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tions are likely to ensue as an b
aftermath of the contemptible
persecutions of Signora Mos- \
ehini. who was arrested and afterward
released by the only too pliable s
courts of Italy. 1
Until two years ago tho signora, f
who is twenty-four and a rare beau- s
ty, was Miss Olga Lulu Davis of Tex- v
as. Though courted and petted by I
many of the eliglbles of America, she a
became in 1910 the wife of Slgnor f
Vittorio Moschint of Rome. The n
signer is a deputy in the Italian par- n
liament and a man of great influence
ami power in his own country. 11
There was some difficulty about
tho wedding "dot," and soon after the n
nuptials Moschini sued for an annul- (i
nient of the marriage, alleging that v
certhin legal formalities were not t
complied with. The court refused the v
annulment, but granted a separation. p
ordering Moschini to pay his wife
$200 a month for support. ''
It is alleged that to win his suit J'
Moschini persecuted the lone Amerl- 1
can girl unmercifully. According to "
her testimony, he had her dogged by 1
detectives for months, and Anally s
caused her arrest, charging that she (
was too intimate with Lieutenant .'
Count Hellegarde of the Italian navy. (
Wanted Her Birth Certificate.
The flexibility of courts then be- ?
came apparent. When her attorney.
Sig.ior Vanai, tried to have her released
the police denied that she was ,
their prisoner. The lawyer estab- f
lished the falsity of this claim and of- j,
rerett nan. when he was met with the c
objection that Slgnora Moschlni was c
unable to produce her birtli certili 0
rate, as required by Italian law. The ^
American embassy was appealed to,
but declared itself unable to act be- t
cause the prisoner lost her citizen- s
ship when she married Moschlni. h
After several days' incarceration, t
however, the lady was released, and li
it is said, will sun her husband for ! c
defamation of character The Italian n
press is a unit in bitter denunciation a
of the manner in which the Ameri- a
can girl has been treated. Kvery pa- t
per attributes it to tho powerful political
influence exerted by Moschini. s
As soon as the signora was re '1
leased she caused the arrest of Count j ;
# T-oSagH, who was no count at all. but j I
a waiter, who had been annoying her v
with his attentions and striving des- c
perately to strike up a flirtation. The t
stgnora says that for weeks he tried
to inveigle her into compromising t
herself and that he was in the employ c
of Moschini. I
The lady declares that she has al- fi
ways led a blameless life and that li
her husband has used all his personal
and political powers to degrade
her. in the hope that the courts may ?
finally annul the marriage. j,
What Her Lawyer Says. c
The glamor surrounding foreign ^
princes, dukes and whatnot in the ?
eyes of ambitious young American c
girls, wore away from the vision of 'J
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time.
Signor Vanal, in discussing the case
villi a correspondent, said:
"Deputy Moschini is entirely reponsible
for this unfortunate affair,
le practically drove his wife to a
ast life. The only alternative was
tarvation. Since the separation suit
vas decided in her favor in June,
)eputy Moschini had her followed
nd watched by detectives. He reused
to pay the alimony of $200 a
nonth ordered by the court and made
icr life unbearable.
"Signora Moschini had to leave a
Irst-class hotel and live In a cheap
oaraing nouse. She lacked clothes
.nd was still wearing a summer
Iress. She was without money and
fas threatened with expulsion from
he boarding house. The unfortunate
roman struggled bravely and resistd
many temptations."
When Signora Mosehinl was re
eased from prison she wore a scapuar
of the Sacred Heart, which had
leen pinned to her coat by the. prison
tuns. She seemed to be weak and
ired, but happy over the fact that,
he had secured her freedom, espeially
when she realized that owing to
ler husband's political and financial
nfluence she ran the risk of indeflnte
imprisonment.
In an interview after her release
lignora Moschini said:
Signora Moschini's Explanation.
"Last Saturday night 1 went to a
noving picture show with Lieutenant
lellegard and 'Count' Lesage, who, 1
lave now ascertained, was a detective
mploved by my husband merely to
ompromise me. When the show was
iver It was raining hard and I was
Iranched.
