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The Washington times., 1909-03-28
WASHINGTON POLICE
FIND NEGRO MURDERER
Detectives Arrest Julius Robertson Who Is Wanted For
killing Wealthy Cotton Planter at Dallas,
Texas, During the Fair

Julius Robertson. a negro from Dallas.
Tex, was arrested here early this morn
ing, anC is held on a charge of COM
picity in the murder of Frank Wolford.
a wealthy Texas cotton planter on the
streets of Dallas on the night of Novem-
ber II, 1908 A reward of $500 offered bS
the Dallas authorities will be claimed
by Detective Frank Baur, of Washing
ton, who arrested the man on a descrip-
tiOn furnished from Dallas.
In the presence of Detectives BaIr
and Burlingame this morning Robertson
admitted his identity. and told how he
and two other negroes had killed the
cotton planter on -Tovember II last.
The trouble occurred on & Wednes-
day night just after the Dallas fair
about 1890 p. m.," said Robertson. "I
was with Jene Jones and a bov called
Shine. We were walking down Main
street and Shine approached a white
man, who was accompanied by his two
sons, and ask ed him If he die not
want cotton p ekers. The man cut him
off short saying h5 was not looking
for cotton piCkers. The man and his
sons then started down the street.
We three, Jene. Shine, and myself.
walked down behind them.
"Jene ran around In front of the
man, Shine and I following in the
rear. Jene threw a gun down on the
man and told him TO hold up his hands.
The man drew a knife and Shine ran
up and caught hold of him. The man
struck at Shine with the knife.
Jene told the man to drop the knife
and then fired one shot"
Robertson says that he was standing
on the sidewalk with the two sons when
the shot was fired. He and the other
negroes ali ran in different directions
and met about a half hour later at a
railroad crossing. The other two are
now locked Up in Dallas. a reward Of
$500 had been offered for Robertson s
arrest Detectives Baur and Cromwell
learned several days ago that negro
answering Robertson's desc oriptiOn. was
working on a farm in Maryland Just
beyond the District line. Yesterday they
obtained information which led them to
believe that the negro had come to
Washington. All last evening they
searched the business section of the
city in the hope Of seeing him on the
street, and their efforts were finally
rewarded when he appeared at Ninth
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
FALSE ALARM OF FIRE
ROUTS HOTEL GUESTS
In VariColored and Abbreviated Raiment, They Come
Crowding to Ground Floor Only to Find
Flames Confined to Furnace

two hook and ladder trucks. two bat
TALON chiefs, one dsputy battalion chief,
an insurance patrol. and an electric sup
ply truck with a patent automatic
screecher came tearing from all direc-
tons TO the corner of Broadway and
FOrty-thiTd street
Those Sleepers along the route who
slumbered through the noise of the
rumbling engines were routed out by
the screeching. The hote' itself looked
like a Japanese exhibit. The whole
ground floor was filled with men and
girls in pajamas and other fancy dress
costumes and the conveI sation turned
chiefly on the loss of thousands of dol
lars in jewels which everyone had been
in too great hurry to carry off. When
the real firemen arrived they went
through the house and routed out every
one who had had the good fortune to
keep on sleeping.
Meanwhile the hotel fireman had
turned off the hose and the steam had
subsided. The firefghteTs then said a
few kind words to Manager Reid in
which they were Joined by the guests.
after which the latter went back to
their beds.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

