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The Washington herald., 1908-09-03

Spend Labor Day at the Breakers Rata
from Saturday until Monday, sec, in
Guiding seSfoOd table and plenty OF
chicken SECURE Reservations aA A-AaA-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03
TO BE BURIED TODAY.

Services for Mrs. Margaret Eliza
beth Foster at Oak Hill Chapel
The funeral Of Mrs. Margaret Eliza
beth Foster. widow Of Gen. Frederick
Foster. Z. S. V, wiz be held this after
noon at O'Clock at Oak Hi Chapel.
Rev. George ". Dudley officiating.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03

SI.2J 20 Annapolis and Return
Via The Electric Line. Visit the L. s
Naval Academy See time schedule FOR
tTsins-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03
GOV. GLENN GIVES
VIEWS ON LEPER
Promises the Federal Off
cials a Lively Time.
SUBMITS DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Unless United states Authorities Can
Prove Beyond Doubt that Early
Army, the State of North Carolina
VIII Not Accept Him as Its ward.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03

Joining with Commissioners West and
Morrow in their stand. Superintendent
Of Schools 4 T Stuart. yesterday de-
clared himself in favor Of the condemna-
ton of Central High School, because Of
It's age and inadequacy. the selling of
the property, and the building OF a new
edihce representative Of Washington
The superintendent IS Of the opinion
that money paid out. in repairing the
school Is practically wasted. as the re-
pair fund grows larger each year. and
the repairing Goes not materially change
the building from an old TO q new struc-
ture-
He does not regard the building Of a
new Central High School as the most
important need in the city, but he re-
garcs it as a serious one
New Normal school.
Next 70 the location Of new Normal
School" said the superintendent. I re-
gard the building OF a new High School
70 supplant the present Central High
School as one Of the serious needs Of the
city
1T is not my belief that the building
should be changed into a graded school
Graded schools should be built and not
made over from condemned high schools.
''Tae property should be sold. and the
proceeds used. together with fund ap-
Propriated by Congress, to erect a new
and modern school IN the more fashion
able section Of the city. Central High
School has been standing for years, and
has grown inadequate 10 the needs OF
L050 or more school children-
The superintendent expressed himself
hopeful that the board Of education would
see fit to recommend fund for the cree
ton Of a new building rather than an
appropriation to be used for the repairing
Of the present structure
What IS more necessary than al
continued the superintendent. Us a build
ing for The accommodation OF the normal
school teachers The present quarters OF
the normal school iE the Franklin build
ing are cramped and inadequate.
We have already chosen site for the
erection OF q normal school. and If We
Can get an appropriation from Congress
this winter. the work viii be begun at
once Two great improvements IN the
present buildings could be made Il the
money is obtained this winter. A new
normal school and q high school are
'Washington's foremost needs"
Of singing between study periods. now
I in vogue n Chicago, the superintendent
said he regarded the Washington method
I as better
Discusses Singing in school.
The primary object Of singing between
the study periods" he said. is. take II.
to afford the pupil g needed recreation.
While this idea is useful in its way. il
Z
reaction OF the brain is by variety
'In the local schools We occasionally
have singing between study periods, and
IN addition We indulge in physical culture,
mental arithmetic. and numerous other
means OF changing the routine OF the
daily work If music were used exclu-
sively. Il would become as monoronous a 8
the study which preceded, and would lose
its usefulness"
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03

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NOuEe1F<l8ie HWt-WdTcr BO1fNee FrOu1
SIS up. household rubber gloves. 81 pain
L!ndsay's Rubber Store. 93S F st NV.
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WOULD TEAR DOWN
The CENTRAL HIGH
Stuart Agrees with Morrow
and West.
SAYS IT IS A SERIOUS NEED

Next in Importance, superintendent
of schools Believes, Is the Build
ing OF New Normal SchOOI-WOuId
Have Board of Education Make
Recommendation 10 Congress.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-03

Watrh for a oitr-Randls EIghIandA.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
Political Changes South
Displease Taft People;
Missouri Against Him

