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The Washington times., 1910-11-26
MEYER WOULD GIVE
BACK SUPPLY FUND
ecretary Has Plan to Enrich
Treasury by Nearly
100000.

TIE cash box OK the United States
VIII be enriched by nearly 5000. 900
if the recommendation OF Secretary Of
the Navy Meyer IS followed by Con-
gress-
In his annual report Secretary
Meyer viii reCOmend that the naval
supply fund" now having a value Of
S2.700. 600. be turned over 70 the credit
OF the Treasury Department As II
now stands, this sum IS credited 70
the Navy Depa rtmcnt
This fund wss created in 1893, by act
Of Congress. With a value Of $4,000
OOu. since then II has been increased
by Sle0, 900. II was designed TO be
used as funC from which the Secre-
tary OF the Eer- could draw in the
purchase OF mis- - aneous supplies for
IN fleets and yards.
Secretary Meyer, however, has con-
cluded that by strfcter economy, in line
with his reorganization policy now On
trial, he can get along without the fund.
He expects TO be able % obtain neces-
sary supplies with money appropriated
for specific purposes and not rely upon
such a general. underlined, and lump sum
as the present naval supply fund"
This recommendation is said TO be
practically the nrsC instance in which
Congress is asked 70 turn money back
into the Treasury by the Department
FOR whose use II was appropriated
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
MARTIN FOES SEEK
A PRIMARY SYSTEM
Hope TO Defeat Him by Peti-
tioning for Extra Session to
Pass Law in Virginia.

NORFOLK, Va. Nov. 2l-The hebr
against the reelection OF United Sfsfes
Senator Thomas $ Martin took ceffniTe
form today IN the circulation Of ueri-
tons calling upon Governor Mann 10
convene the legislature in extra Session
for the purpose Of legaIfZing the DR.
mary system OF Virginia
Court decisions TO the effect that the
pure election laws do not apply 10
party primaries have brought the or
pOnents Of the Democratic machine to a
realization Of the fact that there is no
legal redress for repetition OF the
ballOt-bOx stUfGng which marked the
primaries in the Second Concessions
district They desire therefore, the en-
actment of a law which viii insure a
fair expression Of public opinion in the
Senatorial campaign Governor Mann
is understood to be opposed 10 calling
al extra session.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
CAN TELL STORY
Of CRANER CASE
Judge Allows DR.. Hurd to
Give His Version of
Attack.

Denurrers to the plea Of DIT. Lee NJ
Hurd, defendant in a suit for $1,000
brought by Mrs Laura R Cramer for
an alleged assault during the taking
Of the deposition OF Feuton J. Hurd, at
Whailonsburg, y. Y. in August, were
today overruled BY Justice Barnard. OF
the District Supreme Court
In her declaration filed IN September.
Mrs Cramer alleged that DR.. Hurd vio-
iently attacked her. pushing. her against
a bed on which lay the elder Hurd. who
is alleged in another suit to have given
about $4,000 TO Mrs Cramer on rep~e-
sentation that she was a spiritualisrfc
medium and could communicate with
his dead wife
Dr. Hurd's plea to the declaration vas
a recital Of the incidents leading rp 10
the equity suit, together with the al
legations made i nthe petition in that
case He also give his version OF the
alleged attack n the elder Hurd-s bed
room at Whallonsburg.
II wSs claimed that FentOn J. Hurd
who IS eighty-nine years old was -,7f-
fering from a dangerous disease Of the
heart, and that any undue excitement
might cause instantaneous death Dr.
Hurd AYERS that Mrs. Cramcr knew
these facts. but despite that rushed into
the bedroom and exclaimed.
oh, MI Hurdt They've cot You at
last; thacy've got you at last This IS
Laurie. Here I ami
Thereupon Dr. Hurd ella ms he simply
took the woman bv the arm and thrust
her from the aged sick ran, using no
more force than was necessary
Attorneys for the plainttn objected 10
certain portions Of these pleadings, al
leZfnE that they contained f'scandaIous
and impertinept avermentS"
Justice Barnard did not take the same
view Of the case and OVeT-uled the de-
IT95:==er to the Rlea6ings-
tt is expected that the suit viii come
70 trial soon
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
TAFT PICKS HUGHES
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE
Nomination to Be Sent to
Senate Soon After Con-
greSS Meets

