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Iuncneor n Baltimore, Wnere
each guest was assessed 40
cents for his meal and had TO
put W the none after partaking of
the repast. a mar worth several mill
ions ran his hand dow into his pocket
for the necessary 40 cents-and did not
have it,
Democratically he turned TO the man
beside him, whom he knew and who
was a newspaper reporter. and asked:
LEND me 20 cents, will you, please
The reporter happened 10 possess
the sum requested and handed 1t over.
\ day or so later the rich man met the
newspaper nan. recalled the 30 cent
transaction and paid his debt.
William +. Cochran. one of the
wealthiest and best known men in
Maryland. was the hero of the story.
The incident of the loan is recited to
show that Mr.. Cochran considers him
SELF of the people; and through his
good works M~arylanders have learned
that he is for the people.
On n recent sunday night n motley
congregation crowded tho old West
minster Presbyterian Church in Balti-
more. in the ,ard of which is the tomb
OF Edgar Allan Poe. The pastor had
preached his sermon and pronounced
the beuediction. but still tho crowd re-
mained. They had heard Mr.. Cochran
make a remarkable speech; they were
there 10 participate in a forum at
which would he discussed AL sorts Of
social and economic problems-and Mr.,
Cochran's speech. Every stratum OF
society was represented in that thronG
rich, poor, college professor. cart
driver. ptous men, worldlings, social
lists. anarchists, wise men and just
plain fools.
Slim. well groomed. hearing the all
of a man Of wealth and al the same
time Of culture, William +. Cochran
had stood before this throng and Spoken
on THE Passing of the Idle Rich.
Now such n topic when discussed by
n very rich man cannot help but prove
interesting, and Mr.. cochran's hearers
missed never a word, Down near tn
end of hts talk he had asked two oues
lions that had olcc'riticd tho crowd
particularly tho socialists. They wcr'
these:
What is tho quickest and best wa,
~ which | can grow Door""
Am ! immoral from tho mere fac
that / am rich?'
Mr.. Cochran Informed tho audicnC,
that he wanted tho questions debate,
~ the forum. Needless TO say thcr
were many among them caCcr TO 60
ar him verbally; that is they wet thci
lips and sqlirmod in their seats. who,
tho Roy. D.. T.. Lyon, pastor of IN
church and chairman Of tho forum
declared the meeting open men spran.
mp in all parts of tho church like :,
many jacks IN the box, Tho clergy
man had y hit of trouble in getting Al
tho rest Ia ali stlll and lot ono man a
n 'imc talk, but he succeeded.
Strange t. say. while each maj
seemed 80 fun Of answer that h,
could not keep from bouncing in hi
scat nearly every one found hlmsel
more or lcSe Jumped when he got ~
his feet. Each speaker started on
10 answer Mr.. Cochran's questions
hut Il WAS hard to ton what many q
them were talking about when tho,
rot through many did not seem I
tnow themselves. Bouck White
Rockefeller n socialism got mike
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up in the discussion in some way.
one man accused White OF anarchy,
and this brought a rampant, gray
haired man to the fore with the com
ment: Jesus Christ was the same
kind of anarchist as White" Rookie
feller was termed the colossal failure
Of tho age. while Mr.. Cochran was
advised TO pattern himself after Henry
Ford.
Mr.. Cochran had explained 10 the
audience tina; he did not NEAR that he
wanted TO be shown how to give away
his riches and make himself-one "A
poor without doing the world some
good, but his advisers quickly lost
sight ~ that: they seemed to think
that he alone wished to get into the
pauper class with a running jump.
one man-perhaps he wished 10
inject a little comedy-declared that
he stood ready To take over all Mr..
Cochran's wealth, plus all the immor-
atty that might be connected with 1t.
Another complacently informed him
that all he needed to do was TO hold
on to his wealth a little longer and
he wouldn't have To worry about get
ting rid of 1.-THE laboring people
would take II away from him.
Still, another generously advised Mr..
Cochran TO give to the mon who
worked for him tho means Of pro-
ductlon owned by him; in other words,
to make his factory hands the owners
Of his factories.
Here Mr.. Cochran tried TO bring
the discussion back 20 the immortality
of being rich. This vas the u for
the question Are not the rich man
and the tramp products of the same
SYSTEM" How Mr.. Cochran's ques-
ton could have suggested that propo-
sition Is hard to Understandable why
try to understand? incidentally that
word system was used many times
during the evening. and each speaker
pronounced II as II il were spelled
with capital letters.
