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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
Lack of Rain Over Country
and CareleSSneSS of
Forest Owners.
LOSS is IMMENSE,
EXPERTS DECLARE
Government Has Suffered Less
Than Private Owners, Owing
to Precautions.

Lack Of rain in all parts Of the United
States. and the failure OF State officials
anS private owners TO take precautions.
is held responsible by officials OF the
Forestry Service for the great number
of forest fires which have been devdsta-
ting forests in all parts of the United
States.
The forests. according 10 the Bureau
OF Forestry. have passed through series
Of fires this summer that promises to
break all records in amount of property
destroyed.
The bureau is securing the exact data
from various States, and il was said to-
dav that the loss you'd astonish the
country, when the total was made
known.
But few sections Of the country have
had rain this summer, the West and
the East having suffered alike.
The United States Government has
900 acres Of national forest, ana
the records OF the bureau. show that
the loss to Government property has
been slight in comparison 70 timber
tracts owned by States or private own
ers. All the Government timber is 10
Gated West Of the Mississippi river
where little rain has fallen for months
past.
Government forest employees, the loss.
81 is said, will be slight in comparison
10 the millions lost by States. The Blu
reau Of Forestry is being shuwered wltt
requests for suggestions as 10 now best
10 fight q forest IRE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
LITTLE PRINCESS
IN POLICE COURT
Hindoo Miss Runs Away
From Florence Critten-
ton Home.

When one isa HiudOO princess it IS
annoying. not 10 say humiliating. 70 be
compelled TO appear in the Police Court
But il so happened that the young
Princess Martha Bakhsh was today
forced 20 the necessity Of appearing
there.
The princess. like most Of her kind IN
fairy tales. had ran away from home
not the kind Of home that royal persons
generally have. but from the Florence
CrittentOn Home. which IS not at all
times accustomed 20 royalty. The mStl-
tuition endeavoTs 10 put nobility into the
system, but for some reason or other
the princess either decided she didn'
need any more or the process did not
suit her fancy.
went down 10 Alexandria the other
day. the princess did Just as they
do in the fairy stories and ran away
The difference between the fairy tales
and those in real life is that in the
former there is always gallant
knight handy TO carry the princess
of TO safety. while in the real thing
il is always a policeman And that
is how IL was with the princess She
met a policeman
Knowing her TO be a princess. he
felt imbued with the gallant spirit Of
the knights OF fiction and carried her
Off-but to the grim police station.
in court thiS morning the princess
said she had run away because she
was made to work too hard in the Crit
tenton Home The matron. who ap-
peared in court. told the judge IL she
could talk to the young girl perhaps
she could arrange matters. The result
was that the princess has returned 10
the homo from which she fed and the
Judge made it quite plain 70 her royal
highness that the next time she faces
HIM he viii send her 20 Jail.
The princess says her home IS in Nor
folk and that she was sold for 80 20 a
Hindoo rajah by her parents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
STOLE WIFE FROM
MAN SEVENTY-ONE
Alienation Suit Tells of Wo-
mans Escapades Who Is
More Than Fifty.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1.-THE story
OF the alleged alienation of the aflec-
lions Of a woman VINO has passed the
half century mark is 70 be told in the
civil courts at NorristOwn '0day.
The principals IN the suit are residents
of Gwynedd. a fashionable district along
the north Pennsylvania railroad.
TIE plaintiff is Charles y. Kulp,
sew enty-one years old. and the defendant
is William r. Whittock, a wealthy
widower. Mr.. and Mrs. kuip have not
lived together for more than year.
II is understood that the husband Will
tell OF carriage drives and trips to At
lantic City IN which his wife and Whit
took II Is alleged participated. Mrs.
KuIp is and has been for some time
housekeeper In the WhittOCk home
Kulp values the love Of his wife at
$1,000
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
City Keys rendered Jerome
By Amusement House Keepers
Honest John Kelly Is First to Confer Honor-Rounds
of Gambling Houses Made, But Few of
Owners Were at Home.

