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The Washington herald., 1907-11-20
GALE HITS MAURITANIA.

Big ship Compelled to Slow Down
for Nearly Two Hours.
On Roard Steamship Mauretania. Tues
day Morning. Nov. 19-(By wireless tele-
graph. via Crook Haven)-The Maure-
tania ran into a southwest gale Monday
morning. which increased in the after.
noon until at 3 o'clock she had TO reduce
speed for one hour and forty minutes
Full speed was then resumed
The passengers generally were not
aware Of the speed reduction. The seas
We're SO heavy that the spare anchor
had 20 be secured with extra Iashings
The run UP 10 noon. Monday was 81
miles.
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Ocean Steamshius

New YORK Nov. ls.-Arrived out: Kronprinzessin
Cecilie. at Bremen; La Gascogne. at Hayre
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WASHINGTON IN RED
Consul General Austin Finds
Portrait in Scotland.
ITS HISTORY IS A MYSTERY

Portrays the First President aS He
Was Before He Found Fame. and
Has Laid Hidden i'm Glasgow for a
Century and HaIf-COmes to This
Country to Be Viewed by Experts.
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A Ia Carte Lunch Served Daily
At Eckstein's from Il TO 5. I4l2 ~. 7. ave.
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London Nov. 19-Wireles messages re-
ceived here srom the Maurctania indicate
that no attempt is being mad to break
re-crGs. but the 81 miles maze up to
noon on Monday compares well with the
first days run of SCI miles of the L,usi-
tania on her maiden trip.
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Flooring very good, $2.0O Per 800 Ft
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9th St and n. Y. ave.
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Dressed siding (eIear), 500 Per 100 Ft.
Frank Libbey & Co, 9th ST and y. Y. ave.
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j. H Small & Sons, Florists,
Washington and New York.
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New York. Nov. Is.-Dr. Harvey W..
Wiley. chief OF the United States Bureau
of Chemistry. at the meeting OF the Quill
Club in the Hotel Manhattan tonight, de-
Tended his work in securing pure food and
drugs Though Dr. Wiley did not mention
him by name. his remarks were evidently
aimed at Hugh Gordon Miller. who at the
closing meeting Of American Extract
Manufacturers Association on Monday
night declared that DR.. wneys activity
was injuring the food business. Dr. Wiley
said:
I have no desire to injure anyone's
business, nor have I any objection 10
foods being sold under their proper
names, but ] do object 10 manufacturers
deceiving the public have, for in
stance. no objection 70 my old friend
Glucose, but / do object to his being
called honey; or when mixed with hay
seed and coal tar dye. strawberry Jam.
Legitimate food business cannot be ruin
ed; it is only the manufacturers who de-
ceiye the public that are hurt by the
pure food laws
Reform Sure to Win.
The time is coming, and coming soon.
when We shall have pure foods, in every
line. Already many OF the worst Offend
ers have reformed. and in the drug bust
ness everyone Of the great manufacturers
is doing his utmost 10 comply with the
law. Laws are force when public senti-
ment is back of them, and public s.nt-
ment is back Of the pure food law.
I look forward TO the time when we
shall have New Orleans molasses as il
was 'befo' de war and when white -four
shall no longer be used for bread. Within
the last year there has been a revolution
IN the drug trade. and people are now
reasonably certain Of getting physicians
prescriptions properly hned This work
must continue. despite all the protests
about hurting business. until all food
and drugs are sold upon an absolutely
ethical basis
Dr. Wiley's remarks were warmly ap-
plauded. The other speaker was Prof.
Charles Baskerville. Of the College OF the
City OF New York who talked about
Modern Alchemy" Thomas J. Harris
presided.
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Look Out! Prices of Lumber Much Lower.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9Th st and N. Y. ave.
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No. Cypress Shingles, $3.50 Per 900.
Frank Libbey & Co. 9Th ST. and n. Y. ave
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Bridal bouquets I'm Fashionable Eaec,s
Reasonable prices. Shaffer, 18th and
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List Of the Injured.

