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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
.REFORHER FLAYS
CHIGAGO'S MAYOR

CHICAGO oct. I.-Raymond Rob-
bins, head OF the Northwestern Univer-
sitv settlement tod tae Illinois club
women in session In DanvilIe, that
William II. 8Iusham was removed as
fire chief and William Preston Harrison.
the mayors brother. nominated for
Congress through a pact which Mayor
Harrison made with Alderman John
Brennan when that worthy was a pris-
oner in the Brideweu for bribery"
THE good men are not the strong
men in the city council" said he. John
brennan who was sent 20 the Bride
Well. while there entertained the mayor
OF Chicago for the purpose of nouniuat-
ing the mayors brother. Preston Har-
rlson, TO the National legislature And
the mayor brother viii be sent into the
National Congress by the votes OF John
Brennan, the vote buyer"
Mayor Harrison denies having dis
eussed his brothers candidacy with
Brennan while iu the BrIdeweu
Brennan obtained a new trial and is
out on bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR WILLIAM H. DOOLITTLE

Funeral services for William H Doc
little. who died at Rexford Fails, n Y,
October u. were held at o'clock yes
terday from his late residence 1915 Nine
teenth Street northwest.
DIR. Do0Httle was for many years
prominently identified with the affairs
OF this city He served throughout the
war of the rebellion in the 1f1st Penn
sylvauia Volunteers. and was severely
wounded at ChaucellorsviIle. H was
houOrably discharged at the close OF
the struggle la 1854 Ever since the
war Mr. D00IttIe has been actively In
terested in the Grand Army Of the Re
public organizations, and was a past
commander OF I.Et Carson Post 80 .
He was also president OF the Union Sol
dleTs- Alliance,
Ir. DooIttle attended the Columbian
University Law School. from which he
graduated in 1851 and went TO ST. Paul,
MINI, where Tor several years he en-
gagged On the practice of his profession.
Returning 10 this city. he obtained q
position i'm the Patent Dhce, in which
bureau he was appointed Assistant Com
missioner of Patents by President
Grant, In 1876. IL Was while holding
this position that Mr.. DOolittle WrCte a
treatise on The Inventions of the Nine
teenth Century book which at
tanned considerable notice.
The paubeareFs were DIT j. j. Steph-
ems. Gen. Ellis Spear, Joseph r. Edison.
Prof A. O. Wilkinson, Dr. II. A. Rob
bins. Melville Church. A. ]. Whitaker.
Major A. IT. @. Richardson, Gen. H =,
Paine. and b. II. warner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
TORPEDO BOATS NOT
ALL THEY SHOULD BE
Deficiencies Of Present Type to Be
Discussed and Corrected by Newly
Named Board.

Torpedo vessels i'm the United states
Navy are about TO undergo a radical
change.
The types now in use are unsatisfac-
tory. Secretary Morton has appointed
a board 10 meet on October a and con-
slider new types Tor boat and machin-
cry
This board Is said TO have been named
as "a result of the long cruise which the
first torpedo hotiIIa took from the
United States 20 China, by way of the
Suez Canal. Although the notllia made
the trip without losing any Of the yes
sells, this experiment ia ocean travel
with the small craft is said to have
demonstrated that the present types. are
unable 20 Keep up satisfactory speed
on long voyage and are otherwise de-
hcient.
The board consists OF Rear Admiral
Converse. Commander Cameron MGR.
Wiusl0Ws Lieutenant Commander +. T..
Fletcher Lieut.. Lloyd H. Chandler,
and Lieut. j.. III Clark.
Lieutenant Chandler commanded the
hrst- torpedo nOtilla on it's long voyage
around the world. and Consequently is
better qualified than any other officer
In Ene navy 70 speak concerning the
qualification OF the present torpedo craft
for trips across the ocean.
The hrsJ torpedo notilla consists of
the torpedo destrUycTs Decatur, Balm
bridge Barry. tlauuCey. and Dale. The
Decatur was the vessel ia which Lieu
tenant Chandler made the trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
LETTER NOT TAKEN BY
NEGRO LETTER CARRIER

