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The Washington times., 1908-10-03
SOUND DEATH KNELL
FOR KOCH'S THEORY
Resolutions Adopted at Clos
ing Session of Tubercu-
losiS Congress.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

to the conclusions of the scientific men
The change in the status OF The men
of science during the last century has
been immeasurable. One hundred years
ago he was treated as an interesting
virtuosO, a man capable Of givln-
amusement. but whom no practical man
treated as standing on the same footing
of equality.
Now more than ever II is under
stood that the great changes for adj
vancement of the human race in ma
terial things lies in the close relation
ship between men of practical affairs
and men of science. l feel that no
gathering could take place fraught with
greater hope for the welfare OF the
people at large than this. / thank you
ell for what you have done and are do
ing On behalf Of the nation I greet
you. and l hope you will understand
how. much we have appreciated your
coming here"
Immediately after concluding his ad-
dress the President left the platform.
stopping only to greet several Of the
distinguished individuals, who were
seated nearby. AS he left, however
he was greeted with prolonged cheers.
The President returned at once to the
White House.
The Washington times., 1908-10-03
SONS MAY Do WORK
FOR THEIR FATHERS
Child Labor Law Not Violat-
ed When Parent Tries to
Teach Industry.

A boy under fourteen years Of age
may work in t;IJ. business establishment
OF his father and ful1II all the require
ments OF a clerk and not violate the
child labor law OF the District, accord
ing 70 a decision rendered Ey Judge
DeLacy IN theJuvenile Court
This decision is the result cf a test
case. that Of Anton Ostmann. ST, who
was charged with having violated the
child labor law by employing MS sons
at his stand in market.
Mr.. Ostmann allowed his sons TO work
al his stand on Saturdays. which work
was performed voluntarily. without CO
erClOn or remuneration The fact that
the father was teaching the sons the
business. to which they viii succeed at
the retirement Of the father. and the
fact thar the law does not tend 10 in
terfere with the domestic economy of
the home, caused the judge 10 say that
Upon the father rests the serious duty
70 train the child. and upon the train
ing the child receives Will depend his
future citizenship
The action Of Mr.. Ostma.in was Tot
only justined by Judge Delay, but he
commended IL as promoting good cit
izenship-
"Ir IS not the purpose of the child
labor law" he added. to promote idle
ness, and II is highly important that a
mans sons become acquainted with the
details OF his business"
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FLntS With Man in a Mirror;
Husband Bats Trap With "Aa''
New York Matron Answers Personal She Thinks From
Unknown Admrer, and Hubby Gets It-He
Sues for Divorce.

mas Day. her husband came home In
tOXicated. knocked her head against ths
wall. bruised her cheekbone. twisted her
wrists. and hit her on the Jaw
According 20 her story. he was over
come with remOrse later, and promised
20 stop drinking II she would forgive
him. She says she declined 70 do 50 uu-
less he would accompany her with her
lawyer, Robert J. Hare, 10 the Hotel
BarthOldi and admit mat he had regis
tered there on July q last with a won
an named May Decker
He refused. He would not however.
he says. nave made any accusations
2 bout his wife II she had not Instituted
the action for divorce In self-defense
he was compelled 70 tell OF the mirror
Irritation al Martin s. and the adver-
tisement episode.
Sets Trap for Her.
He alleges that for some time before
that he had suspected his wife was an
swerins personIs, and after what he saw
In the looking glass. he determined TO
test her.
Ar ing the replies he was chagrined
10 Ind one IN his wife's handwriting,
signed Leksah. which ne alleges IS hts
own name. minus one L" spelt back
wards
The discovery. Haskell says. drove
him 70 drink
Another accusation he makes agafnsr
bis wife IS tf1J she deliberately rose
rom FEr seat a e dinner IN the Wash
LliStJA lLns al l55fl street and Amsrer-
dam avenue, after she lad drunk sev-
erl cocktails. seated herself in the lap
OF man named Tucker. whom the
nelghcors had nickUamed her affinity
and flung her arms about his neck
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INTEREST IS KEEN
IN THE EVANS CASE
Outcom u Trial of Lieuten-
ant i Manila Eagerly
Awaited Here.

