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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

the committee who had charge of
the dance; the speakers OF the even
ing who inspired us with their
charge, and Secretary Heermans
of the Commercial Club who ar
ranged the program. We also
thank the women of the Woman s
Council who prepared the banquet
on Monday evening, and to the city
band and the band of Heath s
United Shows.
The boys will remem Der this
event as one of the events of their
soldier life.
Respectfully,
Officers aud Members of Company
D, 9th Wis. Infantry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Maxine a Garden.

A garden should not be considered
as piece of wild nature nor plants re-
garded as architectural ornaments. TOT
one must not do violence to the other.
Above all must there be harmony.
otherwise the builder has labored III
vain. for he has not made a picture
that artists care to reproduce.
In garden building never initiate ma
ture with intent to deceive. but where
natural beauty already exists make
use of it and add to it. Banks to De
restrained often have large outcrop-
ping rocks Make use of them even
if the remainder of the wall is OF dis
tinctly different material. Merely as
sist nature.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Alcohol and Workmanship.

1t is stated that experiments made
by the Bavarian ministry Of war have
shown that even a slight amount of
alcohol exerts a very unfavorable eff
feet upon rifle shooting. Tests were
made with the firing Of over 10000
shots, and it was found that men who
had been given forty grams of al
cohol or about pint and aihalf Of
beer registered from 8 to 10 per cent
fewer hits than those who had taken
no intoXicants.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
EoIlowinu the Lead.

The Mother - Oh, dear! Fighting
again. Charlie? Such a terrible black
eye! If only you'd follow the lead of
the minister's little boy The Hope
full did try to follow his lead. but he
led again with his left. and that's how
he biffed me.-Puck
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
The Turkish LANGUAGE.

The Turkish language. although spo
ken in many diabetes, is so uniform
in plan that any one who speaks Otto
man Turkish can be understood while
travelling from European Turkey
through Asia Minor and central Asia.
It can be used in Egypt, Tunis and
Cyprus.-London Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Where They Parted

Meyerbeer and Rossini. in spite of
all their rivalries were the warmest of
friends.
ROssini once said. "Meyerbeer and I
can never agree" When some one in
surprise asked why he replied. Meyer
beer likes snlerkraut better than he
does macaroni"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

Itching piles provoke profanity
but profanity won't remove them.
D5an : Ointment is recommended
for itching, bleeding or protruding
piles. 6Oc at any drug store Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

For earache. toothache, pains,
burns, scalds, sore throat, try DR..
Thomes' Eclectic Oil . splendid
remedy for Emergencies. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Absurd.

my husband has the queerest ideas
of economy
"Indeedr'
"Why. he actually seems to have an
idea that could save money by stay
ing away from bargain sales. New
York American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB and CITY AFFAIRS
lifted by Ed. M Heerman Executive Secsetay
Washburn

as city with a wonderful present
and future. We have laid down on
the job. We have been asleep at
the switch. There will be wreck
one of these days. Unselfish in our
loyalty to the soldier boys and our
Civ ing to the needs of war--the most
of our public is still narrowly selfish
toward those questions that concern
the whole city. We need a large
hotel; we need an apartment house
we need many new houses for rent
and sale; we need small factories to
depend upon when the war is over
and the DUPONT plant drops back in
to normal conditions. We need a
hospital, we need free industrial
sites, we require hundred things
and solution to them--WASHBURN
is IN DANGERS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

Volunteers--we want volunteers! !
We want men who are willing to
spare the time, labor and some of
their means to help build this city
Alright. These volunteers are not
Forthcoming: Will you let the
youngsters--these mere striplings--
these splendid boys of ours who re-
sponded to the nations call, shame
us with your prompt loyalty, when
all the old fellows and the middle
aged men here have to do is to
volunteer and get busy? There is a
lesson in the splendid demonstration
the response of our people. They
can do it, they have the stuff in
them--now what's the matter with
Washburn? She's all right. Who
all right? Washburn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

