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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
Melville Appreciates Feat
ATTACKS
PETTY JEALOUSIES

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 1G--DeclarinE
that the United States navy IS today
controlled By a class OF men whose pet
ty tezIOusies and seIfshncss is slowly
but surely dlsTUptiuE the whole service
Rear Admiral George w Melville today
expressed i'll concealed disgust at tEe
latest tarn in the North Pole discovery
affair by charging that Lieutenant Com
maHder Robert = Peary IS a victim OF
jealousy, and SO long as the navy holds
20 the rank Of Rear Admiral the North
Pole dtSCOVerer viii receive no suitable
remuneration or honor except a medal
proposed 10 be given him by Congress
Admiral Melville did not learn until
today that the House Committee turned
maudeT PeaTy to the rank Of Rear Ad-
miraI on the retired list
'I am Holy am higher thar
Thou. Thou shalt not SIT on the bench
with me" Such rs the reward OF the
United States 10 the man W7p naa
reached the goal Of the century. said
the admiral 1T is jealousy, nothing
but petty jealousy on the part OF the
line officers, who are iu constant fear
that some hero VIII come forward ana
take one Of their titles
Other Instances Cited
Commander Robert E. Peary is in q
similar position 10 hundreds. Admiral
Melville declared that there IS no law,
no techniczIity that can bar PearE's
promotion 70 the highest Office in his
corps win the relative rank Of rear al
riraI retired carrying with 1t the pay
OF an active officer
Es elted the case o. Gen Leonard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.

BINGHAMTON. N Y Feb 1J--WHie
going home from work this morning,
about 8 o'clock. Henry Durham a night
watChman. ran afOUl Of dangling troll
ley wire and was instantly killed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
Scenes Unprecedented Wit
messed in Hamline NJ.
E. Church.
PREACHER UNABLE
TO CONTROL CROWD
DR.. Crsnston Explains Attitude of
Methodists Toward
Vatican.

BaSlng his sermon on the recent
Fairbanks episode in Rome in which
the former Vice President Of the
United States was informed that if
he persisted in his plan to talk TO
the Methodist Mission in Rome he
would not be received by the Pope,
Bishop R. Earl CranSton. preaching
al the Hamline Methodist Episcopal
Church today, opened a battery Of
sarcasm on the Roman Catholic
Church.
CONGREGATION APPLAUDS.
Scenes such as were enacted at
the church have never before been
witnessed. At various times during
his talk the bishop was compelled
70 raise his hand to check the
congregation, but his admoniuons
had little effect and he was in
terrupted :ime and again during
the sermon by vigorous applause
Incident Considered National.
Bishop CTanston said that he hated
coutroversEs that he would rather walk
away fron one than walk into II, that
interchurch discussions were seldom
productive Of any good. but that the
present situation demanded some an
swer 10 the explanations and apologies
that rad been made for -he Vatican by
It's priests and archbishops-
The question that has been presented
is one that Is 5-r-zr thtn Vice Presi,
dent Fairbanks" ne said. 1T IS one
that is ss big as the United States itself.
and cue that we cannot pass BY unno-
ricsd-
The explanation that has been made
in Rome or the action toward AIr- FAR
banks. that the mission Of the Methodist
church there has been engaged IN prose
lytlnE and that q system Of bribery has
heen n vogue in an attempt 70 weaken
the Catholic church might 80 in Rome
eut Inls Is question that must be
tried by an American 5u-v.
Bishop Is Overcome.
High officials Of this Government
may ask Us the question Why do We
establish and support Protestant mis-
slons #. papal country We can an
EVer IT by making a comparison be-
tween ths civilization and progress OF
America with the turbulence Of South
America; compare England with Spain.
Germany and Sweden with Russia. and
the question answers itself
Time and again during his talk --a
bishop was compelled 10 stop and cor
troll his feelings and after a pause
Of severa' minutes ar one time said.
I think 7 can say calmly what is on
MY mind now
Attacking the Catholic Church from 2
theological standpoint, the bishop p5re,i
Up arguments to show that the Vatican
operated behind a high protective wall
Of assumed spiritual authority.
PeriI0Us Times In Church.
These are peTilOUs times for high
PToteCtiOnis~s whether within OF with
out the church
Comparing the operations Of The. mis-
sion Of the Methodist church in italy
with the mission work Of the Catho-
l1cs IN this country. Bishop CranstoE
read from a report Of the Roman
church 10 show thu extent Of the
pTesching that is done in this country
in an effort to make converts from
Continued on Second Page3
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
TENIPERATIPF
Sun TABLE
TIDE TABLE

