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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.
Roy J. Routzahn to Explain His Con-
nection With Missing Watch.

Roy J. Routzahn, twenty-five years old,
of 80 New Jersey avenue was arrested this
morning by Detectives Parham and O'Brien
of headquarters on a charge of relieving
Ernest A. Warmke Of SO4 A street south
east of his watch on a street car August
10 last. Routzahn was sent to the sixth
precinct. and will be given a hearing on a
charge of larceny in the Police Court to-
morrow.
Mr.. Warmke reported to the police sew
eral weeks ago that while he was on a
street car going from the Pennsylvania
railroad station to his home the night of
August 10 he was jestled on the seat by
two men and discovered. when he reached
his home, that his watch was missing
Warmke advertised for the watch in all
the local papers
Detective Parham found the watch this
morning In the possession Of young Rout-
zahn. and the arrest followed.
Il found the WATCH ROutzahn is al
legged to have stated, explaining his DOS
session of the timepiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
NO PROTEST FROM ENGLAND
STATE DEPARTMENT NOT IN
FORMED OF BELLINGHAM RIOT.
British Government In an Embarrass-
ing Position Owing to Similar Oc-
currences at Vancouver.

Not word from any official source has
been heard at the State Department fela-
tive to the reported attack upon the Sikhs
at Bellingham, Wash. last week. In
fact, the officials are almost beginning to
doubt whether such an incident occurred.
though, owing to the fact that the State
Department is frequently better able to in
form itself as to what is going on in foreign
countries than in regard to events happen
ing within the limits of the United States.
it may easily be possible for riot to have
occurred at Bellingham just as reported
In the newspapers without any news OF 1t
reaching the State Department until some
foreign diplomatic representative makes
complaint.
So 1t Is believed that the British govern
ment, through its consular agent at Seattle,
is making thorough investigation into the
affair. for some haste in making complaints
based upon single newspaper report has
sometimes in the past placed diplomatic
representatives under the humiliatng ne
cessity of making apologies for unfounded
complaints. 1t is also surmised that In the
case Of the Bellingham incident, the British
government will find 1t polite to move
very cautiously in making representations
to America, because those very representa-
tons might readily be adopted by the Japa-
nese government as the basis for similar
demands upon the British government in
connection with the attacks upon Japanese
in Vancouver, B. c.
1t is also pointed out that the British
government may be disposed to extreme
moderation in this case by reason of its
knowledge of the general animosity felt
toward the Hindoo coolies by Anglo-Saxons
in every part of the world where the two
classes come in contact. In all South
Africa only Natal affords anything like
fair treatment to the Hindoo; the other
states of the confederation have practically
driven them forcibly out of the country.
In Australia, Also the same treatment is
melted out to the undesirable Hindoo. and
the British government, itself having fallen
into tacit recognition of the impossibilitY
of forcing these coolies into competitions
with white labor in it's own colonies, would
probably be very much embarrassed in
finding suitable language in which to frame
protest to America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
News Of Alexandria County.
,ial Correspondence Of The Star


DEL RAY. Va. September 10, 1907
A special meeting of the school board Of
Jefferson district of Alexandria county was
held Saturday night for the purpose OF
pointed to the various schools. They were
as follows: Mount Vernon Avenue School
Mr.. c. Vernon Snider, principal: Miss Ella
l. Davies, intermediate; Miss Gertrude AL
len. intermediate: Miss Margaret ]. Bash
ford, primary and drawing Hume School
Mr.. Henry s. Petty. Jefferson Colored
School, Edw. c. Hoffman. p w. Gibson
has been appointed to the Scott Colored
School, but he was not present. The vari-
Gus buildings have been put in first-ciass
Mount Vernon School has been enlarged by
turning the large hall into two classrooms
to meet the growing needs of the locality.
The jefferson District Citizens Associa-
ton will hold its first fall meeting next
mittee appointed to draw up a scheme of
Incorporation for Del Ray and St. Elmo
will make its report.
meeting was held last Friday night in
Del Ray to consider the installation by the
Alexandria City Water Company of a sery-
ice in Del Ray and St. Elmo. representa-
tive was chosen to attend the meeting OF
the board OF supervisors at the courthouse
last Saturday when 1t was decided to post
pone the granting of permission to use the
county roads for cOnduits pending a public
hearing at the courthouse the evening OF
September Il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
WANTS HIS CHANGE.
Harry Sergeant Gives Up $45 for
Railroad Ticket.

