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The Washington times., 1910-07-10
Ceremonies to Be Held at
Vermont Avenue Christian
Church Monday Night.
RECEPTION FOLLOWS
FOR NEW DIRECTORS
Six SuperinRndents Of Depart
ments viii Be Named at
This Meeting.

Monday evening al g O'Clock at the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church new
officers viii be installed for the District
Christian EnGeavor Union.
The installations VIII be made by DR..
5. II woodrow, pastor OF the Church
L. p Gates. the incoming president.
has served for two years as vice presi-
dent Of the union where his work in
the campaign for the erection OF an In
ternationaI Christian Eudeavor build
ing at Boston has brought the local or
gauIzatiou into prominence for its sup
port Of that project
AIr. Gates Is a graduate Of George
washington University Law school and
has always been an enthusiastic adj
mirer Of that institution
The new vice president, D. O.. Davis,
is now president OF Mt Pleasant Con
greEatiunaI Society. which ranks as one
Of the most active societies ln NJ a@--il45-
ton
FI1raca. n Gilman continues his work
as secretary OF the union He IS also
treasurer of Calvary Baptist Society
Miss Virginia l. raymond the new as
sisJaut secretary has served Ior ~.
wears at the head OF the union s music
department In the Ninth street Chris
tfau Church her work as super lnteHdeIlI
of the intermediate Christian --uletFD-
-TCIrerT mas DFfH very la-lL.-aA-
The incoming treasurer. r. J. " ailaer-
has served for four years as treasurer
.rf the Christian E-uGeavor society OF The
Church OF che Covenant which society
has tie sole support or the Rev J. 81.
Henry IN China
The Rev. Z /. Beauchaup, the new
pastor of the Mt Tabor 81 T. tlurc1-
vii conduct the devotional service,
and w r Braltlawaire VIII have
charge OF the singing
The retiring officers VIII make -Eeir
annual reports 10 the union and the
frfges. who have examined the songs
presented be- the contest for a District
Christian EudeavaT song VIII render
their decision.
After the installation Of the new
officers the president viii announce
his appointments uf six superin-en-
dents OF departments
The meeting viii be followed By a
reception 20 the new officers in the
Sunday school assembly room OF the
church
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
MERCHANTS APPROVE
CONVENTION PLAN
Respond Generously To-
ward Expense of Securing
Big Annual Gatherings.

Members Of the Chamber OF Com
merce are much Eratifed over the sue
cess Of obtaining the 1913 convention Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engiuemen, believing that the
delegates will spend several hundrd
thousand dollars in Washington
It is freely predicted by the members
OF the convention committee that there
VIII be upward Of $500 delegates and
visitors TO this convention, the brother
hood having a membership Of l51G15-
The convention lasts from twenty 10
thirty days. and each delegate is al
lowed s. a day for expenses IN addition
20 pay for mileage. Another financial
return is that each days proceedings
OF the convention IS printed in book
form and distributed among the dele
gates
The reason that the conventions last
so long is that TWO or three years bust
ness is permitted TO accumulate
Members Of the Chamber Of Commerce
believe Washington was fortunate IN
landing the convention. and say that IL
only shows what can be done in that
regard
Tne businessIfke way Of securing con
veutiOns has been preached for years
by SUCH men as Otto Luebkert. John L.
Weaver. William E Sampson, William
F. GUIDE. D J. Callahan, H c. c. Stiles.
A. G. Moses. Granville N. Hunt. A. Lis
ner. Thomas Grant. G. J Bell James
F. Oyster. and others Of the progressive
element of the city
Nessrs. A Lisaer and D J. Callahan
report that hotel men, merchants. and
others have responded generously 10 the
call for funds TO boost the convention
getting propaganda
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
ACCUSED Of PASSING
SPURIOUS CHECKS
Dankberg Wears Med
ais for Bravery When
Arrested in California.

