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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-19

session al It's real worth, This, however, is not
SO ulncult to understand as it might at first seem
since hardly one in thousand of the limited
NUMBER VINO have desired to make the Journey
among them has ever been permitted to visit
t"eSe hoatlng bits OF coral sand that apparently
Doo amnesty about, adrift on the bosom of the
great wide ocean. Few indeed have first hand
knowledge of what these possessions really are
and know of the fascination they and their in.
haDltants possess as objects of natural interests
Then too, the idea of utilizing the distant islands
in any way that would suggest natural park Is
so novel and out of the ordinary that 1t has not
yet taken root in the mind of the man In the
street
Though all put together the exposed dry land
and reefs OF the reservation would hardly have an
area Of ten miles square it literally teens with
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-19
Love | etters in Tomb,

Wilmington, Del.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Sheppard, sixty-nine, a widow, was
found dead from gas here. On q pile
of letters was a note reading: ITO
whom it may concern: These are love
letters from my late husband. Please
have them buried in my casket."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-19
Some HALL

IS aeorge Browns, Watch.
III stand, says Jumps of hail
y 1ae roof of his house
a \, much as six ounces, and
p'sca was as big as a base
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-19
Finally browns.

M OTOw1S.
! 1 MA mad cat was the
NJ. goss-country chase Of
Is s. With guns, lassoes and
ss., Ialrty shots failed to kill
salea finally drowned in Q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-19

same llllle, i'll IdtL, oOillc VI tuIiii, az
the plover, the Curlew and the turn
stone, do not breed on the island at
all. Nevertheless, the island was liter
ally covered from center 10 sea with
breeding birds, mating birds, and
Young half-grown lodgings Of dozen
or more species.
With such an astonishing popula-
ton, numbering perhaps twice the in
habitants of Greater New York, 1t was
to be expected that a study of the
situation would reveal a method in
their distribution. Generally speaking,
the various species were grouped in
more or less we'll defined colonies. AS
a rule. these colonies had settled on
certain localities that seemed to suit
their fancy or convenience. There IS a
constant coming and going at Laysan,
so that the visitor arriving there at
different seasons of the year would
find different species predominating IN
the bird population, while other spe-
cies that at another season would be
equally as abundant might not be
found there at all. But visit this ISL
and or any one of the chain when you
will, enough interesting material for a
volume on birds can be gathered IN
an hour or two on shore.
One of the many curious birds OF the
island, the albatross, Of which there
are two species, is Of the most general
interest. This is due in part to theil
splendid size and part to their unusua
domestic habits
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
HOUSE COMMITTEE
SHARPENING KNIFE
FOR DISTRICT BILL
Hearings Of Annual Budget
Calling for $l3.62o,so7
Start January 2.

The official knife Of the House Al.
proprlations Committee 10 being Sharp
ened preparatory TO the annual slash.
appropria ton bill. HEARINGS on the an.
nual budget In which the Capital 10
most vitality concerned are scheduled 10
begin BEGIN January 2. s,d. sIS the biz w!Il 3
January.
The clerks Of the Approprist tons Com
mittse have prepared the usual
thing the District asks for, with
blank space left for what It will get.
rhis space remains blank In a. num-
ber OF instances.
District officials asked . total Of Sla.
69.S07 for the expenses Of the municipal
government during the next fiscal year.
While Il 10 believed the Democrats win
certain these estimates Will be severe.
.ly cut. The District received for the
current fiscal year only III. .lS.l0
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
WARRINGTON TIMES BUREAU
ANACO0TlA, D. c., DEC,

The District Surveyors offioe has
finishsd tho rinai survey az the prop.
..... ~ 20, ".
to acquire old Forts DAvis and Dupont
near the southeastern District line for
y. -. n,,r,.... =. nrn,,,A.A .c- ~, r,cr.
c"'N p"rpo.es :" p'ov"eu .o' " WI"
sress. Stone markers nave been set
fensea NJ the city. and the oouievh I'd
~ conro.. ,h.r, ~. h..c o,,,,,n.d IN :
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
vOmAlUGHT TO
S0tVtlsTERY Of
/ JEWELERS. DEATH
Former Swpsaheart Of Noto-
riosD e9os Flower En-
Into Case.

