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The Washington times., 1913-05-02

9. s. X: A real funny fellow out this
way has a new name for the automobile
r"mabomt with the extra little seat he
hind. calls it . Me too
The Washington times., 1913-05-02
The Giggle Competition.

G. S. X: Just to show that 1 can
beat that incubator-Chickering joke.
here y'are:
My watch stopped at . o'clock this
morning." said 1 to friend.
Sunny said he; mine stopped at
three"
Aha" I interpolated. The still
watches of the night"
CARBCNCLE.
The Washington times., 1913-05-02

Ready ?
The Washington times., 1913-05-02

The proofreader informs us that ex-
istence isn't all blueberry pie for HIM.
either. Part of yesterdays duties was
to read Mr.. Carnegie's peace speech all
the way through.
The Washington times., 1913-05-02
Kittanning Correspondence

Hello. china
The Washington times., 1913-05-02

Nom that aviation and talking pictures accomplished
perhaps somebody nil dcopr make pLatonc friendship
yOrk, too.
The Washington times., 1913-05-02

kittanning. Ia April % J." n
The Washington times., 1913-05-02

INA Q
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
STATUE STILL IS IN RIVER
Aviator Vedrines's Friends Threw
Human Tenderness" There When
He Was Defeated for Chamber.

Paris When Aviator Vedrines was
defeated as candidates for the cham
Der Of deputies his supporters ex.
pressed their disappointment by over
turning a statue in Limoux which
stood by the river bank and repre-
sented Human Tenderness" Not con
ent with hurting the group from its
pedestal, they dragged it to the river
Aude and threw It I'm.
THAT was eight months or more
ago. and there at the bottom OF the
river Aude still lies Human Tender
ness" It has become a merry jest in
Limoux that human tenderness is not
10 be found in that vicinity.
The joke will lose it's point, how
ever if John Durand has his way. In
the chamber he recited the whole
story and wanted to know when the
statue is to be replaced.
The people of Limoux refuse to 60
10 the expense and all the public
bodies are equally unwilling. Mr..
Durand has been looking up musty
records and finds that an ordinance
dated 1777 directs the minister Of pub
lie works to remove at public eX-
pense all rubbish dangerous to naviga-
ton in navigable rivers The Aude
is navigable (if one is very carefuD
and so Human Tenderness" may once
more hold sway in Limoux.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
FUGITIVE GAVE UP FREEDOM
Broke His Parole Five Years Ago
Had PerIured Himself to
Save a Brother.

Kansas City. Mo.-Unwilling, he said.
70 return to indianapolis to visit his
aged mother while a fugitive from
Justice. William B Adams of that city
confessed to Chief Of Police Griffin
here that five years ago he bad bro
ken parole in East ST. Louis after per-
Turing himself to save younger
brother from the penitentiary.
Il lied to establish an alibi for my
brother who was tried on a larceny
charge. he said The lawyers tripped
me up and not only my brother went
70 prison. but the judge gave me four
teen years for perjury He paroled
me but when it became known around
the railroad Office where / worked as
a clerk that I had to report to the
court every week could not stand it
and fed
Adams it twenty-eight years old He
was scruplously dressed. Chief Griffin,
impressed by his story, said he would
make a personal appeal for him to the
East st. Louis officers. Adams said
his mother lived at No. zoos Ruckel
street, Indianapolis
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
"Big Games" Iuclude One With
Midshipmen.

