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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
SINGLE PRECEDENT
At WHITE HOUSE
Custom of Giving Turkeys
At Christmas Time Still
Holds Good.

So far az known there is Just one
precedent-cOunt it-one-Which has lived
from the days OF Mckinley down to this
date, and is still In good, hOurishing
condition as a guide to the etiquette
and decorlnl OF the White House
Tho Roosevelt regime didn't care much
abOuL any presidents it found. but It
was great on making new ones; 50
when the eight years Of Roosevelt were
at an end there were precedents enough
TO sink big boat, but none were very
old
When Taft came IN he, likewise,
adopted the Roosevelt policy Of making
new presidents, and promptly set about
doing things over. Almost everything re-
latlng 70 the conduct Of the White
House domestic establishment was re-
organized. The social plans for the
coming winter are a series Of striking
innovations. Wherefore Il Is most in
teresting to know that one custom has
been preserved intact and that, too, one
which came safe and sound all the way
1t Is the custom OF the President CIV
ing a turkey TO every one OF the minor
White House employees at Christmas,
and a - gold piece TO all the major
It was a fine. robust tradition when
Roosevelt arrived on the scene, and he
observed IL at every CHRISTMAS while he
was in the White House. Tradition says
that every s. gold piece thus distributed
IS permanently retired from circulation;
It becomes a highly priced souvenir. But
the prospect OF seriously contracting the
gold supply hasn't thus far argued Sc
riousiy against the custom. President
Taft has adopted It, and his first Christ
mas IN tho White House saw the usual
distribution.
There is an impression that some other
custom may yet be found unbroken. but
nobody remembers IL at this writing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
MORE LYNCH LAW
FEARED AT HURLEY
Virginia Town Excited by
Hanging of Slayer Of
Farmer.

DEVON, ". Va, Dec 27.--Not since
Its sextuple murder several months ago
has Hurley. small town IN Buchanan
county. Virginia, near the State line.
been aroused as il is today over the
murder OF Samuel Baker, a farmer, on
Christmas Eve and the lynching OF his
slayer. Henry Pennington. by an armed
and infuriated mob Of Bakers friends.
Baker was a brother-iu-iaw OF George
Meadows, who was murdered with the
other members or the Meadows family
by Howard Little. now under sentence
OF death on January 8.
Baker was killed by Pennington while
re, Mrs. Baker, their two children, and
wyatt Meadows were on their way 70
8 Sunday school Christmas tree party.
JAS Baker fell. two bullets from Penning-
toms revolver entering his body, Mrs.
Baker cried ont 20 the slayer, who was
running away, 20 come back and help
her take her husbands body home.
The rIse worked and Pennington re-
turned As he stopped over Bakers
body. Mrs. Baker seized hts revolver
klightly wounded. Tearing his pistol
from the woman's hand, Pennington
wounded her slightly and then escaped.
Later that night bennington was cap
tuTcd by a posse after "a pistol duel in
which he was again wounded. At mid
night a mob quietly formed OverpOw-
cred Pennington guards, strung him
up 70 a steam pipe IN a machine shop,
and riddled him with bullets
II IS reported today from Hurley that
more trouble Is feared as the result OF
the murder and lynchlnE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
BROTHERS UNITED
BY USE OF PHONE
Chance Call Brings Them
Together-Both Made
Fortunes.

