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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

pet dog. Her beautiful hands clasp
the dogs throat. They are entwined
about the animals neck with the
primary intention of bestowing a
gracious caress.
StartlingIy. however, comes the
suggestion, inevitably given by the
pose, that the hands are held exactly
in the proper attitude for choking the
animal.
In this picture, and in this smile,
is summed up the life OF the bewitch.
ing woman. Only few weeks have
elapsed since she was released by
high favor from an italian prison,
after serving five years. The murder
Of one of the richest and most accom-
plished men in all Europe was the
crime for which she was punished.
All Italy shook with excitement when
she suddenly was revealed in the role
Of the instigator of one Of the most
heartless OF assassinations.
Marie, Countess Tarnowska, Is the
daughter Of Count Nicholas O'Rourke.
Her great.grandfather was Cornelius
o'Rourke. who belonged to one of the
princely houses Of ireland. He be-
came general in the Austrian army.
Later he went to Russia. There his
soldierly qualities won for him the
same high rank. and the Gar be-
slowed upon him the title Of count.
Nicholas o'Rourke, father of the
countess, maintained the same high
reputation and rank that had been
won by the first Russian member Of
the house. In course Of time he mar
ried an accomplished Russian lady.
and to them was born. In the year
1879. little Marie.
She was In a convent, and only II
when Count Tarnowska, rich and a
soldier Of distinction. clandestinely
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met her. The fact that he was twice
her age did not prevent an elopement.
and for a time their married life was
both beautiful and domestic. Three
children were born to them.
Then came unhappiness. The young
countess and her husband quarrelled
incessantly. The count. however. was
proud Of the grace and beauty of his
young wife, and made small objec.
tons to the easy conquests which
marked her course in Russian soci.
ETY.. How can prevent men from
admiring your. beauty and falling in
love with you?" he said to her one
day when she had attached a new
string to her bow.
Moth and the Flame.
But this complacency soon van.
ished when young Russian noble.
man, named Borzievski. found a place
in the esteem Of the young wife.
This affair developed into mad in.
fatuation. It reached a climax one
night, when the countess tainted the
young man with a lack of constancy."
"Ill show YOU" cried he. And for
evidence of my devotion / want you
to shoot me through my hand"
The countess took his revolver.
fred a bullet through his hand and
then kissed the wound. When she
had bandaged the injured hand with
her delicate handkerchief Borzievskf
accompanied her husband and Herself
to the opera. After supper they rode
back to the Tarnowska home. The
countess and the young man occupied
one sleigh. Count Tarnowsla trailed
su1lenly behind In the second. He
saw in the moonlight his wife sud-
denly embrace her companion. In.
stantly he fred. and the bullet en-.
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stabbing themselves with Bins and
tnen In healing thoir wounds WITH
cologne and kisses.
The sensational trial lasted from
March 4 until May 20. 1910. Excited
and hysterical women fiockei to ti,e
nearing and attempted to lynch the
countess. Time after time sense.
lonal incidents were injected into,
the proceedings. Once young Naumoff.
tearing himself from his guarda'
threw himself ,madly at the feet 81
the woman who had driven him ia
murder. The jury found the defend.
ants guilty, but, following tha saT,,a
line OF reasoning that brought demen.
TIA Americana to the murder records
OF America they declared that tia
countess and Naumoff awere NOT "a.
sponsible.r -e>
The countess was sentenced Ia
serve eight years in prison al Milan
Prilukon ten and the young Russian
received the Same sentence as the
countess. y
ltalian prison life Is VIGOROUSLY the
worst known to any country in the
world, with the single exception q
Russia No candle: no light: twice
q week a 15-minute walk in the prison
yard; change OF clothing once 4
month; a bath once in three months
ana the poorest Of poor food markell
the lot of this woman who mad ruled
hearts and fortunes.
Now the countess Is free again
Report has It that she Is to seejs, n.
this hemisphere new fortunes ana
new life. WIN her prison experience
mark the turning poin. In her career
or will It be but the interlude wbicS
is to precede a new chapter. staged II
America, upon the lines}of her nia IL
teresting and amazing course Of Tia,
-
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tered Borzieyski's head, but did not
XIII him. The countess nursed him.
Count Tarnowska dragged her from
the bedside Of the wounded man, who
tore on his bandages, opened his
wound and died at the feet Of his en-
chantress when she eluded her watch
full husband and returned to play the
role Of nurse.
Vladimir Stah1, a young medical
student, next fell under her spell, and
there came at the same time a mere
boy Of the name of Tolstoy. Count
Tarnowska killed Tolstoy in a duel.
stahl. challenged by the count, cut
his own throat rather than face the
husband on the field Of honor.
II kiss you and die" was his last
message to. the countess.
Count Tarnowska was granted a
divorce and the custody Of their chill
dren. Then began one Of the most
spectacular of careers. From capital
to capital went this remarkable wom-
an, winning on all sides the homage.
the admiration and the desperate de-
votion Of men who possessed either
money or the highest social position.
Always there appeared a curious
double chapter to each of her attach
ments. On the one hand, there was
the elderly man of family and great
wealth; on the other there appeared
the penniless youth.
The two elements seemed absolute
" essential to the countess. Money
she must have to CRAFTY her extrava-
CANT demands for luxury and for
brilliant appearance. The alteration
Of young and unsophisticat boy
was ever necessary to complete her.
scheme Of happiness and interest.
Thus It was that she developed an
affair with 1niz Prilukotf. rich Mos
COW lawyer, who possessed hitherto
perfect domestic relations. and who.
came into her life as counsel IN her
divorce proceedings.
Repaid with Ruin.
His fee was his own downfall. he,
neglected his law practice. his wife
obtainedSa divorce. and he fed from
Russia with the trust funds confded
to his care by clients! From place
to place in Europe he followed the
countess. She realized his enormous
ability and utilized 1t In such in.
'trigues as served to keep her in ready
money and rich raiment. Once Prilu-
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morning glory, make up the things
for which she lives.
And
They comprise the list of things for
which men. without knowing 1t, have
died. For the benefit Of such men Of
money as may come within the orbit
Of this luminary- of the old world, the
regular order that has been followed
by score Of men on the continent Of
Europe is stated:
A smile.
An Introduction.
Anintrigue.
Suicide, murder or ruin.
The countess has stated the case
herself. What would be in some other
woman an egotistical boast Is in her
case a pathetic confession Of the
truth. II am the most unfortunate
woman in the world" she said. ar
am a martyr to my own beauty. For
any man to behold me Is for him to
love me. The whole pathway of my
lifei strewn with the bodies Of those
who have loved me most"
"A Sinister Suggestion.
And what manner OF woman Is
this? She is now SO years of age, tall
and striking in appearance. Her hair
Is Of that sun-kissed auburn shade
that was supposedly the property Of
Cleopatra, and the meshes Of which.
encoiled Caesar. Her eyes are Of
that peculiar gray-grecn color which
seems to carry hypnotic power to any
possessof. Her manner Is charming,
her carriage graceful and she com.
mands without having the appear
ance of even attempting to do so. Her
face, with its straight. regular feat
ures, Is almost babyish.
And yet, studying the best photo
graphs that have been taken Of the
countess, one pauses instinctively be-
fore one which shows her caressing q
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BY Teressa Craven.

