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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Dorsey, Mrs. l.. l.. Nicholson Mrs. Robert
n. Bayiss, Mrs. Robert b. Peter. Mrs.
Reverdy Stewart. Mrs. George p. Hender-
son, Mrs. Lee Dorsey, Mrs. Elizabeth Offutt
and Misses Eliza Choate and Rose Will
Hams. The prizes We're won by Mrs. Hen
derson and Mrs. William Dorsey.
Mrs Charles Quigley of Baltimore is Wis
Ting her sister, Mrs. William Dorsey, near
this town.
Mr.. Stephen Quig!ey has returned to
Rockville a..er spending two weeks at At
lantic City.
Mr.. Russell Brewer and Mr.. Walter Will
hams nave returned to their homes here
after spending a week at the seashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Mayor Mark Pagan Wins .

NEW YORK. September 1l.-Mayor Mark
NJ Pagan of Jersey City was renominated
for mayor yesterday at the republican pri-
maries lie Will get a majority of thirty
out of 20 delegates. His opponent was
John Mitchell. the police commissioner.
The central republican committee
claimed a two-thirds majority for Pagan
at midnight Folks were mum at the
Dickinson Association rooms They said
there that the candidates would break even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

adjusted. Massachusetts man has devised
the holder shown here. 1t is made of
strong spring wire, the upper portion being
curved to fit over the rug. In connection
with the four lower COrners-which, on ac-
count of the tension of the spring wire are
inclined to come tOgether-are prongs which
force themselves into the rug. This holder
is stronger and more effectual than holding
The carpet with one hand and beating with
the other The operator has ample oppor-
tunity to stand at a distance from the rug
and swing the beater with as great force
as desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
RUG AND CURTAIN HOLDER.
Prevents Them Slipping Off the
Clothesline While Cleaning.

When beating carpets or rugs on the line
the housewife is presented with a problem.
Each time she strikes the rug with the
beater the rug has tendency to slip over
gradually to one side. The heavier the rug
the greater the liability to get out of ball
ance. Frequently the rug falls off the line
entirely and has to be rebeaten. To over
come this nuisance and to prevent the rug
slipping ont of position after being once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

ming this year. and II was to be hoped that
Washington would not lag behind in this
good work. The members of the commit
tee expressed themselves as favorable to
the idea and ready to do whatever they
could to promote it,
Following the meeting the members OF
the committee visited the industrial ex-
hibit In the rooms below, and expressed
very great surprise at its excellence. Prof
Patterson suggested that the work should
be transferred TO the Public Library for
exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Samuel NJ. Mcbride. secretary Of the Neu-
decker Tobacco Company. has sworn out n
warrant before Justice Grammar, in Balti-
more. charging George w. Price an en-
ploye of the company, with embeZZlement
A shortage Of nearly s11OO is alleged to
have been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Maury Camp, Confederate Veterans. of
Fredericksburg, Va, has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: A. B.
Bowering, commander; W.>N. Tansm lieu
tenant commander; ]. S. MussIeman. secre-
tary; w: B. Gooldick, treasurer; F. C. jan
sen, ensign.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
P. c. KNOX
IN THE THAN CASE
Former u. S. Attorney Gen.
eral and Justice McKenna
Advise Insanity Plea.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Jan. United
States Senator r. & Knox, and Justice
McKenna, OF the United States Supreme
Court. ave advised Mrs. Mary Thaw to
compel her son. Harry Kendall Thaw, 10
enter a plea OF insanity in order TO save
him from the electric chair. This infor-
nation comes from q person who is very
close 10 the Thaw family. and it is ad-
ded that Mrs. Thaw has at last decided
10 adopt this course. Harry Thaw is not
10 be told Of IL until the last momen
Then it will be made plain 10 him that
the insanity plea is the only one that is
safe for him. n if he does not consent
10 adopt II his relatives will withdraw
from the case
Senator Knox and Justice McKenna
are both old and intimate friends OF the
Thaw family. In her despair, Mrs.
ThaW visited both OF them and begged
them 70 advise her, not as attorneys. but
as friends, as to the best course that
should be pursued. Without the least
hesitancy. IL is said, both OF them ad-
vised her that IL would be best for her
son 20 plead insanity.
If Harry ThaW car be sent 10 an in
sane asylum Mrs. ThaW will return 10
Fittsburg at one and take up her home
ia the new residence that has Just been
completed for her near Lyndhust. There
she viii enter into a life OF seclusion.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
THREW HIS RIDER.
GOT HIM HELP