Nothing has so impressed the ex-
ecutive secretary of the Commercial
Club since he has been here as the
quick, general and generous response
Of the citizens to any appeal of pub
lie nature, either for charity. foI
patriotic purposes or for mere en-
tertainment. 1t speaks eloquently
for the inner hearts of this splendid
people. 1t shows that Washburn
can and will do along certain lines
when called upon. The Secretary
has drafted" the public and several
times for public entertainments. IN
stead of resorting to the actual draft
volunteers responded always, in good
time, without fail. What does this
mean?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

1t means, that we have the
material here to accomplish great
things and the right spirit to carry
them out. These if applied to
the commercial problems of Wash
burn and the industrial necessities,
would be sufficient to turn the city
upside down, bring a revolution in
our city's welfare, and cause a quick
and prompt solution to all the prob
lens confronting us. The fact that
our people can and will respond to
these appeals--is the one sustaining
hope that has kept the Secretary
from losing heart. 1t was an object
lesson. You cannot deny facts and
truths. Washburn has the material
within her people; they will respond
to civic demonstrations; they should
respond to the more important
problems. Will your
Why it was easy and pleasure
to turn out and do something for the
soldier boys said several. Certain
ly. This is an era of emergency.
War is upon US. Our lads are being
called to the colors. Our nation is
in peril. We love the flag and we
love the boys who have volunteered.
Nothing is too good for these brave
fellows and we all turned out to do
them honor. Not one person
declined to take part. contribute,
attend the celebration or do their
Bit. This can be turned to the
other problems that confront this
city. and applied to them most ap-
propriately. Washburn--the city--is
in danger. Her good name is
threatened. We cannot house the
populace here now and cannot take
care of the 500 more that will soon
be here to work at the plant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02

Our present aud future welfare is
at stake. We have been advertised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Commissions Earned,
Declares Goldsoll

Frank ]. Goldsoll, against whom pro
ceedings have been instituted accord
ing to a Paris dispatch, on the ground
that since his discharge from the
French army a little more than year
ago he amassed more than S2,5OO,OOO IN
commissions on American automobiles
sold to France. declared last night that
the contract under which he operated
WAS legitimate and unassailable. Cap
tain Andre Tardieu, French commits
sioner in the United States, is said 10
have Informed CASTOR Liebert, French
Consul General here. that the pro
ceedings" against Goldsoll in France
were in the nature Of civil suit only.
VI. Goldsoll, naturalized French
man, although born in Clevelend, Ohio,
has been living with his wife, an Eng
lish woman, at the Hotel Vanderbilt
for nearly a year.
He was ready to make a statement
concerning his operations as a purchss-
ing agent for the French military es-
tablishment yesterday, but withheld
10 after he had communicated with
John b. Stanchfeld. his attorney.
Friends Of N. Goldsoll volunteered
the statement that although the for
mer soldier in the French army had
drawn millions in commissions, he had
obtained camions and other motor We
bicles for the French army more
cheaply than they had been procured
heretofore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
New Year Hilarity
Will End at ! A. M.

MAYOR Mitchell yesterday confirmed
the report that because of the war
he will issue no all-night licenses for
New Years Eve. He asserted that
nothing hea occurred TO change his
plsn since he revoked Tor the same rea-
son all-night licenses on April. H.. a
few DAYS after the declaration Of war.
Even with the nation IN a death
struggle. IL will be impossible TO pre-
vent q certain amount Of lubilation
along the Great White Way, but the
Mayor yesterday intimated that he
feels the public will see the impropri-
ETY. of all-night merrymaking in the
face of the national situation, so he
has given strict orders that every res
tauraut and cafe is 10 stop selling spir-
ituous liquors at I O'Clock.
This is the second time within a
month that Broadway's lustre has been
dimmed. The first occurred two weeks
ago. when Fuel Administrator Gar
field ordered all the great electric
signs made dark at II o'clock, so that
coal could be conserved for more i'm
portant purposes. .
Hotel men yesterday periodically
faced the inevitable with good grace.
They said that this New Years Is
going to he different from any oele-
hrated in New York since the end OF
the Civil War. In almost every home
there is going to be a vacant chair,
perhaps more. and. whether the absent
ones are in France or. still in. the
training camps, the psychology OF the
situation is going to grip the country
generally. and no forced merrymaking
can camouhage the real sentiment OF
the nation
II is remembered that last year
Mayor Mitchell limited the restaurants
and cafes TO "a q. m. schedule, but
this year, as the war has come nearer
home. his decision is based entirely on
the belief that by a. m. the toaSts
10 those serving the colors will have
been drunk and the girls who are lett
behind will be glad 20 90 home and
cherish in silence their memories OF
other New Years Eve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
German Dye Concerns
Increase Their Capital

