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The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
GEN. MILES CANDIDATE
FOR SEAT In HOUSE
viii Seek Republican Nomination for
Congress from Third Massachu-
setts District.
NOW In SEvENTY-FIFTH YEAR

Official Washington was surprised last
night by the announcement that Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, U. $. A, retired, IA
nous Indian fighter and veteran of the
Spanish war, had declared himself a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Congress in the Third Congressional dis
tT!ct of Massachusetts. The announce
ment- of Gen. Miles candidacy was made
late yesterday afternoon. A special elec
ton is to be held in the district to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Representative Wilder.
Gen. Miles has been in Washington
recently and IL IL presumed conferred
while here with Republican leaders. He
is now IN his seventy-fifth year having
been born I'm Westminster. Mass. Aug
ust S. 1853. He has made his home in
Washington ever since his retirement
from the army. Probably the campaigns,
for which he gained the most distinction
during his long years In the army were
those he conducted against hostile In
dians on the Western frontier. notably,
Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull. Chief Joseph.
Geronimo. and Natchez. He is an au-
thor Of note. having written several
books and contributed to the magazines
for years.
Gen. Miles. despite his years. is re-
markably well preserved. He is hale and
hearty and still an enthusiastic horse
man.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Girl STEPS OFF
Train; VANISHES
Louis Rhodes, on Way Home
After Halted Elopement,
Disappears.
LAST SEEN WITH MAN
Police Fear White Slavers May Have
Kidnapped Virginia Miss Recently
Arrested with Francis Cannon.

Philadelphia. Sept 2O.-It is feared
white slaveTs' may have boarded i
train from Philadelphia and enticed away
Louise Rhodes. the pretty seventeen
year-old girl who eIoped to this city six
weeks ago with her fiance, Francis Can
non, twenty-five years old, son of a
wealthy liquor dealer of Washington, D..
c, They were arrested before they could
get married because of the youth of the
girl. II is Possible, however, that Louise
may simply have decided not to 60 home.
The girl was placed on train at
Broad Street station bound for her home
al Broadway. Va, last Saturday by Miss
Marion Gillette, head OF the Court Aid
Society. When the train reached Broad
way on the same day the mother Of the
girl inquired anxiously for her, but the
passengers saidS they had only a slight
recollection of a girl answering the de-
scription of Louise getting off the train
with man at an intermediate station.
Mrs. Rhodes waited several days. but
received no word from Louise. She then
wrote to Miss Gillette. and the social
worker is trying TO locate the girl She
fears for Louise's safety.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
EUREKA AUTHORITIES
HOLD W. N. WOODBURY.
Police of Utah City Wire that Man
Wanted on Grand Larceny Charge
Will Be Returned Here.

A telegram was received by the police
last night from Eureka, Utah. stating
that W. y. Woodbury.. wanted here on
the charge of grand larceny. surrendered
to the United States authorities at that
place He is being held on the charges
of forgery and obtaining money on falls,
pretense. He will be brought to Wash
ingtOn within few days by United
States Marshal James H. Anderson. of
Salt Lake City. Utah.
The arrest of Woodbury. will mean the
termination of a search that the Police
Department has been conducting fer al
most year.
The charge against Woodbury. in the
District is that during the last part of
January he passed several worthless
checks He was a horse trainer in the
employ of Chauncey NJ Gilbert. of Hay
market. Va, a breeder of jumping
horses, VINO was working out a string
of horses at the Benning track last win
ter.
II NJ Van Ness. a hay and grain deal
er. Cf 1895 H Street Northeast is al
legged to have been a victim TO the extent
Of So, having cashed checks Of Ss5 and
$50 bearing the forgery Of Mr. GiIbert's
signature. presented by Woodbury..
James W. Brown, manager of the Ben
ming Hotel. flashed a check for S. sign
ed by the horse breeder, that was alleged
to have been forged by Woodbury., and
Manager Wheeler, of the St. James
Hotel, cashed a check of about the same
amount
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
BRYAN IS IRRITATED
ATLECTURE CRITICISM.
Announces, in Statement, He Will
Appear on Platform Whenever He
Deems II Desirable.
HAS MADE $500 THIS SUMMER

