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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE "21, 1908.
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Chicago Swept - by Fierce
. Gale and Fears are Enter
tained for Hundreds o;
Small Craft Yacht Club
Cruise Ends Disastrously.
(Heant Kwi by Loofeat Wire.)
Chicago. June A terrific storm
struck Chicago a midnight fi-nA wept
out into Lake Michigan, and fears are
entertained here" 'for the safety of 00
of the 100 small sailing vessels which
left Chicago yesterday morning to make
a cruise to Michigan City. -
Long , distance telephone , - messages
from Michigan City, Just received state
that fewer than half of the 100 vessels
had reached that bort at midnight and
the llfesaverr there feared that . soma
' of these lighter boats. were caught In
the storm on the lake, and may have
overturned and their occupants drowned.
ffPh r pi 1 4 a wia. ttiA.ftnntlftl affair mili
ducted by the Columbia Yacht club of
thl oltyi .'Tnere were us entries ana
100 vessels started. Most of these were
small craft, and a score ware . motor
boats.' The event was merely a cruise
and no effort was made to set speed
records.-..- i
During the day- an absolute calm fell
' on the laRs, and at f o'ciocx last even
ing very few of the. vessels had reached
Miomgan city, a snort ume later .i
breeze soranff ud and the vessels be
gan to edge in the Michigan City har
bor. ,About 40 were In the harbor
when the, gale swept over the city.
' At this hour a terrific gale is blow
Inr over Mich tan City and the lake..
the storm was accompanied by hail
' wnion proKe winaows ana oeai.aown
crop a - Cloudbursts and heavy rains
followed, ' washing out roads and , rail
road tracks in some places.
Auatlrr was badly battered, a, loss of
more than $19,000 being caused In' the
clt alone with damage ' amounting to
fully a half million dollars In (he vi
cinity. ' ; ' ' '' ''' " ' ' V '
Between Hayfteld and ; Austin fields
ware laid bare, over a stretch of four
teen miles wide.: Buildings were blown
down or partly wrecked at Lansing and
Waltham. - - ' ' . .
Mankato was badly rumpled, buildings
truck by lightning, trees uprooted ana
windows blown into atoms.
FOREIGNERS CLAIM , -TITIAN
IN ITALY
Demand Blade by :: Two Women of
..TDa&nati tor '. the "Virgin of ,
" V.- St. Francis." .
Rome, "juns 0,-Agaln Italy, la up In
. .v.t i. tiaiisllv nailed her
urui wibi . .. . - " -
"artistic patrimony." ' A very pretty
Quarrel is Just, coming before the law
courts Which Involves the going out of
Italy of one of her most glorious pic
ture. Titian's ."Virgin and St. Fran
cis," until now the glory, of Ancona.
&ms 400 years ago this great picture
was painted for a certain Malno Gan
dola by Titian. Oandola. In an access
of. pletv and devotion, lent it to the
church "of San Francesco of Ancona, to
be placed above the high altar and to
be In custody of the order of the min
ims There the ploture rested until,
in i8f2, the monasty was suppressed,
whereupon the picture was removed to
an ornhanage of the same 5jeri.
And now come forward Maria Mai
vtna, countess Bonds, and her sister,
the onlv descendants of Malno. Gan
oola, who live at Kagusa, In Dalmantla.
claiming their right to the picture, and,
what is worse, their right to remove It
from Italy. They have many ,SfSZ
ments to prove their proprietorship, the
most recent being the acceptance by the
municipal authorities of Ancona of their ,
rlsht to have a voice In the disposition
.u. iritinn whan it waa nroDOsed. in
8S. to put it In the. church of San
Domenlco. This was done with the
express understanding that the Bonda
"YhVcTVfth. sisters to the pic
.. i- nt h only nuestlon at Issue.
If they prove their proprietorship and
it seems reasonably clear there re
mains the government prohibition ror
any good work of ancient art to pass
the ironuer. w " . , ir
a foreign family, but originally Italian
and only lent come under this head?
It would seora so,, as Lady Layard of
Venice had to have a special and par
ticular permission to remove the col
lection of her late husband to England.
If Italy fights to retain the art treas
ures -which she has, it Is not because
her stock is small, for barely a day
passes that a marble or a forgotten
picture does not come to light .
