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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11

tying. u must have II snort, saIu
] want the speed"
Speed In moment | was to see
that speed is the keynote of ketchel $
fghting-of his whole makeup In
fact. lie is all nerves, all sudden
movements. all speed. When he drives
his auto he wants 10 break records
Only last week he bought new racer
out in Chicago
Breaks Punching Bag.
The punching bag being fixed
Ketchel quickly drew on light gloves
and went at IT, Bing! Bang Bling
bang -bing-bang. BiNG,N
That's about the way II sounded.
With tattoo of lefts and rights he
kept the sphcroid drumming on the
punching bag ceiling. Now ant then
he whipped the left over with ter
rife SMASH one OF these broke the
rope. ketchel walked across the gym,
picked up the bag and put in a new
rope. In a moment that broke. Bert
Keyes volunteered stronger one,
which was soon in place. Half MIN
ute of savage punching, and with
bang the bag burst wide open.
without stopping Ketchel called his
Working partner and began throwing
the medicine ball hard and fast. After
that came lot OF exercises like the
setting-up drill Of the army, lie lag
flat on his back and lifted his les up
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11

state. put him out In a hurry. Over
~ ~, MA a. N>NllIe tuey offered me fight
Mitil Thomas. Joe wasn't very busy in
LlSco Just then, So he thought he'd
, Ia a run out to Marysylle and pick
Hp 'he easy money. Nobody in Frisco
naI ever heard Of me. | gave him an
3MiuI beating, but they called il a
ura" because he was the chamnjon
aali"FWard | Knocked him out ina long
I'LL III Frisco. Joe Is a migs'y good
,Itehu "I nine. ! Ike him very much
~" nee fellow. | felt sorry about
sn n er1T n'iI' suSL a beating, but ne was
49,, our last fight was the worst. Every
,.ine Joe was knocked down he fcil
over irnntward and fell on his fore.
neaI. When the Knockout came
,itl MN right over the heart. He threw
ms hands over his head and called out
I'm my God" He said afterward he
thought he was killed.
Wants to Fight johnson.
How about the stories that you want
% fSht Johnson | asked.
ketchcl Jumped up.
do he exclaimed Il believe 7
7an, kn0C,. him or. know Johnson
well. and know all about Kim, lie has
On" Eooo punch AMI he landed II or
hlrnS at the start OF Tie fight. Tommy
was uhIncky that's all I'll fight John.
son any time he'll make the match Z"
"oHI 3 6,p. s"ts Obnen nght?"
"o,Brlen'll be on the floor before H. H.
enc OF the ton rounds. mark my word"
,G'1k re VIII, said Kctchel.
Niio, seeing Nct0ha,s STYLE o. WALTON.
.aG d rather he sporting v.ti.,r - =
LhEGS.GC seat than tho gcnla-uc, 80
'"''auelpIlia on the Goth of this month.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11

He stopped hands and then kaot
tying q must have short said KCh shorter the faster and
| the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11
KETCHEL MAKES
GOOD SHOWING IN
TRAINING WORK
Champion Has His Own Ideas OF
How to Prepare for a Battle
Anxious to Fight Jack johnson

- TANLEY KETCHEL is as classy
looking a fighting man as I've
- looked upon in many a day
After watching his training up al
Woodlawn Inn ! cal easily under
stand how he knocks other first,
raters out in a punch or two,
ketchel began work yesterday for
the fight with O'Brlen. Curiously
enough others have overlooked the
event, and found myself the only
newspaper man on the ground. A
few local sports had dropped in 10
see ketchel, White and Reyes box.
When arrived Ketchel, in work.
Ing toys, was fixing a punching bag.
The rope was too long, and Stanley
was busily engaged in shortening il.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
Couldn't Raise Family
On His Pay, sole Stole
Pathetic End of Soldier Who Was
7wice Publicly Commended
For Distinguished Services

Anew YORK, Dec. 13.-Capt Thomas
S Franklin, U. s. A., twice COM
mended by General Chaffee and
General Otis for distinguished services
in China and at Manila, pleaded guilty
today to long series of petty en-
bezzlements from the mess fund of the
West Point cadets. He was sentenced
by Judge Hand in the United States
circuit court to two years and six
months in the federal prison at At
lanta, Ga. His counsel gave notice
that he would apply for a writ of
error and review
AS commissary and treasurer of the
military academy, Captain Franklin
had charge of pay checks of the ca
diets which he deposited with the
United States subtreasury in this city
and drew against for mess supplies.
The total amount of his defalcations
ran to $3.50, of which $4,S33 was
represented by false vouchers pre-
sented for approval to the superin-
tendent fthe United States military
academy.
At his first arraignment last June.
Franklin pleaded not guilty and sub,
sequently demurred The demurrers
were overruled and trial was set for
today. The statute of limitations in
court-martial bars offenses committed
only two years back as against three
years in the federal courts, and for
this reason Judge Hand and not Major
General Wood heard the case.
Capt. T. S. Ansell urged for the
prisoner that his client had risen from
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

