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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17
HELD FOR HELPING
CHINESE TO ENTER

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IT-Charz-
ed with aiding and abettfng the Il
legal landing Of Chinese fumizrants-
DR. John Endicott Gardner for more
than twenty-five years connected with
the local immi grafton bureau as in
spector and chief Chinese Interpreter
viii have TO face trial by the author
tiles IN WsshingtOn
The charges are fled against him
BY Commissioner Hart North, but
friends OF Dr. Gardner declare the
commissioners attack is an ATTEMPT
70 prevent an investigation of his
ofhcs, which has been under observa-
ten fer some time,
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A. o. BLISS BUYS
MT. PLEASANT SITE
Tract Including 32,1s6 Square
Feet, on Sixteenth Street,
Brings $4,000.

AIonzo o. Bliss has purchased from
J. Miller Kenyon and Charles ".
DaTr. trustees, Ss.fss square feet Of
property running between Newton
street and Meridian and Sixteenth
streets northwest for $4,000.
The property faces on Newton
street fs2 feet. runs hack go feet
TO Meridian street with a frontage
there OF hfty-nine feet, and has a
frontage OF about ITO feet on Six
teenth street
The property Is improved by
frame residence. Nr. Bliss does not
contemplate building at the present
time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17
BISCUITS HELD UP.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. I7.-Suits
were ordered today by Dairy and -ood
Commissioner FOust against gTOCers in
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and LehiEh
county for the sale OF frou-frOu. a big
cult Imported from Holland. The allega-
ton is that the article contains boric
acid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17
FINE PATROL CHAUFFEUR

RICHMOND. Va. Sept 17-"Weu.
that's pretty tough" said Leslie Pond,
chauffeur Of the police patrol wagon,
when he was fined $50 for speeding
the wagon more than fifteen miles
an hour. They'll have to wait for
me the next time a policeman calls
me out. for I sure viii take my time
hereafter" concluded Pond as he
hshed into his Jeans for the fifty
sheets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17
HILL HEARTY AT II.

ST. PAUL, MINI. Sept IT.-James J..
Hill IS receiving congratulations on the
f,.et that he has passed his seventy
second birthday and Is still hale and
hearty. The railroad ulagnste,s birth
CAV occurred yesterday and al day long
kilograms and letters Of cOlgTatulatlon
poured into his Office
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17
ENGLIsH AVIATION COMING.

LONDON. Sept. Thames Radley.
the young English aviator. who holds
the speed record, sailed on the Car
mania today for New York. Mr.. Rad
ley expects 10 take part In the New
York-fo Chicago contest next month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-17

Only IA days more. Eszd The Times
Rent ADS and select yoE< new homs
1ow9
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EAST ROOM For YIN. ca

President Taft has offered the use o.
the East Room Of the White House 1fO1
the Young Mems Christian Association
conference On October 20 The Presf
dent has expressed q willingness 10 ~.
dress the meeting
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trre RI NGES nTO CtNtL.
siN Persons. ODr y New lOrL salesman.
DroN HesI ~ New Orieans

NEW OhLF NNS Sept y An automobile
cont aiming SiN uar.on- who had been Joy
riding all night plunged a. 3 O'Clock this
morning over IN. .nlhar kmeut It fh. new
basin cana about half way bstwe-n tho
city and West End Il pleasure resort
vent down about nfte..n feet TO the water
turned turtle and settled TO the bottom
e the canal. pinrirE all the occupants Of
the machine under tho heavy car and
drowning all - them
force 81 workm-n WAS al once puf "a
wara trying % remove IN" car bat sue
ce.-d-d Ia recovering only four 81 the
bodies one. was that Il Thomas Bo.tt.
Ter owner and driver 81 the mAchin.
who -e,ides her" ABnther was John
Freeman. salesman Tor the perfumery
house Of Lazelle Daley \ Co OF NswYork
The third h"dy - that 81 young woman
~ about twenty-five ypars Another body
found wa that q a young woman
The workmen were obliged 10 abandon
the attempt to RAISE ID. big car and a
large dredg- boat was ordered To IN.
seen" 20 try u Get IL up and recover IA.
other podiss Freeman had been in the
city about ten days and - said TO hav.
been stopping at the ~ Charles Hotel
He Wa about ~ years old and crippl.d
Policemen who were on duty ~ the
Half WAY House. near which the auto
mad. the plunge say they heard u com
ing and that II must have going AT fully
forty miles an hour when ~ turned A
sharp curry" m the road and went over
the bank
The BODY % Young woman recovered
was identified A. that - Miss Marian
Gibbons. aged p residing ~ rhe Bush
Hotel IN this city The body 81 q second
young woman recovered last night was
identified 49, Miss DAISY Hawkins Il l0Io
Canal street Neg Orleans
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rIREs ~ rHREE TFNEuENTS.
ENrr,bOtiy saNed. Thanks 10 Courageous
I.addermen and Police.

