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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
WAGNER WINS AUTO RACE
CAPTURED Grand Prize In Fiat Car BY
Margin Of Fifty-six Seconds.

Savannah. Ca, Nov. 27.-The power
OF six-score of Italian horses. crashing
and roaring in the cylinders OF a Fiat
car. sent plunging through changing
fog and sunshine over 400 miles Of
oiled roadways by the experienced
hands of Louis WagneE. won the most
spectacular. the longest and the fast
est international automobile race ever
held in this country. The prize was a
$4,000 gold cup and purse Of gold
The three drivers. who chung to-
gether from the very start. were shut
fed about like so many cards as the
flying laps we're reeled away. For
time there was q fourth figure in the
leading column, but when little more
than a minute separated the first from
the last of the cars In the whirring
quartet, a caprice Of fortune sent one
pitching from the road. Out OF the
mass Of wreckage Fritz Erie. who had
been driving the German Benz, No. 10.
was taken with a broken nose and
broken Jaw. Still the struggle con-
tinued. and 1t was not until the last
minute OF the last lap that the tide OF
victory turned to Wagner. Navarro,
the wonderful Italian driver. holder of
the worlds records and winner OF
countless contests, who had clung
tenaciously TO q narrow margin of lead
for more than a hundred miles. hest
tated long enough at the supply pits
10 change a weakening tire and lost.
The treacherous rubber tubing
burst as he was about to enter the
home stretch, and the three minutes
OF delay that followed sent the grand
prix winner OF last year and his Flat,
No. 6. from first to third position.
Hemery. in a German Benz. No. s,
favorite of the followers OF automobile
racing. took second honors. 1t was not
until the official time was announced
that the actual winner was known
that Wagner had hurled himself to
victory by the slender margin of fifty
six seconds.
The American cars were unable to
keep the pace set by the foreigners
and fell to the rear. Willie Haupt, In
the Chadwick, No. s, led the United
States forces. One car, No. Z. the
Acme. driven by Zengle dropped out
after the first few rounds because OF
broken spring. Burman. In Buick
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

All Off.
"He Is In love
with himself"
Then he could
not ike mel"
"Why z"
Because he has
such queer taste"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

Corando Secures Revenge on Hayes.
New York. Nov. 27.-The Marathon
race. the great feature of the Olympic
championships in London last July,
was repeated at Madison Square Gar
den. but with n different result In
London Johnny Hayes. Of America,
was declared the winner in 2.56.lS 20.
In this contest Dorando Pietro. the
Italian runner secured revenge by d Pc
featlng his successful rival Olympic
honors in 2.4f2O 2-5. The distance was
the same In both cases. % miles. 1856
wards. The American finished thirty
yards back Of the italian.
Lack OF condition. It was proclaimed
by Hayes friends. was responsible for
his defeat.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
ROTTEN EGGS
Used BY BAKERS
Dozen Dealers In Philadelphia
TO Be Prosecuted.

philadelphia. Nov. 27.-Rotten eggs
are used in many bakeries In this city
IN baking bread. cakes. pies and pas
tries. Tue business OF supplying rotten
eggs to bakeshops is so extensive tha'
there are more than twenty dealers
engaged In the disgusting trade. Thou,
sands Of dozens of "rots' and spots
thu refuse OF the big storage ware
houses and wholesale egg dealers, are
sold weekly to be converted into 1000
for the public.
This revolving condition Is revealed
by Investigations conducted by the
state dairy and food commission. spe
cial Agent H. p. Cassidy who has col
|lected the evidence, announces tha'
cases are to be brought at once against
about dozen rotten egg dealers and
more are to follow. Whether the bak
cries which use the decayed eggs are
10 be Included in prosecutions has not
yet been determined by the depart
: monk
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
ehrubb Beats Four Men.

