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The Washington times., 1910-12-23

Prospects Of a spirited campaign wher
The Times conducts the poll 10 deter
mine the sentiment OF Government en-
ployes regarding plans for their re
! tirement when they shall have beoome
superannuated. have aroused the keen
est interest and lines among the ad-
locates OF the various schemes are beins
C.Osely drawn
Each rival branch of the United States
Civil Service Retirement Association fs
sending out thousands OF cirruIars t,rz.
ing empiO--es to vote for its plan 4
mass OF literature and ueR spaper. clip
pings e being sent to members OF
Congress
Reports that Representative Goulden.
Of New York, author OF the bill provid
ing for straight civil pension, intends
10 force a test vote in the House stfnu-
lated additional interest in the p7onose6
poll today The supporters Of the sew
eral plans zAW the necessity OF fndf-
eating clearly 10 Congress Just what
is wanted in the way Of retirement leg
islation-
Calls Poll Timely.
ct IS now more important than ever
bsfore that the Government employees
take advantage OF the generous offer
OF The Times" declared Michael +.
O'Donoghue, president Of the faction OF
the United States Civil Service Retire
nent favOring outright 1nsions. The
Times poll viii be extremely timely. and
want 70 urge all our members to
vote"
President ODonoghue also attaches
considerable importance to the fact that
the association viii hold its annual
meeting in Washington January % and
=, about the date, he believes, the Gil
lett bill VIII come Up IN the House.
a bout 40 delegates from all over the
United States viii be present.
A meeting Of the resident directors
and a number Of the leading members
probably viii be held Sunday or early
next week for the purpose Of arranging
a systematic campaign to bring out
full Y ee at The Times poll
The other branch Of the retirement
association led BY DR. Llewellyn Jordan
and H E Brown is equally active in
the campaign and has sent broadcast
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WEATHER REPORT.
RoRECAsT - - DfsrPIc1

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Rain. probably mixed with snow. to-
night and Saturday morning followed
BY clearing, warmer tonight colder
Saturday afternoon lowest temperature
tonight about IS degrees brisk south
eaSterly winds shifting 10 northwesterIS-
Saturday fair and moderately cold
weather probable Sunday.
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hour There wilI be Joy and happiness.
Likewise a crowd OF smiling, radiant
children.
For at the moment Santa, REINFORCED
by the St Nicholas Girl and members
OF the St Nicholas committee, viii dis
tribute the store OF toys which have
accumulated in the Office Of The Times
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hATTESON BRINGS
ACTION AGAINST
FAMILY DOCTOR
Alleges He, With Another
Man, Is Responsible for
Wrecking Home.
REAL ESTATE MAN
IS GRANTED DIVORCE
Immediately Files Action Against
DR.. ]. A. Stutz and L. F.
Holden.
Incidents Connected With
Matteson Scandal

William F. Matteson asks $4,000
damages each Of physician and
Government employe for wreck
of Matteson's home.
Suit fled simultaneously with di-
voTce decree awarded today
Charges Dr.. John A Stutz with be-
tTayal Of professional confidence
Divorced wife vel known, having
taken prizes with hsE electric car
IN floral paradeS.
Sensational divorce suit ended IN
decree which gives father custody
of children
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Chilean President
lnauguTated Today

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec Z.-Ramon
Luco, the new Chilean President. was
inauEuTated here today He succeeds
the late President Montt, who died IN
Berlin last summer.
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CAPITAL THRONGS
HUSTLING TO FILL
CHRISTMAS NEEDS
Streets Jammed With Shop
perS With Big Day Two
Days Off.
SPIRIT EPIDEMIC
IN EVERY CIRCLE
President to Have Santa Claus and
Many Viii Be Made Happy
Among Diplomats.
How City VIII O6serUe
Christmas This Year

Nearly al departmental employees
VIII begin their holiday this after
noon, returning 70 work Tuesday.
District officials exchange greetings
and Christmas remembrance
Extra half holiday granted By
Commissioners.
Archie Butt ShOpmssteT general Of
the White House, although Presf-
dent and Mrs. Taft miuEle with
shoppers, TOO.
Elaborate services being planned BY
Catholic and Protestant churches
Charitable organizations VII dis
tribute food among the poor.
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TEMPERATURES
TnE TARrE