After a trfal extending throughout
three days Z. r. =. Ly-Versi a negro. for
nnerly employed az Station @ OF the CITY
Postohice, was acquitted yesterday Of
the charge OF embezzling q special deliv-
cry letter said 10 have contained $3.50
Several witnesses testified 20 having
seen Lyvers remove the letter Ia cues
ton from the stamping table Within
q few minutes after he Is supposed 10
have taken the letter he was arrested
end searched 30 money was found on
his person.
LyVers denied the charge. A number
teton.
The accused was represented by Henry
-. Davis,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
BUILDING INSPECTOR
ORDERS FIRE ESCAPES

Building Inspector snowden Ashford
has ordered that proper FIRE escapes be
erected on the building al the southeast
corner Of Twelfth and = Streets north
west, part OF which is occupied as a
business college.
The owner Of the property Charles c.
Thorn. was notified several weeks ago
that f. would be necessary TO equip the
structure with fire escapes. and in re-
ply the agents OF AIr. Thorn stated that
IN case OF IRE the pupils Of the school
could use the escape attached 10 the Co
lumbia Theater. A further inspection of
the building has been made by the au-
thoriLies however. and 10 Is held that ir
would not be practicable for occupants
Of the building 10 use me hre escape IN
question
The recommendation OF the Building
Inspector has been approved By Acting
Engineer Commissioner Morrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
PLANNING A HONE
FOR OUTCAST DOGS
Prominent Washington We
men Interestedin Scheme.
COMMITTEE SEEKING a SITE
Officers Receive Many Contributions
and Are to Put Up a Build
ing Soon

Plans are being rapidly completed for
the esta -lishmeut i'm Washington Of
a home for friendIess dogs The society
which organized itself for the purpose
of looking after friendless CANNES has
determined To purchase a site and put
up the first buildings just as soon as "a
suitable piece of property czu be OBJ
tanned.
Several lots have been considered by
the committee appointed to select a
"a site but for various reasons none of
these was obtained ON two occasions
sites were definitely determined upon
but through pressure brought 90 bear
by citizens OF these particular localities
the hCme was not established and now
the committee Is again busy looking
about for "a place.
Liberal contributions have been made
by persons Interested ana many more
are promised just as soon as the plan
takes more definite shape. Consequent
ly the officers of the society have deter
mined TO go right ahead and find a piece
Of property and begin building at once.
Several meetings Of the society have
been held recently and another win be
called early in November for the purpose
OF hearing what progress has been made.
The chief purpose Of the society is TO
protect dogs from vivisectfOn.
Mrs Miles was president OF the society
and since her death the Office has not
been filled. The other officers are vice
presidents, Mrs. II. p. F. mcfarland,
Mrs. William Z. Chandler. Miss Anna
P. Thomas secretary, Mrs. Mary Howe
TOtten; treasurer, Mrs. Fred c. Mexican.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
Job PRINTERS WILL GET
AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY
typographical Union Carries PROPOSE
tion by an Overwhelming Vote-In
Eject January 7, 1905.

CHICAGO, Oct I--Chicago Typo
graphical Union no. l6. by an over
whelming majority, has decided in
favor OF universal eight-hour day for
the $500 book and job printers OF the
United States and Canada.
The adoption OF the proposition carries
with IL an assessment OF oue-haIf OF ]
per cent earnings of the 800 members
OF the international Typographical
chicago printers were about the last 70
vote on the proposition and IL is under
stood that IT. has been carried By a ma
1orirg Of the 700 unions In the Interna-
JlOnal Typographical Union. The shorter
work day VIII 60 into effect In January,
1901
The international officers viii first en-
deaVOr peaCeabIy to secure the conces-
sion from the United TyDOEhetae OF
america " hlch represents the employers
or the United States ana Canada
should they De met with "a refusal then
work viii cease in all printing offices 0u
the date fixed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
Canada Says Americans
Are Stealing Her Water
viii Protest to Washington For Rights in the
Hay Channel at SauIt Ste. Marie-TrOubIe
Also Over the Pigeon River.