Los ANGELES. Cal. July ia. V.
Dankberg. formerly a major in the Ger
man army and later an officer in the
British army during the BOer war, Is
under arrest here today on "a charge of
passing bad checks DankberG Is said
to have been living at the best hotels
and in other ways giving the appearance
Of having plenty Of money. He is said
10 have been trying for several days to
obtain enough money TO return to Ger
many
4 receipt slip in his pocket showed he
had engaged q berth on the steamship
Pennsylvania which sails from New
y oTk in two weeks 10 Hamburg. The
man showed proofs Of an excellent mill
ltary record in both the German and
British armies and wore medals for
bravery on the field Of actions.
The detectives who made the arrest
say that Daukber- is a remittance man.
but that the TemittanCes have been re-
Gently stepped.
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
DEAFNESS CURED
q have demonstrated that
deafness Can be cured"
DR.. Guy Clifford Powell.

The secret OF how TO use the mysterious
and invisible nature forces for the r-rrra Of
Deafness and Head Noises has at last been
discovered by TIE famous Physician Scientist
Noises diSapPear as II by magic under the
use Of this new and wonderful discovery re
VIII send all who suffer from Deafness and
Head Noises full information how +l7ez- - -,
cured absolutely free. no matter how lon
they have been deaf. or what rs-5sa7 +l,af~
deafness This marvellous Treatment Il s.,
simple natural and certain that y-ou v-f1I
wonder why x was not discovered before
Investigators are astonfshed and cured ra-
tents themselves marvel at the Quick results
Any leaf person can have full i1foruatio-
how 70 be cured quickly and cured TO staw
cured at home without investing a cen-
Write today TO Dr. Guy Clifford Powell ssq4
Bank Building Peoria. III, and ees FUR In
formation OF this new and wonderful disco
erY. absolutely free.
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
AGED WOMAN TAKES
DEADLY ACID DOSE
Mrs Fannie Hopkins, Seventy-six,
DeSpOndent Over Losses, Com
mitS Suicide.

Dependent over financial matters
Mrs Fannie Hopkins, seventy-six. com
mitted suicide this morning at the home
OF her son, Frank D Cable, 24f2 Yer
mont avenue, by swallowing a quantity
Of carbolic acid.
The aged woman was found BY her
aUshter-iu-Iaw lying on a couch in her
room, breathing heavily. shortly after
9 o'clock A tumbIer from which the
woman had drunk the acid was stand
ing on a table
Recently Mrs Hopkins lost about $4,000
which she had invested in LeadviHe
Col, real estate Since her loss, reIa-
uves say, the woman had been despond-
enL
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
VAST HERDS OF ELK
GRAZING IN DETROIT
Twenty Thousand Reach
City Today and Are Be
ing Royalty Received.

DETROIT. Mich. July lot is estf-
mated that 21GdO EIks arrived in town
today.
Twenty special trains, besides the
REGULAR trains and boats have arrived.
landing their herds.
Every delegation is met at the depot
by the Detroit Lodge drill corps, under
command Of Capt John Colquehouu. and
escorted TO their various headquarters.
The officers Of the Grand Lodge and
their ladies were taken 10 the Country
Club today, where they viii be served
with lunch, and this afternoon q recep-
ton VIII be arranged for the visiting
delegation in The EIks Temple
The real opening Of EIks week viii
be al o'clock tonight when the lights
al over tire city viii be turned on.
Detroit has never been so beautifully
decorated as e IS for EIks week
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
May Partition Hanchuria.

