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    ARMED INDIANS
DEFY OFFICERS
Angry Utes Refuse to Surren
der Leader for Murder.
Fortified in Mountains, With Rifles
and Ammunition, Are liig
Kabbit and Friend.
Cortes, Colo. Determined not to
deliver Big Rabbit, one of their tribe
men, to the county authorities to an
swer a Jcharge of assault, the 60 Ute
Indians who are entrenched In the
mountain 18 mile from here, defied a
sheriff's posse of 100 men.
The Indiana fortified their portion
after they left the Ute reaervation in
Southern Colorado, and declare they
will fight the white men to death
rather than Rive up Big Rabbit.
Indian Agent Spear haabeen apeal
ed to by the county authorities, In the
hope that he might be able to induce
the Indiana to return to the reaerva
tion and surrender Big Italibit.
SNar'a advances, however, were re
hulfed, and he has telegraphed the In
terior department in Washington for
iiiHtructions. Spear aaid he would
take no further action until he had
heard from Washington.
As soon as the Utes learned that
Hig Itabbit was wanted by the Mherilf,
who would place him under arreat to
fare the charge of having ahot Jomph
Vichel, a Mexican shecpherdcr, the
Indian's friends departed with him in
to the mountains.
All are armed with repeating rifles
and are said to be amply supplied with
ammunition. Slier I IT (iawith learned
Sunday of the revolt. With a few
deputies he hastened to the Indians'
stronghold, but was met by threaten
ing rilles. A messenger friendly to
the Indians was sent to tulk with the
leaders of the band. They refused to
enter into any agreement which meant
the surrender of their companion.
The sheritl retreated to (.ortcx and
swore in 100 deputies, thinking he
could awe the Indians into submission
by a show of greater strength. When
the posse arrived at the pass where
the Indians were fortified it was found
that the spirit of defiance of the In
dians hail greatly increased. The
sheriff retreated, seeking the aid of
I mi i an Agent Spear.
MODISTES AKK MI CH INJL'KKI)
Wilson's Derision to Forego Inaug
ural Hall Cause Los.
New York In all parts of the coun
try the decision of President-elect
Wilson to have no inaugural ball has
dismayed modistes and milliners. It
is estimated that the omission of the
tratlitional Washington festival will
mean a loss of $ 1.600,000 to them,
this amount being usually spent for
gowns, hats, wraps and clothes spe
cially designed for the event. Some
orders given in a tentative way h
already been received here for gowns
to be worn at the bail, and those who
hud set tho machinery In motion to
get them expressed keen disappoint
ment. The styles which would have
been appropriate for the ball would
not have been actuully ready until
early next month, as this is now be
tween seasons and the dressmaking es
tablishment are working with re
duced forces.
There would have been many orders
for gowns in some establishments,
One large house which was about to
ettablinh a branch temporarily in a
Washington hotel to look after the
supplying of inauguration costumes,
decided not to do so. Another estab
lishment is In receipt of several orders
for gowns suitable for fhe function
and is uncertain whether to proceed
with the making of the garments.
Wilson C.vln Guidebook.
Princeton, N. J. President-elect
Wilson has disclosed the fact that he
has obtained a guidebook of Washing
ton and is rending it BssiiluouHly in
spare moments Mr. Wilson will be
virtually a stranger in Washington
when he takes office. He has visited
there littlo since his youth, ami never
has seen some of the government
buildings, erected within the Inst 15
years. When he steps into the White
House on Mnrch 4 it will be the first
time ho will have seen tho interior of
the executive mansion.
Five Involved in Fire Frauds.
Chicago Revelations rnado in an
all-day investigation of tho "arson
v trust" by the slate's attorney impli
cated at least five persona in a tire
fraud scheme which prompted several
big fires In Chicago and other cities
Several witnesses were examined and
their testimony will bo presented to
the grand Jury. Included in tho list
of suspected men is Ilenjamln Kink,
alms rinkelstein, alias franklin, now
in custody under suspicion of being
one of the leaders of a nation-wide
gang of incendiaries.
