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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11

CHICAGO, H.. July 1l.-Followtng the
announcement that Mrs Levi 4. Letter
would not 90 to Europe this year. but
instead would be a neighboT Of Presi-
dent Taft and family in the summer
colony at Beverly, Mass, comes what
purposes 10 be an explanation of the
break between Mrs. Letter and her SON
in-law. Lord CurYon Of Kedleston.
The person vino gave this information
said that the entire trouble arises from
Lord Curzon's dissatisfaction with the
administration Of the s.. 900 trust fund
that is held I'm the name Of the three
children OF himself and his late wife,
the former Mary Letter.
And the reason of Mrs. Letter break
irg her habit OF fifteen years and de
Gliding not TO go TO Europe is given as
her fear of Lord Curzon's lawyers. Lord
Curzon 81 Is said. is not on speaking
terms with the Letters.
According 20 person who pretends
10 know the inside history, the trouble
has TO Go with Joe Letters disastrous
wheat deal. which cost Levi Z. Letter
some 100000.
When Mary Letter became Lady Cur
zon the explanation runs. her father
placed 500 600 ia trust, the income from
which was TO go TO her. On his death
there was added by viii $l,000.O00 TO the
By the viii Of Lady Curzon half the
income from this trust fund was LETT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
URGE W. ]. BRYAN
TO BE AT BARBECUE
Columbus Committee Will Give
Z Assurance That Affair Is Not
Hostile to Him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. July ia com
mittee consisting Of promoters of the
big Harmon barbecue to be held here in
September win wait personally on VIII
liam J. Bryan TO assure him the AFFAIR
Is not hostile to him and TO urge him to
attend.
The barbecue is planned to boost the
Harmon Presidential game and word
was sent out by persons hostile to Bryan
that 1t marked the beginning Of the end
Of his influence in Ohio.
The Jefferson club of Columbus. an
anti-Harmon organization, disappointed
in OF getting its members In office
started the trouble in the hope Of in
huencing the Bryan people to oppose
Harmon and scotch his Presidential
Nocm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
NONOPLANE READY
TO CROSS CHANNEL
Aeronaut Latham, in Ma
chine, Delayed Only by
High Wind.

CALAIS, France, July u.-Thousands
Of expectant onlookers, worked up to
the highest pitch of excitement. are
awaiting the attempt Of Hugh Latham.
the English aeronsut- TO cross the Eng
fish ChapneI from Calais to Dover in his
monoplane this afternoon.
Latham, who made several highly
credltable fights inland this morning,
Is only waiting for the wind to subside
10 make his start. He is expected to
ny within the next hour. which will
mean that he will begin his perilous trip
before 8 o'clock.
IL was Latham's intention to make
me attempt this morning, but he has
been delayed owing 10 the high wind
At o;40 O'Clock he mounted the machine
ana announced that he was I'm readiness
TO ascend, but would wait an hour lon
ser for better weather conditions
ON the Dover side Of the channel
thousands of spectators await, amid
greatest excitement, the result of La
tham's attempt, which, # successful,
VIII be the first time a heavier-than-air
machine has ever crossed the English
Channel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
EAST MANS FARM
TO SOON Be SOLD
Last Act in Woodill Tragedy
Will Take Place Next
Saturday.

EASTON. Md, July u.-ProbabIy the
last scene In the WOodiu- Eastman trag-
edy will be enacted next Saturday morn
ing, when all the personal effects of
Lame Bob" Eastman, the supposed
murderer of the beautiful Edith May
Thompson WoOdiu, who committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
heart, will be sold at auction at the
court house. The sale was ordered by
Winnie Bradcombe, the chorus girl wife
of Eastman.
Probably the most valuable article
to be sold Is the motor boat in which
Mrs. Woodill took her last ride on Miles
river on the fatal Saturday afternoon.
a great crowd is looked for at the
sale and good prices are expected. espe-
cially for the smaller articles that will
make good souvenirs"
Strange as 1t may seem Murder
Farm as the Eastman place Is now
known, Is expected to sell for double
what Eastman paid for It last Febru-
airy. He purchased II free Of all in
cumbrances for 500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
WANT 100000
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Secretary of War Dickinson
to Ask Congress for Funds
for Engineer Post.

