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The Washington times., 1907-10-31
GIRLS HOME is TAB0oED
UNLESS WITH A HUSBAND

NEW YORK. Oct. S1.-Lena seltner.
daughter OF a wealthy PHILADELPHIA
widow, who elOped TO this city with
Mark Gallagher. also Of PHILADELPHIA
and who was located in West Fourteenth
street with Gallagher. refused TO return
home when arraigned in the Tombs no
lice court. unless she could marry Gal
lagher.
The mother and brother Of the girl
burst into tears when they heard her re-
fusal.
On threat Of Magistrate Wahie TO COM
NIT ner as tneorrigible, the girl agreed
70 return home.
tomorrow, soc Palms at 20 Cents,
Kramer. the Florist. s1s f ST. NV.
The Washington times., 1907-10-31
Baltimore and ohio Excursion.

sl00 Harper's Ferry. HalltOwn. Charles
town. Summit Point. and Winchester
and return, Sunday November 3rd.
Special train leaves New Union Station
The Washington times., 1907-10-31
cHIcAeo PHYSICIAN pEAp.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct. S1.-Dr.
Octavius II. Clarke. who for twenty-five
years was one of the best known prac-
ticlng physicians IN Chicago. died at the
come OF his brother. DR.. G. n Clarke
in this city yesterday afternoon after a
prolonged Illness.
The Washington times., 1907-10-31
Draw Interest on Your Moneu-

Banking dept. OF Union Trust Co. I4l4 F.
invites banking business Of every char
acter, pays interest on all accounts. De-
posits subject 70 check at will
The Washington times., 1907-10-31

c. & S. Ice Cream Is Delicious.
Order the famous Velvet Kind. Druggists
The Washington times., 1907-10-31
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BOok-fold-
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Women know the usefulness OF
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The Washington times., 1907-10-31

Only 80 OF them. Just one Of a
kind. Sizes Sc and 80 only. Made
OF the best quality tanetas. all be-
ing scft finished silks. Models
are late. and exemplify the latest
ideas in tucked, pleated. hem
stitched and embroidered effects.
Some fasteh front, others IN the
back Long or q length sleeves.
Mostly black. but few in navy
and brown. lst floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
NOT ALL SKYSCRAPERS.
Nc1U Loo Buildings ON Costly Sites
Present Sharp Contrasts.

Many visitors to New York receive their most
vivid impression of the city from its skyscrapers.
and gradually the belief has become general that
other kind of building is being erected upon
the island OF Manhattan at present. and that the
exigencies of business and the cosliness OF sites
have relegated the low building to the realm
OF antiquities but this IS not true. and for sew
eral reasons. one OF these is to be found in the
struggle for light and air which Is constantly
going among the owners OF towering sky
scrapers in the downtown district. Rather than
let a rival acquire small bit OF land lying
addition cutting off light and air. the owners
OF some of the downtown skyscrapers have pur-
chased such strips for the purpose of planting
there structures one. or perhaps two. stories
high. The Liberty National Bank. at No. 139
Broadway. is pointed out as Illustration OF this
type of structure. The building and the land on
which il stands owned by the Washington
Life Insurance Company, whose nineteen story
structure stands just n door above. The Liberty
Bank building IS a single stored, high rooted
structure. occupying site % feet in Broadway
and ITO feet deep. and the space above this
plot affords fine air shaft and plenty OF light
for the nineteen stored Washington Life Build
ing on one side and the fourteen stored building
of the Title Insurance Company OF New York on
the other.
occupied by the bank Is only $4,000. one or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

George also says that he believes ne IS proud
81 being the father OF three children
hts renowned but childless kinsman in being
she Father or His Country
Indeed. there are times when this twentieth
century George Washington says his life would
be happier If he were only plain Smith
johnson His name some occasions gives
him all kinds OF trouble. He Is forever being
held up by tourists and asked to tell all about
the geneaogy OF the Washington family from
the original John Washington. ~ho came To this
country from England in 1867 and settled in
that very region. down to his own baby boy
who bears the heavily frciShted name Of George
Lee Swanson Washington. His questioncrs for
the most part are OF that curious and prying
class OF scEtimcnta!ists who Will travel across
seas TO pluck a grass blade from the alleged
grave OF some medieval crusader. and yet not
even bother to 70 around the corner to listen
20 the address OF some great modern leader
somc reformcr who is battling against tho foes
Of society at the present time. Not a few visit
ors to the Washington country, Furthermore
are more patriotic than learned. as may be IN
ferrcd from the questions which they ask the
present George Washington and OF which the
following is Illustration:
Ibid you ever see the great George Washing
Gon7'-who died in 1899
Those pilgrims who journey TO the Washing
ton country to behold the very house In which
the great George was born are bound 70 be
disappointed for there is not 4 SPLINTER OF it left
The house was burned long ago. Nor should
the poet seeking an inspiration for a sonnet en-
titled The Cradle of the Republic" go TO the
spot where the cradle of the infant Washington
MA rocked nearly one hundred and seventy fivo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
WASHINGTONS OF TODAY
Representatives. of Family to Which
Father Of His Country Belonged.

