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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-20
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Wavcrly. Va, June 19.-Judge ]. Il.
west Of the Third Judicial Circuit.
entered an order to-day appointing
- j. Beet, Of stony Creek, Commits
hioher Of the Revenue for District No.
!, In sussex county. to MI the vacancy
occasioncd by the death OF the late
Thomas Hunt.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
PRIZE BASEBALL BUG
STANDS ALL NIGHT AT
CONCRETE COLISEUM

Washington boasts the prize baseball
bug in captivity. His namo is Edward
TaIbert, an employe OF the Columbia
Theater, residing at 1908 K Street North
west.
TaIbert was the first man in line at the
ball park for tickets for to-day's game
He arrived at the ball park at 12 O'Clock
and for several hours he was
the whole line in himself. Despite the
loneliness, sans stool. sans food, sans
anything on which to rest his weary
bones. he stuck to hi post beneath the
box ONCE window through the long vigil
OF te night, standing a lone sentinel
through the weary hours.
AS the first thin streaks OF dawn were
spreading over the sky, Talbert was
Joined by others. At the time Of gazing
to press a large crowd had assembled
outside the ball yard. The grounds at
American League Park are in excellent
shape Right field is a little soggy, but
the infield is in perfect condition. A
large canvas covering arrived at the ball
yard yesterday morning and was stretch
ed across the infield Just before the
downpour Of yesterday Afternoon.
Night Watchman Daley at a late hour
last night reported the field as ready
for the big contest.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
FIGHT OF STEAM ROLLER
VS.. CASH REGISTER,
SAYS CORRESPONDENT

special to The Washington Herald.
Chicago. June ibid you ever see a
1900 bin?"
Il never did"
According to an affidavit made tonight
by Rev ]. W. Shumport. a patriarchal
old colored man, who is not only a
doctor OF divinity but a presiding elder
in the Meridian CMiss) Conference OF
the A VI. E. Church, the question was
asked Of him by Charles Banks, the
Mississippi delegate, who, since coming
to Chicago, has gone over to the Roose-
welt side.
According to the coIored preacher,
Banks then pulled a roll Of yellow
backed bill out OF his pocket. flashed
a thousand-dollar bill. which," says DR.
Shumpert, was the first one / ever
saw" and asked him how much he
would charge to come over to the Roose-
velt forces. Banks further said that the
Roosevelt people had promised him the
position OF referee in Mississippi in the
disposition Of the Federal once.
DR.. Shumpert declined to be bought,
and then the conversation ended. II
would lcok as II this convention was a
contest of the steam roller agaistn the
cash register.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
CONVENTION WIRE
TO THE BALL PARK
President Taft win Be in Direct
Communication with Chicago
During Game To-day.

President Taft, spent comparatively
quiet day yesterday so far as visits were
concerned. He received number OF
callers, most Of them being Senators
and Representatives who discussed leg
isIation more than politics. The first
important conference was with Attorney
General Wickersham on questions con-
eerning the dissolution OF the Beef
Trust and the veto Of the army appro-
priation bill.
Only a few times during the day did
the President have direct communication
with his headquarters in Chicago. In
addition to the special long-distance
telephone already installed. a private
leased wire win be looped into the White
House this morning, connecting the
Presidents ONCE with that of his head
quarters. so that he may converse d.
rectly with Manager Mckinley or Sec
retary Hiles by either telephone ar
telegraph.
For the Presidents beneft, two press
associations yesterday arranged to in
stall wires IN the White House from
which the President will receive the
complete newspaper reports. The Prest-
dent may not remain all afternoon TO
hear the reports, however, as he an
nouneed yesterday that he will attend
the American League ball game to-day.
If the President attends the game, ar
rangements will be made TO give him
direct wire into the press stand. from
which he may receive bulletins from
Chicago and exchange messages with
his managers during the game. The
regular Cabinet meeting viii be held
this morning although bat few members
of that body are in the city.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
Too Ferve1t Wooing
Costs Nurse Position
Back Stairway Romance Makes NurseIess the In
fant Son of Secretary of the venezuelan Le-
gation-PoLice Seek the Boy Spain.

dent youth. She was too breathless to
scream for help.
Blushing furiously. her hair awry, and
her frock rumpled. Miss Dean finally
escaped from the store and renewed the
search for the son OF the diplomat The
tot had vanished. When Miss Dean re-
turned to the Gil-Borges residence, at
1913 Monroe Street Northwest, she found
that her charge had returned ahead OF
her and irate parents were awaiting to
talk with her.
Senior GIl-Borges dismissed the girl At
once So hagrined was she at the loss
Of her position and 50 angry at her i'm
petuous lover that Miss Dean went to
the police OF the Tenth Precinct. They
told her that the youth could be ar
rested for his actions and she requested
that he be taken into custody and pun
ished
Accordingly instructions were given to
the force to make every effort TO locate
the young man, and II is likely he VIII
pay a high price for his kisses. At a
late hour last night Miss Dean had not
procured a new situation, and senor
Gil-Borges was still seeking new nurse
for his little boy.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

