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The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
ENVOY TO ARRIVE SUNDAY.
New Italian AnIbassadOr on Ills
Way to wnshInEton.

The new Italian ambassador. Count
MaCchi di Ceucrc. who Will arrive in
New York Sunday. has decided to come
directly to this city and take up his
residence in thu Italian embassy. He
will be accompanied by the Countess
Ce.lere. their two children, nineteen sec
retaries and a corps Of servants.
The new embassy is the former home
OF Thomas Nelson Page. American am
bassador to Italy. and is at New
Hampshire avenue and r street. The
ambassador will be met in New York
by the counselor Of the embassy. Cav
BOrghetti. and the commercial delegate.
Cav. CaccatO.
The ambassador Is from an old Roman
family that has given many cardinals
to the church. The Countess is a fav-
Orite at court.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
INDIANS DECLARE NEUTRALITY,

President Wilson yesterday received a
letter from Little Bear. chief of Rocky
Boy tribe of Montana, giving solemn
assurance that the band will maintain
strict neutrality in respect to the Eu-
ropean war. The letter was forwarded
TO the White House through Secretary
Of the Interior Lane, who has been try
ing to obtain a reservation for this
rowing band of Indians.
The President requested Secretary Lane
to thank the Indian chief and his band
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
CHICAGO PRODUCTS.
EAST BUFFALO CATTLE MARKET.

East Buffalo. y. Y, Sept. a.ACATTLE-Rs-
criuts loo Market slow and easy. Prime sterTs,
s5Oas s.: butcher grades. Tooas0.
CALVES-Receip;s. so. Market slow; 3 lower.
Gull 20 chOice 65ollsoo.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts SEQ Market
slow and Sesdy. Choice lambs T.T5ss 10: Gull to
fair 6OOa7 3: ysArlings 6Oo1s75; sheep. 2Ool6.2
HOGs-Receipts. ;. 100. Market slow: 25aD lower.
Workers, s3a9.o: pigs. 90; mixed ss5s9So; heavy.
s0; ruughs GOoAS.3: StssS. 7OOaf.3S
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago, Sept. Alt has been apparent during the
last few days that the buIlish news enamattng from
the war which has beca dished up to the trade fuT
weeks past was becoming stale The action Of the
wheat market today demonstrated this to be a fact.
Efforts to draw the outsider into the market filsd
While it was generally believed that considerable
wheat was sold from here tor export today there is
nevertheless cunspicnous lu in the business As far
as this country is concerned. Foreign interest has
Temporarily shifted to canAda for the reason fhat
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
NAMES TWO AMBASSADORS.

President Wilson yesterday sent TO the
Senate the nominations uf Frederic
Jesup Stimson. of Roston to he amhassa-
dor TO Argentina. and Henry p. Fletcher.
of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to
Chile
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
BONNIE FEMME SEMINARY

Boarding anc day school for girls
and young women. prepa ratory. college
nd post graduate courses; music, etc.
Three fine new buildings. 22d and o
SITS NV. Phone North SO2G. Term be-
gins October :.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25
Chance for Farmers.

J. H. Stewart. agricultural agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. views the
situation as favorable If the American
farmers will seize the opportunity for
greater profits by increasing the acreage
The Washington herald., 1914-09-25

The council OF administration Of the
District Bankers Association yesterday
postponed its meeting The council
later will be called together by Presl-
dent Saul
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18

