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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
EATS FIRST CHRISTMAS
DINNER FOR So YEARS



Moundsville, West Virginia, Dec "a.
Since Wilbur Slaughter was eighteen
years old he has not eaten Christmas
dinner with his mother, a gray haired
and bent little lady, who lives in an
obscure town in Ohio Slaughter is
now thirty-five. He has spent the past
seventeen years in the penitentiary
here. In 1895 he was sentenced to i'm.
prisonment for life for killing a fellow
miner in one of the West Virginia
coal mines, where he worked.
Slaughter's Christmas present was
complete pardon by Governor Hatfield,
according to his annual custom of par
doning on Christmas eve the most de-
serving prisoner, who has served the
longest number of years behind the
bars.
Slaughter's pardon came to him short
ly after noon today, and he left i'm
mediately for Ohio to eat Christmas
dinner with his mother. Slaughter,
since the day he entered Moundsville
penitentiary, has been a model prison
er. He has spent his spare time study
ing and besides educating himself above
the average, has learned trade which
he will follow. He plans to look up
the family of the man he was accused
of killing, and if they are in want, aid
them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
Members of Cabinet and Even Some In
fluential Representatives Slip in
Ahead Of Them.
AUGUSTUS ooTAvIoUs BACON
ENTERS PROTEST ABOUT IT
In Lengthy Communication He Insists
Rights of Senators at Receptions
Must Be Observed.
BY BURTON K. sTANDIsH.
(Written for the united Presg.l

Washington, Dec. 24.-The staid old
senate, "views with alarm" Not only
have the people provided that the men,
bers must secure the approval of the
populace at the polls, but its old time
rules of precedent are in grave danger.
Heretofore the senate has insisted that
it had certain divine powers. A SEN
ator at a public function must not be
preceded by anyone other than the pres
ident, vice-president and member Of
the supreme court And the latter were
tolerated Gas matter of courtesy
according to the senators.
But all that has been changed since
March 4, last. Members of the cabinet
have been permitted to enter public
functions ahead of senators. And even
some Influential representatives have
slipped in ahead Of senators when they
were not looking. And it remained for
the recent Wilson-Sayre wedding to
deal the crushing blow. There "com-
moners," members of the immediate
family, had the choice seats and places.
And when it was all over they led the
procession out Of the East room. In
fact the entire function took on the
appearance Of a plain American we'd
ding where there was no such thing as
anyone being any better than anyone
else.
But all this must stop. No less a
parsonage than Agustus 0ctavious Ba.
con, senator from Georgia says so. Tn
a lengthy communication he insists that
the rights Of the senators must be OBJ
served in the future.
"There is no other legislative body
of any government in the world with
such extensive varied powers, he says
"to assign to senators an inferior rank
cannot be harmonized with the exer
else of such powers. In official life
senators will be assigned to a certain
rank Speaking generally they prefer
not to be present at function, public
or private, where their proper rank il
not recognized and accorded to them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

Senatorial pipe smokers are up in
arms. They have been barred from the
senate lounging rooms. Senator Lane,
of Oregon, was the first to learn of the
new rules. The Oregonian has an an
cient and much beloved pipe, which,
when going full blast does not smell
like perfecto. He was enjoying pipe
full the other day when told he would
either have to confine himself to anoth-
er kind of smoke, or take his pipe out
side. He did the latter, and now can
frequently be seen wandering lonesome
ly about the capitol corridors drawing
on his pipe. Senator Tillman wants to
go further and have smoking or any
thing prohibited in the lounging rooms
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
Stairs Bad Drawback.

An apartment offered to the Ameri-
can ambassador in the famous Darber
inc Palace might have been accepted
but for the stairs. In Italy the first
floor of palaces is usually for servants
OR trades people. Little attention is
paid to the construction and adorpment
of Railways. In the present case Am
bassador Page felt quite certain that
no American would ever believe that
the stairway led to an ambassadorial
apartment unless reassuring signs were
posted every few steps and this he
preferred not to do.
Still another apartment could have
been had by him in the famous Orsini
Palace. Unfortunately it is located in
a district where the average stranger
in Rome does not like to go unless well
armed. As the United States affords
each ambassador. only one naval and
one military aid, Ambassador Page felt
that would hardly be just to this lin.
tied force were he to move into that
quarter According to Ambassador
Page, while the problem Of what to do
in the United States with ex-presidents
may remain difficult to solve, there
should be no trouble whatever about
the future Of ex.ambassadors. He is
confident that any one of them who
has successfully overcome the real es.
tate difficulties of establishing an
American embassy in an European cap
itol should have no trouble whatever
in continuing a somewhat similar bust
ness in America.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
FOR STEALING ONE CENT
LIMITED PRESS ErAsnp wIRn. |