But | am for getting rid OF the
system" replied Mr.. Cochran. And
/ would learn how, here, tonight
Real division Of opinion came, how
ever, when Mr.. Cochran succeeded in
getting the argument stcered toward
the rocks of riches and immortality,
one speaker-he was very young
arose and announced that that phase
OF the question was absurdly simple.
is not all the wealth of capitalists
got by robbery, and who would call
robbery moral lho desired to know,
what capitalist cver put his hand
into your pocket and lifted anything
yelled a IA on the opposite side Of
the church.
But did that nabbcrgast the young
man?
Whom work and two-thirds Of
tho profit from my efforts goes into
the capitalists pocket, then am be-
Ing robbed" was the way he looked
at II.
Then up got a man who looked
something Xix" William Jennings
Eryan. lie Was going To the source
~ things, hc said. IT, was not a
question ~ immortality, he wished II
10 bc Understood. but of where million
aires got their power, Then he de-
clarcd that they obtained II from thu
ownership Of the means by which the
w~orkingman must earn his bread-ths
railroads, h factories, the steel mills
Give these back to the people anC
you will solve the problem" ne roared
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considered him too dangerous a man
for the post. II was Andrew Jackson
who nominated him a. Minister 20
Great Britain. Congress not being n
session. he went TO- his pos, nit .r'
the regular seal OF approval Wien
Congress assembled and r's i4ne
came up for confirmation % was
vigorously attacked and rejected. u9
his return. however. his party hl.ei
him as a martyr to mai.c c.o''oi
him Nice-President and later Pros.
dent.
Washington Irving was HIS -a.
tary Of legation the while he W. A.
London. Years later. when Ir.l-
wished 70 make a trip to Sptt. as
economically a. possible. he expert
enced the reverse of the treatm... 20.
ccived by Van Buren,. Irvirs a-soi
Secretary Of state Daniel Webster 70
make him the bearer Of some soy. ~
governmental despatches. so '.t -
least his transportation expense,
might he lightened. Webster ,,-.
priscd him DELIGHTFULLY."- by nam.nc nm
an envoy extraordinary. So hc vcr'
10 Madrid as the Governments .p.,a
agent for something or other. What.
ever II was, It never caused clic-r
10 the resident Minister ~. N.l-l
for after the formal -proson'l-.o- .,
his papers thc DISTINGUISHED vr.e-
vanished into the hy-pa'hs - 80
! picturesque country.
\ little story relating 20 .e ret-
commissioners sent abroad ?. 0z ~
| mo frIDfN anIfnr go, &C. . $500.
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the American Ministers at London
and Paris in preparing a plan for the
purchase OF Cuba. This was done.
dominated the conference. and
n was decided TO offer Spain SEQ
600, 900 for Cuba. with the intimation
tackled on that II Spain wouldn't sell
the United States would he justified in
taking the island by force. Many
saw the fatal error and notified
Soule that II Spain would not peace
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w 7 HAT is the correct hailing
\A/ title ri Col. Il. NJ. House,
w recently sent abroad at the
p.,-gnnul hnIoet 81 DraotJc,4
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William F. Cochran Hopes to Find a System Under
Which He Can Devote His Vast Wealth to Wiping
Out the millionaire Plague and Tighten the
Burden of His FellOWmen.

~ ECENTLY at a civic clubs
luncheon in Baltimore. where
each guest was assessed 40
The Washington herald., 1915-04-18

choosing a rose garden for the cere-
mony at her marriage to Lieut.. S.
Roland Hopkins, will hold her wed
ding reception in the lovely flower
garden at her parents handsome
home in Virginia. A number of other
summer brides have selected their
country homes for the scenes OF their
weddings, which are to be charming
events, marked by simplicity and
originality of detail
Paymaster Gudger and his bride,
who was Miss Genevicve Walsh, are
honeyInooning in St. Augustine, but
are expected back in Washington
shortly to occupy the attractive
apartment which the bridegroom has
leased in X street. Paynaster Gudger
has still some time to serve in Wash
ington and he and his bride will be
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at St. Johns Church yesterday Tor
the marriage of Miss Marian Phelps
Van Buren and the Rev. Stanley
Matthews Cleveland The youthful
bride was radiant vision in her
bridal robes and the ceremony was 4
beautiful and impressive event with
three officiating clcrgymcn. Fight
pretty bridesmaids led the wedding
procession and more lovely floral dec
orations are seldom seen than those
which formed a background for the
bridal party.
