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The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
MAY START EPIDEMIC.
Monkeys Inoculated with Scarlet
Fever Missing.

New York, June 23.-Two monkeys
which had been inoculated with germs
Of scarlet fever either escaped or were
stolen early this morning from the ex-
perimental department Of the Willard
Parker Hospital, at Sixteenth street and
the East River. and up to tonight had
not yet been recovered. The officials OF
the hospital have no means OF knowing
whether the animals are now members
Of some animal dealers family or are
chasing around town on their own hook.
or are the cherished playthings of some
child. The fact that the scarlet fever
germs ought to produce their effect on
the small beasts some time tomorrow
morning is causing disquietude to those
who are trying to find them before harm
Is done.
The pathological department Of the
hospital maintained by the board Of
health on the East River front main
tains for its animal subjects a number
Of small wooden buildings In an other
wise vacant lot across the street from
the Parker Hospital
On Thursday morning the two monkeys
were inoculated with scarlet fever
germs and were sent back to the amman
colony to await the results OF the in
oculation. At o'clock this morning
they had disappeared. That is all that
b known OF them.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
ARMY COMMISSIONS
AWAIT YOUNG MEN
Political influenced Not Neces-
sary for Appointment.

Political influence Is no longer neces-
sary for young man to obtain an ap-
pointment as second lieutenant In the
army. Announcement was made yester-
day by Secretary Of War stimson. upon
the recommendations Of Gen. Wood. Chief
OF Stan, that any young man with a
complete or partial college education. in
good moral standing, and who can pro-
duce letters OF reference. will be
designated for the competitive examina-
ton
This unusual procedure is being taken
in order to fill up the vacancies in the
grade Of second lieutenant, which have
been created by the recent increase, by
authority of Congress, of the Official per-
sonnel of all the lighting lines of the
army. At present there are 2Ss vacan-
cies. and only eighty-two Of these will
be filed by the graduating class at West
Point. Only q few. perhaps not more
than a dozen, will be filled from the
ranks this year. so there will be left
approximately 200 vacancies to be filled
from civil life.
The experience Of the army authorities
has been that political designations are
not always satisfactory. As q matter
of fact. when there were only forty or
fifty vacancies to be filled, many OF the
places were left vacant because Of the
young men designated by Senators and
Representatives and the President failed
on the competitive examination.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
PRoF. WILSON DEAD.

New York, June zs-Prof. Benjamin
Lee Wilson. headmaster Of the New York
Military School at Cornwall, died to-day
in the New York Hospital. where he was
taken on Thursday night after q cham
bermaid in the Albany Hotel found him
unconscious In a room. After an ex-
animation Dr. Lehane. the coroner's
physician. said that death was due to
chronic Bright's disease and that an au-
topsy was not necessary to decide the
cause OF death.
Mr.. Wilson was q shakespearean critic
and writer. He was born In Newark,
Ohio, forty-three years ago. ana through
his mother was related to the Lee familp
OF Virginia. He graduated from Cor
neil in 1883 and then worked FOR several
years under Augnstin DAILY on the stage.
combining his work with the study OF
Shakespeare.
Mr.. Wilson's best-knoWn writing Is
The Evolution Of the English Drama =
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
DEscRI6Es WHALE FUNERAL.
First Officer Has In Past Seen Other
Strange Sights.

First Officer Has In Past Seen Other
Strange Sights.
New York. June 2s.--A whale funeral
in midocean was the soul-stirring spec
tacle witnessed by the crew of the
Phoenix Line steamer st. Andrew, which
arrived to-day. according to First ON
Ger May, whose veracious chronicles Of
adventure have attracted considerable
attention
1t was on Nantucket that the lookout
man deserted a dead whale 200 feet
long and escorted by nine mourners.
$50 help me-" said First Officer May,
at was a sure enough whale funeral
Believe me, them nine whales were TAX
ing the stiff to its last resting place
About thousand gulIs were feeding on
the carcass, and the mourners. all in
black. you know, were spouting to scare
'em on. They passed US at q walk. and
we dipped our ensign and blew our
whistle
And would you believe It," inter-
rupted another offlcer, that the chief
mourner blew three times when we low
cred our flag. and he slapped his tail
on the water to acknowledge our salute :"
Mr.. May has reported sighting several
sea serpents at various times. and re-
Gently told Of shooting a water spout
and stuffing It,
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
ARMY ORDERS.

