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The Washington times., 1912-04-15
IRRIGATION DAM IS
NEARING COMPLETION
More Than 10000 Acres Of Land
On Rio Grande To Be
Reclaimed.


The conversion Of the permanent
headquarters of the Reclamation Service
force, at the Engle dam on the Rio
Grande river into a health resort is in
dicated in bids that nave been received
for the lease of the property on the COM
pletion of the big reclamation project.
c. ]. Blanchard. statistician OF the
Reclamation Service, has Just returned
from a trip to this project. The pro-
posed dam, which Will be completed in
1915. will be 265 feet and will hold back
q fake forty miles long and from one
! 70 Ave miles wide. holding ",6ooOol acre
Sect Of water. This project, the largest
| in the United States. involves the build
ing Of a reservoir twice as large as the
famous Assuan reservoir in Egypt, and
will water 10000 acres of land.
J. This land, when irrigated, will cost
settlers about $50 an acre. The entire
project. which is to be completed in FIVE
years, and on which thirteen months
have been spent. will cost about
$90OO00O
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
Two Boys Are Held
For Robbing Saloon

william Hardy and Joseph Marks.
two sixteen-year-old boys. held at the
House Of Detention on a charge OF at
tempting to rob the saloon OF Michael
o'Dopohue, Seventh and / streets south
west, will be arraigned ip the Juvenile
Court tomorrow on charges Of house
breaking.
Early yesterday morning Policeman J.
8. Miller, Of the Fourth precinct, noticed
two boys standing in the doorway OF
the saloon. He gave chase as the boys
ran, and says he saw them dropping
whisky bottles and cigarettes. When
they refused to halt he fired, the bullet
striking Hardy in the leg. The other
boy got away. Later in the day the
police arrested the Marks boy at his
home In Georgia avenue. Hardy was
not seriously wounded.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA, VA. APRIL Is


The condition of Hubert Snowden,
president of the city council and a, can
didate for nomination for mayor, Is so
grave this morning as to give his
friends the most serious apprehension
Although not well man physically FOR
some years past, the strenuous cam
paign in which he has engaged. caused
him to collapse. For the past two
days he has remained in semi-con-
scious condition, attended constantly by
DR.. Edgar snowden. of washington. and
DR.. Arthur Snowden, of this city.
About a year ago Mr.. Snowden, who
was proprietor of the Alexandria Ga
zette. was compelled through failing
health, to dispose of the property, feel
ing that he was not able to give 1t his
attention. His condition improved
somewhat thereafter, and he announced
himself as a candidate for mayor. Ine
work incident to the campaign proved
too great for him, however. and he was
obliged to take to his bed ..,
Harry B. Mundy and Miss Izanetta
Slaughter, a well-known and prominent
young Alexandria couple, were married
at the brides residence, s22 King street
this afternoon. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Harry NJ. Canter.
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The groom Is a Southern
Railway train dispatcher. They will
make their residence in this city.
Report was made to the police this
morning by J. Burkitt. an Alexandria
county farmer, of the theft of a ralu-
able horse from his place. The horse
carried a cavalry saddle. The theft oc-
Cured about a. m.
Mrs. D. w. Foster. wife Of D. w.
Foster, Fairfax county constable,
died at her home in Lincoinia late last
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
Realty Transfers

Ellaston Terrace--Wade Goodwin ct ux.
to Edgar A. Miller. lot 80. block 2. SO
fAlley between / and *, Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets northwest-Anton
Lerch ct ux. to Achille c. Burklin.
part lot s. square 2S5, $40.
Chichester-Edgar T. Phillips ct ux. to
James K. M. Norton, lot !. block B.
lots 6. 10. IA, block /, and lot 5, square
57s8, $40.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights-Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company ct
al. trustees, to Joseph A. Carey, lot
6, square 2101, So
Cleveland Park-Harry A. Kite ct ux.
to Arthur B. and Maude ]. Ilsley, lot
A. square 20S4, So
trustees. to Charles E. Tribby, lot 40.
block 5, 5000.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
Forestry Students
Visit Washington