TFFEcTUALLY shut out of the
capitals of Europe, where her
- fatal beauty made possible the
assertion that "the pathway of my
life is strewn with the bodies Of those
who loved me-" the Countess Marie
Nicolaiewna Tarnowska is said to be
preparing to come somewhere in this
hemisphere. The bayoneted sentries
and the cannon-set battle lines Of the
worlds greatest war have operated to
prevent this remarkable woman from
hitting from capital to capital, and
the steel ring Of combat has left but
one field where there is to be found
the money that has been the essential
motive power for her brilliant and in.
terest-compelling activities.
And America, with its Cassie Chad.
wicks, its daring adventuresses and
Its feminine soldiers of fortune, has
never contained such a wonderful
performer upon the heartstrings Of
mankind as this Russian countess,
who has Just been released from
prison in Italy.
In the world Of love and Of intrigue
this, woman is genius. Nothing
save death can completely estop the
art with which she wins men only to
ruin them. Notice of impending
disaster. of the danger that attends
her court and even actual knowledge
Of the fates that have befallen other
men have not had the slightest effect
to deter new and ardent wooers.
Her Fatal Beauty.
Frankly, her stake is luxury. The
ranks Of millionaires supply her re-
cruits. scintillating gems. gowns Of
the most dazzling hue and thousand
and one luxurious attributes, essen.
tial to her life az the sun Is to the
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kof tried to poison himself. Failing
In this. he shot himself. The
countess nursed him until he recoy.
cred his health.
All OF this time the countess had
in her train Nicola Naumoff, a young
Russian nobleman Of great wealth,
DESERVING his wife and family. the
young man became her most ardent
and constant admirer. She made Of
him first slave and then a bank.
rupt.
Then came upon the horizon OF this
sinister Eeauty Count Paul Kamaroy.
sky. He had been a dashing Cossack
captain in the war with Japan.
Wealth, the highest position and
many graces were his. It was but a
short time when he became mn easy
conquest. He!went with the countess
to Vienna, where they were surround.
ed by magnificent splendor. They
varied the monotony with trips to
Venice, where the count had hand
some villa. She induced him to In
sure his life in her favor for SlOO. ono.
Behind the scenes there lurked the
useful bankrupt, Prilukof. In the
wings there appeared the youthful
Naumoff. The elder man was to oc.
cupy the role Of manager; the
younger the role Of murderer. All
OF them-the rich count, the ruined
lawyer and the spendthrift nobleman
were held and swayed by the magic
Of the SIRENS smile.
Murdered for Money.
Thirty days after the life insurance
policy had been issued Naumoff fol-
lowed the count to his Venetian home
and shot him. ne fingered for some
time and died. Insurance companies
are great mystery solvers. They
went about the solution Of the Kama.
rovsky murder with all the energy
born Of desire to save real money.
Following the French detective
maxim, which bids one find the WON
an, they located the countess. When
they finished they had confession
that unfold led the entire plot.
The countess and her two Cocoon
spirators were arrested in Vienna
Sept. s. 1907. -Four days later she
confessed to the crime. In March Of
1910 she was placed on trial in Ven
Ice, with the two men and her maid,
Elsie Perrier. During their conhne-
ment in prison the beautiful woman
and young Naumotf passed hours
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his ferns.
He digs down under the roots care
fully 80 that the tender shoots ara
not disturbed, and inserts the ON. Il
makes the leaves glossy. beside acting
as q fertilizer ana furthering growth
The same treatment VIII make the
leaves Of rubber plant shine beaati-
fully. Care must be taken not to rive
this treatment more than twice 4 year.
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Castor Oil for Sick Plants

