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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
TRAIN HELD UP
BY BOY BANDITS
Daring Robbery Successfully
Accomplished in Alabama.
NINE FORCED TO LINE UP.
In Most Approved style the Two
Youths Stopped the Express Train
BY Showing the Danger Signal
and Awed Engineer.

Cottondale, Ala.-Two mere boys
were the bandits who riied the mail
car and dynamited the express safe
on Alabama Great Southern train, No.
! z e an ibis nlace and escaped with
booty variousiy estimated at from a
few hundred to fifty thousand dollars.
In the search for the bandits Deputy
Sheriff James Bonner, of Birmingham,
was shot and killed by member of
another posse from Montgomery, who
mistook Bonner for one of the robbers.
After stopping the train at Bibb-
vile Siding at 12.S0 A. NJ. by means OF
a block danger signal the young ban
dts, with drawn revolvers, forced the
engineer, fireman, express messenger
and six mail clerks to leave their
engine and cars and line up at the side
of the track The robbers then COM
PEELED one of the trainmen to detach
the engine, .expres1 and mail cars,
whereupon the bandits boarded the
locomotive, and with one robber at
the throttle drove the front part of
the train several miles down the track,
where the express safe was blown to
bits with dynamite and the registered
mail pouches were rified.
The robbers then threw open the
throttle of the engine, leaped to the
ground and escaped with their booty
into the swamps, while the runaway
engine and express and mail cars
dashed on down to the track through
several towns, until the steam in the
engine was exhausted and the run
away train came to a stop at Engle-
wood Ala.
Trainmen who witnessed the hold
up said they believed the robbers we're
we'll paid for their daring.
One of the trainmen told the follow
ing story of the hold-up:
81. Pool, the express messenger, was
eating his lunch at the time the two
robbers entered his car. The messen.
ger said to them: go away from
here or l will throw this hot coffee on
you" AS he made motion to carry
out his threat bullet famed his cheek
so closely that he fell to the floor
under the impression that he had been
shot. Six mail clerks were made to
leave their coach and stand on the
right of way with their hands up,
Then the bandits forced the porter to
cut the two front coaches and engine
from the sleepers. The front section
pulled away from the other section
with one of the bandits at the throttle
Conductor Cook already had gone
through the sleeper locking the doors,
arousing the passengers and advising
them to hide their valuables. With
the throttle wide open the runaway
train passed station after station until
it stopped at Englewood, when the
engine went dead"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
FROM HER VIEWPOINT.
IS THE ONLY WAY A WOMAN
WILL LOOK AT THINGS. !
This Meeting, According to scrlbss
Gives Fair Idea Of How They
Criticize Each Others Lit
tile Idiosyncrasies.

Heaven, Kant is reported as saying.
Is not so much another place as an
other point of view. Kant might ha-e
been studying feminine human nature
when he said it, SO nightly does the
viewpoint of woman change the face
of the universe for her.
Three women. for example, not long
since met in the parlor of certain
exclusive philanthropist who gives
''hot oil'' treatments for dispirited
hair. The treatments entail long
period of sitting about while the oil
sinks in or does something similar, and
many matters are discussed at such
times. On the particular day mem
toned the pretty woman with the
abundant locks inveighed against the
too prevalent custom of heightening
natures rouge.
II wouldn't be found dead with color
on my cheeks" she chortled. MY
husband says 1t makes him sick, the
way women paint nowadays. l believe
in being natural myself"
And yet" murmured the woman
whose cheeks, despite her wet hair.
were suspiciously pink. you wear
stylish corsets. Now, for my part, |
don't in the least mind admitting that
| | touch up my cheeks little-just
enough to make them look as they did
before had nervous prostration-but
l leave my form as nature made It.
can't help laughing every time l go
swimming. In the pool every woman's
figure bears distinct resemblance to
that of every other woman; my shape
is as good as my neighbors'. But when
we're all dressed again-why, you
wouldn't know we belonged to the
same race"
The woman with the abundant hair
had sharp retort ready, but the
woman with the jolly mouth fore
stalled her.
Aren't we funny things, we won-
eni' she exclaimed, laughing. II fancy
Tits usually case of the pot and the
kettle; but it never looks that way to
woman. Now, neither touch up
my complexion nor wear snug corsets
although I'd love to have rosy
cheeks and stylish figure-7but I'm
so short that simply can't resist the
temptation to wear high heels. My!
but aren't we stiles? Here, feel su-
perior to both of you, and both of you
feel superior to me, and expect ws
all look about alike to the Almighty.
Only"
Her summons to the inner sanctum
came at this juncture and she disap-
peared. still smiling, Said the other
two, simultaneously, turning amazed
eyes to the ceiling:
Now, what do you think of that?''
Chicago Record-Herald.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
REDUCTIONS ON TARIFF
ESSENTIALS.


