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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19
Il, The Police Court.

Frank Schmidt and Pat Dough-
erty. arrested for vagrancy, We're sent
to iail for five days by Justice Willard
this morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19
BOWLING
9yss1ssXsysYs&sys .5.a.X
Standing of the Clubs.

from the Six Shooters Thursday night
Ritter rolled 200 as high game, and
Moehrl was high average with lis.
The scores
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04

amount in cash. II records were main
tanned so that imprisonment were the
inevitable consequence of conviction for
a third or subsequent offense, such bail
in many cases, might be wholly made
quate.
no APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS.
1t is apparent that careful drivers of
motor cars, who have no desire to vio-
late the law, are now held within what
they believe to be unjust restrictions
and are frequently made the victims of
an abuse of legal process. But the
remedy for an existing injustice must
carry with it appropriate safeguards,
and the more that is left to the judg-
ment of the driver, the more important
it is that recklessness should be heavily
penalized. The bill contains restrictions
upon the use of cars without the consent
of their owners, a frequent source of
accident. But such a restriction is also
contained in a separate bill amending
the penal law and will not be lost by the
disapproval of this bill. 1t would also
seem advisable that better means should
be provided, with respect to the issuing
of licenses, for insuring the competency
of chauffeurs. One of the imperfections
of this bill is that the useful provision
for the suspension of licenses does not
apply to violation of the requirements as
to safe speed.
In view of these considerations, other
objections to the bill need not be dis
cussed. The bill is disapproved.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04

Gatun II miles long and 1l5 feet high,
with twin flights of three locks each,
each lock to be / 900 feet long, 10 feet
wide, and ALI feet deep over stills; then
a lake from Gatun to Bas Obispo, %. SO
miles, with surface level So feet above
tidewater and channel f ON 500 to
900 feet wide; then a channel at the
same level, 300 feet wide, through the
Culebra cut to Pedro Miguel, s. III miles
then twin locks of the same size as
those at Gatun, down to a small
lake 55 feet above tidewater, through
which a channel 500 feet wide will
lead scarcely one mile to Miraflores,
where there will be twin locks in flights
of two each, leading down to sea Level
channel; 500 feet wide and As feet deep
reaching to deep water at Balboa, s.3l
miles. Such has been the work of five
years, and such is the outlook for the
future which is based upon that work.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
Vermont College Endewments.

The three degree giving educational
institutions OF Vermont are getting on
their feet, 80 to speak in financial
meaning, thanks to wealthy individual
well-wishers and collective subscribers
of smaller amounts to endowment funds.
The university of Vermont, although
still far short of the half-million mark, is
nevertheless making some progress to-
ward it's ambition, and the amount al
ready subscribed will add materially to
the work which the university is able to
do. Middlebury college has just made a
whirlwind attack on the individual
pocketbooks Of its friends and coupled
with generous gift of DIR. D. K. Pear
sons, has collected clean 500, 900 toward
its betterment. Now comes Norwich
university with the receipt of 500, 900
bequest previously noted) from COL Cur
tbs s. Barrett's estate. Col. Barrett was
a Vermonter and a former student OF
Norwich, and his fine bequeathment in
dicates what a strong hold the institu
| ton and his state had upon him.
None of these recent accretions to their
former endowments was large, but still
Of sufficient importance to materially in.
crease the possibility of all three institu.
tions. There ought to be much more
coming to all three of them later on.
-(Barre Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
Explosion of Automobile Tank.

The fifteen year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. II. Stratton of Fall River,
Mass, is suffering from nervous prostra-
ton and shock caused by the explosion
of the tank in an automobile in which
she was riding last week The flames
came back into the hood and the wonder
is that the occupants of the car were not
more seriously injured. Mr.. Stratton
was the first secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A.
here and Mrs. Stratton was Miss Harvey
a native and long time resident of
Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
KILLS A BOY SPEEDING
HOMEWARD FROM COURT
Pittsburs Clubman Runs Over a
Lad Just After Having Been Up
for Fast Driving.
New York world.l

