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kINOT ]. SAVAGE Ill
AND ABANOONS LABORS
Noted Preacher Forced to Take Long
Vacation Across Continent by
0verwoTked Condition.

NEW YORK, Feb. Glowing to q
general breakdown. caused by too close
attention to his ministerial duties, the
Rev. Dr.. Minot J. Savage. of the Church
Of the Messiah, has been obliged to take
a long vacation, and is now on his
way to California with his wife. He
expects to be away for several months.
1t was not generally known to his
large congregation until Sunday last.
when the Rev DR.. Robert Collyer ap-
peared In the pulpit, that DR.. Savage
was i'll. After service it was annouuc-
ed that he had left the city on the pre-
vious day. For several years DIR Col
lyer has left the active duties in the
church entirely to DIT. Savage. and
the latter has attended tie church with
out taking any vacation. II was due
to this that his health became under
mined.
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One Of Cannon's Jokes.

Speaker Cannon is ever ready for
chance to spring a joke on mis- colleagues
in Congress. It does not matter in par
tIcuIar In what manner the jest Is sprung
Uncle Joe" has acquired the faculty of
making those who are victims appreciate
the pun as well as those who listen
In dealing out favoTs in committee as
signments TO Representative If an OPP
pOrtanity presents itself whereby the
mighty ruler can perpetrate q joke on
d man he would not hesitate to seize H.
Nehemiah Day Sperry. representing
the Second Congressional district Of
Connecticut Is the victim of one OF
Uncle JOes'' Kood-natuTed jokes Mr..
SperTv is one of the teetGtaieTs of Con
gTess II is said that is the reason WY
he was assigned as chairman OF the
Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.
The other day Mr. Sperry, who Is elo-
quently described by one Of mis- col
leagues as always looking like a key
of nails" stood in the depths Of woe oy
a House elevator.
Mark Smith Delegate from Arizona.
who il is violating no confidence TO say,
is not teet0taler came along.
What's the matter. Sperry2' he asked.
I am worried about my LIQUOR bill
over in the Senate. said SperTy.
oh. cheer uptF chOrtied Smith; go
on over and pay IT.
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Still Fighting for Reform.

The fight for good government IS
still on in Pennsylvania. Against
all the devices of the regulars, the
Independents were able yesterday to
hold Philadelphia and capture Pitts
burg-the two chief cities of the
State, and, perhaps, the two most
notably corrupt municipalities in the
country.
Thought is directed by the vote to
two things-the present futility in
Pennsylvania of the old cry of re
form within the party" ana the
work for good government which
women can do without having OBJ
tanned the franchise
In Philadelphia the ring (minus
some of its most shining jewels, but
the same old ring, nevertheless}
captured the recent primaries in the
name of good Republican govern
ment-" Thereupon, thH City party,
the Lincoln party, and the Liberty
party, many of whose members had
voted in the hope of restoring Re
pubIicanism to a decent standing,
continued their organizations and
made ready for the forthcoming cleo
tion. Yesterdays results indicate
that the city is as watchful against
pseudo reform as any outsiders could
have hoped.
The capture of Pittsburg is q vic
tory of no small proportions. The
city has been in the hands of graft
ers as long as its mate at the other
end of the State, its elections have
been as corrupt, and its redemption
has seemed as hopeless. Yet the
Citizens and Civic parties were able.
not only to elect their candidate, but
TO elect a Democrat, the first in fiji
teen years to win in Pittsburg, ana
defeat a combination of all the favor
ed interests which have been using
Pennsylvania as their own for a gen
Grafton.
AS for the women, they fought
with coffee, sandwiches, automobiles,
and open churches in lieu of votes.
They did not win in the contest on
which they centeTed tneic greatest
interest, thats in Allegheny. but
they did contribute notably TO the
results in the two larger cities. IS
long as they are able to help so much
toward such victories, they are prob
ably content-at any rate they ought
TO be content-to do without the bal
lot.
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DR.. Wiley Kept Busy.

Dr.. Wiley, the chemical expert OF the
Department of Agriculture is a promi-
nent figure about the precincts of the
House OF Representatives nowadays
The Committees on Ways and Means
and Interstate and Foreign Commerce
seek his advice and the benefit OF his
knowledge every day.
Before the Ways and Means Com
mittee there is a proposition TO put de-
natuTed alcohol on the free list. The
Commerce Committee has the pure
food bill under discussion. on both
these propositions DR.. Wiley testifies
Oftsn and long He Juggles bottles OF
mysterious substances before the gen
tlemens faces and INDUCES in long and
SOnOTOus technical names. The mem
beers of the committees are learning
much
1t We hear much more about alcO-
mol" said one of the committee mem
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The DRAWBACK.

