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Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
FROM THE SPORTING WORLD.
Thls and That In Amateur and Profaa.
 sionat Athlctica

This and That In Amateur and Profea.
 sionat Athletics.
 Flames Kolehmaine1. the Finn, won so called worlds championship race at fifteen miles over the Celtic park oval in New York. He defeated a field of nine before a crowd of prob ably 7,b00 persons. Billy Queal of Alexandria Bay and the Yale running coach finished second. Tom Longboat. the Canadian Indian. third. and Ted Crook of Fall River fourth.
 George Stovall. manager of the St Louis American League club, was re- lieved of his duties as leader of the Browns by President Ban Johnson. fol- lowing the receipt of letter from um- pire Charles Ferguson describing the hoodlum tactics resorted to by Stovall at St. Louis in a game with Cleveland. President Johnson has suspended Sto- wall for an indefinite period.
 Luther Mccarthy, the white heavy weight champion. defeated Frank Mo- ran in n ten round 20 at the St Nicho- las Athletic club In New York. Ale though Mccarthy won on points. he did not display a knockout punch. Moran swapped punches with the chnmlion for the ten sessions and gnve him n nnriler ight than he expected.
 Johnny I<ilbane. the featherweight champion. and Johnny Dundee fought twenty rounds for the title at Los An geles. Cal and Referee Eyton gave a draw at the end of the fight The de- cision was unpopular, and the referee was hissed and jeered when he made it The fans thought Kilbane should have got the decision.
 Miss Elizabeth A. Harden of Eliza beth. N. J.. broke the worlds record for women in the shot put at the vassar college field day with put of g. feet three-quarters inch. The previous rec ord was made by Miss Tnez Milholland. the suffragette leader. in 1909. The meet was held at Poughkeepsie. N. I.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Record of the wse@ on Aeo,dsnta
 and Trag, e., nts

The Record of the wses on Aeo,dsnta
 and Trag,. e. ants
 William Steele ~islv vp yeirs old and reputed wealih,. wa killed in his home at Springfield. Mn bv Il charge from a shotgun fired through q win dow. Steele was n widnwer The iden- tity of the murderer and the motive for the crime are unknown.
 Bernard Wishart wns killed and Washington Truax Is dying as the re- suit of collision at uightstown. N. l.. between two automobiles following n ''ioy ride" Both were brakemen em- ployed by tbe Pennsylvania railroad. motorboat containing two men and two boys was lost in the whirlpools of Hell Gate, in the East river New York. Nell Brinks, ten, and a lad unidentified were drowned The men were rescued by the crew of a passing tug
 Charles Duval. clerk In a worsted spinning mill. was killed by an Erie express train at Garfield. N. J.. while his hancee, Miss Mary Martin of Holly, Pa, was but a short distance away and witnessed the accident
 fall of only four feet resulted in the instant death of Michael Zeto, a hotel porter, of Glens Falls, N. Y. zeto was descending the stairs of the hotel when he ripped and fell. breaking his neck.
 Thomas Murphy. a stockbroker. was burned to death and Miss Mary Mo Courteny was probably fatally injured when their automobile overturned near Syracuse, N. Y.
 Charles Carlson. twenty-four, of Mill waukee, was crushed to death beneath his aeroplane after falling 200 feet at Akron. O.
 A New York gangster shot and kill cd two policemen during a fight
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.
Happenings of Interest In various
 Parts of Our Country.


