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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-09-11

w. Hamilton Spedden, of Cam
bridge, County Treasurer, who had
filed his papers as a candidate for
denomination by the Democrats, has
announced his retirement to accept
the cashiership of the Peoples Loan
and Savings Bank.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-09-11

Margie Slant, II years old, who
makes her home with her uncle, Viii
liam H. Johnson, fredericksburg was
struck in the eye with a pair of scis-
sors. The scissors were hanging on
nail above the little girls head and
in reaching for them she knocked
them down.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-09-11

Prof. c. Edwin Carl, who resigned
as principal of the Washington Coun-
ty Male High School last winter, will
open a private school for boys and
girls in Hagerstown, September 10,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-09-11

Capt. Lewis White, who was arrest
ed on August 4 and placed in Denton
Jail, charged with an attempted as
sault upon Mary Truitt, 13-year-old
daughter of Isaac Truitt, of Federals-
burg, has been released on $1,000 bail
bond. The case will come up at Den
ton at the October term Of court.
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SEC. M'ADOO
 DEFENDS SENATE
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Special Nugget SsrvieA
 WASHINGTOS. Dec. i6.-The Uni cd states senate today took occasion t" rcbuke the secretary of the treas ury and show him that not even Il member of tho presidents cabinet can with impunity commit breach of of- ficial courtesy towards the legislators and get away with 1t.
 There was a hill going through the regular channels of Legislation in which the secretary took an Interest. It was an administration bill and de- string to suggest an amendment the secretary of the treasury wrote out what he thought was better than the or icinal wording of the bill and sent H up to the capital to the committee in charge. Then he received n very curt message from the legislative branch (" the effect that if the administration desired to make any change In one of It's own hills the suggestion was in order from the president and not from a member of his cabinet.
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REP. COMMITTEES
 l AGAINST MEETING
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Spseial Nugget Service. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The re-
 publican national committee has come
 together to somc extent and has reach-
 c,i m agreement In regard to the pro- ,s fal to hold a national convention. A majority of the committee was oppos- e.l to the conventionnnd the matter
 has been dropped.
 The committed. however. has decid-
 r,l the question which has been
 brought up ln regard to its powers and H has decided that 1t is clothed with authority to readjust the composition of the conventions and to reform the
 rules of procedure at these party
 meetings
 The committee has also agreed to
 tn. proposal to reform the party rep-
 resentation from the south and has in- formerly agreed un the new basis oi
 representation. This matter will be
 referred to the several republican
 states for ratification before 1t is final
 b adopted.
 For a time it seemed that the na- . tiunai committee of the republican
 party was to split over the question of holding a convention and the contro-
 vrrsy threatened to cause a good deal
 oi trouble for the party leaders. The decision not 10 hold the convention will
 1t is thought prevent the threatened spli, and Is the result of the strenu- Ui,A efforts of tho leaders to keep the party together.
 II the states ratify the action of the it's campaign of reorganization.
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Special Nugget Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 WASHINGTON. Dec. lG.-There was considerable divergence of opinion manifested al the last meeting of the Eel ul,iican national committee over tho ancstion of holding special conven- tinn within the ycnr in order that tho marty might hc lined up In some sort oc shape nftor it's recent overwhelming iicfcat.
 Some of the committeeman seem to think that d passive policy is best for the time heinz and that if left alonc the progressive element of the old par ty will return to the ranks in time to defeat the democrats nt the next elcc- lion. while others still fear the power o: the invinciblc leader of tho progress sives nnd do not believe that the men he lcd led away from the party will re- turn without him. This section of tho committee favor an attempt to com promise with Roosevelt and the pro-
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epeelai Nugget Service
 NEW CASTLE. Colo. Dec. IT, There are thirty seven dead out of the nifty miners who were cntombcd by an ex ploaion in the Vulcan mine here. Of the remaining fifteen several arc badly ii. ;urcd md may die.
 Tn. explosion in the mine was caus- ed by gas and when 1t occurred the entrances to the mine were blocked Ro tha, those who were at work he . Iw the surface could not escape.
 Efforts were nt once made to clear away the earth and rocks blocking the exits and corridors of the mine md to get to the entOmbed men. When
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Special Nugget Service.

