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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
ENDS OLD ROMANCE
Gen. David S. Gordon Weds
Mrs. Belle v. Fleming.
FIRST NET HER IN 1861
Officer Went West and They Did
Not See Each Other Until 1892.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January N.-Big. Gen.
David Stuart Gordon. U. g. A.. retired.
late colonel Of the famous 9th Cavalry
and civil war veteran, and Mrs. Belle
Vedder Fleming, who Is q second cousin
to Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Abraham LIN
coins mother, wore married today after
q romance Of forty years. Tho BRIDE
groom is seventy-eaght years Of age and
the bride ffty-eistt
On April %. 1851, when David 8. Cor
don was appointed second lieutenant Of
dragoons in the Union army. he went
to Washington, D. c.. young man OF
twenty-nine. and met Belle Vedder. Me
daughter Of Nicholas Veddsr q capital
ist. and India Hanko vedder, flrst
cousin to 1ncoln's mother. Though but
a child. her beauty made such an Inn
preston on the young soldier that its
civil war closed and the young lieutenant
had won his captaincy, he went west,
where he married a Miss Hughes,
formerly OF Baltimore.
Married Robert I. Fleming.
Shortly after this Robert l. Fleming Of
Washington, a wealthy capitalist. mar
ried Miss Belle vedder, and made his
home at 1908 Massachusetts avenue.
which afterward became famous in WASH
ington as the scene of many brilliant So
cial events.
The two contracting parties Of today's
wedding did not meet again until 1892.
when. as Col. Gordon Of the historic 9Th
Cavalry. famed for its crack riding Gen.
Gordon took command at Fort Myer,
Washington's military post.
The old acquaintance was renewed.
After his tour of duty at Fort Myer.
Gen. Gordon retired and went to live In
California. Last fall he returned to
washington. and at Christmas became
engaged to Mrs. Fleming.
5oth Have Children.
There are two children in the Flem-
ling family. q son. Robert ". Flewing.
wa shinxton, D. c., and India Fleming
Corea. wife Of the ex-minister Of Nicara-
qua. who is now Q resident Of this city.
Cen. Gordon had three children by his
first rwffe-Charles Gordon, now a rancher
in Texas: Philip 4. Gordon. general pas
road at San Francisco. ana Cornela Cor
don Shook. wife OF Or. r. -. SnooA' sur
geon. United States Navy.
Tonight wedding supper was served %
the Immediate family at the Waldort-
Astoria.
YorA. a1tcr which the Gordons w1ii return
to Washia1ton, making their home q l9o6
NasnaehusettS avenue. MTs. 0oroon's
town house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
BOARD Of CHARITIES
WILL EXPLAIN POLICY
Members Will Have a Confer
ence With President Taft
Probably This Week.

Members Of the District charities boaE4
IL was learned last night. win confer With
President Taft probably early this week
concerning the boards policy favoring .
separation OF public and private charities
in the District &C.,
The action Of tho House fn refusing -
include In the District appropriation bu
an item for Columbia Hospital Tor
Women. which was In acoordance with
the boards Recommendations. has result
aonsZ anA Organizations bolng made -
bsth Congress anA tho WHITE House
President Taft. Il - saad. 10 1ntas.
sOond IN the locAl charities situakaom.
aAA may make some Observation-Disclosures
WITH respect thereto in his special
District naUaGe Eur this reason the
oAAsst3ss onnAals ass anx1sus 70 fully
4Daain - II. TIN their Dea1e1sn u
- 0Ae1aI.
!, 1on@mmda41sno az ths Beard.
~ suly AiA tho bsasa members
Sooo00GnA that Congress abandon O.
e9u6eA Heapita4 but. In their estimates
tAey S>sommenAed but one more ap-
ysaog1at1oo for Emergency Hospital. 70
- available for the fiscal year 1Sla.
This Was Intended ~ . llrst step to-
ward securing 70 construction Of q city
hsspatal end the ultimate separation Of
Dsblae anA private charities
TAo afnatAon = ofven . somewhat In
tG0Gk1ng aspect through the fact that
the moWoos0 q the board who arc an
Dotn1od do0 thA white House arc ex-
peces1 - oAUy out the poiio46o Of the
Pre0dAn3 p reape0e - looal charity
ma&tAeA WHISTLER tho attitude Of the
board 2avos1nS the sspAeA&1on of public
the PrssldAnts Daades has net ben paS-
Psspossd CITY Hospital.
In Recommending the item Of seAeoo
with which - bsgin Immediate oon-
struction- Of . thEee-hundred-thousan
dollar city hospatAl. the board members,
1t IL said, diA % In tho beliaf that there
are SUFFICIENT maternity wards In the
city hospitals - mAlko unnecessary con-
tributfons BY the government for the
support Of Columbla Hospital, and that
after next year aSxan9ements can b
made with several private hospitals to
care temporarily for patients who
ordinarily would b cared for IN Emsr-
gency Hospital. until the new city hoo
pital has been COMPLETES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
IN NEARLY EVERY HOME

