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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
Wne'S Suicide Attempts
OutStrip SpOuSe'S Count;
Family Moves After Each
Woman Used Gas. Jumped Into River and
Before Cars, But She Still LiVes-Man
Changed Houses Eight Times in Year.

lace curtains and rugs 70 rings aid bits
OF jewelry-
Typhoid Fever Caused Mania.
Some years ago." said Mr.. Mason,
my wife had a violent attack OF typhoid
fever. L seems 70 have affected her
mind. for she has not been the same
since. and has been subject 10 spells OF
hysteria- She has grown worse from
year 70 year, until II is now almost
unbearable. Ny wife IS a highly edu-
Gated woman: she was educated at the
Dublin University, and her family the
McNamaras. IS one OF tbs best in Ire
land.
My VIE has tried all forms OF sui
eide, and only by the prompt interven-
ton OF nelghbOrs or the children has
her life been saved / am never sure
OF waking UP IN the morning 10 find her
alive She has tried % jump of the
roofs Of houses where we have lived
She has tried gas several times and last
summer she threw hersef IN the Fast
River. She also has mania for throw
ing herself IN front Of street cars
IN the Tombs Five Days.
IN one OF these attempts TO take her
life she caused our imprisonment in
the Tombs last spring for i've days.
was making a strong effort 70 keep her
from taking her life in our home. when
the janitor OF the building thought was
quarreling with her and we were ar
rested
u have been put 10 almost intoler-
able suffering and inconvenience by my
wife's unconscious suicidal mania. but
I don't mind that II 1 could only re-
store her to health After recovering
from these attempts on her lie she ap-
parently does not remember a thing
that has happened.
7 tOcl, my family 70 Jersey City last
fail. thinking change OF environment
might help her. but she only grew
worse, and IN the few months we lived
there she tried so often 70 commit sui
eide that we were obliged 70 move four
times.
7 love my wife. and I hate 20 refer
10 her case IN this way, but I shan
have 70 do something TO protect my
children, and I can't 80 on keeping
house this way" said he despairingly
as he walked through the rooms with
the furniture and fixtures all awry.
We have lived here a month" he said
but nothing has been touched OF put
IN order since We came
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
MISSED CONGRESS.
IS BRITISH KNIGHT
Sir Robert Bucknell Was
Once Candidate For House
From Indiana.

OXFORD, England. July 29--SIr Rob
ert Buckell, one Of the new knights in
the Kings birthday honors list. and
for thirty years or more the leader OF
the Liberal party IN Oxfordshire, has
received his honor much belated because
for several years he was resident OF
America The Conservatives have al
ways tried 10 prove he was an Ameri-
can citizen.
AS a young fellow he went out to
Indiana and settled in Terre Halts.
where he learned many practical things
in American politics, imbibed a tremen-
6ous amount of American energy and
initiative, made fortune and babe fair
TO eclipse the Hon. Daniel w. voorhees,
In oratorical power and political lead
Crship
Family affairs made necessary his
permanent return 70 Oxford IN the
height Of his Indiana success. He had
declined an Indiana nomination for
Congress
Oxford soon learned that there was a
new power in its midst, a slender fell
low with mild blue eyes and charming
manner, who could pack the halls
throughout the country every night in
the week and sway his audiences COM
pietely from laughter TO tears; who
could win votes by the thousand and
work twenty hours day II necessary.
The Conservatives scofed. the old lead
ers among the Liberals were naughty,
but young Buckell kept on speaking by
night and working by day, and telling
{ the funny stories for which he has al
ways been famous.
In a few years the old war horses
were only too glad 70 follow his leader
ship and acknowledge the worth Of his
American ideas. He was elected sue
cessively 10 all the Offices OF the city
and offered the nomination 10 parlia-
ment several times. This last he has
always declined, as his lifework has
been the civic Improvement OF oxford.
He has been mayor four times and
during each term has given the city an
unusually brilliant social regime. II is
said he spent $4,000 during his term
when the new municipal buildings ar
oxford were opened. which he had Sc
cured for the city after many years OF
hard fighting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
ADVISES CHANGES
IN HEPBURN ACT

