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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
NIGHT wArcHMEN FOR PARIS.
New Service to Protect People Be-
gins LIST Of January.
,eien Correspondence Of The Star.


PARIS. December 16, 1912
From January 1 the guardians of public
order In Paris will be reinforced by uni
formed night watchmen. accompanied by
dogs and armed with revolvers and IRON
shod slaves The idea was started sew
eral years ago. when the municipal coun-
Gil recommended their institution. but.
while the dogs were introduced. the
watchmen were not approved by the po-
lice. Since then. however, nocturnal
crimes of all kinds have increased so rap
idly that the suggestion has been revived
and is to be carried into effect.
The watchmen will be on duty from 10
to ) o'clock in the summer and from s
to in the winter. and will be charged
with seeing that nothing irregular hap
pens on their beats. So far as is pos
sible they will never proceed to active
interference, but will merely call the
nearest police. and cyclist service will
connect all the watchmen with one an
other and the police.
The service will begin in the first and
second, or central. quarters Of Paris Uhe
neighborhood Of the opera and the
bourse), and the eighth, ninth, sixteenth
and seventeenth Quarters-the richest and
least populated. The men will be recruit
ed from old soldiers Of picked strength
and activity. with a minimum height Of
FIVE feet ten inches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Some folks never seem to be
Satisfied or quite content;
Always wanting something more
That TO them was never meant.

Cnc' Billy Postum said this to himself
as he watched Peter Rabbit hurrying
about through the Green Forest and over
the Green Meadows eating as fast as
ever he could SO as to grow fat that he
might keep warm while he slept all the
winter. Now Unc Billy Postum knew
perfectly we'll that Peter Rabbit couldn' t
sleep all winter as Johnny Chuck does,
for Old Mother Nature had never plan
ned that Peter should. But inc Billy
knew that 1t was of no use to tell Peter
that, for Peter wouldn't believe him. So
he chuckled as he watched Peter rush
around hunting for food, and actually
running off what little fat he did have in
stead of putting on more.
or course it just happened that Unc'
Billy Postum was right over near the old
house built by Grandfather Skunk long
time ago and in which Peter Rabbit had
decided to sleep-all winter. 1t just hap
pened that he saw Peter when he went
down to the little bedchamber at the end
Of the long hall to curl up aid try to go
to sleep. Unc' Billy grinned. Then he
chuckled. Finally. he laughed until his
fat sides shook
"Ah reckon Ahmm gwine to have some
fun with Brer Rabbit said Unc' Billy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

ouently seen people, having crossed
street. standing in a state OF great ex-
element, as If they had been hunted An
other fact is the anxiety felt In families
when elderly relatives are out alone in
London. This never used to be the case.
but now every one is afraid Of the traf-
fic. and old people are, Of course, the
most likely victims.
Arrangements are being mace py tne
Iondon county council for the delivery
of a series of cinema lectures to motor
bus drivers on how to avoid accidents.
Every variety OF accident will be dealt
with and shown on the screen. Drivers
will be told the best possible way TO avoid
each variety of mishap. Special films
are to be taken by means Of dummies.
and the most realistic collisions will be
enacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
WOULD REVERSE SENTENCE
GIVEN CONDEMNED IN 1910
Reopening the Celebrated La Fargo
Case in Paris After Seventy
Two Years.
'oreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
PARIS. December 20. 1912.
Senator Martin has formed an in
fluential committee with the object Of
having the sentence revised which con-
demned Nine. Lafarge in 1910 to penal
servitude for life for having poisoned her
husband.
This case created an extraordinary SEN
sation at the time, and continued to be
warmly discussed for many years after.
Nine. LAfarge was convicted on the evil
dence of a chemist named Orhla, who
found an infinitesimal quantity Of arsenic
in the body Of n. LAfarge. Dr. Raspail,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

ure to hear Bob Dragging Of his ability
as a pumpsmith just once. 1t would
show that he does take a shadowy inter
est in his business and would JUSTIFY
some hope for his future.
$50 I can't indorse any man who roasts
Jim Spiker just because he brags or his
good work. l wish every man In town
would do the same thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

A mad dog running at large i'm the
neighborhood Of Helm, Stafford county.
Va. few days ago. bit Mrs. Harmon
Eley.
c. A. Mays. a merchant OF Madison
Heights. Va, has flled q voluntary pete
ton in bankruptcy In the federal court az
Lynchburg. His liabilities are scheduled
at t2,046 and asSeta $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Church Reception.