 Five of the big hangars on Hemp stead plains aviation field, at Hemp stead, N. T., where some of America's foremost aviators learned to fly, were destroyed by fire. Five aeroplanes were burned and several aviators and mechanicians had narrow escapes when the buildings collapsed as they were trundling out their machines. The loss Is estimated at $25.OOO.
 Society was shocked when the news of the romantic wedding of Miss Nancy Bedding, a Baltimore belle and heir ess, to George A. Lamaze, a waiter, of Boston, Mass, was announced. La maze has been waiter at $50 month Michael J. Bedding of Baltimore, the father of .the bride, presented the cou- pie with a substantial check.
 The jury in the case of Dr. Arthur B. Smith, on trial in Springfield, O., charged with the murder of his wife by poisoning. reported that they had been unable to reach verdict. Judge Hagan declared a mistrial and dis charged the jury. The jury had been out more than forty hours.
 It is estimated that the fire which swept the West Shore railroad freight terminal in Weehawken, N. J., wrought a damage of $300,0OO The glare from the burning sheds and storehouses lighted up the river and caused a large crowd to collect along the Hudson river water front
 As soon as Governor Sulzer Of New York signs the Foley amendment to the Sullivan pistol law, which passed the assembly, it will take from the burglar one of the advantages he has over the householder or merchant, who Is now prohibited from having a re- volver on the premises.
 Several thousand pounds of powder were in close proximity to lively fire on board the navy supply ship Celtic at the Charlestown navy yard in Boston The flames spread to the magazine door. and it took the entire crew, with hClp ALOAu lAC u Sdf6 lu6 Sulp from destruction.
 Twenty railroad cars and the paint shop of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- road company at Peru, Ind, were de stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $40,0OO Spontaneous combustion is believed to have been the cause
 Rhode Island. which renounced its fore the other colonies threw off the yoke." celebrated It's own Independ ence day with patriotic exercises throughout the state.
 A Chicago jury, four members of which own automobiles, convicted Law renee Lindbloom, the first man ever found guilty of murder for killing d man by running over him with an auto, mobile.
 Mothers pensions have become law in Pennsylvania. Governor Tener sign ing the bill recently introduced which provides monthly payments for indi gent. widowed or abandoned mothers
 Governor Sulzer nominated Herman aidder of New York to be superintend ent of state prisons. The senate con frmed the choice upon motion of Ma jority Leader Wagner.
 Labor organizers began the first se- rious effort in nine years to unionize- employees of the stock yards packing plants in Chicago. l..
 Approximately 160 bars were closed permanently at Baltimore, the liquor board having refused to renew their licenses.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Some Things That Are Happening In
 Other American Countries.

Some Things That Are Happening h
 Other American Countries.
 President Wilson's policy of taking his time in the selection of men for the executive and judicial branches of the government of Hawaii is keeping of flee seekers at Honolulu at high ten sion. Governor Frear expects to retire soon, and messages indorsing various aspirants to succeed him are keeping the cable busy.
 The house and-alien fishing bill pass ed the Alaska senate by unanimous vote and is in the hands of the gov. ernor. The bill is designed to bar Jap. anese fishermen, who have rapidly in creased their operations in Alaskan waters in recent years.
 The Niearaguan government Is con structing modern Notifications on Tis capa hill for the defense of Managuu Heavy guns will be mounted and pow erful seaTchlights installed.
 The Portuguese government had a national holiday in celebration of the discovery of Brazil fin 150e. '
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
KING SLAYER A SUICIDE.
Schinas. Who Killed Greoian Monarch,
 Leaps From Window.

SchInas, WHO NIIIeu 0recIah WoharcH'
 Leaps From Window.
 Alake Schinas. who assassinated King George of Greece on March IS at Saloniki, committed suicide by fiinging himself out of window of the police station in that city.
 Schinas. who was a native of the town of volo. killed the king by shoot ing him in the back while the king was walking along the streets of Saloniki accompanied hy an aid-de-camp. He gave as m explanation of the crime that in 1911 he had applied for assist an,-e at the kings palace and had been driven away by an aid-de-camp.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on the Other Side of the Globe. .

An extraordinary sensation was caused at Warsaw. Russian Poland by the arrest of Baron John Bisping one of the wealthiest landlords of Lithuania, on the charge of murderinR Prince Ladislas Drucki Lubecki, rel ative by marriage. whose body, In which there were two bullet wounds was found on April 9 in the park ad joining his residence at Teresin. near Warsaw.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

Mrs. Wilson, whose pen name was Alice Maud Meadows, the we'll known short story writer, was found drowned in a brook near her home in Surrey, England. It was her daily custom to take her dogs out for exercise along the brookside. 1t is surmised that one of the dogs fell into the water and that Mrs. Wilson was drowned in try ing to rescue it.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08
DEATHS OF NOTED PfOplE.