Cattle and Crops Ixst.
(iolrnnda, III. The rise of tho Ohio
river is causing great dumage to live
stock and crops. Thousands of bush
els of corn have been destroyed and
mnny hogs and cattle have - been
drowned.
Thousands of acres of farming land
In tho vicinity of Cairo were flooded
when the Ohio river went to 45.5
feet, half a foot over tho danger
mark. Indications are the river will
rise another six inches.
Eater of Molasses Dion.
Wakefield, Mass. William Booms
Eldred, who believed Hint by eating a
gallon of molasses a week ho had pro
longed his life many years, died here
Sunday, nged 87 yenrs. Ho ato mo
lasses on all his food. When 70 years
I oid, r.Kireu negan riding
f exercise, and according ti
V urea covered 20,000 mil
V- JJ Me waa a i
old, Eldred began riding a bicycle for
to his own fig-
las in the I ant
doeaondant of
WILL START AL'HIAL FKHRY
Enterprising Aviator Makea Money
On Passenger Route.
Sun Francisco That aviation is
soon to be placed upon a commercial
basis In San rrancisco has been evl
denced by W. II. Huttner, f. seal agent
of the newly Incorporated Aerial
Yacht company, who has just filed du
plicate articles at the office of County
Clerk Mulcrevy.
This company, which not only will
provide for the institution of aerial
navigation, but also plans to institute
hydro-aeroplane ferry service in the
near future between this city and bay
ixilnts, Is the outgrowth of a newly In
vented craft, designed by Silas Chris-
tolferaon, of Vancouver, Wash., aaid
to be the last word in nauto-aerlal effi
ciency.
In model his dying boat Is similar to
the Curtis hydro-aeroplane, but many
innovations which tend to the comfort
and safety of thoae on board have been
added.
It is designed to carry two passen
gers besides the pilot and will be lux
uriously finished in mahogany, with
deep upholstered seats not unlike those
of an automobile.
Instead of the usual pontoons, a boat
has been provided, which can be in-
stuntly detached from the flying ap
paratus, so that In case or accident
the boat can be driven through the
water under Its own power.
The hull is 24 feet long and three
feet wide, with a floating capacity of
4000 pounds, divided into six airtight
compartments The engine, which is
set in the boat, is a Curtis 80-horse
K)wer model, and the power will be
transmitted to the propeller by chain.
The boat is entirely covered over, ex
cepting by the cockpit, which is pro
tected by a rising hood, affording pro
tection from spray. The engine is
equipped with a self-starter and the
plane is provided with an electrical
lighting system. The exhaust from
the motor is so arranged as to heat the
seating space in esse of cold weather.
Many prominent men have been taK-
en on short flights by ('hristolfcrson,
and much interest has followed the up
learanre of the new craft.
Young Christoffcrson is making con
siderable money taking passengers for
short flights over the bay, for which
he cha'rges a large fee. A number of
society women have braved the ele
ments in this way and are during their
friends to follow their example.
STRIKERS TO MARCH IN RAGS
Garment-Workers to Walk March 3
In Notable Suffrage Parade.
Washington, D. C. Striking gar
ment workers from New York City,
reinforced by a delegation of 400 wo
men Industrial workers from Haiti
more, will march In poverty raiment
lchind a remarkable float in a suffrage
parade down Pennsylvania avenue on
March 3.
"flreed. Tyranny and Indifference"
will be represented by allegorical fig
ures on tho float, which is designed to
call attention to tho condition of wo
men in sweatshops and in some mills.
This feature is in charge of Mrs.
Glenna S. Tinnin. A campaign will
be conducted in Baltimore th- -"
among working women to secu
tional marchers. In additic
men clad in ragged raiment,
ber of children from the si
form part of the spectacle.