Harry Sergeant of Greensboro N c..
paid $40 for railroad ticket to Baltimore
yesterday expecting some change, and he
has called upon the police to recover his
money. amounting to about $4
Sergeant stated TO the police that he be-
came acquainted with some man last night
whom he cannot now identify, and they
had few drinks together In the evening
Sergeant pulled his wad of $45 from his
pocket and told his new-found friend" to
buy ticket to Baltimore for him at the
Pennsylvania railroad station. The ticket
was bought and turned over to Sergeant.
but the remainder of the money was with
held.
When Sergeant made so bold as to ask
his companion for the $44 the latter re-
fused to associate with him any longer
Sergeant chased him up 9th street. across
pennsylvania avenue and through the Ma
tional Hotel, where he lost track of him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10

didate for the state senate Is In progress
In this district today The polls opened at
5:36 o'clock this morning. and will close
at $40 o'clock this evening The candi-
dates for the nomination are the present
senator. Lewis H. Machen of this city, and
Alexander ]. Wedderburn and R. Ewell
Thornton. both of Fairfax county. The
general public is showing but little interest
in the primary, and it Is believed that the
vote will be small in comparison to the re-
cent congressional primary.
1t is understood that the city authorities
will turn over to NJ. " Richards. land and
Industrial agent of the Southern railway,
with headquarters at Washington, the
edition of 5000 copies Of Alexander ].
Wedderburn's Historic Alexandria" pur-
chased by the city council for distribution at
the jamestown exposition. After the books
were delivered 1t was found that the council
had made no appropriation for the distribu-
ton, and they have been stored in the
council chamber several weeks. Mr.. Rich
ards has offered to place them in the South
ern railways exhibit without expense to the
city. His proposition was made through j.
T. Preston, secretary of the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
PUT POISON IN FOOD.
Charles Larman of Boyds Accused Of
ATTEMPTED Murder.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BOYDS. Nd. September 8, 1907.
Sheriff Colt is making a search for
Charles E. Larman, who Is accused OF pol
soning his s1ster-in-law, Mrs. George Lar
man, this morning, By putting arsenic in
her food. Mrs. Larman was hurried to DR..
Stonestreet's Office in GAINESVILLE, TWO miles
from her home. and will recover.
According to the story told by George and
Richard Larman. Charles. who objected to
the marriage Of George to Miss Bessie Mo-
nard of Montgomery county, some time ago,
has been living with the couple apd has
been at great pains to make himself gen.
orally disagreeable. Recently he was tod
to leave. Last Saturday he is said to have
sprinkled arsenic on a piece of bread walc,
lay beside Mrs. 1afmnS's plate. but the
alleged attempt at poisohInH was frus-
trated By his brothers. He was driven
from the house. put returned apparently
repentant and was permitted to reryo old:
THIS morning Mrs. Larman becans vi,-
iently Ill after eating breakfast, aE,d ths
brothers accused CT aries OF hsvir1 pst Az
apprehenfeJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
John and Rowly Ellis to Have Hear
ing in Court.

Eva Saunders, colored, seventeen years
old. living on 7 street hill, Hillsdale, was
sent to the Providence Hospital for treat
ment for severe internal injuries, and John
and Rowly Ellis were arrested on charge
Of assaulting the girl. They are held at the
house of detention and will appear In the
Juvenile Court tomorrow.
A COW which Is the property of the
Saunders family this morning strayed from
home. Eva started In search OF the animal
and attempted to go through the grounds
Of the Ellis family. That caused trou-
Die, the police say, and Eva was struck In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
Pass Law to Stop Flirting

H1GHMORE. s. D., September lO.-Mayor
Mcdonald has Just approved an ordinance
passed by the town council prohibiting
flirting in public places.
Flirting is made a misde meanor bv the
ordinance and is punishable by a fine.
The ordinance also prohibits young peo-
PIE from ioatering on the steps Of churches
or other public buildings or In the door
way OF any store for the purpose Of talking
and eating candy and peanuts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10

the abdomen with a stone thrown by Rowly
Ellis. John Ellis. his brother is accused
of holding the girl while the other threw
the stone. She was treated temporarily at
her home, and the physician ordered that
she be taken to the hospital for treatment
for internal injuries.
John and Rowly Ellis were arrested by
Policemen Weber and Brooks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
Funeral of John E. ChappelI.