Thirty students of the Biltmore, N
c., forest school. will spend the week
in Washington inspecting the office
of the United States Forest Service
Dr. Raphael Zon gave a lecture for
their benefit today, and DR.. II. D. How
ard will speak tomorrow. The Bltmore
school was founded by DR.. c.. A. Schenk.
who for many years was forester on
the William X. Vanderbilt estate at
Biltmore.
The forestry students spend several
months each year in lumber camps.
They have just returned from the paper
pulp mills in the Adirondacks. and will
go to NGwbern, n. c.; Cadillac, Mich,
and then to Oregon, after completing
the visit here. October they sail for
Darmstadt. Germany. to study paper
mills and lumber camps there.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15


speed king. previously held all. three Of
these records, having made them at
Milwaukee September 81, 1910. Dis
brow's records are official, as the meet
was sanctioned by the three AS, p. j.
Walker, a member OF the contest board,
being the referee.
Earle e. Allen have been appointed
Washington agents for the Simplex.
Their line. also includes the Hupp-
Yeats electric and n. G. II. gasolene
car. The Simplex has many world 8
records to It's credit.
The top notch American drivers, Ralph
Mulford, Harry Grant, George Robert
son, Bruce Brown, Ralph De Palma,
and, in fact, all who are In the front
rank, are clean-living men OF high
character and intelligence. They are
studious, thinking mem and not the rat
tlebrained, reckless dare-deviis the
press agent pictures them. What ap-
pears sometimes to the public as reck-
lessness is a confidence due to a knowl-
edge of the construction of the machines
they are driving. a perfect judgment OF
distances and speed, and that rare quail
ity, perfect poise. Nothing can rattle
them
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
TWO CARDINALS TO
MEET ON WEDNESDAY
Archbishops Gibbons and O'Con-
nell Coming to Catholic
University Conference.

Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal O'Con-
nell will both be in the city wednes-
day to attend the annual meeting OF
the board of trustees of the Catholic
University. 1t will be the first meet
ing Of the two since tire Boston pre-
late was given the red hat.
The trustees are scheduled to discuss
many important questions relative to
the plans for the enlargement of the
university. Cardinal Gibbons who was
here yesterday for confirmation at St
Augustines will come here again next
Sunday to confirm a class at st.
Stephens. a~', "
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
CONTRACT FOR POUND
TO BE LET SHORTLY
Expected Work On New Building
Will Be Started About
May |.

Within a few days the contract for
the new pound, plans for which re-
Gently were drawn by Municipal Archi-
tect Ashford, will be let and work
upon the new building will begin about
May /.
Plans for the new structure call for
a site on the Government reservation,
bordering the James Creek canal, and
besides being used for a pound will
serve the District as a stable for the
horses of the Health Department.
The present pound Is an obsolete
structure on New York avenue, near
Twenty-third street northwest, where
last year 4.457 stray dogs were killed,
The dogs are fed one meal of meat
per day, water being kept In the pens
with them constantly. The dogs are
killed by charcoal fumes.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
HERBERT SNOWDEN
IS SERIOUSLY Y ILL
President of Alexandria City Council and Candidate for
Nomination for Mayor Has Been in Semi Conscious
Condition for Past Tw Days.

night. She was about sixty-five years
OF age. and Is survived by seven chill
dren. Funeral services will be held
from st. Pauls Church. In the county,
at ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Officials of the chamber OF commerce
are somewhat incensed at what they
term an unreasonable increase" in the
tomac Steamboat Company, plying be-
tween Washington and Baltimore, which
went into effect today. 1t Is stated that
In the case of several classifcations of
freight the rate has been practically
doubled. ~
John Jordon, an employe of the South
ern railway, was taken to Alexandra
broken ankle. sustain ed while he was
at work at the round house.
The circuit court for Alexandria coun-
ty, Judge ]. B.; T. Thorton. presiding,
expected the Judge will announce the
appointment of r. Gordon Finrey to
the position of county police justice.
A meet,ns Of the city Democratic COM
mittee will be held In Hotel Rammel
this evening for the purpose of making
final arrangements for the primary 10
be held April q. This will include the
designation Of the judges and clerks
The monthly meeting of the Retail
Merchants Association will be held In
the rooms OF the chamber of commerce
tomorrow night.
Alva Aerie, Fraternal Order Of Eagles,
will give It's first grand ball at the Elks
Home this evening. The proceeds Will
be devoted to the charity fund OF the
lodge.
Alexandria today seems to be the
mecca of visitors, owing to IT the g conyen' y,
Several special trains have been run
through to Mt. Vernon, stopping al
Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
COMPLETES PLANS
FOR HOME OPENING
Meeting Will Also Be Held
to Arrange Sociability
Run.
By HARRY WARD.