Speotat Nu00et Servses'
 WASHINGTON. Dec. IT. Tn" c"n- ference between officials "f the war department are proceeding harn"ni- ously In regard to the turning over of the Alaska telegraph and cable system to the postofficc department and tEe relief of the signal corps of the army from its present duty of handling thcsr sySesanS.
 ions expressed hy several members "f tho conference vnmmitt"r iI charge. "f the matter that Inc committee will recommend that these lines be turned over to the postofiice department in the near future and that the signal corps be released from the work in order that it may take np its mnr" lcgitimnte duties of army communicn- = ton. However. fhcrc will prnh.bly h" inserted In thr bili whic!, will ir m- troduced providing for ihc change q clause which will provide That any members of tho enlisted force uf the signal corps of tho army now on duty w ith the Alaska telegraph service may. upon their own request be discharged from the army and enter Inc civil service under the postonlcc depart ment. It is tho intention or tho com mittee now comforting on ,h" matter that these men transfer from the army tt the civil establishment and who have served In Alaska hc given pref crence in the organization of the com
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NOT
 IN AGREEMENT l

gressive wing of the party for they held that the progressivcs are at heart republicans and will come back Int, the fold like II lot of sheep If the big shepherd can be induced to throw his hat again into the republican pas- ture
 The difference of opinion in regard to tho convention. however. is seri- ous matter for the republican national committee to settle and 1t is. moreover. not the only matter over which the committee Is at odds. The meeting of the directors of the destinies of the olc republican party was far from one Q. peace and harmony md there was much to be desired in the way of con- ccrtcd action along any line.
 With tho leaders nt odds as to the future policy of the rarty and tho questions of reorganization the outlook for tho party docs not sccm particu- larly bright just at present. There
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BRAVE FlREmAn DIES
 TRYING TO SAVE FAMILY
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Special tSueust oervieA
 NEW YORK. Dec: 17.--Eiremnn T. J, McAfanus mot death here today while attempting tn save the lives of his mother and sister who were im- prlsOncd in burning apartment house.
 McManus was attached to engine company 43 and in order to be near his station his mother and sister had re- gently moved into the apartment house not more than a block from the engine quarters.
 This morning an alarm of fire came h just after McManus had gone nn duty. AS the last whir uf Inc electric alarm announced the incation of the Are McManus swung ont" ,he hack of the hose cart ,ls ii dashed out of the door of the engine holsc. Three min utea later he was running line of hose from the hydrant {" the very apartment house he had left n"i half an hour before.
 The firepan knew that his old moth- er and his sister were still in he'd when he left the apartment hni h,' supl"sr'i thnt the alarm of fire had been given them hy the other remnants and that they had escaped. ..
 He could see many slliv"rinG. half clad forms in the doorw;vs "f houses across the street from ihc scene of the
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4S Rnys that he does not know how hls subordinate ever managed to reach the fourth floor of the building through the hnlls and by the stairway which were nothing hut tiucs filled with flame and smoke from the lower stories. But that McNanus dld manager to fight his way upward was plain enough to those of his comrades who searched the building after the fire was under control some half hour after the hre- man had entered the lower door after s. .eing the face of his mother at tn" window.
 s;evernl men nf his own company tried to follow McManus when he rushed into the building but they were driven hack by Il burst of Raine and had to give it up. Later when the fire was out after guttinG the struc- ture search was made through the apartments and the bodies of McManus and his mother and sister were found h. the bedroom of the flat occupied by tine family.
 The son had not bccn able in save his mother hut he had fought his wa, tn her side and died with her
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PRESIDENT IS
 OUT OF BED
Special Nugget Service.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l6.-President W ilson has so much improved that h. WAS able to he out of he'd for few hs nrs today. He did not. however. ap-. pear at the executive offices and to all |, ( uirics made for him Secretary Tu- multy replied that while the president was doing as well as could he expect c.i his physicians did not desire him to transact any public business ar io sec callers for several days.
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seems to be t lack of then lndiy idually strong enough as yet to dominate the party councils and the present pulling apart of the committeeman will have to be overcome before harmony can be expected in the ranks.
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lie and he did not doubt that among them were his mother and sister.
 The tenement apartment house was one of tho older buildings Of ita kind and the stairs are narrow and the h"lls dark. Also when 1t was built there was not 30 much known about fire prooflnR. The blaze. which start ed from an overturned lamp in on. of the lower apartments spread rap idly through the building and follow ing the air currents in the shafts and Rtalrways quickly beGan to mount tn the higher stories.
 McManus wns helping 10 hold the nozzle of one of the hose lines playing or the building when hc suddenly ut tered cry und lot go of tho brass end piece of the hose. Following th.. gaze of inc fireman the other line man snw the white face of an ag"d woman pccring out from onc of the windows on tho fourth floor of the building. Then he turned tu say something to his partner on the hOsc. hui MrAlanus was not there.
 The fireman had taken just one look a. that aged face at the window and ttcn started for the burning building. for the woman at tho fourth floor win dow was his mother
 Captain O'fiara. of engine company
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other matter for the minute any ger v'ce comes under the civil adminlstrst . ton the question Of polii isr and poii- ticai plums will enter in and some oi the soldiers who will enter the civil service may And that "pulr' In civil life is of moro advantage than efii- ciency tn the service.
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ALASKA FUR
 SALES GOOD
Special Nugget ssrvles.

