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-THE WASHINGTON HERALD. WEDNESDAY. DECE&BER 11." 1912. in Capital, $1.000,000. Snrplns a; ndilclmi vided Profits Over $1,000,000 Chisttiias Money Sent To Europe or other foreign countries, in the form of FOREIGN DRAFTS issued by this bank, will be abso lutely safe. Those who intend forwarding money anywhere are invited to confer with us. Interest Paid on Deposits Subject to Check The Washington Loan 6, Trust Co. Cor. 9th and F Sts. N. W. Jchn Joy Edson, Pres. OLDSMOBILE AGENCY M. T. POLLOCK, Money Talks f 2 We Sbtc lonS Per Cent o 2 4 Painting Automobiles. s J, We use only Valentine s Van- 3, A adium Varnishes the only var- a nlshes that will stand soap, mud. 4, A and water We bake enamel on A X hoods and fender. A fX Autos painted. IS SO and up. . Used automobiles and motorcy- 4. cles for sale. x J.L.MUNGER&SONS I Cor. 14th and W Sis. N. W. f T 4 Pbone If. 191. We Ktve Herald S25JMI0 conteet votes. wttrrvv 1913 Yale Motorcycles Tale Bicycles National Bicycles . . Racycle Rami BIctclcs Mitchell Bicv les Boys' Dart Bicycles J30 . .. J0 .. . JSS J25 ..j:2bo . 517 50 E.P. HAZ-ETON 429-31 10th St. H. W; W G1t. Votn In The Herald ES.IXO Coctast. WARREN MOTOR SALES GO. Why altould Automobile mrnera be tor men ted with tire trouble when they can be positively done away with by uatos cAVtgz Tie World's Best Fmer (or Automobile Tire. Ko Experiment. Thoroughly Tested. Time Tried. Ends Tire Troublse t JflreaseVrt Filler Ca, 508 SOUTHERN Bu LOtHO WASHIN6TON.O C. Fllllns Plant, 26-234 Fourteenth Street N. W. W e give Herald 1S5.0O0 contest votes. &3bx Jtua COL. PETTIT CAMP ELECTS OFFICERS Has Removed to 1 1610 14th Street N.W. 2 Pbone North 0097. Y I "BUY A WARREN AND X BE A WINNER" I 2 &i&Wb&MriGF&&44r&Q&&& AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE Five and seren passenger cars. BPOWN BLAIR GARAGE 1319 L St. N.VV. Phone N U70 Ws Gin Votrs la The Herald tS OX Cooteit. Auto Supplies Of Every Kind Alwajs Here , 6444. Vie give Hersld S2.7.000 contest votes. Expert Electric Vehicle Repairing Storage Batteries repaired and re newed. Ignition and Lighting Batter lea Charged and Built to Order. SOUTHWORTH KEISER CO. W Girt Votes to The Hcnld $2,000 CostMt. P. M. CORR, Acent for Flanders and Yale Motor eye les and Corrs Special Bicycle. Motorcycle Overhauling and Belt Ilc eatrljtf. Accessories and Sandriea. D I cycle Repairing Braslnfi and Ovsr Btaulfnsr. fi applies and Accessories. CIS tth BU N. W- Pm Mala S109L None Better THOR MOTORCYCLES GEO. W. BEALL Spanish War Veterans to Attend New Year's Reception at White House In a Body. Col James ! Pettit Camp No 3, fcpanish War Veterans last night held ts annual election of officers in their new aiuarters at Llevcnth and K btreets rthwest II V Shurtleff was elected commander W W Fentress, senior ice commander, Charles C fc-t. Clair Junior tlce com mander John A Petterson officer of the daj Thomas shields, officer of the St-ard William D Huston adjutant, and Charles W HenKle, quartermaster Plans to an entertainment and smoker ti be held in January were dlscused It was alo decided to attend the New Icar., reception at the htte House In a bods At a reient meeting held h Gen Nel .on A Miles lamp No 1 I nlted bpan iii War Veterans Commander Charles Hlntenach pri.s ding the following offi cers were elected for the ensuing ear Commander Howard M Peter senior vire tommandri, Mgmund Dirnfeld. innlor ic commander Charles McCaf ftrev officer of the day. Milton U Mat te officer of the guard Theodore Kraemer adjutant. 