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The Washington times., 1906-09-18

.Iacerated scalp wound and a bruised
eye. The child was later removed 10
her home
That the little girl in her brief span OF
life should survive the injuries she has
received is remarkable Both arms
have been broken. her spine injured. her
nose broken. and she has sustained nu-
merous other minor bruises. At the time
she was hurt yesterday she had been
out OF the West Penn Hospital but q
short time. She had been taken there
after having her head seriously burned
by the explosion Of a moving picture
machine IN nicelodlan on Penn avenue.
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BRIBERY CAsE DISMISSAL.

The case OF former Constable Edward
Bradley, Of Glen Echo. charged with
bribery and perjury, was today dis
missed when brought before Justice VIII
son, Of Bethesda. for want of evidence.
No witnesses appeared against Mr..
Bradley. who was on hand to answer
the charges. and the case was imme-
diately dismissed.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
GEORGETOWN NEWS

The opening rally OF the Epworth
League of the Dumbarton NJ. Z. Church
viii be held next Sunday, al which d
special sermon viii be preached by The
Rev. George w. King. Several solos
viii be rendered by well-known vocal
lists and an interesting program has
been arranged 10 mark the occasion Of
the opening.
DR.. Robert Z. Layton, of Wisconsin
avenue northwest. Is in Atlanta, Ga,
as a delegate from the District Of Co
lumbla Dental Society, at the conven-
tion of the National Dental Associa-
ton.
Joseph G. Waters, president of the
Potomac Savings Bank. has returned
after a short stay at Atlantic City, n. J.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter d. Waugh have
returned from their wedding trip.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Edward Libbey, Of
Thirty-hrst and streets northwest
have returned from a several weeks
stay at Atlantic City. n. ].
b. A. Bowles. Of rhe Potomac Saw
ings Bank force. is a patient at George
Washington University Hospital, where
he underwent an operation, and is now
rapidly recovering.
Misses Annie and Marguerite Keliher
OF Wisconsin avenue northwest. have
returned from Northern trip.
Charles Allen. OF 1868 NJ street north
west. has returned irom a two weeks
trip 10 New York and CCney Island.
M. and Mrs. b G. Fenwick. of 1923
. street northwest have returned from
Newark n. j.. where Mr.. Fenwick is
engaged iE business
Mrs w. ID. Brace, of ThiTtieth and
DUmbarton avenue. has returned from
- ---~s--H4 l-ss-A<s stay at AshurY Park.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
EX-FOREMAN THOMPSON
PRESENTED WITH WATCH

Charles c. Thompson, for many years
foreman OF the composing rnnm Of the
W6sS..sst0u Post. who recently resigned
that position. vas yesterCay presented
by his former associates with a hand
some gold watch and Masonic fob. The
presentation speech was made by J.
Monroe .KreiteT, and Nr. Thompson re-
sponded briefly and feelingIy.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
SAYS WHITE MAN HIT HIM
ON HEAD WITH A BRICK

Delaware Carter. colored. sixteen
years old of 1905 Chester court north
west. was struck on the head with
brick yesterday afternoon at the corner
OF Fourteenth and " streets north
west by a white man. who, the boy
says. lives on W street. He was taken
10 the Children's Hospital
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
Church to Call Pastor.

The congregation Of the Second Pres
byterian Church will hold a meeting at
that church after the services on Sun
day. October Z. f0r the purpose OF TAX
ng action IN relation TO the calling OF q
pastor TO that church The Second
Presbyterian Church has been without
pastor since the resignation OF the
Rev. DR.. Brooke many months ago.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
POSTPONEMENT OF TRIAL
OF ALLEGED EMBEZZLER

Detective Warren this morning in
Police Court secured a continuance in
the case against Hugh L. Burke, a
driver of a dairy wagon, charged with
embezzling funds belonging TO his EN-
plOyer. Absence OF witnesses made
necessary a. postpOnement of the case.
The trial of Burke has been set for
September %.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
DEMANDS JURY TRIAL.

Demand for jury trial was made this
morning in Police Court in the case OF
Walter Edwards, OF 1l2 Fifth street
northwest. charged with keeping a dis
orderly house. Bond was fixed at 500.
Edwards was later released
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
10 Fined for Fighting.

Daisy Barney and Sarah Cottie were
fined s. each IN the police court this
morning on tho charge Of disorderly
conduct and fighting. They were arrest
ed by Policeman Bell.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
Fined for Aggaulting Mother.

