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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
PLUNGE FROM ROOF
KILLS AGED WORKER
Edward Jones, II Years Old, Has
Tragic Death-Will Be Buried
| TOMORROW.

The funeral OF Edward Jones, seventy
two years old, a steamnttars helper.
who was killed by plunging from the
roof OF the new National Museum build
Ing, which is under the course Of con-
struction at Tenth and 3 streets north
west, viii be held tomorrow morning
from st. .Aloysius' Church. Interment
viii be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The true details OF Jones death per-
maps never viii be known. as the dis
covery OF his mangied body at the base
Of wall in slight depression was the
first intimation his comrades had that
the aged man had fallen. It is supposed
that the man fell some time between
4;l5 AID $50 in the afternoon.
Shortly after O'Clock Jones was
sent TO examine a 1Ue. and When he
aid not return 10 put in his time cneck
with others who were working on the
building the men became uneasy ana
began a search for him. They were ex-
aiming the base OF the south wall
when one uttered a cry and pointed ~
blood stains on projection at the sec
ond story.
The workmen made their wav ovar =
Pile or granite slabs, and there ~ >
smaH puddle OF water, stained erirnson
with the blood OF their co-7psnfoy,
found the body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
MRS. KYLE SOUGHT
WORK. SHE SAYS
Woman Denies Elopement
and HobSon Asserts
He Did.

Did elope with Hobson? Certainly
not. He simply met me in New York
and happened to be stopping at the
same boarding house I did. The re-
ports that 1 broke up his home are ut
terry false. 1 went 10 New York be-
cause my husband could not support
me; I wanted 10 work, and I had an
uncle there"
In this strain Mrs. Raymond Kyle -
day bitterly denied the report that she
and HObsOn had fed for New York
after the latter had, it is charged. en-
beZZied from the Hope Live Stock
Mutual Benefit Company.
Hobson, on his arrival In this city,
declared that ''he had eloped with Mrs.
Kyle because he preferred her 10 his
wife"
At Odds With HObson's Story.
Mrs. Kyle is utterly at loss to com.
prehend the meaning Of this remark.
She is positive that she did not eIope
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
DISCORD FEARED
BY LABOR UNIONS
President GomPers Thinks
His Position Will Be At
tackled by Party's Plunge.

That the future, at least the immedi-
ate future. OF the organized labor move
ment in this country Is deeply involved
with the revolutionary plunge into pol
itics which the American Federation
has taken, is plainly the conception
which President samuel GOmpers enter
tains Of the situation.
1t has been plain for some time that
the National Manufacturers Associa-
ton and kindred organizations devoted
TO the war against labor organization
on principle. were determined to take
advantage 70 the utmost of the effort
OF labor's leadership 10 make IL po-
litical force. No effort viii be spared
to create schism and discOrd. to draw
away their followers from the leaders
who have had the ttnerity 10 under
take such an enterprise. President
G3mpers recognized that his position
viii be attacked. that there VIII DC an
effort TO depOse him, and that the nght
f. certain 10 be critical one Tor HlIh-
self, his associates in command, ana Jhe
whole labor movement in this country.
Leads To Class Distinction.
The argument against labor in organ
ICED capacity going into politics Is that
it leads to class divisions and tends 70
izations. in opposition TO them. On the
other hand. those labor leaders VINO
believe in the move, insist that the ex-
perience OF labor in other countries
where as a body it has undertaken 10
make itself felt in politics, shows that
this is the most effective course by
which to secure concessions Ihey insist
that its organized political activities
Hv. A rrlrr % q
many, and other countries have on the
whole made labor a greater factor. and
enabled IL TO command more attention
10 its interests. than has been possible
under the policy Of non-inJerference, so
long pursued in America
President Gompers has Just written a
letter 10 John Brinkman. a local labor
leader and supporter Of the political
move, suggesting the great Importance
Of the decision labor has been called on
To make. He refers 10 "a statement
emanating from the management or the
Republican campaign. that they propose
10 establish sO-Called labor bureaus
20 reach the voters among organized
Iaobr; that they are going 10 create. a
rebellion against GOmpers' la the labor
movement; that they are going 70 at
tack me in every way possible, ana that
they will ipaugurate a movement for
my retirement from the presidency OF.
the American Federation OF Labor"
Gompers Makes An Appeal.
To all Of which Mr.. Gompers replies
with def and an appeal TO labor TO
stand by him.
Mr. Gompers is full OF fight. and
knows that he viii be the center Of
attacks. He has risked everything IN
this move. and viii win il it is posi-
BILE The fight for The labor vote is go
ing 70 be the storm center OF the cam
paign, from all present indications. Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
TOO YARDS IN 9 2-5/
WALKERS CLAIM
Wonderful Spriiting At
tributed to OLYMPIC Winner
From Souh Africa.

