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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
THUG KIDNAPS MAN
SENT TO CATCH HIM
Policeman Taken Captive by "Beggar"
in Vallejo Rescued by Chief.


in Vallejo Rescued by Chief.
Vallejo, Calif.-Word was received
at the police station that desperate
looking character was soliciting aims
from house to house. Policeman
Jack Leary was detailed to apprehend
him. Leary came upon him on Sacra-
mento street, near the Catholic
church. Asked what he was doing, he
said that he was collecting Christmas
offerings. Leary told him that beg
ging was against the city ordinance
and to go with him to the police sta
ton and get the permission of Chief
of Police Stanford.
When the pair reached the corner
OF Carolina street the prisoner drew
a gun and compelled Leary to throw
up his hands. With the threat that
he would shoot him from his gun
pocket if he made false move, the
thug compelled Leary to walk in front
of him towards the city limits.
Passing former City Marshal
George Savage and Plumbing Inspec-
tor Harry McManus at the corner of
| Sacramento and Florida streets, Leary
succeeded in conveying the informa-
ton that he was in the power of the
desperado.
McManus hurried to the station
and notified Police Chief Stanford.
Jumping into the buggy with Nc
Manus, the chief overlook Leary and
his captor on Florida street, near
Nape. Stafford got out of the buggy
without attracting attention and grab
bed the mans gun arm. In the tus-
sle the desperdao succeeded in dis
charging the weapon point blank at
Stafford. the ball whizzing past the
officers head. The fellow was taken
to the city Jail and gave his name
as p. King. Chief of Police Stan
ford is certain that he has a prison
record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
ELECTRIC SIGNS FOR
PASCO'S UNION DEPOT

Pasco, Wash.-1n accordance with
instructions of the council, City En-
gineer j. w. Hamilton has had de-
signs prepared for an electric sign at
the Union Passenger Station. There
are two designs which apparently are
favored. One bears the word "Wel-
come" on an arch and the other bears
Pasco's famous slogan, Keep your
eye on Pasco.'' and an electrical
mechanism shows up an eye alter
nately opening and shutting. The
Pacific Power & Light company re-
Gently promised the necessary current
if Pasco would install an electric sign
of this nature near the Union depot.
The designs submitted will be exam
ined by the city council at the next
meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
Professor Scott explained hi

Professor Scott explained his
scheme, saying that certain perpen-
dicular strokes and stems would be
used to denote consonants, while a
dash or broken circle would represent
vowels. The system resembles short
hand.
Such a change in our alphabet
would be a hundred fold more bene-
ficial than simplified spelling, accord
ing to Professor Scott. who added:
Writing would take but half the
time it does now, and no more would
the eyes of tired business man swim
before the long words and rambling
sentences that now confront him."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
FOUR OF FAMILY SUE FOR
DIVORCE AT SAME TIME

Richmond, Ind.-Four members of
one family, all suing for divorce at
one time is the unique condition Of
domestic affairs in the Cyrup Hicks
household here.
Mrs. Anna Hicks asks a divorce
from Cyrus She is his third wife.
Cyrus himself has filed a cross bill,
Iva his daughter is suing William
Todd, her husband. William Hicks,
his son, has instituted proceedings for
divorce from his wife.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
SECRETARY OF STATE
HANDLES LARGE SUM

Salem. Ore.-Comparlson of sums
disbursed by the state through the
secretary of states office for 1910 and
1911, show an increase for last year
of $70i 600. During 1910 there were
SO69 warrants issued totalling ST.
929,091 while during 1911, 12.453 war;
rants were issued, amounting to s2,-
633, Part of this increase is
due to the fact that o. A. c. and 9TH
er board funds are now disbursed
through the secretary of states Of
flee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
500 Per Plate.

was paid at banquet to Henry Clay,
in New orleans in 1912. Nightly
costly for those with stomach trouble
or indigestion. Today people every
where use DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for these troubles as we'll as liver,
kidney and bowel disorders. Easy,
safe, sure. Only 20 cents at Keep
pens.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
PLAN ESNIASHED ON YOUTHS
HEAD; KID ONLY GRINS

Alameda, Cal-Knocked down by
the propeller of Aviator Frank Bry
ans aeroplans as the birdman was
preparing to leave the ground little
John Mcdonald picked himself up,
felt of the small bump on his head
and grinned. But the propeller was
Splintered and the flight had to be
abandoned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
Mnssacrein~ the Young

New York.-It is at a time like this
that one realizes thoroughly the inn
perfections and inadequacies of the
country's business and economic sys-
tenn. obviously the youth of the land
must have its Christmas trees. for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-03
ALPHABET TO CUT
WRITING IN HALF
University OF Michigan Professor
Chops Nine Characters from List.

