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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-30
GOEBEL's CLOTHING SHOWN.
Holes Made by Assassin's Bullet
Pointed out 10 Powers Jury.

Georgetown, Ky. Nov. 29.-The blood
stained clothes worn by Senator William
Goebel were placed in evidence in the
trial Of Caleb Powers here to-day. The
suit of clothes was shown the jury, and
Dr. Thomas Welsh pointed out TO each
juror the hole made by the bullet as it
entered and also as il came out.
Eye witnesses. including r. II. Berry
man and Col. Jack Chinn. were intro
duced 20 show that the bullet came from
the private Office OF the secretary Of
state. TO which the defendant had car
ried the keys.
The defense asked that that portion
of the testimony relating to the point
from which the shot was fired and as TO
the nature OF the wounds be admitted;
but the Commonwealth objected, and
laid bare scenes attending the assassina-
ton.
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WILL TRY LIEUT.. ROELKER.
Naval COurt-martial 20 Convene at
Academy at Annapolis.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Annapolis. Md. Nov. 29.-The Navy De-
partment has directed a naval court
martial to convene at the Naval Academy
for the trial of Second Lieut. Edward F.
Rocker. United States Marine Corps, at
tached to the Naval Academy Barracks
or the charge of drunkenness.
Maj Ben II. Fuller has been designated
president of the court. and Capt. Ernest
+. West will be judge advocate.
II will be recalled that Lieut.. Rocker
VAS one of the party Of officers in COM
pany with Lieut.. James n. Sutton jr
when the latter committed suicide several
weeks ago by firing a bullet into his
brain. after he had been beaten in a fistic
encounter with a felloW-oficer
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Has n Narrow Escape.

BY the prompt action Of Fireman
Phillips of No. ) engine company. Lewis
Woods, forty years of age, Of 3l1o Brown
street, was prevented from drinking sew
eral ounces of aconite last night, which
would have probably caused death. As
il was the man managed TO swallow
small quantity of the drug and was
taken to the Georgetown University Hos
pital for treatment.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
[. 5. Dept. of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
Washington. Friday. Nov % 1903 D.

Z. = UtNT ~ AElcIIIuTt, NCdtltT bUTIoU
Washington. Friday Nov. %. 1903 p.
The winds along the New England coast will be
fresh northerly. possibly brisk southern portion
the Middle Atlantic coast fresh. possibly brisk
n0therly Saturday. becoming variable; on the South
Atlantic coast fresh 20 brisk north 20 northwest,
possibly high Saturday morning on the North Caro-
lima coast the Gulf coast light 10 fresh north 10
northeast, on the Lower Lakes light to fresh and
variable. and the Upper Lakes variable becoming
suutherly and fresh.
Steamers departing Saturday for European ports
will have fresh northerly winds with generally fair
weather TO the Grand Banks.
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FAIL TO FIX WRECK BLAME.
commissioners StTI Probing Into
Tunnel Accident.

Two sessions We're held by the Commits
sioners yesterday in the investigation to
fix responsibility for the wreck on the
Southern Railroad which occurred at the
south end of the new terminal tunnel.
Tuesday November 49,
Although several important witnesses
testified at both hearings, little Roadway
was made in procuring evidence.
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Local Temnerntnrr.

Midnight. - 2 a. m. a.; a. m, Al 6 a m. IS:
a. m, rs; 10 a. m. ~; u noon. i3; .. m, a.;
,. m, - S p m. 40; p m, a 10 n m. 90
Maximum, IS; minimum. 20.
Relative humidity-s a. m. Y; > D. m. s.: D.
m. @. Hours Of sunshine, .. Per cent Of possible
sunshine q
Temperature same date last year-Niaximum, A.:
minimum. S.
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BANK FRAUDS SHOWN
Insiders Withdrew Funds
After Borough Closed.
ERAsURES FOUND IN BOOKS
Changes Made TO Accommodate
Prominent Politician, Who Is
Friend Of Brooklyn Bank OfIcIaI.
Loss of McCarren Notes Explained.
New Grand Jury to Take Action.

