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The Washington times., 1909-04-18
THREE AMERICANS
IN TURKISH RIOTS

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, April Is
Great fears are entertained for the safe
~ of three Northwest people who are
in the thick of the fray i'm Asia Minor.
Miss Louise Peck. OF CroOkstOn. Mimi.
IS located at Adana. the scene of the
Moslem riot, In which Americans are
reported massacred Miss Peck was
teacher in the CrookstOn schools before
going to Adana. a year ago she took
n position as missionary under the
American board of foreign missions of
the Congregational Church. She was as
sociated with the Rev. w. y. Chambers
and the Misses Webb mentioned in re-
cent dispatches.
The little town OF Linton just north OF
Burlington, iowa, is much stirred up
over the predicsment of the Rev and
Mrs Robert Wilson. two missionaries.
who are now in danger of the Turkish
rnasSacres at Mersina- They went from
Linton last October and are now in
Mersina.
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KILLS HELLO GIRL
WHO HAD JILTED HIM

BINGHAMTON, y. Y. April 1s.-Be-
cause she would not become his wife,
Mary Grange. aged 10 years. tele-
phone girl. was shot and almost in
stantly killed this morning by Robert
Strange.
The girl is an orphan and was coming
from a house where she boards when
Strange stepped from behind tree and
fired two shots. either one OF which
would have proved fatal, into her body.
This affair is the elimination of a
telephone romance.
Strange is a real estatem an and the
young woman has the switchboard
through which his telephone connection
must come Some six months ago ne is
seid to have fallen in love with the
girls musical voice and finally induced
her TO meet him.
Since this first meeting. have been
much In each others company. The
girl heard that Strange was an invet-
crate gambler and for this reason gave
him up.
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GAMMA BULBS, While They Last, SC
GRASS SEED, the kind that grows.

out Of
- f your
# fvanaes Q hardy growing gu
Coe
The Washington times., 1909-04-18

the Connecticut delegates, who she saws
are almost unanimously for Mrs. Story.
Conservative Success
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
MAY FACE A TRIAL
FOR NAVY PROTEST

PHILADELPHIA. April 1s.-Astound-
ed at the indigns tion their secret PAM
phlet protestin gagainst the regulations
Issued by Secretary Newberry, has
aroused at the Navy Department in
Washington, the eight naval officers and
one midshipman who signed the epoch
making protest. today found their lips
securely sealed by curt orders from
their superiors
DO not discuss the matter with any
one" was the order sent out from the
Navy Department to Admiral Pendle-
ton. and the men who signed the PAM
phlet as soon as news of their action
reached Secretary Myer in Washington.
Following this order it was learned to
day. came one ordering all copies OF
the offending document to be sent 10
the Navy Department.
Admiral Pendleton. who is much ex-
ercised over the talk OF court-martials.
denied emphatically this morning the
report tha- ne was in favor Of the re-
port as signed and would have been glad
10 attend the meeting If he had been
at the navy yard at the time.
'I have not discussed this matter
with any one. and OF course shall not
do So" he said other officials ad-
mitted the authenticity of the single
copy OF the pamphlet which has
reached the outside world.
Rank ins'Ibord,nation," is the way
the general staff characterizes the pro-
test Of the line officers. The pamphlet
is merely the latest phase in the fight
over the order Of Secretary Newberry
which went into effect In February
ranking young STAFF officers with line
officers OF many years experience
Prio ITO this oroer IL was innpossible
under the regulations for an officer OF
the line to be superseded by a staff
officer
It is reported that there is talk in
Washington rot only Of court-martial-
ing those who signed the document, but
of cOurt-martialing Admiral PendletOn,
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Won't Say A Wo-d.

