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H VIH <?llO?B___j Al,!. kinds of hair on han?' order 3 made tu P<o?pado_r_? Puffs tlon guarantee?-. HUG! ?rth Third St., R HUB IT 01 WTBKRF^ ?IR OR cated?stiffness and muscles,or joints?rub Gr ?? and 1?< the pain disappears; all round liniment ?and beast; try it?u?"*_^^| to the right he'p; 25c be dr. Man-Ufa FRAYSKR & ! ? Wanted ! Ta? S? Wanle.1 uh i lured Free l*i?o;i Gr*? ti ??a. $600 Guaranteed ?600. Writ?? For Specinj, ? ":?r-.l !'r'>!?o?i|^H Piedmont BuBln??Sa ?-olleg Lynchburg:, Va. aninI?rST scores gaynor Hold!" New York (Inicial Responsible! for Mor*l Conditionn In City. Doesn't Blame the Polite. NEW YORK. Sp-aciaA. In his Tuai; giving sermon, preached in Hamilton UranKe Keturme.I Church, the a^^V Harold L. Paulson, pastor of the Washing-ton Heights Baptist '?hutch, attacked the language of Mayo- Uay nor's administration. The service was a union service of the Hamilton ?Jiang?. Reformed. Washington Heights Baptist, ?t. Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian. North Presbyterian and Wa?!'.i ? ? Height? Methodist Bplsoo] So ?urge was the congr Dr. Paulson began his ?pinion ?tu lng room was at a premium, and as the minister continued his criticism of Gay-, nor and hi? administration especially j his administration of police affairs, congregation at times leenu-d on the verge of applause. Hold? Mayor Kexpos?*U?lr. r, I'atttson ?? deploi-.'il th. moral con/lltions o? the ci that Mayor Uayhor alone was because Of hl^-tgvay rlr? ? of '*PSJ_____I liberty." '??rsonal lAerty is not Intended evil doers. bM for those who do rip said the mlaisi-r. 'Tbc May places the ?pod man and the <-imlnal on a par. "iuc._?_ doctrine as that Gtynor is dsngeroi York a moral ft.ral conditions in New ? worse. ilde. but they da t obey the Ma I y is CU?Ta?d. loons a; to law-a 1 governments f* man who udvo? tions 1m a dangerous above suspicion. A man hide true conditions is not sen and not abov. administr Inefficient. It la ideas on personal ?ben?.." -I Do H*t Illume the Toll? Dr. Pattison said later to a for The World: said in my sa-rmon that a man ?who sdvocattnl such ideas on personal lib? erty and who put them In force whs a gerous citizen. 1 said that such a man was not above suspicion. '".Does Mayor Gayner frequent loons? Does he frequent disorderly re? sorts of any kind? If he does, it I? 11 why he puts Into force his Ideas personal liberty which makes it possible for graft to flourish and ci to go unpunished. I do not blam. police in the least. As I said in sermon, they are handcuffed." LONSWORTH HOME AG .IN PEACEFUL MOTHER AND WIFE D**_F__AT_a> NICHOLAS, IJLT Till:. ILHUL? u E"_tEtOT WIIatSON. W__miN"<GTON> D. C? SiK-cfel. Representatlve Longworth has as? sured the President that although there will be a Democrat/_J1_|R______ from the Longworth dis cinnati, all is once more peace in "he Longworth family^ Mr. laongworth tola! the Preside!?' that Mrs. -Long worth, who, as all the world knows, Miss Alice Roosevelt, took a cool thousand dollars 01ft of in worth family treasury and bestowed n the Bull Moose party as a free ?Slit. While this was goij?g ?-n Mrs. MM .?worth, the represcatative's *""*_____! was expressing an Laongworth's father-in-law; whiab was more forcible than cornplimendEy. In his effort to ke. f on gpafeking terms with both brancnes of the ?***" ily Ix>n<-*;worth fortrot how to paign and lost his distri After the election Mrs. L.o: Sr., was satisfied with Roosev?Its de and Mrs. Longworth, Jr., was satisfied with, a Taft defeat. CUPID CRUSHED AT ALTAR BY POUCf! ?'hile Couple Stand Itefore l'reach*r Keady lo Enter on Sea of "?fatrl mon}, ?ergeami Rushes in With ?ti11rra.1i and Ends it All?. wash?M'iov h. < IV hile r'Ii?uibcih Wulker, l old, ni _7 -. .in?! ? 1 ab??ut to be joined in - -Oil, ??1 plaine.1 -pce i>l**Ort any mar her?*, the of the i Sri t?> ]ir?*t?arat i? <r Mrs. Walker :i? iiat fraud had been re gctting the marria:-? Oath h?d been made. b<? that the girl was eighteen s old. whereas sin* was three under marriagcabh? ag?