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The evening world., 1911-01-21
GUARDING GIRL
FORCED TO DANCE
WITH A NEGRO
Chapman Says He'll Take us
Family South Because
Of Threats.

Letters threatening tho family Of
Charles f.. Chapman OF No. g2 Lincoln
road. Flushing, L. l., because of the
protest he made after his ~twelve-year-
old daughter. Beatrice, vas compelled
90 dance with a negro boy in Public
School No. % have nocessitated special
precautions to guard the girl against
injury. Mr.. Chapman announces be
viii take his family 20 Florida until the
excitement IL over. Beatrice, guarded
by her pareuts. win be taken TO school
Monday to complete the term.
Some Of the letters have threatened
violence and many Others praise my
action said Mr.. Chapman to an
Evening World reporter to-day. The
precautions are taken because We no
iced two negroes near our house late
Thursday night. who seemed to be
planning something. l am not taking
any chances"
Mr.. Chapman consented that his
daughter return to school after her
teacher had promised she would not be
compelled 10 dance with Charlie Davie.
the negro pupil. The school term will
end with the promotions next week.
The letters received by Chapman
were mailed from all parts OF the city
Those OF n threatening nature were held
by Chapman for the police. who Will In
vestiglte cases where the writer 10 be
lieved to have mailed more han one
letter. Mrs. Chapman Is suffering from
nervous shock.
Beatrice left the school last weet
when her teacher. she said. ordered her
to n k the negro boy as partner In tn
| nh rttif1ra aNarRlaaa I'm nadia Al n
after the girl told the story to her
father Mr.. Chapman called on Miss
Elsie Soaring. the teacher. and pro
tested. Complaint was also made to tbs
local committee OF tho Board of Educa-
ton.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
CUPID WILL KEEP
ONE VOTE AWAY
FROM SHEEHAN
Assembfyman McElligott Can't
Attend Session Till After
Wedding Monday.

one reason why william T.. shcchsn,
who hopes to be a Senator. will have
one vote less to-day and Monday IL Miss
Rose Lynch OF No. S9i Classon avenue,
Brooklyn. Miss Lynch at present con-
trolls the destinies Of A~ssemblymar
Peter l.. McEliigott OF Manhattan, and
argues hat cupid is stronger than al.
the Murphys In the political world.
The Assemblyman and Miss Lynch
are to he married on Monday. and II Is
rumored that McEligott had to get a
special dispensation from the authorl-
ties to be away from Albany for his
wedding. At first no arranged u pair
ing witt Asscmblyman w. W. Colne OF
Kings and thought he had sealed It by
inviting Colne to the wedding.
Minority Leader Merritt couldn't see
Il that way. so MoE,lligott paired off
with Assemblyman Brooks. another Re-
publican. Miss Lynch. on her part.
does not recognize political pairlngs and
is interested only IN tho one that Is
scheduled for Monday.
The wedding will take place In ths
Church OF the Nativity. Madison and
Classon avenues. Father Bedford off,
ciating, at $50 O'Clock Monday morning.
a wedding reception will follow at the
home OF the bride. after which the
eouple will leave for Albany. When this
! senatorial question Is settled the Assem-
blyman hopes to take a Jaunt 70
! Niagara Falls.
Miss Lynch IL the daughter OF John
J. Lynch. a retired business man. Nc
The evening world., 1911-01-21
FIRE DEPARTMENT BIG LOSER

As a result Of the Investigation Of the
F,re Department that Commissioner OF
Accounts F1slIck has been making az
the l~nstlgatlon Of Fire Commissioner
Waldo, a report VIII shortly he made 20
Mayor GaynOr, In which certain methods
Of systenatl2ing the work OF the de-
Dartncut will DO suggested.
II mas been brought out during the
Investigation that the city has been los
ing about $4,000 a year IN license fees.
collecting but $4,000 on account OF H.
censes for the sale OF oils ard other
combusubles while, according - testi-
mony, the amount should DO about
5000
The evening world., 1911-01-21
BLIND MAN AT AGE OF SO
TO WED FOR FOURTH TIME.
Inmate of Brooklyn Home viii
Marry Woman Interested
in Institution.