that she was fast becoming q dreamer
! who did nothing. The habit of meditat-
ing and living among the clouds was get
ting on the nerves Of her friends.
81 need concentration" unused Della.
land need it badly IL / am to retain my
friends"
In consequence, Della found herself re-
fiecting on ways and means for acquiring
concentration. She was not anxious to
try the accepted method of sitting down
and keeping her gaze fixed interminably
at black disk: II was neither exciting
nor appealing to her. Neither did she
care to go about. as she had been doing.
with mind fixed on one especial thing
In order to practice concentration.
Il will assume an affliction," thought
Della, land try to keep II in my mind.
hope. however. I won't make myself have
anything in consequence. The mind is a
powerful agent in these matters"
She pondered on the ailments she might
assume without damage to her physical
being. and decided that to be deaf and
dumb would take much control of thought
and yet she could not bring upon her
self the affiiction in reality. Therefore,
she decided to be deaf and dumb.
II would be a trihe dificult because
Della was rather fond of talking 81
will have TO change my boarding house"
she unused. 'and go where no one knows
me-"
She gave notice that very day and
looked up another room. where she hoped
there would be plenty Of people on whom
she could experiment. II hope they win
not be too awfully interesting" sighed
Della 1T will be dreadful to sit at
table full of laughing. Cabling people
anA be unable to Join them"
The place she found was certainly
filed with congenial boarders. When
Della first took her place at the table
her new ideas were on the verge Of fall
ing from her. but she resolutely remem-
bered the remarks Of her friends and
determined to acquire concentration. The
landlady with whom she had arranged
for her room by letter received her In
the dining-room and introduced her to
the other guests. Della smiled her de
lightful smile to one and all, and sat
down. It was difficult. even from the
start. to bring look OF blankness into
her face. With all the joyful conversa-
tion, to which she tried to turn deaf ears
going on. she found herself constantly
on the verge Of speaking. and caught
herself just in time to save the situation.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
SECRETARY OF LABOR
STOPPED FOR Speeding
I'm So and So and I'm in a Hurry"
He Says. Then Officer Re-
leases Him.
TALKS MILLENNIUM TO GRADS
spd.i to The ws.hinston Herald.

SPECIAL 10 The washington Herald.
Hyattsville, Md. June 1I-Secretary OF
Labor William B. Wilson, while return
ing from College Park this evening.
where he had delivered an address to
the graduates of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College. was stopped in Blankcns-
burg by Deputy Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles Thomas II. fwildmann and
charged with exceeding The speed limit.
wildmann did not know his distinguish
ed victim. When the secretary explained
his identity and that he was In a hurry,
having important official matters in
Washington. Wildmann apoIogized and
permitted the chauffeur to proceed. Wild
mann claims that the secretary's auto
mobile was running over twenty-five
Bladensburg is twelve miles. No one ex-
cept the chauffeur was with Secretary
Wilson when he was stopped.
Secretary Wilson discussed the prob
lem Of capital and labor In his address
at the commencement exercises at Col
lege Park today. He received the de-
gree Of doctor OF laws. In his address
to the graduates he contended that the
difficulty in settling the capital and labor
problem was the question Of the proper
distribution Of the worlds products.
The question of the worlds production
is settled, he said. and the problem to
be solved is to secure an equal distri-
button of this production. This cannot
be done. declared the secretary. by any
one man or by any one system. 1t must
be accomplished through education. The
secretary declared that he was not in
favor OF compulsory arbitration, because
as a rule, neither side was ever satisfied
with the result.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
DRESS
HALISCHIE
Hot Fight Rages in Police
Convention When Subject
Is Brought Up.
AERIAL COPS ARE NEXT
Segregation Is Remedy for-Social
Evil Is Attacked by Resan.
Of Buffalo.

Grand lRapids June 1.-THE Interna-
tional Association Of Chiefs of Police
held a session which was three-fourths
peaceful today. 1t was peaceful while
the chiefs discussed the drug traffic."
the necessity for police aeroplanes. ano
the social evil. 1t was war-like only
when the chiefs yentured to talk about
women and women's clothes. william
A. Pinkerton. Of Chicago "bolted" the
convention as soon as the topic was
mentioned
'.It is too silly to talk about" he NUT
tered as he strode away. This is not
q convention of modistes."
All the chiefs agreed that there are
two sides to the problem of "segrega-
tion." They all agreed that the aero
bandit" will be next in criminal evolu-
tion. necessitating aero police. And
they agreed that something drastic
must be done about the sale of habit
forming drugs.
But the important matter before this
convention impressively said Chief
Michael Regan. of Buffalo. is the mat
ter of>women's clothes II is a crying
shame and a horrible disgrace and an
intolerable outrage-the way they are
dressing. We ought to
Ought to let 'em alone" interrupted
Chief Downey. of Detroit. what do
we want to bother about youas's clothes
for? Let 'em wear what they want to.
In my opinion the women never looked
prettier than they do the way they dress
now. They'll never get styles too ex-
treme to suit me-"
Chief Gleason. of Chicago agreed with
Downey. OF Detroit.
Segregation came in for a heated dis
cussion- Chief Young. of st. Louis. who
recently put the red light district In his
city out OF business. said that since the
abolishment Of the segregated district his
department was unable to control vice
and that crime was on the Increase. He
declared that segregation was the only
way to control the social evil.
Chief Regan, of Buffalo. took exception
to Chief Young's statement.
I'VE have put the red light district IN
Buffalo out of commission and we are
regulating the social evil better than
ever before. Some say that vice can
only be controlled in large cities through
segregation. This Is not true. We are
controlling 1t better In Buffalo now than
ever"
Cincinnati landed the next convention
OF the association today after a heated
fight.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18

