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VOLUME 16. NO. 67
1913 OVERLAND
5985
Model 69-T —Completely Equipped
WHAT THIS VALUE MEANS
Self Starter Center Control
30 Horsepower Remy Magneto
5 Passenger Touring V* arner
Car Speedometer
11 O-in. Wheel Base Mohair Top & Boot
Timken Bearings Clear Vision Auto-
Prestolite Tank matic Wind-Shield
THIS car, at this price, smashes all previous the ability of this most powerful aiul efficient au
records. It even totally eclipses 1912 Over- tomobiie factory.
land values, which a year ago baffled the Here we can hut call your attention to the
world. 40,000 Overlands will be made in 1913. bare facts. This is the ear—a big, powerful, beau
This enormous jump in production makes possible tiful, spacious, comfortable, self-starting, thirty
this new ear at this new price. As the production horsepower, five-passenger touring car fnll\
goes up, prices come down, as has been shown’each equipped — all ready for night or day, rain 01
preceding year. In this age of rapid progress it is Shine, service. Made of the best materials on tin
sometimes difficult to grasp the lull significance of market, by the most skilled men known to the
an important, progressive manufacturing step, tiade, and in the most efficient automobile shop
such as this car exemplifies. But when you sum in America. And the price is but 898a.
up the extraordinary, cold dollai-for-do lar value
which this car offers, as empared to any and all This is the automobile industry’s record value.
Competing motor car values, the giant economical Come in and see this car of extraordinary value
mannfactuiing strength of the huge Overland take a ride in it aud be convinced. We can show
plants is realized aud recognized. It only proves it to you today.
Other Specifications
MOTOR Four-cylinder, cast C \ RU"KTOU —Model I>, Rtf AH AX HE—Three-quarter FRONT AXI.E--trop forged
BnpnrntHv: bore, 4in ;stroke, fc*cbt*bler. bearings. Hyatt; clearance, 10 In.
4 1-2 In.; horsepower, an. a xlesualt,. a.-p-nter 'a msou n
fKNTKR CONTROI Bteei; propeller siuift, coni TIKk 3—X-> !• O*
* ‘ " FlN.sm-aii bright part,
neto two sources of current. HPRINOS F ront: ..ml e.Up BRAKES Contracting and
o**ol INO-Water cooled. f' ’ Kl 5 • Vifree-^’.Hrt. rVIII.exp i ding on rear wheels. 11 l,u -
Thermo-syphon cell .lar rad- *£. 42 *,5, h , ,; M Insloe EQLTII>M ENT - Mohair to ,
ln - Ah springs have six leav- i,4 l'n -outside -Mamet -ir of Hod boot. Warner speed.-
OII.INO Splash system for e*>, steel bushing eyes. brake drum. 13 8-8 In.; width l 'in trter Vlv*.
crank and cam shaft bear- brake baud, 2 1-4 In. toUietank. Se fsl.irter. Klv*
lugs. Cylinder and timing TRANSMISSION Selective, black and nl kel lamps. Tir
pears oiled with Kinvood three speeds for ward and re- F ONT WHEEI, HEARINGS Irons, robe ia I , foot rest, toi 1
foroefeed oiler. verse; annular bearings. —Timken roller bearings. kitaudjack.
HUBERT H. WRIGHT, Agent, Cambridge, Md.
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HENRY LLOYD, JR.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW
Collections, Trial Practice, Real Estate
Representative Of The Illinois Surety
Company.
6 Spring Street Cambridge, Md.
Advertise in The Banner.
COAL AND WOOD
BEST QUALITY FULL WEIGHT
The Cambridge Manufacturing Co, having decided to fur
nish coal and wood from now on will be glad to receive
orders for coal and wood delivered direct from vessels or cars;
also all along as you may need it. We guarantee our prices
to be right and full weight and the best coal.
CAMBRIDGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Phone 43
Ice Cream
For All Occasions!
All flavors, packed in bulk or in
bricks; hotel or family Use, wed
d ugs an I banquets.
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MIDDLETOWN FARMS
PURE DAIRY PHODUCTS
Middletown, Del.
Public Notice!
WE ARE selling all second-hand
goods, such as
Furniture
ard other Articles, on commission.
J. C. WHITE & CO.
Vo. 17 Gay St. Cambridge, Md
Store open at all hours Puone7i
WILL CALL FOR GOODH.
