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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20

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places him where he viii Be Brought up
right, and thussthe social scale Is made
the better. Not only does the society
save souls. but 1t makes good citizens
of it's derrlict children"
Eminent Speakers.
The business session will begin thisl
morning at $50 O'Clock. Discussion
will be INDUCED in on topics pertain-
Ing to the work of the association by
G. c. Carstens. secretary of the Massa-
chursetts Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children; Rev. w Henry
Thompson, OF PJttsburg. D. f. Shirk.
OF Kansas; A ID; Stuckman, OF South
Dakota. W. S. Reynolds, of Illinois,:
John /. Green. Of Mississippi; Robert
b. McCord, of Georgia, Marcus Flagg.
of Florida, A, 7. Burnell, of Iowa: Rev.
c. G. Stahman, of Missouri, Dir II. u.
Hart of New York, and Rev j. 4.
Mastin, secretary of the State Board ofI
Charities and Corrections. of Virginia.
The full program for Friday follows:
Friday's Program. II
$50 A. M.--Devotions. State Lsgis-
lature and Child-saying Agencies Rev.
A. II. Stoneman, superintendent Mich
igan Childrens Home Society.
SIS A. demonstration OF QUE Ma
tionai .lInitE~--Ressa.sss.- N.ss-,Isacl<iH Sas-
superintendent Minnesota Children
Home. Society. Round table dsseusslons
1880 A. M.--Financing Child saSingI
Agencies: fs) Policies In Accsptingl
Public Funds: fb How to Reach thel
Giving Public: fe) Nature and Value o.
Publicity: fd) Keeping In Touch Win
Contributors-Mr. Marcus Fagg. slipper II
intendent Florida Children's Home So
ciety. Discussion led by Mr.. Frank p,I
Hall. superintendent North DakotA
Children's Home Society; Rev. ~ III
Kahle, financial secretary Children's n
Home Society of Virginia.
Is.4ii;f5 A. M.-Report from states
1880 p. M.--Adjournment,
. TO p M.-SfRhtseeing.
ness. t ss.'-ss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
AUSTRIA READY TO
HAND OVER TERRITORY

Rome. May 19.-The Austrian EN-
bassy here made an announcement this
evening that Austria Hungary is ready
to make an immediate cession of the
territories offered to Italy. This an
nouneement has given rise to surprise
here, as it is understood that it can
have no influence on Italys decision.
The announcement is however. sig
nifcant. as It shows that Austria has
not yet given up all hope of aVerting
conflict with this country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
GOVERNOR HoNoRs
FATHER OF COUNTRY
Especial to The iohRmond virglnian.)

Especial to The ichRmond Nirginian.)
Washington, u. C.. May ls.--tiOv-
ernor Stuart. accompanied by the
board of visitors Of the Mount vernon
Association, was received by the ladies
the association. who were In session
+his forenoon. The board OF visitors is
appointed annually by the Governor
of Virginia.
After lunchen the Governor placed
n wreath within the tomb Of Wash
ington.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
VIRGlNIAN KILLS
WIFE AND SELF

Special to The Richmond NirginianD
Baltimore. Md. May 19.--J, Ennais
Beckwith. brother OF Mrs. w, G..
Evans. of near mporla, Va, shot
and killed his wife Mrs Sadie Beck
with at their home near Cambridge,
Md late Monday night and then kill
ed himself Beckwith's! body was
found in the Choptank River with Il
bullet wound in the head. letter
was found in the room where the wlir
had been killed addressed TO MS SIS
ter Mrs Evans. and also his Will IN
which ne disposed OF conSiderapIe
property.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20

sacrifices to insure permanent friend
ship. These sacrifices, he adced,
would not be made for tactical pur-
poses or in order tn surmount mo-
mentary difficulties
Count Andrassy. on behalf of the
opposition in the Hungarian Diet. said
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
BALTIMORE CONTRACT
TO RICHMOND PEOPLE

1 II speS la 10 The Richmond Nirginian.)
Baltimore May l9.-Bids for paw
ing several streets here. opened 'his
~ morning by me board Of awards. de-
~ syeioDed a new contracting firm H.
~ Baltimore l. J. Smith and Company,
s-of Richmond The h-m has Cele-
l,rated it's entry into the local Geld
y sbv running away with two granite
n bio h contracts for paving Of Al least
s8 ten streets.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
BRITISH MUST FOREGo
JOCKEY CLUB EVENTS

