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The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
CONFERENCE TO BALTIMORE.
MethodiSts at snow HiII Arrange for
Session in 1909.

MethodiSts at snow Hill Arrange for
Session in 1909.
Snow Hill. Md, April 4-The Maryland
annual conference of the Methodist Prot
estant Church, in 1853. will be held in
Clark Memorial Church. Baltimore.
This was determined at to-dey's meet
ing Of the conference. now in session
here. The invitation was extended by
Lay Delegate w o. Atwood. and the
Rev. +. S. Bowers. pastor, and accepted
by rising vote.
The electoral college of the conference
to-day received the report of its commit
tee appointed TO canvass the vote taken
yesterday to elect thirteen ministerial
and thirteen lay delegates to the general
conference, which meets in Pittsburg in
May The result showed that ten of the
twenty-six delegates. six ministers. and
four laymen had received a majority of
the votes of the college. and were. there
fore, elected. They were the Revs. T. II.
Lewis, F. NJ. Sheridan, +. T. Tagg, II.
L. Elderdice, f. T. Little, and J. w
Kirk. Lay Delegates State Comptroller
Joshua ". Herring, Messrs. T. p Fisher,
Daniel Baker, and W. o. Atwood. This
leaves six more ministers and nine ad-
dtional lay delegates to be elected.
y second ballot for this purpose was
taken this morning. and the result will
be announced tomorrow. Among the
prominent men who are being doomed
for lay delegates are State Senator Frank
Harper, and Superintendent of Education
NJ. Bates Stephens.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
WEAR BULLET-PROOF SHIRT
Invention of Russian Officer Being
Used by Police in Their Raids.
Complete Protection Is Afforded and
Anarchists Efforts to XIII Are
Thereby FOiIed.

st. Petersburg. April 4-Sonie additional
experiments have just been made with a
bullet-proof alloy. the invention Of an Off
Ger of engineers, Lieut.. Col. Tchemerzine.
Mauser bullets which. when fired almost
point blank, pierced a target composed Of
eight thicknesses Of ordinary one-millime-
ter Q-25 inch) steel. merely hattened
themselves in mushroom shape against
the scales Of metal half a millimeter thick
arranged by Col. Tchemerzine In a silken
fabric. The clothing intended for mill
tary use also proved impermeable both 10
rife and revolver bullets, and as the pro-
Jeetiles remained imbedded in the silk
there was no ricochetting or splintering.
Col. Tchermerzine has explained that
the fundamental idea of his invention is
"the closing of the pores of chrouae-nick-
el steel" He succeeded in accomplishing
this operation by means of great hydrau-
lie pressure at a very high temperature.
Among the metals used in the process are
platinum. silver. iridium, and vanadium.
The result of filling the pores IS to obtain
a substance both harder and more ductile
than steel and with three and half times
greater power Of resistance.
A cuirass made of the alloy and Of sufi-
cient size to protect the chest and back
weighs only five pounds, and its presence
cannot be detected when worn under or
dinary clothing. The military authorities
sent several thousands OF Col. Tehemer-
zines cuirasses, helmets. and shields 20
Manchuria toward the close Of the Russo.
japanese war, but they arrived too late
to be Of service to the troops
The cUlrasses are NOW being largely en-
plOyed by the police in various parts OF
Russia when invading the haunts Of MIL
tant rev0luti0naries.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
NO CHILDREN At BURLESQUES.
Marshal Farnan, of Baltimore, Issues
UItimatum.

Baltimore. April 4.-Boys under fourteen
years old, and girls under sixteen will no
longer be allowed to attend the burlesoue
theaters. Marshal Farnan has given or
ders that the law regarding the admis-
sion Of children into these places. must
be enforced The proprietors of the thea
ters have promised to obey the law.
Notices that children under the pre-
scribed ages viii not be admitted have
been posted in the pla- houses. Already
a great many have been refused adj
mission.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05

