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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-01
MYSTERY IN DEATH
Naval Board Suspicious in
Stevenson Case.
SURVIVORS, STORIES MIXED
Parties Aboard Tug Alleged to
Have Been Intoxicated.
CAPTAIN SEVERELY BLAMED
Fight Is Admitted-Vessel Never
Went to Destination and No
Clear Account Is Given.

Some rather sensational statements are
made in the report of the naval board,
of which Commander w. B. Fletcher was
chairman. appointed to investigate the
circumstances attending the drowning of
Privates Benjamin G. Stevenson and
John A. Mcintosh of the Marine Corps off
Newport. r. l.. February 16. which re-
port was received at the Navy Department
yesterday.
The board says that the evidence sub
mitted shows that the two marines named
left Newport the morning of February
IS on the tugboat Anne r. Wood of Prov
idence. r. l.. F. w. Rich. master: that the
tug was bound for a dredge at work on
Fort Greble. r. l., and had on board In
addition to those named seven other men,
of whom three were members of the crew;
that the tug did not go to the dredge;
that on the return of the tug to Newport,
between and i'm the evening, the mas
ter reported to the police that Mcintosh
had disappeared somewhere between New
port and the wharf at Conaricut Park, In
which locality Stevenson jumped over
board and was drowned.
Suspicious Circumstances.
The board expressed the belief that
nearly everybody on the tug was more or
less under the influence of liquor on the
trip and that it had not received a
straightforward account of the events,
for" says the board, .'even admitting
that the disappearance of the two privates
was accidental and due more or less to a
state of intoxication, it can hardly be pos
sible that everybody on board the small
tug could have been in such state of in
capacity as not to know more of what
happened than has been told.
The board said that discrepancies oc-
Cured in almost all the statements as TO
the condition of the party on board; as to
the circumstances connected with the row,
which is admitted to have occurred and
stated to have been between Champion
and Olsen during which. it was claimed,
the blood got on Steenerson's overcoat,
and also as to the facts connected with
the drowning of Stevenson in sight OF
everybody. The board therefore concluded
that the two men were drowned under
circumstances which it is unable to deter
mine, but which on their face, In view OF
the statements made before 1t and the at
tendant circumstances, are more or less
suspicious; and that the drowning or
Stevenson under the circumstances was
due to culpable inefficiency on the part OF
the master of the tug, who should also be
held culpable for the condition of affairs
which led up to the disappearance of
these men,.
Proceedings Against Rich.
The Secretary of the Navy has sent a
copy of this report to the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor with view to the
institution of proceedings against r. w.
Rich, the master of the tug, in accordance
with the provisions of the navigation laws
bearing on such cases.
AS has been heretofore stated, Steener-
son was son of Representative Steiner
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Novel "Rush" Potato.

Samuel Wilson of Wolcott is rails
ing potatoes both above and below
ground on the same vine as a result
of two years of experimenting.
A few weeks ago, on looking over
his new potato plants, he saw little
budlike protuberances growing out
from the bases of the leaves. These
buds developed into well formed and
good sized potatoes Of the same kind
as those growing at the roots OF the
plants.
The bush potato is a cross between
the Beauty of Hebron potato and the
Delaware. Those above ground grow
from four to eight on a plant. one at
the base of each leaf. Food experts re-
port the hybrid to be far more nutri-
tious than the Irish or sweet potato
and much more easily grown.-Wa
terbury Conn., Dispatch to New York
World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23

