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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Miss Grace Jones. OF Danville. who
has heen visiting at Old Point, win
shortly be the guest of Miss Anna
Royal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Mrs. Harvey Spence and Miss Mary
Spence, OF this city, spent several days
last week at Waynesboro.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Mrs. Robert Cabell has returned &c
the city after spending some time al
the country place OF her parents, MIR
end Mrs. Samuel Morgan, in South
Carolina
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Mr. and Mrs. H. Gwinn TaEloe, OF
Melbourne, Va. who have been visiting
in Baltimore. are now in Atlantic City
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Julian w. Tyler has returned to tn,
city after an extended visit to tn.
West Indies. Panama and South Amer
lea.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Miss Maude Richardson. who has
GnendinG The past i've weeks In THIS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

MI and Mrs. !. y. Vaughan, Jr, OF
this city, spent several days recently
In Ashland.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Miss Shirley Manor has returned tt
gIarrjsonburG, after visiting friends
here for several weeks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Misses Mary and Nell Walker, 0
this city, have been recent guests o
Mrs. II. M. Magic in Waynssboro.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Mrs, Alexander Tunstall, OF Wash
ington, is visiting Mrs. William II
White, on West Franklin Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27

Mrs, William Waiz has returned L
Lexington Va, after short stay II
this city.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
OBITUARY.
William r. wardwell.

New York, Jan. 3.-William T. Ward
WELL eX-treasurer of the Standard Oil
Company and Prohibition candidate for
mayor in 1897. died to-day in the Hotel
Latham, of neuralgia of the heart, in
his eighty-fourth year. He was riding
home in d taxiccab when he was seized
with an attack, and hurried into the
hotel, where he died
Mr.. Wardwelrs ancestors came to this
country on the Mayfiower. He was born
at Bristol, r. l.. in 1877. Educated as a
chemist, he took to refining oil, and
started a company on Long Island. This
company prosered until the time of the
forming of the Standard Oil Company,
when it was taken over and Mr.. Ward
we'll became associated with the Stand
ard.
At the time of the Spanish war, Mr.
Wardwell, Levi p. Morton. DIR. Lesser.
the late DR.. George F. Shrady, and the
late Bishop Potter were commissioned
by President Mckinley to establish the
National Red Cross Committee. 1t is
computed by one intimate with him that
Mr.. Wardwell gave away two-thirds of
his income.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
ORIGIN OF TROUBLE WHICH
LEAD TO YESTERDAYS CLIMAX

The trouble that eliminated in yester-
days battle in the streets Of London
began on December 16, when five police
men were shot while trying to arrest
burglars.
One Of the men was also shot and
killed by an accidental bullet from the
weapon of one Of his comrades. The
others, three men and a woman, all
Russians, escaped.
The London police Immediately started
search for those who escaped. When
they took possession Of the house where
the shooting occurred, they made a
startling discovery. The rooms contained
a store of weapons. ammunition, and all
the materials and accessories for making
bombs. There were 500 cartridges, $50
Mauser bullets, quantities Of nitro
glycerin. illuminate Of mercury, and other
explosives and number Of Anarchists
Leaflets.
It was reported later that letters which
were found in the house revealed a sem
sational Anarchist plot Immediately .he
city teemed with all sorts OF rumors and
surmises. chief Of which was the theory
that the plot was intended to develop at
the coronation OF King George In June. :
A Russian convict, who was brought to
London from an outside prison, Il al
leged to have given ihfoFMafion OF o s
plot In which thirty desperate men wrre
concerned. It was on thb tip, e b said,
that the police and ~ 0cotS 0uazds
acted to-day.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
clay and Cleveland.

From the Nashville Banner.
They tell an amusing story Of the late
Senator Clay. Of Georgia. in regard to. his
first interview with President Cleveland.
Mr.. Clay was then president Of the Geor-
gia senate and chairman Of the Demo-
cratic State committee One Of his friends.
James M. Dobbs, wanted to be appointed
consul at Valparaiso. and Mr.. Clay, ac-
ccmpanied by Dobbs and several Georgia
Congressman. called on the President at
the White House. Mr.. Clay, as spokes-
man, told the President Of the excellent
qualifications Of Mr.. Dobbs for that par.
ticular consulate and urged his appoint
ment.
For what consulate Is Mr.. Dobbs an
applicanty' asked the President.
Down here in South America, Mr..
President responded Clay. Down at
what h the placer" Clay asked. turning
to Dobbs. "Yes. yes. vsipaxaiso. Mr..
President"
Cleveiand glancsd knowingly 1t the
others oresent.. ana then, looking Clay
sQuareH in the eye: said: 'ssvalparaiso,
Yalpataiso. where y Valparaiso. NJ.
Clay?'
~why. it's in-lls in-r fhsk turning
to Dobb6 ~ WhisJ srod: 'sWhero = b1aaoS
= vaID4s01no Uoo1oys - 8.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
WASHINGTON POLICE SHOW
DEEP INTEREST IN CASE.

