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Tho Sardonio Person.

care you interested in iterature?'
asked the snrdonic person.
"Why, have devoted much Of my
fortune to building libraries"
THAT isn't literature. That's archi
lecture. "-Washington Star.
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A Big Item.

Hewitt-How do you account for
this Increased cost of living?
Jewett-A few years ago we didn't
have to spend n dollar day for souve
mir postal cards to send to our rela.
ttves aud friends.-New York Press.
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A Good Provider.

us he good provider?'
II should say he IS. He keeps his
wife busy over hot stove every day
cooking the stuff he provides. DE.
troit Free Press.
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Uncle Sans Solicitor General.

Uncle Sans Solicitor General.
Frederick W. lehman Of st. Louis,
who succeeded the late Lloyd w.
Bowers as solicitor general of the
United States, Is regarded MS one Of
the great lawyers Of the middle west.
Not that his fame il; confined to any
section. however, for Mr.. lehman is
we'll known to lawyers throughout the
nation and has been honored by the
American Bar association by being
elected president of that body.
Solicitor General Lehman is a ma
tive of Prussia and fifty-eight years
old. He came to this country when a
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Wanted

REIMBURSEMENT near town wanted.
Good water. State terms and condi-
tions in first letter to
A. KLINGENBERG,
Bolton, Montana.
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Justice is the bread Of uations-they
are always furnishing for lt.-Chateau.
br!euL
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Republication on account of error in description
Notice for Publication
(NOn.cOal 1ard\


Notice for Publication
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior. u. s.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana. Aug.
q, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Jay H. Vaughan of Roman, Montana.
who on May IL, 1910, made Hid. No.
O2OO7, for Unit F, NJ SW Sec. s. =.
20 ~, r. 20 w. M. M, has filed notice
OF intention to make final communication
proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before Coker F. Rath-
bone, U. S. Commissioner, at Roman,
Montana, on the 9th day of October,
1911: Claimant names as witnesses:
Jacob F. Olson, Edgar L. Mcconnell,
g. Howard Smith and Fred c. Guenz-
Ter. all OF Roman, Montana.
49, JOSIAH SKULL,
d zo'septU Register.
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Its Place.

Pop. what do they pay for the sub.
marines with:"
Il suppose they pay for them from
the sinking fund."-Baltimor Ameri.
can.
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Oscar Hammerstein at the farewell
dinner In New York that preceded his
departure for the operate pastures of
London made IN amusing speech on
music.
Mr.. Hammerstein in the course of
this speech praised Richard Strauss.
Leoncavallo, puccini and Debussy.
Then lie mentioned with scorn half
dozen composers OF comic opera.
"Those fellows" he said, may be-
divided into two broad classes-6rst,|
those who plagiarize from the street.
pianos and, second, those who write
for them"
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child and was educated in the public
schools of Ohio and Indiana and in
Tabor college, H., from which he was
graduated in 1873. For some years
Mr.. Lehman practiced law in Des
Moines, but in 1890 went to st. Louis
as attorney for the Wabash railroad.
Later he established law firm there.
Mr.. Lehman was a government dele.
gate at the universal congress of law
yers and jurists in st. Louis in 1904
and at the time of his appointment as
solicitor general was chairman Of the
board Of freeholders of st. Louis
When oehiItres Failed.
Senator Depew at dinner in Wash
ington said apropos Of Christmas
cheer:
'The famous Tom Ochiltree made
Christmas punch that was the wonder
Of New York and Washington. A dip
lonlat once asked him for the punch's
recipe. He answered. with his droll
smile:
"'The ingredients entering into this
highly refreshing Christmas beverage
are champagne, ice, cognac, lemon and
aerated water. But in consequence Of
advancing years I always forget the
sessted water"
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TERMS CASH
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
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NOTICE
Prices for Cleaning and Pressing:

Cleaning Dry Clean
and ing and
Pressing Pressing
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The Washington times., 1911-12-23
NINE WORKERS GET
LARGE BONUS FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Men in the Anthracite Fields
to Receive $662,684 as
Their Share.

