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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23

world. of vanadium steel which had
made possible the automobile, and
we are quite well acquainted with
other new metals, once 80 rare and
unknown
Only few years ago many of
these new metals were deemed
worthless. Their value in the COM
mercial world remained undiscovered
and the ores were not mined. In
Colorado the miners used to throw
away what they called ''black- jack"
but now they are searching the
dump heaps to collect this valuable
ore because they recognize it as
wolframite or tungsten ore. Tung-
stem leaped into prominence a few
wears ago when it was first used for
fiIaments in incandescent electric
lamps. 1t was found that the new
metal could be used in place Of ear
bon for the lamp filaments, giving
three times the light of the old
lamps at the same amount Of cur
rent, and this new light was almost
pure white instead of an orange-red
color. Tungsten has also many 9TH
er valuable uses. In the form of So
dunn tungsten fire-proofing Of val
ue is produced. Tungsten brought
ioy to the heart of the housewife in
that it fixes dyes so that wash goods
will wash. Silk merchants rejoieed
for other tungsten salts added
weight to silk.
Tungsten steel is extremely
tough. lProiectiles made from II
have pentrated through II inches OF
the best armor plate. Tungsten
compass needles are the best on the
market.
Tungsten is now mixed III Arizona,
California, Nevada. Montana. Idaho
and Colorado, which produce GO per
cent. of the output. The tungsten
belt in Colorado is three miles long
and eight miles wide. The market
for tungsten has become almost a.
staple as that of copper, zine and
lead.
A possible rival of tungsten Is
mClybdenum. metal discovered IN
IT'S. but as vet found in sucn scani
quantities that the uncertainty OF
the supply makes it commercially
second to tungsten.
! Though tantalum mas been known
for a century. it was not CONNER
cially useful until Mois>an In 1903
brought il into the limelight through
| the electric furnace. 1t is found in
| the Black Hills of Dakota. The
most important use to which tanta-
| lum is pnt is in the manufacture
of filaments for ineandeseent lamps
They were put on the market in Ger
many in. 1905 and by the General
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23

Tile Louisiana Southern Railroad
running from New Orleans to a
large urban district. will be eleetri-
fed. This road is 75 miles in length
Electrifcation of a portion of the
Canadian Pacific Railway is said
to be planned. the power to come
from Adams River, where it is fig
ured that 100000 horse power is
available.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23
METALS ONCE RARE
NOW IN COMMON USE.

A few years ago such metals as
tungsten, vanadium, silicon, tanta-
lum and many other rare and costly
metals were unknown outside of
scientific circles, but now We are all
familiar with tungsten lamps, which
have revolutionized the lighting
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23
Keep HOPE Alive.

Never abandon hope. Remember
that no earnest effort is ever lost. Get
away from the habit of looking on the
dark side. Nothing will SO complete
ly paralyze the creative power of the
mind as a dark, gloomy. discouraged
cental attitude. 1t keeps multitudes
of people from obtaining the very
things they most desire.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23
Germs Spread i'm Skin

We have had experience with many
remedies for skin trouble but have
never seen such remarkable cures as
those from d. D. D. Prescription. In
slant RELIEF from the very first applt-
cation.
We are so confident that D. D. D.
will reach your case that it will cost
you nothing if the very first full size
bottle fails to make good every claim.
If you have skin trouble of any
kind we certainly advise you to drop
in and investigate the merits of D. D.
p. anyway. We know that D. d. D.
will help you.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23
Ace Limit.

Ellen Terry. the actress, was one
day talking about the many women
who asked her to help them get on
the stage. when she said: Every
woman under 30 imagines that she is
an actress. And every actress be-
lieves that she Is under 30"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-23
At tho Taa,~A