Dan Nelson, colored, was arrested by
Policeman Roberts yesterday on the
charge of assauIung Georgeanna Mel
son. his mother He was fined s. by
the justice I'm the police court this morn
ing.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
Entertaining a Friend.

Miss Blanche Vaue. of Cambridge,
Nd. is visiting Mrs. John T. Hill at
her home on South Royal street.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
British Naval Officer
Who Won Esteem
of Americans.

GIBRALTAR, Sept. 1s.-Rear Admiral
Sir Edward Chichester died here Of pneu-
monia yesterday after brief illness.
His wife arrived from England the night
before the AdmiraTs death.
Sir Edward commanded the British
squadron at Manila during the Spanish
American war, and. by his course then,
won the friendship Of Admiral Dewey
and other American naval Officers. His
greatest feat was his successful trans
portation Of 10000 men thousands OF
miles when he was chief Of the sea
transport service in the South African
war.
Admiral Chichester, by his work In
offsetting the apparently hostile moves
OF the German ships in Manila bay.
Won the lasting gratitude and friendship
of Admiral Dewey and the other Amer
lean naval officers there
The German ships were under the
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

M and Mrs b g. Fenwick of 2933.
. street northwest have returned from
Newark, n. j.. where Mr.. Fenwiclz is
engaged H. business
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Charles Allen. OF 1868 NJ street north
west. has returned Irom a two weeks
trip to New York and CCney Island.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Misses Annie and Marguerite keliher,
OF Wisconsin avenue northwest. have
returned from a Northern trip.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Joseph G. Waters, president of the
Potomac Savings Bank. has returned
after a short stay at Atlantic City, n. J.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

b. a. Bowles, of the Potomac Saw
ings Bank force. is a patient at George
Washington University Hospital, where
he underwent an operation, and is now
rapidly recovering.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs J. Edward Libbey, of
Thirty-frst and streets northwest.
have returned from a several weeks
stay at Atlantic City. n. j.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Mr. and Mrs. Walter d. Waugh have
returned from their wedding trip.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

Mrs w. ID. Brace, of Thirtieth and
DUmbarton avenue, has returned from
- ----s@-H4 --zsAAl<s' stay at AshurY Park.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
Our National StingineSS.

The announcement by Afford w.
Cooley that he is compelled to re-
sign from the Civil Service Commis-
sion because the salary allotted TO
members of that body is TOO low di-
reefs attention anew to the penury
of the United States in its relations
TO its servants. 1t is no wonder
that Mr.. Cooley resigned. Rather.
the wonder is that any good lawyer
was ever persuaded to accept ap-
pointment to the commission at a
salary of $500 a year.
Save for United States marsbals
and district attorneys, this niggard-
liness pervades the Blue Book down
TO the messengers I'm the executive
departments-and they are none
too well paid. congressman who are
worth $4,000 a year. or ought to
be. are paid $1,000 Secretaries
who spend OF are expected to spend
$4,000 a year on entertaining are
paid $1,000. Even the President is
allowed less than the British ambas-
sador.
The position of Civil Service Com
missioner is a less clouded example
of our national stinginess than any
of these. For the Offices Of Con-
gresham, member of the Presidents 5
Cabinet, or Executive, carry with
them so much agreeable power, so
much distinction, as to move good
men throughout the country TO
seek them in spite of the totally in
adequate pay. But the power of
the Civil Service Commissioner is
not any too agreeable, or the dis
tinetion any too great as gauged by
the men who make American pol
itics. In that ease the Government
undertakes 10 buy valuable services
The Washington times., 1906-10-01

There IS a high degree Of spice given
the social world Of Washington today
Ly the return Of the Presiden and Mrs
Roosevelt. with their family. the arrival
Of the Secretary Of State and Mrs. Root
yesterday with their son and daughter
ana the return of Nine, Quesada today
who is coming over from New York with
her pretty children.
II VIII be long before there VIII DC
settled program for society, for' al
though there are many prominent peo-
PIE returning daily, by far the most or
the houses in the northwest remain
closed. and VIII not be opened uhti
the 1st Of November or later
Mrs. William Astor, Newports social
leader. who was seized with q sudden
illness IN Boston some weeks ago, ana
afterwaFd taken TO Beechwood, her New
port place, has sufficiently recovered
10 be transferred to her home in New
York She is permanently closing
Beechwood, and viii leave there today
Dr. Richard +. Brenneman. Of Pitts
burg. left Washington today after a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ekin Gadsby
at their home az Georgetown Heights.
William r. Bingham has returned here
after two months trip 10 Europe.
Mr. and Mrs william M. Bo5b, OF
e24 Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
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JAP OFFICERS REFUSED
STRANDED LINER AID

