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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
PEACEFUL USE FOR sPIoN KoP.
Scene Of Bloody Battle Becomes Mis-.
sIonary Farm.

Washington. - The scene of the
bloodiest battle of the Boer War, Spion
Kop, mountain outside of Ladysmith,
Natal, South Africa. is to be used by
Seventh Day Adventists as mission
farm for educating and Outstanding
the Zulus. Advices received at the
headquarters OF the denomination here
from one of it's missionaries there tell
of the purchase of this mountain peak,
containing 1900 acres. The farm is to
be self-supportin9.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
Tries Odd Suicide In Jail.

Huntingdon, Pa.-By swalloWins
match heads and ground glass, Franz
Ronello, on trial for murder, trled y
commit suicide. Sticking his manu-
kerchief in his mouth waen physicians
responded to the call. he refused ~
swallow medicine and had42 be nelu
while hypodermics weae used to com
pei him to vomit. He was gotten ou,
of danger and then jury conylc'eu
him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
CHARGE GIBSON TO STAY.
State Department Decides To Keep
Him At Havana.

Washington.-Hug s. Gibson, sec
rotary of the American Legation at
Havana, who was assaulted recently
by a Cuban journalist, will not be
transferred, according TO an announce
ment made by the State Department.
President Taft has directed, in view of
Gibson's familiarity with American in
terests in Cuba, that he be retained
there
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
RAILROAD INDICTED.
Interstate Commerce Law Violations
Charged Against Frisco.

St, Louis, Mo-The St Louis and
San Francisco Railway Company was
indicted on IL counts for alleged vio-
lation of the Interstate Commerce law
of 1887 by the Federal Grand Jury
The charges against the railroad set
forth that it made an overcharge in
the tariff on boxed burial caskets de-
livered to it from connecting lines.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
CREEK MOBILIZATION.
Expects To Place 10000 Soldiers In
the Field.

Athens.-The mobilization of the
Greek army is proceeding rapidly. AL
ready. $4,000 men are under arms,
with Greeks arriving daily from
abroad. A large contingent has al
ready reached here from America. With
the recruits it is estimated that 10000
soldiers can be placed in the field. AS
a result of the reorganization of the
last few years, the whole army has
been clothed. equipped and armed with
modern rifles. All infantry regiments
have machine gun sections. Trans
portation by land and sea has been
prompt, and the efficiency OF the mobi-
lization has raised the morale of the
troops greatly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
ALBANIAN TOWNS ARLAzE.
Peasants Fleeing To Frontier Killed
BY Montenegrins.

Vienna.-Many Albanian villages to
the north Of the Boyana River are in
flames. according to dispatch TO the
Meme Freie Presse from Cattaro.
Many fugitives, including some wound
ed men, have arrived at Scutari. Some
peasants, who fed TO the frontier posts
at Szamesi, were slain by Monte
negrins.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
COLLEGE TAKES MATTHEWS.
Noted Newspaper Man Appointed To
School Of Journalism.

New York.-Franklin Matthews, a
widely known newspaper man, has
been appointed associate professor in
the Pulitzer School of Journalism, Co
lumbia University. He will take
charge OF the course in practice in
news gathering, reporting, editing and
rewriting in the third year of the
school.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
KILLS FOSTER CHILD.
Ethel Hayes Shot In View OF Hun
dreds At Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.-In sight OF hundreds
of girls who had just left their places
of employment, Ethel Hayes, ~ years
of age, was shot and killed on the
street here by William Hayes, her fos-
ter-father. The latter then shot him
self and is in a critical condition at a
hospital The man waited for the girl
and when she left a mill where she
was employed, with a number of COM
panions, Hayes approached her and
began shooting.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

President Taft has appointed Felix
Frankfurter, solicitor of the Bureau
Of Insular Affairs, to the commission
to investigate the Board of United
States General Appraisers, succeeding
Chandler Anderson, who resigned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

During an outbreak among China
men in the Chinatown section of New
York two Cinnamon and two white
men were killed and many persons
were injured by fusillade of bullets.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
TO ARRITRATE STRIKE.
Service On Georgia Railroad To Be
Resumed Today.

Atlanta, Ga.-An agreement was
reached between the Atlanta Joint
Terminal Company and representa-
tives of the striking employees prac-
tically settling the strike on the Geor-
gia Railroad and Atlanta Terminals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

mo eggs for three weeks is the bat
tie cry of about 10000 persons in
o., who have started cam
paign of abstention from eating eggs
in the hope of lowering their price.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
He Did.

