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The Washington times., 1912-04-17
THINKS MISS HOUGHTON
DESERVES MORE MONEY
TO the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES
In reference to recompense for the
terrible misfortune to Miss Alice ".
Houghton in the Census Bureau on
February 1, 1911. The small sum OF
$4,000, payable in sums of $50 per
month, sounds absurd.
wonder II the Senators and Repre-
sentatives have ever fully realized what
q terrible, Irretrievable loss Miss
Houghton has sustained on account of
the Governments negligence. It will
be years before she RECEIVERS from the
shock. All the money in the United
states Treasury could not compensate
her for her loss. Consider her suffering
and give her all the comforts that
money can furnish.
KATHLEEN LA VARRA.
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
COLONEL JOYCE'S TRIBUTE
TO JOHN PAUL JONES

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Paul Jones of glorious memory
Survives for you and me
To emblazon this republic
over every land and sea!
Paul Jones in bronze and marble
Shall shine adown the years
With Nelson, Schley and Farragut,
And all grand ocean peers!
Paul Jones the greatest hero
That ever swept the sea
Is synonym of Valor
And vidette of libertyi
JOHN A. JOYCE.
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Utah, at navy yard, New York;
Flusser, Preston. Reid. Smith. and
Roe, at Norfolk; Washington. at
Piney Point; Ajax, at Melville Sta
ton, r. l.; Hercules, at Washing
ton; CheySnne. at Tacoma.
from Norfolk for Lynn
haven Bay New Hampshire, from
Hampton Roads for New Orleans I;
North Dakota. from Hampton Roads
Point for Washington: Uncas and
Mackenzie, from Charleston for Key
West; Paulding. Perkins, Mayrant,
Sterrett and Walker, from Guam
tanamo for New York; Chester and
Salem, to communicate with steam
ship Carpathia; Wilmington. from
% from Whampoa for swatoW. -
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
THE PARKS.

Washington has two beautiful parks-Rock
Greek and Potomac. They are the delight of those
who have automobiles and carriages. Only the
sturdy pedestrian can reach them. They not &C
cessible to women and chdren-who need them
mostly street car.
There is no news in this statement. Things
have been in this condition for long time. But
hasn't it been long enough?
Why not make Washingtons parks available for
Washingtons people?
The Washington times., 1912-04-17

ARMY.
Major DANIEL w. KETCHAM. gen
eral stan, to Washington. D. c., for
duty in chief of staff's office.
Lieutenant Colonel ]. F. REYNOLDS,
cavalry retired, September 10, 1872,
upon his own request.
Captain Arthur r. KNSwin, Thirteenth
Infantry, to San Fr&hcisco, Cal.
NAVY.
Lieutenant o. w. FOWLER, to Naval
Academy, Annapolis. Nd.
Ensign F. w. ROCKWELL, to Hart
ford.
Midshipman F. S. CRAVEN. to Utah.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrived Eagle, at Guantanamo; Terry,
at HAMPTON Roads, DslaYare and
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
Wins Big Verdict.

A verdict for 5000 was returned by a
jury before Justice Stafford. in Circuit
Court, No. /, in favor Of Mrs. India
Bagby against Stilson Hutchins because
of injuries she received In November,
1909. by falling from a platform in Con-
vention Hall during the pure food show.
The Retail Grocers' Protective Asso-
citation, which was Jointly sued with
Mr.. Hutchins, was exonerated from any
responsibility.
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
Amusements.


National-Frank Mcintyre in "Snobs."
2lS and S:15 D. m.
Columbia Players in THE
LILY" S:l5 p. m.
Belasco-Butterfield Players in Brown
of Harvard" els and Sis D. m.
Polrs-Poli Players in ''Nobody's Wild
ow," 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Acaden,y-."The Girl in the Taxi" sis
D. m.
Casino-Elite vaudeville.
Cosmos-Refined vaudeville.
Majestic-Advanced vaudeville. to II
p. m.
nnperial-Vaudeville and motion pic
lures. II a. m. to II p. m.
New York, Jr.," 215 and
S:l5 p. m.
Gayety-"The Runaway Girls from
Dixie" 2:l5 and s:15 p. m.
Misunderstanding. bowling. and motion
pictures.
Eiks spring festival, Elks' club house,
9l9 H street northwest. S p. m.
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
Concert Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Orchestral Recital, at $3.50 o'clock.