Rev. Alfred E. Burrows. pastor of the
Eastern Presbyterian Church, and Mrs.
Burrows. assisted by the officers of the
church and their wives, will hold a re-
ception tonight from until 10 o'clock
at the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Little Stories for Bedtime.
UNC' BILLY POSTUM PLAYS A JOKE.
BY Thornton w. Burgess.

still chuckling as he trotted off through
the Green Forest. He went over to
Bobby Coon's house and found Bobby,
who had been out all night. just getting
ready for bed. But Bobby is always
ready to play a joke, and when Unc
Billy told him about Peter Rabbit and
what fun it would be to give Peter a
scare Bobby scrambled down from his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
MOTOR TRAFFIC A MENACE.
London Pedestrians Look Hunted
After Crossing Streets.
E,oreien Corresnondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence
LONDON, December IS. 1912
The rush Of motor traffic is becoming a
serious problem from the PEDESTRIANS
standpoint. A correspondent writes to a
London paper that he notices the wor-
ried and anxious looks Of people who are
going to cross the road. and he has IRE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
UTILITY OF MILITIA
Suggestions by Chief of War
Department Bureau.
LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION
Strength of Organization in United
States Shows Increase.
DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS
Too Many Incomplete Infantry Reg
iments-Field Artillery inefficient.
Gen. Mills Recommendations.
LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION
DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS

| The strength of the organized militia Of
the United States at the time of the last
| annual inspection was 9.142 officers and
| 1910 enlisted men. an increase of 1854
| says Brig. Gen. 4. l.. Mills, chief of the
| division of militia affairs, in his annual
report. He finds existing organizations
| better armed, uniformed and equipped,
| better instructed and better Differed than
| ever before.
Gen. Mills asserts that there are too
| many infantry regiments maintained in
! an incomplete state of organization
! through the permanent lack Of one or
more companies.
Separate battalions and companies
! he says, should not be maintained
| where it is possible to incorporate them
| into regiment, but it is recognized that
| they form necessary part of the organ
| lied militia in states where complete
| regiment cannot be maintained. or where
| racial questions prevent their afilla-
ton
Notes Chief Difficulty.
| The problem of securing an efficient
| field artillery continues to offer the most
| difficulty, Gen. Mills observes, and the
deficiency in this army cannot be made
| good by hastily created volunteers after
| the outbreak of war. "a realization of
| the time necessary to secure efficiency in
! this arm with its present sun, coupled
| with the growing Importance Of the
| arm he adds. lis probably the factOr
| that has decided all nations, excepting
| the United States, to overwhelmingly in
crease their field artillery. relative to the
| other arm"
| He finds that instruction in target prac-
| tice is not generally satisfactory, except
| in those states where 20 per cent or more
of the total strength, armed with the
rifle, have qualified as third-claSs men
or better.
Recommendations Made.
Among the recommendations made by
Gen. Mills for increasing the efficiency of
the organized militia are: The enactment
of the pending militia pay bill; legisla-
ton authorizing the President to increase
the number of sergeants of the regular
army so as to carry out the provisions
of section 20 Of the militia law In detail
ing nOn-commissiOned officers to the or
ganized militia; an appropriation to carry
on the installation of dummy armament
in coast artillery armOries OF the or
ganized militia; an amendment to the
militia law as to provide a limited
number of horses for mounted organiza-
tons. and the authorization Of additional
clerks for the division Of militia affairs;
ganized militia the privilege of free trans
mission through the mails Of official mat
ter pertaining to the organized militia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
New Year
Reflections

