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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
ANOTHER FOOTBALL VICTIM
University of Virginia Student Dies
In Hospital.

Washington, Nov. '16,-Archer Chris
tian of Richmsnd, Va, the halfbaek
Of the University of Virginia football
team, who was injured in the game
with Georgetown University, died lat
er in Georgetown University Hospi-
tai. DR.. S. Fl. Watt, professor of sur
gerry at the University of Virginia,
and DR.. Harvey Cushing, specialist
from Johns Hopkins University Hos
pital in Baltimore performed an oper.
alton on young Christian which lasted
from s until II O'Clock p. m. There
was faint hope that the operation
would save Christians life, but he
sank rapidly and was dead In less
than FIVE hours after being taken from
the operating table.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
BOY BANDITS LAST
SHOT FOR HIMSELF
Robber of II Years, With Com
panion, Aged Is, Holds Up
Bank Second Time
SHOOTS MAN, TAKES $1,000
Bullock, Who Robbed State Bank Last
Month and Got Away, Dashes Into
Weapon on Himself.

Eudora, Kan, Nov. 16--Earl Bul.
lock, boy bandit, of Lawrence, Kan.
accompanied by William Mckay, fif-
teen years old, of Jacksonville, Fla,
in an attempt to repeat his exploit of
one month ago. robbed the Eudora
State Bank Of $500 after shooting
Fred Starr. banker. Later he prob.
ably mortally wounded himself when
closely pressed by armed citizens.
In his first-hold-up of the Eudora
State Bank, Bullock, who is seventeen
years old, shot and killed police
man. The police had about decided
that Bullock had left the State with
the loot of the previous hold-up.
Bullock and Mckay entered the
bank about closing time. Fred Starr,
cashier of the Kaw Valley State
Bank of Eudora, who was in the State
Bank with his days clearings. stood
by as the outlaws held up the State
Banks cashier Henry Wilson. AL
though Starr offered no resistance to
the hold-up, Bullock shot him through
the jaw. Snatching more than $500,
Bullock and Mckay fled. Each youth
had two revolvers,
Wilson spread the alarm, and citi.
Zens, armed with shotguns rifles and
revolvers, pursued the bandits across
the fields
In trying to swim the Kaw River
the boys lost ground, and a few min.
utes later the pursuers were at their
heels. Mckay surrendered, but Bul.
lock, wrenching the revolvers from
his faltering partners hands, ran on
into some woods.
The hunted robber gradually lost
ground, however, and with scant hope
of escape he stopped and shouted de.
fiance at the fast approaching hunters.
Il have only one bullet left, but I'll
beat you yeti" he shouted. and fred
his remaining bullet through his own
head.
Thinking Bullock dead most of the
pursuers turned their attention to Nc.
Kay, some with the intention of
lyyncbing him. This was thwarted by
officers, who hurried Mckay to the
Lawrence Jail in an automobile.
After Bullock held up the State
Bank ofEudora on October II he mur
dered Policeman William Pringle
who tried to arrest the bandit at his
home, in Lawrence.
Bullock WAS in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Woods, Of Lawrence, who had
arrested him on a charge Of robbing
second hand store, when he drew
two revolvers and forced Woods and
Cashier Wilson into the State Bank
vaults. Then he snatched $1,000 and
fled.
After Staying Policeman Pringle in
Lawrence Bullock disappeared, and
until Mckay made written state
ment Of his connection with Bullock
his whereabouts were not known.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
AIaE DEAD IN FIRE;
TRAPPED IN FACTORY
Seven Others Badly Burned In Blaze
at Brooklyn Comb
making Plant.


Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 16-Penned
in fiery furnace by iron bars at ii
windows, nine persons lost their lives
In a fire which swept almost with
lightning rapidity through the cellu-
loid comb factory of Robert Morrison
& Sons, No. 152 Columbia street,
Brooklyn. One Of them, a member OF
the firm. William Morrison, sacrificed
his life trying to save others. A score
CT others were burned, cut or bruised
and one, girl is thought to be NOR
tally hurt.
The Dead.
BASSO, EMILIO, twenty-five
First avenue and Thirty-second street,
Manhattan.
CARMINE. MICHELE. fifteen. No.
141 Columbia street. Brooklyn.
DI PARDO TOMMASO, thirty-four,
Third avenue and Fourteenth street,
Brooklyn.
MADONNA, FRANCISCO, forty
nine, No. 47s Hicks street, Brooklyn.
MADONNA, SALVATORE, fourteen,
No. ATS Hicks street, Brooklyn, son of
francesca.
MILLAZZO, DOMINGO, twenty
three, No. 1872 Union street, Brooklyn.
M1LLAZZO, PASQuALE, nineteen,
No. 122 Union street, Brooklyn.
MORRISON, WILLIAM, twenty
four. No. 49 Strong place, Brooklyn.
SIGENTAUER, FREDERICK, thir-
ty-tive, Sixth avenue and Fifteenth
street. College Point, l.. I.
These men were burned to death
while making frantic efforts to escape,
some Of them in sight of those out
side the factory, while men from an
other factory in the rear swung
sledges and bent iron pipes in attempt
ing to liberate them. The barred
windows were on the second floor and
faced on a one story extension used
as a stable
The fire is supposed to have started
from cigarette dropped in bundle
of fibreloid at the foot Of the elevator
shaft. With hiss 1t went through
the building in a serious Of violent
flareups. 1t took less than two hours
to gut three story building which
Robert Morrison. Jr., son of the pro-
prietor, says had been rendered as
nearly fireproof as possible.
The celluloid burned with rapid
ity almost explosive. Who Is respon.
sible for the condition of the building,
the barred windows where iron shut
ters should have been provided, the
scarcity of fire escapes and the gen.
eral condition Of the fire trap will be
investigated at the Coroner's inquest.
William Morrison, who Is among
the dead. was Robert Morrisons eld-
est son and was manager of the fac.
tory. Robert Morrison was badly
burned and is in hospital. Robert
Morrison, Jr., was in the Office with
his brother when the alarm was CIV
en-. He called for his brother to fol-
low him and made good his own es-
cape, but the other tarried to close
the safe. The elder Morrison was res
cued by Oliver Davis, negro en-
ployee.
There were two women employed in
the Office. both Of whom escaped, but
one Of them, Mamie Koppel, Is years
old, will die. She was badly burned
and she suffered further injuries in
ieaping from a window in the third
story.
The property loss will not exceed
$4,000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
COUNTESS IS HUNGARIAN
Mrs, Vanderbilt Declares Daughter
Sneaks in Mauvar Tonoue OnIv

Mrs, Vanderbilt Declares Daughter
Speaks in Magyar Tongue Only.
Vienna, Nov. 15.-Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, of New York, arrived here
to-day from visit to her daughter,
the Countess Szechenyi. When seen
at the Bristol Hotel Mrs. Vanderbilt,
In speaking of this visit. said:
II was most gratified to find how
happily situated is my daughter the
Countess at Budapest. The Hungarian
Court Society gives her full honors
and accords her special distinction
Hungarian.
Indeed, she has mastered the diff
cult Magyar tongue and now speaks
only Hungarian"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
FOREIGN.

One hundred and one persons were
drowned and sixty-one were rescued
after the steamer Onda, of the British
India Line. struck and sunk La Seyue.
Of the Messageries Maritimes, be-
tween Java and Singapore; many OF
those saved were badly bitten by
sharks.
Two bombs were thrown at the car
riage in which Lord and Lady Min 0
We're driving, at Ahmedabad India;
neither missile exploded, though an
other bomb injured native before
the last two attempts were made
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
BOY BANDIT CAUGHT
Kills Bank Cashier. Wounds PresI.
and Chauffeur. .

Kills Bank Cashier. Wounds Presl-
and Chauffeur. :.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 15.-In an at
tempt at bank robbery seventeen.
year-old boy, who has been identified
as Thomas Jefferson Hall, of Louis
vile, entered the Merchants National
Bank at New Albany, Ind, shortly be.
fore noon and killed j. Hungary Faw-
cett, cashier of the bank; seriously
wounded John X. Woodward, presi.
dent Of the bank, and wounded James
r. Tucker, negro chauffeur, probably
fatally.
An instant later the assassin was
running at top speed down the bank
to the Ohio, where he jumped into a
skiff.
He had pulled out some distance
into the stream before the astonished
citizens of the town and the river
bank knew what had happened. The
police, however, in a motor boat, dis
tanced all followers, and in a short
time had Hall at bay on an island just
south of the big bridge connecting
New Albany with West Louisville.
They covered him with revolvers and
the arrest was made without a fight.
According to William ]. Hall, the
boys father, who has furniture store
at No 802 South Preston street, in
this city, young Hall has been "a
household tyrant." He denies that
the lad Is insane.
"He is simply mean," said the faith
er. The family is formerly of Knox
Vile. Tenn.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings From
All Over the Globe
DOM ESTiC.

