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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Yachting Party

Yachting Party.
Mrs. Horne, Miss Oliver and Mr..
Harry Reed, of Washington, who have
been yachting In Hampton Roads,
spent yesterday in Richmond.
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prosperous, and he and his brother
opened a small jewelry store in
Maiden Lane.
Again Adolph promised his wife
tribute to the support of his
daughter, Sadie, now grown old
enough TO assist her mother in
life of drudgery. The wife once
more began to hope. but it was
short-lived.
SpitzeI began to hear tales Of his
brother, Louis, and his success as
a business associate of Ii Hung
Chang in far-off Oriental fields.
He wrote Louis, and Louis replied
on Oriental letter-heads that told
of extensive Eastern connections.
great opportunities, and much
wealth for the sagacious business
man Of the West. Adolph was once
more seized with the wanderIust.
the iewelry and diamonds in his
little shop in New York lost their
lusteT. and China and Ii Hung
Chang doomed up Gloriously in the
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him as dead. then again she would
hear something that denoted that
she was still a wife, although a
neglected one, and she toiled on
in the sweatshop as best she
could-hoping, hoping
Six years after he had left her
in his enthusiasm to reap an Au-
stralian harvest her husband re-
turned to New York. He appeared
at her doorway. not as a rich man,
but as a penniless and ragged beg
gar. On his knees he begged for
giveness, telling a pitiful tale of
trials across the sea. Woman
like she forgave and took him back
and then while he recuperated she
peddled neckties and shoestrings
upon the street and bought him
clothes.
In short time Adolph had been
established in little East Side
shop by Max Erler, his wife's
brother. and Erler says the ven
ture exhausted his small savings.
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WOman's Pitlful Tale.

4 strange, pitiful tale is that
told by Mrs. Spitzel after suffering
in silence for all these years. The
Aladdin-lilSe career of her husband,
now rich beyond measure, while
she s5eams in a sweatshop, the
early vicissitudes of the two when
they were constant to each other,
and the desperate fight the now
destitute and forsaken wife is max
ing to gain portion of her hus-
bands vast wealth, pictures a trag-
edy from real life with the stage
scenes shifting from Europe to
America aIterna tely.
The Spitzels were married. she
says, iwenty-four years ago when
they were both employed as finish
ers of furs in a little shop on the
East Side of New York. owned by
the woman's brother-in-law. Some
years before the two had met in
Montreal and on coming across one
anofher again IN the hard fight
for life in the American metropo-
lis. they were drawn to one anoth-
er, because we were lonely in
big city"
For a few months they were
happy in their humble way until
one night the husband came home
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to the United States in 1896 as
sort of advance agent for Ii Hung
Chang. which is indicative OF the
close relations Of the trio. When
he arrived in New York, in Noyem-
Der. 1896. he said he ives the mana
ger of the Thames Iron Works, Of
China.
Mrs. spitzel learned in some way
Of the arrival Of her wealthy
brother-in-law, and sought him out
at his fashionable New York hotel.
She managed to gain an audience,
and states that she found him bs-
decled in the costliest of Oriental
robes, heavy rings of gold, and
many diamonds. He gave her q
$50 gold piece, with a motto on it,
and told her not to worry about
Adolph His brother, he said,
would soon return to America q
rich man. and would set up a homs
for himself and wife and children
on Fifth avenue.
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He Came But Didn't stay.

Her husband did come later, she
claims, but merely walked into her
two-room apartment one night to
tell her that all was over between
them, and that she must cease go
regard herself as his wife.
You cannot fill the place OF nv
wife," he is said to have remarked
in brusque tone. you have none
of the graces of a society woman.
You lack in beauty as well as in
tellect." She told her husband that
it was not her fault that she had
been compelled to slave for a liv-
ing, and upbraided him for coming
TO her home under cover of dark
ness, because in all his elegance he
was ashamed to be seen wish her
in the daytime in the squaior Of
the Sums in which she lived. As
before, her pleas were-unavailing,
and few days later her husband
left the city, never again to return
TO her home. He has been IN New
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he Disappears Again.

