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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Ramona is Wrecked
on Alaskan Coast
Passengers and Crew Are Saved, but
the Vessel is a Total
Loss.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept l2-The wooden
steamship Ramona Of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company bound for Skagway
from Seattle. with passengers aud freight
went ashore on one OF the Spanish islands
opposite Cape Decision. Alaska, at $50 a.
m Sunday and is a total loss.
The passengers of the Ramona, who
barely escaped with their lives. so speedily
did the ship sink. saved nothing but the
clothes they wore Thirty OF the pas
sengers and crew were picked up by the
fishing steamer Grant The remainder
landed on Spanish island, which is tim
bered, but uninhabited, and remained there
a day and q night. The freight steamer
Delhi came along and the ship wrecked
voyagers rowed out 20 the Delhi and were
taken aboard, Subsequently the North
western took the passengers from both the
Grant and the Delhi. and AL are on their
way 70 Seattle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
WILL not TOLERATE HOCKEY
Federation of Labor to Punish All
Delegates Who Are Absent.
CHRIsMAN ADVOCATES Low TAX
President Maupin and other PrOmin-
cnt Members of Nebraska Orsani-
satiOn Address Delegates on
Opening Day.

Delegates TO the Nebraska Federation of
Labors convention, now in session here,
who do not report in convention hall at
the time set for each session viii be re-
ported to their respective. unions, with the
recommendation that their pay be
docked." Definite action to this effect was
taken at Tuesday afternoon S y sssion.
And the delegates believe in getting to
work early in the morning Eight O'Clock
is the hour set for starting business today
After addresses of welcome by Mayor
Dahlman H. e. Wilson OF the Central
Labor union and c. NJ. Fielder. a response
by President Maupin and addresses by
State Senator Reagan and State Repre-
sensitive Grossmann on last winters labor
legislation at Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon
was occupied with President Maupin's ad-
dress, reports Of officers and appointment
pof committees
Secretary-Tressurer chrisman reported
thirty-nine unions affiliated with the fed
Grafton, a gain of seven for the year, anc
a balance OF &2Ss.e5 on hand "a September
TO- 1911 He said the legislative .eommittei
paid out $491.25 in the interests Of labor
legislation at the last session OF the stat'
legislature
Mr. Chrsman recommended that the pei
capita tax of affiliated unions be lowered
that more might be induced to affiliate
also that the American Federation OF La
bor be requested to pay. half the expenses
of a six months campaign to recruit more
locals to the standard Of the state fedora
ton, and to strengthen weak locals, thu
state federation to pay the balance.
The following committees were appointed
by President Maupin:
Resolutions-Locker Lincoln; Stephens
Omaha; Smith, Havelock.
Warman Fairbury; White, Omaha; Eiss
secretary's Report = Nealley, Lincoln
Wilson, Omaha; Ryan South Omaha
Legislation-Guye, Lincoln; Peate, Lin
coin Witzel, Omaha; Fluhr, Omaha.
Grievances-Jones, Omaha; Amoos' Ere
LawsNParKer, Lincoln; Till. Fremont
Menzie, Omaha.
Co-Opera ation--McLaugh Omaha; Har
naan. Omaha; Schulz. Lincoln: Murphy
ganization-sehank, Lincoln; Lynn
South Omaha English, Lincoln
Union Shop Cards-Tolliver. Lincoln
Light, Omaha; Betebender, Omaha; Wang
berg, Omaha.
redentiais-ParEer, Lincoln: Menzie.
Omaha; Smith, Havelock.
IF the Omaha BARRIERS want US to pas
resolutions upholding them in their figh
for the Sunday closing of shops, II 1
probable we shall do So" said Presiden
Maupin.
mot that we want-shops of any kin
closed on Sunday particularly. but we wan
one day Of the week set aside for rest 10
the laboring man"
G. NJ. Fielder, organizer of the BARRIERS
union, says a committee Of BARRIERS wi
present resolutions and ask their passage
Owing to the fact that the city counc
decided not TO discuss the BARRIERS closin
Monday night the federation did not atten
the council maeting.
The convent'o.4 will continue until Thurs
day noon, with a street car ride about tn
city Wednesday afternoon and a banquet q
the Wellington Wednesday evening.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Alleged Dealer in
Gold Bricks Arrested
Potter, Alias Post, Found Operating a
Card Game and Taken Into
Custody.