~ NE Of the most successful fern
growers uses twice 4 year !
Tablespoonful OF castor n, ~ x
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
NORMA PHILLIPS.

said that the Bible contains the plot
Of every novel and every play that
was ever written. 1t is full of rO-
nance, of poetry. of tragedy and Gle
quencc. Plays could be made from
Bible stories. without departing
whit from the text which would be
tremendously instructive and might
get more people to read the great
book ntelligently.
The history of every country is
filed with romance From the his
tory of the United States thousands
out touching the civil war period
which might arouse feeling. that
would give = raSsch clearer idea of the
nation greatness and the causes Of
1t to a great mass OF people who
would never take the time to study
out tho moral themselves.
All hf these things arc adapted to
motion picture plays real dramatic
entertainments. We have not touch
ed upon the purely educational sub
jects, the scientific studies, the geo
graphical lessons. We simply wish to
deal with those subjects about which
semi-fction plays could be written
And we have not touched the litera-
ture Of the world which lies open to
whoever cares to make use Of 1t.
With such a fcld-why try to seek
sensation In controversy? That sort
OF business has never paid in tho
long run. 1t brings an immediate re-
turn that looks big-but 1t does not
keep up. 1t cannot keep up. The
greater the sensation the quicker the
people grow tired of It. So why not
try to conf1ne the films to a more
legitimate and conservative plane.
Amusement Is the most democratic
mental attitude of the people. They
are bound to select their own kind
no matter how insistent the manager
Of the entertainment Is to induce
them to go to his show. and no mat
ter how blatantly It is advertised.
They will patronize the manager they
have learned to know supplies them
the sort of thing they want. Most
subjects banned In social discussion.
however, should never be utilized on
the screen-for exactly the same rea-
sons that put them without the pale
OF social conversation. G. NJ
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
Subjects Banned in
Social Discussion
Usually Haze No
Place in Film
pic tomorrow.