surface and forcing II into a tank
high above the surroundings. OF
course. there are power windmills for
grinding, etc, as we'll as those rigged
for pumping, and an immense amount
OF hard work can be accomplished by
these former.
1t Is an inspiring sight to travel
through portions OF Kansas and Ne
braska, and see the thousands Of
windmills, all spinning merrily In the
crisp western wind. Many a farmer
In the western part OF these States,
through his few acres irrigated by
wind pumped water, has bridged over
periods Of drought on his new farm
and been able to stick 1t out until he
could get more thoroughly estab-
lished. Some Of the mills improvised
by the early settlers are crude enough
but picturesque, nevertheless service
able under the strong prairie winds.
They may have been constructed en-
tirely OF dry goods toxes, resembling
the paddle wheels OF old stern wheeler
river steamers. Others look like big
pin wheels, and some have sails of old
kerosene cans hammered out fiat. In
the Arkansas Valley in Kansas, one
private pumping plant erected about
five years ago at cost OF $4,000, sup
piled water from the overflow of the
Arkansas River for one thousand
acres, and paid for itself the first
year.
The writer has a small, eight-foot
windmill on his Virginia place, and
this, under a good head of wind, fills
a nine hundred gallon tank in the
attic of the house in from two to three
hours. Continuous pumping does not
lower the water in the well, and with
the average run of wind this tank
could be pumped full daily. With a
clay or other retaining reservoir Of
sufficient size to take all the water
from the windmill, enough storage
could be provided by this small plant
for the irrigation of from three to
four acres Guy Elliott Mitchell, in
the American Cultivator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Pure Food Cnmnnigncr.

That il is wOman's business TO see
shAt the world is clean, and that she
<anndt do this without knowing the
sciences on which cleanliness depends
e-bacteriology, chemistry, etc. - is
Ghe belief of Professor Walter McNab
Kllller, OF Missouri University. His
szpable wife, Mrs. Helen Guthrie Mil
Ger, chairman of the Pure Food Com
92ttee, General Federation of Wom-
Sa's Clubs, has consequently had
Egery advantage in fitting herself for
Rer responsible work i'm promoting
she pure food campaign Trough the
sOmen's clubs of the country.
Of the work for pure food by the
NOmen's Clubs National Committee.
v has been said by no less an author
Ay than DR.. Wiley, Of the United
States Bureau of Chemistry, that IL is
largely due to them that the Food
and Drug act was passed at that time.
Mrs. Miller was born in GAINESVILLE,
Ohio; educated in Putnam Seminary,
and she was married to Professor
Miller in San Francisco about twenty
years ago. She became interested in
6he milk problem when she could not
get certified milk for her baby. and
took part in the first Pacific Coast
Congress, i'm San Francisco. which
voiced the first demand Of women for
elean food.
She has studied the food sciences
since her marriage, taking courses at
universities in Nevada, California,
Leipsic, Germany, and Missouri. An
sctiye member in Christian, charity.
zrt, public health and college organi-
sations, Mrs. Miller is proudest OF the
tact that she is mother of two sons.
and their chum as we'll.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
The Proud Widow.

THAT famous editor and statesman
Charles Emory Smith," said a Phila-
delphia journalist, was a modest man.
He believed in modesty-even in Jour
nalism. He thought it paid no better
for a newspaper than for man con-
tinually to be Dragging. | once drew
up a prospectus for him. There were
several blatantly boastful paragraphs
in it, and Mr.. Smith ran his pencil
through them all If let this 60, Le
said, 1T would be pretty nearly as bad
as the epitaph that the young widow
carved on her aged husbands tomb:
This epitaph said: Sacred to the
memory of John James Greer, aged
eightyfour, who departed this life
bitterly regretting that he must leave
forever the most beautiful and best
OF wives"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
HARVESTING The WINDS.

The utilization Of the wind for do
Ing a portion OF mans work is as
old. flguratively, as the hills. AT
least, the ancient Dutch windmill,
with its four great sweeps, carries
one back az far as It Is necessary to
go. Windmllls were used In France
and Italy in the twelfth century for
grinding corn and In Holland In the
fifteenth century for pumping water
over the dykes into the sea.
In the United States the windmill
has had several seasons o. spells Of
prosperity, when 1t looked as though
everybody was getting a windmill,
and likewise several periods of de-
preston when It seemed as though
everybody was down on and discard
Ing the windmill. Americans are
apt to go to extremes. When a thing
becomes popular, 1t becomes awfully
popular. IL Is In danger OF being
looked upon as an actual revolu-
tionizer. As matter of fact, the
windmill has great deal OF worth
in many locations and its use is con-
stantly increasing II the old Dutch
mill was, and for that matter Is to-
day effective, certainly the high type
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Hat Pertaining.

