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The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Futurists to Paint
Sounds and Smells

PARIS, Dec. 12.-The painting Of
Gounds. noises, and smells Is the latest
ambition of the most advanced school
of Paris futurist artists. Sounds, noses
and smells, they affirm, are incorpor-
ated in the expressions of lines, vol
umes and colors just as lines and col
ors are incorporated in the architecture
of musical work" From the point of
view of form, there are sounds. noises
and smells which are concave or con-
vex, triangular, ellipsoidal, oblong, con-
ical, spherical, spralic, etc. From the
point of view OF color, they are yellow,
red, indigo, sky blue, and violet.
In stations, factories, garages, ham
Sars, and, in fact, throughout the whole
of the world of sport and mechanics,
the sounds are almost always red. In
cafes. restaurants, or saloons they are
silverish, yellow and violet. As for the
sounds, noises and smells of animals.
they are yellow and blue: of women,
green, sky blue and violet. In order to
be the latest kind of a futurist. you
must use plenty of reds. screaming
reds" and greens, never enough
greens: yellows. never enough yellows.
exploding yellows. saffron, copper, ami
early morning yellowS."
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Divorce Denied, Purity Pact
Couple Observation-Disclosures

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l2-Dened divorce the ground
that his wife refused break purity pact which both had
kept fourteen years. believed today that Clement H.
Cunningham and Mrs Cunningham would patch up their dis
agreement and live together again.
Friends of the couple believe their marital difficulties will be
conquered by ovepowerng love- and that when they again
live together pledge of purity will not mar their happiness
Divorce refused by Judges MMchael and Ferguson late
yesterday They decided Cunningham had sustained his
charge of cruel and barbarous treatment
The Cunninghans married December 5, 1885, and
pledged themselves purity several months before They sepa
rated 1909 Cunningham is the president Of the Crucble Steel
Castings Company. -
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Dorothy Arnold Lost
Three Years Ago Today

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-It was three
years ago today that Dorothy Arnold,
daughter of n wealthy perfume impor-
ter, my ysteriously disappeared. No trace
of her has even been discovered even
though a worldwide search similar TO
that which followed the kidnapping of
Charlie Ross
Miss Arnold left her home to shop, she
tod her mother, stopped at a drug
store to buy a box of candy and at a
book store to buy a book, met 4 chum
and accepted an invitation to luncheon
Then she disappeared. Her parents
made two trips to Europe on supposed
clews. but without results so far as is
known.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Woman Swimmer on
Second Lap At Canal

PANAMA. Dec. 12.-Miss Elaine Cold
ing. New Yorks expert woman SWIM
mer, today set out to swim across Gatun
lake to Gamboa. the second stage of her
proposed swim through the canal. Miss
Golding began her swim yesterday,
starting at the five-mile buoy opposite
Christobal. She got as far as the lower
lock at Gatun. She expected to travers
the lake without leaving the water
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Investigating Death
Of Preachers Wife

NEW YORK. Dec. Ian investiga-
tion was begun today into the mysterious
death of Mrs. Helen L. Mackay widow
of the late Rev. Donald Sage Mackay,
D. D.. who died under the influence Of
other in a private hospital last night.
Mrs. Mackay was at the hospital un-
der the name of Mrs. ]. Fl. Stone. of
Boston. She was missing from home.
and one of her daughters had asked the
police to look for her. Dr. Mackay was
president Of the General Synod, of the
Reformed Church Of America, and once
pastor for Colonel Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Germany'Has Ten
16-Year-OId Widows

BERLIN, Dec. 12-Child marriages
are almost increditably rife in Germany,
according to the new volume Of national
statistics. just published. One husband
fifteen years old Is tabulated, although
there are sixty-four wives of that age,
and fifteen who are sixteen years old.
The husbands include also one widower
Of that age.
There are 528 married girls aged six
teen, ten sixteen -year.oid widows, and
0na stxteeu-yeaE.old diyoEcee
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Attorneys Close in
Ebbitt House Trial

