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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
STRANGER IS ACCUSED
Of PASSING BAD CHECK
Makes Small Purchase and
Receives Change From
Washington JeWeIer.

Passing himself or as William l.
Adams. the president Of a western bank.
q neatly dressed man walked into an r
street Jewelry store last Tuesday. and
after making q small purchase. rendered
travellers check drawn on the American
Bankers Association Of New York for
$50 In payment. and received in change
$3.50. Tho firm cashed it without hesita-
ton. They did not give it another
thought until the check was returned yes
terday from New York with tho state
ment from the bankers association that
the signature Is a forgery.
May Be Other Victims.
Detectives are endeavoring to find out
If other firms have received q similar
travellers check, as the man had suff1-
Client time to pass others before the first
was returned from New York. lie moved
quietly about the store last Tuesday after
noon. and finally asked to be shown some
silver card cases. He selected one, valued
at $3.50, and asked the clerk if he would
take a travellers check in payment. as he
was merely stopping over for the day
and it was necessary to cash the check.
The check was drawn on the First Ma
tional Bank Of Hoquiam, Wash, and
drawn through the American Bankers
Association Of New York. 1t was signed
by William L. Adams, president OF the
First National Bank AS stated, the shop
per claimed that was his name. 1t was
not noted at the time that the check was
not properly made out.
Investigation Discloses Forgery.
Investigation by the New York assocda-
ton revealed that William L. Adams is
the president Of the First National Bank.
but that the signature to tho check Is q
forgery. The man who is charged with
perpetrating the fraud is described as be-
ing between forty and forty-ffve years
old, about five feet eight inches tall; has
fair smooth face and weighs about $50
pounds He was fashionably dressed in
q dark suit and overcoat and wore a large
solitaire diamond ring on his left hand.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
A TARIFF COMEDY.
Spain Finally Won In the "cass sf the
Screw Propeller"

Spain Finally Won In the "cass ef the
Screw Propeller"
Every British captain calling at
Spanish ports Is familiar with the
"case OF the screw propeller" The
story Is told for the benefit Of lands
men In Mr.. G. II. Il, Wards The
Truth About Spain" The steel screw
OF cargo steamer which traded with
Bilbao and other northern ports was
damaged hey ond repair during a rough
voyage The vessel was beached pend
ing the arrival Of n new propeller from
England
AT last. when the steamer was about
to sail. the captain was informed that
he had TO ray duty for putting
ashore a manufactured article-name-
". the 'scrapred' or broken propeller.
The captain protested and offered to
drop it into the Sea. but the officials
were obduvate. They seized the ship
and demanded payment. The captain
declined to ease the tension by the
customary hribe and complained to the
British foreign office.
The duty was returned. but the
captain was warned to be very careful
about contraband. and for several voy-
ages nothing occurred Several months
later some slight inaccuracy In the
ships papers and the declaration OF
cargo gave the excisemen their chance,
and the vessel was not allowed to
| leave until Il heavy fine corresponding
to the original propeller duty, was
paid"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
What Puny Children Need
More Food-How to Make Them
Eat Heartity

More food, better blood. those are
the two things that pale, delicate
children need most
But they won't eat says the anN-
ious mother. Yes they will if you give
them our delicious tonic, Ninol
It's the greatest thing We ever saw
to create an appetite. 1t makes the
blood rich, too-builds UP weak chill
dren land grown folks as wella and
makes them strong and rosy.
Mrs. W. O. S1rother OF Raleigh. y.
c., says: My little girl, Hazel, has
been taking Ninol to build her up after
a severe spell OF sickness. 1t has done
so much good by restoring her appe-
tite and building up her strength that
/ think Einol is the finest tonic ever
prepared and | am telling everyone
about it.
Children like 10 take Einol. the taste
is so pleasant. 1t is not d strong medi-
cine and there is not one harmful
thing in it. We will give back your
money if Vinol disappoints you. Leo
H. Fine, druggist, Richmond. Ind
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
FIRST AID Ii! PAINTING.
Lower the Head to Let the Blood Back
to this Brain

