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The Washington times., 1905-02-22
MIOuALE GETS SHARE
OF ARMOR CONTRACT

Following the protest made to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Morton
by the officers of the Aiidvale Steel
Company of Pennsylvania the Secre-
tary of the Navy has reconsidered his
decision to reject the recent bids for ar
NOR plate made by the company.
He will award TO the Midyale COM
pany. which was the lowest bidder, q
contract for LOCO tons of the 5000 tons
wanted. The aIidva1e officers came to
washington a few days ago and laid
documentary evidence before President
Roosevelt to show that the plant was
capable of furnishing the arElor in the
up the Contract is an innovation in the
Navy Department. but 1t is believed
there viii be no objection from rival
concerns.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
POLICE METHODS BAR
TO HIS REFORMATION
Harry Sveberg Condemns Espionage OF McAdooand Fre-
quent Arrests Made on Complaint of People
Who Have Known Him.

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-Harry Silver
berg, who was under arrest for three
days as a suspicious person, and was re-
leased from custody with TO formal
complaint against him, condemns the
police methods Of New York and says
they are a bar to his efforts toward
Silverberg was arrested on Saturday
night. at the Ansonia Hotel, where he
was living under the name of j. Cony-
ham Young He was dealing in stock
of the Arizona Consolidated Mining
Company. and according to his own
story. which is credited by Commis-
Sioner McAdoo, was conducting a legiti-
mate business, and at the same time
trying to live down his past record.
Arrests Come Often.
On his release Silverberg denounced
the police methods which were used IN
his case. THE whole trouble lies in the
fact that THESE arrests are made SO
often" ne said, that It is dangerous for
me 30 invest or engage in any legitimate
business, simply because at some inop-
perfume moment some person may recog-
ni2c me for some past misdeed and an
other expose will follow.
4 will say that I have absolutely re-
formed and my friends know it; but If
/ am to be constantly subjected to the
disgrace of arrest, reformation will be
The Washington times., 1905-02-22

impossible. A man is not what he tries
to be, but what people think of him. /
was building up d business and was lfy-
ing under a name that injured nobody.
/ 1mpersonated nobody, and adopted the
name Young in order to conceal my own,
which | had besmirched.
I'm the hotel was living u man with
whom / crossed the ocean in 1901, and
who, when we reached Plymouth, was
without oney. / had been entirely fair
with him, and even went so far as TO
give him sufficient money to pay his ex-
penses abroad and to return home in
case q business venture in which he had
embarked did not prove ii success. He
aed the management that ] was a no.
torious sxindler. My arrest soon fol-
lowed. I have never been convicted Of Il
felony, and there are no records To show
that l ever committed any.
viii Not Leave New York
TT has been intimated to me that I
must leave New York, but the idea is
absurd. / am an American-born citizen
and have never been convicted of Il
crime If the police drive me from here.
so will the police drive me from other
cities. / viii be unable to go to europe,
because, driven from my own country,
they will not allow me to enter another,
and I shall become an outcast-
Silverberg said he did not know in
what business he would now engage,
and that because of his notoriety he
would probably be unable to again join
the Arizona Mining Company, by which
he was employed.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
Harper's Life Depends
On Today's Operation
of University President and His
Friends Has Given Way to More
Cheerful View of the Outcome.

tient himself, say his attendants. is
more cheerful.
The Students Christian Union of the
university has issued a call for Il spe-
cial prayer meeting in Cobb Chapel to-
day at 1G:30 o'clock. DIR. G. r. Hender-
son will be IN charge of the services
and prayers and addresses will be de-
livcred by faculty members and stu
dents.
the Immediate family of President Har+
per near him during the operation. Bull
letins will be issued Immediately after
its conclusion, announcing his condition.
and HGrd will be sent to the university
as soon as the result is known.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
FRhTERN|TIES MEET
At BANQUET BOARD
Zeta Psi and Sigma Chi in
Same Hotel.
AN EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS
Graduate Members of Two Societies
Renew College Days in Song
and Story.

