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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
% There S Room for oM Corners,
Say Chicago Hotel Keepers
Expect No Difficulty in Housing the Many Thou
sands of Parsons Who Will Attend the
Republican National Convention.
None will be turned away"

None will be turned away"
So say the Chicago hotel keepers, on
the verge Of a tremendous influx into
their city, for the Republican Con-
ventIon.
Many a weary visitor. riding along on
dusty railroad train. mas asked him
self:
can get a roonI?"
Just to make the souls Of these visi-
tors rest in peace. the hotel keepers Of
Chicago have waved a welcome and
promise that every visitor to the big
convention will be we'll taken care Of.
Thousands OF persons have reserved
rooms for the occasion. but the men
who control the big obstetrics say they
have plenty Of room left and that ev-
erybody will be housed.
Delegates Engage Rooms.
The frst-class hotels Of Chicago in
the loop district. according 10 an esti-
mate made by Manager Shafer, Of the
Auditorium. can accommodate 10000
visitors. Mr.. Shafer says the Auditorium
is pretty well booked up. Different dele
cations have looked forward to the big
day" and have provided in advance for
their hotel accommodations. Most Of the
delegates are old and tried veterans and
know something about conventions. es-
pecially national ones. They had the
chairmen OF their respective delegations
wire TO the hotels and reserve rooms for
them. Chairmen OF delegations who
have not attended 10 this all important
matter may find themselves forced to
make a round OF boarding houses lust
before daylight in order TO round up
their votes.
According to figures believed 20 be
fairly accurate, the hotels in the loop"
district and on the north and south
sides can manage 10 house 5000 by
squeezing" a little. In order 10 do this
every room must hold its capacity.
That is. a gentleman from the south
ern part Of Nebraska may be sleeping
on a four-posted bed, while a gentle
manly delegate from Lincoln may be
murmuring things in his sleep on "A cot.
Five dollars per head is the average
price that delegate and visitor will
have 10 pay II he sleeps where he can
hear the soft thud Of the rubber-tired
cab taking home me enthusiastic pol
itician who has been discussing Taft
and Bryan. and the policies each would
pursue If elected President. Manager
Shafer says the delegates who are go
ing 70 stop at the Auditorium are
chee~fully paying this price. In fact
the rate is regarded as cheap. COnsid-
ering the price that might be charged.
Expect Some Crowding.
The Auditorium Hotel viii take care
OF over 7oO visitors and the annex will
take care OF as many more Chief Clerk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
THE INJURED ONE.

A gentleman owning a sugar estate in
Demerarss went out 10 visit il for the
FIRST time. The day after his arrival he
stood watching the punts bringing the
cane home. A young negro hoy who
was driving the mules, wishing TO in
crease the speed OF these. struck one Of
them with his whip The mule prompt
IL RESPONDED By launching out with his
heels. and dealt the boy a kick on the
head which stretched him on the
ground. where he lay rubbing his woolly
pate on the spot where the kick had
been received.
''Is he hurt2 Is he hurt2'' cried the
r1anteT in alarm A full-grown negro,
hearing the expressions of concern
sprang forward hastily. and, raising the
mules heels, shouted out:
mo. boss, That mule. him walk ten
DAB TO a Gay or two, but him no
nurt. chambers Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24

from lack OF money, release it
through channels which viii keep it
moving; and S4o,ooo,OoO will make
an impression on the markets of
any country in the world.
Second, it means that capital has
not lost faith, that a sane view of
railroads still prevails, that croaks
as to the permanent Gripping OF
American transportation facilities
as the result of regulatory laws
passed by the Roosevelt administra-
tons are already disproved.
As the Baltimore News puts It:
The turn of the tide is here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
He STEALS A BATH,
THE POLICE GET HIM

NEW YORK. april "A young man
about twenty years old. who saws he
used 70 be Frank a Coy. but does not
know who he Is now. was found early
yesterday in the bath room OF the LIZ.
Forest, the private car Of President
Iruesdale. OF the Lackawanna- rssiroa5
de was preparing 20 take a hath. he
car was standing IN the HoboEen wards
When asked where he came from the
young man replied that he believed he
had come from Germany.
lie was well dressed, wore Z. diamond
pin in his white stock tie. and his hands
were manicured- He said he had baa7
learning practical raIroadiny ana tba+
a. present he was in the employ OF ne
LackaWanna in East StroudsbUrr Pa
To Recorder McGOvern he said
You see, your honor. some time sgo
I determined TO cease controlling nv de-
slres and determined 10 do just as
pleased in the future
What is that pin on your coat7'
QUeried the recorder.
IhaJ IS the graduation pin Of nv
class IN Dover High School. u-ss
graduated, sir. With honOrs."
He was placed in the detention room
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
The House Committees Gas Price

