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The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
JOINS The ANANIAS CLUB
President Initiates Jesse B. Roote
as Member.
Asserts iH Statement that the Attorney
Made False Statements About
Certain hooks.

Referring to an interview with Jesse
b. Roote. an attorney. recently pub
lished tho following statement was
given out at the White House yester-
day;
Mr. Roote, an attorney. appeared be-
fore the President asking him TO par
don man who had been convicted for
selling obscene literature. Mr.. Roote
misrepresented the facts to the Presi-
dent. by stating at first that the man
was convicted for selling a -Decameron. -
and one or two other books of what
he called classical authors As a mat
ter Of fact it was shown that the man
had been guilty OF disposing Of many
other different kinds of obscene books
books whose very titles were such
that they ought not 10 be repeated in
public
The President spoke with severity
to Mr.. Roote about his effort to secure
by deception. the pardon of man gull
ty Of such an onense. This accounts
for Mr. Roote's false statements as re.
CARDS the interview The President
Of course, declines to accept any state
ment whatever made by Mr.. Roote. as
calling for any denial by him or for
any further notice whatsoever"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
WAVE ON CALM SEA
Strange Phenomenon Almost
Causes Passengers Death.
SAILORS MYSTIFIED BY SCENE
Officer on West TBdinn ShtD Tell. of
Peculiar Action of Water-Come.
Up over ship from smooth Ocean
as Though from Nozzle of n Hose.
Earthquake Is Suspected.

New York. March 1S-The solitary pas
senger aboard the Hamburg-American
Line steamship Allegheny. in to-day from
the West Indies. was much shaken up on
Tuesday morning by a wave with an
unusual Individuality that jumped aboard
forward and tore OF TWO yentilat9rs and
everything that was not fastened down.
Second Officer Horne. who had charge
Of the bridge, said he could not account
for the wave.
There was a northeasterly swell with
out crest. and the Allegheny was sailing
serenely at about an eight-knot pace
when the queer wave rose as il projected
from great submerged nozzle. and
spread all over the forward part Of the
ship.
There was none Of the crew on the
deck forward but the passenger. George
Tweed, was out taking the air. saw the
wave coming. and lodged it by diving
down the companionway into the cabin.
which WAS partly hoo6ed.
Second officer Horne suspects that the
wave may have been caused by some
subaqueous upheaval.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
QUIT The HOSPITAL
Two More Doctors Resign
from Providence staff.
ELIOT AND KoBER NOW OUT
Take stand Stated by DIR. Kelley,
Who Left Institution Because Ac-
cePtnnce of Position of GynecOIo-
Gist Vacated by DIR. BOvee Conflicts
with By-InwS OF Medical society.

Dr- LewelIyn Eliot aud Or. G.. n.
Kobcr have resigned from. the consulting
board Of Providence Hospital Their
designations have been accepted. it is
said. but the positions have not been
filled.
Drs. Of and hober base their resig-
nations on the stand taken by DR. J.
Thomas Kelley. jr.. who resigned because
the acceptance OF the position Of gynecol-
ogist. vacated through DR.. J. Wesley
Bovee's dismissal. connicted with the BY
laws OF the Medical Association Of tie
District
When asked last night why he resigned.
Dr. Eliot said:
My reasons for reSigning are the same
as those given by DR.. Kelley The Medi-
cal Association disagrecs with the hoSpi-
tai management and believe my ale
glance is due TO fraternity"
As result OF the designations tenc cred.
a prominent member Of the Medical As
sociatiOn said last night.
The designations will be followed bv
others The physicians at the hospital
must either show their allegiance to the
association or TO the institution"
They stand Together.
Another physician. who declined to have
his name published. said the designations
would be followed by others.
The members of the association must
stand together" he said. "and this can
be brought about only by the resignation
of the entire staff
At the meeting, Tuesday night Of the
Medical Association a resolution was in
troduced asking that the entire STAFF be
requested to resign. After a heated de-
bate, the resolution was voted down bv
a small majority.
That the entire staff viii not resign Is
evident from the statement of DR.. Harri-
son Crook. Of the consulting board. When
asked if he intended to resign, DR.. Crook
said.
No Sir; not now or at any future
time
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
TWAS FRIDAY, 18TH, TOO.
ship Brings i'm IL Castauays from
Vessel Stranded ON February n.