SnopS Nuic SWiruCteTS lrOu lIisU
Chicago.-A new alphabet that will
save time, give more space to the let
ter writer and by which thoughts are
to be expressed direct without waste
is proposed by Professor Fred Kew
ton Scott, of the University of Michi-
gan. The new alphabet is designed
to meet the needs of modern scientific
management and has the approval of
type manufacturers and typewriter
houses. 1t will reduce the present al
phabet by nine characters and do
away with many cumbersome combi-
nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

come to hear the professors from Parls discuss topics of intellectual moment. The lecturers are delighted and they have reason to be Argentina is imbibng more and more a love of French ways, and this interest is real, not fieeting or af- fected for mere effect.
 Successive French administrations and numerous French leaders of light and learning-sIch men as NM. Clemenceau, Anatole France and Victor Marguerite have done much to foster this spirit of cooperative accord, which is now the most notable characteristic of life in Bue- nos Ayres. France sends here more of her men of letters and political prophets than does any other nation-the United States not excepted The results are ob- vious. French advice is ardently solicit ed both in a commercial and in an edu- cational way; and here. as in France, the advantages of this mutual under standing are very heartily appreciated.
 In Paris. for example. a cordial welcome is given to distinguished scholars of the Argentines. who are spreading knowledse of the progress and resources of this re- public on many platforms. During the 1p12-13 academic year of the school of so- cial st1dies at Paris. course of lectures will be delivered by pr. l.. Abelle, cover ing Contemporary Argentina. These lectures will be of great utility 10 French people contemplating voyaginK across the ocean and taking up their homes in this land of many opportunities. Among the subjects to be treated are: How can the emigrant attain success and wealth ?'' The children of the foreigner" The City and Municipal Government of Buenos Aires" Philanthropy The Youth and the Husband" and The Electoral Reform of April. 1912" Other lectures will be added and all will be published in book form for distribution throughout Fran. e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

arrangements have not yet been made He was e years old.
 One of the most spectacular characters in the history of Chicago. George Hank ins was a member of the old school of gamblers, who in years past. when Chi- cago was wide open made this city one of the most famous gambling centers in the world And he died virtually penni less.
 In the days when Mike" Mcdonald "Parsoni Davies and others were in their prime. George Hankins was n sort O oyerlord of the gambling fraternity, a king of the roulette wheel.
 Those were the days also when. horse racing was at it's zenith In Chicago and Hankins was virtual owner Of the old Garfield Park track. He built and sue cessfully conducted the Harlem track ana made money hand over fist.
 His string of horses was one of the greatest on the American turf. He owned choice real estate, apartment houses that paid handsome rentals. mansion ne oc cipied on Michigan avenue. and the pig rest source of income lay In two Of the largest gambling houses in Chicago which meant two of the largest In the world.
 Such a thing as limit was almost un' known in the Hankins houses. They were TWO of the show places of Chicago. ant any man or woman, wishing to daiiA with Dame Fortune could always be ac .ommodated at any figure. Fortunes were won and lost Tn thu Fankins houses. and Hankins neve changed expression. One night westerI mining man arrived in Chicago with s' much money that it was just natural, burning holes in his pockets. He had seen some stiff games out west but he wanted something bigger. h.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
POLISH PAINTER sNUBs KAISER
Protests Against Prussian Treatment
 of Poles in Germany

