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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
STICKS TO BRAKES
ON DERAILED CAR
Motornan J. A. Bowers Is Praised
for Work on Georgia
Avenue.

Officials of the BriEhtwOOd branch
OF the Washington Railway and Electric
Company are paying a tribute 10 the
courage and alertEess Of j. A. Bowers,
a motorman Of car No 2l5o who yes
terday afternoon prevented what would
otherwise have been a serious accident
by sticking TO his car and applying the
brakes when 10 left the rails and nearly
crashed into an embankmCuJ-
The car was moving swiftly down
Georgia avenue when 70 suddenly ca
reened to one side and left the track
Bowers put the brakes on nard and
stopped the car as 10 reached the CEN
Ter OF the road. but NOT until after 60
had FIRST crashed sidewise into a pole
supporting the overhead wire damaging
the car and spIntering the pole.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
SCRIBES AT CLUE.

TIE newspaper men Of Washington
celebrated Christmas with music and
feasting at the National Press Club.
Arthur c. Johnson, secretary to the
club. was presented with fob and
stick pin AS evidences Of the apprecia-
tion felt by the members Of the club
for his Efficient work in performing the
duties Of his office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
KEEP LOST ARTICLES.

Persons who during the holiday rush
lost or misiaid DockctboOks or mis-
Ccilaneous articles viii get them back
81 thew bg any chance have fallen into
tho hands of n city pOstodice empIoye.
Acting pOstmastcr Merritt has directed
that an found articles be turned into
his office 50 thal they may Doe returned
TO their owners Immediately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Writes Mayor
Expressing Thanks.

And I remembered a letter the stricken
father had written the mayor TO say:
Would that I could express to you
how deeply thankful both Mrs. Kell-
ner and ! feel for your kind and sub
stantial aid in trying to find our darling
little one. God alone knows
what these long, long days have been
to us, but we do want you and every
body else to know how deeply grateful
we are for all that has been and is
being done for us. But. On, Cod how
we do beg for our child"
The love that makes Christmas is
the greatest love in life. The very
heart OF it throbs IN this cry from a
father whose heart is breaking for the
love OF little child. While you and
and all the world pour OF It bound
Iessly on younsters close enough to
reflect the glitter OF the Christmas
cand es in their own bright eyes With
so much in our store surely We will
not regret having given a little to these
heaT-heavy sufferers a thousand miles
q war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Mr.. Fehr
Wants PRELIMINARY invest alton.

Mr.. Fehr would not trust the father
to 20 without a preliminary investiga-
ton. He asked that the stray child
be brought 10 the phone.
How would you like to see your little
brother Freddie he began.
oh, / would like that" came back
In tones that recalled a thousand mem
cries of his lost niece.
Would you Ike TO play with your
sister Mlunie?''
.'Oh, yes indeed
"Weu, would YOU like 70 see your
poppa and momma2'
The answer puzzled him.
81 haven't any norua and momma.'
Still il seemed to Mr. Fehr that Mr..
Kellner ought to go and sec the little
girl.
The young father boarded the train
with his heart steeled against disap-
pointment. He had been told OF the
girls statement that she had no parents.
He would keep a grip on himself no
matter what happened. Through his
ride of many minutes ne ignored the
stares Of the curious. He left the train
by the front platform au6 so escaped
the crowd at the station. He did not
speak on the way to the jail. His
greetings to the officials were almost
curt, in spite Of himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
CHILE ORDERS CANNON.

SANTIAGO. Chile, Dec. 26-NIore than
90 cannon for coast and boundary forts
have been ordered from the Krupp fac
tories IN Germany By the Chilean gov
eminent. They are 70 be delivered with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Fowl Taste

GOOD while you're eating it
XMAS TIME-bad-awful bad in
YOUR MOUTH the day after if
YOU fail to take a CASCARET al
bed time to help nature remove
the over-drinking and eating load,
Don't neglect to have Cascarets
with you to start the New Year
right. They simply help nature
help YOU
CASCARETS Toe a box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
in the world Million boxes "a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26

KeIlner family, How many of us. 7
wonder, would have answered as she
did2
"Oh, you must not think that tt
wouldn't bring Alma. any NEARER to have
all Louisville unhappy. Gcd didn't mean
to take their Christmas away, too. lie
will give US back our baby. And, oh, Ne
has put it into the hearts Of these people
TO be so kind, You know His peace is
on His world. On. it is: il is
And I thought OF the outpouring Of
sympathy from the first news of this
little girls disappearance.
How the sisters and the students of
the clustered school where the little girl
was known so well and loved so dearly
were praying every day that she might
be brought back safe and well.
How the churches OF every faith ioin-
ed in the prayer
How the neighDors had searched for
hor
How Olj Katie Martin. Alma's negro
mammie, had pottered from alley to
alley. on hGnt she felt she could man
age better than the police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
WARNING TO PARENTS!