Oatmeal and rolled oats, from
l cent a pound to 80 cents per
100 pounds.
Butter and substitutes, from
per cent. to 21a cents pound.
Cheese and substitutes. from
31.79 per cent. to 20 per cent.
Onions. from 40 cents to 20
cents bushel of 81 pounds.
Peas. from 20 cents to 10 cents
a bushel.
Extracts of meat, from 50
cents to 10 cents a pound.
Chocolate and cocoa, prepared
or manufactured, from 21.50 per
cent. to cents pound.
Sundries.
Wearing apparel for which
cattle, dog or goat skins are
used, from 50 to Is per cent.
Bags, satchels, pocketbooks,
etc, from 47.23 to 80 per cent.
india rubber and manufactures
thereof, known as druggists
sundries, from 40 per cent, to Is
per cent.
Cotton Manufactures.
Spool thread cotton, from 36
cents a dozen spools to Is per
cent. ad valorem.
Handkerchiefs or mufilers. not
hemmed, from 45 per cent. to %
per cent; hemmed, from 55 per
cent. to 30 per cent.
Silks and silk Goods.
SILK partly manufactured and
not further advanced than
carded or combed, from S5 cents
pound to 20 cents a pound.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

On one occasion case was being
tried in the district court of Barber
county, Kansas. The attorney for the
plaintiff wanted to create sympathy
for his client with the jury, which
happened to be made up largely of
ex-Union soldiers. "Mr, Jones'" said
the attorney when his client had ta-
ken the witness stand. 81 believe that
you were soldier for some time dur
ing the late war;" "Yes, sir" an
swered the witness. Il soldiered for
nearly four years in that war" The
attorney just let 1t so at that When
1t came to cross-examination, the OPP
posing attorney did not get much sat
isfaction out of the witness, and was
just on the point of letting him go
when it occurred to him to ask one
more question: You said that you
soldiered for nearly four years.
Which army were lou in, Mr.. Jones?''
Jones hesitated for minute and
then answered in a low tone of voice:
THE Southern army"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
INCOME TAX TO
YIELD BIG sum
Number of Americans Taxable
Estimated at 425,0
WILL PRODUCE ss2, ,2ss, 900.
Those Persons Coming Within the
Law Must Keep Close Account
Of Their Incomes From
March Last.

Washington. According to esti-
mates just completed by treasury ex-
perts, 435,000 American citizens must
Keep such accurate account of their
incomes this year that they will be
able to report to the income tax col
lector next spring exactly how much
they owe the government under the
new Income Tax Law.
So far as the taxable American is
concerned, the Income Tax Law is now
practically in force against him.
While the tariff bill, in which the law
is embodied, will be signed this week,
the first returns do not have to be
made to the internal revenue collectors
before March /, 1914. But when the
income of citizens from March 1, 1918,
to December 81, and the first payment
OF tax will be for money received dur
ing this period.
Every single person (citizen or for.
eign residenO whose annual income
exceeds $4,000, and every married per-
son with an income above $4,000 is ex-
pected to report his or her receipts in
detail to the government agents March
of each year. The estimate COM
pleted indicates that the income tax
win produce sS2,2sS,OOO from the 425,-
900 persons taxed. To this will be
added the sS5,OOO,OO0 or more pro
duced by the present corporation tax
which is continued as part of the law
Estimates OF Tax.
The income fax estimates follow.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
The income tax estimates follow:

President Wilson, the federal judges
of the Supreme and inferior courts
now holding Office, and employees "of a
state or any political subdivision
thereof" are the only persons specific
ally exempted from the tax by the new
law. The President and judges now
in office were made exempt to escape
any questions of the constitutionality
of the law, and their successors in
office will be compelled to pay the tax.
Exemptions Allowed.
Necessary expenses of carrying on
business, not including personal, living
or family expenses.
Interest paid out on Indebtedness.
National, state, country. school or
municipal taxes paid within the year.
Trade losses, or storm or fire losses,
not covered by insurance.
Worthless debts charged off during
the year
A reasonable allowance for the de-
probation OF property
Dividends from companies whose in
come has already been taxed.
Interest from state, municipal or
government bonds.
1t is clear provision of the law.
however that the taxable person must
make a return to the internal revenue
collector for his entire met income, %
and exemptions claimed under the law
must be submitted to the federal Off
GERS for them to determine upon their
reasonableness or legality.
The amount of the income tax as
finally agreed upon follows: From
50, 900 to $4,000, one per cent; from
$40, 600 to $4,000, two per cent: $780,
600 to $4,000, three per cent; $751;
900 to 100000. four per cent; $780,
OO0 to $2500OO, five per cent; $780,
900 to 100000, six per cent; above
100000, seven per cent.
A single man with an income of $685..
600, for example. would pay one per
cent. on. $4,000 and two per cent. ON
$4,000, total tax of S27O. If married,
the first tax of one per cent. would
apply to only $4,000 of the income.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

Washington. = Brigadier General
Bliss, commanding the forces patroll-
ing the Texas border. saw fit to in
crease the guard at Eagle Pass, to
prevent the possible destruction OF the
international bridges there by Car
ranzistas. 1t has been said that the
Carranzistas were about ready to
leave Ciudad Porfirio Diaz across the
Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, and it
was feared that being desperate, and
having nothing to lose by such an act,
they might attempt to destroy the
bridges before their departure.
AS General Bliss has entire control
over the border situation he ordered
these additional troops without con
sulting the War Department here.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
.FEDERALS WIN
A HOT BATTLE
Rebels Retreat, Destroying Prop
erty as They Go.
400 DEAD ON THE FIELD.
Desperate Hand-to-Hand Fighting
and Streets Piled High With
the Bodies Of the
Slain.

Piedras Megras, Mex.-More than
four hundred Federal and Rebel dead
were left on the field below Barrote-
ran, where fierce struggle took place
between the two forces Saturday and
Sunday, according to reports brought
to Constitutionalist headquarters here.
Both sides were compelled to retire
from the field because of lack of water
and ammunition the Constitutionalists
falling back to Sabinas, where they
dynamited the great railroad bridge
crossing the Sabina River to prevent
another attack from the Federals un-
der General Mas.
Eye-witnesses say desperate hand
to.hand fighting occurred after the ex
haustion of the Revolutionists' am
munition, and that the Federals at
one time were on the point OF fleeing
from the field, when they were rallied
by their officers. The dead are piled
high where these conflicts took place
All refugees able to cross into
American territory are leaving this
city, and it is expected it will be burn
ed If the Constitutionalists are defeat
ed in further fighting. All of the
prisoners have now arrived at the
frontier, after being compelled tc
abandon their property.
Every available space in hospitals
here is filled with wounded.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

Have YOU ever placed yourself in
the hands of beauty doctor, Mrs.
Muggsworth? why do you ask me
that?" My husband wants me to go
at once" Yes. l have been taking
regular treatments from one for the
past year" Then l think I'll not CO.
1t seems to be useless"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
DIPLOMATIC POSTS
illinois Editor Under Consideration
For ST. Petersburg.

Washington. = H. NJ. Pindell, news
paper editor of Peoria, ILL.,, is foremost
among those being considered by
President Wilson for ambassador to
Eussia His friends expect his nomi-
nation will be made within short
time. Mr.. Pindell was prominent at
the Baltimore convention and was
largely instrumental in swinging the
big vote of the Illinois delegation for
Mr.. Wilson at crucial time.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
A CLEVER JAlLsREAKER.
Digs Through Two-Foot Brick Wall
With a Spoon.

Fort Smith, William Cody,
sought by the police of Chattanooga,
Tenn, on charges Of highway robbery,
escaped from Jail here by digging
through a two-foot brick wall with a
spoon and sliding to the ground or a
rope of blankets. Cody escaped from
the same Jail year ago after dan.
gerously injuring guard Following
information from Chattanooga he was
arrested in hospital WHITTIER he had
been taken after being wounded in a
fight with negro highwayman.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
MANugL's BRIDE TO QUIT HIM.
Official Circles Give Credit To Report
OF Estrangement After Marriage.

Munich.-Reports that Princess Au-
gusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, bride
of former King Manuel of Portugal
will refuse to live with her husband
were given added credit. 1t was an
nounced that the Princess. who is i'll
would return to the home of her
father. Prince william, as soon as she
is able to travel
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. - Con
stitutionalists throughout Sonoro have
begunsa concerted effort to increase
the1number of state troops for the fall
campaigM aH'tirlst the FAaerals. Many
parties of soldiery. headed by captains
have been sent to different parts Of
the state for the purpose of conscrip-
tion.
Arms and ammunition in the pos
session of civilians are being con-
fscated So far Americans and other
foreigners are not being forced to sur
render their arms, but those who wish
TO do so are permitted to exchange
them for quivers, bows and arrows OF
the Mayo Indians, 800 of whom recent
ly Joined the state troops.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
sNosBERY IN THE NAVY.
Former Paymaster Asked To Give
Specifications.

