davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1913-07-18

because he thought when he wal
brought back by the civil authoritie.
that he was free to support his family
Then on April q, this year. after
he had been working for seven months,
he was arrested by Detective Messer.
who claimed the $50 reward the navy
offered for him as q deserter.
He was taken to Philadelphia and
tried oy a general court-martial He
told me when / went to see him in jail
at the Philadelphia navy yard That three
out Of the seven men who tried him by
court-martial were Intoxicated. He Eaid
he was denied a recorder. and had no
one to represent him at the trial. Then
he was taken to Portsmouth TO serve an
eighteen months sentence.
He Writes Regularly.
Il have received a letter from my
husband every two weeks since he was
taken to Portsmouth. In every letter
he tells me that he wants to return and
support me and the children. He wants
to right the wrong he mas done, and
save us from further suffering.
Hasn't my husband been punished
enough? Must we continue to suffer?
II President Wilson can pardon those
ton, cannot he pardon a poor
navy deserter whose family is penniless
and facing starvation and despair?
II am i'll and unable to work to sup
port my children. The Associated
Charities gave me some help, but they
have not sent NE any provisions for
three weeks. My neighbors have paid
my rent. They have fed me and my
children and bought me medicine. But
they cannot do much more. / have been
told my furniture will be taken away.
In Gods name what Is to become of
me and these helpless girls unless they
pardon my husband so that he can re-
turn and support us?'
This was Mrs. Curry's appeal and she
broke down and cried as she finished
the story of her trials and struggles.
The Associated Charities sent me q
basket of provisions every week until
three or four weeks ago." Mrs. Curry
continued. Then they withdrew their
support because would not consent to
60 to the hospital for an operation. and
because / could not bear to have them
put my two children in a home, az they
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
Prof. }. A. Hill Talks
TO Poultry Fanciers

In the interests OF the better culture
of poultry and pigeons by the Greater
Washington Poultry and Pigeon Club.
Prof. James A. Hill spoke before the
club last night at its meeting at the
home Of H. J. Hunt, near Somerset, Nd.
Prof. Hill. who has recently visited
many large plants to study poultry cul-
ture. will visit England and Belgium
to CLEAN Ideas which will be Of benefit
to the Greater Washington devotees OF
poultry culture and breeding.
The next meeting OF the Greater
Washington Pouitr yand- Pigeon Club
will be held at Silver Mil, Nd, on Au-
gust .. Announcement has been made
for a boosters meeting to be held Au.
gust q.
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
Family Is Starpine,
Declares Mrs. Curry;
Husband Is tn Jail

Hasn't my husband been pun
ished enough! Must We continue
to suffer! If President Wilson
can pardon those whose
families only suffer humiliation,
cannot he pardon q poor navy
deserter whose family is penni.
less and facing starvation and
despairl
81 am ill and unable to work to
support my children. Ny neigh.
bors have paid my rent They
have fed me and my children
and bought me medicine.
"In Gods name what Is to be.
come of me aud these helpless
girls unless they pardon my
husb and so that he can return
and support usf .
Appeal of Mrs. Norman 0. Curry
for the pardon Of her husband,
sentenced rs q navy dcserter.
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
,T|NDALL RETAINED
BY COMMISSIONERS
CIafty, Named as Secretary to
Board, Will Be Given Another
- Position.

Following conferences which they
have recently had on the subject, tits
understood to be the intention Of oliver
p. Newman and Frederick L. Siddons,
the new members Of the Board Of Dis
trict Commissioners, to retain William
Tindall as secretary to the board
Thomas H Claffy, of Trenton, N. j..
who has been mentioned for the place,
will be appointed. instead. as private
secretary to. Commissioner Newman.
Mr.. Tindall il an experienced man in
the post Of secretary to the board, and
IN view OF his long service and familiar
ity with the work. 1t Is understood to
be the intention of the new members
to permit him to continue In office.
Mr.. Newman called at the White
House today. searching for his com.
misston-thc Stgned and sealed docu-
ment presented to all appointees of the
President as evidence Of their ofrfce.
The paper was at the State Depart
ment where tho seal was being AFFIXED
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
Militant Released,
Weak From Hunger

