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The Washington herald., 1912-05-21
FRENCH COUNCILLOR
OF STATE is HERE
N. Chargueraudr and His. Party Will
Be Guests of Highway Officials
at Dinner Tonight,

In honor of N. Chargueraud, coun-
cilor Of State. Inspector General OF
Bridges and Highways, and Director of
Roads and Navigation of the French
Republic, a dinner is to be given at the
New Willard this evening. under aus
pices Of the American Association for
Highway Improvement
sisting OF NJ. de Pulligny, Chief Of the
French Mission Of Engineers in the
United States; NJ. de Jolly, Engineer in
Chief OF Bridges and Highways Depart
ment OF Paris; and NJ. Beauvaist, an In
spector General Of Bridges and High
ways associated with NJ. Chargueraud,
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21
Injurfes Not SERIOUS.

Physicians yesterday learned that the
most serious injury sustained by DR..
J.. D. Pollock. dentist at s7 c Street
Northwest, when he accidentally fell
from a second-story window at so G
Street Northwest. was q broken collar
bone II was al frst believed Dr.. Pol
locks neck had been broken
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21
Leave. Properly to widow.

The viii of Charles E. Engels, dated
July II 1856. offered for probate yester-
day. leaves his estate TO his widow,
Adolphine NJ. Engels, and his daughter,
Rosa EnEels. The estate includes the
property at s0s-s1o Twelfth Street South
east and io7-Hs L Street Northeast
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs. John Sherman Crosby. President
Of the woman's Democratic Club of
New York City, will be the guest of
Senator James A. Reed and Mrs. Reed
at their home, 1856 Baltimore Street.
this week.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

is not officially represented In that body.
The next International Road Congress
will be held in London In 1918, and an
effort Is to be made to bring the congress
that follows to the United States.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Atlantic City for q short stay, where
she Il a guest at the Chalfonte.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Miss Marguerite Barbour is the guest
OF Mrs. Bulmer at Annapolis, where
she attended the hop and ball given last
Saturday. ..
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Robey, OF the
Norfolk, had a reception and supper last
evening in honor OF Mrs. Robey's aunt,
Mrs. Van Fossen, OF Ypsilanti, Mich.
The parlor and dining-room were beau
tifully decorated In American Beauties
and palms Mrs. Henry Stein and Miss
Josephine Coan sang solos, and little
Adele Robey did some fancy dancing.
Mrs. Van Fossen leaves for home to-day.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

The value Of the total mineral output
Of Alaska in 1911 Is estimated At s2e.-
$4,000. compared with t1s.ss3.e71 In
1910.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs Talbot and Miss Talbot will close
their apartment in the Connecticut the
FIRST week in June and go to their home
IN California for the summer months.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs william L. Thurber, who spent
the past six months at Fort Pierce, Fla,
returned to her home, 15l Adams Street
Northwest, a few days ago. and win be
pleased TO see her friends on Tuesdays
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs. william Haywood has returned
to Washington from Philadelphia, where
she made q brief visit last week.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

AS earthquakes always give rise to
electrical waves. an italian scientist has
perfected apparatus which has regis
tered these waves several minutes be-
fore scismograph has shown earth
movements
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs. Theodore TIIler. Of Chevy Chase.
has gone to Greenvflle. s. c.. to join the
house party which Mr.. and Mrs W. A
Gilreath are entertaining this week for
the horse show there.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Miss Mildred Greble. daughter Of Col
Edward St John Greble, U. s. A. Will
70 to Philadelphia on June to make a
series Of vtsits before going to Maine.
Her sister, Miss Greble. win visit In
Philadelphia and at Buckhill. Pa. dur
ing the latter part OF June and during
July
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

The Misses Gatewood VIII go to Fair
fax, Va, to be the weekend guests OF
state Senator and Mrs Thornton. On
saturday afternoon Mrs. Thornton viii
entertain at a bridge party in their
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21
SOCIETY

The Japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess chinda were among the lunch
con guests yesterday OF DR.. and Mrs.
Preston satterwhite at their place, Mar
tin Hall, Great Neck. Long Island.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs N. E Thaxter. with her grand
daughter. Miss Katherine Denison. will
go to her summer place at Cape Eliza
beth, Ne, early next month. to spend
the summer months.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mrs. Arthur d. Addison win go to
Bar Harbor early next month to open
her cottage for the season She will
be Joined later IN the season by Mr..
Addlcon.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-21

Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Downing and the
Misses Downing. who have been spend
ing the past few weeks at the Arlington
since their return from Augusta. ca
where they spent the winter. are now at
Chevy Chase Inn About the nrst OF
next month they win 90 to Jamestown,
r. l., for the summer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
SNAKE ON RAIL HALTS TRAIN
Joker Is Arrested For Trespassing as
Obstacle Looks Like
Iron Bar.