4 Sligh' hr- last night AZ 206O Eighth
avenue. which IL a five story tenement
with y s'Ore Oh the ground nooT. was
marked hv three resc'Ies Fir~men %
Truck - raised a ladder to the third story
and carried Norrine Hugon a young girl
sick ebed 10 the ground They alec car
RED down a woman and . little girl
Two tenement house fires within three
hours ~ each other in thu lower Fast SIDE
early yesterday mornng piled 500 persons
INTO th. streets some u them had to
H. carried ou' Nv firemen or policemen
The first fire occurred at Is A. NJ an
fh.. FIVE story tenement at i5s Chrystis
street Mr. vincsnZa WadNsnti. 20 yeats
old. led thr-. grandchildren oct bat
Franks. years old. was left behind A
fireman found the Roy sleeping IN bed
and took him down q fire escape
The other blaze was At ISIS Rivington
street Police Sergeant Edwards found
Mrs sarah SeidelmAn unconscious Near
her stood her daughter Sadie The
poIireman carried tn" mother down q
fire escape and the daughter followed
Policeman Cohen was made insen-ibIe
by smoke On the second floor. but he re-
vived ia time 10 get out. Sergt Edwards's
hand was cut by fysng glass.
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New Yora on Monday night
non no, ~ ,>D SIR H ,rIRF
Home Of uIIIiam %. Muse. chicago credit
Nan. Burned by burglar

CpI,, sept - Robbers carly to-
dav entered the so 0JD home Of William
Muse. credit nan FOR John ' FarW-ll (
90 az Hirsdalr a suburb seventeen miles
west - Chicago and after looting the
house Of rich rugs and draaerieS. ieW-irv
and -ilyerV1re. set fire to ~ and attempted
70 kill Mr. Muse The interior - the house
il wreck ~he-tTs of three counties
Cook Dupage and Kane are wors,hs .
capt IRE the robbers
The - lice learned that the robbers after
ransaCkInx the rooms soaked the furni-
ture with kerosene and set hra To ~ Mr.
Muse was sleeping alone in one 81 the
upyar bedrooms. his family ard servants
beng away be had narrow escape
from death
about ih" AFFAIR The robbers. y wa-
said had driven a Way their plumber IN =
wagon Dn- report was that Nj Niue
was locked ~ las room bv the robbers and
tn" IRE started white ne was asleep
Another report was that Mr. Mu-e wa-
awakened by IN" striking OF match by
one Of the robbers
Who's there demanded Nr Muse.
Never mind Don't strike hight. and
don ' get out Of I'D Ifvou make a move
IN kili YOU replied one OF the men. &C
cording 10 IN. first version Of the AFFAIR
that quickly spread through the suburb
The time given for the robl..ry Vas 20
VI The police found that the barn
had teen -prInkled with OIL but IN. ROD
hers did not attempt 20 set fire 10 II
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ASTOR PEARLS STILL BOGCS.
Transfer TaN Appralser sticks To the
Figures He Put ln First.

