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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-27
OFFICER
HELD FOR SPEEDING
Detroit Mayors Special Commits
sioner Against Reckless Autoists,
Arrested in New York.

NEW YORK. July 2.-AIbert Peck.
a merchant OF Detroit, Mich, stopping
at the Hotel KnickerbOcker, was arrest
ed last night at Eighty-sixth street and
Broadway, charged with exceeding the
speed limit with his automobile
Mr.. Peck protested against the arrest,
declaring he was one of a committee re-
Gently appointed by the mayor Of De-
troit TO suppress reckless driving in
that city. At the station house Mr.
Peck produced a special policeman's
badge and documents 10 support his
statements. He was released on bail.
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NOT GUILTY.

Don't you see that sign on the tree
yonder?'' said the irate owner, bearing
down on the peaceful citizen who was
dangling a line from the end Of a pole
into the placid waters of a rural lake.
What sign?' drawied the peaceful
citizen.
The one that says plain as day, no
fishing. -
Il amt fishing"
I'D ike TO know what you're doing
then2"
That is what I have been trying to
figure out myself for the last hour and
a half."-Exchange
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NINE HOURS IN BAY.
GIRLS WEIRD STORY
Two Men Seized Her, She
DeclareS-Later Tossed
Her Overheard.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE police Of
South Brooklyn are diligently investi-
eating a remarkable story told by
eighteen-year-old Amelia Stechel. who
was found unconscious, ciingins 20 q
rope at the side OF a pile driver an
chored about 100 feet or the foot Of
Fiftieth street
She said she had been IN the water
nine hours
Her hands clutched the rope 50 con
vulsiyely that they could not be lOos-
ened, 50 the rope was cut on, and rope
and girl were taken to the Norwegian
Hospital. where her grip was finally
released. but not until after she had
been restored 10 Consciousness
Girls Strange Story.
According 10 the young woman, she
was seized at a lonely sDos IN Bay
Ridge at 8 2. m. Saturday BY two men,
whom she described as Italian, gagged.
carried out into the bay in a rowbOat,
and there nltTeated. and then flung
overheard at about 10 2. m She swan
for shore, but was exhausted by the
time she reached the pile driver, and
had just enough strength left to grasp
a rope, after which she became uncOn-
until she woke I'D IN the HOSPITAL.
The precinct police said there were
evidences that her story was true, ana
number Of detectives were al once
put Oh-1he case
Miss Stechel, who is a stout, good
looking young woman. has always
borne an excellent reputation She was
decOyed down Forty-eighth street, she
says, by two well-drsssed young men
As soon as she IVES a few steps on
FOrty-eighth street below Third avenue
the TWO men seized her. Before she
could make an oUtcry one Of the pair
had stuffed a handkerchief into her
mouth The other bound her arms.
Bound and Gagged.
BY this time. she says. they had
reached a point on Forty-eigfth street
where there were no more houses. The
two men seized her. as they would q
bundle, and carried her. bound and
gagged. 10 the pier al the foot Of the
street, where they placed her in a row
boat. The men then rOWed out some
distance into the bay Then they united
with death II she made an Ouucry-One
Of the men holding q cooked pistol ar
her head-they removed the gag from
her mouth.
According 10 the girl. both OF the men
then attacked her, after which they
started 20 row back 10 the pier from
which they had started when within
about 100 feet OF the pier, according uC
the Young woman. they flung her over
board and kept on rowing for the
wharf.
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FIRE
DAMAGES RESIDENCE

The residence OF Mrs. Jesse Milford,
1S0s I street northwest, was damaged
by fire 70 the extent OF 800 yesterday
afternoon The confagration. the cause
OF which is unknown, was discovered by
members OF the household
BY prompt work the f1remen sue
ceeded in holding the flames TO the back
room on the first floor. The property is
not insured
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WIDOW MURDERED
BY ANGRY SUITOR

