davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
Young Woman's Skull Fractured by
Fiend Who Flees With Her
Money and Jewelry. =.

Chicago, Oct. 29.-The police of ev-
cry city in this section of the country
today are seeking Charles Conway, a
professional high diver, as the slayer
of Miss Sophia Singer, 80, who was
murdered and robbed of S45 in money
and $1,000 worth of jewelry, some
time last night. The young woman
came here three weeks ago from Ca
louisville, a fashionable suburb of
Baltimore, Nd, where she was MEM
ber of a wealthy family.
Blood spots in the hall of the room
ing house at 1929 Indiana avenue,
where's Miss Singer was living led to
the room of Conway, who roomed on
the same floor. The door was locked,
and when it was broken in Miss Sim
gers body was found, tied with ropes,
a towel stuffed in her nlou:tl, and her
skull fractured.
The money which she was known
to have had at 8 o'clock last evening
and her jewelry were gone. Conway
had dis appeared, and Miss Beatrice
RvdeN another roomer and friend of
Conway, was also missing. Conway
had a reputation as an athlete, al
though he is somewhat hampered by
a wooden leg.
VIM. R. Warthen today told the
police that he and Miss Singer inten-
ded to be married this, afternoon. de
had given her TIE S45 Trt,!ch was tax
en- from her by the murderer, and
he said he was away from the house
on business when the murder occur
red.
The elopement of the couple to Chi
capo followed a two months court
ship and fear that the widowed
mother CT the dead girl Mrs. {. ii.
Singer, would object to the marriage
of her daughter to Warthem, who IS a
street car conductor. Tey had plan
ned to keep the marriage secret for at
least year, Warthem said.
"sophia and I met while I was a
conductor in Baltimore,p Warthem
said, ave were to be marie dthls al
ternoon and leave for Baltimore m
mediately afterward."
Until Yesterday morning Warthem
and the girl had lived in a house sew
eral doors from that of Mrs. McCar-
thy. 1t was there they met Conway
and Miss Rydell who were posing as
husband and wife. The four occupied
a suite of 8 rooms, Warthem sad,
he and Conway occupying one bed
room and the two girls the other. Yes
terday morning the four moved into
Mrs. McCarthy's rooming house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Nearly Twenty-six Millions
of Males Of All Races
Over 21 Years Old. !;
MANY WOMEN VOTERS.
Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
Negro Males-About 100000 Are
Disqualified. -.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Approxi-
mately 15,S15,000 men and 100000
women will actually cast ballots in
the United States in the Presidential
election one week from today These
estimates are made especially for the
United Press by the U. S. Census Bu-
reau and represent as close an ap-
Proclamation as it is possible to make
in advance of the election itself. The
number Of votes cast In the PreSiden-
tial election f1908 was l4,88,442.
There are 26,999,151 males of all
races and coors in the United States
who are over the voting age Of 2l, but
there a"e 3,738,5S7 Of these who are
foreign born and not naturalized, and
who cannot vote because of non-citi-
zenship. This leaves 0,56O native
born males of voting age who, if some
restriction did not stand in their
way, could avail themselves of the
right of franchise. Census figures
show, however, that only 65 per cent.
of potential voters, as they are
called, cast their ballots.
The main factors Of voluntary dis
qualification are failure to vote and
failure to register. The main factors
of involuntary disqualification are:
sickness, inability to establish or pos
sess a legal residence, conviction of
crime and inability to pass state il
literacy tests.
IIliteracy tests are the chief factor
in reducing the negro vote. There
are approximately 100000 negro
males of the voting age. Of these
fully 100000 will be unable to cast
ballots because of the illiteracy test
laws in several northern states and
in most of the Southern states.
There are six states in which women
will be able to vote this year. They
are California, Idaho, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming. In these states
there were in 1910 1,346,92o females
of voting age. of whom 654,784 are
native born. Over 100000 of them
will actually cast ballots on election
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
noon.
SHIPMENTS of Fruit.

