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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18

Would ] 1pyade Alabama for Forensi-
cal Battle With Candidate
for Senate.

A challenge for a joint debate issued
today by Representative jeremiah Dono-
van of Connecticut to Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama
adds another chapter to the feud between
these two members of the House of Rep
resentative. 1t is also the latest develop
ment in the fight for the United States
| senatorship in Alabama between Majority
Leader Oscar ". Underwood and Capt.
Hobson of Merrinac fame.
Representative Donovan, who has made
several speeches on the floor OF the
House attacking Representative Hobson
on the ground that the Merrimac hero
has been absent from the House most
OF the time during the present Congress,
proposes the debate shall be on the proro-
,ition:
That absence from Congress py rep
resentatiyes is honest and jusIitiable
Capt. HobsOn, 1t Is proposed, is to take
the affirmative.
Would Speak in Alabama.
Representative Donovan issued his chal-
lenge in a letter to the editor of the
Birmingham (Ala) Age-Herald. and pro-
poses that the debate shall be held be-
fore an audience of Alabama people
some time during the holiday recess c1
Congress.
In explanation Of his challenge for q
joint de oate. Representative Donovan 5ald
Today:
capt. Hobson has attempted % defend
his continued absence from his seaI III
Congress. All told. Capt. Hobson WAS
present on seven days during the eight
months that Congress was convened dur
ing the first session of the Sixty-third
Congress.
Unless he can explain of what use he
is to the people of Alabama as a member
cf Congress he should resign. Common
decency demands that he resign. Capt.
Hobson, according to page 6271 OF the
Congressional Record. leaves the impress
sion by his actions that he is using his
position in Congress to enhance his value
as a talker on the platform where there
is a. charge at the gate The time that
belongs to the people of his district is
given up to- lecturing to swell his own
income plus his salary from the govern
Inent.
Mr.. Donovan and M. Hobson had a tilt
in the corridors OF the House {; few days
ago and friends who saw the dispute were
afraid at that time that the two men
would come to blows.
At Representative Hobsons office to-
day it was said that he is absent from
Washington, in Alabama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
PITTSBURGH ROBBERY.
Early Morn Thief Cleans Show Win
dow With One Swoop.

PITTSBURGH, December 18.-One of
the most daring robberies known to the
Pittsburgh police was committed this
morning between and o'clock when a
thief cut a section out of the show win
dow at the jewelry store OF W. w. Wat
ties & Sons, on Wood street He then
pulled the fabric covering the bottom Of
the window through the hole. taking with
II all the valuables with which the win
dow was decorated. The loss is in the
neighborhood of $1,000.
Wood street is one of the busiest in
the business section.
Pickpockets have been busy In the city
for several days. twenty-five complaints
hayir. been made to the police within
the past twenty-four hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18

It is quite unofficial remarks
leaders
unlikely be ampeded asy and i'll
proposed the undertaking to smash the Dis
trict organic act with rider appropriation BILL
This that the House later take
subject the relations between the d
and the capital OF the
United States
Manv House realize
Question of dealing District of Columbia merely
muny property but t it involves dealing with Wash
national the site of the legislative
judicial machinery the the whole under
The domination control of the United States
realized BY the thoughtful members ii
who have taked their political fortunes
attacking government the National Capital that
ect is far the United States BE-
dealt with offhand
action of the House District
dering favorable report on the Crisp bill There strong feeling
will his approval such drastic plan
- the Crisp bill for overturning the organic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Students Name Honor Board.

CHICAGO. December 1S.-Under terms
of an honor code adopted yesterday by
students at the University Of Chicago, a
board OF ten student commissioners. aided
by scores of assistants, will attempt to
nut a stop to cheating In examinations.
students charged with using illegal meth
ods such as smuggled text books and no
tations on cuff bands Will be tried. SEN
fenced and punished by the commission
with faculty approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Illinois Editor Hangs Himself.

AURORA, ILL.,. December lS.-Joseph
Nolan. editor and owner of the Shah
hona Chieftain of Shabpona. H., was
found hanging in rear room of his print
ing plant today b. his sisteenyear-old
daughter Blanch. Nolan was accidentally
shot in the head by his son Harold. ten
wears old, early in the summer OF 1910
and hovered between life and death for
months Since leaving the hospital he
had been subject to terrible hesosches.
He was forty~five yeaSs old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
NO "AFTER-DINNER MAYOR"
John Purroy Mitchell to Decline
Many Invitations.