L'Ian MacIaren' declares his solemn
conviction that a sense of humor is a
hindrance to success in life, and advises
young men having that dangerous
quality to hide it behind an impenetrabIe
solemnity till they have secured a com
petence.l
Sing drge and ode and requiem,
Bring cypress, yew and willow:
Let tears from center to the hem
Bedew the mournful pillow
OF him who tries
In foolish wise
To capture Humor as she flies.
tbs his. indeed, with patient toll
To sift from chaff the kernel,
Or Prigdoms platitudes to spoil
And win a fame eternal;
To reach a pitch
OF greatness which
Insures for him a lofty niche.
But, OH let all who read this verse
Take warning by the writer,
Whose prospects of success grow worse
As what he says grows lighter,
And oft must sit
And prune his wit
Till all the humor's out of it.
London Chronicle.
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The Professions Charm.

4 writer in one OF the Boston
newspapers contributes a thoughtful
and interesting column Of matter
concerning the oVercroWding OF the
liberal professions ard the difficulty
a young man has nowadays in max
ing a living at them. He thinks it
would be better for the world and
for the youth of our land If ali the
law and medical schools were to
shut down for five or ten years.
Most men will incline To think he
is right. except that the youngsters
of a decade from now would have a
harder time than ever TO establish
themselves as against those who had
held the field free from new cOmpeti-
ton for so long a time. And why
should not the same logic apply to a
restriction OF any new output of any
kind of acknowledgement mechanical
for the same period? The thing
is as impossible in one case as in
another.
The trouble with men who advise
against entering the professions gen
orally is that they fail to recognize
the charm, the potent call that medi-
cine and Law have for young men,
especially of a college education.
For instance, the writer referred TO
above says;
There is d mistaken notion prevail
ing that a professional life is more de-
siFable than any other. but il is diff
cult 10 see the advantage of starving
living as q blacksmith. This folly can
most often be laid at the door OF am
bilious parents. who, taking the shin
ing lights OF the professions for their
example, and believing that Thomas or
Richard or Henry is just a little smart
eF thau the average and little above
working with his hands. condemn their
dear ones 10 a life of less Independence
than II they had enlisted them in the
White Wings Brigade"
You cannot talk blacksmithing or
street cleaning to an ambitious and
able boy who is choosing his life's
vocation. He knows of the enor-
nous gifts success bestows in medi-
cal or legal practice; he knows the
possibility OF winning, and it has the
fascination of a gamble for him.
What has pounding at a forge or
sweeping a street to offer in rivalry E?
Are steady-and small-Wages a
sufficient inducement to make any
young man of brains give up his
hopes of a profession? Not if he is
worth his salt.
The truth is that the professions
offer greater rewards and more of
them than ever before. OF course
there are more men after the prizes,
but ability is as sure to get its own
before the bar and in the operating
room as in the realm Of metalIurgy
or electrical science. Fools are out
of the running everywhere.
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Good for the Church.

The encyclicaI of the Pope. pro-
testing against the separation of
church and state in France. may be
taken as a sign of immediate disap-
pointment and indignation rather
than as any attempt to look into the
future. II is unpleasant for French
Catholicism, TO be sure, to be de-
prived Of the governmental subsidies
il has enjoyed for a great many years,
and 1t is more than likely injustices
have been done in the matter of set
Ting the rights to church property.
Yet time remedies heavier wrongs
than those and the papacy will in
the long FUN gain vastly from the
action of the French deputies.
II is a patent fact that the Cath
OliC Church fiOurishes most where it
is wholly independent of the rule of
governments which are too often but
the opponents of politics. Here in
America the growth and spiritual
power of Catholicism shows plainly
enough what Is best for the church.
England furnishes another example.
The Catholic people themselves sup
port the faith and do it Loyalty and
willingly. So it will be in France,
after the first shock of separation
from the state is over. The church
is vital and influential enough to out
live any number of such blows.
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Hunger and Slaughter
NOW nfIht Russians
Forty Thousand Men in Stoetersburq Starv-
ing, SCurvy-StriCken, anoOroff Killing
Hundreds in Baltic povinCes.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. IA fresh
outbreak on the part OF workingmen is
threatened here because Of the inability
Of many labOrers to obtain food. Fully
40 coo men who are without work are
starving and. as all the establishments
for the free distribution Of food are
closed. the situation. especially in the
suburbs. is appalling. ScurYy and
tyDhus are rampant.
Advices from Riga state that General
Orloff who is in charge Of the forces
sent 20 queIi the outbreaks in the Baltic
provinces. has shot over 100 alleged rev
olutionists II Is estimated that not
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Economy in Printing.