From 30 to 80 car loads Of apples
are now passing through the Potomac
yards of the Southern Railway foi
shipment to northern points.
These apples are coming from the
famous Virginia orchards, mostly 10
Gated on the Washington division of
the Southern, a division long known
as the section from which come the
finest apples grown in the east.
Grape fruits and oranges arc begin
ming to move from Florida points
northward, about 2 cars coming
through Alexandria daily The sea-
son for citrus fruits, however, has
hardly opened, the few cars received
here daily for distribution to nortu-
,ern markets being the first pick Of
the growers. However it is expected
that the Potomac yards will soon be
receiving car load shipments in
greater number.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Hallowe'en Entertainment.

Elaborate preparations are being
made by the Collingwood Club for a
dance and entertainment to be given
on Halloween night at their hand
some club house on the Potomac, five
miles south of Alexandria. The CON-
mit.ee in charge is composed of James
w. Bales, Courteney Acton and "
Steuart Smith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Police Court Notes.

Nffairs in police circles during the
a4st few days have been quiet, as
hey are in every section of the city.
here was but one case this morning,
hat of Edward Lewis, colored, Who
kas charged with assaulting cofored
Eoman. He was fined SIS.
A. NJ. Costello, who is charged with
|arboring a vicious dog, was not in
he Police Court at o'clock last
light, at which hour the case was co
hye been investigated. The accused
out of the city and another time
i be set for the hearing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Robbery.

The store of julius Wolf, on the
south side of King street, near Lee,
was entered last night by thieves who
carried away shoes and gum boots.
The entrance was effected through the
rear, the thieves breaking glass IN
a double door. The police have been
notified and they are endeavoring to
identify the burglars and recover the
plunder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Taken TO The Roads.

A guard arrived at the city Jail this
afternoon and took charge of Lewis
Cavanaugh, white, and Clarence
Grady, Melvin Johnson, Andrew Foot
and Robert Bryan, colored, who were
recently sentenced to serve terms In
Jail for misdemeanorS. They will be
put to work upon the roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
TAF 7 INDUCES IN
DREAMS OF VICTORY
Still Harps on Financial Dis
aster Should Wilson Be
Elected.
PROSPERITY ISSUE. .
Claims Great Reserve Force of
Plain, Practical Common-sense
American People"


reserve force Of plain, practical, COM
nonsense of the American people is
asserting itself and that means vic
tory for the Republican ticket on No
vember 5th"-such was the coniden-
hope of victory voiced by President
Taft, ma letter to Fred A. Gel
er of Cincinnati.
Taft thanked Geier for his cam
paign among business men and again
outlined the prosperity issue" at
stake in the campaign.
Does it not strike you as supreme
ly ridiculous the president asked,
"for Governor Wilson vaguely to in
innate that if he is elected he will
make such a gentle reduction Of the
tariff duties that business will not be
injured, when his party has so recent
ly put itself on record as attempting
such reckless changes in the tarnI
that had l not vetoed their measures
we would even now be confronted with
a panic?" "What, think you, could
Mr.. Wilson do in the White House
where the Democratic ma1orities In
both houses of Congress, majorltles
made up in large part Of the same
men who passed the steel and wool
and cotton and free list bills which |
was compelled to veto and he himself
has criticised. And especially what
could he do, however good his inten-
ton, when he had been elected on a
platform which declares al tariff
imposed for purposes Of protection
unconstitutional? If Governor
Wilson should be elected, it would
mean also the election Of Democrat
ic majority in the Senate, and then
even the compromise effected by the
insurgent Republicans would seem
mild reductions compared to what Dem
ocratic majorities lin both houses
would send to Mr.. Wilson for his sig
nature and which he could not refuse
to sign.
"Of course these facts are clearly
realized by the third party, so much
90 that some of their most prominent
sneakers have not hesitated to declare
that the election of Governor Wilson
would mean financial despair.and yet
thew are working for nothing other
than the election of Mr. Wilson and a
Democratic Congress. From absolute
w dependable sources information
comes to me that none Of their lead
ers of the third party believe 1t has
the slightest chance Of success and
that they realize that vote for 1t
means a vote for the Democrats. But
thev are. most Of them, so filled
with hatred for the Republican party
because it refused to accept their die
tation that they are willing to bring
disaster upon the whole country sim
plv to crafty their revenge.
In his letter Taft reviewed IN de-
tail the injury he says Ohio would
suffer to her various industries III
the event of Democratic tariff revi-
sion. and expressed pleasure at Geler's
prediction that Ohio would 20 Re
publican.
"As you can we'll appreciate" the
president asserted, no man would
care to have his state fail him, out
wholly apart from selfish reasons, /
want to see Ohio go Republican by q
large majority.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Montenegrins Shelling Scutari.

