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The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31

have placed the man with the gun too
| low down to see In at the window.
| The shot could have been fired from
but the one spot. The window pane
through which the shot had passed
was about half way between the peg
and the wall where the charge had
! lodged. The hole in the window was
not more than half as large as tie
wall surface peppered by the shot.
This scatter of shot at such short
range was significant.
| The shot must have been fired
from sawed-off shotgun" said the
special agent. only a short barreled
gun would have scattered SO much at
this short range
He meditated a moment and then
asked:
Who Is there around here who has
a sawed-off shotgun"
'Ty Jones has got one." said Sam.
Is he friendly to your" asked Gard.
No" was the reply. The revenue
agents chopped up his still after re-
ported ii"
DID ne ever threaten you?
He said onst at the crossroads that
he knew a bear with a sore head that
would soon be feelin' almighty COM
ftable cause it was goin' to lose that
head"
Here was a probable case of Ty
Jones being the man guilty of the at
tempt on the life of Lunsford There
was possibility, as Gard saw it, of
getting this suspicion confirmed.
Despite the animosity that existed be-
tween the heads Of the families, the
Jones youngsters and the Lunsford
youngsters were piaymates, so does
the sociability of youth break down
the bars set up by maturity Luns-
ford had boy ten who was wise with
the cunning of the woods and trust
worthy in lending a hand in the feuds
to which he was born. This boy, in
playing about the Jones household,
was instructed to pick up every piece
of pasteboard box he could find and
bring those pieces home. Likewise
was he to measure the shoes of the
Jones household, when an opportunity
offered, and tie knots in string to in
dicate their length.
1t was week before this task had
been completed by the boy, but the
results indicated that the foot of a
certain pair of shoes in the Jones
home was like unto that of the man
of the sawed-off shotgun. Scraps of
cut-up shoe boxes had been found,
white on one side and brown on the
other, and from these had evidently
been made wads for reloading shells.
Thus far was Special Agent Gard
able to carry his case toward a solu-
ton. There were twenty men in the
neighborhood who might have been
implicated with Jones, If he were
guilty, in this attempt and in the kill
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
Window Seats Make for Comfort

one of the details of planning which
should not be overlooked is the matter
of window seats, of which there can
hardly be too many in home. In
every bay window where possible a
window seat should be constructed,
and so constructed as to be useful as
well as ornamental; that it have COW
ers in the top, neatly hinged and so
arranged that they may be easily open
ed to permit using the space under
the seat for the storage of things
which it is desired to have handy and
for which there seems no other con-
yenient place.
Around the fireplace there is moth
ing more attractive and comfortable
looking than a nice built-in seat. and
cover, as the space beneath is very
useful for storing the kindling wood
and occasionally q few big sticks as
well, when it is not convenient to use
a wood box or basket beside the fire
place.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
TROUBLES OF LARGE CITIES
Land Ownership in Europe Carries Re-
sponsibilities That Are Unknown
in This Country.

In Europe extensive land ownership
Improbable disputes. A large town
owning parcel of land in nearby
township proposes to build hospital
on it. The project is not pleasing to
the township; its council prepares a
building plan for the district, and runs
n street through the proposed hospital
site. Berlin itself was, only a few
years ago, treated thus by a suburban
neighbOr. Electoral laws are severe
Northumberland is sweeping in eff
feet. Under the three class" method
of apportioning the voting power, a
taxpayer in the first class may have
thirty times as much voting power as
one in the second, and 400 times as
much as their third class" neighbor.
Again, municipal governments are
business agencies with most liberal
charters. They build barracks-in the
larger cities the average number Of
persons housed In one structure runs
from Frankfort's 20 to Berlin's IT
and these structures are material of
purely speculative business which
cannot be regarded as healthful in
fuence physically or politically in the
city's life. These things and hun
dred others of similar nature do not
condemn German municipal govern
ment any more than the peculiar ex-
cellences of the system constitute u
condemnation of the British system In
which those particular excellences are
lacking. But they do bring out the
difficulties of government and empha-
size the fruitlessness of comparison
of systems.-Exchange.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
Sobins Travel by Train