President Taft has determined TO ap-
point Justice Charles E Hughes Of the
Supreme Court to be Chief Justice OF
that body
Justice Hughes nomination VIII be
sent TO the Senate soon after Congress
meets.
The President has not yet decided on
how he viii ill the vacancy that win
be caused by the promotion Of Justice
Hughes or the other vacancy now ex-
listing He has been giving this much
consideration, but cannot weT dispose
of the matter now, while he has the full
weigh Of his message on his mind
When he gets I'D Of the message lie
viii 20 into the question Of filling these
vacancies and settle It
As 10 the Commerce Court. II IS be-
lieved the President has pretty well set
tied on whom ne VIII appoint
Fred " Lehman. Of St. Louis. one
OF the greatest lawyers Of the West. Is
said TO be slated TO head the court
The President selected Justice Hughes
for the Supreme Court chief justiCeShiJ
because ne believes him amply quail
ned and because he wanted q man for
that place who Is not too advanced IN
age
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
POLICE DISPROYE
BRUTALITY CHARGE
No Third Degree" Used on
Edward Richards to Ex-
tract Confession.

Thorough INVESTIGATION Of the charges
Of third degree maltreatment, made
by Edward Richards. against the police
Of the Fourth precinct has satisfied
Superintendent Of Police sylvester that
none Of Captain Williams command
was guilty OF subjecting Richards.
while a prisoner, to inhuman treatment.
Richards, who was arrested by Police
man Osterman. Of the HarbOr precinct.
on November i. on a charge Of having
stolen a quantity Of rope from the
Ozark wharf and who was kept at the
Fourth precinct for the harbOT authOI1-
ties. made a public statement yester-
day.
He said policemen had used brutal
methods to force a confession from
him. Jabbing him in the eyes and ours
ing him.
Captain Williams says Richards re-
CeiTed callers the morning after his ar
rest, and showed TO signs OF Ills treat
ment nor made complaint
The attention Of ca plain Williams
was called to the boy, he says when
Dr. SwartOut, one OF tke city's visiting
physicians, was called treat the boy
and said he was feigniI Illness.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
GENTLE DISPOSITION
COSTS FIVE DOLLARS
Mrs. Grover Pays Fine, and
Court Bursts Into
Rhyme

w ny judge 7 yCuldnt harm a fly
But you slammed neT in the eve"
This rae hit from the muses. was
heard IN Police Court today. and was
an extemporaneous ebuIIition' or coIlab-
Grafton by udge Nunowny and Mrs Sal
lie Groves, the latter being on trial for
assaulting Mrs. Lottie Elgin. and ex-
planning how gentle was her DISPOSE
ton
There was q general laugh at the
courts rhyme. and he flushed q little
as ne became conscious Of IL
Aside from the poeticaI phase Of the
e-sse there was a,mass Of conflicting tes-
JiEOny regarding a ueiEhbCThOOd quar-
rel in which the mothers of two young
married women took hand The only
gllllisputed evidence was Lottie EIgin' :
discolored eye
Mrs EiSin lives at Sc L street south
east, and In the house on one side Of her
resides Mrs SaIIie Groves, and in the
house on the other side is MIS-. Ruby
Stande, daughter Of Mrs Groves. It
appeared from the testimony that the
E3Ein and the Stande women got into a
dispute.
The upshOt Of the trouble was that
the Elgin woman came out OF the
fracas with an injured eve. and Mrs
Groves and Mrs Stande were arrest
ed on a warrant charging them with
assault The case against the daugh-
ter was dismissed and Mrs. Groves
was fined 50
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
REGISTRY REFORM
TO EFFECT SAVING
Abolition o f Extra Envel-
Ope System" Ordered
as Economy.

