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The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Pretty Girl Sues
Aged Blind Man

HONESDALE, Pa. Jan. 25.-Weak
and trembling with advanced age and
totally blind, William F. Taylor,
eighty years old, wealthy resident
OF Philadelphia, was called to the
stand here today in a breach OF prom
ise suit brought against him by pretty
Miss Josephine Oldesski, seventeen
years of age, of Prompton.
Mr.. Taylor, who was formerly a
mine operator in West Virginia coal
fields, was interested also in many
summer hotels. While in Honesdale
four years ago with his sister he
employed Miss Oldesskl as a maid.
He had been blind for years, and after
the death of his sister he retained the
girl in his employ.
While on the stand today Miss
Josephine still maintained that she
loved the aged man despite his years
and infirmities.
Her sister, fifteen years old, also
testified. She said she heard Mr. Tay-
lor ask Josephine to be his wife one
day In the parlor as she was passing
the door
She said she did not see Mr.. Taylor,
but recognized his voice. Miss Oides-
ski is suing for $4,000 as balm for
her wounded heart.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Four Graduates Sail
To Hunt Lost Treasure

NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-Four young
graduates of Harvard. who have not
lost belief that there is still romance
in the world, set sail yesterday for
the Spanish main, with a cargo of
but that's precisely what they
The schooner is the ninety five foot
er Seneca owned by Demorest LLOYD,
son of the late John G. LLOYD. of
Boston. The others are John T. Cole
said to have been formerly an in
strucDr of astronomy at Harvard: :
John b. Fallon. treasurer of a Boston
spice company, and Arthur Coombs
formerly in the automobile business
here.
Mr.. Lloyd was found yesterday at an
uptown hotel a few hours before
sailing.
It's an adventure" was the most
definite explanation of the voyage he
would give at first.
Then he was asked if he was going
to hunt, for sunken treasure.
1--WE have the exact location of eight
Spanish treasure ships that went
down in 200 fathomLs of water off the
coast of Haiti" he acknowledged. eff
the water was not so deep 1t would be
easier to explore them, but still it
may be done. That is he added has
tily. lit might be done if one had the
right equipment. l haven't much
faith in buried treasure"
The Seneca is said to be under the
command of Capt. THOMAS Somers. of
Gloucester. and carried a picked crew.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Wholesale Produce Market
Eggs, Cheese, and Butter.

1RSS1 SnCCSSg anu OoSlSAs
Cheese-New York. new. 16aI7hc; nat
cheese. Isc per Ib.: daisy cheese. lsa176e
per ID.
Esss-Nearby. fresh, 2iae5c; storage. 25c
per doz.
Butter-Fancy. tub. 27a27l.c per Ib; prints
esaeSI-c per Ib.: high-grade tub. SOC per ID. !;
print, 3Oa3OIEc per ID; firsts tub, &c per Ib. ;
nrint 26IEc per Ib.; process butter, tub, 24a25c
per lb.; print, 24l2c per 10.
Poultry.
ID hens l5al6c per lb.; roosters. SC per ID. {:
ducks, l5al6c per lb.; turkeys. large, lsa2Oc
per ID.
22a23c per lb.; gobblers. Undrawn, zoe per lb,-
old toms, 21a22c per lb.; turkeys, thin, 15a17,
per lb.; chickens, 16c per lb.; hens, I5c
per lb.: choice geese 14al5c per lb.
Fruit.
Apples. s. so per bbl: pineapples, sI5O
a225 per crate; grapes, Armelia, 81. O0a7 90
per keg: Keefer pears. S1.OOa1.25 per basket;
California oranges, s.. .25a2, 70 per box; grape
3l.75a2.5O per box; tangerines, s2.OOaS5O per
strap; lemons. 5.00a4.00 per box.
Green Goods.
Cucumbers. hot house, sOcas1oo per doz:
tomatoes, fancy, Florida, 81. 00a5. so per box. :;
lettuce, New York. s.. 25a3.o0 per basket; cab
crate; squash, sI.Ooai'25 per bbS.; Celery,
s0a6Oc per bunch; eggplant. s5.Ooa6.OO per
crave; cranberries. sl.5Oa2.7 IS per box; Ss.6Os
crate; caulifiower. $4.OOa6 90 per bbI; besns.
s.. 25a2. IS per basket; kale, per bbl. Sl.2j;
spinach, $S.oOa4oO per bbl; Florida parsley,
doz.; Florida peas, l.J0a2. 25 per basket; eel
cry, per crate, S.95a4bO; new potatoes, $500
doz.; Florida peas, $l.JOa2.25 per basket; eel
M 90 per Dbl. 49,
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Bride of HorSehair
Penitentiary Souvenir