Renewing the associations of their col
iege days, with scng and story, the
graduate members of the Zeta Psi and
Sigma Chi fraternities met in the Shore
ham last evening and held their annual
banquets
Efte.fT held forth in a different banquet
hall, and although It was entirely due to
chance that the two fraternities chose
the same evening and the same place for
their banquets. both showed 8 friendly
spirit and good fellowship by sending
messages of greeting,
At the Zeta Psi banquet several
speeches of an informal character were
made, the cleverest being that of Rep
resentatiye-elect Henry c. Allen, of Pat
erson, Il. J., who arrived late in the
evening. Several members of the Phila-
deiphia chapter of the fraternity were
present, as well as a delegation from the
University of Virginia.
Election of Officers.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year was held, with the following re-
suit
c. n Darling. Tufts. "a. president:
John Ball Osborne, Yale, 'S9, vice presi-
dent: Walter C. Allen. California, 81
secretary; Edward ". Dom. jr., Cor
nell, SO. treasurer: w. Parker Jones'
Tufts, So corresponding secretary, and
Rev. j. +. yerbrycke, Rutgers, tS1, chap
lain. The executive committee was also
named, as follows: C. H Darling, chair
man; Joseph Nin1mo, -jr,. New York
University, SO; Robert ]. Fisher. Penn
syIvania. College, ,67; William II. Morse,
New York University, 70; Walter c..
Emerson. Colby College. 's4. Morris
Hacker, University of Pennsylvania, 'S6;
W. Parker Jones, Tufts, '9S; Charles L.
Bartlett, University of Virginia, ~;
e1fe'7e1aT Longworth. Harvard. 81, and
R. Hearst, Harvard, Sc.
At Sigma Chi Board.
sznquet OF the Sigma Chi Fra
vas considered the most sue
cessfuI In every way ever held in
Washington by that society. Invitations
were sent TO men of such prominence as
George Ade, Grover Cleveland. and
Booth Harrington. all of whom are
members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
In addition to the full local chapter
of the George Washington University.
several out-of-town members were pres
enI, who are students in other univer-
stiles, and any number of old grads.
who forgot their age and for the even
ing. at least, became young again
The evening opened with an invocation
of grace by the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe
after which during the course of the
banquet several speeches were made by
General Runkle who toasted the army
commander and chief DR.. Radcliffe
who told of the Sigma Chi in the church
and in the home, Andrew B. Duvall, the
subject OF whose speech was Laws LIE
gal and Illegal Now in Vogue in the Dis
5rict of Columbia
Short addresses were also made by
William Bride. DR.. J. J. Weaver, An
drew Y Bradley, and DR. Joseph c
Bloodgood, of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Z. r. Fox acted as toastmastel
and appointed a B. Duvall, DR.. Rad.
elite and General Runkle to act as
committee TO visit the Zeta Psi Fra,
ternity, holding its banquet in the hote
at the time, and convey 10 the member.
of that organization, the best wishes o.
the Sigma Chi.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
HOLIDAY TOURNEY
AT PALACE ALLEYS

a special holiday bowling tournament
has been in progress since $50 this
morning at the Palace Alleys and viii
continue until midnight
Cash r,rizes are offered for the differ
eTt higrs scores, and large number OF
members of the different local leagues
have been rolling most Of the day.
special prize has been offered to
anyone who can tumble the alleys high
score of go. which was made by Deyo
last spring.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Dr. William
Rainey Harper, president OF the Uni
versity of Chicago. undergoes today the
operation upon which his life may de-
pend. Dr. Charles McBurney. of New
York, will be assisted by DR.. Billings,
DIR. Arthur Dean Bevan, and DR.. Ludwig
Hektoen.
President Harper spent Tuesday hard
at work. The first copies of three books
which have been written recently by
him We're issued from the University
Press and sent to him for inspection.
He spent the greater part of the day
reading them.
Patient More Cheerful.
For the last few days the feeling of
apprehension with which the coming
operation has been regarded by Presi-
dent Harper and his friends has given
way to a more hopeful view. The pa
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
POISONS APPLE TREES
To KILL HIS DAUGHTER
Swiss Farmer Takes Novel Method to
Commit Double Murder and
Nearly Succeeds.

