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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-16

Amabel was just such
young woman as just such a young
man as Andrew would ardently desire
to present with his throbbing heart
and the contents of the neat package.
The latter contained a ring, set with
a single diamond The throbbing
heart contained what Andrew was
ready to promise should be lifelong
devotion to Amabel.
Why go into detail regarding the
whole year during which he had laid
siege to the heart of Amabel?
There had been moments this
Christmas eve when Andrews fingers
nervously sought his breast pocket.
Amabel knew he was on the verge Of
proposing. Gracious mercy! The
woman who cannot diagnose a threat
ened proposal is no woman at all.
The stammering speech, the flushed
brow, the hesitant remarks, the fixity
OF stare-all these and many other
symptoms are to the average woman
what temperature and respiration are
to the specialist in fevers.
For some unexplained reason women
like to postpone a proposal. They
prolong the agony. They enjoy the
signs. the awkwardness, the anxiety
of the swain. They revel in his alb.
jecte willingness to sacrifice himself
If need be, to gain their promise.
1t may be that instinct teaches
them this is the only moment when
the man will be a slave.
At last, however, it became time fol
J Andrew to say goodnight. 1t was
Christmas eve, and he knew Amabels
family would have some little prepara
tions to make for the festivities o
the morrow. He did not think for 8
ment of the tremendous fact thai
when young woman allows a young
man to spend Christmas eve with he
she is writing Yes" in large letters
on the wall. No man can realize any
thing at such times.
Andrew said he must be going, afte
Amabel had began to wonder II III
was going to talk about the weathe
and the latest book all evening.
'Must you go, really?" she asked
brightly. "Wait just a moment.
have something for you"
She went into another room, thel
came back with small package
which she handed to him.
Just a little Christmas remem
brance," she smiled. You won
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-16

love you, and here's my proposal. and
the engagement ring. tool"
The mere fact that he had appeared
thus mysteriously at her side did not
appeal to Amabel. She did not think
of that at all. She said:
"Oh, Andrewl"
And she then allowed herself to
fall into his arms.
That there was much excited con,
versation in the hall, that men were
running around the house and peering
into dark corners in the basement and
In the upper rooms was something OF
which Andrew and Amabel were en-.
tirely unaware. Mr.. and Mrs. Tuttle
came back, after the officers had gone
away utterly bewildered. Even they
had been so excited that the presence
or Andrew struck them as nothing un
usual. Amabels shy but delighted an
nouncement of her engagement was re
ceived merrily, however. In fact,
father and mother Tuttle and the
young people got so deep in theiT
plans for the future that they almost
forgot the incident until suddenly Mr.
Tuttle said:
81 wonder who the dickens that
burglar was, anyhow"
"I-Pll bet 1t was mel" Andrew
stammered.
"Well, must fix that window tomor
row." Mr.. Tuttle decided.
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-16

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-16

Copyright. i911)
7 was Christmas eve.
Andrew Hillington, with
a neat little package in
his breast pocket and a
throbbing heart beneath
the same pocket, had been
trying for a full hour to
muster up enough courage
to take out the package,
and offer it, together with
his throbbing heart, to
Amabel Tuttle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
AMERICAN CITIZENS
WILL BE
TWO A|RMEN FAIL
TO INSTANT DEATH
Gasolene Tank of Aeroplane Ex-
Plodes and Machine Drops
Sixty Feet.

Mulhausen, Germany, September L.
Two more names were added to-day
TO the long roll OF persons killed this
year in a%eroplane accidents.
Lieutenant Newman, a German
military aviator, started from this city
this morning in the direction of Strass-
burg. carrying as a passenger NJ.
Leconte, a French n The aero
plane hardly had gone fifteen miles
when the gasolene tank exploded. The
report OF the explosion was audible
for a distance of several miles.
Roth Instantly Killed.
The machine dropped at Bilzheim
from an altitude of sixty feet. and
both .aviators were instantly killed.
Their skulls were broken and they
were frightfully injured about tho
body.
Lieutenant Newman. who qualified
as a pilot last spring. had been de-
tailed to participate in the army ma
which are to be held next
week in the grand duchy of Baden.
The Frenchman. Lecontc. was an in
structor at the aviation school at Null
hansen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
H Err BERT HULCE
CITY COLLECTOR
Harwood, Curtis, Dreamer, Mon
tague and Cox Win for
House of Delegates.
LARGELY SCRATCHED
Martin and Swanson Get Big
Majority in All City
Wards.

