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The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
WOULD TEACH BOYS TO SHOOT
Admiral Baird Thinks Rife Practice
Is Necessary.
Approves of Presidents Suggestion
I'm Message That schools should
Teach Use of Firearms.

Last, but not least. in his message TO
Congress, President Roosevelt advocated
the promotion Of rife practice, and said
that target ranges should be maintained
IN different parts Of the country.
Admiral G. w. Baird, president Of the
board OF education. is in favor OF the
establishment Of rife ranges in the Dis
trict, where different clubs and societies
may be able 20 hold tournaments and
practice with the rife.
He agrees with the President in that as
our regular army Is 50 small. in case
Of great war we should have 10 trust
mainly to volunteers. who should already
know how To snoOt
Admiral Baird believes that il would be
a good idea 10 re-establish the old-time
Scheutzen fest. which was abandoned
some years ago on account OF the one
mile limit law taking effect I'm the vicinity
Of the old Soldiers Home.
With the opening Of such a range, he is
Of the opinion that rife teams should be
organized not only among the high school
cadets. but among the different unions
and other societies as we'll. Regular con-
tests could be held from time 20 time, and
each member Of the various teams be
trained to the use OF modern rife.
The cadets of the District have rifles.
but they are seldom, II ever, used. Ad-
miral Baird has been in favor Of SUD
plying them with a gun Of the more mod
ern type and Which are az less weight
than those now I'm their possession. He
will suggest that -Jorgensens be
furnished for the high school cadets.
Several rifle ranges in the District
could be put TO this purpose, mainly
the one at the navy yard. and another
al the barracks. he thinks
1T IS the same in dog fight or any
kind OF a battle the admiral said last
evening. The one who has the start
has the best Of the deal This has been
explained many times on the field OF
battle. We should have our young men
OF the country familiar with the rife
and its uses, and I'm case Of war they
could answer 10 the call for arms and
be Of great benefit to the army Of their
country"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
old CITIZENS TALK IT OYER
Most Venerable Inhabitants Tell
About Canals of Washington.
Testimonials from Calhoun and STAN
ton Concerning COIOred Messenger
shown at November Meeting.

Interesting "reminiscences, with data
relative to the old canals about Wash
ington, were brought out at last nights
meeting OF the Oldest Inhabitants Asso-
citation I'm the Corcoran Building. The two
canals at Great Falls and Little Falls, on
the Virginia side of the Potomac, were
described in a short paper presented.
1t was shown that the canal at Great
Falls was one mile long, eighteen feet
wide, and twelve feet deep. The change
in level was effected by six locks. The
canal was dug out Of the solid rock. and
built by slave labor. Both canals were
surveyed by George Washington a few
years before he was elected President.
He owned stock in them. The house of
the Dickey family, where the engineers
drew their plans, still stands. The fourth
generation of the family still lives in it.
The canal at Little Falls was of the same
dimensions and three-quarters of a mile
in length
curious and interesting document was
presented TO the association by the secre-
tary, comprising a series Of testimonials
on parchment given by the Secretaries OF
War from John c. Calhoun to Edward M
'tt.AANI4A a. ~ tie ldtAlAl uAtlEoS anu BEil-
eTal good behavior Of Francis Catcher
the negro messenger who served In the
War Department for thrty-four years,
dying in 1864 while being carried from the
department building to his home.
Many Of the members OF the associa-
tion remembered the aged messenger, and
added their testimony TO his courtesy and
fidelity as an employe of the government.
1t was stated that the curious old docu-
ment which has been sacredly kept In a
small tin box since Datcher's death, would
one day be given 20 the association to be
added to its archives.
James Croggin has in preparation a
general history of that portion of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal which once
ran through the city. Much Of the even
ing was taken I'D by several Of the MEM
bers in relating "reminiscences of the
ancient waterway Most Of those present
had one time or another gone swimming
in the canal, and many Of them had spent
days fishing upon it's banks
The members Of the association will
hold their December banquet at Freunds
next Friday night.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
DIED.