But at length the attractions of
a business of his own and four
room fat palled upon A.dolph
Spitzel. Signs of increasing rest
lessness became apparent and his
wife's uneasiness grew apace. Two
years after his return he had again
disappeared and as suddenly as be-
fore. With another brother.
Aaron, he drifted to Canada and
thence to London. What the two
did on these wanderings has never
been made known to the wife, but
in short while spitzeI was again
in New XsTk. this tine apparently
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and suddenly announced that he
was going To Australia He had
received a letter from brother,
Louis, who wanted him to join him
in the diamond brokerage business
there. IA vain the wife pleaded
with him to stay, at least until the
child they were expecting had been
born. But Spitzel shook his head.
began to rack his grip and in a
short time was gone Soon he
would return or send for his wife
she was led to believe as he unfold
ed to her the golden opportunities
offered in the rich foreign laud.
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Happy that she had regained her
husband and in hope o. retaining
him Mrs. Spitzel economical and
helped in order that they might
have more attractive home and
the couple took four-room fat in
East Sizty-sixth street.
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Great Fortune Begun.

Ii seemed to like Adolph as well
as he did Louis, and the beginning
of the great fortune for which the
wife is now fighting was assured.
1t was just after the China-Japa-
nese war, and the Spitzels are said
TO have amassed about $4,000. 900
from his contracts with the Chi
nese government for ammunition
and supplies. secured with Lis
good will. The spitzels had also
succeeded in forming a chain #
pawnbrokerage shops throughout
the empire, and the wealth of Ii
Hung Chang and the Americans
waxed great at the high rates Of
interest charged.
Louis Spitzel is said to have come
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She still tolls in a workshop. He
is said to live in mansion and to
be worth millions. At last she has
grown desperate and viii attempt
10 have him brought back to Amer
lea where she may sue for divorce
and alimOny. Andin this her young
son is helping her.
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~ tolls in a sweatshop,
while her husband lolls
in millions made in the
Orient, Herman Spitzel,
a siNteen-year-old East Side tene-
ment boy returned to New York
a few days ago after an unsuccess-
ful search for his father.
Spitzel saved up enough money
10 go TO London. where he pro-
posed to see his rich father and
demand that lie care for the wife
he had deserted in New York years
ago He reached there only to find
that Adolph Spitzel was in China.
Disconsolate he returned to New
York to await his fathers return
TO his London home. Then Her
mans mother and her lawyer pro-
poses to accomplish his arrest and
10 have him stand trial for deser-
ton.
SpitzeI, formerly himself an East
Side sweatshop inmate, is said to
have amassed a fortune in the
Orient as business associate of Ii
Hung Chang by furnishing pro-
visions for wars in the Far East.
lie has seen a checkered career
over twenty years ago he deserted
his wife, but returned at intervals,
poverty stricken. and was taken
back by the forgiviug woman.
Again he would wander away to
different parts of the world in
search of fortune. Finally be
found ii and in the days of pros
perity has failed 10 return to the
wife Of his poverty or TO provide
for her.
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Woman Lived in Hope.

Once in Australia. however, the
wife gradually lost trace of her
husband. Occasionally she would
hear vague rumors of his where
abouts from relatives. As to his
successes or his failures she knew
nothing. At times she uourned
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future. He forsook his tenement
for the beauties of the Oriental
mansion. and in time reached
China and shook the hand Of the
great Ii Hung Chang.
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aContlnn.s =, - -
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Mrs AdOlph SpIfZcI, the
devoted wife, SIQVinQ in
. SWedtShOp.
2.-AdOIDh Spiel. the tru-
AMI huSbGnd, said TO be
muIfI-niIIIOndire.
3,-HlrS. Sadie WeinbSrQ,
their daughter.
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S LNYOY of a mother who
tolls in weatshop,
while her husband Tolls
in millions made in the
Orient. Herman SnitzeI.
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Naval PrOcraStinafion