GRANITE CITY, Ill. July 2T-AIrs.
Annie Kocur. a widow Of one of the
wealthiest and most respected men Of
the foreign colony here. was shot twice
and killed last night IN her home by a
man whom she had REFUSED.
Mrs kocur's fOurteen-year-OId son
witnessed the shooting
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sometime later, her little foot got sore
between the toes Being afraid It was
salt rheum, I spoke 20 our doctor. He
gave me a powder which dried Il Up,
but soon after it broke out behind her
ears. They cracked half way around
and the humOr spreadup on 70 her head
until, on several occasions, il was nearly
half covered The hUmOr looked Ike 9
scald, very red with a sticky, clear fluid
coming from t. This occurred every
year, ! think II was toward the spring
I always bathed il with warm water and
Cu6cUra Soap and applied CutiC1rs
Ointment which never failed % heal II
up The last time II broke out was
when she was SIX years old Il became
so bad that I was discouraged Then
I procured a bottle Of CutiCGra Resol-
vent which soon cleared IL out Of her
blood. continued the use Of Cuticura
until she was perfectly well She Is now
about eight years old and has never
been troubled in the last two years
We also find Cuticura Resolvent good
spring medicine and We are Just giving
the children Cuticura Resolvent Pills
as a tonic We do not think any one can
praise Cuticura Remedies too highly
Mrs NJ a. Schwerin, GA SpE1g Wells
Ave, Detroit, Mich, Feb q, eos"
Complete Exts-rsl and internal Treatment for
Eists q CutfCllra soap C25cl 70 CeEnse The SKIN
CuricUra Oinruect Cs0cl - Heal the SKIN and Cusi
eurs Resoiveat t50e), (or 70 the form o. Choooats
sd fh-677-ho1TT Re s-0rid FoSrer T)riIE q Chsn1
Corr soc Props Boston Mass
Hs-Asiisd Free. CuEicura BOOK on Skin Disesse1-
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his 1Or6h66d- At
that time the child
was covered With
pnckly heat and I
suppose IN scratch
ing IL, her own head
became infected for
10 broke out II bous,
one after another.
She had about sixty
In all and I used
Cuticurs Soap and
Cuticura Ointment
which cured her of
them entirely. Then.
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MRS. TEAL INNOCENT,
HER LAWYER SAYS
Best Motives Implicated Her
in Gould Divorce
Case.

NEW YORK, July 27.-"AIiss Flem-
ing's so-caned confession will not in
jure our defense in the least" said
Maurice B. Blumenthal, counsel for
Mrs. Ben Teal. who is charged with
subornation Of perjury in connection
with the Frank J. Gould divorce suit
I'VE. have surprises to spring that
will not only prove Mrs. TeaTs inno-
cence but will awaken the greatest
sympathy for her. She got into this
mess merely by trying to do an honest
service for another woman who was in
trouble.
Not long ago she was asked to be a
witness for Mrs. Frank ]. Gould in
her divorce proceedings. She objected.
for she disliked to get into that kind
Of publicity Finally, Mrs. Gould's law
yers persuaded her that it was her duty
10 tell what she knew, so Mrs. Teal
reluctantly agreed TO do so.
Testimony Valuable.
Her testimony is known to be valu-
able At all events, the strongest ef-
forts were made 10 suppress It and,
failing at that, to discredit it. It is
owing entirely 10 her willingness 10
help out Mrs. Gould that she is being
prosecuted.
Mrs. Goulds lawyers viii subpoena
her in order that she may tell about
the conversation that she had with the
actress Just before subletting the Teal
apartment at the Hotel Glenmore TO
her
ct is absurd for Miss Fleming TO
allege that two chorus girls IN The
Dairy Maid company were asked Dy
Mrs. Teal to swear falsely.
THE news that Mrs. Teal was to
testify against Could few quickly
through the theatrical world, largelr
because Miss De Vote was so well
known in it. Mrs. Teal Immediately
became the object Of the most annoy
ing attentions from people who pre-
tended to have q knowledge OF the case
We are satisfied with Magistrate
and expect that he will eNOnerate Mrs.
aaI, or should he continue the case
over to the grand jury that that body
will fully Vindicate her"
Mr.. Teal Reticent.
Mr.. Teal would not discuss the case.
Just say" he exclaimed, that I have
as complete faith in my wife as ever.
And God knows how strong it is"
A large number of friends called at
the wyoming TO tell Mrs. Teal that
they still stood Loyalty by her, and had
the same confidence in her as before
Miss Fleming is still in the Tombs.
Though her faithful fiance, Richard Nc
Cabe. worked all Saturday TO secure
the s. 600 bail, he could not manage II
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MAYBE

Her face is her fortune"
81 wonder"
'FYes?''
IF it is as large as it is painted"
Exchange.
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POLICEMAN KILLS
ESCAPING PRISONER
Beaten With Own Club and With
Ear Torn OFF, He Is Exonerated
fer Shooting.