Painting is Il loss Of consciousness
due to the dininutiou of blood supply
to the brain. 1t occurs most frequent
~ in weak. sensitive women. but may
occur also to men as we'll. 1t usually
occurs in crowds or in crowded halls,
theaters and churches, where the at
mosphere is close and the air foul.
Painting usually lasts only few
minutes. and the person RECEIVERS i'm
mediately when taken out into the
fresh air but there are cases in which
it lasts much longer, sometimes for an
hour or more. The first aid treatment
of fainting is usually very simple
Take the person out into the fresh
air and lay him fiat on the back, with
the head lower than the feet.
This can be done by grasping the
feet and holding the body so that the
head hangs down, or take an ordinary
straight back chair. turn it over SO
that the back forms an angle with the
floor and place the person on the back
Of the chair with the head hanging
down. This position with the head
hanging down favors the flow of the
blood back to the brain.
All tight clothing about the neck and
waist should be loosened. Smelling
salts or aromatic spirits Of ammonia;
applied to the nostrils and cold water
sprinkled on the face, chest and hands
help to restore consciousi,css.-Nat
al Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
The Gate to Tibet.

Just outside Tachienlu is the stone
bridge which is called the gate to Ii
bet" Tachienlu is a narrow little city
which had to conform its shape to the
contour OF the mountains which shut it
in. There is hardly foot of level
ground within the wahs. 1t Is the
great emporium Of trade between Chi
ma aud Tibet. where the Chinese ex-
change tea for. musk and gold dust.
Many red frocked lamas are to be seen
about the city. most of whom live in
large lamasaries outside the walls. On
the fat roofs Of the houses tlutter in
Vulnerable prayer nags. giving to the
winds the universal Tibetan hymn of
praise
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
ne WAS THE PASTOR.
And That Kept Him From Giving the
Other Man the Address.

Will Townsley OF the Great Bend
Tribune tells this story of versatile
minister in western Kansas, who Is
also postmaster. runs the only general
store in the town. is president OF the
only bank in the place and is also a
practicirg lawyer:
On one occasion a travelling salesman
sold the town merchant a lot Of jew
elry. When it came it was not as rep
resented and was returned to the
house. which. however. undertook 10
collect the bill First the wholesale
house drew a sight draft on tie nor
chant through the bank. which was re
turned unhonored. Then a letter was
addressed to the postmaster inquiring
about the financial standing or the
merchant. The postmaster reported
the merchant all o. X. Finally the a.
count was sent for collection addressed
to the leading lawyer.
Then the minister took his pen in
hand and wrote as follows: The un-
dersigned is the merchant on whom
you attenpte1 to palm OFF your worth
less goods: the undersigned IS prcsi'
dent and owner Of the bank to which
you sent your sight draft; the under
signed is the postmaster to whom you
| wrote and the undersigned is the law
yer whose services you sought to OBJ
tain for your nefarious business. And
if the undersigned were not also the
pastor OF the church at this place he
would tell you where to go."-kansas
City Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
ALLEGED MUROERESS
2NO MRS, GUINNESS
Minnie Murdock Placed on
Trial at Norfolk-Dead
Men Robbed.
(National News Association

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. SIN the
Charles Merkle, whose case came up
in court here today, Developments may
come to light to show the case par
allel OF the celebrated case of Mrs.
Belle Guinness. the Indiana woman who
conducted murder farm Like the
Guinness woman Mrs. MurdOck is sus-
pected Of luring men to her little farm
on the outskirts Of this city and then
numbering them for their money.
The specific charge upon which Mrs.
Murdock and her employe, Merkle,
are to be tried is the alleged murder
Of Harry Harding, sailor, whose
body was found in a shallow grave on
the Murdoc farm early last summer.
The discovery resulted from a state
ment made by an old negro who call
ed at the sheriff's office and reported
that he had been asked by Mrs. Muir
doc to dig a grave at the farm. Depu-
ties hurried out, and, digging in an
onion bed where the earth showed
signs Of recent disturbance, found al
depth of Il foot the corpse Of Hard
ing. with it's head crushed in with an
Ak.
Following her arrest, Mrs. Mcrkle
is said to have confessed to knowledge
OF the crime. According to her state
ment. Merkle, jealous of Harding.
murdered him single-handed. She
said she went to sleep while the men
were quarreling. Presently she awOkc,
put out her hand in the dark and on
the pillow beside her felt the wet face
of Harding smashed to a pulp. At
Merkles bidding she said she helped
conceal the body under the bed, and
the next night the two buried the re-
mains in a shallow grave in the gard.
en-.
Search Of the Murdock house is
said to have brought to light scores Of
letters from men with whom the wo-
man had correspOnded through matri-
mOnial agencies. Two men seen with
the woman are said to have disappear
ed mysteriously. One, a civil war vet
eran, vanished so completely that the
thorough search made for him by his
Grand Army post failed to find a trace
of him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
wc1 IN Ane,uer.

