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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
HELD FOUR DAYS
IN AN ICE PACK
LAKE STEAMER ARRTFES-
CHICAGO AFTER E-XPPERI-
ENCE WORTHY OF ARCTIC.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-With forty
members of the crew OF so suffering
with frozen noses. ears and fingers,
tho steamship Indiana, of the Good
rich Transportation Company locked
tonight at I o'clock after having been
frozen four days in Lake Michigan
three miles off Edgewater.
The nine passengers declare that
they did not expect to reach port alive
and told a story of suffering worthy
of the Arctic regions.
The passengers included Mr.. and
Mrs. Johann houston. and their four
year-old daughter. Marie. of Milwau-
kee; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hale. of
San Francisco; Harry q. Cole. of
Milwaukee, and William Collins. Of
New York.
Leaving Milwaukee Thursday morn
ing. the Indiana had proceeded only
a short distance when she began to
bump into large foes OF Ice. Speed
was slowed down and she picked
her way carefully for many miles.
Arriving off Edgewater that eve-
ening enormous ice packs were en-
countered and after raining several.
the Indiana was backing OFF to make
another rush when the wind swung
an immense foe against her stern.
In almost less time than 1t takes to
tell il. the boat WAS surrounded and
the propellors had to be stopped lest
they be broken on the submerged ice.
There she lay until morning. when
the crew. which had been working
hard almost all night. against started
to clear the ship. BY this time the
biting cold had frozen every inch
of watery space surrounding the boat.
From that time until the boat was
freed this afternoon by a change OF
wind. which broke UP the ice pack,
the hours We're spent in almost cease
less toll on the part Of the crew and
terror on the part of the passengers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
RADIATOR BURSTS;
DESTROYS CHURCH

NEW YORK. Jan. IA bursting
radiator in the basement OF the Bay
side. l.. l.. Methodist Episcopal church
threw the congregation into a panic
today, caused several slight injuries
= fire that totally destroyed the huifd-
ing. The toss rs estimated at $50. 600.
The radiator burst with a roar just
as the Rev. A. C.. Flandrau was
about to conclude his sermon. The
pastor and the male members of the
congregation strove to maintain order
among the frightened women and then
rushed to the basement where they
apparently extinguished a small ire
that was consuming the wood. work
The flames. however broke out afresh
and gained such Roadway that they
soon destroyed the edtfice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
TWO VICTIMS OF
BURSTING STOVES

The extreme cold weather has
caused an spidemic of stove expo
sions. every day bringing forth its
quota of reports and yesterday being
no exception.
The range in the kitchen of the resi-
dence Of w. c. Lassiter at 20 Addison
street expoded shorty before ~
o'clock yesterday morning inJuring the
three -year-old child of Mr.. Lassiter
and his grandmother. both OF whom
were sitting in front OF the stove.
The grandmother was badly brusied
about hips-hy flying portions of
the wrecked stove and the baby Sc
verely scalded and cut on the right
hand. Both were removed to the
City Home for treatment in the am
bulance and 1t was found necessary to
operat- on the child Both will re-
cover.
While w. ID. Griffin. OF Twenty
third and venable streets was build
Ing a fire in his kitchen stove yester-
day morning the water back exploded,
TEARING the stove to pieces and wreck
Ing the room. Griffin escaped injury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
THIRD ATTEMPT ON
LIFE SUCCESSFUL
PHYSICIANS UNABLE TO SAVE
OLIVER p. PAXTON WHO
DRINKS cARsoIiC ACID.

Discharged from the City Home Fri
day afternoon where he had received
treatment following an UNSUCCESSFUL
attempt to commit suicide on Jan
uary 4, Oliver p Paxton, VINO for
merly lived at the Luray. 4OS East
-Matn street, ayafr took -carbottc- tefd
last night In his room at IA West
Clay street, and died shortly after be-
ing removed to the CITY Home.
Paxton appeared at the West Clay
street house Friday afternoon and en-
gagged q room. after stating he had
been sick in the City Home with the
grip. He complained of feeling i'll at
supper last evening. and went 10 his
room. A fellow boarder went in about
Z o'clock to see If he could be of any
assistance, and found Paxton lying on
the bed unconscious.
The city ambulance was summoned
and DIR. Hulcher. on trying TO use the
stomach pump. found Paxton's throat
CONSTRUCTED by the acid. and was
forced to resort 10 hypodermic injec-
tions. He had the young man taken
to the City Home, where he died AT
$40 o'clock.
On the afternoon of January 4.
Paxton walked into Main street
store where his wife, from whom he
had been separated for some time, was
employed, and after telling her ne had
just three minutes 10 live, drank
quantity of carbolic acid. He was at
tended by DIR. X. T. Watts. of the
city ambulance. and removed to the
City Home where his life was saved
He also made another unsuccessful at
tempt to end his life with carbolic
acid last October and was treated at
that time by DIR. Watts. who brought
him around.
1t was learned yesterday that Pax
toms wife had Instituted divorce pro-
ceedings against him. He is survived
by his wife and one child.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
PARCELS POST is
URGED BY M'GRAW

