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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Of GAS
ARE RECOVERING
Aged Women Are Almost
ASphyxiated by Inhaling
Poison Fumes.

Though recovering from the effects
OF semt-asphyxiato as a result of in
halng coal gas generated by a latrobe
I'm their living room. Miss Ella Miller
and Mrs c. w. Brown, Of 81 I street
northwest, have no wish to repeat their
uncomfortable and dangerous expe-
rience Both have lived the ordinary
span Of life, Mrs. Brown having passed
threescore and ten by seventeen years,
while her companion is just seventy ard
both are yet iIl as result of their COZ
tact with the nOXi0us fumes.
The aged women live together in n
small house, Miss Miller looking after
the details OF the housekeeping. She
was preparing tea last night after nav
ing replcnished the living room fire
when, ON securing no RESPONSE to he
call 90 Mrs. Brown she found her un-
sci3us and the living room filled with
f6ul-smelHng coal gas.
Miss Miller became affected by. the
fumes herself as soon as She entered
the rooms. but was able to summon IS
sstanCe from the neighbOrhOOd and
take prompt measures to clear the room
OF the poison which was filling the air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Y. M. c. A. CIRCUS
IS GREAT SUCCESS
Nothing Lacking in the "Bungling
Brothers" Big Show-Trained
Animals Perform.

Elephants, giraffe, hippo, nor caluope
are essential to the success Of the circus
of today, no matter what Pete Barnum
might think IL NE could think al all
This has been demonstrated by the
.,BungIing Brothers " performance Civ
en- bv the boys department Of the Y.
81 O.. A.
The circus was given for The purpose
of raising funds TO bank the running
track IN the boys gymnasium 1t was
- success, financially and every other
way.
hl1f were a. great big part or H.. Gusn-
sin Roosevelt was 10 have assisted I'M
the fun making but Quentin couldn't
get there last night ana W9en 10 was
discovered that the President S son was
NOT among the funny fellows who an
moved each other with their slap-srlck5.
il was the opinion OF some In the audi
ence that 'Euugliug Brothers. IKE
other progressive amusement maguaIess
auUreciate the value OF advertising
celebrities as tOp-lluerS-
ACr0baric stunts a. wrestling match
and other numbers that displayed me
gymnastiC ability added TO the program.
And in the absence Of ferOcl0us beasts
from the iuugIes OF Africa q half dozen
of the bows were substituted, these dis
playing rare intelligence for even trained
animals when put through their PAGES
by the TlugInaster
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
BRIDE CHARMED AWAY
BY THE HYPNOTIC EYE
Former Famous "Understudy" Now Shoe Clerk, Be
means Loss of His Blonde Birdie, Who He De
cares Is Victim Of Ruthless Villain

NEW YORK, Jan. g.-Wiuiam Ham
burg. formerly a leading uuderstudy in
shakespearoau roles, but at present en-
Eaged as a shoe salesman, at 40 Union
avenue, the Bronx, has lost his six
teeu-year-old bride, won away he says
by the hypnotic eye.
The lost bride is Dorothy Belle, and
she was welded to Mr.. Hamburg when
he was q substitute Hamlet IN a road
company Whether or not he ever rose
TO the supreme moment of Filling in
he did not reveal today His bereaVe-
meut is too overwhelming TO permit or
tedious detailed explanations.
But the Shakespcarean shoe clerk
stopped weeping. and selling rubbers
long enough to explain that Dorothy
Belle slipped away from bed and board
on Christmas Eve. She took large
dress suit case with her, too, and sew
eraI changes. Dorothy Belle is quite q
sturdy young person, standing feet
ana 6I6 inches without her French heels.
she is very blonde, and weighs twelve
stun or more.
''Her mother says she has always
been blonde" said the deserted husband
today. "SEe is vee-ee-ery beautiful
he added, pausing to remove q handful
of hair from behind his right ear.
ssBut I know he IAN on wildly that
she is under q hypnotic spell She would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