Ty Cobb. Detroits star baseball play
err gets as much mail as a member OF
congress. Letters come to him from
girls who admir-" his style Of beauty.
from boys who study his style Of bat
ting and from seasoned fans. If he
attempted to answer them all his bat
ting arm would soon be wreck
One morning in Chicago during the
past season he was examining his
mail. Out of the fifty odd coMmuni-
cations before him he took one.
This letter" be said. lis the only
one that gets rise out Of me. I'm 60
ing to write to this old fellow
He passed the letter to friend, who
read:
Dcre Marster Cobb How you kurain
long? My rispecks to Madom Cobb
Please sir rite NE line. Desc niggers
down here In Misisipi says I don't know
you and wants to show dem yore letter.
Yores rispeckful, BEN JACKSON.
Popular Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
i,.ount ktna.

Mount Etna is one Of the great vol
canoes Of the earth. 1t is great in size,
great in activity, grent in beauty. In
size 1t would cover the entire metro
politan district Of New York and the
surrounding counties Its height Is
1000 feet above sea level. As to its
power, one Of these eruptions some
centuries ago killed $4,000 people,
which is probably more than Nesuvius
has ever done in all its existence as
volcano. not excepting the great
eruption OF 20 \. n. which destroyed
the cities OF Herculaneum and Pom
peii. AS to its beauty. this IS also
very difficult to describe. 1t is teemiAs
with life animal and vegetable. and is
snow covered one-half the year The
other half it is bare to its very sum
mit.-Christiun Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
Knees Became Stiff
Five Years Of Severe Rheumatism

The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, IA
Barton Street, Boston, Mass, is anoth-
er victory by Hoods Sarsa parilla.
This great medicine has succeeded in
many cases where others have utterly
failed Mr. Goldstein says: Il suf-
fered from rheumatism five years, it
kept me from business and caused ex-
cruciating pain. My knees would be-
come as stiff as steel. I tried many
medicines without relief, then took
Hoods Sarsa aparilla, soon felt much
better, and now consider myself en-
tircly cured. l recommend Hoods
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sar6atabs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
|CAN'T CURE CATARRH
Stomach Dosing, Sprays and Oouches
Have All Failed.

There is only one way to cure ca.
tarrh.
Reach the raw. tender. inflamed
membrane that is infested with ca
tarrh germs. and destroy the germs,
You can't reach the hooks and crev.
ices with liquid prepara1ions--,here is
only one way-breathe the an,iseptic
germ killing air OF HIOMEI tpro
nounce it Hish-o-mel directly over the
infested parts.
HlOMEl contains no opium. cocaine
or other harmful drugs, it is made OF
Australian eucalyptus. thymol and
others Historian antiseptics. 1t is
guaranteed to end the misery of ca
tarrh, asthma, Group and bronchitis, OF
money back
Ask l.. II, Fihc about the HlOMEl
outfit today. He sells it for only 81 ot
and guarantees it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
8erIin's Bio Restaurant,

Imagine restaurant costing $1O.-
100000. The Rheingold, in Berlin. ac-
commodities more than 1000 persons
at one time. giving employment to
1900 persons. OF whom eighty five are
cooks. At this place it is possible to
get 4 good dinner for 30 cents and at
any price from that up.-Chicago Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
Warninq a Serpent.

Down in Bermuda Mark Twain
made speech about snakes to a
group of little girls. The speech was
great Tue only trouble was that the
little girls could not appreciate it. 1t
few over their heads This was the
humorist's conclusions:
Never warm a serpent In your bos-
om 1t Is far easier to warm it by
placing it under the pillow Of an init,
mate friend. ."-Harpers Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

About three hundred miles of rail
roads are being built in the Pyrenees
These railroads are to be operated by
electricity which will be furnishe ed
from water power stations in the
mountains. Power will be supplied
at a voltage Of $4,000, which will be
stepped down to twelve thousand volts
for the trolley wires. The locomotives
will be provided with transmitters fol
further reduction to 2S5 volts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
At the Murray.
All Weck-Vaudeville.
1.-THE Girl From u, S, A."