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. AFTER dis
mounting its rider. who died early yes
terday morning in the German Hospital
from the effects of the fall, a pedigreed
horse. owned, il is aid. by an OgOntz So
ciety woman. on Saturday afternoon led
Park guards 10 the body OF the injured
groom lying in a clump OF bushes along
side a secluded driveway in Paramount
Park.
The room. Frank Thomas. twenty
four years old. OF ZS3 South Twentieth
street. was riding in the vicinity OF
Lemon Hill. when the spirited animal
became fractions. and threw him heavily
10 the ground. The horse ran wildly
down the driveway. Park Guard Blinn
finally brought the horse 10 a stop.
Turning the animal around. the guard
led IL by the bride. As they walked
down the roadway the animal suddenly
turned into q narrow driveway, where
the unconscious form of Thomas was re-
Vealed. The groom was hurried In the
park patrol TO the German Hospital, but
died a few hours after admittance.
The animal was quartered at the De-
lancey. stables. 322 South Twentieth
street, where the groom also made his
hone.
The proprietors Of the stables refuse
TO divulge the name OF the owner Of the
animal.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
FOR BRIGADE POSTS
NOT APPROVED BY CONGRESS
House Committee on Military Affairs in Report Will OPP
pose Future Upbuilding of Posts Without
Full Authority of Congress.

check Il and il will ultimately lead TO
the wiping u OF many OF the regi-
mental posts as well as the mere I'M
important ones. The Committee On Mil
itaTy Affairs OF the House proposes that
Congress shall keep this matter in It's
own HANDS.
Rivalry Between Posts.
indianapolis, where Fort Benjamin
Harrison is located. Is one Of h places
thar Is anxious 10 get a brigade post
The Indiana delegation is doing al IL
can 10 get such q post established there.
Fort Des MOiHes. in which Representa-
tive Hull. chairman OF the Military Al
fairs Committee, IS interested, also
wants to be enlarged 10 d brigade post.
The rivalry between these Two posts is
keen. IL is likely the matter viii ulti-
mately be settled By Congress and not
By the War Department.
In taking the stand II has the House
Committee on Military Affairs Is work
ing al cross purposes with The Presi-
dent, VINO IS anxious 10 see the brigade
post system established. II is his idea
that II the troops are kept together in
large bodies IL viii be greatly 10 the
advantage OF the officers, especially the
field officers. who. under the present sys-
ten OF keep a few troops at small posts.
get no training IA handling large bodies.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
BOGUS JACK TAR
CAPTURES BRIDE
Romance of a Chorus Man
and a Girl Who Heard
Him Sing.

ALLENTOWN. Pa. Jan. Friends in
Allentown were surprised today by the
announcement that a romance that be
gan with the presentation IA this city
a few years ago Of the comic opera
"PinafOre" in Pennsylvania German by
local talent. had eliminated In the mar
diage at Los Angeles. Cal on New
Year eve Of Robert L Rewhard and
Miss Bessie Heimbach.
NeWhard. who is now an electrical
engineer at Los Angeles. was a member
OF the "Pinafore" chorus. and Miss
Helmbach was in the audience at one
Of the performances. She admired the
natty sailor boy" and their acquaint-
ahce began soon after.
Several years ago Mr.. Newhard lOcat-
ed IN California, but kept up a cor
r-espOndence with Miss Heimbach, and
their engagement followed.
Several weeks ago Miss Heimbach left
this city Ostensibly to visit her mother
In Iowa, but today friends received let
tiers stating that she had extended her
trip to Los Angeles and that she was
now the wife OF the sailor boy in Pima
fore" The pair viii live in Los An
geies.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
Not Against Real Tipping.

