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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-30

The Fate OF, Two Mighty Tribes.
The colonists, however, rallied gal.
lantly, nearly extermlnated his allies,
the .Sarragansetts, and at last coopsd
Phillip and his remaining followers in
tho swarbps near Noun. Hope. They
captured his wife and little son and
sold them into slavery In the West In.
dle:, Such OF his valiant followers az
thsy caught they also sold as slayes.
OF tie great tribes OF the PokanoSets
and Narragansetts combined. less than
$50 persons were left alive. Philip,
WITH a mere handful OF men, hid In a
marsh near the village where he had
onSs reigled as king,
So safely was he hidden that the
pursuing ~colonists could not find him.
Then It was that an Indian whose
brother Philip had put to death Of
fered to guide the soldiers to the
fugitive Kings" headquarters. The
troops burst In upon Philips little
band at dead OF night. on August 10,
1876. Their Indian guide, obeying the
vengeance law Of. the next OF KIM"
shot Philip dead. The slain sachem's
body was cut 10, pieces by the Eng
lish and his severed head carried IN
triumph or a pole 10 Plymouth.
Phillip had tried TO stand against
the march Of progress, With his lie
he had paid the penalty.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

But whatever the exact mode of disposition
the significance is the same-the obsolete vessel
is considered as "junk" though it still be
capable of usefulness In a small way. When 1t
announced last year that the powers that be
at the naval headquarters had designated
S5000000 worth of warships to be sent to the
scrap heap there were gasps Of establishment
from good folk all over the land who had thought
that when built warship we made perma-
nent investment Yet that shock is likely to
have frequent repetition. Indeed Il looks as
though the discards every calendar year would
reach or exceed the fifty million mark on the
basis of original cost. The year 1911 is not very
old and yet Ii has brought tidngs of the pros
pective compulsory retirement of a number of
costly ships-some OF them completed only 4
few years ago and supposed to embody all the
lessons we learned during the SpanishAmerican
war.
Every merchant knows that It is not good pol
Icy to hold on to dead stock" simply because he
paid out good money for 1t once upon a time.
and Uncle Sam is following an approved bust
ness principle in this scheme of taking frequent
inventory of his naval possessions. The plan of
actually getting rid of surplus craft came about
through the sale Junk few years ago OF the
last Of the old Civil war monitors These brought
fair prices-better proportionately than have
been bid for some vessels less ancient. Then,
all Of sudden, with the appearance OF the Brit
ish battleship "Dreadnaught" there was unex-
pectedly ushered In the present era OF the "aI
big gun" ships. an era that in effect brought TO
an untimely CLOSE many promising careers In
warshipdom-cut short. in other words, the use
&ulness Of a number of unarmored and lightly
arInored craft that might have continued in the
vocation for which they were built for many
years vet had II not been for this fad for the
heavily armored sea warrior
Battleships are. according to present ideas. the
longestlived Of all warships. or the more than
thirty heavyweights of the naval fighting force
which have been constructed BY the United
States only one has as yet been condemned to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

sbarns a chance IN foresee just what is liable to
happen in the naval battle of the future and to lay
their plans accordingly
While ont battleships. even though some of them
were built full twenty years ago. continue In fash-
ion a very different fate has befallen the steel
monitors which once ranked next to battleships
in the estimation of our naval authorities anu
everybody else. Uncle Sam had nearly dozen OF
these armored monitors-a distinctive YANKEE IN
vention that originated during the Civil war-but
they have all been sold off relegated to ignoni-
nous duty. This fate has even befallen the Ne
vada the Florida Qater the Tallahassee and the
others of the quartette of modern monitors which
were constructed for coast defense only little
more than a decade ago and cost million and
half dollars each.
An immense collection of warships that is rap
idly passing is that made up of cruisers such as
the Boston Marblehead. Detroit and score OF
others. Some of these have already been retired
from service, while others are yet employed Tor
keeping peace" in Central America and for patrol
work particularly in shallow waters where the bat
tleships can not readily find anchorage. However.
they have neither the speed nor the amor to
enable them to take hand in up-todate warfare
on the seas as II would be conducted in this day
AID generation by any up-to-date power and Sc
gradually they win have to give way. The same
is truo OF some OF the gunboats built long ago
though not few of them yet adapted to patrol
duty where there is no danger OF heavy lighting
and as for our pioneer torpedo boats. why they
so far outcassed that the battleship fleet has been
using them up one by one for several years pas.
targets during the semi-annual target practice.
Since the navy department found that adequate
bids cannot be obtained for many OF the vessels
which it Is dscardng but which are perfectly ser
yiceable in far as seaworthiness is concerned.
it has been considering the suggestion made by q
number Of congressman that these vessels be
tur1,ed over to the naval militia OF the various
states for use training ships or practice ships
Vessels such as the cruisers Charleston and ST
Louis would be ideal for such purpose.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

