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The Washington times., 1913-12-27
Some New Books

When Mother Reads to U.s. and
Sunny Hour Story Book" publishtd by
the Platt & Peck Company, New York.
are two volumes Of short stories for
the little folks. by Ruth Crossley. in
terestingly told in a language that the
child will understand. Ali children are
fond Of pictures, and these stories, with
their many colored illustrations. IN
doubtedly will delight the youngsters
and Immediately find a prominent pIace
in the children's Christmas library.
THE Goody-Naughe Book" BY sa-
rah Cory Rippey. Just published bv
Rand. McNaily & Company. New York,
Is as sparkling a novelty as has an.
peared In any Juvenile list In a long
time. Half Of the book Is made un Of
eight stories about good boys and Girls
On turning the book upside down. the
other half presents an equal number of
stories about children who misbehaye'
Each Of the sixteen stories teaches a
homely moral without being In any
sense preachy.
Each story In attractively illustrated
In colors by Blanche Fisher Wright.
Little Light CLucita)." by Ruth
Gaines. just issued by Rand, McNalIy
q Company. New York. In a chill's
story % Old Mexico. charmingiy told,
which treats OF the adventures of Lu.
oita. n little Mexican giri OF the better
class, and n not only interesting, hut
viii brins the young reader Closer "a
his little cousins who live across ths
Ths volume IL handsomely bsund NJ
ooplcusiy illustrated In color W -.
inaA wSlohs nnsoooe
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
AFGHANISTAN VERSUS, LANHAM,
MD,

United States Consul Bakers repor,
that Afghanistan is closed to foreigners
and that death is the penalty for intru'
sion into the Emir's domains, agair
causes Sphinx Finn to take up the
cudgels in behalf Of Lanham.
Sphinx says that all foreigners arr
welcome at Lanham, no passport IL
necessary, and its rembteness from the
Mexican border and the House Of Rep
resentatives insures perfect quiet at all
times.
Besides, says Sphinx" the difference
in carfare would mean a saving every
month which would soon pay off the ma
tional debt, and nobody wants to live
in Afghanistan nohow.
However, to the lay mind, the fact
that commercial travellers are barred
in Afghanistan more than offsets all
the advantages that Sphinx" claims for
Lanham, and throws the balance the
other way.
We pause for reply.
While pausing, we consider 1t wise to
keep away from Central Market
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
THE PORT ARTHUR OF TO-DAY.

Port Arthur was Russia's challenge to the world
her farthest outpost on the perpetually open seas
The world did not dare attempt to take it from her
and she made Gibraltar of it. 1t is not difficult tc
recall when there was widespread belief that it ac
tually was more powerful to resist attack than Glib
raitar itself; and perhaps, modern conditions Of
siege considered, it was.
At any rate, the challenge which the world dared
not take up Japan did, anG Port Arthur is now Jap
anese As military and strategical point it has
ceased to be of any importance. Japan needs no
such establishment as Russia built there. II has no
justification for commercial importance and there
fore commercially has shrunk constantly since Russia
turned it over to the Japanese.
Today, the town is an emporium of dealers in
war relics Curious travellers 60 ither during their
tour of the Orient, and they find monuments on the
heights whose names were familiar to the world in
the dispatches during that fearful year of the
war for Manchuria The demolished forts have been
left in most cases as when the city surrendered,
save that the great works on Tiger Hil guarding
the entrance to the harbor, have been restored.
Thither the genius of the japanese has bethought
itselb to bring great numbers of japanese youth for
education. Schools subsidized by the government,
occupy foundations on which Russian churches once
stood or cement bases constructed for military works
In these surroundings, IMPLYING the great national
glory Of their empire, the youth are taught their
lessons of patriotism and devotion.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
NEW CURRENCY WORK.

Now that the new currency measure has become
law the general opinion in the commercial and hnan.
cial world among not only Democrats and Progres-
syes but Republicans seems to be that the act is
very good one and will be of great benefit to this
country This chorus of praise now, when only the
the other day there was much dan,ning in many
quarters shows that politics had great deal to dc
with the varying attitudes toward the currency meas
ure when it was in the process of legislation.
There never ought to have been bit of politics
in trying get for this country the better currency
system which everybody wanted; but though there
was great deal of politics about this thing before
the passage of the bill-though perhaps it was i'm.
possible to keep politics out then-there can't be any
politics in the matter now without its being equiv
alent to crime against the industry and business OF
the country and against the bread and butter of the
American people.
II the currency act were great deal worse than
il is il would now be up to everybody in the United
States to make the best of it until more perfec,
measure could be substituted for il. That's what we
all did before, when We had a very imperfect system
under which to work, and taking the record as a
whole the country did wonderfully well with it, poor
as the currency was. If we could do so we'll with
such sorry system ought to do great deal better
with superior measure. We can do it If we get on
tie job, and the thing to do is for every American
=, citizen to get on the job.
The country wants to do business, the country
accepts the new banking and currency machinery as
help 10 business so LET'S start doing business. We
don't even have to wait for New Years resolution
on the subject We can begin now.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.

