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The Washington times., 1909-04-29

That all the cities along the Missis-
sippi, from New Orleans to St Paul
are liable to attack and demolition
in case of war with foreign power is
the startling information that is now
being disseminated. Not only this
but many of the cities on the tribu-
taries of the Mississippi. such as Coun-
ell Bluffs and Sioux City on the Mis-
souri,; Cincinnati ard Louisville on
the Ohio; and many others are in
like danger.
IT, the deep waterway is completed
from Chicago to the Missigsfppi, then
Chicago self will be in dssHger and
1t would not be difficult for foreign
gunboats 10 get up into the Great
Mississippi and lay waste Milwaukee
and its bre weries, not to mention nu-
inerous other localities
New Orleans Propaganda.
The attention Of the country TO the
danger under which the whole Missis-
slppi valley reposes is being called
by propaganda, which Is being sent
oue broadcast from New Orleans 1t
is part Of a great movement which has
been organized there for the purpose
OF inducing Congress to appropriate
for powerful fortified naval base at
New OrteadS- The arguments used are
ingeniods and interesting. 1t is likely
a good deal will be heard of the prof
ect in Congress the coming regular
session.
1t appears the New Orleans people
have been much wrought UP by the
tax heard IN Congress lately about
the abolishment of the navy station
south of Hampton Roads. They are
taking organized steps to head
this movement off. They also are
displeased over the announcement Of
the Navy Department that it proposes
TO establish q strong fortified naval
base at Guantanamo.
Doesn't Protect America.
II is contended this is nearly 1000
miles from the nearest American
mainland and would not afford ade-
quate defense OF the Gulf of MEXICO,
The Washington times., 1909-04-29

Club, OF Washington. will give a con-
cert at he Young Peoples Building
J. Marriott Hill and A. J. Wedderburn,
both Of the Washington Monument As
sociatiOn, conceived the idea of placing
the large searchlight on the park hill,
a feature that added to the brilliancy
and light of last nights festivities. Mr..
Wedderburn originated the idea Of a
park at Alexandria and also suggested
'Oid Homecoming Week"
Cadets VIII Attend.
The High School Cadet Regiment, ten
companies strong. will be a leading fea-
ture of the homecoming celebration to-
morrow at Alexandria. The cadets will
parade in Alexandria in the afternoon.
Under command OF Colonel Cobaugh,
they will leave Washington by boat to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock, and will
march directly from the wharf 10 tire
parade.
Interest is centered in the cadets, as
this VIII probably be their last ap-
pearance on parade before the regt-
mental cham battle next month.
p NJ. Hughes, assistant superintend-
ent of schools, said this morning that
the arrangements had been completed
and the only hitch viii be bad weather
If II rains, the high school boys will
not march. as their equipment does not
include raincOatS.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
JAMES GETS JOLTED
THROWING THE DICE
Game of Chance Blamed for Downfall of Driver, Ar
rested, Accused of Embezzing From Employer
for Whom He Collected Money

$500. He hurried to the stable with
the horse, he drove after all the c. o.
d. packages had been delivered, but, t
is alleged. he did not go 70 the store
with the cash. He intended turning it
in the next morning.
His killing at dice was the other
mans game. When all was over In
gram boarded a freight train and left
the city. Nothing vas heard OF him
until this morE'ag, when Policemas
Beckley of the Second precinct, ar
rested the negro for Central Office De-
tectives Burlingame and Weldon. who
have a warrant charging him with en-
bezzlement-
Ingram is twenty-seven years old.
and formerly lived at 40 Ridge road
He viii be given a hearing in the Police
Court tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
CROSS WILL HEAD
THE TRIAL BOARD
Commissioners Assign Of
hcers Promoted Because of
Swindell's Retirement.