WALLACE. Idaho. July Ex-senator
W. B. Hepburn expresses his views OF
the railroad problem, saying:
Railroad rate legislation OF the last
Congress seems to meet the expectations
Of the people. and the application OF the
law so far has suggested the changes
that viii make 1t still more efficient.
but It Is too early yet to determine
whether it win ultimately accomplish all
that was sought.
Il am strongly In favor OF such
amendments TO the existing law and
such Interpretation and application
thereof as viii prevent the transporta-
ton companies from charging more for
short haul than for long haul, where
the short haul is included within the
long haul"
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GOODBYE"

Maybe they couldn't land as pretty
a blow with a fist as 1 can. II I do say
no police interference. could have
knocked him out for good with one blow,
II I'd been a mind 20, but there's al
ways something handy around tie
house to hit him with. II the rolling
pin Isn't there, or the broom handle, let
'em try the lamp. Anything viii do the
work all right"
so there you are for a sure cure. TIE
next time your husband falls of the
wagon Just treat him according 10 Mrs.
Wilkinson's infallible prescription. IL
the first dose fails, don't be afraid 10
double it
And If you have any doubts at all
about the efficacy of the treatment. just
go out and have a look at docile Mr..
Wilkinson He's a great little testi-
monisl. is poor John.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
NEW GREYHOUND
EXPECTED TO Be
ATLANTIC'S QUEEN
KronprinzeSSin Cecilie
Viii Make % Miles An
Hour Across Ocean.