fried Walbaum. He was twirling his
key chain around his forefpger and as
he entered the District Attorneys Of
fee he tossed the jingling keys on the
desk and stroked his gray hair contem-
platively-
West Thirtieth street OF She string?'
asked Jerome.
NO; my mistake / thought they
Were on this string, but It happens that
the keys arc for the Y. NJ. c. A. locker
and the Good Government Association
2luLrcoH.s."
WaIbaum promised to correct the ms
take and VIII have tire Other keys at the
office today.
The district attorney win probably
aTToint an official keeper Of the city
KEYS.
William Green. on Of Jeromes de-
tectives, was authorized b. the district
attorney Monday night o. make the
rounds ~ gambling houses in the Ten
derloin district and inspect the prem
ises which were under suspicion as
places where gambling had been con
Quoted.
The detective was unable 20 find many
Of the alleged gamblers at home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
GIRL SLAYER RAVES;
BREAKS FROM GUARD
Nellie WaldrOn, Who Shot Sweet
heart, Confined in Strait
Jacket.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2---Nellie Wal
dron. who shot and killed her former
sweetheart. Edward Mcdonald, in his
home at rs Greenpoint avenue, Green
point. is a raving maniac today While
being transferred from the Eastern
District Hospital TO the Kings County
Hospital, she broke away from police
man and an ambulance surgeon and
darted down the street.
She was caught after chase OF about
two blocks, but fought like a tigress.
Finally she had to DE placed in a
straitjacket.
Although she is but a frail girl. II
took the combined efforts of the police
man and ambulance surgeon to get her
back 10 the ambulance AT the hos
pital il was necessary to administer
opiates to quiet her cries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
YOUR DISTRESSED STOMACH
RELIEVED IN FIVE MINUTES

Take your sour stOmach-or mayoe
you call II Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Gas
tritis or Catarrh II Stomach: II dCesu't
matter-take your sJOmach trouble
right with you 70 your Pharmacists and
ask him to open a 50-cent case Of Papc' r
Diapepsin and let you eat one 27-grain
TriangUle and see II within five min
utes there is left any trace OF your for
mer misery.
The correct name for your trouble is
Food Fermentation-fOod sOurlng; the
Digestive organs become weak, there
is lack OF gastric juice: your food is
only half digesteG, and you become al
feCted with loss Of appetite, pressure
and fullIesS after eating vomiting.
nauseaU, heartburn. gripping in bowels,
tenderness IN the Dit OF stomach. bad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

taste IN mouth. constipation, pain in
limbs. sIceDlesSness, belchIng Of gas.
biiiOusness. sick headache. nervousness,
dizziness and many other similar syup-
toms
II your appetite is tickle. and nothing
tenpts YOU, or YOU Delch gas o. IL you
feel blOatcd after esl<ing. or your food
lies Ike a lump OF LEAD on your stOu-
aC1, YOU can make up your mind that
at the bottom OF all this there is bur
one caUse-fermeutatiOn Of unidigesLed
food.
Prove 10 yourself, after your next
meal, that your stomach is as good
as any, that there - nothing really
wrong Stop this fermentation and be-
gin eating what you want without fear
OF discomfort OF miServ
Almost instant RELIEF Is waiting for
YOU IL IS merely a matter OF hOw
soon you take some Diapepsin-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
PLAN FOR BRIDGE
OVER CHESAPEAKE

BALTIMORE, oct. 2l.-The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
of Baltimore will advocate the propO-
sitiOn to construct a bridge across the
Chesapeake bay at its narrowest
point, from Baltimore county, above
North Point. TO Kent county. The as
ISOLATION viii provide for a prelimi-
nary survey.
The bridge would cost about So
100000, and would bring the Eastern
Shore in closer touch with Baltimore
by trolley lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
Flames Sweeping TOWARD
Ohio Oil Producing District

WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. 21.-A ter
rife forest fire is sweeping over
large area near Decker station, six
miles west OF Woodsfeld, Ohio, IN
Monroe county. and as water is scarce
the loss will be enormous. Woods
field is so smoky today that pedes-
TRANS could hardly be seen across the
street
Much anxiety is felt as TO the out
come Of the fire, as IL IS in the heart
of the oil territory, which, IL IS feared
will be swept clean of tanks and der
YTcEc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
SOLDIER IS VICTIM
Of FRIENDS RAZOR
Jealousy Alleged to Be Cause
of Probably Fatal
ARRAY.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2L-John Franklin,
twenty-five years old, artillery private,
is probably dying tOc2y in the military
hospital in th1 Fort WaGSWOrth reser-
walton, on Staten Island, and Charles
Lynch, twenty-three, private in the
same battery. is locked up in the mill
Jary prison Of the fort charged with fe-
lOniOus assault, pending the result OF
his victims injuries.
Early this morning il was rumOred
about the astern section Of Staten Is
land that a riot had occurred in the
fort, and that several soldiers had been
wounded in the queuing Of It. When
the story reached the police station at
StapletOn, Captain Linden sent two OF
ulS men TO investigate The military au-
thOrities tried 70 Iush the matter UP,
but the policemen persisted in their
serchr and learned the salient facts in
the case.
Franklin aad Lynch. who We're chums,
II appeared. had a quarrel inside the re-
ScrvattOH early In the Gag. and were
parted by comrades after Lynch had
had a severe beating. The disagreement
IS said 10 nave been caused by their
rivalry fol the favor OF a young |om-
an.
FRANKLIN went 10 his quarters auG
alleged, Lynch Crept TO his bedside.
razor N hand. and slashed the defense
less man across the side and Jacl. or
the neck.
Before Franklin. suddenly awakened.
could either defend himself OF call for
help Lynch cut aim twice more n the
neck. each of the two latter slashes
missing the jugul=T vein by narrow
gnarsin.
FrankIins cries were then heard by
las comrades who disarmed Lynch as
his weapon was about 10 sweep again
across The throat Of his victim, and
took MIN 10 the guard house.
Frau5lius wounds were attended 10
BY the battery surgeon. and he was then
removed 70 the reservation hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
Flames Sweeping on
TOWard Big Toms

MELBOURNE. y. H, Oct. 2l.-An al
most continuous line OF blazing forest
extends today from Berlin on the north
and west to Bethel at the east, across
the line in Maine and the woods are
abIaze throughout the New Hampshire
TWENTY-FIVE hundred acres have been
devastated and damage TO standing
timber is estimated at So. 90.
The fires, which have been burning
for a day and night, are now beyond
control and are sweeping down upon
the farming section just outside OF
SDclbOUrue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
ROB AS FIRE BURNS.

MILLERSBCRG. Ohio. Oct 21.-
While citizens of AIiTersburG were
lighting FIRE which destroyed six down
town buildings early today, burglars
broke into the postoffice and stole 500
and a large amount OF stamps. It f.
believed by many that the fire was
started TO distract the attention of the
notice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
TO OPEN
NEW SCHOOL TO-DAY

The new ErightwoOd Park public
school viii be opened formally this
afternoon DedlcatOry exercises, under
the auspices Of the BrightwOOd Park
Citizens Association. viii be held at
$50 O'Clock.
Patriotic songs viii be sung b. the
school children Of BrightWOod, and
mary men prominent in District affairs
wiu participate. Among tie speakers
VIII be Commissioner MacfaTiand, = l.
ThUrstOn. Frank j. Eetcalf. Capt.
James +. Oyster ". Y. Cox. William
NICK Clayton, and a T. stuart super
mtcudent Of schools
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
MAN WOULD SHOOT
DRIVER OF AN AUTO

MANASSAS. Va, Oct. I.-Because his
horse became frightened by an auto
mobile. driven by J. b Rhinehart, and
he became angry and threatened to
shoot the occupant Of the auto. DR. H
2. Marsteller, one of the best-known
physicians Of the State. was today fined
by Justice Wharton $25 for carrying
concealed weapons. s. for shooting in
the public highway. and 81 for using
abusive language.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
FIRE SCENE BURNED
ON FARMERS MEMORY
Sent to Asylum Because He
Couldn't Forget Boyertown
Disaster.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Oc.. 2I-Wil-
loughby Seibert. aged Gfty-eight. we'll
known farmer near Fnaus. has been
taken to the Mountain Insane Asylum.
Ever since the BoyeItOwn Theater
fire, Seibert's mind mas been failing.
The published accounts Of that horror
has left an indehbie impression upon
him. which neither time nor change
could efface.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
ARREST BOY OF IA
AS A HORSE THIEF

NORRISTOWN. Pa, oct I.-Joseph
Shuman IS in The House of Detention.
charged with hose stealing The boy
says he Is fourteen years Of age, but
ne looks older. He was arrested at
Eagleville, when ne tried 20 sell Frank
Wiley's horse and carriage 20 Joseph
Holman.
HClman's suspicious were aroused
when the lad dropped his price from
$75 10 $50. and then 20 SD. The boy
will be taken &c Berlls county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
BELMONT FIGHTS FIRE.

