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Washington Journal., 1913-02-01
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ser 5tpeiten S1Iftc oes September
gefeiert pfro uno oas gr0Bte itn0
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mGbren0 idieBenoen &eitern ange-
feuert, IN ipiloem @olopp Die &ferOe;
Qans fiibne &eiter re;.en Oi6t al Dos
Seuer beron uno lteden INNER mle-
Ser lire ipiben 2ar5en mo ibre
fr1ummen S1bel hinein, als menn lie
ourh oas beilige 5ellcr groBere arait
uno 5tdrfe erlongen ppaten. Nadl
einesr alten 9lberglollben gi6t Die
Ridtuna oes @altdes, Der ans Dem
Seuermeer aufIteigt ~0en Ibeiiiniern
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fallen miro. Ger heilige 9tall1 bot
sic Sfla6ten BEL Metamna mO
9Loua, BEL @oatit unN Senaie pro.
pbeseit.
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01
Sine LANCE eiebeserflarnns.

Cine iunge Oeutihe Game IN SIN
Grancisco mies einen 8emerber init
Der 8emcrfung ab, ieine 2iebescrfld-
rung lei ibr 81 raid eriolgt. Ger
iuaDge WtonL Der III Sofio in SapaE
mobnte, reiite ab unO idrieb i6r ein
gierteliabr lang iede ISOLDE cine Yolt-
forte, olpf Ser er ieoes Wtal in lapi=
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0enn oieie 2iebeserfldrung idien ibr
IN Der SA& LaMse genns geoouert 81
hehaM. ALAEzns
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Washington Journal., 1913-02-01

- " 10! 3pei Serren parteleu
febnfii9tig ouf einen oritten Wtoun
gu ibrem Stat. Da fam elm 8etann=
ter BON linen in oas 2ptal. Soglsit
fprune elmer auf i'm gu nit Den @or=
ten: gRommen sic, ipislen Sic mitl"
nNein, nit einem iol9sn Nffeu
|fpiele i'd ni6t!"
mas, sic nenneu mid ,insn
qffsn?"
Isl, bepubrc, ia m.ine ia meinen
Iaffen!"
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01

@ndOig. Sousfrau Gel ser
M6reiIe ms 300 gu ibrem Monn):
6ier, @aloemar, bait Ou Die S4lil=
lei, nun tannit Ou meinetipegen bier
@oaen lang Osn 9ausherrn ipieIen.
Mus ser S9uIe. 2e6rer
(e6renO). @enn mir uns Damn na9
Sabr uno Sag nieoerieben peroen,
II no Iiebit Oh in ois9em Sob oas
s3eitpDrt, Oh, 2eAmann?
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p0rter.
2s6rer: @os 8psi! @iefo spsi?
$50 iinO oenn oieie2
2ebmann. gSohr" uno Sag" =
Oies IinO oo9 3tpei 3eitpOrter.
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01

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Oieie Sroge?
Sbeooor: Sd lsIe bier eben, OaB
man aus 5i19bein cine Mlenge Sc
brau9sgegenitdnoe be~ritelen fam.
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01

- 9roteft #. 9srr (einen 5remoen
auf Der StraBe feltbulteno): Sic
tragen ia Sen ueberaie4er, Ser mir
pergangenen Sonntdg i'm n2Open"
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t0nnen sic i'm aud pieoerbaben,
oenn er 1T mir piel 81 eng unO gu
iddbig!l"
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01

8erfin uu q ii gen. Die
oide 5amilienmutter lin 8etra6tung
Oes Meeres): n0u Batter, bier mert'
id erff, pie pin5is man nod is, gesen
Die SitIee TONNE id mir iuie'n Strobs
balm Dor"
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fein0. Ginbre9er Tan einem @elos
ipinoe bereits cine @inbre9erin fins
oen0): u6ol' Ser RudlId Ole Gmans
5ipation Der Sruu!"
Washington Journal., 1913-02-01
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gnna: nWeiI Mldma aeItern gu
ibrer TreunOin Iogte: 0tl 6abeit osn
reft5eitigen QnIdluB OerpaBtl"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
ASTORIA WOMAN FOUND
DROWNED IN CISTERN.
Mind Affected by Quarrel With
Man Who Had Been Attentive
TO Her. Parents Saw

When Miss Catherine Rusbach did not
appear for breakfast at the homo Of
her parents, Mr.. and AIRS. Henry Rus
bach. No. c1s FIFTH avenue, Astoria,
they made a search for her. Her bed
had been Slept In. her clothing was dis
turbed, but she was not to be found
The nystifed parents rushed out into
the yard surrounding their house, only
10 md the top OF an unused cistern IN
the rear uncovered. At the bot tom.
partly covered by water. was Miss Rus
baohs body. The body was quickly re-
moved from the cstern. but the woman
was dead.
Miss Rusbach, who was forty-one
years old. recently quarreled with a
man who had been attentive to her for
years. according to her parents. They
wouldn't tell his name or the cause of
the quarrel, but said the ending OF the
romance undoubtedly had affected the
mind Of their daughter.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
GOT PERMISSION. BUT JUST
COULDN'T WAIT.

