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The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
TRIAL OF LETTER WRITER
IN POLICE COURT TO-DAY
George Sheldon, Negro, Will Be Arraigned for An.
noying Miss Florence Eickerson by Asking
Her to Meet Him.

mand Sheldon, who works in the same
establishment in G street
Sheldon will be tried in the Police Court
this morning on a charge OF disorderly
conduct. Because he could not raise SIS,
he spent Saturday and Sunday in a cell
at the First precinct station. He re-
fused to make a statement, further than
saying he saw no harm in seeking ac-
quaintance with the attractive young
woman.
Miss Eickerson said yesterday she had
no idea the man would get into the tolls
Of the law. The police said last night
the letter had been sent to them with
request that Sheldon be placed under
arrest The name Of the sender was not
divulged.
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Dear Miss Florence

Dear Miss Florence: ..-
81 would like very much to have
you make an appointment with me.
have something to tell you. l am
from Massachusetts, and you are
from Pennsylvania, where white and
colored people may. meet socially
without any one making comment.
''I am sure could interest you II
GEORGE SHELDON
This is a copy of a letter the police
say George Sheldon. a negro. twenty
seven years old, wrote to Miss Florence
Eickerson, of $40 NJ street northwest and
which caused his arrest Saturday night,
after the woman had shown the missive
to her employer and asked him to repri-
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DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

Jennie r. Moore, Il. ls Todd place ne.
Clara y. Hitler. Il. III S St NV.
james Hill. 65. All South Capitol st.
Mary Schorr. 81, 1881 9th st. NV
Dennis Fogarty 66. ll52 5th st. ne.
John H. Jackson, s. George Wash. Hosp.
Jesse W. Davis. 63. 1913 Union st. sw.
Lois Marie Mccoy. 5 months. 80 18th st. sw.
Charlotte o. Bragg. 5 hours. y. St sc.
COLORFO.
Ignatius Butler. 66. Providence Hosp.
Henrietta Madison, 50, 22lO llth st. NV
William Staley, IS. Tuberculosis HOSP.
Alice d. Hebb, months. 6f st. NV.
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A Difference.

II thought we were friendly to young
Ranter." said the country reporter.
We are" replied the editor OF the
Bungtown Bazoo "Why?"
We'll, 1 spoke of him in my story as
thriving young lawyer and it's
'thieving' in the paper"
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LocnI Temperature.

d. m 20; 10 a. m. =. Il noon. IS; ? y. m. so
!. m. So p m. ~; n. m. IS; 10 p. m, %.
Maximum So minimum. g..
Relative humidity-s a. m. IS 8 p n. 81
Hnun, IF sunshine. So. Per cent Of possible sun
shine -
Temperature same date last ycar-Ma1imum. 50;
minimum G
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

The Catholic press in the United States
Is represented by newspapers, and peri
odicals in English, German. French Pol
ish, Bohemian, italian, Slavonic, Magyar,
Dutch. Croatian, Spanish, and Indian.
weeklies.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
VICE CRUSADERS
FIND WASHINGTON
WELL. REGULATED
Chicago Women Make Tour
of Red Light Section.
POLICEMAN AS GUIDE
Few Resorts in Nations Capital
Surprise Uplifters.

DR.. Jean l.. Zimmerman, President
of Rescue Mission and WOmRn's
Shelter, and Miss Christina VI.
kuppinEer Express Themselves
as Well Pleased With Conditions
Locally as Compared With Chi
caEO.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

John Faust disposed of the first edition
of the printed Bible among various uni
versities and sold a considerable num-
ber in Paris at current rates, but, finding
1t difficult to procure purchasers for all
he had, reduced the price from 60 crowns
to 20 crowns.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.


u. =. Deit. n Agriculture, Neather Bureau.
Washington. SuudIy. Sept y, l9ll-s y. m
The trmT~ratur. will lc lower Mrnda~ m 'N0
Lake region. the ohio and Middle Mississippi val
lCNs and Monday MONDAY might III the NurtH
Atlantic Sttaes. Somewhat lower temperature will
oV,r>Irrad the Middle Atlantic States TUESDAY.
Eis,U here throughout tire country temperature
change, will b. shgut-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

Anti-vacCinatiOnists in the state OF Vic
tOria have been a very active body during
the last three years. As a result of their
energy. 1900 prosecutions for evasion Of
the vaccination laws have been brought
in the period mentioned.
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VIII II Come To Tht.r

"Bingsley wants an extra man or two
IN the sporting department during race
week"
Never mind what BingsIey wants
Give the society editress three more as
Eistants"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
TWO MEN NOW HELD
ON GIRLS CHARGES
Mary DOWnes' Ride Leads to
a Drivers Arrest.