HONOLULU, Oct THE officers OF
the Mongolia. which recently went
ashore of Midway Island. bitterly criti-
else the officers Of the japanese train
ing ship Anagawa for their refusal to
assist the Pacific Mail liner The Mon
golla's officers say that when PUrser
Rennie went aboard the Japanese YES
sci to plead for help he was ordered off.
Captain Hauabusa, OF the AnagaWa,
says he is surprised that Captain Porter
has not denied statements made. When
ne arrived at Midway he conveyed TO
the officers OF the Mongolia a willing
ness to help. and made elaborate ar
rangements 20 do so. His only hawser
parted. but he went as close as he dared.
and ascertained that the Mongolia pas
sengers were safe.
As for the purser being ordered off his
vessel. Captain Hanabusa said that It
was evidently due TO a misunderstand-
ing Of the language used.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
PRIZES FOR BEST TRACKS
BY PENNSYLVANIA R. R.

The Pennsylvania railroad VIII as
tribute s.. 400 in prizes on October H.
to the men having charge Of the COM
panv's main lire tracks between New
York and Pittsburg, and between Phll-
adcIphia and Washington. The purpose
of the prizes is to excite a healthy RI
vaIry among the supervisors ana assis-
,.,,t sunervisors in keeping the tracks
~ +beir particular divisions in the
safest ard best condition
The last periodical inspection OF the
year by the main line track inspection
SSCC1r--,,,oiffee yyill be made Tuesday, We'd
nesday. Thursday. and Friday of this
week. go.
six prizes. one OF $500, four OF $500.
and cne of Sle0J viii be given to those
slIrervis0rs and their assistants hav-
ing the best line and surface Of track
between Jersey City and Pittsburg, and
philadelphia and Washington, during
the year preceding the annual inspec-
ton.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
AUTO-SCORCHING KING
NEARLY KILLS MOTHER

ROME. Oct liking Victor Emman-
ueI has earned the reputation in Italy
of an automobile ''scorcher.' He IS
indeed an expert and enthusiast in the
snort. and is now q very skillful driver.
frequently breaking the laws of his own
realm touching the regulation OF speed
on the Kings highways.
He shares the motor mania with his
mother. Queen Margherita, who tries 10
forget the tragedy of her widowhood in
the excitement OF the road One day
the King was speeding along a straight
and lonely road when he passed his
mothers car. which was halted by the
wayside with "a punctured tire He
would not have noticed the other ma
chine. bat his auto tore of the mud
guard of the standing car as IL flashed
by. At the grating noise and the sound
Of a WOman's voice he pulled up.
He the nsaW that he had narrowly
missed killing his mother, who was sit
ting In her disabled auto She turned
off the danger with joke. saying.
Way. Victor I would not have be-
lieved your auto could go so fast.
don't think / will accept your chaI-
lenge to "a race, as 1 should certainly
be beaten!
sD{nss King Victor Emmanuel often
takes. Queen and little Princess .Yolan-
da with him. XOlanda loves motoring.
and stands between her father and
mother erasping the steering wheel.
and ifnagines herself a skilful "chauff-
euse.'f She further insists upon taking
a whole family of dolls, which she
dresses in motoring costume, and plices
i'm a row In the tonneau.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
I'm ME CIRCLE OF SOCIETY -
President Returns TodaU
After Summer at Custer BaU
No Settled Program of Entertainments Announced
Yet as Many Homes viii Not Be Opened
Until November

have issued Invitations for the mar
rlage of their daughter. Jennie Eliza
beth. TO william Leonard Thurber, OF
the United States Patent Omce, on
Tuesday evening. October 16, at s o'clock
at their residence. only the intimate
friends and relatives have been in
yited. After November ] the young
couple will be az home al l5l Adams
street northwest.
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Yoos. Of Ber-
wyn. Md. celebrated the twentieth an
niversary Of their marriage on Thurs
day evening. September Il. by recep-
ton 10 their relatives and friends.
Among those present we're me Silsses
Hannah, Emma, Hattie, May Sha
Mamie YOos, of Philadelphia; MISS
Hoke. of Philadelphia Mrs. Catherine
He'll and Henry Hell OF NasH-
ington, Mrs. MOerken, or Baiu-
Hempler Mrs Barber. and the Misses
Zirwes, of Washington, 4. J. Mlddie-
ton. the Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, Mf.
and Mrs. McElwee, Miss Hart, Afs.
RideOut, Mrs Weber. Mr. and Mrs.
HaH. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell, the Misses
Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnet, Mrs.
Davis. Mrs. l.. b. Middleton, Miss Bon
net. Mr.. and Mrs BrelsfOrd. Mr.
Brady, Dr. and Mrs. JOhnstone ana
mother, and John YOos. Jr-
The evening was spent quite pleas
autlv and later supper was served a
number Of beautifully selected gitts ac-
Companied the good wishes Tor MI ana
Mrs. Noos.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01

