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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
CHAINED A WARsHP,
An Incident of the War Between
Greece and Turkey.
A YOUNG OFFICERS DARING.
Tho Turks Pluck and Strategy Re.
suited In Making Q Powerful Greek
Vessel Helpless Prisoner Within
tho landIocked Waters of Arta.


Vessel q Helpless Prisoner Within
the LsndIoeked Waters Of Arta.
It was during the war between
Greece and Turkey in 1897 that the
mpabitants Of Gala Krini-a large vii.
age since Destroyed by the Turks, on
the shores Of the gulf Of Arta--awoke
one morning to find that a,cEelicnic
batfleship had entered the gulf and
cast anchor Off the shore. The sur
prise of the Inhabitants OF Gala Krini
was nothing compared with that OF q
party OF five Turkish officers. who,
fresh from the crest Of a hill towering
above the village, watched the vessel
through their telescopes.
IS These Turkish officers were on IN
urgent and important mission Ito
block out the Hellenic feet from the
gulf Of Aria. Behind them ut the
bottom Of the deep ravlne, were "a
number OF heavy guns which had been
dragged all the way from Saloniki, "a
long and difficult task. and with this
artillery they had been ordered to for
tify the strait. Ut
To reach the strait. however. the
Turkish column had to run the gantIet
OF the battleship's heavy guns, which
u:eant sheer destruction. Somehow or
other they must escape the manor
war or prevent her Interference with
their work. but to do this seemed i'm
possible
In the midst OF their discussion q
young officer who had been listening
said he could hold the vessel q prison
or If they would allow him. His plead
Ing won. and. hurriedly changing his
clothes for those of shepherd. he de-
scended In that disguise to Gala Krini.
Late that night number of figures
stole through the dark alleys of the
village toward the shore. Close to the
waters edge was an old boathouse,
used as n shed for repairing boats
This the party silently entered and by
the Pickering light of taper search.
ed the black interior. At length there
was gentle rattle and from the gloom
emerged Hassan, stripped to the waist.
dragging a heavy chain. This. with
the help Of his comrades. he began to
pun. ana after an hours laboriouS
work the end of the great chain-oncU
the cable of Turkish vessel-was
reached.
From the beach the chain was load
ed on board large caique, whose
sides and floor had been covered with
cloth to deaden the sound. This task
accomplished. three men got in with
In
toward n large rock In the middle of
the blight. Round this rock the chain
was laid ana securely fastened. One
man having been landed on the crag
to keep guard over this end. the boat
set out cautiously for the battleship.
looming like phantom In the dis
lance. Not sound did the men make
as link by link the massive chain was
paid out over. the stern into the still
water till thew reached the vessel
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
NOTICE.

The following named parties have
filed their application with the clerk
OF the Board of Affairs OF the City of
Bluefield asking for license to sell
at retail spirituous liquors, wine, por.
ter. ale, beer and drinks OF like ma.
ture at the places set out after their
respective names.
b. NJ. Cohen, corner Princeton Ave
nue. and Stewart Street, City of Blue
field, in Altamont Hotel Building. b.
Nj. Cohen is the owner of said build
ing.
Louis Lebarwiteh, 20 old No., AZ new
No., Princeton Avenue, City OF Blue.
field, in the III. II. Hunter Building.
Fl. r., Hunter is the owner OF said
building.
Said applications will be presented
to the Board of Affairs at their first
meeting or adjournment thereof after
September 4, 1910.
- J. T. AKERS, Auditor.
8-5-1O-4wks.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
CHILEAN STEvEDORES.
A Ferocious Class of Men With ire
Manners of Savages.

