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The Washington times., 1909-09-13
MYSTERY SHROUDS
WOMAN'S DEATH
LifeleSs Body Is Found in
Philadelphia Hotel.
Police Puzzled.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 19.-Mys-
terious and suspicious are the circum-
stances which surround the death OF
mlddle-aged woman Of apparent re-
fnement. who late Saturday night
registered at the Hotel Hanover as
Mrs. John c. Smith. Of Trenton. n. J.
and whose lifeless body was found I'm
room at that hotel early today. The
woman had been accompanied By a
man who registered as J. c. Smith.
The police believe both the names and
addresses are fictitious.
The woman when found. according
20 physicians, had been dead about
twelve hours. Her companion had
disappeared and every vestige Of evil
dence that might lead 10 the real
Identification Of the woman haC seem
fnglv been puTpOsely destroyed
When found the woman was only,
partially dressed and lay propped In
bed There were no marks OF vIo-
lence.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13

In the presence Of his motser. her at
tornevs. SCI yral surgeons. and few
newspaper men the exhumation or
Lieut.. James y. Sutton's body began at
2 O'Clock at Arlington Cemetery this
afternoon
about the reopened grave stood Mrs.
lanes -. Sutton, the mother who had
taken this last drastic step TO prove
that her son did not kill himself, At
torneys Davis. Van Dyke and Kimball,
Surgeons George Tnley Vaughn. and his
assistant, DR.. Graynor, Of Georgetown
University Hospital, and DR.. Raymond
Spear, of the United States navy, the
newspaper men and several women com
panions OF Mrs. sutton
The elimination took place twenty
months TO a day from the time that
Lieutenant Sutton met death during a
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
CANAL AT PANAMA
is ANCIENT IDEA

1t is now nearly 400 years since the
first proposal was made for a Panama
canal A canal was suggested in 1530
by Angel Saavedra. a Spanish explor-
er, but the plan met with strong OPP
position at the hands of the Spanish
government, which for years controlled
the isthmus Later, Louis Napoleon
spent much time considering the prop
osition. but II was not until the gold
rush of 1919 that an accurate knowledge
of the topography of the country was
obtained. And it was more than thirty
years later that the actual site was
chosen and the French syndicate be-
gan the work which ended so miserably.
-Atchison Globe.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
FXHUME THE BODY
OF SUTTON TODAY

midnight fight between officers at the
Annapolis Naval Academy. Il is IN the
hope Of proving the course Of the bullet
was such that It could not havS, bsop
self inflicted, that SUtton's right arm
was broken, and that other bruises
preclude the possibility of intention Of
self slayinf. that the mother had the
body exhumed today. Another object OF
the elimination Is that under the prac-
tees Of the Catholic Church Lieutenant
Sutton's body may fi3aiIy be laid TO rest
in cOnsecrated ground, Cardinal Glib
bons having granted the dispense ton
TO this effect.
After the coffin is raised from the
earth the body Is to be taken TO Lee
Mansion, where Surgeon Waugh. Spear.
and GayuOr Will perform an autopsy.
This will he concluded possibly by {
O'Clock, and Immediately the little band
will return to the grave, where under
the direction of Father Olds the body
will be buried in consecrated ground
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
POLICE FAIL TO FIND
MISSlNGCHOIRL LEADER

CHICAGO. Sept. ia mystery that
his friends and family have been I'M
able TO unravel surrounds the disap-
pearance of Frank II. Written. q prom
inent business man and leader Of the
choir OF the California Methodist
Church. The police were called in to-
day but no clue has yet been discovered.
Mr.. Whitten's friends are beginning to
fear he may have committed suicide.
Though he is but thirty-hve years old
he has been in poor health and this, at
times, made him Respondent. He has
been missing from mis- home since
Thursday.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
REMARKABLE ESCAPE
BY A TIMEKEEPER

Falling from the roof OF a new house
at Eighteenth and Lamont streets
northwest this morning. Bernard Fen
tress. a timekeeper. fell three stories
and had a remarkable escape from seri-
Gus injury. Although unconscious when
picked up by feliow-workmen, Fentress
was soon revived, and doctors at Gar
field Hospital said he had only sus-
tanned a few bruises about the body
Fentress is nineteen years old, and
lives at So New York avenue northwest
The Washington times., 1909-09-13

