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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14

Con Salvador Dec. 13.-LateSt advIces
from Honduras indicate that all is quiet
there The telegraph lines are not inter
runtsd and runors OF rising in Honduras
are believed 70 be false.
Kingston. Jamaica. Dec 1s.-The British
cruiser Brilliant sailed from here to-day
for Honduras to protect British interests
there. If necessary. Reports have reached
here that conditions in the Honduran He
public are greatly disturbed.
Puerto Cortez Honduras, Dec. 8. Via
New Orleans, Dec. IA guard of soldiers
is placed every night around the local hotel
here where foreign visitors and business
roer STAY Ostensibly this guard Is Tor
their protection but the real object Is TO
watch the actions of the Americans
The government fears a revolution and
s,,suects that American soldiers OF fortune
nav be masked behind every Yankee pass
,or+ presented It is reliably reported that
the hotel guard * under instructions 10 see
not only that Americans are not pernhtteo
To Join in any fighting which may start.
br1t that they shall not be allowed to get
out ar night ana start trouble on their own
responsibility.
BUSINESS continues undisturbed, but en-
terprises in which foreigners are likely TO
be interested in are badly hanpered-
The Honduran gunboat TIA Tumhla, IN the
nartpor KEEPS steam UP day and night She
is equipped with Krupp guns of small cali
bre ana expects to have expert sunnefs
a hCa I'd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
FOURSCORE KILLED
IN BATTLE IN MEXICO
Rebels in Chihuahua RepuIsed
with Seventy Dead and
Many Wounded.
REGULARS LOST FOURTEEN
Fight Lasted Five Hours, and
Insurgents Were Finally
Driven Back on
Guerrero.

Mexico City Mex. Dec. 13.-News Of
an encounter between federal forces
under General Navarro and the revolu-
tionists at Cerro Prieto near the city
of Guerrero. Chihuahua, was received al
the Department of War here to-day.
Seventy of the rebels We're reported
killed and many others wounded and
captured.
The federaIs are said to have lost
fourteen men. including two officers.
The fight. which occurred on Sunday
lasted five hours and ended In the rou,
of the insurgents, who fed toward
Guerrero.
The latter numbered. according to the
estimate of General Navarro, from four
hundred to five hundred They were
intrenched in the mountains. The fed
eral forces. numbering about one thou
sand infantry, cavalry and artillery,
made a series of strategic movements
intended to draw the enemy into the
Open
Immediately after the battle General
Navarro sent report of the affair 70
General Hernandez. in Chihuahua, oy
whom il was officially communicated TO
the War Department. At that time II
was believed that a further encounter
would occur near Guerrero.
Washington. Dec. 13.-Sehor De Ia
Earra the Mexican Ambassador, re-
ceived tonight the following dispatcr
from Enrique Creel, Mexican Minister
of Foreign Affairs:
General Navarro's forces to-day de-
feated the seditionists at Cerro Prleto In
chihuahua. The number of killed was
sixty and many more are wounded. me
remainder of the seditionists are in night
and the federal troops are pursuing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
FIRE CHIEFS DIVORCE UP AGAIN

The reOpened divorce suit OF Battalion
Chief John J.. Burns, Of the Fire Depart
men1. against his wife heard byeJus-
lice Stapleton. of the Supreme Court.
BROOKLYN. yesterday afternoon. The core
spondent is Michael A. Reilly, retired
captain OF the department.. now dead. After
lis death, last spring, Mr.. Burns sued his
wife for divorce and she did not defend the
ease He got his decree A short time ago
she decided 10 reopen the case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
HAVEMEYERs OUT OF SUGAR.

The directors OF the American Sugar Re
timing Company have formally accepted
the designations of Arthur z. Bonner, the
former treasurer, and Horace Havemeyer
from the board. Their places probably will
not be filed until the annual meeting, In
March. The board OF directors of the com
pany now contains member identified
with the Havemeyer regime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14

would be no possibility OF amending the
tariff with the consequence that le muSI
remain as it is until ''the people IN 'heH
Indignation and wrath rise NJ ana coinpei
a general revision -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
HONDURAS DENIES REVOLT
Word from the Capital Is That
There Is No Revolution.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Dec 1o.--I mere
is no truth in the reports circulated in other
countries of a revolution in Honduras.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14

convaiescing rapidly but was not able 10
go motoring to-day. as has been his custom
for the last few days.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17

