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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28

NEW YORK. Oct. 27.--Mrs. w. d.
McElroy Is prostrated at the Waldorf
Astoria from this news received by her
today Of the marriage OF her son J.>hn
Holy McEiroy and Miss marguerite
Mae Prime. The chief objection On
her part to the marriage was her sons
age lie tn 10 years OF age and stu-
dent at the University Of VII ginia. An
effort was being made by her today
to learn whether under the laws ct
Virginia the hoy could take q vife
without his parents consent and II "
believed that II tho statutes are fay
orable an annulment Of the .narriag1
may be sought by her.
The bride II the daughter ( 8, w.
Prime, Of Upper Bay, N. Y. . wealthy
iumberman, and niece OF state Sera-
tor r. @. Prime. of Essex. She and
young McElroy frat met 1t his fathers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
BECKER RELATES
HIS OWN STORY
CONTINUED from First regal


for all this work. wondered why.
Later found out. He intended going
into partnership with Herman Rosen-
thai Rose told me he was going into
partnership with R0senthal one week
before that place opened. and said
he hoped would remember his past
services with mo, and the work he had
done for me and not raid RosenthAl.
Il said would not molest tho place
any more than would any other
gambling hauss- .
II said ! would not make any spe-
ciai Efforts to get evidence against
Resenthal unless specifically directed.
The place was not open one week
when Rose came to me and said TO
me a man had lost at least 5000 In
Rosenthafs place, and that Rosen-
thai, instead ef diyidins nth him, hal
taken the roll. paid his rent. the gas
bill and other bills. and what was
left of the roll be let two Harlem
friends win away from him, thereby
double-crossing Rose.
Grab tho Bank Hon.
II said to Rose: Well why don't
you get square with him. II wers
you / would stay N that house and
watch every play. Wait for high
play on the next opportunity and 9et
hold Of the roll that night and srab
IT.
Rose did 20. He eot hold Of the
bank roll few nights afterward---at
may have bean the very next Might
About this tins letters began 70
filter into Commissioner WAidc's Of
fics about Herman Aoeenthal's hSuse
and ! am sure that they vera wTitt6a
by Roaa, or Mt isAsf wsrs inspsrAd BY
Rose. went TO Rose and raid sHNre
Ii where YOU can get square With
Kosenthal' Rose asked me how. He
swallowed my bait. hook, iine. sinkes
and pole.
II said, \ want TO get my man
intb Herman Hosenthal's place. You
can show, me how ID do IT. krse Inn
fnsdiaten agreed TO AZ ~.
ltpsN AkranEea Ixnp.
Becker sRsd Ncne th60 Afren&ea II
= thrse 81 the lieutSAant.s pfleets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
The Susest and Nest siaces~ EyfAencs
Of the Densnetal ResHIts In the

TA~ Susest and Msst sinceF~ EvfAence
of the Densnrtal Res1its In the
Use ~
Bile RIDGE DYSPEPSIA WATER
for stomach and kidney troubles -
shown by the constant ana frequent
duplication OF orders, also the many
unsolicited. grateful letters for this
God given remedy
y, Fer nearly hsis a century this water
has heeE en6orsea~ by the best snedi-
cal authorities. IL has mild. yet &C.
r.tsix@ action TN both liver sgd kidneys.
and these argaEfsnas when kept In pro-
per conditions ward OF disease and
Keep the bedy In healthy condition.
M 5 sn1lea D~mfjohn Cease, k2.1s
Express prepaid. Will return erIpti es
free aaA asfse realized fay st.ea
Wher. two "a mara aemital,isA s44
Mse4 hA gag family per -naaAth- shA SIX
bless eisa1xes Nil ~ erepsia
Address
PHILIP " BROWN
Blue ridge srrinxa Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
WANT CHRISTABEL
TO GO ON STAGE

LONDON, Oct ce.--Cffers have been
made To Christabei Pankhurst to res
turn from her exile IN Paris aad go
on the stage TO play the part Of q
volcanic heroine in u sesni-politicai
,sosnedy, called THE Member TOR Sfo-
rum Though Written nisny wears
3.-r., .saa play ff'reshsdeuets the .sdvant
OF the present militant slnfaEetfe
"A sauss, OF It's revival. Fail
ing. sslislEtabeT. ii ia said. the man
sgefneiit would be Milling 70 enasee
her sister Gyivts-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
INTERESTED ONLY
IN GREAT ROAD