New York, March lS-Arriving here on
Friday. the 18th, the Ward line steam
ship Yu Mur. from Nazannlo. brought in
to-day thirteen shipwrecked men who
formed the crew OF the British ship
Birnam Wood To make the ''13" COM
bination more unusual Il is Of record
that the ship stranded on February l3.
near Santa Cruz, Caba.
The crew got ashore safely and saved
their personal effects. When she strand
ed the Birnam Word was en- route for
Santa Cruz from Barbados. she Was in
ballast. and. when nearing the port was
carried on reef by the set Of the cur
rent. The vessel WIS afterward hauled
on and taken 70 Santa Cruz. where she
was condemnedaa aaad n crew sent North
by the British consul
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
GIRL READS IN THE DARK.
SOmnambuIist's Feats AStOniSh Doc
tors in London.

sOmnam mbulist'S FeatS AStOniSh Doc
tors in London.
London, March Is.-The particulars of
an extraordinary case Of somnambulism
are communicated to the British Medical
Journal by DIT. James Russell. assistant
physician AT the Birmingham Hospital
He says that a girl. tweuty-one years
old, who is a teacher, typewriter. and
student Of music. entered the hospital to
be cured Of sleepwalking. While under
observation there. she habituaIly left her
bed after three Of four hours sleep and
busted herself in various ways. including
descending into the music-room and play
ing the piano. tuning a violin and fitting
new strings TO it. and croeheting.
Her most remarkable feats. however.
were reading and writing in the dark.
II even there was a faint artificial light
in the room she would avoid it and go
to the darkest corner, where she would
read various books, study theory of
harmony. and write letters. One OF her
letters was addressed 10 her music
teacher.
II contained a short essay on @.The
sonata FORM which was accurate in
sense and construction. Another letter
she wrote in German
When she was awake she did not in
the least remember writing or reading
An examination OF her eyes did not re-
veal the reason for her being able TO see
in the dark. She has now left the hos
pitaI. her condition having improved. bur
she occasionally walks in her sleep.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
REAL ESTATE
AND BUILDING.

b If you want to buy or rent q
home. if you have in mind mov-
ing to one Of the pretty suburbs
about Washington. If you think
Of investing in District real es-
tate-the safest investment one
can make-or if YOU conteni-
plate building a house. read the
Real Estate and Building Sec
ton of Tomorrow issue Of
The Washington Herald. II will
tell you just the things you
ought to know. give you the in
formation you ought to have.
and make your Sunday reading
both pleasant and profitable.
If you do not want to buy or
rent a home. If YOU have not in
mind moving into one OF the
pretty suburbs, If you are not
thinking OF Investing in District
real estate or contemplating tae
erection of a new house. YOU
VIII read this real estate and
building section with interest
anyway. You cannot help be-
ing interested.
And. besides. in the sunday
edition of The Washington Her
aid you will find other fine fea-
lures innumerable. besides all
the news or the world.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
SELF-SEEKING INDIVIDUALS

These corridors hare been
probably more Ina du-s gone nv
than nON--infeSted with "A lot
of slick and Shiny self-seekinG
individuals. seeking to profit by
the confidence that men here as
scfRbied exhibit In their c0nStIf-
uenfE and In those who petition
here in good faith for relief.
This Is the class Of people who
make IL II business TO trade on
their supposed acquaintance
with public men, One of them
viii approach you IN the street.
and manage 10 walk with you
n block and then go End point
70 the fact that he - on ehumnay
terms with YOU and so pointing
you out. viii seek 20 profit, when
yOur acquaintance with him Il
limited and your confidence does
not exist af Hll-SenatOr Carter.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
DO NOT FEAR FRIDAY, 18TH.
Eight Couples Brave Superstition to
Get Marriage Licenses.

New York, March 13.-Only eight cou-
pies dared the OminOus combination to-
day Of Friday. the 18th, and Lent. by ap-
plying for marriage license5 in the city
hall bureau. This is the biggest falling
OFF the bureau has had since its estab-
lishment Curiously. there was not an
American among the eight. Five were
Russian couples OF the other three
couples one was English, one Italian and
one Irish
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia,
Maryland, and Virginia-Fair
and colder to-day; tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness; rain in the
afternoon or by night; fresh
westerly winds, becoming east
erly.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
ITALY HAS A LETTER. TOO.
Kaiser Said TO BE Working for Naval
Disarmament

Rome. March 1S.-The Mometo. news
paper, says that an Italian politician is
in possession of another letter from
the Kaiser. dealing with naval arma-
ments. 1t is addressed TO King Victor
Emmanuel advising that he cultivate
good relations with Great Britain with
the view to Initiating a movement for
the curtailing of armaments.
The letter will soon be published.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
THAw DENIES HE IS INSANE
Files Answer TO AnnuIment Sui,
Brought by Wife.

