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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
Closing the Wells.

BY order of the District Commits
sioners ffty-fve public wells are to
be closed. Practically all of them
are in neighborhoods of the poor
They are IN some cases the chief
source of drinking and cooking
water. Taking the handles from
every pump involved will work in
convenience and dissatisfaction.
Yet no citizen in his senses can
hold to disapproval of the Commits
sioners' decision. All of the sixty
three wells in the city have been
pronounced by the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service liable
10 spread disease, save only three.
These three have been excepted
from the order. In addition, FIVE
more-believed to be not contami-
nated-are to be kept open, subject
to constant watchfulness from
the Health Officer, because they are
the only sources of water supply
for the communities in which they
stand.
District water is pure. That from
shallow wells is peculiarly likely to
be impure. The District of Column
bis has long held a disgraceful
leadership in disease. The course
of good government is to remove
every reasonable source of cootauoi-
nation, e'ery possible menace.
These ffty-fve wells fall within
both classes. The Commissioners
would have done less than their
duty had they permitted them TO
remain open after they received the
report adverse to them from the
health service Of the National Gov
eminent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
COMING TO THE THEATERS

One week more remains Of the en-
Eagement OF Edwin Arden a. the Be
lasco Theater. For his closing bill, be-
ginning Monday night. Mr.. Arden viii
present Haddon Chambers great drama,
Captain Swift" II was in this play
that Mr.. Arden won great success in
washington several summers ago. and
its selection as his farewell Offering IS
in response 10 the numerous requests
for its revival. Captain Swift" is a
powerful play. in which the central fig
ure is a notorious highwayman from
Australia, who seeks 10 reinstate him
self in English society. but Is gradu-
ally but surely enveloped in net OF
circumstantiai evidence which discloses
his true identity. He meets his mother,
who had cast him Of in infancy, and
the scenes between mother and son are
powerful and stirring There is a strong
love story in which Swift renounces
his love for a beautiful English girl be-
cause he realizes that he can never
make her his wife There will be the
usual natinees Wednesday and Satur-
day-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
DEFENDS
PULPIT-FORTRESS
Arrested and Sued, Still
breaches to Angry
Brethren.

LEXINGTON. Ky. July 4.-This city
is the scene OF a most novel church
war, and one ia which the pastor was
served with a restraining order 20 pre-
vent his preaching in his church.
The Rev. S. Z. Smith. pastor of the
First Baptist Church, colored. has been
at outs with his congregation for some
time. Several weeks ago he rendered
his resignation. and accepted call to
Hamilton, Ohio.
The resignation was promptly accept
ed, 10 take effect Immediately, so the
CONGREGATION asserts in its petition. The
Rev Smith declared that this was not
the case. but he was to continue TO
preach for sixty days. Sunday he
occupied the pulpit, which so ineensed
some of the members that a warrant
was issued for him. charging him with
disturbing religious worship. When this
warrant was served, Smith promptly
executed bond. and continued his ser
mon Then a restraining order was
issued
The church congregation also prays
for 500 damages from Rev Smith, as
the members declare he hiss injured the
church to that extent. and that unless
he is removed he will injure the church 5
standing irreparably- The matter is TO
be tried before Magistrate J. B. Payne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
AUSTRIAN SWAIN
UNLUCN PILGRIM
Tries in Vain to Reach
SWeetheart'S
Home.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 4.-Taers
passed through Philadelphia yesterday
an Austrian immigrant, Stefan Bojozak.
who has been having a very hard Tina,
reaching his destination. Clayton, N Y,
where his sweetheart is waiting 20 wed.
him. On the steamer crossing the ocean
the mans papers became mixed and he
was tagged for Clayton, y. J. Landing
there he sought FedOza koZtyk, whom
he was To marry. but in spite Of the
fact that he could not speak English,
he found out that he was in the wrong
town.
Boiozak then had plenty OF money
ana was placed upon a train bound for
Jersey City, and given letter explain
inc exactly where he wanted 10 so.
three DAYS later he arrived at Clayton,
n / again. but, not daunted, he bought
another ticket, and tried again. But
Monday night he stepped on the train
Al Clayton, y. J., for the third time,
and this time he was in desperate
straits. He had spent all Of his money
was. frankly, broke
He broke down and cried when he
recognized the all too familiar railway
station. Then the people of Clayton.
after learning through an interpreter the
mans story. took up a collection and
got him a ticket for Clayton. y. Y.
which Is on the St. Lawrence river.
This time Theodore Fier accompanied
Boiozak as far as this ciTy and he left
him only after he had made tbs con-
duetor give his solemn promise that be
would ultimately land where he wanted
10 go. and where his bride-to-be Waa
waiting fer him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
A WFJL GERMS LURK
IN SCHOOLBOY KISS
-PFfILA. SCHOOL BOARD

