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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-01
LOCAL MENTION.

Dancing and Music Every Evening AZ
Sterling Hotel, 18th and z SITS. N. w.
Table d'Hote Dinner. 75c-
$3.50 to 8 D. m
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
Think of a Wheelless World.

If a Supreme Being moved to wrath
against humanity. desired to deprive
ii of one of its vital assets in life. it
would be sufficient punishment to take
away the wheel, and make it impos-
Sible TO continue II hencefOrth, says a
writer in the current issue of Ameri-
can MOtOriSt. Imagine, for n moment,
the world without single wheel |!
There would be no transportation eX-
cept that performed by beasts of bur-
den or sailing craft and all machinery
would be at once reduced to few
hand tools. The clock would throw up
its hands and pass its job over to the
sun dial and the hour glass. In short,
once the wheel was taken from man,
instantly he is put back practically
into prehistoric conditions. Think the
matter over, and you will realize that
the debt of civilization to the common
wheel is beyond computation. II the
wlrld could only ascertain who the
diScOverer of the wheel really was. it
should erect to him the most splendid
monument ever built by man, because
no man since Adam has done SO much
for human progress as the original
wheel man, whoever he was.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
CANTKTRlCE. THE MODELS OF WORTH OF DUCtiESSES
WHILE NOW ALASr

show window. Sophia Noltmar. The
miniature latest creation of Worth in
which the doll was CARRIED cost 5000
| thalers. About its neck was the Da-
mon string of pearls. 1t had taken
coast fisherman two years to gather
these, mated from the center from a
hazel nut size to that Of a pea, and
listed at 10000 pounds sterling"
From all this l began to understand
that the racy Sophia, founder of the
celebrated Cobra" dance known over
two continents, had been duplicated
in doll fashion and exhibited to the
Vienna world as most artistic speci-
men of the exclusive handicraft of
the House.
Il was deputized. honored with the
commission, to convey this latest pro-
duction of the House to Paris" pro-
ceeded the volatile Lefort. when it
was ready for packing the Damon
string of pearls was removed. There
was substituted a cheap imitation
necklace. 1t was unfortunate that in
my pride, my desire TO show this
marvel of the House to some friends
at Marseilles, did not proceed direct
to Paris, where the doll was to be
placed in a case before the Grand
Opera House, where Sophia VoItmar
was the attraction. found my friends
at the seaboard city absent at a we'd
ding. Always my precious case with
me, | strolled about the harbor. 1t
was one of those royal evenings, the
air pure wine. the sky vaulted sap
phire, the lovely Mediterranean
sheet of liquid gold. took a row
boat. my case ever * my side. Just
as dusk came up .awi holding three
men. They ran into me- | later
guessed that these bandits must have
followed me from Vienna and were
after the Damon pearls, which they
believed had remained on the doll.
A blow, insensibility, and it was a
long. dull dream of many weeks for
me.
When l came to myself again the
world was nearly a month older.
had been picked up, l and my case, by
a schooner in the African trade. My
pockets had been ransacked. There
was nothing to indicate who l was
when the schooner found me. The
card l showed you | later discovered
in the lining of my coat. A storm had
driven the schooner out of her course
They simply kept me aboard because
they made few landings There was
a passenger who probably recognized
that was a gentleman of culture, pos
sibly of means. This was one Ma
poleon Ducroix."
gave the speaker an intense stare
The pen with which Marvel wAs writ
ing made a splatter just here. It was
purposeful, to emphasize what I nat
urally had discovered. that Napoleon
Ducroix was the name attached to the
Jebel River & Great Jangeh bonds.
"Ducroix learned my story. He A.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28