President Roosevelt has been appealed
to recently by Rev. DR.. Radcliffe and
other Washington clergymen. in an effort
10 ascertain 10 what extent and OF what
necessity Sunday work is performed IN
the military establishment and by the
civilian employees Of the War Department.
The impression appears 20 exist that this
labor is exacted in a way which is subtle
and effective. Rev. DR.. Radeliffe's COM
munieation On the subject was as follows;
Washington, D. c., March e. 1903.
ITO the President
Sir: have the honor Of inclosing the
letter referring TO the Sunday work at
Giesboro Point, to which reference was
made in the interview yesterday
Complaints Are General.
I find from other sources that COM
plants are general and severe concerning
this Sunday work upon government con-
tracts-the men being informed that If they
will not do Sunday work they will be dis
charged. There were other charges, which.
however. do not come within the province
OF this letter.
phasize the fact that recent years have
brought an increasing and oppressive de-
mand for Sunday work in the different
departments. This demand has not usu-
ally come as a distinct and peremptory
order, or even request. But the expeeta-
ton has been very definitely understood
by the clerks and met in the very posi-
tive fear that failure in meeting il would
mean loss of standing, and even loss Of
place. II is d growing evil much COM
planned off. OF course. we realize that
many exigencies arise which rightfully
compel such demand. We are not insist
ing upon the impraeticable or the unprae-
teal We only ask that the United States
government give a good example in Sc
curing for every man his rightful one day
in seven Tor himself.
Yours very truly,
WALLACE RADCLIFFE"
Mr. Roosevelt sent the following COM
munication TO his Secretary of War:
Letter sent to Taft.
White House.
Washington, March .. 1908.
My Dear Mr.. Secretary: I incIose copy
Of a letter from Rev. DR.. Wallace Rad
cliffe in reference to Sunday work in the
different departments. At the Cabinet
meeting yesterday it was unanimously
agreed that there should be no Sunday
work done unless it was imperatively
necessary. know that this is your feel
ing and that OF your colleagues. I ask
that you make investigation in your de-
paTtment and see that no work is done
on Sunday that can. with due regard TO
the interests Of the public, be avoided.
Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. William H. Taft,
Secretary of War"
This led Mr.. Taft to issue a circular
containing the following requirement. "A
report is desired from each chief of bu-
reau as 70 what If any. work is being
done regularly on Sundays, and the ne
cessity therefor, either in the department
at Washington or in the service at large. 3"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
COLONIAL BEACH AFFAIRS.
Citizens Association Elects Officers
and Committees Named.

Citizens Association Elects Officers
and Committees Named.
Colonial Beach, Va. April AT the
meeting Of the Colonial Beach Citizens
Association held Friday evening. the fol-
lowing officers were installed to serve for
the ensuing year: Joseph Dierken. presi-
dent; George s. Whitmore. vice president;
W. a. Cooper. secretary: Louis Hartig,
treasurer
The constitution having been approved
the following committees, authorized
thereby, were appointed:
Committee on AlanbeTship-H. f. DiczhoUt John
A. Seller, ". J. TASTE
COMMITTEES on William Il. Fisher.
William o. Mealey. r. H. Wood.
Committee on Press Publicity. and Printing-G.
S. Whiimma J. J. H0gau " s Cullen.
Committee on Lights. Sidewalks. and STeets-JOhn
Ruppert, John Martin c. A Emme.
Committee on Sewers and Water-D S. William
son. George C. Foneif c. F. Umhau.
Committee on Fire and Police Protection-Capt
]. Z. Sutton, T. p. Cusick ]. Il. Wood.
Committee on Building Regulations-Lous Hartig.
Harry Hull J. r. Haislip.
Committee on Mail, Telegraph and Telephone
Faciiities-W A. Cooper, George T. Shannon. r.
G. Isel.
Committee ON Health-Dr Joseph Poaplsiel Dr.
F. =. Repetti, T. A. Burns
Mr.. Fitzgerald. editor OF the Colonial
Beach paper, was present and made re-
marks concerning matters of interest to
residents of the beach. He dwelt particu
larly upon the efforts being made by the
Business Mems Association OF Colonial
Beach to secure better transportation
facilities.
Harbor Master Sutton informed the
members of the serious illness OF Capt. E.
5. Randall, the head Of the local steam
boat company
Three new members were elected. The
meeting adjourned to meet Friday even
ing. May l. in st. Joseph's Hail. Fifth
and II streets, northwest
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
HARPER FIRM CHARTERED.
Former Bank President Ia Go Into
Drug Business.

Special 90 Tie Washington Herald.
Charleston, w. Va, April 4-Charters
have been issued as follows by Secretary
of state Swisher:
Robert y. Harper Company Washing
ton, D. c.; to manufacture and deal In
drugs; authorized capital, 100000; paid,
$500; incorporators, R. n. Harper. B. S.
Minor ". Y. R. Berry. J. NJ Kenyon
and G. c. Tucker, all of Washington
Potomac River Railway Company, Key
ser, W. Va; principal offices, Piedmont,
". Va. TO build railroad from Keyser to
Bloomington. Nd. authorized capital
$l50000: incOrporators. L. 2. Frobe. J. J.
Benter, c. IT. Geiger, c. NJ Burkett.
and Antoine Korn. all of Wheeling. W
Va
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
THINK PEACH CROP SAFE.
Fruit Men say High Wind Saves
Buds from Freezing.


