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The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
BISHOPS TO CONVENE
Have Difficult Problems to
Solve i'll France.
NO SUGGESTIONS FROM ROME
Vatican Following Perfectly Logical
Course, but Friends Regret That II
Might Assist PreIates in Their
Work-Gigantic TriRartite Problem

Paris. Jan. 1.-THE meeting of the
French bishops will be held tomorrow at
the Chateau de la Muette, and upon the
eve OF their assembly there is a renewal
in some degree of the discussion Of the
church question
II is a significant fact that the pro-
church papers themselves express sympa-
thy for the prelates who find themselves
forced to assemble under numerous papal
interdictions, but without "a single recon-
structive suggestion emanating from
Rome to assist them in one of the most
difficult problems ever posted for ecciesi-
astical solution
Following Logical Course.
It is freely acknowledged on all sides
that Rome is following a perfectly logi-
cal course in the light of tradition, but
friends OF the church express regret that
the Vatican is unable to outline a plan
which might aid the bishops in their
counsel especially as the enemies Of the
church are launching jeers and taunts at
Rome for its policy Of negation.
To put it directly. il remains for the
French hierarchy in plenarv council to de-
wise means TO continue public worship
under Catholic auspices in France. 10
formulate plan for the support of this
Worship, its priests and supernaturalities
and 20 designate a system for the con-
tinuance OF the seminaTies For this
gigantic tripartite problem the hierarchy
has, so far as the public or the religious
press knows, not only no word Of posi-
tive, inspiration from Rome, but it enters
the council with the consciousness that
former expressions Of its best judgment
have been overruled by the Vatican.
Policy of NegatiOn.
The Figaro, a Royalist organ, which is
a firm supporter of the church. and which
heretofore has been right in what il has
published regarding church movements,
to-day reverently, bat without mincing
words. expressed the opinion that the
prelates tomorrow will adopt some Pol
icy Of negation. and instead of suggesting
a course Of action for the church in
France or giving expression 10 their best
judgment. viii quietly send to Rome
what they have 10 say and await Rome's
authoritative word before publishing the
opinion which their familiarity with con-
ditions in France entities them to hold.
Another point that is brought out in
the renewal Of the discussion is the pos
sibility that the Pope may send TO France
"a special delegate to solicit contributions
for the dernier cutie. This would be done
in an effort to avoid having the govern
ment construe any locd organization for
the purpose an association. and there
fore under government control, and be
cause no bishop has the right TO make
such solicitations in France and appor-
tiou the proceeds. This alone can be
done by "a special delegate. This sugges-
tion is made by the Gaulois. the solidest
OF the pro-church lay papers. but what
the government would do in sucf "a case
is not mentioned
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
POTOMAC RIVER IS RISING.
Water Higher at Cumberland Than
II Has Been in Years.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald
Cumberland. Nd. Jan. 1.-THE Potomac
River is now higher than il has been at
any time in several years and is backing
Wills Creek up into the city. The back
water is now a foot and a half from en-
teTing Mechanic street and that that
section Of the city will be flooded there
seems TO be no doubt The river Is still
rising rapidly. and the people are pre-
pairing to move out. as they are at Ridge
ly, w. Va. opposite Cumberland. on the
Potomac River. All small streams have
become torrents. and with The melting
of the heavy snow In the mountains along
the Upper Potomac an immense volume
Of water has been poured into the main
stream within the past twenty-fOur hours.
At Mount Savage the new town section
was flooded by the Transforming Of Jen-
nings Run into a small river. A number
Of small landslides have occurred on both
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Western
Maryland railroads as the result Of the
rain.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Fire Insurnnce EIection Held.

