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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
AUTO KILLS NEWTON BOY
7. F. Burke Runs in Front of Car
Driven by e. v. FLANAGAN.

Two automobile accidents within few
minutes in Newton Friday resulted in
the death of one person and the serious
injury of another.
Thomas F. Burke, the 9-year-old son
of Patrick J. Burke of 1876 Chapel street,
Newtonville, was struck by car driven
by Edward V. Flanagan, the 18-year-old
son of Joseph F. Flanagan, retired
broker. He died within few minutes.
The other accident was the result of
collision of the automobile owned by
Thomas P. Curtis, 345 Lake avenue,
Newton Highlands, and that of Charles
E. Gibson, 80 Bigelow road, West New
ton. The Gibson car was overturned
and Philip Woodbridge, l6 Otis street,
Newtonville, one of the occupants, sus-
tanned crushed chest.
The accident which resulted in the
death of the Burke boy occurred at the
corner of Washington and Adams
streets, Newtonville. Young Flana-
gan, who is pupil at the Newton high
school, accompanied by Frank H.
Munroe, his chauffeur, and three fellow
students at the school, drove from his
home at Walnut Park and started down
Washington street.
AT Adams street the Burke boy ran
out in front of the car. Flanagan put
on all his brakes and ran in as near the
sidewalk as he could go, to get out of
the boys way. Burke lost his head and
after turning first to the right and then
to the left, got right in front of the
machine. The car knocked him down
and fractured his skull.
The other accident, which occurred at
almost the same time that the Burke
boy was killed, happened at the junction
of Chestnut and Highland streets, on
what is known as West NewtonllHill.
The Curtis car was occupied by Mrs.
Curtis and her chauffeur, John Francis,
of lOl Hawthorne avenue, Auburndale.
The Gibson car was driven by Charles
E. Gibson, Jr. There is a curve in the
road at the place where the two cars
met, which prevented the occupants
from seeing each other until too late to
prevent smash
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
Woman Killed in Auto Accident

Woodsville, N. H., Oct. Is. - Mrs.
R. B. McIntire of Randolph, VT, was
instantly killed today when an automo-
bile in which she was riding with her
son-in-law, Ernest A. Sargent, and
other relatives went over a 20-foot en-
bankment near Upper Lisbon village
today. Miss Alice Mcintyre, daughter
of the dead woman, was also hurt, but
Mr.. and Mrs. Sargent and their three
children escaped without serious hurt.
Sargent was driving the machine at a
moderate speed when he lost control of
Dit, and moment laterit went over the
bank. Sargent and Mrs. Mcintyre
were pinned under the car which turned
turtle, and the others were thrown
about in every direction. The driver
was unhurt, but when the wreckage
was lifted from the body of the woman
she was dead. Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
MIX-UP OF AUTOS.
BrookIine Runabout Wrecked by
Two Other Cars.

Charles S. Hald of 78 Perry street,
Brookline, is at the Massachusetts Cen
eral Hospital suffering from numerous
injuries received last night when his
automobile was raRmed by two other
cars on Beacon street near Halves
street, Brookline.
Mr.. Hald was driving his runabout up
Beacon street toward Coolidge Corner
on his way home, closely followed by an
automobile owned by Robert j. Keller
of the Hotel Beaconsfield. At the cor
ner of Halves street Mr.. Hald swung
sharply to the left. The Keller car
was so close behind that before the
driver could slacken speed his machine
struck the one in front.
The Hald machine was thrown back
into the middle of the roadway, while
the Keller car hurdled the curbing of
the reservation and slid across the car
tracks. Just as the Had car shot back
into the straightaway, big machine,
inward bound, owned by Frederick Es-
Textbook of 60 Longwood avenue, Brook
line, and driven by his chauffeur, Ber-
nard Ward, crashed into the damaged
car.
The Had machine spun around like
a top, throwing out Mr.. Had and lock-
ing the two cars together.
Mr.. Hald was picked up unconscious
and bleeding from many cuts. Dozens
of cars speeding by in both directions
pulled up at the wreckage. Mr. Had
was rushed to the hospital.
The engine was ripped out of the
Hald car, the bonnet torn off, both
mudguards torn and twisted and every
thing above the chassis wrecked.
When the two cars We're pried apart
the engine of the Estabrook car, which
had been stopped by the crash, started
again, and for moment the car ran
wild. Ward jumped to the control and
prevented further damage. - Boston
Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
AUTO KILLS TEACHER.
Accident Ends Life of Woms n
Who Had Taught for 80
Years

