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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
MUST EXPLAIN HIS PURPOSE
Representative sabath's Resolution
Affects Charges Against Judge

Representative SABBATH. Of Illinois. will
appear before the House Committee on
Judiciary within the next few DAYS 10
explain the necessity for the passage Of
a resolution which he introduced several
days ago. calling upon Attorney General
Wickersham for full and detailed in
formation regarding the conduct of
United States courts in bankruptcy and
other cases. the employment of special
counsel in those courts, the fees paid to
receivers, clerks. and others officers OF
the courts, and much other similar in
formation.
This resolution. 1t is said. has a bearing
upon the charges which have been made
aneeting the official conduct Of Judge
Peter c. Grosscup, OF the United States
circuit Court at Chicago. Several men,
Ders of the House. it is said. are inves-
tigating the accuracy of the charges in
oroer TO ascertain whether or not I'm
peachment proceedings are warranted.
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was located and questioned He said h.
went 10 the house in Tenth street in al
ambulance early in the morning Of Janu
airy - and went 10 a room on the seconG
floor. He found a woman. partly clad
/ lying on a bed unconscious and a maj
walking about the bed. twisting his fin
gers nervously and. apparently. great!
agitated over the condition Of the woman
The man. the physician said. was prob
ably Matthew Doss
He told me his wife had committed
suicide" said the physician. she was
removed TO the ambulance on a stretcher
and we made a hurry run to the hospital
distance of a few blocks. I worked or
the unconscious woman in the ambulance
and began again as soon as We reached
! the hospital, but / could not restore her
to Consciousness. She died the next az
ternOon- never heard her speak"
Left No Suicide Indications.
Policemen who went to the house that
morning were found yesterday by de-
tectives. So far as they remembered, the
woman left no note indicating suicide.
Her husband had said she attempted sui
eide, and as there was nothing TO indicate
otherwise. the investigation was dropped.
When detectives went 70 the house In
Tenth street they found no one who lived
there a year ago. The death of the
Yoman was remembered by persons Iiv-
hg in the vicinity. but their acquaintance
with the facts in the case were Of no ma
terial assistance. Inquiries for the woman
known as Cora Woodward revealed shs
was unknown to persons living in the
house.
Search for Strange Woman.
The search for the woman was begun at
once, for It is believed she was more
closely related TO Doss and his wife than
any one in the city Her statement to
the police that she had overheard Mrs.
Doss threaten TO commit suicide is con-
sidered important. There are about LEGO
things that We wish to know about Cora
Woodward" said detective.
AT the time Of the death Of the woman
Doss told the story that she swallowed
acid while he was asleep by her side
In bed He was awakened when she be-
gan 10 writhe and groan in her agony.
Doss told different story IN Chicago
yesterday.
When ne surrendered to Policeman
Thomas Halligan. OF the Twenty-second
street station. he said he had murdered
his wife. had suffered from the twinges
Of his conscience. and wished to pay the
penalty. He said he poured out a glass
OF beer for his wife and put four ounces
Of carbolic acid in It. The woman. sus-
pecting nothing, drank the beverage with
the fatal dose. said Doss, and died with
out knowing what happened to her.
I do not know why I killed her"
said Doss. Il guess 1 must have been
crazy. After she died. I threw out the
beer and washed my own glass, but I
left her glass on the table When the
coroner asked me how it happened. Il
told him my wife had committed sui
eide. I was believed. but since that time
I have had no rest. and now 1 am
down and out"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
A WORLD OF GLOOM.

How true it IS Burns said that man was made to
mourn The who has aching head sure to have
My tooth aching day by day. with loud hum stuff
fed full of prairie hay and put dope gum tired
hand my held with believed the floor walked the
floor all night and yelled and panced paved and swo And
then inspiration had the tooth pulled ou-and then
found that lame with forty kinds govt knew the
govt was there until the tooth gone ah how raved
despair that had had drawn The came to cure the
gout my foot boiled and fried he poured dope me with
spout and shot through my hide One day he gave joyful cry
1T leaves my friend it eaves!" And when the govt had said
goodby found had the heaves And bear this cae dis
and will until die and YOU may hear me cough and wheee
you go Looping by bear it with cheerful mind this i'll that
for lost the heaves I'd find that had something
worse WALT Mason.
Copyright by George Atus AdAnA)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09