DENVER. Colo, Dec. H.-Charles Fl.
and John w. Harrison. brothers. VINO
had not seen or heard OF each other for
twenty years. were strangely reunited
here today though a chance telephone
cali.
More than twenty years ago, when
twelve years old, Charles Harrison ran
away from his home at Lawrence, Kan.
He drifted to Colorado and became a
successful mining prospector.
In the meantime, John ". Harrison
settled in Wyoming and became one Of
the construction engineers In the Union
Pacific service.
Today Charles II. Harrison went TO
the office of Attorney s D. Krump on
legal business and while he was there
the telephone rang.
Excuse me a moment said the law
yer. i've got long distance call, and,
by the way. it's a man by your name,
Harrison. He's up in Laramie"
What's his first manner" inquired the
mining man. casually.
"John-John W. Harrison"
'TWhat2" yelled the visitor 'rWhy,
maybe, here"
And Harrison grabbed the telephone
from the lawyers hands.
rs this John W. HarrfsonT' he asked
and was assured it was.
Did you live in Lawrence. Kan, when
you were kid2'
yes"
''Did you have an older brother named
| Charles?"
well. this is Charley"
Then the brothers had a long confer
ence, in which each told OF his business
| success, and the result was that John
w Harrison is on his way to Denver,
where the brothers Will meet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
ISLANDER IS BASIS
FOR 100000 SUIT
Bessie De Vote Asks Heavy
Damages From Wife
Of Broker.

NEW YORK, Dec 1.-Alleged SLAM
der is the basis of q suit for 100000.
which Bessie De Vote, or Bessie Van
Dorm in private life, has fled against
Mrs. Edna 7. SlaybaclS. wife OF the
junior member OF a Broadway brokerage
firm.
The latest court proceeding taken
by Miss De Vote is supplemental to the
suit against Frank jay Gould for $780,
600 for alleged fraud in connection with
promises which she says were made 70
marry her.
Miss De Vote swears that the alleged
talk OF Mrs. Slayback Is almost wholly
responsible for all her heart aches and
troubles in the present series of cases.
She declares that Mrs. Slayback made
statements derosatory TO her character
and reputation to Frank Jay Gould,
and that these alleged false remarks
were in the main responsible for the
sudden change OF heart the young mill
IIonaire experienced in respect to Miss
De Vote.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
FIRST USE OF IRON.

As a result OF his interesting iuvcsti-
cations. DIT RldEeWay concludes that
The smelling Of iron originated IN C-u-
tral Europe. and especially iu the region
known as Noricum, equivalent TO mod
ern Austria and Bavaria.
IN Egypt f. can be traced back 20 the
ninth century i. g, and in Iibya TO
about $50 p =. First mention OF its
,Iee in China goes back 10 400 B. q .
while In Uganda IL IS said % have been
IN use only some five OF six centuries
The above date for the first use OF iron
On Egypt refers 90 the metal obtained by
chfr,Diug And 70 Is interesting 90 re-
member that recent INVESTIGATIONS have
shown that the Iron OF many mctcurites
IS a sort Of natural steel.-London Globe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
GAME ENDS IN RIOT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-The En-
Urgency Hospital here today is filled
with battered Japanese and Chinese
athletes as the result Of the annual
football game between representatives
of these two nations, although not one
player received a scratch during the
game It was after the japanese had
won for the first time In two years that
A chinese adherent snatched the foot
ball that was to have gone TO the win
ners, and then the riot began.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
FREAR IS OPPOSED
BY PRINCE CUPID
Hawaiian Delegate Charges Gov
ernor With Disregard for
Common People,
Common People.

HONOLULU. Dec. 27.-Prince Cupid.
the Hawaiian Delegate to Congress, is
preparing to launch a fight against Gov
ernor Frear. His highness is bitter In
his denunciation Of the governor Of the
Territory who. ne says, will do anything
for the plantations but nothing for the
people.
The Delegate also charges the gov
ernor with deliberately lying 20 him
and declares that he will take the mat
ter up with the proper authorities as
soon as he reaches Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
REMINGTON DEATH
A DISTINCT SHOCK
F." Cowboy Artist Will Be
Buried at Canton, N. Y,
With HonorS.

