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The Washington times., 1909-01-29
GENEROUS GIVERS
AT LUTHER PLACE
$34.87 Per Capita Con-
tributed by the Congre-
CATION Last Year.

The average amount collected last
year from each Of the $50 members Of
the Luther Place Memorial Church was
S34S7. This came out in a discussion Of
the church finances, which was one OF
the topics at a reception rendered last
night 10 the Rev DIT. John G. Butler,
pastor Of the church. upon the occasion
OF the eighty-third anniversary OF his
birth. II was the general comment that
few other churches could show so great
a contribution per capita.
The harmony at last nights reception
was welcomed as a relief from the
storms which have recently been rend-
ing the congregation. Conspicuous by
their absence from the reception were
those members OF the church who are
opposed TO the further service Of the
aged minister. 50 that the occasion was
one OF concord and felicity All present
united IN doing honor to the long SER
vice Of Or. Butter, and the sentiment
OF the addresses delivered Dy the Rev.
DIT Frederick ID. Power, Senator Knute
Nelson. DR. Graham, and the Rev DR..
Weldley. was that DR.. Butler should
be continued IN the pastOrate until he
should resign OF his own yOlitiOp
letter from President Roosevelt, wish
ing Or. Butler many happy returns OF
the day. was read J.. i. Randolph
valuable photographs and autOgra phs,
ana ~. il. Flnckel made an address on
behalf OF the congregation, expressing
their appreciation or his long and de-
vote service
1t is said that the difficulties Of the
az the meeting called by the council
IoT February l.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
BABY AT HOSPITAL
AHEAD OF MOTHER
Physicians Part Parent and Child
Just Born on Front
Doorstep.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-AIrs. Marc Au-
gustus, while walking in East Twenty
sixth street became Hl and found a seat
on the stone stoop OF a house. A few
minutes later Policeman Kidney came.
saw her condition, and sent for an am
bulanCe
While Dr. Altman was hustIing out
of the Bellevue gate another Bellevue
ambulance carrying DR. Hong, dashed
down Lexington avenue asd prepared
10 turn INFO Tweuty-sixth street. Kid
ney, spuTred on by the walls of a new
born baby sprang forward and checked
the horse. DI. Hoag jumped out and
attend 3d MRS. Augustus and the new ar
rival The mother was being lifted into
the ambulance when DR.. Altman arriv-
ed
a controversy aroge between the ply
siciaus as 90 who should take Mrs Au-
gustus and her son 20 the hospital. and
10 was finally agreed TO divide the pair,
Dr. Altman taking the very young Au-
gusLuS.
The youugster arrived first. and, as
his history had to be taken. they in
scrtbed on the records, Augustus Au-
gustu5. twenty minutes old, OF 324 East
Seventy street"
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
STOCKINGS COVER
LIMBS Of JERSEY
No More Viii Immoral
Bovine Picture Draw
Crowds.

Washington biIlpOsters nave come
back at the District Commissioners
efforts TO improve the moral tone Of the
billboard pictures with a sarcastic slap
at their efforts. Replying to a protest
against pictures pOrraying hideous
scenes in blood and thunder dramas, and
those showing women IN abbreviated
costumes, the biIposters have put white
stockings on the trim less of Jersey
cows used to advertise "a rural play be-
ing presented here.
The Commissioners regard this as a
studied effort by the biliposters % Dur
lesque the whole movement, ana are
Indignant
'With purists yelling Police" On one
hand. and one kind-faCed COW with SOU
brette eyes, who does an advertising
stunt for theater mewing for garters
to hold up the plain white hosiery
given to her to keep q praying world
from INDUCING itself without buying
Salome tickets, the billboard war has
taken a new turn.
Who bought the hosiery and who put
it on? IS the question which the Wash
ington BLlposung Company, of which
John T. Shoemaker is president. would
not answer, and the Jersey was too
bashful 10 say.
The bulpOsters have given their DrOm-
ise 10 reform the boards.
MT. Shoemaker would be glad TO talk
with you, 1 am quite sure" said the
local manager today, but he is not in
the city
DID the company order the stockings
put on the cow was asked.
really can't say as to that See Mr.
Shoemaker, he's more OF an expert than
j am
Did the billposters themselves do this
work of their own accord purely Though
a sense of humOT2"
No; that would mean extra work.
and Dillposters never DO extr. work.
they mus. be paid for all they DO. i"
DO you notice that the limbs of the
trees are bare? DO YOU intend To pro-
vide them with stockings and
"GOOd-day, see Mr.. Shoemaker and
that was about ALL
% say I VIII say this to Won. how
ever yelled the local manager. .'Tn
every city where the billpostinp com
panles and the authorities have had q
battle over this question the billposters
have won The refOrmers haven't got a
foot 10 stand on"
You mean a stocking. don't you?'
all. anu 'i'"' was
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
DIED.