LONDON. July 1s.-Weak and totter-
ing from the effects Of q hunger strike.
Annie Kenney, who was arrested q few
days ago when the police raided the
Pankhurst appeared, was released from
Holloway jail today.
Miss kenney had Just been released
under the cat and mouse" act when
she appeared with Mrs. Pankhurst in
license under which she was liberated
She even sold her license at auction for
$50. When re-arrested Miss Kenney
declared that she not only would hunger
strike, but would refuse to be released
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
Delays Appointment
OF District ATTORNEY

Attorney General McReynolds declared
today before the meeting Of the Presi-
dents Cabinet that he Is contemplating
no action in the near future for the
appointment Of a United States district
attorney in San Francisco to succeed
John L. McNab, whose resignation was
accepted following his charges against
the Attorney General in the Diggs-
Caminetti white slave case.
Thomas z. Hayden, who has been
The Washington times., 1913-07-18

insisted should be done, and take my
father, a helpless old man who lives
| with me. and place him in home for
the aged.
Mrs. Curry's spirit is thoroughly
broken. The world has given her its
toughest treatment and. though she Is
grateful to the friends who have helped
her. she cannot think of her sorrows
! and troubles without displaying bitter
ness.
Mrs. Garrett c. Rush, who lives in
the front apartment adjoining the
| rooms occupied by Mrs. Curry. has paid
the latter's house rent. and has shared
her meals with the penniless mother
spSwb fnS her Of family ,pa wsh Rsf Ms eosns
Mrs. Rush called on Franklin D. Roose-
Welt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and appealed for clemency for the
navy-deserter husband. Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt said that all he could
Curry's pay allotment. This money he
would have paid to Mrs. Curry.
The first allotment Of pay for Mrs.
Curry was received this week. 1t was
only S2. and Mrs Brown returned II to
the Secretary anj asked If there was
il would be SIS or 81 a month. At the the
Navy Department 1t was said the mat
ter would be investigated. although 1t
was stated that the expense of the
! court-martial. the $50 reward for Curry's
arrest, and 50 month for his prison
care would have to be deducted from
the s21 monthly salary allotted him.
What is left after these amounts are
deducted. Mrs. Curry's friends say. will
not go far to support Q family Of four.
none Of them able to help themselves.
Called At White House.
Mrs. Brown says she has been told
at the White House that an appoint
ment would be made for her with Presi-
dent Wilson rs soon as possible. She
has made seven trips there, she says.
however, and yesterday was told that
the President had given orders that
only members Of Congress or officials
with public business were to be admit
ted 20.
In the two little rooms in which Mrs
Curry. her two children, and her aged
father live. both bed rooms. though one
is used as a kitchen and dining room
as well. the flies are swarmins because
there Is no screen on the single outside
door or on the two windows. The fam
ily just returned to the rooms this
week. They had been at q camp meet
ing at Mt. Vernon conducted by the
Pentecostal Church at 3O7 D street
northwest. where they had been given
food and shelter through the kindness
of the church.
The little outing In the country was
the only bright spot In q struggle OF
months and Mrs. Curry and her family
are back In their poor quarters facing
anew the struggle for existence with
only neighbors to aid them and with
out influential friends to plead their
cause with the pardoning powers.
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
CHANGES MADE N
COMMERCE BUREAU
Promotions, designations, and
Transfers Announced BY
Secretary Redfieid.

Thomas H. Robertson. special ex-
aminer in the Bureau OF Corporations,
Department Of Commerce, has been
promoted by Secretary Redneld to
1920 q year.
Daniel NJ. Clark has been reinstated
as clerk in the Secretary's office at
1000, and Palestine w. Peters has
been detailed from the secretary's Of
hce to the Census Bureau
In the Census Bureau. Mrt. Adelaide
C. Turner. clerk at 1890, has re-
signed. and Gordon Groves has been
PROBATIONARY appointed as messenger
boy. :.
In the Bureau Of Standards, Eugene
c. Crittenden. assistant physicist, has
The Washington times., 1913-07-18

