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The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
SCRATCHED 50 SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful
an for the wonderful Cuticura Rem.
edies. NY little niece had eczema for
Ave years and when her mother died
I took care OF the child. 1t was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched 20 that she could
not sleep nights. I used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment l did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. together with Cuticura Re-
solvent. when you could see change
and they cured her nicely Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think 1t ID just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura.
send you a picture taken when she was
about 18 months old.
"She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds OF
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
H. Herman, 663 Quincy ST., Brooklyn,
N. Y. Sept. 27. 1902"
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
How Nick Longworth Earned Dollar

the town, but as ! had to make an
early start. preferred the hotel
rather than trouble my friends with
an early breakfast.
81 was sitting in the parlor about
midnight, talking over old times with
the proprietor. Just as | was ready
to retire an automobile stopped in
front, and couple of men much the
worse for wear came in. They bought
wine freely. One of them demanded
that the piano be played.
Champagne buyers are rare birds
at that hotel. and the proprietor did
not want to lost his good customers.
He turned to me. Nick he said. just
beat the box few minutes. They'll
never know who you are played
ragtime, grand opera and love songs
while the men bought more wine. As
they were about to go one of them
came over to me with his wallet In his
hand. q
"'Here, profess he said. you're the
goods as piano player. Buy little
present for yourself
"He handed me dollar bill. have
it framed at home as a certificate OF
my ability as workingman."
1t is well known that Nicholas can
beat the box" in pretty creditable
shape
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
Molasses Makes Tobacco Burn Tongue

bacco in good shape and the molasses
locks the nicotine in the body II the
leaf as we'll.
Nicotine. you know. will evaporats
and be lost II the tobacco is exposed
long enough. Then when the nicotine
10 gone you might as well smoke the
cabbage leaf the comic papers talk
about 30 much about for all the salts
faction you get
"Piug tobacco is simply leaf glued
together with molasses and then
pressed into block. II you'll take
. plug Of smoking and put It In .
damp place outside somewhere and
then come back after q week or two
to look at 1t you'll see pile Of square
cut leaves. perhaps five or six inches
high. This is because the tobacco will
have lost the molasses glue. not from
the molasses having been washed on
the leaf. but from Its having ferment-
ed into vinegar.
''The film of molasses keeps tho
leaf moist and pliable. This Is be-
cause Of the sugar crystals In it. II
you've ever noticed salt in wet wealth
er you'll often have seen how 1t gath
cred the wet. The sugar crystals act
exactly like the crystals of salt. but
to less degree"
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
Rather Tall.

THAT" said Senator Tillman of an
opponents argument is an amusing
exaggeration."
He smiled.
"In fact" he continued, ''it is as
bad an exaggeraticn as the story
about Ben Johnsons height They
said of Ben. you know, the candidate
for sheriff. that when he made stump
speech. instead of getting stump
ready for him to mount, they would,
because he was SO tall, dig hole for
him to stand in"
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
Delicious and economical.
Latest Coffee Roaster.

The latest coffee roaster has . sta.
tionary inner cylinder and a rotating
outer one of perforated steel. with
space between for the coffee beans
and blades to insure thorough mixing
and even roasting. Heat is applied to
the inner cylinder by electric current.
For sampling the roasting. a small
cup is SO arranged that on pressing
knob three or four beans are thrown
out without stopping the cylinder.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
Colonel swope was Poisoned. i.

Chicago-Strychnine was found
throughout the viscera Of the late Col.
Thomas H. Swope. the Kansas CITY
millionaire, according to report made
by Drs. Walter s. Haynes, Ludwig
Hektoen and Victor c. Vaughn to
John G. Paxton, executor of the
Swope estate
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04

Probably Female Doctor"
"My wife looks very poorly, you
think, doctor?'
'Yes, / do"
What do you think she needs?"
"A new hat and new dress!"-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-04
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

why can't you run little faster,
Willie?'
Gee! ders's 10 Disasin' some wom-
en-! II l was er race horse. you'd kick
because I couldn't Ay!"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
RICH PASTOR FINED.
Appeals on Charge of Speeding on
Broadway.

