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The Detroit times., 1909-12-25
He Fears the Night.

Then the time to sleep is come. and
the troubles OF Abdul Hamid begin,
because the old man is afraid OF the
dark. Night for him is torture. In
the FIRST days OF his seclusion 1t was
impossible for him to close his eyes.
He did not dare TO sleep on his bel.
taking n nap eon the sofa for q few
The Detroit times., 1909-12-25
Wed az First Sight.

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. 25.-Cora
Humphrey. OF Walkerton. Ind, and
VIII Taylor of Kalamazoo. were mar
ried after ten years courtship by mail.
They had never seen each other until
yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-25
I00d s
Sarsa pariIIa

SO combines the great curative
principles oi Roots. Barks and
Herbs as to raise them To their
highest efficiency; hence its un-
equaled cures.
Get It today in usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-25

PILES CURED IN To - DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed TO cure
any case OF Itching. Blind. bieedinS or
Protruding Piles In s to - days or
money refunded. Soc-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
CHIPPELL DIES IN CRASH
Hcad Of National CdskCf Com pany
kWed-Three UOmen Hurt

Utica \ = July 1s-t VIII Chsppen sixty
eight years old. ~ Oneida. president of the Ma
tional Cssket COMPANY. and well known in busi
ness and social circles throughout Central New
York was killed in an automobile accident on
the road 70 Syracuse. two miles ont Of Canas-
tota about o'clock tonight and his wife and
two sisters in-law. who were In the party, re-
ceivcd serious injuries
Nr Chappell in avoiding a collision with
team which had made short turn in front OF
him. ste0red his car into the ditch and struck a
telegraph pole meeting With almost instant
death. In the car with him Uere Mrs. ChappeH.
both OF whose arms and five ribs we're broken:
her two sisters. Miss Florence WeIs. OF oneida.
and Mrs Cochran. Of Oneida Castle, and the
latter's young son. Miss Wells and Mrs. Coch-
ran we're hurt internally. The bov vas not hurt
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
AUTO CRUSHES WOMAN
KILLED IN SIGHT OF HUS-
BAND AND CHILDREN.
". T. Harding and -Four Little Ones
Hurt Uhcn Brake Chain
Snaps on Steep Hill. 7
rBy Telegram TO The Tribune. 7

Paterson. y. j. July 1S.--While running sixty
miles an hour down a steep hill near Green
Pond. about twenty miles from Paterson. an
automobile containing William T. Harding.
paper box manufacturer his wife and four chill
dren. turned turtle. Mrs. Harding crushed
TO death. Frederick. a nine-y old son, is
suffering from broken and internal in
juries; Mabel, eleven years Old had both arms
and shoulder broken; Alfred. seven years old,
ard Esther. six years old. were badly bruised.
Mr.. Harding. who was seriously cut and
bruised. dragged himself to where his wife lay.
When ne saw that she was Iifeless he collapsed.
Fred and Mabel were hurried in an automobile
to Paterson and taken 10 the home of Dr. B. G.
Magennes. on Broadway.
The Harding family started our from their
home in Haledon shortly after noon. Mr.. Hard
ing having planned to spend few hours fishing
with friends who are summering at Green Pond.
Just before Green Pond is reached the road
from Hihernia there is a steep hill about
quarter of mile long. As the automobile
reached the crest of the Hill and Mr. Harding
was preparing to apply the brakes there was
swapping Of chains and he realized that the
brake and steering gear had been rendered use
less.
The car meanwhile had gone enough down the
incline TO make II impossible 70 stop II without
the aid Of brake. The speed increased and
Mr.. Harding knew that nothing could be done
hut trust TO chance. As the car reached the bot
tom Of the Hill it turned completely over. All
but Mrs. Harding we're tossed To one side. Mrs.
Harding buried under portion OF the ma
chine which was wrecked.
The two youngest children We're thrown about
fifty feet from the roadway. but they were less
seriously injured than the other two, who were
picked UP near the scene Of the upset Mr.
Harding although badly hurt, insisted on re-
naming with friends. who took charge Of his
wife's body
That the runaway automobile did not cause
other fatalities is regarded as remarkable 8
there we're = number Of pleasure parties in auto
mobiles going up and down the steep hill All
managed to get clear. however. I'm time TO avoid
a collision
The tragedy cast gloom over the Green Pond
colony where Mr. Harding and his wife are we'll
known. having made the place their summer
home for q number Of years
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
IUTOS SMASH IN STORM.
Motorists II rccb T1cO Ma-
chimes at Long Branch.
BY rs!eEraph 20 The TrIbun. J

