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The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
.REBEKAH LODGES
CELEBRATION
Observe Founding of Degree
at |. 0. o. F. Hall.

Rebekah Lodges of the l. o. o. F. of
the District and officers OF the Grand
Lodge and Grand Encampment Of the or
der attended exercises last night in cele-
bration OF the siXtieth anniversary of the
founding of the Rebekah degree, at Odd
Fellows Hall.
The programme included an overture
by the orchestra, followed by the en-
trance of the past noble grands of the
order IN the District; opening ode by
audience; prayer by Mrs. Alice S.
Thomas; address of welcome by Mrs.
Henrietta Werner: reading of the procla-
nation by Mrs. Ella B. Russ; soprano
solo by Mrs. Hazel Wagner Reeder; ad-
dress by Mrs. Maude Keiser Brooks;
piano solo by Charles Grouse; vocal solo
by George Speidel short talk by Grand
Master Thomas J. Gates; soprano solo
by Miss Z. Pearle Grigsby; reading by
Mrs. Flora Kays Hanson; address by
Grand Patriarch John A. Pearson. and a
barytone solo by Claude c. Thomas.
Dancing followed the programme.
Those in charge of the exercises in
cluded Mrs. Henrietta Werner, chair
man joint committee; Mrs. Alice S.
Thomas, vice chairman: S. N. Mallow.
secretary, and Mrs. Florence A. David,
treasurer.
Programme committee-Mrs. Dora J. B.
Hendrix. Mrs. Bertha Nichols, Mrs. Maude
Keiser Brooks, and Mrs. Elizabeth ].
Carter.
Reception committee-Mrs. E. NJ. Rule
and noble and vice grands of each Re
bekah lodge.
Music-Mrs. Lily Shipman. Mrs Lola E.
Wood. Miss Mary E. Edmonston, and Mrs.
Ella Hester.
Hall and decoration-Miss Mary c. Roll
Inns Mrs. Freeda Allison, Miss Helen D..
Sage. George B. Johnson, and w. l..
Beasley.
Badges-Mrs. Caroline Schippert, Mrs.
Ella V. Mallory, and Samuel A. Foose.
Printing-Mrs Sarah NJ. SandersOn and
Mrs. Mary Pollock.
Press-Miss Anna NJ. Roberts and w. E.
Clapp.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
MASONS WILL END
REUNION TONIGHT
Thirty-secOnd Degree to Be
Conferred on Class.

Stirling Kerr. jr. recently appointed
secretary general of the supreme council
Of Scottish Rite Of Free Masonry of the
Southern jurisdiction. will close the fall
reunion of the local bodies tonight by
comforting the thirty-secOnd degree on
the class of candidates at the House OF
the Temple, 1873 Third street northwest.
The degrees from the twentieth to
the twenty ninth. inclusive. were con-
ferred last night. and those from the
thirtietH to the thirty inclusive.
will be conferred tonight on the same
class. with a few additional members.
The sovereign grand commander.
James D. Richardson, of this city, at
tended the ceremonies. other visitors
included Walter c. Grebe, thirty-second
degree, OF Oriental Consistory, No. l.
Yankton, S. Oak; Charles II. Wilcox.
thirty degree, of Benzabee Con-
sistory, No. l, Savannah, Ga. and
Charles c. NJ. Loeffler. thirty-second de-
gree. of Indian COnsistOry, No ., Nc
Alester. Okla.
Among those who will assist in con-
ferring the degrees tonight are Arthur
b. Hayes. thirty-second degree: Arthur
NJ. Bugden, thirty-secOnd degree; George
r. Davis, thirty-second degree; Allen
Russius, thirty-third degree, honorary:
Robert F. Mentzel thirty-seCond degree;
Oliver Bennett. thirty-secOnd degree;
Lance c. McCubbin, thirty-second de-
gree: Austin J. Lester. thirty-second de-
gree: John A. Lacy, thirty-third degree
honorary; Jacobus S Jones, thirty-third
degree, honorary; John H. Won Herr
mann, thirty-second degree; Elmer E
Simpson, thirty-seCopd degree; Carter E.
Keene, thirty-second degree; Nathan
WE'LL, thirty-second degree; Lem Tow
ers, jr., thirty-second degree; James II.
Mcintosh, thirty second degree; J. Archi-
bald Bailey, thirty second degree; Charles
C. F. Toepper, thirty-second degree;
Harry Darling. thirty-second degree,
and E. st. Clair Thompson, thirty-second
degree.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY.

took the road to yesterday
Which starts at Bygoneville,
And met a tailor right away
To whom 1 owed a bill.
hadn't thought of this old hunks
In seven years or more.
had to hand him forty plunks
To liquidate my score.
A little farther on I met
A chap I used to whip;
He instantly upon me set
And split my lower lip.
! seemed to have no earthly luck;
1 got another jolt.
l met a fellow whom I stuck
One summer or a colt.
And then I made a hurried break
And came back to to-day.
l do not think 1t pays to take
The road to yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
A North Carolina Poem.

