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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
FIGHT OYER CARDS
MAY PROVE FATAL
Italian Shot After Duel with
StilettOS.
NEAR RIOT FOLLOWS BATTLE
Wounded AssailHnt Makes Escape
and Every Policeman in District
Is Put on LOOkOut-LOne officer
Holds Crowd at Bay While Citi-
zen Calls out Reserves.

Clasping long dirl1s in tsSir hands
and each trying TO deal his opponent a
mortal blow. two Italians fought a life
and-death duel in house at Al c street
southwest last night. struggling from a
front room on the second floor, through
hau, down a fight Of steps, and back
to the kitchen, where one discarded his
knife and drew a revolver, firing a shot
which viii probably result in the death
of his antagonist
riot call was sounded and the police
reserves from the Fourth precinct COM
manded by Lieut.. Carl Fathers, invaded
the house and rounded up the occupants.
In the melee the man who did the shoot
ing slipped away. and was still al large
at an early hour this morning. He is
sought by every policeman IN the Dis
trict.
He has small chances Of getting away
the police say. as he received a wound
which will need attention. He is known
10 the police, and detectives on his trail
declare his capture is only a matter of
hours.
Card Game the Cause.
The fight started during a card game
in the front room on the second floor
Angelo Appitto, twenty-eight years old,
was at a table. dealing cards to I'VE
companions, when. the police say. John
Ambrosia. twenty-five years old. entered
the room and aecosted the card dealer.
Ambrosia waxed Enthusiastic and, the
police were told made dire threats
against Appitto. The latter resented the
remarks and arose
The men wet to a clinch and their
companions showed back the table. Other
Italians rar in the room from various
parts of the house, and an effort was
made to part the fighting men. But
when the would-be peacemakers started
10 interfere they saw the CLINT Of knives
and withdrew. Ambrosia and Appitto
Continued on Page II, Column 4.
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PARENT ABANDONS
RICHLY CLAD BABY
Infant Found on Doorstep
in | Street.
POLICE AT SEA ON CASE
Tbree-yveeISs-oId Boy Is Discovered
Wailing Loudly in Vestibule OF
Home I'm Fashionable Neighbor-
hoOd-NO CIews to Identity of In
fame Who Is RemOved 20 Asylum.

An infant boy. OF the age Of three
weeks. clad in costly clothes OF fine
texture. was abandoned in the vestibule
of the home OF f ". Creecy. II IS1O I
street northwest, shortly after O'Clock
last night lie was found a short time
later, suffering from exposure and cry
ing pitlfully.
The baby is now al St AIMS Infant
Asylum, 23Q0 X street northwest while
the police or the Third precinct are Try
ing 20 find cIew 20 the identity OF the
person who Abandoned him. At a late
hour last night the police were at sea.
and had no hopes OF making an arrest in
the near future
Members Of tire Creecy family. who
have been residir at the I street address
only a few days were about 10 sit down
to dinner when they heard the vail OF
an infant. Il was thought the sound
came from the adjoining house, but in a
few minutes the baby was crying so
loudly that a servant was sent out to
investigate.
Finds Babe in Doorway.
There's a little baby in the vesubule."
said the servant breathlessIy on return
ing to the dining-room. Creecy and his
son went out. and discovered the child
lying on his back on the floor OF the YES
thule. The infant was picked up and
carried into the house, and word was
sent TO the police. Desk Sergeant Han
ley. OF the Third precinct, drove TO the
house in a patrol wagon and conveyed
the infant TO the asylum.
An examination Of the clothing worn
by the baby did not disclose anything
which the police might use in their in
vestigation The baby was fully dressed.
wearing long gown. short coat, and
bonnet The clothing was apparently
new and was spotless. 1t was trimmed
with lace and embroidered, and the cloth
was OF a fine texture. The only mark
on the clothing was the number To- in
the bonnet
At the asylum it was found the child
had not suffered much from exposure,
and it is believed the baby lay IN the
vestibule only a short time. lie is re-
markably pretty, and is apparently
healthy.
Exposed 10 Cold.
Despite the chill of the night the per-
son who left the baby did MT wrap him
In a blanket or otherwise protect him
from the cold. 1t is believed the person
thought the child would be found in a
short time.
No one was seen going TO or leaving
the house. and no one was seen in the
vicinity with an infant. the police
learned How the child was carried to
the house and left in the vestibule with
out being seen is mystery to The police.
Every effort viii be made to find the
parents Of the baby and bring to justice
the person who abandoned him.
If the parents are not located, the child
will remain at the asylum until he is
committed by the police to the care of
the Board OF Children's Guardians.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
PASTOR BITES DEACON
AFTER LOSING RAZOR

