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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-29
A SCHOOLBOY STAR.
Talbot of Mercersburg, Pa, Ex-
GELS With Hammer and Shot.
SOME OF HIS RECENT FEATS.
Ne Threw Twelve Pound Hammer 1870
Feet 9 Inches Early In Sprine-Later
He Defeated the intercollegiate

BY far the most sensational work Of
the early outdoor season has been done
by Lee Talbot. the young Mercersburg
pa academy giant. I'm the weight
events. Standing nearly six feet five
inches in his stockings and built In
perfect proportion. Talbot has made
Jokes OF all the interscholastic weight
events he has entered Early I'm the
spring he set a new worlds record
with the twelve pound hammer of 100
feet . inches. Recently In the Yale in
terscholastic meet at New Haven.
Conn, Talbot put his whole strength
behind the missile and sent It out 1872
feet. new worlds record
Talbots work has been mainly with
the twelve pound hammer. but now
and then he has fooled with the six
teen pound missile IN practice and has
repeatedly bettered 100 feet. Probably
the greatest feat of his career was the
defeat he administered 10 NJ +. Horn
the intercollegiate hammer throwing
champion. at the University OF Penn
sylvania relay games April -. The
schoolboy simply outclassed his more
experienced college rivals. winning
with a single throw.
In addition 10 his prowess with the
hammer Talbot is a star with the shot
aud has already annexed the inter
scholastic indoor record.
Early last winter the Irish American
Athletic club Of New York recognized
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-29

Soothes itching skin. Heals curs OF
burns without a scar. Cures piles.
eczema. salt rheum. any itching Doan's
Ointment. Your druggist sells IT,.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

and this VIII be supported by twenty OF the
main columns and fourteen secondary ones The
cast steel pedestals of the twenty main columns
viii be seated on grlage of crossed I-beams
bedded in concrete and resting squarely on the
solid rock The other columns will be supported
by grage beds resting on concrete caps, which
in turn will rest on the bedrock.
Maurice Deutsch, c. E. speaking for the
Foundation Company, by which the Singer
Building foundations are being laid. threw
some light upon the difficulties which being
experienced in the work. The weight of the
forty story Singer tower will be 4641601o
pounds. Mr. Deutsch said:
In the southern part of Manhattan Island.
which is closely surrounded all sides by tidal
waters, find a layer Of quicksand which
varies from fifteen to sixty feet in thickness.
Underlying this is found a stratum of hardpan
and then bedrock at n distance of from fifty to
hundred feet below the street level
THE foundation work for the forty-one story
Singer Building illustrates the highest advance
which has been reached in this branch of engi-
neering- II is evident even to the layInan that
in order to support a building such as this safe
ly the foundations must be anchored directly to
the bedrock. and that 20 excavate for these
foundations through the quicksand far below
the shallow foundations of adjoining buildings
without tnddIlScflnS the ldtte~, presents q SeTl-
Gus engineering problem.
The Singer Ruilding will bc the highest ma
sonry structure in the world with the excep-
tion or the Metropolitan Life Building. It will
b. ABOUT three times high as old Trinity
Church Stecple. 1t will be more thaE twice as
high rs the Flatiron Building. and higher even
than the Washington Monument or the Cologne
Cathedral The area of its combined floor space
will be about +l3S20 square feet, or nine and
one-half acres. Considering il all on one level
this would cover about twenty-eight downtown
city blocks, or all the available space in a ter
ritory bounded by Exchange Place Dey street.
Trinity Place and Pearl street. and would pro
vide standing room for about 100000 men.
Within this enormous structure are TO be ac-
commodations for office force of about 1000
persons.
The total weight Of the building. including the
tower viii be in the vicinity OF 100000
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

