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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-04
NOT SURE
IT'S REALLY AWAKE

Did you hear the cannon roaring this
morning. Did you listen 10 the merry
pop Of the firecrackers and the spat-
ter Of the torpedo and Use boom OF the
anvil?
Oh. yes. you did-not. The National
Capital that's only about 80 years old
herself woke up this morning to the
l36th anniversary of the Day OF Free
dom and there wasn't even the Gus
tomary smell OF punk and burnt powder
TO sneak up into her nose and say,
"Hullo, hddo here I am back again ;
how's your little sister" which is hard
indeed.
In spite Of the preparations made for
a safe and sane" celebration tomor-
row. hundreds of citizens were sur
prised this morning when they woke
up, realized that IT was the Fourth
sure 'nough, then cooked their ears to
listen TO few cannon boom and in
stead heard-the rustic Of the winds IN
the parks. the merry chitter of the
squirrel. the pound Of the flat-wheeI
car-merely that and nothing more.
Clear Sky Unusual.
II was unusual in more ways, too,
than in the lack of noise. It's seldom
that such a perfectly good, clean, blue
sky, cool day comes into our midst on
July T. on most festive occasions Of
this kind the weather Department
hands out rain. Perhaps in past years
II thought the rain was needed to
drown firecrackers and such. Since it's
to be a safe and sane affair this time,
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CONFESSES, THEN
DENIES, MURDER
John Gormely Retracts His
Story of Killing Ollie
Horn.

John Gormely, chauffeur and coach
man for Charles }. Bell, president of
the American Security and Trust Com
panys was br0uaAi So washington this
morning from Baltimore ~ Detectives
Charles Vahle and Charles A. Evans,
to whom he stoutly denied the story of
the murder OF ollie" Horn, a fellow
employe on the Sell estate. which he
told the Baltimore police last night
GOmely voluntarily walked into the
police station at Baltimore last night
and declared to Sergeant ZeIiers and
PatrOlman Hoszins that he was a rnur-
derer and wanted to be locked up.
He declared that he had killed Horn
because OF the latter's offensive atten-
tions to his sister.
Tells Different Story.
This morning Gormely denied entirely
the story told last night Horn, he
said. had gone to Warrentown, Va, to
spend Sunday with his family while Mr.
Bell. the employer Of both men. was al
Atlantic City. The story Of the night
before. he said. was nothing more than
that OF a drunken man. He insisted
that he had done nothing 10 Horn. and
that Horn would be found safe and
sound.
Horn had been the head coachman Of
Mr. Belf for a number Of years He
frequently hires second men and dis
misses them when Mr.. Bell Is out Of the
city. as there is little work TO be done
at that time He dismissed Gormely
last week. but the latter remained at the
Bell stable for several days. sleeping I'm
a room next 10 that CT Horn. His
clothes are still in this room.
Saturday, Mr. Bell left for Atlantic
City, 20 spend July T. Horn was to meet
him at the station al 4 O'Clock and take
the automobile back to the stable. At
O'Clock, he was seen leaving the
stable supposedly en- route for the sta
tion. lie had his suitcase with him. He
had told some of the people on the farm
that he intended 10 visit his family in
WarFentown, Va, but, to others he had
declared that he would be back in time
to take care Of the horses this morning.
Fails to Return.
He did not bring the automobile back
last night and nothing was heard from
him TODAY. in spite OF Go-mely's decla-
ration today that he knew nothing
about Horns whereabouts
James Sorrel. a. employe on the farm.
who knows both of the men, was in
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ALEXANDRIA TO MAKE
NOISE LIKE JULY 4
Neiqhbor Across the River Will Make Itself Heard
Tomorrow, While Washington Will
Be Silent as Today.