Transfer Tax Appraiser James We
reance whose report on the estate ~ Mrs
Caroline W Astor was not satisfactory
TO Surrogate Cohalan aud who was ordered
To make a reapprsi-al, has completed
his report and the figures are identical
with those submitted in the previous
report That report estimated Mrs
Astor's jewels at S2SI Sos and made the
value Of her total estate 81 77o.Is7.
The report declared that ninety pearls
in Mrs.. AEtoT's five strand necklace were
imitation aud that the necklace was worth
t5i co Much Of the furniture and fur
nishings % the Aston residence was de-
clared 10 be worth practically nothing.
while certain paintings were said 10 he
the work Of amateurs
The SurroRate's chief objection % the
70 inner report was that the appraisal
81 Tifany's on the jewelry. Gorhsm A Co.
on the silver and DIveen Bros. on the
furnishings and paintings was accepted
merely In the form OF statements from the
experts The Surrogate insisted on sworn
statements and required that the experts
make IL plain in their testimony that they
were qualifie 10 Judge the value of the
articles
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HIRT ~ Tam FIGHT"
Purdue Z University student Injured Mer-
tally In q College Frzcas.

I.AFATETTE. Ind, sept :s.-C. 1. Gillian
Of Kendallville. Ind il dying and more
than a score Of other students AZ Purdue
University are seriously injured and in
hospitals a. a result Of the annual tank
fight. which took place tonight Those
in the hospital are &. {. Gillian. Kendall
Vile. Ind. sophomore. injured Ia alb
doJnen: O. u McFall. New York CITY.
freshman. back hurt; -. e. Miller. Louis
vile, sophomore. chest injured and was
unconscious for two hours.
Charlie. HyIe and q. n. BaFs u RoChes-
ter. Ind were both painfully hurt. Harry
waddell of 0ttsrbein. Ind. and n kesler
Of Morocco. Ind. sophomore. were
injured about the chest and abdomen.
James Roberts Of Lafayette was hurt
internally and remained unconscious for
on. hour Irwin Nonnegut Of Indian
apoli- John Friberg Of Helena. Ark.
and G. u Orr oi Muneie also were in
iured BADLY
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BURIED LIKE mrs. CRTPPEN
6IRI> nom INDER CEMENT
TIOOR ~ SIN FRINGI@CO.


/ SIS ERANcIsCo. sept - Th.. ds b..
covrrv q a Grim. which strongly ~.
s"mbl.- he Cripp-n cls.. has star led
. ~1u Francisco. Kuernny IA narrow
grove p~ though in PRAYER the body ~
Ms tvN swan. q s'crugra pher and
former school teacher. ~ years old. wa-
evhumed hy the police las, night from
I beneath he cement flooring ~ a vacant
huu,e On Eureka stre-J Taken from -
rest No. place after Ave months the body
/ bare test mouv ~ shock ng tragedy
VIII" the police were searchng FOR
the body a detachment Of detectives
proceeded To the office ~ Or James
! Grant on Golden Gate avenue There
I hey crested DR. Grant and Miss Marie
N"~s"r~"hmldt. a nurs- Ia attendance.
TLr discovery cleared IN. mystery Of
April last when Miss swan dropped out
of s,gut n unfoldad tho story of an at
'-tg'ly" country girl seeking her way m
'u. D.'v led into .ilty love with well
'H d" youth. IN" suh-gusnt end"avor
q" mi" disgrace. a fatal oT-.rat4on and
then n" brutal attempt to conceal facts
sine" April >? search has l.-en kept up
IN" secret was r",e al.'d finally by a lad
named Pen Gordon h-cau=- DR.. Grant
refused To pay him So be- owed the boy
The police are searching FOR VILLAIN
Sachs. Who h-lI-d DR. Grant TO conceal
the budv and for Homer Hatch ot Paso
Robes and Paul T. Parker Of this city.
who wsr. clos. friends 81 the g.-l
"A -. 81
Grim. from Sachs The latter told nov
the girl Lad q - On he doctors opera'-
,ug table sachs rented the hnus. IN
Eureka street and ne and the doctor
moved a trunk there containing the body
They ripped up the hDor IN the cellar
and dag a shallow grave The doctor
sawed through the girls tones at the
Joints and poured large quantity II
nitrr" aCud Over the body Then thay
mixed cement and covered the body
with foot and hall - cement anu
replaced the flooring They kept the
nous. one month and then gave % ~ hut 1
LEFT ~ blood stained trunk m he house
a. we'll a. the shovel with which they
dug 'he gray" The houS. has remained
empty ever >.uc+
There Wer- inquiries about the gir'
dIsappearanc" and complain 10 the
police. bTt nothing was learned until
yesterday. - hen Gordon told the p,,lic-
after vainly trying - induce Dr Grant
70 pay hun the money he owed The
police found the l,ody partly disintegraied |
10y the acid. tout there was no quest On !
- IN. IDENTIFY Hence the arrest - the |
doc ~ and IN" nurse
DIR Grant came from he Past slpy' . |
year ago buf he has never told from I
Whai cry tn" uur," = we'll known |
locally and hs~ always born" a good /
reputation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
THROIGH NTtGlRl RAPIDS.
Bobb, I-~rh Wakes the Trip In n Harriet
HOat.

