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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
A Matter of EaVeS.

How would you like TO travel up
and down the running-board of an
open street car in Washington dur
ing a rain storm, or even during a
gentle shower, and receive a steady
stream OF water from the roof in
side the back of your collar? You
wouldn't mind so much the genera
distribution of aqueous precipita-
ton over your macllintosh-clad per-
son if you could only sidestep that
annoying tricllle down your spinal
column, would you?
Did you ever notice how the pa
tent conductor tries 10 dodge the
drippings from the car roof-and
how he never succeeds? Next time
you ride into a rain on the way
home from your work, just put
yourself in his place, and ask your
self whether you could command a
vocabulary adequate to the proper
expression of your feelings.
Out in the Wild and Woolly they
have cave troughs on the open cars.
This simple and inexpensive device
makes the projecting edge of the
roof a protection, instead of a pro-
Queer of profanity and a promoter
OF pneumonia.
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SOUTHERNERS SEEKING
FOR BURIED TREASURE
Guided by Chart, They Can at Last
Locate Chest by a Sound
ing Rod.
JACKSONVILLE.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. July 80
Great excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood Of the old J. T and K. W.
railway bridge today when J. B. Mills.
c. n Lee. and an old colored man
named Hammond. assisted by others.
got within two feet OF the buried
treasure which they have been working
hard TO unearth for several weeks.
With a donkey engine equipped with
pumps and several men laboring with
shovels. Mills, Lee. and Hammond have
been working for many weeks in search
Of the buried treasure. 4 depth Of
about fifteen feet has been reached, and
with a sounding rod the treasure chest
can be felt.
II appears to be an iron chest, about
two by two three feet, and the instiga-
tors OF the move TO secure this box are
greatly encouraged and hope TO unearth
it within a few days.
From what can be learned OF this
buried treasure. Hammond has had in
his possession for many years chart
Several weeks ago he showed this chart
10 Lee and Mills and they went into
partnership TO secure the treasure.
The history OF the chart Is un-
known at present, as Hammond can
not be found to tell the story or to
exhibit the chart. Al any rate, the
work still goes on with the hope Of
some day umearthing this wonderful
chest of Spanish gold, or whatever the
chest may contain.
The hole continues 10 MI with water
and mud and the men are having much
dificulty in their work The scene of
this active search for gold is on the
old Moody estate, and il has been ru-
mored that the agent for the property
has ordered the work stopped.
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.AERONEF NOW GUIDED
ONLY BY AN AVIATOR
Frenehmen Say Airships Are of Many
acknowledgement, Aeroplanes,
and 0rthopteTa.

PARIS, July SO-Now that balIooning
has become a popular sport, confusion Is
caused by incorrect names being given
20 the various balloons and flying ma
chimes in use. The Aero Club de France
consequently recalls the definitions of
the technical terms
'AerOnef' is a word used TO describe
a flying machine heavier than air, that
is, an apparatus having no gas bag.
"Aeronefs' are divided into several
classes. as follows: "Helicoptera. or
machines depending on screws for
flight; ''aeroplanes," machines in which
equilibrium depends on plane surface,
and 'orthoptera, or mechanical birds
and machines propelled by the tapping
Of wings.
The expression aviator" very often
incorrectly employed, should be applied
only to the pilot Of an 'aerOnef." IS
''aeronaut" as APPLIED to the pilot of a
gas balloon
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SHE WE'D BY PROXY
IN OLD ROTTERDAM
Groom, in New York, Gets
Another to Repre-
sent Him.