NEW YORK. Oct. z..--Ropsrt wa
kpruer associate Of Cecil
-. In shs CAPE 10 Cairo railroad
1900. arrived today for a two weeks
HI was accompanied by llis
" nsiaw ana daaghter. Mr.. and Mrs.
III Cuthberaon.
31iaMms DECLARED his trip was
60 0f pleasure and tssat he
&gset@d in nothing except II q
Cairo railroad. 4 stretch af
a11ea and the Belgian conces
III 4a1e Congo, about 5000 square
fH6 ksMpetpwn be said the sais-
S1S rims 10 Ellxahxttsille. z.sea
m F34iHHesls esterslon III be-
&stcxkd NJ Il s-ssst uf ST.. at'f sisss
IN nAi3aY NJ fnnHntasas ana
IN chtet epnstrncsrr Is an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
ss.sl me 1urki.a strvuSho's

sSsnsl, me 1s,rkisa stronghold
4h&fu Albania. s,s.3lgas ~ =
oHx5n przxs ~ war.
a 2& Hfontenexr4n bosnbAsdintnt be-
yesterday nsoruirx and fAs con-
p1thrsst respite. The city has
III fail4p. but the intouaita bic
111y 81 the Turkish garrison u
- 39axlnr the fearful plight OF thosc
&xk{n the city.s gates. which raa
~ Asad in surrender or annshtistion.
)eEs az the surrender Is expected
Tffy. The fntsfnstfnnal News SER
800 roxreepondeut succeeded last
m III rcsching Antsyarsa. south OF
GASysntN, and ouly a tew miles west
III the bessegeS city. He reports heaF-
M the heavy csnnocsding OF the
4nnfenexrsn mountain batteries, post
"a an the high cliffs surrounding
S1s~ fprss srd seeing the fame iisumi-
Yk<ed, sky. telling OF the havoc
sxS6d9ht by the bursting shells,
An on Farstrc Rations.
Hundreds OF Turkish 6essrters have
reached Antivari All were fsTished
8nr vrnnf OF feca. TIRE Nonteneerins
- ~ in the siege cut Oft every source
a. food supply leading TO the c',y,
ma FOR four days the inhabitants ana
defending soldiers have been SUB
sistfnr on famine rattons. Bread IL
aold nj 50 loaf and ether food Is
hikh In proportion. Last night SOW
~rAs companies OF Turkish troops
locked the homes Of Gil the Christians
within the city In search Of FOOD
Great bravery Sc credited tnSthe crack
brigade, commanded by
Prince Mirxo and several companies
1T infantry which advanced agNfhs'
I v.ttherfnr FIRE from Turkish guns
waist deep In mud. Reaching the
s.nfpos.s they encountered strong
Turkish forces. but took theHe strafe-
wfe points after serious bayenet nsht-
ing. 49,.
a heavy fog lowered over the burn
ing city late today and the Monte
nexrfr FIRE ahsted somewhat, evt al =
fatA hour il ts reported that shells
are still falling in the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
fsnture Important station.

LONDON, Oct. 2g.-~-A strong divi-
len ~ TIE Bulgarian army onsEaf-
~ southeast from Adrianopie has
/ enptured Eskf-Baba, an important
railroad station forty miles from
sAAr5anople on the direct line Of com
MunicmtIon between Eofstantinepte
nnd SaIcnika.
This Information comes In brief
6tatement from Sofia. supported by the
despsich from J. c. Conway. the spe-
xial correspondent OF the interna-
laonal News Service at Belgrade. to
the effect that the Belgrade papers
announced tonight tat the advance
81 the Bulgarian army on Constan-
kinopie.
Esks-Baba is 81 point OF great
ntva.ericai importance. It's capture
alndicases that the Bulgarians have
o. ~ rrkish lines between kirk
ri spf, and the ca pital AT the same
fiv-< they have practically isolated the
stronghold OF Saionika, upon which
sehe Greeks are advancing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
Sultan May Go to Front.