Majestic Matron-Doe \QP hus-
band smoke. my dearf
F1ippant Ditto-I don les
dead, you see.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

nuttering in her bosom. But he was
radiant.
Dear heart" he said, sprlnss!!==s
through the window. Eve not been
able to live without you. had to
come. Oh, you must--you-you
must come with me-"
Alfred she breathed. and the
old rapture-strangest of strange
things!-flooded her heart. She for
got all about poetry-al about the
muse
You must come
What do you mean?" she asked.
Well go away-together! Elope!"
"Elope!"
Yes, in the automobile! Let 90
oh. anywhere! Atlantic City,"
For few moments she was dazej
Elope with her husband? Had
wife ever done so audacious. so
amazing. so novel a thing before!
True, she felt the old romance in
her heart; and, in very truth. shs
knew 1t had never died But to go
away with her own husband-would
1t be proper? What would people
say?
But little Alfred-our baby?' shs
asked. The baby was fast asleep In
his little room.
Well take him with u.s." replied
the dashing husband, who had es-
sayed the romantic thing of which
no one in society had ever believed
him capable.
But had a baby ever eloped with
Its parents before? Did a bridal
couple ever take three-year-od
baby on honeymoon? 1t was
thrilling, piuuant, romantic
You love me, do you not?' ths
cavalier husband eagerly asked.
You have not ceased
II thought-oh, Thought"
Butt"
II was unhappy did not know
the reason-I lost interest in poetry
II did not know it, but I was long
ing for you. yearning for you My
heart was hungry, and. foolish lttis
thing, | did not KNOW did not
knowt"
And you we're going to get dI.
vorce?"
"Oh, I was foolish! imagined
my work was everything
And now?'
I'll CO." she said I'm go--to
the end of the world with you"
And the muse-alackaday! Where
was the muse?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
CHAPTER l.
y 2 =
Khen WIZ Lore Comet

"QuT | love you, pleaded the
- Duke, sinking on his knees.
~You are adorable! You are divine!
Your hair is goden>--and 1t floats
upon the ART Your eyes are like
the blue fieur-de-lis of France You
must be minel'
The slender. golden haired girl
with the pale fieurdelis eyes, shook
her head
The representative of the house
Of Choiseul -Praslin, Que OF the
proudest houses of France, wruug
his hands
But why? Why?' frantically de
manded the Duke
Because do not love you" she
said simply And then she turned
aud left the Duke alone in the
tuberose- scented conservatory
1T is love | want she breathed
"Love-And do not want this love.
this man Oh, when will love come to
me?"
Rlanchs Shoemaker sat alone in
the little mauve boudoir Of Der pala-
tial Fifty third street home In New
York. II was nearly four O'Clock
+ the morning As she sat there,
pen In hand, she formed the cen.
tral figure OF picture as mar.
vellously toned MS anything by Ro-
setti Everything was mauve She
loved II
Before her foated a mental pic
ture The young man was tail He
was slim He was dark He pos
sessed no great qualities of intellect
which might appeal to the poet IN
her He did not paint He did not
write. He did nothing notable lie
had no title. he was not wealthy
Yet, somehow. By that strange ca.
price of fate, he was the one who
appealed to the grl-poets heart.
Alfred she breathed. smiling
fondly. Alfred
Then she took her pen IN hand.
and with eyes half closed golden
haired, euraptured Beata BeatriX Ia
q mauve chamber-wrote the follow
ing lines
"As IN sweet childhood's slumbering
hours q hand
In mother tenderness seeks for the
cheek
OF the loved one. gently disturbing
sleep
Until the child soul Stirs aud leaves
the land
OF dreams and wakingS, half afraid
TO speak
So was / for lou~ wears With a deem
and solemn slumber OF the soul until
Ny heart beard thee approach.
and then thy hand
Walked me from dreams 20 love
reality
Aud like the child. with speech and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

ciety eagerly visited the beau'liu'
couple, and the couple were deiuse'
with social demands.
Il cannot stand this life the is
young wife said. Il cannot write u
I'm to so around to teas dinners
and receptions all the time.
But it is enjoyable" the husband
said. Il like society"
Il must get away-Oh, must
get away! Don't you understand:
Can't you understand? must
write | must write these poems
that ache. that burn, that pant for
expression, | must be alone. | must
have solitude"
They went TO Greece and she sat
at midnight under the shadow of the
Aeropois.
A year later, driven desperate by
the distractions of New York. the
poetess again found it necessary to
go abroad
II would travel in the Sahara
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
CHAPTER u

