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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-25
FOR THE DEAD
FUNERAL OF THOMAS E. DRAKE
AT S O'CLOCK TODAY.
Bishop Cranston to 0ficiate, As
sisted by Rev. Clarence Wise.
Tributes of Respect.

Funeral services for Thomas E. Drake,
late superintendent of the insurance de-
partment of the District government, will
be held at O'Clock this afternoon at the
family residence, 1852 Riggs place north
west. They will be conducted by Bishop
Earl Cranston, assisted by Rev. Clar-
ence Wise, pastor Of the Iowa Avenue
Methodist Church. The body will be
placed in the receiving vault at Rock
Creek cemetery.
Commissioner Rudolph, in addition to
many others, has conveyed to the MEM
bers of the family of Mr.. Drake assur-
ances of his deep sympathy in their be-
reavement. His message states that the
untimely passing away of Supt. Drake is
a severe loss to the District government,
which he has so faithfully served for
eight years. as well as to the community
at large.
Choice OF Successor.
Since the death of Mr.. Drake, Satur-
day, speculation has been rife in and
about the District building concerning
the selection of his successor.
The Commissioners h-Ie given no init
nation Of their probable choice for the
place, and an appointment may be de-
layed until after the end of the summer
season, when all the members of the
board of Commissioners have returned
from their vacations.
Friends of Daniel Curry, who mas been
examiner in the insurance department
ever since that department was created.
eight years ago. are already in the field
in his favor. He has been connected with
the District government for twenty-five
years, and by virtue of an order of the
Commissioners he has been acting super
intendent of insurance not only during
Mr. brakes last illness, but at other
times when Mr.. Drake was absent from
the office. In Mr.. Curry's behalf his
frientis say he is familiar with all lines of
insurance and with all phases of the Dis
trict insurance laws, besides being a
member Of the local bar.
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Warden Mckee to Show Cause.
TWO ARE ELECTROCUTED.
Murderers Go Calmly to Death Chair
at Sing Sing.

OSSINING. n. Y, July 25.-In a
double execution at Sing Sing prison
today two men paid, in the electric chair,
the penalty for murders committed in
New York city. They were Carl Loose.
convicted of the murder of nis daugh-
ter, and Giuseppe Gambaro, a fratricide.
But one shock of the electric current
was required in each case and the time
which elapsed from the beginning TO the
end Of the executions was less than ten
minutes
Loose was the first to go to the chair.
He maintained perfect composure during
the preliminaries and went to his death
without a word. Gambaro was equally
composed and equally silent.
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Variety Provided.

All this vas in addition, has been
reiterated, to the government rations, and
was issued at no cost to the men, Today
there was another change in the menu,
the LIST Regiment alone getting an enor-
nous supply of fresh stuff, the amounts
running into these figures:
Three barrels of beets one barrel of
tuTnips, live barrels of cabbages, a large
gdnny sack of parsley, a barrel of corn
and forty-eight cans of condensed milk.
This supply will probably last two days.
tomorrow and Thursday every man in
The guard Will have two eggs.
Further than this, many of the COM
paDies have extra funds, contributed by
the men. and they buy other things to
eat If they have room to put them in
after eating the regular ration and com
missary food. Each company has its
own cook, usually a picturesque chap,
who is an authority on all matters mil
itary Many of the company officers
eat exactly the same food that the men
eat, and have plenty.
Regimental staff and brigade staff Off
GERS have their own mess, which Is sup
ported by the officers entirely separate
and distinct from the company messes.
Maj. and Capt. Neumeyer help on these,
to some extent
The night the men got here the COM
missary department issued food already
prepared, such as cooked shoulder. bread.
sausage. jam, ginger snaps and coffee,
which lasted part of two days, so that
there would be no confusion incident
10 setting up company kitchens and
cooking raw food the minute the men got
in camp.
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Swat the F1y!