The rivers and habors bill. which has
been passed by the House, has been gone
over by the Senate Committee on Com
meree and viii be reported to the Senate
on Monday. The bill carries total Of
So, 566, as for the whole country. of which
the District is 10 get S50l.O00
AS the bill passed the House, about
$500 600 was provided for the District. The
Senate increased the sum by adding 81. OOC
to the District appropriations for the river
improvements at Mount Vernon, which is
practically the District. so far as river
improvements are concerned.
Items Allowed.
AS the bill will be reported TO the Sem
ate. the items allowed are:
Improvement and maintenance OF the
Anacostia River, below Navy Yard
Bridge. s250OOO
Improvement of the Potomac River at
Alexandra, S60,000
Improvement of the Potomac River at
Washington, $4,000
Improvement OF the Potomac River at
Mount Vernon. S1.0OO
Senator Gallinger's amendment to the
bill providing for an appropriation of
s1,000000 for the Anacostsa River will not
be reported In this respect the bill will
not be as favorable to the District as
could have been wished. The fact that
both the President and Senator Ganinger
urged the extended Improvement Of the
Anaeostla did not seem TO have the de-
sired effect on the Senate Committee on
Commerce
Ten Millions Added.
The committee added 100000 10 the
bill since its passage by the House. AL
though there have been many utterances
about the elimination of the pork" fea-
lures OF the bin by this Congress, the
measure is as fat in a general way as
in years past.
The committee adopted the Hudson
River project with a view to providing a
channel not less than 900 feet wide and
y feet deep at all stages from deep
water in the lower river 10 Waterford,
including lock and dam at Troy. suitable
IN size for navigation 10 and from the
barge canal An appropriation OF 100000
is added to the bill by the Senate Com
mittee 10 begin the work
Maryland got an increased appropria-
ton over the House measure to the
amount OF $1,000 This Increase of so, 600
will go to the Eastern shore of the Ches-
apeake. Under the measure the Secretary
OF War is authorized to negotiate for one
OF the two canals running from Norfolk
to Beaufort. and for deepening the water
way 10 twelve feet. The deepening OF
the Delaware River channel is authorized
and an appropriation made TO start the
work
A fight may develop IN the Senate on
the bill when It comes up for passage
unless assurances are given that the plan
10 issue bonds or furnish money in some
other form to the extent of about $50, 600, 600
for Western reclamation projects VIII be
carried out. Some Western Senator's think
the reclamation plan could be tackled on
to the rivers and harbors Dill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
CANNON VISITS WHITE HOUSE
Gives Characteristic Explanation to
Press REPRESENTATIVE

Uncle Joe" Cannon emerged from the
White House yesterday looking happy
and at peace with the world. He was ap-
preached by the newspaper men. I'VE
get a report from the Capitol. Mr..
Speaker" said one of them. that you
called to confer with the President about
a pardon case.
Huh" replied Uncle joe" with a
grin. There can't be anything In that
1 haven't been convicted yet"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
Asks Search for Brother.

Fireman Alexander Elliott. of No. s
Engine Company. has asked the police to
locate his brother, William L. Elliott
who disappeared from his home, 72s
Eighth street southeast, Monday and has
not been heard OF since. The missing
man is sixty-three years old, about six
feet tall. and wore dark suit and black
hat His left arm being stiff and the left
ankle is swollen. Inquiry is being made
at hospitals and hotels.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
SPEAKER WINS, AFTER ALL.
Appropriation for his Automobile
Made Under General Exne1ses

Appropriation for his Automobile
Made Under General Expenses.
Speaker Cannon. it appears, has not
been deprived Of the appropriation for
the care. maintenance. and driving OF
his automobile, after all
The action Of the conferees Of the two
Houses Of Congress in striking out OF
the legislative. executive. and judicial
appropriation bill the item carrying the
appropriation Of $500 for the object
was but formal, for the appropriation
has reappeared under the head of mis-
csllaneous expenses OF the House OF
Representatives. and in that disguise
was not recognized even by it's friends
until an official explanation was made
yesterday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
ElI.ins to Enlarge Hospital.