WILKESBARRE. Pa. Dec. 2S.-In ad-
dition to the mine workers fiat Increase
of 10 per cent the profit-sharing plan
instituted by the Roosevelt Strike Cont
mission of 1902 has yielded to the men
in the anthracite region an aggregate
increase in wages of about 30.000. 900
in eight years. For example. under that
sliding scale agreement the Lehigh VAL
ley Coal Company, recently paid to it's
employees 10.7 cents per ton Of coal mined
in November, in addition to their regu-
lar earnings.
The shipments of anthracite In No.
vember amounted to 6,193,314 tons, and
the bonus to the mine workers for the
month was per cent. according to the
official notice sent on by the United
States Commissioner OF Labor. On the
basis of 10.7 cents per ton, the sliding
scale" causes an increase in the mine
workers pay for the month for all the
companies amounting to $662,6s4
1t was after awarding a fiat 10 per
cent increase in minimum pay that the
strike commission provided for the ar
rangement giving The workers further
benefits from advances In the price of
coal. Under the award they receive I
per cent increase in wages for every
advance Of cents above $3.50 a ton
in the price of anthracite at tidewater.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Hairpihs as Evidence
In Suit for Divorce

POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, Dec. o.
That pr. Albert Reed, Of Highland,
and his wife. Eloise. were living to-
gether apparently as husband and wife
after DR.. Reed lad sued fora divorce,
naming John b. Moule. seventy years
old, a wealthy dairyman, as co-respon-
dent, was the main line of the defense
when the trial Of the divorce action
brought by Dr. Reed was continued be-
fore Justice Morschauser here today.
Senator Linson, of Kingston, counsel
for Mrs Rede, moved for a dismissal Of
the complaint on the ground that since
the beginning of the action last March,
the couple have been living In the same
house apparently As husband and wife.
Justice Morschauser reserved decision.
Witnesses for the defense then testi-
fed that they had seen DR.. Reed and
his wife together as late as last Octo-
Der. and that they acted afrectionately
toward each other.
Miss Jennie NJ. Smith, of Kinston,
sister of Mrs. Reed, testified that she
and Mrs. Reed one day in 1910 found 4
garment worn by Miss Lillian Fan, Of
Kinston, Or. Reeds main witness, in
the physicians room. On another occa-
sion, she said, they found hairpins
which they identified as Miss Fans.
The hearing will be resumed on Janu-
airy 20.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
GOTHAM PHYSICIAN
IS TAKING PASTEUR
TREATMENT HERE
DR.. Charles w. Naughty,
Exposed to Rabies lnfec-
ton, Takes Precaution.

DIR. Charles w. Naughty. jr., Fed
eral court officer Of New York city, is
taking the Pasteur treatment. for rab-
bies, at the Hygienic Laboratory of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice today.
DR.. Naughty is apprehenslve of pos
sible infection with the malady through
sore on his hand. which was exposed
in treating a fellow physician.
Last Wednesday DR.. Naughty was
called to Perth Amboy. Upon arrival
there he found that DR.. Charles l..
Bell was suffering with hydrophobia in
a violent form. 1t required the efforts
of five men to strap the afflicted suf-
ferer to his bed. After treating the
case, DR.. Naughty found that saliva
from the patients mouth had dropped
upon sore on his hand, which had
been opened, and he feared infection.
He arrived in Washington for the
PaSteur treatment last night, and will
have to remain here three weeks. He
Is not i'll, and Is not suffering discom-
fort. He calls at the Hygienic Labora-
tory once a day for treatment, and then
returns to his hotel. or goes out to see
the sights.
dog bite, inflicted several weeks ago.
He had forgotten the incident until
madness came upon him Wednesday
without warning.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
SOLDIERS HOME
INNATE ENDS HIS
LIFE WITH BULLET
Johannes Petersen, Despon-
dent Over Illness,
Shoots Himself.

Police Of the Tenth precinct were no.
titled this morning Of the suicide last
night at the Soldiers Home of Johannes
Petersen, former first sergeant Of COM
pany X, Third Infantry, who ended his
life by firing a bullet into his brain.
Ill health is believed to have been
the motive that prompted Petersen to
kill himself. He had suffered a great
deal from chronic heart trouble and on
September Is, 1911, was discharged from
the army because of disability. He
came to the home in November, and had
been confined during that time in the
infirmary connected with the hospital.
Hearing shot shortly after 8
o'clock last night, one Of the doctors
rushed to the room occupied by Peter
sen and found him lying across the
bed with blood flowing from the
wound in his right temple. By his
side was a small caliber revolver with
which he had shot himself. He was
taken to the operating room, where
he died twenty minutes later.
Peterson was born in Denmark in
1871 and came to this country in 1889.
He enlisted in the army in 1898. and
served until last September, when he
was discharged because Of his physi-
cal condition.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Woman's Arm Falls
From Christmas Tree