*. Wt:>* n th?* giri I- was i ?lite It?* lacy lie ?ni at her in k-urpii* wor? <?s which id? only fljr below her knees. ??Were you really about to be married?"' inquired tlie judge. r*obl???xl. as Toi? son tried to ??oiiifort her. 11! do you know how to make bread anil mend .?mmits and dean ?Id? al! the other thing-? that a wife must do'.'" con'inued Jutlgc I)?*Ij?k ? >bbed again. <?? lie?,*???-?! to ?be manried, but dudge. Delsu-y st?*-rnly t?iid her tlia. ?linj- but a child, and should not think of getting married yet. He ?**-?niniitted her lie Board of ?TTrlldren's Guard? ians during minority, with sp?t?eial ructions that ?*ar? he exercised to keep bee from getting mar? ried. Tolt-.on ?tole a kiss In the -cor? ridor and left Uie court. kng what he would do with marriage ll?**ense. SANCTION LYNCH LAW SOMETIMES til <'.I Itoi.l *?*.*-. DOI-'.S \OT T?HVK :>> IHOl *LO UK THIK1). R1CRM0X D, YA.--SpeeW .iw* k-t lb?- beat uaen Iw South fu rolla? bur helped to- i-?ark ne tr<xii. 1 Ntaall Bfirr onler owl Ihr lia to ?.hoot down th?-lr frletiU? Ira order n hiaek l?rui* - k>a laid bla !ia-*d*i ?Ma a .-?bit?? ia?l?i?aaTi"?.'* ?.?.n?. ..???? ..r ihr ntart HiiK ??Uleraii.-.-e?) ??f (i?>>??ra<ii lilraat-, of "??mitt. ? h rot Ina. before Ibr t '???fere ?.<???- ?of l.?nrra?r-? a-r a(t?Mii(Kin. (.???? ?era ??r Hleaae, later autpilf-? ?nmrk*, ilei-iHiriJ that he |leenaf Ijm-b law lu the e ot the ?iT??rd. He howr?(*r, tbat for c-er tea at? trial?. ?l???i>ld tie belleied (halt the auib abaolutely aure af the I?? -atan auil that the ?eml them he amuiuarll?- dealt MUST OBEY TEN HOUR LABOR LAW M?H DOIIKKTl IS A-rTHH TltOSK WHO \ "IHUTK IT l.\ t m rat si:. R I C H ?M G X D, VA.?Speaial.? matter in what part law ? hours in th >lnK. w ate i of t REPORT CONFIRMS PAYLOR'S ARREST aaaaBBBB? ?T*rt* .. hero lt.? Im be fiuiil? of bin?. *?bv > title Ma anld < HAS !?,000 BLAZE *^BTom P^t?Ot' ?tact. ^pcciiii. sru ____* ?r ^??iii DSrt <>f (hi? lf th? <mi .tid OiU ig that of the building it rebuilt at i that after till- \ ?ild move back .lins-. Ele -anl that i'.-ir as the stock ? i pa o y w Jj_ vi ?mill lie ?lx?ut ?40. i of the -?upplj* Coini-.inv i in No. 410 |>:iildli.g. .- her?.- al! lui si ihe pa'tsse?t will be trans? <-\ iij bave bt*en tem I'lishetl in the Clicsa-*" )hio Railway ?Uom luuiy warehouse, ut Fifteenth ami \ large amount will be? tran-?IVrr???l be v;iri t" the Miany J? other parts <>r the .1. Baker, the -?tendent o? the l*K*a! Mit* em - ?-mtipan.Y, -al<l Ulis morning that the lt*ss to his company l? I uoi erc-t**??*.! ?5,000. and that his Company was fully pro t,-4ta-ai by I usura ?ice. He salt! that the total damages to th?* stock of both t-??inpanlt?*H ami the building was ?'?tiinattsd rat about $120.000. Tbt? lire happened at the very worst time for tlie express com? pany, as fron, now imtll ?some time aft?, r Christmas is their b?usl<*st season. Nearly all of the ret-ords and papiers of the com? pany which ??trere not t*oiitaln?ed in thf safes ????ere destroyed. Maines Kagcti Furiously. Re?ultinr in damage:* a mounting to about $120.000 and threatening for ic propor tha? flsreesi lires this city > last night Mng occupied ?.any and ?Supply Company .? Pti troy*??' west corner of Ninth aiid i and almost complet??*? ?iln-4 that lay in MV ning shortly ?tfter 11 ??'?'lock th unabated and uncontrollabl?. fury for nearly two rhours. Until the 'ire had s<? tur i burned its. it ,u:t a?* t ? able, 'the - ?.s-.rk ??f ?ili**h :i of hreat? ened. oiiKh that the ?ury I'ompany :l?ing supply house lildin-? on the 1.1US?' ol Jo ?>m :.- saved. Is due to the kief Joynes his assistant chiefs, Kaff o and ho iliri-.-ta-il tl>a* streams so ite to the gi eat by M. I?, l. T. Anderson, clerks In ? ss company, r with aoout thirty <? il the : I:At? erks first m ron ata small h.- ran to und Anderson at it the l?la_e .nit, but with at??i ring .?ir. turn .m Box i om ned lately. of this another nt in and at 11:35 Chief was get : a third ijiht Hnglnes Nos. 3. 