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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
A REVOLUTIONARY HERO.
Captain NugfOrd Ran the British
Blockade and Captured Powder
Ship.

Had Great Britain made peace with
ish army had been driven from Obs
isll army had been driven from Bos'
ton James Mugford would be popu-
lar hero today. But Great Britain con-
timed the war for eight long years,
and so many heroes were made that
the name of James Mugford, the
world forgetting, and by the world
forgot" was lost.
Mugford died 1877 years ago today
in an insignificant fight that the larg-
est histories barely record now. He
and his 27 companions were attacked
by 200 British marines. They fought
most all night, and the British were
whipped, but the gallant captain was
killed by pike thrust.
The British under General Gage
evacuated Boston, in March, l776. The
British fleet remained behind in Bos-
ton to blockade the port. General
Washington hurried to New York with
the main Colonial army to dispute the
nronosed British landing there, Gener-
al Artemas Ward was left in COM
mand of a pretty sizable American
army around Boston; but Washing
ton had taken all the powder and most
of the guns.
The Americans were at the mercy OF
the British ships, only the Brush
didn't know it. General Ward zeal
ously guarded the fact that his pow
der supply was nil; and planned to fill
his magazines at the invaders ex-
pense.
Accordingly two small ships, the
schooners Hancock and Franklin
we're outftted and ordered to sea for
the purpose of capturing supply
ship. Captain Samuel Tucker COM
manded the Hancock, James Mug
ford, a citizen of Marblehead, Mass,
was appointed master of the Franklin
His vessel carried a crew of q, in
clud.n, himself
On May 7, Captain Tucker captur-
ed two brigs laden with valuable sup
plies; brt no powder. He took his
prizes to Lynn. General Ward com
11unicated with Captain Mugford and
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
MAY WALK BACKWARD.
Surgeon Says WOmen's Toes Are Be-
coming Heels.

A modishly dressed woman walking
backward need cause no surprise a
few years hence. She may simply have
lived so closely in style that she has
developed the new heel, situated
where her toes ought to be.
The discovery of the new heel is that
of DR.. Max Strunsky, of New York. He
blames it entirely on high-heeled
shoes and finds women would rather
continue to suffer with it than to use
common-sense shoes, which make the
foot look large.
"The eantrior arches become promi-
nent and bulge and are covered with
callouses,;' he reports after his exam
nations of the latest freak. "Not only
do the arches perform, under pressure
OF the additional burden, the function
of heels, but they acquire all the char
acteristics and every semblance OF
heels"
Doctor Strunsky says women with
foot complaint are found almost inva-
riably to have trouble with the anteTi-
or arch. He finds the shoes throw the
weight of the body exactly where
weight was never intended to go.
'The heel is the strongest part OF
the foot and is constituted to carry
the main bodily weight he writes,
"The high-heeled shoes which women
wear, however, practically compel
them to walk on the heels of their
metartarsals. Thus every time they
take a step they jam the metartarsal
heads on the ground.
'fHigh-heeled shoes compel the an
terror arches to assume the function
of Beight-carrying structures or heels
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10

explained to him the desperate straits
the army vas fronting.
CPL get some powder" said the
short-spoken Marblehead. And he did.
The British ship Hope, carrying
war munitions for the British, was
due. 1t had powder for the fleet.
CAPTAIN Mugford heard of its expect
ed arrival and put to sea.
Almost within sight of the British
fleet he met the Hope and captured it.
But how to land the prize? He didn't
have men enough to take it to Lynn
or any other port very distant. The
rBitish fleet lay between him and the
American army in Boston.
Captain Mugford choose to run the
British blockade and fight the whole
fleet of a dozen ships or more, if nee
essary. He put a few Of his best men
aboard the Hope and made the British
crew sail it. Then, in the Franklin, he
arrogantly sailed toward the British
feet and dropped few cannon balls
it's way.
The British were astounded. What
could this crazy skipper mean by at
tacking feet with one dinky little
schooner? They would teach him a
lesson. The whole fleet maneuVered
round to blow the Franklin off the
bay. Meanwhile the Hope sneaked in
the harbor, and then Captain Mug
ford outsailed the British fleet and got
in himself. In the hold of the Hope
the Americans found Is tons of pow
der and other war stores needed just
then mere than men or gold. Mugford
had made good his word.
Very naturally the British were en-
cry. The admiral issued an order
that James Mugford was to be cap
tured by any hook or crook and
promptly killed. Somebody told Cap
tain Mugford about the order.
ooh, piffle!" he said, or something
like that. "I'll run by his derned old
fleet every day in the week and twice
on Sunday if I want
The Sunday following, May 10,
1776, Captain Mugford, in the Frank
lin, with 21 men, and Captain Cum
ningham, in the privateer Lady Wash
ington, a vessel carrying seven men
and a few small swivel guns, started
to puncture the British blockade
again. They would have succeeded,
but the Franklin grounded. A flotilla
of small boats from the fleet, carry
ing 200 well-armed men, started for
the attack. Captain Cunningham re-
fused to leave his companion, so both
, he and Captain Mugford prepared for
battle.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
They Chew Cordite.

