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The Washington times., 1914-07-16
MAIDS OF WALLOON
SEEK THEIR MATES
Annual Fete Held When BashfuI
Young Men Are Introduced
to Hopeful Girls.

PARIS, July 16-Twelve years ago
the maidens of the little Walloon viii
lage Of Ecaussines decided TO invite the
marriageable young men of the coun-
try round to meet them at luncheon and
choose wives from among them, and
on that occasion fourteen found hus-
bands at the table. This fete has now
become an established institution. bring
ing in a golden harvest to the in
habitants OF Ecaussines. who, even II
they fail to marry their daughters to
the strangers. make good money from
the crowds of candidates and visitors
attracted by the original banquet.
This year the bad weather caused a
big falling of from the record attend
sines from Brussels, Mons. Charleroi,
Namir. and the north of France were
filled with joyous merrymakers.
The road from the railway station to
the village was spanned with inscrip-
lions designed for the encouragement
OF nervous bachelors. such as 1T Is not
by sucking his thumb that a man finds
a wife" and when a sufficient num-
Der Of bashful youths had collected they
formed a procession to the town hall.
where they inscribed their names and
vitation card and cup inscribed
Marry, II you want to be happy"
Thence they moved on to the house OF
the president, led by a charming girl OF
twenty chosen by the others. She was
dressed in white. with a blue ribbon in
her yellow hair.
On reaching the central square the
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Copyright. 1874. by p. A. McHush.

company took their places at a num-
Der OF long and narrow tables. the
boys on one ide and the Girls oppo-
site. At the back of the gentlemen's
chairs was a placard. my heart is
yours" and behind the ladies' was the
motto. 81 will make you happy"
These made a delightfully."- innocent
Introduction for young people looking
for their mates.
The little president then read a
speech to the effect that she agreed
with Talleyrand that many words did
not advance business any more than a
trailing dress helped one to walk fast.
There was no false. mincing pride
about this peasant girl. who frankly
declared that she and the rest want
ed to marry. we should be so happy
to he able to hang on the arm Of a
good little husband. whom we should
love with all the hbers of our being,
and on whom we should lavish all the
treasures of our love-" she read from
her address. and she continued with a
picture of the Joys awaiting welded
life. not emitting a naive allusion TO
the pleasure in store for happy faith
ers.
After this everybody was at eae and
the fete continued amid laughter and
singing. When 1t was over every
Jack chose a jill. and they wandered
off arm in arm to admire the most
picturesque spots round the village.
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Mulkley Sworn In.

Congressman Mulkley of Alabama was
sworn in as a member of the House this
afternoon. He succeeds Henry d. Clay
ton. who was appointed to the Federal
bench by President Wilson.
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THEATERS ADVERTISE
. ONLY IN NEWSPAPERS
Managers Obtain Best Results
by Exclusively Using the
Daily Press.

CHICAGO. July 16.-Printers' ink has
won over bill board paste in. theatrical
advertising. II the manager Of the Gar
rick is right, for he decided that news
paper space only would be good enough
to insure packed houses for a play in
which educated people would be most
interested.
Bill boards usually are most num-
erous where the persons who read are
the fewest." said this manager In ex-
planning his stand. Many managers
believe that the bill board as a getter
of patronage Is a thing of the past
but few of them have the courage to
berts tried out exclusive newspaper
advertising in New York a year ago
with gratifying results. and this caused
the experiment Il Chicago. You know
that persons who ride past bill boards
ore usually going too fast to read
them. and 90 per cent OF the folks who
ride read the newspapers while on the
cars.
During the last year, with Romance
and The Road 10 Happiness two of
our biggest successes the Garrick and
the Princess advertised exclusively in
the newspapers. a special matinee ad-
vertised for three days in the news
papers, was sold out by 10 o'clock on
the morning OF the performance, and
go persons were turned away. The cost
OF lIthographing-6 cents a sheet-nOt
counting the cost OF hanging tho paper.
mounts into big figures when 5000 or
1000 sheets are put out We intend
to advertise more and more in the
newspapers and less on the boards"
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
TOURISTS GO UP NILE
At THE WRONG TIME
Or. w. E. N. Dunn, of Luxor,
Gives Advice for InvaIids and
Sightseers.

