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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-16
Convict Missing at Pen

Wheeling, July 8. Andy Har.
dy, negro convict from Hamp.
shire county, serving an 18-year
sentence for second degree muir
der, disappeared from the state
penitentiary at Moundsville yes
terday after loon as mYsteriously
as though he had suddenly evap-
GRATED. Although the officers of
the institution have searche d
every nook and Granny of the in
stitution and investigated every
route of escape they have been
able to conceive of, they have
not succeeded in obtaining the
slightest clue as to the prisoners
whereabouts or the manner in
which he dropped out of sight.
Hardy was employ ed in the
stock room of the Joseph Klee
Sons tailor shop on the first
floor, of which William Dunn, of
Moundsville, is foreman. He
was seen at his post of duty
shortly after 2 O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, and was missed at
about 3 o'clock.
Warden Brown at first thought
that it might be possible that he
had escaped by secreting himself
in one of the boxes packed for
shipment. A careful examina-
ton of the boxes that had been
taken TO the depot that afternoon
and those ready for shipment
proved conclusively that the
prisoner had not chosen that
method of escape.
Warden Brown stated that if
the convict was outside the walls
of the institution he must have
made his escape by secreting
himself over the running gear
and under the bed of one of the
wagons on which goods are
hauled to and from the institu-
ton. The warden was confident
that the prisoner had no oppor-
tunity to get Qy.r the walls or
through the main gate unnoticed,
The warden was>incl,ned to be-
lleYe that Hardy might still be
hiding somewhere within the
walled ine,osqre. awaiting a
more favorable opportunity to
scale the walls under cover of
darkness. Additional guards,
however, have been placed on
duty on the walls and if the pris-
oner is counting on that method
Of getting away, his doom is al
ready sealed. If he is actually
hiding inside the institution, it is
only a matter Of time until starry
alton will dive him from cover,
in which event his capture will
be certain.
Some months ago it will be
recalled that a negro disappeared
somewhat after the manner of
Hardy. Although a most thor
ough search was made of the in
stitution as to his whereabouts,
on the second morning following
his disappearance a rope was
discovered hanging from the top
of the wall on the outside, show
ing that he made bis getaway
that night. 1t was found that
all the time officers were search
ing for him he had been secreted
under the caves of one of the
buildings.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-16

a certain famous skyscrapcr builder
said ia his New York Office the other
day apropos Of costs and values.
Costs and values get confused be-
cause there are so many men who. II
sunshine had TO Dee paid fog. would
swear that gas gave much more
brilliant light New York Times
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-16

81 want good revolver" began the
determined looking man
yes, SIR said the salesman "Six
'Why-cr-yOu'd better make it
nine chamber ] want to use it ON
cat next doc" ~ London Express
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-16

Registry Clerk 1T Is necessary for
me TO ask the mother Of the bride n
she has nothing to say before / pro
coed with the ceremony" Voice Of
Mother I'm background "AlI T have
TO say IS that n ] hadn't had a good
deal to say already they never would
have landed here"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-16

Dear teacher" wrote hte Edith's
mother, "please excuse Edith for not
coming to school yesterday She fell ln
the mud. BY doing the same you viii
greatly obige her mother"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Fifty Families Flee
Early Morning Flames

CLEVELAND. July 14.-whipped by
a strong west wind. FIRE early today
swept through the plant of the Ma
ton Bedding Company on West Thir-
ty-eighth street. then bridged the
street and caused fifty families to
flee. Four dwellings were partially
destroyed before fremen, by dint OF
desperate work. checked the flames
The origin of the FIRE Is unknown
fnflammable materials stored in the
bedding company's plant burned like
finder and for a time the flames
threatened. to sweep over a large
area The loss was about $50,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
ARMY.