NEW YORK, March 2S.-The Great
White Way was reused from its early
morning slumbers today by a "near-fire'
in the Hotel Cadillac. which produced
all the spectacular results usually fol-
lowing in the wake of a full-fedged
blaze. 1t happeued this way: A fire
man. one of the sort who tends steam
heaters, noticing a little smoke rush.
ing out of a furnace door, thOughtlessly
turned a stream of water on it. In a
few minutes he succeeded in generating
more steam than the furnace itself had
ever been known to produce
Naturally the steam began to rise.
1t did this with such rapidity and In
such volume that in a short while the
whole hotel looked like a stretch of the
lower bay in a dense fog
The first person to awake was Man
ager Reid, who, putting into practical
application the old adage. Where there
is smoke there must be fire." turned in
an alarm He did this with such Sue
cess that In few minutes four engines,
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
DEATH CALL ENDS
BRILLIANT CAREER
Thomas Fitzgerald, Promi-
nent in Railroad Circles,
Dies in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. March 2S.-Thomas
Fitzgerald. one of the most popular
railroad men in the country, died at
5:35 o'clock this morning at the Church
Home and Infirmary, on North Broad
way.
For more than forty years he had
been connected with the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and rose from the ranks,
from water boy to general manager. To
the men in the employ of the company
he was known from one end Of the sys-
tenn to the other, and will be affection
ately remembered as -. lS''
1t was IN this brief manner that he
signed orders.
General Manager.
At the time of his death Mr.. Fitz-
gerald was a co-receiver and general
mana Ger of the Norfolk and Southern
railroad, and his headquarters were in
Norfolk, where he had also established
his residence after leaving the service
of the Baltimore and Ohio.
His final illness began early last
was broken down from overwork and
needed a rest of some weeks. His
friends thought that such a course
would result in his ultimate recovery,
anu AiC AtAl 4NOIlOlk on r eDTudlY Il with
the intention of going to Atlantic City
10 recuperate.
Trip abandoned
Upon reaching Baltimore, however,
his condition was considered so serious
that the trip to the seashore was aban-
doned. He was taken to the Church
Home and consultations were held by
the leading physicians. including DR..
l. T. Barker, DR.. William s. Thayer,
DR.. Julius Friendenwald, and DR. w T
Wiley. The cause of his death was
state to be carcinoma of the stomach
With Mr.. Fitzgerald at the end were
his wife, Mrs. Sallie x. Fitzgerald, his
only son, Thomas Fitzgerald, jr, as
sistant general manager of the Cincin-
natl Traction Company, his nephew A
=. Pendergrast. assistant master me-
chanic at the Mount Clare shops. and
charles w. Galloway, superintendent of
transportation Of the Baltimore and
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
]. A. Bennington Dies

Policeman J. A. Huntington, one OF
the veteran members of the force, died
this morning at his hOIue. 622 North
Carolina avenue southeast. aged sew
enty-siX years. He had been i'll with
pneumonia about a week
Huntington was appointed on the po-
lice force January 81. 1861. ana Septem-
ber %, 1873, was made a sergeant. He
was reduced 20 the ranks in 1880
After many years of active duty on
the street he was given ihe post at the
COrcoTan Art Gallery when the new
building was completed. About three
years ago he was transferred to the
Harbor precinct. In point Of service
he was one of the oldest men in the
department He was n ember Of the
Police Relief Association.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

DALLAS. Texas. March 2s.-Chief of
Police Brandenberg received a dispatch
from Major Sylvester. Of Washington,
this morning, stating that Julius Robert
son. a negro, wanted in this city for
completely in the murder Of Frank Vol
ford has been arrested The two other
negroes who were with Robertson when
WOifOrd was killed. were captured short
lV afterWard, and are now in jail await
ing trial. An officer from this jurisdic-
ton will leave for washington as soon
as the necessary papers can be made
out. The $500 reward, which was offered
for Robertson's arrest. viii be paid TO
the Washington police
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

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The Washington times., 1909-03-28
DR.. MILLER LEAVES
ANNAPOLIS PULPIT

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, March &-Dr
George w. Miller, Union veteran and
for six years pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of this city, preached
his farewell sermon today. After a rest
he may resume preaching. DR.. Millers
sermon was an expression OF his con-
fidence in the ultimate conquest by
Christianity OF the forces Of wrong.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

street and the Avenue just after mid
night
Robertson talks freely of the case and
while he denies that he fired the shot
that killed Wolford, he SAYS he knows
they Will hang him when he goes bacx
TO Dallas. He says that he is an ex-
convict, having served two years for
killing a negro named Clay Perry. in
Texas. in May, 1902. he also tells how
he has managed 70 escape the police
dTagnet, into which he has almost fall
len several times since he fed from
Dallas.
About three months ago he went TO
Cleveland, where he stopped at the
home of an uncle. The Cleveland police
learned that he was in the city, and,
going 10 the house where he was stop
ping, instituted what they believed was
a thorough search. Robertson was in
a bed in a room upstairs when the de-
tectives rang the dOorbell. Instead Of
trying TO get out of the house by a
rear entrance, ne crawled down BE-
tween the bed and the side wall, threw
a blanket over himself, and managed
to keep himself in that position while
the police searched the house. When
they came into the room where he was
hiding the detectives pulled the covers
back from the bed, looked under the
bed but failed to see him. He LETT
Cleveland the next day.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
Dies Suddenly.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 2S-
James McConkey, special agent for the
Pennsylvania railroad in this city, died
suddenly early today of heart disease.
He was sixty-five years old.
Mr.. McConkey was formerly superin-
tendent of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk division of the PennsyI-
vania, with headquarters at Cape
Charles. He was made special agent
here after being transferred from Will
Transport In 1907 Mr.. AfcConlIey organ
lied the Philadelphia division Agents
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
Colonel Bradbury Dead