Herbert L. Hulce was elected City
Collector in the Democratic primary
yesterday. defeating Frank T. Rates
and George c. Rusken. His majority
was 1855.
John S. HARDWOOD. Edwin P. Cox. Hill
Montague, John A. Curtis and James
J. Dreamer were elected to the House
OF Delegates. The surprise of the day
was the defeat of D. L. Toney, the
Southside member.
Senatorial Vote.
Senators Martin and Swanson won
over Representatives Jones and Glass
In Richmond, the Martin majority
being 1884. while swanson's majority
over Glass was 1899.
Throughout the day there was no
excitement ard practically no interest
in the contest. 1t was largely a cues
ton OF majority in the senatorial
fight. while in the race for the House
OF Delegates 1t was a question as to
who would DE able to slip in as the
third man. In all of the early fore
casts Toney was put down as a GER
tain winner or the theory that South
Richmond was entitled to one repre-
sentative.
In the race for City Collector. there
was more uncertainty than in the
other contests. the general Idea being
That Bates would have such a big vote
in the East En- that he would cut
deeply into Hulce and Ruskell. who
were expected to divide the vote. Each
OF these candidates Is on the city pay
roll.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
Crisis Arises in Turbulent Prov
ince OF Szechuan, in
China.
SITUATION is
Formidable international Naval
Array at Hand in Foreign
Waters.

Washington. D. c., September -
A crisis has arisen In the turbulent
province OF Szechuan, in China. and
foreign officers Of not only the United
States. but OF other countries. have
taken precautionary steps for the
safety OF their citizens in that section.
American %gunboats will be brought
into play to guard American citizens,
and a formidable international naval
array Is at land in Chinese waters.
American Charge ID Affairs williams,
at Peking. to-day cabled the State De-
partment that the situation had be-
come critical In Szechuan, where pub
lie meetings in various cities. accom-
panied with the closing OF shops and
schools and refusal to pay taxes. have
eliminated in serious disorders. Ameri-
can Methodist missionaries at Chung
king and Chengtu. have informed Mr..
Williams that none of them has yet
left his post. except that American
and British women have left Ghengtu
for Chungking. Twenty-one districts
are said to be SO far affected by
the present. agitation. Tax Offices
have been destroyed and several of
fcials have resigned. but resistance
to the government has in general been
passive rather than active.
Protection Assured.
The Chinese foreign office has as
sured the legation that protection Will
be given all foreigners. and their prop
erty. and has offered escort TO all who
desire to leave the disturbed districts.
The viccroy of S%zechuan is said to
be acting with energy. 4 British gun
boat is now proceeding to Chiat!ng,
- -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
LA TOILETTE HAILED
AS LOGICAL LEADER
PRIMARY RESULTS
IN LEGISLATURE
Strobe and Gravatt Win, While
Roosevelt Page Goes Down
in Defeat.

Most prominent among the results
of yesterdays primaries In the effects
on the personnel OF the next General
Assembly arg the denomination OF SEN
ators Aubrey z. Strobe. of Amherst,
and Charles L. Gravatt, of Caroline,
and the defeat OF Roosevelt Page. the
member of the House of Delegates
from Hanover county. The latter was
chairman of the Committee for Courts
OF Justice, and thus held a command
Ing position In legislative councils.
Senator's Strobe and Gravatt stand
out among the ruins OF the cause of
the Virginia Democratic League. Hot
lights were made on both. largely be-
cause OF their advocacy OF the cause
OF Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Glass. Senator
Gravatt Is president OF the league. and
predictions that his defeat was i'm
pending have been general for several
days, Senate STROBE was vigorously
opposed by Bland Mass.e, of Amherst
big Man Coming.
A striking hgure. physically and In
tellectually. enters the Senate In the
person OF Howell c. Featherston. who
succeeds Senator Don p. Halsey. as
the memoer from he district composed
Featherston was formerly in the
House.
Among the senate leaders sent back
by his constituents yesterday is Saxon
W. Holt, of Newport News. Berklev
d. ADAMS, OF Charlotte. gets back to
the House by an ample majority.
H. NJ. White, of Rockbridge. returns
IN spite or some opposition BASED upon
his fight against the income tax amend
ment to the Constitution in the last
session. Judge Leo d. Yarrell. of En-
poria. is apparently defeated for re-
election by a. n Howerton. and the
Continual ON EifIh pnreN ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
Progressive Republicans of Min.
nesota lndorse Wiscon-
sin Senator.
FORMALLY OPENS CAMPAIGN
Support Is Pledged in Contest
for Presidential Nomi-
nation.