The wedding OF yesterday practi-
cally ended the bridal season for
April. Several notable weddings will
take place in May, but June, the pro-
verbal month of brides and roses,
will see any number of interesting
nuptials. Miss Anne Seymour Jones,
daughter of Representative and Mrs.
William A. Jones, while not actually
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very popular additions to the young
married set in the Capital.
An interesting event OF next week
will be the presentation of Mrs.
Christian Hemmick's gorgeous and
exotic Persian drama, "Thc Opium
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opening march. and Mr.. Claude N.
Bennett. president Of the society, will
receive the guests. Capt. c. c. Calhoun
is the chairman Of the executive COM
mittee.
Mrs. willard L. Marshall. wife of Brig
Gen. Marshall. entertained at luncheon
followed by bridge yesterday afternoon.
The Elwell Club will entertain at bridge
at the Washington Club tomorrow even
Ing and again OIL Friday afternoon.
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Sprinetime Festivities in the Capital
By MARY MARSHALL.

ESPTE popularity Atlantic
folk the Capital the futcr of festivities
subiding. Fashionable
luncheon dinner,
week and Chevy Chase clubs
cay the only
An interesting of married folk all the Chevy
Chase
the clubhouse An
additional invited informally
Mrs Malcolm Stuart McConhc Mr. and Mrs George Dunlop Maj
RUSSELL
Commander Galbrah and
Mrs Miller Maj and Mrs and Capt Kellogg
guests the last dinner.
Wedding bells still ringing brides
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coxrISUEp on PAGE TWO
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The Southern Society Of Washington
will hold its last meeting at the willard
on the evening Of May s. After brief
business meeting In the small ballroom
there will be dance. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. William c. Gor9as win lead the
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Mrs. William c. Langftt. who has been
at the Highlands for some time, will re-
turn today from a trip to Richmond to
be the guests OF Mrs. William L. Mar
shall for q week.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-21
Psychology of Practice.

The question Of short versus long
periods of practice in training the hui
man muscles for any particular kind
of work is obviously one having far
reaching application. Some interest
ing experiments on this subject have
been carried out by Dr. K. S. Lashley
of Johns Hopkins university. Acquisi-
ton of skill in archery was selected
as the subject of observation. Twenty
unframed persons were divided into
three groups. One group shot five
arrows with the English longbow per
day; another. twenty shots per day;
and the third, forty shots The re-
suits showed conclusively that the
group shooting only five times day
improved in accuracy with less ex-
penditure of time in practice than was
required by either of the other groups
for the same amount of improvement.
A report on the experiment says:
THE relatively greater efficiency Of
short periods of practice continuing
for many days is in accordance with
the results of the study Of animals
and of speech habits in man, and in
dicates that in training to muscular
feats, in both animals and men, the
length of practice periods required is
usually too great for maximum eff
ciency."-Scientific American. .
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-21
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, If Not Remedied,

Experiments satisfied me, some 5,
years ago." writes Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause of the
insomnia from which I suffered ter
ribly, as we'll as extreme nervousness
and acute dyspepsia
Il had been coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all
this harm. But it was, and the time
came when l had to face the fact, and
protect myself. l therefore gave up
coffee abruptly and absolutely, and
adopted Postum for my hot drink at
meals.
II began to note improvement in
my condition very soon after l took
on Postum. The change proceeded
gradually, but surely, and 1t was
matter of only few weeks before /
found myself entirely relieved-the
nervousness passed away, my diges-
tive apparatus was restored to normal
efficiency, and l began to sleep rest
fully and peacefully.
These happy conditions have con.
tinued during all of the s years, and
am safe In saying that / owe them
entirely to Postum, for when / began
to drink 1t ceased to use medicines"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly In cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and
soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
teries Of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal Is the warn
Ing letter which Is sent the victims, signed
with 'clutching hand" The latest VIC
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific detective, to try to
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
complishes Is told by his friend Jameson,
a newspaper man. After many fruitless
attempts to put Elaine and Craig Ken
nedy out of the way the Clutching Hand
Is at last found to be none other than
Perry Bennett, Elaine's lawyer ana me
fees to the den of one Of his Chinese
criminals. The Chinaman forces from
Bennett the secret of the whereabouts Of
100000. Then he gives the lawyer a
potion which will suspend animation for
months. Kennedy reaches Benefits side
just after he has lost consciousness.