at Caronel, the principal coaling port
on the west coast of South America, Ii
is customary for cargo boats to ship
twenty or thirty Chilean stevedores, In
addition to the regular crew, to break
out the cargo when 1t Is consigned to
various ports farther up the coast. A
worse looking lot of cutthroats than
these seagoing longshoremen it would
be hard to find even among the ban
dts Of southern Europe or the old time
pirates of the West Indies. Swarthy.
understood, dirty and clothed i'm nom
descript rags, they are about the bot
tom notch in the scale OF humanity.
What they lack i'm intelligence they
make up in ferocity and animal cum
ming. Even crew of Kanakas will
refuse to berth or mess with them.
Every man Of them carries a knife,
and they are commanded by an over
seer who is addressed as captain"
and exerts n certain degree of author
ity. They do their own cooking while
aboard ship. each man serving as cook
for a week. at the end of which time
he resigns in favor of the next in line
OF course the captain" never de-
sends TO mental labor, not even to
work the cargo. He stands by with a
cigarette between his fingers and dl
reefs his men. The table manners of
these semisavages are the manners Of
the stone age. Neither knives, forks
nor spoons are used. but every man
grabs for himself and Grams as much
as he can into his mouth at once, greed
lily tearing the meat apart with his
fingers and cleaning up the grease
with piece Of bread. which also does
duty as a napkin before It IS swal-
lowed. a number Of sheep generally
are taken out on these tramp steamers
and killed when fresh meat is needed.
When the Chileans learn sheep is
going to be killed they crowd around
with tin cups or basins to catch the
warm blood. which they drink eagerly.
They also bring chunks OF bread and
sop up every drop that falls-New
York Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
WOULD VETO Ii

Out in Aurora, Illinois the town
council has passed an ordinance nro.
viding that every citizen must tai,
bath at cast once a week whether
he needs Il or not. This is a goo1
scheme. because It Is written tina,
cleanliness IS next to Godlincss and
the bath tub, if they we're forced
use II, is about as near as some people
VIII ever got to Goodness.
We would advocate the adoption nj
such an ordinance in Bluefcld. but
We are sure IL would be a misspent
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
effort since it's safe bet that the city
council would veto ii.

Cincinnati has a kiss me not" So
ciety and II is said that 5000 women
are wearing badges bearing the
gend. We have never seen any of
these women but they probably need
entertain no fears that they are go.
ing to be overpowered and kissed
against their wills.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05

conducting a dental co-partnership in
the city of Bluefield have mutually
dissolved, the former remaining in
charge of the business and the latter
establishing an office at Princeton, w.
Va.
7-13-10-1mo.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
GLOVER WILL HEARING

Boston, Aug. Judge Morton of
the Supreme Court will today give II
hearing on the motion to frame is
sues for a jury which was filed by
the contestants in the contest over
the will OF Clarence f. Glover, whose
mysterious murder in this laundry at
Waltham was national sensation.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
The Maids RepIy.

AS William bent over her fair face
-whispered:
Darling. II ! should ask you In
French if | might kiss you what would
you answer"
She. calling up her scanty knowledge
Of the French language. exclaimed,
BILLET doux"-Exchange
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
ArtfuI Innooenes.

II wish I was moth" was the enig
NAUTICAL declaration made by a young
married woman TO her husband
"Whyp
Because I should be able to get
into some new clothesw
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05

You CAN'T loose in the Diamond
Club Of Randolph and Mittendorf. Ask
about II.
7.9-10.tf. So
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-05
FOR RENT.

Groom fat on Bland street. $500
broom fiat on Bland street.. .$f5.75
Groom flaCon Blue6eld Ave. $1,000
broom cottage SO. Bluefeld $500
We also have 40 or 80 lots for sale
located in different parts of the city.
Prices 10 suit.
Also 81 lots in the town of Prince
ton, w. Va. Write for terms. Have
other property not included i'm this
list
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The annual bush meeting at Fur
cellyille closed yesterday evening. Hon.
C.. C. Carlin made an address.
The Fredericksburg City Council has
annronriated the sum of sS,319,94 for
the extension OF the city water works
in the lower and western part Of the
city.
II. T. Garnet, jr., assistant cashier
of the Bank of Westmoreland at Co
lonial Beach, has resigned and will go
to Brazil, where he has accepted an
offer as bookeeper in the employ OF
the United States government service.
Harvey Cornwell, 50 years old, en-
pIoyed as motorman by the Wash
in eton Railway and Electric Company,
was found dead Tuesday night in his
room at 357 | street southwest, Wash
ington. He is a native OF Prince Will
liam county. He is survived by his
widow and three brothers.
State Senator Thomas in speech at
the Purcclville bush meeting yesterday
said thai the greatest danger immedi-
ately threatening the democratic party
is that it will sit idly by and permit in
surgents to regenerate the republican
party, bringing it into conformity with
democratic principles. E"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11