Today-High tide. I-2s a. m. and 1.ss
D. n. Low tide. sol a. N. and S:S6 o N.
.Tomorrow-High tide. 2.22 a. m and
z-s9 D. m. Low tide. Ss54 a N. and s-33
=. N.
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Clapp Vows His Wife
Will Be Prosecuted

PHILADELPHIA. Dec That
was no bluff when I swOre out a war
rant for my wife" said the wealthy
let me put to rest at once any TUmors
that We are 10 be reconciled- We are
not
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SANTA WILL BE AT THE TIMES
O'CLOCK Am. TOMORROW
TqUo Hundred Children Sill
UnproUided For

More than two hundred children on
the St Nicholas Girls list are
still unprovided for. Your con-
tribution of money or toys viii
be received in the Santa Claus
store room, first floor of the Nun
sey Building. Please bring them
today, or tomorrow.
The St Nicholas Girl Shoppers are
badly in need Of automobiles in
the running of their Christmas
errands. ANY private owner who
viii lend his automobile for two
hours this afternoon, or tomor-
row morning OF afternoon, is re-
quested to phone Mrs. Isaac Cans,
chairman St Nicholas Girl Auxil-
jaTy, Times Office.
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By SELEHE ARMSTRONG,
The St Nicholas Girl.
Santa Claus gels to work at 3 O'Clock
Saturday morning, promptly On the
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CONDITION OF RIVERS.
HARPERS FERRY. ". Va. Dec q
Ecth rivers clear.
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Reduced Christmas Holiday Fares
Via Southern Railway.-Advt-
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Magnificent Collection.

CONTINUED on Eigath Page,l
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Struggle With Flames.

Continued on Eleventh Pagsl
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Met Il I'd e Seashore.

He met her first In August. 1908, 10
the music Of Atlantic City's boardwalk
bands, and the briIliancy Of the seaside
grille rooms be net her on the street
several times. he says Then, on two
Continued on Seventh Pase1
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Extra Holidav Granted-

Finding il Impossible to give 10 the
thousands OF employees individual re-
membranes. the Commissioners viii
grant an extra holiday The building
fro,.i,,,e5 nn Tu,eIfsb Paza1
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
SLEEPING IN THE OPEN AIR
Useful Book With Full Directions
Given Away by Phlanthrople
Association.

Direction for Living and Sleeping
in the Open Air" is the title of a
pamphlet being sent out by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis to its local
representatives in all parts of the
United States. The pamphlet is
meant to be a handbook Of informa-
ton for anybody who desires to sleep
out of doors in his own home. It en-
phasizes the fact that outdoor sleep
ing is as desirable for the well as for
sick. The booklet will be sent free
Of charge to any one applying for it at
the headquarters of the National AS
sociation for the Study and Proven
tion of tuberculosis in New York, or
to the secretary Of any local or state
antituberculosis association.
Some of the subjects Of which the
pamphlet treats are, how to take the
oren-air treatment in a tenement
house; how to build a small shack or
cabin on a fiat roof in the city; how
to make one comfortable while sleep
ing outdoors either in hot or cold
Weather; how to arrange a porch on b
country house; and how to build a
cheap porch; the construction of tents
and tent houses; the kinds Of beds
and bedding to use in outdoor sleep
irg, and various other topics. The
book is well illustrated and attrac-
lively prepared.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Aims and the Man.

Sure Father Flaherty was a good
uan," Mr.. Murphy said of the deceased
arish priest. "He hated sin but he
1,ved tn sinner, an he was all com
passion an patience an wisdom
There never was another loike I'm f'r
holdin' up hope to tn poor batthered
man that had amy desire f'r good.
Faith said he to Con Meehan, tn
tonne tn bh'y was down an out,
faith, this soide av paradise 'tist all
beginning again, over an over, an tin
tonnes overt
"An' that keen," continued Mr.
Murphy "twas niver worth whole to
keep back part av tn price av tn
land! Wild a twinkle in his eye he'd
see clean through amy Ananias that
iver walked.
"An' gin'rous!" Mr. Murphys voice
dropped to a lower key and his eyes
were wet as he added, His hand was
always in his pockut, an whin they
prepared him fr burial they found his
right arm longer than his left wild
stretchjn' it out to tn poor."-Youth's
Companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
AGED TEN; ASKS DIVORCE