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The i'm
mediate establishment of parcel post
delivery along rnral mau routes II
urged in the annual report OF Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General r. ".
DeNc0raw. submitted to Postmaster
General Hitchcock tod~K
Xc3fnM declares Ia the only means
whereby the rural service expendis
lures can be cqualised by the receipts.
Last year the expenditures were 3S7.-
I3O,000 and the receipts 37.T60,000
For the present year $43,7s0. 900 has
been appropriated.
= He also urges the amendment Of
che civil service rule prohibiting The
transfer Of rural carriers to other
branches Of the postal service. with
the object Of attracting higher
class Of men to the service. Super
annuatlon legislation II also urged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
MINCE PIE LOSES
IN NEW ENGLAND

CAMBRIDGE. MASS. Jan. It.
Nince ME u totterinx on It's iaAt
aegs In. the land OF its birth. New
England. Wellesley College recently
barred the pasty except on Thanks
gfving and Christmas: Simmons Col
teGe now SLOWS It 20 appear but
once I year. and m edict has just
gone forth from thS faculty II Mt.
A0lyu1to bantshing the ancient des.
sert from IL dining halls forever.
Ihe gonoFal charges against mincs
~ ~ that Il u hard to digest. Ii
6ad III the complexion and has =
nAsasy . nasAs The studeata aae-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSED TO
TRANSFER OF CLUB LICENSE

The residents Of North Third street
are circulating petitions against the
proposed transfer Of the license Of
the colored Richmon d Athletic. and
Eocixi Club which dispenses liquors
to its members. from Its present To-
cation, $40 North Third street. to
725 North Third street, adjoining
the colored Pythian castle. 1t n I'M
derstood that the white residents on
Fourth street. whose property abuts
the alley in the rear OF the proposed
site, Will also oppose Il -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
The Weather

Forecast for Monday ana Tuesday:
misunderstanding Monday. probably
preceded by snow In early morning
colder At night. Tuesday fair and
North caroiina--Fafr Monday. pro-
baby preceded by rain on the coast
Tuesday fair and colder.
Special Lecal Data fer Yesterday.
IL noon temperature .............. IL
5 r. ~, temperature ..,............. 40
Maximum temperature up to +. NJ. 10
Minimum temperature UP to
r. ~. .................1 at $50 a. ~.
Mean temperature 2............... 10
Normal temperature .............. ~
Defaciency In temperature today. 20
Deficiency In temperature since
dsdciency in tempera- B
ture since January 1............ 1.sy
Rainfall last - hours. ..-...........
Deficiency In rainfall since March
u .ss.s........s.... ..... o.oo
Accumulated deficiency In rainfall
since January 1................ 0.So
Local 0bsessa10en 2 =. ~. Yesterday.
TemRerAeufe ....s................ IL
11uWN0My ..&-sss.s ssss,...s........ ~
Mn0s dirActl0n .......s .s.......... ~
Msnd yeiecity .....s.
ainSa4 49, y heas9. $1,000 %
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
RISING IN COLOMBIA
LED BY GEN. URIBE

WASHINGTON. Jan. l4.-After
fourteen years OF peace the Repub-
lie OF Colombia II face to face with
a revolution. According to informa-
ton that reached WAshinKton To-
night. General Rafael Tribe. who
fought in the revolution Of 1893, and
who 10 now q member Of the Colon.
bian Congress. II leading the pres
ent movement He has the backing
people control the present govern
ment.
II u stated that the government
win assume deelntte shape within the
Aext - Npnt6A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
KIN(5=AND QUEEN So 4 n
VISITS IRELAND

