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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
DANCES ARRANGED
By ENLISTED MEN
Washington Barracks to Be the
Scene Of Much Social Activ-
itY During Winter.

Beginning September 3. the enlisted
men Of the Corps Of Engineers viii give
a series OF dances at the Washington
Barracks.
Two dances will be given each month,
and the last one VIII be held Nay 70.
AS this Is the last season this battalion
will be in the States TO- several years.
special arrangements / a been made
to make the dances a Success.
The following are the officers az
committees in charge: President, Charles
Buck. vice president, Leonard Dewitt /;
secretary, T. =. Ryan; treasurer, j. v.
Cain: arrang cement committee. J. Mich
olson, J. Kastner, II. W. Bell, and e
Sapp: floor committee, William Kelly
C Kenyon, William StrattOn. \ Car
ron, c Neuss. and A FredeTiCkS: door
committee, ]. V Cain. and r p Ryan
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at the request Of Dan Hanna, or others
representing the Hanna interests IN the
S3,OO0.000 hotel New York dispatches
state that a few minutes before he COM
mitted suicide, Bennett left the Gotham
and walking 10 the St. Regis. across
Fifth avenue inquired for Dan Hanna.
On being told that he was not IN. Ben
nett walked back TO the Gotham, en-
tered his suite. and was not seen alive
again.
A call at his apartments a few min
utes later was unanswered. and bell
boy finally summoned the clerk ard
hotel detective The three found the
body Of Bennett stretched across the
bed. a hole through the temple and a
revolver OF heavy caliber near by \
physician said that death had been III
Simultaneous and had occurred probably
.wo hours before
A lifelong friend 10 Bennett. who de-
clined the use of his name. said last
night:
zone Of the most popular hotel men,
the highest priced manager in the bust
ness. and enc OF the most ikable
characters N thc country goes with The
passing OF Frank Bennett. His un-
timely end Will be InOurned by the
humblest servant formerly in his en-
I nlON. ana 10 some OF the lOItulOSL
statesmen Of the country Bennett had
a personal acquaintance with men Of
mark that any one IN ght envy. and
enjoyed the confidence of evesy one q
/ tsem.
Tried to Recoup Losses.
u cannot account FOX the suicide, but
1 am inclined to attribute it TO losses in
the stock market. 1t has been under
stood among his friends here that he
was endeavoring probably 10 recOup re-
cent losses. and. perhaps. instead he but
increased them He was a fellow acCUs-
toned TO success: it had always been
his. and naturally it went hard with
him TO fail His disappointment oV er
the Gotham venture indicated that
The suicide Of Bennett was constantly
talked OF in hotel corridors last evening
among newspaper acquaintances. former
/ associates, and friends. At the Airing
/ ton, especially, there was a feeling Of
sadness among the attaches. some Of
whom had worked side by side with Mr.
Bennett for nearly a score Of years.
indicating the respect in which he was
! held by members Of the Gridiron Club,
Secretary Shriver issued the following
statement last night
The Gridiron Club OF Washington has
called a special meeting to be held at
noon. Monday, September Ii. at the New
Willard Hotel. TO take action on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
MAY REMOVE BLODGETT.

The dismissal Of P5stmS7 ter Blodgett.
OF Atlanta, Ga, and three clerks in the
Atlanta office has been recommended
to Postmaster General Meyer as a re-
suit of recent investigation Of the At
lanta postoffice. The Postmaster Cen
eral is now at his home in New Eng
land and il is not probable that any ac-
ton viii be taken until his return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
ROOSEVELT GUEST
AT GARDEN PARTY
Fair at Oyster Bay for Benefit of
Nassau Hospital at
MIieoa a.

OYSTER BAY, =. V. Sept 12-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Thu afternoon attend
ed a garden party md fair given at
Tranquility. the CoIT sry home OF John
A Weeks. or East Main street
The fair is being gIven FOR the benefit
OF the Nassau Hosp al, at MineoIa. L
J.. and among these actively interested
in its success are Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
the Presidents daughter and several
OF the PresiC euts cousins daughters.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt has loaned
q tent which the President used while
colonel o. the Rough Riders Regiment
during the Cuban campaign
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
Times Expose Produces Re-
suits and Chinese OBJ
serve the Law.
DRUG NOT FOR SALE
NOW IN JOINTS"
Celestials Say They Have Plenty
of 1t, But Only for Them
selves or Friends.