Al the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Independent Mutual Fire
Insurance Company Of Fairfax, held in
this city to-day. the following directors
were elected: J. ". Roberts. Alexandria: !:
H. d. Han. Burkes; J. " Gibbs, Mount
Vernon: A. l.. Lukens. Accotink: H. p
Dodge. Manassas, +. l.. Garrett. Hern-
don; c. b. Marshall, Alexandra; George
=. Ives, Falls Church; J. NJ Thorne,
Falls Church, r. J. Nichold. Purcellville;
A. \. Gray, Washington, and John W
May. Alexandria. The directors then
elected the following officers. James W
Roberts. president; e. Lukens, secretary.
Walter Roberts. treasurer, james W
Roberts, ". j. Hail. and J. y Gibbs.
members Of the executive committee.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Alexandria Unions Addressed
by J. j. 0'DOnnell.
TRADES COUNCIL CONSIDERS
May Enlarge mbership-WfiIiams
Gets Verdict for $4,000 from Trac-
tiOn Line-Fire Insurance Officers
EIected-CorpOration Court Opens.
New Camp 5. of c. Y. 90 BE started.
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU,
- of - LII Royal -.


Alexandria, Va. Jan. IA largely at
tended meeting in the interest of organ
ized labor in this city was held this even
ing under the auspices of the Alexandria
Trades Council. in the council hail in the
Alexandria National Bank building. ]. J.
O'DOnneIl. of Newport News, Va, crgan-
izer of the Virginia Federation Of Labor
delivered an address in which ne urged
the adyisability Of establishing local coun-
cils In many trades not already repre-
sented among the labor organizations Of
Alexandria.
Mr.. O'DonneH also called upon the or
ganized bodies TO enlarge their member
ship and to promote d closer organic union
between the several branches and the
central federation. Measures were taken
which, il is thought, will result in the for
nation Of several new trades councils. At
the conclusion Of the open meeting the
Alexandria Trades Council went into ex-
ecutive session TO discuss the matters sug-
gested by the State representative.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
SENATOR ELKINS SUED.
Information Wanted Relative to
sale of Western Maryland.

Special % The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Jan. lA-The suit Of Robert
Burton and George a. Du BreuH both
Of Baltimore, against United States Sen
ator Stephen 3. Elkins, os West Virginia,
for $4,000, viii be called for trial in the
Supreme Court Of the District of Colum-
bia tomorrow.
Burton and. DU Breull say that some
time prior to the purchase of the West
ern Maryland Railroad from Baltimore
City by the Fuller syndicate, they had
an arrangement with Senator Elkins
whereby they were TO devise a plan that
would make Senator Elkins and asso-
ciates acquire control of that property.
1t was, they claim. as result of their
efforts that the Fuller syndicate was
formed and the road bought.
The plaintiffs allege that Senator ElkinS
was the moving spirit of the Fuller synGi-
cate and that. through the sale of the
West Virginia Central and Western Mary
land railroads he made millions Of dollars.
The counsel for the plaintiffs are Ed
ward NJ. Hammond and Osborne l. yell
lOtt, Of Baltimore; Forrest w. Brown, of
West Virginia, and George II. Calvert, of
Washington. Senator Elkins is repre-
sented by W. ". WorthingtOn, of Vir-
ginia. and former United States Senate:
Charles J. Faulkner, of West Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William T. Armstrong. 2s. and Anna L. Arm
strong ST. both Of FredcricksbTg Va. Rev. J. B.
Mclaughlin
Grafton T. Duyau. . and Mary T. Meinekheim.
q Rev. J. J. BTic. s !.
Carl Va Sweeney. % and Cora Alealey. a Rev.
Alexandcr Bicla~ki
William L. FlareHe. q. Bradley Beach. y J.. ard
Edna r. Wooley, g. Ocean Grove. y. J. Rev. L.
NJ. Bristol.
James G, Hatcher. .. and Lillian II. Leg. 20.
Rev. +. Hcz Sven.
Theodore Pery. p and Mary +. Thornton. p.
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson
Andrew g. Hammond. q and Matte E. AndeT-
son. q. Forcsfvillc, Nd. Rev. r. NJ. Mott.
Willie &. Potter - Staunun. Va. and Nellie
Harper e. ChurchvilIe. Va Rev T. n Bristol
James H. Canroy 26. and Sadie Nlorningstsr. q
Baltimore Nd. Rev J. b. Mclaughlin.
rOLORED.
Elmer H. Lewis, 9. and Sarah Mitchell p Rev.
w J. Howard.
Raynond Webb. q Philadelphia. Pa and Fannie
Bel. 49, Kilmonis Va Rev. !. W. Smith.
WiIlism q. Hopkins. 3. and Adde l. Hill. 3
Rev ". Bishop Johnson.
William Bailey g and Nettie Brown. %. Rev
Logan Johnson
Charlie Bcancr. -, and Eliza Robinson. IS. Res.
II. koane.
William Read. .. and Mary Z. Coleman. q
Rev G.. II. Harris.
John Burton. ., and Lillian Freeman. p. Rev.
George ". Lee.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15

