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The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Miss Frances Williams has returned
from Morgantown, W. Va, where she
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Elkins. and has Joined her parents at
their home in this city.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Harrison will
not reopen their house in Sixteenth
street this season. Mrs. Harrison. who
was in England when the war broke
opt, has established herself for the win
ter at the bennington. where she has
offered her services to the Red Cross.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Miss Evelyn Reading. Of WilIiamsport.
Pa. formerly a student at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art and well known in this
city, is visiting Miss Dorothy Harman
Dawson. at 1888 L street
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

TOnorrew = Sherman Opposing
Hood.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mrs Arthur WIIlert and her small
son. who passed the summer and early
autumn at Cape Cod. have returned to
town and have Joined Mr.. willert at
their home in Wyoming avenue
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mr.. Evans Brown is a guest of the
WolcOtt Hotel in New York city.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Few men ever get to the top by pulling other men
down
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

The Former Secretary Of the Navy. Mr..
Charles J. Bonaparte, and Mrs. Bona
parte are passing the autumn at their
suburban home near Towson. Nd. and
do not propose opening their home in
Baltimore until December l.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mrs Mitchell. wife OF Capt William
Mitchell. L. S. A, entertained a luncheon
company yesterday in honor Of Mrs. J,
Franklin Bell, who is now visiting her
sister, Mrs. Darlington. Among the guests
to meet Mrs. Bell were Mrs Charles G.
Treat. Mrs Ernest \. Darlington, Mrs
Albert l.. Mills. Mrs. Ralph Hills, Mrs
II. c. Jewett, Mrs. Edward c. Donnally.
Mrs. Arthur Carter and' Mrs. Dewitt
Butts OF New NoEk.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Col H. o. S. Heistand. U. 8. A., and
Mrs Heistand have with them Bishop
Mcdowell. the Methodist Episcopal
Bishop Of Chicago. Col HeIstand. who
will have an extended leave OF alb
sence, and Mrs Heistand will spend
part Of the winter away from this
city. making a series OF visits Their
house is leased to Attorney General
and Mrs Gregory.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B. Roosevelt have
returned and are at their no me in Mas
sachuserts avenue, where they will spend
the winter.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Livingston Gerry.
the latter formerly Miss Corne LA Harri-
man and a very popular visitor in Wash
ington, have left their country place at
Lake Delaware. n. Y, for the Green
bTier White Sulphur Springs.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

November > premier night Of Kitty
Mackay." has been taken for q benefit
Of the 'Housekeepsrs' Alliance" BY its
president and board Of directors, Mrs.
Alice f. Whitaker. Miss Edith C wes-
colt, Mrs II B. F. Macfarlsnd, Mrs.
Harvey W. Wiley. Mrs. Whitman Cross.
Mrs. Van Schaick. Jr., Mrs. Wendell
Phillips Stafford. Mrs. Richard VAIN
right. Mrs. J. Nota McGiII, and Mrs.
Richard B. WatTous
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Edgar and
Miss MarjOry Edgar, Of Minneapolis.
have arrived in Washington for the
BOwers-Hellen wedding on SATURDAY and
are stopping at the Shoreham
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Rear Admiral and Mrs Selfridge have
arrived from jamestown and are at the
Highlands until they open their house
for the winter
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

President Wilson has accepted the in
vitation Of the American Institute Of
Architects to attend the unveiling Of a
tablet in Octagon House. the home OF
the society, on December 2 The tablet
Is to commemorate the signing OF the
treaty Of Client Just one hundred years
ago. Octagon House. which has been
restored TO something OF its old-time
elegance by the Institute, was occupied
by President Madison after the burning
OF the White House by the British In
the war Of 1872, and was for many years
one Of the great social centers OF the
young capital.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mrs Charles Pomeroy entertained at
D charmingIy appointed tea for young
people yesterday at her home in 5 street.
to Miss Frida Tiliman,
whose marriage takes place this evening
NJ ST. Thomas Church
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

The Red Cross follows all flags.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Judge George Peck arrived in Wash
ington yesterday and is at the Shore
ham.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Mrs Barnett. wife Of Col George Bar
nett. CommAndant Of the L. s. Marine
Corps. has arrived from her Virginia
estate. Wakefield Nanor. and Joined
Col Barnett at the Marine Headquarters
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08