COX-Entered into rest thursday January
% 1902 at 2l3 q. Ia. ar Sibiey Hospital
CAROLINE r., widow or tie late J. W.
Cox
Funeral from her late residence. Ga G
street northwest Sunday, January 81, at
p. m. Thence 20 Wesley Chapel 9Th and
= streets northwest Friends and relatives
invited 90 attend laZ5-Zt
AEHFORD-Ou wednesday, January q, 1909
a. ESQ p. ga, MARK p. beloved son Of
the late John r. and Margaret " Ash
ford, and husband or Edith Clancy Ash
ford.
Funeral from the residence Of his neither,
coo street southeast. Saturday. January
go at u a. InteTment IN Bethel Gem
etery. Alexandria. Va Ja222t
ANDBEWE-On Wednesday, January q, 1900.
az %. m-r al homeopathic Hospital. REU-
BEN II. ANDREWS beloved husband VI
Elvjra Andrews
BURGEss-On wednesday. January 2, 1853,
az hls home, Congress Heights. JUSTOSs
beloved husband VI Marie Burgess.
COESER-On Thursday. January 2s 1909
CATHERINE A.. daughter Cf Albert y
and Mary =. Conner, aged one year.
HOCKADAY-O thursday January %, 1902
MARIE A-vrONETTE widow " John n
IiOckaday.
KIEFER-On Thursday, January o. 1900. az
$50 a mo-. CONRAD. beloved husband Ut
Rosa Kieter, aged eighty years and two
months.
PEAR E-guddsuIy on January q. 1909
LOUISA. widow Of the late Stanley Pearce.
aged hfty-uue years.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
HIDES IN TUNNEL
FOR NINETEEN DAYS
Man Beneath Store Held Prisoner
by Watch of Police
man

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. %. - After
nineteen days Imprisonment lu
Cramped underground passageWay be-
meath cigar store which he is charged
with having twice robbed. Edward Il.
Rand, a civil engineer, who says he
was graduated from the Kentucky State
University. has been arrested here.
Rand craWled into the tunnel nearly
three weeks ago. and before Dee could
get OUT again the police discovered signs
Indicating that the man who had twice
robbed CUNT cigar store had made
his entry through the cellar They
posted "a watch ana Rand retreat was
cut on. though his presence OF the ex-
istencg Of the tunnel was unknown.
Rand buTrgWed until he made bis way
iuLu saloon which adjOiued the cigar
store. There he obtained blankets IObd
magazine and au electric light, which
be connected up 10 illuminate bis under
ground prison t'oE nineteen nights fIe
policeman on t.-e beat sat Iu the
oarkened cellar where Rand bat had
been found
Unable 10 escape by daylight because
OF his suspicious appearance. and afraid
90 attempt 81 al night because oI the
presence OF the policeman. Rand finally
craWled out of his hole today and sur
rendered
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
HIS WIFE'S COOKING
DOESN'T SUIT TONY
Or at Least He Said It Didn't
Until Judge DeLacy
Acted.