CHICAGO, Sept. l2.-s. A. Potter, alias
George w. Post, said by federal officials
to be one Of the bes. known gold brick and
green goods men in the world, was arrested
today by c. F. Dewoody, division superin-
tendent Of the Department Of Justice, on
a charge OF operating q card game.
Potter and two companions. for whom
federal officials are searching. are said to
have netted $l,5OO.0OO in the last five years
by the operation Of their schemes.
Potter offered a cash bond of $4,000 for
his release, but It was refused by the fed
eral officers, who declared that nothing less
than a cash bond Of $15O.Ooo would be &C
cepted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Brown and Clopton
Arrested as Suspects
Chicago Detectives Continue Search
for Murderers of Chauffeur
Wennerstrom.

2 CHICAGO, Sept 1l.-Contnumg the
search for the alleged murderers OF Fred
erick Wennerstrom, the chauffeur whose
body was found in the Fox river at Cary,
Ill, Chicago detectives today arrested
Oscar E. Brown. said TO have been released
recently from the penitentiary, and a man
who gave the name OF John Clopton. The
information which led to the arrest OF
the suspects was furnished the police by
mysterious woman. said 10 live near
Woodstock, Ill.
The police theory is that the man may
have knowledge OF recent holdups in which
chauffeurs were the victims Brown had
$50 in his pockets and wore q large dia-
m0nd pin when taken into custody.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Eleven Years Old and
is a Safe Robber
Chicago Lad, Still in kits, Starts Out
on Wild Career of Crime in
the Windy City,

CHICAGO Sept. 12-Max Mossbaum II
years old, a pupil in the public schools,
tonight confessed TO the police that he had
been robbing safes for year. He ex-
plained how he could work the combina-
tons by listening TO the falling tumblers of
the locks.
Young Mossbaum was arrested early to-
day kneeling before a safe he had just
opened in a wholesale millinery establish
ment. He admitted he had robbed the
same safe a dozen times during the year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Employees Of Dayton
Road Ask Arbitration
Propose an Increase in Wages and a
Work Day Of Ten
Hours.

CINCINNATI, O.. Sept D.-Following the
presentation Of demands for 10 per cent
increase in wages and a ten-hour day a
grievance committee representing 700 main
tenance Of the way employees on the Gin
cinnau, Hamilton & Dayton railroad wrote
a letter today to General Manager w. c.
Loree asking arbitration Of differences.
Letters also were sent TO Governor Har-
mon OF Ohio, Governor Marshall Of In
diana and Governor Deneen OF Illinois ask
ing state aid in bringing about a peace
able adjustment of differences
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
DEAF AND DUMB BOY
WITNESS IN MURDER CASE

SOMERSET. KY. Sept. 12.-Testimony
by a deaf and dumb bay, 70 be given in the
sign language for the first time in the
history OF Kentucky courts, will be a fea-
ture Of the trial OF Fount Helter and
James Ellis charged with the murder of
Magistrate A. ] Beally and Constable w
F. Heath at Burnside, KY. The boy Is
alleged TO have seen the killing OF the two
men
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
JOHNSON OUT WITH A DENIAL
Accused Man Maintains He Knows
Nothing of Death of the Lem
berger Girl.