with money alone-and it pays
So, 500.
Some day Congress viii awake 90
this. Some day it will assume the
courage il seems not TO possess
actually and adjust the pay of the
peoples chief employees. IN the
meantime the country has the salts
faction of knowing that either it is
using men at less than their actual
value or is intrusting its affairs to
men less capable than their duties
require. 1t is not a pleasant situa-
tion.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
America and Cuba.

In Secretary Taft's proclamation
announcing the establishment OF a
provisional government in Cuba the
purpose and intention of the United
States in taking on itself the bur
den of pacifying the island is de-
scribed and explained in this para
graph;
The provisional government hereby es-
tabIlshed will be maintained only long
enough to restore order, peace. and pub
lie confidence by direction OF and IN
the name of the President of the United
States, and then 70 hold such elections
as may be necessary to determine on
those persons upon whom the perma-
uent government Of the republic should
De deYOlVed.
As the New York Sun puts it, here
i'm is the promise of continued indie
pendence to the Cubans. conditioned
only on their willingness and ability
to maintain public order and en-
force their laws. In it the sober
and judicious among the population
viii read the sincere desire of the
United StateG for a peaceful solu-
ton of the difficulties into which
the Cuban people have been thrown
by the revolution.
The words of the proclamation
gain force and weight from the
acts of Secretary Taft, who, as pro-
yisiOnal governor, has retained in
office the Cubans appointed by the
Palma administration and kept the
flag of Cuba atoat over the island.
The future of Cuba is for the
Cubans to decide On them rests
the responsibility for the issue from
their present troubles.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
SIR WILLIAM TREAL0R
L0ND0N'S LORD MAYOR

LONDON, Oct 1-Sir William Tre-
lOar. alderman Of the city of London for
the ward of FaTrlnsdon Without since
1892. was elected lord may or Of London
in succession &C Walter Vaughan Nor
gan. Sir William has been known as
the "Children's Alderman" because Of
his many benefactions 10 the children Of
the slums. He was largely instrumental
in securing the opening Of the British
Museum on Sundays.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
Secretary Roots Tour.

The triumphal tour ,of Secretary
of State Root in south America is
at an end, and appraisal Of its sig
nificance and results is in order.
The Cabinet premier IS entitled at
the outset to fullest fFlicitation ON
the manner in which he acquitted
himself. He did the right thing and
said the right thing a5 every juno
ture. >There can be mo doubt thar
his visit accomplished much toward
establishing relations between this
country and South America on new
basis of confidence and under.
standing. The South Americans
met him more than half way and
demonstrated their hearty wish TO
encourage improved relations.
Perhaps Latin Americas attitude
toward this country never was so
cool as this country imagined. Ger
tainIv. in view of the handsome hos
pitalitv and unaffected cOrdiality of
the reception 10 Mn. Root we are
entitled TO suspect that we have
done our Southern neighbors injus-
tice in this regard. That "a new era
of sympathy, understanding, com
mercial relation and political rap
prochement viii be inaugmated
from this date is certainly the hope
in this country, and apparently in
South America as well
That it was on Secretary Roots
own initiative that he undertook the
tour, and that he had in mind a
very specific work, is the general
understanding The Monroe doc
trine had come to be much misun-
derstood i'm Latin America, and Mr..
Root conceived the possibility Of
making the people of that continent
better understand it,. They had re-
garded il as a menace, an assumption
by this country of right of inter-
ference in their affairs. They could
not understand that the United
States meant it to be only "a bene-
ticent and protective guarantee. In
the policies of some earlier chiefs
OF the American foreign Office there
had been something of justification
for this attitude
We suspect that when the history
of Secretary Roots visit shall be
written "a generation or two hence
IL viii recognize this visit as in
augurating a new policy in this re-
gard. What the Secretary said
about the Calvo doctrine strongly
encouraged the South American
peoples to hope that the weighty
influence of the United States will
be cast into the scale in favor of
that rule. If the hope shall be real
lied, it viii mean the beginning of
new era in Pan-American rela-
tions.
The Monroe doctrine. sans mis-
understandings plus the Calvo Coc-
trine, viii give a safe and secure
foundation on which to construct
the fabric of Pan-American friend
ship and cooperation. That such a
concept was in Secretary Roots
mind before he started for South
America can hardly be doubted in
the light of what took place in the
different South American capitals.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
ATONEMENT CLOTHES
SHR0UD OF PEDDLER