10 to the sa rst apparatus arrived smoke were pouring ows of the first floor. - immediately directed to the seat of the fire, which was in the basement, but th?' names had air. ay than was sua :ed and in spite of all the efforts rtment the red glow made by the :ire and ?moke together r* vlsihie through the second story wlndo*? As i-oon as th? hed the sec r it seemed to take on in : ury and tne building became The flames, with relish, seized on of the building. Quickly the rs of Truck? Xos. 1 d and threw a canopy i tiding, but with Mil.?II ?mi? Th?? searing flames in a short time had eaten through the wooden tar covered roof, and then showers of sparks, borne aloft by the waves of the heat, fell like torrents on the roofs of adjoining buildings, and sev? eral times burst into small flames, which threatened to become serious. When the roof fell in the fire be spectacular and drew is to the scene, and It was ? ity that Acting Captain f the First District, and men succeeded in holding Is back. The building is one of the widest on the block, and the fire appeared i?e hottest in the very center of it, that it was more than usually dlf ach. Huge volumes of up the sides of the build led the alley in the rear. ;oke in this alley ?nging to Companies and had to medical aid. y Dr. rlinchman, eon, and Dr. II. IT. . Page, Clity nee surgeons. ITfred . of No. 3, and R. Eaile wil '"."o. 1, were Bo bad! vj af nad to be rem ?ftei* L. W. o. r?, Jtnd ? nd? (I to ablti? to ral otjher ;.laced the builrMng, ii-j fif-rfc: ffect f the flarfies. p?tte about 1 o'clock this / ? Km pit-yea Sisa officer? of the I\ m?jn' h?\ eulDK Journal. ?? hste? ks a?d I able material b?-l(-n ?fin? .?ig that Be? tween Tl and the fir?-* shoi but the department .nnecessa It is perhaps owing to a large ex burning: buiblinx ?-ht tbst other Luilditiats surrounding it were vnahu-u tjno- jremcM to .lawn on it from adjoining ? i vice was for a tb" plet? oft by four h? -lie tracks, but the atreet car ?i on ? the ?r fire end to col the snioul ? ? it the water in ti ?lush with the l?*vel ot \ rious articles of ex which wet? In tlie burnlni? ws? a. coop of chickens ?n? rooster wan this morn de survivor. Al ? ruffle?!, he was up In to announce tin? dawn. BANKING REFORM BADLY NEEDED WASHINGTON. D. C?- S-peciaJ.? | "As lonK as our banking and cur - y system remains as it is the im bie disaster of a panic will In a possibility. "The system under which we ai. , living not only will not prevent a . but after a certain point in th? Ion of panic conditions is will make it inevitable. So that as ion*?- as the iinanciai system ted by our Federal laws remains hanged and unrerornicd the gov ernment will be exclusively responsi? ble for the commercial. Industrial and U*U ?lisasters which flow from ? panics." With ?thai striking warning baek | ing up an urgent plea for immediate hanking and currency reform. Frank? lin MacVeagh, Secretary of the Treasury, opens his annual report on the finances of the nation to Con? gress. Continuing. Secretary MacVeagh says: "This responsibility is a fixed one. It is unavoidable and ought to be frankly recognized and acknowl? edged. The people are helpless. The I character of this responsibility la i better understood when it is realized that the effects of financial panics are not at all confined to the banks and the larger business world. "A panic such as 1907. or a lesser panic, reaches directly or indirectly, every town and hamlet of the coun? try, and every family and" individual." NEGRO SHOOTS ;xr CHARLOTTE MAN _ ? - M. W. Dickerson Was Assisting in Offender's Arrest When He Was Wounded. i.'NCHDURO, VA Spit'sl-? Char? lotte Courthouse was thrown in; ?fat? bl turmoil laie last evening when ? negro named KM "Morton shot and severely wounded M. W. Dickerson, a prominent citizen of the town, who was assisting in Morton's arrest. Mer ! ton mfSS charged with the theft Of an ?axe. - Di s ?shot in. the left si. but mi? y live. Morton i.iad?* his escape and. blood - hound?