Washington. = Former Assistant
Paymaster Middleton, L. s. n. who
has been reported as declaring that
''snobbery.' and "caste" are rampant
in the United States Navy, will be
called upon by Secretary Daniels TO
give specific instances OF the evil
which the former pay officer alleges
exists, Secretary Daniels wrote a
letter to Middleton, who is now in
Washington, asking him to call at the
Navy Department.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
POPE Plus WORSE.
Condition Again Causes Anxiety and
All Audiences Have Been Suspended.


All Audiences Have Been Suspended.
Rome.-The condition of Pope Plus
X. is giving rise to some anxiety. Al
though not suffering from any specific
malady, the state of his health is un-
satisfactory. 1t is believed, however,
that rest and care will restore him,
unless some unforeseen complications
arise. Audiences have not been Off
cially suspended. but the attending
physicians have agreed to discourage
receptions OF any kind until the Pontiff
has entirely recovered his strength. In
view OF his present weakness, it is not
considered probable that the Pope will
preside, as originally arranged, at the
great function at the closing OF the
Constantinian Jubilee on December s
the Feast of the Immaculate Concep-
tion.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

81 never saw fool friends do any
thing useful before"
How now?"
"A lot of them got to sending me
bricks by parcel post, and now have
enough to build that garage l need"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
AMERICANS HELD sy BANDITS.
Missionaries Prisoners In a Captured
Town.


Town.
Hankow. China. Five American
and four Norwegian missionaries are
in The hands of Chinese bandits, who,
on Friday, captured the town of Tsao
Yags n ,se northern part Of the PROV
lneq os itallali The Amsiican prison
aSs s3e aQpftea b be Mr.. and Mrs.
isl child aad s,ls and slrs.
The Rev n stosstaa, Of The
Hague's Norwegian Mission, tele-
graphs from Fancheng that on Satur-
day MIR. f'auske, who is attached to
the Lutheran Brethren Mission, was
still held in Tsao Yang for ransom,
but was separated from his wife, who.
with the other foreigners, was held
prisoners in another part of the city.
The notorious bandit White Wolf,
whom the government has been fight
ing for several months, is the leader.
Orders have been issued for the
Chinese troops surrounding the dis.
trict to advance toward Tsao Yang
and exterminate the bandits.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
TROOPS RUSHED
TO EAGLE PASS
They Will Protect the lnterna-
tional Bridge.
AN AMERICAN EXODUS.
Mexican Federals Closing In on
ssbinars--The Seeding North
ern Mexican States Form
the Confederate States.

San Antonio, Tex-Two squadrons
of the Third Cavalry and Battery c
of the Third Field Artillery were
rushed in three special trains to Eagle
Pass.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

81 have often wanted to see Mrs.
Jabberson walking in the teeth of
gale that was blowing great guns"
What on earth do you want to see
her doing that for?"
81 don't believe she could talk then"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
PLuNeEs OVER A CLIFF.
Auto Drops 100 Feet and Seven Per-
sons Killed Or Hurt.

Elkins. w, Va,-Plunging over an
almost precipitous cliff distance Of
100 feet, making several revolutions
in tile fall and landing in Knaps
Creek, the touring car of S. F. Wise,
lumber manufacturer, of Clover
Lick, Pocahontas county, killed or in
iured a party of seven persons.
The dead. C. Swisher, woods
foreman for Wise
Injured-Mrs. J. C. Swisher back
believed broken.
S. F. Wise, both legs fractured
Four others, whose names cannot be
learned badly hurt.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

Sir Abe Bailey has baby If Sir
Abe Baileys baby is an able baby, it
will be an ailing baby Bailey. will itt
london Globe.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
U. S. SOLDIERS FIRED ON.
Mexican Federal cavaIrymen Attack
American Horsemen Doing Patrol
Duty,

Ell Paso, Texas.--A detachment OF
United States Troop II. Second Cav
airy, was fred on by Mexican Federal
cayalrymen, the Americans being on
duty patrolling the International
border about Is miles east of Ell Paso.
None Of the Americans was wounded.
Two Texas Rangers who were near
by we're also fred on by the Mexicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
CONSIDER SCHOOL, CHANGE
Commissioners Take Up Plan
to Educate Blind in
District.

