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The Washington times., 1908-10-09
GERMANS BUY LESS
IN UNITED STATES
Show Falling Off of
20 Per Cent in Trade Be
tween Two Countries.

That the commerce Of the United States
with Germany for the first eight months
Of this year has fallen off materially in
comparison with corresponding months
OF 1907 IS shown by bulletin just issued
by the Bureau OF Statistics OF the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor
Imports from Germany have fallen on
about 20 per cent. Exports from this
country have declined only slightly in
the grand total. but in many important
articles, such as agricultural imple-
ments. corn. Woodworking machinery,
canned beef. lard. oleomargarine, and
cottonseed. the falling of has been con-
siderable.
Imports from Germany. after a steady
Increase during several yea 3, amounted
during the first eight months Of 1907
10 Sl0S,676, 367. During the corresponding
period Of this year they amounted TO
but $S3640.752- The value of works OF
art imported dropped TO less than one
half that OF last year. There was a
marked decline in books.
The falling OF In the value OF coal tar
colOrs and dyes amounted TO more than
Sl,OOO,00O. Earthen ware and china, furs
and fur skins, crude rubber, and manu-
features Of paper e declined $OOO,OOO
or more.
SILK Imports FAN.
The value OF manufactures Of silk I'M
ported fell from S. 256,3l6, IN 1907. 20
SC. 694. 81, in 1905 More than $1,000 900
worth Of toys were imported during the
first eight months of 1907, and only
100000 during 1908 The decline IN
wool cloths and dress goods imported
also passed the Sl.OO0.0Jo mark. Cheese.
| distilled spirits, and t-Oacco are the
only articles Of Importance that were
| imported in larger amounts this year
| than last.
Exports to Germany for the first
eight months Of 1901 amounted to $l52.-
I IL, 100. and for the same period Of 1908
I TO S14g. 9l5,5f2. Domestic exports Of agri-
cultural implements fell from 2,2SS 04l
/ TO $1.747. 40 Corn declined from $500 OO1
/ last year 10 somewhat over 100000 for
/ the same period this year. The decline
I IN Woodworking machinery exported
amounted To 100000.
Less Canned Beef Sold
There was a sharp falling OF IN the
| amount Of canned beef exported. and
/ the amount OF lard fe.I OF just $1,000. O00
| Domestic exports Of wheat increased
| from S3.5O0.OOO to 100000. The value
| Of manufactured cotton rose from
! over S5SO0O.O0O last year TO $4,000 900 this
| year. The value OF the exports OF Il
| Illuminating oil rose from nearly $1,000. %
| TO more than 100000. There was also
| a considerable increase IN the value OF
| fertilizers and timber exported.
The Washington times., 1908-10-09
.CALAMITlES DELUGE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Fires Home and Ends Life After
Non-Divorce and De-
Sertion.

WARREN. Ohio. oct 9.-Refused d.
vorce from one wife and deserted by
another. all in the same day, Bostwick
Parker. sixty-five years old, civil war
veteran. killed himself today after set
ting fire 10 his home Parker, ignorant
Of the law. had married his second wife
Mrs Katherine Jones, before obtaining
a divorce from his first wife. He had
filed the suit. and thought that the only
legal step necessary. His suit was
tried yesterday and Parker was defeat
ed. Going home. he found a note await
ing him from his second wife.
Il never want TO see you again. she
wrote" Then he killed himself
The Washington times., 1908-10-09

SCORED IN COURT
Judge Says Taxicab Temporary En-
ployes Would Take a
Life for 81.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Thc New York
Taxicab Company, against which its
chauffeurs have been waging a strike.
resumed it's regular service today.
! Magistrate StciEert. before whom the
two special officers of the company
charged with having caused the death
Yesterday Of fOuTtCen-yCaT-Old Robert
QualIey. were a-raigneG, scores the taxi
cab company
1T Is an outrage he said in court
that such men should be allowed by
Commissioner bingham 20 carry weap-
ous. These SO-calIed special officers are
usually ruffiaus out Of work who would
take a life for 81
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TO PAINT PORTRAIT.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 9.-John W. Alex
andeT announced that ne has been
commissioned to paint a portrait for
Mrs Potter Palmer, Of Chicago. Mr.
Alexander Will remain here until the
first Of the week. when he will go 10
Chicago. and expects to begin the sit
tinSs about the middle Of next week.
The Washington times., 1908-10-09

Use Rengo. 1t is perfectly safe. You
eat it like fruit or candy, and easily and
safely reduce your fat a pound a day.
For sale by all druggists at 800 per
full-sized box, or by mail prepaid, by
The RengO Co, 5223 RenEO Bldg, De,
troit, Mich. The Company will gladly
send you a soc package free by mail, il
The Washington times., 1908-10-09

ry Blend" APerfeCt Blend Of Best Selected = &C
GUARANTEED Regular $50 Value -. AOIb
The Washington times., 1908-10-09
THE LONG DISCOURSE.