The opening tonight of the country
home of the Automobile Club Of
Washington, coupled with a meeting
of the board of governors to complete
arrangements for the clubs sociabil-
ity run May IL. In expected to bring
out the full membership. The club
house has been renovated through
out and e. II. Johansen, chairman iof
the house committee, has added many
little conveniences that will be ap-
preciated by the members,
After acting on number of appli-
cations for membership the board Of
governors will take up the plans for
the sociability run. Capt. Rudolph
Jose and Lieut.. Gardner Orme have
been busy the last few days inspect
ing the proposed course of the run,
preparing rules governing the event
and all that remains is the official
sanction of the board of governors.
which 1t is expected will be given
tonight
Entry blanks will be issued imme-
diately and an active campaign TO
secure a large number of entrants
will be made.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

During the month permits were taken
out in seventy-three cities for the con-
, struction of 1860 buildings, representing
an Investment of $73, 262, 319, as against
N,71 buildings, involving total invest
ment of SIS. 100, 339, for the corresponding
month a year ago, decrease Of ALI
buildings and n gain of s4,10l, $50, or 6
per cent.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
George McWilliams Dead.

George McWilliams, a structural iron
Eorker, who was injured at the Union
citation about a year ago, died at his
home, S35 Fourth street northeast yes
terday. McWilliams was native of
Washington and is survived by his par
ents, Funeral ceremonies will be held
at st. Aloysius' Church tomorrow morn
ing at o'clock. lnterment will be in
Mt Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

That Louis Disbrow will be a big fac
tor in the automobile racing world this
season is indicated by the records he is
making on the Pacific coast. Yester.
day at San Jose Park, driving a 80.
horsepower Simplex, Disbrow broke
three worlds records. He covered fif.
teen.yniIes In 1880, twenty miles ir
1857 N2-5, and twenty-five miles ir
22:2 3-5. Barney Oldfeld, the dethroned
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
DR.. Hollingsworth Buried,

Funeral ceremonies for DR.. G. f. Hol-
lingsworth, veterinary surgeon IN
washington for many years, were held
In Rockville. Md, this afternoon. In.
terrncnt vas in Union Cemetery in
Rocky lille.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

The Commercial Automobile and Sup
ply Company reports the sale OF EMF
touring cars to Irving r. Saum and
George c. Boarman and an EMF demi-
tonneau to DR.. 1. 8. Stone.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15
LOCAL MENTION

"A Victim of Alcohol" Great s-Reel
feature today, Virginia, .. F. G.
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

Shower Bath. Stag Hotel, Cos 9th. Great
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

Alva Aerie, Fraternal Order Of Eagles,
will give It's first grand ball at the Elks
Home this evening. The proceeds Will
be devoted to the charity fund OF the
lodge
The Washington times., 1912-04-15

The monthly meeting of the Retail
Merchants' Association will be held in
the rooms of the chamber of commerce
fomorrow night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
A Nightmare Of Love
By Beatrice Fairfax

it be proper for me to call, too, as
she has never told me our engage
ment is broken. and l can not sleep
nights, as I always see her red hair
in front of me?'
One of the most distressing of all
spectacles is a girl pursuing a man, yet
letters like this give proof that pursuit
is what some men need. Not many.
but just a few like this great big, blum
dering, snail-like man.
He was engaged to girl; she left
town; he made no attempt to find out
why. though he still loves her to such a
maddening degree that he can't sleep
nights as he always sees her red hair
in front of him He knows another man
is trying to win her, yet he delays TAX
ing action till he learns if action is
UNSUITABLE.
Does he think he can win her by
standing still and moaning?
He can't sleep nights, he says, and
he seems to be making up for IT by
sleeping in the daytime!
The little god Cupid is armed with
bow and arrow There never would
have been such happy word as court
ship in the worlds vocabulary If this
little god of love lay awake all night In
the anguish Of unrequited affection and
yawned all day.
He has weapons to bring down his
victims, and he uses them.
The writer Of the above letter, who
for the time being. is Cupid's under
study. also has weapons. and he must
use them He must call on this red
haired vision of his waking dreams, and
tell her Of the unhappy plight into
which his love for her has plunged him.
He must be her escort on every oc-
ca sion on which she will grant him the
privilege he must send her candy and
flowers as if they were so many ar
rows: he must consult her wishes in all
things. and he must so surround her
with his love that she will lose all de-
sire to ever escape from it by forget
ting him in Pittsburg.
The love of a red haired girl is well
worth the winning Her love is fervent
like he rhair. She is generous to a
fault: she is warm hearted; she is true
Her love, once won. shows more lasting
qualities than the love Of either
blonde or a brunette She loves for
life,s
Because Of all this, / am sorry that
the man who loves her so maddeningly
is so timid. He needs just the force OF
character the color Of her hair indi-
Gates she possesses to become real
man. But he will never win her by
sleepless nights and days that are de-
voted to yaWns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
. e The Manicure Lady o o
By William F. KIRK