NEW YORK, July 29.-In ten days an
other ocean greyhound. the fourth In
the North German-Lloyd Steamship
Company's quartet of express trans
Atlantic liners, will be seen at her pier
ready for transatlantic trip.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie will sail
on her first trip from Bremen on Tues
day. August 6. and should be here on
the Tuesday week, August 10. She is OF
practically the same dimensions and
general appearance as the Kaiser VIII
helm II, and completes the quartet,
lacking which the North Gernian-Lloyd
line has hitherto been obliged to omit
a sailing Of an express steamer on every
fourth week from New York ard
Bremen.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie was built
at the Stettin works of the Vulcan Ship
building Company, which also turned out
the first three OF this feet Of remark
able vessels. the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, which made a maiden trip that
has never been equaled IN the history
of the world, in 1897, the Kronprinz VII
helm, in 1902, and the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
in 1903
The KrOnprinzessin CeciIie is half a
foot longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. which is 7O6 feet long. Y feet beam.
and 81 feet deep, while the Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie is 7O51z feet long, =
feet beam, ana 521z feet in depth Her
gross tonnage is 10000 the same as that
Of the Kaiser Wilhelm H. and her en-
gines, or the quadruple expansion. re-
eiprocatng, balanced type. are Of 1900
horsepower. The engines Of the Kaiser
Wilhelm II are OF ~, 40C-horsepOwer.
She Is expected 10 make q knots. OF
more than G.66 statute miles, an hour
she will be a Knot faster than the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. whose nominal speed
IL ~ knots The new stea mshIp IS
! looked 70 as tho coming holder OF the
blue ribbon Of the Atlantic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
Convent Lass in Trousers,
Enjoys Life Like a Man
Never Expects to Wear Skirts, and Would
Dress Girl Babies in Brooches Cut
Down Trees and Ride Bare
backed Horses.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, July BIN
their secret hearts most women want
TO wear trousers. They may like the
grace Of a long skirt for indoor af-
fairs. but when II is a question Of get
ting somewhere there is seldom one
who does not hate the cloth that flaps
around her ankles and envy men for
their freedom from It
Dorothy POquette, a convent girl. who
lives on a big estate among the hills
above West Bolyston, IN Worcester
county. Mass. has dared TO defy the
accepted form OF dress BY way OF
showing what trousers viii do for a
person II Is reliably stated that she
thinks nothing at all OF cutting up a
cord of wood. That IS just one Of her
little amusements. She hunts. TOO;
fishes. walks great deal, rides horse
back with or without a saddle, and
automobiles-aH in trousers.
Miss Poquette's manner OF taking 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
A SOrrOWing Contemporary.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
New York Times, has a right bad
time handling all the troubles which
a troubleful Sabbath brought to it.
1t mourns throughout a leading edi-
tOrial on The Presidents Surren-
der" referring, of course, to the
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt did not
choose to nnllify the laws and brush
aside the courts of North Carolina.
/ Then it analyses the Haywood trial
TO the extent of another solemn col
umn, reaching the conclusion that
''the disproof of a capitalist conspir-
acy, and affirmative proof of the
federatiOn's policy to get its ends
by foul means, if necessary, are
both on the record, and independent
I, of Haywood's personal guilt or
innocence"
Really, the situation is not so bad.
1t is a hard thing to forgive the
jury system for not relieving the
community of undesirable citizens
on general principles. Yet the innO-
cence of an accused man really does
afford some excuse for not hanging
him. The Times should reconcile
itself to this view, and then should
try to believe that the twelve men
who heard the evidence may have
been entitled to some consideration
for their conclusions.
II is when seriously discussing the
North Carolina settlement, however,
that the Times appears most per-
turbed. Governor Glenn, il says,
''has just triumphed over law and
order, over the Federal judiciary
over the President of the United
! States, the commander-in-chie of
| the army and navy" To be surel
And how inexcusable of the Presi-
dent, with the army and the navy al
his disposal, to permit it! A Presi-
dent who was One-half strenuous
would never have permitted it. He
would just have sent the army and
navy there and blown the meddling
North Carolina courts, Legislature
and executive out of the water. The
Times sees prospect of Governor
Glenn becoming the Democratic can
didate for President of these-no,
this-United States. 1t would be an
unutterable thing save for two con
sideratiOns: he wouldn't be Mr.
Bryan, and he would be sure to put
Roosevelt out of the running. Any
one thing that could retire both
these menaces at one time has unde
niabIe merits, as the New York
lpapet views affairs.
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A SUGGESTED REPRISAL.

The air is tense, you hold your breath
or yei your fervent coaching,
As Casey, with unrivaled speed,
The hOmeplate is approaching.
That moment psychological.
A sweet young thing. so cunning,
Will turn to you and bIandly ask,
Now, why is that man running?"
All, maidens fair. often think
You would not be more willing
If we should interrupt your game
When comes the climax thrilling
Suppose that just before he popped,
Your strange enjoyment baking,
We turned to you and blandly asked,
why isn't that man talking?"
Wilson, in The Circle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
CAR MEN MAY QUIT;
ANGRY AT Spoilers

NORFOLK, July 29.-Unless there are
overtures from the Norfolk and Ports
mouth Traction Company within the
next few days there is likely to be a
strike Of the motormen and conductors.
1t is said that eight conductors have
turned in their badges to the company
because inspectors and spoilers are
checking them up between stations and
ringing UP additional fares and charg-
ing them According TO the employees,
the inspectors and spoilers board the
cars in two and threes, and are con-
tinually nagging at them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
Always Was Model Man.