Dallas. Dec. 26.-Losing his
razor early in a fight with Dea-
con Morton Nichols, Rev. D. }.
Jones. pastor of Mount Zion Afri-
can Baptist Church. of Fort
Worth, this morning, bit off
Nichols nose Nichols retaliated
by chewing off the pastors right
hand index finger.
Both appeared at the police
station. bearing their disconnect-
ed members.
The pastor. against whom a
charge of manning was placed.
was released on bond. signed by
practically all the members of
his church. The trouble origi-
mated over church affairs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 26-Arch Hox-
sey. before a crowd Of 1900 people,
to-day broke the worlds record for alti-
tude, soaring up TO a height OF Liza feet,
OF nearly l,OoO feet above the record Of
Legagnoux at Pau. France.
Hoxsey accomplished the feat in the
face of a forty -mile-an-hour wind that
wrecked Hubert Latham's Antoinette
monoplane. Hoxsey was carried twenty
miles by the wind. until he was over
Nenice-by-the-Sea. He alighted on the
field in a series of spiral glides The
crowd went wild and carried him up ana
down in front OF the grand stand. Hox-
sey said:
1t blew SO hard my machine could
hardly hold its own against the gale. 1t
was so cold I feared the carbureter would
freeze, but kept on going up, deter
mined TO beat the altitude record"
Benumbed with Cold
Hoxsey's feat was all the more remark
able because he went into the air at a
time when several aviators feared 10
brave the high winds that were blowing.
Ely was forced 20 descend after circiing
the course several times. and Latham
plunged fifty feet TO the ground, wreck
ing his machine. Hoxsey could not speak
when he landed. He seemed unable TO
hear, and said later that he scarcely did
hear the cheering that began when a
white flag was run UP as a signal 10 the
multitude that the worlds record had
been broken.
Benumbed. speechless. and dazed, gasp
ing for breath. and blue from the cold
OF the upper reaches into. which he had
floWn. HoXsey presentts 81 strange spec
tacle. He was in no c ndition 10 respond
10 the ovation given him, as those who
were carrying him on their shoulders
paced back and forth before a grand
stand packed with people. 1T was cold
W there; God, but 1t vas cold" he said
when he had thawed out and regained
his speech.
Then he pleaded with his ardent ad-
mirers TO keep together and go in one
direction. if they were determined 10
carry him.
W. Nj. Garland, one OF the city's mil
lionaires, had hold of one leg, and fre-
quently headed in q contrary direction to
NJ, c. Neuner. who had the other Hox-
ceY said that he decided 10 quit climbing
when he realized he was in great danger
of being frozen.
Out Of sight an Hour.
He had been out of sight an hour and
fearing that he was lost, his associates
began sending word to nearby points TO
watch for him when he reappeared on
his way back TO earth. AS soon as he
landed a rush was made to read the
barograph. which recorded the lofuest
point he had reached. a microscope was
put on il, the altitude read and then
man dashed away from the biplane To
signal the waiting thousands.
p O, Parmalee reached an altitude OF
more than G.000 feet. Sam Perkins. with
his, man-lifting kites, gave an exhibi-
ton. James Radley. the English avia-
tor. would not go into the air with his
Bleriot in the forty -mile-an-hour wind
that blew a good part Of the afternoon.
Lathams fine machine was wrecked
but the aviator escaped without injury
Managers Of the aviation meet declare
t0-day's crowd estimated from tickets
taken in at the gate beat all records
for such events anywhere in the world
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TOWER IN NODANGER.
Ringing of Bells Does Not Threaten
Pisa's Famous Structure.

Pisa. Dec 26.-Father Alfani, the
seismologist has concluded experiments
at the Leaning Tower with trepidometer
instruments Of his own invention for
measuring vibrations caused by ringing
the bells in the tower. which. it was
feared, caused oscillations, threatening
the stability or the tower
Father Alfani ascertained that the os-
citations were Insignificant, even when
the bells were rung together continu-
ously. as was done Saturday and yester-
day. and that there was absolutely no
danger TO the tower.
The prohibition OF bell ringing. conse-
quently. will be withdrawn
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KILLED IN CHURCH.
Roof Falls with Workers, and One
Dies from Injuries.