1t is now within the range of
probability that legislation to re-
duce the price of gas Will pass Con-
gress at this session. The House
Committee on the District of Co
lumbia made a unanimous report on
a compromise bill, which in the cir
cumstances was doubtless the best
thing to do. A majority of the COM
mittee could have been mustered
for a lower price than 90 cents;
certainly for IS cents; but in both
House and Senate the effect of a
unanimous report will assuredly
have weight.
That the legislation viii pass the
House whenever opportunity is
given TO take it up is not ques-
toned. Indeed, there is much more
probability of an amendment to fix
the price at IS or so cents being
adopted on the House floor than
there is of the bill being defeated
if it once gets before the House
The session is nearing its end.
and the question of getting any
measure through the Senate is now
the serious one for consideration.
The Times is not of those who be-
lieve the Senate is hopeless in this
matter. On the other hand, The
Times has the best of reason to feel
that the case has not been fore
closed in the Senate; that the Sen
ate committee includes good deal
of sentiment in favor of making a
concession to Washington in the
matter of gas prices; and that, fin
ally. the unuuestionabIe moderation
and reasonableness of the Cary bill
makes effective opposition difficult.
The people of Washington ask no
more of the Senate committee and
the Senate than a fair consideration
of the case that has been made.
The House committee was skeptical,
in the beginning, as TO the reason
ableness of the demand for cheaper
gas. 1t was not till that committee
had spent weeks in consideration of
the subject, had heard the best au-
thorities in the country, had studied
the reports of the gas companies
and the course of legislation affect
ing their finances, that it became
unanimously convinced that the
price of gas is now excessive.
There is no time for the Senate
committee to make such an exhaus-
tive inquiry as has been made by
the House committee. If this course
is esteemed necessary, there viii be
no legislation. 1t is hoped, and
earnestly urged, that the Senate ac-
cept the matured judgment of the
House committee, and permit the
modest concession which the Cary
bill contemplates to become law at
this session. 1t VIII be conceded
that no injustice can well be done
by this course. The gas companies
sell a great amount of gas now at
80 cents; there is no reason why all
their customers should not have it
at that figure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
ENEMIES OF ! ANTE.

The enemies Of the autI.or of the "Di-
vine Comedy are not all dead, &C
cordInE to the correspondent in Alex
andria Of a Roman paper The Dante
Alighierf Society Of that city offered 10
the municipal authorities statue Of
the poet which the society wished 70
erect in a prominent place The GIFT
was rejected because Of the violent
protests on the part OF the Moslem
element. 1T would be blasphemy." they
said. land an affront TO MOhametanism,
because II fOrbids honOring men by the
erection Of monuments This excuse
was faulty, because statues have been
erected at Alexandria and at cairo.
'"The real cause for objection" says
-:is reDort lis that the MOslem people
will not forget that Dante gave their
prophet a place IN the internal regions.
The offer was finally withdrawn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
Secretary MetcaT
To Lea9e Monday

Secretary Of the Navy MetcaIf will
leave Washington Monday for San
francisco, where he Will review the
combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets in
Golden Gate harbor on May s. The
Secretary viii go by way Of Chicago,
and expects to arrive at san Francisco
by May l. He viii be away from
Washington about three weeks.
During the week. before the Secretary
takes up his station on the quarterback
Of the cruiser Yorktown. the review
ing vessel he viii visit his home aud
friends in Oakland and other places
along the coast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
FLEET PREPARES
FOR ANOTHER LAP
Week Of Entertainment in
Los Angeles Drawing
10 a Close.

