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The Washington times., 1911-03-04
MRS. SIGSBEE-KERR
WINS HER DECREE
Letter Says Rear Admiral's
Daughter Has Interlocu-
tory Divorce.
WILL NOT RETURN
TO WASHINGTON
SI,if for AhcO1,,fa n;uoroa fo Re In
Suit for Absolute Divorce to Be In
stituted If Husband
Comes Back.

Mrs Mary Sigsbee-Kerr, daughter
of Rear Admiral Sigsbee, will not re-
turn to her Washington home, follow
ing a decision in the New York courts
granting her an interlocutory divorce
and custody of her four-year- son.
This announcement was received
here today by relatives in letter
from Mrs. Kerr. 1t also contained the
information that If Mr.. Kerr returns
to this country from London, where
he is said to have gone with model,
who is named as correspondent, pro-
ceedings will be instituted against
him for an absolute decree.
The verdict terminated a rather sem
sational romance of exclusive social
and official circles. Ten years ago
Miss Mary Sigsbee, while studying illus
trative art here, met Balfour Kerr,
who was then virtually unrecognized as
a magazine illustrator. Miss Sigsbee
was then a girl of twenty and Mr.. Kerr
only few years her senior. They fell
In love and within few months after
their first meeting the two tried to get
the consent of Admiral and Mrs. Sigs-
bee to marry. 1t was refused and they
were married secretly.
When Kerr went to New York to take
up his work six or eight months later,
and the girl to continue her studies,
their wedding was announced to rela-
tives and close friends. The admira al s
daughter refused all offers of aid, al
though neither she nor her husband had
anything except their talent. They lived
quietly, and Mr.. Kerr soon became well
known to magazine publishers as did
Mrs. Kerr. The latter became moro
widely known as a magazine artist by
work in colors, which won her some
thing more than $4,000 in prizes and
sales.
Throughout the court action Mrs.
Sigsbee-Kerr has insisted on paying all
Of her expenses, although her own par
ents and the parents of her husband
have offered to help her.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Ready to Punish
Smoke ViOlatorS

In answer to a letter from Ten Eyck
Wendell, of 1883 Connecticut avenue, di-
recting attention to complaints made
by the Rev. Charles Wood, rector of
the Church of the Covenant, concerning
smoke from apartment houses, the Com
missioners today forwarded to Attorney
General Wickersham a letter stating
lhat the charges have been brought to
the attention of Corporation Counsel
Thomas.
The Attorney General is informed that
if either DR.. Wood or Mr. Wendell will
indicate the exact time of discovering
smoke the Corporation Counsel will be
requested to execute proceedings against
the offending parties.
The Commissioners say that during
the week of February II, when COM
plant was made of alleged violation of
the law, the smoke inspector was en-
gagged in making observations in other
parts of the city.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Officers of SaleSmen's
Association Elected

Officers OF the Washington Salesmen's
Protective Association have been elected
for the coming year. The annual meet
ing was held last night in the National
Hotel.
The new officers are: President, Will
liam T. Whelan; vice president, Charles
c. Beveridge; secretary. Charles H
Utermehle; treasurer, Michael G. Nc
Cormick; sergeant-at-arms, Frederick
Wagner; inner guard, Ernest r Hum
phrey; representative, Frank P. Madi-
gan.
Board of directors-Herman ]. walz.
Walter c. Scott, Michael P. Sullivan
Frank P. Madigan, William E. Dulin,
Michael F. Brennan, ]. A. Dempf, Jesse
c. Ergood, Joseph NJ. Frank.
After the meeting a collation. was
served in the banquet room of the hotel
participated in by the large member
ship Of the association and many guests
Addresses were made by Hugh F. Har-
vey and others.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Two Robbery Attempts
In Northwest Last Night