Pawtucket. r. l.. Sept 1t-Rev. Wal
ter d. Buchanan. pastor Of Fourth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church, in New York
City, was fined SO and costs to-day by
Judge Tuck. in the District Court. on
the charge OF exceeding the speed limit
in Broadway while returning with his
family from Boston to Nara agansett
Pier on September , He took an appeal
and furnished bail in the sum Of Sl00
According 70 Motor Officer Wads-
worth the minister was making twenty
FIVE miles an hour. when he suddenly
slowed down at the intersection of two
streets and asked the policeman. who
was trailing him, the way to the Pier
The arrest followed
William S. Bennett. Representative from
the Seventeenth New York district. ap-
peared for DR. Buchanan to-day. The
clergyman denied the charge. saying:
+ 81 know more accurately than anything
on earth or in hell that l was not ex-
ceeding the limit"
Before he left the court room Repre-
sentative Bennett paid the fine of "a
drunken woman about TO be sent to jail
having been touched by her destitute
appearance.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
ZEPPELIN'S SIXTH
DIRIGIBLE BURNS
Three MachiniStS injured in
Accident at Baden.

Baden Baden. Sept 14-If anything
could discourage the intrepid apostle of
aerostatics, Count Zeppelin, it would ap-
pear to have been furnished to-day when
the great dirigible the Zeppelin VI,
latest model Of his invention. was blown
up by the explosion OF one OF the motors
in the stern gondola. Three Of the crew
were seriously injured
There was a sharp report. Il flash Cf
flames. and in a moment tine immense
fabric OF silk canvas was afre. The crew
hardly realizing what had happened
mmbled over the sides of the airship
barely escaping with their lives. The
hre spread so rapidly that the shed was
soon destroyed.
The Zeppelin VI ascended al u.20
o'clock with twelve passengers for a trip
tc Heilbronn. and had covered about
twenty miles when motor in the for
ward gondola acted badly
To was impossible TO make satisfactory
repairs. and after some time had been
spent I'm this effort the airship returned
here.
This is the fifth serious accident which
has befallen the Zeppelin dirigibles The
Zeppelin I. after making an endurance
fight that astonished the world, was
torn from her moOrings by the wind and
thrashed herself 10 pieces I'm a. thunder
storm The Zeppelin II was destroyed
by a gale al Limburg- -an-der-Lahn on
April . last. Zeppelin III made a bad
landing and was seriously damaged at
Mergentheim, and the Deutschland came
to grief in TeutoberE forest on June 2S.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
NEWSBOY NABBED
AT UNION STATION
His Girl Companion Taken
to House of Detention.

Arrested yesterday afternoon at Union
Station as he stepped from a Southern
trtain with sixteen-year-old Beatrice
Conrad. OF Harrisonburg. Va. Clyde ].
Carpenter. twenty-five years old. employ
cd as a news agent on Southern trains,
is to-day a prisoner at the Sixth pre-
cinct station upon a technical charge Of
suspicion.
The arrest was made by Detective
Horn. Questioning the girl, Il was
found that she had left her home IN Har-
risonburg on the promise Of Carpenter
that he would find work for her In
Washington. Carpenter supplied the
fare. she stated. and had promised to
place her in the hands Of his friends
here
The girls father. Jacob Conrad. was
communicated with by the headquarters
police, and he notified them late last
night the he would arrive in the city
to-day 10 take his daughter home The
girl was taken TO the House Of Detention
Carpenter denied TO the police that he
had had any evil intentions. but was
unable TO give a satisfactory explana-
tion Of the affair He will be held until
the girls father arrives. when it IS
probable that a more serious charge will
be lodged against him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
TENDER FAREWELL
TO The MANNINGS
Friends Entertain Departing
Tutor and His Wife.

Prof. and Mrs. W. r. Manning were
rendered a farewell reception last
night by friends in American Univer-
sity Park on the eve Of their departure
for Texas. where Prof. Manning has
accepted the chair Of Spanish diplo-
Smatic history in Texas University
The reception was held at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. TAFT in Uni
versity Park. Solos were given by
Mrs. Stone and Mrs, Manning, speeches
were made, and a buffet luncheon was
served.
Prof. Manning formerly occupied the
chair Of modern European history in the
college Of political sciences at George
Washington University, and his depar-
ture is universally regretted by students
and other friends in Washington.
Mr.. T. c. Hamm, of the state Depart
ment- and Mrs. Hamm will occupy Prof
Manning's home du-ing his absence.
Among those present at the reception
were Mr. and Mrs J. l. Tait, Mr. and
Mrs. T. c. Hamm. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Stone, Miss Georgia stone. Miss Faye
Seller. Mrs. States, and Messrs. NJ J.
Gleason, J. Frank Seller, and Alfred
Seller.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
EAR LOPPED OFF.
Victim Charges He Was Attacked
bv Strikers.

