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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
STRIKERS SPIKED THE RAILS
Four cars at Duluth Sent Into Ditch
One Narrowly Missed Serious
Disaster

Duluth, Minnesota.-By the use OF
railroad spikes, laid in grooved rails
at sharp curves, sympthizers of the
striking car men sent four cars into
the ditch. None of the passengers was
injured, but service was disorganized.
Near Hunters park car thus ditched
headed for a high bank and stopped
right on the brink. Had it gone over
many of the "a persons aboard might
have been killed or injured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
TRIED TO "CUTD HIS BOARD BILL
Paroled Kansan Stabbed In Fight
With Father-in-law over
Settlement.

Denver, Colorado.-Charles Ronald
son, 55 years old, and Joseph Volker,
81 years old, his son-in-law, fought in
darkened room with knives here
while the wives of the two men
screamed for help.
AS a result of the fight, Volker is in
hospital with two dangerous stab
wounds, and has slight chance for re-
covery. Ronaldson was stabbed in
the leg.
The fight started over board bill
volker is said to have owed his father
in-law. Volker, the police say, recent
ly was paroled from the Kansas state
reformatory at Hutchinson.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
ELEVEN CHARGES AGAINST FLACK
DefauIting Cashier of Abilene State
Bank Will Take Case to Higher
Court-Objects to Ruling.

Abilene, Kansas.-John Flack, de-
faulting cashier of the Abilene State
bank, has been held for trial in dis
trict court by Judge King on the
eleven new charges brought by the
state banking department. An appeal
will be taken on the ground of a
state supreme court decision that trial
can be only on the charge for which
the original requisition was granted.
Flack is in Jail. The original forgery
charge is continued until January.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
CUTS STUDENTS COST OF LIVING
Missouri University Establishes Cafe
terra to Compete With Columbia
Boarding Houses.

Columbia, Missouri-With view of
reducing as far as possible the cost of
living for students at the University
of Missouri, the university has estab-
lished in connection with the Univer-
sity Dining club, a cafeteria. Nearly
700 students are getting good meals at
a lower cost than they have been able
to get them in Columbia in ten years.
On the other hand the prices of meals
in many Columbia boarding houses
were raised this fall so cents week.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
propped In Unannounced.

Hammond, Indiana.-A 265-pound
woman fell through the skylight OF
the Indiana Harbor State bank and
landed on top of gathering of bank
directors who we're holding their an
nual meeting. Mrs. Mary Bopa, liv-
ing in an adjacent fiat, uses the roof
of the building as a place to dry her
laundry. She tripped and fell over a
basket, crashed through the skylight
and fell 80 feet escaping with a few
bruises.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Initiative Law unheId.

Denver, Col.-The state supreme
court gave a decision declaring the
Colorado initiative and referendum
law constitutional. The ruling of the
court was written by Chief Justice
Campbell, all the justices concurring.
Twenty-seven initiated and referred
measures are ready for submission at
the general election in November I'M
der. the upheld amendment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Killed In a Duel.

Sweetwater, Oklahoma.-Paul Bo-
dine, living near here, was shot and
instantly killed by w. A. Givens, a
neighboring farmer, who then went to
the nearest telephone, notified the
sheriff's Office and returned home to
await arrest He pleads self-defense.
The men met in the road in front OF
Bodine's house and both opened fire.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
"Rah RAIN Bows to Harvest.

Fargo, North Dakota.-To aid in the
saving of the thousands of bushels Of
grain uncared for because of the re-
cent wet weather, nearly 1000 young
men in colleges and high schools Of
Fargo have been given two weeks
leave of absence to work in the har-
vest fields.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
salazar AtLo Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Gen. Inez sala-
zar the Mexican revolutionary leader,
who has been associated with Orozco,
has been in Los Angeles for the last
four days receiving treatment for a
gunshot wound in the shoulder.
Friends of the general succeeded until
now in keeping his presence here Sc
cret.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Steering Gear Broke.

Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Dr. Thomas
H. Quirk of Calgary, Alberta, and Will
liam Guy, paving inspector of Corn
wall, Ontario, were killed here and
Hall Nye sustained injuries that prob
ably will prove fatal, when the steer
ing mechanism of a motor car in which
they were riding broke.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
End of Famous Vessel.

The Fox, the vessel in which the
late Sir Leopold McClintock made his
discovery of the fate of Sir John
Franklin and his companions, has been
wrecked on the Greenland coast. In
recent years she has been employed
by the Danish Greenland authorities
on coastal trips.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Bands went TO John D.

New York, n. Y.-Efforts of coun'
sci for the Waters-Pierce Oil company
to trace the ownership of the bonds OF
the indicted Magnolia Petroleum COM
pany of Texas were successful when
it was testified that $2,4O4,OOO worth
of the bonds were purchased by John
d. Rockefeller.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Mayor CAUGHT His AssaIIant.