HagerstOwn, April Notwithstanding
a temperature Of % degrees, with snow
and ice, the fruit men Of this county do
not think any damage has been done to
the peach crop or other fruit by the cold
wave which now prevails.
They claim that the high wind pre-
vented the buds from freezing. and a su-
perficial examination of the trees seems
to bear out the theory. There was fear
that the sudden drop in the temperature
would work the same results that fol-
lowed the cold wave at this time last
April when the entire fruit crop in this
section was killed Then the weather was
10 degrees colder than it was last night.
Early vegetables have not escaped, gar
deners reporting that some damage has
been done all over the county.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
Way Be washington Man.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Wilmington, Del, April 4-The body OF
an unknown white man, supposed TO be
from Baltimore or Washington. was
found in the street at Seventh and Union
streets early this morning, The victim.
who was asout sixty years old. and an
umbrella Gnder. evidently died a nat
ural death. Cards were found on the vic
tim, reading as follows: Thomas C.
Burns Baltimore umbrella repair shop.
I2l South Arlington avenue, Baltimore,
Nd" A note book was also found in his
pocket with several names and addresses
of Washington persons written therein.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
FIND ALEXANDRIA BOY.
William BiFchmire Apprehended by
Wilmington Police.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Wilmington. Del, April 4-Wnliam
Birchmire. a lad of thirteen years, who
ran away from his home IN Alexandria.
Va. was found here last night in a res
taurant near the Pennsylvania Railroad
station by Patrol Sergt. Howgate.
The local authorities had received de-
scription Of the runaway, together with
word TO arrest him.
The youthful traveller, who. it is said.
took $10.65 from his fathers purse TO pay
his expenses, had a suit case filled with
fried oysters. oranges. and a large guam
tity Of other edibles. He said he wanted
10 be sure of mis- food
Young Biirchmire, who was employed
in a glass mandatory, where his father
is a blower. said he was on his way to
Pennsville, n. j.. 10 see his grandmother.
Mrs Annie Armstrong. The father of
the boy was notified of his capture, and
viii come TO Wilmington after him.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
veneering works Burned.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Salisbury, n. C., April 4.-The Kincaid
veneering works, in this city. were
burned shortly after midnight last night,
the fire beiEg of unknown origin. The
warehouse. offices. and water works were
totally destroyed, together with a large
stock of goods. It is believed that a
tramp Stopping in one of the buildings
fred the plant The loss amounts to
$4,000. partially covered by insurance.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
LOOK ALIKE; FEEL ALIKE,
Physicians See Resemblance
In Persons and Diseases.

London, April A new theory dis
eussed by the British Medical Journal is
that persons resembling each other suffer
from the same diseases.
A London physician says that If two
persons are SO alike in their internal
structures that they develop the same or
ganic degenerative diseases, II is by no
means strange that, outwardly, they
would show some resemblance.
The likeness between acute rheumatic
patients was often noted. Large. fair
people with coarse brown hair are espe-
cially liable 10 this complaint. Long be-
fore the germ theory was ever thought Of
if was observed that there was a particu-
lar type Of person who was apt 20 con-
tract consumption.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
WOULD SUCCEED GLASS.
Capt. n. ID. Yaneey Is Candidate for
Congress.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Lynehburg, Va, April 4. - Chairman
James P. Woods, of the Sixth Congress
sional district, has named Friday, July 8,
as the time for the Democratic primary
in which a candidate for Congress will be
named to succeed Hon. Carter Glass, of
this city. April 20 is the date upon which
candidates must have their notification
with the committee, together with a check
for $500 for primary expenses.
There is no doubt but Representative
Glass win be a candidate for reelection.
Capt r. D. Yancey, Commonwealth's at
torney, of this city. has also announced
his candidacy.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
Church Cornerstone Robbed.
,a.iai 10 The Washington Herald

"
Salisbury. n. c., April 4.-The corner
stone of Providence Methodist Church,
Rowan County. in which was placed a
quantity OF money and a number Of
valuable books, some weeks ago, was
robbed by unknown parties during the
past week, ali the contents being taken.
There is no elew 10 the guilty persons.
and the community Is agitated over the
theft.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
Frank FauntIeroy Dend.