"As I was suffering from a sore
hroat Lesage proposed that we seek
helter at Lieutenant Ilellegard's
muse, which -was dope. Lesage left
ho lieutenant and myself alone and
instened to Inform the police, who
ame in and found that I had removed
ny shoes and was warming my feet
t the fire. ' 1 had dolTed r.iy wet coat
ind reolnrofl it u.-itli nn.. m' ?i... n,...
enant's.
"The police arrested us and we
pent, the night at the station house,
rhe next day f was taken to prison
,nd held five days because, although
was sufficiently identified to con inco
them that a crime had not been
ommitted, I was not sufficiently Idenifled
to be released."
Count Moschlnl is a scholar, an oraor,
a crafty politician, a man of influnee
in high circles, one of the most
lowerful members of the Italian confess.
He counts nis wealth in the
mndreds of thousands of lira.
Olga's Early Life.
Olpa Davis had neither money rior
tocial position. She spent most of
ler girlhood days on a ranch in Brown
:ounty, Tex. Her father, James Maris
was a "gunrtghter," and sheriff,
ind in attempting to round up a ping
>f horse thieves was shot and killed
Phe widow moved to Austin, and the
MAY PICK O'GORIN!
MR. WILSON SEEMS LIKELY TO
MAKE THE NEW YORK SENATOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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aaughter, in order to help her mother
who was practically without au in j
come, obtained a place as clerk in a
dry Roods store. Her beauty attracted
much attention, and through a friend
she procured money to go to New
York and study for the stage
A wealthy woman whom Miss Davis
met in New York hired her to go to
Kurope with her as companion for two
years. In a hotel in Vichy. Slgnot
Moschini. then on a vacation tour,
caught sight of the western girl and
fell in love with her. He sought an
Introduction, and, passionate Latin
that he is. proposed marriage at once j
Captivated by his graceful manners
and blinded by the glamon of wealth
and visions of high court life. Olga
Davis accepted. He bundled his pret
ty fiancee to ltome, where the mayor
performed a marriage ceremony.
Signora Moschini became at onc?
one of the most brilliant figures at the
Quiritial functions. Her social success
was remarkable. She became a
friend of Senator Greppe. dean of the
world's diplomatists; Prince Casaffa
and tlie Marquis Rudini, and rode in
the exclusive lioirtnn fnv limit
gradually the horrible fact was re
vealed to her that it was only an or
nanicnt not a wife?that the wealthy
deputy had sought.
Says He Fights for Good Name.
In a letter to the local press Signer
Moschini says: ?
"I purposely remained silent while
I that person called Lulu Davis re
mained in prison. I now ask that a
check he put on the stories circulat
ed till justice has spoken.
"Without departing from necessary
reserve I will merely state that th<
j reasons for my action are not mono
tary. I have something I value n
thousand times more, namely, the pur
ity of my name.
"My legitimate desire would he ron
dered useless did 1 not seek with
proofs that which justice will know
how to deal with?to annul a tie which
was a consequence of error and <le
ceit."
Slgnora Mosclilni was released frorr
jail on November 17 through a courl
order. Moschini sued for an nnnul
nient of marriage last March, but thr
casp was thrown out of court, and In
was ordered to pay Ills wife $2()u ali
niony monthly.
KEEP THE CLERK GUESSING
Patrons of Hotel Make Odd Requestj
of the Man in Charce of the
Desk.
"Nothing with a seven in It," wa>
a remark made to a clerk at thr
Raleigh by a stylishly gowned woman
who had registered and been assigned
room 72:1. The clerk, of course
changed the lady to another room
says the Washington Post.
"Ret she's an actress," remarket!
the clerk to William Ounnell, an oW
time hotel man of Virginia, who was
at the desk.
"That's a good bet," remarked Mr
fjunnell. "In my experience In the
hotel business 1 have run up against
I many peculiar superstitions. In this
case the woman undoubtedly is super
stltious about the number 7. Why.
am sure I do not know, for 1 nevet
heard anything unlucky connected
with 7. I uaed to have more trouble
with persons who objected to occupy
ing a room with the number 12 In It
and wo found so many persons whc
would not take such room that wt
finally had to ?ut out the number al
together. In most of the larger hotels
now you will find that there arc nc
thlrteens.