Today-High tide. ra.5 a. m. and 11-o
p N; low toe, f.ii a. m and 80 .. N
11-55 2 m; low tide. SIS a m and So
p m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
Accompanied to Studio of
Miss Lois Swan by Otto
7. Barnard.
SPENDS THE NIGHT
WITH HIS BROTHER
Gordon of Detectives and Police
Guard Residence of H. W.
Taft.

NEW YORK, Feb I3-After the
strenuous night which President Taft
put in at the wsIdorf-Astoris, where
he outlined TO 100 Republicans the
policies Of the Administration, the
President arope late today and decided
not to go to church. Instead he went
to the studio Of a young woman artist
and had a sitting for his portrait.
The President spznt the night al the
home OF MS brother, Henry ". TAFT.
1T IS west Forty-eighth street.
Police Guard House
Secret Service men IN frcnt Of the
house all night, which was relieved al
g O'Clock this morning by another ce-
tail The Taft home was the only one
on the streee from which was flying
an American flag.
The police were instructed TO prevent
All sfEhtseers from lettering in front or
the building and the newspaper men had
10 station themselves half block down
the street About Io.9e O'Clock a big
red automobile drove up In front OF the
Taft house and haIf dozen autOmo-
5iIes, for an escort Of detective Iieuten-
ants and se-seants. Shortly afterward
fifteen picked men from the central
office were placed in front of the house
There were nc visitors during the
morning except Otto T. Barnard. the
Republican candidate for mayor who
after Nj Barnard caIIed Henry " Tar
left the house 10 20 TO church and a
minute later the President accompanied
by Mr. Barnard, entered an automobile
and was driven away. ostensi5ly for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT
Fair tonight and Monday with rising
temperature Monday Minimum tenn
persture tonight about % degrees Mod
crate west and southwest winds
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
SAYS GHOST ATE A BISCUIT
-ormer Medium Tells Strange Stories
of His Experiences at Seanoe
Of Splrituallsts.

London.-Ghost stories of highly
interesting nature to believers and
skeptics alike were related at a meet
Ing of the City Temple Debating soci-
ETY..
The stories were told by George
Spriggs, at one time spiritualistic
medium, and now the president of the
Psyche Therapeutic society. Every
story, he said, was well authenticated.
His own conviction was that spirit
communion is not only a possibility.
but an actual and realized fact"
On one occasion, he said a seance
was held round table at the resi-
dence of Rees Lewis Of Cardiff. All
the "sitters," including Father Butch
er, a priest, and Rev. David Jones.
kept their hands on the top OF the ta-
BILE. In about five minutes raps were
heard, and on looking under the table
there were found small punches of
grapes, branch from an apple tree.
one from pear tree, punches of
wheat and barley and some peas. One
of the reverend gentlemen exclaimed:
This is as near miracle as posi-
ble."
Describing some Of his experiences
In Melbourne, Mr.. Spriggs said that at
one seance a spirit form, dressed In a
white gown and red girdle, drank half
q tumbler of water and ate biscuit.
Weighing machines were used to
ascertain the distinguishing features
between the medium and the material
lied forms, and" said Mr.. Spriggs,
"i found that as result of the seance
had lost about three pounds in
weight" The first spirit form who
stepped on the scales turned the beam
at 100 pounds, but subsidized 30 rapidly
In weight as to prevent successive
Doctor Mueller, who was present,
distinctly felt the pulsation OF the
forms, the medium being shown sit
ting on his chair Immediately after
wards. Doctor Motherwell also found
the beating Of the heart to be quite
natural.
One of the "sitters" contrived to
smear his hands with printers ink be-
fore grasping that Of the materialized
form. When the medium was exam
lned, however, the skeptic was griev-
ously disappointed to find no traces
whatever of the ink which he had i'm
pressed upon the hand Of the form.
record being taken.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
The Elevator Mans Joke.

