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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
WOULD CARRY NEWS
TO ANOTHER WORLD
Note Left by Suicide Ex-
plains Why He IN
hailed Gas.

Just beyond the border I expect TO
meet an old. old friend. whom 1 want
10 see very much 1 want to tel him
how things have been going In this
world because he VIII be interested.
StHl. IL doesn't matter much. / am go
ing where / hope there viii be no more
trouble"
This is the translation Of one Of the
William Harder. who killed himself by
the restaurant Of Ernst GersteuberE.
1888 r street northwest
Beginning life as a waiter, Harder. as
piriuE always TO better his position,
failed in numerous business ventures,
and at the half milestone OF life. peuni-
less ana discouraged, found life a bur
den. 80 he decided 10 end it all His
life story seemed to be one of failure
at every turn OF business he could not
ventures failed he would have To start
life over again as a walter
% 10 uEe weeks ago Harder mad
been working as waiter IN GeTStcn-
3erGs restaurant He gave I'D the Job,
but kept the small room on one OF the
upper floors. where he slept
After writing several letters, he lay
down on the bed about o'clock yes
Jerday afternoon. put a Ornucupia over
his face and from a rubber tube con-
deadly fumes He was found By one
or the other employees
Harder at one time was proprietor OF
a German restaurant at TllrJletl street
and Broadway New York He was mar
Tlec- but had not been living with his
wife recently He came 70 Washington
from Los Angeles about eight months
ago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
NATIONAL COUNCIL
ABOUT TO ADJOURN
Last Days Session of
Knights of Columbus Full
of Business.

VITA a large amount Of routine bust
ness remaining 10 be transacted, the
National Council. Knights Of Columbus.
has been n almost constant session
throughout the day 81 the EFFORT 10
reach an adjournment late this after
noon
At noon James 4. F'laherty. supreme
knight said At vas doubtful Il the
council would be abse 10 finish its de-
-iberatious by that time II had been
flooded with business. he declared. and
was experiencing what probably viii
prove 70 be the busiest session OF its
history. For the most part. financial
matters have taken up the time Of the
council
Just befoT- adjournment. Il viii be de-
cided where the council viii meet three
months hence, for Its second quarterly
session The prevailing opinion is that
New Haven. Conn. viii be selected
without opposition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
DUAL LIFE SHOWN
FOLLOWING DEATH
Real Widow Causes Arrest
of Alleged Wife of
R. F. SeWell.

STROUDSBURG, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE
dual life OF Robert F. Sewell, OF New
York. has been revealed by his death o.
the Monroe County Hospital after D
illness Of three weeks. il Is now know u
that ne introduced a woman as his wife
while the real Mrs. seweH and children
resided in Trenton
The woman who represented herself as
Mrs Sewell IS said TO be Mildred Mere
dith, and is in the county jail in default
OF bal on three charges
A few days before SeyveU was taken to
the hospital a strange woman arrived
al a leading hotel and was introduced
as Sewells Tife- on Sunday a telegram
was received from Mrs. SeweII. Of Treu-
ton, asking whether a man named Rob
ert F. SeweH was at the hospital. The
answer that he was dead was sent back
Then came message from the daugh-
ter, Leah, VINO IS nineteen years old,
asking t1a1 TIE body be held.
MIS- Sewsll, accompanied by her
cousin, Miss E5na Tropp, Of Elizabeth.
\. J., arrived IN town or Sunday even
ms Monday morning the wife went be-
fore Squire Robert Gruver and swore
out warrant for the other woman's
arrest on three charges, forging a teIe-
gram signed with the name OF the hos
pltal7 misconduct on December 10, re-
ceiviuE SIS from Cameron Speer. OF the
Wireless Telephone Company. represent
ing ncTSeif 70 De Mrs. SrWtli. The DrIS-
Oner denies all the charges.
SeweH was forty years old and was
sided at HazletOn, where he viii be-
buried
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
THINKS LAWMAKERS
SHOULD BE REBUKED
Governor Fort, in Annual
Message, Refers 10 His
Bills Defeat.