not have gone of like she did, with lug
gage ana all, otherwise,
some villain of the stage has wound
my poor Dorothy Belle in his ruthless
tolls. She is like some poor helpless
bird fallen prey to the serpent She
cries out to me from her captivity, but
alas, gives me no address.
How hard my lot is you must know,
when / read you this letter from the
poor child:
Dear Husband. ] love you we'll I'm
sorry for what 1 done. My heart is for
YOU. ! love you and YOU alone. always
and for ever more. Your loving wife,
DOROTHY BELLE
Poor little bird" ran the shoe clerk,
lis not that missive like the note of a
captive bird? ] picture the hideOus rep
tile in my minds eve"-aud Mr. Ham
burg removed q little OF his scalp az
he pluCked out some more bair-"tha
day viii come when I VIII grind him Il
my fist like a worm
THAT letter of Dorothy Bellies ran
ou the young man, was dated January
&, but she dared not give me her ad-
dress. She knows what manner of man
/ am when aroused. She Years that the
passion of OthellO may rack my breast
and guide my maddened hand 70 shed
human blood"
And Mr.. Hamburg bowed himself
away, and got back on the job with
that splendid sangfTOid and savior faiTe
that have famed him as the most bril-
liant shoe salesman I'm the annexed dis
trict.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
MRS. MARY LEE
BURIED TOMORROW

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Fran
ees Lee, widow OF r. L. Lee, a member
OF the distinguished Lee family 0f Viz
ginias viii be held Monday morning at
$50 o'clock. Requiem mass VIII be cele-
orated ar ST. PauIs Roman Catholic
Church by the Rev. James u. Macllin.
InIermenL viii be iu Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Mrs. Lee died lu her apartments at the
Princeton from a. sudden attack or
pneumonia. She is survived rv two
sons, Richard r. Lee and a.. ~. Ice.
off this city. and four daughters, Mrs
h. u. Jones. OF Washington. Mrs. EIaI-
mfTe of Knoxville, Tenn AIRS. Thomas,
OF Baltimore, and Miss Grace Lee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
REFORM SCHOOL ASKS
ONE MORE BUILDING
Report Made TO Attorney General
Showing Discipline and
Work Done.

Ina the year just closed only one girl
was sent back to the Reform School for
Girls for transgressious5 according To
the annual report of the board Of trus-
tees made to the Attorney General.
This is regarded as proof that the disci-
pine at the school is having its effect
upon the inmates OF the institution.
T1e board has urged that Congress
appropriate $4,000 for an additional bujir %
ing, ia order that the board may not be
forced to turn inmates out before their
time has expired that others NAV be
taken in. Hospital rooms and other
apartments designated for special puF-
poses have been used during the year TO
accommodate girls who could not be
cared for iu regular wards
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
FORMER FIRST LADY"
WILL BE A WITNESS
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Expected to Appear Against
Broughton Brandenburg, Accused Of Second Degree
Larceny Of Former Presidents Letter

NEW YORK, Jan. For the first
time probably in The history of this
country a former mistress of the White
House has been asked e. become y
witness in a criminal prose cutiou. anu
has consented, apparently, to appear.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is to appear
at the trial Of BrOugnton Brandenburg.
the magazine writer, set for late this
month. Brandeuburg has been indicted
for grand larceny IN the second degree
in connection with a letter purporting
to have been written by ex-President
Cleveland which BTgudcubUrg sold u
the New York Times rs a genuine let
ter signed by Mr.. Cleveland.
The spectacle Of a former First Lady
Of the Land" in the witness chair. the
prosecution believes. viii be necessary
TO prove the case and since it directly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
RECITALS PLANNED
TOPLEASE THE BLIND

Three reeitaIs viii be given this week
in the reading room for the blind at
the Library of Congress. Mrs. W, Daw-
son Johnston will give a reading Tues
day afternoon from 2.3O to $780, the
usual hours, when she viii present a
paper on modern methods Of Illustrating
books. together with a series of poems
Edward A. Robinson, Well-kuOWn
singer of Mt Vernon, n. Y, viii give a
recital Thursday afternoon, accOmpdn-
led by Miss Anna Belts Prof j. w
Chickering viii give a reading Saturday
afteTnn0n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

concerns her late husband. Mr.. Cieye-
land. it is understood she viii appear.
Justice Bowling, of the supreme
court. has set the trial of BrandenbuEg
Ior January 25.
Il have had a chemical analysis OF
the ink used IN the signing or the
article" said District Attorney jerome.
and it is entirely different from the
ink used by the late President. aTd
different from that used i'm this home.
The paper is also different.
we have several typistS who wall
swear that this defendant dictated the
article which purported 20 have been
from the late President"
Richard v OUlahan. of the Washing
ton bureau Of the New York SUI. and
publicity manager Of the Republican
National Committee during the late
campaign; George r. sheldon, treasurer
of the Republican Committee. and pos
sibly other Witnesses are to be called.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
SCHOOL BOARD HOPES
TO GET EXTRA CLERKS
Members Will Go Before Senate
Committee to Plead for
Appropriation.

