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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-06
TO DIE.
GERHARDT SUCCEEDS
Fooled in Attempt to End Life, Tubercular Patient at
Hospital Tears Off Bandages and Bleeds to
Death

Friday night with his throat cut. IN
his right hand was a razor. and blood
was flowing from the deep cash in bis
neck.
When taken to the hospital II was
found that his condition was serious.
but it was thought that he had a
chance for recovery. Physicians paid
but little attention 20 his gleadings the
first day he was at the hospital, telling
him that ne should assist them IN their
efforts to save his life. Later he was
found with the bandages torn from his
neck, and blood was flowing from the
wound. which he had opened with his
fingers.
Gerhardt had been employed by the
chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
company Tor number o. years as a
hneman. About six NOR tbs ago his
conditlon became such that he was
obliged 10 give up his position
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1 have seen your various editorials
in The Times, "IIas Georgetown Lost
Its Nerve" etc, and have read the let
tiers published by you of the George
washington side of the controversy, and
then L wondered whether you would
publish a Georgetown students view Of
the situation
We think you are entirely wrong You
wildly intimate that GeorgetOwn's teams
are afraid of the men OF George Wash
iuEtun and ascribe the actions of va
rious George Washington managers as
manly, unselfsh. etc irrespective Of
the fact that the decision never to play
another George Washington team was
arrived at by our faculty when we had
a better or. at least, as fine team as
they have ever turned out. ana only
after our faculty had witnessed as dis
graceful and disgusting exhibition OF
royyslyisna as was ever displayed by a
body of students. They saw, among
other things, 9 band of George Washing
ton students form into a procession be-
fore and after the game carrying in
sufIing banners and emblenls, aud dur
ing the progress OF the game deliberate
" form into a living sign displaying in
the presence OF our priests. our sisters
and our friends, phrases insulting m any
community, but particularly offensive to
a catholic clergy. Those present heard
the jargOn hurled across the field BY
these same students, and many there
we're in the immediate presence Of the
writer who resented il. and would have
gladly joined in a rush to sweep these
rowdies of the stands or IN any sim
liar measures.
THESE actions the George Washington
writer's have attempted to ascribe 10 a
few irresponsible students" regardless
Of the fact there must have been some
managers, leader. etc, present who
could have stopped the performances,
but who, as far rs known, made abso-
lutely no effort to prevent the scenes,
formations. etc, and to all appearances
practically ratified the actions and were
satisfied 10 calmly glOat over the same
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PILLSBURY REQUESTS
NAVAL BASE DEFENSE

Praise OF the United states navy, but
suggestions for its betterment, are CON
tanned in the annual report OF Rear
Admiral PiIlsbury. chief Of the naviga-
ton bureau. Naval base defense at
Guantanamo. at Pearl HarbOr, and in
the Philippines is again recommended.
with the suggestion that all other i'm
JrOvements should give way to these
necessities Lengthening Of the Annap-
oils term from four 10 six years is rec
ommenael-
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BLAST KILLS SEVEN.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Nov. 6.-Seveu
men were killed near Dryden yesterday
by an explosion OF dynamite. They were
working in a deep cut on the Grano
Trunk Pacific railroad. Charges Of
dynamite had been prepared and the
men were still working when the cleo
tTic battery set OF the powder.
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VETERANS TO CELEBRATE.

Soldiers. sailors. and marines. repre-
seuJiuE all wars. are planning a great
"a tidcatiOn meeting at c. A r hail in
conjunction with the League OF Repub-
publican State Cubs. A meeting OF the
veterans VIII be held at the home of
Capt j. Walter Mitchell Randall
Heights, on Sunday 10 make hnal ar
for the affair. Gen. A. s.
Burt viii preside.
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made it demand an unprecedented per
centage of pronts from the last George
Washington game. break off relations
on the merest preteXt and refuse TO
bury the hatchet when the offenders
tender a manly and spOrtsmanIike apol-
ogy which more than covers the alleged
Uffeuse.
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Aurelias b. Grover has sold to Rich
ard II. Brooks "a house and lot on the
west side of Fairfax street, between
Franklin and Jefferson streets
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BUY A LANDMARK
FOR !. N. c. A. HOME
Alexandria Business Men
Take Steps to Secure
Quarters for City.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA, VA. NOV. .