MI at"rh Tece''eu MI io"hs Der
MISSION 'af inurso"y 10 marry ms
usus"'er' sa'' "'' ruhe'' '"'' "s"''
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"eclnen '""t '"ey c""''h wat una
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
WILSON TO STAY CLOSE
TO WHITE HOUSE FOR
HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS
President Elect Returns to
Princeton for His Last Week
Before Taking Office.

Woodrow Wilson went back t. Prince
ton to-day for his last week ut home
before he goes 10 Washington TO be-
come President OF the United States.
The President -elcct spent the night
here at IA friends house and left for
u probably was the last visit he would
pay New York for long time.
The next President expects to stick
pretty close 10 the White House for
several months after his inauguration.
He has announced his desire Ia devote
all his time 10 the extra session of
Congress. and 10 femiliarizs himself
with his new office, For this reason
he has accepted no formal invitations
for period OF SIX months after
March 4.
The trip to the Panama Canal 10 the
only plan definitely arranged. thus far,
or President Wilson'S summer. Because
he does not know when the extra ses-
sion will permit him to depart on this
journey. the rest OF his summer ar
range,nents ARE indefinite
The selection OF summer home IA
been held In allegiance. Gov Wilson
said to-day that he and his family lad
not vet accepted any of the places
offered The choice lies between a resi-
den"- in the mountains and one NJ tho
--ashore. In case tho shor. i chosen,
il - said the place will bs somewhere
on the coast ~ New Jersey.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
TELL THEIR AGES?
RUIN! CRY ACTORS
OF GERMAN STAGE
They Join in Plea to Govern
ment Against New law
Compelling Birth Data.

BERLIN. Feb. U.-Actors and sc-
tresses In Germany have been placed
In the awkward dilemma of being osm-
PEELED TO give their ages unAer tire new
Imperial Insurance Act and they ps.i.
TONED the Federal Council TO-DAY
through the German Stage Society 10
release them from their predica ment b.,
amending the measure. -
The players pray the authorities 20
permit them 10 guard the dates Of their
birth a. a professional secret. They
declare that II Is not a mere question
OF vanity but one OF bread and butte.
especially for the women. many OF
whom obtain engagements by reason OF
thedr talent being combined with
youthful appearance. n they are fore 81
To state their ages many managers viii
look arkance Al them. they argue.
The stage Society nrst pleaded with
the state Insurance Depa msnt. but
the ofFicisls were obdurste. aud the
matter has now gone TO the hughes,
authority In the Empire.
The new Insurance Act. by which
many categories Of employees besides
actors have been added to the ran.s
of those who must compulsorily insu "a
against old age. sickness and inGrmitv.
goes into force next year.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
Roy Atwell of "The FREELY"
Now Madame Nordica's
Son-in-LaW.

jay Le Roy .htwell. the thinnest actor
and playwright on Broadway. and Miss
Dorothy Young. daughter Of George ".
Young. the banker who married Lillian
Nordica. eloped yesterday afternoon ana
were married at Greenwich. Conn, as
the Town Hail clock struck >.
And when IT was learned tina; the
bride had repeated the bridegroom
phrase. why, marriage license Is AZ
cheap as n dog license" Broanw!ay
chuckled and said. "Roy's always ret
ling off something original"
Atweli Is now playing the star come
dams part In The Firehy" at the
Casino Theatre. where he shares the
applause with Emma Trentlni. He Is
about fhirty-fvc years old. His bride
Is nineteen. a graduate OF the Castle
school Just above Tarrytown. and for
the last two years has been studying
music md foreign languages under pri
,ate tutors at her nome. No. West
Ninth street
This is Atwcll's second venture in
natrimOny. His first wife was A Choir
US girl. Blanche West. who played with
him In one OF Marie Cahill's plays
They were divorced few years ago.
+. Traft0n pulen. VINO acted rs best,
man in tho wedding party and continued
his role ~ best spokesman ut thu thea
tire last niglt. where the bride occupied
box, sad the couple decided AT n sup
per given by Mr., Young at Martins last
ThurslaY nigh, 10 get mtrr od
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
Only One Alleged Thug
Caught and Three Victims
Have Fractured Skulls.
BOLD STREET GRIMES.
Highwaymen Busy in Brook
lyn Section and Police Make
Little Headway.