John u. sammis. aged slN~ty-three. an
inmate OF the Industrial Home for tho
Blind, No. 5l2 Gates avenue. Brooklyn.
and Miss Sarah j. Ncwbold, nged nfty-
three, No. lG} W~illouFlhy street. went
TO Borough Hail yesterday and obtained
a marriage license from Deputy Clerh
Scully. Sammis IL totally hlind M
Miss NeHbOld has her eyeslght.
The two met three years ago NJ a re.
ceptlou at the Industrial Home. Miss
Newbold has long been interested IN the
work OF that institution. Sammis. II -
said. is ord '!cnt In making brooms aud
canlns chairs, and Il Is this that will
ouable him - embark upon his fourth
matrimonial adventure. Tho couple r.
fused to say when the wcid ng would
take place.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
WOMAN HIT BY AUTO.
Car Containing $4,000 city Pay
Runs Her Down.

An automobile In which Charles w.
Lowey of No. 100 East End avenue. Dep
uty city Paymaster, n Policeman
John J. Curran were taking $500 to
pay of men uptown to-day ran down
Mrs. Carrie Felite of No. 1870 West
Thirty-sixth street as she was crossing
Lexington avenue at Forty-elghth street.
She had just stepped from the platform
of IA southbound car and the automobile
was upon her before the driver, Joseph
Swan Of No. 3i4 Saratoga avenue, Brook
lyn. could stop It.
Lowey and Curran leaped from the
car and lifted Mrs. Felite, who had been
dragged twenty feet on the mudguard,
into the car and hurried her to Flower
Hospital. There she was attended by
DIR. Wartheim. who found that two of
her ribs were broken and her left knee,
right ankle and right arm bruised.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
AUTO KILLS SMALL BOY.
Three Young Men In the Car Are
Ordered to Appear At Inquest.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Jan. e. -
Raymond Church, Richard Cusamar
and Lamson Beach, wealthy Hartford
young men riding in a touring car
owned by f.. l.. Cushman, secretary
treasurer OF the Cushman-church Com
pany OF Hartford, ran down AM killed
Francis I.eary. eleven years old, son OF
joan Leary OF Kings venue In this
city last night.
The Young men wrr- driving toward
Hartford at Il fairly rapid rate when
the boy ran in front o. the ear. lie
was crushed under the wheels and died
Of u fractured skull IN the machine on
the way TO ne hospital. Tho youne
men, arrested. were parOled ana told 10
appear at al Inquest Coroner DAVIS
will hold Monday.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
DEATH LEAP IN DELIRlUM.
Woman III of Pneumonia EIud.s
Nurse and Jumps From window.

Mrs. Bessie Bender OF 40, lI3 Moore
street. Williamsburg. a pneumonia
patient known 10 De dangerously delirl-
Gus. but guarded only by Miss Jane
Powell. a nurse, VINO had charge OF
forty other patients in the ward, slipped
from her bed to-day. ran into the hall
ana leaped from a window, falling three
stories 10 tho stone lagglng on the east
side OF the hospital. She was uncon-
scious when picked up and diod as she
was being taken back into the hospital
Mrs. Bender was taken to the hospital
on Jan 3. Her delirium did not become
acute until this week. Miss Powell was
warned to watch her out was not pro-
vided with any assistant.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
GRAFT PROSECUTOR ARRIVES
Parsons Hopes 10 Have Queens
Cases Cleared Away by Feb. O..

James A.. Parsons, Deputy Attorney
General, designated by Acknowledgement
Carmody to prosecute the Queens Coun-
~ graft cases, arrived In Long Island
city to-day and moved into offices in
the County Court House,
He brought with him the three large
packing cases full OF evidence and ex-
hlbits which former Special Deputy Ar
thur Train had spent nearly six months
collecting n studying, Mr.. Train was
dropped by Mr., Carmody just a the
cases were coming to trial because he
thought the hill submitted by Mr.. Train
for his services was too high.
Mr.. Parsons said that for the time
being he should address himself TO a
study of the preliminary motions which
are blocking the rapid trial Of the cases.
and he hoped to have them cleared
away by Feb, 6.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
PICKS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL WORDS
AND Wins PRIZE
IS Submitted in Novel
Competition by Lawyer
Shea 81 Are Accepted.