Sixty miles away from this nations capital
may be found the birthplace of the man for
whom the country's political centre was named
There too may he discovered a numerous race
come of them Washingtons others of different
names but all of them blood relatives Of the
Immortal statesman and soldier. The exact site
Of the house in which the first President was
born is marked by a monument about thirty
1--WE feet high, miniature reproduction of the
mighty obelisk in the capital city. II is sur
rounded by pasture and woods, all of which
was once known as the Washington farm, now
called Wakefield. part of Westmoreland Coun-
ty Va situated upon the western bank of the
Potomac.
But although the farm and the City OF Wash
fnston are comparatively near each other geo
graphically they are long way apart socially
Life is much simpler in WestmOreland County
than in the District of Columbia One of the
washingtons OF the present time, for example,
goes without shoes, believing that the practice
q not only beautiful but healthful The landed
proprietor of the place, the man who OWNS
Wakefield and is counted member OF the
Washington family because he married a great
Rrandniece Of the immortal George, rides around
Che country in n rickety buggy, whose top IS
80 ragged that when II encounters a breeze It's
Tapping, fiuttering tatters give it the look OF n
gigantic scarecrow on s~heels- And the wash
ngton who now bears the name of George is
farmer. who says he had rather live In his old
nanorial house, with milk from his own cows
and eggs from his own hens. than dwell amid
the splendors of the White House Tho present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

the bank officials estimates the vain. =,
plot. 21xlIO feet. ON which the bank sta,s- ~
about 100000. The Washington Life - --.1 At
its nineteen story next door neigbbo-
assessed value OF 81, O65 600 and the Mo, - aa
on which it stands, though only 50 fee, and I1nd
by $50 feet Z inches. has an assessed ,-1aea
$1.G00OO0. The fourteen story buiIdin, - of
Title Insurance Company OF New York Ue
stands the other side OF the litt1a IA en
Bank Building, is assessed at SJ55ONO o1s9
land on which it stands. 43 by 153 fee, a. s ne
295. 600. ST.
The statement Is also made that soma o..,
little buildings recently erected on avno--.
sites have been put up by reason OF an -
standing with owners OF adjoining nroDa-.
The new building Of the Knickerbocker ~
Company. at 34th street and Fifth avo,,,.
pointed to as Illustration. Had il rona -
the height Of other buildings In its vic,D;,'. "
would have had detrimental effect uDor
Waldorf-Astoria. on the opposite side or d.
street
The Knickerbocker Trust Company and o,h.
buildings in the immediate vicinity OF the int
section OF Fifth avenue and West 34th ST.,
afford an interesting study in values union,
The assessed valuation of the Knickerboo,
Trust Building is only 100000, while ,b,, :.
the land on which it stands. measuring 81 g
and inches in Fifth avenue. and 100 fec, 4,
West s4th street. is s1.1oO.OOO. At the CornO-,
ton Counsel's Office the statement was mada -.
other day that the trust company officials tos,f
fed at the recent proceedings for Sidewalk .,
struction that to tear down-and replace the fro,.
OF the building would cost S25O.OO0 The buil4
ing is four and half stories high The siyta.,
story WaldOrf-AstOria across the street has .,
assessed valuation OF 5455OO 900. and the lava
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