pounds and win be carried by ffty-four steel
columns. AS result Of this enormous weight
the latter will be carried down 70 rock ninety
feet below the curb by thirty caissons."
The great central tower of the Singer Build
ing will rest either wholly or In part eighteen
Of the thirty caissons. and the method OF tying
the steel columns to their concrete foundations
devised by Ernest Flagg. architect Of the build
ing. constitutes the distinctive feature Of the
work on the Singer foundations. These wind
anchors as the big steel ties have been termed
have never been used in this manner before in
any other building and constitute new de-
parture in skyscraper foundation work They
are really set of, big steel rods running down
into the concrete piers 4 distance Of about fftv
feet
o. +. Seusch, chief engineer for the architect
Mr.. Flagg. describes this device as follows:
These rods were required under ten Of The
thirty-six columns carrying the tower They
form part OF the wind hracins system. and our
calculations showed Uplift on them in excess
Of the dead weight carried by them. To counter
act this uplift. it was necessary 70 attach each
OF these ten colurans to the caissons on which
they rested. These anchor rods extend down
into the Caissc2s about Gfty feet below the base
ment floor line, and are so designed that the
anchor plates ~ their ends plus the skin friction
Of the steel rods in the caisson concrete are suf
hclent to resist the upward pull. On account Of
the skin friction 1t was not necessary to make
the rods Of the same diameter from the top to
the bottom.
'"The lower section Of the construction consists
or only one rod, which pulls the lowest part
OF the caisson. The next section consists of two
rods taking their share Of the caisson in add!-
ton TO the share OF the rod below; the next sec
ton consists OF three rods. and so on to the top;
very much like the roots OF a tree which are
heaviest near its base AS II was impossible to
sink the caissons with such minute accuracy as
70 bring the tops OF these anchor rods precisely
under ths base OF the columns. an ingenious
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

steel casting had TO Be devised BY means az
which and the use OF four circular rods for each
column the top Of the anchor rods proper could
be coupled 70 the column shafts In the base
ment. at the same time allowing for some ad-
1ustment These circular rods are connected 10
the column shafts by means Of heavy steal
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

WIND ANCHORS.
Showing how the lofty Singer
tower will be securely tied
to It's foundations A new
device
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

NINETYzET
Showing tfaSS
Build in 81
ing = eree
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16
Republican Club Organized.

At meeting at the court house last
night the Republican Club Of Prowsra
county completed its permanent organ
isstion, and will soon be comfortably
ssttlsd in it, new quarters in the three
front rooms on the second floor Of the
Huddleston block. These rooms have
been leased for two years.
The following officers were elested for
the ensuring year: President, L. M.
Markham; LIST vice president, E. A.
Bsnnister; ID vice president Precinct
No. 1, N. N. Mclean; No. 2, ]. s. Mo
Aurtry; No. 5, ]. L. Mayasld; No. 4, G.
4. Watson; No. ST. H. Wing; No. 6,
Ray McGrsth; No.'7, W. H. Blosser; No.
8, Cora Strain; No. o, George Thomas;
No. IL, John R. Gordon; secretary,
3. N. Msars; treasurer, D. E. Cooper;
sergeant at arms, G. w. Dickerson.
The board OF directors was elected as
follows: For three years, M. j. McMillin,
W. W. Reynolds, @. F. Hoag; for two
years, G. G. Goodsle, 1. H. Myers, Geo.
B. Merrill; for one year, CRANKY Hillyer,
J. 8. Hasty. @. F. Liggett.
II was voted to hold banquet in
honor Of Lincoln's birthday, February
II, and q committee was appointed to
look after arrangements for that event.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16

Quite marked interest is manifest in
the Bible School. More fathers and
mothers with their young people and
children are wanted here every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock.
"Christ's Answer to the Worlds Cry.
ing Need" will be the pastors theme
next Sunday morning at II o'clock. In
the evening he will deliver the third
sermon in the series on young Mon oil
the Bible" Young men are cordially in.
vitsd and strangers and any without a
church home will find hearty welcome
here.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16
Christian Endsayor Rally.