NEW YORK, oct I.-Perry Belmont
last night. at Henpstead. 7. l.. hatiess
and coatess, clambered 10 the roef Of
his brother August Belmont's home and.
side by side with Fire Chief Fred Ben
nett welded an AK The aid he rem
deTed in cOnquerinG fire FL the house
proved him as good fireman as hnan-
cier.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

Do your washing without fire next
time. Save the bother, the discomfort
and the cost of fuel.
Wash your clothes with Fels-Naptha
In cool or lukewarm water, in summer
or winter.
It's much eaSier-no hard rubbing is
needed.
1t saves the clothes because there's nc
boiling to weaken them and no hard
rubbing TO wear them out.
1t takes less than half the time of the
old way.
And this Fels-Naptha way of wash
ing In cool or lukewarm water makes
your clothes cleaner, sweeter, and fresher
than if you boiled and hard-rubbed 'em
till DoomSday.
Don't take ubstitute for
Fels-Naptha because it will rot do the
work
Look for the red and green wrapper
and follow the directions printed on the
back.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

Nh. Henry-"Going fishing on washday, Rastus? I
thought Melissa needed you to gather wood and
make fire to boil the Clothes"
RdSt1s-"YeS, sab, Marse Henry. But Anty Drudge
here, she done sho'd MISSY how TO wash de clos
without no fab an MISSY she say hits as easy
roin' off a log"
Anty Drudge-"That's right Mr.. Henry Rastus had
better be working than fishing, but Melissa doesn't
need him. Fels-Naptha makes the biggest washing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
BOY ISSUES AIRED
BY THEIR SENATE
Young Peoples Building
Crowded on Night of I'm
pOrtant" Session.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,
ATEX AN-nprA "a nr-r ID


The Dung Peoples building. in
South Washington street, was crowded
last evening, the occasion being a social
session o. the Young Mems Senate.
Among those who took part IN the
program were Wilmer Waller, Samuel
Wade, Miss ANGELA Murphy, Mrs.
Thomas \. Hulhsh. Miss Harriet Pol
lard, Miss Josephine Gould. Miss s.
Marie Myers, Mrs. Elizabeth A. de DER.
Kenneth Ogden, and others.
A large number of the members OF
Fitzgerald Council, No. 459. knights Of
Columbus went 10 Washington last
evening and witnessed the comforting OF
dates ar the Knights of Columbus Tenn
pie in that city.
William Quinn. who fell from a bridge
at the Potomac yards last Saturday
evening. died at the Alexandria HosId-
tai In this city, at o'clock this morn
ing quinn was native Of Pennsyl-
vania, and the hospital authorities are
trying 10 communicate with his relatives
IN that State, little being known OF
him mere.
j. c. Pullin reports 10 the police that
some one entered his store at the cor
ner Of Fairfax and Wolfe streets last
2ADttHal A4tEttt am Z NlllHNFA "a quantity
Of candy. The entrance was Effected by
climbing Of iron bars across a side win
dow. DIR. Pullin thinks that the thieves
were boys.
Mrs. Phil LeJerman, Of Charlottesville,
has sold the handsome residence OF the
late Henry Strauss, 4O7 Prince street, n
this city, 10 Samuel anC Lewis Bend
helm Il is understood that the price
paid for the property was $500.
Capt W. =. SmitheTs, OF this city. has
been elected a delegate TO the meeting
of the railway conductors, which viii
meet in Birmingham. Ala next Mon
daV. Captain Smithers viii represent
Potomac division OF this city
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01
MINERS ENT0MBED FOR WEEKS.
Chree Men Buried Thousand Feet
UNDERGROUND in Nevada.

