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Shopping Plan Offers
Out-of- I own People
Advantages of City
Business Men All Pulled Together and Success
Followed Effort-Same Scheme Used by
Many Other Centers.

way. At that time a subcommittee Of
the retail trade committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce was appointed to de-
wise ways and means to increase the
cIty's trade.
Julius Garfnkle was appointed chair
man OF this subcommittee and made
a report a few weeks afterward that
much could be accomplished by offer
ing TO shoppers in towns and cities
within a reasonable radius OF Washing
tor. the inducement OF refunding their
railroad fares, provided purchases of a
certain amount We're made. Mr.. Gar
finlle did not go at that time into the
details Of the plan, but his report and
the general suggestions were received
very favorably by the members Of the
cOEuntttee present. 10 was then decided
TO go seriously into the subject and
work out the details on comprehensive
scale.
D. J. Kaufman, chairman OF the whole
committee, was particularly enthusias-
tic. and reappointed Mr.. Garhnkle as
chairman OF the subcommittee VfFor-
Gus efforts were then put forth and sew
eral meetings Of the whole committee
held
All Pulled Together.
In speaking OF the results obtained.
Mr. Kaufman said 10 a reporter that
only success seemed now in view.
Never before said he, has there
been such a concerted movement on the
part OF bushes men in WashiI gton. Not
only have retail merchants Who wcpld
be directly benefited lent their aid ard
subscribed to the work. but bankers.
real estate men and other me enbers OF
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the Chamber OF Commerce. whose pride
in the city alone was con cerned, sub
scribed to the expense Of the campaign
In fact. for the hrst time IN the his
tory OF Washington the business men
generally have awakened to a sense
OF the value OF concerted and Idted
action, They realize that Washington
itself is the most attractive city IN the
country for American citizens TO visit
They realize also that Washington re
tail establishments are second to none
In the country and IL is only necessary
to let those who can come 10 the city
know Of these advantages TO greatly
increase the volume or travel 10 the
city and the business OF her n u-ercEants.'
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no other
city south Of New
York offers such
a diversity OF ho-
tells or elasticity
Of rates as the
shopper may ind
in Washington
Hotel rates IN
washington range
from SO a day
down TO 70 cents.
in each instance
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and complaints Of
Washington hos
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heard.
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II r out-of-town
shopping pl a n,
which the retail
trade committee
Of the Chamber Of
Commerce has put
into effect for the
first two weeks in
December. Is one
which, while an
experiment % r
Washington, has
been successfully
adopted by the
trade organlZa-
tIons Of m a n y
cities Of this coun-
try. Not only has
n been adopted In
many places, but
* is now a per
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Here are found paIanal hostelries
in the erection Of which owners
have spent upward OF 10000. There
are several such hotels I'm washington
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Movement a Year Old.

The history of the present movement
to increase the retail trade of Wash
ington merchants dates back for over
a year. but not until last summer did
this movement receive any decided
in2etus from the merchants in a united
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
Big FUND TOROUf RADICALS"
Conservatives" Raise 100000 fOl
Campaign in North Carolina.
Would Print Newspaper and "Set
State Right in Eyes of North
crn Financial World"