Clamped down and double barred, a
gigantic lid has been placed upon the
pamphlet Of the line officers at League
Island Navy Yard. with respect to the
reorganization scheme.
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer has not
returned to Washington from his Bos-
ton inspection trip. but nevertheless he
sits tightly on the lid The private
navy wire between the department and
the Boston yard, and the lines between
lphia-Boston and Philadelphia
Washington have been hot for the last
twenty-four hours. and the ardor Of
many officers has been considerably
chilled as a result.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
UNCONSCIOUS MAN
ROBBED AT ROADSIDE

PHILADELPHIA. April 1S.-The po-
lice OF this city are making strenuous
effortsefforts to discover and epprehend
the persons who robbed Jonas Hage-
man, fifty years old, as he lay uncon-
scious and dying on Frankford road
early this morning
Hagemen went to visit friends in
Frankford, but while on his way he was
evidently seized with a cerebral hemor-
rhage- A passer-by took him home.
It was then discovered that a valu-
able gold watch which the deceased al
ways carried, a considerable sum of
money, and Esveral valuable articles of
5ewelry were missing.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
In MemOriam.

~ LOVING remembrance Of my dear boy
JAMES LOLLIREI WATERS, who depart
Cd this life five years ago today, april 16
1904.
Gone but not forgotten
II Mama and Papa
CIARE-In loving but sad remembrance Of
our beloved son. JOSEY 4. CLARE. who
died two years ago today. April Is. 1901
A precious one from us has gone,
4 voice We love is stiled-
place be- vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
Cod in his wisdom has recalled
The boon mo love has given.
And though HIS body siumbers here
His soul is safe IN heaven
II by fs Mother and Sister
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home from his trip through Africa
when arrested in Constantinopie
George Nox Mccain was born in AL
legheny CITY, Pa. I'm 1855. lie was given
n liberal education and became news
paper man early In life He represented
a Philadelphia paper I'm Venezuela dur
ing the British boundary dispute and
was decorated by the Venezuelan gov
ernment He made a special trip for
the United States Government 70 Alaska
10 investigate postal routes on the
Yukon. He has written many authori-
tative economic and political works.
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Died

OLsEN-On Friday. april IS. 1903. at II p.m.l
~ her residence. az Eleventh street south
tian Olsen
Funeral from Wilson Memorial Ch.rch.
Tuesday. April 20. at .. m Friends and
relatives Invited interment at Glenwood
May she rest in peace. II.
sNEE-on Saturday. April II. a. 5.45 a m.
THOMAS A. beloved son OF Thomas A
and the late Mary Snee tnee Raedy).
Funeral from the residence OF his aunt
Mary Naughton. 1fl7 5 street northwest
Monday morning. at $50 a. m. thence to
81. Paul's Church. where requiem mass will
be said for the rcDOse or his soul at ? a. IN
Relatives and friends respectfully invited
- attend.
Thomas snee was born in washington in
1885,. he was an employe OF the Boston
House. He leaves father and two sis
ters. The funeral viii be held from St
Paul's Church tomorrow, requiem mass At
O'Clock, the Rev Thomas Walsh ofnciat-
ing. Interment VIII be in Mt. Olivet Gem
etery. ft'
KINC-on Saturday. April Il. 1909. at 1880
.. m. al his residence. 1915 Tenth street
northwest. ENDlCoTT KING, in his
aighty-ffth year
Sotice OF fureraI hereafter
ssreo and Portlafid. Ne. papers please
esDy aplS-2t
AfvEY-suddeniy. on Saturday. April Il.
1909. at 2:fs a. m. ELIZABETH ALVEY
Al her residence. SOC q street northwest.
Miss Alvey was born in Charlotte Hall
Nd. IN 1S33 She came 70 Washington
about thlrty-three years aEO- Her only rel
alive is a sister Miss Eliza Alvey, Of Bal
tfnlore The funeral viii be held from St
Pauick's Church. Tenth street. Monday at
. O'Clock. the Rev. Thomas z. McGuigan
oficiating.
ENRIGHT-On Saturday, April Il, 1909, al
7:f5 .. m. at her residence. 3Q6 Four -and-a-
half street southwest. ELLIE tnee Drts-
cold beloved wife of James Enright-
Mrs. Enrght had been resident OF
Washington for the past nineteen years.
Her husband. James EnriRht, and three
sopE Patrick James. and Maurice, survive
her She was born on Staten Island. y. Y.
in 1870 The funeral will be held from St
Dcrninic's Church Sixth and r streets
southwest where requiem mass viii be
FoIemnized. the Rev. n. J. Kennedy on
ciatinE
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