Up in New York they have an
anti-tipping law, so called, although
il seems to be a rather hind-side-
before measure in that il does not
really get at the tipping nuisance as
experienced by the great American
public. However, such as il is, the
courts have just given il legal
standing by unfolding it as applied
10 the case of the people against
Edward Pergoli and James Flood.
who were arrested on a charge of
stealing trade ~secreta."
Pergoli describes himself as a
broker. Flood was the .superintend-
ent Of an alleged tobacco trust
concern. They were found guilty Of
violating the anti-tipping law, and
were fined 500 each. 1t seems that
Flood and Pergoli induced a man
named Carl Durand TO get work in a
tinfoil factory and paid him for in
formation about the business of the
concern. Flood, through Pergoli,
paid Durand weekly for his reports.
And that constituted the tip"
Well, now, does hat particular
action apply TO the pestiferOus bell
boy, the eash-hungry waiter, the
leech-like Pullman car porter? That
is what the people Of New York, we
assume, really want TO know. The
court says that "the gift or gratuity
was made by the defendants with in
tent 10 influence his action in rela-
ton 10 his employers business
If you carry that to the extreme OF
logic. the guest is himself the Of
Tending party for offering 10 cor
rupt his sable attendant in rela-
ton TO his employers business" and
get better food and service than
somebody else who doesn't tip. On
the whole. outsiders viii not be
deeply convinced that this New York
measure is OF any value whatever
to those whom il ought TO help
most of all.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
HITCHCOCK URGES
SALARY INCREASE
POStOffice Clerks Work Is
Yearly Growing Heavier.
Says Official.

a proposed increase in salaries OF
postOfhce clerks is made in the annual
report of Frank II. Hitchcock, First
Assistant Postmaster General, which
treats OF needed changes ia the future,
and improvements which have been
made in the service during the past
year.
Mr.. Hitchcock suggests that the sala-
ries or pOstofnce clerks should be IN
creased for the reason that the work Is
growing heavier each year, and also
proposes that the force In his depart
ment be increased. He also advocates
the abandonment Of the back stamp
on letters and postal cards.
The report shows that at the close
OF the last fiscal year there were 65,01l
postOfhces in operation, and thG eX-
GLIDING p-ostmasters IA assistant post
masters, the number of employees was
nearly $4,000.
Mr.. Hitchcock advocates the use OF
automobiles for collecting mail, mas
much as this method has proved vastly
successful in some cities. He declares
that promotions shall be given only or
merit. He faVors the establishment OF a
uniform rental rate for postofhce boxes.
and owe many other points which
he believes will improve the service.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
Hay Not Defeated
BY Christian Science

There are few Congressman who lay
had Christian Science as an opponent
IN a political fight. but such was the
experience Of Representative James
Hay, of Virginia, in the campaign OF
last fall His Republican opponent was
DT. Fred A. Beecher. who resided near
Charlottesville. Va.
One day when Mr.. Hay was IN Char
lOttesville a friend OF his told him:
Wen. you might al well quit right
now. The whole thing has been fixed
up by a power greater han any yOu
can bring 10 bear on his campaign.
Beecher will win"
"HOW's that2' asked Nj. Hay.
"Beecher," explained the man who
va a neighbOT OF the doctor. lis a
Christian Scientist We understand he
has consulted some OF the highest au-
thOrities OF that cult, and they have told
him that he viii win and down. They
have informed him that ali he viii have
10 do will be 20 sit al home and wait
for the votes 10 drop on hlm election
day. They have advised him not 20
make any speeches or do any campaign
ing, so assured Is his election"
We'll" said Mr.. Hay. III stay in
10 the finish. anyway"
When the votes were counted, Mr..
Hay had the biggest majority he ever
received in his ten years In Congress.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
SHIP SUBSIDY OFF
OPPONENTS VIEW
Action at Present Session
Out of the Question.
They Say.

Opponents Of ship subsidy legislation
say they are confident now Of defeating
such legislation this session. They say
that regardless OF what action the
House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries may take. the House will
pass no bill on the subject.
One Of the difficulties Of the situation
from the standpoint Of those who want
legislation Is the fact that the friends
Of subsidies are themselves divided The
compromise proposition that Was sub
mitted 10 The House Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries some days
ago by Representative GrOsVenOr does
not please anyone. IL provides for mall
subsidies only and these merely for
lines 20 South America, Cuba, and the
Orient. Representative Littleheld op-
poses any measure that does not provide
a subsidy based on tonnage. and sew
eral members OF the committee take the
same view.
Representative Watson. on the other
hand, is not willing 10 support a general
freight subsidy measure.
With the advocates OF legislation d.
vided. the opponents OF any legislation
at all. who are standing firmly together,
say there viii be no dificulty Ia pre-
venting legislation this session.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07