tuptd Guides Their CGI
HE Due de Choiseu Praslin re
turned 10 France. The score
or more of other suitors. disconso-
late. dropped from the, ring The
engagement of Blanche Shoemaker
the talented young poetess Of so.
ciety, to Alfred Wugstaff. jr.. was
announced Society was a iutter.
Alfred Wagstaff's not Sir Gala.
had, nor an Apollo"
still. he's nice lOoki Ing.
That was the dictum of society
One golden morning in April,
was the 29th--of 1907. few guest,
gathered IN the drawing room OF
Henry w Shoemakers mansion IL
witness the marriage of his daugh
ter Blanche, to Alfred Wagstaff Tn.
wedding was very simple-and. TO
the bride, very brief
Where shall we so on our honey
moon p she had asked. not long be
fore the wedding.
Let us go automobillng together"
Alfred had enthusiastically sng.
gested.
That viii he wonderful" she had
exclaimed we shall go automo,
biling, with Eros as our guide. Eros.
the god of love shall guide US
70 the wales OF Arcadia"
70 Washington and Hot Springs. :"
said the groom to the chauffeur
Tue horn footed The exhaust "
the machine exploded The friends
cheered. Then the car made Whit
ribboned line rs il dashed down tr.
sunshiny streets
Cupid guided the car.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
CHAPTER ".
Erft Husband

TO have ones wife writing poetry
at four in the morning might
cause the most ideal Of husbands to
complain. While his ardor never
diminished, the young husband found
it irksome to have his wife up ar
the unseemly hour. writing verse.
The interruptions continued the
poems suffered; the Muse rose IN
revolt
Then an interesting rumor was
whispered in New York society.
Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff has
left her husband. She has gone to
live with her mother"
Mrs. Wagstaff's lawyer. sagacious
and severe. advised her to shun So.
ciety and live in seclusion. The
separation was hushed up, and, al
though few knew the facts. some
said the young wife was to go TO
Reno. where divorce was to be
secured.
Meanwhile. seeing only a few lit
orary friends, who we're In sym
uathy with her, the young wife de-
voted herself to writing.
But. ali. Cupid was on the trail
of the muse.
The bride had taken with her her
automobile and chauffeur Soon
one of the few friends whom she
saw then whispered strange thing
to her.
Your husband still hopes for
reconciliation-yo chauffeur is
friend of his He keeps Alfred in
formed all about you"
There was something novel in the
thought of being pursued by chaut-
feur detective
She still wrote in the mornings.
But it was not long before the poems
no longered lowered All she could
write was a poem Of her loneliness
One morning, while she was sit
ting alone. disconsoate, an idle pen
in hand. there was a stirring In the
ialousies outside her widow. Dawn
was rlsing-there was the Spring
odor of fresh things in the air. AT
the sound she rose iu alarm. Look
ing out. to her amaZement. she saw
her husband--as fresh as handsome,
as when she first met him. She had
not seen him for about four months.
She wouldn't have thought the
sight could cause such mighty
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
IN APTER III.

HkSe ar HHSbdn8f
HE days sped by with golden
wings BEFORE they realized Il
the honeymoon was over. and Tie
couple happily settled down in
beautiful cottage on Long Island.
shall write rs have nev .r
written before said the bride Ana
She did Morning after morning
at four oclock-She sat in her litt:e
room, writing love poems to Tie
husband who Silent
-Four o'clock was her mystico
hour 1.-THE hour wheu the voices VI
ancient Greece spoke to her soul
when bygoue memories OF other livAs
returned. when an that her han1
some husband evoked IN her heart
found expression
One morning, as dawn was creep
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
CHAPTER 2.
Al Ends We'll.

| FILTERS to Riverside. from tbs
IL grave lawyer. from soliclIlu"
relatives, from the few fti.a1s VINO
knew of the poetess's retreat, me-
with no reply.
Where was she? What could be
the matter? kilograms. too, brought
no response.
The suspense was drea dfuI u
was as dramatic as the suspense in
a play Then, one day, a message
came-to the lawyer. the parents
and relatives. The telegram read
Il haze eloped NTH my husband
The baby is NTH US The days ~
bv Nth golden wincs Again M
bark of life is launched Gloriouslv
on silver sea We are going 10
take a honeymoon around tAs
World" 49,.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

nor not less
We're he to lack them. nay.
worship more
The Inner Being IN its loveliness
Al that moment there were steps
IN the hallwNy-the husbands steps.
The door opened
Why don't You retire. dear' 4
is SO very. very foolish to stay mp
at this hour. writing"
The poetess suppressed the flush
Of resentment, for love was still new
True. the wings OF the Muse were
rufled-but their Inns met
The Muse is jealous
Friends spoke Of the wonderful
couple, how happy they were;
bow desoted and watchful was the
husband how charming was tho
golden haired baby who came. They
noted that husband and wife never
parted that Alfred never let
Blanche out of his presence. So
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