New York. Sept 14.-Behind the arrest
Of Joseph Meyers. Richard Cochrane'
Harry Moran. and Michael Kane, tho
first three sailors and the last named a
Iaborer. all Of whom were locked up in
police headquarters this morning on
charges of robbery and mayhem, lies a
grewsome police story
The detectives who. under the guidance
Of Post-office Inspector J. F. OldheldJ-of
Washington. made the arrest, say that
they have evidence TO show that the four
men had a hand in assaulting and rob
bing Edward Frazer, a deckhand, in
Buffalo late last June, and afterward
cutting off his ear. The ear. they say.
was bottled IN alcohol and afterward
mailed TO Harry Coulby. president Of the
Lake Carriers Association, which has
been lighting a strike Of its former en-
ployes for the last two years. Frazer
is alleged to have shipped TO Buffalo in
the role Of a strike breaker, and TO have
been manned at the instance Of the
strikers.
The alleged assault took place in Buff
faIo. June gL Frazer, who had just ar
rived from Saint Ste Marie fell in with a
number Of strikers. and. according to the
detectives. received knockout drops. He
was then knocked on the head. carried
into the back yard Of the place, and his
left ear cut OF.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
RIOTS IN TAMPA.
Enemy of Cigar Strikers Shot Down
y The Streets.

Tampa, Fla. Sept 1.-THE strike and
lockout of the cigarmakers in Tampa
has reached the guerilla warfare stage.
The strikers are losing ground, a number
Of the factories having located branches
in other towns, receiving forces OF non
union men from Tampa. This afternoon
J. F. Easterling. bookkeeper in Bustillo
Brothers and Diaz's factory. and who
has been active in recruiting for the
branch his people have opened in Jack
sonville. was shot down in the street and
may die. The shot was hred from a
crowd of strikers, which had assembled
in front Of the factory Of his frm.
Yesterday an attempt was made 10 as
sassinate J. Cosie. a manufacturer, but
the shot missed its mark
The mayor has issued a statement to
the effect that life and business viii be
protected even If State troops have to be
called out
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
BROKEN HEART KILLS.
Death of Prof Woeltge, of STAN
ford. Followed by Wife's

Stamford. Conn. Sept 14-Her heart
broken by the death Of her husband.
Prof. Albert Woeitge. Mrs Albert
Woeltge died last night at Walpole. N
H.. where she and her husband had been
spending the summer Prof. Woeltge
died there Monday, and as told in the
dispatches, his wife was Frustrated. Her
condition became steadily worse and she,
too. died last night. Mrs woeltge was
the daughter Of a former governor Of
New Hampshire
Like her husband she was musical.
She was the composer OF many anthems.
She was prominent here socially. Ad-
vices received here are that there will be
a double funeral at WalpoIe on Friday at
DO a. m.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
MISS REEDS BRIEF FLIGHT
Three Minutes in the Air with
Aviator Grahame-Whit
Washington High school Teacher
Has n Novel Experience-Seek-
ing Magazine Material.
'Dccial to The washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Boston, Mass, Sept 14-NIiss Kather-
Inc Reed. teacher of English in the West
ern High School at Washington, and an
enthusiast on aviation, started one Of
those 500 joy rides with Claude era
hame-White this afternoon at Aviation
Field. but the ride vas concluded at the
end Of the first circuit of the course.
when Sydney Macdonald signaled the
aviator to come down. as there was
doubt about her ability 70 meet the ex-
pense Of the ride over the full course.
Miss Reed first appeared at Aviation
Field Tuesday morning and solicited
ride When Graha ne Whites price Of
$50 minute was mentioned to her, she
said: 'Td be willing TO pay THAI, for I
expect to get $1,000 for a story I shall
write on my flight, and l can afford to
pay him 500 for it
After the brief flight to-day she ad-
mftted that she could not at once pay
$780, hut anticipated selling a story for
more than that amount She wanted 10
continue the highC on that basis, but
her offer was declined.
She thereupOn gave her check for $50
on a Washington rank as payment for
the portion of the ride she had taken.
Later she left the field in company with
a son Of Rear Admiral Remey. She told
a reporter she was going to the Allan
tic station to telegraph the Outlook.
Miss Reed gave as reference Mr.. c. R
Crane Of Chicago, who was appointed
Minister to China, but did not reach that
post. He Is now at Woods Hole. He
could not be reached, but a gentleman
representing him promptly vouched for
Miss Reed.
Immediately after the interrupted fight,
Grahame-White entered his Bleriot. and,
after circling the course, set out for Bos-
ton.
Miss Reed Is one of the best known of
the Western High School teachers, and
a brilliant woman. Before coming to
Washington she did magazine and news
paper work in Chicago. and is an accom-
plished writer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
FIRTH AND GIRLS BODY
LEAVE ON SAME TRAIN.