"This section will be on
most impressive In the whole
said Mrs. Tinnin. "The cen
of tho pageant the creation
rage views among inaugural v
will be strengthened by this
It will show the city's gi.
guests that there is another t de to
political life than tho politician i would
have us believe. It is the human side.
I!ight-!!our I .aw Is Expensive.
Washington, D. C. Statistics com
piled at the Navy department show
that the effect of the eight-hour law
passed by the lust session of congress
has been an increase! cost wr ton for
battleship construction of $rl2. The
cost of eight battleships built prior to
the puSHiige of the eight-hour law was
$1H3 a ton displacement, under the
new Inw the cost jumped to 1215 per
ton. The eight-hour Inw is a hindrance
to repairng of government vessels on
the Crest Lakes, as the shipyards
there still work under the old schedule,
Hospital Receive Gifts.
Cincinnati An extension social
service of the National Jewish Hos
pital for Consumptives at Denver,
whereby patients are to be educated
and taught healthful trades was made
possible at the annual meeting of the
hospital loard here when an endow
ment by Mrs. Herman August, of
Cleveland, and Joseph F. Schoenberg,
of New York City, for this purpose
was announced. A gift of $50,000
for an inflrmnty building to permit pa
tients to be retained for longer than a
year was made by Samuel Grafclder.
Juarez Again in Fear.
El Paso, Tex. Afterburning many
bridges between Juarex and Chihuahua
City, rebels have permitted the repair
ing of telegraph lines. This ewt'-'es
them to use the wires for their own
purposes, and at the samo time hear
all that is transmitted by the federals.
No attempt hns been made to repair
either road. Apprehension Is felt
again at Junrcx, protected by fewer
than 200 federal troops and virtually
no artillery.
Divorce Industry in Jeopardy.
Reno, Nev. The fate of the Reno
divorce colony rests in tho hands of
the Nevada state legislature. It is
said Governor Oddie In his message
will recommend that the six months'
resilience requirement now in voguo be
amended to make the period one year.
This will kill tho divorce Industry in
Nevada, as it did In South Dakota.
Orientals Acquiring Land.
San Francisco Large realty hold
ings in California have been obtained
by Chinese ami Japanese immigrants,
according to a report of tho executive
board of the Asiatic Exclusion league.
In 1A of the fill counties in the atate
4M Aalatlfia own S7 aaraa of land. aa.
at Sl.lOA.Bll.
TURKS' COUNCIL
BOWS TO FATE
Advice of Powers Accepted and
War Is Ended.
Adrianople Ceded to Bulgaria - Ae
gean Islands Disposed of liy
Decision of I'owers.
Constantinople Turkey has sub
nutted to the will of the powers. The
Grand Council of the Ottoman Em
pire decided in favor of accepting the
proposals of r.urope for a peace settle
ment between Turkey and the Balkan
allies.
Aa officially announced, the Grand
Council approved the government's
point of view, declared its confidence
in the sentiments of equity voiced by
the great powers and expressed the
wish to see the promises and proposed
assistance effectively realized.
The question submitted by the Turk
ish government to the Grand Council
was: "Should the recommendations
contained in the note of the European
powers bo accepted or rejected?"
1 he government frankly confessed
itself in favor of agreeing to the sug
gestion made byjthe powers. '
Tho Marquis Johan de Pellavicini,
Austro-IIungarian ambassador and
dean of the diplomatic corps at Con
stantinople, has received a note in
which the Ottoman government agrees
to the proposals embodied in the joint
note with regard to the cession of the
fortress of Adrianople and the future
disposition of the Aegean islands and
places itself in the hands of the pow
ers, ihe question or indemnity is
left oK-n.
Ihe joint note of the powers ad-
viscd Turkey to cede Adrianople to the
allies and to leave the fate of the
Aegean-islands to the powers for fu
ture determination. In return, the
powers promised their benevolent sup
port as long as Turkey deferred to
their counsel.
The note of the powers was read at
an audience given by the Sultan, after
which Nazim Pasha, the minister of
war, explained the military situation.
