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FOOD FACTS
What an n. ID. Learned.

A prominent physician of Rome, Geor-
gia. went through "a food experience
which he makes public:
1T was my own experience that first
led me 10 advocate Grape Nuts food and
! also know from having prescribed it
TO convalesccnts and other weak pa
tients that the food is a wonderful re-
builder and restoreT of nerve and brain
tissue as well as muscle. IL improves
the digestion and sick patients always
gain just as / did in strength and weight
very rapidly
81 was IN such a low state that / had
TO give mp my work entirely and go to
the mountains Of this State, but two
months There did not improve me; in
fact. J was not quite as well as when
/ left home. Ny food absolutely refus-
ed 10 sustain me, and II became plain
that ! must change, then l began to use
Grape-Nuts food, and in two weeks |
could walk q mile without the least
fatigue and IN I've weeks returned to
my home and practice. taking up hard
work again. Since that time / have felt
as well ana strong as ever ala in my
life.
LAS physician who! seeks to help
all sufferers 1 consider it q duty 10 make
these facts public" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek. Mich
Trial 10 days on Grape Nuts when the
regular food does not seem to sustain
the body VIII work miracles.
There's reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. The Road TO Wellvule-"
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DEATH RECORD.

Nancy Alexander, p, lIillsdaIe, d. c.
Peter Becker, -, American Rose Co.'S plant
John Butler. > days, as Temple Court, s,s
Nilher Tr=yers Barnes, days, nos 18th ST. NV.
Martha Ann Bradshaw. :, Kendall Green ID. c.
Rehcccd Copeland. 30. Hlllsialc d. c.
Flovd Eltcr, Is. Buszdrds Point. d. c.
Teresa A. Fields, -, 932 Twenty St
James Gross, I, 2Sl3 DumhartOu ave-
Ann Todd Gee, 81, Pa \ Street NV
Welvie Green. . months. AS Kings Court
Robert Harrison. I, 81. AIMS Asylum
Lucy Harris 10 months. Hits Court
Thomas Haley. %, Georgetown University Hosp.
Mary L. Jenkins. 81 s02 | Street Sc
Emory Lewis, months, 1871 Fourth Street Sc.
John II. Mills. ,, Kenilworth. d. C.
Phoebe c. Murray, 30, Garfield Hospital
Michael l.. O'COnnor, ,. so 26th ST. NV
Hedgman Parr 81. 1907 : Street NV
Howard Perry, months, III Grant Ave NV.
Jacob Rice - BuzZards Point d. c.
John H. Robinson, g. Frccdmen's Hospital
Amy 4. shirley, months 500 Second St sW.
Mary +. SWdTtz, 10. 1910 Fourth Street NV.
William Sharer. p, Freedmen's Hospital
Francis Smaiwood. Z, Garfield Hospital Annex
Ann r. Speanburgh, 40. Tenleytown, ID. C.
Thomas Washington. 5 months, 42l-rranklin st.
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Four Dared Crew.
University Crew.

There are many in certain quarters
qsho insist that Georgetown will be fight
ing II out for first place with Cornell
al the finish. and as result the Blue
and Gray Will go 10 the stake boats with
the smallest odds against her that have
been quoted against a Washington crew
since the Georgetown oarsmen made
their initial FIVE years ago.
The Quakers. with Coach Ward along
side in the launch Ben Franklin. pad
died up and down the river for half
hour. All three crews are to some extent
disheartened with the trio Of accidents
which followed hard upon each other
yesterday is one Of which the co&swain
Of the freshman crew fell upon a broken
water pitcher and gashed his breast
badly, in another Block, No. 4 Of the
same crew, stepped upon a rolling stone
while running down hill and SpTdined
his ankle, while IN a third the varsity
shell was quite badly damaged while
being shipped a. the float
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nese got round the flank. Three bear
ers were wounded
THE japanese captured Captain
Yanchukovsky and DR.. Ryschkoff. Two
sharpshooters were killed and q lieuten-
ant and thirteen men wounded. The
enemy remained during the night Of
June 25-26 at Tuinpu
"A battalion of japanese passed along
the Siuyen-Hai-Cheng road at a m,
June %, from StokhodZa TO Nandiaputse.
AT midday there appeared behind the
advance battalion of the euemys in
Iantry with mountain artillery.
Resume Their March.
From a. IN. June 26. the enemy re-
sumed their forward march, by the
main road TO the Molu defile. through
Urlundi and by q mountainous road 10
the Madiaputse defle turning the right
flank of the Motu dedle. The advance
was ordered of at least regiment of
infantry with artillery, which at 3 in
the morning reached Tidavaiza, three
klometers north of Tuinpu."
The ministry of war has received no
other report of this movement.
General Salzharof also sends detailed
story of the much reported skirmish at
Alyangmen on June % He gives the
Russian losses as Lieutenant Colonel
Gcurko. Lieutenant Colonel Yakov'ef
and four leutenants slightly wounded,
and twenty-six men killed and fifty
three wounded. seven of them seriously
The japanese losses were considerable.
Guns Were in Danger
II is apparent from the dispatch that
the Russian guns were threatened with
capture. for the dispatch says: Thanks
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Commuters NOW Want
Station on the Avenue
AIcxandranS Call on Commissioners and
Request That Proposed Change OF Mount
Vernon Line Be Not Put Into Effect