this summer. or pillow for corn? We'd
better decide, If this weather is 60
ing to stay"
Without, the low hills were ia
king on tender greenery, and two
robins made love under the window.
Miss Anne, being young and whole
some and pretty, was pulsing be-
meath the call of spring-and Viii
liam was talking about blowing!
Whatever you think best, VIII
liam" And then, suddenly turning
her dark eyes full upon him: What
did you really want to see me about,
William"
Douglass gasped and fioundered.
Then, rising, he placed a little pack
age of papers in her hand, and said:
Here's a statement of things-of
your money and stocks and your
farms. I'm going TOTO leave, Miss
Anne"
The old clock in the hall tick
locked of ages of silence. Douglass
kept his stubborn glance on the sun
shiny landscape beyond the broad
window. Miss Anne studied the top
of her little slipper.
Going away" she said at last. as
Ii to herself. you are really going
to leave us! Why, William"
It's a private matter. Pd-well.
I'd rather not say, Miss Anne"
is II salary. William? You know
I've tried to make you take more"
NO" returned Douglass. decided
ly. I'm paid more than I'm worth.
now"
Tut you've done splendidly. VII
liam. When we hired you as mana
ger, mother and had no idea of bur.
dening you with our financial affairs.
too. And now we're depending on
you to make our investments"
IT'S all right, Miss Anne. I've
liked to do it,
Uncle Robert says you've made us
richer than ever. And a share Of
that is yours"
No." said Douglass. and he meant
/ it. 1T isn't money"
I'm sorry," said Miss Thornton
1 plaintively. We've been very hapnv
togcth-" II William had not been
so busy watching the lovemaking
robins he would have noticed a little
blush tsnge his employers cheeks as
she substituted: "Everything's been
50 harmonious"
1 i know, Miss Anne. That's what
makes il hard 10 go. / never can
thank you for your kindness. Those
papers viii explain things to the new
van"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

the brief space of decade or two-not worn
out, TO be sure, in the literal sense of the word
out SO out of date that II is not very serviceabe
Just as Is woman's gown made in the fashion
OF several years ago.
IL is appalling to people who think that
house or aAwagon or carriage or a piano wears
Gut more quickly than it ought to realize how
much more rapidly. proportionately an all-metal
w7trship. built to withstand an enemy's shot and
SHELL VIII outlive its usefulness without ever
having fred a hostile shot or been made the tar.
get of an enemy's gun. And the worst of tat
least from the standpoint OF the people who
think that altogether too much money is being
spent for death-dealing paraphernalia-is that
the active life of the average warship aupears
TO be steadily growing shorter Time was not
80 very long ago. when the active life OF a war
snip was supposed to be at least twenty years
but so rapidly do fashions in war craft change
in this effete twentieth century that the busy
career of fighting craft Is now much shorter
than score of years
Partly because OF these tendencies to short
life on the part of warships and partly because
he has come TO be the owner OF the second Iarg.
est navy In the world Uncls Sam has been
mighty busy this past year or two revising his
category of warships He has been wedding
them out right and left, If such term may be
used. II is customary TO say. in the popular
form of expression, that Uncle Sam has been
selling out his worn-out warships and vet
STRICTLY speaking. that hardly expresses the sit
uauon- For one thing, the ships are not liter
any worn out as has been explained above. and
men again the government has not been selling
out IN all instances Indeed. In the case OF
some OF the obsolete ships put up at auction the
bids received have been low that indignant
naval officers have been wont to remark that the
navy department has been giving away" its
fhas beeus" In not a few instances the govern.
ment-sonetmes because no outsider would nav
a rational price-has been driven 10 using its
old warships in ways never anticipated VIXEN the
ships were built
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

