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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
PARSON WITH HIS ROPE
SAVED DEACON FROM SEA

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-There was a
general laugh and a composite sheer
when the Rev. AzeI Il. Fish. Of the
Presbyterian Church of Islip, L. l. start
ed on his Sunday school picnic TO FIRE
Island bearing a neatly coiled rope.
GO on laughing, gentlemen" said he
Ia the deacons and elders. I'm carry
ing this rope in case one Of you feeble
old chaps fall overheard.
Six hours later Deacon Eugene r.
Smith. President of Islip's board of
education. found himself powerless in
the grip Of an undertow that was bear
ing him seward. His cry was heard
above the oceans roar.
Then the derided clergyman got busy.
His little private lifeline" was uncOil-
ed and the endangered smith was haul
ed 20 safety through the breakers
There was a unanimous vote OF thanks
and resolutions of abject apology to the
triumphant minister
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
EPIDEMIC OF MARRIAGES
CAUSES, TEACHER FAMINE

POTTSVILLE. Pa. Aug. 20.-The in
roads Of Dan cupid on the ranks OF fe-
male teachers this year mas been aston
ishing to school boards, and several in
srances have come under the notice of
county superintendent Settler. where
school boards which adopted resolutions
N ennpIov none but female teachers have
beeD compelled 10 rescind the resOlu-
tons.
Heretofore in this county whenever
there was school teacher to be elect
ed there were nearly always half doz-
en- women applicants.
The prosperous times in the coal re-
giOn, which enable young men to car
~ out IonF-deferred matrimonial inten-
tions. are undoubtedly responsible for
this unusual situation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
QUICKSILVER LAKE
FOUND IN MEXICO
Value of Deposit Estimated
at Many Million
Dollars.

CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico. Aug. 20
A lake of quicksilver. covering an area
of more than three acres, and having
a depth ranging from ten to nifty feet
is said 90 have been discovered in the
mountains Of the state Of Vera cruz.
The value of the product is estimated al
many millions OF dollars.
The news Of this discovery was
brought % this city by c. A Bungi a
niuIng man who declared he was SUI
fering from rnercurlal poisoning from
having spent much time investigating
The extent of the lake, and coming ln
contact with the quicksilver. He went
10 santa Rosalia Springs, In the state
NJ chihuahua. where be took course
Of treatment He returned to the Ci'y
of Mexico several days ago fully re-
stored o. health.
AIR Buuzi interested r. LagerWaI.
wealthy iron manufacture Of Sweden.
who is now I'm Mexico on business, ana
p Feetiu. OF New York. who &C
COMMANDED Bungi 20 the state Of Vera
Cruz and proved the truth Of his as
This lake of quicksilver has been
known IN the Indians Of that locality
for many generations. II is situated Iar
un I'm the mountains In an almost IN
accessible position. It's surface ls pa
covered by stones IL ls hrl-rNt H nc !
volcanic action in the mountains aooEe
snclted the quicksilver out or IAe
cinnabar ore. and that IL ran DOWN
and flIed this depression.
- ,.rvs4U and Felin have agreed 10
nr0vffe the capital for the operation
If me rich md. A tunnel viii be driven
through the base Of the moutaln' ana
ne quicksilver viii be brought down
nv means of gravity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
The Chilean Disaster.

Apparently the worst that was
indicated by the earliest reports of
the Chilean earthquake Sc 20 be con-
frmed by the detailed information.
The loss of life viii b. several times
as great as was that in the Califor-
MA catastrophe, and the property
damage viii approximate an equal
total.
With the cataclysm of California
so fresh in. their minds, the Ameri-
can people viii naturally fall to
comparing the two horrors, so very
much alike, Comparisons, however,
which omit consideration of the diff
ferences between Chile and the
United States viii be utterly made
quate. 4 disaster such as that of
San Francisco would be paid for by
a few days income of the American
people. The question whether or
not San Francisco should be rebuilt
was answered before il was asked.
There never was such a question.
Half a billion dollars? 4 modest
appeal 10 the sentiment of this rich
est nation of earth w1uld be sufi-
cient TO bring it forth. Nobody
would miss it,
But Chile's case is sadly differ
ent-a little country of approx
mately 100000 square miles. largely
mountainous, and much of it yet
untouched by civilization, with about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
Kissed Wife In Public
Both Placed In Cell
Street No Lovers Lane, Declared OVerZeaI-
Gus Policeman, and Now Trouble lSBreW-
ing For Philadelphia Magistrates.

