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The Washington times., 1916-08-29
ROMANCE FEATURES
PIERCE WEDDING
Former Washingtonian, "Sev.
enth Son Of Seventh Son."
Has 3-Hour Honeymoon.

Friends Of Josiah Pierce, young
Washingtonian, have Just learned OF
his rather romantic marriage in New
are interesting in that Pierce proved
himself one Of the contenders for the
record In short courtships and still
shorter honeymoons.
Young Pierce met the lady OF his
choice, a Miss Livingston, in New
York. After a hasty courtship Of two
days he hastened with her to the
marriage license bureau and applied
for a license. according to q dispatch
from New York. .
Name please?" asked the clerk.
Josiah Pierce" answered the pros
pective bridegroom, "and ] want this
put in the records: I am the seventh
son OF O seventh son."
After receiving the license the
young couple were quietly married.
After that they obtained an auto
mobile and hastened to Naragansett
Their honeymoon must have con-
sumed the fine required for the trip
to and from Narragansett. for three
hours later they returned and took
up their residence In Pierce's apart
ments.
Josiah Pierce is the son of Josiah
Pierce, an engineer. who died here
in 1902. He left his son the famous
Dahlgren estate. one Of the show
places for automobilists near Fred
erick, Md. This estate was the prop
erty Of Admiral Dahlgren, the grand .
father Of the present Josiah Pierce.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
GIRL DOESN'T KNOW
HER ALLEGED FIANCE
Early Morning Caller at Police
Lieutenants Home Held.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-James Sui
livan. a mystery to surgeons and the
police, was arraigned in Flushing
police court on a charge OF disorderly
conduct Early on the morning of
June 20 Police Lieutenant Edward F..
Hayes found Sullivan on the porch
Of the lieutenant's home at 80 East
Polk avenue. Corona.
Hayes knew Sullivan didn't belong
there. and an argument followed that
aroused the neighborhood. Household
utensils clattered about the pair. and
somebody fred a revolver. The bull
let struck Sullivan, making thirty-six
internal punctures. His case was re :
garded as hopeless by the surgeons
City.
To their amazement he recovered
and to the astonishment OF Hayes and
his daughter the prisoner averred he
had gone to call on Miss Hayes, who
had promised to marry him, and that
he had fallen asleep on the porch
Miss Hayes declared she had never
seen him before. His case was post
poned until September 8.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
SUBMARINE RRSCUER
LAUNCHED BY SPAIN
Ingenious Craft Designed to Sal
wage Undersea Vessels.

ZAANDAM, Netherlands. Aug. 2s.-
An ingenious craft for the salvage Of
submarines has Just been launched
here to the order Of the Spanish gov
ernment.
1t Is a double-screw steamship made
up OF two separate vessels six metres
deep and six metres broad, the fore
and AFT decks OF which are bound to-
gether with an intervening space Of
eight metres. thus giving the entire
structure a breadth OF twenty metres.
The open space is spanned by hoisting
apparatus powerful enough to haul
up sunken submarines between the
two halves OF the ship.
The electrically driven windlasses
have a total lifting capacity Of $50
tons. with a test load OF 1000 tons.
On board the ship are four workshops
for the repair of the salved under
water craft. together with a hold for
the storage Of torpedo heads. which
can. In case OF fire, be immedi la tely
submerged. The vessel Is 92a metres
long.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
The Peepul.

What is this presence. formless, wildf
1t Is the Peepul. sweet. my child.
Skeptics have said 'tis quite absurd
And that the thing is but a word.
But politicians far and near
cat certaia seasons of the year,
Hold II in tenderest regard
And each asserts II Is his ward.
Twas born in prehistoric days;
Cleon. in Greece. crowned II with bays:
Caesar was strong for II In Rome.
And, coming somewhat nearer home.
Danton, Marat. and Robespierre
Gave II most considerate care.
'Twould be invidious and unpleasant
TO name its guardian at present.
And what, you ask, makes II look vexed !?
Think. little one November next
is quite a long. long time away,
From now until election day
Twill never get wink of sleep.
Twill get all moist from tears they'll
weep,
All stuffed with sugar till it's cloyed.
Now would not you. too, be annoyed
Maurice Morris. In New York Sun
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
LONGEVITY PAY FOR
DC. TEACHERS N BILL
Deficiency Measure as Report
ed Provides Over $183, 900
For District. "
CONTINUED from First Page.)
.ween Seventeenth and Eighteenth