NEW YORK, July S0-Ah! a honey
moon in the New World. where all is
vivacity and verve! Was Il any wonder,
then. that Theresa De Groote felt a thFlIl
Of Joyous expectancy when her fiance,
Charles SOndermeyer. wrote from Ne"
York from his barber shop close TO the
Great White Way. that they would
spend more than a week ia sightseeing.
Her home was In far Rotterdam. where
deluded Americans 90 10 rave over OLD
masters and bronzes and the queer
houses. Thousands Of them stop IN
Rotterdam and say. "Oh. II IS very
wonderful"
But Theresa De Crete laughed at
them in her heart. for she said:
I am 10 cross the seas, where l SHAH
behold that strange new world, or "hlch
/ have read and dreamed
Now it happened that It was not pos
sible for the bridegroom 10 leave New
York. So IL was arranged that they
should be welded by proxy in the city
hail Of Rotterdam. The application for
such a marriage was made 20 Queen
WUhelmina herself, ana a commission
or from her majesty wEs sent 10 the
girl. who lived in a quaint street IN the
dim old Flemish city
And are you willing 10 be married,
little one?" asked the august person
age.
Indeed that ! am. was the response,
for my husband viii take me 70 rIew
that wonderful new worio far bsy"-, q
the Zuyder Zee"
So it was at the Stadt Hugs hey we're
The representative of the lric eyre an
was Wilhemus Van Soften, ais orother-
in-law
And the men and the women foreign
ers with the Baedekers saw the ceremony
and exclaimed, how picturesque!
When Hans BrinkeThoff, her cousin
said. she goes 10 the New World 20
see the sights" the tourists added TEL
her not 70 miss Yellowstone Park and
the grand canyons of the Rockies
The proxy bride ciapped her plump
hands and cried. oh, indeed all those
places shall I see. for our honeymoon
will be a grand tour for perhaps a fort
night"
So il was that Mrs Sondermever ar
rived on the steamship the POtsdamr
last Monday and was met by her nus
band The had dinner IN Hoboken and
took the Albany day line for tlshkill
Landing. where they will spend more
than a week in sightseeing
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VIEWPOINTS FETE
GENUINE SUCCESS
Robert Goelet Buys Simple
LeghOrn Hat For
$500.
PROCEEDS FOR CHARITY
Auction Sale Conducted by Social
Leaders During Evening and Large
Sum Is Realized.

Washington society people can no
longer boast of their prowess along the
line of charitable entertainments. New
port broke all previous records Satur-
day. for at the Venetian fete for the
benefit of Soldiers and Sailors Y. NJ.
c. A, Mrs. Joseph Widener's hat sold
TO an anxious bidder for $3.50 This hat
was a perfect dream-just white leg
horn and pink rOses-and was fairly
clamOred for at the price noted, while
other equally pretty hats brought al
most as good prices.
Robert Goelet secured this prize, Just
simple little hat. suitable for morn
ing wear or picnicldng he loosely re-
marked. as he carried IL home 10 his
wife. But there were hats left after
this. and men with sufficiently stout
hearts and purses to buy them.
After every one there had bought all
they wanted al marked prices. Mrs.
Webster, who did the bill posting for
the fete, and the Misses WetmOre.
daughters of Senator and Mrs. Wet
more. held an auction from the stage
of the theater. in the evening, ana sold
all that vas left or the wonderful col
lection OF pretty things, The 7 r. c.
a. shared the revenue with The New
port Hospital. and IL is though several
thousand dollars were realized Tor the
two charities.
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COWS FEELINGS HURT
AND MILK IS LACKING

SUPERIOR, Wis, July 3o-A warrant
of arrest has been issued against Pound
master Maxwell by Mrs. Frances Krip-
clio. who alleges that through the treat
ment Of her COW the animal, which, she
says, formerly gave several quarts Of
milk a day. now refuses to give down
a drop.
The complaint alleges that the pound
master, together viih two assistants
who are included 81. the warrant at
tempted 10 take AZ the COW. and when
the latter refused to go along docns
the poundmasteT and his assistants
beat. kicked. whipped, and abused the
gentle creature so that its feelings were
lacerated, in consequence of which fl
has declined to supply the family with
its usual daily quota of the tactical fluid.
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THE LITTLE BOY.

The little boy lived with his folks on a
And only the country he knew.
And his pathway led out IN the wild
prairie grass
Where gay-tinted wild flowers grew.
In his skies fiOated ships Of soft gold
tinted white
And the shade fell in dark patches,
cool;
And the dew kissed his feet and the
breeze famed his cheek
As he-wandered his way of to school.
It was spring for the men who toiled
out in the fields.
1t was spring for the little boy. too.
The fair earth was arrayed in fresh
garments Of green
And the sky wore its summers deep
blue.
Then the long days grew hot and tho
parCh dust arose,
And so tired the little boy fell.
And he only could see from the small
windows space
On the world ne had once loved so
we'll
Then time came when the little boy
ceased to care,
And when the green fields were
grown high
He had turned his young thoughts 70
the bright, tiny stars
That shone from the nights far-off
sky.
Then the little boy drifted away one
day
In a bark that was frail with few
years,
And his small face shone bright with q
sweet, wistful hope
That felt not his sad mothers tears.
For the waters calmed down as the lit
tie boy passed
AS a soul witho& blemish or scar.
And the little boy smiled in a luminous
light
That had once been far-distant
star.
--Oney Fred Sweet.
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HONOR THE SAILOR
WHO STUCK TO FLAG