Chicago-James Smiley. alesou
pickpocket, mistook Detective Ca
roll for one of his pals. "Watcn 'hi9'
he said. The detective did anu
Smiley is in Jail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

The s1,O0O.O0O tax suit of the State
of New Jersey against the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad Company, in the Supreme
Court, will probably be postponed an
other year
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
BOY CUT IN TWO; LIVES 2 HOURS.

Physiclans At Loss TO Explain How
Consciousness Was Retained.
Chicago.--Richard POLAND. 10 years
old, his body cut in two by q railway
train, died at hospital here after
period of consciousness lasting more
than two hours. Polland's body was
severed just above the hips. His
mother went TO the hospital and talk
ed with him before he died Physi-
clans were at loss to explain how
consciousness, during which the boy
talked in response to questions, could
be retained for so long a time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
LOWER EXPRESS RATES LIKELY.
Commission Will Not Heed Com.
panies' Protests, It Is Believed.

Washington.-Be is strong that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will put into effect the new schedule
of express rates which the express
companies arc now vigorously fight
ing. The reductions, based on the
present business, will save the ship
pers of the country between $35.00O,-
600 and S33,0OO.O00 annually.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
ALL GREECE is READY.
No Longer Any Doubt Of War With
Turkey.

Athens Everything is ready at the
frontier for the forward movement.
There is no longer doubt in the minds
of the Greeks that war with Turkey is
inevitable. The stir and hustle caused
by the mobilization of the army has
been followed by complete calm. In
Athens all business has stopped; the
bourse and places of amusement are
closed. Athens Is practically empty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
Went to a Cemetery to FIlrt.

Went to a Cemetery to Flir''
Chicago. -Thomas STAINS, wai.s,,
was arrested charged with hansms
about a cemetery to firt with en ~
and women who came to put howe''
on the graves of relatives.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
NOBLE PRIZE TO DR.. A. cARREL.

Award In Recognition OF Achieve
ments In Medicine.
Stockholm Nobel prize for
medicine this year has been awarded
to DR.. Alexis Carrel, OF the Rockefeller
Institute, of New York. The award, it
is announced, is made in recognition OF
his achievements in the suture of
blood vessels and the transportation
of organs. The Nobel prize is valued
at $4,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

Milwaukee. Wis. - Colonel Roose-
velt's condition is more serious than
he himself will believe. His physi-
clans here tried in vain to persuade
him to remain quietly at a hospital
here, but he insisted upon going on to
Chicago.
Accompanied by physicians and
other members of his party, he left on
a special train for Chicago about s
o'clock and will at once be examined
by leading Chicago surgeons.
The surgeons who made the eXami-
nation here say that the bullet pene-
trated three inches of the abdominal
wall and the wound is more serious
than ar first thought, This was shown
by the X-ray photograph.
Colonel Roosevelt was in bed. rest
ing quietly. as the special train pulled
out of Milwaukee for Chicago. He
had taken some nourishment and said
he felt at ease and that no one should
worry about him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

Milwaukee. Wis-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was shot in the breast and
wounded as he was leaving the Gil
patrick Hotel for the Auditorium to
make speech. The wound was ap-
parently not serious and the Colonel
Went on 10 the hall and began his
speech after he had seen his assailant
arrested and taken to the police sta
ton.
Six physicians examined Colonel
Roosevelt's wound. They found it i'm
possible 10 determine the depth 10
which the bullet had penetrated, and
it was decided 10 take an X-ray photo
graph.
After the Colonel had completed his
speech, which he made despite protest
OF his friends. he consented to 80 to
the hospital. At 113O he emerged
from the hospital, walking unassisted
and saying: 4 am feeling fine"
The prisoner told the police, after
an hours examination, that ne was
John Schrank, Of $40 East Tenth
street, New York.
Colonel Roosevelt's life probably
was saved by manuscript of the
speech which he delivered. The bull
let struck the manuscript, which re-
tarded its force as it passed through
into the flesh. His assailant was pre-
vented from firing a second shot by
Albert II. Martin, one of Colonel
Roosevelt's two secretaries. Colonel
Roosevelt had just stepped into an
automobile when the would-be assassin
pushed his way through the crowd in
the street and fred. Martin, who was
standing in the car with the Colonel,
leaped onto the mans shoulders and
bore him 10 the ground.
The AssaiIant Caught.
Capt. 4. o. Girard, of Milwaukee,
who was on the front seat, jumped
almost at the same time, and in an
instant the man was overpowered and
disarmed
a Wild cry Of Lynch him" went up
Colonel Roosevelt spoke to the. people
and told them to spare the man, who
then was taken into the hotel and held
there until he was removed to the po-
lice station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18
ALARMED BY VOLCANO.
People In Ecuador Flee From
Towns.