I'm" w. "o", intervening pe'"eeh
ana o CLOCK TINS morning four mold
ups occurred In Williamsburg. In three
OF the cases the victims were removed
TO hospitals with fractured skulls. In
all Of them the as.a,lsnts were num.1c.
suy ,trons
.I.rom. c.mbr,ck tailor ana MI,
wife Marie we're on their way home to
No. sn Bedford avenue. when at North
Fourth and Berry streets, within two
blocks Of their destination. Ave men
sprans out upon them from tho YES
tibule Of an apartment house. One Of
the thugs welded blackjack with
which he struck Cambrick repeatedly
over the head While two Of the gang
held the tailor fast the others hold his
wife captive. They rif'ed him Of twenty
collars ana watch ana chain valued al
thirty dollars.
The woman's screams finally attracted
the attention OF Patrolman HasGerty Of
the Bedford avenue police station. He
came On the run To the corner where
Camorick lay ON the sidewalk. and as
they caught sight OK him the hve thugs
ran on Ha<serty reasoned that Cam
nnek needed MS attention Just then. and
the hVe hi6hwaymcn got away. The pa
uoitnan discovered that Cambricks
sKun was fractured ana that Mrs. Cam
prioN Wrists anu arms were bruised
Dooh were sent 10 the WiiliAmsburg
nosv.eai' wne'e u was SAID that cam
u.poA M1u''es were serious.
ASSS0eO THUG CAPTURED IN
SECOND hOl0up.
About afteen minutes later Charles
MoEwen OF No. " Newell street was
attacked At Roebling and North Sixth
street BY several men. who Jumped on
him from behind . pile OF lumber In
front df building In course OF con-
struction. His cries for help brought a
patrolman from the Bed ford avenue no.
lice station. who succeeded in catching
Anthony Monroe Of M Iai w..t N,n,h
street. BrookIvn. IN Nonro. w.. ,o,,nn
ucnw.,.. 80, ,,., -. ,s.
No., g. ~. >s...... s,,a.e
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
SUFFRAG|STS' GOAL
NOW|SbALT|MORE:
[uNGER There
forced March Planned So They
May Spend Two Days in
City-at Belair Tonight.

HAvRE DE GRACE. Nd. Feb. "a
The little hand ~ suffrage pilgrims
marched out Of Hnvre de Grace with full
ranks to-day. heading for Bsiair. Nd.
fourteen miles distant. where IL vas
planned 10 stay tonight. The mixers
seemed eager for the days tramp. end
we're cheered by the knowledge that
they had a good road before them In
contrast n the mud thr ousf, winch they
pioushed Yesterday. A brief stop vas
made at Churchvilie. about midway be-
tween mere and Belair, for luncheon.
Al a council Of war last night II
was decided to push on straight Tor Bal
timore after leaving Beiair tomorrow.
instead Of stopping at Towson for the
nieht as originally planned. The change
OF programme was made TO Nve the
army" two full days Of rest in Baiti-
more instead OF one
A few miles out from Churchviiie the
pilgrims halted to honor the memory OF
Washington. Miss Freeman spoke, and
ali sang patriotic airs.
Tomorrow srelisious services will b.
held at one Of the resting points.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
HIS OWN TREMBLING STORY OF
THE ARREST IN THE WOODS.

Are you trapper? Do YOU hunt?"
II a!n't never been a trapper." he
answered. "Aint got no traps barring
two rat traps, one OF EN- no good, ]
cut ice in winter and chop wood In
summertime"
Then he explained how ne came to
be In lfoboken jail.
"Yistiddy I felt awful bsd-been
drnkin' heavy--and | went to Tom
Br.gAts hotel in Woodport. at the head
o. Lake Hopatcong. to get some
whiskey to kinder stralghtan out The
Ice on the lake In about eight Inches
an We we're s-cutting Z because !
reckon II Won get any thicker an |
wanted to get TO work again. Detective
Butler came into the hotel an told me
TO come with him bekase I'd been
wrtin' more letters 10 the president |
went with him and he took me up here
him and another man-in a railroad
train"
lie stretched hts arms through the
bars
I'm plumb sick; get me u doctor or
sutain', VIII yer he begged of the
,uard I'm shshin' all over an my
narvss IL gone. Please get me suthin'."
Asked what. he wanted he thought a
good slug of whisky would be the
proper remedy.
Davenport va. d.sm ssed before uy
Federal Commissioner stockton IN Nes.
ark, for lack of evidence, Wtn tle
two brothers VAS arrested Jacob Dunn,
VINO vas neid for trial ana IS noa II
Trenton prison,
\ month ago Marsasl BerrNnsn Pee
eeivcd a letter, uns gns1. Nh'cu read:
hickman; II Dunn is sent AVA
YOU will be shot dead. ue know
YOU live In Jersey City. Fro ~
four pals.
=. s. You better save hr.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
STRUGGLE TERRIFIC. ACCORD
ING TO THE OFFICERS.