Back in July, 1s1.. there was a con-
ventiou between Russia and Japan by
which each nation undertook TO respect
the existing territorial integrity Of the
other. and all rights accrUing 10 each
nation by reason OF agreements with
China.
This convention marked long step
toward a better understanding between
Russia and Japan Since then they have
been growing into "a closer understand
ing. American diplomacy has been able
10 accomplish nothing substantial TO
prevent them from getting q Grmer and
GrmeT hold on Nanclurla- Whether in
time they viii actually partition Man
ChuTia is a matter OF speculation Many
believe they viii do So The United
states does not like the arrangement.
but cannot help itself and viii not OBJ
jeCt-
Still another phase Of the matter is
that Japan. relieved Of the danger Of
trouble with Russia over the far East
ern situation. VIII De in better position
to deal with the United States when il
comes to renewing the treaty which VIII
expire an about two years
That she viii take a more aggressive
stand as 10 securing rights under the
trea ty. especially the right Of iumiETJ-
ton, IS looked on as not at all unlikely
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
MAN HOLDING BABY
DROPS FROM BRIDGE

DEROTT. Mich. July 10-An uniden-
titled man with a baby in his arms
dropped or Belle Isle bridge early this
morning He was seen by several men
and women standing on the bridge
Hsrbormaster Ellison is dragging Tor
the bodies.
The Washington times., 1910-07-10

here is that Japan relieved Of the n O
Of deVoJiUE most OF her Jime TO watch
ing Russia in Nauchuria. viii feel free
TO exert herself more than ever TO aC-
quire a greater hold on China and on
the commercial opportunities Of China
Secretary Knox Is being blamed iD
some quarters for the new agreement
between Japan and Russia II is urged
that II this country had been Jess aE-
EreSsive in trying TO have a hand IN
ManChuTiau affairs, Russia and Japan
would not have been driven together
It IS fair TO say. however. that Elihu
Root, as head OF the state Department
was not successful in preventing
steady tendency toward a harmonious
understanding respecting MauChuria on
the paTr OF RUSSO and Janan.
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
At ERNOON RALLY
HELD BY CHURCHES
AGO sta Congregations
Unite in Services on
Christie Lawns.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA. u c.. JULY 10


Churches in Anaccstia, which have
united for the purpose Of holding
sunday Afternoon rallies on the Christie
lawns, on Good Hope road, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, ar
ranged 10 conduct the first meeting
FOR mea this afternoon Il was
Planned 70 have g snort sermon each
Sunday afternoon. with special music
This afternoons speaker is the
Rev. N. p Egar che assistant pastor
speakers are announced As follows
The Rev willard G. Davenport and
the Rev. Karl Block. OF the Emmanuel
Protestant Episcopal Church. July i;
the Rev George n Cummings. - the
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church,
July % the Rev. DR. J. b Clayton, Of
the Baptist denomination, July 3f; the
Rev samuel W Graflin, OF the Ana
costa Methodist Episcopal Church,
August 4
Twilight services wiz be held on the
lawns of the AnacOSJra BapiiSL
Church this evening beginning at 6-45
o'clock the Rev Frank l. Bardens,
the pastor, Officiating
Clarence Smell, who has been asso-
Cfated with the work OF the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church Tor
many years. viii shortly leave for
with the Government III the 1ndlah
serviys at Riverside
a dog supposed 10 be suffering from
IA bfcs was shot and killed last night
nv Policeman Brooks The dog was
owned by Thomas narrower. OF NaE-
Tor road. and had attacked both Nh
narrower and his small SON The son
v-s-s bitten about the cheeks Mr.
Farrover. who went 20 his assls lance
was bitten on one leg
Sergt Charles A. stevens, Of the
Eleventh precinct. is on leave and Is
enfrvinE a vacation at Norfolk, Va
James Frank. desk clerk Of No II
station Is also on leave The force
here has q new member to take the
place Of = G. Heide. transferred TO
Georgetown the new man being j. ".
Kite. who was transferred from the
<'0u-tL precinct
z Fl. Deitz. a tailor. whose place Of
business il at 1913 Good Hope road,
has reported 10 the police OF the local
station that following the visit OF
Criored man 20 his store sack coat,
valued ~ IS, was stolen
4 lawn party viii be given under
tie auSuices OF St Teresa's Church
beginning July Is. on the grounds OF
St Teresa's Farochial school The
intention is 10 provide funds with
which to equip another school room in
the parocnial building. which IS over
crowded with the scholars An addi-
tiCuaI teacher also VIII be brought
here
The Washington times., 1910-07-10