| BOWMAN-On Tuesday. December 1 la0s AZ Ceo-r,
Washington University Hospital, SAMUEL BOW
MAN
Body at city morgue If not called for by 3 . m.
December 6, 1905. such remains VIII be disposed
O! in accordance with law.
EDMONSTON-On Tuesday. December T. lqs az
l295 p. n, after long illness MARY /
BARKER EDM0NSTON. wife Of Gabriel I'd
mouston
Funeral services on Friday. Dscember 2 a. II a.
m, at the residence. So Eleventh street north
west ihterment private Kindly omit flowers.
HAfARD-On Monday. December 8 1905. AZ l0I5
p n, Miss SUSAN HAZARD. widow Of Leo
poid hayard. aged seventy-six years.
Funeral iIom her late residence, loI3 H street
northwest Thafsday. December g. az 10 O'Clock
a n Relatives ana friends respectfully invited.
interment private lRocksille. Nd. papeTs
please oopyl
MeKENNA-On Tuesday. December 4. 1906 az Il
T. m, MARGARET, beloved wife Of the late
John AIckcnna
Notice Of funeral herafter
MEHRLING- Tuesday. December g. 1905 At
m, MARY ELLEN. beloved wife Of Daniel
MehrliBg, in her sixry-eighth year.
Funeral Thursday. December g. at O'Clock p. n.
from the residence Of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Long f4 / street southwest Relatives and
friends invited TO sttend
SULLIyAN-On Tuesday. December 4, 1906 at SIS
p m, JOHN r.. beloved son Of Nora and the
late Redmond Sullivan.
Funeral from his late residence lli2 Twenty-third
street northwest. on Friday. December Z. az 80
Requiem mass at ST. Stephens az O'Clock
N. Relatives and friends invited
TH0ATPSON-On Monday morning December ;
lSo6, al Aiken. ). G.. WILLIAM S. husband o.
Nettie Simms Thompson and son Of Annie o.
and the late William S Thompson, IN tie
forty-hfth year Of his age
Owing 10 delay in arrival of tan, funeral services
viii be held from his late residence, Gl9 II street
northwest, Thursday, December 8. &C il a. NJ.
Relatives and friends invited. InteTment private.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
CITY MUST TURN BUILDER
No Room Under Exposition Roof fol-
Municipal Exhibit.
Report of Chairman smith VIII Re-
suit I'm Change of Plans for Dis
play at jamestown show,

/ Chairman Thomas ". Smith yesterday
reported to the joint committee on the
/ jamestown Exposition the result Of his
/ nip to Norfolk 10 secure space for the
commercial exhibit and 10 confer with
the management about the municipal ex-
hibit Mr Smith reported that the di-
Icctors 81 the exposition had refused alb
solutely 10 allow the municipal exhibit
70 be placed in the Building Of Manufac-
tCres and Liberal Arts, and that the
plans Of the committee and the District
Commissioners would have 70 be essen
TALLY modified.
The exposition management suggested
to AIr. Smith the propriety Of erecting
special building for the display, and
pointed out upon the grounds q suitable
site upon the water front for such
structure. Mr.. Smith believes the solu-
tion Of the problem to be that the Dis
tItct. with such appropriation as Congress
would vote for the purpose, should erect
and maintain its own building among
those Of the States upon the grounds.
Nj. Smith stated that he had yesterday
presented the matter before the Commits
sloners. and they now have IL under con
sideration.
Mr. Smith reported that he had OBJ
tanned from the management or the ex-
position forms OF application for space
and the contracts which the exhibitors
will be called upon 10 sign These were
read over and discussed. and the secre-
tary Of the committee was directed 10
see the exhibitors, obtain their sigma
lures and the first payments for space.
and report 70 the committed With this
accomplished. the committee will be I'm
position TO reserve the space in section
j. Of the Building Of Manufactures and
Liberal Arts, on which it holds an option.
One Of the principal suggestions offered
as 20 the form of the building for the
municipal exhibit was that the White
House should be reproduced in miniature
Tor the purpose.
The committee will meet again within
a few days al the call Of the chairman.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06

men In the battalion, must the govern
ment continue TO use Il 20 guard COM
munities Of men. women. and children
when II contains so dangerous an ele-
ment impossible Of detection? Certainly
not
When man enIists in the army, he
knows that, for the very purpose ef pro-
tectlng itself, the government reserves
the absolute right of discharge. not as a
punishment. but for the public safety or
interest In such a case as this the in
convenience and hardship to those inno-
cent OF participation or knowledge arising
from arbitrarily terminating the contract
or enlistment in accordance with the
right which the government by statute
reserves must be borne by them in the
public interest.
Must Protect Communities.
1t goes without saying that If the
guilty could be ascertained, they should
and would be punished; but the guilty
cannot be ascertained, and the very i'm
possibility makes the whole battalion use
less To the government as an instrument
for maintaining law and order. The only
means OF Kidding the military service of
band of would-be murderers of women
and children, and actual murderers of one
man, is~to discharge the entire battalion.
Might not any community into which
the War Department should send this
battalion, In which II is known that there
are from nine 10 twenty murdereTs, Justly
complain that Il is not a proper instru-
ment for maintaining the supremacy OF
the law: Could we properly send such a
battalion TO the Philippines or Cuba to
maintain peace or furnish an example Of
orderly conduct? II a similar outbreak
were there to occur, could we relieve our
selves from responsibility for it on the
theory that We could not detect the par
ucular ten or twenty who were guilty Of
the first murder?''
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
.. S. -. d - wenther Rurcau.