Casual flies, passing about in
shops and kitchens, around gar
bage barrels, stable yards. should
be swatted. Practically every one
CT them carries bacteria Of some
sort upon its hairy legs and feet.
and q consider able number of
them, 1t has been discovered, carry
germs of the most dangerous dis
eases. This is an old story now,
and time and again flies have been
found carrying germs of tubercu-
losis picked up by them from spu-
tum Of typhoid. of diphtheria, of
blood poisoning. and, in the orient.
of plague and cholera. In short, II
there Is any filth or diseases going,
the fly will go into it and spread it
abroad again.
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MURDER PLOT SUSPECTED.
Woman Who Died in Cleveland Hos.
pital Believed to Be Poisoned.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 25-Mrs
Mary Emerson, fifty-two years old. who
died in a hospital here Thursday, is be-
lieved by the police to have been poisoned
as the result of "a murder plot. Two
women who were with her when she
was taken iii have disappeared.
According to the. doctor who at
tended Mrs. Emerson. the symptoms of
her illness. point to poisoning. An au-
topsy has been ordered.
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Novel Plan for Beating Company.

TACOMA, Wash, July 25.-Residents of
Fern Hill, who have been fighting the To-
cal street car company for reduced fares.
took a novel tack to beat the company
last night Some scheming passenger
saturated Conductor Fourniers coat with
q liquid composed of chloroform and oil
OF cloves. Two minutes after he left
Fern Hill he fell over in q stupor. One
hundred Of the passengers paid no fare.
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PRANK CAUSES WRECK.
Passenger Pulls Down Trolley Pole
and Collision Follows.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 2J.-The prank
Of a passenger on an interurban car re-
turning from Creve Occur Lake shortly
after / o'clock this morning caused
wreck in which twelve persons were in
jured, several Of them dangerously.
When the car had reached Crows Nest,
about halfway between the city and the
resort, some one pulled down the trolley
pole. A car in the rear crashed into 1t
in the darkness. The persons who were
hurt all live in st. Louis.
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Motion in Cotton Trial Denied.

NEW YORK, July 25.-In the United
States circuit court today Judge Hand
filed a decision denying the motion
made to quash a grand jury subpoena
served on Charles A. Kittle, member of
the brokerage firm of S. H. p. Pell
& Co., who is wanted In the new
proceedings against James "A. Patten
and others in the alleged cotton pool
transactions. Judge Hand directs Kit
tie to appear tomorrow before the fed
eral grand jury and testify.
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Schooner Wrecked in Ice Floe.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 25.-News
Of the wreck Of the gasoline schooner
Gertie. ten miles or Good News bay.
June 10. was received last night when the
steamer Arcata arrived from the north.
The Gertie was caught in an ice foe and
crushed. Capt. Allan and the four men
of the crew landed safely on Carriers Spit
after four days In an open boat. The
Gertie carried a cargo of fifty tons Of
supplies.
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Fumes Of Poison Fatal.

schenectady. N. Y. July 25-Otto
Palow. vermfn exterminator and dis
injector. was found dead last night in
the residence Of Samuel Stein, General
Electric Official. The Stein family went
away for the day and engaged Palow
to disinfect. The fumes of cyanide OF
potassium killed him.
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JOHNSON MAKES DATE
WITH COLORED ELKS
Champion Pugilist Hopes to ATTEND
One Session of Convention
in This City.

Washington is to have a glimpse OF
John Arthur Johnson, colored, champion
pugilist of the world, who expects to at
tend the colored Elks' convention which
opens in this city tomorrow morning.
johnson is illing an engagement at Ham
merstein's Theater in New York and, IL
possible, he will arrange to attend at
least one session of the convention.
At IL O'Clock in the morning a public
session Of the convention will be held in
True Reformers' Hall, 18th and L streets.
Addresses of welcome will be delivered
by DIR. William Tindall, secretary of the
board of District Commissioners: Ralph
Tyler, auditor of the Navy Department:
w. 7. Vernon. register Of the Treasury,
and Judge r. III. Terrell of the municipal
court. Grand Exalted Rulers j. f. Mills.
w E. Atkins and j. Frank Wheaton will
respond,
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PANIC At FIRE ON BOAT
NARROW ESCAPE FOR MEM
BERS OF YACHTING PARTY.
Two Girls Leap Overheard, But
Are Saved-Burning Craft
Beached.