ABERGAVENNY, England, Aug. O.
r. Z. Walker. the Suth African sprint
CT, received congratulations today from
athletic clabs and poTtsu,en all over
England on his n@ u0-yard record,
300 2-5. made here ssterday.
The little fellow cpped one-f1fth OF a
second from the reed of Dan J. Kelly,
made at Spokane. Tash.. in 1906 The
only other man who yer equaled Kelly s
time is Arthur Duff. who ran the dis
tdnce several times N 0:09 3-5.
The new record US made under the
regulations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05

sI.as to Baltimore ant Return
every day via The Electri, Line" rvy{-
light excursions 500 round trip, o m.
returning up to midnight, Saturday End
Sunday excepted. See time schedule.
-AdVt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05

The Skill of the Artist
is exemplified in the floral designs for
funerals produced BY GUIDE, 12l4 r.
AdVt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
YOUTHFUL TRAVELLER
WISHES FOR HOME
Runaway Frof1 Denver TO See
Washington-Companion
Quit at Alexandria.
7 wish I was back home"

Charles Ldtzo, a fifteen-yesr-old lad,
who admitted IN the Juvenile Court yes
teIday afternoon that he had beaten
his way across the continent from Den
yer. Just 20 see Washington, ended his
rather piaintive story with the vain
wish that he had never started. IAtzO
dropped into town Monday, and, going,
TO sleep in an alley, was sent 10 the
IFc nth precinct. He had a companion.
he said who deserted him when the
wandering pair reached Alexandra.
JUoSe Callen committed him TO the
Board OF Children's Guardians until his
parents can be heard from.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
S:1.25 and $3.50
Persian lawn waists
79c

4 special purchase lot. fine quail
ity Persian lawn.
50 dozen in the lot but such
pretty waists at a price as iow
as we offer them for tomorrow will
go out quickly and even 50 dozen
will not last long.
Made fasten back style, three
quarter length sleeves. entire fronts
Of Ell over embroidery, a large
variety Of designs . select from.
Tucked collars and tucked cuns,
with dainty lace edges. in all sizes.
Regularly SIPS and $3.50 each, a
Thursday special at zee each.
Waist Dept.-SecOnd Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
WEATHER OBSERVER
is GIVEN PRESENT

In recognition OF a service Of fifty
years as A weather observer and en-
ploye OF the United States Government,
Dennis Horigan. Of the naval observa-
tory, was yesterday presented with a
gold-hesded cane by his friends.
The present alton was made BY As
tronomer George Hill. Mr. Horigan,
nearing eighty years. Is said 10 be the
oldest meteorological observe in the
country. He has lived Ia Georgetown
since 1888
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05

with the prisoner awaiting trial in the
United States jail, and she does not
see how he could have misconstrued
her appearance in New York as such.
MY husband and ! did not live hap
PLY together for any length OF time. %
said she. because he had a boon COM
panion whom he brought 10 our home
at all hours OF the night. he was then
working AT his trade as a plate printer,
and was scarcely making enough 70
support the two OF Us in comfort. New
ertheless. he found that he was able
to blow his earnings on this man.
Il told him that he would have 10
give up that friend or me. and he said
n ewas going to quit the friend. He
did not. though. Then ] left him, and
went back 10 live with mother.
II met Mr.. Hobson in New York. ana
as he was a friend Of mine I felt there
was no harm in letting him call on me
he was al my boarding house when he
was arrested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05
WIN Not Return To husband.