RIDGEFTELD, Conn, Dec. 27.-The
body OF Frederic Remington. the artist.
who died rather suddenly here yester-
day, was taken to Canton, n. Y. for
fnterment this afternoon. The funeral
services will be held I'm the Universalist
Church at Canton tomorrow at
O'Clock, present Indications being that
they viii be attended by a distinguished
assemblage Of artists and other profess
eional men.
II was Remington's last request that
fhere should be carved on his tomb the
simple epitaph:
He knew the horse. Everyone
agreod that he did. Remington had been
called the Graphic Historian Of the
Wild West" Some or his paintings and
bronzes are today regarded as the best
examples Of their style ever done
His "Broncho Buster in bronze, is
the type and art critics the world over
have declared It perfect. Remington was
but forty-eight years Of age at the time
OF his death. He leaves a widow.
MI Remington's death came as a
shock to this entire city. as it will prove
20 the country at large. He had been
!n good health up to week ago. Last
Wednesday he began to suffer consider
able pain, and on Thursday specialist
was called from New York, and the
next day an operation for appendicitis
sras performed The artist patient
progressed favorably until Sunday
morning. when a change for the worse
came. Death followed in a few hours.
Native of Canton.
Ridgeheld had been the permanent
residence Of Mr.. Remington since last
May He was a native Of Canton
where the funeral IS 70 take place. The
artist was in his forty-eighth year, and
IS survived by a wife, formerly MISS
Eva Cation. of Gloversville. n. Y
Remington was the original cowboy
painter" He invaded field hitherto
untouched in the world Of art and made
an Instantaneous success OF the idea
At heart he was Cowboy and the
greater portion Of his time was spent
in outdoor life Had the genius OF MS
brush not called him, he would nave
been n her6er OF a trapper, for he loved
the work, and his cowboy associations,
having in turn a corresponding dislike
for the city
Opens New Era.
His first sketches were convincing that
q new era had been opened in American
art Time brought the finished touches
TO his original rougher pictures, and al
the time Of his death he was one OF Jne
foremost OF American artists. When
Remington's brush tired, he took to lit
eerafure His books. Crooked Trails
end Frontier Sketches" had wide
sale
Artist Remington was the son OF Col
Samuel p. Remington. a civil war hero
and later an editor OF Ogdensburg, "
y -Four OF his ancestors We're In the
Revolutionary war, and his grandfather
fought by the side OF Jackson in The
war OF 1872 Young Remington finished
his academic education at the Vermont
Episcopal Institute, Burlington, VT,
afterward attending the Yale Art School
where he studied for the profession
which. through hts faithful portrayal Of
the West, was to make him famous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
BITES WHILE YOU WAIT.

what do you want?' asked the farm
ers wife, as the Unlocking tramp came
shutting up to the door. I want TO get
a bite or two and want II, quick. seer
replied the tramp. 'NOh, certainly" said
the good woman with a prompt cheer
fulness and freedom from alarm which
made the ugly visitor turn apprehen-
Efvely. You can have all the bites
you want. Here, TOwserr'-BaltmOre
American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
THE OTHER WOMAN"

sequel 90 "The Journal Of
Neglected Wife" a fascinating
portrayal of the feelings Of
hearf-broxen woman whose love
runs the EantIet from passion to
reconciliation. On the other side r.
the wife, betrayed but loyal, who
finally triumphs after N soul
crushing, brsin-duIIIng experience.
Begins on the WOman's Page Of
The Washington Times today.
Don't miss the opening chapter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
BANK PRESIDENT DEAD.

NEW YORK, Dec. E.-Dumont Clarke,
president OF the American National EX-
change Bank is dead at his home at
Dumont, n. J. MI Clarke counted his
ancestry in an unbrOken line back to
the shtpmaster Of the AIayfiower.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
WILSON SLIGHTLY ILL.

Assistant Secretary Huntington WI
son, of the State Department, is con-
fined to his rooms with a slight cold
Inquiry today developed the fact that
the assistant secretary's condition is
not serious. and he hopes to be back
at his desk within q few days.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
NJ Twain A
GOOD FELLOW