A back stairway romance caused pretty
Grace Dean. fifteen years old, to lose her
position; cost Senior DR.. Don Esteban Gil
Borges, tirst secretary Of the Venezuela
Legation, the services Of a nurse, and
started a city-wide police search for the
girls lover. whose name is withheld by
the authorities.
Miss Dean has been in the employ OF
the diplomat for some time and has been
caring for his little son, with whom
she was a favorite. Besides the tiny
Venezuelan, Miss Dean had numerous
male admirers, and though still in her
tender years, is said to have had several
proposals.
When out walking with her little
charge Monday afternoon Miss Dean
stopped 10 gaze in a window at some new
summer hats and the boy ran on. She
saw him disappear in a store across the
street and she followed. A youth, who
has for a long time been attentive to the
gi-l, was in the store when she entered.
So glad was he to see her that he
threw his arms about her and caressed
her. Although she struggled desperately,
Miss Dean could not shake OF the ar
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

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The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
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jected even to writing to him. He asked
her TO write him at least once a week.
whereupon she replied: You are quite
out OF your senses and you need not put
in so many 'musts' in your letters. II
is beginning too early"
Alfred de Musset's love for the ire
sponsive George Sand gave his thoughts
such an extraordinary elevation that he
wrote many brilliant poems in conse-
quence
Chaucer sang the praises Of many
queens, but his enc great love was Phil
lippa Picard de Rouet. the lady in
waiting 10 Queen Anne Of Bohemia. He
waited nine years to marry her. but
made It a matter Of complaint in several
poems
Moore lived UP to his theory that loves
young dream is the sweetest thing in
life. He never let one love get old before
he supplanted il with a new.
Carey had his Sally OF Sally in Our
Alley fame. Surrey loved Geraldine
from the time she was a child in short
dresses.
Corneille. the astute lawyer, fell in love
and became the brilliant dramatic poet
Leigh Hunt loved a good girl, whose
spelling was unconventional and whose
chirography could not be called her chief
accomplishment. Keats was wildly, mad
ly in love with a commonplace girl named
Fanny Browne. He married her, but she
was incapable of appreciating him.
Hazlitt, the brilliant essayisI, loved the
pert, coarse daughter OF his landlady.
He wrote her a letter, which she never
answered, and he said that the rolling
years of eternity would not fiIl up the
blank that her failure to answer that
letter caused"
Thus IL seems that love, whether sue
cessfui or otherwise. inspires its votaries
not only in literature and poetry-at
least for a time FL.ANEUR,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
PURCHASE BINDERS
And ENTER CONTEST
Many Still Seek to Win Prizes in
The Washington Herald Book
lovers Contest.

Despite the fact that the puzzles in The
Washington Herald's BookIovers' Con-
test are no longer appearing in the news
entering daily.
These late starters come to The Herald
ONCE in large numbers TO purchase bind
ers,, which include copies Of the slxty-five
puzzles and space for five answers. A large
number Of contestants have purchased
binders with the intention Of working on
the puzzles during their summer vacation.
in the mountains, at the seashore, or
wherever they may go.
The binders have proven immensely
popular, enabling. as they do, the con-
testants to submit their answers in a neat
and compact manner.
The Contest Editor lis clearing the
decks in preparation for the time when
the anskers will commence to come in.
The judges are ready TO face a landslide
OF solutions, for, while it is impossible
to estimate the number Of contestants,
owing to the, fact that none have been
allowed to submit answers, the sale OF
the binders indicates that a tremendous
number Of 'Booklovers'' have their hats
in the ring for the valuable prizes Of
fered by The Washington Herald
The first prize is a fine building lot
in Randle Highlands valued at Loo
The second prize Is a Kingsbury inner
player piano valued at $40. The instru-
ment, one Of standard make, Is on eNhi-
bition at the store Of the Percy 8.
Foster Piano Company, 1890 G Street
Northwest.
The third prize is a 500 library OF
books from Brentano's. Twelfth and F
Streets Northwest The winner OF this
prize will be entitled TO the privilege OF
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recommended by the Brentano manager.
For consolation prizes cash awards ag-
gregating $50 are offered in the form OF
credits at the Citizens Savings Bank.
Bond Building. New York Avenue and
Fourteenth Street, NrthWept,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
GET DIPLOMAS FROM
TRAINING SCHOOL
Girls and Boys from Armstrong In
stitution Trim Hats and
Make Waists.