DR.. +. w. Hall. of 81. Louis. is in
Birmingham this week, and has with
him a very unique and valuable curio
in the form OF a bride made of horse
hair by a life convict in the Montana
State penitentiary.
The bride is made of hair obtained
from Canadian horses, and is alter
nately snow white, bright red, and
glossy black in parts. The entire bride
is made of hair. with the exception of
the bits, and will be on exhibition at
Jacobs pharmacy for the remainder of
the week. The bride attracted consid-
cradle interest yesterday while on exhi-
bition.
The headstall, including the throat
latch, is made of four round cords Of
red, white, and black hair closely and
artistically interviewer. The sides, brow
and nose bands are fiat, and are formed
OF white hair decorated with artistic de-
signs of red and black strands. The
reins are round and larger than the
throatlatch, but made of white and
red and black strands of hair
The reins end in whip effect, and the
ends of the throatlatch and other deco
rations are tassels of different colored
strands of hair. The bride Is valued at
800. but is not for sale. as DR.. Hall
prizes it highly.-Birmingham Age
Herald
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
SISTER ASKS COURT
TO JAIL BROTHER
Declares He Made Threats
and She Fears Bodily
Harm.

Declaring that she was in mortal
dread of her life II her brother. Mar
shall o. Mccoy, was allowed his free
dom and alleging that he had several
times threatened to kill her, besides ap-
plying several vile epithets to her. Mrs.
Julia A. Anderson appeared at the Po-
lice Court at noon today and swore to
information intended to serve to keep
Mccoy In Jail, at least until the jury
trial, which he demanded this morning
when arraigned on as charge OF as
saulting DR.. L. 8. Nicholson, of 1905 H
street northwest, is held.
According to the statements OF DIR.
Nicholson, Mrs. Anderson, and the
trained nurse and servant girl, who
were in the house of McCoy's mother,
Mrs. Ruth Mccoy, at 5031z Thirteenth
street northwest, when the alleged as
sault took place, Mccoy returned home
last night in a state of intoxication.
The doctor had been summoned to at
tend Mrs. Mccoy, the mother who is
elhgty-nine years old and dying of old
age. Mccoy is said to have ordered the
others from the room.
Or. Nicholson leII to search for a
policeman and returned a short time
later. When informed that he was
under arrest on charge of having
assaulted DIR. Nicholson. Mccoy made
no resistance.
Mrs. Anderson filed information
against her brother for threats and
he was held on that charge on bonds
of $1,000
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
LOCAL SECURITIES
WERE VERY QUIET
Prices Held Strongly on
Practically Everything.
Bonds Also Slow.

The change from the activity of
yesterdays session on the local Ex-
change to the dullness of today's was
almost as complete as the change in
sentiment on Wall Street. although
there was no other coincidence in the
matter. Wall Street cuts little figure
here-very little.
Railway preferred, which was so
active yesterday, was traded in only
to the extent of a few at SO, though
this price was bid for more with the
selling price raised to 30. A little
common stock sold at 37h.
1t is merely a matter OF comment
that President King of the Washing
ton and Virginia Railroad Company
was, elected a director OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany the other day.
Gas shares were entirely nominal
with T7h asked and 77h bid. and
without Indications of pressure to sell
or to buy.
Mergenthaler made a higher record
at PIT and a little Lanston sold up to
g7A.
United States Trust shares sold to
l19.
In the bond list transactions were
greatly restricted, only Gas SIS and
Traction SIS being traded in, the
former at 10919 and the latter at 112%
to 112A.
1t is not at all likely that the in
vestment buying has been satisfied.
indeed. over the counter orders do not
indicate any condition-it was just
n luu today fOIInwiur savpral davS
of lively trading.
The appointment of a board of direc-
tors for the Washington branch of the
1nterna tional Banking Corporation, on
which such well known local financiers
as Messrs. White, Mearns, TAFT and
others have been chossn, IS a movement
in the direction of a greater localizing
of the institution. The Washington
branch has been making good headway
for years, has a capital of $5OOOO0 a
large and growing line of local deposits,
and good line of local loans.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Pope May Leave Rome
During Celebration

PARIS, Jan. 2a-That Pope Plus X
will end his long exile in the Vatican at
Rome during the italian jubilee celebra-
ton was the strange story that circu-
lated in religious circles here today.
1t was even reported that France had
agreed TO give refuge to the pontiff and
that he, would be permitted to reside in
the palace at Lourdes while the jubilee
ceremony is taking place in Rome.
According to the report his holiness
has decided no lOnger to tolerate the
provocations offered by the italian free
masons and he is particularly desirious
of leaving Rome during the great cele-
bration when the attitude of the free
masons is expected to be particularly
hostile,
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
W|DOWER, AGED 81.
SEEKS THIRD WIFE
Advertises for One Because
His Days of Courting
Are Over.

