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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-29
MEN,S DOTRLES.

Merrill Young beat GillettFcrd 6-3,
So. g.: Davis Davis beat Gee Lathrope
60. Gil: Stowell-Ames beat Bagby-
Nj orse 6-3, g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-29
MEMS SINGLES.

Merrill beat Gee al, 6-3; Stoweil beat
Gillett 3-6. Ga. Ga; Colwell beat La
thropc 6-f. o.; stanwood beat Bagby
6-S. 6-S; Proctor beat Ford o.. o.;
Holden beat Morse Cd. 4-6. SIS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-29
RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH.
Mrs. Arthur Bookings is reported as
still gaining.
Frank Hayes. who injured his foot
quite badly some time ago. by a block
of ice falling on it. is gaining.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-29
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Hat some of these may have escape to the higher ground beyond the vil- lsge and will return when they have recovered from the fright accustomed hy the onruah of the waterA.
 It Ia reported thnt more ,han fifty ladies have been recovered.
 The tidal wave was preceded by sc, erai earth shocks which began ear iy in the evening and continued until after the wave had come In from tho sen and covered the native town. All "r the ative boats which were In the hnrlmr have been destroyed of washed far inland and the boats If the naval station are wrecked
 \ queer feature of this disaster to the island is that it WAS predicted almost to the hour hy the wife of omr of thr chiefs. This girl. who is hut seventeen years old was recently mar rie,l to one of the most influential .h'.fs on the island. an old man nam ,,l Mataola. The girl protested to in" very last nf the ceremony against her
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TIDAL WAVE DESTROYS
 TOWN IN SAMOAN ISLANDS

marriage. claiming that she was l'l love with young native who was out with the fishing boats md that she had promised to wait until his return and then marry him. The night that she was given in marriage to the old chief this girl told her parents and her future husband that if they forced her to brenk her word to her lover he would ask inc Gods to destroy the islands and would come for h"r in n great wave and take her away.
 No one paid any attention m the girl at the time "f hcr prophecy and the marriage was concluded as ar ranged. On the night of the big storm the native girl is known to have loft the chiefs house during the fercest pnrt of the gale and to have gone In the direct ion of the beach. It is pro stunned that she was drowned hy th'' tidal wave and that her lover was als.' lost as his boat has i.een founi wrecked on She rocks.
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spseisi Nugget Service.

0p8Ct8s N088VS OSSv'~~'
 WILMINGTON. x. .'.. Dee, M. Wilson McCsraw. the outlaw wh" rnIn- mitted suicide yesterday morning af ter e thrilling pistol ducI with the r'. lice was able to es,ap,' arrest for many weeks hy clever system "f disguises, including that nf w"In:,i and of an old man with long beard.
 McGmw was one of the clrvcrcst and boldest of the gang of men who confined their operations l." train hold ups and bank rohl'erirs m 70 was of such diminutive stature and so trimly built that hr would n"v"c have been suspected of being anythin': more than a very mild hammered young man, or when In the disguise of a woman. ns Il shrinking school girl.
 The bandit has been concerned in some of the most daring exploits in the history of inc south and has "n more than one occasion escaped cap turc by the quickncss with whi"h A" could change his disH1,isc, il. Vas suspected of being vnnrrrn,'I in II re. cent holdup on tho southern railroad and the officers have been watching
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Special Nugget esrvIos.

Special Nugget ssrvIos.
 WARRINGTON. Dec. so. What may have been designed for an at tempt to roh the t'nited state. treas. ury was unearthcd today ny workmen employed in excavntlne for the has'' Of monument 10 be erected on th. new mnll which runs berwecn th'' white lot and the patomac river In digging down for the foundation for tho monument the workmcn uncover ed an old city drain or sewer They thought n"thing M this until th" fore mn "f the gang had gone Int" the tunnel and come out with a dark han tern In his hand which hc had picked u,, In the tunnel The police were "tiflrd and "ii examination of the old sewer showed that it contained srv cral other articles which F" with 'h'' h,,sinrxs of safe cracking and house . breaking. \ farther inspection of tn. sewer shnwcd tlmt il ran from thu river about q mile away. diagonally rrdcr the parks 'n,rk of ti," Writ" lI.nse and directly under the vaults of the treasury department building.
 At tho river end of the tunnel were
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
DISGUISED AS WOMAN
 TOOLS THE POLICE