Easton, Penn, Oct. ID. Miss Emeline
Lommason, of Phillipsburg, N. j., the
retired school teacher who was one of
the four victims of an automobile acct
dent on the North Delaware River Road
on Tuesday while riding with party of
friends in the machine of Frank
Kneedler, Town Clerk of Phillpsburg,
died in the Easton Hospital to-day as a
result of her injuries.
Miss Lommasons service in the public
schools of Phillipsburg extended over
thirty-eight years. For three years
she was member of the faculty of the
High School, retiring on a pension
She was sixty-one years old. New
York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20

by the fact that there was no smokeless
powder on board the Maine at the time
of the explosion. This fact is matter
of record in the bureau of ordnance,
where an accurate record is kept of the
distribution of all powder belonging to
the navy"
In other incidents in the United States
navy, notably those on the Massachu-
sets, Missouri, Kentucky and Kear-
sarge. Mr.. Meyer said the ignition of
powder charges resulted from faults
in the mechanism of the guns rather
than from abnormal action of the
powder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
SIX HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Occupants Hurled to Street VIII n
Heavy Truck Hits Machine.

Six persons were injured in an auto
mobile accident on Fort Hamilton Park
way, near Prospect avenue, yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. William A. Force, jr.
of No. Is st. Charles Place, Flatbush,
was taken to the Kings County Hospital,
painfully bruised. The others were not
so badly hurt and went home.
With Mrs. Force in the machine were
her husband, their two children and her
husbands parents, living at No. ABS
Franklin avenue, Brooklyn. A heavy
automobile truck crashed into the auto.
mobile, over-turning it and throwing its
occupants to the street. New York
Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
One Killed, Six Hurt,

Bradford, Pa, Oct. 15.-Charles
Weinez, chauffeur of Toledo, Ohio,
was instantly killed to-day and six
other persons were seriousley hurt
when large automobile went over an
embankment five miles from Port
Allegheny. The injured are: Miss
Agnes Wharton, Bradford; Mrs. E. E.
Hall, Bradford; Miss May Hall, John
u. Wharton, and Beth Wharton, aged 2,
all of Bradford, and Agnes Day, aged
8, of Buffalo, N. Y Burlington Free
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
Auto Turns in Vain, Strikes Little
Girl.

Although he turned his automobile on
to the sidewalk and into yard Cam
eron Mcleod of Westwood was unable
to prevent it from hitting 3-year-old
Muriel Barrett as she ran across the
road. She was playing in front of the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Y. Barrett, on Washington street,
Westwood.
The child was hit on the side and the
head, and rendered unconscious. Mr..
Mcleod took her into his automobile
and rushed to Doctors Office, thence to
the Massachusetts General Hospital.
At the hospital last night she was in a
critical condition. Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 40, 1911.
The Revolution in China.

Reports come from Shanghai dated
Oct 10, that foreigners are leaving
Hankow as fast as possible, six
steamers arriving in one day packed to
their limit with refugees. The ships
were so crowded that many of the pas
sengers slept in long rows on the floors
of the hold.
The refugees declare the whole
Yangtze valley from Hankow to Shan
ghai is in the hands of the rebels with
the possible exception of one or two
of the larger cities to which provincial
officials have retired with available
troops. 1t has been insistently stated
here that Kin Kiang, $50 miles below
Hankow, is under revolutionary control.
This is denied by officials.
Accounts of the revolutionary attack
on WI Chang as given by the refugees
today emphasize particularly the mas
sacre of Manchus in that city. In the
slaughter neither age nor sex was re-
garded and it is doubtful the refugees
say, if single representative of the
Manchu race is left alive there. A
similar slaughter of Manchu followed
in Hankow and Han Yang, when those
cities fell
The run on the imperial bank here
still continues. The officials appear
to have ample resources. They are
now paying out for the first time the
newly minted dragon design dollars
from the mint
At Marking Shanghai, the hotbed OF
the revolution, rumors of plots and
counter plots are numberless. A for
NAL appeal issued by the revolutionary
agents today says:
1--WE appeal for the cooperation OF
our bl others throughout the world
Those with the money should contribute
funds, those with wisdom should devise
plans, those with physical proves
should join the ranks, those with infor
nation should secretly report the
enemies condition. We expect oul
movement to succeed. If it fails, the
ten days massacres of Hank Chow anc
Kiatng, when the Manchus subduec
China:will be repeated"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
letter Carrier. Hit by Auto. Dies