Naval officials in washington are anx-
ioUsly awaiting further ad,iCes Of the
reported contemplated court-martial or
Lieut. Frank Taylor Evans, son Of Rear
Admiral Evans, and Lieut. Charles
Burt, Of the battleship Georgia, who are
to be tried at Manila on october 3, on
charges Of unbecoming conduct.
Il was said al the Office Of Admiral
Pillsbury this morning. that the depart
ment would hardly receive a report
about the matter until the final finding
should have been made
Manila dispatches say that Lieutenant
Evans is charged with being absent
from his station. OF using profane and
diSTeSpeC.ful language toward a SUPER
Tor officer, and iutOEicatiOn- The charges
against Lieutenant Burt are for ''c4s-
duct unbecOmIng an officer and a gen
tleUan-' Lieutenant Evans has an
nounced the intention Of having a num-
Der OF witnesses on hand 10 prove his
innocence
Midshipnlan Edward II. Connor. OF
the Minnesota. IS also 10 be tried OF
the charge Of being under the influence
or liquor while at Albany.
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CLARKE MAY SUE
PULLMAN COMPANY
Declares Players + E in Bad Shape
After Night Spent on
Raj

ST. LOUIS, No, Oct. manager
Fred Clarke. Of the Pittsburg team, last
night declared that should the Pirates
lose the game today or the game Sun
day n Chicago through the players be-
ing in bad shape, and that II the losing
of these games loses the pennant, he
will sue the Pullman Company for
heavy damages
The Pittsburg team reached here yes
terday morning after having been up
almost all night trying to keep warm
or from being burned TO death by a fire
the porter insisted on building in a blind
stove. The team had TO get out twice
and help extinguish fires which were
burning the car. There was no steam
in the car all night and the players
were badly frozen.
Clarke says they did not play their
game yesterday even IL they did win
twice.
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DR.. UNTERBERGER,
Russian Physician, Who Attends His
Emperor.

The huge figure Of his excellency
DR.. Inter berger. who heads Russia
delegation at the tuberculosis con-
gress, causes many Of the visitors TO
the new National Museum 10 turn and
gaze at him. He is probably the
largest man at the congress in ply
steal proportions. and he has a brain
that matches his size.
DR.. Unterberger Is the physician 70
the Car OF all the Russias- It Is
said that the position is rather
delicate one. for should anything go
astray in his treatment there would
be sure to be trouble. and IL might
be a serious matter for the physician
When Nicholas goes looking for a
medicine man. he usually picks the
best in the land. so although the big
doctor from Russia is extremely mod
est about his attachments. II is pretty
certain that he has not many superb
ors in the medical line IN his own
country. He IS especially interested
IN tuberculosis.
In appearance. he is a typical Rus
sian, and on the opening day OF the
congress, he appeared on the platform
arraysd IN a uniform OF the Russian
cavalry, with spuTred boots and sa-
Der. and with a Uniform loaded down
with medals.
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SOUTHLAND SLIDES
DOWN WAYS TO BAY
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company's New
Ship Is Launched.

Before almost 100 Washingtonians and
in the presence Of a large crowd Of
spectators. the latest addition 20 the
feet Of Washington and Norfolk steam
ers was made this afternoon. when the
steamboat Southland, Of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company.
was launched from the shiDyards of
the Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany.
Last night, the owners Of this new
boat. which it is understood. will re-
place, when put in commission one Of
the steamers now used between the VIr-
ginia coast points and the Capital.
under their personal supervision. con-
Quoted an excursion Of WashingtOnlans
10 Newport News and Old Point Com
fort, the members OF which witnessed
the launching this afternoon.
The excursionists left Washington at
$50 O'Clock on the steamer Newport
News, and arrived at Old Point Com
fCrt this morning. Breakfast was en-
Joyed at the Chamberlin Hotel, au6 for
several hours, the excursionists wander
ed about this hosiery. the guests Of
George f. Adams. its manager.
Shortly after II O'Clock the crowd Of
sightseers left the Chamberlin Ho- el
for the shipyards Of the Newport News
Company.
According 10 schedule, the new
steamer was launched shortly after Il
O'Clock. and the launching was follow ed
by a banquet TO the invited guests at
the Warwick Hotel. in Newport News.
The eXcursiOnists will once more
board the good ship Newport News late
in the afternoon, once more running as
a special boat, and will start for Wash
ingtOn. where IL is expected they will
arrive tomorrow morning about
o'clock
The management OF the Norfolk and
Washington Company took every pre-
caution that It's guests might be well
housed, well fed, and well looked after.
The management announces that all
the furnishing. the movable parts Of
the steamer, were obtained from W. 3.
Moses & Sons.
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EXCURSIONISTS FAIL
TO SEE PRESIDENT
Tourists Angered by Representative
Who Did Not Keep His
Promise.