* were put on the trail. This was ipllowed all nif-ht by a large I posse, but was l??st this morning near Branch, when rain began to Feeling is high, and, had the i negro been apprehended, he would ai ImOfrt certainly ha\.- l-.-.-n lynched. A negro answering Morton's descrip? tion was seen to beard ? train at Alta ? ibiis morning and the loc.-ii po d t?> look out for him. How ells an Innocent Abroad. William Dean Ilowells, at a lunch? eon hi New York, told a Shakespeare story. "In Stratford," he began, "during ?me of the Shakespeare jubilees, an American tourist approached an aged VllTacsr In a smock and said: " 'Who- is this chap Shakespeare, ay?' '" He were a writer, sir.' " *Oh. but there are lots of writers. Why do you make such an infernal fuss over this one, then? Wherever 1 turn I see Shakespeare hotels. Shakespeare cakes. Shakespeare choc? olates, Shakespeare shoes. What the deuce did he writ?s?muckrake mag? azine stories, attacks on the trusts, censored novels?' " 'No, sir; oh. no. sir,' said the aged villager. i understand he writ for the Bible, sir.' "?Washington Star. SOUTH CAROLINA NO PLACE FOR JOHNSON The u aqua II Ile?! declartalon by Ouvrraor Iliense, of South Carolina. that Jack. Jot? n m.? n ?nould luna; maro have been lynched, -???ttbout execu? tive lulrrirrrnrr, in hin State, ?narked an Incident lu yesterday afternoon's arnalou of the liover aor?' Conference. Governor Hleane'n dramatic ap? pro, til of lynch lavv came ?liiriuic the dlacut-odon which f??ll??v??-d the rt-nilliiK of tiov-runr Oddlc'a < .Ne? vada) paper. Aa the South Caro? lina executive bad previously shocked tbc conference when, on Turada), be defended "Judge Lynch," the big crowd waa read.?.? anil enger?to go through the aaine experience hkiiIii. Tbey ?were not disappointed. "If fliers la any disgrace to American civilization and to Auterl enu womanhood," commenced Go? - ernor Iliense. "II Im the aale of our .?.??men for foreign title". >e\t lu order of dlsgracefulncs* la the uu precedeutcil u limiter of dlvorcea ?ithlch have recently been gr_.iited In the t'nlted State*. ?fSOV. CARE1 IMKllKI I'T.S. "There la and can be no divorce In my State. South Carolina a? ?Wno-rvledgen ibe Inalienable sanctity of the luarringc tie. and had that neutro who hi?n??in ?if the supremacy <?f hin flata mnile the a?l. n'tces to the white girl In South furollnn flint he did In Illliiol?*, be ?rould have met that Immediate and num? mary punishment whl??h br?ten of bl?-. ??<>!<:r and ntamp denen*. There would baie been no interference from bitch? r authority, either." Here Governor Carey, of Wyom? ing. Iiiterrui>i???l to n-ki ?*l)ld you not. In taking the ?tntb of ??fllce, ??-wear to uphold and i?i > tret the Constitution of Soutb Car* ? Una t*-' Med ?with anger, the South Cur?? llen linieriior nhoiitetls ?'I w 111 tell ns I t??l?l the people of my Sf*ate before I ?-?an re-ele??ted. Hint If tke Constitution eoipen between me a?nl tint) nn a protector of ?-?bite women?then lo hell vetth the Con? stitution." At the mention 0f the Infernal regions hnlf the ??-..?men present ? ?- and left the hii'l. Mlirnlf > Int*. ?heir dlnapproval of the S??nth Caro? linian's lnngii'i|*.e. Tbey returned vrhen.-a few moments Inter,, he eoO <-ltute?! hla rentarka. (?iiternor Kllehln. of Vorth Cnro llnn. then Injected a few w?>rrf?i which differed materially from ?he npet-eh of the fio*? ernor of South Carotina, nml Governor Tener. of reu??? I ?an la. bud to put vocal oil on the troubled wafer* to rrntorr pence. Governor Oddle. In his paper, -???hleh ntwrted .'he tronbie, held that the problema of mnrrlrige and ?H vftree are purely hooIoIokIcsI. SENATE WILL BE SENATOR OTHERS ARE RETIRED MCHMO>D, YA? Si-eciaL In his denunciation of ttie coo? fisrena?? ami in defense of hhiuseif, ?Uovern?or Hi?ease, in part, said: "I Itohl in ni) hand the fourth i-a?iiuiiuni?-aUon 1 ha*?- rcoci' morning threatening my Hi?*. It is ml?lr?*s*-?>?i ??> mo In care of r Maim.' (Here Governor Mann ?rose and disclaimed all know ledge? of ;Ih? i-otiiiiiiuiii'atlon. He had not ? n It. lie declared.) "I am not trying to force this c??ii fere nee to accept my vi? I have hct-ii tlone a great hiju ? tit-t?. 1 luive been falsely repre ??e.itod. but It is iinniaterial t?