Gaskins had been working for Joseph
F. Dyer & Co.. and there was missed a
large, juicy ham. such as would look
good to a hungry cOlored man. They
Immediately Informed the police of their
loss and the three policemen Svere de-
tailed to find Gaskins.
When the latter spied the officers, he
took fight. over fences and walls,
through yards and barns he ran. still
hugging the ham to his bosom. Reach
ing the canal. he threw his plumber into
the water and plunged in after It, The
policemen found him in TIE middle of
the canal, trying to recover his breath
and the ham.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
INSPECT BUILDINGS

Capt. James F. Oyster. president OF
the Board of Education, and A. T.
Stuart, superintendent OF Schools, are
making a final inspection this afternoon
of the school buildings CT Washington
which have been undergoing repairs.
They will make a report TO tie Board
of Education ar its next session =
Announcement was made this morn
ing that candidates for entrance to the
NJ Street High School or the Armstrong
Manual Training School should meet
the board of examiners at the NJ street
school on September is. II, or is. be-
tween a. m. and u o clock, or between
2.30 and 4:3O in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
BEN'S LOVE FOR HAM
LEADS TO HIS DISASTER
Couldn't Resist Temptation to Help Himself, and Take:
Refuge in Canal When Chased by Police
man-Gets Sixty Days,

Because OF HIS love for ham. BENJAMIN
Gaskins led three policemen a merry
chase through the streets of George
town and leaped into the canal. from
which he was dragged by the use OF
boat hooks. Today, in Police Court.
Gaskins was sent TO Jail for sixty days
by Judge Mullowny for the theft.
All will have to trow myself on de
mercy Of de COTE Gaskins said this
morning when accused. glancing OUT of
the corner OF his eye at Policemen
Short, Farquar. and Davis, who had
engaged IN the foot race with him for
the possession of the ham.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
ARMY OF RELATIVES
RESTEGES RICH HERMIT
Hundred and Fifty People Claim Connection to Recluse
Who Gained Liberty From Insane Depart
ment of Pittsburg City Home.

The rest Of it. about $4,000, he has
hidden in some secret place.
At least $50 persons called at Lei
bach's hoVei today, insisting that he
should know them, as they were rela-
tives. The recluse drove them away
from his house, threatening them with
a bar, but he was finally com
PEELED 10 appeal to the police TO pre-
vent his peace being int rrupted-
LeibaCh says he is going TO marry,
and is now renOvating his little
house.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
MAN BEATS WIFE,
SHE PAYS HIS FINE
Husband Is Assessed $40 for As
saulting Spouse, and She Pleads
With the Judge.

Rosa Harper. wife Of Richard Har-
per. was in a forgiving mood this
morning in Police eourt when her
husband was on trial for assaulting
her.
TT wuz a mighty small stone dat
he hit me with" she said. "He had
been drinking en- I called him all
kinds Of bad names, your honor. /
guess I'm de one what ought 20 be
locked up, cause called MIN so
many had names a man OrteT hit his
wife when she talks 10 him like / did.
your honor
When Harper was fined $40 his wife
and another complaining witness FUR
nIshe6 the money and got him out Of
fail
The Washington times., 1909-09-13

PITTSRURG. Sept 13.-Peter Lei
bach. the rich miser hermit. whom the
police sent to the insane department
of the city home. and who later gain
ed his liberty through the courts, is
having trouble with veritable army
Of relatives who have appeared since
IL became known that he was rich
His ready money-S26, 000-is safe I'm
a bank, instead OF. as formerly, kept
IN washboilers and bureau drawers.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
WELL-BENT TWIG.

4 little six-year-0ld whose parents
were Of the Calvinistic faith was very
much surprised on hearing that Jesus
was q Jew. IT don't see how that could
be-. she retorted, when God, His
Father, was a Presbyterian. '-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
FIRE ON OCEANIC.

SOUTHAMPTON. Sept. IA small
hre broke out in the after hold or the
stcs mer Oceanic, but was quickly put
cut. The Oceanic Is due 20 sail for New
York September Is.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
LAPAZ is RUINED

LAPAZ, Lower California, Sept u -
Lanai, the oldest settlement Of the Calf
fOrnias. is in ruins. The most terrific
storm ever known has wrought havoc in
and about the old pueblo
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
GUATEMALAN DELEGATE.