They VIII Be Installed on Mon
day Evening at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, Following Which
a Reception VIII Be Held for Them
IN the Sunday School Assembly
Room.
The Washington times., 1910-07-10

z n. DeitZ. a tailor. whose place OF
business i at 1913 Good Hope road,
has reported 10 the police OF the local
station that following the visit OF a
Cofored man 20 his store a sack coat.
valued ~ IS. was stolen
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
Indirect Effects OF Pact.

The Indirect effects Of the pact be
tween Russia and Japan are likely to
- OF the utmost moment II IS notice
able that IN foreign capitals the new
treaty is generally interpreted as being
aimed at the United States which has
Tor years been seeking 10 bolster uD
China and prevent any outside nation
Settlns undue influence over II likewise
70 urlnS ABOUT and preserve equal com
nasrclal opportunity in China one view
The Washington times., 1910-07-10

Twilight services viii be held on the
lawns of the Anacostfa Baptist
Church this evening beginning at 6-45
o'clock. the Rev Frank l. Bardens,
the pastor Officiating
The Washington times., 1910-07-10

Clarence Shell who has been asso-
Ciated with the work OF the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church for
many years. viii shortly leave for
California He VIII accept q position
with the Government in the indian
serviI. at Riverside
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15

Pittsburg April 12.-The promised
sensation in the graft crusade came,
and even Pittsburg, accustomed as 1t
Is to revelations of moral turpitude on
the part of it's leading citizens. Is as
tonished The Grand Jury indicted the
following
Frank N. Hoffstot, president Of the
German National Bank Of Allegheny.
and president of the Pressed Steel
Car Company.
Emil Winter, President of the Work
ingmen's Savings Bank & Trust Co..
Of Allegheny.
Another sensation followed. In open
court President Winter acknowledged
the truth of the charge that he had
given $4,000 to bribe former Council
man Morris Einstein, by saying that he
had no defense to Offer Sentence was
postponed.
The indictments against Hoffstot
include two counts of bribery and one
of conspiracy to defraud the city. The
presentment reads that Hoffstot shall
be ordered to appear as witness, land
In case he does not do SO Immediately
that the District-Attorney of Ale
gheny County proceed forthwith to
extradict him"
Hoffstot is accused of paying $62 800
to Charles A. Stewart. former Coun-
Gilman, to adopt an ordinance naming
three banks in which Hoffstot was in
terested, as the repositories Of city
funds.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15
RELIGIOUS FANATIC
MURDERS PREACHER
Frank Skala, Editor of a Pitts.
burg Periodical, Is Shot Down
by a Russian
ELDER ALSO MORTALLY HURT
Holds Congregation at Bay with Two
Pistols and Escapes by Selling
Farmers Horse and Buggy Under
Threat Of Death.