! superabundance of food. He was curl.
Gus enough to inspect my case, and
! then"
To be BRIEF" he continued, the
king reused up like a man drawn by a
magnet to some fascination irresisti-
BILE. He was snitten with the coun.
| terfeit preseE,ment Of the peerless
Sophia. He appropriated the doll and
| | was left to mourn. / know not how
the infamous Ducroix wormed his way
| into the confidence of the king.
know not how by signs he made his
doll was alive and could be found, and
that he could lead him to her. l only
know that one month later, with the
royal exchequer looted. the infatuated
monarch and his confidant, DucrOix,
secretly stole away from the palace.
The King had deserted his wives
they soon realized this. Only one
queen, his first wife, mourned. 1t took
me two months to learn sufficient of
the Jangeh gibberish to make her I'M
derstand all the merits of the situa-
ton. 1t took Queen Ibi Zwoa only two
minutes to engage me to accompany
her in world girdling chase of his
recreant highness.
Therefore am here. What | have
learned has been through our host"
and he pointed at Marvel. ito whom
we were directed by the French con-
sui. Admirable direction, Estimable
man! We have told him ALL but-we
have not found the king"
Marvel arose. l noticed a switch
of the veil, and the woman it covered
also arose. 1t was a signal that the
conference was ended She could not
have been more than four feet in
height. With some querulous gbber-
ish, in c voice that might have be-
longed to a child, she lifted her veil
1t was only for a moment that had
a sight of the face of Queen Ibi Zwoa.
but shall never forget it.
was sent on a variety of missions
during the ensuing several days, the
real purport of which | did not fully
uHueTSlduu at TIC tluue. IedllZeO
that l was taking helter-skelter
stitches only in a network of which
the master hand held the main warp
and wool
also knew that Marvel had notified
the civilized world to find and detain
Bernard Ralston. Beyond that he had
local emissaries and outside CORE
spondents on the trail of King Zwun
Zhi.
The king" he announced to me one
evening. lis in hiding, or dead. 1t
seems that he and that clever agent
of his. Ducroix. followed Sophia Volt
mar clear across the continent. hear
Of gifts to that peerless beauty be-
yond the purse Of king. Lured on.
but never so much as touching the
hem Of her garment. this fatuous ad-
mirer has been encouraged. duped and
beggared The railroad scheme was
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
The Girl That Counts.

There are cloudy days and days of
sunshine. The cloudy days have their
limitations; for certain Conditions they
are acceptable and we welcome the
gray sky, the heavy rains. But the
day of sunshine has no limitations ;
it is always welcome. always JOY bear
ing. The sick, the helpless. the
laborer, the weary. all hail the day OF
sunbeams, and this is just what hap
pens to the girl who scatters sunshine.
The gloomy girl is given standing
room, but the girl who leaves ray of
sunshine everywhere is the girl that
everyone welcomes. The girl who
works with smile, the girl who looks
on the bright side, who always has a
CHEEKY word. who can find time to take
n bunch of flowers to friend, or write
word of sympathy to the one in need
in short, the girl who can transform
sadness into gladness, by the force of
her sunny presence, is the girl that
counts wherever she may be found
Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
His Fall Not Unchecked.

Two insurance agents-a Yankee
and an EngliShman - were Dragging
about their rival methods, says the At
lanta Journal. The Britisher was hold
ing forth on the system of prompt pay
ment carried out by his peOple-nO
trouble, no fuss. no attempt to wriggle
out of settlement IF the man died
tonight" he continued, 'his widow
would receive her money by the first
post tomorrow morning" You don't
saw" drawled the Yankee. "See here,
now; you talk Of prompt payment !!
Well. our office is on the third floor Of
"A building 40 stories high. One Of
our clients lived in that forty-ninth
story and he fell out of the window.
We handed him his check as he
passed"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28

Then he reached within the fashion
ably modelled coat he wore and
| brought out tattered and indented
card case. Its dislocated hinge came
loose as he opened it. He extracted
daintily and with infinite care what it
contained.
This was the dirtiest card | had
ever seen. He handled it as carefully
as If it was some treasured heirloom
lie rendered 1t gingerly, tiptoeing to
reach me.
IF monsieur will read and return"
he said.
The card was not illuminating.
With Infinite pride the Frenchman re-
ceived it back from me. and then with
sorrowful information remarked:
once honored, !, Lefort-in the
grand days of the cantatrice, the mod
els OF Worth, Of duchesses, while now
-alas,"
He embraced the squat figure in
shadow, mute and ominous as some
yelled sphynx. within a sweeping in
clination of his hand. Then a dimin-
lshlng crescendo of his nimble, airy
fingers seemed to indicate leagues of
space, something too immense to de-
scribe. and far away.
The House." he finally resumed
vino. Ropstorff & Blecha. The one
the only. And Vienna-the center of
metropOH, of grandeur, of sublimity."
He sighed deeply. His eyes grew
moist. And |, Lefort, representatif
That was nearly two years ago. Since
then'-again the hand wave, despair
ing and dismal. embracing the uni
verse-and always the squat, yelled
figure included
"Of the House, what is there to tell?
Institute w. Schimmelfing, Berlin, the
credit dictator of the world. has al
ready told. Dolls-that speak, that
walk, that waltZ-and livei And the
apotheosis of art attained when the
great Sophia Voltmar model was
reached"
understood that the House with
three names we're doll makers ex-
traordinary; that he, Lefort, was their
representative.
See you. even royalty came to
view. in the brilliantly Illuminated
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
Brotherhood.