II there is in Washington a widow
or a maid of mature years who will
hearken to the voice of matrimony,
there is a message for her in the Want
column of The Times.
G. F. Adams, of 1724 Benning road.
twice widower. wants a wife. At the
age of eighty-one. he says his days Of
active courting are over, and so he
makes his plea by advertisement. Berett
of his second wife by death during the
past summer. Mr.. Adams is lonesome; /;
he wants companion for himself, and
a mother for his two daughters, aged
fifteen and thirteen.
AS to qualifications, Mr.. Adams says
he is not highly critical. He is not so
anxious about beauty of face as he Is
about efficiency in housekeeping. He
does not demand in his spouse a love
such as the poets are wont to sing Of,
nor does he offer in return more than
kindness Nnd a good home.
Mr.. Adams Is a native of Washington
and has been successful in business.
For/ many years he was a contractor
and builder, but of late he has been
engaged in conducting a teaming busi-
ness. He Is the owner Of valuable city
property.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Police In a Pickle Over
Vanishing of Preserves

The police of Pelham Manor, n. Y,
are in a great pickle over the disappear
ance of a barrel of preserves. A team
of the Adams Express Company ran
away in Pelhamdale avenue and dump
ed out the barrel, which was in transit
After the driver caught the horses he
could not find the preserves, and asked
the police to help. That was over a
month ago. Ever since Chief r. w.
Marks and his prospective Pinkertons
have been hotfooting it all over the
country roads in that part of Westches-
ter county, but to no avail. They final
Iy have given up the search, and who
stole the preserves has been added to
other Pelham police mysteries, like who
murdered Millionaire Rosenheimer in
1907, ard who kidnapped Adele Ritchie's 5
dog.
.:Why," said Chief Marks. those pre-
serves disappeared as completely as
though the earth had swallowed them.
But it's more likely that some families
in the neighborhood swallowed them
New York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The success
OF the AZ per cent bond sale yester-
day afternoon seemed to satisfy all
concerned; the fact that the subscrip-
tlonS were for five times the total of
the bond issue was further incentive
TO satisfaction, but in accordance with
the prevailing custom on Wall Street,
the expected rise following the sue
cess, in which traders were hanging
with interest yesterday morning and
into the afternoon, did not materialize.
Some other reason nullified the effect
of the bond sale, but just what 1t was
did not appear in todays gossip. Care
full traders did not like the looks of
things, but that is about as far as they
would go.
AS a matter of fact the actual mar
ket was an outgrowth of the existing
conditions that have been very ap-
parent for weeks. The situation is
not such as to warrant higher prices
ut this time nor has it been for the
last few weeks. Investors have been
picking their investments from the
bond list and the stock market has
been more exclusively a speculative
proposition. The speculator dislikes
inactivity; he likes action and when
the manipulators created action they
were willing to play along following
the pace, but quickly taking their
Profits. always "set." ready on the
slightly indication of unloading by
the manipulators to make a getaway
run. They saw the signs of this yes
terday and they were on the run
quickly and declined promptly to take
further chances for the time being.
This morning some big traders were
jumping on the market from the mo-
ment of the initial trading. Content.
Gugsenheimer. dropped about 10000
shares of Steel and $1,000 Reading and
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Aeroplane Woman Says
Faith Helped Her Win

Miss Lillian Todd, the first woman to
invent an aeroplane, was asked in an In
terview in New York to what she at
tributed her success.
Success in aeronautics, as in most
things" said Miss Todd, is achieved by
patience and faith in ones self. Now,
had l been a pessimist-"
Miss Todd smiled.
"Pessimists like my friends new garden
er on Long Island" she continued. would
not accomplish much in work like mine.
This man was taking leaves OF the
lawn one fall day, when neighbor
passing by inquired of him:
Where's the gardener who used to
work here?'
Dead. SIR" was the reply.
Dead said the astonished neighbor.
Then, musing, he added: Joined the
great majority, eh?
"'Oh, SIR the gardener Interrupted In
a shocked voice, 1 wouldn't like TO say
that. He was a good enough man as Tar
as / know" New York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
VANDERBILT RACERS
STRONGER THIS YEAR
Will Go After Big Purses in
Europe, With Gould
as Rival.