TRENTON. y. 7. jan II--Gov- John
Franklin Fort. Of New jersey. does not
trink much Of the way that ms pet
bin to create a publ. utilities commits
sion. with ample Dowe-s to regulate the
public utility corporations. was beaten
iu the last Legislature. and intimates IN
his annual message to the Legislature
today that II the people knew as much
as he does about the matter. some OF
the lawmakers would be rehuked-
Governor Fort charges directly THAI
If the pubic service corporations IN the
northern part OF the state had not been
-ovcrcapitaIiZed in excess Of any Tea-
SonabIe theory OF the outlay necessary
TO construct them Il would have been
POSSIBLE. even allowing for a large prof
Il TO stockholders, to have had long
aEo SO-cent .Eas and a great reduction Ia
the cost of electricity v The governor
declares the people are helpless In the
grip of the corporations and demands
that a commission he created
Governor Fort praises the direct pri-
mary law on the state Discussing the
fact that at the next primaries the PEG
pIe can have a say regarding canoi-
dates for the United states Senate, the
governor says
For the IE@r TINE III Us ll1LolEs
New jersey viii have an opportunity
TO send TO the Senate the man for whom
the people may declare their prefer
auCe-T
The governor also wants ballot re-
form so that all legitimate election ex-
pcuSes shall be met by the State.
Governor Fort says the liquor license
in New Jersey Is too low and would
have the fee increased and the saloons
limited 50 that not more than one for
every so inhabitants could exist
Governor Fort also asks that a com
pIete retaliation Of all OF the railroads
in the state be made for taxatic,-. pur-
poses This work, he says. viii cost TO
exceed SIG3p10, but Il VIII be money
well invested He recommends a
liberal appropriation as the States
share Of the construction Of the Pal
fsadeS Park. along che Hudson river,
and also that the state keep its prom
i=e and give S25,0H0 toward the expense
of next faIES enCampmeut OF the grand
army at Atlantic City.
Summed up, the governor declares
that general conditions In the State
are on every hand. satisfactory, and
rns people cOutented and prosperous
TIE 7erIod % depresS on has passed
arI an industries are again active
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MASS CELEBRATED
FOR MRS. R. S. DINGER
Services This Morning at ST. Mat
thew'S Church-Burial in
New York

Requiem D. IS was this morning
LIBERATED 1T 81 Matthews Catholic
Church for Mrs Rose SadlieT DinEer,
wife OF Lieut. II c. DinEer. who died
early sunday morning al ner resi-
dence, 1928 . street northwest
The Rev. Father Buckley, assistant
pastor officiated- Admiral InEersoll ,
Admiral Reeves. Commander Smith.
Captain White and Lieutenant Com
uauder White acted as palbeareTs.
The body viii be taken 20 New York,
where solemn high mass VIII be
celebrated Thursday morning at St
TEuatius LoFOla Catholic Church II
terment VIII be made in the cemetery
of the Holy Cross. by the side OF Mrs
DinEeT'S father
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
DEFICIT
CUT DOWN A THIRD
Report Of Department Auditor for
Quarter Just Ended Shows I'm
proved Conditions.

3 noteworthy Increase In the volume
o. postal and money order business and
a decrease OF more than one-th'rd IN
the postal deficiency as compared with
the corresponding quarter Of the pre-
CedinE year is shown by the report Of
Merritt O. Glance, auditor for the Post
Office Department.
Audited revenues for the quarter just
ended amounted 20 S50.931 sZI57. which
was an increase Of nearly 5000. COO. The
daily cost Of the service was $500. 90
with revenues Of about 1853 011 daily.
The total number Of domestic orders
amounted 20 $40. I32. SIS. 70 The EsF.FS3
money orders sent abroad carried 500
e72. So So. while $3.50 incoming money
orders brought only S2f12.1S5-1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11

FOUND WITH DEAD

TOLEDO, Jan 11--As the result Of
poison which, according TO a letter left
- lim for the police, was administered
- a Chicago hotel BY his stepdsuEhter,
Fire Salisbury, in order 20 cover Up an
alleged theft Of sl1no In 5eweIry and
money. William II. Holman. furty-fve.
a. prominent TerUe HTuIe jeWeler- was
found dead I'm a Terre Haute hotel
The letter SAYS Miss Salisbury is now
on her way to New Orleans The Terre
HauJe police have notified the New Or
leans authorities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11

