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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-09

Dear Aunt Addy: Will YOU admit
a stranger into your happy band? I
live in Georgia, about six miles from
the nearest town. Father takes the
JefGersonian and likes it. lie thinks
.pa.e is no man like MIR. Watson. |
am ten years Old today, and had a
birthday dinner. ! am glad we have
q space in the Jeff to correspond.
With much love TO Aunt Addy and
Mr.. Watson. Your new Cousin
EMMA SEYMOUR, Bowman, Ca, r.
-; No. 2.
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THERE'S A WARM WELCOME FOR
YOU, COUSIN WILLIE.

; Dear Aunt Ady: VIII you admit
another boy into your happy band OF
cousins? I am fourteen years of
age, live on farm and like it. We
have been having some rainy
weather For pets I have one little
mule colt I am not going to school
this year, but would like to go.
Would like to exchange post cards
with some of the cousins. I guess
had better close for fear of the waste
basket. From a friend. WILLIE
ROBERTSON, Glenwood, Ca, R. T.
D.. No. 4.
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COUSIN ANNIE WANTS MORE
POST CARDS.

Dear Aunt Addy and Cousins:
How are you all this beautiful spring
day? l am just fine. Hey! Miss
Kean Of near Glenwood, why don't
you answer my card? How did you
Cousins enjoy Easter? I had a nice
time, guess you all did too. Eva
Mae Martin write again, your letter
was certainly fine. Think I will go
to the reunion, you know I will see
you then. Aunt Addy, please put
your picture in the top of our page.
You know / want to see your pic
ture if I can't see you. What do
you Cousins say about that? / have
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COUSIN NfELDRED'S LETTER IS
SHORT, BECAUSE WE CUT
GUT THE QUESTIONS.

Dear Aunt Addy: I have been
wanting to write you good while,
but just kept neglecting it. Aunt
Addy don't you think it rains every
where? [ dc. am your true Cousin,
MILDRED TEFFERY, Hico, Ala
= A,-n+ 4 - -,4oa9,~ ~eGt vGur
picture at the top Of the page,
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TIE RATl0Nal PIkH FOR A VaCATIoH

Net idlencss, but change of scene and
environment with q combination Of recrea-
ton and profitable study. This is the "a
tional plan, whether for young or old.
Brenau College, Gainesville, Ca, has
solved the problem for teachers, mothers
and young women. A beautiful descriD-
tive b0ollIot has been issued, and vii! be
sent free 10 any one who is interested
Address Brenau College, P. 0. Box SO,
gainesville. Ga.
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BLESg. THIS LITTLE OLD CHAP
HE'S HIS MOTHERS HELPER.

Dear Aunt Addy: I am 8 years
old, am going to school and am III
the second grade. Papa takes the
Jeff, 2. D. and Wa$son's Magazine.
I have one brother, he is 10 years
Old. I help mamma wash the dishes,
feeu the chiclZcns ard do a lot Of
ether things. She calls me her lit
tie helper. Tour little nephew,
ALLYN B0GLEY, Cusseta, Ga.
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tFho latest of the Watson books, IS
tho v0lunsa 81 Prose NTjsceljanies.
T'.is is . Collection Of the vcz.y hest
C 1s2. NELSON'S shorter prose wait
inGs. and is "a bea.stifss3 voSs:ne.
E.c}siy illustrated, and containing the
better snozs31 essays ssc3a as ''5'sle
Wire C5:p," "a Tragedy TEa a Tree
gcp.'' '',tG522sz.sce JEaiaind tire Cu1~
fs;n." ".A L..sz7 ca Literary Copies"
ara others. @zlo heck is noE ready
Eo1 do.iTezy.
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COUSIN IR1z2 DCEs-7.2 T-1
FE2
~ X NEr-}S