Acting upon the recommendation of
Major Sylvester, the Commissioners to-
day designated Inspector Francis Z
Cross as chairman OF the police trial
board. vice Inspector SwindeIls, who
VIII retire May L
The following orders, assigning the
officers who will be promoted because
OF the retirement of Inspector Swim
dells, were issued by the superintendent
Of Police this morning:
beginning May /. 1909 Inspector
Francis Z. Cross will report to the
Major and Superintendent. for assign
ment to such duties at headq4 arters and
elsewhere as may be given him from
time to time, in accordance with the
laws and regulations governing the
Metropolitan Police Force OF the Dis
trict.
inspector Richard B. BOYLE will re-
port at headquarters and familiarize
himself with the duties heretofore per-
formed by Inspector Cross.
Capt Daniel Sullivan viii be trans
ferred from the command Of the Second
precinct to the command of the Third.
vice Captain Boyle, promoted.
capt. Charles T. Peck viii be as
signed to the command Of the Second
precinct, vice Captain Sullivan, trans
ferred.
Lieut.. James Hartley will report to
Inspector Boardman, commanding the
detective bureau, for duty in charge Of
that branch of the service at night
vice Lieutenant Peck, promoted
Lieut.. Yulee Hodges, of the Sixth
precinct, Will be transferred to the Sec
ond precinct, and viii report TO Captain
Peck for duty.
Acting Lieut. W. II. Harrison viii
report TO Captain Byrnes. of the Sixth
precinct for duty as lieutenant"
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
REQUEST" NUMBERS
MAKE " PROGRAM

The famous Corstab6iarS Band Of the
Philippines will give special concert
at 4:30 O'Clock thh afternoon in the
Belasco Theat,r. wien a program OF
request mum oers VII be given. The
concert win be the fCurtE recital to be
given by the band IL The Belasco, and
has been arranged In response to re-
quests from many who have heard the
band since It came here for President
Taft's Inauguration. The following pro-
gram has been arranged BY Capt.
Walter Loving, director Of the band;
March. "Gridiron'' ............ Rakemann
Overture, Poet and Peasant .Suppe
(a) Polish Dance Nc. L .Scharwenka
CD Songs OF tie Philippines.
..-..-.-.---.........,.-. EscamiIla
(a) Diversion for clarinet. la SOM
namDula .-.-.-<..-..--....-.-..Bs .BsliinOi
(Sgt Potenciaiio del Rosario)
- .-------.----.. 1radier
(b) La PaiOma .....-.......--..-
(a) EntT Acte Rose Mousse
-----.-..---.... Bose
CD Spring Song -Rubenstein
@-----..s--s----. Boccakar1
(b) First Heart ThrObs..... .Eilenberg
Selections from Carmen" .......... Bizet
(a) Dance Of the Serpents.. .Boccalari
The Washington times., 1909-04-29

The alluring temptations held out by
the Goddess of Chance caused the down
fall of James Ingram. 1t was not the
stock market, the wheat pit. OF the race
track that was responsible foe the woes
of James, who is colored, but just plain
craps.
For several months Ingram had been
employed as a driver for Seventh
street department store. Then he got
in with a naughty crowd Of men who
shook dice and were regular cut-ups.
Easy come and easy CO." thought
James as he was winning. Then luck
turned against him.
At last he decided to make a ''kill-
ing" on January 16. James collected
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
ESCORT Is CHOSEN
FOR THE PRESIDENT
Will Be Accompanied to Petersburg
by Virginia and Pennsyl-
Vania Governors.

PETERSBURG. Va. April 26.-The
A p. Hill Camp Of Confederate Vet
Grams and the Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry Association, together with
Governor Swanson and staff Of Vir-
ginia and Governor Stuart and star
of Pennsylvania, will act as personal
escort for President Taft to Fort Ma
hone, where he viii unveil sixty-foot
monument and bronze statue of Cen
eral Hartranft, on May 10.
The Pennsylvania governor and his
staff will breakfast with the Presi-
dent on the train which VIII take him
to Petersburg and Governor Swanson
will meet the Chief Executive on his
arrival. The escort will carry both
the National and Confederate banners.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29

thousaE.ls Of small rec pinples formed.
On becoming dry, these caused intense
itching. / was advised 20 20 to the
hospital for diseases Of the skin. 1 did
so and was an out-Patient for a month
or more, the chief surgeon saving: Il
never saw such a bad case Of eczema
But l got little OF no relief. Then
tried many so-called remedies, but be-
came so bad that l almost gave I'd in
Despair. On coming to this country I
heard so many accounts Of cures by Cuti-
cura Remedies that / resolved. as a
last resource, to give them a trial. This
was after suffering agonies for twelve
months, and right glad am that 1 did
SO, for 1 was relieved Of the almost un-
bearable itching after TIVE or three
applications Of Cuticura Ointment.
continued its use, combined with a
liberal use Of Cuticura Soap and Cutf-
cura Resolvealt Pills and am more than
thankful to say that after using three
sets Of the Remedies, I was completely
cured. can only add that, should any
one be suffering as I did, / hope that
they viii do as I did, and am sure Of
the results. Henry Searle, 2O22 Cross
ST.. Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 8 and 10. or
Complete External and internal Treatment for
Every HcTno- Of Infants, Children and Adults con
slsts OF Cuticura Soap (25c) 70 Cleanse the Skin
Cuttcur2 GSntment f50c) 70 Heal the skin and Cuti
Coated Pills Soc per vial Of COZ TO Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp. Sole Props. BOstan. Mass.
as-Aatled Free. Cuticu-s Book On Skin Diseases.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
BEER IN CORNERSTONE.