Long Branch. n. J.. July iS-RushinC in differ
ont directions escape a thunderstorm that
I,rea king, automobiles owned by Mcu-oe r. Roths-
child Of New York, summer resident OF Long
Branch and C. r. Sulzberger. OF Chicago. were
wrecked in a peculiar manner tonight at the juno
ton Of Brighton and Westwood avenues. Both
cars had two occupants and one of the number.
Thomas Barton gardener. who was in the ROths-
child car, injured. He suffered bad scalp
wound and was hurried to the Monmouth Memorial
Hospital
The Rothsclild automobile struck Brighton ave
nue. just ahead OF the Suizberger machine. IT
struck q telephone pole and upset. The SulzberGer
machine bumped the curpnG just above Westwood
md also upset Motorists who were hurryinG home
20 escape the storm halted, believing that some one
had been fatally hurt. Mr. Sulzberger and his
chauffeur have been summoned to appear In court
tomorrow morning 10 answer the charge OF reck-
less driving.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
BABE CHEws UP THE RENT MONEY.
Treasurer Treat Delicate Operation on Two
Dollar Bill Prevents Eviction.
IFron The Tribune Bureau


Washington, July 1S--Herman Barger, six months
old chewed up most of two-dollar bilI in this
city recently. and thereby almost caused his
mother to be elected for non-ps ynent of her rent
II United States Treasurer Treat had not been
patient enough to piece together the numerous
particles Of the bin. which we're sent 10 him for
redemption. Herman and his family might now
be house hunting
In an explanatory letter 70 MIR Treat. Hermsn's
mother saws that she hanging out clothes. and
had left her son in high chair a table
which her pocketbook lay. The pockerbook con
tanned a fve-dollar bill, two and one She did
not believe that any six -mnnths-old child could
open the pocketbook. but little Herman could. and
did With discretion he dropped The fve-spot
the floor, ana did not dciEn 10 sample the one.
But he devoted unusual attention The unlucky
''tWo-Epot," and when his mother turned around
had succeeded in reducing it 10 fragments His
mother had been saving for her rent and In her
letter 10 Mr- Treat she begged him 10 redeem the
money to her humble tenement
The Treasurer found that there enough q
the money to make il redeemabe. and Immediately
mailed a crisp tUo-dollar bill TO Mrs. BarEer.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
MOTORCYCLE KILLS FOUR.
ErpIodrs and Crashes Into Spectd-
tors at Berlin Races.

Berlin, July 1S.-Four persons were killed,
more than twenty We're severely injured and a
dozen others were slightly hurt as tie result of
the explosion of motorcycle and fire which
followed it in race at the Old Botanic Gar
dens this evening Thousands CT spectators had
gathered around the track, which was opened
for the first time a few days ago.
The first race was over and the second, an en-
durance race. was on. some Of the best known
bicycle riders. including stellbrink. Contenet
After a few laps the tire of one of the pace
control The benzine exploded in burst of
flames and machine leaped into the air and
threw itself against the barrier. which broke
down
The rider was thrown off and fell against
other competitors. who were pitched to the
track. several Of them being severely injured.
So great was the speed of the motorcycle that
il continued on its course after the explosion.
crashing into the public stand. hurting specta-
tors right and left and setting on fire several
women's summer gowns. Two women were in
stantly killed and their bodies, saturated with
flaming henziue. were burned 10 cinders The
wooden stand caught fire and The flames flashed
in the faces Of the bystanders. who with cloth
ing abiaze. rushed about shrieking with pain and
fear until cool headed onlookers threw them u
the ground and trampled out the flames.
A panic ensued. in which q great number, in
Guiding children. were badly trampled- Eighteen
men and four women were seriously hurt two
of the men having since died. The hospital sur
geons say that several others are in 4 hopeless
condition
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
ELoPERs DRIVEN FROM CANADA.
Officials Deport American Man and Woman as
Undesirable Citizens.
[Ry relegraph . The Tribune.l J

Plvnouth Nass July ia novel way OF dealing
with elopers was used in Canada in the case Of
Joseph smythe OF this town. and Alice NJ. Aldrich
of kingston who fed to Quebec a short time ago.
smyths is said to have deserted wife and child
here both he and the girl being under bond on
statutory charges. Warrants were issued for the
fusitives and American officers armed with ex-
tradition papers found them at Coaticook
They were arrested and taken to Montreal There
the officers were informed that the offence was
not of an extraditable kind. Chief Davidson OF
sherbrook. suggested that the elopers be deported
as undesirable citizens. Inquiry was made at the
immigration bureau and the plan was approved
The necessary papers were made out and Cana
dian officers took Smythe and Miss AIdrich by
train toward the American line.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
JIKTRTS DEATH ROLL.
Bandit Nearly Kept Oath to Kill a
Hundred Men.

