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Evening star., 1915-10-08
WILLIAM X. CARR.

| William Kearny Carr, fifty-five years
old, philosopher and physicist. and the
possessor of a unique private labora-
| tory, died last night at his home, 1413
K street northwest, following a long
| illness. Funeral arrangements have
! not been completed. and it is not known
whether interment is to be in this city
or in North Carolina.
Mr.. Carr was born in Warrenton, N.
c.. being the son of the late Elias Carr.
at one time Governor of North Caro-
lima, and Mrs. Eleanor Kearny Carr.
He received his education at the Hills
boro Military Academy and at the Uni
versity of Virginia. He was the owner
and manager of several cotton planta-
tions and cotton manufactures in his
native state.
Noted Among Scientists.
He came to Washington more than
| twenty years ago. Scientists in this
| and other cities are well acquainted
with the rare treasures and complete
equipment of the laboratory he main
| tanned in his home on K street. To the
lectures and informal talks which he
| frequently gave in his laboratory am
| lass ., pfs s"4Sioiis'' "a iS"'oi D. 'Sieii
lists of the government service and
public men of high rank were glad to
be invited. And yet, friends recall, the
LABORATORY and Mr. carr pest thought
were at the service of the humbleSt
student at all times.
the snread of nhfIosonhical and scien-
tiflc thought He was an author and
active magazins contributor. HIS work
ill.," on aro;na Hnu 49, o ~ ~ 80 - Iaea
ing cotemparary students of philoso-
ply. He was the author of "Capitalistic
Morality. IT is salu that ms pupiIca
rny,a than IN tbis cn,,ntrv Al
|
Expert in Use of X-Ray.
| He had one OF the best collectlons or
radium salts in the country and was
an expert in the theory and use of the
| rh. r,na. of bis scian+iso ,c-
W ,i'
| ll'lties was great anu eieo iianS
unusual phases OF sclenunc research
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night, /" If they try TO hack my new safe
open, said he, you'll be sure to hear
them or him, if he works alone. You're
Just overhead YOU know
So Livingstone promised not To hide
under the bed clothes if he heard a noise,
and went on up the stairs
A BOUT twenty minutes later, a, tho
end of period devoted to pacing up
and down his room in some perturbation
of spirit he became aware in taking off
his coat that he had left his cigarette ease
below in the smoking room. As il was Il
pet cigarette ease and possessed very SEN
timcntal associations, he put his coat on
again and went back downstairs to rescue
il. He had expected that most of the men
would still be about; but he knew that
the women had gone up long since, and 80
halted abruptly outside the smoking room
door at the sound Of very feminine voices
and laughter from within. .Jcssca Rogers
was speaking.
and | wept" said She II give YOU
my word, everybody. | squeezed out a
tear. You wouldn't think | could do ii,
would You? No! Poor old Jerry! 1t
was rather low to cry on him though no
lower than he has been. Heaven knows.
And it worked. My doars, didn't il
work, just BY the time | left the man
h" was perfectly convinced that Copy
was the most dreadful villain unhung.
"prolongcd laughter as the newspaper
reports have it.
Outside the door LiNingStonc's face
turned slowly Il rich royal purple lIo
lifted his fists in the air and shook them
violently. He looked very like indeed to
Il young man on the Verge Of apoplcNy;
hut after an instant the height Of danger
seemed To pass, and he stood still to listen.
He heard Copy Ilca,hcotc'> laugh and
his high voice
by ,Jovc, You should have seen him
glover at me later on. oh, he's hooked
right enough. If we can only land him
now"
More laughing" as the newspapers
say. Livingstone heard Jimmy Rogers
voice speaking very slowly and carefully.
as one who gives important directions and
once or twice his hosts ST. Maurs-
tones, rather hcSitant and i'll AT ease.
well don't know. In my house |
don't quite like
Then Jimmy Rogers again. protesting
ShflllN tilat To score on Gerald Livingstone
was to perform a public service, and that
anyone who shrank from such an act was
Il traitor To his country.
Livingstone listened for nearly ten min
utes. and when he had heard all that il was
necessary for him to know. turned and
slipped quietly upstairs again, where once
more he paced slowly up and down and
seemed To be buried in anxious thought.
TEN minutes later Jimmy Rogers
knocked at the door and came in at
once without waiting for permission.
"llcllo!" said he Suspiciously. Il thought
you'd gone to bed long since, What YOU
doing up and dressed"
Il fell asleep in Il chair said his friend.
What d'you mean by waking me up?"
Jimmy Rogers laid Il large weapon on
the bed. n Colt automatic pistol which,
he explained. their host had asked him
to bring in. Hes passing them out like