COUSIN IEEZ} zCEsE'T T-yE~r2
DOCS.
Dear Aunt Addy: VIII you admit
a little Ccora9 Gi}l into your harry
hand? Our school VIII close TIE 3gt'l
e April and We expect to h2va ~
exhibition. Ger teachers Ea1ao IS
Hr. J. O. Shepard. I live ii the coU0-
try miIes from ~olquitt / cor
think I would Ike - live II the city.
] study in the 9th grade. How rca2y
of you CoUains have pets? ] have
some little pet chickens. 1 like any
kind Of pet except 8 doc. / thjEE al
boys should learn how to cook, &c ;f
they ever have it to &c they viii
know how. # this escapes the waste
basket I viii Try and write again.
Good bye, IEMA HARDY, ColQuitt,
Ca, r. +. D. 4.
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watch tho label on your paper.
Don't let your subscription expire.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
HIGHWAYMAN GETS
'NOTHINGDUTMAKIN'S
Not Cast Down, However, by Two
Failures, and Says He Will
Try Again.

Washington police are looking for q
masked highwayman who held up two
persons In Benning Road at an early
hour this morning. and at the point Of
an automatic revolver said something
like this: Your money or your life"
He also said that the Washington po-
lice don't amount to a hill OF beans. and
that he was going to hold up the whole
town before he got through.
All that the bold. bad robber got for
his trouble was a bag of smoking to-
bacco. cigarette papers,, and matches
from Clifford Parman, a Prince George
County farmer. residing at Millers Hill.
Parman was proceeding along Benning
Road at 1910 o'clock this morning when
the highwayman jumped from behind
a tree with black silk mask on his
face. and pointing a new model auto
matte revolver at Parmans head, said
the potent word. Halt"
He proceeded to go through Parman's
clothes with dispatch, and when he
found no valuables therein said: why
don't you carry some money with your"
Parman nervously started to apologize
for his oversight. but the masked man
broke in: "Oh, II don't matter. There
are lots OF people in Washington who
have plenty Of 1t. and I'm going to get
some. The Washington police don't
amount TO a -"
Shortly after Parman had beat a rapid
retreat on the highwayman's threat to
make him dance" IL he didn't beat
it." Robert Williams. colored. driving
the wagon OF Robert Jones. a grocer, of
l4 Benning Road, happened along.
The highwayman also held UP Will
liams. who didn't. even have the max
ings." So he let him go.
Both Parman and Williams went to
the Ninth precinct station and told of
their experiences. A general lookout
was posted.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
TENNIS TOURNEY
AT COLUMBIA CLUB
First Open Invitation Tournament
Will Start Monday,
September 80.

The tennis committee OF the Columbia
Country Club has just issued announce
ments OF the first open invitation tennis
tournament of the club. to be held on
Monday. September 30. and the following
days. play starting each afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The events will consist OF mems singles
doubles, and consolation singles,,and the
entries will close Saturday. September
q. at p. m.
Handsome prizes will be awarded. and
II Is probable that some OF the high-class
out-of-town players will compete.
The Columbia Club has now twelve ex-
cellent double courts-one of the most
extensive tennis equipments OF the South.
There is considerable tennis enthusiasm
at the club. and nearly all Of the courts
are constantly In use.
Next Saturday afternoon at . o'clock
the Chevy Chase tennis team will be en-
tertained at the Columbia courts. and a
team contest consisting of six single
matches and three doubles will be played.
The Columbia team visited Chevy Chase
In the spring and won six matches out
OF nine, so that the Chevy Chase racquet
ers may be depended upon to use their
best efforts to even up this score next
Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
AERONAUT FALLS
In YARD NEAR
HOME or BRIDE
Harry Weinsting, 0ne-armed Bal
loonist, Had Told Young Wife
There Was No Danger.
PARACHUTE CAUGHT IN TREE