mas some ideas of making up rhymes
like 1 was strolling in the park and
it almost broke my heart when fron3
her had to go, for it left her all alone
That's the kind of a poet that Wilfree
is' George, but just the same he's mN
brother, and if anybody around here I'll
going to knock his poetry guess it will
have to be me- He wouldn't rest eass
II he thought one of you BARRIERS wal
picking any flaws in his verses"
Il don't care one way or the other. 4
said the Head Barber, YEARLY. II had
an uncle once out in Arizona that used
to write som verses His and hid
brother had ranch together. He dig
the verse writing for the firm and hid
brother did the work. 1t worked al
right for little while. because the ons
that wrote the verses kept bulling the
other brother that some fine day ona
Of the magazines would buy enough Of
his verses to help him buy another
ranch. The poems kept coming bach
like one Of them there boomeranss and
at last the brother that was doing Ali
esiN HOAh tOOh d BOOu, nealLny KICK a L
the brother that was writing all the
poetry, and the partnership dissolved
don't say that poetry writing amt 4
grand art. II you can get a little sugar
for the sweet thoughts that you write
but somehow or other it seems to me
that the uncle who did all of the work
around the ranch was a lot more useful
than the guy that was wasting a good
fountain PEN
We'll, you have talked quite a while ;,
said the Manicure Lady. Now. let ma
say few words. think poets is kins
Of useful sometimes. The old gent ha
went into the canned goods business.
and Wilfred has wrote him eight poem
about the special brands Of canned stun
that father is going to sell. One of the
verses goes:
All Of Johnson's goods ara canned
And their flavor is simply grand"
That amt bad" said the Head Bar.
Der.
You bet it amt" declared the Mani
cure Lady. You see, George, brother
has been canned so often that 1t comes
natural to him TO write about canned
goods"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
KIT WAS reading a funny thing the
other day about Mister Sir Wal

k(TW WAS reading a funny thing the
other day about Mister Sir Wal
ter Scott" said the Manicure
Lady. 1T told how he met Mister
Byron, and when Byron called him Mis-
ter Scott he said, Call me, Walt, kid;
call me Walt"
II amt interested much in them po-
cts said the Head Barber, because l
hear so much about the stuff that your
brother is all the time writing. / am
so used to listening to poetry that
am beginning to dodge any sentence
that begins with capital letter and
ends with a rhyme
The only reason | mentioned it, kid
do said the Manicure Lady, was to
show that even the poets knows how to
be as democratic as Mister Wilson. You
know lot Of people think that be-
cause a man can make up verses he is
ging around all the time with his head
up in the air, making noise like an
earthquake. Nothing could be no far
Their from the truth than that, George
Wilfred is one of the most democratic
fellows that you ever seen. OF course,
don't mean to say that he is as great
a poet as a man like Mister Sir Walter
Scott. but | will say that the poor kid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
TEN YEARS LATER.