DR. Wm. L. LOWE
DENTIST
Office Hours—9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m
Phone 409-D
New Brown Bldg. Cambridge, Md
The Daily Banner.
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P Woodrow Wl son wrote the most Imei
tstlng story of the Amt-roan people ev< i
written. 1 1 Is the story of out country’s tile
from etniiest times to the point where h s
tory and the present meet. W lie Harper
& Brothers, Franklin square, Few Y rk, fur
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FOR S a l-K—Good cord wood,oak and pine;
3 yokes good s'etts; t oM steer; 3timt-er
carts, I large. 2 medium; I pair mules. Goi
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gate apply to Cambridge Mfg. Co. 8-17-ti.
FOR 8A I.E Flist class cord wood. Apply
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L OR SACK—Building - lots on Park Lane
* and Edgewood avenue Easy terms
Small purchase payment and monthly de
poslis will buy one. Apply to Edward s
F till I pt. H-13-tf.
(TOR SACK—New douole heater, used less
" than three weeks, in excellent condition
Good reason lor selling. Appiy to H.
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t'O R S\ l ,E—N Ice, large cabbage for bank
lug, 3.r per head, in 25 head lots and up,
delivered. Phone W. H. North, No 7 Poplar
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For Kent.
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son or Edward 8. Phillips. 6 31-tf.
I7GR RENT - Flat of 4 rooms and bath on
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Apply to edgar B. Simmons. 11-22-tf.
FOR KENT—New store and residence com
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splendid location fur business. Apply Oli
ver W. Mitchell or Banner office. 12-2-tf.
ftUK KENT—EI ven room house on Locust
strret, in first class condition; imediate
I possession. Apply to Howard Braunoek
Route 1, Cambridge Md. 12-5 tf
Lost and Found
f OST—On High, Poplar, Rae or Locust
Lf streets, Sunday, a pilr of gold rimmed
eye glasses, witn chain and holder attached.
tfi.OU reward if returned to the Banner office.
Wanted.
WANTED— First class woman, genera l
house work; good wagts. P, Banner
office. 12-4 Iwk.
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utation we stand on in ask
ing you to let us fill your
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in all those years xve have
wade a pood many satisfied,
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gist in such a why, and we
should like to have you ex
perience it.
POSIOFFICE PHARMACY
Notice
Persons desiring to haul shells
for the county will call at the of
fice of the Road Engineer, In the
t Court House. —Adv,
CAMBRIDGE. MARYLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1912.
U. S, ARTILLERY i
suppms SHORT
Stimson Says It Is Insufficient
For a Big Battle.
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REGRETS LOSS OF CANTEEN
War Secretary Declares Much Vice In
the Army Is Caused by Anti-Canteen
Law, Which Breeds Dives Near the
Posts.
WasMngaon, Dec. 9 —Unsparing con
demnation of those who would from
“misplaced sentimentality or lazy self
interest” cast the Filipinos upon the
world in a state of helplessness and
before they had acquired the full ben
efits of American civilization, is a
strong feature in the annual report of
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
Many other subjects of interest are
treated In the report, such as the re
lations of the National Guard to the
army, the improvement in the army
tactical methods, the Inadequacy of
the present reserve law, the crying
need of citizenship for the Porto Ri
cans, the conservation of the national
water powers in navigable streams and
the advisability of amending the Pan
ama canal tolls act so as to reimburse
tolls on American coastwise shipping
leaving the waterway.
Secretary Stimson calls attention to
the great shortage In the supply of
field artillery, which cannot be pur
chased in time of war and requires
years to manufacture. Taking a lesson
from the present great struggle in the
east, Secretary Stimson says:
“The amount which we have permit
ted to accumulate would be Insufficient
for a single engagement of the char
acter of the engagements in either the
Russo-Japanese or the present Balkan
war.”
Dealing first with purely military
subjects, the secretary states that the
strength of the regular army at the
beginning of the present fiscal year
was 82,305, an Increase during the year
of 189 officers and 7854 enlisted men
He says the spirit of the personnel of
the army continues to improve, at
tributable not only to the work of the
service schools and the general staff,
but to the practical opportunities af
forded by the recent maneuvers and
changes In organization and methods.
In treating of the morals of the
army, Secretary Stimson asserts hia
belief that the so-called anti-canteen
legislation has been responsible for
much vice, a statement which he sup
ports by a recital of the results of his]
own Inspection of forty-nine cf
mobile army posts, where he found t
the military reservations adjoined by
dives and 111 resorts of the vilest char
acter. These conditions he believes to
be the ultimate causes “which make
the record of our army In this respect
shameful beyond that of the army of
any civilized nation.”