Congress is likely TO block the plans
or the War Department n the Ad-
ministratiOn for the concentration Of
the troops cf the regular army In br-
gsde posts In different parts % the coun-
try.
The House Committee on Military Al
fairs In It's report has taken a stand
that will prevent the upbuilding Of bril-
gade posts hereafter Without authority
OF Congress- II is in favor Of putting
legislation in the army bill that will
make the authority Of Congress a re-
quirement before a brigade post can be
established. In the past years the War
Department has been quietly going
ahead IN the direction OF e~nlarging GER
tain army posts 10 sufficient size 70 ae-
commodate a brigade OF troops.
Eight Brigade Posts Planned.
Last fan Secretary Taft announced a
general plan for establishment OF seven
or eight large brigade posts. The plan
contemplated the abandonment OF the
smaller posts OF the country IN cases
where they were not needed Tor de-
~fensiye purposes.
Members OF Congress have taken
alarm lest the new policy get so Tar
under way hat it will be impossible to
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
INCREASE
IN IMMIGRATION
Sargent's Report Shows
l,166, 35S Aliens Entered
United States in 1906.

The Commissioner General Of lmmi-
grafton. r. p. Sargent. has made public
his annual report giving in detail the
work OF the Immigration Bureau for
the fiscal year ended June 80. 1890. The
report is most interesting. n il shows
that foreigners still regard the home
OF the free and the land of the brave
as the one spot on earth where every
body gets a square deal
The population. the report says. was
increased by immigration last year by
i.ie6.s 58. being an increase OF l06.5sS over
the previous year. COMMISSIONS Gen
eraI Sargent says there was a falling
on in the immigration rrOm Ireland.
England, Sweden, and scot
land but an increase from Russia u
kew, Greece, and Italy
Only abOut I per cent Of the tmmi-
grants. the report says. 20 South. while
the vast majority find their way 10 he
North Atlantic and North Central
states. AS in former years, a large
per cent Of the aliens remain IN the
populated centers.
Commenting on conditions In Hawaii,
the report says hat the japanese DO
not emigrats 10 San Francisco, but 90
first 10 Hawaii, and then a few weeks
later they embark for h mainland.
where they are not subject 10 an X
animation under the alien contract labor
law.
The japanese, says the report, are ar
irving at Honolulu at the rate OF from
1000 20 5000 per month.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
l-0mened Words.

If anybody at all is intent on stir
ring up trouble between Japan and
the United States, il seems 10 be
the correspondent of the London
Times at San Francisco, who has
just ~telegraphed his home paper:
"That there viii be war between
the United States and Japan within
five years, and that perhaps war
viii come in a few months, is the
ineradicable opinion of the average
Californian. He has made up his
mind; he has come to the conclu-
sion that Japan desires the Philip
pines and Hawaii, and that only her
unsatisfactory financial position pre-
vents her from striking an imme-
date blow. When she is ready, Japan
viii find some preteNt for war, and
in the meantime she has entered up
on a campaign designed to keep her
people in a state of mind hostile
toward the United States
Whether that shall become true
OF not depends "a great deal upon
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
HEAD STOPS CAR,
DOOLEY WINS BET
Jars His Spine Loose at Same
Time, Bur Feels
Fine.

ST. LOUIS. Jar IT can stop a
street car, going full speed. with my
care head and shoulders" said former
Police Sergeant Peter Dooley 70 some
friends yesterday.
I'm bet you q dinner for the bunch
you can't" was the Tetort.
Along came a car. The crouehing hg-
ure OF Dooiey HOomed before the startled
mOtorman. The former sergeant Of po-
lice was on all fOurs. with his head low
cred. The car did not stop and Dooley
would not bulge. When they removed
DoOley to the City Hospital he exhibited
q slight abrasion on the cad He said
his spine had been Jared loose. but
otherwise he felt fine.
Dooley remarked that he had no
grievance against the United Railways
Company. and he hoped the passengers
were not injured. Told that the car
stopped after the wreck. he remarked
that he guessed ne had won the bet.
The car was not badly damaged.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
A Business Calculation.