Your task is to form the universal
family, to build the City of God and
by IL continuous labor gradually to
translate his work in humanity into
fact.
When you love one another as
brothers, and treat each other recip-
rocally as such; when each one, seek
ing his own good in the good of all,
shall identify his own life with the
life of ALL, his own interests with the
interests of all. and shall be always
ready to sacrifice himself for all the
members of the common family-then
most of the ills which weigh upon the
human race will vanish. as thick mists
gathered upon the horizon vanish at
the rising of the sun.-FrOm THE
Book of the People" by Robert de
Lamennais, French philosopher and re-
ligious reformer, 17S2-1S54.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28

fected great interest In my forlorn
condition. He advised that l remain
on board the schooner until Cape
Town was reached. Thence / could
cable to the house. explaining all.
My first care was the doll. Except
where a cash Of rain and salt water
had slightly discolored the dress, its
beauty, its grandeur. were apparent as
ever The string Of false pearls was
gone-wrenched from place by the
robbers, who supposed they had Sc
cured the famous Damon gems.
My blow had been a bad one. and
was a convalescent for some time.
The schooner lined the West coast
We entered the Gulf of Guinea just as
the typhoon season came on. The
grain coast of Liberia, the ivory coast
of Ashantee. the gold coast of Daho-
mey, the slave coast of the blight of
Biafra-all these we passed In safety,
and then, one tempestuous night, the
schooner went to pieces, blown upon
a rock by gale that drove every man
on deck overheard.
"Peste, Canaille! sortie de Gle. It
was the traitor Ducroix who was my
partner in a wild swim for the shore.
An empty water barrel for our buoy.
we landed on a barren coast. By some
strange fate we drifted inland AS |
learned later, we must have crossed
all of the French Congo. We arrived
at the Jebel river, we penetrated jan
geh. Our first sight of humanity was
of the tribesmen of Zwun Zhi, the
king"
Lafort made wry face. Again his
glance, bitter and resentful, wandered
towards the squat, yelled figure. Then
he mouthed rather than articulated
the gruesome word: "Cannibals,"
reflected: Jangeh-was it there the
yelled woman came from?
Through wreck, hardship, perils on
land. never lost sight of my case, of
the peerless Sophia. She was re-
hinder of the glorious past. We were
taken before the king. In the. gleam-
ing, hungry eyes of his servitors
noted the greasy JUNCTION of festive APP
petite; in his own, only Indifference,
the lazy curiosity of man lulled to
content ty half a hundred wives and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28

however, arrived when a second vault
was opened.
Upon its floor lay a prone figure. 1t
was the owner of the misplaced cap,
dead-dead for many days.
We could only conjecture from a
crumpled document in his cold hand
what it all meant. The unfortunate
mercantile reporter had become sus-
picious, had suspended the rating OF
Ralston & Co., and had revisited their
office for proofs to sustain his judg-
ment of the condition of the concern.
The paper in his hand was a private
balance sheet, showing the house in
solvent. He must have had an op
portunity to slip into the vault to Sc
cure it. He had been discovered.
putable evidence of the insolvency Of
the concern in his possession. The
door of the vault had been crashed
shut. and then, within twenty-four
hours, gathering up all he could lay
his hands to. Bernard Ralston had
vanished.
A week later ReSilius Marvel
showed me a telegram from Lott,
dated at Los Angeles. He was on the
trail of Ralston. who was aiming to
get out of the country.
There was longer wire two days
later-again from Lott, close on the
track of the absconder. The latter,
hemmed in, had tried to escape over a
sent the automobile and its driver
three hundred feet below to the bot
tom of rock-strewn canyon. The ma
chine had turned turtle, shutting out
from sight the frightful end of the
man who had been Open for Rating.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
"Bur,ing Bush" Remarkable Plant.

The Burning Bush" which is known.
to botanists as the Dictamnus fraxi-
nella. is regarded as one Of the most
wonderful plants In the world. This
plant Is native to western Asia,
though 1t is now found In some gar
dens Of the temperate zone. In con.
nection with the Dictamnus 1t is rather
remarkable that the species is common
where the incident Of Moses and the
Burning Bush L. said to have occurred.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
Didn't Care to Ride.