11 Cr btroshme. quartermaster John I- Dovie Tlif install ition of officers in connec tion with officers elected from other imps will bo held jointly on Januarv T in their hall at rieenth and K. btreets Northwest The ceremonies will be con ducted by Department ( ommander Jere V Costello and his staff Gen Nelson V Miles Camp has now a membership of lit besides a substantial general and rtlief fund IlnttlnK Itnco rranhed bpeI table to Th VV uhutfon Herald New lork Dec 10 Cable dispatches from London to day state that arrange ments bae been rompleted for the Peare BJrr rowing race which will be held in London in Juno next jear pea i is the champion iruller of us tral i The men will row for a side bet of J Vfl PREPARE FOR EXECUTIONS. nless Gniernor Acts Mnjfn "VV I II Hie on mils Irlilnj innc oik h u m 7enc w. Git. votei in The HeraM ts ow cwtnL i Largest Morning Circulation. Ri limond ' a Dec 10 Preparations for the etctution ff the Miens rhargnd with murder in the llillsille case are going on and the sheriff promises to ha all in readiness for the taking off of the two men on Frldaj the 13th un less the Goernor acts In the matter Petitions for pirdon are being circulated !argcl ind will be presented to the Governor probabl to morrow Meanwhile Gov Mann is silent, and has gien out no Inttmition of what action he will take in tho matter EflTENERS OF TED Trio of New Jersey Mountaineers - Held on Charge of Attempted Blackmail. ALLEGED TO HAVE DEMANDED $5,000 OF PRESIDENT-ELECT Story of Chase and Capture one of Thrilling Interest Threatened to Shoot. Newark. N. J. Dec 10 Three rough and sullen young mSuntalneers, who. In their dugout In the wild highlands of New Jersey, had dreamed of blackmail ing the President-elect of the United States, were brought here late to-day by three paded officers of the Federal police That they "did knowingly and wilfully use the United States malls for further ing a scheme to defraud Mr. Wood row Wilson of Trenton. N J, was the word ing o fthe charge placed against them What they had actually done, according to the officers, was to send seen letters to Mr Wilson, during the last month, demanding that he send to them 5.000 under threat of bodily harm Tile first letter reached the Go errors office in Trenton on November 11 The last one reached hkn in Bermuda WJille Mr Wilson expressed no alarm his friends immediately placed the mat ter in tho hands of Postofflcc Inspector Cortelyou at Philadelphia. On the day the tlrst letter was received deputy mar shale. Secret Service men. and postoftlce Inspectors throughout tho State were nunimg me oiacxmauers Vntrb. Post Box. Meanwhile, the persistent repetition of the threats went on The first letters had made December 4 the time limit for the delivery of the monej, but that das' passed, and the next letter extended the time limit to December IS To Deputy United Mates Marshal Louis G Beekman. Post-office Inspectors rrancis Butler and Clinton Lara bee. hod been assigned the most important and difficult task of keeping secret watch on a rural free delivery post box on a mountain road near Wharton, N J It was in tills box that the money was to be left, according to the demands of the blackmailers. It was in the desolate wlldenress among the abandoned mines north of Lake llopatcong. an dabout fourteen niles from Dover, that Bickman and the inspectors captured the three sus pects late this afternoon The prisoners are Warren Dunn his brother Jacob, and Seelcy Davenport. They were captured by a daring raid and a brilliant detective ruse The letters had been badly written, and the word shoot appeared always as soot. the woid know as no ' The inspectors have copies of the writ ing Dunn Ceta Km elopes. Beekman, who was scouring the coun try while Butler and Larabee kept their ceaseless watch on the letter box In which a false bank roll had been nlaced learned that three of th tirelopea which had Inclored the letters had been delivered bv a rural delivery man to Peter Dunn who lives with his brother near harton He learned further that a ilium of the Dunn boss was beeley Davenport had been sent to prison for a hold up two sears ago and whoo father had been