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" an
nounces a further large increase in the
nominal capital Of the German aniline
dvc concerns. In the summer Of 1916
all the important concerns were united
in what is practically ono syndicate.
The seven largest concerns already
have capital of nearly S60,O00,000,
and it appears that additional capital
il now to be raised to the amount of
about s37 100000. so that the total
capital will not fall far short of $780,
000.6 900.
Definite details are not yet forthcom-
ing. but il is known that the three
largest concerns-H ochster Farbwerke,
Badische AniIin and Bayer-are each
to increase their capital sl3,500,0OO 70
s22.506. 900. At the same time !; IS
stated that the increases Of capital by
the undertakings themselves by no
means cover the actual expenditure on
the expansion Of the works, and that
large additional sums will still be pro-
vided by the German government.
The utmost determination to main
tain German predominance in aniline
dyes is still expressed. The Frank.
furter Zeitung" says in the course OF
its article:
"The chemical industry plays a most
prominent part in the extraordinary
striking force which Germany has been
able 20 develop in the world war, and
in the strong superiority which she
has been able TO win over her enemies
on the fields Of battle. During the war
very special tasks have fallen 70 the
chemical industry, and it has been able
TO solve them BECAUSE of It's brilliant
productive efficiency, its manufacturing
and financial strength and the greater
sdaptability OF its works"
The "Frankfurter zeituns" also OBJ
serves that the German banks and the
German mining industry alone employ
capital on the same sort OF scale as
the dyes Industry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02

said the witness. The account was
"margined" by checks drawn Dy
Means on the Illinois Trust Company
in favor Of Patterson. These cheChS
were identified by Roach. $50.
The character Of the "inside KNOW
edge" Of speculative conditions when
Means declared he enjoyed was
brought 20 light when John X. Todd, oil
the Chicago and New Orleans cotton
brokerage firm Of Miniprio & Co., testi-
fed concerning Moans's transactions
with that firm.
Means bought 1000 bales OF cotton
from US on January % last he SAID
He put IN $4,000 margin. He said nc
knew what the German Chancellor =
speech was going 20 be, and how
would act on the market. He showed
rs little book In which he had the
private telephone numbers Of Captain
Boy-Ed and other Germans, ana ne
gave US the Hamburg-American Line
as reference
What business did he say he was
in ?" asked Mr. lboling. ....,
Gle told us he was commerclal
secret agent for the German govern
ment,' replied Todd.
Acted for Germany
Whenever textiles Of certain char
actcr were produced In this country u
was his duty 10 forward samples 70
Germany, where they were made cheap
or and better" he said. -,
Means's transactions with the MIN
oprio hrm resulted IN loss OF sil'oou'
His margin Of $4,000 was wiped OUT
and when the company applied Tor the
remainder Means referred them TO rat
terson. who failed 20 pay. The account
Mr. Todd said, was opened in the name
Of Means. but changed 10 Patterson a.
Means's request for business reasons
The defence. on examination
tried 70 break down Todd assertion
that his firm regarded Means as the
principal in the Patterson TRANSACTION
but the witness maintained that the
cotton was bought for Means.
William J. Burns. Of the Burns VA
tional Detective Agency. OF when
Means was an emplOye when nc met
Mrs. King. in 1914, arrived here TO-DAY
20 testify for the defesce. He occupied
a seat next to that Of the accused man.
and conferred with the defending law
yers at every stage Of the days pro-
ceedings.
The desire Of the prosecution 10 III
troduce as evidence a further sheaf OF
the papers seized in Means's Park
Avenue. New York. apartment and the
demand Of the attorneys that they
first be supplied with duplicates led
this afternoon to deadlock which
Judge Cline could remove only by ad-
iourning the court for the day and al
loving the defence to copy the docuu-
ments. This task, it is expected, Will
keep counsel for both sides engaged
until court reconvenes Monday morn
ing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
American Ship in Battle