To-day we may once
more restore the torn
and tattered calendar
of Time and write
across it's face a new
combination of numer-
ais.
TToday it is the duty of
success to look back and
remember its hardships,
and it is the privilege
of adversely to forget
them.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
MRS. PANkHURsT URGES BRITISH
WOMEN TO RioTe AND
soRTlEa.
POLICE GUARD HOUSE
eRl1joH CABINET DROPS FRAN.
cHisE eiLL-sHoULD BE
NEW MEASURE.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London-A declaration of guerilla
warfare by the sufiragettes. including
.sorties and riots, to begin at once, was
made by Mrs. Emclinc. Pankhurst,
the militant leader.
Mrs Pankhurst called for the names
and addresses OF thogc who were pre-
pared to take part in the gallant on
slaught" The suffrageue leader de-
clared that there were many women
who were prepared to endanger their
lives in the cause.
Miss Annie kenney. who has been
very prominent in the maneuvers of
the militants. added that the women
would make the lives OF public men
impossible" and. in reply to an inter
ruption. said: III you are a shopkeep-
er you had better look out. 1t is not
Just your windows which are going to
be attacked 1t is something else. We
are going to get this question settled
once for all.
Many shops Immediately began to
board up their windows.
London.-The British Cabinet decid-
ed to drop the franchise bill. This de-
cision was in Difference to the speak
er's ruling that the form and sub
stance of the measure would be SO ma.
terially altered by the amendmen.
granting the vote to women that 1t
ought to be presented in the shape OF
. new bill. Mounted and foot police
were to be seen everywhere in great
strength. Two thousand patrolmen
and one hundred mounted men were
actually on duty. while large reserves
were hidden in convenient courtyards
in the vicinity Of Parliament. ready to
pounce on any suffragette who should
attempt to break the peace. Besides
this the leave of all tho other police
men belonging to the metropolitan
force had been stopped.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
RHEUMATIC ADVICE
Prominent Doctors Best Prescsip-
tIon Easily Mixed at Home.

From your druggist get one ounce
of Torfs compound lin original sealed
Earsaparilla compound. Take these
two Ingredients home and put them
into half pint Of good whiskey.
spoonful before each meal and ut bed
time" This II said to be the quickest
and best remedy known to the medical
ache. Good results come after the first
dose. II your druggist does not have
Toris compound in stock he will get
II for you in q few hours from his
Wholesale house. Don't be Influenced
to take patent medicine instead OF
this. Insist on having the genuine Torts
compound In the original one-ounce. seal
ed. yellow package. Hundreds of the
worst cases were cured here by this pre-
scr1ption last winter. Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of
CHICAGO. .
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
Wedding Rings That Wear.

The next time you are married-or.
IL you will. when you are married
don't buy gold wedding ring. 1t isn't
being done. Platinum wedding rings
are the newest thing. Mile. Jeanne
Provost. French actress, Is to blame.
She thought of the idea, and when she
was married to NJ. Firpo, sAe haa one.
Platinum rings are more expensive
than gold and wear better. Just why
an actress. especially French
actress. should want wedding ring
that vUi last long while tkls fTvsslars
haven't learned.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
ADAMS, NAME PRESENTED.
coIoradoans Ask Wilson to Appoint
Former Governor Secretary Of
tho Interior.

Trenton, n. J.-Commenting on pub
lished reports that no intended to visit
the Philippines, Panama and Alaska
during his administration, the presi-
dent-elect said he had made absolute
ly no such plans. He indicated that
he would do little travelling while in
office.
Senator C. 8. Thomas and Represen-
tative e. T. Taylor OF Colorado pre-
sonted to Wilson tho name Of former
Governor Alva Adams Of Colorado for
the secrctaryship OF the interior.
Boise, Idaho.-Ex-Governor James
H. Hawlcy was indorsed for secretary
of interior in President-elect Wilson's
Cabinet by the Idaho House OF Repre-
Ecntatiyes.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
Fair to All.

Recently" says Richmond mar
~ received an invitation to the mar
rage Of q young colored couple ioi
meriy in my employ. am quite sure
that all persons similarly favored
were left In little doubt as to the atu-
tude OF the couple. The invitation ran
as follows:
".You are invited to the marriage
of Mr.. Henry Clay Barker and MISS
Josephine Mortimer Dixon at the
house of the brides mother All who
cannot come may send."-L-ippincotts
Magazine.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
oaIs~orthy AphorIsms.

Nothing that's true Is cynical. and
nothing that is cynical II true.
The word smart" 10 the guardian
angel OF all fashions. and fashions are
the guardian angels OF vulgarity.-
For Love Of Beasts" by John Gals
worthy.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
peace Hope In Fall Of Adrianople.

Peace Hope IN FaII OF Adr1AnopIe.
London.-The co-Balkan Peace
Conference il still in state Of sus-
pension. The allies believe Adrianople
will soon fall before fresh lombard
ment, and that when the city is taken
the Young Turks will make peace with
alacrity. No intimation Of the Turkish
reply to tho joint note Of the powers
has been received here.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
YxrO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease the Antiseptic powder for
tired aching, swollen. nervous feet. Gives
rest and comfort. Makes walking a delight
Sold everywhere. 75c. Don't accept any sub
stiiute. For FREE sample address Allen Il
Oimstsd. IL Roy. N. Y. Adv.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
A Diplomat.