''Brudders, de end OBJ de world am
approachin'. Brudder AmDOGe. amt
you skeered2'
''Whufro should be skeered2 /
'speCts IL to ketch me right yere lis
TENN TO dis sermon. Couldn't be bet
ter prepared Exchange
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IN A NUTSHELL.

big talker," declared the Indiar
who had been listening to a local can
didate Heap scrap"
And what IL he Is not elected?'
Scrap heap. Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-10-09

you will write them direct TO Detroit
and enclose 10c as an evidence of good
faith and 10 help pay postage and pack
ing; no free packages at drug stores.
RengO IS for sale and recommended in
Washington by H Evans. 924 + St. ".
W: AnleCk's Drug Store. 14z9 Penna.
Ave y. w; Peoples Drug Store, S24
Seventh St
The Washington times., 1908-10-09

GAYETY THEATRE st 5. St;
AL This Week-Mattnee Every Day
THE BOWERy BURLESQUERS
Including BEN JANSEN
Extra Attraction
The only original Nelson and Cans Fight
Pictures taken az the ring side. Performances
commence ar and O'Clock sharp This week
Next Week-LEE VANITY Eve ocs-st
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-29

Ccontlnued ou PAGE Four,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-29
FLOODS CARRIED
AWAY GAS MAINS
East Side City Completely
Cut OFF From Gas
Supply

Special to Daily Leader
Muskogee, OKLA, May 29.-lIundreds
of people in Muskogee are cooking
their dinners over hastily improyised
ovens in their back yards tonight he
cause Y W cannot get fuel for their
ranges. 81 IS picturesque sight on
some Of the fashionable streets 10 see
long rows of back yards filled with
cooks with their white caps and wait
ers rushing back anu foIth into ihe
houses bearing food IL is "a great
thing to have nauiHil Gls for fuel but
it is most embarrassing when the sup.
ply is cut off and people have 20 return
at a moments notice to the primitive
methods of our grandfathers IN pIa.
lnnring meals. as 1900 consumers of
natural gas in Muskogee can testify.
crude 6ake ovens have been con
structed in back yards where brick
or stones were available and whore
they were not then the regulation
campfire has been made. Instead OF
course dinner the aristocrat of Mus
lkogee is likely to find himself eating
meal Of broiled bacon and hard
lhoiled eggs with coffee of the iagula-
ton campfire strength tonight And
all OF this because the floods in Okla
hOma have carried away the gas
mains that bring gas from the Ramona
fields TO this and other towns The
gas main crossed the Arkansas river
on tne wagon bridge at Clarksville
This bridge Is under water, part of 1t
swept away by the flood and The chan
mel of the river has shifted around one
end of the bridge This leaves Mus
kogee completely shut off from It's gas
supply and Il viii remain that way
until the flood subsidies and the gas
mains can be repaired, or new line
can be laid to the local wells that have
| been brought in near Muskogee. Mus
kogee has been using natural gas for
a year, just about long enough for the
consumer to get rid of all other kinds
Of stoves and to be completely at The
mercy of the gas. II will take several
days before the gas supply can be re-
sumed. and then perhaps not until a
local field is tapped
In addition to gas troubles. Muskb
gee is threatened with a flood atiended
by wafer famine The Arkansas river
lis within two feet of the Muskogee
pump station. and is rising rapidly
When il reaches the pumps the water
supply viii be cut Off and in Ahlsk0
gee st will he case of water, wat u
everywhere and not a drop TO drink
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dcbar'od comrades and carry ont the
muailstic ervioss
The momn-ial services win occur I'M
tha afternoon beginning ~ tru o'clock
ai the First Christian church. c+ner
of All and Noble. The foilt wing
program has been arranged for he oc-
ca ion:
Music America
Invocation Rev Nicholas.
Ron eau oi the dead Adiuant Hen
ry Cole
solo -Mm NieDaias TIE star
S1apgicl Banner
Renting of me address of Lincoln
ai Getty sbWe
Music renfing on Eho Old Camp
G npd.r
Recitation Miss Edna sproll--The
Spanish Motnef
Music 'Tsmple Quariette.
Addre%-F. IT, Grea.
Music
Recitation Hazi Vampner-Dec'
oraion nay bis the Farm.
Nugic.
Eenodictlon Rev Noblitt
a si cial request to anyAn- having
ilewaqs for dec ration day win please
phcne SO s57. or send to 312 Soutl
FIRST. whore there viii be q commit
i se of tbe Ladies ol The G., A. r. an,
+ w. H g.. ta arrange the 4 raj piece
Ter solde er4 4Tes on Friday after
moon Mas 29th.
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their purpose was discovered. they
withdrew the bill and struck that
clause out. and in order to do So sac
rifice thei. local examining board
We have passed many laws here In
the favor OF the miners and yet they
are not satisfied. They ask you 10 To-
cate this school in their midst, where
they can control II. They have told
me they do not propose to let these
students so in the mines. that it Is
not TO educate and make miners.
say 10 you, gentlemen. that II you To-
cate this school in a coal mining dis
trict, il will not be there two years
TN these coal miners viii be fighting
the school. ask you-are you going
70 spend the states money In this
manner? BY establishing school
where the miners say they will not
admit the graduates in the mines 2
Miami lead mines are willing TO ad-
nit them. and | am in favor of a law
| that viii admit the graduates and viii
use my endeavors TO pass such a law.
The gentleman asked me the Ques-
ton az 10 whether our men need the
educatian or not2 ! want to say TO
you that the actual miner in the lead
and Jack field does need education in
la mining school and Il Is just as inn
lportant OF more so. than it is for coal
thinning. The gentleman. NJ. Stiyers,
has admitted and stated before the
committee on mines and mining that
there We're three deaths in lead mines
G. one In a coal mine. Our lead and
lack mines seldom have strikes. ] be
ing raised IN a lead and jack district
also adjacent 10 the great Pittsbure
coal mining district. have never known
OF a strike Ia the lead fields, while
: frequently, there aIe strikes In the
coal field. Ouc men are in favor OF
educating men tO go iuto the mines
for they do not interiors with leag
and Jack mining for there Is always
q demand for help, while the Goa
miners of today can more than supply
; the demgnd and are always fighting
, any pr position that creates men fol
competition with them Is there Z
member of this house that ever wen'
into z public institution where miner
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-29
BLOOD -ElsIAG
TOEIC TREATMENT
A Cure for Anaemic Conditions That
Is Showing Remarkable Proofs Of
Cnrn, In Cillhhnt.l = Caene.