Although the House Committee has
refused the appropriation of $500 for
extra clerks in the child labor office of
the schools. members of the Board of
Education are confident that the est.
mate viii be restored by the Senate
Committee at it's hearing and later by
the House.
The amount involved is small, but
unless it is available It wiz be practi-
caIIy impossible for the present clerks
TO handle the business OF the office,
which is now carried on through volun-
teer aid from teachers.
A committee composed of President
o. the Board James j.. oyster; W. v.
Cox, chairman Of the appropriation
committee. and superintendent A. T.
Stuart, viii soon 60 before the Senate
Committee to plead for the restoration
of this item as we'll as the larger ones
for school buildings and Playground
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
BENNING CITIZENS
WANT SUBSTATION

Eeuniug wants rs postofhce substa-
ton again. 1t has asked for It's rein
stallatiou In @ resolution of the Ben
ming Citizens Association forwarded 10
the First Assistant TO the Postmaster
General
The citizens complain that they must
90 three miles 10 AuacOsLia for money
orders ana registered letters and also
that the deliveries are infreQueut and
Irregular
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Government Engineer Takes
Notice of Frenchman'S
Criticisms.
DAMS LOCATION
WISELY CHOSEN
Experience Has Proved Superiority
Over Bohio, Others
Choice.

Colonel Cocktails, chief engineer IN
charge Of the construction OF the Pam
anna canal, has taken notice Of criticisms
made by NJ Bunau-VaTilla. who at one
time was a sub-engineer In the employ
OF the French Canal Company regard
ing the selection Of Gatun as the site for
the big dam TO control the Chagres
river instead OF a site at BOhIO.
In q long letter To the Secretary OF
War, which has been submitted to the
President. Colonel Cocktails effectually
disposes Of BUnau-V ariua's contentious,
lie shows that the foundations Of the
proposed site at the BohiO river are
much more unsafe than at Gatun and
that the work necessary TO make 1t safe
would be enormously expensive. Colonel
Goethals says;
Bed Rock Deep.
Both at Bohio and at Gatun the dis
lance from the natural surface 10 the
rock is so great that any attempt TO
found the dam on the last named mater
iaI (bed rock would be attended by
enormous expense. Reliance must be
placed upon the natural earth under the
dam TO support the latter. II percOIauOn
under the dam is to be feared. means
must be taken to CUT it on.
AT Bohio the gorge in its lower
strata IS filled with water bearing
gravel not found at Gatun. The iudica-
tious are that to make the cam safe
the underfiOW through these strata
would have 10 be cut off by the con-
structiOn Of a curtain wall extending TO
the rock. The expense OF this COnstruc-
tlOn would be very great as the rock
at the most favorable site is, az its deep
est point los feet below the surface.
Added Disadvantages.
With the dam at Gatun, the uaviga-
ton from there TO Bohio, O. distance of
nine and half miles is through the
broad lake. If the dam were moved
up stream to B0hio, this distance would
have to be passed over I'm the relatively
narrow canal itself instead OF I'm the
practically unrestricted lake. and the
great expense O. eZCavaIlng the canal
prism FOR Tne added distance would have
to he met
''The careful Investigations which have
been made ca the iSthmus have not dis
closed any reason to believe that the
plan involving q dam at BOhio would
Rave the advantages claimed for iC by
Mr.. Bunau-VaT1lla. nor that fl could be
carried out any more certainly or safely
than the adopted project whereas the
advantages Of the latter became clearer
with experience and are more pro-
nouuced today than they were when the
minority OF the consulting board recon-
mended IN its favor and Congress DIE
reCted its execution
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Beauty and
Bad Breath
Cannot 90 Together No Matter How
a Woman Nav Try 10 Make Them,

