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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
BUT SLIGHTLY IMPROVED.
Miss Clara Barton's Condition Alarms
Her Friends.

OXFORD. Mass. September a.-The
doctors in attendance upon Miss Clara
Barton. for years at tho head of the
American Red Cross Society said tonight
ment.
Considerable anxiety is felt, however.
on account of Miss Bartons age.
Miss Barton was believed to he near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
HAD THE PHYSIOLOGY.
BUT He LACKED NERVE
Phifer Failed to Hold Up Bar
tender, But Frightened
CoIored Woman.

Pat Shea, bartender for John Winston
at 10 Delaware avenue southwest. was
holding a glass to the light just about
dusk yesterday afternoon, remarking to
his boss that the new cleansing fluid
which they had just bought was not as
good as the old stuff when the swinging
doors burst inward with IA crash and
VIII Phifer. coOred youth of nineteen
summers. lurched forward to the bar:
Gimme a drink he demanded.
Now it is the custom on Delaware
avenue to establish ones credit before a.
drink is served. Pat Shea did not see the
color of Phifer's money, and he was q
little slow about serving that drink:
Gimme drink or I'll pump you full
of lead
Pat looked up into the muzze OF re-
volver he said later
.Oho. We think ye can scare me. hey?"
remarked Pat. IN have yc know there
isn't any one around this town that can
hold me up for a drink and he started
fer the end of the bar. John Winston
proprietor. was reading sporting sheet
and didn't even take the trouble TO look
up. The Irish bartender kept on around
the end of the bar with glitter in his
eye. Will Phifer, revolver in hand, turn
ed and
He burst the swinging doors outward,
and a group of men standing on the cor
ner thought that one more piker had
been thrown out of WinStons place.
Tragedy Reported to Police.
/ A few minutes later a wild message was
received over the telephone at the fourth
precinct police station, to the effect that
some one had been shot TO death at 20. II
street southwest and all the available
,lS,~, 4
around on the run That is the place
where Phifer lives. They found an ex-
cited colored woman known as ''Johnsie''
Barnes Her story was full of excitement
and bullets
viii Phifer come in here on the rum,
she said. He must have been drinking
steamboat liquor. He pulled d gun on ME
and fired four times, and | amt said a
word to him.
Johnsie said she didn't know exactly
how it happened. Phifer. she said. came
in at the door and said something about
not getting a drink and after that the
place seemed to be full OF smoke and bull
let's. She was so excited about getting
away that she forgot just how she did
duck the lead.
William Went Along.
The police then started after Phifer
They had already learned about his hold
ing up Pat Shea and being put to igno-
minious flight.
They found him hiding in an alley near
his home. He still had the revolver. He
made no effort to escape arrest once the
policeman found him Detective Klein
dienst took him to the police station and
locked him up. The revolver had four
empty shells in it,
The one charge registered against him
was connected with the attempt to shoot
"JohnSie Barnes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Never Had a Chance.

IN tell you. old boy, he said to the
interviewer. "a fellow mp against it
when he is to be tried by bunch Of
countrymen from the backwoods like
those that tried me. | never had a chance
from the beginning.
They get married young, bring up
big families. work around their farms.
What do they know about a city or a
city's life What do they know about
how easy it IS for Il Young fellow nova
days to get mixed up with a girl like
Beuah Binford? In a city-you newspa-
per men from the north all know this
ii is almost impossible for a chap with
a little bit of money and q motor car
to avoid getting mixed up with those
women. He can't help 1t. Isn't that
right
That's what they got me on-this
Beulah stuff, went on the condemned
man Just as casually as though he were
telling why he had struck out in base
ball game. These farmers back here
don't understand, that's all
Il want to say again that I'm innocent
and that any jury of up-to-date young
men or residents of live city-even of
Rchmond-would have freed me-
by the way. fellows, Beattie added.
Il see lot of talk in the papers about
the possibility of me trying to end my
] finally must go to the chair, I'm going
You all have said in your articles that
was game. Well I'm going to be game
right through to the finish, whatever it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Swung Danger Signal.

