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Evening star., 1917-10-21

~ GORGE f. WINTERS. body
~ guard and confidant of Charles
N 81 J. Guiteau. slayer of President
~ James A. Garfield, at last has
told his story.
For thirty-six years Smiling George"
has gone through life accommodating
folks in all things save one-telling
them the inside history of the last days
of the assassin. Requests were many,
but he tied his tongue, always.
Then. recently. out at the old District
Jail in Washington. they knocked the
dust off the original scaffold upon
which Guiteau was hanged, assembled
it, and hanged another man.
The action of the authorities set
George thinking. Why, he argued,
should not the people have the benefit
thought is this narrative. Knocking
the dust off his yarn. he told it. reluc
family, modestly and without the trace
of intimation that he realized what
part he had played in the world trag-
edy of many years ago.
There is nothing of the braggadocio
about Winters. Bright of eye and spry
as a youth. he goes quietly about his
work at the Capitol without a word as
to his historic past. This story, then.
to many of his fellow workers will be
a surprise, for only to those whom he
mas known many years has he ever
confded that he was one of Guiteau's
guards.
Even now he is unwilling to tell all.
For instance, he is the only living man
who knows positively who pulled the
rope that sent Guiteau TO his DOOM
That he will not reveal. And when one
asks him what became of Guiteau's
skeleton. a mystery of many years
standing, he flicks an eyelid and says
1t isn't Dragging to say that | early
won Guiteau $ friendship" Winters
SAID. AS a guard al the Jail, l treated
him kindly, just as l did other prison
ers, and he seemed to appreciate it.
Then, ere long. he seemed to like me
better than any other guard and al
ways wanted me to look after his lit
tie needs.
Many times day. up to the last
he was hanged On June 80. 1881 was
IN and out of his cell. l never feared
him. nor did l tnlnk him wholly insane.
lie was Just fanatic on religion and
Few other things. That was all. 1
firmly believe that he thought he shot
the President in answer to divine call,
and maybe to this extent he was un-
balanced. but he was not crazy in the
generally accepted sense of the term"
AS will be recalled Guiteau's plea was
insanity. and there was much discussion
about his mental state after his death.
Surgeons who performed the autopsy
upon his body wrangled through the
papers for many days after his execu-
ton as to their findings.
winters describes Guiteau as rather
intelligent man. He wes graduate
lawyer and an earnest student. Among
the many things which Winters has that
the assassin gave him is a beautiful book
inscribed with Guiteaus name which
Winters Received the day before Guiteau
died.
He was constantly reading books"
Winters said. 'They ranged from poetry
TO religion. He frequently would discuss
their contents with me and ask my opin-
ion of them.
Guiteau also wrote a good hand. His
autographs were in great demand, natu-
rally, but he disliked to give them away.
never had any trouble getting them.
Evening star., 1917-10-21

a WASHINGTON woman is to be
h\ the means of spreading in
IN France and wherever the SOL
6 q diers of the entente are fight
ing the joyful news that America has
started on her second liberty loan to
help finance the war.
For the first time in the history of
the world a poster advertising a war
loan is to be distributed on the firing
line in the Red Cross hospitals, in the
villages of France where the American
soldiers are billeted and in Paris. 1t
will act as tonic to the soldiers show
ing them that the folks back home
are going to finance the war to finish.
and that while they are doing the fight
ing in the trenches they are to be given
the means to fight with They are to
he given the privilege of investing IN
these bonds, laying something away.
not for rainy day, but for the sun
shiny day when the war Will be over
and they sail for home.
1t is peculiarly fitting that this lib
erty loan poster is the work of wom-
an, for the women of America are fight
ing in the forefront of the battle for
this loan as they did for the first,
bringing II home to the households of
the country as men could not do, 1or
the community OF small domest1c inter
ests finds its way into the heart or
every woman, helping her to appreciate
circumstances of homely duties and
sentiment as only her sex can
r
, - ..o-.o, ha,,. b.rded
INC "oeH u
together under the leadership of Mrs
William Gibbs McAdoo wife of the
-, ,. s..
oecretais vi inc VI
President Wilson. and pledged them
/selyes 10 raise one-third of the second
-. -, IT,. .ha, b.va s+a-tad
HoefeS ioai' iHa' ''' .e"
out with fair chance OF speedily ful-
filling this pledge is evidenced by the
.,,,,,.,. .b.t si,1,e r,eu,hsr of
''ii q
the National Society OF colonial DANES
~
Evening star., 1917-10-21