BANGOR, Me-, July 30--Governor
Cobb will go TO Camden on August 80
TO attend the unwilling Of memorial IN
honor of Wilnam Conway. sailor in
the navy, who ct the breaking out OF
the civil war refused to haul down the
American nag at the Pensacola navy
yard when all the officers there re-
nounced their allegiance 20 the Union
The memorial is the joint gift OF the
people Of Camden. Conway's birthplace.
and the Maine commandery OF the Nil
itaTy Order of the Loyal Legion. II is
a large boulder. with a bronze tablet,
bearing an inscription telling OF Con-
ways patriotic deed
II is expected that several waTships
will be anchored off the port. ana that
their crews will march in parade. Sec
rotary Bonaparte, Governor Coob. Gen.
Joshua /. Chamberlain, Senator Hale,
and others are announced 70 speak The
tablet will be unveiled by General Rich
ards. commander Of the Maine Loyal
Legion. and 100 members OF the order
are 10 be present.
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RECORDS MAKE IT APPEAR
HE WED HIS MOTHER

OMAHA. July 30-Giuseppe Bondt, a
merchant or this city, discovered that
according 10 the official records al Car
thage. Mo. where he formerly lived ne
was married there ten years ago to his
own rhor4er. The records should show
that he was married to Giuseppina Seal
alta
The error IN the records has brought
about complications which Ii yin he
necessary TO straighten out before the
legacy for his three children can re OBJ
taTpedI In the first place the records in
Missouri will have 10 be corrected so as
10 shoW that B0ndi married The woman.
who X now his wife. instead of his own
mother. and then the parents of the
three heirs TO the large italian estate
VIII procure new marriage license mere,
go before a Catholic priest and be mar
ried again.
PrcCf of the marriage and Of the birth
OF the three children will have 10 be
made in order that the legacy may be
SFoeured.
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CARLISLE, Pa, July 30--Judge VII
bur F. Sadier was the speaker at the
Governor Geary celebration at Ne"
Cumberland Judge Sadler has beer for
forty years identified with big trolley
and steam railroad projects, and was re-
elected judge for ten years two years
ago after a sharp hight. lie was also one
OF the original promoters Of the Phlla-
delphia. Harrisburg and Pittsburg rail-
roads. now owned by the Reading. and
for many years was allied as counsel
with the large Pennsylvania system.
In his address Judge Sadler said IN
part:
Little as we required a large army
for defense in the past. there is therefore
less apparent need today. The
maxim, that IL peace We should prepare
for war, should never be incorporated
into our national creed. Why should
one Of the chief businesses of Pennsyl-
vania be to make our youths skiilful for
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Opposed to Training
Youths for Art of War
Judge SadIer Objects to Military Methods OF
Pennsylvania as Unnecessary and Harm
full to Best Interests of State.

battle-rendel them expert in the slaugh-
ter Of their felloW-men, turning their
minds from industrial and other peaceful
legitimate pursuits and occupations OF
nfe2
General Geary WAS a civili volun-
teer, and after gallant, herOlc, brave,
skilled and victorious achievements on
the battlefield laid down bis sword as E
military general, without buTdenlng the
nation with the pay or retired onlcer,
bat as a good citizen again entered Inc
walks OF civil life; his life was, IN Iact,
a sacrifice TO official duty and practlcaL-
IL ended with his term Of once as cover
nor"
After opp0siEs milltarism as exempli-
fed in the State constabulaFy law, Judge
Sadler said.
Unrest IS upon as and changes in con-
dltions are inevitable. The man Is both
blind and deaf who does not realize the
f. CT Radical changes are coming. posi-
81 and u is the part Of good citizenship
nc - alert in aiding 20 fashion them Tor
the Nations veal
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The Time to Buy.

