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The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
THE WEEKS PLAYBILLS
Natfonal-ssThc FireAy.0

Natf0nal-ssThc FireAy."
Arthur Hammerstein. the man behind
the production, will present Emma Tren-
TIM ip THE Firefiy' at the National this
week.
A New York recreation pier, a tropic-
ally beautiful estate in Bermuda, and q
Fifth Avenue interior are the back
grounds against which q plot of crossed
and shifting loves is developed. Jack
Travers, engaged to Geraldine vandare
in act one, discovers himself. as the plot
develops, in love with charming little
Nina, the street singer unjustly accused
of theft. Jacks uncle, John Thurston,
has in the meantime lost his heart to
Geraldine, who loves him in return. Jack
is too honorable to break with Geraldine.
thinking she loves him; Thurston. who
thinks she loves Jack. suffers in silence,
as does Geraldine herself.
At last an accident which proves how
mistaken they all were brings the action
to q happy conclusion. with Nina in
Jacks arms and Geraldine In Thurs
toms. The minor characters are skill
fully introduced and add much to the
enjoyable vivacity and movement Of the
plot.
The score Ii full Of melodious songs
which hnger easily and pleasantly
memory.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Lyeeun-s.A.to Gsris.,

The management Of the Lyceum Thea
ter will present for next week Teddy 81.
monds' Auto Girls"
The ensemble win be presented In q
two-ect rollicking farce. Married for q
Day." Both acts are brimfpl Of laugh.
able situations. bright lines. and Witty
hits, and charming musical numbers.
Mr.. -Simonds has engaged metropolitan
cast, and among them WIN be found MI
dred 9toller. Charles Baker. Lester Pike,
Bertha Gibson. Frankie Grace, Hasel
Ford. Lew Shean, and many others.
The country store still continues to be
an attraction. to be continued Tuesday
night.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
.Use Old lGaise, csaeA.

The old stage coach used In "Rebecca
Of sunnybrook Farm" - not . stage
but the real article. picked
up by Nrs Kate Douglas Wiegin the
summer before the play va. produced,
while she was Waiting some relatives In
skowaheean, Me. The coach used 10
piv between the railroaA aisd several
Maine villages lying miles back from tie
sound Of the locomotive whistle.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

E4Ny2s EtiAheee have booked Eugene
Neleas r1ays ms Trail Of the Lone
t4e1 3SllSplxS&<Ae Cplumhia Thea
- ~ play. which =
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Cosnos-VauAeville.

Frank MacCormick and company in
'-The Night Of the Wedding" . tabloid
comedy, win furnish the leading feature
of the Cosmos Theater bill this week.
Another special attraction Of unusual
excellence II promised In the terpsichor-
can Offering Of Yerx, the European Sam
son. and Frances Adele. entitled "Sam-
son and Della" which has been praised
for its grace and beauty.
Fritz Christiani. who II billed a. The
Silver violinlst." and who was Q resi-
dent Of Washington, and well-known In
its musical circles prior to his tour
around the world seven years ago. II
another bright number Of the bill. which
Will also include Farnum and Delmar,
Tho Prima Donna and the BOBBY"
Malumby and Musette, In q sparkling
number Of song and repartee, an act yet
to be announced. and the motion pic
ture plays headed by the famous Pafhe
Weekly Review Of Current Events.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Gayet,-.The Da.zler..'

The Dasziers." will be the attraction
at the Gayety next week. presenting .
two act musical farce called .'Dussn.
the .,sputy." with both book and nnuaic
by-1ses Erred Pste Cusiss. feg0egtx
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
organ recitais at In. tn. and inter-
mission and the Animated Weekly
worldwide Happenings.
Psli's-vauaeville.