1t Is unfortunate. II It Is true. that the
new naval scout cruisers Birmingham.
Chester. and Salem may not be taken on
the proposed comparative runs to demon
strate relative endurance and economy OF
operation, in time 20 have the data avail
able for use in deciding whether the new
battle ships Florida and Utah. author
ized at the last session OF Congress-. and
about TO be designed. shall be equipped
with reclprocating engines or turbines.
or, II with turbines. whether Of the Curtis
or Parsons type Of that mechanism. The
three scouts are equipped. respectively.
with the three methods OF motive power.
the Birmingham having the reclprocating
engines. the Salem carrying the Curtis
turbine. and the Chester being installed
with the Parsons turbine II was planned
some time ago 10 take these vessels on
trips which would be under identical con-
ditions OF weather and course. equipped
with the same quantity and character Of
fuel, and with the water welghed-all
with the idea Of arriving at facts which
would be useful in guiding the naval en-
gineers to an accurate comprehension OF
distinctive forms Of motive power.
1t seems that, while the scouts are to
be put through these comparative PAGES,
the runs are not to occur until the design
OF the machinery OF the Florida and
Utah Is likely to be finished It would
appear to be in the interest Of naval ef-
fciency, represented by speed and endur-
ence Of ships Of war. TO have these scout
runs held without delay, or. II this Is not
possible to defer the completion Of the
plans OF the battle ships until full ad-
vantage may be taken OF the existing
facilities Of acquiring useful technical in
formation. which shall be based upon
practical experience and actual observa-
ton, and not upon theory. however ex-
pert. or guided by conflicting claims OF
those interested. for one or another rea-
son. in this or that form OF motive
DOWnr
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SCARCE WOOD PULP.
Paper Trust Sits Tight. and Is Not
Afraid.
- IL lndiarnnolis ~

From the indianapolis News
The paper trust retains its grip and is
unafraid OF the commission that was an
pointed TO sit and expected to do moth
Ing II is far more likely that science.
rather than Congress, VIII come 70 the
relief Of publishers,
Recognizing that the forests OF the
United States are stiu able for a few
years only TO furnish materials for paper
pulp. and fOreseeing an early scarcity OF
wood pulp. scientists have made experi-
mental tests 20 determine the availability
OF substitute. The possible sources Of
fiber that may be used In manufacturing
paper dn addition to those now commonly
employed are. as enumerated by the For
est Service at Washington. D. c.: Wild
hemp. growing IN quantities in the South
west. particularly along the Colorado
River. untold millions Of tons Of corn
stalks that now go TO waste or are burn
ed IN the fields cotton stalks. 100000
tons OF which annually are plowed under
or burned I'm Southern cotton fields: a
million and a half tons OF fax stalks that
remain after twinemskers take all they
want, 100000 tons OF fiber that adheres 10
~NN~'A4 S'EA anu Nl4hl IL IeQ along with
the seed 10 live stock. depreciating the
value Of the seed.
All these materials are now wasting ex-
cePt that a small percentage Of them
goes back into the soil as fertilizers. All
are believed TO be available materials FOR
papcr-making. but final tests showing
practicability have not yet been made A
machine has been invented 20 separate
the lint from the cotton seed and paper
makers believe they can use the lint. The
haX stalks, u has been demonstrated
make excellent paper. Corn stalks, cot
ton stalks. and wild hemp yield fine
hber and tests on small scale Indicate
that paper can be made from these.
The inventive genius of man Is one Of
the things that distinguishes him from
the rest Of animal kind. Give him light.
heat. air. and the raw materials and he
Will provide for himself. On this princi-
pie We presume that a paper supply will
always be found. But this is only a con-
ISOLATION. and is not a justification for the
criminal waste OF the materials now
used i'm making Danar
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dustry In gathering together fragments Of
leftover meals wherewith TO concoct the
hash? These are important questions. and
are neither to be brushed aside with a
song nor waved away with lovers sigh.
1t is all very well for roses to Chamber
over her lattice: for honeysuckle to cling
20 her front yard fence. Even the mock
ing bird singing all night long is not OBJ
tectionable-though we don't see the use
OF it-and all the rest OF II may be fine
enough. from a sentimental point OF view
But words are cheap; hot air is en- easily
acquired commodity. The grim fact stares
us in the face-on the Posts own au-
thority-that forty thousand Of her kind
recently crowned with the glory OF we'd
lock- are at this writing red-hared
widows.
We must say we have our doubts about
this alleged ''pinionless angel" The way
she approaches her victims and inveigles
a certain percentage of them into matri-
mony is plain enough. perhaps; but the
way she disposes OF them is mystery
we have never seen satisfactorily explain
ed. Until this doubt is removed from tho
Texas girls escutcheon. We shall feel COM
PEELED to advise our young men friends TO
keep their distance.
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Feel the simmer of the summer?
Texas Brides and Widows