> inc. What I said about lynch law I will not re|*cut now. But I will that 1 have never, und will never, order out the militia to do \\Inn I would not tlo myself. *?I am Mease, of South Caro? lina, and libase i> MM alraid of any man. He is n<?t afraid of you ?.r .v??ur resolution or jour con lerenco. "Pcrsoiiall.T. I don't ?arc what .von tlo. 1 have stood out with bared bu-as? against great and -reedy corporations. I am not niriiid of you. Y??u can pass your lesailution. What do 1 ??ir? "On the _lst day of January I will be s\v??rii in as Governor of nil Carolina. "What care I for your resolu Uoa? **<hi the Ith ?lay of March. 1915. 1 ititeiitl to Ik* sworn in as United Stat?*s s??nator from the great State of South Carolina. ??|'a.-?s your resolution. I will rca?l it from ??very stump in South ? arollna. "Pas*? yt?ur r*esolutlon. I scorn it. I>o a.?-. Ton please. KxfK'i inc. if you please. What care I? "When you have retired t<? the ?hade or private life and are for? gotten. I will lie known from one end to tin* otlier of this great country. You will be unknown. "N*??vv. pass your ?-?casolutlon, and go home. Go on record. "If you like, and go home to your people and tell them that you did not agree with tlie ?Governor of South Carolina," ASKS TREASURY T8 RELIEVE STRINGENCY WA SHIS G TOX, D. ?n Special.? **? Representative JflTerson Levy, of New York. ap'K*ared before tlie House Committee on Hanking and Currency Friday in udTocacy of his resolution to authorize the Se?c*retRry of the Treasury to de? posit *50,0Q0,?r>OO out of the publie rinitis In the national banks to re? lieve the money stringency in New York. The committee reft*?rred the res? olution to a subc-nimittce lieaded by Representative Glass, of Vir? ginia, with Instructions to Hie subcommittee to rep-.irt next Wed H?qfi Lavy t??l?l the commitee that ids pr??|H>sal was liacketl by tlie far? mers and produce exchanges and tlait it was not a Wall Street scheme. DOCTOR RUINED HIS GOOD LOOKS BUFFAJLO, ***!. Y., Special.?A price of $18.000 was set on a woman's ?beai_ty here Friday when a ti*???i_pr?me Court decision awarded that sum to Mrs. Mina Smith, of Buffalo, who had sued Dr. "W. Augustus Pratt, head of the Pratt Institute of Dermatology, for $50,000 for ruining her good looks during treatment for facial blemishes. GOVERNORS SCORE JOHNSON WEDDING HirilMOM), VA., Special.? Many of the Governors gath? er?-? I here for tlie fifth a un uni Governors' Conference tills morn? ing expressed their disapproval off Uie Jack Johnson-Lucille Came? ron wedding In Chicago. Several advocated stringent miscegenation laws for their several States. Some of the opinions relative to the wedding of the black ehamplon and the white girl, and the necessity for laws prohibiting such an alliance were as follows: G??vernor Hlease, of South Carolina??The marriage was a disgrace, a debasement or tlie sa? cred rite. In my State the negro would have been summarily dealt with." Governor Spry?"I am trying to pass stringent laws in all my neighboring States against the in l??rmarriage of whites and blacks. I'tah has one, and this prevents one ?if the most disgraceful crimes of modern times." Governor Baldwin?"Connectl-, cut has no such law, hut I would like to see one passed.'* Governor Harmon??"Ohio has orten 'agitated the passage of such a law. but I am sorry ?to say it has not yet been passed. Such marriages are a blot on our civilization." Governor Mann ? "Virginia would never tolerate any such procedure as the Johnson mar? riage. It is a desecration of one of our most sacred rites." Governor Goldsborough?"The Johnson marriage would never have -been allowed In Maryland. We protect our white girls,'' Governor lladley ? "Missouri long ago took care to protect her women, and the question never conies up before us." Governor Foss?"Massachusetts, I am sorry to say, has no such law, but I am in favor of placing it on her statute books." Governor Norris ? "Intermar? riage of whites, blacks, Indians or Chinese is ?