there and Washington. On account Of
this. he said. the Alexandra people
ought TO be allowed TO nave a chance
to show why the new station should not
be located on any street back Of Penn
sylvania Avenue.
The change in the station site is neces-
sary as an outcome of the beginning Of
work on the new District building foun-
dations. requiring the company 10 re-
move its tracks from Thirteen-and-a-
half Street northwest. II has been IN
derstOOd that IL is the intention Of the
company 10 erect its new station on +
Street.
Alexandrians Object.
To this the Alcxandrians object, and
if their objection is upheld by the Com
missioners. it may follow .hat some
route. not touching the streets on which
the Emergency Hospital stands. viii be
selected FOR the new tracks. Mr. Har-
low is confident that the position OF the
association Will be- upheld by all the
facts. and that the company will have
to erect its station on Pennsylvania
Avenue.
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The Washington and Alexandria Com
muters' Association. which made sue
cessful campaign last winter TO obtain
better transportation facilities from the
Washington. Alexandria and. Mount Yer
non Railroad Company. today again de-
clared its intention to have a voice in
the affairs Of the company when its at
torney, Leo =. Harlow, called on the
District Commissioners and requested a
hearing before the Board of District
Commissioners to show cause why it is
expedient TO make the railroad company
put its new station on Pennsylvania
Avenue instead OF south Of that thor
oughfare
Commissioner Macfarland informed
Mr.. Harlow that the hearing will be
granted 70 the association at II O'Clock
on Friday morning.
Reasons for Request.
Mr. Harlow. in asking for the hearing
said the commuters association has Zoo
members and that 5000 Alexandria peo-
pie use the electric railway between
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Russians on Move.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS SING
ADVANCING TO BATTLE

are continuously moving out briskly TO
the accompaniment of their battle songs.
Clouds of dust hang over the marching
columns. and the chorus of infantry
is occasionally interrupted by the rattle
and clang OF guns drawn at a smart
trot and followed by gallOping squad
rOns of cavalry
1t is stirring spectacle to see the
Russia army while singing eagerly hast
ening into battle. The old battle hymns
last heard in the Balkans resOUuded
among the hills and valleys, as with
BAY onets glitteri0g in the setting sun
the regimental cOlors are borne majes-
tiCally forward.
For hours one could still hea= the rat
tie Of moving guns, the crsaking OF
-commissariat wagon and the tread or
marching men, while occasionally in
place OF the war songs of the soldiers
hOmely melodies recounting the Joys of
village life. which carried the minds OF
the men back 10 their distant homes in
Russia. echoed through the air.
As this dispatch is filed news has
reached here that General kurOd IS
marching upon Hai-Cheng.
There are many military attaches ana
newspaper correspondents here.
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TA-TCHE-KIAO between Kai-Chow
and Hai-Cheng. Liao-Tung Peninsula).
June ga great battle seems to be i'm
pending \ portion Of the Russian army
has assumed the offensive against the
Japanese forces commanded by General
Oku. and it is reported that General
Kuroki is moving along the Russian
left flank against Hai-Cheng.
According to a high placed parsonage
General KurokTs army is strong enough
TO take the offensive, and he presumably
IS anxious for decisive action before
the rains begin.
Sharp firing was heard in the hills at
daybreak and severe fighting is reported
TO be In progress near the village OF
Ton-Chen. An officer who galloped in
reported that the Russians were gaining
the upper hand and driving back the
enemy. This. however. has not yet been
confirmed.
Russian troops are hurrying south
ward from Ta-tche-Kiao and battalions
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
GETS TWO INVITATIONS