A brand new attraction of type all
it's own. Is making a strong appeal to
playgoers this season under the catchy
title. "The Girl From IT, s. A." 1t is a
musical comedy of melodramatic tinge
in which vivacious American girl
figures prominently in scenes laid in
Paris, Constantinople and China. She
and her Chicago husband that is to be
strike a merry and strenuous gait in
righting the wrongs Of IA pair Of i'll
fated Partisan lovers and make the
power Of the American flag felt in
Turkish seraglio and Chinese palace.
The new piece. which comes highly
recommended, by the press of other
cities, will be seen at the Gennett the
ater Monday night. November 13 A
talented company Of singers and ac-
tors are promised in the performance
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
RED
It's the Red Blood CorpuscIes that
Proper Food Makes,


It's the Red Blood corpusc'es that
Proper Food Makes.
An Ohio woman says Grape\uts
food gave her good red blood and re-
stored the roses of youth to a complex
ion that had been muddy and blotchy.
She says:
For 10 years | had stomach trou-
bic which produced a breaking out on
my face. The doctors gave it a long
Latin name. but their medicines fail
ed to cure it. Along with this | had
frequent headaches, nervousness and
usually pain in my stomach after
meals.
Il got disguised with the drugs.
stopped them and coffee off short and
quit eating everything but fruit and
Grape-Nuts. with Postum for my Ia
Bile beverage.
The headaches. stomach trouble,
and nervous weakness disappeared al
most like magic, which showed that
when the cause was removed and good
food and drink used nature was ready
to help.
My blood was purified and my COM
plexion became like young girls
while my weight was increased from
90 to 10 pounds in few months
good. solid. firm flesh. where it used
to be soft and flabby.
Il recommended Grape\uts and
Postum to one of my friends. who was
afflicted as l had been. She followed
my advice and in a short time was re-
stored to complete health and insabout
& months her weight increased from
100 to 14S pounds.
Our doctor. observing the effect of
Grape Nuts and Postum in our cases,
declared, the other day, that he would
hereafter prescribe these food pro-
ducts for gastritis." Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. The Road to
Wellville,' in pkgs. "lnere's a reas-
on
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

A few yards farther the cart came to
a stop which almost threw the pasSen-
ger out.
''Why did you stop so suddenly"
asked the man.
well. an there's a milestone came
the answer from Pat.
But what is there strange about a
milestone?" again questioned the sight
seer.
"Shurc," spoke out Pat. IAN ye sell
dom see two O them together Phil
adelphia Times.
Experiments are being made in
sending Australian oranges and lem.
ons to Canada.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

AH0N = Fi"hhAh tllV experience With
an organism untitled for the trial of
strength. and when the strain is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover Follow
ing right upon this comes the nervous
strain Of caring for the child. and
distinct change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of chill
dren. and indeed child birth under light
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. The unexplaiuable thing is
that. with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting
from an unprepared condition. women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
1t isn't as though the experience
came upon them unawares. They have
ample time in which to prepare, but
they. for the most part, trust to chance
and pay the penalty.
In many homes once childless there
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia F.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy, and strong.
Any woman who would like
special advice in regard to this
matter is cordially invited to
write 70 Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. Her letter win be held in
strict Confdep'>
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
HOW TO MAKE HAIR GROW

Mrs. Masons Old English Shampoo
Cream cleanses the scalp and invigor-
ates the hair roo's II will do more 10
prevent loss of hair and promote a lux
uriant growth than anything else. Leo
H. Fihe and other druggists &c a tube
Try it just once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
RaekiA&<oAeS

Singleton-Wigwags seems frightfully
despondent. He says he doesn't care
what happens to him. Henpeckke-
The first thing you know that fellow
will be going Off and getting married.
philadelphia Record.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
Deceive.i BY 4 Cloud.