Mr.. Karl Lehman of Denver, field Sec
rotary Of the Colorado Christian En-
dsavor Union, will speak in the Presby-
tsrian church Tuesday evening. January
-, At 7:3O. All young people invited.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16

Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Curry entertained
the 1900" card club last Friday night at
their handsome new home on Olive St.
There were enough members present
for six tables, and all had fins time.
The prizes were won by Mrs. Hunt
ington, Mrs. Goodale. w. w. Cooper and
e. M. Msars. Delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess, and it was a
late hour whom the jolly crowd broke
away.
The Grand Trades Concert to DO held
in the opera house on Friday night,
Jan. 25, is under the auspices Of the l..
o. T. NJ, Of Lamar. The entertainment
consists of now and up-to-dste music
beautiful drills and many other novel
features, about fifty people will take
part All the leading business houses
will be represented, and nothing will be
left undons to make this the event OF
many seasons.
The Ave Jsps who were arrested last
week for assault on Elmer Bressler, were
tried before Judge Thorne in the Comfy
Court The charge WIS assault with in
tsnt.to do bodily harm. The first case
was tried Friday anu Saturday and the
jury did not arrive at q verdict until
Monday morning, when they found the
defendant MrsaLi, guilty of q simple as
sault only. Taking Iuto consideration
that the defendants se been 8 days in
jail and that the osts in his case
amount to some $40. - the court SEN
fenced him TO pay . fine Of one dollar
and costs. The cases Of the other de-
PENDANTS were dismissed, they paying
the costa. w. E. Fee defended the Japs
while Merrill and Hillysr conducted the
prosecution.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16
Men Wanted

with teams to take contracts for clean
ing and enlarging Amity Canal East Of
Big Sandy creek, also northeast of Hol-
~. Inquire at office Of Chief Engineerf
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet & Irrigat-
cd Land Co., Lamar or Holly, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16

We cary full line of holdings
and do all kinds of molding work,
picture framing. mating, etc; we
do the job at what is worth; work
guaranteed.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-16
999(C

will buy one of the good all wool
sweaters that you are in need of.
The kind that sold for SIPS and
81. 10; all sizes in blue, tan, red
and gray.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
KILLED,
OFFICERS FEAR
Eighteen OF Twenty Out
laws May Have Been
Slain by Captors.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. oct. A-Cap-
tain paugherty, OF the rural guards,
viii start an investigation as soon as he
arrives here from the scene OF the re-
cent campaign against the Mayari ban
dts 10 determine what has become q
eighteen or twenty OF the outlaws who.
following tEe.r recent capture, are now
reported rs missing.
Daugherty had already left the field
lls presence beng no longer required
and there - strong suspicion that the
CUBAN Oiz-ers left In charge OF the pris-
oners pvt tile latter 10 the machete
> The Cubans are known 10 have been
Intensely wrought up against the out
laws and even before Daugherty's de-
parture several Of the officers expressed
the opinion that a few informal exCcu-
lions would have a salutary effect No
one suspected that they would actually
carry out such a plan and IL Il proves
that there has been a massacre the
offenders will be severely dealt with
But eight members Of the Mayari ban
dts remain at large and these are be-
ms chased through the woods with the
rureles III hot pursuit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
.HURLS WATER BAGS,
RUINS PRETTY GOWNS

PHILADELPH oct ITO have
avipc glass shower over them. and TO
have their pretty frocks spiashed with
dirty water, in order that some one with
a perverted sense of humor might enjoy
his merry jest. was the plight Of several
women who were at luncheon in a
restaurant, on Chestnut street, below
Broad.
Adjoining the restaurant is the Real
Estate Trust Building. From somewhere
I'm the heights of the office structure the
Joker hurled a paper bag filled with
water and tied with a string. With a re-
port like that of a small bomb the water
charged missile crashed against the
glass sKylight Of the restaurant under
which the diners were seated The glass
was shattered and water and fragments
IF glass spiattered over the people be-
low One woman sustained a severe cut
on the face.
Detectives are now seeking the joker,
and IL they find him they promise to eX-
emplify the old adage, That ne laughs
best who laughs last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
DIVORCES TOO FEW.
SAYS LILLIAN, WHAT!
Airy, Fairy One Doesn't
Think Marriage Should
Be Permanent.