Elkins. W. Va. April Sex Senator
Henry G. Davis has decided to build a
large addition 10 the Davis Memorial
Hospital at Elzins this spring, the insti-
tuition having outgrown its present ca
pacity The additions will be two and
one-half stories high and will practically
double the present capacity. The con-
struction will be fireproof throughout.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
PROBE FOR NAVY ACCIDENT.
Rainey Resolution for Charleston
Inquiry FavOrabIy Reported.

The resolution introduced by Repre.
sentative Rainey, Of Illinois, inquiring Into
the recent accident on the Charleston
7EEs favorably reported by the House
Committee on Naval Affairs yesterday.
The resolution requests the Secretary OF
the Navy to inform the House:
F1Fzt-As TO the cause OF the recani
disaster on the Charleston, by which a
humber of men are reported In the dsily
press 10 have been killed.
'Seeczd-Was the disaster caused by
the explosion Of q gum If 50. what was
the size OF the gun. and what defect IN
the gun caused the disaster?
''Third-How many men were killed in
that explosion, and how many men were
injured?
"Fourth-Where were the forgings and
castings for the gun NADER
"Fifth-Where were the parts OF the
gun assembled"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
Frats to Give spring Dance

The Delta Sigma Fraternity, of George
town University, will give its annual
spring dance tonight at Rauscher's s,
which promises TO be the largest and
most successful ever given by the Blue
and Gray students. The patronesses and
chaperons will be Mrs. Thomas H Car
ter and Mrs. P. j. Brennan. and fully
hundred couples are expected
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
Congressional Farmer. Meet

A meeting of New York Republican
members in Congress having large farm
ing interests, was held yesterday. The
arrangements made for a meeting in
New York on April 20, to discuss the
unused and partly used farms of New
York State. and the scarcity of farm
laborers. were approved.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09

Dallas, Tex. April S.-H. b Alverson,
Of Fort Worth. ninety-four years Old
was to-day sued for divorce by his wife
aged sixty-eight The couple were mar
ried in 1880. They lived happily until
six months ago. The plaintiff charges
cruelty
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
april 8, l9lO.l
SENATE.

The Senate was not in session
Rivers and harbors bill 10 be reported on Mon
day.
Balhnge- ordered to produce letters and papers
on request Of counsel
I'd
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HOUSE.
The House met at noon

The House met at noon.
Naval Appropriation bill carrying Sl2 10000,
passed, providing for two battle ships
& kalney resolution TO investigate accident on
. Charleston favoTably reported.
Speaker to get appropriation for maintenance
q automobile
The House adjourned at s D. m
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
RIVERS OF DISTRICT
GIT HALF MILLION
Measure Goes to the Senate
Next Monday.
NO BIG SUM FOR ANACOsTIA

Commerce Committee Does Not
Agree with Belief of President and
Gailinger that Heavy ApprOpria-
ton Ought to Be Made for Re-
claiming Of the Flats.
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MUST GIVE LETTERS
Ballinger Loses a Point in
Congressional Inquiry.
SCORES OPPOSITION COUNSEL

Secretary Declares Attorneys, In
Asking for Papers, Are Merely
"Fishing" for what They May Pos
sibIy Get whats the Odds"
Says ollie James, of Kentucky.
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WASHINGTON MAN
CONFESSED SLAYER

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OFFICIALS TO FACE
GAS COMMITTEE

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
Ter TO De Opened IN wi Tch
NeuO Temple of Thespis VIII Be Dedicated by
Charles Frohrnan's Company in "Arsene Lupin''
- Mail Order Plan for Advance Sale of Seats