One Of the tricks OF the Parlslan
milliner is TO perfume the chapeaux
sOr her special customers. The odOr
from large hats laden with artificial
Sewers, ribbons, etc, is often notice
able. especially before the hat has
been worn several days in the open
AIR To conceal this the clever Pari-
9iKH milliner stiffens the ribbon bows
sith wire wound with scented wool,
mad sews tiny sachets no larger than
bWttOns at the base Of bows and flow
SIS. Large flowers often may have
she CalyX removed and filled in with
. tiny bit of shirred silk or satin that
savers a tiny sachet.
In this case, however, unless the
shchets or perfumes are renewed they
ssoon cease TO be odOrous, so the tin
GiRed hat box has been invented. In
ane corner of this, fixed firmly so It
waI not tumble about is a small per-
asTated vinaigrette filled with strong
sweet powder, and the hats are hung
around It, dn this way they absorb
nROugh scent to be perceptible for "A
any, and the hat being ret ,rned to its
scented case at night absorbs a fresh
supply for future giving out.
OF course the scent from the hats
b delicate, and is made to correspond
gi,h the perfume the owner affects.
New York Times
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Summer Influenza Epidemic.

A sudden epidemic OF summer inAu-
enza broke out in London. One Of tho
most marked characteristics OF this
epidemic is the fact that its victims
are mainly those who resisted the
more virulent attacks of the disease In
the winter. The effect Of summer In.
fluenza is short, but severe. In most
cases the first symptoms are gastric
pains. soon followed by bodily pains
and headache. The temperature rises
rapidly in the first stages of the at
tack. This is succeeded by a fall to
a temperature well below the normal.
Severe pains in the throat are added
to the other symptoms. When the first
effects have been thrown off, great
weakness follows, and persons are as
much run down as after many weeks
Of ordinary illness. Isolation, com
plete rest in bed, and the simplest pos
sible diet are recommended to suffer
ers by medical men.-London Stand
ard
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Gaines wife to Visit America.

Hail Caine is preparing for another
visit to this country, and this time he
viii be accompanied by his wife. The
Manxman takes pride in averring that
4e owes much OF his success TO Mrs.
aine. who acts not only as his secre-
Eary, but as his literary adviser. Mrs.
Caine is a soft-voiced woman, who
cares little for society, yet who dom
mates social affairs in the Isle OF
Man. Once year she goes to Lon
don, and entertains a little there, her
caste running TO literary and artistic
persons. She has seen her husband
rise from obscurity to no small meas
are OF fame, and from comparative
poverty TO wealth. Many times Caine
has sought TO have her resign the du-
eies OF secretary, but she still attends
90 all his correspondence and turns
out his manuscripts on the typewri-
ter. She never courts attention, pre-
feTTing to stand reflected in the light
nj her husband, and il Is said consent
csd 70 come to America with him only
40 the condition that she shall not be
pat TO any social eXactions. - New
York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
All Will Wear waistcoats.

Every hour brings the dressmakers'
and milliners' fateful fall opening
aearer; indeed, one may see these
temptresses ready now, with grasping
hands outstretched. But, cheer up,
husbands and fathers! You soon
sill know the worst. Here's one hint.
A simple fashion for women's wear
for autumn is the waistcoat. Such
garments have been seen a good deal.
but this autumn and winter they will
be more fashionable than ever. One
may be worn as a separate garment
or IL may be made in one with the
coat. Waistcoats will be seen in ev-
cry variety OF cut and material. For
cold weather there will be knitted
saistcoats of corduroy velvet In plain
solors or in pretty rainbow shadings;
but the autumn will boast the greater
number of new designs and materials.
Brocaded silk or satin waistcoats,
md hsnd embroidered and braided
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
aEETSIaa
.NA,tsAESA NEWEST
N..N FASHIONS
d. +. x 4 Xxx