Tom Barry. Q character comedian of
recognized ability. will ofIer his latest
and most succsssfui one-act comedy.
''The German INVASION" az the head
line feature on the bill At Polls this
week. Mr.. Barry will be assisted by
Miss Birmingham a. . bride and Mr..
Phslan ~ the bridegroom, while the
star 'hinsself win Be seen al an irate
father. The scene ID laid In . New York
apartment houee at the present time.
Second In importance on the bill WIN
be the Charles B. Lawlor company. The
Lawlor family II noted for the fidelity
with which picturesque italian types are
portrayed.
Goodrich. Van and Hin are expected
to entertain with their novel cabaret
feature, which is q mixture Of songs,
dances and repartee. ALI Ripon will be
the ventriloQuist Of the bill. offering q
diversion entirely different from that
presented by Hugh Emmett last week.
Mills and Moulton will be heard in
clever sidewalk chatter and Joe White
head will prove . divertins monologue
and parody artist. This bill win be
brought to Q close with Insa and Lorella,
two agile and grotesque acrobats.
Aeaasny-~The Dinebat Family"
The success Of The Dingbat Family"
the cartoon subjects adapted to the mus
icai comedy stage by Mark Swan. IL due
more than anything else to the real.
red-blooded fidelity to characters and in
cidents Of everyday life portrayed COM
ically and sometimes satirically. a. the
theatergoers want them. The troubles
Of Dingbat and his wife. the Duchess
with the family upstairs" may be
tribe exaggerated but they are neverthe-
less homely troubles and as q. musical
comedy prove q potent attyaction at the
Academy this week.
The company includes Rich McAilister.
the diminuttve English actor Who lately
scored In the famous vaudeville vehicle.
"A Night in q London Music Hail." the
Countess Olga Won HatSfeldt who II q
prima do.na Of more than usual ability
and WIN brings .. very attractive per-
sonality to the part Of Mary Dingbat,
Rena Lewis. the second May Irwin who
makes . most astonishing Mrs Dingbat;
Hazel Rice. the premier dancer: William
Pruette. jr.. the rapidly rising young
barytone, and the fat boy comedian.
Bobby Wagner who plays Dingbat's son
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Observation-Disclosures Of sunnybrook
Farm"


"Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" the
6ramatixation Of Mrs. Kate Douglas
Virgins world famous '.Rebecca Books,
by Mrs. wiggfn and Miss Charlotte
Thompson. staged by K1aw & Erianger
under the direction Of Joseph Brooks.
will be seen for the second time in
Washington this week at the Columbia.
No more delightful giriish heroine
has ever been given to the stage than
Mrs. Virgins winsome. Whimsical Re-
becca. She radiates with the sheer Joy
Of life. The magic Of her youthful spirit
permeates the entire action Of the play.
influences the lives and characters of
the stage people with whom she comes
in contact. and reaches across the foot
lights to grip the hearts Of her auditors
and send their vagrant memories askip-
ping back, along the years to the price
less days Of their own half forgotten
youth. 4
/, Simple as iss the story of the play. It
holds 20 much that IL true, % much
that u pure, and % much Of the e.
sence of youth and springtime that one
can readily understand how even %
frivolous q city a. NSw York learned
20 love Rebecca % greatly that II would
not let the play leave Manhattan until
1t had run an enfifes solid year 1t ths
Republic Theater.
The original cast Of players. including
Archie Boyd. Sam Colt. vloIet Ner-
.6aFeau. ADJ Deayes, Nenne1le Foster,
Hayward 0ian. and ClAsa Nerssreau,
~ euErpund - TAliafsf5e I.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

Pierre .Bertou, author. .oe ':ZA3a,. diod
II r1f1j on oetober u - t1e - -
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
> BeIaseo-GaLy Deslys.

Gaby Desiys. the highest paid and most
talked-about woman in the world, will
appear In Washington for nve perform
ances at the Belasco Theater. beginning
Thursday night. November q. The cele-
brated French woman will give two NATL
nees. on Friday and Saturday.
Mile. Deslys comes here supported by
the entire New York Winter Garden
company, and viii az. ar in Vera Vio-
letta- which h the piece in which she
appeared in the Winter Garden last win
ter. Prominent IN her support are Bar
ney Bernard. Lee Harrison, Arthur Stan
ford. Paul Nicholson, Dorothy Parker.
Melville Elns, Harry Pilcer, Clara
Palmer. Ernest Hare. eight madcaps. and
nifty stunning Gaby girls from the boule-
wards and the Great White Way.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Club.'' y

The story Of A. H. Wood newest i'm
ported musical comedy. THE Woman
Haters' Club" which will be the attrac-
ton at the National next week. shows
how futile 1t Is to oppose the fair sex.
You ind Maj. Won Essenberg. an army
ofnceS. disappointed In love because OF
an imaginary misunderstanding with his
nAncee. Marie Wilton. The major or
Ganises . woman haters' club. which
aims to ave its members from the
clutches Of the fair sex. All goes well
with, the club untif the majors nephew
beeomte . member OF the club.
AS the story moves on toward the
ultimate triumph Of love over hate MEM
bers OF the club drop out, one by one,
until none 10 left but the major, and
then he cspitulstes and folds his sweet
heart Marie. tn hs big arms. And thus
y man and, his selnsh ambitions routed
BY woman's Wit and affection.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

Edith Taliaferro's vixualixation Of RE
becca Of Sunnybrook Farm" that most
delightful and original girl creation Of
Kate Douglas Wiggin. returns to WASH
ington this week. coming to the Column
bia Theater. Those who saw Miss Tai
iaferro's portrayal Of Rebecca last year
have not forgotten Its charm.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
~0e Pine

IlsnIls-ssTAe Tran Of the Lone
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12

Since the first of the year 70 mar
riage licenses have been issued by
Register and Recorder John I. Carr at
Sunbury.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
SCHMIDT
FOUND GUILTY
Murder in the First Degree the
Verdict of the Jury.
PENALTY DEATH IN CHAIR.
~ Would Rather Die Tonight Than
Tomorrow" He Says-Coun-
sci Undecided About
Appeal.
(Copyright.)