These are golden days for the
real bargain hunter. The Washing
ton woman who has her eyes open
TO see, and any money at all in her
purse to buy, can do better in the
local sto. IS at this season than at
any other time of the year. A dozen
reasons might prove this-but her
best proof will be found in study
ing the advertisements which APP
pear in our other columns during
midsummer.
First among the reasons is that
the merchants expenses continue
throughout the year. If his clerks
are worth keeping he must not only
keep them during summer but give
them vacations. His rent goes on
whether he likes it or not. Yet
very large number of his customers
are out of town. If he wants trade,
therefore, he must make a special
= appeal TO the buyers who remain
at home. Any new customer he
may get through exceptional bar
gains may be expected to remem-
Der the bargain in buying in the
future
So there is every inducement to
the storekeeper TO reduce prices as
far as he can in the slack summer
months. And it happens that he
can reduce them further at that
time than at any other. Summer
goods can rarely be carried over 10
the next season. To be sold advan-
tageously, they must be bought in
large quantities. \ fair profit on
the whole transaction is made by
the sales Of the aush part of the
season. The stock which remains
after the rush can TINS be sold at
any fair price and the receipts be
regarded as nearly all profit
All this is true of everything
which the householder uses-of
kitchen utensils, of furniture, of
dry goods, of clothing for everyone
in the family. of groceries. of shoes
and many Of the supplies now on
hand can be used i'm the winter.
The merchant with his eyes open
plans his midsummer appeal TO
reach everyone. from the youngest
child in the family TO the oldest
grandfather
The woman who is wise Will there
fore scan the advertisements of the
ensuing weeks with special care.
They reveal bargains which are
without parallels at any other time
OF the year. In many cases the
prices are lower actually than the
cost of making the goods, and at
u season when the customer can
walk through the stores comfort
ably and choose her purchases Ieis-
urely. 1t is a chance to earn from
20 20 so per cent on an investment
OF any size the householder chooses
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WEEDS
WITH GRANDDAUGHTER
Both Married in Indiana Town at
Same Hour by Judge-0ne
Bride Sixty-thIee.

NEW CASTLE. Ind, July S0.-A
grandmother and a granddaughter as
the brides was a feature which charac-
teriZed two weddings I'm the county
clerks office. The weddings were both
performed by Judge John NJ. Morris Of
the circuit court. and both were inter
esting 10 those present. The first couple
was Peter Hastings. aged siXty-siX
years. of Grant City. and Mrs. Sarah
ReeCe. aged sixty-three years. Of
Greensboro. The second couple was
Forest Wood and ETma Blanche Davis.
The bride of the second couple was a
granddaughter Of the bride Of the first
couple. but Cupid made no deductions.
and both were married in the county
clerks office by Judge Norris.
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GOLD CROSS DROPPED
INTO MANS UMBRELLA

FORT WORTH, Tex, July 3o.-While
a San Antonio hotel clerk was in Col
unlbus. rain fell and, opening his UNI
brella, a gold cross fell out. He at
once remembered that while standing at
a railroad ticket office in Alamo City. a
woman who was nearby told q special
officer that her gold cross had disap-
peared as IL by magic
She went to Galveston on an early
train and the hotel clerk went his way
70 Columbus, never thinking of the oc-
currence again until he opened the Um-
brella and the jewelry fell 10 the pave
ment.
The cross and chain were returned TO
their owner.
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GRASSH0PPERS NOW COME
AS POTATO BUG GOES

ALLENTowN. Pa. July SO-Grass-
hoppers have appeared in such large
numbers in the upper end Of Lehigh
county that farmers. in order TO save
their oat crop are compelled TO harvest
II before 1t Is fully ripe and entire fields
have already been destroyed.
Meanwhile the potato bug has disap-
peaFed
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CANARY GIVES A SONG
OVER THE TELEPHONE

RITZVILLE Wash. July 80. Levi
Collier, a farmer living twenty miles
south of town, was talking TO his father
here yesterday over the Washington
high lire telephone when he disceTned a
peculiar noise which upon closer .obseT-
walton he discovered to be the canary
bird singing In his fathers home forty
miles away.
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to make. Best of all. it offers the
buyer of moderate income an honest
opportunity 10 procure for his de-
pendents supplies of higher grade
than he can get at any other time
of the year.
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LongWorthS Sail Saturday.
Close of Continental Tour
Now En- Route From Bareuth to Paris, Where They
viii Spend Week With Count and
Countess de Chambrun.

