, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE state
grange at its annual meeting here yester-
day adopted a resolution calling upon the
constitutional convention now I'm session
al Lansing 60 insert clause in the new
constitution prohibiting all trafflc in
liquor. The Michigan grange has a mem
bership OF 5i.cco. and lO0 delegates are in
attendance al the sessions here
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

low pressure covers the western plateau
and r. causing unsettled weather in that
section. IL has grown much coider over
the eastern portion OF the country. but
elsewhere temperatures have changed but
littie. Fair and much colder weather Is
indicated for Providence and vicinity to-
night and fair weather Thursday.
NJ. z BJYSTONE
Local Foreosster.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

miners and mine operators 81 that place.
Sesr-tary Murray and Commissioners
smith made this announcement after "A
conference with President Roosevelt to-
day.
FUNSTON STARTS
san Francisco. Dec. ll.-Cien. Funston
started for Goldheld at o'clock this
morplnG-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11

The liquor saloons in this city will be closed Christmas Day.
The be extended Newport Central Falls and
Pawtucket, it is said.
The here this morning police
siones response petitions from cegymen and prominent c
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
Woman Hurt by Car

Annie Solomon. a Brava woman. who
lives at 40 South Main street, was thrown
TO the ground yesterday while trying to
board n car AT Charles and Orms streets.
Her injuries were not ascertained
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
GOVERNOR RECEIVES
ELECTION CERTIFICATE

Governor James X. Higgins received his
certificate OF election today from the state
returning board. through its secretary,
Richard W. jennings
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
WEATHER NOTES

The northeastern storm was central
this morning over Maine. II caused rain
yesterday and last night in the Ohio VAL
lev and the middle and north Atlantic
states and snow In the Lake region.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
SALOONS MUST
Be SHUT TIGHT
CHRISTMAS DAY
POLICE BOARD so ORDERS

Action Taken on Petition of Clergy
men and Prominent CitiZens-The
Commissioners Say Majority of
Providence Liquor Dealers Favor
the Plan-MOvement May Extend
to Newport, Central Falls and
PaWtuCket.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-11
HON. N. A. KNAPP
WILL Be THE
CHIEF SPEAKER