Displaying Irritation over the kind of
publicity which his appearances on the
Chautauqua platform while Secretary of
State have ocCasioned, Mr.. Bryan yester-
day gave out a statement to the press.
in which he again declared his belief that
he is doing right. and announced his in
tention to continue his lectures whenever
he deems it desirable.
The Secretary of State also announced
that this summers earnings had amount
ed. to S.CO0 gross. and $500 net. deducting
$500 for his expenses in travelling.
This evening is the last of the Chau-
taUqua lectures, for this season. The to-
tai income from the Chautauqua lectures
this year is A little over S,OO0. the net
receipts after taking out expenses. some
thing over $6.5Oa The number of whole
week days which have been used for the
lectures is, according to my recollection,
seven. the remainder of the lectures be-
iRg delivered at places near enough to
enable me 10 leave after noon, sometimes
as late as o'clock.
Il would not assume that the pubic
was interested in these details were it not
for the fact that the representatives. Of
a few Of the papers have regarded il AZ
matter Of great Importance. and | COM
ply with their wishes In giving the facts
to the public.
Il expect TO continue my leCturing and
shall lecture whenever | deem /. desir-
able or necessary to do so. 1 have not in
the least altered the plans that / mace
on this subject, when I assumed the du-
ties of the Office. The criticism that mas
been directed against my lecturing IS 10
more bitter than the criticism that nave
encountered at other times and for other
things during my connection with politics.
A part Of this criticism is malicious,
a part Of it is partisan. and a part Of II
is based upon msinformation. That
which is malicious will answer itself; that
which is partisan will be accepted as
such: Sthat which is based upon misin-
formation will cease when the critics are
better informed.
No man should enter public life IL he
objects to criticism. and he cannot stay
in public life if he permits criticism to
tuin MIN from the doing of what he
thinks is right He must decide his duty
for himself. answered. bic to the public for
any mistakes that he makes.
- Il regard Iecturing as entirely Iegiti-
mate. I Iectured before I was nominated
for President; l leCtUred between cam
paigns. / shall continue to lecture and
( shall not believe that any person whose
opinion Is worth having will think the
less of me because I do so.
This closes the lecture subject for the
present"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
RAISED TREE FROM
WHICH TO HANG SELF
Sinister French Wit Leaves Freak
Viii, Calling for Celebration
Around Coffin,
sre.:aL CabIe 10 The Washinrton Herald.

Sres:a, Cable to The Washington Herald
Paris, Sept. a0-Gedeon Silvestre was
recently found hanging at Chateauneuf-
du-Rhone from an acacia tree. which he
himself had planted few years ago.
Silvestre was a renowned practical
joker. so that when he told friend at
the time of the planting Of the tree
that his intention was to hang himself
upon it when he grew tired of life. little
attention was paid to the words.
Those who discovered the body of the
man were amazed 10 find that the suicide
had inscribed upon the trunk of the tree:
Il trained you to grow tall and straight
in your youthful days so that you might
support me in my later days"
Silvestre's will was worthy of the sin
lister type of wit which characterized
him. Ne left $525 to be equally divided
among the carpenter who would make
his coffin, the gravedigger, and the MEM
bers of a bowling club. The condition
attached to the last legacy was that
the bowlers should play championship
game over the testator's grave.
Another sum was left to a number OF
friends In order that they might hold.
revel and enjoy a feast around the cof-
fin. Silvestre expressly stipulated that
at the conclusion OF this celebration
a farewell song should be sung by the
company.
All these bizarre wishes were fulhlled.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
WHITMAN INVESTIGATES
DEATH OF SULLIVAN
Rigid Inquiry On Into Report that
Big Tim" Was Lured from
Home and Slain.

New York, Sept. 2O.-The report that
Big Tim" Sullivan was Iured from the
residence of his brother, Patrick Sulli-
van. where he was living, by a telephone
call and later murdered before being
left on the railroad track is being care
fully investigated tonight.
Each day the. opinion becomes stronger
among the friends of the former Bowery
politician that he was murdered and
tn placed on the track OF the New
Haven Railroad. where heNwas struck by
a freight engine and picked up a few
moments later by brakeman. The
statement made by the brakeman that
the body was cold, together with con-
hicting statements made by several per-
sens close TO Big Tim has caused a
general desire for a thorough investiga-
ton. Detectives of the office of District
Attorney Whitman are now investigating
the death of big Tim"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
CHINDA PAYS ANOTHER
&C.. CALL ON Mr.. BRYAN
California Alien Land Law Is Once
More the Subject of a
Conference.

