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THE WASHINGTON HERAED. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17.-1912. ' "Wl :-U Annual Guae Flower Show , : Closes in a Shower of Glory v r- itSf ritHKBiTM r V''lfli k"k ifl 'a ? llnsSil'SssaBslsflSlAs.r With the close of the week came the end of the annual flowejj show given by William F. dude, florist. It was the most successful In the history of the establishment, and during- the week thousands of people called at the con servatory to admire the glorious flow ers on show. The salesrooms and concert atory were a blaze of color, of every shade and tint, from the most delicate Illy of the valley to the most vivid rose. There were chrysanthemums, roses, or chids, and all of the popular favorites that may alwas be counted on to draw admiring oh's" and ah's" from flower lovers and besides there were many "varieties of rare plants and blooms seldom seen In this latitude All during the week there was mu sic The rooms were decorated with screens and bowers of flowers, through which glinted tiny electric bulbs One of the features of the programme was the German nightingales a pleasing auxiliary to theathuslc. and a novelty in Washington The same scheme of decoration had been carried out In the conservatory to the rear and on every hand were the American Beauty roses for which Gude Is noted One of the noelty flowers shown was the Loratne begonia, the Ideal Christmas plant. In full bloom Then there was the Alpine violet, the snap dragon In colors and the lily of the vallev As a special feature, there were on show pink roses In nine sepa rate and distinct shades It is said by authorities that no florist in the East can approach this dlsplav of roses The new varieties of roses shown were "The Lady HelWngdon" and the Arlon Ward " both of the new orange vellow tpe There was also an ex qufsite dlsplav of orchids fashion 8 fa vorite Palms of unusual size and va riety were ever where KING OF SAYAII IN WASHINGTON Continued from Paite One. while man complimentary speeches passed between the chiefs and the Ameri can At the signal of the senior chief, one of the talking men advanced In front of Mr Hide with a wand in his hand and pro nounced the sacred ' king name." Tulsete, three times and. waving the wand three times he struck the new high chieftain thrice on the head with the wand The official eal was still to be placed on the coronation, however, hy the drinking of the king tava. ' Tiis was performed iQi front of the house, the drlnk being brewed on this auspicious occasion by three maidens known as taupows, the daughters of chieftains who are pledged to celebracv until their marriage to princes, and who accupy elevated positions In the estimation of the ls!a"-f- Complete Ccremonj. The tax a prepared, the senior chief dipped of the acrid mixture, and then Mr and Mrs Hyde each partook of the drink, the populace and chief veiled and the ceremonv of the coronation was completed J For tw ent dav s the Washington-couple were actively in the position of head hief and chief talness of SavalL Mr Hjde says at first he did not take the ceremony sertouslv, but In his capacity of head of the tribe he was called upon to settle all manner of questions dis putes as to land claims, quarrels be tween his subjects, and misunderstand ings of all kinds He was called upon to sit In judgment In the case of a native woman who had married two men She was charged with bigamv She had taken the second husband after having been driven from the home of her first, and In the Judg n ent of Head Chief Hyde she was guilt and should be fined 1 shilling for the offense of bigamy, be granted a di vorce from husband No 1, and married to No 2. This was done At the end of a reign of twenty days, the new high chief and his wife were rowed seven miles down the coast. In a boat propelled by thirty stalwart native vouths to the sloop they had chartered to make the return Journey to Apia, the home of the Princess Saamu. from whence they had started Women Good Looking1 Mr Hyde describes the people of the Sarnoavj Islands as being of splendid nature ana strength, especially the men. The women, he says, are good to look upon In their youth, but fade at an early age. After his elevation to the head chief tainship he received several offers of native girls for wives. As the. head man of the island, none was offered him but the taupows." the most fa vored of all