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The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Liquor Crusade Arrest
Recalls Beck Shooting

Facing trial on charge of having
given liquor to a sixteen-year-old girl,
Oliver H. Tyler is a prisoner at the
First precinct station. He will be ar
raigned in Police Court tomorrow
morning. The girl, Mrs. Dorothy Beck,
who figured as a sensational witness
in the trial of her father for the muir
der of her husband last summer, is
held at the House of Detention.
According to the police, Tyler bought
intoXicants in a palm garden near
Ninth and D streets, and induced the
girl to drink a portion of the liquor.
Precinct Detectives Howes and Mes
ser placed Tyler under arrest short
time afterward. The arrest of Tyler is
said by the police to be but the begin
ming of a campaign to end the sale
and giving of intoxicants to young
girls and boys.
The girls father. Albert H. Willard,
was acquitted last summer of the MUIR
der of his son-in-law, Irving w. Beck,
on the ground that Beck forced the
willard girl to marry him against her
will The killing took place at Second
and NJ streets southeast, near which
place Beck conducted a grocery store
The girl widow was the star witness
for the defense, her testimony win
ming her fathers release.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
HOST OF PASTORS
TEMPERS GAYETY
Of ATLANTIC CITY
Presbyterian G h ur c h men
Mingle With Crowd of
Pleasure Seekers.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May IL
Like a giant magnet, set to attract hui
man atoms instead of metal particles.
the Atlantic City boardwalk today Is
drawing its thousands from every city
within rail or road reach and by every
known vehicle of travel. Long sections
of morning trains on both the steam
and electric roads are pouring in their
throngs from cars packed to the plat
form, while a string of automobiles
and motorcycles, stretched out from
Camden and Gloucester to the beach,
are running so close together as to
leave but one trail of dust Even
suburban towns have caught the board
walk fever, and trolley lines have add
ed several thousand people to the
throngs.
The lure of the boardwalk had a
rival for a time during the morning
when church bells called worshipers to
the seating limit of practically every
church in the resort Pulpit orators
selected from the thousand or more pas
tors of the Presbyterian chruch now in
assembly here, filled a score Of pulpits
by courtesy, and the boardwalk parade
had the novel feature of the added
ministerial delegates when the crowd
reached its greatest volume shortly
after noon.
Following the decision made by the
assembly yesterday to petition Cover
nor Wilson to take hand in the cru
SADIE to close up Atlantic City bars and
amusements on the. Sabbath, half a
dozen ministers took filings at the
hberality" of the resort, and asked
the cooperation of the church folk in
the night to close the town.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
PRESIDENTS HASTY
EXIT FROM CHURCH
BALKS S|GHTSEERS
Whirled Away in Auto So
Quickly They Fail to
Get Glimpse.

Unaccompanied, President Taft at
tended services at All Souls Unitarian
Church this morning. Such a hasty de-
parture was made upon their conclu-
sion that many Of the curious people
who go there every Sunday to see the
President failed to get glimpse of him.
The crowd was withheld by the ushers
until the President had passed through
the front door and there he was met
by his guards. A second later, he was
being whirled away in his automobile.
The Rev. U. q. B. Pierce delivered a
sermon in which the power of the Sd
lent voice Of art was paid a tribute.
Anything that Is once recognized as
being beautiful and symmetrical for
ever Is held dear by U.S." said the Rev.
Mr.. Pierce.
Speaking of the Christian life, the
pastor said: THE Christian life Is not
the easiest life to live"
He upheld simplicity in religion, saying
that that religion which truly ap-
proaches simplicity Is the best
President Taft made his first visit to
the new links Of the Chevy Chase clubs
yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by
Major Butt, he made one round Of the
course, and made an inspection tour Of
the new clubhouse Of the Columbia
Country Club.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
INQUIRY TOMORROW
TODEATHOF HERO
IN EXPRESS WRECK
BY Sticking to Post Engineer
Burch Probably Saved
Many Lives.