London, Dec. pa man giving the
name Of Richard Bird was sentenced
AT East Ham police court to months
hard labor for stealing cent from
outside tailor shop. He was con.
victed on the testimony Of Policeman
Hank, who witnessed the theft. Clos.
ing his evidence, apparently as an after
thought, the officer remarked, 81
should like to add, sir that the prisoner
has the name Of Hank. lie is my own
brother"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
sHoVELED COAL WHILE HER
HUSBAND SMOKES 25-oENTERS
[nN1rnn pREsa 1nAsrp wIRn.1

San Francisco, Dec. 24.->wom tes.
timony that she was forced to shovel
coal and empty ashes while her hus-
band sat in an easy chair and smoked
25.cent cigars, won a divorce for her
today for Mrs. Schock from William H..
schock, a wealthy Chicago hardware
merchant. Mrs. SchOck said she was
forced to do this sort Of work at her
husband S apartment house in Los An,
geles. She was awarded her divorce
and 800 alimony my Superior Judge
Crothers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

Representative Garner, of Texas, ia
nous for the tariff delegate reference to
"Garner's goat" is the loudest prot
estant today for peace in Mexico. He
fears he may be defeated for congress
next fall if war should be declared be.
tween Mexico and this country, The
cause Of Garner's nervousness is that
practically ninety per cent of his CON
stitutents are Mexicans, full or half
breeds, but who are naturalize1. He
says all of them are good democrats.
That all his voting strength would de-
camp to Mexico and fight the Germ
goes" if war should result is his
"dope." Garner is known as the An
CORA Goat King Of the country. He
used to own practically every angora
goat in Tezas-several million. He is
credited with being n millionaire sew
eral times over.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

"Prof." William Howard Taft is a
frequent visitor to Washington. Most
everybody knows him by sight, but
there is one man here famous for hav-
ing unwittingly snubbed the former
president. On a visit to the senate Of.
flee building, Taft called at the office
Of Senator Hollis of New Hampshire
"Who shall | tell the senator desires
to see him' asked Hollis new secre
tary. The senator's secretary took a
good squint at Taft's portly form and
shook his head. "Just tell him 'Mr.
Taft, " the ex.president mournfully re.
piled "Such is fame" he laughingly
declared to accompanying friends.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

could not possibly have occupied more
than the first two floors. Even this,
however, would have been acceptable
had it not been for the fact that the
kitchen was on the fifth floor at the
farthest possible point from the dining
room. Although local domestic engin-
GERS tried to solve the problem of food
transportation, they failed, and Ambas-
sador Page felt he could hardly risk
the certain interruption of an ambas-
sadorial dinner with the request to his
guests that they join him in hunting
for the waiter who, while bringing the
fish, had evidently gotten lost in the
interminable labyrinth of floors and
rooms between the kitchen and ban
quet hall.
The famous Villa Millafiore, former
home of the American Art School,
could also have been had by Mr.. Page
at the modest figure of $4,000 a year
or two-thirds of his ambassadorial sal
ary. The contract, however, provided
that after furnishing the Villa the
tenant should vacate it on moment s
notice should it be wanted for other
purposes, PrOfiting by the experience
of Ambassador O'Brien last year, this,
Ambassador Page declined to do. Am
bassador 0 'Brien had just gotten nice
ly located in magnificent villa at
Rome, under a similar contract, when
the palace was sold. He had to get out
a good deal sooner than he had been
able to get in--and a great deal sooner
than he was able to get in anywhere
else.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
Rich Red
e | O cd

Is yours If you take HOODS
sARSAPARlLLA, which makes
the blood normal in red and white
corpuscles; relieves pimples, bOils,
scrofula, salt rheum or eczema,
eatarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia,
nervousness, that tired feeling.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
QUALIFICATIONS OF
LAND DEALERS NEEDED
Ambassador Page Believes House Hunt
er in Europe Must Be Well Posted
on Apartment Values.
ALMOST UNHEARD OF RENTAL
DEMANDED FOR HOUSES
One Entire Palace Offered and It Had
Kitchen on Fifth Floor, Farthest
Point From Dining Room
BY HENRY WOOD
(Rome Correspondent of the United
Press.)