NO, it was not" replied the wit.
ness Indignantly, 81 wanted to de-"
Cigarettes had proved an embar.
RAISING subject for Mrs. Brokaw in
previous testimony. Today she tri-
umphed over cocktails, of which she
had only tasted four in her life, she
said, and never before breakfast
Champagne, she thought, tasted much
like ginger ale.
Mr.. Mcintyre began to delve into
Mrs. Brokaw's liking for clothes. Her
lawyer cut him short with an ad-
mission that Mr.. Brokaw had spent
$4,000 on his wife in their first year
of married life.
Mr.. Mcintyre thought the items
spoke for themselves.
81 will hardly agree" he instanced
that couple of hundred of dollars
worth of corsets were used by Mr.
Brokaw.
Mr. Brokaw, himself, who is far
from puny, Joined in the laugh that
followed
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
Suspected of Blou,ing
Safe -Four Are
Arrested

E LORA, ILL.,, Dec. 13,-Four men
are under arrest, three here and
one at Xenia, ILL.,, as the result
of a safe blowing at lola, ILL.,, Sat
urday night, and the subsequent pur-
suit of the robbers by posses of citi-
zens, aided by bloodhounds. The
Xenia prisoner resisted arrest and
was shot and dangerously wounded.
The town was aroused by tele-
phone operator who heard the explo-
sion which shattered the safe in a
store and the pursuit was immediate
The robbers left on handcar, but
abandoned it two miles out and struck
across country. At Flora, the dogs
which had been sent from St. Elmo
led the posse to three men who re-
fused to give an account of themselves
and were arrested From this point
the trail led toward Xenia. The fourth
man was sighted near that place. He
was shot by the city marshal OF
Xenia,
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
Attempting to SolOe
arabian Nights
Mystery

Anew YORK, Dec. 13.-Detectives
IN after day of investigation, style
as an Arabian Nights mystery
the reported jewel theft from the Hotel
Lorraine in this city, in which Mrs.
John William Jenkins of Chicago at
first appeared the loser of gems val
ued at 100000.
The value was later cut in half,
while subsequently inquiry brought
from Inspector McCafferty of the de-
tective bureau the announcement that
I'VE are making a thorough and rigid
investigation into the case. but not
along the lines of robbery"
Mrs. Jenkins remains in seclusion in
her apartments. Her husband, it is
said, is out of the city. If stolen, the
jewels were taken from her rooms in
her absence Saturday afternoon. A
description of them has been sent to
pawnshops throughout the city, and it
is understood that part of the consign-
ment has been traced to three differ
ent shops. The police are reticent
about this feature, although it is un-
derstood that the articles were
pawned several days before the rob-
berry was reported.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
Think ReuoZutio17ists~
Haze Met With Defeat
Seoere Engagement Is Fought Near
Rama With Government Forces
Victonous---Charge Bad Faith

been report that Rama has been
captured by the Zelayan forces, but
this is not confirmed
According to dispatches, the revo-
lutionists claim that they were at
tackled in violation of the armistice,
but this is not believed.
Telegraphic communication is in
terrupted and the exact facts are lack
ing, but it is supposed by government
officials here that General Vasquez
was attacked by the enemy, as he was
under orders from Zelaya not to make
an attack. The armistice, which was
arranged between General Vasquez
and General Estrada, ended at 8
o'clock Friday morning.
Vasquez sought it's prolongation for
three additional days, but Estrada re-
fused. In the armistice the question
Of the acceptability of DR.. Jose Ma
driz as Zelaya's successor was sub
mitted by Zelaya's followers and the
armistice was brought to close by
a flat refusal to consider him for
that position.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

