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The Washington times., 1907-02-14
DAIMLER BURNS,
Loss $5OO.OOO

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Fire complete
~ destroyed the big plant Of the Daim-
Ter Manufacturing Company, at e37
Steinway avenue Steinway, Queens
county, early this morning.
Loss $4,000. covered by insurance.
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CROWD Kisses
BISHOP POTTER
IN THE HOUSE
Bitter Contest Over Tenn
perance Bill for District
of Columbia.

Advocates of prohibition hissed
the name of Bishop Henry c. Pot
ter, Of New York; Representative
Sims of Tennessee accused an at
torney for the brewers Of telling an
untruth; the charge was made that
the excise laws of the District of
Columbia are a farce, and there was
a continuous atmosphere Of bitter
conflict during the hearing granted
today by the House District Com
mittee on the Webber bill to prohibit
the manufacture and sale Of intoxi-
eating drink in the District.
In many respects the hearing was
one of the most remarkable ever
had by the committee Its room
was so crowded that men and wo-
men were wedged tightly against
the walls and crowded members Of
the committee against the table.
Kissed Mention of Potter.
When the hearing began 1000 people.
In column of twOs, marched from
the bis Rotunda through a side corri-
dor past the door of the committee
room and out of the building IL rough
the east door of the Capitol This pro-
cesston. which was led by two CapitOl
policemen. was demonstration planned
to show the large support the Webber
bill has in the District.
Trouble had been brewing in the COM
mittee room from the beginning of the
speaking. When the temperance advo-
Continued on Ninth PaEe1
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BOARD
To PRONOUNCE
on CONTRABAND
Protect Exposed Cities
and Discourage New
Types of Weapons.

The probable program Of the second
Hague Peace Conference, which Is 10
meet this summer was handed to Pres
ident Roosevelt this morning by Repre-
sentative Richard Bartholdt. president
Of the American Group Of the Interpar-
hamentary Union. The union has inst
adjourned its fourteenth annual conven-
ton IN London, and the papers brought
10 the White House today by A-r. Bar
tholdt represent the condensed. senti-
ment Of the representatives Of the vari-
Gus nations that participate In the meet
ing.
The six principal subjects proposed
by the union for The Hague conferees
are as follows
!. By treaty define cOntraband of war
as being restricted to arms, munitions
Of war. and explosives
? Re-assert and confirm the nrirci-
pies that neither the ship carrying con-
traband of war. nor other goods on
board Of such ship not being contra
band OF war. may be destroyed.
Protect Private Property.
3 Affirm that even between belliger-
ents private property should be immune
at sea as it is on land
l. It IS desirable that the second
Hague conference consider the proprietv
of prohibiting the use Of new types al
rifles. guns. and marine engines oi
war; also the bombardment OF ~
Tended ports. towns. and villages.
5. The second Hague conference should
consider carefully and, il possible
clearly define the rights and du5fas ~
OContinued on second PaGAl
The Washington times., 1907-02-14