In a small Southern city the first
airship exhibition was about to be
held. A large crowd was on hand,
sr.c1g them being an old negro man.
The sviatOr inspected his machine for
The last time, took his seat. started his
motor and was soon soaring above
the crowd. The old negro gazed up
ward very thoughtfully for minute
and then was heard to exclaim: "ShO
think dey don't need no Jim Crow
cars on dem things. "-EverybOdy's
Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
Was ONLY Shopping.

INV heavens. Jack" said the lady
who had been waiting in the Claridge
lobby. What was the matter? Where
have you been?"
Nothing tn matter, m'dear." was
the reply. Not thing In tn world.
JUS been doing a lii shopping aroun'
some saloons."-New York Letter In
the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28

Frenchmen came very near to blows,
but Marvel sternly held them down TO
the importance of the occasion and to
strict business.
was sent to the home of the presi-
dent of the bank. and brought him
back with me. The institution was
visited, certain documents pertaining
to the Jebel River & Great Jangeh
Railroad company secured. and new
deed of trust was made out.
IF you can influence Queen 1D,
Zwoa to sign that" observed Marvel
to Lafort, she can come and see her
husband here. If not. she will see
him behind steel bars"
1t was all arranged within a few
hours-the possession Of an absolute
ly valid deed covering the Jangeh
property. And that meant a new pro-
motion. and the saving to the bank OF
its ill-advised original investment
The president could we'll afford to
b, liberal. and Ducroix went away
with enough in his pocket to stake
him till he found decent job. il that
was his inclination, which it probably
was not. LafOrt was ecstatic over
the possession Of a thousand. and 1t
was arranged to get King Zwun Zhi
and his wife back to ter home pos
sessions in a respectable way.
was with Resilius Marvel when he
wound up the last strand of this re-
markable case. 1t was at the desert
ed Offices of RalstoL & Co. We found,
fallen behind one of the dust-laden
desks, a mans cap, and written in red
ink on the inside lining was the name:
Clinton Durham"
The big safe of the defunct promo
ter held nothing but useless Office rec
ords. the vault in which 1t stood only
equally value..ss litter. The climax,
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
City Items

Chief of Police William J. Raw
lings, who has been i'll for a few
days, Is reported to be better today
| Jehuda Heleva lodge Bnai Birth,
is holding picnic at Lake Com
pounce this afternoon.
Local tailors have agreed to close
their shops Wednesday afternoons at
noon during the month Of August
Charles Danberg of Whiting street
telephoned to the police this AFTER
J noon that there was a mad dog in
his neighborhood and asked permits
sion to shoot the animal. The po-
lice told him to go ahead and shoot
the animal if he was sure it was mad.
Government bulletins on canning
and drying may be secured at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms for the
asking. Miss Metcalf will give dem
onstrations on Thursday and Friday
evenings
The Woman's Home and Foreign
missionary society of the church of
the reformation held it's annual out
ing this afternoon and evening at
Sunset Rock
Mrs. j. J. Erwin and family are
spending their vacation at Sound
View.
Mrs. Joseph Carlo and daueh-
ters are sojourning at Sound View.
= Waldemar HUT Of Bristol was ad-
mitted to the general hospital last
night suffering from the heat John
Bowers, who was taken to the hospi~
tai last night after having been over
come, was discharged today.
Albert Simon, the 3 years old child
run over by w. r. Millard's automo-
bile on Arch street last night was re-
ported to be In an improved condi-
ton at the general hospital this after
noon.
A nine pound son was born this
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Reynolds of Harrison street.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
HOME GUARD BROWNS.
Bantam Man With Weak Heart Loses
Life Swimming.

Litchfield, Aug. Garrison Zeigler
10, Of Bantam, member of the Home
Guards. went to the Bantam river last
night after drill for SWIM. He sank
while in the water and after the body
was recovered today the medical
examiner inclined to the opinion that
Zeigler had heart trouble.
A year ago while at work for the
Litchfield Electric company he had a
shock which affected him for some
time and it is thought that this weak
ness seized him while swimm ming
Three other Home Guards with him
could not give him assistance.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
Albert Rivers.