Mrs. Stetson went from New York
to Boston, accompanied by her attor-
ney and stenographer, to appear be-
fore the board of the Mother Church,
which was said to foreshadow her ex-
communication.
movement for two weeks strike
by all the labor unions in the country
If the sentences of Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison are affirmed was started
In Philadelphia.
Clergymen in Cairo, H., preached
sermons indorsing the double lynch
ing which took place there recently.
WASHINGTON.
Officials close to Secretary Mac
Veagh, of the Treasury, announced
that investigation of customs frauds
would extend to all parts OF the coun-
try
President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Falcouio reviewed
the mems Catholic societies of Wash
ington.
The government has decided to for
tify Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and make
it the principal naval base in the Paci-
hc
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
JERSEY FEARS WATER FAMINE
Northern Section Facing Wor
Drought in Years.
Worst

Hillsdale, N. j.. Nov. 16.-One Of
the worst droughts known in years is
prevailing in Northern New Jersey
Wells and cisterns are drying up and
even the supply furnished by the
Hackensack Water Company is threat
ened. The company's ponds. in Wood
cliff are lower than they have been
for years, and unless there is heavy
rainfall soon 1t is feared there will be
water famine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
TWO CHILDREN DIE
Received Only Christian Scierc.
Treatment, It is Said.


Wilmington, Del, Nov. ia re-
port was made to the Board of Health
OF the death within two days of each
other of Edward NJ. John, fourteen
years old. and Harold John, twelve
years old sons of Mr. and Mrs Chas.
d. John, local Christian Science lead
ers.
The lads died from acute tonsillitis,
after an intense suffering. A physi.
clan who was summoned diagnosed
the disease, but was not permitted to
prescribe any medicine, it is said, the
Christian Science treatment being
given
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
MARKETING BY TELEPHONE

TO Be Barred by Illinois Won ms
Clubs.
Chicago, Nov. 15.-To impress on
women that they must not, in the in.
terest Of hygiene and economy, use
the telephone in ordering provisions
for the home, but must go to the store
and select foodstuffs themselves, is
part of programme outlined for club
women at the convention of the Hi.
nois Federation of Women's Clubs.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
WELLESLEY STUDENT KILLED

In Automobile Crash with Fianee Re-
turning from Game.
Boston, Nov. 16.-Miss Myra L.
Swift. Wellesley College student,
died at the Comerville Hospital from
concussion OF the brain, the result of
being thrown from an automobile
while returning from the Harvard
Dartmouth football game. Miss Swift
was nineteen years old.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
FIVE YEARS FOR Ex.cAsHIER.
Pittsburger Convicted Of Fraud ls Sen.
fenced and Will Appeal Case.

Pittsburg. Nov. 15.-David J. Rich
ardson. former cashier of the defunct
Cosmopolitan National Bank, convict
ed recently Of making false reports
concerning the banks condition, was
sentenced to FIVE years In the United
States Penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan. by Judge Orr, in the United
States District Court.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-11-18
Grades Of Meerschaun1.

To the casual observer all mesr.
gchaum looks alike. but there are II
recognized grades of this material.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
Scholastic Nine Leaves This
Afternoon for Big An
nual Contest.
EASTERN BATTERY
WILL WORK IN GAME
Whitney and Martin Selected for
the Firing Line Sta
tions.

AT 4 o'clock this afternoon a baseball
team picked from several of the local
high schools and also the Episcopal
High school of Alexandria, will leave
for Princeton, New Jersey, where il
viii line I'D against the freshman team
of Princeton University tomorrow.
This is the only official all high ag-
ereSation that is picked during the sea-
son and interest IN the selection of the
various players has been at fever heat
In the various schools. In picking play
ers tor the team Technical and Bust
ness were overlooked. as neither of
these schools have academic courses
This morning the following list was CIV
en- cut OF the Players that viii make
Whitney, Martin. Guy Robson, PEN
dleton and Grant.
For severai years back an aIl-high
team OF this nature has been sent up
70 Princeton by local members Of the
Princeton alumni and the game is
watched with as much interest as the
high school series. Conditions were un-
favorable for the game last season and
it vas called off at the last minute. The
year before, the local team nosed out a
victory over the coliegiaas in the final
round, Field, the former Eastern play
er now at Yale scoI1nc the winning
run by a timely three Be sssger. Michael,
OF Western, pitched for the team that
year.
BY his excellent performance against
the western team on WedD 3sday. Whit
neys the big Eastern pitcher and ca0-
tain, has been selected to do the tWirling
tomorrow, and already the other mem
bers OF the picked aggregation are hold
ing out high hopes that the hefty
finger viii land his game. Martin, OF
Eastern, will catch. Martin accom-
panied the team which went to Prince
ton several years ago, and acquitted
himself with iOnOrs.
A member of the Central faculty will
have charge of the team while on the
trip. 1t was originally planned to have
Principal Wilson, of Central. in charge
of the outfit, but this was impossible. as
IT tnterfered with the school work The
team viii be entertained at one OF the
biggest fraternity houses at the TIGER
university, and will not return until
Sunday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
BAD FORM REVERSAL
BY CANTILLON'S MEN
WEARIES THE FANS
Losing Out in Ninth Inning After Brilliant Work of
Day Before Causes Cussin'-Coffroth
Has Right Idea
By THOMAS S. RICE.