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. THE
American steamship J. l.. Luckenbach
arrived here to-day, and confirmed the
report that il was the vessel which
had a running fight with a submarine
when approaching the French coast on
October 10.
Cable dispatches received here and
in Washington a few days after the
battle gave a detailed account of how
an American destroyer saved the
steamship from destruction. but at
that time the vessel attacked was not
identified definitely.
The seven men wounded, who in
cluded two naval gunners, were land
ed at French port, where. officers
said to-day. one of the seven died.
They did not disclose his name or
whether he was one Of the gunners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Werner-Lowe
Couple Married in St. Thomas
Church to Live at Tenaay

In st. Thomas's Church yesterday af-
ternoon Miss Charlotte +. Werner,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Mortimer Werher, Of 1914 West Fifty
fifth Street, became the bride Of Donald
V. Lowe The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires.
Miss Elizabeth Clifford. cousin OF
the bride, was maid Of honor, and Mrs.
Emerson Bigelow matron of honor.
Lieutenant Malcolm b. Lowe, L. S. r.,
was best man, and the ushers we're F.
Frawley wilkins, Albert p. Armour, r.
Somers Vreeland, Charles Eddy, Rod
ney Lowe. Cyril Butler and Alexander
Eddy. Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe will live in
Tenafy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Mrs. Mcmillan Asks
Separation From
Ex-Representative
She Says Intemperance OF
Husband Makes Living
With Him Impossible

! Mrs Elizabeth Wilson McMillsH has
brought suit in the Supreme Cour: to
separate herself, with $4,000 counsel
fees and $1,000 a month alimony. from
eX-Representativc Samuel Mcmillan.
Preliminary 20 the settlement Of the
first question. Justice Golf has awarded
her $500 counsel fees and $1,000 year
Mrs. Mcmillan is about thirty-fi
years old Her husband is sixty-seycn
When under the influence Of liquor,
which Mrs. Mcmillan AYERS was his
normal condition for a considerable
length OF time, Mr.. Mcmillan was alto
gether too volatile for a sedate house
hold. according 10 his wife's complaint.
She asserts in her complaint that
when he was inspired by highballs,
cocktails or plain whiskey her hus-
bands disposition became quarrelsOme
and he used 10 move pieces of furni-
ture from their accustomed places and
annoy her IN other ways. Once, she
said, he accused her Of too intimate an
acquaintance with dancing master
BY her marriage 10 Mr. Mcmillan. IN
1909, Mrs. Mcmillan became step
mother 20 seven children, one Of whom
a girl of ten. has been sent TO board
ing school, Mrs. Mcmillan says. 50 that
she might not see her father playing
the humiliating role Of furniture
mover.
Her husbands wedding gift TO her
} Mrs. Mcmillan further complains, wa
| $4,000, of which he invested Sl3,77'
/ for her in 100 shares of Steel common
and 100 shares of Central Leather
4 without rendering her any accounting
Of the transaction.
Mr. Mcmillan denied the allegations
made by his wife. He was not intern
perate, he said. Mrs. Mcmillan hac
left him to go 20 Boston, he asserted
and he had been unsuccessful in hi
attempts TO coax her back. Her pecu
MARY demands. he continued, were
ssed on an erroneous estimate of nj
resources.
The real estate holdings Of her hus
band. according to Mrs. Mcmillan
reckoning, have a value OF s693,00O an'
include property in New York, Wash
ington and Ohio. Mr.. Mcmillan has
3OO-acre estate on Lake Mahopac and
racing stable. After his marriage I
the plaintiff they lived for a while Il
seventeen-room house on Morri
Heights, later moving to a nine-roor
apartment at 936 West End Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Miss Wyeth WEEDS
Lieutenant Gilbert in
St. Bartholomew ;