The immediate completion of the
posts at Panama and Hawaii he
strongly urges as by far the most
Important items of military expendi
ture for the immediate future.
It is said that the locks and machin
ery of the Panama canal already have
reached a condition of extreme vul
nerability In case of sudden attack,
yet no greater force can be sent there
than the one regiment now on guard
until new quarters are constructed
for them, and the secretary urges that
such works should begin at once.
A strong plea Is made for the pas
sage of the militia pay bill, now pend
ing, because the 120,000 men now in
the National Guard, eager and ambl
tlous to be of service in case of war,
are practically unavailable under pres
ent conditions. These men, the secre
tary says, should not only be trained
for war in time of peace and paid by
the national government, but it musl
be possible to transfer them imme
dlately into the general military force
and not militia in time of war.
In connection with the subject the
secretary also recommends the pas
sage of the pending volunteers’ bIU
which would not entail a dollar of ex
pense upon the government at this
time or in the future until war comes
Michigan Recount Against Suffrage.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 9. —The recount
of the Wayne county votes cast on the
suffrage amendment added 1241 to the
original majority of nearly 11,000 in
Wayne county against the amendment |
According to these figures the amend |
; ment lost in the state by nearly 200<i.
I Suffrage leaders maintain, however,
i that close observation of the hallo sj
recounted showed that a great manj j
bore no initials of election inspectors. |
Cold After New Year, Says Prophet.
Orwigsburg, Pa., Dec. 9. —This town j
has a rival goose-bone weather 1
prophet, who Is competing with the j
Berks county forecasters, and in try-1
ing to be a fair competitor he secured |
a bone from a Berks county goose. He I
Is quite sure there will be mildj
weather until New Year, followed by j
two blizzards and cold weather until:
March.
“Brldgle” Webber’s Life Threatened
Havana, Cuba, Dec. 9. “Bridgie’ j
Webber, one of the “informers” at thr.
Rosenthal murder trial, who arrived
here Wednesday, departed on the i
same steamer for New York, where |
he Is expected to arrive on Dec. 10 j
The reason given for his leaving was j
that he had been threatened with as
sassinatlon if he remained In Cuba.
Fresh Oysters For Sale
Families desiring carefully shuck
j ed, fresh oysters, will be pleased j
I with those which we have on sale.
Mrs. Wm. Price, Phone 286, Water
street. —Adv. 9-16-e.o.d.tf.
Fresh Oysters,
Fresh shucked and scalded oys
ters for sale. Oysters shucked In
their own liquor.—Mace Fraizer,
124 Race St., Phone 284-A. —Adv.
11-14-tf.
!!EN. SICKLES’ DAUGHTER]
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Mrs. Eva Crackenthorpe Arrives
From Abroad.
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Mrs. Crackenthorpe arrived In
York with her husband. Captain Dayrell
St M. Crackenthorpe. on the same day
her parents became reconciled, when her
mother paid So.OOO to cancel the judgment
against the aged general and thus saved
fab. war relics.
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MINISTER’S CHIVALRY
I OPENS GUN FIGHT
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j
Tires Stand Up and Blazi
Away, One Dying.
felreensburg, La., Dec. 9. Three
B?n, each armed with a shotgun, stood
up and fired at each other until one
WAs mortally wounded, the other so
badly disabled that he could not fire,
and the third, a preacher, slightly
hsrt. In a remote section of the parish,
■fording to reports brought here.
tfhe minister. Fleet Harrell, took
lift*. Charles Lindsey into his home
at er she separated from her husband,
enraged Lindsey, who met the
[iSalater In front of the latter’s home,
aiMs" !ii-m he -was armed and suggesred
( Ekrrell get his gun.
The mlnlste- stepped into his house,
got his gun and on returning fired at
Lindsey Just as the latter fired at
Mm. Lindsey fell.
Nat Lindsey, son of Charles, then
rushed up, and after the elder man
had got to his feet both fired at the
minister. In the exchange of shots
the son was mortally wounded, the
father was shot again, but will live,
and the minister was only slightly
hurt. The preacher assisted the wound
ed men into a wagon to be taken to a
physician.
DIES OF A BROKEN HEART
Man Who Killed Life-Long Friend Dies
of Shock.
Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 9. —Walter
S. Cocks, a retired business man, died
of a broken heart, following the acci
dental killing of his friend, James J.
Hyland, on Nov. 14.
On that date Cocks was awakened
by some one breaking a window of his
house and, seizing a revolver, went to
Investigate. Encountering a man he
supposed was a burglar, he fired, lull
ing Hyland.
Cocks when he looked at the body
found that he had killed his life-long
friend. Hyland, who lived next door,
had mistaken the house for his own.
Cocks never recovered from the shock,
although no blame was attached to
Mm.
MUST HANG FOR MURDER
Arebach Killed Partner While on a
Hunting Trip.
Baldwin, Mich., Dec. 9. —A jury In
the circuit court declared O. M. Are
bach guilty of first degree murder fo
the shooting of his partner. Harry
Fisher, a Chicago business man and
promoter.
Fisher was killed In the woods near
Baldwin last September while the two
men were on a hunting trip.
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Turkeys Cheap In Delaware.
Delmar, Del., Dec. 9—Many farm
ers have already begun to bring in
their turkeys for Christmas. They are
no wselling for 16 cents live weight
! Ducks are bringing 13 cents per pound,
geese 15 cents, and eggs are selling
for 37 cents a dozen.
"Burglars broke into our house last
night.”
"That so? Did they pet anything?”
“Nothing except my husband’s nerve.”
1 —Detroit Free Press.
That only Is a disgrace to a mar
which he has deserved to suffer.—
Phaedrus.
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BULL MOOSE TO
MEETINCHICAGO
No Compromise With Repub
licans, Their Slogan
VIEWS OF TWO LEADERS
Colonel Roosevelt and Ten Cars Filled
With Followers Leave New York to
Attend Conference.
New York, Dec. 9. —A train of ten
ears, the last one tagged “Bull Moose
Special,” left the Grand Central sta
tion, bearing Progressives from New
York and neighboring states to Chica
go, where the party’s conference is to
be held tomorrow and Wednesday.
Colonel Roosevelt, Oscar Straus and
Frank A. Munsey were in the same
Pullman. A dozen women were in the
company of 200.
The colonel repelled the inquisitive
with “Not a word; not a word.” But
conversation with other leaders of tfie
pilgrimage made It plain that what
ever conciliatory action the Republl
can party may take to get a unified
fighting front for 1916, the Progres
elves are going right ahead with their
own program. It was evident that noth
ing short of complete surrender and
acceptance of their political faith will
be tolerated by the Progressives and
that no friendly overtures may be ex
pected from them.
Oscar Straus, for Instance, thus
commented on the aim of the Wash
ington conference of the twelve Re
publican and Progressive governors:
“The only way to reconstruct the
Republican party is thtrough the Pro
gressive party. The latter alone em
bodies the spirit of Lincoln and Lin
coin Republicanism. Our aim Is to gat
rid of the bosses and come back to
the people. The Progressive policies
are the broad highway along which
the Republican party must come back
If It comes at all.”
Mr. Munsey said unification of the
Republican party would prove to be a
big task.
“Do you think the Progressives
would receive overtures from the old
party?” Mr. Munsey was asked.
“Well,” h© concluded, “there is no
reason that wt 3 shouldn’t be gracious
to those who do us a favor. No one
wants to spurn anything that comes
freely unless it is a burden.”
Mr. Munsey phrased in this manner
the purpose of this week’s roundup a
Chicago, which set out to be a party
conference, but virtually will be a na
tional convention.
“The Intention is to_dlscuss ways
” md”tneahs~6f~deve!opThg the party, of
solidifying the organization and of lay
ing plana for future campaigns,” he
said.
In the car Canatha with Colonel
Roosevelt, Mr. Munsey and Oscar
Straus were Paul Block, Henry L.
Stoddard, Balnbridge Colby, Douglass
Robinson and Mr. Robinson’s son-in
law, State Senator Alson, and Mrs. Al
sop, of Connecticut. The colonel’s ne
phew, Theodore Douglass Robinson,
the new state chairman, was to join
the party at Utica, and Timothy L.
Woodruff at Syracuse.
Miss Mary Dreler, who was a dele
gate to the National Progressive con
vention, and Miss Alice Carpenter are
already In Chicago conferring with
Miss Jane Addams about the part wo
men are to play In the proceedings
Jane Addams will preside over one of
the sessions.