"Perhaps the most annoying thine
to the clerk of a hotel is the man wlir
wants a room high up or low down
Generally it is a person with generous
avoirdupois who desires to be given a
! top story room, where the windows
can be thrown open and the air al
lowed to circulate. The lower floors
are the ones wanted by timid persons
or persons who have some time 01
another been in an accident or a fire
They don't seem ever to get over theii
fear.
"Rooms with baths are much more
in demand than a few years ago. 1
don't know whether it is because th?
people who patronize hotels are mor<
prosperous or because the populace h
getting cleaner. In Kurope, you know
there are few hotels that are provide*
with a great number of rooms wit!
private baths. Over there the peoph
don't seem to care so much for bath
ing as the Americans do."
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uiscoveries at Home.
Centuries ago Plutarch interestet
himself in the question concerning tin
date when the old Homans first math
acquaintance with the camel.
The mystery has to n great extent
been cleared up by the discovery ir
the imperial palace, on the Palatini
hill at Home, of a fine terra cott:.
masterpiece in the form of an Arabiar
camel's head dating from the second
century before Christ. Ink-pots
stoves and lanterns are among flu
| various other relics of the same pe
riod that have been brought to light
j while excavating the tortuous corri
1 dors that lead to the cisterns and
granaries, which apparently raved ir
or fell into disuse.
Family Affair.
Johnny, age four, accompanied hit
father to a bakery. The* lad was snf
fering front a severe cold
"I have just the thing for that coir
right here In this case," said the bak
er. "It is a stick of horehound can
dy."
Johnny put the candy in his pocket
and started toward the door It.
stopped for a moment in a pensive
mood and returned to tlio cand>
counter.
"Please, sir," he said. "I have a lit
tie brother at home who has a bad
cold, too."
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This, Democratic Leaders Privately
Admit, Is of Greater Importance
Than Even the Tariff, Except in
Politics.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.?James A. O'Gorman,
junior senator from New York, is civ
lag his attention to the matter of trust
legislation under the coming Democratic
administration. No one knowr
definitely whether Mr. O'Gorman has
been asked by Mr. Wilson to devote
his attention to a study of a subject
which is certain to trouble his party,
or whether the senator is at it of
his own will, but the fact that he is
directing his legal knowledge and his
common sense to the matter makes
Washington believe that James A.
0*Gorman as the next attorney general
of the United States is far frotn
being an impossibility.
The New York senator said that
there is an undeniable demand for
amendments to the Sherman anti-trust
law, and that the demand should bo
heeded and the matter given early
consideration. Senator O'Gorman is
uot an eVtremist on the subject of regulation
of the great business corporations
of the country. lie has a good
deal of the conservatism of the oldtime
judge about him, but he is willing,
it is said, to go just as far as
Mr Wilson is willing to go to check
the evils which have manifested themselves
in great business.
There are Democrats who ssy that.
If Mr. O'Gorman Is entrusted with the
work of framing amendments to the
Sherman anti-trust law business need
not tremble in its boots over the outcome.
The Democrats who say this ,
are men who think that Mr. O'Gorman
belongs to the reactionary element.
in his party, but. there have
been little perhaps in the judge s record
or in his speeches to prove that
the criticism is just.
Mr. Wilson's silence on his cabinet
selections and his cutting loose from
importunities by taking himself to foreign
soil for a while largely stopped
the tonguca of prophets about the
composition of the next cabinet,
but there are many things which point
to James O'Gorman as the likely
choice tor the positiou of attorney
general.
Wilson Would Restore Competition.
During the last campaign there were
three distinct plans ottered "to bring
the trusts to terms." Mr. Roosevelt
was for regulation through a body similar
to the interstate commerce commission,
alhough, of course, having a
different line of duties. The Progressive
candidate denied that he was
in favor ol' the destruction of competition
or of the maintenance of noncompetitive
conditions. Mr. Taft a
views of the subject are perhaps bt st
shown by the results of the prosecutions
instituted and carried through
under his administration.
In discussing Mr. Roosevelt's plan
of regulation, Mr. Wilson said that
competition must be restored and that,
he would use every means to that
end. There lias been a dissolution into
integral parts of some of the trusts of
the country, but there has been little
sign of a revival of competition. it
Is Mr. Wilson's desire, and it may be
Mr. O'iioruian's work to llnd means to
divide trusts into separate companies,
as Mr. Tafl has divided some of them,
and then to force competition. How
this is to be done does not yet appear.
