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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-05
JOBS ARE OFFERED
BY CIVIL SERVICE
Examinations to Be Held in De-
cember for Purpose of
Filling Vacancies.

The Civil Service Commission today
announced examinations for December
and TO fill positions Of cartograDhjc
craftsman at the Naval War College.
Newport, r. l., and vacancies requiring
similar qualifications as they may Occur
IN any branch Of the service: mineral
examiner in the Forest Service: scien-
tific assistant in soil bacterioIogy and IN
tobacco chemistry, for the Department
OF Agriculture; and Notifications drafts
man under the War Department
Applicants for any of these positions
should communicate with the commits
sion before November o.
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CURRY is APPOINTED
TO TWO COMMITTEES

Daniel Curry, Acting Superintendent
Of Insurance, has been appointed a
member Of the committee on rates and
mortality and interest" and taxation"
of the national convention Of insurance
commissioners.
The next meeting Of the convention, Of
which Col Joseph Button commissioner
Of Insurance OF Virginia, IS president,
viii be held in Milwaukee, in September.
rQrT
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THREE CHILDREN
CRUSHED BY AUTO

AKRON. Ohio. Nov. 5-whne on their
way from high school. Helen Starr,
ten years old, was struck by an auto
mobile and killed, her sister Anna. four
eel' years old. was slightly hurt, and
Laura WaldIick, fifteen years old, was
50 badly injured that she will die.
The autoist In trying TO avoid a mo-
torcycle, ran onto the sidewalk
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NAVY YARD is HERE
TO STAY IS REPORT
Officials Do Not Think Secretary
Meyer Will Abandon Local
Institution.
Institution.

The Washington Navy Yard Is not
one Of those that the Secretary Of the
Navy declares ought to be shut down
as being needless, is the belief of As
sistant Secretary Of the Navy Winthrop.
who said that while he could not sneak
authoritatively of Secretary Movers
opinion, he thought the yard here would
not properly be in the category Of ur-
necessary.
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NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA

/ sermon viii be The Man With a
Will" Tomorrow at II O. m, the
subject OF the sermon viii be Seven
Steps IN the Downfall OF Peter. To-
morrow evening the subject viii Je
Death"
Mrs. II. =. Cation was operated Cn
for appendicitis at the Alexandra
Hospital last evening. Her condition
is said 10 be favorable.
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DEBATE ON LOCAL OPTION.

The Y. NJ c. A. Debating club will
al. cuss the prohibition question ar its
meeting this evening. Resolved.
That state wide prohibition is prefer
able 10 local option" IS the way the
tonic for discussion is phrased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-05
Baltimore & Ohio To Aeroplane Contest

at Aviation Field, Halethorpe, SIS
round trip; S2.25, including admission.
Flights commence 100 .. m, November
6th. Take B. a o. trains from Union
Station 100, $50. 1000 a. m. 300 noon,
and I:l5 p. m. Special at los D. m, re-
turning Immediately after the fights.
-Advt.
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MERCHANT A BANKRUPT.

Isadcre Goldman, a merchant. today
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
District Supreme Court. His Liabilities
are set forth as being $l,011-23, and his
assets at $3.50.
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SI.25 Baltimore and Return, Baltimore
d Ohio. Every Saturday and Sunday.
All trains both ways. both days, except
Royal Limited.-AdYt.
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APPEAL FOR FUNDS
FOR Fairgrounds
Letters Stating Need of Con-
tributions Mailed TO Insti-
tution's Friends.

Letters presenting a frank statement
Of the Washington Playground AssocIa-
tons need Of funds TO keep up lis
winter work were mailed today frSDa
the Office OF Secretary James z. West
20 hundreds Of friends Of the play
ground movement in this city
So far the subscriptions have Tot
reached the $1,000 mark. while $500 Is
needed Immediately 70 keep the grounds
open during November, and on Satur-
days during the winter This move
ment must be duplicated in subscrip-
tiOns 70 start the wcrK next spring and
run the grounds until July ], BY which
time II Is expected they viii be Ia
the hands OF the Commissioners
Contributions reported today follow:
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Sc To Baltimore and Return

Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Tickets good returning until
Sunday night All regular trains except
the Congressional Limited "-AdVt
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Popular Excursion, Baltimore and Ohio

z. r November 6th. Leave Union
station Sis a. m 800 10 Harpers
Ferry and Martinsburg; Sl-35 &C Ferl<ley
Springs, and 500 20 Cumberland and
return, By special train, returning same
day. Splendid opportunity for delight
ful outing cheap.-Advt-
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0S10l

Attention IS called IN the letter mailed
TODAY 10 the daily attendance for the
week ending October Is, which reached
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-05

At the First Baptist Church tomOr-
row morning, at 10 a. M, the Rev.
John +. G. Briggs viii conduct evan
gelistic services. The subject OF the
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
"How Are You, Msndyi"

.oftened her grief. And then William
Hall came into her life.
He was kind to her, relieved her of
many burdens, and finally they were
married in January OF this year. Life
was bright for her again Hall was
fond of her boy Mrs. Hall began .eyen
to sing as she went about her work.
Their little cottage was model of
neatness and it was comfortable.
1t was before this cottage that she
was sitting the other evening while
her husband was downtown on some
business, when her former husband
greeted her.
Mrs. Hall said that when she saw
him she grew faint. She could hardly
Then after they had talked Il all over
he tried to comfort her, ii is said, and
explained that at one time while i'm
the south he had been Ill and had
.ried to send her word and he sup,
oosed that this was the cause of the
message saying he was dead.~
After time Stevens and his little
boy went down the street and did not
come back. Stevens had left the city,
so far as was known. lie is said TO
have told friends before going away
again that he was going this time
never to return, that his wife seemed
20 be happy, had a good home, ard
that he would leave her to get di.
vorce II she wished and remarry Hall
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
WIFE IS REMARKED
WHEN HUB RETURNS
INDIANA MAN WHO WAS GONE
FOUR YEARS AND BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD.
DISAPPEARS WITH HIS SON
Is Declared TO Have Said That He
Found Woman Happy and That He
Would Go Away Again Never to
Return.

Indianapolis are you, Man.
oy!" spoke Samuel Stevens, the other
evening, to woman sitting in front
of her little cottage. The voice
startled her. She looked up and sud
denly rose to her feet
Il thought you were dead-dead
and buried." the woman cried. How
did you get here? Where did you
come FROM"
mo. no, Mandy; l am very much
alive" the man replied evenly. 81
don't know what made you think
was dead" he continued, tenderly, to
the emotion-swept woman before him
She then told him of her belief that
no was dead, and that she had mar
ried William Hall, who had given her
a good homo and been a kind hus.
band.
Such Is the brief description given
of the meeting OF Samuel Stevens and
his wife, from whose presence he had
disappeared four years before.
The story of the Steyenses is like
u chapter from novel. Four years
ago they wero living together and
had seven children. The husband and
father was laborer. The family Is
said to have gotten along as well and
lived as comfortably as the average
family Of laboring man and the fam
ily relations were pleasant. Then, one
day, after some little upset over one
of the children, the punishment by
him Of daughter, it is said. neigh
bors made a complaint, and war.
rant is declared to have been issued
for his arrest. He disappeared from
his home. His wife expected that he
would soon return.
AS time wore on she found the
struggle alone OF trying to provide for
the large family too hard q battle.
She made brave effort, but the
handicap was great. She could not
get steady work and sickness now
and then invaded the little home.
Then she allowed three of the chill
'ren to be taken away, she keeping
the youngest. Through the day she
toiled for her children, and continued
to hope for her husbands return. She
was confident that he would come
back and believed that he was doing
the best he could and what he thought
was right.
Then one day a grocer brought the
news that her husband was dead. He
had received a letter, he said, In
which it was stated that Sam Stevens
had been victim Of yellow fever at
Oswego, Miss.
She lost heart and gave up the re-
manning children except the youngest.
Harry. With only one child to care
for she found 1t little easier to get
along. Neighbors helped and time
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
Now They Sleep Indoors.

George Fl. Beattie, jeweler in the
old Arcade, and l.. T.. Ralston, auditor
Of the News, have jointly and several
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open isn't all that 1t has been declared
to be, says the Cleveland Leader.
They were both In deep snooze out
at the Beattie farm, near Chagrin
Falls, the other night, when a run.
away team from the county fair city
turned into the lano leading up to the
Beattie estate and came along at full
speed.
Sound asleep, but dreaming of I'M
pending danger, Ralston rolled out OF
his cot toward the north, and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers. oversetting everything in tho
way, but missing Beattie and Ralston
by margins too narrow to be meas
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept in his town house and Beattie
has found shelter under the ample
roof Of his house on his big planta
ton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
SYNOPSIS.