year or ordered and started on itE way
this year was deteriorating.
why don't YOU go over TO Alex
andria." some suggested to a tirecracker
seller. 7 think / will" said the man
And he did too.
Scores of Washing on merchants
who had aboard a respectable stock
OF perfectly good N works moved
them over to Nirginiis towns, opened
small branch stores, aad started TO do
business Only the firing of pistols
and cannon crackers is forbidden
there, so that all the ashingtOnianS
who migrated temporarily and all
the Chinese who belong here are do
ing much business in the hreCracker
line. Alexandria Is going to have a
large and noisy time
If you happen to have a small boy
clothes and he doesn't turn up tomor-
row for dinner, You may console your
self-pTObabiy he's gone to AleXan-
dria 10 make noise like the Fourth
Of July.
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II Washington is going to be one of
our leading centers of calm tomorrow
it's small but select neighbor across
the Potomac and -Four Mile Run Is
going to be one Of the iiveliest noisest
places this side of Mason and Dixon's
line. From one end of King street to
the other. from the Potomac back to the
old Virginia hills Alexandria will sway
and rock and roar with the bursting Of
frecracters, bombs, torpedoes, cannons,
and grouches all the live long day. and
much of the exploding will be directly
the result of the Capitals safe and
sane" celebration of independence Day.
So stringent have the regulations be-
come in Washington, that merchants
here found that they couldn't do any
sort Of a nrecracker business at all
Stock that had been purchased last
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FALLS FROM ROOF. ROOF
MYSTERY IN DEATH
Swedish Girl, Dying, Says
Man Pushed Her Off
the Edge.

NI-W YORK, July 4-Declaring that
she had been murdered by an unknown
man, sigma karlberg. pretty Swedish
girl, died in the J. Hood Wright Hos
pital early this morning
The girl was fOIud last night living
on the stone paving IN the rear of the
five-story apartment house at rs Co
lumbus avenue, and the theory OF the
police early last evening was that she
had fallen from th5 roof of the build
ing.
Despite the fact that her spine and
skull were both fractured the girl re-
vived at the j. Hood Wright Hospital
sufficiently to tell her story to DR..
Hammond. She said she had worked as
maid for Mrs. John Mccartney. wife
of a Government sficial, at 100 West
Ninety-seventh street
Early last evening she started out for
a walk on Columbus avenue. AS she
was passing 728 near Ninety-sixth
street, a strange man addressed her
with insulting wo-5s. In order to es-
cape him she ran nto the building and
kept going up the stairs. The man fol-
lowed her to the roof and struggled
with her finally cushing her or the
roof.
Dr. Hammond notified the police of
the West Tooth street station and the
coroner's office. The police and Coroner
Shrady today began a systematic in
NestigatiOn to determine whether or
not the girl was telling the truth The
police said today that they had found
several women in the 72S Columbus
avenue apartment who saw the girl
sitting on the roof. When asked what
she was doing there, she replied that
she was looking for a stray kitten. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-04
MOTORCYCLE RIDER
HURLED TO DEATH
Paolo Norcio Thrown From
Wheel-Head Dashed
Against Rock.

Thrown over the handlebars Of mis-
motorcycle, Paolo Norcio, a washing
ton barber, struck his head against q
rock beside the road at Union avenue
and Washington road, Just outside Bal
the Maryland University Hospital
Norc 0, who lived at 1911 II street
northeast, was an enthusiastic motor
cycllst, and WIS IN the habit of making
long trips every Sunday He started
early this morning for Baltimore I'm
company with several ether motor
syele riders. 10 IS supposed that a deem
Iut lh lne road was responsible for the
accident which caused his death
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GOODIES CONDITION
THOUGHT CRITICAL
Virginian, Eighty Years Old, Is
Last Surviving Member of Con
federate Congress.

NORFOLK, Va. July AT noon to-
day. at St. Vincents Hospital. IT was
said that the condition of John GOode.
critically i'll as a result OF a paralytic
stroke. showed no improvement.
The distinguished Vlrginian, eighty
years of age, is not expected 10 survive.
Mi Goode, who is the last surviving
member of the Confederate Congress,
is one of the best known citizens of the
Old Dominion.
He mas been in public life in his ma
tive State and at Washington, ever
since he attained his majority ana his
last public service was a president of
the Virginia Constitutional Convention
i'm 190I-02. At the close of the civil war
he settled in Norfolk, where he practic-
ed law, and twice represented this dis
trict in Congress.
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PLUNGES INTO TUB
OF BOILING WATER
Little Girl Lies Dying After Child
ish Prank Before Mothers
Euac

BOSTON July 4-While her mother
was preparing to give the other chill
dren bath early this morning. two
year-old Gladys Walker. Of 422 Chelsea
street, East Boston, climbed on chair
beside the tub OF hot water
The little one paused q moment. cried
out in gleeful anticipation, and jumped
into the tub.
She was frlghtfully scalded, and is
dying at the East Boston Relief Hos
Dital
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By WALTER ]. FAHY.