SoN-pe. lie 4 diplomat man VINO
knows how to hold his tongue?
Father-No. my boy. diplomat is
a nmA rho SsNavs how to hold his
lot.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31

Smile on wash day. That's when you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier
than snow. All Rrocers. Adv.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31

Adam lost out when he parted with
one of his ribs.
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
The Kind.

What would you recommend as the
Ash diet for sailors?"
Roe, Of course"
The Keota news., 1913-01-31

Men are like trees: they grow eth
er crooked or straight
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
he Best PhySlclan
Gave Him Up

7 was attacked with severe
nervous disease, which WAS caused
bv . disordered stomach and nv.
err" writes NR. JAS. d. LIVELY. OF
Washburn. Tenn, Route Z, Boz q.
All my friends thought I would
me- me- np. a / i was Ia sdvissd Hssd'1 to ~ 81.
Pterce's Golden Medical Disc0y.
cry. and derived much benelit
from same. Ny case had run %
long. II had become % chronic.
that nothing would effect . per.
manent cure, but DIR. Pierce'o
medicine has done much for mo,
and I highly recommend Il. ]
heartily advise it, uso as . 0prtng
tonic and further advioo 6iline
people 70 take DR.. ptercess medl
cines tefore their 0teeasoo hero
= sap ne 60 lons Tat thsrs y nochaoes
The Keota news., 1913-01-31
Place for Them.

Place TOT THEM.
where do they try electrical
cases?"
II don't know, but 1t ought 20 be
in the circuit court"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
BOARDED THE WRONG SHIP
Az ! Result Young Lady Of California
70 Bound for AntIpodes Against
Her VIII.

Victoria. B. C.-Steaming across tho
far reaches Of the broad Pacific on
board the steamship Mariana Ii I
lone passenger who up to the time OF
the big liners departure had not the
slightest intention Of making the long
passage to the Antipodes.
Just prior to the sailing OF the
Mariana q fashionably attired young
lady boarded the vessel, which she
imagined was the Pacific coast steam
er Umatilla. bound for San Francisco.
The unwilling passenger was Miss
Nellie Stone OF Oakland. Cal. who
had been visiting at the home 81 John
Evans at Someone's. near Duncans.
B. G.
The irst news OF Miss Stones Pre-
dicament was conveyed to Victoria IN
q wireless message from Captain
Rolls 70 the G. F. r. oflcials here
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
PURITAN ANCESTOR
ter than he know. Else how can we
explain the surprising fact that, in
spite of his aversion to discussing sex

ter than he know. Else how can we
explain the surprising fact that, in
spite OF his aversion to discussing sex
phenomena and sex rights. he created
q form Of society In which woman at
tanned q prestige. a freedom Of action
and q scope Of opportunity such as
she had not known In previous ages.
Let others explain how the puritanic
ancestor, laborfng under the handicap
Of atrOphied conversational powers,
ignorant Of the works Of Ellen Key
and Oliver Schreiner, succeeded in
working out a theory that 1t Is mans
function to labor and provide. and
woman's function to expand and en-
Joy. The task Is too difficult for the
present writer. Nor can he explain
this other startling fact that, without
any knowledge that this is the CEN
fury of the child. without explicit
recognition Of the sacred duty he
owed to the future Of the race as EN-
bodied in the child, the puritan an
cestor, wherever he went, built his
schoolhouse and his church stimuli
taneously, and after the schoolhouse
he erected high schools, and after the
high schools he created universities,
and stinted himself in order that his
children might go to these univer-
stiles and might have more money to
spend than was good for them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
Literature IS FOOD FOR Cal
Chicago Feline Destroys Magazines
and Papers, and Defies Guns, Dogs
and Poison.

Chicago.-A cat-a ghostly, incom-
prehensible animal that thrives on
poison. dogs, bullets and walks In and
out Of traps unscathed-has furnished
Chicago with a mystery. which Dor.
ders on the uncanny.
Each night during the last five
months q malicious and predatory
feline appears at a stationery store,
sometimes alone. sometimes in com
pany with fellow cats. Then follows
the digesting Of amagazines and sta.
uonery.
Hundreds OF dollars worth Of sta.
tionery and magazines have been
ruined by the weird animal Hun.
dreds Of attempts to trap, poison or
shoot It have been futile.
Traps have been set-large traps.
traps which might snare q bear and
traps delicate enough to capture q rat.
They have been found In the morning
overturned and sprung but without I
cat
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
YOUTH IS STRANGELY CAUGHT
Alleged Hlghwayman Has Foot En-
snarled IN Smoke Regulator
Of Chimney.