Is Showing Remarkable Proofs Of
Cures In Stubbota Cases.
When the body becomes run down.
either as result of overwork. worry
or severe Illness. an examination of
the blood would show Il to be weak
and wateryg This condition Is called
anaemic wlich is teh medical term for
"bloodless.Hf The common symptoms
are paleAess of the lips. gums and
cheeks sh rLness OF breath and palpita-
tion OF the heart after the slightest
eAertion. dun eyes and loss Of appetite
Anaemia itself is dangerous disease
and it may gradually pass into CON
sumption II must be cured by treat
ing its cause which Is the poor con
dition of the bbod The vital fluid
must be p,adc strong end healthy,
| thereby erabling il to carry the nee
essary n0urishment 10 every tissue az
the body.
Dr Williams Pink Pills are the
lgreatest builder of rich, new blood and
they have been curing anamia and
lother blood diseases for nearly a gen
Ieration. during which time they have
come to be recognized as an invaluable
household ramely.
Mrs j. r. Hayden, Of 24i Decatur
street. Corning. ~ Y. whose husband
is foreman IN The Symington Bridge
IChops was cured by this treatment
She sass.
When ! was about IS years old
began to De trolbled with anaemia and
lsgffered from it for years. About three
years ago ] had the measles and after
lthat the anaemia was worse.
cculdnt walk any distance without be
ing III, was dizzy nearly all of the
time and would often faint away after
The least exertion. was very pale
aid thin, black specks floated before
my eyes and I had sick headaches
poor digestion ard no strength or am
bition.
Il took treatment from our family
doctor and two other physicians. bu
with no relief Then tried severa
Z different medicines giving each a fai
tFial but was not cured My husban,
then suggested that ! try Or. Williams
. Pink Pills.
Six years ago he had become so ner
! vous and rundown from his confininl
work that he had been obliged to Civ
! FIJI up. He was sick for year. when h
gave up all other medicines and trie
, DR.. Williams Pink pills and was cured
2 u bought several boxes of tae pill
: and they benefited me almost from th
! first and in time cured me- For yea
. aud a half ! have been perfectly wei
. am strong, have a good appetite an
+ can sleep we'll"
I Dr. Williams Pink Pills have cure
e diseases due to impure or water
a blood that have baffled the best med
1 cal skill They are able to do this
2 because they contain the element
necessary totmake new and pure BLOOD
' lRheumadsnl. chlorosis, after-effects (
the grip and fevers. ere some OF tn
blood diseases cured by these pills an
> as the health of the nerves depend
} upon the purity Of the blood. DR.. Wi
@ liams Pink pills are us-ral ia snc
r nerve Diseases as neura'g.d nervou
r debility, sleeplessness dlzz'ness an
. Ecvcn iJcoafatCr ataSia.
! BrffMphams' Pink Pills are sol
+ by all druggists or ~ be sent pos
, paid, on receipt Vice 50 cents pc
box six boxes far $3.50. by the Dl
! wiliians Medicine company, sehecii
/ dy n. Y.
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Cco5anued on paH %
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PERSONAL.