JOHN O. NJ. ZIMMERMANN.
Director.
PROGRAM.
]. March, Battle of the Waves"
Hall.
2. Overture, "stradella" Flotow
3. IdyI. Pearls. s'..................M Moret.
4. Selection, Tales of Hoffman,"
Offenbach.
5. Rag Intermezzo. "Looney Coons,"
Hall.
6. Excerpts from THE Little Mil
nonaire' ............,.......Coha
THE star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-04-17
In the Mail Bag

OF
own-to write freely and frankly
Objectionable
be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
TIE COUETS.
sTH COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
w. VI PetticoIns, ). F. Mckenzie and
+. r. Higgins. Justices.

w. VI. PettieoIaS, }. F. Mckenzie and
E r. Higgins, Justices.
Motions granted.-ThomaS ID. Pryor
VS.. Annie P. KraUse from FL PasO, mo-
ton of defendant in error to dismiss
writ of error; Arthur Wilder vs. HOus-
ton & Texas Central railroad company,
from Harris, appeIlee's motion to strike
out appellants brief; City of Houston
VS. John p. Williams and Bertha Mer-
keI. from Harris, motions to set causes
Jointly on same day, set for November
Il; The T. & p Ry. Co ct al vs. E C.
Good. from Midland. motion Of the
IL E & w II. Ry. Co for afflrmance
of Judgment as to it.
Motions OverrUled.-ThOs D Pryor
VS.. Annie p. krause, from FL Paso,
appellee's motion tOreaffirm. on Certifl-
cate: transcript stricken out, leave
granted appellant to file new tran
script: ThOs ID. Pryor VS. Annie p
Krause, from FL PasO, appellee's mo-
ton to dismiss appeal, W. j. Glover VS.
II. A. AIbercht ct al. from Harris mo-
ton of plaintiff in error for oral ar
eument on motion to dismiss, etc
Motions Subm-CtGd--J. A Pitts VS.
] ID. Kane, from Preside, motion TO
affirm on. certificate; J. T. Weaver. IT.,
vs. Mrs. John EmisOn ct al, from
brewster, motion to advance submis-
sion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
WOUNDED REBEL
REACHES LANGTRY
Says CaraveO's Command Defeated OPP
POsite There by FederaIs; other
Mounded Conapanfons FOLLOWING.

wounded in the shoulder crossed the
Rio Grande to the American side yes
terday. He said that three wounded
companions would be along later. He
being the least seriously wounded, dis
tanced them, he said.
The Mexican claims that he and the
other three wounded men were part Of
a force Of 1000 rebels of Caraveo's
command, who Saturday were attacked
by an unknown number of federals and
suffered a severe defeat at a place
called Buque. This lies between the
town of MusUiz and the Rio Grande
The Mexican further said they were
coming to this side for refuge. and
that they We're done with fighting.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
CONGRESS MAY BE
CALLED TO MEET
CONTINUED from page u

to Mexico is reaffirmed. Secretary
StimsOn is returning to Washington
Saturday from New York, it is under
stood. in advance of original plans.
While no instructions bearing on the
point have been given to Capt Hughes,
the American naval commander at Vera
Cruz, the state and navy departments
have tacitly approved the measures he
has taken for the safety Of foreigners
as well as the Injunction laid by him
upOn the federal commander Of the
Mexican gunboats in the harbOr to re-
frain from a bombardment. There is
said to be ample precedent for this last
action on the part Of Capt Hughes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
FRIENDS or L. c. POLLY
ARE UNEASY ABOUT HIM.
People at La1Etry, Teas, Arc Inter
ested in CattIemnn, Supposed TO
be Held by the Rebels.

Langtry, Tex, Oct 23.-The many
friends of Z. G.. Polly, who for num-
Der Of years owned a cattle ranch in
this neighborhOOd, are much worried
as to his present welfare and where
abouts.
The Herald reported Mr.. Polly as
having been captured by rebels under
Salazar in the state of Chihuahua, at
the same time J. T. Cameron. of Ell
PasO. was captured and held for ran
som
Reports of Mr.. Cameron's release
have been read here in the papers, but
nothing as to Mr.. Polly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23

here and urged the voters to elect
Democratic congressman to support
governor Wilson if elected Mr.. Bryan
discussed the candidates. declaring that
Mr. Taft "constitutionaIy distrusts' the
people; that Mr.. Roosevelt placed Mr..
Taft i'm the presidency and that he
failed in his duty to stand by Mr. TAFT
and help him. and that governor VIII
son would give the country a peoples
government"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
RADICALs LID Ia NoRWAT.