Speaker Cannon is said to object
TO purchasing ground for new de-
Partmental buildings until the
House raud Senate Office buildings
are completed. The theory is that
any further building. while the
Government is already spending ST.,
100000 ON new structures for the
District, would be extravaganza.
As good a business man as the
Speaker viii change his mind if he
considers these aspects Of the sit
uatiOn:
That the three departments for
which buildings are asked are Sc
riously crippled where they now
work.
That the rents saved by housing
the State Department, the Depart
nent of Justice, and the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor in
quarters owned by the Government
will be not less than $4,000 a year.
That this rental fer inadequate
room is the interest, at the Gov
ernment's borrowing rate of 10 per
cent, on 81, 200. 200.
The outlay for Senate and House
Office buildings has nothing TO do
with the common sense of such a
calculation as that.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
Masses Live in He'll,
Declares Mrs. Stokes
Wife of Millionaire Stun Worker Ayers That
Fully Seventy Millions Live in Misery
Through Uncertainty as to Future.

PHILADELPHIA. Jar. Z-'socialism
is not the destroying force thai some
% have you believe. II would de
stroy only injustice" Thus spoke J. G.
Phelps Stokes. millionaire slum worker
Socialist. OF New York. in an extreme
ly lengthy speech on The Problem OF
Life IN the Darby Opera House. II
was evident that he referred to the con-
tention that RollO Steele, the Fourth
Street National Bank b-ombthrower. MAS
a Socialist. He approached no nearer
the subject.
II evidently had beer the belief among
many that Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes was
70 be the chief speaker, for there were
many who departed during her hus-
bands lengthy address. He gave an
exposition Of socialism. such as might
be obtained al leisure from a textbook.
Mrs. Stokes More Entertaining.
Wherein Mrs. Stokes. one time cigar
maker. proved the more entertaining by
contrast. although she. too. dealt much
with statistics and dry facts
There were several side comments
that roved popular. for instance: II
always amRzes me 10 hear OF idle
women paying 5000 for poodle dogs and
INDUCING in similar extravaganza
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
DR.. HALE DELIVERS
HIS ANNUAL SERMON

In accordance with his custom to de-
liver a sermon once each year, the
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale. chap
lain OF the United States Senate,
preached yesterday morning at the
Church OF Our Father. cOrner mir
teenth and L streets northwest. DR..
Hale chose as his text Genesisi 81,
God saw everything that He had made,
and behold IL was very good"
After the service DIT. Hale met a
number OF the WOrshippers in the roo
devoted during the morning service 10
kindergarten work.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
Boston Gets Big Sum
To Improve Harbor

Chairman Burton. Of the House Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors, will re-
port 10 the House within the next week
or ten days the rivers and harbOrs ap-
preparation bill. carrying a total OF
about $S0,0Oo,0o0 Of Government money.
Most of his big appropriation will
go 10 the large ports where maritime
traffic is the heaviest. The Atlantic
coast viii get about &0,0o0,o0o, OF which
sum 100000 Will 20 for a ~thirTy-fOot
channel in Boston harbor.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
January 8. 1897.

The only thing that interests The
Times in the situation is that the
public shall understand why this
paper does not care 10 make reply.
If there is any doubt on this point
The Times will gladly clear it away.
a considerable part of the Stars
editorial is given TO epithet and in
genious insinuation. The Times has
no desire 10 join in this form of
editorial attack. That was, perhaps,
somewhat common among news
papers of a half century ago, but
the custom has passed in the offices
Of reputable newspapers Of today.
The remainder of the editorial,
touching on the issues raised in the
discussion, brings out no new points,
no new light. or new statements on
old points. For The Times to take
them up would be substantially 20
reprint what it published ten days
ago.
Fortunately, the fact that the Star
thinks or says a thing is so does
not make it so. Some years ago il
might have had that effect in local
matters. Then an evening con-
temporary might have been rash To
challenge the power and influence
of the Star, to presume TO run coun-
ter TO its almost dictatorial predom-
inence. But that situation has most
emphatically changed.
The Times under five years of its
present ownership has won the sup
port of 10000 daily buyers, a great
er number than the Star now has
after more than fifty years Of effort.
The Times believes its notable
growth is due in large part 10 its
consistent independence, its fairness,
and its habit of frankly telling the
truth. Such a reputation it values
and viii maintain.
The Washington times., 1907-01-07
NATIONAL ANTHEM
GETS NEW DIGNITY

Hereafter "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" will be treated by the United
States army with all the dignity and
honor due il as the official national
anthem of the United States. In &C
cordance with a general order, just
issued. every soldier and officer must
always stand Il attention when il is
PLAYED officially, and II must not be
Included in any musical Ogram of an
army band in conjunction with rag
time" airs nor be subjected TO varia-
ions.
In this respect. the army is following
the custom OF Great Britain and other
European countries when the national
air is played.