Men and Women Whe Have Died ln
 the Last Week.
 William Morris Fontaine. for thirty years head of the School of Natural History and Geology at the University sf Virginia, Charlottesville, died. Pro fessor Fontaine was distinguished in the scientific world for researches into fossil botany. During the civil war he served in the Confederate army as a frst lieutenant of ordnance.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

Paul Arthur Sorg, the young multi millionaire famed on two continents as an expert whip, whose horses un- der his own hand have won him many trophies In America and England. Is dead in New York. Death was caused by heart disease.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

The constitutional committee of the storthing. in Norway. decided unani mously to introduce a bill bestowing the franchise upon women for all cleo tions. The Radical majority in the storthing assures the passage of the bill.
 The French government. although if has not been officially announced, in- tends in view of the European situa ton and the increase in the German army to keep this years time expired men under the colors for the present
 Tang Hua Lung, formerly governor of Hupe and president of the Wuchang rebel government, was elected chair man of the Chinese assembly. He was the governments candidate.
 An extensive fire threatened the city of Hakodate. seaport on the island of Yezo, Japan, according to. a cable gram. The damage Is said to be enor- nous.
 Two persons were killed, fourteen others fatally hurt and fifty others in- jured by the collapse of seats during a circus performance at Toledo. Spain.
 The police are expellin.. vagabonds from Portugal. The steamer Cabo Verde has carried 150 of them to Africa.
 A French army airman, Bellini, fell while flying at the Versailles aero drome and was killed
 Japan has ordered three new Dread noughts, which are to be companion ships to the Fuos.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08


 Henry Grey, who was formerly con nected with the United States Steel corporation and who constructed the Bethlehem Steel company plant, died in East Orange. N. J., at the age of sixty four years.
 William T. La Toilette. only brother of Senator Robert Nj. La Toilette, died from heart disease at Madison, Wis He was sixty-six years old MT. La Toilette was prominent in the Wilson campaign
 Adolphus Bonzano, consulting en- gineer and inventor of many railroad appliances, died in Philadelphia. He was eighty-three years old.
 Mgr. Henry Robinson. vicar general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Den. yer. died in his seventieth year after an illness of several months.
 John Sibley Whalen. deputy commits. sioner of labor and former secretary of state. died at Rochester. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

Thomas Murphy. a stockbroker. was burned to death and Miss Mary Mo Courteny was probably fatally injured when their automobile overturned near Syracuse. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

A New York gangster shot and ldll- cd two policemen during a fight
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

Charles Carlson, twenty-four, of Mill waukee, was crushed to death beneath his aeroplane after falling 200 feet at Akron, O.
Connecticut western news., 1913-05-08

Japan has ordered three new Dread noughts, which are to be companion ships to the Fuos.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12

For the very best oysters served III all
sivl"s 90 f" Rammcl's Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
Judge Crutchfeld's HumOr

Richmond is the home OF Justice
John Jeter Crutchfield, the celebrate
"Virginia Judge" Justice Crutchfield
rules The Richmond police court with
all the authority and originality Of
a cadi. He is sometimes referred to
as "The Cadi," or "Cadi Crutchfeld. p"
"Your honor" spoke up an attorney
for the defense Of a colored youth ac-
cused of burglary, "you know this
boy. He lives right around here an
this is the first trouble he has ever
got into You know him judge ard
you know where he comes fr1r,.
"Can't say | know where III comes
from but | know where he is going"
broke in the court, "four months"
"Hit you with a rock?" questioned
the court. in case IL which granite
paving block was the chief exhibit
and negro with an undamG ged head
was the accusing witness. Let ne
sec: Scrgeant"-this to d court
attendant, Gust look over that paw
Ing hlcck and see if its damaged any.
4 ringers head is mighty hard"
The young men were charged with
diStulbin" Che peace. They said They
were only singing at the time Of thc;r
arrest. practicing for male quartet
concert ''Let me hear you. said the
Judge. at may be You can sing ant
il may be you mistake plain noise
for singing"
The four looked at each ether. Then
they drew themselves up. "Swcct
Adclinc,' walled the first tenor, ar.
the other three harmonized WITH
"Swcet Adelinc."
"Ten dollars fine" broke in The
Judge in his best heavy bass.
Justice Crutchfeld has bc"A or Tie
bench for more than % years and tho
stories of his wit and hum0r would
fill large book.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12

