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resigns TO
AVOID PROBE

Columbus, o., July 16.-Rev. G. W..
Lott, pastor of the Shepard M. e.
church, who was recently fined 500
in Chicago for annoying women on a
Northwestern suburban train, mailed
his resignation to District Snperin-
tendent Rev. Herbert Scott. Lofts
action has made it unnecessary for
the Central Ohio conference to probe
the case.
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STOCK CARS
WRECKED

Baltimore, July 16.-Three men
were injured, six horses killed and
eight stock cars of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad were wrecked by sep
arating rails east Of the Annapolis
Short Line yards. The damage to
the cars and the tracks of the COM
pany is estimated at 100000. The in
jured Morris Steigel, Philadelphia;
William Chritie, New Rochelle, N. Y,
and William Moore.
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Ben Shurr, who is well known in
Mt. Vernon and who has been in the
state hospital in Columbus some time
past, was pronounced in condition to
be released from the institution by
the hospital doctors, several days ago.
He returned to Mt. Vernon Saturday
morning. Mr.. Shurr will be taken to
the Soldiers Home in Sandusky in
few days.
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New York, July 16.-Dr. Hawley
Harvey Crippen, who is wanted by
Scotland Yard as the murderer of his
wife, Belle Elmore, the music hall
singer, was not passenger on any
of the transatlantic liners that reach
ed New York. Inspector Russell,
head of the detective bureau here,
was inclined to agree with Scotland
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-19

Yard that DR.. Crippen and his mis-
tress, Ethel Glare lie Neve, are hid
den either in London or in France.
The Scotland Yard trailers are ran
sacking London for the pair and the
French police are searching every
town and village of their country
where 1t would be likely that Crippen
and Miss lie Neve might have gone.
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INTERNATIONAL CYCLE
CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brussels, July 16-Nearly two.score
of the worlds neetest bicycle racers,
including several hailing from Amer
lea, have assembled in Brussels to
take part in the annual championship
contests of the International Cyclists
Union. The championships will begin
tomorrow and continue through the
week.
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ARMY MANEuvERs IN WYOMING

Cheyenne, Wyo., July 16-Extensive
army maneuvers under the direction
of the national government were be.
gun today on the Crow Creek reser-
walton and will continue for the next
ten days. Seven thousand regular
troops and several thousand members
Of the National Guard of Colorado,
Wyoming and nearby states are to
take part.
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HISTORICAL PAGEANT
AT CHESTER

London, July 16--With three thous-
and performers engaged to take part,
the historical pageant to be given at
Chester next week promises to be the
most notable affair of its kind in re-
cent years. The program is to include
eight episodes ranging from A. d. rs
to the siege of Chester and the visit of
King Charles in 1645.
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Children's

FdTty.
Miss Mary Coup, North Gay street,
most pleasantly entertained with a
childrens party Friday afternoon for
her niece and nephew, little Miss
Frances and Master William Coup.
Games were enjoyed on the lawn dur
ing the afternoon and a delicious sup
per was served. Each guest was al
so presented a souvenir of the occa-
sion. Those present were: Virginia
Alsdorf, Irene Bartlett, Bessie Devin,
Doris Brininstool, Ruth Brininstool,
Emily Sanderson, Mary Sanderson,
Virginia Pyle, Evelyn Shaffer, Coreta
Mann, Dorothy Wintermute, Helen
Lorey, Eleanor Lorey, Ruth Taylor, Bet
ty Ames, Helen Miller, Sarah Coop
er, Anise Conley, Mariana Pyle, EN-
lily Smith Dorothy Bowden, Lydia
Starr, Dorothy Tucker, Mary McCon-
nell, Harriet Fairchild, Floe Armen-
trout, Olive Shipley, Mary Arndt, Mar
garet Walker Esther Blair, Mary Sal
isbury, Alice Haas, Marcella Cooksey,
Helen Miller, Ruth May, Ruth Taylor,
Margaret Leopold, Betty Leopold, Ed
ward Arnold, Cedric Smith, Lawr-
ence Baldwin, Ben Ames Jr,, Donald
Goodell, James Lee, George Hinger,
John Wintermute, Sutton Critchfield,
Harrison Greer, Charles Salisbury,
Hendrick Baldwin, Lawrence Will
liams.
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Missionary Society
Entertained