Minneapolis. Mimi. September -
More than 800 Progre.A!ve Republicans
from the four corners of Minnesota at
a banquet here tonight. hailed with
acclaim Robert NJ. La Toilette, of Wis
cons!n. as the logical bearer
OF advanced Republicanism' in the
next presidential campaign. Resolu-
tions were adopted ~pledging support
to tho Wisconsin Senator. FIRST, laat
and all the time" in the contest for
the presidential nominations.
The resolutions. after denouncing
existing political methods and indoH-
ms the Progressive movement. con-
cluded:
we declare 1t to be our conviction
that the ability. patriotism and record
OF the Hon. Robert NJ. La Toilette as a
law-maker and executive make him
the leader OF the Progressive move
ment in the United States. and the log
ical nominee of the Republican party
for President at It's next national con-
vention, and we pledge ourselves to
work for his nomination and election
first, last anu all the time"
Senator La Toilette found an ardent
champion. President Taft. an avenging
Insurgent, in Congressman Irvine Lem
root, OF Wisconsin,, at the banquet
which formally opened the La Toilette
campaign In Minnesota for the nomi-
nation for President on the Republi-
can ticket.
Taft Is ~Arraigned.
After paying exalted tribute to SEN
ator La Toilette as a constructive
statesman, Representative Lenroot ar
raigned President Taft for alleged I'M
faithfulness to the people.
Since March 4, 1902 he said. a..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
Jones and Glass Defeat
ed by Avalanche
Of Ballots.
GLASS LOSES HIS
OWN DISTRICT
Gets Big Vote in His City OF
Lynchburg-All Four Candi-
dates Receive Home Indorse-
ment-One Chosen for Full
and Other for Unex-
pired Term.


In an apparently normal vote of
"n"ut so'ooo' United Stntes Senator's
Thomas s. Martin and Claude \. SWIM
son were on yesterday nominated tu
succeed thcmscl>c. by mnior,ties,
which, 1t appears. will exceed .o.ooo.
Returns nrc still i~nconplet.. opd !, i,
true that some of those mt.,,nv M.
from the countie, T., tho ,,.,,.
Representative wilIr,m on.
the vote there 1, no, ,.rY. ma -,
seems unIn,.Ix ,,,. -,
senator Mnr,iu YIN Il. ,,.
figure nIrendx ,,m., p.rt.u..
Cnrtcr C,,s,.s do,.. :. ..,
oy-c,,
E-ou .,o ,..,
turns from ,,o ,.r
- a.r,,o :. '' 'e'n
~. ~ "'' ~ Gauss
-, ~ ~ ot"ss was nope
"e"S was out cumulative
S az county cry after
- ~ 10 '"e 'e""huous MAORI
'e7 eNe" ~ II ihcufnoehts scores
- were hearo rom where
e"A''F Martih ana swanson received
eNetS No'e cas- "n'ie Ateraily IN hum
ureas OF Young places the opposition
10 them was given a vote so tnconsid-
eraoie as 10 make no in the
totals OF an entire county.
zones carries district
"o"io seem tAae ME- Jones mas
POSSIBLY carried the First District
ms owl. Ma1orities We're given
$40 ~" ~ t"e Fehihsuia seetion'
a"i 10 III rreuef'eksours and SPOT
=" queen ap-
a.,,er;nr 80, g., 49, q
wbere he uvAs ana uhor. 49,. 49,
opposition 10 MIN oop,d he ,,,rs,.n.a
However, Mr.. Glass was no. -
tunate. From INCOMPLETE returrs IN
hand up 10 an early hour this ,o-o.
ing, ne seems to have lost his own ass
trict-the SiXth-by perhaps a vote
OF two for Mr.. swanson to one for Mr.,
Ha' o"aFiotie' Roanoke
~, o'""S gave AeaVy MAORI
~ 49, ~, o'neF a'hu'
civ 80 Ivo.nhn . - "oHhe
ator MartIn seoursa 49,
is taken 70 indicate ,ha a.a.s
My. Glass in ,hat corrp,i,,.
In fact. no section ,urnsd =. 80,
on a home man. senator Martins ma
jority was increased in Albemarle
county over that given him SIX years
ago Senator swanson swept MS nome
county Of Pittsylvania. Everybody
was indoFsed at home.
Fun vote Not Reported.
Inc 'aDuiated vote of the State US
'"' 'h's morning is necessarily in
eo'"pie'e' some counties are missing.
WINE others We're reported by cores
-. 'Ao iof'n OF maloFi'ies' in
80 es'Se votes In some in
- Ts.s are estimate
'"s 'o'@'s tor each man
- .AHeh IN any sense as
VIM nn, yo's cast This
S "Ao"h until tho
returns are ofheiaiiy canvassed by tho
state Democratic committee
Only one or TWO counties in III.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08

