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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-01-21

It's a long, high jump for country
boy from Virginia farm to the once
OF special counsel for the District OF
Columbia. the seat of the Capital OF the
Nation. This, however IS the ieat ac-
compHshed by a. Leftwieh sinclair III
the space of "a few short years
MIR Sinclair was born on the farm OF
his father. Arthur G. Sinclair, near
Bedford CITY. Va. thirty-tive years ago.
He came 10 Washington when boy IN
short pants and received the foundation
of his education in the public schools
OF the city
Later Mr.. Sinclair commenced the
study of law in the Georgetown Uni
versity School Of Law. from which he
was graduated with honors in 1893.
While a member Of the senior class he
wrote an essay on Contracts Against
Public Policy" for which he was
awarded two prizes. one for the best
essay by a member of the senior class
and the other because the essay was
declared to be more meritorious than
that OF any member of the POSTCARD
uate class Of that year.
First Public Duty.
In 1891 Mr.. Sinclair entered the Office
of Attorney Andrew Brown Duvau. who
later was appointed Corporation Counsel
From that time until Mr.. DuvalTs death,
few months ago, Mr.. Sinclair wa
closely associated with him in his prac-
tice. In 1880 Mr.. Duvan appointed Mr..
Sinclair fourth assistant corporation
counsel, and upon the death of Second
Assistant Counsel Arthur II. O'COnnor,
in 1898, Mr.. Sinclair was promoted TO ill
that position.
Mr.. Sinclair was appointed on May p
last TO the OnCe Of special counsel Tor
the District TO represent the Commits
sioners before the commission appointed
by the Supreme Court Of the District tc
appraise the damages resulting TO prop
erty in the vicinity OF the new Union
railway station, because Of the change
Of grades in certain streets, alleys. anc
avenues
While connected directly with the
office OF Corporation Counsel. Mr. Sin
clair was often called upon 10 act a
prosecuting attorney in the Distric
branch of the Police Court. While act
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-01-21
ILL-TEMPERED DOG BITES
THREE-YEkR-OLD'S NOSE

Bitten on the face by dog said 10 be
The property Of John r. Edelin,. of 55l
q street southwest, ZOrrah y Green,
three years OLD. of 233 street south
west received several painful cuts on
The cheek and nose yesterday after
noon. -.
The child was taken home. where
80 rr,ert was given by the family ply
stefan The dog was shot by a ponce
man az the request OF the owner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-01-21
AUNT LIZZIE" AIKEN
PASSESAWAYSUDOENLY
Nursed Soldiers During
War of the Re-
belli0n.

CHICAGO. Jan. 20-"Aunt Lizzie
Aiken. noted as woman army nurse,
dear 10 thousands of old soldiers whom
she nursed during the civil VIr and
one of the oldest mission workers IN
Chicago is dead at her home. 81 Mon
roe street. after an illness Of but TWO
days
She was personally known to the late
President Mckinney and numbered
many generals of the rebellion an"ng
her friends She was one Of the ie"
army nurses to draw a pension from
the Government. obtaining one by spe-
cial act Of Congress.
Named by Sherman.
"Aunt Lizzie received her sobriquet
from General Sherman. At the time 10
woman had ever been allowed to nurse
The soldiers. When Sherman entered
the field hospital ne said: Boys, here
. woman who is going 80 iiurse you.
You had better call her Aunt Lizzie.
The name has chung 10 her for FORTY
wears At every reunion or the Grand
! ARMY of the Republic, "Aunt Lizzle
I had been called upon for q speech,
| Since the war. Mrs. Aiken. her right
name was Mrs. Eliza Nancy Aiken. had
given her life to mission work connected
with the Second Baptist Church. OF
! which she was a member. She had spent
her time and money in aiding all class
es. one Of the deacons Of the church
said today that for twenty-five years
contributions from old soldiers from all
parts OF the country had been the means
| OF supplying her wants.
Pioneer Settler.
In her work she had addressed hun
dreds Of audiences. telling them OF her
early life in Illinois. she was one OF
the earliest settlers in Chicago and knew
IC. p. Holden. Long John Wentworth
as well as many other pioneers
Mrs. Aiken was born in Auburn \
Y. March q. 1917. She said the turning
point Of her life came when she was
thirteen years old. Al the death Of hei
grandfather she was impressed by his
p ding WORDS tn her. which were. ''TTus
riir- my girl" In nearly every speech
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-01-21
"AUNT LIZZIE" AIKEN,
Received Her Sobriquet From General
Sherman.

she ever made she related the incident.
She came TO Chicago as bride in 1851
Her maiden name was Atherton and she
was married 10 Cyrus Aiken in New
York
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
Found Nine Miles at Sea.

