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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-04
EVANGELIST MOODY'S :. :. :.
. :. :. :. BIBLE IN THIS CITY

HARLEs ELMER FURMAN.
known as the artist evange-
list" who is in the city. is the
possessor OF the Bible used by Dwight
L. Moody in his evangelistic services
for many years. Mr.. Furman held
series of night meetings at the Central
Union Mission. and in one Of them made
a reference 10 the Bible. which he said
had been round the world.
The passing Of the book from the pos
session of Mr.. Moody to that Of Mr.. Fur
man is cu-iously interesting. and within
the book in writing and by other proofs
is the evidence of the truth Of the
story.
On the hyleaf OF the Bible is the in
scription: ITO Martin l. Hollenbeck.
From His Friend. D. L. Moody" This
is written in Mr.. Moody's handwriting.
as is shown by numerous annotations
throughout the book in the same writ
ing.
Mr.. Hollenbeck was an evangelist. and
one night in March. 1880. was sitting
on the platform in st. Louis. while Mr..
Moody was preaching to a large audience
on the subject of Faith"
Holding his Bible in his hand, Mr.
Moody turned TO Mr.. HolIenbeck. and
said:
Brother. If should say I would give
you this book, you would believe it.
would you not?"
Mr.. Hollenbeck replied in the afirma-
tive, and Mr.. Moody continued:
Then you would be exercising faith
in my promise
Mr. Moody then went on to develop
his subject. showing that the promises
contained in the Bible were as sure as
his own statement would be to Mr.. Hol-
! lenbeck. and to clinch the argument, he
turned and said:
Brother, 1 give you the book, as
Christ will surely give peace and joy
in the world to come to the sinner who
believes
Mr. Moody afterward asked Mr.. Hol-
lenbeck to give back his Bible. as the
gift was made use of as an illustration.
i DuI MI hOllenDeck nelu the preacher
to his gift. and the latter inscribed his
name as it appears today on the fyieaf.
Goes on Long Journey
A few months later Mr- Moody and
Mr.. HoIlenbeck parted company. and the
latter went on preaching tour to the
Sandwich Islands. to China. India, TO
Turkey. to London, and back to Chi
cago. The book had entirely encircled
the globe in the hands of MI Hollen-
beck.
In 1890, the Chicago evangelist died.
and his effects were sold The Moody
Bible. with a number Of papers. was
placed in an old barrel. bought by a
I Chicago junk dealer. and shipped TO New
York. When opened and sorted in the
rag shop of John c. Stockwell, 25 Ann
Street. New York. the Bible was picked
out of the rubbish by a young man. and
taken to Mr.. Stockwell as something OF
value. Mr.. Stockwell was at the time
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n NE of the youngest labor or
ganIzations in the country is
the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America. 1t has local in
Washington. to which majority of the
frst-class telegraphers of the city be-
long. The present body was formed
March 16, 1903. by consolidating the
International Union of Commercial
photographers and the Order of CONNER
cial Telegraphers. which up to that time
had maintained for several months in
dependent organizations.
The inception of this union began in
Washington. and IL is due largely to the
telegraphers employed here that the
union has attained such Roadway in the
brief term of its existence. Thousands
of telegraphers in different parts OF
the country have Joined since last
March. and the body has today an infiu-
ence unusual for an organization so
young. The facts speak well for the
principles upon which the union was
founded.
History of the Organization.
One year ago thirteen OF Washing
toms best telegraph operators. known
as the regulars held several meet
ings in a brokers' office in the Atlantic
Building to elect a delegate to a gen.
eral convention to be held in Chicago
for the purpose of uniting the telegra-
piers of America for their common
interest and protection. NJ. H. Weber
of the Washington bureau OF the New
York Journal" was elected as dele
gate to represent the Washington
operators. Mr.. Weber went TO Chi
cago. met delegates there from other
cities. and after a stormy three-days
meeting helped TO effect an organiza-
tion then known as the international
Union of Commercial Photographers. 1
]. Mcdonald, of Chicago. was chosen
president, and A. J. Douglass. of Mil.
waukee, secretary-treasurer
An executive board was appointed O.
which Mr.. Weber was made chairman
A working constitution and bylaw.
were adopted. and Mr. Weber was in
structed by the convention TO obtair
an international charter for the or
| ganization from the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. When the application
| for the charter was made Samue
Gompers. president of the Federation
Of Labor, called to Washington L. w
/ Quick. of the Order of Railroad Teleg
raphers. and a conference was held
This order at that time had quite
following of commercial operators. tn,
lodge being known as the Order of Com
mercial TelegrapheTs.