New York. Nov 29.-The new grand
jury in Brooklyn. when it takes up on
Monday the investigation into the affairs
of the Borough Bank. will devote itself
chiefly to getting at the exact facts in re-
gard to Withdrawals that were made by
insiders and their friends on the day be-
fore the bank suspended
Evidence has already been presented be-
fore the grand Jury that payments were
made 10 some Of these persons after
banking hours on Friday. October p,
which was the last day on which the
bank remained open for business. and
that erasures and other alterations were
made in the books so as to include these
payments among those made in the regu-
lar course of the days business. Ii is
likely that charges Of forgery will grow
out Of these transactions.
Grand Jury Has Data.
HerA is one instance that has come be-
] fore the grand jury:
After the closing of the bank on Friday
afternoon. a depositor went to one OF the
officials and said:
7 hear the bank is in trouble; isn't
! there some way in which l can draw the
Lamount of my Deposit
/ Very sorry, indeed, said the bank
/ mam but you will have to stand or
/ fail with the rest of us. The bank is
! closed for the day
\ little later along came the repre-
! sentatives Of a Manhattan bank with a
Borough bank note for $4,000. They
\ wanted further collateral on the note.
I Further sorrow was expressed, but the
/ days business was over and nothing
! could be done.
Then appears a personal friend Of the
| bank Official This friend is mixed up
more or less prominently in city politics.
Good Lord, said he, but you're go
4 ing to do something for me, aren't your
Big Check Il Drawn.
Whereupon check was drawn for So
coo and. il is charged. the cash taken from
the bank The grand jury will want to
know all about this transaction just who
drew the check and cashed it, and how IL
was entered in the books,
This is said to have been only one Of
several instances that has been testified
to before the grand jury.
The loss of the Patrick II. McCar-er
notes. aggregating $4,000, has been eX-
planned They were taken by a clerk and
sold. it is said, to a newspaper. The notes
were not those that are in force now, but
merely expired obligations which haC
been renewed. The notes representing tbs
full obligation are now In the banks pos
session.
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T1dP TnhIR

To-day-High tide, 3:ls a. m. and 3;i5 p. m. low
tide, $50 a. m. ard lo:35 p. m.
To-m0Tow-High tide. 4:le a. m. and 4:Ss p IN.
low tide. 1854 a N. and II . p. m.
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Ocean steamships.

New York Nov 2e.-AriYed: La Provence. from
Havre. November p; Cedric from Liverpool. NoTem-
Der q.
Sailed from foreign pcrts: Amerika, from Cher
b0urg; Celtic, from Queenstown
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Condition of the Water.

Special TO The Washington Herald
HsTpors Ferry, w. Va, Nor. 29.-Both rivers are
muddy to-day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-30

Temperatures In other cities, together with the
amount Of rainfall. for the twelve hours ended at
s p. m. yesterday, are as follows:
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DIVORCE is WANTED
in ius L. Pyles Begins Ac-
ton i'll Equity Court.
MENTIONS LOCAL POLICEMAN

ShsrEeS That His Wife and PATROL
MIN Hiiiery VI. smith, Alleged CO.
respondent, COnspired tn Get Pos
session of 81 200 Realized from
sale of Dairy-Says His "Friend-
Cheated Him In Various Ways.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-30

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company for the cleo
ton of Directors 10 serve for the ensuing
year and the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the
meeting Will be held at the Office of the
company. Fourteenth and East Capitol
streets. Washington. d. c., on SATCR-
DAY. January Is. 1905, between the hours
of p. m. and p. N.
The bylaws require that the books for
the transfer Of stock shall be closed
thirty (30 days prior to the annual meet
ing. Books for the transfer OF stock wiIl
therefore. be closed from December 20
1907. TO January Is 1905. both dates inclU-
siVe.
Holders Of voting trust certificates must
exchange them for stock certificates on or
before December IS. 1907, in order TO vote
the same. Z. J. WHITEHEAD.
Ssa,e-arsr
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-26