Coroner's jurors will inquire into the
death of Charles Burch, engineman OF
the westbound Chicago express, who
stuck to his cab last night in the face
Of certain destruction until derailment
saved the train. Burch jumped too late
TO save his life. Howard Cramblitt, his
fireman, leaped to safety and escaped
without serious injury.
The wreck of the Baltimore and Ohio s
fastest express happened just as the big
yards shortly after II O'Clock. When
the train jumped the track scores OF
passengers were bounced out of their
seats, and amid the noise of escaping
steam pandemonium ensued. When
quiet prevailed a census of the pas
sengers revealed no injured. Burch
was the sole victim.
Coroner hewitt summoned his jurors
today, and swore them over Burch's
body. which was taken last night to
Lees undertaking establishment.
Then the coroner released the body,
w. Va, this afternoon for burial. The
inquest will be held tomorrow morn
ing at IL o'clock.
Albert s. Burch, a nephew of the
dead man, and whose home Is in
Brunswick. Md, came here this morn
ing to arrange for the disposition Of
the engineers body.
Early this morning track gangs
were put on at the scene of the wreck,
near Fourth street and Florida aV-
enue.
Engineer Burch. it is believed, was
warned of impending trouble by an I'M
usual humping and~rocking of the en-
CINE. Just as the bridge was reached,
after the train had left the lexington
freight yards, the engine nearly left the
rails. and 1t was then that Engineer
Burch decided to apply the emergency
brakes.
Fireman Howard Cramdlett, who was
in the cab, says that Engineer Burch,
just as he was applying the emergency
we've got to Jump now" The fireman
leaped from the tender to the right side
Of the track and was only slightly In
jured. But Brch was pinned under his
wrecked engine, and it required half
hours search and effort to locate the
body.
A telephone call was sent to the
Eighth precinct police station and Lieu
tenant Judge and squad of officers re-
sponded
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
INVESTIGATIONS IN THE DIS
TRICT.

Another indication of the serious
ness and thoroughness with which the
new House District Committee proposes
to construct legislation for this city is
contained in the resolution recently
offered by Representative Oldfeld of
Arkansas, chairman of the subcom-
mittee on judiciary of the District
Committee. The resolution authorizes
the House District Committee or any
subcommittee of it appointed by the
chairman to inquire into the operation
of the government of the District of
Columbia and into the operation of the
local public service corporations. 1t
has been referred to the Committee on
Rules, and will probably be reported
for passage and adopted this week.
Additional significance is given the
resolution by the understanding that
it was introduced by Mr.. Oldfeld with
the approval of the majority of the
committee. 1t is believed it represents
the intention of the Democrats to in
form themselves thoroughly concern
ing all phases of the District govern
ment and concerning the status and
operation of public utilities before at
tempting to draft District bills. The
resolution authorizes the committee or
any of its subcommittee to call for
witnesses and put them on oath, to
send for books or records, to sit dur
ing the sessions of the House or dur
ing recess between sessions of Con-
gress, and to employ stenographers to
take the testimony of witnesses.
The passage of this resolution would
be of material advantage to the COM
mittee, particularly in considering
legislation affecting the public service
companies. Without the authority
which it conveys the committee would
find it almost impossible to construct
a public service commission bill, which
will probably be its most important
duty at this session. With the au-
thority created by the resolution the
committee could 60 to the bottom
of every public service company, as
certain what rules for its control and
regulation are needed, and embody
them in a public utilities bill that
would remedy specific existing evils and
at the same time centralize response
bility for the laws enforcement in one
board clothed with authority and pro-
vided with facilities to make it effec-
tive.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
CHAMBER MEMBERS
SPEED OVER WAVES
TO NEW YORK CITY
Due for an Automobile Trip
in Metropolis Late This
Afternoon.