New York. - Hans Schmidt was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree for killing Anna Aumuller, a
young woman he had married through
a self-performed ceremony while act
Ing as a priest at st. Joseph's Church.
The penalty for the crime is death
in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison. He will be sentenced this
week.
Schmidt, whose defense was In
sanity, laughed bitterly when the YER
dict was pronounced. He had stead
lastly declared himself guilty and at
his arraignment before being held for
the Supreme Court pleaded that he be
punished by death. Later he protested
against the insanity defense advanced
by his counsel and said he would not
assist them in any way if they pre-
pared an appeal.
81 would rather die tonight than to-
morrow" he said. ut is as 1t should
be and as | wish it,"
This was the second trial and the
jury was out a few minutes less than
five hours. At the first trial the jury
disagreed. Alienists for prosecution
and defense supplied most of the testi-
mony at both trials. Schmidt's oun
sci hoped that II he was not acquitted
On the grounds of mental unsoundness
the degree of guilt fixed by the jury
would be second degree murder; for
the jurors, sending out for instructions
shortly after retiring, were informed
by Justice Vernon M. Davis that they
could if they wished pronounce a YER
dict less severe than death.
A. G. Koelble, of Schmidt's counsel,
asserted after the verdict that owing
to the former priests persistent ST.
lence concerning the crime 1t had not
been possible to place all the facts be-
fore the jury. He said Schmidt was
not guilty Of murder, but had shielded
a physician after the woman's death.
She vas not murdered, the lawyer de-
clared. If the police would display
energy, he said, they could get at the
truth. The lawyer was undecided
whether he would take an appeal.
Father Schmidt will never go to the
electric chair" he added.
Anna Aumuller's body was cut up
with a knife in Schmidt's fat on Sep
TENDER 2 and the pieces, in several
bundles, were tossed into the Hudson
river, where most of them were found
before suspicion was directed against
Schmidt. The head was never re-
covered. Schmidt in his confession to
the police said he was commanded to
make "a sacrifice" Of the Aumuller
girls life by his patron, st. Elizabeth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
CARRANZA TO
USE AER0PLANE
Among the War Munitions to Be
Ordered at Once.
OPERATE ON PACIFIC COAST
Gen. Angeles To Have Charge Of the
Organization OF the Aerial Fleets.
Only Mexican Aviators viii
Operate Machines.

C~uliacan, Sinaloa, Mex. - Military
aeroplanes will be among the war
munitions to be ordered at once from
the United States by General Carranza,
the rebel chieftain. This was an
nounced after Carranza had made
hasty arrangements to take advantage
Immediately Of the American govern
ment's action in lifting the embargo
on the expectation Of arms. The
a%eroplanes will be used in campaigns
in Northern Mexico.
Fourteen thousand rifles, with suf-
fcient ammunition for a long cam
paign, already have been ordered.
1t was stated also that the insur-
gents would import artillery with
mounts suitable for use aboard YES
sells, which will be armored for opera
lions against the Pacific Coast lei
ports still held by the Huerta forces.
The organization of aerial wal fleets
will be effected by General Angeles,
sub-secretary of war in the Carranza
cabinet. II will be commanded by
Capt. Fredrico Cervants, who recently
returned after having spent three
months as a student in military avia-
ton camps in France.
Only Mexican aviators will be used,
including two members Of CarranZa's
staff, who are qualified air pilots.
The $4,000 rifles contracted for will
be used to equip rebel troops In
Chihuahua and Zacatecas.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
TUBERCULOSIS
is RECEDING
State Statistics Show Other
Forms of Death Leading
EFFECTIVE FIGHT WAGED
For Years Monthly Reports Of Depart
ment Of Health Showed Excess Of
Deaths from Tuberculosis-Pneu.
monia Leading Disease.