afterward that he was DR.. Devices.
begged him TO let me go. He merely
smiled and told me to keep calm. I asked
him when ne would let me go, and he
replied that I would be released as soon
as I was well. How 1 passed the night
1 don't know They gave me something
for my nerves, and il must have put me
to sleep"
Mrs. Kayne related her experiences
while at the sanatorlum, and told OF al
legged ill-treatment of other inmates She
said that Bill Dixon, formerly a sailor In
the navy. is one of the inmates. and that
ne is tied up in the stable during the day
and led into the house TO sleep at night.
She said, and Miss Weber substantiated
the statement, that an old woman, Miss
Hope, had died at the sanatoTium while
she was there
Habeas Corpus Unnecessary.
Habeas corpus proceedings considered
by DR.. Kayneswere rendered unnecessary
by the action of Mr. Conlllin. He tele-
graphed DR.. Kayne yesterday morning to
the effect that he had notified DR.. Cog
gins to release his daughter
Accompanied by Attorney Delmas c.
Stutler. Dr. Kayne went to Laurel yes
terday morning. and. without argument,
Mrs. Kayne was allowed to return to the
city. The trio went directly to the Office
OF Attorney ". Z. Ambrose. where a con-
sultation lasting nearly an hour was held
Upon the strength of Mrs. Haynes
statements. which will be put in affidavit
form to-day, Attorney Ambrose expects
10 institute the criminal proceedings and
damage suit against the Laurel sana-
toriUm physicians, and TO cause an inves-
tigation of the institution by the Mary
land authorities.
Physicians Make DiEnfficd Denial.
Mrs. Haynes charges met with digni-
fed denial from DR.. Coggins and Dr.
Devices yesterday. The Laurel physicians
claim that the woman received careful
and kind treatment, and when told of the
nature of the personal charges she had
made against them, they appeared not at
all worried.
DR.. William A. White, superintendent
of the St Elizabeth Asylum. where Dr.
Devices was formerly a clinical patholo-
gist, declared yesterday that he could not
believe any i'll of DR.. Devices.
He enjoyed the best of regulations
while here. and left voluntarily to join
DR.. COggins in establishing the institution
at Laurel said DR. White
when nervous women who are other
wise perfectly sane are treated in asy-
lums and sanatoriums it Is the common
thing for them to slander the physicians
in charge when released. Dr. Devices
and Dr. Coggins are, to my knowledge
reputable young men. and such charges
as these should, TO my mind, be taken
with many a grain of salt"
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Thomas Janney Dead.

Special To The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Jan. 14-Thomas Janney
died this morning at his home. Margaret
Meadows. in the Green Spring Valley
He had been i'll for "a number Of months
He was seventy-one years old Janney
who was a native Of Alexandria. Va. be-
longed to one Of the oldest Quaker fami-
lies in America. His ancestors came to
this country with William Penn and set
tied in Pennsylvania. Early I'm life he
moved to New Orleans. where be aCcu-
mulated a fortune. Then he came to
Baltimore
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Gets Verdict for Damages.