(Rome Correspondent of the United
Press.)
Rome, Dec. "a One of the most
essential and imperative requisites for
an American diplomat in Europe is
that he possess all Of the qualifications
of an expert real estate dealer. This.
at least, is the present opinion of
Thomas Nelson Page, the new United
States ambassador to Rome. And the
outhor.ambasador knows whereof he
speaks.
A new American ambassador in
Europe says Mr.. Page, "may have
all the diplomatic acumen and finesse
of Metternich, but unless he is also
enough of a practical real estate man
to solve the problem of finding house
in which to locate his embassy, he is not
likely to ever get far enough along to
really begin as diplomat"
Up to several weeks ago, when Mr..
Page finally found house, his diplo.
matte career was by force of necessity,
confined largely to house hunting His
experience has even been little bit
harder than that of most of the other
new American ambassadors to Euro.
pean capitals where unlike most of the
governments the United States does
not own its own embassy. Despite the
fact that in all of his efforts Mr.. Page
had the constant aid Of his cousin,
Commentators George Page, director
of the Commercial Bank of Rome, who
grew up from boyhood here and knows
every foot of Roman real estate, he
had a difficult time solving the prob
lem.
Great Rental Asked.
OF the few houses which Mr. Pags
found and which would really have
served as an embassy, nearly all of
them were refused him for precisely
the same reason. The owners first de-
manded a rental that was almost in
credible. Later when Mr., Page, UNI
able to do better, accepted, the pro-
prietor at once became suspicious of
anyone who was either willing or able
to pay so much and withdrew the prop.
erty.
Other prospective embassies had to
be refused for different reasons. For
example, large apartment offered to
Mr.. Page in the famous Bancadorc
palace for a moment seemed to fill the
bin. There were all of the immense
diningrooms, salons and reception halls
necessary for an embassy. Upon ex
animation, however, Mr. Page discov
cred that of bed rooms there was moi
one. He was forced to the suspicion
that if the ancient Romans, who for
merly occupied the palace, ever slept
at all, it must have been under the
table when the banquet was over,
Kitchen Somewhat Remote.
Another palace which Mr., Page
could have had was so big that he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24
STRANGERS CHURCH.


ST. Louis, Dec. PA "Strangers
Church, " similar to the "sunday Even
ing Club" Of Chicago, will be estab'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

lished here shortly if plans being work.
ed out today by st. Louis ministers Of
all denominations and doctrines go
through successfully.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-24

If there is one thing that Secretary
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
Here's Still Another Pole.

The mania for discovering poles has
resulted in the finding of another pole
on the otherwise obscure little island
of Dumet situated near the mouth of
the River Vilaine, in France. The con-
tinental pole, according to scientists
who have made accurate measure
ments Of the earth's surface, Is located
somewhere on the island.
Alphonse Berget. professor at the
Oceanographic Institute, has just
made series of studies that resulted
in the announced discovery of the
continental pole. Repeated expert
ments led him to select the island at
the mouth of the Vilaine river as a
basis of operations. BY tracing a
large circle he divided the earth into
two hemispheres. The continental
hemisphere contains 455 per cent.
land and 54.5 per cent. water. The
oceanic hemisphere contains 1877 per
cent Of water and only lib per cent.
of emerging land.
Thus, it is apparent that any other
point of earth gives two hemispheres
in which the differentiation Of terres-
trial and marine domains is less mark
ed, giving the Island of Dumet the dis
tinction of possessing the continental
pole.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
OrtoIans as Food.