| the mail the other day, and at first ]
thought that 1t was only q bomb.
promptly hit 1t with a hammer, and
when it failed to explode. my wors,
fears were realized.
knew that I had received a box OF
PerfectoA After giving the Perfectos
the once over, also knew that the Per-
fectos were Imperfectos.
Up to date have endeayored to
smoke f1fty-one of the imperfect Per
fectos. There were only fifty in the
box, but tried to smoke one Perfecto
twice, thus making a grand total of
fifty y-one.
How are they wearing their cigars
this year?
Have tried every style. Worn 'em
loosely in the face with a sort Of Eng
lishly aspect SO much affected nova
days. Have grappled 'em up in the
teeth. and left EN- wave carelessly
around my features. I've pulled on
them SO terriflcally that my eyes have
been drawn deep in my head, by the
vacuum created by the pressure.
Have at last given up hope Of ever
getting any nutrition from the Imper-
fectos, and would like to exchange with
any of your readers who desire some
perfect Imperfectos, or imperfect Per-
fectoS.
All the cigars are in good condition,
each one having been only used once.
Some Of them are slightly unravelled on
the edges, but can easily be darned-
Would like In exchange cornet, as I
think I have had enough practice on
the cigars to play one very we'll
The cigars are average gift cigars.
have a good bouquet, and are well
broken in. In closing would say that
gift cigars by any other name would
smell as sweet.
VIII consider any unreasonable offer.
Ell SPUGO.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
INDIANAPOLIS, CHEAP GAS.

The Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis pro.
vides only artificial gas to its customers So do the
two Washington gas companies.
The Washington Gas Company charges IS cents
net per thousand feet The Indianapolis company
beginning January I, will charge from 40 to IS cents
depending on she amounts consumed through q single
meter.
Is there any good reason for such q discrepancy
Authorities In making and selling gas testify tina,
there 10 not Washington ought to have gas subs.sn.
tielly o. ehespy o. does Indianapolis.
q Chrissmss Day the cisisens. company Ct In.
eluaxGo1s publishsd she sansnase<bos u rsluc-
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
GOOD STORIES

~ ONE Of the leading ladies Of the
Glen Ellyn. one Of Chicaso's
~ suburbs over In .Du Page
county, were discussing the pure
milk question. One member remarked:
II believe we should compel ali the
dairymen to pasteurize all their milk. "
That can't be DONE" answered
another. leading official Of the local
Woman's Club. ''One day last spring
I sent to . dairy which sells milk here
and found all the cows in the barn.
asked the man why he didn't turn the
cows out to pasture. He said they had
80. you see, ladies, It II impossible
to pasture the cows during a great
part Of the year and consequently we
cannot have pasteurized milk ali the
year round. d.'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
4 Natural Mistake,

OR four entire hours had the
X lady remained in the shop. She
l. had visited every department
and worried the majority of the
salesmen without spending a penny.
I0ward the close OF the afternoon one
Of the statesmen, feeling somewhat exas-
perated. ventured to make q mild pro-
test
Madam" he asked sweetly, ARE you
shopping here?''
Tne lady looked surprised. but not by
any means annoyed
Certainly" she replied. what else
should be doing?'
For moment the salesman hesitated-
then blurted out:
We'll, madam. thought perhans
you might be taking an inventory"
Then the lady melted away among the
shadows by, the door.-National Food
Magazine.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
Some Little Causes Of
Great Wars
tcepyrsshs. ma - - rr.. ruh,,,hi.s CD
26-A Frontier Rsmor Thai Led to an Indian

H.
Indian chief whom hi. fellow called
build and great nteissnes and
.ss e ne -s.
nirnore coopers novels
@ Ss sn ses J10 ns , % n % @ m srns that part, q frontier
frontier In those days when peril
@.us a Or . 50 'n.'sh the "iasrn By word Of
true IT rou.a
mission of revenge
loyal niead
They swooped down upon the Dwelling Of
Losans for the white
hooked frontier was
battle-ground
For while he ....,
nstse. foe. in fair asht he attached
and every
Pleasant n- tn,
9rs.s n., .oI,ss % % n. autumn Of nm aesn
BY
BIRTH mu.s.sous
Losans utterly IN. spirit of nsh. wa. .nks
Of them by their fearful defeat
To
ths the s - a'a, % =, % s,S @ ns message that for esnu,
known as LOsans Speech" said In part: -,
Revenge
cabin
and he
spring unprovok the ssa:
aa' tn. s not '
called many:
Who
having the white mem
his spin. In ut Of drunken d
party lived ana
and attacked his puosr. In the
sefdefen.e 80
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE
APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY.