SIT. LOUIS. Dec. l7.-Ovcr two hun cred buyers attended the sales of AL aska furs held here today. The total sales of seal and other furs amounted to eighty thousand dollars.
 The top price for blue fox was "n" hundred and fifty eight dollars.
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'37 KILLED IN
 MiNE EXPLOSION

th. rhcue party ai last reacheu sh" gallery where most Wf the men had bs~n working when the explosion "c- cured they found that all of those in thu nain shaft were dead, having been smothered by the gas fumes. Tn some M inc rnmoter galleries they found m me M the miners alive and these
 were at once brought to the surface
 and revived
 This is the second serious gas ex- p.osion in this mine within a short time.
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TWO DEPARTMENTS
 CONFER ON TELEGRAPH

IT. unication system to be undertaken by the postotiice deparement. How this will work out In practice Is an
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The great national game. Two of them. At Eagle hall Friday night. Tickets at Ross's candy store.
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sse,s, Nugget Service.
 Cuibertson. who was waiting in the tail here 10 be taken to the state peni- tertiary where he was to serve a lii. sentence for the murder Of three mem tcrs of the Dillon family was taken from the officers today and after be- ing dragged through the town WIS lynched in Il picnic grove On tue ou, skirts.
 Cuibertson iu,ninitt"d one uf the In.,s; b. utai murders ever recorded in thts q. unty having killed the IIiii..ns ii, cold blood while they were asleep in their beds The motive given was revenge because Culbertson had been disc rgrd as u hand on the Dillon farm.
 The sent iment of the community wms very bitter against the murderer who confessed his crime and the motiv,' leading to it. and much dissat isfaction wus expressed Lt the sentence which midst of tho people about here thought should have been death Instead Of life Imprisonment
 Early today a mob gathered ar''ii"i the town jail and demanded tiItt the prisoner he delivered to them. Tn, ailor refused to comply and with his
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0glievE N E.

BELIEVE ME. Brass wear, Dsiton ware snd odd pieces are surely seics ehssp at ces- aims.
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MURDERER 0f THREE
 lYNCHEO BY MOB