First Lieutenant GEORGE A. T.
TRCMBO. Twelfth Cavalry. is de-
tailed for general recruiting s~rv-
ice AT Fort Mcdowell. Ca, August
Is.
First Lieutenant THOMAS B. ESTY,
cavalry. is assigned to the First
Cavalry.
First Lieutenant Lesson @. TARLE-
TON. Medical Corps. is relieved
from duty with the Eighth Bri-
Gadc. and will return 20 his proper
citation. Vancouver Barracks,
Wash.
Leave Of absence for one month and
fifteen days. to taFe effect August
is granted lieutenant Colonel
GEORGE MONTGOMERY. ord
nance Department.
Leave of absence for ter days. to
take eject upon his relief from
onel GEORGE w VAN DEuSEN.
Field Artillery.
Leave CT absence for twenty DAYS is
granted Colonel FREDERICK 5.
STRONG. Coast Artillery Corps.
Leave of a bscnce for two months, to
take effect upon his promotion to
the grade Of major. is granted
Captain HARRY l.. STEELE, Coast
Artillery Corps.
Major MERIwETHER l. WALKER,
Corps Of Engineers, is detailed as
as professor Of military engineer
ing at the Military Academy.
First Lieut.. WADE H. wESTMORE-
LAND, Eleventh Cavalry, is relieved
from duty at the Columbia Military
Academy. Columbia. Tenn, Sep
TENDER 1. 1914. and will join his
regiment.
Major ELISHA S BENTON, United
States army, retired. is relieved from
duty at the Military ACADEMY. Sc
vance. Tenn, September /. 1914. and
is detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at the Military
Academy. Columbia. Tenn.
First Lieut.. WILLIAM E. MOULD.
United States army. retired. is re-
lieved from duty at the Hitchcock
Military Academy. San Rafael, Cal.
Each of the following officers Of the
for duty as instructors from August
IS to October 10: Captains. WILL l..
PYLES, PHILIP W. HUNTING
TON. ARTHUR n. TAsKER. MARK
D. WEED.
First Lieut.. THOMAS P. DooLE. Med
ical Reserve Corps is relieved from
his present duties, to take effect
August l.
Leave Of absence for fifteen days is
granted Lieut.. Col. WILLIAM H.
SAGE. Infantry.
Lieut.. Col. PERCY E. Triple, United
States army. retired, is relieved from
further duty on recruiting service
TO take effect August /
Major CHARLES n. PARNEY, Uni
ted States army. retired. is assigned
to active duty and is detailed for
recruiting service. August l. at
Oklahoma, Okla. relieving Lieut.
Col. THOMAS J. LEWIS
NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander HARRY X
CAGE, to Asiatic station via army
transport Of September S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Pushing Fly Crusade Into
Breeding Hau1tS

Stables. the source of many Of the
flies now inhablting the District Of
Columbia. are being thoroughly in
spected by employees of the District
Health Department with view to
eliminating some of the millions of
the disease-dissemInators
Piles of stable deposits provide
prolific breeding places for the in
tolerable pests, and instructions
have been given all stable owners
to remove twice a week these ac-
foundations Of refuse. Proper drain
age Of the stable floors. also. Is in
sisted on. for flies thrive in mois-
ture and refuse.
There are nine sanitary inspec-
tors in the District who are giving
their attention to supervising the
stables of their nire districts Chief
Sanitary Inspector c. r. Holman
and a special inspector have been
adding their services to the regular
force In an effort to rid the city of
all possible breeding places OF the
fly. Chief Holman and his men be-
lieve that a city-wide attack on
stable deposits will greatly lessen
the fly population, and they are
bending their efforts to accomplish
this result.
While this campaign on the breed
: ing places Of flies Is being conduct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
$50 Stolen
By Kidnaper
Trust, Says
Prosecutor

NEW YORK, July 14.-Declaring
that in the past ten years more than
one hundred and, fifty children have
been kidnapped and held for ransom
in New York, Assistant District At
torney Weller today launched an in
vestigation which he expects will re-
suit In wholesale indictments
The sums asked have ranged from
$500 to $780, according to the re-
sources of the parents. In this time
only thirty-nine arrests were made
on kidnapping charges, and only nine
persons were convicted.
Ten arrests were made in Weller's
opening case of the investigation.
The prisoners are accused Of kid
mapping Frank Longo, eight-year-old
son Of Francesca Longo. a baker.
They were all held in heavy bail.
Two of the defendants in this case
are also accused of participating in
the kidnapping Of Frank Di Fiori,
eight-year-old son of Harlem gro
Ger. The child was stolen In 1872,
and held until his parents paid $500.
Weller declares that KIDNAPPING Is
controlled by trust and Is organ
lied In such a way that the proceeds
are divided on a businesslike basis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14