ed maladies. Certainly IL was amusA
ing to hear the comments of people,
Aftentimes she blushed SO swiftly that
look of alarm entered the face of
the person who had made q remarh
about her. and often anger kindled In
her eyes or a look Of amusement lia>
gered there.
She was on the landing Of the boarding.
house and would have entered her room
one evening about ten days after her ara
rival when q laughing voice stopped her.
Il say, Miss Ransom, when you want
To feed the sparrows on your window sill
don't forget to chirp at them I love to
hear you In the early morning.
The man who sat next her at the table
was standing there laughing
Della would have turned angriIy away,
but somehow anger was impossible and
her sstonishment only increased ths
mans amusement.
Il have known from the start" he
went on. The night ! remarked about
your beauty and you binshed % divine
iy-"
You had no risht TO talk about ma"
Della spoke quickly. and II must be con-
fessed that her own voice sounded well
! to her own longing ears. IT am prac-
tfcfng concentration and nov you have
spoiled 1t all" She laughed in spite Of
herself.
NO. the man, II VIII
help you wonderfully to concentrate or
the day, that am the only person in the
whole world to whom you can speak and
that my voice Is the only one that you
can hear
His voice was serious though his eyes
laughed. There was something rathea
tense about the situation. although Della
tried to feel amused.
She drew a deep breath 1T would b
rather delightful. she found herself say
ing softly. lest any one else in the house
hear her voice and give away the secret.
The mans face lighted wonderfully. and
Della realized that she had accomplished
her mission Of making him love her In No
small degree.
And you wont speak to any one but
the birds and me for''-he paused. while
Della tried to control the color that waa
creeping with unusual warmth into h6r
cheeks-"velL until you speak to some
dear old minister and tell him"
That have learned to concentrateeol
one-person." laughed Della
Yes whispered the man: but yo0
must tell it to me in other words frss
and many times"
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
OUTFIT OF CLOTHING
IN ABANDONED BOAT
Police Searching Banks of Eastern
Branch for Clew to Persons
Identity.

Mystery surrounds the finding last
night of an outfit of clothing in an
abandoned boat in the Eastern Branch
at Twining City.
The police OF the Eleventh and Fifth
precincts are searching the banks of
the river for clew, while the harbor
police today will drag in the vicinity
where the boat was found.
It Is believed the clothes belonged to
a person who jumped overheard to
commit suicide or the boat drifted
away while he was In bathing.
The clothing was taken to the Elev-
enth precinct. II consisted of a pair
of gray trousers with light pin stripe,
a white outing shirt. open knit under
wear, black socks. blue and white era
vat, and leather belt.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18

When the very handsome man at hel
| right side offered her the bread. Della
! had to use all her command in order moi
to thank him. She did, however. nod ano
send another smile into his eyes.
The looks Of pity and the surreptitious
glances she received sent over her an
almost hysterical desire to laugh and
give herself away completely.
She was concentrating with all her
power when the man beside her turned
to the man on his other side and said
under his breath: isn't she a peach! l
would like to have a wife who could be
SO altogether beautiful and yet one who
would not talk from morning until
night He laughed and glanced quickly
at Della
The blush that mounted steadily and
surely into Delia's face brought q quiz
ical light In his eyes. He. however.
turned again to the other man and left
Della alone to wrestie with her anger
and her most becoming bushes She ate
SO quickly that she felt q tride sorry
for her digestion. yet II was the only
possible salvation since each moment
at the table was becoming more un-
bearable, and she knew that In an
other few moments she would have
Joined that happy chatter and her ef-
fort at. concentration would be for
ever lost
When she had bowed her excuses
silently and hurriedly left the. dining
room she heaved a sigh Of relief. Della
realized that the first meal was the
most trying ordeal. Her afiictions
once firmly established in the minds of
the other bosrders. her task would
prove easy. She wondered just what
they were all saying about her now.
and especially she pondered on the
young man who had sat next to her.
She knew that could she but speak
she would endeavor to make him sorry
for the words he had given utterance
to. That way in which she would
make him sorry brought a smile to
Delia's eyes.
IF he fancies me when ! am deaf
and dumb" she unused. What could
I make him feel-if wanted to-" Della
realized that she was going to want
to make him think a great deal She
went to sleep that evening in her
new boarding house with deep con-
eentration marking her thoughts. Her
plans boded i'll for the
heart of her male table companion.
During the following days Della
found herself enjoying her self-indict-
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
Ever Hear of Such Things ?

