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the store Of Mr.. Bolland. Our party
then visited the store Of the grand
father, In South st. Louis, and recov-
cred about four hack loads of goods
from that place. BY the time the last
load had been hauled away it was
nearly daylight.
While this loot was being removed !
was standing outside guarding the
hack into which the goods were be-
ing placed. A police officer came
along. We knew each other, and he
was somewhat surprised to see me at
that time Of night in that locality,
and asked me, in a friendly manner,
what 1 was doing there. l replied
that some stuff had been stolen from
a jewelry store, and that it had been
taken to the house, / added that l
had thought It advisable to remove
| the goods after night so as not to at
tract the attention of the neighbor-
hood, as l felt sure that the women Of
the family were not aware that the
property which had been placed in
their house was stolen.
The policeman later reported that
he had met me and detailed this n
versation to his captain. The report,
of course, reached the chief Of police
the following morning. The chief,
becoming exasperated, suspended the
policeman for not having arrested
both the hack driver and myself. He
also suspended one or two of the of
ficers connected with the station who
we're on duty that night.
The next morning a city detective
called at my Office.
Il have been sent down here by
the chief to see you" he said. THE
chief understands that you arrested a
young fellow named Erfert last night
and that you recovered a lot of stolen
property. Is that report true?"
Part of the report seems to be
true, while the remainder is not true
| answered. You know, and the
chief should know, that I have M
legal right to make arrests, and there
fore | have made no arrests, nor have
I caused any to be made within tn
city of St. Louis, but ! did
large quantity of stolen goods las
night and early this morning, and
have delivered them to their owner.
where is Erfert now?" asked tn
detective.
II don't know where he is at pres
ent. Why do you want to know this?
Because the chief instructed m
to come down here and get him, an
bring him to headquarters at once,
replied the man.
Have you any charges agains
him at headquarters" I inquired.
: 81 don't know. All I know is tina
: the chief sent me down here to &c
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TREATMENT OF BALKY HORSE
Animal Is Not to Be Cured by Either
Beating or Abuse-oniy Practi-
cal Method.

In an article in Our Dumb Animals,
Alfred III. Pope says that the balky
horse has the most sense and the con-
firmed runaway horse the least sense
of any horse. The balky horse is not
to be cured by beating and abuse. 1t
appears from his article that he makes
a business of buying balky horses,
breaking them of the habit, and selling
them again. 1t is to be presumed,
therefore, that he knows whereof he
speaks. He makes no mention of such
methods as that of building a fire I'M
der a horse, as he condemns any kind
of abuse. When a horse makes mp
his mind to balk, he has no Don in
his mind for anything else. Whipping
only increases his stubbornness, but
there is a method which goes to the
cause of the trouble. With a single
idea in his head, it was reasoned that
the best way to get the horse to move
was to give him another idea-some-
thing else to think about. The trainer
then remembered that horses and
mules resent interference with their
liberty to their ears at will. 1t
was noticed that a horse never changes
his course of action without moving
his ears. 1t was then found that when
a horse baked it annoyed him to have
n ear pushed under the crown of the
bride so that he could not move it.
And it was also found that if the
a was left there for about 20 min
utes he was SO annoyed that he forgot
about his determination to balk. He
shook his head, turned to one side
and then the other, and made every
effort to release the ear. This oc-
cupied his mind until when the driver
ordered him to go, he went. After
a few minutes the ear was released
and he went or as If he had forgotten
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eff Erfert calls at this office while
you are here" / answered, and if you
have a warrant for his arrest, chGfg-
ing him with any crime, you may
take him to headquarters; but unless
you have a warrant | will not permit
you to take him out of this Office. |
think, perhaps, you had better GO and
communicate this to the chief"
The detective left the Office and
went to make his report. In the
meantime Mr.. Bolland arrived, to
whom / stated the facts of the city
detectives visit and his intention to
arrest Erfert. Mr.. Bolland said that
he did not care to prosecute: in fact,
he preferred not to do so, and was
really undecided which was the best
course to pursue.
you had better take Erfert quietly
up to police headquarters" ] said to
him, land tell the chief what you have
said to me-"
This was done, but, at police head
quarters, the police chief and the de-
tective who had called at the office in
the Chemical building took Erfert in
charge and put him through the third
degree. They attempted to make him
say that / had arrested him and
forced him to make a confession OF
his thefts. They did not concern
themselves with his guilt or limo
cence A statement was prepared by
them, which they urged Erfert to sign,
declaring that / had violated the law
by having arrested him and forcing
him to make a statement of his guilt
Erfert declined. however, to sign this
statement, on the ground that it was
untrue. He stated that / had ex
planned to him in the beginning oil
the interview that l had no legal right
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admitted everything. He said that ne
had been stealing from the company
for the past two years, and had re-
Gently been assisted by another OF the
employees. He added that his grand
father conducted a jewelry and nov
city store in South st. Louis, and tnat
nearly all the stock which he and MS
confederate had stolen had gone into
the old mans stock. He also ssateo
that he had a quantity of the stolen
property concealed in the attic OF MS
mothers house, and agreed to go Win
one of my men and deliver the stolen
goods. This he subsequently did.
After Erfert had completed his con-
fession l sent a message to MI. Boz
land, asking him to come to my ONCE
at once, as / had succeeded in cap
turing the thief.
Mr.. Bolland arrived about ten IN
the evening, accompanied by his wire
| and Clarence White. / met them IN
| the front Office.
THE messenger told me that you
had captured the party who has been
robbing u.s." said the owner.
"Yes," I replied. "That is why
sent for you"
Whom have you caught?"
Fred Erfert is the principal party"
Mrs. Bolland and White exclaimed
simultaneously: "Why, surely you
have made a mistake!"
81 told you not to bother with Er
fert; that / believed he was all right
said Mr.. Bolland angrily.
why, Furlong, you have got youl
foot in it," White continued. "Erfert
surely had nothing to do with these
thefts, and you have made a grea'
mistake by even accusing him. HI
has been practically raised by Mr.. Boil
land and in his service for man,
years, and we have always had i'm
plicit confidence in his honesty"
YES l understand all that" I an
swered, "but Mr.. Bolland employed
me to apprehend the party, or parties
who were robbing him, which l hav'
done. Erfert knows that he is guilt.
and he has fully admitted his guilt
and l am satisfied from the evidenc'
that I have found on his person tina
he told the truth when he said he wa
guilty. l, of course, realize Mr.. Boz
lands disappointment in finding tina
Erfert was the guilty person. but
cannot help his feelings. l have sim
ply done what was my duty in tn
I matter, and now it remains with MI
Bolland as to what shall be done witt
!, Erfert."
: Where is Erfert?" Mr.. Bollan'
a asked.
He is in there and waiting to Sc
you," I answered, pointing to the doc
I of my private Office. He has prom
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Natural Curiosity.