The University of Pittsburgh foot
ball schedule for next fall, which has
just been ratified by their athletic
authorities, includes more big"
games than ever b .fure arranged for q
Gold and Blue team.
A total of nine contests will be
played and of these eight are with
large institutions. The most import
ant new game on the card is with La
fayette College, in Pittsburgh, No
vember 6. This is the first gridiron
meeting between the Eastonians and
Pitt Lafayette was one Of the
teams to defeat Pennsylvania last
fall at Franklin Field.
Two trips win be taken away from
Pittsburgh, the Annapolis Naval
Academy team being PLAYED at An
napolis on October and Cornell Uni
versity at Ithaca, N. T.. on October
rs Important games in Pittsburgh,
in addition to the Lafayette game, are
with Pennsylvania State, Carlisle
Indians, Washington and Jeffers Jn,
BueknelI and West Virginia.
Football prospects are bright for
Pittsburgh for the coming season and
the team is expected to make up for
the disastrous gridiron record of last
year. Captain Calvin, center, and
subquarterback Connolly are the only
men Of the nineteen letter winners
who will be missing. A coach il yet
to be elected, it not having been def
hitsly decided whether Joe" Thomp-
son will be retained
In addition to football, all branches
of athletics are booming at Pitts
burgh. Teams are being supported
in eight branches football, baseball.
basketball, track, wrestling, swim
ming, fencing and tennis. The bas-
ketball team has lost only three games
of sixteen played and has defeated
Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, George
town and other big fivss.
The track schedule will include
meets with Lafayette. Washington
and Jefferson and several intercol-
legiate meetings The annual inter
collegiate and interscholastic meet
under the University's auspices will
be held in Pittsburgh on May "a.
The base ball and tennis sche dule in
clude meetings with large Eastern
college teams.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
SNAPSHOTS.

Only few weeks until Easter.
LET us give you an estimate on
your sale bills.
Also never hit q man when he has
you down.
The hest business for any man to
be in Is his own.
Some people wear glasses just for
the looks Of the thing.
Some people rise in the world only
TO ind themselves unbalanced.
Don't try to kill time. Tine can
stand the racket longer tnan you can.
We are all inclined to speak we'll
Of the dead, but not of the dead
ones.
Many man who prides himself
upon his superior judgment is merely
good guesser.
Any politician will tell you that
the proof Of the pudding lies in the
distribution of the plums.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
SAYS BRICK WILL LAST AGES
Lost Art Of Roman 5rickmakers of
Twenty Centuries Ago Said to
Be Discovered.

Rome Giuseppe Giovannetti. a
young Roman, who had already dis
covered a pigment for frescoes whose
resisting power surpasses that of the
ancients. has now discovered the lost
art Of brickmaking as practieed by the
Romans 1000 years ago This is the
opinion Of experts who have tested
bricks made by the Giovannetti sys
tenn. which resists fredamp, excessive
cold and every other destructive ele-
ment. and apparently would last IN
impaired for endless ages.
The secret has been given to the
italian government. experiments being
made with the new bricks tend rather
to confirm than shake the most ex-
agerated reports Of their durability.
Building experts declare that a new
era has dawned in the construction OF
large buildings Contracts being made
for az the new dwellings in TripoIi
contain a clause stipulating that these
bricks must be used
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
SlOO REWARD. SlOO

The readers of this paper viii be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity Catarrh being
"A constitutional disease, requires n coli
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying. the
foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature IN do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails TO cure. Send for list
Of testimonials.
Address +. ] CHENEY & Co.. Toledo
Ohio.
Sold bv all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constl-
patton
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
0oo,s Rice Cost s5e5

Chicago-It cost $685. to transport a
pomerianian dog from New York to
this city by Pullman The dog weighs
three pounds and is valued at $1,000.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
PIG THAT TRACKS RABBITS
New York Hands the Palm Over 10
Maryland "critter''--Runs With
the Hounds.

New York Massachusetts boasts OF
the blue hog OF Peabody. raised by
the hand OF George c. Griffith and
warranted to be asprightly and viva
cious.' Arkansas is proud Of the red
hog OF Onachlta that chews cut plug
tobacco and smokes a corncob. Ken
tuclzy has the piebald hog OF Estiil
that drinks whisky highballs from a
milk pail
All these are hogs. The Bay state
product has been trained from infancy
in sprightliness and yivacity The Ar
kansas porker. we are told. always
had liked tobacco in any form be
could get It: he may use snuff. for all
we know. The Kentucky porker likes
the highballs because he was raised
on them; sometimes when corn was
low he was glad to get corn juice.
II does not seem wonderful, there
fore, that these hogs have developed.
But what do you think Of a pig that
runs with the hounds and hunts rab-
bits2 Isn't he entitled to more
praise for animal sense and per.
spicacity than critters" twice his age
that have attained the ripe maturity
of hogship and that do stunts be-
cause they have been trained to do
them?
Here is a Maryland pig, a plain
Chester white, that never knew a
harsher note than the dinner horn,
and yet he goes out and hunts rabbits
with the dogs. Where can you dnd
anything more "sprightly and viva
cious" than the picture Of him leaping
out OF the sty, matching his grunts
with the baying Of the hounds. and
pursuing the cottontail from thicket 90
thicket? the New York Herald asks.
He was never trained" to do this
At two months Of age the Maryland
report says, "he showed signs" Of be-
ing a hunter when the season
opened on the 18th inst. he could not
be kept in his pen," declares the cor
respondent
Maryland my Maryland, can Massa-
chusetts, Arkansas and Kentucky
match this? No: the pig that Just
naturally hunts rabbits at the tender
age of two months must receive the
blue ribbon, even though he takes it
from blue hog or a red hog or a pie
bald hog
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
OST