London. May 1s.--The government
has requested the Jockey Club to sus-
pend all race meetings after this week
until the war is over. The official
press bureau was authorized to make
the announcement. Permission Is
given to hold the New Market meet
however.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
HONOR Mr.. COHEN
HIS 73RD BIRTHDAY

TIE fifteen buyers Of The Cohen
ConsanN yesterday showed their APP
preciation Of their employer, Isaas'
Cotcn, by presenting with a solid
silver plate. The occ lsion was the
seventy third anniversary of Mr.
Coheu's birth. The presentation Was
made at Mr.. Cohen's home on Cary
Street Road
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claim the attention Of the asseTs bly,.
which will probably be in session for
more than a week.
I,ae assembly will hold it's meetings
in the large, handsome and commo-
iious building of the First Presbyte-
rian Church of this city. of which
Rev. f. 7. Wexford. u. D., has been
the pastor for twenty years.
This church is one OF the strongest
Presbyterian churches in the State.
having a membership Of about 500.
Although so large, it is comparatively
a young church having oeen organ
lied by Rev. DIR. w. A Campbell, of
Richmond, on October IS. 1888.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20
ALLIES ARE PAYING
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Grey Book. the Servian Blue Book,
the German White Book, the Austro-
Hungarian Red Book, and Is MADE
fully complete by series of supse-
quent documents. Including royal tele-
grams exchanged between London and
Berlin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-20

Richmond, as treasurer. is looked
upon as foregone conclusion. TO-
night the visiting delegates were tend
cred n theater party.
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CH|LDREK'S FRIENDS

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, 1915-02-04

spike. 1t was not "r Nor hau
Burns picked It up. y. span, red board
showed where it had struck. II a
smaller indentation where it had re-
bounded: but the marlinespike was
gone, and Burns had not seen 1t. we
got a lantern and searched systematic
ally. without result. Burns turned TO
me a face CHASTITY in the oil light.
"SomebOdy has it." he said. and
there will be more murder! oh, my
God, LeslieI'
Eight bells rang out sharply. The
watch changed. | took the revolver
and Burns position at the companion
way, while Burns went aft. He lined
up the men by the pinnacle light and
wento over them carefully. The marline.
spike was not found: but he took from
the cook n long meat knife, and
brought both negro and knife Onward
to me. The man was almost collapsing
with terror. He maintained that he
had taken the knife for self protection
and we let him go with a warning.
Dawn brought me an hours sleep.
the first since my awakening in the
storeroom. When | reused. Jones at
, 1915-02-04