officials of the Madriz faction, They
were received by official Of the divi-
sion OF Latin American affairs, who
will inspect their credentials. Later
the two ENJOYS probably will be re-
ceiyed by Acting Secretary OF State
Huntington Wilson, to whom they
will set forth the object Of their mis-
sion.
Branding Samuel Gompers' explana-
ton of the settlement Of the famous
Bucks Stove & Range Company's war
with union labor as Il 'despicable lie"
and making a vicious attack upon
Frederick w. Gardner, the new man
ager OF the company. a pamphlet,
issued by American Industries, a
magazine published in the interest OF the
National Manufacturers Association was
sent broadcast over the country today.
The attack was taken by labor leaders
here to mean that the manufacturers
will make every possible effort to gain
a verdict from the Supreme Court OF the
United State affirming the jail sentences
pronounced against Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, the
American Federation OF Labor officials
charged with contempt OF court in con
nection with the publication OF the name
OF the Buck company in an nnfalr
lief ),
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
LOVE CHARMS AWAY WARTS.

After years conscientious and pa
tient treatment with nitric acid and
similar remedies, Robert j. Merriam,
young curb broker, Of New York,
has succeeding in removing seven
huge warts from the third finger Of
the left hand OF the girls he loves, and
as a reward Miss Lilith Borspherg has
consented to their bctrothal. Just IL
months ago Merriam asked Miss Bors-
phcrg to promise to marry him, but
she told him such thing was out OF
the question, rs she would be unable
To get the solitaire over the warts, and
even If this were possible the ugly
things would have detracted from
the beauty OF that symbol OF their
pliehted troth. So McItian went to
work, and after what seemed to him
the longest year he ever lived, sue
ceeded on Tuesday in vanquishing
the last stubborn excrescence Of the
flesh. and now he wears " smile and
Miss Borspherg wears his ring.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
The Charlton Case.

Jersey City, n. j., Aug. ll.-Today
was the day set for the formal arrange
ment Of Porter Charlton, held i'll the
Hudson county Jail rs fugitive from
Justice, pending cxtradition proceedings
by Italy. but under the agreements Of
attorneys the case has been postponed
until September 20.
Assistant Prosecutor Mccarthy IntI-
mated today that the county physician
has had Charlton under close survelI-
lance and that if Italy does not press a
demand for Charlton by September 20,
the prosecutor will acting on the report
of the physician, request the appoint
ment Of an insanity commission. 1t Is
understood that the prisoners relatives
will make no effort to keep him out OF
Il mad house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11

IRRELIGIoUS mosquitoes have forced
a little band of worshippers near South
Orange, N. j., to abandon their Sun
day evening services. All summer
long Rev. A. Boylan Fitzgerald, pastor
OF the Hilton Methodist Church. has
punctuated the service and sermons by
Shaping at mosquitoes which attacked
his face, the back of his neck and his
hands. The slaps re-echocd from the
pews, where the congregation were be-
ing pestcred by hungry imps which, 1t
seemed to them, were sent by Old Nick
himself to distract their piouS thoughts.
The pastor realized finally that the
mosquitoes, seeking prey, left their
haunts as the shades of evening fell or
lust at the time that his congregation
sought his church for spiritual teaching
and consolation. Brethren, he an
nounced after Sunday nights service,
until the first frost q brief vespcr SER
vice at O'Clock will replace the even
ing service. Amen" y. the congrcga-
ton chorused thankfully.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
Grand Commandery Officers.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Sir William B
AIclish, Cincinnati, was today elected
right eminent grand master Of the
grand encampment OF the United
States at the Knights Templar Conclave.
Sir Arthur Macarthur, of Troy, n. y,
was elected deputy grand master and
Sir w Frank Pierce, San Francisco,
Grand Gcneralissimo. These are all
promotions.
Sir Lee S. Smith. Pittsburg, was
elected grand captain general; Sir Jos.
Kyle Orr, Atlanta, Ga, grand senior
warden; ,Jehiel Weston, Chamberln. ST..
Louis, Mimi, grand junior warden.
Denver will probably be the next meet
ing place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
ueart-Sl,aped Spot on sun.