From the days when Euterpe was the
official poet of Mount Olympus and
Homer sang of gods and men down to
the present time. when rhymesters grow
on every bush and the poets corner is
sadly overcrowded, the human mind has
responded to the inspiration of the bard.
With reverence and appreciation, there
fore. we bow to the lyrist who burgeons
forth in the columns of the Charlotte
Observer with 4 tribute to his fair and
enterprislng city. No pent-up Utica con-
tracts this poets powers Every note
in the gamut OF human emotion is
touched. but over all the spirit Of local
pride swells like some majestic chord
and fills the universe with unrivaled
melody.
There is no prologue to this outburst
OF song The poet in his first stanza
wades boldly in:
Charlottes our city of which we're
proud.
Wen sound her praises. long and loud;
She's the town our fathers long had
built,
Before the Briton's blood was split
No touching the harp lightly. no lack
of confidence There is money to burn,
as witness:
Wel spend a million more or less.
Invite our sisters to be our guests.
And teach them how they'll have to
crow
If they ever expect their towns to grow.
Not less than million! Surely! Why
quibble over few dollars, when there
are sisters to be United and much crow
ing to be done? They are sisters with
tender and sympathetic souls, worthy of
this heartfelt tribute:
We love our sisters; they're kindly to
think
When our pond goes dry to send US a
drink.
From the noblest of hearts such kind
ness proceeds.
Heaven. I'm sure. takes note of their
deeds.
Nor is patriotism lacking When the
time comes to do or die. the brave
hearts of Charlotte will not finch. They
will march to death with heads erect and
colors flying Let doubt and cowardice
vanish in the face of this noble declara-
tion:
But We all are Americans, and South
erners, too.
When Uncle Sam calls for US, he knows
what we do
Wen raise the bright colors and hold
them up high
And if fate has decreed it on a battle
field die
Sad is it that this inspired utterance
appears anonymously Why should the
brilliant identity of Charlotte's sweet
singer be obscured? Why, indeed, TN
less it is because there are some slight
ing and disparaging ramarks about a
place called Greensboro. and the poet
is fearful lest the vengeance of the rival
town descend upon him hike the fury of
the gods. There is trouble in the air,
because the Greensboro folk Strive
with all their might and main to win
our prestige and our fame" Heaven for
bid that such striving shall be success
full! How can Charlotte doubt its own
glorious destiny when the embodiment
of Milton and Tennyson and Swinburne1
stands upon its batlements and chortles
forth his defiant ode?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By A. w. MACY.
THE CzAR's AIRLINE RAIL s
ROAD. n.

THE CzAR'S AIRLINE RAIL-
ROAD. p
Autocratic power is we'll illus
trated by the story of the build
ing of the railroad connecting st.
Petersburg and Moscow. Two
Americans were employed. 1t is
said, to lay out and build the
line. When the plans were all
ready they laid them before EN-
peror Nicholas. Noticing at once
that the line deviated at some
places to avoid difficulties and in :
others to tap certain important
cities and towns, he shook his
head and said IT wouldn't do; that
he wanted no such twisting rail-
way lines in his dominions. TAX
ing a ruler and pen, he drew a
straight line between the two
cities. There" he said. "a straight
line is the shortest distance be-
tween two points. Make your
road follow this line" Thus 1t
comes that there is one railroad
almost or quite as direct in real
ity as it appears on the map.
Copyright, ISL. by Joseph b. BOwles.l
Tomorrow; "FIfth Monarchy
Men,"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Called n Colossal Joke.

From the American Economist.
1t Is the colossal joke of the century.
they are saying in Washington now, that
the American giant should have been so
flouted and snubbed by tho Canadian
pygmy. Well, the giant would have 1t
so. Then let him pocket his modification
as best he may.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Beginning October l. the sub
scription price of the Daily and
Sunday editions OF The Washing
ton Herald will be As cents per
month, instead of 40 cents per
month, as heretofore. The sub
scription price of the Daily only
edition will remain unChanged-25
cents per month.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Corporate Complications.

