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The Stalled Motorcyclist.

IN recent Sunday the regular
I course Of events on Washinpto ton
BRIDGE. which connects WASH
ington Heights with The Bronx at lslst
street. was interrupted by the chugging
Of motorcycle bound in n westerly
direction. When the machine hove in
sight its speed had slackened to such
an extent than even inexperienced
persons realized that the driver was
having some trouble with the machine.
Was the trouble with the chain. with
the engine. or what No one could
answer that question, and so when the
machine came To standstill at the
eastern approach to tn bridge a crowd
Of inpuisitive men, women and boys
gathered around to learn what the
trouble was and to give advice IL neces-
sary.
But there were others in the crowd
who We're bent on examining the ma
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WASHINGTON NOT ARISTOCRAT
TRADITION MAKES HIM

loss Of his ship. In Am erican biOgraphl.
cal dictionaries the name Of Lincoln
occurs more frequently than that of
Washington. John, Washington and his
brother brought to Virginia the gentle
traditions but simple habits OF the family
parsonage at Purleigh In Essex county,
England. Like their English ancestors
they were sound and capable men and
they prospered in Virginia. though they
cut no great figure in the land. They
were like many Of their neighbors, men
Of good tradition, fair education, sturdy
character and comfortable fortune and
nothing more. The Northern Neck in
deed for q small and sparseiy peopled
area has had q remarkably large mum.
Der Of really distinguished families. and
some of them, as the Lees, were Of con-
siderably greater Colonial Importance
than WashinSton's ancestors.
As to home training. Washington had
that Of q well to do planters son, but
of a younger son. Lawrence. fourteen
years older, ~ the future head Of the
family, was sent abroad for the English
education that q few young Colonials
had the chance Of obtaining. while
George first v ent to an 'old field" school
kept by the parish sexton near Freder-
icksburg and later to the school Of one
williams not far from his birthpls ce,
where he learned something Of geometry
and surveying. His actual schooling
was finished when he was 10 years old.
Young Washington felt that he had
his fortune to make, and being a fair
mathematician with a turn for survey
ing he took what seemed the best way
to begin the operation. He saved money
out OF his earnings at this time and be-
fore he reached his majority he was
b,,yinu land speculatiyeiv
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Continued from Second PsSs.

ton after generation. Those Of the
Washington family point to a cavalier
sentiment, those Of the Lincoln family
to a roundhead tradition. Mordecai
Lincoln, the sec md OF the name in this
country and lie direct ancestor Of
Abraham, was officially described at his
death as gentleman" and was able to
leave 900 acres Of land In New Jersey
to one son. while providing suitably for
other children.
Neither family figures conspicuously
In the English Dictionary Of National
Biography" In fact the name Lincoln
appears In the body Of that work only
In connection with the title Of the Earls
Of Lincoln and with Saint Hugh Of Lin
coin. The sole Washington Of the
was n British Admiral, who
died In 1868. parity of chagrin at the
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chine were still there when darkness
fell. although the machine bore . New
Jersey license.
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PUZZLELAND ANSWER.
Answers and prize winner o.
match stick puzzles published
January Is, 1914:

No. I: Eish, matches removed to leave
two squares.
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No. Q: The ten matches are grouped into
pairs by jumping as follows: I to /, 7 to 8,
j to Q. 2 to q. y to 10.
No. A. the winner, must in his first move
remove two matches. In each succeeding
move A must take q number which added
to that which is removed by his opponent
totals four. This method leaves eventu-
ally one. which the second player is forced
to take.
No. 3: In the ten pin game the winning
play il to remove the GENITAL pin. dividing
the pins into two groups. The winner can
then initiate his opponents play and gain
the final match stick.
WINNER:
H. F. J. Dickinson,
Box 706, Trenton, N. J.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Years
Al
NAPOLEON