\ saving Of nearly half a million dol
iaFs IN the annual cost Of the registered
man system VIII be Effected, il Is be
lleved, by a change ordered in effect De-
Gem Der 1, 1910, by the Postmaster G;Sl-
eral
The old practice Of reiucIosing regis
tered letters IN what was called regis
continued II has been concluded by the
c-nnl1ttee selected 20 investigate the
I'ssslsJry system that this extra envelope
Is an impeachment rather than help.
by the new order fl is expected that
more prompt dispatch and more rapid
No ndting Of registered matter viii be
possible
Mr. HitchcOcl's order does away with
practice Of fifty years standing in the
united states PostOfdce Department
IN foreign countries how ever. registered
MAJ mas always been handled without
Speclal cover the American postal ad-
nlinistFatIcn being the only one using
the registered package envelope
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
WILL BREAK GROUND
TO BUILD HOUSES
Brotherhood of Garden Me
mortal Holds General
Meeting.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ASACOSTIA. ID. c. NOV. Is

The Improvement Of the vacant GROUND
al the southeast corner OF shannon
and " streets Is about 70 be undertaIz-
en- by local builders Three brick resi-
dences viii be erected. James Afford
vii be the owner.
Another building project Of local in
terest Is the two-story frame dwelling
which J w Honey is having construct
ed at premises zoe Minnesota avenue.
The cost VIII be S1,25o-
Tie Brotherhood OF the Garden Ne
mortal Presbyterian Church heIE a gen
eraI meeting I4zt evening at TN, church.
u Minnesota avenue. Alexander B
Garden the president, was chairman
Speeches were sale by the Rev
George NJ Cummings. the pastor Alex
ander 3 Garden. the president. and 7,
c. Biddle. chair1-Sn Of the entertain
ment committee William A Smell sang
and 2lT. Ceppel, accompanied BY Walter
Sow erbutts- playe- 2 violin solo
Two OF the rle1I s-ho spent Thanks
giving day huniiPs n the woods neaS
are william Moore, aSeC thirty-tTvO.
and Luther Moore. aged eighteen. both
colOred- Each deposited s. collateral for
his appearance in the police court
Policeman J = elliott. who made. the
arrests. has warrants for eight others
who were also in the hunting party.
AnaCOstia Chapter No. =. ROYAL Arch
Nasons, has arranged TO hold meeting
in the AnaCOSJia Masonic Hall corner
OF L and Fourteenth streets. on Mon
day eyening next, when the past and
most excellent degree viii be conferred.
Three candidates viii be presented
Nr- and Mrs James J CIennan haV :
returned to their home on Maple View
avenue after a stay in Vermont Mr.
German IS connected with the Fish
Commission IN Washington which b-s-
reau he represented while in Vermont.
Mrs. Mary Snyder and family. of Rich
moud county, Va have arrived IN Ana
costa in order 10 make their future
home AT 300 Y street.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
LAW STUDENTS DENY
STORIES OF DISORDER

Freshmen Of the Georgetown Law
School are denying that the meeting
for the election OF officers last night
was characterized BY disorder. fist
fights featuring the Excitement"
Interference OF upper cIassmen
caused some trouble, they say, but
there was no rOwdy1sm-
Prof Michael Colbert OF the law
faculty, called tie meeting to order.
and z Wilson was named as tempo
rary Chairm1n- Re took the chair
but soon after rei-nquished IL TO J. c.
Dunn No policemen were called the
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
WANTS HER ROSES
TO GROW ON GRAVE

