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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01
a L E K A N D RIA.
WEEDS A MINOR,
FINED IN COURT
Charles Davis Found Guilty
of Swearing Falsely to Sc
cure Marriage License.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ALENANDHIA. "a. AUGEsT &

Thirty days In jail and a fine Of Sc
was the sentence imposed by Justice
Cation on Charles Davis this morning
IN the police court on the charge Of
swearing falsely 10 the age or Miss
Sarah Jane Norris, ia order 20 secure
o marriage license. He was married
10 Miss Norris last Tuesday evening
The warrant on which Davis was ar
rested was sworn OU By Mrs Rebecca
Sherwood, the mother Of Miss Norris.
The mother ard the aunt OF Jhs E1ri
testified in the police court this morn
ing that Miss NOrrls was only seven
teen yeSrs Of age Davis in his own
defense stated that he did not know
Miss Norris age, but in order 70 pro-
tect himself had secured z note from
her stating that she was twenty-Oae
years OF age. He also testified thaC
when he secured the marriage license
the clerk OF the court did not MAKE
him swear 10 the age or Miss MOTIFS.
only asked him II she was tWeuty-one
and that he replied that she was
Justice eaton stated that after weigh
ing all the evidence he would have 20
ind Da-is guilty OF perjury and sen
fenced him ospay j me OF so and %
serve thirty Gays IN jail Counsel for
the defense noted an appeal and Davis
vas released on bond. Miss Fannie
Cook becoming his surety
R E. Mitchell. Of the convict camp
IN FaUqUier county yesterday came 20
this city ard took hack 70 the camp
with him four prisoners from the city
jail: William Smith. Edward Bryant,
George Wilson, and George Coleman,
al colOred- Ar. Mitchell also took back
with him two prisoners from the Alex
andria county Jail. and two from Spott-
sylvania county jail These men VIII
work on the roads IN Fauguie- county
Rev W F. watson. the new pastor Of
the First Baptist Church. OF this city,
VIII formally enter upon the pastorate
I tomorrow, wien he viii preach al the
morning and evening services His
morning subject VIII be The Divine
Plan fO- Forming the Pastoral Eela-
ton His evening subject VIII be
I The Gospel Preachers Theme
Mr. Watson was educated az the IA
nous Donaldson Academy and Wake
Forrest College, Wake Forrest, y c.
/ churches Of Edenton, GastOnia, and
| Monroe. y c. Spurgeone Memorial,
I Of Norfolk. and the South Street
/ Church OF Portsmouth. Va He
Z was called from the South Street
I Church, where he has enjoyed an IN
I usually successful career, 10 the Alex
/ andria pulpit
Charged with stealing a horse and
I buggy. Henry Jennings. Charles T
| Goodrich. and John ". Hunter were ar
! rested in this city yesterday evening
/ The men were held on suspicion Of
stealing a horse and buggy A teIe-
gram was received from Fredericks-
/ burg, where the men live. telling the po-
/ lice to release Goodrich and Hunter and
10 hold Jennings. Policeman W y.
TansilL. OF Fredericksburg, arrived in
I this city yesterday evening and took
Jennings back 20 Fredricksburg with
/ him II IS understood that he is wanted
/ there for assault
The police are still searching for the
| horse and buggy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01
CAR SERVICE BLAMED
FORLATE BREAKFAST
Most Unique Complaint on
Record Is Lodged With
Railway Commission