The Grandeur of Charlie Carlin.
The Popular Magazine for DC o
Der says:
Representative Charles &. Carlin
in the National Congress, has dis
trict in Virginia just across the Po.
tomac river from Washington.Am
his constituents are many colorct
people, and one day an old darkc!
having found his way to Inc door OF
he House of Representatives
wanted to walk in and talk to Car.
lin.
"The doorkceper explained to hin
that he would have to seni in bis
name While the ols. man WIS wait
ing for She Congressman TO appear
he looked up and down the vast cor.
rider in which he stood, gazed at thu
ornamcntcd ceiling, and glanced a
the oil paintings on the walls.
Fore dc Lawd" he finally OK
claimed. IS dis hyah Chol!ic Car
Inns awficc?"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
sbinpton. Because nothing better

Washington. Because nothing better
will go out than comes in. 1t is the
d law of compensation, the law Of
equivalence. In proportion that WASH
.ington is enriched,so will the fruition
in Washington itself be rich. Now.
all this is obvious enough to you
gentlemen. l am not telling you any
thing that you did not know before,
but did want you to feel that | was
depending upon you, and from what
l can learn of you, think l have a
reason to depend with confidence on
YOU to do this thing, not for me, but
for the United States, for the people
of the United States, and so bring
about a day which will be little
better than the days that have gone
before us. I think we can cooperate
with enthusiasm along that line, and
if YOU agree with me, l shall be very
happy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
MUST BELIEVE IT.
Well known Alexandria People Tci'
1t So Plainly.

When public endorsement Is mace
by a representative citizen OF Hlc%
andria the proof is positive. loa mus
believe it. Read this testimony "
cry sufferer of kidney bsckach@. CT
cry man. woman or child with I'D.
ncv trouble, will do we'll TO read tn.
following:
Mrs. Maud NJ. Simpson. 2ll Nilhe:
street, !Aicxan ria. Va, says: " have
recommended Doan's Kidney P:'." Il
my acQuaintanccs during the past tw'
wears and do rot hesitate to recon
mend them publicly. | began usIr-
them when suffcrinG from pains Ii
nv hips and across my back as tn
result of disordcrcd Kidneys. hav'
slso given this remedy to my child
rcn for kidney weakness and | i'm
it is good for that 'roublc. No prals'
is too strong for Doan's kidney
Pills"
/ For sale by all I.'ealerS. Price D
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
n. V. sole agents for the Unite
States.
Remember the name--Doans-s
lake no other. Nv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
HOW NEWSPAPER MEN
AID THE PRESIDENT

This is part Of what President VIII
son said 10 the newspaper men when
he met them in March, the first OF
those weekly meetings at the White
House:
81 feel that large part Of the sue
cess Of public affairs depends on INC
newspaper mcn-not so much on the
editorial writer's because we can live
down what they say, as upon the
news writer's. because the news is
the atmosphere of public affairs.
Unless you get he right setting to
Acknowledgements the right impress
something's go wrong. The United
States just now is at very critical
turning point in respect 20 public
opinion; not in respect of parties, for
that is not the part that is most in
tercSting. They may go to pieces or
they may hold together. SO far as
he United States is concerned, 1t
does not make much difference whcth-
CT they do or not, because party
has no vitality whatever unless it Is
an embodiment of something real in
the way Of public opinion and public
purpose |. am not interest
cd in party that IS not
an embodied program based upon 4
set of principles; and our present job
is to get the people who believe II
principle to stand shoulder to shou!
der 20 do things from one side of this
continent to the other.
IL do not mean in the least to I'M
ply that any Of YOU gentlemen AZ
iu:crcstc,. in making trouble. Th2t
is not the point ! would be
mighty proud man if | could get in
to your ima-Snations that you can
obli"c people, almost, to get
together by the atmosphere with
which you surround them in the
daily news And the atmosphere has
70; to come. not from Washington.
but from the country. You have got
to write from the country in. ar
not from Washington out. The only
way can succeed is by not having
my mind live in Washington. My
body has go; to live there, but my
mind has got to live in the United
States. or else I will fail Now, you
fellows can help me and help every
body else by just swathing my mind
and other peoples minds in the atmoS'
phcrc of the thought of The Unitcp
States. The great advantage that
YOU enjoy is that YOU represent pa
pcrs all over the country, and there
fore you can import the opinion arr
the impulses Of the country into
Washington, and import it after :
fashion tina nobody else can e1nloy
81 sent for you. therefore, to ash
that you go into partnership with me
that You lend me your assistance a;
nobody else can, and then after YOU
have brought this precious freight il
to Washington, let US try and make
true gold here that will 20 our from
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12