EW YORK, Dec. 13.-The ready
I'M wit and cool head of Mary Blair
Brokaw, who seeks decree OF
separation with alimony of 100000 a
year from her millionaire husband, w
Gould Brokaw, flashed again and
again today through the persistent
plodding of her cross-examination
"At times you say your husband
threatened to blow out YOUR brains
Did you believe him?" asked John F.
Mcintyre, counsel for the defense.
Not when he wasn't drinking" re-
turned the witness adroitly.
Did he say he would OF could do
it?" pursued Mr.. Mcintyre.
"In Paris he said he could and in
the south he said he would"
well, he did not, did he?" asked
Mr.. Mcintyre as clincher.
I'm think" said the witness sweetly
you will find l am still left"
At another time there was a ques-
tion of what Mrs. Brokaw meant by
'paralyZed," an adjective she applied
to Mr.. Brokaw's condition on a night
when she telephoned for his secre-
tary to take care of him.
Mrs. Brokaw amplified her defini-
tion into, "a condition of helpless in
toXication,' and Mr. Mcintyre imme-
diately wished to know how the wit
ness had qualified as judge in the
symptoms of drunkenness.
"My varied experiences after mar
riage made me an expert" she re-
torted.
The worst weather ar Atlantic
coast northeaster can show did not
daunt the curious. Many women, rich
ly robed, motored over to Mineola, l..
L., through the sluSh and rain and
crowded the little court room. The
testimony did not disappoint them.
Mr.. Brokaw, just before court conven-
ed, gave out statement for the press,
in part as follows:
p Il have been grossly misrepresent-
ed by Mrs. Brokaw and by members
of her family. Proposition after
proposition has been made to me by
the plaintiffs if I should submit to a
large settlement of money"
Mr., Baldwin, Mrs. Brekaw's lawyer,
Immediately issued a counter state
ment, in part as follows:
''The statement given out by the
defense that the plaintiffs side had
made overtures to him to abandon the
case upon the payment of a large sum
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
RECOVERING
THE BODIES
Nine Victims of Wreck
Are Brought Into
Erie Harbor

RTE, Pa, Dec. 13.-Five of the
nine bodies picked up by the
Commodore Perry yesterday, the
first of the remains found of the SO
men who lost their lives when the car
ferry Bessemer Marquette No.
foundered on the pillows of Lake Erie,
went sent to their homes tonight.
The Commodore Perry, which
brought in the bodies Sunday after
noon, lay in her slip all the afternoon
with steam UP but such a gale blew
over the entire lake region that to
venture upon the waters of the lake
would have been suicidal The wind
subsidized tonight.
According to a story related here,
Sarah Clancy, a sister of one of the
missing men, saw the car ferry sink
Continued on Page Five.)
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
MRS. BROKAW'S Wit IS TOO MUCH FOR
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT HUSBAND
Expert on Observation-Disclosures What "Parayzed'
Meant -.BrOkaW Issues Statement

of money is an unmitigated and de-
liberate falsehood and consistent with
the policy by which the defense is try
ing to prejudice the case by unsub-
stantiated statements made without
the sanctity of an oath"
After these preliminaries, both sides
got down to the serious business of
the day Mrs. Brokaw was asked If
she did not once take poison by mis-
take with no intention of killing her.
self.
Nov, wasn't that only a bluff"
Queried Mr.. Intyre.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

EW YORK, Dec. 13.-President
~ and Mrs. Taft went shopping in
Fifth avenue today The rain
poured down in torrents-the after
math of snow storm last night
but this made no difference to the
president and his wife.
They arrived from Washington this
afternoon and, entering automobiles
at the Jersey City station, came to
New York by way of the Twenty
third street ferry. Mrs. Taft was ac-
companied by her sister Mrs. Thomas
Laughlin of Pittsburg. This incursion
into the Fifth avenue shops was de-
cided upon on the train. 1t was
interfere with the plan, but neither
the president nor Mrs. Taft would
listen to the postponement. SO direct
from the ferry they drove through
pelting rain to jewelry establish
ment on the upper avenue. A police
automobile preceded the presidents s
car and a secret service machine fol-
lowed.
The advent of the president to the
shops was entirely unexpected anu
the holiday throng forgot the prob.
lem of Christmas presents for the
time being when word of the arrival
of the distinguished new comers
spread about the place.
President and Mrs. Taft and Mrs.
Laughlin went to a private room on
the main floor of the establishment
and battery of statesmen was placed
at their disposal Tray after tray of
glittering gold and silver trinkets was
borne into the room, and from those a
variety of Christmas present for the
White house family was selected.
A watch for Charlie Taft, brace
let and other things for Miss Helen,
scholarly presents for Robert Taft,
who is 4 Yale senior, and score of
gifts for various members of the Taft
family were purchased.
The president is spending the night
at the home of his brother, Henry w.
Taft. He will go to New Haven to-
morrow to attend a meeting of the
Yale corporation, of which he is a
fellow. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Laughlin
will remain in the city shopping un-
til Wednesday or Thursday. The pres
ident will be back at the White House
Wednesday morning.
President Taft was the guest at
dinner tonight of Dr. John Wesley
Hill, pastor of the Metropolitan tenn
pie, where he met number of dis
tinguished church men of all denom-
nations. The dinner was preliminary
to the closing rally of the African dia-
mond jubilee celebration of the Meth
odist church in Carnegie hall tonight
where the president made one of the
principal addresses.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