He never fell off the water wagon
before neither. he turns over every
penny he makes to me and we have
nine children I can't for the life OF me
see why he wanted 20 get drunk last
Saturday night"
well, would You mind telling lust
how you treated him. Mrs. Wilkinson, -
said /. so that other downtrOdden
members Of your sex may know Just
how TO 60 about it?''
ION, sure" said Mrs. Wilkinson.
ANY woman's a fool that will take a
beating from drunken man. WOuldn't
do 1t. and neither'd any Of them have 10
II they'd only do as l did.
You see, he come home at O'Clock
first. and pretty well loaded. too. /
never said word to him az all, think
in I'd give him chance 20 20 TO bed
quiet like and not wantin 10 start a
row on account OF the neighbors.
But did he go 20 the bed? Not him.
He went out again instead and never
came home till II o'clock, and him fuller
than a tick
II didn't waste no time at all on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

mems attire shows a good deal OF eour-
age. as well as thOughtfulness, for a
girl.
when I was IN the convent Il never
occurred 10 me that skirts were a draw
back" she said Perhaps II my people
had stayed in Long Island, where we
lived TIL last fall. I should have gone
on dragging yards Of cloth from my
hips ssnd never thought much about It
7 started with the times when men
and women dressed alike. and I fol-
lowed the men in their upward career
as they flung away a kilt here and a
cloak there. and IL seemed 70 me that
ever time they discarded a few yards
OF cloth they gained in productiveness
and general superiority.
"Of course, there have been changes
in wOmen's attire, too. but they have
kept their skirts-and look at the re-
suit
IF ever marry and have children
girls I mean-I'u dress them just
like this. And I should dress the same
after marriage. I can cut down tree
as well as any man know OF. and
I'm emanicpated from skirts"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
CHRISTIANITY FALSE.
ASSERTS PREACHER

LONDON, July "a startling attack
on organized Christianity was made by
the Rev. r. J. Campbell in a sermon at
the City Temple. He said:
Orthodox Christianity is false to re-
ligion. The day of the official priest is
over. We are getting back to first prin-
ciples. The seed Of life is no longer or
gauized Christianity. The church OF to-
day has betrayed Christ.
Dogma Is a prodigious lie, tending to
foster selhshness. Professionalism is Just
as dogmatic as Catholicism Material
ism and atheism are far less dangerous
than dogma"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
The Haywood Verdict.

Harry Orchard was the strength
and also the weakness of the case
against William D. Haywood, score
tary of the Western Federation Of
Miners. The story which Orchard
told of the unparalleled series of
crimes which he had committed
seemed at first calculated to convict
ANYBODY who could be shown in any
wise to have been associated with
or to have backed him in those
crimes. Yet the very hideOusness
and extravaganza Of Orchards tale
seems to have had an opposite effect
on the minds of the jurors.
1t is easy enough to understand
how the twelve men, with the Or
lrrative in their minds,
we been unable to bring
IS to hang a man on his
for crimes which at great
l not be compared with
8, and under circumstances
rongly suggested probable
richard finally getting i'm
Denials from everybody
.noI were unavailing against
the feeling that Orchard would not
make that confession without prom
ise of immunity.
But there is more than this in the
verdict. 1t seems impossible TO be-
Iieve that the public has been given
a fair impression of the merits of
the prosecution. The acquittaI is
presented as a tremendous surprise
to everybody at Boise. Perhaps it
was; but then, again, perhaps writ
ers whose pen pictures have for
months made Haywood look only
less undesirable" than Orchard
needed this explanation for a YER
dict so out of line with their fore
casts. From the beginning there
has been disposition to concede all
round that the jury was fair and be-
yono corruption. Yet Oh the first
ballot only two voted for conviction,
and -four votes for conviction was
the largest number ever secured.
Juror Robertson, intimate friend of
Governor Steunenberg, with whom
the governor lived for two years
while he was chief executive, voted
for acquittal from the start. Yet he
was one of the men counted on
surely to prevent aequittal. Organ
lied labor was not represented on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
PASTORS ASK FOR RAIN,
D0WNP0UR THEN BEGINS