GARY, Ind, April 2,-The cornerstone
of the new city hall. costing $4,000. was
laid with ceremonies I'm which all the
city authorities participated. Memen-
ties OF the history of the town were
sealed and placed in the stone, and
among them was = bottle Of beer from
the last saloon tiiat closed under the
local option law.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
GOOD ROADS ELECTION.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, April 2s.-For the
purpose OF allowing the voters Of
Bethesda dirtrict to decide whether they
are willing for a bond issue Of $25. 900 for
road Improvement in that district. the
county commissioners today issued a
call for a special electCon TO be held
Monday, May Il. and appointed Messrs
NJ Wilson Offutt. Alexis B. Morrison.
and Mahlon H Austin judges. and Ira
H. Fill clerk, to conduct said election
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
INDIAN LECTURE.

z. II. Henderson VIII deliver an ad-
dress at q meeting Of the Washington
Indian Association, to be held at the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. z. II. Corson,
1476 Clifton street, tomorrow afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. The meeting win be Npen
to all those interested in the Indians
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
CHAMPION SWIMMER TO WE'D

NEW YORK, April 29.-The. engage
ment Of Charles NJ. Daniels. the cham
pion swimmer, to marry Mrs. c.. o.
Wagner daughter Of the late +. II.
Goodyear, OF Buffalo. has been announc-
ed here. Mrs. Wagner, who resides at
the Hotel Plaza. inherited a fortune at
the death Of her father.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
GETS DAMAGES FROM WOMEN

ATLANTA. Ca, April 29.-Because
they whipped J. II. Bailey. principal of
the high school at Canon, Ca, and
forced him 20 leave town, fourteen
women Of that place have agreed 20 pay
him 400 in settlement OF a $4,000 dam
age suit. Bailey, IL Is alleged, had made
derOgatOry remarks about all Of the
women IN the case
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
DEAE MUTE WEDS-

MIDDLETOWN. Nd. April 2s.-Adol-
phus +. BomhOff. of Baltimore, a deaf
mute, and Miss lola May Flair, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Harry Main, this place, were
married at the home OF the bride by
the Rev. George A. Snyder, of Christ
Reformed Church.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
DIES SOOTHING BABY.

CHESTER, Pa, April 2s-Mrs. Sarah
O"NeiIl of Knowlton, near this city
died suddenly of heart disease as she
was soothing her little grandchild to
sleep, and was found beside the infant $
crib.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29

III y SCuIl 6hl4
on my a-kles and
feet. Tho same,
IN q few DAYS,
was the case with
my arm s a n d
scalp. / C o uld
hardly keep from
scratching, which,
/ need h ardiy
say, m a de 1T
W o s e. Then
large red patches
appeared, with
infla n m alton
and S oren e S s.
After fan davr
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
DANISH PRINCE WEDS-

BERLIN, April 29.-Prince Harold Of
Denmark, third son of King Frederick.
was married today at the Gluecksburg
Castle to Princess Helena of Sender
burg -Gluecksbur
The Washington times., 1909-04-29

Booths Laxative Pills: a joyous, new
and better laxative. one trial proves it.
70 cents at Henry Evans.
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
CURE FOLLOWED
YEAR OF AGONY
intense Itching Eczema Drove Him
Nearly to Despair ChiefSurgeon
Of a London Hospital Called It
Worst Case He Had Ever Seen
Got LifIe or No Relief Until
CUTICURA STOPPED HIS
UNBEARABtE TORTURE

"A5cu1 ftSSSr years ago, In London. I
vas troUoled bS severe itching and
The Washington times., 1909-04-29
Alumni Reunion Tonight.

A reunion OF the old students OF St
Johns Military Academy is the big
sfent for tonight. SO far as indoor en-
tsrtainment IS concerned. There are
q number of the "Old St. Johnsters'' in
Alexandria now and il will be a merry
gathering that recounts tales OF the
olden days AZ Odd Fellows Hail, AT one
TIME occupied by the academy, at the
banquet tonight.
At o'clock tonight the Masurgia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-21
Who Supports the Wife?