The Missionary Society of the Gam
bier NJ. E. church gave a lawn fete at
the home of Mrs. A. Wright in Gam
bier on Friday evening. A lafge num-
Der of people were present during the
evening, which was very enjoyable
affair. The lawns were prettily decor
ated for the occasion.
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CHESS EXPERTS AT HAMBURG
3. G. o. r. r.
act

Hamburg, July 16-The seventeenth
annual congress of the German Chess
Association began here today, to be
followed on Monday by the opening of
the great international tournament. In
the latter contest the participants will
include Marshall, Capablanca, Janow-
ski, Teichmann, Schlechter, Tarrasch
and other famous chess masters.
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CLOSED

Springfield, O., July 16.-By mys-
terious order, seemingly from outside
the city and SIMILAR to that of Zanes-
vile two days ago, all the speakeasies
in Springfield were closed.
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CHlNAMAN

Columbus, o., July 16.--Jim Kee,
Chinese laundryman, is under arrest,
charged with having assaulted Edith
Shopper, young girl who applied
for work In his laundry.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-19

Mr.. c. w, Koons, proprietor of the
Overland garage, will leave the first
part Of next week for indianapolis. The
trip will be made in an Overland tour
ing car,
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ertained
With Luncheon

Mrs. Charles A. Bope, East Gambler
street, very delightfully."- entertained
with a luncheon Friday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Belden of Findlay.
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SOCIETY NOTES
Entertained
with Bridge

Miss Jane Curtis, Mansfield avenue,
delightfully."- entertained with two tabl-
es OF bridge at her home Friday after
noon.
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Uncle has had build cleaning machine When
dollar
bill decided that it would do the harm to be
machine Installed the
Washington dollars in bills
Washington
The also be
subjects
both
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Famous Plays Of Days Gone BY
Condensed into Short Stories