STAMPED LINONS
Stamped Linen, worth 25c Sale Price .... 19c
Doc Sale Price, ........... DC
5Oc Sale Price, ........... .39c
| 75c Sale Price, ......... &c
|
EMBROIDERY SILKS, go at Sc the Skein
| ALL STANDARD PRINTS Go at Sc
| 1000 Yards Ribbon Call silk Observation-Disclosures. 9 TO &c
Ask Prices Other Ribbons
OUTINGS
| Outing Worth Toe, Sale Price .............,.. Sc
Outings Worth 15c Sale Price ................. lie
| Outings Worth SC, Sale Price ......... 30
FURs! FURs
Entire line worth from $500 to $500 each Gut to
half price Don't fail to take advantage Of this opportu-
nifty to buy fms.
LADIES AND MISSES COATS AND JACKETS
We still have some Splendid Coats All this seasons
goods. Sale Price, One-half original price
WHITE GOODS
5000 N,ae,ras WORM z5c, sale Price, ... 18c
1000 Yards Madras Worth Soc, Sale Price ..... dc
| 800 Yards Madras Worth zoe, Sale Price anu. 15c
| 300 Yards Madras Worth 15c, Sale Price ~ II 1-2c
300 Yards Madras Worth II lie, Sale Price ~ Zoe
India LinOns Worth Csc, Sale Price, .......... 19c
| e" g zoe, Sale Price, .......... 2Oc
| 4" q" 15c, Sale Price ...... IL 1-2c
" " g 1Oc, Sale Price, ......... 8 LIE
Persian Lawns, Nainsooks, Long Cloth and other new
white goods all go into this sale.
MILLINERY
Owing to a very successful Millinery season our stock
in style and at prices that will interest you
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12
MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE

USTICE GIEGERICH of the Grim
inal branch of the New York SUI
y preme court, on a motion to dis
miss charge of manslaughter against
Albert H. Smith, general manager of
the New York Central & Hudson River
railroad, in connection with the Brew
ster wreck in that state in February
last, when thirteen passengers lost
their lives held that it was personally
possible for Manager Smith to perform
the duties the indictment alleges he
neglected; to have taken measures to
ascertain what was safe rate of
speed. and to provide competent and
trained engineers; and that because he
failed to do these things he must stand
trial.
1t is claimed for the state that the
road and equipment were defective,
and that the rate of speed was unsafe,
and that the management-not the en-
ployes-is responsible.
This phase of similar cases crops
up every time a railroad wreck oc-
ours, and is the burden of countless
editorial utterances, but unlike this
case they have always ended in a
/ whitewash. Here is a beginning of
the only certain cure for most of
our heartrending railroad slaughters.
Make the management personally re-
responsible, and the management will
perforce see that the chances of wreck
from avoidable causes are reduced to
minimum. When personal RESPONSE
bility for these terrible occurrences can
be definitely placed they will grow less
in short order Two or three railroad
magnates in Jail on conviction of man.
slaughter will be the. most eloquent
persuaders possible, and the travelling
public will be the gamer.
The same law of responsibility OF
managers applies to steamship men
If it is shown, as in the Columbia case
it was officially shown, that the ship
could have been saved, notwithstand-
ing the carelessness of her officers, II
she had had a good bulkhead abaft
her collision bulkhead, and that it was
the plain duty of the manager to see
that such bulkhead was installed, il
should lay the crime Of manslaughtei
at the managerial door, and never lei
up till he was imprisoned.
Steamship managers now know thai
many of the steamships carrying pas.
sengers on the Pacific coast are mo-
equipped with safe bulkheads to NEE
accidents similar 10 that which befel
the Columbia, and the people are liable
to awaken any day to a repetition o.
that disaster in some other ship, and
when all is done no one will be pun
ished.
The continued perversity of the
average law maker on this question
of managerial responsibility is one o
the puzzles of our present sea-goinl
tage. If manager is legally respon
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

science under this name Of dietetics,
now formally recognized by scientists.
Caucasian Superiority
"Anglo-Saxon and European superiority
las expressed by the domination of such
races over the orientals-was credited
largely to the dietetic habits of the white
people. The Russo-Japanese war upset
this theory to some degree, as the Japa-
nese, as a race, praoticed habits of eating
which were very different from the occi-
dental habits and quite typical of the
oriental. The introduction of meat into
the Japanese navy, in order to combat
the inroads of the disease known as
beri-beri, however, has added a measure
of confusion to what intelligence we had
on the subject
81 have just returned from a trip
through Ceylon, Java. the Straits Settle
ments, Bornoo, China, Burma and In
dia, and l missed no opportunity to make
inquiries into the food habits Of the peo-
pie"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

sible for a stretch OF rotten ties and
broken rails which ditch a train and
kill a score of innocent men and
women, surely a manager who permits
his ships to go to sea without ordinary
safety appliances in case of collision
and deliberately chances and loses a
hundred innocent lives thereby is also
guilty; and why our law makers do
not move to punish both is a mystery
which no charitable view of the case
can fathom.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12
PET GOOSE ACTS AS WATCH
DOG IN OWNERS ABSENCE
"DoC" GETS PUGNACIoUS WHEN
MASTER is TOUCHED
Frequently stroIIs Through Crowded
Streets and Knows Where
Free Lunches Are
Served