On charges preferred by tweIve-year-
old Mary Downes, of 53S Eleventh street
southeast, on whose account William B.
Kinkead. a private of the Marine Corps,
Is held regarding an alleged assault
Eugene Merriman, driver of an oil wag-
on, was arrested yesterday. Merrman
is locked up at the Fourth precinct sta
ton for investigation.
Merriman, according TO the police, met
the little girl in Eighth street southeast.
She told the police that she started a
Irritation with the driver and got on the
wagon to take a ride with him. Shortly
afterwaTd the police were Informed by
telephone that a girl was being kidnap-
ped by the driver of an oil wagon In
vestiga ton led to Merriman's arrest.
Not long after the girl aliEhted from
the wagon several negro women in
formed the police that a man had as
sauIted a little girl near Eighth and I
streets southeast. Kinkcad, the marine,
was later arrested in a saloon in Eighth
street, and the Downes girl appeared as
the complainant.
Merriman insisted last night that he
did not insult the girl He said she
asked him for a ride and he took her
with him, but made her leave the wag
on after going several squares. The
police are holding both men in an effort
10 obtain further information regarding
their actions toward the child.
Where Wesley Wrote Hymns.
Trun the Church Family Newspaper.
The Rev. ]. II. WIckstccd, vicar Of
BeXley, Kent. has presented to the Wes-
leyan Methodists Of Gravesend and Dart
ford circuit tree from the vicaragc
garden, a sapling Of the old oak under
whose branches John and Charles Wes-
ley, with George Whitehead, often met i'll
friendly conference.
Il is believed that Charles Wesley COM
posed some Of the hymns under its
shadow, and John IN his diary of Septem-
Der q, 174O, writes: II went TO Mr.. Piers
(the vicar) at BeXley. where in th.. morn
lngs and evenings l eXpOunded the Ser
mon on the Mount and had leisure during
the rest of the day for business Of other
kinds" He was there again on Satul-
day, December ., IT49, and preached
about IL"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
Tide Table.

To-day-High tide. 1906 a. m. and lO06 p. m
low tide. 4:lO a. m. and Ar p m.
To-morrow-High tide. / 4s a. m. and 1853 p. m
low tide, 454 a. m. and 5d5 p. m
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Strictly Regulated Here.

There are more than I5,O0O wayward
women in Chicago, and there is little OF
no regulation Of heir nefariOus busi-
ness said DR.. Zimmerman i have
been in many cities in all parts of this
country, and 1 think that Washington
stands well in the lad in the matter of
strict regulation Of the red light district. e
DIR. Zimmerman and Miss Kuppinger
will leave today for New York City.
where they will make an exhaustive in
vestigation of the vice centers of that
city.
The vice crusaders in Chicago have
demonstrated with Postmaster General
Hitchcock against the action OF the
postmaster of Chicago for holding up
1.0O0 copies of the vice commissions
report. and it is probable that an an
swer will be returned to them in a few
days. The postmaster at Chicago held
the matter up and forwarded a copy of
the report to the Department of JUS
tice. for an opinion as to whether it
was obscene. The report deals with
the condition of the women and other
data concerning the life of the under
world of Chicago, which he construed
to be obscene
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
Temperatures in Other Cities.

Temperatures in other cities together with the
amount Of rainfall for the tvcnty-four hours ended
at p. IN. yesterday. arc as follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

\ new electric cigar lighter resembles
a telephone; when a miniature receiver
is lifted the current is switched into a
heating unit within the transmitter.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

Most Of the farms in Porto Rico are Aess than
twenty acres each.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
Condition of the Water.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Harners Ferry. W. Va, Sept. 24-Potomac anc
Shenandoah rivers both very cloudy.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

The BARRIERS Of Europe collect an annual croo OF
J. 10 900 pounds of hair.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