Special % Inc washington Herald
Winchester, Va, April IA telegram
from st. Louis to-day announces the
death at that place of Frank Battle
Fauntleroy, son Of Rev. Philip ". Faun-
tleroy, a member of one of Virginia.
most prominent families Mr. Fauntle-
roy was twenty-eight years of age, and
a native Of Winchester. A wife sur
wives.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
Crawford Young ParaIyred.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Boyds Nd. April 4-Crawford Young,
OF Buck Lodge, near Boyds was par
aIyzed yesterday afternoon while confined
to bed. He has been i'll some time.
Mr.. Young's condition is thought 70 be
serious. His children from Washington.
D. c.. and from Frederick County were
summoned 70 his bedside
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
TWO QUEENS SEE SIGHTS.
Alexandra and Czarlna Tourists In
london Like Americans.

London April THE Queen and the
Russian Empress continue their sightsee-
ing in London after the manner of pains
taking American tourists Wednesday
forenoon they visited the House of Com
mons, where both ladies sat in the
speakers chair. after the e-honored
custom Of tourists
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
CRISIS IN DIAMOND TRADE.
Antwerp Dealers Have Labor Trouble
Added to Cessation of Buying.

Antwerp. April 4.-The crisis in the
diamond industry, which Is due largely
TO the cessation of the American demand
Tor the stones, is acute. The decision
Of the Diamond Workers Union 10 cease
work for the month of April viii make
it practically impossible for merchants
to unload their stocks and meet their
liabilities.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
SHAW IS A CANDIDATE.
Seeks for Constituency to Represent
In Parliament.

gtNAN AON 10
In Parliament.
London, April 4-There is new can
didate for Parliamentary honors, whose
political fortunes win command world
wide interest.
Somebody in the audience at a big
Queens Hall meeting the other day asked
George Bernard Shaw if he would stand
for Parliament Barkis modestly init
mated that he was willin', if they would
give him support enough. Now his
friends are looking for a favorable con-
stitUency.
This is a difficult problem. for while
Britain at large would send G. B. S TO
Westminster by unanimous vote minus
one, for the sake of his OFatorieal powers,
no single constituency has clamored for
the honor Of naming him as its repre-
sentative
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
MEASLES ABOARD TRANSPORT.
The Thomas Reaches Manila with
Fifty Cases of Disease.

Manila. April 4.-The United States
transport Thomas arrived this morning
from San Francisco and reported fifty
cases of measles on board, The disease
was brought or the ship by recruits from
Angel Island. San Francisco Bay. The
Thomas IS the second transport 10 arrive
within a month with measles and mumps
or board. In the other instance. the in
fection also came from Angel Island
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
THREE 0YsTERMEN DROWN.
Heavily clad Men sink When sIoop
0Vertarns.

Norfolk, Va, April As result OF
their oyster-laden craft being swamped
by heavy seas, ". V. Miles. Henry Tyler,
and William Tyler. oystermen. were
drowned to-day.
All wore heavy rubber boots and oil-
skins. and when their sloop filled sank
quickly.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
ARMY MARCHING ON FEZ.

5000 Men with Artillery Going to
Take City Back for Abd-el-Aziz.
Rabat. Morocco. April Am army of
5,000 men in the service Of Sultan Abd-el-
Aziz, with twenty pieces Of artillery and
under the command of Gen. Bagdani. be-
gan its march on Fez to-day, Fez is at
present in the possessions of the ad-
herents Of Mulai Hafd, the usurping
Sultan Of the South This army iS ac-
companied by Mulai Zef, brother Of
Abd-el-Aziz
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
Lynehburg Wants More Police.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Lynchburg, Va, April A mass meet
ing of citizens in the annexed districts Of
the city is to be held early next week to
request the city authorizes TO give those
sections police protection without further
delay. An appropriation has been made
for five additional men. but the police
board has not as yet elected the patrol
men. The annexation went into effect on
January /.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
SUNDAY WORKQUERY
Rev. Dr.. Radcliffe and Other
Ministers Interrogate.
ASK PRESIDENT TO EXPLAIN

Refers to Labor Performed at Gies-
borO POint, and as Result secre-
tary Taft Issues Circular Calling
for a Report from Each Chief of
Bureau Relative 20 sunday Work.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
WANTS COIN FOR AFFECTIONS.
Husband of Mrs. StOuGer Sues Ha-
gcrstOWn business Man.

