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2 THK cKOUfllAN’S NKWR HlilKFS DIXIE LEAGUE STAR SAVES EIGHT FROM FIRE HERO IT FIRE Two Persons Perish in an Incen diary Blaze in Cincinnati Lodging House. CINCINNATI, Dec. 16.—Two per sons perished In an incendiary fire which to-day destroyed the old West End Turner Hall, used by the Salva tion Army as a lodging house for needy men. Scores of men were over come by smoke. Many were serious ly burned. It is feared that eight of these may die. The first body remove! was that of C. W. Sundeh, manager of the lodg ing house. The blaze was discovered by Wal- lie Mayer, a member of the Chicago American League baseball club and formerly star catcher of the Birming ham (Southern League) club, who risked his life in saving eight children in a smoke-filled tenement house next door, to which the flames had commu nicated. The police arrested Fred Meyers, who is suspected of having set fire to the building in revenue for having been refused admittance. Meyers had been heard to make threats that he would fire the lodging house. TWO SKYSCRAPERS STARTED. AyGUSTA, Dec. 1-6.—Work has been started by the Whitney Com pany, New York, contractors for the Empire Life Insurance Company’s seventeen-story office building, and the King Lumber Company, of Charlottesville, Va., which will build The Augusta Chronicle’s ten-story structure. FIGHTS THIEF OF POOR. JOLIET, ILL., Dec. 16.—Seeing a man armed with a long knife robbing the poor box in St. Mary”s Church, Father .1. O. Murray, the rector, fought for an hour with the thief. The priest was sitting on his captive when the police arrived. COLUMBUS OFFICIALS SWORN. COLUMBUS, Dec. 16.—The new Mayor of Columbus, John C. Cook, with eight Aldermen, was sworn into office at an adjourned meeting of the December session of the City Coun cil. Seven of the Aldermen arel holdovers. SLAVED FREED ON BOND. CORDELE, Dec. 16.—Bail of $3,500 Was granted W. L. Digby, charged With the murder of Henry Hunt, in a hearing before Judge W. F. George, of the Superior Court at Vienna. _ Digby made the bond and was re leased from the Crisp County jail. WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. A petition for divorce on the grounds of cruel treatment was filed Tuesday in the Superior Court by Mrs. Flora J. Ellison against L. P. Ellison. The cou ple were married March 3, 1910. and sep arated May 27, 1913. WOULD TAKE PLAYERS BEYOND. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Arrested for shooting at his friend, Grove Parkinson, James McCall, aged 63, explained that he wished to take Parkinson and his son, James McCall, Jr., into the next world, so there would he a good three- handed game of auction pinochle. LIFE TERM FOR SLAYING. SAVANNAH, Dec. 16.—John Hen ry DeLoaeh in the Superior Court was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Annie Owens, whom he stabbed to death. CORDELE CHURCH STARTED. CORDELE, Dec. 16.—The Rev. J. H. Coin, pastor of the Baptist con gregation of Cbrdele, conducted an Impressive service yesterday on the site of the new church edifice, which marked the beginning of the con struction of the house of worship. SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAN ILL. W. J. Bell, superintendent of the Southern Railway, was brought to his home at No. 110 Peeples street from Birmingham Tuesday. He was seized with an attack of acute indigestion Monday night. TO ELECT SCHOOL BOARD. EASTMAN, Dec. 16—For the first time in its history, the members of the Eastman Board of Education will be elected by the people instead of by the Mayor and City Council at the next municipal election. PECAN PLANTING TIME. WAYCROSS, Deo. 16.—Pecan trees are being planted more generally through Southeast Georgia this month than the industry has ever known, according to pecan experts who make Waycross their headquarters. “WILDCATS,” ETC., HIS THEME. WAYCROSS, Dec. 16—“Wildcats, polecats, rattlesnakes and blind ti gers,” was the subject when Will D. Upshaw, of Atlanta, last night flayed opponents of prohibition in Georgia. CLEVELAND HOTEL STRIKE. CLEVELAND, Dec. 16—Six hundred Hotel Statler patrons found the main dining room closed to-day as the re sult of a waiters’ strike. Thomas Far rell, secretary of the organization, said that 40 waiters at the Colonial would probably go out to-day. "Vxato S.6R.VK.V-* * TIio women of Mexico have displayed un usual intrepid ity. Whole bands of them have shared the men’s priva tions and have fought, rifle in hand, shoulder to shoulder, with their hus bands, fathers and brothers. <$> She Shot Twenty Federals in Battle Sergeant Marie Terrazas, the Mexican ‘‘Joan of Are,’ at the head of the famous Petticoat Brigade in General Villa’s army. In the fighting at Mesa she distinguished herself as one of the best sharpshooters in the rebel force, killing 20 Federals. 21 Children Will Go With This Husband FLUSHING, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Mrs. Delia Nolan, a widow with no chil dren, will wed Daniel Bulger, a wid ower with 21 children. ALPHABET WRECKED. WHEELING. W. VA., Dec. 16.—When Frank Tatrol, of Benwood, applied for a marriage license he told Clerk Frank Watson the girl’s name was “Anastan- zisca Monsozcancainia.” ‘‘Get out of here!” barked Watson. "I’m too busy to be kidded by anybody with a stew on. Git!” At the door Tatrol turned and pleaded earnestly With the aid of an inter preter he convinced the clerk that the alphabet pousse cafe really was the name of the girl. MEDAL FOR MUSTACHE. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Nelson Norgren, picked by nearly every expert In tha United States as halfback of the first All-American football team, and captain of the University of Chicago squad, to day was declared the most successful cultivator of a mustache in the univer sity. He was presented a handsome set of shaving “tools” by the girls of the Senior class. Blooming Dandelions Greet Skaters on Ice WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—While dandelions bloom along the banks, skaters glided up and down the Mor ris Canal. VOLPLANES 2,000 FEET TO EARTH. TARIS, Dec. IS.