bedroom candles. Just before the battle,
Mother that sort of thing. They re-
to kill burglars with. believe. When
YOU hear noises you run out and shoot
the other guests or the servants. That's
all. Goo night. I'm off.
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proving that a man Of flexible and adroit
hands could rid himself OF these ornaments
in something less than minute.
Livingstone looked On III moroSr silence,
but once reused himself to say, THAT Pc
culiar skill might be very useful to you
one Of these days.
Copy licalhcote. who seemed little
flushed With his success, turned his head
and laughed Il rather insolcnt laugh. He
made no answer in words but his eyes
We're bright and mocking and defiant. He
seemed to be Il young man Of moods; for
the nervousness and fear and appeal had
gone from him completely
Jimmy Rogers came over and sat down
beside his friend. He looked little ill at
ease and cross. "Odd exhibition that"
said he, nodding his head toward the
group in the center of the room. You
know, if looked as much like certain
burglar as my future brothcr-in-law does,
| think ! shouldn't show everybody how
skilfully | could get out of handouts
Its the confidence Of vrgnal inlio-
ccncc, said LvingStonc; but his tone
must have betrayed some feeling, for
Jimmy Rogers turned and stared at him
oddly and gave a short laugh.
The rilgcrS came trooping into the
room presently, saying that the ladies had
gone upstairs, and demanding drink and
tobacco. Then, half an hour later st.
Maur pore appeared with a collection Of
small parcels under his arm. He nodded
checrlly TO Livingstone as he passed, and
said:
Locking up the pretty stones. Come
see my Safe
7 LIVINGSTONE said he would, and fol-
lowed the elder man across the room.
The door of the safe was impcrtcctly
concealed behind Il Chinese screen: but
was in Itself lnconSpicuouS because the
steel surface had been bronHcd to en-
actly the dull gold tone of the wall. There
was the usual little metal knob. with an
Indicator and Il surrounding circle of num-
bers.
ST. Maur laid the little silk bags of
jowclry ON the floor and began to twiddle
the combination lock, TO which he was
evidently new and unacclStomod.
LET me Scr," he said. 1.-Two five
three back-two ON -tivc-thrcr. There
we are." The door of the safe swung
heavily OPEN showing its tremendous
thickness and the elaborate mechanism
of bolts and bars.
"Ilow's that for strength oh?" boastod
st. Alaur pirc. NO burglars going to
get into that without some trouble Ilo
put the half-dozcn little bags of Jewels into
the open center compartment. and then
took from his coat pocket Mrs. st. Nlaur's
long string of beautiful pearls. which he
laid on top of the others. Then he pushed
the door shut upon them, and shot the
series of bolts into their sockets
AS the two men turned back into the
room they became aware of Copy Heath
cote standing Just behind them.
"Iicllo!" said the host little nervouslv.
"lou gave me quite a turn. my boy. |
didn't know YOU were there.
I'D only Just arrived, said IIcathcotc
with Il pleasant smile. "rhat's Il very
strengthening safe You know I'm inter
ested in safes.
"Safcs and handcuifs." observed Liv-
ingstonc.
"lcs." said the other man, laughing.
safes and handouts. | wish | were as
good at safes as at wristlcts. should be
rich.
Livingstone looked surprised "Oh,
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look al lhc stables.
Rl'T late that afternoon, when he had
come in from long tramp in the rain
with Wanda ST. Nlaur. and was enjoying
his tea very much Copy lIcathcoto
singled him ont TO talk 10, and somewhat
ncrvouSly, Livingstone thought, referred
to the photograph in the morning paper.
He laughed at the resemblance little too
hard, and explained two or thrc" times
over how he had had Il severe headache
tina, evening and was fiat on his back in
bed when the robbery was committed two
miles away.
Livingstone tried to change the subject;
but the other man couldn't seem TO take
his mind from the Jarvis robbery and how
odd it was that the Gentleman Burglar
should happen to look like himself, and
Livingstone went up an hour later to
dress with little uncomfortable some
thing al the back of his mind that he
wouldn't confess, even To himself. to be a
suspicion, but that made him scowl un-
happily IA good many times. and caused
him to wish that Coplcy Hrathcotc had
never left Canada.
A GAIN at the dinner table the subject
of the Gentleman Burglar came up
and st. Maur ptrc said he supposed he
should be the next victim, as his house
was almost the only one for miles about
that had not been entered.
"Im ready for the fellow, though he
said "l'vc had new safe built into the
wall of the smoking room that only dyna-
mite can open once it locked It's not
big safe: but there room in il for all the
crown Jewels of the st. Maur family, and
for everybody clSe's jewels too. So adj