WARNING TO PARFNTSt
The. Milk Conference. appointed bv the
District Commissioners, in view Of the
MANY DANGERS OF RAW MILK.
advised the
HOME PASTEURIZING
or all UnpasteuriZed milk by bringing
il TO the boiling point, then withdraw
cool, and keep cold and covered until
used.
Parents are particularly warned
against the erroneous opinion held bv
some that properly pasJeuriZtng Affects
either the djgestibility or the nUtritive
value Of the milk. or that as a rule il
produces any harmful effects whatso-
ever.
SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF
SICKNESS.
1853 Columbia road.
z. Berliner, Secretary.
We favor stringent law prohibiting
the sale or use in ICE CREAM, of any
cream not pasJeuriZed.
Pamphlet, THE CARE OF BABIES
AND THEIR FOOD" free on sppIica-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Hunt Woman
Who Called Mysteriously.

The response was immediate Private
detectives reported. COnstables and
deputies took a new interest in the
case. Chicago teIeEraphed the finding
Of a woman corresponding precisely to
the mysterious caller at the j. r. Kell-
ner residence on the day OF Alma's dis
appearance. Half a dozen little girl
strays were held until the inevitable
discrepancy could be detected. Clair
yoyants came forward with assertions
SO confident that the police took them
iu hand for a general sweating" But
the fruit Of it all was only continued
failure.
A week had passed between the dav
OF the Assumption Of the Virgin Mary
and the Offering Of the reward. The
reluctant minds OF the parents were
now driven to follow those Of the
neighbors and consider other possibII-
ties than kidnapping. Alma might have
strayed % a creek nearby and been
drowned. She might have wandered
down town 10 look into the Christmas
windows and been lost. She might
have been lured into some alley and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26

Inc secret Of how 10 use the mysterious
and Invisible nature forces for the cure of
Deafness and Head Noises has at last been
discovered by the "a nous lciau-ssctcnrfsr
Dr. Guy Clifford Powell Deafness ana Hal
NOSES disappear rs ~ by magic under the
use or lnls new and wonderful discovery He
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Head Noises fun information how thev ca, b.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Strangers Pledge
Support At Mass Meeting.

How a mass meeting was held and
each one OF the hundreds Of strangers
who attended pledged himself to search
his own block.
How, in the Pullman, as I rode 10
Louisville, the train conductor. the
sleeping car conductor, and all the pas
sengers Joined in worried talk of the
case.
How the spiritualists came together
and besought the spirits to guide them
10 the daughter of an unbeIiever.
How the city council appropriated
$1,000, and a firm of political managers
at odds with Mr.. Fehr came forward
with $500 more, TO open the hands OF the
captOrs il the child should still be alive.
How the police were on their feet,
some Of them, throughout tie first forty
hours Of the hunt.
How one of the newspapers made the
combing Of the countryside the first
duty of its entire corps of CORRESPOND
ents and agents.
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Continued from Fourth Pase.)

this Christmastide can imagine But
they proved every one sickening disap-
poiutment. This one asked in a scrawl
for $4,000, but did not tell where IL
was to be put. This one told Of q wO-
man corresponding in her apparel with
the mysterious caller at Grandmother
kellner's house, who had taken child
in a red hat to the red light district Of
Jefersonvillc across the river, and when
the most careful combing had been done
OF the entire district there was word Of
neither child nor captor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
Kellners Come
Into Blessing BY Chance.

The idea was IF course prepOsterOus
on general principles. But IT was speci-
ally impossible in this case. The Kell-
ners did not come into their blessing
OF happiness by chance. They owed 81
TO an Unusua! love for each other and
their fellows. 1t would take a particu-
lar hardness Of heart I'm an outsider to
inaict this pain on either mother or
father; and here in the very heart Of
the family was a particular gentleness,
particular dependence a particular
self placement strengthening the
strongest tie in human life. Eventually
the story died OF its own lack or sub
stance. But while it lived IT added
weight TO a load already so heavy that
these two could hardly stand under IL.
This story and the fruitless dragging
along OF empty days brought about the
offer of reward in spite Of Mr.. Fellr s
reasoning. There IS a new municipal
administration I'm Louisville; II could
not afford to have children stolen with
impunity in the very first month Of its
power. A couHtr- Judge was writing
tie governor u draw upon State funds
The Heilners were themselves coming to
think it would not matter TO them how
many other babies might be stolen II
only they could get back their own.
So a reward was made up-S1 900 from
Mr.. Fehr; $1,000 from the city council.
$500 from the govesnOr for the arrest
OF the abductors: and 500 from the firm
Of Whallen Brothers, who are sort Of
bi-partite Richard Croker for Louisville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26
W IlLcS OIlcI
To Locate Child.