The Star is the paper in Washington in
nearly every home and the only paper in thousands
of homes.
The regular carrier delivery circulation of The
Star, both daily and Sunday, is greater by many
thousands than that of any other Washington news
paper.
The bona fde circulation of The Evening Star
with but one edition daily is more than 10000 in ex-
cess of its nearest competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
Detail Duty for Commander White.

Commander Richard d. White has been
detailed Is naval attache to tho emhas-
sizes ut Rome and Vienna, succeeding
Commander Andrew r. Long. Com
mander White ID now on duty In the
ton and win aseume h1s new - July !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
TAFT DENOUNCES.
REFORM NOSTRUMS

ccoutinued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
STATEMENT.
AFFIDAVIT.

above
only Of o EVENING AND SUNDAY
STAR circulated the ended January g.
copies actually SOLD delivered
mailed. valuable consideration bona
subscrfbers-and that the copies
returnabs do not remain In the once
unsold OF sent to out-of-town
from whom few returns Of unsold papers
FLEMING NEwBoLD.
The Evening Star NewspAesr Company.
District o. Columbia.
subscribed sworn before this twenty-ssventh
10y VI '-Au' W. SPENCER ARMSTRONG
fseal1 Notsry Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28

HIS A0mlf6C1Ou TOT w 6SnuB COu.
Much as I love New Jersey, l am
warm in my love and admiration for
Washington he declared. 1T is not
your Washington, nor is it my Washing
ton, but the Washington Of all the nation.
I would fall short In my duty As man and
patriot did not give my aid to promote
tho glory of this National Capital for the
benefit Of the present generation ana OF
the generations to come"
81 have run for nearly everything In
the gift of the municipality and state
and failed to win. But what OF IT? was
not fighting the battle Of self, but OF
humanity. It was not defeat not to be
elected. Defeat has never crushed out
the truth or sound principle"
II am Q farmer, as Mr. Warner has de-
clared me to be. They have said that
when got into the Senate would plow
up your parks and sow them with rye;
that would cut down the trees In your
Rock creek reservation ana split 1t up
for kindling wood. They were mistaken"
Senator MARITIME huInorously explained
that he had been five times Q candidate
for a member OF the state assembly. i've
times for the state senate, four times for
the national House OF Representatives.
three times for governor and ence TOR
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
HOW AMERICAN PLUCK AND
GENIUS BATTLES The BRITISH
american Press Association

the Royal Automobile Club, the high.
est technical authority on motoring
In Great Britain, and body composed
u engineers for whom designers the
world over have profound respeca.
The manufacturers demanding this
trial felt certain that the Knight mo.
tor could not make good"-that 1t
lust prove false.
TIC Daimler people at first did not
Gaze one whit whether their motors
were tried by the r. A. C. or not
their sales had never been as good in
all the history of the company-Daim.
Ter stock was advancing by leaps and
bounds, Still in a way they were
glad OF an opportunity to prove 10
the world just how good the new mo,
tor really was.
Daimler Accepts the Challenge.
The longer they thought over the
idea OF test the more willing they
were to enter 1t, but not on the terms
prescribed by the Club. NO" said
the Daimler people. IF We submit
these engines to the test, we will make
it worth while and impose conditions
more stringent than any ever neard
OF in the history of motoring We will
prove our motors conclusively, and we
will set a standard that no other man.
ufacturer will ever attempt to equal"
And the Daimler people handed in
and conditions that no one could be.
lieve that they were in earnest
You surely don't want us to sub.
NIT your new motors to these rules,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11