NEW YORK. July 15.-If you are
taken i'll suddenly ana want to find
the office of DR.. w. E. Nichols Dunn,
all you have to do is to walk about
a dozen blocks from the Temple of
Karnak. or a longer distance from
the Tombs of the Kings, or a much
shorter one from the Temple of Luxor.
and keep going until you are directly
opposite the Colossi. on the other bank
Of the Nile. DR.. Dunn just now is
at the Hotef Vanderbilt.
DR.. Dunn said he hung out his shinsle
at Luxor soon after the South African
war. and the town had grown. What
he wanted TO emphasize yesterday was
that doctors who sent wealthy invalids
to Luxor to recuperate, sent them
there at the wrong time OF the year,
and that the healthy tourists who went
up the Nile did not choose The best
Sc ason.
Everybody who goes to Luxor seems
to think that the best time is between
tie latter part of January and the mid
die OF March" said DR.. Dunn, and
that is the time doctors send their pa
uents there to recuperate. Invaiids who
go there At that time find the hotels
crowded. and they cannot get the sort
OF accommodation they want AS far
as the tourists are concerned, they
would find November and December far
more agreeable, for at that time the
river is full and the crops are growing
in the fields.
The sick man who starts from home
In January has cold trip from New
York or from Europe. during which his
vitality is lowered by seasickness. and
he finally lands at Port Said or Alex
andria with A severe chill. Having
packed up his heavy clothes, on ac-
count Of the heat at his point OF land
ing. he travels by night to Cairo, and
suffers acutely from the lowered tenn
perature. Arriving at Cairo, he finds
all the sunny rooms occupied, and takes
the next train for Luxor, TO meet with
the same experience.
Being now thoroughly miserable. he
calls in a doctor, mathematics the
climate Of Egypt. and vows that II he
once has a chance to get out, nothing
will induce him to come back. AS soon
as he is able to get about .hc mekes
straight for the Riviera. where he finds
the refrigerating process renewed. and
when he finally gets back home he Is
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Figaro Prints Letter to
Caillaux From His Wife

PARIS. July l6.-The trial Of Nine.
Caillaux for the killing Of NJ. calmette.
editor OF the Figaro, begins Monday.
The Figaro publishes the text OF a letter
left by Nine. CaIllaux for her husband
on the afternoon OF the day Of the
shooting. and declares this letter proves
premediation beyond doubt 1t Is dated
March Is. and timed 4 O'Clock. and ID
as follows:
my Beloved Husband: When I told
you this morning OF my interview with
the President, who has informed me
that we have in France no law TO pro-
tect us against the calumnies OF the
press, you said TO me that one of these
DAYS you would smash the face or the
ignobie Calmette. / realized that your
decision was irrevocable. Ny resolve
then was made-I shall do Justice:
France and the republic need you VIII
do the deed. -
IF this letter reaches you, You VIII
know that ] have done or have tried 70
do Justice. Forgive me, but my patience
Is exhausted.
Il love and embrace you from the
depths OF my heart. Your
"HENRIETTE."
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BLAzED PATH FOR
WOMAN IN OFFICES
Pioneer Girl Stenographer Still
Able TO Take and Transcribe
a Sermon.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 16.-Fifty years
ago. women stenographers were a rar-
ity. The parents of a girl who an
nounced she intended to study short
hand and take a position in an office.
regarded their daughter much as par
ents today might regard a daughter who
steeplejack or a motorman or a mining
engineer.
Mrs. Anna Howe Lemon Is probably
the pioneer woman stenographer of In
diana-the very advance guard Of
that army OF young women who. with
flying pencils and clicking machines,
now hold such important places in all
the offices of the country. Only. when
Mrs. Lemon was learning shorthand.
there was no such a thing as a type
writer, and the methods of shorthand
employed was a cumbersome device
compared to the present condensed
method.
Mrs. Lemon was employed by Ben Pit
man. brother OF Isaac Pitman, the in
ventor of the famous Pitman system of
shorthand. Ben Pitman was then at the
head of the Photographic Institute in
Cincinnati.
She went to Cincinnati In February.
1855. and 1t was while she was in that
office that President Lincoln was as
sassinated. Pitman. one of the few
expert court reporters in the country at
that time. went to Washington and re-
ported the proceedings of the trial of
the conspirators who were connected
with the murder of the Presids<t. and
when he returned to Cincinnati II was
vrif ho lat ~
of the trial into book form.
Mrs. Lemon aided him in this work,
taking dictation from him and working
all day and far into the night. When
finished, the story made from the tran
scription filed heavy volume, OF which
Mrs. Lemon still has a copy. The notes
were all Transcribed in longhand.
Mrs. Lemon, who was born IN Owen
county, Ind, had lived all her life on
farm and had taken to one OF the
few occupations open to women at that
time-school teaching.
She began shorthand early and, for
practice, took notes on sermons at
church and at recess" she studied her
shorthand book. Finally she had an
opportunity to go to Cincinnati and
learn the practical side Of the business
She was offered $50 a month. AS g.
school teacher she vas receiving 70
cents a day. The offer was too tempt
ing to be resisted AMI. in the face of
strenuous opposition of her family and
friends, who insisted that woman was
never intended for that field Of work,
she went to Cincinnati She remained
there eight months and has innumer-
able interesting "reminiscences to tell Of
her life with Ben Pitman and his wife.
Mrs. Lemon has done court reporting
and has taught stenography. She can
still take down the words Of a sermon
so accurately that her notes can be
Transcribed without the slightest diff
Guilty. With the advent of typewriters
she added typewriting to her other
achievement OF Shorthand.
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Romance Dream Gone,
Miss Watkins Returns