William Douglass, manager of
Thornybrook, strobe to the telephone
and rang three times. A lovely
voice, with little yawn in it, an
swered.
May l see you a few moments,
Miss Amer" queried Douglass. ITS
matter OF importance"
Yes, William" returned the lovely
voice Come right over"
Anne Thornton, owner of Thorny-
brook, awaited the manager in a
sun-fiooded room in the handsome
old house. Miss Thornton was good
to look upon. In a ruff1ed, trailing
morning gown, and with dewy eyes
that looked forth contentedly on a
pleasant world, she was ravishing
Or so thought William Douglass,
anyway. William was in love with
his employer.
His homely, trustworthy face was
pale and his eyes were dark-dinged.
He had not slept much for two
nights trying to decide on just what
he was going to say. Now he found
his speech curiously hard to deliver
Miss Anne" he began.
YES" encouraged Miss Anne, in
tone of voice she reserved for
Douglass alone.
Il am going-I have decided-that
is, we-you have chance to buy some
more stock of the Du Quoin National
bank"
well, what do you think Of it,"
1T is good buy" William, on
familiar ground, was not embarrassed
now. ''The banks we'll managed and
is making money"
Then buy it, William. You know
trust all those things to you, any
way"
The unhappy William perspired
That's what came to see you about.
Pve-I've been thinking about the
back farm. Shall we pasture it again
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

ever was during her active
career. 1t is most essential
for the planning of the bat
ties of the future that our
naval experts shall know in
advance just how modern
high explosives. when fired
from present-day guns of the
heaviest class, viii act when
they encounter the resist
ance of the armor on a bat.
tleship. Tests with such
armor set up as a target on
shore do not give exactly
the same conditions that
would obtain In a fight at
sea. The discarded Texas,
however, anchored to re-
ceive gun fire just as though
she were a hostile battle
ship, will give the naval
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
Expecting Too Much.

Il thought you said that the furnace
you sold me would heat every room
in my house" hollered the man with
the blue fingers, as he threw himself
into the timers shop.
Il did. and 1t will" retorted the
proprietor, who withdrew behind bis
counter for safety and grapsed ham
mer for defense. but the trouble VIII
you is you have been trying to make
the furnace heat all the rooms a.
once"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

the graveyard. This exception is the Texas, and
perhaps the officials were all the more ready to
get riz of her because she was "hoodoo" ship.
Readers viii remember that she did not behave
any too well during the Spanish-Ameriean war.
and since then she has been afflicted with such
a steady run of i'll luck that many of the blue
Jackets grew superstitions about venturing to
sea in her Thereupon she was made station
ship" at navy yard and now within the past
few weeks the navy department has decided that
she is truly useless and she will be used as a
target In this function she may be of more
S-ueft to the navy. though indirectly, than she
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

The position requires a high &c
gree of courage. We must know thai
you possess it."
Well, sir, I ran q moving pic.1-'
show for six months q a collag'
town"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

power would be only too glad to keep all It's old
ships. even though constantly adding to the col
lection, If these older warships did not so com
pletely outgrow their usefulness
Az matter Of fact, few people appreciate how
quickly such armorcad does become obsolete
Ono of these massive floating fortresses con-
structed in the staunchest manner of iron and
steel and requiring two, three or four years to
build. looks as though 1t ought to stand the wear
and tear of wind and wave for centuries Yet
as matter of fact 1t is wholly out of date in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31

o keep a fighting navy up to date
means a continual whirl-a-gig per
Torrance of building new warships
on the one hand and discarding OBJ
solete or WORKOUT ones on the other
hand. It is not that a nation is linn
tied to just SO many vessels in its
fleets or that it has just SO much
room, so to speak, in which to store
these sea dogs of war so that some
old vessels must be turned out OF
house and home to make room for
newcomers when the latter are COM
pleted by the shipbuilders and ready
to take their places in the naval
family On the contrary any wnrld.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
IRON NETTING SAVES
ORPHANS FROM DEATH
Girls in Death Pact Leap From
Window 40 Feet from the
Ground-1njured.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct Am an at
tempt to end their lives. Marguerite
Fischer. l6. of Camp Washington. and
Mary Fisher, l3, of l.riangcr Ky.
plunged 40 feet from window in the
Juvenile Place Of Detention The older
girl struck on an iron grating on the
first floor of the Guarantee Trust build
ing and crashed through the iron net
ting into the Offices oil the, bnii1ing.
The Younger girl was butfeted from the
netting and fell into the street be-
low.
Marguerite Fischer's back. was
spraned and she WAS slightly bruised:
Mary Fisher escaped with bruises.
They will recover.
The girls We're cooking breakfast and
were alone III the Kitchen when they
decided to end their lives. They.
climbed TO the top of Il window where
there are no bars and for u moment
the older girl balanced herself on the
sill. then. with a scream. she sprang
from the window. Not frightened By
the screams of her chum or the sound
of her body crashing through the iron
netting Mary Fisher mounted the Win
dow frame and leaDed out Both are
orphans
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
STEpHENSON'S Men
FAIL 70 REMEMBER.
Lapse of Time Given as Then
Reason for Not Being Able
to Give Facts.