his mothers home here in the hope liai hc would eventually turn up. for II was known that he never let any very great time elapse without com ing Io see the old iady.
 several days ago while tI,.. d"tcc- lives were watching tir house a trin, young woman carrying a u7'velin-, bag came down the street and asked .nr of the officers l." direct her {" th. house of Mrs. McGraw. The po- lite officer ra aiscd his hat and pointed "nt the house and the bandit for whom he was watching thanked him nnu went across the street.
 McGraw's detection came about hr the very excellence of his disguise. for ,his officer mentioned to the man that relieved him that a mighty stunning girl' had just gone in to see old lady Mc(;raw. Tho officer thought this hit ur informat inm Ovrr for while and lrch came tn ,iic conclusion that per i.aps his conrad hnd hccn mistaken i,. tu scX nf Inc old iaty's visitor He communicated his suspicious |" his ,.lrincr and together they rrcM m 10 th, housc and looked through tho kitchen window.
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ininistHkubie evidence uf the recent habitation If men. There were cans which had contained food and coffee and marks on the beach showed that bout hnd heen drawn up there not many Anys before tue officers inRpec- iion.
 In truvcrsine the tunnel in the op- p.,sitr direction the police came to N Itrc they figured they were directly nr.'.rn.nth tho treasury building lIcio n rnnsidern hie excavation had Isrn made and Inc burnt ends of candles were found. Also there wer, pi.,ccs uf fn,d and some tools which ad been us,d for excavation pur- ,o.cs. An examination of the groun. underneath tn" building and "f tn, plans of tar treasury dcpartmen, showed that the men who had been op.rnting In the tunnel were evidently f. milimr with the vaults in which tn. gold is stored and 1t is thought thui their tdea wHs that they could tunnel t. a spot directly henenth these vaults nnd gain m entrance to the buildine and the gold.
 The evidence. as shown by the food
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MAY HAVE BEEN ATTEMPT
 TO ROB TREASURY

nnd other mrtick.s found points tO th. fact that the men had been nt work not later than two weeks ago.
 How they exported to dig through the masonry of the treasury building and to get through the steel vaults is of course not known. hut the dar- ing of the attempt to rob the treasury md the close proximinity of the old as wer to the natlon's store of gold shows that the robbers. whoever tho. were. had given considerable thougit ,o their enterprise.
 IL Ia supposed that the men who were operating In the tunnel must have been either government employees or former government employees who were familiar with the treasury de- ,mrtmcnt and the storage rooms in waIch the gold is kept. How they dis covered the existence 0f the old sewer. wEich has been abandoned for years fig no, known The district authorities ,;,ve already issued orders for the filling in of the underground passaga from the river {" the treasury build
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There m,t the girl. i'ni th- nuny blond wig was of and the dotted veil was off and the person .atin. supper with Mrs. McOraw wns moi Il trim and pretty girl hut ih" most wanted bandit In the south.
 Tho officers at once rntcr" the house. one hy th" front and on. hv the rear door. They had their pistols in their hands and Order.'d the bandit tn surrender. Quick as U flash Mc- Graw drew u gun from under his dress and opened fire on the officers. He managed to send a bullet into one of the mems arm before ic WAS him self shot in the chest and leg. As hr fell the man. evidently seeing that he v'as certain to be taken. turned his pistol on himself and hlew out hts brains.
 The old mother has heen arrested and hns confessed that she knew of hci sons occupation and that she was In thc habit of keeping tho loot that he gathered in his robhcrics until Il could bo disposed of without creating suspicion.
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Spss,.i Nussst Service.