MADISON, wis. Sept. 1z.--John A. John
son, a neighbor Of Martin Lemberger. in
"a cell at the police station, is awaiting sum-
mons TO appear in court and tell what he
knows Of the death OF Annie Lemberger.
the 7-year-old girl whose nude body was
found Saturday in Lake Monona, a mile
from here.
Lemberger testified at the inquest yes
terday that he had had little trouble with
Johnson about three years ago and that
Johnson had invited him to fight II out
Johnson denies knowledge Of the cireum-
stances OF Annie smberger'S death.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Entire Proposition
Likely to Be Put Up
to the Employees
Strike Situation Relative to Illinois
Central Takes New Turn and
Conference Proposed.

CHICAGO, Sept. R-Following refusal Of
the International Association Of Machinists
to back financially the proposed strike Of
Illinois Central railroad shopnlen in sup
port of the system of federation interna-
tional officers in Chicago in charge Of the
situation prepared to hold another confer
ence at 2.S0 o'clock this afternoon with a
view of putting the entire controversy up
TO the employees
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
German Balloonists
Held in France
Claim to Be Pleasure Seekers, but
Have Newly Taken Photographs
in Their Possession.

VERDUN, France, Sept, IA balloon
carrying three Germans crossed the from
tier and came down today in the village Of
Rouvres. The balloonists is being detained
and the French military authorities noti-
lied.
1t appears that the strangers aseended
at Frankfort t-On-The-Maln for a purely
pleasure trip. but the discovery of numer-
Gus freshly taken photographs in their
possession led the authorities 10 hold them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Base Ball Tickets
Boxes of O'Brien's Candy.

All are given away free to those
who find their names in the wanI
ads.
Read the want ads every dGy.
your name will appear sometime,
maybe more than once.
No puzzles to solve nor sub.
Scriptions to get-Iust read tha
want ada
Turn 70 the want ad pages
there you will find nearly every
business house in the city repre-,
SsDted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13

Expected 20 Make Confession.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. R.-Rodney ].
Dtegle, convicted sergeant at arms OF the
Ohio senate who is expected TO make
confession that may result in further stay
of execution of his sentence to three years
in the penitentiary and who disappeared
from Columbus yeasterday. is In French
Lick Springs. Ind.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Rebellion Breaks Out
in the Heart of
Western China
Soldiers Refuse to Obey Instructions,
Schools Closed and Business
is Suspended.

CHENG KIANG Western China Sept. u
"A serious rebellion has occurred in the
district Of Cheng Tu. The soldiers refuse
TO obey instructions and are trying TO bring
force against the government control Of
the railway. The schools are closed in con-
sequence. Business has been suspended
and unless the uprising is stopped II may
lead to a general rebellion.
Conditions are precarious. The mission
aries are concentrating here Four foreign
gunboats provide all protection. Cheng Tu
is quiet. The uprising is not at present
directed against foreigners
PEKING. Sept 12.-The British legation
received telegram today stating that the
first party Of refugees from Cheng Tu had
arrived in safety at sui-Fu. Evidently
these refugees, all Of whom the dispatch
says were British citizens came down the
river by junk and were met by a British
gunboat.
This is the first direct cable dispatch
from Cheng Kiang m the heart OF western
China since the recent alarming reports Of
a native uprising and the danger to a large
number Of American missionaries located
in that remote section of China.
For many days all communication has
been cut off from the disturbed district
much as it was at the time Of the boxer
uprising. The American government has
sent three warships under Admiral Muir
dock up the Yang Use Kiang to the vicinity
Of the disturbance. Widespread alarm has
been caused among the friends of mission
airy organizations having large representa-
ton at Cheng Tu, Cheng Kiang and other
points in the province of SEE Chuen The
cablesram is responsive to cable inquiries
sent Saturday and gives reinsurance that
the missionaries who have sought refuge
at Cheng Kiang are not in immediate dan.
ger. although their situation continues to
be serious as a result Of the rebellion now
in progress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
The Weather

For Nebrsska-Fair.
FOR Iowa-Fair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13
Early Forecasts of Wet Victory Over
thrown by Later Returns.
STATEWIDE PRIMARY FAVORED
Proposition to Make Augusta Per-
petual Capital Probably Defeated.
BIG INTEREST IN THE ELECTION
Pools I'm Many cities Crowded During
Much of the Time, But Crowds
Give Officials but Little
Trouble.