NHE most audacious and ro
manticaliy unco u vetftional
- thing has just happened in
New York society. A wife has
elOped with her own husband
And the wife. young, beautiful
talented. is none other than Mrs
Blanche Shoemaker Wngstaff, soci-
etys poetess of passion, and dausn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

desert-under the stars, and listen
TO the Arab folksongs."
From Algiers the couple motorei
10 blskra, and then, with caravan
OF twelve Arabs, six camels and
three mules, they went into the
Sahara At night the society poetess
of passion sat alone, for from the
caravan, and wrote beneath the
sArs while the Arabs sang folk
songs
Then. lonely, unhappy. desiring
Der company, the fond husband
would wonder over the sands, until,
beneath palm tree, he found his
wife dreaming upon the moon.
Il had to come, dear" he would
say. "Why-why do you stay so
long?"
But you disturb me-" she would
complain. kindly. Please. please
let me alone. To write, you know.
l must be alone-I must be alone"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

sOlH gfnWD SUI.
Bewildered IN my joy. looked on
thee
And life grew sweet and cou d
understand
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06

fer of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shoe
maker, who separated from her nus
band early 10 the year because he
constantly interrupted her when she
was writing poetry at her magical
hour of four in the morning What
poetess could stand for tbis2
However. as things have turned
out, the Muse could not long with
stand the assault Of Cupid The
husband turned up one morning
late in May at his wlfes country
retreat, and the poetess having
found the Muse an unsatisfactory
companion eloped with him.
The romantic story Is published
here for the first time
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
BURGLARS ARE
BUSY IN WHITING
Make q. Haul at Opperman
Home and Local Talent
Is Suspected.
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Whiting, Ind, March S0.-Burglars
entered the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust
Opperman at 307 Laporte avenue on
Thursday evening, and mare quite a
haul Mr.. and Mrs. Opperman had
gone up town to do some shopping and
attend the show, returning home about
10 o'clock
When they reached the house they
were surprise to md the rear door I'M
locked. Upon looking around they
found the curtains down and then
knew that all was not we'll. A hasty
inventory OF their jewelry, showed
that Mr.. Opperman's watch. which was
gold and open faced. was gone, was
also his gold ring. or Mrs. Opperman's
belongings they took her gold ring
and gold breast pin.
The burglars evidently worked with
great leisure. having pulled down the
curtains and as a means OF entrance
had pried up a rear window and as q
means of exit had gone out the back
door.
Mr.. Opperman reported the robbery
to the police soon it was discovered.
but no ciew has yet been found. 1t is
the general opinion that the robbery
was the work of some one who knew
the Oppermans and that they were
away owing to its being undertaken
SO easily in the evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
MUNSEY TELLS HOW He
GOT STEEL VALUE

Washington, March 3o.-Appearing
yesterday witness before the
Stanley steel trust investigating COM
mittee. Frank A. Munsey. magazine
publisher. explained why he placed
valuation OF $4,000. 900 on the proper
ty IF the United States Steel Corpora
ton in articles published in his
magazine in June. 1908.
He did so, he said. after consulting
officials of the corporation and having
had access to their books
Il based my estimate also" said Mr..
Munsey, upon talks with many other
men interested in the steel business
and with Charles NJ. Schwab. John w.
Gates and others who were not then in
the steel corporation
In his article Mr.. Munsey said that
ore holdings of the steel corporation
were worth 90 cents a ton.
Although pressed by the committee
Mr.. Munsey at first declined to disclose
the identity of a director of the steel
corporation quoted in his article as
saying that he would not sell the ore
properties acquired under the Hill
lease for s50.0o0.0oo. Later he reluct-
antly gave the name of George F. Bak-
er, still a director of the corporation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30

sides In the next tweuty-four hours
the old flooded condition will obtain
on the east side of the dam. thus men
acing Broadway, which is paved 100
feet wide for mile, through the flood
area.
The police are waiting until the dam
shows in sight again before they pro-
coed to blow it up. This dam was
built score of years ago by the MEM
bers OF the Tolleston Gun club. who
wished to flood the game preserves,
which comprise 100 acres of property.
Many Lives Lost Here.
In the middle eos farmers sought to
remove the dam because of the damage
the food did to their property. The
gun club then stationed armed guards.
and in many pitched battles that fol-
lowed several men we're killed and
many wounded.
This year the dam served to food the
land between Broadway bridge and
near Black Oak.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
SOUTH GARY.