Mrs Kyle. a remarkably pretty wom-
an of the attractive dark-eyed and light
haired type. is not contemplating a re
turn 10 her husband
She felt deeply me misconstruction
put on her statements by the New York
papers. and says now that she Will
never trust a newspaper again
They are brutal up there in the way
they handled my statements for pub
ucation," she almost wept. They made
me out a woman who had run away
with Hobson and who had broken UP
his home. / didn't, I didn't, and 1 don't
see why they want 70 say such things
about me"
II preferred Mrs. Kyle 10 my wife
That's why I ran away with her" re
iterates HObsOn In his cell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05

Four Hours Sail on Cool Chesapeaks
Bay four days a week. 800 round trfn
See ticket agent The Electric Iins. %
I4th and New York ave-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-05

sI.7S To Annapolis and Return,
Via The Electric Line" Visit the N 3
Naval Academy. See time schedule for
trainE.-AdV -N-
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10
Burglars Queer Haul.

While the old adage that beggers
cannot be choosers is usually true, it
does not apply always to the men OF
the deft fingers and the jimmy. Bur-
glars usually have pretty distinct
idea of what they are going to find in
the house they attack before they be-
gin operations. Some peculiar arti-
Giles are taken by this class Of individ-
uals, but whether the articles give any
clue to the natural tendencies of the
operator is not determined by criminal
experts.
Among the peculiar things stolen
there was reported to the local police
headquarters recently that Saginaw
(Mich.) dentist had been robbed OF
1000 false teeth. In the court, when
the thief is arraigned, he will be charg-
ed with converting to his own use the
1000 false teeth.-Washington Star.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10

lobster was when at Christmas time
our landlady served what she called
lobster croquettes.' Well, let's not
boast about it, for know the taste of
good, honest veal, even when it's dis
guised with a fancy name. And so far
as that foolishness about the opera
| length hose goes-well, it's Isle
thread, black, with double soles and
heel for mine-they last if you're care
full. Automobiles, did you say? Well,
my chauffeur wears cap with a
shield that reads: metropolitan
Street Railway
And what CUFF about champagne"
continued the young woman, with a
sheer. chats in the fairy tales. Say"
she demanded, turning to the reporter,
what branch of literature have you
been consuming, anyway"
! The subdued seeker-after-thruth-
!! about chorus-girls admitted that he
| had browsed occasionally among mag
azines that you can find on the street
corner bopkstand and that have DASH
ing crimson covers.
"Aw!" shifted the chorus girl in dis
gust, chats dope-d-o-p-e. Dye hear?
We usually have rehearsal in the
morning, and then we go back to the
boarding house for lunch. In the af-
| ternoon we do what little shopping
there is to do, darn stockings and sew
UP rents-no, not the landlords. Then
! there's dinner and the nickel chug-
chug to the theater. After the show
is over we usually go back to the
palatial hall bed rooms, which are
hardly wide enough for narrow.
minded person. A lot of us live in the
same place and if somebody's flush
we have some cheese and crackers
and beer before turning in; if we're
! all equally poor we chip in and bay
J the cheese and beer for the snack.
Isn't it exciting?"
"But." protested the reporter, there
must be some chorus girls who own
automobiles, and who make so-ca!lad
lobster palaces habitable places? 1t
cannot all be fiction?"
Neither it is, Mr.. Reporter. BIT
you'll also find ladies who own auto.
mobiles and who are responsible for
| the disappearance of many Holsters in
other walks of life. I'll not mention
any details. But they are there, new
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10
HAPPY LIFE OF THE CHORUS LADY
New York Reporter Learns Some Things About the Stage
Butterflies.