Especial Harrisburg Correspondence
Harrisburg.-Evidently the fight on
tuberculosis, which is being waged all.
over Pennsylvania, is beginning to
have effect. For years the monthly
reports from the State Department
Of Health have invariably shown more
deaths from tuberculosis than from
any other cause, but recently the re-
ports show a reduction, and that for
November announces that during that
month, out of a total number OF 1851
deaths only 712 were from tuberculo-
sis, while there were 96S deaths from
pneumonia and 1856 from Bright's di-
sease, the latter considered incurable.
OF the communicable diseases diph-
iberia carried off 229; typhoid fever,
147; scarlet fever SO; measles, 40, and
~whooping cough, "a. Cancer had 43O
victims. There were rs suicides, 76
killed in the mines and 116 met death
on the rail, while other forms Of vio-
lence killed 431. On the other hand
the number of births during November
was 1873. .
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12

Washington Fire Company, Of Con-
shohocken has decided to get automo-
bile fire apparatus.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
SEVEN AMERICANS
ARE PRISONERS
Held by Mexican Bandits Who
Wrecked Tunnel.
VILLA AFTER DESPERAD0ES
Twenty-Five OF the Robbers Shot Last
Tuesday-Bandlts Also De-
stroy Two Important
Bridges.

Juarez, Mexico.-Seven American
railroad men are believed to be prison
ers; the Great Cumbre Railroad tun'
mel through the continental divide is
In ruins, and the Mexican Northwest
ern passenger train which left here
Wednesday morning is a charred
wreck at the mouth of the tunnel as
the result of the depredations Of mem.
bers of the Maxine Castillo gang OF
bandits.
This information simplifying reports
from Chihuahua was received here at
the headquarters Of the railroad. It
corrects the statement that 1t was the
Drake tunnel, a smaller bore south of
Cumbre, that was destroyed. The
Cumbre tunnel is the largest on the
road, $500 feet long.
The names of the prisoners reported
here are:
M. j. Gilmartin, superintendent of
the road.
II. Schofeld, superintendent Of ter.
minals at Juarez.
Lee Williams, assistant manager Of
the railroad commissary.
L. ]. McCutcheon, engineer OF the
passenger train.
j. +. Webster, conductor.
II. +. Marsdens, express agent.
A seventh American is believed to
have been on the train and was also
employed on the freight train which
was used to fire the tunnel.
Gen. Francisco Villa, commander Of
the rebel forces, now at Chihuahua,
was enraged at the news, and in a tele-
gram which passed through here in
structed Gen. Felipe Macias, operat.
ing in the Casas Grandes district, to
shoot every man who could not salts
factorily account for his presence
there.
The bandits are believed to be
operating in two forces Of about 30
men each, as Cumbre is a hard days
ride from El Vale, neal Casas
Grandes, where % of the robbers were
captured and shot last Tuesday.
The other detachment, believed to
be under Castillo himself, did the
wrecklng, probably in revenge for the
fate of his men at El Vile. He cap
tured a train Of stock cars Wednes-
day and ran 1t into the tunnel, where
1t was set on fire.
The tunnel was ablaze that evening
when the passenger train from Juarez
was captured and sent headlong into
the roaring tunnel furnace, which was
belching flames and smoke from its
mouth.
Castillo then destroyed two neigh
boring bridges, one of them construct
ed of steel, and a two locomotives
over the embankment into a deep
canyon.
Aroused to a high pitch Of anger by
the capture of American railroad Off
cials and trainmen by Maxine Cas-
tillo's bandits, posses are being formed
in the Guerrero district to assist the
rebels In running down the bandits.
The posse Is reported to consist Of
cowboys from the Hearst ranch. Rail-
road employees and men from the
MADEIRA Lumber Company's plant are
said to be among those who have vol
unteered to assist in the hunt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
Democrats Draft Rules.

The special Committee on Rules,
appointed by the Democratic State
Committee last year, drafted new rules
for the party, and these, after being
gone over by a subcommittee, will be
submitted to the State Executive Com
mittee. The members of the Rules
Committee present were Arthur Nc
Kean, Beaver Falls, chairman; w. II.
Greasy, atawissa, and Bruce +. Ster-
ling, Uniontown. Members absent
were Parke Il. Davis, Easton, and Jo-
seph O'Brien, Scranton. With the
committee also met State Chairman
Roland S. Morris, Philadelphia; L.
Lowrey Humes, Meadville; David
Wallerstein, Philadelphia; Vance C.
Mccormick, this city, and Resident
Secretary Warren Vandyke. The rules
which were drafted to conform with
the new primary and election laws,
were submitted to a special committee
composed Of Messrs. Mexican, Humes
and Sterling. The Democratic State
rules have not been altered since 1908.
The old rules provide for a division
of the State into nine parts, and d.
vision chairman constitute the Execu-
tive Committee. In keeping with the
primary laws the State chairman will
be chonse at the meeting of the State
Committee to be called in June.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
TO RUSH ARMS OVER BORDER.
Dealers In War Material Preparing For
a Big Business.