Senator O'Dorman is a lawyer who
has been a judge, and it may be that
he will find a workable scheme. If he
does, and as attorney general of the
1'nitcd States can prove the worth of
the plan, the Democrats here believe
that lie will do more for the party
than the party will do for Itself
through tariff revision.
Tariff Not Really First.
In speaking of the forthcoming legislation
under the new administration
the Democratic leaders in congress al
ways put the tariff llrst in place and
first in importance. When they talk
privately about legislation it appears
that few ot them think that Hr<i
iii real business importance belongs
to the tariff. The tariff, in the minds
of the Democrats, seems to have the
iirst place in political iinj; irtanco
only.
The Democrats admit that the work
ol' revising the tariff will not be as
hard as the work of regulating the
trusts, although generally they do not
use the word regulating. Through n
long series of years the methods of
tariff revision have become well
known. The attempts finally to settle
the trust question all have failed, a
fact which perhaps is equally true of
the tariff, out at any rate so far as
customs are concerned, the Democrats
know what they want to do,
while they do not know dcfinitely
w hat they want to do with the trusts, j
and they know nothing at all as yet
about how to do it.
The trust legislation problem will
be studied, not only by Mr. O'lJorman.
?jui ii> mil' : iM*niocrai8 m UK- Hon.si:
and senate whose legal training is supposed
to make them lit for the work.
, Thet'3 will be a hard winter and a
bard spring in t lie chambers of the
students of the problem of big busi- '
,iess. What to do and how to do it? '
The Democratic party is anxious to
know If Mr Wilson, Mr. O'fJorman
and the rest can answer the questions.
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Distinguished Children I
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W\SI 1INGTON.?Washington is full
of parks and the parks are full of a
perfectly democratic bunch of v?n~~
sters, but nevertheless prouaDiy the
most distinguished aggregation of little
folks to be found in the world,
certainly the most distinguished to bo
found in the parks of any American
city.
Among the children in whom
everybody Is interested are the two
little granddaughters of William Jennings
Bryan. Young William Jennings,
junior, is in Washington attending
the law course of Georgetown
university and living with his young
wife and his two baby girls, Mary S.
and Helen V llrvnn nnt r?r> I
street.
Another very, very distinguished little
lady In the matter of ancestors,
past and present. Is chubby little
Edith Grant, child of IAeutenant and
Cupid Goes Out Window
A S REV. W. J. Howard was about to
r\ say "I pronounce you man and
wife' to tlfteen-year-old Elisabeth
Walker and Frank TolBon, nineteen
years old, the other evening at the
clergyman's home, a policeman entered
the room and arrested them.
The bridegroom and Elizabeth, with
tears in their eyes, begged the police
man to wait a few minutes before
arresting the bride. They showed him
the license and the ring, but he remained
obdurate.
The next day the principals in the
near-wedding scene appeared before
Judge De I*ucy in the juvenile court,
and they stoutly maintained that they
intended to be married anyhow.
It developed in the hearing in court
that a previous attempt to marry Tolson
had resulted in Elizabeth's arrest
on a charge of incorrigibility for
which she was placed on probation
for three months.
Tlie judge tried to show her that
her life, married to young Tolson,
would not be all roses.
"Can you make bread, Elizabeth?"
the court inquired.
"Yes, sir." she replied, hopefully.
"Biscuits, too?"
"Yes, sir."
Wanted Only $20,000,001
11711 KM a Chicago nttorney walked
*Y Into the office of the secretary
of the treasury the other day Francis
\V. Taylor, Secretary MacVeagh's
private secretary, was prepared to do
anything in his power for him. Chicago
is Mr. MacVeagh's home town,
and, besides, Mr. Taylor had heard of
the caller as a prominent attorney.
The private secretary managed to
keep from showing his alarm, however,
when the visitor said In a matter
of fact way that he wanted a check
for $',.'0,000,000, which he declared the
government owed him.
"The secretary Is very busy and I
would not dare act on a big affair like
this." Mr. Taylor said. "If you will
call later in the day 1 will have the
check ready for you."