cHIcAGnY a.-The entrance Of
the inev Sman confidant with
the virtu : - asion Of those already
unosr arto4a = oAe new turn taken BY
the mystsST II The murder of. Joseph
II. Logu4 J61amead MERCHANT. found
tortured 90 mvr1ered In his office here
Friday.
oertie Iss3sse. habitue Of the Tender
sS!n. and ,eeemae sweetheart Of Eddie
Tate, probably ~ most notorious and
.Hlutul saSeA bloWer In the country:
~ the m we.sc sosshs; win her rsr,;nna smd
wSlHnSows HS sS ~sH thieves. III ssoo tSs po,ce S
my, .sy probably fssts the secret Of the
Wenasl cslsd Frsqusntly.
4 woman, 1hs answers In every de-
tail the deDosrptieN Of Gertie Frisbie.
has been . frbausat caller on Losus
lately. The tjso men sought went to
his Office tho &ay before he was Killed.
On that dag ~ was out. and they left
the office cuer1nG. Men In the build
Chief Of 19lsstivss John J. Halpin
10 now conv1ooA that the eight men
and women talkeN isamediately after the
murder had 09lhing TO do with II. They
nave no inte0Ne0o9 Of releasing them,
however. and ls tanks he can convict
them Of nu)nbes Of robber!es com:
mite fmntted here 1scsntey. He VIII hold
Il Il kon.ssn. :* :: Ms1.ste, M%1's%', joint ass
son.
nscssa sts'ps The u ssne Win s The crime
have been explApn9A The blood-stained
e:S::d ,G" Sy 10 finger. 'S TSe % Sis:
rnonds In his ool1cAo0 were phoney; but
the guns, dynenfte. nltro-glycerine. and
burglar's toole revo the gang to be
Say they have - oo0nection with the
LoGue murder.
Dealiaesl Win Gang.
The police bSl4evo that Logue had
dealings with eGAg .of diamond thieves
Of which the two( o(un4a sought and Ger.
tie Frisbie. and possibly another blonde
woman, were members. For some rea-
son the gang dedided to get" Logue-
possibly he knew WOO much. They tried
Thursday anA tefund him out Of the
office. They trie4 again Friday. This
time they found Inn In.
They torturV1 Tim long enough to
get their reveA0al end then finished the
Job.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
WARRINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA,. VA. O0C. n

Alexandra police court was occupied
with . sordid case Of debauohsry this
morning when three young boys, fifteen.
fourteen and thirteen years Of age. ap-
peared % witnesses against Emma Colo,
an aged white woman. At whose house
the Boys were found last night. Ac.
oOrdinG to the evidence Of Sergeant
Scott who. with OfRicert Nicolson. Ro.
land. Reid. and eKrns, made the arrest.
the Woman was found stretched out on
the floor Of her miserable shanty sur.
rounded BY the three boys all In . help.
less state Of intoxication. The woman
was sent to Jail for ninety days.
Following the arrest Of the woman
the police authorities learned that the
boys had procured the liquor from,
James Haywood, who conducts q. saloon
at the corner Of 0ibbon and Columbus
streets Haywood was arrested on the
charge Of selling liquor to minors and
In his defense presented . note which
bad been presented to him BY one Of ths
or. The boy acknowledged that the
note was q forgery. but Justice Caton
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
INJURED 3Y CAR,
MOI \ REVOLVER


Oscar w. HolliagsRssrth. forty years
room. at s3s X strsst northwest today
roo at sSs X street. nesthwest today
when the weapon was Atschargcd. Per.
sons living In the hossf heard the shot
and. without waitiag 70 make an In
vestigation. sent hurry call to the
Emergency Hospital when the ambu.
lance arrived. the SURE dsoa found Hol.
wound.
surgeon. DR.. Castcll that Hollings.
worth had picked up the revolver ia
CHARGED. HoiiinsswortA = I'D to have
been injured about the abAemen re.
Gently in a street car accident In Bal.
timore. The bullet Mes found in the
ceiling Of the room.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23

James Davidson will reach here to.
day from Wilmington. N. c.. to pass the
holidays. with Mr.. and 0fo. A. b. Gar.
den. Of Minnesota avenue.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23

Albert Fowler 10 home from Randolph
Macon College for the Christmas holt.
days.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
Fishing By Telephone
Is Popular in France