Norristown, Pa.-Because he took
liberties with a snake, Leonard Mink
of Philadelphia, resorter at Graters-
ford, was fined heavily by Justice e.
M. Harry.
Mink, while fishing, saw large wa
tersnake, and killed it. AS it's tail
was still wriggling he threw the rep
tile on the tracks oe the Perkiomen
railroad in front of an approaching
passenger train.
The engineer, seeing the act and
noting that the man ran up the bank,
thought he was train-Wrecker, and
mistook the snake for bar of iron.
The engineer applied the emergency
brakes, which brought the passengers
to their feet and the train to sudden
stop. Then the snake was found
Special Policeman O'Donnell of the
Reading Railway company happened
to be on the scene and took Mink in
to custody for trespassing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Youth imprisoned for Four Hours
in Burial Place.
Young George SmedIey and Play
mates Found Door of the Tomb
of Hero of Tippecanoe
Open and Went In.

: Cincinnati.-George Smedley, six
teen years old, living at North Bend,
on the Ohio, a few miles from Gin
cinnati, was a prisoner for four hours
In the vault of President William
Henry Harrison's tomb, standing Lore
ly and sombre on the heights over
looking the river.
Young Smedley and two companions
wandered up to the tomb and, finding
the door open, went inside. Smedley
remained in the interior after his com.
panions had emerged, and they, as a
joke, shut the heavy iron door and
braced it with heavy stick, and they
ran away, in the belief that little
effort on Georges part would open the
door. But the fastening held and he
couldn't bulge 1t. He was in a panic
of fright by this time and crying for
help.
Mrs. Gabriel OF Norwood, O.. who
just beyond the tomb, was passing
through lane which passes near the
tomb when she heard muffled cry:
Help! Help!" Frightened, and not
knowing whence the cry came, nor the
occasion of it, she hurried her step.
They were taking her nearer the tomb,
and as she approached it the cries
grew louder. She thought of the
creek which flows behind the tomb,
and, thinking that possibly some one
had fallen into it, she ran to the bank.
Then the voice seemed to come from
behind her-from the tomb itself. She
realized now that the voice came from
within. She was almost on the verge
of collapse.
who are your" she called out in a
voice the tone of which bespoke her
terror.
George Smedley!" was the answer
open the door, quick!"
Nerving herself, Mrs Gabriel re-
moved the stick that braced the door
1t burst open and the boy fell into her
arms. She had to almost carry hir1 to
the home of her father
Later he was revived and taken to
his own home, which adjoins. It was
several hours before he finally recov-
cred from the shock of his ordeal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
BOY HELD IN VAULT
CHILD DIDN'T KNOW FATHER
Friends Had to Convince Daughter
Before She Would Go to L. A. Mel
son Of Flat Creek, Mo.

Petersburg, Ind. A. Nelson of
Flat Creek, Mo-, who left here IL years
ago without means, after separating
from his wife, who kept their two
year-old daughter, returned to this city
the other day to become reunited with
his family. His wife died number
of years ago and the daughter was
placed in the care of the matron of the
orphans home, who, in turn, placed
her in the care of John Stradtner. o
prosperous farmer In Madison town
ship. He cared for the child as one
OF his family.
Nelson begged that his daughter be
restored to him, as he was able to pro.
vide TO- her, having made small
fortune in the zinc mines of Missouri.
Tho girl, who had not seen her IA
Their since she was two years cid, had
no recollection of him, but old friends
convinced her that the stranger was
her parent, and they left for Flat
Creek, where they will live.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