The minister of finance then read a re
port on the financial situation and the
minister of foreign affairs made a
statement on the foreign situation.
At the 'conclusion of these state
ments the council registered its decis
ion.
51,000 TENTS TO RE LOANED
Flans for Mammoth Gettysburg
Camp Approved by Stimson.
Washington, D. C. Secretary of
War Stimson has approved plans
formulated by Major James h. Nor
moyle and Captain P. F. Dal ton for
the mammoth ramp to shelter surviv
ing Union and Confederate veterans
who wilt meet on Gettysburg battle
field next July to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the battle.
The camp will consist of about 54,
000 tents, affording accommodations
h . 000 vet
kitchen ield hos
1 infirm
over 276
;'.porarily
ed.
ft inaug-ent-elect
if a pe-
Jiy Sena
tor Callingcr, on tenalf of the Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union, is
acted iiMin favorably by congress,
The (tetition urges closing of all sa
loons in the National Capital on Mnrch
4.
Further action by congress will be
necessary if President-elect Wilson
desires to have a public reception in
the cnpitol or any other government
building as a substitute for the inaug
ural ball, is the opinion expressed by
members of the joint congressional
committee on inauguration.
Rabies to Get $1 Each.
New Haven,' Conn. As an incentive
to those whti may be born in coming
years in Orange, Conn., near this city,
the board of directors of Orange Sav
ings bank have voted to give every
child horn within the town limits a
bankbook with a dollar to its credit.
The board of "directors instructed the
treasurer of the bank to use the offi
cial return of births to the town
clerk's office "us his guide and for
ward to tho parents of each newcomer
a bnnklxxik with a dollar deposit to
the credit of the new arrival.
Kenyon Will Aid Workers.
Des Moines, la. "I have a course
mupped out to fight a battle in con
gress in the next two years for human
rights, moral laws and decency in pol
itics and legislation," declared Sena
tor Kenyon in a speech before the
Iowa legislature, accepting the re
election tendered him on joint ballot
by a vote of 96 against 57 for D. W.
Hamilton, Democrat. "The time has
come," continued the senator, "when
the laboring man must have I
share of tho wealth he help
ate."
339.500.0fl0 Stamps Ust
Washington, D. C The tot.
ber of parcel post stamps prit
distributed to date is ,1:l9,f
Prior to January 1, when tl
service was established, 15;',;
stumps were Issued. In tl
three weeks of tho system's op
lSt!,207,r45 stamps have been si
to the postolticcs. The bureau
graving and printing is being v
in order to meet the demand, ti
12,000,000 stumps a dny.
Women Win I.owrir Step
I-os Angeles To remove tho
of complaints, which have been
ily increasing ever since "stove
skirts became the fashion, the i
Electric Railway company, whic
trola all the suburban lines rad
out of Loe Anerelaa, announced I
would lower Ita oar a tap.
BONES LIKE STRAW
Young Kansas Girl Is a Victim of
a Strange Malady.
Slightest Jar or Movement Means a
. 'ractured Ankle, Thigh or Arms
to Margaret Williams of Me
dora Legs Have Bssn
Broken Seventy Times-
Hutchinson, Kan. The victim of a
rare disease of the bones, Margaret
Williams, the twelve-year-old daugh
ter of a wealthy farmer Urine near
Medora, has suffered seventy frac
tures of the legs and more than a doc
en of the arms. Kver since she baa
been old enough to walk the bones of
her legs and arms hare snapped at
the slightest jsr or quick movement.
Her legs and arms are gnarled from
the numerous fractures.
Physicians who have treated the
girl say ber bones lack some element.
iney are sort and spongy. Her leg
bones are not strong enough to sup
port ber aud the least Jar or shock
results In a fracture.
When she was barely two years old,
just beginning to walk, ber leg bones
first broke. Her parents believed she
had fallen too heavily. Later, as she
was growing, every now and then a
bone would break. Sometimes It was
the shin, more frequently the thigh,
and occasionally a bone of the foot.