The funeral of John E. ChappelI, who died
Saturday morning at IL o'clock at his home
at Glendale. Md. in the eighty-sixth year
Of his age. took place at II 80 o'clock this
morning from the Eldbrook Methodist Ennis
copai Church Tenleytown. d. c. Mr.. Chap
pen Ilved In the District for many years
large number of his friends attended the
funeral. 1o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
Another Lemon.

Every garden has its lemon tree philo-
sophically remarks Shorty McCabe in
Sewell Ford's latest dialect tale, How Atty
Passed the Lemon" In next Sundays
Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
w. B. Moses & Sons.
9th Annual Sept. Furniture Sale

entire factory busy at its dull season making
ure for this sale. We got the goods at actual
while our capital kept the factory in commits
receive and execute profitable orders received
possible has been pursued to lower the cost of
ring this sale-and we say positively you buy
han you will at any other time of the year.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
The Island Of Rats

Copyright. 1906. by Homer spragus,I
Between the Philippines and BOrneo
b group Of small islands. In 1880
~ touched at one Of them. and the
AAtivea reported a white woman
among them. We induced them 20
bring her to us. While dressed as q
mAtive, her face was scarcely more
eAAn sunburned, and she was what
any one would call handsome. She
Wns only about thirty years old and
u the best Of health Her story was
Q queer one. She was q resident Of
Saigon, capital Of French Cochin China.
BCur years previous she had married .
wfenchman named Du CliR and al
meat at once had set out with him In q
Ealing vessel for Singapore. Two
Gays after sailing they had encounter
% typhoon. She was not very clear
e. TO what followed, being very III at
ne time. She thought the ship strug
sled with the storm for two days She
men sprung leak and foundered.
Che woman had been brought on deck
and dashed 10 the bulwarks along with
Der husband while the crew were try
@ang 10 construct some sort Of craft,
a great wave suddenly overwhelmed
= mham, and the next that Mrs. Du Clin
remembered was waking up on the
shore of an island, She was still
anahed TO the wreckage but she was
alone. when she was able to move
-. taE m Milan.
Of wild fruits. and In the forest she
nnnstFucted q hut out Of limbs and
bushes. Every day for long months
NE expected rescue. She could see
ehipa sailing up and down. but none
came within miles Of her, on TO tho
east she could family make out other
Islands or the main shore. but no help
tame from that direction. II sha had
had tina means to build q IRE and
raise q smoke signal, some one would
have come. but she was helpless In
that direction. Il was three months
before she thoroughly explored her Is
land. Then ahe found It TO be about
two miles IN circumference. II was
well wooded, and In the center was a
hagh Hill Of almost solid rock. There
were birds In plenty but not wild
animal or reptile Of any sort
One day. after six months had gone
b. and while inspecting the hill 70 500
n abe could not set NJ signal there.
mo woman made great discovery
Bhe found a cave which had certainly
ence been a depository for the plumber
u the sulee pirates What she told MS !
believe to be the truth. because slse YER
laed II IN many ways. She visited the
save twenty different times-ln fact.
Hved IN II for the last month OF her
ntAy-and 20 abe had plenty Of time to
wverhaul the plumber. She found In
mat cave gold. silver and paper money
60 the amount OF $4,000 There was
sold dust which she estimated at SlO,.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't bet on your popularity.
About the hardest thing in this world
to handle is jealous disposition.
When some people get into trouble
they enlist lot Of pAople to help them
out.
If you have to keep demanding your
rights all the time you are asking for
something not coming to you.
What a comfortable world this would
he If people didI.'t take such delight In
making trouble FOR earh other!
A doctor has two classes of people
to contend witt those who swear by
him aud those no swear ut him.
How You resent 1t when any one in.
terfcres In thar viii h You consider
your business! Ans how often you
Interfere with tie BUSINESS Of others!-
Atchison Globe
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17