Capt. John Johnson while out fish
ing one day last week picked up the
body of colored man. The body was
conveyed to the rooms of Undertaken
Ingersoll. A coroner's jury was EN-
panelled and after reviewing the re-
mains the verdict that the man came
to his death from causes unknown to
the jury was rendered. A rumor was
afloat that the body was that of Jesse
Hunt, who was drowned at Wildwood
Pier some days since. Mr.. Hunts
body has not, up to this time been re-
covered. The body of the unknown
colored man was buried in the potter 5
field at Cape May Court House Wee
nesday.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
A Pretty Home Wedding

A pretty home wedding was solemn
lied at the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Godfrey, at Swaintou, Cape Nav
county, on Saturday, August 4, 1906,
when Miss Ida Irene Godfley, a
well-known and highly respected sales
lady at r. w. Ryan's japanese Bazaar,
in this place, was united in marriage
to Mr.. Alto G. Koeneke, a prominent
business man of Wildwood.
The ceremony took place at l O'Clock,
Rev. Samuel WaId, rector of st. Sim
cons p. E. church, officiating. The
presents were numerous and beautiful
and showed the esteem in which the
young people are held. The witnesses
to the event were; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Koeneke, Mrs. Nellie Godfrey, Miss
Etfie Godfrey, Roland Godfrey, |. S
Townsend and wife, Mrs. Lizzie Vaut-
Ger, Mrs. Lydia Morton, Mrs. Adeline
Brewer, Miss Lulu Brewer; Messrs.
Swain, William Abrams, George Jen-
kins and Oakford NJ. Cobb.
Mr. and Mrs. Koeneke will make
their home in Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
BATHING BITS
Tips on MOdish SurfRigs for This
Season

With the increase in the number of
the women who actually swim, the old
joke about The elaborate bathing suits
that never come in contact with the
water has lost its point, and the mod. IN
bathing suit, while far more attractive
than the bathing garb of olden time,
is as practical as it is becoming.
There is no reason why a woman
should not look passably well in bath
ing clothes to-day, unless her figure is
very bad or she is incapable of looking
well in anything. The hideous baggy
dress of old days has been replaced by
a trim and shapely model, made of
material that will keep its shape and
shed the water readily, and in point of
detail trimmings is eminently pretty
and becoming.
The fashionable woman, in majority
of cases, chooses either silk or mohair
for her bathing suit and it is in her
interests that the manufacturers have
eXerted their best efforts, says the New
York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
BUSINESS COMBINED
WITH PLEASURE AT
ITS HEIGHT NOW
Everything Lively on the Board
Walk--VisitOrs are relighted
With the Various Resorts.
Crowds Arrive Daily.
FEW OF MANY SUNDAY VISITORS TOWN WILDWOOD FEW YEARS HENCE

The past week has added many
thousands of visitors to this charming
summer resort, and the season is at its
height. Train after train load of eX-
Gu rsionists have arrived until all the
hotels and summer boarding houses are
well-filled with guests. While the
month of August will be most busy
one this year, September also promises
TO be month of activity and business.
Many of the leading hotels will have
their houses well filled during the eL-
tire month, and the closing month
promises to be larger in business way
than for seasons past.
A more happy and joyous crowd of
people cannot he found than along the
board walk, and this prominent thor
oughfare is thronged at all times. The
many attractions are we'll patronized
and the management of each receives
his or her share of praise from the
visitors.
ldwood-by-the sea is famous for
its outdoor SPORTS and people come
here from every quarter solely on this
account. Fishing parties innumerable
enjoy the fishing which is most excel
lent, and each angler secures rica
harvest of the tinny tribe.
Wildwood is rapidly growing and in
very short time, it is prophesied, that
its permanent population will more
than double its present number of in-
habitants.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
Young Men in Camp

A company ofyoung men composing
the Ushers Association of the Bethany
German Lutheran church of Roxboro,
Pa, are spending a two weeks vacation
at Camp MerriMaid near the Washing
ton House in Holly Beach. The COM
pany is composed of Messrs. Horace
McFadden, Otto Ringeisen, Theodore
Ringeisen, Albert Kandra, Charles
Stevens, Arthur Roshon, Fred Kern,
Jacob Roth, Henry Nonnemaeher,
Robert Peterman, William Massa,
Walter Goetman, Samuel Wasserman,
Ernest Miller, Curtis Bramble and
Edward Fillman.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
WILL BE MADE TO
HOTEL OTTENS
Fast OutgrONing It's Present
Capacity--VisitO S
Turned Away