The old Alexandria house property
was sold at public auction yesterday
to Frank L. Slaymaker, representing a
small group Of Alexandria business men,
who agreed to assume their share Of
the purchase price, 5000. to secure the
property for y NJ. c. A building.
The city has for years been without
Y. M. @. A., or any place outside Of
a few UNCONVENTIONAL church establish
ments, where the young men of the city
can spend an evening, without harmful
influence, and it is felt that this prop
erty. after remOdeIings viii nh the long
felt want Of the city's rising genera
ton Of young men.
The detailed plans for the organiza-
ton and establishment Of a frst-class
y. NJ. c. A, with all the most modern
accessories. viii be ready for publication
in the next few days.
The funeral OF the late Frank Reid
viii be held from his homo in Fairfax
county tomorrow afternoon. The Rev.
J. r. Sewer, OF the Second Presbyterian
Church. viii conduct the funeral serv-
ices, and the palibearers will be Q. c.
Carlin. John NcWnIams, ". Z. star
nell. G. K Pickett, Louis Shuman, ana
Samuel Collard.
Aurelias j. Grover has sold to Rich
ard II. Brooks house and lot on the
west side of Fairfax street between
Franklin and Jefferson streets.
Mrs Ellen Grady, widow Of Patrick
Grady. died at her home, 3l4 South
Henry street this morning, at an adj
yanced age. She left no children.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed.
The city school board held a meeting
last evening at the Peabody School
building Officers were elected as FOL
lows Capt Herbert Bryant, chairman;
Hubert Sn0Wden, secretary.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
E. ZANDITON

was shown that he not only visited
his relatives during the time he lived
with this woman, but took her to his
sisters home, and telephoned for his
little girl to come to the house where
the pair were living. The whole case
shows great depravity on the part of
Johnson, but remarkable fidelity on
the part of his relatives. Over a dozen
sisters, sisters-in-law and other rela-
tives of the accused are in constant
attendance at the trial.
Johnson proved poor witness for
himself. He swore that he did not
beat the woman with whom he lived,
but admitted that he lived with her
in open adultery, and did not work
STEADY" while the woman had some
money which she had realized from
the sale of a house in south Topeka.
The principal defense, the allegation
that the woman was in a delicate con-
dition, and died from the effects of a
fall over a wash tub, has been disap
proved by the physicians who examin-
ed her body in the autopsy. They
state that she died from internal hem
orrhage caused by severe blows.
Extreme jealousy on the part of
both of the principals in this illicit
combination, has been shown in evil
dence johnson said that the woman
was extremely jealous, and watched
him all the time. He also admitted
that he had chased a man whom he
found talking to her a short time be-
fore her DEATH
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K. U. MEETS WASHBURN
Mile Relay Race Will Precede Ball
Game Friday.

The best intercollegiate baseball
game of the season will be played at
Association park Friday afternoon,
will meet. There will also be a relay
race which will add interest to the
occasion and make the afternoon one
of attractive college athletic events.
The Kansas relay team is proba bly,
the strongest team ever turned out
by the state institution and it is con-
sidered one of the strongest in the
Missouri Valley. In the dual track
meet between Kansas and Missouri
which was recently held in Conven-
ton hall at Kansas City, the Kansas
team won. They will be at their best
when they go against the Washburn
team next Friday afternoon. The
Washburn team last Saturday defeat
ed the Kansas Aggies and the st.
Marys teams at Manhattan. The re-
lay team this year has been under the
tutelage of Coach Weede, who is an
experienced track man. Both teams
will be at their best and a good ex-
citing race will result.
The baseball game will be close as
both teams are recognized as the
only contenders for the state colleg-
late championship this season. The
relay race will be called at o'clock
and the baseball game will take place
Immediately following.
The Washburn sororities will have
line parties at the game and it bids
fair to be a. social as we'll as an ath-
letic event
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FIGHT FOR BIG ESTATE.
Second Wife of Philip Bicl5elhaupt
Was Left Out of Consideration.

A suit of some description will be
filed soon by the second wife of Philip
Bickelhaupt a Shawnee county farm
er, who died without changing his viii.
This will, which was filed in probate
court yesterday, leaves all his property
to his first wife. He made this will in
April, 1904. leaving all his property to
his children and later added a codicil,
witnessed by Geo. Overmyer and j. j.
Hunt. in which he gave all the rental
of the several properties to his wife
during her life time No will later than
this document and codicil has been
discovered. He gave each of his nine
children eighty acres of land, made
the codicil in favor of the mother OF
these children, and then got out OF
the will habit. Mrs. Bickelhaupt No
1 departed this life, and Bickelhaupt
married again, but survived the incl
dent but a short time. His second wife
has a prenuptial agreement which was
made with her husband, and the con-
tention in court will be between the
nuptial document on one hand, ana
his last will and testament on the
other 1t is a case of wife No. against
nine grown children of the deceased,
who have possession of the property
involved.
w. A. S. Bird, D. T. Gregg and John
a Erhart are attorneys for the pres
emit Mrs. Bickelhaupt, who wants
share of the estate, regardless OF the
will or the negligence of her husband
in making another one.
The Bickefhaupt estate is estimated
at $4,000. and consists of real estate.
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NEAR THE END.
johnson Murder Case Will Go to
jury Tomorrow.