STUBENVILLE. Ohio. July IL
Knocked down with his own club by
Mike McCort. Policeman Bert Haggerty
fired t'Nfce at McCort as the latter lean
ed over the fallen officer yesterday az
Mingo Junction
Both bullets entered McCOrt's left
side, and after he had run half a square
he fell and soon died. McCort. who had
been arrested. had seized his capfor's
club and almost chsWed OF the ofncer's
right ear
Haggerty shot in self-defense and no
charge was preferred.
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INFURIATED DEER
ROUTS POLITICIANS
Representative Harding Hits
Buck With Golf Ball.
Saved by Caddie.

PITTSFIELD. Mass. July 27.-The
spectacle OF three politicians ponder
ously speeding over the Stockbridge
golf links, pursued by an Infatuated,
spindIe-Iegged deer, contributed to the
gayety o. life here, and was particu-
larly enjoyed by Joseph H Choate, who
bet on the deer and lost.
State Senator Allen 7. TreadWay.
Representative John e Harding, Of
Ohio. and George wagner, of Morris
town. Pa. were playing, and had reach
ed the ninth green when four deer.
having swan the HouSatonic river,
came up on the bank a hundred yards
from the golfers. Mr.. Harding drove
his BAN. which sped true, and hit the
buck on the head.
Buck Makes Charge.
The offended animal paused just a
moment 70 paw up the ground, and
then charged on the politicians.
He means TO butt your exclaimed
Mr.. Treadway. addressing Mr.. LsaroIng
He means 10 butt US" amepded the
member Of Congress, declining the un-
pleasant distinction suggested by NJ
Treadway.
Beat it, yelled a caddie. and the
politicians in panic began a painful
lope toward the clubhouse. They real
lied IA moment that they could not
run Ike a deer. IN fact, their manDer
Of getting over the ground was IN sharp
contrast with that Of the pursUer. who
apparently mad made running his life
business 50 adept was ne
Mr.. Harding realized how profitless
was the attempt 10 beat the deer at
his own game. and turned Just in
time % wave a mendCing club under
the nose IF the animal
''Shoof he cried. and the deer backed
away.
Mr.. ChSate. from q distant point on
/ the links, watched the progress OF
/ events with Interest.
Bets On Animal.
Ny wager is on the deer" he de-
/ clared- The animal seemed TO feel the
/ eminent lawyers support, for he dane
I ed toward the heroic Mr. Harding, who,
| as he backed away, disputed the ad-
vance OF his enemy.
/ Come back and help me fight this
l bloodhound. called the Representative
/ tangling his zoology in the excitement
/ but his friends had their second wind
/ and continued their hignr.
When Mr. Harding's plight seemed
1 most desperate, a cad1ie advanced as
| an ally. He walked up 10 the befIfg-
] zie with the handle Of a brassie. The
/ buck reiterated. and when second blow
4 was aimed at MIN fed.
! Mr. ChOate believes that but for out
1 side interference, the deer would have
| won for him
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CHILD'S DREADFUL
SKIN TROUBLES
Had Sixty BOiIs when but Six Months
0lS-Was Annually attacked by
a Humor-It Looked Red Like a
Scald and Spread Over Half Her
Head-Both Troubles are Cured.
NO PRAISE TOO HIGH FOR
THE CUTICURA REMEDIES

when my little Vivian was about
SIX months old. her papa had q boil On
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HOUSE Of HEARTS
PRIESTESS Welded
Mrs. Brown Now Writing
Memoirs of Her Love
Syndicate.

