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The new era., 1911-06-29
GEN ERAL.

Both branches of the Wisconsin
Legislature have passed a bill grant
ing suffrage to women.
Damage estimated at 100000 to
$3.50, 1000 was caused by severe wind.
rain and electrical storm at Danville,
Va.
James Proctor Knott, former COVER
nor of Kentucky and prominent for
many years in Congress, is dead at
Lebanon.
The steamer John L. Lowery, with
fty excursionists aboard, burned to
the waters edge at Hamletsburg, ILL.,,
opposite Smithsland, KY. LOSS of life
is heavy.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Borden, wife of Gail
Borden, who with his brother is wide
ly known as a condensed milk manu-
facturer, filed suit in Los Angeles.
for divorce.
D. H. Woolf of Kansas City and his
wife have arrived in Washington, hav-
ing covered more than 5000 miles OF
proposed 7.O00-mile walk from
Kansas City to New York and return.
Four convicts were killed, twelve
morta)ly wounded and seventeen
guards and convicts more or less seri-
ously hurt by the collapse of the bull
pen in which they were housed in a
mountain pass at Waynesville. N. C.
The program for the Combination
Grand and Great Western circuits
race meeting to be held in Kalamazoo,
Mich, from July 18th to 21st, has
been announced. The $4,000 paper
mills stake for 2:1A trotters will be
held on July 10Th.
The southbound Shasta limited was
held up and the mail car robbed by
two highwaymen between Drain and
Yoncalla. Oregon. The robbers en-
tered the mail car. held up the clerks
and looted the car. They stopped the
train at Yoncalla and escaped. l. is
not known how much loot was Sc
cured.
The new era., 1911-06-29

August Clondeaux. AZ. an expert
glass worker of Ford City, Pa. de-
parted for Belgium, his native land,
accompanied by his wife and twenty
four children.
Judge George A. Carpenter in the
United States District Court in Chica-
go, denied a motion of ]. Ogden Ar
mour and nine other Chicago packers
for rehearing of their motion to
quash indictments charging violation
of the Sherman antitrust act. This
means that the packers must stand
trial.
The new era., 1911-06-29

Four thousand federal troops are
patrolling the streets of Chihuahua,
Mexico, determined the insurrecto
army under General Orozco shall not
enter the city.
The first human parts to be re-
covered from the wreck of the battle
ship Maine, in Havana Bay, were dis
covered when workmen removing the
debric from the spar decks discov-
cred the blackened and coral-en-
crusted bones of left forearm and
right foot.
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SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

kid" Graves of Milwaukee has
been matched to box ten rounds with
Pal Moore of Philadelphia at Boston
June 26th.
Knockout" Brown of New York
knocked out Bant Dorsey of Albany
in the fourth round of scheduled 10
round go in Albany.
The Cheyenne Indians for the first
time this season dropped a game on
the home grounds. losing to Trinidad
by the score of 10 to 2.
"Cycloe Johnny" Thompson of Cyc-
amore, ILL.,. and George Knockout"
Brown of Chicago, are matched to box
ten rounds in Gary, Ind, July 4th.
"Packey" Mcfarland of Chicago and
Harlem, and Tommy Murphy of New
York. are matched to box 10 rounds
before the Badger A. C. of Milwaukee.
June 3eth.
Joe Mandot of New Orleans was
awarded the decision over Joe Coster
of Brooklyn at the end of the eighth
round Of their bout before the South
ern Athletic Club in Memphis.
Fighting Phil Schlosberg, champion
of the United States navy, and Eddie
McGorty of Oshkosh have signed arti-
cles for ten-round bout at East Chi
cago. Ind. June 2Sth. The articles
call for 1853 pounds.
Two more worlds records were
smashed at the Tuileries motordrome,
IN Denver, when Eddie Hasha, tine
Southern speed demon. lead field Of
four other racers for ten miles in the
phenomenal time Of Z minutes and 10
seconds, which is 9 2-5 faster than
the competition record made by Earl
Armstrong two weeks ago, on the
same track. Later he lowered the
two-mile mark.
The new era., 1911-06-29
WASHINGTON.

Republican opposition to the Cana
dian reciprocity bill in the Senate has
reached the stage OF open revolt.
Such estimates of the bids for the
governments per cent $50,000.000
Panama loan as are available indicate
that the loan has been three times
over subscribed and that the average
price of the new bonds will run a little
over 102.50.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Price. for Panama Bonds.