PARIS. Dec. 2s.-FishinR by telephone
u the latest sport In France. An in
ventor who has patented the device
had discovered that fish. when swim
ming, produce certain sounds which
can be detected by the telephone. His
apparatus consists Of a receiver and a
detonator. which are sunk In the water
MA connected BY wires to . post Of OBJ
serystion on the river bank When fish
in any number pass the receiver, a
sound 10 heard by the watcher, who has
only to press a button to explode the
detonstor. Fish KILLED by the detonator
come to the surface and are removed
nth 4 net.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
Bryan Goes South
As Silent As Ever

william Jennings Bryan left Washing
ton last night for Florida. Whether he
viii return here March 1. to be four
year resident Is still uncertain. so far
a any statement by Mr.. Bryan Ia con-
cerned. Mr.. Bryan while In the city
rave no interview other than that pub
fiShsd in The Times OF last evening
when he said that he was greatly an.
noyed by irresponsible rumors abou,
Els plans.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
BIG TRACT MARKED
TO.BE CONDEMNED
Several Buildings Must Go When Territory Occupied by
Old Forts Davis and Dupont Are Ac-
III quired for Park.

:;,.,,, :S,S par. to Be taken BY George Fer.
Other masses will b. celebrated At s:ss
o'clock and at o'clock .. m.
outcome OF the suit they brousht
against the railroads. freight. and haul.
lnE companlss doing busines. in the
essrssd AGAINST III. sSSurS On sS. psr wss
Of the companies named because Of their
refusal TO make house 70 house deiiv-
cries and collections. The suit was
beard before the interstste Commercs
cision has been announced yet.
The religious sisnincenos Of the
Christmas festival woll be expounded
next Sunday At the Government Hos:
b held IN the chapel n observance OF
the day. The asylum choir viii sing .
musical progam appropriate to the sea.
The Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church will transfer its Wednesday eve.
ming service this week TO the Tuesday
evening preceding. owing to the former
day being Christmas.
Masonic circles will be concerned with
but one meeting In the Anacostia Ma.
sonic Hall this week. This will be the
No. Il, Royal Arch Masons. which viii
meet In the local Masonic. Hall. The
meeting OF Electa Chapter. No. 2. Order
OF the Eastern star. will not take place.
stalled at q special meeting last week.
Ordinarily the meeting would be held
tomorrow evening.
Albert Fowler 10 home from Randolph
Macon College for the Christmas holt.
days.
James Davidson viii reach here to.
day from Wilmington. N. c., to pass the
holidays with Mr.. and 0roL A. b. Gar.
den. Of Minnesota avenue.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
Dies After Rescue.

GRASS VALLEY. Cal, Dec. A-Ed-
ward Duffy was taken out Of An
abandoned mine shaft near Grass
Valley after seven days imprisonment.
He died q few minutes later.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23

The plant Of the Alexandria News
was badly dsamsed by frc yesterday.
and as . consequence the paper Will be
issued for the next few days from the
office Of the Alexandria 0asette. Use
Of the Gazette office was rendered i'm
mediately after the fire.
The hfe started In tho press room.
which u . frame structure adjoining
the main building, on South Royal
1t got q good headway before being
discovered. The damage was about
S3.50O to the building and contents. the
Newspaper press and several job presses
being destroyed. The building 10 owned
by F1eischmann 4 Son.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
THREE BOYS DRUNK
WITH AGED WOMAN
Emma Cole Sent to Workhouse After Quartet Is Found
Intoxicated In House e-Saoon Keeper Is
Fined $5O

said that II would not excuse the saloon
keeper. Under the circumstances, how:
ever. he imposed the minimum fine OF
~. which was paid by Haywood.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23

pristor OF Stumbling house. and twelve
men. who were captured In q raid on
a poker resort on Royal street on Sat.
urday night, forfeited their collateral
this morning In the police court.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
Tulsa Races start.

Tulsa, Okla, July S.-Cspeeiaa}-
When the barrier breaks on the first
running race at the Tulsa race track
Monday July sth, opening the mid
summer running race meeting, there
will be more high class thoroughbred
running horses, successful jockies and
prominent horsement assembled here
than have ever been congregated in
this state before.
On Tuesday of this week More
horses had been entered in the races
than there were stables to accommodate
and arrangements are now being made
Tor additional stall room. Three hun
dred and fifty runners will be shipped
from Oklahoma City Saturday and
Sunday and one hundred other horses
will arrive from the most widely
known race horse centers in this coun-
try Nearly four hundred horses will
participate in the races.
Thee will be six high class running
races every afternoon, plenty of music
landother attractions, and on the open
ling day the big $3.50 Hotel Tulsa Derry
race will be run.
During the past three years numer-
GUS horses and jockeys have made en-
viable records on the Tulsa track and
have won public favor among local
racing fans. These blooded animals
and daring riders will participate in
the daily events.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
Statement of }. P. Gooch.