The following transfers, to take effect
this date, are ordered:
Maj. J. f. REYNOLDS Lands from
the Thirteenth Cavalry to the Ninth
Maj ROBERT E. L. NICHE from the
Ninth Cavalry to the Thirteenth
Cavalry.
Leave OF absence for three months, to
take effect upon his relief from duty
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., is
granted Maj JACOB F. KREPS,
Leave of absence for three months, to
take effect on or about July 8, 1911,
is granted Capt. HOWARD L. LAM
DERS, Coast Artillery Corps.
Maj MARCUS d. CRONIN, Eighteenth
Infantry, Is transferred at his own
request to the Fourth Infantry, vice
Mai. MARK L. HERSEY, who Is
hereby transferred to the Eighteenth
infantry.
Leave of absence for two months to
take effect on or about July /, 1911,
is granted Capt. WILLIAM E.
WELSH, Thirtieth Infantry.
The following transfers, to take effect
this date, are ordered:
the Sixth Cavalry 70 the Thirteenth
First Lieut.. WILLIAM v. CARTER
from the Thirteenth Cavalry to the
Sixth Cavalry.
The following transfers Of officers Of the
Coast Artillery Corps are ordered:
First LIEUT. LIE ROY BARTLETT from
the 1l2d Company to the l41st Conn
Second d Lieut. ROY R. LYON from the
1ssd Company to the Tooth Company.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
GIGANTIC FRAUDS
FOUND In MEXICO
Graft Octopus in Various
Government Bureaus.
By HARRY H. DUNN.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Mexico city, June 23-The discoveries
Of the gigantic graft octopus which has
srread its tentacles all over Mexico.
grows with the reports Of the new ofIi-
cials placed In the treasures OF the state
governments throughout the nation.
The ofacial report received by the gov
eminent to-day from Toluca. capital of
the state OF Mexico. states that the state
treasury there Is penniless. and that
funds amounting to 500oU0 pesos were
taken by the former governor, Fernando
Gonzales. who has ned 10 Europe with
Porario Diez.
According to the report Gonzales sent
q defaehment of federal noops 10 the
state treasury with orders to shoot the
treasurer II he refused to deliver the
money.
Ex-Goy Diego Redo. pf the state Of
Slluao. is also charged with the taking Of
5000 pesos, giving 1900 TO his secretary
and taking the other 5000 70 California.
Both Gonzales and Redo have left prop
ertys Which the government VIII confis-
cate
Disclosures Ct graft IA the army to-day
resulted IN the government ordering Gen.
Manuel MondragoHa to go 70 Europe tc
Investigate the source Of the faulty arms
ana amnunlllon and arrange for the
prosecution Of the purchasing agents. a.
most oh % WHOM have resigned
Lqnrrafoa@ Who Ho1 the chief Of the
ettsliesy department daE proved ni1 m
nocencf q any p1rlIcl1aIIon II the
t7apo4 enf N buy ~ entire new out,
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
Miss Esther Price Sn,ett Bride at Pretty Church
Wedding Miss Mary Pauline Olmstead
VIII Be Married June ~.

