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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
THAW CASE PLEA
OFFERED BY NEGRO

LEXINGTON. KY. July 15.-''Demen-
tia Americana" has been used here as
a plea for acquittal by Ed Caldwell.
a negro. who attempted 10 murder his
wife several months ago. and when
placed on the witness stand in his own
behalf told a narrowing story. He
accused his wife and another colored
man. Caldwell said. Judge, I was
nearly crazy. and I'd "a killed 'em both,
but the niger man ran" Caldwell
said after his wife's paramour had fed
he tried TO kill her by cutting her
throat and then cut her In the arm. He
used a razor. Caldwell's plea OF the
insane jealousy made famous by Del
phine NJ Delmas awaited him nothing,
as the jury gave him five years In the
penitentiary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
JAMESTOM..! SWIMMING
EVENTS ARE ASSURED

NEW YORK, July 15.-James z. Sui
ivan, honorary director Of athletics at
the jamestown Exposition. today re-
ceived a telegram from the director gen
eral Of the jamestown Exposition, stat
ing that all arrangements had been
completed for the holding OF the ANA
teur Athletic Unions national swim
ming championships in the grand basin
between the Government piers at the
jamestown Exposition on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, July %. 26. and 27
There Will be contests In all the regu-
lar senior and junior events together
with the water polo championships.
The entries close with Barlow S
Weeks, chairman championship commit
tee, OF the A A u. p. o. Box Gil,
New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
No Circulation Initiation

The Times takes returns
from news dealers In q man.
ner usual TO all newspapers.
Like other papers, it does not
accept returns from neWsbOys.
The circulation is i'm no way
inflated BY The Times sys-
TEN It is impossible for anyone
to get the paper who does not
pay for il. The agents pay
the Office cash each day for the
papers they buy-the news
dealers pay them weekly. This
leaves no opening for bad ae-
counts and worthless subserip-
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
SIX KILLED, TWENTY HURT
IN SOUTHERN WRECK

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 15.-Six
persons met instant death and twenty
were injured when eastbound vestibule
No. q the New York and New ORLEANS
limited, on the Southern Railway. coli
lided with a switch engine one mile
west OF Johnson City. Those killed arc
six eolored persons, who have not been
identified. Among the injured are: En-
gineer Sam Bush, OF Knoxville; Fire
man Harry Bryson, Knoxville; F. o.
Shipe, Knoxville, mail clerk; Archeola
Moore, mall clerk; George Moore, labor
agent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
THAN IS SICK,
ATTENDED SOLELY
BY JAIL DOCTOR

NEW YORK. July 15.-Harry X.
Thaw today confirmed the runIor that
he is sick In the Tombs, where he has
been confined for over a year for kill
.ng Stanford White.
In reply to a note sent 10 him by
reporter, Thaw wrote as follows,
Il have congestion Of the liver, ac-
eonpanied by loss Of appetite, and fire.
quent fits OF nausea
After visiting her husband, Mrs. Eve
Ivn Nesbit Thaw said today that her
husband was not at all feeling as well
as usual
But no outside physician is TO be
called in added Lawyer Russell A.
Peabody" one OF ThaWs counsel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
AMERICAN TROTTERS
POPULAR VI HOLLAND

American trotters are in high favor in
Holland, and proved features of the
horse show at The Hague recently. BY
special command of the Queen, Mr..
Walter Winans drove his American
trotters Mamie H (2:96) and Lyric (triaI
2:l1). and Mr.. Louis w. winans drove
his American trotter Lavette (2:19 be-
fore the royal family on July 3
The first prize in the class for trotting
horses was won by Lavette, owned by
Louis W. Winans. OF Baltimore His
brother. Walter Winans, won the second
ribbon with Mamie H, and the third
with Lyric. Mr.. Walter Winans also
won first for big pairs and first for
coach horses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
MURDER IS SUSPECTED
IN DOUBLE DROWNING

TRENTON, n. J., July 15.-In a boat
ing tragedy, which cost two men their
lives. the police believe they have dis
covered a murder Stephen Greek and
Tony GustOsky, members OF a party of
eight which went down The Delaware
river in a rowboat, are dead. Gus
toslSy's body was recovered. In one of
the coat pockets was a gay envelope,
empty. On this bit of evidence the
poles of Trenton have based their
theory that Greek and Gustosky were
killed for their wages. Three men are
under arrest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
UNION TO GIVE DOWRIES
TO ENCOURAGE MARRIAGE

