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The Washington times., 1912-04-03
DELAY OF TRAIN
CAUSES CHANGE IN
y TAYLOR FUNERAL
Body of Senator Cannot
Reach Nashville Before
Tomorrow.

with the tracks OF the Norfolk and
Western railroad at wytheville, va,
Uttered with debris from a wreck yes
terday morning, the funeral train bear
ing the body of Senator Robert l.. Tay-
lor OF Tennessee is held up today near
the scene of the wreck, and the funeral
plans will have to be changed as a re-
suit. 1t was planned that the body Of
the Senator should rest in state In
Nashville. Tenn, today that Tennes-
scans might pay their last tribute to tho
man whom they all loved.
Reports from the scene OF the wreck
today say II will be impossible for the
train to reach Nashville before tomor-
row morning at the earliest. II the
train reaches Nashville by noon to-
morrow the body will rest in state until
Friday morning. when 1t will be taken
to Knoxville for interment In the
afternoon.
on the train are a number of Con-
gressmen apd friends of the Senator
Those in the party are Mrs. Taylor,
Senator Taylor's son, David Taylor; a
daughter. Mrs. Campbell Pitcher, and
her husband: Mrs S. y. Williams, 9
cousin OF the Senator; Senator'S Lea OF
Tennessee, Bacon of Georgia, Suther-
land OF Utah, Crane of Massachusetts,
Kern of Indiana, Page of Vermont,
OVerman of North Carolina, Fletcher OF
Florida, Bourne of oregon, Nelson of
Minnesota, Johnston of Alabama, Borah
Of Idaho, Culberson of Texas, Bradley
of Kentucky, and Watson OF West Vir-
gipla, and Congressmen Moon, Hull,
Houston. Byrne, Padgett, Sims, Gar
rett. McKellar. Austin and Sells OF
Tennessee, Gudger Of North Carolina.
Jacoway OF Arkansas, Langley and
Rouse of Kentucky, Lee of Georgia,
HefIn of Alabama, Tllson Of Connect
cut, and Beall OF Texas.
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
Fallieres Ready to
d." Retire From Office

PARIS, April 3.-President Fallieres,
whose term of seven years expires in
January, has made his plans for retire
ment completely and totally from public
life.
The President owns a block OF fats
in the Boulevard st. Germain. and he
will occupy one of his own fats. says
Gil Bias. There will be only a parlor.
study, dining room. and three bed
rooms. He will have neither footman
nor telephone. A cook and a house
maid will be all Nine. Fallieres will re-
quire. Neither cat nor a dog will be
kept, and he has caused to be inserted
in the leases to other renters who will
live near his own fiat a clause whereby
they are not to keep such animals,
either. A parrot will be his only pet.
Ex-President Emile Loubet lives SINH
larly. He lives in a very democratic
neighborhood near Notre Dame.
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
Police Searching for
Express Car Robbers

TRENTON, n. j.. April 3.-The police
of half dcsen cities along the main
line of the Pennsylvania railroad have
been notified to look for thieves who
looted an Adams express car at Prince
ton Junction. The express company Of
hcials ask that the police try to appre-
hend thieves with Ave suits of clothing,
which are said to be part of the plunde?.
The police are Under the impression
that the robbery is more extensive than
the Ave suits Of clothing. They figure
that the clothing, Is the best clue for
the authorities to work on and that the
company Is Withholding the real value
OF the goods stolen.
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
wAsHINGToU TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA,, VA. APRIL 8.