Two attempts were made during the
night to rob apartment houses in the
northwest section of the city, according
TO reports received by police of the
Tenth precinct today.
George E. Cadass, janitor of tie
Eestmoreland, 2122 California avenue,
discovered three men endeavorirg
10 effect an entrance through one IF
the basement windows about o'clock
last night. He fired q shot at the in
truders, who fed.
About 1:30 o'clock this morning two
men appeared at the Highlands, Con-
necticut and California avenues, ard
rang the bell at the main entrance
THE men were roughly dressed, and
Joseph P. Reading, night clerk. refused
10 admit them. They went away shak-
Ing their fists at him, and saying they
would get in some other way Readif e
thinks they intended robbing the place
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Classmates Dine
With Taft Tonight

President Taft will give a dinner to-
night for the members of his class at
Yale, who left that institution in 1878.
Invitations went out two weeks ago to
all the old classmates Of the President
possible for him TO locate. Nearly one
hundred of them were found and have
responded. More than sixty are expect
ed to take part in the dinner tonight.
There were 120 members of the class
in which the President was graduated
They have scattered from end to end Of
the country, and some of them have
wandered abroad. Therefore, tonight's
dinner will be about as nearly national
as such a function could be. 1t will rep
resent twenty or more States and every
section Of the country.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Cancer Specialist
Scores ViViSeCtion

Claiming that vivisection is "the most
rernicious of all pursuits and a menace
and blot on civilization" and adding
that antitoxin for diphtheria Is a gross
imposition, DR.. Herbert Snow, for nine
teen years head Of the Cancer Hospital
in London. yesterday addressed the
Washington Society for the Humane
Regulation of Vivisection, at the New
Willard.
DR.. Snow spared no words in con-
demning vivisection and those who
practice it, saying that no good has
ever come from this practice and that
it had imposed untold suffering on
millions of harmless creatures" His
remarks were loudly applauded.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Circulars Issued For
Clerk Missing a Month

Three thousand cards, with a photo
graph and description of Richard Van
Horn, a clerk in the Department of
Agriculture, who has been missing since
February 9, 1909, were sent out by the
police today. About the same number
of circulars were sent out shortly
after Van Horn disappeared.
Van Horn, who is twenty-six years
old, was recuperating from a severe at
tack of typhoid fever, and his relatives
believe his mind was temporarily af-
fected. reward of 500 is offered for
information as to his whereabouts.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04

The remarkable new treatment, called thu
Obbac Treatment, Is purely vegetable, contain
ing positively no mineral poison whatever nc
produced remarkable changes In only 30 days
Treat yourself privately at home, and become q
free from taint as q newborn child.
The wonderful WaSserman Test, the only blood
poison test known to scientists, has proven tha!
man has been completely purified BY thu
Obbac Treatment.
Don't spend months and years Of your precious
life, and destroy your health forever by takina
mercury and potash which doctors commonlJ
prescribe. Write today. Send your name and
address and complete description Of your case "a
the Obbao Co., I2o7 Obbao Bldg, Chicago, and
they will send you az once In an absolutely plain
firmly sealed package, full So-day treatment
absolutely free.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Seeking $4,000 Damages
From Traction Company

Damages of $4,000 for a crushed hand
are asked from the Capital Traction
Company by Henry F. COPELAND, a
landscape gardener, in a suit at law
filed in the District Supreme Court,
through his attorney, Crandall Mackey
COPELAND declares his wrist was broken
and every bone in his left hand frac-
tured in an accident May 9, 1910. on
Calvert street. at the west end of the
Rock Creek bridge. He says his hand
was placed on the window sill of the
car, extending outward. and crushed
against an adjacent trolley pole, which.
he declares, was placed negligently and
carelessly too near the car tracks. He
says he is permanently injured and in
capacttated to continue his work.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Golden Wedding Delayed
Through Groom's Error

