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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
The Continuation Of This story W.Il
Be FCGad in Tomorrow
Issue of This Paper.
LETTERS BY HUNDREDS
COMMEND PRESIDENT
Epsles That Daily Pour Into the White House From
Common People" Controved Charge That Roose-
welt Is Losing His Popularity.

the persons who have been guilty Of
any slundeTous criticisms.
The Presidents stand on the question
OF water rights has brought forth much
approval And many other similar
cases might be cited, illustrative OF the
fact that when the President takes "A
stand IoE anything the disposition OF the
country is to rally to his support. Some
Of the members of Congress would bet
Ter understand the extent or tine presi-
dents popularity it they could look over
TIE uleS egufaiUiuG che letters he gets
At the same tlue chat the President Is
getting letters of approval, here is
nOmbardment or letters against the
Capitol a5saIllng Congress for its course
iu various matters.
A great many Of the letters received
by the President are from people who
nave little accomplishment ia the Wav
" either writing or spelling. Some of
these letters however. are the most
pleasing TO the President, because of
their eaTueslue5s and evident sincerity
Resolutions In considerable numbers
have been adopted by meetings OF citi-
Gems ana various organizations indoors
Until this winter. there has been little
Of this out when the President got into
collision with Congress over the issue
of the Secret Service. then the resOlu-
u0ns began 10 break out. Illustrating
this, the plain people up at HullOnd
Patent, \. " the Old home OF Grover
Cleveland. met and prepared q letter.
signed by officials OF the village. mem
beTs OF the board of education, bankers.
preachers. business men, labOrers and
others. These resolutions commended
the President for the stand he had
taken. FOR honesty and the detection
of crime"
Anyone who has the opportunity 20
look over the Presidents letters from
the public viii ind them illuminating
as well az entertaining and will become
sCeptical OF any statements that the
President, as ue nears March 3, Is losing
HIS grip OH the people.
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HAMILTON WILL GO
TO NEWPORT NEWS
Liner Crippled in Collision Will
Be Laid Up For
Repairs.

NORFOLK. Va, Feb. las soon as
she has discharged her cargo, which
now is being unloaded here, the Old
Dominion liner Hamilton. Captain Boaz.
which was IN collision with a car float
of the New York, Philadelphia ana Nor
folk railroad, "a the lower harbOr, will
proceed To Newport News for repairs.
Tho passengers, most of whom spent
last night on board the Hamilton will
leave on the liner Jefferson tonight. No
one was injured as result Of the col
lision
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
SHOPLIFTERS' CLUB
REVEALED BY GIRL
Young Prisoner Startles Buffalo
Police by a Comics
sion