With the coronation of Napoleon
and Josephine, the great revolution
vss completed, and France, having
moved around the circle, was back to
the starting pOint-ot the foot OF
throne! But IL was q new throne, and
the nation set Napoleon upon IL I'm the
belief that II was only enthroning'
erownInE, and establishing the new
order.
1t In one of the most extraordinary
scenes in history that Mr.. Morgan de-
Scrfbes today.
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should be spoken of as bearing the cloak
rather than the train. and they consent
ed to dcmean themselves for the Creole.
As they were breakfasting on the morn
ing of the great day Napoleon placed
the crown on Josephine's head that he
might enjoy the pretty sight over their
coffee and rolls. The Pope was already
starting for Notrc Dame with his cross
bearer riding ahead on a mule in ac-
cordance with the ancient pspaI custom.
II was 10 o'clock when Murat led the
carbineers. cuira assiers. chasseurS and the
Mamelukes-reminders of the Egyptian
campaign-Out Of the courtyard Of the
Tuilleries. followed by the heralds at
arms and the carriages of the masters
Of the ceremonies. the grand officers Of
the empire. the great dignitarics and the
pTIncesses.
Then in solitary state came a gilded
carriage with a crown atop. its eight
horses in resDlendent harnesses. driven
by Caesar. the COaChman, who had gal
lOped to safety past the Internal ma
chine. Pages in green and gold were
perChed behind. while all about pranced
the horses of the aids-de-camp. Within
sat Napoleon, two white aigrettes nod
ding above his black velvet cap. sur
rounded with 4 band of diamonds. Clasped
together by the celebrated $2"Oo,OD Re
gent solitaire. His purple cloak showed
its white satin lining as it hung from his
left shoulder. ard beneath il was coat
of purple velvet faced with white and
Elittering with gems and gold. His waist
coat was buttOned with diamonds. while
gold embroidered white velvet brceChes
reached to the diamond Garters of his
gold embroidered silk stockings. whose
clocks bore tn" imperial coronct. His
$50 rair of velvet boots with diamond
buckles we~e white as snow and gleam-
ing with gold.
No Operatic ienor could have outshone
the Little corporal that proud day. when
he eNulted to his brother. Joseph, II
father could only see us" Yet mother
did not deign u be a looker-on at the
show
Beside the Emperor sal Josephine. in
whose smiling lace no t'ace OF ag" had
been left ny her skilIful maids Her
white satin gown was trimmed with sill
yer and gold and sprinkled over with
golden bees Diamonds sparkled on her
head, on her neck. in her ears. and in
her girdle. Facing the imperial couple
We're the Princes Joseph and Louis.
AS Napoleon Tassed the Church of ST.
Roch in the Rue st. Honore he could see
the first flight in the steps he was Climb
ing to the throne; for by those steps Of
st. ROch the Man on Horseback became
master Of Paris nine years before.
The 5000 soldiers assembled in the city
for the coronation left little room in the
streets for the people. who were not
largely represented and seldom was a
cheer raised.
In the Dressing-rOOm.
In the archbishop's palace by the ca
thedral, the imperial couple changed 20
their coronation costumes. Napoleon put
ting on a crown of gold laurel ieLvr-
and getting into a white satin petite A.
Next he donned an Sr-pound purple robe
and cape. ermine lined and covered With
golden bees while josephine put on 4
highly embroidered velvet mantle, twenty
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biCker with the Emperor. Although
he had supposed that his long journey
was for the purpose of placing the
crown on Napoleon's head. he cheer
fully consented TO let him crown him
self, as the Emperor was determined
to receive the crown from no other
hands than his own. When he re-
coiled from the communion AS a sacri-
flee. since he could not partake of it
in a spirit OF sincerity. the POntiff
consented TO its omission. respecting
his scruplcs. probably glad to find he
had any in church matters
The Pope was immovable. however. on
questions that he regarded moral. and
carried his point every time. There was
one very important condition which he
insisted upon from the outset. Napoleon
had Loyalty and generously resolved upon
having Josephine crowned. although none
of the Bourbon Queens had received such
an honor since Marie de Medici 2C0 years
before. Yet he had To wife in the eyes
of the church. his wedding having taken
place in the Revolution, when there were
no religious marriages in France.
The Pope firmly announced that unless
he and Josephine went through a reli-
gious ceremony the church could have
no part in her coronation. The imperial
will was slow to bend. but in the end
Napoleon and Josephine knelt before
Cardinal Fesch. After eight years their
union had received the sanction OF the
church and the Empress no doubt rose
from the cardinals blessing with a new
feeling Of security, for was not the
Emperor bound TO her now by a tie that
no man could put asunder? Napoleon $
desire TO have her crowned. however.
would seem TO be assurance enough that
Z ha had int . "a.
and as his thoughts harked back to their
first wedding he laughed at the notary.
now the imperial notary. who had ad-
vised Josephine against marrying a man
with nothing but a cloak and a sword
the cloak had been dyed purple and the
sword was CharlemaGne's
Family QunrreIs.
While the imperial household gener-
ally. down to the scullery. felt that they.
were sharing in the new fortunes of Ma
poleon. each fattering himself he had
taken d step upward. the Bonaparte
brothers and sisters, who not long ago
were running barefoot in the Rue St
Charles. at Ajaccio. were in the sulks.
Although now princes and princrsscs
they pouted and quarreled with the En-
peror over their new honors and duties.
Upon my word he hurst out. ''one
would think l had despoiled you of your
inheritance from our late father, the
King
The Emperor insisted that Joseph
should take orders from him: Does he
imagine that the state gives him 5000
a year to walk about the streets in a
brown coat and a low hat?' The broth
ers were outraged chiefly because their
heirs and not themselves were named
for the hereditary succession to the
throne, while the sisters were up in
arms against being Josephine's train
bearers at the coronation. They would
rather not go at all! But in the end they
compromised. it was agreed that they
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1000 Boats and Descent Upon London with 10000 Troops
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NAPOLEON AND HIS CROWN