Because the bridegroom unknowtngly
engaged a negro minister, the marriace
Of Philip B. Golden, of Bagby, Caro-
line county, Va. and Miss Bette
Golden. Of Alps, Caroline county, Va,
was postponed until today.
Miss Golden refused Friday to become
Mrs. Golden with negro minister TO
perform the ceremony. Golden had Sc
cured the marriage license, and the
colored pastor with the aid of a car
per- outside the courthouse
Early this morning the bridegroom
appeared at the courthouse. and en-
ge ged the Rev. James M Little In nor
form the belated ceremony. Although
their names are the same Golden and
his bride are not related.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Woman Dies in Hospital,
Her Clothing Burned Off

Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Bertha
Dorsey, who died in the Emergency
Hospital early today from burns re-
ceived by setting her clothing on fire
while burning brush in the yard of her
home at East Hyattsville, Md, are
being completed this afternoon.
Mrs. Dorsey was brought to Washing
ton in an automobile Immediately after
the accident yesterday. Her clothing
was burned from her body before as
sistance reached her, and purse con-
tanning $50, which she had in a pocket
of her dress.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Father Goes After Girl
Who Fled to Baltimore

c. B. Smelling, a clerk in the Agricul-
tural Department, went to Baltimore to-
day to bring back his fourteen-year-old
daughter, who disappeared Thursday
from her home. 800 N street southwest.
The girl was located last night at
the home of an aunt at 514 South Ches-
ter street, Baltimore. The Snellings
formerly lived in that city. Mr.. Smell
ing, who reported his daughters disap-
pearance to the police yesterday, said
he believed she ran away because he
had refused to let her remain home from
school
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Funeral Monday of
Civil Wr Veteran

William w. Wallingsford. veteran of
the civil war, and a member of the G..
A. R., will be buried from his home, 1927
First street northwest. The funeral
will take place Monday at 2:30 o'clock.
Following the service at the house inter-
ment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Wallingsford was a welI-known
member of the G. A. r. He was a fire.
quent speaker at reunions and other
gatherings of veterans.
Employees of the National Museum,
where he worked, will attend the fu-
neral.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Mrs. Valentine Ruff
Files Suit For Divorce

Mrs. Valentine Ruff today filed suit in
District Supreme Court for an absolute
divorce from Lee A. Ruff, naming a CO.
Through her attorney, Will
liam E. Ambrose, Mrs. Ruff says she
was married August 16, 1909, and sep
arated from her husband year ago.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04

poison DacK LnL0 Sno BySBem
and smother it for several
years. Then when you thinh
you are cured, pltiful mercury
symptoms often break out, and
you find that your bones have
been rotting all the while. YOU
teeth may begin 70 loosen and
your tissues, glands, brain and
vital organs show the terrible
destructive power of the mer
curry and potash. LocomotoI
Paralysis, ImbecilitJ
and Premature Death are then
almost inevitable. Medical au
khorities admit that this Is 30
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Wireless Monopolies
Established in South

BERLIN. March At Is announced
here that Brazil, Argentina, Peru,
Chile, and Uruguay have decided to
establish state monopolies in wireless
telegraph and are ordering stations
from Germany.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
Blood Poison
30-Day Treatment
FREE
Remarkable Results Produced By New
Vegetable Treatment Without Use
Of Mercury or Potash.

The terrible results Of mercury and potash
on blood poison are well known. The
most these drugs can do is to- drive the blood
The Washington times., 1911-03-04

r EA S IONA L q
rates. The Stenographers' Exchange
Rooms a-Ss. 1901 G. Phone. Main 2761
The Washington times., 1911-03-04

GOLDENBERG'S INFORMATION
desk receives Times Want Ads at
the regular rates, for your con-
venience while shopping.
The Washington times., 1911-03-04
SPECIAL NOTICES

l AM MAKING SPECIAL RATES IN
hiring teams for business purposes.
Portland Stables. ]. NJ. Peake, prop,
643-45 N. Y. Ave. Main 1858.
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
Badge of ServItude.