On the third day after leaving Co
lumbia reached Shelton, in Fairfield
county, and was then told of the con-
duct of raiding party said to have
been attached to Kilpatrick's cavalry.
They entered dwelling not far from
the river, occupied by ladies, and de-
madned of them their money and
jewelry. The demand was refused.
Thereupon they deliberately took
burning Goals from the fireplace and
threw them upon the beds, setting
fire to the bed clothes. Finding they
could not intimidate the ladies, they
withdrew. The fire had not made
much headway and they were able
to extinguish the flames. Some of
the same troops set fire to the long
bridge crossing Broad river, belong
ing to the Sparranburg and Union
railroad. They succeeded in destroy
ing two spans of the bridge; the rest
was saved by the effort of some of
the Home Guards in the vicinity. The
road bed between Shelton and Union
and Spartanburg was intact, and 1
was enabled to reach my home in
short time. Having made my mis-
sion known, the good people of the
town of Union and the surrounding
country soon had collected large
supply of meat and flour and other
things necessary for the sick. Ar
rangements were made to ship the
supplies to Shelton, thence by fiat
boat to Columbia. l accompanied the
boat, and had the satisfaction of
turning over in perfect condition the
much-needed and highly-prized re-
lief to the surgeon in charge, A. w.
Thomson. / continued to discharge
whatever duty was put upon me un-
til | was relieved on the 1st of June,
1865, Surgeon Thomson having left
for his home the day previous. The
few sick then remaining in the hos
pital were cared for by the Federal
authorities, who were then garrison
ing the city.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08
Booker L. and Railroads.
augusta Chronicle }


Booker T. Washington has ask
ed negroes of the United States
to set aside Sunday, June 7th,
Monday, June 9Th, to protest to
railroads against alleged discrim-
ination on account of color in
providing passenger accomoda-
tions. He has asked that churches
secret societies, business leagues
and other agencies make appeal
to officials of lines that have pro-
vlded poorer Accommodations for
the negro race than for whites.
Associated Press Telegram.
Booker L. Washington will better
serve the best interests of the negro
by going on with his program of
teaching the "brother in black" how
to till the soil and progress in the
mechanics.
There was the time that he told the
negro to keep off the trains, espec-
tally the excursion trains. He now
concerns himself about the sleeping
car berths for them.
Sensible negroes will agree that
Booker has gone off on the wrong
track. He must know he is med
ding with something which is sure
to stir up strife for the hurt of the
negro and which cannot give any
real benefit to the negro.
Washington's program in the past
led him away from "rights" like this.
For negros he has wrought "rights'
to labor, behave and acquire proper
ty.
The longer the negro avoids cru
sades for such things as parlor car
and lower berth Accommodations and
the more diligently that he eschews
politics, the better his chances for
progress. 1t would be to the negro's
advantage if he was not allowed to
vote at all. Booker may as we'll be
reminded that the white men and wo-
men passengers are not to sleep in
the same Pullmans with black men
and women passengers. Also, that the
railroads are not going to put on
special Pullman's for the blacks. AL
SO, that what is here said is true
OF the white people of the North, the
East and the West, as we'll as of the
white people of the South.
Booker was more level-headed be-
fore he is since he dined at the white
house.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08
Our Month For Wars. q
Charlotte Obseryer.)

1t is a series of historical coinci-
dences worth noting that all our wars
(aside from French and Indian trou-
bles( have begun in April. Elsewhere
we have called attention to the coin
cldence between 1898 and 1914. Co
ing back to national beginnings, we
may observe that the Battle of Lex
lngton, where the "embattled farm
ers stood along the road between
lexington and Concord, Mass. and
fired the shot heard round the
World" occurred on April 10, 1775.
by common consent it has always
neen regrded as the initial date of
the American Revolution. The Colo
MAJ militia, numbering 70 men, were
dispersed with loss of eight killed
ana three wounded, but the news of
thelr stand went through the colonies
like wildfre and was enough. II was
accompanied, too, by the tidings that
on their return the British troons
had been subjected to fire from trees
and fences all along the road and
compelled to undignified shifts.
Our war of 1912 with England he.
gan in April with an embargo de-
clared by congress, although the for
mai declaration of war was DELAYED
until July.
Our first war with Mexico began
6S years ago, on April 26, 1886, when
Mexican troops rossed the Rio
Grande.
The brief and bloodless but vastly
momentous seige of Fort Sumter by
the South Carolina state forces in
augurated our Civil war, when the
firing opened on April 16, 1861. And
Lees surrender at Appomattox took
place on April 8, 1866, Johnston's fol-,
lowing on April 26.
1t is April that has been our war
month, not the month Immediately
preceding which bears the name of
the god of war. Do we feel most
war-like with the warm onrush of
spring?
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08