mentioned for the place. came TO WASH
ington yesterday. following protests
filed against his appointment by Senator
Ashurst Of Arizona on the grouni that
he was inexperienced
Mr.. HAYDEN has not been named
yet" said the Attorney General. land II
he Is not the right man for the place.
we want to know It. The delay in his
appointment in no nay interferes with
the trial of the Diggs-Caminetti case,
as that has been placed unGer the direct
charge of Special Prosecutor Sullivan" !"
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
DESERTER'S FAMILY
IS IN ACTUAL WANT
WIte and Two Children in Little
Home Without Food, While
Man is Held.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
him for humanity's sake to pardon this
man that he may return to his employ
Inent and help the family which so sore
1y needs his aid. But Mrs. Brown has
not been able to see the President, and
now she appeals to the Washington
Times to help her in righting what she
declares is 4 Srevious wrong.
Just Out Of Sick Bed.
Mrs. Curry. just out of sick bed.
broke down as she told of the trials
she had endured, first by the acts of
a recreant husband. who. she says. was
influenced by his parents and then by
the act of the Government in separating
the family after the reconciliation Her
little child. Dorothy, a beautitul giri
of ten, from whose cheeks the bloom, OF
health is being banished by the pinch OF
want, bravely comforted her mother.
The other child, Ethel, a gin OF tnir-
teen, and old enough to realize the FAM
ily's plight, could NOT conceal her tears.
My husband served four years in the
Marine Corps OF the navy before we
were married, !" said, Mrs; Curry drbs, N re,
Is why he turned to the navy after our
separation. We had lived together nap
PLY, but his parents opposed our mar
riage, and in November, 1911 tney sue
ceeded in separating us when his MOTH
er sent for him to come to her home in
AIleman, Pa. I went there to ask hlm
to return three months later, but MS
parents would not let me see MN. IN,
stead they told him I had gun ana
had threatened to kill him, winch was
cruelty false
They induced him TO go to North
Banso, n. Y, where he had an uncle
William Cox. 1 wrote MIN, but re-
ceived no response: Then l NAG naa my my
to him, and his heart was touched he
wrote me that he would return.
Started Back Home.
He started for Washington. but his
funds gave out. He was in Pittsburgh.
penniless and hungry. facing starvation,
as 1 am now, when he turned to the
navy as a last resort. He told me that
he was humiliated because he knew he
had failed in his duty and began to feel
ashamed to face me and the babies. but
he expected to send all his pay nome 10
us except what he needed for his bare
When he first disappeared 1 had ap-
pealed to the police to help me hnd
him. 1 did not want him arrested, put
/ wanted help in bringing him back
to his family. The police found out
that he had enlisted at Pittsburgh and
Inspector Boardman sent Detectlve
Emery TO Pittsburgh to bring him back
on nOn-SuppOrt Cndrses. ne was III Jeh
a week here awaiting trial and then he
pleaded guilty and was released on pro-
hation when he agreed to support us.
He was sincerely sorry for the way he
had treated his family and he went
TO work at once in the furniture ware
house of W. B. Moses. Then he got a
better Job with the Emergency Trans
fer Company and started to buy some
furniture for our home on the INSTALL
ment plan. We were happy. The
thought that he could be arrested as a
The Washington times., 1913-07-18
WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia-C1oudy tonight; Saturday prob
ably fair; light, variable winds.
For vireinia-Local thunder showers
tonight or Saturday; light. variable
winds.
For Maryland-Cloudy tonight; Safur-
day probably fair: light, variable winds.
For Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Delaware-Thunder showers this
afternoon or tonight; Saturday probably
fair: light to moderate. variable winds.
The temperature today as registered
at the United States Weather Bureau
nj AfAnrksa.
The Washington times., 1913-07-18