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, May III
Rolling along over the waters OF the
Atlantic, the Princess Anne, with its
cargo of jovial humanity, viz, the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce, Is
speeding toward New York. Upon ar
rival there late this attention there will
be an automobile trip Of few hours
and then the train for Washington will
be taken. The members are due to ar
rive home about midnight.
Because there was stiff breeze blow
ing in the Virginia capes here last
night when the ocean voyage was about
to be started, there was lively bust
ness in exchanging land legs for sea
legs.
Mr.. Graham's Mistake.
At the same time the members of the
party did not want to become through
and-through, died-in-the-wool sailors,
because there was cause for mariners
superstition. Edwin C. Graham made
the mistake yesterday Of killing a sa-
cred albatross. and not all of the men,
bers of the party are in favor Of ter
minating their water trip in the fash
ion depicted in Coleridge's Ancient
Mariner"
Mr.. Graham is trying to win favor
with his shipmates and convince them
that the high sea is not really his
fault, because he thought all the time
all the time, he did-that he was shoot
ing a bald eagle.
Capt. James F. Oyster has proved a
valuable asset as ballast. Serving in
this capacity he has probably played the
role of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
pound-of-cure theory, for the modiflca-
ton of the ships roll doubtless has pre-
vented many cases Of sea sickness.
Plan Minstrel Show.
1t has been decided that at the June
meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce
resolution will be presented, calling
for the presentation Of minstrel show
by the Chamber, the proceeds to go to
the Fairgrounds Association. The hui
man Joke factories have been working
SO fast since the trip has been on that
the commercially inclined members see
a salable product in the output.
The feature Of Saturday afternoon
was a ball game between the Chamber
of Commerce and the professional team
of Old Point Comfort in the Tidewater
Virginia League. Phil King led his
braves onto the diamond and they got
back alone. Becker was shooting the
pills across the plate for the Chamber
nine and West was doing the receiving
stunt.
So far there has been nothing to mar
the pleasure of the excursion and the
members are not worrying whether the
train will be on time In reaching Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
my Best Hundred Books for Young Men Are Those
IShouH Like to Read for Myself" Says Nj. WOODWARD
Prepared for Address to Mid.
shipments Y. M. c. A. at
Naval Academy.
Shakespeare.

Shakespeare. ......-
Longfellow.
Tennyson. sr.-.
Whittier.
Robert Browning.
Palgrave's Golden Treasury
Stedman's American Anthology.
Eugene Field.
Rudyard Kipling.
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
Biography Of David Livingston
Life of washington. by Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Life Of Alexander Hamilton. By Allen
McLane Hamilton.
Plutarch's Lives of Inustrious Men.
Representative Men, by Emerson.
Fishers Outline Of General History
Critical Period Of American History,
Causes Of the Civil War. by F. n
Chadwick
Story of France. by Thomas E
Watson.
Green's Short History of the English
People.
MacauIey's History of England.
man Empire.
Ferraro's Greatness and Decline of
Lafcadio Hearn's In Unfamiliar ia
Miss Miss skidmore's China. the Long
England and the English, by Pric.
A Wanderer in Holland. by E. "
A Thousand Miles In the NIL. =,
Amelia B. Edwards W
Following the Equator. by Mark
Astronomy for Everybody, BY Simon
Scientific Ideas of Today Peculiarly
Explained. by c. R Gibson.
electricity Of Today. by C. r Gibson.
MINI a Briefer Course in Psychology, By
The New knowledge. bv D,,nnsr
Christianity and the Social Crisis nv
Walter Rauschenbush. -
Jesus Christ and the Social Question.
by Francis Peabody
The American Commonwealth hv
James Bryce W
The Life and Times of Jesus the Mes
Ten Great Religions. by James Free
Ourselves and the Universe, by ].
Twice-Born Men, by Harold Bezbie.
Religion and Medicine, by Drs. wor-
cester and McComb.
Urine.
How We Got Our Bible. by Patterson
Smyth. 'OH
Emerson's Essays.
Bacon's ESSAYS
Montaigne's Essays.
Familiar Studies Of Men and Books.
by R. L. Stevenson.
Heretics, by George X. Chesterton.
Adventures In Contentment, by David
Grayson.
Great Books as Life Teachers by N.
D. Hills.
Little Rivers. by Henry Van Dyke.
What Is Worth While, by Annie Robe
son Brown.
Goodyear's Short History of Art.
How to Judge Picture, by John Van
Dyke.
How to Listen to Music, by KrehbieI
History Of the Famous Operas, by Es-
Their Singleton.
History of Music, by Untersteiner.
The Life Of the Bee, by Maurice Maet-
erlinck
The Piper, by Josephine Preston Pea
body. {
The Story Of the Other Wise Man. By
Henry Van Dyke.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
COMING OF THE SOFT-SHEL :
GRAB.