The funeral of Albert Rivers was
held from st. Mary's church at 10
o'cl ~cE this morning with solemn re-
QUEEN mass. Rev. Father DoWney
was the celebrant of the mass, Rev.
William A. Krause, deacon. Rev. John
T. Winters sub-deacon and Rev. John
E. Fay. master of ceremonies. Rev.
William A. Krause read the COM
initial service at the grave. The pail
bearers were Andrew J. McGill, Tim
othy Collins, James Griffin, John
Haher. Luke Crow and Thomas Smith
Burial was in the new Catholic Gene
terry.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
MAY SEEK INJUNCTION.

It was reported on good authority
today that the disgruntled residents
of the vicinity of Chestnut and Fair
struction of a garage at that corner
by the John Kunz Co., are consulting
legal talent with a possible view OF
attempting to obtain an injunction
restraining Mr.. Kunz from building
the garage. Residents claim that
the garage would be detrimental to
this residential section.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
ADM, GLEAVES' REPORT HERE

Reported to Coincide With Statement
Given Out By Navy OH July Con-
corning U-Boat Attack.
Washington, Aug. 1.-The detailed
report OF Rear Admiral Gleaves re-
epecting the submarine attack on the
American transports of the first ex
petition to France was received today
by Secretary Daniels 1t probably will
be made public later
It was said that the report, which is
In detail and supplementary to the
British report on which the navy de-
partment announced the successful
repulse of the submarine attack, is in
accord with the facts which the navy
announced at that time.
Admiral GleaVeS who commanded
TIE destroyer fiotilla which guarded
the Transports, made the report to Ad-
miral Mayo, commander of the At
lantic fleet. 1t is understood to tell
In detail how the German submarines,
lying in wait for the American trans
ports, attacked them twice and were
driven off in a fight which DESTROYED
Dne German submarine and probably
others.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
100000 BALES.
Forecast Made of Cotton Crop-Okla-
homa Corn Crop or

Washington, Aug 1.-This years
cotton crop gives promise of a total
yield of 100000 equivalent 500
pound bales. The department of agri-
culture forecast that quantity today,
basing it's estimate on the condition
of the crop on July 25, as reported
by it's thousands Of agents through
out the belt The effect of July
growing conditions is shown by COM
parison of today's forecast with H.
6S3, 900 equivalent 5OO-pound bales
forecast by the department on con-
ditions existing June Is. Last year
the total production was 11,44c,93n
bales, two years ego, 11,191 $40;
three years age. 1c,134,930 (th-
record crop,) anu four years ago, IA
156, 4S6: This years fir al production
probably will be large or smal l.r
than the amount forecast today ac-
cording as conditions her after are
better or worse than average condi-
tons.
The condition of the crop on July
25 was 1913 per cent. Of normal,
compared with 1913 per cent. on June
Is this year, 1878 on July 25 a year
ago, 75.4, two years ago; and IT'S,
the July rs average of the last ten
years.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
Sprirxfield Lines May Stop.

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 1.-The
urfngfield Street Railway company
ax,es a serious curtailment of its
sfvice, 1t was announced today, ow-
~ to its inability to get men to
perate its power plant. The great
i4At has necessitated work in the
foiler room to be divided into shifts,
nd few were able to continue long.
Aower shortage has already been felt
1ausing short tie ups. 1t was salG
no system may be compelled to sus-
end operations.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
Is Die I'm Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Aug. Additional
eaths during the night increased the
st Of yesterdays victims to IS Of
a 800 or more who were prostrated
sveral were reported early today to
3 In a serious condition.
Thousands of persons slept in the
Arks and recreation piers. while in
10 city, every available roof was
eed by many seeking relief from the
ltense heat
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
FORTUNE IN TANES.
Total Of $1i1 1908 Is An Increase of
S32,692.1s Over Year Ago.

With the close of July, collections
N the office of.TaX COLLECTOR Berna-
hotte LOOMS totalled $747, 1868, an
Increase of $32,692.1S over the same
period of 1916. Yesterday the total
amount of taxes collected was $685.
300, as compared to 1854 900 taken
IN during the other thirty days.
The July collections are tabulated
rs follows: General taxes, s737.99933;
newer taxes, s1,sS9.20; street i'm
provements, 543.e5, street sprinkling,
b6,72s.45.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-01
1)USTRY HALTED
BY HEAT WAVE

sur1ng yesterday and today has sur
passed all previous records.
n There is one branch OF workers
nat the average person has forgotten
= his own trouble with the neat. IL
4 the telephone operator Closely con-
ned and affected Just as much by the
rat. the operator les to continue her
sndless Number please and then
lust needs listen to irritating COM
slaints from Deevish patrons.