New Orleans.-Dealers in war ma
terial here began to prepare supplies
for shipment to rebels in Northern
Mexico as a result of the decision of
President Wilson to lift the embargo
on shipments Of munitions of war into
the Southern Republic. About 100 men
were working at warehouses packing
rifles, cartridges and machine guns.
Rebel representatives here said the
supplies would be rushed across the
border as rapidly as transportation
facilities could be obtained. Great
quantities of munitions have been here
for months under the surveillance of
United States government officials.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
WOMAN ACCEPTS PAsToRATE.
Miss Sarah Eckroyd viii Assume New
Duties At Once.

Williamsport, Pa,-Miss Sarah Eek
royd, of Pennsdale, has accepted the
call to the p%astorate of the Christian
Alliance Church at Avis. She will as
sumo her duties at once. Miss Eek
royd is 40 years of age. She has been
engaged in religious work for a num-
Der Of years and has lately been in
charge Of a congregation of the AL
lance Church at Hughesville.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
HIGHER WAGES
FOR SOBER men
All Employees Of a Big Industry
Invited to Sign Contract
GET TEN PER CENT BONUS
General Manager Declares Men Who
Don't Drink Are Uniformly Worth
More-Pleased With Accept.
ance Of Plan by 800 Men.

Chester.-The Philadelphia Quartz
Company, believing that the efficiency
OF a w~orkingman Is greatly accelerated
by total abstinence from intoxicating
liquor, has offered the employees Of It's
plant In this city an inducement for
them to enter into an agreement to
abstain from all forms Of intoxicating
liquors. The company agrees to give
a 10 per cent. bonus with the wages
of the men who sign the agreement.
William II. Stanton, general manager
of the plant and originator Of the plan,
says he is greatly pleased with the
response OF employees TO the offer.
With no hesitation nearly all Of the
300 men employed at the plant signed
the agreement, and at the next pay
will receive the increased wage. Mr..
Stanton said: IL believe every man
should be paid what he is worth. Il
is only common sense that a strictly
sober man is worth far more to the
company than II occasionally drunk,
or even one who imbibes now and
then. We do not intend 20 draw any
distinction between the man who does
not sign the agreement and those who
believe In the scheme but we will not
employ a man who Is known TO be OF
habitual Incorporate habits, and for
that reason we expect little objection
or hesitation on the part of our EN-.
ployes to sign the agreement. A man
Is a man, and 1t is up to him to prove
TO me-not me being obliged to dis
cover that fact for myself. We will
lemploy no spies or tattlers in this
plan. Any n who wishes to drink,
after signing the paper, may do so.
but II we have knowledge OF that
fact, his drinking automatically sewers
his connection with this company"
Mr.. Stanton further states that It Is
the object OF the company to employ
capable and competent men, and that
It was only too apparent that this
condition could be brought about only
by the employment Of sober and in
Idustrious men, the two latter quail
Ihcations working hand in hand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12
BURNETT BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Provides LiteraCy Test For Ad,
mission of immigrants.
WILSON AGAINST PROVISION
Opponents OF Educational Tea
Fought strenuousIy To the Last,
But Are Overwhelmingly
Defeated.

Washington.-The Burnett Immigrs
ton bill prescribing a literacy ties. fu
applicants to admission to the Unite,
States was passed by the House by I,
vote of 241 to 1875.
All proposed amendments relatln,
to the exclusion of Asiatic immigranh
had been previously eliminated.
AS passed the bill provides thai.
every immigrant admitted to III,
United States must be able to real!
the English language, or some othe,
language or dialect, including HebreV
or Yiddish." 1t p~rescribes the metho.
of testing immigrants, STIMULATING thai.
each applicant for admission mus
read a slip on which is printed be
tween 80 and 40 words.
in its present form this measun
passed the House and Senate In III,
last Congress, but was vetoed by Pres.
dent Taft. A similar bill was vetoed
during President Cleveland's second
administration.
The supporters of the bill are COZ
fdent that 1t will again pass the Sen.
ate, although President Wilson has lei
1t be known that he does not apprOw
the literacy test.
Opponents Of the chief provigI
fought strenuously to the last, but Oh
a final effort to eliminate the test from.
the bill they were defeated, 14O ID
2S9.
The final vote came at the end o,
a day Of vigorous debate, which al
times threw the House into confusion
and on several occasions threatened ID
Il very serious trouble.