One of the troubles of most Eu-
ropean armies is that those soldiers
who can get hold of it insist on using
that terrible explosive cordite as If
il we're a sort of chewing gum.
It's popularity it due to the fact that
when chewed in small quantities II
has a stimulating and exhilarating ef-
feet like small doses of alcohol. It's
taste, too, is sweet, cordite being
three-ffths nitro-glycerine, an ex-
plosive which is sugar to the taste.
When chewed in large quantities
cordite becomes more powerful in its
effects, tringi1g on a blissful state of
ecstasy, and sometimes making the
victim Of the hsti+ see visions. But
the real danger of the habit lies in the
factt hat though nitroglycerine will
only explode when given a very hard
blow or touched by an electric spark,
there is always a possibility that the
grinding of exceptionally hard teeth
might provide the necessary hard
blow. Within the last few years, at
least three soldiers-two German and
one Austrian-have been blown to
bits the use of cordite as a chewing
gum being the suspected cause
Philadelphia Ledger.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
What Do We Know of Others?

Charleston Sunday News.
It is not until we know what temp
tation is that we are in position to
pass judgment upon those who yield
and it is not until we ourselves have
committed something for which we
blush that we can truly sympathize
with the frailties of our brethren in
sin, We who sit back in our unassail-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
Strange Uses for Gold.

Curious and interesting facts re-
garding midas passion for gold, and
the strange uses to which the natives
put the precious metal, are contain
ed in a report issued by the great
bullion merchants, Messrs. Samuel
Montagu & CO. After mentioning the
fact that last year India imported
gold bars worth 47,135,OoO, pds as well
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
righteousness

worthy to pass upon the sins OF
others; yet our very assumed
superiority makes it impossible for US
to evenly balance the scales. What
do we know of the temptations of
those whom we would judge, or of the
circumstances Of their fall from grace,
we who do not know what it means
to he tempted? How can we make al
lowance for conditions and inherent
weaknesses, we who have been pro-
tected all our lives from the influences
of evil? We cannot understand these
things until we, too, have passed un-
der the yoke and have learned for our
selves something of the need of toler-
ance both for ourselves and for others.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10

Metartarsal walking increases the
size and strength Of the anterior
arches and changes their fiexibility
and elasticity, essential to normal
gait. to rigidity y."--Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
JEWELLER SEEKS DIVORCE
Suit of F. j. Blancard Recalls
Happenings in Lakewood.

Frederick J. Blancard senior member Of
tho firm ~ Hlsncard & Co. jewellers al
40. Ei Maiden Lane. fled suit FOR di-
vorcc IN the Supreme Court yesterday
against Mrs. Florence Biancard.
Tho couple were married seven years
aEo. but have not liycI together FOR three
Years They caused something Of d.
version at Lakewood. y. J.. last April
when Blaucard obtained a search warrant
from Lakewood magistrate 20 ind "a
lady who had been stolen" The lady"
turned ont 10 p" Mrs. Blaurard. accord
ing 10 her husband.
Accompanied los three private detectives
and special deputy sheriff. Blancard
entered tue upper floor OF the Central
Garage. iu Lakewood. in search OF the
stolen lady The party got 10 the
garage about midnight The scarchcrs
could not see much. but they heard tho
voice of a woman cXclaim: For heavens
sake shut the door. us cold. Don't let
any more man in" There was also an
other person in the garage. The stolen
lady who addressed Blancard. the de-
tectlvcs and the deputy sheriff the hus-
band said. was his wife. and tho other
person was chauffeur who drives for a
IakeW God family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
LEFT DANGLING IN MIOAIR
Painter Clings to Rope, Eight
Stories Up, as Scaffold Breaks.