- H1 StCElCdls anu IL Is eAlreHelF
doubtful If he viii be able to 90
on with the ThaW trial.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14-Mrs. Boil
ton, wife Of Joseph H Bolton, Juror
No. II in the Thaw trial, is dead.
Juror Bottoms race to the bedside
of his dying wife was in vain as she
passed away a few moments before
he reached his home. Mrs. Bottoms
death is the second, although an in
direct one, resulting from the shots
which killed Stanford White on the
Madison Square Roof Garden last
June. Her death is traceabIe direct
" to the Thaw trial.
On Monday night, when the recent
cold spell struck New York sudden
ly, Mrs. Bolton visited the Broadway
Central Hotel, where the jurors are
kept under guard, to talk with her
husband and take a change OF cloth
ing On the way home she contract
ed the cold which developed into
pleuro-pneumonia and resulted in
her death today.
Assistant District Attorney Car
van announces that court win meet
at , o'clock only to adjourn until
Monday morning, owing to the
death Of Mrs. Bolton.
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HOLDS
SHORT SESSION
By CHARLES SoMERv1LLE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Tragedv
within tragedy came today in the
Thaw trial when Captain Ricketts,,
chief of the supreme court squad,
passed hurriedIy behind the jury
box, across the witness stand to the
side of Judge Fitzgerald, where he
reported that the news had lust
been given him that the wife of
Juror Joseph Bolton was dying.
Bolton, a little slender white
haired man, had been very nervous
in his place in the jury box from
the time court opened BY permis-
sion of the court he had spent a
large part of last night at the bed
side of his wife. Her condition
when he left her had been such
that the mans anxiety gave him no
sleep. His fellow-jurors showed him
every sympathy today and repeated
" assured him that all would come
out right.
But when Bolton saw CAPTAIN
Ricketts, make his hurried way to
the judges desk he knew intuitively
that it meant bad news for him.
He got up his chair and he was
trembling . very white.
Fellow-jr e arms
kindly
A6
JUDI
Distr'
yer
few NH
o'clock was a.
Captain Ricketts, =,
OF the jury box and D.
kindly around the shoulders -.
Bolton, telling him the truth aboL-
wife's condition. Meanwhile a cab has.
been sent for. and in the company OF
a court officer. Juror Bolton was start
ed rapidly for his home. Another Jury
man accompanied the two. When Thaw
entered the court room this morning
he had eyes only for the little old Jury
man in seat No. Il HIS glance seemed
to carry more sympathy for the Jury
man than 1t seemed to hold anxiety for
himself. Almost a bow passed between
the men, for Bolton met Thaw's glance
and seemed to interpret II properly
No expression of opinion could be Sc
cured as to what effect on the trial the
death OF the juryman's wife would
have. The matter is one that lies en-
tirely within the discretion Of the Judge
as to whether the trial would continue.
II the sad event did occur and Mr..
Bolton should say that shock and grief
usaa'ld T1r0uant his being able TO give
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Possible Bearing on
ThaW's Fear of Man
He Killed.
Actress Met White in
Boston While in Flo
rOdOra Company.

Terrified at the thought that
she is being sought by subpoena
servers in the Thaw case, Myra
Davis, one Of the prettiest chorus
girls in the lBlue Moon" Company,
now playing weeks engagement
at the BelascO Theater in this city.
fled from Washington yesterday af-
ternoon, and her whereabouts are to-
day mystery to her friends and the
management of the company of
which she was member.
Miss Davis disappearance was
sudden and unexpected, and as she
did not answer TO the call boys
chant of Overture" at the Belasco
last night, before the curtain was
run up on the first act. Manager
Sullivan was greatly concerned.
At the Fredonia. where she stopped,
IL was learned that she had given up
hef room ana leAt IN me aiteruOOn-
Pears were enteFtained mat hStm had
come to her. POSSIBLY az her own
hands, and the District police were
communicated with and requested to
make a search for her.
Met White in 1907.
substitute was impressed &c take
Miss Davis part I'm the backwan line.
and this morning the facts were gath
cred which furnished the show girls
reason for her sudden leave-taking.
According 70 authentic accounts.
Miss Davis was one Of the FlorOdOra
seXtette In Company b. that played at
the Colonial Theater. Boston. in 1902.
II was there that STANFORD White, the
victim Of Thaw's vengeance in later
years, made the acquaintance OF some
Of the girls. and among them was
Miss Davis.
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Waiter CorrOborates Story.

Louis Mcfarland. a colored waiter and
member of the crew. confirmed this
in his frank story Of the aggrieved pas
sengers.
No. all the passengers had not been
taken OFF before our lifeboat pushed
clear he said. Il saw what appeared
TO me to be fully 100 men. women. and
children on the decks. shouting and
acting like mad Men and women cane
rushing at the captain and other mem
Ders of the crew, pleading TO be saved
Inc officers had 10 force them back
The steward. ! think It was, told them
there was no need TO put on life pre-
servers, that they must go back and be
qulet ana everything woGld be al
right
Then we cut loose our boat. When
We pushed of, the decks. especially the
hurricane. were crowded
The captain said 70 the purser that
they ought 20 try and save all they
could. Some one on the boat said IL
would be folly 70 try. We could hear
their yells when the steamer began
to list. The stern sank first
(COQtinued on Eleventh PaCaN
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Met White in 1907.
Mysterious Poisoning.