The closing exercises for the Armstrong
Manual Training School two-year classes
attracted a large audience OF parents and
friends of the graduates in the hall Of
the school, in Street, between First
and Third Streets Northwest.
Opening with a piano selection, the
exercises were almost entirely given over
TO the demonstration Of the various arts
and crafts, in which the students have
developed a high grade of efficiency.
The first demonstration was given by
Miss Nellasteen Carter. who showed the
audience how to make a hat. Other
demonstrations were given as follows:
Stenography. by Miss Beulah Rowland;
making a shirt waist, by Miss Annie
Dant; correct use OF the typewriter, by
Miss Lena Lewis; hOmemaking, by Miss
Frances Mitchell, and wood turning, by
Marshall Thomas.
Following the demonstrations, Mrs
Anna A. Murray made a short address.
DR.. w B. Evans, assistant director Of
the school, gave out the prizes. and the
certificates Of graduation were given out
by Mrs Marie Elizabeth Hillmon, prin-
cipal OF the commercial department Of
the school.
The graduates Of the two-year manual
training course were Miss Ellen Laver-
LA Crump. Miss Genevieve B. Dixon,
Miss Annie Elizabeth Cant, Miss Marie
Laberta Plummer, Miss Zoie Henrietta
Tyler. Miss Rosa Elizabeth Shorter, Miss
Viola Francis Wormley, and Miss Lulu
White: of the two-year business course.
Miss Efie Benenia Gaskins, Miss VIII
lena Beatrice Gilchrist, Miss Lula Day
Rowland, Miss Marie Harvey Logan,
Miss Efie Lena Lewis. Miss Francis
Mitchell, Frederick Charles Mankin, and
William Henderson; in the special dress
making and literary course, Miss Nella-
steen Carter. The officers OF the class
were Miss Efhe Benonia Gaskins. presi-
dent: Miss Annie LavOrlian Crump. vice
president: William Henderson, secretary,
and Miss Nellasteen Carter, treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
VOTE ON STRIKE QUESTION.
Railway EmplOyei
Ballot on wRIkOut.

Railway Employees
Ballot on wRI<Out.
Ohicials Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, located in Washington, are op-
tinistic Of the outcome Of the voting on
the strike question, participated in by
more than 100 local employees yesterday.
The organizations baIloting were the
Order Of Railway Conductors, Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. and the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen.
The grievances they have are many,
they say, the principal one being the
leasing Of a section Of the read between
Newark and New York to the Hudson
and Manhattan Railroad. The union men
allege that this road Is hiring nonunion
men and paying ridiculously small wages,
The oficials do not believe the men
will vote in favor OF a strike, They say
their treatment of their employees has
been eminently fair, and are relying upon
the loyal faction to pull them through
the eri1iS
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
ESTENoz's DEATH CONFIRMED
BY DEPARTMENT REPORTS

omciaI confirmation OF the death of
Gen. Estenoz. leader Of the Cuban rebels,
and the capture Of Gen. Dacosta by the
federal forces, was received at the
State Department yesterday. The mes
sage came through Minister Beaupre,
and gave no details as TO the killing and
capture Of the generals, except to say
that the federals had won a decisive
victory, which probably would mean the
end Of the revolution.
Admiral Usher also confirmed the re-
r.ort Of Estenoz's death and Lacosta's s
capture, adding that both events took
place near Guantanamo.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
Probably Got on.

From the ChiaEo Journal
Apropos Of certain unfounded charges
Of drunkenness among the naval cadets
at Annapolis, Admiral Dewey, at q din
per in Washington, told a story about q
young sailor.
The sailor. after a long voyage" he
said. went ashore in the tropics, and
it being a hot day he drank, in certain
tropical bars. too much beer.
"As the sailor lurched under his heavy
load along a palm-bordered avenue his
captain hailed him Indignantly.
Look here the captain said. SUP
pose you were my commander and you
met me in such a condition as you're in
now, what would you do TO me?''
Well, SIR said the sailor, ! wouldn't
condescend to tuke no notice Of you at
all. sir "
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
Sailor Prorer TnrtnrI

West Philadelphia, June r.-Jack
o Brien met the surprise Of his career to-
night at the American A. c. at the hands
Of Ben Koch. a sailor from the L. S. S.
Connecticut, in a slx-round bout.
Kosh missed enough swings to sink a
battleship. but he was so powerful and
sturdy that he kept right on fighting, in
spite OF O'Brien's lightning jabs, and had
he been steady or known Just what 70 do
in the clinches he would have beateen the
shrewd Philadelphian inside the legal
limit. As it was, O'Brien was all in at
the finish.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
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The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
HEAT PROSTRATBS
SEVEN In A DAY
Physicians at Various Hospitals of
City Say All Victims Will
Recover.