Ohio railroad, and a close personaI ,
friend.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
CLIP WHISPERS
OF NEW TEACHER

FORT WORTH. Texas. March q
Prof L. A. Wiltsey, new member OF
the faculty of Fort Worth College. de-
c'ined TO shave OF his long side Whis-
6eEs when requested TO do so by txu
hundred students
While walking nome from PRAYER
meeting he was approached bv twenty
young men, supposedly students. who
threw him on the ground and clippAa
his ~hiskers- Sewers expuisions arNs
expected
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
HEAR HEWITT LECTURE.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 2S.-Ad-
dressing the Sioux City Academy Of
Science and Letters last night, Prof
Edgar L Hewett, of Washington,
aroused such interest that an archeo-
logical society was organized to in
vestigate Indian mounds in this local
fly.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

Association, becoming its president, and
working for the interests of the men
and the service. He was the originator
of systems for compilation of statistics.
and forms he devised are still n use.
Mr. McConkey was affiliated with the
Philadelphia Lodge of Masons
The Washington times., 1909-03-28

PORTLAND. Me, March 2S.-Col-
Albert w. Bradbury, appointed by
President Cleveland in 1894 as United
States district attorney for Maine, and
distinguished officer in the civil war,
is dead at Bucllheld- He was horn in
Calais in 1910, and was graduated from
BowdOin College in the famous class Of
1860
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
Philadelphia Oyster and ChoD House

b13 1lth St N W Phone Main 1o5o
SPECIALISTS IN SEA FOODS.
Try Our Famous Single Fried Oysters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
THE BON MARCHE, 314-316 Seventh St.

"' machines" confuses aeroplanes with
dirigible balloons. The description ''heaV-
,r-.nan-air machine" to differentiate be-
tween an aeroplane and an apparatus
supported in the air by a gas bag, is al
together too awkward for everyday use.
''Aeroplane" has no poetry in II. 1t SIM
ply describes what the machine is-a
plane or series of planes thrust through
the air by motor. The words "tri-
plane" 'biplane" and 'monoplane' mere
ly distinguish between different types OF
machines Power kite" sometimes used
lacks dignity altogether. In this respect
lair craft" or "aero craft" Is decidedly
better. Sky craft is frankly poetical
The new word that is wanted must have
a ring of poetry in it and be practically
descriptive as well.
In talking of the places where aero
planes lie when they are not III use we
have begun to adopt a French word
hangar 1t is terribly ugly. "Aeroplane
garage" is clumsy. "Airshed" suggests
nothing in particular. An endeavor to
merge the words air and garage" has
produced a Observation-Disclosures Shed
by itself is distinctly derogatory. Aero
usually associated with dirigible balloons
and not aeropanes. Here, too. a new
word will be wanted before country
sport smen begin to have a shelter FOL
their aeroplanes next door to the garage:
of their motor cars.
The new sport is not coming; II Is here
Trailing in its wake Is curious medley
of words. many of them meaningless
Rapidly some new vocabulary must be
forged The wonder of the new spor
demands il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
An Ingenious Bailih.



Some time ago a very rich old Italian
lady died leaving to her heirs q colossal
fortune. She was very pious. and first
Of all laid upon these heirs the obligation
To remit to the Vatican 2.0OO.OOO lire. The
heirs were greatly embarrassed by this
beuuest. They obtained a decision which
~iould put the Vatican in possession of
this legacy, but neither the pope nor Car
uInaI Merry del Val would accept 1t. A
1ailiff was CHARGED with the duty Of
giving notice Of the judgment to the
holy see. He was unable to place this
paper in the hands Of Plus x or in the
hands OF his secretary. He could not APP
proach the holy father, and entrance to
the apartments of Mgr. del Val was pro-
hibited.
He then devised scheme. He learned
thnt the cardinal had gone to battle in
Lake Bracciano, some distance from
Rome. At the moment when the papal
secretary reappeared on the surface Of
the water after a plunge the bailiff was
before the ministerial office to place the
paper under the nose OF his eminence.
but the cardinal. who il an excellent
swimmer made a dive. disappeared and
next took refuge in a bathhouse. closing
the door behind him.
Half an hour later his eminence was
breakfasting at restaurant. The repast
ended he asked for his bill. The garcon
brought II to him and upon the same
plate the cardinal found the official paper.
The garcon was no other than tho bailiff.
His last trick had succeeded. The paper
was served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Bach's Piano.