Messrs. Quick. Weber and Gomper
talked over the situation for some tim
and called convention to be held il
| Pittsburg in the month of November
Officers of the l. U. c. T. represented b
Mr.. Weber refused to go to Pittsbur
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TT is interesting to note that there
has been almost no change in the
methods of bricklaying since the
children of Egypt wrought in the land
of Egypt. Machinery and innovations Of
various sorts have completely changed
the methods Of several trades withia a
generation. but the knight of the trowsl
builds his wall with the same materials
and almost in the same manner rs in
the days Of Moses. There has been big
improvements in brick making, but al
most none in bricklaying. This trade
for thousands of years has defied the
inventor to devise a machine to do the
work
BY the introduction of machinery the
labors Of the carpenter and the ma
chinist, as we'll as of scores of other
trades which could be mentioned. have
been simplifed to such an extent as 10
workmen who exc out a livelihood
through those channels. Yet the brick
layer, so far, has had no cause to feel
those disquieting features which lone
ago started the rumble of discomfort
among his brothers the world over. che
progress of time and the great advance
of civilization, with all its achievements
IN the way of applied mechanics. have
left him severely alone. and today the
bricklayer follows his calling In as
primitive method. using the same ,opls
as did the artisans of ancient Babylon
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THE STORY OF THE STAR :. :.
! =. :. THAT NEVER MOVES

~ NE of the attaches OF the Naval
Observatory the other even
ing took two of his own
and three of his neighbours children for
a ride in his automobile. The jolly par
ty went out toward Chevy Chase, and.
being a clear night, the stars were out
in all their glory. On one of the hills
the astronomer stopped and began to
look at the heavens.
"Oh! tell us about the stars said a
childish voice beside him.
The astronomer complied with the re-
quest and talked to the little group
about the "North star" which happen
ed to be in full view.
''See that star up there said he
pointing as he spoke. at is the North
Star. and it remains there always just
where it is in the sky. 1t has never
moved from it's position since the world
stood. that is to one looking at II from
the earth.
You can easily find the North Star
See the Big Dipper over there in the
constellation of the Great Bear The
two stars on the side of the Dipper op.
posite the handle are called the point
ers, because they are almost exactly IL
line with. or point to, the North Star
Do you see them. Annie7''
"Ohl yes, the three of them make &
line" she said.
1.-The Indians" resumed the astrono-
mer, used to call the North Star 'Ti-yn'
sou-da-go-err.' the star that never
moves BY the aid of 1t they were &C
customed to find their way through thu
forests and over the prairies, and the,
tell a story of how they first came t.
know that the star was stationary ant
could be used as a guide:
"A large party Of Indians wandered
for many moons In search for game ant
found little, until at last they lost thei
way entirely and camped by the side o
a river, exhausted with travel and hal
dead for want of food.
1T was decided TO hold a council AM
see IL they could not devise some wa.
of returning 70 their old home. The.
burned tobacco as sacrifice and, as tn
smoke of the plant curled up into tn
air. they danced and sang weird chant
imploring the Great Spirit to send then
a guide. While they danced there ap
peared to them a little girl. who sal
she had come to rescue the hunter
from their predicament-
80 they broke camp and all tina
night they travelled, the little girl lead
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on the plea that he had exceeded his
authority in consenting to the call for
the convention. Washington local"
however. stood by it's delegate. and
withdrew from the I. U. c. T., as did sew
ersl other lodges Of the same union.
Accordingly, the convention was held in
Pittsburg. but the new organization was
not represented by its officers.
A new body was formed in Pittsburg,
Percy Thomas, of New York, being
elected president. and J. NJ. Perkins. OF
st. Louis. secretary. with an executive
board, OF which Mr.. Weber was made
chairman Matters remained in this
condition until last March when a COM
mittee composed OF members OF both or
CARNATIONS met in Washington. talked
the situation over and came 10 an agree
ment upon mooted points. A common
ground was found upon which all could
meet For the time being l. J. Melon
aid and Percy Thompson were recogniz-
ed as associate presidents; Wilbur
Eastlake was elected secretary
urer. and A. ]. Douglass. editor Of the
orders official organ, known as the
Journal" and printed in Milwaukee.
The committee in Washington selected
July 10. the twentieth anniversary of
the strike of the commercial operators
in the SOS. as the date OF a con-
vention to be held in New York. NJ H.
Weber and c. II. Daily were delegates
from the Washington local"
Tho New York Convention.