ST. Louis, Aug. 1.-THE sentiment
ally inclined may find an omen OF i'm
portance in the statement yesterday OF
Rev. Father Martin Brennan, priest
astronomer, that there is 4 heart-shap-
ed spot on the sun 1t is an unusually
large spot being estimated by Father
Brennan mt from 90, 900 to $1,000 miles
in width, and it is surrounded by IA
smaller spots four of which are of good
" size. The cluster is about midway
between the rim OF the sun and It's
centre. Father Brennan was unable
TO discern it with smoked glasses, but
got good view through telescope.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11

A DRASTIC anti-iobbying bill was
passed a few days ago by the lower
house of the Georgia assembly by Il
vote of lis to s. It's passage Is as
sured in the Senate. The bill requires
that any one representing Il person,
firm or corportion for or against legIS-
lation" must register his name and
that of his employer and designate the
bill he is interested in. Violation is
made felony. In the debate charges
were made relative to lobbyists. i
have seen representatives of special
interests sit on the floor OF this house
while votes were being taken on meas
ures they were interested i'll, said Rep
resentative Hull. Legislators have
been influenced and controlled by pad
men sent here to work on them. /
have seen both branches OF this lrglS-
lature controlled absolutely by these
LOBBYISTS" And. what is true III
Georgia is true also i'll many OF the
other states, while in Congress lobby
ing is VIGOROUSLY carried on even by
members Of both houses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
TELEGRApHIC BREvITIES.

Unconscious since yesterday. as the
result of Il paralytic stroke suffered 4
week ago, Robert Treat Paine, whose
great grandfather was one of the Signcrs
OF the Declaration Of Independence,
and who is famous rs philanthropiSt,
is believed to be dying at Waltham,
Mass, today. He is IS years old.
The Milwaukee Baseball Club, OF
the American Association. has pur-
chased Oullrlder Arthur ReubeD) De
Croft, Of the Wilkes Barre Pa, Club.
De Croft WAS for short time Il mcm-
Der OF the st. Louis National and was
later turned over to Jersey City Of the
Eastern League.
The grand jury in New York today
returned an additional indictment
charging grand larceny against Erwin
!. Wider, former cashier of the Russo
Chinese Banks New York branch.
The specific crime alleged is the larceny
Of 81 900 worth of bonds OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad and seven
teen cents worth Of paper in which
they were enclosed. Wider pleaded
not guilty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
TILE INDIAN LAND STEAL.

At McAleSter, Okla, yesterday, the
Indians learned few more things
about the proposed sale of $50, 900. :
900 worth Of their lands in the hearing
before the congressional investigating
committee.
Congressman G.. ID. Carter, Of the
Fourth oklahoma district, testified
that ut an interview ut the home of
Richard G. Adams, an attorney at
Washington, Adams had said he had
made an arrangement by which he was
to secure per cent Of the profits" to
be derived from the McMurray con-
tracts. He also told me-" testified
Mr.. Carter, that Congressman B. S.
Mcclure was in on the deal and would
get his share. He told me that Dr.
Wright a delegate for the Choctaw
Indians at Washington with a salary of
ST, ZOO, was in on the deal He also
said we've got some others, but he
didn't mention other names.
E. B. Latham, an attorney for Nc
Alcstcr, related 4 meeting with Nc
Murray two years ago when McMur-
ray, he said, offered him Il present of
$4,000 if the old tribal contract would
go through f."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
NuIc starts Bank Run.

Louisville, Aug. ia mules death
occassioncd Il run upon the South
Louisville Deposit Bank yesterday,
which for time threatened to wreck
that institution. A dcpositor OF the
bank, which is located at the entrance
Of Churchill Downs, OH Monday pur-
chased mule, giving in payment 4
check for S75. That night the animal
died. Suspccting that he had been
"stung," the purchaser stopped pay
ment of the check.
The paycc presented the check Tues
day afternoon, just before the bank
closed, and payment WAS refused. He
left the bank, spreading the report that
the bank has ceased payment. More
than 100 depostors were i'll line seek
ing to withdraw their savings when the
bank operated yesterday morning.
Only wild dash from town in an auto
mobile by the president, DIR. Neither
land, with currency saved the situation.
By noon, the real cause Of the run be-
ing learned. it stopped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
Steamer Atire.

Chicago. Aug. 1.-THE wireless station
here received Il message at noon today
stating that a steamer was atire in the
lake about y miles north Of the Chica-
60 harbor. The tireboat Graeme
Stewart was despatched to the scene.
The wireless was sent 10y the Christop,
her Columbus and did not say whether
the vessel in peril was freight or pas
senger boat.
The fire ting and life ssaving crew
called into the lake this afternoon by
the wireless report that Il steamer was
on fire, returned at 80 p in. ana re-
ported that the fire was on Il lighthouse
tender. They stood By until the fire
was nut ont
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
Buried Alive in Coal Fall.