If the 80 tourists from wilIiamsport
and Shamokin, Pa. knew the name Of
the Representative who promised their
personal conductor to introduce them
10 the President, he would probably
not be reelected.
When the excursiOniSts appeared at
the White House they found that no
date had been arranged for their re-
ceptiOn, and therefore that the Presi-
dent could not see them The personal
conductor declined to disclose the iden-
tity Of the Representative OF the falling
memory, as he wishes 10 give him an
other chance.
The Washington times., 1908-10-03
Edinburgh Physician
Talks to Business Men

Faulty social conditions are the cause
Of tuberculosis. according to the ideas
of DR.. r. ". Philip. Of Edinburgh.
Scotland. expressed in a lecture in the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms. Brentano
building. last night. He declared that
in many ways. the individual IS ex-
posed to tuberculosis from infancy 10
death. Speaking OF the value Of CO.
Crdinatinc the measures used in the
prevention OF the disease. he said, that
in Edinburgh. where there is unity Of
effort in the G~.-t, the rate OF mortal
ity from tuberculosis was -educed from
seventeen in 1901 to ten in 1905.
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mevce another smoker was held, at
tended by several hundred Washington
ianS and visitors. DR.. +. W. Philip. or
Edinburgh, a prominent delegate to the
Tuberculosis Congress spoke on the
fight being made against phthisis In
Scotland President Robert y Harper.
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. presided.
For two hours the delegates 20 the
congress fled through the east door OF
the White House TO greet the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt during the after
noon. The foreign delegates evinced
great desire 20 see and shake hands
with President Roosevelt. and stood pa
tientiy in a long line along Pennsylvania
avenue, chatting and laughing Ike
EChOOlbOVS
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ance companies. DR.. Pettyjohn has had
an unusual opportunity 10 study the
causes Of death with a wide scope OF
observation.
Humanity's Worst Enemy.
He declares that while the layman
seems to have a horror of such diseases
as smallpox and leprosy. they are insIg-
nihcant compared with tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is the worst enemy man
kind has" he said today People fear
smallpox, but IN thirteen years out OF
100. 900 persons who comprise the mem
bership of the order of which I am med
zeal director, there has been only four
deaths from that disease. On the other
hand. between 20 and % per cent Of the
deaths were due 20 tuberculosis And
the enormity OF this mortality may be
better realized when ii IS added that
none Of these people had the disease
when they were examined iCT admission
They were comparatively a SOL ection OF
the healthy"
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WILLIAM TATSPAUGH
CLAIMED BY DEATH
w ell Known Carpenter
Passes Away-Church
Meeting Planned.
wASEIN 5TON TINES BCREAU.
ALEXANDRIA VA. OCT 3

William TatsDaUs--- a well-known cit
izeE Of Alexandria -led al the home OF
Mrs. Greene, in North Washington
street. where ne boarded. this morning
Mr.. T0tspaUgh was about forty-fve
years Of age and was unmarried He
was a carpenter by trade and popular
here he was the son Of the late Rich
ard Tatspaugh. No arrangements have
been made for his funeral.
Alexandria Local Assembly. Brother
hood OF St. Andrew. will hold g meet
ing at Sa- PauTs Protestant Episcopal
Church, next Tuesday evening at 5
O'Clock. The meeting viii be quite an
interesting on a special musical pro
gram being IA preparation The Rev
K z RunlE Jones. OF the Chapel OF the
Epiphany OF Washington and MI
jameson. Of the Episcopal Theological
Seminary, viii deliver addresses The
subject for discussion al the meeting
Will be the Holy Communion"
Miss Mary ArdeHe Russell. OF this
city, died last Thursday afternoon, after
q long illness, Of tuberculosis, al the
residence OF her granolOthers Mrs 3.
II. Shipe, IT BoyCe, Va She had been
IN the Government service for the past
eight years. At the time OF her illness
she was employed IN the redemption di-
vision OF the United states Treasury.
The funeral was held at her late resi-
cence this afternoon, and burial was
made in Berryyille.
The funeral OF the little waif left al
the home Of Mrs. William Wade several
wee6s ago by an unknown woman, was
held this morning The Rev Father
Kelly. assistant pastor OF St Mary s
Church, conducted the funeral services.
and the burial was made in Bethel
Cemetery.
Rally Day exercises viii be observed
at the Methodist Protestant Church to-
morrow At II a. m the Rev. @. l.
HUMPHREYS will preach on a Great
Work" At o'clock In the afternoon,
the rally program Of the sunday school
cons sting Of Rotations songs, and an
address by the superintendent J Il
Trimyer, Will be given. The service at
7.3O 2. m. will be under the direction
Of the Christian Endesv0r Society
There viii be g song service and an
open ConsecratiOnal. followed by an ad-
dress by the Rev Dr. GIL, OF the
Rhode Island Avenue Church, Washing
ton.
James Quill. Colored. was sent 10 jail
for six months. this morning. for steal
ing a boat from William Sisson-
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TO SPEAK IN CHURCH.