The case of George F. Schutt, P-cprie-
tor of the Ebbitt, charged with selling
liquor to Ross Davis, an eighteen-year-
old boy, on the. night of the Virginia.
Georgetown football game, occupied
almost the entire time of Judge Null
lowny in Police Court today. The case
viii go TO the jury this afternoon. Sur
rebuttal testimony was introduced, and
the arguments of the attorneys for both
sides consumed the time of judge and
jury.
f. V. Hagerty, the head bartender,
when called as the first witness for the
defense On sur-l ebuttal, said that the
curtains On the + street side ARE al
ways closed when the bar is open and
no one can see through them.' lie re-
membered distinctly of them being
closed on football night
When Corporation Counsel Syms
called SergL Lohman as a Government
witness, an objection was hurriedly
made by the defense. The court ruled
that the Government had closed its case
and could not produce further evidence.
Prayers Are Offered.
Before addressing the jury Attorney
Tob-iner offered four prayers to the
court for special instructions to the
jury. The first was Ito instruct the
Jury to return a verdict of not guilty"
The gist of the other three set forth
that TO convict the jury must believe
beyond any doubt that the defendant
intended to make a sale or furnish beer
10 Davis. and so intending did deliver
to Davis the beer, and that with the
defendants consent Davis obtained the
beer. 1t was further prayed that IL
the jury believed in the great crowd
in the bar on football night that Davis
surreptiuously, or in some unknown
manner obtained haa- cba
acquit the defendant.
The court refused the four prayers.
and the Governments prayers, also
filed, were withdrawn.
Outlines Instructions.
When asked by Attorney Tobriner TO
indicate what line of instructions would
be given the jury. Judge Mullowny
said:
II will tell the jury that the crowd in
The bar is not a justifiabIe excuse for
the defendant or his bartenders to sell,
dispose. or furnish liquors to a minor
Il will tell the jury that there il evil
dence tending Ito show the congested
condition of the bar. and that beers
Were handed out in response to orders
That persons reached over other per-
sons and got the beer, and IL they be-
neve the bow accepted beer and drank
il, and IL these bartenders carelessly
ana thoughtlessly. in the rush of the
night. did comply with the orders of
the boy. they are to convict this de-
fedant. because the bartenders are sup
posed to know to whom they sell or
furnish beer.
Il will tell the jury that, notwith-
standing the fact that the detectives
saw the boy order. pay for, and drink
the beer. as denied by witnesses: If they
believe the boy actually drank the beer
regardless Of paying therefor. they are1
to convict
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Boston Women Bring
Down Sale of Eggs

BOSTON. Dec. 12.-Grocers and whole
salers here today declared the purchase
of eggs has already been materially af-
fected by the boycott movement among
Boston women which started yesterday.
Some asserted that sales have dropped
nearly 50 per cent.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
KURT DIETRICH.

Funeral services for Kurt DIETRICH,
who died at the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital while under an anes-
thetic, will be held at tine home of his
sister. Mrs. Hunt Slater, 1105 Avenue of
the Presidents, late this afternoon. The
body will De cremated
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Sales Today on the
Local Exchange

Capital Traction 5'A $1,0o@l07h
s., ,0004107k. $1,o000107x
Potomac Consolidated SIS, 81, 1,00OG96x.
Capital Traction. 1@11zh (cash).
Washington Railway and Electric
com. 25@S7 25GS7.
Mergenthaler. S9211. 1o@212.
After calEGeorgetown Gas (scrip),
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
CITY RESPONSIBLE
FOR BAD CHILDREN
Robs Them of Everything Need
ed For Healthy Mind, Say
New York Big Brothers.

