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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
Deciding Fate
 Of Mrs. Dodge JURY OUT IN THE VERMONT
 MURDER CASE.
 RETIRED AT 8 O'CLOCK Returned at s.4s for Additional h. structions and Gave Little Hope of Agreement Before Morning.
RETIRED AT 8 O'CLOCK

Guildban, Vt. May 12.-The fate of Mrs. Florence M Dodge of Lunenburg. who is charged with the murder of William A. Heath, is in the hands of a jury tonight.
 Jury Retired at O'Clock.
 Judge Alfred A. Hall, who has pre- sided throughout the trial, started the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
Hustle in chicaqe.

A Chicago man died waiting for a street car. Nevermore let Chicago brag of its feverish hustie.-Pittsburg Dis
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
certainIv Lool<s Tb.t Wav.

Maybe Lorimsr thinks it is none of the public's business how he got into the senate.-New Orleans Item
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

The passing of George Gould from the railroad business likewise is getting to be . rocsssion.-AI AIbany Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

The sun exerts about two-thirds as much force on the earth's tides as
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
Park Price Takes a prop.

Chicago. May 12.-MaV pork fell s1.45 a barrel in price today, closing at $16. as against s17.45 the core spending time A hours previous.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

Z Rome. May 12-Pope Plus Y. of still feeling the effects of his recent attack of gout, and the public audiences planned for this morning were sus- pended. Those who had obtained in .vitations were turned back when they arrived at teh vatican. The general condition of his holiness is, however, giving little alarm to his physicians, who permitted the private audiences set for today.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

Yexaterinoslov, Russia May 12-The provincial governor of Yekaterinoslov has given orders for the expulsion from the villages of the province all Jews who are not possessed of permits of residence. He has also threatened the police with severe punishment if they fai. to discover those subject to expulsion.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

Cabled Paragraphs

Dover, Eng, May 12.-The British steamer Westmoreland collided with the Spanish steamer Debayo, from HueNa for Rotterdam, off Goodwin Sands today. The impact wah so ter rife that the Spaniard sank two min utes later Her captain, chief officer and three sailors were drowned.
 London. May 12.-Queen Mother AL exandra- who returned a week ago from a cruise in the Mediterranean, has taken up a residence at Sandring- ham palace, where she will remain until after the coronation During the cruise and since her return teh queen mother has enjoyed good general health.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
Condensed elegrans

The Bartenders, Cooks and walters of the international league and asso- c1at1on yesterday voted to hold the 1913 convention in Denver.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

ing with little white hands the por-
there's of the long windows-came Doris.
l had not heard her. But sturned
to meet her, even before she appeared
from behind the heavy curtains. Some
thing told me she was near.
The beauty of the night was In my
brain. She alone had been needed to
complete II all
There she stood. her shimmering
white dress and big. luminous eyes
hangings, the glory OF the moonlight
And then--neither of us had spoken
Il don't know how 1t happened, but
had sprung forward and caught her in
Her willowy, slender figure lay quiet
fraction OF a minute. Then, with "a
little gasp. she made as though she
1, in my stalk Ignorance of women
released her. She. took step back,
ward, though, as IT seemed to me, not
in anger or disgust.
And, as she did SO. bar of light
between the curtains and fell full upon
her.
My eyes dwelt on her beauty in utter
rapture, taking In every detail of the
dainty, disheveled hair. the flushed
filmy white dress, whose lace jabot
had become disarranged by pressure
against my chest.
Then-all the rapture .and moonligh,
and beauty went out of my life, leav.
My changed face must have told her
something, for she shrank back In
amaze before my look.
Continuation of This story Will
He Found In TomOrrOw's
Issue of The Times.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

Thompson Building, 7o3 Fifteenth Street NV.
Opp. Treasury-Between @ Ut. and n. Y. ave.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

A Continuation of This story Will
He Found In TOmOrrOw's
Issue Of The Timea.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

= N melodramas or faction romances'
adventure treads close on the heel
Ipf adventure, and episode on cpl
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
FLOOR OILS

DON'T BUY FLOOR OIL until you've tried
ours; S5c gal. ENTERPRISE HARDWARE
CO., 927 9th st. N. w. Phone M. 606l.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
WINDOW CLEA. ING