Manila. July 1s.-When Ji1iri. the Moro ban
dit chief who killed with all his followers
in the fight with troops and constabulary near
Patian. on JoIo Island, July s. began mis-
reer as an outlaw he swore he would kill hun
dred before he died The records OF the
murders he committed not complete. but il
is said in a dispatch received to-day from Zam-
boanga that the bandit nearly fulfilled his oath.
From the latest reports Of the fight all except
one Of the women in the cave where the outlaws
made their last stand we're wives OF Jikiri. and
only this one escaped She was the wife OF one
of Jikri's followers. and accepted the safe con-
duct offered by the Americans before the attack.
Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer. of the 6th Cavalry.
those who saw the fight say. was the hero of the
action His rescue Of Lieutenant Arthur H
Wilson. who was struggling with Jikiri when
Baer shot and killed the bandit and his shooting
of three other outlaws. are the talk Of army
circles.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
AMNESTY FOR $500 MEN.
4dana Court Martial WI Hang 500
If Government 1pprOUcs.

Constantinople. July 18.-The report Of the
court martial on the Adana massacres. which
has Just been made public. denounces the in
capacity and apathy of the vail and other local
authorities The report concludes as follows:
Fifteen persons already have been hanged;
eight hundred deserve death: fifteen thousand
deserve hard labor for life: eighty thousand de
serve minor stences. If il is decided to proceed
with the punishment will Gordon the town
and deal eXpeditiously with the matter.
In view, however, of the reconciliation between
the opposing elements. the report recommends
that general amnesty be made the occasion of
ma ational festival.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
HANDICAP TOO HEATY.
Escaped Patient Fights 1citb Leg in
Plaster Cast

Bloomfield. n j. July IS (SpeciaD.-CIad IN
a nightshirt and with his leg in plaster cast,
Andrew Holbeck. a patient in the Mountainside
Hospital escaped from that institution last
night. and when he was recaptured he explained
that he was moved to quit the place because he
hadn't been getting enough 10 eat
HOlbeck had a hard time Of it during his brief
period Of liberty When he left the grounds Of
the hospital he cut down saplng and made
cane Of IT, Hobbling along the road he met
man who questioned his right to be at liberty.
and he fought him off with the cane. While the
fight was in progress a policeman came along,
and HOlbeck was obliged to give up. He was
returned 70 the hospital
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
FOUR THROWN FROM TAXIcAB.
Midnight Spin at Sea Gate Ends Disastrously
for PARTY

When a taxicab skidded into the curb and re-
bounded into a tree at Sea Gate early this morn
ing three men and boy were thrown out ana
bruised. H. J. Ferris, of No. l46 St James Place
Brooklyn, assistant secretary of the Home 1nsur-
ance Company. at No. 56 Cedar street, and E. r.
Walker, of No. $ South Portland avenue. Brook
lyn with Offices at No. 50 Wall street. hired a
taxicab at Coney Island about midnight and or
dered the chauffeur Harry Sperng. to drive them
to the Atlantic Yacht Club. at Sea Gate Not
knowing the way 30 tho club Sporting took along
a small boy guide.
The party was making good time and had passe
through the entrance to Sea Gate when the ma
chine ran into the curb with such force that it
rabounded and crashed into tree. The taXicao
was smashed. and the men and the boy were
thrown out They acre taken to the yacht CIuo
where their bruises attended 10 by physii-
clan who happened TO be present None was SUI
ously injured.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
HAVE PENSION PLAN FOR sPNsTERs.
Boston Women Design Insurance Against Pow
erty Stricken Old Maidhood.
fRy rsle-rarh T. The tribune

Boston. July 1S.-A band OF phanthropic Boston
women. headed by Mrs Glendower Evans. who is
associated with dozen Boston clubs and other in
stitutions. is about to present 10 members Of the
Massachusetts Insurance Commission plans for
combination bank and insurance company 10 pro-
vide pensions for spinsters who cannot will not
wed. BY this plan they hope TO eliminate many
rnercenary marriages the worry Of penuiIess spin
sters about husbands and the endless jokes about
old maids
In a nutshell the plan is that a self-supportng
married woman shall place aside regularly sum
out of her earnings depostinG it in the proposed
bank and al the age Of fifty shall begin to receive
an annuity therefrOm-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
PROMISE sHAKE-UP FOR DETECTIVES
One of McCaferty s Men Is Alleged to Have
Rebuked Chief.