Frankfort. Kentucky.ZWhen Pat
rick Haley drew a revolver and be-
gan firing at Mayor James H. Polls,
grove of Frankfort the mayor charged
him, knocked him down twice and
thoroughly subdued him. Haley was
arrested. One bullet lodged in the
MAYORS leg and another passed
through his hat. He had represented
Haley's wife in a divorce suit
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Martial Law at Negro Trial.

Atlanta, Georgia.-Four companies
of militia will go to Cumming, Ca,
Immediately to impose martial law
upon the whole of Forsyth county I'M
til such time as the trials of six ne
groes, accused of the murder of two
white women, shall have been finished
That was the effect of proclamation
issued by Gov. Joseph NJ. Brown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
RnvalIat Bomb kIIIs two.

Lisbon, Portugal.-While military
band was playing Republican airs in
the Plaza at Tabao, Beiran. a bomb
was thrown among the members by a
Royalist, ,killing two and fatally
wounding eight
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
ArchboId Was Defiant.

New York, N. Y.-John D. Arch
bold, head of the Standard Oil, disre-
garded a subpoena served on him to
testify before special master in the
suit of the Waters-Pierce company
against the Standard The special
master ordered him entered as in de-
fault and said that he would be called
upon for an explanation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Ioonmotlve Boiler ExpIoded.

Reno, Nevada.-N. L. Robinson, en-
gineer, and C. C. Cool. fireman, both
of Sparks, New, were killed when the
boiler of the locomotive on a west
bound freight train exploded, 10 miles
east of Inlay. Sixteen cars were piled
up in the wreck
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
rnrkev Is Defiant.

Constantinople, Turkey.-After an
all-night session the Turkish cabinet
issued a curt refusal to surrender the
shipment of Servian war munitions
seized by the authorities on its way
through Turkey.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
shotuun,s Fall Killed Two.

Brentwood. Texas.-Mrs. ]. r.
Montgomery was killed and her hus-
band wounded fatally at Rising Star.
near here, when a door slammed and
Jared loose a shotgun hanging on the
wall. Montgomery and his wife had
Just retired and the shot struck them
while in bed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
M..d Nn. pav MIfe,s rax.

London, Eng.-Mark Wilkes, who
was sent to Jail because he could not
pay the income tax of his wife. who is
a suffragist and who refused to pay
it herself, has been released uncon'
ditionally. No reason is given.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
rrain struck WAGON Partv.

Rockland. Mass. = Eight persons
were injured. two probably fatally,
when a passenger train struck a wag-
on at a crossing here. The wagon
was filed with a party returning from
the county fAir.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Honolulu. = Nearly 1000 United
States troops were reviewed here by
Secretary OF state Knox and Secretary
OF the Interior Fisher prior to the de
parture Of the cabinet officers fol
Seattle on the cruiser Maryland.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Shot Three stoAsawaYs.

Tampa, Florida.-Four stowaways
aboard the steamer Brunswick, were
discovered by the boatswain. They
offered fight and he shot three Of them.
one was killed and one probably fatal
ly wounded.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Killed by Train.

Fort Smith, Arkansas.-While try
ing to board a freight train John
Armstrong of Pittsburg, Kan, was IN
jured so severely near Eureka
Springs. this state. that he died short
ly afterwards in a hospital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Cannot Define aReer.n

Washington, D. CATER mullins
over the question, What is beer?"
more than two years, the department
of agriculture has decided that 1t does
not know and will pass the matter up
to congress.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Fluffy skirts saved a woman from
drowning in the Chicago river. The
moral In that women who feel that
thay must wear tight skirts should
avoid falling into that historic
stream.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
poIlc. Chief Admits Arson.

Lincoln, Nebraska.-Charles Marks,
chief of police of Haveiock, arrested
early in the week on charge of arson,
has confessed to the county attorney
that he started the fire that burned
his home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

A Kansas City man who went to bed
one night, leaving $1.7OO In his
trousers pocket. has registered VOW
that he will not be so careless again.
He Is trying to accumulate another
s1.700.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
rorpedo Boat Disabled.