When Il boxcar was pulled into this
city the other day for repairs it was
found that robin had built her nest
under the car and had hatched three
Young ones.
When the car was pushed ON the
repair track the mother bird flew
around greatly excited and could not
be driven away. The men searched
the ear and found the nest. They nut
the nest in small box. cut a hole
in II and nailed it to a post.
The mother bird took possession i'm
mediately and is feeding her young
numerous times daily.-vancouve
tWash) Dispatch to Seattle Times.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31

have demonstrated hypothesis. con
firmed a rumor. hit upon great truth
sleuthed a primal fact to its lair. The
plain truth is that | haven't had any
thing to eat in so long that | have
forgotten my last meal. I am the hun.
| griest man in the world. | could eat
tacsIs with spoon"
Come on" said Lem, a bit dizzy
with the unusual words, but anxious
to please
He led the way to the house where
Mrs. Jones met the hungry man at the
door
Madam" said the hungry one most
courteously. Il am needing a little
something to eat have been lost in
the woods and without food"
" hat are they after you for, young
feller?' inquired Mrs. Jones incisively,
she who had spent life in these
mountains where the sympathy was
all with the man whose hand was
turned against authority and where
many fugitives from the law had
found refuge
Have you found me out SO soon ?"
grinned the fugitive We'll, if | must
tell | will say that l just knocked a
hole in a Jail down South Carolina
way. cracked the heads of a couple
of armed guards together, robbed the
city marshal of his horse, outran the
sheriff's posse, swan the Elb river
where ford there was none, and lived
on diet of blackberries for seven
days. Back of that there was the
little matter of cracking L safe. Other
than that | assure you my conduct
has been the best"
So engaging was the manner of this
young man of the rags from the great
world beyond the mountains that Mrs.
Jones Immediately liked him. He was
a perfect cataract of words and talked
necessarily. She was not able to un.
derstand half he said but was pleased
with all of it. He ran on glibly but
always stopped short of being smart
in the sense that would call forth
dislike. All the time he was eating
corn bread and bacon with the relish
of one who has long omitted the
formality of dining
Such was the introduction of Special
Agent A Spaulding Bowling into the
Cumberlands. he who played the
cadet in white slave cases, the wild
young man about town in the bucket
shop investigations, and made love
to a bank cashiers daughter TO learn
where the loot was hidden. For all
these situations Bowling had stream
of talk that never failed to amuse and
disarm. Billy Gard had asked the
department for his help on the moon
sinners case and Bowling had fallen
into the plan with all the enthusiasm
of adventurous youth
The features of the Jail breaker for
whom the reward was offered were
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
HOWE Town
aGl[1IL[PS y
* y
oN"gr
DESTROY BEAUTY OF CITY
Cards and PIacards Have NO piace IN
Streets of Any Weli-ordered
Community.

Political ambitions are becoming SO
much an obstacle to civic beauty that
the esthetic souls of many commum-
ties have been on the verge of reDeE
lion for some time past When man
becomes obsessed with desire 10
shine in public life he announces MS
matehless virtues by means of harihs
cards and placards. These cards are
placed at every point where the hu-
man vision might be expected to owen.
Does one pause to enjoy the grandeur
of rural scene, he is reminded from
every tree and rock that Smith Is the
peoples choice for constable, or thar
Jones stands for the square deal.
The outrage is heightened by series
of homely yisages showing the aspiring
ones in various poses of vanity
Vandalism is strong term, but is
It too strong for such practices? The
worst part is that 1t is perennial. The
bounteous crop sown at election time
is permitted to remain the year
around. BY the time the elements
have succeeded in destroying one crop,
another has put in appearance. Cards
NAV be found in any grove-the cards
of men who have been politically dead
for years. 1t may have been proved
at the polls that the erstwhile "peo-
pies choice" was not any ones choice;
yet he must be RECALLED with the pla-
cards on every tree and eminence.
Minneapolis, whose finer sensibili-
ties have been aroused, will have no
more of this Hereafter. candidates
will have to proclaim their virtues in
some other manner. DETACHMENT of
scenery by homely visages and trite
slogans will be inhibited by law. AT
an election now impending, most of the
candidates have agreed to keep their
plaeards out of public scenic places.
Others are to be arrested. The ex-
ample set by Minneapolis Is worthy
one.-Portland 0regonian.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31