Philadelphia. Nov. Il. - Alfred
Shrubb. Of England champion distance
runner OF the world. defeated a relay
Of four men in an eight-mlle race al
Central park. Shrubb covered the dis
lance in AZ minutes IA seconds.
His opponents were Percy Wharton
OF Virginia. Bobby Allen. OF New
York: James Curran. of Scotland, and
Percy Smallwood, OF England. each
OF whom ran two miles OF the total dis
lance.
The track was heavy from the rain,
precludlng the possibility Of very fast
time. Shrubs best time for eight
miles is 40 minutes Is seconds. so that
his time was good. considering the
condition of the track.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
Equal Education, Too.

at is to the great interest Of the
white people no less than to the col
ored people that all possible educa-
tional facilities should be given the
colored people, and it Is OF even great
or interest to both races that the col
ored man should steadily strive for his
own industrial and moral uplift
81 want to call your attention and
the attention of all who care to listen
to me to the noteworthy record OF the
town of Mound Bayou in Mississippi.
stopped at Mound Bayou a wear
ago while going through Mississippi.
Twenty years ago the place was all
wilderness.
1T is a thriving, growing town OF
1000 colored people. There is not sa-
loon nor a vicious resort OF any kind
in the town. There are some 5000 PEG
ple on the tract Of land of which the
town Is the center. This tract includes
about forty square miles, all OF 1t
owned by the colored people them
selves Ten thousand acres OF land are
in a high state of cultivation. There
is a big cotton crop, and, in addition,
the colony produces four-hfths OF the
corn and hay it needs. with many hun
bred of horses, mules. cattle and hogs.
In. the town itself there are six
churches and three schools.
ut Is an object lesson, full OF hope
for the colored people and, therefore,
full of hope for the white people, too"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

MADAM" said the teller Of bani
I'm Baltimore to 4 woman who Ind
handed him a check TO cash-"maddm
you have forgotten to indorse."
A worried smile came to the wo
mans face. but she took back the IA
per and wrote something on the back
thereof
when again the teller looked at the
check he found that the woman had In
dorsed as follows.
THE -- bank has always paid me
whatever It owed, and you need have
no worry. Therefore indorse this
check. Very truly yours, Anna NJ
Blank. - arper's.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
Turkish Wrestler Defeats jenkins.

Ney York. Nov. 27.-Yusiff Nah
mout. tire newest OF the terrible Turks
to wrosile in this country. defeated
Tom jenkins. former champion wrest-
Ter Of America, in catch-ascatch-can
contest at Madison Square Garden. the
best two out OF three. Mahmout won In
straight bouts, throwing jenkins the
first time in 80 minutes 80 seconds
with a quarter Nelson and catch hold.
He won the second bout more easily,
putting jenkins to the mat In min
utcs 80 seconds. The Turk gained his
second victory with a double grape
vine and bar lock hold.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
The President's Address.
President Roosevelt said:

President Roosevelt said:
Hundreds Of young col0red men
are every year being lured away from
the habit of decent living because they
are not supplied with the chance to go
where innocent and healthy amuse'
ments are provided in surroundings
that encourage education and moral
ity. | cannot too heartily commend the
action of those colored men who are
responsible for starting this building
When completed it will be a tribute
10 the advancement Of the colored
race. and also e monument to the ad'
vancement of the city of Washington.
There is possibly nothing needed
worse in all our cities and towns than
well-organized Young Mems Christian
associations which shall stand for
character building In the threefold
way in which the Y. NJ. c. y. endeaV-
ors to do its work. Ii pays far better
to support the secretary Of the Y. NJ.
c. A. in a community than to pay the
salary of a policeman.
"As for the white man, let him re
member, in this as in all other mat
tiers. that TO do justice TO the colored
man is demanded not only by the In
terest of the colored man. but by the
interest of the white man also. Sooner
or later in this community every class
of citizens will feel the effect of the
raising or degradation of any other
class.
Il am not speaking of social rela-
lions. | an speaking of equality OF
treatment before the law, of equality
Of opportunity 10 earn living, OF
equality OF opportunity to earn The re-
spect that should be accorded 10 the
man who behaves decently and Is a
good neighbor and good citizen.
What is known as the race prob
lem is one of the most difficult, and 1t
exists in the north as well as In the
south.
But of one thing we can rest as
sureG and that is that the only way IN
which to bring nearer the time when
there shall be even an approximately
fair solution of the problem is to treat
each man on his merits as a man.
1.-THE avenues of employment should
be open to one as to the other; the
protection of the laws should be guar
anteed to one as to the other. Each
should be given the right to prove by
his life and work what his capacities
are. and should be judged accordingly.
Each is entitled to the reward which
he legitimately earns If he behaves
we'll; each should be judged with the
same severe impartiality II he be-
HAYES i'll.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
-FOUR PERISH IN
CRASH OF LINERS
Steamer Finance Sunk OF Sandy
Hook By tho Ge0TgIc.
ColuDED IN THICK FOG