Secretary Of war Dickinson viii ask
Congress TO appropriate at its next ses-
sion 100000 for the completion of the
engineer school and post at Washing
ton Barracks.
The Seer etary today gave his approval
to plan for an enlargement of the
barracks and the creation OF a bic en-
gineer school which win be unrivale4
throughout the country Plans for
building have been completed by Gen
eral Marshall. chief of engineers. and
the Secretary viii urge upon Congress
that the aforementioned amount bc ap-
propriated-
The engineer school will be groupatl
in several buildings around the new
army war college, on Arsenal Point.
The buildings TO be erected include post
headquarters building. school building,
library and museum and an additional
barrack building.
When the new War College was built
1t WIS necessary 10 remove the old en-
gineer building at that location TO make
room for it. It is now intended TO de-
nOlish all the old buildings as soon az
possible in order to carry out the land
scape Improvement Of the War College
grounds.
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was stationed at the Naval Observatory
in this city. Thus engaged he was in
charge of the principal instrument, the
large equatorial telescope. In this con-
nectiOn, Prof. Loewy, late director Of
the Paris observatory, said of him:
'NeWcOmb must be considered, with
out contradiction, as one of the most
celebrated astronomers OF our time, both
on account of the extent OF his work
and the unity Of view which marks the
choice of the subjects treated by him"
Post at Johns Hopkins.
Another important post held by Prof.
Newcomb was that Of professor of
mathematics at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. He held the degree Of Ii. D. from
such universities as Yale, Harvard Co
lumbia. and Columbian George Wash
ington), and also held the professorship
of mathetics and doctor of natural phil
osOphy of Leyden University, Holland,
from which Institution he received in
1878 the -Huygens gold medal for re-
search. He also received the gold medal
of the Royal Astronomical Society Of
Great Britain in 1874
Prof NeWCOmb was the recipient of
many honors from leading scientific So
cie1es and from royalties, one being
10 have his portrait painted and hung,
by order OF Gar Alexander III with
those Of other great astronomers in the
Imperial Observatory at PulkoVa. He
was a member of ROYAL Astronomical
Society of Great Britain, corresponding
member OF the Institute OF France, and
he was president OF the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science, from 1870 10 1878.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
YON BUELOV BIDS
OFFICIAL GOOD-BY
Belief Growing That Impe-
rial Home Secretary Will
Fill Berth.

BERLIN, July III bid you good-5y
with the wish that you all hold me In
kind remembrance and with confidence
that the foreign office with its eyes
fixed on the commanding figure Of the
greatest German, always viii be certain
that the first chancellor will work Tor
the interests Of Germany and the honor
and welfare Of the German people.
With these words uttered this morn
ing Prince Won BUelow, the retiring
chancellor, responded to a eulogistic
speech by Baron Won Schoen, secretary
of state for foreign affairs Won
Schoen's remarks were made at the con-
clusion of a farewell dinner given bY
Won BuelOW to the officials Of the I'M
periaI chanCellOTy and TO the officers of
the foreign office.
The identity of Won Buelow's success
sOr is still the kaisers secret, though
the belief is growing hat the office will
be filed by Herr Won Bethmann Holl-
veg, the imperial home secretary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
HINDOOS' MEETING
SET FOR AUGUST 9
ASrologer Says India Will
Be Freed From British
on That Day.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE East
Indian uprising against British rule is
set for August 6, the dsy when the
sun is in the plentitude Of his glory, IN
his own royal sign Of the zodiac
This is what Gurn Data Vidys, a
HindoO revoluti1nist here declares is
the day Of Independence foF his people.
The astrological symbol of the sun On
the fifteenth degree Of Leo mas gone
out among the millions OF HindOOs as
the most suspicious day for declaring
for liberty. Vidya says the auguries
are most favOrable for success on that
day.
''The people Of my country read the
signs Of the heavens" he says Lib
Crty will be obtained without war or
bloodshed. tt will be peacefully erect
ed. IT will be simply the refusal Of the
millions Of my people to submit to
British rule and judgment
eff they put us all in prison they
win have to support us. Humanity de-
mands that. The propaganda ms pro
mulgated a decree of non-resistance 10
arrests, but millions viii have TO be
imprisoned If the prestige of British
law is to be maintained. Ny people are
willing to become martyrs 20 principle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
CROWDS GO WILD
TO SEE BASEBALL

ATLANTIC CITY, July 11.-More than
900 baseball fans. intent on seeing the
Sunday game between the Chicago Cubs
and the Atlantic City Colleglans, led
the big delegation Of excursionists who
poured into Atlantic City this morning.
The drubbing administered by the
Chicagos to the PhilIies yesterday has
aroused an interest that packs stands
ana bleaChers this afternoon,
Directing ministers, lighting Sunday
ball, preached scathing sermons against
the game from majority Of local pull
pits this morning, but failed TO impress
the careless seashOre crowds.
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Died.