Fortunately for the girl, she did not
suffer as much pain from these frac
tures ss do others under normal con
dttlons, but as she grew older the
fractures became more painful and
sne suffered greatly, it was neces
sary to treat the fractures the same
sa In other cases and the child spent
fully one half of her time lying help
less with her legs in splints.
Not only her legs, but her arms
were affected similarly. The arms
were not broken as often as the legs
however, as they did not bear her
weight. Hut every little Jar or push
with her hands meants a fractured
arm or wrist.
The parents of the girl say they do
not know how many times their
daughter's bones have been fractured.
They know of seventy times that her
legs have been broken, but they have
kept no count of the other breaks.
Margaret now rides in an arm wheel
chair. It Is dangerous for ber to
take a step. The last time her legs
were broken was about three months
sgo when she attempted to cross a
room. Doth legs gave way under the
weight of her body. That was almost
too much for the bone-broken little
girl, but now she Is cheerful again.
SCOTCH COLLIE HUSKS CORN
Farmer Owns Doer' Which, Standing
en Hind Legs, Tears Ear Off
With Teeth.
Stanberry. Mo H. P. Allen, a
farmer living near here. Is the owner
of a Scotch collie dog which he high
ly values because It Is a good corn
husker. The animal will go out In
the field with Allen's employes and
keep up with many of them in corn
husking.
When the season opened the dog
followed the wagon and with appar
ent Interest watched the process of
husking. Finally the animal ran to
one of the corn stalks and. standing
on his hind feet, pulled down the
stalk, grabbed the ear and broke It
off with his teeth.
' With teeth and forepaws he husked
the ear and then ran and yielded it
to. his master to be thrown Into the
wagon. Highly pleased with his first
efforts, the animal ran to another
stalk and repeated the operation again
and again.
The dog is a year and a half old
and this season Allen claims he has
husked hundreds of bushels of corn.
Only one trouble has arisen: the
animal's claws are beginning to wear
down from the husking and Allen Is
considering fastening some kind of a
husking peg on his front feet so the
animal can husk the corn and not
wear down his claws.
New Nose From a Rib.
St. Louis, Mo. James Wilson of
this city has ordered a new nose. The
requisition was put In at the city hos
pital, where Wilson Is a patient, and
was honored by Wilson himself. This
was so because tho material for the
nose Is to come from one of Wilson's
ribs.
"It's a question of having plenty of
ribs, as it mere and not enough nose.'
said the philosophical patient "
think I can get along without part of
them. Adam gave up an entire rib
when he wanted a wife."
Wilson's nose was injured eighteen
months ago.
Eagles Carried Away Stock.
Kingfisher, Okln. Vigilantes, organ
ized among the farmers after pigs.
Iambs and other small stock had been
carried off, captured four enormous
golden-headed eagles and killed a fifth.
Recently an Infant child disappeared
and gypsies were blamed. The eagles
are now considered the culprits.
Death In Drinking Feat.
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team-
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AOUATIC
The rowing committee of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania will retain
Coach Ward until his contract ex
pires at the close of the approaching
season.
His Majesty. King George V of
England, was elected an honorary
member of the New York Tacht club
at the meeting of the club. Dallas
H. Pratt was chosen commodore, suc
ceeding C. Ledyard Hlalr.
Edward Harms, commodore of ths
Peoria Yacht club, has received a tele
gram from President K. 8. Osborn
of the Western Power float associa
tion, stating that Peoria had been
awarded the 1913 regatta of that or
ganization to be under the Joint aus
pices of the Peoria and Illinois Val
ley Yacht clubs. The races will bs
run under the new rules laid down
by the Peoria club, which were accept
ed by the association. The regatta
will be held lata In July or early In
August
Yale's rowing policy for next sea
son has been outlined by Captain
Snowden, who stated that Harvard
probably would be the only opponent
the Ell varsity would tackle. The an
nual race will be scheduled for June
1J on the Thames. Yale has never
before received so many challenges.