Accompanied by Chief Of Police Ed
ward McCarey. of Chester. Pa. William
Firth. charged with the abduction of
pretty ffteen-year-old Ethel May Pierce,
who committed suicide in an Alexandria
Hotel Tuesday, was taken back to
Chester yesterday afternoon on the same
train bearing the body Of the dead girl.
The States warrant was sworn out by
William W. Pierce. the girls father.
Firth appeared anxious to 10 back to
Chester and stand trial as he willingly
accompanied the chief and did not ask
for reqJisition papers.
Chief McCarey said that under the
Pennsylvania laws abduction is a serious
orense and carries penitentiary SEN
tence
AS he gazed upon the body in the un-
dertaking establishment OF William De-
maine & Son. Alexandria Firth broke
down. wept and for the first time ne
realized the gravity of the situation. The
body was viewed by Firth as he was
handcuffed to Policeman Reid just before
the convening Of the coroner's jury. The
jury convened promptly at 1890 O'clock
and after examining four witnesses re-
turned verdict that the girl came to
her death by a pistol wound inflicted
with suicidal intent by her own hands.
The jury was composed of r. T. Cook.
foreman; T. NJ Dunbar, J. D. Brown.
Leopold Reuben. s. c. Swain and w d.
Wood. Dr. S. B. Moore. city coroner,
presided over tine jury. DR.. Walter was
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept 1.-THE
planks Of the Republican State platform
viii bear very distinct evidences OF Saga
more Hrl's carpentry If the plans OF
Col. Roosevelt mature.
James Bronson Reynolds, investigator
extraordinary for the colonel in times
past and ever his admirer, came down
to-day to talk over labor matters in
general and what the Republicans viii
have 20 promise labor in the platform in
particular
The two were in consultation FOR the
greater part Of the morning. but the
colonel did not care TO 20 into the de-
tails Of their talk He simply said. in
an offhand manner. as though it were
an accepted fact. that the platform would
have progressive leanings. and that they
discussed what TO put into the labor
plank
Positively Not Candidate.
Also Mr. Roosevelt slenced for the
time being all talk of bis running for
governor this fan He told inquirers
that could say nothing additional 10
what he had said on his return from
Europe and repeated IN dozens OF let
ters since that time, and that was that
under no circumstances would he accept
the gubernatorial nomination.
The same statement. he added. applied
10 the chairmanship Of the State COM
mittee. He Iapsed INTO silence, however,
when questioned a. 70 the possibility
Of his becoming temporary chairman CT
the state convention.
When Mr.. Reynolds had gone blltheiy
On his way. Mr.. Roosevelt referred 10
the results OF yesterdays primeries'
which apparently he had forezeen, for
he said:
II am naturally yratihed- II is no
less than / expected"
Pleased with PoindeNter.
some one bobbed uo with the informa-
ton that Miles Poindexter. Of spokane.
an insurgent leader in the House. had
defeated the old guard for Senatorial
nomination in the State of Washington
10 the tune OF 1000 plurality. The colo
mel rubbed his hands together delighted
~. and his grin outcheshired that Of the
famous cat in Alice in Wonderland" ."
He decided right away 10 make a state
ment. and here it is.
Just as in South Dakota, where the
regulars won, I urged their opponents 10
support the winners heartily, so I must
! earnestly urge that the progressives IN
the state Of Washington be given the
hearty support Of the regulars there.
Father York will motor down from
Riverhead. Long Island. tomorrow and
! take Mr.. Roosevelt back with him. River
head has a county fair in progress that
will hear what the colonel thinks OF
corporations to some extent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
SIX BREAK JAIL.
Leader Captured in River After Fell
ING SherifF-One Escapes.