G. Mason Smith, the young Alexan-
drlan, who about three weeks ago was
held for the action OF the grand jury
here on a charge of pandering, was last
night arrested on United states war;
rant by Deputy Marshall David f.
Rubey. The Federal action was brought
at the instance OF Attorney Il. What
kins, of the Department OF Justice, who
gained the consent of the local court to
relinquish the case, in view of the fact
that the Government desired to prose-
cute the case.
The warrant was sworn out by What
kins last night, and Robey was at once
liberty on 81, 900 bond. He found him in
a local fruit store, and took him before
United States Commissioner r. p. w.
Garnett. where bond in the sum of $4,000
was furnished by a relative, w. F.
Smith. o..
It is understood, unofficially, that
Smiths trial win be held before Judge
Rose, in the United States court at
Baltimore, the date for which has not
yet been set. The crime with which
Smith is charged carries with II a max
imum penalty of ten years.
Marie Newman and May Manuel. the
two girls who are witnesses in the case,
Florence Crittenton Home. at Washing
ton, where they can be secured when
wanted by the Government. ...-.
andria Motorboat Association, held in
Hotel Fleischmann last night, II was
decided to apply to the State corpora
tton commission for papers incorporat-
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
FEDERAL WARRANT
FOR MASON SMITH
Young Alexandran Who Is Held for Pandering, Will Be
Tried in United States Court and Furnishes Bond
of $4,000 for Appearance.

ing the association. II was also an
nounced that the property OF the cleo
trio lighting company, located on tho
river front, had been secured as site
Wharfage of sixty feet, extending
back to Union street A track for the
conveyance OF boats to the water VIII
be constructed at once, and the matter
of building club house taken up later
Harry J.. Ames, a Fort Hunt soldier,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner r. =. w. .Garnett yes
terday afternoon. charged with the
theft OF diamond pin. The case was
continued until this afternoon, and be-
ing unable TO give bond, Amcs was con-
fined in jail. ia
William A. Moore, ir., has sold to
.Iohn NJ. Reed the house and lot on
tho north side OF Wilkes street. between
Royal and Fairfax streets.
At meeting OF the Reliance Steam
Fire Engine Company held last niglt,
arrangements were made for the annual
excursion TO Marshall Hall, to be held
June %. il was also announced that
arrangements had been made with a
on the fairgrounds from May 20 to 26 for
the benefit OF the FIRE company.
Maunder's "ol!vet to Calvary" was
given by the CnOlf OF St. Idul 4. II.
Church last night. The, soloists we're
Mrs. Elizabeth DE der, Mrs. Sherman
r. Fowler. James K. Young, Wilmer
Waller, Richard Writ Kenneth Ogden,
and j. Harris Franklin. Miss Caroline
Kast accompanied on the violin.
The quarterly business meeting of the
First Baptist Church will be held to-
night.
Thieves last night stole chewing
gum box from the store of Adams Il
Mason, Duke and st. Asaph streets.
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
$500
Were $50

Choice of Man-tailored Cloth
Suits among which will be dreams
of beauty, of white, tan, gray; navy
and white whipcord and serge.
Among the one-piece dresses will be
imported models of Ratine in black
and white, blue and white, and rose
and white, with huge collars and
trimmings of superb Irish crochet
lace. The Silk Suits will include
imported Russian coat and peplum
effects.
The Washington times., 1912-04-03
Fairbanks a Regent.