a shrewc suggestion for q theological
seminary would be 70 put the Wash
ington ball team on its curriculum. II
the candidates for the ministry can
become fans Of that team and follow
! its fortunes Tor year Without losing
their teInpers and swearing, then they
may be considered fun of Christian for
! titude. Even such a lofty character as
ourself has been known to say "goi
: darn ST. when we have LOOKED over
the scores Of an evening when the team
Was ON uhe road and noticed that IT
! had slumped again. just at tho time
we figured 81 rad struck a winning
, streak. That game yesterday which the
Athletics took by to 1, making the
: last run in he ninth inning. was a
case in point. Washington won just
ssuch game the DAY before, and
showed an sorts of inside play and
Z speed, but when exactly the same con-
diuons arose the following day We do
snot note from the published accounts
sor our own special wireless dispatches
that the good work of one game could
: be duplicated in the next. Such dOings
make us weary and are great blow
sto the prohibition cause among the
fans.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07

Earned runs-Washington L: Athletics,
]. First base by errors-Athletics
T. First base on balls-On Groom z
Struck out-By Groom, 5; by Bender. 8
Two-base ldts-Ganley, Collins. Sacri-
fee hits-Barry, Barr Stolen base
Murphy Double piay-Delehanty to
Mcbride 10 Unglaub Wild pitch
Groom. Umpires-Messrs Egan and
Connolly. Time of game-1 hour and g
minutes. Attencance-2SG0
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
BELL PROVES EASY
FOR CHAMPION GOTCH
IoWan Disposes of Western Crap
pier in Two Straight
Falls.

DENVER, Colo, May Fired Bae;
IS no nearer the worlds champion
wrestling title today than he VCav be-
fore ne wrestied the champion. Frsnl,
Gotch, last night
Gotch threw BeelI in two straight
fails. The frst fan took 24.33 and the
second 80 seconds.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
GOTHAM MARATHON
ATTRACTS SPORTS
Betting Is Heavy, With St.
Yves and Svanberg the
FavoriteS.

NEW YORK, May with twelve
entrants for the professional Marathon
which will be run at the Polo grounds
tomorrow, the sporting element began
betting on the result today.
This, too, despite the belief that the
affair, like others that have preceded
it, viii be a hippodrome pure and sin~
pie But there are a number Of new
men entered so that the handbook
men have an opportunity to quote what
seem to the uninitiated. as liberal prices.
ana the betting is already somewhat
heavy
St Yves, the French crack, and swan
berg, the Swedish champion. are the
betting choices with DoranG0 and
Marsh also having a good following.
The other sure starters are Simpson,
Carvojal. Maloney, Appieby, White,
Crook, Orphee and Cibot
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
CORBETT IS PRINED
FOR SCROGGS BOUT
Former Champion Will Ar
rive in Baltimore on Sun
day for Big Mill.

BALTIMORE. May 7.-There will be
several rafting good preliminaries tc
the Young Corbett-Harry Scroggs
mill before the Eureka Athletic Club
next week at the Monumental Theatre,
COrbeUt is expected down from New
York on Sunday ard viii be accom-
panied by ABE Attell. who is train
ing him. Corbett has written his
friends here to arrange training quar-
ters for him near the Pimlico track
where he can be near his New York
racing friends, who are expected tC
make him the favorite in the fight ne&i
week Reports from the little scrappeI
re TO the effect that he was never in
better shape and expects to jump OF
Screggs from the sound of the gong.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07

ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
FOR INTERCTTY RACE
WssbInstOn-Dr. ID. f. Wiber,
w. 6. Stuart,
w. G. ThEcher.
aIfInOre-Tbeodore E. Sfraus,
John y. Baer,
Joseph II. England.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
ARKANSAS TURFMEN
EXPECT A VICTORY
Two Factions Aroused Over Prob
able Action of the Legis-
lature.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May The bill
favoring horse racing in several cOun-
lies in the State. and permitting 100 days
of racing a year, viii be up In the Leg
,lslature today for its third reading. and
if Is expected that Il win be passed.
Those favoring racing are parading
The streets today with their banners and
oedecked with red badges. Their OppO-
nents arrived today, headed BY I'm
brella' BIZ McGuigan. former racing
man. who recently Joined the anti-racing
forces
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
OLYMPIC WINNER
JOINS PRO RANK
Runner Who Captured Athens
Marathon Accepts Large
Offer.