NSohhHuCu tEohu 1kol
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets.
Provision that nothing contained in
the army appropriation bill shall be
construed as precluding the payment Of
travel allowances to the officers and
men Of the national guard on their dis
charge from the United States.
Two District items in the legislative
sections of the bill provide:
"The Commissioners Of the District Of
Columbia are authorized to pay from
the appropriation for "streets, District
of Columbia bathing beach," fiscal year
1917, to certain persons employed at said
bathing beach between July 1 and Sep
tember Is, 1916, both dates inclusive,
such additional compensation as they
would have been entitled to at the rates
of compensation paid for like services
during the period between June Is and
%, 1916.
With reference to the board OF chill
dren's guardians:
Authority is granted to pay. in ad-
dition to the sum Of $500, heretofore
authorized. a further sum not to exceed
&, ,2s7.0S to institutions adjudged to be
under sectarian control. fiscal year 1915.
Authority Is granted TO pay. In ad-
dition to the sum Of $500. heretofore
authorized, q further sum not tc ex-
ceed $1.0l6.57 to institutions adjudsed to
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
SCIENTIST WOULD FLY
INTO PAPUAN FORESTS
Australian Authorities Fear Trou-
BILE With the Natives.

MELBOURNE. Australia. Aug. %
DIR. Eric Mjoberg. a Swedish scientist
and airman. has requested permission Of
the commonwealth authorities to use an
aeroplane In exploring the interior Of
Papua, or British New Guinea. some
parts of which have never been seen
by a white man. but the Australian au-
thorities have refused to sanction his
project for fear Of trouble with the
natives.
The English police are hunting down
some natives who recently killed one Of
their men with poisoned arrows, and,
although the natives are not feared for
their fghting strength. the authorities
are opposed to any unnecessary intru-
sion into their territory.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
Judging From Experience.

Pop, are bald eagles a distinct
vnriety?"
II can't saw positively. nv son. but
I rather fancy bald eagle is simply
married one"
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
WOULD STANDARDIZE
DRAFTING OF LAWS
Members of American Bar Ass0.
citation Begin Conference.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.-Terming them
selves the by-product Of the American
Bar Association. in session here. mem
bers of the bill drafting conference held
their first annual meeting today.
The conference was organized last
December at Washington. The con-
ference plans to standardize the prepar-
alton Of bills. which was termed today
as a haphazard and extremely ire
sponsible business"
The executive committee of the con-
ference is composed Of John A. Lapp,
director of the bureau of legislative In
formation In Indiana; George s. GODDARD.
OF New York: Miles c. Riley. of Wis
consin. and A. e. Sheldon. of Nabra ska.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
Chaplin Sacks Sued for
$4,000 for Drivers Death

Suit for $4,000 damages was institu-
ted In the District Supreme Court to-
day against Chapin-sacks Manufactur-
administrative OF the estate of Alfred
A. Kiawell.
The petitioner asserts Alfred Kid
well was injured while driving a team
out Of the barns Of the defendant
company. The injuries were received
August q. 1915. and death is declared
to have resulted therefrom August 1
last.
The petition was filed by Attorneys
Leonard J. Mather and Richard j..
Downey.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
Irish Jig Is Easiest Dance
For Blind, Says Master

CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.-Methods of
teaching blind children to dance were
demonstrated before the American
Association of Dancing Masters here
by M. r. Conway, Of Hartford. Conn.
Conway declared the Irish Jig Ia the
easiest dance for the blind to learn.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
$582, 100000 Measures Get
Approval of the President
Today.
TELLS WHY HE APPROVES
Also Signs Philippine Bill and
Bill Of Lading Measure This
Morning.