Akron. Ohio Dec. 2S-One man was
killed, two ministers were probably IA
tally injured. and a dozen deacons and
laymen badly injured this evening when
the roof of new tabernacle upon which
they were working fell in.
J. II. Meyers. a real estate man, was
fatally crushed. and died at midnight.
The tabernacle was being constructed
b. the congregations of several churches,
and was to be used next Sunday for re-
vival meetings. The ministers were on
the roof with about fifty others, and the
last board was being nailed down when
one Of the trusses broke and the roof
caVed in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
TWO DEAD IN DUEL.
Pistols Drawn by Four in Fight
Over Girls.

Waycross, Ga, Dec. &.-WaIter Allen
and Dener Crews are dead and Walter
Crews and John Stalings are thought to
be mortally wounded as a result Of a
pistol duel growing out of a quarrel
about two girls.
This afternoon Dener and Walter
Crews called on the girls. who reside
about four miles from here, and found
Allen and Stalings in the parlor The
Crews brothers resented the presence Of
the other two and hot words followed.
The four young men soon left and re-
sumed their quarrel on the way to Way
cross. Pistols were drawn and the duel
was fought at close range in the public
road. When the revolvers were emptied
Allen and Dener Crews were dead and
Walter Crews and Stating dying
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
FOUR BRITISH SLAIN.
Landing Party from War Ship in
Clash with Natives

London. Dec. 26.-The admiralty an
nounces that a landing party from the
British war ship Hyaeinth, engaged in
suppressing the arms traffic in the Per
sian Gulf, came into conflict with natives
at Dilbai, on December 24 -Four of the
British were killed and nine wounded.
One man is missing.
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

l-Hoxey Goes Up u,474 Feet
Aviation School Plans Announced.
Smith Replies 20 Wilson.
Founding Is Richly Dressed.
Three Lead IN Race for Nomination
2-How Christmas Was Spent.
Turnverein Elects Officers.
Fugitive Is Sought Here.
3-Needs Funds for Philippines.
Taft and Roosevelt in Accord
AT Local Playhouses Yesterday.
5-In the World Of Society.
Editorial.
feminine Notes and Fashions.
S-Bill Lang Wins Fight
Donohue TO Play First Base.
9-'The Deputy Avenger," Serial.
1l-Big Fund for Reclamation.
Aviator Comes TO Grief.
Law Violated.
Hundreds Fed at Missions.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and Maryland-Fair to-day; to-
morrow, unsettled; light to mod
crate variable winds, becoming
southerly.
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SMITH HITS BACK
At PRINCETON|AN
Former Senator Gives His
Side of the Controversy.
CHALLENGE TO WILSON
Candidate Takes Direct Issue
with Leader.
CHALLENGE TO WILSON

Says GOVernOr-eIect Cannot Name
Spokesman Who Told Him smith
Would Not BE in Senatorial Race.
Caustic RetOrt to Charges Regard
ing Attitude OF the Two Men Made
in Promised Statement of smith.
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GIRL SHOOTS FIANCE.
Young Man Threatens Her When
JiIted, and Is slain.

Clayton. Ga. Dec. 26-Because she re-
fused to marry him. Samuel Algory, the
son of well-to-do planter. near here.
this afternoon drew a knife and ad-
vanced on Miss Martha Wooden, threat
ening to kill her The young girl warn
I'd him 20 stop, but he SUI advanced, and
she drew a revolver and shot hi,n dead
The tragedy occurred in the parlor OF
the Woolen home, where several young
people We're celebrating Christmas Miss
Woolen and Algory had been engaged,
but the girl broke the engagement two
weeks ago.
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Aviator FaIla Into wnter

Rome. Dec. 26.-While Aviator Cirri was
giving an exhibition with a Bleriot mono
plane at Genoa he fell into the bay a mile
and a half of shore. He was rescued by
a torpedo boat as he was clinging TO his
sinking aerOplane.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
1l,474 FEET IN AIR
H0X5EY'5 RECORD
Wright Aviator Sets New
Mark at Los Angeles.
BENUMBED BY THE COLD
Feared He Would Freeze, So He
Began PerilOus Descent.