II any person suspects that their
kidneys are deranged they should take
Foleys Kidney Remedy at once and
not risk having Brights disease or
diabetes. Delay gives the disease a
stronger foothold and you should not
delay taking Foleys Kidney Remedy
For sale by c. r. Renlro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-29
SENT OBSCENE MATTER
THROUGH MAIL, POLE HELD

Special to DAILY Leader
Chant. Okla, May 29.-For sending
matter through the mail that contained
statements derogatory to the character
'of Mrs William Boterous, Peter Kis-
tuitis, Pole, was arrested at Fort
Smith and brought here. lie admitted
writing the letter containing the
statements that are a basis for his ar.
rest and was released on bond pending
grand jury Investigation
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eaa Na fEa FORTY YEARS
eE9s SUCCESSFUL SERVICE

stood the test for period q moFe than two ge-
doubt OF tS
OF l PEI ia
aud its value
wei known that II today
shesa blood m,dieiue on te mafket For Rheumatism
and Ulcers SKIN tse anu AK os-Sl l"'S'
due "a poisoned condition Of the blood 3 has no equal
out the poons, lumors and germs ceanses the
sy cf ai ~ 81 fr cures the disease permanently ana restores
anaeflicf
f ne tlislitth and strength t res, s. s. S sup
splendid
reia,irors s, goes down the very bftfSf Az boQ
inherited taints which the ordinary
is $ S S. certain in s results
SUI stsolusely sale remedy 1t IS made entirely q
.s iebs heaug and curative value Il does moi
s 81 mineral IN ionl 70 dauge The delicate
hdren win tlc
people. not experiment % re . y 81
and that has rs worth by Is oy
need Of a blood puther Tor
ns. feq the ean and they viii end you
viii without charge special
zaei.cal ade that 5 Required -
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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1t is n pity TO see a person neglect
Indications of kidney or bladder trou.
bic that may result in Brght's disease
when Foley's Kidney Remedy Will cor
rect Irregularities and strengthen
these organs. Take Foley's Kidney
Remedy at the first sign of danger
For sale by c. r. Renfro.
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tie territorial legislature legalized
his election and while many were the
predictions that be would ba 80 severe
ihat he would dlaorgauize his com
manity and have ihe hand OF brother
agahs, brother on local questions, he
was "a iust and meyciful iarist aud re-
tired f-om that Office with the respect
.oi an lalrlq lp,lal NE.
Entering Ift6 tlS pdlitics OF Okla
homa Territory Hnups has been a
stpskipe Gsurs in That territory and
has carried his Views on prohibition
Ccosdpued on paR .
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far below the cost of manufa
ent salespeople has been enga
than cost Of manufacture, 81
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.oiepst selection Of gcodsever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
BUZZ TO BALTIMORE
ELECTRIC ROAD TO BE OPENED
FEBRUARY 10.
Special DiSDatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, January Am
nouncement was made today at the Office
of the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis Electric railway that the road
would be placed in operation between
Washington and Baltimore on February
10 next
The road is practically completed, ex-
cept for a distance of five miles from
Smiths Hill, in Anne Arundel county, to
Westport, where the line enters Balti-
more.
The terminal station at 18th and H
streets northeast. in Washington, will be
erected by William S. Spencer. to whom
the contract has been awarded by the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany At first the road will be operated
on half-hour schedules from either end
of the line. Ten express cars are now
in the shops at Academy Junction, and
further deliveries of rolling stock will
be made each week. General Manager
Shanahan states that the delay in open
ing the road has been due to bad weather
aud difficult engineering problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
REPUBLICANS EXPLAIN.
Providence Man Tells Why They
Did Not Entertain Taft.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. January There
was no political significance attached to
the entertainment given Secretary Taft
in Providence last night. The republicans
would have entertained him had there
been any one to take the initiative, but
the fact was that they had not kept
themselves informed as to his itinerary
Furthermore there was great uncertainty
as to the hour of his arrival
Frederick Roy Martin. editor of the
Journal. and John r. Rathom managing
editor, having learned that Secretary Taft
would arrive at s o'clock and that he
would have to wait in the railroad station
for an hour to connect with the New
York train. wired to Worcester and asked
the Secretary to be their guest at the
Hope Club. His acceptance having been
received, Mr.. Martin telephoned to Gov.
Higgins and half dozen other prominent
citizens to come to the club and meet Mr..
Taft.
The affair was impromptu and wholly of
a social character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
PRoHIBITIoNISTS HAPPY.
Rejoice Over Defeat of John Barley.
corn Down South