Cracow Austrian Poland.--It has leaked out that Adalbert Kossak, Polish painter of world fame, who has painted more royalties than any other living artist and was for 10 years Emperor Wil- liam's favorite, publicly snubbed his pat ron and ostentatiously left the Berlin court as a protest against PrussiaD treat ment of Poles in Germany.
 Adjutant General von Plessen having spread incorrect reports, Kossak put his reasons in cold rrint thus:
 T could not rear to see how my coun- trymen were treated by the Emperor and left him after a speech in which he stirred up his soldiers to fight against defenseless Poles
 Kossak asked Von Plessen to tell the Emperor this and immediately left Pots dam, where the court was ct the time.
 Kossak is also a great personal friend of the Emperor of Austria. though he near1y offenGed him once by painting him in a hunting scene taking a ditch as no good horseman would "I forgive you this once.' said Francis Joseph, but l will not have the picture in my ps ace.'
 It was sold privately and refused ad- mission to the Vienna Sports Exhibition two years ago.
 Kossak possesses considerable ances- tral estates in Austrian Poland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
ARGENTINA AND
 FRANCE FRIENDLY Educational and Conner ciaI Relations of Nations 4 Being Cultivated

Buenos Ayres, September 21.-tspeciai) strong educational and commercial en- tente cor ordlale is being steadily developed between France and the people of Argen- tina. Both republics are stimulating tnis spirit of reciprocal appreciation. French literature. French aspirations, and all that relates to the great republic or Flu rope, are eagerly studied in Buenos Ayres and throughout the Argentine; famous lecturers from the Sorbonne talk to im- mense audiences of the most cultured Ar gentinians as regular part of the scho- lastic couses of the University of Buenos Ayres Tn addition to the students. young men and women preparing for graduation people from the city and outlying places
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Old Time Gambler Dead

From the ChIcHsO En1erlCaH { George V. Hankias is dead. The ex- gambling king. who once bet $5G.00Oso tn !
 turn of card and lost without the flick so of an eyslash. whose wealth at one
 time was conservatiyely estimated at sz0f0.0gO, crossed the divide Sunday Al,
 tLe home of John Storey, an old-time
 friend, a714 St. Lawrence avenue. Funera,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

went 10 one of George Hankins' places and for some time played with varying luck Finally he said 10 Hankins:
 This is too slow. I'll lay $s0,0o0 on the turn of the next card.
 "You're on" said Hankins, as he turned the card. The stranger won, and Pankins displayed no more emotion than if he had lost 50 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Literary Flanders

From the London Globe. Some of the literary bliirders quoted by the Journal aus Debate are quite de- lightful. Thus Halzac in his Cousin Pons" refers to a fan. the divine master rface ordered from Watteau for Mine. dc Ponlpadour., who was only born in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

year of the painters death. He also de- scribes a midnight mass celebrated in the evening. Alphonse Dauder is no less careless, his outstanding lapse being per
 haps in "Tartarin,'' wherein he presents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

the astonished reader with -four thousand Arabs, laughing like madmen, and dis pla tying 600.O00 white teeth In the sun shine" Champfeury in his "Amoureux
 de Sainte- Perine" describes a phenome-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

non unknown to scientists in the shape Of poisoned electric wlre.' while De- tave Feuillet in "Sybllle'' gravely record ed the existence of two twins, both aged 1Sn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
FOUND DEAD IN PoWNAL.
Joseph Potts of Meriden, Conn,
Expired In the Highway.