I'D RuSSELS, Dec. 13.-Leopold H.;
I'D king of the Belgians, tonight is
making desperate fight with
death and the odds are strongly
against the aged monarch.
AS last resort, the surgeons
knife will be tried tomorrow. If the
operation is successful, King Leopold
may live. If it fails, the end is newt
able All will depend upon the, kings
strength and vitality, which are ebb-
ing fast.
rheumatism has already conquered
the aged and wasted frame. Dropsy
mas developed and an obstruction of
the intestines, which must be remov-
ed, has greatly aggravated his condi-
ton.
The general opinion is that the king
Will not survive the operation. In
deed, he may die at any moment, The
monarch is rather optimistic and to-
day exclaimed to his physician, "Op-
crate, and the sooner the BETTER
But he added with wan, wistful
smile:
Perhaps, doctor, the long, long
journey is at hand. :"
King Leopold is still as lucid of in
tellect as ever. The masterful mind
which conceived and carried out the
gigantic Congo project and reused the
whole world into bitter Indictment
and discussion, calmly directed what
seems to be the final chapter in his
spectacular career.
The picture was pathetic enough
Separated from his two eldest daugh-
ters by a tragic skein of events with
scandal of his own personal life
whispered by every tongue, Leopold
lay tonight lin the palms, a little
pavilion of six rooms, close to the
great Laeken, attended by his faithful
daughter, Princess Clementine, Crown
Prince Albert and the royal house
hold.
The castle is empty for the king
had sold all the furniture, dismissed
the servants and withdrawn to the
pavilion not far from the chateau of
his most intimate friend, Baroness
Vaughan. There was mixture of
anxiety, hope and despair. AS his
strength failed, the king whispered to
his chaplain, and the aged priest, with
tears rolling down his cheeks, ap-
preached the bed and heard the kings
confession and administered commun-
ion and extreme JUNCTION.
In the morning the king assisted by
a notary, settled his private affairs.
In the afternoon he took farewell of
the court officials. To Count Oultre-
mont. marshal of the court, his mai
esty said:
you have served me well for more
than 20 years, I am grateful. Before
die | want to tell you so and give
you my thanks"
The king then summoned Princess
Clementine, whom he kissed several
times, telling her not to cry. She was
led fainting from the room. Other
relatives, including Prince Albert, fol-
lowed. ="
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
TREATIES NOT CONSIDERED
BY COLOMBIAN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The state
department has been officially notified
of the adjournment of the Colombian
congress to meet again on June Is.
The treaty between the United States
and Colombia which was signed in
this city on January 8. was not laid
before the congress and it was well
understood that if presented it would
have been rejected.
This was one of three treaties be-
tween the United States and Panama,
the United States and Colombia and
Panama and the canal zone follow
ing the secession of Panama.
In urging the adoption of these
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
GENERAL CASEMENT DIES.

GAINESVILLE, O., Dec S.-Gen. ].
s. Easement, railroad constructor,
philanthropist and trustee of Lake
Erie college, died today. n.
General Easement, veteran of the.
Civil war, laid the original rails of the
Big Four and the Lake Shore roads.
built the Union Pacific railroad as far
as Cheyenne, constructed the Nickel
Plate from Cleveland to Buffalo and
built railroad line in Costa Riea for
the government a few years ago.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

DENVER, Colo, Dec. ia reap
praisement of the property of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company an
nounced today, places the assets of
that company, which was threatened
with bankruptcy few years ago, at
$100,556,476. The total liabilities are
given at $S1, ,249,147, showing balance
of $19,30S,327.
The new appraisement of the com
pany was ordered through the execu-
tive committee by John D. Rockefeller.
The threatened bankruptcy of few
years ago was due to an apparent ex-
haustion of its iron supply. but it is
now announced that supply of &c.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
FAST TRAINS
IN AN AWFUL
COLLISION
n LEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 14.-Word
received by the local police says