Philadelphia. Pa.-The torpedo boat
destroyer Beale crashed into, a Dele
ware river dredge at Newcastle. Del,
and began to sink, but after settling
several inches it steadied, held up by
the inner eompartments.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Among all the adjectives that have
been applied to the costumes that the
girls are wearing now we haven't
noticed modest"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

In Philadelphia all women under
thirty are girls" Philadelphia, the
chivalrous and altruistic, is proving
itself the City of Brotherly Love to
the lone sisters.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Playing cards has been traced back
TO the year 800 A. D. It is safe to pre-
sumo that the police Of those days
gathered in their graft just as merrily
as now.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

While a Kansas woman was trying
TO kiss a bulldog the animal bit her
LID. 1t seems difficult for some Kan
sas bulldogs to acquire good man
ners.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

There were fourteen billion tele-
phone calls in the United States last
year. Do you wonder that the lines
were sometimes busy?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Baltimore policemen must not play
dominoes on Sunday. Probably 1t Is
the one game that they don't play at
Ill.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Always the Way.

do you think woman can keep
q secret?" as
mo; she always tries to syndicate
lt."-Judge.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

/ An English actor who wore a corset
has died as the result of tight lacing.
Evidently the manager declined to
give him a fat part.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

An artist who painted $40 bills has
been arrested. Painting $40 bills does
not seem to be any more profitable
than gliding lilies.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

A New York man is reported to
have borrowed $4,000 from his laun-
dress. If she had it it is quite pos
sible.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Sound proof floors in apartment
buildings are a grand institution, but
until the sound proof baby is invented
somebody Il sure to complain
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

A python In the New York zoo eats
but one meal year. This reduces
housekeeping costs to minimum.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Any movement to restrain the activ-
tiles of the genius who designs freak
shoes for men will deserve public ap-
probation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Lemons are becoming more expen-
tive, but 1t Is probable that many OF
them will still be handed around.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Tobacco is now grown in Kansas,
and several new brands of Havana
cigars will soon be put on the market.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Now it's the cold storage cure for
hay fever.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Antiquarians have discovered an
ether Venus, doubtless without first
getting the consent of their wives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Bohemia has a woman member OF
parliament Showing the true Bone
milan spirit, as 1t were.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Do you suppose the government will
get any nearer the telephone trust
than d long-distance call?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

II it were not for the old warships
what would the young warships have
10 shoot at in target practice?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Tight-skirted women hobbling to
catch a car are as funny as sack
race.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Soon the lover Of lake sports Will
wish to exchange his bathing suit for
pair of skates.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

The girl with the coat OF seashore
TIM now looks alphabetically at her
pale-faeed, stay-at-home sisters.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

London telegraph company is hiring
girls to replace messenger boys.
Leave 1t to girl to carry messages.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

The slaughter Of an aviator now ana
then has almost ceased to be q mat
Ter OF news.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Rural Fate.

Sims never made big hit. DE
just ploughed his way along"
What narrowing lifei"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Canada sold 100000 Holsters last
winter New York will have to hustle
30 live up to its reputation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Almost any candidate is a promis-
Ing candidate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

Now It appears that the English
beauty who planned to see the United
States in two days is an actress
score another point for the alert press
agent
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11

1t will be Thanksgiving day for
Italy II she finally saws limb OF Tur-
key.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-10-11
Our idea Of nothing to feel sad
about Ia losing a job as aviator.

The excursion girl now sweetly
changes into the matinee maid.
The Press., 1912-09-04
BRIDES IN JAPAN.

First They Are Arrayed Tn White Silk
 Then in Red.
 Brides in Japan follow the same GUS tom which prevails in the western world that of wearing white at the we'd ding ceremony. at least during a part of it. But the significance attached to the choice of this color is quite differ. ent on the two sides of the world.
 The Japanese bride is dressed first in resplendent garments of white silk, the sleeves of the costume usually being about three feet in length, while the sash. an important feature, measures about eleven feet in length.
 But white is the mourning color in Japan, and the bride leaving her par ents' house considers herself dead in the sense that she will never return alive, preferring death to divorce and in consequence wearing white cos tune.
 After the exchange of cups of sake with the bridegroom, which is the most important part of the wedding cere- mony. the bride changes her costume to a red one. This Is called iromaoshi Changing color). Red is supposed to have purifying power and perhaps clears the minds of the parties of all association of mourning.
 This Is the origin of the Japanese custom of using white costumes at wed dings, but many people in modern Ja- pan do not any longer have time to bother their heads with these questions of color and simply go ahead and mar ry according to the accepted custom, with no thought of what the colors sig nify.-Oriental Review.
The Press., 1912-09-04
ZINC SIMPLIFYING.
Not Modern Art, Since 1t Was Known
 as Early as 179S.

Not Modern Art, Since 1t Was Known
 as Early as 179a.
 For many years the art of zinc smeIt- ing was supposed to be relatively mod ern among metallurgical processes and to be due to the invention of the Abbe Daniel Dony, chemist of Liege, the story of whose accidental discovery in 1SO5 is classical.
 The particular type of Belgian fur mace may Indeed be credited to Dony, but it has long been doubtful whether he was entirely unacquainted with pre- vious undertakings. Thus it is well known that the manufacture of spelter was begun in Upper Silesia about 1798- 1S0O by Johann Ruhberg, who learned the art in England (where zinc Smelt- ing was then being carried on by the English process of distillation down war6 and Bergrath Dillinger began zinc smelting in Carinthia in 1799.
 As remarked by Ingalls, in ''Produc- tion and Properties of Zinc:" Ut is in- cOmprehensible indeed that ten years later there should have been no knowI- edge in Belgium of what was being done in this branch of metallurgy in England. the two countries being sepa- rated only by narrow strip of water. while the news had previously pene- trated eastward to the Polish frontier"
 Engineering and Mining Journal.
The Press., 1912-09-04
MoNaoN.