From the indianapolis News.
And then how is the steel trust going
to square itself with the tobacco trust
for prohibiting its employees from using
tobacco while on duty?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
And So On.

What is this domestic science"' in
Qu!red the engaged girl
1T consists of making hash out of the
left over meat and CrOquettes out of the
leftover hash" explained her more eX-
perienced friend.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
A Knock for Niagara.

From the Chicago Record -Herald.
a Buffalo girl went all the way to Med
icine Hat for the purpose of committing
suicide 1t has the appearance of a
knock at Niagara Falls.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Makes You Melancholy.

And now the leaves begin to fall;
1t makes a fellow blue.
like to go about the mall
And stick 'em on with glue.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Modern Conditions.

What makes you think you can sue
ceed on the stage"
Why, I am welded to my art"
Cut all that To make a success on
the New York stage. you have to be
divorced from somebody"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
MAY Her Tribe Increase.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
It takes something more than a coat
of tar and feathers TO intimidate a Kan
sas schoolma' am. May her tribe in
crease.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Could Not Walk.

My wife had to be carried home yes
terday."
Did you call in a doctor?'
No: we called is the dressmaker who
made the gown. She got the darned thing
too tight"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

their grave responsibility in the rearing
of their children is field which offers
large opportunity.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
manner oId.fn.hioned.

From the Norfolk Landmark.
Atlantic County, N. J., is still indlct-
ing men who cheated at the polls last
year. How old-fashloned.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

AS we understand the situation. the
steel trust officials do not fear the gov
ernment's attack. but are somewhat fear
full lest the government may attack them.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
AINnNs Frank md Open.

From the Toledo Blade.
Uncle Joe" Cannon has announced
that he is a candidate for reelection.
One always knows where Uncle Joe
stands on a question of that kind.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
In Fragments.

Charley says I shattered his heart.
wonder If l have?"
I wouldn't wonder. He gave four ol
five girls a section of it this summer
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

France and Germany have exchanged
SO many secret notes lately that one
might suppose they were lovers.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
That spicy Odor.

From the Milwaukee News.
On. that spicy odor in the air about q
neighborhood. these to-,
EnatoI daYsi -. -.-.-=..,-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

How the battle ship Maine was sunk is
as great a mystery as the result of the
recent Maine election.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

M. Taft is doing some safe aeroplaning
thus far in the insurgent currents and
breezes.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Uncle Penny,vise Says,

I got square with fellow yistiddy 1
been owing a grudge for some time. I
went to his wedding and soaked him in
the eye with an old shoe.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

Mr. Gardner, the next Senator from
Maine. as might have been expected, is
quite a horticulturist.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
No Wonder.

Il can't dramatize this book"
why not?'
THE story has no action to speak Of"
Hold on. You have gotten hold Of the
wrong book This is a patent Office re-
mort"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

Never mind Tripon or Morocco. Keep
your eye on the gridiron.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28
Uncle Walt Says To-day:

have painted and cities in the good oldfashioned
way and tell you William Henry that such painting doesn't
pay. l in the and yellow and my
RED PAINT Gfe's not worth darn; working the
butler of a fourth-rate liv'ry barn; l
everbod servant butt for everbody eer mules reach
and kick when they standing might own
this blooming vlage-his is truth without taint- only had
the money have blown for crimson paint might ride in cug
chug wagons might all kinds of dash if those scarlet dec
orations be realized cash. To poor old wornout
codgers memories running are running tng e
ands doing childish chores taking kicks and jeers and
curses for the pennies they YIELD just keep bones to-
gether till land in poter field and thoughts OF youthful
folly make sick and anwe might live in peace and
honor but for ventures in red paint!
pcssrsht w WALT 4tASoN
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

The strangest part. of the story of that
woman with thirty-odd pockets in her
skirt is that it was so easy to find them.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

A parachute that can be guided IN its fAli by
pulling cords that draw In its sides has been In
vented b. Ffsnchman.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-28