NEW YORK, July 4.-Jolln
Early. who was detained as a leper
in Washington for nearly a year,
and who, during that time, was
never permitted to step across the
dead-line which marked the division
between his side of the house on the
Eastern Branch and the side occu-
pied by his wife and children, is
practically free man today.
He entered the New York Skin
and Cancer Hospital early this
morning, and henceforth he can
ningle with his fellowmen.
The man who was regarded in
Washington as one to be Stunned is
looked upon in his new surroundings
as the victim of a common skin dis
ease. He can 20 where he pleases
in the big hospital The physicians
who made a superficial examination
of Early this morning heartily scout
the theory that he is a victim of
leprosy.
Simple Skin Disease.
On the official records of the in
stitution he is declared to be suf-
fering from dermatitis venant.
which, translated for the layman,
means a local affiiction of the skin
caused by some irritating substance.
Superintendent Burns. who ad-
mitted Early to the hospital, de-
clared the patient to be as free from
leprosy as a new born babe.
Diagnosis Not Justified?
The examination We made Of Mr..
Early tuis morning" said the superin-
tendent. failed TO show a lesion of any
kind. There is not a mark on his body
10 justify a diagnosis Of lepr0sy- So
confident are We that he Is not a victim
Of that disease that we did not hesitate
20 place him In the mems ward. He
viii be surrounded every day with men
who are suffering from skin trouble, and
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CAFE IN BARCELONA
WRECKED BY BOMB
Anarchists Hurl Explosive Into
Room, Injuring Several
Persons.

BARCELONA, July 4-Anarchists
threw bomb today in a prominent cafe,
inJurlng a number OF persons and wreck
ing the building. In the excitement tbev
escaped.
The police have thrown a dragnet
about the center Of the city taking in
the scene Of the explosion.
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Diagnosis Not JUSTIFIED?
WEATHER REPORT.

Cool weather prevails generally east
OF the Rocky mountains except in the
Gulf States, and temperatures have also
fallen 10 nearly normal conditions west
OF the mountains
Showers were quite general ia the
plateau and Rocky mountain regions
and the Northwest, and there were also
showers IA the St Lawrence valley.
New England, and locally in the South.
The weather viii be generally fair to-
night and tomorrow in the East and
South. and IN the extreme West.
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TIFLIS IS SHAKEN
BY AN EARTHQUAKE
Early Morning Shock Breaks Win
dows and Routs Out
People.
People.

TIFLISs July 4.-Two earthquake
shocks hers early today broke windows
and caused the populsce to run into
the streets.
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CUSHMAN FAILS
TO IMPROVE

NEW YORK, July 4-Representativs
Francis ~ushman was reported 10 he
in the same condition at Roosevelt Hos
pital today.
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y
write the story Of my
life. IT'S a wonder, dearie.' .
Lame Bob" Eastman, Men York
stock broker, ddpenturer, World
wanderer, eperyboays friend, bat
withal a fugitive, evea then from
justice, smiled renliniscentEy as he
spoke. The time mas February
last, the person addressed was his
w1e-who kneIV no more of her
husbands past than any of his
curious associates. This was as
near as Eastman himself eper came
to lifting the veil
Within the past fels days the
same eHighratic Bot Eastman stood
at bay in the bon of his boat of
the Eastern Shore Of Maryland. A
posse mas closing in on him. Near
BY mas his iSoI1ted bungalow home
in Which had been found the mutt
lated body of beautiful Edith May
WoodiH. The reading public is
familiar NTH the story of that
tragedy.
I'D rather go DOM the riper
than up," Eastman had told his rife
on the same previous occasion.
"Up the riper," in Mem York,
means Sing Sing prison.
And as the vordS mere brought
home to him, Lame Bob" East
man, standing at bay, raised his
pistol, shot himself and died-a
suicide. He had gone "down the
riper." His last act was the final
chapter in one of the most unusual,
picturesque, fction-Hke stories that
eper centered upon the dual ma
tures of an uufathomabIe human
being.
This is to be the story OF Lame
Bob" Eastman as he was known
in his comparatively better days
when he was a jolly. whole-souled
fellow along Wall and Broad
streets, and when he exhibited not
one trait of a would-be murderer.
Then there was nothing against
him. except his secretiveness. the
uncertainty of his past. Even
when he fed with the funds of
others and an indictment for lar
ceny followed, his friends stuck
true. Lame Bob" was just up
against it." they said, and he would
make good. He had never harmed
any one, they reasoned. and he'd
go out of his path to keep from
hurting an insect.
This is the Eastman who has
been pictured to me. Heads shook
obviously when some one referred
to him as a murderer and a suicide.
something's wrong" they said
1T can't be the Bob Eastman We
knew. He wasn't the man who
would kill woman or slay him
self because his bondsmen wanted
him. The e's skeleton in the
closet somewhere. That $1,000
shortage? His friends would have
made it good in a moment"
Chapters in Life
Hedged By Mystery.
Thus, little by little. from those who
we're closest to him during his happy
go-Iucky, though eheckered career L
learned something of the real Robert
E. Eastman. fugitive and central figure
IN one of the most baffsns murder mys-
teries in the history OF American crime.
When I had heard this other side I.
too. shook my head d,r.,iously. If Rob
ert Eastman. as he lived his dual life,
can be as vividly portrayed every read
Continued on FCmth Page.)
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FORECAST FoR DISTRICT.
TEMPERATTRTs