Charles Warren Fairbanks. former
Vice President OF the United States.
has been made a member of the boa nd
of regents OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. His appointment was approved
by the Senate without opposition.
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by patents. Next morning at 10 o'clock
he took out his patents. At o'clock
that afternoon another man applied Tor
a patent on the same idea. Through
this difference Of time one man gained
and another lost hundred million
dollars and world wide reputation:
Brig. Gen. Arson Mills is the in
ventor of the cartridge belt that every
wearer of the khaki buckles about him
when he goes into the field. Gen. Mills
in his earlier days on the frontier
found that the sewed belts worn at
that time were constantly ripping and
making it necessary for the soldier
der and fear greatly for the prospective
loss of his trousers. The young army
officer thereupon set about weaving belt
of his own that would be a vastly supe-
rior article. He showed it to the proper
authorities in the War Department and
they refused to buy. He offered it to
manufacturers and they stated that there
was no machinery that would weave it.
The army man thereupon invented a
weaving machine. wove trunkful of
belts and set sail for Europe. There he
sold the belt rights to each country sep
arate'y and started back home. Arriv-
ing in Washington, he was approached
by departmental officials. who had
heard. by way Of Europe, of the merits
of the woven belt. The officer made
Uncle Sam pay him "a fancy price for the
rights to use the belt. He gets royalty
of every one that is belted about the
zone Of soldier. There were more than
a million and a half of them bought in
single decade. Gen. Mills built a tall
War Department with the proceeds of his
sales to the government, and rented this
as an overflow office building for that de-
partment.
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lar members of congressional society
and seven children. quite patriarchal
gathering. according to modern usages
Mrs. Kent stands out among her CO.
tcmporaries for many reasons para
mount for her love of home She spent
nearly two weary months looking for a
spot tn transplant her dear ones. and
departing from the new palaces OF the
northwest and the alluring suites in
the up-to-date apartment houses. she
selected a home which once was among
the most celebrated in the city
After the British in 1914 had ruth
lcssiy burned the Presidents home and
much nf the property adjoining La
fayctte Square. the spriGhtly Dolly
Madison selected as A temporary dwell
ing q house up Pennsylvania avenue
way, and Immediately all the streets
toward the river became a fashiona BILE
section. r street. where Continental
Memorial Hall now stands, became, as
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lived in New Jersey, and who some
twenty years ago struck a staggering
blow at the cork shoppers. His inven-
ton was a rubber stopper that was tight
ened into the mouth of bottle by means
of a piece of stiff metal that was pulled
down as lever at the side of the bot
tie neck. All milk bottles had this fast
ener in the days of our youth.
De Quillefeldt is said to have made
S15.OOO.OO out of his patent. He met his
Waterloo however, when a yet simpler
idea appeared. Some enterprising indi-
vidual so cut a piece of pastebOard as to
bottles and stick. 1t would be difficult
to imagine simpler patent than this.
Yet it entirely outdid the multi-million-
aire of the stopper that preceded it and
put him out of business.
The piece of pasteboard used as stop
per does not, however, hold ths record for
fortunes made upon ideas so simple as
to be ignored by the multitude. The
hook and eye that plays such an impor-
tant part in holding feminine garments
together was a reasonably simple thing
in the beginning and made its little piece
of money. Husbands had been hooking
up their wives for a generation, however.
before the improved hook that made a
bigger fortune broke the simplicity rec
ord as well. One of these hookers-up. a
man named De Long and living in Phila-
delphia, had noticed that his efforts often
came to naught, for the hooks at the top
were frequently unoone DeIOre tnOSe at
the bottom were fastened. He bent an
especially exasperating hook in such a
way as to make a hump in it. 1t stayed
fastened. The hook with a hump was
patented and the public has been asked
continuously since to ''see that hump"
1t has seen it to the extent of some hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
There is another story of an invention
that likewise has domestic setting that
rivals this one for simplicity. The wom-
en- of the world have been using wire
hair pins for some decades. Through most
of the time since their invention these
hair pins have consisted Of two straight
pr0ngs of wire. One day a man was
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SuperfIu0us Wealth.

WOODROW WILSON. at dinner at
w Spring Lake. said of the multi
millionaire:
After all, most of his wealth is
superfluous. When I think Of a multi
millionaire's millions / am reminded
Of story about Gobsa Goldie.
- have four English man servants.
said Gobsa Goldie, on the terrace of
his marble cottage at Newport. -four
English man servants whose sole duty
it is to look after my sea bathing
He cleared his throat pompously
and continued:
1.-The first has charge Of my bathing
suits. the second takes care Of the bath
houses and the showers. and the third.
in a small boat, acts as a kind of life
guard to me-.
but the fourth-what does the
fourth do? listener asked
oh, he takes my bath Sea bath
ing always has a depressing effect on
my heart.
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Back Chat.