picked
The people placed it head"
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Twice CROWNED.
DATES AND EvENTs-AGE s4-sb.

DATES AND EVENTs-AGE 34-8o.
MAY Il rSA-ProcI.imed Emperor by the s-nate.
July Il lsO4-Distributed the decorations Of the
Leslnn Of Honor at the InTaldeS
SeTtember 2 lsoi-The Pope consented 70 aueno
the coronation.
Norcmber L lsO4-Ihe Pore left Rome.
Noyezubar 3 IsO4-ArriVed at Fontaineblesu
Novenbrr 30, lsOi-NapoleUn and josephine married
By CARDINAL Fcsch.
Emperor and EmpTess. =.
May 8 lS6-Napoleon crowned King of ltAS u
Milan.
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4 Second Wedding.

Plus. an amiable and benevolent
character. was determined to make the
best of every situation and not to
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NH90kE0N IND T6R HLS NV
NEEZZYG w RRESZ az EYzXLNEHZE1

host mlght--not let hun return <Plainly
a hard choice was presented to the Holy
See. but after long and anxious delibera-
fance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
The Voice Of the People
Wen Have All tho Privilege.

10 the Editor OF, The Times Dispatch:
Sir--ln letter I'm the Voice of the Pcople
coi'Snn IN your issue OF the eth. virginia Wo-
InaiN writes cXtollng an order of things thot
mas long since passed away, ana protesting
against the change which time ineyitoblv
brnss She is au antisuffragist; ana to all
in'isunraStsts change is decay" And so She
views wonan's moral and mental growth with
alarm, installing il for icteriorat ton
Shc calls upon women to remember the noble
example OF the men who toll unselfshly 10 SIM
port their families. and NJ the same time she
torGets that in This country alone there are
N'oo".ooo women lahorins to support themselves
and others dependent upon them.
The men labor unseishly. Yes; hut il must
NOT nc overlooked that they, i'm n large meas
ure' regulate the conditions under which they
work They have voice in their government
ana members OF Legislatures ana members of
Congress have grown to respect the orGnnized
working mans vote.
Millions of women in this country are labor
ing unselhshiE, too: but il must be remembered
mat they cannot regulate the conditions under
winch theN work. save in the ten States in the
Union IN which they vote and ii virginia
woman VIII fainiliarize herself with the work.
inss OF law making bodies. she will find that
they do not concern themselves with protective
legislation for Il disfrancfised class. She will
also have no illusions left as to the laws ten.
derncss to woman" Is that law tender that
DEGREES that mother is not the equal guar
dian with the father of her child and withholds
from woman. the weaker SEX those meas
ures OF protection that 1T so freely gives
to man" A q r.
Richmond, October 2S 1914
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
On Losing Some Good Democrats