Suit for divorce has been entered
at Memphis, Tenn, by ten-year-old
Nellie Johnson-Lamar, declaring that
her marriage to Newton Lamar, who
is thirty-two years old, was brought
about through duplicity on Lamar's
part; that he enticed her away from
her parents and married her when she
was at an age when too tender to know
her own mind and inclinations.
According to statements Of persons
concerned, Lamar, a barber by trade,
secured marriage license and,
driving to Rev. E. r. Overby's resi-
dence, took him to his bride-to-be. At
tired in long dress, to hide her youth
from the minister, the girl emerged
from her fathers house on the Horn
Lake road. It was after dusk and
the license was read by match light
Lamar had explained that the girl
looked young, but was older than she
appeared.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
IMPROVING MORALS IN CHINA
Influence Of Christian Teachings
Shown In the Changed condl-
tions Found There.

THE public conscience is now be-
ing awakened upon this aspect of pub
lie morality. Last week was in
vited to take part in a meeting or
ganized by men who are not directly
connected with any Christian church,
but who are sincerely desirous OF as
sisting in the reformation of their
countrymen. Their purpose was to
start an antigambling league, and
with this in mind they called a public
meeting, which was attended by some
hundreds of Chinese scholars and
business men, and resolutions were
passed in approved public meeting
style, approving of campaign against
the gambling vice. Members OF the
Chinese Young Mems Christian asso-
citation were asked to assist in the
meeting, and to demonstrate by the
means of games the possibility OF
recreation without vice. Suitable ad-
dresses were given by prominent Chi
nese, and the chief organizer OF the
movement is one of the government
education inspectors for the provinces
of Kiangsu and Kiangsi A Chinese
roman Catholic teacher gave a violin
solo, a Chinese secretary Of the Young
Mems Christian association rendered
two cornet solos, and a Protestant
missionary sang to the gathering. The
whole meeting was conducted in so
orderly and orthodox a fashion that it
was scarcely possible to realize how
tremendous a reformation in the
whole Chinese outlook upon public
life this meeting revealed. Twenty
years, even ten years, ago such
meeting would not have been within
The realm of possibility Today we
have a class of public moralists arising
who have undoubtedly learned from
Christianity in their midst the ideals
which they are desirous of impressing
upon their countrymen."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
GIRLS TERRIBLE ORDEAL

The story of young woman's pluck
and presence of mind while passing
through a fearful experience on the
railway track, in which she was forced
to sacrifice her foot to save her life,
comes from country district near
cambridge, New York.
While Miss Eleanor White was
walking on the track near her home
she heard the train approaching, and
in hen haste to step from the track
her foot caught in the points, and she
was unable to extricate it.
There was moment Of awful and
indescribable agony as she heard the
train bearing down upon her. With
great presence of mind she threw her
self sideways from the track, dug her
hands in some turf to keep from being
dragged under the engine, and the
train passed over her foot.
Her father, who was engaged ip the
freight yards near by heard the
screams of a woman after the train
had passed. He rushed to the spot
and was Mortified to find his own
daughter with her foot terribly man
gled. Gathering her IN his arms, the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Autolnq and Optics.

"Ts not auto driving terribly hard
On the eyes? we asked.
well, l guess not" replied the
chauffeur, withering us with scorn
why, before | got to runnin' car
was thinkin O. gettin specks, my eye
sight was that poor l couldn't see the
contribution box in church until 1t was
so near past me it was too late to dig
for any money. But l hadn't been
runnin' that wagon two days till |
could see a policemans little finger
stickin' out from behind a tree four
miles away. l could even see which
way copper's eyeballs were turned
If he was standin' in the shade three
miles off, Hard on the eyes! Well,
not much! It's the best medicine for
weak eyes that was ever invented,
don't you forget it."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
By CORA A. N. SORNSEN