New York. March l3-Harry Thaw.s
answer in the annulment suit brought
By his wife was served on Daniel O,ReiIlv
Evelyn Thaw's counsel, at his Office this
afternoon The answer was merely
general denial that he was insane AT the
time he was married and asked that the
suit be dismissed with costs.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
BIEBER Is SCORED
AGAIN In SENATE
Carter Makes Scathing Re-
ply to His Statement.
WATER FRONT CLAIMS
Remarkable Legislation Had It's
Origin in House.
WATER FRONT CLAIMS

Senator Launches Terrible ArraiEn-
nent AZ Man Who Secured YnIu-
able Government Lands for $1,000.
Declares His Kind Menace TO
Public MeR-Says BieBer Refused
$4,000 for Part OF His Domain.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
WHOLE TOWN BURNED.
Big Timber swept by BIaze-LOss
S1.25O.OOO,

Butte. Mont. March 13.-Dispatches re-
ceived here state that the entire busi-
ness section Of the town Of Big Timber
was wiped out by fire to-day. The loss.
approximately estimated, viii be between
81 .OoO.OoO and S1.25o.oeO
No loss of life is 50 far reported.
Among the buildings destroyed are the
Jail, city han. several large
department stores. the poSt-ofice, tele-
phone building. and the railroad station.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
Special Centerpiece,
Any color. 81. Blackstone.


Household and office furnishings of all
kinds viii be sold at Sloan's. 1497 @ ST
west gallery, second fiOor to-day. opening
promptly at 10 and continuing until about
p. m, or until all is sold. Housekeepers
and dealers invited.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
PREDICTS DICTATOR
In SENATE DEBATE
Bacon Points to End of Chief
Executives Policy.
PRESIDENT ARRAIGNED
Proposed Changes in Sherman
Law Senator's Text.

Frye Resolution Becomes Vehicle of
NOteWOrthy Exchange of Views. Ia
Which Administrations Treatment
of La bOr on Panama Canal and Real
Attitude Toward Tariff Reform Are
Discussed by Southern Senator's.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14

S53-25 Washington 10 Pacific Coast. Low
rates 20 many other Western Points
Tickets on sale daily until April e. Sc
lc0re details from ticket agents.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
WILL ASK NEW TRIALS
Theft of $4,000 Out of $4,000
Is Specific Charge.
Architect Joseph VI. Huston Must
Next Face Court with others when
Second Cases Are CaIIed-Fen Other
Defendants Are Under Indictments
in Thirty-eiEht Cases-Jury Out
Eight Hours Yesterday.

Harrisburg. Pa. March l3.-Contractor
John II. Sanderson. ex-Auditor General
William Snyder. ex-State Treasurer VIII
lam l.. Mathus. and ex-Supt Schumacher.
of public grounds and buildings. were
found guilty by a jury tonight Of con
spiracy to cheat and defraud the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania in the fur
nishing of the new State capitol
The jury returned its verdict at $50
O'Clock tonight after having been out
since 1913 this afternoon. The greater
part Of the nine hours and forty-one
minutes was devoted T. going over the
indictment and the judges charge. only
two ballots were required to reach q
unanimous agreement. The first vote is
reported to have heen 3 to 9 for conyic-
ton
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
POLICEMEN INJURED
ON WAY TO A FIRE
Car Hits Patrol Wagon Con-
tanning Five Men.
THROWN INTO STREET
William IL. Buckingham Pinned
Under Vehicle-May Die.

Accident Occurs Late in the After
noon at Fourteenth and Streets
Northwest. While the Victims We're
Crossing the Car Tracks-TwO Men
Taken to Hospital i'm Unconscious
COndition-Citizens Give Aid.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14

Every Saturday and Sunday via Pehnsx,l
vania Railroad Tickets good retprn3yns,
until SUNDAY night. All regular trains exe
cept the Congressional Limited"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
baltimore and Ret1rn, 1925.
baltimore and Ohso u II

Every Saturday and Sunday All trains.
both ways. both days, except Royal Linn
tied. City Offices. lAl7 G ST. and 6l9 Pa
ave.
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with It's Capital and surplus

Of two million two hundred thousand
dollars and every banking facility. Union
Trust Co.. 18th and II sts, invites your
banking business. Interest on all accounts.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
JOnquiis, 2Jc n Dozen
At Kramer's. the Florist. SIG + st. NV.
Baltimore and Ohio shortest Route

To Pittsburg. Trains leave Washington
every morning, noon, and night-9:l0
m, 1:22 noon. 9:l0 and 1890 night.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14