The latest acquisition is a white mar
ble sarcophagus found during some ex
....tinnii nn a new line of railway .out'
side Porta Maggiore. The sarcophagus
Is in perfect preservation and has su
rerb bas-reliefs on three sides repre
senting Roman victories In battle. It
Is a glorious find one of the best for
very many years because of Its state
or periect preowi fBHwi, i i u,ii
value and the various and dramatically
realistic scenes which adorn it. .
The fact that the art In this mar
ole shows no sogn of decadence,' and
that - it ' Is absolutely free from the
technical contrivances by which artists,
during' the decadence, overcame the dif
ficulties of work In marble. Induces the
experts to place this new work of art
at about the end of the- second or the
beginning or tne miru ctniury a, v.,
probably In the. reign of Septlmius So
verus. In fact. It is supposed that the
scenes depicted relate to one of that
emperor's expeditions to the orient, and
It Is conjectured that the sarcophagus
was for one of his generals.
'ROME IS JOYFUL; , :
ONCE MORE POET
fall and give the Tiber sufficient water
to enaoie it to return to the sea.
A dally service of boats has now beeri
started from Rome to Sardinia direct,
and the Introduction of cattle from
Sardinia, with the other products of
the island, will be greatly facilitated.
- But the great scheme of the Romans
Is once more to make Ostla, a dozen
miles southwest, the port for first rato
seagoing vessels, so that the area;
ocean steamshlns coming from- Amerl
ca, England or the Antipodes will no
longer be obliged to enter the pons
of Genoa. Livonia "or NaDlea but will
unship their - cargoes and disembark
their passengers at Ostla. the ancient
port,, from which a Journey of twenty
minutes by rail or automobile will
carry- them to Rome.
A railway line will be finished by
1911, and the millions of visitors from
foreign shores . who Come to Rome - in
that year of festivities will. Instead of
having io undergo a tedious Journey
of six, seven or eight hours, find them
selves at Rome in twenty minutes.
It Is not impossible nay, it Is more
than probable that in , three years
Rome will outdistance all. her ' sister
cities of Italy and take first rank
among the ports of the world.
The Romans are arousing from their
long lethargy, Building la Ho be car
ried on with Increased vigor, and when
lovers of Rome visit her In three years'
time they will find provisions cheaper
and an enormous' quantity of new
houses and hotels ready to receive
them. , Rome looks forward to a great
future, i
SAW GRANT TAKE
ONE yTINY DRINK
Magistrate breen Tells How ' the
General Honored an Old Sol
dier of the Civil War. '
MONITOR FLORIDA RECEIVING SHELL FIRE FROM THE ARKANSAS.
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New Tork, June 20. City Magistrate
Breen last :. night told an lnterestin
anecdote concerning General U. 8. Grant
and his use of liquor. The story was
related; to him while he : was a, staff
officer of the Sixty-ninth regiment by
Colonel James Cavanaugh, famed
Fighting Major Cavanaugh" during the
civil war. .The latter died about 10 years
ago after - being brsvetted a brigadier
general. -,-"'
When General Grant became president
he appointed Thomas Murphy collector
of the port, of New - York. - The two
were Close friends and . occupied ad
joining cottage at Long. 'Branch. Mur
phy was also a close friend of Colonel
Cavanaugh, and on one occasion Invited
him to go to Long Branch and meet the
president, saying that the, latter - had
signified a desire to meet him. AlthouKti
Colonel Cavanausrh. like Oeneral Orant.
bad: been an active participant during
ine war, tney naa never met.
So one Sunday Colonel Cavanaus'h
went to Long Branch and. In company
with Mr. Murphy, , visited President
Grant. . The latter was sitting on the
porch with his wife and a 'clergyman.
The famous general said he was glad
to meet a soldier with such an enviable
record, and then, turning to his wife,
whispered something. She disappeared
and returned with a DiacK Dome ana
one srlass. . , .:.'...:
rresiaent uranc poured, enougn liquor
in me glass to cover m oouom, roi
lowed It up with some water and
gulped it down. Without a word he
handed the bottle and s;lasa to Colonel
Cavanaugh, who did the same. .
- "Don't be shocked," said President
Grant, turning -to the minister. "This
Is the way we do It In the army, and
whenever I .meet a brave soldier like
FiKhtintr Major cavanaugh' i luce to re
vive the old custom. '
PASTOR'Sl FAVORITE
TREE MADE COFFIN
Ohio Minister Cut " Down ' Walnut
When He Found Health
Waa Failing.