ALSBERG IN WILEYS PLACE
Taft Picks Chief Chemist For Pure
Food Champion’s Job.
Washington, Dec. 9.—President Tafl
and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
after months of consideration, decided
upon the appointment of Dr. Carl Als
berg, a chemist in the bureau of drugs
and plants, as chief of the bureau o:
chemistry of the department of agri
culture, a position that has been va
cant since the resignation last spring
of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the famou
defender of the pure food law.
Dr. Alsberg’s nomination probably
will be sent to the senate before the
Christmas holidays, and the preslden
and Mr. Wilson are hopeful that it wili
; be confirmed.
Divorce by Fire a Failure.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 9. —When he
I burned his marriage certificates, F •
dell Isabela, a wealthy grocer, believed
he had severed his marriage ties fo
all time. He Is In jail now, chargee
! with having married three women in
| twenty years. Isabela was arrested on
J a warrant issued by wife No. 2. Hs 1
i said to have married his first wife,
j Marie Gulseppa Finizza, In Italy.
| twenty years ago. She Is now residlui
in Philadelphia.
Open Fireplace Fatal to Child.
Cape Charles, Va., Dec. 9.—The li
tie three-year-old daughter of Robcr
I Stone, of Skeetrock, was burned 1
death while standing about the fire ii. j
an old-fashioned fireplace. The blaze
! from the wood sticks caught her do: h
; ing and she was enveloped in flames
and almost burned to a crisp before
I being discovered.
Corn Yield of 133 Bushels.
Richland, Pa.. Dec. 9. —I. S. Long
j took from eighty and three-quarter
acres of land 214 four-horse loads of
! corn, each containing fifty bushels, or
! 10,700 bushels, which was at the rate
of 133 bushels per acre.
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’i Often the hunt for a rich wife
! ends when the man meets a woman
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1 and even temper. Her peach-bloom
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; Electric Bitters give a woman, and
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ARTHUR R. RUPLEY.
Newly Elected Congressman
at Large of Carlisle. Pa.
BITE IN SANDWICH
LEADS TO CAPTURE
Limtopr G!i33s3 Givss G!ii3
to Counterfeiter.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 0. —Caught with
a piece of cheese is the story of the
arrest of Alvin Hornberger, of Mohn
-1 ton, this county.
! Hornberger, according to the secre
i service men, vent to Philadelphia on
■ Nov. 16 with a pocketful of fake $lO
bills and a consuming thirst He vis f t
ed a score of saloons, buying a drink
i at each and paying for It with a coun
usiieu bilk At one of them there wa
3 cheese of the fragrant variety set oal
I for the refreshment of wayfarers.
Thus tempted, he took two pieces
> of rye bread, spread one of them with
i mustard and the other with limburger.
s He placed them together into a neat
sandwich and took a bite. The mus
tard, however, was of the perfervij
sort, and after one bite Hornberger is
said to have abandoned the sandwich
and walked out.
He had not gone far before the bar
tender detected the fraud. Ten min
jutes after notified the, secret
service men visited the saloon, an 1
when shown the damaged sandwich
promptly confiscated It as evidence.
A cast was made of the partly chew
ed limburger, and it was found that
the culprit had false teeth with defi
nite distinguishing characteristics.
Other clews pointed to Hornberger anti
he was arrested.
After Hornberger had been taken
into custody and placed In the Read
ing jail he was asked to hand out his
false teeth. A plaster cast was hur
riedly made from the teeth, and is
now being compared with the impres- j
sion on the cheese.
PICKING STRAWBERRIES
Jersey Farmer to Have Shortcake For
Xmas Instead of Plum Pudding.
Bloomfield, N. J., Dec. 9. —Strawber-
ries in December, grown in the open
and nice, juicy and sweet, were picked i
from the vines on the farm of Henry |
Herman, In Bellvllle.
Herman distributed a pint of the!
fruit He also produced several hlos- 1
soms that he picked from the vines, j
In an effort to protect the vines from j
the cold, the farmer has placed the;
plants under glass and expocts to have :
a strawberry shortcake for Christmas i
instead of plum pudding. In some j
parts of the town roses and dandelions 1
were in bloom last week.
Two Confess Robbing Freight Cars.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 9. —Confessing
that they had been systematically
robbing freight cars for more than
five years, Edward Shamer and Ly
sander McCullough, of Baltimore, ex
| tra flagmen on the Baltimore division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, were
held for court at Marysville. The men
have been employed by the railroad
| for eight years, during which time
railroad officers say, they have made
away with large quantities of mer
thandisa
Horse Prices Break Records.