son barricaded the juu und prepared to resist the mob. Entrance to the place was. however. gained through the roof and the two men protecting th. prisoner were quickly overpowered. Then the jail doors were thrown open and the mob entered.
 Cuibertxon was covering in tis coil and he pleaded piteousiy with the mob of masked men tn spare hls life. In spite "f this. however. rope WAS drown around the prisoners neck and h. was dragged uWt "f the jail and th,,,ugh the strccts of the town StllI i,egging for mercy. When the grov" was reached the mob threw one end Q. the rope over the limb of tre'' and hauled their victim clear "f tn" ground.
 The first ntt. npt to strangle the man failed as the ropes Tipped and he fell L., the ground. He was again hoisted cknr Of the ground and this time swayed hack md forth from the end of the rope until he was choked [" death.
 The mob then disprrsed. leaving the r,an's hody dangling from the tree.
 Fancy work and toys for Christmas. .s AAs&r~:~h nonnaiAa nosAAStson
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We make Picture Frames. Lemsn erqthsrs.
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Fancy work and toys for Christmas. at 4. 2. osstrsieh. opposite postesfios.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
Champion Forgetter of the
World Is Claimed by Free
port, N. Y. !
BY Interna tional News Service.

BY Interna tional News Service.
TREEPoRT, N, Y. Aug t.
IL Freeport boasts OF the distinc-
ton of having within its con-
Il fines the champion forgotten OF
the world. He Is c. j. Aut-
cherlonie, who has just taken unto
himself third bride. but not with
out long series Of obstacles. Even
on the day that he was finally made
the husband Of Miss Ellie May Tur-
ner, the ceremony had TO be post
poned an hour until the absent
minded groom rushed home for the
license that he had forgotten. About
year ago this pair attempted to
get license but II was refused on
the ground that Autcherlonie had an
other legal wife. He pleaded that he
had forgotten all about her. This
wife was Miss Caroline Marsh, and
on hearing Of her husbands attempt
TO forget" hers she divorced him.
She said that she has heard Of her
husband having another wife, but
she did not remember her.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
JOHNSON s WIDOW To
WAR ON MOTOR RACES
81 Wanted to Die" She Says,
"but I'll Live to Stop
Motorcycle Contests.
Special to The Tribune

Special to The Tribune
CINCINNATI, O., Aug. Mrs, Bet.
tie Johnson, the 2lyear-old widow of
Odin johnson, motorcycle racer, killed
with seven spectators at the Lagoon
motordrome Wednesday night, has but
one consuming desire-the abolition of
motordrome racing. She does not want
other young wives of motorcycle riders
to suffer her bitter experience.
''At first, L wanted TO de- she said
today, "but now I want to live because
[ can do moro by living I am going
to help stop motor racing. 1t must
stop. There is no need of sacrificing
lives
Mrs Johnson declared the public was
partly to blame for speed mania.
eff people did not crowd to the
races the boys would not take such
chances" she said. "Tbey simply
have to speed up if they want to make
a living wage.
81 loved motor racing, because it
was through it that ] met Odin. 1 met
HIM at the race in Salt Lake City last
year, and just before we left Salt Lake
City he built a nice little bungalow
and furnished il, After his engage.
ment at the Lagoon, we meant to go
back there and live. I shall 20 back
there and live, but poor Odln will be
IN the cemetery that / can see from my
kitchen window He always said: IF
anything should happen, Betty, take me
back and bury me under the pines
lit is the only thing that l can do
for him now. The first thing that l
want to do for the living is to get
Bennie out of the game. Bennie is
Odin s younger brother He must
leave the track or he will be killed
too.
The number thirteen figured in
Continued on Page Twol
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
VICTIM Of HOLDUPS
TORTURED WITH GUN
Robbers Threaten Death and
Use Weapon as
Prod.

f. Frazier. 367a West First North
street. was held up and robbed by two
hishwa ymen at midnight last night wher
within few feet of his home. Finding
that he had nothing worth taking save
a silveroid watch, the robbers proceeded
to torture their victim with threats oil
death unless he gave up something more
substantial
You have all have with me-" Frazier
told them. II swear | have nothing
else
One OF the robbers held d heavy re-
volver in front OF Frazier's eyes. while
When II was found that there was nc
money in his coat, or vest, the gun was
then lowered TO tile pit OF his stomach
and used as a prod
Better tell us where your money is,
said the man with the weapon
Again Frazier protested that he had
none. The emptiness OF his pockets
proved The truth of his statements, and
the robbers. satisfied that this was the
case, ran away.
Frazier hurriedly finished his Journey
home and called up police headquarters.
Motorcycle Patrolman j. 4. Egbert went
To the house and. getting a description
of the robbers started In search OF them,
No trace OF the men had been found al
an early hour this morning,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
TRAMPLES AMERICAN
FLAG UNDER FOOT
Canadian Militiaman Discharged for His
Act, But Reinstated; Others
Threatened to Resign.