CINCINNATI. Oct. Ain an article
prepared Cor publication. Lillian Russell
Las declared a few thoughts on Love
Divorce, and Aatrimony." Excerpts foi-
low:
i DO not believe a marriage contract
should De permanent Under existing
conditions il is Impossible for a woman
to know what man il. and for a man
10 know what a voTan is, until they
have been married.
Divorce is one Of the greatest bless
ings in the world today. II is moral
degradation for a woman and a man
20 liSe together as man and wife after
love has passed away. For the woman
I can imagine no more terrible fate
than to be ,fcttered TO man she has
ceased 10 love. Divorce is necessity
The present condItiop of affairs IS de-
plorable Nine MAJ riagcs out OF ten
arc unhappy / do lot wish 10 give the
impression that am free-thinker,
and would not have marriage abol-
iShld. But the system as II now Is Is
I sink the responsibility for unhappy
uarrraEes lies mostly with the woman
II she did not feel she was obhged 70
marry. there would he less unhappy
sTheTe is less excuse for the stage
woman 10 go asuay than there IS for
others who are less independent A
,,-oman's nnanCiui independents j. Aet
.rcatest blessing. IL VIII keep many a
ono from saying the fatal yes when u
-Hould be no
II want 10 warn girls against pro
posals tainted with the smell OF WHISKY
such marriages are always unhappy
Every girl and woman should nave
some sort of reli yi0n. II may be Mo-
hanmedan, Buddhist, Christian Science
ANYTHING. lust so there Is strong be.
lief in something Religion helps a girl
over the rough places With II she Will
ne r-ood-unless she wishes 20 be bad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
Few People Consume Water
Enough to Keep Healthy
A Noted Authority Gives Advice, Also Tells
How Anyone Can Prepare Mixture
Which Is Said to Be Splendid
to Use at Home

THE people here DO not drink enough
water 10 keep healthy" exclaimed a
weIl-known authority The numerous
cases Of stomach trouble. kidney and
bladder disease and rheumatism are
mainly due 70 the fact that the drinking
water. natures greatest medicine, has
been neglected
Stop loading your system with patent
medicines and cure-alls; but get OF the
water wagon II you are really sick.
why, Of course. take the proper medl-
clnes-plain common vegetable treat
ment. which will not shatter the nerves
or ruin the stomach
When requested for such prescrfp-
ton for the cure Of rheumatism and
kidney trouble the answer was; You
must make the kidneys DO their work;
they arc the filters Of the blood. They
must be made TO strain out OF the blood
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
SOUTH DAKOTA RAILROADS
FIGHTING REDUCED RATES

SIOUN FALLS. s. D.. Oct All the
lc5uing railroads in South Dakota yes
teTday afternoon began a united &C
ton in the United States court in this
city for a permanent injunction IRE
venting the State board Of railroad com
lhlSslohers from putting into effect OC-
toner u. an order reducing present
rates in The State from To 2I5 cents
q mile. The commission was tenaor-
drliy restrained from putting the new
LaIe INTO erect, pending a hearing from
Judge Garland October % ON a. -
picdtion for permanent Injunction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04

the waste matter and acids that cause
rheumatism. the urine must be neutral
iZe2 so IL viii DO longer be O source OF
all. YOU must keen these acids from
forming in the stomach This is the
cause OK stomach trouble and poor d.
gestiOn. For these conditions / would
suggest the following prescription,
which is composed Of only vegetable In
gradients which can be obtained from
any good prescription pharmacy- ANY
one can mix them BY shaking well in =
bottle. Fluid Extract Danielion. one
half ounce; Con pound kargOn. one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla.
three ounces. TO be taken IN teaspoon
fui doses after each meal and at bed
time but don't forget the water. Drink
plenty and often" This valuable in
formation and simple prescription
should be posted uD IN each household
and used al the first sign OF an attack
Of rheumatism, backache, or urinary
trouble. no matter how slight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
CHRONOLOGICAL BOOKS
FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY

4 large number Of chronological and
engineering books are being purchased
by the Public Library for the new use
ful arts department. which will be open-
Cd next month. This department viii
consist Of a collection Of AL the librarv's
resources on industrial subjects. en-
cheering. the different trades. business
methods, hand.craft, etc. a collection
of trade catalogues issued b. manufac-
turers has already been started
The room VIII be in charge of an
assistant. who viii he familiar with
TIE books pertaining 70 the different
subjects. The books purchased by the
library are already available for refer
crce or home use
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
Wiz PAYs BoNrs Diets.

