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THE WASHJNGTON TIMES, ffHtJBSDAY, MAY 1912.
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Alleged Murderers of Myrtle
Hawkins Face Court In
North Carolina.
Julia Burdock Praties Production
Of "Green Stockings" at the Columbia
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HENDERSONVILL.E, N. C, May 3.
Preparations are being- made for the
trial of the defendants In the Myrtle
Hawklne murder case at the May
term of the Henderson county supe
rior court, which Is about to convene.
The trial Is expected to solve a mys
tery that has puzzled the authorities
and public of thlB entire section ever
since the body of pretty seventeen-year-old
Mrytle Hawkins was found
floating' In Lake Osceola last Septem
ber. The principal defendants In the case
are Abner McCall, his wife, Beatrice
McCall, and George Bradley, each of
whom Is under indictment on a charge
1 of murder. In addition, "Boney"
i Bradley, a brother of George Bradley,
. le charged with being an accessory
1 before the fact, and Dan McCall,
I father of Mrs. McCall, Is charged with
being an accessory after the fact.
The body of Miss Hawkins was
found in Lake Osceola on September
13 of i year In a badly decamnaand
The first theory was that
woman had been slain In
overlooking the lake and
.lurderer or murderers had
thrown the body Into the
accidental was not regarded
--.." . wiiMO YVUO till
, iv u swimmer and could have easily
fc..ma or waded out of the shallow
uitr where the body was found.
ihetc were o bruises on the body,
apparently, but there was evidence
that death might have resulted from
chloroform. This latter fact set the
authorities to working on a now the
ory. As a result of tho official in
vestigation, a physician was found
In AshevlIIo who Identified a photo
graph of Miss Hawkins as being that
of a girl who had called at his office
last June in regards to having an
operation performed. Later the same
pnyslclan partially identified "Boney"
Biadley, one of the defendants in the
case, as a man who had called on him
in i c e 1 1 t to the same matter. Other
eV ' 'rently In support of the
i)ll itements was brought
' ie result was that the
"l radleys were Indicted
or having guilty knowl-
t(t imlnal operation which
- -no death of Miss Haw-
Kl. ..... generally accepted theory
is thvt the young woman died under
the Influence of chloroform and that
her body was thrown Into the lake
to conceal the crime.
Miss Hawkins' death came almost
on the eve of her wedding day. She
was engaged to Hal Cooper, a young
business man of Johnson City, Tenn.
It Is said that there was some ob
jection to the match on tho part of
the parents of the girl. The parents
had a suspicion when the girl first
disappeared, which was a week be
fore the body was found, that she
iiu Biujicu wiin iuuper, ana, aesir
tnsr to avoid publicity, did not seek
the aid of the police In the quiet
search for their daughter.
Railroad Official
Before Committee
R. P. Schwerln. president of the Pa
cific Mall Company, appeared before the
Senate Committee on Interoceantc
fta canal tolls. Mr. Schwerln said he
did not want legislation which would
discriminate against steamship lines
owned by railroads or affiliated with
them. His testimony was Intended to
' refute charges that the transcontinental
loads are preparing to dominate the
1 canal.
He opposes the measure that would
compel the railroads to divorce them
selves from the steamship lines.
' District SociaTistT
Celebrate May Day
More than 409 persons attended the
entertainment and ball given by the
District socialists and union men at the
Old Masonic Temple last night. In cel
ebration of May Day as an internation
al labor holiday.
Charles W. Ervln, of Philadelphia,
made a short address. Miss Florence
Noack sang, and E. C. Palmer played a
violin solo. A duet was sung bv Wil
liam Bingham and B. Clare. Follow-1-iir
the muBlcal program there was a
dance.
A prominent weekly has been printing
a series of Interesting articles on tho
Inevitability of the detection of crime,
but in A. B. W. Mason's bubbling com
edy, "Green Stockings," played by the
Columbia Stock Company this week, the
danger of oven trying to murder a
"man who is not" Is all loo clearly
shown. It Is the custom In England
for the remaining unmarried daughter
of tho houso to wear a pair of green
stockings at tho wedding of her sister.
