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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
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Osntsd . murder mystery as bGnlinE
As q fiction plot
I'VE arose." the husband told the
detectives, who questioned him for
hours, "a little before o'clock. /
went to the grocery store to get some
bread, but found ! had no money. 90
] said I would pay for It later.
when / came back ! told my wife
we didn't have any money In the
house, and guessed we'd have TO
draw some from the savings account
She said she guessed so, too.
while we were at breakfast We
Just happened to talk about the baby
that was to come. She was very
happy over It, and we agreed that the
baby would be named Martha II .
girl and Valentine II boy"
Left at 8 O'Clock.
ct kissed Lottie goodbye at the
door and left the house about
O'Clock. 1 caught the s:33 boat on the
Severn river and went to the other
side to the naval experiment stallion.
arrived there about $40 and went to
work at 9, working steadily at my job
As stenoErapher until noon
"At noon / ate the lunch my wife
had prepared for me-three ham
sandwiches, a pear, and something
else. During the lunch hour / went
in swimming In the Severn and then 1
returned 70 work.
''I went back TO Annapolis about
o'clock that afternoon and went d.
rect home from the dock. As en-
tered the house I noticed that my wife
seemed to be nowhere around the
front, so called out:
Baby. baby. aren't you going to come
and kiss me-"
Saw Her on Bed.
There was no answer and went
on into the bedroom. There ! saw Lot
tie lying across the bed. but the shades
were drawn and I could not see DIS
timely. / shook her and she did not
reply, 80 / thought she had tainted
She had had a few fAinting spells.
81 did not walt a second. but ran
right out for a doctor. As 1 passed out
/ told two neighbors that Lottie was
aick and TO do something for her while
I called the doctor. DR.. Joyce finally
came.
when I came back to the house the
two women neighbors were In the room
They told me not to come In for Q
while, that LOttie was very III and
mustn't enter"
Shortly before y O'CLOCK tne bheIlIL
came. John r. Sullivan Is the sheriff.
name and he has direct way about
him
Come with me-" he said to the hus-
band, come back into the bedroom
here a minute"
The husband followed the officer.
The latter went into the darkened
room and suddenly switched on the
lights.
There on an unmAde bed, with the
sheets awry and the pillows thrown
about out place. lay the body OF Val
entine Branson's wife. Clots of blood
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

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man be a.brigadier general, while
he sits at his desk and makes
money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
CITY P'OL|CE DREAD
PSYCHIC EFFECT OF
ANNAPOLIS CRIME
By BILL PRICE.

The psychological effects OF . muir
der like that in Annapolis are always
dreaded by Washington and other po-
lice departments. The effect upon
disordersd and eriminAiiy depraved
minds IL such that. following . case
Of this kind. every police official Is
on the alert to throw unusual guar
dIanship around women who are
alone and unprotected.
Major Pullman and Lieut.. clifford
Grant. In charge Of the detective bu-
reau. were deeply interested today In
the Developments at Annapolis. but
refrained from offering assistance to
the Baltimore detectives and Mary
land authorities. Until . late hour
today no word had come from Mary
land authorities requesting assistance
from washington. or sven making In
quiry As to the histories Of the young
woman and her husband. both former
residents Of this city,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

What girl or woman hasn't heard
OF lemon juice to remove complexion
bIemishes; TO bleach the skin and to
bring out the roses, the freshness
and the hidden beauty? But lemon
juice alone IL acid, therefore irri-
tating, and should be mixed with or
chard white this way. Strain through
a fne cloth the Juice OF two fresh
lemons into q bottle containing about
three ounces OF orchard white, then
shake well and you have a whole
quarter pint OF skin and complexion
lotion at about the cost one usually
pays for a small jar OF ordinary cold
cream. Be sure to strain the lemon
Juice so no pulp gets into the bottle,
then this lotion will remain pure and
Jgssh for months. When applied
daily to the face, neck, arms. and
hands Il should help TO bleach, clear.
smoother and beautlfy the skin.
Any druggist will supply three
ounces Of orchard white at very little
cost and the grocer has the lemons
Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

New York is thoroughly enjoy
ing its sensational murder case,
Of the rich young Chilean heiress
numbering the gay divorced hus-
band. A curious complication
comes up. --"1Z s0'-'s
The relatives of the murdered
man are determined that his death
shall be avenged They want the
wife that killed him to stay in jail
and be uncomfortable.
On the other hand, they are
planning to protect her Hfe-not
for her sake, but because they do
not want her boy, grandson Of the
murdered mans father, to be
pointed out hereafter as ''the man
whose mother was electrocuted."
This is q complicated world.
You can't avenge your sons muir
der as you would wish, because It
would be dreadful to have an cleo
troeuted lady in your family
especially if you live on Long
Island and are highly respectable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

