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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Dutch Count Got to John D.

Count P. A. de Vries was success
full this past week in reaching John
D. Rockefeller at his home In Forest
Hill, near Cleveland, o. The count
sought to interest the f%nancier IN
his echeme to drain the ryder Zee,
Holland. and opon 1t to trucking,
He had tried frequently to meet
John D., aud once was fired upon
when he persisted too strongly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
SOCIETY
Boxing Bout Held for the Enter
tainment of -Four Hundred"

Another chapter has been added
to tho psycho-pathological history Of
New York's Society" a record Of
deplorable, physical. mental and eth
ical degeneracy and decay. This
time 1t was not a dog or monkey
dinner or an evening entertainment
with nude women as the principal
feature, but a series Of genuine
boxing bouts with actual knock
outs, which was arranged by one
member OF the Select" for the edi-
fcation of a party of guests also
belonging to the -Four Hundred
What makes the thing even more dis
graceful Is the fact that the host,
on this occasion, was a woman and
that the pugilistic entertainment was
given at her country seat on Long
Island, where a house party was in
progress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
SOCIETY GIRL KILLS HERSELF
Miss Ethel Norman OF Greensboro
N. O., Ends Her Life.

Without any previous intimation
and with no incentive other than a
slight remonstrance from a member
Of her family about eXtravagant in
~dulgences, Miss Ethel Norman, aged
II, prominent in society In Greens
boro, N. c., committed suicide
Wednesday afternoon by shooting
herself through the heart with a
revolver. She came home about
$50 o'clock and passing her mother
in the hall went directly to her room,
where she pressed the. revolver to
her heart and fired, death resulting
| instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
MAY MEAN WAR
WAR SHIPS AND MARINES SENT
TO THE STORM CENTRE.
Tho Rear Admiral, Placed In COM
mand, VIII Have Enough Men to
Ou;point Zelaya's Army.

Naval forces Of the United States
| are being moved forward to both
| coasts Of Central America for the
| purpose Of protecting American life
and property in Nicaragua By force
of arms, If the necessity arises.
With the departure late Thursday
from Philadelphia of the troopship
| Prairie, with 100 marines aboard
| for the isthmus of Panama, and If
| 1t be so decreed, for Nicaragua. and
with the sailing from Magdalena
bay Of the protected cruiser Albany
and the gunboat Yorktown for Cor
| into on the Pacific coast Of Nicara-
qua, the war Hike activity of the
navy department was becoming man
| idest on both oceans that wash the
Nicaragua shores.
Besides, the cruiser Des Moines
and Tacoma and the gunboet Mariet-
Ia are lying off Port Limon, Costa
Rica, ready for any call upon them
and the guns of the little gunboat
vicksburg are pointed towards the
customs house and town Of Cortnto.
The gunboat Princeton is endeavor-
ing to make her way from the Brem-
erton navy yard, Washington, to Cor
into also.
In addition the transport Buffalo,
according to what is said to be the
plan Of the officials responsible, will
sail from Panama for Corinto, with
probably as many as 1.199 marines
aboard. soon after the Praire, which
left Philadelphia q few days ago,
with about 700 marines, arrives at
Colon.
On the Albany are about ESQ blue
Jackets and on the Vicksburg, York
town and Princeton, about $50 each.
These, together with the marines,
would make an army equal to any
organization reported to be serving
under Zelaya.
At the same SItime, the United
States will have a formidable force
within striking distance OF the At
lantic coast in case of danger to
American lives or property In that
section OF Nicaragua.
At Port I.imon. Costa Rica, are
anchored the cruisers Des Moines
and Tacoma. each with ESQ men
aboard. and the gunboat Marietta,
with $50 men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Killed in Runaway.

At Salisbury, n. c.. while vii,
liam Watson and his two sons werf
returning from their country home
at Woodleaf their team became
frightened at an automobile and ran
away. Watson was painfully hurt.
the elder son jumped and was un'
Injured. but the younger boy. seven
years old, was dragged some dis
lance, dying afterwards from injur-
les to the head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
O SAW THE POLE.
Or Else How Did He Know Water
Surrounded 1t?