NEW YORK, Dec 12.-Father Knicker-
linquent children, and the youngsters
are not at fault for their sins, in the
opinion of Ernest K. Coulter. founder
of the Big Brother movement in New
York, and who had a great deal to do
with the establishment of the childrens 8
court.
1T is the sins of the city against the
children that stand out most startlingly
in the children's courts" Coulter said
1.-THE community robs the child in the
congested district of everything a grow
ing human being needs for health of
mind and body-and then it would
punish him when his Efforts to win these
chances for himself bring him in sharp
contact with the law of the grown-up
world. Were there anything like a ra-
tional distribution of population, were
the dwellers in the tenements not de-
prived of light and space, were the tene-
ment children not desperately put to it
for anything like normal play, there
would be small work, indeed, for chill
dren's courts. charitable, and reforma-
tory institutions.
Play Needs Supervision.
"It is indulging the God-given play
instinct that the child. under proper
supervision. best develops his physical,
mental, and moral side. When We
force him to dodge about the garbage
cans for his game of tag and push him
into dark and evil-smelling stairWays
and cellars for his hide-and-seek, how
can the community complain when he
does not develop into good citizen?
''Arraigned in the children's court re-
Gently for the heinous crime OF playing
ball in the street. a half-clad little fel-
low was asked by the magistrate:
What are the streets for?' The cul-
prit whose head barely reached the
bench, thought hard and eSrnestIy, his
face white from starvation and fear.
and the magistrate straightway sent
him home.
Scared By Butterfly.
"In one of tlne most crowded districts
last summer I saw little girl cry and
fee in terror from a fluttering butterfly
that by some strange chance had been
blown across the Hudson from the Jer-
sey meadows. The only fields she had
ever known were the asphalt and cob
bles; the only insects within her knoWl-
edge had been reaches and-spiders, and
worse, and her only brooks were the
gutter floods when the sweepers occa-
sionally turned on the fire hydrant to
flush the dirty payements in her block.
1t is small wonder that when some
occasional charity takes handful of
tenement children into the country for
a week-those who have always lived IN
the city's din and cry-that 1t is so still
il makes their ears hurt, and they
beg to be taken back to the city,"
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
New York Curb Marksl

Hartman 4 ca. NSw YGk: q. q cAlu0n2
Na1oaer LEGAL Bganch. Colo9ado Bui1d1n9
ma 49,
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
FOR RENT-ROOMS
FOR SALE-MISCELIANE0US

BRICKS. lumber. mantels, doors sash. win
dowS etc.: secoad hand; or win I'll Q
houss eompietA NJ North CapaeG e
Pheoe Lano.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

The Real Estate and Columbia Title
Insurance companies have each declar-
ed the regular semi-annual dividend of
3 per cent, payable December 81 to hold
ers Of record December q The books
will be closed December % to 81.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
INTERVENTIONNOT
TO Be THOUGHT OF
De La Barra Talks of the
Mexican Situation
Seriously

New. York August S.-That intervef1-
ton by the United States is scarcely more
than remote possibility but Should
there be Intervention it would be frausIt
with the glavest consequences were the
opinions expressed by Francisco DE IL
Barra, former provisional president Of
Mexico and former Mexican ambassadoF
at Washington, upon his arrival here from
Mexico today. Senor De La Barra, Will
sail for Paris in a few days to assume
his duties as Mexican ambassador 70
France.
4 am firmly of the belief" sair Senor
De La Barra, that the intelligence of
the American and Mexican people and
the spirit of justice and fair play in both
countries will prevail in the present situ7
alton and that the possibility of anything
akin to international complications is
most remote.
Intervention. 1t seems to me, is hardly
to be thought of. High officials in my
country do not seriously consider the
possibility let alone the probability Of
such action on the part of the United
States. I will say, however that should
there, by any chance. be intervention, the
universal feeling in Mexico would be such
that it would be difficult to predict the
outcome"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

quest over the remains of Christopher {.
Gustin and Donald A Kenney, held at
birmingham ON July 81 August 5, 6, 7 and
5, we, the jury duly empanelled by the
coroner of Jefferson county, to-wit: July
81 1913. to inquire into the deaths of
Christopher C. Gustin and Donald A.
kenney, having diligently investigated
said cause. taking all the testimony OBJ
tainable, we agree that the deceased came
to their death by an electric shock pro-
duoed by a magnetic used by or under the
direction or control of John p Abbott,
d. U. Williams, r. E. Nanlandingham.
l.. c. Neil3. as officers and members of
the Loyal Order of Moose in the inltiatofy
ceremonies held on, to-wit July "a at
Moose hall. 1S07Ih Fourth avenue, north,
in the city of Birmingham, in Jefferson
county. in the state of Alabama; and that
the said John p Abbott, d. L. Williams
r. r. Nanlandingham l.. c. NELL are
guilty of mansaughter in the second de-
gree, in that they unlawfully but without
Donald A. Kenney and Christopher c..
Gustin by negligently giving to the said
Donald A. Kenney and Christopher c.
Gustin an electric shock by magnetic,
against the peace and dignity of the state
of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

moment the bell rang ending the fifth
round, and Smith tried to continue the
fight but the referee showed him to his
corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
Signalling at 20 Miles