NE&COMB-On Sunday, July II. 1909 a. hi,
Issie ence, 1871 p street, SIMON NEW.
I'm o. professor OF mathematics ., s
Navy, retired.
Funeral on "Wednesday. JuJv "A a. =,
q m. at Church Of Covenant j is re-
quested that no flowers be sent ivl1-a,
LEAHY-suddenly. on Saturday. Julv n 1904
al SID a m, CATHERINE LEAHY No.
~ lyons, beloved wife Of the late Mfchaei
Funeral from her late residence rs p
stIeet northeast, Monday, July r. 1eg9
thence 10 St Martins Church where saI
Inn requiem mass vii be said at $50 a. m
leaves ti ana friends respectfully invited
1t
JENKINS-On SATURDAY.. JuIv 10 a. a.ao
m, at his residence, COS Eye street SoUtb-
east JOSEPH IRVING, beloved husband 81
aIcs ', enee Keyes) and son OF J. L. ana
Interment Tuesday at LAesburg. 1ts
MAI II, IIIN5TLY-0n Friday July Q 1909
A t,!-a-, the widow Of Thomas o. Mat
tingiy, aged siXty-fiye years
o, happily soul, who safely passed
Thy weary warfare here.
arrived al Jesus feet at last
And ended all thy care
By Her Son and Daughtsr-in-Isvv r,-.,t-
and Emma N
Funeral from Undertaken Lees. S07 Penn
savanna avenue, l o'clock Monday Ju}v -
interment at Congressional Cemetery il.
TEACHUM-Departed this life suddenly, nj,
o. J q J -
IEACHUM, beloved husband Of MoIlie ]
Ieachum, aged sixty-four years
funeral VIII take place from late resi-
aahce' sSs 18th St s E, on Monday, July
=. at 3 D. m Relatives and friends re-
specHully invited to attend. 1t.
GAsKINS-Departed this life Tbursa.,,
July 3 1909 at her residence. .gs7IZ FTlorida
avenue, DAISY II. COSTIN GASKINS. tbe
beloved wife OF Samuel Gaslzins and daugb
ter OF Lucia and the late William Cosffn
Funeral from 81. Augustine's Churrb
Monday, July u, &C 10 O'Clock Relative
and friends invited to attend lis
GOsNELL-Departed this lifs an E~,a.,.
July = 1903. at 4:lo EDWARD B. cos
NELL. beloved husband Of Jane CosneIl
NEE SelleTs), and devoted son OF Marie
'. and the late Ambrose CosneU aged
twenty-six years.
Guarded and kept by the Saviour
Victor Ger death and the grave
know he is sweetiy sleeping
In Jesus. the mighty to save
BY His Loving Wife
Dearest brother and son though hast LEFT
We thy loss most deeply feel
But tbs God who has bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal
By His Mother. Brothers and Sister
Funeral from his late residence, fOfs Tsf
ferson street northwest. on Monday. Juiv
II at ? p m, thence TO Peek Memorial
Chapel. Twenty-eighth and NJ streets al
2:2o p. m Interment at Rock Creek Gem
etery.
baltimore papers please COPY
jy10-2ts
DUEHAF-On Saturday, July 10 ADA he
loved daughter Of Alexander and the lste
Pauline Harley Duehay.
LONG-On Saturday, July 10 fso9
BLANCHE H, beloved daughter OF Eliza
beth Long and the late Alexander Long.
aged twenty years.
McCLURG-On July 10. 1903. at 1906 Twentieth
street Washington, D. c. EDMONIA
MASON MCCLURE. wife OF Medical Direc-
tor Walter mcclure, L. S. y.
NEALE-SuddenIy, on July 10, 1909. FRAN
CTS DE SALES NEALE, at the residence
OF his sister, Mrs. E A Alexander, 1903 U
street northwest.
SHAW-On Saturday. July TO- 1903 J. "
SHAW, father OF Mrs. c. +. Schweitzer, Of
$3.50 Holmead place northwest, aged seventy
five years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
SEEK POLICE AID
TO FIND HENDLEY
District Man Missing Since July 4,
Relatives Fear Accident and
Offer Reward.