Broadway Jones was again on Broad
way. But he was not alone. By his side
was his wife and to each of His hands
behind Josie, gazing back at the wonders
they passed, and ahead of them trudged
a strudy little boy. All of the members
of Jackson's family were hungry but they
passed without noticing SpearyS or Bee
tors or the new and splendid Tanley's.
Into side street turned the little pro-
cession, eventually to almost fill a little
restaurant, where the sole waiter looked
startled, as if so many patrons had never
entered the place together before.
1t was Jackson, not Josie, who crumpled
up the smaller children's bread and pushed
it into their cups. Josie herself watched
him with a strange smile on his face.
STILL ON THEIR HONEYMOON.
Suddenly her husband raised his head
and in his turn smiled. All were now
comfortable at the table.
do you know, dear, what today ISL
he asked.
Josie's brow almost frowned as she tried
to recall.
Surely, dear" she said, at isn't the
anniversary of our engagement That is
a little more than three weeks off.
The old humor rested softly in the
mans eyes.
How quickly woman, that is the tn
spiration to man, forgets, he said.
Josie still searched her memory.
"Oh, I know" she said. 1T must be the
day for the new dividend of the men, or
the anniversary of the new school, or the
anniversary of the hospital-no, it can't
be any of those"
mo said Jackson; its nothing as
trivial as that"
And he drew gently from his pocket a
little time-y ellowed packet. whose cover
ing was broken, and held it aloft so that
she read: Jones Pepsin Waters"
why. where did YOU get that she eX-
claimed. We manufacture so little gum
at the plant nowadays; all of those real
useful things require so much of the
floor space"
Don't you remember" said her hus-
band. you gave me that packet on the
first night we met and a little later you
said"
He passed one of the waters to each OF
his children.
Hand it down to your children, and
their children, and so on and so on" he
quoted.
And a few moments later the waiter
of him he couldn't see why honeymoon
couple should borrow four children.
THE END.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
Up-to-Date Jokes

I'm not afraid of woman suffrage"
said little Ginks, My wife is a mill
tant suffragette. but up to date | am
julius Caesar in my house"
Il guess you are. l guess you are,
said Wiggles. There amt many
dearer ones than Julius Caesar in this
world"
Mildred, who had a small friend to
spend the afternoon with her, found
that the care of her little brother in
terfered with their plans. John showed
a tiresome persistence in joining their
games. Meeting but little encourage
ment, he asked at last, somewhat visit
fully:
"Milly. can't | play something
yes. John she replied firmly. GO
into the back room and play you're dead
for an hour and half
Ladies and gentlemen" said the
manager, before the curtain, lit is my
unpleasant duty to inform you that Mr..
c.. the star comedian, owing TO i'll
ness, will not be able to appear to-
night. His system has had a very Sc
we're shock, and he is suffering from
nervous prOstratiOT."
Whats the natter" shouted one Of
the gods from the gallery Did We pay
him in advanCe?"
An English clergyman turned to a
Scotsman and asked him:
What would you be were you not a
Scot?H
The Scotsman said: "Why, an Eng
lishman, of course"
Then the clergyman turned to the
gentleman from Ireland and asked him:
And what would you be were you
not an Irishman?"
The man thought for a moment, and
said:
I'd be ashamed of meself!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver

TT happened that / got to see Miss
Fay Wallace very early in the
morning, before that long, reddish
name of hers was tucked up in d
grownup manner
At the time, her hair was tied with a
big bow of ribbon. and hung down her
back over a negligee of apricot rolored
silk and ecru lace. The hair and the
silk went beautifully together. and l
found myself studying Miss WaIlace's
clever color arrangement of walls and
hangings and cushions, which is all
made to form a most artistic back
ground for this little girl with the red
hair, as she calls it, though it is more
auburn.
Miss Wallace has considered this
question of color very seriously. 1t is
reflected in the light gold color of the
walls. and in the old rose of the cush-
ions, in touches of furnished gold and
brown in the walls. Everything in the
room goes with that hair and brings
out the faint color in Miss Wallace's
white cheeks and the deep brown of her
eyes.
"A girl with ed hair has to study
herself more carefully than the decided
blonde or brunette type" explained Miss
Wallace, when l congratulated her on
her color scheme.
Il adore colors, anyhow, and l do try
to get the right combinations. and am
always experimenting to see if l can't
find anything better Colors should be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-04
GO TO HER MOTHER.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a young man u years old
and in love with a girl one year
younger. Every time | make an at
tempt at corr esponding. or meeting
her all my plans are frustrated by
her mother
| am at loss to know her rea-
sons, although it may be due TO the
fact that | remain out after con-
ventional hours This is a neces-
sity as | must have recreation and
l can not attain this desire unless /
stay out late, as | work nights and
my time is not my own until 11:30
o'clock
look ahead with sincere hopes
of making this girl my wife, for she
is the only one in the world for me
OF late | have tried every means
conceivable to communicate with
her but my efforts have proven flu
tile r. A. G.
Unless her mother knows all this. sh
has every reason for Directing to at
tentions given her daughter after 11:3
at night. Go to her, show her your in
tentions are honorable. Prove you
ability to care for a wife and ! an
sure she will listen to YOU with under
standing and sympathy.