GuayaQuil, standardization of
towns in the vicinity of the Volcano
Sangay were fleeing for safety Fri
day The peak showed increasing
signs OF activity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-18

the only noticeable activity is that of
ambulance organizations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
TRIP TO NORTH ASSURED
Croker Land Expedition Still
Needs $4,000, However.

The crockcr Land expedition Of the
Museum Of Natural History Is an assured
thing. il was said al Tn" museum yestcr-
day. because S35. 900 Of the $50. 900 needed
has been subscribed But IL is imperative,
il was added, that the additional $4,000 BE-
forthcoming 10 make possible the complet"
fitting ont OF the expedition. Contract :
have been made, and it is probable that the
Diana. one Of Admiral Pcary's ships. will be-
used by the expedition.
Among other things TO he taken into that
land which Peary thought ne saw through
his field glasses in June, 1906, Will be a
moving picture machine. Three years pro-
visions for the white men, with their help
ers and dogs. will be provided. The expedi-
ton is 10 be led by George Borup and Don
aid 3. Mcmillan. both Of Admiral Peary' $
successful party. As planned, the explor-
ers will leave sydney, y. s., on July 20, OBJ
tanning dogs and sledges on the way north
ward. The return 10 New York is planned
in the autumn of 1914
Among some of the subscribers TO the
$50. 900 arc Yale University Bowdon Col
lege the New York Academy Of Sciences.
Worcester Academy. Groton School and Col
gate University. The museum and the
American Geographical Society have also
made appropriations for H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
WILL THWARTs PARK SCHEME
Palisade Commission Not to Get Land
Left by Hartman Foe.
Try Telegraph to The Tribune.

Newburg. ~ Y. March a. - With the
fling Yesterday of the will OF Richard !.
Cunningham. OF Southield, It developed that
hope of the Palisade Park Commission &C
curing possession of four hundred acres Oh
land &C. complete tine proposed Palisade
Park was gone.
When the late Edward II. Hartman pur-
chased a large tract OF land in Southheld
and Tuxedo he was unable to secure the
four hundred acres from Cunningham. In
ability to acquire this land practically d.
vided into two parts the ten thousand acres
recently presented by Mrs. Hartman TO
the Palisade Park Commission for state
park purposes.
When Mr. Cunningham died last week IT
WAS thought his land could be purchased
from his heirs, but his will leaves the
realty in trust for life to his nephew. Egg
bert c. Cunningham, and his niece, Helen
=, Howe Tho decedent stipulated IN his
will that the land should not be disposed
Of until the death OF his nephew and niece.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
MUSIC
The Second Brahms Festival
Concert.

The second concert OF the Brain festl-
val which IS giving this week by the sym
phony and Oratorio societies took place In
Carnegie Hall Yesterday afternoon. II had
no choral element. that being reserved for
next Saturday evening, when the Oratorio
Society will sing the composers master
piece. IN German Requiem The pro-
grammo consisted Of tho third symphony
dn +, Op. 9m four songs sung by Mime.
MatZcnauer. 10 which NTH vas added In
compliance with an enthusiastic recall, ana
the pianoforte concerto in B-nat, the solo
part taken by Mr.. Bachaus. The conductor
OF all the numbers and the very efficient
pianoforte accompanied Of the songs was
Mr. Walter DamrosCh. who led his musi-
clans through a particularly spirited, cnsr-
gotlc performance OF the symphony.
Nine. Matzcnauers six songs were the
"Sapphlsche ode" COp. ~. No. q, the
"GelstlIches Wiegenlied," with viola obbli-
cato COP. 81. No. -: Inner Lesser wird
mein Schlummcr" COp. lO5, No. y and Won
Ewiger Liebe' Op -, No y. To these she
added tho "VcrSebiches Standchen' (Op.
S. No -. Despite the opuenCe Of Nine.
Matzcnauor'a voice IL can scarcely be said
OF her that she IN An ideal singer OF SONGS
She is full Of temperament I'm opera, but too
often phlegmatiC I'm song, and II was only
in the climax Of won Ewlgcr Ltcbe' zone or
the finest songs ever composed that she
rose Yesterday 20 real eloquence. In the
rarely heard "Gcistliches Wiegenlied," the
thematic substratum OF which Is composed
of the old German Christmas hymn Joseph
liohor Joseph mein" used I'm the old ecclesi-
asticaI ceremony entitled the 'kindel-
weigh" and by Brahms ntrusted To solo
violaD. Mr. Kovarik played most delight
fully. and the memory OF the song VIII be
one of the most enduring OF the festival
Mr. Bachaus was hardly convincing IN
the early part Of the concerto, his playing
lacking I'm tonal volume and assertiVeness'
but there was much that was exquisite IN
the slow movement and brilliant In the
o.i II. f.. *.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
JOHN MUIR RETURNS HEARTY
Naturalist Back from Years Trip
in Remote Forests at "a.

