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The Washington times., 1906-04-01
No Long Strike Coming,
Carroll Wright Predicts

WORCESTER. Mass. March al
Carroll d. Wright. president OF the col
legiate department OF Clark University
and former Commissioner OF Labor and
head OF the Bureau OF Statistics. while
addressing his class in statistics and
social economics today. on strikes. talk
ed upon the situation in the anthracite
region.
Colonel Wright. a member OF the
anthracite strike commission, was for
some time umpire of the board OF con-
Citation
Il believe that we shall have no pro-
longed anthracite coal strike" said
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
OF WAR
DINE Commando
Those 'Vho Fought Spain
Fete c. X. Miller.
TO MEET HERE IN OCTOBER
Committee Has Conference With Presi
dent, Member of Association, and
Settles Time of Encampment.

AS finale to a great day for the
United Spanish War Veteran banquet
was given Chief Charles
r. Miller at Fruend's last night. by the
officers and members of the local en-
equipments.
Early in the day, conference vas
held at the White House of President
Roosevelt. Major Miller. Department
Commander John Lewis Smith. and
Major F. S. Hodgson. and the date OF
the national encampment was fixed in
the week beginning October S.
At o'clock in the afternoon meet
ing was held at the Spanish War Vet
Grams Clubhouse Of the committee on
the encampment TO perfect the plans
for the coming event which, they prom
Use. will be the largest and most gan
orally attended that the organization
has ever conducted.
Aside from Commander-in-C Chief
Miller Gen. J. Warren Keifer was
also present. at the banquet last night
and shared the popularity OF the young
commander. General Keller is the past
commander-in-chief OF the organiza-
ton.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
WILLIAM OLIVER GOES
TO LAST REST TUESDAY

The funeral of William Oliver. who
committed suicide on Friday by taking
poison and then jumping into the river
At the foot of Thirtieth street, will be
held at his late home. l014 Wisconsin
avenue, Georgetown. on Tuesday after.
noon.
Oliver saw service in the Spanish war,
and delegation from the Spanish war
veterans will attend.
II is thought that Mrs. Oliver. upon
whom the suicide made an assault be-
fore ending his life. will be sufficiently
improved by Tuesday TO attend the SER
vices.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
kTTACKS S0N-IN-LAW
WITH BASEBALL BAT

AS the result OF an alteration which
took place at 1927 Half street southeast
last night Francis Hager was taken TO
the Providence Hospital with a severe
scalp wound. inflicted by his father-in-
law. Alexander Watson Watson used
a baseball bat in making the assault.
He VIII be brought before Judge Kim
ball tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Kentucky Miners Win
Increase in Wages

LOUISVILLE. Ky. March a.-The
miners and operators of Western Ken
lucky. District No. %. this afternoon
srreed on wage scale and there will
be no strike in Western Kentucky. After
a conference lasting since only 10 o'clock
this morning. the 1893 scale was adopted.
The pay will be 621s cents a ton and %
cents an hour for all other labor.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Berwind- White Company
Grants Miners Increase

ALTOONA. Pa. MareA 3i-Noticei,
were posted at Windber today by IN I.
Berwind-White Coal Mtinc Company
to the effect that begir iir,a, -tpril 2 II
would restore the wage ats paid In
1908 All the companys- mines will
start Monday in full al the new rate.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
DAUGHTERS DRILL
IN EBBiTT HOUSE

District members or the Daughters OF
the American Revolution held another
parliamentary drill last night In the rel
parlor OF the Ebbitt House Mrs EF.:l
Spencer Mussey. regent Of the District
chapter. presided. and the drill was
conducted by Mrs Daniel Paul. of
Washington.
These drills were begun last Satur-
day night and the final one will oe held
next Saturday evening.
How Delightful C. & S. Ice Cream Is.
Beat for every occasion. Druggists.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
(Continued from First PAGE.

a formal strike order. but Will simply
let the men quit work on the expira-
ton of their contracts
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
OPERATORS SEND APPEAL
FOR NEW COMMISSION

ereasing and Will reduce ali - kes 20
a minimum"
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
A DlDorcee's Letters to Her 'Ex-Hus6and