fredericksburg, Md, July "a
sailing party on the gasoline yacht Wis
sahickon, owned by A. Gilbert Longaker
Of Philadelphia, had thrilling expert
ence last night on the Nanticoke river,
five miles from here. which nearly cost
several of them their lives when the boat
tank.
Mr.. Longaker, accompanied by his son,
Horace Longaker, and his brother,
Hiram Longaker. arrived here on his
yacht. They have a number of friends
here. and made up a party to take a
cruise down the Nanticoke river. Those
in the party, none of whom was injured.
were:
A. Gilbert Longaker of Philadelphia,
his son, Horace, and brother, Hiram
Longaker. 312 Fighter street. Wissa-
hickon; William c. Leslie. sos Ridge ave-
nue.. Wissahickon, Clarence Handy and
Floyd Williams, % HaverfOrd avenue.
Philadelphia; Orlando Mcclure and Ben
jamin Nichols, Baltimore; Louise Wilson,
Cambridge, Md; Harry Williams. Ralph
Brown. William c. Smith. Theodore
Adams, Henry Muller Charles White.
Norma and Irene Brown, Ethel, Laura
and Ida Davis, Eva and Virginia Will
liams, Ruth and Agnes Elliott, and Eva
Wright, all of fredericksburg.
Leak in Gasoline Tank.
When some distance down the river the
feedpipe from the gasoline tank to the
engine sprung a leak. A spark from the
engine ignited the fluid. and In a fash
flames shot along the line Of the pipe.
The women screamed and became panic
stricken. Mr.. Longaker and Theodore
Adams, the engineer, prevented them
from leaping overheard. Although burned
seriously about the arms and hands,
Adams ran the boat as close in shore as
possible. while all aboard huddled as far
from the flames as possible. Only six OF
the party could swim.
The fire gained rapid Roadway. Two
Of the girls jumped overheard. Albert
Mcclure of Baltimore. good swimmer.
leaped after them and saved both in
twenty feet of water. Men on the boat
kept the other young women from throw
ing themselves overheard Meanwhile the
engineer, his clothing partly af1ame, stuck
to his post and drove the boat closer in
shore. The young women took off their
and the men used their coats
and the skirts to fight back the flames.
When shallow water was reached all
jumped oberboard and waded ashore. Sew
eral Of the girls were overcome with
shock and fright.
Bravery Saves Lives.
To the GOODNESS and presence of mind
Of the men the safety of the party is
due. Had they shared the panic of the
women there certainly would have been
loss of life At one time. when the flames
nearly covered three of the girls, the men
dropped them overheard and. although
they were then in about nine feet of
water. the men kept the girls heads above
water until they could float them to
footing.
When the party did reach shore they
had to tramp through nearly Ave miles of
swamp before they reached fredericksburg.
The girls were exhausted, and so were
some Of the men.
MesSrs. Longaker and several OF their
after getting the women ashore,
went back and fought the fire, and sue
ceeded in putting 1t out.
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Parade in Afternoon.

At o'clock in the afternoon there will
be a parade from True Reformers' Hall
to 18th street, down 10Th street to Penn
sylvania avenue, down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to the Peace Monument, from the
Peace Monument to the east front oe
the Capitol. where photograph of the
delegates will be taken from the Capitol
steps. ]. Clay Smith will be marshal-in-
chief.
At pm. there will be a ball and re-
ception at Convention Hall, at which the
grand exalted rulers will be introduced
to the public.
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Will Visit Potomac Forts.

An inspection of Forts Washington and
Hunt on the Potomac river below Alex
andria will be made Wednesday or Thurs
day. Gen. Murray will then make a
short visit to this city to attend to some
business requiring his attention, after
which he will resume his cruise on the
Gen. Frank up the coast as far as East
port, Me.
On the last half of the tour he will be
accompanied by Capt. p. P. Bishop. as
aid. Throughout the cruise the chief
of artillery has been accompanied by
Mrs. Murray and their two daughters.
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M62EZEZWNG THE
E2lcN ,0ZAW
ON TOUR Of INSPECTION
GEN. ARTHUR MURRAY EXAM
INING COAST DEFENSES.
Aboard Mine Planter, He is on
His Way Up the Atlantic
Coast.

Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray, chief of the
Coast Artillery Corps, As completing the
first stage of a thorough tour of inspec-
ton of the defenses on the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic coast.
Accompanied by Capt. Callan, his aid,
he left this city early in May and began
the inspection at Galveston. Since then
he has cruised on the new mine planter,
Gen. Frank, making his way gradually
up the Atlantic seaboard. He arrived
at Fort Monroe early last week, and
remained there to witness the battery
target practice. Accompanied by Col.
Charles ]. Bailey, acting chief of artil-
lery, he went to Baltimore, and is now
engaged in looking over the forts guarding
that harbor.
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Personal Notes.

Percy Crawford of Washington is stay
ing near Gettysburg, and called on Gen.
larries at brigade headquarters today.
l.. w. Strayer and Arthur Dodge, news
paper correspondents of Washington, are
studying the maneuvers here.
Among the Washingtonians who came
20 visit friends at camp yesterday were
Mrs. T.. c. Osborne, DR.. ]. E. Faux, r.
= Smith and George Foster
j. NJ. Gallagher, B Company, LIST d. c.
Infantry. was bitten by spider yester-
day and had to apply for treatment at
the ambulance companys camp. Lieut.
w. b. Hudson put cooling things upon
the aching digit.
E. G.
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AWARD Of FIRST DIVIDEND
PAYMENT OF go PER CENT TO
CERTIFICATE HOLDERS.
Result of Liquidation Of Peoples
Life Insurance Association
in New York.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 25.-Judge An
drews. sitting at a special term Of the
supreme court at Syracuse, has approved
the report of William H. Hotchkiss,
superintendent of insurance, and has d.
rected the payment of a first dividend of
60 per cent to the certificate holders Of
the Peoples Mutual Life Insurance AS
ISOLATION and League. This dividend will
be paid by insurance department checks
mailed to members at their home ad-
dresses. The issue of dividend checks
will begin August l. and it Is estimated
that the work Of making the payments
to the 1888 members will take about
two months for its completion.
Court Intervenes.
The Peoples Mutual is the fraternal
insurance society which came into public
notice in December, 1900. as a result of
an attempt on the part of Its board of
directors to transfer the control of the
society and of its 100000 of assets for
time possession of the society was taken
by Supt Hotchkiss under an order Of
the supreme court. The same court d.
rected the liquidation of the corporation
March 3, 1870 and the officers appealed
from this order. All appeals were with
which involved the return to Supt Hotch-
kiss of the sum of $4,000 which had
been withdrawn from the society and de-
posted in a Canadian bank.
First Under New Law.
This is the first liquidation Of a large
insurance company under the new law
requiring departmental administration in
stead Of receiverships through court pro-
ceedings first dividend of 90 per cent
has been declared in less than four
months, about $2,OO0.O0O Of securities of
OF matured obligations paid, and at a
total expense, Of sless than $4,000, or
about 6-10 Of per cent of the amount
now to be distributed. This expense in
cludes A,66471 for clerk hire. s.. 338. 40
for postage. N,391.27 for printing and
$792 for rent.
1t has not been necessary to employ
counsel, and the $4,000 was recovered
without litigation.
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Regular Army Ration Allowed.