X H. Mitchell thirty -lTc, fireman tram Nc. rs.
h1lng al 2li south Payne street. AIe>andria. Va.
broken arm and serious internal injuries
Mason Sanders. t0rty-nine. engineer train No. zl5
living 40 I-ii Prince street. Alexandra Va serious
bTulsss aud laceratious about head and bod5
n. j. Goodman. thirly-giglL engineer tram NJ.
20. living 40 1871 KHS s,re-t AiexAudr5l. Va
illIries to 1ead and bols
W. T.. Ger. ,hirt1 fre. frtmau train No 30
living az rs South Pdue syrecr. Alexandra. Va.
I-imies % head and hods; sloSk
Man CaEhir. twenty-five. Casanola Va. injuries
o. head and bliy- ,aoc.
ENabeth Crahiz. twenty. Cas1noi1. Va l-,li-e-
ab5ut head and body- sh1ck
DAVID Bsilr. tucnt,thIcC living az 9I5 u 5,rc.t
southwest, uHiries to body
Ashley L Malone f1rty-hrc. living 40 Harsonbt--
Va, injured about head
Luther h Armstrong forty mail clerk tram
20, living at - street northwest. lzcerated
wounds ab1-r hands and head.
Al4NsIdei Jeaus1n. caiurd thrty-6ru. CuIIsIer
Count HuUsc. Va injured ataut uouth.
Dr. John " Mos, o-lored. thirty-tsc. 1898 L
street no-rhUest. injured sb1ut head
Nellie RamsS, c7i--rd tcrty-ouc Nailor-- Coar,
nor;hHcst. n0se broken. lacer4ti-n- about head.
Eliza HAMS culored. hlty. Fairfax. Va. iu5srsi
abmt mouth
r r. Pcmdezte-. of Clifton. Va ard B. r.
Wright Of 3Iyndie-. Va. mail clcrss ou trif ao
were bruised about Iiats and sh0uide-, fur H.
manned IN the mail c1ach.
Mrs- r. ". Bugcss wife q the conductor ~
the slutt-hCund train. ~ s. street s1uthras,.
vas ~igluy injured ab,1- tho BODY and Vas
taken % her home far trcrtrvrr-
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When the nOrthbOund train was about
twenty-five yards from the entrance TO
the tunnel the other train suddenly an
peared in sight Brakes were immediate
ly applied. bot they had little effect in
slowing the speed OF the two trains.
which came together with a crash that
was heard throughout the entire local
ity
The fronts OF both engines were broken
in, and crushed by the weight of the rest
OF the train; the tenders were wrecked.
allowing the entire body Of coal which
they contained Go slide forward and com
pleteiy cover the hremen and engineers
Of both trains The passengers in the
coaches We're thrown from their seats bs-
the sudden impact. and many were
jammed beneath the chairs. A number
OF womea tainted. and for time the air
was rent with the screams OF the ex-
cited throng- How they escaped with no
more serious injury is regarded as a.
miracle.
r. II. Pondexter. a mail clerk on tho
northbound train. was standing at the
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r. II. Pondexter. a mail clerk on tho
train. was standing at the
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Responsibilities Not Fixed.


scheduled TO leave the New Union Sta
ton ar 4-55 O'Clock. bound for Charlo,tes-
vile. Va II pulled out Of the station
on the proper track. and continued in
this course until it reached the diamond
croSS-over switch near the mouth of the
terminal tunnel At this point the tracks
are fitted with automatic switches. which
are 10 De operated by compressed air. but
because OF the unfinished state OF the
construction. they are AT present worked
by hand.
Either through a MISUNDERSTANDING OF
orders. or because Of unfamiliarity with
the equipment tire train was switched
10 the nOrth-bound track, leading through
the eastern tube of the tunnel. Accord
ing TO orders. the train went al but half
speed as il traversed the fncIosure. which
Is about mile in length
The Dauville express. which was com
ing in the opposite direction. followed the
northbouud track as is customariIy done.
The train was composed of three pas
senger coaches. two baggage. and a pos
tai car. and carried about twenty-five
Passengers Having received signal
for clear track. the engineer allowed
his train TO approach the entrance OF the
tunnel at the usual speed. notvithstand-
ing the down-grade at that point. The
tracks in that vicinity are considerable
distance below the level of the ground
surrounding. so that they are fanked on
either side hv a high hank
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
CANNOT INTERVENE IN
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR

WASHINGTON, March 2s.-The mo-
ment has not yet arrived when America
and Mexico can intervene to stop the
spread OF war in Central America. This
was the decision arrived at as the result
OF the conference between Secretary
Root and ambassador Creel at the State
Department The absence OF definite
Information from the seat Of trouble is
embarrassing TO the officials, who are
desirous of bringing about peace.
1t is feared that the collapse OF the
Bonilla government in Honduras and
the consequent installation of a pro-
visional government in accord with that
of Nicaragua will result in q com
bfned attack by them upon other Cen
tral American republics. II is said that
there is no disposition on the part Of
this Government TO assume the part Of
policeman toward those sister repub-
lies, but il would welcome any proper
opportunity to restore peace.
The State Department received a dis
patch today from United States Minis
ter Merry at San Jose, Costa Rica, an
nouncing that il was reported there
that Amapala, Honduras, was being
bombarded.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
HUNTINGTON CANNOT Be
. TRIED TWICE FOR MURDER

That after q person has been SEN
tenced for the crime Of manslaughter
although originally tried for murder
he cannot when granted a new trial,
be tried a second time for murder, is
the opinion of the District Court Of APP
peal, as submitted yesterday in the
case OF DR.. Ralph A. Huntington, who
was convicted of having killed Miss
Jennie McKOwn by a criminal opera
tion on October 27, 1900. Huntington
had been sentenced to serve ten years
in the State penitentiary. but when
granted a new trial by the Supreme
Court the Prosecuting Attorney in
Judge Lawlors court determined that
he must stand trial for the original
charge against him of murder. He ap-
piled for writ to prohibit Judge Law
lor from trying him on that charge.
The case decided by the Appellate
Court yesterday is unusual, although
the formal order prohibiting the trial
for murder will not be issued until the
prosecution has been given an oppor-
tunity to file an answer. for which ten
days have been granted. Under the
ruling of the court Huntington will
stand a new trial for manslaughter.
and II the jury decides that he must go
to prison for a longer time than was
provided in the original sentence he
will have reason to regret his applica-
tion for a new trial. II is confidently
expected by the defense that Hunting
ton viii be cleared of the charge
against him at the new trial. 1t is con-
tended that the operation he was per-
forming on the unfortunate young
woman was legal and that she died as
q result OF the anesthetic administered
to her.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
OWENS IN BAKERSFIELD
Reports That the Pope Hartford Car
Is Stalled on a Stream

BAKERSFIELD, March 28.-Driving
twenty-five miles an hour, his car
despatched with mud and the floor
flooded with water. Ralph Owen at the
wheel OF the 35-40 horsepower Olds-
ern Hotel at 6:21 o'clock amid the
with him were H A Harrison, w. A
Peck. r. G. Emmons and John Bays,
a pilot from this city, all wet to the
skin as a result of the drive over
flooded and almost impossible roads.
Somewhere between this city and
Elizabeth Lake is the Hartford
car, with Bert Dingley at the wheel,
either stuck fast In the mud or strug-
Cling valiantly against overwhelming
odds When last seen by the Olds crew
the Pope-Hartford was stuck in a
stream, with four mules struggling to
pull IL out.
The ffty-nve miles from Gorham sta
ton to Bakersfield were made In two
hours. After a wait OF twenty-six min
utes. during which time gasoline was
taken aboard, a few minor repairs made
and light lunch served. owens left
Bakersfield w. A Peck was displaced
by A. NJ Ward. E-hO viii pilot Owens to
Fresno. Peck viii Join the crew at
Tracy tomorrow. Much concern 10 felt
by the Los Angeles Representatives of
the Pope-Hartford now here. Every
effort has been made to locate the green
car. but at midnight communication is
impossible. The fear is expressed that
the car is stalled and that the crew is
spending the night in the open.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
INTENDED VICTIMS MAUI
ROBBER WHO DROPS GUN

With the tables turned on him while
ne was attempting with a confederate
70 commit g holdup in a basement room
Of the ST. George lodging -house at
1927 Howard street at $3.50 o'clock last
night. James FenneIl, who claims to
be a sailor, was forced to submit to a
beating at the hands OF the three men
ne had intended to rob-.
Fennell. who is about 20 years of
age. entered the room where Bert De-
laney, Peter Daniels and John Wilson
were at work. He had a mask on his
face and a revolver in his hand. He
was accompanied by another man, sim
ilarly disguised and armed They COM
manded hands up" and We're obeyed
with alacrity, and, while Fennell COW
cred the three victims with his re-
volver, the other robfer started a
81 from Delaney and 50 from Daniels,
and was just starting to deprive Will
son Of his money. when Fennell be-
came momentarily distracted and al
lowed his gaze TO shift.
Delaney was on him like shot and
delivered a left hook that sent him
TO the wall. his revolver being dis
charged as he was struck The sec
ond robber took TO his heels. Delaneys
friends came to the front, and for five
minutes the energies OF the three were
devoted TO beating Fennell TO a pulp.
BY that time several policemen had
arrived and Fennell was commanded
10 tell the name OF his feilow-robber.
He refused and underwent another
mauling. He was arrested and by Po-
liceman p. n Herlihy taken 10 the
Southern station
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HERMANN WAS ANXIOUS
ABOUT CLERKS NOTES
Asked Rittenhaus What He
Had Done With Books
{ Containing Item