The Houston Post is at It again. This
time IL is all about the Incompatible. be-
witching, beauteous. and so forth Texas
bride. few Of whom managed 10 make
good during the June just passed-which
was a leap-year June, it will be rerner-
bered.
The Post. having sighted one 10 It's
fancy. burst into song anent the class as
whole. and rapturously relieves its pent-
UP enthusiasm thus:
She Is ssuinc-scentsd. rosy checked. rcd.
headed. pinionles' angel. and more. She is a sock
darner and pants-patcher. She is battercske-
rapper and wafHe-turner Shc is pie architect
and iayercake contractor. And chicken-frycr and
hash-constructor tor the gods
The roses Chamber over the latticss Of her home
The honCsuckles cling 70 her front ward fenor
The mockng birds sing all nigh, long in the tree
tops while she sleeps.
''sbe is not msrly q delight and nn inspira,,on
but an Incompatible institution"
She is sock-darner. is she? She is n
battercake-happer and wafle-turner: a
pie architect and layer-cake contractor.
eh? What sort OF Job does she mike OF
the darning? What is the average weight
OF her cake7 What is the limit OF her in
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DiphthCrin spread.

From The London Advertiser.
The enormous mortality from diphtheris
among wood pigeons Of late years has
formed the subject OF investigation by
medical men for some time past and as
"a result of their labors we have been
assured that the bacterium which caused
this mortality was not communicable
either 20 man or 10 other animals. But
Or. ". l.. Sambon. OF the London school
Of Tropical Medicine has just contributed
a long account OF the disease to the
Lancet. wherein he contends that in sup
posing the virulcnce Of this disease 10 be
confined 10 the wood pigeon we are prob
ably laboring under a grave mistake. He
has. Al any rate. shown. il he has not
actually proved. that the wood pigeon
bacillus is equally destructive TO the do
meSticated pigeons and that these I'm
turn infect game birds and domesticated
fowls. The latter carry the disease into
the cattle Yards and stables Of farms.
viCtimZnE the horses on the one hand
and cows on the other Thence the team
ster and the milkman among the farm
hands become Infected, the latter distrib-
uting the germs with the milk sent to
town
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commissioned. ConerntuIntcd.

From the Pat-ician lSt. Patrick's Chu,chl
We offer our hearty congratulations 10
our Commissioners, MessrS Macfarland.
West. and Mai Morrow. on the occasion
CT the completion and dedication OF the
new District Building. In the midst Of
the many architectural masterpieces
which adorn the National Capital. this
new building. while distinct in its STYLE.
will not suffer In comparison with any
other II is a credit to the people OF the
District, and will be to the honor of the
Commissioners. who devoted 70 its per-
fectiOn I'm every detail their unwearied
attention. The cost Of the building is suf-
hCient guarantee that il was secured
from any sinister influence H. its con-
struction. In this respect II viii reflect
glory on the men who We're taithful TO
the trust reposed in them. The people
and clergy OF ST. Patrick's beg To express
the hope that our Commissioners will
long continue to enjoy the confidence OF
the people Of Washington, and TO grace
by their administration the District Build
ing.
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Our District Government.