Architect Joseph NJ. Huston viii have
TO stand trial in the next of the capitol
conspiracy cases. which is to be called
Monday March %. In the first case. the
state agreed 10 severance for Huston. and
he was not tried.
In the coming case. the State will op-
pose such motion. and Huston will be
tried with the other defendants in the
metallic furniture contract case.
They are, besides Huston. Representa-
tive H. B. Cassel. of the Pennsylvania
construction Company; ex-Audltor Cen
eral Snyder, ex-State Treasurer Msthus
ex-Superintendent Shumaelxer. and Tray
cling Auditor Frank Irvine.
Fraud of S5,O9elO is alleged in a bill Of
sl7.7S7.7O.
Inc arguments Were concluded yester-
day. and to-day Judge Kunkel gave final
instructions to the jurors.
Ihe judges charge lasted one hour and
nineteen minutes and was regarded nv
lawyers who heard it as favorable IN
the prosecution.
Due 10 Political UpheavaJ
The prosecution is the indirect outcome
Of the political upheavaI in PhiIadelnbia
in 1905 which resulted in the election of
". II. Berry, Democrat. to the Office NJ
State treasurer.
After Berry took Office he startled the
people OF the State by charging that the
books of the State treasury showed that
the capitol, instead of costing s4OOo OOO
had actually cost slS,OOOOOO. A legislative
investigation followed. and the findings of
the investigators We're to the effect tbot
there were great frauds IN the furnishing
and decorating OF the building.
The attorney general began proceedings
which resulted in the Indictment of fonr-
teen persons.
The State claims that the frauds in the
furnishings furnishings and decorating of the capitol
aggregated nearly 5000. .0C0
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.
TELEGRAPHIC.

Pages. TELEGRAPHIC.
l-Harrisburg Grafters Found Guilty.
Wave on a Calm Sea.
3-Trouble in Ohio for Taft
S-Kldnapped Baby is Found.
3-Hitchcock Scores in Trial.
Graves of Dogs
LOCAL.
1-Policemen Injured in Collision.
l-Bieber Is Scored In the Senate.
Initiated Into Ananias Club.
bacon Arraigns the President.
1.-Two Physicians Quit Hospital
2-JuTy Frees Slayer OF Wife.
Addresses Before Mothers Congress.
2-Army Men Give a Dinner.
3-Fleet VIII Return by the Suez.
S-Seeretary Taft Leads in Race.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
All Seek New Trials.

Immediately after the announcement Of
the verdict. motions were made for new
trials for all four defendants. The court
will allow thirty days for the prepara-
ton of the papers on these motions.
Meantime the defendants will remain out
on bail.
The case involving tables. chairs. and
sofas, furnished by Sanderson. on which
fraud of $4,000 was alleged in a bill Of
$JoVo has been on trial seven weeks.
having been started January p.
Ten other defendants are under indict-
ment in thirty-eight cases. The case is
the outcome Of an investigation canducted
by commission OF the legislature which
began probing the capitol contracts a
little more than year ago. Prosecu-
tons were entered in thirty-two cases
last September and in seven cases in
January
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14

In Carte Lunch Served Daily
at Eeksteins from L to = 1al2 n. y. ave.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14

Best carnations. soc per dozen. Black
ist0ne. 18th and II SITS. NV
The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
Saturday Special.

coutinued on page 4. column ).
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aI.25 to DnItimnre nna d..

Continued on Page 2. Column ?.
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BaItImOre and Ohio Railroad

Continued on Page ,, Column I.
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The Senate was discussing the Frye
resolution. to provide that Panama Canal
supplies should be carried only in Amer
lean ships Mr. Bacon ana AIr. Tinman
had attacked the Republicans on the
ground that while they had provided that
only American materials should be used
Continued on Page >. Column 4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-06
PANAMA CANAL COST
CAN'T Be ESTIMATED
Amount First Considered Necessary
Has Been Increased and May
Need Stretching Again.
IT'S ONLY A ROUGH GUESS NOW
Colonel Goetha1s Expects to Make
Forecast Next Year-Unknowu
Difficulties May Be Met.
Washington correspondence