Yesterdays unfortunate bull can new
er occur again. That Is we hope not
We are endeavoring to apprehend the
miscreant who changes our copy.
1t should have appeared thusly--''Mr
Johns9ns speech was DEEMED to be
one OF the etc. etc"
Not Mr.. Johnsons speechs was
D." well. In view of all the hub bub
over that insurrecto song recently rem
dered by the Carabaos, we had better
not say u.
But still. we apologize
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
Adding Insult to Injury.

A FTER q recent railway collision
~ In the Midlands a Scotsman
n was extricated from the wreck
age by . companion who had
escaped unhurt
Never mind. Sandy" his rescuer re-
marked; its nothing serious, and
you'll get damages for IT."
"Damases!" roared Sandy. Have I
not had enough O. them? It's repairs
I'm seeking the noo?'-Boston Tran
ecrfrf
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
HITS FROM SHARP WITS

A celebrated music teacher says every
man has eight notes In his voice. II 10
10 be hoped they don't all fall due at
the same time.-Memphis Commercsai.
Appeal.
Al an Oklahoma COW swallowed
"wad' containing ssse u follows that
rol, that would choke Q COW must con.
tain more than that.-Aloany Journal
The sulssr. lecture tour In said 20 b .
failure. The former sovetnor n loeln9
money for the enterprssins gentlemen
who put him on the rosds-Ausussn
Chronicle.
An yos,.h =. . !. sssu;iss, . AZ, ana ~ 49, :ssssy ~
clever ana sweet end sssissysns'-1s'
ledo nlade.
Nslthsf side csa hos te -aeceUUooe9
much Y HsnIss WITH ysss isses2 -
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
wIDOwER's WEEDS AND OTHER
XMAS CIGARS.

Dear Editor--The old adase never
look n sift cigar In tho mouth" stiii
holds good. or stlil holds bad, The
man who has 10 suff.r has n risht to
PICK his own lansuaA
resolved 3 mye(sFlous paoha0o u
The Washington times., 1913-12-27

gin to run things-ropeka ssass Jsur.
nal
Strange. isn't q. how the msu vhs
need TO wear glasses TO read Q news
paper can ree Q sIIt skirt Q block awayf
-Mflwaakee Dentinsl.
Seven asnersls having Deserted hir.a
nr. Huerta has only Nh tsfs-f6ihr
dssphia LeAgsr.
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indicated.

V ',.1. say: Seys to sas na' the ss' soa' soa'
ductor on a Michigan Cen
trail train the other day.
Il guess not" said the lady firmly.
Have you never had to buy ticket
for him?"
mo, I have not, and will not begin
You will have to pay his fare this
time"
mo, I shall not pay his fare. That's
settled, Mr.. Conductor"
"If you don't pay his fare I cannot
let him occupy a seat. will stop the
train and put him on
stop the train and put him of II
you like. He's not my little boy. I
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
N eeeNemlet.

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I'M shs paiiAnshroelss % tks
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The Washington times., 1913-12-27
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening.
Masonic-Rnight Templar, Washington
Commandery. No. /.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. Z.
Red Mcn-Osceola Tribe, No. 10. Tenley-
town: Seitese Tribe, No. l6. Degree Of
Pocahontas - White Eagle Council.
No. 4.
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Amusements.

Amusements.
National-"The VIII" and The Tyranny
of Tears" 2:i5 and s:l5 D. m.
Columbia-"The Conspiracy" 2:l5 and
BsIareo-"Tratne In Souls" 2 and 4. 2
poirs-'The Rosary" ans and s.i5 d. m.
Acndemy-"Thc Cost OF Living" ans
and s:ib .. IN.
Ks,th'r Vaudeville. 2iis and s.i5 p. m
I, ,snlos-vaud ivl ie. continuous.
Casino Vaudeville. afternoon and eve-
ring
tsay,t ~ -nurisalps. ana ANA tils D. M.
Ascaeo- paeetao. sveatno.
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NOT TO BE SPOKEN OF IN THE
SAME BREADTH.

At a tanning bee the other evening
in Herr Gerstenbergs, Rabid Rudolph
was comparing Ex-President's bulk and
displacement with that Of good old Sox
Seybold, when he was very properly re-
buked as above.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
pHYA pRABHAKARANONGA.