Pittsburg, May 26.-Speeding home
ward this afternoon after he had been
given hearing on charge of speeding
his auto, Melvin NJ. Houston, a we'll
known young clubman of the East End
ran down and killed a twelve-year-old
boy, Murro Trees, son of Joseph Trees,
well-known oil operator.
Houston is Frustrated. Yesterday he
ran down man by seeming accident
and, picking him up, raced with police
defying speed to the nearest hospital.
When the police caught up with him at
the hospital they placed him under arrest.
He was discharged to-day with repri-
mand by the Magistrate. Mr.. Houston
and MIR. Trees, father of the boy killed,
have been close friends. Houston was
placed under heavy bail.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY,
Continued from page l..

tendent, Mr.. Simms, and Deacon Phillips,
who has the honorable record of having
been a teacher in the school for twenty
nine years. The Young Peoples service
was made especially interesting by the
presence of Mr.. and Mrs. Smms, whose
labors for the organization were so effect
i've during the years of his pastorate
The largest audience of the centennial
gathered Sunday evening. The relig-
ious work of the Methodist and Baptist
churches during the past one hundred
years was Interestingly traced by their
respective pastors, and the "reminiscences
of Senator Stewart set forth the old-time
closeness of relation between the life of
the church and the life of the college in
a way at once instructive and delightful.
A spirit of common purpose and cordial
cooperation in the religious bodies of the
community was most happily in evidence
throughout the service.
The historical papers of Monday after
noon were worthy of the occasion, and
threw much light upon the detailed act
ivities of various departments of the
church's work. 1t is to be hoped that
these papers may be preserved in perma-
nent printed form. With them should
of course be coupled the paper by Presi-
dent Brainerd, the notable feature of the
closing session, with it's stirring story of
the various happenings that led at last
to the choosing of the meeting house site,
and its graphic picture of the dedication
scenes one hundred years before.
An especially pleasant feature through
out was the hearty participation of the
other, churches of the county, as the
representative of which Doctor Davies
spoke at the afternoon session of Monday
For the visitors from other communities
and for those in attendance from the
outlying districts, the ladies of the
church served supper at six O'Clock
Monday evening.
Such, in brief, were the general fea-
lures of very successful celebration.
May the building about which it centered
stand unharmed through the century to
come, teaching the lesson that strength
may have beauty and that dignity may
have grace.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04

were run down by a speeding taxicab.
johanna Costigan, IA years old, was
fatally injured, and Kathleen Meyers,
the same age, was badly bruised. The
girls, who recently left school to work in
a candy factory, were about to go to
lunch, when run down by the chauffeur
who is now under arrest. Several weeks
ago, two young boys, Jacob Keener and
Charles Fealey, were killed by motor
cars while playing in the street These
two deaths caused the police to make
wholesale arrests of speeding chauffeurs.
On May II, following series of arrests,
Minthorn Woolsey, speeding his machine
along the streets of this city, hit Walter
Purdy, ~ years old, killing the boy
Woolsey was almost lynched, and he now
awaits trial. | will not put down in de-
tail the names of the 80 boys killed the
past six weeks in this city, for. all the
circumstances are practically alike. The
boys, playing in the streets, were run
down by speeding autos. In some cases,
the boys themselves were careless, run
ming into the machines without looking.
In the majority of cases, however, the
machines were going much more than
ten miles an hour, and would rot have
hit the boys had the chauffeurs observed
the speed regulations.
TRAINING CHAUFFEURs
A chauffeur's position in running a
high-powered car is in many respects as
as responsible as that of a locomotive
engineer. The latter, however has tC
have years of training before being placed
in charge of even freight engine.
REVISE SPEED LAWS
l have mentioned the speed laws OF
some of the states. In regard to acct
dents, however, special laws may Sc oneI
or later be devised to cope with the ne
cessities arising from particularly danger
Gus sections of cities. towns or counties
In the District of Columbia, where the
hundreds of miles of perfect roads tempt
motorists to go beyond the speed limit
the automobile regulations are fair and
are greatly respected by motorists, very
few of whom are arrested for breaking
the law; Within the fire limits of the
district, a motorist may run his machine
~ miles an hour; he may go 10 miles an
hour in parks; six miles an hour around
corners; four miles an hour on designated
streets, such as the business portion OF
f. street; ~ miles an hour meeting
and passing vehicles, and twenty miles
an hour outside the fire limits. The
general desire of the motorists, however
in the Distrit is to be allowed to run il
the country districts at 20 miles an hour
The Pennsylvania motoring clubs, also
are out with demand for the 25-milt
privilege on country roads.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
pennsylvania Grit