HOW ABOUT THOSE DIRTY WINDOWS
White help and moderate prices. LEON L
CAHOON. Acme Window Cleaning Co.. 70
moved to sN q st, N. w. Phone M. Ass
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
DENTISTRY
TAIlORS

FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS.
PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED-S35 UP.
LOUIS RING, nth AND X SITS. N. w.
l.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
!, THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
The Scarlet Scarab
BY Albert Payson Teun as ] .as sa The s Fa .''is last F a s
H tcopyr.sh. Tn. Frank A. .uney CO.,

ytcopyrisht. The Frank A. Munsey Coz
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
DANGERS OF DANCING IN
OVERHEATED BATHROOMS

Ter of dancers increases considerably.
the temperature goes up, the windows
are not pulled down, and, while the con-
sumption of the oxygen of the air goes
on far more rapidly than at first, the
supply is at a standstill, while the for
nation of carboric acid gas proceeds
rapidly.
About midway through the evening"
amusement comes the interval for sup
per. Dancers certainly do observe the
Golden Rule about not eating much i'm
mediately after strenuous physical exer-
ton, but what they do eat has just as
bad an effect as II they had partaken Of
hearty meal. A sandwich or two. some
rich. indigestible pastry. consumed hur-
riedly, accompanied by some sassy lem
onade, or mysterious cup" Of some de-
scription or another. invariably consti-
tute the details of dance supper
Then, regardless of the fact that the
stomach requires a rest after food has
been eaten, the dancing room is sought
again and operations recommended with
renewed vigor. Two or three days after
ward, probably, the victims wonder why
they are suffering from severe attack
Of indigestion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

claimed. The other board members laugh
ed and went out.
Il did so ahead. writing letters to the
share owners. telling them of my purpose
and asking for their proxies. A new
board of directors was chosen. Rudolph
SpreCkles. the newspapers said. had OBJ
tanned control OF the gas company. The
very morning of the announcement a
broker whom l knew came to my office
accompanied by a strange man. Let me
introduce YOU he said. to Mr.. Abraham
Ruef.' The broker then vanished. I had
heard of Ruef and looked at him with
some curiosity.
"Influence" with Mayor,
II am a lawyer, he said, and think
l understand my y ness. You doubtless
know of my influence at the city hall
with Mayor ScAmitz. l have come 10 the
conclusion that you ought TO employ me
as counsel for the gas company
Il replied that l had already arranged
for that department of our work. He
pleasantly wished me good luck and went
away. Shortly after that he returned
with another proposal. He knew OF a
fine tract of land that could be bought
for S20o.OCO. l could build a large apart
from the city hall at good
rentals and would personally see that
got my money every month in advance.
- I am not in the real estate business
I said, and what you propose does not
interest me in the least
Again he wished me good luck and
took his departure, being neither offended
nor discouraged. so far as l could judge.
In a month he came to me the third
time. l could. through him, get per-
manent rights in the ground under the
sidewalks of San Francisco, he said. He
would then have an ordinance passed
requiring the removal of all pipes and
from the streets to my exclu-
sive territory beneath the sidewalks, I
TO charge such rentals as 1 pleased, or
could negotiate with the telegraph, tele-
phone and other public service corpo-
rationS ! turned him down once more.
saying I was not impressed by his sug-
yestion. Inwardly, I was amazed at his
effrontery and the criminal ingenuity of
mis- mental operations. Unabashed, he
bowed himself out of my office, and
,omforted myself with the thought that
should see him no more.
But l was mistaken. He came rush.
ng back a fortnight later, saying
his face aglow with zeal and friendli-
ness: Now 1 have something that will
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
BOX OF MATCHES MARVELLOUS
THING TO AUSTRALIAN CHIEF