Special TO The Washington Herald
Salisbury, n. c., Sept. 15.-The morning
newspapers carry stories of a move on the
part Of the CONSERVATIVES" Of the State
that have caused the whole state TO
wonder.
\ concerted determination on the part
OF many Independent Republicans, Dem
ocrats, and nonGescripts. politically. 10
overthrow the organized Democracy. is
boldly proclaimed by Everything, the
iconoclastic and unique publication OF
Col Al Fairbrother. Of Greens boro. His
issue to-day says:
Already twenty-five prominent manu-
facturers and bankers. men whose rat
mss in the commercial agencies books
are close to Al mark, have talked over
the plan, and if It is decided to so ahead
there viii be something doing"
II is the purpose of the man behind
the movement to issue a paper which
will be backed by 100000. and 10 publish
this journal either in Raleigh or Green's
bOro. one of the objects. as MIR. Fair
brother sees IT, is setting North Caro-
lima right in the eyes of the Northern
financial world, and the ballot is going
20 do the trick Populism must be elimi-
mated until populism gets out Of the now
dominant party"
Lifelong Republicans will oppose mix
ing with the Republican politicians, be-
cause they are oficeholders. whereas
the Conservative party is 10 be managed
by men who never sought Office. The call
for the convention of these men will be
issued soon, and 100 of the richest bush
ness men of North Carolina have prom
Used 20 head the list for the defeat of
the dominant party
Col Fairbrother says that were he 10
mention the names Of the men behind
the move il would open the eyes of
the State The Conservatives say they
have S200,0o0 for their paper a sum far
larger than any North Carolina journal
has. The general opinion is that some
great daily will offer itself for the work
and the establishment of a new paper
will be unnecessary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
MOIIONLESS PATIENT DEAD
Rare Case Of Gas Poisoning Observed
in Richmond City Hospital.
For Seven Days Before End Woman
Never Moved MuscIe-BloOd Cor
puscIes Gradually Dissolved.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va. Sept. 15.-Lucy Ross, the
strange. motionless patient at the city
hospital, died this morning, after having
been unconscious for exactly $50 houTs.
The case is not the first Of the kind re-
corded. but Is quite rare. Lucy was a
young negress employed as domestic in
the family of David Whitehead, "A prom
inent citizen Eight days ago she was
found unconscious I'm room of the house
with unIighted gas Issuing from a jet.
There was nothing to indicate anything
other than an ordinary case Of asphyxia-
ton
For seven days and half the patient
lay absolutely motiouless. except for the
feeble action Of the respiratory muscles,
and the occasional opening and closing
of the eyes Not "a limb moved, not the
slightest tremOr was there 10 indicate
that life was in the body except the
uUiselees breathing
DR. Str0le. who was in charge OF the
ease. said to-day that the patient became
weaker and weaker as the gas poison
gradually destroyed the red blood cor
pasaIes. When these corpuscles had been
COMPLETELY exhausted. death ensJed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
MAURITANIA NEARLY READY.
Sister Ship so LuSItaBia TO Have Speed
Trial To-day.

London. Sept. Is. - The Cunard Line
steamer Mauritania will leave her build
ers' yard at WaIlsend on Monday for her
first trip off the Tyne for speed trial.
after which she will return for her final
fittings and furnishings
She is 100 feet long. compared with the
Lusitania's 49, She will have accommo-
dations for $50 first class, 800 second class.
and 400 third class passengers. Her
crew will number SEQ making her total
complement $3.50. Her gross tonnage is
23,209; her maximum draft will be 3755 feet
G. p. Hunter, the well-known ship
builder, whose firm built the Mauritania.
writes that the era Of steamers larger
than that vessel cannot arrive for some
time. Docks must be enlarged and har-
bOrs deepened, involving long work. before
the next step forward is taken in ship
construction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA

FOIlansbee. Sept. IA gas well was
drilled on the main street near the Folansbee tin
mills and it is producing 100000 feet Of gas daily
Fairmont, Sept. 15.-The Federal Coal
Company has commenced the development Of a 6000-
acre coal tract i'm FaimOnt and PaWuaW districts
in Marion County. W. Va. Forty coke ovens have
been built and 100 more viii be constructed.
Charleston. Sept. 15-John F. Davis.
Democrat has been appointed sheriff # Raleigh
COUNTY TO succCed the late William Campbell, Re
publican The Republican press is Ss<narinR in
deuunciation Of the County Court, which made the
appointment.
Charleston Sept 15.-While going home
from a dance this morning Miss Bessie Deb0Td.
aged nineteen years. was struck by X. & VI.
yard engine in the local yards and died in less
than two hours She was accompanied By Claude
T. pritchard az the time Of the accident
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
MAY BUY DAVIS BIRTHPLACE.
Association To- Preserve Old Home of
President Of COnfederacy.

-NF'HNN A@@aAphA " ~ 0hN @@VNhN -
President of COnfederacy.
Special TO Tho Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, Sept 15.-Considerable
discussion, in "a quiet way, has been in
dulged here over the Inauguration OF a
move TO restore and preserve the birth
place of President Jefferson Davis Of
the Confederacy, in Todd County, Ky,
and make il a historic mecca similar 20
the Lincoln Farm, IN Illinois. The move
ment. which began in a Confederate camp
meeting at Glasgow, KY. last week, is
generally indorsed, and it IS probable
that local Confederate organizations will
formally approve the scheme.
Il is understood the final plan is to in
wife contributions from. the people not
only Of the South, but of the North as
well. but the belief here is that the fund
must be raised almost entirely in the
South Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner
originated the movement and presented
the resolutions carrying it into practical
effect.
The organization is styled The JeffeT-
son Davis Kentucky Home Association. "
Gen. Buckner is a native of Virginia, and
Richmond was the home of President
Davis during the Confederacy and the
new movement is naturally well received
here.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
AIRSHIp IN PRACTICAL USE.
FreuchmHn Lands 1T Appointed
Place and Sends BALLOON Back.