| n LEVELAND, Ohio, Dec 14-Word
received by the local police says
the Twentieth Century limited
ran into the rear end of passenger
train, No. 10, near Northeast, and six
bodies have been recovered from the
wreck thus far.
A special Lake Shore train bearing
railroad officials and surgeons left
Collingwood, a suburg, for Northeast
Pa, at l o'clock this (Tuesday) morn
ing. From this it is thought many are
dead.
ERIE, Pa, Dec. 14.-The Twentieth
Century, the New York Central fast
train, en- route from Chicago to New
York, collided with the rear end OF
passenger train No. 10 on the Lake
Shore railroad at Northeast, Pa, 16
miles east of here, shortly after mid
night. ..-..
At the time of the collision the
Twentieth Century was easily making
62 miles an hour.
Six bodies have already been taken
from the wreck, and 1t is believed
there will be more fatalities. A relief
train left here at midnight loaded with
nurses and doctors for the scene OF
the wreck.
Northeast is small town and at
night is cut off from both telegraph
and telephone communication. Re-
ports of the wreck did not reach here
until late, and then it was said that
two freight trains came together with
no loss of life.
The Twentieth Century limited is
due at Erie at 11:45 p. m. and was
running faster than schedule time.
Train No. 10, also a passenger train,
eastbound, left here at 1850 p. M,
and was scheduled to take the siding
at Northeast, but it is believed the
train did not reach the siding far
enough in advance of the fast flyer to
make a proper clearance.
The wreck occurred directly Oppo-
site the Northeast station.
Railroad officials here refuse to
Continual on Paon Five
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
RaynOr ROasts ZeIaya.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Vigorously
denouncing President Zelaya for "hav-
ing murdered" Cannon and Groce, Of
ficers of the revolutionary army, SEN
ator Raynor of Maryland today advo-
Gated the passage of his resolution,
authorizing the president Of the
United States to apprehend and try
the president of Nicaragua for his
crime against these two American citi-
zens.
"The private life of Zelaya, almost
unspeakable in it's enormity," said Mr..
Raynor, SHOULD be made public by
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
HOPE IS ABANDONED.

HENDERSON, KY, Dec. 13.-Hope
was abandoned today for the six negro
miners entombed by an explosion Sat-
urday afternoon in the Baker mine of
the West Kentucky Coal company. The
fire was eXtinguished, but the water
necessary to put out the flames
flooded the mine.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
CLERK OF THE COURT JONES.

Transfer Of the cIerksh1p OF the as
trict court from Fred H. Foster to
Lorin T. Jones began yesterday morn
ing and will have been completed
within a few days. Mr.. Jones ap-
pointed Ed w. Dunno to succeed him
self as deputy clerk. He has not
named the second deputy clerk to the
services of whom he is entitled. Il.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
THE WOMAN WINS.

DENVER, Colo, Dec 13.-Mrs
Helen Brown Jones, who is fighting
in the courts for seat in the Denver
school board with woman lawyer,
Miss Gail, as her attorney gained a
victory against the election trustees
today. when Judge Shattuck sustained
a demurrer and ordered the judges of
the election to certify the returns to
the school board at once
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14

the ranks by merit and that his irreg-
ularities were chargeable to his eff
fort to raise a large family on an Of
ficer's pay. The sentence, beside the
penalty it sets, automatically cashiers
Captain Franklin from the army and
deprives his family of any prospect
of retirement pension.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
CALLED HIM PEACOCK.

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. I3.-GoV-
ernor Wilson today granted a pardon
to Adit-Gen P. H. Johnston, who was
indicted for striking Editor Denny B.
Good of a Louisville weekly newspa-
per, for criticising Johnston. The gov
ernor says Johnston must pay the
fine of $1OO and court costs. In the
article objected to, Good referred to
Johnston as a peacock"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
MILLIONAIRE CONTRACTOR DIES.

SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. 13.-R. B.
Dear, millionaire contractor and min
ing man. died here Sunday as the
result OF third operation following
appendicitis. Until recently he was
president of the Butte-Balaklava Cop
per company.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
CARPENTER NOMINATED.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The pres
ident today nominated George A. Car
penter of Illinois for United States
district judge for the northern dis
trict of Illinois, to succeed the late
Judge Bethea.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
MAUDE FEALY MARRIED.

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 13.-The Post
says this evening that Maude Fealy,
the actress, who divorced L. H. Sher-
win, her first husband, was married in
Washington, D. c., on Nov. 28, to
James Durkin, a member of the THE
Barrier" company, now playing in
MINNEAPOLIS
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
LEFT GREAT FORTUNE.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 13.-Mrs.
Mary Hanna, the third richest woman
in Cincinnati, died at her home here,
today AS the widow of Henry Hanna
she was left a fortune of $7,000,000.
Mrs. Hanna was 81 years of age. One,
daughter inherits the estate.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-14
GIRL,S BODY FOUND.

SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec, 13.-The
body of. an unknown Irish girl was
found in an abandoned we'll on the
farm of J. F.. Harrington seven miles
south of Sandusky today. The possi-
bility of foul play. is being investi-
gated. ....