MEssRs c. d. PENNEBAKER. sURvIv-
ING partner of~C. D. PeuneOsker and John
Paul Jones' Charles F. Carusi. and Eugene
A Jones have removed their law Offices
fro.u 1881 F St and the Commercial Neeonal
Bank Building to the new Offices OF PENNE-
BAKER, CARUSI & JONES, rooms 2fo &c
20 in the Metropolitan National Bank
Building, f1S 18th at N W. Telephones.
Main 1i0s-1f07 mh25-0
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04

plodcd, showcrug her with Fragments
ur the hottlr aud the blazing chemical
Her cries for help were lrnd by Wi.
liam rmry. driver of Engine Company
80 g> vho Nus a,ug lunch 1T lls
hOwr across tine street
Ferry ram into tine Uou,r. and with
blankets which be- snalrhed from II
bod he rxtingushcd the fire IN Mrs.
Kramcrs garments n" also nut ont
the flames, which hdn reached tia"
woodwork Of the room, So that when
the engines vame thorr was uotuins
to do.
both Ferry and tu" young woman
were badly burned about their faces
and arms. but they declined TO go to
bellevue Hospital I'm the ambulance
that had be"u called, and were treated
at their homes.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
CORONA OUT AT TRIAL.
OF ALLEGED FIREBUG,
Richly Gowned and Bejewelle1
Woman Witness for Young Gerbe,
CHARGED With Arson.

Nearly all Of Coronas residents and a
big delegation of queens County Of
hcials crowded the court rooms OF Judge
Humphrey, to. day, when the case Of
John Gerbe, twenty years old, charged
with arson, was called. Among his
witnesses was Mrs. Marie Delanon, a
fashionably dressed and bejewelled
Young woman. who was detained with
Gerbe after he was accused OF attempt
ing to burn Mrs. Margaret Gray's home
on Locust avenue, Corona. Nov. last.
Mrs. Gray told how tbs fire originated
in the hallway. Two boys. Fred Grimm
and George Metz. swore that they saw
Gerbe in the vicinity that night. The
case will be continued tomorrow.
The police say that the Gray arson
was the elimination Of series OF fires
In Corona homes, and that the SEEM
ingly !Lccndiary attempts ceased then.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
MRS. HENRY WHELEN TO WE'D
Philadelphia society Woman Will
Marry {. Hartman kuhn.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. THE en-.
gagement of Mrs. Henry Whelen and
C. Hartman Kuhn has been announced.
Mrs, Whelen was Miss Laura Baker
and is the mother OF Mrs Robert Goeie..
Of New York, and Mrs. CraiX B!ddls
and William Baker Whe!en, of this
city. Sac is prominent in society. and
her daughters have been leaders in the
Newport set.
Nh. Kuhn Is a member Of several o!
the most exclusive clubs of New yore
and Philadelphia. He is actively in
terested In music and Is n member OF
tue New Opera House Committee o:
this city.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
FIREMAN DOES HERO
JOB NEAR HIS HOME
Finds Woman in Flames
Across the Street and Wraps
Blankets About Her.

Young Mrs Alice Kramer was clean.
'us gloves In the window OF her home
ON the second floor Of No. 80 Fast
Twruty-trst stree. this afternoon,
when the preparation she was using rN-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
Judge Lacombe Grants Per-
mission to Assist Them in
Resisting Orders,
CAN'T DO "lMPOSSlBLE.'
Attendance at Hearing Neces-
sary if They Wish Review
in State Courts.