The Republic OF Guatemala has aD-
pointed Jose Matos Manuel Arroyo : "a
Juan Msta to represent Il at the Hud-
Uon-Fulton celebration in New York.
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
TAMPICO CHANNEL
SAID TO BE UNSAFE
The British Vessel Corinth Goes
Aground-Recent Earthquakes
Cause Changes.

Word reached the state Department
today that the entrance to the port or
Tampico, Mexico. is unsafe for vessels
drawing over erventy feet.
The British vessel Corinth, drawing
20 feet S inches, Is now aground in the
channel at the end OF the jetties- It Is
presumed that recent chronological dis
turbances may have affected the chan
mel
The Washington times., 1909-09-13
Sale Of Trunks
At SOC on the Dollar

factory NJ. Co.
Newark n j. caused the stock become slightly damaged by
smoke and and after adjusting their claims with the fire ns
in price
Except for being slightly scratched stained by water there
nothing the matter with these mks-n fact after careful exam
nation find the majority without bemsh and could be sold
perfect trunks
CO Lot I-$32 9 for Trunks worth up to $3.50
IN Lot 2-$4.69 for Trunks worth up to $500
- Lot 3-$5.9 S for Trunks worth up to $40. 90
r. w - Lot 4-S649 for Trunks worth up TO ST. S0
Ez44s: Lot 5-$7S5 for Trunks worth up to $I4. 90
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
BY Nahum Tate.

Nahum Tate Dublin, 1652-London,
Aug 10, 1873, one time poet laureate of
England, succeeding Shadwel in that
office, was not, despite his descent from
a celebrated clergyman, precisely the man
who might have been expected to produce
one of the best of all Christmas hymns
But since it was published in the supple
ment to Tate and Brady's Psalms. in
1902, this song steadily has held a high
place in popular favor. 1t has been trans
lated many times into classic Latin and
is sung in almost every tongue on the
globe. Among all the carols which will
ring out on the frosty air on Christmas
eve in England none Will find a warmer
welcome than this
While shepherds watched their f1ocks
by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel Of the Lord came down.
And glory shone around.
Fear mott" said he. for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind,
Glad tidings of great joy bring,
To you and all mankind.
ITO you. in Davids town. this day
Is born, of David's line.
The Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign
THE heavenly babe you there shall
find
To human view displayed.
All meanly wrapped in swathing banos,
And in manger laid"
Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
or angels praising God on high,
Who thus addressed their song:
"All glory be to God on high.
And to the earth be peace:
Good will henceforth from heaven to
men,
Begin and never cease!"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
Condolences


After the dishes had been washed
and put away, Mrs. Pratt and her mar.
ried daughter, Mary, sat down to dis
cuss those things which they really
wished to talk about. 1t Is true that
ever since Mrs Pratt's arrival at noon
the conversation had never once halt
ed-as was indeed only natural, for
mother and daughter had not seen
each other since the latter's wedding
day, seven years before But while
they had sorted over a wealth of con-
versational odds and ends, they had
tacitly laid on one side all the pieces
that interested them the most, until at
last, when the evening lamp shed its
radiance over the room, mother and
daughter sat down and looked at each
other attentively.
Very much alike were Mrs. Pratt
and her married daughter. Mary, The
same perpendicular line marked their
foreheads, the same tight lines com.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
sERMoNETTES.

Rules may be tutors into princi-
pies.
Friendship is often a severe test of
love.
This would be a foolish world but
for its fools.
Nothing shocks the big sinner worse
than little sins.
Confession is the hardest half OF
the cure of some faults.
Next to deserving praise the great
est privilege is to give it.
No man has the gospel unless his
neighbors are glad of 1t.
No man Is his own master who
knows nothing of the obligations of
service.
Nothing beside will confirm imag-
mary principles like real profit from
them.
The trouble with many who boast
of being square is that they have so
many angles.
Gossip is the power to put two and
two together and make twenty-five out
OF them.
A dollar spent for the formation of
character is often worth a thousand
on its reformation.
man always comes to a standstill
when he thinks he occupies an axial
position In the universe.
The more men pirate of their faith
in God the less willing they are TO
trust Him with the universe.
They who would find perfection
/, without pain are looking only to put
an edge on a sword % lead.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
~. Science
IN N.Y. AND