Joe had been working in Baltimore.
On the day before Christmas he re-
ceiVed his pay and planned to go home
to Washington, but first he started out
to buy presents for all his family. He
did this with more generosity than
foresight, and when evening came he
found himself at the railway station
laden with bundles but with no money
for his fare to Washington.
Somehow he got through the gate
and approached the conductor. He
laid the cast before him, and ended
with a plea that he might ride to
Washington on the platform of the
baggage car. The conductor, his heart
warmed by the spirit of the season,
said, "All right, go ahead I"
So Joe climbed on the platform of
the car next to the engine. 1t was u
cold night, and it was on a road where
the engine takes up water from a track
reservoir as it goes along.
When the train reached Washing
ton the conductor saw joe approach
ing, covered with lee from head to
| foot, bundles and all. He eakne up to
| the conductor and said, II sure does
thank you, boss, for mnh ride. Yours
very kind to allow muh TO ride up
| with you; but there's jus n ques-
ton / wants to ak. Kin ,yuh tell me
| the name OBJ that rivuh we run through
back there?'-Youth's Companion.
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him and bring him to headquarters
II do not know whether there will
be any charges preferred against Err
fert or not" I said. His employer
seems inclined to ~sympathize with
him, and especially with his family. !
do not believe that he cares to nave
him prosecuted for these thefts. l
expect Erfert to call at my Office some
time during the forenoon, and l am
looking for Mr.. Bolland here at any
moment. When Erfert comes | will
tell him that the chief wants to see
him."
mo, you need not do that" an.
swered the detective. II will wait
here. and when he comes I will take
him up with me-"
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ised me that he will tell you what he
has already told my assistant and n.y.
self. and that he will at nee return
as much as possible of the stoen
property to you, which I have advised
him to do"
I then ushered them into the privite
room in which Erfert was. The young
fellow repeated to them the statement
of guilt that he had already made to
me. Then. with some assistants l
went in a hack to the house of 1r-
fert's mother, where we found abut
two hack loads of stolen goods. c'n-
sisting of clocks, silver plate, fine I'M
brellas and various articles of bris-a-
brac, all valuable stuff.
These goods were taken direct 10
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to arrest him, and that | had said IT
was optional with him whether he
return the stolen goods or not, but
that If he refused to do so 1t would
be my duty to turn him yer to the
police.
The chief of police was greatly ex-
asperated to find that he could make
no case against me. At a later time,
however, he himself made a complaint
that / was running a private detective
agency without a license from the
police board, and a warrant was IS
sued for my arrest. Upon the wit
ness stand / was asked whether |
was doing a detective business In ST
Louis, and ! replied that | was. Asked
whether / had a license from the
board of police commissioners, / re-
piled that ] had not. ! was then
asked by what authority ! was con-
| Quoting my business, and / answered
that it was by authority of a state
charter. I produced the articles OF
incorporation, which the judge care
| fully read, and he then dismissed the
| case. assessing the court charges upon
the police. =
The CHIEF of police insisted upon
the prosecution of Erfert. He was re-
leased on bond, r~eappeared In due
course, and pleaded guilty, receiving
a minimum sentence of two years In
the ~penitentiary, and being released,
as a model prisoner, under the two
third sentence rule.
The stolen property recovered
amounted to several tn, Isand dollars
in value.
Erfert, it is pleasing to note, lived
an exemplary life after his release.
His confederate, who was a nero
youth, was not prosecuted.
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all about baking. In conclusion, the
writer said: This trick will not
break a horse Of baking, but it will
invariably start one that has baked
ON the road, provided he hasn't al
ready been whipped and abused to
a point where nothing matters"
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Conversational Disappointment,
81 understand that your new servant
is a disappointment"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Gaddington Prye.
rrhe last family she worked for does
NJ, seem no be at all interesting
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
VISITING PLAYERS
FEATURE TOURNEY
III. A. Throckmorton. N. Y. Scholastic
Champion. Defeats Connie Doyle
in Semi-Finals of Mems Singles.