CHICAGO, H.. July 15.-For the pur-
pose Of insuring their members ventur-
ing Into Hatrim0ny with immediate adj
vantage in their domestic arrangements.
Che WOmeu's Trade Union League, with
delegates present from ali over the
West, decided 70 give a dOWry 10 every
member who becomes a better half and
agreed 20 pay dues for that purpose OUT
Of the wages that they earn with their
hands
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
CHICAGO HOTEL ABLAZE,
BUT ALL GUESTS ESCAPE

CHICAGO, Ill. July 15.-Fire ruined
the south annex TO the Hyde Park
Hotel, at Fifty-first street and Lake
avenue, yesterday afternoon, and the
firemen had a difficult task to prevent
1t from communicating to the main
structure, Two hundred and fifty
guests, most of them women and chill
dren. as 1t is a family hotel, were
terrified. Four were overcome by smoke
and two were badly cut by broken glass.
Eight automobiles In the Hyde Park
Garage, adjoining the hotel on the
south, were burned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
PLEASURE LAUNCH ASHORE,
FL0ATED WITHOUT AID

NEW YORK, July ia seventy-hve-
foot pleasure launch was ashore on
Harris island, in the East river, early to-
day. 1t got of with the tide, and is be-
lieved to have suffered little damage
Owing to the fog, II was impossible to
determine the crafts name. Early re-
ports were that the vessel was a large
Long Island sound steamer, and tugs
were sent to the island, arriving too late
to be OF any service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
APPOINTMENT OF TERRELL
DENIED AT OYSTER BAY

OYSTER BAY, N. Y. July ITO
days. papers contained a surprise for
President Roosevelt. So fond has the
National Executive become OF former
Governor Joseph Terrell for reproducing
the home Of the Presidents mother in
the Georgia building at jamestown. that
Terrell IS 10 succeed Carter Tate as
United States district attorney-so the
papers said under an Atlanta date line
%lts fake. pure and simple" said
an Executive Office official
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
Growth of Circulation

The growth of The Times
circulation has been constant,
but not unduly rapid. In 1904
the net circulation was 22,O35;
in 1905 it was S4,991; I'm 1905 Il
was 3S,4C6, and for the first six
months of 1907 the average neS
circulation daily was 1913.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
DOG, GUARDING PUPPIES,
BITES six TEASING BOYS

NEW YORK, July 15.-Six boys were
bitten by Bessie, the pet Dalmatian
hound of the firemeD of engine company
No. 80, in East SiXty-seventh street. All
of them were taken to the Presbyterian
He slital. where their wounds we're
cauterized TO prevent hydrophobia- Ac-
cording 10 both the police and the fire
men, Bessie became the mother of an
interesting family a short time ago, and
was naturally I little nervous over her
puppies when the children teased them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
MASS FOR MRS. KELLY
At HOLY NAME TOMORROW

Mrs. Kate Kelly, wife OF James Kelly,
died suddenly Sunday morning at the
family residence, 1854 Morse street
northeast. after a two hours illness,
aged thirty-five years.
She was native of washington and
a daughter OF Daniel and Mary Falvey.
She had been married sixteen years, and
is survived by her husband and FIVE
children.
Requiem mass will be celebrated to-
morrow morning at $50 O'Clock at tho
Church OF the Holy Name Interment
Will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
AMATEUR AER0NAUT FALLS
TO DEATH IN LAKE

GULL LAKE. Mich, July 15.-Charles
Sans. twenty-one years old. OF Battle
Creek, was drowned near the Alleudale
resort here, after making a balloon
ascension before a large crowd The
body Of the young man has not been
recovered. The park had SscUred the
sery ices Of Harry Laptide, but the latter
refused 70 90 up at the last minute be-
cause his mother objected Sans walked
out Of the crowd and offered to take
Laptides place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
RICH MAN FOUND DEAD
IN ROOM AT HOTEL