The heliegraph, which is used SO largely
by armies in the field for signalling pur-
poses. is nothing more than a mirror. bv
which the suns rays are caught and re-
iected, says Pearson's Weekly.
The flashes can be thrown in anv de-
sired direction. the ordinary Morse code
being usually employed. The distance to
which these flashes can be thrown and
read is almost incredible. During one of
our little Indian wars, when an expedi-
ton was sent to punish the rebellious
Waziri, outposts communicated with the
main force when 70 miles away, a dis
tance greater than that between London
and Brighton.
. Apart from signalling, the distance at
which objects can be discerned by the
eye depends on two things-their height
and the clearnesS of the air. The most
conspicuous object in the British Isles is
Mount Snowlon, in Wales, which on a
clear day can be distinctly seen from
Bray Head, County Wicklow, a distance
of no less than So miles. Snowdon can
also be seen from Waterloo. Liyerpool.
a distance of 81 miles.
In the Fens, where the ground is per-
fectly fiat for miles, any lofty object can
be seen a long way Off Boston "Stump. -
the tower of the fine old church at Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire, is visible from the
Leicestersire hills, quite 40 miles away.
From the top of the famous Blackpool
tower You can, on clear day, catch a
glimpse of the mountain of Snaefel in
the Isle of Man. The distance is a good
60 miles.
In Mexico the air is said to be clearer
than anywhere else in the world. At any
rate, it is the only country where view
extending to 1000 miles can be obtained.
By climbing to the top of the Sierra
mountains the lonely peak of Mount
Sparta can be seen. 1t would take four.
hours by express train to reach it, the
distance being about the same as that be-
tween Torquay, in Devonshire and Lon
dom
Mount Everett, in the Himalayas, is the
tallest mountain in the world. From Dar-
jeeling the gigantic size of Everett is seen
rising in snowy grandeur among its
mighty neighbors, and any stranger would
vow that 1t was not more than 30 or 40
miles away. AS matter of fact. the
distance is 107 miles as the crow flies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
'GUNBOAT" SMITH
DEFEATS JIM FLYNN
Fireman Knocked Down
Four Times-Referee
Stops Fight

New York, August S.-"Gunboat' Smith
Of California defeated Jim Flynn. the
Pueblo fireman. in the fifth round Of
their scheduled 10 round bout at Madison
Square Garden tonight Smith knocked
FLYNN down four times in the fifth round
and the referee stopped the fight to save
Flynn from being knocked out
Smith weighed 1SSla pounds and Flynn
was give pounds heavier AT the start
Flynn rushed Smith to the ropes in the
latter's corner. working to the body with
short arm blows. Smith broke away and
began jabbing, finally catching Flynn
with right uppercut to the face Honors
were even at the end of the round
In the second round Flynn tried to get
close, but Smith kept him at long range,
scoring point after point. At the end of
the round Flynn managed TO land a right
hook to the head. This round and the
three following were in Smiths favor.
Flynn Bores In
Both men held to their original tactics
Flynn boring in while Smith tried to
avoid mitigating. At the end of the third
round Smith was bleeding from the nose
and Flynn from a cut over the left eve.
In the fourth round Flynn landed short
arm hook on Smiths left eye which
started bleeding Smiths hard hooks and
fabs had Flynn weak at the end of this
round.
In the fifth, Flynn swung terrific right
to the ribs sending Smith to the ropes
The Californian came back with a hail
OF lett and right jabs and hooks Then,
with right uppercut flush on the law.
he knocked Flynn down for count of
eight seconds. Another right to the law
put the Pueblo fireman to the floor for
three seconds
Flynn arose with his face covered with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

The
lated the Mann white
for the
Martha
neti and Dfggs fled from to Reno
Attorneys
witnesses ubpoenad With United
arrests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
MOOSE OFFICERS HELD GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER IN SECOND
DEGREE BY CORONER'S JURY
Warrants Sworn Out By Spain for Abbott Williams Vanand
ingham and DR. Neil, But Will Not Be Served Until
Foday-Bond is Fixed at $500 Each-Probe
is Completed

Investigation Consumed Five Days and Over 50 Witnesses T
tied-Undertakers Censured for Embalming Bodies
Without Permission of Coroner-Three Witnesses
Heard Yesterday Morning Nothing Hasty
Done, Says Locke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
The Triumvirate