HAMILTON Ontario. May 7.-wiham
Sherrins, the winner of the Marathon
race at the Olympic games at Athens
in 1906 has turned professional, and
will run in the Montreal Marathon on
May a.
The inducement offered was 8, 800, win
or lose. with the same terms for an
other race within a month.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07
: Pirates stiIl winning.


Z Chief Bender is a bad Indian from the
Washington standpoint and should be
fchased back TO the reservation. That
(, Washington got only five hits off him
is not so haCd to under stand, but the
trouble is this four and five hit gag
has been going on 50 long we wonder
fwhen a pitcher will be sent against the
Nationals whom they can tap for a
whole lot of bingies in one and the
same contest. It's rather foolish to
epo&St a club for not hitting, as a slump
in batting is something 40 one has
fevel- been able 20 fathom When you do
istart on that tack you are likely to
strike snags IN the way OF situations sg1
syou can't explain For instance. M
sBride IS considered a joke with the
wagon tongue. yet he drove in Wash
5ngton's winning run on Wednesday.
sGanley. who has several times been on
Ethe verge Of being benched because of
batting, got a two-bagger yesterday
that started the only run. Unglaub
onade two hits, which was about normal
tfor a sticiSer of his reputation, vet ely
.fner and Dclehanty, who are supposed
10 rank far above Mcbride and Ganley,
getting hotter and hotter and we wish
.soTnebody would furnish the answer to
lthese puzzles before it gets too hot.
No four-mile Marathon for The Times.
The distance on June u will be 26 miles
EsS5 yards.
Groom appears approaching nearer
aud nearer major league form. He held
the Athletics to six hits and two runs.
It is true he made an error. but some
of Our leading diamond stars are doing
me same thing, and that should not be
Regarded too seriously. When q player
iof proved ability makes a mechanical
terror there is no reason for big howl
1t is when they make dumb plays that
the fans have a right 10 come out and
make holier. Groom Is "A conner, and
~ Gray also arrives. then we must
give Cantillon credit for coping an
other pair Of wonders from the bush
leagues AS has been said all spring it
IS now up 10 him 10 get the results
from his material.
There Is little hitting among the col
lege teams this year. Wesleyan got
four safeties and Virginia five in
iwelve-inning tie yesterday.
The New York Giants won two games
from Boston yesterday and ii they keen
The Washington times., 1909-05-07

I up that clip. wonder If New York papers
viii continue to cry out 50 insistently
that the name of the man behind in
the attempted umpire bribing be
blazoned forth to all the world2 There
Is something rotten in Denmark, but
conspiracy is one of the hardest crimes
to prove, and we still very much doubt
whether the name of that man will be
announced, uL;esS somebody on the in
side squeals. which is not likely at this
late day The lesson has been taught
by the expose OF DR.. Creamer as the
man who acted as the go-between, and
we &c not think there will be another
attempt of the kind for years TO come.
Bush Detroits young shortstop, got
three hits. including double, yesterday.
That makes him look better than he did
in the spring.
Jim Coffroth, the San Francisco fight
promoter is to be congratulated upOn
low Battling Nelson to four-fiush around
any longer about whom he is going to
fight. Nelson has not been In a real
battle now for long time, and he
should get into harness. The public is
becoming distinctly tired of champions
who claim they are still ready TO de-
fend their titles. but are never ready
to enter the ring. They stay out of the
game until the followers of pugilism
get the idea that when they do return
they either have II all fixed up or have
DiGhtu SuEu dl easy UldTk lfdL the bout
viii not be worth seeing at a high
price, and the public stays away The
promoters should wake up to that and
force the champions of pugilism TO
defend their laurels every once in so
often, like champions in other lines of
athletics.
BY the way, that talk OF matching
Rudolf Unholz and Nelson TO fight TO a
finish in Australia for fabulous purse
is ali TO the comedy. Unholz when
against good men has never shown any
real class, and when in the East, made
a poor showing against boys who fight
regularly around Philadelphia and New
York. Unless Nelson has retrograded
to sad extent, or the Boer has i'm
proved most marvelously. the Austria
lians are in for an old-fashioned sting
ing such as the American public has
been submitting to for the past ten
years.
Following are the sickening details II
Washington's third clash with the Ath-
leticS In Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1909-05-07

: No four-mile Marathon for The Times.
The distance on June y viii be 26 miles
3S5 yards.