be. Somehow or other, though, I had
sense enough to call up the office to
say | couldn't get down, and when
got the answer | found | could get
down after all. In fact l got down in
record time. Eleanor had been tele-
phoning all the evening before until
they closed up at eleven Eve were do
ing rush business them, and that
morning she had camped on the door
step about six and waited till the day
watchman came on duty, and then she
had fit Of hysteria in his arms. And
the police had been notified and were
searching the hospitals and looking in
all the dark corners to see II l was
lying there sandbagged. When l got
down and Eleanor tainted in my arms
and then came to and had another
hysterical attack in tie middle of the
office fioor-well, it was no joke, ]
tell you. And all because | had mis-
taken the street and walked into the
corresponding house on the same
block in the street above 1t. / tell
you, Billy, my sticks and rugs looked
pretty good to me when l got back
with Mrs. Bryant about nine o'clock.
But for the Lords sake don't men
ton word about it to her when you
meet. You'll be surprised how she
has changed from the time when you
knew her four years ago. Do you re-
member telling her she looked as
though she would never grow up, that
day you said goodbye to us at the
station? She has, though, and into a
fine woman. You see, we've had some
pretty heavy responsibilities, old man,
during these few years, what with our
business nearly going out in the panic
and then shooting up like a rocket.
When we had to get out of Fifty
seventh street we took a regular tene-
ment place up in the Bronx But knew
things would get better again, and 1t
wasn't long before we were able to
get back into our old quarters again.
But we'd always coveted this apart
ment house-come to the window!
That's where we used to live-number
465, across the street And when
we took this place last month we felt
that we had begun to stretch our
selves at last"
Where did you say you used to
liver" asked William Wells.
Number 465-across the street,
Billy" said the other yawning.
"Fffty-seventh street,"
Sure! This is Fifty-seventh street
Why?"
80, nothing answered his friend
only they must have marked it
wrong on the corner lamps, because
they call it Fifty-eighth. Tom, you
laundering fool. you're in the wrong
house again!"
Copyright, 1912, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
CIRCUSES SNUB TOPEKA, KAN
No Intimation That Even Ghe-ning
Show Will Be There D1fing
Season.

Topeka, Kan.--Is Topeka to- be de-
prived of one it's ancient pastimes this
year? Indications point that way for
not a single circus-not even one
ring animal show-has vet sigrified
it's intention of playing the town.
Present conditions are almost with
out precedent and those who have fol.
lowed the circuses for the past score
of years-especially the man who NJ
ways took sonny for sonny's sake-.re
at loss to understand the snub the
town In getting.
Roy Crawford, manager of several
Topeka theaters, who generally knows
before anyone else in town just when
the circus would I've here, said he had
.ot yet any intimation OF one Of the
animal shows coming.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Don't Mention a Word About It."

me about it, but it was mighty serious
at the time, and this little episode re-
minds me Of it."
Word of honor" said William
Wells. Go ahead, Tom"
The other struck fresh match for
his pipe and cast the burned end into
a pail of half dry paint.
Wed just got back from blissful
three weeks honeymoon in the noun
tains," he began, sending out clouds
of smoke and leaning back against the
ladder. Previous to my marriage
thing like this one in the West Fifties.
You used to know this town pretty
well, Billy; guess you remember that
section, where every house looks just
like its neighbor and every street for
blocks is exactly the same. Well, the
place was decorated for us and our
new furniture was moved in and we
we're both thoroughly pleased. We
speculated how happy and cosy we
were going to be, and all the way
home in the train we talked about it
and INDUCED in housekeeping rhap-
sodies
When we reached our apartment
house the janitor met me at the door
with a telegram in his hand 1t was
from the office, asking me to come
down Immediately I returned in order
to explain something that had cropped
up during my absence-a matter of
which l alone was cognizant. 1t
wouldn't take more than a couple of
minutes to straighten out affairs. and
perhaps an hours absence in all. I
didn't like it, but there was nothing
else to do; so, after escorting Mrs.
Bryant to the door and opening it for
her, and glancing to make sure that
all the furniture was there, / kissed
her and took the car down town.
THE matter proved more important
than / had anticipated. / called up
my wife, explained the matter, and re-
manned at the office until late in the
evening, unrayeling the tangle. 1t was
half past nine before ! got home.
walked straight in, went up the three
flights of stairs and unlocked the
apartment door.
1T was absolutely bare, Billy, as
bare as this one. The smell of fresh
paint was about the only thing there
was in it. Not a stick of furniture,
not a rug, not cup or a saucer or a
dish rag in the kitchen. And Eleanor
was gone.
''Well, sir, l nearly went crazy. Of
course you can guess what had hap
pened. But the solution did not oc-
cur to me at all. There was the apart
ment, arranged Just as before, with
the kitchen leading out of the dining
room, and the bathroom with it's
three-quarter length tub, and the gas
bracket over the medicine chest, and
my key which fitted the lock. didn't
know where to turn. Eleanor's folks
lived at Syracuse, and even if she had
got angry at my delay and gone home,
she couldn't have taken the furniture
with her. And the janitor was out
somewhere and l couldn't find soul
in the basement 10 ask about her.
We'll, / spent that night pacing
through the apartment, and by morning
] was 90 nearly crazy as man could
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
PLAN CENSORSHIP OF DANCES
Committee on Amusement for Work.
ing Girls Maps Out Campaign for
New York 1900"