Washington.-A final tabulation OF
the bids for the s5o,ooO.ooO issue OF
the 8 per cent Panama bonds. indi'
Gates that $2.s30,50o were taken at
103, $1S,69s,5oo from 1925 to 102.ss; (;
s11.o19.5Oo from 1O2.5o to 1924, $16.
66s,s00 from 1925 to 1O2.4s, and a
little more than s1.425,Oo0 from 1o2.2l
to 1O2.24.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Lee o,NeiI Browne Freed.

Springfield, Ill.-Declaring it ap-
peared to be impossible to procure
convictions In cases pertaining to brib-
cry and corruption in Sangamon coun-
~ States Attorney Edmund Burke. in
the central court nolled the case pend
ing against Lee O'Neil Browne.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Showed Tact o, klno,

1t was the order Of the day at a
late shoot at Sandringham that when
pheasants should not be shot, and one
Of the guests brought down hen
which fell near King Edwards place
in the line. Anxious not to hurt the
offenders feelings by an over rebuke.
the king pointed to the corpus delicti
and said: "Ah, Gurney, what man
you are for the ladies!"-Life of Ed
ward VII.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Sylvester T. Smith pies.

Denver.-Sylvester T. Smith. Civil
war veteran, railroad builder and
manager and empire builder. until
few years ago one of the foremost
residents of Denver, died at his home
in Chicago.
The new era., 1911-06-29
He Got the Pass.
"I want a pass"

I WANT pass.
Pass? You're not entitled to q
pass. You are not an employe.
Sorry"
No; but here the antipass law says
free transportation can be granted to
necessary caretakers of live stock.
poultry and fruit Well, I'm going on
this trip with an aunt that's a hen
there's your poultry; girl that's q
peach-there's your fruit; and
nephew that's a mule-there's your
live stock. Gimme pass.'-The Way
Bill.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Farmers Wearing Smiles.

La Junta.-The Arkansas river is
running full, supplying all bitches
with abundance of water, and farmers
are wearing broad smiles. The first
cutting of alfalfa is under way and
all other crops are looking well.
The new era., 1911-06-29
eootIeooers Hard HIT.

La Junta.-The La Junta City Coun-
ell has passed what is known as the
two per cent. or beer ordinance. for
bidding sale OF anything OF an intoxi-
eating nature in the city or within one
mile of the city limits. This will
make La Junta dry and close up the
bootleggers.
The new era., 1911-06-29
HOUSE PASSES
REVISION BILL
"a REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH
DEMOCRATS FOR PASSAGE
OF MEASURE.
VOTE WAS 221 TO 100
BILL REDUCES TARIFF ON WOOL
AND MANUFAc.
TUREs.
western Newspaper Union News service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The House Of Repre-
sentatiyes by vote Of 221 to. 100
passed the Underwood wool tariff re-
vision bill providing for reduction
of duty on wool and manufactures OF
wool
Twenty-four Republicans voted with
the Democrats for the passage of the
measure and one Democrat, Repre-
sentative Francis OF Ohio. voted
against it
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted be-
ing slight change In phraseology.
Immediately preceding the final
vote, motion offered by Representa-
tive Payne of New York that the bill
be resubmitted to the ways and means
committee. with instructions that It
await report from the tariff board
on the woolen industry before making
. vote of 189 to 11s.
Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and meals commit
tee, and in charge of the wool tariff
bill, kept his forces well together in
their opposition to all amendments.
While some Democrats proposed
amendments, with one exception they
voted with the party when the bill
came to passage. -...'
Representative Gray of Indiana Of
fered an amendment to place raw
wool on the free list, instead of 20
per cent ad valorem, as the bill pro
vides, and to recommit the bill to the
committee with instructions that man
ufactures be reduced to 20 per cent
ad valorem. This was lost
His purpose in these amendments.
he stated. was to give to the Ameri
can people protection from the wors-
ted trust by making free those arti-
cIes which enter into the manufac-
ucts."
After the bill had passed, a message
was read from President Taft in re-
spoDse to request which had been
made for certain information from the
tariff board in regard to the woolen
question. The message stated that
the desired information could not be
furnished at this time.
In special message President Taft
stated that the tariff board would not
be ready to submit comprehensive
report on wooden and cotton schedules
of the tariff law until December next.
The Presidents message was called
out by House resolution requesting
him to transmit at once all of the
Information procured by the tariff
board relating to wool and the manu-
factures of WOOL Mr.. Taft included
in his message statement from the
tariff board as to the status Of its in
quiry and also a statement by COM
mittee of the national tariff commits
sion association which recently con-
Quoted an investigation of the meth
DDS of the tariff board.
In this statement the board said
that statistics compiled by it from
the latest available foreign and do
mestic sources covering the produc-
ton, distribution and consumption of
raw wool and wooden manufactures
had already been transmitted in re-
quest to the Ways and Means COM
mittee of the House and used by it..
The board declares it is conducting an
inquiry which involves original re-
search work that is worldwide in it's
scope.
The new era., 1911-06-29
LeadviIIe Man instantly Killed