Out of Sight an Hour and Thou
sands on Aviation Field Alarmed
Lest Accident Had Oceurred-GhIe
of Forty Miles an Hour blowing at
Smashed, but Pilot Is UBhurt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27

Money Works for the DepOsltOr
In banking dept of Union Trust Co. 18th
and III SITS. Start an account with youl
surplus and Increase your income. Interest
on all accounts, deposits subject to check
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Through Sleeping Car
To fFtogeI0 uuH Fnnf-aE4

10 IOituo alu UEtrUII.
Midwest Express Pennsylvania Rail-
road. Leaves Washington 6.45 .. IA.
daily. Telephone Main 5SsA
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MnrdI Gras Celebration,

,
Southern Railway will sell Mardi Gras
tickets February q 20 = 20 Pensacola
Mobile, and New Orleans at greatly re-
duced fares. -Four fast trains daily.
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Blackstone Flowers for Xmas Tables.
Send in your order at once. 18th e ii ST.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
CHRISTMAS WORK
 OF SALVATION ARMY


 Captain and Mrs. R. D. Watts in charge of the local work of the Ame. ican Salvation Army, announce to tie people of Pine Bluff that they are meeting with success in their effort to give a dinner and an Xmas tree :o the poor. The captain wishes to thank those who have given, and also wishes to state that he will still bs in need of finances and asks those who intend to give either in finances or groceries to notify him by mail or phone. He has large list of names of the different families who will not be able to have dinner of thsir own.A In most families there are little children and there are some who really don't know the joys of good substantial meal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
MANY TRACKS TO
 HAVE RAGING Officials-of Western Trot- ting Association to Offer
 Big Inducements TO MEET IN CHICAGO Will Open Circuit July 4 at Joliet and Close at Phoenix, Ariz.,
 in November.
TO MEET IN CHICAGO


 Chicago, H., Dec. 1.-The stew ards of the Great Western Trotting Association held their annual meeting at the Great Northern Hotel today and completed the plans of the 1911 schedule and selected the tracks and dates for next years harness races.
 The amount of money to be given away in purses is probably the larg- est ever offered, total amount from seventeen track managers being $465,- 900.
 Joliet, Ill.,, will open the circuit on July and the racing will come to a close with the event at Phoenix. Arizona, November il.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
B|C THINGS FOR
 PINE BLUFF

pr. J. l.. Caldwell, secretary of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade. stat ed yesterday that there are some big things doing in ' the neighbor- hood of Pine Bluff and in few days the people of this city will be start led" Although Dr. Caldwell can- not at this time give out any infor- nation that would give the public an idea of what is meant by his re- mark, it is reported that some Dig industrial plants or some new rail- road project, one that will mater ialize, are pending announcement here. pr. Caldwell could not be in- duced by Graphic representative to give out his "t::s surprise but he seemed sure of what he was talking about and said that within few days everybody would know about it
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
FIGHT PROMISED
 ON PENSION BILL New Plan Will Entail An Annual Increase of Forty
 Million Dollars COMMITTEES TIP
Severe Opposition Will Result on Floor of House When it is
 Taken Up
International News Special

International News Special
 Washington, D. e., Dec. 17-Ac- cording to statement made by the House Committee having charge C. the Pension Approoriatior Bill whei. that measure is' reported t3 the House the first of the week, the amount it carries will be s41 600 Gee in excess of the approWiations for the current year. This is due, it is said. to "a encouragement of .be amounts and the ages at which ser. vice pensions ars new granted
 Under existing law 6 soldier who served ninety days Or more and who has reached the age of sixty-two years is entitled to pension of $12 a month; at the age of seventy years, to fifteen dollars a month, and at the age of seventy-f:We, a pension of $40 a month
 Under the new plans 'S pension of $15 month is granted at the age of sfxty-two; $2O at sixty-five years; $25 at seventy years, and $36 at sev- enty-fiye years The committee having before it the ages of present. pension CTS and their number YVES able 1. to figure out that the new plan will en- tail an annual increase of $40,000,- 900 upon the taxpayers The measure, if reported in this shape, will have severe opposition on the floor of the House.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
BUFFALO BILL
 HELPS OLD INDIAN Meets Man in Union Station at Omaha Who Once Tried
 to Take His Life
HE WAS DESTITUTE
"ClOudy Face" Was Fed by Cody and Then Sent to His Old Home
 in Wyoming.
International News Special