Special to The Washington Herald
Hagerstown, Nd, April A suit for
5000 damages for the alleged alienation
tuted in court here by Ellis NJ. Stouffer.
Ia city letter carrier, Of Hagerstown.
against Barton Leslie Potter, proprietor
OF a HageTstown cafe, Some time ago
Mrs. Stouffer instituted suit in Baltimore
against her husband for partial divorce
and alimOHy, These proceedings are still
pending
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05

Charles Harris, sixty-three years old, &
veteran passenger conductor on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad. died suddenly
al his hotel in HagerstOwn this afternoon,
following an Illness of a few days from
heart trouble and asthma He had been
in the employ Of the railroad company for
twenty eight years, his run being between
Hagerstown and Roanoke. Va Two
daughters live in Roanoke and a son at
Berryville. Va. The remains will be taken
to his old home at Riverion, Va. where
his mother and brother reside.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
MAYOR PAFF NAMED
Unanimously Renominated
by Democratic Party.
PRIMARIES ARE ON APRIL 81

lack of Opposition Neeessitntes Vot-
ing in but Two wards-Democrats
Not Anxious To Accept office.
school Board May BE Called Upon
by Commonwealth Officials.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-08

ing the chickens, moving the lawn
and indulging in the other joys of
the domesticated actor.
Then the telegraph wires began to
get busy. First came a news dis
patch, stating that BILLY" Williams
the famous minstrel, had abandoned
his profession and become an evangel-
list. At that, BILLY" used language
which proved his utter unfitness for
the pulpit.
A little later the newspapers con-
tanned the information, embraced in
a dispatch from Des Moines, Ia, that
BILLY" Williams, the minstrel-evan-
gelist, had mysteriously disappeared,
leaving his wife and three children IN
destitute circumstances. Then Mo-
line, Ill.,. got into the game and teie-
graphed to the rest of the world that
BILLY" Williams had been found, in
the state of annesia and Illinois, and
would be returned to his family.
Billy doesn't know whether his
double is entitled to the name, but
anyway he isn't a bit proud of his
namesake and wishes he would retire
into, innocuous desuetude. The real
Billy" began his stage career at the
tender age of 8, at the Front Street
Theater in Baltimore, and made his
debut as minstrel with Emerson &
Manning, at the Dearborn Street The
alter, in Chicago, in 1870. In 1873, with
W. J. Sully, he formed the minstrel
company of Williams & Sully. once
one of the most famous of American
minstrel organizations. In recent
years he has played in vaudeville and
comedy, but always in bNlck-facs
parts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-08
NOTICE OF TRUsTEE,E SALE.

By virtue of the authority vested in
me as. Trustee in a certain Deed of
Trust executed by VIM Moffett. Jr., on
the 22nd day of January, 1908, convey
ing in trust certain property therein
described to secure that certain in
debtedness therein mentioned, which
Deed of Trust is of record in Book l.
pages "a and 35 of the Records of
Deeds of Forrest County, Mississippi,
in the offic Of the Chancery Clerk in
Hattiesburg, default having been made
in the payment of said Indebtedness.
and having been thereunto requested
by the beneficiary therein named, said
beneficiary being the present owner of
said Indebtedness, I, G. F. Reddoch,
Trustee named in said Deed of Trust.
will on Monday, the 7th day of Sep
TENDER, 1908, at the front door of the
Court House in Forrest County Missis-
sippi, in the City of Hattiesburg, offer
for sale, and will sell, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed property:
Commence at the southeast corner of
Block 163 of the D. H. McInnis first
addition to the City of Hattiesburg, and
run north As degrees east along the
| west side of Pine street 1902 feet;
thence north 80 degrees and 80 NJ. west
100 feet to what is known as Ben Alley
according to the map of S. B. and Miss
Laura Rich; thence north As degrees
east 4S feet; thence south 80 degrees
and 80 M. each 40 feet for point of
beginning; thence run As degrees east
$50 feet to Forest street; thence south
80 degrees and 80 M. each so feet;
thence south As degrees west $50 feet;
thence north 80 degrees and 80 M. west
to point of beginning.
Witness my signature this 18th day
of August, 1908.
G.. REDDOCH,
aug st fri Trustee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-08

other set ON fire today, but the blaze
was extinguished before much dam.
age was done.
A negro who fired one of the PTS
toll shots was captured, and when a
halter was placed around his neck
he told of the hiding place of the as
sailants using pistols and gave infor-
nation regarding the plot. AS al re-
suit other arrests were made.