adopts in the art OF book restoring and
are quite able to make good any part
OF an imperfect copy For instance
II a rare book has q leaf missing 1t Is
handed over to a restorer, who re-
prints the psge with battered type,
the paper upon which 1t Is printed be-
ing afterward disco!ored with chem
icals or tobacco water in order to give
1t the true antique h'Ie.
The first folio Shakespeare is, Of
course, Of great valve, and 1t Is safe
to say that every possible deception
has been practlced in fitting up copies
Of this work for sale. At one time the
manufacture Of first folio Shakespeares
was quite a trade. A first folio having
several leaves missing had leaves in
serted from tae second folio, while In
one case the entire play of "Cymbe-
line" was reprinted and inserted in a
first folio. The FAXED" pages were
so cleverly done that several experts
We're at first unable to detect them
when turning over the pages Of the
work In question. Book reStorers, as
a rule, are most Ingenious artists, ana
they can produce IN imitation Of a
page of a rare book which will deceive
hundreds Of collectors. One particu-
lar restorer has "doctored" more than
thousand old books during the last
two years, producing pages In facsim-
lie and supplying colophons or deco
rated capitals, There is not a thing
wanting to make a book complete that
this man cannot Hkillfully fake
Brooklyn Eagle
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
The Poet r,nd .he Beauty.

One of the finest bo,Ises in southern
England is Pent urst Place. the birth
place Of Sir Philip Sidney. Under the
trees Of its park Edmund Waller paid
his addresses to tie naughty Lady
Dorothea, whom he celebrated as Sach
arissa. But the heart OF Lady Dorothea
Sidney-who was tie most beautiful
woman Of her time-was untouched by
walters amatory verses. and she re
Jected the poet In favor Of the Earl of
Sunderland. Many year afterward the
countess met Waller and, reminding
him sentimentally Of the old days at
Penhurst. asked him when he would
again write verses about her. when.
madam" said the poet rudely, you are
as young and as handS1me as you were
then"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17

600 more There was lovely "'o-t''
thousands VI dollars. Size $50 tae!V
were diamonds, rub.e3 aal othc- Pre-
cious stones There were inaumerabh
bales and boxes that she had not med
died with and did not know their con.
tents. So far as she could judge, no
one had visited the cave for years.
When we pinned her down 10 particu-
lars size remembered that ships chro-
nOmeter she had found among the stun
bore the name Of "Antasla," and she
gave US the markings Of several bales.
II was a story to stir the lmaRtna-
ton and would have found ready be-
levers anywhere In the world. We
were convinced within an hour that the
woman had seen what she declared she
had and that the island was the one
known now as "Outer island" II
stands today the wssternmOst Of all
the group and Ii still without tnhablt-
ants. After q full year on the island
Mrs. Du CHI became desperate. She
gave up all hope of being taken on and
determined 10 rescue herself She built
a raft and one day trusted herself to
the tPeacherous sea. A west wind was
blowing, and she hoped to be carried
across to other land before II changed.
For Ave days she drove mp and down
the China sea and was then cast ashore
on the Island where we found her. That
the natives had been kind and respect
ful to her was owing to the fact that
they thought she was out or her mind.
Half a day after the story had been
told we were on our way to the is
land We reached 1t without incident,
but 70 meet with a surprise and q bit
ter disappointment. We had no sooner
approached the shore In the yawl than
we discovered that the whole place
swarmOd with rats. The creatures
were there by the hundreds Of thou
sands. They were water rats Of the
largest si9a, and their demeanor was
30 furociOus that we dared not land.
We pulled all around the island a dOz-
en- times over, but met the rodents
everywhere. They were gnawing down
the trees and eating the grass out by
the roots. Where they came from l
cannot say. There was not one on the
island when the woman left. We tried
powder and shot and fire to brighten
them. but II was not to be done. After
week we bore away for Saigon,
Here the woman's story was fully cor.
rOborated as TO her residence. mar.
riagS and the loss OF the ship, but the
story OF the cave and the treasure had
! also to be told The French governor
at once sent ship to the island and
brought everything away after having
spent fortnight throwing poisoned
| food to the rats We of the trading
schooner were promised fair share
but no man OF us ever fingered dol
lar, We were put or OH one excuse OIL
another and finally threatened with i'm
prisOnment II we moved further in th'
matter. The woman was given I
share. I believe. but the greater par
Of the singular find went to enrich tw'
or three oficials OF the colony.
NJ. QUAD.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17