Special Dispatch TO The Star
CHICAGO, January 1.-There is joy to-
day among prohibtiOnists over the bumps
that have been received in the last twelve
months by King Alcohol and "Old
John Barieycorn.'' The new year will
mark large additions to dry districts
throughout the country.
Local leaders in the dry" camp point
out that Georgia and Oklahoma now have
passed into the prohibition column while
Mississippi is waiting only Tor its legis-
lators to keep their pledge to pass
prohibition act for that state. The new
year, they say. will see 40.OO0,OOO persons
living in prohibition territory in the
United States. and party leaders predict
that the white flag soon will wave over
states where opposition to the temperance
movement heretofore had been keen.
THE two latest acquisitions to the pro-
mbt1on ranks are Oklahoma and
Georgia. said Alonzo l.. Wilson, at Chi
cago prohibition headquarters today
Alabama has voted against liquor and
Mississippi will follow next month. In
Illinois we have good start in fourteen
counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
Prohibition Has Invaded so of the
81 Counties.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
B1RM1 NGHAM. Ala. January Fifty
of the sixty-seven counties in Alabama
are dry under the local-option provisions
of the state law today. In the other
seventeen counties liquor may be sold
for one year more. Then Alabama. as a
state. joins the roll of dry common
wealths.
In this county prohibition came in amid
the shrieking of whistles and the peal OF
church bells. All day yesterday liquid
refreshments were being sold at bargain
prices, and when night came many of the
smaller saloons We're completely sold out.
Large quantities of brandy and cham
pagne were bought by private persons for
their cellars. There was little drunken
ness or disorder.
The removal of the saloons has pro-
duced marked slump in the rents OF
business locations, although the greater
number of the better locations have al
ready beer rented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
FED MANY OF THE HOMELESS.
Chicago Man Dispensed Hot Coffee
and Rolls for Three Hours.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, January Ito feed the
hungry and bring comfort to the hopeless
Malcolm Mcdowell. now banker. but
formerly Chicago newspaper man, stood
FOR three hours last night without an
overcoat in the open air at West Madison
and Jefferson streets.
He fed every homeless person who
chanced to pass along the thoroughfare
from II PM. 1907, to > am, 1908. Hun
dreds of mon and several women partook
of his bounty and then went on their way
rejoicing. He served from wagon
which he hired earlier in the day. a cup
of hot coffee and two rolls to each waif
who approached him.
Human derelicts of the type seen in
midwinter in the slums when employment
is slack were the people whom he went
out to find that he might relieve their
hunger on the first of the new year. 1t
waS his good resolution for 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
They Led the Line, and All Legations
We're Represented.
THEN CAME THE JUDICIARY
THEN SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, THE
ARMY AND NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND
CITIZENS.

Ninety years ago today the White
House was first used for a public recep-
'tion. Officialdom in those days was said
to be not only small but a simple body,
which mixed with the public and was not
so much afraid of being mistaken for it
as, ii lis limited, it is now. Simple ways
ruled around the Presidents home 1t
did not take as long in those times for the
average visitor to get close to the head of
the nation as it does now on ceremonious
occasions, but history does not record
that, once inside, his movements about the
structure were hindered or FASTENED in
iany way by police or secret service men
as alasi must be the rule now. The big
nobs and the little fellows came and went
as they pleased and there were things to
eat and drink around the sideboards and
elsewhere, according to the writers of
that period. Still the great changes in
White House rules and regulations that it's
enlarged area and modern notions
have brought about have touched