Washington "Wednesday. Dec. ). 1865 p. m
The western storm has reached Eastern Iowa and
increased somewhat in strength II has caused rain
IN that region, and thence eastward TO PENNSYLVANIA
with in the Upper lake region In the South
and west of the Rocky Mountains fair weather pre-
walls. except that rain has fallen IN tbs North Pa
cidc coast States The future course q the storm
viii doubtless be northeastward down the St Law
renee Valley.
For Thursday rain. with higher temperatures is in
dica5ed for the Middle Atlantic and New England
States and the Lower Lake region In the last
named district rain wil turn into snow, with much
colder on Friday. In the remaining districts Friday
VIII Be fair. It win be colder Friday IN Atlantic
coast districts.
The winds along the New England and Middle At
iantic coasts viii be fresh ard variable becoming
CasIerly and brisk Thursday night the South
Atlantic coast fresh southEssteiy; on the East Gulf
coast light 90 fresh s0uthWesterly; tie West Gulf
coast fresh nCrthWssteTiy; the Lower Lakes brisk
essterly, shifting 10 westerly, and on the Upper
Lakes brisk 10 high northWesterly.
Steamers departing Thursday for European ports
viii have fresh and variable winds and rainy weather
10 the Grand Banks
SPECIAL FORECAST.
Storm warnings are displayed on the Great Lakes
Cold wave warnings have been issued for Montana
Wyoming. and South Dakota.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
KengIa Killed in Arizona.
RAINS BLOCK CANAL WORK.
Engineer stevens Wires Commission
of Conditions on Isthmus,

The Isthmian Canal Commission re-
ceived a dispatch yesterday from Chief
Engineer Stevens stating that the great
rains of the past few days have cause,l
the highest water along the Chagres
River and in other parts Of the Canal
Zone since 1883. The Panama Railroad
in some sections is inundated from two 10
ten feet
Mr.. Stevens states that the heavy rain
fall has caused no great damage, except
la the delay of work
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
RENEW HOLIDAY COMPLAINT.
BARRIERS Discuss Opening of shops on
Thanksgiving.

Discussion Of holiday closing and the
action taken on Thanksgiving Day in re-
moving the union cards from shops that
opened was the chief business before
Barber Union Ne. 259 last night. Much
feeling was aroused. aud the arguments
were bitter. It is not known just what
action was taken, or what will be done
about the shops whose union cards were
taken down Thanksgiving Day. The mas
ter BARRIERS we're net notified, and had no
one TO represent them. They contend
that they could not afford to close their
shops all day on a holiday. which is al
ways one Of the best days from a busi-
ness standpoint, and It would be a great
inconvenience TO their patrons. Thanks
giving Day the master BARRIERS declared
a half a day vacation. but their cards
were taken down because they opened
shop at all.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
WINNIE DAVIS" THE WINNER,
Doll Named for First Daughter on
G. :. A. victor at Bazaar..

winnie Davis" a beautiful dolioaby
dressed in the costume In vogue IN the
early SOS. was the feature Of the bazaar
held for the last three days in Confed-
crate Veterans Hall She had plenty OF
rivals in dolls Of every size and descrlp-
tion. but she was unanimously voted the
first lady Of the doll booth.
The affair is under the direction OF
StCnewau Jackson Chapter, United
Daughters Of the Confederacy. and the
proceeds will go to swell the fund being
raised fer the erection Of a monument 10
the Confederate dead In the Arlington
Nationa! Cemetery
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
TYPHOID FEVER ON DECLINE.
Only Two Deaths in Week; smaIIpox
Disappears

