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cannot bear even to look upon such
things. Others linger around the glass
cases containing the exhibits as though
charmed by the spectacle. AS an ex-
hibit of snakes it is magnificent spec
tacle. Splendid specimens of numet-
Gus species have been collected, and
are displayed with due and artistic re-
gard to realism.
The rattlesnake division seems to
aold the greatest interest for visitors
and there is a magnificent, or afro
ciOus, specimen of the diamond rattler
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JOY of the tourist. 1t is no burden to
take quantities of fresh and crisp
looking neckwear on a journey.
Many other sheer fabrics are used
for similar collars, but no other is
quite so crisp looking as organdie,
and it seems to soil less easily than
the softer fabrics.
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Mioht FORGET IL.

She-Mr. MacScrubb says he's going
to give me one of his pictures for q
wedding present.
He-Never mind, dear; don't worry.
He may forget all about it.-Sketch,
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will be
having
o
other administrative
admitting
will be
main library
In be
will
The
telegraph the
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q
a
in the
it
and n is held
black and red bands each about inch long
of yellow
information will
indicated its
deadly Fortunately
bite it's gentle ana the
of but the
excellent India
indigo
Boys chain ordinary chain
Washington ball Of Arizona
snake the Southeastern states from South
middle West hognosed
spreading adder and the snakes
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Chinese Bracelets.

Plain Chinese bracelets are used as
trimming on hats, arranged so that
the hat can be carried by them as IL
they were loops.
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Biq Exhibit of Snakes in the National Museum

HE exhibit of snakes the National strongly the
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S0UU,UUU anu De LHe IdSC WOrU III UuIIU
ings suitable for housing a great cor
poration or a government department.
1t is especially designed to meet the
needs of the department Of justice, and
officials have put their o K on the
plans.
The building will be eight stories
high, with a frontage of 148 feet on
Vermont avenue and 145 on K street.
There will be two entrances. The ex-
terror will be of Indiana limestone for
the first two stories and tapestry brick
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supplies under greatly increased prices
due to the European war. There is
already a deficiency in the bureau of
medicine and surgery of $4,000, due to
the high war prices Of the present time.
An adequate idea Of these prices
can be gained by the statement that
quinine, which formerly brought
about % cents an ounce, now is selling
around 81 an ounce, although with
fluctuations and in quantities for the
army, it has been possible to purchase
it around So an ounce. Not long ago
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Army Medical Department Is Paying High Prices

THE rush toward placing the military forces OF
problems medical
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been doing an unusually brisk business.
Washington hotels are we'll filled. Some
of them have been unable to care for
all the patrons that have applied for
reservations.
Not only in convention gatherings
and by special excursions are these
visitors thronging in Washington, but
the individual tourist is here in larger
numbers than ever before to see the
sights of the national capital at his
or her leisure and pay homage at the
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Plans for New Home for Department of Justice

the big office building the north
the department Of Justice The structure will
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each hundreds
hotel
unusually along
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WFNAIlONALWU WF
AfFAIQS
National Capital Popular as Summer Resort

M
Washington the intention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
WASTED $4,000 IN
10 DAYS.: AGREES
TO TIE UP CASH
Committee Will Manage $780,
600 Estate for James Hum
phrey

So long as he has money James Hum
phrey, thirty years old, just can't keep
from burning up Broadway. he spent
$4,000 in ten days, and then went TO
DR.. Packers sanatorium at Riyerdale 70
recuperate. Yesterday he appeared be-
fore a sherif's jury and agreed 10 have
A committee appointed 70 manage his
100000 estate for him. With the
committees aid, he hopes TO skimp
along some way on his allowance Of
s. 900 a month.
The proceedings under which Hum
Dhrey was adjudged incompetent 10
manage his affairs were brought by his
mother, Mrs. Augusta Partridge. OF the
Hotel Belleclaire. A trust fund OF
$500 900 was created for Humphrey b.
mis- father, Mrs. Partridge's first hus-
band. From this he receives the $1,000
monthly allowance, but Mrs. Partridge
testified he had been unable 20 keep his
expenditures within that amount, and
that she mad been obliged to make up
the difference. The $4,000 he spent in
ten days was borrowed from trust
company, she said.
According 10 testimony given by DR..
II. Valentine Wildman, Humphrey is
not insane, but is unable TO withstand
temptation. His desire for speed led
him not only TO consume considerable
quantities of liquor, testimony showed,
but also 70 buy a new automobile every
time he saw one to which he took A
fancy. His mother testified he had
owned seven machines at one time, and
recently paid $500 for a racing car.
He bought an automobile whenever
he wanted one" she said.
Humphrey was arrested recently,
charged with driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
Humphrey took the stand and said he
understood the nature of the proceed
ings and thoroughly approved of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
BE OWN MILKMAN
TO LOWER PRICES
Horton Bids New Workers
Follow Paris Method
and Buy at Shops