Two of the most expert members Of
the tuberculosis Congress Will speak
tomorrow night at Hamline NJ. Z.
Church, Ninth and P streets northwest.
on the subject now before men Of
science froTa all over the world, The
White Plague" The addresses will be
direction Of Prof. Z. G. Routzahan.
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Prof. Bernard Bang
viii Lecture Tonight

Prof. Bernard Bang, the great tuber-
culosis expert Of Denmark. will address
the International Tuberculosis Congress
tonight at s o'clock on the subject of
Lessons to Be Learned from = Study
OF Animal Tuber cUIosis.
The meeting. the last OF this particU-
lar series, will be presided over by
Secretary or Agriculture James Wilson,
or the chief OF the Bureau of Animal
Industry DR.. A d. Melvin.
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GEORGE FLOWN,
CITIZENS MEETING
TO Be HELD MONDAY
Association Viii Be Organic
ed and Plans Made
for Work.

The first OF the series OF fan ana
winter meetings OF the Georgetown Citi-
zens' Association viii be held next Mon
day evening al Red Mems Hall. corner
OF Wisconsin avenue and y street J.
W. BOgley, secretary OF the association.
has sent out notice 10 the membership.
This meeting viii be mainly for the
purpose Of organizing and making all
necessary preparation for the volume
Of business at the coming session OF
Congress The officers viii be elected.
and the necessary committees appointed
AS some OF the committees Of last wear
have been quite busy during the sum
mer months, Il IS expected that several
reports VIII be made Monday night Z
$ possible that the committee on the
Improvement OF Rock Creek VIII make
a report. At a meeting last spring, Z
was decided 20 have a printed pamphlet
circulated, describing the existing con
diiOns OF the creek separating George
town from Washington Il was also de-
Cided TO urge the archinE OF the stream
as remedy thus removing the barrier
separating the citizens OF the west end
from the main section OF the city
The closing services OF the fortnight
anniversary meeting, at the Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church South. will
be held tomorrow The Rev J. T.
Wightmau, Of Baltimore, Nd, VIII
preach Several solos viii be rendered
by Walter Henry
The boys department. of the Young
Mems Christian Association left GeOrEe-
Town at 10 o'clock this morning IN a
special car for Great Falls, Va. where
the fall outing and corn roast was held.
IN the list OF sports was included base
ball and football.
jeremiah Sullivan and wife, OF D
street. left today for Boston. Mass.
making the trip by water
Mrs James Cole. OF 1904 Wisconsin
avenue. was removed 20 GEORGETOWN
University Hospital suffering from q
severe attack OF typhoid fever.
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GIVEN THIRTY DAYS.

Philip A. Cox, OF Anacostia. was given
thirty days in the workhouse today. in
default OF $50 fine Tor furnishing whisky
to minors Henry Bailey and Claude
Gardner. two boys under age. went to
see Cox. who bought a pint Of whisky
and the three drank it.
The Washington times., 1908-10-03
KNIFE USER CAUGHT.

After being at large for the past two
months, after seriously stabbing another
man. Frank Hawkins, cOlored. about
Jweuty-One years cd was arrested IN
South Washington last night His VIC
tim. Luther Jackson. was stabbed in the
heart. but the District physicians were
able 10 save the mans life, although ne
is still in a serious condition at the hos
pital. Hawkins VIII be arraigued in
the Police Court Monday morning
The Washington times., 1908-10-03