Folice of the Seventh precinct today
sent out a general alarm for James
Hendley, who has been strangely miss
ing since July 4 from his home. 2S06 p
street northwest. Mrs. Hendley, the
missing mans mother. has offered re-
ward of SO for information as to his
wherea bouts.
Hendley left his home in the morning
TO spend the Fourth with friends. He
failed to return that night, and relatives
fear that he met with an accident, or
was taken suddenly ill., A canvass of
all hospitals and other retreats failed to
disclose any trace Of the man,
HendIey is thirty years old and is de-
sCribed as five feet nine inches tall
light complexion and hair When last
seen he wore black suit, straw hat
and tan shoes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
INTEREST IN TAX'S
CAUSES QUESTIONS
Beverly Alderman Wonders Why
Lodge and Gardner Stood
CDOncOrc for Ar,toe
Sponsors for Autos.

BEVERLY, Mass, July ia seusa-
tion was caused here today when Ger
tain members of the board Of aldermen
declared that Senator Lodge and Repre-
sentative Gardner had really passed tire
tip 70 the taxicab people that they
would do a good business in Beverly
this sumner If they could but secure
the permission of the alderman to oper-
ate
The taxi people were not long in
listening, and promptly asked for the
privilege TO operate nve takes in this
city. Now several OF the aldermen are
trying TO discover what interest. If any.
the two statesmen have for a sum-
nner franchise.
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CRUSHED UNDER AUTO.

AMHERST, Mass, July Il.-Mrs. Ada
L. Harvey, of Amherst, was CRUSHED to
death under an overturned automobile
on the Sunderland road. 6tr and Mrs.
Chauncey H Pierce of NORTHAMPTON.
owners of the automobile, and the
chauffeur, escaped with slight bruises.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
HEAT CLAIMS VICTIM
IN THE WINDY CITY
Chicago Weather Man Holds Out
Little Hope for Relief
of Suffering.

CHICAGO, July 1L-Up to II o'clock
today one death has been reported to
police, and a number of prostration5.
The heat Of the past forty-eight hours
has been most oppressive, the tempera-
ture ranging In the eighties nearly all OF
yesterday.
The weather man says IT now is seven
ty-nine. ana stiIl climbing. He does
hold out hope with his possible thun-
deT-shoWers.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
NEGRO FORECASTER
FOUND INCOMPETENT

MOBILE, Ala, July 1--Enjah s.
Handy, the only negro in the employ
of the Weather Bureau o. the United
States, has been removed from office on
the ground of incompetency.
lie stood the civil service examination
for the position Of assistant observer
and on his first trial at Pensacola was
found to be incompetent and ordered
here.
Chief observers at Pensacola and Mo
bile filed the charges Of incompetency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
MRS. KISS UNHAPPY.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, July 1I-Kisses
make married life happy, but
Louis and Sophia Kiss have decided
they are unable to live happily after
trying ii for more than five years. and
Sophia has applied for divorce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
In MemOriam.

Suddenly. the Angel Of Death has called
One whom we loved while far from home
To sleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
No more TO wander, no more TO roam.
Though tits hard 10 part from those We
love.
And doubly hard from the one who has
left us
In grief we bow 70 the SaviOur's will
And worship the one who has bereft Us
BY His Father, Mother and Brothers.
1ts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
Noted Astronomer Passes
Away at His Capital
Home.
FUNERAL SERVICES
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Although in Poor Health for
Months, Sheer Will Kept
Him at Work.

Prof. Simon Newcomb, astronomer,
mathematician, and world traveller. died
at his home, 1920 p street northwest,
this morning at 500 o'clock. after a pro-
longed illness. His death. which had
been hourly expected, was due TO can
Ger Of the bladder, the first symptoms
of which appeared last September. soon
after Prof. Newcomb returned to this
country from Europe. Despite the con-
slant encroachment of the disease.
which baffled the skill Of the best sur
geOns, Prof. Newcomb kept up his as
Economical Investigations and mathe-
NAUTICAL work until he was forced by
sheer weakness to take to his bed The
family were at his bedside when the
end came,
The body Of Prof. Newcomb will lie
In state at the family residence to-
morrow and Tuesday, so that it may be
viewed by the hundreds Of Washing
tOnians who have for more thar a
decade regarded him as one of the great
figures Of science.
The funeral will take place from his
late home on Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, and he will be accorded the
military honors due his rank as rear
admiral, United States navy, retired IN
terment viii be in Arlington Cemetery.
Commander Sells. Z. s. N, will have
charge Of the funeral arrangements.
Brief services viii be held Wednes-
day morning at the Newcomb home.
The Rev. Tyler bennett, of the Church
Of the Covenant, and the Rev. DR..
Childs, of Chevy Chase, viii officiate.
Prof. Newcomb is survived by his wife.
who is daughter of the late DR.. Hass-
Ter. surgeon. L. S. N: three daughters
DR.. Anita NewcOmb MCGEE. of Wash
ington; Mrs. Francis Wilson. OF New
York; Mrs. Edward Whitney. of New
York-and by five grandsons and six
grsnddaughters.
Native of Nova Scotia.
Prof. NeWcOmb was born at Wallace.
Nova Scotia March y, 1885. He lived in
Canada for eighteen years, and later
taught school in Maryland from 1854 to
1853 Because Of his knowledge of as
tronomy and mathematics he was ap-
pointed computer on the nautical al
manac in 1857, with headquarters at
Cambridge, Mass.
While engaged on the nautical alma
nae, Prof NeWcOmb entered the Law
renee Scientific School of Harvard, and
was graduated a year later. In 1851 be
was appointed a professor Of mathe-
MATES OF the United States Navy. and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-11
CRITICISES TAFT;
MAN IN HOSPITAL