"or I'll storm the house about your ears"
Frank did as he was hidden, and Tliza
liked it. Finally the colonel left the room
and the lovers We're busily plotting, when
IN popped Paul Pry again. this time with
a letter from the real Frank the postmark
of which showed 1t was a week old
How did you come by it," asked Phoebe
Because I q good natured fool and
do all l can to oblige," answered Pry. Il
met the pOstman the other day and as
l always make it a rule to inquire who
has letters. | found there was one for
Miss Eliza, and l thought it would be but
civil TO bring it to YOU.
where's the civilty of bringing a week
old letter."
why, the pOstman had his rounds to
60 explained Pry, and Miss Eliza would
have had her letter at least five minutes
earlier through my taking it from him, IL
1t hadn't just happened that the letter
slipped my memory for week. OF
course, Paul Pry was again shown to the
door. The poor lovers were terribly per-
turbed, for the letter Informed them that
Frank was due that very day
Mr.. Pry. after leaving the house went TO
the inn and stumbled upon Frank Hardy,
and with his usual garrulity informed that
young man that Frank Hardy had lust ar
rived at the colonels. The real Frank,
fearing that some impostor meant harm.
determined 10 go there as a stranger.
In so doing he fooled his uncle. As the
colonel had previously mistaken Harry for
FRANK, he now mistook Frank for Harry.
III teach the young jackanapes," he ex-
ploded, for presumng to come here and
inspect his bride before deciding to take
her! The impotence of the fellow Why
cant he be reasonable and marry my girl
on his fathers advice and my Say-so?'
And over al the home of old Witherton
the colonels best friend it looked as if
Mrs. Subtle. the Schemmg housekeeper had
triumphed over her accomplish Crash
and, having stolen certain discriminating
letters, was prepared TO defy the steward
and win her aim of marrying Mr. Wither-
ton. Nainly Colonel Hardy begged and
pleaded with his old friend not TO enslaye
himself for life but here at last Paul
Pry. the marplOt, did good act In
walked Pry with a bundle of letters he
had fished out of an old we'll. letters Mrs
Subtle had stolen and which proved the
loyalty of Witherton's nephew and niece
and the villany of the housekeeper and
the steward. Grasp and Subtle we're
promptly turned out of the house. the
servant-cozened old bachelor became a
free man, while young Somers and Marian
revealed themselves his loving nephew
and niece.
Soon after this The arrival of the elder
Mr.. Stanley disclosed the fact that Frank
was Harry and Harry was Frank and
that Harry Stanley was the very Young
fellow whom Colonel Hardy wanted Tor his
son-in-iaW. So overioyed the old SOL
dier with the turn affairs had taken that
he shouted:
'Al you that are single. marry as fast
as YOU cam
"A broad hint to you and me, Miss
Ph.nbe,' said Paul Pry, who evidently had
been Just dropping in" so frequently On
account of that comeiY maid
Lord HELM me!' said Phoebe. You are
too inquisitiVe Tor a husband
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reaching an interesting stage, a rather
more serious affair was happening at the
home o, Witherton. the rich old bachelor
who Colonel Hardy's dearest friend.
With all his riches Mr. WithertOn wasn't
happy, for he had been led by the nose for
years by Grasp, his steward, and Mrs.
Subtle, his housekeeper.
On the other hand, these co-pIotters We're
not having any too pleasant a time of It
themselves. for Grasp, who was anxious to
marry Mrs Subtle had become suspicious
that she planning to lnveigle old
Witherton into a marriage with her The
better TO carry on their plans of plundering
their employer they had poisoned his mind
against his nephew Somers They had in
tercepted and suppressed his letters TO his
uncle and had impugned the character OF
young Somers's wife.
Colonel Hardy. who. with all his iraScible
temper, had big heart, saw the net that
was being drawn around his old friend.
Finding that young Somers was not at
fault. he devised a plan whereby Somers,
under the name of Willis, was introduced
into the home of his uncle as companion,
and his wife Marion was engaged as a
helper to Mrs Subtle In this way Hardy
hoped that a reconciliation would be
brought about between nephew, niece and
uncle. And so it resulted that Somers soon
discovered the perfidy of Mrs. Subtle and
Grasp. but for the time he was compelled
to hold his peace.
In the midst of all this plotting many
things were taking place at Colonel
Hardy's. Harry Stanley had finally con-
trived TO meet Eliza in her home, and, with
the impetuousnes Of youth. had urged an
elopement. But Phoebe lnterposed de-
cided negative eff your cousin Frank. my
old shipmate and friend. were only here.
said Harry, he would intercede with your
father and all would be we'll
But he won't be here for a week"
mournfully said Eliza.
Just then the three heard the colonel's
voice outside Harry was quickly pushed
into another room, and Phoebe stood guard
al the door. The colonel entered, carrying
a brace of pistols While he was cross
examining the girls loud cries came from
without, and a voice was heard to ex
claim
Help. Help, Would you murder me.
you hard hearted monster"
They have him. shouted the colonel,
as man stepped in through the window;
but 1t our old friend Paul Pry. Again
he attempted to explain, and again he was
thrown out. The frightened girls finally
confessed to the presence of man in the
adjoining room.
But don't be angry" urged Phoebe, for
he is the prettiest little fellow you ever
saw
"A main is concealed in my house, and
because he happens not to be the Irish
giant | must not be angry? Oh, that my
nephew Frank were herei" gToaned the
ia th2 In perpieXity. That was enough for
Phoebe.
You have guessed It," said the maid.
It's your nephew. We had planned
little surprise for you, but that eternal
Mr.. Pry spoiled It.
Colonel Hardy at once rushed into the
next room and brought out Harry Stanley,
who soon grasped the situation. Frank,
give your cousin a kiss" said the old man,
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THE COMING WEEK
COMEDY AND DRAMA