This 1b an Indication that she is wilting
to be separated from her home, should
the right man happen along. Two tlmc
"poor oldest sister" Cecelia Faraday,
played by Miss Nellson, has donned thq
hose of verdant hue at tho marriage of
two of her sisters, and at the an
nouncement of the engagement of her
third sister, her soul rises In revolt, and
she Is determined to have a fiance, If
she Is compelled to Invent him for tho
occasion.
The circumstances surrounding the
entro of a lover, glvo rise to a series
of complications and situations, which,
as a spinster, she has been unable to
foresee, but which she meets with tho
tho adroitness of an old stager.
Cecelia Is Equal
to the Emergency.
Even though Inexperienced, the mere
fact that she Is a woman, see,ms to arm
Cecelia Faraday with the proper wea
pons with which to conduct her cam
paign. An almost traditional under
standing in Cecelia's family, and among
her friends, Is that she is unattractive
to the opposite sex and unable to en
snare them. This very probe and chal
lenge to her womanhood was the goad
which finally gave her the courage to
take the step which she did, In "Invent
ing" Colonel Smith, D. S. O., of her
majesty's army.
Little did she dream when at random
she spoke his name, and gave his reg
iment, "wore green things on their
tunics" that there really was a John
Smith, D. S. O., who was to toe the tar
get for her surreptitious love.
If her first letter to her darling
"Wobbles" had not fallen into the hands
of a romantic little sister, Phyllis
(Miss Aline McDermott), and If little
sister had not been on tho Job, and had
Bookbinders Plan
Big Sunday Picnic
On the grounds adjoining the Luth
eran Home the bookbinders of Wash
ington will celebrate In a picnic next
Sunday tho twentieth anniversary of
the founding of the International Broth
erhood of Bookbinders. When the or
ganization was formed In Philadelphia
May 5, 1S92, It was relatively small. It
now embraces 203 locals. Tlie outing
will be a stag affair. Samuel Oompir
and other labor leaders as well as sev
eral members of Congress may attend.
not fulfilled what she thought was her
duty by malllnir th lettr. Col. .Tohn
'Smith would have still teen Ignorant
or me nonor conrerrca upon mm, and
Cecelia Faraday would have had three
Pairs of green stockings to lay away
as sad reminders of ner wall flower
days; mute testimony to her Bplnster
hood. n
Such a delicate 'subject, the personal
affairs of a young lady surrounded with
a family of sisters, and an aunt, and a
father, and her father's friends, neces
sarily thrusts the spectator into the
home atmosphere, but It is Hot this
alone which gave the delightful feeling
of Intimacy which the audiences at the
Columbia feel this week. The stage set
tings are carefully and tastefully
planned. The ease and poise of the ac
tors .who have in this play absolutely
nothing to do but sit still and provide
a background for the action (and this
Is one of the most difficult tasks that
confronts an actor), was reflected In
the- spontaneity with which the action
was received by the audience.
Mr. Robins Scores
as Colonel Smith.
Without having many lines to that
offect, Mr. Robins as Colonel Smith
the llvo Colonol Smith) seemed to
appreciate the humor of the situation
In which he had been thrust so un
expectedly, and all the comedy pos
sibilities In the part were eloquently
expressed by his excellent Interpreta
tion of this character. Miss Frances
Nellson, as Cecolla Faraday, played
to perfection the sour old maid sis
ter In the first act. although I think
that surely the conquest of so. many
men and tho flattering attentions
from her famllv should have served to
Improve her disposition more than
wan shown In the subsequent acts.
Carrie Thatcher, as one of the mar
ried sisters, and Miss Arllne Pretty,
as Madge Rockingham, were pleasing
and agreeable In small parts.