DEMOCRATS who have at heart the good
IL and the continued success of their party
will feel no particular grief that the unwieldy
majority in the House OF Representatives of
the -Sixty-third Congress is likely to be re-
.luced considerably by the elections OF next
Tuesday.
There will be regrets. of course, when in
dividual Democrats, who have supported
Loyalty the President and the House leaders
III the great record OF constructive legisla-
ton that has been written, are relocated from
public office TO private life. In some cases,
doubtless, the party will miss the wisdom in
counsel and the skill and sagacity in debate
OF men whom the fortunes of political war
have marked for defeat, but, in the large
sense, the Democracy will be better off when
It's preponderance i'll the lower house Of Con-
eress is less overwhelming
1t is somewhat remarkable that with such
an enormous majority such excellent work
mas been accomplished. AS n rule, politi-
cal party so circumstances becomes drunk
with power and careless of consequence. be-
ing assured that any partisan measure can he
put through under the lash Neither does
1t feel bound to stand on its best behavior.
The demands for patronage OF Individual
members Of such majority are ceaseless
and importunatc, always embarrassing and
frequently impossible to grant. That the
Democracy so handica pped was able to
achieve much has been n triumph of wise
leadership, but it rebounds with little less
emphasis to the credit OF those who were led
I Ihe political occasion for the unwieldly
majority was perfectly clear. The last COLI
gressional election was a presidential cleo
ton as well, and there were three parties
conspicuousy in the field. The vote that is
normally Republican was divided to IL large
extent between the Republican, and Progress
sive candidates. and in this way Democrats
were victorious in many districts where their
party is in Il weak minority.
This year finds the Progressive party near
ly obliterated, the old line Republicans who
formed its backbone and filled it's treasure
chests having returned to their political idols
The idealists, shouters and rainbow chasers
still wave the tattered standards, and Mr.
Roosevelt still pretends to hold his leader
ship but one is an act Of desperation and the
other political pose When he considers
ii expedient. Mr. Roosevelt will make peace
with the Republicans am most of the shout
ers and chasers will fall into line.
In the meantime however. the Republicans
are pretty we'll united, and they will reduce
greatly the Democratic membership of the
House. The Democratic majority is now LAG
That IT. will be cut substantially In half is
possible. and further losses ma: be inflicted
On the other hand. it is as certain as any
thing political can be that the party will re-
l. i. an adequate working ma jorty OF from
f1ty TO seventy-fVe That is enough and
promises even better results.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
Contraband and the Right of Seizure

THIS country will not find itself in very
advantageous position to criticize or re-
sist the British Interpretation of what con-
stitutes contraband of war and OF the right to
stop and seize neutral ships springing from
this interpretation AS q matter OF fact. the
British position is exactly that OF the United
States government in tie War Between the
States
The British ambassa dor. Sir Cecil Spriig e
Rice, points out that the Supreme Court of
the United States i'll 1868 considered vessels
as carrying contraband, although sailing from
one neutral port to another If the goods con-
cerned were destined to be transported by
land sea from the neutral port of landing
into enemy territory. 1t then decided that
the character of the goods is determined by
their ultimate. and not their immediate, des-
,ination and this doctrine was at the time
acquiesced IN by Great Britain, though her
o'"'l trade was the chief sufferer"
Great Britain will not stand by end permit
fuel oil and gasoleme, grain or munitions OF
war to be landed by neutral ship at a neu-
trail port, when the ultimate destination is
the enemys country She would be foolish
if she did, and the United States would be
nearly as foolish TO seek to interposc an OBJ
lection so very difficult 10 sustain
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
The Masters.