for a few days en- route to Chicago and
Milwaukee, where he is to attend the
Swiss athletic festival. July / to 4. He.
will also make tour Of the Great Lakes
before returning to Washington.
their Rhode Island avenue residence yes
terday and left for New York. whence
they win sail to-day for Europe
ter Smith, Of Baltimore. and her daugh-
ter, sister, and niece of Mrs. Chatard
spent the early part of the week here on
a farewell visit to them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul e. johnson have
closed their Washington home and opened
their cottage at Monterey, Blue Ridge
Summit Pa, for the summer.
Miss Frances Miller. who is spending
the wsek at Oak Lodge. Nd, member
OF the house party which Mrs. Ben B.
Bradford is entertaining for her son,
Lieut. Bradford. U. S. A, viii go to
Pittsburg July / to join a house party
which Miss Anne Darcy will entertain.
Miss Miller will then make series of
visits on Long Island Sound and will
probably spend the latter part of the
season at Atlantic City.
Mrs. John A. McIlhenny has gone to
Louisiana, where she Is spending some
time at her old home near New Orleans.
The Minister from Denmark, Count
MoltlSe. has gone to Lancaster, Mass,
to join. the countess for a few days.
Countess Moltke is spending the summer
with her mother, Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer.
Mrs. J. J. Hemphill will leave WASH
ington about the 1st OF July for Cam
bridge, Nd, where she will spend the
summer visiting relatives. Mr.. Hemp
hill will join her for brief visits during
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Kaiser have
opened their cottage at Washington
Grove, Nd, for the season.
Rev. David Wills, the oldest chaplain
in the United States army. wrote and
dedicated a poem TO the President and
Mrs Taft on the occasion Of their sill
yer wedding. The gift was cordially ac-
Baxter Brown. clerk In the House fold
ing room. has gone to Kansas City to
be married 20 Miss Nellie Atkinson, of
that city, on June q. Mr.. Brown is one
of the best known members Of the MIS-
souri, colony in Washington and was for
merly clerk to the Missouri legislature.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
"OUEEN OF DIAMONDS"
INVOLVES MILLIONAIRE
IN SMUGGLING CASE
New York Customs Officials Bring to Light the Re-
markable Operations of Woman with Many
AIiases-Men Under Her Spell.

New York, June 23.-Through an arrest
soon to be made by officers Of the New
York custom-house for smuggling thou
sands of dollars worth of diamonds,
pearls, and other precious jewels
through this port, the mystery and
romance that has enveloped the career
and life of Mrs. John Dwelle Jenkins"
Mrs. Helen Dwelle Field" Helen
Field" Helen Adler" and half dozen
names by which this handsome young
woman has been known. promises soon
to be cleared and shattered.
The woman involved Is widely known
on two continents, At one time she lived
In New, Orleans, at another In Chicago,
and at stiH another In Memphis, Tenn.
She has been acquainted with many men
of high repute and Of millions. One Of
these is a leading citizen Of Wisconsin.
a trust magnate Of great wealth, ana
a man Of wide influence. 1t Is he who
probably will within a short time be
called upon by customs oficers to ex-
plain why he smuggled from Europe
gems worth a kings ransom, while he
was under the fascinating spell OF the
mysterious Mrs. John Dwelle Jenkins.
I, Furthermore, It win probably be due to
the traditional love turned to hate" on
the part Of the woman that her erstwhile
western admirer win have to face the
stern justice Of a United States court
Richard Parr, deputy surveyor OF the
mort Of New York, has been quietly work
ing on the case for year or more. AL
though he could not be induced to discuss
the subject to-day, II was learned there
has now been placed In the hands Of Col
lector Loeb nearly enough evidence to
warrant his asking for q bench warrant
for the arrest OF the millionaire on the
charge Of having smusgIed expensive
e time exercised 50 strange spell over
him.
Traced Sugar Frauds.
It was Parr who traced the frauds
Of the sugar trust. which led to the
series Of civil suits and criminal pros
ecution OF that concerns Officers. Just
as was the case with Parr, when, un-
swervinEly and courageously, he
bounded the men guilty Of the sugar
frauds to the bar of justice. so now ne
is being accused by representatives OF
the millionaire of attempted black
mall" and other crimes and misdemean-
ors. This, apparently. Is being done In
the present instance. as IN that OF the
sugar frauds, to discredit Parr. or
fhis. collector Loeb and Treasury ofh-
cia1s at washington are fully aware.
The smuggling was committed In June
1909. In that month a woman who re-
ssmbYsd startlingIy the mysterious Mrs
JenkIns" arrived in New York from
Europe. In the company and under the
protection Of the rich trust magnate.
II, December Of that year. the whole
country was shocked by the news mat
s.Alrs. Jenkins had been robbed Of near
lv $4,000 worth Of jewelry at the FASH
ionable Hotel Lorraine. Mrs. Jenkins
had occupied expensive apartments there
for several months. The police OF New
York and Chicago were aroused. but only
for short time.
Had Career An Chicsgo.
II soon developed that mrs Jenkins"
had had cerssF IA Chicago e 1A<rs-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
Woodward & Lothrop.
THE TIRED oPTIMIsT.