LONDONDERRY. IRELAND. Ja1&
14.-It Is reliably stated here TIT
the King and Queen will visit InSS
land in June. They will visit Ba&S
fast and Londonderry and afterMAE
Southern coasts in the royal y1oI y
landing for visits to Galway, Cot
Queenstown. Killarney and WAk0
ford. This itenedary has been pEy
visionally arranged. the details ~
decided upon on their majesty'e 1
turned from India. Ss|
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
SCHUMANA-HE|NK
SEEKING DIVORCE
HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HER
AND CHILDREN.
SHE DECLARES,

ST. LOUIS. MO. Jan. 14.-Madame
Schumann-Heink, the noted opera
singer, known In private life as Mrs.
William Rapp, wife of d former Chi
cago newspaper man, IS preparing to
sue for divorce.
Madame Sehumann- Heink and her
husband. who is twelve years her
junior. have been separated some
time. but up to tonight there has
been no statement of an intended
divorce. An enlargement has been
known to exist, but it was not con-
sidered to have reached critical
stage.
The great contralto. in her
ments at the Planters Hotel. TO- night
admitted the separation and sai,.
divorce petition would be flied soon,
but where she would not say.
The marriage of the singer to a
man twelve years her junior, and one
not in the professional world has
not proved a happy one. With much
feeling she spoke of the mesalliance
and said she had endured 1t as long
as she could.
Il have no word to say against Mr..
Rapp." said the diva. He is a gen.
tleman, cultured and refined. But II
is best that he should go his way.
He has an Office in New York while
| am on the road.
There have been no ugly quarrels.
II Is on account of my children, of
which / have eight, that the divorce
seems necessary to me. / love my
children above everything in world,
and ii has come to a question of
choosing between them or him."
When l was In my native and.
oh. SO poor. and the first Of my
eight children came l wanted to do
all l could for it," said Nine. Schu-
MANN Heink. And when the others
work for them. 1t was that they
might profit by it that desired
above all things to become a great
singer. a great artist that l might
give to them the things that had
been denied TO my own childhood.
And worked so hard, and de-
MED myself so many things to
achieve my ambition. 1t was to work
for them and to build them a home
that l came to your country. that
in tn ethirteen years l have been
here ! have come to love SO well. But
what made me come was to win
money and home for them.
Il had succeeded before ! became
the wife OF Mr.. Rapp. My estate in
New Jersey Is beautiful place, and
am happy when I am there sur
rounded by my children. Then ! have
another home in California. and
am happy there. And no matter where
i am want my children to know
that their mother will always take
them to her arms.
INF. Rapp thought that did more
for my children than I did for him.
He thought l gave them more. And
/ presume he was right In so think
ing. What good mother would not
give all she had for her children?
"Mayhap he was right when he
said gave them too much. Per-
haps they would have been better off
had / not given them 30 much. But
II that be SO I am the one at fault.
and the mistake. II 1t be one. was
because OF my great love for my
rkyS .-..ss s = -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
Has Easy Solution.


BOSTON. Jan. -14.--Louis p. Rran4I
deis sees an easy solution Of the
problem OF bad rails. When asked
to-day how the railroads can compel
the manufacture of rails that will
wear and not break under passing
trains, he said:
II think that the moment we ret
there will be no difliculty
of getting good rails any more than
there Is other lines Of business. Wheu
there are pools and gentlemen's agrees
ments there Is no incentive to better
the productions. The problem OF good
rails is one Of brain and effort. Under
present circumstances manufacturers
are assured their proportion OF the
business. and incentive to make bet-S
ter RATS II wanting. as welt ~ thAts
to make lower prices. If the whole
world were afforded an opportunity to
I think 1t entirely reasonable
to suppose that the same conditions
would be brought about that exist II.
other lines Of trade"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15

Or. James Cannon preached at
Broad Street Methodist church last
night. The sermon was pointed and
practical. and, was listened to very
attentiveiy by surprisingly large
considering the stormy
weather. Both DR.. Cannon and It's
pastor. Mr.. Wells, made reference to
their sense Of personal loss in the death
of Prof. q. NJ. Smithdeal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15

They spent money freely. and
whenever they saw things that they
wanted and did not have the money
to buy them with. they would make
debts. Mother makes a great deal
OF money they would reason. and
she can and will pay And this Is
so. But what Is money fol. IL It Ia
nor 10 make those ONE foves happy:
friends have known fera-
long time that we made q mistake in
being married"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15