Two Bound Volumes taken from
Caiptal Office. One Vol. 1908.
Parties knowing Of the where
abouts of these files please notify
this office. d27-u
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03

TO Feed Poor of Quaker City
HeyeF-Ending lob.
Breed Line IN Rush of City Traffic
Never Lacks Waiting Applicants
IN Any Sort Of Westher-Pre-
sided Over By Women.

Phladelphia-It IS bleak, sunless.
numbing day under the Filbert street
arch Of the Reading Terminal. even
az high noon. the damp air strikes 20
the bone. the light is that OF in the
evening BY the constant hurrying
procession or people through the spec.
tFal arc-iamped blue-gray dusk you
know il is Saturday.
Before rude little booth. tempo
raFiiy erected against the brick wall
on the south side Of FTlbert street. a
woman Tith fine. soft. appealing ewes
SITS on box, a glass bowl on her
knees IN the hurrying crowd many
man stops a moment 70 drop few
Pennies ia that glass bowl fumbling
with cold fingers at the buttons OF his
coat And for each from the woman
with the gentle eyes there IS a CRATE
Gal nod
Behind her in the booth are some
stacks Of bread and piles OF potatoes
another woman. with the air of an
Institution matron. is briskly working
among them sorting and measuring
In the damp and chill and clamping
srayness, against the discolored back
Ground Of brick and stone. under the
dim iron girders. these women are
not depressed The dull echoiug re
veroeration Of city traffic hlls the air
The leaden December dusk closes in
aH about. The endless files of shad-
oWy Dantesque figures shuttle by. The
edges OF all animate and inanimate
things are sharp 10 the touch But
GRE softeyed woman and her compan-
ions stand proof against 1t all. They
nave warm coats and wellnourished
bodies do you say? Even so-it is
not enough the gloom here is spirit
ual They must have warm hearts
warm minds, warm souls.
The crude little booth inclosing the
bread and potatoes leans against the
wall Then beginning fash al the
eastern edge Of II also along the
wall ranges a Inca line Of still 9th
er women
But these are different They have
no warm coats. One Characteristic
garment does distinguish them They
are the women with the shawls.
There is q slight ledge cut into the
bottom Of the wall Of gray masonry
a little escarpment; and here. in their
ragged line with baskets or children
in their laps. and their shawls high
about their ears or wholly over their
heads these other women squat. And
here is no talk Of warm hearts or
warm minds or warm souls.
But hunger is always left And so
there are the gentle-eyed women in
the warm coats and the other women
with the baskets and the children and
the shawls Twice a week they are
both here, in the grim city tunnel;
and have been here twice a week
these four years past.
Wednesday and Saturday are the
two big weekly days. and then there
are annual holidays. when really grand
things occur But winter or summer.
the line is there. Not too many ques-
tions are asked. Not too much graft
tude is expected Twice a week wom-
en- with baskets-old women, young
women, with children, women without
simply come TO this City Relief
stand and have their baskets filled.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
MlNNES0TAN FASTS 105 DAYS
Forsman of Rovey Makes Astounding
Record in Effort to Cure
Disease.

