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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
SOCIETY BELLE
BECOMES NURSE
St. Louis Girl Cannot Understand Why
Her Friends Pity Her,
She Says.

ST. LOUIS. No. April u.-Zoe Papin
Blair ore of the most popular Of the
St Louis society bellies, and a member
Of one OF the oldest prominent families
Of this city. has voluntarily given up
the life OF pleasure to which she was
born to work among the POOR and nurse
the sick. She spends al her time in
caring for the unfortunate ones who
come under her attention and says she
is much happier than she was when
living amid round Of balls, parties,
and receptions
Miss Blair's determination to make the
care OF the sick poor her life object fol-
lowed her participation in a charity en-
tertainment. during which she qiseov-
cred how wide field there Vas for
inst such self-sacrificiug labor as she Is
now enga ged in. She took q course OF
instruction at a nurses training school
IN New Orleans, and IS now quite
capable of caring for sufferers from
anv illness Miss Blair cannot under
stand why so many Of her friends eX-
press pity for her.
I do not need any sympathy, she
said. unless il is sympathy. tor the
suffering poor. Caring for the sick poo-
is a sort OF dissipation with me; mere
is nothing that gives me sc much peas
IRE as aiding patient.
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Isabel Beers Figures
In Civil War Romance
Publication of Major Stiles Book Reunites
Two families Separated for
Thirty Years.

SOUTHAMPTON, Mass, April IL
Isabel Beers. assistant Librarian at
Forbes Library. in this city. is the prin-
c!pal OF an interesting war romance in
consequence Of which she 3 now the
guest Of the Robert l.. Lee Camp Of
Confederate Veterans in Richmond.
Va. and the special guest OF Major
Robert Stiles. author Of the book, -Four
Years Under Marse Robert
James II. Beers. the father Of Miss
Beers. was a Northern man. and lived
I'm Bridgeport, Conn. when Major Stiles
was a student at Yale. Beers was en-
gagged i'm newspaper work in New York
a t. The time the civil war began. and de-
cided TO fight for the South. He told
his friend Stiles Of his determination.
The latter demonstrated with him. re
minding him that he had wife and
two little girls to provide for, and Of
the great sacrifice it would require.
Beers was ObdUrate, and. with Stiles
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PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April l-Dr.
Simon y. Patten. professor Of political
economy in the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. who is accounted one Of the
leading thinkers on economic questions
in the country, believes that the wife
should be a wage-producer as well as
the husband Dr. Patten builds this
view not as a theory, but as a base
principle Of economy. He argues that
the social problem Of thousands Of mar
ried couples would be solved were the
wife to continue a wage-carner during
the early period of marriage.
The whole social problem would be
solved" said DR.. Patten, in discussing
the economic position Of the home so
ciety. were the wife TO become an in
come producer OF course, I refer 20
the young married couples where each.
before marriage, is earning between so
and Sl2 a week. I believe that each
should continue a wage-earner until the
husbands income increases to at least
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
NEW AERIAL "STUNTS"
EXPECTED OF DIR. BELL
Inventor Has Consented to Give Public Exhibition OF
Famous Kites on April 23 at Chevy Chase.

sibilitics when still an unfinished model
so much was expected in the past This
IL the kite which is expected 70 be able
to lift man and after which. when II
has been made traCtable 10 motor power
and steering gear. the twentieth century
flying machine may very likely be fash
Toned
Dr.. Bells Ambition
While Dr. Bell has already construct
ed kites which are capable Of lifting
men. the problem with which he is now
occupied is to build them in the form
o. a flying machine, subject to the com
piete control OF the man who occupies
the bridge. Dr. Bell has already solved
the problem Of providing motor powell
for them. 1t is in fact their own motors
which start the large kites. Smaller
kites get their first momentum by being
dragged along by a horse or a man
running at full speed until they shoot
UP into the air like birds.
The kites are very simple in construc-
ton, being built Of tetrahCdr1l cells of
aluminium. Using these cells just as a
mason uses bricks to build houses OF
different design, Dr.. Bell has been con-
fertile brain could devise. Steadiness in
the air and lifting power have been
the main object in all. The large kites
are twenty-five feet in length and
twelve and fifteen feet in height and
width. The fields Of Chevy Chase. fl IS
thought. viii afford ample space for the
experiments and preparatory arrange
Inents will be made tomorrow for the
exhibition
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DIT SPONDENT REBECCA GAM
DRANK CARB0LIC ACID