Georgetown terminal Of the Aoueduct
bridge, from whence the contestants
We're to move of. TubeI, unexcitable
and as APPARENTLY unprepared for long
struggle in his birch bark as if he had
just been called rom his cabin in the
middle of the night to rescue some
person overheard, stepped unconcerned-
ly into his canoe and padded of at a
fair speed in the direction in which
the race was to be run.
Now, we ara going to follow In
thirty minutes" warned the three lads,
who had brought themselves to the per-
lection Of physical fitness for the big
journey ahead of them.
All right, coma along" yelled back
1ubby, but you won't see me until
You get to Harpcrs Ferry
Through three LOCKS Tubbv labored
on with the maple oar. and all the time
a smile was concealed behind his
nronzed features. 'TwiNt the third and
fourth lock the cours. passed Tubby's
cabin, where he tied un long enough
TO throw a yoke over the two hounds,
which, by now, were well fattcd ard
spelling for exercise. Hastily he at
tached the imrrovised traces to the
bow Of his canoe and of UP the tow
path the excited CANNES drew the light
craft at speed which caused the &C.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14

ceeding those set forth in the report of
the jury of view.
Il am taking this as broad propo-
sition, and l do not purpose to answer
as to the quantum of land held by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
or its holding company. / consider that
immaterial, because / consider that the
proper commission will handle the qucs-
ton without regard ss to who are the
owners But We are confronted with
the fact that Congress In the past has
made an appropriation for a great enter
prise. True, 1t may be- criticised at this
time. True. II put over to gentlemen
not be decided upon at present as It
was decided upon in the past But IL Is
an undertaking that meals a great de-
velopment for the city o. Washington,
and an undertaking that Is safeguarded
so that the Government will not pay a
penny more than It should pay, and an
undertaking that should be carried on
to its completion and to its end.
II do not believe It is to the best in
terests of the District Of Columbia.
development plans that are under way
IN the District of Columbia, nor to
the best interests of the United States,
that the authority to take land here
should be an authority limited -
particular spots, and that we would
ma lndt the Government Is not ana
could not become the owner of all the
land embraced within the present plan
of development.
IF We pass the resolution as II comes
from the Committee on the District of
Columbia We merely provide for the
purchase of some of the land and
leave the rest of the land to De dis
posed Of in the future. The resolution
as coming from the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds provides for
both. 1t provides for the relief of the
individual property owner who MAJ be
today suffering. II provides as well
for. the acquisition on the part of the
Government OF all the land embraced
in the scheme known as the Plaza de-
velopment.
80 I contend that the committees
report, or the committees substitute
as reported to the House. takes up the
matter in its entirety. and at the
proper time / shall offer It as an
amendment to the resolution which has
been offered by the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr. Johnson
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14

or improbaility Of the facts which they
haunted before his eyes-until the
brazen trio openly and outrightly chal-
lenged the veteran to an endurance
race. which might begin at the Wash
ington end of the eighty-mile thor
oughfare and end at Harper's Ferry,
exactly sixty miles away.
Wen give you a days handicap,
ventured Freddy Watts, and beat you
to the ferry
Sure" chimed in George Barnes.
And ask no questions" added
Bangs.
Don't want a days handicap" was
TUbby's prompt reply. just give me
half-hour's start. and I'll take my
canoe to Harpers Ferry ahead Of you
three in your canoe"
The three tried TO insist on Tubby's
taking a full twenty-four-hour lead, but
the master paddler pleaded for thirty
minutes advantage oply--and a date
was agreed upon when the canoe Mara
thon should be staged. Meantime, every
aVaila BILE moment was diligently spent
in arduous training by Messrs Barnes,
Rangs. and Watts. while the confident
TCbby spent the days at Kenton, his
camp, FIVE miles up the canal, feeding
up his two coon logs, whicc he kept
under leash the while.
On the day set, all appeared at the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
u. 5. TO END RAP|NE
IN ISLAND REPUBLICS
Mavy Rushing 700 Marines to
Cuba for Use in Haiti and
(, Santo Domingo.