Mi Garden, who was an eyewitness 10
the accident said he standing on
the rear platform o. the front car The
conductor was in the front ~ the car
collecting fares when the trolley pole
came off of III" overhead Wire. Mr..
Bardcu said. He came through the car
and was sitting w in the rear window
of the platform trying 10 place II on I've
wire again when som" one called out
thai another car was coming.
The red running light was on the
platform and the conductor picked II up
and swung il outSid" If the car. SAID
Mr.. harden. but the oucum!ns car was
roo near by that time 10 he stopped. !
jumped from the car Just before they
came together and was not injured
Mr. Garden said that III both cars the
passengers who sustained the worst in
jurics were. those who were in the front
OF the ears TiS resulted. he said. hy
those in tire rear being thrown forward
upon the others.
DIR. Villa w. Jones vino resides At 18th
street and Bennns road was sitting ON
his front porch when tn" accident &C
= Cured. and was among ihe first To rem
der aid to the injured.
My attention WAS attracted to the hfSt
car a. II passed my corner. said Or.
Jones. by the trolley pole slipping from
the wire and by the noise resulting from
il striking the overhead cross wires. The
car was running at a rate of speed usual
~ maintained in rounding the curve here
and when the trolley slipped off the
motormau was unable To stop his car I'M
til he reached a point just this side of
9th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Fight to See Victims.

Those who had relatives or friends who
went 10 Chesapeake Beach yesterday
when they heard Of the accident focked
To 18th and III streets and in several in
stances fought frantically to get to the
cars 10 endeavor to find out il their
relatives or friends were among the vic
Tins.
Frederick J. Whitehead, secretary of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, learned of the accident shortly
after il had occurred and arrived at 18th
and III streets northeast before the in
Jured were brought in. He Immediately
had ii score of railway employees on hand
and assisted in aiding the injured.
a wreckinG car was rushed from the
car barn, and after about an hours work
replaced the two cars on the tracks
Traffic over the line was delayed for
more than an hour while cars were run
to Chesapeake Junction over one track.
Ii was several hours later before both
tracks were clear for operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Anti-Foreign PIacards
Fan Flame of Discomfort

Anti-foreiGn placards are being posted
in tbenstu. capital of the turbulent
Chinese province OF Sze-Chuen. accord
ing To reports reaching the State De-
partment. This is somewhat discon-
certing. il shows tina. the dissatisfied
temper Of the natives. aroused by China :
railway policy. Is being leveled not ONLY
al the government. III at foreigners as
WE'LL
The apprehension Of the foreign resi-
dents is shown hy the fact that the Brit
ish subjects, accompanied by other
foreigners, have already left ChenGtu for
Chungking. where British French ani
German eunboats are now lying. Ameri-
can Charge Williams. at Picking. sestyr-
day cabled the State Department that ~
Lad learned from official sources that tn .
British had left Friday. That IN
formation supplemented through
private channels, he added. to. the effect
that other foreigners had accompanied
the British 1t is not known whether or
not any Americans were among these
| foreigners,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Injured Treated at Hospital.

: The summons for the ambulance warned
the surgeons at the Casualty HOSPITAL
that much work was in store for them,
and they made preparations while wait
Ing FOR the bringing in of the victims
DIR. William G. Reeves surgeon in chief
OF the hospital staff; DIR. Albert Tibbits.
also OF the visiting staff, and Dr. G. G.
Grant and DIR. Jaeger, internes worked
over the injured for several hours Mr..
ScEafer and Mr.. Perkins the worst in
Jured, received the bulk of their atten-
ton.
Conductor Posey, who has only a room
IN the house where he lives, was given
quarters in the hospital. where he can re-
ceive the care of the nurses His con-
dition would have permitted him TO GO
homA
+ Frederick j. Whitehead, secretary of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. visited the hospital and asked
that Conductor Posey and the other in
tured men be given every care at the eX-
pense of the traction corporation.
Mr. Whitehead said that he had been
unable to fix responsibility for the col
lision, as his chief concern had been 10
see that the injured were provided for.
He had no idea how il happened, he said.
Motorman Badly Shocked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Saw the Cars Crash.