companion 10 hear whom Conaor sWo0p-
ed down upon him.
What in the h. do YOU think this
IS. lovers lanC2' is the polite question
Deitz says was addressed 10 bin. Upon
being told that the couple were married.
Policeman COnuoT remarked that he had
heard SUCH stories before and the march
to the Eleventh and Winter streets sta-
tiOn-house began.
Charge Disorderly Conduct.
There Dcitz and his wife had cell r0or1
until his friend hunted up Iagistrata
O'Bricp attn a COPY OF the charge,
"disorderly conduct" and procured an
order Of release. At the hearing yester-
day morning the policeman swore that
he had seen Deitz and his wife kissing
in the street 40 chance was given 10
the couple to Offer testimony, but the
ma gfstrate ordered their discharge with
out hearing anything more
DeitZ maintains that he is puzzled by
This kind Of Justice and thinks LhaL there
ought 70 be some sort Of redress for a
man who Is locked up with his wife on
a charge which he has witnesses o. dis
prove. Jie proposes TO seek IL from
director Potter. Furthermore. he is VII
ling 20 waive the question OF focL as
Il the kissing, and win night Il cut on the
lines that he has a right 10 kiss his
wife II he pleases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
ALL WELCOME THERE.

Two little poems have been a source
Of amusement among railroad officers In
New York. They were first given TO the
public eye by d prominent railroad Of
ticer under the title An Welcome
There" and are puTpOrted 10 be signed
the first one by George +. Baer and the
second ny John Mitchell. The poem
credited 20 Mr.. Baer Is here given, with
the question of it's authorship unan-
swered:
All his life in a union mine
He earned his daily bread;
They buried him in a union grave
When the union man was dead.
He had a union doctor.
And he had a union nurse:
He had a union coffin.
And he got a union hearse.
And then he went TO heaven.
But 10 stay he didn't care.
He kicked because he said that some
NOnunion men We're there.
He went down to the other place
And produced his union card
Then Satan threw an earnest face
And studied good and hard.
And then ne laughed; his hands did rub
TIL you'd thought he'd never stop.
Lord bless your soul, said Beelzebub,
why. this is an open shop"
The answer. credited to John Mitchell.
whose authorship is likewise uncOnfirm-
ed reads:
a strong-minded person named Baer.
Who is handling his coal with much
care,
Nav md when he dies.
To his pain and surprise,
That his coal is not wanted down there,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
THOUGHT ACTOR KEOGH
WAS MISSING BANKER
New York Detective Was Going to Ar
rest Him for Paul
Stensland.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2o-Stenslands are
cropping mp all over the country these
days. Here in Kew York Detective
Sergeant Duggan felt sure he had nail
cd the missing Chicago banker. Hello.
Paul; how'd you leave everything out
IN Chicago?"
This was the way Dugsan greeted VII
liam Eeogh, an actor, as the latter was
dining on Broadway.
Guess again." replied Keogh. I'm
not Paul"
Sure you are" insisted DuEgan.
you're Paul SteDsIand, the Chicago
banker for whom there is a reward of
5000" Then he started TO arrest
Keogh, but Eddie" Dunn, who knew
Duggan. rescued the actor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
CAPTAIN TONCRAY BURIED
IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY

The funeral Of capt A. r. p Toncray
took Mace from his late residence, POI \
street northwest this morning at 10
o'clock. The services were conducted by
the Rev. C. ". Haveu. Of the People
Mission. and the Rev. J. B. Clayton. a
song service was conducted by the Rev.
C. W. Haveu. assisted by ). p. Nc
Curdv. w. c. McNichaei, and W. r. -.
Winter.
al the vauIt in Arlington. Junior Vice
Commander b F. Graham, or Che De
partmeut of the Potomac, @. A. r., took
charge of the remains and concluded the
ceremonies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20

PHILADELPHIA, Aug D--It isn't
often that q man is so attentive 70
his wife in public that he gets arrest
cd for Il. and when he does he isn't
likely TO ike it.
That is how John J. Deitz, Of zl5b
North Colorado streets, feels. and he is
going 10 have it out with the whole po-
lice department. from Director Potter
right down the line.
Mr.. Deitz was arrested last Saturday
night ut the corner of Tenth ard ArcH
streets by Policeman Conuor, who ac-
Cused him of kissing pretty young Wo-
man who was with him. and who told
Magistrate O'BrIen Yesterday morning
that she is Mrs. Deitz, that her hus-
band wasn't kissing her at all when he
was arrested, and that AZ he had been
il was uObOdy'5 business but his and
her own.
Policeman Is Shocked.
From the facts in the case It would
seem that Policeman Conner was over
jealous in his desire 20 prevent Cupid
from sporting or the pavements Of Arch
street. For Mr.. Deitz says that he had
leaned close 70 his wife to whisper some
thing to her which ne did not wish a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20