While motion picture machines clat-
tered and ordinary cameras clicked.
President Wilson, with two strokes
OF the pen today released more than
S582.000.000 to be spent next year by
the Federal Government in the cause
Of preparedness. With several more
strokes he approved and made into
laws the Philippine bill and the bill
amending the law governing the COM
mercial status of bills Of lading.
In a speech to members OF Con-
gress. Administration officials. and
officers OF the army and navy. group
ed around his desk in the executive
offices, the President referred to the
four measures as constituting a re-
markable legislative accomplishment.
Many Present at Function.
In the throng that heard him were
members of the House and Senate
Committees on Military Affairs, on
the Philippines and Judiciary; Sec
retary of War Baker and Mrs. Baker.
Rear Admiral william s. Benson.
Acting Secretary of the Navy: Resi-
dent Commissioners Quezon and
Earnshaw; Mai Gen. Hugh L.
Scott. chief Of stan Of the army;
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. assistant
chief Of stan: Brigadier General Nc
lntyre. dhief OF the Bureau Of In
sular Affairs of the War Department: (:
Judge Advocate General Crowder, Of
the army; Rear Admiral Taylor:
Rear Admiral Griffin. and Rear Ad-
-, c,ra,,.s p.,,,,..,or Canar.I
MCGOWAN, of the navy. and Lieuten-
ant Commander McKind,"ss. U. s. N:
The President signed the army and
navy bills with his own pen. The Phil
furnished by Commissioner Ouezon. and
which the latter will present to the
Philippine government. Senator Pom
creme supplied the pen with which the
bills of lading measure was signed. Its
handle was made from porcupine quill
and its point was Of gold. Senator
Pomerene will give 1t to a friend.
The Presidents speech was as fol-
lows:
c.,
Gentlemen .,, M, Att,
,,,i,So,'t sa,,ina vt ' ooSaa.Hin ', e
.,uius taa,iu'i ,s,1;h SAY t"h ,,n .h ,iiS e
oess ,,ee, VIII ~, mUm ,.,i,, s,Sm inese o,.as,
hahy oi "ncn VIII prooaoiy pe no
uiehtous IN tneII results tn,nk tMhat M
TnnoNaSo Mo'e ooum m dei Una. @ 'nas nas
markable part Of the program Of ma
tionai aeIense. nis Dill tnat ! nave
nronria ton hi, g. 10 nnt ths h,I, Nv
which we reorganized the army, Of
course you understand. but II does
carry with 1t very much needed re-
vision of the articles of war, and II does
mean that the finances of the nation
are to stand behind the reorganization OF
the army and its use for adequate ma
t'onal defense.
"a pororL.h,o Mo.s,oo
heei ho"ie HAeoee'
The navy bill Is very remarkable
measure. Never before by one single
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The Washington times., 1916-08-29
True CandOr.

"Am good enough for your" sighed
the fond lover.
mo" said the girl candidly, you're
not. but you are too good for any other
E!rl."-New York Times.
The Washington times., 1916-08-29
AS It Is Now.

"Will you marry me, my pretty
maid?"
How many cylinders has your auto
mobile. sir?" she said.-Louisville Cou-
iier-J ournal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-01
- - rnIIMHIl-

Ameta. we'll known Partisan MIR
ror and classic dancer. win be featured
q the Columbia theatre for three DAVIS.
beginning tomorrow she comes #.-
rect from the big time where she and
her company have been featured on
every program iu the large cities Jane
Connolly 81 Co. Lafa stars 8f the we'll
known act "Sweethearts. viii he
featured in their latest comedy sue
cess. a Strong Cup of Tea Miss Con
nelly in addition - her nrettiupss IS b
Fivactous little actress and US ably as
sisted IN her work bv Erwin Connolly.
the author Of the piece. and Claude
Wade as her sweetheart Charley VII
son VIII do All of his ravng on The hu
HIS little performance Is termed as The
Squirrel s Delight" He is a different
comedian from the rest Ernie and
Ernie, The Monopede and the Dutch
Girl in three feet of comedy and
Deerenza and La8ue u Double
Combination are the other features
- he seen.
The evening world., 1916-02-25
A MOTHERS GRATITUDE
Mrs. F. A. Conrad of Altoona Says
That Father Johns Medicine Keeps
Her Children Well.

The mother Of four children, Mrs.F.A
Conrad. says; My children were at
different times troubled with severe
colds, also Group and bronchitis, and |
have given them Father Johns Med''
cine. which has given complete salts
faction. and | cannot find words to cx-
press my thankfulness for the benefit
that Father Johns Medicine did. My
younger boy was always weak, but
thanks to Father Johns Medicine he
is now the picture Of health" (signed)
Mrs. +. A. Conrad, lll4 Second avenue,
Altoona, Pa. II is important for
mothers to know that Father Johns
Medicine is safe to give their children
for colds, coughs and grip, because IT is
free from chloroform, opium, morphine,
codeinc, hcroin or any other dangerous
drugs in any form. Father john
Medicine is all pure and wholesome
nourisbment, its gentle laxative effect
helps to drive out impurities and it
sool hes aud heals the breathing passages
--Advt.
The evening world., 1916-02-25
CUT OUT MEATS
/ IF KIDNEYS ARE
TROUBLING YOU
uric Acid in meat excites
Kidneys and Irritates
the Bladder.
Noted Authority says we
must flush Kidneys with
Salts if Back hurts.