Matters political IN the South are not
going as the Taft people would wish.
Evidences continue to multiply that the
southern Republicans are falling to
come into the Taft camp. The other
candidates have been working diligent-
" and are producing results calculated
to disconCert Tart managers.
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Capers has not taken up the Taft cause.
and II is charged that he has, in fact,
been working diligently in opposition.
The Taft people are indignant over his
alleged actions IN lining up revenue col
lectoTs and other subOrdinates While
IL is not exactly known for whom he is
busying himself, the impression is in
TAFT quarters that he is really working
yet for Secretary CorteIyou, who, 10
use the expression which most accurate
~ fits his situation. is still sitting
tight" and letting no chances escape
him. II is said that in q number Of
Southern States the recent develop
Ineuts have compelled revision Of claims
that TAFT would get all the delegates.
In Missouri, which has been claimed
with great confidence as solid for Taft,
the FIRST sSlrmishes resulted in the vie
tory OF the opposition. Three Con
gress!Ouai districts in ST. Louis lined
up against the Secretary, and the pre-
llmiuaTy contests in the rural districts
have turned out unsatisfactory 10 the
Taft forces. The State is now regarded
as q field for some immediate and very
losing no opportunity to press its initial
advantages.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
Mrs. Champ Clark Leaves
To Help Owner of Play

Mrs. Harriet /. Monroe. owner Of the
play being produced at BOyertown, Pa,
Monday night. when probably 90 per
sons persisted in the theater, has re-
ueved the anxiety Of her friends in this
city by wiring Mrs. Champ Clark, wife
Of Representative Clark, that she was
unlnjured. Mrs. Clark left Washington
this morning for Boyertown, where she
viii assist Mrs Monroe in caring for
the body OF her sister. MIS-. Stella
Mayors, who was associated with Mrs.
Monroe in her lectUring tour, and who
died in the flames.
Mrs. Monroes safety is probably due
to the fact that she spent the day in
Scranton. rather than IN BCyeTtuWn. ard
heLCe did not participate IN the lecture
herself Mrs. Monroe was acting as
advance agent for the lecture, owing TO
the illness Ct the regular agent.
Mrs. Mayors had but recently begun
the tour which cost her her life, after
a rest Of two weeks al the home Of her
sister, Mrs NJ RJnals, % West NiUety-
fourth street, New York. She was fifty
two years old, and had been delivering
religious lectures with Mrs. Monroe for
ABOUT fifteen years. She leaves a hus-
band and son la Curay, Col
Mrs. Monroe IS especially well known
" religious and educational circles here
and elsewhere, being a lecturer and
authOrUSS Of note.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
L0eb'S Election
To Directorate
RevipeS Interest

New interest in the proposed change
in the official family of President Roose-
welt is evident today on account of the
election of William Loeb, jr., TO the
directorate Of the Chamber of Com
merce, as predicted in The Times yester-
day. That the President Is soon to lose
the services of his secretary and that
Washington is to gein another active
and progressive business man through
this loss of the CHEZ Executive seems
d foregone conclusion.
Just when this chgnge will be made
Mr.. Loeb is not yet ready to announce.
but there seems nothing in the way Of
such an announcement, except the meet
ing of the stockholders of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
to be held Satur 'ay, and the ensuing
meeting Of the rev board OF directors.
While local interests are confident OF
e!ecting their slate, Mr.. Loeb, OF course
does not care to anticipate this
lie was asked today for statement
as 20 his future business relations in
WASHINGTON, and while declining 10
make such a statement just now, ne n
timated that II would be forthcoming IN
the near future. This is taken 70 mean
that with the election of the new board
Of the railway company there VIII be no
further reason for reticence.
Postmaster Barnes, who was also
elected 10 the directorate OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce last night, and Sec
rotary Guide, o. the eli. -Iber, called on
Mr.. Loeb this morning to congratulate
him on his election, lie indicated 10
them his pleasure a. having been chosen
q member Of such a representative body
Of Washington business men, and eN-
pressed his deep interest n local mat
tiers ami the development o. the Capital
from every standpoint.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
Continued from First Page9