In he West Side Auditorium. No. 3ls
West Fifty-seventk street. to pupils OF
the Public Speaking Club OF America
for n list of the twenty-five most beau
tiful words in the English language was
Won by James Shea, a lawyer. OF No.
i6 Broadway.
Words were judged according to their
beauty OF our and beauty OF meaning,
and out of twenty-five submitted by
Shea twenty-one words were accepted.
Grace. Justice and truth were rejected.
The harshness OF & IN grace and the
! in justice disqualified them, and truth
was turned down because OF It's metallic
sound. The words accepted as the most
hnanflfnl In the lnnpungo are.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
MCEND|ARY FIRE
SWEEPS FACTORY,
100000 DAMAGE
High Winds Garry Sparks
i From Brooklyn Structure
to Other Roofs.
A FIGHT BLAZE.
Lyceum Theatre, Half a Block
Away, Takes Fire, But
Is Saved.
TENANTS FIGHT BLAZE.

Fire, believed TO be of ~ineendiary orr
gin. swept through a tive-story factory
building at Leonard and Meserole
streets, Brooklyn, at 1 o'clock this
morning, and before the firemen had
4 under control property worth 500. 600
had gone up in smoke. Three alarms
were sent in.
on the third floor IN a rubbish heap IN
the workrooms OF f. Bregstein. manu-
facturer OF ladies' underwear. There
vas no Waterman in the building. the
police reported, and before the fire was
discovered by a citizen the place was
burning from basement to roof.
Building Doomed.
When the firemen arrived the building
and contents were already doomed.
The police vent through surrounding
and the families in half a
dozen of them were aroused, but were
told that they need not leave their homes
unless a second warning was given.
High winds carried sparks and burn
ing enbcrs TO the roofs or many nelgh-
boring houses. and half a dozen fires
would have started had not the tenants
formed fire brigades and beat out the
SPARKS as fast as they fell.
A burning ember dropped on the roof
OF TIE Lyceum Theatre half a block
away and II blazed up quickly. Fire
men were sent to the building and a few
lfberal doses OF water put It out.
Directly across the street from the fac
tory Is a moving picture show. For q
time II was in great danger.
Before the fire was under control the
streets were SO packed with people tina,
tie reserve police from two station
we're called and fire lines formed.
The Fire Marshal has begun an inves-
Hgation.
The evening world., 1911-01-21

Members Of the Business Mems Asso-
citation OF Flushing, l., l.. are worried
over the choice of guests at their an
uual banquet on Feb. 10. Last year
Mayor Gaynor was their guest. Now
some members want Comptroller Prem
dergast and President Mitchell 70 en-
tighten them on the subway matter.
Others want the Mayor again. Yester-
day they were so divided that as a COM
promise both sides concluded 10 let
George do it," That aCcommodat ling
person IN this instance Is George w.
Pople, President OF the association.
The evening world., 1911-01-21

SiXty-flve persons submitted lists. Mr..
Kleiser prepared a list and found after
ward hat only one of his words had
been submitted in tae other sixty-hvc
offered and that just one person used
that.
An amusing failure OF the contest was
that Shea made a speech accepting the
prize in which he did not once use any
OF the words he had submitted.
The evening world., 1911-01-21
Koenig VIII Entertain,

Former Secretary Of State Samuel $.
Koenig viii receive his friends at the
Murray Hin Lyceum, Thirty fourth
street. near Third avenue. this evening.
There will be an entertainment and
dance. Mr.. Koenig and his wife Will
lead the grand march.
The evening world., 1911-01-21

From the Philadelphia l]nquirerl
At a court Of Justice In Australia
much frequented by Chinese a newly
appointed crier Mas ordered by the
Judge TO summon a witness to the
stand. 'Call for An Song" was the
command. The crier was puzzled for
a moment. lie glanced shyly nj the
Judge, but found him quite grave. Then
he turned to the spectators. Gentle
men," he asked, would any OF YOU
favor His Loydship with q songf"
The evening world., 1911-01-21
AFTER EXPOSURE
Build Up the Body with Father
Johns Medicine.

After any K
posure or il you
tire easily. take
Eat her Johns
Med cinc. and it
will prevent the
development of
any disease. II
will forufy the
system against
oil throut and
lung troubles
and pre- en- /
pneumonia and
e ns mpiion.
AnI i'm a..
The evening world., 1911-01-21

:; cdicine is good for lung trouble. II
cured me,"-rhos, Wright. "a Dc-Frees
ST, Washington, ID. {.
''My boy had a bad cold. bu, Father
Johns Medicine cured it," says Mrs.
Martha Nj. Lowe. $500 Hanover ST..
Baltimore. Md.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
ingenious Spider Web.