Washington police officials are much
interested in the progress Of the Cum
berland poison mystery, in which Charles
L. Twigg and his fiancee, Miss Grace
Elosser. met their death on their we'd
ding eve. Richard f. Sylvester, major
and superintendent of the Metropolitan
police department.. when seen last uight
by reporter for The Washington Herald
said:
THE case is one of the most interest
ing that has ever come to my notice. and
it will not surprise me If startling de-
velopments are found before the mystery
is finally settled.
while Of course I have no knowledge
of the case. save what has appeared in
the public prints, l am fully convinced
that any suicide theory is to be widely
secuted. Some one else was responsible
fol the death of Twigg and Miss EIosser.
THE question of how the poison was
administered is one that seems to battle
the detectives, and with that solved the
placing of guilt of the murder upon the
right person will be an easy one"
While no move has as yet been made
by the Cumberland police to call in out
side assistance to solve the mystery, 1t
is unlikely that Washington will be
called upon to send men there. Maj.
Sylvester would not comment on this
phase of the case. but expressed his
willingness to aid the Cumberland au-
thorities in any way possible>if they so
desired.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
PAPERS SHOW INDIGNATION
AT PLAN OF GOVERNMENT

>LondOn, jan 5.-The morning papers
editorialfy on the Stepney affair. express
amazement and indignation. AS was to
be expected the question is raised, was
there no other way of dealing with a
couple Of desperadoes than the astonish-
ing plan of besieging the house and rain
ing bullets on it. and the government is
asked to explain. The governmental jour-
mails. anticipating this. take pains to de-
fend the course taken, for which Mr..
Churchill, as head of the country's forces
Of law and order, is ultimately RESPONSE
BILE
They assert that the line Of action was
carefully pondered and deliberately adopt
ed. A large number of police eagerly vol
unteered to rush the house and take the
consequences This was rejected because
it was not considered justifiable to sacri-
flee more lives than the Hounds Ditch des-
peradoes had already claimed A bayonet
charge by the soldiers was also contem-
plated, but the police resented the pro-
posal. claiming interference with their
privilege.
In justification Of the extraordinary
military arrangements, 1t is urged that
Mr.. Churchill and the others responsible
with him foresaw that it would be dam
serous not to close the episode before
nightfall. partly as darkness might facili-
tate escape. but also because fear was
entertained that there would be<difficulty
in coping with the enormous crowds sur
rounding the battlefield, great propor-
ton of which were ignorant aliens.
1t was reported overnight that Mr.
Churchill had ordered the house to be
set on fire. This he emphatically denied.
He says it was deliberately set on fire by
the besieged, or the outbreak was acci-
dental. due to the severing of a gas pipe
by bullets.
The Times. criticising the Stepney af-
fair. especially the employment of SOL
diers, concludes:
"On a sober review Of the facts,
though every credit is due the police for
locating the criminals and making their
dispositions for their capture, We are not
sure that the outcome rebounds very
much to our credit"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
THE GREAT REMEDY.

For those whose hearts sick with for those who Coz
with despair for those who work. for those who weep there
dope that equals Sleep The kind of sleep used
when children long ago. the Kind of sleep that
brings wherein hear seraphc WINGS the kind of sleep
closed eyes when soothed by mothers uabyah that's the
balm for heart and brain, the for every mortal pain One
night of sleep worth ton of drug beneath the One
night of sleep will do good than all the doctors could
One night Sleep when tired and blue will you up good
you'd enjoy this noble bam your soul must be and
cam and that caess you'd attain your life should be without
If when you seek your downy bed your conscience pods
you the head recalling actions mean and base your aeoods
place, the evil things that you have wrought
you occupied that then sleep will vanish shedding
the night will a hundred years;
ccorgish by Matthew Adns1 Walt MASON.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04