PORTLAND. Me-, Sept. u. with all
cities, towns and plantations reported and
all but 1se verified by clerks returns a ma
jority against repeal Of 465 votes is shown,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13

CONTINUED on Second Page) +,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13

PORTLAND, Me. Sept. i2.-Returns from
$40 OF the 521 cities, towns and plantations
OF the state, Of which $50 are furnished
by town clerks on the repeal Of constitu-
ttonal prohibition. had been received to-
night and gave the following vote:
For repeal, s027s; against REPEAL, co. 4S7.
Majority against repeal. l5s
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-13

thirty - Twenty Ten Years Ago
Nsss DSitoriai Page Of Esoh Issus
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
THE EDGEFIELD COUNTY FAIR
of 1911 Will be Held October Is, 20, 27, and 28
Round Trip Excursion Fares Via
Southern Railway from
Edgefield, S. c.

Atlantic City, N. J. and Return
s24.3O. Account American Elec-
trio Railway Association October O.
l3, 1911. Tickets on sale October
4, 5, 6 and Z, 1911, with final limit
returning October ls, 1911.
Mountain Lake Park, Nd, and
return. Account international BIZ
BILE students Association September
Ill, 1911. Tickets sold August go
to September 8, 1911. Inclusive
with final limit returning Septem-
Der II, 1911.
Pittsburg, Pa. and Return S27.65
Account National Baptist Conven-
ton (colored) September 1918,
1911. Tickets sold September 10
and IL, 1911, with final limit re-
turning September %, 1911.
Cincinnati, o. and Return sl9-
As. Account National Association
of Stationary Engineers, September
Il-l6, 1911. Tickets sold Septem-
Der 9, 10 and IL, 1911, good return
ing September 10, 1911.
Knoxville, Tenn. and Return
$lo.5o. Account Appalachian Ex-
position, September 1l-October l,
1911. Tickets sold September to
October l, inclusive, good return
ing not later than midnight of the
tenth day, but not including, from
date of sale, except that no ticket
will be limited to reach starting
point later than October I, 1911.
indianapolis, Ind. and Return
$22.1O. Account of Southern Grand
Lodge, 1. o. o. F.. September 1928
1911. Tickets sold September 4,
Is and l6, good returning not later
than September %. 1911.
Memphis, Tenn. and return S1s.-
s5. Account Reunion Blue and
Grav, September 1928, 1911. Tick,
cts sold September 93 and "a, 1911,
good returning October 4, 1911.
| Summer excursion tickets on
sale daily until September 80, good
returning October 3lst, 1917, to
many other points. The Southern
Railway offers superb service and
convenient schedules. Pullman
sleeping cars and dining car service
on all through trains. For detailed
information, call on Southern Rail
way ticket agents or
John L. Meek, AGPA.,
/ Atlanta, Ga.
Frank L. Jenkins, TPA.,
Augusta, Ga.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

For sa'e-Three FLIES, 2, 3 and
year old; good stock. A. Lundblad
A'a'nuiu"' ZIP.
For all kinds OF fresh meats call q,
J. A. Seigloch's-Rathdrum Mea,
company.
For Sale-80 acres good land. will
sell cheap for cash. Write box "a.
Acho', ldano. 4tmy26-Jn16 q
Home made sausages speciality at
Seigloch's. Ham, bacon and lard.
dsh and game In season.
Rooms to Rent-1n single or 10
double suites, or suites for four. In
quire OF John Russell, Rathdrum.
iuaho. Feb. II tt.
For sale or trade:-8O acres good
farm land and honse and lot. Write
or call on Ed Visnaw, Athol, Idaho.
M19Junl6.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
c. E. c. Club Closes Meetings.