Oh no! That's not what you think.
He Is the new minister from Siam.
We fail to pronounce It,
We dare not denonnce It,
We cannot renounce u,
To do tt
Would bring on t1ar's struggle,
Worse names zoe could ju00le,
And by the great Hornswoggle,
We'd rue it.
80 BLADENsBURG.
The Washington times., 1913-12-27
HERE Is-AN AWFUL MESS.

Dear Editor-I have Just received q
bundle marked DO NOT OPEN UNTIL
CHRISTMAS. Not wishing to betray
the confidence Of the giver, and still
wishing to derive the benefit from the
gift, am in a fierce situation. The
donor probably intended the gift to ar
rive before the 25th. II not, then he
is a fiend incarnate.i 1t is about three
hundred and sixty something days to
next Christmas Think Of suffering the
pangs Of unsatisfied curiosity for that
period
I have thrown myself upon the judg-
ment Of the readers Of your column.
Yours in anguish. M. A j.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
+. W. Runnells of Springfield,
Mass, Killed Near
South Royalton
BIG TRUCK DROPPED
THROUGH A BRIDGE
Fell to Bed of the Stream 20 Feet Be
low-Victim Was Struck by One of
the Heavy Timbers-Chauffeur Els
capped Injury.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Nov. 7.
Fred w. Runnells, Il furniture and pr
ano mover Of this city, was killed
near South Royalton, VT. when his au
tomobile truck, loaded with seven tons
Of household furniture that he was
taking from this city to Burlington,
VT, broke through a bridge over a
creek on the South Royalton- Barre
road about : p. IN. yesterday. Mr. Run
neIls was riding ON the driver 5 seat
OF the truck with Fred Greene, the
chauffeur. The truck was almost eX-
act!v in the middle Of the bridge when
the timhers gave way, letting the
truck down to the bed of the stream.
% feet below. 1t is believed that one
Of the heavy timbors Of the bridge
struck Mr.. Runncls breaking his neck.
/ He was thrown from the truck into
the water.
Greene. who was not injured. went
to his rescue and climbed up on the
bridge with the body of his employer
who il is believed, was killed instant
/ ~. The body was taken to the house
of Mrs Frank SpauIdin2. DIR. o. j. Ell
, lis and Or. +. j. Fish, both of South
/ RoyalSton. were called but found thai
! Mr.. Runnells was dead. This was the
second accident that the party en-
Icountered on the trip. When they were
going through the, town of sharon, =
small bridge gave way, but aside from
sdelayin4 them for It few hours no dam
ia9c was done.
1t is said to be the first time that
Mr.. RUnnells had taken 81 load Of fur
|uiturc ON 50 long a trip, and the under
taking was an experiment, for which
treason Mr.. RunncIls had accompanied
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
A WEEK OF REPERTOIRE.
Ethel May shorey Company Coming
Nov. 10 III Original Plays.

Never before have the .theatregoers
OF Brattleboro had the opportunity OF
seeing an authoress in a repertoire Of
plays written by herself. in which She
plays the leading role. Miss Shorcv
and her company viii commence "a
weeks engagement at the Auditorium
Monday, NOV. 10. Miss Shorev has
attained an cnyiable reputation in the
literary world ~ writer of short
stories. and has received - first prizes
in contests, and has written over POO
stories for different magazines ana
papers. She is u pleasing little actress.
and whether in comedy or tragedy has
that peculiar magnetism which holds
her audience. Her plays and stories
are not copied, hut thought up and
written hv her in their entirety. All
her plays are copyrighted aud are pro-
duced by 40 other company.
For Miss Shorev : cnga cement IN
Brattlehoro the following PLAYS have
been selected; The Grafters, One New
Year Eye. The Girl and the Thief
The End Of the Trail. Thornton and
Sons Brokers. and Underworld Of tho
West
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
Cora TOwne Died at St. Johns
Victim of Bichloride
of Mercury
FRED Finn HELD
PENDING AN INQUEST
Almost to the Last the Girl Accused
Him of Giving Her the Poison
Finn, Who Is Chauffeur, Denies
Miss Towne's Statement