This one offered, without charge. TO
locate the house where the child was;
the writer was a spiritualist; and when
he failed he explained that too many
unbelievcrs were In the automobile.
Telephone calls and kilograms from
towns nearby told Of half dozen little
gll,.. I'm red hats being carried in ped
dler's wagons or moving vans or what
not. Hardly an hour failed to produce
its new failure and none passed with
out its stoaGJ, deepening, increasing
heartache.
Only one thing could be very much
worse than this doubt That was that
the parents should be suspected by their
neighbors of having spirited away their
own child. In two or three days this
new trouble came.
II has been noted that the father is
a protestant and the mother a Catholic.
tt has been seen. also. how the mother
took the children into her faith. Now,
famed by The failure to offer a reward,
and based upon MT Kellner's struggle
to be calm, this difference OF religious
faith was construed into proof that one
of the two parents had stolen the child
from the other. Some had it that Mr..
KeUner, himself a Thirty-second Degree
Mason. had lodged the child in a Ma
sonic home. Some. that Mrs. Kellner
had spirited her TO a convent Ii did
not make much difference which one
was accused. That was the real story
underneath the disappearance of this
baby. no matter what the police might
say
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-26

This Bank is under The supervision Of the Unite
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
His PRAYER.

A good old deacon In Connecticut
was very pious and very fond Of clans.
When once upon time he attended a
Rhode Island clambake he overtaxed
his capacity and was sorely distressed.
But his faith in prayer was unabated.
Leaving the party and going down on
his knees behind a tree. he was heard
to supplicate: Forgive me. o Lord,
this great sin of gluttony. Restore my
health and will never eat any more
clans" Then after judleious pause:
Every few, if any. Apen(5S
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
SAVING an Anelsn, Er..eo.

1t is not only In England that
church restorers are allowed to do
much as they like. An interesting
story comes from Hal. The church is
under restoration, and the workmen
came across traces Of fresco. It's
existence had been unknown, and, ac-
cordlng to the plans, the plaster was
to come away. Fortunately a towns
man knew a process by which the
plaster could be taken off intact on
canvas. He obtained permission to
make the experiment, and 1t has been
carried out with succ, ). He is said
to be now the possessC.' OF valuable
fifteenth century painting. The Brus-
sells museum authorities have learned
Of the existence Of the painting, and
they are endeavoring to prevent the
alienation of this interesting work OF
the middle ages.-London Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
What eeeome. OF III, Conn,

People often wonder, particularly
those who have Travelled for hundreds
OF miles through the corn belt, what
becomes OF the corn which Is grown
every year. In the year 1903, when
the total crop was 2,666,0O0,OOO bush.
els, 241,OO0.00O bushels were consum-
ed In -four and grist mill products
100000 bushels in the manufacture
Of starch, 100000 for malt liquors,
l7OO0,OO0 In the production OF dis.
TILED liquors, 4O,OOO.OO0 for glucose,
l90,000OOO for export and 13,OOOOOO
for seed, making total OF 51S,OOO,-
600 bushels, or 1913 per cent OF the en-.
tire crop, The remaining SO.7 per cent,
or 2,14SO00O00 bushels, seems to have
been used almost entirely for feeding
purpOses.-Corn Reporter
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
ResuIsr.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellington were going
TO the theater.
Mr. Ellington was nervously walt
ing In the hall, taking a few last Inn
patient puffs from his cigar. while
Mrs. Ellington was still upstairs try
ing TO put her hat on her head In such
a manner that she could take II on
again at the theater without disar-
ranging her hair.
aren't you ready yetl' called Bill
llngton.
''ln minute" replied Mrs. Billing
ton, her mouth full OF hatpin
well be later'
Cant help n hurrying as fast AS !
can"
Dear reader, this Is not a short story
or a news happening or a divorce incl
dent. 1t Is merely the faithful account
Of what goes on every evening from
T:45 10 o'clock IN about 100 900 homes
In this broad land, New York Times,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
EIiminatinn Foo.