Then came a mystery Of the. poison
ing OF a prominent theatrical manager,
which created CONSERVATION among
those connected with the company. II
was hushed up from the public. and
the victim OF the poison hastily re-
covered.
II is in this mystery that facts are
said TO exist which will bring 10 light
a chapter in Whites career to give
cause for Thaw's apprehension OF death
at his hands
Inquiry at the Fcedonia shows that
Miss Davis received a telegram which
she claimed was from her husband.
Summoning her to return 70 New York
Before the receipt Of the telegram She
appeared 70 be very morbid and de-
pressed, and IL was for that reason II
was suspected when she did not rppNar
at the usual time that some harm had
befallen her.
After receiving the telegram she was
very much excited. as we'll as elated
She hastily packed her trunk and said
York limited
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, ,HAARPFER'S FERRY. w. Va, Feb. IA
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1907-02-14
"Rathsr Die Than Testify

As Miss Davis had been in the show
business for several years, she must
have been impelled by matters Of i'm
portance TO leave as she did without
giving some notice Of her intention 70
the management. Such breach OF
theatrical ethics IS not to be condoned.
and II is the surnise Of members OF
the company that she fed because the
tracks.
She declared to certain members of
the blue Moon" company that she
would rather die than be witness in
the case.
That she was joyful upon the receipt
Of the telegram Is evidence that an cs-
cape had been afforded her from the
subpoena servers.
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Directly Accuses Captain.

Fred Hiersesell. eighteen years old.
OF New York. tells a direct story. ac-
cusing the captain. and he is corrobo-
rated by others of the saved. He saws
the captains boat was the first to leave.
and that at the time many women were
on the hurricane deck, rushing about
helDlessly and begging for life pre-
servers. Many OF these women pleaded
With panic-stricken passengers and crew
TO direct them 70 the lifeboats. but their
prayers were unheeded. Young Hiergeseu
said:
The captain left his steamer in the
very first boat. I cannot be mistaken
'es TO his Identity. for l saw him on the
Kentucky. and he IS the same man who
stepped into the first boat launched
from the sinking vessel
The second boat was taken possess
sion Of by gang of negro walters
IheSe men seemed 20 have lost their
heads, and so many crowded into the
boat that IL capsized as soon as It struck
the water, and 1 believe all were lost.
l went in the third boat with five other
men,
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CAPTAIN LEFT
SINKING SHIP
IN FIRST BOAT
Survivors of Larchmont
Wreck Make Nasty
Charges Against
Skipper.

PROVIDENCE, +. /, Feb. 14.-Di-
rect charges were made today that
Captain George ". McVay and the
members Of the crew who put off in
lifeboat from the sinking JOY Line
steamship Larchmont had baseIy de-
serted passengers TO whom, as com
mander Of the vessel, they owed
their first duty.
All of the surviving passengers
brought here who are able to talk
declare that the captains boat was
the first TO leave the ship; that wo-
men were roughly hustled out of
their path by members of the crew
who sought only their own safety
and that when the captains boat
pulled away from the sinking shin
more than 100 men, women, and chill
dren could be seen on the deck
waving their arms in pleading and
crying out to be saved.
This is a direct contradiction OF Can
tain Mcyay who declared that his boat
was the last to leave the ship. and
that ii was not showed OF until the
passengers boats had cleared and every
living soul had left the ship.
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Court Orders an Ad-
iOurnment Until
Monday.
ThaW Discouraged at
Forced Delay in
Trial.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE son
Of Juror Bolton says his father
is hystericaI, and it is extremely
doubtful ii he viii be able to go
on with the ThaW trial.
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Sun TABLE.
TIDE Table.

SUN sets today
Sun rises tomorrow
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fContinned on Second PaaAh
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TEMPERATURE.
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATI-RE-

ReElstered AnlecE's standard Thernorael
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
TALKING BACK TO ACTORS.

The proneness Of village spectators
TO venture upon speech with the persons
on the stage is but a consequence OF
their Incorporation into the drama
Whatever their remarks may not be
they are. IN very nearly every instance
entirely In accord with the intention OF
the dramatist
1 remember a production Of the ''Mer-
chant OF Venice" which ! saw one night
In town on the Western frontier. The
Duke" OF the performance was by far
the most consequential person In the
play, both as 10 apparel and as 20 man.
ner. He entered the court OF Justice
with stride unquestionably ducal: his
commiseration with Antonio" was king
" In the greatness Of the condescension
prompting II.
When. shortly. "ShyIOck'' came and
stood before his face. he lowered to a
positively Jovelike height "Shylock." !"
he Numbered, the world thinks. and 1
think so, too"
A cow-puncher seated close 10 the
foOtlights interposed No duke need
have hoped by any assumption OF pomp
whatsoever 10 hOOdwink him. ITS not
your opinion anybOdys carin' about
hearin'. he calculated impatiently. ITS
his'n:" And he jerked a designating
thumb in the direction OF the Jew
elizabeth McCracken, IN the World To-
day. for August
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
FRUIT TRADE GROWS
IN PORTO RICO