1t was carefully Explained at Po-
lice Headquarters that the amenities
between the police Departments of
Washington and Baltimore prohibit
cd interference, and that any effort
Of the Washington police to aid
would be rsssntsd unlsss there came
. request
swGEo the limit m cooperating
with other cities In running down
crime" N6id Major Pullman. 'but we
shall await word from Baltimore Au-
thorities before doing anything. The
Baltimore detective force has some
splendid, men, and have no doubt
they win get to the bottom OF this
case in q mighty short time"
The best detectives connected with
the Washington bureau ventu'ed no
analysis Of the Annapolis murder
mystery. except that II they were
handling the case. their hrsI step
would be to obtain from the husband
complete statement a. to the hour
when he left home: all the facts as
to his departure and the work his
wife was engaged in at that time.
with this as starter they would fol-
loV every clue that develops.
The summer season isA bad one for
crimes Of this kind. according to the
police. The hot weather 10 unusually
depressing upon disordered nerves
and dangerous mental Impression
are created. which the police would
gladly dissipate, II possible. The
only Offset Is alert WatchfulnesL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

Using the equator's excess heat
at the north pole, we shall prevent
the piling up Of ice there; we shall
stop the menace Of future glacial
movements that would wipe out
civilization, and accomplish other
interesting thinas.
This will be q nice little earth
when we get through with it. The
main thing now Is to persuade the
Kaiser that the earth II not his.
"The earth II the Lords and the
fuIlness thereof" and he has lent
it 10 US, and we are coming to I'M
prove It considerably before We
finish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

Flammarion, French astronomer,
says the human race. win some
day store heat a. Il cans veEe-
tables, and use in winter heat that
now broils rs In summer. OF
course, we shah store the heat Of
the sun, and we shall do more, We
shall direct It
Years ago this humble observer
announced that man would control
this earth some day aS he now con
trolls his front yard We shall not
only store up summer heat for
winter use, we shall divert the ex-
ira heat from the equator to the
north pole, get what Temperature
we want on the planet, and where
I'VE want It, sending it here or there
like the steam heat in an apart
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
re offer this sugEestion:

We offer this suggestion:
Take half . dozen expert ae-
eountants, make each one Of them
a MAJOR general-and put them
to work at THEIR DESKS, study
ing Government accounts and find
ing out what Is being done with
the money that the people are
spending, and that some brigadier
generals are handling.
We believe that q good expert
accountant MAJOR general, using
his talent to prevent loss Of Gov
eminent money would do q good
deal more for the country, even
than Brigadier General Dawson,
using his talent to persuade 9th.
ers TO contribute cash for the Red
Gross fund. A small part Of what
the major general expert account
ant would save would take care Of
the Red Cross easily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
Twenty-three Murders.

IWEmNy-NAENt uoEuGrAs
Tbers were twenty-three murders In
the District during the nscaI year end
ed June 30 last. and all Of these were
cleared up except one. That was q
summer murder mystery. too. with q
woman involved in Il. Clarence Keef-
er, 20 years old, OF 20 Sargent road.
Brookland had seen. a number of
couples pass his home and go into q
grove nearby. On the night OF July
5, last year, Keefer observed q young
man. accompanied by q neatly dressed
woman, pass In front OF his home
and turn into the grove . few hum
drsd yards away.
He announced his purpose to follow
them and was advised not to do SO.
He went on anyhow. Shortly after
wIrd a pistol shot was heard in the
woods and when Keefer did not return
home that night q search was made
His body was found early the next
morning In the woods. A straw hat.
belonging to the man who did the shoot
ing, was near the body. Every street
car conductor on the Brookland car
lines was INTERCEPTED As to couples
who had gone TO Brookland that even
ing on the street cars, but the murder
Is still unsoived.
Dennis Murder Mystery.
The most noted murder mystery OF
Washington In many years was that
of Mrs. Ada Dennis, a dressmaker,
who lived at 1117 X street northwest
She was the wife OF an actor who had
been away a long time. John Gross.
q newspaper man who roomed In Mrs.
Dennis house. heard groans at :
o'clock In the morning when he start
ed to his room. He aroused others In
the house. They found Mrs. Dennis
crumpled upon the floor Of her bed
room. her head beaten in with a plano
stool which lay near. She was I'M
conscious.
She lived many weeks in hospital
and every minute and hour Of that
time a Washington detective stood
by her bedside to obtain q statement
from her II her mind cleared. She
muttered unintelligible words re-
rardinE some man. but never men
toned a name or threw the slightest
liEht upon the Identity OF the as
sassin. Many detectives were en-
cared on the casa They got no
where A colorsd man who was q
Ianitor in q nearby building and
whose record the police did not like
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-02

BALTIMORE FAMED
AS CITY OF HOMES
Here The Individual Dwelling
Flourishes AS In No Other
City In America.