Milwaukee. vts.. oct I. i.aose Of
tina MAS gigen tefal hg Witnesses In
the sirphellson senatorial Investigation.
as the reason ior mot remembering
i,hott many paSsri,ont.s ol money in the
frimarS campaign of senator Isaac.
Stephenson 'rh, United states Sen
att commission which is Investigating
charges tltut Scnatol sstephstison in esx
pending slpl 1o3 secured Ills election in
1909 through bribery. recalled to the.
stand Il. Ednonds one OF the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
ATTACK ON TR|pOL|
ADMITTED IN ROME:
Reports Reaching That City Tell
of Bombardment All Day
Yesterday.
Berlin, Oct. 4.--The Lokal An
zeieer publishes report that the
italians have bombarded Prevesa.

Rome oct 4. 1t is officially stated
today thai Vice Admiral i'aravelli sept
- message To The government. stating
that the bomlDarolment oi the main bat
teries al 'Fripol commenced al J
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon and con
tin,led until sunset.
The batteries replied to he ltali'n
fire without effect Tho admiral init
mates that the boplDardn,ent WIN he
rcSined today, ia order to completely
destroy the batteries. 'liho greatest
care was taken By the Italian slfncrs
TO avoid damaging the buildings of
the town. only a lieht house and ope
Of the batteries w..re DESTROYED
The dispatch to the government was
timed at F,ipoli at - O'clock. last
night
The message to tho government from
Vice Admiral I'aravcii Was as fol
lows;
"on Board saltleship Iscnncdetto
ltrin, Tuesday g ~ p m.l. a born
hard,lent WAS commenced III $50
O'Clock THIS afternoon or tho principal
batteries OF l'ripoli. and WAS continued
uniil sunset, The batteries responded
To the italian FIRE blit without effect
The bonlbardnent will be continued
tomorrow when the destruction of the
batteries has herD Cunplctrd
Great carr was lakrn during the
boiai5ardment not 10 damage tho city
only Il lighthouse and ono battery
were deslroy"d
Rca, Adnital Ap3rey il commend
Of the italian Aaet al rripoli, reports
that in benibnrdins the city ne spared
all the cunsulat,s, clnrches. monas-
teries and eonvcnts, aiming plilN ~ lf4@
fortifications. The range Df the Turkish
cannona WAS so short that the shlps
were enabled u approach the CITY
closely and so take accurate aim.
The bonlnardment Mas rio,ract"d
because Of this extreme care To avoid
useless bloodahcd aud tp respect the
homes of noncomhatauts
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
BOY WITH ONE LEG
WHEELS 1,474 Miles
Travels from New York to
Cleveland With One "Cylin-
der Out Of Order.

New York oct I. Having ridden a
bicycle from here to Cleveland and
back again. William Gessling. ono
legged boy. has arrived IN New York.
Gessling had Travelled l,474 miles as
shown BY the cyclometer he carried.
Gessllng average for each travelling
day was a little more than so miles. He
had $3.50 wnen he LETT New York and
returned wit,h g GEMS. He maintained
himself. bl the sale. of postcards.
fiessiing @as brought up in cleve-
land as IA boy. and il was while there
dent. der, HeSiiiade tfi& Grip to visit rela
tises anfl,sfisendss' I'M the city whore
he was reaEed. On the way he Wore
eout two sets of tires and smashed the
front wheel of his machine when he
if.ifled to take a turn. He contemplates
a more extensive trip next Year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
ON GROUND
TO RACE FOR TROPHIES