the native girls, Tho chiefs were somewhat, aggrieved at his refusal to accept of their generosity, Mr. Hyde says, but the customs of Eu ropeans were explained to them by the Princess Saamu, and they finally waved him a sad farewell without his having become connected with the Island through marriage .Following Mr Hjde there are many cases of photographs, but they have not been developed yet and he cannot say as to the success of his expedition. On his departure from Savall the chiefs begged him to keep In touch with them ! through letter when he was not able to Le there, and this, he savs, he fullyyln tends to do I thought little of the honor paid me by tho natives at first," sajdJIr. Hyde last night, "but I am growingNto think more and more of it, and i shall certainly Kiep up with the doings of the people there." Wlir. .Kroto Jndfe, Husband In olden times people thought more of their, homes. Wife Qf course: "There were no res taurants wtrth mentioning to go to. iiiEfvlEmf-'aiviiHKwiiBHi! iyHFTTOBi"r3PftiflftjBfl 11 MORE HEARINGS IN MONEY TRUST CASE Representative Pnjo to Resume In vestigation on or About November 20. Representative Arsene Pujo of Louis iana, chairman of the Moncj Trust Committee, will arrive here to-day to make arrangements for the public hearings of the Money Trust case which will be resumed on or about November Si On November 50 the full committee will meet Chairman Pujo, and the pro gramme for the winter will be arranged. Representative Carter Glass, of Virginia, who Is chairman of a "committee that Is working in conjunction with the Money Trust committee to frame legislation in amendment of tho banking and currency laws. Is here He will have a confer ence with Chairman Pujo to-day Mr Glass had a long talk with J Bryan relative to the plans of the Democrats to overhaul the banking and currency ' laws It is the understanding that Mr ftrvan will submit to Chairman Glas and his associates a statement setting forth his views In regard to proposed modifications of the banking and curren cv laws .o attempt will be made bj the Democrits to pass a banking and cur rency bill at the special session that will be called in April bv President Wilson There is a possibility, however, that Chairman Glas and those associ ated with him mav prifcent a measure exprefcsive of their views with a view to prov ldlng a basis for a public duscus slon of the question The indications are, however, that the final report of the Glass committee will not be completed until the Slxt -third Congress assembles In December of next jear There Is good reason to believe that no effort will be made b Chairman Pujo and his associates to complete the Monev Trust lnqulrv this winter It is pointed out bj Democrats that it took the Slanlev special committee sixteen months to Investigate the affairs of a single concern the United Stats Steel Corporation The Pujo committee Is probing the ifTairs of practically every big financial Institution in the United States and those responsible declare thai it win be impossible to finish the task for many months to come STRIKERS SING "MARSEILAISE." Indnatrlal Workers Mnrcli Wnter tovrn Streets. Watertown, Mass, Nov IS The "Mar eellaise' was sung In the streets hero to-day for the first time In the city's history It was used as a war cry by the Industrial Workers of the World, who have been trying to organize the Hood Rubber Company's . emplovc", where a strons detail of police has been on guard since a riot earlier In the week I W W strikers paraded and sang In passlhg the rubber factory" The police did not Interefere with the parade and the marchers made no trouble Four hundred operatives returned to work to-daj. This made 1,600 at work cut of the 4 500 which compose the nor mal factory forces. The I W. W. es tablished a picket line and appealed to Incoming operatives to remain out, but no intimidation or violence was reported. FORMER SENATOR L0RDEER, VICTIM OF APPENDICITIS. UNDERGOES OPERATION Chicago. Nov .