The Finance Went Down Within Ten
Minutes, Carrying to Their Death
Three Passengers and One Of the
Crew-Many Jumped Overheard and
Were Picked Up-one Woman, Who
Chung FrantIcslly to Sinking Vessel
and Could Not BE Forced From Her
Position, Had to BE Left to Her Fate.
New York. Nov. 27.-In the thick OF
q fog OF Sandy Hook the stout steel
freighter Georgia. OF the White Star
line. rammed and sank the lightly
laden Panama line steamer Finance,
outward bound with eighty-hve pas
sengers. The Finance went down
within ten minutes after the collision,
carrying to their death three Of her
passengers and one of the crew. The
rest of the passengers. who included
nineteen women and fourteen children,
as well as others Of the crew, were
rescued by the boats OF the George
The freighter was not damaged.
The dead are: Miss Irene Campbell,
Charles II. Schweinler, Henry Muller
all OF Panama, and William II. Todd,
third assistant engineer.
The disaster occurred in the main
ship channel of Sandy Hook, and as
both the vessels were cropping their
way through a fog that has held up
maritime commerce In local waters
for the past three days. The Prov OF
the freighter penetrated the side OF
the Finance nearly ten feet, tearing
away an unoccupied stateroom and
leaving a ragged hole through which
the water rushed in. The Panama
steamer heeled far over to starboard,
while men and women. many OF whom
had been awakened from q sound
sleep, were thrown from their berths.
Hastily covering themselves with bed
clothing and making little attempt 10
dress. these rushed in panic TO the
main deck, which was fast sinking to
the surface OF the water. Many Of the
passengers jumped overheard before
they could be restrained by the crew
of the injured steamer. many not even
stopping TO provide themselves with
life preservers.
Immediately after the accident the
freighter backed on and anchored, her
commander, Captain Clark, in the
meantime having ordered the lifeboats
lowered. The boats OF the Finance
were also cut away as quickly as pos
sible. though with difficulty because
of the heavy list Of the sinking vessel.
Attention was first given to those who
had jumped overheard, and score
or more were picked up by the small
boats. Meantime the Finance was
settling steadily.
When 1t was believed that all had
left the vessel and the water had
reached the rail. Miss Campbell was
discovered holding tenaciously to q
post in the rail. Appeals to her to
throw herself into the water or allow
herself to be taken into a small boat
failed. Then two sailors clambered
onto the half-submerged deck and,
seizing the terror-stricken woman, one
at either arm. struggled to force her
from her position. A powerfully-built
woman, her natural strength seemed
magnifed by madness, and neither
reason nor force could break her hold.
The men abandoned her only in time
to save themselves, the vessel sinking
under their feet as they climbed into
a lifeboat. With a despairing cry the
xrOpoon dfeannparpd
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

That 1t takes Only one to make a
quarrel when that one Is what is
known as q third person?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

From the land of the Mcros a soldier
writes: "a Moro matron passed cur
quarters this morning wearing a hello.
trope jacket. purple trousers with
large heart designs worked In yellow,
blue and pink embroidery, a red and
black sarong. yellow plush slippers
and yellow silk mantilia. The lady's
maid ODD in modest garb, walked be-
hind. CARRYING magenta parasoI"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
SPOKEN EnqIish Very Coed

From an advertisement of Danish
hotel: THE hotels charmingly situa
tion, surrounded Of a nice garden the
good cuisine. the kindly accommodate
ton with moderate charge and good
conveyances. with easy occasion for
salmon and trout fishing, The ascend
ing Of the surrounding mountains has
done this place well-known and praised
of all travellers. y. B.-The landlord
IS spoken English very coed Lahore
Civil and Military Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

what makes you 50 later asked
the boys parent
"The teacher kept me IN because !
couldn't find Moscow on the map of
Europe" replied Johnny.
"And no wonder you couldn't End
Moscow II was burned down years
ago. It's m outrage to treat a child
In that way
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
MEMORIAL TO DR.. RUFFNeR

At the Virginia School Teachers con-
yention at Newport News a movement
was launched for the erection OF Q monu-
ment to the memory of DR.. WIN. ii. Ruff
ner. founder OF the public school system
Of Virginia, who died Wednesday at Lex
ington, Va. ARsifner memorial service
was held Thursday afternoon. State
Superintendent OF Schools Eggleston left
for Lexington to attend DR.. Runners fu-
neral.
The teachers Endorsed generally the
new Virginia teachers pension law
which includes the retention OIL per cent
OF all salaries toward this fund, but cor
t.nued its committee on the subject until
next wear.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

Radlshes originated In China. where
they have been cultivated for many
centuries and sometimes grow as big
as n mans head In Germany the old
fashioned country mothers cure hoarse-
ness and cough with radish juice mix
ed with sugar candy. The radlshes Of
today have no flavor, no character.
Formerly their sharp. biting taste
made them palaLable.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
KILLED BY coBBLER
Victim Had Protested Against His
treatment Of Child.