British law is trying to save Wells from
tne hsts OF lack Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Wife Pleads for Husband Who
Had Assaulted Her.
ASKS THAT HE BE FREED
Electric Light Company Reorgan-
destroyer C. Sullivan and
Miss Elsie Davis Married.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 20. 1911.
A highly dramatic scene was enacted
in the police court today when Justice
Cation. after giving a scathing rebuke to
Charles Strobel. imposed a fine of $50
on him to which he added a jail sentence
of sixty days for assault on his wife. No
sooner had sentence been pronounced
than Mrs. Strobel made pathetic plea
to the court not to send her husband to
jail The wife was overcome while the
husband stood stolid and simply nodded
his head. Overcome with grief at the
imposition of the sentence. Mrs. Strobel
was led from the courtroom by her son
and daughter, while down stairs Attorney
r. D. Brumback, counsel for Strobel, ar
ranged for a $500 bond preparatory to
appealing the case to the corporation
court.
The testimony of Mrs. Strobel was that
several days ago, while she was sitting
on her front stoop. her husband dragged
her by her hair up the front steps into
the house and then assaulted her Other
witnesses testified that he had grabbed
her by the hair and pulled her into the
house.
Mrs. Strobel told the court that she had
been married tlirty-three years and was
the mother of twenty children. fifteen or
whom are living. She married, she SAID,
when only fifteen years old
During her testimony she also sad sne
did not desire to have her husband pun
ished. although she wanted MIN pouhu
over to keep the peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29
What THE
INTERNAL Bath
Is Doing for Humanity

Under our present mode of living
the large intestine Tor colon) cannot
get rid of all the waste that it &C
cumulates-so it clogs up and then
biliousness, constipation is the result,
and that lack of desire to do. to work,
to think.
This waste in the colon. as we all
know, is extremely poisonous, and if
neglected, the blood takes up the
poisons and brings on countless very
serious diseases-appendicitis is di-
rectly caused by waste in the colon.
If the colon is kept clean and pure
you will always feel bright and capa-
ble-never blue and nervous-always
up to "'concert-pitch."
There is just one internal bath
which will keep the colon as sweet
and clean as nature demands it to be
for perfect health-that is, the ]. B.
L. Cascade.
Many thousands are using it and
doctors prescribing it with great sue
cess all over the world. 1t is now be-
ing shown and explained by Affleck's
Drug Store. 18th and F sts. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29

Mr. and Mrs. Lyons III. DoIan. and
Coleman C. BatchelIer. both OF this
city. were married at 1870 o'clock yes
terday afternoon in Washington by
Rev. J. Howard Wells. Mr.. and Mrs.
Batcheller will reside in this city.
July Term Of Court.
The July term of the United States
court for the eastern district of Virginia,
Judge Edmund Waddill presiding, will
convene here Saturday morning next.
Among the cases to be considered are Q
large number for violations OF the inter-
nal revenue laws. 1t is expected that the
libel proceedings against the packet
steamer Trenton also will come up for
consideration at this term.
The body of c. c. Gardner, who COM
mittcd suicide at his home in Detroit,
Mich. Monday by shooting himself. was
brought here shortly before noon today
and buried i'm the old Presbyterian GEM
etery. The services were conducted by
Rev. w. j. Morton, rector Of Christ T..
K. Church.
six-month odd child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold T. Norris. residing at 800 South
Columbus street, died last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29
ONE MORE DAY LEFT.
If Taxes Are Not Paid by Tomorrow
Penalty Will Be Incurred.

One day remains In which owners OF
real and personal property may settle their
tax obligations with the District without
being required to pay penalty of more
than / per cent.
DeInquents who fail to send in checks
today or tomorrow To Collector Rogers
for realty taxes will be forced to pay "A
penalty of = per cent for July. with an
additional / per cent month added until
next March.
If taxes on real property are unpaid by
March the property is sold at public auc-
ton. and may be redeemed from the pur-
chaser within two years upon the pay
ment of the purchase price, with interest
at the rate of | per cent q month.
Personal property on VIII CHI taxes are
unpaid July ]. may be sold at auction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29

Mrs. Sarah Henrietta Osborne Crane.
widow of DR.. William Bowers Crane. died
Wednesday at her home. 237 West Lam
vale street, Baltimore. after a lingering
Illness. Mrs. Crane was the daughter Of
the late Samuel Groome Osborne, a de-
scendant Of Sir Edward Osborne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29
TERMS LOVE FRAUD
Ground Upon Which Gambler
Asks Marriage AnnuIment.
SAT CLOSE IN AUTOMOBILE
Witnesses Tell of Outings Mrs.
Gambler Is Alleged to
Have Taken.