NiAGARA FAILS Y. Y, sept - More
Shan nan. years have passed since the
Whirlpool rapids - Niagara have hecn
conquered by a human being IA a barrel
boat. and thus the trip Of Bobby Is-Ch
thus afternoon had something "A bit un-
usual ia Il for newcomers Ia the falls
l..eCh started ont from the. old Maid Of th.
Mist landing lowed by a boat. al SD
O'Clock. Al 80 h" was plunging over
the hrs' wave ~ the rapids aud the mex
minute was shooting over the giant
cumN-rs that crowd themselves between
'h- narrow banks Of the gOrgr Like
lightning he vas shot through the rough
rapids and OF, onto The bottom 81 the
whirlpool. his barrel drifting very nicely
over the rough waters.
Tie was first carried way over to the
Canadian shore. but - nobody was there
AZ the time lac was left 10 the mercy Of
the currents For nearly an hour he
tossed around the ma-lstron currents
now hurting him here. now there. aud
occasionally n whirl would suck his barrel
out Of sight
Finally hslUers reached the Whirlpool
shore. and a. Is-ch and his barrel came
close hv DriirWooi Point the barrel was
caught hv a Tiks pole "a the hands 81
William Hiil and very loon afterward
Leach Was heing h"lged ont Of the barrel
on tC shore lie was glad to he alive and
delighted AZ having made the trip. even
though he was concealed IA barrel
Leach announced tonight that he would
make another trtp ~ O'Clock Sunday
afternoon. a. b" does not mind the rough.
ness Of the ride
II will 10 recalled that the last To make
the rapids barrel trip Was Maud Willard
ON S.rten b-r :. looi aud that she drifted
for hours ahout the pool until her life
went ON. 90 that when her barrel was
opened she was found lifels-s while her
pet dog Mas alive aud leaped 70 shore
most iovou-ly
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FgNE SHOOTING NJ WONT,
MAKES n BuIIse,e WIN n ~aIVO NJ n
Target IO.WO arts NwaN.

[ = y NERNOSr by wireless wa Navy
Yard PoRrSMnUrH. Va. sept - The
vermont IT,. --,rnd ship IA the fourth
/ squadron. did some especially tine shoot
ing to-day M battle practice She was
moving AZ the rate - ff;een knots al
hour and operated against q target which
Was being tOwed In the opposite direction
NV a ship - the third squadron at the
rate Of eight knots an hour This made
the speed ~ the Vermont equivalent TO
twenty three knots an hour passing a
stationary target.
The target wa- IOVpo wards distant.
equal O. Eve knots Jr nearly -lN land miles
The first -alyp ~ the Vermont. firing her
inch. lnoh and ~ inch guns. resulted
IN a buli-.ye The centre uf toe target
was practically carried away How many
shots struck IL car be- matter 90 guess
work only The sea conditions were
favora bile
Two vel-a ago ~ Manila Bav while
thu Atlantic feet vas on IT. trip around
tha world the Vermont shot away it,
target completely and won the trophy
for the best shooting in the navy. ] hat
va. IN smooth water and with a sta
tionary target
The fourth squadron ships viii finish
their work with one run Tomorrow morn
ing and then the tarRet shooting will Toe
over and the ships will start FOR Hampton
Roads
Ia to-day shooting several targets
were torn TO -hre,ls and the rafts reduced
I -vhnters Thee we're hole, in every
screen Several steamers Innocently
crossed the firing field to-day One e
them. frui'er. was scared ~ by torpedo
d.-troyer~.
In" feet viii probably sail for New York
on Monday night arriving There on Tues
day night Or Wednesday morning The
men will have ten DAYS liberty because Of
heir good work N the target ranges.
Then the ships WIl proceed 10 their home
stations The Georgia will g-' neV -
inch guns a. Norfolk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
WINN >FIRS ~ lrROPLiNr.
Takes tnEhI With Grahamr-N hit =
Othrr Persons Also TakenIp.