The Johnson murder trial will not
reach the jury for elaboration to-
day; this is the opinion of the attor-
neys concerned. Testimony for the
defense is being taken today. and was
not finished at o'clock this after
noon. The arguments of the prose-
cution and defense will follow, and
the jury is not expected to get out in
time to render a verdict until tomor-
row.
The defense, as heard today, is
rather rambling Cora Johnson, wife
of the defendant, was one of the wit
nesses for the defense. Her testimony
was to the effect that she left Fred
Johnson two years ago, because he
was an habitual drunkard. She said
that his behavior, during the dozen
wears he lived with her, was good,
with the exception of his drunken
ness. Mrs johnson. the wife who
was sfde-tracked for disreputable
woman, has not forsaken her hus-
band, and sits behind him during the
trial. She also kisses him upon en-
tering the court room, and brings her
two little girls into court to hear the
disreputable and damaging testimony
against their father. johnson him
self. was the last witness heard before
noon, and is still under a dangerous
cross examination at the hands OF
County Attorney Schenck. Johnson,
on cross examination, testified that
he went home one night, about two
years ago. and found that his wife
had locked him out He went away,
and about a month later, began living
with Mary Kimball, the woman whom
he is alleged to have murdered. II
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peka," suggested another member of
the Commercial club"
These suggestions were those of
but two Of the mem bers of the Com
about the matter, but they indicate
the interest that the average mem
Der has in retaining the institution.
A meeting of the club might develop
reasons of sufficient magnitude that
Mr.. Ross could be induced to remain
in Topeka, particularly if he could be
convinced of the possibility of a
united action on the part of the club
for freight rates not discriminating
against Topeka industries.
w. G. Dickie, chairman of the COM
mittee which was appointed to confer
with Mr.. Ross, said today:
After reading the articles in the last
two editions of the State Journal In
reference to the proposition of the Auto
Fedan Hay Press company moving
their factory to Kansas City, l wish to
say for the information of yourself ana
the public that immediate action was
taken by the president and secretary
of the Commercial club, as soon as 1t
was made known to them that this
company contemplated leaving the city
and a special committee was appointed
to meet Mr.. Ross to ascertain what
could be done to induce them to leave
their factory in Topeka. This commit
tee went over the matter fully with Mr.
Ross, and so far as we could learn
from him there was no action the Com
mercial club could take that would
bring about any results to justify him
to continue the manufacture and dis
tribution of their hay press in Topeka.
While the freight rates here are some
what against them, the principal rea-
son for the locating of their factory In
Kansas City is the fact that Kansas
City is the logical jobbing and distrib-
uting point for their machine and the
advantages they would have on this &C
count would very much more than Off
set any advantages Topeka might offer
in the way of cheaper labor. 1t is SIM
oily a matter of locating their business
in a larger shipping center where they
not only have the advantages OF bet
ter freight rates, but better railroad
facilities for distributing their goods,
and much better opportunity to meet
the jobbers and dealers who visit Kan
sas City and could not be induced to
come to Topeka to buy for eastern or
southern trade.
THE Commercial club might be able
| to get some reduction on freight rates,
| but could not possibly furnish the 9TH
| err inducements to this company Kan
sas City can offer"
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Texas, and was sent by G. A. Leonard.
Judge Pollock withheld sentence and
Mccoy was bound over under $1,000
bond to appear at the January term
Of court in Kansas City, Kan.
]. c. Wilson, an old man living at
Winfield, Kan, who was indicted by
a federal grand jury at wichita Ior
sending an obscene letter through the
mails, escaped with $50 and costs.
Wilson appeared in court and plead
ed guilty. Judge West, assistant United
States district attorney, recommended
him to the mercy of the court. VIII
lison's letter was addressed to his wife
with whom he had had some trouble.
Joseph Duesing, a country youth.
sent a postal card of a racy character
to Mrs. Florence Gilmore of Wichita
Duesing, who lives in Ford county,
mailed the postal at Spearvllle, Kan.
He was given $50 and costs.
Minnie Williams of Saffordville.
Kan, colored, sent an Objectionable
letter to Mrs. Lou Holman OF strong,
Kan. Minnie Williams has not yet had
her hearing before Judge Pollock but
ferred.
William H. Kennels, colored, a
vegetable pedlar living near Junction
City, who was tried yesterday Tor
carrying away load of 81 bales of
hay from the military reservation at
Fort Riley, was found not guilty of the
charge of stealing. Kennels proved
that he was given permission to get a
load of hay, but claimed that he was
not told what kind, though the hay
contractor stated that he had told the
colored man loose hay. The hay was
missed and Kennels found with it.
Upon orders he returned most of it.
The fact that Kennels did not make
any effort to conceal his loading Of
the hay and driving off with 1t was
sufficient reason in the minds of the
i,1rv to lead them to think a mistake
had been made unwittingly by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
MOVE AGAINST TAFT.
Oklahoma Negroes VIII Send Contest
ing Delegation to Chicago.