CLIFTON HEIGHTS. Pa, Dec. o.
Adam Fowler. a local dealer, today
shook out a fine Christmas tree to sell
to a woman customer. AS he did SO the
arm of woman amputated above the ell
bow dropped out of the branches. The
woman was hardly shocked worse than
the dealer. and an investigation is prom
Used.
Stories of the gruesome find, and of
various theories suddenly evolved tho e.
from, kept the town busy all day, es-
pecially the children, who gathered in
groups to see the arm, as long as 1t
was to be seen, then discussed 1t with
bullying eyes after it was put away.
The trees came to Fowler from Maine,
and the probability Is either that this
arm Is the product of n legitimate
amputation, but carelessly left unburied
in the Maine woods, or a part of some
tragedYs victim.
The arm is well preserved and appar-
emily was amputated recently. The
2ngernails are perfect.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Nine-Year-Old Girl
Writes Christmas Book

PITTSBURGH, Dec. pa remark.
ably entertaining and well-written story
is Journeys With Fairy Christmas"
the latest book by llrtle Winfield Sack
vile Stoner. the nine year-old authoress
and linguist. daughter of DR.. James
Buchanan Stoner. of the Public Health
and Marine Service. now stationed in
Pittsburgh. who is being urged by Con-
gressmen from this section t. succeed
the late Surgeon General Wyman,
1t is a graphic and breezy account of
a wonderful trip taken around the
world by little girl with a miniature
fairy Santa CLAUS. Norway, Sweden,
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy.
Russia, and Bethlehem are visited in
the midnight trip. Of the little traveller
many strange Christmas celebrations
happened upon.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
RUMOR Of RECORDS
BEING REMOVED IN
: DYNAM|T|NG CASE
Secret Service Men Now
Conducting an Investiga-
ton of the Report.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 23-Fed.
eral Secret Service operatives, 1t ia
learned today, are investigating the re-
port that records of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron workers are secretly taken from
indianapolis Immediately following the
arrest of John J. Mcnamara in the al
legged dynamiting conspiracy. The Gov
eminent wishes to ascertain II the re-
port is true, what the records contained,
where they were taken and who was
responsible for their removal.
Federal Judge A. b. Anderson, in
whose court the dynamiting investiga-
ton is being conducted, left here today
for New York to spend the holidays
The Federal grand Jury probing the al
legged conspiracy will not meet again I'M
til January 3. -
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Judge Convicts Both
Accused and AccuSer