Because his wife could not cook to
tempt his palate, was the reason Tony
Kiatt, a Syrian fruit merchant, living
at 16lz Essex court, gave Judge DeLacy
when asked in Juvenile Court why ne
left home
The wife. complaining that her hus-
band had lefL her with three small
children TO support ana had neglected
his family, was present TO combat
Tonys novel excuse with the statement,
made in broken English. that be had
been satisfied with her cooking IGr the
ten years OF their married life Untii
few days ago.
When the court Imposed upon Tony
the obligation 10 pay his wife a stipu-
lated sItIn each week, and in addition,
TO ClOtIe his children and ante up
when the rent falls due. the husband
straightway decided that his wife
cooking suited him better than he had
thought. Tony and Mrs Tony went
home together
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
CIVIC LEADER DOUBTS
SINCERELY OF BILLERS
l. Horace Mcfarland, President of American Civic
Association, WHITES to The Times That Only
Strict Laws viii Regulate Them.

their national conferences. To rely on
the action Of any association OF this
sort for stopping the assault upon de-
ceucy, good morals and the public dig
nifty which exists in Washington today
would be just about like relying upon
hungry wolf To make an equitable
food distribution To number of near
by lambs.
There is just one way in which bill
boards can be brought within decent
limits, and that is to legally restrain
them In the city of Washington con-
siderable number of millions OF dollars
have been expended IN public beauty.
SO far as they have been able, the bill
board men have taken fun advantage
of this expenditure for private gain
The billboard above alluded 20 IS q con-
splciOuS instance. worse one exists
within a short distance as may be seen
street. looking toward the Garfield
statue, which is made to serve as
foreground for the advertising or &C.
real
What must visitors from foreign
countries think who see the dignity Of
the Government thus used TO advertise
commercial products and theatrical
performances What must any one
think who passes along the Capitol
grounds, with q great spread OF glaring
signs maintained not sixty feet away
from the property Of the people, and
maintained only because &c is the prop
erty OF the people. which the people
come TO see in that situation?
I repeat, there Is but one way OF re
straining this vice and abaung this
nuisance and that is 10 restrain II ana
abate IL by law. Dependence upon the
good feeling public spirit, or retoTHla-
torv ideas of the billposters viii be com
pIetely useless. Yours truly,
J. HORACE MCFARLAND,
President American Civic Association.
Harrisburg, Pa.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

The following letter, received today
from j. Horace Mcfarland, president Of
the American Civic Association, is of
Unusual interest because of the bill
posting situation in Washington:
January Is, 1903.
To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
Dear sir: I see in your issue Of jan
uary % a news article headed 'Melo-
drama Signs Have Doom Sealed" and
TeCItIug the action Of the National Bill
posters Association as transmitted 10y
John -. Shoemaker Of the Washington
BilpOstiug Company,
Without i'm the least doubling the sin
CeTity of MIR. ShOemaker's statement, /
trust ] may be permitted to express a
great deal of doubt as TO the sincerity
of the action of the National BillpOst-
ers' Association in this or In any other
way which would in the least restrict
the spread of billposting.
Nearly two years ago similar action
was taken and announced with q great
flourish all over the country. II was
then said that there would be no more
posting Of the low dramatic type, typi-
fed by the white Slave" expression of
histrionic art, Some six or eight months
later 1 photographed a most disgusting
billboard or this type maintained by the
Washington Binposting Company, at
the corner of First street and Mary
land avenue. opposite the Capitol en-
trance. 1 was also informed by the
president Of the Pennsylvania BiNpOSt-
ers' and Distributors Association that
such action had been taken, and was
aDle 10 send him photographs of a dozen
or more most Objectionable billbOardS,
not three months OLD, made and main
tanned by members of his association
It may be depended upon that the
DlIpOSteES VIII put up any form OF pa
per that the law viii permit nOtWith-
standing anything they may resolve ia
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
TASTE Is Sure
Stomach Guide
A Barometer Which Never Fails,
Though Seldom Believed.