If the soft shell crab is not the
prince of seafoods it is at least in the
front rank when oysters are out of
season. The latest reports are to the
effect that the catch thus far has not
been abundant, and that the crabs are
small in size, but they have delicacy
about them which only the Potomac
and the Chesapeake can impart. They
are coming into the market now, and
your true bon viyant is proportionate-
ly happy. The hard-shell is not with
out its merits, and there are those who
would rather imperil their health with
crab flake than live forever on patent
The Washington times., 1911-05-21

cereal. But the older crustacean, which
has to be served with pick or a
hammer, is coarse provender indeed
when compared with the newly moulted
crab, cooked by true disciples of
Brillat Savarin, who know how to
preserve all the native flavor. The
serrated tentacles, instead of weapons
of offense, have become as dainty as
sprigs of asparagus dripping with
melted butter. 1t is like plucking
off the petals of a rose leaf to strip
them one by one, preparatory to the
th-filling morsel. The crunch of
the toast is very music to the gour.
NETS ears.
Nature has qualified her bounties
with bones in so many instances that
one almost wonders if the crab has not
come down, to us from period before
the fall of man. Were it not for the
bones, the perch and Dream, which in
some waters an expert fisherman can
catch with his hands, cooked at sun
down on the banks of the stream
would be an ideal comestible. The
chicken pie, with its brown crust
boarding a treasure which piques the
appetite, stands in a class by itself,
and yet it is astonishing how many
wings and necks can be inclosed in a
single pie.
From all these drawbacks the crab
is entirely free. Particularly in the
soft-shell state he is the perfection of
gastronomic delight, and the markets
in the neighborhood of these waters
are famous wherever the niceties of
the table are reduced to a fine art and
regarded as the tombstone of a gen
tleman. Summer has it's weaknesses
and it's eccentricities, but no season
could be wholly bad which gave us the
soft-shell crab.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN Ma
TIONAL CAPITAL.

Here's a little item that has gone
the rounds of the newspapers of Wash
ington in the last few days that should
not be permitted to pass unnoticed:
With the arrival of hot weather the
portable school buildings of this city,
numbering twenty-five, are so warm
during the day, according to the school
authorities, that it will probably be
necessary to diminish the length of the
sessions in them.
Yes, gentle reader, this paragraph
has passed current as news in Wash
ington, D. c., the Capital of the United
States, in this year of enlightenment
4. D. 1911. And it is a true story.
Furthermore, it is a story that is ac-
cepted as a matter of course, arousing
but mild comment among the thous-
ands of people who read it.
Let us back off where we can see
this story from a distance. Let us
hold it up to the light and examine it.
Let us, for the moment, put ourselves
in the position of the casual visitor to
Washington from an outlying State.
Must it not strike the casual WISH
tor as strange that in Washington
the most beautiful city, the best gov
erned city, the model city-the length
of daily sessions in twenty-five schools
must be shortened because the children
are not provided with adequate, COM
Portable housing facilities?
Such a condition might be antici-
pated in New York, in Baltimore, in
Philadelphia, in Chicago, in San Fran
cisco-but in Washington! It's dis
covery must be a frightful shock to
those who have always supposed that
here they would find the best of every
thing.
Washington raises about S6,OOO,OOO
of revenues every year. To this the
Government of the United States adds
another $6,OON,OOO. That gives the
city SI2,OO0,OOO for maintenance and
permanent improvements. Congress
directs how this $l2,OOO,000 shall be
spent, and upon Congress, therefore,
rests responsibility for the condition
which makes necessary the use of
twenty-five temporary, uncomfortable
school buildings. Upon Congress, also,
rests responsibility for future school
conditions. If it is so inclined, it can
find the means, out of that $l2,OO0,OOO
which it will continue to spend every
year, to make it impossible for the
Washington newspapers to publish
such items as that pertaining to the
twenty five portable school buildings.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Heat Wave Is Broken;
To Be Cooler Tomorrow