Spiders have number OF ingeniol 5
ways OF alluring and catching their
prey. A writer describes 40 American
spider which haunts evergreen trees
and snares It's dinner by means OF a
kind Of lassoo. The web OF the spider
is triangular In form. Two corners
of the triangle are attached to twigs.
but the other corner, which ends in
a single thread. Is held by the spider.
perched on a neighboring twig. When
fly strikes the web the spider loos.
ems his hold and the elastic threads
instantly entangle the victim.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10

one time a relief agent at this
station, was robbed and murder
ed recently, near the Fernhank
depot, on the Big Four r. r
He was drugged a dIobbed, and
then placed on the railroad track,
where he was run over by a
train during a heavy fog. He
had about $l35 in his possession,
$50 of which belonged to tho r.
R. Co.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10

THE PACIFIC MONTHLY
SPECIAL RATES ON THE LEADING
MAGAZINE OF THE WEST

The Pacific Monthly of p oetland,
Oregon, is publishing seris4 Of splendid
rticleS cbout the various industries in the
Welt. The September number contaips
an article o srccess with Cherries. The
October number had beautifully illustrate
ed article on Success in Growing Apples.
Other articles short to be published are
Success with Live Stock, Success in Grow
ing Walnuts, Success with Fodder Crops.
These articles are written by experts, and
are not only authoritative, but very inter
-sting.
In addition to the above, The Pacific
Monthly each north publishes large num-
Der of clean, wholesome, readable stories
and strong independent article on the ques-
tiods of the day.
The price of The Pacific Monthly is
81. so year. To introduce it to new
readers, it will he sent for six months for
$50 if this paper il mentioned.
Address Pacific Monthly, Portland,
Oregon.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
Adapted fer HIah Altitude.

1t is a familiar fact that living Al
high altitude puts a strain on the
heart. which has more work to do
In this connection, says knowledge,
it Is interesting to notice Strohrs
recent comparison of ptarmlgan from
high attitudes and willow grouse from
the plains He found that in ptarmi'
gan, even in the young bird. the right
ventrlcle of the heart is very dis
tinctly stronger than in the willow
grouse, a specific adaptation to the DIFF
ference of habitat.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
prisoners Honored confIdenee.

When the circus exhibited In Mont
pSlier, Vt, recently, there was no
work for eleven prisoners In the jail
The sheriff purchased tickets for
them and allowed them to see tho
show without an escort. Some had
long terms to serve and the crowd ana
darkness furnished an excellent op-
portunity to escape. Fifteen minutes
after the performance was over every
one was back where he belonged.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
ROAZ BUDGET.

- - ~ - 4
Rev. Mr. Oliver of Elitia. will
preach here another year for the
Baptist. IIe was here over the
Sabbath and conducted services.
BE. Little and wife have
moved into The section house t.
keep Mr.. McVey from getting
lonesome.
Messrs Pendleton and Herm-
ingway of Elila, were laid vi.
here on account of the storm.
They had beer to the Valley
fer apples.
Oliver and Henry Murdoch
came in to stay over night on
their claims. They expect to
return in the spring 70 be gin
Earning right.
P. w. Brown, who has been
in the hospital at Roswell for
some time will soon be able to re-
turn home.
The school board has purchas-
ed a new stove and 4 ton of C )al
for the school house.
NJ. 0. Mills made a business
trip to Clovis,
J. F. Shambaugh came up
from Roswell Monday to get his
house hold goods, and W hlle
here purchased some chickens.
and cast his vote.
e. w. Jett and w. |. John
son returned from Roswell with
= load of apples. Mr.. Johnson
says it may lie all right to have
= girl 40 miles away but lie pre-
fers one c'o5edin c1ld weather.
Haven't heard Mr.. Jett expires
any opinion yet.
Rev. r. V. Cox of Dexter n.
t. We're detained here over Sun
lay on account of the storm and
he preached twointcreeting and
instructive semous. He pro-
ceoded on his journey overland,
- PIainview, Monday.
R e. Lee and FAM y left for
Leila Lake, Texas, where they
will live for some time. Mr..
:. q is agent there.
Mrs. j NJ. Shields has moved
into the Bredenkamp house for
IA few weeks, SO that Miss Edith
can attend school.
We received a new time table
from the superintendent an
nouncins the CT ange in tims of
the trains. Now the II ort h
bound, No. ia due at SAGA. m. t,
and No. 113 due at 1877 p. m.
T. S. Troutner left Monday
to work for F. r. Stokes, t
Lands. Arizona. His place on
the section will be file by w.
j. johnson.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
whsrs Notes AZ sartsrsd.