OBERT HENRI. the artist. was talk
IN ing, at a dinner in New York, about
the over finished and banal work of paint
crs of the Bouguereau type.
Leighton. the English Bouguereau. met
Whistler said Mr.. Henri. ''one day in
Piccadilly. The two men sauntered
through the Burlington Arcade talking
art.
But, my dear Whistler said Leigh
ton. you leave your work SO rough, so
sketchy. NY dear Whistler. why do you
never finish?
whistler screwed his glass into his
eye and gave q fiendish laugh.
My dear Leighton he said; why do
you ever begin?"
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newspaper accounts I feared that all
my relatives were lost in that awful
visitation and it was week of agony
in which many others shared. But lost
no one Mr.. Kent decided that it would
be best for the family to reside perma-
nently in California and make visits to
other points.
$50 we have lived in Kentfield since
the year of the earthquake, state
ment which always reminds my chill
dren Of the Lisbon earthquake year cele-
brated in Holmes inimitable poem But
Mr.. Kent has in reality been a citizen
of the state since his early manhood and
has large industrial interests in various
parts of the state. We are all fervent
believers in the greatness OF industrial
development, and my husband has encour-
aged his sons to avoid the overcrowded
professions and take up occupations in
the productive industries Our eldest son
named for the elder Kent, Albert EN-
met. graduated from Yale a year ago
and is now on a ranch in Nebraska,
doing farming and raising fine stock.
We hope that the other three will choose
some kindred branch in productive in
dustries.
"One of my theories which l hope
women will aid in working out is that
we must get the most intelligent and con-
scientious workers which our grand coun-
try can produce in the farming districts
We have SO few who are working farms
and each year we are getting SO many
more mouths to feed. When our college,
bred men are bringing to the production
of foodstuffs the splendid raining which
they get, then the regeneration of the
country has dawned. The open life of the
country. SO free and unrestrained for
soul and body, so wholesome and produc-
tive of good thoughts and deeds, will
bring the dawn of a better era for all
Mrs Kent comes of an ancient and
honorable family In the history of the
country. uer mother. eliza oeth Sherman,
was the granddaughter of Roger
Sherman of New York, one of the signers
of the Declaration of independence, and
this name has been given to the Oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Kent, a pretty
girl of seventeen VINO is student in the
seminary at Westover. Conn. Miss Kent
may take tie course y. the University of
California when she completes the course
at WeStover, but Of this her mother is
uncertain. Miss Elisabeth is not robust
and 1t may be that she will be among
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questions for themselves. They accept
the verdict OF their parents, and drift
along without any personal effort to study
the issues. l think women will show
much more individuality in voting. 1t,
of course, just now possesses the attri-
butte of novelty, always an incentive to
study.
Then perhaps it is the inherent Curl
osity of the sex, but usually a woman
wants to know why's and wherefores and
will keep on the theme until she finds
out what puzzles her. This being the
case, l am confident that conditions will
change wonderfully for the better in the
states where women vote. What we
wanted is not SO much considering the
opportunities for all under the law. We
want better school conditions everywhere,
sanitary and artistic. We want better
protection for life and health among
women and children and among certain
kinds of laborers, In fact among all kinds
of labOrers.
1T always amazed me that any. one
could question the sincerity Of women in
such causes. No one but a woman I'M
derstands the value Of life Therefore
when she uses her influence to conserve
1t. to give the helping hand to poor
mothers and feeble children she is mere
ly doing what the imperative call OF ma
ture dictates. l think when women help
to frame laws that accidents will be
rarer and culpable negligence which re-
suits in loss of life be il on the part OF
will be severely punished that we will
begin to be in the class with some Euro
pean governments. where a railroad ca
tastrophe Is an epoch. All the vast ma
chinery of home economies is better
managed by women and all the kindred
themes Of pure food. even the condi-
tons under which food is prepared for
the market. are her natural field of in
vestigation / do not, however, believe
I'm segregating the feminine vote. Wom-
en- and men can work together on pub
lie questions as happy husbands and
wives solve private problems. and each
can supplement the work of the other.
This is what we aim to do in California.
1T Is the most astonishing common
wealth. probably the most varied, in the
family OF states and we aim to make it
the model republic. one on which the
others can well model themselves. This
can be done by the harmonious union of
all it's citizens, without reference to the
chronological divisions. We reside quite
near San Francisco. and are indeed a part
Of that community. My husbands father.
Albert Emmett Kent. went to the Pacific
coast from Chicago in the early six
ties. They took up a large tract of
land. now the beautiful estate called
Kentfeld. where Mr. Kent the elder still
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standing behind his wife while she dress
ed to go out with him. He was killing
time watching her tie few sailors knots
with her hair. She reached that stage
of the operation where the hair pins We're
to be inserted. The husband noticed
that his wife bent each hair pin back and
forth before putting ii in her hair. He
asked her why she did 1t. She said that
hair pin so it would stay in. The hus-
band Immediately patented "a crinkly
hair pin, and now a bevy of maids insert
them in my lady's hair. for these people
have summer home on the Hudson and
own a yacht.
Thaddeus Fairbanks was a New Eng
land farmer. with long whiskers and
much Yankee ingenuity. In his time
those old-fashioned steelyards were the
only scales for weighing the produce Of
the farm. Platform scales were I'M
known. and there was much trouble
wherever large merchandising was done
in weighing the bulky articles that were
bought and sold. The difficulty of weigh
ing an article on a platform scale was
due to the fact that the levers under
meath the platform had never been SO adj
justed that the weight would be recorded
the same regardless of the portion OF
the platform upon which it rested
=
Fairbanks thought the levers could be
rugged up right He drew many dia-
grams Of these levers by day and thought
much OF their arrangement by night. It
was from thinking by night that the
problem was finally solved and Thad-
deus aroused the family to celebrate the
occasion. The family did not enthuse
at the time but later got in the game,
for everybody in the world named Fair
banks was made rich because of the de-
mand for platform scales that came from
every nook and Granny OF the whole
world.
1t was in 1853 in the city of Philadel-
phia that man named Hyman III. Lip
man invented a lead pencil with a rub
her on it. In those days the people of
the street did not talk in the monster
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pared in the field, on the march. and
with the assistance of only such utensils
as might be easily transported. All this
free itself of the necessity of eating
bareback when on the hike. The great
need was an oven adapted to fhe purpose
of cooking brTad in the field.
Buzzicott invented one. 1t is q sheet
iron cube, four feet in every dimension.
1t weighs but forty pounds and is col
lapsible. 1t may be knocked down and
thrown into a wagon and will occupy lit
tie space. 1t may be set up in a mo-
ment and it will supply 1900 men. 1t
filed a long felt need. The government
has bought $3O0,OOO worth of these ranges
already They are manufactured by a
firm that pays a handsome royalty to the
former private soldier and that parsonage
is living in aff1uence.
Whenever anybody in the United States
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pulls the cap off bottle Of anything
that fixes with intent to quench
thirst, he pays the fraction of a cent in
royalties to William H. Painter, who lives
in Baltimore. Painter is the man who
invented the little metal cap that fits on
the mouth of an the beer and soda water
simplest thing imaginable. yet there is no
stopper that compares with 1t. Painter.
however. carried this patent about in his
pocket for six years before he found
hacker to manufacture the cap. Eventu-
ally man was found who advanced small
amounts of money and received half
interest in the patent in return. The first
year the net returns were $4,000, and
this gave capital for larger operations.
and millions have resulted
Painter was not. however. the first man
to make a fortune in shoppers. There
was a man named De Quillefeldt who
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A Gentle Diq.