IN community Of only $500 persons,
Tor at least l6S TO be carried from the
blackened ruins OF a pleasure palace
in shapeless masses means that scarce
~ anyone in the borough has ESCAPED
the hand Of grief, and in consequence
Boyertown today is stunned by the
blow
Whole families have been wiped out
OF existence. one orphaned child re-
mains Of a family Of six or seven,
Wives mourn husbands, husbands
mourn wives. A pan hangs over the
pace. From door after door IN the
best residential sections Of the city
stIeamers Of black dangle.
Inc streets are silent though thrOnged
rot q loud spoken word. nor a whistle
nor q laugh Is heard. Men and women
WIN tear-stalued eyes throng the
An the talk Is Of death. They meet
on the highway and speak thus in
hushed tones isn't il terrible? How
many of yours We're there?
My father and sister"
i have lost my wife and boy"
Improvised Morgues.
School houses, undertaking establish
ments and churches We're turned into
morgues and in these places today a
Aoice or tHutEidhtES. recruits from
Reading and Pittstown are at work, en-
deavoring to restore to the corpses
some semblance Of humanity for iden-
LITIGATION.
Meanwhile Coroner Robert Strausser,
OF Berks county. who has been labor
ing all day at the scene, is seeking men
FOR his jury OF inquest. who do not feel
the burden Of personal grief and loss.
This jury will fix the responsibility
for the calamity. It Will have a Sc
rious task. Except for the fac- that
the hail seems to have been crowded
beyond its capacity. there does not
seem to be any individual responsible
ity- Surveying the ruins now and lis
tening to the stories of the few who
escaped UnscatheG there is absolutely
no reason to be found why a person
should nave persisted.
The hall was located on the second
floor. There were fre-escapes on either
side Of the auditorium. five windows at
the rear, eight more on each side, and
at TIE front eight more that opened up
on a hood roof that was badly dam
aged by the flames. All Of those who
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
Death or RengO,
Which Is 1t for Your
Always Danger of Fatal End by Al
lowing Fat TO Accumulate. How
TO Prevent the 1.TerrihIe EndLo

As a rule the victim Of fat grows fat
ter, There IS no stopping the growing OF
IaI save by death. This is true, and
sad because 1t is true. There are hun
dreds OF fat people who positively do
not believe It And they die refusing to
believe II. At first there is fabby fat
and then IT grows solid. This solid tat
acCumulateS especially around the
heart; and although the heart beats. IL
beats with difficulty, until finally It will
SKIP beat now and then, then skip two
beats and when 1t skips more than chat
-Weu you VIII be already stone dead
These are facts. Startled. relatives be-
fore whom fat victims have smiled one
minute and died the next, can testify
10 IL II IS not laughing matter.
II You are q victim of this terrifying
eV6r-PrOwing disease YOU can save vO1lT-
self from the day you begin to use
RengO.
How long, for instance, will it take
you to lose 60 pounds? As a rule only
90 days. In most cases there is = 80.
loss of a pound a day. Some of those
e. pounds viii come of from that fat
coating over your heart and save your
life. Your health will at once grow bet
ter, the Jingle Of new fresh blood will
make your muscle grow clear yOur
mind, regulate your whole body and
make you happy.
This is exactly what has happened TO
hundreds OF fat people who have taken
Rengo- It can do the same for you
save you before il is too late
There is nothing Just as good as
Rengo. For sale by all druggists ~
Sl-G0 per full sized box, or by mail pre-
paid. by The Rengo Co, S223 Rengo
Bldg, Detroit. Mich. The company will
gladly send you a trial package free BY
mail II you write them direct to Detroit:
no free packages at drug stores.
For sale and recommended in Wash
ingtOn by H Evans, 924 + street north
west; Afheck's Drug Store, 1929 Penna.
Ave. northwest; Peoples Drug Store.
50 Seventh St.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
AUCTION SALES.
MARCUS NOTES. AuotlOneer.

IMPORTANT SALE OF HOUSEHOLDER FUR
NITURE and EFFECTS, WITHIN NY
WAREROOMS, 426 NINTH STREET
NORTHWEST. THURSDAY. JANUARY
SIXTEENTH. AT TEN A. N, COMPRIS-
ING THE CONTENTS OF A PRIVATE
RESIDENCE, FIVE LOADS FROM IN
STALLMENT HOUSES AND SHIPMENT
OF THREE CARLOADS.
200 Iron Beds. 200 Iron Cots. $50 Mattresses.
500 Chairs, 200 Washstands. 600 Pillows, /. 600
Sheets 900 Bed Spreads Pillow Cases. BIan-
kets, Extension Tables, Parlor Furniture.
Rockers, R0llertop Desks. 8 Go-Carts. ) Re
frigeTatcrs 10 Stoves. Quantity Of Second
hand Mating. Oilcloths, Carpets and other
desirable goods
y. B.-A rare opportunity for hotel keen
ers to furnish rooms for trihe OF real value
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO r. r.