The wings OF the season are mar
velously blended color schemes.
Pope shapes OF strictly Directoire
lines provide few chic models.
The grayish amethyst hues are re-
peated again and again in all millin-
cry.
The popular peacock blues and
greens figure prominently in these
wings.
Wide brims faced with contrasting
color are numerous. and the tricorne
is found occasionally.
All shades OF yellow will be used,
but burnt gold and golden brown will
enjoy especial favor.
Turban shapes in draped velvet or
satin are encircled by feather breasts
and trimmed with egrets.
Dahlias in velvet and silk, and in
the most exquisite fancy and natural
colorings, are a smart novelty.
There is noticeable tendency to-
ward the simplihcation OF trimming
effects, which increases daily.
One Of the prettiest combinations
OF colors is delicate pink and an
equally delicate lavender shade.
Swanskin is one OF the new trim.
mings for hats which the milliners
are arranging in crowns. bands. etc.
A hat of the Robinson Crusoe type
Is series OF overlapping rows OF
pleated ribbon extending from centre
OF crown to edge OF brim.
Immensely full nounces and crown
pieces made OF ostrich in the new
kangaroo fringe style are the height
OF fashion.
Smart collars made TO correspond
with the new plumage covered hat.
are the latest thing. and come in al
the new shades.
Many variations OF the Incroyable
that new coat cut OF square at tn,
waist line. with long skirts and broad
reyers. are appropriately worn with
costumes along the general lines oI
the seasons favored designs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Marlborough Duchess is n Convert.

ndIlDoIOuBn butll'SS - tOhN'Tis
That the Duchess Of Marlborough
has just Joined the English suffra-
gettes was an interesting item OF in
formation impaired yesterday by Mrs,
Philip Snowden. Mrs. Snowden
wife OF a distinguished Member OF
Parliament. English suffragette, lec-
turer before Yale, and other uniyer-
stiles, visited at the home OF DR.. and
Mrs. Aked, No. 2 West Eighty-siXth
street, says the New York Tribune.
DR.. Aked, who is pastor Of the Fifth
Avenue Church, which is John ID.
Rockefeller's religious home, was a
former colleague Of Mrs. Snowden in
the woman suffrage movement in
England.
Mrs. Snowden Is young and pass
ing fair, OF the dainty pink and white
type Of English beauty. She Is not
Of the most militant variety Of the
suffragettes. She has never been in
jail or smashed a window or chained
herself 10 a park railing so the police
couldn't make her move along, but
she marched at the head OF the first
monster procession i'm London, last
June, between Lady Frances BalfOur,
sister-in-law OF King Edwards sister.
on one side, and Mrs. Henry Fawcett,
widow Of Victoria's Cabinet minister,
on the other.
1--WE have hundreds OF titled per-
sons who are members and contrib
utOrs 60 the movement" said she.
"At one meeting alone. attended
mainly by the aristocracy, we took up
a collection OF $4,000. don't know
what part the Duchess Of Marlbor-
OUCH is going TO take, because she
Joined Just before | came away. |
think she was Influenced by the Hon.
Mrs. Bertrand Russell, sister-in-law
of Countess Russell, who is also a suf-
fragette Mrs. Russell, who was for
merly a Philadelphia girl, is a great
friend of the duchess.
"Annie Kenney has brought more
fashionable women into the move
ment than anybody. Annie Kenney
is the little factory girl whom w. II.
Stead has called the Joan of Arc Of
the movement. She started the whole
thing with question TO John Burns
at Albert Hall one night soon after
the Liberal Government came in. Be
fore an audience of eleven thousand
he was outlining what the Liberal
party proposed to do for the various
classes of men. Annie Kenney leaned
ont pf q bOX and said 'What are Won
going to do for the women The
audience would have torn her in
pieces If it could have got at her. At
the same time Cristabel Pankhurst
was doing the same thing Mt meet
ing i'm Manchester, and she was put
out of the hall with her clothes torn
half off her. The things that nave
been done to the suffragettes by the
stewards of political meetings in
which they asked questions would not
be believed in America"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
"Nr." and "M."