Sees .Vision of Restored Supremacy
as the Chief Maritime Center .
: of the Globe.
; Boms. June SO. Rome la mad with
Joy. Romans embrace one another In
the street with congratulations and ap
plause. . For the Romans see at no dls-
In her place as chief, port of the world,
and receiving the riches and merchan
dise of nil climes. ' - ' ,
The Granatlere (the Grenadier) has
successfully navigated - the winding
Tiber end has been welcomed as the
forerunner of a new -epoch, 1
Thousands and thousands Of Romans
thronged the banks of the Tiber and
the surface of the river was alive with
boats to watch the arrival of their
majesties, the king and queen, who were
to present the Granatlere with a banner
of honor. Princess Letltla and . the
Prlncpss of the Blood Royal were pres
ent the cannon thundered and the flag
fluttered mast high on the torpedo boat.
And Indeed the 'captain of the boat
eserved high praise, for the winding
and shaUows of the river are anything
but easy to navigate. A dozen times
bow' and stern almost touched the banks
a. some sharp turn was taken. Now the
htat lies at Ripa Grande, the ancient
Roman wharf, .waiting for the rain to
Plckerington, Ohio, June 10. When
the late few ' epadesf ul of earth were
deposited in the crave of the late Rev,
Alonso Delma Knepper, a superannuated
minister of Plckerington. he waa solr
ltually aware that one of his greatest
ambitions had been realised and that
surrounding-; his earthly form was
casket made from the favorite walnut
tree in his dooryard.
During his early life, which waj. apent
throughout the west, the late Rev. Mr.
Knepper was one of the active ministers
of the Methodist Episcopal denomina
tion. He waa a .graduate of the North
western university, and during hia serv
ice as a minister or the gospel served
in some eight or nine different parishes.
As long ago as five years he began
failing and two years ago resigned his
church work, and has alnce been leading
a simple existence on his farm near
here. One of the old walnut trees of
the place has . been his favorite, and
It was there in Its shade he would spend
the hot summer arternoons, reading ana
otherwise whillng away the time.
Realising that the end was not far
away, the Rev, Mr. Knepper resolved
that his favorite tree should go -with
him to his grave. With his own hands
and before his health had failed, he
chopped down the old walnut and
shipped the lor to a sawmill, where it
was maoe into ooaras ror nis easiest.- -
A few days ago he began to fail and
died. In accordance with his wishes,
his family shipped the - boards to Co
lumbus, where they were made Into the
casket m wnicn ne was ouneo,
DOG TRIES IN VAIN TO
SAVE BABY FROM FIRE
Infant, Left Alone in Home, Burned
' ' to Death Along With Faith-
Wllkes-Barre, Pa June JO. Three-
year-old Katherine Brown, daughter of
Philip Brown, of this city, was burned
to death at midnight last night, and a
large Newfoundland dog. her net. ' that
tried to save her lite, was found lying
dead upon tier Doay, as lr ills last er
fort had been to,, protect her from the
flames.
The child was left alone In the house
shortly before midnight by the mother
while she went to a relative's to bring
home another child. When she returned
Wie whole lower floor of the house was
In flames. - - v
Neia-hbors prevented her daahlna into
the burning house. Firemen removed
the charred body of the little victim. .
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
St. Louis, 4; New York, B.
(tTnltod Press Leased Wire.) ' ' '
RL Irfuis. June 20. Umpire Connolly
was overcome by heat near the end of the
fourth inning today, but was able to
continue his duties in the seventh. - The
Browns bunched their hits In the sixth
end Waddell held the Tankees down to
the two runs they succeeded in making
off Powell. Score:
' , R. H. . E.
New Tork 11 1
St. Louis ...................4 . 8 1
Batteries Manning ana . Klelnow;
Sheridan and Connolly, .
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- Chicago, 1; Boston, 0.
(T7nltrd Preat Ltued Wlr.)
Chlcaeo. -June 20. Old Cv :Toun
held the Sox to four singles and struck
out six men,- but errors by the Red
Sox lost the game to Chicago. Score:
R. ,H. E.
Chicago ........... ..........1 ... 4 0
lioston . . i ..-. .0 3
Batteries Walsh and Sullivan:
.Young, McFarland and Crlger. Umpires
livans and Hurst.