WASHINGTON, Sept ia large Chi
nese goose was seen wandering along
Pennsylvania avenue and up Fourteenth
street Sunday night, apparently following
it's own inclinations in taking its stroll.
Its owner was near, but no sign of his
presence was given until one friend
greeted another by placing his hands on
his shoulders. AT this movement the
goose suddenly darted forward in defense
of the man thus approached.
He is A. A Bib of 3O2 Tenth street
northwest, and Doc is the name of the
bird. Doc" is his masters pet. He came
to Washington about eight months ago
In crate filled with geese and as soon
as Mr. Bib saw him he was chosen for
a career that does not usually fall to the
lot of his kind. But doc" did not realize
the honors I'M store for him. AS soon as
released he flew away, soaring over tile
tops of buildings until he was lost to
sight. He was recaptured near the Smith
sonian grounds and returned to his owner.
His wings were clipped, and there were
no more attempts to escape. Docs
longing for liberty apparently disappeared
with its means to enjoy it, and he has
now taken on many of the habits of a
Washingtonian.
Swan-Iike
!"Doc' is a fine looking, swan-like bird
and weighs about twenty pounds. Almost
every afternoon when the sidewalks are
cool. DOC" is taken out for a stroll. He
usually keeps in front of Mr.. Bibb, and
picks his way through the biggest of
crowds with apparently no fear of be-
coming lost or trampled upon. If his
owner becomes lost from sight, even for
a moment, doc" begins an unearthly
va
within view.
One of the peculiarities of the goose is
that he. although friendly to most men,
does not like women, and is continually
making some sympathetic girl flee when
in his neighborhood.
doc" has regular habits, it is said, and
each day after he has finished his noon
lunch, retires to a back courtyard for a
beauty nap and a splash in the water.
When meal time comes Mr., Bibb says
doc" must be fed or trouble is sure to
follow.
Hits Lunch Counters
doc is acquainted with the saloons
and free lunch stands on this street." his
owner said yesterday, land when I am
the least bit tardy about bringing mis-
meals he coolly walks from the building,
and, pushing his way through the crowd,
enters a nearby saloon. and the bar
tenders have no rest until lunch is forth
coming.
He has been accustomed to this kind of
life, and now makes a speciality of eat
ing rye bread and boiled cabbage. Doc
once was a beer drinker, but one night
some one sailed his beer and caused him
to quit. He will drink whisky when 1t
is given him, but I do not permit this
IF 1 am away for any length of time, ;"
said Mr.. Bibb, " Doc always becomes
restless. 1 believe that if 1 should part
with him he would die Of loneliness"
Mr.. Bibb has refused several tempting
offers for his pet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12
PURE GASOLINE

| OIL INSPECTOR BLACKMAR will
have the hearty support of thu
~ women of Los Angeles in his cru
SADIE against inferior grades of gaso
line and distillate on sale in the store!
generally. He will also have, as HI
should have. the united power of al
the insurance men to back his demand
in the city council for competent or.
dinance governing this trouble-provok.
ing question.
For some occult causes, known only
to those on the inside, a housekeepel
must pay s110 for five gallons of what
he believes is gasoline (and it's use in
Los Angeles is very generaD and wher
the lady in the case attempts to ignite
the stuff she finds coating of thick
SCOT over the generator and is forced
to tinker" around it to the imminent
danger of fire to the home and death
to herself solely because the combine
seem to care for the general home
riot it creates.
Some deadly explosions of gasoline
and distillate stoves have been traced
to defective mechanism in the stoves,
but many-very many-more to the
caked SCOT formed on the burner by
inferior fuel and the frantic attempts
of the people to, get it alight.
Houses by the score have been sac
rif1ced, as we'll as lives, to this petty
system of corporate robbery, and the
family disturbances created by hungry
men in consequence of delayed or
poorly cooked meals are numberless.
The insurance men have a real griev-
ance here and should see to it that a
drastic ordinance compelling dealers
to keep in stock only the purest fluids
shall be passed at once and shall be
rigidly enforced.
In the nature of things the great
bulk of our visiting population, ap-
palled at the cost of coal or wood and
for obvious reasons of time and op-
portunity, must use one or other of
these liquid fuels.
There are so many Of these petty
s.
ence of our visitors-and residents
that an enumeration of them would
seem like calamity howl. and they
may not all receive attention at once;
but this matter of pure fuel is one
easily reached and the benefit VIII be
so great and far reaching that a sense
of duty to the people must compel the
necessary laws to enforce 1t.
1t is submitted to the council that
the people do not complain of the ex-
cessive cost of the stuff, because they
know 1t would do them no good; only
which not only rob them, of fair
equivalent for their money but en-.
danger their lives and property.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12
FUNNYGRAPHS