In the United States Court for the
Eastern district of Virginia to-day the
jury, after brief deliberation. returned
verdict Tor the defendant in the case
Of Arthur G. Williams against the Wash
ington, Arlington and Falls Church Rail-
way Company. in which the plaintiff
sought to recover S10,00O damages, aIleg-
ing that he had been improperly elected
from car Of the company on the Ar
lington reservation. Attorney Samuel G.
Brent appeared for the plaintiff, and At
torney r. Walton Moore represented the
defendant company.
The suit Of the Alexandra National
Bank against the Willis c. Bates Com
pany. Of Boston. to recover S1752. the
amount said 10 have been paid on draft
10 an alleged agent Of the company.
would have been before the court again
to-day. but when the jury was called
it was stated that one Of the jurors was
sick and the suit was continued until to-
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
WOMAN HANGS HERSELF.
Mrs. Frances BertOnia Ends Her Life
with SILK Handkerchief.


Special 10 The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Jan. 4.-Mrs. Frances Ber-
tonia, sixty-four years old, OF S53 West
Franklin street committed suicide at noon
to-day by hanging herself in the second
story front room at her home 1t was
said by her sister, Mrs. Hoagg, with
whom she lived. that Mrs BertOnia had
been melancholy since the death OF her
husband. two years ago.
This morning Mrs. Bertonia complained
Of feeling i'll. and retired to her room.
Shortly afterwaTd her sister followed and
found her hanging from a hook Oh
closet door
She had hanged herself by tying a silk
handkerchief around her neck, and after
putting the other end over the hook.
had swung herself into space by kicking
a chair from under her. MIS-. Hoagg
hurried 10 the kitchen. and. getting
large knife, cut the handkerchief. letting
her sister down. She then notified the
police The woman died before medical
aid could reach her
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
COTTON MILL OWNERS FAIL.
Plants Operating 10000 SpindIes Go
Into Hands OF Receiver.

Charlotte. n. c., Jan. 1.-THE Odel
Manufacturing Company. OF Concord,
cotton manufacturers, went into the
hands Of a receiver this afternoon. Caesar
Cone. of the Cone Export and Commis-
sion Company. of Greensboro, was named
by United States Judge James T. Boyd
10 take charge Of the affairs Of the con-
Germ
Eight cotton mills, operating 10000
spindIes and 300 looms, are involved. The
liabilities are placed at 10000 by the
official announcement, and the assets at
s., ,323 600.
Stringency of the money market and in
ability TO realize on outstanding paper
are said 70 be the cause OF the trouble
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
BRICK COMPANY ELECTS.
Washington Corporation Continues
Old Officers and Directors.

The Washington Brick Company. rep
rescnting the corporation formerly In
business at Florida avenue and Four
teenth street northeast. held its annual
meeting yesterday and reelected the
old board Of officers and directors. as
follows; T. L HolbrOok, president.
Charles J. Bell, vice president; William
+. Mattingly. secretary; E l. White.
treasurer, and Wilson D. 5. Evans and
4. r. Sewers. directors
The corporation owns valuable land
on the site of the old brick yards in
Northeast Washington. which in recent
years has been filled in, leveled, and
made ready for building purposes. 1t
is understood that the old company will
remain in existence until the land of
The former plant is disposed Of
The new Washington Brick Com
pany, which owns the manufacturing
plant at Abingdon. Va. is incorporated
under the laws Of that State. and viii
hold its annual meeting in Alexandria
next Thursday.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
RUN AWAY FROM HOME.
Five Boys from Delaware Are Ar
rested I'm Baltimore.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Jan. H-FIve small boys
who are charged with running away from
their homes IN Wilmington, Del, are held
at the Northeastern police station until
their parents can be informed The
youngsters gave their names as Thomas
August, d4 Church street: Joseph NJ
Brown, SD Church street; Frank Pierce,
sZl Church street; John MacLoud. SIS
Buttonwood street, and John Hoverter,
SIS Bennett street.
They were picked up yesterday after
noon near the eastern city limits by Pa
trOlman Pazourek just after they left d
freight train. The boys said that they
left home because they wanted 10 see the
world.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Ean from Roof FntnI.