Who has not heard that moss-be.
decked joke about the chorus girl who
saves her money? 1t has figured in
the COMICS" it has been shown ON
the stage and it has been repeated
millions of times to those who have it
still oftener. Its age is unknown, but
it is probably as old as the mother-in.
law joke, and, with the latter, will
survive panics and presidential mes.
sages. Like the poor, it is with us al
ways.
Having read about the hilarious
lives which these butterflies of the
chorus lead while ON their way to
fame and to millionaire marriages, a
New York reporter was assigned re-
Gently to lind out if the chorus girls
happiness was all wool and yard
wide, exclusive of the selvage, he
went to the manager of theater
where musical comedy or comic opera
holds forth, and was told to go to the
stage door and night he chose. He Sc
lected night when the air was just
nipping enough to whet the appetite
of any after-eleven-thirty mortal for
"a bird and BOTTLE
His Imagination received it's first
Jolt when he approached the stage
door. The street in front of it was
deserted. Where was the long line of
limousines, chugging impetuously?
The reporter drew the stage man
ager into corner and told him his
errand.
Jaw, go on, you're fooling!" was all
the encouragement he could get out of
that unidealistic person; but when he
insisted the custodian of ropes and
lights, and. if necessary, the posses
sor of iurid vocabulary capitulated.
II don't care, then, if the manager
says so. Talk to any one you like and
I'll tell her she can stay out of the
next chorus number. Here they come
now. Hey, you, sis, come here; some
body wants to talk to you. You two
better sit over there where the music
won't spoil your conversation.
And turning his back upon the girl
and the reporter, the stage manager
began telling group of singers what
he thought of the violent manner in
which they swished their skirts dur
ing the last number.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10

girls banker after getting into the
chorus. Nowadays it is demanded Of
them that they know how to sing and
that they have good voices. Besides,
they have to be good looking, young
and have good figures. So long as
they keep these qualities they may re-.
main in the chorus, but when they be-
gin to get bit old nobody wants them
any more.''
"And then what becomes Of them?"
ooh, don't know" sighed Mrs. Fer
nandez. Some few, you know, rise
from the chorus to the ranks Of prima
donna-Miss Edna May and Miss Lulu
Chaser are such examples. But they
are the exception-the others drift
out Of sight and new faces and voices
appear. =
$50 you see it is a trying life and
necessarily brief one. There's not
much fun in it for the chorus xirl. be-
lieve me. OF course, there are some'
and here the lady shrugged her
shoulders "but you'll find them out
side the chorus. too. And people
should not condemn the whole cake
just because one raisin is overripe.
should they7"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10

The chorus girl looked curiously at
the reporter, for she had not yet been
able to fathom the whole proceeding.
They sat upon wooden bench paint.
ed to represent real stage stone.
LET me talk first" began the re-
porter, "and I'll wipe away all the
mystery Of this affair. simply want
you to tell me about the happy. happy
life led by you and your sisters in the
chorus. The public have read a lot
about it, and have heard that your
physicians order you: to adhere strict
ly to lobster diet and prescribe
water in your bath only. All Of this,
they have believed and still want to
believe, so I'm relying on you to feed
them with facts about the enviable
manner in which you romp through
life in high.heeled French slippers,
opera length hose and hug-chugging
automobiles"
"Say. are you quite through" asked
the chorus girl, and her voice betray-
ed some impatience. "You may not
know it, but you are talking consid-
cradle nonsense. The nearest that I
have come in a long time to tasting
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10

ertheless. However, that's got moth
ing to do with the chorus girl. Take
it from me, the chorus girl is a pretty
hard working little slavey, and IL she
had one.tenth as good time as the
great public believes she has, why,
she would simply faint away and leave
a note for brother not to wake her up.
So long! And. say, If you don't mind
a bit Of advice from sisterly person,
why, I'd like to tell you to change
your brand Of reading. You've got an
overgrown imagination now, superin-
duced-as they say in the doctors re-
port of rich patiently thousand
and-one-night tales you dig out Of the
illustrated dope magazines. Be care
full"
And with that the chorus girl stood
up, gave her short skirts a swish or
two to straighten them and then ran
to join her sisters in the chorus. The
reporter waited just long enough to
hear the. aggregation singing some.
thing about I'VE are the merry, mer-
ry," and then he unostentatiously
CROPPED his way to the stage door and
out into the night. The street was
still deserted-no touring cars. not
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10