Miss McDermott. os Phyllis, the
meddling little sister, was excellent
and the Honorable Robert Tarver
played by J. Hammond Dally, balanc
ed the excellent work of the entire
company. John Kline as Henry
Steele and Godfrey Matthews as
James Raleigh were splendid In small
parts.
George W. Barbler as the father. Wil
liam Faraday, was a kind and Judicious
parent, fulfilling all expectations, as
UBual, and Julia Blanc, as Mrs. Chls-holm-Faraday,
the aunt, did a clever
bit of character acting In the third act.
where she simulated a polite little souso
which was laughable and delicious.
Stanley James by his repressed drollery
created a pleasing Impression as the
butler.
"Green Stockings" Is not a problem
play, and It brings no moral message to
the world of playgoers, unless It be
that a polite little fib is as dangerous as
a regular whopper, and sometimes, like
Its bigger and stronger brother, comes
home to roost. JULIA MURDOCK.
CHANGES IN NAVY
DEPARTMENT
A
OEFCIALY
UD
E
Edward F. Slanicer Succeeds
C. E. Taylor As Private
Secretary to Meyer.
DEATH AND INJURY
IN CYCLONE'S WAKE
Score Are 'Killed and Plantatibns
Damaged in Southern
Texas.
Lieut. Williams to
Help Capt. Uberroth
Lieut. William Williams, of the Rev
enue Cutter Service, has been assign
ed to duty as assistant to Captain Ub
erroth, in charge of personnel and
operations. He relieves Lieut. Frank
L. Austin, who Is to become navigat
ing officer of the new cutter Unalga,
on Its cruise around the world from
Chesapeake Bay to Alaska.
For the post three years Lieutenant
Williams has been serving on board
the cutter Manning on the Pacific
coast.
Government to Sell Boats
The Isthmian Canal Commission ad
vertises for sale six lighters used tin
to the present time In hauling cement
from the ships at Cristobal to Gatun,
Panama, for use In the making of con
crete for the locks and spillway. These
lighters were put In service In 1908, cost
$20,628.83 each, and are reported to be
In good condition. They are built of
steel, are 110 feet long, twenty-four feet
six Inches depth, with a capacity for
S00 tons.
Thatta
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ft A iTCHrn UL JM
Falls From Roof.
Falling from the roof to the seventh
floor of the new Powhatan Hotel, under
construction at Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Louis
LurJg, an iron worker, twenty-three
years old, of 439 .Warder street north
west, was seriously Injured this morn
ing. Taken to Emergency Hospital In
nn unconscious condition. Lurlg was
found t be suffering from Injurita
about th head and probable Internal
Injuries
Buchanan to Speak.
The first of a series of lectures b
Congressman arranged by the Building
Trades Council will be given tonight at
8 o'clock at the Plasterers' Hall, Four-and-a-half
street and Pennsylvania ave
nue northwest. The speaker will t
Congressman James Buchanan of Illi
nois. He will speak on tho trades union
ist movement.
Oh how disappointed you are to sea
ft. Gray baits tako away that youthful
appearance that you aro so anxious to,
and should keep, for beauty and good
looks depend so much upon natural
colored, thick, filoisy and healthy hair.
Everyone is attracted to tho woman
with beautiful hair. Why not have it-
get rid of the gray hairs keep them out
altogether by using
I HAY'S HAIR HEALTH.
i You'll be surprised how quickly it will
restore those gray hairs to their natural
color and how well it will keep them so.
It is not a dye but the most satisfactory
and reliable restorer.
Edward F, Blanker has been promoted
from cltrk to be private secretary to
Secretary of the Navy Meyer at a sal
ary of $2,600 a year. Tho announcement
of the change was officially made to
day. Mr. Blanker succeeds Charles B.
Taylor, who recently resigned.
John M. Longan, who has been a clerk
In the Secretary's ofnoo at a salary of
11,200 a year, will replace Mr. Blanker,
and receive a salary or 12,250.