ETCnClmuu L1huh NJ Appointed
Place and sends Balloon Back.
Paris, Sept. IA few years ago a New
York artist, who was credited with being
cid fashioned aad unprogressiye, used to
look out o. his studio window. below Fiji
ty-niath street. and say that it would be
only "a little while before people stepped
out of windows into airships to make
calls France, at any rate, will fulfil the
prophecy soon at the rate Of progress she
is making.
Perhaps not the most spectacular. but
certainly the most elegant. use so far
made of an airship was by NJ Deutsch
DC la Meurthe who invited number OF
his friends to hunt on his estate. He
fixed a rendezvous, and said he would
arrive there by balloon. The guests as
sembled at the appointed hour and saw a
balloon approaching. When 1t arrived
over the rendezvous. it descended easily,
and ". DeUtsCh. attired in hunting COS
tune, dismounted.
The balloon, i'm charge Of his engineers.
then reascended amid enthusiastic accla-
nations. Some time later word came TO
the hunting party that the airship had
returned safely TO its original point Of
departure
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ACCUSED.
Charged with Breaking Texas Anti
Pnss Lnw-Penitentiary Onense.

Galveston. Tex. Sept. 15.-The first VIC
lation Of the anti-pass law. recently en-
acted. is charged 70 the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad. and if the penalties are en-
forced 10 the limit the fine viii amount
10 S25O0O0 and the sentencing Of several
railroad officials to terms in the peniten-
tiary.
The charge Is based upon the transpor-
tation of negro strikebreakers from vari-
Gus points in the State to Galveston.
where the Southern Pacific dock workers
are on strike Several carloads of inn
ported labOrers We're shipped across the
State, TO many of which We're issued
passes, while the others were transported
free under agreement. and fed while en-
route. Organized labor is behind the
prosecution, and it is argued that several
sections Of the anu-pass law have been
violated. The maximum fine is 5000 for
each pass, and the maximum penitentiarv
term is two years
The company tried 90 claim that the
strikebreakers were railroad emploves
bur the men made affidavit showing thew
had been hired to work for the steamship
company. loading vessels on the docks.
There are 200 separate charges against
the several officials.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
AGED COUPLE STRUCK DOWN.
Daughter Also Brutality Treated by
Three Drunken Men.
SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald,

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland, Nd, Sept. l5.-Seventy-
year-old William Jones, his aged wife.
and his daughter. Miss Ella Jones. who
live at Ridgely W. Va. were struck
down on the bridge connecting Ridgely
with Cumberland last night by three
drunken men, whose identity is known.
The assailants had struck down an old
negro, and when Mr., Jones rushed out
10 investigate. he was struck over the
head with nalf-drained beer bottle. Then
Mrs. Jones appeared on the scene and
she was cut and knocked down. while
Miss Jones was Cuffed and slapped in
the face. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones are in a
serious condi ton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16