Pure radium never has been pro-
duced, the almost priceless metal al
ways being in combination, either
chloride or bromide
The British government has organ
lied special department in connec-
ton with its national physical labora-
tory for the investigation of problems
OF aerial construction and navigation.
An automatic time signal sent out
from the Hamburg observatory by tele-
phone to all instruments connected
with the system of that city has been
heard as far as Copenhagen and Paris.
In the spring of 1909 seventeen
American robin redbreasts, male and
female. after being confined for time
In large aviary near Guildford, in
Surrey, England, were set at liberty.
Ihey built nests in the surrounding
trees, and in short time there were
some thirty young robins added to the
colony. Efforts are being made to re-
tain them in the neighborhood dur
ing the winter, and it is hoped that
thus the American redbreast may be-
come a permanent addition to the bird
population of England.
The Electrician notes some interest.
ing facts about the ventilation of the
great Simplon tunnel The change
from steam to electric traction has not
altered the arrangements for ventila.
lion The two entrances, at Brigue,
Switzerland and Iselle, Italy, are COW
cred, except at the moment when a
train enters or leaves, by huge cloth
screens, which are automatically
raised and lowered by electricity. Two
electric fans, nearly ten feet in di-
ameter, and making $50 turns per min
ute, drive air into the tunnel at
Brlgue at the rate of 1000 liters per
second, and a similar station at Iselle
draws air from the tunnel The air
pressure on the screen at Brisue
amounts to four Kilograms per square
meter, while on the screen at Isella
the pressure Is twelve Kilograms per
square meter.
Max Bermann of Budapest has re-
Gently shown that the spark rays made
by the incandescent particles thrown
off from iron and steel when put upon
an emery wheel afford means of test
ing the composition of the metals.
Carbon steels, manganese steel, and
steels containing tungsten and nickel,
each give characteristic spark, OF
different forms and colors, which are
easily distinguishable. The form of
the spark picture changes with the
quantity of carbon. Even so slight a
difference as OF per cent of carbon,
Mr.. Bermann says, can be detected in
this manner. Pointed branching lines
denote carbon steel; tool steel shows
the appearance of blossom" on the
branches; tungsten steel gives red
streaked rays and shining points,
with little balls thrown out of the
formation" and IAN explosion appear
ance in the articulation" denotes the
presence of molybdenum, vanadium or
titanium.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
THE USE OF yrowHRs.
God might have babe the earth bring


God might have babe the earth bring
forth
Enough for great and small.
The oak tree and the cedar tree.
Without a flower at all.
We might have had enough, enough
For every want of ours.
For luxury, medicine and toll
And yet have had no flowers.
Then wherefore. wherefore were they
made,
All dyed with rainbow light.
All fashioned with supremest grace,
Uprising day and night
Springing in valleys green and low.
And on the mountains high.
And in the silent wilderness
Where no man passes by!
Our outward life requires them not
Then wherefore had they birth?
To minister delight to man,
To beautify the earth;
To comfort man--to whisper hopes
Where'er his faith is dim.
For who so careth for the flowers
VIII care much more for Him.
Mary Hewitt
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24

ness suggests all that Is swsst. ten.
der and comforting In love. There
are men who love and are not kind
They would give all they have to heir
friend, and yet they lack gentleness
They are stern, severe, brusque. They
nave not a gracious manner. They
are not kind. Kindness ia loves hest
1t not only gives, but gives in a way
that adds a hundredfold to the value
of the gift.
Kindness In this passage is made
still tenderer by the qualifying word
Observation-Disclosures. There NAV
be kindness that is not loving. 1t ia
a great comfort to know that Gods
power shall not depart, is eternal,
Nothing ever can sweep away our ref.
uge In the almighty strength of God.
God is our refuge and strength, a
very present help in trouble. therefore
we viii not fear, though the earth do
change, and though the mountains bs
shaken into the heart of the seas"
But power is cold-lt lacks heart.
The word loving means far
more. 1t suggests affection. tender
ness, all that is warmest, tenderest
and most comforting.
The assurance is that the loving.
kindness of God shall not fail. There
never will be day or an hour when
He will not be kind Can He be a
father and not be kind to His chill.
dren? The Bible is full of the most ex.
quisite revealings of Gods kindness.
Like as father pitieth his children,
so Jehovah pitieth them that fear
Him." AS one whom his mother com,
forteth, so will / comfort thee" 1.-THE
mountains may depart-but my Low,
ing-kindness shall not depart from
thee" 1t Is also in the Old Testament
that we find another exquisite picture
of the divine loving-kindness In his
farewell address Moses said to his
people: Underneath are the everlast.
ing arms" There is comfort in the
embrace Of fathers or a mothers
arms. But we are not sure that we
shall have these arms very long; no
human arms are everlasting. The arms
Of God, however, will never .unclasp
their hold. Then they are ever under.
meath. We cannot fall out of their
clasp. However low we may sink in
weakness or in pain, these arms will
always be underneath us.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
PROF. MUNYON'S pH1LANrHnopv
wing 20 the Nation "A Prize tn.
Money Cannot Buy.