New York.-Censorship of the 60
ciety dances that take place at Sher-
rvs and Delmonico's and other public
places affected by the Weather class
is an essential part of the winters pro-
gram outlined at meeting of the COM
mittee on amusement resources of
working girls at 81 Madison avenue.
The committee stands back of the
license bureau, which has che support
of Mrs. Charles H. Israels and her as
sociates in the demand for a $4,000
increase in the budget. 1t is the OBJ
ject of the committee to secure an
elastic list of inspectors, including
both those under civil service require.
ments, and those who are not. This
is done to insure the getting of evil
den.ce by person not recognized by
the frequenters of hail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
PERFECT HUSBAND is FREE
Gets Divorce From Wife Who Could
Not Stand Him i-onger-Was
Good to Her, RE Says.

Oakland, Cal-Edwin Hirsch. an
Irvington merchant, has received a
decree of divorce from Hazel Hirsch,
who deserted him two years ago, un-
able to endure longer his projections.
According to his testimony, Hirsch
gave his wife every luxury within his
means, placed no restraint on her
amusements, never showed jealousy.
never spoke an unkind word and new
er INDUCED in liquor, tobacco, pro-
family or late hours.
Didn't she ever find any fault with
you?" asked the judge.
"Oh, yes" responded Hirsch. she
frequently said she could have loved
me if only l beat her or at least
scolded her once in while
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
is RELIC OF PAGAN TIMES
In Brittany There Exists Huge Black
Stone Image Of Woman That
Is Very Old.

One of the most curious relics of
paganism remaining in Christian
country is the gigantic black stone
figure of woman which is to be seen
in a forest of the district of Morbi|
han in Brittany.
It is known as the black Venus, =
but probably dates far back of the
time when the Greeks and Romans
worshiped that goddess. AntiQuaries
assert that this figure belongs to the
age of the serpent worshipers, one of
whose subterranean temples is in the
neighborhood. This would make the
figure far Older than the Christian era.
The statue is that of a huge, un
couth woman, with sullen, angry
countenance, her form enveloped in
a loose mantle. The superstitious
Bretons have always worshiped the
figure, asserting that it has power
over the weather and the crops. II
the idol is neglected they declare that
the grain dies on the ear, and if the
anger of the black woman" over Nor
bihan.
Twice the stone was cast into the
sea by pious folk, who hoped thereby
to put an end to this idolatry, and
twice the peasants dragged it back and
set it up in its old place.
Some two hundred years ago Count
Pierre de Lannon, on whose estate the
figure stood, in order to save the
statue from both friends and enemies,
dragged it by forty yoke of oxen to
his own chateau and set it up in the
courtyard. He cut an inscription on
the base of the pedestal, declaring the
figure to be a Venus carved by Cae.
sar's soldiers.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
NEW IDEA FOR DINING CAR
Checks to Passengers and Call
Them to Vacant Places.

San Representatives of
the Southern Pacific railroad an
nounced here that new plan will be
put into effect Immediately on the
company's dining cars by which
checks will be issued to diners, who
will be notified when their place is
waiting in the dining car.
The system was devised to relieve
patrons of the road from the incon-
venience of waiting at the end of a
crowded dining car for vacant place.
The passengers will be notified in
the order of the, numbers of their
checks, issued in duplicate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
A ROLE REPEATED
Let His Friend Down Easy When
He Saw the Joke.
BY FRANK FILSON.