The business Of raising citrus fruits
is being developed on a large scale. and
In another year or two the shipments
Of Porto Rico oranges and grape fruits
from young trees budded with American
varieties OF high-class fruits will be
enormous.
This industry requires time to build
up, but cultivation has been extensive.
conditions are exceptionally favorable.
and the prospects very bright. Porto
Rican pineapples command higher prices
in the American markets than any 9TH
ers. and the supply does not equal the
demand
It is confidently believed and freely
predicted that these conditions will also
apply 10 the orange and the grape fruits
as soon as the new trees have reached
the fun beering age.
The native wild orange is deliciously
favored, but has never been cultivated,
and the fruit industry is almost entire
ly in the hands OF Americans.
The natives however. have already
learned that there is probably some
thing good 70 be had in this line and
are beginning TO follow the up-to-date
methods introduced by the Americans,
and in increased numbers every year
Porto Rico" from Army and Navy
Life
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
CHINESE FEAR WITCH AND
RETURN STOLEN MONEY

A scheme IN which threats Of execu-
uon, Wltchery, and all manner OF exor-
clsms Inquired 10 an extensive degree
was tried on a number OF Chinese who
live at 152 North Delaware street Sat
urday night. and II effected the return OF
a quantity OF money which had been
taken from the common treasury by
one OF the men. The police found n 70
be as hard a proposition az TO raid a
fan-tan game, but the scheme which
the officers worked on the superstitious
Chinese brought about the results with
In short time.
the Delaware street number, complained
TO the police that $40 had been stolen
from trunk at the place, In which the
savings OF the entire party were stored
He told Captain Hyland that one OF the
men acted as treasureT, and that all the
rest put their money in a common
lot, trusting this treasurer TO keep II
straight The treasurer went to Bang
on Saturday night and said the money
had been taken from the trunk The
robbery had taken place while the treas
urer was IN the bath He had left the
trunk key in garment in another
room.
The officers investigated and found
that only portion OF the money that
was In the trunk had been taken. This
TACT convinced them that the robber
was one Of the men employed at the
laundry.
n.
and Detectives Dugan and Hauser Wis
tied the laundry at midnight, arousing
the sleepers inside. The stare in the
eyes Of the Chinese when the officers
told Of the purpose of their visit was
pitiaS'e, but questioning failed to bring
any results.
The police captain then tried the
wizard racket" The laundrymen were
stood up In a circle about him and one
by one he asked them II they knew
where the money was. The same un-
intelhgible stare came to the faces as
they gave a negative answer. The men
pretended not 20 understand half the
questions the captain asked. After a
While the AFFAIR grew mOnotonous and
the captain began TO threaten the men
with decapitation unless the robber re-
turned the money The blankness in
their faces became fear. They seemed
to believe the tall captain must be able
TO summon up who knows how many
devils
But no one confessed IN spite Of the
captains threats. The officer finally
told the Chinese through an interpreter
that unless the money was returned
by last midnight the entire party would
be imprisoned and taken before a witch
who would gaze into their thoughts
and point out the guilty one.
Promptly at midnight the officers paid
a second call Inquiry Of the proprietor
developed the fact that all but $50 of
the money had been returned The
officers were satisfied with the work of
one night and called another conclave
of spirits to get back the remaining
money. They gave the Chinese until
II ii is not In sight then, there VIII be
a necromancer, with bats. dungeons and
sure decapitation, the police say.-In-
dianapolis News.
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
POLICY
ALWAYS POPULAR
Even His Mistakes Have
Resulted in
Good.

Mr.. Roosevelt's personal popularity Is
second to something very much more
important-the popularity of his policy.
He came into office az a time when
there was need not OF tact, but of bru-
tai. elemental honesty.
The President has made mistakes. He
has made them in the open. But his
mistakes have resulted in good.
And the reason is very simple. His
mistakes have been the children OF his
policy. and his policy has been 10 apply
the law.
II anybody thinks It is easy 70 exc
cute a law that has been persistently
and consistently violated, he would do
we'll to get himself appointed tax as
SCISSOR OF his town.
For the past twenty years our law
making bodies have made laws with
the prodigality that induces men on
salaries to buy automobiles. We have
had State legislatures passing laws on
every subject, from regulation Of banks
TO the length OF hotel bed sheets
The inevitable has happened: Officials
have been elected with the express un-
derstanding that laws are not to be en-
forced except as the people wanted them
enforced.
In the face OF this crude mishandling
of legislation. Mr.. Roosevelt's policy
has been exceedingly simple: Laws
when once on the statute books are 10
be enforced. And he has been wise
enough to surround himself with peo-
pie brave enough 10 enforce them.
The enforcement OF law without fear
or faVor-that IS Rooseveltism In a nut
smell. The American people as a whole
want his successor TO be a man who
VIII stand for the same policy. They
are ready TO have him pIav practice1
politics; they expect him to be a party
man; but they want him TO take law
seriously.
They do not want a man whose one
virtue Is political tact.-The World To-
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
PORTO RICO TROOPS
WIN OFFICERS TRUST