wise YOU ladies to turn yonr Nauabcs over
to me when you 90 TO bed tonight and let
me lock 'em up"
"Oh, ycs!" said Mrs. st. Maur plain
lively "For Heavens sake do give them
to Johnny. If | thought YOU were leaving
them about, | shouldn't sleep Il wink
not wink! That dreadful burglar will
be the death of me yet, i'll al institution
for the insane! | dream the most horrible
dreams about him at least once Il week
Johnny. do hope your safe is safe! If
that man gets my pearls, shall drown
,mysef-I promise you!'
If he gets your pearls, said her lord
grimlv, II shall drown myself too.
l ne DtdilS llltN SIpokt VI were IL loHS
and excessively magnificent rope that
Mrs St Maur (hecdlcss of her husbands
walls had bought at Christic's in London
when the famous jewels of ii certain in
famous noblcman We're sold at public
auction and it was believed to be one of
the three or four finest strings of matched
pearls in existence.
1t occurred to Livingstone that this
conversation was hardly calculated to
quiet the nerves Of six young women;
but they We're all very sporting about it,
and. after having promised to give up
their chief articles of adornmcnt for safe
keeping, began to make wagcrs that the
Gentleman Burglar would or would not
visit the house in the course of their stay
there
One of the women said she was dying
wit curiosity to see what this remarkable
person looked like; but that was little
too much for the others. who declared
themselves able to do quite well without
him. Livingstone caught the eye of Heath
cote across the table, and that Young
man began to talk very fast and rather
vacantly to his neighbor
Jimmy Rogers said, "Wouldn'1 it be
C,,itI if Al, T.,
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That struck everybody as a very inter-
csting and valuable suggestion, and they
debated over il with much spirit; but
Livingstone took little part in the dis
cnssion. Tn" fear and appeal in Young
llcaihcotc'S eyes remained before him and
couldn't be put away. He rose al last
his mind.
A FTER dinner Wanda St. Maur, hay
ing first radically altered her attire
performed a series Of very modern dances,
which her guests politely assured her We're
dcNiSh beyond description and had made
them gasp within an inch Of their lives.
And after that most of the company set
tied down at bridge or at pool. But ]es
sica Rogers and Livingstone found them
selves together in a secluded corner and
began 10 indulge in pleasant "reminiscences.
At the end of perhaps a quarter of an
hour Of this Livingstone, who, despite the
weight on his mind, had been having Il
very good time indeed, observed with cold
horror that tear was making its way
down Miss Rogers check. and that her
hand. when She tried to smugglc the tear
Good Lord" cried Livingstone. What
ever is the matter with YOU" He
wrigglcd unhappily about in his chair. Il
say" said he, Look here, YOU know!
| you mustn't do that. Great Heavens!
What is it, What's wrong"
Sh" looked up al him, and then quickly
away again 50 that her face was hidden.
I'm not very happy, Jerry, said she.
"That's what is wrong. I'm just not very
happy. I'm horribly afraid about some
thing.
Livingstonc's mind flew instantly to
that photograph in the yellow newspaper
and to his talk with Miss Rogers brother.
"ls it," he asked with some hesitation,
is it anything Jimmy knows about"
But She shook her head. Good gra-
cious, no! | should think not! And he
mustn't know ever. Nobody must
TO have acted like fool. II Just came
on me for an instant and | used to run
to You with all my troubles, and well,
can run to you with this one. Probably
il isn't IA trouble al all. anyhow. Probably
I'm quite wrong about it. But I'm afraid,
drcadfulIy afraid, all through and
through"
Poor old JeSs," said Livingstone sor-
rowfuly. Il wish | could help. Look
here. Can't YOU 90 to lIcalhcotc?
But at that name the girl caught him
almost violently by the arm, and held him
with both hands. "Oh no, Jerry! Never!
He's the very last one in the world | could
he's just the" She let go of Living
stones arm abruptly, and got to her feet.
I've been a silly little fool, she said with a
kind Of impatient anger Il ought to
have kept still altogether; for | can t tell
You anything neither you nor anyone.
1t got too much for me all in an instant
and and spilled over. Don't YOU go
worrying about me, Jerry shall be all
right; at least hope so. Anyhow, no.
body can help me. Now I'll just slip up
stairs and mop my eyes with cold water
before anyone notices. Oh, dcary me!
jess, my good woman. what fool you
arc!"
She fled from him toward the stairs. and
Livingstone stood looking after her with
honest grief at his heart
Poor old Jess" he said to himself.
"Shc has found out something or at
least she's afraid She has. wonder how
much she knows" And in the silence of
Evening star., 1915-05-23
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY %. 1915