PHILADELPHIA. July 4.-Kissing
games are 10 be tabooed in public
school Fairgrounds. Stringent regula-
lions against the old-fashioned plays in
which the penalty is a kiss will be sup
pressed by the board OF education and
the medical inspectors.
Not that these stern authorities fear
the incursion OF the little god. u wish
10 discourage amicable relations be-
tween the youngsters; they are simply
shooing away the dread microbe and
ging the visitation OF infec-
tious germs
Infantile kissing. which has been for
generations the thrilling sccompani-
ment Of spin the plate" going 10
Jerusalem" clap in and clap out
drop the handkerchief" and a score
Of other games. is now looked upon
as unhygienic and a transmitter OF
germs.
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Besides, the authorities argue that the
modern child Is made OF Steiner stun
than the yOungster Of a generation
ago. and that boys and girls would
rather engage in more athletic sports
than those OF their grandparents.
There are so many more educational
forms Of recreation now than there
used 70 be-" said William A Stechler,
director Of physical instruction, that
II Is not necessary 20 permit the old
kissing games
Games that require muscular activ-
ity and skill and bring into play the
development OF brain and body have
been substituted on our recreation SEIZED
ule and We do not anticipate any trou-
bic IN doing away with the unhealthy
practice Of promisCuOus kissing
Sentiment did not enter into the mind
OF DR.. Thomas J. Beatty, assistant 70
the chief Of the Buerau Of Health. when
he issued his mandate prohibiting kissinR
on Fairgrounds. The practice is dis
ease-spreadinE and will not be toleT-
ated." he said with scientific hnality-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
GIRL FOOTPAD,
CHURCH WORKER
Rent Due, She Makes One
Admirer Rob the
Other.

TRENTON. n. J., July 4.-Miss May
PRIOR temporarily forgot all her religious
training when she found the room rent
due. and, despite the fact that sne had
been an ardent Bible student and
regular attendant at Sunday school,
she lured an acquaintance, George Van
Ellis, to a lonely spot near Morrisville,
Pa. and with the assistance Of Clarence
Watson, attacked and then robbed him
Van Ellis. who was seemingly in love
with the religious girl Of Dick Turpin
proclivities, fought CALAMITY for his
money. but was overpowered by the
woman and her accomplice- Broken in
spirit and fat in wallet. he arrived IN
Trenton and made a complaint against
the pair.
TIE arrest followed. and a demand
was made by the victim that they be
returned TO Pennsylvania for trial. Miss
Prior confessed the crime and made a
strong plea for Watson, saying that he
participated simply as favor 10 her,
and that she alone was responsible.
she said she had carefully planned the
Z irne several days before its commits
sion, and that Watson, when he Sc
creted himself near the trysting place.
did not know what was expected OF
him. The plea was not listened to, and
the pair were sent back TO Pennsyi-
vania-
After the robbery. the couple left Van
Ellis. who was unconscious. by the
roadside. and started for Trenton. Van
Ellis. recovered in a few minutes, and
also started for Trenton He got on the
same trolley car that the Prior girl and
her accomplice had boarded and when
the robbery Immediately called the
H~a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
FIREWORKS AT LUNA PARK
TO CELEBRATE TIE FOURTH