(.awrence Blakeley. lawyer. goes to
T'ittsbuIg with the forged notes in the
bronson case TO get the deposition of John
Gilmore, millionaire. In the lattcr's home
he is attracted by picture of q young
girl whom the millionaire explains Is his
granddaughter. A lady requests Biakeley
10 buy her Pullman ticket. lie gives
her lower eleven and retains lower ten:
lie finds a drunken man in lower ten and
retires in lower nine. lie awakens In
lower seven and finds his clothes and bag
Juissiug. The man in lower ten is found
Tpardered. Circumstantial evidence places
both Bakeley and the unknown man who
had exchanged clothes with him, under
suspicion of murder. Blakeley becomes
Interested in girl In blue. The tram
81 wrecked. Blakeley Is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
~ broken. Thee go TO the Carter place
for breakfast. The girl proves to be Ali
ron West, his partners sweetheart. Her
peculiar actions mystify the lawyer. She
drops her gold bag and Blakeley puts 1t
sn his pocket. Blakeley returns home.
He finds that he is under surveillance
and hears of strange doings In the, house
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

tumor caused by q rupture. l wrote
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
I did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away Mrs.
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Kans.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills. including displacements.
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu.
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
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but trife to try 1t. and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice write
forit to Mrs. PinlSham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

bring you to dinner tonight, and !
said | knew you would fall all over
yourself to go. You are requested to
bring along the broken arm, and any
other souvenirs of the wreck that you
may possess"
I'll do nothing Of the sort" I de.
clared, struggling against my inclina-
ton. II can't even tie my necktie,
and l have to have my food cut for
me-"
"Oh, that's all right" he said cas-,
lily. I'll send Stogie over to fix you
up, and Mrs. Dal knows all about the
arm. told her."
(Stogie is his Japanese factotum, so
called because he is lean, a yellowish
brown in color, and because he claims
to have been shipped into this country
in boX.)
The cinematograph was finishing
the program. The house was dark and
the music had stopped, as 1t does In
the circus just before somebody risks
his neck at so much neck in the dip
Of death, or the hundredfoot dive.
Then, with sort of shock, saw on
the white curtain the announcements:
THE NEXT PICTURE
is THE DOOMED WASHINGTON
FI1ER, TAKEN A SHORT DIS
TANCE FROM THE SCENE OF
THE WRECK ON THE FATAL
MORNING OF Sci BER
TENTH TWO MILES FARTHER
ON 1T NET WITH ALMOST COM
PLETE ANNIHILATION.
| confess to a return of some of the
sickening sensations Of the wreck;
people around me were leaning for
ward with tense faces. Then the let.
ters were gone and saw a long lev
ell stretch of track, even the broken
stone between the ties standing out
distinctly. Far off under a cloud of
smoke n small object was rushing to-
ward us and growing larger as 1t
came.
Now 1t was on us, mammoth in
size, with huge drivers and a colossal
tender. The engine leaped aside, as
If just In time to save us from de-
struction, with glimpse of a stoop-
ing fireman and a grimy engineer. The
long train of sleepers followed. From
a forward vestibule a porter I'm a
white coat waved his hand. The rest
Of the cars seemed still wrapped in
slumber. With mixed sensations
saw my own car, Ontario, fly past.
and then 4 rose TO my feet and
gripped Meningitis shoulder
On the lowest step of the last car,
one foot hanging free, was man. His
black derby hat was pulled well down
to keep it from blowing away, and his
coat was flying open In the wind. He
was swung well out from the car, his
free hand gripping a small vallse.
every muscle tense for jump.
Good God, that's my mani" | said
hoarsely, as the audience broke into
applause. Mcknight half rose: in his
seat ahead Johnson stified yawn and
turned to eye me.
dropped into my chair Imply, and
tried to control my excitement. The
man on the last platform Of the train."
said. "He was Just about to leap;
I'll swear that was my bag"
Gould you see HIS face?" Mcknight
asked in an undertone. Would you
know him AGAIN."
mo. His hat was pulled down and
his head was bent. I'm going back to
find out where that picture was Ia
ken. They say two miles. but 1t may
have been forty"
The audience, busy with its wraps,
had not noticed. Mrs. Dallas and AL.
ison West had gone. In front OF as
Johnson had dropped his bat and was
stoopiug for It
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
Why Dickens Wrote "christmas c