Maurice Connel, observer ct the
Weather bureau at San Jose. Cal.
and the survivor of the Greedy polar
expedition, defends DR.. Frederick A.
Cook from the recent attack Of Wal
ter Wellman. Mr.. Cornell declared:
"Wellman tells us that he could
manufacture a latitude observation
at n time. Certainly that is not
very convincing. But Cook could
not we'll manufacture a time obser-
vation or a longitude observation,
neither could he manufacture the
magnetic variations nor above all
could he state whether the north
pole was on land or sea unless he
had been there"
If anything Is needed to affirm
Cooks claim that he reached the
pole. Peary's narrative Of his Jour-
ney confirms 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
A Slick Rascal.

a well-dressed. smooth-looking
person appeared at some farm homes
in South Dakota. He announced
himself as an inspector of live stock.
He proceeded to inspect the cattle,
sheep. ETC.. and then presented q
bill Of from $3.50 to $500, as the
case might be. Later the farmers
discovered that the inspector was
an imposter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Goes to Jail Himself.

John Pancner. a leador of the
Industrial Workers of the World, Is
under arrest in Spokane, Wash.
where he will spend the next six
months In jail. He appeared in Spo-
kane to load Socialists in a fight
against IN ordinance regarding street
speaking and sent out. kilograms to
nearby towns, calling for men to
all the jails in Spokane" y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Protection for Miners.

Gov. Deneen has asked the Illinois
State Mine Investigation board to
draft amendments to tho mining
laws, to be introduced at a coming
special session of the Legislature.
They include fire-fghting apparatus
and watering the mine. concrete
construction Of the underground
stables, and fre-proof timbering at
the bottom of the shafts. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Farmer Kills Himself.

John NJ. Folk, living about eight
miles from Columbia, committed
suicide Tuesday morning with a
shotgun. He was about fifty years
old, and leaves a wife and two chill
dren. There Is no known cause.
He was apparently In good health
and financial circumstances. His
father was one Of the wealthiest
farmers of Newberry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Many Japs Drown.

A fierce storm swept over the VI
cinity Of Shimonoseki. japan Iues-
day night. The Kisagata Maru' a
,Jananese vessel. f%oundered. and II
Is feared that all on board waFe lost
Twenty-Five bodies have been wash
cd ashore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Barber Fell Dead.

The Georgetown Item says Henry
Simmons, a negro barber Of that
city. dropped dead a few days ago
while in conversation. 1t is said
that he jumped up into the air. clap
ped his hands to his head, followed
and fell dead. We learn that he
was a hard drinker. No doubt th!:
habit produced paralysis Of the brain
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Girl Chased and Shot.

Miss Title Gable, a seventeen
year-old girl, had a Thanksgiving
party at her home, No. 167 Leonard
street, Williamsburg, N. Y, which
ended In her being chased down
Leonard street for a block by Will
liam Kenney, one Of the guests, who
was infatuated with her and shoot
ing he: because she would not con-
sent to marry him. She was only
slightly hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Fell to Their Death.

DR.. Brenckmann and Hugo
Francke, two of the most daring
members of the Aero club Of Ber-
lin, we're killed through a collapse
Of their balloon holman. The bod
les wee found near Flume, Austria
Hungary. Nearby was the balloon,
rent In an envelope and telling the
story of death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Another Mine Trouble.

Eight men were imprisoned IN a
cave-in and fire Tuesday in one OF
the several copper mines OF the
Tennessee Copper Company at Cop
Der Hill, Tom. Four. oxygen hell
NETS, two tanks of oxygen and 9TH
or m,ne rscne naraphernalia we're
cent from Knoxville to the mine by
q. special train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
They Were All Saved.

A dispatch from Ducktown, Tenn
says the eight men who were In
nrisonsd in the London mine as a
.as,,It of a shaft fire were brought
10 the surface. Not n was phys'-
csuy disabled following the entomo-
/ mont.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Practined Surgery in Rowboat.