New York.-After escaping three
bullets sent after him by . policeman
In pursuit. q youth charged with high
way robbery found himself strangely
trapped, hanging from q foot ensnared
Ii the tin smoke regulator Of q chin
ney with his head dizzily swaying 80
feet or more v = stone paved ~
ley.
He was caught In the chimney OF 4
twostory building In Brooklyn by a
policeman who had pursued him. The
youth fs George Cusach. seventeen
years old. He and two other youths
are accused OF holding up and assault.
ing Dcminick Berquist, q carpenter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
MOUNTAINS VANISH OFF NAP
0eosn md Aootcor pea6es, o. Old O.
madam Profloo, cannot D
Found.

W1n01peG.-Th4t Mount Brown ana
Mount Hooker. traditional monarchs
Of the Canadian rockies, which were
supposed to guard Yellow Head Pass.
and which were hrst mentioned %
years ago BY Douglass. . botanist, do
not exist has just been proved BY AL.
fred Mumm and Godfrey Howard.
English Alpinists, who have been In
vestigating mountain regions in the
neighborhood Of Mount Robson and
the pass.
In exploration work spread over sew
eral weeks these mountain climbers
have discovered no trace Of the myth.
cal mountains. The mountains were
reputed to be between 10000 and H.
900 feet In height. While these noun
tains do not appear to exist, Messrs.
Mumm and Howard, accompanied by
Morfts ~Inderbinen, the former Swiss
guide. explored peaks each in the
neighborhood Of 1900 feet high in
the vicinity of Robson, and which to
gether form one OF the most magni-
ficent groups Of mountain peaks which
these experienced mountain climbers
have ever
photographs have been taken by
Mr.. Mumm of an old blaze on the
bark OF q pine tree in the heart of the
Rockies which he thinks may posi-
bly, be q relic of an early pioneer trag-
edy. During the dispute between trap
pers OF the Northern Fur company and
the Hudson Bay company trappers
pushed their way through the noun
tains from British Columbia, follow
ing the route Of Wood river. and even
tually arriving in an amphitheater of
mountains known as the Commit
tees Punchbowl." The men had suf-
fered fnghtful hardships and a consul
tation was held as to whether they
would return or 60 forward.
Seeing they had arrived at the wa
tershed, 1t was thought their journey
was only half over, and some decided
to go back. The most Of these perish
ed. while those who went forward soon
struck the easy path through Yellow
Tead and were out of the mountains
In q week.
The blaze discovered by Messrs.
Mumm and Howard is thought to have
been carved by four Of the Inflated
party. Above the date, October 20,
1853. are carved the following initials:
]. NJ. ". c.. H. A. +. and H. s.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
Miss Clark Select. Gift.

New York, Nov. 11.-Miss Genevieve
Clark. daughter Of Champ Clark.
speaker Of the house Of represents
tives. has returned to Washington.
She came here last week to select, FOR
the house OF representatives, q suit
able wedding present for Miss Jes-
sic Wilson. daughter Of the president.
Miss Clark's return to Washington
was apparently unexpected and toll
lowed telephone messages and telo.
grams from her father and from Rep
resentative Mann, the Republican ma,
nority leader n the house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
Mrs. w. Il. Seward IL Dead.

Auburn, N. Y, Nov. 10.-Mrs. Janet
Watson Seward, wife OF General Will
liam H. Seward, is dead. aged "A. She
was married to General Seward, son
Of William H. Seward, secretary Of
state In President Lincoln's cabinet.
In June, 1860. and when he went to
the front as a lieutenant colonel in.
the Civil War she accompanied him
and spent several years In camps
along the Potomac. Her husband, d
son, William s. Seward. Jr., and two
daughters survive.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
Accd Man Does Foolish Thjno.

F~utchogue, N. Y.-While waiting to
catch boys whom he supposed to be re-
~sponsfble for putting cartridges on the
trolley tracks here. John L. Burman. a
motorn1an. saw 9 seventy-year-old man
place q line Of cartridges along the
rails and wait for the al to pass over
them. The aged man was warned to
.'cut out" his boyish pranka,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
Miss Clark.

the tango and other ultra-modern
dancea
says SO with characteristic simplicity.
"The waltz, two-step and the pretty
round dances Of our grandmothers are
quite enough for me-" she said.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-14
6 sHolT DDT INTERESTING


WARRINGTON.
President Wilson has accepted hon
o1ory memberShip n the Carabao 20
clotR a organization composed q
army omcsrs Who served II the Philip
D61noG.