North Bergen. N. J.. Sept. H.-Bride
and bridegroom Of a year. they came
blithely chattering down the steps Of
their little home here this afternoon.
"But you must be carefully" she
scolded prettily. TT isn't the thou
sands of people who see you flying
over their heads and really revel in
your danger-it isn't they; it's /. Har-
ry. who really cares"
The young fellow, Henry Weinsting.
twenty-one years old, daring bicyclist
and of recent days a parachute jumper
of local fame-laughed away her fears.
Dearest, there isn't any danger" he
said. Because / have only one arm
they think it's wonderful; but 1t isn't
even that. Ny one arm Is as good as
most any mans two; that's merely
nature. I'll be pattering back here to
the house with you in couple OF
hours, and there won't be anything to
worry about except that the iceman
forgot to come"
weinsting was back at the little home
within two hours. Within a hundred
yards of 1t he fell. battered, crushed,
and dying. while hundreds who had seen
his fearful fall from a balloon were
speeding in automobiles to find him.
A throng OF 10000 persons. who had as
sembled In Schuetzen Park to attend
the barbecue of the John J. Egan Asso-
citation. one Of the greatest political out
ings of Hudson County. had seen the
one-armed balloonist ascend from the
park. He had not even attached his
life belt and was weaving his 1.-the form
around the trapeze held only by his one
arm as the great gas bag lifted him
swiftly toward the clouds.
St-tIx~. Rr.nch q. of TreS
He was at least 800 feet up before he
fastened the life belt. His bride, watch
ing from below, felt a thrill of conf
dence when she saw him do it.
The wind bore the balloon in a north
westerly direction. and II seemed that
Weinsting was going to alight on the
Hackensack meadows. But when he was
200 feet UP and the crowd was gazing in
admiration at his daring feats of aero
battles in milair, he seemed to realize
that he was drifting too far over the
town, and abruptly cut himself free.
The parachute opened and he began to
descend rapidly. but the crowd, particu-
larly the little woman who watched
with the eyes of love instead Of wonder
saw that his landing place was a mat
ter OF dangerous doubt.
Weinsting struck the top branches OF
huge tree In the yard OF the Gyveraug
mansion. and for some cause, the para
chute arose again and swept him on
down the road. He was clinging on for
his life now. and when his body was
swung with terrible force against the
cornice of a big public school. he was
hurled like a rocket to the road and
lay on the pavement stunned and bleed
ing.
His bride had set out from the park in
an automobile and had reached him be-
fore the doctors. Almost at the door
of their home, where he had brought
her a bride from the South only a year
ago she found him dying. An ambu-
lance took him to the North Hudson
Hospital. The doctors found his spine
was broken.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
WILL JEFF TESREAU PROVE THE
BABE ADAMS OF 1912 SERIES

Will Jeff Tereau of the New York Giants, prove the Babe
Adams of the 1912 worlds seres Remember FANS how three
years ago the nheraded and ung Charles Adams poed the
Pttsbug Pirates the worlds championship the Detroit
Tigers? Adams the first game l, Muln In the
fifth game he to against Summers and Wett In the
seventh and game of the he did better work than
the and fifth games shutting the Tigers o. against
Donovan and Mulin
Although Adams not unknown quantity, far
pitching ability goes having twelve and lost three games dur
ing the which average of SO0 still he young
pitchers CO. comparison with Camntz Lefed, Leever, Phil
lippe Willis and Maddox Tereau is like Adams the respect
that his major league experience limited Mathewson Mar
guard Ames Wie and Crandal all veterans alongside of
Teeau es record for the date Is games
lost percentage of 100
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
ALLEGED BANK SWMDLER
TAKEN INTO Tolls BY
POLICE OF NEWARK, N. ]