LONDON, oct. 27.---That the sui
can May 30 to the front to inspire
she Turkish army to better efforts Is
indicated BIZ David Sander. The
chronicles correspondent at Constan~
tsnopIe. He says;
The sultan summoned an extra
ordinary meeting OF the cabinet yes
ferday which was held at the palace.
II was attended by the ministers, ses"
erai members of the senate, ex-
deputies. rnarshais, visiera and others
Who occupy influential positions. II
may be regarded as an assembly oil
the wisdom Of the nation pro-
aouKed discussion took place on the
crave situation in which Turkey nnds
herself. 1t was marked BY mosl
earnest and solemn elaboration, Al
the end OF the conference, which last
"a many hours, the sultan, in voice
which betckened strong emotion ano
NTH tears in his eyes, announced ms
dissemination to proceed 10 th'
front TO share the fortunes OF his
a03dt&rs. Those who Witnessed fhs
ncenA describe II as most moving
nud nAthetic.''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28

There are not but two or three parks
in the city of Richmond for the
children to play in and they are so
far away that some children cant
go to them to play. i know how il
10 because am a child myself and
l don't have anywhere hardly TO
play.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
WESTERN.

Mrs. Silvey Baker. 119 years old.
formerly slave. died at her home in
Goodnight. Oklahoma. recently.
The directors of the Prairie Oil 6
Gas Company of Independence. Kan
have declared a dividend of SO per
share.
Returns from the Nevada primary
election show that Clark will have in
The state convention 134 delegates.
Wilson 81.
Peter Peterson, living near Presho,
5. D.. his wife and five children. the
latter all under nine years of age.
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home.
AS a reward for faithful service. the
management of the Missouri Pacific
ron Mountain railroad has decided to
issue annual passes to employees who
have worked for that company fifteen
years or longer.
Seven men were burned to death,
six square miles of timber was de-
stroyed and four logging camps RACED
by. forest fire which swept Skagit
county, Washington. The property
loss. in addition to the timber was
100000.
A special cable to the Seattle Post
Intelligencer from Dawson, Yukon,
says: The Yukon valley is roaring
furnace for 200 miles between Big Sa-
loon and Steuart city. Everywhere
forest fires are raging. but they are
not near any city.
Two persons are known to have been
drowned and forty or more were in
jured when the adjustable end of a
temporary passenger gangplank at the
Colman dock. at Seattle. dipped, let
ting sixty passengers fall into the wa
ter as they were preparing to board
the sound steamer Flyer for Tacoma.
DETECTED by large sandbar recent
ly formed, the Colorado river, which
is at flood stage from the melting noun
tain SHOWS. threatens the destruction
of part of the town of Needles, Calf
The 3,00O-foot concrete wall built by
the Santa Fes railroad year ago to
protect the town from the river, is
crumbllng.
The announcement has been made
on high authority that Gov. Hunt of
Arizona, in his call for special ses-
sion of the Legislature to meet at
Phoenix, would include an anti-lobby
bill. tax levy measure. primary
election bill. bill to make the publica-
tion of campaign expenses compul
sorry and bill providing for the cleo
ton OF state and county officers in the
fall Several other matters may be
Incorporated in the call.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
News Summary of the Past Week

Mrs. Marie Josephine Banks Of Chi
cago has announced her intention of
walking to Denver for the benefit of
her health.
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany was indicted for false billing OF
shipments by a federal grand jury at
Indianapolis.
OF the 96S delegates to the National
Republican convention selected to
date. President Taft has 452 and
Roosevelt 367.
The steel mills at Gary, Ind, were
temporarily stopped recently by thou.
sands of tiny fish that clogged the
intake pipes for the mills.
Word has been received by the
White Star officials that the steamer
Montmagny had been unable to find
any more bodies from the Titnaic dis
aster. and that she was returning. to
Halifax
The Presbyterian church in the
United States was pledged by its gen.
eral assembly at Louisville, KY, to in
creased evangelistic effort next year:
$3.250.000 will be expended by the sew
eral boards.
In paper prepared by DIR. Karl Won
Ruck of Ashville. N. c., and read be-
fore the Chicago Medical Society, he
announced that he had discovered a
serum, which he believes gives i'm
munity from tuberculosis.
Bishops Henry w. Warren of Den.
yer; David H. Moore of Cincinnati and
Thomas B. Nealy of New Orleans.
with the close of the present general
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Minneapolis. will retire
from active work in the church.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be saved annually to shippers of
western Colorado and eastern Utah as
result of a decision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, denying
the Denver & Rio Grande and Colo
rado Midland railroads permission to
charge higher rates to that territory
than are in effect to more distant
points. particularly to Salt Lake City
and Utah common points.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has directed the railroads to nut
into effect on June / the reduced
freight rates on wool prescribed by
the decision of the commission made
April IL. The new rates will super.
| sede the present rate to Boston OF
S2.13 hundred pounds from the blan.
ket territory covered by the Union Pa
cific lines. which is held unreasonable.
and from Denver. Cheyenne and Trim
idad the rate to Boston will be s1.32
] per 100.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