Representative Charles B. lands Of
Indiana, chairman OF the House Com
mittee on Printing, is having a streRu
Gus time these days. He and the clerk
Of his committee. Mr.. Ricketts,, are over
their heads in work getting up a re-
port on the way 10 economic in the
Government printing and framing a
bill 10 that effect
Mr. Ricketts, was walking along one
Of the House corridors today hurled in
thought There was also a sad look
on his face He was evidently in
trouble.
What's the natter" he was asked
That printing blu has more detail
about it than a tariff bill" he answered
sadly
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POPE Plus HOPES TO
SUBJUGATE FRANCE
Creates at Secret Consistory Nine New
French Bishops and Scathingly
ArTaigns Government.

ROME, Feb, 21.-At q secret consis-
tory held this morning Pope Plus Gre
ated nineteen new French bishops. His
holiness delivered an aIlocution in
which he strongly condemned the French
governments anti-ChurCh policy.
Addressing the cardinals the pOntiT
said: ''AlI reports from the french
episcOpacy agree that our organization
is so powerful and is growing SO rapidly
that in a few years We VIII be masters
of the situation and will be able TO re-
store France to the Kingdom of God"
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FOREST FIRE THREATENS
ANAC0STIA RESIDENCE

Washington Highlands, Anacostia.
was the scene of a forest fire last night
about S o'clock. and but for the vigilant
work of members of No. 3 Engine Com
pany and police of the AnacOstia sub
station several residences would have
been burned
For several hours the fremen and
police threw water and sand on the
flames and beat them out with sticks
and poles, finally extinguishing the
blaze before IL reached any of the
houses. This Is the fifteenth fire Of its
kind that has occurred near AnacOstia
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FRIENDS SURPRISE COLT
IN HONOR OF PROMOTION

The friends Of James NJ. Colt, who
has been appointed chief examiner of
the Patent Office. gave him an informal
reception in his office yesterday. The
reception was a surprise Mr. Colt has
been in the law department of the
Patent Office fer several years. having
entered the Patent Office as fourth
assistant examiner in 1921. He was APP
pointed chief examiner to MI the va
cancv caused by the recent death of Col.
Z. w. Stocking. Mr.. Colts home is in
(heraM. S. 9
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SON INSANE LIKE FATHER
AS RESULT OF REVIVAL

BONNEVILLE, Ind. Feb 21.-Jcre-
miah Petticard. aged thirty-three years,
has been declared insane as the result
Of overinduIgence in a religious revival
About twenty-five years ago Frank
Petticard. father of jeremiah became
crazy over religious questions in the
same church He was removed 10 the
INDIANAPOLIS Asylum, where ne died
twenty years ago
Fearing ne would follow the footsteps
of his father, jeremiah would never at
tend "a religious meeting. Last week
protracted meeting was in session. and
through an Irresistible desire 10 attend.
he was forced 10 go. Violent insanity
followed
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ENRAGED RAM NEARLY
KILLS FARMERS WIFE

BEDFORD. Ind, Feb. H.-MTs-
Perry Williams, wife of a farmer near
this city, was attacked by ram and
seriously If not fatally injured
Mrs Williams had entered the farm
lot to feed some lambs and while she
was at this work the ram mace des-
perate onslaught on her
The lady's cries brought assistance,
but the beast was with difficulty beaten
off Mrs. Williams leg was broken IN
iureff. The enraged ram fought until
he was nearly dead.
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HONOLULU BUSINESS MEN
ENTERTAIN CONGRESSMEN