Il saw the conductor endcavorinG 10 re-
place the trolley on the wire. Hardly
a minute passed before the second car
rounded the curve at Il high speed and
almoSt before ! knew it had crashed into
the stalled car.
Il went 70 the scene and brought sev-
.ral persons To my office. Others were
assisted here by friends. only obtained
the names of two of those whom ! treat
ed. although there were about seven oi
eight with minor injuries.
DR.. Jones said he had not noticed
whether the red running light was on the
rear of the front ear at the time of the
accident.
The force of the impact was SO great
that the front car was driven ahead fol
a distance of fifty or sixty yards and left
the tracks. The CroSS-beams and iron
work were broken and bent. The front
and rear windows of the vestibuleS We're
shattered. while the flooring of the rear
car and the front windows also Were
broken.
Fortunately. almost all of the side win
GowS of both cars We're open, being down
behind the seats. Had they been closed
d number of other persons probably
would have been injured by flying glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

called out. There comes another var.
As the lights in the front car We're out
.Motor1nan Il II. Johnson. who was oper-
ating car No HJ6, did not see ii. Nhen
Ii suddenly doomed mp close in front OF
him il was too late for him to stop his
. car He made frantic efforts 10 bring
IL to "a halt
As the cars crashed together the pas
sengers who We're standing in the aisles
of both cars. we'll as those seated were
thrown toward the front ends of the cars.
They were piled in heaps. Some were
thrown against the front windows and
the glass in both cars was broken and
flew in all directions 1t was due to this
that Il number of the passengers We're
cut about the face
The direct cause of the accident is at
fributcd tn th, failure of the front car
to display the red running light on the
rear OF tho ear. The light was not put
in place before leaving the Junction. ac-
cording tn Paul +. Barden of Spring.
man Bpnninw. u. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Taft Missed Opportunity.

take the tariff out of politics. say
some. The President missed the best OPP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
BEATT|E RAPS JURY
Speaks in Bitter Spirit OF Men
Who Returned Verdict.
HOPES FOR ANOTHER TRIAL
Tells Newspaper Correspondents He
Has No Notion of Suicide.
WILL CONTINUE GAME TO END
Convicted Wife Murderer Kept
Under Constant Surveillance in
Chesterfield Jail.
HOPES FOR ANOTHER TRIAL
WILL CONTINUE GAME TO END
Special Dispatch tn Th" star.

Special Dispatch tn Th" star.
CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE. Va.
September o-rhroush a blue haze of
cigarette smoke at tie window of his lit
tie cell in the old colonial Jail here Henry
Clay Beattie IT,. who yesterday was cen
demned 10 die for having slain his young
wife on the Midlothian turnpike on the
night of July l.. tnis afternoon talked
quite frankly about his affairs
y m far from a dead one vet he said
as. he srinned in man o-man fashion at
his interviewer There's many legal
battle tN*Come before they send me to
the electric chair. | think III get a new
trial. IN another county, and with an up
to-date jury III lie acquitted
The Young man was more Interested n
dispatches from New York telling OF
that city : Protest against Beulah Bin
ford stage appearance. than he was in
his own fate, apparently. He asked to
be shown the local papers containing
these dispatches. and not until he had
read them through would lie go on and
discuss his own affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Carefully Planned Murder.

Pruett is quite small for his age. and
it seemed that he carefully planned [ .
tragic murder which he carried out. IL
was a brutal act
Pruett's age and size is all that saved
him of verdict of first degree. The
case has been on IN the corporation court
here for two days. Pruett will be given
a new hearing before court adjourns. II
is likely that he will be placed on trial
again Monday. He is the youngest per-
son ever known to be placed on trial
for his life in this section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Ambulances on Hand.