the poison to her and then took fatal
dose himself. They believe that both
were murdered. States Attorney Robb Is
working hard on the case.
Friends of the family, who knew both
the dead woman and her sister. Miss May
Elosser, said to-day that they frequently
quarreled, and that they were not on
speaking terms recently. Miss May Tlos-
ser is older than the dead girl. and 1t IS
thought that just a little ealousy at
least ranked in her breast against her
sister. whose good fortune and pleasing
disposition had brought her many suitors.
and at least two with the expressed de-
sire to make her wife.
Double Funeral Held.
The funeral of Miss Grace Elosser and
her affianced, charles Edward Twigg.
took place to-day almost at the same
time Miss Elosser beingl buried at 80
D. m. from Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church. of which Rev. DR.. w. w. Van
Arsdale is pastor, while the funeral OF
Mr.. Twig took place at 1 o'clock from the
Methodist Episcopal Church at keyser,
W. Va. The funerals were largely at
tended.
Immense crowds gathered in the cold
rain at the church and about the Elosser
home. Following the body into the
church were Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. Elosser.
Miss May Elosser. and Miss Carrie See.
The mother was deeply affected and had
practically to be carried up the aisle.
The rest of the family bore up bravely.
Following the family into the church
came the crowd that had formed two
lines. packing the edifice to the doors.
showing and pushing in their eagerness
to get inside. The police were compelled
to keep back the large lines of people to
allow the funeral party to pass from the
house to the church.
Every business house in Keyser, W.
Va. was closed to-day from l until 3
o'clock during the hours of the funeral
of Mr.. Twigg. His remains were placed
beside the body or-his wife. who died
four years ago. in Quens Point Gene
tery.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
He Marked the SDOt.

From the Cincinnati CommerrialTribune.
1t was in the Burnet Woods Park last
summer that a man hired boat. For
almost the entire hour that he was al
lowed he cruised around on the little
lake, and then suddenly pulled for shore.
Il lost my watch overboard!' he shout
ed as he neared the landing stage. =.
''Where?" asked the Waterman.
Right here returned the one in the
boat. And, pointing to a deep cut in the
side of his craft, II cut a notch right
where she went over
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
Mother Could Not Find 1t.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Miss Merrill, teacher in a grade school.
had trouble with Johnnie. Johnnie had
trouble doing his work. and the authori-
ties finally discovered that his sight was
defective. Miss Merrill told Johnnie and
sent him home with a note to his mother.
He gazed at the note in horror. then at
the teacher, and burst into tears. The
note read:
Johnnie has astismatism: do not let
him return to school until he has been at
tended to-"
Miss Merrill understood his grief better
when she received a note from his
mother. She read: Il don't know what
he done. but 1 licked him for it. I can't
find it on him, and he says he amt got
it; now you better lick him and see if Sou
can find it,
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
BOAT TOO LARGE FOR ITS PIER
Appeal in Behalf of the sOlympic
Made to Dickinson.
Stern Will Extend Sixty-Ave Feet
Out Into Stream When Vessel
Is MOOFed.

New York, Jan. 3.-The port of New
| York, whose foreign commerce now ex-
ceedS that of any other port in the
world, is face to face with z serious prob
lem. which has just been put up to Sec
retary of War Dickinson. The premier
port in the world is in the position to-day
of not being able to offer anywhere on the
North River. where the great trans-At-
lantic ferry terminates, pier long enough
TO accommodate the latest ocean ferry
boats now nearing completion on the
other side
If everything goes well the Olympic
will sail into this harbor some time
next spring. She has length over all
of SS2la feet. She will find awaiting her
new pier. part of the great Chelsea
Improvement. but this pier will be just
about siXty-five feet too short for her
In other words, her stern, with the big
propelers underneath will stick out six
ty-five feet into the stream beyond the
pierhead, a target for careless craft and
exposed to the dangerous spring ice flow.
What is more, should any one of these
dangers SO beSet her that she suffered in
jury there isn't dry dock on this side
large enough for her to be laid up in for
repairs.
. 1t is the first time in the history of this
port that New York City hasn't had
pier longer than any ship which might
seek d berth here. When the Chelsea
piers were designed in 1907 a request was
made to the War Department for permis-
sion to extend this pierhead line, but it
was refused.
The New York harbor line beard an
nounced to-day that it would hold a
public hearing on the matter at the Army
Building on January 3. This action was
taken after Vice President Franklin, of
the International Mercantile Marine Com
pany, had personally laid the matter be-
fore Secretary Dickinson in Washing
ton, and emphasized the urgency of it SO
far as it affected that company, which
expects the first of the new monsters
here this spring and wants room for
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
stopped Franking Privilege.