0IJ.oJ0 canal because the United States
would not let troops he taken TO the
Northwest rebellion through the Amerf-
can 500 Canal and now taua6l is
asaiu i'm the position she occupied lore
the construction of the canal as thfs
now must be approached through AmeTi-
can waters-nameIyi the Hay Channel
There is a feeling that the rights Of
navigation should follow he diverted
waters, and this is 90 be asked for
A protest has been made against the
diversion Of the Pigeon River I'm north
eTn Minnesota $50 as To flow south wholly
through the United States TO Lake SUI
perlOr Pigeon River rises ia The Green
wood Lake region of Minnesota, and fol-
lowed the boundary between Canada
and the United States until ID reached
Lake Superior.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21

OTTAWA, Ontario. Oct 2L-Canada
viii apply to the United States for the
same rights in the Hay Channel it has Ia
the St Mary's River.
The works of the United States Gov
eminent, it is declared. nave diverted
the waters OF the river 90 the Hay Chan
mel. which is on the American slde of
Sugar Island
Thus all commerce now has to pass
through the United states i'm moving
between Lakes Superior and Lake HUI
ron. Formerly it trayersed the bound
airy waters of ST. Mary's River. which
ran on the Canadian side of Sugar ISL
and 10 Sault Ste. Marie
The Canadian government built So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
WILL MAKE USE OF TROOPS
IN ITALIAN ELECTIONS

ROME. oct. 1.-THE war Office has is
sued Instructions 10 military command
ers for the distribution OF troops during
the pending electoral campaign.
Under these instructions should a re-
quest for soldiers be made by the an
th0rities at any o5 the smaller places
iu the kingdom, hassQ upon the assump-
tion that public order is endangered, the
request must be complied with within
4 EaW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
FOG DELAYS PRETORIA.

DOVER. oct. zl.-The Hamburg-Amer-
lean lire steamship Pretoria, from New
York October s. enormously reported by
a news agency iu the United States as
not get having reached port. arrived
here Yesterday afternoon. She was de-
layed by fos iu the English channel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
DRANK IcE 49, 80 Did

ST LOUIS. Oct. zI-After taking a
drink of ice water Isaiah T. Autumn.
uily-tWo years of age. Of Bryan, Ohio.
dropped dead I'm the United States Gov
eminent Building at the Worlds Fair
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
BuTials at Arlington.

On July ] the number Of persons bur
led IN the Arlington tract was 1856 II
IS estimated that only 500 OF these are
not soldiers or sailors, and most Of them
are eX-ElaVes who were buried before
the park was set aside as a national
graveyard.
1T Is estimated that not more than one
NTH of the go acres now included in
the Arlington reservation has been used
for burial purposes In the forty years
the tract has been set aside as a Gene
terry. Consequently there is no reason TO
W0rry about the present burial tract be-
ing exhausted IN the near future. Then
IN addition 10 the present reservation
the Government owns nearly u, 900 acres
adjoining the section now used for Gem
etery purposes
BY digging the graves slightly deeper
81 would be possible 10 bury enlisted men
and their wives In the same graves.
This would not require any more suace
than for the grave OF the soldier alone.
and would relieve many poor families Of
unnecessary expense. Frequent appeals
come to superintendent Of national Gem
eteries for permission TO bury wives OF
priVates in the Government tracts often
families lack money 20 buy a lot iu q
private cemetery. and the sentimental
arguments for permitting the use OF
Government ground are backed up By
financial consideration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
LORHS ON FURNITURE.
Absolutely
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY ADVANCED on SALARIES.
STOCKS. bonds. warehouse receipts, life
insurance policies. building and loan ass
ISOLATION nhaTes. and real estate trusts
WASHINGTON ASSIGNMENT CO..
623-24 l,onc Building au3-91t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
TIMES CONTEST
ABSOLUTELY FAIR
Nearest Correct EStimite
0Ie That Wins.
NO Difference WHEN SENT
Valuable Prizes Await Several Com
pettOrs-Closes on November J,
Day Before Election.

To those who have not yet entered The
Times election contest the following
facts are submitted.
Contestants residing in Washington
have the same chance 10 win as people
residing elsewhere.
Contestants residing elsewhere have
the same chance 10 win as residents of
Washington
Estimates submitted from now until
the contest closes are as likely to win
as estimates already registered.
The FIRST correct or last correct
cuts no figure in this contest The best
estimate wins, no matter whether it is
nrst, last, or intermediate.
Too win, estimates are not required 10
be absolutely correct Those nearest
correct. whether they be hundreds OF
thousands away from the exact vote
cast for Parker and Roosevelt. take the
prizes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
The List of Prizes.