GENEVA. Feb 22.-Judsment has been
passed in most remarkable poisoning
case at Basle. the accused man being a
farmer named Louis Rung. sixty-three
years Of age.
Rung took a violent dislike TO his
daughter and her husband. NJ. karefler.
and obtained a farge quantity Of arsenic,
which he introduced into the apple trees
of the orchard belonging to the karch-
crs. Some 300 trees were thus treated.
After waiting several weeks for the
fruit TO ripen, Rung gathered a quantity
OF the poisoned apples and asked his
daughter to make d pie for dinner.
The KaFchers ate of the poisoned dish
and became so i'll that a doctor was
summoned.
For a month the Karchers suffered
great pain. and their i'll appearance
aroused much sympathy.
Rung, when arrested, denied the
charge. but finally confessed He was
Sentenced to five years penal servitude-
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
The seaooard Florida Limited Leaves

Washington daily at 6.25 p. m, arriving
at ST Augustine 2:1o p. M, next day,
making quickest time. Two other high
class trains for Pinehurst, Southern
Pines, ant Camden and Southern resorts
Ofic. 1421 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
lnflammasory rheumatism
Cured in Three Days.

Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind.
says: My wife had Infiammatory
Rheumatism fl every muscle and joint;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face were swollen almost beyond
recognition; had BEEN III bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians. bot
received no benefit until she tried the
Mystic Cure Of rheumatism. 1t gave
Immediate relief and she was aDfn TO
walk about in three days. / am sure
1t saved her life Sold by
CT=y-Ms, RAs . M acx
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
The Safest Place in Your Home

is a poor place to keep valuable papers.
Secure a safe deposit box In vaults OF
Union Trust Co, 1414 f st. s. year.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
The
Sunday
: Times
| Are Oh IN
The Sunday |
Times |
There's |
Money for |
You if You |
Are. |

The man with the camera
has been all over the city max
ing snaps. If your likeness is
used the Snapshot Editor will
pay for it.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22

notwithstanding the Severity Of the
weather. Royal Blue Trains of the Bal
tfrnore IL Ohio Railroad to Philadelphia
and New York have made splendid
schedule, time.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
&c Lot

worth 500 to 75o a doz.
Ine1uding plain table
tus1l tun1hlers,
large whisky tunlblers and
S sizes In goId-edge whis-
Ky tumhIers.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
&c Lot

worth 75c 60 soc a dog.
Including cut bottom
whisky tumblers, large
beer or aIo tunabiers, plain
table tunbIsrE and ssltzer
tumb1erg.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22

The new movement is
spreading rapidly among youth
full Washingtonians, and their
page of sunshine has proved a
great success.
The Sunday Times viii be
filled with compelling features
written on subjects that possess
human interest.
The Washington times., 1905-02-22
&c Lot

The first time in the his
tory of the city that thin
blown glasses have been
offered at &c. They are
worth Soc O dozen regu-
1ariy. Choice OF 4 differ
ent styles. Large and
small Wh1skey Tumbiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15