do you have oratory In your cam
paigns?" Some" replied the politi-
cal boss. "Just enough to enable the
people who vote our way to give some
sort Of an excuse for II"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
Agricultural Education.

The young farmer who cuts out az.
ricultural education from his life pro
gram win see his mistake by and by.
Who ever met graduate OF good
farm college who wishes he had kept
at work instead of taking a course Of
special study and training?
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

FoR SALE;-Span Of small mules,
harness and wagon. s150-cash
or time, if secured This office,
Mrs. Jim Quinn went to Ros-
well on the evening train yes
terday, to visit a few days.
There was another o CT a ]
dance at J. B. Spillman's We'd
nesday night. Quite a good at
tendance.
The time table of the pass
enger trains will change, next
Sunday, November II. The
southbound train will arrive at
1870 and the northbound at $50
E. P. Murrey and family leave
today for Wills Point, Texas, to
be gone a couple of months.
]. F. Brogdon came h o m {
Tuesday, to fix III his improve
ments on his claim aud adjust
things generally.
fhe plank fence Surrounding
the old saloon building (Brog-
don's) has be IL tom down and
tho lumber sold. G. NJ. Barber
bought a plrt of it, and f. IL.
Northcutt the rest.
The Misses Kittie White and
Zazle Barns, who came from
Arkansas some time AZ 10 vis-
it Blake Jones family, have set
up housekeeping here. They
are living in tbs house rec emily
vacated by grandma Parkinson.
DR.. Fiocus and wife gave a
party Wednesday evening to the
school children.
Mrs. w. B. Scott entertained
some of the Kenna ladies last
Tuesday at an afternoon party.
L. M. Carmichael made COM
mutation prof on his original
claim yesterday. Five y e r
proofs are rather too common
to mention now, but there are
not many commuIing.
The Carmichael Bros. haNe
sold their herd of cattle. They
divided the bunch mp and sold
TO different parties.
Mrs G. II. Putnam and her
sister, M :. j. A. Kmmons,
drove to the country Wednesday
and made a social call on Mrs.
Frank Parker.
Mrs w P. Littlef-ll is visit
ing at the Ranch this wee k.
Size came up from R lswell We'd
go y.
p. I. B IL and P. J.. Gu b
went to attend court at r. swen
Wednesday, as iurymen.
A family has moved into the
Boynton house, north side of
town We failed to learn the
name, but the head Of the fam
lily is a young man, and viii at
tend school here this winter.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
y. ]. DossMAN MuRpERRp

Our Hotel Man, J. B. West, is
in receipt of a letter and news
paper clipping from Cincinnati,
Ohioeonveying the intelligence
ihatL. } Dossman, who was at
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10

Truth In . Nutshell

AS Puck said, What fools these NOR.
tails bel If there wore no fools there
would be no rogues, just as If there
was no filth there would be no flies,
and If there were no swamps there
would be no mosquitoes.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
w. 7. Cowgirl,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NOTARY PUBLIC

Word received from Pecos,
Texas, that Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Benz have baby son. Mrs.
(grandma) Troutner is W it h
them looking after Gerrge Jr,
We extent congratulations to
all.
Nearly theIentire male popula-
ton Of Boaz went to KenDa to
vote on Tuesday. Part return
ed on the local and part, on the
passenger.
We have news from Acme
that Mr.. and Mrs. Press" Smith
have a fine 4 pound girl. Con-
CALCULATIONS.
Miss BlanCh Burk was over
from her school at Rock Valley
10 spend Sunday.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-11-10
BAPTIST SERVICES

Every 2nd Saturday and Sun
day Sat. 500 P, M. Sunday
IL A. NJ. andS;OO P. NJ. Every
body cordially invited.
L. l.. Kyle, Pastor.