those of Bowling. So had preparation
laid his plans with an understanding
of the habit of the mountaineer to
hide the fugitive. He had figured that
such fugitive might get into the
confidence of those iron men of few
words and fitch from them their Sc
crets. With the right culprits behind
the bars the backbone Of this defiance
of the law might be broken.
Dowling's stream of talk won the
friendship of Ty Jones and his sons
as 1t had won his wife. The fugitive
was tucked away in the hills and fed
by the mountaineers. He came to
know the lntimates OF the Jones fam
lily and his stream of talk entertained
them for lays and weeks. He hiber-
mated with others of his kind for he
found the hills full of men in hiding
He became a visitor at many a cabin
and eventually struck the rock that
responded to his confidence.
A young mountaineer named Ed
Hill maintained an active still high up
in the mountains-a virgin still that
had never known the Dissertation of a
raid. Hill was high spirited and COM
panionable, unlike most of his neigh
bors. His was the soul of poet. a
lover OF the wilds, a patriot of the
mountains. The flame of adventure,
the love of danger, the belief in the
individual rights of the mountaineer,
made him moving spirit among the
men who battled the government.
Ed Hill told the fugitive the whole
story of the killing of Tom Reynolds
and the shooting of Sam Lunsford He
told of the determination to rid the
mountains of Todd, the livery stable
man, and TO preserve for the men OF
the Cumberlands the right to do as
they chose in their own retreats.
1t seemed that of all the men of the
mountains who made moonshine whis-
ky. there we're but four who were
willing to so the limit or spilling the
blood Of their fellows resisting the
law. Hill was one of these and saw
| his acts as hose of the man who
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
TURKS 'SANCTUM'
HOW THE hAREM FIGURES IN
LIFE OF THE ORIENT.
German Writer Asserts That Western
Travellers Have Given Out an En-
tireIy Wrong Impression OF
the Institution.

The West brought its CIVILIZATION
70 the East, but one thing the western
people We're unable to drive away from
the Orient was the haren. The Or1en-
tai will stick to his harem. To over
turn this old institution would make
an end of culture in the Orient.
The harem is q home for women
members of the family, widowed moth
ers, old maid aunts and others of the
family branch Even old servants, I'M
tit for further service, are taken into
the harem.
The word harem means holy place,
protected hon :, and not what IS
falsely understood place where rich
Orientals hide and main their
many wives The children born In
harems are kept there and carefuliy
nursed by their mothers. Therefore
the death rate in these refugees Is
very small.
Conversations in the haremS are car
ried on SO that the children do not I'M
derstand what is said in their pres
enee, and as the children are alWays
under the special care of their MOTH
ers, servants have ne opportunity to
teach such children things they should
not know.
Married life is one of trust. love and
obedience. The middle elias. tiYe -
homes according to their mednS the
wives with their children on the second
/ floor, where mans eye cannot reach.
l.. " h1X
for their wives separate palaces, some
of them decorated in the best Western
styles, the rooms are darkened through
Venetian blinds which gives them
gloomy appearance. Where several
wives live in one house each one has
her separate household The wives
meet often by special invitation; they
live in harmony together; there is no
petty jealousy, each knows that the law
allows the husband a certain number
Of wives. 1t is wrong to think that
bridegroom and bride-to-be have 10
marry each other by the will of the
parents. The parents certainly make
the proposal, but the young people are
allowed the final word.
Western people have accused the
Turks of polygamy, which is denied
by the Oriental and the accusation re-
turned with the remark, the Western
men are worse. for they flee from flow
er to flower but no one brings any of
these flowers home to make her his
wife.
Reforms and Western modes have
brought much unhappiness into the
harems. and often when too late Mos
lem women have found out that they
We're wrong.
The Oriental, rich or poor. does not
allow his wife to do laborious work :;
she has to live for her husband and
children only. He wants her TO live
in ease and comfort, and to accom-
plish this, the husband deprives him
self of many things to give his wife
The Oriental works and is thrifty
while his wife sits at home on the car
pet and dreams.
The strict marriage law gives the
Oriental wife security and happiness.
while Western laws do not give wives
that security.
Turkish men seldom are rude TO the
female population, but many Euro
peans who don't know the Laws and
customs of the Orientals, are the cause
of the harem ladies being compelled
TO veil.-Impression of Institution.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
Wide Streets in Uruouav

cities that are worrying over narrow
streets and sidewalks may take a les
son from the recent action Of Monte
Video, capital of Uruguay, which has
passed an ordinance requiring that all
buildings be erected at least 32.S feet
from the boundary line. except in the
business district, where 1912 feet
spare frontage must be allowed for
walks and parking, and must be en-
orely free from steps, balustrades and
ornaments.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
His Hobby,

carson is always denouncing the
latest popular fads and the people who
take them up. Hasn't he any fads of
his OWN"
only one"
And that isY,
Himself"
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
Much Greater

verify he that cleaneth up his own
premises at this season of the year is
greater than he who talketh about hav-
ing ne ability to run city.-Los An
geles Times.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31