PARIS. Oct 4-The time limit in
which Count Boni de Castellane could
appeal 20 the court Of cessation has
expired. and the divorce decree obtained
by Nine. Anna Gould. formerly Countess
de Casteliane. Is now absolute Nine.
Gould n3s settled out OF court the cred
itors' claims both against herself and
the count
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
Friends Raise Fund OF
s. 900 to Aid the
French Girl

NEW YORK. Oct A fund Of 5000
has been raised for pretty Bertha
Claiche. the French girl now complet-
ing two-year term in the Bedford
Reformatory for numbering her former
lover. who, she declared, had enslaved
her in this city.
The money will be used in fixing up
a little dressmaking establishment for
the young woman when she leaves the
reformatory, which Will be in Few
weeks
The murder Of Gordon and the trial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04

Company. John c. Hodges. ard the
United States Bindery AMI paper Ruling
Company. The Stoc6ett-Flsize Company
has always, g. was stated, beea an
eight-hour shop. as is the George Z
Howard Printing Company.
The union unanimously decided 70
thank the employers for the prompt ard
cls>s rful manner in which they grant "a
the -eductiOn Of hours Of labor ir their
zoe Give binderies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
EAST WASHINGTON CITIZENS
ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR

The East Washington Citizens 1850
clation. az its October meeting held last
night In DonneIly's Hall. reelected 5hese
OFFICERS FOR the current business year:
PRESIDENT. Thomas W. Smith, vice pres
ldenE NJ l. Weller; secretary. A F.
Spei ~: treasurer. W. NJ. Williams. ex-
ecutive committee. Capt. Fl NJ. JOGn-
son. cant. William N. Potter. and A
I Albert The treasurer reported that
during the year thirty-nine new mem
ncrs mad 5een enrolled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
SHORTER HOURS GRANTED
BY R00KBINDING SHOPS

At a meeting Of the international
Brotherhood Of isool1binders Local Onion
No. =. a report was received that the
following drms had grdnteG The eight
hour day 10 their employees
4. Zicht q Co., the GLOBE Printing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04

Of the girl furnished a sensation II
was after the girl was through testi-
tying in her behalf that che won hun
dreds OF friends and sympathizers Just
before the case was about 10 be given
10 the jury, she pleaded guilty TO man
slaughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
REALISTIC DEATH SCENE.

Actress-'Did my death scene seem
reaIistic2 Theatrical manager should
saw so. Why. a life insurance director
in the audience tainted dead away
Chicago Daily Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
Coal, Building, and Cars.

Anthracite coal shipments from East
ern producing regions during August
amounted 10 5.u6252. for the eight
months H,2o3,-S2 gross tons, being ab0uC
q per cent in excess of 1906 totals.
Building operations in fifty cities for
eight months amounted TO SH4. $50 GA
about $25.0o00J below corresponding
period of 1906
a larger traffic activity and fuller
utilization OF the available car supply is
shown by the number Of cars handled
by thirty-fiVe car service associations
the figures for the eight months being
22ol5-47f cars, which compares favorably
with 1905 figures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
BRISTOL

BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.
Miss Alice A. Bristol Principal. AIsntwood Pl
THE MISSES EASTMANS BOARDING
AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 1855 l7TFI
ST; BOYS SCHOOL. 1924 MASS. AVE
OPENS OCT SEND FOR CIRCULARS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
THE DRHLERY

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ginners and advanced pupils in Stenography
Iypewriung, and Business Branches
Dictation exercises for the DEVELOPMENTS Of
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04

SHORTHAND Read all that other schools
can say. then mark: Ours excels their b-st
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-04
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