in Lucerne with her daughter, Comtesse
Louis de Gontaut-Biron. and the Prince
and Princess de Lucinge Faucigny-
Among the latest American arrivals
at Interiaken are Mr.. and Mrs. j. ].
Fields, OF Washington, who are at the
Hotel Victoria. They are accompanied
by Miss Ethel Miles and Miss Edna
Phillips, who made the journey with
them from RagatZ to Interiaken in a
5Z-horsepoWer Fiat
The minister from Colombia and Nine.
Mendoza have just arrived at the Della
ware Water Gap. They are stopping AT
the Casino.
Miss Mabel Hume is spending some
time with Miss Helen Hibbs. daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. ". b. Hibbs. at their
place in Leesburg. Va.
Mrs. =. c. Moore. Of indianapolis, who
is visiting Nr. and Mrs. w D. Porter,
Of Willard place. viii leave Washington
this week for Atlantic City and other
Eastern points. where she will spend a
few weeks before returning 20 her West
ern home.
Mrs. Frank l. Graham has returned
10 her home after a visit TO her aunt,
Mrs. KeaFney, at Kearney. Va.
". Cameron Durham has returned 20
Washington after "A short visit 10 his
home In Northumberland, Pa
Mrs. 4. r. fleming is at home again
after a trip 10 New York
Miss Florence Anita Evans, OF Alex
andrid. is the guest OF her cousin. Mrs.
NJ T. Carberry. for the rest Of the sum-
meT.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Clifford will leave
the city Wednesday for Colonial Beach,
where they Will spend a month.
Mr. and Mrs. +. X. Depuy viii spend
a month at Peoria, Ill They expect 10
leave the city Wednesday.
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MASSIVE COFFIN READY,
PREPARED BY HIMSELF

QUAKERTOWN. Pa. July s0.-Jacob
Cressmen. residing south Of the town.
has completed his coffin, after several
months of labor 1t is hand carved OF
solid oak wood, three and one-half inch
es thick. and weighs over 500 pounds.
Creasmen has placed the coffin under
his bed where it shall remain until he
dies.
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BRYAN CAPTURES VOTES
OF ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS

PEORIA. July s0.-The Illinois Demo-
cratic State convention, which will be
called to order IN this city August n.
wilh instruct for Bryan for President.
This practically has been agreed uDOn.
State leaders who at ST. Louis were
opposed 10 Bryan are falling into line,
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Tie UNION LABEL
ON HIS FRONT DOOR

MAHANOY CITY. Pa, July So.-When
Joseph Anolisgi. a member Of the United
Nine Workers. awarded a contract for
painting his home he stipulated that the
union label be designed on the street
aASR
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Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth have finished a weeks visit
TO Baireuth. and are now en- route 70
Paris by way of NeurembeTg and Mu-
Mich. They will spend this week visit
ing Mr.. Longworth's bTother-in-law and
sister, Count and Countess de Cham
brun. and will sail Saturday for this
country. Their reception abroad has
been singularly brilliant one, and
their return TO this country Will be
marked by strong rivalry among so
ciety people at Eastern resorts and in
Cincinnati TO still further entertain
them.
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RATHER KILLED
BY YOUNG GIRLS
Three { cry Pickers Find
Snake and Quickly Dis
patch Him.

DANBERY, Conn, July 80 Carrying
huge rattIesnake. its body still writing,
held at arms length across two sticks,
three twelve-year-oId Newton girls
marched proudly into that village yes
terday afternoon with the trophy Of an
exciting battle.
The girls. Florence Nichols, Margaret
Keane, and Josephine Heating. went into
the fields 10 pick blackberries. While
Miss Nichols was pushing through
patch Of briars 10 reach a clumP Of espe-
cialIy luscious berries she was startled
by a warning Whir almost at her feet
and saw q big ratuesnake that had been
summing itself al the foot OF a rock coil
its body quick as lightning and poise its
head 10 strike.
Remembers Caution.
stand perfectly still If you startle a
ratuesnake Unexpectedly The snake
won't strike unless il thinks IL is being
attacked. was the injunction Miss
Nichols had often heard her father re-
peat
With rare presence of mind she
stopped abruptly and stood m0tlonless
above the reptile. which lay with its
head -sed above its body. its eyes set
panions, the young girl told them Of her
pFedicament, and being brave country
girls. not unused 10 coping with emsr-
gencies, they tanned IN attack upon
the reptile 10 distract its attention from
their friend.
Not Nervous Girls.
Approaching from a point opposite
Miss Nichols, one Of the girls thrust a
long stick at the snake, which darted
az it angrily. Miss Nichols leaped out OF
the briars al the same instant and
hurled a stone back al the rather Her
aim was good. and the snake. pinned 10
the ground by the stone was quickly
dispatched
Marking the place whc the dead
snake lay. so hat thHy -e-.ld find IL
when they We're ready n S ar for home,
the girls continued their LeT-v picking
as calmly as If killing . TattleSnake
were an every day adventure.
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Speaker Cannon is going from New
York 10 Boston in a Mercedes touring
car, and, in company with John w.
Gates. reached Hartford, Conn, Satur-
day. The Speaker viii join Miss Can
non at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
/. Loose at Manchester-by -the-Sea,