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The case
of the Government against Binger Her
mann for destroying public records
was virtually closed today, with the
seventh week of the trial The defense
will open Monday.
Irwin Rittenhaus, a land Office clerk
detailed to aid the Government attor-
neys in land fraud cases. testified In
his official capacity he was in Port
land, Ore. in 1904. While at dinner
in a restaurant with Chris Muller, a
Government employe, he testified. Bin
ger Hermann laid hand on the head
of each, expressed a pleasure and sur
prise at seeing them In his native
State and then proceeded to question
them closely, first as to what was done
with the waste paper thrown away in
the office Of the commissioner and then
whether Rittenhaus had retained the
notebooks in which he had on several
occasions taken the dictation of the
defendant. Rittenhaus testified that he
told Hermann he had kept all his note
books and Muller told him the waste
paper was sold under contract and was
carried away every week or two. Her
mann was particularly anxious to as
certain from Muller what had been
done with the paper which had been
torn from his letter book and thrown
into the waste basket.
Mrs. S. A. D. Puter of Berkeley, Cal
ifornia. testified that she burned six
boxes of documents and letters be-
longing to her husband year ago.
Puter had testified that he had re-
ceived two letters from Hermann.
which were in boxes in his attic This
testimony was the Governments re-
sponses to the demand of the defend
ant that the letters be procured.
John w Rowland, chief clerk in the
Surveyor Generals office in Portland.
told of making maps of the Blue Noun
tain district for the Mayes- Smith
combination. The maps were ordered
in the presence of Hermann in the Of
fee of the Surveyor General in Port
land in 1901.
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SODERBERG FAINTs At
BIER OF HIS MOTHER
Murderer Overcome When
He Realizes Enornity
of His Crime
TAKEN TO FUNERAL
Matricide Attends Rites
Manacled and Under
Eye of Police

OAKLAND. March 2s.-Stooping 70
press a farewell kiss upon the cold
lips of his murdered mother. Erland
H. soderberg was overcome today oy
the horror of his awful crime, and
with a bitter cry OF anguish stais-
gered back from the casket and COW
ering his eyes to shut out the sight
of his mothers face fell fainting to the
floor. Recovering. the confessed mat
ricide. supported by Detectives Hodg :.
kins and Flynn, who had accompanied
him to the funeral. tottered to a couch'
and burying his. face in his hands gave
way to a paroxysm Of grief
"Oh. my God" moaned the wretened
man, why did I do it2 Why did I
kill my mother? did not realize
until now that she was really dead
could not believe that 1t was tru9
that she was dead. But she is gone.
and I killed her I must have been
crazy to do 1t; she had always been
good to me. 1 don't want to live now
that I know she is really dead; 1 want
to forget that she was lying there IN
the coffin"
The funeral of Mrs. Soderberg was
held at D. m. from Finney's under
taking parlors- Rev. E. Hanson. pas
tor of the Swedish Lutheran Church.
who conducted the services, made no
reference to the crime committed by
the son OF the murdered woman. and
at the close of the brief service ths
body was removed to Mountain View
Cemetery for interment- The funeral
was attended by only a few friends
and neighbors OF Mrs Soderberg and
the son.
AS a precaution against trouble with
the prisoner his right hand was
1f~ 70 y uofu Ioff
being left free. Concealed in an
alcove OF the chapel Soderberg listened
with unmoved face to the words of
the simple sermon. but when those at
tending the funeral Joined in hymn
the tears welled into his eyes. and he
covered his quivering face with his
free hand. At the conclusion of the
service, after the friends of the dead
had left the chapel, he was allowed
to look for the last time on the face
of his mother.
Stepping to the side of the easket
he gazed for several moments on the
face Of the dead His lips moved. but
no words came. and at last he bent
and pressed a kiss on the cold lips ~
his mother. Then it was that he seem ri
/ to realize that she was beyond the
reach of his regret and sorrow. AMI
with an inarticulate cry he staggered
back from the casket. and before the
uoL6CLlNe COulQ CdlCA MN Aclt 10 LAir
floor in a faint.
Soderberg was arraigned in the Po-
lice Court this morning on charge
Of murder, the complaint having been
sworn TO by Detective ST. Clair HOdg-
kins. After having listened TO the
reading of the complaint and been in
structed as to his rights under the law.
Soderberg asked that the case be con-
tinued that he might secure an attOr-
ney. The case was set for preliminary
examination on April 2
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MOTHER AND CHILD ARE
BITTEN BY HOUSE CAT
Mrs. Wilsey and Daughter
Attacked by Feline That
Had Gone Mad