said the Royal Automobile club in ef
feet. why it would be suicide ior
you-no motor ever made could stand
up under such test-we won't do it.
Eyes you WILL" came the grim re
Spouse from the Daimler company
you will try out our motors in this
way or we will not hesitate to publish
the fact that the Royal Automobile
club refuses to put our motors to sucn
tests"
The result of that trial is history
Not only was 1t never attempted be.
fore, but no poppet valve manufactur.
er has ever dared to submit his en-.
CINE to the same test. since.
"The Greatest Engine Test on
Record"
For one hundred and thirty.two
hours--five and one-half days two
Daimler.Knight sleeve valve motors
one of 3S h. p. and one of Gas Or.
A. C. rating. were run under load.
the larger motor at 1900 revohl
per minute, the other 400.
During that time the 3S h. p. motor
developed "a h. p. and the % n. p.
developed 3S horse power.
This overrating condition was ini-
posed by the Daimler people them.
selves and hau never been considered
possible before Another condition
voluntarily imposed was that il either
OF the motors stopped once from any
fault of theier own, or II the power
developed was at any time less than
30 per cent more than the rating, the
test should officially be called a fail
ure. When the trial started, the con
census of opinion among all Brittle
manufacturers of poppet valve motors
was that 1t was impossible for any no.
tor to so through 1t successfully.
Motors Develop Wonderful Power
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
Continued from page ]

the Daimler power plant with the
knight sleeve valve principle, the Eng
lish manufacturers announced to the
world that they had adopted the new
motor, convinced that II was far IN
advance of any other type OF engine.
So, in England, the invention OF Chas.
Y. Knight, of Chicago, was first pub
licly recognized by automobile manu-
facturers.
Then came the storm or criticism
a blast from every other English man
ufacturer. THE new motor was only
good in theory-it had not been prov
emit was freak--why weren't pop
pet valve engines good enough-why
hadn't America recognized this en-
gine?" In short. knight and the Daim-
Ter Company faced the same biting
blasts OF criticism, denunciation and
ignorance that was borne by Alexand.
er Graham Bell. Morse. Prof. Langley
and every other true discoverer and
inventor.
Rivals Demand a Test.
But service in the hands of owners
soon proved the Knight motor 1t
more than fulfilled the claims made
for 1t. Daimler sales doubled-then
trebled. Then the other British manu-.
facturers became badly worried. Lack.
ing any tangible proof of the claims
made against the Knight motor, but
secure in the belief that it could not
be as good as represented, they de.
manded test-an official trial-by
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
Getting II Exactly Rioht.

Cierk-Your ad. reads: plain cook
wanted They rather fight shy of
that, sir.
subbubs-How shall l put it, then?
Clerk should say: Woman want.
ed to do plain cooking"
Subbubs-Change 1t, will you? Glad
you mentioned it. And by the way.
instead Of woman" you'd better make
1t "lady."-Ex.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
Some Heat Required.

kitty-My brother Cornelius has
been calling on Miss Chilleigh for
over year.
Marie-is he going to marry her?
kitty-I don't know. I'm afraid
she's rather too cold to make Corn
pop.-Ex.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
Detail Of a Sort.

Our new bookkeeper seems to have
wonderful grasp Of detail"
That's right" declared the junior
partner. "He knows the records OF
most of the ball players. "-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11

same take ride with him and note
the many advantages which the
Stearns-Knight has to offer. and see
II you. too. will not become enthusiasts
tic over 1t.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
Naturally.

That fellow made 1t hot for me
last winter"
Who is he?"
my coal man."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
COURT
PURCHASES
POOR FARM
OUTLAY For NEW POSSESSION
is $17Cco-HoME TO RErEREcT-
ED. a. rE-
Will SELL THE OLD ONE
HOPED THAT HOME FOR IND!-
GENT CITIZENS MAY Be SELF.
SUSTAINING.