Budapest, Oct. 29.-The Montene-
grins are pouring shells into Scutari
from the heights which surround it.
according to message received from
Cettinje today. The news indicated
that Yesterdays Monteneg:fn reports
of the city's capture were premature.
It was said today that supplies had
been cut off and that it will soon be
starved into surrender.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
GREEKS MEETING
|. No OPPOSITION
Sultan's European Domain
is Being Narrowed Day
by Day.
TURKS DEMORALIZED.
Moslems Cornered, Captured or Kill
ed by Invaders Whose Movements
are Exceedingly Rapid.

Athens, Oct. 29.-The Greeks are
meeting with almost no opposition
whatever in their advance into Turk
ey. according to dispatches from the
front today.
AS an illustration of the complete
ness of the Turks Generalization It
was stated that the government for
got to notify the command of a de-
tachment of 500 Ottoman troops at
Kalamaka that war had begun. They
were overwhelmed with astonishm .ht
when the Greeks appeared and TOOK
them all prisoners after short fight
King George of Greece, asked on his
way to the front, when and how ne
would return to Athens, replied:
an a fortnight by steamship from
Salonika."
Belgrade, Oct. 29.--Se,vian troors
were converging today upon Veles, IN
Macedonia, 90 miles southeast OF Us
kub, from three SlueS.
Constantinople, Oct. 29.-Heavy re
inforcements were being dispatched
from here today to the Turkish main
armv on the Erkene River bank,
about o5 miles nearly due west CT
here.
The war office professed small con-
corn over reports that the Bulganans
have cut the line between the capital
and this Turkish force.
Paris, Oct. 29.-Three big battles
between Turks and Bulgarians; TURKS
and servians and Turks and Creeks
were expected today within the nex'
few hours.
AS the situation stood today the
sultan had completely under his con-
troll so far as his European dominlons
we're concerned, only a strip OF t.
tory varying from forty to MY
miles wide, along the Turkish south
coast from the Bosphorus to the west
coa 81 of the Gulf of Salonika. He had
troops still in the field in parts ot
Macedonia and Albania but they We're
he;ne concerned and captured or Kill
led by the invaders as rapidly as inc
latter could make their way from
point to point where they were con-
centrated.
The Bulgarian front extended from
Mustapha Pasha, by way OF aura
nop;e. Eski Baba and Visa, nearly TO
the Black Sea, and was steadily ad-
vancing.
The Servian 1ront reached from
Novibizara in sweep curve by way
|of Pristina, Uskub, 1stib, and Ladim-
mi to the Struma River.
! The Greek line stretched from ME-
Olympus, in a convex curve nearly to
ganina.
The Montenegrins had not yet pro"
gresed beyond Scutari, which has not
vet fallen, so far as could be learned
today, despite yesterdays reports OF
Its capture, but were pressing the
Turks hard, with every prospect OF
speedy victory.
1n addition to all this flying COZ
.umns of the invaders were operating
actively and successfully outside the
[main fronts of the various forces.
Larissa, Greece, Oct. 29-lhe
Greeks, advancing on Verria, met and
defeated Turkish force at Castan'a
today, after a three hours battle.
'heir victory enabled the Greeks to
b&cupy Tripotamus, an hours march
j bm Veria. The fifty Greek division
dtupied uhe town of Grevena.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Remodeling Drug Store.

Henry Callan, the well-known drug
gist, is remodeling the first floor OF
the building at the corner of Colurl-
bus and Princess streets, where he
will open a first class drug store just
as soon as alterations are complete
which is expected to be about the 18th
of next month. New fixtures will also
be installed by Mr.. Callan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
DIED.

At the Alexandria Hospital ,on Sun
dav, October 27, 1912, Mrs. Sarah
A. Reed, wife of James M. Reed.
Funeral from residence, Col Cameron
street, tomorrow "wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Friends and &C
ouaintances of the family are invited
to attend. Interment private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29

The property in fredericksburg be-
longing to Mrs. Alice Woody Stan5-
bury, of this city, has been purchas ed
by Robert L. Downey, of SpotsyI-
vania county, who will make it his
home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
Searching For Juvenile Bandits.