These unique sales have caught the town bv storm
They stir the enthusiasm of economical shoppers be
of the extraordinary savings offered on seasonabe
merchandise.
Everything IN the list at price-29c. EVERYTHING
at less than It's regular price, Every item mentioned
matter how briefly possesses bargain power
Let every woman who practices economy be here to-
to share these advantages
No mail phone orders filled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11

LOUNGE bottles OF Lister mr.
inc; sold regularly at 800 ZVN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
IMPALED ON POSI-

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa, Jan. IL
Thrown from his team IN tho Heller
town yards Of the Reading and INHALED
On a signal post, William Harris. a
brakeman, Of Philadelphia, was killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
ATTACKED
BY CRAZED BARBER

NcKEESPORT- Pa. Jan lin full
view Of hundreds o. pedestrians on
crowded Fifth avenue William Porter.
8 business man. haTtled for his life
against James Robinson, a barber. with
q razor who suddenly became insane
while shayiuS him. Porter is in a
serious condition
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PROWLERS ALARM KING.

LISBON, Jan 11--Scntrfes fired upon
4 group Of suspicious persons seen
proving around the Necessfdades nal
ace The incident greatly alarmed the
royal household, md the garrison at
the palace was r. enforced today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11

Mems SOC Working Shirts. Of bl7rL-
and white stripe and plain black
sateen- Collar attached sale On
PtiCe 100000. .--.------- -ZOC
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11

Women's extra size Muslin Draw
CTS. with cambria hemstitch- n0r
cd Tuffle and tucks. All (UN
lengths. Worth sc pair. A. 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
GOT HIS HAIR BACK.
Was Perfectly Bald When He Started
to Use NeWbros Herpicide.

Was Perfectly Bald When He Started
to Use Newbro's Herpicide.
Frederick MANUEL, Maryland block,
Butte. Montana, bought a bottle Of
Newbros Herpicide, April 6, '99, and
began to use it for complete badness.
The hair follicles in lis scalp were not
dead and in 20 days he had hair all
over his head. On July 2 he writes,
and today my hair is as thick and
luxur.ant as any one could WISH New
bros Herpicide works on an old prin-
ciple and with new dlscuvsry-de-
stroy the cause and you remove the
effect. Herpicide destroys the germ
that causes dandruff, falling hair and
finally badness, SO that with the cause
gone the effect cannot remain. Stops
falling hair at once and a new growth
starts. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 1Oc. in stamps for sample to
The Herpicide Co., Detroit. Mich. One
dollar bottles guaranteed. McGrath
Bros. special agents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
~ ANNNx~NNNN%N%n
DENMARK.
. ~~~ 1893 >%>>

The Woman's Missionary society
will meet with Mrs. Paul February g.;
leader, Mrs. Fox; assistants. Mrs.
Sniff and Mrs. Fred Hem.
The next number on the lecture
course will be given February 49, 1t
is the home talent" and has eighteen
characters.
Messrs. Whitmarsh and Lewis have
purchased the timber pasture of Mr..
Charles Leverett-f30 acres. at $50
per acre. MIR. Leverett is also offering
his residence here in town, and his
farms for sale. He will move to Ann
Harbor, Mich, the first of March,
where he also has land interests and
now has three daughters in college
A. T. Houston and Fl. Richards re-
turned from Texas, where they went
to look at land. Guess Iowa is good
enough for them.
A large number are hauling logs to
the Fl. S. Hem home. Mr.. Hem will
have saw mill in there in the, near
future
Mrs, Florence Getchell has returned
from Pontiac, Ill, where she went to
attend the funeral of friend and
visit her brother, Mr.. Burkholder
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
The Magazines and Postage.