Christiana, Norway, Oct 23.-The
general election is going strongly
against the government. Out of 123
seats the returns for 95 are complete.
In the case Of At the results are in
decisive, requiring another election.
OF the others. only IA seats were won
by the government while the Radicals
captured % and the Socialists g.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
REBEL SCARE GROUNDLESs.

AT $50 O'Clock Wednesday morning
an unknown person called up sheriff
Peyton J. Edwards office, imparting
the information that a band of so fully
armed rebels had crossed from the
Mexican side and were marching along
the county road in the direction Of
FL Paso The informant said he was
at the Lone Star inn. The sheriff called
I'D the inn. but it was denied there
that anyone had called up from that
place. The rebels could not be located
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
GIRL TESTIFIES
AGAINST JOHNSON

Chicago, III, Oct 23.-Nervous and
weak afte~ her experience on the wit
ness stand yesterday, Lucille Cameron,
the girl whose infatuatiOn for Jack
Johnson, the pugilist led to a federal
investigation and the arrest of the
negro on a charge Of abduction, again
appeared before the grand jury today
to continue her story. It is reported a
reconciliation between the girl and her
mother, Mrs. F. Came rOn-FalcOnet, OF
Minneapolis. has been effected and az
ter the court proceedings the girl will
go away with her mother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
CAMERON AT PEARSON
WITH LOT OF CATTLE

John T. Cameron has communicated
witr F. W Mcconnell in Ell Paso that
be is now in Pearson, Chin, and is safe.
With him he has 80 carloads of cattle
and intends to move them to FL PasO
just as soon as it is possible for the
railroad to handle them. He will re-
main in Pearson until the cattle can
be moved uorthward. Cameron is the
local cattlemau captured recently by
rebels and held for a time until a ran
-om was paid for him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
&C Repudlate Johnson.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 23.-Jack
Johnson was repudiated as a member
Of the negro race in resolutions unani-
mOusly adopted at a mass meeting of
negroes here last night The resOIU-
tons denounced the mating of whites
and blacks as inharmOniOus with
moral ethics. Negro mothers were
urged to encourage their children to
be satisfied with their own color and
peOple."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
LIE FoR 1IoToRCYCIIsrs.

A new arrangement Of prizes for
the motorcycle department of the Os-
man W. A Scrivner. of the Guns and
prizes committee. The prizes are as
follows; First prize for the best dec
GRATED motorcycle, S25; second prize.
belt: second prize, B, motor cycle lamp;
third prize, motor cycle seat; fourth
prize, an inner tube.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
s4TH DISTRICT COURT.

frankie Rose, Mamie or May Hamil
tom. Jack Hamilton and Ed. Mills,
charged with theft over $50; frankie
Rose convicted and sentenced to two
years, the other defendants were acquit-
ted.
Ralph Delgado ct al. VS.. Concha Delga-
10 ct al, partition suit; filed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
UICTILE C0uRT-

E. B. McChntock, Presiding.
Maximilliano Vega, charged with theft
from the person; complaint filed.
Theo Johnston, charged with disturb
ing the peace; fined S. and costs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
PROPERTY OWNERS MAY
MAKE nnre 1,rT1r-, srrr n

Property owners Will be given an
opportunity toenter protests, If they
have any. against the assessment OF
S1F6s4.45 for the paving of Tularosa
street from it's intersection with the
east lineof Piedras -streJtO to its inter
section with the west line OF stevens
street, at 10 o'clock Thursday mOrninS
before the city council If there are no
protests. the paving viii be ordered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23

Douglas Ariz, Oct 23.-Alexander
v Dye, American consul to Aqua
Prieta, Mex, for the last three years.
today forwarded his resi- gnatiOn to
W ashingtOn- Cause of his retirement
is not made known. Consul DYE re-
GENTLY has been stationed at Nogales
and has been active in the investiga-
tiOns along the Arizona border.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
Asst DISTRICT COURT.

Mrs. c. II. Phillips vs.. Erminie Cox
ct al. partition suit; filed.
William Bowman Fullen, habeas cor
pus proceedings; child ordered restored
to its mother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
Announcement

The Managers Of Jackson Grocery Co. and Standard Grocery Co, after
fully considering High Cost of Living the Southwest have decided that
consolidating the above firms Buying and Selling organization
they will be able reduce the Cost Of Living the Minimum. While the
consolidation will take effect November the l the will
do business present Thanking
patronage the past and soliciting and also extending
cordial solicitation Entire Southwest Come and Buy we are yours
for decline IN the High Cost of Living"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
Urges VOTERS TO ELECT
nEETOCR ATTIC CDNCRESSNTFN