arrested for counterfeiting In a lit tle shant) far up the mountains Then came the Information that promi nent citizens of Dover had received threatening letters demanding monej One was H J MMe and the other was Theodore bkink Beekman got these let ters Th writing was the same os that of the notes to Mr llson Mondas night the Inspectors considered their evidence nearly complete The set out from Dover In an automobile and went to Davenports tumbled down houe Thes climbed the black mountain road to the shack where the voting man s father bad done his coining Lse Clrer Ruse. Teermg through tho window, they saw Davenport and live other men in the place bhotguns were standing against the walls It was six armed men against three, but the officers had no Intention of making an attack J ne Knocked on tne door and were admitted by Davenport. Been looking all over for ou said Beekman cheerlls I am from Con gressman Tuttle I m his secretars He s Interested In that matter of a pens on for vour father ' Yes pop was In the war, said Daven port, eagerl "We got a sick boy at home and we need the monej bad Well now went on the deputs mar shal I think 1 don t promise ans thing but I think if vou would write a letter to Congressman Tuttle and let me take It to him ho would fix it up for you ' Da nlmrt Gets Suspicions. Davenport, unsuspecting, sat down at a rickety table, and wrote on A piece of paper Beekman gave him But the writing did not seem to be that of the W llson letters Now if sou had some friends to write too ' suggested the deputv " Are the Dunn boss anywhere around" Why, Jakes up there in the woods chopping wood," said one of the men. But Davenport, seemed to be getting sus picious.. He wouldn't go along. Beekman, Butler, end Larabee went on nine miles, tn a lonely Pot near. th abandoned Ford mines. There they iouna -jacoo uunn. oui mm uw. w story of the pension did not go, for a moment He answered angrily. They saw It was time-for action. As Larabee loosened a pair of handcuffs, the moun taineer charged at hem with his ax raised. They retreated, got arouna .nun, and locked his wrists. "We know vou wrote those letters," said Butler; "Warren toldus you did" Take Prisoners to JfewarB. The statement seemed to frighten the prisoner, but he said little. He aid ten them that nls brother was chopping wood not far aw ay. Larabee guarded Jacob while Butler ana Beekman rouna warren nc. iuu, refused to write for them. They revers ed their story and told him Jacob had said he wrote tho Wllsol letters. Then he wrote to prove that he had notIone It He wrote in a different hand, but ac cording to Beekman, he wrote ' soot" for shoot, and ' know" became ' no ' under his crude hand They took him back to' his brother, and made another dash to the colnefs shanty and arrested Davenport. Al though it was 'getting late, they decided to make thev run for newaric in tne ma chine with the prisoners United States Commissioner Richard Stockton had retired when they arrived here He arose and accompanied them to his office shortly before midnight. where the prisoners were arraigned and held in K.CO0 ball each They were sent to the Essex County Jail and will be examined next Monday. SENATE REGARDS PANAMA DISPUTE CLOSED INCIDENT Contlnned front Pare One. privileges of Canada along the American border It Is deUared that reclprocmity was not undertaken with Canada, but on ac count of Canada, and that the United States cannot deal directly with a col ony of Ureat Britain or other power Therefore no direct attention will be given to the recent outburst In the Ca nadian psrllament or any such further Incidents Canada can always be called to account through the British Ambas British Press Starts Campaign London Dec 10. The British press has again stsrted Its campaign to force the United States not to reimburse Amer ican steamships that pass through