There is nothing extraordinary to US
about a box of matches. but to savages.
who have never seen anything of the
kind before, and are only able to obtain
fire by the slow process of rubbing two
pieces of wood. it is a source of wonder
to see a flame kindled by the single
stroke of a little slip OF wood against
the side of a box.
An Englishman who Travelled in Aus
tralia many years ago, when some of
the native tribes had as yet had no inter-
course with Europeans, fell in with a
community OF black fellows" as the
colonists call the aborigines, and was
well received by them. These black fell
lows" though they are black. are not
in the least like negroes. Their hair is
rot woolly, but curly; nor have they pro-
jecting mouths and retreating foreheads
like the true negroes, and they rejoice
in thick mustaches and big boards; and
many of them are finely made, muscular
men. Well. these black fellows were
greatly astonished at the many wonder
full things the Englishman had with him.
but when he wanted a light for his pipe,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
FOLLOWING TRAIL OF POLITICAL CORRUPTIONISTS
AND BRLBE-TAKERS SPORT FOR RUDOLPH SPRECKEL 81

city and say: 1T costs so much to pro-
duce gas. and we ought tn have so much
for profit on the capital invested and
fol the depreciation Of our property.
Then they would name a price. The
city officers, participating in the graft,
would look at the figures, declare them
to be reasonable and accurate, and say
that the price was moderate. Gas. at
the time of which l speak, was selling
at sl.35 per 1000 cubic feet. 1t is now
s. cents. The saving 20 the people of
San Francisco amounts to s2o00,C COO an
nually- There IS always a cash dividend
in reform of a practical kind.
One day ] introduced a resolution
calling for weekly statements from the
engineer and manager showing the cost
of production and explaining why great
deal more coal was burned some months
than others, during the same season of
tive year. without any appreciable differ
ence in results. The old men on the
board smiled. Irrtated. / said: I shall
insist upon a reorganization of this board
and the election of a new president and a
new manager.
" Hear the young man talk. a retired
capitalist sneered. Go ahead he ex-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
HOW BRITISH COURTS
DIFFER FROM OURS

trial at every stage. If he is satisfied at
any stage of the proceedings that the
evidence presented is not sufficient to
warrant conviction he may stop the
trial and direct a verdict of acquittaL
He may call and examine witnesses with
view to bringing out more clearly the
facts of the case.
He requires counsel to confne them
selves strictly to relevant and proper
questions and does not permit wranglings
over immaterial matters merely for the
purpose of getting error into the record
or delaying the trial In an address to
TIE jury he reviews the evidence in de-
tail and expresses his opinion on the
weight of the testimony introduced and
admitted. He may comment on the fail
IRE of the accused to testify, as well as
upon the character and demeanor OF
witnesses
In his summing up he endeavors to sift
Gut the material evidence from the i'm
material, to clear the issue of Commissions
into which the jury may have been mis-
led by opposing counsel and place the
material evidence intelligibly to I'M
trained minds. This done, the jury is
left to decide the case as the evidence
appears to justify. Under such circum-
stances verdicts are quickly reached by
the jury. usually without the necessity
OF leaving the box
Cases are expedited with remarkable
dispatch and the dockets of the courts
are rarely congested. Of sixteen cases
which the committee saw tried in the
Central Criminal Court of London only
three consumed more than two hours
and a half and several were disposed OF
N N md hal 1C arc
I'aratively few, though every convicted
person now has the right of appeal
They are quickly dispatched, fifteen cases
being disposed of by the Court of Crimi-
nal Appeal in one day during the attend
ance of the committee.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