NEW YORK. June 29.-Both sides
have rested in the supreme court in
the suit for separation brought by
Mrs. Edith r. Gambler against her
husband. Edward V. Gambler, on the
ground of abandonment. Today tes-
timony in the annulment suit brought
/, by the husband will be given before
Justice Pendleton.
Martin Littleton. counsel for Mr..
Gambler. contends that Mrs Gambler
fraudulently represented that she low
ed Mr.. Gambler and that he married
her. believing her representations to
be true
Mr. Littleton said that this case is
similar in the eyes of the law to fraud
in a horse sale. II a horse is war
ranted to be sound, kind and true and
it turns out that he is! not, the law
make the sale void, he said.
While Seth B. Robinson. the attor-
ney for the Merchants Exchange Ma
tional Bank. was testifying in cor
about the automobile rides. Harvey c.
Sickler, the gentleman of the sup
pressed name entered the courtroom.
Caused Him to Blush.
did you know the man with Mrs
Gambler" counsel asked the witness
Il did not
Have you seen him SINCE"
/. Yves, sir; in court here"
Mr. Seeker who became the cynosure
OF all eyes. blushed deeply. He tried to
conceal his discontinue by flaming HIM
self with his panama hat
The witnesses who testified in corrob-
grafton Of the automobile rides and the
detectives were examined at great length
concerning time and dates.
Victor Hugo, a youthful appearing de-
tective, said that he saw Mr.. Sickler put
| his arms around Mrs. Gambler while
walking through 18th street and almost
lifted her up. Mrs. Gambler denied that
this incident occurred. She said she was
not the kind of a woman to permit such
conduct on the street.
SAMSON Solomon, the chauffeur who
drove the taxicab which followed Seeker $
automobile to Blossom Heath Inn, said
that he kept the taxicab as close as he
possibly could to the automobile.
Sat Close Together.
The man and the woman sat uncom-
fortably close together, he said, and they
occupied together but small part of the
seat Somebody's arm was around the
other person in the automobile, but he
could not distinguish whose arm it was,
he said
Elias Owens, formerly a clerk in hotel
where Mrs. Gambler had been a guest.
testified to receiving telegram for her
from Philadelphia in October. 1910. read
ing:
Have dinner with me about pm.
Signed. II. c. s. Owens added that he
had seen Mrs. Gambler in company with
a man friend at the hotel on several &C.
casions.
Charles p. Symes testified that he had
followed Mrs. Gambler in search of evil
dence for about month. Sheets of memo
randa taken by the witness in this pur-
suit bore cabalistic letters, which Symes
had some difficulty in explaining He
could not remember the meaning of IN
Co." but he said the letters IN. D." Oh
another sheet probably meant nothing
doing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29

Edgar b. Brownell of Brooklyn. n.
Y. pleaded guilty to forging tele-
gram for S25 and was sentenced to
five years imprisonment in the circuit
court at Suffolk. Va. Tuesday. Brown
ellis funds were exhausted, and a ten
dollar remittance received at the Suf-
folk post Office was stolen by a six
teen-year-old hoy, acting janitor who
has been already convicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-29
Fined on Gambling Charge.

a bicycle wheel and tin plates bearing
numbers. together with some cheap
watches and chewing gum. were shown
in the police court this morning when the
name of Thomas Aldrich was called to
answer a charge Of gambling on lot on
Upper King street last night. witnesses
testified that the accused would let some
one win each time and the winner Would
get either ~ cents, dollar or a knife or
watch The prisoner wanted TO give
full account of the way in which he
conducted the business. but before he had
completed his story the court settled the
matter by imposing fine of $40.
II gets crazy at times, said John
Armiture. colored, when arraigned to
answer charge of disorderly conduct
on the electric cars. The conductor or
the train said Armiture failed to comply
with the provisions of the Jim Crow
law and that his infractions had been
repeated fine OF s. was imposed.
Other cases disposed of were Alice
Callahan, drunk and disorderly, fined
So Henry Stevens. colored, assaulting
and beating his wife, acquitted: John
Biandheim, colored, assaulting and
beating Irene Simms, colored. fined
$40: Edward E1Zey and Sister" Mills
both colored. disorderly conduct, fined
So each: Milton Douglas. colored. sus-
pected of stealing clothing from Sarah
Lee, colored. acquitted.
The marriage of Miss Elsie May
Davis. daughter of Thomas j. Davis.
and Roger Sullivan took place
at ) o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the parsonage of the Methodist
Protestant Episcopal Church South.
Rev. H. NJ. Canter pastor. performed
the ceremony. The bride was at
tended by her sister. Miss Olive Berry
Davis, and the groom had for his best
man his brother, Lambert Sullivan.
Following a southern bridal trip Mr..
and Mrs. Sullivan will reside at 1913
Cameron street.
Miss II. Lucille Dolan, daughter Of