Interference with breakfast. the dis
pleasure Of servants. and the missing
OF the mornings mail are the causes
leading 10 the latest complaint against
car service received ~ the District
Railway Commission
The complaint comes from Nantucket,
where DIT. Henry G. Hanchett. OF 2231
Q street, this city. is spending the sum
meT. Dr. HanChett. who is director
Of a correspondence school. presumably
rides into the suburbs every morning
during the greater part Of the year on
the Forest Glen division OF the Bright
wood lire. His letter has been placed
on file and will receive consideration
in its proper turn. Il is dated Siasco1-
set. Mass. and is as follows:
Hanchett's Letter.
ITO the Railroad Commissioners OF
the District of Columbia; Without
being able to ascertain your official title
or designation, I learn OF your Efforts
10 improve the street railway conditions
of the city Of Washington. Of which I
am a resident Permit me TO bring 10
your attention one annoyance in con
nectiOn with the service which serious
can see no reason nor excuse whatever
beyond mere thoughtessness.
Il refer 10 the holding OF the Forest
Glen car for ten minutes at the District
line on each outward trip. The remedy
1 would suggest is a pOstponement of
the starting time Of the car ten min
utes.
For about two-thirds of the year 1
regularly use this car. My engagements
require me TO take an early car and
this delay Of ten minutes on the route
is hardship, because IL is enough TO
disturb domestic arrangements. Serv-
ants are diSpleased, breakfast is incOm-
plete because IL has to be served be
fore the milkman any miikman) ar
rives, and I miss my morning mail.
Suggests Remedy.
The ten minutes I sit in the car al
the District line is ordinarily ample "a
rectify all these troubles, and that ter
minutes is of absolutely no use TO any
one except for reading in the car With
regard to making a later start there is
ample room al the loop at Florida ave
nue. and Seventh street (supposing that
that transfer s maintained) for storing
the car for that length of time II two
cars stand on the west track before the
statiOnhOuSe there is ample room for
one or two to back down on the east
track. Then there is ample yard room
for several extra tracks within the pres
ent loop. Hoping that this matter may
seem worthy of your attention, l al
respectfully yours.
''HENRY G. HANCHETT.'
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II it wasn't for telling their husbands
not to smoke too much. and not to eat
so fast what would wives do for con-
verSatiOn with their husbands2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01

If we ever wear a long flowing beard,
ii viii not he because we vowed not to
shave until some defeated candidate
became President
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01

If the baby is noticeably soiled as to
face and raiment the mother apollo
Eizes by explaining how many times
she has cleaned it uD in the course Of
The day.-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
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Suggests Remedy.
KANSAS PHILOSOPHY.

Ambition, with some men, consists
chiefly in finding fault with their pres
ent condition
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ODDITIES IN THE NEWS.

Miss Clara A. TIchnOr, who has sung
in the chorus Of The Prince Of PHI
SEN in this country and in Europe, is
now a reporter on the Ithaca IN "
Daily Journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01

Charles Kaufman, a mail collector in
St Louis, found a new gold watch IN
a street mail box with a note attached
asking. that II be sold and the money
applied to Charity, as the watch had
been stol--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01
MANY ARE BITTEN
BY DISTRICT DOGS
Several Cases of Rabies Dis
closed by Tests at Ami
nal Bureau.

Mad dogs have been on the rampage
IN various sections OF the city for the
last day OF two. The police have had
reports OF a number OF people being
bitten. and the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry has had several dogs sent in
for microscopic examinations
The microscopic examination made OF
a stray dog that was killed with IL
Illuminating gas BY Dr- John lockwood.
go New Jersey avenue northwest. dis
closes a case OF the rabies IN the ami
NAL This dog was swapping AT persons
and succeeded in scratching o. l. Lock
wood. a son Of DR.. Lockwood. who was
attempting 10 catch him with rope
Mr.. Lockwood IS now taking the Pas
teur treatment
The rureau also has just received a
black ard tan mOngrel, owner IN
known. that was sent from the District
Pound. This dog bit Daniel Cross,
eight years old. s3Ss1z n street north
west, on the right hip. The boy was
treated at the Georgetown University
Hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01

When Otto Kisler told Supreme Court
Justice MO-schauser, at POUghkeepsia,
thst he WIS not sure he could keen
softer. tho Judge refused his application
tor naturalization papers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-01
THE INDIGNANT ONE.

The idea OF i'm a-telling me 'ow
children ought TO be fed Why. I've
buried ten O. my owni"-The Taller.
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May Enter Suit.