The two companies Of Coast Artillery
remained until the spring OF 1904. and
since that time the work OF the army in
Porto Rico has been performed by the
Porto Rico Regiment Concerning this
regiment there is much to be said IN its
favor and nothing to say against It. ex-
cept that .t bas never been under fire
and. therefore, no man knows 10 a GER.
tainty Just how effective the men would
be II action On this point, however. as
showing the estimation in which the
American officers hold their men. there
Is not : company commander IN the
regiment who would stop to thIu,- twice
about taking his men into action any
where Further than that, he would not
hesitate TO call upon them, IL need were.
20 take desperate chances, and he would
do so in full confidence that they would
stand by him to the bitter end.-"PortO
Rico from Army and Navy Life.
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
JUNKETING TRIP
WILL AID HAWAII
Writer Says Such Jaunts
Are More Useful Than
Congress Sessions.

] know what a Congressional junket-
ing trip is like. l believe II more useful
20 the country at large than many
session of Congress has proven. know
more Of our new territory today than
p thousand books read in Washington
or New York could have taught me, and
] believe that within the next few years.
as a result Of the Congressional visit.
Hawaii will be redeemed from the
Oriental; fortified and Americanized as
Il should be.
Congress will understand its duty
Clearly. and II the men who visited the
Islands are fair types of our national
legislators. America will do full justice
TO the people that have asked Tor our
flag. Possibly every progressive state
in the union will now clamor 10 enter
tain Congressional 'Junketing parties,
and foot the bills as Hawaii has dOn9
most nobly. The more our legislators
know Of our entire country the SAFER
the Union.
Supposedly the Congressional party
Kuhio. whose father was one OF the
last OF the common people 20 be lifted
20 princely dignity under the old regime
Actually. his secretary George %. Nc Nc
Clellan (whose salary is paid by the
Merchants Association. brought the
party from Washington and with the
local committees saw that II was prop
II is not possible at present for
Hawaii TO send a white delegate 20
Washington. She is particularly fortu-
nate, however In having native there
who does not stand in the way and
an American-bOrn worker who, as the
equal of any IN the national capital. Is
respected by all his co-wOfkers with
whom he labcrs shoulder TO shoulder
Tor the AmericaniZatiOn OF our island
territory.
Secretary Mcclellan writes all his let
tiers from Washington In the name OF
the Delegate prince, who spends much
9 OF his time in Honolulu. Il Is to the
, best interests Of Hawaii that the noble
[ prince encourages this. but then there
are times when credit should De gwen
where IL Is due-Alexander Hume Ford,
a, iha WORLD roday. for AMgnst.
The Washington times., 1907-08-02
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

n. B.-FollowinE schedule figures published
only as Information. and are not guaranteed.
100 A M-Danvilie and way stations
ss-OS A M.-HarrisOnburg and way statiOnA
$50 A M.-Elsepers and coaches 10 Atlanta
and New OTieans- Sleeper % Columbus. Ge-
Dining Car.
90 A M.-SIeepers and coaches 20 Co
lurnbia Savannah. and Jacksonville Dining
car.
T4-U P M.-Harrfsonburg and way staticna-
ss-55 p M-Charlottssvtlle. WarrentOn. and
way stations; Strasburg week days
sss5 p M.-Sleepers and coaches 20 Atlanta
Sunset Route Tourist Sleeper 70 san Fran
cisco tri-weekly.
30 P M.-Sieeperu and coaches 10 Char
lctte Columbia. and Augusta Dining car
sIo.I5 =. M--Sleepsrs AID coaches via
I.ynchburE and BrtstoD 20 Chattanooga. Mem
r,fis and New Orleans Dining Car
81 90 p New York and New Orleans
IIr1ited Solid Pullman 20 Asheville. Atlanta,
Birmingham, and New OrieGns- Dining Car
club and Observation Cans
NUte-sDaily. fWeek days
c. Il. ACRERT. & Il. HARDWICK.
p O. NJ 2. 7. n
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