Tamaqua, Pa, Aug. 1l.-As the re-
suit OF big fall OF coal and dirt in the
No. II mine OF the Lehigh Coal d
Navigation Company, yesterday, George
Murphy, fire boss, Of Coaldale, was
Instantly killed; Peter Boyle, Of Coal
dale. was buried alive and Hugh Holly
wood, OF Coaldalc, WAS badly injured.
Rcscuing PARTIES worked all day with
out reaching Boyle and he has been
given up for dead. The fall occurred
unexpectedly in what is known as a
skip in the breast and carried with
il hundreds of tons OF debris
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
Investigating Gore Charges.

McAlester, Okla, Aug 1.-THE
first testimony supporting to some ex-
tent the story, told by Senator Thomas
P. Gore regarding the Chickasaw and
Choctaw land sales in Oklahoma, is
now before the congressional commit
the investigating the charges brought
by Gore that he was offered bride of
$4,000.
Congressman Charles Carter, Of the
Fourth Oklahoma district, turned more
light-on Cores charges yesterday when
he testified that Richard C. Adams, an
Indian attorney in Washington, had
told him that he (Adams) was to get
five per cent of McMurray's ten per
cent contracts and that Congressman
Bird Mcclure was also in the deal.
DR.. E. n. Wright, delegate Of the
Choctaws, was also to get something.
Carter testified Adams told him, as
were several others whose names
were not mentioned.
Gore testified that Jake Hamon
named Bird Mcclure as one OF the men
interested IN the McMurray contracts.
Chairman Burke, OF the investiga-
ting committee, questioned Carter close
" regarding Mcclure, and Carter as
serted that he would say frankly that
he did not think Mcclure should be
in Congress. {"
The witness also told Of the CONVEX
sation he swore he had with Adams
regarding the five per cent he was to
get from Mem urray, and testified that
Adams said: Macs got to come
across with me this time; he double
crossed me once on S750,00O, and
don't you know when the thing was
over, Mac just laughed at me. I'm
not going to take the short end this
time, for he is going to sign up.
The scene of the investigation was
today shifted TO Sulphur, Okla, vii
LACE Of $500, Boosting Il railroad sta,
ton and one telegraph office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
Charged with Assuming a Child.

Ouray, Colo, Aug. 11.-Following
his identification by Marie Coughlin,
aged s, as the man who assaulted her
yesterday afternoon. dragged her along
Main street, and then threw her into
Uncompahgre Canyon, more than 100
feet deep, William Metzler was for
mally arraigned today. Mctzler denies
that he ever saw the girl.
Marie had been sent to store by
her mother when, she says. she met a
man who offered her candy. She re-
fused it, and the man disappeared.
Later, she says. he suddenly reap
peared, seized her and dragged her to
the end Of Main street, stuffing q hand
kerchief into her mouth to prevent her
screaming. The girl says he then as
saulted her and hurled her over the
edge of the cliff. Only the fact that
she, struck Il heap OF brush saved her
from death. She managed to crawl
out OF the canyon and told her story to
a policeman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
A Recreant LOchinvar.

Pittsbvrg, Aug. 11.-NIiss Helen NJ.
Doherty, well known in the society Of
Aspinwall, fashionable Pittsburg sub
urb, brought suit for $1,000 damages
yesterday against Fl. w. Mclaughlin,
a wealthy young man Of the North
Side. Miss Doherty alleges that she
has lost goad home through hearken-
ing TO the voice # Mclaughlin. She
says that he promised to marry her,
permitted her to run away from home,
leaving Il scathing note behind for her
parents, and then did not keep his
promise to meet and marry her. This,
Miss Dohcrty sets forth, placed her in
u most embarrassing position, since She
had already left the home OF her par
cnts, who objected to her friendship for
Mclaughlin. The tone OF her letter,
she says, was such rs would not per-
nit her TO return home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
4 Freak Hen.

Altoona. Pa, Aug. 11.-For the last
seven months leghorn hen owned by
f. A. Winter, Il music dealer here, has
been laying two eggs every third day,
an ordinary egg with a good shell III
the morning and an egg with practl-
calIv no shell in the afternoon.
Winter wrote to the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington about his
freak hen and experts Of the depart
mcnt informed him that occasionally
a hen lays two eggs day, but there is
no official record of continuous per-
Torrance of this kind.