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Here is a picture Illustrating the
experiments in - gun fire with the -monitor
Florida as a target. The
ironclad was 'subjected to the same ,
fire that she would have undergone .
in" battle. ' The picture shows -a -photo-diagram
- of how the monitor
Florida was bombarded by the Ar
kansas. The cross indicates where
big shells struck the Florida's tur
ret. The new fighting tower, little
damaged by 12 and four-inch shells,
la also shown."
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TO WED RICH WIDOW;
HE FORMS SYNDICATE
Young American Woman Barely Es
capes Trap Laid for Her In
r French Capital.
Paris, June SO. How a designing
Swede planned to marry Mrs. Maud A.
King, a young Illinois widow with sev
eral million dollars., and how he organ
ised a syndicate to finance him In the
undertaking la a story that has excited
Paris recently.
Mrs. King has been living in Parts
for several months. Recently she was
engaged to marry Frank Frogen, a hand
some man, wno is decorated wua toe
French Legion of Honor.
The Swede .was not rich,- and about
the time that Mrs. King's sister was
oblectinc to the match, he organised his
syndicate Fearing that even with the
syndicate he mignt lose, ne so arrangea
thincs that two physicians called on
Mrs. King and examined her for symp
toms or insanity.
Then he went to the widow and told
her that her sister had planned to put
tier in an asylum. in tnis way tne sis
ter was alienated aad marraigs was im
minent.
Then George F. Penhale, a friend of
.Mr a Kinrs late nusoana, arrivea. ana
did some investigating. He learned of
the matrimonial syndicate, and as soon
as the widow heard about It the hand
some - Swede . waa dismissed. He got
1600 to release Mrs. jung from tne en
gagement.
Mrs. King soon after married Dr.
Perry R. Chance, an American dentist
In Paris. When Frogen's backers
learned of the wedding they Sent him
to Mr. Penhale with a demand for $40,-
ooo. He got nouung.,
RATS OWN VILLAGE;
PIED PIPER WANTED
STA1IR MOURNS LACK
OF DEPENDABLE MEN
Directors Who Don't Direct,
: Numerous, Says College '
, President.
Too
Sportsmen, With Guna, Hunt Them
Town Is Fast Losing Its
Poultry.
Mlddletown. N. T June 10. Rats of
enormous sue are overrunning Great
Bend, and the residents of the town, are
at their wits and to know what to do
with them.
Formerly the rats subsisted on the
refuse from a large tannery. This was
closed recently, and now the rats are
killing - and eatlns: . all the . chickens.
ducks and turkeys In and near the vil
lage. The rats are so big the village
oats are afraid Of them. Docs are belns
used with some success In hunting them.
ana sportsmen . wun guns nave auiea
nunarea.
Tlnlnss a Pled Plner comes ta the vea.
cue, living In the town soon will be al
most Impossible.
Lancaster, Pa., June 20. "On all
aldea there la an appalling scarcity of
men who can be depended upon to dis
charge with strict Integrity the duties
which devolve upon them in the posi
tions of trust to wuich they are ap
pointed," declared President Stahr of
Franklin and Marshall college, In his
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating
class of that institution - today. He had
for his subject "The Type of Manhood
Reoulred by the Problems Of the Twen
tieth Century," and in giving the char
acteristics required to develop this
manhood he laid stress on the great lm
nortance of steadfastness for the riant.
"The world Is full of directors of cor
porations who do not direct," said Dr.
Stahr. "It is full of experts who can
be bought by either side when there is
an important issue In controversy; of
bank officials who are false to -their
trusts, to the sorrow of the stockhold
ers and of a confiding public Evidently
something more than expert knowledge
or skin is neeaea n society is not to. do
engulfed in a slough of corruption and
ruin, i -i I it
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xvignc principles, aiuruy ijiirarahx.
loyalty to the truth, readiness te re
spond to the dictates of stern Justice,
these are characteristics of which our
age is sorely in need, and no training, no
preparation for life is adequate that is
not based on a recognition of the moral
law as the foundation stone upon which
the whole social structure must rest.-
GIRL KNOCKS OUT MAN
WHO ROCKED THE BOAT
AMERICA, ENGLAND,
1' GERMANY TO RULE
So, Bismark. Predicted, Says
f Close Friend, Dr. Lomer, in a
Berlin Interview.
His
Picks Up, an Oar, Shores Him Into
Schuylkill, Then Rows'
- ,. Away.