his carcass. ! shall have no mercy on
him. have always had my mind
made up If a burglar got in here he
should not escape alive"
But they won't get in here. They
only get In where they know man
carries quite a large sum of money
around with him."
But don't they know that dog
why, only last night asked you to
give me So and you said you were
dead broke"
IL meant ] had nothing less than
d ten" he stammered
But, I'll take ten. / need as much
ms that"
Mrs. Bowser. we are talking about
burglars. Tonight. any night. we may
he aroused from our slumbers TO find
one In the house II we do he dies.
| hold his life right here IN my hand"
Once when | heard a noise down.
stairs you--you didn't want to go
down" she said.
II remember. 1t was door slam.
ming, and knew II was. ! had tooth
ache and didn't want 10 make ii worse.
You hear suspicious noise tonight
and wake me up and see what win
happen. The only thing /. fear Is that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17

IN the morning. MIS-. Bowser might
say so much about his getting gun
and all that that he would give up the
$40. even.
She was more than surprised when
he got softly out of bed, took the gun
from the bureau and started down
stairs. She sought to detain him, but
be switched on the electric light and
few seconds later began shooting.
There was no stop until the six bull
lets had been fred. The noise of that
gun was like cannon. The police
man on the beat heard 1t and came
running. The neighbors heard 1t and
routed out and telephoned. Before
Mrs Bowser could make herself pre-
sentable and get downstairs through
the powder smoke dozen people
were knocking at the front door and
asking what was the matter.
Mr., Bowser, empty gun in hand, ad-
mitted all Of them, took them to the
rear Of the family room and showed
them where the wire screen to one Of
the windows had been burst through.
They peered out and saw the shed be-
meath the window. They peered fur
ther and saw an old billygoat standing
in the next yard and looking up at
them in puzzled way. They looked
and grinned and nodded and went
away. The goat had jumped to the
fence. thence to the shed, thence
through the screen. But even the po-
liceman didn't give it away. He had
six of Mr. Bowser's cigars In his pock-
ct when he said:
Desperate criminal, aud hope you
winged him. Better look for blood
stains In the morning I'll bet we
don't have any more burglaries on this
block for year to come"
II Was tho Goat-Curtsin.
And when the house was finally
cleared Of strangers Mrs. Bowser said:
Now, then, tell me all about It,"
"You heard the noise and awoke
me-" began Mr.. Bowser. II hoped
out OF bed and came down here. A
burglar stood In the middle of the
room, aud opened fire at once. He
went ont the way he came In, but he
must have at least four OF the bullets
In his body. We shall probably find
him lying dead In the alley In the
morning. What are you looking for|
Mrs. Bowser was peering about. She
continued II for two or three minutes
more. Then she advanced to the win
dow and stuck her head out. The old
goat was still there. aud he bleated a
welcome ut her
"WelY' asked Mr. Bowser
THAT SO" she replied as she held
! out Der band.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17

there may be six Of them and that I
shall have TO kill the lot. hope you
don't think I'd show the white feath-
er. Mrs. Bowser%
"No. but that Slowly not give IL
to me?"
Such things should not be dragged
into outside conversation. A wifo
should depend upon husbands
thougbtfulness and consideration"
Mrs. Bowser Meditates.
Mrs. Bowser pursued the subject no
further. She felt piqued over the mon.
ey question and began wondering
what sort of scare she could get up
about midnight. Mr. Bowser saunter-
ed out and called on the butcher. gro
Ger and druggist and exhibited his
gun and told what he was prepared
for. and in each case he was patted
on the back and complimented. Hints
were thrown out that IL the city had
few more such men as he the pro-
fession OF burglarlng would soon bs
thing OF the past He came home to
make another tour of the house and
then go TO bed. He felt that he had
given himself away in speaking of "a
large sum Of money" and. while he
didn't intend to give up the $40. he
wanted to be reinstated. as It were.
The thing 20 do was to be awakened
by noise and spring out of bed and
run down stairs and shoot at a bur-
glar. The excitement would cause Mrs.
Bowser to even forget about the So.
Ten minutes after getting to bed
both plotters pretended 10 be sound
asleep. Mr.. Bowsor uo' left 1t tho
game. Inside Of half an hour he was
IN the land Of Nod. A long hour aft
erward. when the house had become
80 still that the mice could be heard
trailing over the floor. he was given
the elbow, and voice whispered In
his ear:'
"Mr. Bowser. wake upr'
"Eh? Eh? What is it?"
Noise downstairs. Hushw
Yes, there was noise downstairs,
As he sat up in bed and listened he
raught n Gathering. Some one was at
work Oh back window.
''ls 1t the wind" asked Mrs. Bow
ser.
wind nothing! Our burglar has
come. Hear that"
Bowser Goes Below Armed.
It was plain as day that something
unusual was going on downstairs. Mr..
Bowser felt the goosenesh stealing
over him and an overwhelming de-
sire 10 remain IN bed but that fnan-
cia problem confronted him. II he
remained he must give up at least So
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
B0WSER is A HERO
Plays the Role For the Purpose
Of Saving $40.
AND THEN LOSES THE GAME.
6adsered by Mrs. Bowser TO Get Up
and Shoot Burglars - Peppers the
Furniture. Joshes the SIeuths and
Pays the Bill.
BY M. QUAD.


copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary
Press.I
"HERE had been two burglarles
on Mr.. Bowser's block, and the
detectives who had been sent
to investigate had said TO him
that his turn would probably come
next and that he had better be pre-
pared for it, They had, in fact, sug-
gested that private watchman be put
on for time. In answer Mr.. Bowser
had swelled out his chest and said:
Gentlemen, | only hope that bur-
glar may come. | would not scare him
away for nothing. He will come TO
his doom! shall not spare him. Let
me but hear the slightest sound in my
house at night and the coroner will
have a dead man TO sit on next day"
Without saying anything TO alarm
Mrs. Bowser he provided himself with
revolver. The night he brought it
home she noticed the way he was sail
ing around and examining doors and
windows and queried:
you don't think we shall be visited
by burglars. do youH'
II certainly do! Why shouldn't we?
They have visited other houses on the
block
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
An Exchange Of courtssies.

A couple OF men got into warm ar.
gument and finally came 10 blows,
After the frncas spectator remarked
"A soft answer rurneth away wrath,
and vice versa. We should all keep
polite tongues In our heads. Only last
night | heard very fat man say with
a loud laugh TO bowlegged friend:
Jim, old man, you look as IL you'd
been riding barrel"
land you. snapped i'm sourly, look
as II you'd swallowed one.'"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
Research.

Proud Pa-Bobby, ! see you are very
much interested in my ten volume
history of the United States. Why Is
IL?
Little Son-I bet Tom that Cleveland
won the pennant once, an I'm lookin'
1t up. Which volume is tn index in.
pa a?-Cleveland Leader
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
"W-what forf"

1.-TWO bullets in the piano. one in the
morris chair. two in mothers picture
and one in my writing desk. and the
old goat is out there in the back yard"
"Woman-I-I"-
'That $40 or you are no. herow
Mr. Bowsers ''wad" was I'M his
trousers pocket. He took 1t out and
peeled off ten and handed 1t over.
with the remark:
'We will consult our respective law
yers in the morning and fix up about
the alimony and divorce. don't pro-
pose to be a hero and pay for 1t too1'
And no blood spots were found next
morning!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
At the Boarding House Table.

"For spring chicken. madam" said
Dawson, II must confess that con
slider this pretty tough bird"
Eyes. Mr.. Dawson" replied the land
lady amiably. but you must remem.
ber that we have had pretty tough
spring. -Harpers Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
.lnu II tney comer-

Mr. Bowser pulled the gun from
hind pocket and displayed it and
smiled grimly.
But | wouldn't want you to kill
man, even If he was a burglar"
six bullets in this gun. Mrs. Bow
ser, and every one will be fred into
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
Then They RoIted.

Grace-Don't be alarmed, Amy, but
bur footsteps are dogged.
Amy-Dogged
Grace-Well ! believe that's a puppy
behind us.-New York Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
Easy.

Easy.
Miss Rogers-How did you Imagine
anything so beautiful as the angel in
your picture?
Artist-Got an engaged man to de-
scribe his fiancee to e.-Modern So
riety.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
COST OF BAD ROADS.
Expert Says ann Enormous Tax lily Paid
NV the Ultimate Consumer,

