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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
NAVY BOARD MEETS,
SECRECY MAINTAINED

The general board Of the navy held
special secret session today, for the
fourth time this week. Admiral Dewey
presided, and there was a fun attend
rell. president OF the Naval War Col
leee.
While the utmost secrecy is being
il IS understood that the
question OF the proposed naval Inves-
tigation by the Senate was under dis
cusSiou.
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TAFT ENLISTS FAVOR
FOR PHILIPPINE BILL

Secretary Taft appeared before the
Philippines Committee of the Senate
this afternoon in behalf of the bill to
increase the number of commission
ers on the Philippines commission from
eight TO nine.
After he had spoken. the committee
voted 70 report the bill favorably and
later Senator Lodge reported il TO the
Senate. While before the committee
Secretary Taft also discussed briefly the
conditions in the Philippines.
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SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
Ticket Once, I4zI Penna. Ave

SOTICE-Following schedule not guaranteed
Io5 a IN. dally-Ses board Mail. Through
coaches and Pullman sieepers TO Savannah
and Jacksonville Through sleeper Washing
ton D Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta Parlor
car 10 Plnehurst. Dining cars.
7:25 D. n, daily-Seaboard Florida I'm
tied Solid Pullman train through to Jack-
sonvile and ST Augustine Also through
sleepers 20 Piuehurst, Atlanta BirmIaR-
ham and Memphis. Dining cars
$50 p. m. daily-Seaooard Exprsss
Coaches and Pullmans 10 Savannah and
Jacksonville
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LTEUT. CRAIG PROMOTEp.

Announcement is made at the War
Department OF the promotion to the
grade OF captain Of Lieut.. Charles h
Craig. assistant surgeon.
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MANY CONTRIBUTE
TO HELP POOR
One Subscriber Lives in
California and Some Give
Small Sums.

That the citizens OF Washington are
needing the plea Of the Associated
Charities for contributions for the poor
Of the city is made plain in the list
OF subscriptions which have been sent IN.
One subscriber, whose home Is in Cali
fornia, became interested and sent his
check for SO. Others have subscribed
much greater sums and still others have
sent 81 and s., all of which will be- used
10 bring comfort to the hearts of the
clty's poor
No matter how small the sum may be.
the Associated Charities VIII md use
FOR It, and any amount viii be gladly
received
For the Associated Charities, John
Joy Edison. treasurer. the Joint finance
committed has received the following
contributions.
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II you continually k'hawk and spit
and there is a constant dripping from
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just your name and address.
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FOR SALE-FARMs.

FOR SALE or rent, large IN on Potomac
river good opportunity TO- Gran who under
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The crusade against tuberculosis has
been assisted by the following cOntri-
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IGnooker-Physician who are arrested
for speeding are always going to a sick
patient
Bocker-ProbabIy the same mans
friends sit up with him at night-New
York Sun.
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HARvIE JORDAN REELECTED.

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 21.-The annual
meeting OF the Southern Cotton Associa-
ton ended at IL o clock last night with
the reelection OF Harvie Jordan, as
president, and the selection Of New Or
leans eor the next annual convention.
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RAILROADS.
SOuTHERN RAILWAY.

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only as information AMI are not guaranteed
For Atlanta. Birming lam. Mobile, New Or
leans Asheville. Chattanooga. Memphis 900
a. IA and l1:O0 p. N. daily,
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga,
Memphis. New Orleans. 1913 p. IN. daily
For Savannah. Jacksonville. and Florida
points. 4:I0 p. n. daily.
For Columbia. Charleston. Augusta. Aiken.
t:10 .. m and $50 D. m. daily.
l. S BROWN. General Agent.
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Queen a LadD Boundful
To Girl Her Auto Injured
Margherita Heaps LuXu-
rieS on Child in
Hospital.
Queen Amelia, of Portu-
gal, Plans to Live in
Spain.