Showers and lower temperatures have
brought relief to sweltering humanity
throughout the length and breadth of
the United States within the last
twenty-four hours. In Washington the
temperature in about ten degrees lower
than yesterday, and a breeze added
much to the comfort of the populace.
Practically all the districts. between
the Appalachian and the Rocky noun
tains have been visited by showers, and
the prediction Is made that Washington
will get her share of local showers to-
night Tomorrow is to be even cooler
than today In the nations Capital.
Reports received at the Weather Blu
reau are to the effect that temperatures
have decreased in all the Atlantic States,
and are moderate in the Middle West.
Frosts occurred last night in North and
South Dakota and Wyoming. Freezing
temperatures are reported in southern
Utah, northern Arizona, and southwest
local rains are predicted for practi-
cally all localities between the Atlantic
coast and the Mississippi Valley.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Colonial Society at
Annual Service TODAY

Members of the Society Of Colonial
Wars in the District of Columbia will
meet at S:45 this afternoon in the
chapel of the Church OF the Covenant,
whence they will proceed in body to
the church for the seventh annual SER
vice of the society in this city.
The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector
of ST. Johns Episcopal Church, and
chaplain of the society, will conduct the
service. The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, rector of
the Church of the Covenant. Members
attending the service are instructed to
wear the insignia of the society.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Mr.. Woodgvards List of Best Books

Taken from their setting Of running
commentary, which was one of the
charms Of the address, the list is print
ed herewith.
The Bible, with a Concordance.
A Good English Dictionary.
An Atlas of the World.
A Good Encyclopedia.
Soule's synonyms.
Roget's Thesaurus, Of English Words
Walsh's Encyclopedia Of Quotations.
Brewers Readers Handbook.
Historic Note Book.
Phyffes Twelve Thousand Words OF
ten Misprcnounced.
Statesman's Year Book.
Manners and Social Usages. by Mrs.
Sherwood.
Hoyle's Games.
Little Women, by Louisa NJ. Alcott.
lvanhoe. by Sir Walter Scott.
David CopperfeId, by Charles Dickens.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Chauffeur Under Arrest
After Borrowed Ride

Walter Mitchell, nineteen years old. a
chauffeur. who lives at 1243 Four-and-
a-half street, entertained party of
friends last night after he had Dor
rowed' the seven-passenger touring car,
valued at $500. which brought Mrs. G.
NJ. Wilton, Of Boston, to this city with
a party Of friends yesterday.
Mitchell, after driving the car to
Bladensburg and neighboring towns.
abandoned 1t early this morning near
First and D streets northwest, II Is
said, where It was found by Detectives
Hewlett and Pratt, who arrested the
young man.
Mrs. Wilton is stopping at 121s Six
teenth street, and ordered her car to
the garage Of H. G. Ockerhausen last
night. Mitchell says he went to the
garage and took 1t out without being
discovered. The car was not damaged.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21

Tale Of Two Cities, by Charles Dick
ems.
Adam Bede. by George Eliot.
The Last Days of Pompen. By Bull
wer Lvtton.
The First Violin, by Jessie Fothergill.
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
The Able Constantine, by Ludovic
Halevey.
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.
The Count Of Monte Cristo. by Alex
ander Dumas
Ben Hur, by Gen. Lew Wallace.
The Wood Carver of Lympus, by NJ.
z. Waller.
Rebecca of sunnybrook Farm, by Kate
Douglas Wiggin-
The Honorable Peter Sterling, by Paul
L. Ford
Bob Son of Battle, by Alfred oiiphant.
The Second Wife, by Mrs. z. Marlett.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Maddened by Heat.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May H-The
heat Is believed to have affected Au-
gust Schlamann, aged IS, varnisher,
living at 1912 Sherman avenue, this city.
50 that he tried to commit suicide early
today by cutting his throat with a bread
knife. The injured man was taken to
the Belts Street Hospital, where II was
said that he could not live.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
Yeatman Funeral.

Funeral services will be held at $3.50
tomorrow afternoon at the Fifth Bap-
list Church, E and Seventh streets
southeast, for George w. Yeatman,
who died on Friday afternoon, as a
result of injuries received while
working on the new National Mus
cum.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21

operate in connection with it, Running
Juvenile court without a good house
Of detention is a good deal like running
a railroad train without an engine.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times daily during the month of april
was l,l7S,662, all copies left over and
turned being eliminated. This number when
divided by rs, the number OF days Of publ
cation, shows the net daily average for April
10 hava been LAG.