Sioux City Journal: The magazines
should be made to pay a higher rate
of postage than the newspapers. The
magazines occupy the relation be
tween newspapers and books, The
expense of transporting magazines is
greater per pound than the expense OF
Transporting newspapers. as the dis
lance magazines are carried averages
greater than the distance newspapers
are carried. For another thing, maya
zines are more in the nature of luxur
les than newspapers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06

be abandoned for time to permit of
general reconstruction.
The Hartman officials believe that
it will take six months to carrv out
the work that is now planned on the
cutoff and if there is no perceptible
fall in the lake at the end of that
time more gigantic task of recon
struction will be undertaken.
The Saltair beach pavilion, built
on foundation Of piles thirty mil s
south of the Lucin cutoff near the
southern shore Of the lake, also is in
jeopardy.
A few miles from the pavilion,
where a vast area is covered by
evaporating beds of the Inland Crys-
tai Salt COMPANY, similar uneasif ,ess
is felt The water from the lake has
been flumed into the salt beds, but
the short line has advanced to within
a few hundred yards of the salt beds,
which. if flooded, would entail great
property loss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
lies Cureo at Home By
New Absorption Method

IL you suffer from bleeding. itching.
DlinG or protr ding Piles, send me
your address, and will tell you how
10 cure yourself at home by the new
absorption treatment: and will also
send some OF this home treatment free
for trial, with references from your
own locality IL requested. Immediate
relief and permanent cure assured
Send no money. but tell others Of this
offer. Write today to Mrs. NJ. Sum.
mers, Box r, Notre Dame, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06

Which escaped in disorderly fashion.
Further respects was paid to the
Absent One" by the Gridiron chorus,
in the following song:
I'm an African jungle bold hunter
sat
On the skin of slaughtered ba-
boon;
Where the dig-dig and bongo were
teasing the cat
And the ostrich was singing a
tune.
Said he: 'Mollycoddles, SO harmless
and tame
Those are all that find as roam.
1t is really shame, and long for
big game
The kind | am used to at home.
Il wonder who's GUESSING them now
wonder who's busting the trusts.
Wonder who's feelings are deeply
stirre-
By the short ugly word.
II wonder who's welding the stick,
NoAuCt II oil . lOoi ACu CllS tilCh.
Malefactors of wealth do business by
stealth
l wonder who's cussing them now
As souvenir Of the occasion-the
Clubs 18th birthday each guest was
presented with handsome silver ash
tray with gridiron handle. The
menu card bore reproduction of the
Clubs first dinner.
Among the distinguished guests
were: President Taft, Vice-president
Sherman, Speaker Cannon, Associate
Justice Lurton, the Italian and Ger
man Ambassadors. the Chinese Min
lister, Secretary of State Knox, Attor-
ney General Wickersham, Secretay
of Commerce and Labor Nagel, Post
master General Hitchcock, Senators
Gordon. Beverage, Burrows, Bourne
Shively, Thompson, Burton, Oliver,
Cuggenheim and Scott; Representa-
tives Mckinley, Louden, Mccall Rue
ker, Stevens, Loudenslager and Town
send; E. II. Gary, U. S. Steel Corpora
lion; Frank A. Vanderlip. of New
York; Seth Bullock. of Deadwood, s.
D.: Gen. Felix Angus. of the Baltimore
American; A. c. Fair. of the Pitts
burg Gazette-Times; John A. SLEIGH
er, of Leslie's Weekly, and W. J. Cal
houn, minister to China.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
Growing Feat Of its Career at the
Big Banquet Dinner: Held
Saturday Night in
Washington.
BACK FROM ELBA CLUB
Capitol Newspaper Men Have a Great
Time and Spring Something
New and Novel as
Usual.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--Having
solved all the other great world prob
lens, the Gridiron club, at it's silver
anniversary dinner tonight, accom-.
plished the browning feat of its ca.
reer.
For months there had been whis-
perlngs in and around the Capital con
corning the formation and operations
of a Back from Elba cub The most
astute political Sherlock Holmeses in
the business had been baffled in their
efforts to trail this elusive society te
its lair and to discover it's member
ship. 1t remained for Washington's
organization of newspaper men to
turn the trick. The Gridironers not
only found the "Back from Elba club. y
but actually persuaded its members
to hold meeting for the edification
of tonight's guests
In the presence of President Taft,
Vice-president Sherman, Speaker Can
non, several members of the Cabinet,
a score or more of members of Cong
ress, and some 200 other en-. dis
tinguished in business Or politics. in
this and other cities the rites of the
mysterious society We're exposed.
Scarcely had the huge gridiror, with
Its hundreds of incandescent bulbs.
back OF the Presidents chair, flashed
its welcome as the guests took their
seats in the big banquet hall of the
New Willard, when to the strains Of
the "Marseillaise" PLAYED by the Ma
rine band. in marched thirteen men.
wearing black military cloaks, Napol.
con chapeux. and very serious coun-
tenances. Their leader bore proudly
a s'big stick" surmounted with a spear
head. which he thrust into a socket
on the floor and around which his
companions gathered in reverential
mein.
Sergeant G'avis, call the ROLL or
dered the leader. Then, for the first
time, there was revealed to a palpi
tating world the perst ! of the
Back from Elba club The sombel
CARRIED men answered to the follow.
ing list:
Grand Marshal-Henry Cabot Lodge
Field Marshal-Gifford Pinchot
Lieutenant General Jonathan
Bourne
Brigadier General-Charles Joseph
Bonaparte.
Colonel-William Dudley Foulke.
Captain-Herbert Knox Smith
Major Nicholas Longworth.
Observation-Disclosures Loeb
haplain-Lyman Abbott.
Drummer Boy-Albert J. Beveridge
Grenadiers-Price and Shaw.
Each having answered here" there
was a pause, after which in solemn
tones Sergeant CLAWS" called, 1.-THE
Only One" The members saluted as
they answered in unison with voices
subdued, absent in Africa.
Before proceeding further with thu
business of the evening, the "Elbaites'
Joined in chanting the clubs battl,
song:
When Teddy comes marching hom
again, hurrah! hurrah!
We'll give him hearty welcom
then, hurrah, hurrah!
The club will cheer, the boys VII
shout,
The malefactors viii all go out,
d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
At Hurdland some members of the