Middletown, n. Y, June 1I-Farmers IN
this section are working in the fields
heavily clad and wearing mittens. Frost
and high winds prevail.
Dorchester. Mass, June 17.-Within ten
minutes this city enjoyed summer and
winter weather. Warm and cold winds
blew.
Yonkers, N Y, June 1L-Frank A. Sal
vatore. obtained divorce from his bride
who eloped the day after their wedding
because Of her craze for the merry-go-
round.
st. Louis. June 17.-Scores of wealthy
residents have complained that their pet
dogs are being killed by unknown per-
sons who place sponges fried In grease
and sausages with ground glass where
the animals can get them. The dogs eat
the sponges, drink water and swell up
until they die.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
PROBE BLIND SINGERS DEATH.
Police Find Mystery in End of Mis-.
Helen Mesow.


Oakland, Cal, June 17.-whether Miss
Helen Mesow. a blind singer, who Is
known as The Helen Keller Of the
West" committed suicide or was mur-
dered, is being investigated by the po-
lice, following the death of the girl Al
midnight under mysterious circum-
stances.
A friend of the singer got q mys-
terious telephone call shortly before mid
night summoning her to Miss Mesow's
apartment
She raped at the door later. was not
answered and the janitor finally admit
ted her. Miss Mesow was lying on a
couch unconscious. A physician was
called and worked over her for an hour
with a pulmotor, but in vain. She died
at midnight
The physician said he believed the girl
had succumbed to cyanide of potassium
poisoning, although the contents of her
have not yet been analyzed.
On table in the apartment was found
a card Of W. c. Dohrmann, q real estate
dealer. on which was written: Helen
wanted you TO come to dinner this even
Ing, as II is our last night-W. c. D."
Dohrmann explained that he left the
card on Sunday, and that It was merely
an Invitation on the eve of a business
trip.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18

WAVES BRING UP
MILLER'S name
Politicians at Long Beach Dis
cover New Timber for
New York Governor.
COMES FROM UPSTATE
Appeals Court Judge Would Give
1tI
COMES FROM UPSTATE
Appeals Court Judge Would Give
Whitman Good Race. Counsel
of Wise Opines.
By FRANCIS B. GEssNER.


Long Beach. n. Y. June 7.-There was
. reminding of West Virginia politics
when Senator and Mrs. Clarence watson
came to the beach for Sunday outing
and while the Hon. Clarence is no Longer
In the Senate he continues watchful. NOT
only of affairs at Washington, but OF
the Democratic organization in vest
Virginia, where things have hardly been
cheerful for Democrats since the Watson
term In the Senate ended.
Both the Senator and Mrs Watson
lamented during their seashore stay that
they could not be in Washington this
week and witness the swearing in of
their coed friends, John N. Camden.
Alas that the Watson plans had been
made for a season in Europe, before a
vacancy from Kentucky had been an
nounced. and they sail on the vateriand
before the second Senator Camden comes
TO the chamber long honored by his
father.
HIS CoEaections Manifold.
- The new statesman has never given
I'D his personal and business connec-
tions In West Virginia. even II he be-
came citizen of Kentucky, following
his marriage to Miss Hart, of Versailles,
and in recent years he has had big
operations with the Watson corporations
not only in West Virginia but Old yir-
ginia and Kentucky.
While Senator Watson and wife will
regret not joining In the felicitations ten
dered the new Senator this week they
promise to send a wireless message Of
congratulations to reach the Senate
about the hour that Senator Camden is
taking the oath. 1t is not the intention
Of Watson to remain very long abroad
and he promises a return In time to aid
In the general stirring up Of things in
West Virginia which has inclined since
1872 to general getting back to old Re-
publican majorities and the sending OF a
solid Republican delegation to Congress
this year. 1t Is possibly some satisfac-
tion to Watson that his home district
kept loyal to the Democratic cause when
1t sent Neeley to Corgress for a vacancy
and a full term. but the first district
which includes Wheeling is the one most
yearned for by Republican and both the
Watson wisdom and resources will be
needed to insure another term for his
Discuss Home Affairs.
The New York contingent of the sea-
shore coterie after hearing from Ohio
and West Virginia got back to discussion
of home affairs with fully as cheerful a
spirit regarding Congressional gains, but
perturbed some over the selection Of q
candidate for governor. There has been
a down-deep yearning and much argu-
ment from an upstate rather than a city
candidate for the head of the ticket The
suggestion first made in The Washington
Herald of the Hon. George winthropi
Fairchild, first citizen of Oneonta and
Of Congress, was very much ap-
proved in the central and western coun-
ties OF the State where Republican ma
iorities are big and certain The mod
esty of Fairchild and his declaration that
he preferred remaining in Congress and
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
DAILY SHORT STORY.
DEAF AND DUMB DELLA.
ny MOLLIE McMxsTER.
Copyright. 1874,