New York will have cheaper mix
when IL goes after H."
Lotion Horton. Of the sheffield
Farms Slawson- Decker Company, was
speaking literally when he made this
assertion yesterday before the "ick'
legislative investigating committee.
He meant that before the price drops
the Now Yorker must adapt himself 20
the Paris system Of distribution, IN
which the customer figures 20 large
extent as mis- own milk man. Mr. hor-
ton thinks that the day will come when
il will be the same in New York
That's the way we're drifting" SAID
he. 81 saw it fifteen years ago. In
Paris, one dealer, Mr. Maggi, had l,400
stores. The consumer, or his servants
bugs his milk az the store"
Mr. Horton predicted that one com
pany will have q monopoly Of the milk
business in New York, as Maggl has
IN Paris.
AT the pace we're going" he de-
clared, tits question Of whose Dor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Prosecutors Evidence Too
Much for Regular
Body, II Decides
HUNT FOR PRICE
PLOT IS STARTED
Two of City's Independent
Coal Dealers Give Fam
inc" Facts

Such a mass Of charges of conspiracy
and price juggling is pouring in upon
the Federal prosecutors in charge oil
the investigation of high food and fuel
nrices that a special grand jury Will
have TO pass upon the data already IN
bond This was decided on yesterday
Originally il was planned to carry
81. President Wilson's order Tor a ma
.io,-vido Investigation Of high prices
tbroucb the machinery Of the regular
FEDERAL Grand iuries. When the inves-
ticatior actually opened here yester-
dav bowevcr. il was found that the
number Of witnesses TO De heard was
such that the regular body would De
swamped. l :,
Onlv two witnesses were heard IN
vosterday's search for evidence OF con,
spiracy among coal dealers. II was Sald
That other and more important experts
on the subject were to be called ana
that all evidence dealing with 1000
stuFs would be reserved for the spe-
cial body. which probably viii not be
summoned until after Christmas.
The plan Of action of the government
was disclosed By two witnesses Harry
Peters. general manager of the coal
firm Of Williams & Peters, l Broadway
and " Dodson. Of Weston, Dodson &
co. The Peters concern is selling agent
for the mines along the Pennsylvania
Railroad. for the Hillside Coal and Iron
Company and for the Blossourg Coal
Company.
Both companies, as Independents, are
said 10 have maintained normal prices
while other big dealers were talking OF
probable famines and increasing rates.
While the testimony Of the witnessed
before the grand jury is being guarded
il is known that both men had previous
Is announced that there was only a
slight shortage of coal, and that they
had little difficulty in obtaining fuei
for their patrons al normal prices.
Much Of the information in the hands
Of Frank VI. Swacker, special assistant
70 the Attorney General, in charge of
the New York end Of the investigation,
is in the form Of letters from con-
sumers which tell of specific instances
Of supposed fraud or irregularity in
price fixing. All these are being lnves-
tigated By agents of the Department Of
Justice.
incidentally, Il was denied yesterday
that the investigation now being made
by Federal grand juries in New York,
Chicago. Detroit and elsewhere was
largely for obtaining information for
the guidance OF Congress. On the con-
trary, il was said that indictments
probably would be returned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
FRENCH HALSEY PRINT
SELLS FOR $1,000
Record Prices Obtained al Sale
at Anderson Galleries