Mrs. s. M. Stebbins has returned from Stafford, where she has been visiting the past week.
 Carl Sweet, who has been spending two weeks with his parents on East State street, has returned to Somer- vile.
 Miss Mabel Fuller, who has been spending some time in Kalamazoo and Milwaukee, has returned to her home on Lincoln street.
 Dr. O. w. Jackson had the Spring field hospital ambulance come to Mon- son Wednesday morning to take H. D. Moulton to the hospital for treatment for injuries received Tuesday evening. MT. Moulton while driving down street was thrown out of his buggy, as result of the wheel being caught in the car track. He was picked up unconscious as a result of the fall, and the doctors deemed it wise, as his injuries were of a serious nature, to have him removed to the hospital
 Work on the Heimann & Lichten factory is progressing finely. The manufacture of cloth has been finished and the woolen machinery is being rapidly removed and the rooms va cated are being put in shape to re- ceive the new hat machinery, which, when installed, will constitute one of the most modern hat manufacturing plants in this country. MT. Heimann is here four-fifths of the time looking after the business of construction of the factory and it's accessories, as we'll as the manufacture of hats.
 Mrs. Alice Neville, 55, died at her home on South Main street Sunday morning August 25th, following long illness with tuberculosis. She was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Patrick Hanley of Monson, where she was born July 25, 1857. Her father died several years ago. She has been in poor health for several years" and has been confined to her home for many months. Mrs. Neville was mar ried in Ware in April, 1888, to James Neville. She resided in that town for several years after her marriage, her husband being prominent black smith: MT. Neville died in 1892. FShe was a member of St. Patrick S church. She leaves, besides her mother, Mrs. Patrick Hanley of State street, one son, Henry Neville, at home, and one sister, Mrs. William Anderson, of State street, and one brother, Nicholas Hanley, of. Main street. The funeral was held from her late home at 8.3O o'clock Tues. day morning, with a high requiem mass in St. Patrick's church at 9 o'clock. Burial took place in the Pearl street cemetery.
The Press., 1912-09-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
September '. Iss2.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
 Of The Press, thirty years ago.

J. Carl Converse of Stafford Springs next week enters Wesleyan university of Middletown Miss Mary Whiton of West Stafford and Louie Converse of Stafford Springs are attending at the Wesleyan academy in Wilbraham.
 The school in district No. l, Union, commenced Monday, Sept Sd, Miss Belle M. Weld teacher. The schools in districts No. and 4 will com mence Sept. 11th Miss Ella Corbin teacher of the former and Dwight Whittemore the latter.
 Schools in this village began last Monday. Teachers are: Grammar, W. J. Dreamer; east intermediate, Miss Henrietta Phillips; west inter mediate, Miss Annie Heald; east primary, Miss Lucille S. Cady; west primary, Miss Hattie Ellithorpe.
 Born. - In Staffordville, 2d, son Robert Henry) to Robert Gilthorp.
The Press., 1912-09-04
NO TIME WASTED.
Prompt Action Is Pleasing Many Staf
 ford Springs Citizens.

Get down to the cause of every thing.
 Bad backs are frequently caused by weak kidneys.
 Help the kidneys to get rid of kid ney backache.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid neys only.
 No time wasted trying to cure othel troubles.
 Stafford Springs people endorse their merit.
 Mrs. M. H. Converse, East Mair street, Stafford Springs, Conn.,, says "For long time I suffered from backache and had about despaired o1 ever getting relief. To my surprise and delight Doan's Kidney Pills acted effectively as soon as began taking them, and soon made me feel like a different person. Another member of our household suffered for long time from kidney trouble. This complaint caused loss of rest and nothing brought relief until Doan's Kidney Pills were procured at the Eaton drug store. Their action was all that could have been desired. The pain and lameness was removed and. the other symptoms of kidney trouble corrected" :"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster -Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The Press., 1912-09-04
An Earl and kiis Limit.

'aThe late Lord Dufferin," says w. H. Rideing in Many Celebrities. '' ''came in to luncheon very late one day. and after he had apologized to the hostess he whispered to me that he had been detained by the late Earl of Kimberley. A wonderful mana fascinating man! It is amazing how much he knows. He knows everything everything the corners of the earth and all the men in it. Except a pause-'except when to stop"