Portland Ore.-What is believed to
be the longest food fast ever under
taken in the west has reached its
fC5tb day by Cuslavus Forsman Of
Bovey Mimi who hss started the
long privation test in an effort to re
cover his health
Fursmau is q working man and
small merchant of Bovey. He WAS
advised to seek n cure for Brighrs
disease. complicated with asthma and
7ronsy. on the coast where 1T was hn.
Heved his life could be prolonged
On arrival in Portland he held several
consultations and vas offered no en-
couraging remedies and undertook the
asst practically Of his own vohtion
&t sanatorium he explained his dis
ease end arranged TO make his test.
For sixty-six days Forsman took
only water He lost more than TWEEN.
ty-Hvo pounds of flesh in that time and
was very weak on recommendation
uf the manager he then took a small
amount Of grape Juice and began the
second lap Of his fast which has
reached its thirty-ninth day Within a
day or two he viii begin to take nour-
iehment and attempt to recover his
health
TIE says he has lost all trace Of the
disease from which he suffered. al
though he will not know how success
ful his test is until he begins to eat
cain He tells how clear his mind
as after the twentieth. fast day until
u became physically too weak to
r~ert it, He has lost his dropsical sp-
rearance entirely.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
suit over Lost Dinner.

Pittsburg. Claiming he was dam
aged in the sum Of $50 because a
Thanksgiving box intended for him
was delivered at a hospital instead Of
at his house, and that be was com
pelled to call of a dinner party in con.
sequence. George Il Fetter brought
suit against the Adams Express com
pany III the petition filed in the
county court Fetter declares the box
contained one chicken, one dozen ba.
nanas, one dozen oranges. half a dozen
apples, jellies. cakes and various oth.
er eatables suitable for Thanksgiv
ing dinner.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
Printed Signs For Sale.

Come to the Capital Office for all
Printed "For Sale" OF For Rent
signs, 'fTresspass Notices. Half
HOLIDAY Closing" signs. etc. etc. and
fulI supply 90 hand. at this office
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03
saramare In 80 stomaoh

Noorehead. " These articles
leund in the stomach Of a slaugh-
~ea steer. A bottle of pills two keys.
nsnny. collar button ain iron
sher, cartridge l6 nails. pen
Enisa some marbles part OF set
q ta1sa teeth snocus chunks of iron.
eiasses screws comb ard
al a mirror
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03

Trespass notice printed on muslin
or on paper for sale at this Office.
Now is the time to post trespass
notices when gunners with dog and
gun are wont to trespags on private
property. Buy trespass notice st
The Cspital0face
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-03

R% Have your Job Printing done
al the Capital Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07
Apparently Case of
Deliberate Suicide.

Old Orchard Beach, Me, April g.
Am unknown man was struck by the
Boston express near the Grand Beach
Station, Saturday afternoon, and his
body cut in pieces. 1t is believed by
railroad men that he lay between the
rails and deliberately ended his life.
The engineer did not see the man,
but when the Kennebunk-Por
Train came along a short time after,
The engineer notified section men anu
BOUND the body There was nothing
la the pockets except matches.
Ten minutes before the express
Train came along, Edward Bragdon,
gvho was walking on the track from
BID Orchard to Pine Point pulled tn
han from in front of a train. He $ W
The stranger walking on the track d.
[ectly into the train.
He shouted for him to get out of tn
way and when he did not obsy man
kged to reach him and pull him from
| n front of the locomotive. He drag
ked him down over the bank ano
warned him to keep off the railroad.
rhe man appeared demented and
ksked Mr.. Bragdon to go to the river
while he drowned himself.
Coroner II. C. Quinby was notified
nd took charge of the body. He VIII
old an inauest at Old Orchard, Mon
bay
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07

Hinckley, Me-, April 6.-(SpeciaD.-
Sunday was day of rejoicing for the
members and parishioners of the
church at Hinckley. when the church
edifice was rededicated and services for
the first time, since Jan. 26, We're con-
Quoted in it.
This church home has been undergo
ing for the last few months extensive
repairs New pews have been added
the walls have been newly frescoed by
a Boston artist, and the woodwork has
been given the appearance of newness
The services were of a special dedica-
tory nature and the pastor. Rev. II. c.
MeGlaufiin, gave one of his mastery
sermons on the subject of building. The
church was crowded with people and
about 40 went from Skowhegan,
The church life at Hinckley has al
ways been marked with interest. Ser
vices have been conducted there for the
most part nearly 40 years. There have
been for many years various denomina-
lions but the most prominent have been
the Free Baptsts. the Baptists and
Methodists. A hall for many years was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07
Church at Hinckley Rededicated
And Occupied, Sunday, April 6.