The following statement is made by
J. p. Gooch to explain the conditions
under which he sought and was award
ed a contract to build sidewalks, where
|ordered by the council:
Price for past year and half, 1870
per foot Price prior to that or sum-
mer Of 1909. i0c Reasons because
cement sold for 75c net and chat at a
Sc rate per 100 lbs.
All walks necessary for year or
two ordered in to save publication
of approximately $500 per lot. No
walk to be constructed except on the
Recommendation of committee and o.
r. OF council which time notice of 10
days would be given property owner
to build. / offered to fill in such plans
as the committee saw fit to build at
present at cost and pay for same out
|of sinking fund taking tax warrant at
par value, in return or to build such
walks borrowing money necessary and
only adding enough to pay interest and
discount, or to take walk at 12c which
at discount of is per cent now asked
for these warrants would equal 1912
cents. Walk at the present price OF
material cost 9.6 cents, making g cents
per foot to pay for interest on money
and superintendence Anyone who has
had city build their walk will say that
the walks have cost them 80 per cent
over cost by building same them
selves By this method the property
owners not only save a reduction from
city contract price from 1871 to 12c on
warrants or 102c cash but it saves
the property owner an average Of
$500 publication per lot. Each lot to
be constructed was to be ordered so by
Improvement committee o. X by coun-
cial notice served on property owner
and if not built to be constructed on
the above plan. For year and one
half the council and improvement COM
mittee have tried to get contractor to
do city work at a reasonable figure
but some would not touch the work,
some wanted l3kc others wanted as
high as De. The above was merely a
plan for great saving to property
owner in that It reduced the cost of
walk and the cost OF publication to a
mere nothing.
Yours respectfully,
j.. p. GOOCH.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
tMIABLE STUPIDITY IN WIFE
Once Clever Woman Was Doomed to
Celibacy Unless Clever Enough to
Act the Part of Fool.

Some years ago a smart London
magazine invited so prominent men of
the day to declare their taste in wom-
sn and particularly whether they pre-
ferred clever or stupid wives
And the 80 masculine nabobs, lit
erary, artistic, legal, commercial,
rushed eagerly into print on this most
delicate subject.
Forty-two of them, comments a Los
Angeles newspaper woman, pro-
nounced IN favor of amiable stupidity,
especially in wives. Seven of them
one was Max O'Rell--balked the ques-
ton and found charms on both sides.
And only one declared that he honest
ly preferred clever woman, provided
she did not think she was cleverer
than he was
And what happened? 1t just shows
the cussedness of the sex. Instead Of
promptly cultiyating amiable imbecil-
lty and thus making the supply equal
to the demand every last female
among them decided that she would be
clever from henceforward. No com.
mercial instinct, you see!
And for year or two things came
to such pass that clever woman
was foredoomed to celibacy from the
outset unless sho was clever enough
ito act the fool From the marriage
records ona reasonably concludes that
q good many of them acted the fool
But now? Why there never was
such demand for clever women Not
only are they considered absolutely
necessary in the various professions in
which intelligence is at high premi-
um, but men even want to marrJ
kheml
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
yEgKEE GIRL DOESN'T FIT
AUSTRIAN Critic Declares No Formula
Can Define Young Lady
Frcm America.