The c. E. c. club closed their
meetings for the summer, with a
party at the home of Hazel Walker,
Wednesday evening, May 81.
The house was decorated with
lilacs and the club colors, cherry
and gold. The guests were enter
tanned with music and a contest.
Lunch was served at late hour.
Those present were: Misses
Dorothy Hoffman, Dorothea Wenz,
Daisy Peters, Beulah Klopf,
Gladys Dyer, Hazel Walker, Ferne
Berry, and Messrs. Gail McNett,
Elmer Young, Roy Mitchell, AL
bert Hoffman, Fred Won Bargen,
Ralph Elder, Edward Bobo, Clar-
ence Sylvester, VIM. Won Bargen,
Carl Reiniger, Noel Taylor.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
The Goose Iowsr.

In the early years Of the fourteenth
century the free cities"-Hamburg,
Lubbock and Bremen-sent delegation
Of seventy-seven members to King
Valdemar to demand increased rights
and privileges in their trade with Den
mark. The delegates were not very
respectful in their language and de-
meanor. and the king. who was at
vordingborg. told them they acted like
a drove of geese and clapped them
into prison in the tower. telling them
they would stay there until they learn
ed better manners. Over the heavy
tower door the king put up q stone
with the inscription:
Sieben und siebenteg Hause:
Sieben und siebenteg Ganse:
Ware NIGHT SO viele Hause
Hat ich auch NIGHT 80 viele Ganse.
Translated this reads: Seventy
seven houses and seventy-seven geese.
II there were not SO many houses
would not have so many geese"
On top of the tower, which still
stands solid and strong. was placed a
big gilt goose. with neck outstretched
as IL 1t were kissing.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
ORDINANCE NO. "A.

An ordinance providing for the annual
estimate OF the probable amount OF money
necessary for all purposes to be raised BY
Koot.nai. State OF idaho. during the fiscal
1911, :. N'"'
Be It ordained by the Chairman and Board
kootcnai County. State OF Idaho:
Section l, The annual estimate c. the
probable amount OF money necessary for all
purposes to be raised by the Village Of Ratl :
drum Is as follows:
man and the Board Of Village Trustees. NAV
18th, 1911, and an estimate OF the probable
all purposes during the fiscal year commenc-
Ing on the first Tuesday OF May. 1911, tnclud-
Ing salaries OF village officials, fire. light and
| water, public improvements ard current ex-
penses and interest on said Village water
works bonds: and statement Of the entire
81 the said village for the previous
OF May, 1910, Is as follows:
For salaries for village officials 49,. 8 1000
Fire, light and water. sos 50
For public improvements. .........
current Expenses. ................. 3A.aS
Special ......... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For interest on Village Water Works
ponds, per cent per annum. 5000
The entire revenue OF the Village OF Rath-
d UNI for the previous fiscal year was Nine
Hundred Fifteen (S9l5OW Dollars,
That this annual estimate shall be publish
ed in the Rathdrum Tribune. a newspaper OF
drum. Kootenai County, Idaho, and shall be
published in its issues OF June 2, June g. j une
10 and June 20, 1911, and that this ordinance
cation.
Passed its first reading at a regular meet
Ing OF the Board OF Trustees OF the village OF
Rathdrnm; held on the Goth day Of May. 1911
upon which "a yea and nay vote was taken.
,ylf
yea and nay vote was taken, under suspen-
sion OF rules, upon which II yea and nay vote
asa Board q Of %fs ss VILLAGE ,es
Rathdrum, held on the Goth day Of May, 1911
Passed It's third and final reading, upon
which a yea and nay vote was taken, under
nay, vote was taken, and duly enacted an
ordinance Of the village Of Rathdrum, at u
regular meeting Of the village board OF trus-
tees, held on the 10Th day OF May. 1911.
Approved May Goth. 1911.
i MARTIN POLESON.
(SEAL Chairman OF Board of Trustees,
J.R. NJ. CULP.
Village Clerk.
STATE OF IDAHO,
County of Kootenai }ss
Village OF Rathdrum.
!, j. R. NJ. Culp. Village Clerk of the
Village OF Rathdrum,in the County OF Koote-
mai. State Of IDAHO, do hereby certify that
the ore.0ing is an estimate prepared by the
Chairman and Board OF Trustees of the vii
lage OF Rathdrum, on the Goth day OF May.
1911. OF the probable amount Of money neces-
sary for all purposes to be raised In ihe said
village during the fiscal year commencing
with the first Tuesday In May. 1911, includ--
paying the interest on the village water
! works per cent bonds, together with
statement of the entire revenue of said
village for the previous fiscal year.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the corporate seal OF
the said village this Goth day of May, 1911.
j. II. M. CULP,
(SEAL) Village Clerk
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
Tradition. Of Mother shipton.