PARIS, Jan. Sit has developed
through the announcements of the nomi-
nations for the early closing stakes
that the stable of w. K. Vanderbilt,
which for three years has carried off
the bulk of the purses offered for racing
on the fiat, will be stronger this year
than ever. 20
Vanderbilt has led in winning owners,
despite the fact that he has failed to
land the bacon in the big stakes, all
of his purses having been of the over
night and minor handicap variety. For
instance, last year he won only one
$4,000 purse, while his gross total was
more than ten times that amount.
String for This Year.
This year Vanderbilt will race one
aged horse, the great Seasick. over
night, and three other four-year-olds,
eleven three-year-olds, and thirteen
two-year-olds of his own breeding.
The three-year-olds are among the
classiest in France, and in their number
1t is confidently predicted today Is the
winner OF this years French Derby.
The juveniles are well tried, and COM
prise the pick of seventy-two bred by
vanderbilt. II Is DeneNed tnlS season
will witness a great duel on the French
turf between Vanderbilt and Frank ].
Gould, who has taken up his residence
in France.
Gould's Plans for Year.
Gould has ordered his trainer to buy
the cream OF the French turf, regardless
of expense. and it is known that he has
confided to his intimates that his dear
est ambition is TO outrank Vanderbilt
in the list of winning owners. This
means a great season for the French
turf with this battle of American dol
lars impending.
The Jockey Club today gave out re-
vised figures of the winning owners for
last year. Vanderbilt heads the list,
with a total of 1,01S,S03 francs; Edmond
Blanc is second, with 4,6S5; Madame
Cheremetef third, 5l9.512, and Baron NJ.
de Rothschild fourth, with 456,110. These
figures differ materially from the unof-
fetal ones, which indicated that VAN
derbilt led NJ. Blanc by only a few
hundred francs. The Vanderbilt aver
age winnings for the past three years
have been 1,162. OPS francs.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
SCOLDS ROWD|ES,,
PAYS A FINE OF s.
Manager of Alexandria Place
Said to Have Used I'M
polite Words.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA,, VA. JAN. rs


The manager of an amusement house
appeared in police court this morning.
charged with disorderly conduct, In that
he used language not in strict con-
formity with best etiquette in address,
ing from the stage some rowdies who
were creating disturbance in the gall
lery. who objected to delay in arrang-
ing setting. Exasperated, the man
ager appeared before the curtain and
said things not polite
A man in the audience left the
house. .sand obtained a warrant against
the manager. After hearing several
witnesses Judge Cation said that
though he believed there were ex-
tenuating circumstances, 1t was plain
ly his duty to allow the police to
quell the disorder, and therefore i'm
posed a fine of So. Lewis Cheshire,
one of the boys said to be responsible
for the disorder was fined $40.
Theodore Bumbley, alias Jones, and
James Monroe. arrested by Acting
Lieutenant Roberts, suspected of hav-
ing been implicated in the recent rob-
pery OF several stores on King street,
were bound over to the grand Jury.
The two young white girls, Ideal
Johnson and Laura Davis, accused by
Gus krause of having stolen $50 from
him while under the influence of LIQUOR
were dismissed after q stern admoni-
ton from Justice Cation.
Little business was transacted at the
common council meeting last evening
The question as to the authority of the
police board to create the office of sec
ond lieutenant OF police was referred to
the general laws committee for report,
without preliminary discussion. On mo-
ton of Councilman Smith, the resolu-
ton to require a standard death GER
dficate in conformity with that used ny
other cities was adopted The contract
with c. c. Bailey to purchase the am
monia product from the gas works, at
the former price of $3.50 per year, was
renewed for a period of three years.
The light committee reported favorably
upon the request for a gas light to be
erected on the corner of Queen and st.
Asaph streets.
Judge Louis Barley, of the corporation
court has been appointed special COM
missioner to arrange for the division of
the money received from the Govern
ment in payment for the tract of land,
in Fairfax county, known as ''Belvoinr."
This is the land on which II Is proposed
to locate the new District of Columbia
reform school.
Miss Madie Wells, of this city, ard
Louis Richards. of Lewes, Del, were
married January g. They will make
their home at Mr.. Richards home in
Lewes.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Homeless Family
Found In Cemetery