BUFFALO. N. Y. Feb. 1.-Hndegard
Werdejn, twenty years old, who was
arrested FOR slopliftug. made "a sensa-
uonal statement to the police this
morning. She stated that there was a
club OF Buffalo girls organized for the
purpose Of stealing from the stores.
Not long ago, Josephine Rick. also
twenty, was found guilty OF sh0pltfung.
an dsentenced 10 sixty days In a home
Tor wayWard girls she was member
of the club, according 90 the Werdem
girl.
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THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Yes cried the cousin. as though
the name had come TO him at the same
moment,
Bess was silent for a second. then
she made q move as though to return
to her letter
"Why did you bring up his name?
I'd forgotten all about him. asked
Tom.
oh, / don't know. Just happened to
think of it. I thought ] saw him when
was in Dewitt. His face was so easy
to"
''Why. what's the matter?" Bess
broke Oft abruptly, jumping t. her feet
and rushing TO Toms side.
lie had gone white. and one OF his
hands had fluttered to his forehead as
his eyes half closed.
In q moment he was himself again.
Too much smoking, I guess" he re-
piled with an uneasy smile. Just got
a touch Of faintness. It comes over me
once in a while when I've been hitting
that pipe too often"
4 few more words We're eEchoIged
and Griswold made a foolish excus apd
escaped from the room as quickly Ss
possible
Bess sat i'm d brown study for half
an hour after her cousin had gone.
There was much food for thought in
the note she had come upon so U1ex-
pectedly. There seemed TO be a strong
connection somewhere.
Why had Tom turned white when she
mentioned seeing the tramp's face i'm
Dewitt?
Could he be guilty?
Bess stared bIankly into a dark corner
Of the room. She sat in that pos'tion
for some time. Then it came To her
suddenly that her mind must be wan
derine.
mo, MOI she cried suddenly, I'D
as soon mistrust my own father. I'm
getting foolish over the thing.
She returned to her letter writing,
finished it as carefully as she could
and then left the room.
Returning to her own apartment she
dismissed all thoughts of the note she
had founC and hurredly packed mp
the clothes that she would need for
over night at her aunts. She would
send for the others when she was ready
TO start for Arizona. The work did
not take her long. Suddenly she was
aware by the tramping below that hex
brother had returned she must hurr-
or her father would be back, and then
she could not avoid "a scene.
When she was fastening up the suit
case she heard Tom go back "a his
room with a slow. easy tread lie WAS
not there more than two or three min
utes when she heard him come out eb-
ruDtIy and walk toward her dgor with
quick. energetic steps.
When he reached the door ne paused.
hen his steps kept on and he went
pa down the stairs.
Five minutes later Bess hurried down
herself. She bad seen Tom and George
walo.uE together In the garden.
Hurrying out the front way with her
suitcase 10 avoid them Bess took the
road toward her aunts.
Size had not gone more than two hun
dred yards when a shout caused her 70
turn
Bess looked back There wee her
brother tearing madly after her, d look
of care on his face
why. what can be the matter with
him?i Bess wondered.
The Continuation Of This story Wsn
Be Fouad in TOmOrrow's
Issue of This Paper.
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Synopsis Of Chapters AIready Published

syn0pSlS OF chapters ALREADY FuDliS-Le'
Eass Brown. daughter of "a banker iu The
town Of Marshall, refuses at the eleventh
hour TO eIopc with Jim Holden, After
leaving nor Jim comes upon a tramp.
who turns out 60 be Harvey snow an OLD
sChocluate. Together th-- board 90 rei-i-L
car bound for Dewitt where snow dies
gf injury he has received. after Jam
has promised TO deliver a certain envelope
IN the tramp's mother ar WicNe0n3rE-
Ariz. and has taken oath not 20 reveal
his Identity At Dewitt Holden is arrest
"a and searched. and the envelope Dis
found 90 contain fifty slu0 bills. AS two
such envelopes have been stolen the night
before from Browns bank iu AaE~ustt'-
he is held ou suspicion OF ,le robbery
, and of the murder OF Harvey snow. lH
his suit ease. left beside the railroad
track, "a man named Barlow discovers
black mask and an empty envelope similar
10 the one stolen. Jim's lips are sealed HN
his cath 10 SNOW and by his fear or lll-
uliCating Eess' brother George whom
7la suspects of the robbery Boss also
suspects her brother. and believes LlAt
her cousin. Tom Griswoidr knows some
tEiug about the case
Iirn IS convicted Of murder and SEM
fenced 90 death three weeks being AL
lowed him 5u which to carry out his last
uish OF sending 5000 TO Arizona lie
chooses Bess Brown as his messenger
and she promises Ia GO She visits him
~ the states prison and upon his giving
her Mrs Shows name she at once remeul-
hers Harvey Snow and guesses that he
IS 80 some way connected with the case
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
J. D. LONG PROVES
OSLER ALL WRONG
Secretary of the Navy Not
TO Retire from Law
Practice.