Philadelphia, . June 10. Because W,
Harris Willlngton of X West Bhawmont
street, Roxbo rough, persisted tn rock
ing a boat In deep water on the Schuyl
kill yesterday afternoon. Miss Bessie
Rostum of Umbria street, Manayunk.
a companion, picaea up an oar ana
knocked him overboard.
"A man is a food for rocking a boat
containing a woman," she said before
making the swing that landed Willing
ton In the stream. Of course, Willing
ton supposed she was. Joking and kept
up the ''sport." - -
As he struggled in the river Miss
Rostum pulled at the oars and rowed
the other member of the Dart v. Mlna
Mary uarston, on to jaanayuna. wil
lington swam asnore, cut ne waa so
exhausted that George Whitehead had
IO uciy wui vub vi ui. n.i.r. .
WINNIIB OF JUNI0E SINGLES Df ROWBfQ TBY0UTS
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Art Allen, whose clever work In 'the- Portland Rowing club1 try-
outs yesterday gives him the right of representing Portland at the Lake
Washington regatta July S and 1. - Allen is picked to win at Seattle. .
j Berlin, June 10. "North America,
England and Germany , are the future
masters of the world." Prince Bismarck
maintained, according to J his Intimate
frjend. Dr. Lomer, who has made public
that opinion In an article In the current
number of the Polltlschanthropologischs
Revue.
i Lrnnar writes that the Iron Chancel
lor was always regretting late in life
that he had not paid more attention to
ouestions of anthropology and ethnol
ogy, which ever since he was able to
think had, often far more Interest for
him than questions of high politics.
The biggest question which Interested
him in this field was the future of the
English and American . races. espe
cially was he always anxious to study
questions arising out of the contact of
the uerm&nic races in tne unuea states
with the Slavlo and Latin elements.
Bismarck was firmly convinced of ths
conquering nature of the Germanic
races. Theirs was the earth and - the
fulness thereof.
To Dr. Ixmer he was fond of saying
that he regarded the Celtic and Slavic
races as effeminate races. Incapable of
anything great unless rructioea by a
masculine race like the German or Eng
lish. .
"All that Is good in Russia,' he said,
"is German or of German origin. As
for the Germans and the English they
are so masculine that if they were not
softened by an admixture of the softer
feminine races they would be ungov
ernable.
"It la certain that the future belongs
to the northern races. And now they
have begun to do that great world work
for humanity which Is their mission."
When asked his opinion of the south
ern Latin races Bismarck was reserved.
He had no prejudice, he praised their
virtues ana censured their xauits, nut
he did not care to say more. He usu
ally satisfied himself by shaking his
wise om neaa.
father,' a millionaire banker, in -.New
Brunswick, to care for the young man
tnrougn lypnoiu rever. n ;
Ms fell in love with the nurse. They
were marnea a rew months later.
"'Early in April," she-explained yes
terday, "I came across a bundle of let
ters written in . French to my husband
by a woman. ' I translated then. and
what I learned caused me to complain
to him. The result was a violent quar
rel, which was followed by many others,
and then the separation.''
SHOW MIXED IN , . .
HAT QUAERE!
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Playwright and Lord Alfred Doug
las Have Scolding .'Match : .
. Which Delights London: ,
London, June 20.-O. B. Shaw won't
ue -Lord Alfred Douglas, editor of the
Academy, for libel, aar he threatened
after reading the Academy's criticism of
his play, "Getting Married," and writ
ing Douglas that his critic must have
been drunk to write such a libelous
critique. Lord Douglas retorted that he
wrote the article himself and wasn't
drunk. - . '
This week Shaw wrote Douglas again,
saying, "Thank goodness, it was you and
not some poor devil whom it would have
been your duty to sack. You must have
been, drunk, frightfully drunk or la
some equivalent condition. No normal
man behaves like that."
- Shaw winds up by advising Lord
Douglas to consult hi lawyers and
withdraw the libelous statements. To
this his lordship replied: "Your letter
is a piece of childish impertinence, but
as it was written-in a fit of hysterical
bad temper, I'll not count it against
?ou." Douglas . concludes - by saying
here la no necessity for him to see his
lawyers. On this . Shaw wrote him
again, saying "As you've owned up the
publio will forgive you for the sake of
your biasing boyishness." , -
. And there the matter ends. -
FALL OF GO FEET
r FAILS TO WAKE HER
Woman 'Walks Out of .Fourth
Story Window While .