Srecial to The Washirgt0D Herald,
Baltimore, Jan. A-While tying the end
Of a clothesline on the drier on the sec
ond-story roof of her house. $40 West
Mulberry street. at noon to-day. Mrs.
Emma Umbrage. ffty-one years old, wife
of ArnCld UmbraSe a paperhanger, lest
her balance and fell to the yard below.
crushing her skull and dying almost in
StantlV
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
NEGROES TRIED FOR MURDER.
Prisoners, Threatened by Lynchers,
Accused of Staying Family.


Special TO The Washington Herald
Salisbury. N c. Jan. 14.-Stanley
County court opened this morning at
Albemarle, thirty-one miles from Sails
bury. with Judge Ferguson presiding
The star case is that Of Della Dilling-
ham, George Erwin. and Henry Lee,
negroes. charged with the murder Of
Isaac I.yerly. wife, and two children
last July.
It is recalled that these were brought
TO Salisbury for special term Of court
and while it was in session mob took
the three named. and three other
negroes from the Jail, and lynched
Nesse Gillespie. John Gillespie. and
Jack Dillingham;. Deciding that the
living defendants were not guilty, they
returned them to jail.
After lynching the others. the mob
again decided that a mistake had been
made, and went after the living
negroes. but the officers had sent them
to Charlotte They were brought here
this morning and will be tried this
week. The case was removed because
of the danger OF lynching-
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15

Criminal and civil action against DIR. ].
S. Coggins, proprietor of the Laurel sana-
torium, charged by Mrs. Alfred Kayne
and her husband with abduction and the
Illegal incarceration of the woman at bis
institution, is expected to follow the re-
lease Of Mrs. Kayne by order of George
r. Conklin, her father, who had been in
strumental in placing her in the sana-
torium.
Through Attorneys W. E. Ambrose and
Delmas c. Stutler, AR and Mrs. Kayne
plan to institute proceedings against Dr.
Coggins. both on the charge of criminal
abduction and illegal Imprisonment. Mrs.
kayne complains of the manner in which
the Laurel Institution is conducted, and in
which she was treated during the month
she was an inmate there. by DR.. Coggins
and his associate. DR.. Cornelius Devices.
Apparently. in perfect possession Of her
mental faculties, but highly nervous and
somewhat hysterieaI at times, Mrs. Kayne
sat in her apartment at the Alexis, 1871 r
street northwest. last night, and gave "a
dramatic recital Of her alleged wrongs,
during which she was corroborated from
time 10 time by Miss Marie Weber, the
trained nurse brought from Baltimore by
DT. Coggins TO nurse Mrs Kayne at the
sanatorium.
Mrs. Kayne declared that throughout
the month she was in the TanaJorium
was continually kept under the influence
Of drugs.
Whole Blame with Secretary.
The whole blame for her incarceration
Mrs. Kayne lays at the door of Miss
Josephine Wilson, the secretary of Mr..
Conklin. Mrs. Kayne charges that the
Wilson woman was formerly a dress
maker and met Mr. Conklin at Atlantic
City, where Mr.. Conklin became infatu-
ated with her. According TO Mrs. Kayne,
her father fell under the influence of the
woman, who thus brought about the sep
aration of Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin.
Mrs. Kayne described the manner Of
her removal TO the Laurel institution
dramatically During her recital the
horror that she felt when she first dis
covered the nature of the place 10 which
she had been driven was reflected in her
face Her eyes widened, she grew pale
and hr voice trembled and broke with
emotion.
4 thought we We're going to dinner at
the Chevy Chase Country Club. AIT.
Coggins. as be was introduced to me
by father, had invited father and myself
10 go, and we took "a cab at the Shore
ham and drove out II was a terribly
black night and after we left the city
I could not tell where we We're. Father
and Mr. CogEins laughed and jOked. and
/ never dreamed what was 10 happen.
BY and by-after we had driven for
three hours or more-we pulled up at q
building, and Mr.. Coggins said that he
thought We could get some hot broth or
something there and then so on to the
country club.
Found Stern-IoOEinE Woman.
Il got out of the cab and went into
the house. a large. stern-iooking woman
let us in. She ushered me into an ante
room-and there standing before me was
IL woman dressed like a nurse. / saw
two white beds in the room. and it all
came over me like a flash l turned
and tried to call To father, but the wom-
an who had let me in barred the way.
I cried for father, but was told that he
had gone.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
ASLEEP FOR a YEAR.
Youth Suffers Injury TO Skull and
Remains in state of Coma.