the theatrical profession is crowded beyond
any possibility Of employment for a great
number in it would be still apparent.
THE theater is not a field in which
fame and fortune are TO be won by mere
entry and fair effort. 1t is an exacting
field, in which disappointments abound and
troubles accumulate even for many well
fitted to labor in It. And i'm good times,
despite the growth OF industry and the
multiplication of theaters, there would not
be room for one-half the results that con-
stantly seek the stage as a means of liveli-
hood.
Let those who contemplate an entrance
into theatrical life heed this. 1t would be
well IL many who already have adopted
that life were to ponder st, and seek OPEN
ings in other fields. Surely many who
have tried the vocation Of acting with in
different success; who have hoped and
waited in heartsickness for opportunities
that seldom come; who even when oc-
caslonally employed have faced long
periods of idleness in expectation that
seems never to merge into realization,
many Of these, IL they will think soberly
over the matter, should quickly conclude
that the most modest employment in some
other field, which seems to offer less Of
remuneration. yet assures what is better
in the end, from all points Of view, a
steady income, is to be preferred to the
casual chance and the uncertain tenure Of
a position as an actor.
'Fanoiful stories of large salaries no
doubt quicken the ambition that so many
hold to adopt the theater as a profession.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
OMAHA UNIVERSITY NOTES
DR.. LOveIapd Says, w Are Coming
to Realize Idea Of the King
dom of Culture"

DR.. Frank L. Loyeland, pastor OF the
First Methodist church, had charge Of the
chapel services Wednesday morning.
With the growth in the spirit Of church
federation" he said, there is a growing
belief in nondenominationaI Christian edu,
cation. We are coming to realize that the
kingdom Of culture. like the kingdom OF
God, is a great deal larger than the Meth
odist church, the Presbyterian church, the
Baptist church, or all the churches. We
are clasping hands, not only around the
cross Of a common Redeemer, but around
the idea of a common culture.
Resolved, That the United States gov
eminent should provide for a graduated
income tax, constitutionality granted" has
been selected for the subject Of the Joint
debate between the Young Mems Christian
association Debating club and the Utopian
Literary society, 10 be held on February
Is, the latter team to uphold the affirma-
tive Of the question.
At the regular bi-monthly meeting Of the
Utopian Literary society on Thursday these
officers were elected for the coming term:
Miss Beulah Hunter. president; Miss Zella
Beebe, vice president; Miss Jean Hamilton,
secretary; Earl Parker, treasurer; Miss
Pansy Williams and Thomas s. Hughes,
sergeants-at-arms.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06

Large salaries are paid to a few actors,
because Of their exceptional fitness for
well-defined service. or as a natural result
Of popularity won after years OF work with
the inevitable intervals Of idleness and dis
appointment. But the great majority of
those who now besiege managers offices
and haunt stage doors lack certain ele.
ments OF fitness that in other circum-
stances might serve them. or are practi-
catly without the experience necessary
even for the most minor places in the
theater. without that experience, and
with no present possibility of gaining It.,
they should seriously consider q future
that can give them little but bitter dlsap-
pointment.
The influx of young women to the stage
Is even more significant Of hopelessness
than that OF young men, for various
reasons. Aside from plays In which young
women are featured in mass-and these
vehicles afford little opportunity for artls-
tic advancement and should be the last
resort Of those who take stage work seri-
ously-the drama calls for fewer women
than men. That is to say. the cast Of the
average play requires twice as many men
as women. Yet the young women who
seek the theater outnumber the young men
two to one.
The Mirror realizes conditions and
voices this warning. Young men n
women should seek the stage not as a first.
but as a last, resort. And even then, as
a rule, their experiences will be bitter and
disappointing rather thar in line with hope
and expectation"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06