GREAT MENACE TO LIFE

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.--None 60
the steel rail manufacturers accused
by Louis .. Brandeis before the Re-
publican Club yesterday Of being
largely responsible for railroad acct
dents in the United States by max.
ing inferior rails would consent 80
receive reporters today. Efforts wet9
made to see Elbet ii. Gary. Charle1s
NJ. Sehwab. w, Il. Corey, ex-presdea,t
of the steel trust, and other spOko4ssss
men of the steel rail manufacturers
interests. but all Of them either ra@A
fused outright to be seen or 1en&x
out word that they were mot IN.
In aecentuation of the serious mem
ace TO life and property CAUSED b.
the alleged poor make OF rails with
which most OF the great trunk lineD
Of the country are now euufppcdS
dispatches were received from Chl>s
cago and other Western railroad com.
ters saying that during the past two
weeks of severe cold weather rAtl@g
road rails have crushed like wood
and that pilot engines are being senG
ahead Of every important train"
Tnterfercs With Schedules.
These dispatches add that, furthcf~-s
more. the condition described Ac.s
counts for the bad passenger sched.
ules that have prevailed In the West
and Northwest during the cold snap.
In this connection New York rail-
road men today recalled a broad butss
positive assertion made few yearn
ago by the late E.. IT. HarrimAn
thxt one of the chief didicu!taes-h0-
encountered In increasing the efkl-
cheney of the gerat system Of rail-
roads he had united was found In
the por quality of rails with which,
he had found the unes he CONTROLS
ed had been equipped.
Hartman Knew It.
1t was because OF this discovery
that Mr. Hartman. according To
statements made by his former as
sociates to the Stanley committee. he
had given an order for 10000 tons
of steel RATS to the Tennessee GOAt
and Iron Company only a short time
before that concern was absorbed By
the steel trust.
The scathing report made by ex-
perts of the Interstate Commerce.
Commission November 20 last apropOo
Of the terrible disaster on the Le-a
high Valley railroad at Manchester
N. Y, also was recalled by local ratl-
road officials. Twenty-nine livca
were lost in that catastrophe. The
committees experts reported that $50
common are defects in rails found
to be that it Is recommended that &
sweeping investigation Of all the rail-
roads in the United States be made.
The development OF these defects
progresses with the age OF the rails.
and the fear Is expressed that
long series OF serious accidents muse
be expected If remedy is not ap.
Piled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
sCHOLER'S CELEBRATED GERMAN
LIVER REGULATOR.

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Heartburn, Jaundice and all Bilious
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bowels with Scholer's Celebrated Ger
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depend on it absolutely. Price soc.
Your Druggist has IL
Z. S. LEADBEATER & SONS.
2G-9t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP,
NtStGEMENT, CIRCULATION. Etc.
of the Alexandria Gazette. punllsheu
daily OK Sunday, At Alexandria. re-
Namn of postofIlce address
Editor, Robert S. Barrett. Alexandria V q
Managing Editor Robert ,. harrel'
Alexandria, Va.
Business Manager. ROBERT >. litfrel''
Alexandria, Va.
Publisher, Alexandria Gazette Corr
poration. ..
Owners:
Robert S. Barrett,
Howard w Smith.
r. c. Smith.
Estate of Hubert Snowden.
Known bondholdcrs, mortgages,
and other security holders hold.
nE one per cent or more OF
total amount of bonds, mortgages or
other securities:
Kate Waller Barrett, Trustee.
Alexandria National Bank.
Average number OF copies OF each
issue of this publication sold or dis
tributed through the mails or other
wise, to paid subscribers during the
six months preceding the date of this
statement (This information is requer5
ed from daily newspapers only) LOO
Robert S. Barrett, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before ME
this Goth day of September, 1912.
Howard w. Smith,
Notary Public.
My Commission expires
July Z, 1916.
(SeaD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
A GREAT STADIUM.
Structure on New Richmond College
Grounds Will Rival Old Roman
Ideas.

Richmond, Va, Sept. 28.-In max
ing their plans for Greater Richmond
College, the trustees of this time-hon-
ored institution have not overlooked
the Importance of athletics as an in
cident to educational work.
Believing that sound mind in a
sound body always conduces to study,
the building committee charged with
the duty of making arrangements for
the schools magnificent new plant at
Westhampton, has provided for the
building of stadium that would do
credit to the broad ideas of ancient
Romans.
This feature will be an athletic field
in an ampitheatre.
The Richmond College stadium is
to be collasal affair, designed to ac-
commodate immense crowds and to
provide for contests requiring great
stretches of land.
Any modern game, such as football,
baseball or the like, can be played or
the new field of Greater Richmond
College, which will be large enough
to accommodate an army of men.
It's classical effect will be increased
by tiers of concrete seats which will
command a fine view of the grounds
as we'll as of the beautiful land
scape that will environ the new plant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
BRIEFS FROM VIRGINIA.