TIDE TABLE.
High tide 500 a. m. and S:6 p. m.
Low tide 2:05 q. m. and 2:46 p. m.
. SUN TABLE.
Sun rises.........4:B Sun setA........7:A
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Miss Fuller is at work for Mrs Alva
y. Harris.
Mrs. Alva A. Harris is I'LL with asth-
ma and bronchitis.
Ora Cheney is at work for Mrs. G..
7. Gale in West Townshend.
Percy Blake Of Chester was in town
Monday visiting the schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Burbee return
ell to their home in Springfield, Mass,
Monday.
Mrs. Elnora Rhodes and son, Henry.
visited the former $ brother, Albert
futile, in Grafton Sunday.
Little Harold Westcott and Alison
Baker, who were bitten by dog last
week, have nearly recovered.
Will Clark and family of Wardsborc
were recent visitors at tue home Of the
former 5 sister, Mrs. 4. l.. Howe
Mr. and Mrs Emery Slaysom and lit
tie Christie were recent guests of Mrs
Slaysom S grandmother, Mrs. Angie J
Chase.
Mrs Emma Bemis and children, who
had been spending a few days at A
o. Chase s. have returned to then
home in Thompsonburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jenison and
Master Raymond visited at Leon ia
quith 5 in Londonderry Sunday. Mrs
jenison s sister. Mrs. Jaquith and lit
tie child returned home with them.
]
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Nvra Stouc viii entertain Is
women friends at 500 this afternoon.
Mr.. ami Mrs Il. {. Shaw visited iu
Springfield, Mass, Saturday and sun
day.
Miss. Marion Alien left last evening
for q brief visit i'm Burlington on her
way to Canada.
Mrs, y, d, Ctawson and daughter
have returned from a visit of several
weeks in keenc
\. b. Wilder of Wardsboro Center
is visiting Lee Putnam at his sister :.
Mrs. :. Fl. White :.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. \. McRae and G.
L, GRAHAM went TO Springfield. Mass
yesterday to attend Masonic meeting
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Johnson of
keene visited at the home of his par.
ents, MIR. and Mrs. a. o. Johnson,
Sunday.
Mrs. 5. II. White spent Saturday and
Sunday in Greenfield with Miss Matte
kenron at. the home OF her aunt. Mrs
Fred Lyons
Miss Helen Kennev of Westfcld.
Mass, is expected Saturday for IL
week 5 visit with her mother, Mrs
Attorney Charles ). Chase went to
Nottingham this afternoon to spend
the next few days in preparing his
summer home for occupancy.
Mrs. William ATcKennev and daugh-
ters, Lucy and Ruth, of Northampton
were visitors ut the home Of her IA
Their, G. A. Hines, over Sunday.
Mrs. r. L. Gordon returned to her
home last evening from Daytona Fla
She was accompanied by her brother
c. 0. Chamberlain, with whom she
spent the winter
Mrs. Fred Grassy. who has been in
the Memorial hospital four weeks, fol
lowing serious surgical operation,
viii return to her home in Crosby
block this afternoon.
Mrs. J. Il. Plummer expects to 90 to
Philadelphia this week for a brief stay
with her mother, Mrs. Josephine Mil
I ler. Mrs. Miller VIII return with her
! to stay this summer.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers, agent of the
/ keene Humane society, came here yes
I terday with three-wdAks-old French
baby boy, whom she placed in a family
at Fort Dumimer Heights.
Lester Tucker. who has been employ.
ed as travelling salesman for the Swift
Beef company, with headquarters il
town, left Saturday for Manchester, y
H., where he has employment
Mrs. Z. T. Coxson returned Satur-
day from Springfield, where she was
called last week on account of the i'll
ness OF her grandson, Paul Mains
whom she left much improved.
Mrs. A. n Hubbard OF Saxtons Riv
CT aud daughter, Mrs. Henry Ballou
and the latter 5 son, Donald, of Ches
ter We're guests at DR.. Henry p. Hol
ton YESTERDAY Mrs Hubbard was q
sister OF the late Mrs HoIton.
Rev d. f. Trout, who has been witt
his family in Rockport, Mass, has beer
called to Springfield, O., on account o
the illness Of his mother, who sustain
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23


ToHN j. FITZGERALD CAT TOP AND CHAMP
CLARK.
prediction and platform pledges. 1t
IS assured that there is to be substun-
Lial revision of import levics down
ward. Just how this is to be done the
congressmen have not thoroughly de
cided
The ways and means committee has
lad the responsibility of drafting the
measure, and it has been strongly uTg-
ed upon it to submit the question in
he form of separate schedules rather
than in one general tariff bill. The
purpose in this procedure is to avoid
having the. bill summarily defeated in
he senate. which has but n scanty
Democratic majority, on account Of
several of its provisions. BY dealing
with the matter schedule by schedule
congress is assured of passing most
IF the provisions. though some of The
schedules may be Killed.
Another big matter will be that of
appropriations. Two important bills
Inder this head are the sundry civil
md the Indian appropriation bill. Rep
:esentative John J. Fitzgerald is chair
nan of the appropriations committee.
He is looked upon as nightly eff
:ient leader.
Other subjects for legislation will
likely be the federal income tax. with
! possibly an inheritance tax added; the
Independence of the Philippines. Pan
INA canal tolls and possible antitrust
avs.
! 1t is virtually assured that the in
! come tax will be called into being.
! Ehis law will exact 1.-THE from every
income over $1,000 annually Those
Who favor an inheritance tax declare
/ he limit of $1,000 restricts the income
/ ax to but small proportion of the
hople and that the revenue would be
inadequate. They argue that the in
leritance tax would operate to no
mes disadvantage.
Philippine independence has been
ooked upon as an obligation of the
Democrats, because the last four Dem
cratic platforms favored the measure.
On this subject President Wilson has
aid he intended sending IL representa-
i've to the islands to investigate condi-
ions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23
Our constitutional Amendments.
{ Burlington NcWs.)