-\pr?'ssly forbidden In Montana.'? Governor Tener, of Pennsylva? nia?"Any law to prevent the mixture ?if bloods of different ??olors has my hearty approval." Governor O'Neal?"The J?d... soii marriage would never be al? lowed or sanctioned south of tho Mason antl Hlxoii line." Governor Goldsborough?"I do not approve of Governor Blease's advocacy of lynch law. but I am lu-.'irtily in favor of the preven? tion of white and black mar? riages ? vcriior Dix... oT New York? "The Johnson wedding is a blot on onr civilization. Such desecra? tions* of tli?' marrlnge tie should never be allowed." ENGINEER IS KILLED IN FREIGHT. COLLISION WfflH-BBARRR, PA. Special.?En? gineer Charles Marsh, of Plttston, Pa., was killed today when two fast freight train ? the l^hixh Valley cut-off. Captain Bartlett says the safest to the North Bole is by aero? plane. That doesn't speak much Jtor the safety of the other routes.? ndria New?. %v x= ? \ / rUdAIN PUTS tin ON WASHINGTON POLICE (iroeet Meld ?i|??*?^a>?<>? ** Pol?*' ?*"-? ?cd HhUt? Tsn ?rt-rcU**? Camp M Hfl Trail?.Unkt*? E?*j ?liH-ts-ssy Jk'ASHI>'GT03>, D. U 8p???..?-? \-*afth all the i und det agcrly a??ea> Ing his triiil. but llndlii'- ?uily n ' (old went, ttu* during ? ro??k, \-?h<< i?|H-llatk?n or "Jlnimy \ alcntln? M?ohda> morn?lg ?\li?'ii be cnt?*r?'?i ?m?\?ii m-hIi-h within tlu-ce hours, lust night qui? kly shift???! the s**?*i??* o? mm lubor-, ?linn?*???! hi?, iikmIu?. opc randi. tmd. ut t'u? point ?>? r? v??lv??r. f<m*ed a frlglH?*iic?l gr<? tu ??mpty ht* emstt ?t-SOteS under the bright glare of an arc light, while actaT**B ?if iw'tlestrlans in the -?i.? i |ui??>???I by the Store. Miiske?! with a haiidkt?rchl<*f ami VOStJfmMS] u pocket el?-?-trli flashlight, in addition to ids re volver. the thief cm<??*-t?d seven hou???'--? on Minulnv morning. Ilntl Ing only $**0 in the rooms of the \arliMis pbTSOWS who he a\vak?*ned with his lij-ht: bni a ?l??sire for hig prolits ??r a Thespian l??vc f?ir a variety in VOlCS ?-a used him last night to dolT tlu* mask of burglar .-nui lion tin* garb <?r hold-up man. His ?me \i?*tim Inst night nette?! him ttaSl hvitc as much prolu th? hall'-*?-or-,-. ?>f per-?ins in whose rooms he prowled in the early hours ??f Monday morning. \b?? tiinlici-g. gro? ?*r at SA."? Florida Avenue. Xoithw??st, was tlu* victim selected hist night by tlu? i-rook, ami when Gtnbcrg turned his ?ash ?Iraw??r upsUb? down, tin* hold-up man <-rammed a handful of bills ami two hand fuls of silv??r. Into his p?M-kt?a*. be? ing $40 rl< her. The. thier put the money inlo th?* p-ock?*t from which he had -Just drawn a .38-calibcr, nickclplatcd "bulldog" revolver?. looking thai at sight of It. ? ??th: threw up his hands sud i'nCtl'FQI*. ' Twenty minute?? alter the hold? up man had slunk throu-gh the door, still aiming tlie pistol at Glnberg"s heart, half a score of ?let?*ctives and a ?joore off poll?r?e nu-ii wer?* btir.zliig about tlie gro? cery. ?pi??s(loiilii- t.inlK*rg, search? ing for clews and telephoning ad v ices t>. poll??' headquarters. Twenty-live mtniiU's after the li.?lt!-up every policeman'on duty in th?* District was In po*s?t<t*?tsIt>n ?>f * des?Tlpt|on of the .?rook . ettgerly looking ff??r him. Thhty illimit?s after the robbery Major Richard S*lv?*~t<-r ha?l ??itVrod a ???ward of $100 for the capture of the man. Tin? fact that all ??f the seven hoaaes ?*uiereti by the thief on Monday morning were in the <l()uiit?nni section, known to tin IMVliee as the First Prt*ein?'t, led ofllclals to believe the man had a preference for till?*?'?quarter of the city and would continue his ????eratlons there, and for this ren -<?n it situad of det???*tlves antl tw?? si|ioi?Is ??!* policemen in citireii-' elotlK*-? were, dol _"* duty at work last night In the First Precinct in addition to tlie regular detail. But just a few minutes nfier 8 ??'clock a "flash" was rec*tlved at headquarters from the "Eighth Prceiw?! Station, nearly a mll? up? town, that the crook had h??ld up ami roblietl a groct**r just two bliM'ks from the police station in l", near Ninth Street.