SOUTH GARY.
Lots 80. and 81, blk 2, Sanford
Tubbs' LIST add, First State
Bank, Hobart, to Joseph c.
Messick ..s............... Il
INDIANA HARBOR.
Lot II. blk 16, End add, East Chi
cago Co. to Mary c. Nen. . as
s II lot 10. lot Id. blk 16. End add.
Albertus NJ. Nen to Thomas l.
Mem .--.-..-..
Lots Is. 10, blk IL 4th add, In
diana Trust & Savings Bank to
Carl A. Westberg ct al.. L
Lots p, IS, blk 1s, Sd add. East
Chicago Co. to Barney Cohen. 1.
Lot s3. blk 8, Sd add. Same as last
deed to Seipa Kie1 ..... 2e5
Lot "a, blk l. LIST add. Same as
last deed to James f. Gala
CHER Observation-Disclosures.
Same as last deed, Louis Bern
stein to same as last deed -. 1000
HAMMOND
Lots 80 to "a, blk IA. Manufac-
turer's add, Forrest P. Rundell
to Edward Lundgren .. 1
Lot 10, Freeley resub blk l. Manu-
facturer's add, Joseph K. Fee
ley to George Began. .. 200
GARY.
Lots 43. IA, blk IL; lots 9. 10. blk
IL. End Highland Park add,
Indiana and Illinois Land Co.
to Bertha Child ct al. l 500
Lot 8, blk l. Garfield Park add. u.
S. Land Co. to Anna Strathota 500
EAST CHICAGO.
Lot SIS. west II lot SO, blk 4. NE
29379, James Durkin to Will
liam C. Harding .......... /
Lot II. blk s. NV 32-37-s. East.
Chicago Co. to Frank Frytz.. ESQ
Lots % to "a, blk /, Osborne's LIST
add Susan E. Ross to Walter
Acler ct al. Observation-Disclosures. /
Lots SO 20 So, blk II. East Eng
lewood add, Auditor to c. y.
Norton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. GIL
Lots AZ and 4s. blk 9. Sw 2s-37-s.
Richard l. Draffen to Charles
NJ. Boydan acknowledgements. 1925
Sc. corner blk 10. Sw 2s-37-s.
East Chicago Co. to Maurice
S. Dean ............... /
Blk 4. NV s3-s7-s. Same as last
SCHNEIDER.
Lot 10, blk Is. Williams and add.
Indiana Truck Farm Co. to Otto
Martin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIS
SCHERERvILLE
Lot 6. blk 2. Michael Steurer TO
| Frank B. Holman. .-......... 1000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-30
OIL DIVIDENDS MAY
EXCEED $4O,0OO,0OO
Indiana Company Alone Of
fers $29, 900, 900 to It's
Stockholders.

Stockholders Of the various Standard
OIL companies have no reason to COM
plain of the returns which they have
received on their investment since the
disintegration OF the parent corpora
ton. With about third of the form
err subsidiaries so far ahead on divi-
dend declarations. the cash distribu
ton to stockholders during the first
quarter of the year has been $10,316,-
s26, or more than two-thirds of what
the Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey was In the habit of declaring for
this period of the year under the old
regime.
In addition to cash payments, there
has been declared a 1900 per cent
stock dividend by the Standard Oil of
Indiana. or s2s. 5000. 900: 33 Ia per
cent stock dividend by the Standard
Oil Company OF Nebraska. or $500, 600,
and rights to subscribe at par for sI2,-
100000 new stock of the Vacuum OIL
Company. There is reason to believe
that further melon cutting" by diff
erent subsidiaries will occur.
There is no doubt that aggregate
disbursements for the year will at
least equal. and very likely exceed, the
40.000,00 year formerly paid by the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Since the segregation the price of
crude oil has advanced to the extent
of 20 to rs cents a barrel, while the
rise in quotations for refined oil has
been in the neighborhood of So a bar
rel. The margin OF profit on the manu-
facture has obviously been widened,
and the profits, in the aggregate, have
increased. Also some Of the pipe lines
have advanced their carrying charges
since the disintegration.