The Real Love Letters published in
Times recently created
The Times has secured series Of love letters
teesng and readable
Beginning Tuesday April they appear day
entire seriescompng eighteen
printed.
The letters written
her exhuband they
against divorced marrying
first husband is still living.
SEE THE TIMES NEXT TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST LET
TER OF THIS INTENSELY INTERESTING SERIES
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Only One Answer.

again and again she has been ques-
toned by the doctors as to her motive
Tor Eer suicidal act. To all cSeir quer-
ics size has replied i'm dreary and de-
spondcnt tones. saying:
20, why don't YOU let me die7 1
don't want 10 live any longer"
She turns her face to the wall and
s"bs bitterly. When her father came
9" her bedside she received him calm
~ The physicians say the following
conversation occurred between them:
Viola. why did you do this2'
Because ] wanted 10 die" replied the
Giil.
Surely you did not mean to take ii, -
said the father
Yes. did" said the girl. 81 wanted
- die and took il"
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Found Her Unconscious.

.; ws-s about O'Clock when she swal-
owed the drug. and the ambulance Of
=" Casulty Hospital. with DR.. Mccain
reli in attendance. arrived few minutes
L. 90 The physician found Miss Strahan
i"'conscious. her hair matted on her
f"rchrad. and her lips cruelty burned
a. the acid She lay on the floor as
il dead. her pretty features contorted
~ agony.
Half an hour after she drained tho
i-tue OF the deadly contents she was
go The operating table in the hospital.
ii"r pulse was almost imperceptible.
RI aliZIne hat her life hung by a slender
tnre:td. Drs- MCDANIEL Cannon, and
ltomainc made hercuIean efforts TO save
hor- After two hours they were re-
Nvarded by signs of returning conscious
ness
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
On Short Notice.

The banquet was prepared on short
notice Floral decorations set of a
table filed with tempting dishes Of
every description, as the young veterans
filed into the big banquet hall.
Mr.. Miller first responded TO a toast
given by Department Commander
Smith. who was POSTMASTER.
The present commander said he was
born soldier. had lived soldiers life.
and hoped to die as fitted the shoulder
straps that he wore. He recounted how.
recently, when examining some OF the ef-
fects of his mother. he had found a
little blue blouse to which was pinned
a slip OF paper bearing the inscription:
Worn by nv son Charles while beat
ing a drum at a patriotic meeting"
The date showed that the meeting had
been held Just before the outbreak Of
hostilities in 1851.
Representative Keifer advocated the
establishment of an organization COM
posed OF veterans OF the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. who would be the natural
heirs OF the legacy that would be be-
queathed TO them when all of the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie had answered the last bugle call
WOISc Il nan IlVll wal.
Col. NJ. Emmett Urell, who fought In
both the civil and the Spanish-Ameri-
can wars stated that no ordeal that he
ever suffered in the civil war could com
pare with the terrible night spent on
the heights before Santiago by the
thousands OF hungry men. who were
waiting for the order TO advance on
the city. and end the suspense that had
been forturing them for days
Herbert g Lewis. j H Stein of the
National Historical Society; Capt. Lee
Al. Lipscomb. Comrade o. r. Victor
and Walter Mitchell. founder of the
Spanish War Veterans. also delivered
short addresses.
The guests were I. A Dolph. Daniel
c. Eberly. James p. Ruppel. Herbert c.
Lewis. Orville 3. Victor. Case Martin.
Joseph l. King. ]. L. Shorey. j. Walter
Mitchell. F. S. Hodgson. Lee NJ Lip
scomb. J. Warren Keller. Charles r
Miller. J. L. Smith. NJ Emmett UreU. ].
II. Stein, G. E. Rausch. A. L. Siebel.
6. A Long. W. c. RYAN. c. r. Finite
noch. ]. c. Jrikowic. z. G. Dirnmick. S.
Clifford Cox. and c. o. Sairs.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
VIOLA STRAHAN'S
MYSTERY UNSOLyED
Will Not Tell Why She
Tried to Die.
SUPPOSE LOVE THE CAUSE
1t Is Said That Her Father Objected
to Suitor-Found Her
Unconscious.
one more unfortunate
Weary of breath"