The Kansan delegation In Congress
and Prince KalanianaoIe, Territorial
delegate from Honolulu, were entertain
ed at dinner at the New Willard Hotel
last evening by the delegation from
the Hawaiian Islands here to advocate
the use of certain revenues for improve
ments in the islands.
The guests included Senator Long.
REPRESENTATIVES Curtis, Scott, Calder
head, Miller. Reader, Campbell, and
BowersoCk
The hosts ali business men of Homo
lulu were ". D. Smith. q. W. Smith.
Messrs. Isoebenstein, Case, McineTny,
Gait. Mcclellan and Robinson
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over $50 Of t, Dersons executed really
participated the rebellion. OF the
remaining Nlcns. many were women.
One eiShteen-StF-old girl was shot be
cause she was Ound sewing on q red
flag.
General OTloH has bombarded the
headqua rteTs OF N ternDerauce organ
iZatiOns. decia Tinifhat total abstinence
is synonymous vi revolution. he has
also demolished sseraI artillery scien-
tific Laboratories
A dispatch from Ills saws that an IN
FasloH by TartaTs lexpected moment
army. Inc ArmrHiqs have stationed
scouts at numerous POINTS in order 70
give the inhabitants arnfne of the an
Dfoacn Of the Tartar.
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BOYS HID DYNAMITE
UNDER HISTORIC CHURCH

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb. 21--F1ve
boys, ranging IN age from thirteen to
fifteen years have been arrested by the
police charged with robbing half dozen
stores.
Among the booty recovered was a
large quantity of dynamite which was
stolen from a contractor and concealed
underneath Zion Reformed Church. this
city. In this building the Liberty Bell
was concealed during the invasion of
Philadelphia by the British. There was
enough dynamite to blow the edifice to
atoms.
The boys lad organized a robber band
and had their rendezvous in an old
shanty. Their kit of tools was wrapped
in an American flag The boys were
committed to Jail.
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ARTHUR OF CONNkUGHT
MAY VISIT ROOSEVELT

LONDON. Feb. 21--It is possible that
Prince Arthur Of Connaught, who Is
now in Japan. will pay a visit to Pres
fdent Roosevelt at Washington on The
horneward Journey The prince VIII
reach Vancouver in the Latter part Of
March
The government is delighted with the
reception of Prince Arthur at Tokyo,
and It is believed that the trip To the
American Capital would further cement
the friendship between Great Britain
and the United States.
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President and Mrs Roosevelt were
entertained az dinner last night in the
Presidential suite at the New willard
by Secretary Wilson. TIE guests in
yited with the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt We're the Speaker and Miss
Cannon, Senator Allison. Senator and
Mrs J. c. Burrows. Senator and
Mrs J. y. Deliver, Representative
and Mrs. James Il. Mann. representa-
tive and Mrs. Sidney j. Bowie, Rep
resentative and Mrs. J. c. Conner. Mr..
and Mrs. William Z. Curtis, George r..
and Mrs. Roberts Mrs. Stanley
Matthews, Mrs. James w. Pinchot. Miss
Mattingly. Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown,
Clifford PinchOt and Jasper Wilson. IN
the absence OF Miss Wilson, who is
still abroad, Mrs. Dolliver acted as
hostess.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
HAS ANNUAL FESTIVITIES

The annual dinner and entertainment
of the executive committee OF the Dis
trict Sunday School Association and
Sunday School superintendent we're
given last night at Luther Place Mem
orial Church. Forty local Sunday
schools were represented and Commits
sloner Macfarland and others prominent
in Sunday school work made brief ad-
dresses.
The musical program was by Miss
Helen Calhoun, Miss Edith StowelI, Mrs
s 4. Stearns, Mrs. John S Allen and
T. i. Easily.
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viii Keep It Dark.

A group Of Western members were in
the Republican cloak room this morn
ing, discussing a plan Of campaign that
would affect several Of the Western.
States
Don't let that get out yet" cautioned
one as the group dispersed.
No laughed another. Wen keep
il dark. Wen put 1t in the Congress
SIGNAL Record
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EARTH SINKING SHUTS
OFF TOWN WATER SUPPLY

DURYEA. Pa, Feb. I.-A cave-in,
which badly damaged two houses, des-
troyed part Of the Marcy Cemetery and
broke the water mains, shutting off the
towns supply Of water. occurred here.
1t is over the Old workings Of the
william A Colliery. and the average
d. Of the subsistence was ten feet
ana the width sixty feet.
The houses Of Mrs. John Johns and
Mrs. William WoTthington were dam
aged. The cave-in is close To one which
occurred a few weeks ago, in which
three houses were damaged
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REMAINS OF MRS. O0WD
ARE TAKEN TO BOSTON