The anomalous form Of the Districts govern
ment has often been The subject Of comment by the
student and the historian and yet it has been gen
orally recognized that city in the country enjoys
better record Tor clean and efficient admiuis,ra-
ton '-Secretary Cortelyou.
The Secretary Of the Treasury spoke the
literal, unadulterated truth when he gave
utterance TO the foregoing statement at
the dedication of the new District Build
ing. BY no means the acme Of perfection
sometimes extravagantly claimed for It.
the government OF the District Of Colum-
bia, nevertheless, Is and long has been
exceptionally free from graft and scandal.
1t is clean and efficient" as a rule and,
We believe, will continue so.
AS we have remarked before. some day
it may be deemed the part OF wisdom.
for the sake of concentration of au-
thority and responsibility, 10 ask for
change from three heads TO one head
to a governor perhaps But the time
is not yet; and when Il does come. the
change will not be inaugurated as the
result of a brazen propaganda started
by public utility monopoly through re-
sentiment OF duty righteously performed by
the three Commissioners we now have in
intervening for the public good to estop
a gas stock imitation scheme. Nor will
heed be given to outside counsel In the
matter-to the advice of mayors of cities
whose records almost invariably show
two years Of msladmnistration for every
two years OF good administration.
No other place offers conditions to be
dealt with at all analogous 10 those Of
Washington; and Washington, with tho
help Of Congress. viii deal with all prob
lens arising, regardless Of the gratuitous
opinions Of well-meaning rulers OF other
municipalities that may better be attend
ing 70 their own business
Mr. John JOY Edison, at the dedication
exercises. made a suggestion fun Of time
ly wisdom. and which we desire to empha-
size. when he said:
That serious consideration should be sir,-t.5 in
the near future 20 the matter nf having relations
Of the general and District governments well and
justly defined and permanently settled to the end
that all that Is necessary may he retained by Fed
eTal authority and all that is possible left 10 the
citizens and the District government"
This is subject worthy Of considera-
tion, and We join with Mr.. Edison in
hoping that those relations NAV. al an
early date, be clearly and definitely fixed.
II will make for the still greater eni-
.ciency Of our District government. and.
at the same time. promote the further
welfare and happiness Of our citizens.
What we need is sober, unseInsh con
sideratlon Of District problems. Of which
we have few, and less noisy agitation by
mischief-rnakers and schemers with axes
TO grind. OF which. also. We have a few
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Press Boycott.

From the Charleston Post
The recent curious boycott Of the press
in the Berlin Parliament has a precedent
in the mother Of parliaments. the British
House Of Commons. A writer in the cur
rent Harper's Weekly recalls that the
person involved was no less a celebrity
than the late Daniel OConneH. He con-
demned the inaccuracy Of the Parlia-
mentary reports, but he forgot to make
allowance for acoustic difficulties and the
buzz Of intervening conversation. He
charged the reporters with the malicious
suppression Of his speeches. and the gal
lery then refused 10 report him at all
Dan stormed and thundered in vain. even
moving that the ring-leaders be brought
TO the bar OF the House. Finally he apol-
ogized, and all was we'll. LORD Lyttleton.
in lSn. fell foul Of the press in the same
way. and the late Lord Monteagle had his
name omitted from London newspaper re-
ports for two years because he said some
thing the reporters did not like
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REPUBLICAN pIsCoRp.
Emphasized by CannOn's Washing
ton speech.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The Republican convention tried TO
smooth over differences in the party by
glittering generalities in its platform and
nominating a reactionary as a running
mate for the candidate selected by the
President But the harmony 80 secured
was entirely superficial, and the discom-
fited allies" and reactionaries are not
trying very hard 10 keep up appearances.
They had a celebration in Washington
on the Fourth. and Speaker Cannon was
an impromptu orator. He relieved his
mind a bit and gave interesting evidence
Of what is going on among the anti
Roosevelt Republicans. a small detection
OF whom from Taft would give the Pres
idency 10 the Democratic candidate. Hav-
ing reminded his audience that the stop
page Of the railroads for a week would
preciptate starvation and bankruptcy.
he gave evidence that he had not Joined
the Roosevelt and Taft column by saying
Il have no sympathy with that class Of
men, generally found in yellow journals
and undertaking magazines, who would
destroy the corporations We OF Congress
correct the abuses OF corporations when
correction is necessary. have seen hys-
terra before the civil war and after il.
But the hysteria Of the past six years
eHuld give cards and spades to the hys-
terra of that time"
Mr.. Cannon cid not need to explain that
If the persons he denounced were gen
orally found in yellow journals and muck
raking magazines they are sometimes
found IN White Houses. and that the hys-
terra OF the past six years comedies with
the Roosevelt administration But lest he
should be thought too vague in his allu-
sions to the President he added:
This country has been blessed with a
long line OF distinguished Presidents. but
no power on earth can keep a man in the
Presidential chair ono hour after his term
has expired. He then becomes a dis
tinguished 'eX and weighs $50. 200 or
800 pounds. But withal he is a mere
man.
Mr. Roossveit's weight is about 200. or
rising Of that Mr. Taft's is close 10 300.
Mr. Cannon is evidently looking forward
longingly to the date when Mr. Roose-
welt will again become "A mere man
VIII he do any unnecessary amount Of
work in trying TO replace him with his
heavier heir?