Hobbs guess the elevator Is out
of order. What Is that sign on the
door?
Dobbs-The elevator man must be
q bit of wag. 1t says: please par
don me for not rising"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
DEATH in HOT SAND
SURVIVOR TELLS OF DEATH
STRUGGLE ON THE DESERT.
Find Dead Rattlesnake In Well Con-
talnlng Salty Water-one Man
Dies and Others Are Res
cued by Auto.

Berkeley, Cal-His condition border
Ing on nervous collapse and hardly
able to tell the story of his terrible
experience. G. Herbert Masters, a
young mining engineer, who was
member of Borax lake expedition in
which Charles Stracher Davidson,
graduate of the University of Califor-
MIA Mining college, lost his life In the
intense heat recently, has returned to
his home In this city. He left five
others of the party at Randsburg after
the burial Of Davidson in a rude desert
grave on the shore of the lake, where
he met his death. All Of the others
suffered terribly, but reached camp
after twenty-four hours of torture In
the broiling sun.
we arrived at Randsburg and start
ed on our trip across Borax lake."
said Masters. THE lake is a mud de-
posit covered by heavy crust Our
objective point was an old camp on
the opposite shore, where we believed
We would find prospectors. When we
began drawing our line Davidson was
prostrated with the Heat. which was
terrific. A little later he collapsed.
Then he broke from us, and, running
about fifty feet, fell on his face. One
Of the boys went back 70 him. He
died shortly afterward.
One by one we followed a course
toward the opposite shore. When I
arrived discovered that there was no
water. After several hours we found
an old well, but the water was sui
phurous and salty and at the bottom
was a dead rattlesnake. Two Of the
original party of seven had gone to
Randsburg for batteries when we
started on the trip across the lake and
that left four of US huddled together
Thomas A. Graves, a mining expert
of Olean. N. Y; David Bunkers. Nor
man Stein and myself.
In the morning before sunrise we
took a roundabout trail skirting the
lake. When halfway across we met
an automobile party and were carried
the rest of the way in the machine.
THAT afternoon we went on the
seething mud lake again and got the
body Of Davidson. The boys made a
rough pine box and we gave George
the most decent burial we could give.
His grave is out there in the sun. near
the place where he died. The others
of the party are used up, but they will
recover. 1t was terrible experience
and am through with the desert"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
NORMAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC

z. M. Parvin Mus. Doc. Director Author and
Teacher Of Voice Culture Singing, Piano. Har-
mony. Counterpoint Etc. Students prepared as
teachers and artists. Next term will begin about
September 6. Diplomas given. Address 1854
Fourth St. Portland, Oregon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
SPARKS ELECTRIC.

New York boasts an electrically
lighted hearse.
The quarter-in-the-slot electric meter
has made Its appearance.
A cents worth Of electricity will
drive a 12-inch fan for ninety min
utes.
An electric light of four billion can
dle-power would be necessary to signal
to Mars.
Thomas A. Edison's royalties for
moving picture patents total nearly
$1,000 a week.
The average number of passengers
carried daily on the elevated railways
OF Chicago is 419,S97.
Eight thousand passenger elevators
In New York carry more than six mil.
Hon passengers in day.
The express elevators in the Board
OF Trade building, Chicago, are the
fastest in the world, having speed of
$40 feet minute.
Plans for a s16,OOO,OO0 tunnel be-
tween the North and South stations of
the New Haven railroad In Boston are
about to be approved.
An electromagnet is being used to
recover sunken iron cargoes such as
nails, steel strips and rolls Of wire,
In the Mississippi river.
Television Is the latest. You talk
with a friend a hundred miles away
and you see him as plainly as though
you were In the same room.
Officers Of the new battleship South
Dakota, which is equipped with Curtis
turbine engines. say there is absolute
ly no vibration Of the fire control
masts. a difficulty always found in the
reciprocating engine-driven vessels.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
LATE INVENTIONS.