washington correspondence:
The wonder is growing among Sena-
tors and Representatives on what ba-
sis the original >estimators fixed the
probable cost of the Panama Canal.
There is halfway suspicion that the
first estimators didn't know their bust
that they thought might be appalling.
With the characteristic bluntness of a
soldier Colonel George W. Goethals
has said that he can only guess at the
total cost of the canal, but that he be-
lieves it will not exceed $3.50. 900 600.
excluding the original purchase price
AS another has put it, ''the estimat-
ed cost Of the Panama Canal keeps
pace in the ascending scale with the
cost of living Every year the price
the United States will have to paw for
the water way is marked up First
estimates put it as low as $4,000. 600
Then came what was called an authen-
tic estimate to the effect that the coun-
try would have to eXpend $1S4,0OOOOO
before the canal could be completed.
Colonel Cocktails guess is 100000. 600,
and he is frank to say that the limit
may have to be raised at least once
again.
Has Appropriated Eighty Millions
Up to the present about SSO,OOOO 900
has been appropriated by Congress for
the canal work. July 1, 1907, $31 ,OOO,-
900 of the sum remained unexpended.
When Colonel Goethals succeeded Mr..
Stevens last March as engineer in
charge he found that circumstances
warranted an increase of the working
force and an enlargement of the plan
of the work. 1t was in August that
the soldier-engineer told the Secretary
of War that if the work was to be
pushed at the rate at which it has been
pushed since the army took charge the
appropriation which had been made
for the year ending June 80, 1908.
would be used up by the first of the
calendar year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-06
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

The Grand Duke Constantine of Rus
STA is said to be the most cultured Roman
off now living.
The Queen of Holland discourages gun
ming as far as she is able. She is an
ardent lover of all animals.
The conference of the British Labor
party at Hull voted down the resolution
binding the party to any particular so
cialistic program. but passed another de-
claring socialism to be the definite and
ultimate aim of the Labor party.
The United Mine Workers of America
in session at Indianapolis, passed reSolu-
lions introduced by President John Mitch
ell favoring woman suffrage.
Arthur Hyne, committed for trial at
Bristol, England, on the charge of big
amy, is believed to be George Without,
who married many women in America and
disappeared with their money.
The presence in Butte, Mont, Of sew
eral officials of the Chicago and North
western is regarded as evidence that an
extension of the system from Belle
Fourche, S. D.. to Miles City, Mont, and
thence TO the Pacific coast is contem-
plated.
John B. Larkin, comptroller Of Pitts
burg and formerly postmaster, was found
dead in bed at his home there. Death was
due to asthma.
1t is announced in New York that the
Vaudeville Comedy Club and the White
Rats" both organizations composed of
vaudeville performers. will unite to op-
pose the threatened cut in salaries.
George L. Roberts, a freight broker of
New York City, and l.. b. Taggart. his
clerk, pleaded guilty of the charge of re-
batting before United States District
Judge Smith Mcpherson at Kansas City
Roberts was fined $1,000 and Taggart
$1,000, the prison sentence originally as
sessed being omitted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-06
{CH00AS
S@~ @tLHdEs

The stand taken by the Chicago School
Board forbidding the members of secret
fraternities to take part in literary or
athletic contests has now been upheld by
the Appellate Court.
Because the faculty of Washington
University, st. Louis, had expelled J. A.
Allen, editor of the college paper, on ac-
count of an editorial scoring the pro-
fessors, the student body voted to disccn-
tinue all college work in case their de-
mand for the reinstatement of Allen was
not acceded to.
The third great athletic stadium to be
built by American universities has just
been completed at Syracuse. 1t is go
feet long, covers six and one-third acres
and will seat 10000 spectators comfort
ably. 1t is constructed of concrete and
is modelled after the old Roman and
Greek arenas.
Cleveland has been selected as the
place of meeting for the forty-sixth an
nual convention of the National Educa
tional Association, June % to July 8,
1908. This convention will be the fifth
vention. which was held in Cincinnati
in 1858. Since then the association has
met in Ohio only once, in 1870. At that
time a reorganization was effected. and
the name changed from National Teach
ers' Association to National Educational
Association. A formal program for the
convention will be made public soon.
Lewis W. Hine of the Ethical Culture
School at New York writes in the Janu-
ary School Journal of the new course
in photography established in that insti-
tuition. This is found to interest many
of the pupils who have little talent with
pencil or brush or tool. 1t is believed
that in the mastering of the technique
quality of accuracy is developed as val
liable as that attained in tool work. But
beyond this comes the effort to develop
the students appreciation of the great
world of art The child finds this course
helpful because 1T is involved in the
actual doing of things the results of
which are useful and a delight to others"
The Board of Education of the United
Kingdom, sitting at London. has decided
to pay more attention to physical needs
of the public school pupils this year than
ever before. In all schools medical in
spection is to be established, and an eff
fort is to be made to supply pure milk.
This movement has been fastened by the
discovery of deterioration in the British
youth offered for army service.