boNlONs sept. - Announced 10 'Ar
Spectators a. Miss Brown Miss Eleonura
Sear- mad" record breaking high'
NUh lagde Grnhauc- White. the Eug
li~h aviator. IN his big h,plane this after
noon az : tuantun. II was a record nIgh'
for feminin" passenger because they
were up eleven minutes and thirty SEQ
pnds ppSsihly the longest time auy woman
passenger has been carried IN an aern-
plane flight ia this country. white made
his blplanc CIT an 6inds Of aerial curly
cues
The surprise came when. from a hei Eht
~ 80 feet the aviator bet the bipla le
slide on a sharp angle toward he ground
shutting "a the power ~ ne same time.
The machine struck The ground with "a
bump and bounced INTO the AR White
slammed on the mower and The bag pro-
pellerS caught the machine up into fuil
flight again. THIS was the first tim" this
-ort 81 an aviation bounce he buuuC,
had bcen seen her. and The spect a. ors
applauded
White also took up Lieut. Coy lro'h-
ingham and hen Mis-, Dorothy Jordan
society girl. The ct her Passengers tak"n
up were &. n Taylor Jr IT Boston and
- INV Il EsalNdftl- OF NNatll Itrf'f''a
The Lieutenant Governor ride was a
thriller On the descent the await ~
tipped IN" biplane 10 an angle ~ forty-fve
degrees and gave Mr. FruthinghAm he
ride Of his life 10 he ground They earn"
down 80 fast and ~ such dIzry angle
hat the crowd thought sometime wa
wrong When the hiplane waS within a
few yard- Il the ground the aviator
brought II 10 the Horizontal position VITA
cas- and made pretty landing
In an interview Miss Sears ~aid
u WAS the finest Thing I over "n owed
II ~ the best sport ever aud ! Wo. I'm
have missed 1t for awning luu Iu'
grin all the time and ~ along without
a thought about turns Iu the roli or
bump or accidents
We struck the ground thar time. Won
know. when Ne went night on up again
Well. | wasn't frightened az al only
I inst said 10 myself ! hop" We ar-n Z
going 20 stop now And y" dldr : W"
kept sailing on up could so. all the
r~opls plainly and [ FEW 90 sNhIlaratsd
that frlt like yelling Rrt the motor
wa 80 loud know couldn have been
ls.rd
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IRISH ENJOYS HERE rO-Du
Redmond. DrNIIn and Tay ga, IIlms-H 90
he weI~omed ~ Patriots

r y O'tonnot. John T. Redmond.
Joseph U-vlin and u Boyle. all Ps
are on the steamship Baltic of IN" white
star Line. due to arrive here today.
A biR delega ion 81 freshmen will meet
them AZ the pier They are coming a.
ENJOYS from the Irish people
There ~ To- he a r'-U eption to them at
Carnegie Hall on sunday evening. Octo-
her , Morgan } O'Bnen will preside
and all thu IRISH societies ~ New York
will participate. After Conc.rr - Irish
music all four q the ENJOYS wIll speak
After the meeting the ENJOYS will
separate Mr. Redmond will visit the
Fast. MIR Bowie the West. Mr. Deylin
IN. south and Mr. OConnor Canada
NJ Redmond - 20 be entertained az
Oyster Bay and Mr. Boyle al Lincoln
an Nebraska
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LORIuER PROBING CiSE.
~ul'prDas served on Three Legislators
vino Confessed TheS Mere Briled.

Chicago. sept - Representative
Charles \ white - O'Fallon. who con
fa~~.-,i that Ie" . Neil Browne paid him
81 90 % vote for senator william Lori
m.r. was served to-day with a subpo ma
to appear before the Senatorial inve-ti-
eating COMMITTEES on Monday morning
AZ ~ O'Clock Following him will come
state senator u W Holstlaw Of Iuka
who sad hs received o. so from Senator
John Broderick for his vote for I,orimer.
and REPRESENTATIVE n ! &. Becksmeyer
Of Carlyle VINO -ay- ne got o. 90 from
Lee O'Neil Browne for his vote for Lori
mer
when " vas a=cersined that White
was 20 b. the first witness states Attor-
n@y waynan promised IN produce him
~ once and an hour later he was form
ally served by an agent Of the committee
The report - current to-day that
ma iority ~ the men who are expected
10 testify in behah ~ the prosecution
have already been rounded, up and prom
i-.- of their attendance secured " -
rumored ai-o that some oi them are being
kept together under surveillance a. a
o.rtAln hotel
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ROOSrITLT DECII>r> 10 FLI
wight seem 20 H. Sensational tie writes
To Gov. Hsdiey.