Improvement is shown IN typhoid fever
conditions by the report of the health
department submitted to the Commission
ers yeserday. There were deaths in
the week, Is new cases were reported
and . discharged as recovered.
Among the principal causes of deaths
during the past week were pneumonia ~.
heart disease, =; consumption. 10: kidney
disease. Z; malignant growths. 8: ano,
plexy, S; diarrheal diseases. 4: bron-
chitis and eonvulsions. ; each.
The District is again free from small
pox, the one patient who has been con
fined at the hospital for the past few
weeks having been discharged as reoov-
cred
OF the 12i births reported, II were white
and 80 colored.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
KEEP WATCH ON ASHTON TRIAL
Labor Unions Show Interest in
Outcome of Case.
Head of Navy Yard Employees Com
ing TO City to Push Half Holt
day Movement.

/ There is renewed interest in the charges
brought by the local bookbinders' union
against Harry +. Ashton. acting foreman
| Of the bindery division Of the Govern
ment Printing Office.
! The case had been delayed by repeated
postponements. until public interest had
almost died a natural death, and there
was a sentiment that the charge Of vio-
lating his oath brought by one of the
/ binders working under him at the print
ing office-Alvin Tanner-w0uld never be
prosecuted But when the case was taken
up by the union at its meeting Tuesday
evening ii became the all-absorbing topic
Of conversation in the big printery and
in labor circles generally.
There are four penalties provided for
the oftense alleged In the constitution of
the union, and If Mr.. Tanners contentious
are sustained, the acting foreman viii
either be censured, fined, suspended or
expelled according 20 the secret ballot.
If a majority vote fine" Il will undoubt-
edly be over Slc0, but just how much can
not be told
President ]. L. Feeney has rented hall
at go Pennsylvania avenue northwest for
Saturday evening. and has called a meet
ing to make final disposition OF the
charges. Arguments of counsel for the
complainant and defendant are practi-
cally all that remain before a vote will be
taken, as all the testimony. amounting,
Approximately to J9.0U1 words is in Fol-
lowing the argument of counsel. the
charges VIII be open to general debate by
the members. This will undoubtedly take
up much time. as there are many who
wish TO be heard.
George /. Cain, president OF the League
Of Navy Yard Employees, is coming to
this city about the middle Of the month
to push the Saturday half holiday and
the employers liability legislation recon-
mended to Congress by the President
Mr.. Cain was instrumental in the incOr-
poration in the message of these two
recommendations, having had a long talk
with the President several months ago.
President J. l. Feeney, OF the local Book
binders Union, received letter from Mr.
Cain yesterday, saying he would be here
about December Il, and asking his CO.
operation in the work for this legislation.
Emmett Adams, president Of the Genital
Labor Union, has returned 10 the city
from Baltimore. where he was aiding the
machinists Of that city in fighting the in
junction against them secured by the en-
ployers.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
NEW SKYsCRAPER PLANNED.
Large once Building to Be Erected
ut Fifteenth and F.

Announcement was made yesterday that
a large business and ONCE building viii be
erected on the northeast corner Of F and
Fifteenth streets northwest. W. o. n.
Scott, who has charge OF the property.
has the project under consideration. and
plans are said to be in preparation for the
structure.
The lot has a frontage Of fifty feet on
Fifteenth street and sixty feet on r
street. The building at present Is under
lease to Bryan & Co, who will occupy II
until the completion of the new structure
at Fourteenth and F streets. when they
viii move to rooms leased in that puiid'
ing.
It is understood that active steps for the
building on the Fifteenth street coliiei
will not be made for about year.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
HARLAN NOT TO QUIT BENCH.

Justice Decides to Remain Ont Of
Kentucky Governor Race.
Justice John M. Harlan. Of the United
States Supreme Court, announced yester-
day that he had finally decided not to
make the race for governor of Kentucky.
I reached that decision this morning. g."
said Justice Harlan yesterday, and
have written one of my friends in Ke1-
lucky to that effect"
Justice Harlan did not care TO comment
further upon his declinati0n. Justice
Harlan's inclinations have been to accept
the nomination, but owing to the appeals
Of his family. intimate friends, and coll
leagues on the Supreme Court. ne does
not see his way clear 10 enter the race.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
To Reimburse Catholic Church.

The President sent a message to Con-
gress yesterday. urging an appropriation
OF 1883, ,02o found by a commission, to be
due the Roman Catholic Church I'm the
Philippines. He hopes the money will
be appropr. ated, in order that really sub
stantial justice may be done" "It will be
wise for Congress to exercise large nber-
atty he says,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
Probing Car Shortage.