Other changes In the Navy Depart
ment aro announced as follows: Ap
pointments Hydrographlc office, Elmer
B. Collins, nautical expert at 11,000 a
year; bureau or construction and re
pair, Harry C. Bradley, clerk at $1,000
a year; bureau of supplies and ac
counts, John 8. George, temporary copy
ist, at $840 a year; Mrs. Eleanor C.
Griffith, temporary clerk at $900 a year;
Allen W. Fannin, laborer, at $600 a year;
bureau of navigation, Miss Florence L.
French, temporary copyist, at $S40 a
year.
Promotions Bureau of supplies and
accounts, M. W, Rothrock, from copyist
at $840 to clerk at $900 a year; William
Brown, from copyist at $840 to clerk at
$300 a year; Percy D. Bpence, from as
sistant messenger at $73o to copyist at
f$40 a year; Charles W. Lewis, from
laborer at $660 to assistant messenger at
$720; J. L. Williams from laborer at $600
to laborer at I860. Bureau of construc
tion and repair John S. English from
clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,100.
Resignations Naval observatory, Ed
ward C. Blgelow, laborer at $660; bureau
of navigation, F. L. Costello, copyist, at
$840 a year.
Chief Clerk Hangs
Baseball Pennant
Following the opening of the Depart
mental league baseball season, Chief
Clerk Thomson, of the Postofflce De
partment, has had hung In his office,
the 1911 pennant, won by the Post
offlcb "Department team.
The pennant Is of navy blue silk,
with "Departmental Baseball League,
Postofflce Department Champions, 1911,"
inscribed in orange letters. The silver
toting cup, presented to the winners Is
also on display In Mr. Thomson's office. ,
LAREDO, Tex., May 2. A score of
persons are reported to have been
killed, seventy-five Injured and vast
damage done by a cyclone and cloud
burst which struck North Laredo last
night and was sweeping northward
early today.
The oyclone crossed tho Rio Grande
from the Mexican side, tearing away
buildings in Its path and spreading
death and destruction.
dren were killed on Nye's plantation
near North Laredo. Many employes
on the ranch of J. C. Davis, the Tex
as onion king" aro reported dead.
Between North Laredo and Sanchez
a large section of tho International
railway line was washed out.
Relief trains with doctors and nurses
and wrecking1 crewn were hurried
from Laredo and Green, Tex., and
messages from these trains reported
the destruction of every plantation
building between North Laredo and
Sanchez.
Thief Gets Jewelry.
Charles B, Scott, of 322 A street south
east, reported to the police of the Fifth
precinct today that his home was en
tered yesterday during the absence of
members of the family and Jewelry val
ued at $100 Stolen.
OPEN 8 A. M.
CLOSE 6 P. M.
" JM fcJ . . l l IN lis Ww I ' ' "
Europe Leads in
Fighting Consumption
Specialists In Europe have been fight
ing Consumption during the last fw
years with remarkable success by using
a Swiss preparation called Biro! In.
This Is of great interest to sufferers
In this country, because Blrolln has
been Imported lately In great quantities
and Is suro to become as valuable In
the treating of the disease here as It
Is abroad.
Blrolln, although very powerful In at
tacking the tubercle bacilli, contains no
harmful or hablt-formlng drugs. It
seems to agree with the most delicate
stomach, and creates an appetite that
would do credit to a healthy man, thus
making It a great bodybuilder.
Additional Information about Slrolln
can be obtained in this country by ad
dressing the Slrolln Company, 228 West
Broadway, New Tork city.
All leading druglsts are recommending
and distributing Slrolln with consider
able success.
$1.00 nd 50c at DruS Store or direct upon
receipt of price tad dealer's name. Send 10c. for
trial bottlc-Phllo Hay Spec. Co., Newark, N. J.
Fur Sole and liecoinmended 11 r
I'liOI'LE'S PHARMACY. 7th and
K St. N. W.