BERLIN. Dec. fisherman judges
have a way OF pronouncing both the
accused and the complainant guilty.
Such paradoxical verdict has just
been rendered in one of the Berlin
courts in which a gay old lothario was
declared guilty of insulting a woman
and sent to prison for three months, and
the woman fined $l25
Otto Kamphenkel. aged sixty-three.
attended a dinner at the home of Will
helm Jacob. After drinking a large
quantity Of wine, KamphenkeL we'll
known race stable owner. made love to
the governess in the jacob family,
French woman, aged thirty-eight. He
received a sharp slap In return for his
attentions. This 30 Infatuated the old
fellow that he knocked the governess
down four stairs.
The court, by some strange mental
process. decided the woman's conduct
also was reprehensible in resenting the
old fellows familiarity SO violently, and
decided that three months imprison-
ment for Kamphenkel and 800 marks
fine for the governess would satisfy JUS
z.l
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
LFOLLETTE STORY
Of bR|BE OFFER IS
RELATED IN ARTICLE
Progressive Leaders Auto
biography Gives Version of
Noted Treasures Case.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-"He had his
pocketbook in one hand a roll OF bills
in the other. For an instant l was
dazed, and then the thing surged
through me. felt that 1 could not
keep my hands off his throat"
United States Senator Robert NJ La
Toilette. In the January installmert of
his autobiography which is being pub
iished In the American Magazine. de-
scribes in the above words the feelings
that came over him when an attempt
was made to bride him in the famous
Wisconsin treasury suits.
La Toilette has just been defeated
for reelection to Congress. The Demo-
Gratis had secured control of tho State
administration in January. 1891, and one
Of their first steps was to bring suit
against all State treasurers of the pre-
ceding twenty years who had farincd
out the public funds to favored banks.
Senator Sawyer, Republican boss,
urers, and stood to lose heavily in case
the court should force the defendants
to pay back large amounts.
The cases were set for before
Democrat, former law partner and
= brother-in-law of La Toilette. Saw
Yer made an appointment with La
TSes retired to the parios and
yer quickly stated the proposition he
mo one knows 1 am to meet you
autobiography. ri want to hire you
as an attorney in the case and don't
want you to go into court. Here is
go. will give you 500 or $1,000
nsss when sis0e'hsr decides the case
The autobiography continues:
IT said to him II you struck me In
sas fass yoH S ooyd Ros dos want s
hire me as an attorney. You want me
to talk to the judge about your case
Sawyer then asked how much 1
would take as a retainer. l answered,
you haven't enough money to en-
ploy me as an attorney in your case
after what you have said to me-
to pay La Toilette for meeting him,
but the attorney left the room.
La Toilette reported to Judge Sic
becker. but the attempt at bribery was
no,nced he would mot try the treasury
cases. Then the news of the attempt
at bribery was published Sawyer dc
MED he had offered any bride. He as
related to Judge Siebecker. His. friends
took up the matter. and powerful pres
sure was exerted on the press, and La
Toilette was denounced on all sides
Anonymous letters began to pour In
his head in politics again he would do
well to arrange for lot in the ceme-
terry. o.. 10, g.. ,r,o,,,.
lette continued. II knew I had nc
Of no newspaper, and yet ! grew strong
in the conviction that in the end Wis
consin would be free. And in the end
1t was So"
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
BRAIN NOT Drawn
IS HIGH SALAR|EO
COMMERCIAL NEED
Banker Perkins Says $1O,.
900 Men Are Scarce for
$4,000 Jobs.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-"The reason 1t
Is so hard to find $1O,0O0-a-year men for
$fO,000-a-year Jobs is because s1O,00O-a-
year men never have to look for Jobs |;
they always have them" declared
George w. Perkins, former partner of
J. p. Morgan in an interview published
today.
1T takes men years to prepare them
selves for $10,0OO-a-year jobs" continued
Perkins, land lack Of this preparation
Is what causes a dearth Of these men.
The man who reaches thee $4,000 point
IL the man who knows not only his own
Job thoroughly, but that of the man
ton OF Drawn as much as brains"
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Daughters Purchase
Large Floral Tribute

Provision for the purchase CT a large
fcral tribute to ne placed on the casket
containing the body If Mrs. Elroy NJ.
Avery. editor Of the Official -. A. r.
organ. today, was madc by Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott, president of the So
ciety. 1t was sui scribcd to by members
Of the governing boord.
Official action cannot be taken on
the death of Mrs. Avery until the board
meeting on January g." said Mrs. Scot.
this morning. Dozens of kilograms
have been sent her family ~ Wash.
ihgton Daughters. Her/desth was u
great shock to US all"
Mrs. Avery was the first woman men,
Der of the board of educ alton of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and the first woman elected
to pubic office In her State. She was
prominent in club and educational work
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Maryland Apples
Now on Exhibition

Big red and russell apples were ar
ranged in an exhibit at the Southern
Commercial Congress Hall today. The
apples were collected by the Maryland
Agricultural College experiment station
from Maryland fruit growers.
It is intended to make the exhibit
permanent by replacing the fruit by
new samples as soon as tho old ones
begin to decay. Trays contain tempt
and the brilliant red winesap On
shelves are arrayed the mammoth red
streaked Tompkins' king. the twenty
ounce, the fall pippin, the Wolfe river,
and the Arkansas black. Specimens of
the Chinese champion ounce also are
shown.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Davis, Surrendered By
Bondsman, Goes to Cell

Frank C. Davis. an alleged bogus
check man, was greatly surprised, and
SO was his counsel. Matthew Z. O'Brien,
yesterday. in Criminal Court No. =. when
the bondsman of the prisoner surren-
dered him. Davis had hurried to Wash
ington on a telegraphic request. and ex-
pected to return last evening to Chi
cago. to spend Christmas with his wife.
Immediately after Davis pleaded not
guilty, Attorney James q. AIcher' rep.
his client wished to surrender the de-
PENDANT. and instead of returning to
Chicago Davis was remanded to JAIL
checks for amnunts a@areeatins Several
hundred dollars last July. Among his
alleged victims were Schwartz & PelZ-
man, the Kahn Optical Company Peter
Cocoras, and the Saks Optical Com
pany.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
lula Murdock Says OTIS Skinner
REGARDS Present Task His Greatest