100000 population. The loss that
has been sustained, instead of be-
ing negligible in proportion to the
national resources, comprises an
alarming fraction of the country's
wealth.
Texas has about the same popula-
ton and area as Chile, but much
more potential wealth. If Texas
were an autonomous country, and
disaster would utterly wreck the
cities of Austin. Dallas. Port Worth,
Galveston. Houston, San Antonio,
and Waco, the loss would be pro-
portionately much less than Chile's,
To reconstruct after such a disas-
ter would strain the shattered
credit of any community of 5000, 900
people on earth.
Chile was South Americas pioneer
in freedom, commerce, development,
civilization. Few countries have
had SO great commerce in proper
ton to population. Until inevitably
overshadowed by the greater areas
and populations of Brazil and the
Argentine, Chile was South Ameri-
cas- leader. In character, patriot
ism, intelligence, purpose, and de-
termination It is still the leader.
Few nations would more courageous
~ meet so appalling a misfortune,
and few have ever been called upon
to do so. Chile's is the spectacle of
a noble, vigorous, progressive young
nation crippled beyond the posi-
bility of recovery in many years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
JENNY LIMBS SON MADE
CHANCERY COURT OFFICER

LONDON. Aug. 20.-The fact that Mr.
W r Goldschmidt has Just been ap-
pointed chancery registrar OF the royal
courts OF justice of England recalls an
interesting romance. There are not per-
haps many persons who know he is a
son OF the famous songstress of the last
century. Jenny Lind, nor is it perhaps
widely known outside the family circle
that his father, Otto Goldschmidt, will
on Tuesday enter on his seventy-eighth
birthday.
II is just a little more than half a
century since the famous musical pro-
fessOr accompanied the Swedish Night
ngale on her tour of the United States
and fell in love with her in the course
Of her successful engagement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
SEE REAL SEA SERPENT
ON RHODE ISLAND COAST

WATCH HILL. r. 7, Aug 2o.-Peo-
pie of stonington have had an oppOrtun-
ity to see a real sea serpent. Captain
Horn, with a sailing party in the knock
about Trouble. came in contact with the
animal in Fishers Island Sound, and
there was some excitement aboard the
boat All movable articles on board
were brought into use 20 drive of the
animal and for some time IL kept up
a persistent chase. 1t is inscribed as
being between seven ana ten feet long
and having a head as large as aman's
fisI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
EXPRESS CAR RAN WILD
CAUSING 100000 Loss
Crashed Into Engine on Main Line,
Wreckage Taking FiTe-NO
One Injured.

HAZELTON. Pa, Aug. ga runaway
express car and caboose caused a serious
wreck and the loss Of 100000. The cars
started from a siding on WeaJherly Hill
and. gliding out onto the main line, sped
with terrific speed down the grade,
crashing into an engine and steam
wrecker az Penn Haven Junction
A moment after the crash the wreck
age took fire from a stove In the ca
boase and was totally consumed. The
express car was filed with valuable
packages. al of which were destroyed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
.SERYIA PAYS BOUNTY
ON BUTTERFLY PEST
Little Winged Insects Destroying Crops
Worth Four Cents Per 5oO-Over
zo,ooo,ooo Already Killed.

BELGRADE. Aug. Blowing TO the
damage done TO crops by butterflies. the
Servlan minister Of the interior offered
cents for every 900 captured.
Although the amount appears small
the pursuit Of BUTTERFLIES is profitable,
as already 100000 of them have been
rendered for reward. The minister says
it IS cheap % get rid Of these millions
al a cost OF SI.750.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
THOUGHT a LICENSE
HAD MARRIED THEM

WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 2O.-Thlnk-
ing the receipt of a marriage license
constituted a civil ceremony, Immaculate
Jacobelli and Matteo Saccona have been
living together for more than year,
and We're deceived until Jhey wanted
to transfer some property and lawyer
told them they had never been welded.
They secured the license from former
Magistrate Bradley on January 81, 1905,
and then went to housekeeping. The
lawyer yesterday told the couple of their
plight and they quickly went to Mayor
Wilson, who performed the ceremony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
A PaCkingtOWn Beautiful.