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her. Her niece, Elaine's cousin, Mary
Brown, who lived at Rockledge, had
come into the city to comfort Aunt
Josephine, and they had been sitting
that morning in the library.
Suddenly a startled cry from Jen-
nings out in the hall caused both L.
dies to jump to their feet They could
scarcely believe what they heard as
the faithful old butler cried out the
name.
why, Miss Elaine!" he gasped.
An instant later Elaine herself burst
into the room and flung herself into
Aunt Josephine's arms. All talking
and half crying from joy at once, they
crowded about her.
In the excitement Aunt Josephine
had seized the telephone and called
our number. She did not even wait to
break the good news, but handed the
telephone to Elaine herself.
We left the laboratory on the run,
too fast to notice that just around the
building line at the corner stood linn
CUISINE with shades drawn. Even If
we had paused to glance back we
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moved slowly again INTO the Uach
room.
Long Sin had remained there. With
Weepy Mary he was guarding Elaine,
when WI Fang re-entered Elaine
was thoroughly aroused by this time.
Suffering is a state of mind" WI
said In low tone, "and I have de-
cided that 1t would be poor revenge
for me to harm you. You are Free"
Nothing could have come as great
er surprise to Elaine.
do you--do you really mean it?'
she asked, scarcely able to believe
what her ears heard.
WI merely nodded, and with wave
of his hand to Long Sin indicated that
Elaine was to be released.
She nerved herself to take several
steps toward the door. She had
scarcely crossed half the room.
"Wait!" ordered WI sharply.
Was he merely torturing her, as a
cat might torture a mouse? She
stopped obediently, afraid to look at
him.
"This will be the vengeance of WI
Fang" he went on impressively
SLOWLY, one by one, your friends will
weaken and die, then your family, un-
til finally only you are left. Then will
come your turn"
He stopped again and raised his
long, lean foreinger. Co." he Kissed.
Il wish you much JOY"
I don't think that in all our friend.
ship have ever seen Kennedy so ut
terly depressed as he was when we
returned after the discovery of the
vast fortune which Bennett had clev,
erly secreted,
There seemed to be absolutely moth.
ing to do until some new clue turned
up. ! placed my hand on his shoulder,
but the words that would encourage
him died on my lips. Several times
started to speak, but each time
checked myself. There did not seem
to be anything that would be appro.
pirate for such an occasion.
A sharp ring at the telephone made
both of us fairly jump, SO nervous
had We become. Kennedy reached
over instantly for the instrument in
the vague hope that at last there was
some news.
AS | watched his face it changed
first from despair to wonder, and final
ly 1t seemed to light up with the most
remarkable look of relief and happi
ness that one could imagine.
Il shall be right over" he cried
jamming the receiver down on the
hook, and in the same motion reach
ing for his hat and coat. Walter
he cried, "it is Elaine! They have lei
her go!"
I seized my own hat and coat in
time to follow him, and we dashed out
of the laboratory.
The suspense under which Aunt
Josephine had been living had told on
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time was much more delirious and
was crying out
I saw faces about me, but | did not
see the faces which were actually out
by our hall door. WI Fang and Long
Sin had waited patiently for their re-
venge. Now that they thought suffi-
cient time had elapsed, they had sto-
len silently to the apartment door.
While Ling Sin watched, WI listened.
"The white devil has it," whispered
WI Fang, as he rejoined his fellow
conspirator.
How long / should have remained
In this state, and in fact how long l
did remain, don't know. Vaguely, l
recall that our acquaintance, Johnson,
who had the apartment across the
hall, at last heard my cries and came
in.
Somehow or other knew the state
was in. knew 1t was Johnson, yet
it all seemed unreal to me. With a
great effort l gathered all my scat.
tered wits and managed to shout out,
Telegraph Observation-Disclosures"
At about the same time, up at Rock
ledge, Kennedy and Elaine, with her
cousin, Mary Brown, were starting out
for horseback ride through the hills
They were chatting gayly, but Ken
nedy was forcing himself to do so.
In fact, they had scarcely gone hall
a mile when Kennedy, who was rid
ing between the two and fighting of
by sheer nerve the illness he felt. sud
denly fell over in half faint on the
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inside. Then he looked closer.