CINCINNATI, July L.-James MILFORD
IS IN the city hospital mere, pTlbably
fatally injured as the result OF crit-
cising President Taft on a prominent
street corner this morning. MILFORD col
lected a big crowd ana incidentally
sngered William HarTOck. who pulled a
knife from his pocket and started IN 20
carve MILFORD
At the hospital Il was discovered that
Wilford had been slashed thirty five
times.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-10-27
Death of Old Resident.

Mr.. John Nieberline, an aged
resident of DEBORAH, passed away at
bis home on the west side, Oct. 21,
1909. He came from Germany to
Ellis, and later Logan, Canada,
where he was married to Miss Polly
Goettinger, who with five daughters
and two sons mourn his death: Mrs.
Mary Turner, Mrs. Maggie Kenny,
Mrs. Christine GlimpS, Mrs. Kate
Ackerson, Mrs. Edith Desc. George
and Benjamin. A daughter, Fran
els, and son, Daniel, preceded him in
death. He resided in Hesper town
ship, this county, before coming to
DEBORAH six years ago. On June
gath, he sustained stroke of
paralysis, from the effects of which
be did not recover. He was an up
right man, a good neighbour and
citizen, who bore the respect of all
who knew him, and his death will
be generally .mourned. A large
company of friends and neighbors
attended the funeral services, which
were held from the home and the
German Methodist church on Sunday
morning, with the Modern Wood
men of America. of which he was a
member, attending in a body and
conducting the service at the grave.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-10-27

lands nobility, finally opening the
girls eyes and-so we are left to
misunderstanding her for him
self by the most upright means,
those of genuine love unmixed with
mercenary motives, is a delightful
theme for stage presentation.
The quaint, droll humor and the
manliness of the genuine Anne iCar
is most adroitly intermingled in the
homely character OF Pike and
schrewd comedy strokes, though
numerous and of the most plcasine
variety, never intrrde themselves too
manifestly upon the TALLY nuner-
Gus and equally pleasing pass ges
calling for pathos or othec kmCred
emotions.
Too great an anxiety to Gain
points might seriously mar the fir, it.
tul character of the Kokomo artor-
ney, so that the utmost care is neces-
sary in the selection of an actor to
portray the part. Henry Hall, chos-
en- 10 enact the role-which has fixed
William Hodge firmly in the stellar
armament by his portrayal of the
character in Chicago and New
York-meets all the demands made
upon him in the part, which is say
ing much in view of it's exacting
nature.
Really delightful work is done by
Mary Elizabeth Forbes in handling
the difficult part of Ethel Granger
Simpson-formerly plain Simpson
whose better nature has been to n
great extent smothered in the glitter
Of a nossible alliance with the nobil-
ity of the old world
Charles d. Herman as a Russian
grand duke masquerading in German
character does very fine piece of
work besides speaking German for
few moments in the first act with
such rare ease and perfection that
one almost wishes he would adhere
to that language throughout the
play. Harrington Reynolds as the
Earl of Hawcastle does excellent
work and Vaughn Trevor makes the
eccentric character part of the Hon.
Alneric st. Aubyn stand out by
clever and original methods. John
Martins Ivanoff is a consistent piece
of work, w. Leonard Howe is ex-
cellent as the snobbish Horace
Granger-Simpson, Emma Meffert as
the scheming comtesse is beyond adj
verse criticism and Bertha Welby's
ady Creech is thoroughly well play
ed. In fact, the entire cast, to the
least of the minor characters, is of
a high order and seldom is a better
balanced organization seen here"