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The Washington times., 1910-12-08
SWELL THE FUND
FOR MAY CLEMENTS
Manned Girl Gets Cash Sub.
scriptionS AS Well As
Widespread Sympathy.

Widespread interest is being mani
Tested among the business men and
residents Of Washington In the plight OF
Flossie May Clements, whose hand wa
severed by mangle in a local laundry,
and who cannot recover damages In
civil suit
Since the jury, who were directed 70
dismiss her suit In the District Supreme
Court. showed their sympathy for the
young girl by starting a subscription
fund. many Inquiries have bee made of
T W SchaffeT, in his Office, 500
Thirteenth street, which will IL Is
thought result IN many subscriptions TO
the fund
Already a good deal OF actual cash
has been sent TO swell the fund. and
the promises made yesterday and this
morning over the telephone. indicate
that the efforts OF the jury TO aid the
young girl viii be an unqualified sue
cess
Flossie May Clements vas injured
A pril ., 1903. when her hand was cauSft
In q mangle in the laundry where she
worked. At the t-iaI s'rst completed. she
-7ted- when asked to show the mang-
led arm to the july
On Tuesday, as the trial neared Its
completion. Justice Barnard declared
that the young girl herself had been
negligent IN operating the machine, and
directed the jury 10 return a verdict
a against her. II was then that the move
meHt to aid her was set afoot
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Middies Will Get
Three-Day Christmas

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dee. S.-Midshfp-
men We're almost stunned by the liberal
ity of Naval Academy authorities, when
It was announced this morning that first
ciaSsnen who were on the first conduct
list and had definite invitation to visit
friends, would be allowed practically
three DAYS holiday at Christmas with
permission to leave Annapolis
Heretofore, the liberty began at study
hours Christmas eve and ending the
50 me period on Christmas, so that study
vas required of the midshipmen on
Christmas Day itself
In granting these privileges. IL was
made clear that in order to take ad-
vantage Of It, the mi6dies must show
a definite invitation from out-of-towu
friends The authorities have no inten-
ion that ehe midshipnsen shall wander
aimleSsly about Annapolis or other
places during the period Of liberty, and
unless invitations are forthcoming, the
tirst ciasssnen viii have only the pTivi-
leEe Og the other midshipmen-
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Biddle Can't Act
AS COmmandant

The pre- sent inconvenient and embar-
RAISING SITUATION IN regard to the COM
mand of the Marine Corps must con-
tinue, according to the opinion OF At
torney General Wickersham, received
today by Secretary OF the Navy Meyer.
until the appointment OF a commandant.
Since the retirement OF Mai. Gen
George F. Elliott, Secretary Meyer has
deferred the appointments Of a com
mandant until Congress should act on
his recommendation that the office be
made rotary, by limiting the term OF
each appointee to four years
Tt was thought that an acting com
mandant could be named 70 serve IN the
interim Legal questions were raised
however, with the result that the Al
torney Generals opinion was asked.
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Change In Weather
Brings Many Colds
Doctors Say Sudden Drop in Tenn
perature Is Cause Of
Much Suffering.

Those whose systems are weakened
and run down. even though they may
''feei fairly well under ordinary con
ditfOns are unable TO withstand the
shock OF sudden changes IN the
weather. such as we have recently ex-
perienced- Colds, coughs, and lung
troubles are everywhere prevalent and
IL is worth knowing that a pure food
medicine such as Father Johns Mei1i-
cine, which builds Up the body at the
same time Il cures the cold, is the best
remedy to use at such a time
Because Of its freedom from alcOhO.
or poisonous drugs. Father Johns Med
icine Is safe medicine for children.
as well as older people and thousands
OF mothers are using Il with great sue
cess for their little ones Get a bottle
today
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Deaths

Joseph c Auth, 40 years, Bladensburg
road northeast
Laurence / Macarthur, a years, 2I1I
Eighteenth street northwest
Giovanni EOresta, - years, 739 Navy
place southeast
Emil RekeTt. s. years, Government Hos
pital for the Insane
Sarah J. Pugh. s. years, 1203 Thirteenth
street northwest
John A LutJreIl, . years, George wash
fngtOn University Hospital
John Mcintosh. 80 years, Washington
Asylum Hospital.
Milton Brown, > years, Casualty Hos
pltal-
Annie Van Dyke, 50 years, WoodIey
apartment
Hans Jensen, 50 years. Government Hos
eftal for the Insane
Samuel 7. Love. 81 years, 1o4 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest.
John A. Swope, s. years, 1872 y street
northwest
Elizabeth Yates. g. years. I14O North
Capitol street
Max Goned. S. years. 6H Second street
northeast
Mary orr McKinnes, 55 years, Emer-
gency Hosuital-
Hospital
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
AzCONA'S ARREST
CAUSED BY DIAZ
Intimation Comes From De
parment of Justice In Sup
port of Wilson's Charges.
Continued from First Page1