looked inside. Then he looked closer
There was something peculiar about it
and he picked up a blank sheet Of
white paper, busting off the diphragm
ON it. There, on the paper, were in
Vulnerable little black specks.
Just then, outside, Doctor Godow-
skis car drew up and he jumped out,
swinging his black bag. Not being &C.
quainted with what we were going
through, Godowski did not notice the
almond-eyed Chinaman. who was
watching down the street.
''How do you do, doctor?" greeted
Craig family, at the door
What seems to be the difficulty"
inquired the doctor eagerly.
Il don't know" returned Craig,
"but have my suspicious. I'm too i'll
to verify them myself, SO I've called
on you. Look at Jameson first" he
added.
While Godowski was examining me,
Craig managed to get out his micro
scope and was looking through it at
the strange black specks on the pa
per. There, under the lens, he could
see the most remarkable, almost mi
croscopic creature, all legs and feel
ers, most vicious object.
Weak though he was, he could not
help an exclamation of exultation at
his discovery, just as Godowski had
| finished with me.
Look" he cried, calling the doctor.
81 know what the trouble is, Godow-
ski"
He had started to fell. but the ex.
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Cracker So Years Old Still Fresh.

Cracker So Years Old Still Fresh.
A cracker that has kept fresh since
the battle of Gettysburg is in the pos
session of T. F. Perkins of Huntsville,
Tenn, a Confederate soldier. 1t is
Drowned by it's So years of age and
by it's days of exposure on the battle
field.
The old cracker, a hunk of flour
and water, is two inches square and
an inch thick and is O perfect speci-
men of Confederate army bareback.
1t was picked up on the field on July
3, 1868, by Rounds Saunders, one of
Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen, and sent to
Miss Liela Roberta Perkins of Bed
ford City, Va. She is now Mrs. A
J. Hall of Huntsville.
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horses neck. Elaine and Mary refined
up their horses.
why, Craig" cried Elaine, startled,
whats the matter?"
The sound of her voice seemed to
arouse him. He braced up. ooh, moth
ing, guess" he said with forced
smile. Pm all right"
1t was no use, however. They had
to cut short the ride, and Kennedy re-
turned to the house glad to drop down
in an easy chair on the porch, while
Elaine lowered about him solicitously.
They summoned the country doctor,
but it took him some time to get out
to the house, Suddenly a messenger
boy rode up on his bicycle and mount
ed the porch steps. Telegram for
Mr.. Kennedy" he announced, looking
about and picking out Craig naturally
as the person he wanted.
Kennedy nodded and took the vel
low envelope while Elaine signed for
it. Listlessly he tore it open. 1t
read:
Craig Kennedy,
Care Wellington Brown,
RockIedge, N. Y.
Jameson very III. Wants you. Better
come. Johnson.
The message seemed to rouse Ken
nedy in spite of his fever. His face
showed keen alarm, which he endeav-
orded to conceal from Elaine But her
quick eye had caught the look.
II must see Walter" he exclaimed,
rising rather weakly and going into
the house.
How he ever did 1t is still, think, a
| mystery to him, but he managed to
| pack up and, in spite Of the alternating
fever and chills, make the journey
back to the city.
When at last Craig arrived at our
| apartment, it must have seemed to
him that he found me almost at
| deaths door.
Ill himself, Kennedy threw himself
| down for moment, exhausted. When
did this thing come on, Walter?" he
asked of Johnson.
Yesterday, think, as nearly as /
can find out" replied our friend.
Craig was decidedly worried.
There's only one person in New York
to call on" he murmured, pulling him.
self out of bed and getting into the
living room as best he could.
is that you, Godowski?' he asked
over the telephone. well, doctor,
this is Kennedy. Come over to my
apartment, quick. I've a case-two
cases, for you"
| Godowski was a world-famous scien-
fist in his line and had specialized in
bacteriology, mainly in tropical dis
| eases.
AS Kennedy hung up the receiver
he made his way back again to the
bedroom, scratching his ear. He no
ticed that l was doing the same in
my delirium.
Has Walter been scratching his
carr" he asked Of johnson.
Johnson nodded. That's strange,
considered Craig, thoughtfully. "Pve
been doing the same"
He turned back into the living room
and for moment looked about. Fl
nally his eye happened to fall on the
telephone and an idea seemed to oc
cur to him.
He went over to the instrument and
unscrewed the receiver. Carefully he