She Is Asleep.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS
CARRY COW UPSTAIRS
How They Succeeded Is One of the
Mysteries the Faculty Cannot
'- rrv::i,K:i" : Understand.
Wilmington, DeL, June 20. If h
faculty of Delaware college at Newark
learns the names of the students who
borrowed a cow and In some unknown
manner succeeded in Installing It in rec
reation hall, which la on the second
floor of one of the college buildings, to
gether with a puoilo arinking rounuun
for the benefit of the cow, there will
There are four turns In ths stairs
leading to the recitation hall, and how
the students ever succeeded In getting
the cow up the stairway la something
President Harter and the , other mem
bers of the faculty would' like to find
out. It took a contractor and six
husky negroes to remove the cow, after
two hours of the hardest kind of work.
Once the cow came near Jumping
through a window. , .
On the same night - the - town's on
water wagon" was Dlaced on the cam
pus, decorated with the names of the
faculty. On the wagon waa placed an
Invitation printed In large letters, invit
ing; the tutors to "get aboard."
WED MILLIONAIRE'S
SON; NOW STARVING
Is Left Penniless With Child She
Bared His. life by Nursing
. ' Him When lie Was HI.
Newark. N. J., June 10. An advertise
ment in a Newark paper yesterday, of
fering to sell the furniture Of a little
flat, revealed the fact that Mrs. R. W.
Pettit, who married a millionaire's son
after saving his life by nursing him,
is penniless and haa appealed to the
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. fcihe is livinaYin two small room a with
a baby, for whom she can scarcely pro
vide food. Her husband, Dr. Robert W.
Pettit, occupies a handsome home in
fashionable Clinton avenue, and earns
a lara-e income as Dhysician to the so
ciety people of that section. s
Yet, the young woman asserted yes
terday, he has failed to pay her the
130 a month for her suDPort which he
was ordered to pay after they separated
two montns ago.
KiKht vears aro she was called as a
trained nurse to the home of Pettlt's
New Tork, June Z0v Mollis Regen-
berger, a young woman who lodges on
the fourth floor of a 'tenement 'on the
southwest corner of Third avenue and
Forty-second street, and who has been
a sleepwalker for years, walked out of
her window yesterday morning. In sight
of a score of passengers on ' an "L"
train that was standing at the station.
8ha full SA fAAt art A land A in. tnn n
?' tin and wire beer sign that advertises
he wares of a saloon . below. She lay
motionless while two nollcemen and sev.
eral of the frightened "L" passengers
ran to her ' rescue. None doubted that
she had bean killed Instantly. - i -
out not a moan came irora ner, ana
the rescuers found that she was breath
ing quietly 1 and naturally. Polioeman
Holup acquired the nerve to shake her a
little, and- she woke up. ,
"What's t the matter?" she asked
dreamily. "You fell out of a .window."
the patrolman told her.
-o-i aio," ' sne saw, looking up.
"Ouch! My shoulder hurts."
A Bellevue ambulance surgeon found
that the girl had got off with a slightly
wrencnea snouiaer ana nip. tie said
there -were many cases where falls did
not rouse somnambulists. .
JEKYLL AND HYDE
EXISTENCE IS REAL
9.
0
WHAT ROPIilG"
IH SLEUTH TALK
Means Winning a Woman's
Confidence So She Will
Tell. All Her Secrets.
A four Una personal "ad" In aa even
log newspaper attracted by Its peculiar
wording the attention of a reporter and
he called upon the author of the compo
sition for an explanation. The "ad"
follows:- -.
S DETECTIVE AOENCT FUTl-
nlshes experienced young women for
roping and Investigating at hotels and
summer resorts. Offices, Broadway,
Manhattan. Telephone.
A tall, light comploxloned English
man, with a long head, and high, sloping
forehead, politely ushered . the etymol
ogist into the innermost, snap-locked
nest which the manager of the deteo-
"uo you mean to tell -me tnat you are
a reporter and don't know what 'roping
1st", exclaimed the manager. "Well.
I'll tell you." he went on. "Suooose
you bave a relative, somebody In whom
you are interested say your wife. - h
is living at some hotel and you are -away.