Plants have been established in both
Scotland and Sweden to manufacture a
steel said to be equal to the best cruel
bic steel by an open hearth process.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
INFANTRY NONCOMS'
PLAN SOCIAL STUNTS
Organize Association to Provide
Amusement and Entertainment for
Leisure Moments in Camp.

The noncommissioned officers Of the
Third Infantry at Camp Ordway organ
lied an association yesterday afternoon
in order that they may hold several So
cial functions shortly
Regimental Supply Sergt. Benjamin H.
Streeks was elected president, Sergt.
Archibald King. of the Machine Gun Com
pany. was made secretary and Sergt
Harlan Frey, of the Machine Gun Com
pany. was elected treasurer. The first
sergeants Of each company were made
members OF the executive committee. The
meeting was held in the mess tent of the
Machine Gun Company and seven:y-five
noncommissioned officers We're present.
A stag party for members OF the asso-
citation will be held soon, the association
decided. Discussion was warm as TO
whether a dance or a stag party should
be held The dancers lost out
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
CITIZENS URGE
PENSION FUND
Federation of Associations
Presses Firemen's and Po-
licemen S Relief Bill.

Members of the special legislative COM
mlttee of t.e Federation of Citizens' As
sociations made their plea for the firemen
and policemen of the District at a hear
ing before the House conferees on the
pension fund for superannuated and dis
q bled members.
The Senates action in providing PEN
sion legislation in the form of an amend
ment to the District appropriation bill re-
suited in the visit of the federation rep
resentatives and the cOnferees were urged
to retain the provision in the bill.
1t was cited that every citizens asso-
citation in the District had voted in favor
of poliCemens and firemens pension and
that legislation of this character would be
particularly pleasing to the people of
Washington.
Those who appeared We're Edward F.
Colladay, president of the Federation
William Nick. Clayton, d. A. Edwards.
Herman A. Phillips. Charles A. Shreve
and d. N. Shoemaker.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
Defends WILSON
MEXICAN POLICY
Representative Harrison in
House Denies Favoritism in
Munitions Shipments.

Deliberations Of the House were fea-
tured yesterday by vigorous defense of
the administrations Mexican policy made
by Representative Harrison, OF Missis-
sippi.
He denied Republican charges that
Cleveland H. Dodge, friend of President
Wilson and large contributor to the cam
paign. was given special favor in the
shipment of munitions to Mexico.
The Mississippi member declared he
had a telegram from Secretary OF State
Lansing stating fatty that the latter had
never seen Cleveland Dodge and that
the visit described by Representative
Rodenberg had never taken place.
Representative Bennett. of New York,
made a heated attack on the British
blacklist and criticised the administra-
tion and Democratic legislation in gen.
eral
Representative Hay secured an agree
ment for the consideration of the army
bill today.
Majority Leader Kitchin moved to have
Representative Harrison's remarks eX-
tended in the Record. which means that
the mails will soon contain some tens of
thousands of speeches to help the Demo-
cratic campaign.
Speaker Champ Clark began his TWEEN
ty-fourth year as member of the
House. and in brief remarks spoke of the
present body as the equal of any in
which he had been privileged to serve.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
TRADES BODIES
TO DISCUSS TAX
Meeting Of Local Organiza-
tions Expected to Protest
Against Assessments.