John S. Hartnett, "a years old, of 81
Creighton street, Jamaica Plains, let
ter carrier attached to the Roxbury
Crossing PostofIice, who was struck by
an automobile while delivering a special
delivery letter in Roxbury last Friday,
died at the City Hospital yesterday as a
result of his injuries.
Hartnett was riding his bicycle along
fremont street near Whittier street
when he collided with an automobile.
A widow and four children, the oldest
6 years and the Youngest l-2 years old,
survive him. Boston Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS
The Distance Trsversed BY the
Light Of the Stars.

AS man stands beneath some fawless
sky of night and gazes upon the multi
myriads of suns that sparkle and scin-
tlate gloriously above him, he cannot
appreciate matter how learned he
may be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS real re-
moteness of those fiery shy furnaces.
During the daytime his own sun seems
long way off, and in the evening Queen
Luna does not seem very near, but
during the night time each of these
diamond-like sparklers cannot really be
seen, as only their light rays flash and
twinkle upon his vision, for so incredibly
remote is everyone of these brilliant
gems that no disk can be discerned, and
its presence is only made known by the
furious and faraway fire.
So, as we gaze upon giant Arcturus,
now descending toward the northwest,
or upon blue Vega sparkling high near
or at the zenith, our eyes see light that
has travelled respectively without a
pause, at a velocity approximately
1856, 900 miles per second, for some
thirty-fve and some twenty j. years.
And as we study some Photographic
plate of the skies of night and behold
there seeming dusk specks which rep
resent most remote suns, we are looking
upon the action of light rays which have
travelled perhaps 1000, perhaps 10000
perhaps 10000 years. And when we
further ponder the matter and con-
lecture suns whose distance may ap-
proXimate 100,0 900 of such light years,
or even many more, we cannot help eX-
claiming with the poet: when con-
slider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars, which
thou hast ordained, what is man, that
thou art mindful of him? And the son
of man, that visitest him?" Charles
Nevers Holmes in Philadelphia Ledger
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
DESTROYED FROM OUTSIDE
BattIeship Maine Had no SIM ke :
less Powder on Board.

Washington, Oct. 18. Washington L.
Caps, former chief constructor of the
navy, has submitted a report to Sec
rotary Meyer tending to corroborate the
opinion of the court of inquiry that the
battleship Maine was destroyed in Hav-
ana harbor by an external explosion.
Mr.. Capps was sent to Havana by Sec
rotary Meyer to identify certain parts
of the wreckage which had been ex-
posed through the lowering of the water
in the cofferdam surrounding the Maine.
The testimony before the court of
inquiry, which met in 1898 immediately
following the destruction of the vessel
was based upon the reports of naval and
civilian divers who examined the hull
Mr.. Caps, however, had much better
opportunity to inspect the wreck. He
was especially familiar with the Names
construction, having superintendent her
building, and was selected for this rea-
son by Mr.. Meyer. A search of the
records of the bureau of ordnance made
by order of Secretary Meyer, brought
out the fact that no smokeless powder
OF this kind was in the magazines of
the Maine at the time of her destruc-
ton.
1T is to be deplored," said Secretary
Meyer today, that parallels have been
drawn between these two disasters TO
French vessels and certain accidents
which unfortunately occurred in the
United States navy in which the COM
bustion of powder was the known or
alleged cause of the destruction of YES
sells or loss of life. On February Is.
1898, the U. S. S. Maine was DESTROYED
by an explosion in the harbor of Havana
The cause of the explosion which de-
stroyed her has never been ascertained
definitely, but the naval court of inquiry
Which Investigated the circumstances
reported that the initial explosion was
due to mine or other cause external To
the ship.
In spite of these facts statements
are frequently made in the press and
elsewhere that the destruction of the
Maine was or may have been due to
spontaneous combustion of smokeIess
powder on board. That such could not
conceivably have been the case is shown
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
SMASHES 3 BABY CARRIAGES
Injuries Four Children, q Man and
Moman