Realizing the inadequacy of their
present building, the management of
Hotel Ottens at North Wildwood has
decided to make some grand improve
ments in this popular hostelry at the
close of the present season. a large
addition will be built and many new
rooms added. New verandas and
porches will be built, and when COM
pleted the hotel will be one of the
grandest along the Jersey coast. The
house has been filled to OVERLOOKING for
some time, and many have been forced
to seek accommodations elsewhere for
many days past. With the improve
ments contemplated, Landlord Mac
Kenney will be able 10 serve his pat
rons in most satisfactory manner
With the advent of next season every
thing will be in readiness to cater to
the visitors in manner that will not
only meet the approval of the manage
ment, but will also gain for this fast
growing village the reputation Of pro-
gfeSslVeneSs ana prosperity.
VISITORS AT THE oTTENs
DIR. IL. l.. Sidebotham, physician in
coroner's office at Philade ,,hia, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, Miss
Helen; Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Truitt, Miss
E. M. Truitt and Miss Man MacKiL-
ney, all of Woodbury.; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
q. Sweeney, of Chester, Pa; H. b.
Montgomery, assistant manager Hotel
Stinton and wife, of Phiadel phia; d.
F. Hallahan, Philadelphia, owner of
considerable real estate both in Wild
wood and Philadelphia Mrs. +. Clark,
Mrs. e. Carroll, William Hingaertner,
Peter Flang, f. l.. Kramer and wife,
M. o. Rehfus and family, all of Phila-
delphia; w. II. Isbster. of Cape May;
John b. Rose, Jr., of the United Steel
company, and wife, of Wayne; John r.
Raum, of Wayne, and II. w. john
ston, wife and child, of Camden.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
oEso-
Group OF "DOnt'S" for the Sum
mer Girl

Don't find fault with the table and
at your hotel; it shows poor breeding.
Don't stint yourself TO the extent TO
having to go without some very neces-
sary article in order TO make display
of summer gowns while on your vaca-
ton. This is folly that women are
guilty of.
Don't fall on the neck of every other
woman you meet at the hotel and ex-
pose to her your family secrets. Strang-
ers have little regard for the condolences
placed in them by chance acquaintance
and it should not surprise you if you
hear your family affairs aired on the
hotel piazzas if you make friends with
every one you happen to meet.
Don't make a dead set for every man
who arrives at your hotel. The girl
who keeps modestly in the background
is the one who is usually sought out,
and who receives the many little at
tentions and courtesies that the fiirt is
denied.
Don't join the army of gossips who
are usually found on the porches of
the summer hotels, and who find it a
pleasure to pry into the affairs of every
man and woman in the place, even
going as far as to tear characters TO
shreds. You will find more pleasure
in your vacation if you take long walks
or drives and become familiar with the
beauties of nature.
Don't hesitate to bestow little kind
ness on the lonely woman you may
meet, who possibly has the care of "A
sick child or who may be ill herself.
A bright, CHEEKY word or some kind
little attention will go great way to-
wards making her vacation more
pleasurable and you will be happier
for it yourself.
BE kind and considerate to those
around you and your vacation will
prove a spiritual as well as physical
rest.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
A Pleasant Evening

One of the most pleasant occasions
of the season was the Watermelon par
ty given by Mrs. Charles Toy at the
Albany" on Pine avenue, last We'd
nesday evening. Music and recita-
tions furnished pastime and pleasure
to the houseful of guests present.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
We are Still Giving
Away Lots at Avalon

You not know that the natural elevation of the hills
on Seven Mile Beach Avalon New Jersey permits established
grade to be the high the grade
shed on all the other beaches Cape May county You may
know that the smallest lots at Avalon 5oxIIo feet than
double the size OF lot You
still giving OF best and highest lots parties who will
build house ON them costing not less than $500 You may
know that offering lots lower price than such lots have
ever been offered at the eashore You will appreciate
ment OF facts unless Avalon Therefore
come over while the boats schedule
sea wharf is delightful trip from Angesea Stone Habor
to Peemont Avalon Get off Peermont which
few from office.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08

mile and half of graveed have been
three miles curb has been nea
feet OF water pipe within the last four months Three miles
sidewalks being laid Many houses have here
this spring and others building.
Remember that Avalon municipal Borough that is practically
out of debt its works being worth much bonded
Taxes lower Avalon than any other Seaside Cape
May County
Do you build cottage for season? If SO why paw
hundreds thousands for lot when elegant lot
the Ocean front for the building This is the most
liberal offer that has been made any Jersey
only ask that investigate proposition
There will always be here show you
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-08
A Coming Event.