The Federal receivers OF the street,
car lines, having asked the United
States Circuit Court for instructions as
TO whether they should appear before
the Public Service Commission on n
hearing in the matter of the Eighth
street line and another as to tenders
and wheel guards, Judge Lacombe to-
day filed memorandum, in which he
states usual procedure OF hearings, in
vestigat!ons and orders by the Public
Service Board, and says
Thereafter in executive session, the
Commission decided whether or not the
proposed order, which 1t already has
carefully prepared, should be made final,
and, II It he. the order is served and
obedience to 1t enforced by fine or man.
damus.
Case Of whats the Use?"
THE same body Is, therefore, practl-
Cally complainant, prosecutor, Judge,
Jury and Sheriff. Under these circum-
stances It has seemed to the receivers.
and tn Court approved their conclusion
that In cases where they had already
formally informed the Commission of
the reasons why they objected to the
order, they would accomplish nothing by
attending theAearins; in such cases they
have accepted final orders with the
statement that they would obey them
SO far as possible.
IF fined for alleged subsequent dis
obedienre it would be for them to show
that compliance was impossible-as for
instance that they could not reconstruct
ten cars day after their repair shops
and car barns We're destroyed by IRE,
and that in certain congested streets
they could not always run cars on a
few seconds Roadway. In cases, how
ever, where they dispute the Commits
slon's aut hority TO make the proposed
order, as In the Ffty-nlnth street zone
transfer case, they have attended hear
ings and put in testimony as an essen
Ial preliminary 10 an application Tor
Hvew in the State courts.
Permitted to Attend.
THE hearings now ordered may pos
sIbly SO develop as TO make II desirable
TO attend. should the wheel guards ~
tenders of some particular manliac-
turer or patentee be prescribed or should
some order be made filming receivers for
some alleged failure 20 nun cars In con-
forihity with orders. the receivers might
conclude to bring this matters before the
State Court. and in order to do - et-
fectNely it might be necessary for them
TO he represented on the hearing. The
notices apparently contemplate so.u-
thing other than the ordinary car service
hearings, and receivers may attend
them
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
Third Floor

$1,000 Renaissance Bed Sets at $3.50
81 rs Striped Couch Corers at 85c
81 90 Arnure Portieres al $500
$500 Carved Walnut Tables at S25. 90
$500 Morris Chairs at $3.50
$3.50 Mahogany Magazine Racks at 1925
$40 Lingerie Piiiou Slips at 69e
Csc Linen Center Pieces at 45c
67c Denim Pillolp Tops at SOC
SIPS Cut Glass Naples at 75c
soc Colonial Glass Cdnaie Sticks at Csc
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
LIQUOR TAX LAW AMENDMENT.

ALBANY, Feb Am amendment to
tine Liquor Tax law : proposed in u
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
OBITUARY.
ADOLF GROWOll.

Adolf Grovoi for many years manas-
ing editor Of The Publishers Weekly.
died last night al the Hudson street Hos
ritaL Mr.. GrowoII became W ar ms
office about ten DAYS ago. PIE was taken
70 the hospital. where. up 20 a few eays
ago. u was hoped that he would recover
Born on the East Side in 1880 Mr.. CiroUoil
had been engaged in numerous enterprises
After leaving school he started on a com
rnercisi career. Later he becane col
lector Of rents. When sttll a young man Ms
father apprenticed him In the printing Dusi-
ness. IN which he passed several years IN
~" Mr. GrovoIl joined The Funhshers
Weekly" with which he remained NJ 70
the time Of hts death
June ~. 1907 the thirtieth Anniversary
OF Mr. Growolrs connection with me paper.
was made the occasion for the presentation
70 him of a loving cup by his associates IN
The ONCE. Mr.. GrovoU was the author ot
The booksellers Iabrsry." The Profess
sion Of BookseIling- American Book
Clubs; Their Beginnings and History
Book Trade Photography IN the United
States and many other books.
FEe leaves a wife and daughter.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
MILLIONS POEMS FOR s46o.
Louis J. Haber Library Sale Brings
s6.443.