ROME. Feb. 21.-The Dowager Queen
Margherita spent more than an hour
today at the bedside OF the five-year-old
girl who was run over by her majesty's
automobile yesterday afternoon.
She has loaded the child with toys
and made a perfect bower OF her room
at the hospital, to which the Queen tool
her in her own arms following the acct
dent.
Physicians say the patient viii be
well within a week.
MADRID. Feb. 1.-Queen Amelia
widow OF King Carlos. proposes TO leave
Portugal and live at Seville, Spain
Members Of her family have applied to
the archbishop of Seville for permission
to buy the historic palace OF, St. Elmo,
which was bequeathed by the late
Duchess Of AIontpensier for a seminary.
If he consents. Queen Amelia win
reside there.
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To the Citizens Relief Association,
Milton Z Allies, treasurer the joint
ffnance COMMITTEES has transferred the
Following contributions received at SIl
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21
FATALLY WOUNDS OFFICER:
THEN HANGS HIMSELF

StarbiEd was ordered by Chief of
Police Haley yesterday afternoon TO
arrest Ballard on suspicion that the
convict was implicated in numerous
bicycle thefts. Taking with him
Patrolman John Salisbury. Starbird
went to Ballard's home.
Salisbury remained in the patrol
wagon while starblrd entered the
house. A scutile was heard and two
shots followed. When Salisbury
broke in the door, he found Starbird
desperately wounded but clinging to
Ballard. N a huddle nearby lay
Ballads wife.
Starbrd was hurried 10 the hos
pital where II was ascertained that
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21

the recommendation OF the commit
tee on Gomper's report, which stated
that all who do not agree with the
political policy of the executive
council OF the American Federation
of Labor should resign from office.
Keefe was given permission 70
make personal explanation OF his
reasons for declining to accept the
nomination. He said that the
adoption of the report of the COM
mittee on the presidents report
compelled him to leave the executive
council as 4 matter of principle.
IL have voted the Republican tick
ct for S2 years and will contlnne in
that faith until my conscience tells
me to do otherwise" declared Keefe,
in explanation of his action in sup
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21
Labor.


Gompers reelection comes a a
vindication of his course in taking
the American Federation OF Labor In
TO politics and working .or the cleo
ton Of William j, Bryan during the
last national campaign.
Although the convention has been
In Sc sion for two weeks and sew
eral efforts were made to organize
an opposition 10 Gompers, they all
failed and the president OF the or
ganization was swept into ONCE
again with a great demonstration.
James Duncan was reelected first
vice-president by. acclamation.
Daniel Keefe. one of the vice
presidents of the federation, was
forced to decline denomination by
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21

two bullets penetrated his abdomen
and he has little chance OF recovery.
Mrs. Ballard refused TO go 10 a hos
pital and a surgeon later extracted
bullet from her arm.
After being taken to his cell, Bal
lard attempted to butt his BRAIN
out against the wall. Half an hour
later, trusty saw him hanging from
a window bar In the cell, Ballard
had made a moose OF his suspenders
and was dead when cut down.
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Omitted Press Leased Wire }

Omitted Press Leased Wlre.)
San Jose, Cal, Nov, 21-After a
fight with a desperate thug In which
he was shot twice, Patrolman Ray
w. Starbird is lying in a precarious
condition today at the city hospital
George Ballard, ex-convlct and NOR
phine fiond. who did the shooting
when Starbird called to arrest him
at his home last night, hung himself
in his cell at the city iaiy 90 min
utes after his capture
Mrs. Ballard, the wife of the dead
man, is being treated for a shot
wound in the right arm, received
when she attempted Ia wrest a revol-
yer from the hands of her husband
during the fight with starbird.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
BY s-YEAR.OLD I

Santa, Ana. Cal, Nov, 'l'-Vn
Mcdowell, aged II, died lodp !.
a gunshot wound received :
hands Of 9-year-old Augustus =
last night.
The boys we're duck huna'' J.
Jones hammerless shotgun W.
dentally discharged, The 'AA'''
tered McDowell's aOdOnsh
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21

porting Taft in opposition 70
recommendation Of the aA'
council. He was llbenlly on
ed when he took bis seat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-11-21

of the Wisconsin State Federation o.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
FERRIS HARTMAN OF THE FERRIS HARTMAN COMPANY