| mine. near Louisville, was crusned 10
death under a 1,500-pound rock.
Governor Shafroth has appointed
delegates to the National conference
of Charities and Correction, which Will
be held In Cleveland. O.. June IL TO ~.
Edwin Kirchbaum, the seventeen
year-oId son of George E. Kirchbaum.
well-known resident of Trinidad, was
fatally hurt when he was struck on the
temple by baseball,
William NJ Graves. former jefferson
I,county commissioner. and for twenty
three consecutive years president OF
the Arvada school board, died at the
age of sixty-six years.
A tremendous waste of gas-about
five million cubic feet monthly-is re-
ported at the De Beque oil wells, and
all attempts to prevent the loss have
SO far proved fruitless.
With three of his five brothers in
penitentiarles and jails. on conviction
of burglary. John Dicks, was taken
back to Marysville. Mo-. from Pueblo
to stand trial on the same charges.
At an enthusiastic meeting OF the
La Sale Commercial Club commit
tee appointed to investigate the mat
ter Of an Independent sugar factory
made a report indorsing such a step.
The movement among Colorado
Springs business men to raise $500
for the purchase of a baseball park for
Ira BidwelIs proposed Rocky Noun
tain league team has been abandoned.
Mrs. Cora E. Smith of Denver was
elected president of the Colorado and
Wyoming departments, Women of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at the
convention in Boulder. which has just
closed
Representatives of twenty cities and
towns In Colorado, New Mexico, Wyo-
ming, Utah and Arizona attended the
annual meeting of the Rocky Noun
tain Bill Posters Association in Den
yer recently.
The heavy precipitation throughout
the Holly section the last year has put
the soil in fine condition and the
country round about never looked
handsomer. nor the outlook more
promising at this time
Mrs. David Monroe, one of the first
settlers of the Big Thompson valley,
near Greeley, who crossed the plains
in an oxcart in 1862. is dead at Pres
colt, Ariz.
Arrangements for the annual weeks
has been made and Manager Lyle set
September l as the opening day
Teams from Fort Russell. Sheridan,
Fort Riley. Colorado Springs, Denver
and Glenwood will participate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
Minor Mention.


Street crossings are TO be put In b,
the city of salida.
La Sale is the only town In the
state where no city marshal is EN-
ployed.
Women of Auburn have organized :
club from which gossip is absolutely
barred.
Eight deaths have occurred in Den
yer from scarlet fever caused by in
fected milk.
After sixty days of strict enforce
ment. the hydrophobia quarantine on
dogs In Windsor was lifted.
The annual convention of the Ere
mon: County Sunday School Associa
tion was held at Canon City.
June 10 has been set as the date
on which Johnstown will vote on d
$4,000 water works bond issue.
Postmasters of Colorado held their
annual convention In Denver. John F.
Morgan OF Canon City. presiding.
The Weld County Retail Merchants
Association has been organized at
Greeley with w. C. Wilson, president.
II. P. Tucker. lineman at the Sun
nysides mines, near Silverton. fell
from the tram and was instantly
killed.
District Court is in session in Trin-
idad and the docket shows eighty-six
civil cases and seyenty-two criminal
cases.
The "J.J.." ranch. near Rocky Ford,
has recently shipped to the Kansas
City market nearly four thousand head
of cattle.
Lack of funds will prevent the ap-
.perance CT Colorado university ath-
letes in this years intercollegiate
meet at Chicago.
While returning home from his
place of business In Pueblo. John
Sweeney, saloon man, was robbed by
two Japanese.
The st. vrain river is running bank
full at Longmont and the bottom lands
will be flooded. This has not been the
case for years.
Several hundred beet tenders have
arrived In Longmont to care for the
enormous beet crop which will be
raised this year.
Chris Jacobson, forty-one, coal
miner, was instantly killed in the
Monarch mine near Louisville, when a
loaded car ran over his body.
The First National Bank of Engle-
wood has been admitted to the cur
rency association of Denver. Pueblo
and Colorado Springs.
Lewis KoIb. aged twenty-five, a un-
ion miner employed at Matchless
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
WASHINGTON.