PATERSON, n. j., Jan. 25.-Proper
Food and medical attention have re-
vived Mrs. Mary Green and her two
daughters, Sophia, aged twelve and
Margaret, aged fourteen, who were
cared for yesterday by the charitable
authorities, when it was learned that
they were living in an old vault in a
deserted cemetery.
Mrs Green says that she came here
from Shenandoah, Pa, in search OF
employment, after she had lost her
position in a silk mill at home. Her
husband was killed in a mine two years
ago.
Unable to earn any money, she could
secure no lodgings, and after two nights
of exposure in the streets, she dis
covered the grewsome vault, and there
lodged the children while she continued
her vain quest for work. The children,
when rescued by officers, were trying 70
cook a potato over a small fire in the
vault
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Heavy Selling in Opening Hour Brings Stamp
BEARS ACTIVE IN OPENING HOUR
WITH BREAK IN VALUES-DULL-
NESS FOLLOWS.

was puming out the stock literally
right up to the noon hour.
Some of the commission houses sent
out wires to their customers advising
them to refrain from sending in buying
orders on the theory that a market
which either could not or would not
respond to such favorable news as the
announcement of the New York bond
sale was by no means to be considered
as ready for an upward movement.
There was little actual news of a
character to give color to the trading,
unless 1t was held under cover. The
Canadian Pacific for the third week in
January sustained decrease in earn
ings of $ll4,000; Denver and Rio Grande
lost $500 for the same period, and
St Louis and Southwestern added
s37.137.
Company met Thursday for dividend
declaration. The dividend is declared
quarterly. Three months ago the rate
was increased from 4 to per cent per
annum. Directors of New York Edison
Company, all the capital stock Of which
is owned by the Consolidated Gas Com
pany, have not as yet taken action on
the dividend rate. Last year the COM
pany paid 8 per cent in dividends, and
the Consolidated Gas Company received
about $3,000,000, or one-half of its full
dividend payments for 1910 from this
source.
After a slight early advance the list
dropped an average of over a point
from the high, this selling coming on
top of little better sentiment created
by the bond sale.
Steel common, under the impetus Of
the selling movement. dropped from 7S%
to TN. and recovered slightly. the net
loss from yesterdays closing being
slight. Union Pacific went back from
a high at 176S to 1747s. and recovered to
It's. half a point net loss. Reading was
a point lower; Lehigh Valley point;
and Nashville III; Laclede Gas
q; Colorado Fuel a point: Car Foundry
q; Copper y; and Smelling u. Most OF
the minor stocks were neglected and
easier
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Today's Sales on
Local Exchange

Washington Gas SIS, s1.OOOa1O914, 1900
d1O91a. $l,0O0q lO91a. S50Od1091a s., ,5OGa lO9l2,
s., ,OOOn 1O911k. $JOOI1G9Ia, $JOOdlO911.
Capital Traction SIS, $5OOdll23s.
Potomac Electric SIS, $5,OO0d106&s.
Washington Railway and Electric
common, 5T37k.
MergenthaIer, 5d2l7, ld217.
Lanston, 5G97A.
Washington Loan and Trust, 10d209.
After call-Washington Gas As, 5000
1O99.
Lanston, 20Q9IA.
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred, 2QS9.
Capital Traction SIS. S1.0OOd1l211
United States Trust, l3Gl19.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Multiplied Gallantry.

George Kochersperger, chief clerk of
the common council, is a man of con-
siderable measure. Recently he sat in
a crowded elevator car when a number
of women tired from shopping entered.
Mr.. Kochersperger. with his customary
gallantPy, arose, grabbed a strap, and
watched two women squeeze into the
seat he had given up.
There he said. turning to a friend.
81 can do something you can't do.
can give my seat to two women
Philadelphia Times.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Prehistoric Mirrors.

A collection of several remarkable
prehistoric mirrors made by the Ia
rascans, who once inhabited the now
ruined cities of Guerrero, has been re-
ceived here by Prof. William Niven,
who is making a study of this particu-
lar form of ancient art
The largest of the mirrors presents
circular face about two inches in
diameter. and II Is about one and one
half inches thick. The smaller one OF
the collection is about one-haIf this size
They are made of a single lump Of a
globular capitalization of marcasite,
rounded on the back, with holes for
carrying strings, but are polished on
the face until they make really good
mirrors.-Mexican Herald
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Demand for Electricity
Worrying Power Men

The management Of all electrical pow
er generation and supply companies are
anxious to encourage the more general
use of electricity in the household for
the reason that this constitutes a DE-
mand for the current at such times dur
ing the day as the industrial call for it
Is not at the highest point. In other
words, what is called the peak of the
load" comes along late in the afternoon,
and the average station is compelled to
maintain machinery in idleness a great
part of the day in order to be prepared
to take care of this rush of business,
which lasts for a comparatively, short
time only In order to equalize this de-
mand for current the companies are
doing all in their power to cultivate
such uses for the current which will
be more constant.