Leadville.-While in the perform
ance of duty John O'Neill, aged 21, a
nneman for the Leadville Light and
Power Company. was instantly killed
here by coming In contact with live
wire carrying $500 volts.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Secretary Approve. Project.

Meeker.-The secretary of the In
terror approved the application of the
Routt County Development Company
for segregation Of 10000 acres along
the Little Snake river valley in Moi
fat county. for reclamation and irri-
CATION under the Carey act. The
The new era., 1911-06-29
Harvard Defeats YaIe.

New Haven, Conn-Yale lost COM
mencement game to Harvard for the
first time since 1903. Heavy hitting
Of Harvard featured the contest.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Grand Valley Cherry Crop.

Grand Junction.-The cherry crop
of the Grand valley is now practically
harvested and 1t is estimated by the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Asso-
citation that $4,000 worth Of this fruit
has been sent out. The frost did prac-
tically no damage to 1t.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Man Falls to Death.

Steamboat Springs-August Bede,
aged 65, section hand on the Moffat
road at Oak creek, was killed by fall
ing from the door of the section house
25 feet into Oak creek.
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no Build IrtiaAtion pItches.

Sligo-To reclaim it by irrigation
and develop the country in the vicinity
of Sligo, series of reservoirs and
bitches to cost $4,000 is to be built
by Denver men and women.
The new era., 1911-06-29
Cholera on steamship.

New York.-Two cases of cholera
have been discovered among the crew
OF the steamship Duca Degli Abruzzi,
from Genoa. Naples and Madeira.
The new era., 1911-06-29
FOREIGN.

Johann SEVERN svendsen, the Nor
wegian composer, Is dead at Copen-
hagen. He was born in Christiania
in 1910.
The new era., 1911-06-29

ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women suffering from any form Of
illness are invited to promptly COM
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered BY women. A wo-
The new era., 1911-06-29
Postal Bank opens Soon

Colorado City.-The postal savings
bank to be established here will open
June 9th. Postmaster Morgan has
received all instructions regarding
conduct of the office and ID making
preparations for big business.
The new era., 1911-06-29
F.,I Down shaft /. Fatal.

FaT OoWh SndIt u dtHI'
victor-Thomas Mutton, as the re-
suit Of fall of twenty-five feet down
a shaft of the Portland mine. died from
a blood clot on the brain. caused by
the fall.
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man can freely talk
of her private ILL
ness to q woman +;
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
fdence between
Mrs. Pinkham and
the 70 men OF
America which has
never been broken.
Never has RhA nuh.
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application approved is supple
mental to the main project of the COM
pany, which aggregates 10000 acres.
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paper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
June 20-30.-Wsstern General Confer
ance Women's Christian Association.
Cascade. Colo.
June 2s.-Colorado Association of Let
ter Carriers' eonvantion. Boulder.
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lished . testimonial or used q letter
without the written consent Of tho
writer, and never has tho Company
allowed these confidential letters to
get out Of their possession, as the
hundreds of thousands Of them in
their files will attest.
Out Of the vast volume of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is moro than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge needed
in your case. She asks nothing in re-
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich OF poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener-
Gus offer Of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, care Of Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia e. Pinkham's 8O-pago
Text Book. 1t 10 not q book for
general distribution, as 1t II too
expensive. It is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
It today.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Won DER M|LLERS
FATE SOON WILL
REST WITH JURY
All Evidence in, and Tales
men Will Get Case
Tonight.
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dence, and referred to the plea of In
sanity as a subterfuge forced upon
vondermiller's attorneys because they
had no other grounds for defense.
He told how VonderTniller had run
away from Ihome when a young man;
how he had changed his name from
De Moulin Ito Vondermiller. and how
his career had been marked by trouble
Of almost every conceivable character.
Referring to the insanity plea Mr..
Mackey pointed out that no suggestion
that he was irrational had ever been
made until after he was charged with
murder. He said that every witness
which he had put on the stand had
testified that there had been no inti-
nation that the defendant was men,
tally unbalanced or responsible.
The jury visited the scene Of tragedy
at Syfax. this morning.
The object Of the trip was to satisfy
the Jurors regarding certain contradic-
tory evidence. Mrs. Reeves. wife Of the
victim. testified that she was standing
on the porch Of her home and that her
husband. who was waiting at the elec-
trio railway station. waved his hand to
her lust q moment before he was shot
II. w. Lloyd testified yesterday that
he had made observations and taken
measurements and that II would have
been impossible for q person standing
on the Reeves porch to have seen q
person where Mrs. Reeves testified she
saw her husband.
The jury found that Mrs. Reeves could
have seen her husband and that Lloyd
was mistaken.
Vondermiller, accompanied by Sheriff
Palmer, also visited the scene of the
tragedy and displayed more interest in
the proceedings than he had any time
since the trial commenced.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Father to Punish
Daughters Enticer