"one of US will be on watch always"
the wheel had thrown an extra blan-
ket over me. for the morning was cool
and a fine rain was falling
The men We're scattered around in
attitudes of detection. one or two Of
them leaning over the rail watching
the jolly boat riding easily behind lis.
Turner was violent that day. | found
all four women awake and dressed and
Mrs. Turner. whose hour it was on
duty, in II chair outside the door. The
stewardess, her arm in Il sling. was
making tea over IA spirit lamp. and
Elsa was helping her. Mrs. Johns was
stretched IN II divan. and on the table
lay a small revolver.
Clearly Elsa had told the incident Of
the key. | felt at once the atmosphere
of a~ntagonism. Mrs. Johns watched
me coolly from under lowered eyelids.
The stewardess openly scowled. and
Mrs. Turner rose hastily and glanced
at Mrs. Johns. as If in doubt. Elsa had
her back to me and was busy with the
cups.
I'm afraid you've had a bad night
/ said.
"a very bad night" Mrs. Turner re
piled stlffiy.
"DelirIum ?"
Every marked. He has talked of a
white figure. We cannot quite make ii
out. 1t seems to be Wilmer-Mr. Vail"
She had not opened the door. but
stood. n~ervously twisting her fingers,
before II.
The brOmides had no effect?"
She glanced helplessly at the others.
'None," she said after Il moment.
Elsa Lee wheeled suddenly and
glanced scOrnfully at her sister.
why don't you tell him. she de
manded. why don't you say you did
not give the bromides?"
"Why nOtf"
Mrs. Johns raised herself on her ell
bow and looked at me.
"Why should WEI" she asked. How
do we know what you are giving himg
You are not friendly to him or to us.
We know what you are trying to do,
You are trying to save yourself at any
cost. You put n guard at the compan-
ionway. You rail off the deck for our
safety. You drop the storeroom key
in Mr.. Turner's cabin. where ELSA will
find It and will be obliged to acknowl-
edge she found It,. and then take IL
from her by force, so you eau show it
|
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to work hi day. Indeed Soleson was
not able. Al l had promised, the
breakfast for thefafter.honse was plac-
ed on the companion steps by Tom.
the cook, whence 1t was removed by
Mrs. Sloane. | saw nothing of either
Elsa Lee or Mrs. Johns.
That afternoon. alone. | made a sec
ond and more thorough examination of
the ~forecastle and the hold. In the
former | found nothing. Having been
closed for over twenty-four hours. 1t
was sitting and full of odors.
The examination of the hold led to
one curious and not easily explained
discovery. The Ella was in gravel
ballast, and my search there was diff
fcult and nerve racking. The creaking
of the girders and floor plates. the
~groaning overhead of the trestle trees.
and once an unexpected list that sent
me careeping head first against a bal
last tank, made my position distinctly
| disagreeable. And above all the Incl
dental noises of a ships hold was one
that | could not place-a regular knock
Ing. which kept time with the list of
the boat.
] located 1t at last. approximately,
n OF the Danast ports, out there
as nothing to be seen. The port had
been carefully barred and calked over,
The sound was not loud. Down there
among the other noises / seemed to
feel as well as hear 1t. l sent Burns
down, and he came up puzzled,
Its outside" he said. Something
cracking against her ribs"
you didn't notice 1t yesterday, did
your"
mo; but yesterday we were not lis
tening for noises"
The knocking was on the port side.
We went forward together and, lean
ing well out, looked i've the rail.
The missing ~marlinespike was swing
ing there, banging against the hull
with every roll of the ship. 1t wa
fastened by a rope lanyard to a large
bolt below the rail and fastened with
what Burns called c Blackwell hitch
Il sailors knot.
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Jones stumbIes Over Something.

Jones over something.
m FIND from my journal hat the
next seven days passed with
out marked incident. Several
~ times during that period we
sighted vessels, all outward bound, and
once we were within communicating
distance of a steam cargo boat on her
way to Venezuela.
None of the women appeared, nor did
they make any inquiry of the cook
when he carried down their dinner.
As entirely as possible during the week
that had passed they had kept to them
selves. Turner was better, l imagined,
but the few times when Elsa Lee ap-
peared at the companion for a breath
Of air l vas of duty and missed her.
Thought it was by design. and l was
desperate for Il sight of her.
Mrs. Johns came on deck once or
twice while ! was there, but b chose
to ignore me. The stewardess, howev-
err, was not so partisan, and she spent
Il little time on deck, leaning against
the rail and watching me with alert
black eyes.
What are you going to do when you
get to land. Captain Leslie?" she ask
ed. Are you going to put us. all in
PRISON."
"That's a may be-" j evaded. She
was a pretty little woman, plump and
dark, and she slid her hand along the
rail until 1t touched mine, w%hereupon |
did the thing she was expecting and
put my fingers over hers. She flushed
a little and dimpled.
"You are human, aren't your" she
asked archly. 81 am not afraid of
you"
mo one is, l am sure"
SILLY! Why, they are all afraid of
you down there" She jerked her head
toward the after house. "They want
to offer you something. but none of
them will do it."
"Offer me something7"
She came a little closer, so that her
round shoulder touched mine.
"Why not? You need money, / take
1t. And that's the one thing they have
money"
/ began to understand her.
81 see," ! said slowly. ''They want
to bride me-"
She shrugged her shoulders.
THAT is a nasty word. They might
wish to buy-a key or two that you
carry"
'The storeroom key, of course But
what other?"
She looked around. We were alone.
A light breeze filed the sails and flick
ed the end of q scarf abe wore epainst
my face.
THE key to the captains cabin"
she said, very low.
That was what they wished to buy
the discriminating key to the storeroom
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
Monday Was MCker's Day