Muskogee, Okla. Oct. ga sher-
ifs posse was rushed to Eulala taday
in pursuit of thre bandits, believed to
have been boys, who some hours ear
lier held up a southbound express
train ON the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29

New York.-Joseph Catalan wlio
displaced vital organs in a mara,
thon, has undergone IL major opera.
tions. Still uncured he is being pre-
pared for the thirteenth, this time
on the kidneys.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

The opening dance of series to se
given this winter by the Elks Dancing
Club, will take place tonight at $50
D. M. in the Elks Auditorium.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29

New York.-Tired OF raising rich
folks on low salaries" elevator boys
in hotels here say they will strike un-
less their pay is boosted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-29

William, the 2-year-old son OF Mr..
William and Mrs. Mary Dodd, died
at his parents residence, BIT Wilkes
street, yesterday evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10

Gertrude's Partisan accent and
misunderstanding won her instant
recognition. An Indian rajah-we
faxed to catch the gentIeman's
name, but we are sure it was not
the Sultan of Swat-visiting New
York, was. so enchanted with her
beauty, and especially her daz-
cling, flashing teeth, that, when
she declined to join his harem, he
presented her with his favorite
anklet of FURNISHED gold to match
GeItrude's Furnished gold hair
and set with "a famous old emerald
and the New York World gave her
a full-page write-up in the maga-
zine section.
There was nothing for the
vaudeville managers to do then
but raise her wages from one to
two million dollars a week.
Gertrude is really a very pretty
girl, and a remarkably clever one,
too. She is with the Incubator
Girls at the Empress theater this
week. She signs when she thinks
of the Cincinnati man, but there
is solace in two million a week.
We like Gertrude. We would like
her If she called herself Mary
Sullivan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10

Gertrude des Roches has the
Partisan accent as it is spoken i'm
Cincinnati. Her shoulder-shrug, So
reminiscent of the boulevards, was
acquired in Chicago.
She lived in Cincinnati. That
fact i'm itself is enough to rouse the
sympathy of the strong men of
Cleveland or st. Louis. A Cincin-
natl man loved her. A Chicago
man wanted to book her for the
vaudeville circuits.
"Choose!" said the Cincinnati
man, offering wealth, social posi-
ton and a mans lifelong devo-
ton.
"Choose!" said the Chicago
man, offering fame, the enchant-
ments of the stage, and a million
dollars week.
Gertrude des Roches, whose
real name-well, we do not say it
is Mary Sullivan, but it isn't Ger
trude des Roches-hesitate
She loved the Cincinnati man. But
the stage called.
Do not judge her harshly. She
chose the stage. And the Cincin-
natl man married the rich widow
of a brewer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10

The Incubator Girls and Miss
DesRoches have very clever 1T
tie skit in which the modern in
cubator baby plays a strong part.
1t Is a good musical comedy.
The same, however, cannot be
said OF some of the jokes of Joe
McGee's repertoire of comedy.
Joe's monologue would hardly be
selected as an address from a pull
pit, yet it goes immensely we'll
with an audience of theater-goers.
Singing-that's what the Arion
quartette does in the superlative
degree of excellence. Four men
with voices ito charm the savage
beast and" whatever the rest
of the quotation is, and incident
ally Empress patrons.
For a delicious taste of that
good old blood and thunder stuff
stock companies generally paint
on their bill boards, gun play,
hand to hand encounters, curses
both loud and deep, and all be-
cause a woman, one needs only
to see "The Woman in the Case. -
Cockatoos that do everything
are shown by Prof. Wallace. The
act Is a, feature well worth while.
Frank and Pauline Berry have a
good musical act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10

Salt PorkNice pieces. mi
about 5 lbs. each. q Id. IU2C
(Bacon prices are for whole or
half strips only
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
JUDGE UPHOLDS
FREIGHT RATES