At Hurdland some members of the
train crew remained over and while
waiting for the resumption of traffic.
related their experiences to acquaint-
ances. One of the brakemen was
thrown at least twenty feet when the
train left the rails another had a
narrow escape from being crushed
under one of the cars and the con-
ductor, engineer and fireman all three
were unable to understand how man
could have been on the train and
escaped with his life, Not a mem
Der of the crew was injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
Water Encroaches on smelter.

At Garfield, where the Guggen-
helms have built great smelter and
where the town has sprung from sage
brush into the dignity of commun-
ity of 5000, many buildings h We been
erected close to the old shore line.
When these buildings were con
structed, the waters of the Great Salt
lake were lar across a stretch of
sandy beach, but the wayelets are
now beating against the foundation
walls of many of the buildings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
Town RedoIent Of Perfume

The sweetest town in the world is
Grasse in the foothills back of
Cannes on the French Riviera. All
through the year Grasse is really one
big bubbling cauldron where are dis
titled gallons, barrels, hogsheads of
perfumes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
Why. OF Course He Would

Mrs. Newlywed-Cook has burned
the bacon, dear; she is so young and
inexperienced. Won't you be satisfied
with ..iss for breakfast" Mr.. New
iywed-"All right; call her in"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
Better Than Any Medicine
Grippe Cured and Her Health Restored

Nus WFOtS WITS. NlDSOn OF T1ars
rells, Ala, who now enjoys
good health after she had
been a constant sufferer from
grippe for years.
q was 6S years old the 22nd Of
July. My health had been bad for sew
eral years. caused from grippe, and !
find that Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
does me more good than any medicine
l have taken. have been using it for
nearly a year, and wish that | had
known of it years ago. 1t is the best
tasting wliskey | ever used. ] rec
ommend it to all my ailing friends,
and l expect you will get several or
ders from here some time soon. The
Lord bless you for your charitable act
as your great kindness in building me
up will be a great help, / ar, a poor
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School
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crisp
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There's a Reason"

Find "The Road to Well
VILE" in packages. It's worth
reading carefully.
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Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskev

h to keep young strong and vigorous and have on your
" of perfect health take Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey
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POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Ltd,
Battle Greek, Mich.