John Dayton, a constable of Port
Jefferson, L. l.. caught himself in
the face while fishing. Another salt
say the mans plight and entered
his rowboat. Bracing himself with
legs far apart he began to cut and
slash and removed the hook. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
SHOWS FIGHT
zelays Refuses to Notice Officially Knox's
Ulttimatum and
APPEALS TO CONGRESS
President of Nicaragua Will, IT is
Reported, Ask Congress to Inter
fere With the State Department
Program-Men Supposed to be His
Agents Reach Washington.

Agents Reach Washington.
President Zelaya has not only re.
fused to take official cognizance Of
Secretary Knox's note, which was
practically an ultimatum, but he IL
declared to have dispatched specia
agents to Washington to endeavor tc
have the State departments ulti'
matum set aside, first by appeals
to the department, and secondly BY
direct appeals to members of Con
gress. The State department Is en-
tirely aware Of the presence and
Identity of these emissaries. These
special agents are being watched ir
q general way.
1t was reported that any attempt
that zelaya might make to escape
from the country would receive the
direct and vigorous attention Of the
American warships nov lying of the
coasts Of Nicaragua. Secretary Knox
has intimated in the plalnest Ian.
guage that the State department
looks upon Zelaya as the man re-
sponsible for the torture and death
Of the two Americans, Groce and
Cannon.
The plan to defect the United
States government program with ref.
erence to Nicaragua came to light
when Senior Fernando Sanchez and
DR.. V. M. Roman arrived at Wash.
ington. Neither Senior Sanchez nor
DR.. Roman would talk. They gave
their address as New York.
Members of the Central American
diplomatic corps, however, were in
a futter when they discovered the
new arrivals. Senior Sanchez, they
declared, is a partner of Zelaya In
many Of the latter's business ven.
lures in Nicaragua, and he has man
aged to amass a fortune Of between
four and five million dollars in gold,
DR.. Roman, the report continued,
long has been Senior Sachez's bust
ness adviser, and he also Is a close
friend and adherent Of Zelaya.
During Friday afternoon and early
evening more than a score Of tele-
grams we're dispatched from Senior
Sanchez's rooms. Almost an equally
large number were received. This
Geographic activity the Central
Americans insist. Is aimed at mem
bers Of Congress, with q view OF
winning over enough OF them to
render the Administrations present
program imperative In the event II
Is presented to Congress.
DR.. Salvador Castrillo, the diplo
matte agent Of the provisional gov
eminent of Nicaragua and represen-
tative Of the revolutionists, here,
made formal request to Secretary
Knox that he be received on equal
terms with the agents of the Zelaya
government. 1t Is generally believ-
ed that DR.. Castrillo's request will
be granted.
While making all preparations for
action, this government has resumed
the claim that preceded the Issue OF
Secretary Knox's note. There were
10 developments In the State de-
partment Friday. To all appearance
es the department Is marking time
until occasion arrives for further
action. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
A Helpless Wreck.

The four-masted schooner Marie
Palmer, bound from Carteret, y. j.,
to Savannah, which stranded on
Frying Pan Shoals on "Wednesday
night, is now a hopeless wreck and
her cargo q total loss, y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Died g Hero.

At Chicago Dennis Kelly a nag
man, was killed in the act or saw
ing q woman standing be"iloered on
the track in front OF an approach
ing train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

pie.
Two Americans who, this gov
eminent Is now convinced were Of
icers connected with the revolution
airy forces, and therefore entitled to
be dealt with according to the en-
lightened practice Of civilized ma
tons, have been killed By direct or
der Of President Zelaya. Their ex-
ecution is said to have been pre-
coded by barbarous cruelties. The
consulate at Managua Is now Official
ly reported to have been menaced.
There Is thus a sinister elimination
Of an administration also character
lied by a cruelty to its " citizens
which has, until the recent outrage,
found vent In the case of this coun-
try In a succession of petty annoy
ances and indignities which many
months ago made it impossible to
ask an American minister longer to
residte at Managua. From every
point Of view 1t has evidently be.
come difficult for the United States
further to delay more active re-
sopnses to the appeals SO long made
to it's duty to its citizens. to Its dig
nifty, to Central America and to civil
lization.
The government of the United
States is convinced that the revolu
ton represents the ideals and The
will of a majority Of the Nicara
guam people more faithfully thar
does the government of Presiden
Zelaya, and that It's peaceahle con
troll is well-nigh as extensive as tina
hitherto so sternly attempted by tn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
Mister Clark Slapped
 Miss Gaffney Because
 She Called Him Drunk
Then Mister Clark's Best Girl Make Him go to Priest and Take Pledge and Prosecutor Made Him Apologize to Slappee.