Q More than five hundred tickets have
already been sold for the supper to be
given at the Wildwood Ocean Pier on
the 18th of the present month, for the
benefit of st. Simeon's P. E. church.
Everything points to a successful
affair.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16

LA EsCUELA DE CRIMINOLOGIA
La escuela de criminologfa, cuyo
establishments dccret6 cl sehor Dato
ha qucdado constituida ante cl minis.
tro de Gracia y Justicia, y empezara
en- seguida d funcionar.
Han sido nombrados profesores de
la misma, personas de tanta competcn-
cia en- la matcria como los senores
Salillas, Perez Cossio, Anton, Simarro
Ol6riz Aramburo.
El director dc la Carcel Modelo Sc
nor MILAN Astray, ha sido elegido
secretario y professor auxiliar Ell doctor
Castillo
Tambi6n Sc estudia en- el ministe-
rio de Gracia y Justicia ell proyecto
dc colonias penales, que ell Consejo
penitenciario ha aprobado va.
X
Los regionalistas catalanes han pu-
bhcado un manifesto dirigido al pals
y que frman los senadores y diputa-
dos que comulgan en- aquella escuela
politica.
En- ell m ani6esto Sc sef1ala un pro-
grama minimo de reformas Immediate
mente aplicables, que contiene ell res
peto los idiomas regionales, la
Suppression de las incompatibilidades de
jueces y magistr ados, exigiendo, por
ell contrario, tempo de residencia y
conocimiento del derecho foral de la
lengua local; la creaci6n de una Sala
del Tribunal Supreme que entienda
en- los recursos procedentes de regio-
mes forales; la creacion respetando las
actuales diputaciones, de organismos
lregionales para fines de instruction y
obras pdblicas y stablecimientos de
cnciertos econ6micos; la autonomfa
Imhniciral y universitaria, y regimen
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16

The intention of the congregantes,
in pretending that the House of
Delegates approved the celebrated
proVtSien in the municipal law which
perm itted the Alcaldes and Council
1ors to associate themselves without
the character of corporations, was a
yelled blow at the League of Mum
icipalities, which has rendered such
important and valuable services to
the country.
1t has been detected in time, and
we are able to see the sad end which
will overtake the League unless it
receives on the part of its defenders
the most decided support and energ-
etiC defence.
Fortunately, SO patriotic and useful
an association has been saved from
the snare which was set for it. That
treacherous bro0ided was expunged
from the municipal Law, the treason
able trap has not had the desired
effect; it was discovered in time to
prevent it's fall
We can congratulate ourselves that
such has been the result. The cong
regantes hoped in vain that the
House of Delegates would become
an accompIice of the oracle.
From that body was heard a very
different opinion, reflected in the
project Of law which did not pass in
the Executive Council The League
.of Municipalities ought always to
exist in the form in which it was
esta blished and the municipalities
ought to provide the necessary
means for its maintenance.
The Executive Council where the
.congregantes have the superiority
'of numbers did not approve the
fa1lacious and mogrebino br0gldcd.
The League of Municipalities will
continue along the same lines as it
has from its organization and as it
is going at the present time.
Now we can see the importance Of
this League; it's usefulness is proved
by the brilliant campaign which was
wagcd in Washington by the com
mlssloners, and the country manifcstS
its confidence ii the League in the
spontaneous and enthusiastic rccep-
tion which it accorded to Mr.. Todd
on his return from the United Sta
ties; and nothing else is necessary TO
convey to the contumacious adver-
saries Of this patriotic organization
that the country Judges them to have
made a fatal error in attempting to
oppose the free and legal attributes
of the League Of Municipalities.
The country is convinced that the
League is necessity, that it is the
sole organization which Influences
the great powers in the mother coun-
try and dcnounces before them the
abuses and the crimes pcrpouascd
in the colony; the country is satisfied
that the salvation of The colony can
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
EDITORIAL