The falling ~ a scaffoldng on which
two painters were working on the east
wall OF the Alpha Delta Phi club. at No.
l25 West Attn street yesterday. left one
man swinging at the end ~ a rope i'm mid
air eight stories above the sidewalk. white
The other was dashed 10 death ON the
roof Of an adjoining building five stori, s
below.
For several minutes the swinging paint
az held 10 the rope. frauucdlly calling for
help. While the large crowd that col
i'ctcd I'm the street stood horrihed. tde
painter. who was fast becoming exhaust
ID. MANAGED to climb mp hand over hand
ull he was about three feet from the edge
OF the roof. There be dauglcd. with the
loose end ~ the rope twisted under his
armpit and about his neck
While some bows raced of to summon
Hook and Ladder Company {. at Eighth
avenue and 18th street. one man i'm tie
crowd came 10 his senses and rushed into
the building and to tine roof The painter
was pulled 10 safety on the roof. Then
he collapsed.
Leo Gran. thlrty-hye years old. Of 40
AZ East 18th street was the man " o
was rescued. Gustav Tholen. forty-dvo
years old. OF i6lst street and Summit ave-
nue. the man who fell. died soon after
being taken To Flower Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
SHOT BY M0THER-IN-LAW
| AS HE GOES TO SEE BABY
Two Quarrelled and Woman
Ordered Him Out of House,
but He Broke Down Door.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Now London, Conn, June 3.-Thomas
Coatchelly. a candy and ice cream
merchant. who formerly had store N
Rank street. was shot dead this AFTER
roon nv his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lillian
NJ Perkins The shooting TOOK place
ON q farm in Gales Ferry, owned by
Mrs. Perkins.
Mrs Perkins formed a dislike LOT
her son-in-law soon after his mar
riaoe three wears ago, 10 her daughter
Ida 4 few months ago, after SUIT
over $500. Coatchely went to Texas. lie
returned recently, and, meeting ms
wife in New London to-day, said ne
was going to visit the farm and sec
his baby. born in December. WINE nc
was in the South.
Coatchelly's wife warned him that
hor mother would shoot him, but ne
repIied that two could play at mat
game" on his arrival at the farm
house. Mrs. Perkins shook her list aI
him through the kitchen window
whereupon the man broke down the
outer and inner doors. He was met
inside bv n double barrelled shotgun III
the hands of his mother-in-law, VINO
ruIled both triggers. and Coatcheily
fen. with his heart riddled win puch
shot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
HALT FUNERAL FOR CLEWS
Detectives for Cerciello Case
Take Finger Prints.

Following the arraignmeDt yesterday or
Angelo Cercicllo. a grocer. and his
brother. Nincenzo. on a charge Of killing
the formers wife. whose body was found
m a patch OF woods In the Silver Lake
section OF Bloomfield Friday morning, the
Newark police and Essex County detec-
tivos seemed 10 be more confident OF a
solution OF the mystery. That finger
prints will play an important part in the
case was indicated yesterday, when the
detectives finished 4 comparison OF i'm
pressions found on blood stained
Ratchet. with which il is believed the
crime was committed. and those taken OF
the erocers left hand
Before taking the impressions OF the
fingers OF the two Ccrciellos. the detec-
tiycs halted the funeral OF John Viola.
who committed suicide by jumping from
window in ST. Michers Hospital in
Newark, and who was n first thought To
have been involved i'm the murder of Mrs.
Cercicllo. His finger prints were taken.
and II was announced that none OF them
corrcspondod with those on the Ratchet.
Angelo Cerciello has suggested robbery
as the motive for the murder OF his wife.
lie told the police that she had 500. the
proceeds OF the grocery business. with
her when she left the store just before
she was killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
PLANNING A CIVIC CENTRE
McAneny Discusses Changes of
Map, to Cost $2,25O,000.

Borough President McAneny discussed
yesterday plans for the new civic centre
with a committee Of architects whom he
had invited TO draw up new map Of
streets north Of the Municipal Building,
Those present were Grant La Fargo. Mr..
Kendall. Of McKim Mead & White Mr..
Braynard. OF Carrere e. Hastings; Percy
Swarthout, Ernest Flagg and George
Ford. They presented plan which will
need only slight modification, and ad-
iourned. TO meet again next Thursday.
Mr.. McAneny said after the meeting
had adjourned:
II don't want people TO run away with
the notion that ! am proposing anything
extravaeant The plan ! now have In
mind viii cost not more than s., go 900
more than the cost OF the courthouse site
already under condemnation. We pro-
pose 10 shift the axis OF the courthouse
n little TO the east and 10 take In such
parcels OF land as are necessary TO give
II proper setting"
Asked whether he intended 10 purchase
any additional land other than that al
ready recommended to the board. the
Borough President said;
"Practlcally none: but there may be
some swapping OF land 10 the north Of
the courthouse site TO round II of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
PUT MONEY IN HIS BOOT
Insanity Reason as Given in
100000 Will Contest.