matter, and seldom is made the basis
Of an international search for the ac-
cuscd, I is declared
II Is further pointed out that If Az
coma were guilty of any such Offense
he must have mad a consciousness of
such guilt and feared apprehension
Therefore IL is declared difficult to ex-
plain why be should have come 10
washington This city, above all 9TH
ers. would be the most unsafe asylum
for fugitive from justice This. IL Is
pointed out, would seem 10 lend sup
port TO Azcona,s claim. and the charges
been aPprehended on trumped-Up
charges, and is sought only for pOliti-
cal reasons
Await Documents.
Counsel for Azcona said today that
his case was in statu quo No policy
viii be determined upon until the ar
rival OF the documents stating specif-
cally the charge against Azccna Az
coma came TO Washington with Gus
taEa Madero, brother OF the Mexican
TeVOluf1OnlSt leader, and boasts that he
himself is an ardent revoIutonst
Though the Department Of Justice
denies knowledge Of any similar cases
under prosecution. II IS stated on good
authority that several other agitators
known to be in the United States are
10 be apprehended in the near future
at Daz's request
and his case in detail, in an inter
view today, through the agency Of Z
Spanish interpreter and a personal
friend Of the prisoner
confident of Release.
Azcona is confident that the United
States wiH refuse to accede to the de-
mands Of Mexico. and will release him
UitEfin a week Evidently. too, his ia
generation mas in no-wise chilled his
revolutionary sentiments. He intlmates
that the cause Of the revolutionist5 Is
being attended by more success than
the. Mexican government allows the
news dispatches 70 the outside world to
indicate. He has fUH realization OF
what might happen were he TO be sent
back TO MexicO-an eloquent shrug Of
his shoulders was his reply to a ques-
tion OF what would be done TO him
But he is confident that he viii not be.
sent back. He treats the charge on
which he was arTested-that Of OBTAIN
ing money under false preJenses-aImoSt
as a joke
1t is because Of political reasons en-
tirely that I have been arrested said
he, speaking in Spanish That charge
that [ obtained money under false pre-
lenses IS absurd ] know this. I know.
TOO, that the United States viii treat
me faiTIv- For these two reasons am
positive thai I viii be out Of this place
" thin a week-two weeks at the most 10
Azcona Is confined in a cell more Ike
a living room than a place OF incsrCera-
ton II is large and well lighted BY
two windows opening on the prison
lawn. Il has wooden doors and is com
fortably furnished Supplied with books
and cigarettes BY Seuor A1aderO. kud
revOlUtiOnist, AzcOna smokes and
reads.
The Washington times., 1910-12-08

Genuine Diamond QE
Knot Scarf Pin ~
Others up TO $3.50
Solid Gold Signet Ct
Scarf Pins fOr-.------- u
Fancy Scarf Pins CD
Others up TO SO d.
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Switch Engines Hit;
One Killed, Three Injured

CHICAGO, Dec S-Wi1iam COtes
was killed and three others injured
when two switch engines on the
Grand Trunk railway crashed to-
Eether at Fifty-firSt street and Ked-
sic avenue today. A defective switch
was responsible for the wreck.
Cotes was engineer Of one Of the
engines
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
Marriage Licenses.

Harrison H. Bunch and Eva l. Wright,
Clifton Forge, Va
F. C. Hllder and jamie Frost, both Of
Washington
James a. MuIlican and Ida Rictzets,
both Of Montgomery county, Nd
WiIfTed h Preston and Rhenie Cal
IHgeT, both OF Richmond
James R Ellis and Henrietta B Sacks,
both Of Washington
James A Woodrow and Reika r. Will
Jams, both OF Richmond
Harry Hilton and Edna A Clark, both
CT Baltimore
Joseph T. Muller and Mary Z. Gross,
both Of washington
Henry G. Hollard. jr. and V Vivian
Ford, both Of Richmond
The Washington times., 1910-12-08
The Vital Records.
BITLhs