Los ANGELES. Cal. April 24.-Fleet
week In Los Angeles IS drawing 10 a
close with perfect whirl OF entertain
nent' amazing in its extent and variety.
The ships were OIen 10 visitors all dav
yesterday. and thousands of people
crowded the beaches and boarded the
cr;'fts plying between the ships and the
shore Boats OF every description were
loaded with passengers throughout The
day. The decks Of the warships were
crowded from 10 O'Clock, and at O'Clock
In the afternoon, The closing hour for
visitors, hundreds still remained ABOARD
waiting an opportunity 10 return
ashore.
The men are to have Their final round
O. entertainment tomorrow morning,
when $3.50 Of them are TO be taken on
a automobile tour OF the. city. Admiral
Thomas has granted liberty TO that
number for the occasion.
The last boxing Louis for feet cham
pionships were held yesterday at Chutes
Park. where me four days entertain
ment for the men was concluded. MANY
OF the sailors wegered all the money
they possessed on the boxers wL5 con
tested. The results were:
Featherweight class-Frank Rafferty,.
battleship Alabama, defeated Bud
F'rederic6s, battIeship Illinois. six
rounds. retaining championship.
Mddleweight class-Dennis Tighe, bat
tleship Alabama, defeated Henry Train
er, battleship Vermont, six rounds. win
ming championship, held by Trainer for
seven years.
Heavyweight class-PhiIip ScbIoss-
berg, battleship New Jersey. defeated
Walter Altieri. battleship Missouri. six
rounds, winning championship, held by
Altieri for two years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
ILLINOIS ADMITS NEGROES
TO SCHOOLS AFTER 20 YEARS

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. ADrU d .e+.-
twenty years or litigation, the supreme
court mas hnally disposed Of the Alton
case oy The most drastic action recorded
IN us history Disregarding the action
OF seven Jurles which refused TO enforce
the law against the separation Of white
and negro school children. the court
took the matter into its own hands a.
Clared the Alton authorities were r1ot -
Titled 10 trial by jury. ANYWAY al
gave Judgment for the negroes.
The litigation began years ago v-ba,
alton established separate schools for
negroes and Scott BIB refused 10 send
his children 10 them. The late Sensto-
John NJ Palmer was his counsel and h
fought for the entry Of the negro cbii-
dren 10 the regular schools. until his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
The D. A. R. Hal.

On two grounds, the Daughters of
the American Revolution are to be
warmly congratulated for having
authorized the issue Of bonds TO
complete an enterprise which had
been begun with the whole nation
looking on; that is the first. The
second is that the home when fin
ished will be in very fact a memorial
to those ancestors of whom the
Daughters are so justly proud.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
War on Strawberry Pie Declared;
Hides Dye for so Yards of Cloth
Clerk Takes a Bite, Feels of His Midst, and,
Finding Pain, Tells Dr.. Wiley, Who
Calls Out Test Tube Brigade

so far beyond his ken that he could not
conceive Of them.
AT noon, amid a circle OF enviOus Eel
low clerks. he slipped his marvelousIy
COiured. S0iidly constructed dainty from
its covering and started to partake OF
its joys He did not partake 10 any
great extent. which wGs perhaps for
tunate for him
one large and comprehensive bite did
he take. Then he looked wOrrl ed An
other bite and the nervous. We Eried eN-
preston increased, combined with q
look OF deep distrustfUlness
A third bite and all suspicious were
verified
Pain in Midst OF the Clerk.
That pie was q humbug. an impOster-
The clerk gently felt Of his diaphram
and his chest and tried 10 pat himself
on the back Then the tryamidotolyIdi-
pnenylcabinoI red in the pie started 10
tastefully arrange a few interior decora-
tiOns and the clerk got giddy and had
TO be led away &c a physician
The lid Of that pie was lifted and cor
ruptiCn III all its haseneSs was found
there in. The pie was analysed and
enough colOred matter found to dye
ihfty yards of cotton cloth scarlet.
SO the good doctor has declared war.
With the good buCkler of science and
the strong helmet Of feaTlessness he viii
attack tho dragon pie.
May he win his fsht,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
Mrs. Hornsby's Tea

Mrs. Isham HornsDy was hostess ct a
charming tea yesterday afternoon. com
plimentary TO her daughter. Mrs. Rob
ert KennOn Evans
The lower floor was beautifully decor
ated with fragrant spring flowers and
the tea table was particularly attrac-
tive with large clusters OF roses for the
ceEterpiece-
Mrs Hornsby wore q becoming gown
OF white embroidered crepe Mrs
Evans received in a white Oriental linen
draWnWork dress.
Assisting Mrs. Hornsby - receive
were Mrs. jayne. Mrs. Richie. and
Mrs VrOoman- Mrs. Dietrich and Mrs.
Matthews presided AT the tea table
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely was
hostess at luncheon yesterday in honor
OF Mrs. Joseph McRObor Of Chicago. her
guest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
A LIVELY CHILL.