BOSTON. FEB. Former Gov. John
d Ions. ex-Secretary OF the Navy.
denies emphatcaliy the rumor that he
is 10 give up his general law practice.
lie says. "I do not take any stock in
tho Osler theory. 1 am living eX-
annie OF the laiIacy Of the Osler idea.
shall remain inactive life for many
years 10 come, I hope and expect I
am stlu iu the law business and have
not even considered abe question Of re-
firing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
BURKETT TO ADDRESS
W0ODMEN'S MEETING
Senator and High Official of Order
viii Appear at TonightS
Entertainment.

a r. Talbot, of Lincoln. Neb., head
consul Of the Modern Woodmen o.
America Senator Burkett, and other
prominent Wo0Gmeu viii address the
members OF the order and their friends
ia this city az ODD FeIeWs Han To-
night
A prominent quartet and orchestra
VIII assist ia the entertainments
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room just a few days seo. He left the
room with the light stiI burning, in
tending to go back Immediately. he
WAS. however. prevented from doing so
at the time, 2ad did not actually go
back for two days When ne again
went to his dark room he was Just on the
point OF lighting a match ANA OF enter
ing, when he detected the odor OF gas.
on Investigation he found the gaslight
had gone out, and the room was filled
with gas. If he had not noticed the odor
of gas. but had lighted a match. as
had been his custom before entering the
room, there IS no doubt as 20 the COnse-
quences. There would have been an eX-
plOsiOn, with loss of property by fire,
and probably also loss OF life.
This same citizen writes that last
winter 1t was common occurrence for all
the lights to fuctuates and finally go
out entirely
A third citizen OF Takoma PARK writes
December 8, 1903, to the gas commissions
Our gas has gone out every day at
about $50 D. m, for the last seven days
1 have complained repeatedly to the gas
company. This unsatisfactory condition
has existed since last October
Still another citizen writes The gas
lights in the room and oven have re
peatedly gone out while being used
This to the great danger of every one
concerned, for 1t frequently happened
that one light or one burner would go
out while the other did not. Had 1t not
had immediate attention, il would have
automatically set of an explosion.
Another of our citizens writes; Ere
qUently the gas when in use Will go out,
and constant watch fulness Is required
to turn off the Jets when this occurs.
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Some Statistics

The danger Of fire, however, is not the
most serious one TO which we are sub
jected. We are fully aware Of the facts
brought about by the recent investfza-
ton regarding the BIemmermann ia
tality. We realize fully that when our
lights 80 out and the leakage Of gas is
unnOtiCed for some time there is a con
slant danger 10 health. and even to life
itself. The Washington city gas con
talnS Sd per cent of carbon nOnOxide. a
gas which is so deadly that when a
guinea pig is exposed 10 an atmOsDhprp
con- aiming ] per cent Of carbon uOnoxfd f.
tor fifteen minutes il cOIlapses as though
dead; that birds placed in an atmosphere
or % per cent carbon mOuOgide for three
minutes are killed outright: that even
In as small quantities as 1 Der cent
carbon mCnOL1dG in air an exceedingly
poisonous character is impaired to the
atmosphere.
We know. from the Massachusetts re-
port Of the board OF health for f4n>
that before the introduction and use of
water gas ia Massachusetts the num-
Der or deaths for thirteen wears dine to
gas poison was only nine, ana that for
thirteen years after the introduction
Of water gas IN that state Inc fatalities
due To gas poisoning arose 10 the enor-
nous uSure or 49,
These experiments and figures show
TO what danger the people of TakOma
Park are continually being exposed.
when their gas lights so out. as they
have been doing for the past two
months. a simple calculation will read
lily show that IN order to Vitiate the at
mOsphere OF an ordinary room to the
danger point, Il IS olIy necessary for
u Jet TO be kept open fOr three or four
hours.
DR.. Wiley's report says that ''any
lack or fault i'm the gas service is q
constant menace not only to health
but to the lives % cur citizens" and
from the report Of Dr. Haywood and
Mr. Skinner we read that "the poison
Gus properties of gas vary directly, bat
with an increased ratio with its content
or carbon III JuOXide" and that carbon
mOECEide is one of the most poisonous
gaseous products knswn
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CHAPTER XXI.
rNDER THE BIOTTEE

n answer TO Bess' call, Tom Girls
void stepped into the room
4 What's the matter, BessE' he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Gas Pressure Varies.