The Id was down tight in China
town last night While ii IS more tna-s
likely that persons vel known 10 the
ceIestiaIs were able to procure opium
In snail quantities. Il was certain that
not a grain OF the drug was sold %
strangers. and visitors were not made
welcome IN any Of the places in lower
I Pennsylvania avenue conducted ty
Chinese.
According 10 police OF the sixth pre-
Cinct. the expose published ~ The Tines
some days ago, followed b. me arrest
I OF several celestiaIs for alleged viola
I ton Of the District pharmacy regula-
| tons. has practically put a stop 10 the
opium traffic in Chinatown The police
claim that II is now impossible &c pro
! cure the drug in any Of the Chinese
] establishments in that section OF the
city
Suspicious Of Strangers.
/ A Times reporter who visited several
OF the stores last eyeniHg found that
I the celestials had become Suspicious OF
all strangers and q request for a small
quantity Of opium was unusually met
with a remark that suggested it might
be well TO get out Immediately. In one
establishment just below Four-and-a
/ half street the proprietor threatened 10
call a policeman and have me reDOrtsr
arrested
Ia another place where the prOprietOr
spoke better English than Is common
among the OrientaIs in this country,
Il was very clear that there would be
nothing doing IN the opium line OF
l Chinatown for some time 10 come
Il have plenty OF opium right here
in my store admitted the Chinauans
but I wouldn't sell you as much as YOU
could get on the head OF a pin Tor a.
thousand-doHar bIll- 1 dom know y0us
md besides wouldn't sell II II I did L
Sc opium myself and I keep It for my
friends when they drop N &c see ne
Il don't believe you can buy opium
anywhere along here tonight Almost
! all OF the stores kept IT, but they ara
: not selling IL just now. Maybe some
day you can get II, but not for time
T yet"
3 All Shake Their Heads.
Tie prediction made BY this celestial
. was about true. He was the only one
who even admitted having any on the
premises. The others shook their
. heads and would say nothing
The police say that there Is not an
J opium den in operation in Chinatown
s now. all Of the alleged '.joints- having
= closed Up after the raids made on in
formation furnished by The Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
FIRE SWEEPS FACTORY.

NEW YORK. Sept. L. - Fire whic;,
started on the second floor OF the seven
story building at 1911 West street
and 160-16S Bank street, occupied bv
Enoch MOrgans Sons Company, manu-
facturers of sapolio, for a time threat
ened the destruction of the entire es-
adjustment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
BOYS MINISTER" RELEASED

RICHMOND, Sept. I2.-Leonard w.
Snyder. the boys minister" convicted
OF an infamolls offense in this city, has
been released on payment OF his fine.
The man Dawned his watch and left for
parts unknown.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
THEY ARE HUsTLERs-George

THEY ARE HUSTLERS-George
 NJ. Hahn of the Orange Growers as- sociation and republican candidate, for
 the council. is wearing a watch fob of q recent vintage, or mintage or some other process of manufacture. It be- longs to the lapel button family of modern products. being very like a button only much larger. The fob was made at the instance of F. H. Speich x Co. of Riverside. Cal, who are sole agents for the Arizona Fruit Growers association and who are losing no time in preparing for this seasons crop. The fobs are being circulated all through the east among the fruitmen by Speich & Co. and are pretty ones. One side bears the an- nouncement of the Speich agency and the other has a picture of two navel oranges and the words Arizona Oranges the Best on Earth" This fob claimed the attention of the New York Fruit World for a favorable not ice. Speich & CO are hustling for Arizona. even though headquarters is in the California orange belt and Mir Hahn, who is a hustling Arizona orange grower, will find that his ac- tivity in that line will not do him any harm for the office of councilman from Marieopa in the next legislature. Maricopa county likes people who hustle. whether it be for either busi- ness or votes.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