Seven men, all but one Of them colored,
were prostrated by heat yesterday be-
tween Il in the morning and 3 O'Clock
in the afternon. Physicians at the hospi-
tails to which the men were removed say
all viii recover. The list Of heat vic
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Austin Middleton, colored, s. years old,
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Robert Hutchinson, Scolored, 80 years
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Theodore Stuart, eolored, 81 years old,
of 1230 Wylie Court Northeast.
ames H. Scott, colored Al years Old
of 1916 s Street Northwest
George Thomas, colored, a years old.
of 1893 7 Street Northwest
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

Amused at the photograph Of himself
in a newspaper, a German postal en-
ploye who had absconded with a large
sum Of money laughed so loudly in a
Swiss restaurant that he attracted the
attention OF two detectives, one Of whom
politely requested the loan Of the paper.
His request was granted, and the detec-
tive found that the man was LAUGHING
at his own photograph and pr5nptly
arrested him, -.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

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To prevent water entering a swim
mer's ears, yet permitting him 10 hear
there has been invented a rubber plug,
containing g drum that transmits
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

This act Of the imperial archduke-not
the first OF the Hapsburgs 10 have done
a similar. thing-recalls that some men
of genius undoubtedly believe with
Thackeray that it is better to love fool
ishly than not al all. That they have
practiced this philosophy is proved by
their memoirs and Biographies.
A practical Scottish girl, Charlotte
Carpenter, won Sir Walter Scots love
She not only hated litsratura but OBJ
The Washington herald., 1912-06-18

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
PRU ATHLETES PRESENT
GREAT MINIS TREL SHOW
Enthusiastic Audience Taxes
Capacity of Big Hall.

With several officials Of the CON-
pany and an audience that taxed the
capacity Of the Symphony Audi
forum, the second annual minstrel
show of the Prudential Insurance
Company Athletic Association was
given last night.
The performance compared very
favorably with any of the minstrel
shows staged in this city by anna
teurs. and local politicians as well as
members of the company came in for
a lot Of good-natured bantering at the
hands of the end men.
The orchestra was under the d.
rection Of Frederick H. Yeomans.
Fred A. Mansfield was the interlocu-
tor and the end men were Edward ].
Sullivan, Robert L. Buchanan. Fred
Ryan, James Whelan, William Van
Houten and Louis Noll. The soloists
were Ernest A. Burkhardt. A. V.
Hamilton. ". J. Garrigal and James
A. Tasney.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
"olRLIE FROM JoYLAN0"
TO RoMP AT MINERS

Everything new but the theatre
itself is the slogan for next week at
Miners Empire Theatre, where Sim
WiIliams's "Girls From Joyland' will
appear. The company is headed by
the most popular Dutch comedian
before the hurlesque public, Harry L.
Cooper, who is also responsible for
the book. Added to a cast of ex-
ceptional merit 1t has a chorus OF
twenty-five beautiful girls, all said
to be laugh coaxers. The entertain
ment starts with a ludierous nrsl
art entitled "Flirting Flora"
The plot in detail is that OF an
adventures and her husband VINO
are stopping at a country hotel, run
by a German. They scheme to get
his money through the wife making
desperate love to him. The German.
also being married, gives scope for
many 1udicrous situations, which are
cleverly handled. Then follows an
up TO date vaudeville bill compris-
ing Harry Gray and Fred Bulla, in
some nonsensical patter; E. L. Flet-
ter and May Edwin in a condensed
version of grand opera selections,
finishing with popular song hits OF
the period: Eugene West and Cath
ariue Henry in the soul absorbing
dramatic playlet, "Blanche;" then
follows the burlesque. THE Rich
Happy Heinie," in which the full
strength of the company is utilized.
Matinees will be given daily during
this engagement.
There are now four Especial fea-
ture'' nights, viz: Tuesday. "Coun-
try Store" Wednesday, wrestling;
Thursday, Cabaret Show" Friday,
amateurs. Week OF November rs.
Monte Carlo Girls"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
BIG ANNIVERSARY WEEK
AT THE WASHINGTON

A brilliant array of talent has been
secured by the management Of the
washington Theatre for their ami
versary week, which commences
Monday matinee next week.
An exceptionally fine dramatic play
let will be presented by a capable
company, headed by Murray Living
ston, entitled THE Man from Italy"
This program also will bring for
ward Jerge and Hamilton in a sing
ing and talking speciality. otherf
In the program viii be Martin aud
Clare, Brown and Jones. Kelso and
Leighton and Ruth Becker.
Beginning with Thursday matine
six new and equally entertainins
numbers win be introduced. The
Aero-Nots. requiring an acting COM
pany of six people. will present a
comedy sketch. Frances and De
Mari will offer a lively planologue.
others will be Williams and Stevens,
in a comedy skit; Carlo brothers. in
q novel head-balanelng act: Fay and
Flynn, song. dance and chatter. Miss
Gertrude Kesely. = deshing singing