The body of Joseph Potts of Meri.
den, Conn, who was spenI .ng the
summer at Pownal Center, was early
yesterday morning found lying face
downward in the road between the
general store and the home of John
Summers.
Potts came to this section for his
health. He contracted a cold at a
dance last winter and pneumonia de
veloped Potts took AGAR ide to Ben
nington Thursday evening and was
on his way TO the Summers home,
where he was stopping when he had
a hemorrhage and must have fallen
forward dead.
Potts came to Pownal Center last
April. His health improved and the
first of this month returned to Meri.
den. But the doctors decided that
he must live for awhile longer in a
different climate and he came back
TO the Summers home. During the
month he had been gradually inn
proving in. health and had gained &c
pounds.
Thursday evening Potts and Louis
Contouis, a street railway man from
North Adams. took a long walk and
then car ride to Bennington. They
returned about o'clock. Potts went
into the Pownal Center store. He
stayed there until about S45 o'clock.
While in the store talking he remark
ed that his ride on the electric car
chilled him considerably At about
S.45 o'clock he started for the SUM-
mers home. He was within 100
yards of the place when he fell. He
was found at o'clock yesterday
morning.
The body was taken Friday morn
ing to the rooms of a Bennington I'M
dertaker and sent by him this morn
ing to Meriden for burial. He is sur
vived by wife, one child. a mother,
a sister and two brothers. Potts
worked in a silver shop in Meriden
before he was stricken with pneumo-
mia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
MRS. GRACE FREED
BY GEORGIA
JURY
Acquitted of Charge of Shooting
Her Husband
HE SAYS SHE is GUILTY
Immediately After Close OF Trial
Woman Hurries To Bedside OF
Blind Son.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug 3.-Mrs. Daisy
Opie Grace was declared not guilty Of
trying to kill her husband by jury
at o'clock last evening. Mrs.
Grace, wealthy and well known in her
former home in Philadelphia and in
Atlanta, was on the verge of collapse
when the IL men who had decided her
fate filed into the court room. When
the verdict was announced she simply
bowed her head. A few minutes after
she had been freed she was handed a
telegram saying that her blind son
was very i'll in Philadelphia and it is
understood she would leave for his
bedside late last night
Immediately after the verdict, wo-
men struggled frantically to reach
the place where Mrs. Grace sat, only
to be forced back by officers. The
jurymen remained in their places ev-
en- after they had been discharged A
full minute elapsed and then Mrs.
Grace arose and was assisted to tho
jury box. For the first time she
showed sign of animation, as ST.
lently she grasped the hand of each
of the II men. Mrs. Grace was then
escorted from the court ROOM
Argument in the case was conclud-
ed soon after l o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon and Judge Roam Immediately
began his charge to the jury. In his
charge he said in part. You have
heard the defendant make her state
ment. She was not subject to exam
lnation or cross-examination and her
statement was not made under oath.
The jury can take that statement as
1t seems INT. 1t can believe it or re-
Ject 1t all. In other words, it is for
the jury TO determine the force and
effect that shall be given her state
ment.
Grace was found in bed at his home
IN Atlanta the morning of March 5
last, shot in the side. The bullet
lodged against he spinal cord, and
since that time he has been paralyzed
from his waist down He charged
that his wife drugged and shot him,
intending 10 Kill him TO get the S25..
600 insurance. Mrs. Grace said
Grace shot himself in a scuffle with
her over possession of a revolver af.
ter he had threatened to kill her.
Mrs. Grace at first maintained she
knew nothing of the shooting. Thurs.
day she was placed upon the witness
stand and told the story of the scuffle
adding that Grace had threatened to
XIII her several times. This was the
statement referred to int he judges
charge.
In her heart she knows she is
guilty, declared Eugene II. Grace at
his home in Newman. Ga, yesterday
when informed that his wife had
Just been acquitted of the charge of
shooting him. she may be limo.
cent in the eyes of men. but she is
guilty in the eyes of God. II is bad
enough TO lie here helpless, even if I
mad been shot in a good cause. but
II is almost unbearable when | have
been shot in cold blood"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
HISTORIC POSTCARDS.
Extensive Collection Being Secured
BY e. T. Griswold.

For several years Z. 7. Griswold,
working with the assistance OF DR..
Elijah Dewey, Jr., DR.. Jennings, Col.
Scott. II. l.. Stillson, Mrs. H. s..
Brown and other well known author
tiles, has been collecting material of
important historic interest and use it
in connection with the publication of
series of post cards
One of the best photographers in
the country, a Mr.. Waterman of
Brooklyn, has been associated with
Mr. Grisworld in the work and has
made six or seven trips to Benning-
ton to take views that have required
special and expensive equipment.
The most important and interesting
of these is a set of seven pictures
showing two panoramic views of the
Battlefield, one as seen by Col. Baum
from his entertainments and the other
as seen by Gen. Stark from his line
of approach.
Accompanying these pictures is a
condensed description of the battle.
compiled from the most reliable
sources, which makes the most com
prehensive and interesting account of
the Battle of Bennington ever pub
lished.
Mr.. Griswold has just received a
large number of new subjects, which
together with those already published
makes an even one hundred different
views, mostly taken by Mr.. Witter-
man, but some of the very best ones
by our own local photographers.
Among those just received are sew
eral winter scenes by w. s. Carpen-
ter, remarkable cloud picture by
Moody and one of a reflection by Fer
guson and there are sevral fine ones
by Sibley. White and Burt.
1t has been stated by several who
are in a position to know that this
is the finest local collection of cards
in the United States. That they are
of exceptional beauty is testified to
by the fact that almost every day or
ders for them are received. from
points all over the country. and they
have been sent to almost every civil
lied country in the world.
We believe this work is very i'm
portant to the best interests of Ben
nington, that ii has done more than
anything else to bring to the atten-
ton of the outside world the natural
beauty of Bennington and her rich
historic associations, and suggests
that they be used more generally in
advertising these attractive advan-
tages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
North Adams.