The ortolan, bird smaller than our
quail, an inhabitant of southern Eu-
rope in summer and of Africa in win
ter, is highly priced, especially among
French epicures, for the delicate fla
vor of it's flesh. These birds are net
ted alive, kept in dark place and fed
on millet, oats and other seeds until
they become enormously fat, when
they are killed for the table. This
artificial fattening of the ortolan dates
back to ancient days of Rome. A
Partisan paper tells Of a financier who
invited four friends to a dinner at
his country place and sent to Paris to
a famous restaurateur to provide a
feast for six persons. When the &C
count was presented it footed up 1900
francs; that is, $240. Outrageous"
said the financier. Monsieur" said
the restaurateur, you have had twen-
ty ortolans at rs francs each; that
alone is 500 francs" This would be
much like paying SIS each for we'll
fattened English sparrows.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
MOST VENOMOUS OF SNAKES
"Bushmaster," South American Rep
tile, Absolutely Undisputed Mon
arch of Forests.

"About the latest thing among snake
novelties is the bushmaster," writes
London correspondent. This snake,
according to Baron E. Leijonhufvud,
F. a. S., F. R. G.. S., is one of the rar-
est and shyest in the world. 1t is at
home in tropical South America and
occurs in Trinidad. 1t has the great
est venom of any of the large poison
Gus vipers and as much as $50 mil
ligrams has been extracted at one
time from the bushmaster The dread
ed rattlesnake, including the large
diamond, does not give more than half
the quantity of venom. Attaining
sometimes a length of twelve feet, the
bushmaster is the largest of all the
poisonous snakes of the world. The
pattern is beautiful; pinkish yellow
ground color, with rhomboid regular
designs of darkish brown, having
tinge of purple and terra Gotta. In
each darker pattern is a brighter CEN
ter spot. It's Latin name means the
silent rattlesnake;' it was given this
name by Linnaeus on account of it's
Tail, which is tapering and horny,
made of the same material as that of
The rattlesnake, but without the seq
ments and consequently silent.
Charles Waterton, the famous nat
1ralist, who made three journeys to
South America, describes the BUSH
master in his notes of the first jour
1ey in 1912 as follows: 'Unrivaled
n his display of every lovely color of
The rainbow and unmatched in the eff
tects of his deadly poison, the "couna-
couchi' glides undaunted on, sole mon
arch of the forests. Both man and
beast fly before him and allow him to
pursue an undisputed path. He some
times grows to the length of fourteen
feet The bushmaster's head is en-
tirely heart shaped, and when reused
the serpent does not get into the posi-
ton of the other vipers, but keeps the
head slightly raised with S-shaped ver-
teal bends of the body. In striking it
lets out these bends like spring and
can in this way reach very far. It's
food is the common rat, the rabbit and
the agouti.
'In Central America the bushmaster
is called by the Indians the pineapple
snake, because its scales are rough
and similar to the outside of a pine
apple. This exceedingly delicate
snake, which is killed by the slightest
change of climate, is not nearly so
aggressive as it's smaller cousin, the
and does not affect ma
terially the mortality on sugar. banana
or coffee plantations"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
Qui91ey-Moore

The Rutland Herald of Thursday, Oct.
16, has the following account of theQuig-
ley-Moore wedding:
Miss Mary E. Moore. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas A. Moore of Hyde Park
was married yesterday morning at 9
O'Clock in ST. Peters church to DR.. Fran
CHS E. Quigley son of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A.
Quigley of No. 4S Baxter street. Rev.
j. NJ. Brown, pastor of the church, per-
formed the ceremony. Mrs. John j. Lalor
played the wedding march from Lohen-
grin as the couple entered the church
and also played an offertory from Batiste,
CHORUS of Angels" by Clark and Men
delssohn's "Weddng March," "Ava
Maria" and 80 Promise Me" were sung
by Miss Mary Carney.
The maid of honor was Miss Elizabeth
Quigley, a sister of the groom, and his
brother, William P. Quigley, acted as
best man. The ushers were John b.
Donlon and j. B. Qulgley. Til" bride
was gowned in blue broadclOth WIN hat
to match and carried gold ro~'ry as
did also the maid of honor, whr was
gowned in brown tailored suit with a
brown hat. After the ceremony at the
church wedding breakfast was served
az the new home of the yodng couple at
No. 81 Park Avenue to about 80 guests,
reception following. The groom's gift to
the best man and ushers was gold scarf
pin and the BRIDES gift to the bridesmaid
was pearl and amethyst pendant. Mr..
and Mrs. Quigley were the recipients of
many gifts of silver, china, cut glass.
furniture, linen and gold, among them
being cut glass water set from the
Loyal Order of the Moose, of which Mr..
Quigley is a member.
Those present included Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Hynes and daughter, Miss Mary
Hynes, of Burlington. Thomas Moore and
Mrs. John Finnegan of Hyde Park, Misses
Catherine, Agnes and Nellie Crowley and
Garrett Crowley of Shelburne, and Miss
Anna Kane of Fair Haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quigley left yesterday af-
ternoon on the two o'clock train for a
wedding trip to New York City and New
Jersey, and will return to this city about
November 1. The bride is a graduate of
the training school of the Fanny Allen
Hospital in Burlington, and has been en-
poyed as district purse in Rutland by
the Metropolitan Insurance Company tor
about two years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
SHOWING WARREN THE POINT
Little Lads Effective Lesson in the
Necessity for Employing Pune
tuation Marks.