taste is the direct guide to the stom-
ach; and the taste buds arc connected
BIZ the nerves with the stomach itself.
so that they represent its health or
disorder III the stomach or its juices
are out OF tone. the blood is terueEiC1
1y a change In the alkaline OF acid
condition. and these reach the moulu
both directly ami indirectly.
1.-THE taste buds are 80 the tongue and
are mounted Dy uaITllke projections call
ea papGlae5 they cover Tie surface Of
when you taste these buds rise up
and absorb the liquid. inform the
nerves the nerves tell the stomach. and
JHe food is acceptable or not just as
she stomach Tee-s.
The above remarks on taste comes
from aH emiHenE authority and slIsply
explains why when one smells cooking
OF sees food one thinks he can eat but
when he tastes Hg learns the stomach
Is out OF business
TO the person Who cannot taste Alright,
who Teli=ues uo food and simply forces
himself 90 eat. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's hold The secret Of enjoyable eating
perfect digestion and renewed general
Most men wait until their stomachs
are CGmui-ttIy sickcUed before they
tIuk seriously Of assisting nature.
When your taste for food is lost it is
a certain sign the stomach needs alien
ton Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets cure
such st0uuchs. They restore sweetness
OF bTeuths renew gastric juices, enrich
the blood and give the stomach the
strength and rest necessary 70 general
FORTY thousand physicians use Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets and every drug
gist carries them in stock price SOC per
box. Send us your name and address
and we viii send you "A trial package
free bv mall Address. r. a Stuart
Co. $50 Stuart Esdg.. Marshall. Mich.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
WHOLESALE GRAFT
IN STRICKEN CITY
Italians Want English and
American Committees to
Receive All Funds.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Convinced that
only the English and American relief
committees are honest, the Italian cor
respondents Of English papers are today
urging that donations for the earth
quake sufferers be turned over only to
them.
Charges of wholesale grating and
plundering are being made against the
native officials by the refugees.
Rioung has broken out among the SUI
ferers at Calabria. who are aware of the
fact that they are not getting the re-
lief intended for them.
The court-martiaI OF the mayor, town
clerk, and twelve prominent citizens Of
Alessina on graft charges is proceeding
today
The work Of distributing the So 600 600
general relief fund IS progressing slow
by, which may be accounted for by the
graft allegations.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
MILLIONAIRE SAILOR
MAY BE A DESERTER
Escaped From Naval Training
School After Being Placed on
Bad-COnduct List.

NEWPORT. Jan. 29.-Seaman Appren-
tice Glenn Wells Core, Of the naval
training station, is wanted by the naval
authorities as q straggleT
Core comes from Cincinnati and is
a millionaire in his own right. He be-
came tired of society and an idle life
and enlisted last November
Core engaged an apartment in New
port. where he kept his civilian dress
which he used when on shore leave.
All went well until New Year Eve,
when he w@at with a few sailor chums
to Boston nd failed to report on time.
He mana .sed under some preJeXt 20
get away rom the station. and Is still
missing. If he remains absent for ten
DAYS he viii be declared a deserter.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
OF EVIDENCE
HER FIRST THOUGHT
Woman Store Detective Tells Helper Not to Mind Her,
But to Follow Combative Negroes Fleeing
With Plumber.

just as she reached the Broadway en-
trance. Miss Darnion said: "The super
intendent wants to speak to you"
The negress hurled the goods In Miss
Darnion's face. They clinched then
broke away. The crowd was thick on
Broadway at the time. and 1t formed a
ring.
The negress knocked Miss Darnion 10
the pavement. She jumped up, saying
to Joe, the Thirty-fourth street news
paper vender, who had run to her as
sistance: Don't mind me, Joe; get
the evidence"
The negress. ran, and Joe picked up
the evidence. Miss DarniOn yelled
stop thiefr and the crowd did f..
The negress pleaded guilty in the night
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