1t is estimated that when the exca-
vation of the Panama canal is complet-
ed nearly 55,OOO.O0O pounds of dyna-
mite will have been used.
The charge that Ethan Allen Hitch
cock, while secretary of the interior
permitted the Santa Fe railroad to ex-
change useless lava beds for valuable
timber lands Of the public domain has
been made in the Senate by Senator
Crawford.
Vice President Sherman, as presid-
ing officer of the Senate, signed the
joint resolution for !. a constitutional
amendment for direct election of Unit
ed States senators. Secretary Knox
now will present the amendment to
the states for a three-fourths ratifica.
ton.
Taking into account the wheat crop
already secured in the Southern hem
isphere and that for the most part in
India, in connection with the outlook
for winter and spring wheat. together
in Europe and Canada, there does not
sem to be any reason for .app-ehending
shortage in the foreign wheat sup
,ly for the coming harvest year.
President Taft, In an endeavor to
help the American locomotive engi-
neers and conductors who were thrown
out of employment as result of the
strike on the National railways of
Mexico. has directed the State Depart
ments to mail letters to the heads of
$50 railroads in the United States and
ask If employment cannot be given
to these men.
From discussions in Congress this
session. two facts are pretty clearly ap-
parent. bearing on the parcels post and
the future of the express companies
of the United States, One of these is
that the establishment of a parcels
post system is seemingly certain to
come eventually. The other is that
express companies are going to be put
out of business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24

Christian X. was proclaimed king of
Denmark from the balcony of the pal
ace at Copenhagen in the presence of
huge concourse Of people which had
gathered in the square in front of the
royal residence.
King Frederick VIII. of Denmark
died at Hamburg, Germany, recently
He arrived with his retinue seemingly
in the best of health. Christian Fred
erick was proclaimed king of Den
mark as Frederick VIII, on January
80. 1906. after the death of Christian
TX. the aged king who was dean of
the crowned heads of Europe. father
of King George of Greece, of the
Queen Mother Alexandra of Great Brit
ian. the empress dowager of Russia
and grandfather of King Haakon VII
of Norway.
Henry Spruck Won Armenthal, men,
ber Of the German nobility. and large
land owner in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, shot and killed himself in his
room in Chicago
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, feath-
erweight champion. outfought Frankie
Burns of Jersey City in fast ten
round bout in New York.
In boxing match scheduled to go
ten rounds at Clovis, N. NJ, Frank
Piper, an American, was knocked out
in the first round by George Kogo, a
Japanese.
Promoters Charles O'Malley ana
Jack Curley of the Jim Flynn-Jack
Johnson contest July 4, have announced
that the contract has been awarded
for building the arena in Las Vegas
N. NJ. Seating capacity will be 1880.
The first important boxing contest
in Mexico since the Fitzsimmons-
Maher bout in 1896 was staged in the
Ciudad Juarez bull ring. The contest
between Kid Mitchell. the Ell Paso
middleweight, and Jack Herrick. the
Chicago middleweight. for twenty
rounds, went the full twenty rounds to
draw.
Ad Wolgast. lightweight champion.
left San Francisco Tor st. Joseph. Mo-.
bearing two black eyes. three stitches
in his upper lip and an aching back as
the result OF his four-round bout with
Willie Ritchic.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-24
Methodl.ts oI..pree On sI.hop.

Minncapolis.-De to the gen.
eral conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church again failed to elect
q second bishop OF the eight ordered
chosen at this session When the
seventh ballot was announced DR.. w.
O. Ghephard of Chicago still was high
with 4sz votes, but it requires 533 for
= choice.
According to statement made to
the general conference. seven Of the
church papers in the last quandren-
MUM have shown net loss OF $97.-
O10-63. One paper made profit Of
&4.617.32.
The conference adopted the report
Of the Episcopacy committee advoeat-
ing the continuation in the active ser
Vice OF the seven missionary bishops
and the division OF the United States
into zones for the purpose of Episco.
Pal supervision.
It was announced that Andrew Car
negie had given $4,000 to the Freed
mans Aid Society and that indebted
ness had been reduced from $780,
1o3.59 to ssG.466.so.