fdlF ana continued GtDl t1n4EuL To-
morrow fair with mOdera -e tempera.
1ure; light north TO northeast winds.
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Center Market, July S, 1909, VIII Open
for business as usual and close at II am.
-Advt.
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Sun TABLE.


Todsy-E4igh tide, S;32 a. m. $40 p. m
Low tide, 2;27 a. M. 800 p. m.
Tomorrow High tide. 9.22 a. M. go,
?. N. Low tide. 5:l7 a. m; 4:08 p. m.
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EONUlIION OF THE RIVERS.
HARP RS FERRY, W. v. July a.
Both rivers are muddy this morning.
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Crowd Orderly.

Continued on Second Page.)
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Now, You're Asking Ques-
tions, lnvariable Bar TO
the Curious.
EVEN WIFE FAILED
TO SOLVE MYSTERY
My Story Is a Wonder" Only
Hint He Ever Gave of
Strange Career.
By THEODORE H. TILIER.

II 4 H, ! hope don't die
X until / get a chance to
UYite the story of my
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CONTINUED on Femth Pege.)
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19
SUMMONS

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Multnomah County.
Matte A. Whitmore, Plaintiff vs.. 7.
NJ. Whitmore, Defendant.
To 7. NJ. Whitmore, the above named
defendant:
In the name Of the State of Oregon.
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled Court and suit
within six weeks OF the first publication
of this summons. to-wit: November I9,
1909, and il you fail to 50 appear and an
swer or otherwise plead in said suit, to-
wit; For decree dissolving the bondsof
matrimony now and heretofore existing
between Plaintiff and yourself, and alb
solutely divorcing Plaintiff from you;
and that Plaintiff have to her restored
her former name ,to-wit: Matte A. Shep-
ard; and for such other and further relief
as may seem Just and equitable.
This summons is published pursuant
to the order Of the Honorable 4. c. Bro
naugh, Judge of the above named Court,
made in open court in this suit ON the
18th day Of November, 1909, which or
der prescribes that this summons be
published in the St. Johns Review once
q week for period Of not less than six
weeks. The first publication of this
summons was made on November I9,
1909. and the last publication will be
December 81, 1909.
II. f. COLLIER, Atty for Plaintiff.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19
Subscription price S,.oo per year.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ro, 1909.

The hanging of Finch last week
at Salem, with all its attendant
shocking details, causes one to stop
and wonder If capital punishment
is just the right thing. Would not
imprisonment for life at solitary con-
finement serve the ends of justice
just as well? Would il not in real
ity be more and greater punishment
to the assassin The long, lonely
hours, the hopeless days, the re-
morse, the despair, the chance to
atone in part for the commission Of
the crime, the opportunity to re-
pent and seek forgiveness of his
Maker--all would be afforded in
life sentence. Surely it would be
more humane and more in keeping
with the true sentiments of the
human heart. II is far from pleas
ant to read OF the pathetic appeals,
the tears shed, the heart-breaking,
and hopeless utterapces of the i'm
mediate relatives of the condemned
in the last bitter hour just before
the murderer is rudely thrust into
the arms Of his God. II is too much
on the theory of ian eye for an eye,
a tooth for tooth" Legal murder
is passing out of vogue in a num-
Der OF states, and the number of
murders committed in these states
is not on the increase. In fact, in
one or two IL is on the decrease.
Why should not good old Oregon
fall into line and abolish capital
punishment II is only a barbar.
ous relic OF the past at best. and is
not at all in keeping with the ell.
lightenment and advancement Of
the present century. The family
OF the victim of the murdcrous as.
sault OF an assassin is just as much
revenged by life imprisonment as
by legal murder. We doubt IL
tn csc relatives in their calmer mo.
ments after the assassin of their
father, husband or child has been
swung into eternity by the hang.
mans moose, feel quite satisfed-if
there is not a doubt that perhaps
the right method Of revenge had
not been adopted. II God Is not
more merciful than we. what could
we hope for in the next world :
Better to cast the rope aside. pun
ish the murderer by life imnrison
ment, and avoid shocking the
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19