New York, Sept. l5.-In Little Italy, at
Second avenue and Eleventh street "a
street car killed a boy late this afternoon
There We're many Italians about who set
mp bowling and shouting Mea and wom-
ea rushed out of the tenements along the
avenue and in the crowded streets, and
in a very short time the street about the
halted car was jammed from curb 10
curb
The crowd made for the motorman. Car
rett Morrissey. He was pulled over the
dashboard and beaten. NorTissey, a big
Irishman, used his controller for a time.
but he was no match for the mob. Those
who were unable 20 share in the attack
on the motorman turned 10 the car. Rocks
and sticks We're thrown through the win
dows. and the passengers got out i'm
fright Some one showed up with long
rope, and a small boy was started Oh "a
climb up an elevated railroad pillar.
Policeman To the Rescue,
Just then Policeman SchIessinger fought
his way through the mob and got to the
motorman. The policeman dubbed "A lane
through the crowd and got Morrissey To
the sidewalk. There the mob charged
again, and schlessinger drew his revolver.
The mob drew back. and this gave
Sch!essiEger chance 10 drag Morrissey
into clothing store. The policeman
stood guard at the door with his revolver
Ieveled
Schlessinger managed 10 get the at
tention of man, and asked him to go
20 telephone and call for an ambulance
and for extra police which the man did.
The Italians ran back To the ear and
pushed il over. When the body was eX-
posed to view. the mob again got hold Of
the car and threw it with crash against
the west curb. This served TO wreck it
completely. The trucks dropped from the
body and rolled in the street.
Mob Scntters Before Police Clubs.
Two patrol wagons with Capt Corcor-
an, two sergeants and twenty-five police
men, came up about this time. The po-
lice went at the crowd in all directions.
Clubs were used freely, and the Italians
soon ran away.
a wrecking crew picked up the trucks
Of the wrecked car. Morrissey and the
body Of the boy were taken 10 the East
I04th street police station
II was shortly after . O'Clock when the
boy was run down. and il was some time
after g o'clock when any semblanCe OF
car traffic was resumed.
MOTrissey, whose many bruises We're at
tended 20 by an ambulance surgeon, was
held on the technical charge of homicide
TO await the action of the coroner's jury.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
CONSTABLES FIRE AT AUTO,
Owner of Machine Asks Warrants
Charging Officers with Assault.

Special so The Washington Herald.
Hyattsville. Sept l5.-Hervey q. Machen
applied Saturday evening TO Justice 4 H.
Dahler. Of Bladensburg for warrants,
charging Constables George Markward
and r. L. Payne with assault Saturday
evening, about ! o'clock, while Machen
was driving his automobile along the
Bladensburg road. the Constables attempt
cd To stop him. and when he declined 10
stop. it is alleged Markward discharged
a pistol In the direction of the machine.
The officers claim that he was running
without lights and that they have the
Bladensburg road in the vicinity measured
so that they can detect when cars are be
ing run beyond the speed limit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
Insect Bite Proves FntnI

Tribes Hill, n. Y. Sept. 15.-Frank Full
Ter Burtch, forty-five years old. one of the
leading citizens Of Fonda, Montgomery
County died to-day of septic poisoning.
Two months ago. while on a fishing trip
to the Adirondack Mountains Mr.. Burtch
was bitten on the arm by an insect. while
he was wading in stream. The arm
finally healed. Two weeks ago septic
poisoning broke out in his left leg. and
despite the best of medical attention,
aused his death.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
NEW INSTRUCTORS NAMED.
Several Additions Made by the Uni
versity of Virginia Faculty.


Charlottesville, Va, Sept l5.-To-mor-
row morning will mark the opening of
the eighty-third session of the University
of Virginia. Every Indication points to
an increased attendance in all Of the de-
partments save the medical, where there
viii be a slight falling off. due to the
new entrance requirements. which now go
into effect for the first time. Seventy
men applied for entrance in the first year
medical class. but were turned down. ow-
ing TO failure 10 meet the entrance con-
ditions.
The following new professors and in
struCtors, representing departments not
established, viii begin work:
DR.. Thomas Watson. professor Of eco
nomic geology. DR.. Watson comes to the
University from the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. He is a native Of Chatham,
Va; a Pm. D. of Cornell. and was field
assistant Of the United States Geological
Survey in 1903
DIT. Robert Montgomery Bird. collegiate
professor Of chemistry. and director of
the laboratory for undergraduate insTUc-
ton in chemistry. DR.. Bird is a native
Of Petersburg. Pa. He is a Pm. D. of
Johns Hopkins where for one yeear he
was lecture assistant 10 Prof Ira Rem
sen. For the past four years he has been
"a professor in the University of Missouri
DR.. Theodore Hough, physiology and
physiological chemistry. 81. Hough was
q pupil of Newell Martin and afterward
at the head Of the biological department
OF the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology
Dr. Stephen H. Watts. Of Johns Hop
liins University, professor Of general sur
gerry, and director of the University Hos
pital
Edwin Preston Dargan, of Kentucky, is
adjunct professor in Romanic languages;
and Armistead VI. Dobie is adjunct pro-
fessor in the law department.