Giving 20 the Nation "A Prize tn.
Money Cannot Buy.
II toouId rather preserve the be,1,A
OF q nation than to be its yule- -
Masyon.
This motto. written by Prof. Munyon
ABOUT sixteen years ago, was the req
cornerstone Of his medicine busine>.
He felt that the people of the natjo~,
were neglectins their health owing IN
lack OF money. With the one Thought
In view of helping humanity, he start.
ed In the medicine business. pavino
large sums OF money to eminent sna.
cialists for known and tried formulas
that were known to have been sue.
cessful in curing diseases. After care
fully compromising these formulas ana
putting them up in a marketable CON.
dition, he offered them to the publ,c
for few pennies, easily within the
reach Of the poorest family. He hired
eminent specialists at large salaries
and offered their services absolutely
free to the public to diagnose their
cases and advise them what remedies
to take. After giving the public all
these benefits he was still unsatisfied
and offered further to those who were
not in reach of the Offices which he
established throughout the country:
he advertised, asking them to write to
his specialists for free medical ex.
animation, and to-day Prof. Munyon
is still following out this policy, and
whenever he hears of a new drug or
a new formula that Is more effective
than those that he is at the time com.
pounding, he purchases them regard.
less of cost
Prof. Munyon puts up a separate
cure for almost every Ill, and these
remedies can be had at all druggists.
mostly % cents a bottle. In taking
these remedies, you are taking what
might be called sure thing, for he
guarantees them to produce satisfac.
tory results or he will refund your
money. This is a remarkable man
and a remarkable institution, mani.
testify fair to all, and firm that we do
not hesitate to recommend to our
readers.
Prof. Munyon's address is SD and
Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
CHEERFUL IN BLINDNESS.
The Workers in a Remarkable School in
New York

The New York Association for the
Blind is maintaining a school on Fifty
ninth street in that city, which is called
1.-THE Lighthouse" Recently there was
public inspection of the school, so that
interested people might examine the
dolls, the linen, the embroidery and the
woven pillows, as accurate in design as
II the workers had two good eyes apiece
to assist the exquisite touch of their fin
gers. Visitors found it difficult to believe
that the robust, bright faced women
whose fingers danced in and out so MIN
bly, over the looms and the machines
were victims of what is popularity sup
posed to be the worst of Affections. They
actually laughed over their work It
was not until he had talked for many
minutes with his guide, William Patrick
that reporter for The World learned
with amazement that Patrick was stone
blind.
The same spirit of cheerfulness was
found on the top floor, where women in
cooking class were making cakes
There wasn't single note of despair,
even from the pupil who fumbled over
and over with her fingers before she
could tell how much -four filled her tea
spoon.
Every piece of work the blind do is
paid for and they earn regular wages
The brooms used by the Interborough
and the Jersey Central railroads are
made in the shops of the lighthouse, and
the pillows of college colors found in
many a city home were fashioned by
the fingers Of blind women.
On the second floor was Mrs. Beck.
middle aged, sweet-faced woman, en-
broidering scarf She won gold med
al at the Milan exposition for peculiar
excellence In embroidery. She had made
handkerchief for the Dowager Queen
of Italy. and the Dowager Queen was
so pleased that she requested that Mrs
Beck make her a scarf. 'tThe gold med
al is hanging here" said Mrs. Beck with
smile, ''but have never seen it." The
orga nization has factory classes and
home teaching clubs. It's motto Is:
Though darkness comes,
None of US here may shirk;
Thou Light of Lights,
Now give US light through work