NEW YORK. oct Isaac Schouer,
who has peddled lead pencils on the
Bowerv for twenty years, died this
morning at the Defender lodging house
on that thorOughfare.
Schouer, who was eighty-three years
old went to the lodging house carrying
a new suit OF clothes which he had
bought to wear today to the synagogue
for the Yom Kippur service. He put on
the new clothes this morning and then
went downstairs 20 the office, where he
fell dead.
DR.. Brown, of Gouverneur Hospital
said that heart disease was the cause Of
death. due to some excitement, proba-
bly, the new suit of clothes-the first that
Schouer had had for years.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
TWO AMERICAN SEAMEN
RESCUED BY STEAMER

VICTORIA. B. c., Oct. HI N. >
Cambrian. which has returned 20 syoney
from a South Sea crllse. reports pick
ing up two American soamen, Charles
Green and William Brown, who had
lived for seven and - half months on
green bananas for the most part when
they were cast away from their wrecked
Chilean schooner. Sarita. on Easter Is
land
The Chileans on the island aided their
countrymen, but refused food arc lcdg-
ing TO the Americans The tw3 were
shown a cave to slse0 in, but found in
it number Of skeletons and slept
thereafter IN TIE open.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
PORT COLLECTOR
RUN OVER BY TRAIN

MALONE. y. Y. Oct. III. E. Hoff-
nagle, deputy collector OF customs at
this port. aged thirty-five years. had
been helping a woman TO get on board
a train at Malone Junction and failed
20 get of until the train had started.
He jumped from the step and slipped
under the train. One arm and the fin
gers OF the other hand were cut off and
he also sustained internal injuries. He
was taken 10 the ogdensburg Hospital
in n critical epEdltion.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
TREATY
NOT YET AGREED TO

ST. PETERSBURG. oct There
seems 10 be no truth in the report
emanating from st. Petersburg of the
imminence Of the conclusion of an
AugIo-Russian agreement. The alleged
clause providing 70. the passage OF
.rarsf.ps through the Dardanelles and
B0sphorus could not possibly be negu-
tiated between Great Britain and Russia
since this question concerns all the DOW
ers who were parties 20 the treaties OF
Paris and Berlin, not TO mention Turkey.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01

Frank +. McGoyern, Milwaukee's
auti-graft prosecuting attorney,
having been defeated for nomina-
tion, is TO be nominated by petition
as an independent. Considering that
he got about half the folks i'm Mil
waulSec Indicted. we don't just see
how he expects to get the votes for
an election.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01

secretary Taft now understands
what il means 10 be alone in Cuba.
This Administration IS at last con-
fronted with a critical test. An
American sailor was arrested i'm
italy for lighting a cabman. Secre-
tary Root might just IS well under
stand that any shilly-shallying, apol-
ogetic attitude, anything sayoring
of the backdown, viii be promptly
repudiated by the American nation.
The !@~t drop OF true American
blood viii be consecrated if neces-
sary to the vindication of the man
who thus has proved himself
worthy of recognition as a true
American.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01
Long Time Forecasts Soon.

Mr.. Garriott said that already some
experimental use of these long-distance
reports had been made. though the re-
suits had not yet been used publicly be-
cause the bureau Is feeling it's way
before attempting IOng-range forecasts
But the experimental use OF the reports
covering the wider area had shown the
feasibility of making a prediction five
or six days IN advance. Il is true that
such n long-disJance prediction must
be somewhat tentative: atmospheric
movements at times are interfered
with. damned up. IL might be said. and
fail to reach their logical destinations
on time OF at all But while there are
such elements Of uncertainty, yet the
wider the area covered By observations.
the greater the accuracy and the longer
the period over which forecasts may be
made.
At present daily reports from St
Petersburg will cover only three or four
places in Siberia. Later, II Is hoped.
this may be extended TO a much more
complete service.
The Washington times., 1906-10-01

Auto heart is the newest reported
trouble of Pittsburg millionaires.
but it isn't related TO the heart
trouble noted in the cases Of NIessrs.
Corey, Hartje, Thaw, ct al, which is
even more grave.