Col. Benjamin F. Bingham. past de-
partment commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic. called on the
President today to invite him TO at
tend the exercises to be held at Battle
ground Cemetery in connection with the
unwilling OF 2 monument in memory of
the l22d New York Volunteers. who
fought at Fort Stevens during the civil
war.
Another invitation was that extended
70 the President by Gen. Thomas J.
Stuart, adjutant general of Pennsyl-
Vania. He asked the President 70 visit
the encampment of the Pennsylvania
State troops at Gettysburg The Pres
ident declined the invitation
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WILLARD MYERS REMOVED
AS EXECUTOR OF ESTATE

Willard II. Myers. alleged defaulting
boOkkeeper OF the National Safe Deposit.
Savings and Trust Company, was today
removed as sole executor of the estate
of his mother, Martha p Myers. The
order of removal IS signed by Justice
Stafford. and was made on the petition
Of the heirs-at-laW Of the deceased.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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ris chair donated by Messrs. House K
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tracted by MOy FOOk Chow. HIP
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THE
public that I viii not assume any Obli-
cations contracted by Nirgie POOre, my
wife EDWARD +. POORE. It
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(Contlnued from Flrgt PageD

Of the course which was merely jaunt
The men appeared in fine fettle and
seemed very confident
Although one Of the light crews and
the newest of the aspirants for the
seaman trophy they are a gamey lot
Of youngsters and show a greater con-
fdence in their ability TO finish well
up with the leaders than the sharps
seem to thing is warranted Ten Eyck
gave his men fatherly talk after COM
ing in from the water this morning
and then sent them TO rest until the
hour Of the race.
Blue and Gray Out.
Dempsey's Georgetown varsity crew
went out for a short spin about II
O'Clock. They We're given a light prac-
tice with a dinner OF beeksteak and
fruits on their return and will await
the hour Of the struggle At the Morgan
house where their headquarters are 10
Gated.
Georgetown's official entry for the re
gatta is:
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hausted. ana recess was ordered
- rmit the physicians 10 attend him.
Continued from First Page)
Started to Investigate.


permit the physicians 10 attend him.
Started to Investigate.
Upon resuming the stand Captain Van
:, haick began the recital of the facts
that followed the discovery Of the fire.
When notified that the boat was ablaze
he ordered fun speed ahead and started
down 20 investigate
i could not get downstairs he said.
"iecause Of the flames and realizing
that I'd have TO act quick / ordered the
pilot 10 beach her. ] got out in front
OF the pilot house. and directed the
course with my hand so that they would
get her on the beach at the nearest
point"
What effort was made 20 release the
hfeboats after the fire broke out?'
Captain Van Schaick was asked
"None that 1 know Of" was the reply.
DID you see any Of the crew after
you We're notified Of the are?"
Il did not"
DO you know what they were doing
that timer Il do not"
Where were you when the fire was
discovered" IN answer that in my
own way. If you pin let me. and not
Try TO confuse me-" This the district
p
Schaick said:
Il want you. gentlemen Of the jury. TO
remember that commanded "a big
steamer. and that we were running with
a fun flood tide. going not less than
fifteen miles an hour. After we passed
the red buoy north OF the suuken
meadows. the alarm was given in the
pilot house by some one from below.
Keep on the Course.
Captain Van Wort. my chief pilot.
said to me: What snail i do. captain2'
Keep her on the course / said Then
/ ran downstairs 10 see what was doing.
1 could not help seeing the boat was
gone. so / rushed back TO the pilot
house and ordered Van Wort 10 put
her or North Brother Beach, broad
side on. / told them 10 shave the edge
Of the dock az closely as possible. so
that we would take the beach al fun
speed.
While this was being done I stood
Indicating with my hand just where 10
beach her. AS We struck, the fire was
Irving out OF the port side. and I ran
Sack 70 see II l could then help the peo-
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c. Nj. GAITREE HANDS
IN HIS RESIGNATION

The question of which one OF the
division superintendent of the free de-
livery must lose his head because Of
the recent change in the law. was set
tied this morning when c. NJ Gaitree,
of the Cincinnati division, who has
been under charges. presented his res
ignatiOn 10 the Fourth Assistant Post
master General. In speaking of his res
ignatiOn this morning, Gaitree said:
Il resigned because ! am sick of the
whole affair. They tried their worst To
DrONe something against me but failed.
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ARRESTED ON COMPLAINT.