sps...I Nugget Service.
 MONTREAL. tec. :y Fire which seriously threatened the dcstructi.', o. the entire city ragged here for sev- erai hours last night ano several busi- ness blocks in the center of the lower tcwn were completely gutted. The i,a, tx estimated at over million pounds and many of the largest busi- ness houses in the city are among the losers
 The fire started in the plant of Pat t,rson. Wilde and Company rnd 1t was not known until after the fire engines had reached the scene and at tempted to get water on the flames thnt the bitterly cold weather of tn" past few weeks had ptii thr water works out of commission mnd not a drop could hc pumped from the city station. In this emergency the fir department seemed helpless and for ., timr IL was feared that the entire lower part of tho town was doomed as there was a strong wind blowing and the flames spread rapidly. While the hose lines were out of business word was sent to the commandant of tho artillery garrison asking that s"l- diers he sent into the town with pow der as 1t was proposed to blow ID scv- eral blocks in order to prevent the spread of the flames. Before the sol diers arrived. however. the chief of the fire department had managed |" stretch some of his hose lines from the SC, nc of the frc to tho St. Lawrence river Tho river was covered with thick icc hut by chopping holes through this and pumping the water from the river to tho fire by means of
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
MONTREAL THREATENED
 BY FIERCE FIRE

r-Iuvs .f engines thc iirrin"h nt last managed tn get svcSni airrams "h ii" Llmzc. While waI,ine for the water t' l,c furnished a gang uf the tirem'.n and ing crew and went to work drmoiish- ing buildings In the path "f thc .ames lr this manner the spread of the fir. was somewhat checked before the ar rival of the water and when sever, streams were a last turned on th' blaze the fire wns gradually brough' ur der cnntr"l.
 Many thrilling r-scucs are reported hy firemen and police as beforc th' blaze was under control h had jump cd from the large business blocks at ross Mnntcalm street int" section occupied by many tenement houses Here the people wore aroused rom their hc,is and in many instances carried uui ini" tl" streets hy the ircnicn and police
 \ number of Gremen were iniurc,i while tearing down buildings and some of them were hadly frozen dur ing tho night, Two men were shot by the police for attempted footing of buildings which were "n ire.
 After the blaze was cxtinGuished the governor ordered tho troops from in. fort to patrol the hrcswept dis trict In order to relieve the police and protect property.
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spsoiaI Nugget Service.

8pe0e&b W0@8@s C~TNtS@A
 TUTCILA. 6. l.. via tt"n"iuln. Dee, so.-On Christmas night one of th. most terrific storms remembered hy tho natives of the islands broke over tho south Pacific. The storm was ac- ctmpanied by heavy rain and strong wind.
 About midnight a hmge tidal wnv' rolled In on the beach and r"mplcir ly destroyed the town of Tutnila and did great damage to the United states station at pago Pago where is sii . upted the cable nnd wireless station. The entire maya! station WAS under water md the quarters If the "hie''rs and the storehonscs We're flmnlci
 In the native town tlc destruction is complete. The houses h"r. ui, "f light construction and they wei" en tl.ely swept away by the fore, "f ih'' water as 1t surEtNd np nn the h#ch.
 Many natives are reported 'ir.wn'.i by the waves and a Es""l many ar'' missing from tho village. II is thought,
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abnn, reached the end of his financial ,cther and has augmented his political prestige, by :hC big blun with which il, called th ha,.d of tho Washington :,tlininist tiot,
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
TO INVESTIGATE. Special Nugget Service.

CALUMET. Dec. 30.-Thc coronrl today began an investigation to hA responsibility for the disaster caused h. tho fire on Christmas night whici cost the lives of sn many people in 7 tluncc hall here.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
BURIED ev FEDERATION. spsoiai Nwssss eegviee.

CALUMET. Dec :s.-Fifty-n or oi the sevcnty-two victims killed In the panic which resulted from false alarm of fire in dance hall were t.ricd here today by the Western Federation of Labor.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30

 PROHIBITION

Special Nugget Service. SACRAMENTO. Dee. 30.-Suhicient petitions have already been filed |. insure placing on the ballot at the general elections next year the prop siima og tha" 'nE Il state wide pro- hihitiOn law.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30

Ask her to attend the Nsw Vsars ball or you will ioss her. He will H you don't
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30

Baseball. The best games yet. The ones that count. 4. 8. hall Friday night.
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nuERTA MAY
 STEP DOWN
Seselai Nussst Service.

WASHINGTON. Dec, .D. Those close to official information. both here end in Mexico City appear t" belicv" that Huerta has about made m his mind to resign ihe presidency. This seems not at all improbable as he has
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
COMMISSIONER APPOINTED. SreeiaI Nugget Service.