- Northwest. . Two tax lea bs full of det?ectlv??s -maslusl s|K*cd regulations en route to the scene and In a short tinto thirty detectives and pollce? men were scouring the ncighb?or hootl. Bot the quarry had abun ? dance-of time In which to escape. NEWPORT NEWS MERCHANT EINED FOR VIOLATING STATE LABOR LAWS RICHMOND, VA,?Saciar.? Labor Commissioner Dohek'ty was informed at noon today that the charge of violating the labor laws, made against Sol Nachman, a. mer? chant of Newport News, had been heard in the Police Court and the man convicted. Mr. Nachman was charged with vio? lating the ten-hour law In "that he worked his female help in his atore f??r more than ten hours In One day. The agent of the department. John B. Clinedinst, was on hand to prosecute the case. A fine of $5 and costs- was BRISTOL TO GET NEW POSTOFFICE Metropolis of Southwest Virginia to Get First Piece of Political Pit. BRISTOL, VA. Special.?Oiie of Jke first pieces of Democratic Federal to be distributed in Southwest Vir? ginia will be the Bristol, Va., post nutt-tership, carrying a salary of ap? proximately $3,000. The new office will be installed about the time Prea i?ient-elect Woodrow Wilson is inau? gurated, and he will appoint a post? master for It. The new office was established through the efforts of Congress C. B. Slemp, the local Republicans Interested in creating the new job, but it now appears that the office will be installed just in time to allow a Democrat to step in. The government has an office and a $150,(MX) Federal building a 1 most in a stone's throw of the site selected for the new office, but the Virginia Republicans made a 'Aght for a s. parata, office and Won it. t'harles F. Gauthier, who 'was slated for the postmastership, led the tight for the new ?-?file?.-, ?->.p.-?. ting to be the postmaster. it is understood here that either General R, A. Ayers, late Democratic candidate for Congress, or. the Hon. R. T?te Irvine will be the Federal referee of patronage for the Ninth District, r.tiidt-s the Bristol postmas? tership, another offios that will be rilled early after the change of ad? ministration will be that of Collector of Internal Revenue for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon, which is now held by Colonel D. F. Bailey, of this city. D. A. Preston, of Abingdon. is already an aspirant for the office. This office is held at the pleasure of the President. There are already* numerous names mentioned in connection with the po? sitions of United States DiBtrict At> torney and Assistant United States District Attorney, offices now held by Slemp's followers. SURGEON'S KNIFE RESTORES SPEECH For Second Time in Fortnight Skilled Scientist Perform?! D?licate Opera-. tion Which Prove? Successful in Every Detail. NEW YOKK ? Special.? The sur? geon's knife has again given- the power of speech to a child who ha9 been dumb since birth. It is the sec? ond operation of its kind in a fort niffht by Dr. William Chapman at the Swedish Hospital, Brooklyn. The iirst was performed on seven year-old Clarence Devitt, of 41? St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn. It was a newspaper account of the operation that led directly te the second oper? ation, which was performed last Sat? urday on Pearl Thomson, eight years of age, of 508 East One Hundred a*nd Sixty-fifth Street She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson. . Despite' her af? fliction, her mind was alert. Her vain efforts to sp re pitiable. She | understood all that was said to h?*r [and at times When she tried to reply ! and could not she would cry hysteri? cally'. Specialists were -'consulted, bul they held out no hope. Then the par? ents read -of the Bucc?{issful operation on the Devitt boy. Surgeon Cuts Out Piece of U'mo. Mrs. Thomson immediately to see. Dr. Chapman, who told h?n- t? brli to him_ After an exaru inat surgeon said he .'thought he could c?