From the LoRCon tIIOhe.
The Museum Of Munich has just had
built a magnificent copy of the grand
piano Of ]. S. Bach. of which the orig
inal figures in the collection Of ancient
instruments at Berlin. The piano Of
Bach. which had been built according
to his directions for his personal use. Is
a veritable masterpiece of keyboard tech
nique. 1t is a plano with a double key
board, In which there is for each touch
four strings. which can, at the will of
the executant, play or be SILENT as in
the organ. The replica. of the Munich
Museum reproduces faithfully the sonor-
Gus effects Of the original and 1t is to
be regretted that 1t had not been placed
whore the public could hear Bach's music
Just as he played It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
new WORDS OF THE CENTURY
PHRASES AND NOUNS ADDED TO
THE VOCABULARY.
Glossary of Aviation-Language
Makers Busy in Coming Up-to-
Date Sporting Terms.

From the London Mail
Flying. the new sport which has dawn
ed so suddenly upon the world. is already
crying aloud for a vocabulary. Great
concourses devoted to mans new pas
time mise to come thick and fast
upon L. The world thrills to a new
spectacle
The sport of the future is already here.
II has outdistanced the coiner Of words.
This. in itself. is an extraordinary tribute
to the suddenness and completeness with
which the conquest of the air has come.
Men already find themselves talking so
much about 1t that they founder for
want OF new words. The wonderful fly
ing week at Rheims. which opened the
aerial fight in a way tina, nothing has
done before, betrayed the need for a
new vocabulary. Everywhere there was
a confusion of words. Some people went
to the race course for a term TO de-
scribe the aerial contests; others pinned
their faith 10 words taken and distorted
from the language of the sea
Five or six more meetings of the
worlds famous flying men are upon US
and yet nobody quite knows what Il
call the great open spaces upon which
the aerial contests are conducted. Aero
tTOrnc was tDe WOIC dIsely useO 10 De-
scribe the great six-mile course al
Rheims. Ii is not bad word. but II
is clumsy. So far. In England, We have
made a general use of the word aviation
ground" This has the merit OF describ
ing exactly what such a ground is. But
at the same time. il is not clever. II
says In two words what IL should be tbs
ambition To say in one. Many news
paper correspondents, faced with the con
fusion of words at Rheims. made I'll.
best OF bad job. and called the Wild.
expanse Of fiat pasture land an "aeria
race course This was admitted to bt
not at all bad, as II had breezy, pleas
ant suggestion about it, On a similar
line OF thought was the description fly
ing track" But this was not particular,
happy. for il conJured up too wildly tn,
trotting track and the narrow ribbon OF
which running and cycle races are held
IL was a poor description for that splen
did stretch of open country.
Racing and Nautical Terms.
The word "aviatorium" has been sug
gested as being suitable for the purpos,
OF describing the place where aeroplane
come together in contest. 1t is a pain
fully clumsy word. and is not in the leas
picturesque, either Besides, II reall!
means nothing. "Aircourse" Is distinctl
better. But even this leaves much to b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
HERND0N, VA.