The ambulances and patrol wagons
were on hand, and Capt. Daley and
Lieut.. Falvey of the ninth precinct,
with policemen of that precinct and the
reserves of the second precinct aided
the physicians in transferring the in
jured to the hospitals.
Several of the passengers We're so badl Y
injured they had to be carried from the
cars and placed in the ambulanceS. Hur-
ried runs we're then made to the hos
pitfalls with them. In several instances
men who had spent the day with their
families Chesapeake Beach were in
juIed they could not walk unaSsisted.
With their children crying hysterically
and their wives endeavoring to aid them,
a pitiful sight was presented.
The news of the accident spread quick
IL throughout the northeast section of
the city and by the time the first ar
rived with the injured aboard several
thousand people We're congregated at the
18th and III streets terminal. The police,
aside from rendering aid to the injured,
were kept busy in holding the crowd
back. that the doctors might work and
the injured he placed in the ambulances
and patrol wagons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

the earth dragons upon those who have
disturbed them by digging FOR the rail-
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Jury UNABLE TO AGREE
IN BOY MURDER CASE
Samuel Pruett. Aged Thirteen
Years, Will Have New Trial
at Danvi|le, Va.
Special Dispatch to The Star

DANV1LI.E. Va. September 9.-After
celebrating for one hour and twenty
eight minutes the jury trying Samuel
Pruett. thirteen-year-old slayer OF Frank
Mahan. aged fourteen years. May 10. re-
turned from the jury room stating that
they were unable to agree and there was
no possibility of an agreement.
These two youths worked side by side
in the Riverside cotton mills here. and
Monday morning. May -. Samuel Pruett
shot and instantly killed Frank Mahan.
shooting him three times in the body.
His reason for killing his fellow-youtn
was that he had been picking at and
Worrying him for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Supported by Native Press.

The Chinese press of Peaing gener-
ally sides with the Sze-Chuen party. Mr..
Williams added. The trouble in the dis
turbed province found an echo in tire
Chinese capital through public meeting
OF Sze-Chuen residents OF Pekng Thurs
day. when the removal of Minister OF
Communications Sheng. who Is held
sponsible for the governments railway
policy. was demanded
.Aivices which reached the State De-
partmsnt from other sources than the
American legation not only confirmed Mr..
Williams reports OF the dissatisfaction OF
the natives with the railway projects OF
the Chinese government. but foreshadow
a great extension Of the native agitation
owing to the distress resulting from the
great floods in the lower Iang-tse- kiang.
These reports state that the great dis
trcss which now exists in that section
as a result of the partial famine which
already exists through the destruction OF
to cause extensive riots later on and
these probably will assume an anti
foreign phase. In that case the present
disturbance which is confined to the up
per reaches of the Yang-tse river in
SZe-Chuen province. may be expected TO
extend down the river from Ichang IL
Chin kiang, which country is now under
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Many Passengers Jumped.

number of passengers who were on
the rear platform of the front car and
others on the front platform of the rear
car jumped when they saw a crash was
inevitable Several of them sustained
slight injuries. caused by striking against
the ties or falling on the gravel along
side of the track. one two who also
received but slight scratches managed
to get our of the car windows before the
crash. They were in the front car and
saw the other car approaching.
As soon as the accident occurred and
after he had learned that a number of
passengers were injured. DR.. Jones tel
ephoned from his office and notified the
police and street car officials.
When Capt. Daley. in command of the
ninth precinct, learned of the accident he
telephoned to the Casualty and Emer-
gersy hospitals to send their ambulances
to 18th and Fl streets northeast. The
automobile patrol of the second precinct
and the patrol of the ninth precinct with
the reserves also went to that place.
Other ears which were about to leave
the Chesapeake Junction terminal were
held just in time to keep one or two
of them from proceeding toward the
city and possibly crashing into the
wreck A switch is situated a short
distance above the scene of the wreck.
and several of the cars at the CheSa-
peake Junction terminal were run down
the outgoing track and the injured per-
sons were hurried to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
SILENCE BAD OMEN

Continued from First Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Ships Ready for Service.