Following an investigation Of methods
employed in other cities for the educa-
ton of blind children, the Commission
ers will reach a decision as to whether
they will include in their next estimates
provision for the free education Of sight
District Of Columbia.
The District heads gave the matter con-
siderable attention at yesterdays board
session. and will take 1t up for further
consideration within a week or two
Meanwhile. Miss Eta Jesselyn Giff1n and
Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey of the National
Library for the Blind. advocates of the
plan, are obtaining for presentation to
the Commissioners information concern
ing the methods by which blind children
are educated in the public schools Of
Chicago. Milwaukee. New York, Cincin-
natl and other cities.
The method now in vogue in the Dis
trict of Columbia is one which places
the stigma of pauperism upon sightless
children, who are educated at the expense
of the municipality Congress appropri-
ates annually 5000, which is expended
by the board of charities in educating
the blind children of INDECENT parents at
an institution in Baltimore. What the
Commissioners have been asked to do Is
to abolish this plan and arrange for the
education of all blind children in the To-
cal public schools. The proposed ar
rangement is said to have the support Of
Senator Gore, the blind member of Con-
gress from Oklahoma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
ADVERTISE WITH AN AUTO
Suffragists Call Attention to
Votes for Women Rally to
Be Held Sunday.

: Washington suffragists went into the
advertising business today, when they
sent an automobile gayly decorated with
yellow and white bunting through the
downtown section of the city to call at
tention to a votes for-women rally to be
held Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
the Columbia Theater.
Mrs. Frank Mondell, wife Of Represent
alive Mondell of Wyoming, loaned her
automobile for the work, and Mrs. w. F.
Hancock, wife of Mai Hancock. U. 8.
A; Mrs. e. S. Tinney and Mrs. c. H.
Minor rode in the machine. On the back
of the automobile was a large sign calling
attention to the meeting.
Judge Ben Lindsey OF the Denver
Juvenile court, who Is to be the prin-
cipal speaker at the meeting, has is
sued challenge to his opponents in
Colorado who are seeking his recall to
get the signatures of 100 women to a
recall petition. The names Of 10000
persons are necessary on the petition
to make it effective.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National American Woman Suffrage
Association. is to preside at the meet
ing. and Representative William Kent OF
California is to be the other speaker.
Mrs. Emma Smith De Voc, president
of the National Council of Woman
Voters, and Miss Mabel Vernon addressed
large crowd on woman suffrage at
Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street last
night, and the same speakers are sched-
uled to deliver addresses from an auto
mobile tonight at Columbia road and
18th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Real Estate Transfers.

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-James Martin ct
ux. to James c. King, lot "A, block
FoURTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Stuart L. Splitter ct ux. to Thomas b..
Dalton. lot 18. square 2914: $40.
Thomas B. Dalton conveys same prop
erty to Arthur Carr, trustee; $lO.
NO. 1917 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
SOUTHEAST-William A. Boss ct ux.
to Edward s. Read, lot 81, square
WHITNEY CLOSEFrank ]. Bresnahan
to William A. Boss. lot As. block 2; $40.
NO. $40 I'd STREET SOUTHWEST-Wll-
liam P. Sheehan to Bridget Sheehan.
part lot 10, square oss; $lo. =.
Ernest c., to Otway B. Zantzinger.
lots % and 3d. square $50; $40.
CHILLUM CASTLE HE1GHTS-Wash-
ington Land apd Mortgage Company
to Alfred T. White, lots 70 to 81,
NO. 343 H STREET SOUTHWEST
Joseph Rosenberg ct ux. to Francis
Leonard. lot SO. square $40: $40.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS-U. 8. Realty
Company to Edwin J. Carswell, lot
GA, square 1896; SO. Edwin J. Cars
we'll conveys same property to Harry
NO. 1915 r. STREET SOUTHWEST
Michael J. Kilerlane ct ux. to Everett
NJ an Gertrude s. Pierce. lot q,
square 1853; SO.
FOXALL HEIGHTSI.John D. Smoot to
GRANBY-Ida c. Tierney to Ehie B.
Catlett, part lot 10; so.
MOUNT PLEASANT-Lewis e. Breuntn-
ger ct ux. to John c. Scantling, lot
NO o0' 10 ''9 4th STREET SOUTHEAST
Searle, part original lot /. square 7S7;