years ago, for It now has sepuchraI look that
could do naught but depress poetic soul On
the site granite monument now stands, fenced
about with a stout iron paling.
Were il not for the ugly fence the thirty-hve
feet of stone would disappear under the ham
mers of vandals inside of half dozen years
say the farmer folk who live near by Nandal-
Ism destroyed all the earlier memorials OF the
place. Originally there were a couple of brick
Chimneys the site. relics of the fire which
destroyed Washington's first home. But. brick
by brick the chimneys were pulled down and
carried Off by souvenir hunters" Then great
bowlder OF Potomac blue stone gneiss was
placed on the site. but 1t also was attacked by
vandals. who Clipped and hacked away at it
until II too had disappeared.
About mile away from the monument lies
the old Washington burial ground. n drcary
field grown up to weeds and surrounded by
rickety fence. Here many Washingtons have
been buried their graves even more obscure
than were their lives. Underneath the weeds
only two three mouIdering tombstones may
be found once there was burial vault In this
field, excavation in the fiat earth bricked
up and archod over level with the ground, but It
collapsed long ago and the earth has sifted in
until now only a slight depression and few
rrotrudrg bricks indicate whore the original
John Washington. his wife. and his son Law
renee arc believed to have been buried.
Within n short distance OF this neglected
graveyard to be found the homes OF many Of
the present day Washingtons. At Blenhein
House. which was built by William Augustine
Washington, live his descendants Lena
Washington Huncerford and her children.
few hundred yards further away stands the
house Of Lawrence Washington. the barefooted
member OF the family. Uncle Law" as he is
best known In Westmoreland, Is as much pes
tered by sightseers as the modern George Wash
!nGton. Usually the first question asked OF him
IS why he does not wear shoes. and his usual
answer is, Coin barfut cured my rAeumatiz."
"Uncl, Law Is So sicI; Of talking about his
family that II ne gets the chance nc will shift
the conversation to the subject OF crops fishing
his CivH War record. Like all OF the Wash
ingtons in that part OF the country his sym
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

on which # stands. 1s7 feet and inches BY
$50 feet. has an assessed valuation OF ST. 600 600
Aeolian Hall IS a twelve story structure stand
ing just beyond the KnickerbOcker Trust Build
ing. plot so by 100 feet The assessed
valuation OF this building is $4,000 and OF the
land il occupies S725. 900.
The Chemical National Bank, the latest 10
erect low building. is valued on the books OF
the Tax Department at $4,000. OF this amount
$4,000 Is credited to the land on which the
building stands and $2j5. 900 to the building it.
self The bank has a frontage OF - feet On
Broadway. where II rises scarcely above the
height OF one story. 1t also has frontage o.
about 100 feet Chambers street and runs
back TO depth OF about 20 feet from each street.
rising to height OF four stories at the back
The Shoe and Leather Bank Building which
stands on the corner OF Broadway and Chambers
street and Is surrounded on two sides BY the
Chemical National Bank. Is according to one
OF its officers, worth about 100000 and the
land on which II stands. n Plot - feet and inch
on Broadway and 81 feet and inches on
Chambers street, Is worth about $4,000
no National Park Bank. which Is built in
Continued third pa<A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

pathies were with the Confederacy at the out
break OF the Rebellion, and he fought for the
cause of secession as a member of the 9th Vir-
ginia Cavalry. Whatever military qualities he
may have had in common with the commander
in chief of the patriot army In the Revolution.
they at least did not cause his advancement in
rank in the time that he was In service. He en-
tered the Confederate army as private. and as
n private he left it,
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Continued On third pa=A
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
SCOUT CRUISER NEW
ADDITION TO NAVY
By Associated Press.