Reckless motor car drivers have caused
the death of an unprecedented number of
pedestrians this year. In New York city
alone, the past six weeks, thirty children
have been run down and killed by speed
intoxicated chauffeurs. In MANY cases,
the car drivers have been so cowardly as
to drive away and leave their victims to
suffer alone.
Every now and then a speed.crazed
chauffeur breaks out into a 10y ride
and either kills some pedestrians or runs
his lightning machine into a telegraph
pole and kills himself and his guests.
Such drivers have brought bad odor
upon the craft of motor driving, and,
consequently, in some parts of the big
cities, chauffeurs are hailed with deri.
sion.
When one realizes that over 5 1000 ar.
rests were made in New York city last
year for attractions of the automobile
speed law, one sees that the temptation
to drive a machine over ten miles an
hour in the thickly settled part of the
city is great. The 80 boys killed on New
York streets the past six weeks were, in
most cases, victims of RED Devil" chauf
feurs, who had no regard for the speed
ordinances. Some of the men who kill
ed boys were ''joy riders" chauffeurl
under the influence of liquor, who were
running their employers machine with
out their employers consent. Not lone
ago, Herman G. Miller ran down anC
killed a woman, after which he fled. He
was arrested the next day, and Coroner
Shrady said, in holding him in $4,000
bail:
"You are the meanest and most miser
able type of those scoundrels who de
stroy life with their cars and then file,
without even thought as to what ha
become of the victim" The coroner
words had point, as they were spoker
after dozen or more New Workers haC
been killed by chauffeurs who had KEEP
on their way after fatally injuring thei
victims.
DEADLY "JoY RIDERS.
The "joy rider" reckless, daredevil
ish, irresponsible, sporty, and fond o
drink, is product of the past few years
He has entered into the automobile ser
vice on account of the opportunity
gives him to enjoy good times, not be
cause he is an expert mechanic. His ful
caches its height when, at night, h
takes his employers motor car from tn
} garage piles into it couple of boon com
panions and some girls, and starts out +
. make tour of favorite drinking places
, After sitting in cafe for an hour an,
! after consuming several rounds of drinks
the party gets pretty warm. AS a COO
+ er, a swift trip in the motor car is tn
} best thing imaginable. The party starts
, The chauffeur, playing the part of her
\ and wishing to show great speed befor
! his "girl," drives through the street at
mad rate of speed. If the girl" is sea
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04

BsuuwWeh & Co saiis Longnan 4
hss1hnn L q n. Fahsas h pants and
SHnse sstl1fxAnA ysiss
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-04
RED DEVIL" VICTIMS.
Reckless Motor Car Drivers Run
Down and Kill Many Pedestri-
ans, Leaving Them to Their
Fate.

THIRTY CHILDREN SLAIN IN NEW YORK
IN SIX wEEKS-"JOY RIDERS" AND
SPEED DRUNK CHAUFFEURS CAUSE
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE BY MAD DAsHEs
THROUGH CROWDED STREETS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
lal1D D)YtQ11t MOUe Made
10 Capture Leon Ling

M TX, July Especial )-One
It important moves made yet
20 aeI md Leon Ling. wanted for tho
seer = Elsie Sigel, was taken today
H bpoenas were served on the
of both the Postal and West
on Telegraph companies to give
horities access to their records
elieved that the missing China
ad arranged with his friends at
shth avenue house not to re-
W the discovery of the trunk con-
ng the girls body until he noti-
fed them that he had reached a safe
distance from New York and that tele-
grams will prove this contention.
At the same time the police are still
within a radius Of 100 miles OF New
York. Many of the reports have al
ready been shown to be false and are
believed to have been inspired by tie
Gee Gong Tongs or high treason So
ciety for the purpose of causing con-
fusion among the detectives. 1t has
been establish ed that Ling was a pow
erful factor in this secret Chinese order
and that several of its members aided
him in the effort to dispose of the
trunk containing the body.
Old Guam Wick Nam, the interpreter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
N CARN WANTS TO
BECOME GOVERNOR