Joseph and Katie LOmedicO, boy.
Albert +. and RObeaa Meininger, girl
George 3 and Victoria \ COlgan, gin
Charles w and Rosa e Hayes, girl
Boris and Eleanor de StTUve, girl
AlOnzO J. and Laura V Dyer, boy
Algy and Bird Smith, girl
Jacob and MOilie Shapiro. girl
Frank d. and Violetta Pollard. boy.
Benson E and Bessie r Grinder, boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21

HE great vogue this fan of the extremely
short. narrow skirt for street wear de-
mands boots that are handsome and
distinctive. In boots as we'll as in
everything else pertaining to woman's
dress, - is the little new touches or
ideas that count. No woman is content
to wear the same style OF shoe season
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21

feet done up in sth that do not allow
ordinarily should be. thereby weakening them until
they longer support the bone that is the nat
ural keystone to the arch that carries the weight
of the body. The cramping the foot added to the
modern pavements. is TO blame for the many
of fiat feet which shoemakers trying combat
this season.
The manufacturers trying to teach the people
how to acquire beautiful yet attractively shod
foot that the things that constitute
are: Arched instep. straight toes smooth skin. free
from callouses and space between the great
and the large enough TO be quite perceptble
and uncrushed nails
Shoes should be chosen according to the shane of
the feet. that the will not be crowded and
the space between the will be normal Sensible
shoes do not mean great. ugly things that are I'M
feminine and unsighty, but shoes mt look neat
and meet the requirements OF the daily occupatio
II is well TO remember that shoes that are TOO
large are quite injurious shoes too small A
shoe that hts snugly without crowdng or crampinR
the toes instep or inside muscles and that has
moderately high heel. the sensible shoe and NAV
be as dainty desired
In boudoir shoes there innumerable designs Of
every imaginable shade There are numbers OF Mt
tractive novelties shown In silk soft kid that
can be fashioned readily by any handy with the
needle -
The daintiest and pretiest OF stockings these days
are within the means OF the average womans purse.
The manufacturers now turning hosiery at
the most inexpensive OF prices. which is quite as
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21

effective in many (and much satisfactory
than the costlier stockings of silk
This is especially of the Isle thread hose
Here the designs beautiful than anything
before. They almost to be the work
of skilled artist. wonderful and delicately woven
the patterns They not only In conven-
tional figures but In many Powered effects. the
being the favorlte. Sometimes the design half
way up the leg. but in of the smartest OF the
hosiery 1t continues up to the knee.
Most OF these Isle stockings confined black
look extremely when worn with black
suede pumps. Others OF the and novel black
and sheer Isle thread variety dfhcult distin-
prettiest of machine embroidery in colors.
rous tints. Some of designs large and strik
ing; fancy clocks in colors also
The woman who is student of style knows that
even the smallest OF her dress feels the
influence OF the prevailing modes. For instance the
two toned idea is being featured this I'm all
sorts OF fabrics which Is just another way saying
that two toned hosiery Is much in vogue. II comes
both in Isle thread and silk. When wearing blue
and green together they that the ribs
OF the blue intermingle with the ribs of the green
producing the changeabe effect Not only are blues
and greens interviewer but blacks and blue. blacks
and green. and lavenders and blue-the latter being
particularly Frenchy.
Although there is such wonderful variety Of
beautiful black stockings they lessened the
desire for eolored hosiery, Stockings in the same
color OF ones gown continue to DO It seems
as II there has such variety In colors
puppies. tans. and In every possible shade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18

to go out, she saw that with two of
Logothetis sticks there was third,
fully four inches shorter! just plain
crook-handled stick with silver ring.
That was enough Baraka had GER
tainly been in the lodgings and had
probably left in them everything that
belonged to her disguise. The fact
that the gloves and the stick were in
the hall looked very much as if she
had come in dressed as a man and
had left them there when she had
gone away in woman's attire. That
she was with Logotheti, most prob
ably on his yacht Lady Maud had not
the least doubt, as she went down the
stairs.
The Swiss secretary stood at the
open door on the landing till she was
out of sight below, and then went
in again, and returned to work over
a heap of business papers and letters.
When he had worked half an hour, he
leaned back in his leathern chair to
rest. and stared fixedly at the book
case. Presently he spoke aloud in
English, as If Lady Maud were still in
the room, in the same dull, matter-of-
fact tone, but more forcibly as to ex-
preston.
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been. In the latter part of August,
in London, the sun sets soon after
seven o'clock, and Logotheti realized
that ne had no time to lose.
As he drove quickly up towards
Bond street, he ran over the circum-
stances in his mind, and came to the
conclusion that Baraka had probably
been the victim of trick, though he
did not exclude the bare possibility
that she might be guilty.
He found Mr.. Pinney in the act of
turning the discs of the safe before
going home and leaving his shopman
to shut up the place. He smiled with
grave satisfaction when Logotheti en-
tered
Il was hoping to see you, sir" he
said. Il presume that you had my let
teri l wrote out the account with
great care, as you may imagine, but /
shall be happy to go over the story
with you if there is any point that is
not clear"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
CHAPTER K.