Baltimore is noted. par excellence.
as the CITY OF Homes" II is a city
of individual dwellings. mostly owned
by the people living in them There
are very few tenement-houses. The
observation-disclosures. comparatively few
in number. are for the most part To-
Gated In the envIrons and are equipped
with every modern convenience. The
three-story type, for so many years
the standard. has become obsolete in
the builders program. Aside from the
suburban dwelling. ranging from the
modest cottage 10 the really palatial
home exemplified in the Roland Park
development, the two-story brick in
rows constitutes the very large pro-
portion Of new homes being construct
ed. BaItimore's famous two-story
houses occupy a commanding posi-
ton among the influential factors that
have made for the city's healthy and
substantial growth. for they have
proved the magnet which has drawn
to and held in this city the better
class OF mechanics and general work
men.
10000 Houses In 10 Years.
During the last decade more than
10000 such houses have been built in
the city proper at cost OF about
$50, O00, 900. The cost TO the purchaser
ranges from 5000 to $1,000, or more,
and they are bought through building
and loan associations, whose name in
the city is legion. The first payment
is 500 and up, and the installments
from IS TO 81 week. Thus in to 10
years the buyer becomes the actual
owner, subject to a ground rent OF 8
per cent. on the value of the land on
which the house stands. The ground
rent runs, as a rule, from sac to $50
a year. Ground rents are redeemable
after five years at their face value
at the option OF the owner OF the
house.
System Has Advantages.
This system of home ownership is
advantageous upon other than pure
ly humanitarian grounds. 1t is bene-
fetal to employed and employers
alike. for it gives the former an eco
nomic and social interest in the COM
munity. A man who has bought or
is buying a home becomes in de-
gree a substantial and responsible
citizen. He is interested in the devel-
opment of the city and in public az
fairs. Such man is not the one to
foment strikes and industrial dis
cord. This is why Baltimore has
never been afflicted to any large de-
gree in this respect.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-02

lowing six months mapped out. and
then each editor goes quietly to work.
No notice is made of their comings
and goings, but the results OF their
activities are seen on every side.
During the session of the last Leg
islature number of bills were in
troduced which would have seriously
affected the revenue of all the coun-
ty papers. but the legislative commit
tee of the Maryland Press Associa-
ton was on the job, and by sending
out a clarion call to its fellow-editors
enough support was raised in time to
kill all the measures introduced,
measures which were offered by one
of the local Senator'S because the pa
per in his county did not give him the
support no thought he was entitled TO.
Thirty-Eight Papers Affiliated.
The So weekly newspapers OF Mary
land affiliated with the Maryland
Press Association have as their off,
GERS: President, John Il. Raine, the
New Era, Towson, Baltimore county:
presidents. r. III. Collins, the
Transcript, Chestertown, Kent coun-
~, and p. b. Englar, the Carroll Rec
ord. Taneytown, Carroll county: Sec
rotary treasurer, w. S. McCombs, the
Republican, Havre de Grace, Hartford
county; board of governors, c. Fran
els Baughman, the Citizen, Frederick;
Il. o. Diffendal. the Advocate, West
Minister; j. Walter Mitchell, the
Times-Cresent, La Plata: Edward
b. Powell, the Times, Ellicott City;
S. Il. Shanahan, the Star-Democrat
Easton; Joseph M. Street,, Hartford
Democrat, Belair, and p. Watson
Webb, the Record, Cambridge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
An Unsolved Mystery.

The st. Louis Art museum recently
announced the possession of a poly
chrome earthen vessel of unique de-
sign, which remains a mystery to
archaeOlOgists. 1t was found among
the ruins of the ancient city of Quiri-
qua, Guatemala, during the excavation
of that site in 1912, and since then has
provoked great deal of discussion as
to its origin and purpose. The vessel
is described as seven inches in height,
with CONSTRUCTED band around the
rim, doubtless intended to accommo-
date a cover, and Its fiuted body
swells below into Dubious base,
which is slightly cOncaSe beneath. The
paste is moderately soft, light gray in
color and the surface is finished with
a slip or wash of light salmon hue
carefully rubbed down with a polish
ing implement" But the odd feature
of the vessel is the human face mold
ed on the front of it. 1t is a type of
face totally unlike that of the abort
gines who inhabited this region and
Psychologists are therefore puzzled
concerning the history of this one
relic. How did an aboriginal American
potter happen TO model a face Of the
type seen only in the old world? So
far the question Las not been an
swcred.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
Aerial Postal Service.