Just before the beginning Of the second
session OF the sale Of Part 2 OF the Louis
J. Haber library. az the Anderson Auction
Company rooms, last night. cable mes
sage was received from a well known Eng
Iish collector 20 his representative here.
]. F. Sabin. instructing him 10 obtain the
first collected edition OF Milton's poems
and the first book by him 70 bear his name.
The news caused spirited competition. for
many American collectors coveted this rare
work. which is d fine tall copy. Mr. Sabin
outbid them all. however. and II was
finally knocked down 10 him for $3.50. the
highest price OF the day.
Milton's Paradise Lost" printed in Lon
don IN iSs7, a first edition. with the rare
second title page. was bought by F. W.
Morris for $40. and Bernard Quaritch paid
500 FOR a rare first edition Of the first Eng
Hsh translation of Sir Thomas More's "a
Fruteful and Pleasant Worke of the Beste
State OF a Publyque WeaIe. and OF the
Newe Yle Called Utopia"
AT the afternoon session LougfeIlow's
''Outre- Mer'' in the original marble printed
wrappers. and with a foUr-page letter re-
lsting 10 il. brought the top price. $3.50.
The total OF the two sessions was Il. 443 s..
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission % rhe Metropolitan Museum OF
Art. the American Museum OF Natural His
tory and the Geological Garden.
County fair under the auspices of the National
Society ~ New England Women Hotel As
tor. all day and evening
Open day nt the Manhattan Trades sch0ol for
Girls. No. 200 70 2i5 East BID street n
a IA. TO 10 p
Meeting of the Emma Willard Association Hotel
Manhattan, , m
Annual symposium of the New York browning
Society. Waldorf-Astoria. 2:30 D. m
Reading ny Margaret Deland for the benefit Of
the Association OF Housekeeping Centres
Hotel Plaza. $40 D. N.
Bridge and euchre under the auspices Of IN.
KnickerhOcksr Relief club. Waldorf Astoria
afternoon.
Meeting Of the Board Of Educa'ion. No. 500 PARK
avenue. D. nj.
Meeting of the New York Board OF Trade and
Transportation. No. 203 Broadway 10 m
Annual dinner or the Saratoga County society.
Waldorf-Astoria, evening.
Dinner for cyrus G. Miller. Fordham Club even
ing.
Dinner ot the Ribbon and carbon Paper Mann
factur-rs' Association. Hotel Astor $50 .. m
Annual dinner OF the New York southe~, So
ciety. Waldorf Astoria. D. N.
Dinner OF the 10 la sale Alumni. Hotel Man
haitian Z p M
Dinner o. the Explorers club. Hotel Astor. : 30
2.
Dinner OF the Unanimous club Hotel Msnb.t-
tan. -
Meeting Of The American civic Alliance. Hotel
Asfor. : p m
Meeting under tL@ auspices u the New ycrk
Auxiliary IN The interest of the NcAU Ms
SION q Frame Iiutsers Presbyterian church.
Meeting of the Society OF Sanitary and Moral
Irophs lsAis Academy Of Medicine No. II
Concert of fhc New York Mozart Society Efotrf
Astcr $50 >.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
PREMIER GRANDEE
Spoin's Chief Noble about TO
Wed.