For the second time this week, and only
two days after his long conference with
President Wilson, Ambassador Chinda
went to the State Department yesterday
to discuss the Japanese protest against
the California alien land law and the
argument with the United States. This
visit, following so closely upon the two
previous occasions within the week,
when he has brought the claims of his
government to the attention of the ad-
ministration, excited a good deal of COM
ment.
The belief still prevails that Japan is
impatient for an answer to her last note
on the subject, delivered a month ago.
This note was the fourth in the exchange
of views and arguments since the con-
troversy. Both the Ambassador and Mr.
Bryan refused to disclose anything re-
garding their conference.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
RHO CHAPTER OPENS HOME.
Fraternity EnIertains Guests mt Re-
cepIion and Dance.

ceptton ana Dance.
Members Of Washington Rho Chapter
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. COM
posed of students at George Washington
University. last night opened their new
home at Thirteenth and Euclid Streets
Northwest with reception and dance
The dance constituted the first of Sc
ries OF entertainments 10 be held this
winter.
Senator Key Pittman OF Nevada, Judge
c. B. Howry. and Jerry South. Chief
Clerk Of the House of Representatives.
were among the guests. Members of all
fratefnities and sOrOrities of George
Washington University also were pres
ent, as were deans of the school and
members OF the faculty.
The chapter house is fhrnished in mis-
sion style. The first floor consists o.:
reception hall. clubroom. and dining
room. At the head of the stairway lead
ing from the reception hall is a portrait
of President Mckinley and an American
flag which was flying from the House of
Representatives when he was inaugu-
rated in 1897.
Members of the reception committee
were Arthur y. Van Week, Cecil G.
Frazier. Donald II. McKnew. James Du-
vail. Morgan B. Callahan, Thomas Moo
nan. and Albert X. Muhlmann.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
CONFESSES TO MURDER
FOUR YEARS A MYSTERY
Garment Worker, Arrested on Minor
Charge, Tells Of Killing Girl
in Cemetery.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2O.-Jacob Wolfshon.
Twenty-Five years old. a garment worker
out Of work, tonight confessed to the
murder of Anna Shoemaker in cemes
terry at Rochester, n. Y. in 1909. and
his confession may clear up a murder
mystery that has long puzzled the police
of the country.
Wolfshon, who was arrested for a local
burglary, says in 1903 he was walking
through the Rochester Cemetery wheE
he met the Shoemaker girl He hirted
with her, according to his confession,
and later made an indecent proposal to
her. When she repelled him Wolfshon,
who says the girl was placing flowers
upon the grave of her father, attacked
her. First he choked her and then
assaulted her.
Wolfshon declares he then found
gravedigger's spade, dragged the body to
a lot adjacent and buried it. The Roches-
ter police have been notified.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

Not only this, but II from the pressnce
Of some disturbing poison there IS LEGAL
or general Interference Of nutrtttou to
cause Boiis. Carbuncles, Assesses and
kindred troubles, s. S. s. so directs the
local cells that this poison Is rejected and
eliminated from their presence.
Then. too, s. S. S. has such specific
stimulation on these local cells as to
preserve their mutual welfare and Q
proper relative assistance to each Other.
In q vary brief time S. s. s. has the
reconstr1ctive process 50 under control
that remarkable changes are observed
All eruptive places heal, mysterious pains
and aches have disappeared, and from
head to foot there is a conscious sensa-
tion Of renewed health That strange.
moody, morbid feeling Of depression is
lifted, and the entire system responds
with surprising energy.
Ask for s. S. S. and insist upon having
II. And II you desire sldllful advice and
counsel upon any matter concerning thG
blood and skin write to the Medical De-
na-tment. The Swift Specific Co.. 2ss
swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca Do not
allow sorne Jealous clerk to larrup the
atmosphere in eloquencs over something
"just as good as s. g 8. Beware %
all substitutes.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

was added to By another informant OF
the Investigator.
Orphan Children sold.
third procedure for enslaving the
Negritos is one for which the headmen
of the tribes are directly responsible.
The Investigators reported that orphan
children deliberately are sold into
slavery by the headmen as soon as pos
sible after the death of the parents.
This last method has become the most
popular, it is stated, and is regarded as
amcst satisfactory substitute for the
former practice OF killing orphans in "A
tribe. The headmen and the tribe, of
course. spend the money thus received.
Accompanying the report is q list of
hfty-seven persons held as slaves, either
outright, 'or under the debt system.
The faliacy sf the debt claim is shown
by the fact mat many of these persons
have been with their present owners
since birth. though many are more than
sixty years old.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
FOUR WASHINGTON BOYS
PASS ARMY EXAMINATION
Are Among the Twelve who Re-
. Gently Successfully stood Test
for SECOND Bieutemancies.