The remains of Mrs Ellen {. Dowd
who died at the residence Of her son,
F NJ. Dowd, 1885 Twentv- fourth street
northwest, were taken to Boston today
for interment.
Mrs. Dowd was seventy-fVe years of
age, and is survived by three sons. two
of whom live in Boston.
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FINE SILK UMBRELLA
FOR REV. Mr.. ZIMMERMAN

fine silk umbrella Was presented to
the Rev A II Zimmerman after he had
finished an address to the men at the
United States Navy Yard yesterday
afternoon. under the auspices of the y.
NJ. c. A
The umbrella was given as a token of
the mems appreciation for the interest
ing addresses Rev. Zimmerman has
given them from time 10 time.
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VALUABLE CASTS ERECTED
IN NATIONAL MUSEUM

The National Museum has recently
secured perfect reproductions Of the
two largest meteorites in existence,
namely the largest OF the four giant
meteorites found in Greenland by
Peary, and the giant Bacubirito mete-
orite. now the property of the Mexican
government.
The reproduction Of the Peary mete-
orite was erected yesterday, and the
Bacubirito cast was set up today.
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KRAG-JoRGENsENs IN SCHOOLS.

Krag-Jorgensen rifles will be supplied
10 schools of military science and tao
ties hy the War Department, on the
recommendation of General Crozier.
chief of ordnance. About "a, coo of these
guns will he necessary TO supply the
different schools.
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FALSE ALARM CALLS FIREMEN,

Some one evidently solcitous of seeing
the FIRE department horses make a quick
run turned I'm a false alarm from box
$50 about $50 o clock last night. When
the firemen found no FIRE 10 fight they
requested police OF the Third precinct
TO maintain q lockout for the miscreant
who turned in the alarm
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bers today, well never take mother
drink as long as We live. Alcoh5 poes
through too many long, hard mans be-
fore Il gets 10 our mouths
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Jusserand will leave Washington to-
day for New York to attend the opera
t0nigh
The Minister from Haiti and Nine
Leger were hosts at a dinner last night
for the Mexican Ambassador and Nine.
de Casasus Others dining with them
were Secretary and Mrs Shaw. the
Cdban Minister and Nine. QUesada, the
Turkish minister. Mr.. and Mrs. Jules
Gutheridge, the Misses BOuTke. and
Percival ThOby secretary Of the Iega-
ton. Red roses were the table decora-
lions.
Representative William b. Mckinley
OF Illinois had dining with him last
night. Senator and Mrs. Hopkins Sen
aror ara Mrs Scott General and Mrs.
Mrs. Warner. General and Mrs. Keifer.
Miss Woods. OF Boston: Miss Maths,
Representative Gilbert. and J. 5 Mar
shutz. Of Milwaukee.
Dinner hosts last night were Senator
and AIRS. Lodge. Mrs. Audenreid. As
sistant Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Newberry, and Mr.. and Miss Foulke.
AIr. and Mrs. Charles Donaldson an
nouuces the marriage OF their daughter.
Edna Mae Ellis. 10 John / Sullivan
The ceremony took place in Alexandria,
Va. and was conducted by the Rev.
Father Cutler. Of ST. Mary's Church,
January IS
Mr. and Mrs. l. L Cannon enter
tanned number OF out-of-tOwn and
town gCeslS last evening at their apart
ments at the AlbemaTie.
A whist party was given on Monday
evening al the home OF Mrs. A. L. Col
Inns. Jls Fourth street Covers were laid
FOR foTty-five guests. Mrs FrancefoTt
gave series OF TeCifaJi0nS.
The annual Wild rose dance was given
at the Carroll Institute last night and
largely attended The committee on
arrangements was Miss BERTHE L Pax
kett Miss Margaret Murphy. Miss
Naomi Phillips. Miss Rosie J.. Elliott,
Miss Margaret Burgess. Miss Maude
Thompson. Miss Ada Martin. and Miss
Della TTipD.
Washington Temple No T. National
Lineal Society OF the Spanish war gave
a dance at the Pythian Temple last
evening. Refreshments We're served
throughout the evening The reception
committee was. Mrs CaDTon. Mrs
Barnes. Mrs. StamIer. Mrs. Johnson.
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The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand Will leave Washington to-
day for New York to attend the opera
tonight