STEAM ENGINE-Good second hand three
horse power steam engine. for sale, at a bargain
Apply to Daily Press Office
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
White Star NaviOatiOn Como

STEAMER BONETA-Leaves Occur
d Alene Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at a. M; returning leaves Terrell
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, $50
a. m. Freight and passengers for lake
and river points. Purchase your ticket
tor Occur d'Alene @rly and get your
passage on the 3C-eta at the dock.
hound trip to head of navigation, St.
Joe, $3.50.
EXCURSION TO BEAUTY BAY
Steamer Boneta, every Sunday. Leaves
at 9:l5 a. m; leaves again at 2:15 p. m.
a most delightful place to spend a Sun
day outing SOC a round trip.
!. D. MCDONALD, Mgr
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17

Chlorine is a green'sh yellow xas
with n disagreeable satell 1t is solu-
BILE in cold water, only slightly soluble
In hot water, II destroys color In wet
fabrics and is also strong tiisinfect-
ant. Both OF these properties are said
to be due to its power Of decomposing
hydrogen compounds. such as water.
combining with the hydrogen and nber.
ating oxygen. which In nascent state
oSidtzes coloring matter, rendering Il
colorless. As dlsInfsctant it oxidiEes
the germs Of disease and is In conse-
quence largely used for this purpose.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
FRAUDS IN OLD BOOKS.
Ancient and Rare Volumes DOetOFed,
Restored and Initiated.

HeatOFed and Initiated.
A well known collector acquired
what he took to be a book published
by Aldus In the year 1889. He paid
$1,000 for 1t and believed that 1t was
an original Aldus, because the publish
er's press mark, a dolphin colled round
an anchor, appeared upon 1t. When
the book was shown to an expert It
proved to be beyond shadow of
doubt modern antique-that ID to
say, 1t was simply a copy of the orig
lnal work printed by an ingenious book
faklr. So clever was the Imitation
that only an expert could tell 1t from
the original and rare book. Scores Of
persons during recent years have
bought facsimlles of rare works under
the impression that they were getting
the originals. Dickens Sunday Un-
der Three Heads" has been faxed
many times and sold as original to
collectors who no doubt treasure them
as rarlties. Genuine copies of this
little book are worth good sum, and
some INSCRIPTIONS dealers, taking ad-
vantage of the circumstances, have
had 1t reprinted and palm of the
copies on uususpecting dictionaries
for the genuine first edition.
Many men make a living by doc
torlng" old and rare books for un'
scrupulOus dealers. These men are
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
Classified Advertisements

WOOD HEATING STOVR-Good second hand
wood base heater for sale at bargain. Apply
to Daily Press Office.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-17
Strange Mistake.

Old Mrs, Jones entered the drawing
room unexpectedly and spoiled a very
pretty tAbleau
Il was just whispering a secret In
Cousin Jennie's ear" explained Char.
lie.
I'm sorry" said the old lady grave
~. that your eyesiSht has become so
bad that you mistake Iennte's mouth
for her ear."-London lit Bits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-16
Observe Little symputhv.y

Whatever may be the demands of the
strikers, whether for lighter conditions
or work or primarily for the right to
organize without Interference, they
nave made the mistake Of not asking
Tor arbitration of the trouble from the
outset, and continuing at work pending
an appeal to the public on the issue
Or an impartial arbitration Of all mat
ters in dispute. AS the affair now
stands. they have taken the last step
without any clear presentation Of their
case ana in q manner to prejudice
public sentiment against them. They
pursued much the same course in the
summer of 1883, and after contest of
month lost. the fight And If they
could not win. then. when the tele-
graph was far more exclusive mo-
nopoly than 1T is at present the
chances would certainly seem to be
mnch more strongly against them now
:, lis Is a foolish business, to use the
mlldest term, and emphasizes chiefly
ne need Of compulsory processes for
me settlement Of labor disputes in at
least the public service enterprises And
IN this effort to reach some method OF
peacefui adjustment of Industrial con-
IcrenceS, have employees of the grade
or these telegraph operators no duty
70 perform? Those of any class in
the. industrial society who simply stand
ana act upon the right to ignore or
lout the public convenience and well
rare In attaining their own particular
ends deserve little public sympathy,
and Will obtain no more than they de-
serVe.-Springtield (Mass.) Republican,