LEAVE NEW UNION STATION
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
Every Other Hour Ca the odd Hour
To PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK
NEW TERMINAL. Sd ST, NEW YORK
. 20 a. m--Dlner, Pullman Pa<IOr.
1870 4. m.-buHeI, FaEIJF, hr. Train.
~ ~ a. m.-Dlner and Pullman Parlor Car.
I'll ~ q. m-Dinsr and Pullman ParlOr Car.
q " y. m.-Diner anu Pullman Parl0r Car.
sssyg y u.-''koy al Limited" All pullman.
IA.OU y. m.--CO7Ches 70 philadelphia.
- .GJ " m.-Diuer and Pullman Parior.
$500 y. m--Coacnss 20 PoilacelDhiA.
al 20 y m---sleslers-
sZ:5z a In.-Sleeperz.
ATLANTIC CIEG. t7:ea. 800, fil:o0 q m.
ANNAFOLL- week days. 500 a. n, 1900
nOoa, 4.45; 80 m sun, SD Am. $50 pm.
CNeek day 5=Ug g. m, - y m.J
10 BALTIMORE.
szsZ IS Co f6 30 "7.VJ, = 20 Ts.Vo $50, . 90
70 30 1860, 'll.00 q, M, Tlz:0 noon, Tlz.05.
~ -. 800 T5.g3 '5:20 400. $50 T7:0J 500
tg.xJ 1865. ~ ., III 20, FL - >. u
WESTWARD
CHICAGO "ssIv a m, Tx, $50, p. n.
CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS. ana LOUIS
VILE, .g:lo g. m, '4.DS ?. m, '4-i4o night
CLEVELAND. $40 p. n
COLUMBUS, $50 p. n.
WHEELING, '9:lJ a. m, $50 2. m.
WINCHESTER 1910 a m, ff.05. f5.09 pm
FREDERICK. 1879. 1910. ''S.l0 an. "'I:s9
ia aiiJAGERsToWN. f9:Io a. n. $500 .. m.
sDaiIy. Except Sunday. '-5unday only.
ilE 10 de9s. an ST. Tel Main ISL o.
peunsvlyaula ave. Main Eia. New Union
stsrfo1 Ticket Once Tel Main 7SSe: Infor-
nation Bureau. Main 5Ss5. nOl1-I
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Survivors
Identify Fire Victims
In BOyertOwn MOrgueS

perisned might have found safety on
this roof alone, had reason prevailed.
But the heap of bodies eight feet high
at the foot of the six feet wide stair
way. and o broad pile of bodies just off
| the TOT landing OF these stairs told piti-
fully today of the mad fight to descend
by that means alone.
Firemen Have Fistfght.
Officers Culver. Grant, and Ray. of
the State police, who rendered noble
service when the borough was in confu-
sion, say the members of the volunteer
fire department, while the flames ragged,
and men, women, and children fought
to get out CT the inferno. engaged in
fist fight with volunteer firemen
brought from pottstown over petty jeal-
ousies that cropped up on the scene.
IT is hard 10 believe that duty sat on
them so lightly, but officer Grant said
today:
There were two fights while the fire
ragged. and 1 personally ran the men out
of the lines. They were fremen. They
had been drinking Mos of them had
bottles OF whisky about Them"
burgess KOhler said.
1T was because Of the lighting that
l ordered all saloons closed.
May Be zoo Victims.
Il regret TO have 20 ADMIT that my
first estimate made yesterday Of 100
dead will fail short Of the actual num-
Der. Though it will probably be late
today before the ruins Of the opera
house are completely explored, 1 fear
that the final count will show the loss
OF life 10 be between lis and 200"
The above statement was made today
by Burgess Kohler, OF BOyerstown, fol-
lowing a close canvass of the situation
and a tour of the temporary morgues in
the little city, which are filled with the
victims Of Monday nights catastrophe.
Even after the work OF rescue and
search is completed continued MI.
KohICI, there Will never be any way
of ascertaining definitely just how
mary people lost their lives. The FIRE
men have gathered up several bushels
of charred bones and skulls which are
so nearly destroyed as TO make it im-
possible TO tell how many bodies they
represent. Yesterdays list OF dead, as
1t appeared in the various papers, has
been found 10 be terribly Inaccurate,
as is natural under the conditions
This little city is suffering too much
from shock today to make any poll Of
the dead, but as soon as things can be
restored 10 a semi-nOrmal condition,
official lists will be made up"
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

not guaranteed
80 : &C & O. Limited. Daily Fast
yestf5uIs train. Pullman sleepers 70 Lex
tnCtou. Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Chicago and 81. Louis Connection FOR
Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman Car Louis
,-fTle 10 Memphis an1 New Orleans. DinIug
Care q IA carte service
u-Ig r M. r. y. LINT. ED. Daily.
Solid yesUbuIs train Pullman Sleepers 70
Cincinnati Lexington, and Louisville
Commandment sic. ping car 90 Virginia Hot
EnrifEs week days. Dining Cars q la
csrte service. Pullman sIespers Cincin1ati
l. Chicago and St. Louis. and Louisville =
MemuhIs- Nashville, and New Orleans.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and
Ohio oa9css 518 Pennsylvania ave; CO. IAN
Al near E: and New Union station TeIs-
phone Main 75S0. for Washington Terminal
CAB Service, and Main lo66 OF ZzJ5 Tor {. q v.
Ticket once no-25-tt
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
CLYMER CRACK SHOT.