NEW YORK, December 1S.-Finding il
impossible, he said. to fulfill the duties Of
an after dinner mayor and an after
breakfast mayor" John Purroy Mitchell,
mayor-elect, has announced that he must
forego the pleasure of the former incum-
bency. II have found he said, that l
cannot respond to al the invitations 1
have received and at the same time at
tend to the duty of selecting the men who
are to conduct the business of the city
for the next four years.
Mr.. Nitchers announcement was made at
a dinner last night. rendered him and new
ly elected city and county officials by a
Harlem business mems organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Cash Presents for Carmen

NEW YORK. December 1S.-Christmae
presents in the subway this year win be
gold pieces. The board Of d.
rectors of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company has authorized distribution az
the coins among employees earning sfI5 .
month, who have been with the companv
since January 1. 1913. 1t was said tina.
900 subway employees would receive tile
gifts. Employees OF the elevated and sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
ONLY TROOPERS RIDE CARS.
Strike Causes Thousands of Pennsyl-
vanians to Spurn Trolley Line.

PITTSBURGH. December 1s-Troopers
of the state constabulary We're the only
passengers on the trolley cars of the
West Penn railways as they passed over
the Natrona division today. none of the
49,. 900 persons inconvenienced by the
strike of thirty-four motormen and CON
ductors patronizing the line
Henry Zimmerman, burgess of Taren-
tum, one Of the fourteen towns affected,
ordered the local police to watch the
troopers carefully and make arrests il
they disobeyed any Of the borough ordi-
nanceS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
franklin Law Books Bought.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1S.-A rare
set of Law books printed by Benjamin
l,ranl.lIn has been purchased here bJ the
New York state library for $i15. The
documents. which consisted of seventeen
folios executed between 17J9 and I7G4
were part Of the collection of Robert II.
Skutch of Baltimore, and are considered
among the best specimens Of Franklin
papers inl&xistence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Exhibition Committee Dissolves.

BERLIN, December 18.-The collapse Of
the German parliamentary movement in
favor Of official participation in the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco
was followed today by the dissolution OF
the committee which had been formed to
organize a great non-official exhibit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
s More Days

Only ) shopping days un-
til Christmas. Do not delay.
The golden shopping hours
are in the morning. :.
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THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:

Met at 10 am
Resumed debate on currency bill.
House:
Met 1T noon.
Debated District OF Columbia ap-
preparation bill.
Colorado and Michigan miners
unions sent telegraphic appeals 10
the rules committee for congress
sional Investigation Of strikes in
those states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Other Thoughtful Legislators Decy Precipitous Action
Provided for in Crisp Rider to
Appropriation Bill
HOUSE LEADERS OPPOSE CRISP BILL
TO ABROGATE FiALF-AND-HALF PL AN

Il have examined 81
proposition at
the
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to
Of al
ycs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Awaiting Signing of Bill.

San Francisco representatives have been
spending much time around the White
House lately. hoping that the President
will sign the Hetch Hetchy bill that has
gone through Congress and means SO
much to that city. The President appears
not to have had time to read the BILL
which is a long one. and he will not sign
1t until he does read it.
Wi liam Jeffers, who was telegraph
operator at the Capitol for number
OF years, Will not be reappointed post
master Ut Hackensack, Y. j. He Yves
appointed as a republican, and friends
In that city have been busy trying 70
have him given another term. 1t has
been practically decided however. that
democrat will get the appointment.
The man selected is John Norton.
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President Plants Tree.

At 2:15 o'clock this afternoon President
Wilson shoveled the first earth covering
the roots Of large American elm that
was planted slightly to the right of the
front of the main portico of the White
House. The records of the Office of
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds VIII show that the tree will be
known as the Wilson elm 1t takes the
place of an elm planted by President
Hayes that was destroyed in the Storm
last August Nearly every President Or
a hundred years has assisted in planting
some of the beautiful trees in the White
House grounds. mistaken historian
told newspaper men few days ago that
President Cleveland planted the tree that
is now being replaced, but the records
show that it was President Hayes.
The ceremony was a simple one. in
charge of Col w. W. Harts superinten-
dent of public buildings and grounds.
Photographers were busy taking pictures
of the President as he raised the shovel
full Of earth and dumped 1t into the hole
After this shovelful laborers soon filed
the large hole The three is about forty
feet high and 4 beautiful specimen of
the American elm. II was removed from
the horticultural grounds with many of
its roots unharmed and with three or
trunk.
Judge Thayer at White House.
Judge Rufus II. Ihayer Of the United
States Court OF China. with headquarters
at Shanghai, called at the White House
today to pay mis- respects. Judge Thayer
had a conference during the morning with
Secretary Bryan and was guest OF John
Bassett Moore. counselor of the State De-
partmenr. q. luncheon. Judge Thayer,
whose resignation takes effect within a
short time, is the subject Of charges be-
discuss these charges today. saying that
he will make suitable reply If the State
Depa rtment or the President wishes an
answer judge Thayer arrived IN New York
less than a week ago to find his wife seri-
ously Ill in hospital. He came to Wash
ington from New York to talk with State
Department officials, and will return to
his wife without delay.
The President will give his first cab
met dinner tonight at the White House.
few invited guests outside the CAD
met will be present. among them John
Purroy Mitchell. mayor-elect OF New
York.
II will be the first state function OF
the season, and will be followed with
dinners by cabinet members to the
President and the usual receptions.
The New Year reception Will not be
held this year. as the President goes
away for the Christmas holidays. There
is a possibility that the diplomatic re-
he DELAYED a few days to give the
President a longer rest In southern
climate.
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Friday; colder
tonight; light 10 moderate north
west winds.
FULL REPORT PAGE TWENTY.THREE
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Continued on Ninth Page.)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18