IL does not matter how beautiful
woman may be, ~ she Is atftlcted with
bad breath she viii be summed and
Ditied by men and even women VIII
III anv woman doubts this statement
let her make a point Of asking friend
in whom she may coundei man Irleli5
or relative. If he be honest ne VIII tel
her that foul breath from the mouth OF
a woman will drive men from her more
rapidly than any other personal az
fiction.
and where this quality IS brought into
DIaV no amount of self-deniaA or Ted5@
oning can overcome the natural repug~
nance which comes 10 -Etn Wnen ne -
in company with such a woman
What is true OF bad breath Ia woman
is not true In so great degree IN men,
Women are looked upon as the near
and refinement Foul breath VIII SICK
en- q man so that ne cannot feel Ter
such a woman a cOmDaniOnshlp necea~
sary 70 make him desire 10 be IN hee
There is absolutely no occasion fou
bad breath I'm either men or women.
Charcoal. the strongest absorbent
known, when taken into the stomach
viii prevent this repugnahJ LeLiaehCg
stuarts Charcoal Lozenges are sold
iu tremendous quantities all over amer
lea and Canada They cure ana nave
cured an forms OF bad breath. A singla
box will convince YOU OF this fact one
should eat some Of these lOZengeS after
each meal and upon retiring. You might
eat fifty of them without harm. They
are not medicine, but pure willow CHAR
coal mixed with sweet honey TO make
them paIatable and compressed into q
lozenge to preserve their peculiar ana
lasting strength.
The next time YOU wish 10 80 INTO
company and don't want your IOul
breath TO humiliate you. eat several or
Stuart's Charcoal LOZenges ana your
breath will be pure and sweet.
Every druggist carries them, price =
cents. or send US your name and ad-
dress and we viii send Won a trial pack
age by mail free Address f. A stuart
Co. 300 Stuart Bldg, Marshall MICH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
NICE ARE ACCUSED
OF STARTING FIRE

Alice and matches were The apparent
causes of a lire, IL was decided after an
investigation today that last night re-
suited i'm SEQ damage TO the premises
Ia0f r street northwest. la the absence
of any reason TO suspect inceudiarisms
this is the only explanation.
Mice are also thought 10 have been
responsible Tor a mysterious fire that
occurred early this morning i'm clothes
closet in the home Of James j. Tol-l.
eighteenth and Monroe streets, Brook
land. The loss was slight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Cancer Cured
In 10 DAYS
4 Discovery That Has Startled The
Medical World. Mailed Free.

I have discovered what the medical
world has been looking for. for years.
o. sure cure for cancer, SO sure that 30
do. and j can prove it, have cured
hundreds Of tho most houityllg cases
ju from 10 10 20 days after celebrated
physicians and surgeons had given up
an hope Of saving them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
JUDGE IS ROBBED.

TRENTON, Jan. at has leaked out
here today that Judge James B. Dill, or
the court of appeals. a well-knowu tx
pert on corporation law, was robbed ar
the Lac EaWanua railroad terminal li
$50 and a number Of railroad passes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
THREE DIE IN FIRE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Three persons,
two men and a boy, lost their lives in
a fire that Quilted the TWO upper stO-
ries of a dve-story tenement i'm Ninth
avenue early today. The police and
hremeu made heroic rescucs. officer
D0nderO, who gave the alarm. through
out the lower floors, is tn a hospital
badly burned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
PASSES NIGHTMARE
ON TO THE POLICE
Woman Telephones for Rescuers
and Explains 1t Was Just a
Bad Dream.

NEW YORK. Jan. 9--MuIberry street
was quiet at I this morning, when tie
telephone in the detective bureau at
headquarters rang and a voice said in
tones of agony:
Il am locked IN my room, and cart
get out"
Then the speaker rang off without Civ
ing her number. The police traced the
place from which the call came, and
found that It was the home OF DR.. Rob
ert J. Carlisle. at A West Forty-eighth
street. The number was 1f42 Bryant.
Detectives and a squad Of police were
sent around on the run. They surround
cd the house, and the block, ana then
one man went to the front door and
rang the bell An astonished maid
finally opened the door. A woman ap-
peared at the head OF the stairs at the
same time.
That's all right" she said SWEET.
IT had a nightmare and went 20 the
telephone, but I'm awake now"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
KITCHEN STOVE FXPLODES.