The old-tine ''darky'' had a great ad-
mlratlOn for hiEh-Sounding words and
phrases. be also had a deem rasrs.,
Tor a man who has the holiness 10 a.
wise Innovations Of speech
Jes' tell YOU, Massa Rawson has a
pow tuI control Ob IangU lge.'' said one
old plantation negro. thougbtfui4,- CT
MS return from a neigh 1OrIy CAL r
,spect TO learn something everv time 7
near him talk He was telling Maj
w lilldTns bout his wife being Token
sick after dat dog-bite she had. am
stead O. saying in respects 10 her shsE-
ing nj she had. dat she shook like she
had de ager,' same as most folks vrotiid
say. what fguT is you s'posing ne
II dunno said the old mans wife
sulkily, from the froning-board
He said she shook ike an ashpsn. .
OATS his tgur, an I amt gwine for
get it.'-Youth's Companion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
Letter Home Scene
of Dinner for
Bride-EleCt

Mrs. L. Z. Letter was hostess last
evening at dinner. en- famiIle. in honor
OF Miss Juliette Williams. whose en-
gagement 70 Joseph Letter has Just
been announced. Mrs Williams and her
daughter were also the guests OF Mrs.
Letter az tea, IN her beautiful garden
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Williams was shoWered with
congratulations and flowers all Eester-
day afternoon. though she and Mr..
Letter spent most Of the day automobH-
ing.
Colonel and Mrs. Williams have two
other daughters, Miss Dorothy Williams
and Miss Francise williams. both OF
whom are students at the Georgetown
Convent Miss Dorothy Williams viii be
q debutante next season Il f. rumOred
that Mrs Letter viii make the young
couple a wedding present Of the besuti-
ful Letter home on Dupont circle. and
that she viii make her home abroad
with her daughters.
Mrs. Richard Clover entertained a
young peoples soiree yesterday after
noon at the Country Club. compliment
airy 10 her daughters The club house
was attractively adorned with branches
Of fruit blossoms and other spring
flowers
About sixty couples danced 20 7uusic
BY the Marine Band
Miss Adelaide Head. OF the Rochaun-
beau; Miss MajOrie Smith and Miss
Hattie Williams. Of Norfolk left Wash
ingtOn yesterday for New NJrE- and be-
fore returning viii be entertained 81
several house parties on Long island
Mrs. Gerson Nordlinger. with her scn.
William P NOrdIinger, and maid. OF
Florence Court, are visiting relatives
I IN York, Pa
The Octagon Pleasure Club gave an
enjoyable affair last evening in the
form OF a shirt waist dance in thu BE- Il
room or the Mercantile Club. During
the intermisslon & delightful buffet sup
per was served.
Among the guests were Miss Switzer.
of Georgia; Miss Rica Schiff. Of Balti-
more. Miss Irrua Kline. Of Baltimore.
ris, Miss Bella SChiffman. Miss Ernes-
tire Rich. Miss IneZ silver, Miss Carve
Robinson. Miss Gladys Mayer Miss
Celeste Goodman. Miss Rita Basr Miss
Lorraine Herman, Miss Rhoda Maui
uer. and Miss Lillian Coblenzer. and
Nelson Berliner. Baltimore: Leonard
E1Eel. Baltimore Felix Granger. Bal
tinore; Alfred Haas, Herbert jacob.
Goldsmith. Lester F Marx, Stanley
Fischer, Herbert Rich. Arthur Luchs.
Arthur Neumdn. Melville Fischer, and
Malcolm AUerbach.
A Miller has returned to his home in
Baltimore after being the guest OF his
parents, Ar. and hrs Miller, OF Sixth
street.
Miss Louise Gruber. Of Baltimore.
T. has returned 10 her home after p visit
20 Mr. and Mrs Edward KOhner,- q
N street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24

Dr. Wiley has declared war on straw
berry pie
After a close and intricate investiga-
ton tnto the merits and evils attend
ing the eating of this delicacy as pro
duced by modern bakeries, the worthy
doctor has come to the conclusion that
strawber pie is CHASTITY speCte-
Jreading the path OF life in The garb Of
innocence and casting death and dis
ease broadcast
He feels confident that given the Op-
portunity, n strawberry pie Of the mod
ern make would commit murder and
arson. and then Ions TO Perpetrate fur
Their damage. He has no belief in the
pies honesty or sense OF integrity.
This conclusion was partially forced
upon him
Clerk Buys Machine-Made Pie.
An innocent and unsuspectIng clerk
ir the chemical division OF the Agricul-
turial Department went 10 a bake shop.
end there purchased for himself a slab
or machine-made pie.
Proudly, II gingerly, he carried the
pie back to the Office. and there deposit
ed It In ell Of it's damp and dripping
glory on his desk. He did not know that
rzithin that pie lay possibilities for evil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
IbSen After Fifteen Years.