Rebecca Gam, twenty years old. Of 61S
1 Street northwest. became respondent
yesterday and attempted 20 end her life
by drinking carbolic acid She was
found by persons in the house and taken
to the Homeopathic Hospital The ply
sicians worked with her for several
hours yesterday, and this morning she
was enough improved to go to her home.
At the hospital when the surgeons
asked her why she had made the at
tempt at self-destructiOn, she Is said
70 have remarked:
He has gone back on me, and I have
other troubles"
She went 10 her room yesterday morn
ing, after talking to a relative about
her love affair. and, suspecting that she
would do something rash. she was fol-
lowed, and discovered before she had
taken enough Of the drug TO KIN her.
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MAN SHOT FROM
A TORPEDO TUBE
Body Missing From Wreck
ed Submarine Bout.
TRIED A DESPERATE PLAN
Imprisoned Crew Probably Tried to
Send Companion to the Sur
face for Aid.

LONDON. April 1.-THE Portsmouth
correspondent of the DAILY News
sends a circumstantial account Of the
raising of the submarine boat A ], which
was recently sunk. with all on board.
the steamer Berwick Castle off the Nab
lghtship. The fact that the boat had
been raised was announced in several
papers on Saturday and yesterday. but
il was officially cOrtradicted
inc News, correspondent reafirms
that the boat was raised. and gives de
tails Of an examination Of the interior
Of the hull He says it was known that
eleven men were on board when the col
Hsion occurred. The divers on Friday
night found only ten bodies
Was no Explosion.
Naval officers are inclined TO think
that the eleventh man was placed IN
the torpedo dischargiug tube and thus
released. the object being TO have him
regain the surface with the view Of
getting aid to rescue his companions
from the sunken vessel.
According TO the correspondent. the
boat was raised and emptied Of water
It YVES then found that a valve in her
side was leaking and that she was grad
ualIz filing. She was removed 10 shall
lower water at a place called the Ledge.
of Bemhridge. and was allowed 10 sink
90 the rocky bottom. The cover OF the
coming tower had been previously re-
moved and the defective valve was re
varied bv diver OF the name Of Karls-
sen. who made three visits 20 The
Gunken vessel.
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and other Southern men At college,
made his way TO Richmond. Beers wife
and two little daughters were committed
to the care OF Major Stiles mother and
sisters. who lived in New York, and in
company with them went to Richmond
arriving there soon after the father
reached that city.
Beers enlisted in the Confederate
army and was killed at the battle Of
ChancelIorsville. in May, 1883. His body
was buried in the family lot OF the
stiles After the death of her husband
the mother OF the little girls did not
long survive.
FTienGs of the children brought them
North The daughters OF the Northern
man whose life was given for the South
and the solGierl-- S0utherner who was
his friend knew nothing Of each other
thereafter until the story in the pages
OF -Four Years Under Marse Robert
was read when the book was receives
az the library by Miss Beers. VINO IND
yrediateIv entered into correspondence
with Major Stiles. at Richmond.
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Teacher Thinks Wipes
Should Be Wage-EarnerS
DR.. Patten Believes Social Problem Would
Be Solved if Women Continued to Work
During Early Years of Marriage.