John Simmons. eight years Old living
in philadelphia street, Congress Heights.
was bitten on the right leg yester lay
BY a dog said TO be owned BY Harry
Talbert, OF Nichols avenue II Is r.
ported that the boys parents will al
tempt TO procure a warrant for tie
arrest OF Talbert. for violating the
rluzzle law
The Bureau OF Animal Industry has
Just completed the microscopic test on
a dog owned by Mrs c. Q. Hubbard
Twin Oaks" Woodley lane, which cled
after acting strangely for a few hours.
The dog had the rabies.
The bureau also has completed a test
on a dog forwarded by Dr. A p pan
nell, OF Norfolk, Va. for the health de-
partment Of that city. The dog, which
bit a child, IS shown by the eXamina-
ton 10 have had the rabies
Will Treat Officers
The HYGIENE Laboratory OF the Pub
lie Health and Marine Hospital Service.
which n giving the Pasteur treatment
IN this clty, IS expecting daily the ar
, rival OF eleven officers Of the navy from
Panama, who we're bitten By dogs sup
posed 10 nave the rabies The officers
have been ordered 70 Washington 20
take the Pasteur treatment
The HYGIENE Laboratory. which has
been giving the PasJeUr treatment for
a week only, already has treated about
fifty cases This work IS IN charge OF
Passed Assistant Surgeon Arthur n.
Stimson, and no charge is made for the
treatment
Receivers From Bite.
Helen A APpler. four years old. OF
3219 81 street. who was bitten a few
days ago by a supposed mad dog. has
fully recovered The dog. which the
police claim, belonged 10 a man named
Epps, OF Masonic alley. northwest.
did n5t have rabies. as was first be-
lieVed.
While playing with other children at
Thirty-foUrth and NJ streets. shortly
after noon yeste- Jay. Daniel Gross was
bitten on the leg Oy a tramp dog. The
boy was taken to Georgetown Cniver-
sity Hospital and the dog was sent 10
the pound
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Onzcentsia Club May Go after the
Amateur Cham pior1ship.

Word has been received that the OnEentsia Club,
Of Lake Forest, H. is going 70 apply for the next
amateur championship tournament OF the United
States Golf Association II will be remembered
that the national tournament was last held at
Onveu1sia in 1893 when Herbert NJ. Hartman
Won the title, defeating Ffndlay S. Douglas in
the final round. thereby registering for the first
time a victory in championship golf OF an
American.
In discussing the probable selection OF course
for next years tournament certain devotees Of the
game have called attention 70 the fact that az
Massachusetts, has never held the amateur cham
pionship II IL the Of club II the Boston
district 10 have the event In answer to this
Ralph Crackneil the well known critic, has the
following say:
No Boston district club has applied for any OF
the championships. Only three links near this city
would be at all suitable for the amateur tourna-
rnent-Myopia, which cannot hold it. the Country
Club and Brae Burn
..F3rae Burn would have be ounkered consid-
erablv more than it is now and Ienthened some
what before would be the test OF golf that the
crack amateurs expect at a national amateur
meeting The Country Clubs three new holes will
he used late IN the season OF 1903. but they viii
not reach perfection until 1910. when at Clyde Park
VIII be found links worthy in every way OF the
meeting
Eastern golfers always have gone to Chicago
ror Championship meetings in larger numbers than
IN. Western players have come Fart At the Gar
den city Golf Club during the amateur champion
shin this year prominent Chicago golfer. who F
president OF big railroad. wAs asked Why this
was So he replied that tas young Western players
hsd 20 hold on 20 their tooa, and could not 50
car-er4ng all over the country playing golf 1mrne-
diately ore thought OF H Chandler Egan and the
Harvard and Yale golfers from the middle West
who used 10 play In the championships during
their college days. but now have 10 keep their
roses 10 the grfndstone.
Year after year. however, the national chaIn-
ponships become more the real events OF I'M
nortsnc. 70 the crack golfers. The mug hunting
stage has passed with the best Of them and they
Ike IN take go al the national championship.
Many who formerly used 70 play In all sorts or
tournaments now harhor their tiI-e, and possibly
their funds 80 that they go TO the United
States amateur championship To go to one OF
them means that they viii feel the call each year,
for no sporting meetings OF any character sEtnS
aazns&nR aa knsax RSs& AeshAHE
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
THE PETROLEUM FIELDS.