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a de-
bate the other day in New York, the
question being, do husbands sup
port their wives?" Rev. Anna Shaw
said that they did not, but that In
this semi-civilized country in thirty
eight of the States the title to the
children rests, not in the mother
but in the father. Women cannot
legally possess their own children nor
their own clothes. The more work
a woman does the less her husband
gives her. Mrs. Gilman said that II a
stenographer earning $25 a week
married an invalid and he stayed
home and did the work while she
made the money, people would say
she supported him, and logically the
wife doing the same thing was sup
ported. The audience, however,
voted in favor of the proposition OF
Dr.. Shaw.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-21
Coin Curiosities.

Among the early Roman copper
coins was one that weighed nine and
one-half ounces and must have
proved inconvenient small change for
the Roman matron when she went
shopping. China of all countries, an
cient and modern, exhibits the great
est variety in the matter Of coins.
The earliest money on record, about
1000 B. c., consisted Of shells and
cowries. The cowry was used for
small change, while tortoise shell
and purple cypraea shells, the latter
ranging in size from a few inches to
a foot and a half in length. repre-
sented money of a higher value. A
decrease in the supply of shells and
increasing prosperity called for a
more handy medium of exchange, and
cash, the coin with a square hole
in the centre, came into existence
and remains in use to this day.
Among the earlier Chinese coins
was one of porcelain about three
quarters of an inch in diameter and
a quarter of an inch thick, bearing
the legend Eternal Prosperity" A
very curious knife money was at one
time used in the State of Isl. 1t was
of copper, shaped like a bill hook,
about seven inches long and fitted at
the end with a ring. During periods
of metal scarcity in China iron, lead,
tin, baked earth, grain, silk, and
shells have been used as a circulating
medium.
In Japan an iron coinage, begun
about 1886, has existed up to the
present day. A curious coin made OF
a mixture of silver and copper was
long in use in Japan. 1t varied in
size from a small pea to q large bean.
Lead coins were also used there for
five centuries. Glass was employed
as a substance for coin for many GEN.
turtles in Egypt, while wooden money
is mentioned in many of the Buddhis-
tic writings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-21
An Oyerbalanced Want.

The vicar of a large country town
in England visited a parishioner, a
widow, seventy-five years old, who
had lac ten children, all of whom ex-
cept one daughter had married and
left her. Now this daughter also was
about to be married. The old lady
would then be left quite alone, and
the clergyman endeavored to sympa-
thize with her. well, Mrs. Higgins, "
he said, you must feel lonely now,
after having had so large a family"
Yes, SIR" she said, 81 do feel it one
some. I've brought up a large fam
lily, and here I am living alone. An
! MISSES 'em an l wants 'em; but
misses 'em more than I wants EN-"
--Bellman.
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Temperance Notes.

Wisconsin has $50 towns where
LIQUOR selling Is prohibited.
It is the duty of every total alb
stainer to discourage drinking every
where.
The clients of the bum factory
seem to supply more than their snare
of patrons for the bomb factory.
Here's what is meant by cause and
effect: 1.-The county jail in Macon
Mo-, is empty for the first time in
twenty years." Macon County has
been "dry" since July l. kansas
City Times.
The liquor laws are said by some
to be ahead Of public sediment.
That" responds the Boston News,
sis what's the matter with the Ten
Commandments. too"
1t develops that the tax or Two
cents per barrel which the United
Brewers Association recently decld-
ed to place on beer is to create a
fund with which to fight prohibition.
So far-reaching is the saloons evil
influence that in some instances the
law against the traffic has failed, for
the reason that the c%orrupting 1nhu-
ence of the dram shop at times
reaches the inner precincts of justice
and subverts all law.
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Getting Away From Oneself.