Umpire McHenry is of the opinion
that had Mcllvain taken up the boxing
game seriously when young he would
have made a champion.
"McIlvain is strong and clever and
one of the gamest men in the ring
that l have ever SEEN, said McHenry,
the other day. "They say that every
colored man has a streak of yellow
in him but McIlvain is sure one col
ored man without any gambooge in
his makeup. l trained and seconded
him in dozen battles in Manila, none
of which he lost, and l have yet to see
him quit under punishment. At Fam
Eoanaga one time he was fighting an
English sailor weighing over 100
pounds and the way that Britisher
beat him up for twenty-five rounds
was a caution In the twenty-third
round, however, McIlvain turned the
tables and knocked his man out
"McIlvain is well liked by all class
been in the Philippines. When he left
Zamboanaga, just prior to passing
through Honolulu the time he fought
Dick Sullivan, it was because the doc
tors told him that unless he left the
Philippines at once an ailment from
which he was suffering would surely
kill him. McTlvain was broke at the
time and owed lots of money. He was
so well thought of at Zamboanaga that
a general subscription was taken up
which enabled him TO leave the place
with a clean score and with money in
his pocket"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
PARK SHOW
MADE A HIT

The opening of the Athletic Park S
evening entertainments last night was
wonderful success. The grandstand
and third base bleachers were crowd
ed to capacity and many interested
spectators took seats on the ground
in front of the grandstand and cheer
ed Justify as each new event was
brought to their attention.
There were Geisha girls, a Chinese
band and singers, Kaais string quin-
tet and moving pictures with piano
accompaniment.
The management of the park has
made ten-strike with these five cent
admission shows and they are putting
on a line of attractions such as can
not be found anywhere in town for
twice the price of admission.
The great feature Of the show is
that the pictures are absolutely flick
erless. The screen Is placed imme-
diately beyond the home plate on the
diamond and the pictures can be seen
from either side equally we'll. This
feature of the pictures was made the
source of much JOY for several hun
dred youngsters who took great de-
light in running back of the screen
and waiting till some lettering ap-
peared, when they would try to read
it backward.
The Geisha girls were very dainty
and charming and danced and sang
sweetly. All the music was good and
the pictures were great. The program
Will be repeated tonight and there
Will be changes every Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday in future. In adj
dition to different pictures the other
features of the show will be changed
and the management promises all the
latest all the time. Five cents is the
admission and ten cents to the grand
stand
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
Al Fellows Views
About Honolulu Mel

AL. Fellows, who recently honored
Honolulu with his presence, states his
views of people and things here, in
the San Francisco Bulletin, thusly:
well, here l am, back in the good
old town. Broke, of course-but say,
I'd rather be broke in San Francisco
than be in New York with twenty dol
lars a day. Honolulu? Gee, take it
away! Did you ever see South Bend,
Indiana, on Sunday? Well, it's a wild
rolliclling fandango compared to Ho-
nolulu. Saloons all closed at II o'clock,
not a soul on the streets but Japs and
Kanakas, nothing doing but to sleep
and eat.
The boxing game is fairly good
down there now. Jack Cordell and
Dick Sullivan, who fought fifteen
round draw while l was there, drew
a nice purse. They are going to fight
twenty rounds today They are pretty
fair boxers, but would hardly class
with such men as Al Neil, Montana
Sullivan, Johnnie O'Keefe or those
boys. Maybe it's because they all eat
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
CriCketerS Go To
Battle With Maui

The team selected by the Honolulu
Cricket Club to do battle with a Maui
eleven tomorrow, left by the steamer
Mauna Kea today the band playing
gaily and a large crowd wiving alohas
and expressing goou wishes for the
result of the match.
Those VINO took passage with the
cricketing party were: Robert Ander-
son, w. Brown, J. c. McGill, f. b..
wilmington, L. Wilmington, J. II. Fid-
des, H. Bailey, r. W. P. Gray, A. A.
Jordan, c. f. Maxwell, Jack (Norman)
Densham, Archie Robertson, H. NJ.
Ayres. j. c. McGill will act as cap
tain of the eleven.
Neither c. p. Morse or Rudolph j.
Buchly don't forget the two little
dots, Mr. Printer who were picked for
the team were able to make the trip
owing to pressure or business. Their
places were taken by w. Brown per-
haps the best all round player in the
Territory, and Archie Robertson, the
demon longstop.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
WILL HELP
OUR FUND