Nashville, July 3.-Attorney General Jeff
D. McCarn of this county, who success
fully prosecuted the Coopers for the mur-
der of Senator E. w. Carmack an
nounces his candidacy for governor in
the Banneg today. Among other things
he says:
Il approve and indorse the vast strides
that have been made by the state of
Tennessee. through legislative action on
matters economic and educations, The
state has constantly advanced In matters
relating to temperance legislation law en-
forcement purity of elections and civic
Righteousness. Recent legislation on the
subject Of temperance and honest cleo
tions meets my approval, and II elected
| shall do all In my power to uphold and
sustain these laws and If necessary for.
the purpose of sustaining and enforcing
the laws l shall favor the passage OF
other laws. These, and all the laws
should be vigorously enforced and | stand
ready to go forth and defend them against
their enemies In order to obtain the best
results OF the wholesome legislation re-
Gently enacted. it is necessary to elect an
executive who is In sympathy and ac-
cord with it,
Mr.. McCarn submits his claims.
subject to the action of the democratic
primary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
NIGHT RIDERS GET
LEASE OF LIFE

Jackson, Tenn, July 3.-(Special) l)-The
six men under sentence of death for tho
murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin at Wal
nut Log hotel, near Reelfoot lake, on
the night of October 10, 1908. will not
be hanged for the present, at least, nor
will the two who were under sentence
of 20 years in states prison go to that
institution unless another conviction by
jury at Union City is obtained.
Garrett Johnson, Arthur Cloar, Fred
Pinion. Sam Applewhte, It'd Burton and
Roy Ransom, who were facing the death
penalty, and Bud Morris and Bob Huff
man, who were under prison sentence,
will all receive a new trial, their cases
being reversed this morning by the su-
preme court, in an opinion by Judge
Henry Craft, sitting as a special Judge
in the place of Judge Neil, who was
barred on account of relationship to the
murdered man.
The reversal of the cases was granted
cn number of counts and gave the pleas
of the night riders favor in the majority
of points. The condemned men were IA
vored with their-plea In abatement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

who forced Ching Sings confession.
was much excited tonight over infor-
ma ton which he said caused him to
believe that Ling was being hidden by
white missionaries in Philadelphia.
Guam Wick Nam also says that Elsie
Sigers watch, which is missing, was
pawned by Ling before he left this city.
The police have failed to locate it, how
ever.
The police activity in Chinatown
brought about by the Sigel tragedy
has resulted In the purificatio of Sd
cial conditions to an extent never be-
fore known in that district. The police
report that not a single white woman
was left in the Chinese quarter A
month ago NOR than 100 white women
were counted among the residents of
Chinatown.
Nearly all the women first became
acquainted with the Orientals through
the missions.
delegation of wealthy Chinese
merchants left for Washington to see
the Chinese minister and ask that steps
be taken to allay the sentiment against
Cinnamon in New York, which has re-
suited from the Sigel murder
The merchants say that since tn q
young white girls body has been found
they have been practically boycotted by
white people and are threatened with
bankruptcy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
1-Republicans will be named to take cen

1-Republicans will be named to take GEN.
sus
Wright brothers are not discouraged.
Foraker condemns corporation tax.
Celebration at Horseshoe Bend.
Important move to capture Leon Ling.
Young women carry out suicide pact.
2-Man injured by horse.
OCenville has big crowd.
3-Pardons issued by the governor.
Hot weather fine for farmers.
4-Elks assembled in Meridian for trip.
5-Governor Conner will write personal
letters to iegislators regarding extra
session
Brooks Lawrence criticises supreme
court decjscn.
Kappa Alrna Fraternity convention be-
gins here Tuesday.
Yesterday hottest day of week. with
temperature "a.
Attorney appreciates criticisms of su-
rreme court.
Sixteen candidates for office at one
picnic yesterday
= Sta rdard of ESssemer schools raised.
Dissenting view adds new interest.
S--Tarpon fishing at Sarasota Fla.
9-Nicholas' Wall street letter.
10-Barons shut out Nashville.
11--Friend of whites becomes a foe
12-What is Zionism?
13-Literary Lights and Shadows.
1ABirmingham socia' news.
15--Athletics at Seattle.
16-What Strang s.., IF Lytle- Robertson.
17--Programme for Mondays races.
1S-Malcolm Clarke's Berlin letter.
ia safe and sane Fourth.
23-Paul Villers Paris letter.
2i-Tuxury's growth In America.
25-Manday has a dream.
26--CraniSrd a classic in page.
27-Our prisons and hospitals.
2s-Editorial comment.
Ned Brace talks of prohibition.
29-vocations and Avocatlons of Women,
by F.. I. Monks.
"Reminiscences and Advices, by Savoy
ard.
Fractional Currency. by DIR. ]. c.
Hiden.
Heart to Heart Talks, by Edwin A.
Nye.
A Possible Future War, by H. s. W.,
M. d.
3O-Dolly Dalrymple's page.
S1-Review of week in stock market
Ensley celebration is arranged
2--Our Young Folks
83-Jimmy doesn't buy fireworks,
Christian rCorea, by Frank G. Car
penter.
A-Juat Buster
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