Frohi the ECndOn Chrohlt'e.
1t is matter of no serious practical
concern to-day at what moment precisely
members of the expiring Parliament cease
to be entitled to the letters Nj. P. A CEN
tury ago there was much point in it. The
chief officer on duty at the general post
Office in Lombard street, on September
., 1872. received at p. m. the London Ga
zette containing the proclamation of the
dissolution. He promptly seized upon
all franked letters posted by members Of
either house on that day and charged
them all with postage. Was he in the
wrong? Parliament was alive when the
franks were given. But a dead mans
cheek is not accepted by the bank.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
PLAN FOR STATE INSURANCE.
Unofficial Outline of LlOyd-GeOrEe's
scheme in Newspaper.

Unofficial Outline of llOyd-GeOrge's
Scheme in Newspaper.
London, Jan. S.-The newspapers print
an unofficial outline Of Chancellor Lloyd
Georges scheme for state insurance
against sickness, which he announced
some time ago.
According to this statement, the gov
ernment will establish compulsory in
surance among the whole working popu-
lation of the country who are below the
income tax levy Of s1eO yearly
The minimum amount Of insurance will
be 5 shillings weekly, which is the limit
of the compulsory clause, and this will
be graduated by the state by all ages
between sixteen and seventy. Half the
cost will be met by the insurer and the
other half will be divided equally between
the employer and the state.
The scheme will not interfere with
voluntary insurances with various socie-
ties, but it involves cooperation in GER
tain directions between the societies and
the governmSRt. The German principles
Of a central administrative council, will
be adopted. The council will be COM
posed of representatives of the govern
ment, the societies. and the employer.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
Haley withdravvs in Maine

Augusta, Me-, Jan. S-The withdrawal
to-day of George F. Haley, of Biddeford,
from the four-cornered contest for the
Democratic nomination for United States
Senator to succeed Senator Eugene Hale,
and his announcement THAT the eleven
legislators pledged to his candidacy would
favor Charles F. Johnson, of Water.
vile, left the situation surrounding the
contest much clearer tonight At the
Democratic caucus at Augusta to-mor.
row It is possible that johnson will he
opposed only by Obadiah Gardner, OF
Rockland. as efforts were being made
tonight to induce William M. Bennell.
of Portland. also to withdraw.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
TAILORING TALKS.
BYJ. FRED GATCHELL.
026 Fourteenth Street.

1t is as much tailor's business
to design new models as for a
chef to plan new dishes. A man
gets as tired wearing the same
old styles season after season as
he does eating the same old
dishes over and over again. And
it is this originality put into the
Gatchell garment that has helped
to make my tailoring as popular
as it is.
I've got a new one in an Over
coat. MIR. Van Doren has just
completed it. To nine men out
of ten I predict it will be the most
becoming overgar.nent they have
I'M 4
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04

ever worn. Description don't do
any garment justice. / want you
to SEE this one. Its lines are
ENTIRELY NEW. There's
nothing freakish about it. On the
contrary, it is very genteel. But
it gets away from the old styles,
and made up in any one of hun
dred different overcoatings l can
show you, will win YOUR AP-
PROVAL at once, | am sure.
By the way, there's mere over
coat weather to come than we
have had-so it is good time to
place an oveEoat order. But at
least have a look at this. --latest"
first.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
Calls Hobble skirt Ugly.

From the New York American.
No one Is more sorry that the hobble
skirt has become the rage in Europe and
America than the woman who made the
first departure from conservative dress.
When she arrived from Paris aboard the
White Star liner Baltic her latest Pari-
sian black velvet "hobble'' chung SO
tightly to her knees that she could hard
ly walk.
Harriet Lorraine, vaudeville artistic,
says she originated the skirt. As she
staggered down the gangplank to the
pier she exclaimed:
"Confound my own idea! Why did I
ever think of such an absurd and ugly
skirt? 1t is true that my first hobble
was fairly slack around the knee: but
look at this one, and I've got to wear it
or be out Of fashion.
Il don't wonder that the men have
ridiculed a skirt that has become SO fash
ionable that no society woman dare wear
anything else. OF all the silly. foolish,
puerfle inventions my hobble skirt is the
worst
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
BALZAC HOME IN PERL.
May BE Sold with Relics Of Auths
to Satisfy Debt.