A draining rack for wet dishes, to bs
hung on one side of a dishpan, is a
new convenience for the housewife.
1t is Claimed for new electrical
melting pot for glue that 1t keeps its
contents at q perfectly even tempera-
ture.
An improved cover for street man.
holes. recently patented. screws into
Ats socket So that wagons cannot
knock 1t out Of place.
A new tool for painters consists Of a
reservoir for paint, which is fed out
upon an embossed roller to stripe fat
surfaces or to apply ornamental de-
signs.
For thawing dynamite a metal ket-
tie has been invented in which the ex-
plosive is placed in an inner compart-
ment, which Is surrounded by hot
water.
About the size OF lawn mower Is =
new machine designed to sow lawn
grass seed, disks cutting into the earth
receive the seed, which is covered by
following roller.
A single turn of the handle OF new
letter stamping machine cuts stamp
from a strip, moistens, and affixes it,
registers the transaction, and elects
the stamped letter.
A double frying pan, hinged in the
center, has been patented by an Iowa
man, so that two articles can be cook
ed at once and to save space by fold
ing 1t when not in use.
To test the speed Of projectiles
driven by modern high power explo.
sives British scientists have perfected
a chronoscope which measures time to
the millionth OF second.
A new range employs both electric.
ity and steam, a current Of the former
used to cook food on the top OF the
range. also heating water to produce
steam to operate the oven economic
ally.
A new shoe salesman's stool Is pro
vided with small mirrors on each side
of the foot rest, to enable the customer
to get side views of shoe he is trying
on and also to afford degree of pri
vacy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16

A dainty little dress, and a practical
dress when it comes to the question of
ironing, is the style sketched here. 1t
buttons under the arms, which can be
made decorative as we'll as a practical
feature if the edges are buttonholed.
Lawn or dimity are good materials t,
use if it is to be al best dress"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
Dawn of a Scheme

Dawn of Scheme.
"They say the tail of that comet is
composed of gas"
"Yes."
"And 100000 miles long"
"Well?"
II wonder If we couldn't rig up some
kind of suction engine and tap it?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
Use DR.. PLUMBERS COUGH STOP

It is sure stopper, promptly re-
lieves Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
Cough Group, and especially those
harsh, hacking coughs, also most
useful for lung diseases. For sale
by all dealers; 25c bottle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
TRY. MURINE When %.,s sSe: Car. Eyes
EYE REMEDY You Will Like It
LIQUID Form. 25c. SOC. Salve Tubes. 25c. St.00.
Great Mimic.

After ALL" said Hi Tragedy, sol
emnly, death is the star tragedian."
Il don't know" replied Lowe Com
edy; 81 always think of him as a low
comedian-a mere mimic-because
he's always taking some one off,"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16
Tho Newtyweds.

There is no satisfying my huA
band"
"How's thatf"
When we boarded he insisted that
We should keep house. and after we
had kept house and before had pre-
pared half dozen meals he decided
that It would be better to board"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-16

HOWARD E. BURTON = Assayer and Chemist
] LeadvaHe, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold
Silver, Lead, 81: Gold. Silver, 75c; Gold SOC: Zinc
or Copper. g. Mailing envelopes and full price list
icited. Reference; Carbonate National Bank
The Detroit times., 1910-08-08
GAMBLING GREEKS
CAPTURED IN RAID
Seven Arrested at No. 108 Macomb-
st. Early Monday Morning
and Dice Found.