SEATTLE. Dee. 30.-J. q. What |, Il: has hccn appointed United States commissioner at Seattle.
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THE GREATEST
 DRY DOCK
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 LIVERPOOL. Dec. 2s.--The great cst dry dock in the world has just |. en completed here. lt Is said that there. k a ltrgc: dock under constrUc- ti.,n at tsOst0n and that one will short Iy he started u Glasgow.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30

Excitement and pleasure fcs the whole family. eassbais in 4. .. hall Friday night.
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Don't be foolish and miss 1t again Baseball in 4. 8. hall Friday night.
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The Mardi cras out dens at the A. 8. halt New Ysars eve.
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The Daily Nugget, $2oo per month.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30
STEAMBOAT MAN DEAD
Special Nugget Service.

SEATTLE Dec. 3O.--Gilbcrt Park CT. m "i,ltimc steamboat man "f the Pacific coast, died today.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-30

The Daily Nugget. $2oo per month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
w1~sIow ROLLER SKATES.

BmIi~RcarfnG. ADJUSTABLE sl45 Per
pair, HOWELL BROS, SOC East
Proad street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
BOGUS LORD GOES
10 GRIND JURY
WAVES EXAMINATION IN POLICE
COURT AND SMfLlNGLY
sTROLLs BACK TO JAIL.

His '1udship," Philip Cowardin, alias
G. W, alias Patrick Blake, appeared
in Police court yesterday morning 10
answer 10 tho charge OF bigamy. His
attorney, G.. NJ. Wait, formerly Com
nlDaa vslitA's attorney Of Cuipeper, VINO
has been engaged to defend h.Int
waived examination, and the case was
certified To the Hustings court on
] February Cd There as no hearing,
and Milford" Blake went hack to the
c>u. twirling his musiacho and smil-
ing At the count of Gals,
Blake who has wife and six chill
dren living at Brandy, Culpeper coun~
~. is alleged TO have married Miss
Grace Marie Brown. Of eos East Clay
street, in Ii5attsvillo, Md, on March
20. 1879, Another ceremony was per-
formed here by a Catholic priest on
January ga Of this year lie is said
also to have a third wife here, whom
he married I'm Hanover county in 1919.
The third wife is said TO ba the neither
a} a child Of which Blake in the father.
She has no, yet preferred any charge
against him, though tFe police may
sul pcena her as q witness against ham.
Blake said that he was forced into
the marriage with Miss Brown. though
he did not offer any explanation CT the
CEREMONY ALLEGED 10 have been per-
formed IN Hyat1sville, lie was unper-
-urhei during the short proceedings,
and bestowed a genial smile on Cap
tain McHahcn, the man who had
caused his arrest He YES committed
r. Jan but stated that he hoped to
ho able To put uu Iond for his an
pe5rancH ID tie Hastings court when
his case Is called.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
MASs|E DID NOT
PLEAD FOR CLAUDE
NELSON RELATIVE, OF MUIR
DERED JUDGE DECLARES
AGAINST CLEAIENCY,

Especial to The Richmond virginian)
LYNCHBURG, VA. Jan, 10
Denying a statement sent out from
Richmond that he had urged the gov
ernor to commute the sentence II
Claude Allen, Bland Massie, of Nel-
son, a kinsman of Judge Thornton
l.. Massie, who was one OF those
killed In the Carroll county court
tradegy, said tonight that he believed
Claude Aliens sentence should not be
committed. He gave ont state
ment here today in which he said.
81 was with Governor Mann for
about, half an hour. during which
time the conversation was not con-
fined to the Allen case, but covered
a number of topics he said.
after reaching ~Lynchburg and
upon being apprised that John Bolen,
Floyd Aliens counsel testified that
Claude Allen fired the first shot; that
he fred 1t at Judge Massie and that
he (Bo!en) testified he saw the lint
fly from Judge Massie coat. where
Claude Aliens bullet struck, | deem
1t my duty TO say that ! think Claude
Aliens sentence should not be COM
muted."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
STATE CHARTERS
NEW ENTERPR|S