Miss Elizabeth Jarvis Wyeth, daugh-
ter by former marriage Of Mrs. Ste
phen G. Williams. was married at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon in st. Bar
tholomew's Church 10 Second Lieuteu
ant Cass Gilbert jr The ceremony
was performed by the rector, the Rev.
DR.. Leighton Parks, assisted by Bishop
Courtney. The bride. who was given
IN marriage by her stepfathcr, was in
a gown of white satIn, with long court
train trimmed with rose point lace. Her
veil Of point lace was held in place by
two bands Of orange blossoms. and she
carried white orchids and llies-of the
valley.
Miss Caroline l.. Wyeth was her
sisters maid Of honor, and the other
attendants were Miss Emily Gilbert. a
sister Of the brio, groom Miss Emily
Delafeld, Miss Julia Talcott and Miss
Elsie Croll. The maid OF honor was
in green satin trimmed with darker
shade Of brocade, with which she wore
a picture hat of green velvet, trimmed
with steel ornaments. The bridesmaids
were in different shades Of green net
and satin, and wore hats of cloth Of
silver, yelled with green net and
trimmed with ostrich plumes and silver
roses. They carried clusters of chry-
santhemums.
Rollin Sanford Saltus was Lieutenant
Gilbert's best man, and the ushers were
Captain William Warfeld, L. ). r.;
Lieutenant Lloyd Meyer, Ensign Daniel
Drake-Smith, Malcolm Scott, Meredith
Wood, Frederic G. Carnochan, Henry
Morgan Post, f. Kenneth MADDEN and
Herbert Groesbeck.
The ceremony was followed by a re-
ception at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Williams, Q East Seventy Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Murders Husband
Who Shut Her Out
And Kills Herself
Apartment House Superin-
tendent Trapped in Cellar
by Wife

With mauiacal cunning, Mrs. Maria
Wier Gray set a murder trap yesterday
afternoon for her husband Peter. who
had refused 10 receive her again IN his
home. she converted the collar Of an
apartment house at 200 West Seven
tieth Street. Of which her husband
was superintendent, into "A death cham
Der which practically eliminated ans
chance for her victims escape.
Every light in the cellar was turned
off by the woman except one just over
the door giving entrance to the super
intendcnt's rooms. Sooner or later, she
knew. Peter Gray would step across
that threshold, presenting an unmis-
taxable mark in the glare OF the single
light. while she remained hidden in the
shadows with a loaded revolver trained
on the spot.
Sprang His Own Trap
II was Just before 6 O'Clock that
Peter Gray sprang the trap. lie had
been sitting in his kitchen with Kath-
| leen Cassidy and May Mcguire, Of Pas
! safe. y. J.. waiting for the return II
his daughter May, a friend Of the two
| young women.
| "Nay1l be here any minute now
/ said Peter Gray. 1--WE Just got 10 "a
/ out and take a look at the heater"
He stepped across the threshold. Two
| shots rang out, and he staggered back
| clutching his breast with one hand.
"Shc shot me-" he gasped, and ssnl
| into chair.
At that instant his daughter entered
| Transfxed with terror Of the slayer
who might still be lurking in the gloon
/ Of the cellar, behind the door that the
/ dying man had closed with almost his
/ last effort, the three young womer
/ waited speechless and motionless until
/ the arrival Of a patrolman summoned
| by an elevator boy who had heard the
| two shots.
Ends Her Own Life
Outside the door Peter Gray hud
| died lifeless in his chair. His wife''
/ bullet had bored through his heart, anC
| the ambulance surgeon declared il 9
miracle that he had moved or spoken
/ Outside the door Mrs. Gray wa'
/ stretched on the floor. The second bull
/ let she had sent into her own brain.
/ Since her separation from her hus
/ band fourteen months ago she had beer
| living at 16l West Sixty-frst Street
| On Wednesday she had tried TO eftec'
a reconciliation, begging the boon OF
| family Thanksgiving dinner. He wa
obdurate. Yesterday she told her land
| lady that she was going to make one
more attempt.
Wen have Christmas together, any
/ how" she said.
May Gray, who was the superintend'
ent's daughter by previous marriage
said that her stepmother had been com
mitted to Bellevue Hospital for o.
servation as TO her sanity about year
ago. Her brother isin the army.