Newark. n. J.. Sept. 1L-George W.
Rittenhouse, nineteen years old. is a
prisoner here. charged with being ma
tion-wide bank swindler." He was ar
rested to-day just as he made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to get $500 from the Iron
Bound Trust Company. OF Newark. Rit-
tenhouse comes of a respectable family
and was employed by the realty firm Of
Ward & Gehin here until his disappear
ance several months ago, when II was
learned that he had feeced a local
bank out OF $500 by a bogus check. Rel
atives made good the loss and there was
no prosecution. Securing work IN Cleve-
land. Rittenhsuse got $500 from the Pos
tai Telegraph Company by presenting a
forged check for transmission and then
rushing to New York and collecting the
sum.
The Burns Detective Agency was then
called in and Rittenhouse was traced to
Baltimore. There he deposited July IL
a worthless check for s425 with the Gen.
trsl Trust Company. Three days later
he drew out $s5 and disappeared. On
August II he deposited another check
for s425 with the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company of Philadelphia Two
days later he drew s325 against this
check and again vanished. August s
Rittenhouse secured $50 from the trust
company here, but when he attempted
to draw s515 against another one Of
his $425 checks. the detectives were noti-
fed and he was arrested
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Bits of Baseball.

With Bender and oldring. of the Ath-
letics: Schultz, of the Cubs, and Long
Larry Mclean. of the Reds. suspended.
1t looks as IL the managers are waking
up, but too late to help their clubs TO
any great extent.
Quite Cuban contingent went over
In washington Park, in Brooklyn. Tues
day. not knowing that Marsans would
not be in the game. They were much
disappointed to miss seeing him. He
Is tremendous favorite In Brooklyn.
where there is a big Cuban colony.
Jimmy Sheckard Is playing under a
handicap. being bothered with the char
ley-horse. but the Cubs are forced to
use him, with Schultz in Chicago and
Leach with wobbly legs.
Lew Richie has a slightly lame arm
from pitching too many curved balls. A
lump resembling a knot has formed un-
der the elbow. and is quite painful when
he pegs curve.
Harry Bemis, sent to the Eastern
League by Columbus last spring because
he could not subscribe to training rules.
has caught seventy:seven games. and
batted .5l3
In the American League they say Fred
Csrisch Is a poor catcher in nabbing high
fouls. Critics around the circuit claim
he has missed lot of them.
You've get to hand It to the Boston
Nationals for one thing. They'll lose a
hundred games before any other team.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
EMPEROR'S BODY
PLACED in HUGE
STONE MAUSOLEUM
To-day Casket Will Be Lowered Into
Marble Vault and Bronze
Doors Sealed.
ROYAL FAMILY AT THE TOMB

Kioto, Japan. Sept. 1l.-Borne FIRST on
a twentieth century train $50 miles from
the capital Of Japan to this ancient and
sacred city and thence carried on the
shoulders of fifty Vase farmers. dressed
in the costumes Of their forefathers Of
half thousand years ago. the body OF
Emperor Mutsuhito lies tonight within
the massive mausoleum erected during
the life of the dead ruler on Monama
Hill
Tomorrow morning the casket win be
lowered within the marble vault. the
bronze doors will be sealed for all time,
and Mutsuhito viii be asleep with his
ancestors. Half mile away rises the
stone tomb of Emperor Kwammu, who
was gathered to his fathers a thousand
years ago this month. while all down the
slopes OF the hill to where the carpeteo
plain stretches away for four miles TO the
rim of Kioto itself.
The special train composed Of huge
loconotive, covered with funeral hags.
the funeral car and four passenger
coaches, left Aoyama, where last
nights shinto services were held. this
morning. The interior of the funeral
car was divided into three compart-
ments, in the central of which. lined
and draped with snow white silk, stood
the comm. The outside Of the car was
painted a brilliant red. while door
had been let into the side large enough
to permit the entrance and removal or
the huge 10x5 foot casket.
Carry Casket ON Shoulders.
Arrived here. the Vase villagers took
the casket Of their beloved ruler on their
shoulders. and for an hour trudged ST.
lently along the straight, stone paved
road. which leads from Kyoto to Mono
yama Hill. Behind the cortege walked
Prince and Princess Kanin. representing
Emporer Yoshihito and the Empress
Sadko; Princess Higashi Fushimi. who
the Dowager Empress. hold
ers of orders of Meir. ministers Of state.
officials of the army and navy, and
many men high in the civil and military
life of the nation.
At the entrance to the great marble
tomb, the Shinto priests took charge of
the ceremonies, and their chanted pray
ers fioated out over a vast throng gath
e,ed before the mausoleum. The casket
was set on a dais, two feet above the
floor. covered with pail OF crimson silk.
On the coffin itself rests the flag Of
Japan, while at the head and foot are
the votive offerings of incense set by the
ritualist priests Of the Shinto faith. Thus
the body will remain until dawn Of Sun
day. when the services Of actual burial
will begin. and the lips Of the white
marble vault. will close forever on all
that is mortal of him who Is known as
the Emperor Of the era OF enlighten-
ment."
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
GRIFF'S HUFFY AT
GEORGE STOvALL