Continued on Last Page.)
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CONTINUED on Fifth Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08
MEET IN ZURICH IN 1918
Switzerland Selected for Worlds Sun.
dny school Convention.

day School Convention.
London. September Zurich, swift
zerland. has been selected as the place
for the holding OF the worlds seventh
Sunday school convention In 1913.
The American section of the interna-
tional association to-day cabled its
ratification of the city chosen. The
last convention was held at Washing
ton in May of last year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
FAMOUS SINGER BREAKS LEG
Surgeon Sets Susie Nightingale S
Limb with Toothpick and Plaster.

When the Atlantic transport liner Mime
haha was in md-Atlantic several days ago
Miss Susie Nightingale, Of Surrey, Eng
land who was on her way to Monterey.
Cal. broke Ter leg, and fears were en-
tertained for her life. Miss Nightir gale
vas travelling with Mrs. G. e. MauCe. Of
Monterey, with whom she is to liWc per-
manently
Or II r. Galley the ships surgeon, was
called and he set the broken limb with a
quill and strip Of adhesive plaster II
was the most delicate bit cf bonesetting
he had ever attempted, he said. and when
the liner docked yesterday Mrs Maude
referred 10 the surgeons work as bird
of a job"
Susie Nightingale was one OF four night
ingales Mrs Maude brought 10 this coun-
try for breeding purposes. and she was
delighted yesterday TO say that Susie
who had suffered A compound fracture Of
the right leg. would live.
When called into attendance on the bird
Or. Galley ordered a quill toothpick from
the dining saloon and, splitting il. used II
as a sort Of cast for the birds leg The
adhesive plaster and attention on the
mart Of Mrs Msude did the rest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
PIER DARK AS LINER DOCKS
Prompt Action Prevents Panic
When Fuse Blows Out.

Through the prompt action Of the pier
superintendent the customs officials and
the police a panic was averted last
night on the Holland America Line pier
in Hoboken. just as the steamship Ryn-
dam was warping into her dock.
The liner left Quarantine at $50
p m, and an hour later was off her
pier. which is one Of the biggest in the
port. Just as her bow had come half
way into the dock the fuse Of the main
feed wire blew ont and put the pier in
total darkness. About six hundred per-
sons who had come 10 meet friends ar
riying on the Ryndam were on the up
per floor Of the pier and a crowd Of
about five hundred had assembled
around the entrance on the main floor.
As soon as the lights went out there
was a rush made by those below to
crowd to the upper floor and force their
way through the customs lines. The
gates were closed just in time TO keep
back the crowd. The mishap caused
considerable delay in the examination Of
the Ryndam's baggage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
DENOUNCES STEEL POOL
Great Danger to British Industry,
Saws Manchester Guardian.
rRv Cable to The Tribune. ]

London. Sept 12.-In an editorial de-
nouncing the proposed international
steel agreement The Manchester
Guardian" to-day says: Seldom If
ever has any great British industry
been faced with a greater danger than
now confronts the iron and steel trade.
This danger lies in the movement for
an international agreement on the lines
suggested by Judge Gary. of the United
States Steel Corporation, and in the dis
position shown by some of our leading
steeInalle-s to make terms with their
foreign rivals rather than organize them
selves on national lines and cooperate
with British shippers and others for the
furtherauce of their interests
IF British producers are not getting
their due share of the worlds export
trade in steel or in anything else by
their own efforts in open competition
they will never get it by Joining an in
ternational syndicate composed mainly
OF trade rivals"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
THIEF CHASE IN BROADWAY
Man Grabs Woman Purse
Through Shanley's Window