Alice Schalek, Viennese traveller
anl writer, has provided the Vossiche
Zeitung OF Berlin with description
of the manner wherein American
women on tour differ from all others.
"rhe fact is,' she says, you cannot
class them (American women) they
won't fit into any accepted formula.
You can tell a Frenchwoman i'm
mediately, and be dead sure she's no
prude, but a light-hearted fiirt. If you
Weet an English woman you must wait
70 make her acquaintance until she
drops her typical English reserve.
"A German woman wants to be ask
ed about her husband and his profess
sion. titles and their babies. An Aus
trian woman will be smart aud a
good fellow But If you meet a
woman who won't fit any of these cat
agories and doesn't correspond to any
particular type, you caa be dead sure
she is an American.
There is a 17-year-old whose IA
Scr, mother and elder sister are
along, travelling in cabins de luxe.
Skc firts day and night on deck, and
al so naturally that she retains her
social position in circumstances no
her nationality could survive. What
has It got to do with your she seems
70 ask, and there's an end OF it.
Here are some pictures from my
gallery of American girls abroad, just
o show their differences. A girl who
9etted white rats and snakes in Kyoto;
4 young Y. w. C. A. apostle in Corea.
who was as pious as the day is long,
but who flirted to her hearts content
with young English missionary; an
energetic middle-aged American fe-
male, who was missionary for some
obscure Partisan reincarnation Of
Buddha
There were other less pleasant
pictures, but each sticks in my mind
! with an individuality which no Euro
pean woman ever achieved. Yet per-
haps there is one feature common to
all these Americans--eaoh of them
cherished some eccentricity, but,
whatever it was, she carried it out
with unwavering determination.
Il believe we can learn much from
these American women"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
poIIteness LlttIe rhouoht or.

In all ages the gentleman has been
crucified or violently killed in some
other way. This shows that we recog-
nize strength other than our own,
but we are little disposed to tolerate
It. Manners. too, have been brought
into disrepute by the circumstance
that they are the first cloak to which
hypocrisy flies. But courtesy and
manners are very different things in
certain sense. The heart of courtesy
may coexist with the husk of extreme
rudeness. Courtesy can never be
taught, though department can. But
on the day when King George finds
himself ruling over polite" nation
he will find himself ruling over 9
decadent nation.-London Truth.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
and our convention have Joined in
Result Worth Long Effort.

NlNtttAA
Result Worth Long Effort.
Knowing what the platform IS,
feel that it will help him in his fight
and I have no doubt that our conven-
tion will proceed to choose a vice pres
idential candidate who will strengthen
the ticket. 1t is needless to say that
| am gratified to see our party raising
the banner of progressive democracy
aloft and calling to the progressive
forces of the nation to join in restor-
ing the government to the hands of
the people that it may be in truth a
government of, by and for the peo-
pie.
1T has been long convention but
the results are worth the time. The
dawn is here and progressive demoe-
racy will be the peoples pillar of cloud
by day."
ldr. Bryan had an informal levee in
hly rooms Tuesday afternoon and many
delegates dropped in to congratulate
him upon his fight. kilograms poured
III, praising him for the campaign he
had made in the interest of progress
sivism
Late tuesday afternoon parcy Of
IFrncelon students marched to Mr..
Bryan's rooms and there gave free
outlet to their enthusiasm over the
naming Of the former president of
Princeton university for the STANDARD
bearer.
When some member of the crowd
cried that he had been for Underwood,
Bryan addressed him personally say
ing:
Il had no special pleasure in op-
posing your man. He is a splendid fel-
low personally, but he simply did net
fl the occasion"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03

The dictograph consists of a series
of sensitive metal plates set in a hard
rubber cylinder In its elements 1t Is
a telephone transmitter magnified.
Used in business way it enables q
man to sit at his desk in his private
Office alone and talk off his corre-
spondence without the stenographer
being present. The stenographer may
be in the next room or on the other
side Of the building. but she hears the
words as distinctly as though she
were at his elbow, and sets them
down. The dictograph promises to be
of great service in detective work.
and is already being used In that line
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03

The Frisco Good Roads car arrived
today and is on the siding at the
Frisco station. This afternoon a lee
ture was delivered by a government
expert to car full of Vinita business
men this afternoon on the subject Of
road construction. The car will re-
main here over tomorrow and all who
are interested in road building should
visit it.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
Presbyterian Church.

Preaching service at the Presby-
terian church tonight at O'Clock. All
members of the church are urged to
be present. We extend to all an in
vitation to worship with us.
w. 0 DAVIS, Pastor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-03
Four Is Their Limit.

A close observer has definitely es-
tablished the fact that magpies and
rocks cannot count further than four.
A rook never returns to its nest un-
til it is quite satisfied that there is
no danger near When four hunters
or less departed In succession from
q near by log cabin the rook would
return to its nest after the last had
gone out of sight. But whenever
there were more the bird lost count
and returned to Its nest even while
some were still in the hut. Similarly.
apes do not count further than four,
and the Beers Of the Transvaal, when
they want to hunt these animals, hide
in numbers exceeding four. Four de-
part In succession in such manner
as to be noticed by the apes, who
then come forth and are easily cap
tured.