Cornell. Pennsylvania. Princeton and
Annapolis bare sent Invitations for
matches, all of which Yale declined.
Yale's determination to limit the crew
to one event Is due to the backward
ness of the candidates In mastering
the English stroke. The second crew
will be allowed to enter the Amer
ican Henley races on the Schuylkill
and the freshmen may again book
Princeton for an early race.
FOOTBALL
Minnesota will meet Nebraska next
year In football at Lincoln, the date
to be determined later.
Stuents of the University of Penn
sylvania are Jubilant over the selec
tion of T. Truxton Hare as head coach
of the football squad in 1913.
The memory of the father of the
English Association Football league,
the late William McGregor, Is to be
perpetuated In Birmingham by the
erection of a drinking fountain.
The Prince of Wales, who is a stu
dent at Oxford university. Is a good as
sociation football player and Is espe
cially clever at long distance running.
He also likes to play lawn tennis.
Vincent Pazzettl, Lehigh's crack
quarterback and football captain. Is a
candidate for the basketball team and
gives promise of developing Into one
of the most capable performers of the
team.
The Canadian Association Football
league has been sdmitted Into mem
bership by the International Federa
tion The Canadians plan to bring
over two elevens from Great Britain
next season to play a series of games.
In memory of the late Henry Schoeb
kopf, a graduate of Cornell university,
who committed suicide In Milwaukee
recently, and who was one of the
greatest football players the univer
sity ever has claimed, a new training
Douse on alumni field will be erected.
BILLIARDS
James Maturo will be the next op
ponent of champion Alfredo de Oro for
the pocket billiard championship. The
contest may be played in Cuba or New
lork, about December 16.
Joe Wood is not only a great pitch
er, but probably the pool champion of
the big leagues. Joseph Is very little
behind De Oro, Keogh and others In
their class when it comes to the
fifteen-ball game.
New York took the final game of ths
series from Kansas City in the Na
tional Billiard league three-cushion
tournament, when George Moore for
New York defeated Arthur Davenport
of Kansas City by a score of 60 to 30
in 47 Innings. Moore's high run was
5, Davenport's 6. The three-game se
ries stood: New York, 2 games won;
Kansas City, 1.
Clarence Jackson, twenty-two years
old. seems to be the rising star in the
billiard firmament In a practice
game at Chicago the other day be
made' bis 00 points in six innings for
an average of 83 1-3. His innings
were 2. 2S. 159. 54. S7 and 170. His
final run of 170, unfinished, wound up
with the balls still clustered and It
looked certain that he would have
been able to make the run 200 had the
game not been over. His opponent
scored only S points against him.
ICE BOATING
The two Long Branch ice boating
clubs have elected officers for 1913.
I apt. Charles L. r.dwards ts commo
dore of the South Shrewsbury club
and Capt. EMward W. Reld of the
Ixmg Branch club, formerly the old
Shrewsbury club. Both are boat own
ers. Commodore Reld having sailed
Florence A. for a number of years
and Captain Edwards the Ray. The
two clubs have about 400 members
enrolled. Including not a few New
York, Newark and Philadelphia sum
mer cottagers, who annually I spend
several weeks at the shore durjng the
Ice yachting season. The big attrac
tion, one that has held the center of
the stage for years, ts the Board of
Trade cup. It ls now held by the
Long Branch club. The trory has
been going the round, first oiip club
and then the other, for the past eight
years. It must be won three times In
succession before it can be claimed.
TENNIS
It Is estimated that since the offer
ing of tho Davis cup the contesting
nations have spent more than $1,000.
000 on tho tennis matches v. age J for
Ita holding. As tho America's cup Is
to yachting and tho Westchester cup
Is to polo, It Is emblcmntio of the
highest tennis honors In the world.
Tbe Cincinnati Reds hare purchases'
Ft Ichor Kuaoipa froaa Toronto.