Q. What is your definition of per-
vert as applied to Conley? A. Well,
there are different types. would
say that Conley is a sexual pervert
who satisfies his sexual passion in an
unnatural manner.
At this point Solicitor Dorsey saw
Detective Dan Lehon. one of Mr.
Burns assistants in the court room,
and asked that he be excluded. He
was.
@. What sort of pervert do you
say Conley is? A. | would say he is
fiendish pervert.
Q. What do you mean by that ?
A. A man who would commit murder
to satisfy himself in an unusual way
Q. Is not perversion the crime of
civilization and not of savagery? A.
1t is the crime of both.
q. Then a pervert would not nec-
essarily be an ignorant man? A. No,
but he might be.
Isom's Part in Case.
Q. Mr.. Burns, after reading those
letters you say Conley wrote, in what
way would you say he was pervert +?
A. In an unnatural way.
@. Mr.. Burns, Mr.. Smith, Conley's
counsel, gave you an opportunity to
see Conley. Why did you not avail
yourself of this privilege? A. Be-
cause of the restrictions thrown
around it.
q. Have you a man named Bob
Adams in the employ of your agen-
cy A. | have a man named Adams.
| don't know whether his first name
is Bob.
Q. Have you a man named w. w.
Rogers, known as Boots Rogers? A.
Yes.
Q. Have you a man named Charles
Isom? A. No.
Q. Didn't Charles Isom go to Chi
cago with you to assist you in your
interview with the negro, Aaron AL
len? A. He did not.
Q. Didn't you have Allen in your
charge for three days and bring isom
to Chicago to interview him? A. No.
Q. Isom did come to Chicago to see
Allen, didn't he? A. Yes.
Q. How did he happen to come
there to see Allen? Who sent him?
A. [ received a telegram from Her
bert Haas, who said Isom was COM
ing to Chicago and could get the
truth out Of Allen.
Q. Jake Jacobs was there to see
Allen, too, wasn't he? A. Yes.
Q. Have you got a man named
O'Neal working for you? A. Yes.
Came With O'Neal.
Q. This man O'Neal went to In
dianapolis after Allen and brought
him back to you in Chicago while he
was sick, didn't he, Mr.. Burns? A.
don't know anything about him
having been sick; but he came to
Chicago with O'Neal.
Q. Hadn't you interviewed Allen
two or three times before Isom came
to Chicago, and hadn't you obtained
an affidavit from him? A. Yes, |
had talked to him two or three times
and had obtained a statement from
him.
@. On the train returning from
Chicago, Mr.. Burns, didn't you state
to Isom that you had got the afIi-
davit you wanted from Allen? A.
No.
Q. Didn't Isom report to you? A.
No, / asked him what he got from
Allen. He told me nothing much; that
he, Allen, had been placed in a cell
with Newt Lee at police headquarters
in Atlanta and that Newt Lee had
told him, Allen, that he, Newt Lee,
was innocent and that white man
had been put in a cell with Lee and
had told Lee he had better keep his
mouth shut or he would get us all in
bad.
@. Mr.. Stiles Hopkins was ir Chi
cago, wasn't he? A. Yes, he took
Aliens affidavit.
Q. What time was Jake Jacobs, the
Decatur street pawnbroker, there?
A. They were all there about the
same time.
q. Jake Jacobs is the man who
Continued on page 15).
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Love will push man into matri-
mony, but it takes lawyer to pull
him out. r
A bright man can learn almost as
much by doing as he does by being
done.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-29

ent corps from ours and as having
played the same game before, doubt
less serving as q Federal soldier and
carrying information to Confederate
generals. Before the court finished the
case it came out that Davis belonged
to an old Maryland family, that he
held a commission as lieutenant colo
mel in the Confederate army and was
high in favor with several Confederate
generals. whom he had furnished with
enough information to enable any army
to defeat twice its numbers.
+ Davis was sentenced to be hanged.
His family might have saved his life
had he been convicted Of desertion.
Indeed, they were handicapped, know
ing that he was a SPIN fact. an Of
f1cer of high rank in the Confederate
army. The best they could do for him
was to obtain d change in the mode
Of his death. The sentence was made.
shooting instead of hanging. . .
Davis maintained the same GOODNESS
Of outward. appearance to the moment
Of his death. Before he was a spy of
the enemy; now he was n of natures
princes.
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TRAGIC %SLEEPWALKING.
Incident Upon Which Bellini Based His
Celebrated Opera.