The Commercial club will dine at the
Narragansett hotel next Saturday at 7:15
p. m. and will be addressed by Hon.
Martin a. Knapp, chairman of the inter
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good one and he pointed to lot o little
dents in the ceiling.
whats themo" says Long Arm.
That's where the balls that got dose O
the hot air riz up" says he. That proves my
theory Now l got to perfect it, and he sat
down. his face more wrnkled than ever, and
we left him.
The next days game was the first under
the new rules of pneumatic balls and unlimited
base running, and enormous crowd turned
out to see US play Larrup Center. Each nine
had trusty corps O boys on bicycles in the
fields back of the center, left and right field
fences, waiting to relay in the long hits and
keep the score down. 1t had been agreed they
might retrieve hits that went outside the
fences. Every outfelder in the league had
gone on strike till this was settled.
Clancy wasn't on hand. He had begged off
that he might work on his new invention. We
went into the contest without him, and feel
ing as though we were due for good beating
The Larrup Centers had a prime lot o sluggers
in those days. That was why they wanted
the pneumatic ball.
They started off with rush, pushing hits
into the river, a mile or SO away, where the
bicycle boys had to go swimming to get the
ball. three or four times in the first few innings
These hits yielded dozen home runs apiece
before dusty boy pedaled in with wet ball and
the tired Slugger had to stop c1rcllng the bags
1arrup Center was crazy. Men were pattlng
the back of the official who got the league to
pass the rule, and calling him a brainy cuss,
and buying him wine, and suggesting him for
the next Congressional nomination. Boys set
on the bleachers and made bets on how many
runs the next big hit would be worth. Every
body was happy but US, who were getting
trounced. And then Chopemout Clancy
sneaked in the back gate.
There was that in his look that made me
nudge Long Arm Leary. 1t was the eighth
inning. If we could pull off that trick O hitting
Mars with hot ball there was a chance to win
You can't ride bicycles up to Mars-not yet.
Out comes Clancy as we go to bat for the
last time A wild throw that sent ball
bounding over the grass toward him gave him
the chance he wanted. He retrieved it for a
waiting Larrup Center fielder-and the Clancy
Hot Air Ball had been rung in. He whispered
us the good news. The score was now lab to
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in the air. There it floated, hundred feet
from the ground, just back of second. And
Clancy was making the base paths hot in
trying to catch up those hundred and twenty
five runs.
"Lasso it," screamed some one in the
crowd. Git a ladder" called another.
Shoot it full O hoes!' yelled another
Talk about your riots! That town from
being crazy over winning, went crazy with
despair. They shot for an hour trying to get
that ball down, and got the fire department
ladders, all to no use. We took turns circling
the bags, running for Clancy, till we got a
hundred and twenty-six runs, and then we
packed up an went home, leaving the Clancy
Hot Air Ball still up in the air.
And there it stayed for week OF more
One morning it busted and blew away 1t
didn't make any difference, though; for they
went back to common sense ball rules the next
day Clancy's Hot Ball Trust stock never
PANIED out. The one he won the game with
was the first he made, and the secret o getting
the hot air in died with it.
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a rule-a man could circle the bases and
score runs till the ball was returnedi
For ChoPemout Clancy an his hot air ball
scheme that rule seemed to open the way for
great things, and soon as we heard it
Long Arm Leary an l hustled up to his room
to tell him. We found him in a mixup of base
balls with holes in EN-, baseballs cut in half
and tanks of compressed air, gas stove
and wrinkled forehead We told him the
news.
"Fine!" he says. That1l increase the
value O the stock O the Clancy Hot Ball
Trust several hundred points. III be selln'
'em all over the East in a month. Jest now
I'm little troubled"
His face showed it. We asked him why
I've got the ball an the air an the heat"
says he; but | can't seem to make any head
way in combining EN-. l pump one ball full
o hot air, an the air stays in, but the heat
don't. In another case the air leaks out an
leaves the heat. Then I've had forty-leven
explosions, cause the balls is some of 'em
weak. But these prove my Inventions a
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- me one rainy afternoon when the Sluggitt
Corners team couldn't play and we were all
talking in the Sluggitt Inn, "stragety IS goin'
to win all the baseball battles of the future.
The bells is ringin' for the heavy slugger; team
plav, polished an machine like, is about at its
top notch; everybody knows everything there
is to know about inside play.-and here comes
good old stragety for an lnnln
''hot air amt goin' to win any; so guess you
won't figger, whether stragety does or not.
By the way, who's old Strage payln' with
this year?"
IF l was as ignorant as you, Spotts,' says
Chopemout as severe as his good natured self
'ud let him,-"if l was as ignorant as you,
I'd 90 an hide under the second bag for life.
Stragety amt no player. It's brains an cute,
ness, and that's why you don't know nothln
about it. An hot air? That's one o stragetys
fine points. In fact, you might say that
stragety, helped by hot air, IS go1n' to win
hull lot O ball games.
Course you guys have read in the papers
of the famous pneumatic ball You tap 1T,
goes mile n half. The only trouble with
that ball is that your opponents have got as
good a chance at it as you have. You slug 1t
a mile, and they slug it a mile too. SO the
game degenerates into a sluggln bee IN W ich
the low browed guy with the good lamps an
thick shoulders has got better chance than
the brainy man. Am l right"
We all nodded; but each of us was aching
to get square punch at one o the pneumatic
pellets.
Now, here's where stragety comes in.
Here's where the lad that amt got any brain
storms figgers Wat makes a balloon go up!
It's hot air. W'at'll make one o these here
pneumatic baseballs go up an up an up, an
never come back? Wy, hot air. Pack it in
tight, hot as you en- make it, and then when
You Law up against that ball with good hlck-
ory stick It'll go till it touches Mars. It'll
never come back, anyway. And that's where
we win
THAT'S the stragety part O my scheme.
Let the Larrup Centers or the Lammtowns
or anybody ring in all the pneumatic balls
they want to; at an oPportune minute we IL
good rapl win out.
Now, the pneumatic ball proposition was
troubling the Big Stick League VINO started
using them first nobody knew; but everybody
had 7en, and no pitcher could go into the box
without great chance that an accidental tap
would knock a chip off the moon aad spoil
his pitching record when he least expected it.
So the league met to settle the question, a L
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rs IN favor OF Larrup
Center. But we felt
hopeful. What was a
hundred and twenty
five runs, if we could
send a ball into Mexi-
CO, maybe?
Two men got out
in a hurry, and our
hopes fell. Then
Clancy batted for
Dwarf Duffy, and
the audience laugh
ed at the idea of
us expecting that
freckle faced little
runt to knock out
a hundred and TWEEN
ty-five runs.
Clancy fouled off
the first ball. The
umpire tossed out
the second II uac
the ball. Up it comes,
a slow out curve.
Chopemout struck it
a solid welt. 1t sailed
up in the air, and he
darted for first.
The audience be-
gan to laugh. The
ball was goin' to land
in center field. A hit,
maybe, but
The ball had stop
4
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then the Larrup Center
representative got up
and said that it was a
great injustice when a
man knocked the ball
into the next township,
that he should score
only one home run, or
no more than a weak
chested guy that lost
the ball in some weeds
near the fence. 1t was
a rank imposition an
a crime, he said.
Wat do You
p'pose," said the presi-
dent.
Why, let him make
as many runs as he
cam" says the Larrup
Center man. Let him
run the bases till they
find the ball. That'll
eject some sort O
equality in the game"
And blamed if they
didn't 90 an make that
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good one" and he pointed to lot o little