Lying on a cot in the Casualty Hos
pltal. her body racked with pain by day
and her big, brown eyes denied sleep by
night by her unnatural sorrow that she
did not succeed in killing herself. pretty
Viola Strahan wishes for death. and will
not be comforted.
The girl swallowed large quantity OF
carbolic acid at the Columbia railway
station. near Benning. last Friday after
noon Through the .promptness of a boy
summoning physician 10 her aid. her
life @as saved. and the physicians at
The hospital now say she will recover
sufficiently 70 leave The institution In a
few days
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Bottom of Trouble.

Miss Strahan's frequent trips be-
tween Benning and Washington on the
Columbia cars threw her into close
contact with the conductors and motor
men on the line. and two of them, &C
cording TO the stories heard yesterday.
ere said to have paid her marked atten-
ton Her father, it is said. command
ed her to stop receiving the attentions
Of enc of them, and this ia supposed
20 nave been at the bottom of the whole
trouble
On Thursday afternoon Miss Strahan
went 10 the residence OF her sister.
Mrs Brown, and remained there all that
ri"''t. ane left her sisters home Fri
d. afternoon. Where she spent the
between the hour she left her sis
O. house and wheis she took the acid
Epnun
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Wishes Only to Die.

To her fathers questions, she answers
but briefly. refusing an explanation of
why she swallowed the deadly drug To
everybody she voices, in sad repetition,
her wish to die. Constantly she losses
on her cot, tormented by bodily pain, but
10 those who nurse and watch her IL is
evident that. unusual as it is, they see
girl of eighteen who is grievIng her
heart away because she escaped death.
IL is said that parental objection to
one of the girls suitors made her wish
Tor death to end her sorrows
Thomas Strahan. her father. who is
superintendent OF the Benning race
track, declares his pretty daughter had
no reason for wanting TO die. He in
sists she took che acid by mistake. and
he told the physicians at the hospital
he was AZ loss to understand her
conduct, because she was young and
handsome. well cared for at home, and
devoted to her mother. He asserts
that his daughter never intimated her
designs TO take her life. He is abso-
lutely crushed by the occurrence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
The Entente Anticipated.

From the CoTuhin Magazine.
The mention of a boat race recalls to my
mind an amusing. almost grotesque, Incl
dent which happened in 1890. The exhibit
ton at Earl's Court was, that year, a
French one, and early In the year some of
the French exhibitors came to settle mat
tiers. and were entertained by THE EarPs
Court directors. While they were in London
the boat race took place, and arrangements
were made to take them up the river in a
special steamer to enable them to witness
this interesting event. They were delighted
of course. BY mere chance our steamer
was the first to return to Westminster, and
on the way back. as we passed under the
bridges, some OF the English guests, in re-
ply to inquiries from the crowd shouted
the name OF the winning boat "Oxfordr'
and the crowd cheered, as it can cheer on a
boat race day. 1t was then noticed that
one of the French gentlemen looked very
distressed and held his handkerchief to his
eyes Believing he was III some OF the
party went up TO him, inqairtng and offer
ing assistance He needed none and ex-
planned the cause of his emotion: ABR
he said, pointing to the tricolor which our
steamer few out of compliment to the
French guests, 1T moves me to tears to
see how they cheer the French flagl" No
my patriotic countryman, who, to this day,
no doubt, believes that the crowd assembled
on the bridges on boat race day 1890 cheered
the tricolor, and thus proclaimed the EN-
tente cordiale' SO far back as sixteen years
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
Call That Britain Fears.
,om the Boston Herald.