WaShington's red light section is the
best regulated in the country, according
to DR.. Jean L. Zimmerman. president
of the Chicago Rescue Mission and
Woman's Shelter, OF Chicago, and Miss
Christina NJ. Kuppinger, a noted settle
ment worker, OF the Windy City, who
inspected the so-callcd dens of vice last
night. accompanied by Policeman Grims-
| ley, of the First precinct.
Pleased With Conditions.
DR.. Zimmerman and Miss Kuppinger
who are on tour Of the hig cities of
the county, studying vice. We're surprised
at the few disorderly houses in Wash
ington, and said that it put to shame
Chicago, New York, and other cities
where these districts are a menace to the
community, because IL is almost imposs-
bic TO regulate them.
The party, which included two women
vice crusaders, Policeman Grimsley. and
several reporters, left police headquarters
last night about $50 o'clock. and inspected
the resorts in c and u streets. between
Twelfth and Thirteen-and-a- half streets
Everything was quiet along the street
except for a few groups of men, and the
only thing that disturbed the night was
the occasional ragtime tunes of a piano.
While the party WAS passing through
D street, between Thirteenth and Thir-
teen-and-a-half streets, several women
living in that section We're coming down
the street. but when they saw Police
man Grimsley they disappeared into 4
house. Both DIR. Zimmerman and Miss
kuppinger commented on the fact that
the police We're at all times able TO
regulate the people who inhabit this
section OF the city, and were surprised
when Policeman GrimsIey told them the
women were not allowed on the streets
after nightfall in that part of the city.
After the trip both women expresseu
themselves as highly pleased with their
trip, and said that if the vice sections
of other cities We're as well regulated
as Washington, there would be littlpI
need for white slave traffic laws or laws
of similar nature. They said that th,.
condition Of Chicago was blot on the
nation.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
FOREIGN TOPICS.

The report following the disappearance
of Leonardo da Vincis famous Mona
Lisa" from the Louvre at Paris, that
the priceless crown jewels Of the former
kingdom of Bohemia had been stolen
from the treasure chamber of St. Vets
Cathedral in Prague, the ancient capital
of Bohemia, and which created profound
grief among the loyal inhabitants. has
been found to be untrue. These crown
Jewels had reposed in that chapel for al
most 700 years, being removed only once
during the war between Prussia and Aus
tria, in 1866, when Prague had been cap
tured by the enemy and the leading bat
ties were fought out on Bohemian SOIL
those at Reichenburg, Gitchin, and Sa-
dova CKoenigsgraetz).
Extraordinary precautions always have
been taken to insure the safety of the
jewels. Seven powerful steel locks which
secure the door leading to the chapel con-
tanning all this treasure had not been
opened since the year after that war mot
a very wise thing to do, 1t would seem).
The keys to these locks were in the pos
session of the highest dignitaries of Bo-
hemia, the Archbishop of Prague, the
governor general of the kingdom, the
chief constable. and the mayor of Prague.
AS a matter of fact, the door must never
be opened without permission from the
emperor.
When the report Of the theft Of the
jewels gained more and more belief.
Franz JOsefs permission was obtained.
and the seven dignitaries met secretly at
Prague. in order TO verify the suspicion.
But the door, unused for so long pc
riod. refused to open. 1t required the
services Of a loCksmith. who, after a
couple OF hours hard work, succeeded to
make the seven locks move, and the door
opened at last.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
FUNERAL DESIGNS.

Beautiful Flcral DesgnA very reasonable In pFice1
Phone 2lS Main 18th Eye StA Nv.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

VIAVI SCIENCE OF HEALTH. NAT
ural, nOnsurgical; 4OO-p. book free. Apply
by mail, 916 Colorado Bldg. Free lecture
for women Wednesdays at 2:SO p. m.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
THEY LEARN BY EXPERIENCE
Show That Animals often Become
Wiser Than Their Parents,

A German naturalist has been col
lecting data Co show that animals learn
by experience. and thus. in some In
stances. become wiser than their un'
instructed parents
Game animals OF all kinds. II ap'
pears. have learned the range OF mod.
eEn rifles Greyhounds quickly learn
to let rabbits alone. and foxhounds
pay no attention Co either rabbits or
hares. Killer whales and gulls follow
whaling vessels. just as vultures fol
low an army. Crows begin to accom-
pany the chamois hunter IA soon as
they have seen the result OF his first
successful shot. and rough-legged buz'
yards follow the sportsmen after
winged game.
The number OF birds that kill or In.
jure themselves by flying against tele-
graph wires is much smaller than IL
used 20 be. The fact is also brought
out that birds and quadrupeds have
learned TO disregard passing railway
trains. as horses quickly cease to DO
frightened by automobiles Instances
OF tho intelligent selection exercised
by sheep dogs are familiar TO all
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
-t0h[Z=HS
- zf'iss;;iil.szzas1rZss @