To comply with the law two mem
bers Of the city council, Messrs. VOL
denberg and Miller, remained at the
city hall Monday to register the protest
of taxpayers against the proposed city
tax budget levy, which this year
amounts to u mills. The amount Of
money estimated to be raised under
this levy is $11,490, to which will be
added the money coming from fines,
license, occupation tax and other Incl
dental city income.
Tuesday night the kickers against
the school tax levy had their inning.
Mr.. Patterson, clerk Of the board,
held the fort an hour, but no kickers
showing up he decided the proposed
levy was satisfactory to the Taxpayers
and went home.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
.PERFECTING ROTHERT
METHOD STEEL MAKING
from BIewett Magnetic Ore-TwO Runs
Successfully Made tuesday by
Use of Electric Heat

Some two months since Mr.. E. H.
Rothert installed an electric furnace
near his home on the north side of the
track with the end in view of perfect
ing his process Of making high grade
of steel from magnetic iron ore from
the Blewett ore bed. He has so far
perfected his method in the past ten
days that he has made several reduc-
tions and turned ou. two ingots weighing
about 20 pounds each this week. On
Tuesday he had Mr.. o. S. Sampson
and representative from the Echo and
Mr.. L. ]. Nelson to witness the making
OF two runs. They saw the molten iron
run out of the furnace in white-h hot
stream all right, moulded in the form OF
ingots about four inches in diameter
and sixteen or eighteen inches long.
1t looked like iron, or steel, to the un-
practiced eye OF layman
Mr.. Rothert intends to continue his
experiments and feels much encour-
aged over his success with the electric
furnace. He has no trouble in getting
all the heat necessary to reduce the
crude ore to fluid state in less than
two hours. Another of the difficulties
heretofore was with his furnace Innings
which would not stand the heat. His
present furnace is lined with what is
known as silicate brick which stand up
under temperature of 5000 degrees of
heat.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
Death Takes Toll from Pioneers

Last Saturday R. P. Webb died in the
hospital in Wenatchee from bowel trou-
bles, aged Sc years. He served Che
Ian county two terms as sheriff and was
very prominent in Masonic circles. He
was born in Kentucky and settled in
Washington in 1884, locating in Che
Ian county in 1889. He lived on the
same place, near Monitor, since COM
ing here, where he was engaged in
fruit raising, and owned fine place.
Elijah Newlan Galloway died at his
home in Wenatchee last Sunday, aged
7o years. He was native of Pennsyl-
vania and served all thru the civil war.
He had been living in Wenatchee thir-
teen years.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
FROM THE FORESTRY OFFICE

Miss Edna Featherstone is temper
arily helping out in the Office BY man
ipulating typewriter.
The new heating plant recently in
stalled in the forestry building is work
ing, and the employees enjoy its warmth
these frosty mornings.
Forest Supervisor Sylvester returned
last Saturday after spending ten days
in Kittittas county visiting the ranger
stations, and while there attended a
meeting of the Kittitas county COM
missioners and talked over road matters
with them. While there the contract
for the Blewett road improvement was
let to the Quigg Construction Co. He
also met Governor Lister while there,
and got favorable opinion from him
about the Blewett pass road. The
governor is inclined to favor state aid
for the road.
A number OF small forest fires were
reported this week. One broke out
near the Gutherless brick yard and
burned over a small area. Another
broke out near the Howard home,
north of town, but did little damage.
VIM. Poeppmuller also had a small
blaze that burned over some twenty
acres before it was extinguished. From
Eagle Creek comes a report Of fire
the extent of which has not been re-
ported. The extremely dry weather
and the desire on the part Of ranchers
to burn brush is responsible for most
Of the fires.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
BLEWETT ROAD CONTRACT LET
TO QUIGG CONSTRUCTION co.
Work Commenced First of This Week-TO
Be Completed in Six Weeks
if Possible