Mrs. Charlotte N r SWailes pro-
vfded in her VIII, which was fled to-
gay that all her flowers and rose
bushes be planted on her grave.
he VIII then directs that after 3 has
been paid TO her daughter, AdeIi Gray
son, OF PittS0urg, Pa, and a similar
sum % her son, William N Fletcher,
whom she had not seen in more than
thirty years. that the remainder Of her
estate go TO the Rev Paul Griffith, OF
st Augustine Church According to
the priest, the remainder Of the estate
consists Of S125 from insurance policies
and $50 in a bank
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
AIS SUES DISTRICT
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

Suit for $4,000 damages was fled
against the District Of Columbia IN the
Supreme Court today by John 3 Ais
father Of Emmett B. Ais, a six-yeaT-old
boy, who tripPed over & stone on q
sidewalk and was killed. November q,
1909
TIE accident occurred on X street.
between Third and Fourth streets
southwest. 1t is stated In the petition
that the child died Of conclusion Of the
brain and cerebral hem0rrhage.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
LIQUOR MEN PAY
BILL FOR MURDER
GREENFIELD

GREENFIELD, Ind, Nov. ga
jury here has awarded Mrs Alta NJ
Ward a verdict of $4,000 against the
Terre Haute Brewing ComDanv.
Claude f Miller, a saloon keeper. and
David O'DOnnelI, a bartender
The woman declared that these
men sold liquor 10 her husband which
caused him to kill a man named Nc
Intyre. for which he is now serving a
life term.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
D. E. CONROY ESTATE
GOES TO HIS FAMILY

The viii Of Dennis E Conroy. who
died October ., provides for an equal
distribution Of his real estate, valued
at about S30,oe9, among his widow. Mrs
Anna ConrOy, and his three children.
the Rev. Patrick 2 CourOy. OF Balti-
more, John N. COnrov and Anna II
ConrOy, both OF Washington His per-
sonal property is left to Mrs. COuroy.
who VIII also receive a monthly income
in any event from the income Of the
estate
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
VISITOR TO PREACH
AT TRINITY CHURCH

Tire Rev Father James W Collins of
Coronado Beach, Cal. viii preach al
II O'Clock mass at Holy Trinity Church
in Georgetown tomorrow Father Col
Inns, a son Of the late Joseph r. Col
lins, Of West Washington. is now vis-
itiug his mother at her home. 3016 .
street northwest He was formerly con-
nected- with GEORGETOWN College.
The Washington times., 1910-11-26

THAI SIse COR eoc. postpaid large 80
teight times as much), Coo. II your druEgist
don't sell Il. send direct to US. Send Ths
yellow WrapDer from two bottles purchases
from q oruggtst and will give you a FULL
size bottle for nothing WALNUTTA co
18th and Olive st. ST Louis. No Sold b
People's Pharmacy, 7th & Mass. aye, n ~
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
LIGHTHOUSE POST
GOES TO CHICAGOAN

President Taft today appointed George
Warrington. OF Chicago, to be sUPerin-
tendsnt of lighthouse constructiop. upon
the recommendation OF Secretary NageI,
Of the Department of Commerce and
Labor
The Washington times., 1910-11-26
GRAY HAIR RESTORED

Welnu1fa Hair Stain
Restores Gray. Streaked or
Bleached Hair or Moustachs
IIstantaneously- Gives a1v
shade from Light Brown 10
Black Does not wash Or
rub OF Contains no Dos-
sons and is not sticky no
greasy Sold by all drug
Zists. or we vii send Won
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14
REPUBLICANS SCRAMOLIAG
FOR MINORITY LEADERSHIP
VIII Have Trouble IN Agreeing
on Legislative Program for
Coming Session

--.-a..---+aA--.iA-- r fH+'
nv Lonsol Wire.