As play progresses in the invitation
tennis tournament of the Chevy Chase
Club it appears as if the visiting rack
eters will carry OF their end Of the
trophies. The large gallery which was
on hand yesterday, enjoyed some Of the
best playing Of the tournament. The
work Of the visiting racketers stood out
prominently, as H. A. Throckmorton. the
scholastic champion OF Greater New
York played sensational and brilliant ten
mis-.
Ihrockmorton was teamed with Wright
In the semi-hnal Of the mems doubles
and this pair defeated Leech and Ieech
in straight sets, while he came back a
little later in the mems singles and de-
teated Connie Doyle, the District cham
piOh, IN the semi-hnal round of the mems
singles, three out of four sets.
In the mixed doubles. which got under
way yesterday Kennedy, Of the Univer-
slty OF Pennsylvania, was teamed with
MISS Larner and this pair succeeded in
trimming Miss johnson and WyIie in
the opening round. Throckmorton will
De pltted against Breck in the finals of
the mems singles today, while Throck-
morton and Wright will play the winner
OF the Davidson and Kennedy-Breck-
Moore match in the finals in the mems
doubles this afternoon
The results Of yesterdays matches fol-
low: iO'
Mixed doubles-Third round. Miss
Larner and Kennedy defeated Miss Jobr
son and Wylie by default: Mis-. PoII In, IN
Chew defeated Miss Morrison and TeuIs
- 30; second round, Miss Noes anJ
Davis defeated Miss Barney and Courts
so, So anu OourtS
"omen's doubles-First round, Miss
BOYD and Miss BaIlin defeated Miss
foter and Miss Larner by default: Miss
Greedy and Miss Downing defeated Mrs
"She ana Mrs. hoorehead 36, 81 Ga:
second round, Miss Bull and Miss T.yro.
defeated Miss Barney and Miss NJ
-, 81; Miss Boyd and Miss Rain Do
feated Miss johnson and Miss Scriven
.6-3 g.
Mems doubles-Semi-final round, Throck-
morton and Wright defeated I,eecb and
Leech 6-S, So, 81.
Mems singles-Semi-fin round, Tbrock-
morton defeated Connie DOYLE 81 81
SS 81; Breck defeated Moore Ga. e.
T6 .
Pairinss for some Of the principal
matches today are as follows:
Mems doubles: Semi-fnals. Iover
half, Breck and Moore VS.. Davis and
Kennedy, Of Philadelphia, 4 D, m.
Women's singles: Miss johnson v.
Miss Greedy. $50; Miss Bryan VS.. Miss
Boyd, p. m.
Women's doubles: Miss Morrison
and Miss R. Larner VS.. Mrs Warner
and Miss Irwin, 1890; winners of this
match vs.. Miss Boyd and Miss BalIIn.
$3.50; Miss Greedy and Miss Downing
vs.. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Mayer, 3:30
p. m.
Mixed doubles: Miss Balli and
Throckmorton VS.. Miss Taylor and
James, 1890; Miss Downing and
Greedy VS.. Miss Boyd and Wright
IL a. m.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
Tigers, of Aiken, OvercomeB Big
Handicap, Winning P Polo Game