q" I was only in fun Ruef said. as he
put his hat on his head and made for
the door, walking as fast as he could.
Il was TO eat luncheon at the Palace
Hotel that day with a number of friends
l was late and excited when | sat down.
Inquiries were made, and l described all
that occurred. The time has come
said. to clean up San Francisco. The
old men won't do il, and the young men
must. II strikes can be brought on as
matter of bargain and sale by poll
ucians, the city is doomed to destruction
Il talked to all the men l knew FIRE.
mont Older, managing editor of the Bull
Ietln, came to see me one morning. I
cannot do the work told him, but I
can finance the operation He spoke of
Heney and Burns. and the big things
they had done in the Oregon land frauds.
Next day he started for Washington. He
told President Roosevelt of our situation
and our intentions, saying that l would
raise all the money that was required
for the detection and the prosecution Of
the criminals who were plundering and
debauching San Francisco. Heney and
Burns were then in the service of the
national government. Mr.. Roosevelt in
stantly said that we could have them.
And that is the way the work began
and why l turned away from money
making to a more important undertake
ing.
The gas company in San Francisco"
MI Spreckles went on to say, lis not
an exceptional or isolated case of graft
and a surrender to politicians and
thieves. We cannot have pure govern
ment unless we have pure business. In
the hurry and confusion of developing
our country, and especially our cities, we
have neglected our duties as citizens and
shareholders. The government of the
United States. is the biggest business en-
terprise in the United States, the govern
ment Of a State is the biggest business
enterprise in the State. and the govern
ment of the city is the biggest business
enterprise in a city. Every American is
a stockholder in each. A great manufac- |
turing corporation would not appoint a !
street car conductor to run its business. |
street car conductor with proper train |
ing. however might work up to the job |
I'm San francisco We elected Eugene |
E. Schmitz mayor of the city. He was a |
professional violin player in theater |
orchestra at $40 a week. Acts equally as
puerile are done by voters everywhere |
in the United States. We put moral /
and mental insists into |
public Office and think no more about 1t.
We buy shares in a corporation. and so
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

The old-fashioned hop on the springy
turf of The village green, with the pure
air to breathe, was an ideal exercise for
improving the circulation of the blood,
expanding the lungs. and acting bene>
fcially upon the liver. besides generally
toning up the sytem.
But dancing, as INDUCED in by the
large majority of people, is another mat
ter altogether. Take, for example, the
ordinary small public or private dance.
Most of the dancers have hurriedly
rushed home from business, swallowed
rather than cateD a totally inadequate
meal. and substituted thin, flimsy skirts
and blouses for the seasonable cloth
ing they nave been wearing during the
day. Out they go again into the cold
night air, offering an easy target to the
wintry blasts and inviting bronchitis or
pneumonia
Against the first three or four dances
of an evenings programme there is little
to be said Tile room is not overcrowded.
the air is fresh and the thermometer is
low. But in the course of an hour or so
the conditions alter rapidly. The num-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

An American lawyer, after having
made an exhaustive investigation Of the
methods of the English courts of justice,
says the most marked features as noted
BY him in comparison with the courts of
the United States are:
The facility with which juries are Sc
lscted, the dispatch with which trials are
conducted, the insignificance which is at
tached to formal defects in indictments
and to technical errors generally, the
nonpartisan character of the prosecution
the small number of appeals taken and
the low percentage of reversals. and the
important part played by the Judge in
the conduct Of the trial
In England IL usually requires no long
err to select jury than IS necessary to
call their names, that challenges are al
most unknown, that opinions of jurors
based on newspaper reports or hearsay
ton, and that jurors are rarely exam
ined on their voire dire, as is the COM
mon practice in America.
The old and rigorous rule with regard
to particularly in the framing of indict-
ments has disappeared and little impor-
lance is now attached to formal defects
Comparatively few objections are raised
by opposing counsel 10 the admission of
evidence, and wranglinS5 over questions
or this kind, such as are a common fea-
ture of important trials in this country,
are Almost unknown
The division of the bar into two classes
has the advantage of securing trained
and experienced counsel. so that trials
are rapidly expedited. though 1t has the
disadvantage of separating the prisoner
from his counsel and makes necessary
the payment of a double fee-one to his
counsel and one to his solicitor. Both
fees combined, however. are usually
smaller than the single fee paid in
America
The English judge takes a very active
part in the proceedings and directs the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
WORK OF MOUND BUILDERS
AMERICAS OLDEST RECORDS