Uncle Sans policemen, zoe strong.
armed and equipped for serious bust
ness, are 10 De thrown into Haiti and
Santo Domingo TO restore order. The
United States will no longer tolerate
the reign of rapine and anarchy nov
prevalent there. At the request Of the
state Department the nav is rushing
20. marines, veterans of many skirm-
ishes. TO Guantanamo. From there they
will be rushed TO Haiti and Santo Do
uingo-a days, sail-unless, IN the
meanwhile, conditions are improved.
Conditions in both republics have been
going from bad 10 worse for weeks.
Both are torn by revolution. Both arc
bankrupt and foreign nations are
threatening drastic measures unless
there is an immediate. change The
United States has tried Tor months &c
reconcile the warning clements by
peaceful means. This, apparently, has
JAILED and force now will DC resortcd To-.
France and Germany have forced the
hand Of the United States in Santo Do
u1ingo. Both nations are large creui-
tors, and Information received here in
dictates that to force payment they Gen.
templated seizure o. customs houses,
an act which wouiI not violate the
letter Of the Monroe doctrine, but would
result in criticism. So the American
forces will be utilized to prevent such
action and to bring about, II possible,
eEts blishment of Il stable government.
Just how this is to be accomplished
no one knows. President Bordas is
the north fighting the main revo-
luton. But there are at least three
others gaming strength every day, ano
u seems certain that all that can be
done is to recognize one Of the fsctionE
and then perpetuate It by American
guns and men.
The Haitian situation is about the
anne. The present government is so
" eak II has been liable to collect GUS
ons debts. The foreign creditors are
pressing. and to keep them from APP
Lying forcible means of collecting the
state Department will have to throw
It's own police force into the country.
Official reports 10 the Navy DEPART
msnt today said many foreign refu-
gees were boarding :he Clyde Line
rteamer Seminole at FIeIto Plata,
Santo Domingo. fleeing from the rev.
olutionary disorders.
Minister Sullivan, returning to the
United States on orders from the
state Department, was ABOARD the
Seminole Of Puerto Plata. and he held
& hrief conference with the American
,onsul and naval officers there. That
vicinity was reported quiet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Army and Navy Orders

Lieutenant ROBERT A. DAWES, to
Elcano.
Lieutenant DONALD T. HUNTER, 70
home and wait orders
Lieutenant CONANT TAYLOR, to ex-
ecuttive officer and naviystor Ozark
Lieutenant Junior grade) c. z. REOR-
DAN, to Monterey.
Lieutenant Gunior grade) l.. p. WAR
Rem, to Works Busch Su!zcr Com
pany, st. Louis, Mo.
Ensign H. z. SNOW. to Rainbow.
Ensign s. PICKING, to A.
Chaplain NJ. c. GLEESON, to home and
wait orders.
Past Assistant Surgeon r. P. w
HOUGH. to Naval Hospital. olon-
gapo.
Past Assistant Surgeon C. e. RYDER
TO Cincinnati.
Chief Rcatswain HENRY HUDSON. to
leave two months.
Chief Boatswain WILLIAM JAEN-
ICKE, to Maine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
RISES $4,000 FEET
IN RECORDFLlGHT

LEIPZIG, July l4.-Aviator
Heinrich Oelerich broke the
worlds altitude record today,
ascending $4,000 feet in his
biplane.
This is the second time within
Ave days that the altitude
record has been boosted. On
July 9, Otto Linnekogel, in a
monoplane at Johannisthal, at
tanned a height Of II 1854 feet.
Last week Aviator Boehn, at
Johannisthal, shattered the
duration record, remaining
aloft twenty-four hours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Magnifies Sound
400 Per Cent

The ACQUISITION is the only instrument that has ever
been Endorsed by congress of the worlds greatest ear
specialists which recently met in the Harvard University
Medical Buildings. Some of the greatest physicians and
specialists in the world recommend the Acouscon and
many of them personally There are over 100 900
already in 1t be regulated in an instant to meet
any condition 1t is not disfguring like the ordinary
rumpes neither does the speaker have to speak into
the ACQUISITION ansmtter He speaks you as he would
to person of normal hearing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Tubby Demonstrates That Brain Can
Gipe Braun a Big Start and Win
Puts One Over on Three Friends
in Marathon Race on Canal
to Cumberland.
TWo-Dcg Power Craft Makes
Dash That Amazes Fat
Mans Friends.