Miss Mary Buell. attended the meet Of
the Leesburg Hunt Club at Arcola Sat-
urday. Mr. Charles NJ. Burton visited
his daughter. Mrs. Jacob Groh. for a
few days last week. Miss Kate Lang
has returned to her home In Loudoun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Miss Lille Kappan of Harrisburg and
Luther r. Probst of Wormleysburg. Pa,
were married at Hagerstown. Nd, by
Rev. c. L. Hubbard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Teacher-"Johnnie. how many poles
are there?'
Johnnie-"Two; the south pole and
the new American hagpole. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Miss Mabel Strider entertained a large
party Of friends at her home on Bolivar
Heights Wednesday evening. Misses An
ma and Marian Henkle of Bolivar enter
tanned Halloween party In honor OF
Miss Martin OF Washington, and Miss
Rightstine of Shepherdstown. w. Va. Mr..
c. H. Henkle and bride Of Washington
| are visiting at the home Of his mother.
Mrs. Sue Henkle. near Harpers Ferry.
| DIR. and Mrs. Rudolph Rau of Wheeling
entertained their friends at card party
Thursday evening at the Naples, the
| country home of Mrs. Amelia Rau al
| Bolivar. where they are sojourning. Mr.
Mish Thompson of Brucetown has gone
| to Washington to SPEND some time. Miss
Lizzie Zea of Washington has been visit
| ing relatives and friends at Strasburg
Messrs. Robert and Louis Veach OF
Washington spent the early part of the
week at the home OF their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. s. Veach, at Strasburg. Mr.
I. I'll. Grabill of Strasburg. has gone to
| Washington. where he will spend the
| winter Mr. F. II. Long OF Washington
4 this week DR.. and Mrs. C.. +. Nicholas
| have returned to HarrisOnburg. after
spending some time in Washington and
Strasburg. Va. Mrs James A. Burgess
visit to friends in Washington. Alexan-
dria and Hagerstown, Md. Mr.. Frank
Woodson OF Washington has been visit
ing his brother. Mr.. r. Lee Woodson, in
| Harr1SOnDuTS. LIT. ana MIS-. u. u
Sprinkel of Harrisonburg. who have been
visiting in Washington. have returned
| home. Miss Stella Balthis of Strasburg
is visiting friends in Washington. and
Alexandria Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Steele
of stephens City are spending some time
with friends in Washington. Mr.. and
Mrs William White OF Stephens City are
| visiting relatives and friends in Wash
ington and Hillsboro Va. Mr.. William
| G. Dorsey of Washington spent Sunday
at the home of his mother. Mrs. Annie
Dorsey, in Winchester.
Miss Frances Peyton Page has returned
| from a visit to friends in Washington
and Baltimore. Mrs. Charles p. Jack of
winchester has gone to Larchmont, l.. l.,
| to visit DIR. and Mrs. Willets at their
home there. Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Bowly have closed their house in Win
chester. and left this week for New York
before going to Savannah, Ga. for the
winter. Mrs. Fannie Best of Brucetown
| has gone to Del Ray. Md. on visit to
her son-in-law and daughter, DIR. and
Mrs. r. j. Yates. a dinner party was
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The "Heavier-Than-Air Machine. F"

And then there Is the name for the ma
chimes themselves. The simple term fly
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-08
MARKSMEN GATHER
FOR MEDFORD SHOOT

Medford, Ore, Sept. S.-The crack
shots of America are in Medford par
ticipating in the shooting tournament
which will continue until Saturday af-
ternoon. Among the shooters are
three worlds champions: Fred Gill
bert Of Spirit Lake, Iowa, champion
of 1908 and 1909; Tom Marshall Of
Kettleshurg, ILL.,, who is also fJrmer
champion fly caster of the world, and
Chris Gottleig of Kansas City. Other
crack shots here are: T. Willet of
San Francisco, F. H. Theil and wife
of Tacoma. Charles North of Cleve-
land, H. E. Portion of Chicago, Chas.
Thorpe and wife Omaha; w. S. Pratt,
L. A. Acid and c. A. Haight of San
Francisco; d. King and wife of San
Jose; F. Caldwell and wife Of Port
land P. j. Hollihan Of Twin Falls,
Idaho; j. Forbes of Tacoma; j. Culli-
son and wife of Portland; w. Wells
and wife of Nelson, B. c.; Ed Morris
and wife of San Francisco; T. H.
Turner of San Francisco; Hills and
wife and Ellis and wife of California.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-08
MANTELL-SULLIVAN
FIGHT CALLED DRAW

San Francisco, Sept. Both
Frank Mantell and Jack (Twin) Sui
livan expressed their appreciation to-
day at the decision last night of Har-
~ Foley, who ruled that the fighters
went 20 rounds to draw. Although
Mantell was the aggressor throughout
Sullivan offset Mantell's rushes by
clever left hand work, and soon had
him bleeding profusely from the nose
and mouth.
Mantell, who made a favorable i'm
preston with the fight followers, is at
his best at fighting. He peppered
Srllivan's ribs and stomach until they
were of fiery red color. Sullivan
was much the cleverer of the two. and
by his artful lodging was able to stand
off Mantell's continued rushes.
Young Peter Jackson made short
work of Billy Burke, who was substi-
tuted at the last minute to take the
place of Joe Willis. Willis is i'll Of
tonsilitis. In the first round the mill
ling was even, but in the second Peter
connected with an overland right and
Burke dropped for the count
Percy Cove had the better of his
argument with Joe Leahy and at the
conclusion of the six rounds was given
the decision.