Washington, Noy9 lfA Republican
congressman ~nb ard arriving here so
make preparations lor ther Families
for tae winter freels admit that, like
their opponents In lAe next house,
they viii haze troubie> in agreeing
Oh a legIslatiyenrograin Tor the com
Ing session. hug Hnilsf 4nsas
i'he pr0greHsiYrs Will not abandon
the tfgnt TO take from the speaker
The power 10 nanie the house commit
tees. nor will taey cease their fight
on Speaker Cannon who, as matter
OF precedent. should be reeognizes
by the majority as the minority lead
er. II is already whispered that ~
yhe next speaker, who, Of course, is
to be a Democrat, treats Cannon as
t'e leader oil the minority the pro-
gressives will raise a protest.
There are some house Republicans.
however, who do not believe that prec
el nj win be followed In tais matter
ana that a lively fight will be made
ior speaker.
Representative Parsons Of New
York, vino bit tie dust last Tuesday,
dues not believe that Cannon win re-
teivc d complimentary vote III the
next house Ire New York member
said that while il had been the Gus
tom 10 honer the speaker with the
cauens nomination. number OF the
mtmbera reelected nad pledged
themselves not again to vote for
Cannon
IL might" he said, @be regarded
Gy their constituents as a breach oi
flith II they yoieq . pay MIR, Can
lnon the compliment" "
Word has been received here al
lthe friends OF Representative Walter
IT, Smith, OF Iowa. hope to captnr.
the speakcrsaip nomination for him
In the campaign Smith was one o
those who found IL convenient 60 dc
clare tat if reelected he would moi
again support Mr Cannon Repre-
sentative Norris OF Nebraska. thS
progressive who led the fght on eau
non last March may be pnt forwlrt
lhy tie insurgents. Norris has quite
la following, and SO las Representa-
ltise Cooper OF Wisconsin. Cooper re
eeiged one vote for speaker al Ia,
tune the present house was organized
lile has sixteen years Of caniinnoni
/ Iseryice TO mis- credit
The name Of Dalzeil OF Pennsyl
Fenia has also been mentioned as al
aspirant The honor is Of virtue Il
that II Tie Republicans should vii
! iA .si2 ii would give the holder a sol
loi mortgage on the speaEership
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14
Fifty THOUSAND MEN
AND WOMEN ARE OUT
While Sixty IhlusaHd Others
are Dependent Upon
Them
wv EFIT tIHT17TI7I
.l.An .n AIl ttAlNu
tI3g LDaseil 1Wife.l