ooh, dearp p sighed Warren, as he
came in from school one day, 81
wish we didn't have to learn so
much about periods and commas
and semicolons and such things. |
hate them p
Mamma laid down her sewing and
said, "Why do you hate them, War
REM"
'FWhy, it's so hard to remember
when to use them, and besides l
don't think they are Of much use. |
don't see why we couldn't write SEN
fences without putting in any pune
tuation marks"
Mamma smiled and then rising
from her chair she went over to the
desk and got out piece of paper
and pencil. Then she wrote: ''The
little turkey strutted about the yard
and ate corn half an hour after his
head was cut off,"
"Why, mummy, how funnyp' ex-
claimed Warren when he had read
it, chow could turkey walk around
eating corn without any head?"
Gle couldn't" replied mamma,
"and yet I have written just what I
intended to write. | have, however,
left out all punctuation Marks
Then she bent down and punctu-
ated the sentence. It then read:
"The little turkey strutted about the
yard and ate corn; half an hour
after, his head was cut off,"
ooh, I see," cried Warren, and
then and there he resolved to learn
all that he could about punctuation
marks.-Woman's World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
First Impressions of America.

1t was a. m. when we hurried on
deck to greet our new home Purple
sunrise bathed the glorious bay in
golden glowing colors, and yet the
faint outline Of the young moon was
still visible in the sky. 1t was an en-
trancing sight, and all the Americans
on board declared that it was only un-
der the Stars and Stripes that there
we're such skies and such sunrises and
sunsets.
In the meantime I sat on one of the
larger boxes awaiting results, when a
long lean Yankee asked me whether
was here for the first time, and if l
knew that new president was elected
that day. His name was Hayes, and
it was very important to remember
that name for the next four years. l
laughed and was delighted to meet
such a real one!-Princess Won Race
witza's Autobiography.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-10-22
CHOICE DISHES.

Onion soup.-Make several gashes
in shin bone Of beef, put it into the
soup kettle and cover with two quarts
of water. Heat slowly to the boiling
point and let simmer for three or four
hours. Slice five small onions and
cook them in enough butter to brown
them we'll Strain the stock, add lit
salt and pepper to taste. Cut bread in
one-third-;nch slices, sprinkle with
cheese and pour the soup over the
bread.
AIIerton ChIcken.-Cut up fowl as
for fricasse and cover with boiling wa
ter. Simmer until tender. When tha
fowl is about half done, add two slices
of onion, two slices of carrot, one
stalk Of celery sprig of parsley, IL
pepper corns and tablespoonful OF
salt. Cook until all the vegetables are
tender. Remove the chicken to the
platter, arrange in attractive form,
and pour over the gravy and vegeta-
bles. Prepare the gravy by skimming
the fat and using sufficient flour to
thicken.
Chicken Stew With Onions.--This Is
not common dish, but is most deli
cious. Stew the chicken with two
dozen small onions, simmer until ten.
der. Remove the chicken to the plat
ter and drain the onions from the
stock. Thicker the stock with three
tablespoonfuls each of butter and
flour cooked together. Add one-half
cup Of cream, season with salt, pepper
and lemon juice Pour over the chick
en- and garnish with the onions and
parsley.
MarshmalIow Wafers.-Cook to-
gether a cup of sugar and half cup
of water in a granite dish. Boil until
1t threads, then add ten marshmal-
lows cut in small pieces. Pour gradu-
ally over the whites of two eggs beat
en- stiff; add a cup of pecan meats
and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Spread
on small waters and brown in the
oven