Bella went up 20 the studio after
we left, and Investigated that corner. q"
What did she end? The necklace?"
! asked eagerly. He was too wretched
to notice this
NO, that picture OF you that ! did
las. winter. She is crazy-she says
she is going upstairs and sit in Ia
kahiro's room and take smallpox and
die"
"Fiddlesticks" ! said rudely, and
somebody hammered on the door and
opened IT,
Pardon me for disturbing you"
Bella said, in her best dear rme-Im-
glad-Eknocked manner. "But-Flan-
nigan says the dinner has not come" D"
Good Lord" Jim exclaimed. Il
forgot TO order the confounded din.
ner,"
1t was eight o'clock by that time
and as II took an hour at least after
telephoning the order, everybody
looked blank when they heard The
entire family. except Mr. HARRISON,
who had not appeared again. escorted
Jim to the telephone and hung around
hungrily. suggesting new dishes every
minute. And then-he couldn't raise
Central II was 10 minutes before We
gave up, and stood staring at one an
other despairingly.
Call out of window and get one
OF those internal reporters 90 do some
thing usef~for once" Max suggested
But he was Indignantly hushed. We
would have starved first Jim was
peering into the transmitter and
knocking the receiver against his
hand. like a watch that had stopped.
But nothing happened Flanagan re-
ported box OF breakfast food. two
lemons and a pineapple cheese. a
combination that didn't seem 20 lend
itself 20 anything.
We went back 20 the dining room
from sheer force OF habit and sat
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
NOT ovEREsTiMATeo.


Let me tell you. gentlemen" said
the earnest vegetarian. who was lee.
turing before the Butchers aBsocia'
tion. that there In more energy con
tanned In single banana than there
is In FIVE pounds OF the best beef.
steak"
Instantly storm OF protesting and
derisive Kisses broke forth from tho
indignant audience. But ABOVE tho
noisy rasp could BE- heard the stem
torian voice OF "A husky-looking indi
vidual shouting: THE man In right
The man is right! But he fails to
allow enough energy for the fruit 1
know from my own personal expert.
ence that a mere FRICTION Of the out.
side OF a banana contains sufficient on.
ergy 10 take the best wrestler in the
world OF his feet"
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only TO let It slip at the critical mo-
ment. Then they all got up and went
sadly back 20 the library, and F1anni.
gan and ! faced each other.
Flanagan was not a handsome man
at any time though up 20 then he had
at least looked amiable. But now as
stood with my hand on the back Of
my chair, his face grew suddenly
menacing The silence was absolute:
was the guiltiest wretch alive. and
opposite me the law lowered and
glowered. and held the yellow remnant
Of a pineapple cheese! And In the 81
lence that wretched watch lay and
ticked and licked and licked Then
Flanagan creaked over and closed the
door into the hall came back. picked
up the watch. and looked at H.
You re unlucky, I'm thinkin'." he
said finally You've got the nerve
all right. but you ain't cute enough"
81 don't know what you mean" I
quavered Give me that watch to re-
turn 20 Mr.. HARRISON
Not on your life" he retorted
easily. 81 give It back myself. like I'm
going 20 give back the necklace. n you
act like a sensible little girl"
! could only choke.
IT'S foolish. any way you look at
H." he persisted. Here you are. lots
OF friends, folks that think you're all
right Why I reckon there isn't one
OF them that wouldn't lend you money
II you needed II so bad"
"Will you be still?' I said furiously.
"Mr. HARRISON left that watch--with
mean hour ago Get him. and he
will tell you so himself"
"Of course he would" Flanagan
conceded. looking at me with grudging
approval "He wouldn't be what I
think he IL. n he didn't lie Up and
down for you" There were voices in
the hall Flanagan came closer. An
hour ago. you cay. And he told me
II was gone this morning! It's a
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
An Astonlshed Boy.