Ida Gaffney. who lives in Berkshire avenue. complained to Prosecuting At torney Delaney this morning that Clarence Clark of Brooks street had slapped her face. The prosecutor asked Clark if he was not ashamed to strike a woman. Clark said. Well she told my best girl that she saw me drunk on the street and my best girl made me go up to the priest and take the pledge. I neved drank a drop in my life.''
 There were no marks on Miss Gaff- ney's face and Clark said he had only touched her gently when she had dared him to strike. Miss Gaffney said that all she wanted was that Mister Clark should apologize" Clark apologized.
 Clark and Miss Gaffney work at the Halmes & Edwards factory. When she quit work at 8 o'clock this morning Clark also quit so that they both ar rived at the police station at about the same time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
The nxpr...ion "Gre.t scott,-

The Expressfon "Great Scott!"
 Correspondent of the London Acade- my have been discussing the origin of the American expression Great Scott!' One thought it arose in some obscure way from the name of General Winfield Scott Another writes: "Surely the con- nection of this with General Winfield Scott, mentioned by your correspond ent, is doubtfuEprobablya mere volks- etomoIogie or story invented to account for a word not otherwise understood Russelrs Current Americanisms' mere ly defines 1t as a 'euphemistic oath of no great force and very uncertain ori- gin He must have been acquainted with the Winfield Scott story and Gas he is elsewhere very hospitable to fan cy derivations) must have had reasons for rejecting this one, but it is odd that he did not record the fairly obvious cor ruption of the German 'Gruss GottP
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
THE FLASH FOUNTAIN PEN.
The Long Eared Hat.

The long cared bat puts itself to bed in wraps not only of it's own wings, but supplemented by the folding of its own enormous ears. EThis little British mammal, the body of which is only two inches long from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail, has the largest ears, in proportion to its size, of any animal in the world. They are an inch and half long and three-quar- ters of an inch broad, and when their owner proposes to go to sleep 1t bends them outward and then backward, folding them down on either side of its head and shoulders before bringing up the wings to cover its sides. When waking up it is quite business for the little bat to get its tall ears straight ened out and into position again. They remain for some time at half cock" and then are gradually set up and erected to serve the animal while awake.-London Nature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
Building Line Test
 Case is in Hearing
Counsel for Defendant $ Claim that Section of Charter Involved is Un- : constitutional Because Glass I IegiSlatiOn.

Before Justice of the Peace Deputy Judge Frank L. Wilder. at the County Court house this morning an injunction brought by John Tomasco against Nathan Kraut both residents of Still man street. restraining the latter from erecting building over the building line on Stillman street was heard Early this morning Rraut applied to the Common Council for the establish ment of a building line of Stillman street. The application was granted.
 The proceedings are brought under the recent amendment to the city charter which provides that any per- son living within block of any pro- posed projection beyond a building line may have an injunction preventing it Counsel for Kraut argued that the provision is not constitutional because it limits the persons who may enjoy the remedy to those within a block and is therefore class legislation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
Deaths and Funerals

The funeral of John J. Mccarthy were held yesterday afternoon from his late residence, 453 Lexington Ave nue at 1:30 o'clock and thence to St. Augustine's church where Rev. Pat rick J. Mccormack read the services. A delegation from Live Oak Camp, w. O. w, of which the deceiSed was a member, attended the funeral in a body, and served as pail bearers. The interment was in St. MichaePS ceme- tery. This morning a high mass of requiem was sung at St. Augustines church for the repose of the soul of the deceiSed.
 Mrs. Louisa King, a we'll known res ident of the West End, died at her home, 953 Hancock avenue, Saturday afternoon, after a lingering illness. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Josephine Brennan and Mrs. Catherine Lathrop, and one son, Ernest King.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
HARRIMAN'S
 DEATH ABROAD. :. WALL ST. REPORT
Especial from United F