ment was made this morning: I'VE do not
know anything more about the cesston Of
the Isle of Pines than what we have seen
this morning in the newspapers AS we
have received no official information what
ever about the matter, we firmly believe
that the whole affair amounts to nothing,
and is merely q repetition of similar move
ments which have been made in the island
ever since q large American colony estab-
lished itself there and began to buy the
land"
First Claimed by This Country.
BY the terms OF the protocol which ended
actual hostilities In the Spanish war and
the treaty of Paris it was provided that
Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba
and coded to the United States Porto Rico
and other islands now under Spanish sover-
eighty in the West Indies" and II Is upon
that language the claim is made that the
Isle of Pines was ceded to the United
States. The first official Interpretation Of
the treaty was in letter written by Capt.
John ]. Pershng, assistant adjutant gen.
eral, who was then chief of the insular d.
vision in the War Department. 1t was In
reply to a request from man in Pennsyl-
vania relative to the status of the Isle of
Pines. That letter stated that "by direc-
ton of the assistant secretary of war he
was informed that Spain had aceded the
Isle OF Pines to the United States and
that the disposition or the lands OF the Is
land was in Congress. The letter was dated
August IA. 1899. and 1t has been used as
the basis of claims of American citizens
ever since. The assistant secretary of war
at that time was Mr.. George D. Meikle-
john, who had charge Of insular affairs.
To Be Determined by Treaty.
Secretary Root never acquiesced in that
View and a subsequent opinion was written
by Judge Magoon. the law officer Of the in-
sular division. in which he declared that the
determination of the status of the Isle OF
Pines did not rest with the War Depart
ment. but was a political question to be de-.
termined by the President and Congress.
Since that time the Plat amendment has
been passed by Congress and adopted as
part of the Cuban constitution. THAT
amendment provided that the title to the
Isle OF Pines should he determined by treaty
between the United States and Cuba. That
treaty has been negotiated and unequivo-
cally vests the title to the island In Cuba.
Although 1t has not been ratified by the
Senate 1t has definitely committed the ex-
ecutiye branch OF the government to that
view.
The State Department takes the view that
the Isle of Pines was administered by Spain
as a part of Cuba for 200 years. 1t was a
part of the district of Havana. To claim
that II was included among the 'other Is
lands" mentioned In the treaty OF Paris
would mean also that the United States se-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15

At the Cuban legation the following state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15
MUST RAISE THE STANDARD.
Rating Of the Goshen, Ind, Post ofhcs
Has Fallen.

The Post Once Department has closed
the case involving Postmaster Chauncey
d. Sherwin Of Goshen, Ind. In charges
submitted TO the effect that the civil service
laws had been violated through the bringing
OF pressure upon post office clerks to make
contributions for campaign purposes. An
investigation made by representative OF
the Post Office Department 10 ascertain
what part, If any. Mr.. Sherwin had in So
iiciting contributions for political purposes,
failed to elicit evidence sufficient to war
rant summary action In the case OF the
postmaster
Postmaster sherwin, however. has been
notified that the condition OF his office
must be Immediately improved The rating
of the Goshen office has fallen under its
present management from good" In 1908
to "fair" In 1906. according to the Post
Office Department The department re-
quires rating OF good or better in presi-
Dental post Offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15
NOT WELCOME NEWS
Action of Americans in Isle
Of Pines. j.
SURPRISE TO OFFICIALS
SECRETARY ROOT BELIEVES THE
LAND BELONGS TO CUBA.
Matter Now in the United States Sem
ate Awaiting Decision--Notice ].
Sent to the President. asa,
SURPRISE TO OFFICIALS

1t can be said that the would-be sseced-
ers Of the Isle Of Pines from Cuban rule
will receive no encouragement from the
administration. Secretary OF State Root,
when he was Secretary of War was very
clear and emphatic on the points shat the
Isle OF Pines belonged to Cuba as a. mat
ter Of right, as q matter OF international
law and as a matter of Justice further
more, that in procuring naval stations In
Cuba for the United States there was
general understanding that the Isle of
Pines was to be coded to Cuba, although
its title had been I'm doubt. One of the
naval station that at Guantana mo; already
has been coded, and there never. had been
any question about the seeding of the one
at Bahia Honda. - ~ef'
The reported secession of the residents
from Cuban control is deprecated vigor-
be contemplated. would be taken only after
the government has been advised officially
and fully as to the situation.
1t has been known for several months
that American residents In the Isle of
Pines were becoming FESTIVE under Cuban
control, but iutimatfon has been re-
ceived in official circles here that they
intended to resort to radical measures to
asset what they believe to be their rights
as American citizens.
A Surprising Announcement.
The announcement that at mass meetings
of residents of the island delegates were
chosen to come to Washington to antagon-
ize the treaty pending before the Senate
for the formal transfer OF the island to
the republic of Cuba was not surprising
to administra ton officials; but surprise was
created at the reported erection Of ter
ritorial government on the island and the
selection OF important officials to admins
ter the affairs of that government. No
advices indicating such action have been
received officially and nothing is known of
It except that which Is contained In the
press dispatches.
The statement is made frankly by admin
istration officials that the attitude of resi-
dents of the Isle of Pines toward the treaty
negotiated with Cuba for the formal trans
fer OF the island to the Cuban government
has embarrassed rather seriously the United
States in its relations with the republic CT
Cuba. The treaty was negotiated in good
faith 10 carry out what is regarded by the
President and other officials of the admin
istration a the evident intent of the treaty
of Paris and to clear away any element of
doubt which might exist as TO the control
of the island.
1t is pointed out that some of those who
located on the Isle of Pines after the Span
ish war went there before the status of the
island was understood fully and engaged in
schemes OF promotion of their private in
terests.
Belief at Cuban Legation.
At the Cuban legation the following state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15
RULERS OF TME WORLD.
MEAT EATING NATIONS ARE THE LEADERS
IN EVERY BRANCH OF HUMAN
ACHIEVEMENTS.