A policeman's whistle sounded shril-
" in Shanley's restaurant in Broad
wav. near 3Oth street last night with
the result that the diners-men and
vomen-gave their napkins a toss and
rushed for the doors. Some OF them
in their excitement forgot to leave their
napkins and rushed into the street with
them.
Harry Cohen. who takes care or the
coats and hats at the restaurant en-
trance. was the one who blew the
whistle. a Yonkers boy, Duncan Legs
thirteen years old. son Of James d.
I.eys. a jewelry manufacturer at No. 10
Nassau street. however. was really re-
sponsible for the blast. He had yelled
"Pickpocket,"
The reason for DunCan's outcry was
that he saw his mothers purse grabbed
by a man vino started on run down
Broadway. She was seated near an
open front window in the restaurant
when a hand thrust through the win
dow from the street picked up her purse,
which was lying in the ledge.
With Duncan and Cohen in the van,
the diners chased the supposed thief
as far as 9th street, where he was
captured by Patroman Duffy and TAX
en- 10 the West Both street station. He
said his name was Thomas Harrington.
On a plea Of guilty he was held in $500
bail by Magistrate Corrigan in the night
court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
.AUTOISTS ABANDON VICTIM
Badly Injured Man Drags Him
self One Quarter of a Mile.
IBy telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Atlantic Highlands. y. j., Sept. IL
lanes Mammalian. Of Keyport y. J.,
was struck by an automobile going
about fifty miles an hour this afternoon.
He has a broken leg and internal in
iuries. The automobile, driven by two
boys. did not stop. 1t was a gray racing
car.
Mammalian was driving along the old
Newport turnpike, and when he reached
a curve in the road the auto turned the
corner on two wheels and struck his
surrey. Mammalian was thrown nearly
fftv Yards into a cornfield. He lay there
nearly an hour. when he crept 10 the
road. After vainly waiting for help
for a long time he crept along the road
nearly a quarter of n mile to Harry
Wykof's farmhouse He tainted as he
reached the porch and was taken into
the house. His broken leg was terribly
swollen.
Mammalian did not get the number OF
the automobile II was going toward
Keyport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
MOLASSES FLOODS CITY
Sections of New Orleans Inun-
dated by 10 Feet of Syrup.
MILLION GALLONS ESCAPE
Policemen Busy Rescuing Per-
sons from Sweet Torrents
Swarms of Flies Follow.
[By Telegraph 10 The Tribune. 7


New Orleans. Sept. 1.-THE largest
molasses storage depot In the world
that of the Sugar Planters Storage and
Distributing Company, burst this after
roon flooding big section with the
sticky fluid. More than a million gall
Ions of crude syrup flowed out through
n great break in the walls. At one place
the stream was fifteen feet deep and it
reached Magazine street. a quarter OF
a mile away. with a depth Of twelve
inches
Homes. saloons and small stores were
flooded at depths varying from a few
inches to several feet. Men, women and
children had narrow escapes from suffo-
cation when they fell in the sticky mass.
Fowls. domestic animals and two horses
were killed. Two great boilers near
where the break occurred and Weighing
sixteen tons each. were thrown a hun
dred feet.
Buckets. jugs and barrels were filed
for future use and housewives whose
losses reached hundreds. consoed them
selves with the thought that they had
an Offset to high food prices.
Police, fremen and white wings"
struggled through the sticky mass, and
in several cases made rescues from
what looked like certain death.
The company estimates its loss at up
ward Of 100000. while damage 10 prop
erty and TO the city will exceed $4,000.
Two great water mains added to the
trouble. bursting and mingling their
streams with the molasses. Later in the
day a plague Of flies added to the city's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
ETNA'S ERUPTION VIOLENT
Earth Shocks Frequent-VI-
layers Flee in Panic.

Catania. Sicily, Sept. 1.-THE erup-
ton Of Mount Etna has become more
intense The showers Of ashes and
cinders are heavier than they were yes
terday, and the rumbling of earth
shocks at short intervals is heard for
miles around. The shocks are growing in
violence and panic prevails. The fear
Of the people is augmented by the great
heat and the suffocatIng atmosphere
All the country round about is covered
with ashes and seems under an immense
funeral pail.
1t is reported that three new craters
have opened, but. so far, it has been i'm
possible 70 ascertain whether they are
emitting lava, because Of their altitude
and the thick smoke that lies over them.
The people of the villages on the
slopes Of Mount Etna have abandoned
their homes. Some of the houses have
been damaged and hundreds OF men.
women and children. who are without
shelter, GO about from place TO place
carrying pictures Of the saints. crying
and implorlnS mercy.
At Giarre, sixteen miles from Catania,
the patients were carried out Of the
hospital by nurses. who feared that the
building would collapse.
A new fissure has opened above Lin
suaglossa. which lies at the foot Of
Mount Etna. and brilliant flashes illu-
inmate the thick column Of smoke. Lava
is now descending and threatens the VII
lagos. II has reached to the edge OF the
woods. II is estimated that in all four
teen new assures have opened. and they
are emitting smoke, ashes and lava.
Even the streets Of Catania are covered
with ashes.