The Erinna was steaming quietly
down the channel in a fat calm, at
the lazy rate of IL knots an hour, pre-
sumably in order to save her coal, for
she could run 16 when her owner
liked, and he was not usually fond of
going slow. Though September was
at hand, and Guernsey was already on
the port quarter, the sea was motion
less and not so much as a cats paw
stirred the still blue water; but the
steamers own way made a pleasant
draught that famed the faces of Logo
theft and Baraka as they lay in their
long chairs under the double awning
outside the deckhouse.
The Tartar girl wore a skirt and
jacket of dark blue yachting serge,
which did not fit badly considering
that they had been bought ready-made
by Logothetfs man. She had little
white tennis shoes on her feet, which
we're crossed one over the other on
the deck chair, but instead of wear
ing a hat she had bound a dove-col-
ored motor veil on her head by sin
gle thick gold cord, in the Asiatic
way, and the thin folds hung down on
each side. and lay on her shoulders,
shading her face, and the breeze
stirred them. Logotheti's valet had
been sent out in a taximeter. pro
vided with a few measurements and
plenty of cash, and commissioned to
buy everything that a girl who had
nothing at all to wear, visible or in
visible, could possibly need. He was
also instructed to find a maid who
could speak Tartar. or at least little
Turkish.
After five hours he had come back
with a heavy load Of boxes Of all
shapes and sizes and the required
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18

maid. You can find anything in a
great city, if you know how to look
for it, and he had discovered through
an agency a girl from Trebizonde who
had been caught at IL years old by
missionaries, brought to England and
educated to go into service; she spoke
English very prettily, and had not alto
gether forgotten the lingua franco Of
Asia.
The consequence OF her presence
was that Baraka was dressed with
great neatness and care, and looked
very presentable, though her clothes
were only ready-made things, bought
by a man-servant, who had only her
height and the size of her waist to
guide him. Logotheti watched her
delicate, energetic profile, admiring
the curves of her closed lips, and the
willful turning up of her little
chin. She was more than very pretty
now, he thought, and he was quietly
amused at his own audacity in taking
her to sea alone with him. almost on
the eve of his marriage. 1t was espe-
cially diverting to think of what the
proper people would say if they knew
it, and to contrast the intentions they
would certainly attribute to him with
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
SYNOPSIS.

Baraka, a Tartar girl, became enamored
OF golden bearded stranger VINO was
prospecting and studying herbs in the
vicinity of her home in central Asia, ana
revealed to him the location or mine
Of rubies hoping that the stranger would
love her in return for her disclosure.
girls relatives, who blocked up the en-
trance, and drew off the water supply,
leaving the couple to die. Baraka's cousin
Saad her betrothed, attempted TO CHIMP
the traveller shot him. The stranger was
revived from water gourd Saad car
ried, dug his way out of the tunnel ana
departed, deserving the girl and carrying
bag of rubies. Baraka gathered all the
gems she could carry, and started IN pur-
suit Margaret Dome (Margarita da
Cordova), a famous prima donna, became
engaged in London to Konstantin Lo-
gotheti, wealthy Greek financier. Her
intimate friend was Countess Leven,
known as Lady Maud, whose husband
had been killed by bomb in st. Peters
burg; and Lady Mauds most intimate
friend was Rufus Van Torp. an Ameri-
can, who had become one of the richest
men in the world. Van Torp was in love
soon as he heard of her betrothal. He
offered Lady Maud $50OO,00O for her pet
charity If she would aid him In winning
the singer from Logotheti. Baraka ap-
rubies to sell He presented a ruby to
Margaret Van Torp bought yacht and
sent 1t to Venice. He was visited by
Baraka in male attire. She gave him
ruby after the American had told her of
having seen in the United States man
answering the description of the one she
loved. The American followed Margaret
to the Bayreuth "Parsfal" festival. Mar
garet took liking to Van Torp, who pre-
scented her with the ruby Baraka had
given him. Count Kralinsky, Russian;
arrived at Bayreuth. Van Torp believed
him to be the one Baraka was pursuing.
Baraka was arrested in London on the
eler, the ruby she had sold to Logotheti.
Two strangers were the thieves. Lady
Maud believed that Logotheti's associa-
lions with Baraka were open to Suspl-
cion, and so informed Margaret. van
Torp believed that Kralinsky was the
cowboy he had known in his young man
hood
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18