New York, July 3.-(Special.)-Tha
Margaret Clark, supposed to have been
from Brooklyn, and Helen Miller drew
up and carried out murder and suicide
Fact because of financial distress is the
belief that the officers of the Cunard
steamship Lrcania expressed today when
the vessel arrived from Europe This is
the first time the Lucania has been in
port since last April when she sailed
for Liverpool, the voyage being marked
by the 6ouhJe tragedy.
Outside the names they gave in book
ing, said an officer of the ship today,
we have been unable to establish their
identity. After the tragedy we made the
most careful analysis of the case and
this is what we learned:
I'VE sailed on Wednesday, the Clark
woman and the Miller woman sharing the
same stateroom by chance only. The
Clark woman had secured her berth be-
fore sailing and the Miller woman booked
al the last moment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
RATE DECISION
IS ANNOUNC 4 I

Washington, July 3.-(Specia'
interstate commerce commissid
held in the case of the CONNER -sr
of Hattiesburg, Miss, against s-
bama Great South ern railros
was unable to find discrimin
is unjust and that can be
any lawful order, and the
therefore dismissed The
said
This complaint attacks as unret
able and unjust discriminatory the get
eral adjustment of rates to and from
Hattiesburg, Miss, as compared with
rates to and from New Orleans, La,
Mobile. Ala, Gulfport, Natchez, vicks-
burg, Jackson and Meridian, Miss. De-
PENDANTS ind no difficulty in defending
the grouping of Vicksburg, Natchez,
New Orleans. Gulfport and Mobile on
the ground that the conditions at those
places are similar and are dissimilar
to those at 9th er neighboring and inter
mediate points. Just to the west of
Wick sburg are Shreveport, Alexandria
and Monroe in a we'll established ed group,
which this commission has recently de-
clined to order dissolution of.
Just east in Alabama are other groups
established, maintained and defended upon
the same ground. And Jackson and Me-
Iidian are grouped, and that grouping
is maintained and defended upon the same
reasons and arguments. OF course, car
rlers voluntarily do many things which
the.r may not lawfully be compelled to do.
Some tf these defendants could, If they
chose. aod Hattiesburg to the Jackson
Meridian group, and the others could meet
the competition thus created at Hatties-
burg, and all of them could no doubt de-
fend that action as strongly and logically
as they now defend the Jackson Meridian
group. The commission cannot, however
find that, as a matter of law, Hatties-
btt1g mus, be grouped with Jackson and
Meridian. However strongly the commits
sion might feel inclined to relieve the
conditions complained of its actions must
be within the provisions of the law and
with due and proper regard for the rights
Of every affected interest"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
I TWO YOUNG WOMEN CARRY
OUT A SUICIDE PACT

'"rhe second morning out the Clark
girl was found dead In her berth, mirror
on her breast and pistol in her right
hand
She was shot through the head Miss
Miller was lying awake in her berth and
SAID tnat she did not know that her
companion was dead and that she did not
hear the shot. She declared that she did
not know the other woman until sailing
The Miller woman was given another
st@tercom. She~dined with one of the Of
ficers and seemed bright. Three days
later she shot and killed herself. In the
Clark woman's effects were found very
few clothes and 81. The Miller woman
had only 25 cents.
'Our conclusion is that when the women
unpacked their belongings and each saw
that the other had pistol they ex-
changed condolences as to their Ill luck
and finally decided that the Miller wom-
an Should kill Miss Clark and then kill
herself"
Both women were buried at sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
Gun siIencsr Tested.

Berlin, July 3.-H. P. Maxim and
Hart G Blien, business. manager, car
ried out successful tests today with the
Maxim gun silencer. The military OF
flcials appeared to be satisfied, and a
number of silencers we're ordered SO
that the experiments may be continued
for considerable time.