Prices scared last night at the third
session Of the sale of the Halsey Prints
at the Anderson Galleries. The 20l
lots dispersed brought a total Of s54,-
1876. H. Robinson paid $1,000 for
"L'Aveu Dificile" (1780, one of the
finest examples of French eighteenth
century color printing, by Janinet The
highest previous price paid here for a
print is said TO have been $4,000.
The companion impressions by the
same artist-"LTndiscretion" (l7SS)
and la Comparison" G786)-were
knocked down to Joseph Duveen for
$4,000 and S1,7oO, respectively. Mr. Du-
veen also gave 81 700 for nina Gu La
Folle par Amour" also by Janinet.
The Knoedler purchases included S425O
for de Collin Maillard," one Of the
rarest engravings after Lavreince;
$4,000 for "La Toilette De Venus"
G7S3), by Janinet; $4,000 for another
LAWRENCE, lie Joli Chen" and 81 500
and 81 500, respectively, for Venus en-
Reflection" and Venus Desarmant
L'Amour." both by Janinet.
Kennedy & Co. gave 81 500 for ia
Folie," by Janinet, and 81 200 for LES
Trois Spurs au Pare de 81 ClOu" (sic)
by Lawrence. For $1,000 George d.
Smith obtained "L'Orscle des Amans"
1903, by Frsgonard, and J. +. Drake
gave $1,175 for "L'Assemblee au Con-
cert" one Of Lavreince's impressions.
The thirty-fve lots by Janinet brought
O total Of $32 1882. The sale, which has
reached total Of S192, 1880, contin-
ues this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
MOURN MURDERED CHILD
Neighbors Loved Elsie Blum. Killed by
Father in Triple Tragedy

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer y. Martin were
the chief mourners yesterday after
noon over the body Of little Elsie Blum,
the younger Of the two children killed
by their father, Gustave Blum. Early
yesterday Blum took his own life after
killing the children.
Little Elsie was the pet Of the Mar
tin family. who live next door 20 the
Blum home, az 939 Morris Avenue, Dun
ton, Long Island. They had often asked
Mr. Blum TO let her live with them.
Her mother was taken TO the Central
lslip Hospital for the Insane more than
q year ago.
On Tuesday night Elsie ran in 70
play with her friends. When her father
called 10 take her home she cried and
clung 70 Mrs. Martin.
Yesterday Mrs. Martin recalled how
she had told the cniiG she must. 90
home with her father.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Report Shows Deliveries
Force Food Prices Up

Washington. Dec. 49, Some idea Of
the extent to which expenses of local
distribution Of commodities entered
into the cost OF living was given to-
day in a report of the Census Bureau.
Il showed that here the cost Of delivery
was about g per cent of retail prices.
Secretary Redfeld, to whom the re-
port was submitted, said that he con-
sidered that the results justified Sc
Letting some representative city or
cities and detailing experts 70 make
a more comprehensive study. Director
Rogers, Of the bureau, will confer with
the Secretary on this matter.
Secretary Rcdfeld believes that in
this single phase Of cost great econ
omies are possible. and that detailed
survey will focus the attention Of con-
sumers upon the advisability of elm
mating duplication to reduce this ele-
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
DOG ROUTS SCHOOL CHILDREN
Bites Boy and Attacks Policeman, but
Is Disabled with Nightstick

A stray dog attacked a crowd Of chill
dren yesterday in the yard Of public
school in Wilson Street. near Lee Ave
nue.. Brooklyn. The animal sank its
teeth in the left hand OF william Bor-
Meth. eleven years old. Of 81 Taylor
Street. The boys cries brought Patrol
man Martin Short. and the dog left
young Borneith 70 leap for Short.
Short disabled the animal with his
nightstick The boy WAS taken 70 Will
iamsburg Hospital to have his wounds
cauterized. The dog was held for OBJ
servation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Gilbert and Albert, Tough Kids,
with Saw Wreck Jail and Flee
Pair Who Escaped from Reformatory After Cracking Safe
Angered Hoboken Chief with Their launts-0re-
ferred Walking to Trip to Providence