song bird" will be heard in melodies
which she has popularized. Sam Holds
worth's picture ballad and motion pic
lures will complete the program.
GRAND-The real Cohan song show,
1.-THE Honeymooners," which opens at
the Grand this afternoon for week,
is the same that appeared at the New
Amsterdam theater in New York for
an entire summer season with George
M. Cohan in the role of Augustus
Wright, the role in which Willie Dun
lay now is appearing. Mr.. Conan never
has produced a more entertaining mu-
steal comedy than 1.-THE Honeymooners'
for the reason that in the piece he put
forth every effort to make 1t as enter
tanning as possible, and he combined
music and comedy in a manner that
has pleased not only the critical New
Yorkers, but the theatergoing public
wherever 1t has been presented. In
"The Honeymooners" Mr.. Cohan tells
an fengrossing story of love, politics,
sport, mistaken identity and several
other things which go to make up an
entire song show, the like of which has
not been seen heretofore on the Pacific
coast. The plot is laid in the town
of TigerVille, VT, to the accompani-
ment of a score of rattling, rousing
musical numbers that go with typical
Cohan dash and swing. The number
of catchy songs and musical numbers
are of especial interest and never fail
to please the most fastidious of theater-
goers. One of the features of the piece
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

Murphy's Second Husband" are still
here, as are the Jupiter brothers in
their mystery cabinet, and Theresa
REM with her superb equines
LOS ANGELES - The Abdallah
troupe of Arabian acrobats. six In
number, will be at the Los Angeles
theater for the week beginning with a
matinee performance Monday after
noon. Their speciality is whirlwtnd
athletics, tumbling, pyramid building
and other acrobatic sensations. In the
summer time this troupe Is one of the
big features of a well known circus.
In the winter, however, they play IN
vaudeville. The ace Is one of the big
gest on the Sullivan 81 Considine list,
and incidentally one of the most ex-
pensive.
]. K. Emmet and his company of
three will presents a farcical playlet en-
titled "a South Dakota Divorce" Mr..
Emmett is a son of the Fritz Emmet
who won fame a generation ago, and
who in his day was one of the best
loved comedians OF the American
stage. The young man is said to have
inherited a good share of his father 8
ability as a funmakef, and his support
ing company is promised to be clever.
Rinaldo, announced as "the wander
ing yiolinist," has been well received
elsewhere on the circuit and has been
highly praised by critics who know
good violin playing when they hear 1t.
His repertoire includes both classic and
so-called popular numbers. MAZE Schef-
tells, who calls herself the English
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

the southerner's viewpoint. Fifteen
years. residence in the north had not
modified his attitude. The wrongs and
oppression of the south, as inflicted on
her by carpetbaggers, political adven-
turers and enfranchised blacks. cried
within him for utterance, and he spoke
Dixon startled the nation with new
old view of the racial problem. He de-
clared that the white and colored races
would find it impossible to live ami
cably together, and he favored the de-
portation of the negro to Africa or some
other place of exile. Abraham Lin
coin advocated practically the same
thing fifty years ago, but since then
the negro has been so long the ward
and dependent of athe nation that Dix
on's words sounded like a revolution
ary challenge. "The Clansman" as a
book made a sensation, vet feeble one
compared With the tremendous storm
and opposition raised against it as a
play. Mr., Dixon described the drama
as both a sequel and an answer to
"Uncle Toms Cabin" He portrayed
the Ku Klux Klan as the saviors of
southern society from the negro peril
instead of as a band of outlaws and
midnight assassins.
"The Traitor" Completes TriIogy
With the recent production on the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
Playwright Is Caught by Lure
of Charms of Golden State