Why Dickens Wrote "Christnas Carol"
| noticed a statement In one OF the
papers recently that Dickens wrote his
Christmas Carol with the express OBJ
ject of reviving the popular interest in
the Christmas season and its festivl.
ties. This is a pleasing fiction which
had often been previously met with
The fact is that Dickens wrote the
Christmas Carol" in the autumn OF
1S43 because he was short OF money
and in great need of $4,000 The most
candid chapter in Forster's Life" Is
the one Tin the second volume) which
relates the tale of Dickens disappoint;
ment and despair when he received
the Carol accounts. for instead of
the $4,000 he had set his heart and
soul upon" the sum due TO him was
only $1.150. Dickens wrote: MY
years bills. unpaid, are so terrific that
all the energy and determination
can possibly exert will be required to
clear me before | go abroad" Dick.
ems ultimately cleared $3.50 by the
Christmas Carol on sale OF $4,000
copies.-London Truth.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

An amusing story is told OF what
happened to pluralist voter in the
1900 election in England. lie was a
keen politician and believing that the
vote he possessed in a distant constit-
uency would be of value to his candi.
date engaged a special train to take
him there On entering the polling
booth he found the engineer OF the
train at his heels. lie then discovered
that the engineer happened to be on
the voting register of the same town
and was taking the opportunity of his
accidental presence there to record
his vote-which was given for the
other side
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
The Weeds Return,

"Confound these election bets, any
way!" grumbled Harker.
Lose heavily?" inquired his friend.
"No, won ten boxes of cigars and
they were 80 rank sold the whole lot
to the corner tobacconist for a dollar"
We'll, you made dollar, anyway"
Eyes, but that Is not the worst OF
Il. My wife saw the boxes in the
window marked "A Bargain, $2.' and
bought the whole lot to give me as q
birthday present"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

ed. "The older you get It, the worse
the attack"
Johnson did not appear again that
day. A small man in a raincoat took
his place. The next morning | made
my initial trip to the Office, the rain
coat still on hand. had a short con-
ference with Miller, the district at
torney, at IL. Bronson was under sur
veillance, he said, and any attempt to
sell the notes to him would probably
result In their recovery. In the mean
time, as | knew, the Commonwealth
had continued the case. in hope of
such contingency.
At noon | left the office and took
veterinarian to see Candida, the in
jured pony. BY one o'clock my first
days duties were performed, and a
long Sahara of hot afternoon
stretched ahead. Mcknight, always
glad to escape from the grind, sug-
gested vaudeville, and in sheer
ennui consented. / could neither
ride, drive nor golf, and my own COM
Coolest place in town these days"
he declared. Electric fans, breezy
songs, airy costumes. And there's
Johnson just behind - the, coolest
proposition in Washington"
He gravely bought three tickets and
presented the detective with one.
Then we went in. Having lived a nor
NAL, busy life, the theater in the aft
ernoon is to me about on par with
ice cream for breakfast. Up on the
stage very stout woman In short
pink skirts, with a smile that Nc
Knight declared looked like a slash in
roll of butter, was singing nasally,
each verse. Johnson, two rows ahead,
went to sleep. Mcknight prodded me
with his elbow.
Look at the first box to the right"
he said, in a stage whisper. | want
you to come over at the end of this
act.
1t was the first time l had seen her
since l put her in the cab at Balti-
more. Outwardly / presume | was
calm, for no one turned to stare at
me, but every atom of me cried out
at the sight of her. She was lean
ing, bent forward, lips slightly parted.
gazing raptly at the Japanese con-
iurer who had replaced what Me-
Knight disrespectfully called the Col
umns of Hercules. Compared with the
draggled lady of the farm house, she
was radiant.
For that first moment there was
nothing but JOY at the sight of her.
Meningitis touch on my arm brought
me back to reality.
Come over and meet them," he
said. That's the cousin Miss West
Is visiting, Mrs. Dallas"
But l would not CO. After he went
sat there alone, painfully conscious
that I was being pointed out and
stared at from the box. The abomin-
able Japanese gave way to yet more
atrocious performing dogs.
How many offers of marriage will
the young lady in the box have?" The
dog stopped sagely at 'none," and
then pulled out card that said eight.
Wild shouts of glee by the audience.
'The FOOLS" L-muttered.
After little glanced over. Mrs.
Dallas was talking to Mcknight, but
she was looking straight at me. She
was flushed, but more calm than I,
and she did not bow. fumbled for
my hat, but the next moment saw
that they were going. and l sat still.
When Mcknight came back he was
triumphant.
i've made an engagement for you,'
he said. MRS. Dallas asked me tc
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
A Question.