-Four theatres opened their doors last
meek sfter the usual period of inactivity
during the summer months. and five others
will follow their example during the next
seven DAYS Four new plays and one last
seasons success. The Spendthrift,' with
Edmund Breese, at the Hudson Theatre, are
in immediate prospect. The novelties are
Clara I.ipman, in The Marriage of Star,
opening at the Hackett tomorrow evening;
1.-The Commuters by the author OF The
Chorus Lady and The Travelling Sales
man" which will he produced at the Cri-
rerion tomorrow night; Bessie Mccoy, In
The Echo" at the Globe Theatre on
Wednesday night. and Baby Mine at
Dslv's Theatre on thursday. Another
company in Baby Mine" is now enjoying
q prosperous enga cement in Chicago.
ASTOR-"Seven Days" with its three acts
chock full Of fun. continues to make this
playhouse one Of the JolIiest on Broadway.
BROADW eleventh week OF the
mammoth THE Summer Widowers" begins
tomorrow night. Lew = ields Irene Frank
lin and a dozen other New York favorites
are still in the cast.
Highbrow Club on Mount Parnassus.
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Emma Carus as Melpomene. the Muse of
Tragedy. and $50 other players continue 10
make Up and Down Broadway" a magnet
for theatregoers. Vida Whitmore and
Martin Brown please in their dances.
CITY-George Evans's Honey Boy Min
strels with James ]. Corbett, began an
engagement at this 18th street playhouse
last night
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Continued on eighth page.
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atre. Mr.. Matthews has style OF humor
quite new to the American stage, and IS
capabIy supported by Jane Oaker and May
Blaney.
GAIETY-John Barrymore and his COM
pany will remain here only three Weeks
more In the WincheH Smith comedy. The
Fortune Hunter" Hundreds who saw the
wholesome play during its run last season
are taking advantage of this brief oppor-
tunity to enjoy the play all over again.
GIOBE-The second season al this house
will open on Wednesday, with Bessie Nc
Coy in Charles Dilingham's production OF
The Echo The piece is described as "a
summer singing and dancing frolic,'' and
was written by William LIE Baron and
Deems Taylor 1t gets its title from the
fact that its two scenes are laid in and
around a New England resort famous for
its echo. To this resort wander groups OF
people, some in search of amusement
others in search of quiet. The clashes be-
tween the various groups said to pro-
vide much merriment, which reaches a
climax when all go into the mountains in
search of the source of the echo. Miss Nc
Coy appears as the head waitress at the
Echo House. John f. Hazard will be
seen as a wealthy soap manufa cturer, who
goes to the mountains for rest Others in
the company are Johnnie Ford Edgar
Halstead. Joseph Herbert, jr., Douglas
Stevenson, George White. Ben Ryan. Evan
Fallon, George Drew Mendum Evelyn
Darlington, Mrs. Annie Yeamans and
Toots Paka and her Hawaiian associates
who Will present native songs and dances
AS a special feature Mr. Dillingham; has
obtained three Russian dancers, NJ. Voli-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

atre. Mr.. Matthews has style OF humor
ouite new to the American stage, and is
capably supported by Jane Oaker and May
BIaney.
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CASINO-Eddie Foy as the janitor of the
Highbrow Club on Mount Parnassus,
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In strengthening out the tangle. The cast
engaged by Mr.. Harris includes May de
Sousa, Taylor Holmes, Orrin Johnson
George Soule Spencer. George Laurence
Pauline Dufield. E. y. Backus. Iiiilah
Tburgate Louis Haines. Mamie knowlton
Amv Lesser, Adelyn Wesley and Isabelle
Fenton.
DALY'S-William A: Brady announces
"Babv Mine" a farce by Margaret Mayo,
for production on Thursday. Miss Mayo
gives credit for the idea contained in the
farce to a newspaper paragraph that ap-
peared in the telegraph columns of a New
York newspaper early in January, In which
the head of maternity hospital in Chi
cago was quoted as sd ying that over three
thousand husbands in Chicago We're fond
ling babies not their own" On this re-
mark Miss Mayo has worked out three
acts of farce Her story tells Of q young
married couple The husband is a crank
on the subject of how a wife should con-
duct herself and she is inclined to the be-
lief that there is no harm IN innocent
flirting They have serious falling out
about a male friend OF the family. and the
husband leaves the wife. She. in despair.
appeaIs to a friends wife, who advises
her. and on following the advice given her
the dramatist builds up a series of sltua-
lions which are said to keep the audience
screa ming for two hours. The cast that
will present the play has not been fully
decided upon.
o
GARRICK-Introducing TO this city a
brilliant English comedian, A. f. Matthews,
Love Among the Lions" has been we'll
received during its first week at this the
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nine Mis-. Lydia Lopokova ana NJ hopo-

nine, Nils. Lydia Lopokova ana NJ Aop'-
koyi.
HACKETT-c,ara I,pman will return to
.ha st.ga +o-morrow evening at this the
.trs in 1.-The Marriage of Star" an adap-
,.+iop from, the French of a comedy by
Alexander Rissou and Georges Thurner.
The former IS the author of Madame x
The comedy is said to stand alone IN the
matter of its plot by reason of the SEMI
ira gic denouement of the second act Here
Is a thrilling situation, in which the act
Continued on eighth page.
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CRPTERION-HeEry b Harris Will pre-
sent here tomorrow night, for the first
time in New York The Commuters, by
James Forbes. The play deals with a
phase of American life familiar 10 every
inhab itant of a large city or its enVirons-
The story of The Commuters centres
about Larry and Hetty Brice, devoted
Young couple. residents of Auburn Manor,
a suburb OF New York. Larry'S parucu-
lar chum, Sammy Fletcher, is typical
New York bachelor with the usual urban
dweller's distaste for life in the country.
Known only by name and reputation 10
Hetty he is the object of her pronounced
dislike and she holds him responsible Tor
her husbands occasionally innocent but
none the less annoying divergences from
the strait and narrow path. Larry III
vites Sammy to spend a day in Auburn
Manor. in order that he may revel In the
real Joys of commuter. His unexpected
advent in the BriCe household causes a
temporary breach between the devoted
voting people. Sammy, in his attempt to
repair the damage only succeeds In bring
ing down upon his head the wrath of both
husband and wife. After a series Of com
plications. in which a number of typical
suburbanites participate Sammy succeeds
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-11
Some Doubt About Ia.