—Myron T. Herrick, American Ambassador to France, while watching Pagoud turn aerial somer saults at Buc, expressed a wish to fly. He was immediately accommodated by Bidault. Mr. Herrick said the only time he felt at all scared was when the engine was stopped 2.000 feet in the air and the bi plane volplaned to earth. PLAN "BIGGEST” NIGHT. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Mayor Harrison to-day announced that he would not or der cafes to close at 1 o’clock on New Year's morning, as in former years. Managers of the largest restaurants in the loop district predict the "big gest night ever.” In eleven loop cafes 7,350 reservations for tables have been made. WOMAN HEADS POLICE FORCE. GARY, IND., Dec. 16.—Mrs. Kate Woods Ray, a suffrage leader, to-day was appointed a member of the board of public safety by Mayor Knotts. The oth r two members of the board have promised to elect her president. She will be the only woman head of a met ropolitan police force in the United States. RAILWAY HEAD DYING. NASHVILLE, Dec. 16.—John W. Thomas, Jr., president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, who has been ill at his home here for some weeks, has taken a sudden turn for the worse and his death is expected within a few hours. Mr. Thomas has pleural pneumonia. OH VILLA'S FORCES Stories of Rapine, Robbery and Killing Confirmed by the For eigners Reaching Border. JUAREZ, MEXICO, Dec. 16— Sixty American refugees from the terror- stricken city of Chihuahua arrived here early to-day on a special train with vivid stories of the horrors of war as conducted by General Villa, bandit leader of the Constitutionalist army. On the same train were. 142 Ger man, French, Italian and Spanish res idents of the city where the Mexican rebels hold full sway, looting and kill ing. The refugees included men, wom en and children. The Americans confirmed the sto ries of rapine, robbery and murder told by the refugees \^ho arrived here last week. They declared that a con dition bordering n anarchy exists :n Chihuahua. Property Seized and Sold. "Property of the refugees who* left before us had been seized and sold at auction,” said one of the fleeing Amer icans. “The proceeds were placed in the war chest of the Constitutionalists, which means in the pocket of Pancho Villa. "On Friday two Mexicans, Rafael Rambaoa and Jacob Mucharras, were put to death by one of V la’s fir.ng squads. We were unable to learu anything of the fate of Luis Ter razas, Jr., though we know that he was compelled to sign checks aggre gating a vast amount for the rebels. ’ Terrazas was seized by Villa at tha English Consulate, where he had sought protection. Poor Face Starvation. Starvation menaces the poorer classes, who are unable to leave Chi huahua, according to these refugees. They said that famine prices we r e being charged for the necessities of life, and, although meat is being brought into the city from neighbor ing ranches, the supply is likely to be exhausted soon. Raoul Madero, brother of the la.te President of Mexico, is on his way to Chihuahua to persuade Villa to change his methods. He arrived here secretly last night from New York and left at once for Chihuahua on a special train. OFFERS WIFE NO. 1 $6,000 YEAR. NEW YORK. Dec. 16— Mrs. Ida M. Flagler, first wife of Henry M. Flag ler, the late Standard Oil capitalis of Florida, now in a sanitarium, will re ceive about $6,000 a year for the re mainder of her life as dower interest in Flagler’s New York real estate, if. a proposed settlement by Mrs. Flagler No. 2 is approved by the Supreme Court. TO BE GIVEN DIVORCE. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Referee Scan- lan has recommended that a divorce be granted to Mrs. John Legare Pultz, daughter of Justice Joseph McKenna, of the United States Supreme Court. Pultz was found guilty of misconduct with a young woman known on ! y a3 "the girl in blue.” He is a graduate of Harvard and a civil engineer. FIGHTS THIEF OF POOR. JOLIET, ILL., Dec. 16.—Seeing a man armed with a long knife robbing the poor box in St. Mary’s Church, Father J. O. Murray, the rector, fought for an hour with the thief. The priest was sitting on his captive when the police arrived. KNOCKED SENSELESS. ROME, Dec. 16.—An extraordinary sensation was created here in the Cham ber of Deputies when a Socialistic mem ber endeavored to prevent the confirma tion of an election. Blows were ex changed and a Socialist member named Altobell was knocked senseless. HOTEL HEAD DROPS DEAD. MACON, Dec. 16.—C. W. Brown, Jr., receiver for the Hotel Lanier, dropped dead at midnight as he stepped on the hotel elevator to go to his room. Heart trouble is said to have been the cause. Mr. Brown started in the hotel busi ness ten years ago with the Kimball House in Atlanta. TRIAL MARRIAGE NEXT. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—Trial marriages among the teachers of the- public schools is to have the indorse ment of the Board of Education, which decided to al'ow all women contemplat ing matrimony a year’s leave of absence without pay, instead of having them re sign. Want Ads HELP WANTED—MALE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WANTED. No can vassing or soliciting required. Good income as sured. Address National Co-Operative Realtj C<x. V-1446 Harden Building, Washington. D. C. MISCELLANEOUS - MARRY—Many rich, congenial and anx ious for companions. Interesting par ticulars and photo free. The Messenger. Jacksonville, Fla. MARRY RICH—Matrimonial paper of highest character, containing hundreds of photos and descriptions of marriage able people with means. Mailed free. Sealed. Either sex Write to-day. One may be your ideal. Address Standard Cor. Club, Box M7, Grayslake. Ill.