Somnambulists can maintain their
footing in the most perilous places so
long as they remain in q state of SOM
nambulism, but II suddenly awakened
they instantly lose their self posses
sion and balance.
On n occasion a young woman liv-
ing in Dresden was at midnight
walking on the edge Of the roof Of her
house. Her family Immediately
told of her plight, but were afraid to
go nea her. The neighbors gathered
about the house and placed mattresses
and blankets along the street in hopes
that they might save her in case she
fell.
. She danced for over an hour on the
slanting roof. apparently retaining her
balance without difficulty, and every
10Y and then she would advance to
the edge and bow to the silent crowd
standing many feet below her.
At last she climbed down on to the
wide gutter which ran in front of the
window through which she had come,
with the evident intention of re-enter-
ing the house. The crowd watching
her so intently drew a sigh of relief.
But, unfortunately. her terrified rela-
tives. thinking to assist her. had placed
two lighted candles in the room near
the window. and as she approached the
light fell directly in her eyes.
Instantly the shock awakened her.
and she swayed back and forth in hel
perilous position: then, with a frightful
scream. she fell headlong to the ground.
She was fatally hurt and died in a
few hours. 1t was on this tragedy that
Bellini wrote his celebrated opera Ia
sonnambula."f
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WHO Says Hens Have No era;nsfi'

Who Says Hens Hive No srainsf
Hens have no brains," declared the
wife of q modern farmer as she chased
a fat old Wyandotte toward the roost-
ing place she should have sought vol
unfairly.
Before l could challenge the WON
ans statement the hen by a brilliant
strategic movement completely eluded
her pulsuer and with a triumphant
cackle disappeared in the tall grass.
The method Of her escape showed
brains. there could be no two opinions
about that, but it was her cackle that
should have settled any wavering
doubt in the mind of her detractor. for
that cackle was uttered at exactly the
right moment, not an instant too soon.
not a second too late. And 1t takes
brains to know just when to cackle.-
Atlantic.
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AN OLD BATTLEFIELD.

The softest whisperings Of the scent
ed south,
And rust and roses in the cannon's
mouth,
And where the thunders of the fight
were born
The winds sweet tenor in the stand
ing corn,
With songs of Iarks, low lingering
in the loan,
And low skies bending over love
and home.
But still the thought: Somewhere 4
upon the hills
Or where the wales ring with the
whippoorwills,
Sad. wistful eyes and broken hearts
that beat
For the loved sound Of unreturning
feet,
And when the oaks their leafy ban-
ners wav
Dream Of the battle and an un-
marked grave!
Frank L. Stanton.
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, HSouthern 6pv
i.GMemorial Dap Story
D. CAPTAIN r. A. mitchell.

1COpyright, 1914, by American Press Asso.
ciation.l
lPN our regiment In Virginia in 1853
was a soldier in the ranks who
was a thoroughbred. No n even
Of his own company seemed to
Know exactly when or where he en-:
listed, where was his home Dr. any
thing else about him except that he
said he was a Marylander. Maryland
was a border state, the inhabitants be-
! Ding part northern and part southern in
their sympathies.
There was nothing unusual about
Davis fighting on the Union side, for
i'm the border states whole Federal
regiments were made up Of their citi-
aens. But 1t was singular to hear
him abusing Confederates with the &C.
tcent of a southern man.
Davis in other respects was a good
tnatured fellow, perfectly fearless and
tseemed to have no selfshness in his
,nature-indeed, was a type of the real
jsouthern gentleman. We wondered
why he had not been able to obtain a
{commission, but he reminded US that
1.-THE flower of the Maryland population
twas on the southern side. Maryland
was not a good state for northerners.
We were cavalry, and Davis was
o n of the best of us 20 far as horse
,manship was concerned. He was con-
,stantly being punished for roaming
about wherever he liked. He rode all
over our camps and. whenever he
took a fancy to do so, sailed forth sin
gle handed against the Confederate
Ipickets. That he was a good fighter
was evident whenever there was trou-
bile on the picket lines. On such oc-
icasions he would ride right up under
the enemy's rifles. He always came
back unhurt, and we could never un-
iderstand how he managed to escape.
One night while out on vedette duty
Davis disappeared. Shooting was
heard in the direction Of the point
where he was stationed. and it was
believed that at last he had reaped
1.-THE payment of his recklessness. A
lparty was sent out next morning to
look for his body, but it was not found.
Six months passed, during which ev-
erything was changed with us. Armies
are like packs of cards-they are con
.stantly being shuffied. One day while
.0n picket duty l saw a man running
from the Confederate lines toward
ours, while men on that side were fir
ing at him. "There comes a deserter,"
II remarked. The man stumbled two
.or three times, fell, got up and anne
'on, reaching us in safety. I was at
the time a sergeant in command of
the picket post into which he ran, and
,he came right up to me.
What was my establishment to see
Davis! N
Davis establishment at seeing me
was equally great. Besides astonish-
ment, l noticed chagrin. His face fell
..momentarily; then, grasping my hand,
he shook it heartily, exclaiming:
How are you, Charlie? What luck
to come in right among my own boys!"
I withdrew my hand, saying to him.
81 don't shake with deserters."
"Deserter! l reckon l am a de-
tserter. had to be or fight with those
+. cursed sO~utherners."
Il mean deserter from our SIDE"
Davis looked hurt. He told a story
A0f having ridden on the night of his
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Tn. President. Cabinet.