Determined to stand by his daughter,
and to bring her home again, Edward
Carey, Of 413 L street, called at Police
Headquarters today and declared he
will apply for the arrest of a young
Washington man who. he ssys. wrote
to the girl, Turing her away from home.
Florence Carey. sixteen years old, Is
the girl In escaping from the House
of the Good Shepherd. where she had
been placed by the Juvenile Court, she
broke bot hof her ankles. he was
arrested In Baltimore last night In
company with Mrs. Benna G. Rose, If
teen years old, the daughter Of Mrs.
Vergil Polling, of 1O111 Sixth street north
west. Mrs. Roses MARI iage to Ruben
Rose, who is but a few years older
than she, resulted in Their disinherit-
ance.
The girls left Thursday. Charles
Carey said this morning he had inter-
cepted a letter to his daughter, signed
by a young man in this city. who asked
her to come to Baltimore and to bring
another girl for a friend who was COM
ing from New York.
my home is not closed against my
daughter" said Carey. Il am going TO
bring her home and prosecute Inc man
who got her away, IL l cam
When she reaches Washington today
ACCOMPANIED by her mother, Mrs. Rose
will be placed in the House OF the GOOD
Shepherd.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Court Adjourned
To Honor Sleman

Adjournment OF the District Supreme
Court was taken today In honor OF the
late John B. sleman. jr., member OF
the bar Of the District. Justice Ander-
son. in responding to the motion OF Il.
Ross Perry for the adjournment, said:
'I am glad to know that the bar was
honored with his membership"
Mr.. Perry, as a member OF the bar.
addressed the court in respect toAhe
adjournment He said that Mr.. Sleman
had been admitted to practice in 1895.
but that the greater part Of his time
had been devoted to public objects ana
ways that came before him.
Mr.. Perry then moved that the court
adjourn IN his honor
ut Is ordered that when court ad-
jourps, 1t adjourn in honor OF MT.
Slemau."
The Washington times., 1911-07-05

Hospital; condition not serious.
While seated in his dressing room at
the Belasco Theater about 1880 o'clock
last night. Charles Hopkins, of the Be
lasco Stock Company, was overcome by
the heat. DIR. Middleton f. Cuthbert
was summoned and with the aid of a
stimulant revived the actor.
Edward Harris, thirty-five years old,
taken to the Emergency Hospital suf-
fering from heat: condition not serious.
Alice Carter, a negro. eighteen years
old. OF 7l3 Balls court northwest, taken
to Emergency Hospital from 73i Flew
enth street northwest. suffering from
heat; condition not serious
Guy Harris, thirty-six years old q
merchant of 100 Maryland avenue north
east. overc ome in L street. near Sixth
southwest and taken to Emergency
Hospital; condition not serious
Anna Kidwell, fourteen years old, OF
6A Fourth street northwest, overcome
while watching the fireworks on the
Monument grounds and taken to Emer-
gency Hospital
Amos e. Simons. forty-eight years
old, of 2155 X street, was taken sick at
Union Station and removed to Provi-
dence Hospital suffering from heat
prostration.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Breeze Brings Respite
To Sweltering Million
In Suffering New York

NEW YORK, July 5.-Relief from the
terrific heat wave, which for three days
has moved down Its victims like a
plague. eliminating in a death roll Of
twenty-seven men on the hottest Fourth
Of July on record. was promised today
when the thermometer Of the United
sbava t Seat gro,,nS gave ,eaSine e es
n at s a. m.
Yesterday at the same time IL regis
tered so. The humidity today was
slightly higher, but the weather off,
Gals say that the fifteen miles an hour
west breeze that was sweeping over
the streets would lower the mark.
The vast crowds that swarmed over
every open space within twenty miles
Of the Greater City slept last night In
comparative comfort. the first time
since Saturday.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
,ding progressives of both political