Are Among the Twelve who Re
Gently Successfully stood Test
for Second BIeutenancieS.
Robert o. Amin, Augustin NJ. Prentiss,
Ralph Hospital, and Theodore Barnes,
Washington boys, were among the
twelve successful civilian candidates at
the recent examination for commissions
as second lieutenants in the army.
ReccmmendatiCn for commissions for
these candidates will be made after the
papers of candidates who took the ex-
aminations in the Philippine Islands
have been received.
Other successful candidates were:
Albert j. Myer, jr.. Pemaquid, Me; (;
Daniel G.. Morrisett, Stanley. Va; Ed
win S. blackwell, jr., warrenton, Va:
easy H. Hayes, Leland Stanford Uni
versity, CAL; Harvey B. S. Burwell,
Winsted. Conn; Chapman Grant. New
York City; Charles b. Hazeltine, Man
Illus, N " and Eugene Mes. Owen.
corporal. Of the Quartermaster Corps,
mine planter rank.
Mr.. Amin is a son of the late VIII
lam Amin, newspaper man of this
city. and lives at 1928 G Street North
west.
Theodore Barnes was educated in the
public schools of Washington, and lives
al 2433 wisconsin Avenue.
Augustin NJ. Prentiss and Ralph Hos
pitai are both graduates OF the George
Washington University, of this city
Prentiss lives at I727 Church Street,
and Hospital lives at $500 Fifteenth
Street, Brookland. d. c.
CHAPMAN Grant, of New York City, Is
a grandson of Gen. q. S. Grant and
Albert J. Myer. jr.. of Maine, is a
grandson of Gen. Myer, formerly chief
signal officer of the army. after whom
the Virginia cavalry post is named.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
TAMARIZ QUITS;
BLOW T0HUERTA

aIists here that the revolution will go on
ff Diaz is chosen to succeed Huerta. II
also has been indicated that the adminis-
tration regards Gen. Diaz as quite as re-
sponsible for the events in Mexico City.
accompanying the overthrow and death
Of MaderO. as IL does Gen. Huerta- This
would raise the difficult question of rec
-oGnition in case Diaz were elected, the
United States having promised. through
John Lind. to recognize the government
which shall be chosen in a fair and free
election.
Advices to the State Department In
dicated that disorders are continuing in
many parts Of Mexico as result of the
activities OF rebel and bandit bands.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
DIR. WILL DENoUNcEs
THE PoINDExTER BILL
Measure Is Fraud and
m snare

a snare.
The Polndexter bill. providing for del
egate In Congress to represent the DIS
trict, was denounced as a fraud and a
snare by DR.. Thomas Z. VIII, member
Of the District OF Columbia Suffrage
League. in a curbside talk at Seventh
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, last
night.
With Its provision that the voter must
pay an annual tax of S. 1t is n bill that
would continue the power in the hands OF
the "uililonaire CLIQUE" according to DR..
Will He also explained that the claim
that the bill would provide equal suffrage
for Washington, was nothing more than
a pretense. as the property qualification
would exclude. the greater part Of the
women.
DIR. Will reviewed the merits of the
four bills, now pending, or soon to be
pending. which relate to giving the
people OF the. District the franchise.
These bills are the Prouty bill. the
Dyer bill. the Tavenner bill, and the
Poindexter bill
Upon the conclusion of his talk, DR..
Will called for questioRs. They came.
His hearers wanted to know about tax
alton of other cities. prospects of a
war with Mexico, how Washington
City was planned. and when the poor
will come into their, own. Their ques-
tions bore upon nearly everything.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
AMERICAN SKIPPER RUNS
DOMINICAN BLOCKADE
Trading Ship Seminole Enters Port of
Puerta Plata Despite Warning
and Gets Out Again.

Puerta Plata. Santo Domingo, Sept 20
The captain of the American trading
vessel Seminole, which sailed for New
York today. ran the blockade which had
been established all along the Dominican
coast during the revolution. When the
Seminole arrived at Puerta Plata the
vessel was met by a dispatch boat, which
warned the captain that the port vas
under blockade. As the Seminole mad
a large cargo for this port. the captain
decided to make an attempt TO get in.
He not only succeeded. but later secured
an order from the government permitting
him to call at all ports along the coast Il
he wished to.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
SAILS TO LEAD NEW
VENEZUELAN REVOLT
Gen. Jose Hernandez, eel Mocho, "
Has Well-Laid Plans to Unseat
President Gomez.