The instinct or animals is sometimes
supposed to be more iafalllote thar
human reason. hut scientists obser
vations Of the katydid rather contra
dict that opinion. The katydid. witt
its musical membranes. produces twt
distinct songs" one peculiar to the
night and familiar TO everybody. the
other a daytime tune. which is rather
rasp than 4 melody. According to
the scientist mentioned. 1t is sometimes
quite conical to hear the singers sud
denly change their tune when dark
cloud obscurcs the sun. Immediately
resur ling their daytime song when it
has passed. This recalls the hens that
60 to roost during solar eclipse.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
ke Was Polite.

He-The great trouble with Cab
bleigh is he talks too much. She
That's strange. When he's been with
me he's scarcely said a word. He
Oh. he's too much of a gentleman to
interrupt-Boston Transcript.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

In Australia are found the largest
birds nests in the world. They are
built by the jungle fowl in great
mounds, and their height averages
about fifteen feet. They are formed
of twigs and sticks like other nests,
but they weigh tons in extreme cases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
At the Murray.


"Politics and Petticoats' is one of
those dramatic sketches that every
body likes. No one knows why there
should be such class, unless it is
because a really fine and delicate dra-
matte sketch requires almost as much
Of the auditor as of the author and
actor.
Augustus Neville who will be seen
here all week at the Murray in the
above sketch has for a vehicle one that
can be counted in this category and
it certainly is a very remarkable work,
both on the part of the author Mr..
Oliver White and the star Of the pro-
less.
1t takes considerable more than one
swallow to make summer, and a
great deal more than an elaborate
stage setting to make an act and al
though both are useful adjuncts, the
main point is the plot of the story
and it's rendition. Mr. White is must
we'll if all reports received are cor
rect, Dtlt, IL is lelt 10 MI. 4\eNllle "
make gratifying politician type
of man, who, despite his faults, frank
ly confessed, must be the embodiment
of something that is so far above the
average human being in selfrenuncia-
ton that his characterization of the
part seems almost incredible.
Problematical in the extreme, the
act isc one that sets on thinking. 1t
deals with the story of politician
with everything in his hands renounc-
ing, not for any selfish ends, but for
the sake of a woman that he has low
ed all his life not only his personal ha-
tired of his political opponent, but even
, his own political ambitions. The in
tense moment of the sketch is, when,
after wishing to benefit the wife of his
candidate as he believes her to be- the
telephone rings and the message re-
ceived in answer to the call is the
whole keynote of the play.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
A Sad Prospact,


They say there's no fool like an old
fool"
THAT makes me shudder for the fu-
ture. I've already been all the other
kindA"-kApses CITY Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
BunqaIow.

The word bungalow is IN Anglo
Indian version Of the Hindu bangla.
which primarily means Bengali. or OF
Bengal, and is also applied to a
thatched hut.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
The Wonder Of II.

A traveller who was seeing Ireland
in a small cart berated the Irish driver
for fnilins to point out a sight in a
part of Dublin they had just passed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
Eittind Trait.

Young Eiffins' infatuation for pref
ty Miss Gladys is merely puppy love"
II suppose that accounts for his dog
like evotion."-Baltimore American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
AmuSementS
THEATRICAL CALENDAR.
At the GAnnAff

Nov. 11-Quincy Adams Sawyer.
Nov. 1'-"The Girl From u. S. A.
Coming-"The Squaw Man"
Coming-"Madame Sherry"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
open POSTAL BANKS
IN THE CANAL ZONE
National News Assoei eiation)

PANAMA. Nov. S.-The first postal
savings banks in the Canal Zone were
opened today. The establishment Of
the postal savings system here is very
gratifying to residents who have long
desired to put their savings in the
hands OF the government for safe-keep-
ing. The system established here diff
fers materially from that in the
States. in that no interest will be paid
Oh the deposits. the object being mere
ly to provide d depository for the
funds OF the Canal Zone inha bitants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE

LAXATIVE. BROMO Quinine. the
world wide Cold and Grip remedy, re-
moves cause. Call for full name Look
for signature +. W. GROVE, 25c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

In six years 1893 criminal aliens
have been expelled from the United
Kingdom. Year before last seven Of
them We're Americans, last year six
teen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-11-08

Idleness is the sepulcher OF living
man.-HOll0nd.