In the course of a review of Mr..
Edmund Gosse's Henrik Ibsen,"
the literary editor of The indie
pendent" calls attention to the re-
markably short time the Norwegian
has required TO make his way in
America. Fifteen years ago his fol-
lowers were loosely described and
generally condemned as a cult"
Today his plays have been more
often called for at the New York
public Libraries than any other non
fictional books excepting certain
works of fiction. Ghosts" is yet
forbidden by the censor in England.
But in America the ambition to play
Ibsen has come to be what a gen
Grafton ago was the ambition to
play Shakespeare, and Ghosts"
The Dolls House" 'Hedda Ga
bier" and Peer Gynt" are known
to every town of a thousand souls.
A partial explanation IS offered
by the reviewer It is that the
PLAYS ignored or violated so many
accepted stage traditions as 70
make them library plays exclusively
for a long time. But America does
not know them as library plays; it
knows them, and it gives favor to
them, as acting plays. Those who
read were comparatively few; those
who go now to see them are mani
testify many. The reading was the
beginning, but the reading might
have gone on for a hundred years
without interesting the mass of the
American people.
The larger cause is this:
That Ibsen's plays satisfy an
American trend toward a natural
ism which is closely akin to the
clinic.
Through the lens Of his brain, our
people see-not demigods, or heroes,
or the great figures of history pre-
scented on the grand scale-men and
women like themselves, perhaps too
much like the worst part of them
selves, in a setting like their own.
This chief fact, coupled with a treat
ment constantly causing surprise,
with a dramatic ingenuity not sur
passed in the history of the drama,
with the fact that actors of marked
intellectually, being the first to see
the possibilities of his plays, have
identified their personalities with
them, have given Ibsen his hearing
in this country.
The hearing is not an Unmixed
blessing for America Ghosts" is
demonstration for the labora-
tory, not for the misunderstanding
attention of the average hit-or-miss
audience. With 1.-The Dolls House"
it muddies the waters of our discus
sions of divorce instead of clearing
them. "Hedda Gabler," whatever
else it is, is never a source of happi-
ness TO the playgoer. "Rosmers-
holm" and Peer Gynt" are at best
only partly comprehended. But
these considerations do not make
any less remarkable the fact that in
half a generation this playwright
has become a familiar in practically
all the households of the country
where plays are known and dis
cussed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
HANDY WITH REVOLVER

Emperor William II is never vyifbo,,.
his revolver and he is extremely skill
ful in the use OF weapons II = =,
spected and freshly pTimed every. morn
INK so as 70 make sure II IS In nsT-fs~+
working order. Firmly conviuCsd ff7or
he is going TO die by the hand of an
anarchiSt-this fate having been proobe-
sled for him long ago-he is deterr,{i,,.-s
TO make a stern fight for his life apd
20 have at any rate the satisfsctio--1- -
he falls OF INJECTING some injury upon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24
ROOSeveltS Enjoy
Horseback Ride
in Park.

The President and Mrs. Roosevelt took
advantage Of the beautiful spring wealth
er yesterday afternoon for a long horse
back ride through Rock Creek Park and
the adjoining country. They left the
White House in a carriage late IN the
afternoon and drove 70 Park road and
Sixteenth street extended. where they
mounted their horses, waiting there for
them, and accompanied only by the
Presidents orderly, rode until dark
Mrs. Roosevelt, VINO wore a rnodish
riding habit Of black and a sailor nat
tied firmly with a black chiffon veil.
looked particularly we'll and girIish.
The President wore a khaki uniform.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-24

Illinois decided TO send eight delegates
at large TO the national convention, and
give each half vote. Roger Sullivan
being the chairman, we can't for the
life Of US see why it wouldn't have done
just as well, end saved railroad and
hotel expense. TO elect him alone and
authorize him to cast four votes.