though. When I wanted some of them
I simply would tell him that some
friends Of mine desired them. and he
would hand them over. He made no
charge for them, though he might hare
gained a considerable sum By selling
them
Guiteau's gravest fear. Winters de-
clares, was that he would be poisoned.
This seems strange in the light of the
fact that one of the sensations at the
time Of his incarceration was a report
that his sister, Mrs. Sickles, had sent
him bouquet of poisoned flowers that
he might destroy himself. She later
denied that she sent poisoned flowers
to her brother. Nevertheless, jail au-
thorities found that some one had done
so.
Along in the last days Of Guiteau's
Incarceration" Winters said. ''he de-
cided that poison was being put in his
food. Before he would eat any of it,
Evening star., 1917-10-21
The Comforter.

ssTrHE kaiser's speeches have lost
victory ring. though they are still
hopeful-in a way-well. in about the
same way as Squire Bancroft's."
The speaker was Miss Maude Adams.
She went on:
Sir Squire Bancroft once visited .
sick friend. taking with him . dns
basket of grapes.
THE sick friend was grateful for tha
grapes.
Are they winter he gasped.
In serious cases. said Sir Squire
solemnly, I never bring black.
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Abe and Morris Consider Ways Of Financing the

For my part they could flavor 'em with
gefullte Miltz nit knockerl because 1 got
through buying orchestra seats when they
begun to tax you $3.50 for them. Abe,
which if the government really and truly
wants to raise money by taxing the pub
lie, why do they fool away their time
asking suggestions from such new be-
ginners like La Toilette and Chump
Clark. when right here in New York
there Is fellers in the restaurant business,
the theayter business and running hat
check stands which has made taxing the
public a life study already. For instance,
if 1 would be the government and I wanted
to tax theayter tickets. instead of mon
keying around with stamps for 20 or 30
cents, y'understand. 1 would put head
the public is through paying for their
tickets, he gives them one look, y'under-
stand. and they just naturally hand him
:. dollar
What I couldn't understand is why
should the government pick on people
which goes to theayter for amusement"
Abe said 'Ain't it enough that in order
to hold my trade I've got to sit for three
hours listening to a lot of nonsense when
I could hardly keep my eyes open. but I
must also get writer's cramp in my
tongue from licking stamps yet just to
oblige the United States government and
a customer from the middle west. which
it's gamble whether he wouldn't return
the goods on me even If he does give me
the order"
That's what it is to have fellers work
ing as congressman which amt had no
other business experience Norris de-
clared 'Tf La Toilette and this here
Clark knew what they was about, Abe.
they would make it law that the GUS
toner should buy the stamps, and not
take some of these out-of-town buyers
which you've practically got to ruin their
digestions before they would so much as
look at your line. y'understand. and If
they would got to paste 5O-cent stamp
on every broiled lobster they order up on
you. 1t would go a long way toward taking
care OF the uniform bills for the first
draft"
And they should also got to stand
for the tax on gasoline also,s Abe add
ed "If you treat one of them grafters
to so much as two-quart automobile
ride, you've already sacrificed half your
profit on a couple of garments, even II
he does pay for the stamps"
"Cigars is another thing the govern
ment could of got a lot of money out
Of" Morris said.
What do you mean-could of got?"
Abe exclaimed. They do get a lot of
money out of cigars. You take the
average cigar today which costs $50
a thousand to put on the market, Nav
russ, and each cigar stands the manu-
facturer in as follows:
Evening star., 1917-10-21

ever way is most impressive to the
public.
This fact was appreciated by Miss
EuRenie De Land. teacher of free
hand drawing in the Mckinley High
School. who believes it the patriotic
bond as a good investment, if they
feel no other prompting. Miss De
Land is the fortunate young woman
who holds the unique position OF being
the only volunteer artist whose design
for a second liberty loan poster was
accepted. When she found that thou
sands of copies of it were to be sent
to Gen. Pershing in France she re-
marked that she knew a lot of those
little French villages where it was to
be posted SO she could imagine just
how 1t would enthuse the men to SEQ
Evening star., 1917-10-21
One for Advertisers.