but light the box lights so that the back
rows of the orchestra could receive light
from that source. That, however OF
course made the stage also light, and Mimi
and Rudolph looked for the lost key. which
they are supposed to be searching for In
darkness, the candle having been blown
out, and looked for It in a very well
lighted room; IL this accident should occur
again, the suggestion might be offered that
in order not to make the scene meaningless
and in order to preserve the ramatic truth
the principals might engage in a game OF
b~lind-man's-buff or something like that
while searching for the lost key.
But TO return: in the first act Of LA
Boheme," where the author burns his play
in order to get some warmth from the
starving stove-"a good long time since
its honest wages have been paid"-meaning
OF course, 1t had been devoid of fuel for
some days: while the first act of the
drama is burning, Colline, the philosopher,
remarks that he finds it very sparkling
but that it's phrases are too short:' as it
flickers out, and before the next act is
given to the flames, Marcel complains that
these foolish entr'actes make US SILVER
Marcel remarks upon how true the colour
is" and when a leaf crackles in the flame.
he suggests that those ARE the kisses OF
the play.
Now these are Of course minor points
but yet they have a potency: the knowl-
edge Of these as the action proceeds,
makes or unmakes the possibility of COM
plete enjoyment. Whether you lead
from strength" or from weakness" In
your bridge game is a minor point as COM
pared with winning the rubber" but it
has its place In the game, nevertheless.
-
Very many people unfortunately go to
hear opera, without knowing the first
thing OF what they are going to hear, and
they go home bored because they say IL
was undressing; or discouraged, because
they think II was far above them; or
annoyed, because they did not understand
a thing that was going on. BY the pur-
chase OF a llbretto beforehand they could
understood the matter very nicely, have
had a very pleasant evening Of keen en-
joyment. have gone home with a feeling
Of encouragement 10 go again. and grand
opera would ia mad a friend instead
Of an enemy.
But you say, where can one get a libretto?
That is the point exactly. I don't
suppose there is a lbretto OF any Of the
operas to be had in a town like this, until
the day OF the presentation, and then at
the theater. One does not feel like buy
ing the whole score. plano and voice
parts, for the modern operas are expen-
sive. But through a local music store a
Ibretto could be purchased. by order at
least.
And here Is a good place to draw at
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
Musical Notes.

Martin w. Bush and Fred G. Ellis will
give their next recital at the First Congre-
gational church Sunday, February Is, at 4
This will be the last Of the series of Sun
day afternoon r~ecitals, although a mid
week evening recital Will probably be given
later in the season.
Mr.. George Hamlin will sing the follow
ing program at the Young Women's Chris
tian association auditorium on Thursday
evening, February 10, assisted by Mr.. Ed
win Schneider, a~ccompanist.
Handel-LoYe Sounds the Alarm, from
Aces and Galatea" and Wherefore You
Walk.
Shubert-Musensohn, Staendchen.
Schumann-Stille Thraenen, ms Erie.
Liszt-Okomm' inn Traum.
Brahms-O, Liebliche Mangen.
den und Zueignung,
Rummel-Across the Hills.
Herman-Nocturne.
~Cherry-Dear Little Shamrock.
Lover-I'm Not Myself at All.
Campbell-Ttpton-Hymn to the Night.
Edwin Schneider-Your Eyes and Flower
Rain.
Salter-The Lamp Of Love.
The musical department Of the woman's
club will meet on the afternoon Of Febru-
airy TO- at 2:l5. The following program, In
charge of Mrs. Wagner, will be given:
Illustrated Talk on the Danes Form.
.MrE Henry Cox
Cello solos-taj Widmung "..,.... Pepper
OBJ Evening Star. 80. Wagner
Miss Belle Won Mansfield.
Songs-(a) o. Let Night Speak of Me
Chadwick
o.. My Lover He Comes on the
ski ...........,, Clough-Loughton
Miss Blanche Sorenson,
Piano Solos--(a) Thence with Yaria-
lions, &c mRjor)... .,..,W Weber
ID Sylvanes $50. Chaminade
Miss Clara Hawley.
~Songs-(a) Els Hat Die Rose ,........ Franz
CD Die Behehite. So. ......... Strange
(c) Early One Morning Galloway
Id MY .Randegger
Miss Laura GoeIz
Trio-(Violin, cello and piano)-
(a) LarghettO from Second SYM
phony .beethoVen
I'd Mlnuet ........s... $500. ScnuDeft
Miss Mildred Helner, Miss Belle Won Mans
feldt, and Mrs. John Haarmann.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06

essential something" that has made Den
man Thompson's play so successful for the
past twenty-three years. What is this
"something?" 1t can best be described by
the word vitality" 1t is full OF living
characters. Not creatures of the authors
imagination, but real, live people who have
lived" moved and had their being upon
the rock-bound hills Of New Hampshire.
These people were there a century ago..
They are there today. Mr.. Thompson has
lived among them for years. He knows
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
Tact.

Nj p. came home very late the other
night from a political meeting. In the
hall he kicked up rather a row, growing
and swearing to himself till his wife called
TO him from upstairs:
What's the matter, my dear?"
"Matter-hic-iA," Mr.. p. shouted. that
there's two hatracks here, and dunno
which one 10 'ang my hat on"
But you've got two hats, haven't you?'
rack and come up to bed. You're tired
London Answers.