Chree Men Buried ThOuSan0 GeeI
Underground in Nevada.
One morning early in December
sudden crash Of timbers, muffied
cIatter of rock and cloud of dust told
the engineer of the Alpha mine, near
Ely, New, that the five men he had
Just sent down in the cage were buried.
He gave the alarm and thousand
men, eager to be of service, gathered
about the shaft. Supt. Gallagher care
fully picked the men he wanted, nOti-
ded others that he might call upon
them later and at once began efforts to
communicate with the entOmbed men,
hoping some might have escaped death.
Before nightfall he learned that two
Greeks were caught in the cave-in and
buried alive, but that the three Ameri-
cans, Bradley, Brown and Mcdonald,
were in no immediate danger. A six
inch pipe runs from the mouth Of the
shaft to the bottom and by removing
the cap from its base the imprisoned
men managed to talk with Gallagher.
They told him they had a little food
and water enough for two or three
days.
With rubber devices Gallagher passed
food and liquids down the pipe and
was soon able to supply the men. He
started drift toward them and ut
first it seemed probable that he would
reach them in a week. Before that
time the unforeseen happened and the
rescuers were compelled to make new
plans. 1t was then announced that ten
days would be sufficient to get to the
miners. but fresh accidents beyond the
pale of prevention delayed the work
ers. Now Gallagher declines to make
predictions and simply says that he
will continue his effort as long as he
has strength to direct 1t. The men
can be saved, he declares, and he will
save them.
The entombed miners spend their
long days far more cheerfully than
might be expected in such circum-
stances. To safeguard them in case
the rescue party is delayed Supt. Gal
lagher has supplied them with enough
provisions to last three weeks. They
receive cooked food, eggs, milk, and
tobacco by means of a six-inch pipe
running down the shaft. They have
connected the mine telephone with an
electric cable, and are able to talk daily
with their families and friends. They
are well supplied with news, and have
shown much interest In the Goldfield
crisis. They have plenty Of light and
room to move about, so that il they
can endure the long delay they can
wait for rescue with confidence and
comparative comfort.
The rescue party itself has dangers
to face. A cave-in below the tempo
rary platform of timbers upon which it
is working might precipitate it hun
dreds OF feet Each man works with
a rope about his waist, so that il all
suddenly find themselves without any
footing they can be hauled to safety.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01
TOLD In A FEW LINES.

A Greek, bound to fatherland, tool
wrong train out of Chicago and went to
San Francisco.
dered the formation of military auto
mobile corps, to be based on the German
model.
Pierre Jules Caesar Jansen, the cele
brated French scientist and direc,or Of
the Meubon observatory, is dead in Paris
He was born in 1924.
William Crosby, publisher Of Bos
ton, who died the other day at the age Of
50 years, once refused. poems that were
offered by Longfellow.
Col. Goethals and ex-senator Black
burn have returned from Panama and
tell President Roosevelt work on canal Il
progressing satisfactorily.
Gov. Harris Of Ohio pardoned William
Houck, serving life sentence on convic
ton of the murder of Mrs. Sarah Hess, ii
Bladensburg, Knox county.
w. II. Williams, member Of the board
Of review of Columbus,s Ohio, died of i
stroke Of paralysis. He was one Of til,
best known Democratic politicians il
Ohio.
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston an
nounces that he is going to start new
political party and run Roosevelt FOL
President and Gov. John A. johnson d
Minnesota for Vice President
The National Red Cross Society has be
gun an active campaign for new members
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01
TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
Japanese and American Officials Out
line Plan at Toxic.

There is reason to believe that the
entire question of emigration of the
Japanese to America has been satisfac-
torily settled, at least for the present,
after a series of conferences between
United States Ambassador O'Brien and
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Hayashi in
Toxic.
It is understood that at their last
meeting, the representatives of the Jap
anese government outlined a plan by
which it is agreed to limit emigration
to students and commercial men hav-
Ing means OF support, and entirely to
prevent japanese laborers from going
to America. This arrangement will en-
tail the closest supervision on the part
of the Japanese authorities As the
agreement is verbal, Ambassador
O'Brien accepted it professionally, but
maintained that any violation Of its
terms would seriously embarrass 9
friendly government It is said that
Foreign Minister Hayashi will exercise
absolute control.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01

The report of the commissioner Of inter-
hal revenue shows that since the passage
Of the free denatured alcohol bill only ten
mills have been set up for turning out
this product, Notwithstanding the fact
that the Treasury Department has sent
out pamphlets instructing the farmers
how to manufacture the spirits. While
the distlileries are permitted to use any
material whatever in producing this spirit,
the product 80 far has been mainly from
corn It is said that in Germ any there
are about 10000 farm distilleries produc.
Ing industrial alcohol, which il sold II
consumers for about q cents I gallon,
wnile N this country the average price II
earrsl lots u 36 cents a gallon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01
Surgery for insanity.

DR.. N. NJ. Owensby Of Baltimore has
created something of = stir in medical
circles by asserting that dementia pree-
coz, or precocious insanity, had been
cured in recent cases by the use Of the
knife to relieve the thyroid gland Of an
excess Of certain chemicals in the blood
or the sec1etions. Out Of i've cases so
treated, all but one are said to have re-
covered, whereas the disease has eener-
ally been regarded rs incurable. DR..
Spitzka Of the jefferson Medical College,
however, says that the theory on which
Owenshy operated has not been proved
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-01

Circus mine, Nevada, and dia-
grams showing plight Of three
min