JOPLIN. Mo-. July 29.-The pastors in
the various churches yesterday, by
agreement, offered prayer for rain to
dispel the drought that has been de-
stroying crops for the last month The
prayers were offered during the morn
Ing services Three hours later heavy
downpour of rain began and deluged this
section during the afternoon
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the jury. The expressions of the
jurors at the time they were drawn
were generally unfavorable to the
defense.
One commonplace of legal expert
ence is emphasized by the verdict.
II is that conspiracy is one of the
easiest charges on which to secure
indictment, and one of the hardest
on which to secure conviction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
TREATY RATIFICATION
By JAPAN AND RUSSIA

ST. PETERSBURG. July 2s.-Ratihca-
TORS Of the Russo-Japenese treaty Of
commerce and navigation, and the
fishery convention, based on the treaty
OF Portsmouth, Just signed here, viii be
exchanged forthwith
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
PERU SEES IMPORTANCE
IN ROOTS RECENT VISIT

LIMA. Peru. July 29.-President Pardo.
in his speech opening the congress. at
tributed immense Importance TO SeCre-
tary OF State Roots recent visit, which
had enabled personal judgment of the
cordial sentiments existing between
Peru and the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
CHILDREN WITH MATCHES
BLAMED FOR $3.50 BLAZE

One hundred and fifty dollars damage
was done by a fire IN William James
store. 81 p street northwest last even
ing. Children playing with matches are
said TO have been responsible for the
blaze which consumed several tons OF
hay and other horse feed stored in the
establishment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
CUBAN REBELS SURPRISED
AND QUICKLY QUELLED

HAVANA, July "a report from
Santiago states that a band of twenty
armed men under Emilio Sagrero, q
Porto Rican. who were planning an up
rising. were surprised by rural guards
at Secadero, not far from Santiago.
Shots were exchanged. but no one so
far as reported, was hurt II was un-
derstood that the band is composed
mostly Of Spaniards. Another hand is
reported in the same vicinity.
The rural guards are searching for
them. Three men have been captured
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
semi-centennial of Church.

The semi-cehtennial of the Fifth Bap-
fist Church, SiX-and-a-Half and E
streets southwest the Rev. Weston
Bruner. d. D.. pastor was celebra led
last night with appropriate services. c.
Clinton James, clerk Of the church, read
an interesting paper giving the history
Of the congregation during its existence
OF fifty years. The church is out Of
debt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29
KEEPING THE RULES.

Sentry-You can't leave
Sol9ier-But I have the captains oral
permission.
Sentry Observation-Disclosures see it.
Translated for Transatlantic Tales from
II Motto per Ridere."
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NEW YORK, July 29.-Does your hus-
band fall of the water wagon? Does
ne come Come late at night with jag
and smash the furniture? Does he try
TO smash you. too? Then try one dose
Of Mrs. Wilkinson's Sure Cure for
Drunken Husbands and get instant re-
lief
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

The Civic Federation's municipal
ownership commission has approx
mately agreed on a verdict. but reading
Of the verdict develops that it is hardly
worth all the trouble taken 10 reach It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

1t isn't difficult to figure out that Mr..
Debs' weekly editorial output will have
to be printed on asbestos II It ever gets
to the readers this trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

The newspaper reports seem to indi-
cate that the Coney Island FIRE was the
real thing, but until we get the word OF
the insurance companies that they are
paying real damages we shall refuse to
be convinced that it wasn't another
spectacle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

The States will continue in possession
Of an excuse for existence for at least
some little spell yet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

Mr.. Hartman will perhaps be able to
figure out a roundabout vindication for
himself in this acquittal of Haywood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

Speaking of undesirable citizens" It
is Just as likely as not that Haywood
will have a few remarks on that subject
for emission later on.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

RaisuH having been thoroughly de-
feated. there IS fear that he viii do
something real mean just for revenge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-29

It was rather a poor Sunday for auto
accidents. but the tenement house made
up any arrearages IN the fatality list.
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HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO YOU.

Persons leaving Washington for the summer
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VIZ 6 cents a week for the daily edition or
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All mail subscriptions are invariably payable
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