The two million miles of unimprov-
ed roads which the country has to
it's discredit are as heavy a burden
upon the unfortunate ultimate con-
sumner" as is an excessive tariff, writes
l.. d. Stowe i'm Putnam's.
Every pound of produce brought
from the farm to the market bears
an inflated price because of the excess
sive cost of its transportation from
the farm to the point Of shipment.
For instance, it costs an average of
almost two cents more to haul a
bushe1 Of wheat from the farm to the
station, nine miles away, than it does
to ship a bushel of wheat from New
York to Liverpool, 3,100 miles away.
This excessive transportation cost
must be made up by the farmer in
charging more for his wheat, by the
charging more for his wheat.
by the miller in charging more for
the -four, by the baker in charging
more for bread, and finally, of course,
by the ultimate consumer" in pay
ing more for his bread.
AS the farmer and miller are also
consumers, the excessive cost of road
transportation really levies a tax up
on all. Whatever doubt there may
have been about the need for sySte-
matte road improvement in the United
States, facts and figures such as these
finally dispelled. If there was ever
any work calculated to fill the prov
erbial 'long-felt want" it was the
work of the Office of public roads.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
MAN-BIRDS.

This week Hamilton flew i'm his
aeroplane from New York to Philadel-
phia and returned the same day, COW
ering about 1876 miles. Incidentally
he beat the. special train which was
to accompany him. Last week Curtiss
flew from Albany to New York, and
few days ago Brookins flew nearly
mile high at Indianapolis, breaking
the worlds record. With these feats
staring us in the face, it can be no
longer doubted that the navigation
of the air j. an accomplished fact.
In the beginning, the Wright Broth
ers received very little encourage
ment in this country and were COM
PEELED to go abroad last year to show
what could be done with their heav-
ier-than-air machines, and since then
aviation has been receiving much at
tention in the United States, especi-
ally since the daring feats of the
Frenchman Paulham, at Los Angeles,
last winter. Up to that time the
French led the world i'm handling these
air ships, displaying both courage
and skill, but since the American
have finally taken the matter up, they
are leading. 1t is naturally crafty
ing to realize that this most marvel
GUS invention of the Goth century il
the work Of an American and the
greatest flights with it have been
made by Americans.
Whether the aeroplane will ever
prove of practical utility for CONNER
cial purposes, il doubtful, but that
for pleasure and for war it will be
exceedingly useful, is unquestioned.
The fact that one could fly over a fort
or battleship and dstroy either by a
bomb dropped from safe distance
i'm the air, would seem to eliminate
their future construction. 1t would
be foolish to spend $10,OOO,OO0.O0 on
"a battleship, that could be SO easily
destroyed, and with the going OF the
battleship will not war cease among
civilized nations? Who knows but,
that the invention of the Wrights may
not cause the disbandonment of arm
les, the disarmament of forts and re
suit in universal peace ? If it does,
it will be the greatest work of man
of any age or time.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
DUSTLESS ROADS.

Much interest IL being taken by the
public in the recent interviews APP
bearing in The Sun on dutless roads.
Nothing il more Objectionable TO those
who use a road as well as those VINO
live next to it than dust. Its ellml-
nation would be boom to everyone.
But in addition to the comfort
which the absence of dust will give,
a greater and more important object
which will be conserved by its absence
is the life of the road. One OF the
many objections urged against metal
roads is the enormous cost OF their
maintenance, which is much greater
here than abroad. This is no doubt
owing to climatic conditions, to our
dry, hot summer days during which
the surface of the macadam road IS
ground into fine particles, into dust,
which is then either blown away, or
il washed away by our heavy thunder
storms. One can therefore readily see
that whatever prevents dust, pre-
serves the life of the road.
No one seems to know at present
what is the best way to prevent dust,
tho the results of various experiments
seem to indicate that it can be done
either by an application of oil to the
finish surface or the employment OF
tar as a binder to the last course or
stone in the roads construction; where
the travel is heavy the tar binder IS
apparently the most satisfactory;
where it is light, oil seems to
do as we'll Approaching the fact
that the dust is simply the result
of the disintegration of the road, en-
couragement should be given to the
Road Commission il it sensibly deter
mines to adopt a means of preventing
it. 1t should use discretion, however,
and not put the expensive tar binder
where there is little travel, and the
cheaper, and short lasting oil where
there is much.
And in this connection would it not
be well to consider the use OF Tar
binder in the, contemplated repair of
Main street? With the enormous
amount of traffic it is compelled to
bear no macadam surface will last
that is not composed of the hardest
stone protected in some way by a
binder that will prevent dust. 1T Is
we'll known fact to all of US that
the limestone which has been used
heretofore has ground quickly into
dust and been then blown or washed
away Anything that will prevent
this will make the street last longer,
save us money and result in addition
al comfort to the citizens of our town.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
minister; William T. KINNEY, Clerk,