NEW YORK. July 15.-Sigamund
Rotnchild. a retired tobacco merchant,
WAS found dead in his room at the Sa-
voy Hotel early today.
DR.. Brown, the hotel physician, an
nounced death due to heart failure.
Mr.. Rothchild was attacked by illness
while automObiling and consulted a
physician on the road He recovered
and gave no more attention to his afflic-
ton after his return to the hotel
The deceased came from Detroit
about fifteen years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
RECOVER S10,400
He GAVE TO BARNARD

ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 15.-Charles
Linsenmann. former lumber merchant.
of this city, has filed in the circuit
court a deposition taken last April for
the recovery of SIS, 100 he claims he gave
Miss Emma Hansen, to take care Of
for him. Miss Hansen was then tending
bar in a saloon owned by her father at
Second and Sidney streets. Miss HAM
ser does not deny Binsenraann gave her
money, but said she had retained coun-
sci to plead statute limi alton as a bar
to recovery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
THE coNYERsATIoNALIsT

The true. full blown cOnversationalist
Is selfish % The core His aim Is 20 get
an audience and 10 hold Il. Baked Of
nis prey, he Is Ike some dangerous
animal Specifically. he is pleasantly
interested IN our scholarly chit-chat on
main drainage. But in reality he Is
slowly but surely steering us on 20 Mo-
ZambiQue. where lies the OmphaIos OF
his best anecdOtes.-LO ndOu Globe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
COLOREO GIRL KILLED
BY B. 4 0. TRAIN

There will be an inquest at II O'Clock
tomorrow morning at the District
morgue, over the body Of Ethel Proc
ter. a stxteen-year-old colored girl. who
was killed by a westbound Baltimore
and Ohio train at University station last
night.
The girl was walking near the edge
OF the platform, when she was struck
by the engine, drawing the second sec
ton OF excursion train No. 7. She was
hurled across the platform, and died
shortly after the arrival of a physi-
cicI..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
VIM. BARTELS' FUNERAL
IN NEW YORK TODAY

The funeral services for William Bar
tells, for many years known in all parts
OF this country as an importer and ex-
porter of wild animals for geological
parks. will be held IN New York this
afternoon. Mr.. Rartels died at his resi-
dence in New York, 160 Greenwich
street, last Thursday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
SIR WILLIAM PERKIN DIES;
DISCOVERED MAUVE DYE

LONDON, July 15.-Sir William Henry
PerSin q dead. He was born in 1888.
Sir William founded the coal tar color
industry by the discovery of the Mauve
dye In l&6, and It's subsequent produc-
ton on q large scale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
More Data About the Local Papers
In Suburbs As Well

The most recent figures on
record at The Times ONCE
show that sixty people take
The Times regularly in CIeve-
land Park, while fifty-tWO take
the Star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
HEAT KILLS FOUR;
BROWNING TWO MORE
PITTSBURG.

PITTSBURG. Pa. July 1.-Two
drowned, several rescued, and four fatal
prostrations were included In the heat
record OF yesterday. The tenapA-at. re
reached nearly 80 degrees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
THE WORLDS ToBAcco cRop.

In the total quantity OF tobacco grown,
the United States rivals Cuba and the
Philippine islands combined, and British
India II not very far behind the States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-15
Inspection of Records

The Times will gladly per-
nit an advertiser to inspect its
daily circulation records In the
Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
ORIENT INVESTS IN LOTS.
Closes Another Big Deal for Wichita
Business Site