Girls, look Quick!" Gail sprang
from her chair and ran to the window,
isn't that Anne Gage going by? 1t
is, as / live. Anne! Anne" she
called, humping upon the window
with all her might Then she few to
the front door and flung It wide open.
Anne turned and her absorbed face
frightened with a smile. She had not
before been aware that her attention
was being demanded. And Anne was
always so quick to hear and seel
"Oh, is that you, Gail?" she ex-
claimed She came slowly up the
steps. hold out her hand. There
was gentle abstraction in her man
ner, a droaminess in her face, a con-
scious reserve in her voice that Gail
noticed without being able to define,
and which was new to her. Certainly
Anne's three months of absence had
changed her perceDtbly
Tn so glad to see you" Gail said,
kissing her a little breathlessly, Il
did not look for you so soon, When
did you Gomez"
"Oh, we came yesterday, father and
l. But It is no sooner than we ex-
pected to come" She followed Gail
into the parlor, where Fanny Leal,
who was always cold, and Hilda
Mains, who could never be happy at
any distance from Fanny, were hover
ing over the radiator and eagerly
awaiting her entrance.
"Oh, Anne!" They both kissed her
rapturously.
And you wrote me only two letters
in all those three MONTHS Fanny re-
minded her reproachfully.
You wrote me only once, Anne"
Hilda took up the complaint "And
Gail says you treated her almost as
badly. Such snippy letters too! Moth.
ing to them but beginning and end
ing"
Well, now! By the beginning you
knew I was alive and well, and by
the ending you knew I loved you in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

rock. Looking at the boulder from be-
hind. one wonders how It remains in
It's position at all, for it appears to be
In the act Of slipping off into the
chasm below. The movement is rem
dered perceptible by fixing a bent
stick under the rock, when the stick
can be seen to bend and straighten
slightly as the boulder is shaken by
the wind It is said by the Burmese
that the boulder is only kept in its
place by the hair Of Buddha buried un-
der the shrine
People from all parts Of the country
come annually in the month Of March
to worship at this pagoda. The jour
ney necessitates a tramp Of 20 miles
at least, of which ten miles is very
stiff climb, the path sometimes trav-
ersing narrow lodges Of rock with
steep precipices down each side, but
the Journey does not seem to deter
numbers of both sexes and all ages
from undertaking the pilgrimage. 1t
is the custom of the Burmese to re-
main on top of the hill for three days,
where they are accommodated in enor-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

the same old way. What more would
you ha-e?" Anne parried laughingly
sitting down comfortably and loosen
ing her furs.
Lots more Hilda grumbled. I'VE
wanted to know about your good times
and your beaux for surely you must
have had both. No girl could spend
three months at a Georgia winter re-
sort without them"
Anne was slowly pulling off her
gloves while she studied a water color
upon the opposite wall Yet she did
not seem to see the picture so much
as something far beyond it.
"Oh, beaux and good times" she
said Yes, / suppose ] had as many
of both as were good for me-" She
was fumbling at her left glove. 1t
yielded suddenly and slipped from her
hand
"Anne!" the three girls cried in one
breath, starting. Anne looked down
at her cleaning new ring with a flush
and smile.
anu YOU never LJIu US
1T happened just before I came
away" she explained shyly.
And you came away to get ready
to be married! Girls, our Anne"
Fanny turned and awestruck, faced
one anG then the other. There was a
moments tense silence, then they fell
upon her and kissed her.
81 am sorry mean I'm so happy"
Gail stammered. But, Anne, you!
never dreamed of such a thing, after
you'd been about so much and had
80 many chances you wouldn't take,
right here in this town, too Oh,
Anne!"
'Well?" Anne turned the ring upon
her finger lovingly.
well, l should say!" Hilda said
Then the three sat down and stared
at her as if she suddenly had been
transformed into new being.
rs your father pleased?" demand
ed Gail firmly.
'Is he nice?" asked Fannie.
rs he as good looking as John
Wilbur" Hilda's tone was wistful.
She had always wanted John Will
bur herself
Girls, wait! Three questions at
once How can l answer them?"
Anne defended
HE is coming up here in a month
or so and you will all have a chance
to see him and judge for yourself
whether he is nice or not. I think he
ls."
"If he can suit you, Anne, he must
be a marvel" Hilda sighed. Your
taste in men is so fastidious Mother
has always said you would never mar
ry, because you would never find any
one who even approached your ideal"
rs ne tall and blonde, Anne? And
handsome? But, Of course. he isl"
Gail cried excitedly.
"What does he do?" inquired Fanny.
rs he a lawyer or a clergyman or"
She paused, trying to recall the pro-
fession Anne had always shown most
preference for.
"Oh, he is q business man." Anne
said, still turning her ring proudly.
Then he is rich, Of course. Oh,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Is Dirt Good for BOYS?