The following new charters were
granted by the State corporation
commission yesterday
Gasoline Safety Appliance com
pany, incorporated, $500 TO $780,
600, Frederick O. Farran. president,
John McAmes, vice-presldent: wal
ter l.. Conwell. secretary and treas
urer. Church street, New York.
Rudolph & Wallace, incorporated,
Norfolk, Va S10,0 600 TO $20,o0Q. w.
A. Wallace. president; c. E. Ru-
dolphi. vice-presideng; A. G. keech,
secretary all OF Norfolk.
North Carolina Investment cor
poration, Roanoke. Va, $4,000 to
$4,000. o. b. Watson, president;
F. w. Leftwich. vice-president, f
A. Cannon, secretary and treasurer,
all Of Roanoke.
National Slate corporation. OF Viz
ginia. Arvonia. Va, $4,000 70
100000. George w Kirkpatrick
president: c. VI. Pitts, vice-president;
Joseph Fritsch, Jr., secretary: B. A.
Richards, treasurer. all of Rochester.
y. Y; A. L. Pitts, Jr., Scottsville,
Va.
Amendment to charter Craddock-
Terry company, Lynchburg. Va. in
creasfng its maximum capital from
$500, 900 TO $4,000
Amendment to charter Of Virginia
MARYLAND Coal corporation. Rich
moud. Va, increasing It's capital
from $25o.olQ to 100000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
cow. RNOR SULzER
COESE.fVATIONIST
WIRES HE WILL VISIT WASHING
TON TO FIGHT NIAGARA
EITL.-

W-ASIuNGTON. Jan. 15.-Gover-
nor Sulzer If New York, to(lay Hlfed
ta tn bouse. committee on foreign
affairs that lac will come TO Washing
tom ON Jauuarp 2ls' % make per-
soral hght against the Niagara Eatia
power bin now in course ot pre"ara
tton IN that committee. and which, II
Is said ha, caused 81 sharp conflict
Of opinion. He also notified the c"'G-
ynfttee he Is strongly opposed to. some
If the provisions of the bill, and de-
clared that it would. as at present
framed. deprive the state of New
york CT its right to regulate power
rates at the fails
The bin provides that the secretary
Of war may issue permits for the d.
version Of water at the falls, but pro-
yides that preference shall be gwen
to the companies now operating there
This. it is claimed, would put the
consumers of electricity in western
New York at the mercy Of the power
COMPANIES. The committee VIII give
Ssa4lg q ~ Asft1,!5 So .'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16
SOCIAL LIFE ON
FARM HER TOPIC
MISS ELLA AGNEw TO ADDRESS
EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
L
THIS AFTERNOON.

Miss Ella Agnew, of Burkeviile.
Will address the local branch OF the
Equal Suflage league in the leagua.
cluo rooms ia che Bryan building this
afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock. Miss Ag-
new Will tell OF social and economic
condi ions among the women In this
agricultural districts of the state aud
what Is being doing TO improve the.
domestic conditions.
Mrs g. N. smithdeat Will preside
at the meeting and introduce the
speaker.
On March lst, Mrs James Lees
Laidlow, OF New York. one OF ttIss
IA st Prominent sudragist leaders in
the country. win deliver an address
In the auditorium of the jefferson hos
tel, under the auspices of the League.
Mrs. Laidlow was formerly one Of thssH
officials Of the national association
and has gained a reputation for herr
self ms an aggressive fighter for the
equal suffrage cause and as pubiic
speaker.
Miss Mary Johnston and Mrs. II.
-. Valentine have accepted invitations
TO speak in Petersburg on January
2Stu
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-16

{. JONES RIXEY BROUGHT FROM
STANTON 10 TESTIFY IN
I.EWIS IOoF CASE.

Especial to The Richmond Firsinian.)
ALEXANDRIA, A, Jan, lo.--Ine
case ot Lewis HooL, former secretary
u S@S@l Ct q 'AS 11t' td"e''e bNAdiHS
ana Loan association iidlcte4 luf
stand Afeeny' WAS gwen 10 the jury
AT ciotk TINS afternoon anu al
ysl5 was discharged. naflns reached
no agreement.
The defense did not put on any
Witnesses nacn 10 the safpt+st 81 eF-