BUFFALO, June 2S.-Frank Erne. once
champion lightweight pugilist. was hur-
rying to the railroad station last night
with a ticket for New York in his pocket
when he was arrested by a police de-
tectiYe on complaint of his wife She
has an action for divorce pending
against him. She had learned that he
intended trip TO Europe The pugilist
was bailed out
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BIG REGATTA
BORN IN 1896

Various attempts were made to estab-
fish an intercollegiate regatta that would
be worthy of the name as far back as
49, but with little success, and II was
not until 1896 that the present intercol-
legiate association assumed control ana
the races on the Hudson began 10 at
tract general interest throughout the
country.
Since that time Cornell and the Uni
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SLOCUM OWNERS ANGRY
OVER EVIDENCE GIVEN

pie. As l passed the starboard gang
way the fire burst out like "a volcano
and my coat and cap caught FIRE That
was whore / was burned. The pilots
jumped from the pilot house and shout
ed. Save yourself, cIptain.' / then
cumpcd overheard. and "A nurse and an
other woman pulled me out Of the water
anG helped me to lie doEn under tree
on the beach
Lost Little Time.
From the time ! was first notified Of
the fire TO the time that We beached
the vessel was just two and one-half
mIutes. No man could have done more
% save his people than i did / beached
my vessel SO soon as i could, and with
my pilots, we stuck 10 the wheel until
We had her on the land.
Ine jury then took a hand In ques-
tionng the captain relative 10 the
stories that the fire was discovered be
fore tine boat had passed Ninetieth
Street he said he knew nothing Of it,
auU stuck 10 his original recital.
Assistant District Attorney Garvin then
asked; Isn't IL fact. captain, that
little boy told you the vessel was ahre
when you were of Eighty-siXth Street.
Denies the Report.
That's the most absurd report / ever
heard" was the prompt rejCinder. Il
was IN tho pilot house for some time be-
fore the fire began and none Of the pas
seuEcrs could get near me"
HAD Mate Flauigan a liccnsc2"
"Iie did rot The law does not require
him to have one"
After "a number Of other questions
which failed 20 develop anything OF i'm
portance the captain was excused and
a IL nj
examination proved "a serious strain 10
Captain Van Shaick and he was taken
back 20 Lebanon Hospital ia an eX-
hauStCd condition
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Officials of Regatta.

The referee will Doe Richard Armstrong.
Of Yale; the timokoepcr, Evert Jansen
Wendell. Of Harvard; the assistant
timekeepers Mr. Gould. of Columbia :
Frank G. Scofield. Of Cornell, and VIII
liam l. Forbes. of Pennsylvania: and the
Judge at the finish, Fred r. Fortmeyer.
Of New York Athletic Club.
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Marriage and death notices inserted
in the Washington Post will. upon
application, appear simultaneously with
out extra charge for either insertion or
telegraphing. in any or all of the follow
ing-named morning newspapers: New
York Times, Baltimore Herald" BIOS
ton Globe" Buffalo Courier" "Cincin-
ma ii Enquirer, " Chicago Record Herald, %
philadelphia Public Ledger" Pitts
burg Dispatch. Providence Journal. A"
Rochester Herald" st Louis Repub-
lie" st Paul Pioneer Press" Jel-3Ot
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NEW S. P. c. c. CHIEF.

JiNGHAMTON June 2S-H Clay
Preston. superintendent OF the Broome
county Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty 20 Children and Animals. has re-
signed 10 become superintendent Of the
Brooklyn Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty 10 Children
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BIG FIRE IN ROME. N. Y.

ROME. y. Y. June 2S.-Sinks Opera
House and Stanwix Han. the best no
tel In central New York. were or fire
at 1880 D. n. Outside help has been
called for Your men were injured by
falling wall
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TAYLOR TO RESIGN
AS CHIEF CLERK
Prospective Change in Post
office Department.
WILL Go TO ELKINS, w. va.
Resignation Ready, But Not Submitted.
Would Not Retire Pending Cen
eral Investigation.