Leaving the earth with the grace and
buoyancy OF q bird. alighting when and
where his inclinstions may dictate. are
some OF the marvellous doings OF sky
pilot Beachey, who Is now astounding
the patrons OF Luna Park Beachey
lays no claim 10 being courageous nor
can he be classed as being foolhsrdy-
His Is a business. and he goes about IL
in a plain, everyday manner.
The American Regimental Band con-
dnues 70 draw large crowds, and. be-
cause OF It's success, the management
has held IL over until Sunday night.
The bands season was TO have closed
Saturday. the 6th, but arrangements
were made with Bandmaster Conway
whereby he would open Monday, the sth,
in order that the Weaver organization
could respond 10 pressing requests by
giving a farewell concert
AS an extra added attraction tonight
there will be costly display OF pic
torial and fantastic pyrotechnics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
REVIVAL OF "THE AMAZONS"
OFFERING AT COLUMBIA

Beginning next Monday evening. July
s. the Columbia Theater Company, in
Guiding both Miss Charlotte Walker
and Miss Kinda Spong. will offer a re-
yIval OF The Amazons," a fantastic
and whirnsicaIIy captivating comedy by
Arthur W. Pinero. Miss Spong and
Miss Walker will next week be seen in
the delightful characters OF the TWO
principal daughters Of the Marehioness
Of Castlejordan. The story centers
around the three daughters OF the
marchioness. who Is keenly disappointed
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because her girls are not boys, and.
therefore. tries 70 bring them up
'mannishly by way OF compensation for
the lack OF bona fide sons She attires
the daughters IN boomers. puts them
through gymnastic stunts. compels them
to seek open air exercise and does every
thing she can 70 Unsex them Every
thing goes well until the tho Of beau
tiful creatures fall in love with dis
astrous effect upon their mothers plans
and many humorous complications
IN The Amazons" Pinero attempts
no criticism OF life. he seeks 70 sOlvs
no problem OF morality. sociology, or
psychology: he only permitted himself
10 daily with the "mannish woman
idea IN the hghtest, gentlest spirit %
satire and in a most whimsical mood OF
romance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
F Fairbanks Cocktail Fight
Much Too Small a Matter
To Bother the President

OYSTER y. 4Pdnt Roosevelt will be drawn
annapolis charging him with the Manhattan
bottom OF
The President whatever The Pe
believes would
10
executive
taken place
to
not up a SINAI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
Living Up to the Navy.

This country has a navy but no
way of effectively taking care of it.
There must be prompt and
thorough provision of the auxiliary
facilities if the investment of more
than a billion dollars in the new
navy is not to be jeopardized and
the country's defense rendered diff
ficult or impossible at some critical
time.
Naval officers have been lately
making plain 10 the country how
lamentably unsatisfactory are the
docking and repair facilities for
handling such an armament as we
now possess. \ more suggestive or
instructive elucidation Of the gentle
art of log-rolling in Congress and
of its vicious results, could hardly
be found than is contained in the
story of how the naval docks at
Portsmouth, y. H.; Charleston and
Algiers, La, came to be where they
are and why they are kept there.
Not one of these constructions is
of any practical account to the
navy; every one of them is an oc-
casion for waste of money every
year. These docks and the estab-
lishment which arc incident to
them ought 10 have been placed
where they will be most useful. In
stead they have been placed and
kept where they will be most useful
to the log-rolling politicians whose
constituencies demand evidence of
statemanly quality in the form Of
appropriations to be spent at home.
1t is no less than a scandal that
these things should bs; il will be
continuance and progression of
that scandal if they are not cor
rected as soon as possible.
Likewise, with everything now
making plain that the Pacific will
be the scene of most of our naval
operations for years to come, there
is absolute need that great expan-
sion of facilities be provided there.
Not only must this be done on our
! own coastline. but the Hawaiian and
Philippine groups must be equipped
as naval bases of the first order.
The next Congress, doubtless, will
take up in earnest the work of
Strengthening our naval establish
ment at these weak places. The
whole country needs TO be alert in
order to prevent the waste of as
much money on the Pacific as has
been wasted on the Atlantic coast.
Beyond all this, there is the prob
lem of transports and golfers.
Somehow they must be supplied, or
provision made for their certain
availability in case of war. Men
must be enlisted TO handle the ships
and guns. At present thousands
are needed and cannot be secured.
The battleship feet of the United
States is altogether too much
'front.'" and too little back. The
ships are equal TO any in the world,
as are the officers and men. But the
establishment is not properly pro
portioned and well-rounded, and
Congress is in large part RESPONSE
BILE for the one-sided development
that has brought matters to the
present lamentable pass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
BOY AS DECOY,,
KIDNAPER NABBED
Intercepted Letters Furnish
Clue to Alleged
OffenSe.