Thomas Dixon. jr., author of "The
Clansman." which will be played at
the Mason opera house, intends soon to
make his home in California. He came
to the state to get material for his new
story, Comrades" and was so
charmed with the attraction Of the
coast that he decided to come here TO
live.
Mr.. Dixon is one of the most extra
ordinary characters in the public eye.
"Once a clergyman, always clergy
man." is the usual rule; but not so
with Tom Dixon. Pulpiteering held his
exclusive time and attention for fif-
teen years. Then he swung to the
other extreme, bridging the chasm from
the house of worship to the theater.
After this it is hardly surprising to
learn that in early manhood he was a
lawyer and sat as member Of the
South Carolina legislature.
Dixon derived his ideas for 1.-THE
Clansman" from his childhood home
at Shelby. N. c. He is of Scotch-Irish
stock, and his uncle, Colonel McAfee,
was a grand titan of the I<u KluX
Klan. The khan was thoroughly or
ganized in western North Carolina.
Although founded in the neighboring
state of Tennessee, it was native to
the spirit and ancestry of the Caro-
inans, who retained the fire, ardor
and clannishness. of their Scotch High
land forebears Often young Tom saw
the mysterious, shrouded night riders
pass his door the household nanny
put him to sleep with stories of these
awesome visitants.
Father Was Evangelist
The future playwright's father was
Rev. Thomas Dixon, sr., shouting
evangelist of the Moody and Sankey
type. He was a typical mountaineer,
self-educated, brave, believing every
line and syllable of the Good Book
from cover to cover. DiXon's mother
was a woman of cultivation and re-
fnement The literary impulse in Dix
on is hers, while the sturdy fighting
qualities spring from the redoubtaple
praying mountaineer.
The young man made his mark at
Wake Forest college and at law school,
and his eloquence won him seat in
the legislature before he was 81 years
old. 1t was the mothers influence that
turned him to the pulpit. He did not
remain long in the pine tree states.
Baptist deacons of Boston and New
York churches had their committees
angling for him. He went north to
occupy fashionable pulpit at the Hub,
and within q few years was called 20
the pastorate of the Peoples Baptist
church of New York.
IN Gotham the North Carolinan be-
came pulpit attraction second only
to Parkhurst. Tall. gaunt, raven
haired and eagle-eyed, he exercised a
hypnotic influence on audiences. and
especially on the younger men before
whom he lectured every Sunday in tho
Y. M. c. A auditorium. He took the
lead in the fight against Tammany. An
effort was made to have him indicted
for libel, but failed, and the Baptist
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CURRENT BILLS AT
LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

CONTINUED from Page six)
In a series of complete and well round
ed productions.
Owing to the length of the perform
ance the curtain will rise at $40 o'clock
at the evening performances and at
2:10 o'clock at both matinees today and
next Saturday.
ORPHEUM-Charles Kenyon's dra-
matte one-act play, 1.-The Operator, =
is included in this weeks bill at the
Orpheum. 1t tells the thrilling story
of lone operator in a flag station on
the Nevada desert. He mistakes an
order, owing to overwork, and awaits
in breathless expectancy the second
switch will decide whether a trainload
of unsuspecting travellers shall be
hurled to eternity-or nothing happens.
And the woman he loves helps him IN
the trying hour and saves his life while
they await news of the fate of the
unknowing train full. 1t is intense.
of course. and strong, and cannot fail
to interest.
Then there is our old friend "Sliv-
ers,'' the best clown ever, whose de-
piction of the national game as played
by one-man nine, is very timely, now
Assisted by Artie Nelson, he gives an
extremely good act. His capture from
Barnum & Bailey caused the big show a
loss 1t has never ceased to regret.
And again come Redford and Win
chester from the Palace, London, where
they won fame in their burlesque Jug
glery by which they make lots of fun,
but do feats few attempt in all serious
ness. Their act has the f1nesse of
the true artist.
La Petite Mignon, that best of child
artists, comes back after a trip abroad
with a lot of new impersonations,
among her victims being Marie Dress
ler, Eddie Foy, Eva Tanguay, George
Cohan, Anna Held and then some. Mig
non has none of the disagreeable man
nerlsms usually to be found In young
actors, but is bright. clever and ap-
pealing.
Holding over are Gennaro and his
Venetian Gonodlier band, he with his
sinuosity and gyratory eccentricities,
and his men with all the true musical
artistry of Italy. Miss X. Carter
proves a capable soprano, and her part
of the act is much appreciated also.
Oracle Emmett & Co., in that embodi-
ment of all that is ridiculous, Mrs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

stage Of Dixon's last dramatized book,
1.-THE Traitor" the race problem trilogy
comes to close, and the author an
nounces that hereafter he viii devote
himself to an ti-Socialistic propa-
ganda he has had much at heart Be
lieving that California will be the bat
tleground of many of the worlds great
est questions, he has laid the scene of
the new story in this state.
1t is called Comrades" and the
theme is the failure of Socialistic col
ony wrecked by the passions and jeal-
ousies of human nature unfettered by
the usual conventional restraints. 1t
will be seen that Dixon, though radi-
cal in his utterances, is a conservative
at heart He was for the old estab-
lished order in the south, and as against
Karl Marx and his adherents he is for
society in the old-fashioned meaning
of the word. the hierarchy of interests
duties and privileges.