QUINCY, Mass, May 29.-It was an
interested party of southern men and
women which former Governor Joseph
]. Johnson of Alabama and Miss Mary
Campbell of Birmingham led to the
yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding
company today for the launching Of
the scout cruiser Birmingham, the for
mer governor as the states represen-
tative and the young woman as spon-
sor for the new addition to the Amer
ican navy.
The Birmingham, which is designed
to make speed of twenty-four knots
an hour, is a new departure in ship
building in the American navy. The
estimated speed of twenty-four knots,
while slightly less than that of the
English scout cruisers, is more than
compensated for by the ability to main
tain the high speed in all conditions
of weather, and in addition the Amer
ican type of cruiser has more than
twice the coal capacity, and therefore
a far greater radius of action than the
English scout.
The Birmingham is 240 feet over ALL
46 feet inches in breadth and has a
draught of 10 feet. 1t is estimated that
she will develop $4,000 horse power.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
EAGLES CHOOSE
THEIR LEADERS
Frank Brew of Vallejo Is Unanimously
Elected President-Sacramen
Next Meeting Place
of Aerie
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, May 29.-After
spirited canvass lasting over several
weeks, the following officers were
elected this afternoon by the state
aerie of Eagles now being held in this
city: Frank Brew of Vallejo No. II
was unanimously elected president.
The other officers elected are: Vice
president, Rex B. Goodcell, San Ber-
nardino chaplain, DR.. c. A. Glover,
San Francisco No. 5; secretary, Gus
tav Pohlmann, San Francisco No. 5;
treasurer, Carl Sweeney, Sacramento
No. 8; conductor, John Preilly, San
Francisco No. 5; Inside guard, w. H.
Hines. Ukiah; outside guard, Theodore
Moyles, Crockett; trustees, D. e. An
glum, San Francisco No. 5; Thomas
Carpenter, Alameda No. rs; Jesse
Shaffer, Los Angeles No. 1O2.
Sacramento was named as the next
meeting place. The selection was
unanimous, although Redding made
an early fight. The understanding is
that the convention will go south of
the Tehachapi the following year.
The installation of The newly elected
officers will be conducted Theodore
A. Bell tomorrow. H will be assisted
by Senior Past State President C. D.
Rendon of Stockton.
This evening a class Of candidates
was initiated and a competitive drill
was held between several teams
Tomorrow the Eagles will join with
the G. A. r. in observing Memorial
day. A plot and monument of the To-
cal order VIII be dedicated, Theodore
A. Bell delivering the address.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
QUEEN NEAR DEATH
IN BAD RUNAWAY
WIFE OF N0RWAY'S KING HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
Madame FaIIeres and Other Distin-
euIshed Personages Riding In Lam
dau When Horses Beome
Unmanageable
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PARIS, May 29.-An alarming ac-
cident marred the visit of King Haakon
and Queen Maude of Norway to YER
sailles today. Their majesties were ac-
con1panied BY President and Madame
Fallieres. Queen Maude, Madame Fall
lieres and Gen. Michael were in
landau, drawn by four horses. AS the
carriage was crossing bridge over
Lake Marne, one of the horses COM
menced plunging furiously. The bridge
has no stone copings and three horses
fell into the water The positions
went with them. Gen. Michael burst
open the door of the landau and half
carried the Queen and Madame Fallieres
from the carriage His action was
none too prompt, for the oseillating
carriage followed the horses into the
lake.
The water under the bridge is not
deep, and the dragons pulled out the
horses. One of the animals was killed.
Foreign Minister Pinchon gave din
ner at the foreign office tonight in
honor of the visiting sovereigns. Prest-
dent Fallieres, the members OF the
cabinet and the diplomatic repre-
including the American am
bassador and Mrs. White, were present.
NJ. Fallieres has decided to go to Nor
way this summer to return King Haa-
kon's visit. 1t is probable that his trip
will be extended to England, Denmark,
and other countries whose sovereigns
have been guests of France.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
SWITCHMEN SUCCEED
IN WELDING FACTIONS
BY Associated Press.

DETROIT, Mich, May 29,-The bien-
NAL convention of the Switchmen's
Union of North America, which has
been in session for the last ten days,
today reelected Frank T. Hawley Of
Buffalo president. S. e. Heberling of
Denver, James B. Connors of Chicago
and D. A. Harahbarger of Pittsburg
were reelected vice presidents.
The present convention has witnessed
the healing Of the breach which occur
red two years ago in the ladies' auxil-
larry and which resulted in there being
two auxiliaries. The faction that two
years ago followed Mrs. Fred Miller of
San Francisco came to Detroit with a
showing of $1,000 in the treasury, as
against an empty strong box for the old
society, and succeeded in placing it's
officers at the head of a reorganized
auxiliary, absorbing both the old ones.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
DANCE PATRONS REFUSE
TO jig WITH SAILORS
By Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va, May 29.-Replying
to the official cognizance taken by the
navy department of the exclusion of
the enlisted men in uniform from the
dancing pavilion at the Pine Beach
resort adjoining the Jamestown expo
sition grounds the management of the
pavilion today said that in excluding
enlisted men in uniform it had no idea
of discriminating against the service
uniform, but that owing to the public
prejudice against close association
with the uniform the patrons of the
dancing pavilion had declared they
would withdraw if sailors were per-
mitted on the floor Only for the
preservation of the profit and life of the
dancing concessions, they added had
the United States seamen been ex-
cluded.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
OWENS RIVER ENTHUSIASTS
PACK HALL AT MEETING OF
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

@ Owens riven enthusiasts packed @
@ the hall mt 4814 Compton avenue @
@ last night and listened TO speeches @
@ on the all important subject by @
@ CounciImen YOnkin and DromgOld. @
@ The meeting was held under the @
@ auspices of the Seventy-ninth Pre- g
@ cinct Improvement association. g
@ Both speakers had their subject @
@ well In hand, and every time they g
@ scored a clever point In the argu- g
@ ment, and this was often, their g
o auditors responded with cheers @
@ and handclapping. An Informal @
@ vote showed the members of the @
@ Improvement association to be @
@ almost unanimously in favor of @
o the s23,OOO,OOO bond issue. @
5000 @ @ o @ % O % @ @ @ o @ @
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
ROAD TO
SPEND MILLIONS
SIERRA MADRE SYSTEM TO
INCREASE MILEAGE
Company Has Bought Rio Grande &
Pacific and Will Extend Line
to the Gulf of Cali
fornia
By Associated Press.