Would-be artistocrats in America who are wont to decorate the hats of their coachmen with cockades are probably ignorant of the fact that from a European standpoint the cockade is only used to show that the wearer is a servant of royalty. Across the water the cockade can be legally worn only by servants of royalty, including naval and military officers, diplomatists,. lieu. tenants, deputy lieutenants and high sheriffs of counties. As worn by these, the color is black. The black cockade was introduced in England by the house of Hanover, although previous thereto it had been worn In various colors scarlet cockade was in vogue during the time of Charles I, His son adopted white, the badge of the Jacobites, while orange was the color Of William of Orange. Orange remains the color in the Netherlands, Black and white Is the color in Ger. many, black and yellow in Australia, tricolor in France, scarlet in Spain blue and white in Portugal-that is before the revolution-and black, red and yellow in Belgium. The word "cockads" comes from the French "co' csrde," originally applied to the feath' CTS of the cock worn by Croatian sol dlers serving in the French army.
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
poPE's HEAVY MAIL BAG
His Holiness Gets Greater Number or Missives Than Any King or
 Executive.

If one were asked to speculate as to the sovereign whose daily mail bag was the greatest one would hazard the kaiser. But no. Then most will say 1t ought to be. On on unim, peachable authority of Paris con temporary we learn that the pope is the recipient of the greatest number of missives.
 The mail of his holiness consists on the average of 23,000 letters, news papers, etc. To go through this mass 35 secretaries are kept employed
 The president of the United States receives nearly 1000 letters daily and about 4y0oo journals and books.
 The kaisers mail consists of 4,000 letters and frequently the same num. Der of books and papers. Our king, we learn, is favored with 1000 letters day and oyer 2,000 newspapers and books.
 The czar Is not overworked in this respect for a sovereign, his majesty's mail being given at $50 letters, etc, per day. The kings of Italy and Spain have to deal with about 200 letters each.
 Queen Wilhelmina Is still more ia vored with 150 letters. etc. But Pres ident Fallieres is still more fortunate, for we are told that he receives few letters and hardly any papers.-Lon' don Globe
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
8Esails. Exfii{cf volcanoes sur

lsails. axfff}cf volcanoes sur rouIt Red us on every side. Dust storms sweH down from their scared sides. Distaht gleams of glittering ice from the glaciers dazzled us when the sun shone upon them.
 But here, in land where there IS almost no fuel, and where few crops besides hay and turnips can be raised, in the land of the midnight sun In summer and the midday moon in win ter, I found books and cheerful con Ngsation, an outlook on life, and a
 ewledge of current events which have not always found in populous cities.
 There are no schools, to be sure, outside of Reykjavik and one or two other small towns, for children cannot walk ten miles each way to school house, and even such a schoolhouse would accommodate but two or three families. But the itinerant peda7 gogue goes about from house to house, carrying his store of learning with him, and leaving behind much intel lectual stimulus nd a desire to know what is going on beyond the bounds of the island.
 s..Thev were great chess players in the lonely farmhouse where we stayed and tsley were keen to play with us Although my companion considered himself a fair chess player he was ig nominiously beaten by the angular lady of the household. They nad Bible too and an Icelandic hymn book We went away from our short visit te the lonely farmhouse of the Sog With the impression that the home life II the typical farms of Iceland mlgn' well be envied by dwellers in more favored climes."
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
Chinese VIII Take Part.

Dresden Is planning for an exposi tion devoted to the cause of hygiene sports and their allied interests. Ac. cording to advance information this exposition, which hitherto has not been very much talked about, is likely to surprise by its perfection of detail and architectural beauty-as might be expected of Dresden.
 That the exposition will be world. wide in it's scope is evinced by the fact that the executive committee has just received plans from the Chinese for the erection of an imposing Chi. nese section. It is proposed to erect large hall for this purpose, and a' imposing pagoda will be eraca.- demonstratio of Cn
 ltural development.
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18

Barometer of Trade.

Smiles irradiated the floorwalker's ace Business had been poor. but 1t was picking up for that day. How did he know? Women were shopping in Bairs and trios They always buy
 0 much more" he said, when they -ome in punches. When woman hops alone she buys only what she leeds or can afford, but when she
 hops with friends she buys what she wants them te think she can afford. !"
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
Concrete FIoors for Ships.