The man promised to do so and departed.
Ho did not return. Mr.
Society Women Roll and
PitOMIN'FNT women rolling on the
tlnor to aid the suppleness nnd
beauty of their figure, prominent government
officials seeking to reduce
their weight by the same means,
can be seen dally in many of the
best homes of the national capital,
if one could only see some of the
prominent society folk within the
sanctity of their private lives, according
Dr. William ('. Woodward, health
officer of the district.
Nor only do many of the people do
this. Doctor Woodward said, but they !
llkowls' derive much of the benefit |
which they seek by this strange
method and it is this habit which
does much to give Washington women
the name they have for graceful, wellformed
figures.
Another prominent physician of
Washington, whoso largo practice
among society lolk givca him a groat
Insight into their private lives, differs
wiih iioctor Woodward Dr. HtJtry j
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'lay in Capital Parks
Mrs. U. S. Grant II. She 1b .he great
granddaughter of President Grant, the
granddaughter of Gen. /"red Dent
Grant and Senator Elihr. Root, Mrs.
Grant being the daughter of the New
York senator.
No little girl In Washington attracts
quite so muc' attention as does
little MUlicent C .ange, granddaughter
of tho thir .so minister and the
onlv female v -mber of the minister's
family wv wears American dress.
Hut - .en little MIbb Mllltcent goes
ner dally walk In the park there
Is no smarter frocked little lady, and
with her round, rosy face and her
intensely dark eyes she Is a mighty
attractive youngster.
Washington doesn't see much of the
McLean baby, for his parents are In
deathly fear of his being kidnaped,
letters threatening such a thing having
been received by them two years
ago in Newport. For some time thereafter
the little heir to all John
Walsh's millions went out with a
nursemaid and a guard, his baby carriage
of stout steel and the dear little
fellow locked inside of what litorally
wbb a cage. He is not among
the children who run unhampered
and only nominally watched by the
gossiping nursemaids who speak
every known language under the sun.
at Sight of Policeman
"Cook a steak?" the court asked.
"Oh, yes. That's nothing."
"Can you darn socks and sew on
buttons?"
"Yos, sir."
"Well, do you like to do these
things?'
Elizabeth hesitated a moment, and
then decidod that she did.
"You seem to be better fitted for
getting married than I supposed at
tlrst," said Judge De Lacy. "But you
nro silly to be thinking to be persistent
In your idea of marrying this boy.
I'm going to place you in care of the
board of children's guardians."
Mrs. Walker expressed herself as
pleased with this turn In her daughter's
fortunes. The girl was taken
upstairs, and Tolson left the court
I disconsolate.
D of Unr.lfi Sam's Mnnpv
Taylor telegraphed frlendB In Chicago
and was informed that his visitor
was mentally deficient.
"That is only one of many queer
experiences I Lave had since I have
been with Mr. MacVeagh." Mr. Taylor
said. "The 'conscience* fund' furnishes
some odd episodes. One day
a Catholic priest came In and handed
me $l,f>00 in bills. 'This "Is for the
conscience fund, ho said. 'I can
give no other details.'
"P-<. another occasion we received
a money order for $32,000. No word
of explanation accompanied this contribution.
Only ihe other morning I
received a letter with ten cents In
stamps. The writer, a woman, said
she had used live two-cent stamps
which had not been cancelled and
wished to make restitution. We often
got letters inclosing a penny.
Most of these, 1 believe, are from
jokesters.
"There is one man who faithfully
sends $10 on the first of every month.
He Is evidently employed In the t
Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard. He
wrote saying ho had misused several
hundred dollars of the government's
money and would send $10 monthly
until it was squared and his com
science cleared."
Crawl for Good Figures
i A. Scllhauscn. attending physician at
I man. o>' the embassies and legations.
who was recently decorated by
I Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria,
| for his services to Haron Hengel|
mullcr. the retiring dean of the diplo;
matic corps. Is opposed to the rolling
method of developing the grace of the
| figure. He favors crawling on hands
; and knees. This method may not reduce
the weight as well as rolling
on *he floor, but it tends to strengthen
tin muscles of the back and to add
i the lmos of the waist ^ ^