The county court Ci Marion count
have purphQacd tor the county the
farm owned by Brady Meredith, con
sistiEg Of 235 acres, tie price paid for
the land beng $17.0D0.J0. and on this
piocc Of land the county will con
struct one OF the most modern and up
to iatc county a!mshcGs's in the
state.
For some time past it has been
Known that the old county poor farm
was Inadequate to the demands upon
it, aud also TIA, the farm was not self
supporting, and therefore the mem
bers OF the county court kept a look
out for some available property which
the county might purchase for this
use.
The tract Of laud which was obtain
ed Is Of good fertile soil. and viii make
good tarm land. Plans for the build
Ing are now being prepared, and The
wo!k OF construction should com
mencc within short time,
The old a!mshcuse and farm locat'
ed in Grant district. where the county
has formerly kept its disappearing
poor win be sold b. The county, and
This, money will go toward the build
Ing oil the new home.
The property purchased lies about
two miIas from this city, and is en-
cellently located, being in the Winfield
district Of the county.
The property would have been in
the possession of the county some time
ago, but for the fact that the first
titles and deeds for the land were not
clear and specific, and had to be
Traced.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
council
APPOINTS
OFFICERS
w. M. SHULTz AND ). l, eLocHER
ASSISTANTS TO THOMAS v.
BUCKLEY, CHIEF OF POLICE.
FRANK REED IS FIRE. CHIEF
WILL ELECT COUNCILMAN FOR
FOURTH WARD ON NIGHT OF
APRIL eth.

Following the arrangement oil the
rate of pay for the different officers, a
motion was made that the appoint
ments be made to ILL the offices, the
motion carying< and the applications
for the office OF collector were read.
There proved 10 be only one appilca'
ticn. this being the one Of Mr.. Thomas
3. Henderson, and he was appointed.
For city solicitor two applications
we're read, these being from Walter Il.
Haggcrty and Raymond Abbattcchio.
Mr., Haggerty being appointed to MI
the position, the vote being six for
Haggerty and three for Abbaticchio,
Howard Adams was e.ected to fill
the position of street commissioner.
while Mr.. S. Miller was reappointed
to his position of city engineer, which
now carried with 1t the added work
OF water commissioner. dir. Mtller's
was the only application handed in
for this position.
The only application for the office OF
city physician was made by DR.. G. L.
Beaven, and he was appointed to I'LL
the position.
Then for chief OF police two appli-
cations we're read, these being from
Chief Thomas V. Buckley aud Pat
Doheny, Mr.. Buckley getting seven out
OF the nine votes, therefore receiving
the appointment.
There wsre II applications made
for the office OF patrolmen, there being
il to be appointed. The following pa
trolmen we're elected and the 18th
man will be appointed later: A. w,
HoyalteE A. c. Ross. Warren Mahaf-
Continued on Page FourJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
BUFFALO BILL +. (.
IS COMING
BIG WILD WEST SHOW WILL
PLAY HERE JUNE Il AT SOUTH
SIDE PARK.

u. y. Lynch representing Buffalo
Bits Wild West shows was here last
night and close n contract with the
Fairmont and Traction Company to
play here June twelfth at South Side
Fark.
The show carries forty-scvcn cars
II will play at Grafton on June j and
at Clarksburg OIL the 18Th.
The Buffalo Bill shoWf tie biggest
Of its kind in the world. His is tho
original and others have initiated
him. Al OF the scenes in frontier
life as lived h. the pioneers are de-
r!cted in the performance TO be given
here. All OF tEt thrilling experiences
undergone by the brave inhabitants
of the uuconQuered plains pass as a
wonderful panorama before the spec
tator. The entire show With Col
Cody (BuTalo Bid will be seen at
South Side Park.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
HALF MILLION
DOLLARS FOR
GOOD ROADS
MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE IN.
klEDlATELY FOR PENNSYLVAN.
ia HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
,rlcan Press Association.

Half million dollars is added to
the fund available for road building
in Pennsylvania as a result OF n con-
ference held yesterday AT Harrisburg
between Auditor General a. L. SIssion
Attorney General John c. Bell and
his assis ;ants, Deputy State Highway
Commissioner 5oseph w. Hunter and
Chief Engineer Samuel u. Foster Of
the State Highway Department,
The money has been collected by
State Treasurer Charles F. Wright
from various counties from amounts
due for State road work under the
act OF 1903, which provided that three
fourths OF the cost of State roads
should be paid by the Commonwealth
and the remaining One-sOurth by the
counties and townships.
The practice was for the State
Highway Department TO pay the con
tractors in full and collect the one
fourth from the counties later, Some
counties were tardy in paying up bue
Treasurer Wright has been going af'
ter them vigorously aud has collected
nearly all the 'money due.
The decision at yesterdays confer
euce is that this money becomes i'm
medlately available for the Highway
Department without having TO be re-
appropriated by the Legislature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03

G0NFES5[5
CERES or MIDNIGHT MURDERS
I'M TEXAS AND LOUISIANA TO
sE CT JARED BY STORY.