NJ lnspired by an editorial statement in the Times
Dispatch that war is wastin good other line
who ousht to be arrested, guarded and Kept ava
from oeIi ana powder Their death is culamit
IA useless, thoushiless waste OF genius."l
There's plenty OF men who cannot sing,
There's plenty who cannot draw,
That we can spare. with never care,
To the terrible god Of war.
There's plenty of men who cannot paint
There's plenty who cannot write
To DO sent to the front OF the battles brunt
To give up their lives In the fight.
There's plenty of we can easily spare
The toilcrs and lowly ones.
Whose battle in life is "A long. long strife
Let us feed such as these to the guns
For it seems such a pity to waste voice
That adds To society's joys;
SO guard them we'll from the storms Of hell
And send on the WORKING boys.
So gather Your men from factory and farni
And hastcn them into the strife,
SO when they leave there is mono to grievc
Except mother and children and wife.
DORSAY ALLEN POOR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
IIvcrybody's Queen

M AIRY OF England has, according to a mail
W. letter from London. returned half q
dozen checks for $4,000 each to firms send
ing them for the Prince of Wales war fund
10 aid Tommy Atkins's dependents left be-
hind. The Queens reason is alleged to have
been that the donors, by trucking employees
going to the front and doubling up work on
those left behind had actually turned war
into profitable TRANSMISSION or their pay
books, and their war fuffd contribution was
only small part OF their real gain. This
Mary of England thought, was 81 poor way to
do charity, and she promptly advised the
donors that they could help matters better
at home by devoting their money to their
own employees.
OF course, many fancfu stories come from
abroad iii these most interesting days, and
the explanation OF Queen Mary's action might
be pleasant dream. But if it is all true as
set forth. and If Mary really did what she
did for The reason given, she is a plain casc
oHEverybody's Queen. She belongs. evident
~, 10 the Helen Gould class. along with the
women who delight in rhis great disaster in
alternating suffering, in touching the cooling
hand to the hot brow OF the troubled
whether all this is true about Mary OF Eng
land, IL is nice 10 accept it as true and be-
iieve IT, and be glad that Queen is a woman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
THURSDAY. OCTOBER %. 1914
arc served together with unfnilinE reEu-
lnrity In the Best Homes of RichmOnd.
Is your morning program complete:
Paving Charge Needs Investigation

IVY HAT has become of the charge, made re-
wv Gently at meeting Of the Administers
tive Board by one Of the boards own mem
hers, that certain paving on East Marshall
Street was defective, in that the contractors
had failed to lay it i'll accordance with the
specifications?
1t was asserted by Mr.. Hirschherg that
the asphalt binder in some places was half
an inch instead OF two inches i'll thickness.
and that in this way the city had been de-
prived of large quantities Of paving material
for which it had paid. If the charge was
we'll founded. the contractors should be re-
quired to make good the deficiency If 1t
was not, they should be relieved OF the sus-
picion and DISTRICT necessaril! created in the
public mind when public officer makes a
statement of this character.
In any event, the charge should not be
permitted to lie dormant. 1t demands in
vestigation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29

The opening OF tho New York
Is Il Time Stock Exchange is still undeter-
20 Over mined and say Is remote.
W Oi'on 1t is crcditable to the brokers
Exchanges! that they abandon business for
an indefinite time. rather than
break down the prices OF securities and bring
on panic On tho othsr hand. 1t must be
admitted that this attitude Is not altogether
altruistic
Unless observers far astrny. tho brokers
as y class are heavy borrowers.\ If they carry
their customers. somebody must help them to do
it. and the banks do this and find 1t profitable
If the prices of their collaterals should go to
nothing. the banks themselves would be In
trouble: hence, they stand for delay ana the
exchange takes their advice. Meanwhile. with
prevailing rates Of interest and being nnely
loaned up. the banks are not suffering. The .un :
pleasant part OF the deal comes to the brokers
who have shut down on their own commissions.
II is interesting to note in the Now York
papers that the big auction house, whose WAL
nesday sales nave been feature for years and
where many inactive securities have been sold,
declares that it il not closed and has not shut
down and VIII offer whatever sto>ts may be
brought to 1t. II il sticks by this proposition,
something is likely to happen There is a grow
ing opinion that the time for opening the ex-
change is nearly ripe.--IIartford Courant.