SASKATOON, Sask., Aug. IA
member of the Saskatoon militia, who
was courtmartialed and discharged from
his regiment for trampling an American
flag under his feet in a parade last
night. was reinstated today. The other
members of the regiment threatened TO
resign il the dismissal Of their comrade
was allowed TO stand
When the l05th fusilleers was march.
ing down the main thoroughfare of the
city n young girl in passing automo-
bile waved an American flag in front
of one Of the members of the bugle
band of the regiment. The man broke
ranks. caught the flag, broke the staG.
in two. and trampled the flag under his
feet, the majority of the regiment pass
ing over ii also.
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The Sunday Tribune
~~~~~~~~N~

DoOLEY-This Is one OF the fun
4iesb dlscourses of the philosopher.
IL mas to do with the invasion Of
england by American slang. In-
claentally 1t Is a defense Of Amer
lcan slang and a satire on the
British variety.
THE CzAR-He has long arm, for
MS grip can reach around the
world. But for the present no.
Die Russian beauty has tricked
the spies of the autocrat and may
yet escape the golden cage'
prepared for her by her shameless
husband and a dissolute grand
duke.
CRIME-Another of the series
why Crime Does Not Pay
Thrilling events which crowded
one short week of famous crimi-
nal s life,
MEANEST Pretty
chorus girl wife Of Duke Ludwig
OF Bavaria cruelty surprised when
he treated her as a horse, a dog
and a goat, and cheated her out
Of her pin money.
WRAPS OF TOMoRRoW-Gor-
geous evening coats the crowning
sensation Of the coming season 8
startling modes. Lady Duff Cor
don describes them in all their
glory.
GEORGE ADE-In which he takes
a hyer around the world with
SOME Illinois folk and tells how
sweet home is almost every min.
ute Of the trip.
CONNIE MACK'S TEAM-Mac-
Beth has a timely article On the
Athletics, with especial attention
to the fast inileld, which Mack
has developed into the greatest
machine in baseball history.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02

FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN - AL
though it is still midsummer and
baseball's the thing, the big col
lege coaches are lining up for
what promises to be the greatest
football season III the country's
history.
HORSES AND TURF EVENTS
Racing begins at Saratoga today,
the feature on the card being the
Saratoga handicap. There is for
the Sunday paper also an excel
lent story about Tracery, Bel
mont's great horse. Moreover,
the "Pink' will contain timely
gossip about runners and trotters
and PAGERS i'll addition to the re-
suits on all the principal tracks.
GEORGE DIXON GREATEST
FIGHTER - Naughton picks
George Dixon as the greatest
fighter of all time, and tells lis
why.
KINGS OF THE DIAMOND-The
lives and times of such stars of
the diamond as Jimmy Callahan
and Clark Griffith and Bill Carri-
gan, the new Red Sox manager,
are discussed in extended articles
in the Sunday paper.
ATHLETICS IN soHooLs-There
will be all illustrated article OIL
what the Fairgrounds are doing
In the way of providing athletics
for Salt Lake S public school chill
dren In the summer months.
OUR OWN LEAGUE-Th race for
the pennant in the Union associa-
10 nj "a, +,
Lake and Great Falls. Todav's
game is sure to be exciting, Read
about it In the Sunday sport sec
tion,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-02
SIX -YEAR-OLD CHILD
ARRESTED FOR MURDER

CHICAGO, Aug, 1.-Geuara RaffaIle
6 years old, was taken into custody by
the police today and confessed that he
shot and mortally wounded James
Paulillo, 5 years old, yesterday, The
boy said he shot the victim because
the latter struck him on the head with
stone week ago, Raffalle demon.
strated with an air rife how he had
inflicted the wound