Especial from United Press.l
 New York; June 21.-An unconfirmed rumor that E. H. Hartman died in Austria today caused considerable ex- citement in Wall Street this afternoon. The origin of the report could not be traced. A sharp break in the market followed the circulation of the report. Neither the Union Pacific directors nor the personal friends of Hartman have any information tending to show that there is any truth in the report. liar riman is supposed to be in Vienna, where he placed himself under the care of eminent specialists, having an nounced when he left New York that he would take orders from the doctors when he placed himself in their bands.
 Banker Lancier, who saw Hartman in Europe last week, gave out state- ment Saturday night in which he says he was surprised to see how i'll the railroad man looked. Lancier said that Hartman was a very sick man.
 Harriman's friends say he is in about the same condition as when he left New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
A Scotch rr.n.actton.

A highlander who sold brooms went into a barber shop in Glasgow to get shaved. The barber bought one of his brooms and after having shaved him asked the price of it ''Twopence," said the highlander. "No, no," said the oth- CT. 'T will give you a penny. and if that does not satisfy you take your broom again" The highlander took it and asked what he had to pay. "A pen n.y." said the barber. "I will gie you a bawbee, and if that doesn't satisfy you pit on my beard again."-London Tat Ter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
er.x Eye. ana Loveli.ht.

There are no finer eyes in the world than those clear gray eyes of Quaker gray that now and then we see in some good woman's face. Somehow or other they i'll you with vague desire to pray. They are the eyes that shine with loveaight Ca beautiful old word), the light of an exceeding kindness for all living things.
 The green iris has had a bad reputa- don. Shakespeare speaks of eyes green as leeks" and Jealousy as green eyed monster" A person with green eyes is often stgmatized as "cat eyed' and is supposed to possess all cats purring and ingratiating insinuation.-Brown Book
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
CHOIR SINGER
 SUES FOR CHILD
College Courtship Romance Turns Out Unhappily for Bride.

The aftermath of a college courtship civil side. before Judge Howard J. Curtis this morning when Helen Price of New York. the beautiful young wife of Alder Price of Sound Beach. asked the court to grant her the custody of her little baby girl who was born in September 1907. Young Price. who is the son of Dr. Sherman Price, former ly of New York city. but now retired and residing in Darien attended col lege at New York. He had met his young wife before his school days The courtship continued throughout his school-life. they being welded before his education had been completed. They were married in New York on June 21 1907. They lived in New York and later removed to Sound Beach.
 It was only a short time ago that Mrs. Price left her husband because of his alleged cruelty to her. and went to New York to live with her aunt. a ent divorce suit pending in the Superior Court against Price brought on the grounds of cruelty. In court to-day Attorney Galen A. Carter. counsel for Price produced a letter from Mrs. Price to her husband in which inquiry was made of him regarding the condition of the child. although, Counsel Carter declared. the mother knew the child was not we'll. Mrs. Price said that she did not ask for the condition of hef child because she wished only to con- verse with her husband in her letters in a business like manner. relating only to their own affairs.
 Miss Clarke. the aunt of Mrs. Price with whom she makes her home. and whom the plaintiff calls mamma" as OF the day she was born her mother died. testified to the court that she had sufficient income to look after both her niece and grandniece.
 At present Mrs. Price is a singer in a New York church choir. receiving an o,, ira0r,ia of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
OBJECTION TO SALOON
 IN JACQUES PLACE

A hearing on the application of Will liam Hart for an application to con- duct a saloon in the building former ly occupied by James Jacques. was held this afternoon before the County Commissioners. The Law Enforcement League, through whose efforts Jacques was driven out of the place, were heard as regards the unsuitability of the place. They had a number of wit nesses, including a few of the local police officers who told of the condi- tions existing about the place. Hart was also objected to as an unsuita ble person, he having been the bartender for Jscques. The commissioners re- served decision.
 A number of the residents of Strat- ford were on hand and remonstrated against the application of George Staff ford at Koonchaug Inn, on the grounds of unsuitability of the applicant.