Rogers, II couldn't be me, because
everybody knows I'm too fond Of my
sleep. My own opinion is that the Gen
tlcmau Burglar is a Idly.
That struck everybody as "A very inter
csting and valuable suggestion. and they
debated over il with much spirit, but
Livingston" took little part in the dis
cnssion. The fear and appeal in Young
llcathcotc'S eyes remained before him and
couldn't b" put away. He rose al last
from the table with a heavy weight upon
his mind.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

HE wandered ont into the billiard room.
and so to the big, comfortable smoking
lounge beyond. where he found Copy
li"allcotc making a great hit before some
of the other men with slcight-of- hand
tricks. They had found somewhere an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
ARE YOU MAKING HAY
WHILE THE SUN SHINES?
Only One More Week and the Second Period Will oseNever
Again In This Contest Will You Have Such An
Easy Opportunity to Secure Votes.

Count your days, contestants. Only
seven more days and the second PEE
Rod of the Pony Cart Contest will
close What have you done 80 far
during this period? Have you secured
that SIS in subscriptions? II not. you
had better get out after II today be-
cause you are going to need several
Of those 100, 600 bonus voting ballots
at the closing of the contest, Septem-
Der ii. Remember your competitor
liz going to have them. and You must
get them, too, to win.
Think what two or three or these
100. 900 bonus ballots will mean to you
at the end OF this contest, as your
competitor will have to turn In twice
the amount of money In the last PEI
Rod to secure the same number OF
votes, and. besides. the territory will be
80 well covered By that time 1t VIII
be almost Impossible for them to Sc
cure this amount of money.
Make hay while the hay shines!
Every day we have stressed this point
.of getting in your subscriptions while
they count most" Again, we repeat
II, Get in all the subscriptions pos
sibJe on or before July 81"
You may have become discouraged
in the amount Of business done up To
the present time; you may have been
under the impression that II would
require nameroun subscriptions kc
win: You may have hnd Your ambition
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24

shattered when you found that SUD
scribers were not so easily secured
as you had anticipated. but have you
ever stopped to consider that II you
were not az capable to secure sub
scr!ptions az any competitor in your
district. we would be looking out for
our own interest by procuring more
capable contestant?
IL the first few friends turned You
down. go to others. You cannot ex-
pect to secure every subscription you
go after. II you did, YOU would not
have to work more than one day to
win the first prize.
So be patient and do the very best
you can. Friends win come to your
rescue when they see that you are in
earnest and mean business
Standings OF the contestants will be
published again Sunday morning.
Have all subscriptions and coupon
votes that you want to appear to your
credit In the ballot box nj The vir-
gilman office not later than 6 o'clock
p. M Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
TURKS SEIZE AN
ITALIAN STEAMER

Rome, July 2s.--The Turkish gov
eminent. in spite OF the protests OF
the italian ambassador, haze seized
an italian steamer at Constantinopie.
and are using 1t for the transportation
~ troops across the Sea of Marmora-
sie incident is regarded here as
bound to lead 10 complications De-
tween Italy and Turkey, the itaian
government being determined 10 re-
sort To coerciye measures. especially
since both Turkish and German Of
ficers are being sent openly 10 TripoH
Your correspondent is informed that
In the case of war between Italy ana
Turkey. the italian feet will homhard
the coasts of Asia Minor, Syria ana
Arabia. and the revolt in the province
of Yemen will be encouraged. Tnus
IL is regarded here as certain thaf
Italian intervention would prove fatal
to Turkey. ane the end OF the ottoman
empire would be fastened.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
FIGHT FOR NEW TRIAL.
Becker's Counsel Make Last Play
For Time.