Philadelphia. Pa, Oct. 23.-William
J. Bryan. campaigning in eastern
Pennsylvania and Delaware today spoke
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-01

ments of musical education.
She sings songs that she has
never learned.
She tells her friends the secret
records of their lives.
She describes events taking
place hundreds of miles away.
Miss Bessie is the 20-year-old
daughter of Charles Stewart, a
farmer living five miles south
west of this village. These
strange things are done while she
is in a state of trance which ply
sicians are unable to explain.
During the past year she has
often fallen into this state, re-
naming in it from two days to
a week. She seems transformed
into another person-in fact, she
acts the part of several persons.
'She thinks herself a man at
times" said her father. "She
takes long steps, deepenS her
voice, affects rnanniSh airs,
smokes and swears. She will fill
my pipe, with tobacco, strike
match and puff away with entire
unconcern.
"Her last serious attack came
at the time of the Titanic disaster.
She was depressed by the horror.
/ was astounded one evening to
hear her singing an improvised
dirge and playing a perfect &C
compartment on the organ.
She declared one evening she
was going to aball. She dressed
herself in a party gown, came in
to the parlor, took off her opera
c1oak held ont her arfTe RI an
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-01

without missing a single word.
When she recovered from her
trance she knew scarcely a single
line of it.
A neighbor died one night.
She told Us about it before the
news was brought to the house.
thine and again she has read
the newspapers and magazines
outdoors in the evening, often
aloud, when l could not see my
hand six inches in front of my
face. We have watched her read
ing by lamplight and have turned
off the light, but she has contin-
ued to turn the pages of her book
at regular intervals"
Bessie is a tall, slender girl,
with brown hair, a high white
forehead and a touch Of pink in
her cheeks. She looks strong and
healthy. Her frances do not seem
to have affected her general
health. She feels no bad. effects
from smoking.
She became i'll through over
work at Kirksville, Mo-, normal
school, where she attended classes
190o-10. She then left home to
teach in Waco, Tex.
On her return she began to re-
veal these strange powers.
DR.. T. H. Hughes, nerve spe-
cialist of St. Louis, Mo-, says her
brain is normal, but that her nerv-
Gus system is disordered. He at
tributes the trouble to mental
overwork. The case was recently
discussed at a Missouri physi-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
ATHENS UP TO DATE.
An Historic City Pillaged by Robbers
of Many Races.

When we consider her checkered
career her long, long centuries of
defeat, oppression, pillage, destruc-
tion by the most barbarous nations
of Europe and Asia, we cannot Won
der that Athens is today chiefly cee-
brated for her ruins; that not a sin
gle temple is Still intact.
Yet here is today a modern city
of some 10000 inhabitants, su-
premely interesting to the student
because of its history, to the artist
because of rare fragments of sculp-
ture, to the archeologist because of
its majestic ruins, stately even in
their decay.
In the modern city of Athens there
are two squares which from the two
foci of an ellipse, from which most
of the life of the city radiates. One
of these is Constitution Square, to
translate the Greek and French
names by which it is usually called
into English, and the other is the
Place of Concord. Around Constitu-
tion Square cluster the leading ho-
tells, while to the east it is Thanked
by the great bare marble palace of
the king, and behind it a botanical
garden.
From the Place de la Concord radi-
ate various electric car lines to diff
ferent parts of the city, and the two
squares are connected by the Street
of the Stadium, busy thorougnlare
about half mile long. Other prin-
cipal business streets are the Street
of Hermes, the Street of Eolus,
Athens street and Pierus street. In
all these and some others are good
shops, filled with the latest importa.
tfons from London, Paris and New
York. The student of the classics
will be interested to note that many
of the streets are named after the
ancient worthless, Homer and Socra-
tes, Eschylus and Phidias, and is
thankful to the city fathers of Athens
for putting up at every street corner
marble tablet with the name of the
street in plain Greek letters, a GUS
tom which many of our American cit
izens might well initiate more extern
sively.-Christian Herald
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
SOME OFFICIALS GUILTY.
Land Fraud Cases Being Prosecuted
i'm California.