Wichita, Kan, June 14.-Fourteen
more lots on East Douglas avenue
were purchased yesterday by the KAN
sas City, Mexico and Orient railway,
at a cost of $32, 800, which brings the
total cost of property bought by this
company in the vicinity of the st.
Louis and San Francisco passenger
station to over $4,000.
This gives the company practically
all the property facing Douglas ave-
nue. between Mosley and Washington
avenues, on the south side of Doug
las avenue The lots for which deeds
were recorded yesterday morning are
Nos. 43 and As, Douglas avenue, and
lots 8, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, IL, IS, Is, II and
19 Mosley avenue.
The records show that this property
was owned by c. o. Beymer and Myra
Beginner and the sale price was $685.
500. Another lot purchased was No.
AT, Douglas avenue, Emil Werner be-
ing the. owner This one lot brought
Sc 900.
Officials of the Orient railway have
confirmed the report that the company
proposed to own sufficient property on
Douglas and MosIey avenues so as to
be able to build a modern freight de-
pot and later on have first-class pas
senger station. Just when work of
tearing down the buildings now on the
property purchased yesterday and
about a month ago, will be started
can not be learned from officials in
this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
STATE OFFICIALS TO RESIST.
Missouri Executives VIII See Rate
Laws Are Enforced.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 14.-De-
spite the announcements that the rail-
roads would resist enforcement of the
2-cent rate law and that resistance
would also be made to the maximum
freight law, Governor Folk is not in
clined to believe that either will be
annulled through the injunction pro-
ceedings which the companies are to
bring in the federal court at Kansas
City He. could not be induced to go
into details and was unwilling to be
could be no doubt of the states re-
sistance of such a course upon the
part of the railroads.
Attorney General Hadley is not in
the city but it is surmised that he and
the governor had a conference before
his departure and that a line of re-
siStance has been agreed upon. No
announcement of the plans. however,
can be obtained until such con-
tingency is brought about Some of
the state officials express the belief
that but slight opposition will be
made to the reduced passenger rate,
and one of them declared it to be his
opinion that not later than Saturday,
tho law going into effect today, the
roads generally would be selling tick
cts at 2 cents.
A great deal, of course, depends
cure their injunctions from the fed
eral court. Should these be denied,
such action as the state has been pre-
pairing to take will be abandoned and
the matter of prosecuting violations of
either of the laws will be left with the
prosecuting attorneys in the several
counties throughout the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
AN INTERESTING REPORT.
III. j. Small Shows Increase in Size and
Power of Equipment

4
An interesting report has been pre-
pared by H j. Small, general superin-
tendent of motive power on the South
ern Pacific, showing how great has been
the increase in the size and power Of
the equipment of American railroads.
In the last thirty years the standard
locomotive on the Southern Pacific has
increased 175.000 pounds in weight. The
tractive power of the engines has in
creased from 1000 pounds to 43,30
pounds for the heavy consolidated type
of engine making the locomotive of to-
day four times as powerful as those OF
twenty-five years ago.
Freight cars have increased as much
in carrying capacity and strength The
weight of that vehicle has increased
from $4,000 pounds to $4,000 pounds, and
its carrying capacity from 10000 pounds
to 100000 pounds. The length of the
freight car has grown from 81 feet to 40
feet.
In the last quarter of century pas
senger coaches have increased 26 feet in
ing capacity has been increased from 32
to 20 passengers, and their height has
been increased from 10 feet inches to
IA feet inches. The weight of the
coach has been increased fourfold, its
safety being augmented thereby to the
same extent. The increase in the carry
ing capacity of cars, both freight and
passenger, has been increased to a
much greater extent than the mere
number of cars in use would indicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
is FIRST CLASS.
Hutchinson POStOffice Moves a
Notch Higher.
Receipts of the Past Year Have
Been Exceedingly Good.
ONLY THREE BESIDES
Topeka, Kansas City and .Atchi-
son Are the Others.
Means a Night Window Open
and More Clerks.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 14-Ihe
Hutchinson postoffice will be post
office of the first class beginning July
l. a half month away. When the re-
ceipts of an office at the end of the
year ending March 81 are equal to
$4,000 the office is made first class
on July l following. A year ago
March 81 the office here lacked about
$500 of having enough receipts to
make it a first class office. This year,
on March 81 however, the receipts
exceed $4,000 for the year and
hutchinson easily goes into the list of
cities of the first class.
There are but four first class offices
in Kansas. these being Kansas City,
with a population of nearly 100, 1000,
Topeka, with $4,000 population, and
Atchfson with about Is. 900 population.
Leavenworth, Pittsburg, Coffeyville,
Ft. Scott and Parsons all have more
people than Hutchinson has but the
postoffice doesn't do the business that
this one does.
Postmaster H. Nj. Stewart has asked
for two more clerks. to go to work on
July l. The receipts entitle him to
these assistants and it is to be hoped
that they will be allowed by the post
Office department If the new clerks
are secured this will be made night
office. with the general delivery win
dows open all night long. This would
be a great convenience to the patrons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14