Pittsburg, Pa. April 1.-THE Rev.
Frank Skala. editor Of the Christian
Journal, a Belgian religious publica.
tion, after preaching a sermon in the
Second Presbyterian Church Mission
at Woods Run, North Side. was shot
dead as he stepped outside the church.
by Michael Rewdicz, Russian religi-
GUS fanatic, who also tried to kill Eld-
er John Gay Of the church mission.
Gay Is in hospital with three bull
lets in his body. The murderer es-
capped.
Mr.. Skala has been considered the
leader of his people In Western Penn
sylvania. Last Sunday Pastor Andrew
Kovac announced that Editor Skala
would occupy the pulpit in the pas
tors absence. The little mission was
crowded. Rewdicz, who is understood
to belong to many Russian societies.
attended the services He took excep-
tion to Skala's sermon, and rising, de-
manded in loud voice that he be
heard.
Il will answer your questions after
church and outside the church." said
Mr.. Skala. Rewdicz sat down, and
Skala appeared to forget all about the
incident, for when the service was
over he left the building with Elder
Gay. Both had been invited to take
dinner with one of the parishioners.
They were passing among about $50
members of the congregation who had
stopped to chat when RewdicZ came
to meet them.
What can l do for you, my good
friend" said Mr.. Skala, attempting to
seize Rewdicz by the hand. The Rus
sian was excited and continued to ges-
ticulate and planting himself in front
OF Mr.. Skala, he pulled a revolver
from his pocket and shot him through
the breast.
Mr.. Skala dropped dead. AS Gay
started to run he was shot through
the back. Gay lay apparently dead.
but Rewdicz shot him twice more.
Many persons were trampled in
their haste to get away when the
crazed man began shooting. A few
remained near and some threw stones
at Redwicz, who waved his revolver
threateningly as he backed up the
steps into the little church. A crowd
Of 500 soon collected. but the murder
or held them all at safe distance
with his revolver. At the end of half
an hour. with a revolver in each hand.
he stepped out Of the church doors.
drove the crowd away and started for
the street car line. The crowd chased
him for few blocks and he turned
and fred several shots. He soon came
up with farmer in a buggy and Or
dering him to alight he took the We
hicle and fed into the country. Late
in the afternoon the horse was found
wandering five miles from North Pitts
burg.
Redwicz came to America two
years ago and in March came to Pitts
burg. He Is thought to have become
demented over religion and Russian
secret societies.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15
ADMITS SPRINGFIELD MURDER.
Spencer Confesses- That He Killed
Miss Blackstone.


Miss Blackstone.
Springfield. Mass. April 11.-Ber-
tram G. Spencer. the young man who
was arrested confessed that he was
the murderer of Miss Martha b. Black
stone as we'll as the masked burglar
who terrorized the women of Spring.
field for the last two years.
Spencer declared to the police that
he was utterly devoid Of conscience.
and that he never felt the least COM
junction in using revolver to attain
his ends.
He made the further assertion that
he had pursued his career Of crime
simply as pastime and not because
of desire for profit from his rob-
berries.
The prisoner said he had always
stolen. and that he attributed the
mania to steal to hole" in the back
of his head. He declared that his
father caused this injury when he
was a small boy In Lebanon, Conn.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15
DRIVEN OUT eY ROCKEFELLER.
Town on Franklin County Estate Re-
duced from 1900 People to 20.

Town on Franklin County Estate Re-
duced from 1900 People to 20.
Albany. N. Y. April 11.-Consent
was asked of the Public Service Com
mission by Vice President Albert II.
Harris of the New York Central to the
abandonment Of the station of the
Me- York & Ottawa Railroad Com
par at Brandon. Franklin County, in
the heart of the William Rockefeller
preserve. Mr.. Harris said that while
there was a population Of 1,200 there
in 1890. at present there are but four
inhabited houses and a population OF
twenty persons
Chairman Stevens called attention
to the fact that there was but sim
gle public highway leading out OF
Brandon to Bay Pond, the next sta
ton, the only road being private one
and the public being forbidden to use
1t.
The residents of Brandon could not
get to the railroad station without
trespassing on the Rockefeller pre-
serves, he pointed out.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15
ROBBERS KILL TWO
/. IN RAID ON A BANK
Four Desperadoes Enter Pitts
burg Suburban Institution
and Begin to Shoot
CASHIER AND TELLER SLAIN
Thieves After Getting 5000 Ride
Back and Forth Through Town
Wounded-Search for Murderers.