builders, had used the mounds for burial
purposes.
Still another mound contained the
bones Of thousands OF skeletons. Many
of them showed marks Of violence, and
from this it was supposed that a bat
tic had occurred near the place. In
the same mound there were some orna-
montS Of the stone age.
Near all of these mounds springs of
water still run. as they did. perhaps
more than a thousand years ago. In
the fields near by flint arrowheads
stone axes and hatchets have been
dug up for the past fifty years; also
strange. odd-shaped stones, which were.
it is supposed. used for ornament and
during religious ceremonies.
All through Yucatan and Peru the
relics found tally with those unearthed
in the Mississippi Valley, and it has
been argued from this that the ances-
tors of these people were of Asiatic
origin. The mound builders may, in
fact, have been descendants of the an
cient PhoenicianS. as the pottery of the
two, which has been compared. is SIM
liar. Pipes of various kinds-some elab-
Orately carved. and made of various ma
terials-have been found in great num-
bers. Vases and jars of stone, and
masks of the human face, all testify to
a knowledge of the sculptor's art. Cop
per seems TO have been the only min
eral these people possessed in general use.
The work on some of the small flint
implements evinces high degree of
skill. AS il was all done by hand, peo-
pie who have seen these instruments
wonder at the skill of the makers.
1t must have taken years to make one
of the stones which were used for neck
pieces. as the polish which such stones
have could only have been given them by
long and constant rubbing and use.
1t is to be hoped that some day the
question as to who were the mound build
ers will be satisfactorily answered
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09
San Francisco Millionaire Tells of His
Crook-hunting Exploits, One of Which
Was the Sending to Jail
of Abe Ruef.

men. ] talked with no one else Politics
| concerned me no more than did astron-
omy, geology, or the origin of life.
neglected my obligations as a citizen
| of San Francisco. of California, and OF
| the United States. 1 sneered at politics
as one will sneer at anything he detests
l spent my days with men of my kind.
My companions and my entertainments
in the evening were not such as TO
change my point of view OF the per-
sons who are trying to do something
for the general good. to sweeten the air
We breathe and in which we live, / never
heard. Now. 1 am not describing my
self SO much as l am a distinct and
separate class of Americans who are fill
ing the sky with smoke and are making
the wheels go round-necessary men,
wholesome men, who measure their lives
by dollars and cents.
Incidentally, l was a share owner in
the local gas company. l received my
dividends statedly and, therefore. I
asked no questions. Details of manage
ment, even the policy of the company,
were without interest to me directly.
But-and now mark my awakening-op-
position came to reduce my profits. My
shares tumbled in selling value. 1 then
performed as the normal business man
will always perform under similar cir
cumstances. l began to investigate the
facts in the case. Sordid as ii may
sound, l had myself elected to the d.
rectory of the company that 1 might
learn why l was losing money. The
word ethics was not then in my die
tiOnary.
so / sat down among the directors,
mostly old men. They had been in office
tor a long time. We had about 1,4oO
stockholders; some of them were women.
nd
directors who owned a considerable in
terest in the property. 1 employed ex-
rert accountants to look through the
books. l saw the name of a man on the
pay roll. He was drawing 5000 a year
for going to the city hall every thirty
days and collecting our bill for gas. Other
Collectors worked all the time for s.!
a month. l asked for an explanation
System Easily Explained.
Why, you see, Battles is a politician
was told. He gets the money without
any difficulty. Just goes to the city hall,
throws down the bill and il is paid right
off. If il were not for Battles. we would
have more or less bother every month
q" If you are delivering city gas &C
cording to contract l replied, the bill
should be paid promptly. the same as
airy other bill. If you are. not living up
t. the contract you ought to have trouble.
Strike Battles name off the pay roll
Then l saw big pile of uncoIlected
accounts. Public service corporations
are very particular about getting all
that is coming to them. If a consumer
lags, his gas is shut off. 1t is the same
with water and electricity. Street
railroads demand their money as soon as
Il passenger enters a car and sits down.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

and, taking out a box of matches, in
stantly produced one by rubbing the
match against the side of the box, their
amazement knew no bounds-it seemed a
miracle to them, and their chief begged
that the wonderful box might be given
to him, as he would then be able to pro-
cure fire with ease at any time. The
Englishman gratified him. receiving in
return for a box of lucifers that cost
one-half penny, two mats of native man.
ufacture and cloak made of fur.
The chief was delighted with his new
acquisition, and Immediately proceeded
to test the wonderful properties of the
little fire sticks Taking one out he
drew it, not along the side of the box.
but across the tips of the matches.
They were as dry as finder with the
hot weather, and instantly the whole
boxful flared up about the black fingers
of the chief with such a smoke and such
a terrific smell of birthstone and sui
phur, that he started back in alarm. and
dropped his precious box with even more
alacrity than he had taken it, and the
worst of it was that the value of his
cloak and mats had vanished!