IN Il - y; leinFs
itlne aged II. a shRlF
3 biuodg negross, told story here Yes
teFdRy that the police authorities say
they accept as clearing the mystery
yelling the killing OF twenty negroes
Id southwest Louisiana, and which, it
is said, gave clues that will fix the
guilt for fifteen other might assassna'
tions Of blacks in Louisiana and Tex
as.
From Clcmentines story it appears
she led mysterious negro cult the
members of which performed the rites
OF @human sacrifice"
The liegrcss declared she killed
seventeen OF the victims with her own
hands
Tho police declare Clementine told
her story OF wholesale slaughter with
no apparent appreciation that the
taking OF human life was a crime
Without reservation she told her part
In the IS ,assassinations, but declined
to reveal the names of members OF
the mysterious cult that helped her.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
FOURTH ADDRESS
Mich Interest Is Being Mamie s. Y
Special serytces a. NJ
Temple.

y :. y.
The eionrth addressE Ia the 9t
passionsyyeeK alidresse fsStIf he
cred tonight at the NJ i. elnple p M
the pastor. The sppject " hsS q!
"Wednesday, the Daysof etirenelll
At four O'Clock this afternoon q sle
cial meeting will be held m the lessS
ture room for boys3and giyls; md agalv
on Friday afternoon at tile same lloaI.
Considerable interest is being niaIlls
tested In the plain, clear setiptleas
being given OF the message ana q eS
perlenCes OF Jesus Christ iurins lllH
last week in the flesh, Services
Gin each evening promptly at IKE
O'clock. A splendid choir Is SUPPORT
ing the pastor In these rieetlnlgls
.is .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
NORDICA WILL
SING HERE
APRIL. q.
cuARANToRs WILL HAVE Al
SPECIAL SEAT SALE IN Ao.
VANCE OF THE GENERAL.

The date Of the .Nordica Concert
has at last been difnltely decided. A
telegram has just been received from
her manager, naming Tuesday, April
23rd, as the date of her appearance
In Falrmont. This information Will
be received with delight by II large
number OF people, not only in Fair
mont, but in adjoining towns for the
intense interest manifested in Nor
dicas coming TO Fairmont has beeh
phenomenal. Letters OF inquiry, many
of them containing checks, have como
in from various towns, and there Is
no doubt but what the sale of tisketS
will be the largest ever known in Fair
mont.
Over hundred guarantors have
been secured, and the undertaking
will have the undivided support o! the
social, musical, ana educational inter
ests OF the city. A special seat sale
for guarantors will be held in ad'
vance, at which time each guarantoT
may purchase not 10 exceed two tick
cts. At the general seat sale no per-
son will be permitted to purchase
more than four seats, unless he
chooses to get in line the second time
This rule will be strictly adhered to
in all cases. The date Of sales will
be announced later.
Nordlea's coming 10 i'aIrmont is un'
Questionably the greatest musical
event in the history Of the city, or for
that matter, in this section OF the
State. There is no question as TO her
rank in the musical world. She is
still the supreme singer. Her great
est trIumphs have been won within
the last two wears, In 1910 she. ere
ated the role OF isolde" in Paris,
singing it in French ana fairly taking
the city by s;orm. In May. 1911, by
command Of the German Bm2orer, she
sang Isolde in German, at Beyreuth
again proving herself TO be the great
est NVagnerian soprano the world has
ever produced. Since then, she has
had series CT triumphs in concerts
ands opeta, and letters re2entlyX Y -
s:ctSed from cities IN Which she mas
sung this season say that she .%aS
never In more glorious voice than at
the present time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-03
MINERS ARE QUIET
CBy United Press.l

SHAMOKlN, April $.-An attempt
Of operators to open Kathryn CoI!iery
failed as members OF the union per-
sonally persuaded all the men who re-
ported for work to go back home.
The company officials say they will
Try again.
That the Reading company expects
trouble TO be drawn out was ndicA''
cd when they ordered all the mules
hois,cd from the Henry Clay shaft
The district is absolutely quiet,