Tie gas pressure IN Taloma Park
during the hours Of . AID z. N. varies
between o to = inches. wEue that in
the city varies during lie twenty-four
hours between about two and three
inches. In view OF the fact that Wash
jngtoH city gas is so poisonous, we. as
citizens of Takoma Park, would re-
spectfully recommend that when the
gas laws are amended they be amended
SO that the gas company viii be re-
quired TO furnish gas to all parts of
the District Of Columbia with a mimi
mum pressure of ! inch, or I'm sui
hCieDt quantity 50 as 10 furnish not
less than five cubic feet of gas per hour
when passed through a standard bur
ner ana WhitH shall give the standard
candlepOweT, and the tests be made by
the Inspector OF gas Of the pressure in
all parts OF the city. ana that the gas
comIan be penalIZed for failing 20 pro-
vide such q pressure or gas.
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Says the Flow Ceased.

Says the Flow Ceased.
An officer Of the Bliss Electrical School
says: II distinctly remember two occa-
siOns ID October when the flow OF gas
ceased entirely about 4 .. m. and otter
complaining about the leak of gas later
in the night, says: IT had several times
before noticed the light as being bad
late at night on my retiring and had
complained about it, Another gentle
man writes: 1T is almost impossible
to cook with it (the gas, and 1t repeat
eddy goes out, thereby eudaugering both
life and property
These cases are not isolated ones. but
are quite frequent in TakOma park,
both in the District of Columbia and
in Maryland. The following, taken from
another letter, viii show to what dan
gers We are subjected nearly every day.
ION one occasion when the gas went
out entirely number Of jets were lit.
our cook failed TO turn Oft one, and
when the gas came on again this one
was not noticed by the cook and she lii
Cident was prevented by my wife, who
entered the kitchen a few minutes later
and detected the odor Of gas. On No
NemBer . 4 similar incident occurred
Cthis time the burner ia the oven went
out and was unnOticed for some time.
Within the last TWO months the gas
has gone out entirely several times
One Of our Oldest residents writes.
eve have numerous gas jets going ia
my house, seIf-lighting. and they are
continually going out ana nothing bat
the strong smell of gas escaping warns
us of the fact ] consider The present
condition OF things extremely danger
ous.' We have 4 score Of such com
plants, and there are many more who
are suffering these Inconvenience and
are exposing themselves to danger TO
life and property who would also com
plain did they but have'the opportunity
Complaints have also been entered
concerning the larger size Of bills under
this regime Of low gas pressure, and q
very serious violation Of the street
light regulations has been noticed viz
that up TO about 2. III. the street
laplDs are so poorly lighted that they
afford very little protection. This is, of
course, due to the low gas pressure
Now, gentlemen, when it is realized
that on the very evening preceding the
fire which destroyed the Bliss Electrical
School the gas pressure was so low I'm
T9koma Park that the gasIights are
known to have gone out. and that on
many occasions the lights did actually
become extinguished in the Bliss school
itself tbefore tbs fire. one can easily see
that we are living in danger Of having
cur own homes likewise destroyed by
FIRE
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Ask 0ne-Inch Pressure

II we, IN Takoma Park. had at least
1-iuch pressure, the danger TO life ana
health would be moved While we
recognize that q pressure Of at least ID
inches should be maintained IN order TO
get good lighting results, yet 1-inch
pressure wClld make it safe to use gas.
The CharJer OF the Washington Gas
light Company granted August 8. 1S4S.
reads, That said company VIII so con-
duct the manufacture of gas as not to
iujuUe private property or create a uui-
sauce." May ask a legal question:
Is not the manufacture o. gas contain
ing 80 per cent 81 deadly poison and its
distribution at suca low pressure that 1t
is tmpossi's TO p,eVeut leakage In living
rooms uuiSGnc6I
The Washington Gaslight Company is
manufacturing this poisonous water gas
instead OF coal gas, because It is
t.heaper. We sincerely hope that you
viii exert your utmost to have the price
of gas reduced TO a price commensurate
with it's value.
Respectfully submitted;
J. A. Ii CLERC.
=. W. WILLIAMS
g. -. TOWNSEND.
Committee on gas and lights, TAX oma
Park citizens Association AdNE
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Committee on gas and lights, TAX om
Park Citizens AssoCiatiOn.-AdYt,
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THIN Bess Brown left Jim she
IA was possessed of new
v " strength Of purpose. For
4f, FIRST time since the sem
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Another citizen has Written that he
had e light burning low iu his dark
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-28
SWINDLER KEEPS MUM.
Flower Fakir Might Gain Parole BY
looseninq His Tonque.