Clark Grimth will never. never
forgive George Stovsll for put
ting his club out of the pennast
hunt. The Browns took two out
of three in st. Louis and three
out of four In Wnshingfon from
the Nationals. Also they broke
Walter Johnson's winning streak
and he hasn't won . game since.
The times In baseball are le-
Eion when q rook ball club has
"rix up. on its hind legs like q
bull moose and paved the day
lights out of q pennant eonten-
der. Not wishing to cite . tear
full Instance, but simply to prove
the contention, we mention the
experience of the Maps under
the late lamented management of
Larry Lajoie with the Walking
ton club Of 1g0S.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
APACHES VS.. MERCURY.
Good Game Scheduled at Seventeenth
and ID Streets Southeast.

The Apache 4. c.. the strongest team
in Southeast. and the Mercury a. C,
runners up in the Capital City League
will meet to-day at 2:3O 3. m. at Seven.
teenth and d Streets Southeast. Both
teams have been considerably strength
ened for this game. and both are now
confident Of winning. The Apaches will
likely line up as follows: Kelly. pitcher
Thompson. catcher; R. Smithson. first
base; B. Johnson second base; H. Smith
son, shortstop: s. Johnson. third basei
Grace. left field: Luscombe center field;
Green. right field For the Mercurys.
either Eddie Thompson. the Northern
League star. or Frye. Mercury's stand
by, will do the twirling. A good crowd
is sure to be on hand to witness this
battle, as II has already caused much
enthusiasm in the Southeastern part OF
the city.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
NURSES JEWELS STOLEN.
Mystery at George washington Uni
versity Hospital Over Theft.

Charlotte Eschler, a nurse at the
George, Washington University Hospital.
is grieving over the loss OF a diamond
ring and a purse. and for the first time
in the history Of the institution a stigma
has been cast upon some employe.
Miss Eschler last night. Just after din
ner. went to the diet room, where she
removed her ring from her hand. Just
like any woman will do when about to
wash her hands. Beside the ring she
placed her purse. containing about s..
When she returned from an adjoining
room both were gone.
An investigation showed that II would
have been impossible for any of the col
ored orderlies to be near. and, in fact.
suspicious can be placed upon no one.
Detectives are working on the case.
which will be known as mystery for at
least the present.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