imagine they felt very mystical and
oriental about 1t. as Mr.. Skinner ex-
possible foT Mr. w sHnne NAYS ee Sessar
to appear wearing heavy gold ring,
but to please his friend who had re-
auested that he wear It on the open
q string about his neck es ' When en- 1T Il
became necessary in the play to pro-
duce the recognition amulet, the
broke ;s the string and the
and rolled down to the footlights.
Ring Falls Into
Pool of Water.
Later he found the ring and placed 1t
upon his little finger, until It became
necessary for him to dispatch his enemy
by drowning him In the pool. This time
the ring slipped from his finger, and
sank to the floor of the steel pool. In ten
feet or more OF water.
Holy Mike" said Mr.. Skinner to HIM
self In an undertone, there's where I
lose my friends ring, and friendship
Of lifetime all at once. There was
that ring at the bottom OF the steel
tank. What was / to do? I was up
against q proposition good and hard.
MY luck is gone and I shall never get
forgive me-" All Of these thoughts
were coursing through the actors mind
while Skinner, as Hail, lay at the brink
Of the pool. at one OF the most tense
the bubbles that rose to the surface Of
the pool and held his audience SPELL
bound with his dramatic and consum-
mate art.
Finally. however. the ring was recov-
off ho0
the "Kismet" production 1t will be re-
turned to its owner.
while l do not believe much in anu
let's myself. said Mr.. Skinner, Il 40
wishes. Not in any mystic way. but
because OF their direct influences. To
mention only one phase-no one can fail
to be buoyed up. to be bound to respond
count it much that Mrs. Minnie Mad
dern Fiske came over to Washington to
see my opening performance on Wednes-
day night in the New National
Wife Sends Him
Luck From Their Home.
MI. skinner aid not say SO. but he
also counted 1t a great pleasure TO re-
mark that the charming Mrs. Skinner
was another one Of these who was
wishing all sorts Of good luck to hirl
OIL Tue CpSIlIhS ihShS VI HA~bSS ""o
was sending thought waves of cnco,ir-
agement over from their home at Bryn
Mawr, and who Joined her husband at
the Shoreham yesterday.
II never like to be in the theater on
the opening night" ssid Mrs. Skinner
yesterday. "f am nervous, and Mr..
Skinner Is nervous naturally. and /
think 1t tends rather to make him more
nervous when ! an in the house. So
for that reason ] am never present al
my husbands first productions"
To be reminiscent: Mr.. Skinner may
fancy Hail his best role. and perhaps
he is right, but one WHO saw him play
the jealous husband in BOXERS Fran;
ccsca da Rimini" always calls to mind
that somber figure. and remembers that
the American stage owes t. ldr. skin
ner debt for producing this drama,
far less famous tran that of Stephen
Phillips on the same Dantesaue theme.
but play which is a subject OF pride
to the few Americana who know Of
Boxers unappreciated career. Incl
dentally, 1t was a triumph Of acting for
Mr.. Skinner. ..
Along with many others, the writer
1clls In best wishes for Mr.. Skinner
and "Kismet." JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Italian Social Club
Elects Years Officers

At a recent meeting OF the italian
Social Club of the Christ Child Society.
the following officers were elected:
Michael Cavalier, president: Humb1rt
Letora, vice president; MICS Nellie VI
tale, secretary: Miss Gowan, treasurer;
Joseph Lawrence Maggie, musical d.
rector; Miss Hockinswortli, musical di-
erctor.
The first dance of the season to be
given by the club will be at the club
house. 80 c street northeast, Friday
night, January 5. Matrons Of the Christ
Child Society will be chaperons.
The Washington times., 1911-12-23
Range Lights in Canal
Zone Are Being Planned

In the Canal Record. the official
journal of the Panama canal diggers
which reached Washington from An
con today, 1t Ia announced that the
Government is now setting range
lights along the canal for the guild
ance Of mariners at night, and Is al
SO experimenting with a new sun
valve which 10 expected to save much
money to the Government in the de-
creased consumption of acetylene gas
with which the lights are operated.
The sun valve consists of copper
cylinder which exands when the sun
shines on 1t, thus shutting of the
gas. and contracts when the sun sets
at night, opening the valve. and lot
ting the gas flow into the burner
again. A small pilot light Is left
burning to light the gas each even
ing.
Gas range lights now in use burn
with the same flame day and night.