SPECIAL FO
if
FRIDAY k SATURDAY
COLUMBIA
Double Disk
DEMONSTRATION
RECORDS
10c
Come in and hear the new May
Records. Complete Library of all
Columbia Records.
F. G. SMITH PIANO CO.,
F Street Headquarters for Columbia Graphophones and
Grafonolas.
Bradbury Building, 1217 F St.
LARGEST OUTEHQAIIMENT AND MILLINERY STORE SOUTH OF NEW YORK.
Jewe4&m&
11 AC r Ql Next to
A W J lsjl
Cor. 11th
Our Big Friday Sale
These exceptional values positively for FRIDAY ONLY. There'll be big sell
ing and quick selling so GET HERE EARLY.
68 SUITS Were $20, $22.50 and $25 JJQ QS
These are high-class tailored garments in the season's newest materials. Full line misses',
women's, and large sizes.
FRIDAY ONLY
Our New Millinery Department Offers
50 Trimmed Hats,
$8, $9, and $10 Values.
Choice Friday Only
Exclusive one of a kind styles.
$3.75
FRIDAY ONLY
47 Silk Dresses,
$18, $20, and $22 Values
Choice Friday Only
Beautiful plain and changeable taffetas in all
colors and swell foulards and messalines.
$7.95
SEASON'S BEST SUITS
Formerly $35 to $45 Choice for Friday Only
Not only the best styles, but the finest fabrics in all fashionable colors hundreds of them all
sizes for women and misses, AND EXTRA SIZES FOR STOUT WOMEN. Don't miss the biggest
suit bargain of this season.
$18.50
$5
FRIDAY ONLY
To Close Out All Girls'
Peter Thompson Suits
Former Prices $15 to $25.
Finest serges in black, cream, and white.
Linens in blue and white; 12, 14, and 16-year
sizes.
$4.50
FRIDAY ONLY
To Close Out Odd
Lots 35 Coats
$10 to $20 Values.
This is a ridiculous price for these fine rain
coats. White Serge Coats and Pongee and Tan
Covert Coats.
MOST BEAUTIFUL SPRING DRESSES to 7
Shown this spring values up to $45, Friday choice J1J i J
A grand opportunity to secure a real bargain in classy dresses in changeable silks crepe
meteors voiles foulards messalines and other fashionable silks. GET IN EARLY.
Leverton's Great Friday Waist Bargains
FRIDAY ONLY
Another Lot of Waists
Values to $2.50, Choice Fridayi
Lingerie, Tailored Linens, and Madras, right
in the height of their popularity.
,85c
FRIDAY ONLY
Silk Waists
Choice Friday Only . . ,
Striped Wash Silks Pongees and White China.
$1.98
FRIDAY ONLY
100 Chiffon and
Silk Waists
Choice Friday Only Values to $7.
All colors many styles big values.
$2.69
FRIDAY ONLY
New Arrivals in
Long Kimonos
In stylish crepe, all colors.
$1.98
SSS SGER1E WAISTS-$1-98 and $2.98
Here are the most select and beautiful Lingerie Waists of the season none better and none prettier.
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lull
1,000 Women's
Princess Slips
In a Big Special Purchase
White and Colored
Worth $2.00 a Piece, at
98c
1,000 women's and misses' Lingerie Princess
Slips in white and all the wanted colors. Beau
tifully trimmed with lace or embroidery. Sizes
for misses 14 to 18 for women 34 to 44..