From the BOSTON HeFnId
King Edwards Mohammedan subjects
many times outnumber his Christian subs
jects In that fact lies England's chief diff
ficuItv In dealing with the recalcitrant
grand Turk. The sultan is the official earth-
ly head of the Moslem faith. In political
dealings with him extreme care has to be
taken that the peculiarly sensitive Moham-
medflns throughout the east are not Offend
ed. Al call from Constantinople IN the mama
OF Allah and his prophet would summon the
faithful to arms throughout half the world.
Such a call has not been given in our time;
for the welfare of humanity may il never
be given; but it's possibility always cons
fronts the rulers of the British empire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
Libeled London.
ondon Country Gentleman

From the London Country Gentleman,
When the most has been said against
London smoke and London fog, against the
dirt-lad,sn atmosphere. and the noise and
worry OF the metropolis. It is stili true that
there are healthy people In the capital. Lon
don has not perhaps deserved ali the hard
things that have been said Of II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
Cheap Cigarettes.

From the Tobacco Weekly Journal
1t Is revelation TO some that five cigar
cites can be sold for Id. When 1t is real
lied that clean virgnian tobacco can be
converted into cigarettes by machine at
the rate of 500 or 900 minute their mar
vicious cheapness is fully explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
Can't Keep Him Ont

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wonder how in the world Jim Sinnick
and that Ridley girl ever managed TO per
engaged aboard ship?'
tai owing to stowaway.''
Stowaway What stowaway2"
Cupid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28

At the slight sound OF the tumbler touch
ing the table Chilcote turned; but there was
-expresson on the otner race 70 AZ
fright him.
They tempted me- he repeated, hastily.
s.They seemed like magnets-they seemed to
draw me toward them sat ar the nu-
reau staring at them for a long time; then
a terrible compulsion seized me-something
you could never Understandable caught
up the nearest pen and wrote just what
was in my mind. 1t wasn't a telegram,
nroperly spealing-it was more a letter
wanted you back and / had to make my
self plain. The writing of the message
seemed to steady me; the mere forming OF
the words quoted my mind. was almost
cool when got up from the bureau and
pressed the bell
'The bell?'
Yes 1 rang for servant. I had to
send the wire myself. so I had to get a
cab" His voice rose to irritability. Il
pressed the bell several times; but the
thing had gone wrong-twouidn't work
AT last gave 1t up and went into the cor
ridor to call some one
"WeilY' In the intense suspense of the
moment the word escaped Loder.
..Oh. I went out of the room, but there
I knocked up against that idiot Green
ing He was looking for me-for
YOU rather--about some beastly Wark af-
fair l tried to explain that | wasn't in a
state for business: tried to shake him of,
but he was worse than Blessngtonl At
last, to be rid of the fellow. / went with
him to the study
"But the telegram" Loder began: then
again he checked himself .Yes-yes-I. UNI
derstand.' he added quietly.
I'm getting to the telegram. wish you
wouldn't jar me with sudden questions
wasn't in the study more than a minute
more than five or six minutes" His voice
became confused; the strain of the connect
ed recital was telling upon him. With
| nervous haste he made a rush for the enc
OF his story. II wasn't more than seven
or eight minutes in the study; then, as I
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