The contract to improve the Kittitas
county part of the Blewett pass road
was let last week to the Quigg Con-
struction Co. Mr.. Seaman Immediately
left for the scene of the work and said
he would commence on the job Mon
day and hoped to have it completed in
six weeks. We understand it is all
earth work and not very difficult.
From John Brender, who in company
with Mr.. E. L. Springer of the forestry
department, made trip by way OF the
Blewett pass to Gle Elum last Saturday,
returning Sunday, we learn the con-
tractor was on the ground and ready to
begin work on Monday Of this week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
Bogus Check Artist in Town

p He signed the name OF A. W.
Swendson TO six checks, aggregating
$26.15. The Leavenworth Mercantile
got two amounting to 81. 10; A. A.
Pinch took one small one and T. ].
Burke got three. Svendson, as he
calls himself, came here in a buggy
last week, claiming he had been at
work near Cashmere and had an ac-
count at the Cashmere State bank.
He was such a simple, guilless looking
Son of Sweden that no one suspected
him OF ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain. To exchange his
checks for cash and goods was so easy
the wonder is that he stopped at six.
He might just as readily have made it
twice six. A warrant has been sworn
out for Svendson, but as yet he has
not been located. He told parties on
Front street Tuesday he was going up
to the big saw mill, but at the laundry
he turned and took the river road,
which connects with commercial street
and made haste to get out of town in
the direction Of Peshastin. Thinking
he had gone back to Cashmere, where
he said he came from, the officers
went to that place but he was not to
found. Now it is supposed he turned
off on the Blewett road. In the light
Of his actions he is not as simple as he
appeared and is not altogether free
from guile.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
JACK O'BRIEN KILLED
LAST SUNDAY MORNING
Lay Down on the Rail and Was Cut in
Two by Early Morning Pas
Senger Train

Jack O'Brien, logger, 80 years old,
owes his death to over-indulgence in
drink That much was established by
the coroner's inquest held by Magis-
trate Graham. He either fell down or
lay down on the G N. track between
two and three hundred yards east ol
the Wenatchee valley crossing, not far
from the steel plant. The facts as de-
tailed at the inquest are that he had
been employed in the logging camp OF
Lige Jordan near the Leavenworth
Lumber Co.'s mill on top of the noun
tain FIVE miles south of town, and came
here last Friday. He bought $19
worth of clothing at the Golden Rule
store and presented $42 check Of the
lumber company in payment, receiving
the change. He was seen in an intoxi-
Gated condition that day and passed
the night in tent sout OF the river be-
longing to Olin Briskey. Saturday he
renewed his spree and was last seen in
the Boulevard Cafe between nine and
ten o'clock. 1t is supposed he wan
dered down the track thinking he was
going back to the tent where he had
spent the previous night, and may
have fallen down on the track and went
to sleep. Passenger train No. Q, in
charge of Conductor Ellis and Engineer
Algren, leaves here at 2:40, going
east. Where the man was struck there
is a sharp down grade and it was i'm
possible for the train to be stopped
after the man was discovered. AS
quickly as possible Engineer Algren
stopped his train and backed up to the
depot and reported the facts. Sunday
morning Magistrate Graham took charge
of the remains and turned them over
to the Cascade Undertaking Co. He
says it was one of the worst mangled
human bodies he ever saw. The body
was cut square in two and otherwise
mutilated.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
DR.. v. NJ. MCCOY DIED
FRIDAY AT WENATCAEE
One of the Best Known Surgeons in
Central WashingtOn-Liyed Here
Several Years Ago

DR.. Mccoy, who was we'll known
here, having first made his home here
after coming to Washington, and also
because he had large clientele and
was frequently called here to see
patients and in consultation with other
doctors. passed away in Wenatchee last
Friday at $40 p. m. after having un-
dergone an operation for appendicitis
on September 10th. He was SO years
old and had been citizen of Washing
ton for IS years. He was graduate
Of the Chicago College of Physicians
and Surgeons. AS surgeon he had a
wide reputation and his services were
in demand all over central Washington.
He performed his last operation in the
forenoon before himself going on the
operating table the same day.
He made his home here for upwards
Of two years, coming here to take the
position Of physician and surgeon for
the 'Lamb-Dayis Lumber Co. in 1902.
He removed to Wenatchee because it
offered greater field for the particular
line OF work in which he was interested,
surgery, and achieved distinction in his
calling.
To survive him he leaves a father
and mother in Wenatchee, married
sister in Victoria, B. c., and brother
in Minneapolis.
Funeral services were conducted at
8 D. m. at the Methodist church, fol-
lowed by the Elk's funeral service at
the grave in the Wenatchee cemetery,