For reasons of your own you
wish wish to know how she spends her
time, with whom she associates and so
forth. Tou come to me and I furnish
you with the information you want day
by day, but you don't know how J get It
I know. -. , -"'
"I I mean we -our office assigns
one of - our staff i of clever : women to
the case. Our woman operative goes to
the hotel as . a guest. The second day
she happens to sit at the same table
with the wife, drops into conversation .
with her, cultivates her and become
chummy. . The wife invites her to drive '
with her to the Claremont. The next
day our Woman "blows.' "
''Day by day our operative reports
everything. Tour wife comes to know
her so well that she gives up her eeo
rets: tells - everything, and everything
that Is mine Js your a That's "roping?
It takes a woman to win a woman. A
man can't do It. A woman would have
to like a man first rate before she would
speak to him in the first place, and if
she liked . him she . wouldn't give up
then. - - - - -
No: I don't know the orisln of the
word rone any more than I know the
origin of the word cigar, but "roping
Is different from 'roping In. "Roping
In' is tempting, decoying, enticing, ae to
Tope in a voter or repeater, Dut -rop
lmr la Just winnlnir a woman's confi
dence until she shows her soul to you.
BOY "HUMAN WHISTLE"
SAVED BY THE X-RAY
Little Victim's Throat Blocked for
Four Days He Nearly '
Starred. -
Hoosler Confesses to Crimes He
Committed While Under -Strange
Obsession.
Richmond, Ind., June S. Harry Fye,
confessed burglar and assailant of de
fenseless women, has been living a "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" existence for sev
eral years. Industrious, genial to his
friends and kind to his family, Fye haa
shown a deoDerate character when un
der the Influence of the Hyde side of
uie.
For ten years or more he has been
employed by a local contractor as a
stone-mason. Always sober .and excep
tionally Industrious, he waa regarded as
valuable sxiueo worsman. as xar
his friends knew, he had no bad
habits. His wife was not aware of his
wandering about the city at night, be
cause he apparently chose . the early
hours of the evening. .
Fye fears none or tne appearances of
criminal. He told the police he had
no excuse or explanation to offer for
his attack on Miss Elisabeth Walllck,
believed by the police to be only one
of many victims of the man. . He Is
believed to be possessed of a strange
mania to injure women, it waa in the
full a-lare of an electric lls-ht that ha
attacked Miss Walllck. striking her re
peatedly tn tne neaa ana then Choking
nor. , ,. . : -. . .v,
NAPOLEON'S THRONE
COST HIM 10,774
Paris, June JO. In the archives of
one of the oldest embroidery lace houses
of Paris, V purveyor to the v : court rot
France for several centuries, the hill
for Napoleon's throne haa been dis
covered xne various items are as fol
lows:
Outer drapery, purnle velvet.
with gold border $ 1,040
vtoiuen row iur mo rea velvet.
at II each, and the Imperial
crest in relief
Inner drapery, blue satin, with
gold border -Extra
gold lace ............. . .
Gold embroidery on the emperor's
chair ..............
Foot cushion for the emperor,
embroidered .................
One thousand, two hundred and
liny extra Dees ror the unem
broldsred parta Of the canopy-
S.1B0
1,000
1,700
' 04
140
1.050
Total i . .v. flO.774
Two employes Of the nalarw.hail to
make affidavits showtnr that the num
ber of bees were correctly stated be
fore Napoleon would O; K. the bill. For
the embroidery on his coronation man
tle he paid sz.ooo. He also paid 1 1 00
for a gold embroidered swallow-tailed
coat. When tne latter got too small
for him. Napoleon bad it altered and
the new seams covered. with gold lace.
LEMENCEAU CAST 1 .
BALLOT ILLEGALLY
Parle,' June 10. Premier Clsmenceau
voted Illegally at the last election, and
contest In his district la - talked of.
pasay la his polling place and Clemen
ceau reached there only Sunday morn
ing people vote on Sunday a In France
to avoid the crowd.
After answering tne regulation queries
and placing bis ticket in the baWot
box. the official in charre declared sol
emnly: "Citizen Clemenceau has voted."
and the premier thought that was the
end of It -
But now that particular ballot box has
been opened to trace some sort of error.
and it has been found that the election
ticket aepositea oy premier uieraenceau
gave the age of the voter as 40 years.
The premier is 70 and doesn't deny the
It appears that Clemenceau eager Ho
get' through with the voting- buainesr
took by mistake the ticket Intended for
his son George when he started for the
polls, and George on njs part used his
father's ticket. A
t Accordingly; both the premie and
his son voted Illegally ' and mlpht be
sent to Jail If they weren't Clemen
ceaua.