Her dream Of romance shattered, Miss
Gladys Watkins. seventeen and pretty,
who went &c Now YORK expecting 10
marry a handsome young South Ameri-
oEn who up to few days ago was a
stUdent at a business college here. is
icing detained by the New York police
oday. pending the arrival Of ner older
sister, who will bring her back 10
Washington.
Miss Watkins is the daughter Of Mr.,
and Mrs George 4. Watkins, COG Eighth
street northeast The elder Miss Wat
wins and Miss Gladys will leave New
York on the O'Clock train this after
noon, and are expected 10 arrive in
Washington at II o'clock
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
41zE&aa1AhNS
fDeJio6EG
Weather Forecast-Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday; probably local
Condition of Potomac-very muddy.
Wind-Moderate south.
High Tide-a:Is a. m.-a:45 p. m.
Low Tide-e:Io a. m.-o:Io D. m.


Flshermens hopes are ike see-saw.
First they are up, then they are down.
then teeter-teeter. This is apropos of
the condition NJ tba po,on,ac w.,
go. -. ~
'eiuay hioi nins 'hinss pesah 10 look
promising, as II at last Washingtonians
were to be treated to sonc clear water,
., - aIn,o., a. Ia,d
were a'hoS. ui9 iaiiu'
one OF the river men, an authority OF
men would he LUCKY q there was any
nshing n sneak of For a month N come
-,,,.r,s =. 80 .raaL. :. a, .,
The river. ne said. looks as II j!
The other half of Seneca Is stiIl up
tbars .unnosa ., 20 for haven't
seen IL yet
II mas teen very olsappoinung the
way tne river mas 9een ciouoea ior so
out to fish, as II Is Impossible for the
fish to see bait; They have TO hustle
to keep alive under such conditions, ana
II Is not surprising tnat many OF the
hnny tribe feel their way out ana
away to clearer waters: The hsh are
tiles when the river finally clears.
All the fishing fans who can are
going avav for short trips In pursuit
- ,ha,- t.,,or,,a snor+ Mar- ~, thar,
al sne shs.I,,a. spSinz ~ r,vers ard
nnu 's.hsra ,bera III fbjct a5uatic
t ponun ~ To tber, the ,yesdI.ss IrIre
Eegetetoh. 10 lneHn 'ne WeeSes s ., Inse
CONES as uo9h T., the oI,hher nrot sScted
Is 70 pe iouhu u. me ~ 49,,
cans no1S. - la -, ,ha I,,-a has
IepIe.se hr,, 9, 20 n-otac; the
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Lanes Birthday Dinner
Gives Wilson Indigestion

President Wilson is suffering from
too much dinner" today. He ate with
Secretary of the Interior Lane TO cele-
6rste Lanes fiftieth birthday snniver-
sAry last night. AS a result the Presi-
cent IL suffering from q slight attack of
Indigestion, and. under orders from DR..
Grayson. remained in the White House.
working in his study
All engagements were Cancelled at
ire Executive offices, and il was stated
there that the indisposition Of the Chief
Executive Is very slight. and that he
probably will be back on the job to-
6seYrow.
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
EDUCATIONAL

Information regarding any of
the below schools may be had at
the EDUCATIONAL INF0RMA-
TI0N BUREAU OF THE WASH
INGTON TIMES.
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Just One Application
and the Hairs Vanish
Modes Of Today.)

A harmless, yet very effective. treat
ment is here given for the quick re-
moval of hairy growths: Mix enough
powered delatone and water to cover
the undesirable hairs, apply paste and
after or 3 minutes remove. wash the
skin and the hairs have vanished. One
application usually is sufficient, but
TO be certain OF results. buy the della
tone in an original package.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-07-16
Fight Will Continue.