Muskogee, Ok, April 15.-Oklahc-
ma negroes here last night perfe ,ted
the organization of movement. which
it's promoters say will result in the
Republicans Of that race in this state
sending fourteen contesting negro
delegates to the national Republican
convention, two from each congress
sional district. A. S. McRae was made
state chairman, and II. M. johnson
was elected secretary. Negroes from
all parts of the state were present and
it is claimed that $4,000 votes were
represented.
After the meeting adjourned tho
leaders, it is stated. sent q message to
Senator Foraker notifying him that the
organization had been perfected. White
Republican leaders here today cay q
is an antt-Taft movement
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THRILLING IN SMALLPOX CASE.
People Came and Went in Spite of the
Disease.

Mrs. D. L. Carson of POI Quincy
street tells rather startling story of
the way a case of smallpox in that
neighborhood was handled by the
physician in charge and the careless
ness on the part of the members of
the family when they knew the ma
ture of the disease. Mrs. Carson
said: Smallpox broke out in the
Harmon family who live at lis East
Second street a week or ten days ago
and though the doctor must have
known from the first the nature of the
disease, it was not reported to the
health authorities, or if it was they
took no action until yesterday.
1.-THE Harmon family have enter
tanned visitors just as though the dis
ease was of no importance from the
contagious stand point and one of the
girl works in one of the large up
town stores where she reported each
day until the proprietor of the store
was notified of the home conditions.
The protests of the neighbors finally
persuaded the doctor in charge of
the case that something should be
done in as much as the members of
the family insisted on violating his in
structions and associating with their
acquaintances.
1.-THE place was quarantined yeSter-
day and the proprietor of the store
where the daughter worked was
notified of the condition and since
that time a guard has been main
tanned at the house. Despite instruc-
tons to the contrary the bedding was
placed on the line and carpets and
rugs hung on the clothes line to as
sist apparently in spreading the dis
ease in this community The atten-
ton of the guard was called to this
and the neighborhood is wondering
what the next break will be and
whether it will be a general outbreak
of smallpox in this locality, for all feel
that they have been exposed
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FIRST CONVICTION.
Washington Druggist Fined $1,000
Under Pure Drug Law.

Washington, April 15.-As result
of the first conviction under the pure
food and drug law. n. H. Harper,
president of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, formerly president of
the American National bank, a drug
manufacturer and one of the best
known business men of this city, was
today sentenced by Judge Kimball in
the police court to pay a fine of $4,000
on one count and 5000 on another
count of the indictment recently re-
turned against him for manufacturing
and selling an alleged mislabelled
pharmaceutical compound. President
Roosevelt had insisted that the prose-
cutting officer demand a jail sentence.
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IN LAND PARADE.
Marines and Sailors Numbering 5000
March Through San Diego.

San Diego, Cal, April 15-The Sec
ond day of the battleship fleet at this
port was made notable by the land
ing of the largest force of marines
and blue jackets ever seen in a shore
parade in any part of the United
States. Five thousand men and Off
GERS were brought in from the ships
and at 2:30 p. M, began march of q
mile and half from the water front
to city park, where the set ceremonies
of San Diego's official welcome to the
fleet were held.
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Woman Marriage Broker Sentenced

the young woman who was recently
convicted of using the mails to pro-
mote a fraud in the conduct of a
matrimonial agency at Elgin, Ill,
was today sentenced by Judge Landis
to one year in the house of correc-
ton.
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Five Shocks i'm Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah. April 15.-
Five distinct shocks of earthquake
We're felt early this morning at Mil
ford. Utah, 200 miles south of here.
Houses were shaken and people ran
from their homes in alarm, but no
serious damage is reported. The
shocks were also felt at Newhouse.
Utah.
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Justifable Homicide.

Monrovia, Cal, April 15.-At the
last night of the hearing OF
Mrs. U. z. DeArmian on the charge OF
killing Miss Helen Griffin, the defend
ant was discharged from custody.
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Leaving Topeka for Kansas City in the
morning is the Union Pacific No. .06
at S:15 a. M. arriving in Kansas City
at 1915 a. M The afternoon train
returning Is the earliest train into To-
Deka at Sis p. m.
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Rain at Boston.

| Boston. April 15.-The American
| league game with Washington was
postponed today on account OF rain