Visitor of Importance Spends a Day in the House
11 A8HINGTON. It didn't maks a
IF
bit of difference to Benji
mln
was
the
with
Pen
Oswald Johnson, aged six. what
going on around his little head
other afternoon. He was busy
bis own devices? This young
Johnson stumbled around the floor of
the House of Representatives, while
ths real Den Johnson, from Kentucky,
and other legislators and statesmen
thundered and argued over the legis
lative, executive and Judicial appro
priation bill.
Little Ben Is one of the Bve chil
dren of Representative Joseph John
son of South Carolina. He kept the
House of Representatives amused
from noon until 4:39 o'clock p. m..
when the gavel fell for adjournment
Ben appeared on the house floor at
noon dressed In a dark blue sailor
suit His father had troubles of his
own, for bs Is in charge of the legis
lative bill, and Representative Fow
ler, with bis loudest voice, was out
Strange Sounds Come from Smithsonian Building
I
F you are passing across the front
midnight and bear strange cries com
ing from the Byzantine, Norman or
rounded Gothic towers, buttresses,
battlements, groined arches and
cornices, keep your nerve. The moon
may be floating through the southern
sky. Now It will be bidden under
dense cloud masses, and then It will
burst through tho black mist and cast
its silver sheen over the heaveus and
the earth. Against all this, the long
red sandstone buildings, dark but for
a watchman's lamp In the central ves
tlbue, will be submitted. It looks
gloomy and lonesome. One almost
feels the damp and stagnant vapor
that would rise from the moat around
It, If a moat were there.
You can reassure yourself that you
are not In the depths of a haunt
ed forest and before some dismal
medieval castle by looking Lorthward
to catch the glitter of the lights in
the post office tower or by listening
to the purr and soft ripple of the
fountain not far removed from the
northwest corner of the building.
The sounds that have stopped you.
and It may be, chilled you, come from
Cigarette Smoking Under Ban of Censorship
Wf HAVE
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CIGARETTE smoking
has come under the
sureshlp by society women in Wash
ington, who are leading a crusade
against smoking and drinking In tbe
social set at the capital.
Mrs. William H. Haywood, who put
herself on record several years ago,
when she served only grape Juice at
the debutante ball of her daughter.
Miss Doris Haywood, Is one of the
leaders In the antl-clsarette move
ment, and Is said to not permit wom
en to smoke In ber house.
Mrs. Levi Z. Letter, v. bo many
think is to be the social leader in
place of the late Mrs. John R. Mc
Lean, has also declared her willing
ness to aid the crueaders against
feminine cigarette smoking.
Ice Skating a Real Fad
THAT part of
Washington society
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which delluhts In outdoor winter
sports has started a movement to dis
cuss the ways and means or promot
ing ice skating To that end Invita
tions were sent out by a committee
of Interested men and women for a
meeting which was held In the ban
quet hall of one of the large betels
It Is hoped the f.-eble efforts of "Jack
Frost" In Washington rrmy be supple
mented and real Ice tUa'lns provided
for those who wish
The tidal basin at the foot of the
Washlrston monument Is unsafe at
best, and then there are only a fen
days' skating en It through the win
ter. Last year the time was extended
somewhat because of the almost un
precedented cold weather In this re
gion. There are many expert skater
In Washington, who come from all
parts of the world. Most of th-m be
long to the diplomatic circle, althouch
not a few are people who have spent
the greater part of their IIvps In tho
northern part of the United States
Among those Interested In the
nropect Is Major Henry T. Allen,
whose wife was Miss Johnstone of
Oil the Machine.
When the sewing mac! Ine Is not
rutmlrg well it Is frequency because
there is a collection of di:st In the
bearings. When this Is the ease, the
machinery should be moistened with
kerosene, then turn the balance wheel
backward nnd forward. After the
bearings have become clean oil the
machine with regular machine oil.
His Snakeshlp.