/ learned the secret which has prisoners
had hitherto guarded closely.
Gilbert and Albert admitted that they
came from Providence. and the chief
with a final BIT Of their luyective max
ing his cars burn. tcicgrsphed 10 the
Rhode Island State Rcformatory.
Tuesday afternoon he reappeared
before the cell in which the two waits
we're thinking up new name for the
fat sergeant al the desk. The chiefs
face wore the first genuine smile that
had wrcathcd % since Gilbert and Al
bert came 20 make his life burden.
q know you guys, now he pro-
claimed.
The kids clever" said Albert to
Gilbert.
You broke out Of the Rhode Island
roformatory," pursued me chief. y
know you did, so don't lIe about il. !
know you jimmied the safe and got
away with $50, too. You're going Jack,
my laddie bucks. Thcrell be a guard
here 20 take you tomorrow. And !
wish him joy OF his bargain" he added,
fcrvently.
I've amt going back" Gilbert and
Albert announced in unison, following
this statement with many others which
have no place in a newspaper story
When they had exhausted both breath
and vocabulary they reiterated, we
amt going back" and then lapsed into
silence.
Chief Dislikes Tough Pair
Chief Hayes dislikes Gilbert and Al
bert on three counts. First, he, as a
policeman, cannot countenance safe
blowing and prison escaping even IN
the young. Second, as a man with
sclf-respect, he cannot forgive the
waits for the names they called him.
Third, and most potent, he cannot for
get that the lads spoiled his prison
pen in getting out of it.
For Albert and Gilbert were not in
their cell yesterday morning when
Roundsman ODonahue went 70 pre-
pare them for their trip back TO Provi-
dence The pen was empty and the
only signs Of its former occupants
were the iron bars Of the window,
sawed at one end and bent ont Of place.
No one can explain how they got .heir
saw.
Instead of returning TO Rhode Island,
two homeless boys wandered aimlessly
across the wintry countryside last
night, fully determined 10 break out
OF the next home in which they are
placed. For Gilbert and Albert are
tough kids
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14

Somewhere on the bleak Jersey eoun-
.rvside two homeless boys wandered
aimlcssly last night The frozen road
on which their footsteps rang led to
no home for Gilbert Reuhl. sixteen
wears old. L only carried him onward
through the cold, with the hope Of a
hav NOW or a straw rick at It's end.
The wind that drove In from the north
carried q gust Of snowdakos with IT,
but no vision Of Santa Claus and his
RENDERS rose in the mind Of Albert
Lees. fourteen. 10 them the Yuietide
meant only a time when the wind
crew keener and the cold more merci-
less.
Their homes If they still had homes
were FAR away. No window shone out
Cor them its promise Of protection
from the blast. Perhaps the younger
bow cried a little as he limped along
beside his companion. Perhaps the
taller OF the thinly clothed waits pat
ted his shoulder and whispered en-
couragement.
Boys Had No Blackjack
7. is more probable, however, that
Albert's WEAKNESS did not drive MN
10 tears. Profanity Of a blis.ering and
prccocious nature was more in his line
And Il is possible that the two Walls
did not with longing look at the hgh'-
cd windows Of the homes they passed
for they had 10 blackjack to bounce o"
the head Of the householder.
Gilbert and Albert are tough kids
tougher never spent FIVE days IN the
Voboken Police Headquarters jail.
Ttev were picked up last Friday
charged with vagrancy. To all at
tennis 70 find out from where they had
come they turned deaf ears and active
For five whole days Gilbert and Al
hort languished in their cell. employing
+boir snare moments, which were many,
in "sassing' their captors and IN IN
venting uncouth and coarse names for
such Of them as came under their d.
rect scrutiny. -,
The discipline and morale Of Ho-
bokcn's police was crumbling under
their attacks, when Chief Hayes finally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
MRS. FRENCH TO SAIL TODAY
Goes Abroad on Baltic TO Resume Hos
pitaI Work for Allies

Mrs. Seth Barton French, who re-
signed from the Red Cross service IN
France last summer 70 devote herseu
10 the relief Of Guardsmen on the Dor
der. will return 70 the foreign held
to-day She sails on tho Baltic with
Mrs. Thomas Thornton Smell, and Will
arrive i'm England In time 20 distribute
Christmas gifts from America at the
hospital for convalesccnt soldiers at
TOrquay.
Since the outbreak Of the European
war Mrs. French has been identified
with many charitable and relief organ
izauons in England and France, and
was one Of the few women to see
actual fighting along the Aisne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
REMAIN NEUTRAL,
M'ADOO WARNS
Our One Duty, Secretary
of Treasury Tells
Southern Society