That placid stretch of water
which occupies a space of some
hing like thirty feet wide and
lightly miles long from Washing
ton to Cumberland, Nd, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, is re-
sponsible for many a "queer'
story, but here is one which ema-
mated from its surface today and
which is "honeSt and truly" true.
By KIRK c. MILLER.
Three youthful WaGiingtonians who
had been masters of canoes for PROF.
ably Il period of six months and who
felt their canoeing proves growing
upon them, ventured to do no little
Dragging as regards their endurance,
speed. etc, in the vicinity Of the
Washington Canoe Club. These boast
ful watermen were none other than
George Barnes, Clifford Bangs and Fred
Watts, known well in Washington
canoe club circles and familiar with all
of the rocks, shoals, and water pools
from Aqueduct Bridge to Three Sisters.
IN an endeavor to create some form OF
competition to prove their ability as
captains of their craft, this trio essay
ed to force their story on one Andrew
T. Talmage IT. standing for Tubby),
han who there is probably no one bet
ser known along the upper Potomac; to
say nothing Of the entire length Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Tubby. hero of many an up-river yarn,
and generally blamed for all of the i'm
possible feats pertaining to river and
woodland, listened and nodded to the
b word from him as to the probability
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14

casional canalboat men and even theil
mules to look askance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
HOUSE IS TIED Up
ON PLAZA AWARDS
Controversy Remains Unsettled
and Will Next Come Up on
July II.

The Plaza awards controversy re-
mains unsettled by the House and will
again be the subject of discussion or
the next District Day. July 2. The
House debated all yesterday afternoon
the substitute johnson resolution
naming new commission to pass upon
the awards, and limiting the price paid
for the Baltimore and Ohio property
to original cost. plus per cent in
terest, but no vote was taken.
AS told in the $50 edition of The
Times, there was much talk about the
Plaza awards In the House, but the
membership generally professed little
interest in the subject. When adjourn
ment was taken the attendance had
dwindled to less than twenty members
and during the greater part Of the
afternoon less than thirty of the As
members of the House were on hand to
hear the arguments.
Members OF the Public Buildings
the johnson plan. Mr.: johnson would
have an outside commission act on
the awards and would provide COM
pensation for the commission. The
Public Building Committee plan is to
have two members OF Congress on the
commission.
Congressman Logue, who reported the
Post resolution from the Public Build
ing Committee. asserted that the John
son resolution would settle only the
awards which had been agreed to by
the parties interested and did not GO
far enough to dispose of cases in con-
troversy. He also doubted that the
johnson resolution would bring the
same quick relief as the resolution
proposed by the rival committee.
Congressman Logue gave notice that
when the plaza awards matter comes to
vote he will Offer his resolution in
lieu Of the johnson resolution. Mem
bers Of the Public Buildings Commit
tee contended that the new commission
Senate and House Public Buildings
Committee and the superintendent OF
the Capitol, Elliott Woods. all OF whom
would serve without pay.
Mr.. Logue argued:
We have not, therefore, left this open
for II to be haphazardly considered by
any commission. We have not left II
open that an award Of a jury in the fu-
ture may be conclusive and binding,
even IL you do suffer in the District OF
Columbia as we suffer in other portions
of the United states by gentlemen ready
to volunteer their services at all times
for juries of view or juries In condemna-
ton proceedings, and where we find
that the selection very seldom goes out
OF decidedly limited circle. We have
guarded that. because We have added
to II the further condition that the
President Of the United States has the
right to disapprove.
The resolution as reported from the
Committee on the District OF Columbia
does what? 1t simply provides for the
employment of three commissioners by
the President of the United States to
purchase such property as can be pur-
chased at this time at figures not ex-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-14
Frenchmen Celebrate
BaStille'S Fall TODAY

Loyal sons of France are today cele.
brating the 125th anniversary OF the fall
of tho Bastille. The Bastille was at.
tackled by the Parisians at the breaking
out of the French revolution, and after
vigorous resistance was taken and
razed to the ground on July II, 1888
At the time of its capture only seven
prisoners were found in it. The site OF
the building is now marked by lofty
column of bronze dedicated to the
patriots OF July, 1888.