Judge Cushman yesterday aft
ernoon handed down a decision
UNFOLDING the new freight rates
fixed by the state purblic service
commission against the conten-
ton In federal court of the North
ern Pacific Railway company.
The court found no evidence
that the rates were SO low they
would cripple the company finan-
cially or confiscate their property.
The company may appeal the
case to the circuit court OF ap-
peals but in view of the fact that
this court Is so constituted that
railway seldom ever wins any
thing before it the company may
decide to continue giving the
rates demanded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
STOMACH SOUR? GOT
INDIGESTION ALSO?
'PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN" MAKES
UPSET STOMACHS FEEL
FINE IN FIVE MINUTES

II what you just ate is sour.
ing on your stomach or lies like
lump of lead, refusing to digest,
or you belch gas and eructate
sour, undigested food, or have a
FEELING of dizziness, heartburn,
fuuness, nausea, bad taste in
mouth and stomach headache
this is indigestion.
A full case of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only fifty cents and will
thoroughly cure your out-of-order
stomach, and leave sufficient
about the house in case someone
else in the family may suffer
from stomach trouble or indiges-
ton.
Ask your pharmacist to show
you the formula plainly printed
on these fifty-cent cases, then you
Will understand why dyspeptic
trouble of all kinds must go, and
why they usually relieve sour.
out-of-order stomachs or indiges-
ton in five minutes. Diapepsip is
harmless and tastes like candy.
though each dose contains power
sufficient to digest and prepare
Tor assimilation into the blood all
the food you eat; besides It makes
you go to the table with a healthy
appetite; but, what will please
you most, is that you will feel
that your stomach and intestfnes
are clean and fresh, and you will
not need to resort to laxatives or
liver pills for biliousness or con-
Btipation.
This city will have many Dia-
pepsin cranks, as some people will
call them, but you will be cranky
about this splendid stomach prep
aration, too, If you ever try a lit
tie for indigestion or gastritis or
any other stomach misery.
Get some now, this minute, and
forever rid yourself of stomach
trouble and indigestion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
THE EMPRESS

After seeing the show from the
overture to the final curtain, one
goes away with the single impress
sion, there are some Incubator
Girls and Miss Gertrude Des
Roches at the Empress this week,
Miss DesRoches herself being
most of the show.
Miss DesRoches speaks fluent
French. That is, French the
same as any other Irish woman
would speak 1t, for 1t is a fact,
although one of those that are
kept under the cloak at the EN-
press, that Miss DesRoches is not
a French woman at all. But what
matters II so long as she gets
away with 1t, thinks the audience.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
PANTAGES

Offering a program Of several
pleasing features the new bill al
the Pantages opened yesterday.
There Is any amount of music and
plenty of fun and motion.
Featured is the act of the
Musical Hawaiians. The setting
Is a very picturesque one and
there Is a foreign thread running
Through the turn. The six men
and the one girl are a treat with
their combination of music and
dancing.
The audience seemed pleased
most with the Orpheus Comedy
Four. The quartet are old favor
ties here and are offering the
same act with a few interpretations
Most Of their popularity comes
from the fun in makeup although
the voices are very well harmon
lied.
The Five Juggling Jewels In a
snappy exhibition of the Juggling
art are very good. Juggling ten
mis- racquets is one of their now
elites.
Ned Burton and company offsr
a breezy little skit called the
Commercial Man." Outside OF
the comedy the skit gives the
company a chance to exhibit their
vocal ability. Ned Burton, Mar
ion Ford and Herbert Miles are
all good.
The Black Brothers are a pair
OF good musicians and dancers.
Their banjo playing is the feature
of the act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10

cans, per dozen Ssc. IT,
per can f2C
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
PARK SEASON CLOSES

With the closing of the Rainier
National Park Inn and the dis
continuance of auto service be-
tween Ashford and The Inn on
Thursday, September 18th, the
milwaukee will discontinue oper-
atlng parlor car service on their
trains between Tacoma and Ash
ford. ss&
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-10
MONEY TALKS

MONEY TALKS
We Have It and You
Get the Benefit of It
We buy our supplies di-
rect from the manufac-
turers, pay cash and
save about one-half, and
our patients share in
this saving.
Our mechanical work is
done in our own labora-
tory by dentists who
know how.
Our prices are always.
the same, not the cheap
est, but as low as any
dentist can make them
and do good work.
We are the o1iginat-
ors of that famous
Metaloid Plate.
This plate is initiated
everywhere, but made
only by :