Operations in the various oil heIds last vesz
were somewhat less active - II part TO tas
scarcity CT water Il some sections. wills In otnsr
sections bad roads were responsible for a Pa<r1a4
cessation OF field work The latter Is true OF Ens
Illinois field especially Crawford County Il Is
generally believed that the work n this loc3lsry
FOR the remainder OF the winter VIII De sx-rsnely
light, as many OF the larger operators h2vs de-
cided 70 come East for the best part oc The T+1es<
IN the lever Southwest fields. however Tork co1-
t1nues 10 be pUsheL N some localities Efforts
have been made 70 extend the producing rer-1cory,
but they have not met with much success IN the
defined territory operations have been active but
the results have been only ordinary Rtrchts
County furnished several good producers during
the week making 80 barrels q day aud AZ
other Il barrels day N Marion County c1s
Clayton OIL Compauy's tesc produced ninety barrels
In fifteen hours after given shot
IN Southeastern Ohio some good prodrcsr5 G-s
reported IN Colon biana County Ths Bszsr On
Company drilled its second test and has . show
ror IO-barreI producer Several good strikes srs
reported in ROans County, and the svsrass q
these wells Is somewhat better than n any ochsr
section OF the lower Southwest Z Is expected
that the activity going n this section VII
continue during the winter months. as many oc
the operators have landed enough material trs
come IN the uid-continent fields some activity
reported N the NOwata district whers twenty-five
machines work, and Indications ara thA&
the territory Will be pretty wei drilled ~
Refined petroleum closed at $50 cents IN barrels
and cents il bulk AZ New York philadelphia
prices being on q basis q points lower. Euro
peau spot u1arksts ars unchanged London s7s6
per imperial gallon Antwerp IL francs p-r 100
kilos. and Berlin, 6-s5 marks psr 50 ktlOs-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
COAL BOARD REPORT
anthracite Cancellation Con5nrtssson
iShozps a Clean Docket.

The boa-d Of eoacfIfastor ssezhitnhed ny IA An
th-actte Strike Commission 20 sstkls dSczess %
tween the mine workers and the operators. nAS
issued report covering tbs first tnres years az
it's work The volume contains S5 pages. Aaa
gives fun account OF ths boards activities N tns
way OF mediation In the forthcoming discussion
between the operators azd the Eitns Torks-S In-S
record OF the concifiation board vii play az IN
portant part The tribunal VII cease % sztsc
after April e the miners win their poin- Czae
OF the demands recently submitted % the mica
conferences Scranton calls for the abolition Sr
the board
the disposition that cans u7 for cs-
cision One hundred and dfry complaints were SUD
nitted IN the three years OF these. r0J-ree1 Ners
pending the end OF the third year. leaving u
disposed OF within the period covered oy the r.
port Seventy-four were not sustained" OF VIII
drawn eleven were Sustained" eight were par
u sustained compromised and c0u-rse1 we're
settled through the influence of the beard Nine
grievances. submitted By men who thought e<1-
ployrnent had been untustIy refused them vsrs
not sustained. but the board reconuer1ec Tax
employment be given 20 them Or ne r~-1J
grievances passed upon By an umpire four Ters
sustained
IN the time thar has passed stncs ths tSzrss
were gathered for this cf7ctaI report TIA co.,
plants have been much less frequent than rnsT
were before This Is taken Al t1cic41on cce<
the feeling between the nine workers and tns
operators has improved The records o. r1s board
from the tine OF its formation up 70 tars sccV
a total OF ~ cases that only Twenty-Five cozn-
plants have been received si1cs March T. ISA
against 80 before that
All sorts Of questions corns before The SIX 1asd2-
etors- One week there may be q complaint f-c1a
mine worker that he I'D not recetve enough ~
overtfu1e the next week some local union 11azss
plea for the short SATURDAY; again perhaps.
driver says that he was discharged without cue
cause On the other hand. operator Is occA~
siouaIIy the complainant. alleging that rns zen
have broken some rule thai they had agreed %
obey Diszzresrnerts instead ot leading 20 s-r1ks3
as they often did IN former times, ara settled peAc
ably without any interruption Of work
Recently the board announced z clean cocks<-
having disposed OF al the cases laid before Il n
the spring OF 1915. when the award % the sc-1zs
commission expired. ths miners committees de-
rnAaded that the coucfliat1on board be done away
with They proposed another schema oy which IA
raKton would be divided into districts and series
c< miner arbitration tribunals crsatad To rhLs ths
operators replied By reviewing the work q ths
board calling attention % the dispatch with vh-ca
II had disposed OF grievances and 20 he pszcer1
conditions which II had brought about The result
that ths award or the srrizs c0r1-r1Sato<1 WA
extended for another three Ysars, Until Apr1 = "a
stu Leaving the concriat1cn board q prsvsnrtTs
OF rroubIs N the authracirs region
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
WITH ATHLETIC BOWLERS
Nep Leaders in Both Team and In
diUidudI Average Race.