George Ricketts,. the American
Beauty" youth. who passed several
worthless checks on local florists, By
ordering expensive boquets sent TO
some OF the leading young society
women OF the town whom he did not
know, and whose names he culled
from the city directory-chose to main.
tain silence about his history. and take
a chance on a prison sentence, rather
than tell about his people. and be
paroled. He faced Judge Connolly.
Wednesday afternoon. The Judge
had about decided TO parole Ricketts,.
who has already spent FIVE months In
Jail.
Ricketts, would not tell the Judge
anything about himself, except that
his father died years ago, and that
he has a sister who is nun. He
would not tell where she is.
He was remanded 20 jail and Judge
Connolly will investigate the case fur
ther. before deciding on what to do
with the young man.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-28
DRGE HOSPITAL
As MEMORIAL
Preferable to Statue as Maybury
Remembrance, Says Detroit Fed
Grafton of women's Clubs.

The Detroit Federation OF Women's
clubs has taken strong stand IN raw
Eor OF a tuberculosis hospital as
*memorial Tor the late William {. May
4 bury. rather than a statue. which
seems 10 be the idea of the commit
+(ee In charge of the matter. The
h Times has received the following let
Tier from the federation:
~ believing that We represent the
best Judgment as well as sentiment OF
thousands OF Detroiters, especially OF
those who have either been in need
.of assistance themselves, or have
rendered assistance To others. We de-
+ sire 10 express the earnest wish that
the memorial To the late William C..
Maybury should take a different form
I from the one proposed by the memoir
ial committee.
1T is our belief that fully equip
ped. permanent building, devoted to
the service of those afflicted by the
white plague. TO be erected in the tu-
berculosis camp. would be monu-
-ment To the memory OF William Cot
Ter Maybury for more suitable TO him
and far more satisfying to those TO
WHOM he was a friend. than statue
fof bronze could be.
What public man of Detroit visit
Ted more frequently, and was more IA
~@piliaE- with the needs of charitable in
stitutions than Mr.. Maybury?
What would seem more suitable
rs monument TO his memory, than
building devoted to the help of the
:euffering with his name Inscribed over
the door?
with this for an object, we believe
that a much larger sum than $4,000
would be forthcoming. that thousands
lot people would gladly make an offer
1ng. in order that through this monu.
ment to William c. Maybury, tribute
TO the character OF the man should be
Eerected. and his highest qualities hon
<0red.
We ask the committee to consider
This suggestion seriously, and the pub
1lc 10 express their approval of 1t. We
represent the club women OF Detroit,
and also. We feel sure, utter the senti-
ments OF thousands of citizens. in ask
|1ng for this form of memorial 10 Will
lam c. Maybury.'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-28
TO MANAGE HERO FUND.
twenty-five Frenchmen Will Have
CHARGE Of CarnegIe's 100000.

PARIS. May 27.-Premier Clemen-
ceau said today he hoped TO be able
TO announce by the end OF the week
the personnel of the commission that
is to manage the French hero fund OF
81 600, 900 which Andrew Carnegie has
given TO France.
The management OF the fund will
be patterned exactly after the Ameri-
can commission and will be in the
hands Of 20 leading citizens. AS Am
bassador White. to whom Carnegie
made known mis- plans several months
ago. informed Clemenceau OF the iron
masters intentions some time ago. the
formation OF the commission will be
speedily effected, Clemenceau already
having invited number OF persons 10
serve.
Carnegie. all smiles over his cordial
reception i'm Paris, the honors shown
! him by President Fallieres, and the
award of a medal by the council o.
! the Sorbonne In recognition OF his
/ founding OF the Curie scholarships.
left for London at 3 o'clock this
morning.