The constitution Of Vermont, after
three score years, is at last amended
i'm the direction Of progress and nj
vauccment. The final act Of ratiGca-
tIon was the Proclamation Of the COY
ernor that ''said articles Of amend
ment Of the constitution have been
duly ratified and adopted by the PEG
pie OF this state and have become q
part of the constitution thereof. aud
all magistrates and officers and all cit
liens of the state hereby required to
take notice thereof and to govern
themselves accordingly.
The changes in the organic law Of
the state thus effected are seven in
number, to which is added an eighth.
giving the duty Of rewriting the
amended constitution to the Judges Of
the supreme court Few people can
cnumorate the seven oGhaud. ln brief
they require tWo-thirds of the mem,
i,rbip OF either hrar'h TO override
the governor 5 veto; November clec-
tions and january sitting, Of the leg
lslature instead of September elections
and October sittings of the ieg,slature:
call for yeas and nays i'm thc House OF
representatives on the dema8d Of five
members instead of one member as at
the present time; power Z" p&rlOn
given the governor and power 10 com
IL. fir tak'H lr0H 5a.IsIluIn: no ,.I:uts
Of private charters hv Icgi.latJlrn:
changing the title Of judge Of suIrcm,
court TO Justice; making perniss"il,
compulsory workman 5 compensation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23
OLD FIRMS RECALLED.
Mrs. Julia Miller Has Copy of Brattle-
boro Eagle so Years Old.

Mrs Julia (Rice) Miller has in her
possession a copy of the BrattJeboro
Eagle, published Friday, Feb. 25th,
1858, by B. d. Harris and Charles
Cummings 1t was addressed to her
father, the late Clark Rice. Among
the business cards appear the names
of f. j. Carpenter, neWsdealer; DIR. A.
d. Putnam, dentist; Salisbury 4 Ellis
bookbinders and manufacturers; Cen
trail House, Edwin H. Chase, proprie-
tor; L. G. Mead, attorney; John Wood
bury, ieweler; Royal Tyler, attorney;
Edward Kirkland, attorney; Frost &
Goodhue, wholesale and retail grocers;
Williston & Tyler, hardware dealers;
Joseph Steen & Son, publishers and
stationers; Woodcock 4 Finton, paper
manufacturers; Ielotes Dickinson, com
mission merchant and agent for the
National Oil Stone company, o. Wall
street, and many other firms whose
names are familiar to the present gen
Grafton.
There is a commissioners notice Of
DR. Wesselhooft 5 estate, a display adj
Vertisement from Thompson Il Ranger
and one announcing the opening Of the
spring term at the Brattleboro acade-
my, Endorsed by l.. Clark, secretary
The members of the faculty were Ros-
we'll Harris. \. NJ, principals; Martin
Fl. Moore, assistant; Miss Helen NJ.
Dunklee, teacher of drawing and paint
ing; Miss Harriette G. Halle. precep-
trCSS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23

ed shock recently and who has sus-
tanned another shock and is in crit
cal condition.
Ralph E. Perry OF Springfield, Mass.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. !. NJ Perry of
this town. has resigned as New Eng
land manager for the Columbia IncaH-
descent Lamp works of the General
Electric company Of St Louis and has
taken "a position as efficiency engineer,
taking charge of the commercial cngi-
ucoring section of the same firm. His
headquarters viii Toe in ST. Louis aud
his duties will call him among the
larger ceHtra! stations and isolated
plants throughout the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-23
WASTED EXAMPLE.

An old lady, Leaving church after
a service which had been attended by
a crowded congregation. was heard tC
say: of everybody else would only dc
as I do, and stay quietly il their seats
till every one else has gone out, there
would not be such n crush at the
doors! "-Milwaukee Sentinel.