Seven gambling Greeks were gath
cred in in a raid by the police upor
the premises at No. 10S Macomb-st
early Monday morning. The place
has given the officers of Central pre-
cinct considerable trouble of late, and
this is the second raid that has beer
made upon 1t within few weeks.
Cards. dice, revolver and cart
ridges and some other gambling para
phernalia were gathered in by the Of
fcers. who were led by Sergt. Dorm.
brook. Every one OF the gamblers
was we'll fixed in financial way. most
OF them having in the neighborhood
OF $50 in his possession.
Those arrested were: Harry Mehas,
No. los Macomb-st.;; George Sortus,
No. 166 Monroe-ave.: George Damos,
No. 10S Monroe-ave.: Demos Saran.
don. No. lis Champlain-st.; Samuel
Farlekas, No. 35 Macomb-st.; Gus Var
bis, No. leo Congress-st. east, and
Nicholas Cotter, No. 131 Congress-st.
east.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-08

Asia has 81 inhabitants per square
mile OF area, while Australia has but
one and half per square mile.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-08
CRIPPEN ATTENDS MASS.
Miss Leneve breads Gaze Of Public
and Remains in Room.

QUEBEC, Aug. 8.-With an armed
guard on each side OF him. DIR. H. H
Crippen attended divine service yes
terday In the Catholic chapel Of the
provincial jail. Miss I.eneve declined
10 Join the Protestant prisoners at the
services conducted by the Church OF
England chaplain and spent the day
reading in q comfortable room she is
allowed to occupy apart from the 9th.
er women prisoners.
Crippen, his jailer said, listened de-
ycutly to the mass and sermon by
Monsignor Tetu, but the extreme pre-
caution adopted to guard him showed
that the authorities still fear he may
do himself harm.
Although the prison rules prescribed
that all inmates shall attend Sunday
services unless they are iii, Miss Lee
neve made such strong protest that
the jailer decided to permit her to re-
main in solitude. The girl shows a
dread of encountering the stares and
the comments of other jail inmates,
and the privilege granted her today IL
in accord with the lenient treatment
she has deceived since her arrest.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-08
TWO DROWN FROM
CANOE At ISLAND
Cleveland Young Men Lose Lives
Near Ferry Landing-Life Boat
Out Of Commission.

Harbormaster Ellison is still drag
ging for the body OF L. Jeffries, OF
Cleveland. one OF the two young men
drowned In the river near the Belle
Isle ferry dock. Saturday night. The
body of Jeffries' companion. julius
T. Weimerskirch, was found, Sunday
morning, by the harbormaster The
remains OF Weimerskirch were taken
to the county morgue and will be sent
to Cleveland.
Coroner Burgess ID making an In
vestigation Of the tragedy and says
he win make special effort to Ok the
responsibility for the lack of proper
life-saving apparatus on the island
ferry dock There has been a yawl
there for some time, but when Patrol
man Kirchoff essayed TO use IL while
one Of the two drowning men was
struggling In the water, he found 1t
unseaworthy, having hole In it's side.
Elias Thomas, representative of the
declared that the yawl belonged to the
parks and boulevard commission, and
that Patrolman John Jantz. Jr., had
recently advised the commission of
the damage to the boat.
Superintendent VIM. digger OF the
island, denied that the yawl belonged
to the park commission and said no
report of its being damaged had been
made to him. Commissioner Hurlbut
also disclaimed any knowledge of the
craft, saying that the park commission
did not maintain life boats.
Patrolman Kirchoff declares that II
the yaw1 had been At for use he might
have saved the life Of one man.
The drowning OF the two men oc-
Cured about o'clock Saturday night.
soon after they rented their canoe at
the island boat house. People who
saw the accident said the two occu-
pants were rocking their craft when
II capsixed.
Among the personal effects found In
was a key tag, bearing
his name and address In Cleveland,
No. 2464 Ontario-st His watch and
yyy.yU were also IN his pockets.
Weimerskirch and Jeffries are
thought TO have come here recently
on visit, but II Is not known where
they were staying. One gave the ad-
dress of John Weimer. No. "A Eliza
beth-st west, on renting the canoe at
he island, but inquiry at that address
'siled to reveal any knowledge con-
,erning them, except that Jeffries used
. room there for while last winter.
letters found In their coats, which
we're In the bottom Of the canoe when
{ overturned, gave their names and
place of residence. One letter was ad-
dressed to julius Weimerskirch, care
W. @. Grifith. corner Ontario and