We are n nation OF meat eaters and
our blood is filled with uric acid. says a
wcll-known authority. who wants us to
be constantly on guard against kidney
trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood Of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork; they
get sluggish. the eliminative tissues clog
and thus the waste is retained in the
blood 10 poison the entire system:
When YOUR kidneys ache and feel like
Jumps OF lead. and you have singing
psins in the back or the urine is cloudy,
fuIl Of sediment. or the bladder is irri-
table. obliging you to seek relief during
the night; when YOU have severe head
aches. nervous and dizzy spells. sleep
lessness, acid stomach or rheumatism IN
bad weather. get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jsd Salts; take a
;ahlespoonful in a glass OF water before
" breakfast each morning and IN lev
DAYS your kidneys will act fine. I'm,
famous salts is made from the acid o'
cranes and lemon juice, combined win
jitbia. and has been used for generations
~ O flush aud 81 Emulate clogged kidneys
TO peutralire the acids in urine so " ~
no Longer a source Of irritation. thus
ending urinary and bladder disorders
Jad Salts is Inexpensive and canno,
injure; makes a delightful effervescen'
Iithia- water drink, and nobody can max
a mistake by taking little occasionail,
10 keep the kidneys clean and active
Advt.
The evening world., 1916-02-25

couples, and there was a sign In the
dining room. Guests are requested
not TO feed each other"
what about the charge-brought
by many besides tho Slgnora-that
Americans are too busy making
money to make lover"
LAS ] said. love Is not the business
OF Americans. On the other hand,
their business is often an indirect
method Of love- making. They work
so hard for money because they de-
sire to spend II on their wives or to
save II for the girls they hope one
day TO marry.
That tho American does not
shoot his rival In a duel or stab
him in a dark alley 10 no proof
that love here is less ir,passioned
than abroad. Whom the European
girl makes her choice her rejected
suitors know that nothing but
death will bring them into tho
running again. Thanks to our d.
vorce laws, the discarded lover
hero does not find il necessary to
shoot. hs merely puts his nsms
The evening world., 1916-02-25

position" she said, '1n Jersey City or
anywhere else, TO marry them as that
Justice OF the Peace In Jersey City
did Is beyond my understanding.
They are only children. My Joe is
tall, TO be sure, but no has the face
and voice OF q child. Agnes hardly
looks her age: she wears her hair
down her back in a ribbon and wears
short skirts.
They were just victims Of puppy
love. and nothing is moro certain
than they would have come TO hate
each other few years from now
when they learned what life really
is and each Of them had found true
love for some one else"
Joe. who shed knickerbockers only
a year ago, and Agnes attended Pub
lie School No. 2s, block from the
Graham home. They both belonged
to the school glee club and TO the
same social organizations. and usual
ly went together to- the school par
ties and plcnics. Their parents paid
no attention to their sweethearting
except to tease them about 1t a little;
in fact they thought II very pretty.
Recently tho Davis family prepared
to move from their home in Webster
Avenue to Brooklyn. Joe spent more
and more time with Agnes. He was
fairly beside himself with happiness,
his mother said, singing and whistiing
about the house. One evening about
. month ago he told his mother he
and Agnes had been married that
afternoon in Jersey City.
| Mrs. Graham thought II quito the
funniest joke she had heard in long
time. When she had stopped laugh
ing Joe insisted he was telling the
had been playing a Joke on him and
Agnes. Joe produced the marriage
certificate. Mrs. Graham went &c
Jersey City next day and. to her as
tonishment, found the certificate wa
genuine.
She went straight home and her
first act on arriving was TO snatch q
photograph of pretty little Agnes
from the dresser in Joe's room and
tear 1t to bits. Then the law was laid
down to Joseph. He was not to visit
his bride or even to talk to her or
the telephone. His older brother
John, and his sisters were made re-
sponsible for his obedience.
Joe sulked. lie stayed in his room
and smoked cigarettes and read mag
azine love stories and refused 20 talk
to the family. Yesterday his mother
told him the annulment suit wss
under way. Some time later his
brother John opened the bathroom
door and found Joe unconscious on
the floor. Gas was pouring from the
ljet and the window was tightly
closed.
Policeman F'innegan was called and
DR.. Dourmaskln soon arrived from
Fordham Hospital with a pulmotor
Meanwhile John. not knowing any
thing about the difference between
asphyxiation and corrosive polsons
had nearly choked his brother with
olive oil and whites of eggs. Joe re-
gained consciousness at Fordhau
Hospital and was transferred TO TIT
prison ward at Bellevue.
The evening world., 1916-02-25
BOY HUSBANDM MUST
GIVE Up GIRL BRIDE
He TRIED TOD|EFOR
Angry Ma Vows She'll Con-
tinue Annulnent Suit
to the End.
CALLS 1T "PUPPY LOVE-"
They'd Hate Each Other in
Few Years." Says Joe
= Finnigan's Mother.
CALLS 1T "PUPPY LOVE"