The first prize is thousand dollars in
gold The second is five hundred. There
are several others that require three
figures 20 enUmerate.
The contest closes two weeks from
next Monday. All estimates must be
registered by that time. The awards
viii be announced as soon as the vote
has been officially declared and the
books containing the estimates of all
contestants viii be open TO inspection
by all who desire TO examine them.
Late calculatorsi as their estimates In
dictate. are taking into considera ton the
various conditions which may arise eth
er TO augment or decrease the vote, such
as a stormy day general apathy amOng
voters, circumstances which may bring
cut a heavy vote. etc Accordingly.
taking the figures presented by The
Times IN the general advertisement as n
basis, they are registering one estimate
which Ia some instances is less than the
vote or four years ago. another much
greater and several others which are
meant To be a happy medium between
the two extremes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
The Right One Hits.

But whatever schemes contestants en-
ploy in making estimates there is no
calculation, if made within reason that
can disUlace another In the position it
enjoys Of standing where it is just as
likely 10 be hit by the lightning as any
other. The only estimate which is light
ming proof is one that has not been reg
Istered ia the contest at all.
The hundreds of costly and desirable
prizes, which have been awarded by The
Times In past contests. awards which
adOrn hundreds of homes in Washing
ton and elsewhere attest 10 the good
faith of The Times in it's proposition to
award thousand dollars 10 uhe=ei0sesI
calculator In this contest While other
contests have been conducted without
Partially. and the awards made i'm strict
conformity 10 the published conditions,
there Is a little stronger element Of alb
Eolule fairness in the election contest.
because of the fact that there IS no hxei
solution which speed I'm counting wins
out as against some one else equally cor
rect but not quite SO rapid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21

1t is the desire OF the War Depart
ment that all great military heroes shall
be inferred i'm the national parks. In
nearly all cases il is necessary TO make
the same concession as ia Mrs Sheri-
dams case. This is small price 10 pay
that the tombs of the great war lead
eTs may be- the nucleus for the Gene
teries which are the nations greatest
teachers OF patriotism
In a few cases officers have been per
mITted 10 have their children buried in
Arlington and other national cemeteries
But this privilege is seldom granted. and
there has generally been some special
reason. such as that the child was the
last OF the family.
AlarmisLs who fear Arlington viii soon
be oiled mp with outsiders VIII md little
10 support their fears In the records OF
the great burylHg ground. Within the
last eighteen months only three persons
who had nor had military or naval ser
vice were buried in the cemetery, and
these were all the wives OF officers.
The Fort MyeF Cemetery. which Is the
post tract adjoining the National Gene
terry, IS frequently confused with the
national burying ground Dy persons who
think the national park rules are being
violated. In this cemetery servants,
LeamsLers. and other employees who die
az the post are buried, as IS the prac-
TLEE an aIL army posts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
Refusal Is Difficult.

QuartermasteT General Humphrey is
much Interested in the enactment OF
such a law. The necessity for such a
concession is constantly brought 10 the
attention OF officers in charge of ma
tional cemeteries. The family ties of
priyates are no less strong than those
Of officers. 1t is difficult 10 refuse an
enlisted man the right TO bury his wife
where be may expect 20 be laid to rest
when officers cain this privilege.
Theoretically national cemeteries are
the burial places for soldiers and sailors
only. But officers in charge of the ma
tlonal burying grounds have found that
ironclad rules must melt before the APP
peals OF grief-stricken families.
While there have been objections Of
fered 10 the burial OF women i'm the ma
tloual burying grounds, the protests
which would have resulted from a re-
fusal To make the concession would have
been much greater. Permits for burial
OF persons who have not seen military
service are temporary, and could be
revoked if necessary. Sentimental OBJ
jecuOus. however. 10 such a step make
IT certain that persons once inferred
viii never be moved from a Government
plot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-21
SOLDIER AND WIFE
IN SINGLE GRAVE
National Cemeteries May
Make Concessions.
NEW LAW IS NECESSARY
Objections All May Be Brushed Aside
Privilege for Common Soldier
and Officer Alike.