$50. when the wife can add more 10
the utility Of his money by withdrawing
from the wage-produCinG class.
LAS the income from the man IN
Creases from $40 to $50 week, that of
the woman remains stationary az SIo'
and then giving herself up to the nome,
they both can get better ana more
pleasure out Cf the husband income
The social pressure on the woman Is 70
force her from the employed classes.
But from my point Of view see no
objection to the wife working as long
as IL is to the better utilization OF the
income OF the husband.
DR. Patten bensvcs that the same law
might work to the happiness OF those
earning large incomes, but that the so
cial conventions hold with such strength
as TO forbid Il
To nv mind" he said, from an eco
romfc and moral viewpoint. it is deslr-
able that persons of small money-eaTn-
ing capacity should be married. provided
both continue waSe-earnerS. II the
persons therefore. are arrived at ma
tUrity. marriage under these conditions
merely means a moral, economic, asd
social uniting.
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FARMER ATTACKED BY
HORDE OF ANGRY RATS
Found by Friend in Exhausted Condi-
ton After Being Severely Bit
ten by the Rodents.

GETTYSBURG. Pa, April 1L-Curtis
Deter. farmer Of East Berlin. had a
narrow escape from death IN a despcr-
ate battle with barn rats
He was engaged in tearing I'D the
floor in the entry Of the barn yestcr-
day. when he unearthed nest of Iarso
rats. The animals attacked him He
succeeded in killing about a dozen of
the rats but so severely was he bitten
that il was with difficulty he succeeded
I'm making his way from the barn
Friends found him in an unconscious
condition, almost dead from loss of
blood.
A physician Cauterized all the wounds
TO prevent blood poisoning.
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CHICAGO. April IA plea for the
married woman in business has been
made by Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCul-
loch. before the Chicago Woman's Cluo
conference on Women on Modern II
dustrialism.
Mrs. McCuToch sharply criticised the
tendency in present-dsy business and
professional life TO discriminate against
women who are handicapped with the
task Of helping TO support families.
She argued that in such cases women
were striving to fulfill the obligations
Of father and of mother. and declared
it was the duty Of the State, by inan-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11

viii Dr.. Alexander Graham Bell
startIe the world with some new dis
ccvery in aerostatics in the open-air
exhibition with tetrahedral kites which
he will give on April % a Chevy Chase?
This is the question now causing a
futter of excitement among the many
aerostats in Washington. The fact that
the inventor has consented 20 give a
public exhibition Of his famous kites
here is in itself regarded as unusual.
as heretofore all the experiments have
been conducted privately very few Of
them in fact. being outside Of his kite
farm at Cape lie Breton Island. Nova
Scotia, at which place DIT. Bell spends
the summer
Open Air Meet.
It is through special consideration for
the National Geographic Society that
DR.. Bell has agreed 10 hold the open
air meet. and that there will be some
thing forthcoming I'm the way Of new
aerial stunts is the belief Of many
who have implicit faith in the wonder
ful talents OF the great inventor DR..
Bell has not had much time lately 70
devote 10 kite improvements. on &C
count OF his many duties in connection
with the scientific societies to which he
belongs. but IL is known that the in
VentOr has not given up the study OF
the k3t--
II was learned yesterday that one Of
the kites TO be flown on April g will
be the famous Victor /. Of whose pos
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STATE AID is URGED
FOR BURDENED WOMEN
When Obliged to Support Family, Commonwealth Should
Assume half the Cost Says Mrs. McCuloch

cial aid. TO assume half their burdens.
thus giving them opportunity 10 devote
themselves exclusively to maternal
tasks.
For the woman of little means TO rear
n large family meant. Mrs. McCQlloch
said. the impoverishment of the family
purse. the early death of the mother.
and for the children perjury and possibly
crime.
Left a widow with large FANNY.
Mrs McCuIioch declared. neither the
mother nor her children had half
chance in the world of industry She
maintained that married women should
sitlOns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
SPECIAL GRAND JURY.

4 special grand jury. composed o.
Henry Strauss. Henry X Field, Joseph
r. Rogers. william J. Boothe NJ b.
Harlow. L. NJ Anderson. Henry Bladder.
J. L. Marye, and Raymond Hulfish. as
sembled in the court house here at 10
o'clock this morning. and at once be-
gan the investigation OF cases set be-
fore them by Commemorative Attorney
Samuel G. Brent. Among the cases that
will come up are those Of w. O. Harris.
charged with bigamy and Charles Bak-
er. enlarged with stealing clothes from
the Hotel Appich.
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MR.. CARRIERS FUNERAL.