Il was rumored around Police Headquarters last
night that shake-up in the detective bureau
would be announced to-day or IN the near future
ss the result OF controversy alleged TO have
Gently taken place between Inspector NcCa6erty
and his men The story had it that shortly after
the Staber murder. in Brooklyn. Inspector Nc
CafIerty assembled his force and told them they
were not paving enough attention 10 their work
and that they must do better. Whereon. according
- talk in police circles. OF the detectives
talked back He IS said u have told his superior
that the Tebuke unmeritsd because ne fthe de-
tective' had tipped Of McCsferty thar the burglar
gang working in BROOKLYN three days before
Mrs S7sher vas killed
According 70 the gossip. Lieutenant Detective
Andrew Mccarthy the man who answered
the inspector. but this could be verified.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
JUDGE LAYS DIVORCES AT MEMS DOOR
Favors Making Escape of Superior Wives from
Worthless Husbands Easy.
IRv Telegrarh TO The Tribune

Providence July 1s.-Judge Charles F. Stearns
after hearing several hundred petitions for divorce
declares that the worthlessness Of man Is mainly
responsible for divorce and that it is matter or
wonder that many worthless men succeed in WIN
ming wives who far above them in every way
The Judge says also that in 80 per cent OF such
cases divorce is absolutely necessary TO the Iofal
and social wellbeing OF the petitioner. and tnat
for this reason it is conducive 10 the public welfare
10 allow mild cause divorce. such as the Fhode
Island neglect 20 provide. to make 1t easier
for women to come into court who might be de-
TERED doing through dread OF the notoriety
attached to the statutory offence charge
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
WANTS FIELD CHIMES sILENcEo.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

IbN ItItFIdpl IIIDlue
Pittsfeld, Mass, July ls.-Because she wants the
time from TO $50 p. for rest meditation.
Miss Emily Tuckerman, well known in Washington
society, and who is a summer cottager at Stock
bridge, has requested the Selectmen Of town
TO ringing the Field chimes. presented to
Stockbridge in 1873 by David Dudley Field, brother
Of Cyrus Field. Miss Tuckerman sailed for Europe
last week. but her protest was made yesterday at
the meeting OF the Selectmen by a woman friend
of hers. DR.. Field left a fund Of $500 income
of which is used TO pay the operator for ringing
the chimes during the summer evenings. The Sc
lectnen to hold a public hearing the pro-
test when Miss Tuckerman returns.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
TAKAHIR4 TO REPUDIATE.
VII Deny Vie5cs and admissions IN
Published article.
nv Telerraph TO The Tr.burz.r

washington. July 1S.-The Japanese Ambas-
sador is considerably concerned over the re-
ports that he viii not return to the United
States from his approaching visit to Japan. and
over long interview which appeared to-day
and which purported TO set forth his views on
japanese American relations. conditions the
Pacific Coast, etc
Baron Takahira said to-day that he purposed
to make public statement tomorrow repudi-
atfng the views attributed TO him and his al
legged admission that he would not return to this
country.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
RUMORED TRAIN ROBBERY
Bank Package Containing $4,000
SAID to Haze disappeared.

Chicago. July 1S-A package containing S10.-
600. shipped by express from the National Bank
of the Republic Of Chicago to the Second Ma
uonal Bank Of Monmouth, H. is said TO have
disappeared from a Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy through train some time last week.
George Hutchinson. assistant general agent of
the Adams Express Company. refused to discuss
the story to-day. Robert NJ. Mckinney. cashier
of the Chicago bank said 70 be involved, also
refused to talk about the reported loss.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
LITCHFIELD SPEEDERs FINED.
Summer Colonists from New York Give Towns
folk a Scare.
GBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune ]

Waterbury, Conn, July 15.-SeveraI New Workers
from the summer colony IN Litchf1eid on a 10y
ride" startled the borough Of ToTrington last
night by a series OF speed dashes not there
since Captain Murphy tie racetrack- Many
had narrow escapes from death under the wheels.
Before the speeders were taken into custody two
women. who accompanied the men, managed TO get
out Of the machine. There lights and the
registry number. they said. had been lost on the
way from Litchfeld They gave the names of
Charles Doll and H. q. Angle. They were fined $50
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
AUTOMOBILE DITCHED; ONE DEAD.
Accident Occurs When Lumber Dealer SwerVes
Machine to Avoid Collision.
lBy Telegraph 70 The Trfbune-I

Paterson, n. j. July B-To avoid running into
another automobile the main road between SUI
fern and Nyack Richard Bensen, lumber dealer
Of Paterson who out with his wife, his daugh-
ter Dorothy a son-in-law. William Hinchman, OF
Preakness and the latters son. turned his auto
mobile toward the edge Of a narrow road and
was hurled into ditch. All the occupants were
thrown out.
Mrs. Hinchman caught under the machine.
She died from shock half hour later at a hos
pftal in Suffern, n. Y. Her sons leg was broken
The others were not badly injured.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
BOYS PONY RIDE PROVES FATAL.