Philadelphia. June 20. Four ' days
ago 4-year-old Hyman G&dberg, of 008
Gerrltt street, swallowed a small round
whistle, which slipped down his throat
while at play. The toy button lodetwl
lust above the windpipe, and since that
time he has Involuntarily enacted the
roie or - - numan whistle.
Every time the lad took a breath the
air. vibrating through the tiny hole in
the center of the whistle, produced a
shrill noise that was plainly audible to
any one within close range. Bo firmly
was it wedged that it prevented the pas
sage of food. Water and other liquids
were taken into the stomach through
the hole in the center of the whistle.
Physicians of the Mt Sinai hospital
made, an Ineffectual attempt to dislodge
the button. Yesterday an X-ray pho
tograph, showing the exact location of
the whistle, was ' taken. Last night
ether was administered and the noise
J producer removed. Because of his pro
onged fast and operation the boy la
In a serious condition. ,
ONE REALLY HURT
IN A FRENCH DUEL
Paris. June 20. The dueling season
here Is now In full swing. .Every day
there are one or more encounters of a
serio-comic order at the recognized duel
ing grounds on the outskirts of the
city. Most of the affairs of honor are)
between members of that fiery and sen-,
sltive tribe, actors. Dlavwrlarht. and
Critica ' .: -
One duel was remarkable for the tact
that one combatant was seriously
Wounded, and also for being a "coraing-of-age"
duel. Two expert awordsmen.
Ravinea and De Vlllette, quarreled some
months ago and sent seconds to each
other. At that time Ravinea was under .
iil, and lie Vlllette refused to fight with
a minor. The duel was aocordtnalv
postponed until the youthful duelist's
twenty-first birthday.
It proved an exciting eomhat ' Rav
ines, a left-handed fighter, had spent
the interval improving his form under
a famous maitre d'armes. It was his
first duel, while his opponent waa a
veteran of IS combats. .
After some clever rapier play, Rav
ines thrust his weapon . through De
ViUette's a word-arm, nenetratlng the
right lun- three inches. Although it
was a serious wound,-De VlUette waa
with difficulty Induced to retire, and
was carried off to a hospital protesting.
MARRIED WHEN IIE
WORE KNEE PANTS
-, .'V-V- " ' ' ' ;' : '-'" -':
Pittsburg, June 20. Married to Hat
tie Graham when aha was SO and he 18
years old, wearing knee trousers, Her
bert H. Penn. now 21 years old, is
suing for a divorce. The suit cornea aa
a climax 'to a remarkable romance.
Penn has been in Pittsburg three
years. He came from Frankfort, Ky.,
two years after ' his marriage, havln
been separated from his wife the day
he was married to her, upon threats to
kill him made by her father. 7 - ,
Both ' Hattle Graham, who is , the
ditua-hter of William Graham. a me
chanic, and Penn, who Is the son of Jo
siah Penn, keeper of the reformatory at
Frankfort, Kyi attended McKee-a Busi
ness college in that town six years ao.
-Penn says his, years had given him
tittle discretion, and that the woman's
ardent lovemaking ruined his while 11 fa.
The laws of Kentucky provide for di
vorce when a pair have been separated
five years, and the youth is taking ad
vantage of this.
FRANCE PLANS TO
STOP DECADENCE
Paris. June 20. "That ths French na
tion may . not die out," -Deputy Mes
slmy, of the department of the Seine.
proposes the following measure;
"First. No direct taxes shall be Im.
posed on families - having more than
three living cnua ren.
"Second. The state must bend ev-rv
effort to stop the mortality among small
babies, and children., . where mortality
may be due to the Ignorance or povrty
of the parents. It Is eatimutcd tii.t
liO.OUO to KO'-IOU tab ten cmil.l l ft. . 1
annually In France if the eiat v k v.
necessary preventive mnxim-a. To t
end the existing maternity homo, I.j
bies naylums, etc.. triiiBt t rut t i .
more hygenlo banis emi new f.t.ta inu-.t
"Third. Like the I'nitH.l nit, v.
must make it eney for t-,t- . .. j -,.
manently reBliiln Here to i,-;
French citizens." ' ,
Irfist yeiir the mnrMHfr in ft--' -
eree.1 the b.ith tnt l-v !')'"'( ,
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