The board of directors of both the
Board of Trade and the Chamber OF
Commerce have been called for special
meeting today
While no definite statement could be
obtained from either. it is understood
that the chief subject for discussion
would be the provision in the District
bill. now before Congress, which places
a tax of fOUr-teenths of one Fer cent
on bank deposits and other forms of
Intangible" property.
Sentiment is very strong against this
tax among business men of washington
and both trade bodies are expected to
pass strong resolutions against it at to-
days meetings.
A meeting of the Washington Real
Estate Association will be held this aft
ernoon in the offices of George Y Worth
ington, in the Woodward Building, to
map out a campaign of opposition to the
adoption of the measure.
The Central Labor Union and the Dis
trict Bankers Association have already
adopted resolutions cOndemning this pro-
vision of the District bill.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
WIFE-BEATING ORGY
BLAMED ON WEATHER
Heat Wave Most Convenient Goat to
Account for Epidemic in
Baltimore.
SneriaI 70 The Washington Herald

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Aug. S-A wave OF wife
beating seems to be sweeping the eastern
section of this city and no one seems TO
be able to give any reason for il. Some,
however advance the opinion that it is
due to the hot weather. Two men charged
with wife-beating were before Ma gis-
trate GereCht this morning and each was
sentenced to three months in the House
of Correction. Two other women ap-
peared at the Police Court and COM
planned that they had been beaten by
their husbands. These cases proba bly,
will result in warrants being issued later.
There was another case in the South
ern district, but this offender escaped
with a fine at the request OF his wife.
George Michael, 35 years old, of 73l
South Ann street, is alleged to have used
a strap to beat his wife, Katie last night.
after she objected to him taking her
money to buy whiskey.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
HAPPY KIDDIES' SHOUTS
MISSED At GOOD WILL
Camp Deserted While Being Prepared
to Receive New Batch of
Children.

All was quiet at Camp Good VIII
yesterday In the morning the whole
company of children, who. with their
mothers. had been the guests Of the
place for the past two weeks, return
ed 10 their homes in the city.
As soon as the children had left the
camp workers and volunteers began
to prepare for the reception of the
$50 children who will leave their city
homes today to take up their YaCa-
tion abodes in the camp. But the
'rolic and fun-making of the children
was absent.
Preparations are being fostered TO
make it possible for all poor children
who have not yet visited Camp Good
Will to spend a few days of fun and
outdoor life before school starts.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-09
Purely Personal

Mrs S V Tompkins and Miss Mildred
Dorset will visit Ashland, Va, for a six
weeks stay.
Miss Rhoda Watkins is spending her
vacation at Ocean Grove. y. J.
Miss Mabel Scott. teacher in the Nc
Kinley Manual Training School, is spend
Ing the summer at Ocean Grove, y. ].
Harold A Snow has been appointed
laboratory apprentice in the Bureau of
Standards.
Miss Margaret G. Murray has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Bureau of Domes-
tc and Foreign Commerce.
Robert c. Gooch has been appointed
laboratory apprentice in the Bureau Of
Standards.
Judge and Mrs. William Bailey Lamar
are at Atlantic City.
Mrs G. Erlebacher is on a two weeks
trip through the Middle West,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Donaldson are on
vacation at Lake Placid.
Mrs. P. H. Barker is visiting with her
daughter at Norfolk, Va
DR.. L. D. Wilson is back in Washing
ton following a motor trip in the White
Mountains with Mrs. Wilson and Miss
Elizabeth Wilson.
Lieut. A. W. Rieder is visiting in South
port, n c.. prior to taking up his post in
Annapolis
Mr.. and Mrs A. R. Mackenzie are in
Atlantic City for a short stay.
Capt. H. H. Roberts has gone to his
new post at San Antonio, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Phelps left yesterday
on an auto trip to New York and Allan
tic City.
Thomas Van CIeave, city councillor. Of
Kansas City, and r. J. Higgins, attorney
for the Kansas City Street Railway Com
pany. are the guests of Representative
Taggart.
Lee Combs is on three-weeks' vaca-
ton trip to Atlantic City.
Miss Josephine D. L Mccoy is spend
ing week visiting relatives on the lower
Potomac.
Henry l. FrizzIeby is on sailing and
fishing trip in the vicinity of Cone River.
James Earls, of Southbridge, Mass, is
In town for the c. T. A L. convention.
Mrs. R. A. Cavanaugh entertained the
members of the st. Martins auxiliary,
knights of st. John. at her home last
night.
Rev F. Y. Cavanaugh, a Washington
boy studying at st. Mary's Seminary.
Baltimore, is in the city for the C. T. A.
L. convention.
George Norton, secretary to Represen-
tative Roberts, of Mass, left yesterday
for his annual vacation at Rockport,
Mass.