The convention which met in New
York contained as intelligent a set of
men as ever convened to shape the af-
fairs of a labor organization. 1t was
perhaps for this reason that the ques-
tions which had involved the order were
debated at great length before conclu-
sions were reached The convention
lasted a week, but its work is now
recognized as the best ever accomplish
ed by any similar body of men, The
constitution adopted is a conservative
document, and the laws which are to
govern the union are OF character 10
make 1t one Of the most efficient and
influential bodies of the kind in
existence At the New York convention
a. j. Long was CleCNeU pItSiNFhN VI
the reorganized body. Wilbur Eastlake
secretary and A. ]. Douglass
editor of the official organ.
Since the meeting in New York the
union has made enormous strides in
membership. 1t has 1000 in Chicago
500 in New York. about 100 in Wash
ington. and similar representations in
other cities. In all the larger cities the
union has a majority of the operators
working in commercial lines
The main effort of the union is Il
place its members in the best positions
where it has a local" 1t claims TO ID
able TO do this. because It only take,
the best men into its membership. anC
those who are in full sympathy with tn,
work of the union. Its members striv,
for excellence in the telegraph profes
sion. and have an intelligent apprecia
tion of the fact that in commercial Do
sitions good operators are needed. Mem
bers. who for any reason may be dis
charged in one place, are looked aftel
and given positions in another. II is ,
part of the policy of the union TO in,
terest business men in the member.
and prove to them that the best opera
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Steel Corporation in magnitude of stock
lists are the Pennsylvania Railroad. with
$4,000 shareholders; the Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe. with $4,000; the
American Sugar Refining Company
with $1,000, and the Union Pacific RAN
road, with $4,000 stockholders. The
greatest Of these. the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. has only half as many registered
holders. In Canada the Grand Trunk
Railway is said to have 10000 share
holders.
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captain of the Confederate navy. with his officers and crew, bears alongside, and soon the shining decks of the mysterious vessel swarm with the uniforms of soldiers and tremble under the martial tread of war. The clear bugle note sounds out across the trackless deep; the sailor-sc'- diers stand in silence while thear com
 mander reads his commission and trans mits to them the historic order from the Confederate government to do the great est injury to the enemy's commerce in the shortest time" They stand in silence still while that deep, stern voice, which never knew a note of lear, proudly bap- tizes her with the name of his adopted State. He speaks the word. and a star crossed scrap of blue-the banner of an ill-starred, but immortal. cause-fiaunts
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the glow of flaming merchant ships, In the Gibraltar Straits he illuminated Eu- rope and Africa at once with the torch of his destructive genius. The waves of the Gulf of Mexico gleamed beneath his enkndled vessels. and it's tropic islands throbbed with the thunder of his reverbe- rating guns. He compassed a burning pathway around the coast of Southern Africa, pursutd the wealth-laden argoses of the enemy past Indian Ocean with the fury of reflected flames An incarnate pan ther of the seas, he wrought his deadly work in the waters of two hemispheres, swift, sure and terrible, until the name of Semmes. like that of Nelson, after Trafalgar, was a household word in Christendom.
 They do not say the common lot Of all lies deep In Lethe's wave;
 Some few who neer will be forgot Shall burst the bondage of the grave"
 And oh! my fellow countrymen, would that the great generous heart of the gal lant Semmes could contemplate the i'm posing incidents of this day. We. of Mobile among whom his life was spent, love to think of him in the midst of the battles roar while he stands unfinching, erect as the McGregOr on his native heath, laundering his orders to hls valorous crew; we love to dwell upon the glory of that imperishable hour when. sur rendering his boats to the wounded of
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lts defiant folds at the masthead, and the Stars and Bars are etched against bending sky. Then every soldiers eye turns towards the breeze-tossed emblem that he loves and every soldiers heart vibrates with valorous impulse, and ev- ary soldiers breast swells with a grim resolve to do or die, and every soldier s voice peals out a cheer for Dixie"
 Thus was the Alabama born.
 No single craft that ever sailed the seas achieved such worldwide fame. No war ship. under comparative conditions, ever wrought such wonders in the naval an- nals of the world.
 But marvellous as was the record of this celebrated ship. more wondrous still were the achievements of her great commander. For surely I do not transcend the truth of history when l assert that the name
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of forty years ago, an epoch of which we Will never be ashamed. The commander Of that other Alabama a native of Ala bama, Is our pride and will ever be. The new Alabama Is fieeting retrospect"
 He extended hearty welcome to the officers and hoped this visit would be but one of many.