said T sing CHEEKY song and keep up the whole day
long though every hour may troubles bring I'll drive them off, and
sing and sing g And warbled went till neghbors came
in discomfort and cried: For heavens sake let up You're
squawng like poisoned pup until the babies Sleep and
mothers grit their teeth and weep Your voice is like guinea
hens then why disturb these quiet gen and shaer all the win
dow glass; and the horses they pass? The modest work
does his chores and ye and he does
whnny like shoat below like angry goat; he like
crow, and fill the neghborhood with woe And still
sing my joyous lay, while bricks boots bales of hay
oaves of bread and fossil past my
head WALT Mason.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
JOHN H. THIRY DEAD.

New York June 13-John II. Thirty.
father OF the school savings bank system
IN America, and for many years lnter-
ested In educational aiairs IN New York,
died to-day At bis home n Long Island
City
On last New Years Eve he celebrated
his eiehfx-nlnth birthday and said st the
time that he hoped 70 round out q CEN
tnry He was born IN Belgium on De-
cembsF 81 111
On Dec6nher 81 1e0. be ctiebfated bis
eI4ht1-1flh birthday and also ecIcbIaI ted
daughter % bic yo91E N,fe.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
EXPECT TO LIVE FOREVER.

Members of Religious Sect Seek
Converts I'm Baltimore.
Baltimore, June 8.-There crept into
Baltimore harbor to-day a thIrty-foot
gasoline launch bearing four men with
long flowing hair and pleasant faces.
who believe that they viii never die.
They are pilgrims from q religious
sect called The Israelite House Of
David" whose 900 members live in Ben
ton Harbor. sixty miles from Chicago.
Leaving Benton Harbor in November,
the four men travelled by rail to Cairo.
Ill. Since then they have wandered
down the Wabash, the Mississippi,
through the Gulf OF Mexico, and up the
Atlantic coast in their small boat.
They will leave here on Monday. going
to Philadelphia, thence to New York.
and up the Hudson, through the Great
Lakes and home. They expect TO COM
plete their Journey about July L.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
FEAR RoYAL1sT PLOT.

Portuguese See FIagless Vessel and
Seek It's Identity.
Lisbon, June 2.-The Ministerial Mundo
states that royalist plotters' in Spain
have received s7,5oo.ooo from Portuguese
royalists abroad.
Brazilians have bought the armament
for a war ship Of 5000 tons A fiagiess
vessel, supposed to have been the latter,
threw a searchlight on the town Of
Vienna do CASTILLO last night. To-day
the government sent two torpedo boats
from Oporto to find and sink the ves-
sell
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
STATUE OF VENUS
FOUND NEAR ROME
Work of Greek Sculptor Still
Well Preserved.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Rome. June 25.-A magnificent statue OF
Venus has been discovered under the
ruins Of the great Roman 'theater at
ostia, about eighteen miles from Rome
1t is semi-nude, in q splendid state Of
preservation. and evidently the work Of q
Greek sculptor.
King Victor Emmanuel, accompanied
by an aid-de-camp, motored to Ostia
and photographed the statue His
majesty takes the keenest interest in the
excavations. He ordered that all new
finds be telephoned to him. This was
done by Signor Gismondi at $50 a. m,
and the King was on this spot in half
an hour.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
Woodward Lothrop
New -WASHINGToN-Pa
Clearance Prices on Misses and Girls
Summer Wash Dresses.