Deputy Commissioner Dougherty was
confident tonight, however, that he had
the right men at last.
Sam Schepps, the fifth one Of the in
dicted men to be arrested, was caught
at Hot Springs, Ark. by a reporter, and
brought here by officers acting under the
direct orders of District Attorney Whit
man. The District Attorney is now in
Hot Springs gathering evidence to use
in the prosecution of former Police
Lieut.. Charles Becker, one of the in
dicted men who will be the first one to
be tried for Rosenthars murder.
Make No Resistance.
The officers saw the men disappear
from the fire escape and enter an apart
ment on the second floor. The arrests
were made without any show Of resist
ance while the men were sitting at a
table with their wives, peither of whom
has reached an age that would make
full-length skirts becoming.
As the officers forced the door of the
fat house, each man Grew a revolver,
which was aimed at the heads Of the
prisoners about to be taken
"Gyp the Blood was the first to speak.
He said quietly:
Gentlemen, put up your guns; we are
not armed"
There is every evidence that these two
alleged murderers, for whom a world
wide search has been conducted since a
few days after the assassination of Ro-
senthaI, on July 16. have been in New
York all along. with the exception Of
few days spent in the Catskills immedi-
ately after the crime was committed.
The clew which led directly to the ar
rests was a part of a conversation over
heard by one of the detectives while lis
tening to the wife Of "Gyp the Blood"
tell a friend that her husband was safe
and not worrying. She is alleged to have
said:
Could Watch ssMovies."
"'Gyp' is all right. He is living in a
house where he can watch the movies
from rear windows. There is also a laun-,
dry in the house so you can see he does
not have to do much running around"
The police made the deduction that they
must find a house with a laundry and
with an open-air moving-picture show op-
Grating in the rear SO that the perform
ance could be seen from the window. The
success of this search resulted in the ar
rests.
In the house with the murderers at
the time Of the arrests was Michael Pole
chuck, who is described by Deputy Com
missioner Dougherty as a pickpocket
from New Haven, Conn, who served a
term in the Elmira Reformatory with
Horowitz
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty car
ried the officers who made the arrests
to the woodward Avenue house in his
own privately owned automobile. As
soon as "Gyp" and Lefty had been
made prisoners he conveyed them to Do
lice headquarters. himself acting rs
chauffeur.
Two Of the officers were detailed to
bring the wives Of the men to Manhat-
tan by the elevated trains.
Go Into Consultation.
The entire party reached here some
time after z p. m. and Commissioners
Dougherty Immediately sent for Assist
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
RUSSIAN POLICE CHIEF
SHOT DOWN IN STREETS
OF ST. PETERSBURG

st. Petersburg. Sept. A-Col. Lupakof.
chief Of police at Pyatigorsk, Ciscau-
dasia, was assassinated to-day. He was
shot down in the street in the presence
of his wife and died an hour later In
the hospital. The assassin, a political
foe OF the colonel, was dressed entirely
in black to typify death" He was ar
rested
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
FLOODS THREATEN MOBILE.
Heavy Storm Sweeps Sea Over Har-
bor BuIkheads, EndanRering City.

Mobile, Ala. Sept. H-Thls city is
threatened with a flood as the result Of
a heavy storm which Is sweeping the sea
over the harbor bulkheads. The wind at
tained a velocity Of seventy-five miles an
hour. Rain has been falling in torrents
for hours. Early to-day a number of eel
lars were flooded, and merchants began
moving their stock to high places.
The storm has extended along the coast
as far east as Florida.
Shipping along the eastern rim of the
Gulf OF Mexico was driven into harbors.
but fears are felt for vessels which were
overtaken too far away to make port.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
STRIKE GROWS SERIOUS.

Troops arc Asked to Protect Cars
Run by Strikcbreakers.
Duluth. Mimi, Sept. H.-Reauested by
Sheriff Meining to send troops to quell
rioting here as a result Of the street
car strike, Gov. Eberhardt has sent
word to the Sheriff that he must re-
store order or resign. The Sheriff's de-
mand for troops came after a day and
night Of rioting, during which street
cars were stoned and strikebreakers sent
out as motormen and conductors were
dragged from the cars and beaten
Car. service was abandoned late to-
night when the company found barri-
cades across many Of the streets.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Plunges to Death.

New York. Sept. A-Mrs. Louis New
burgh plunged from a window on the
eleventh floor OF the apartment house
at . Claremont Avenue to-day. She
was crushed to death. According to rel
atives she had been Ill several weeks.