When they reached Dover Butler was
so badly done IN that he had 10 leave
the train. Even on his arrival nj uo-
boken the surly giant OF the woods Ia
said 10 have struggled and had to be
hurlcd bodllv into the patrol wagon
The, no uas ,ocked nm And locked nm
49, u,.,tna yor,a r.nor,.r found him,
,o-,., M. cs,i IVA. IN. er.t in m.
~ a, ,ho ,,.,.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
BACK0S vCE.CHANCELL0R.
Tpenton Lawyer Gets
Bishth Post On List.

TRENTON, ~ J.. FEB, s2.--Chancellor
Edwin Robert Walker to-day appointed
John II. Backos. a Democrat. and we'll
known lawyer of this city, as Wee
Chancellor under the law creating a
new Chancellor.
This appointment makes eight Vice.
Ghancellors, four of whom are Demo-
Gratis and four Republicans. Chancellor
Walker Is Democrat. The term OF a
Viee-Chancellor IL seven years, and the
saASy Np.ooo . ysW.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
'bURlY TRAPPER
WHO THREATENED
W|LSONA DEMON
Fought With Savage Fury,
Say Federal Officers Who
Arrested Him.
HE DOESN'T LOOK PART.
Seen in Jail, He Turns Out to
Be a Puny, Understood Vic
tim of Drink.
HE DOESN'T LOOK PART.

0eeiey Davenport, mountaineer. who
has been arrested charged with send
Ing . letter threatening President.elect
woodrow Wilson with death unless he
gave 5000. is In the Hoboken jail 10
day awaiting removal to Trenton for
trial. According to Deputy United states
Marvhal Louis q. Beekman ana POST
ONCE Inspector Francis Butler Davsn-
port was taken after a fierce struggle in
his cabin In the Sparta Mountains near
Wharton. N. J.
As narrated the arrest had many Ora
matte features. Davenport, who had
been taken last December on a simiiar
charge and released with his brother for
lack Of evidence, was described a. q
giant woodsman, who put up nsrce
trepid officers In tho lonely mountains.
A warrant for his arrest had been
signed following hfs indictment by the
grand jury at Trenton on evidence fur
nishsd by the detectives who had
watched him near the rural mail box
designated a. the place for the delivery
Of the 80O0 demanded.
In an automobile Beekmsn and Butler
started for Wharton fully armed and
ready 10 encounter Davenport. who was
reputed to be a dead shot and . handy
man with q rife, one who could put up
q night Near his cabin the officers sep
arated and closed In. They found him
almost helplessly drunk and manaclsd
him. Al the doorway he seemed to re-
cover Misunderstanding to the story
and tripped up Butler. who went down
with the heavy mountainser on top.
besting him with great strength and
bruislng him badly before Beekman
could Interfere. Even then It took a
heavy club and repeated crushing blows
to subdue him. When headed for the
automobile the mountaineer shook him
self in a rage again and felled Butler.
who rose and drove him into the ma
chine with club.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
MYLIUS LEAVES FOR WEST.
Man Held for LibriIinx kiGR a.;
England Departs.