Guiding progressives of both politica
parties.
Senator Newlands has studied this
set OF problems for many years. Dur
ing his ten years service In the House
recognition as a leader In progressive
constructive statecraft. He Is the faith.
err nf the whole reclamation and
irrigation policy of the Government
policy now crystallized into laws thai
work automatically, and that will
without ultimate expense to the Gov.
eminent, reclaim an empire and add II
to the area of the most valuable agri-
cultural lands of the nation,
The Newlands conservation program
as a whole has received the highest an
dorsements. His work for systematic
organization, Improvement, and deyel-
oprnent of the waterways has made
him national authority on. that sub
ject.
Since the Supreme Court decisions in
the Standard OIL and Tobacco cases, 1t
has been realized that some recon-
struction must be done In order that
great business organizations might go
en- transacting the business which the
country must have done. and which
can be so much more efficiently done
through powerful agencies.
" Initial Step.
Senator Newlands is the first man to
undertake boldly to develop a system
for such control and regulation. He
considers that the bill today introduced
will kive a beginning to the movement
II doubtless will be deemed desirable
later greatly to expand the grant OF
powers and the field of administrative
activity.
The interstate commerce law was
more than twenty years old before the
had accumulated any real
mowers It is deemed safest that the
Interstate Trade Commission also
should begin with moderate powers and
grow, with experience. to the larger
functions that fits hackers believe Will
ultimately be claimed by 1t.
The hill was referred &c the Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce.
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Heat Overcomes Him.

William Schwarberg, twenty-five years
old, of 12 Maryland avenue northeast
employed at Ivy City roundhouse, taken
to the Union Station suffering from
heat exhaustion and sent to Providence
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Bow of Fourteen Riding
Pony to Connecticut

Bradley Lee Dawley, fourteen years
old, is in Maryland today on his way TO
New England. riding his pony, Rubber
neck"
Young Dawley left yesterday at 4:3c
and rode as FAR as Laurel. where he
nut up for the night. He Will VISIT
relatives in the northern part OF Con-
DawIey had a hard time persuading
his father that the trip would not be
dangerous to a large, husky boy Of four
teen AFTER promising to write a letter
every i,Ssht he was allowed to start.
The father lives at 1909 n street north
west
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
DROUGHT PERIL
ADDED TO HAVOC
WORKED BY HEAT
Crops in Danger, While
Shortage of Water Is
Threatened.
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day. The o'clock temperature was So
2 degrees above that of the same hour
yesterday. Nine more deaths, as the
result of heat are reported there for
the last twenty-four hours. =
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Water Shortage in
Vermont; Rain Needed
To Save the Hay Crop

MONTPELIER, VT. July 6-Water
conditions in this part OF the State are
approaching an acute stage. Continued
hot weather is causing the rivers to
dry up from evaporation. and small
streams are getting extremely low.
crop from burning up.
All the pastures are short and field
crops are beginning to suffer from the
famine
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Rochester Expects :.
To Establish New
Record for Heat

ROCHESTER,, N. Y. July 5.-With
the official thermometer registering s.
degrees at o'clock, Forecaster Day
predicted that today's heat would break
Mondays record, when the mercury
registered 100.
Four deaths have been recorded as
directly due to heat, but the death roll
of aged and infants Is very large, no
less tean forty deaths being recorded
since Monday.
Yesterday was the hottest Fourth of
July in the history of the Buffalo
weather bureau, 902 degrees being reg
istered
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Vacation Prices

Dr. Samuel announces reductions in prices fol
TINS week $3.50 Bifocal Lenses for s1.50: Soc ar
Eyeglass Holders for uS
Balcony Parlor, first floor. Consultation free
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
Benefit Tonight for
tuberculosis Victim

A lawn and porch party will be given
this evening at the home Of Mrs. Philip
H. Bristow. 1912 Newton street. for the
benefit of Miss Mary Lowe, housekeeper
at Friendship House, creche con-
Quoted in the southeast. Miss Lowe has
become a victim of tuberculosis, and
Mrs Bristow, Mrs. H: M; kendrick.
and other Calvary Baptist Church
women, have arranged the benefit for
The Washington times., 1911-07-05
w. H. Bright Better.

Although William H. Bright still is
In a helpless condition as the result of
a long illness at his home, 217 G street
northeast, he seems a little more COM
Portable each day. He sits up for a
while every day and rests comfortably
at night.