Della was neither deaf nor dumb. She
possessed. however, q great lack Of con.
centration which was beginning to an
noy her as well as her friends.
you positively make me tired, Della" :"
her best girl friend had remarked. IT
have to repeat everything / say to you
and II 10 simply because your wits are
wool-gathering and you fail to pay any
attention to what people say"
Genius" Della had laughingly told
her. II must be a real genius"
''If you are," the disgruntied frien1
had added, you have no other earmar<s
except absentmindedness. II you wrote
weird tales, painted cubist pictures, or
did anything else to distinguish yourself
from fhe rest Of US ordinary mortals, you
would have . right to make people repeat
all their sa1lies to your unheeding ears
but you don't"
At the time Della had laughed, but
somsbew y really had hurt her to know
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
MAN SHOULD LIVE 100 YEARS" /"
Most Perfectly Proper
toned Adouis Tells How.

Chicago, June IA century should be
the average length of life, says Chicago's
most perfectly proportioned man." Jack
Roberts, and he gives among his rules
for living hundred years or so. be in
doors when necessary"
Roberts stays indoors for an eight-hour
shift as an operator of an elevator In a
skyscraper, but spends his vacations in
the country. BY his rules. he says he Is
Bure to live 100 years at least.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
SALARIES MUST WAIT.

Comptroller Says Reserve Board
Must Levy ON BankS.
Until an assessment is made against
the banks, the members of the new Fed
eral Reserve Board will serve without
salaries. George E. Downey. Comptroller
Of the Treasury, in advising Secretary
McAdoo of the law respecting the re-
Enumeration of the members, said he
could not use part of the 100000 fund
allotted to the organization committee for
salary advances.
Comptroller Downey held the board
must levy semi-annually upon member
banks, In proportion to the capital and
surplus. an assessment Sufficient to pay
salaries and expenses
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
THRIFT SOCIETY AFTER GIRLS.
Offers Honors to Those
Making simple Grad Drcsses.

Chicago. June 17.-Simple dresses made
by girl graduates and rules against ex-
pensive display sin commencement exer-
cises will have recognition from the
American Society for Thrift, which is
sending out a bulletin from its head
quarters. recommending simplicity "as
an appropriate ending of school life and
an suspicious beginning of another
All girl graduates who make their
own dresses and keep within a modest
cost and all boy graduates who have In
the process Of education made $50 or
more. who will send in details of their
achievement. attested by the teacher. or
school Superintendent or board of edu-
cation. will receive special honors. The
bulletin OF the society will be sent to
the boards of education in cities of TO-
900 population or more, but graduates
In all towns and villages are eligible. -
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
5000, 900 TO his BRIDE.
rhs yv..b;n,+or u-r,t5

opeciai 70 The Washington Herald.
New London, June IA wedding pres
ent OF 100000 is reported to have been
tne gift Of Commodore Morton F. Plant
70 MRS N. c. Mainwaring. whom he mar
ried today at "Branford House" Eastern
Point Colony. Mr.. Plants palatial sum-
mer residence, at noon.
No definite information as to the form
IN which the q. 900 gift was handed to
the bride ID obtainable. but 1t Is reported
TO have been In the form Of checks and
stocks and bonds.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
KENTUCKY BANK CLOSED.

Ashland. KY, June n.-Bank exam
iners today took charge of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company, which was
closed by the State Banking Department.
Inability to realize on assets because of
having too much money tied up in real
estate investments was said to have been
responsible for the trouble
The Washington herald., 1914-06-18
THREE DROWNED IN WELL.

Driftwaood. Pa, June 1.-THE bodies
OF John Jordan. his nephew, Harold Jor-
dan, and Rodney Ives, who were drowned
in an abandoned well last night were re-
covered today. Harold Jordan fell into
the well first and the other two lost
their lives trying vainly to rescue him.