-11 William Lorimcr. for mer United States Senator, was success fully operated on for appendicitis to-dav at the Prcsbjterlan Hosnltal JJr Arthur D. Bcvan performed the on. eraiion tie was assisted by Drs. J. B Hrrick and S R. Slav-maker. .Mr. Jxirlmer was In the oDeratlnir room one hour and a half After being removed to hi rnnm h aoctors expressed themselves as perfectly --- -.. I-...,,.,, i o vwuuiuvii, ana declared no fear was entertained of any UdU 1CBU11S. Fire Destroys racking House. Indianapolis, Npv.i 16. Fire to-day de stroyed the main building of the. lm mense plant of the "Van Camp Packing Company, at Kentucky Avenun anA White River. The loss was estimated at 3O0O by Frank Van Camp, presi dent or the company. ' Several hundred raert women and children axe thrown out. of work, Ohio Woman Chosen as Mrs. Wilson's Secretary West Inion, Oblo, November 16. Miss Mar Bavless, formerls of West Union 1 as been chosen to fill the social position of private se-retarj to Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President-elect of the United States Miss Bayless, who has been a clerk of the Ohio Legislature and has served as secretary to prominent persons In the East, will begin her duties at the White House next March. Dining Room Suites 'TTHE prices marked on these goods are from 25 to 50 below their actual value, but lucky home-makers are given this advantage because we are obliged to have the space in our showrooms for a new line of dining room furniture. Nothing makes a more attractive dining room in town or country than the Early English, and the pieces in this list are not excelled in design or workmanship. You will be convinced of this if you look them over and also that you never saw furniture of such quality at such low prices. Were $46.00 $78.00 42 00 $66 00 $150.00 $86.00 $44 00 $56.00 $84.00 $50.00 W. B. JEKYLiD HYDE' TELLS OF CRIMES Boston Man Writes to Buffalo Po lice Confessing; to Murders. One Victim Found. TELLS A WIEBD STOEY Buffalo, N. T., Nor. Jt A. modern Dr. Jekyl and. Mr, Hyde, a resident of Bos ton, morel daring In his' operations than the Actional original, has confessed by post cards sent to the Buffalo? police, to at least-three murders, admitting at. the same time that he Is guilty of several more. , Joseph Josephs, six: years old, disap peared from his home in Lackawanna a year 'ago and has not been seen since. Following minute discretions on the post cara ponce io-aay iouna tne ooys body In a badly decomposed state In a cesspool near nts nomc. The first post card was mailed from Boston, September 11, 1912. It was ad dressed to Superintendent of .Police Re gan and read: "I am sick of trying to fool myself. am a homicidal maniac I killed Joey Josephs, of Lackawanna, N. strangled him as I did others. Please advertise the fact. Another card mailed from Boston read Strangled Nemlior in Park. "Wednesday night, December 10, 1502, r enticed Michael Kruck, a newsboy. Into Central Park, In New Tork, opposite the entrance to the Arsenal police station. I strangled him. and then Just escaped an officer who found bun as I came back. Three times have I taken life, twelve times have I tried, and cannot help It." Another card written by the same per son and dated Boston. November 8. 1912, reads ' I am a prominent fraternity man of high degree, honest and respected My soil Is married and happy. Can I. un der the circumstances, give myself up I a, of course, but there are still more nurders of which I have net told ..ii A card dated Boston September 17, 1912, and addressed to the Ch ef of Police of Lackawanna, reads Illnmr Drink for Deed.. "If jou only knew the remorse In my heart on nccount of the murders I ha.- committed as a it suit of my homicidal mania, evtu you and George Josephs (the Josephs 1m s father) would forgive me I am writing this Just getting over another drunk to try and forget the ones I killed, hut like Banquo's ghost It will not down I am fast going to pieces. mentall and spiritual! " The following card was postmarked Boston. October "3. 1912 "Am so sick ef this business that I shall go to Buffalo Sunday and will call vou on the plion' Mj hraln Is worse and illl think of Is murder I love to kill Shall kill some kid before I leave here Sunday" Another card dealing with the murder of the Josephs boy was mailed at Boston on October 30. It was as follows "Joey Josephs will be found In the bottom of the outhouse back of Sa loons, near Dojle's on Ridge Road. A drink-crazed brain did the deed, and Sacrifice of Early Buffets Reduced to $35.00 $65.00 $29.00 $47.50 $112.50 $62.50 $32.00 $42.00 $62.50 $37.50 Moses & remorse and sorrow for the, parents la the result. The next morning I tried to kllj r little Italian boy. Ask him. Her "knows. me well. I wish to pay the pricey but shall not give op to the Bos ton'pollce for the sake of my family." ' The last, post card'and te:only one bearing; a signature, was. mailed at New-York, November 11,-im. notify-Ing-the police of Buffalo that be ex pected to call on them the next day Wednesday,, the 11th. It was signed "R. Dennlison.' , The police of .Boston, and New Tork have .been asked to assist In locating the murderer." r MANTPPROMINENT . - r PASSENGERS SAIL " " .OffMAUBETANIA London, Nov IJ. The Mauretanla, sail Ing to-day, for. Hew York, carried many distinguished' people. Among the society folks aboard were Mrs. James. Henry Smith, who-said she -hod -not been In America. for some -time and was going over-ior a lew weeks, expecting to return tc London , for Christmas.