These are actually worth 2.00 apiece and only
through this fortunate purchase are we
able to offer them tomorrow at the ex- A or
tremely low price of -O.t
A Big Purchase of Dress Trimming:
Braided Net and Embroidered Bandings 1 A
Worth from 39c to $1.25 a yard TtC
A big purchase of 500 pieces of these beautiful bandings, com
prising all the new and desirable patterns and colorings; widths from
2 to 3 inches wide, and worth from 39c to $1.25 a yard. These will
go on sale tomorrow morning on Bargain Table, Trimming Ar
Department, 8th Street Annex, at the special price of Itpv
4
2,2 1 2 . Boys' Straw Hats
A Big Special Purchase
We purchased the entire surplus stock of a big manufacturer at
a price which enables us to offer extraordinary values at the very
beginning of the season. Any number of pretty styles from which to
select. Note the following prices:
Soc and 6oc values, at 35c Sl.50 values at $i.oo
75c values at 5oc gi.75 values at $1.25
$1.00 and $1.25 values at. . .75c $2.00 values at Sl.49
Gingham RemnantsQU
Worth from 12$c to 25c a Yard, at, a yard 2
It is not very often you have an opportunity to buy Staple and
Fancy Ginghams at such a price. Tomorrow you can take your
choice of Bates' Zephyrs and other well known makes, 27 to 32 inches
wide and worth up to 25c a yard, at 9ic.
All good lengths and suitable for all purposes.
Remnants of Silk
29c
From 1 to
10 Yards,
Worth up to 75c a Yard
Thousands of yards of the season's newest Silk Fabrics in this
great sale tomorrow. The lengths are all good and suitable for all
purposes. Included in the lot are 22-inch Foulards, 26-inch Natural
Color Pongee, 19-inch Plain Colored Messaline, 19-inch Fancy Messa-
line, and 19-inch Fancy Taffetas. Come early, as first choice is always
pest. Kememoer, silks worm up to 75c a yard, in remnants
tomorrow at ,
$1 36-inch Black
Messaline Silk .
1
69c
Only 5 pieces to be sold at this
price; heavy and strong; all pure
eiiK ana very nigniy nntsnea; ex
cellent biacK. Keguiar 1
value for a day
69c
29c
51 26-in. rancy Striped C AJ
Marquisettes .... 3UCJ
These are all pure silk and excel
lent quality. They come In white
grounds with colored stripes of
various sizes. Very stylish for fancy
overdraperies, etc. The regular
$1.00 quality for a fJOi
)
1,000 Dress Lengths of Storm Serge, Diagonal J fp
Serge and Pretty Scotch Mixtures, Worth $3. .The I M H
Fntfra I cntrth Jc nnlu 9rJ
Shepherd Checks, in black and white; Storm Serge, in navy,
marine, Copenhagen, brown, tan, coronation, cream, garnet, and green;
Diagonal Serge in cream and navy blue; Hairline Serge in black and
white and navy and white; Self-striped Serge in navy blue and gray;
Cheviots in grays, greens, and blues; each length contains five yards,
which is ample for a dress. Some are all wool ; a few are half wool.
However, the entire dress length, worth $3.00, is only one dollar
and ninety-five cents.
Remnants of Suitings and Q
Broadcloths . . . wcv
152 to 56 inches wide; 2$ to 5 yard lengths. Worth $1.00 to
$2.00 yard. All colors and black.
selling which constitutes most every kind of new spring suiting, light,
medium and dark shades, plain, stripes and mixed effects, in all the
new weaves, such as whipcords, cotles. diagonals, tailors' sultinre.
broadcloths, Venetians, and a host of others, in the right lengths for
skirts, coats, capes, dresses, or suits. This is your opportunity to
procure a length at about one-third the actual value. Tomorrow only,
Iursi Bargain laoie, om sircci annex.
Remember, 2 to 5 yard lengths, 52 to 56 inches wide, worth
up to $2.00, to go tomorrow at the ridiculously low price, Jf,
per yard OV v
9k
Fine White and Colored Wash Goods
Remnants Worth from 12-J-c to 37c a yard, Cksice at, yard . .
Hundreds of yards of the finest materials, all in good lengths,
suitable for all purposes. Come early and take the choice of A7.
Wash Goods worth to 37$c yard tomorrow at, a yard VoC
Hundreds of yards in remnants of .High-class Natural, White,
and Colored Dress Linens for tomorrow at greatly reduced prices.
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