David Grayson writes an interview
with a drunkard in the American
Magazine. The drunkard explains
why he sometimes wants liquor, and
Mr.. Grayson tells how men who new
er touch liquor r sometimes just
as much intoxicated.
The drunkard is speaking:
Every day / work, work, work. !
have friends, but somehow I can't
get to them; I can't even get to my
wife. 1t seems as If a wall hemmed
me in, as If I were bound to a rock
which 1 couldn't get away from. l
am also afraid. When I am sober I
know how to do great things, but I
can't do them. After a few glasses
Il never take more-N not only
know I can do great things, but I
feel as though 1 were really doing
them"
But you never do?" u
mo, 1 never do, but I feel that I
can ALI the bonds break and the
wall falls down and I am free. I can
really touch people. I feel friendly
and n~eighborly."
He was talking eagerly now, try
ing to explain-for the first time in
his life, he said-how it was that he
did what he did.
He told me how beautiful it made
the world, where before it was mis-
cradle and friendless, how he thought
Of great things and made great plans,
how his home seemed finer and bet
ter to him, and his work more noble.
The man had a real gift of magma
tion and spoke with an eagerness and
eloquence that stirred me deeply. I
was almost on the point of asking
him where his magic liquor was to
be found! When he finally gave me
al opening, I said:
II think I understand. Many men
/ know are in some respects drunk
ards. They all want some way to esl
cape themselves-to be free Of their
own limitations"
That's it, That's it," he ex-
claimed, eagerly. \
We sat for a time side by side, say
ing nothing. l could not help think
ing of that line of Virgil referring to
quite another sort Of intoxication:
with voluntary dreams they cheat their
minds"
Instead of that beautiful unity Of
thought and action which marks the
finest character, here was this poor
tragedy of the divided life. When
fate would destroy a man it first sep
arates his forces! 1t drives him to
think one way and act another; it en-
courages him to seek through out
ward Observation-Disclosures drink or
riches, or fame-a deceptive and un-
worthy satisfaction in place Of that
true contentment which comes from
unity within. No man a be two
men successfully. &
Most of u.s." I said finally, ARE in
some respects drunkards. We don't
give it so harsh a name, but we are
Just that. Drunkenness is not a mere
matter of intoxicating liquors; 1t
goes deeper-far deeper. Drunken
ness is the failure of a man to con-
troll his mind"
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The CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
"Oh the Wagon Again"

"Of the wagon AGAIN.
l dreamed that I dwelt in IN isle Of
In the midst Of a lake of champagne,
Where bloomed the mint julep in meadows
green,
Amid showers of litbia rain:
I reclined on a divan of lager beer foam,
With a pillow of froth for my head,
While the spray from a fountain OF spark
Descended like dew on my head.
From far away mountains of crystalline
ice,
A zephyr, refreshing and cool,
Came waiting the incense of sweet mus
That sparkled in many a pool.
My senses were soothed by the soft, purl-
Of a brooklet of pousse cafe,
That rippled along over pebbles Of snow
To a river of absinthe frappe.
Then, lulled by the music of tinkling glass
From the schooners that danced on the
deep,
I dreamily slipped a highball or two, 81.
And ~languidly hoated to sleep.
With a bolster as hard as a brick,
A wrench in my back, a rack in my head,
And a stomach detestably sick.
With sand in my eyes and a grit in my
throat,
Where the taste of last evening still
chung,
And felt a bathtowel stuffed into my
mouth
Which / afterwards found was my
tongue, .
And I CROPPED for the thread of the evening
before, =
In a mystifed maze of q brain,
Until a great light burst upon me at last,
@Im off on the wagon again"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-21
To be Continued.
In America One Hour.

Because he forgot to tell his wife
he had placed a very valuable dia-
mond ring in an old snuffbox which
they left behind, Janos Van Cleef,
formerly of Amsterdam, and in the
near future of st. Louis, sailed yes
terday on the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
one hour after he and his wife had
arrived on the Holland-American
liner Ryndam.
The Ryndam arrived at Hoboken
at 8 o'clock, and Van Cleef was the
first passenger ashore. An hour later
he was on the deck of the big Kron-
prinz waving goodbye to his wife on
the deck Of the Ryndan, a few piers
above.
When he reaches the other side Mr..
Van Cleef will hasten to Amsterdam,
and expects TO be detained there just
one hour, when he will hurry to the
nearest seaport, and continue his in
terrupted journey to st. Louis. He
will then have crossed the ocean three
times in a month.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-21
A Little Sermon on Drink.

In the first place, it is injurious
physically, mentally and morally.
In the second place, it deceives its
victims to all kinds Of perils.
Thirdly, it invariably leads to other
sins. ." -
In the fourth place, it exposes its
victims, and that without exception.
Filthy, there can be no question
that it weakens the will. The one
who takes n glass is not as able
to refuse the second as he was to re-
fuse the first.
Sixthly, the only safety is in total
abstinence.
Seventhly and lastly, in order to Sc
cure total abstinence for certain, the
prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic beverages is a neces-
sity.