the Panama Canal This campaign made in England appears to be based on the not erv flattering assumption that the American statesmen who favorrd the canal bill last summer were not sincere, and acted as thes did merely for the purpose of deceiving the American peo ple on the eve of the national election. The Pall Mall Gazette expresses this Idea which practlcallv the entire Brit ish press assumes to be the correct one, tn the foreign language "Tftr- elections Mm- over, the Ameri can government feels at greater liberty to deal wltn the Panama question upon lines of public honor and national self respert Mr Tail's Secretary of War has recommended Congress to repeal the bill passed at the last session In violation of the Has-Pauncefoto treats, and Sir Edward Grej s dispatch which is punished this morning, should pro tide ample grounds for a return to the path of fair dealings All renutabl sections of American opinion have felt the reproach Inflicted upon their roun trv by a cvnlcal breach of filth and If vr Tart and his admirers are now earnest there should be no insuperable aimcuits in tne way or their doing th right thing This assumption that American public men are something before election and another thing after election is worthy of a press which Is so quick to excuso the entire nation of bad faith Mast Senators Are Now Standing Pat that when he made the aoeech against' free tolls at the last sesslqn, he pre- uictea just such a situation as nas arisn. Senator Sutherland o. Utah, an Sns-J tat the whole controversy would be satisfactorily arranged by diplomacy. He said that he -thought England was wrong" in tne very basis of her contentions. "I -oppose remitting tolls on ships In the foreign trade. As to vessels in Use coastwise trade, I am In favor of free toils, and It Is purely a domestic ques tion and not subject to arbitration. There is not competition by our vessels In the coastwise trade with any foreign ships 'I am pot tn sympathy with sugges tions tnat we should refuse to negotiate another general arbitration treaty with Clrea Britain In order to prevent this question going to arbitration. That sounds too. much like a threat and Is un becoming." ' Senator Warren of Wyoming said that he thought that the whole matter would rest Inthe President's hands for a time, that ultimately all questions growing out of the canal would b0 settled In one general plan of legislation MEMORIAL PLAN AGAIN INDORSED Contlnned from Page Our. Senators were not entirely agreed yes terday as to Just what action lay im mediately before the Senate. In the mat ter of the Panama Canal tolls But It was manifest that there is no disposi tion on the part of 'a majority at this time to recede from the at tlon in passing the law exempting from tolls Amerlcar ships that are engaged in the coastwise trade Senator William Alden fcmlth of Mich igan said that when he opposed the last general arbitration treats with Great uritaln he did so bellev lug th it sooner or later th question that has now arisen would come up and under the new treaty It would Jiave had to b submitted to an arbitration Senator Bacon, who will he chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee In the ne-tt Senate, said that the question would undoubtedls havo to arbitrated benator Burton of Ohio took the same view He has consistently opposed free tolls Senator Qronna of North Dakota said commission, will In Its way compare as a loadstone to the American citizen It will be imposing 2CO feet long and 1M feet high, with Its esplanade 1,000 feet In ammeter The committee asked attention to the proposal to have a District of Columbia exhibit at the Panama Exposition at San rTandsco in 1315. which it advocates Expenditure of POOO In the past was reported The committee stated that it will need about nooo during the co-nlng J ear The Chamber appropriated J500 