The action brought 10y Mrs. Lille p
Garth. Of Scarsdale. To test the validity OF
the will of her husband. David J. Garth,
who left an estate valued at $500. 600.
was continued yesterday before Justice
keogh at White Plains. The suit was
brought by Mrs. Garth to forestal other
heirs and TO have IA judicial determine
ton as TO the validity OF the will
Charles Forlell. who was coachman for
Mr.. Garth. testified yesterday that when
Mr.. Garth had an auction of cattle at
Scarsdale he ran about the grounds col
lecting the money. which he placed In one
OF his high boots. Forkell told how Mr.
Garth traded "a good horse six years old,
for a wornout nag OF nine years. wind
broken and generally In bad shape, and
besides gave $50 To boot"
Forkell said that Mrs Garth. who was
the second wife OF the testator, told her
husbands grandchildren to call her
"auntie' instead OF grandmother. II was
alleged on the witness stand that when
the second Mrs. Garth took possession OF
the Garth home. at Scarsdale. she
ordered Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Clop-
ton out Of the house. Mrs. Clopton was
Garth's daughter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
GIRL TAKES BICHLORlDE
In Home Said To Be Maintained
nv Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt.

An attempted suicide by means OF
bichloride of mercury tablets was re-
ported last night from the Home for
Working Girls. said to he maintained
nv Mrs William X. Vanderbilt sr. AT
No. 3lS East JOth street. The name
Of the young woman who tried TO Kill
herself is said to be Virginia Hopper
sixteen years old. She was taken TO
Bellevue Hospital, whore she is con-
fined in the prison ward
Word Of the act was received IN
mysterious fashion at Police Head
quarters last night, when the officials
were asked to send an ambulance from
Bellevue for q Young woman who was
sick They were also asked not 70
ring the gong in approaching the
house The police at the East DIST
street station were notified and
Patrolman Ryan was sent TO the
house. Miss Hall, superintendent Of
the home refused To admit any one
except Or. Stetson. from the hospital,
and the patrolman.
The report made 10 Or. Stctson was
that the girl had mistaken the bichlor-
de for headache tablets. The super
intcudont said Miss Hcpper's illness
was due 10 ptomaine poisoning, caused
by eating canned salmon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
IS ORAL BETTING LEGAL?
Court of Appeals To Pass on
Anti Bookmaking Laws.

Albany. June 3.-Whethcr or not oral
betting at racetracks is legal under the
terms OF the present laws. prohibiting
bookmaking. now rests with the Court
Of Appeals. The appeal from an order Of
Supreme Court Justice Scudder sustain
ing writ of habeas corpus directing
the discharge from custody OF Paul
Shane. who was arrested at Belmont
Park In June, 1912. charged with violat-
ing the anti-racetrack gambling laws.
was submitted 10 that court to-day.
There was no argument. but briefs were
filed by attorneys representing Shane and
Charles f. Gittins. a justice of the peace
OF Nassau County. Upon Shane's release
by an order OF Justice Scudder. Gittins
appealed the case To the Appellate Divi-
sion, 2d Department. which unanimous
ly affirmed Justice Scudder's ruling that
oral betting as conducted by Shane was
not Illegal.
Testimony in the case revealed that
Shane accepted wagers with individuals
but made no written record Of them IL
was brought out that his practice was
10 have the persons with whom he
wagered record the transaction on a
small slip OF paper and turn IT over to
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
CHEER mitchell FOR MAYOR
Audience Applauds Direct Pri-
mary Speeches.

The first direct primary meeting Of six
that will be held under the auspices OF
the New York County Direct Primary
Committee was held last night at Majestic
Hall. in 18th street, near Lexington ave.
nue.. John Purroy Mitchell, Clarence J.
Shearn and John J. Hopper were the
principal speakers. An audience of about
seven hundred stood up and cheered Mr..
Mitchell as Our next Mayor" when the
new Collector Of the Port entered.
All OF the speakers. including ex-State
Senator Josiah r. NewcOmb, Assistant
District Attorney William A. De Ford
and Leonard NJ. Wallenstein. spoke or
tho necessity Of passing the Sulzer direct
primary bill in order TO take the control
Of government away from the bosses.
Mr. Mitchell declared that the sacred
ness Of party pledges was violated when
the Dix administration failed to give the
people the bill. lie asserted also that the
boss" system was doomed no matter
whether Fourteenth Street or Albany OPP
posed II.
Clarence J. Snearn ridiculed the propo-
sition submitted by Charles F. Murphy
which would provide FOR the direct pri-
mary law. but would not do away with
the state convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
COUNT BERNST0RFF BACK
Ambassador Here After Tariff
Talk with Kaiser.