Stolen bases. Carolan. McCrehan.
Peloquin; two-base hit. Shea: home
run. Ffnnegan; total bases. Benning;
ton s, North Adams s: sacrifice hits,
Connors, McCrehan; bases on balls.
by Vadnais. Prindle. Harrington. Pelo-
gum, by Harrington, ]. McRobbie,
Fountain; struck out by Harrington,
j. Taguer. by Vadnais. Prindle, Her
rington, Kenney; batter bit. Rudolph.
Vadnais; left on bases. Bennington 5,
North Adams 6; double plays, Prin-
die to Shea, Finnegan (unassisted);
wild pitch, ,Vadnais; time. III. 3sm.;
umpire, Murray.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
TO DROP HANFoRp CASE.
House Subcommittee uroes Dismis-
sal Of Proceedings.

Washington. Aug. S.-Despite the
advice of William ]. Bryan in a re-
cent article in the Commoner, the Ju.
dietary Committee of the House vir-
tually had decided to recommend that
the impeachment proceedings against
Judge Hanford be dismissed. Mr.
Bryan insisted that it was the duty OF
the committee to proceed with the
case.
The subcommittee to which was
referred the evidences in the Hanford
case mas recommended that the pro-
ceedings be dismissed. This report
probably will be adopted by the fun
committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
THOMAS c. CHENEY
OUT OF THE BULL
MOOSE CAMP
Former Speaker Will Support
Republican Ticket
RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT
Says He Was Placed At Head OF
Vermont Progressive League
Without His knowledge.

Morrisville, Aug. 3.-Thomas C.
Cheney, president of the Vermont
Progressive league and former speak
err of the Vermont House of Repres-
entatives, has returned from a vaca-
ton in Maine, and announces in no
uncertain terms that he is loyal sup
porter of the Republican state ticket,
has been such from the first and will
continue to do so. At the same time
he made public his resignation as
president of the progressive Republi-
can league, the organization formed
several months ago at Montpelier.
Mr.. Cheney stated at the same time
that he did not know until he return
to Vermont that he had been made a
member of the executive committee
of the Vermont branch of the nation
al progressive party and this election
he positively declines
Mr.. Cheney says he remains as 10y
al as ever TO progressive principles
and progressive legislation but states
emphatically that in his opinion true
progress in Vermont demands the
election of the regular Republican
state ticket and that the new third
party ticket in state affairs is not
necessary or advisable.
Mr.. Creney states that in CONVEX
sation with both Charles Thompson
and Wallace Batchelder he made his
position clear that as an advocate of
progressiveness he believed the ad-
vance of Vermont's interests would be
best furthered by the ELECTION of a
Republican state ticket, because of
their long familiarity with state af.
fairs, their knowledge and experience
in legislative work and their devotion
to the advancement of the states in
terests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
Mccoy RELEASED ON BAIL.
Papers Have Not Vet Arrived From
Belgium.

kid" Mccoy Norman Selby, the
American boxer, was brought up
again at the Bow street police court
yesterday and again remanded until
Thursday, wnen the papers connected
with the case are expected to arrive
from Belgium. McCoy's attorney
made a strong plea for bail yesterday
morning. arguing that the only charge
against his client was an uncorrob-
GRATED statement by a woman who
had been arrested as the accomplice
Of the real thieves. Many Americans
we're in court yesterday morning.
during the hearing The police mag
istrate later in the day consented to
the release of Mccoy on bail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03

was passed and stole second. A wild
pitch sent him to third but when he
attempted to go home on McCrehan's
short infield hit he was thrown out at
the plate. McCrehan stole second
and went home ahead of Finnegan's
long hit.
In the ninth, Rudolph flied out to
Carolan. Crandall hit to right field
and was safe when Peloquin. after
a long run, dropped the ball. Nc
Robbie flied out the center field .
Fountain was given a base on balls.
putting two on bases. but Tee closed
the game with a grounder to Kenney.
The score.