CHARLES NJ SCHWAB said in a Lo-
~ retto address:
THE business man who stops adver-
tising because it's war time makes a
great mistake. War time or peace
time, advertising pays. War time or
peace time, the story of the duck and
hen holds good
when a duck, you know, lays an
egg, she just lays it and waddles off
That's all.
But when a hen lays an egg she
makes a racket over it flt to raise the
dead.
THE hen, gentlemen, advertises
Hence the demand for hens eggs In
stead Of ducks eggs.
Evening star., 1917-10-21

a picture of the Statue of Liberty
Haunting itself against the ruins of
some of the great stone walls of
France.
In speaking of her work on several
of the posters to be used in the loan
campaign, Miss De Land said it was
the most natural thing in the world
for her to want to volunteer for this
special service to her country. as she is
the daughter of the late Theodore De
Land. who for more than forty years
was connected with the United States
Treasury Department and for twenty
hve years was its chief examiner. 1t
was he who arranged the details of the
Spanish American war loan and the
first Panama canal bonds.
Mr.. De Land literally gave up his life
to the work of the latter loan. After
Evening star., 1917-10-21

Sure know" Morris agreed, but the
art about taxing cigars amt so much
to sting the feller that manufactures
them and the feller that buys them as
the fellers which accepts them free for
nothing. There is whole lot of wom-
which has got quite a reputation for
hospitality, because whenever they have
a poker game up to the house they
hand out cigars which cost you and me
and other garment manufacturers here
in New York as much as ninety dollars
thousand wholesale. so what I say is
that the government should tax any
body which accepts a cigar to smoke on
the spot ten cents, and for every one
of them put -it-in-your-pocke -and-
oke-it-after-a-while cigars, such a
feller should be taxed ten dollars or ten
days"
We'll, they'll get a whole lot of money
raising postage from two to three
cents.'' Abe suggested.
But not SO much as they could get
if they was to go about it right" Nor
ris said. For sending letters which
says. Enclosed please find check in pay
ment of your last months bill and
obiige. three cents is enough for any
business men to pay. Abe, and in fact
the feller which received such let
ter shouldn't ought to kick II the Post
Office Department makes him pay also
three cents postage, but there is some
law that when a merchant received one
of them. he should right away report
the sender to the Post Office Depart
nent for a special war tax stamp of
from one to a hundred dollars For in
too much postage for letter where 1t
says Your favor received and contents
should be so kind and wait couple
days and I would what I could do
toward sending you a check for your
March bill. as my wife has been sick
ever since May Is. and oblige yours
truly, The Reliance Store, NJ Doober.
proprietor
IF all them overdue retailers which
is all the time D,l1liup n sick wife on
their creditors was to be taxed 50
apiece. Mawruss." Abe said. how much
should pay when he writes to claim a
shortage in delivery before he starts to
VI. ack.t the goods even. Then there Is
rs feller which. when it don't get be-
lo,' zero promptly on the first of No
W, Der. writes to tell you that he must
say he is surprised, as the winter
weight garments which you shipped
him amt nowheres up to sample, and is
holding same at your disposal, and re-
main. which, If the government would
lars. he is practically getting Off with
a warning. And 1 could think of a lot
as 1 understand it, we are only trying
to raise $4,000, 900. 900, Mawruss."
Don't let that stop you. Abe" Morris
said. because there's going to be plenty
Evening star., 1917-10-21
BY MONTAGUE GLASS.

Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
n>0 SEE where this here Chunlp
w Clark says that incomes from
u over $4,000 should ought to
be confscated.' Abe Potash OBJ
served to his partner. Morris Perlmut-
ter, one morning in September.
Sure, 1 know" Morris replied, "and
IL this here Chump Clark has good
year next year and cleans up for a net
profit of s1o.22635. then he'll claim that
. all incomes over s1o.2c6.35 should ought
to be confscated, Abe, and that's the
way 1t goes. 1 am the same way, Abe.
Any one what makes more money as 1
do, Abe. I amt got no sympathy for
at ALL"
'T bet yer Vincent Astor thinks that
John Il. Rockefeller should ought to
be satisfied NIT the reasonable income
which feller could make it by work
ing hard at the real estate business
the way Vincent Astor does" Abe COM
mented.
John B. Rockafellar oser worries
his head over the rawlings of pro-
telariat," Morris said. But anyhow.
Abe. there's a whole lot to what this
here Chump Clark says at that. If we
compel men to give up their lives for
their country why shouldn't We compel
them fellers which has got incomes
Of over ten thousand dollars to give
up their property for their country
also?"
We'll. I'll tell you, Mawruss." Abe
replied. this here Chump Clark is a
congressman. and the way 1 feel about
it is. that when congressman wants
to say something in Congress. y'under-
stand. he should ought to be compelled
to first submit it in writing to a certi-
fed public accountant. or. anyhow. a
bookkeeper. y'understand. because the
average congressman amt got no head
for figures. Take Mr.. Clark. for exam
pie. and when he reckons that every
body which gets drafted is going to
give up his life for his country, yum
derstand. you don't got to be the head
actuary of the insurance company ex-
actly in order to figure it out that
So when the same feller talks about
confscating incomes over ten thousand
1t amt necessary to ask how he come
to fix on ten thousand instead of five
thousand or fifteen thousand. because
whether he tossed for it or dealt him
self three cold hands, and the hand
representing $4,000 won out with treys
full of deuces, y'understand. the infor-
nation amt going to help US finance
the war to any extent"
why not?" Morris asked.
Because you take yourself. for in
etance, and we would say. for the sake
Of argument. that in 1917 you turned
over a new leaf and worked so hard
that you made s15.5Oo."
Listen, Abe" Morris interrupted. 'it
there is a new leaf coming to any one
around here, Abe. I wouldn't mention
NO names for the sake of an argument
or otherwise"
"All right" Abe said. then we'll say
nlrlln
Evening star., 1917-10-21

to shut up shop and paste notice on
the door:
Evening star., 1917-10-21

~ GORGE f. WINTERS. body
~ guard and confidant of Charles
N 81 ]. Guiteau. slayer of President
~ James A. Garfield at last has
Evening star., 1917-10-21

a WASHINGTON woman is to be
h\ the means of spreading in
A\ France and wherever the SOL
6 S diers of the entente are fight
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-03-30

You buy item the regular pricethen another item Of
the kind for To- As illustration The standard price Of
Rexan Tooth Paste 25c You buy tube at this price and by
paying 1c &c. tubes Every article in this
sale standard piece Of merchandise just the
sell day regular prices and have sold for
years.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-03-30
NEXT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY,

This sale developed an advertising plan by the
Rather than spend large of money in other ways
to convince you Of the merit Of their goods they
spending it on this sale in permitting to sell you
sized package Of high standard merchandise for 1c
on this sale will be well spent if the goods please you
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04
Che DmRQdd CO
Esko6ZixheG 1857
Our most important Young Folk
Start soon for school
Start soon for school

Now that holidays are ending the
younger set are confronted with the SER
ious conditions of life, and their future is
dimmed slightly with the vision Of books,
desks and blackboards.
A Latin verb is a fearsome undertake
ing and the irregular French sort are
beyond comprehension. A problem in
arithmetic racks young nerves and the
English language contains pitfalls for
young sentence makers.
But to help along on the road to learn
ing-the Read House is ready with GER
tain equipment.
Colored Bingham Suits for boys, in
pink, blue and brown stripes. Sizes 3
= to years. 500 and $3.50
White Suits of poplin and linon, at
$3.50 and $3.50
Colored Dresses for girls Plaid and
plain colored ginghams, chambrays and
percales. Sizes to years,
$50 to $500
For larger girls to s years a special
line in Junior sizes. From $500 to $3.50
Colored Dresses of fine quality ging-
ham and percale in pink blue and buff,
$500 and $3.50
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04
WAY TO PETROCRAO LIES OPEN AS1
RUSSIANS, UNREslST|NG, QUIT RIGA;
|SLAv ARMY OBJECTIONS APPARENT