Count Johann Bernstorff. German Am
bassador 10 the United States. returned
TO this country Yesterday on the kron-
prinzessin Cecille, OF the North German
Lloyd Line. He was recently recalled 10
Berlin To consult with the Kaiser regard
ing the Underwood tariff bill. Next week
he will receive the degree of Doctor OF
Laws at Princeton. and on June II he
will attend a celebration I'm honor of the
Kaiser at Lederkranz Hall in New York.
George j. Whelen. president OF the
United Cigar Stores Company. who was
on board. has returned after an absence
of FIVE months. He stated that there
would be an increase In the price OF
cigarettes soon, the cost OF Turkish to-
bacco having already risen % per cent.
largely on account Of the Balkan war
Mr.. Whelen said that money was very
tight In Europe, as every one Seemed to
be panicky. The cost of living he found
much higher in European countries than
I'm the United States. which with its
free interstate trade. he said, was the
greatest free trade country In the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
DRAWS KNIFE FOR 7 CENTS
Sailors Carry Crap Dispute
Into Financial District.

a dispute between members OF steam
ship crew furnished an hour or more OF
excitement for many thousand persons
yesterday afternoon in the financial dis.
trict a crap game engaged i'm by fvl
members Of the crew in South street was
u full blast when a dispute arose be
tween "A negro and the white men over
the disposal Of seven cents.
After "A fisuc encounter. in which tn,
negro was getting the worse OF Il. he ran
mp Beaver street and into an alley which
leads TO the Broad Exchange Building
No. p Broad street. The other men
caught him in front of the elevators
where the fight was renewed for the pos
session OF the seven cents.
In the scuflie the negro drew knife
and would have used Il had not John
Hannigan special officer OF the building
grabbed IT from his hand and rescued
him from the crowd. No arrests were
made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
ARRESTED, SEEKS ut'
Man. 1o..or Carrier, Char!
with Theft, Attempts 'us -

James 4. TAYLOR. a negro '''.. sas
attached 10 the Times s9ua cc
postal station. made an attenp. ., a 4.
y after he was arrested !,
charge OF stealing a "deeo' ,s,ss.sl
tanning money and stamps s'1 va J
Miss Lucy Johnson, No 81 n. .
street. Although he protes',. A -
cence. declaring he is a me'iOs' =, v
churches and incapable Oh shs
charged against him. la!'O- rss
been In the service sixteen yea'T arosiH
effort to jump in front OF a 2 p,lss'
street car. lie was saved Oy s,,dcs,'
Joseph DAILY, to whom he was ID i've
Taylor is fifty years old AZ y.ny q
No. 81 West S9th street . I I, .
plants have been made aceO' ront,''
postal authorities, OF le'', ,'sy, nU =
money and stamps which nav l,", 81
delivered. A letter con'al'" ANS Q
nrs as trap and given % S.. %
deliver. 1t did not reacn ~ and y
according to Detective pSs vhe :"
Office Inspector Joseph 1'' -
working on the case. 40 he vas -
Taylor was arrested a. late yss'Sr
the Times Square stauo, identified {
afternoon. and was later ,, the star,
woman 10 whom he sou He wi ~
cording to the authorizes states %"
raIgned before Unlteu ~
sioner Shields to-day the ag.n >
TAYLOR, according 20 Ma g; We
runs rooming house -, in HsrIs
street and owns property J"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
annual paradc

states. also mounted. accompanies her al
the head OF the parade.
The parade consisted 81 ten divisions
with Colonel Mcintyre acting as grand
marshal Besides divisions OF the various
local CORPS OF the city. Eastern New YORK
and New Jersey. the fourth division was
composed Of Swedish officers and soldiers.
the seventh Of officers and soldiers OF the
rescue ard Stun department. the ninth
OF officers and soldiers ~ the industrial
and social departments. and tho tenth and
last by the men and women cadets AMI
the cadet band.
on the return march Miss Booth re-
viewed the parade m front Of the army
Headquarters She was loudly cheered by
the marchers as they passed. and was
kept busy saluting and waving her hand
kcrchief In response 10 the enthusiasm Of
the various divisions.
After the parade the annual council OF
the officers AMI soldiers Of the army was
held I'm tho army headquarters.