Westminster.
District No. z, Precinct No. &C.
Moritz Zepp, Registrar, Westminster;
Harry Sullivan, Judge, Westminster;
Samuel G.. Stoner, Clerk, Westminster.
District No. Sc. Watson Turner,
Registrar, Hampstead; Joseph Lippy,
Judge, Hampstead; ]. VIM. Kelbaugh,
Clerk, Hampstead.
District No. 9-James A. Easton,
Registrar, R. F. D. s; David Cover,
Judge, r. F. d. s; Harry E. Ecker,
Clerk, Mt Airy.
District No. 10-John H. Shirk, Reg
istrar, Middleburg; A N. Forney,
Judge, Keymar; Samuel l.. Johnson,
Clerk, Middleburg.
District No. III. Howard Devil
bliss, Registrar, New Windsor; c. D.
Repp, Judge, New Windsor; John III.
Brown, Clerk, Dennings.
District No. 12-H. H. Bond, Re
istrar, Union Bridge; D. Fred Englar,
Judge, Union Bridge; Geo. G. Eichel-
berger, Clerk, Union Bridge.
District No. 13-J. Theo. Gosnell,
Registrar, Mt. Airy; Jesse Leather
wood, Judge, Mt. Airy; a. l.. Coma
way, Clerk, Mt. Airy.
District No. 14-Walter r. Pool,
Registrar, r. F. ID. z; Cornelius A.
Mullinix, Judge, Woodbine; Erman
A Shoemaker, Clerk, Woodbine.
JOHN M. ROBERTS, Pres;
.- HENRY 5. MUSSELMAN,
WILLIAM WOOD,
Board of Supervisors of Election for
Carroll County, Maryland.
Test:-Sam1. ]. Stone, Clerk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
New Great Seal" VIII Cost $1,000.

The accession of King George, of
course, renders tie adoption of a new
will be publicly broken" according
to ancient precedent, the fragments
becoming the perQuisite Of the Chan
cellor Of the ExcheQuer. The cere-
mony of breaking, or ''damasking,"
the old great seal consists in the Sow
ereign giving it gentle blow with
a hammer, after which it is supposed
to be broken and has lost all it's vir-
tue
The cost OF the 1888 seal is I'M
known. That made in 1850 cost ST.
C65 and that of 1878 $2,565 The new
ore will cast $4,000
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE IL, 1910
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITS
SION.

This Commission, authorized by an
act of the last legislature, and ap-
pointed by the Governor, consists OF
James III. Amber, of Baltimore City;
Philip H. Laird, of Montgomery coun-
ty. and DR.. Joshua w. Herring, of Car
roll county.
This is a new department of our
state government, and has most i'm
portant functions. The law under
which the Commission was created
clothes it with large and comprehen-
sive powers.
Many OF the states of our country
have such Commissions, but it is new
to us here, and in order that our
readers may understand something
of the scope of the work it cOntem-
plates, we state, that it has to do with
all the Public Service Corporations"
of Maryland. A large number OF the
numerous corporations of the state are
not touched at all by this law, but
only such as are chartered to serve
lie ouSA AIGAAAAoIAA WAN
panies, street railroad companies, gas,
electric light and water companies,
telegraph and telephone companies
and all other corporations whose
function it is to give service to the
general public.
This Commission, whose powers,
under the law, are very great, is eX-
pected, in a helpful way, to stand be-
q, tween the public and the corporal
tions, whoses work brings them with
'in the operation OF this law.
1t will unquestionably be great
benefit to the public, in insuring to
the people, the proper service which
these corporations should render, and
it will upon the other hand protect
the corporations themselves from I'M
warranted and unnecessary attack.
So that, if administered in the true
spirit of the law, it will be a protec-
ton to the public and to the Public
Service Corporations, as well.
When such large powers are con-
ferred as are given to this, Commits
sion it is highly important that they
should be exercised i'm the most care
full and discreet manner. While cor
porations should be held to strict
accountability for the public service
their charters require of them, and
which they agreed to perform, the
Commission must not be carried away
by the popular, but unwise clamor
which we sometimes hear, against all
corporations.
The functions of the Commission
are mainly judicial, and should be
exercised with all the care and fair
ress of a Court of Justice. We be-
lieve the legislature was wise in en-
acting this law, and we believe also,
that the gentlemen who compose the
Commission, will fairly and honestly
administer it.