only be brought about bv the death
of the regime and that this depends
upon a course Of energetic frankness
and campaign like the one inauqu-
rated by the League Of Municipa1i-
ties since it approved the glorious
memorial which was ratified in Was
hington before the most eminent pu-
bile men in the United States.
It was necessary that all our efforts
be directed towards sustaining the
League of Municipalities it was ne
.cessary that all our energies be en-
.ployed to assure the success Of its la
bors, because it was said by a certain
functionary, touching the great ent-
husiasm manifested at the time of
the organization Of the League, that
IN three months it would all be for
gotten.
There have passed since then not
only three months, but many months.
and no one has yet forgotten the OBJ
jects of its creation, the loud voice
still resounds, in the metropolis is
heard the clarion voice in defence of
that League; many months have pas
sed, and much opposition has been
encountered; the hostility Of the gov
ernment, the economic blockade
which the Secretary wished to esta-
bllsh; the fantastic authority Of the
oracle OF the congregation has been
refused, end yet the League CONT
nues to be a very active force and
very much alive, il continues laboring
for the welfare Of the COLONY and de-
tending its august personality.
The League Of Municipalities still
exists in spite Of the opposition
which it has encountered, because
the people, with wonderful intuition.
have recognized in that organization
the instrument Of their salvation.
From the dangerous Legislative
period, during which il vas feared
it might sustain some injury, the
League has emerged stronger and
more robust than ever, because it
has been clearly demonstrated that it
IS defended by all the public institu-
tions distinctly Pcrtorican.
The period OF proof has ended now
the only thing to be feared, since
the country has SO clearly shown its
attitude in defence of the League is
that the government NAV resort to
co ardly and underhand means to
destroy it, ill., order to deprive the
country Of its strong arm Of defence.
In the face Of collective sympathy
and defence Of the League of Mum
clpalues, the government ought to
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
"a rev0guCI0n en
Uruguay Weyncse1a
Ell Presidente Battle OrdoneZ
asegurado en- ell poder

Nueva York, viernes. -Comunican de Mon
tevideo que han fracasado por complete los re
voucionarOS
FL Presidente senor Battle Ordonez logro
batir en- los primeros encuentros los rebeldes
y ademas Sc asegur6 la lealtad de las tropas de
guarnicion quitando con clio toda clase de sim
patias los revolucionarios, que al fin Sc han
dispersado, reConoCiendO la legal1dad del go
berno conStituidO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
E-B Presidents Ezo0S@ weHt
sGup5 as3 &ago5oS&a'0
cl@ BaS csSspGa&@S
CORE eIrumor en- AIgeciras de que Sc
apelara ante los Estad0s Unid0s

Nueva York viernes Ultima hora lie
gan notcias de que corren rumOres en- Algeci-
ras references que los poderes interesados en-
Marruecos apelaran ante el Presidente de los
Estados UnidOs Mr.. Roosevelt, para que sirva
de arbitrO en- las disputas de los asuntos de la
poliC1a, banco contrabando de armas, dere-
chos que reclaman para ST respectivamente
Francia, Espafla y Alemania.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
OficisEeS y S0Sd@caOS
GOmeaeagae8@ . q goaaSsS6ua
I'll Consejo de guerra de Sebast0pol
funciOna actiVamente

Nueva York viernes.-Desde SebastOpol,
Russia, participant que han sdo condenados los
Iefes, ofciales artilerOs de guarniCi0n en-
el fuerte que dominaba la entrada del puerto Y
que secundaron en- la rebellion la tripulaci0n
del crucerO "OuSchakOH
FL Consejo de guerra viene funcionando
con actividad sc estan uzgando tOdOS los
que tomaron parte en- los successes OCurridOs en-
Noviembre Enero ultimO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
e Rey Eduardo
ira al PEreC
Su pr6ximo viaje por
ell Mediterraneo

Nueva York, viernes. Sc ha conhrmado Ell
Irumor que habia circulado relative la proba-
bic conferencia en- aguas del P1reo, Grecia' en-
tre el Kaiser Guillermo de Alemania Y ell Rey
de Inglaterra Eduardo VII.
FL Emperador aleman estar& en- Madrid a
principle de Abril seguira luego en- su pro-
vectado viaje por el Mediterraneo conferen-
Iciando con Eduardo VII en- las aguas de Gre
cia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-16
e. martTdi0 Gaberaa &gHabaTa
p0ra Gssa Erp&essyeBGia
Els precise sostener q
todO trance la paz

Nueva York, viernes.-Agregan los diarios
que los Jefes del gabinete liberal
ingl6s traba jan con gran empen0 para llegar a
una completa inteligencia con Alemanla con el
fin de que Sc sostenga p0r Varios amos la paz en-
Europa Sc legue a I'm acuerdo hOnroso so
bre los asuntOs de Marruec0s.
En- la opinion publica Sc We con simpatia
una "entente cordiaIe' con el Imperio alemdn.