Vera (eight years old)-What does
transatlantic mean, mother?
Mother-Across the Atlantic, OF
course; but you mustn't bother me.
Vera-Does trans" always mean
across3
Mother suppose 1t does. Now, IL
you don't stop bothering me with your
questions shall send you right to
bed.
Vera CATER few minutes silence)
Then does transparent mean cross
parent?-Ideas.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

This way" l motioned to Nc.
knight, and we wheeled into the mar
row passage behind us, back of the
boxes. At the end there was a door
leading into the wings, and as We
went boldly through turned the key
The final set was being struck, and
no one paid any attention to us. Luck
lily they were similarly Indifferent to
banging at the door | had locked.
banging which. | judged. signitied
Johnson.
Il guess we've broken up his inter
ference" Mcknight chuckled.
Stage hands were hurrying in every
direction; pieces of the side wall OF
the last drawing room menaced us; a
switchboard behind us was singing
like .tea-kettle. Everywhere we
stepped We were in somebody's way.
At last we were across, confronting a
man in his shirt sleeves. who by dots
and dashes of profanity seemed to be
directing the chaos.
"Well?" he said, wheeling on US.
What can | do for you?"
Il would like to ask" / replied, "if
you have any idea just where the last
cinematograph picture was taken"
Broken OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES? ?"
mo. The Washington Filler"
He glanced at my bandaged arm.
The announcement says two
miles," Mcknight put in, but we
should like to know whether 1t is rail-
road miles, automobile miles. or po-
liceman miles"
II am sorry | can't tell you," he re.
piled, more civilly 1--WE get those pic
lures by contract. We don't take them
ourselves"
Where are the company's offices?"
New York" He stepped forward
and grasped a super by the shoulder
What In blaZes are you doing with
that gold chair in kitchen set? Take
that piece of pink plush there and
throw 1t over soap box, if you have
not got kitchen chair"
! had not realized the extent of the
shock, but now l dropped into chair
and wiped my forehead. The unex-
pected glimpse of Alison West fol-
lowed almost Immediately by the rev.
elation of the picture, had left me
limp and unnerved. Mcknight was
looking at his watch.
He says the moving picture peo-
pie have an Office downtown. We can
make it if we go on now"
So he called a cab, and we started
at a gallop. There was 10 sign of
the detective. Upon my word"
Hichey said, Il feel lonely without
him"
The people at the downtown Office
of the cinematograph company were
very obliging. The picture had been
taken, they said, at Nj, just two
miles beyond the scene of the wreck.
1t was not much, but 1t was something
to work on. | decided not to go home,
but to send Meningitis Jap for my
clothes, and to dress at the Incubator.
was determined, IL possible, to make
my next days Investigations without
Johnson. In the meantime, even If 1t
was for the last time, would see Her
that night. l gave Stogie note for
Mrs. Klopton, and with my dinner
clothes there came back the gold bag
wrapped in tissue paper.
(TO BE CONTlNUEDD
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

not sleep. 1t kept
growing larger and
by fall 1t was as
large as a hens egg.
/ could not 60 to
bed without a hot
water bottle applied
to that side. I had
one Of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
thatI would have to
be operated on as Ii
was something like
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
Not Wanted In Calf.

Perhaps the intending purchaser
who recently wrote London book
seller: please forward me a copy
of Tennyson, but please not one bound
in calf, as I am a vegetarian" intended
to employ the volume only as a food
for thought. - Christian Sciences
Monthly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE.P .Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. IA year ago last
March l fell, and q few days after
there was soreness In my right side.
In a short time bunch came and 10
bothered me so much at night / could