 Hon. R. M. Cunningham said Alabama has no apology to make for any of her people or resources. He spoke of the pa- triotism of her people in other days, and when the Stars and Stripes came up the beautiful bay, Alabamians accepted the inevitable. Those who fell on either side 1T they stood for convictions they stood for what was to be. To the officers of the battleship, he said there was a time when We would not have welcomed you as to- day. We would have opened our maga- zines upon you. As Alabama No. ?, you
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Colonel Russell then introduced Major Edward M. Robinson as an Alabamian of whom all were proud, Major Robinson spoke as follows:
 MT. Chairman, Captain Davis and offi- cers of the Alabama, Ladies and Gentle men:-A little more than two years ago, I stood by the shores of Portsmouth Bay, in the hospitable confines of old New Hampshire, on an occasi >n when the new twin battieships of the American navy, the Alabama and Kearsarge, were pre- sented by the people of that State with classic scrolls of bronze writ all over with lofty sentiments of genuine patriot and military pageant which accompanied the presentation ceremonies, and witness ed the vast outpouring of our New Eng
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need not feel ashamed. We are, he said, nroud of our heroes, and well might we be He paid tribute to lamented Semmes, Wheeler, Hobson and others. and evoked great applause. He touched lightly upon
 He said. referring to other Governments. we can whip any or all of them. We have the best navy. the best officers, the biggest trusts and the prettiest women in all the world.
 We welcome you. Captain Davis, and young officers, to our beautiful bay" he said, 'ieven though Its waters are muddy :"
 In conclusion, he said he hoped there would never again be a divided America.
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of Raphael Semmes securely stands among the naval heroes of the centuries How well has he been termed the Stone wall Jackson of the seas!"
 Ridden by his government to destroy the ships and cargoes of the enemy, pre- cluded by the Federal government from entering the port of any other nation with the vessels he had taken, he had no other course than to use the oceans depths as tured. The Atlantic Ocean was his high way. but with rarely venturous spirit he bore the starry cross of the Confederaey to the remotest shores. He lighted the classic coasts of the Mediterranean with
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Standing today as the mouthpiece of a splendid people would that He who ap- pointed Isaiah's lips with the fire of sur passing eloquence would grant rQe power to dwell in fitting utterance Upon the vast significance of this occasion. 1t is too stupendous for superlative. 1t sug- gests a theme too lofty for the tricks Of rhetoric, 1t evolves from the hearts of SoutherneFs memories too sacred for ad- equate portrayal
 A quarter of a century ago this cere- mony would have been an impossibility.
 What does 1t signify and whence comes It's momentous import? Why does quo vadis" spring to the Ups of every thought
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the sea or in some foreign land, guarding the honor and interests of our common country. assure you that the loyal hearts of Alabama will follow you with their good wishes and prayers.
 Your General Chairman, General Whit ing. has, with his usual business direct ness and organizing capacity. prepared an appropriate program for the day How fided to me the duty of carrying it out.
 Hon. W. F. Walsh, Mayor, welcomed the visitors to Mobile. He said:
 Upon me, the Mayor of the Gulf City or the Southland, devolves the pleasant duty to welcome the brave officers of the great battleship Alabama. No one but is proud of the honor conferred in naming this ship. The Alabama recalls the days
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ful citizen. The answer must, in some sort, be made in retrospective vein; 1t must be made in frankness; 1t must rest upon the solid rock of truth
 There is a two-fold reason why the naming of wonder battleship is of more than ordinary interest in the marvellous development of the American navy.
 When Hilary A. Herbert, distinguished son of our own State wounded Copfed- crate soldier, courageous statesman, an accomplished patriot. determined that this superb warrior of the seas should bear inc name Alabama, he bridged the trou- bled waters or forty years of history. and, by one discerning deed, led the pstriot's mind from the bitter banks of blood across the chasm of the dreary years of reconstruction and into the smiling. sun
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land brothers. and saw the Governors of two imperial commonwealths-one North, one South--clasp cordial hands above the graves of buried sectionalism. l thanked the great Artificer of Time that l was a citizen of this grand republic.
 One of the bRttleshlps which then re- ceived the benediction of New Enghnds s love has proudly borne the message of fraternal Statehood through ocean, sea and gulf, until 1t anchors today at the gateway of Alabama's only seaport; and loyal Alabama waits wireless words of greeting and of love across the continent to loyal New Hampshire.
 Today marks an epoch in the history of Mobile. It is a notable contribution to the history of Alabama. It constitutes a radiant page in the history of the repub lie
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lit fields of sectional confidence and peace And better still, by tL.at one act he struck an universal chord of generous approval in the nations heart.
 But why the Alabama? Was 1t to com memmorate the deathless exploits of the Confederate cruiser Of that name? Or was the government desirous of paying graceSl tribute to our State? I prefer to answer both questions in the affirm alive. and to assert that both of these considera tions prompted the action of the department of the Navy. And surely no two more potent causes ever contributed to the christening of new born battle ship. On the one hand the mildewed memories of immortal deeds, and on the other. the realization and recognition of our present glorious Statehood.
 Let us pause, then. for a moment above