LANCASTER. Pa. Jan. I5-In a
champion shoot yesterday afternoon
between Otis CIymer an outnelder Of
the Washington Amer'~7ns and David
Weagman. OF Read.as. for a purse Of
$500 at 100 birds each, eight yards rise.
Clymer won. killing eighty-six to Weag-
mans eighty-four
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
OIL FOotlights Start Fire.

When the curtain was raised the
heads Of several of the performers were
seen TO project from the bottom Of it.
There was d crush as others walked
from the wings to look into The audi
ence and somehow the pipe was
knocked out Of place In falling, the
tops of the lamps were broken and oil
poured into the hollow, The lights from
the lamps quickly ignited the oil and
in a few seconds burning oil was pour
ing down the side Of the stage plat
form.
As the flames ate their way into the
wooden platform and ran along the floor
they caught the himsy draperies and
forced their way back TO the stage cur
tain: this. IT. almost an instant, be-
came mass Of burning drapery.
The audience, scared at first through
the blowing out Of the calcium valve,
had pressed forward toward the stage
There a new danger confronted them.
with flames to the front Of them and
the calcium tank 20 the rear still issuing
its kissing sound the audience knew not
which way TO turn for safety.
There was screaming and shouting
and cries for help. ands the thoughts OF
death seemed to still the men, women.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

y. B-Following schedule figures published
onIv as information and Gre not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham, Mobile, New Or
leans. AshsviIIe. Chattanooga. Memphis. 800
a. M and II 80 p. -. daily.
For Roanoke, Knoxville CHATTANOOGA
Memphis. New Orleans. 13-l5 ?. IN. daily.
For savannah, Jacksonville, AID Florida
points, IL 90 a. n daily.
For Columbia, Charleston. Aug sta. Aiken.
II 90 a. IN, and $50 p. n daily.
c Il. ACKEET. Y. p. & G. NJ.
1a1-tf ". Il. TAYLOE. c. p A.
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY,
Ticket Office, I42I Penna. Ave.

NOTICE-FollJwfHg schedule not guaranteed
II.05 a. m. daily-SeabOard Mail Through
coaches and Pullman sleepers 70 Savanna
and Jacksonville. Through sleeper Washing
ton 20 Hamlet and Hamlet 10 Atlanta ParI0-
car to Pinehurst- Dining cars.
Z ; p. m, daily-SeaDoard Florida lin
itec Solid Pullman train through 10 Jack-
son lille and st. Augustine Also througa
sleepcrE 10 EluehuTst, Atlanta Btrrc me-
ham and Memphis. Dining cars.
$3.50 ?. m, daily - SeabOard Express.
Coaches and Pullmsns 10 Savannah and
jacksonville. Dining cars
P II. STASSELL. District PASSENGER AreBt
Jz5-tf
The Washington times., 1908-01-15
Calcium Tank Explodes.

There they were doomed 10 an even
more horrible fate. The crowd. in It's
efforts TO get huTTiedIy out Of the build
ing. pushed against the calcium tank
which Fisher had operated. The latter
was thrown from his stand, ana IN a
moment there was q loud explosion.
Flames shot out in all directions. and
IN a few seconds men, women, and chill
CTen were envelo.ed in fire one by one
they dropped. ana behind them came
others, who kicked their burning bodies
10 one side.
No regard was paid TO 'he helpless
ones who were begging and implorluB
&Or aid every CT seemed to be thinking
Of himself auC the best way OF escape
One Of the doors leading 20 the street
staiT%ay-the hall was in the second
floor Of the bulding-had been bOlted
earlier in the evening. so as TO allow
the ticket takcr on uuty there 70 silt
out the incoming crowd, and be in q
position 10 better single our those who
held the yari0us sorts f tickets that
were used The other swung on a hinge.
and opened. not only 10 the outside. but
to the inside as well.
When the first rush rad reached this
part OF the hail the open door was
pulled in Several persons managed TO
get safely outside Of it. and in this way
they kept 81 pushed 10 o the hall, thus
forming barrier to nose who sought
u open II in the opposite direction.