San Francisco. Some prominent
officials of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company are guilty of actual as
well as constructive fraud in connec-
ton with the location of oil-bearing
land in California" said Willis M.
Mills, special assistant to United
States Attorney General Wickersham,
on his arrival here from Washington.
Mills is here to further the prosecu-
tion of the governments civil suit
against the Southern Pacific for hav-
ing patented, allegedly by fraud,
6,100 acres in the Elk Hill district
of Kern county. The land has proved
to be oil bearing and is said to be
worth $20,000,000
I'VE will not be able to prosecute
the railroad officials criminally,'
added Mr.. Mills, because the fraud
was committed prior to December 12,
1904, and the time necessary to make
effective the statute of limitations
has expired. We are, however, going
to get at their books and show the
fraud in all its details in the pending
suit for the restoration of the land
to the public domain.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
TESTIMONY HITS DARROW.
Uncle of McManigaI is Mixed Because
of Lies.

Los Angeles. Behm, uncle
of Ortie McManigal, who turned
states evidence in the Mcnamara
dynamite case, was under cross-ex-
animation by Clarence Darrow in the
latter's trial on a charge of jury
bribing Thursday.
Darrow was unable to get much
out of the witness, who showed great
stupidity His answers were vague
and had little relevancy to the ques-
tiOns put by DaTrow.
Darrow finally got Behn to admit
that he had sworn falsely when ques-
toned before the county grand jury
in regard to his reason for coming
to Los Angeles to influence McMani-
gal to change his testimony.
When admonished by Judge Hut
ton to stick to the questions asked
and not bring in outside matters,
Behm turned to the court and said:
Il told lie in so many cases to
keep him out of trouble that, honest,
I can't make these stories stick to-
gether. My God, he's put me in an
awful hole.
Questioned further, Benin was un-
able to state on what occasion he had
lied to shield Darrow.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
SKULL FOUND IN ATTIC.
Salem Coroner Expects to Unveil
Tragedy

That there is a possibility, if not
probability, that a tragedy is un-
covered in the finding of a human
skull in the attic of the Gray build
ing last Tuesday is evidenced by the
fact that Coroner Clough has taken
the case in hand and intends to in
vestigate it. Although the coroner
has given out no statements as to
what he believes to be the solution
of the mysterious and gruesome dis
covery, he is said to have made the
statement that there may he a his
tory surrounding the skull which, if
unraveled, would be not only inter-
esting but important to the authori-
ties
The finding of what is believed to
be .32-calibre revolver bullet I'M
bedded in the skull leads investiga-
tors to believe that either suicide or
foul play caused the death of the per-
son from whose body the member
was taken. Coroner Clough took pos
session of the lead bullet, but left
the skull in its position in the kettle
of lime in which it was covered when
first found.
The idea is secuted that some med
ical student is responsible for the
skull being secreted in the garret of
the Gray building, but thorough in
vestigation on the part of the police
reveals that no medical student has
been rooming or boarding in the Gray
block for the past fourteen years, and
that the only physician occupying
rooms in that location was a chiro-
practic. The unusual discovery is a
complete mystery so far, and much
speculation is beign indulged in as
to the origin of the skull and pot of
lime.-Salem Statesman.
Star Laundry and F'reLch Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone GA.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
WILL BUILD AT ONCE.
William Sproule Says Willamette
Pacific is Assured.

In an interview with William
Sproule, president of the Southern
Pacific, who had returned from a
conference in the east with Mr.. Low
EFT, Mr. Sproule makes the statement
in the San Francisco Examiner that
the Willamette-Pacific Railroad
will be built right off, He says
further that F. X. Vending and a
number of associates in San Fran
cisco are prepared to cut 900, 0,000,-
600 feet of lumber along the William
ette-Pacific as soon as the road is
completed"
l.. A. Whereaty local engineer of
the Southern Pacific on Coos Bay,
who returned recently from Portland,
said he heard nothing that would in
terest those who believe the railroad
news of late is not encouraging. Mr..
Whereat has not been to san Fran
cisco, as reported in a local paper,
but has spent two days in Portland
comforting with the Southern Pacific
officials.
The general feeling of pessimism
which has prevailed for some time
past is Frightening over the recent
news and it is believed that Mr.. Tink-
ler's arrival will be almost coinci-
dent with the commencement of work
on the Wiilamette-Pacific
Captain J. T. Macgenn of the
Breakwater said that W. S. Chan
dler was in Portland when the ship
left there and he intended coming
to Coos Bay on this trip, but was
delayed. He told the captain he
would accompany him on the next
trip, however, and said he thought
the Southern Pacific entry through
Marshfield would be arranged for be-
fore next week. Captain Macgenn
also saw General Manager ]. p.
O'Brien when in the city and was in
formed by him that Mr.. O'Brien con-
templates a trip to- Coos Bay this
summer. Mr.. O'Brfen told Mr.. Mac
gem the railroad would soon be un-
der way and construction would not
be long delayed. -Marshfield Record