ST JOHNSBURY, Nov. Miss
Cora Towne, %, died at the St Johns
bury hospital at 1870 YESTERDAY after
noon as the result of being poisoned
by bichloride of mercury, which was
taken a week ago. Almost up to the
last breath the girl continued to claim
that the poison was given her by Fred
Finn a chauffeur, with instructions to
take the pills to relieve a pain in the
stomach. Finn is now being detained
and it is possible that he may be asked
to answer to the charge of murder
An autopsy on the body of the girl
viii be held today if arrangements can
be made for Dr.. b. H. Stone of the
state laboratory of hygiene at Bur
Fngton to come here. 4 secret inves-
tigation, which was held before AS
sistant Judge Fred Hoffman has been
adjourned until today
Finn denied that lie gave the poi
SON to the girl with instructions to
In Ike the tablets and at times he saws
he does not know where she got them.
but other times he says she got them
from a girl employed in one Of the
/ local hotels. The deathbed statement
+ Of the girl was taken, in which she re
iteratcd in the presence of Finn that
i he gave them to her and instructed
/ her TO take them. The girl has been
! i'll for some time, and two weeks ago
she became the mother Of twin babies
which died.
Last week Wednesday afternoon the
girl set the poison bottle on the table
in their home in the Estabrooll block
and then swallowed two of the tablets.
Her mother saw the skull and cross
i bones mark on the bottle and cried to
her daughter not TO take the poison.
1t is too late now, replied the girl.
She had taken two of the tablets. Mrs.
Towne ran out and got some milk and
eggs, which she gave to the girl. Then
She tried to get several physicians to
come, but it is alleged that several
refused to visit the girl, until finally
the town physician, DR.. McSweeney,
was appealed to, and he came.
The Towne girl was released from
the house of correction, where she had
been serving two years sentence for
prostitution. 1t is alleged that she
was met at Bellows Falls by Finn, a
chauffeur for local physician. Since
the girl S return to ST. Johnsburv,
Finn is said to have been attentive t.
her, until two weeks ago. when George
Colette OF Berlin. n IT,. made her ae
onaintancc and they were said to have
planned to be married last Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07

Were able to 90 out on the parts that
remained in place. The truck remained
n an upright position in the bed OF
the creek. The bridge is near the plant
of the South Royalston electric light
and power company
Mr.. Runnells, who was the. head of
the firm Of Fred W. Runnels & Co,
was born near Quebec, p. @, - wears
ago. His father, John L. Runnels. is
still living in Canada at an advanced
age. For the past 20 years Mr. Run
nells had lived in this city and he had
been IN the furnituremoving business,
with an office at 8 Court House place.
for about seven years. His home was
at - John street. He is survived by q
widow, Mrs. Maud Runnclls, and a
daughter, Hazel, who is Is years old
lis wife is a daughter of James Dick
ms. He also leaves eight brothers and
sisters, Mrs. 4. ]. Miller of 90 Belmont
avenue, Mrs. Rachel Galbraith OF Wor-
cester Mrs. Charles Lockwood of
Olathe, Col, Mrs. George Elliot of Den
yer, Col, Mrs. Ida Austin of Boston.
Miss Gertrude Runnells of this city.
Frank Il. Runnells of this city. and
John +. Runnells of Worcester. The
latter, with his brother-in-law, Mr..
Miller, and George w Streeter Of the
Observation-Disclosures company, left last
night for South Royalston to bring the
body to this city. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
LETTER SENT FROM
THE CANADIAN WILDS
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Henley in Hudson
Bay Co.'S Territory 3O3 Miles
from Winnipeg.

Godfrey Crosby received recently an
letter written by Percy
Henley, formerly of this town. His
writing paper was a piece of birch
bark which was rolled into small com
pass and forwarded with stamps on the
outside Mr.. Henley and his wife were
on the headwaters of the Ombabit
river. Hudson Bay company territory,
303 miles northeast of Winnipeg. The
object of their expedition was to write
stories for the Trans Continental rail
way Mr.. Henley said the letter would
be taken out by an Oiibway Indian,
whose wife at that time was smoking
pipe and jerking moose meat for the
camp harder.
The campers were living on brook
trout, moose and ducks. Bears, wolves
and caribou are seen frequently at
that point J. \. Cruikshank, q lee
turer, was the only other white per
son in the company, and Mrs. Henley
had the distinction Of being the only
white woman who ever visited that
part of the country. Only Indians and
few white trappers are seen in that
region
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-07
The Master MIND.

Without 4 doubt the people OF today
in the smaller cities and towns are
mush better informed than they were
years ago before the era of modern
newspapers, telephones, magazines, etc.
Even the so-callcd - country store v
has changed and in order to hold its
customers it must carry an up-to-date
line OF goods at fair prices.
Likewise the show business has been
forced to undergo a change. SO much so
that today the smallest city demands
that which is up-to-datc ana meritori-
Gus. The manager Of the small town
heater believes that his community
demands New York successes with
hi @h-elass actors such as The Master
Mind, which appears at the Auditorium
tomorrow night