The criticism to which the great
Griffith finn, The Birth Of the Ma
tion." has been subjected In New
York and elscwhere-despite the
fact that 1t is financially a success
at s. theater prices-raises a most
interesting question with regard to
the motion picture industry. Why is
1t necessary for producers to utilize
such controversial themes for their
plays?
The people of Washington and
other Southern sections OF the coun-
try cannot appreciate the comment
that has been caused by THE Birth
of Nation" We know 1t is a dra-
matization of Thomas Dixon's
"Clansmen''--at least the latter half
of II is. We know that it deals in
a very dramatic way with the period
that made such books as the CLANS
men possible-but We cannot get
the point of view Of the people who
live in a section of the country that
was not touched by the disasters
that are pictured because to many
OF us those disasters were most real
and appalling. Appreciation and
commentator of the story of the
Griffith Dixon is therefore confined
to one section Of the country. In
other sections they fail absolutely
to grasp it. And they criticise 1t
with perfect honesty and justice.
Therefore, in view OF the fact that
motion pictures are made to be ex-
hibited in all sections of the coun-
try; as motion picture producers de-
pend upon the nation as a whole for
support, doesn't it seem to be the
wisest sort of policy to steer away
SiIh hnf is
sial and conftne bids for popularity
to those mediums most likely to
satisfy all types and classes?
There is no industry that we know
of that has broader field in which
to work than the motion pictudes.
stories that have been written which
could be turned into motion picture
plays. There are so many more
thousands of stories yet unwritten
that could be made into picture plays.
There are so many themes that would
not make stories at all but would
make good plays and there are so
many subjects that have neither story
or dramatic value which, neverthe-
less, could be pepared for the screen.
There is no medium for the dis
cuss on of great public questions that
seems to us to offer such unlim ted
possibilities as the motion pictures.
For years there has been constant
discussion of the tenement house
problem. the housing conditions gen.
orally. the matter of personal hygiene,
the hygiene of the home and the
neighborhood the pure milk and pure
food questions. the matters of cruelty
to children and to animals, the po-
litical questions that come up from
time to time and revolve about what
Is good government.
All Of these can be treated on the
screen in picture plays that tell
story with a conspicuous moral deal
ing with the subject discussed, or by
simply giving practical examples of
actual c0Hiitions that are to be cor
rected with pictures of places where
these conditions have been corrected,
thus showing the difference.
There is no look in the world that
Is SO widely rcad and so little ap-
preciated as the Bible. Some one has
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
A Simple Way To
Remove Dandruf

There Is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once, and
that Is to dissolve It, then you destroy It
entirely. To do this, just get about four
ounces of plain, common liquid arvon
from any drug store Uhis is all you
will need. apply it at night when re-
firing; use enough to moisten the scalp
ana rub it in gently with the finger
tips.
BY morning, most II not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace nf it, no matter how
much dandruf YOU may have.
Nou viii ind all itching and d GGiNS
81 tn" ,s"aln viii sop Instantly. nul
your haIr viii he fIUny, mstrous, gloss,
Nsilky and SOFT, aud look and feel !
hunarsd times bsttsT.-AavL
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
New Yorker Discovers
Anti-Typhus Vaccine

NEW YORK. April l6. Discovery OF
an anti-typhus vaccine by DR.. Harry
Potz, a young bacteriologist. from Mt.
S.nal Hospital, was announced at
gathering of members OF the New ork
Pathological Society and visiting ply 81
clans at the academy of medicine here.
Coupled with the announcement OF the
; discovery was another to the effect that
DR. Hans Zinser, the baCteriologtst who
is now on his way to Serbia a MEM
Der OF the Rockefeller expedition. to
take up the fight against typhus, and
the other members had been Ino%ulatcd
with the virus before their departure.
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
BEATS TEACHER FOR
HITTING SMALL SON
Irate Mother Blacks Eye Of Pcda-
gogue Who Is No Longer Re-
tanned In School.