will be watched with the deepest in.
terest and with the deepest solicitude
not only by those who are near and
dear to you, but by the whole nation
besides. For this great war draws US
all together, makes US all comrades
and brothers, as all true Americans
felt themselves to be when we first
made good our national independ-
ence. The eyes of all the world will
be upon you, because you are in some
special sense the soldiers Of freedom.
Let it be your pride, therefore, to
show all men everywhere not. only
what good soldiers you are, but also
what good men you are, keeping
yourselves fit and straight in every
thing and pure and clean through
and through. Let us set for ourselves
a standard SO high that it will be a
glory to live up to it and then let us
live up to it and add a new laurel to
the crown of America. My affection
ate confidence goes with you in every
battle, and every test. God keep and
guide you!
WOODROW WILSON"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04
WHAT THEY WILL BE

|T HE UNDRII4IED and unequpped who marched
through Bridgeport today didn't present very mar
tia figure Compared with the Home Guard and Col Cliff Viii
they made exceedingly appearance little later
it will be different When the boys back trained to the
minute in Uncle Sans uniform with the prestige of real sol
ders upon he they will make the Home Guard look shabby
The day of the boys is coming.
The national army, to which Bridgeport has contributed
rather than its share will be the finest military organ
cation of equal numbers brought together Composed of
the vigor of youth and in the best of health and phy
cal condition. unattached by ties of wife and Children will be
such army country may feel proud Of
They going task which may vanish before they
ready for it. Or it may become the most gigantic task of the
ages. IS
They undertaking the immemoria work Of men and
they will give less glorious account of themselves than
their ancestors gave.
When the is these young will constitute
American aristocracy
In organization health appearance, discipline intelligence
and orderly habits they will be the of equal
Der of the nation The great places will be theirs by
right of efficiency For long to they will take
prominent place in the affairs of their country. $50
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04
Infantry Yields to German
Attacks Although Artil-
lery Contests Crossing of
River Dyina = Germans
March Into Riga and Els
tablish Another Sea Base
-Petrograd May Be
Abandoned.

Petrograd, Sept. 1.-THE abandon
ment of Riga by the Russian forces
was announced yesterday by the War
Office. :,
AS on the GaHcian and Roumanian
fronts. the Russian line had been
weakened by the INSTRUMENTATION of
the soldiery. Yesterdays official COM
munication states that some of the
detachments on the northern bank
of the Dvina voluntarily left their
positions, and are retiring to the
north In view of the threatening
situation created by the German at
tacks from Mitau, southwest of Riga,
and by the danger form German
naval forces, the order for the avac-
uation of the city was given.
The German offensive began on
Saturday by. an attack on the Russian
Uxkun position, following artillery
preparation, which lasted several
hours. The Russian troops defending
the Dvina River withdrew, and the
Germans succeeded in throwing the
bridges across the Dvina and passing
to the eastern bank.
The Russian infantry, in spite of
the brilliant action of the artillery,
which destroyed one of the enemys
bridges, could not stop the German
thrust, and the enemy, taking advan-
tage Of this, rapidly developed his
success and began an advance north
ward. Russian counter attacks
against him were unsuccessful.
The official report was more favor
able in regard to the situation on the
Rumanian front, and announced the
repulse of enemy attacks on Ruman-
ian positions near Gauride and Var
nitza in the direction of Fokshani.
The report, follows:
/, ION the left bank of the River
Dvina, to the west of Riga. our troops,
toward the morning of Sunday, retir-
| ed to tibet line of Bilderlingshof Me-
dem and Dahlen.
| Gin the direction of Uxhull, on the
north bank of the Dvina, in the
course of Saturday and Sunday the
Germans conducted stubborn attacks.
chiefly on the front Hhtal-Melmuger-
Skripto-Lausin and the confluence of
the River Oyer. Toward Sunday even
ing they succeeded in penetrating our
positions on the River Jaegel, in, the
region of Melrnuger and Skripto.
tSome of the attachments vo1un-
tarily left their positions and are re-
firing to the north. Efforts to re-
store the position by counter attacks
gave no definite result. In view OF
| the Threatening situation created in
the Riga region the order has been
given for its abandonment. On the
! remainder of the front there were
! fusilades, which were more intense in
| the direction of wilma.
'tRoumanian front-In the direc.
ton of Fokshani the enemy attacked
Roumanian positions near Geurile and
Varnitza several times yesterday, but
was repulsed with large losses. There
were fusi1ades on the remainder o.
the front.
''Aviation--On the lower course Of
the River zbrocz. Lieut.. Lakman, g
French aviator. burned an enemy OBJ.
1 servation kite balloon"