Dover, Del. Sept A-An but one OF
the six men who broke Jail here this
afternoon. after knocking down Sheriff
William E. Malonsy, have been recap
mred Leander ~ Shields, who insti-
gated the plot and hit the sheriff. was
caught in midstream. swimming the st.
Johns River.
Leander Brittener. held for swindling,
and Ernest Plummer, q negro impris-
ored for shooting a friend, tried hard TO
make good their escape. but were caught
by the crowd which pursued with guns
and revolvers. De Shields capture was
made by Recorder James Paron.
one man, held for a trivial offense Is
still missing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15

Special to The Washington Herald
Rockville. Nd. Sept H.-Mrs. Eliza VIII
liams. widow of Clayton S Williams. OF
this county. was instantly killed by a
Chevy Chase and Washington electric
car at $50 O'Clock this morning She was
waiting at Williams Station. in front Of
her home. for a car for Washington.
and was struck by a car going in the
other direction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
COLONEL NAILS A FAKE"
Name Used in Campaign in Fourth
MasSachuSetts District.

Boston. Sept. 14.-Col Roosevelt has
sent letter to the editor of a Waltham
newspaper. branding as an absolute in
ventlon" that portion Of an article which
appeared in a rival Waltham newspaper
in which the colonel is quoted as in
dorsing the candidacy Of w II. Wilder.
of Gardener. who desires the Republican
Congressional nomination in the Fourth
Massachusetts district
There is a fight On for the nomination.
and some time ago Mr.. Wilder went TO
New York and had talk with the coll
Onel. Later one Waltham paper printed
what purported to be an interview with
MT. Roosevelt, in which he was quoted
as saying that Mr.. Wifder's candidacy
had his Endorsement because Wilder stood
for tie Roosevelt policies. It is said
that Mr. Wilder made some use of this
Interview in the district and the editor
Of the other newspaper cut it out and
sent it over to Roosevelt
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15

El Paso. Sept. 14-AI saloons were
closed to-day in Ciudad Juarez and all
alons the Mexican border, to remain
closec until Saturday 10 guard against
any trouble that might attend the inde-
pendence celebration in Mexico as re-
suit OF drunkenness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
IDENTITY CLEARED UP.
Suicides Body CInimcd by Brother
of william IL. Through.

Suicides Body Clnimed by Brother
of william IL. Through.
The identity CT the young man who
was found dead on a road near Fort
Myer. Va, across the river from Wash
ington. Sunday afternoon, was cleared
up late yesterday afternoon. when Earl
Through, an ernploye Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, in Baltimore.
identified the clothing and other per-
sonal effects found on the man as those
of his brother, William H. Through,
aged twenty, an electrician
While the dead mans identity has now
been cleared up. il is still a mystery
whether his death was self-inhicted or
whether he was murdered. When found
a shoestring was tied around his throat,
with lead pencil interwound. An au-
topsy performed yesterday disclosed the
fact tnat death was due to strangula-
ton
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15

New York, Sept. 14-Georse p. Cox. the
Republican boss Of Cincinnati. drifted
into New York to-day upon the heels
of an announcement from Cincinnati
that he had left home 70 avoid the en-
barrassment OF being in town and not
mingling in the social festivities that
may be Incidental 10 the Presidents
,-s-ft
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
OIL FUEL SYSTEM FAULTY.
Naval Board Reports on Accident
10 North Dakota.

The recent fire in the oil fuel system
OF the battle ship North Dakota. OF the
Atlantic fleet. of the Virginia Capes. was
due to faulty design and installation. in
the opinion Of the board Of naval officers
that investigated the accident
According to the report. the North Da-
kota suffered no extensive damage. and
ten days in the navy yard will be suni-
cient time to restore her to her former
condition. Lieut.. Commander Murfn and
the members OF the hreroom crew. who
engaged in testing the oil fuel system,
have been exonerated from all blame
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and Maryland Partly cloudy to-
day; tomorrow, fair; continued
cool; moderate northerly winds.