Chairman Gordon said TODAY that i'm
Dortant development in the Newman
case NAV be expected within the next
-ew days. The fight to Gust him from
orice. it was declared. will be con-
tnUed with undated vigor.
The letter to Commissioner Newman
Is as follows:
Washington. D. c. July Is. 1914.
Mr.. Oliver T. Newman. Commits
sioner Of the District of Col
bia.
Sir. Inasmuch as you have re-
fused TO permit the committee an
pointed by the mass meeting Of our
fellow-citizens on July Sth at the
Orpheum Theater, TO personally de-
liver TO you A certified COPY Of the
resolutions adopted at that mass
meeting, as we were instructed to do.
We now mail YOU said copy in order
that you may personally and off
ciaIly know the strong sentiment Of
our people toward your attitude in
cefying the verdict Of the jury and
judgment of our Circuit Court and
the decision of the Court Of Appeals
IN the case Of Frizzell VS.. Newman
Respectfully yours.
FULTON R. GORDON,
CHARLES c. LANCASTER,
JAMES L. PARSONS.
DR.. J. K. GLEESON.
MARTIN WIEGAND.
ARTHUR COwSILL,
PERCY METZGER.
The Washington times., 1914-07-16

In a far worse state than when he
left it.
Just above Luxor, at the little village
of Keneh begins the old camel trail to
the Red Sea, 100 miles to the eastward.
This used to be the caravan route
across the Arabian Desert over which
spices and treasure were borne. 1t Is
not used now, except when visitors
the way are cut the names Of travellers
and dates and destinations"
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WHITE HOUSE GETS
NEWMAN PROTEST
Home Rulers Hand TumuIty
Copy of Mass Meeting Res
oIutions.
Continued from First Page

Continued from First Page)
rendered April 6. 1914. in the case
OF Frizzell VS.. Newman CIV. L. R
Vol. ~ p. 27D.
Very respectfully.
FULTON r. GORDON. CHARLES
{. LANCASTER, JAMES L. PAR
SONS. DIR. J. X. GLEESON, MAR
TIN WIEGAND. ARTHUR cow
SILL. PERCY METZGER.
Text of Resolutions
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23

Says gunman under oath:
I'VE are told, if there is enough
excitement and rioting going on
we don't need to be creating it.
If there is not any, we ought to
create some." +
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23

HE FLINTS have covered themselves with glory in
putting up the $4,000 bond and releasing Fannie
Sellins from the Farmont jail It splendid act Of
not directly affected either by trade location and
welcome proof Of the coming Of working class sodar
ity.
The Flints knew that their turn might come next
they knew that the heartess tyrant who sent this
to Jail for balf year would heartessly send
them they knew that his clustering serving Of the
class had already lost one strike for them in Welsburg
but above all they knew that he had treated brutay
Woman Of the working GLASS; and they showed their work
ing class manhood by defending their sister
May the time speed toward us when all the walls Of
jurisdiction will be crumbled within the Land of Labor
and there will be conflict Of interests between crafts
May the time come soon when all the men and women
within the Land of Labor matter what the accident of
birth calling that there is patriotism except
loyalty to their fellows and gain at all except that
be gain for all.
The time is coming far too slowly for us who have
the glory Of the light reflected from the golden walls
and peary gates OF the city Of content but coming
just rapidly working and open their
eyes closed long by the dust thrown by crooked Labor
crushers and crngng parasites If it before their
eyes opened they would not know that it had come
and in their blindness they could be driven back into still
longer and more hopeless night But when their sight
shall but once, then shall lying leaders
them back, shall political pirates trap
them back, and never shall armed thugs and cruel
judges drive them back. III.
And their eyes are being opened by the Socialist La
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23
assault whatever, during my time il
the copper country"

assault whatever, during my time in
the copper country
The general public little dreams or
realizes the extent and numbers of this
mobile army of thugs which awaits
the call of the manager of the big in
dustrial corporation who wants to kill
unionism, to keep wages to the star
walton level, and to lop off, if neces-
sary, the lives of some of the unioniStS.
Literally thousands of these gunner
can be supplied to anyone, ANYWHERE,
upon almost no notice. The keen bust
mes. men who exploit the labor of these
detectives" special agents. or
strike breakers" prey on the no doubt
equally keen business men who call
for their services to the extent of
thousands Of dollars a year. Like the
white slave traffic, the gunman traffic
is efficiently organized; and like all
unregulated predatory big business it
it fat moneymaker Both in theory
and in practice the use of gunner in
industry has been condemned again
and again Strikers, legislators, at
least one cabinet officer, and many
gunner, themselves have condemned
this system which has fastened it's
talons into the industrial life Of the
United States. Meth age, sex nor
condition serves to defend the head
from the club, and the first sign OF
resistance brings shot from the ready
revolver to end the argument" wrote
a .gunman named Craig, in a recent
magazine article. Il will never for
get the sight of a mother with a child
in her arms in one of the riots of the
Philadelphia strike last year, stagger
ing along, blood pouring from three
Jagged cuts on. her head, the result OF
Ia clubbing administered by one Of the
tguards. The man was arrested, but
went free, as did oil others arrested
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23