a considerable proportion OF personages who might
be classed in lions clothing seized upon the
auspicious season. did the rushing themselves, and
dined we'll and often at a circle of boards that at
times applauded their banaItles and again marveled
at its own cOndescensiOn. OH 1t famous WIN
ter a most glorious winter but 1t passed, and the
devoted itself to just plain slun charity as the
preceding had run to bridge.
OF course, the Bretts pushed the fashion to the
limit and it had happened, particular occa-
sion. that Guyon Trevor had been compelled from
the byways and hedges. Guyon Trevor reported
for The Argus; but he had got into somebody 5
magazine with a story that marked him Tor the
slaugbter Guvon never knew how he had found
himself at the Bretts table The invitation came
through Billy Slayden, whom l rather imagine old
Brett had chartered to do the inviting. Slayden
told Trevor lot about how the Bretts admired the
Sornebodvs story and, partly tor JOY IN his hTst-
born partly from adventurousness, and altogether
thoughtlesslv, Trevor accepted. he regretted the
accentance almost at once, but it seemed too late
then He did not want TO lie out of It, so he went
Most of the other cubs whom Slayden had gath
cred in enoyed it hugely. They dlned well, and
however their inaginations ran rot among the tleS
of books they were to write in some distant future
their host and hostess proved as talar with these
MASTERPIECES that to be as the most eHactl1lg
c1air1oI,an+ could demand 1t the almost unanl-
nous verdict that old Brett got his money worth
and Trevor was the only dissentent
He felt thoroughly uncomfortable and Out OF
-1ace through the whole affair He had not realized
What roaring farce it to be until the game be
gan and then there was literally no escape. 10
make fun of anv whose salt he ate was peyonq
the limit of his breeding; but he was too young ana
too inexperienced to carry off the situation-lt IN
deed it was carryable Therefore, he Just sat ana
looked grim and unhappy sulked as olayden e;
dc-;bed i+-and even refused to crafty the unanl-
nous demand to know how he came to produce that
stunning but unwritten novel The CheruP at tne
Window and the Wolf at the Door. which ola breVU
had read with 50 much pleasure &,
Il was when foundering redfaced IN this refusal
that he caught Marion Brett's eyes looking up rom
the other end of the table, and he remembered thlh
mo that they were nice eyes set tar apart ana having
n Their depths sense of shamed understanding OF
the III Whole business They had OWNED his teehng
too and were trying to thank him; but Dut penn pe nat
afn-ard he had debated with himself whether
under the circumstances he would call and, and mao 4ba
cornnromised by leaving his card when ne kne" rle
And This was how the second meeting took place
Marion was driving in the park one day ana had
almost passed small circle OF people standlng pg
sIa dr;,ieU-av The next instant her groom had the
and She was in the midst OF it. little mongrel
rem been run over and man with his brows drawn
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08


Il don't care Perhaps I'm glad you have"
He took the and Shambled off, and Marion
Brett and Guyon Trevor looked at each other with
sudden mutual recognition. She flushed crimson.
Then she put out her hand mpulSively
L like you she said. Il liked you when first
met you at that-that dinner"
The loungers had drifted away, except two or
three who still looked at the dead dog with sort of
stupid fascination
Trevor felt the old embarrassment coming over
him
How did you know that man had hypodermic2'' y
she went
"Why-wel, you see, a newspaper man learns
sometimes to size people up. He struck me as
pretty far-gOne case. 1t was worth the try"
Yes She said, looking away it worth the
try" and then, turning to him again: &" l wish YOU
would come and see me. I'm at home Wednesdays
She took card from her case and held it out to him.
III be glad to.
She was in her trap again before he had gathered
himself enough to go through the form of helping
her but he raised his hat as She drove off
I'm afraid had bad case of rattes he unused;
but her thoughts dwelt only upon his handling of the
emergency and his lnclslveness with the morphine
tlend
1t never occurred to Trevor not to accept Marion
Brett's invitation Somehow their two meetings
seemed to have placed them ground of intimacy
that long acquaintance might have failed to accom-
plish, and he knew now, too, that she had under
stood and appreciated his attitude years before
Therefore, as a matter OF course, he found himself
Wednesday, at half after three, before the steps
of the Brett palace on Central Park East and with
full realization that he had early for the sake
this was because he would be sure have nothing
in common with nine-tenths of Marion Brett's
friends
1t seemed hardly minute when she came forward
with her hand extended-not a small hand, but we'll
shaped and with firm, warm clasp.
How nice of you to come so sOon!' she said.
Nov YOU must tell me what YOU have been doing
all these wears We are old friends YOU know"
Trevor laughed. Il afraid my exploits would
make rather tame telling. You see, my business is
to tell what other people are doing
Real people, or those YOU invent"
"Oh, real people, generally"
And you have given up hction' l read that
story of yours afterward, and l hoped you would
write more"
I have hoped so myself, off and on but somehow
I haven I found the demand for my fiction pressing;
that IS outside of newspapers. Its sometimes more
pressing there than care to supply"
4 like that, too, she said. Its what / would
have expected of YOU
Trevor found himself taking kindly to her good
opinion. He did not admit that it was altogether
justified but he was glad she thought 1t stimu-