Ell PASO, Tex, May 2S.-President II.
r. Nickerson, George D. Cook and e. j.
Gates of the executive committee of the
Sierra Madre & Pacific railroad decided
today on increased mileage costing $lo,-
900, 900 to $20,000000.
The company has purchased the Rlo
Grande & Pacific with its branches from
Juarez to Casas Grandes, and from Guz-
man to San Pedro on the Cananea'
Yaqui River & Pacific.
1t will build from Casas Grandes to
Santa Elena and Tomosachici, from
Santa Elena to Tenachic and Agia-
bampo on the Gulf of California and to
MADEIRA. 1t has also acquired the Il
Paso Southern and it's bridge across the
Rio Grande at El Paso.
L. D. Baldwin and E. j. Gates, both
of New York, have been added to the
executive committee.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
CHURCH ASSEMBLY FOR
ANTI-SAL00N LEAGUE
BY Associated Press.

DENVER, May 29.-The temperance
question was the all-absorbing topic
today before the general assembly of
the United Presbyterian church. The
question Of indorsing the Anti-Saloon
league grew out of the recommended
tions of the committee on temperance,
and heated discussion followed. The
friends of the Anti-Saloon league were
successful in having action on inter
church temperance held over for an
other year, so that the support from
the United Presbyterian church might
not be divided, and the resolutions in
dorsing the Anti-Saloon league of
America were passed overwhelmingly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
STATE DEPARTMENT GETS
TRANSLATION OF TREATY
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-The state
department today received a transla-
ton of the treaty of peace negotiated
at Amalpa, Honduras, under which
friendly relations were re-estabished
between Nicaragua and Salvador, fol-
lowing their estrangement over the
conflict between the former and Hon
duras. The treaty stipulates that diff
ferences between Salvador and Mica
ragua shall be adjusted by the obliga-
tory arbitration of the presidents of
the United States and Mexico, who
shall have power in case of not arriv-
ing at an agreement to name a third,
whose decision shall be final The
president of Mexico will have the
right to delegate his faculties as ar
bitrator,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
IRISH COUNCIL
BILL DISCUSSED
Premier Likely to Perform Last Rites
over Unhappy Measure on June
3-Much Criticism
Expressed
Rv Associated Press.

LONDON, May 29.-The situation re-
sulting from the rejection of Mr.. Bir-
relrs Irish council bill by the Dublin
convention continues to be the upper
most topic of discussion in political
circles in the United Kingdom.
AS forecasted the measure is in Its
death throes, and it is believed that as
a result of the prolonged cabinet meet
ing today Premier Campbell-Banner-
man will formally perform the OBJ
sequies on June 8.
The Irish reform association, of which
Lord Dunraven is president, is the lat
est organizati ton to criticise adversely
this unhappy bill. At a meeting in
Dublin today a resolution was passed
declaring that tho measure ignored ex-
ecutive functions; that it did not take
into account financial relations or pre-
tend to deal with public works and
that it was generally inadequate.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
GREEK is ACCUSED
OF NUMBERING PRIEST
By Associated Pree :.

CHICAGO, May ga man who cor
responds closely to the description Of
Sarky Ermoyian, the Armenian want
ed by the police Of New York in con-
nection with the murder of Father
Vartanian, was arrested today in a
pawnshop at Clark and Van Buren
streets. The prisoner denied any con-
nection with the murder. He said he
was Greek and that his name was
John Ceramics. According to the police
he is the man who pawned a watch
yesterday and then tried later to re-
deem it. He will be kept in custody
pending investigation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
SECOND ASSAULT HAS
COMPLICATED MURDER
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 29.-Attempted
assault on a 5-year-old girl in Corona,
L. l., today gave rise to the suspicion
that Henry Becker might not, after
al, have been the assailant of Amelia
Steffeldt, the 15-year-old girl who was
found slain in a field in Elmhurst, a
week ago. The culprit in today's out
rage was arrested and bears fairly
well the description of the man seen
near the Steffeldt farm. The victim
today was Marie Tuck, the daughter
of John Tuck of Corona. The child's
screams were heard by her father,
who ran to her aid.