The Myrtle Boat Club will give a
dance at the boathouse next Friday
night for the benefit of the oar fund.
Myrtle entertainments are always Of
a most enjoyable nature and the COM
ing event will be no exception to the
rule. The night will be moon-lit,
nice girls will be present in quantities,
and the music will be furnished by
the Cunha Quintet Club, than which
there is none better in town.
The cause is a good one and de-
serving of a full measure of support.
There is no cleaner sport than row.
ing and the Myrtle Boat Club has
been in large measure responsible for
keeping the game alive in Honolulu.
Regatta Day is looming up ahead
and the Myrtles are preparing to do
their share toward giving the public
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. FIRST

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST
Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
In Probate-At Chambers, No. 41O5.
In the Matter OF the Estate of Mary
Edgell Goodale, Deceased.
On Reading and Filing the Petition
and accounts of Hawaiian Trust Co.,
Ltd, Ancillary Administrator of the
Estate of Mary Edgell Goodale, deceas-
ed, wherein petitioner asks to be al
lowed $1S3.SO and charged with
$500. 90 and asks tnat the same be
examined and approved, and that a
final order be made of Distribution of
the remaining property to the persons
thereto entitled and discharging petit
toner from all further responsibility
herein:
1t is ordered that Monday, the 9th
day of September, A. D. 1909, at 10
o clock a. m. before the Judge presiding
at Chambers Of said Court at this Court
Room in the Judiciary Building, in Ho-
nolulu, County of Honolulu, be and the
same hereby is appointed the time and
place for hearing said Petition and Ac-
counts, and that all persons interested
may then and there appear and show
cause, if any they have, why the same
should not be granted, and may pre-
sent evidence as to who are entitled to
the said property.
Dated the 18th day of August, 1909.
BY THE COURT:
M. T. SIMONTON,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit.
4ts-Aug. II, "a, 81; Sept. z,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24

The steamer will make McGregors
landing about p. m. and the party will
be transported thence to Wailuku in
automobiles. There will be some cele-
bration at Wailuku tonight and to-
morrow the game will be played. 1t
will be an all day match and the
chances are that two full innings will
be played.
WhlIe the local team has its weak
spots still, unless tonights celebration
is of too strenuous a nature, the H. G..
c. should manage to retain the ashes.
After the game there will be din
ner in which the two elevens will par
ticipate and the Honolulu party will
embark on the steamer Claudine,
which will be held for the occasion,
and arrive in Honolulu early on Thurs
day morning.
A Star man is accompanying the
party and a full account of the game
will appear in The Star on Thursday
afternoon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24
WESTON TO
TRY AGAIN

NEW YORK, August 16. - Edward
Payson Weston, 70 years old, who re-
Gently walked from New York to San
Francisco, a distance of 1895 miles in
105 days, has just returned to New
York and announces that next spring,
when ne will be II years old, he will
start again to walk to the Pacific
Coast. Then, he says, he will have
no difficulty in making the long walk
in 100 days, profiting by his expert
ences of this year.
In spite Of the hardships which he
suffered, Weston is in perfect health
and says he will continue walking,
but shorter distances, until he starts
on the long walk for San Francisco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-24

poi a native concoction that tastes
like billboard paste. The more boxers
we can get down there the better,
though, for the Japs are flooding the
country and if war ever does come it
will start right there in Honolulu. At
that I liked the islands fine and may
go back there in few months. It's
hard for me to stay still and besides, l
want to see Japan"
The Bulletin introduced Fellows in
terview as follows:
AL Fellows, the most ardent seeker
after new worlds and notoriety that
Fistiana has produced in the last de-
cade, blew into town the other day
from Honolulu, whittier he went a
few months ago on a junketing tour
in search of adventure. From all ac-
counts, Al found the adventure, but
it was not very lucrative, and he ar
rived in town with smile and two
gold teeth as his only assets. Al drop
ped into a chair at the office this
heaved a sigh of relief and
then delivered himself of the follow
ing epitome.