William G. McAdoo, Secretary Of the
Treasury. made a plea for continu-
ance Of Americas neutrality in the war
in Europe at the dinner Of the South
ern Club at the Waldorf last night.
an this time of chaos to civilization
throughout the world" he said, eve
owe one duty. This, in my judgment,
means that this nation continue TO
preserve, as far as possible to 90 so
with honor, the policy OF neutrality
which has characterized its actions
throughout the last two years.
BY effective organization We must
preserve our own prosperity and make
ourselves as efficient as possible, so
that we may. when the time comes, be
able to render some service IN settle
ment Of the great issues that must
arise when peace is restored 70 strick-
en- Europe.
Must Assure World Peace
"Unless. when the time comes, our
country eXerts great power 20 assist
these other nations, and II necessary
becomes a party 70 some undertaking
which will insure the peace Of the
world. there will not be possibility of
assuring world peace in the future.
and like 30 feel that the American
people are considering the great ques-
lions OF the future not wholly from the
materialistic standpoint, but from the
earnest desire to use their great power
and great resources for the benefit as
far as IL is practicable for US to trans
mute them 20 our suffering brothers on
the other side Of the water"
Following an address by Jacques dc
Neufize. representative in America OF
the Bank Of France, in which he pro-
claimed that Alsace- Lorraine was once
again 20 become an integral part Of the
French nation. the diners drank the
health Of the President Of France and
then checred wildly for the republic
itself.
Cobb Praises South
Irwin s. Cobb at the beginning Of hi:
speech praised the South for its cleo
torate. which has shown that the peo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Farmer Dies in Second Attempt

Middletown, n. Y, Dec f3.-Down-
hearted because he could not run his
farm at a profit, James Gilchrst, OF
rloomingburg, this morning tried to
commit suicide BY taking chloroform
His life was saved when he was dis
covered, at noon. He shot himself
through the head. He died instantly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Charles P. Bryan Critically III

Baltimore. Dec. 10 Charles Page
Bryan. Of Illinois. former United States
Ambassador to Japan. was reported to
be in a critical condition tonight in
Johns Hopkins Hospital. He came mere
several days ago and underwent an
operation for intestinal trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Berlin Saloons to Close Earlier

Berlin, Dec. 10 by wireless to Say
ville).-Berlin newspapers announce
that the closing hour OF saloons and
Restaurants in the capital will prob
ably be fixed at 1880 instead of at
/ a. m, the present closing time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14

pie prefer a President in the chair TO
two in the bush"
Among those ut the speakers table
were the Marquis de Polignac. Bishop
Gailor. of Tennessee; Henry Morgen-
thau, Victor s. Bowling. the Rev. Ernest
VI. Stires and Alexander J. Hemphill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14

privilege Of selling milk in their build.
ings at 100000.
Alexander ". Aikman, assistsn, u,.
rotary Of the High Ground Dairy Coz.
pany, admitted dairymen had az under.
standing that they were not 70 under.
sell each other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14

rowing power is great enough 70 per
NIT him 20 survive
Nr Horton began business forty-siH
Years ago AZ the foot OF the ladder.
lie blamed high toned living ana
"too particular" housewives for the IN
creased prices.
"Why, some women" ne said use
our delivery men as alarm CLOCKS sho
insist they come AZ certain time ana
knock on the door
The witness passed lightly over the
5000 900 his auditor said that Snefeld
Farms paid out yearly in honest graft
To janitors, but ne showed his ire az
fashionable folks" who go 10 Palm
Beach 10 beat their bills"
But ! tell my boys 70 follow EN- 70
the grave" he exclaimed.
Mr. Horton described the hardship
modern methods work on the drivers IN
the industry.
"A man doesn't live on q route much
longer than three years" he declared.
"a driver climbs on an average OF o23
fights Of stairs a day
Difference in Price
Mr.. Horton said that it was fsl!acy
TO claim that milk could be SOLD for
three or four cents cheaper in June
than in December. The extreme diner
ence in price, he said, was about one
and a quarter cents.
Later he said that he would like 70
make three-eighths Of cent proht on
each quart Of milk he sold, but that the
best he could do was about quarter Of
a cent
Harvey T. Brown. auditor for the
Sheffield Farms company, put the an
nual amount paid TO apartment house
superintendents and others for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
01Naasau STRAIT

93 Nassau Street.
TOO Broadway, corner 9Th st.
S47 Broadway. near 14th st.
1882 Broadway, cor. 36th st.
1895 Broadway Times Square)
1884 Third Avenue.
s1452 Third Avenue.
'2202 Third Az. cor. 12Oth st.
S0ros marked W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Douglas Stores in Greater New York:

'2779 Third Av.. bet. r4otn & I+7th
3t7 Eighth Avenue.
$3.50 West 125th Street.
BROOKLYN
421 Fulton Street, cor. Pearl.
7OS-71O Broadway. cor. Thornt
1857 Broadway. cor. Gates Aven
i47S Fifth Avenue. cor. nth STIR
n q Gerry con1Dfefo lines Of ". L