PORT JEFFERSON, N. Y, April 16.--
Miss Susan s. Washburn is no longer n
teacher in the public schools here.
Char ges were preferred against her sew
eral weeks ago by Mrs. George Wheeler
that her seven -year-old son had been
struck and choked by the teacher.
When Principal s. +. Longwell sum
moned Miss Washburn, Mrs. Wheeler
alleges, the abuse of her son was re-
peatcd. whcreupon Mrs. Wheeler hit
her twice and blacked her eye" as she
afterward said.
The Port Jefferson board of education
acted in Miss Washburn's case Monday.
This did not become known until Con-
stable Walker appeared at the school:
He said he had been sent to see that
Miss Washburns departure was not at-
tended by any excitement.
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
PHYSICIAN INSISTS
THAT HE ISN'T DEAD
Also Declares That He Never Or.
dered Tombstone Or Bought
Burial Plot.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Dr. Leon
Louria is not dead. Nor has he ordered
a tombstone or bought cemetery plot.
The doctor says so himself
Rumor persists that paralytic stroke
had been fatal to him and that he is
now In the hands of an undertaken
All Yesterday DR. Louria was busy
answering the telephone. which sym
pathetic friends have been using to con-
Ney their condolences to the family. On
inc street he shocked many by his per-
fectly healthy appearance
so eXasperated and exhausted did the
doctor fnally become that he asked the
papers TO deny the death rumor
II can't understand this sitiatjon :,
sald the doctor to reporter last night
u was FEELING poorly several weeks ago
and went to Atlantic City. When | re.
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
More Baseball Teams,
Fewer Churches Urged

NEW HAVEN, April 16.-In an ad-
dress urging a rural survey, with the
idea of wedding out the struggling coun-
try churches, Prof. William B. Bailey,
Of Yale. told the convocation of clergy
men In session here that Connecticut Is
overchurched. He said that too many
houses of worship were started from
spite and that more community
churches and not so many sectarian
churches were needed.
He advocated more ball teams and
places where dances and plays could be
given under proper supervision.
Prof Bailey is one Of the best known
sociologists in the country, and has
made a study Of the rural church prob
lem, which he declares is getting to be
q serious one in Connecticut
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
Fire Breaks Up Ball
Attended By Firemen

PEORIA. H.. April 16.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company offices We're
temporarily out of business today as
the result of 5000 fire in the Board
of Trade building. The alarm caused
twenty-five tiremen to leave the grand
march at the annual firemen's ball
Two firemen were overcome by smoke
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
General Strike Urged
For MunitiOn Workers

NEW YORK, April 16.-A general
strike of munition makers, urged at a
big mass meeting at Cooper Union to-
day. was the subject OF considerable dis
cussion IN labor circles
The meeting adopted a resolution fav-
oring the authorization of a committee
of three to visit labor centers of the
belligerents to confer on methods of
ending the war.
Senator La Toilette failed to speak,
and Meyer London, socialist Congress-
man. was the principal speaker. Charges
of pro-German sympathy were denied.
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
Tramp on Vassar Campus
Causes Panic of Girls

POUGHKEEPSIE, April 16.-Several
hundred Vassar College girls were
thrown into a panic while on their way
to chapel by the appearance of a tramp
who roamed about the campus and hid
behind trees.
Barefooted. hatless and scantily clad.
the knight of the road. who gave his
name as Joseph Williams. was arrested.
He saws he has no home.
The Washington times., 1915-04-16
To Probe Coal Cost.

HARRISBURG. April l6.-At a con,
ference of the members of the Re
publican platform committee, Cover
nor Brumhaugh, the presiding officers
OF the Legislature, the chairman of til:
finance committee. and other leaders. u
was decided to probe the charges that
anthra cite coal companies and dealers
have been charging the consumers eX
tortionate prices