Harrisonburg, Va.-Rice Warren,
-
son of T. L. Warren, of Harrisonburg,
was operated on Wednesday at the
University Hospital, Charlottesville,
for an attack of appendicitis. Warren
who is university football coach, was
stricken on the football field. Until
this year he was for several years
athletic director and coach at Ran
dolph-Macon College, Ashland.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
WANTS PRISONERS TO WORK.
Auditor Thinks Large Number OF
Prisoners Should be Earning
Their Bread.

Richmond, Va, Sept. Ex-Governor
Mann has addressed the following self
explanatory letter in connection with
the working of jailbirds on public
roads, to Major J. B. Wood, superin-
tendent of the Virginia penitentiary:
Dear Sir,-At the conference this
evening, called by Hon. c. Lee Moore,
Auditor; of Public Accounts, there
were present besides yourself the Gov
ernor, Messrs. P. St. Julian Wilson,
State Highway Commissioner; R. b.
Davis, Assistant Attorney General and
DR.. J. T. Mastin, Secretary of the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tons.
The question of working the jail
prisoners on the public roads was dis
cussed, and, if I remember correctly,
the following facts appeared: That
the criminal expenses last year in the
counties was $191,219.72, of which
over one-third, or S66,618.60 was for
board of prisoners; the criminal ex-
penses in our cities during the same
period was S137, 9O9.07 of which over
one-half, or $76,177.20, was for boaro
of prisoners. In forty-three of the
counties and five cities criminal eX-
penses were S25 month and under;
in twenty-eight counties and four
cities, $50 month and under; in
twenty counties and one city, $500
and under; in nine counties and nine
cities over 500 month each. Grim
inal expenses were largest in the
counties of Alexandria, Allegheny,
Elizabeth City, Henrico, Nansemond,
Norfolk, Warwick, and Wise, and in
the cities of Alexandria, Clifton Forge
Danville, Lynchburg, Newport News,
Norfolk Petersburg, Portsmouth,
RichmonA, Roanoke, and Suffolk. You
stated to the conference that the
greatest number of Jail prisoners you
fldU dI any Oue tlIllc VII VIC IOelQ 1OASS
was 3Oa, while in the county and city
jails on the 31st of August last there
were 1,43S prisoners, with no report
from Bristol and Danville, and exclu-
sive of the men on the road force.
These facts show that the State
is supporting in idleness not less than
fifteen hundred prisoners, many OF
whom ought to be working on the
roads of the State, and all of whom
would be benefited morally and phys
ically by work in the open air, and If
made to work for the State might con-
clude that it would be better to keep
the law and work for themselves ano
their families. Our State Highway
Commissioner stated that he needed at
least two hundred men now on the
road force, and that on account Of en-
thusiasm for good roads throughout
the State this need was continuous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28

FOR SALE-Fall winter apples and
pears. Call or address Hayfield
Farms, Alexandria. Sept. 13tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-28
NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
GERMAN ENDS REUNION.
Virginia Camp of Confederate Veter-
an Meets Next Year at Roam

0ke.
Pulaski, Va, Sept. 28.-The Grand
Camp of Virginia Confederate Veter-
ans adjourned yesterday shortly af-
ter noon. Roanoke was selected as
the next place of meeting.
The festivities of the reunion clos
ed last night with a german given to
the visitors by Pulaski Camp, Sons
of Veterans, at the Elks' Home, sever
al hundred persons attending.
The camp held only a brief ses-
sion yesterday. A resolution was un-
animously adopted that June 3, the an
niversary of the birth of Jefferson
Davis, President of the Confederacy,
be made special date for annual me-
mortal exercises throughout the state.
A committee composed of S. W.
Williams, j. Taylor Stratton, David
A. Brown, T. L. Tate and R. B. Da-
Wis, was named to go before the next
Legislature asking an additional ap-
preparation for the Women's Relief
Fund. A report from the State Audi
tor showed that SO women were re-
ceiving S36 each, exhausting the pre-
vious appropriation.
The reports from the several COM
mittees were encouraging and the
business of the Grand Camp was
shown to be in good condition. The
reunion was pronounced great sue
cess by all who attended and more
that 500 delegates registered.