on his table, with his letters, a fla,
and almost square parcel, which the
addressed label told him contained
the Archaeological Report of the
Egyptian Exploration Fund, and he
had heard that theSnew number would
contain an account of a papyrus re
Gently discovered at Oxyrrhynchus, on
which some new fragments OF Pin
dar had been found. No dinner that
could be devised, and no company
that could be asked to meet him at
it, could be half as delightful as that
to the man who so deeply loved the
ancient literature of his country, and
he made up his mind at once that he
would not even take the trouble to GO
to club, but would have bird and
a salad in his rooms.
Unhappily for his peace and his an
ticlpated feast of poetry, he looked
through his letters to see If there
were one from Margaret, and there
was only a colored postcard from Bay
reuth, with the word greetings
scrawled beside the address in her
large hand. Next to the card, how
ever, there was thick letter adj
dressed in a commercial writing he
remembered but could not at once
identify; and though it was apparent
ly a business communication, and
could therefore have waited till the
next morning, when his secretary
would come as usual, he opened it out
of mere curiosity to know whence 1t
came.
1t was from Mr.. Pinney, the jewel
er, and it contained a full and con-
scientious account of the whole affair
of the theft, from the moment when
Logotheti and Van Torp had gone out
together until Mr.. Pinney had locked
up the stone in his safe again, and
Baraka and Spiro had been lodged in
Brixton Jail. The envelope contained
also a cutting from the newspaper
similar to the one Margaret had re-
ceived from Lady Maud.
Logotheti laid the letter on the
table and looked at his watch. 1t
was now a quarter-past six, and old
fashioned shops like Pinney's close
rather early in the dull season, when
few customers are to be expected and
the days are not so long as they have
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
Wit often an AmIetlon.

Wit is an afiiction unless used with
discretion and good sense. The habit
of being invariably amusing will bring
you into great disfavor. The sharp
tongued woman who will have her lit
tie laugh at the expense Of her neigh
bors usually pays dearly for her fun.
II is as much an art to be quiet and
self-possessed as to be vivacious and
entertaining. and the woman who can
adjust her moods to the occasion is
the one who finds herself usually the
most popular member Of her COM
munity.
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the perfectly honorable ones he enter
tanned.
AS for Baraka, 1t never occurred to
her that she was not as safe with him
as she had been in her fathers house
in the little white town far away,
nearly three years ago; and besides,
her steel bodkin with the silver han
die had been given back to her, and
she could feel it in its place when she
pressed her left hand to her side.
Logotheti has been first of all pre-
occupied about getting Baraka out Of
England without attracting attention,
and then for her comfort and recov-
cry from the strain and suffering of
the last few days. AS for that, she
was like healthy young animal, and
as soon as she had a chance she had
fallen so sound asleep that she had
not walked for IL hours. Logotheti's
intent was to take her to Paris by a
roundabout way, and establish her
under some proper sort of protection.
Margaret was still in Germany, but
would soon return to France, and he
had almost made up his mind to ask
her advice, not dreaming that in such
a case she could really deem anything
he did an objectionable offence. He
had always laughed at the convention
alities of European life, and had paid
very little heed to them when they
stood in his way.
ITO BE CONTINUEDl
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
CHAPTER TX.

Logotheti reached his lodgings In
ct. James place at six o'clock in the
evening of the day on which he had
promised to dine with Van Torp, and
tbe latter's note of excuse was given
IN him at once. He read it, looked
out of the window. glanced at it again,
and threw it into the waste-paper
haskell without another thought He
aid not care in the least about din
ing with the American millionaire. In
fact he had looked forward to It rath-
ar as bore than a pleasure. He saw
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-18
CHAPTER XlIl-Continued.

81 should have thought you were
more used to riding" said the Ameri-
can.
"Ah, yes!" The Indifferent answer
came in peculiarly oily tone,
though the pronunciation was perfect.
81 was in the cavalry before | began
to travel. But l walked over 1000
miles in Central Asia, and was none
the worse for it."