Beckerss Counsel Make Last Play
For Time.
New York. July z3-Charles Beck
ers last struggle for life was begun
late this afternoon when an applfca-
ton was made before Justice philbin.
in the Supreme Court for a new trial
for the man condemned to die next
Wednesday. The basis OF the arplica-
one of the feat Of the application
Is that Becker's cnqGse. offer to have
Becker himself brought from sing
sing 10 undergo a REORGANIZATION
on the newly discovered features OF
the defense,
Justice Philbin. as a matter of rou-
tine. signed an order upon the district
attorney to show cause why the new
trial should not be granted. The order
is returnable Monday morning and
then will be held the final fight 10
save Becker's life.
The order does not act as a stay Of
execution, nor can the Supreme Court
just nee VINO hears the argument Mon
day issue a stay. He can deny the
motioff for a new trial, In which case
time, or he can grant the motion for
new trial. In which case Becker
would net be executed next week. The
fact that there will be only Monday
and Tuesday for the justice TO make
up his mind does not disturb W.
Bourke Cochran, chief. Of Becker.s
counsel, who says that two days viii
be plenty OF time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
AMERICA WILL MAINTAIN
PRINCIPLES AT ANY COST
WANT WAGE INCREASE.
Having Won Eight-Hour Day, Now
Demand More Money.

Demand More Money.
New York. July 23.-The Interna-
tional Association OF Machinists. whose
officers have planned a general eight
hour minimum wage campaign
throughout New England. and other
Eastern States. made 1t plain through
local representatives today that the
capitulation of the Z. w. Bliss Com
pany, the first point of attack in New
York on the eig.nt-hour question. would
not be acceptable unless 1T was coupled
with an increase of wages The union
heads want n wage scale established
that will compare favorably with the
20 per cent increase granted to the
workmen in the Remington Arms
shops at Bridgeport. As long as the
Bliss Company has yielded to pressure
on fae hours OF work, the machinfsts
do not anticipate much imposition 10
their wage demands which have not
yet been formulated.
E. j. Deering, business agent OF the
organized machinists in the New York
district, said today that the presenta-
ton of the demands for increased pay
from the Bliss Company awaited the
return OF j. j. Keppler, international
vice president of the nachtnists. who
was in Bridgeport today comforting
with Samuel Gompers and ether labor
leaders. Keppler In expected here at
the mechinists' headquarters tcmor-
row. Deering said that about so per
cent of the two thousand machinists
employed at the big Brooklyn plant
which is building whitehead torpedoes
for the government and manufactur-
ing other war supplies for foreign
countries. are unionized. and thai
they are enthusiastic for q strike.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
GERMANS DRAW CLOSE
TO wARSAW'S GATES

London, July 2s.--The Germans
are advancing upon the bridgesaead
positions of Warsaw. according to Ber-
lin dispatches received tonight. but
tfru statement is so vague that military
experts are inclined TO believe that the
grent Teuton advance has been tenn
porarily checked. at least.
Certainly General Won Mackensen.
who was to cut the Moscow railroad
to isolate Warsaw, south on tins
Lubiin. Cholm and Ivangorod line.
has not yet succeeded In his task. II
Ia surmised now that wle German
statement that the last named fortress
had been isolated was premature. II
Is more than likely that a bridgehead
position was meant, and that the Rus
sian forces had retired to the IVAN
gorod defenses. which are very strong
A dispatch from Vienna to toe
Berlin National Zeitung says the Anal
attempt OF the Russians to stop fne
advance OF their opponents In the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
Declares Turks Are Wasting
Ammunition to Compel Ger
mans to Agree to Surrender
TEUTON ARMIES AT
GATES OF WARSAW
Experts Believe They Have
Been Temporarily Checked
But No Evidence Comes to
Sustain Conclusion

Rome, July 23,-Your correspond
received information from diplomatic
sources today that the Turks. as vel
as the allied forces on the Galipoii
peninsula. expect that the Dardanelies
will be forced within a fortnight
Because of this expectation. accord
ing to me information. the Turks arc
purposely wasting their ammunition
in order to exhaust the supply rapidly
their object being TO compel the Ger
mans 10 permit the discontinuance o!
a resistance, which the Turks regard
less as hopeless.