ION the night of the shooting, i
quote from a newspaper account Of
Malven's trial-"the witness said he
saw Kelly, one of the defendants, walk
ing up Baltic street towards the woods
at 1870 o'clock.
Malven was standing on the oppo-
site side of the street when the man
,pasesd. Kelly woresa rubber coat and
carried rifle on his shoulder. He
walked past the Daily house towards
the woods
"The witness testified that he, in
company with Nellis and Riley, was in
the kitchen of house No. liz Baltic
street, a boarding house, on the same
night, When Nellis looked at his
watch, it was then $40 a. m. Riley
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23

rose and walked out of the house, he
said, to the road and sawN Riley start
towards the woods" X
Having had his suspicious thus
aroused, Malven testified, be went back
to the boarding house and woke up La
Londe, his partner SIS there anything
doing?" asked La Londe.
"I don't know" Malven said. Il
think there is a frame-up. Nellls is
looking at his watch and Riley has
just gone up towards the woods"
The two went down into the kitchen
where. Nellis, watch in hand, was wait
ing for the shooting to begin 1t be-
gan. The men went out of doors. The
gunman Malven swore on the stand
that he wanted to go to the scene OF
the shots, but that Nellis, who evil
IDENTIFY knew exactly what was going
on, told him it wouldn't be safe. AS
they stood there arguing Nellis took
out his own revolver and fired twice
into the ground Then he produced a
flashlight, gave two flashes towards
the ground and thren three more fol
lowed by two horizontal ones.l These
flashes were answered by man stand
ing near the corner towards the Daily
house.
These flashes were the signal for
some of the gunner to come for more
cartridges. They were doing thor
ough job. The men they had been lay
ing for were dead. '4@
On the fifth of December, 1913, James
A.. McElroy entered the employ of the
Waddell- Mahon Corporation. McElroy
told the Congressional investigating
committee that he was by profession
solicitor and that he had been employ
ed by the Collier Publishing Co. to sell
magazines. He had had same expert
ence as a strike breaker, and SO, when
the Waddell-M ahon people offered him
a job to go ut and get afffdaVits of as
saults by strikers on non-union men
going to- work, Me accepted. His in
structions in regard to the affidavits
were to ego the, limit" which meant,
MsElroy swore, "to get affidavits any
way possibly could and to cover them
up as nicely, as I possibly could.
But McElroy was SO honest and the
number of actual. cases of anything
like violence on the part of the strik-
ers was so small that in three weeks
he secured only two or three affidavits.
"They were bona fide affidavits," he
told the committee; 81 got nothing but
bona fide affidavits. That is why l
didn't last"
Now here is what McElroy, paid
man belonging for the time to the
agency, had to say
violence on the part of the
workers. 1t is the other side of the
friend Batter above having
given part of his side:
@. did you, while you were there,
observe the conduct of the strikers?"
A. Eyes; did. They were peace
able at all times. When was there
I never seen no violence"
@. "What was the conduct of the
guards and the DEPUTIES in that re-
spect?"
A. "Just the opposite"
Later-"I saw no. strikers commit !
any felony whatsoever, or commit any
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23
GEORGE SANDS MAKES GOOD.

United Hat Store, Inc, opened for
business March Is, 1918. at 1905 Mar.
ket street. Business was fair bur the
company were satisfied that my
could do better business in a. city liEa
Wheeling If a live manager We're a.
the head of the store. They decided
that Sands was the man to fill the po~
sition. =
At that time he was foreman in The
factory, having worked his way "
from the bottom Of the ladder; 50 they
sent him here to place the store on 4
paying basis He took charge May z f.
1918, and since then business incre4s
ed and they moved to larger store al
1864 Market, where he can give. better
service to his customers.
George is popular among union mem
and is a good fellow. Is it any wonder
that he is making good
l
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-23

A bill is now before Congress
to stop the interstate shipment
or hired gun fighters, bivs were
introduced as long as Fl years
ago, but Congress does not act.
Why? Why. Why?