NEW YORK, July Z7.-AIrs. Izeia w.
Brown, high priestess Of the House Of
Hearts. and head Of the notorious Love
Syndicate which flourished in West
Eighty-second street two years ago
was married, according 70 report from
Boston. at St Johns. Newfoundland.
May n, to Robert II. Reid, formerly OF
Montreal. They were married at the
home OF Kenneth Prowse BIZ the Rev
Andrew Robertson.
As the couple were unknown in St
Johns no attention was paid by the
townspeopie 20 the marriage. and il
was only yesterday that the secret
leaked out The news viii surprise a
score or more OF ardent but disappoint-
ed admirers in this and other cities OF
ten high priestess and her assistant,
the late Bina Verrault.
Writing Her Memoirs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid are supposed to be
symewhere IN Newfoundland at present.
keeping house in the proverbiaI love
cottage, while Mrs. Reid is engaged in
writing ner memories OF the Love Syn
dicate with the aid Of two Massachu-
etts writer's. one a Boston newspaper
man. who are at present arranging and
CLASSIFYING the scores OF AIGent love
letters received by the Love Syndicate,
with their answers
Meanwhile many men who were visi-
tors at the House OF Hearts. IN West
Eighty-secOnd street, are trembling lest
their Identity be so thinly yelled that
they viii be recognized in the train OF
admirers who paid court TO the syn
dicate.
Dominic Sought Mate.
One dominic in a Jersey hamlet paid
ardent court to one Of the fascinating
beauties OF the Love Syndicate by spe-
ciaI delivery letters. He didn't want 10
leave his happy home Tor her. so he
proposed that she would go over 10
Jersey and preside over the parsonage
and superintend the weekend meetings
OF the ladies' aid society. Thai he was
disappointed in his matrimonial hopes
friends or the woman say was not
strange, for IL was crowns and not
crosses that the fair mistress OF the
House OF Hearts was after.
The book which Mrs Reid is com
piIinE VIII contain hundreds of ardent
letters from volunteer wooers such as
might have been written IN the ancient
days or chivalry. II Will be published ~
the early fall In Boston. under the
title OF Memories OF the Love syn
dicate."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
A Flower that Blooms in
the Sierra Mountains.

One thing that fails to interest all who
see it, when it is found on the mountain heights
of the Sierras, is the snow plant, known to bot
anists as the Sarcodes sanguinea, meaning blooded
flesh. No flesh blood could be as exquisitely
beautiful; imagine rosy and snow-tinted, crowd
ed hyacinth, from eight to twenty inches in height
every miniature bell wound about by rosy and
frosted silver ribbon, all topped by huge head of
asparagus in hoar frost and silver The frosted
paplia is very marked on every sepal and bract.
Though the whole translucent spike is flushed with
rose and carmine, the petals the deepest and
most brilliantly colored parts of the flower, which
is five parted, and each open showing slightly
the stamens and pistis.
There have been seen specimens bearing eighty
perfect flowers and psuedo-bulb twenty-five inch
es in circumference, brittle almost spun glass,
and although solid as pineapple when first dug
up dried away to the size of the stem. All attempts
at cultivation have thus far failed the bulbs
fusing to stand transplanting and the seeds to
sprout 1t was said that they would not sur
vive below the level of the summer snow line, but
they have been since almost covering the
ground far below. The snow banks SEEM however,
to protect them from the winds sweeping among
the mountains, and they make their early growth
and development beneath the driven SHOWS, and
when the approach of summer leaves the surface
of the ground exposed it is covered in Few days
with the red crowns of the snow plants.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

Necessity leads thousands of and women
into whatever kind of work invites and compen
safes. Circumstances bring about changes and
interchanges. Adaptability excludes selection and
establishes persons where they qualified Self
preferment is allotted only to the few. Lines of
endeavor filled somewhat by choice, but most
ly through demands and requirements. Individu-
ais have to adjust themselves to conditions i'm
posed by nature and society.
1t impresses the casual observer that many
occupations would be vacant were choice to gov
ern, or If all persons had similar incentives and
desires The mines, excepting those containing
fabulous wealth, would remain sealed, ships would
be without stokers, lighthouses would have no
tenders, nations would have no guardians in arms,
exploration would halt, science would falter, civil
lization would retrogress and the masses would
be attracted only to positions guaranteeing ease
and comfort.
Life is thought to be composed of failures be-
cause men deviate from their original courses and
engage in different occupations, because men are
restrained from choosing their work and adhering
to their first ideas, because the shifting of posi-
tons goes steadily on, because circumstances are
cffecting surprising changes. But these seeming
failures not really failures. The percentage of
graduates from technical professional institu-
tions who achieve success and continue at their
chosen employments is very small; a large per-
centage of persons enter fields for which they are
not fit. The failures are in fact, successes, for
they generally point in the right direction.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
cMy Sweet Dorothy.
Continued from page IL.