Victim Had Protested Against His
Treatnent Of Child.
Nswark, N. j., Nov. 27.-William d.
Mahoney. clerk, lost his life when
be vent to the shop of Tony Lunetta,
8 cobbler. to Investigate charge OF
Indecent conduct which had been MADE
b zahoney's seven-year-old daughter.
He WAS shot in the back, and Lunetta
We arrested on charge OF murder
6ffer he had been chased through the
streets BY mob. Maboney died few
'xnfnutes after the shooting According
70 re story told by the little girl
L,,neftn attempted to assault her
When che was sent to his shop on an
effand. The child told her mother
ana when Mrs. Maboney went to- the
S<on a r<monstr -..slr cssss, sobbler
3. .sseig Is tbe North and ', Then
la1>fSln d. His
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
pApKE BEATEN
BY kETCHEL
Grand Rapids Man Regalns Md
dIe-Welght Championship.
WAGNER WINS AUTO RACE

DRIVING an italian Fiat Car, He Cap
tured Grand Prize BY the Narrow
Margin OF Fifty.slx Seconds In ao2.
Mile contest-Penn Defeats Cornell
by Score Of II to 4-Shrubb, Cham
pion Distance Runner Of the World,
Defeats Four Men.
San Francisco. Nov. 81. - Stanley
Ketchel. OF Grand Rapids, re sd.ned the
middle-weight championship OF the
world and reversed HIS defeat OF last
September, when he sent Billy Papke.
the Illinois "thunderbOlt." crashing TO
the floor before a well directed blow
that caught his opponent flush upon
the chin. The end camo In the elev-
enth prior TO which Ketchel showed
clearly that he was master OF his OPP
ponent at any kind OF lighting Round
by round Ketchei forced his opponent.
and when opportunity offered planted
right TO head and body. generally es.
Gaping without any da.. aging return.
Belying his appearance and forcing the
fight throughout every minute. Ketchel
was stronger up 10 the moment of the
Knockout blow than was his opponent.
Once during an aggressive moment
they fell In the ringside and toppled
through the ropes, wrapped In a close
embrace II was a left to the stomach
that sent Papke to the ropes at this
juncture. In falling Papke seized his
opponent. and the force OF his rush
carried them clear off the platform
and over the heads OF the spectators.
A hundred willing hands assisted them
to the center and in moment they
were graphing In clinch.
In the eleventh and final round
Ketchel came up as fresh and strong
as at any time during the fight. lie
tapped Papke lightly on the jaw and
then rushed him half way across the
ring. planting two hard rights to the
stomach. A moment later. as they
broke out Of clinch. Ketchel swung
the left at three-quarters length' lahu-
ing squarcly on the point Of the chin.
Papke struck at full length. his head
rapping the floor with terrible force.
He had Just enough strength to regain
his feet. and while he crouched In an
attitude half protected, Ketchel sent
his right to the head four times In
quick succession and almost pushed
Papke over with left hook. Papke
dropped and fell forward on his knees,
his hands supporting him and his head
bowed as II in agony. He was then
counted out.
Papke said after the fight: Il am
not satisfied with the outcome. | want
a return. | did not hear the count"
Martin Carter. Of Irvington, Cal.
dropped dead at the ringside from ex-
element when Ketchel knocked Papke
out. Carter Is the proprietor Of the
famous Nutwood stock farm near lrv-
ington. which has turned out many OF
the worlds famous trotters.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
ORANGE ITEMS
Lahore, Va, Nov. 25th.