Some folks say: "Oh, let the boy
play in the dirt. 1t is good for him. l
wouldn't give a cent for boy that
keeps his clothes clean" That may be
all right, but what about the boys
mother? Getting the dirt out of clothes
oy the use of old-fashioned yellow soap
md a slow washday method is hard la
Dor. If the boys mother uses Easy
Task laundry soap, which does half the
work for her itself, and which reduces
washday labor by fifty per cent, 1t is
different. Easy Task is five cents a
,ake and is the greatest nicke's worth
of soap ever sold.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

nous fiat-roofed grass huts covering
every available spot on the hilltop
Every devotee purchases a small piece
of gold leaf which he pastes on the
boulder or the pagoda, and either by
this means or by some general scheme
the whole of the boulder and of the
pagoda have been covered with gold
leaf.
On the little platform by the pa
CODA is a row of large bells, near each
of which is hung a horn. The ground
must be first hit with the horn so as
to summon the spirits of the earth,
and the bell is then struck in order
to summon the spirits Of the air. The
spirits of the earth and of the air are
then supposed to have had their atten-
ton drawn to the words about to be
uttered by the worshiper.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Sets End to Public Service.

1t was the example set by Nathaniel
Macon, one of the old-time public men
of the south, that has influenced Con-
gresham Champ Clark in setting
time for his own retirement. Mr.. Ma
con fixed upon his seventy-fifth birth
day, and when it came he immedi-
ately resigned his seat in the United
States senate, although his term was
no more than half expired Mr. Clark
proposes to retire likewise at precise
ly seventy-fve.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

to run. Just then a passenger train
rapidly approaching the crossing, shot
into view, stahl was tangled up in
the lines and the rope with which he
was leading the COW, and couldn't
jump.
Then 25 feet from the tracks the
COW reared and stuck its front legs
between the spokes of rear wheel
Of the buggy. The wheel slid and
served as a brake. The horse was
able to stop a few feet from the tracks
Just as the train swept past. Stahl
will keep the COW.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
His Claim to Prominence.

At a social gathering certain man,
intent on knowing every one, was in
troduced to Senator julius G. Burrows
of Michigan.
"The name Burrows is very famil-
lar to me-" he said. Il am certain
that you are a man Of some promi-
nence."
"Yes," replied Senator Burrows, I
am the man that died at first Just
before Casey came to bat in that cele-
brated ball game in Mudville. Sue
cess Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
DRAGGED TO DEATH BY FISH

Emilio Maxi, a six-year-old boy,
was dragged overheard by a large fish
he had hooked off Mobiles Point, near
Rockport, Mass, and drowned before
aid could reach him. The boy slipped
away from his home with his fishing
gear and crawled out over the rocks
and cast his line. No one witnessed
just what happened when the big fish
bit, but his mother, missing the little
boy, started a search. The little fell
low was found dead in the water at
the base of the rocks. The fish line
was entangled around his hand, and
tugging at the other end was huge
"old England" hake
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
cow SAVES FARMERS LIFE

A COW, which L. C. Stahl, farmer
living near Dalton, was taking to an
abattoir in Masillon, O., saved its own
err slife and the life of valuable
horse. Stahl, riding in a buggy, was
leading the COW down a steep hill, at
the foot of which is the Baltimore e.
Ohio railroad crossing. The horse, un-
able to hold back the buggy, started
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
SURPRISE FOR PICKPoCKET

A pickpocket had an unpleasant sur
prise in Paris the other day when he
opened a reticule which he had
snatched from a lady.
He pulled out a pair Of handouts,
and at the same time a heavy hand
was laid on his collar and he was ar
rested.
The reticule was the property of
the wife Of a detective. She had been
acting as a decoy for her husband
who was close behind her waiting to
pounce on the unlucky thief.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
Worlds Model Power Plant.

The finishing touches have just been
placed on the exterior of "the model
power plant of the world"-a $1,500,-
900 structure erected by the United
States government a stones throw
from the capitol at Washington. This
station is to furnish heat, light and
power to the entire group of Inn
mense government buildings on Cap.
itol hill
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29

had an abscess of the kidneys and an
operation was advised. l thereupon
began the use of Doan's Kidney Pills
and gradually improved. Soon an op-
Grafton was unnecessary as my kid
neys were we'll"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-29
ONE FISH WORTH OVER $14o

The shad season at Chester, Pa,
has closed and the river fishermen
are turning their attention to the
catching of sturgeon. The season has
been one Of the best in recent years,
owing to high prices. Recently when
Frank Pierce landed a 300 pound
sturgeon the fish contained eighty
seven pounds of roe, which is worth
$3.50 a pound, and the meat is valued
at cents a pound.