While much has been said and writ
 ten of the dependence of the rest of the
 country upon the financial centers in
 New York and Chicago for providing
 the funds for industrial operations,
 little has been heard of the dependence
 of great enterprises in these cities upon
 the rest Of the country in supporting
 the credit upon which their operations depend. That this condition now exists and is growing more marked from year to year has just been illustrated in a striking way. Although the money sit nations has been steadily improving for several months past, a curious de- velopment is causing considerable in convenience to a number of large con- cerns whose operations extend over great section of the country. This Is q on the part of country bankers to loan money on the paper of such concerns. Bankers are inclined to attribute this situation to alarm caused among the financiers in the smaller cities over the failure of the so called "fish-trust." and a few other very large concerns having widely dis tributed loans. In general it is assumed here that this condition of affairs will cause less trouble in New York than in Chicago where an official of Swift and Company, regarded as one of the largest users of banking facilities in the country, is credited with a state ment foreshadOwing the necessity of other arrangements for handling the paper of this and other big concerns as a result of the refusal of the smaller banks to lend money to large enter prises in the financial centers as they have been in the habit of doing here tofOre.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

A very large piece of change has just come to light in this city-and it does not belong to John D. Rockefeller either. although the rate at which its value has appreciated since it's coming might lead to this conclusion Inci- dentally it is the largest piece of mon ey in the world Somewhere there are three more just like it, none which. however, are bigger. It would not be a handy coin to carry around, since this remarkable piece is twenty six inches long by thirteen inches broad. and weighs the trifling sum of thirty nine pounds. A couple of dozen of these gigantic coins would make very fair wagon load for single horse to haul. As originally coined in 1859 by the Swedish government this piece of metal was worth about two dollars. Only five were minted, and for this reason as much as for anything else their value has always been great. The New York specimen at a recent sale brought the modest price of $500. This curious coin, if it may be so-called, is made of bronze and resembles a plain gravestone tablet more than anything else. III tie center anu at SaNii oA 1'iN four corners it bears the imprint of the royal stamp of King Charles of Sweden. The enormous size of the coin Is accounted for by the fact that when !t was minted, Sweden was at war with Russia. By making coins of such large size the government figured that it would be impossible for the numerous bands of rowing robbers to carry away any considerable amount of money. Citizens objected so strongly, however to this bulky form of currency that only four of these gigantic coins were str..ck off.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
Why Do Boys Leave the High schoola

Tn the November American Maga- zine Dr. William Lee Howard writes an extraordinary article on Helpless Youths and Useless Men" Following is brief extract:
 "The question. Why Do Boys Leave the High School?' is frequently seen in educational journals The answer is plain to a man of the world
 T know a young woman of twenty four years of age who takes a position this year as teacher in a public school. Her knowledge of boys-of adolescent outbursts-is absolutely nil Her mother is one of those injurious Puri- tans who deny their daughters the right to understand the biologic and physiologic laws of life and their di- rect effect upon the physical and moral growth of every living thing Consequently this girls assumed knowledge of men and things istwist- ed information, and her fancies morbid and curious-all the transformation she received from classmates at the normal school. Think Of, sending a youth to be under the misconstructive control Of such a person,
 Women teachers do not appeal to boys spirits. A boy who prefers to talk with his woman teacher rather than fight grows up to be one of those disgusting individuals all men despise -yes, and all true women. Uncon- sciously the female trains such lad along her own psychic lines. and such training is bound to be injurious to the budding man
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

New York, Oct. 17.-(Special corres-
 pondence of The Republican, That
 the workings of grand iuries are not
 altogether grand Tn this city at least
 is exciting a good many New Workers
 in spite of the clOseness of election day
 with its supposedly all pervading in
 terest. The discussion of this matter
 bids fair to furnish some startling dis
 coveries for while no one is demanding
 the abolishment of the grand jury sys-
 tenn, there is a growing feeling that
 there is need for a change. It has been asserted for some time that indictments
 were too frequently returned, a state
 ment which would seem to be borne
 out by figures appearing in Appleton's
 magazine. According to these the time
 which can be given to any particular case by the grand jury averages only
 six minutes. The conclusion drawn
 is that justice here is too much of the rapid fire style. and the figures in the Appleton article seem to corrobate this. In the last eight years accord ing 'tO it the total number of indict- ments returned was 33232 and the tot
 al disposed of 32,731. But convictions on these indictments which went to trial amounted to only twenty four per cent, or less than eight thousand. In other words three out of every four in dictments returned by the grand jury resulted in nothing except expense to the state and to the indicted person. As result there has been a howl-for New York is always ready to howl Suggestions to protect the man who isn't proven guilty" range from that which proposes to place grand jury men under bond for fifty per cent of to the other extreme which lays the small number of convictions under indictments returned at the door of the prosecuting officers. Of course there is a complicated kind of politics underlying the whole matter. so com | plicated that no one knows what it is. |
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
New Story By Mxra Kelly.