Michael Kelly. eleven-year-old of Patrick
Kelly of No. S1s East 13Sd street was thrown from
pony at Clasons Point yesterday and received in
turies from which he died later In Fordham Hos
pital The boy riding around the pony track
run by Joseph Reber when his pony baked and
threw him to the ground. fracturing his skull.
Reiber was arrested. and will be arraigned this
morning in the Westchester court a technical
charge OF criminal negligence.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
LIE cLERc OUT ON BAIL.

Hackensack. N j. July IS (SpeciaD.-Robert lie
Clerc, the hotel clerk who all the way from
San Francisco alone 10 give himself up to the
Bergen County authorities at Hackensack when he
learned they wanted him for obtaining money
under false pretences. released to-day under
81 bail. When lie Clerc taken his mother
she at hrst refused 10 greet him. saying that his
transactions had ruined her. but she finally relented
and furnished the bali
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19

Twenty-one persons were drowned yesterday
in the waters Of the metropolitan district as
result of accidents to boats and the seizure Of
swimmers by cramps The majority ot deaths
were caused by the sudden squalls.
Dispatches from different states record four
teen eases Of death by drowning in the twenty
four hours ended at midnigh. last night. The ma
jority of the victims were thrown into the water
from boats by sudden gusts of wind.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
ATTEMPT TO HARM FRENCH PREMIER

Paris. July 1s-Premier CIemenceau, as he was
leaving his residence tonight, was attacked by a
who raised cane TO strike him. 4 policeman
sprang forward and overpowered the man. who
old street hawker, who. it is believed, was
half crazed by absnthe.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19

BRETON WOODS HOTELS, WHITE MIS- NJ A.
Representatives al 1ls0 B'way. Tel. 47zs Mad
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
SLOOP CAPSIZES.
Tug Rescues Ten When Craft Sinks.
Carrying the Rest to Their
Death az the HarbOr.

The figures for 1904 do not include the lives
lost in the Soeun disaster. when nearly
twelve hundred persons perishsd.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-19

Continued on third page
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-23
WISE WORDS.

Dispatch is the soul Of business
Chesterfield.
Castles in the air cost a vast deal
to keep up.-Lytton.
Like the chariots wheel, life runs
fast away,-Anacreon
Do the duty which lies nearest to
you.-Charles Kingsley,
AS thou valuest myself so shall
Others esteem thee.-Syrus.
Confidence is a plant Of SLOW
growth in an aged decentralization.
The only serious and formidable
thing in nature is will.-Emerson.
Through labor to rest; through
combat to victory.-Thomas a KEN
pis,
For a man to exert his powers in
doing good so far as he can is most
glorious task.-Sophocles.
The secret of success in life Is for
a man to be ready for his opportuni-
ty when it comes,-Disraeli.
Whenever the faculties of men
are at their fulness, they must ex-
press themselves by art.-Ruskin.
Any life that is worth living for
must be a struggle, a swimming not
with, but against, the stream
Dean Stanley.
1t is only among the worldly mind
ed, those that are not yet awakened
into spiritual life, that are not yet re-
generated, the rigidity of the caste
system is felt, and its formallties ar,
insisted upon. - Rajahmundry Bha
rata.
The men whom l have seen sue
coed best in life have always beef
cheerful and hopeful men, who wen
about their business with a smil
on their faces, and took the change
and chances of this mortal life Xix
men, facing rough and smooth alik
as 1t came.-Charles Kingsley.
Hitch your wagon to a star. lie
us not flag in paltry works. Let u
not lie and steal, No god will help
We shall find all their teams goin,
the other way. Work rather fol
those interests which the divinltieI
honor and promote-justice, love
freedom, knowledge, utility-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-23
To Keep thu Children Busy.

When the children want some
thing TO do" set them to threading
half paper of needles all on the end
OF white spool of thread. and the
other half of the needles on TO a
spool of black thread, tying a knot
IN the end to keep them On; then
when some one sits down to sew, both
time and eyesight will be saved, as
the thread may be drawn out the de.
sired length. the other needles push.
ed back and secured with knot
National Magazine.