JEFFERSON CIV, Mo. S"p' - ia q
letter received tp-dsy hy GOV Hadlev
col Roosevelt sgvs II will not b. advis-
able for him 20 G. ~ IN an aeroplane VIII le
in ~. LOUIS IN october u There - to
h. an aviation exhibition there on that
date and the Promoters invited Col.
Roosevelt Ia accompany one 20 the svis-
tor m a flight
col. Roosevelt Avs that FOR him - max.
fight might - regarded ~ --aking
after sensation lie saws that the old
soldiers and school children must h.
looked after 10 n" programm-. rega rclless
81 the aviation vents or anything else
m the way Of IN -rtainmeni
GOV Hadley viii go To- ~ Louls "a at
tend the na'iona good roads convention
on "Wednesday and while there will com
plef.. arrangements for Col Roosevelt
entertainment
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va MORE ALPINE OiRERS.
Meymann Gives 10 Ip-tnaNey Quiet
May get the $4,000 Prize.

SPECIAL CIbs DsspdfrhS, 70 TVS SvS
DoMo D'OpsoI.A. Italy. Sept H.-George
Chavez. the Peruvian aviator who was
injured Will. alighting here yesterday
after having crossed the Alps IN his mono
plane. passed a quiet night. He - not
yet fully conscious.
BRI0UE. sept. - Weymaun. the
American aviator. has decided To abandon
the attempt TO fly across the Alps in the
BriRue 10 Milan contest. There will be
no more flights from here in the contest.
The time limit expires on Monday.
IL 10 reported that Chavez will receive
the priye Of IS 90 francs tti5.U0Ol offered
for the fight. although he failed To reach
the finshing point When he came TO
grief at Domo d'Ossola he had completed
the most difiicul' part 81 his journey. the
flight over the Simplon Pass and the
Kuhn
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UNION LEAGUE BARS LOEB
ROOSEIELT SECRETARY FiILS
10 me- ELECTED.


The name II william Loeb. Jr COllec-
tor Of the Port. has been upon the list ut
candidates for adm ission to the Union
| League Club for several months Friends
81 Mr. Loeb have requested that some
action should he tax Ell. but a. yet the
committee u admissions has not PASSED
upon his name
The objections 10 Mr. Loeb have been
partly personal and partly based. it Is
said. ON irritation ~ his Custom House
doings felt by members of the club who
are contributors To Republican campaign
funds
According 20 an officer Of the club
who is ex oificio a member Of the COM
mittee on admissions Mr. Loeb'- name has
never come before that committee He
would not deny that there had been
oppoaition TO the election Of Mr. Loeb
as a member Of the club
The usual procedure ia the case Of the
Union League Club IL that the name Of
a candidate after having been proposed
by member Of the club shall he passed
upon by the committee on admissions
OF this body there are twelve members.
divided into thre. groups. each serving
for three years II passed upon favor
ably nv this committee the name goes
before general meeting 81 the club.
at which two black balls are sufficient
20 cause the candidates rejection.
II j. rare in the history of the club that
any candidates name has beeni unfavor-
ably acted upon by a meeting Of the club
a. a Whole The usual procedure when
opposition 20 a candidate develops is to
suggest to the sponsor 81 tn. candidate
that the name be Withdrawn.
4 member of the club zaid recently
that 80 far as he knew no positive action
gainst Mr. Loeb had been taken. He
had heard talk he said from members Of
the club which led him to believe that II
h- ver" the proposer % MIR Loeb he
should feel that the easiest way out % IL
would be 20 Withdraw MIR Loeb'- name
Mr. Loeb himself j. IN the Rocky Noun
tains hunting and has left not even a
telegraph address