The body OF Claude A Carter. who
was killed by the explosion of the boiler
Of an engine on the Richmond. Freder-
icksburg. and Potomac Road. near Bal
timore last Saturday, was brought 10
this city yesterday and taken TO the
home Of his brother, corner Of King and
Henry STREET. bis funeral VIII Idhe
Mace there tomorrow morning at II
O'clock The Rev. v. l. Morton, OF
Christ Episcopal Church, will ofhciate
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Monroe and jefferson SITS.
Petworth-Johnson Drug Co.. 3S01 New
Hampshire ave.
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ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. April 1.-THE
funeral Of the late Stephen Henderson.
who was killed by the explosion at
the Pintsch Gas Works. in Washington,
last week took place at the home OF
his brother. Policeman John Henderson,
in THIS city yesterday afternoon The
Rev. Mr.. Wray. pastor Of the First Bap-
lists Church. ohiciated. and the pail
bearers were B. F. Belts. William Glas-
coo. William TreakeI. 2. Brissie, Joshua
Sherwood. ana William Mullen. inter
rnent was in Bethel Cemetery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
ERNEST LEE GERMoNp.

Ernest Lee Germond' a marine en-
gineer, died at his home. go North Fay
cite Street. at an early hour this morn
ing. Mr. Germond was thirry-eight
years of age, and IS survived by his wife.
Fhie NJ Germond His funeral will
take place tomorrow. The remains will
be placed I'm the Methodist Protestant
Cemetery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
POLICE COURT INNOVATION.

There was no session of the police
court. this morning. Police Justice Ca
ton. being out OF the city The cases
Will be tried this afternoon at O'CLOCK.
when the justice returns. Only wit
nesses will be allowed IN the courtroom
hereafter This is decision made by
the justice last week and IL Will be
strictly enforced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
FIFTY COMPANIES
100000 POLICY

LEBANON. Pa. April IA syndicate
Of Lebanon insurance underwriters and
brokers has just issued a blanket fire
insurance policy for 100000 on the
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing
Company's Lebanon plants Fifty COM
panies are represented in the policies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11

III Rev. G F. Smith preached at St
PauTs Protestant Episcopal Church at
the morning service.
The Rev. J. s. Engle occupied the pull
pit at all services in the Methodist Epis-
coral Church, South.
There were no services in the Meth
odist Protestant Church yesterday. the
pastor, the Rev. ]. +. s. Ewell, being in
attendance at the conference Of that
church i'm Baltimore.
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MR. CHICHESTER DEAD.

William c. Chichester. a car inspector
on the railroad here. died at his home in
West Street this morning Mr. Chichest-
CT was fifty-thTee years OF age. and
leaves a widow. His funeral Will take
place from Grace Episcopal Church 70
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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MRS. ELLA J. THOMAS.

Mrs Ella J. Thomas, wife OF Arthur
c. Thomas. died at her home, zOS Queen
Street, Saturday night. Mrs. Thomas
was thirty-four years OF age and leaves.
besides her husband, three little chill
dren. Her funeral will take place from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-11
KICKED BY A HORSE.

Kicked IN the groin by a horse while
ct the Benning track last evening.
Charles r. Talbot. of Ills New York
Avenue northwest. was severely injured
and removed 20 the Emergency Hos
pital The physicians at the institution
Cid not regard his injury a g serious.
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vonderheide's Hotel Manhattan,
Eot Tamales and Chilli

6O4-6O6 9Th St. serves finest Of every
thing in cafe; open until midnight.
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HELD ON LUNACY CHARGE.

RICHMOND Va. April III. Z.
Roane Riddick. a former minister in the
Virginia Methodist Conference, was ar
rested at Petersburg this afternoon and
held for commission Of lunacy.
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MR.. sCHULER's FUNERAL.

The funeral Of the late Edward Mag
nus Schiller viii take place from St.
Mary's Catholic Church this afternoon
at 4 o'clock Interment will be in St.
Mary's Cemetery.
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BEFORE Y. M. c. A.