Edward iloIton James. editor ~ the
Liberator. the periodical IN which ap-
peared articles written by Edward
Myiius. said to have contained libel.
announced this morH,ng in tle Nationa,
Art. club that Mylius will to-day leave
New York.
Nj James would not diVulse Mylius'-
aim to go West, roll up h.s sleeves
and start all over again"
Myths was detained Dy the lmW!-
grat.oa Authorities Oh ELLIS Island TO-.
more than eight weehr before ne was
p-rmitted TO enter the United states
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
100000 STORM DAMAGE.
Chicago SIN Ice Coated and I'rnc-
nc0lly Isolated.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Damaye caused
city for thirty hours was to-day esti-
mated at sl,ooo,ocO. Although the fail OF
rain and sleet stopped early to-day the
city still practically is Isolated from the
outside world. as practically all tele-
graph wires are down, and It will be
twenty-four hours before repairs can be
made,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

IN arriving and mall schedules we're de-
moralized. There was much damage In
the parks where hundreds of trees were
broken down by the weight of ice
Squads % repair men were busy to-day
restoring the thousands OF telegra ph,
telephone, electric and trolley wires
which snapped under the weigh, OF the
ic.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-Washing-
tons Birthday anniversary was cele-
hrated to-day In the House and Senate
despite the pressure OF public business.
In the Senate, Senator Brandege of Con-
uectlcut, Ia response to a request from
the presiding officer. read Washington
farewell address. This exercise took
Asagly httX piputsa
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

~. Butler wat,i "a Ia. Jpf. 4AI "a.
trey found him gong oft'n 10 tae rural
mail box designated as the one in
which GOV, wilson should place the
money IN complying with the demaad
when the Grand Jury heard this evil
dcnce tines found an indictment agains,
see!ey Davenport. lie Is charged a,sJ
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
4 We're Marital,

tfTom tue Chcsg, Neasl
A girls air castle falls to eartn when
she realizes that the man she married ia
just an ordinary mortal like her father
or brother.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
She Drops Action to Set Aside
Divorce Decree, Begun Two
Years After His Death.
'TURPENTINE KING SUED
She Was Alleged to Have Fled
With Count She Had
rt
Known an Hour.

Mrs Bessie Babcock Hunt, former
wife OF John Wright Hunt. who sought
70 have the divorce decree granted to
him set aside two years after his death.
has accepted q settlement Of $3.50, 900 and
ended her action.
The settlement probably means that
the public never will know the truth OF
story that has filled newspaper columns
for more than ten years. In which time
Hunt alternately appeared as an aged.
wealthy ogre and a warm-hearted. for
irving, fatherly husband. Mrs. Hunts
role varied from that of impetuous.
fafthless young wife to that Of Innocent
hearted and much wronssd young wo-
ran, helpless. in the hands Of . de-
sisning villain.
Bessie Babcock was q Detroit beauty,
Just out OF a convent ana wooed by
dosen sultors. when Hunt then in the
shadow Of sixty. vanQuished the younger
mon and married her in 1901
Then began a honeymoon Of luxury
anl splcndor that lasted eight years
anA took In every country in Europe.
ALLEGED TO HAVE ELoPED
WITH WICKED PRINCE"
II was in the summer of 1909 that
these who had followed the wife's happy
story. a. told occasionally in cabled
news. were shocked to read one day Of
the slopement Of Mrs. Hunt from the
Hotel CralIon in Paris with the Count
Alexander de Tcherniadieff. saAd to be
a cusin Of the Csar and known To Con-
tiAental society as the wicked Prince"
II was only an hour after she first met
the Count. 1t was said. that she threw
Jewels valued at 100000 into . satchei
and eloped with him.
Soon asterward Mrs Hun, came TO
America. The story was undenied. Ru-
mere had the outraged husband about
TO bring divorce proceedings. other ru-
mers had the couple reconciied
Adelbert Babcock. der father. had
moved meantime to Brookfield. N. T.,
ana there he took ;ne woman whose
story bad aroused such intense interest
He let her talk to reporters Just long
enough to enter a general denial.
Stories of a reconc iliation were un-
true. The "turpentine king" then
nearly seventy, got his divorce In
Kings County early in 1910. Secrecy
was maintained.
In December OF that year Mr.. Hunt
died in Dallas. Tex. Stili Mrs. Hunt
refused to deny In any detail the many
ugly stories in which gossip made her
principal, following the publication Of
The elopement
SOUGHT TO VOID DIVORCE OF
DEAD HUSBAND.
But In the following year Mrs Hun,
seat for the reporters and told how
she regretted her silence, through which
1 she had permitted her name to be sui
lied.
In detail Mrs. Hunt told of her ac-
! quaintancs with the Prince and as.
serted there never had been a shadow
Of improperly in her relations with
him.
A few months afterward Mrs. Hunt
filed with Supreme Court Justice Staple
ton . petition that the divorce granted
her dead husband be reopened and that
she have another opportunity to pre-
sent her side. 1t was thus the public
fret learned Of the decree. The Justice
denied her motions. but last month the
Appellate Division overruled him and
yesterdays settlement followed.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

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