Reports TO the Navy Department yester-
day indicate that Rear Admiral Hubbard
is rapidly disposinG of the warships under
his command for the protection of Ameri-
can interests as far as possible. His nag.
ship Saratoga. accompanied by the New
Orleans ard Helena. was to leave Shan.-
hal at ; o'clock this morning and ascend
the river as far Marking. about lao
miles up the YanG-tse kiang
At that point the Nillalobos. light
draft gunboat which WAS captured rom
the Spaniards during the war, has been
stationed. The Saratoga, New Orleans.
and Helena probably will have to stop
al Nanking on account of their draft. but
the Nillalobos. upon their arrival. will
move up the river another $50 miles 10
Hankow. where she VIII take station.
Another little light-draft sunbcat. this
Samar was ordered Friday 10 continue
up the river 10 lchang. which Is just
within the disturbed province of SEE
Chuen The .,unboat Callao is stationed
at Hongkong in readiness for river service
at A moments notice.
Admiral Hubbard says tfat he will. II
necessary take the Helena and the
smaller gunboats far up the fang-ts.
as Ichane hut they all draw too much
water to proceed further He reports
that four special river gunboats OF for
eign nationality have managed to work
M a hundred miles above the point where
the American vessels must stop because
of their Heavier draft, and almost IN the
center of the disturbed district
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
CHASTITY Procession Through Town

The crowds rushed into the building,
brought out the cholera patients and
carried them in CHASTITY procession
through the town The thoroushfares
were lined with people who acclaimed
the cholera victims and shouted impre-
cations against the government.
The cholera suspects under observation
We're also set free amid similar scenes of
frantic enthusiasm enacted by the people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

Motorman Badly Snockeu.
The motorman on the rear car, Il. b.
The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-05-16
Ollie JAMES SPEAKS
HERE this WEEK
elo eRbINY CONGRESSMAN TO
ADVOCATE HIS cApIoAcY FOR
sENAToRsHlP.

Congressman Ollie James, who is a
candidate for the democratic norn-
nation for United States Senator. will
speak to the voters of Stanford, Lin
coin county and vicinity in Stanford
On Saturday afternoon May goth. Mr..
James has a great many friends III
Lincoln county who viii undoubtedly
turn out in large numbers TO greet
him. The speaking will be held at
the court house at O'Clock and every
one is invited to attend.
Mr.. James has been congressman
from the first district for about IL
years, and during that time has easily
taken rank as one of the leaders in
the flouse lie Is regaFTed as one. OF
the closest friends of Bryan in Qpn-
gress and has always been fotnd
fighting on the side of the people.
Mr. James is regarded as a very elo-
duent and forceful speaker and will
be worth coming miles to hear.
The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-05-16
DEATH THREATENED
To HORSES By POISON
JAKE ROBINSON RECEIVES AN uN
USUAL ANONYMOUS LETTER
AND SUSPECTS WRITER

Al anonymous letter. threateninG
death by poison to tho horses on his
farm. in the event certain brood
mare was not given 20 the writer of
the episue. was received by Jake
Robinson. one of the most prominent
farmers in this section OF the state.
MIR. Robinson lives ON the Danyil .
like. the Boyle-Lincoln line dividing
hs farm in half
Mr.. Robinson enteT:ains suspicious
a. TO the authorship OF the letter. and
cane to town last week and talked
over the matter with COUNTY Judge
Haley with regard to issuing a war
rant tor the suspected party Mr..
Robinson decided to wait a few days
for the Strengthening OF several Cicws
which he has at hand
\ very large tobacco anu stock barn
belonging to Mr. buJlnson burne /
down ON his place a short time ago
and there are those who are inclined
t. think that there may have been
some connection between this dcstru
tive tire and the letter he received.
The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-05-16
DEATH OF MRS. FLORENCE.

Mrs. Bette Florence, widow OF the
late denry Florence, of the Waynes
burg section, died at her home las;
Wednesday and was buried in Bufra
10 cemetery here on Thursday. She
was 81 years OF age and had been
an invalid for many years She is
survived by seven children. Mrs
Florence vas raised in Harrison coun
ty but moved here a few years ago
With her husband and family and had
lived here since. She mad long been
a faithful member OF the Christian
church and her passing away will be
generally regretted by large number
or friends and loved ones.