Paris, Jan. 3.-The home of Balzac. the
great French writer, will be saved or sold
for debt, as the case may be, by the mid
die of January. The author, during his
life, was a constant victim Of creditors
who wanted their money. Since his death
the house he occupied has been in con-
slant litigation, though SO far his admir-
ers, who have formed an association to
turn the house in Balzac museum, have
succeeded in staving of the crash.
Some 81 200 in rent is due by the society,
and unless this paid by January Is the
the proprietor will sell the house and auc-
ton the Balzac records to get his rental.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
The Gram mer of Girls.


girl is a half-educated animal who
has learned to conceal her ignorance by
certain useless accomplishments.
She is colloquial noun, an objective
pronoun. transitivc verb, an oscuIatory
adverb. qualitative adjective, a doubt
full article. an inconstant conjunction, a
frequent interjection, and sometimes a
past perfect participle, and more often a
future perfect.
She in corrugated thus;
1 fiirt.
/ marry-wed.
You kiss.
/ am kissed
/ will be engaged.
l can. should, or would be married
To be divorced.
DivorcinS.
She belongs to the feminine gender, ex-
cept as suffragist. and is in any tense
She is rarely declined. except when in
the past perfect.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
HOMEOPATHIC PAPERS READ
Medical Society Elects Officers at
Its Annual Meeting.

DIR. w. r. Buchanan and DR.. j. H.
Branson read interesting papers before
the annual meeting of the Washington
Homeopathic Medical Society at the
Shoreham last night. DIR. Buchanan
dweit fully on case coming under his
charge recently in the form of a mon
strously shaped connected twins
committee was named to act for the
society in its relationship with the Ma
tional Homeopathic Hospital, of this
city. Officers for the ensuing year were
elected. as follows:
DIR. G. G. Birdsall, president; DIR. W.
r. Buchanan, vice president: Dr. John
X. Sharp, secretary; DIR. III. Clifton King,
assistant secretary; DIR. j. III. Branson,
treasurer; DR.. Julia NJ. Green, librarian;
DIR. L. d. Wilson and Dr. F. A. Swart-
won't, two members of the advisory
board: DIR. Reginald Munson and DR..
Martha c. Burritt, two members of the
board of ccnsocs.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
FIND HUMAN REMAINS.
DredEers Busy mt Work on Wreck
Of the Maine.

Havana, Jan. 3.-The dredge which is
working about the wreck Of the Maine to-
day brought up the first fragments of
human remains from the wreck. These
consisted of two ribs and several finger
bones. 1t also brought up quantity CT
Goa! some distance from the wreck,
which suggests, perhaps, an external eX-
ploSion. \ number of shells for the mine
battery have been raised.
The protest made by disgruntled work.
men on the wreck to, Consul General
Rodgers yesterday is unimpcrtant. The
work is going on without interruption,
and there is no danger of a strike.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
Machine Running Smoothly.

Harrisburg. Pa, Jen. 3-The only thing
to break the monotony of the well-oiled
Republican machine in the opening of the
legislature to-day was the nomination of
p. c. Knox for the United States Senate
For time. the members thought some
sudden uprising might be behind it, but
breathed easier when they later found
there was nothing to it but the enthusf-
asm of the two or three Keystone sup
porters.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-04
Aero Club Plans to Formulate More
Stringent Rules

New York, Jan. AT a meeting of the
Aero Club of America. held this after
noon, it was proposed to take steps
toward making flying safer. 1t is the
purpose of the club to establish strict
rules governing all organized meets and
require technical examination of all ma
chimes or balloons entered for contests.
The technical and aero dynamics COM
mittees will make an investigation of the
causes of the deaths of Moisant and
Hoxsey. Information as to the atmos-
pheric conditions at the time of the acci-
dents will be obtained through the United
States Weather Bureau.
Thetommittees will frame rules to reg
ulate future meets to be held under the
sanction of the club.