restfulness itself; and 1 haven't seen
the garden at ALL" She walked back
over the lawn. looked admiringly out
toward the garden, with its purple and
yellow flowers, then gazed into the
LOFTY thicket above her head. where
the high elm spread its century-old
branches. Agatha. standing a little
apart and looking at Melanie, was
again struck by some haunting ia
miliarity about her face and figure.
She wondered where she could have
seen Miss Reynier before.
Aleck Van Camp. appearing round
the corner of the house. made elab-
orate bows to the two ladies'. g.,
Good morning, Miss Redmond" He
greeted her cordially. plainly glad to
see her. Il slept the sleep of the blest
up there in your fragrant loft Good
morning. Miss Reynier!" He walked
over and formally took Melanie's hand
for an instant II knew it was de-
creed that you two should be friends"
he went on, in his deliberate way. In
fact, I've been waiting for the moment
when | could have the pleasure of in
Producing you myself, and here you
nave managed to dispense with my
services altogether. But let me es-
cort you into the house. Sallie says
her raised biscuits are all ready for
luncheon"
Agatha. looking at her new friends
vivid face, saw that Mr.. Van Camp
was not an upwelcome addition to
their number She had quick su-
perstitious feeling of happiness at the
thought that the old red house, gath
ering elements of Joy about its roof.
was her possession and her home.
Tive promised to show Miss Rey-
nier some queer old books after lunch
con- she said.
Aleck wrinkled his brow. '"Tll try
not to be Jealous of them"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18
FRIENDS HELP.
st, Paul Park Incident.

after drinking coffee for breakfast
I always felt languid and dull. having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then In about an hour or SO
a weak, nervous arrangement OF the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force would frequently
have to lie down"
Tea is Just as harmful, because 1t
contains caffeine, the same drug found
In coffee.
"At other times I had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion SO impaired that I
had serious chronic dyspepsia and
constipation. A lady. for many years
State President of the w. C. T. u.
told me she had been greatly ben
Gifted by quitting coffee and using
Postum; she was troubled for years
with asthma. She said 1t was no
cross to quit coffee when she found
she could have as delicious an
article as Postum.
Another lady who had been trou-
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years.
found immediate relief on ceasing cof-
fee and using Postum. Still another
friend told me that Postum was a
Godsend, her heart trouble having
been relieved after leaving off coffee
and taking on Postum.
$50 many such cases came to my
notice that / concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and l quit and
took up Postum. / am more than
pleased to say that my days of trou-
BILE have disappeared. am well and
happy"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellyille.'
Ever read the above 1etters new
one appears from time TO time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18
UNIQUE WEAPONS OF WAR
Wooden Cannon Have Been Used
With Success In Modern Times by
West Indian Revolutionists.

Any one familiar with the construc-
tion of modern weapons of warfare
and the high explosives used In them
would naturally suppose cannon
made of wood would be of little or no
value as a weapon.
Wooden cannons have been used
with considerable success, neverthe-
less, in recent revolutions in Cuba.
Haiti and in the Dominican republic.
The wood used in the construction
of these crude weapons is a very
tough variety, having twisted grain
that curls about the log in such a way
that to split the timber with the or
binary means is almost impossible.
The best trees are selected. and
piece of the log five or six feet in
length and about one foot in diameter
is cut. After the bark has been re-
moved and the log made round, 1t Is
swung up on crude truss and hole
is burned into 1t from one end. The
log is wound with strips of rawhide
cut from the skin of steer. When
the cannon is covered with the strips
of hide. another layer is wound on.
and this is continued until the weapon
has increased several inches In diam
eter.
After the log is covered and the
bore is finished the weapon is treated
to a hot draft. which tends to con-
tract the hide binding and which be-
comes almost as strong as wire.
These crude cannons have been
used with success In a number of In
stances. and It is astonishing the num-
ber of times they may be fired before
they burst or become otherwise dis
abled.-Harper's Weekly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18
CHAPTER XIX.
Mr. Chamberlain. sIeuth.