Lahore, Va, Nov. 25th.
Fifty scholars on the school roll here
and more coming. The new school
house will soon be ready and we expect
the fame and success Of our school to be
so commanding as to place 1t abreast Of
the first schools In the State.
Tonight a sumptuous wedding supper
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. q. Burrus
to select company.
Many hogs were slaughtered last AND
this week.
Delightful weather, inviting invalids
outdoors and facilitating preparations
for Christmas. Already the fruit cake
and mince meat are having marked at
tention.
am glad to note the return OF Mr..
Wallace Sanford, master OF hounds oil
Tomshawk hunt club. He was In at
tendance at the last meeting and In fine
trim. :
MIR. Towles Terrill. who (they say
kindled the biggest fire at Orange II has
had since the war. is reported TO be on
the mend.
Mrs.. Nainpie Cawsrdin and her neice,
Miss Mamie Morton. are guests at Mr.:
L. G. Burrus'. Miss Estelle Royster and
her escort are enjoying the hospitality OF
the same home. They are In attendance
on the Frazer Burrus wedding.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

That success Is sweet, but sometime
the sweetening quality Is about the
and favor Of black strap?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
of the Standard Variety.

"Can you think Of anything more ex-
citsng than love lettersY
"YOu bet"
"Wcll. whatF"
"Oil letters"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
LOCAL MARKETS
{ Corrected by Simon Hirsh 4 Bro.l

Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro.l
Wheat. Ok to $1.O2; corn. So to 60;
meal, $40 to ef.75 oats,
80 10 So; old hens. 3 TO 8; spring
chickens. 10 to IL cts. per pound;
eggs, % to 90; lard, 10 to
IL; ducks, live 8 to 10; turkeys. dressed,
10 to IS; live. Ii to II; wild, II to
~; rabbits 10 to 12h each; butter.
Is to %; old hams. 10 to Is
new hams, IL to 10 Irish po-
tatoes. so to go sweet potatoes,
SO to 60; lambs, 81 80 to "a 90; hides.
green, z to ~; dry sailed, 8 to o; dry
hides, 10 to II; calf skins No. l, $1.OO
to 81 .25; baled hay, S14 to s17 per ton;
leaf sumsc, 20 to 70 per 100; hogs, 5l4c;
beei. live weight. to &c; pork, 6 to 6k;
wool, 16 to Is per 10; veal, 81 to G.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
CROWLEY wins Another Marathon.

Yonkers. n. Y. Nov. 2I.-The Mara
thon race was won by J. +. Crowley
of the Irish-American a. c.. Of New
York. The othcial time was hours 40
minutes. Samuel 4. Mellor. Mercury
A. C.. was second. and Robert A. Fow-
Ter Cambridge, Mass. was third.
The fog was so dense that none OF
the runners could be distinguished
fifty yards away All along the course
spectators were lined, and it was esti.
mated that fully 10000 persons saw
the big field In motion.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
Johnny Knew.

"Papa, what Is n cross examlnationY
asked Mary.
81 know. / know" pipcd up Johnny
Jaw, you don't eitherI'
"Do tOor'
"Well, what does II meanT
"The cross talk mamma gives you
when she's trying to find out II you
have been I'm swimming"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
DO YOU KNOW

That 1t takes Only one to make a
quarrel when that one Is what is
known as a third person?
That success Is sweet, but sometime
the sweetening quality Is about the
consistency and flavor OF black strap?
That persistency is a horrid quality
when 1t Is found in person you don't
like bent on interfering with your af-
fairsi
That where ignorance Is peace 1t is
quite often profitable TO get wise?
That q rolling stone is a smooth one
and a mossback n back number?
That the early bird takes his chances
with the tomcat and the barn owl?
That while the worm may turn it
probably will be only to get 1t on the
other side Of his head?
That you never miss the water till
the well runs dry. and not then II you
chance to live In moonshine territory.
That there IS no place like. home, for
which some exiles thereof are most de-
voutly thankful
That, while It takes money to make
the mare go, most any old thing Will
have that effect on money.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
Two Bows Killed BY cave,b.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Nov. 27.-Arthur
Grossman and Herbert Hoeltje, boys,
we're killed by cave-in. The lads
were members Of party who had dug
a cave in an embankment and went to
play there after dinner. When they
did not return In the evening a search
was instituted. and 1t was found that
the roof OF the cave had fallen In.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28

That, while It takes money to make
the mare go, most any old thing VIII
have that effect on money.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-28
Bathing at Atlantic on Thanksgiving.

Atlantic City, N. j., Nov. 27.-Bath-
ers who disported in the surf in view
of q big crowd Of noon promenaders
furnished a novelty for Thanksgiving
day at the seashore. Lacking sun
light, which failed to pierce a heavy
fog. more than twenty husky young
men, with several women, donned
bathing suits and plunged into the
breakers, emerging after their dip with
little apparent discomfort.