Mrs. Philip *. Sheridan's refusal to
have her Hlustrious husband buried in
the National Cemetery at Arlington un-
less "a promise was made 20 her that she
could be buried beside him, will doubt
less result in "a complete revision or
national cemetery laws.
Since General Sheridanrs burial the
Secretary OF War has granted permits
sion for the wives OF many other officers
10 be buried in the Arlington plot. and
IL is probable that at the next Congress
a law viii be passed making il possible
for the wives of privates 10 be buried in
Jhe same graves with their husbands in
national cemeteries.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-14
SECOND CASE AGAINST OREGON
sWtNDLERs POSTPONED UN-
TIL APRIL.
Federal Grand Jury Will Reconvene to
Investigate Evidence Against
Other Persons Implicated.

PORTLAND, Dec. 14.-Assistant
United States Attorney General Heney
this morning moved to postpone the
second land fraud case to the April
term of court on account of his hav-
ing work on hand in the Hyde-Dimond
land case, which he will prosecute in
a Washington. D. c., court. The mo-
ton was granted and Judge Bellinger
Immediately issued a call for another
day to take up other similar cases.
In his address to the jury in the
last case tried, Heney plainly inti-
mated that evidence was to be sub
mitted to the grand jury against
Loomis, formerly special agent of the
land department and H. B. Ormsby,
formerly superintendent of forest re-
serve Heney also declared that
George Sorenson had been a party to
the Puter conspiracy. In addition it
is rumored that two members of the
state legislature and some other prom
inent persons will be called upon to
explain their apparent completely in
the land frauds 1t is probable that
the reason for reconvening the grand
jury now is for securing indictment
before they are barred by the statute
of limitations The defendants are
jubilant and claim that the reason
why Heney asked delay was that he
realized he would be unable to con-
Wet them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-14
DIVORCE AND THE WAR.
Jews Joining the Army Are Granted
Temporary Divorces.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14.-Most
the distribution of alimony to the fam
lilies of men serving in the war have
the large number of households where
there is no legal marriage owing to
the Russian Orthodox church refusing
to perform the ceremony unless both
parties are of that communion, and to
their being no civil marriage in Rus
Sia.
In place of the marriage certificate
the Zemtsvos are accepting a written
declaration announcing the parties
bound to each other, and prepared to
proceed to full marriage as soon as
the law permits. The step was found
necessary. as many families physically
resisted the taking of their men to the
war until their claim. to support was
recognized.
Many Jews who have been taken to
the war have consented to divorce on
the understanding of re-marriage
should they return. Their marriage
law in Russia refuses to recognize a
widow as such unless the death GER
tlficate of her husband is signed by
two eye-witnesses of his death The
rabbis refuse to accept the military
returns where merely the fact of death
in battle or hospital is stated. AS in
the great battles many hundreds are
killed whose bodies are not recovered,
their widows, if they are Jews, cannot
re-marry Their authorities now
sanction the temporary divorce.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-14
MERCHANTS EXCURSION TRAIN
Many UmatiIIa County Shoppers Vis-
tied Wala WaiIa Today.

The second excursion from the Ore
gon towns, which was run over the
o. r. & n. at the solicitation of the
Walla Walla merchants, brought 70
people today This is four more than
last Wednesday and had it not been
for the stormy weather a much larger
crowd would have come to the city.
These excursion trains are just now
about fully advertised and with favor
able weather conditions a large in
crease in visitors is looked for by the
local merchants next week
All the shoppers from the Oregon
towns went away loaded down with
bundles and many of them purchased
a large amount of goods that will be
forwarded to them by the merchants
on tomorrow's regular mixed train.
Pendleton contributed seven to the
number of excursionists, Adams 16,
Athena 8, Weston II and Milton and
Freewater 81.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-14
MET WITH GENERAL PASSENGER
AGENT A. L. CRAIG IN PORT
LAND MONDAY.
Talked About Handling Crowds From
This Section During Lewis
and Clark Fair.

General Agent Robert Burns and
City Ticket Agent Charles F. Van De
Water of the Oregon Railway & Nav
igation company, returned this morn
ing from Portland, where they attend
ed the conference of the agents of the
company from eastern Washington
and Oregon. The agents were called
to meet in Portland by General Pas
senger Agent A. L. Craig for the pur-
pose of talking over the matter of
handling the people who are expected
to attend the Portland fair next year.
."There is nothing to give out for
publication regarding the conference,
said Mr.. Van De Water this morning.
'The meeting was simply called by
Mr.. Craig for the sole purpose of get
ting the views of the different agents
as to the manner in which the crowds
could be handled and to get some idea
as to what rates should be charged