Pittsburg,. April 12.-Four masked
men robbed the Victor Banking Co. at
McKees Rocks, a surburb six miles
below Pittsburg. at. $50 o'clock p. m.
and got away with $4,000, after shoot
Ing down and killing the manager and
the cashier of the bank and wounding
three other people, one woman. The
men stepped from the shadows outside
the bank as those inside were about
to close 1t for the night. and while two
Of inc men stopped outside with drawn
revolvers and warned away all passing
pedestrians, the others entered the
building and began to shoot
The men killed we're:
FRIEDMAN. SAMUEL, the manager.
hit by three bullets while he was
trying to protect $4,000, which lay
on the counters of the bank.
SCHWARTZ. IGNATZ, the cashier.
died an hour or so later in the
McKees Rocks Hospital.
The injured were:
ENCO, MARY, employee of bank;
slightly injured trying to save
Friedman and Schwartz.
KING. ROBERT, citizen; shot down in
street by robbers as they ran with
the plunder; at McKees Rocks Hos.
pital; will live.
MILKO, ANDREW. mill workman; hit
by stray bullet.
The robbers, jumped on horses just
outside the town and escaped with
the $4,000.
McKees Rocks, and Schoenville, ad-
Joining, were both terrorized for about
thirty minutes during and after the
shooting. After mounting their horses
the four robbers rode up and down
through the town shooting right and
left. 1t was then that King and Milko
were shot. while trying to stop the
robbers.
The location of the Victor Bank Is
lonesome after nightfall. 1t Is on the
dividing line between Schoenville and
McKees Rocks. and many Of its pat
rons are the workmen Of the plants of
those towns. 1t Is bank for foreign
ers, and also has conducted a steam
ship agency.
Last Saturday was pay day at most
of the works and there was about
$25 900 in the bank this evening. Only
$4,000 Of 1t appeared on the counters.
however, the rest being locked In the
big safes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-04-15
ORGIES TO Be PRObED
BY ANGRY GOVERNOR
Denunclatlon Of Jersey Assemblymen
Who Danced Hoochee-Coochee
with Women In Capitol.


Trenton. N. j., April 12.-From
nearly every pulpit in Trenton and
other cities and towns in New Jersey
there has burst a storm of denuncia-
ton Of the astounding drunken orgy
that marked the closing session of the
lower House Of the one hundred and
thirty-fourth Legislature Of the State.
Clergymen of Trenton, headed by
the Rev. George w. Ridout of the
Methodist Church, director of the Anti
Saloon League of New Jersey; the
Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley of the Pres
byterian Church, the Rev. Judson
Conlin. the. Rev. ]. X. Manning, the
Rev. II. Collins Minton and the Rev.
Hamilton Schuyler, are organizing to
demand that Gov. Fort call an extra
session OF the Legislature to investi
gate what the Governor himself de-
-scribed as IAN affair thatls a isgrace
to the State"
1t was after dawn when the reyelcy,
horseplay and worse We're over the
legislators went to or were delivered
at their hotels and the women, with
daylight making a ghasuly show of
their rouged faces, decamped
1t will be declared that gro"p Of
notoriously dissolute women of Tren-
ton were brought to the Assembly aud
got whole section of seats in the
gallery, where they conducted them
selves SO shockingly by yelling to
members below, hurling confetti at
them and singing to them that decent
women We're forced to withdraw.
Among them were many young gi
students from the State Normal School
who attend sessions Of the Legislature
to study government.
Afterward, in room off the gallery.
the disreputable women with members
Of the Legislature and attaches of the
Capitol, indulged in wild revelry, with
high kicking and hoochee-coochee and
Apache dances. All decency and re-
straint were abandoned, 1t is said
Foul phrases were flung across the
floor of the House and echoed from
the galleries. When the confetti gave
out the women took to throwing books.
Legislators staggered on the floor or
slept at the desks in undisguisable in
toxication. Drinks were served at the
desks of members. The coarsest and
most undignified acts of horse play
and trough house" were enacted, and
all in all,~the dignity of the State and
The deeeHey of the comgouuity, Il IS
asserted, were flonted In a way UNI
paralleled
The church folks anger is increased
by the fact that the Legislature de-
feated the local option bill. by which
| it was hoped to make much Of Ne d,
Jersey dry" and voted for Sunday
baseball and full license of all Sunday
lamuSements.