Angeles, where the annual meeting
of the association will be held next
month, or at San Francisco.
The association has no way of coll
lecting fees to defray its expenses ex-
cept through the railroads, and If they
are prohibited from taking any ac-
ton to insure the payment of such
fees the association probably will be
forced to dissolve. Officers of the as
ISOLATION have asked for a conference
with the interstate commission, in the
hope of securing from it a ruling
which will permit the railroads to
help it collect. membership fees The
western roads will not take any action
changing their present arrangements
until notified of the result of the con-
ference between the officers of the as
ISOLATION and the interstate commerce
commission. With very few excep-
tions, all the eastern railroads are OPP
posed to acting any any way as col
lection agents for the National Edu-
cational association, and are secretly
rejoicing over the latest ruling of the
commission against the plan adopted
by the lines in the Transcontinental
Passenger association to aid the or
ganiZation of educators
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
UNCLE JIM HILLS PROPHECY.
Says Government Will Be Forced tC
Lend Credit to Railroads

New York. June 14.-That the gov
eminent swill be forced to lend its
credit to aid the railroads was the
statement made today by J. J.. Hill.
1.-THE public in its evaporation -
said Mr.. Hill, stwil1 demand that the
railroads lay certain rails and pro-
vide more cars. The railroads will
answer that they can not: that their
credit has been ruined. The govern
ment will be obliged to step in and
lend it's credit to supply this de-
ficiency. That would be the end of
Republican government.
'AThe cause of the trouble is that the
business of the United States has out
grown the capacity of its railroads
and the railroads are in no position to
catch up. If men can not get their
freight moved they must cease to pro-
duce it. It does not appear any easier
for a railway to get money now than
it was few months ago. During the
past or months the railroads have
raised something like 100000, 1000.
Has it gone to increase facilities? Not
at all. Most of it went to pay off old
bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
Stops EVASION OF RULING.
Tnte,.state Commission Condemns
Plan for Teachers Tickets.

The interstate commerce commls-
sion hurled a bomb among the west
ern railroads yesterday in the form of
a declaration that the plan adopted
by them for selling and validating
tickets issued at reduced rates on ac-
count of the National Educational
association sis simply a transparent
evasion of previous rulings of the
commission. The ruling may Kill the
organization of educators.
When the commission was asked
for a ruling some time ago as to the
legal right of the railroads to collect
So as membership fee for the asso-
citation in addition to the rate made
for TRANSPORTATION, the commission
stated that it would be Illegal for the
railroads to pay to the association any
part of the amount collected as the
price of a ticket. The commission al
so stated that the railroads might
lawfully make reduced rates on the
certificate plan for members of the
association and refuse to validate the
return coupons Of tickets unless the
purchaser presented a certificate that
he or she had paid a fee of 50 for
membership in the associa ton.
In accordance with this ruling, the
western roads made a rate of one
fare for the round trip to Los Angeles,
open to anybody. but with the stipula-
ton that coupons would not be vail
dated for return passage unless with
them were presented certificates that
the association had received a
membership fee of So on
each The roads offered to
validate return coupons at either Los
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
CAUGHT AT WEBB CITY.
Young People Who EIoped From
Deering at Home Again.

Coffeyville, June 13-Arthur McKib-
ben now occupies a cell in the city Jail,
having been brought here from Webb
City, Mo. Miss Dixie Vaughan, the
young Deering girl with whom he elop-
ed less than two weeks ago, is at her
home near Deering
McKibben will probably be arraigned
before Judge Rice and until that time
viii be held in jail here. The girl will
remain at the home of her parents.
McKibben and the Vaughan girl left
Deering together on Friday, May 81,
and passed through Coffeyville the same
evening on their way to Missouri. They
were traced to Joplin, then to Monnett,
Mo-, and from there on to Fort Smith
by the father of the young woman. AT
Fort Smith all trace of them was lost
until last Saturday evening when the
chief of police received a message from
the police department at Webb City
stating that the young people were
there.
McKibben has a wife whose home is
in conway Springs. He was a brake
man on the Missouri Pacific and had a
run between Coffeyville and that place.
Mrs. McKibben has been spending
much of her time since the elopement
at the Vaughan home near Deering.