Ephrata, Pa., Dec. 9. —Horses arc
bringing unusually high prices here
One man sold twenty-eight head of
lowa stock at an average price ot
| $231. Thirteen head averaged $297,
I the highest for years.
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ed Wood and Set Afire.
Berwick, Pa., Dec. 9. —The Seyberta-
Tllle section, which stirred the country
twenty-eight years ago with the grew
aome Kester brothers’ murder, and
where, seven years ago, Thomas Mil
ler was murdered, his home destroyed
and the body carried away, has fur
nished another crime that for fiendish
ness ranks with the others. The third,
however, was unsuccessful.
Joseph Deuch, an eighty-year-old
bachelor, tenants a small shack neat
the scene of the Kester murders. In a
; secluded district beyond the Nesco
’ peck mountains. He had been in bed
only a few hours the other nfght when
| he was awakened, presumably by the
I fumes of burning oil, with the flame*
already eating in from the outside.
He was able to put out the fire and
found that his home had been sur
rounded with pine wood saturated
with oil. His timely discovery alone
made it possible to learn of the at
tempted crime, as he attempt on hi*
life would have oassed as an accl
dent
DEATH IN DEVOTION
TO INJURED BROTHER
Yields Lila in Vain Effort to
Comfort Dying One.
Passaic, N. J., Dec. 9. —His devotlot
! to his brother, who was fatally hurl
by a railroad train, was the direct
cause of the death of Peter Gideon, s
printer, twenty-five years old, accord
lng to the attending physician.
Arie Gideon, twenty years old, a
stenographer, returning home, was
struck by a Lackawanna express while
deep In thought about plans for his
wedding in January to Miss May
Schleich. His legs were crushed sc
that both were amputated In the gen
eral hospital.
Peter haa always been devoted tf
Arle, and when a messenger brought
the news to the Gideon home, without
waiting to put on an overcoat or even
Ms hat, though It was raining hard
he ran to the hospital, a distance oi
two miles.
Reaching the bedside of his brother
whose legs had already been ampu
tated, he cried: “O Arie!" and col
lapsed. He was taken to his home
Six hours later he was told of hit
brother’s death.
“Why should this happen to Aria,
with his wedding all fixed and plan
ned?" Peter murmured. "Rathar W
should have been me than him.”
Efforts to comfort him failed- A
_ pftxaiclan wgg. but despite th ,
best Attention he became wbrsa. re
called the name of Arie often. Satv
day evening, expecting the worst, b
parents, two sisters and brother wen
to his bedside. “Ma, I fear I’m going
whispered the sufferer, “but plea €
don’t cry. I know what It means, bui
be brave. Rose, Martha and John are
with you. So Is pa; they need you
Goodby.”
Then he died. This was much the
same way his brother tried to console
his fiancee when she visited him a few
hours before his death.
YIELDS RIGHT TO BE CZAR
Grand Duke Michael Renounces Suc
cession to Russian Throne.
St Petersburg, Dec. 9. Emperoi
Nicholas and members of the Imperial
family are greatly upset by the deter
mination of the emperor’s brother,
j Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovltch,
i definitely to renounce his rights ol
| succession to the throne.
The morganatic marriage contracted
i in 1910 by the grand duke with the
divorced wife of a brother officer was
; recently blessed by the birth of a son.
1 This event prompted Grand Duke
Michael’s decision. He wishes to re
tire to the private life of a country
gentleman, assuming the title of count,
and enjoy domestic bliss far from the
atmosphere of the court, for which he
never had any predilection. The em
peror is opposed to this step, all the
more because of the recent Illness of
his only son. Crown Prince Alexis,
which has revived fears for the suc
cession.
The sons of the late Grand Duke
Vladimir, who would become the next
candidates for the throne, unhappily
share their father’s intense unpopu
larity, and all classes of well-informed
Russians regard the possibility of their
ascending the throne as disastrous for
the dynasty.
.
Hunter Treed by Forest Fire,
Cumberland, Md., Deo. 9. —While he
was hunting on Sideling Hill mountain.
Edward Cunningham, of Berkeley
Springs, was hemmed in by a forest
fire and had a thrilling experience.
The fire surrounded him and he had
to climb a tree to avoid the blaze,
which was traveling at a rapid rate.