runaway horse, after run of a mile
and half yesterday smashed into three
baby carriages and children wheeling
them, and left four youngsters severely
injured at Forty-sixth street and Second
avenue. Just before he ran down the
children the animal knocked down Ma
tilda Blanck of No. 339 East Sixty-ninth
street. Added to the list of injured is
John Hogan of No. 545 East Seventy
second street, who was dragged several
yards in an unsuccessful effort to stop
the frightened brute.
The animal, pulling a wagon owned by
Herschman & Bleler, had been left
standing in front of house by its driver,
Samuel Lay of No. 430 East Seventy
second street, in Seventy-second street,
between Avenue A and B. The horn of
a passing automobile startled the horse.
and he ran along the street to Second
avenue with Lay pulling at the reins.
The driver shouted as he found he had
lost control and his cries prevented
many from being run over. He tried to
stop the.runaway by pulling him towards
the ''L' posts, but the brute was halted
only long enough to smash part of the
wagon against them. Lay jumped out
and the animal, dragging the shattered
wagon continued down Second avenue.
dashing in and out between the cars and
vehicles.
At Seventeen street several boys ran
into the street to head off the horse, but
when its speed was not checked they
had to make way for it. At Sixty
ninth street Miss Blanck was crossing.
She was knocked down and afterward
was picked up unconscious and taken to
the Reception Hospital suffering from
many cuts and bruises and internal in
juries.
Hogan grabbed the flying reins of the
horse when he reached Fifty fifth
street, but was pulled off his feet and
almost thrown under the wheels of
trolley car. The horse continued to
Forty sixth street, where another eff
fort was made to brighten him to a stop.
Instead of hating the animal swerved
and ran into the congestion of baby
carriages there.
Bessie Ruffino, II years old, of No.
$40 Second avenue, was wheeling her
brother Joseph, year old. In another
baby carriage was Agnes O'Brien, 3
months old, of No. SAT Second avenue,
and third carriage contained Eta
Moreseno, II months old, of No. $50
Second avenue.
The wagon tumbled over all the baby
carriages and knocked down Bessie Ruff
fino. The mothers and other children
fled, but ran back to their charges after
the horse changed his course ard turned
out once more into the gutter. When
the children were picked up DR..
Miller of Flower Hospital examined
them for injuries. They had been cut
and bruised, but not fatally. New
York Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
KNOCKED FROM BICYCLE.
Young O'Brien Severely Injured
When Run Down by Auto
GELt mobile

Burlington, Oct. Is. Willie, the r.
year-old son of Mail Carrier E. H.
O'Brien and wife, of King street, was
severely injured Saturday afternoon
while riding bicycle on Pearl street.
He was run into by an automobile
driven by Fred E. Wilson, CONNER
cial traveller. The car was going slowly
but the boys wheel slipped and he fell
in front of and was struck by the auto.
One leg was broken and his face
severely bruised. Montpelier Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
Bursting otAuto Tire Kills Horse

A valuable driving horse owned by T..
A. Dempsey of West Ninth street,
South Boston, dropped dead at the
bursting of an automobile tire Friday on
Columbia road, Dorchester, while Mr..
Dempsey and friend were out driving.
An examination of the carcass disclosed
the fact that the animal had died from
heart disease. Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20

the last few days. Recorder Israel
Belanger is cooperating with Motor
cycle Patrolmen Mark T. Robertson
and Wilfred Delisle. This morning
James Tilley, who had fallen foul of
the latter, was fined $40 by the Re-
corder. Troy Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-20
An Auto-speed Campaign.

Speed violators, either in auto or on
motorcycle, would better avoid Cohoes.
A campaign against them has been car
ried on vigorously in that city for
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-11
THE MATCHMAKERS
By Stuart B. Stone.


Mrs. Melton-Langham sent the
Little Witch to Fairfield to find a
mice, dear husband with Chester
heldian manners and a safety de-
post vault in the bank" Those
are the exact words Mrs. Melton
Langham used in the little blue
tinted note she forwarded to me;
and I was the person intrusted
with the hazardous process of
finding.
The Little Witch arrived next
day. She had great, brown, soul
full eyes like a sixteenth-century
Madonna and you would have
thought her a saint at least. But
when l offered to introduce
young Harold Glenning, whom
we passed as we drove from the
station, she tossed her brown
ring1eted head and blazed fierce
ly:
mo, if you and Mrs. Melton
Langhatn are determined to star
me in the march from Lohengrin,
it wont be with that immature,
rainbow-garmented parsonage"
%"But-but" II faltered.
"But nothing" snapped Miss
Courtney. please drive up. I'm
cry hungry"
That was all for young Glen
ming. He was really not what
you would have called Chester
feldian, but he had the safety de-
post vaults and I had picked him
as first choice. Failing here, l |
had Wilson, the attorney, to see
Miss Courtney. Wilson was dis |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-11