If the dispatches from Chicago
tell the truth, the report shortly 10
issue from the Bureau Of Animal
Industry on 'Packingtown, the New
City Beautiful" will be mighty in
terestin' readln'. Everything was
all right in the first place, as we
all remember. The Jungle" was
a dream and the Neiu-Reynolds re-
port a distortion of impractical
idealism. But now, unless the news
items are wholly unfounded, even
Mr.. Sinclair, DR.. Neir, and Jimmy
Reynolds will be satisfied.
Day and night shifts have worked M
cessantlF NJ the plumbing, rehuing, and
rebuilding or the numerous departments
NJ the larger plants, and the demand
for men at tho yards has been so great
That downtown buildings have actually
suffered for want OF labor
Tke drainage of the stock yards-a
big problem with the packers-wilI he
altered at once 20 meet the require
ments of the law. In their desire TO
60 one better. however, tn" packers
have called upon their engineers to sub
NIT q scheme whereby a unified plan
Of sanitation for the whole of Pack
HEtoWn might he inaugurated.
The present system. Il is pointed out
covers the rules set down by the de-
partmeuI controlling the Industry uu-
der the new law. but the packers them
selves desire 10 introduce a sort Of
model arrangement
Thus the statement from Chicago.
The need for changes Of so sweep
ing a character ought never to have
arisen. But il did arise. and now
the changes are being made. When
they are finished and certified by
the Department of Agriculture, the
American meat market may be ex-
pected Immediately TO reach an
equilibrium profitable alike to rails
ers. packers, and consumers.
In that event. we shall be greatly
surprised if the packers are not the
first to realize the profound, com
nonsense wisdom of making their
business entirely sanitary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
TWO MEN ASK $4,000
FOR EIGHT FINGERS
Injured by Machinery in Mills, They
Begin Suit to Recover Damages
From Employer.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2o.-A value
nj x45. 600 was placed on eight fingers
In two suits entered In common pleas
court by I.azar Lipsky. wood carver,
and fourteen-vear-oId Charles MCClaf-
ferty.
Lipslly asks $4,000 damages from
Charles SOlzeT, who has mill al -oI4
Washington avenue. He had ms FlshI
hand caught in a lathing machine on
August 4. and the thumb and -FOUR
fingers were cut on. McClaherty LOST
three fingers by having his hand caught
in a machine IN the factory OF John
NJ. Mauoys Sons. at Broad ana spring
Garden streets, and he seeks TO recover
$40 O0O damages
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
MILLIONS INVOLVED
IN WILL CONTEST
Case Of Mr.. and Mrs Lafargue Par
aIlel to That Of the
Fairs.

NEW YORK. Aug. 20--The death OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. George Ladargue. who
were killed I'm a collision between an
automobile and a Pennsylvania railroad
express train, will precipiJate a will CON
test. II Is learned today, that Will par
aueI the famous fight for the Fair mil
lions. The question of whether Mt OF
Mrs. I.anargue died first viii be raised
as in the cases OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fair. who were killed in wreck near
Paris.
A man named BIakely, husband OF a
daughter of Mrs. Lafargue, was active
here collecting evidence regarding lhe
circumstances Of the accident. and me
probability OF Mrs Laffargue.s surNlE,al
>1is,IrsI1re 81 q FIGHT for the property,
said 10 be worth more than hundred
millions Of dollars
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
EXPLORER NOW PRESENTS
SOLUTION FOR CANAL
Says the Patagonian Natives Would
Like to Do the Digging, and 1t
Would Benefit Them.

BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. 2o.-GeorEe
Edwards ana explorer tn South America
who has attempted 20 Chrlstanlze me
savagts iu Brazil and Patagonia, con-
templates bringing % the attention Oh
the Government & plan % use ihtse
savages as laborers on the Panama
canal.
Edwards said they would make eN-
cellcut worlmen and once having oeeA
brought ln touch with elNiHzauou
would return 90 their oSn country ana
euIlghten their bvnighted brethren.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
A Valuable Work Crippled.