The Rev. J. A LETTERS. pastor Of Trim
fly Methodist Episcopal Church, deliv-
cred an interesting address before the
Society for the Organization of the
Young Mems Christian Association. at
the First Baptist Church yesterday az
ternOon.
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LOCAL MENTION.
Repairs for Oil and Gasoline Stoves
Il A. Eberly's Sons. us eth NV.
II You Need a spring Tonic

Write or phone 222 for case OF Nat. Cap.
Brewing Co.'S 'MuenChener' beer. =
doZ. Sl25 delivered.
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES
IN THE CHURCHES.

St. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow
morning.
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WFOUNDLAND
SAYS NO, THANKS
People Evidently Desire That the
Colony Should Retain It's
Autonomy.

ST. JOHNS. n F, ApriI 1.-THE com
mittee OF the council has under con-
Sideratiou resolutions passed by the
congress Of chambers of commerce OF
the empire advocating the inclusion Of
Newfoundland in the DcTainion Of Cant
ada. which were forwarded under cover
or q dispatch dated January >. 1904. and
received from Alfred Lyttleton, secre-
tary Of state for the colonies
The committee, while approaching
highly the interest manifested by the
congress in the affairs OF this colony.
regrets that il cannot concur that the
present is an opportune time TO enter
negotiations leading to the union Of the
colony with the Dominion So far as
hi committee is aware. there is no de-
sire on the part Of the people here to
be included as a part OF the Dominion
but, on the contrary. a desire is evident
that the colony should retain its au-
tOnomy and continue TO maintain an
honorable and independent position as
q part of the British empire
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PREACHER SCORES
THE NEGRO RACE
Living by Wits and Scorn of Industry
Declared to Be Ruin of
Black Men.

The sermon Of the Rev W Bishop
Johnson, delivered at the Second Col
ored Baptist Church yesterday after
noon. was listened TO by a large con-
gregation.
The subject of DR.. JohnsOn-s sermon
was The Scourge Of the Negro" and
the conclusions he drew in his com
parison Of the negro OF today with the
negro OF forty years ago were none too
favorable 70 the present generation Of
his race.
The responsibility for the want Of ad-
vancement toward civilization on the
part OF the negro was due in a large
measure 10 the negro himself. the
speaker said. The lack Of confidence on
the part Of negroes in those of their
own race who were fit TO be leaders
also acts as a check to advancement
Negroes Shortcomings.
In fact. DR.. Johnson laid bare the
mental, moral. physical. and political
shortcomings in a manner that i'm
pressed his hearers. among whom were
some of the most prominent negroes in
Washington.
The first part Of his sermon was de-
voted 70 the question OF manhood.
There Is a noticeable loss Of manhood
among US he said. We allow our
women 10 be subject to insults without
resentment, and so our children do not
feel as II their fathers are much pro-
lection TO the home. This weakness Is
also seen in a disposition to live by
our wits, to catch hold of any make
more honest labor. and TO scorn the
man whose hand is hard and horny. and
whose arm Is the bread-winner for the
home.
Strength in Manly Men.
eff YOU take away from any race its
manly men, you reduce that race TO the
worst condition Of poverty. The lack OF
race unity keeps US from being the
strong and mighty instrumentalities 70
the hand OF God toward advancing His
kingdom. We are not getting nearer to
the intelligent negro age. The intelli-
gent negro. all things considered. IS
worse than his ilIiterate brother. In
stead of serving as an example 70 the
less favored members of the race, his
scOrn for the iIHterate / consider TO be
the most dangerous enemy TO negro
progress.
This lack cf unity Is responsible for
all the evils that have fastened upon
us. We are disposed not TO be led put
70 Willy and Islander the men we have
selected 10 lead and TO uuderrate their
characters and abilities to white Deo-
Pile No people succeed without leaders
and IL IS a Islander for any man 10 say
that there IS no negro good enough to
lead another negro.
Share on every man who shows his
weakness by S.fa:- statements. Nor are
we careful enough about the moral at
mosDhere Of the home. We should not
exclude God and the Bible from the
home God in the home means peace
and prosperity hope for the young and
comfort for the old. There can be no
prosperity when we ignore God as the
guide 10 mankind"