A reception was given by the Med
zeal club In Philadelphia In honor of
Sir Lauder Brunton. noted English
physician. and In course Of the even
Ing he was engaged in discussion
of nervous I'll temper. After he had
described the beneficial effects of vari-
Gus drugs upon nervous i'll tempcrs he
said:
II remember n middle aged woman
Vt most nervous disposition who told
me with tears in her eyes how she
had once said to her husband:
John. j know / am cross at times
| know that you find me unkind often
Sometimes perhaps you think do not
love you. But. John. remember when
such unhappy thoughts asSail you that
II ! had my life to live over again Id
marry You just the same
I'm not so sure OF that John re-
Piled shortly" -l'hiladelphia Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-11
CLIFFORD PINCHOT
HAS BIRTHDAY

Slmsnury, Conn, Aug. 11.-Old tim
ers of Simsbury are proudly recanlng
that this village had the honor of be-
ing the birthplace of Clifford Pinchot.
the suspicious arrival of the deposed
forester taking place forty-five years
ago today.
w After his graduation from Yale. Pin.
chot went abroad studying forestry i'm
france and Switzerland. Returning
to this country he did his first sys-
tematic work in his chosen profession
at Baltimore, N. G. Simsbury has seen
little of the man who defed Ballinger
but the citizens are firm in their al
leglance to him and confidently expect
that he will some day be President
OF the United States, with full power
to- carry OUT his conservation plans TO
Tire fullest pxtent.
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Local Critics

Local color" Is an excellent adjunct
to good story, but it cannot supply
the place Of incident and character. A
young author now in possession of q
promising reputation has related how
this fact was first painfully impressed
upon his mind. He had spent the sum
mer In an ancient seaport of New Eng
land and desired to reproduce its at
mosphere OF quaint. old fashioned
tranquility In story. u
He worked hard over it, When the
tale was done 1t occurred to him to
try It's effect upon native resident. a
retired sea captain. unliterary. but in.
telligent.
Does it seem natural? Is 1t like the
placer
Yes; oh, yes" replied the old man
promptly. Its like The place. But
seems to me places were made for
things. and SO | been kind O. waitin'
all along for somethin' to do dom. and
the fust thing that happened was the
end"
Still more crushing was the comment
OF another local critic who read the
story after 1t was published. Some one
asked her If 1t were not we'll written.
Land. yes" said she. Its written
real elegant and lifelike as nature, only
whatever did he write it for:,
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IS UP AGAINST
!. THE WAIST LINE AGAIN

| New York, Aug. 11.-As If the cues.
| ton of skirts was not perplexing
enough, poor Dame Fashion has new
confronting her the problem of waist
line and girdle. The change from
tspring to summer gowns, or from au-
tumn to winter is SO casual there is
little need for apprehension; but
changing from summer to autumn or
from winter to spring when fabrics as
we'll as outlines are to be considered
are matters weighty enough to per-
pick the mot expert and well-balanced
sartorial minds.
There is to be the greatest variety
in dress-variety will always be per.
mitter because it is an expression of
originality-but the prospects are
that some decided stand must DE TAX.
en- upon the question of waistline and
girdle. FRS: the woman fashionable
must decide where SIC is going to
place her waistlne; then she must Sc
lect the style of girdle that is to en-
circle it after she has made up her
mind where it is going to be.
In many OF the latest productions
of those whose influence is most pow.
erful in the making of fashions the
waistline has been placed just below
the bust, and it seems to be a gener.
ally accepted belief at present that
the high waist is to be conspicuous
in fall and winter costumes. One is
still allowed to place the waist line
in what it is customary to speak of as
the normal position or at any point
preferred between this and the high.
est one to which it can possibly go.
But in many costumes with normal
waist there is wide draped girdle
or ash that has the effect of making