New York. Sept 0.-Gen. Jose Manuel
Hernandez, known among Central and
South American countries as "El Mocho, >
sailed from here today to lead a revoIu-
ton against President Gomez of Vene-
zuela- He was accompanied by Col Parra,
who has long been his lieutenant.
Gen. Hernandez has been in New York
for nearly a year. during which time he
has been at the head of a junta which
has mapped out a campaign for the over
throw of President Gomez. The plans
have been complete for some time, but it
was not felt that the psychological mo-
ment had arrived. Early this week Eel
Mocho" received cable dispatches from
Venezuela and he sailed on the first
steamer.
Il am returning to my native country
because l have been called there" said
Eel Mocho." Just what viii happen no
one knows, but FeneZuelans must have
a chance to govern themselves. Good-by."
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
raps-No Springs,
No BeIt-No 4
KALLIPOLIS GROTTO
BAND GETS SURPRISE
Members of Organization Gather in
Center Market and Are Given New
Instruments BY Samuel Shreve.

The high-tension business atmosphere
that dominates the wholesale produce
section of Center Market Saturdays was
d!speIled yesterday at noon by an I'M
usual event
Produce merchants. buyers, and en-
pIoyes busily engaged in the sale and
purchase of produce abandoned their
work and entered into a spirit OF carni-
val that lasted for nearly an hour
Practical business men whose motto Is
Business is business" and who are
out to garner the coin Of the realm:
men intent on driving close bargains IN
the purchase of supplies and others
dropped every care and responsibility
and gathered at the place of business
of W. o. Shreye & Sons. where brass
band was grinding out the popular rag
time music.
Following the initial number Of the
band the hundreds of loafers about the
market gathered to enjoy the musical
treat In less than five minutes more
than a thousand men and boys crowded
the space under the broad sheds.
The event was the distribution by
Prof Samuel Shreve of a complete out
nit of instruments for the new brass
band of Kallipolis GrottO. No. Is, Mys-
tic Order of the Yelled Prophets of the
Enchanted Realm. The members or
the band were present when the in
struments we're unpacked, and as each
came from its case and
was ulaced in the hands of a perform
er there started testing of the in
struments that made the old market
sound like a band room practice When
all of the instruments had been un-
packed Prof. Shreve distributed the
music to the instrumentalists. and.
taking his cornet, startled the people
o: the market with "Therell Be Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight"
The new band will be used by the
Prophets in all ceremonial work and
on public occasions. The first public
appearance of the band will be ladies'
night, October 16, at the New Willard
Hotel
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
DECLARE CHARLTON'S
VICTIM BURIED ALIVE
Authorities, After Examination of Slain
Wife's Clothes, Think She Was
Breathing When Put in Trunk.

Como. Italy. Sept. 2o.-In making
preparations fors the trial of Porter
Charlton. the young American, for the
murder of his. wife. the authorities
have made minute examinations of the
garments worn by Mrs. Charlton when
her body was packed into a trunk and
thrown into Lake Como.
As result of this examination. the
authorities are of the opinion that the
murdered woman was still alive when
she was packed in the trunk.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
MOLTEN METAL SEARS WORKERS
One Man Killed and SIX Iniurcd In
Harvester Plant Explosion.

Chicago, Sept '2O.-one man was killed
and six probably fatally injured here
this afternoon when two boiler ex-
plosions in the Deering plant OF the In
ternational Harvester Company caused
a 15O-foot chimney to collapse.
Metal was being poured into large
mold when an explosion shook the en-
tire plant. Four men were standing
within foot OF the mold. Dozens were
working in other parts of the shop. A
sheet of liquid metal spurted from the
mold. The explosion wrecked the big
furnace. The east wall of the molding
room crumbled. Many OF the work.
men escaped Others ran wildly out
of the building. their hair partly burned
away and their clothing ablaze.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
VISITORS FLEE FROM MILAN.

Milan, Sept. "a cold wave, sweep
ing over the Austrian Tyrol. has caused
the hurried departure from st. MoritZ
and nearby resorts OF the whole summer
colony, a majority of whom went in
search Of milder climate in the Italian
lake district.
Among those who went To Cernobbio
and the Villa Deste we're Mrs. William
A. Stickney, Mr.. and Mrs. Montfort
Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott. and Miss
Anderson, OF New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
AERIAL DERBY AROUND LONDON
AyIntor HameI First I'm NIncty-FIve-
Mile Flight.

London. Sept. 20.-Eleven competitors
started at 4 O'Clock this morning in the
aerial derby around London. The course
is ninety-five miles long.
Gustav HameI was the first aviator to
finish the fight, arriving at Hendon at
5:2T o'clock. He won the cup offered by
the Daily Mail and a cash prize of $1,000
Aviator Barnwell finished second.