"Confound those storage people"
muttered Tom Bryant, as he unlocked
the door of his apartment and ushered
his friend Wells into-an empty room.
He stared round him. We'll, of all the
GALL" he exclaimed. Here's that con-
founded landlord of mine decorated
the walls in saffron when / went over
the matter with him dozen times
and he swore by all the gods to do
them in red And the storage men
were on their honor to have my fur
niture in today. l tell you, Billy, II
makes a fellow tired
They entered and sat down upon a
board which the painters had left
stretched out between two step-lad-
ders. Tom lit his pipe and began
putting savagely.
The men were old acquaintances
whom fate had driven apart for many
years. Recently Tom Bryant had been
spending his vacation with Wells In
the Adirondacks, and the latter had
accompanied him back to his home, to
be his guest for a few days. Mrs.
Bryant, who had been visiting his
mother, was expected on the following
morning.
I'm going round to the storage
men the first thing in the morning"
said Tom. "and I'm going to tell them
some of the things I won't do to them
If they don't have my goods here be-
fore IL o'clock" He paused and be-
gan wrinkling his brow. Billy" he
said, "if you'll give me your word of
honor never to breathe word of it
I'll tell you of an extraordinary thing
that happened to me when 1 got back
from my honeymoon four years ago.
Mrs. Bryant has never ceased teasing
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
BETRAYED,

Two men were discussing European
trips. One was frank enough to say
that he had never been abroad, but
the other spoke of certain aspects OF
travel with the assumed ightness OF
experience. Still, there was a false
note in his speech-for one thing, his
French sounding as child would pro,
nounce it with strictly English meth
DDS.
Said the stay-at-home suddenly:
I'll bet you can't name single no,
tel in Paris"
Soft" returned the bogus traveller,
What about the Hotel dez Invally'
dees?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

A call to the Westport police sta
ton summoned Patrolman Victor An
derson. BY means of his flash light
Anderson located the buzzing snake
and succeeded in killing it at the first
shot. The reptile, which measured
more than five feet in length. was
found to have eight rattles and one
BUTTON" showing that it was Eight
years old. going on nine.
After being placed on exhibition in
a nearby drug store, the carcass was
taken to the Westport station, where
1t now lies "in state"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Truth About Old Age.

George F. Baer, the famous Phila-
delphia railroad man, said on his
SEVENTEEN birthday:
II agree with Professor Metchnikoff
about the wisdom of the old. Profess
sor Osler made it fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs, but my experience has
been that the old not only possess
wisdom, but they seek it ALSO"
With smile Mr.. Baer added:
1.-The only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Women as Plumbers.

From note which appears in the
columns of the Ironmonger it would
appear that no fewer than $50 young
women in New York are about to go
to school to learn plumbing, car
pentering and so forth. They seem to-
be thoroughly in earnest. The promo
tiers of tho school obtained $4,000 and
the services of six teachers with
scarcely any effort.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Umbrella VS.. Bullets.

Pottsville, PA laughabla turn
was given a shooting on a crowded
street. when Broma Genor, to save
himself from the bullets Of C. L..
Larosa, raised an umbrella, put it
over his head and shoulders for pro-
lection, and ran away to point out
of pistol range.
The shooting was the result of a
grudge, Larosa having threatened to
kill his victim on sight. Larosa was
promptly arrested and sent to prison
by Justice F. S. F'rei;ey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
RATTLESNAKE IN HIS CELLAR
Kansas City Man Gets the Scare of
His Life, but Proves He
Was Sober.

Kansas City, Mo.-When J. Eagle,
4432 Belleview avenue, heard a noise
in the basement of his home he took
a candle and went to investigate. He
was somewhat agitated and at first
thought he might be seeing things
by candle light" when his eyes rest
ID on a large rattlesnake.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
BeQin Well.

Finish every day and be done with
it. You have done what you could,
Some, blInders and absurdities, nc
doubt, crept in; forget them as soon
as you can. Tomorrow is new day;
begin it we'll and serenely, and with
too high a spirit to be numbered
with your old nonsense. This day is
all that is good and fair 1t is too
dear, with its hopes and invitations
to waste moment on the yesterdays.
Emerson.