-
The presidents cabinet is . u part
of the executive. strictly speaking.
The members Of the cabinet cannot,
In strictness. even be said to be the
presidents advisers. He does. as u
matter of fact, consult them. and very
often. in all probability. their advice
has weight with the president, but
they possess no constitutional power
That resides. so far as the executive
part Of the government goes. solely
with the president. After hearing the
views and opinions Of the members Of
his cabinet the president cain. II be
chooses, disregard them, all: sHss+ik
the executive. andathe~whole Of IT.
NewEYOrk American.
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disappearance right in behind a Con-
1ederate camp. The opening was
CLOSED behind him. There was moth
ing +f0I4him ia do hut surrender. Be-
ing "a Mutherper, a was proved by
Ill accent, be. had told his captors, he
.4jdt that be. had been foeced into the
',inofthern .yeftteSs and had long been
StchinE for ID opportunity to- desert.
easlaBBt4R4thstandinS this @story, Emafch-
III. Davis up- to- headquarssrs.
lWh1Fssaha general COMMANDING Inter.
ieaSwsl him. The general not .lbslns
sAttsae6 With this passing from -
49, tei.anothsr and weighing against
III fact that no was 4 south.
9sSEnss, ordered that he b held under
arrest and charges Of deseedon b
5fG1nads aSainst, him.
Davlsslaughed ct the idea Of charges
s1eainsta man who hated Confederatea
- no hated poison. and II he felt sths
last doubt about his being able e
selear himself none Of us could de
a1sct Il
lint the evidence came in heavy
AGAINST him. He was recognized az
having belonged To IN entirely di6er.
49, NHAEtatr t.-
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Supply and Demand.

Supply and Demand.
Mr.. Francis was about to start away
to attend the funeral of his rich old
uncle.
'Put a couple Of large bandkerchiefs
into my grip, dear" he said to his wife:
'.The old gentleman promised to leave
me $4,000 and l want TO shed some
appropriate tears"
"But suppose when the will Is read"
said the wife. '.you find he hasn't left
yO, anything"
Gin that case" replied be. .yon had
better put in three" detroit Free
Press. =,
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outspeksn.

Mrs. Garrulous-I was outspoken in
my sentiments at the club this sitter
noon. Her Husband-I can't believe
you. Who outspoke you, my dear7-
London Mail.
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A Better Authority

A Better Authority.
Young Husband-My dear Jemima, j
must say that this pudding tastes very
bad I
Wife-An your Imagination. dear.
The cookery book says that It tastes
excealent'-IondontT Telegraph. &,
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osnial.:Man.

'syvhy don't you learn to dancer
What's. the ause? rejoined Mr..
Groucher. Il can get tired without
going to all that Notwithstanding
ton Star.
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s:Did you,svev noticey onsstAinsl shout
a1hipp7" Il -
.'ylRhAtssthAtys S.: 5
s'aeAe can,tsamake knots when she's,
tied up."-Balhmore American. y
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Good temper is like a sunny day.
II sheds its brightness everywhere.-
French Proverk.