NEW YORK, Oct. "A Iookingglass
Irritation during dinner at Martins
was what marked the parting OF the
ways, II has been learned. between Ed
ward Elliott Haskell, a we'll known law
yer Of this city. and his pretty young
wife.
The reflection Of a handsome stranger
50 absorbed her that the husband be-
came suspicious. and set a trap for her
through a newspaper personal, into
which. he alleges, she readily fell. This
is Incorporated In his answer to her
suit for absolute divorce.
On the other hand, she charges that
he has been guilty OF misconduct, and
accordingly brings the action on statu-
tory grounds.
They lived Il Eether until about FIVE
months ago. wnen she instituted her
action for divorce subsequent 20 the In
cident in Martins s. She charges she has
suffered inhUmau treatment al the
hands Of her husband and was prac-
ticaiiy compelled 20 fee for her life 70
the home Of her father in Blervie Hall.
SIS West 144th street.
Threatens to Kill Her.
Haskell, she alleges, with drawn re
vOlver, threatened 10 kill her IN a mo-
meHt OF unreasOning Jealousy, aroused
by her association with Harry Water
man. whom he had introduced TO her,
and whom he had invited 10 his house.
In addition 70 this. Instead Of bringing
the customary present on last Christ
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DR.. Pettyjohn, Of Chicago,
Thinks Department of Ma
tional Scope a Necessity.
WOULD AID FIGHT
ON WHITE PLAGUE
Praises Public Health and Marine
Service, But Says Its Facilities
Are Not Adequate.

A national health bureau or depart
ment. under the direction OF a single
head or a commission, for the purpose
Of studying the public health problems
of the country and carrying health reg
ulations into effect, Is an absolute ne
cessity, says DR.. Z. L. Pettyjohn, OF
Chicago. who heads the official delega-
ton Of the associated fraternal societies
OF the United States, to the tuberculosis
congress.
DR. Pettyjohn. who Is a specialist on
tuberculosis, is OF the opinion that the
Government should conduct research
work along broader lines than II is
now doing. through the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service, and de-
clares that 1t is not keeping pace with
European countries. notably Germany,
in this direction.
while we have been paying great
attention TO the subject of tuberculosis
IN cattle, and while. through our Agri-
cultural Department, We have been do
ing excellent work in the veterinary
line, comparatively little Las been done
by the Government for the advance
ment Of medical science for humanity"
he said today at the Raleigh Hotel
Germany is away ahead in this work,
for the government takes a keen in
terest in the advancement Of medical
knowledge, and encourages research
work
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Interest Intense.

The resolution recognizing the inter
transmissability of bovine and human
bacilh came next. When the chairman
Of the committee on resolutions began
the reading of this resolution-by far
tia most important action taken by the
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Sound the Death KneLl
Of DR.. Koch'S Theory

The death kneH OF the theory Of DR..
Robert Koch. of Berlin. that bovine tu-
berculOsis is rarely If ever cOmmuni-
Gated to man, was sounded today when
at the closing session Of the sixth In
ternationaI Congress on tuberculosis,
held at the New National Museum, a
resolution was adopted recognizing the
3ntertransmissibility Of bovine and hu-
man bacilH
What has probably been the most
moOted question before the scientists
OF the medical world for many years,
IS thus disposed OF, so far as the pre-
ponderanCe Of scientific opinion is con-
cerned.
Not a word Of opposition was heard
in the great hall of the museum build
ing as the vote was put and the resolu-
ton unanimously approved. but in the
committee on resolutions IL was adopt
ed. half an hour before, only after a
desperate resistance on the part Of the
German dplapatpS
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Meets With Great Approval.

The physicians Of the United States
are alive 10 this, and believe the pro-
Jected national public health bureau
meets with universal approval
mo complaint is being made OF the
Public Health and Marine HOSPITAL
Service. With the means they have and
the scope to which they are restricted,
the service had done admirable " ork.
That service, as It is well organized
and with many able men. could do
great work II it were supported in the
proper manner"
DR.. PettyjOhn is considered an author
lty on insurance subjects, having been
medical director Of the Knights and
Ladies Of Security, with headquarters
at Topeka, Kan. for many years. He
Is at the head Of a comm tee OF three.
prominent physicians who are planning
the establishment Of a sanatoriuna in
Chicago for the order. and when com
pleted. Will be in complete charge of
II. He studied tuberculosis in Berlin
and Vienna for many years, and is an
expert on the treatment Of the disease.
Having charge OF the work of thou
SANDS Of medical examiners for insur-
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Mrs James Cole. OF 1904 Wisconsin
avenue. was removed 70 Georgetown
University Hospital suffering from q
severe attack OF typhoid fever.
The Washington times., 1908-10-03

jeremiah Sullivan and wife, Of D
street. left today for Boston. Mass,
making the trip by water.
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James Quill. colored. was sent 70 jail
for six months. this morning. for steal
ing a boat from William SisSon-