In February of this year WIscon-
sin farmer took his twelve.year-old boy
Co village for the first time. and
there the lad saw train OF cars. He
was SO astonlshed at the sight that he
lost the power Of speech for three
weeks.
II that youngster In ever taken TO n
circus or geological garden he'll
surely be struck dumb for the rest of
his life. His fathers farm must be
hidden away In hole I'm the ground.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as ne IS called
oy his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition in life was 10 be taken seriously.
but people steadily refused 10 do so, his
art is considered a huge Joke, except 10
himself, N he asked people 10 dinner ev-
eryone expected a fronc Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles: they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range 20 celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party is I'm full swing
when Jimmy receives a telegram from MS
Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four hours
10 visit him and his wife. He neglects 20
tell her OF his divorce. Jimmy takes XII
into his confidence. He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night. be Mrs;
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives ana
the deception works out as planned
Jim's Jap servant is taken i'll Bella,
Jimmy's divorced wife, enters the house
and asks Kit who Is being taken away IN
the ambulance? Belle insists it is jim.
Kit tells her Jim is we'll and Is In the
house. HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers a man tacking card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
The man points 10 the placard and Har,
bison sees the word Smallpox" printed
leave the house until the quarantine is
lifted; After the lifting OF the quarantine
several letters are found I'm the mail box
undelivered one is addressed TO Henry
Llewellyn, 1quiQue. Chile. which was
written by HARRISON. He describes mi
nutely OF their Incarceration also OF his
infatuation for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
Is taken III with Ia grippe. Betty acts as
nurse HARRISON finds Kit suking on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs. when suddenly she is grasped
In the arms of a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did II and is humiliated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin ana
other articles OF iewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty OF the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings, but she persists In suspecung
Betty OF the theft OF her valuables.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as TO her conduct towards him, she
tells him OF the incident on the roof. he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation.
One OF the guests devises a way 10 escape
from the house. They set fire 10 the re-
ception room and attempt TO leave the
house from the rear. The guards dis
cover the ruse and prevent them from
escaping. Max finds Anne's pearl clasp
pin In Jimmy's studio I'm "A discarded coat.
Jimmy is suspected OF the theft but de-
MES the accusation. Kit finds watch
hanging 10 a pillar I'm the basement and
with initials T. II. H. engraved upon II.
She opens the case and finds picture OF
herself that had been clipped from
newspaper.
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around the table and looked at the
lemonade Flanagan had made. Anne
would talk about the salad her last
cook had concoted. and Max told
about a little town IN Connecticut
where the restaurant keeper smokes a
corn-cob pipe while he cooks the most
luscious fried CLANS in America And
Aunt Selma related that I'm her family
they had a recipe for chicken smoth-
cred in cream. And tnen We slipped
the weak lemonade and nibbled at the
cheese.
ITO change this gridiron martyr
dom" Dallas said finally. where's
Harbison7 Still looking for his
watch?"
"watch!" Everybody said 1t in a
different tone.
Sure" he responded Says his
watch was taken last night from the
studio. Better set him down 10 take
sQuint at the telephone. Likely he
can fix it."
Flanagan was beside me with the
cheese. And NJ that moment | felt
Mr.. Harbison's stolen watch slip out
OF my girdle. slide greasily across my
lap. and clatter 10 the floor Flanni-
gan stopped. but luckily IL had gone
under the table. To have had II
picked up. 20 have had 20 explain how
got II, 10 see them try 10 ignore
my picture pasted in it-oh. Il was
impossible! | put my foot over H.
"Drop something?" Dallas asked
perfunctorily. rising Flanagan was
still half kneeling.
"A fork" | said, as easily as
could, and the conversation went on,
But Flanagan knew, and | knew he
knew. He watched my every move
ment like a hawk after that. standing
just behind my chair. | dropped my
useless napkin. 60 have IL whirled up
before IL reached the floor. said 10
Betty that my shoe buckle was loose
and actually got the watch In my hand,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
CHAPTER XVII.
A Clash and a Kiss.

The clash that came that evening
had been threatening for some time
Take an immovahle body. represented
by Mr.. HARRISON and his square jaw.
and an irresistible force. Jimmy and
his weight. and there is bound 90 be
trouble.
The real fault was Iim's. He had
gone entirely mad again over Bella,
and thrown prudence 20 the winds.
table. and waylaid her on the stairs
or I'm the back halls, just 10 hear her
voice when she ordered him out OF the
way. He telephoned for flowers and
candy for her quite shamelessly. and
he got out book Of photographs that
they had taken on their wedding jour.
ney, and kept Il on the library table.
The sole concession he made 20 our
presumptive relationship was To bring
me the responsibility for everything
that went wrong. and his shirts for
buttons.
The first heard OF the trouble was
from Dal He waylaid me In tho hall
after dinner that night and his face
was serious.
I'm afraid we can't keep IL up very
long, Kit" no said with Jim trail.
ing Bella all over the house, and the
old lady keener every day, it's bound
10 come out somehow. And that isn't
all. Jim and HARRISON had set-to
today--about you
About mel" | repeated. "Oh.
dare say have been falling short
again. What was Jim doing? Abusing
me?"
der but no one was near,
CTO RE CONTINUEDD