In what probably was the fastest game
ever played in Washington, the Tigers
Of Aiken, came up from behind a six
goal handicap yesterday and took the
final game OF the polo tournamen. from
the Westmoreland team by a score Of s
Ito GA. II was the final contest for
the Star cup and individual trophies.
Winning the Star cup, the Tigers divide
hOnOrs for the tournament with the
Westmorelsnd team, which defeated the
Tigers for the Post trophy a week ago
last Saturday.
Yesterdays match winds up the largest
and most successful tournament held here
so far. The tournament was held under
the auspices Of the army branch OF the
Washington Polo Association, five teams
Washington. the Tigers Of Aiken. the
Pine Trees. OF Aiken. the Deal Beach ~
I'D. and Westmoreland. teams competing
for two trophies. Col Charles G. Treat.
I. s. a. and Capt Harry y. Cootes. Gen
eTal Stan. L. S. A. were the directing
lights, and the satisfaction manifested by
the visiting players with the arrange
ments justify the prediction that next
years tournament will attract ten or
eleven teams and make Washington the
polo center OF the country
Both teams went into Yesterdays game
with a reckless determination to win, and
CoI. treat the referee, had a busy day
assessing penalties and keeping the play
ers within bounds The Tigers forfeited
two full points on fouls. while the pen
alues gainst the Westmoreiand players
aggregated ! 81 points. on fast
smooth. dry field. the ponies raced and
roughed, from one end To the other. and
the fact that with virtually all the scor-
| ing on one side the ball nevertheless
rolled from one end OF the field TO the
other. is explained principally by the fact
that the breaks were mostly against
the losers. Time after time Smith and
Burrell Huff would tear loose from the
field with a clear shot from an easy angie
only TO watch the ball roll outside Of the
goal posts.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
GEORGETOWN IS EASY
FOR HARVARD nine
Eddie Mahan, of Gridiron Fame, Holds
HilltopPers Safe. Crimsons Win
ming by 6-to-I Score.

Cambridge, Mass, May 2-Harvard de-
feated Georgetown this afternoon. to
l. Mahan. Harvard's big football star,
pitched air-tight ball. but one Southerner
reaching second base UP to the ninth.
In the last, a pass and two hits gave
the visitors their lone run.
Mahan held Georgetown to four hits
and struck out nine men. MURRAY, the
opposing box man, was found for six
oingles and sent down eight Harvard
men on strikes. Harvard clinChed the
game IN the opening inning when a pass.
two hits and errors yielded three runs
Murphy played a loose game for
Georgetown and Murray pitched well
enough to win with tighter support.
Weiss ankle was badly sprained. Elan
aEan replaced him. McCarthy's double
and CusaCk's single gave Georgetown its
run. The score:
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03

WhirlWind game, also lost on several
OF the breaks" and on two occasions
drove the ball sQusrely into goal postS
and watched IL roll foul. Hopping had
another and more serious piece OF bad
luck when Pretty Boy. probably the
most valuable pony in the tournament.
a veteran Of several International
matches, was struck in the throat by
mallet and badly lacersted
Superior team work and cooler play
ing made il possible for the Tigers
to overcome the six-Eoal handiczD
At the outset Of the game the West
moreland team settled down behind
their advantage and devoted their ef-
forts largely TO defensive game.
but in this the team work Of their op-
Ponents kept the WestmOreland team
at marked disadvantage and in the
third period tactics We're changed. after
the Tigers had scored three times. and
the Reds started in TO rush the game
As result, the third period wa
just one mad rush. with the ball IN
Tiger territory most OF the time and
the Reds making six or seven unsuc-
cessful shots. No scores resulted on
either side. but the Tigers were penal,
lied twice for fouls and the Reds
once in this one period.
In the fourth period the furious
work OF the third continued and Smith
broke through for the first westmore-
land goal, though not before Earl
Hopping had shot two ss.f,.v nUm.
The work of Smith throughout the
game was remarkably cool and accu-
rate in the face OF odds Imposed hv
poor support from his teammates and
mounts that were not up TO the nIEh
standards set by the tournament
WestmoreIaud. /, Burrel r. Hun:
>. =. II. Post. 8. Julian &. Hun. l.
J. Smith.
Tigers. I. Warren Robbins: =. z. w
Hopping; 3, Ambrose Clark: 4. Arthur
p. Perkins
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
BLANKS ISSUED FOR
S. A. A. A. u. CHAMPS