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 17.-"Cloudy Face" an aged Arapahoe Indian chief, who once came near getting "Buffa- 10 Bill" Cody's scalp was last night helped by the former Indian fighter when he found the old warrior p.n- gry, sick and destitute at the Union depot in this city. After giving 'he old Indian a square meal, Colonel Cody purchased for him ticket bae to the reservation and started .lim homeWard to Wyoming. Cloudy Face had been without food for so long that he was unable to tell Cody how he reached Omaha.
 Cloudy Face" was once one of the most willy and intrepid foes of the whites and for four yeans there was sworn enmity between him and Col onel Cody. He came nearer than any other Indian ever did in getting Buffalo Bill's'' scalp.
 Tn Cne old days had many a hard fight with this old man and his band," said Colonel Cody. At one time he headed coalition of Ara phoes and Shoshones, through Chey- enne and other tribes, having for it's object the annihilation of the whites.
 They were on the warpath and a party of us attempted to overtake them. Cloudy Face' and his band made clever movement during the night anl got us surrounded. hardly know how we managed to get out of that trap, but eight of our par ty and about fifteen Indians were kill ed before we got clear. Cloudy Face himself, made a desperate eff fort to get me, but his aim was bal and I shot him through the arm first
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
CONGRESS- MAY YET LAKE ACTION Dickinson Will Not Answer Questions of MacLahlan
 Now
 
TAFT ADVISES HIM
Question of Nations Defenses is Countrywide md Western
 States May Act.
International News Special

International News Special
 Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.-An irc- passee has been reached between the conflicting clements in the countrw- wide agitation over the state of nat ional defenses.
 Secretary of War Dickinson today advised Congress by direction Of the President that "it is not compatible with the public interest for me at this time to make report answering In detail the questions embodied Tn the MacLachlan resolution
 The immediate consequence of th's will be concerted effort on the part of the Representatives of the Pacifio coast states to procure at once sufti- cient appropriations to provide f0s docking facilities, submarines and im- proved and increased coast defenseS for the, Pacific.
 Secretary Dickinson's position Q that everything pertaining to the nat- !on's defenses and the needs of the situation that can properly be 1nado public, Is contained in the annual rs-, ports of the War Department which have already been submitted to Con- gress.
 Whether, lacking this official stamp of approval as to the known condi- tions, Congress will elect to ignore the whole matter, or take only those steps that were in contemplation be- fore the agitation was begun, renatns to be seen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
MO|SANT BROKE
 MEMPHIS RECORD Reaches Altitude of Nearly 10000 Feet and He Was
 Thought Lost AVIATORS LEAVING
Will Fly at TupelO, Miss, This Week No Cross City Flight Had
 Saturday.
International News Special

International News Special
 Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 17-Jchn B, Moisant broke the record for high flying for the Memphis Aviation nc -r this afternoon, when he reachsd sn altitude of 9,346 feet.
 Moisant was in the air fifty-shree minutes and it was thought for a time that he had become confused and had lost his bearing. Alter waiting sometime for him to appear stout machines were sent up to look for him, but soon afuer these mach ines ascended Moisant appeared above the ground and made a landing.
 At the opening of the days pro- gram Moisant furnished the specta. tors with thrilling scene. A few minutes after he took the air at 3.1j his machine tilted and it looked as though he would be spilled out, but he righted his machine Quickly and continued his flight about the course descending after being nine minutes in the air.
 Rene Simon took the air shortly af. ter Moisant ascended, remaining ur about six minutes, giving the spesta- tors treat with some thrilling cap- CTS. ,ss-ss'ss ;sass s-.sss.=.,-ss4
 Barrier reached an altitude of 2,000 feet before descending. Because of lack of funds to- make a purse big enough flor the dangerous flights, no cross city flight was made today. Ali the aviators were ready to fly, but shortly after noon it was announced that the cross city flight would be dropped because of the small purse.
 Tomorrow is the last day of the meet here. Moisant and his aggre- gation will open their next big meet in New Orleans, which begins Decem Der 24, Monday and Tuesday they will give exhibit.ona at Fupelo, Miss
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
Memphis Woman is Return ..,ed to Jail at Los An s.s
 ". geles .ss
SHOT AT GRIFFITH
Mrs. Daisy Krauss Tried to Take the Life of Prominent Resident
 of That City.
International News specla,

International News Special
 Los Angeles, Call, Dec. 17.-The jury failed to- agree in the case of Mrs. Daisy Turney Krauss, formerly of Memphis, Tenn, who has been on trial before Judge Willis in the Sup erior Court, charged with attempting to murder Franklin H. Griffith, in his office on September 13. The argu- ment was completed this morning and the jury retire at noon to deliberate.
 Late in the afternoon the jury re- ported to Judge Willis they were un- able to agree. He thereupon dis- charged them. A date for new trial will be set next week. Mrs Krauss was returned to the county jail.