in 1310 and is asked to appropriate 0 now "Through death we have lost three of our most ardent workers, the commit tee reported "Through the Titanic dis aster Frank D Mlllett, a zealous. Intel ligent, efficient aid. and to the commit tee an authority on the future develop ment of tne Capital on practical and ar tlstlo lines In the death of vlllam Elros Curtis a writer of International note, an en thusiast in his support of 'the park com mission plans.' the committee has lost a power 'In the death of M Lothrop we have lost one of the strongest men of Washington, keenly interested in Its fu ture and a supporter of this committee ' 3Irmbers of Committee. Members of the committee are Gl-n Brown diairznsn. WUli-ja F Shincon luyt c&tirnu-i Tbomu fimL sEcrrlArr llfltnci n aile) Chtrles J BtU. Ira E. Benstt' I-mil KfT licrf Mua Msbel Bns-dm-ji. fezrfl C Bon Crispin Bro-ro, I J C-Jlshin Dr Slrtchrtl Cr- -MI Frank G Ctrpntter William Mrk Cli-tra Fjml C Goldmi O I CorbT L. H Dtnltl John Dolph B II Droo-- Johr Jer Ixboa Dirht L. Etramdorf FrM A Zmm VVWUn rtelp. Eton. WUUm John Ejuin V U l-lnle- VV T f.tlll ha U C GrtJi.ra Jnllu. fit-Unite Oil I" P GoW.bcroorh. WUIiun F l.udi Kwht Iter Alfred IlsnllnS Frank w HsckeU. Wsllrr S Hirhu Col K-ti N Htrrr- Chtrlrt I) 1UB- tt. S MlmniM. HUlnin D Untsrr Arrhibsjl H"rint J Utlin Hml Jrrulizm r Jnhn A Johri-um Eldrtto E. Jwdtn tol H V JisWm. Loiut Ktnn John B Lsnw John C Lrru A Uuirr Colin U Llnns-tonr lu.c V Stimmn. tt" r MrarUnd J Itnsh SttrahiJI. Dr J-racs thxlltjr Morsm. C R. Hlllfr A C Slows. Mist UII. Jlcdilln Dr E T Mcru Uimm Nor ' TVnriore w Nojm. rhulra D Norton. Frank B Notts Rob-n I O Brtrn Cant June. F OrMrr J C O Unjbon Tnoma- Nrtra I Jfr Artinr J Ilraons. Hon II M rrtT Hon Hrsrr Kirla rortrr fb l. tt.lla n.-.. Dr Chirk V lUcoardjcn Jlra. Charl n Rich a-dsin, Hon. Cono It Rudollh Bight Ttr lip u- t nn -n n r urn irrtamr-T xraujl-r Albrrt fidraltriji R-r Thoma. J &i.h.M v. tr lumralns moit Ir J II scott Dr Krank rwau Jt-nr. snarp r l Sh. Jin nhnthrue II Small Jr Rabhi ttram t-imrn t Mnl, Sinclair U J Starr Uon Hmkll l-hiTllro hialtonl Rmr .dmiril Charles II Stolen xu Stuart (ieorf. Oakley Totten ilra. Hrrhm Utiv wtrth B II wamrr Dr Cliaile. D UaVnr r Walkrr Itirhanl B Watmu John T. tv..-. Ref W R ftrMrrvnnD firorse W White Mrl o t iuu ana a tvoruimptwi Mr Shannon ilso presented a report for the committee which Investigated the service by rail and boat between Wash ington and Annapolis and the Eastern Shore of Maryland The report was in part 1 nroiiKh the efforts of the Allied Chamber of Commerces of Maryland and the Chamlier of Commerce of Washing ton the Lnited States mails will now go airect irom Washington to Annapolis Md . instead of by Baltimore and to the Immensely wealths territory of the East ern Shore of Maryland tia Annapolis in stead of tia Baltimore This shortens the time of mall to Xnnapolis by several hours and shortens the time both for passengers mall express, and newspa pers to the Eastern Shore by from two to eight hours 'One can now Irate Washington at 3 o clock and be in Easton at 7, or Cam bridge at S 30 a saving of seven hours t me to Cambridge and two hours to Easton and a great sating of time to Ocean City President James F Oyster presided lost night for the last time The annual election will take place on January 13. itnfi it l expected that D J Callahan now vice president will be elected with Out opposition Two vice presidents and e'eten d(rettors will be chosen Ten directors are choen regularly each year but there Is an additional tacancy to be filled After adjournment last night the mem bers enjoyed a buffet lunch. Itndolph Is Leading Trrlrler. New York Dec 10 Dick Rudolph of Toronto led the International League pitchers In 1112 with twenty five victories against ten defeats for an average of 7U Buffalo auto show opens March 17 and that