Myra Kelly writes a college story in the November American Magazine. It is the story Of joke that was carried too far.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

The biggest schoolboy in the world has just been discovered here, his net weight being nearly one-sixth of a ton, or 330 pounds Also he is said to be the best behaved pupil in the city This may be accounted for by the fact that he is forty-eight years of age, married and the father of ten children. In fact it is because of his youngsters that Hosey, as he is named, is now in school. He is a former sergeant, now a lieutenant, of the police and Is retired on a pension. His reason for going to school at middle age with pupils thirty
 five years his junior is simply because he is determined that his children should have what he never got-a good education He was not content, how ever, merely to send them to school. He wanted to supervise their education. So he is going to school himself, work ing to keep far enough ahead of the youngsters to be able to help and ad
 wise them intelligently. Every night he may be found studying hard at one of the city's high school. For three years now, Hosey has, as he puts it, been studying mighty hard to keep ahead of the kids" He is taking courses in algebra, geometry, chemis- try, advanced arithmetic, bookkeeping and English In the latter branch he has already taken special honors. It
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

In the meantime the average New Yorker has some very astonishin' fig
 ures to analyze and with only or con- viction out of every four indictments by the grand jury. Father Knicker- booker is thinking of adopting as his municipal song, "The Grand Jury Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out"
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23

What is probably the oldest and most
 curious municipal custom in the coun-
 try still exists in New York after more
 than 240 years-that of lighting the en-
 trance to residences of the eity's may
 ors with large lamps In no other city
 in the United States is this done. At
 presen. of course the custom is not one
 of utility, but simply a sort of honor
 and distinction. The precise origin of this curious custom is something of a mystery, but it is believed to be a survival of practice in the early days of the city during the days of the Dutch occupation. At that time the burgomaster was the chief man of the town and carried a lantern from the town meeting house-since the meet ings then occurred at night to his home, where it was hung on the top fence rail and left burning until morn ing. Its light served as a guide to those who wished to make a complaint or give warning of trouble. It is fairly certain that this custom has survived since 1868, at least, for at sale of one of the articles disposed of was described in the catalogue as "a lamp said to have been used to illu- mine the front of the house of Mayor Cornelius Steenwyck in Maiden Lane. and to have been used for the same purpose by three Of his successors" This would seem to indicate that only the house of the active mayor and ex- mayors as well, are marked by the two large lights provided by the city. The lamps in front of the Wickham family have been in place since 1875, when W. C. Wickham became mayor. There are no"' nine sets of these mayors
 lamps burning in the city every night So far as is known Robert A. Van Wyck was the only mayor who refused -o have these lights in front of his residence. He opposed them on the ground that theE now serve no useful purpose.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
Made by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
 Makers of FAIRY SOAP, the oval cake.

is curious sight to see him sitting at school with scores of pupils young enough to be his own children. He raises his hand just like the rest of them. and in his effort to give his children a good education has adapted himself completely to the regulations of the school
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
Distance,

We have clasped hands again, ah, true. We have no quarrel-that is done But nevermore beneath the sun Comes back to me that friend l knew. We shall break bread together; men May mark no difference in our ways. But only through my yesterdays The friend l loved shall walk again. We have forgiven-act and speech Have proved it. Who shall then
 Surmise
 That space between our hearts that
 lies bridged-beyond all sound or
 reach?
 -Theodosia Garrison in November Ainslee's.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-23
CRIMINAL MACHINERY
 FOUND OUT OF GEAR

Many Indictments and Few Convictions In New York Where Only One Person Out of Four Indicted is Found Guilty Other Three Go Free-Curious Old Municipal Custom Still Continues Here-New York Now Looks to Country For Financial Aid-A Thirty Pound coin-WorId's Biggest School Boy.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-26