From the st. Louis Republic.
IF some kind Of law could be passed
to keep the saloon man out of politics.
pretty soon after there wouldn't be much
of politics left, would there?"
We'll l dunno about that, You'd stifl
have the leading liverymen and pronii-
nent contractors to reckon with before
you could count on a clean sweep.i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

That Donald A. Kenney aged % and Christopher c. Gus
n aged 30, to their deaths by electric shock from
magnetic during the nitaoy work of the local lodge of the
Loyal Order of Moose between the hours of 10 and II CLOCK
on the night of July "a Moose hail. 1912 Fourth avenue
no the verdict of the coroners jury returned
O'Clock last night.
The coroners jury also held that John p Abbott dictator
OF the local lodge Dave u Williams secretary r. E. Vanand
lngham preae and assistant secretary and Dr. L. c. Nei
physician guilty of manaugher in the degree
Warrants Immediately out by Coroner Charles L.
Spain before Judge H. Benners against officers of
the Moose charging them with mansaughter in the second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
JURORS GLAD THE
PROBE Is OVER

The jury which brought in the verdict
of the Moose after being five days in ses-
sion and examining exactly 50
witnesses and many of these two and
three times disbanded last night in
hauIy frame of mind at the thought that
they were about to return to their busi-
ness
The jury was composed of the following.
". c. Hill. a wholesale grain broker; ID.
+. Halsten, general foreman of the Ala
bama Great Southern shops; John r.
Nolan, bookkeeper of the Pratt City Land
and improvement company; w. A. Lester.
vice president and general manager OF
the Malone & Mcconnell Realty and In
surance company; r. b. IIoltam of the
{. A. Balm Roofing company. The fore
man of the jury was Ben M. Jacobs, the
we'll known furniture dealer.
On the night of Thursday, July "a, while
81 candidates were being Initiated into
the Moose order. Donald A. Kenney, pres
ident of the local chauffeurs' union, and
Christopher c. Gustn. an iron moulder,
met their death. 1t was given out that
the aeath of the two men was due to
heart failure superinduced by fright.
The bodies of Kenney and Gustin We're
embalmed within two hours following
their death and without permission of
the county coroner.
Coroner Charles l. Spain on the
morning following the deaths of Ken
ncy and Gustin appeared at the UNDER
taking rooms of the two undertakers,
who had charge of the bodies and pre-
pared to hold post mortem post
mortem was held over each body, but
tho physicians declared that owing to
the embalming fluid the exact cause of
death could not be determined.
There followed several delays in
which the coroner was severely crit
ieised for his apparent inaction in as
certaining the cause of deaths of Ken
ney and Gustn. Coroner Spain ex-
planed that without help hescould not
attend Immediately to the Moose trag-
edy as there were so many violent
deaths being reported at that particular
time. On July 81. one week following
the tragedy, he summoned a jury to-
gether and the inquest started
The inquest recessed that night to
meet again on the morning of August
., to allow Coroner Spain to investi-
gate several murders that had been re-
ported. On August the jury met
again and the inquest began in earnest
During this week in the direct and re-
examination over 100 persons have oc-
cupied the witness stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09
He Got His

Il ioiii u uuSt-
me of a large fortune
Gink-IIe robbed you Of fortune, and
still he is enjoying his liberty.
Grouch-Not by darned sight. He
married the rich widow l was after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

blood and Smith knocked him down with
right to the jaw, the fireman clinging
to his eonqueror's legs. Flynn gained
his feet once more on a count of three.
but he was wobbly and Smith put him to
the floor in Flynn's corner.
This was the last blow of the fight as
Referee job stepped between to save
Flynn from being knocked out. At that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-09

The warrants were not served last
night owing to the late hour at which
they were sworn out before Judge /.
II. Benners. Deputy sheriffs, it was
stated, will serve the warrants today
Bond was set in each warrant at $500.
Manslaughter in the second degree in
Alabama Is misdemeanor and is pun
ishable by Imprisonment at hard labor
of hot moro than 12 months or a fine of
not more than $500 or both.
The warrants sworn out before Judge
Benners by Coroner Spain are returnable
directly to the first September term of
the criminal court and the matter Will
not be threshed out by the grand
Jury. The defendants will not receive
preliminary hearing.