The entry blanks Of the championsbin
games Of the South Atlantic division Of
the Amateur Athletic Union were issued
yesterday. The championship games
which are open to any athlete in this di.
vision, will be held on Friday. May 1s, AT
Homewood Field. in Baltimore. Md
Fourteen events are listed on the pro-
gram, which are as follows: Howard
dash, 220-yard dash, +0-yard dash. $50
yard run. one-mile run, 22O-yard hurdle
l2o-yard hurdle. pole vault. shot-put, dis
Gus throw. javelin throw. broad jump.
high jump. and hop. step and jump.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
GENUINE
bull
DURHAM
SMOKING TOBACCO

~a~@s e s&SSs
b no other way can you get
so nueh'sokd enjoyment out
Of a cigarette iss By rolling
youown" with Bull Durham.
Msde Of 'fbright". Virginia
North Carolina lead, BuR
Durham has an aroma hat L.
ursqae and a melApw-ev~eet
favor that Is unusual.
Seart rolling your own"
with 'buT Durham today for
real smoking satisfaction.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
Amateur Games Today.

Potomac League-Machinists VS..
Congress Heights.
Rosedale League-Gibraltars VS..
ROsedale.
Government League-Agricultur
VS.. State. War and Navy.
Catholic Church League-St.
Margaret VS.. st. Dominic.
War Department League-Adju-
;ants General VS.. Quartermasters.
Agriculture Interbureau League
States Relations vs.. Markets.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
TERRY'S PINCH HIT
WINS FOR THE S0X

St Louis, May 2-Terry. batting for
Danforth in the ninth today. pulled a
tight game out Of the fire by cracking
the ball for a double, which brought in
two runs, the SoN winning, to I. The
wreCking crew played some poor base
ball, and the Browns were able TO score
four tallies on three hits. Chicago used
eighteen players, including FIVE pitchers
SCOra.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
DEMAREE BLOWS AND
BRAVES WIN GAME

Boston. Mass, May 2.-After strug-
ghng FOR seven innings against De-
maree's good hurling, the Braves rose
up in the eighth session and score6
four runs, winning today's game, 4
to ..
Score: HE
Phila...... 10000 O1O1r2 q
Boston .....O o 90 - /
Demaree, Chalmers and Burns; Reul-
bach. Hughes and Gowdy. Umpires,
Rigler and Eason.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03

Earned runs-washington. ). First base by errors
Washington, y .; Boston, l. Left on bases-Wash-
iuston, S; Boston. s. Innings pitched-By Boehlins.
7 -; by GalIia, 23: By Shore. 6: by Pennock, .
Hits rnade-Of Boehling. 3; of Galls, /; of Shore,
g. of Pennock !. Three-base hits-Foster, Milan,
Henry, Rondeau. Two-hase hits-Lewls' Barry
Henry, Morgan Double plsy-McBride to Judge;
Agnew TO Hobhtzel. Umpires-Alessrs. Owens and
Connolly Time Of game-l hour and 80 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
Carroll Brown in Southern League

LouisviIIe, KY, May 2.-Carroll Brgwn,
formerly a member of the Louisville
American Association pitching staff, has
received word that he had been released
to the Memphis Southern Association
club. Brown was secured from the New
York Americans, but later was returned.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03

Runs-McCarthy, Nash. Abbot C9. Harts, Mahan.
BeA. IWo-base hits-Percy. Mccarthy. Sacrifice
hits-Sullivan. Coolidge Percy sacri6Ce Ay-BeaI
Stolen bases-Knowles. Nash. Mshan. First base
on ballS-Oh Murray. 4; OF Mahan, T. Struck out
BY Murray, 8; BY Mahan, 9. Passed balL-Ha~an.
Messr& White and Mclaughlin
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03

-Batted for C1cotts in seTsnth.
+Batted foC Dzafo-th in ninth.
+Batted for Deal in ninth
SBStted for Plank in seventh.
-'BSttsd for WslulAn in ninth
Rms-FUIrnisr. jackson, DeibOld. Felsch. Lynn
Shottsn e. johnson, Sissr. Two-bass hIts-Sller
FOurnier, johnson, Weaver Terry. Struck Out-By
FAbsr. l; BY Cicotts. l; by Danfo-th =; By Park =
Bases on balls-Oh FSber. Z; Of Cicotte o. n
Wolfgsng, i of Danforth, /. Sacrifice hits-Sisler
Felsch. Stolen bases-Sislsr MSrsans Jackson
Weaver, lynn. Umpires-MeSSrs. OLcu-hIin and
Hildebrand Tine Of game hours and L minutes