The investigation OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission into the ques-
tion Of the shortage in the supply of
ears viii begin at Minneapolis on De
cember L. The commission yesterday
made public a statement rejecting the
substance OF the complaints made as to
car shortage.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
COGHLAN RETAINS CHARGE.
VIII Head Brooklyn Navy Yard, Al
though Retired.

Rear Admiral J. B. COghlan, now COM
mandant Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
himself famous by reading the"Hoch der
Kaiser poem at a banquet in New York,
will retire from the active list next Mon
day.
Rear Admiral COghlan has been asked
by the President 10 continue in the active
service for "A time He will remain IN
charge of the Brooklyn yard.
Capt. Benjamin Tilley will be promoted
to the grade Of read admiral next Feb
ruary. and may then succeed 10 the COM
mand Of the Brooklyn yard.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
DROPS DEAD IN LIVERY STABLE
Old Man Topples Over a Victim of
Heart Failure,

Motley Nailor, fifty-six years old. while
at the livery stable of Harry Beasley, al
20S Eleventh street northwest. yesterday
afternoon, was stricken with heart failure
and died before medical assistance could
be given him.
Since the death of his brother, Harry B.
NailOr, about a week ago, he had been
very respondent, and had been receiving
medical treatment.
The Emergency Hospital ambulance was
summoned, but Nailor died before il
reached the hospital
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
DROPS THIRTEENTH LAWYER.
Mrs. DudIey's Suit Postponed 20 Let
New Counsel study Case.

NOhhSEA
Kingston. N. Y. Dec 5.-Mrs. Edward
Dudley's 100000 alienation suit against
Mrs Elizabeth Bateele Vanderpoel was
put over the present term Of the Supreme
Court by Justice Fits to-day.
Application for postponement was
made by Mrs. Dudley's fourteenth lawyer,
f. S. Peck, of 81 Broadway. New York,
who read an affidavit made by Mrs Dud-
ley. and asked Tor further time 10 Ia
miliarize himself with the case.
In effect Mrs. Dudley stated that she
had had serious disagreements with Car
roll Whitaker, of Saugerties, n. Y. who
Is Lawyer No. l3, and he told her that if
she did not settle the suit he would have
nothing more to do with il.
Their differences were such, she alleged,
that she could not consult with him upon
any matter whatever.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
AUTO STOLEN IN STREET.
n. L. Francis Says the Machine Was
Taken from Near Home.

The loss OF an electric automobile was
reported at detective headquarters yes
terday by \. /. Francis. of 1905 y street
northwest.
Francis said that he left the machine
by the curb in front Of his residence, and
upon returning a short time afterward
discovered that it was missing
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
SEAMEN RETRIEVED.
President C0mmuteS Sentence of Me-
Eroes to Life Term

Upon the recommendation OF the At
torney General, President Roosevelt has
decided to commute TO life imprisonment
the sentence Of death passed upon Ar
thur Adams and Robert Sawyer by the
Federal court in North Carolina.
Adams and Sawyer are negroes who
mutinied and killed the officers and part
OF the crew Of the steamer Henry Ber-
wind on the high seas en- route from
Philadelphia to Cuba two or three years
ago.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
IocnI Temnrratures-

Midnight, D q. m. 2S a. m. y S a. n, q
a. m-, 2 10 a.. m, 81 y noon, IS; 2 p. m, 3s
p. NJ, 5s; p. m, s. p. m., 80; 10 D. m, -.
Maximum. 90; minimum. g.
Relative humidity-s e. m, .55; 2 n. .s3:
,. n, St. Rainfall, 004 Hours Of sunshine O. Per
cent Of possible sunshine. G.
Temperature same date last year-Maximum, 80
minimum d
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
Tempernturen in Other Cities-


Temperatures in other cities together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended at
p. n. yesterday. follows:
The Washington herald., 1906-12-06

1t is possible that evidence may be
adduced in future which will tend to ex-
culpate entirely some of the men now
discharged both from participation in the
crime and assistance in the conspiracy
OF silence to prevent the detection of the
offenders; and whenever such facts are
shown In respect to any one affected by
the order, they will be brought to your
attention. and, I understand, will render
such persons eligible to re-enllstment
II may be that in the battalion are a
number OF men wholly innocent, who
know neither who the guilty men are nor
any circumstances which will aid In their
detection, though this cannot be true
of many. Because there may be innocent