Three workmcn were scaIded to
death and building Of the Inland
Steel Company at Indiana Harbof,
Ind. was wrecked Yesterday when q
steam pipe exploded The three men
were trapped in the basement by the
escaping steam.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED DAILY.

The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
Gazette Building King Street
xOBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD W. SMITH, Secretary anc
Treasurer,
TERMS:--Daily, 4 year. $5.O'
Six Months, $3.50. Three Months
s,.c5. One month, % cents. One week
10 cents.
Entered at the Postoffice Of Alea
andria, Virginia as second-class mat
tor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-12
One of the last 1n.ngs that Com

One of the last n!ngs mat Com
nlodores 90 before sailing On the eH'
DcI.;iom j. 20 Purchase
GIBSON'S PURE Old IN l..
Could you imagine a stronger testi-
monial. We have all kinds OF Liquors
carefully packed in neat cartons
reads for shipment to all sections
Virginia from :. -
$500 to $500 PER GALLON:
Have on hand Gibson's NA, MA
INK and Pure Old Rye; Old Caoln
ct and Monogram also Bakers an'
ThompsOa's WhiSkeyS, TO which we II
vite your attention.
Should you feel disposed to send L
ar order we know you will De salts
fed with results. Soliciting your trade
VIC are, yours respectfully,
". /. johnson & Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

masculine attentions No attractive working
girl is. But when She saw the speaker her
heart quailed How well she k.ew those
steadfast eyes, that jet black hair les, lie
was about % years old aud little taller
than herself. 1t was Harry.
Don't YOU think you're pretty fresh?"
she said coolly, but her pulses beat quickly.
o. knew you wouldn't turn me down.
replied the young man.
Yes, it was Harry She knew his mas
terful way. She knew how he would sweep
aside everything that stood between them.
She knew that he stood ready to die for her
as she would have died for him-to carve
for her fortune, represented in the moving
picture that fiickered through her mind by a
four room fat, a piano, and a motor car;
and to lift her above the continual care OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
Haru a Fanp Prince.

Now you, o sophisticated reader, know
that Harry was sterling youth filed with
Oliver Optic love of toll, ideas about buying
a suburban home on the installment plan.s
and determination to marry pretty Name,
his department store bride, the day after he
has been made president of the First Ma
tional bank for returning to a humble mil
honaire lost pocketbook containing evidence
OF the villains crime and daguerreotype of
the millionaire's invalid wife. You knew
this. say. Well, your bet is on a dead
card.
Harry existed only in Names imagina-
ton. He was her prince expectant. His
eyes were calm, steadfast blue and his
hair was jet black. He was just a little
taller than Name, and he loved hero, so
much. He cared for no one else His
heart was true as steel, and rather than per-
NIT himself to be guilty of some ill Judged
courtesy to any other maid he would write
TO the lady who gives advice to the lovelorn
to find out if it was quite proper for young
man who keeps company with girl whom
he loves very much to give up to another
girl, whom he knows only by sight, his seat
IN street car. Harry was Names only
beau.
But Harry was of honored pedigree and
large family, nevertheless. He had scores
of brothers. There was Billy, for example.
who swore allegiance to good, wealthy.
homely May, and Sir Edward, who wore on
his helm the dainty gauntlet of Miss De
Slekem Smythe of the Lake Shora drive
Name knew none of these, but she knew
Harry was the BEST the truest, the noblest,
the wisest the most prudent man of about
Y years of age that ever lived She was
proud of him, and gladly would have laid
down her young, ignorant life for him. Only
1t was embarrassing sometimes, as now,
when Claire urged an introduction to him.