Another illustration of the false
economy with which Congress pro-
vides for the bureaus of the Gov
eminent is offered by a news item
of Saturday concerning the Bureau
of Education. For lack of room,
the head of that Office has been
forced 10 order the educational mu-
scum boxed and stored. The space
thus cleared is needed for the
library Of the bureau.
This division of the departmental
service occupies a rented building
at the corner of Eighth and G
streets. The structure is old, poor
~ or not at ali adapted to its pres
ent use. and not we'll situated. That
it Is too small is sufficiently proven
by the commissioner reluctant ac-
tion in disseminating one of its most
valuable and interesting features.
Yet this building costs the nation
$4,000 a year in rent.
At the Governments borrowing
rate of 10 per cent, $4,000 is the in
terest on S21O,521 That sum is
more than sufficient 10 construct a
handsome new building. specially
adapted TO the needs of the Bureau
of Education, and equip both its
library and museum with modern
appliances. In the case of the
library, the present accommoda-
lions. including the space now oc-
cupied by the museum, are barely
disable. In the case of the museum,
there are no present accommoda-
tons at all
The importance of the work in
volved in this calculation is not
generally understood The library
of the Bureau of Education is prob
ably the finest collection of works
on pedagogy in the world IT is con-
suited constantly by teachers and
professors, and even in it's present
situation may fairly be counted a
wide-reaching influence for the ad-
vancement of American public edu-
cation. The commissioner does well
to make room for it.
But the library is not now doing
more than half the work it might
do. It is, indeed, in a position cor
responding exactly to that of the
Library of Congress before it was
properly housed. If it were given
modern shelving and modern al
coves. if its employees were given
the help of modern equipment, if
those who study there were given
the advantages of good light and
ready access TO the books, it is be-
yond ell question that the library
would double its practical value.
Those who apply TO the Bureau
of Education for help in their studies
can help materially to correct this
penurious policy. If they are awake
20 their opportunities they Will not
fail to see that Congress is properly
impressed next winter with the need
for giving this bureau decent quar-
tiers. \ word to a Congressman
from a constituent in Cambridge. an
other word TO another Congressman
from a constituent in Chicago, and
so on, until the body of users Of
the bureau has reached the body
of Senator's and Representatives,
and the thing is done. 1t can be
achieved without that aid. but that
aid viii accomplish it at once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
,. IN THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY y
High Tide of Entertainment
Reaches Newport This Week
Tennis, Luncheons, Polo, Dinners, and Dancing
viii Keep Society's Devotees Busy For the
Next Few Days

Miss Grace Rainey, Of this city, who is
spending the summer at Lenox, enter
tanned small dinner party at Fern
brook last night ga honor OF her guest
Miss Edna Wallace. Of New York.
Mrs. W Z. Clark has reached LcnOx.
and is stopping al Heaton Hall
The Trinity Church choir at Lenox.
Mass, was away on a vacation yesteF-
day and Miss Josephine Durand, daugh-
ter Of the British ambassador, who hss
returned there from a visit with the
Misses Oliver at Murray bay. Canada
Miss Yyonne Shepard. Miss Cornelia
Barnes. Miss Elsie Bacon and other
girls well known IN society here, led
the singing. Secretary Bouaparte. who
Is over there visiting Mrs. BOnaparte.
attended ST. AIMS Catholic Church yes
terday morning, and in the afternoon
took a drive with Mrs. BOuaparte
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Legare were
among the throng Of people at the
Sherry bathing pavilion at NarraEansett
Pier yesterday morning. Roger *. Wet
more was also there and gave a lunch
con 20 a party Of friends.
Inc mexican Minister 90 cuba, SeIos
Godoy, who -ae one time charge
d affaires and first secretary OF thl
Mexican embassy here, gave "a brilliant
reception iu Havana Saturday night
when he was assisted by Nine GOdoy
Their debutaute daughter is quite p0pu-
lar at the Cuban capital
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and
Count GleischIn. the military attache OF
the British embassy. were members OF
the cricket team picked from the Lenoz
Club. which played a team of horticul
tITtsts at ElmcOurt, the country place
OF William ID. Sloane. on Saturday.
Miss Anna S. Burrows. Of 261J Uni
versity place this city, is spending sew.
eral weeks iu Cleveland Ohio. and or
the Lakes Miss Burrows is accom-
panied by Mrs Gramlich, OF Cleveland
After visiting Niagara Falls she win re-
turn 20 Washington via New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
TEAMS IN COLLISION, BUT
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE

Perry Matthews. of 22fO Cleveland ave.
nue. northwest, was driving his team
along 3 street southeast last night ard
collidcd full force with team standing
at the corner of Second and B streets,
partially demolishing the wagons. No
body was injured as a result OF the ac-
Cidcnt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
HEBREWS IN SPAIN
FAST FOR RUSSIAN DEAD

MADRID, Aug. 20.-All Jews in Spain
are observing today special iast as a
sign of mourning Tor those who lost
their lives in the Russian massacres.
The idea was suggested In letter
;rranse n SIMILAR international fast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20

Although Senator La Toilette had
dropped out of sight for a few days,
re seems to have been doing bust
ness. Colonel Hepburn has just
called him a liar in the course Of
q speech.