The people of Lents are seriously
considering whether to annex to
Portland or ineorporate-rather a
case OF being between the devil
and the deep sea" The timid
ones favor annexation, while the
more independent ones favor a gov
ernment of their own. An object
lesson for their reflection might well
be torn from St. Johns history.
The city had taste of being an-
neXed to Portland, and a very bad
taste it proved to be. Self govern
ment means progression, annexat-
ION means retrogression. This is a
lesson that ST. Johns learned, not
Theoretically but by practice, and
today it is at least ten years farther
advanced than would have been the
case had it remained a measly lit
tie part of Portland,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19
Wanted Wanted Wanted

St, Johns property to sell, Do
you want to sell your house or your
loti Have you anything you want
to trader l have the customers, if
you have the property. Call at my
Office aud talk with me.
Mckinney, Office at
St. Johns Heights Sta.
Phone Richmond IA9I.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19

The Vancouver council passed a
rather stringent ordinance the first
of the week regarding the regula-
tion of liquor selling. BY its provis-
ions il Is a misdemeanor for saloon
keepers to permit patrons to treat
one another and also all saloons
must close at 10 o. clock each night.
Abolishing the treating habit will
do more 10 abolish drunkenness than
any other means outside Of prohib-
ition that does prohibit. II will do
away with the barroom loafer who
waits around for the generous in.
clined to come and "set 'em up"
and beginners would be much less
liable to take the first step, because
II is generally upon the importuni-
ties Of their friends CD who per-
suadc them to "come ia and have
something" that they start on the
downward course. Many persons
go down street in the evening with
no desire or intention Of getting
full" but meeting some congenial
acquaintance they visit the saloon
and each want to "hold their end
np." and as result when each has
'set IL up two or three times they
all become badly under the innu.
ence of liquor. Prohibiting the
treating habit would do away with
this II Il was enforced strictly.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19
Good Cough Medicine for Children
and Grown Folks, Too.

I'VE could hardly do without Cham
beriain's Cough Remedy" says mrs.
Flora Despair OF Bloyd. Ky. II found
IL to be no good for the crCpp and
have used II for years. I can hearth,
recommend II for coughs. colds and
Group In children and grown folks.
too" The above shows the implicit
confidence that many mothers place
In chambcrlain's Cough Remedy. n
confidence based on many years ex.
poricncc In the use Of II. No one
need hesitate - use this remedy for
|. contains no chloroform. opium or
other narcotics and may be given to
child as confidently as to an adult.
For sale by all good druggists.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-11-19
RESOLUTION

II Is resolved by the City OF ST. Johns,
that Il deems II expedient 10 lay out,
open aud extend Polk street In the City
oi 81. Johns, from the Northerly side
line OF ST. Johns Heights Addition to
the Southerly side line OF Willis Boule-
ward In the said City, said street to run
In straight line from the end OF Polk
street TO Lehigh street In said City, and
to be sixty (oo) feet wide; and the City
Engineer is hereby directed to make sur
vey OF such extension. laying out the
opening OF Polk street and 10 make a
plat Of the same and written report
containing a full and complete descrip-
ton OF such street as laid out, opened
and extended and the boundaries there
OF, and the portion OF each lot and tract
OF land TO be appropriated therefore and
10 file said plat, survey and report with
the City Recorder within twenty days
from the date OF this resolution, unless
the Council grant said Engineer futher
time, Adopted this 9th day of Novem-
Der, 1909.
A. NJ. ESSoN. Recorder
City OF St. Johns
Published In the st. Johns Review.
Nov. I2th and 18TH, 1909.