NEW YORK, July As ne left the
Grand Central depot, a man who said
he was Charles Richard Sutton. Eastern
representative OF large dry goods
house in Helena. Mont, was arrested
on the charge Of attempting TO kidnap
fourteen-year-old John s. Cassidy. SUIT
ton lives at 126 Berkeley place. Brooklyn.
The prisoner. who was well dressed,
and carried two suit cases. was indig-
nsnt at his arrest. and demanded the
cause The officials OF the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children.
however, hailed him TO the East Thlrty-fifth
street station, where he was locked up.
after Lieutenant McAvoy had declined
to accept cash bail for his appearance
in the YOrkville court this morning
Long Under Suspicion.
The arrest was the result Of a plan
on the part Of the society which has had
SuttOn's case in hand for some time.
acting on the request OF the boys
mother. According to the story told by
the socjety's agents and admitted by the
boy. Sutton has been in the habit OF
sending the boy letters and postal cards
whenever he was away from the city
on a business trip.
The letters spoke OF meetings the two
had had in the city and begged the
boy. say Cassidy's parents. to leave
New York and accompany him on his
trips to the West.
Arrested on Arrival.
One OF the postal cards fell into the
hands OF the boys mother, who became
suspicious and watched the lads mail.
Mrs. Cassidy took the letters and her
fears to the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children.
The matter was IN that shape when,
two weeks ago. a letter from Sutton
10 young Cassidy apprised his friend
that the man was on his way back
TO New York and would probably be
in town aboututhe end Of June AS a
result, the officials, accompanied by the
boy, were at the depot TO meet Sutton
when he arrived.
Sutton greeted the boy affectionately
/ Then the agents arrested him The boy
was sent to the society's rooms for safe
keeping and will appear against the
man in Yorkvllle court today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

The Government is after the Powder
trust. the Standard Oil. the Shelter
trust, and the express companies. In
fact II looks as II the trusts. which
keep their own Senators, were likely to
be convinced that Senators are LA
bility rather than an asset
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Mark Twain could almost carry his
foolisnness TO the extent of confirming
this story that he is to marry his youth
full and petite secretary. and make the
public believe Il a Joke
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

King Edward has given Caruso dec
Grafton which viii entitle him to write
M. V. o." after his name. This will
doubles please him much better than
the m. H" that has been used lately
in the same connection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

One of the guests at the Fairbanks
lunch says they served Manhattan cock
tails, but he didn't like 'em; tasted too
much like vaTnish - For the first time
the real reason for all this row about
those cocktails is becoming apparent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

BY the time its officials get their hard
luck stories in to the court record,
everybody will know that the Oil trust
is a .benehcent institution. against which
the public is unaccountably prejudiced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Mr.. Rockefeller on further thought
has decided that he will obey the or
ders OF the Federal court at Chicago,
though it is mighty annoying to him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

1t seems that the War Department is
going to have Colonel Ayres retired as
unfit TO fight. in order that II may avoid
the embarrassments Of a fight with
him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
STILL A FEW LEFT UNREAD.

The Government printing bill has been
cut 100000 the last year, and further
reduction IS in prospect. Yet we have
heard OF no complaints OF a famine IN.
public documents.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
Built Fires to Save Corn.