, Joseph Finnisan. seventeen years
',,id. Is recovering in Bellevue Hospital
from the results Of his effort to take
his life because his mother. Mrs.
Mary Graham. and John Graham. his
stepfather, of No. 1910 Anthony Ave-
nue., the Bronx, are preparing suit for
the annulment OF his marriage TO his
schoolmate and former neighbor,
Agnes Davis, also seventeen.
Joe's mother said to-day at her
home that she was sorry for the boy,
but the annulment suit was going
right on. His attempting suicide. she
said, Is proof he is not old enough 10
know what is good for him.
How In the world those two found
anybody holding a responsible city
The evening world., 1916-02-25

Mr.. Herford came nobly to the de-
tense OF the American man and lover
at is true" he admitted, chat
American love. making didn't have
an auspioious beginning. In the
first instance recorded in our his
tory Can't. Miles Standish sent a
substitute Romeo, and tor TINS
cowsrdice he Jared as dissstrously
a. he deserved to fare. But We
have gone far since that day, and
IL seems to mo that the American
Of the present loves wisely and
not too we'll.
"Of course" added Mi. Hcrford
rather ncrvously, from behind the
clenchcd left hand which acts as a
sort OF brake on his conversation y
can't speak on this subject with first
hand authority. That belongs to the
American woman, TO whom the Amer
| lean man makes love--or doesn't.
suppose you couldn't walt while
wrote a book|
Icouldn't, for I knew YOU wouldn't
But took the time to show Mr.. Her
ford several of Signora Sergardi's un-
flattering paragraphs, meanwhile not
/ ing that he Is as thin, az ponsive, a,
smielcss as one expects to find d
professional humorist. lie has a busl
OF soft gray hair, deep set blue eyes
In these, a semi occasional gleam-a
whispering voice and "A sad solemnity
| "Herc is Nine. Sergardi's omotiona
meringue, which she says the Amer,
can man can't cook" | explained. Ther
| read; ITO make love iS TO play hide
and seek around the deeper emotion, tc
flrt, to feel the lure Of personality
TO say dangerous things, - please, tc
make dull hours dcllciously danger.
Gus. II is a game the American man
has never learned. The dear man is
too candid. He looks upon any sub
tlety OF this sort as a kind OF dis
honesty. And here is where he fails!'
II think it is true" said Mr., Her
ford, that the American makes love
the latter, love-making is a ritual
every phrase OF which Is forever on
his lips. With the American, love
is something which he keeps within
himself: 1t is an unspoken prayer. a
service at which the heart and not
the mouth ofiiciates. And | should
think that sort Of love-making was
more sincere, more worthy OF de-
pendence,
"Or the difference may he stated
in this way:
Making love is the business Of
certain type OF Europesn-no'
tably the Italian. When he goes
out OF his house in the morning
he goes to his daily task OF love,
as the American goes to his office.
tt. Italian has SO much love
making to do that he naturally
The evening world., 1916-02-25
AMSTER WRITES A LETTER,
Opposes Deposit OF Rock Island
First aud RcfundtUR IS.

N. L. Amster, representing some OF the
minority stockholders In the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com
pany, sent out yesterday a letter to the
holders OF the per cent. FIRST and re-
for the deposit OF these bonds by the
Protective Committee Is unwarranted.
Mr., Amster says the interest has al
ways been paid and will be paid. and
that there is no necessity OF forcing a
foreclosure.
strong financial interests in Wall
street do not believe that the company
can be permanently financed unless the
closed mortgage upon which these bonds
are based Is reopened.