- MrSj Letter was another Interesting socjety passen Among the. diplomats on hoard is My' ron T. HerrIck. American Ambassador to France, who "with Mrarirerrick Is going to Washington, returning-to Pans before Christmas, and William Phillips, the re tiring first secretary of the London Em bassy.' Whltelaw Reld. Irrin. B. Loughlln. Phillips successor, and .Robert Bliss, sec retary of the Paris Embassy, composed a farewell party at the. Boston Station to see Phillips off. G H. Moses, the retiring American Minister to Greece and Montenegro; who was also a passenger, said he was still ef the opinion (hat there will he an "autonomy In Albania. " Somerset Maughan. the dramatist, said be was going to America on a two months' pleasure trip Other notable passengers were J. Bris bane. William Pancoast Clyde. Dr. J. Cottlng. N. C. Dameron. Sir Hugh and Lady Graham, Mr and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst. C MacDougal. D. M, Neuberger. Marquis and Marquise de Pinar del Rio. Sam Sloan. G. W. Smaller, H. N. Rosenfeld. Mrs. Graeme Stewart. George Henry Warren. Mrs. F. W. Whlt- rldge. and Sir William Young : SNEAD JURY COMPLETED; NOT EVEN RELATIVES MAY SEE VENIREMEN Fort Worth, Tex . Nov. 16. Jurors In the second trial of John Beal Snead, for the murder of CaptL AI G. Boyce, sr , will go unklssed, unhugged. unsoothed by en dearing words of wives and children. When the Jury was completed late this afternoon' Judge Swane announced that the precedent of allowing Jurors rela tlves to visit them once or twice during long trials will not be observed This Is one of the rigid precautions that he has taken since the examination or venire men began last Monday All of the Jurors are farmers and mar ried It Is expected that this trial will last more than a month Several Im portant new witnesses will testify, the law era say bnead, whose wife eloped with Al O. Bo) re. Jr. whom he later killed, shot and killed Capt. Boyce In the lobby of a Fort Worth hotel. January 13 Aulitrd. From Judcr. I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to say to her" "What did ou dor "Her father helped me out." China Cases Were $60.00 $57.00 $26.00 $68 00 $160.00 $44.00. $66 00 $75.00 $54.00 $90.00 Reduced to $49.00 - $42.00 $19.00 $48.00 $120.00 $31.50 $49.50 $40.00 $36.00 $45.00 Sons, F and 11th Streets PDLIGEJGGOSE Gotham Authorities Have Amazing Theory Regarding the Death of Woman Found in Pond. DAUGHTER KILLED ALSO New York, Nor. 11 Because she ob jected to white slave bondage for her comely fifteen-year-old daughter, Car mella Oeracd was murdered by her hus band, Suclclada Geraccl; her twenty-two-year-old son. and Salvatore Lombard, the lover of the girl, on November 4. After holding vigil with the body of her mother In a back room of their apartment at 313 East Fortieth Street for twenty-four .hours, the daughter, Torrldl. was put to death by the slayers of her mother. The two bodies were stuffed Into large trunk and the trunk shipped to Georgetown. Conn., where the body of the mother was found last week. Sat urday, floating In the mill pond by em ployes of the Gilbert &. Bennett Wire Manufacturing Company. This Is the theory which the New York detectives offer to-night to solve one of the most amazing crimes in police an nals. Clews unearthed to-day clearly estab lish that the three murderers first killed Carmella Geraccl to remove her as an obstacle to their designs on the daugh ter; locked the daughter, in her mother's aeain cnamDer m an attempt to rrlgnten her Into yielding to white slavery, and then when she still resisted, killed her. Descriptions Sent Broadcast. Descriptions of the three men were sent broadcast to-night over the United States, and fifty detectives are combing the Italian quarters to find the murder ers The mother