DARBY, Pa, Jan. 9.-The three chill
dren of Charles Murray barely escaped
death or serious injury this afternoon.
when the waterbaCk exploded i'm the
range of their residence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
AUTOIST KILLED;
COMPANIONS HURT
Car Hurled Against Tree When
Wheel Slips of
Axle.

NEW YORK, Jan Edward colt
Gilman. Of Flushing, weIl-known Long
Island real estate dealer. is dead, and
Miss Jeanette MCkim. Miss Dorothy
Whfttle and James Grammar, all OF the
same town, are fin hospital suuerluE
from serious Injuries as the result OF an
automobile accident near Bayslde cary
today.
The car iu which they were riding was
hurled against % tree, when one or us
front wheels slipped of che axle
Two other occupants of the ear Weio
eut and bruised
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

Heat Your Rooms With
the instantaneous Gas Heater; $50; ve'v
economical 30f Sth ST. NV. Phone 6g6i.
-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Baltimore and Return. SIS. RaItimnrs

q Ohio r. r. Every Saturday and sun
day. All trains both ways, both days.
except ROYAL Limited City offices, I4l7
q ST. and SO Peuna. aye.-Adv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
Judge Jones' Decision Popular

SUCH rush, Such crush Such an eagernes to test Judge
Everybody Washington turned this morning only be ompIet
by the compelling attraction ovecame Spencer viz to~
New-York tribune., 1909-11-07

an interesting demonstration of the advance
which has been made in astronomical inStru-
ments and methods OF observation and the
leading place in the scientific world which the
observatories of the United States occupy. The
advance Of recent years has been made possi-
BILE by the munificence of American men OF
wealth. such as Charles t. Yerkes, who gave
the Yerkes Observatory, with its great 4o-inch
refracting telescope. for the astronomical work
of the University of Chicago; James Lick, who
gave 100000 for the construction of the Lick
Observatory. on Mount Hamilton, California.
and it's 36-inch refracting telescope for the use
OF the University of California. and Andrew
Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. whose sfts
indirectly are largely supporting the Mount VIII
son Solar Observatory, near Pasadena, Cal
This progress is indicated by the fact that in
1885 the comet first observed only 1O2
days before passing around the sun. This year
ii was seen and photographed more than 80
days before it will pass around the sun, or at
distance from the sun and earth of approx
mately 47OOOO0OO miles.
The application of photography TO the study
Of the heavens and the fact that the limit in
the practical of refracting telescopes has
practically been reached in the 4O-inch tele-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-07

feated last week, it may perhaps be assumed
that the approach of this famous comet is not
harbinger of disaster, at least, and it's recent
rediscovery at the Yerkes Observatory, Will
iam's Bay, Wisconsin. means no i'll to the world
This famous comet first reported this
year by DR.. Wolff, of Heidelberg, man noted
for his achievements in astronomical photosra-
ply He discovered ii on Photographic plate.
IL was first seen with the eye by S. w. Burn
ham through the great refracting telescope at
the Yerkes Observatory. on September 10. 1t
has also been seen at the Lick Observatory, in
California. and photographed at both Observa-
tories
The length of time between the rediscovery
of the comet and it's passage around the sun is
New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
CAUGHT H1LLEY'S COMET
approaching Body Photographed
Through Great Telescopes.

Lord us from the devil the Turk and
the comet" was the prayer which ChrstendOm
added to Ike Ave Maria i'm 14J6. when the
Turks captured Constantinople and threatened
Europe The comet lad already appeared. II
was the one which was afterward named Hal
ley's comet. To the world il was the portent
of approaching evil.
The Turks having failed then in the plan to
oyerrun Europe and Tammany having been de-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-30
Rad Storm Here

A terrific wind storm. assuming cy-
clonic proportions in certain parts of
town. and doing considerable damage,
struck this town last evening about
o'clock as a climay to one of the
freakiest days of weather experienced
here in some time. Heat and snow
rain and wind from every direction on
the compass were some of the choice
connections dished up BY the weather
man A big rain fall was experienced
last night and the farmers are well
nigh discouraged, being unable to &C
complish anything in the line of get
ting in seeds owing to the wet con
dition of the ground.