NRESSES of the daintes and most effective fabrics
designed and trimmed in variety of pretty styles that suit
for all These the collections remain
ing regular nes and which marked considerably less
than former prices.
At $396 Value $675Msses Plain Colored Lawn Dresses in
pink blue and lavender ald also the beautiful baand white effects
that enjoying wide popularity This collection has had new
styles added since last weeks selling Sizes ID Is and 18
At $500 Value $500-Gls Dresses of rep gaaea nen and
piquepan dainty colored stripes Russian and
long waist styles. Sizes L.
At $685. Value $395-Gs French Percale Dresses high and
low neck styles with sailor collars very attractive patterns and
colorings Sizes to ID
Also Misses and Girls White Gaaea MILDLY Bouses, with large
sailor collars of blue galatea flannel Sizes to 18
$100 and $1.50 each.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24

n. of ammunition ana neld ana rapid
fire guns.
Guns that were supposed to have been
made OF steel were found to-day to be
made OF cast iron. It is estimated that
the graft has been IN progress for more
than thirty years and amounts to more
than 100000 pesos War Minister Coiso
Is charged with getting considerable OF It.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
FELIX MoTTLE DYING.
Broken I'm Health, Opera Directo
Weds I'm Berlin.

Broken I'm Health, Opera Director
Weds I'm Berlin.
Berlin. June 23.-Felix Mottle, the d.
rector of the Royal Opera at Munich,
was married to-day to Senta Fassbender.
It is feared that It was deathbed mar
riage. Mottle broke down partly from
overwork and partly from nervous agi-
tation brought about by the divorce from
his first wife.
When he learned that his condition was
dangerous he insisted upon an immediate
marriage.
DR.. Mottle was at one time conductor
of the New York Philharmonic Society
Orchestra. He fled suit for divorce from
his first wife a year ago on the ground
that she was extravagant and eccentric.
She filed a counter suit, alleging miscon-
duct on the part OF DR.. Mottle.
To prevent a scandal DR.. Mottle with
drew his suit and the courts dissolved the
marriage.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
NAVAL ORDERS.

cant. ]. NJ. BOWER, detached duty
porary duty Navy Department,
Washington. ID. G.
Cant. u. s. KNAPP, detached duty
Command Tennessee; to duty connec-
tfou citing out Florida, and duty IN
command when placed IN conamis-
rsesf. pio'. Commander II. N. JENsoN de-
tached duty Naval Academy, An
narolis. Nd. and granted sick leave
fsi.nt G. r. KEAR, detached duty
Naval Academy, Annapolis. Nd. and
rranted sick leave for three months.
Ensign J. s. EVANS. to duty Hancock.
connection Florida, and duty on
board when placed in commission.
Rrfdshipnan J. A. BYRNE. detached
duty Tennessee, and resignation as q
nitshiDman IN the navy accepted to
take effecf June 2. 1911
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24

Fine Nainsook Corset Covers,
made in blouse or fitted style, and
prettily trimmed with lace or em-
0roidery, beading and ribbon.
Special price, $100 each.
Fine Nainsook Combination
Suits, in blouse or princess style,
variously trimmed with laces or
embroideries, beading and ribbon.
Special price, $1.00 each.
Third foor-Esrsuth Il
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
ue.saes Aeainst Nom de rrume..

Decides Against Mons de Pfumes.
Nev York. June a--If an author writes
4 story under an assumed name ana
fails 70 copyright It there is no law to-
prevent any one from publishing the
story under the authors real name. ac-'
oord.ne 10 ruling BY the appellate tipi-
sion of the Supreme Court to-day.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24