All navigators will he interested in
the news which comes from Liverpool
that Sir Oliver Lodge recently sue
ceeded in completely clearing away
for radius Of sixty feet thick fog
by means of electrical discharges. The
Marine Journal states that the Lodge
system consists OF driving electricity
into a fog laden atmosphere at a very
high voltage from a series Of disks at
the top Of poles The current acts d.
rectly upon the constituents OF the
fog, the electric influence whirllng
these hither and thlther. causing them
gradually TO fall TO the ground A test
is soon to be made Of the apparutas IN
London.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11

his eyes and iidgeted around, and the
widow continued:
"If you are n widower and after a
wife. why don't you say so and give
us both show? Lord, man, haven't
you any spunkT
"Will you marry me1" he bluDtly
demanded.
Good! That's the way 70 ta'ki
Marry you? Well. I've liked you ever
since the day saw you handle those
bees, and I'll take the proposal under
consideration Cows for sale1 No.
Hogs for sale7 No. All live stock
goes with the farm, including me, and
it's a bargain for some one, even II I
do say It." $500 y
The bashful wooer has thought so.
too, ever since the wedding day.
Hi M QUAD. d.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
Personal

Fred Galloway is visiting friends
at FNt Wayne this week.
MIR. Clarence Long was in Co
lumbus Thursday looking after bus
iness.
MIR. Joe Vogel of Cardon, Penn
sylvania, is spending few days at
Lhe F,ank Levy home.
Mesdamvs =. r. Williams, II. A.
NiApiams and A. Culp were in Green
Camp to attend the funeral SER
vices Of Miss May Wynne today.
A. j. Wendger and sons Gilbent
and Ross are at Cheshire, Ohio, at
tending the funeral of Mr.. Wen
neger's father.
Mr.. Albert Allenberg and sistO 4,
Miss Bertha Allenberg of Cincin
natl are house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Levy OF South Green
wood street.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
g1itI NJ.
Selections
TAKE PLENTY OF FOOD.
This Authority Says We Should Eat
Heartily to Remain Well.


Heartily to Remain Well.
Statistics have shown the great val
ne of abundant food. DR.. j. Robert
son. an eminent surgeon of Manches-
ter, England, has remarked that the
families of working people when we'll
fed maintained their health surprising
ly even while living i'm cellars. And
he observed that during four years Of
prosperity the number of fever cases
admitted to the Manchester House of
Recovery was 421 per annum, while in
two pinching years 1907 cases per nm
mum were admitted.
The ultimate effect of curtailing the
food supply is to weaken the stomach
so that 1t cannot digest what It once
could easily. Thus the source from
which our energy is derived is weak
ened to our great detriment. Now, as
man is really no stronger than his
stomach and as good digestion waits
on appetite and health on both" should
we not rather seek to strengthen the
stomach by giving 1t exercise than to
epfeeble It by dieting? l think we
should. and I think that persons with
common sense will agree with me.
Chlttenden. Horace Fletcher and other
dletarians Notwithstanding. Loss of
weight is the FIRST symptom Of failing
health, aud cutting the food supply In
variably causes loss of weight
To develop strong muscles we train
them gradually to do strong work. In
the same way we can by tudicious
care accustom even a weak stomach
to digest hearty meals. But we can
not do this by forcing into the stom-
ach more food than 1t calls for. We
must first create the need of greater
quantity Of proper amount Of bodily
exercise. OF all cures for dyspepsia,
with it's accompanying languor, exer-
else is the best cure know of.-G.
Elliott Flint in Outing Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
Members of Co. E Sentenced
for Failure to do Duty.
REFUSED TO ATTEND
Drills and DisObeyed Com
ands of Officers.
First Time in History of Local
Company That Drastic COurs.
Has Been Pursued.

AS result OF a refusal to attend
drill practice as ordered and to
obey instrtctionns as members OF
o. ID, Ohio National Guard, Walter
BUlander and Clifford Sechrist, OF
tAis city, are now serving time in the
loyal arinory.
some time ago the young men en-
listed for service with the company
and gave their wont to comply with
the rules. During the past few
weeks. they with others, have been
Heeiningly Possessed with desire
\, disohey rules and they we're warn
"a OF the penalties for such action
vs. Captain 70. o. Richardson.
Recently the two young men men
TONED refused 10 obey the commands
% the captain and he in turn had
them arrested In compliance with
the rules in military matters, they
were sentenced for several days, de
ptadinlg upon their conduct ther4
and their willingness to comply
With the rules. They WI ranatn
under arrest al least seven days.
This Is the Glst instance In some
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11

A two man tournament was the
next number on the bowling pro-
gram. Mason and McR5al stacked
OIp togenher but they did not do
anything to astontsh the natives. IL
Is very doubtful II any of the scores
registered so far will gain any
place in the state tournament hon
OF record.
Mason and Morrill, bowded as nol-
lows: Mason 167, 1866, 154. Merrill
100. t45, 1863. Grand total 9S4.
The volley ball teams pulled of
few enthusiastic stunts in the As
socdation gym at O'clock last ev-
ening. Cunningham handed Clark
a lemon and Sycl1s simply put the
big cleaner on Brady. The scores
were as follows: Cunningham 15,
IS, IS; Clark 10, 12, 1S. SyclIs
IS is, Is. Brady IA, 16, 2.