Concrete floors were tried in num- Der of wooden vessels carrying ore and coal on the Great Lakes as sub stitute for wooden floors, which suffer severely from the clamshell buckets. The concrete floors are said to stand the wear well.
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
Consolation.

Wife of Related Fox-Hunter-"Oh. Perkins. what do you think can have happened to Sir John? Surely, if he's been thrown and hurt the mare would have found her way home by now?" Coachman--"Oh, no mum-a nice gentle animal like Ter would have browsed round the body until 1t was found "-Punch.
Newport daily independent., 1911-09-18
SomethIno Lackinu,

McCarthy-"An' how do ye loike the new fireless cooker Oi hear ye've got?" Maloney--"R Rotten! Shure, there's no satisfaction takin' of me shoes and restin me feet on the edge of thing loike that!"--Judge.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
COTTON CROP MAKES
The BEST SHOWING
Comparative Statement Is
Made by Department on
General Conditions.

Washington, July 12.-Cotton showed the
highest average growing condition of any
tsrop on July /, with lemons and oranges
hanging second and third. In It's general
seview of the crop conditions for June
.e bureau of statistics of the department
Or agriculture says the month OF June
WAS decidedly unfavoTable for growing
crops in most parts of the United States,
The aggregate condition Of all crops on
July !. was II per cent below the average
.ondition whereas on June l. conditions
ire only 90 per cent under the average.
"a comparison of the condition OF various
.rops on fully /, with their average grow
Tg condition on July !, OF recent years
last 10 years for most crops is shown
u.s. follows, 100 representing average con-
lititions and not normal:
Cotton. 110.2; lemons. 1922: oranges
NOS, rice, go: beans dry, ISL; apples,
t7.6: pears, 96.3 grapes, 96.1; peanuts. $50;
raspberries, No; corn, 946; cantaloupes.
s4.4; winter wheat, 94.3: sugar cane. 941;
rye. e36; lima beans, 92.2: fax, 92.1: water
melons. SIS; tomatoes, 900: alfalfa, 90.S:
ali wheat. 500; onions, $50; sweet pota-
toes, $50; sorghum. $50; blackberries.
no: hemp, s6.2; cabbage, $50; tobacco,
A.: potatoes, SAL; spring wheat, SAL:
srocm corn. s2.2; barley. $40; oats, 7s.7;
timothy. R.1; pasture, 75.s: peaches. 75.e:
bay, All kinds, TAT; kaffr corn, TAG; clover.
f2,2, INLET, ee.1.
The above figures relate only to rela-
tive growing conditions, not taking into
account changes In acreage.
Taking into account both acreage and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
WEATHER RECORD
SHOWS SUFFERING
Week of Heat Wave Causes
Many Deaths and Much
Calamity.

Washington, July t2--Continued high
temperatures, causing hundreds OF
deaths and much suffering to both hu-
a and animal life. together with q
further general deficiency in precipita-
ton, marked the weather of the week
over most OF the districts east of the
Rocky mountains, says the national
weekly weather bulletin OF the weather
bureau today.
In the corn growing states west OF
the Mississippi. some good rains oc-
Cured In the more western portions,
but the first part Of the week was in
tensely hot. In Iowa and Missouri the
severe heat, with G very general alb
sence OF rainfall. intensified the drought
conditions prevailing and similar con-
ditions existed in portions Of South Da-
kota, although the temperatures thers
We're more moderate.
In the corn growing states east or the
Mississippi, high temperatures contin-
ued. there was a general lack OF suf-
fcieut rainfall. and drought conditions
arc prevailing in many portions of
these states.
In the states of the spring wheat belt.
the temperatures were more moderate,
especially over the western portions,
but precipitation was deficient in many
sections. especially In the west portions
Of the Dakotas and over eastern Nom
tana. where rain IL now badly needed