John Muir, the naturalist who has spent
many years OF his life travelling in strange
and remote lands studying the mysteries
Of nature. arrived here yesterday on the
Hamburg-Americsn liner Kaiserln Augusta
Victoria after a years Journey through
Africa and South America. Although sew
enty-four years old. he was as vigorous
Yesterday on his arrival as healthy man
Of forty. and declared that he could cover
twenty miles day over a wilderness trail
Mr.. Muir went ont particularly in search
of the arauCaria tree. which he had seen
before only in fguratve captivity In the
botanical gardens Of civilization. He said
II had survived many geological periods
and that he thought II one Of the most in
terestng In existence.
After a tourney of ono thousand miles
I'D the Amazon Mr.. Muir found large Tor
ests Of the arauCaria trees. which, in the
district Of Farana, are known "a the
monkey puzzle" because Of the spiny
bark. which makes II impossible for the
monkeys to climb them.
The naturalist went down into Southern
Chilli thence 10 Rucnos Syres. where I've
embarked for South Africa, and travelled
through the mountainous districts "f Rho
desia. the general foliage and formation
Of which. he said, resembIed those Of the
rugged Yosemite Valley. Mr.. Muir left
New York last April. ON board the Kii-
serin. Ivy coincidence. he met Mrs. Charles
T. Rosl, Of Chicago. who was the only
woman member Of q party he had pilotcd
through the Yosemite Valley in 1871.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Louis Waller and Madgc Titheradge, the
heroine of IA Butterfly on tho Wheel VIII
rIay the courtship scene from heurE
- r,orroU, at the Actors Fund benefit IN
,Lo conturv Theatre The beneht VIII Dc
DIN .t I 20 and end at ) 80 o'clock. Tn"
,,,,,,io, committee will include Ina Claire,
,,o,Io u.r,noff Alice John, Veda steele,
Grace Fikins. Muriel starr, Pauline whit
son. Kathleen Macdonald, Norma. WlhsIo"'
Mary Cecel. Elizabeth Ennis anu biJou rei
randez. There will be an intermissloh'
u.ben tea and refreshments VIII De ser'eu'
This afternoon Charles Frohman VIII give
trv-out performance Of new play, 'Ihc
parpain." by John Maynard Booth at 'he
rr,terion Theatre. If the play makes /
Good immersion 1t may be given again next
7oa.or The story Of the play is being
,,,I,bbeId AS Mr. Frohman believes that the
i,,orest lies largely in the surprises or the
plot
The fifth public demonstration rehearsal
given al the evening recreation centre Oh
H. Manhattan Trade School. No. 2O9 East
ood street. will take place tonight AT
o,o,ock under the direction Of Emma Sheri-
lo, Erv formerly of the Children's Educa-
,ional Theatre. The rehearsals are OF plays
In nreparation for the educational players
rext programme, including selections from
shakespeare and Sudermann.
Gertrude Vanderbilt. the American dane
or who has been performing az the ra'a.o
Theatre. London, Is sailing on Inc ea',c
,o-day for New York Miss Nsnderpit Is
IN be a member Of "A Winsome WHO"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28