STAGE FIRES HIS
TRACK CAPTAIN

CHICAGO. May 25-University OF
Wisconsin track athletes defeated the
Maroon team In dual meet on Mar
shall field By the score OF ca 10 &C..
The Midway team was without the
services OF Capt. Qulgley. who Was
expelled from the team by Director
Stagg shortly before the start of the
meet on the charge of professional
ism. Freeman Morgan. the high
jumper. was also expelled at the same
time by stage for desertlon.
While engaged in mining camp
at Cripple Creek. Col, last summer.
Quigley. took par. IN Fourth OF
July race. for which $40 was offered.
He won the race and kept the money.
Morgan failed TO take part In his
event, and instead spent the afternoon
al n dinner party given by a Unlver.
sity OF Chicago sorority al the Midlo-
THAN Country club.
Quigleys severance came as the re-
suit OF evidence secured al Cripple
Greek by John Richards, the famous
Wisconsin lineman.
DR.. Hutchins turned the letter over
10 S;agg few minutes before the
meet started. AS soon as the Maroon
coach read the contents he went TO
Quigley. who was In the Chicago team
room in the gymnasium dressing for
the first race. and asked him IL the
charges were true.
Quigley broke down and admitted
that he kept the ten bucks.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-26
"lu(N Tor NJ That fred BELL
Is Only q niddkueyhi Wrestler
FRANK GoTCB

When Frank Gotch. the king OF the
wrestlers. was in st. Louis several
months ago, he stated that In his
opinion DR.. Roller OF Seattle, was the
only real tough opponent he had He
added that IL Hackenschmidt ever
gave him the chance he would defeat
him
His crack about the Russian lion
came true. Gotch has always consid-
cred Roller a high-class mat man. He
lost TO him in a handicap match at
Seattle the one time he went against
him. Very likely they will have It
out in Seattle again inside OF 90 days.
Gotch stated 10 Hal Lanigan OF the
81. Louis Times:
Yes. just as I told the readers OF
The Times six months ago, Dr. Roller
is great wrestler. But do you know
who would be the king II he had the
weight9
Nobody but Fred Beel Roller Is a
great big fellow like myself II Beeil
was our weight | honestly believe he
could throw Roller and yours truly.
as we'll as Hackenschmidt, one after
the other
"Beell is a wonder, but unfortunate
ly for him and luckily for me. he's a
middleweight at best
The Detroit times., 1908-05-26

have won his game notwithstanding
the excellent twirling OF Ed Killian.
As is the case after every game
the coach that conveys the visiting
team back TO the hotel was surround
ed by crowd of the fans Saturday.
and the Detroits were subjected 10 a
great deal of Kidding" Smiling Geo.
Mnllin was the target for a great
many OF the jibes. but be took II all
in his usual good natured way.
One fan was cruel enough 10 call
out: How about that series with
the Cubs?" And the crowd howled.
BUT this did not feaze Mullln.
How about it?" ne answered.
We'll, I'll tell you After the series
went down 10 the bank and received
tidy little sum--just $4,000, my
share OF the gate receipts-and
put 1t herein my pocket. Then |
was handed $3.50. a bonus, you know.
This went in my vest pocket. And
say. when | added my salary, $1,000,
and put that in my trousers pockets;
when I had inscribed on my sweater
the legend. American League Cham
p.ons'-say. beau, now what do you
really think is my opinion OF that
Cubs series?r
The Detroit times., 1908-05-26

WASHINGTON. D. c.. May 25.-
Tom Hughes and several members OF
the Detroits are great chums in the
winter season around Chicago, and
since the Tigers have been in town
they have had numerous kidding"
matches as 10 what they would do
10 each other when they clashed on
the diamond
Saturday was Hughes first oppor-
tunity. bur II must be said that the
local man came OF second best
When Schaeffer drove out that sin
gle in the first inning he tainted the
tall twirler about his pitching ability
and Tom tried 10 get back az him
by catching. him at first. The battle
was continued for several minutes,
and apparently Tom had Dutch nail
ed, but Evans decided otherwise, and
the husky German was still smiling at
late hour last night.
Hughes was taking big chances
when he tried to stand of the entire
D<troit BUNCH single handed.
Hau Tom Stuffed cotton in his ears
before going on the rubber he might