Charlie, two and one-half, was play-
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tho walk. no -..-
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by women
ban ct cen-
after the scalps of several of the Item
In that bill. While Representative
Fowler was being replied to by Rep
resentative Johnson, Little Ben was
playing tag around his father's legs,
going In and out between them 1
most marvelous fashion.
Young Ben interviewed pretty near
ly every member of the bouse. Ha
didn't wait for an Introduction, bat
clambered right Into the laps of the
country's law makers. From the
Democratic side he would bop to the
Republican end of the chamber anil
pull out the matches of his father's
dearest political foes, "just to hear the
wheels tick." Uncle Joe Cannon con
tributed to Ben's war chest to the ex
tent of a silver coin, and at ths enit
of the day Ben's fists were bulging
with nickels, dimes and quarters,
which had been pressed upon htm by
admiring friends. He leaned against
Representative Mann of Illinois while
that statesman waa shooting sbarply
pointed parliamentary arrows at
Ben's own father. The little boy
gazed calmly into the face of Repre
sentative Sereno Payne as the great
tariff expert appeared to be sleeping
peacefully at bis desk. He rolled upon
the middle aisle and forced Repre
sentative Ollle James to step over
him, while the child himself was un
mindful, of the gigantic figure pass
ing over him.
14 -KfiEW THAT
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not mortals but from bats,
are many of these aberrant
tlvorae or flying mammals.
There
gallopltbecidae, order of chiroptera.
In the shadowy nooks of tbs Smith
sonian building.
Satisfied that no harm Is near, yon
fall to thinking of James Smlthson'a
bequest of 1826; of James Ren wick,
the designer of this building, the first
of its style not ecclesiastic, to ba
reared In the United States; your
glance goes up to the top of the tallest
tower 145 feet above the asphalt all
strewn with dead les and your
mind goes back to the tlue when
President Polk and his cabinet and
hundreds of proud men, now dust at
tended tbe cornerstone laying In 1847..
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Mrs. John B. Henderson, who Is ths
arbiter of dancing and dancers la
Washington, has always been opposed
to the practice. It is said she re
quested a fair smoker to go outside.
Lady Alan Johnston, daughter ol
Mrs. James Plnchot. Is one of ths de
fenders of the weed, and smoke
when and wherever It strikes ber
fancy. She even puffed her cigarettes
while riding In an automobile from
one place to another.
Lady Johnston struck the first note,
in tbe battle some time ago, when
she offered her cigarette case to oth
er guests at a luncheon. The hostess
was a crusader, and is said to hare
requested !-ady Johnston, who hap
pened to be the guest of honor, not to
smoke
Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh. o has
recently completed her million-dollar
palace on Sixteenth street, has pro
vided little balconies from her ball
room windows for the men to smoke
between Cacces !f the lady guests
wish to smoke they hare to go out
side also.
Miss Helen Taft. at a recent lunch
eon, displayed her displeasurs openly
when cigarettes were passed.
in Society at
Capital
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Chicago. Major Allen Is also an ex
pert horseman, nnd with his daugh
ters, the .Misses Jeannette and Desba
Allen, takes an active part In the
Hunt club of this city. The secretary
of the navy, George von L. Meyer. 1st
another of the promoters of the
scheme to "build" an ice pond. The
.lett family Is from Massachusetts,
where nature, unassisted, keeps win
ter sports going for months. The
daughters of the secretary and Mrs.
Meyer are adepts In skating, which
tliey learned lu their native state, and
in which they had a chance to exer
cise when they were living In St.
Petersburg, to which capital their
father formerly was accredited by the
state department.
Youngster's Opinion.
While at dinner I gave each of my
boys, pge four and five, tw peaches,
also my wife took two, whlH I took a.
handful, and. holding the hand down,
asked the youngest, sitting next to
nie, to guess how many 1 had. After
staring blankly at me, I turned over
my hand, showing the amount which)
was three, when the youngster said:
"Too many." Chicago Tribune.
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