NEW YORK. Jan. 29-At Manila bay
Dewey said, You may fire when you are
ready" off Santiago the captain Of the
battIeship Texas remarked to his men,
Don't cheer. boys. the poor devils are
dying it was Miss May Darnion, de-
tective Of a Broadway department store,
who said to a rescuer in the course Of
a fight with an alleged shoplifter,
Don't mind me, Joe; get the evidence
Miss Darnion saw a young negro
woman, who said later she was Mary
Thompson. of 1856 Third avenue. put a
pair of gloves in her mun, and then
stick in four Yards of null, and five
yards Of silk She started t. leave the
store. Touching her upon the shoulder,
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
JESUiTS TO START
CATHOLIC PAPER
Weekly Will Give Their Attitude
Toward Spiritual and Tenn
poral Affairs.

NEW YORK. Jan Z9.-Many prorti-
nent Jesuits are now on their way to
New York to form the staff OF a new
weekly magazine which is TO repre-
sent the Catholic pOlnt o view OF both
spiritual and temporal affairs It's CON
trlhU.Ors and correspondents in all
parts OF the world VIII number between
100 and 800 and already 1t has placid
Its bureaus in the capitals OF Europe
The Rev, Father John J. Wynne, a
noted Jesuit scholar and one of the
editors Of the Catholic Cyclopedia. is TO
be in charge.
The nucleus Of the view Is the Mes
senger, hlgh-class literary magazine.
publish ed at FOrdhsYn University nm
der Jesuit auspices anG part Of the staff
OF this paper VIII be transferred to the
new weekly. The name has not been
determination upon
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
GIVEN THREE YEARS
FOR ATTACK ON WIFE
Insanity Defense Of George Hubbard, Who Stabbed His
Spouse Last May, Fails and Judge Sentences
Him to Moundsvile.

'If ever a man tried to make q home
for his VIII, ] was that man." he de-
clared before sentence was passed. Il
gnight have done SO, your honor. but for
the interference OF my wife's relatives.
All the time I spent endeavOring TO do
for the woman I love they made my
life unbearable. They insisted that we
live with them. I could not get my
wife away. Now I am the one to SUI
fer"
Judge Anderson OVerruled the motion
Of HiDbards attorney for a new trial
and passed sentence.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

George Hubbard, the machinist who
mtrderousIy attacked his wife. Lulu
Hubbard stabbing her repeatedly in the
throat during a struggle on the frees
cape Of their home. 40 b street. May 12s
was sentenced to serve three years and
a half at AIoundsyiIIe by Justice Ander-
son this morning
Hibbard was convicted January Is Of
assault with a dangerous weapon and
assault with intent TO kill, following
the failure Of his defense In which he
pleaded insanity.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
DRUG HABIT LEADS
TO DOCTORS DEATH
Dr.. Samuel w. Dunlap Succumbs
to Poison in New York
Hotel

NEW YORK, Jan. DIR. Samuel w.
Dunlop, of Trenton. died IN a hotel
here today from laudanum poisoning.
IT IS believed he committed suicide after
finding he was d slave 20 the drug
habit Dunlop came here on Tuesday
and registered under an assumed name
he admitted TO the clerk that he was
drug user. His condition alarmed the
clerk, bat Dunlop would not permit q
doctor TO be called. Cards found in the
dead mans room showed that he has
an Office IN the Wilkinson Building,
and lived al 200 State street, Trenton
II. j.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

MONTGOMERY. Pa, Jan. Z.-4Irs.
John Callahan and Mrs. Martin ArdelI
seveuty-year-0ld twins. OF Cars9utoWn,
celebrated their birthday with much
merry making and laastlug They have
been always nea~ each other since
their birth ga 1888
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
In MemOriam.

rAREEY-Iu sad, UuJ loving remembrance
of mv dear mother. MRS MAR 7ARET
CARNEY. wEo died one year ago, % -nuary
60 1908.
i miss sou. dear mother
So much now poor Lizzie has gomez
But I hope TO meet you both ga Heaven
Around Gods throne.
DAUGHTER MARY
Anuiversary mass az ST. Vincent de Paurs
Church al 2 a. m. January go II
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-24
NOTES OF THE GAME.