The guardsmen are allowed the regular
nited States Army ration of twenty-one
and ninety-four hundredths cents worth
of food apiece every day. Don't sit up
and Shrek, ye who give more than that
IS walters tip for single four-dollar
luncheon, for there is scarcely a military
OUTFIT in the country that does not add
little something extra to the govern
Eent ration. Tibet is just d starter. Up
here at camp the officer who has charge
If his companys mess draws from the
'ommisSary run by the United States
Army his government rations for the
Gay. He can get ii all in beef, he can
set it all in ice. He can get it all in
cutter, or pepper or salt or canned vege-
cables Or he can get it distributed
among those things.
But he gets no green vegetables or
fancy things like ginger snaps or fruit
sight there is where the Neumeyer
family shines. The District National
Guard is fortunate enough in having.
an appropriation which covers the pur-
chase of green vegetables during camp,
and several other things which make
lie companies mess tables rather good
places to attend after long hike into
the surrounding dusty country
For instance, the District National
Guard yesterday had about $3.50 worth
If the good old army ration of beef,
butter, potatoes, etc.
In addition apt. and Maj. Neumeyer
issued a lot of extras which made the
men happy indeed Macaroni appeared
on every table. at the rate of one pound
10 every eight men. Cheese was cooked
with 1T at the rate of pound to
dozen men. Every eight men got three
pounds of preserved peaches and every
man got an eighth of a pound of ginger
snaps. The fresh vegetables issued all
around was the succulent beet. Barrels
on barrels of it was sent by the farmers
around GETTYSBURG
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The only kicks against the food served
to the men of the District National Guard
during this camp have been from men
who would kick if they had it served to
them on golden salvers from a kitchen
that Epicurus had designed and con-
Quoted.
The food is good, if the mems word is
worth anything, and if the food were not
good, there would be a tremendous howl
from every man in the tents. They don't
mind facing the deadly rain of paper bull
let's, nor being declared dead and buried
BY the umpire in the war game. They
don't mind doing guard duty. nor do
they mind getting up at in the morn
ing, but the minute the food is bad the
men roar. If one meal is not up TO the
standard, it isn't five minutes before the
company streets are full of grumbling
so.diers. who have bad things TO say
about the cook and every one else con-
cerned.
The task of feeding the men falls to
Maj. E. II. Neumeyer of the District Ma
Gonal Guards commSSary department.,
who shares the trouble with Capt. E. H.
Neumeyer. jr. They are engaged prac-
ttically ali day long on the JOB of issuing
!ood to the various organizations, get
Ing the proper papers. receipts and the
lHnumerable red tape that goes with army
affairs. The commissary tent is near
Gen. Harries headquarters and is a COM
under canvas. Although the officers and
lew men attached to the commiSsary do
not get out on the firing line, nor do
they enter into the routine of company
camp life yet if they should loaf on their
Job for half day the men would suffer.
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A LYLY To THE
NON: CND
Guardsmen Well Fed.

train was furnished 10 great extent by
the Fort Myer outfit.
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OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA
SALT LAKE CITY, uTAN.
SIOUX FALLS. 9. ..
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Things
AUTOMOBILE do you suppose will
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quality that time little less than revolutionary
FURTHER let u. say this advertisement
business who the market automobile and who
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and thrift of such We that who read this
c.. your own aSsrsmss competition Of all kinds fair and u
intelligent and the
frankly
and advisable.
the this sterling produc, the former Much
in super-cr,iea
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NOW WE NEVER COULD FArHoM philosophy
whole world You fool nobody bad
for pAPaby The inf always
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@ at cars prices F.nsns down to hal. the list price
lecturers. been meaningless represented the
price they hoped o get eo for their pou. has S one
plus freight charges from Detroit t destination
SUCH PRACTICES MlsLEAD the average euy He When
welknown Cls,) price naturally
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automobiles fallen OFF,
than might
THERE LACK OF DEMAND for
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to
thing
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market bought
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PROMOTION AND IMITATION word Every
industry
The automobile bust
has The public usual misad for
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NOTE-This sd the FIRST Of series Of four that will Be
hlshed in the few days No will be the subject Of
Nanuaetursrs Guarantees and what they Wen let
- light in things in that id The third will
for general eonsumpuon-sddressed dealers only We
've in talking 70 them openy-of course read
5ou choose Perhaps. second thoughts you'd better.
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PoRTLAN q. ORE.
SEATTLE. WASH.
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NEW YORK. N. Y.
CHICAGO. ILL.,
PbtiIApgLpNIA, pa.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
session, MASS,
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ATLANTA, GA.
eAcRAM EhTO, CAL.
OMAHA, Ng9.
PITTeBuRo. PA.
CLEVELAND, OHIO.