a church home and one of the promi
nent preachers was Elder Bates of Oak
land, who was a Free Baptist noted
throughout Maine. So Jealous We're the
people to conduct their services, Elder
Bates, in the spring of the year. when
the river was high, was hauled across
on a rope.
Twenty-Five years ago the present
church home was built, and the first
pastor was Rev. a. d. Dodge. There was
a time that the church had no regular
pastor, but four years ago it took new
life, and three Years ago a federation
of the various denominations was or
ganized by Rev. George W. Hinckley
founder of Good Will Home Rev. +.
l.. Hayward then pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Skowhegan, became the
pastor. He was called West and for the
last year and a half Rev. II. G. Nc
Glaufiin has been the pastor. The
church is steadily growing and has a
large membership The edifice now is
practically new, much work having
been done on the outside as well as the
interior, The committee in charge of
the work has been Isaac Keene, chair
man, Asa Pratt and Mr.. Jackson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07
Chairman Underwood Will Present
Bill When the House COnvenes at
Noon-=Senators Unable to Agree
On Plans of President Wilson.
President Will Deliver Message in Person, Setting
Aside All PfeCedents Of Century,
SMASHING PRECEDENTS.

Washington, April 6.-Setting aside
| the precedents of more than a cen
tury, President Wilson will appear in
the halls of Congress, Tuesday, to de-
liver his first legislative message in
| person He announced to Democratic
Congressional leaders. tonight, that
he would go to the floor of the House
when it convened, Tuesday, and there
give that body his views on the tariff
The decision of the President evoked
much comment among the Congress
sional leaders. He will be the first
President of the United States to APP
pear officially before either branch of
Congress in deliberativc session since
John Adams in the first few years of
the last century. An attempt was
made exactly one hundred years ago.
in 1913, to revive the custom, but
President Madison declined ON invita-
ton to discuss foreign relations with
the Senate. Since then no President
has even suggested joining in the de-
Eberations of Congress.
President Wilson made his plans
known to Majority Leader Underwood
of the House, Rep. A. Mitchell Pal
mer of PENNSYLVANIA and the other
House Democratic leaders that they
might prepare for the event.
The President believes that he can
get III closer touch with the members
of both house of Congress by person
ally expressing his views to them. In
addition to his official visits to the
floor of the House which will become
n matter of White House policy, the
President will take advantage of
these visits to hold conferences with
the party leaders in Congress. The
President has been told by his friends
that such a procedure is fraught with
embarras sments unless he tactfullv
keeps his purpose merely of giving
advice as the leader of his party and
offering suggestions to those with
whom he confers. Those who have
discussed this with him say he is con-
WINGED that Congress will not misun-
dcrstand his intentions. that he will
so to the Capitol in spirit of
friendly cooperation so that there
may be at all times a unanimity of
purpose between the legislative and
executive departments of the govern
ment.
The President, it was learned, today,
has read with considerable surprise re-
ports that he had actually written parts
of the tariff bill or that he forced any
Continued on Page Tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07
Expected in Aloostook Co,
Liquor indictments.
John 81. John Indicted. for Man.
Slaughter John Foye.
Two Striking B. "a. Engineers Held
For Assault on strikehseakers.

Houlton, Me. April 6.-(SpeciaD-
The grand jury reported, last Satur.
day afternoon. Among other indict
ments were one against JohnSP. st
John for manslaughter, in deatf
Of John Foye. Feh 8, 1913, 30 one
against Parker Gerry and VIM. F
Lyons, two striking engineers, for as
sault on number of engineers and
firemen now employed on the B. &
A., together with the men whom they
hired to do the job.
A large number of indictments Nav
not beer announced and it is exHkt
ed that as soon as the capiaseS are
issued that there will be soxAe SIR
prises in store. on account of MGspot-
ter, who was employed bySherifs
Rryson to ferrit out violations. OF the
prehihitory law. AT that time only
the pocket pdedlers w2kprrested
but it is expected that o. will be
brought up for violating IN law.