Neither manager would announce his
pitcher until just before time was called
to-day.
Arthur Griggs failed to get hit to-
day, although the big Texan stung the
Dali hard on several occasions.
In Manager Cantilon's absence, Joe
having gone TO Hickman, KY. where
Catcher Spear died yesterday. Jiggs Dono-
hue is In charge Of the team.
Friday. July q. Washington won from
ST. Louis, 10 Q; June % Detroit won
from st. Louis 20 l. and May q. ST.
Louis Won from Boston, 1 to 0.
Patrons refused 10 buy the official score
puzzle cards since Mr.. Cantillon ar
rived. However, the enthusiasts have a
great deal of amusement betting on
Who'll bat neXt?'
Manager McAleer came back with an
other left handler against the Nationals on
double hoodoo day Friday. %, IN a
desperate effort TO keep his team from be-
coming tailenders.
To-day's game was the sixth that
Washington has played with the Browns
In St Louis this season. The victory
was the first that Cantillon's crowd have
registered since showing az Sportsman
Park this year
George Mcbride made a great stop on a
hard-hit grounder in the second inning
OF Williams. Mcbride dashed over con-
siderable distance before scooping the
leather. and then shot to first, getting
Jimmy by a close margin.
Charley Street should not boast so much
about catching the ball dropped from the
Washington Monument Hobe Ferris SEM
a sky ticker twice as high as the monu-
ment in the second and Mr.. Street got
under st. Street is certainly a monu-
mental success
Unglaub. Street Donohue. Mcbride.
Conroy Lelivelt, and Witherup an tried
10 talk Umpire Hurst into believing thar
Bob Uuglaub should be allowed 10 take
another turn at the bat after having
struck out in the first inning when LeI-
welt failed 10 take his regular turn.
George Browne. resting az second. was
the only Washington player not in the
argument.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-24
RAW DECISION FOR JONES.
Gets Best of Bout with Young Britt,
but Not Decision.
Special q The Washington Herald

Special O. The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Nd. July 23.-To have the
decision won by a city block and then
have It given against him was what VII
lie Jones the Brooklyn boxer. had hand
ed him in his battle with Young Britt
tonight before the Eutaw Athletic Club
at the Germania Maeunerchor Hall
The mill ended in rough-house affair
In the fourteenth round after the Texas
June Bug. as he was known IN boxing
circles several years ago. raised Britts
hand as the winner on an alleged foul
There was nothing 20 the bout but
Jones. He always made the pace. and
when the June Bug gave Britt the YER
dict Jones simply looked as though he
could not lose. There was not a round
during the contest that he did not have
the better of the exchange Of wallops
and IL appeared as though ii was a
framed affair tor Britt TO win
Though Jones fought cleanly through
Britt continually resorted to his we'll
known tactics OF always claiming q foul,
and with tho aid Of the referee got away
with IL. and good lacing. too.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-24
CRICKET MATCH TODAY.
Practice Game 10 Arouse Interest in
Sport VIII BE Pinned.

The Washington Cricket Club Will play
two inning practice game at their new
grounds in Rock Creek Park this after
neon. starting at O'Clock
1t is the purpose Of the management Of
the club TO stimulate the interest in the
game OF cricket as a means Of afrording
the general public an opportunity to--in-
dulge in an outdoor snort that is both
interesting and beneficial. All who at
tend the game to-day viii be afforded
chance to learn how 10 play the game
Cricketers, or those who may be inter-
ested in the sport. are requested 10 be
present and Maj. w. V JudsOn has
promised 20 have the field, which is stu
ated at the south end of the Brightwood
reservoir, IN perfect condition.
Secretary A. A. SOusa Of the club is
anxious to hear from all who delight in
welding the willow and fielding the red
sphere.