1t is said that Blaine w Taylor. chief
clerk of the Postoffice Department. in
tends soon to withdraw from the public
service in order to return to the practice
Of law and the publication Of his news
paper al EllSins. W. va
The report was in circulation this
morning that he had already turned in
his resignation to Postmaster General
Payne. but when asked about the mat
ter. Mr.. Taylor denied this. He would
not discuss the story further.
1t is said that Merritt o. Chance, at
present at the head of the division of
pOstoitiee supplies, will succeed Mir. Gay
Tor. The latter is 10 take his thirty
days leave, II was said today. and at
the expiration OF this time he is to hand
in his resignation
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CORNELL, FAVORfTEa I'm
BIG REGATTA TODAY

versity Of Pennsylvania have divided be-
tween them the honor OF winning the
varsity eIght-Oared race. The Red and
White crews have crossed the line win
nerS five times, while the Quakers have
led the way IN the other three races.
ThIee-Miie Contest.
All these races were rowed over the
Hudson River course. with the eXcep-
ton of the 1895 race. which was three
mile contest, and was held on Saratoga
Lake. This race was one OF the three
won by the Pennsylvania crews. The
contest Of 1896 was won by Cornell in
1853, with Harvard, Pennsylvania and
Columbia finishing in the order named
The next year the Ithaca crew was
again first in 20:4S 4-5, with Columbia
second and Pennsylvania third. In 1898
the course was on Saratoga Lake. and
three miles In 15:5llz. Cornell was sec
ond; Wisconsin. third, and Columbia
last. This was the first appearance OF
the Badgers in the East. The next year
they C'Hne 10 POUghkeepSie with SPLEEN
did crew, and were leading by two
lengths at the beginning Of the fourth
mile when a berry crate hoated directly
in their course ana necessitated a wide
GetOur.
The change Of course lost the West
ernerS several lengths, and a the finish
the QuakeTS eight was ahead by half
length. IN 20,0t. Wisconsin was next;
IL seconds behind, with Cornell third
and Columbia fourth. The next year the
order was the same, with the eXccD-
dion that the Georgetown crew. the
latest addition 10 the competing college
oaTsmen, was last
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Good Place Open.

Who viii succeed Chance should the
latter get the chief clerkship. has rot
yet been decided upon. The appoint
ment VIII rest with Chief Inspector
Cochran. who will become purchasing
agent July l. and under whom the super
intendent of the division of supplies
must work
The position of chief clerk has sal
airy of $500 attached 10 it, Chance
draws this salary in his present pO
sition. Taylor is a Democrat who has
been in the department since 1895. lie
was made chief clerk of the dead letter
Office in that year by Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson
Later he became the superintendent
Of the division OF supplies and was
made chief clerk when that Office was
placed within the protection OF the civil
service
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$40 Niagara Fails and Return, 3. B. 0.

r.. r. Special train Standard Coaches
and Parloc Cars leaving Washington :
a. m. July !. via Philadelphia and pic
turesQue Lenigh Valley route Tickets
good for ten days. Stopovers returning.
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TO The darkness we We're able 20 move
our guns
LONDON. June 2S.-General Sakha-
rOh's wOTdy dispatch seems to show
that the Japanese right wing was al
yencirg Saturday and Sunday parallel
with the main road from FenW aTls-
cheng 20 Liao-Yang while the army
from Sluyon is c0ncUrreutly pushing its
advance guard toward Hai-Cheng.
No movements are reported from the
japanese side. MJtu PAS. mentioned
by General Sakharofi. is presumably
MOtienlug Pass.
Battle at Tashichao.
The Russians apparently intend to give
battle at Tashichao. south of Hai-Cheng
on the railway. to General Okus army
A great battle Is thought TO be near
There are frequent slIirmishes between
the armies. The right wing. if its adj
vance continues as outlined in General
Sakhdrofg dispatch. should be able TO
set In the rear OF the Russians maSSiHg
at TashichaO
According to a dispatch from Shang-
hal Field Marshal Oy9ma. lately ,ap-
pointed commander-in-chief of the Jap
aneSe forces. and General kOdama, his
chief Of staff will leave Fakyo for Man
Churi2 on July g.
Russians on Move.
PARIS. June 2S.-The ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo De Paris
telegraphs that il is reported that there
is a general movement Of the Russian
forces 10 the southwark from Lao
Yang. Chinese hostility is increasing.
General Ma. with 25,OoJ Mongolians. is
advancing TO the frontier despite the de-
sire OF the Chinese government 10 OBJ
serve neutrality Bands of Chunchuses
under Japanese officers are causing in
creaSiUg trouble.