ALAMEDA, March 2S.-Mrs. Hayes
Wilsey and her four-year- old daughter,
Merol, living at 14S1 Sherman street,
were attacked and severely bitten and
scratched by a pet cat that went mad
this morning. The infuriated feline
sank its sharp teeth into the childs s
scalp nine times and when the mother
of the little girl went to her assistance
she was bitten three times on the
right arm.
The screams of Mrs. Wilsey and her
daughter attracted the attention OF
neighbors, who hastened to the house
and beat off the savage feline. Detec-
tive G. H. Brown was sent from the po-
lice station in response to a telephone
summons from Mrs. Wilsey and killed
the mad cat. The feline had long been
a pet in the Wilsey home and had
never before today displayed any fe-
rocious instincts. The animal sprang
upon the Wilsey child while the little
girl was playing upon lounge.
After driving the mad cat away from
her child Mrs. Wilsey attempted to
open and climb through a window to
obtain help. While she was making
her way through the window the feline
jumped upon her from behind and In
fiicted the injuries on her right arm.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
TERRIER PURsUEs COLLIE
INTO A SORORITY HOUSE
Wild Scramble of Goods
and Breaking of Fur
niture Follows

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 81
There have been bulls in china shops"
on the campus as elsewhere, but this
afternoon was the first time on rec
ord that there had been a live, fight
ing bulldog in a sorority house With
teeth buried in the hairy neck of a
collie, all unmindful of a score of
frightened. screaming girls and nu-
merous pieces of costly furniture maze
for gentler usage, the bulldog enjoyed
itself
1t was just noon when the D K E
fraternity bull terrier spied a harm
less collie presuming to walk the
street in front of his domain, and it
was exactly ten seconds past noon that
the bull terrier had the collie by the
neck in the dining room of the Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority house, exactly
across the street from the D K Z
bulldogs residence.
BY the time help from neighboring
fraternity houses could arrive, the
Theta girls were ensconced on various
tall pieces of furniture, out of reach
of the swirling, snarling CANNES, and
movable articles in the neighborhOod
of the combat were being hurled pro-
miscously about.
Several kicks on the head served TO
bring the bull terrier to its senses, or
rather to put him out of his senses,
and he was led bleeding, but trium-
phant, to his kennel, where he will
learn the lesson of good manners In
the future at the end of steel chain.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
MANY MOURN DEATH OF
MRS. BERTHA HOWARD
Funeral of Much Beloved Woman
Is Held From Trinity Church
in San Jose

SAN JOSE, March 2S.-The funeral
services over the body of Mrs. Bertha
M. A. Howard were held at Trinity
Episcopal Church at 2 p. m. today.
Hundreds of the devoted. lifelong
friends of Mrs. Howard assembled to
mourn her loss.
Mrs. Howard had resided in Santa
Clara County for twenty-five years. Her
sterling character, her happy disposi-
tion, her faculty for making and keep
ing friends. were only secondary to
her tender. loving devotion to her three
daughters-Grace, Lezzette and Nina
Respectively. Mrs.-F. M. Gray Of Seat
tie, Mrs. G. c. Barnhart of Oakland
and Mrs. W. T. Mead of Santa Bar
bara). Almost her whole life was spent
in the interest of her girls, and her
passing was very hard for them to
bear, particularly Mrs. Gray. who was
in Honolulu at the time OF her mother s
death and was unable to come in time
for the funeral.
Mrs. Howard died very suddenly in
Los Gatos last Sunday night. She was
81 years of age Her remains were
temporarily placed In the receiving g
vault at Oak Hill Cemetery, where they
will be held pending the completion
of her vault by the side of her hus-
band. Thomas Howard, who rests at
Santa Clara Cemetery.