Dwelle," Mrs. Field" Mrs. Collins. {"
and several other names. Not one identi-
fed her as Helen Fuld, under which
name she was once reigning belle in
New Orleans, the city of her birth, ac-
cording to best accounts.
In April, 1910. she contracted as Mrs.
John William Jenkins" to purchase the
mansion in West Eighty-sixth street,
near Central Park west, that had been
built few years before by Louis ".
Bell. a banker and member of one of
New York's proudest old families. The
mansion was known as The House of
Mystery" because Of many peculiarities
Of its interior architecture.
The price agreed upon by the woman
with Mr.. Bells agents was $225,O0O. She
made a substantial payment in cash, ana
was given possession OF the mansion.
Mr. Bell was travelling in Europe at the
time. When he returned and discovered
there was still a heavy payment due on
the property, he was glad Of the oppor-
tunity to recover It from Mrs. John
William Jenkins" She vacated II. and
has since been living quietly In FASH
ionaole apartment house In upper Broad
way.
One Of the most tantalizing elements of
the mystery as to the alleged theft Of
100000 worth Of Jewelry was that within
a few weeks after she proclaimed the
lqss she calmly asked the police to cease
their search. because she had recovered
the jewels. In the meantime, three men
had been arrested In Chicago charged
with the theft, but were released The
police were unable to extract from her
any satisfaction about how she recovered
her Jeweiry or from whom.
known I'm Memphis,
In 1906 Mrs. Jenkins had prominent
merchant OF Memphis. Tenn, arrested
on the charge Of stealing from her a
diamond necklace valued at 10000. She
was known in one set Of Memphis as the
Queen OF Diamonds because OF the
number and briIliance Of the Jewels she
constantly wore. She was the owner OF
several winning horses that were ente:-
ed on tracks In the West and South.
At the climax Of her life in New York,
the name Of Nathan Alien, Of Kenosha,
Wis, became connected with hers last
year. Allen founded the leather trust
and is now a director In that corpora
ton. He Is worth millions. Allen stren-
uously denied he had ever posed as her
husband under the name Of John w.
Jenkins.'
1t is said that for several months he
has had private detective agency In
New York closely watch the movements
of Mrs. Jenkins and that from this
agency he has been receiving regularly
reports concerning her present associates
and her dofngs.
Lee, Allen DweIle. q resident OF Louis
vtIle. KY, and a travelling freight agent
for the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
vorced her In Chicago In 1902 Whether
this was the wcman's first marriage.
DweIle now says he does not know.
"Of all the people who seem 70 be In
fereeted In the woman" recently said
DWeIIe; II want TO tell you that am the
most mysti1ed Of an
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
Women's Muslin Underwear
Specially Priced at $1.0O.

OW prices here do inferior quality; and this fact
forcby demonstrated in the special line of Undmslns wc
offer $1O0 garment They possess excellence
style quality of lines similarly priced
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24
Vacation Comfort and Pleasure
Demand These Things.

TO where you spend your vacation there will be
need for of these articles that have assembled
spacious Fourth Floor Those arranging for the weekend trip,
the who journeys the country spend Saturday and Sunday
with his family will find that selections made with the
isfacton here
Couch Hanmoks the In
=
and National spring and mattress $1.50 each, up.
$1,000 each. shan S.. ct. v,+s v.,v.n,..,
Cotton Weave Hammocks, with Pill steel Wickets
lows 100 oh $1.00 each.
andk JUN ~" "DA
$1.95 each. 49, construction;
Iron Stands for couchh hammock $500 each.
1896 each.
Lawn Tents 1896 each price = - 80 " : -
Wall Tents $500 each $500 each
Kodaks and Cameras IN all styles
$1O0 each, up. $1250 EACH
hooE-E st
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24

Gowns of muslin, .cambric, and
cross-barred nainsook; high, low,
square, and We neck styles, trim
med with enbroideries or laces, in
a variety of very effective styles.
Special price, $100 each.
Cambria Long Petticoats, trim
med with tucks and deep ernbroid-
cry founce.
Special price, $1.0O each.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-24

It soon developed that Mrs. Jenkins"
had had eesssr IN Chicago e sNrh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-31
FOR RENT-ROOMS

THE AVALON-Beautifuily furnished
 rooms; furnace heat, bath. phone bos Fist street, corner 5th avenue. n-l-tf