Unbeknown to himself, Mr.. Cham
berlain possessed the, soul of con-
spirator. Leaving Aleck Van Camp at
the crisp edge of the day. he fell in
to deep thought as he walked toward
the village. AS he reviewed the in
formation he had received. he came
more and more to adopt Agatha's
cause as his own, and his spirit was
famed into the glow incident to the
chase
He walked briskly over the country
road, descended the steep hill, turn
ing over the facts, as he knew them.
in his mind. BY the time he reached
Charlesport, he regarded his honor as
a gentleman involved In the capture
of the Frenchman. His knowledge of
the methods of legal prosecutions.
even in his own country, was extreme
ly hazy. He had never been in a sit
uation, in his hitherto peaceful career,
in which it had been necessary to ap-
peal to the law. either on his own
behalf or on that of his friends.
Legal processes in America were
even less known to him, but he was
not daunted on that account. He re-
membered Shelock Holmes and
Raffies; he recalled Bill Sykes and Du-
bose, lodging the operations of JUS
tice; and in that romantic chamber
that turks somewhere in every mans
makeup. he felt that classic tradition
had armed him with all the prepa-
ration necessary for heroic achieve
ment. He, Chamberlain. was unex-
pectedly called upon to act as an agent
of Justice against chicanery and vio-
lence, and 1t was not In him to shirk
the task. His labors, which. for the
greater part of his life, had been ex-
pended in tracing the evolution of
blind fish in inland caves. had not es-
pecially fitted him for dealing with the
details of such a case as Agatha's; but
they had left him eminently well
equipped for discerning right prin-
ciples and embracing them.
Chamberlains first move was to Wis
It Big Simon. who directed him to the
house of the Justice of the peace. Is
rael Cady. Squire Cady. in his shirt
sleeves and wearing an old faded silk
hat. was in his side yard endeavoring
to coax the fruit down gently from a
flourishing pear tree.
You wait Just minute. II you
please, until l get these two plump
pears down. and I'll be right there
he called courteously. without looking
away from his long-handled wire
scoop.
Mr.. Chamberlain strolled into the
yard. and after watching Squire Cady's
exertions for a minute or two. offered
to WELD the pole himself.
Takes a pru-uty steady hand to get
those big ones on without bruising
them" cautioned the squire.
But Chamberlain's hand was stead
mess itself. and his eyesight much
keener than the old mans. The re-
suit was highly satisfactory. No less
than a dozen ripe pears were twitched
of. just in the nick of time, SO far as
the eater was concerned.
Well. thank you, sir; thank you."
said Squire Cady. That Just goes to
show what the younger generation can
do. Now then. let's see. Got any
pockets?"
He picked out six of the best pears
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18
SYNOPSIS.

Agatha Redmond. opera singer. starting
Tor an auto drive in New York. finds a
she is accosted by a stranger who climbs
INTO the auto and chloroforms her. James
abductfao Of Sf y1b yfn Mass RSond whease Hambie
ton sees Agatha forcibly taken aboard
yacht He secures tug and when near
Camp. friend Of Hambieton, had an ap-
Pointment with him. Not meeting Ham
Medn, MpIetd1n, he makes call upon friends;
proposes to the latter and is refused Inc
vaeSt aTTangs tbs ses esast % TRIP 0n nan waKes
up on board the Jeanne D'Arc. the yacht
on which is Agatha Redmond. He psets
a man who Introduces himself as Mon
tor. They fight, but are. interrupted by
the sinking Of the vessel. Jimmy and
fafs e afs the Soas nH hS
swim for hours and finally reach shore
In thoroughly exhausted condition, Re
chauffeur who assisted in Agatha's alb
iu;tn. dustion. He agrees 10 help them; Jim is
..rhayer. who revives Jim. and the party
is conveyed to CharlesPort; where Aga;
his party. in the Sea Gull, reach Charles
port and get tidings of the wreck of the
verge Of death and % Agatha in nm despair.
Dr. Thayer declares his sister. Mrs. stod-
dard, is the only one who can save Jim.
victions. and dislikes Agatha on account
of her profession. She refuses to nurse
Jim. Agatha pleads with her and she
consents to take the case. Hand explains
how he escaped from the wreck. though
duction. Lizzie, Agatha's maid, arrives
from New York. The fight for Jlm's
life goes on. Van Camp hears Agatha's
story and gets on the track of Chatelard.
who escaped from the wreck. Hamble-
ton is finally out of danger. Chamber
Chatelard.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-18
Surely = impossible to Ask Further
Proof After This Really Sublime
Declaration.
no you love meg" he asked

DO you love me?" he asked.
In reply the modern young girl
looked at the modern young man
with eyes perfervid with emotion.
DO l love you?" she repeated. Il
do. love you psychologically. socio-
logically. economically. From the
psychologist standpoint. feel that our
different organisms are SO nicely diff
ferentiated as to form a properly ar
ticulated area Of combined conscious
ness. Sociologically. our individual
environment has been enough in con-
trast to form a proper basis for
right union Economically. l feel
sure that sheD we come TO combine