The complaint that postmen are
not allowed officially to be written
10 or of as Mr." recalls the attempts
that have been made to show that
few of us are really entitled 20 that
prefix. Master" it is contended.
was originally form of address re-
stricted to people of certain stand
ing, and has been cheapened even
as Esquire" But the case is not
as Esquire" II is only clear that
Master" was once markedly respect
full, and in the form of Mister" has
become common property, while
Master" itself. curiously, has be-
come confined to boys. At any rate,
the fall has not been so great as in
the case of the French Monsieur. :"
At one time even a saint was spoken
of as Monsieur st. jean" under
the early Valois the king was Mon
sieur" in public documents, and later
1t became the title OF the kings
younger brother. Nowadays M" is
merely on a level with Mr.. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
Dsssseessessssseosssseeso
. NO GOOD LOSERS" IN
. BASEBALL, SAYS MGRAW
sssssssssssssssssssssss .

Three prominent managers OF Ma
tional and American League clubs
have put themselves on record as be-
ing opposed 10 the popular theory
that ball players, fighters and others
who are beaten at their games should
be good losers" In fact, the three
glory in the fact that they are hard
losers" and can't possibly see any
thing in being a good loser"
The three are John McGraw. OF the
New York Giants; Clarke Griffith. OF
the Highlanders, and Hughey Jen-
nings, Of the Detroit Tigers. In ad-
dition it can be said that Frank
Chance, OF the champion Cubs; Field
er Jones, of the White Sox; Joe Can
tillon, of Washington; Joe Kelley, OF
Boston, Jimmy McAleer, OF the 81.
Louis Browns, and John McCloskey.
OF the St Louis Cardinals. If appear
ances go for anything, do not come
under the head OF good losers"
Il have never been anything else
but a hard loser" says John Nc
Graw. 81 can't see how il is possible
for a man, after being beaten in
hard ball game, to feel happy about
It. If there is anything | hate it is
TO see a player whose side is being
beaten take the defeat with happy
smile. | never could do 1t and |
can't see how an earnest player with
the interests of his club at heart can
do so. Give me players who take
defeat to heart and make up their
minds TO reverse the result the first
chance they get"
This Is how Clarke Grifith put II
not long ago: 81 am willing 10 own
up TO something very few folks will
admit. / am a hard loser. There
cant possibly be a harder loser in the
world than / am. | hate to lose a
game OF ball and / won't put on a
cheerful face over dropped game.
! simply can't make people think |
am a good loser when | ain't Men
known as good losers are pointed out
as fine fellows. Well, the good losers
can have it. I've noticed that the
good losers don't take the interest in
their work that a crab does. I'll say
ldllOOltu lldI ~ SDbu lpotl III booC-
ball ever took as much interest in his
job as / do. I'll admit I'm a crab
and a dead hard loser"
81 am hard loser If there is one
In the business" says Hughey Jen-
nings. 81 don't want any hilarity in
camp after the Tigers have lost
game. teach my players TO worry
about their mistakes and take their
defeats to heart. It's too serious a
condition to Justify even simulated
Indifference. | have never seen n
team Of good losers that amounted
TO much in these days when baseball
is strictly a business"
When Jennings took command OF
the Tigers they were a care-free lot.
They liked TO win, as all ball players
DO, but defeats did not worry them.
at least on the surface. jennings
tried TO show them that while base
bali is a pastime for the fans it is a
serious business for the players. How
well the Jennings doctrine worked
out is shown in the record Of the Tig-
ers for 1907.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
NOT A MIRACLE
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking so severely as TO cause spells
OF unconsciousness. And to fad COM
plete relief in changing from coffee
to Postum is we'll worth recording.
81 used to be a great coffee drink
er. so much so that II was killing me
by inches. My heart became so weak
/ would fall and lie unconscious for
an hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times q
day.
MY friends, and even the doctor,
told me It was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. would not be-
lieve II, and still drank coffee until
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor. who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me to stop
coffee and try Postum. After much
hesitation concluded TO try ii. That
was eight months ago. Since then I
have had but few OF those spells.
none for more than four months.
II feel better. sleep better and am
better every way. now drink moth
ing but Postum and/touch no coffee.
and as I am seventy years OF age all
my friends think the improvement,
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
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