A farmer near Tewkesbury. Vt, owned
a large field of corn He built fires.
Nearly every night he and his men
took turns in keeping up the fire and
watching that the corn did not freeze.
The farmer was rewarded for his tire
less labors by having the only crop OF
corn in the region
July came in with snow and ice. On
the Fourth Of July ice as thick as win
dow glass formed throughout New Eng
land. New York. and in some parts Of
the State Of Pennsylvania. Indian corn.
which. in some parts OF the East. had
struggled through May and June, gave
up. frOZe. and died
To the surprise Of everybody, August
proved the worst month Of all. Almost
every green thing in this country and
Europe was blasted with frost Snow
fell at Barnet, thirty miles from Lon
don. England. on August 30. News
papers received from England stated
that 1876 would be remembered by the
existing generation as the year in which
there was no summer. Very little corn
ripened In New England. There was
great privation. and thousands OF per
sons would have persisted In this cOun-
try had itrHot been for the abundance
of fish and Wild game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
ONE YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER,
WHEN FEET FROZE In JUNE
AND SNOW FELL In AUGUST
January Of 1916 Was Mild, and February. March, and
April Were the Same; Then BeIaed
Winter Came.

BUFFALO, n. Y, July 4.-The year
1916 was known throughout the United
States and Europe as the coolest ever
experienced by any person then living.
There are persons in northern New York
who have been in the habit OF keeping
diaries for years. and il Is from the
pages of an old diary begun in 1910 and
kept up unbroken until lS4O that the
following Information regarding this
year without a summer has been taken:
January was so mild that most per-
sons allowed their fires TO go out and
did not burn wood except for cooking.
There were a few cold days, but they
were very few. Most of the time the
air was warm and springlike. Feb
ruary was not cold Some days We're
colder than any in January. but the
weather was about the same March,
from the 1st 10 the 9Th. was inclined
TO be windy II came in like small
lion and went out like very innocent
sheep.
May Air Like Writer.
Anril came in warm. but as the days
grew longer, the air became colder anu
bv the first OF May there was tenn
perature IKE tnaL OF NthNei- VII"
plenty of snow and ice. In May the
young buds were frozen dead. Ice form
ed half an inch thick on ponds and
rivers. corn was killed, and the corn
fields were planted again and again.
until Il became too late 20 raise a crop.
BY the last OF May in this climate the
trees are usually in leaf and birds and
flowers are plentiful. When the last OF
Nav arrived in 1916 everything had been
killed by the cold.
June was the coolest month Of roses
ever experienced in this latitude. Frost
and ice were as common as buttercups
usually are. Almost every green thing
was killed: all fruit WAS destroyed.
Snow fell ten inches deep In Vermont
There was a seven-inCh fall in the
interior OF New York State, and the
same in Massachusetts. There we're
only a few moderately warm days
Everybody looked, lonEed, and waited
for warm weather, but warm weather
did not come.
Wind All Summer.
II was also dry; very little rain fell.
All summer long the wind blew stead
fly from the north in blasts laden
with snow and ice. Mothers knit socks
OF double thickness for their children,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

The Chicago Tribune will step to the
front and center with the annual casu-
atty list for the battle of the Fourth of
July
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Has the supply Of arnica been holding
out pretty well?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

and made, thick mittens. Planting and
shivering were done together. and the
farmers VINO worked out their taxes
on the country roads wore overcoats
and mittens
on June II there was a heavy fall OF
snow. A Vermont farmer sent a flock
OF sheep 10 pasture on June 1S. The
morning Of the 18th dawned with the
thermometer below the freezing point
About 3 O'Clock in the morning the
owner Of the sheep started TO look for
his flock. Before leaving home ne
turned 10 his wife and said. jokinRly:
Better start the neighbors soon;
it's the middle of June and / may get
lost in the snow
An hour after he had left home a
terrible snowstorm came up The snow
fell thick and fast, and. as there was
so much wind, the ieecy masses piled
in great drifts along the windward side
OF the fences and outbuildinEs. Night
came and the farmer had not been
heard Of
His wife became frightened. and
alarmed the neighborhood- All the
neighbors Joined the searching party.
on the third day they found him. He
was lying I'm a hollow on the side hill
with both feet frozen; he was half COW
cred with snow. but alive Most OF
the sheep were lost.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Good evening; are you shy any con
siderable number OF fingers?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Now for the mortality statistics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04
Wind All Summer.

II was also dry; very little rain fell.
All summer long the wind blew stead
lily from the north in blasts laden
with snow and ice. Mothers knit socks
OF double thickness for their children,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-29

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