The ruling nations OF the world meat eaters.
and history records that they always have been.
vesstarians and food cranks may explain this In
any way they choose, but the facts remain that
the Americans, English. French, Russians and
Germans meateating nations. and they are
also the most energetic and most progressive.
The principal food Of the heroic Boer soldier
known as Biltong, Is sort OF dried beef. afford
ing a great deal of nourishment in highly con-
centrated form.
The weak races OF people are the rice-eating
Chinese. Hindoos and Siamese, regarded since the
dawn Of history non-progressive. superstitious
and inferior physically and mentally to the meat.
eating nations who dominate them.
The structure Of the teeth plainly indicates that
human beings should subsst upon a variety OF
food meat. fruit and grains, and 1t is unhygienic
to eonnne ones diet to any Of those classes to
the exclusion Of another
Meat 10 the most concentrated and most easily
dicested Of foods. but manner Of living 10
often 30 unnatural that the digestive organs refuse
to properly digest meat, eggs and similar nutri-
tious sne wholesome food. but 1t Is not because
such food 10 unwholesome but the real reason Is
that the stomach lsrxs, from disease or weakness.
some necessary digestive element; hence arising
indigestion and, later on. chronic dyspepsia.
Nervous people should eat plenty Of meat. eonya-
iescents should make meat the principal food hard
working people have to do 80. and brain-workers
and once men should eat. not SO much meat, but
at least once day, and to insure its perfect d.
gcstion one or two Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
should be taken after each meal. because they
supply the peptones, diastase and fruit acids lack
ing in every Of stomach. trouble.
Nervous dyspepsia. catarrh Of stomach. gastritis.
sour stomach. gas and acidity are only different
names for Indigestion. the failure to digest whole
some food and the use Of stusrt's Dyspepsia Tab
lets cures them all because. by ancrding perfect
Digestion tho stomach has a chance TO rest and
recover fts natural tone and vigor.
Stuart's DysIspsis Tablets 10 the real house
hold medicine; Il e a. safe and pleasant for the
stomach ache OF ths baby - 1t Is for the imper.
feet digestion Of TT grandsire.
They are not cathaftic. bat digestive. and no
plll habit can sver follow thsir use IT, ony habit
8tuart's Tahasn indnee = the hsbit Of Upof -
resties, Al esneequsn&1y - Aee1<A.
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Used Indian Club on Wife.

For assaulting his wife while she was In
bed Daniel Gatewood was sent to jail yes
terday by Judge Kimbali for three months
The evidence showed that the husband and
wife had a dispute regarding attendance
at church, to which the husband objected.
That started a dispute between the par
ties. and after the wife had gone to bed
the husband attacked her with large In
dian club. After being struck the woman
Jumped from her bed and wrested the club
from her husband.
Mercy struck my heart. judge" she said
in telling the story in court, "and 1 did
nothing in revenge"