company. which is TO be the opening at
traction at the Moulin Rouge.
Maclyn Arbuckle will resume his role o.
Slim" Hoover. the Sheriff, In 1.-The Round
In" next season under the direction OF the
theatrical firm OF Klaw & Eranger
Arthur HammersteIn's newly discovered
tenor, Thornton D. Urquhart will sing the
role of Captain Dick in Naughty MARI
eta" at the West End next week.
4 professional matinee OF 'Oyer the
River" will be given at the Globe Theatre
this afternoon. number OF prominent
members Of the Lambs will lend their as
sistance in the cabaret scene. The boxes
will be occupied by Lillian Russell. Fay
Templeton, Otis skinner, David Montgom-
cry. Fred A. Stone, Messrs. Weber and
Fields. William Collier Louis Mann. Cliff
ton Crawford, Walker Whitesde and others
Charles Hawtrey. who is TO sail from
Europe on Saturday 10 play in this city an
engagement Of four weeks in Dear Old
Charlie" will bring with him his entire
company and production from the Prince OF
Waless Theatre. In addition to MI ha"-
trey the company includes Eric Lewis, r.
Holman Clark. Charles 3. Vaughan. Arthur
Grenvile. Mabel Younge, Mona HARRISON
Enid Leslie and Master Dunstone.
Corse Payton, by arrangement with the
Messrs Shubert, is to have a dramatic
stock company at the West End Theatre
this summer under the management Of Nor
ris Schleslnger Mr.. Payton's season at the
West End Theatre will begin on May s.
Lewis Waller announces that he Will next
wear send three companies Of English play
ers on tour to present "A Butterfly Oh the
Wheel i'm the United States and Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
KNOX IN SANTO DOMINGO
St. Thomas To Be Visited Satur
day and Porto Rico Sunday.

Santo Domingo. March G.-The United
States cruiser Washington. with the Amcri-
can Secretary Of state and party aboard,
arrived here at noon to-day, after pleas
ant voyage from Puerto Cabelo. Venezuela.
ON the occasion OF the last visit of the
Washington 10 Santo Domingo the warship
brought the American Minister. w. w. Rus
sell who was hastily sent back TO his post
aftcy the assassination on November is OF
President Caceres.
Mr. Russell and the receiver general, w.
l. Pulam. boarded the cruiser on her ar
rival 20 greet Mr.. Knox The Secretary
and other members Of tie party went
ashore after luncheon. The Washington
will sail from here on THURSDAY and the
Secretary viii spend Saturday at st.
Thomas. arriving at san Juan, Porto Rico,
on Sunday.
Caracas March 27--After the departure
of Secretary Knox from Caracas II has be-
come evident that renewed interest has
been awakened in the United States, espS
ciay in the line OF interesting capital IN
Venezuelan enterprises. such AS glass fac
tories and electric and water power plants.
The visit Of the Secretary TO Venezuela
resulted in a favorable impression beyond
expectations. even with the masses. HIS
speeches have attracted especially favor
able comment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
BRYAN HOOPER SMITH.

Bryan Hooper Smith. eX-president ~ the
Brooklyn Savings Bank and son of the
fourth Mayor Of Brooklyn, died Yesterday
at his home. No - Picrrcpont street.
Born in 1874 he was educated at tho Eamos
and Putnam School and at the New York
University. After being graduated he en-
Gagged in the woollen goods business, r"tir-
ing In 1891.
He became president ~ the Brooklyn
Savings Bank IN 1874, and was besides a
trustee 81 the Brooklyn Hospital, the Long
Island Historical Society and the First
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Mr. Smith was also
president of the board Of trustees Of the
Packer Collegiate Institute and for many
wears a director of the Union Ferry Com
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
MORGAN TO VISIT VENICE
For Opening of International Art Elk
hibition Next Month.

Venice, Italy, March ~. Pierpont Nor
gan has sgnified an intention of visiting
Venice on April % for the opening OF the
biennial International Art Exhibition, on
April 25 and for the Inauguration Of the
new Campanile of St. Marks.
The municipality has published mani
festo inviting Italy and the world TO the in
sueuration. The manifesto, which has taken
the form of an engraving by Joseph Pen
nell. the American artist, is considered
a masterpiece. 1t represents the homage
of American art to Venetian glories. In de-
tail Il is a view of the Piazza of st. Marks
econ from the water. with new and original
effects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
TURKS REPORT BIG VICTORY
Commander Tells of $500 Italians
Killed and Wounded

London. March 1.-THE Italian army is
reported to have sustained severe defeat
q officers and 800 men being killed and
wounded. according TO the report Of the
Turkish commander at i}enghazE
Where the battle took place is not stated
in the report which says that the entire
camp equipment OF the Italians fell INTO
the hands of the Turkish troops. Tho
Turkish commander says that the casual
ties among the Turks and Arabs numbered
only 10 killed and wounded.
II the report Of tho Turkish commander
at Benghazi is true the battle which he
SAYS has just been won by the Turkish
forces in that vicinity In the most inn
portant encounter that has taken place bc-
tween the two armies since the Italians
bombarded and occupied the city of Tripol
1t was known that the Turks and
Arabs had been concentrating a consider
able army in the Hnterland of Benghazi
thousands Of Arab tribesmen we'll supplied
with arms joining them from the interior