New leaders, both teams and individuals
have made their appearance IN the Athletic Bowl
ing League championship race Since week ago
the strong Elizabeth club team fell nom nrSt
place and is now tied for third position with the
Naw York Athletic Club. What proved Eliza
beth's loss was the North End clubs gain, for
when the latter won all three games the Newark
team went into first place, with a standing OF SIX
won and three lost
The Newark Bay club quintet. which remained
idle last week continues IN second place Win
four won and two defeats In the matter OF team
avereRe however the Bayonns organlzation's 3
mark Of s323 remains the best Elizabeth, with
q1e : and New York, with 9o6, are the only others
better than 900. The RoseviIe Athletic Associa~
ton team has not struck its gait as yet possibly
because Of q total absence OF practice on home
alleys.
Among the individuals Harper who made his
reappearance on the North End team last week
heads the average list. with mark OF @4l for
three games. Next comes Dwyer, Of Newark Bay
with 20s2 and ell told there are seventeen with
averages better than 30. Lamster. OF Jersey CITY
the leader a week ago has dropped 70 sixth place
F3ootr's 2<e is the best score 70 date-
All this weeks bowling VIII be crowded into the
first part. Tonight the North End club will Toll
a series on the New York alleys and the Passaic
4v. will go TO Elizabeth Tomorrow night Rose
Vile viii have hard series at Newark Bay and
Jarsev CITY may have its troubles at Montclair-
The standing OF the clubs and individual aver
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
DRYDOCK LEAK.
Line of Sheet PiLng Being Placed
Randy in NdUy Yard.

The line Of sheet piI-lg which II is expected will
stop the leak and restore 10 use Drydock No ?, II
the Brooklyn navy yard, IS about One-th1rd OF the
wav across the strip Of land which separates the
two big docks, Nos. and 3. and for the last week
No has been flooded 10 equalize the pressure be-
tween tIdewater and the dock basin This permits
driving the piIing without danger OF having the
hole Increased by the flow OF water consequent on
forcing the big tinbers through its edges The
work will require another week days and
when completed IT will prevent further leaks from
that source in either dock. Then the caisson will
be swung back into place, the dock pumped out and
cleaned and il will again be ready for business
Work on Dock No. /. with the exception OF what
Is being done by one lonesome scoop. IS confined 70
efforts to check the slow though persistent sliding
OF earth into the trench excavation The enormous
force of this pressure is shown ~ the fact that one
Of the knee braces running from the centre OF the
northern end 10 one OF the 12-inCh piles at the
western side has crushed the end OF the big stick
into uaatchwood- The northern end and western
side OF the piling still saggtng, the detection
from a straight line increasing q little every day
The effect of this landslide is more plainly shown
near the top OF the bank. where a foundation wall
two feet thick, which formerly supported Of
the buildings the site, has fallen into pieces and
started on its downward course toward the piing-
The earth has fallen away Two feet under the
southeastern end Of the long building used by the
contractors and the building is now propped up
with shores and wedges
Little attention paid yesterday 20 the report
OF a clash between the bureau OF construction and
repair and the bureau OF yards and docks over the
question as TO whom credit due for finding
commission for the last three months- Naval Con
structor Stocker on a recent visit 70 New York.
said there was no friction between him and the
yard civil engineers
New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
LONG TRIP FOR ROCHESTER FIVE.

The basketball team Of the University OF Roch-
ester which last year defeated Yale and Cornell
and the New York Intercollegiate Athletic
Union championship. has a l.2O0-mlle Western trip
scheduled for this year. The first home game will
be played Wednesday, December .. with Cor
nell followed by home games with Hobart jan
usry and Pennsylvania on January 1I Other
home games scheduled are: Colgate, January 30;
Oberlin February 9: Union. February Is; Syracuse,
February rs and Cornell, March 8.
The trip schedule includes Colgate AT Hamilton.
January T. Union at Schenectady. January q:
Buckneu at Akron. February II, Ohio Wesleyan AZ
Delaware February Is: Ohio StatC IT Columbus,
Febrl1ary 49, Oberln Oberlin, February 70;
Wooster at Wooster February %. Hobart at Ge-
neva, February q. aad syracuse ~ Syracuse
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