Chicago, M. Npy l44-Stirred to
sympathy ovprsihe nlteons plight oi
nearlyone huniEed tAousand persons
who practically face starvation here
through the strike of forty thousand
garment workers, who have been out
isnce October u tho womens organ
igations Of Chicago are % get behind
lqe toilers u 4 body aud aidain their
fight fSr living. Wages. afiH
This ACTION was torecasted when
Mrs. Raymond Robins, president Of
the W0mans Trade Union League, an
rounced that the Chicago Woman's
club, composed Of many OF thq social
leaders Of the city, had declared their
purpase % lend what aid they could
Teachers TO Pay Weekly.
The first actuh move on the part
Of the Chicago women no heh the
workers came today when four hum
dred memberssof the Chicago Teach
efs federation contributed to the
strikers support and bJuni them-
selfeatp q weeklyass eFsment as slong
AZ the labor war.shall. last.
That the strike Of the farAlenl RTrk
egs p entailing alnosi aetpal star
Nglon upon shs kFtnetb Workers
VINO ai'e out alih tHe1 rrimllies, is be-
coming daily more apparent 80 part
~ relieve the Situation commits arv
stores aud coal yards We're opened Al
which the strikers mas obtain food
aHd fuel at the lowoste epossib1e prices
| lt Is figured tlIat BY this mV8ns the
1 price Of food msy be IN. 20her cont
and The pittances dealt outa TO The
strikers may DE madss tolat hast sus.
tain life nntil Che war shall end aGa,.
occuse Police a Brutality. ors
Ahothes feature Of the 55iruggle
which has led 70 acton and partlei-
pation by Chicago club women In the
strikers war, Is the alleged brutality
a he police fla3 BY day since the
strke began. according to union lead-
ets. The police have crown more cruel
Stlcs Jensen. a t6.yearold picket,
was brought IN With lmr iaw gracinr-
/ ed, hee face cnt and blhiscdaAi AifA seY.
/ eral'0f her teeth knocked On. The
policeman who made tlia arrest de.
eaed tile girl had attacked hlm nua
THAI she Wa Injured Nhlle stfusgline
egahst being placed ia he patrol
wasen This the gifl denies. fshc a.
cares the policeman was beating q
male striker when she cried. anon't
beat him.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understood the enor-
Gus possibilities of Oklahoma. From
an agricultural aud mineral standpoint
the state has but four superlors and
all OF those, bur Texas, Will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
atrides of the new state. Oklahoma al
tords more opportunity for diversified
farming thar a1y other state In the
u niofI sn) we Texas. and area
considered II SURPRISES the Lone star
II all Of Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under eultiva
tion, 1t wotfid present the following
for statistlcians: kfA
More Wheat lands than either Dar
kota. ad agae fghas
More fruit lands than california.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnaH Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can eultis ate as much rice land as
South Carolina.
More gfe te than Vermont New
Hampshire aAd Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
Is secoud In the production OF cotton
from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania. more copper than any
other state save Montana. !,
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces In ltg-
product
Fourth In developed kaolin, the I'm.
est freproof material known to sci
euce.
Second Ia cattle: third in money
products Of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal. and few Of II
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia ard dolomite rock
than all the rest OF th1 states.
Moge.fisers wtsps naMrais drainage
capaedty than any others sfgtpa save
Colorado.
Is sixth In tine production Of pota-
toes.
Is eighth In railway mileage FIRST in
number Of miles In past five years;
hrst In number Of systems started In
1909.
I. has tie mca+ 1eaa1e Climate.
save California. of all the states.
Population estimated It's people puf-
chase more necessities from outside
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14


The state than al other states In
tae Union.
Oklahoma Is first IN production OF
tesnuts.
Second in proauctioncf canteloupes
Third IN the production OF Water
melo J aad seventh In muskmefon pro
luction.
1T is first in tonnage OF alfalfa: third
in money value produced
II is nth in vegetables. With less
man tenth Of the state trying to cul
siyate the garden Aprbdneta
With an acreage OF nftieth Okla
noma Is tenth IN tine production ofn
orchard products.
It ~ tenth IN barley, first II acreage
we're prnpoTtioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
Ieads all others In tho amount OF mon
~ deposited In Its banks.
II Is first In purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any 0the state
growth from 1907 to August ie0.
+ Il has more miles of poAibls gooC
less Improvement on same tiIan any
state west Of the Missouri river.
Producing sufAclen; food stuffs to
supply any three states of The Union
1ur people purchase more from out
side the state, population considered,
than any other state.
II has the third b-st natural park
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma.
chlnery than any state save three. II
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers.
L Is second In The manufacture 81
Portland cement
II - next to Texas In supplying ID.
Galveston wharyes with shipping.
Population averaged. Ii has second
largest church membership than any
other state.
II has inc best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate In the world.
Great az It's cotton production ID
Oklahoma IS twentieth In the output
qf its spindlpsa with no record Of a
is5tan pilll fa4lng to payaa aiejdeDd
9pIspa ly4yhuuG saoais vgan le iAd3
~ w i4tlEif ma n iSta more BaldjR nnTsl
es than than any other two states
without comment on Kenfncky's fame.
Its corporations are more method.
ically dealt With than any o, The states
It Is the only state or the Uuion
Where Emallpog never leads to pes.
Ilenfial crisis.
!, II he moro rstttz Eh.ch taTe
doubled In population since 1906 than
any othPr state of territory wlthln
The Union.