even q taxicab. And another one OF
his ideals Of life in a big city was
shattered.
The next day he awoke to the sensa.
ton that the chorus girl had filed
him with unpleasant points of view. II
that was all that went to make up the
life Of a chorus girl, then why tho
chorus girl? Why, indeed?
Determined that the truth and moth
ing but the truth about this alleged al
Turing phase of life must be known, he
primed himself with questions and
went to that fountain head of knowl-
edge on matters of this kind, namely,
Mrs. e. L. Fernandez, who conducts a
theatrical agency, and who comes into
contact with the realities of the Choir
us girls life. She was gentle-voiced,
motherly person, who obligingly inter-
rupted her business when the reporter
explained his visit.
Il am delighted that the newspaper
takes up the cudgels for the chorus
girl-delighted not because of any
personal reasons, but because know
that it is the most maligned business
or profession in the world. You read
lot of nonsense about the hilarity of
that life, but let me tell you it's ruiz
bisll. I know what I'm talking about,
for they come here applying for posi-
tions.
The pay of a chorus girl ranges
from $1S to $25 week. 1t averages
about $40, and out of that the great
majority of girls support not only
themselves but lot of other people,
too.
Believe me, l am not talking
ideals" said Mrs. Fernandez, very
seriously, "but am giving you some
Of the straight facts of the.case. get
very indignant when 1 read some of
the stuff that appears about these
girls and about the way they are sup
posed to do nothing but devour lob
ster and loll in the cushions of their
automobiles. That's rot, sheer rot
"And if some of the people who be
lieve these things and smile increlu-
lousy every time the subject of tie
chorus girl is mentioned-if some of
these people would look into the case
they wouli find that a great charity
could be done in providing reason
shle-priced, clean quarters for these
girls.
But why do so many girls banker
after. such life if it is so dry and try
ing?"
Because nearly all the world is
stage struck replied Mrs. Fernan.
dez. That IS the only possible an
swer
THAT alone explains why SO many
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10
VANISHING PUBLIC LANDS,
End Would Have Come Soon II Frauds
Had Continued,

End Would Have Come Soon II Frauds
Had Continued.
At the beginning of this government
the public lands amounted to 1885,,
O00,GG3 acres. The quantity of land
that has passed in the last twenty-four
years from the government to states,
individuals and corporations is equal,
says Outlook, to a strip of territory
across the continent including all OF
New England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, 1ndi-
ana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Washington and Oregon.
SINCE 1862 there, have been 100000
900 acres taken up in demonstrating.
Where has the remainder of the pub
lie lands gone? To railways, lumber
companies, cattle companies and spec
ulators, and large portions have been
allotted to the states.
1t is generally admitted that If the
depredations upon the public lands
had not been checked in 1903 by
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, backed by a
courageous president, the end of the
present administration would have
seen the nation despoiled of all of its
remaining agricultural lands that are
susceptible of irrigation and of its
richest remaining treasures in the for
est nd in the mines.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10
Washington Not "Fast."

Is Washington somnambulistic? The
pink cravat INDEPENDENTLY
turned-up trousers youth, who decor
ates the country's summer resorts
with Washington as his residence
and his father the honorable Mr.. So
and So would have it, so, according
to his tales of midnight revels-hor-
ribly, beastly fast and Everything is
deliciously quiet, you know, too.' Such
stories also may be heard from tenn
porary winter residents Mailing from
down east or across the Susquehanna.
Here's the testimony of one, how
ever, who, in many respects, might
speak with authority. Some weeks
ago a police reporter of well-known
New York newspaper was in the city
covering a murder trial. He was in
the habit Of taking his dinner at an
upper well-known Pennsylvania ave.
nue. hostelry, and the first evening
he entered the dining room he was
greeted from behind his chair: "Good
evening, Mr.. Smith" why, where did
you come from, LOUISE" replied the re-
porter. recognizing in his waiter a ia.
miliar face. From the Bozart, sir.
Two weeks ago, sir" whats the mat
+. ter-lose your job?" "No, sir. Came
down here, sir. to get some sleep. sir.
can't stand it more than three weeks.
sir, so I'm going back and I'm going to
stay, SIR"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-10
New York Type Of Hogs.

A Chicago merchant was dining
with some acquaintances in New York
recently. Among the party was an
other man from the MiddleWest who
had rather a poor opinion Of the av-
erage New Yorker. II notice in my
paper this morning." said the Chi
cagoan, chat of every fifteen hogs
born and bred in the United States
one is Missourian." "That may be
true with one class of hogs" said the
other man from the Mississippi val.
ley, "but of every fifteen hogs seen
on the street cars of this town at
least fourteen were born in New York
and bred nowhere"