was first poisoned, and then four wire nails were driven Into her skull. This deed, according to the police, was witnessed by the daughter. Torrid. Mrs Garaccl was murdered at about 10 o'clock in the morning Mrs. Mary Frances, who occupies the flat Just above the one where the murder was committed, said at that time she heard ascrtam. followed by silence. Earlier in xne morning suciciaaa ueracci Dougnt a quantlt) of silver nitrate at a near by drug store Mrs Geraccl was ren dered un'onsclous In the apartment were found a blood-stained hammer and several nails of the exact size of the holes In the viettm'i head. Several hours after the murder Mrs Geraccl's body was wrapped in b'ank ets and sheets and carried into the cel lar of the apartment, where It was thrown Into a coal bin and the door locked. Later beside It was placed the body of the voung girl. On November 6 the slavers purchased several feet of rubber hose it a near-by store, connect ed one end of It to a broken gas con nection, and put the other end In the coal bin beside the twA bodies. Other occupants or the apartmyit said to-day that they had detected escaping gas on that day The rubber hose and the broken gas pipe were discovered by de tectives to-day It was learned to-day that Succlada Dining' Tables Were $31.00 $3100 $48 00 $60 00 $62.00 $68.00 Serving Tables $32 00 $22.00 Geraccl was employed as a laborer la J New- Canaan, a few miles from George- town, "during the first part of October. There ha became acquainted with Giu seppe. Nspoll, who lived In the "little yellow house," on Branchvllle HOU where the murder trunk was stored by the murderers from Friday morn ing until Friday night, November t,, when it was thrown ln:o the George town pond. Three weks ago Napoll came to New York and sailed for Italy. The murderers! It was also learned to- I day, returned to their apartment In Fortieth Street Saturday morning. There they told the Janttrais. Mrs John Preston, that they would have to give the apartment up. This was the ' last seen of them. , Mrs. Preston said she saw the yovrar girl. Tlrrldl. sitting at tho window of ' her apartment on November S. looking' , despondent. This established the fsot, that she was killed on the day follow-' lng her mother's murder. ( DAMPER PDT UPON RIOTOUS STUDENTS, Police Prevent Repetition of Scenes of Revelry of Prut Foot ball Nights. At has been customary ever since the gridiron warriors of Georgetown and "Vir ginia Universities first met In annual clash, thousands ef football enthusiasts surged from the historic field hi ancient! Georgetown and flocked down into the "gay white way- of the National Capita last night, prepared to nun up tbtngs according to precedent, tradition, and Hoyle. but Instead the happy youcg tfcou saeds walked straight ud am rut a wall of police and awoke to a realization of proper proportions. There was . hot time In the eld town last night, everybody was dolor it, ana it was some big and lara-e night. But and the but la scelled with a can- Ital -B the night was far aad way different from those o'd and hlstorla nignts or former Georgetown vs. Vir ginia battles Many a student will wake this Bab- bath morn with vague regrets and a lust for water. No saloons were wrecked. No hotels. restaurants or other pleosure places stnf in frantic and appealing calls for the po lice reserves. No wagon loads of over exuberant students were piled in the First frednct station. Much of the old-time exoltement was passed up. And the an swer" MaJ Sylvester. He did it all and quits simply, too Hei put a small squad of 100 extra policemen In the First precinct, which embraces thai riot section, and above this detail placed' a few extra Inspectors, captains. lieuten ants, and sergeants. It was said by one' student "there are ten policemen to a) block downtown to-night." Turn to the right or left. In front or behind, and the) brass buttons of a blue uniformed angel of peace and order obstructed the vision. Troops Quell Strike Itlots. Merryvllle, La.. Nov 1C Two compa nies of State mllltla arrived here to-day ana surrounded the plants of the Ameri can Lumber Company, where L300 em ployes are on strike. Several other com panies are being held In readiness to be rushed here In case of further rlotlnr. The trouble started over the company's refusal to reinstate six men Implicated in the fatal Grabow riots Reduced to $25.00 $28.85 $30.00 $47.00 $49.00 $42.00 $21.50 $16.00 -