DICHARD HARDING DAVIS at a sup.
~ per at Mouquin's in New York. told
a good story about dramatic critic.
The young man." Mr.. Davis said. had
roasted an actress dreadfully in his dra-
matte column. He was introduced to her
a few days later. and she said:
II think 1t was real mean Of you tn
roast me like that. especially when you
know that ! have three children and a
husband. who Is . dramatic cxtttot Ia
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In the Old Days.

MAYOR HARRISON OF Chicago, con-
AVA graduated on the orderliness of the
Windy city under his regime. told a re-
porter an episode of old Chicago.
In old Chicago he said, "a lady was
walking on a fashionable boulevard when
she dropped her purse.
"A rough behind her picked IL up and
put ii in his pocket.
Excuse me. SIR said the lady, but
that purse is mine
Was yours. you mean. said the
rough, as with a loud laugh and a wink
at passing policeman he STROBE on.
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CHE Is Progressive, and
- Was One of the Impor-
tant Factors in the Suffrage
Triumph in the State
Daughter Of the Late DR..
Thomas Thatcher, for Thirty
Years Latin Professor at
Yale-Representative and
Mrs. Kent Have Resided for
the Past Two Winters in
Charming Old Home on the
Corner of goth and F Streets,
Locally Famous as the Ray
Mansion.
By MARGARET Il. DOWNING