of you I've no doubt it will be, for you have
a certain responsibility laid upon your young
shoulders which, am sure, will prove blessing
in disguise"
Dorothys hand had already sought mine under
the table, token of sympathy 1t lay pressed
in mine, soft and responsive to the feeling that
stirred my heart, my fathers friend spoke. He
continued:
There is no reason why you may not achieve
as great measure of success did your father
before you"
At this, Dorothy squeezed my hand so earnestly
that was compelled to turn my attention to her
read in her eyes such hearty concurrence in all
that her father was saying, such hopeful auguries
for the future, as to almost set at naught my own
forebodings
My beautiful day was over. I had been so
heartily welcomed by everybody, cordially
urged to pick up the old life where it had been
dropped before they had gone abroad, that I
should be pardoned, l think for letting myself go
for bit-for taking off the check rein which
curbed my desire.
Besides Dorothy went to the door with me.
Her hand lay soft and warm in my clasp for
few minutes When she turned her appealing
trustful eyes toward me felt the sweet, subtle
charm assert itself irresistiby. My heart pleaded
wildly for its rights. She saw the pleading.
think Dorothy began then to understand
thing about
Continued next week
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

Among the Romans no marriage was celebrated
until augury had been consulted and its auspices
had proven favorable. On her wedding day the
bride dressed in long white robe adorned
with ribbons purple fringe, and round her waist
she wore girdle of wool, which the most i'm
portant part of her wedding finery. Her corona
nuptials, or bridal wreath, was made of verbenas,
gathered by herself, and worn under bright
yellow vail, which half raised as the last words
of the ceremony spoken, that the hair on her
forehead might be parted by the tip of warriors
spear. Returning to the house of the bridegroom,
she meeky approached her husband, who in the
presence of the assembled company unloosened the
girdle of wool sign of her abandonment of
virgin condition, and nuptial kiss completed the
ceremony
The ceremonies of the ancient Germans were
simple, and consisted chiefly in feastng and merry
making young man could scarcely hope for an
honorable alliance until he had distinguished him.
self in The bridegroom having made his
selection, sent a mutual friend to the brides
father and, customary in those days, learned
what price was set upon his daughter and the
amount of her dowry. If satisfactory terms could
be made, the friend received her and her portion,
and attended by this guardian, she conducted
to her new home Here they were linked together,
by the arms and legs, and supported between them
emblem of pair of burning hearts with child
dancing on their letters. The man held spade
and the woman a distaff and spindle, and in the
presence of their friends they pledged fidelity to
each other and drank to their gods and heroes
The brides friends then took her upon their shoul
ders and carried her to the nuptial chamber. The
custom of the morgengabe, morning gift is still
in vogue in many places, and it is supposed to be
some piece of jewelry or money to commemorate
the day
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

Mr.. Harden made polite remark in German to
the man next to him, and sure enough the mans
reply made in German. But just then the
man at the other end leaned forward, touched his
friends arm, and fixing a narrow look on the
author, said Nothing doing. He amt got no gold
watch" Mr.. Harden, much amused, turned to his
friend and said, well, that's a good joke"
what did you say?" demanded the enemy.
II said that was a good JOKE" repeated Mr. Har
ben, genially.
Suddenly the three arose and started to go,
urged by Mr.. Harbens antagonist, who resented
that joke remark with one last Notwithstanding
speech
"Say! Are you loolin for trouble?" he de-
manded. "Oh, no." said Mr.. Harden, sadly, mot
for trouble-only for Germans"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
Odd and Perilous Occu-
pations.

Not as many as half of the worlds workers pick
their several occupations. Nature and society
force demands upon the individual which prevent
free choice. Frequently choice is unmade
through circumstances. Laborers rise unexpected
ly to emnence in professions, while persons edu-
Gated to higher efforts drift into domains to which
they had given thought, but for which they
find themselves to be adaptable In fact
eliminating criminals and such types it is prob
ably the rule that most people, no matter how
they start, ultimately come into work which they
like and for which they are fit.
The news furnished in the daily newspapers
calls attention to the ncaculabe diversity of pur
suits followed in all parts of the world and to the
various impulses toward employments. Work is
done inside the earth, under the sea, in unex-
plored wilds where earth and meet in the air.
in every conceivable hazard, from every imagina-
BILE motive for every plausible purpose. Occupa-
tions strange as the world ITSELF as odd as
human nature and perilous as the uncertainty
of life.