Plans are now on foot in Europe to
utilize for postal service, after the war
great number Of the airplanes which
the various nations have acquired for
military purposes, as well as the serv-
Ices Of the many skilled aviators who
have been trained since the war be-
gan. In France, a large civilian COM
of which NJ. dAubigny Of the
chamber Of deputies is chairman, has
had this subject under consideration
since the first Of the year. Similar
plans are being discussed in Spain, and
the Spanish minister of posts has be-
gun negotiations with view to secur-
Ing some of the surplus aircraft of
France for use in the Spanish postal
service.-Scientific American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
The People of India.

The population of India is far more
diverse than is generally thought. They
talk about 100 different languages, and
are divided up into 43 distinct nation
ailtles. There are 1887 main castles.
besides a large number of subcastes.
There are 20O,O00000 Hindus, from
which Great Britain can draw fighting
men; 60,OO0.OO0 Mohammedans, while
among the Hindus there are $4,000, 900
Of degraded people Of no caste. whose
touch. or even shadow, is supposed to
cause pollution.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
BOOK OUTPUT IS INCREASED
Number Of Publications In United
States in 1916 Showed Gain In
Spite Of Rising Costs.

The rising cost Of paper, ink and
the other materials of bOOkmaking
did not curtail the number of publica-
tons In 1916; instead there was q net
gain of Ill. OF American publications
there was a falling off in the number
brought from the other side, showing
the writer's, though generally main
tanning the pen is mightier than the
sword, have taken up the latter. That
the cost of production does not re-
strict the book output is indeed fOrtu-
nate for aspiring authors; If the pub
fishers choose to make the price of pa
per an excuse, they could make the
path to literary success stonier than t
is now, says the Pittsburgh Gazette.
But in q land that turns out 10,445
titles in a year, as this one did in
1916, there is a chance for the medi-
OGRE. OF the output, S,797 were works
done in America, so leaving out the
best sellers and class and technical
books, quite a number of poets and
story tellers must have taken their
places among the elect. One would
hardly think authors were so plentiful.
1t is probable the war has speeded up
book production, and that it would
have to make printing costs very high
before the tide of war-borne fiction
and other matter would be stemmed.-
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
The Worry Habit

In all forms of very, the organic
sense OF well-being becomes disor-
dered, and life, instead of being beau
dful, is seen through smoked glass.
People worry over trifies-the weather,
their dress, work, failure, pains or
financial conditions. Some OF these
worries have a physical or tempera-
mental basis. but most of them are
simply wrong mental attitudes. They,
can be cured by a cheerful philosophy
OF life. The sunshine socleties II
don't worry clupsY and ''readine cir
cies' all help in the ge-educatlon Of
mental bobitR- ..... i,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
L. & N.
Time Card
Effective Apr. Is, 1917.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

No. SC. &.N. o. Lin. 1921 am.
No. 51-St. L. Express 5:29 D. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 1882 a. m.
No, 55--Hopkinsville Ac. TOO a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:36 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. l.. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express 1O:20la. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:05 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m
No. 54-St. l.. Fast Mail 1914 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin. and for Louisville, Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. SO and IS make direct con.
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, St.
Augustine, and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville. Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER. Ticket Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
new YORK WORLD
IN 1917

; Practically Daily at the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper
in the world gives so much at SO
low price.
The value and need of a newspaper
n the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and, whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, it and the
events to follow it are sure to be OF
absorbing interest for many month
to come
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled TO take part.
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE TRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $1.OO
per year, and this pays for 156
papers. We 0ffer this unequaEed
newspaper and the
HOPKINSVLLLE KENTUCKIAN
(Tri-weekly,D
together for one year for $2.65.
The regular Subscription price of
the two papers is $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
The BUSY Birds.

One form of national waste which Is
far more serious than the American
people realize is a result of the deplor-
able neglect TO conserve bird life in
this needless and ungateful country.
OrnitholOSists and other intelligent
observers of nature who have made a
study Of the subject say with the sane
ton of crop experts that insects de-
stroy One-tenth of the products Of agri-
culture in the United States. Nearly
all birds destroy insect life. The fed
eral department of agriculture has
found that among the birds which
most effectively aid the farmers are
phoebes, kingblrds, catbirds, swallows,
brown thrushes, rOsebreasted gros-
beaks, house wrens. vireos, native spar
rows, cuckoos. orioles, warblers, shore
larks, loggerhead shrikes and meadow
larks. Even the crow and the crow
blaekblrd, which have rested under sus-
picion so long, do more good than harm
TO the farmers.-Chicag News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-17
rMo neneaIet ArnoIas.

There have been two Benedict Ar
holds In American history. Besides the
traitor Of the Revolutionary war pc
Rod, his great-grandfather. the first
governor OF Rhode. Island. bore the
same name. The first Benedict Arnold
served several terms AZ governor by
royal appointment. and. while living at
Newport, he built stone mill there
which was an object of curiosity long
otter the Revolutionary war as hav-
Mg been built by the grandfather Of
the traitor. -. y, 49,.