->rrect -the, trouble. The n was pe* em? ber 30th. It cror f-xplaiped. of rerjj?ring bone the sisfe of-a dime presslrn it fs known as t_? which is on | side of t Where the r bone j it wing of the sphernold bo'b?". i ..iing Clarence ?Devitt ration and ? >- niornfti . bpj ' > th* imposed. A second charge against Nachman. that *>f failing to provide seats In the stores lor the women clerks, was also heard, and in that also he was fined $5 ?and costs. Commissioner Doherty and the agents of the department are seeing to i,t that the ten-hour law Is enforced In every section. ' Shoppers can do much to aid in the enforcement of the law by doing their shopping in the early hours On Sat? urdays the laws do not apply, the clerks putting in extra hours on those dhys If they are required to do so. ef the little patient. She was gazing at the wall when he enteret!. Her mother was sitting beside her, strok? ing Pearl's hand. Before anyone could caution him the boy: asked: "How do you fv< Child r*irst Word la "Fin. At the wor?is the girl turned^er head, looked, at her visitor and'said Quite naturally: ?Fine." The mother sprang from her chair, amazed and overjoyed. "That is the first word she has ever ?poken,** exclaime?! Mrs?. Thomson. From that on Ponrl began to talk, heglnulnK. of -course, with the com? monest words. She was so anxious to us?- her new t ou nd powers she threat? ened to become a chatterbox until the nurses told her she must say very little if she wanted to get well. This warn? ing was all the girl needed. The nurses said the Devitt boy ha?l the same fault. MC CHESNEY QUITS EDUCATIONAL BOARD Superlnieudeut After Long Drawn Out Fight, lu ?hieb He Was Victor!? oos, Will Give up Position. BRISTOL, VA.? Special_H?t iii**- won out in his tight with the local sc1i?m>! I h tard, w luVh was carri?H? before tlw? State Hoard of 1'ducat ion daring the long and bitter c*)iitrov??rsy, Superintend? ent E?. K. MeChesney, a mcmlXT of the state Board of Education and one of the leading school men of t lie. So util west. Ivas announced that he will withdraw from the local schools at the close of his C-r-n-eiu tt-s-ni, which is next May. le will resign as division super intendent and as a member of tlie State Hoard of Education. He- Is ulso conductor of the Emory (Vo.) Summer Normal, which he will ?five up. Superintendent M???Chosney, who is a nephew or Judge W. F. Rhea, of the State ?Corporation '?mniis slon, has had a bitter fight on his hands f??r tlie |iast three or four years, as a result of his attacks upon the local ochool board. The Case was carried to the State Board of K?Iuea!ioii. in connection with the elTorts of the local board I o oust M?-Che*?ne.v from the Bris?. toi schools, but Ihe latter won out. How ??ver, the school hoard adopted uew tactics and held up his ?salary. Kcccntly the ?City ?Council took tin* matter ?>ut t>f ?the bands of the school hoard and voted him his salary for this year, wbii-li b?* is now drawing. Superintnede-nt Mt*Ch?esney leaves the schools In nourishing condition. A new $50.000 high school building will be ereeted next year. CLINCHFIELD RAILROAD NOW BEING EXTENDED BRISTOL, VA. Special. An army of raen is now engaged in extending the Carolina, Clinchfleid artd Ohio Rail? road westward from its presen*-term.? nus. in the heart of the' Cllnehfield foal District, at JQante, ya . t.. Kik horn City, ICy., where it will connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio and me an Important trunk line from the middle west, .through eastern Ken? tucky, Smithw.-st Virginia. Fast Ten? nessee and W?s?ern North Carolina to th? South Atlantic Seaboard. Tl -?ion .Iff forty miles in th and in this distance there are ne tunnels, onS of which is ad a half mil. a in lengt-h. The extension will cost $?>.odo,Ooo. wned l?y Thomas F. Ryan r. of . Tenn.. the original j.ro now vice nt of the. Chesap and Ohio. - *v\'hftn ' att(*ri?t3?n wlIJ nu? soft-tinted lights i may h rnjng >?y a hand organ fn a fit ?me is Bill, live up to it '? !? >mpi ly.?Jnd;.-.