,~,r~riehs 1p0a hv the Brentwood C.-npsnve
n,n Luis al CorioVs. Duke OF Nedinsceu
apa premier Erandee and peer OF spain. who
has been = frequent visitor 20 the United
stst>s has snnounoed his engagement 20
rons Mimi Falco Pa di savoia. daughter
~ Prince Plo al savoia, vhe has repeatedly
-eo-esented Spain as ambassador az foreign
courts The duke is also claimant 20 the
rhrone occupied by Alfonso XIII. Who Is.
however his most intimate friend. and. like
rin,. is a posthuuaous birth. for the duke
rsrae into the worla several months after
.hs tragic death of his father, who scci-
sertsIlv shot himself IN the woods ot
r-usdarsma. falling morally wounded at
IN. feet of his Young wife % whom he had
aesn married only q few weeks.
re duke is q direct descendant OF King
Ferdinand ard Queen Isabella. the patrons
of Christopher Columbus. and for him and
rs family the dynasty thar now holds the
crown % Spain consists O, nothing more
shsn usurpers-thst IS 20 say. in theory.
ro- TIE last four hundred years. whenever
8 rev King Of spain has taken possession
- RS throne and heen proclaimed. heralds,
s--aved n tsbsrds. gorgeously emblszoned
VIII the 6uoai coat OF arms. have appeared
before the royal palace al Madrid and pro-
usurpsuon. SCI forth the claims OF the
Duke Of MedinaceIi 70 the crown and chal-
l.nFed IN his name every knight who would
venture 70 dispute the Legitimacy of the
dukes night 70 defend his opinion IN duel
20 The death -on rhe mountain or on the
plain. by day or by night" No grsndee of
spsin has ever seen m 10 take I'D the chal-
lenge seriously. nor has the royal family
offered any serious objection 20 this man
ner Of formulating The pretensions OF the
dukes of Meoinaoeli. and the practice has
been kept Up more as sort of tradition
ars hereditary custom than anything else
7 nav add that on each occasion Of a
change - tenure of the Spanish throne the
Duke of Medinaceh Cor the time being
sends q solemn note % protest against the
alleged usurpation OF the crown 70 all the
foreign courts. which is oourteously ac-
Inowiedged. and there the matter rests.
The duke is the seventeenth Of his line 20
bear the title Of Duke OF MedinaceH con
ferred BY Emperor Charles Y when he
founded the Grandezzs. by granting II 10
tvelve of his peers. The duke possesses
sbclt q dozen other equally historic duke
dcn1s and his chief home r. a magnificent
palace az Madrid. which dates from the
seventeenth century. Is situated Just oppo-
site The ROYAL Museum OF Paintings ana is
crowded from cellar 20 gsrret with treas
ures and heirlooms which have been sccu-
nulated By the family IN the course Of
centuries. The dukes mother contracted a
second marriage with a member OF the
ancient house OF Nilladariss who was cre-
sred Duke OF Santo Msuro by Queen Girls
ina while regent. He is grand chamber
lain and grand master Of the household 20
young Queen Victoria
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
THE MALLET'S MASTERPIECE.
Given by the Dixie Club at the Lycsum
Theatre.

William Fsrnum. Wells Knibloe and Miss
Michael Elliot presented Edward FepIe's
The Mallet's Masterpiece at the Lyceum
Theatre yesterday Afternoon in aid of the
Actors Fund. They PLAYED the parts OF
this beautiful story OF the Venus de Milo
with much sincerity and charm
Miss Michael Elliot danced her interpre-
tative classic dances with grace and dra-
matte power, accompanied by members Of
the New York Symphony Orchestra under
the direction OF Arthur Berg. She included
in her series "A Day in Ancient Greece"
with music from the csntata OF "Odys-
seus," by Max Bruch; The Butterfly,
Cirieg: the Chopin waltz in A minor. ''Sies
frieds Death March," from wagner's Die
Gotterdammerung." and "Frolic.' 70 the
scherzo movement Of Beethovens First
Symphony.
Mime. Genevieve Thomas sang delightfully."-
two French songs, "A >To." by Bsmberg.
and Delibes's Les Files de Csdz.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-08

sgo. which had never even been unpacked-
since then the commission intrusted with
the search has found an autograph letter
OF Frederick the Great 10 Sultan osTnan
III. an which he seeks the lstter's good
VIII IN connection with the partition OF
roland and at the same time warns him
that Austria was 40 the time in the act
OF srrning against Turkey
Then there is 8 wonderful letter Of Queen
Elizabeth Of England in which she seeks
tho assistance OF the Sublime Porte against
Spain, "sinc- England and Turkey are OF
the same religion. believing. as they do, IN
one God. whereas Spain worships al the
saints and is idolatrous." The discoveries
have only just begun. and the finds already
made give some idea ~ the value Of the
treasures which still remain unrevealed.