Kansas city. Mo. oct. 4.-with the
exception of Lieutenant Voght, oil the
German army. all of the entrants In
the james Gordon Bennett and lahm
cup balloon races. which start from
mere tomorrow, are now in the city
Lieutenant Noght is on the way here
from New York.
Sin balloonists, representing three
countries, France, Germany and the
United States will participate In the
race for the Bennett trophy. Six Amer
leans. the three who fly i'm the Ben
nett race and three others will try for
the I.alm cup The latter is II dis
tance event, and To win it the record
of Alan X. Hawley, of l,17l.9 miles
must he beaten
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
STRIKERS IN, THE WEST
/ CONTINUE TO BE. AT REST

San Francisco. Oct. 4.The fourth
day of tie shipments strike on the
Hartman Fines opened without amy
indication of rfoting about the stock
AIDES which enclose the plants. al
though two carloads of strikebreakers
were taken into the local yards last
night. Supplies previously had been
secured and the company apparently
is prepared for a siege
According to +. l.. Reguin, pres1-
dent of the federation, San francisco
Is to be the distributing point for
strikebreake,s VINO will be sent to
the smaller shops Regain said the
men brought here last night were not
skilled mechanics.
Everything was quiet today al the
Oakland yards. where a few strike
breakers are AT work. Several cases
of air hose coping Oh trans nave
been reported. but the union men dis
avow afly Knowledge or connection
with it.
The time fixed by posted notices for
the return of thu stliltHrs to- WORK, eN-
splres at midnight tonight
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
BEEF STEW A RIVAL
OF BEANS IN BOSTON
Diet That Made Highbrow City
Famous Is Now Being Sup
plemented.

Roston, OFT 4 Another rival Of the
bean has hove in sightthe beef stew
and Mrs. Bertha Stevenson. Radcliffe
graduate ana proprietor of several res
tnurants. SPONSORS the new claimant
for public favor
What do Bostonians like the best o.
Miss Stevenson Was asked today.
Reef stew was her decisive reply
"Of course know that ] should say.
beans, bat the truth must come out.
Beans come n q poor second Beef stew
is away in The lead.
Miss Bertfa Stevenson is q southern
er and series meals to 5000 persons n
DAY, Ten Nears ago, With 800 capi
tai, an ine xpeiienced eirl. fresh from
college, Mis- Stevenson opened ilrr first
modest littie lunch room and bakery
out in Galabridge She has professors
on economies and hygiene lecture 70
her cooks .sla other help.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05

Pierre. S. D.. Oct. 5.-Congressnan
Charles III. Burke today announced his
candidacy for reelection TO the House
in the Second district with the follow
ing platforms:
Il shall be a candidate for represen-
tative in congress at the June, 1912 pri-
mary, subject to the will of the repub-
licans in the Second congressional dis
trict. / shall rely upon the record made
in my service heretofore. and If nomi-
mated and elected will pursue u course
consistent with that record. ! favor the
denomination and recollection of Presi-
dent Taft"
Candidates already announced for the
republican nomination for congressman
from the Second district are: Judge
Frank McNulty Aberdeen: N. p.
Bromley. Redtield; l. o. Curtiss, Aber-
deem; w s. Glass. Watertown.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
PLANS FORMED TO GET
.RUEHL AND WIFE FROM JAIL

Chicago. Oct. Steps were taken
teday 10 secure the release of Louis A.
Ruchl son of The founder of one of
Cilicago's largest breweries and his
wife, Mrs. Augusta Ruehl, who We're
arrested last night at the instance of
the State Bank of Nampa. Id. A
writ of habeas corpus was issued in the
circuit court made returnable fopth
with. In the application the WITNESSES
swore the cause of the restraint was
unknown. &. !.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05
NOVEMBER / is NAMED
FIRE PREVENTION DAY

Des Moincs. Ia. oct. Governor
Carroll today named November as
fire prevention day. He viii issue a
proclamation asking the people OF the
state 10 usc every effort that day to
clean up rubbish. inspect furnaces ana
chinneys Teachers viii be asked 10
tall. ON fire prevention 10 pupils.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-10-05

Nestigate tbe status Of trusts. and to
recommend Just Wha, would be proper
To prevent immoral dealings by them
before more drastic action for their
dissolution Mere undertaken. He also
suggested that large business combin-
tions should give to the federal GOV
ernment All fa"tS concerning their cap
ital and business. 50 that Without gov
ernment ownership. there would be
supervision and publicity, as now re-
q,lired from banks and railroads. We
should try TO regulate before we
strang,ilate he concluded