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald
Newport News. Va. Jan. III L.
Cross. young man living here with
his parents. has been to all appearances
asleep at his home for the past year
Two years ago he was the victim of an
accident. his skull being injured. For
the past year he has been constantly
in a state Of coma. and has 10 be
aroused and forced 20 take nourish-
ment Physicians are preparing to
operate on his skull with a view Of re-
lieving the brain pressure that causes
his condition.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
POSTMASTER PLEADS GUILTY.
b. W. nee. Of PennsbOrO. Sentenced
to Fine and Thirty Days in Jail.

FarkersbuTg. ". Va. Jan. 14-B. W
Bee postmaster at Pennsboro. ". Va,
and who has been prominently connect
ed in business and political circles in
Ritchie County. to-day pleaded guilty
ia the Federal court 10 the indictment
which was returned against him by the
grand jury on Saturday evening, charg-
ing him with fraudulently increasing
his compensation. and that he made a
false return on a voucher for rent
This afternoon he was sentenced by
Judge Aston c. Dayton. who imposed
a fine of $3.50 and thirty days in jail
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
NEGRO'S ACCOMPLICE TAKEN.
Herbert Steptoe Charged with Being
with Peter Hudson at Monroe.

Lynchburg. Va, Jan. IL-Herbert Step
toe, negro. has been arrested at El0n,
Amherst County, on the charge OF being
an accomplce Of Peter Hudson, the al
legged assailant Of Miss Bessie Shelton.
the pretty nineteen-yeaT-Old girl. living
near Monroe. one day last week SteptOe
resisted arrest but was subdued. He was
taken 10 the Amherst County Jail. and
later brought 10 this city. He was taken
TO Roanoke tonight, where Hudson was
inCarcerated.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Mayor Aguin a Candidate.

SPECIAL 70 Tho Washington HcTaIt
Frederick. Nd, Jan. 14.-Mayor
George Edward Smith. Of Frederick.
who has been the city's chief executive
for the past two terms, has announced
his candidacy for denomination at the
spring primaries Prof Edward c.
Shepherd city tax collector, has also
announced that he is a candidate for
denomination
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Judge ShfpIey Dead.
b - WashirEton -.

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald.
Annapolis, Nd. Jan. H-WHliam A
Shipley, judge Of the Orphans Court Of
Anne Arundel County, and a prominent
citizen Of the county, is dead at his
home. at Shipley station, in the Fifth dis
trict, Of Bright's disease, aged siXty-two
years. He was appointed to the Orphans
Court several weeks ago by Gov. War
field, succeeding the late John T. Jeffreys.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Mnt. bingham in Chnrgc.
.ial 10 The Washington Herald.

opeclaI . Ihe washington Herald.
Newport News. Va, Jan. 14.-Maj. G.
II. Bingham. l. S. A.. who has been de-
tailed to take charge of the army quar-
termasters depot in this city. being the
base for the Cuban transport service,
has arrived and is now in command
here. The other officers on duty viii
remain, and it is understood that the
force Will be enlarged
The Washington herald., 1907-01-15
Fonr Hurt in Wreck.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 14-Four per-
sons were hurt and a number OF pas
scuEerS shaken up as Il result of n
wreck near Benson. y. G. to-day, when
the Atlantic Coast Line Railways Flor
ida special ran into a large locomotive
at the Watertank near benson.