In Boston starts March 19 Saks & (EaTrvptmtj , Pennsylvania Avenue. Seventh Street For To-day Only These specials will stretch the Christmas money wonderfully far but they arc promised only for a single day to-day ! Mens Tuxedo Suits $25 value, $19.50 Every one of them comds out of the Saks workrooms a model of fashion and superiorly tailored. They have those distinctive lines which mark the skill and taste of high-grade craftsmen and the accuracy of fit which denotes their in dividuality. Silk-lined throughout, and silk faced. All sizes. Blanket Bath Sets $5 value, $0.48 Blanket Bath Robes cut long and full with Slippers to match Many colors and effecthc con binations. The Robes hae neck cord and heay rope girdle All size Domet Night Robes $1 value. 69c 3 for $2 Made of comfortable Domet Flannel in pleas ing patterns cut on generous lines, full and long military and V neck, neatly finished with silk. Another "Faultless" special sizes Children's Chinchilla Overcoats $7.25 value, $5.00 All Wool Chinchilla Overcoats; cut long, and buttoning to the neck; lined all through with wool Nattj little coats that are full of comfort. Blue, Gra), and Brown guaranteed fan color Sizes, 2 to 10 ear Ladies' Boudoir Slippers $1.25 value, 95c Soft and damt Kid, in Pink, Blue, Red, Tan, and Black with quilted "-ock lining hand-turned Ie. low heels 'olid comfort with the hapeh-ne'-. that ou want 11 Mze Pigskin Footballs $1.50 value, $1.15 Heaw Pigskin, pebble gram Footballs; regu lation size and tlc You know a boy who'd thank Santa Clans for one of them There's Nothing Like the Raleigh Grill in Washington Iu appointments are mot unique and attractive refinedlv informal but with the careful and consistent Raleigh service From luncheon to late-uppcr jou can be erved quickly or leisurelj a jour inclination dictates but vou'll be ccrcd sumptuously from the bountiful menu Throughout the evening a splendid orchestral program Don t forget the Table 1 Hote Dlnn r Sunday evenings from 6 to s 30 $1 25 per plate EX L. Weston Manager. Vile Case. Jorr Gets Wythevllle. Va . Dei 10 The ae of -Idna Allen charged with the murder In the shooUng up of the HiUsvJlI court house last spring went to the Jury late to-day Allen has once been convicted and sentenced to fifteen years for one of the murders, and has been on trial several days for another. Nervy Nat m In and Out of Bad Company Copyright, Judge Co. By James Montgomery Flagg HggX ( r iilifliS 5w ' K83.i.i.Kflfi J.erv- Vat This isn t a Pullman, but its awfullv private, you know Wish these beastly Rockerbllts would pull out of here Thet'te kept me waiting hero an hour and there lsn t a darn thing to see in this Jay little town. Should think they'd move on. Ncrtj Nat Great northern securities1 the smart set is an inch-worm alongside of the rasildlty of this thing This wind Is enough to blow the checks off my trousers. If we strike a curve with this speed Oh, mornmer! Xervy Nat There' I knew something unpleasant was going to happen to-day. Whenever T get three meals In one day something happens. And from the looks of things I'm about to fall In with some awfully common tellows. I m going to shake those Rockerbllts they're too swift for my blood. Nervv Nat Gug-gug! Sprlggle' Slump' Showshkl' Gee' Im talking Russian What Is this fool concoction I've land ed in The Common Fellows So ycr Gentle man Nat, U yer Wcl. dat fcr t'rowin on lugs an" rldln' In prlvlt cabooses' An' there s a couple more for fallln Inter our soup Nervy Nat Iet me up. jou low-browed hoboes' You don t Imagine I got Into your beastly soup trom choice? 6 I Nervy Nat Next time keep Tour old soup from the railroad track where gen tlemen t wont be likely to fall Into It and soil thefr clothes. It has come to a pretty pass when one Is not able to fall out of one s private car without drop ping into a pot of vulgar soup. t .TK -u&