after he had gone I questioned
the Little Witch and she whistled
through her teeth. why isn't
he. ba1d-headed?" she demanded.
'Why should he be bald
headed?" I countered.
"He is a lawyer" she replied,
"and whoever heard ola lawyer
with a thick, shaggy suit of red
hair and besides / ,dote on bald
headed men,,
put my hand to my own
smooth crown and, grinning, :
bowed.
ooh, not the kind that is short
and plump, with false teeth and
eyes like a lake salmon" she
added, so that there was moth
ing to do but turn away in high
dudgeon.
After that, I entered Talmage,
the bankers son, in the lists, and
he came and sat in red-and-yel-
low net hammock with the Little
Witch for four hours one night in
June l thought l had surely
made Roadway and went to con-
graduate Miss Virginia. Court
ney.
"Huh," she scoffed, with an
other toss of her head. ."He pratt
ties too much-girls he knew at
college, where he learned to
dance, his favorite colors, the new
picture hats and all that. Wanted
to sing me song about down
where the Tallapoosa swirls, too. r
Now, / like
H
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL DOWNED
IN 10 INNING BATTLE
Railway Beats Local School by Score
of I to 6--COley in Box for
Perth Amboy Team.

In a %ten-inning battle the Perth
Amboy high school baseball nine
was defeated by the Railway high
school aggregation on the latter's
grounds yesterday afternoon. The
locals were in the lead by the score
of 6 to 4 when the Railways boys
came to bat In the ninth inning.
While johnson vas going for his
mask In this inning Austin, who had
made a two-base hit and was now on
third base, attempted to steal home.
Coley threw the ball to the plate but
Johnson was not ready to receive the
sphere and so Austin tailed.
Etbracher, who was also on base,
taking advantage of the confusion
also attempted to steal home. John
son, who had now recovered the ball,
threw to Coley, who was covering
home plate, but the throw was too
wide and low for Coley to get, leay-
ing the second mar score and MAX
ing the tally 6 to s. In the next in
ming the Railway boys score one run,
which was sufficient to win.
In the eighth Inning Miller, who
had replaced Ayres, gave three men
bases On balls In succession without
getting one nan out, but the other
batters could do nothtnJ with his
offerings. Coley, of the locals, pitch
ed well and Miller also starred in the
box for the Railway boys. The score
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-27
MANY BATTLES
FOR WEEK END
anne in and Ont of Town
Arc Scheduled.

A number of good baseball games
appear on the sporting calendar for
over the weekend. A number of
local teams will journey to out-of-
town diamonds, while a number or
out-of-town teams will be entertain
ed by local mines.
This afternoon the Ashland aggre-
CATION will travel to Roosevelt,
where they will cross bats with the
Roosevelt A, c..
The Perth Amboys will remain on
the bench this afternoon, being una
BILE to secure a game.
On the A. S. & r. diamond tomoT-
row afternoon the fast Puritan ag-
gregation will cross bats with the
Sommer A. c., of New York.
On the copper works diamond the
Franklins will entertain the Cres-
cents, of Newark.
The Peerless aggregation travel to
Sewaren, where they will tackle a
fast nine of that place.
The Beaver A. c., of this city, will
be entertained by the st. Felix A. C,
on their grounds in South Amboy
tomorrow afternoon.
At Huguenot. s. l., the fast Hugue-
not A. C. will clash with the Port
Richmond nine.
The Iroquois, also of this city, will
cross the river Sunday and battle
with the Sheridan A. c., of South
Amboy.
The Warren Field Club, of this
place. will cross bats with the Red
Stars, of South Ambey, on local
grounds Sunday morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-27

E1&E9
WZEy

J. Alfred Compton's boat, the Ell
Ida" and the craft of Andrew Wight
left this morning for the Highlands.
On the course down a trial heat will
be sailed. Both boats have excellent
chances in the races to be held On
Decoration Day.
Longshoremen are OF the opinion
that a large number from this city
and vicinity will enjoy angling this
afternoon and tomorrow afternoon.
Eels are running large and very
plentiful.
On Decoration Day, the South
Amboy Athletics will have as their
opponents the fast team of the c. R.
R. of New Jersey team, of Jersey
City. The game will be played on
the Star Field in South Amboy.