OF all British prophets Mother Ship
ton is beyond doubt the most cele-
brated She was, in fact, all that a
prophet and witch should be. in
strange contrast to the serious and
scientific nostradamus. The day she
was born the sky became dark and
gloomy and, according to her biogra-
pher, "belcht out nothing for an hour
but flames, laundering after most
hideous manner" Her personal ap-
pearance, described by her admiring
biographer In 1862. Is scarcely flatter-
ing: Her physiognomy was SO mis-
shapen that 1t ID altogether impossible
to express fully In words or for the
most ingenious to line her in colors,
though many persons Of eminent quail
ncations In that line have often at
tempted 1t. but without success
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
The Jerboa and the Melons.

An odd fact relative to a little Afri.
can melon Is thus related by an otii.
cial of Khartum:
The jerboa or kangaroo rat is found
In considerable numbers in places miles
and miles away from any water or
even dew, and | was at a loss to un-
derstand how these little animals could
exist through the ten months Of
drought. 1t appears. however, that
after the scanty rains small wild
melon of bitter taste. but full of juice,
fourishes in the desert. The jerboa,
as soon as the melon is ripe, bites off
the stem and proceeds to dig away
the sand under the melon, so that it
gradually sinks below the level of the
ground. The constant wind soon COW
ers 1t with six to eight inches of sand,
which protects it from the scorching
sun and from drying up. When all
other moisture has evaporated the jer-
boa goes to his larder and drinks the
juice of the melon till the rains come
on again. One jerboa will bury as
many as forty of these little melons
to last him through the dry season.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
Tho AUTOMOBILES,

In some respects the automobile is
the most marvellous machine the world
has yet seen. 1t can 60 anywhere at
any time, foundering through two feet
of snow, ford any stream that isn't
deep enough to drown out the mag
neto, triumph over mud axle deep,
jump fences and cavort over plowed
ground at fifteen miles an hour. II
has been used with brilliant success in
various kinds Of hunting, including
coyote coursing on the prairies of Col
orado. where it can run all around the
broncho, formerly in favor, since it new
er runs any risk of breaking leg in
a prairie dog hole. Educated automo.
biles have been trained to shell corn,
saw wood. pump water. churn, plow,
and. in short, do anything required OF
them. except figure out where the con
sumner gets Off under the tariff law
Outing.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-02
The Word "Gaiters."

Episcopal CATERS cannot date from a
very remote antiquity. The very word
"gaiters" is almost newcomer to the
language. Johnson's Dictionary does
not recognize its existence. 1t does not
occur before 176O, and even in 1902 a
military dictionary had to define 1t as
"a sort Of spatterdashes." "Guetre,"
however, the French original. goes
back at least to the fifteenth century,
and the origin Of that is lost, though
etymologists compare all sorts of
words in all sorts Of languages, includ-
ing an old German word for baby's
christening cloth. The one certainty is
that CATERS has nothing to do with
gait In spite Of the punning line In the
Rejected Addresses"-"Lax in their
CATERS. laxer in their gait. London
Standard