The fathers had just singed the Dec
laration of Independence.
And yet, we unused, not one of them
dares takes his winter flannels off till
his wife gives him permission.
This goes to show what an abject
coward lordly. man really is.-New
York Sun.
Ma" asked little Tommy, when
criminals are arrested, what does it
mean when it says they were placed
in the sweatbox?
"Well," replied his mother, 81 guess
most criminals are not very clean, and
they need Turkish bath" - Catholic
Standard.
Molly-How are you going to reform
him?
Dolly-Marry him.
Molly-Goodness Does he need such
heroic treatment as that?-Ally Sloper's
Half Holiday.
Tramp-Please, mum, me an my
mate are shipwrecked sailors
Lady-Fiddlesticks! Neither of you
was ever near the sea.
Tramp-Quite right, lady. We was
on a airship.-Punch.
"Does your wife believe everything
you tell her?"
Most of the time"
"Why not all the timer"
because some of the time she knows
different. "-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mrs. Knicker-Did you ever study
the economy of nature?
Mrs. Bocker-Yes; when Johns horse
Hoses we have to count the nickels.-
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12
TO THE WIND


Wind, breathe thine art
Upon my heart;
Blow the wild sweet in!
Let my song begin.
Bring measures grave;
The hill pines wave;
Blow with thee along
All the valley song.
Hymn of the night.
Hymn of the light.
Rhythm of land and sea,
Breathe to the heart of me.
Swift wind of God.
Quickening the clod,
Give of the heavens strong
My heart a song!
Wind in the late September Dough
Rocking the empty nest,
Never before so sweet as now
Your melody of rest.
Is it because so close they be,
The loss, the bitter smart
The signing In the naked tree,
The crying in the heart?
John v. Cheney in the Atlantic.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

The grand jury proposes to enforce
the closed season on craps" at Ocean
Park, and shooters had best take
warming
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

Restaurant Inspector Schwegel has
been naturalzed citizen of the
United States since 1885, but a few of
his dear friends found it out only
Yesterday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

Secretary Taft sails at noon today
for the Philippines, and before long his
presidential boom" will re-echo half
way round the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

The New York Sun says "There is a
higher power in this country than
President Roosevelt" Only the presi-
dents favorite synonym for prevari-
Gator can rightly rebuke such lese
majestic.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

The former wife of Saxony's king
will marry an Italian singer, and
doubtless this little news item will not
be overlooked by the Orpheum people.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

A Chicago paper recently printed ar
article telling How to have beautiful
hands" But if the other fellows DOM
stay in, what's the use?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

In the light of recent reports from
Vancouver ]. Bull may well heed the
old Injunction: Johnnie, get your
gum"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

The secretary of Missouri Don't
Worry club has committed suicide.
He isn't, now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

City Auditor Mushet leaves for the
east today ION a business trip" Ger
tain other city officials have thought
that Mushet had quite enough business
here at home, but the strenuous audi
tor seems to hold a contrary opinion.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-12

At least the chiropodist benefits whef
there's trouble on foot
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-03

Sen. Gamble has so far refused
to make any explanation of the
charges brought against him of
keeping his son on the govern ment
pay rolls, while the young man
was attending school over one
hundred miles from Washington.
The charges are explicit, several
papers having published itemized
accounts of the payne ents made
covering a period from Sept, 1902,
to jan, 1905, and aggregating
$l874.15. The records of Tome In
stitute are also published, showing
that the young man was attending
school there during the time that
he was drawing this salary. The
Sioux City Tribune comes to the
defense of the senator by character
izing the offense as "piccadillo. "
Perhaps it is. Perhaps the draw
ing Of that amount illegally would
Justly be called 'a petty crime or
fault" unworthy of notice, but per-
sonally we would rather place our
private affairs in the hands of one
who would not steal so trifling a
sum as $500. We do not say
that the senator did this, but the
charges have been explicitly made
and we are hoping to see him make
a satisfactory explanation. The
charges are too grave to be thrust
aside with a wave Of the hand OF
treated with an air Of injured in
nocence.