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The Washington times., 1911-09-10
ASTOR WEDDING IS
SHARPLY CRITICISED
|NCAP|TAL PULPITS
Condemned as Encroach-
ment on the Sanctity of
Marital Tie.

Two strong sermons, bearing directly
upon the Astor-Force wedding, win be
preached in Washington tonight.
At the Wesley Methodist Episcopal
Church, Fifth and F streets northwest,
the Rev: William I Mekenney B,as viii vii
Church to the Rich" The Rev. Mr.. Nc
Kenney condemned the Astor-Force
wedding, saying That such marriages
cause disrespect for the marital tie.
In just as strong terms as VIII pc pc
Rev. DR.. j. ]. Muir, pastor of the Tenn
pie Baptist Church, will preach tonight
on "The Fee Refused" He said today:
Il think 1t Is a shame that this we'd
ding should ever have occurred, es-
has been the guilty person in divorce.
It is very regretable that the Newport
set which III many ways represents
high type of citizen, should so often set
a bad example by lowering the marriage
standards. However, in the difficulty
a minister to perform the ceremony. /
believe the country, and especially the
young men Of the country, have been
taught that manhood is too important
to be purchased. The fact that Colonel
Astor finally managed to have this
marriage, which never should have oc-
Cured, performed, does not alter the
fact that perhaps a score Of ministers
of almost every denomination upheld
the sanctity of matrimony and refused
to officiate."
In their sermons tonight the Rev. Mr.
Nick enney and the Rev. DR.. Muir will
emphasize the danger OF wealthy men
ike Colonel Astor using their money to
break down the sanctity OF marriage.
A number of pastors made slight ref
erences to the Astor-Force wedding In
their sermons this morning, and other
pastors will touch upon it tonight.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
FOURTEEN PERISH
WHEN SHIP BURNS
Schooner Whisper Goes Down
After Explosion Of Gaso-
lene Tank.

PORT LIMoN, Costa Rica, Sept. 10
Fourteen men were burned to death
and drowned 100 miles on the Nicarau-
guam coast when the schooner Whisper,
with a valuable cargo of mahogany,
burned to the waters edge and finally
went to the bottom.
The Whisper was in command OF
Capt. Winston Hall, said to be a native
Of Philadelphia. An explosion Of the
gasolene tank Is said to have caused the
disaster.
Passing vessels, the crews Of which
witnessed the explosion and later the
disastrous IRE. have brought to this
port narrowing descriptions OF the DIS
aster.
The Whisper had several large tanks
OF gasolene on board, and her crew re-
fused to permit would-be rescuers to
get within hailing distance fearing an
explosion Of the whole mass at any
None of the crew was saved. Advices
received here this afternoon state that
a heroic effort was made by Captain
Hall and his crew to save the valuable
cargo, and 1t was not until the ship
had burned to the water line, and the
last hope OF saving anything on board
that the sailormen began to look for
their own safety.
A moment before the charred halk Of
the steamer went to the bottom. a ter
rible explosion occurred, and when the
smoke had cleared away no traces OF
the ship or its crew could be obtained.
The Whisper Is well known in mari
time circles For three or four years
she had piled in Central and South
American waters, and was familiar in
all the larger ports Of both continents.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
CAPITAL MAN TRAPS
TELEGRAPH CROOK
Leroy Byrd Causes Arrest Of
Person Who lmpersonates
His Son.

When Leroy Byrd, of s12 Indiana ave-
nue. northwest, received second tele-
gram signed by his son on his way to
Idaho. asking for additional funds, he
became suspicious. He called up the
Chicago hotel from which his son Is
supposed to have sent the second tele-
gram, and when he failed to recognize
the voice that replied as that Of his
son, he informed the police and this re-
suited In the arrest Of Leonard Bout
well, of Chicago, who had obtained $50
by his first telegram and who had asked
for SIS more on the second telegram.
Leroy v. Burd. twenty years old, left
home last Thursday to go to Idaho and
the next day his father, who is en-
ployed by the International aBnking
Corporation, received a telegram say
ing his son had lost his effects and his
money, and asked for $50 to continue
his journey. Mr.. Byrd sent the money
and thought no more Of the matter un-
til yesterday when he received another
telegram, this time asking for SIS dol
lars. This time he became suspicious
and his investigation resulted in the
arrest OF Boutwell,.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

linen, Deacon, without the country
learning the fact. Let us hint, deli
cately and considerably, that the coun'
try knows more about virginia's soiled
linen than Virginia either knows OF
SEEMS WILLING TO LEARN. vir-
ginia has fooled nobody, except herself
And nobody else suffers for the decep-
ton half SO much as Virginia does.
Does the Times-Dispatch realize that
the revelation concerning Senator
Swanson's tobacco flyer would have
been enough to defeat any candidate
for Senator, on any ticket, in almost
any State in the Unionf
Can the Times-Dispatch visualize in
its minds eye the treatment that the
free press of any average American
State would accord to such sensa-
tional disclosure as that "amiable in
fraction of Senator Swansonf
Does the Times Dispatch recall the
attitude of the whole American press
toward Chauncey NJ. Depew, following
the insurance revelations?
Does it care to class Virginia with
the Lorimer defenders in Illinois, who
could see only that Illinois was being
disgraced; disgraced, not by the fact
that seat could be bought for Lori
mer, but by the PUBLICITY given to
that transactionf
The soap" issue was introduced into
this campaign, not by Mr.. Jones, who
displayed the Martin appeals for cor
poration SOAP but by Mr.. Martin,
who made these appeals. Apparently
the Times Dispatch has no especial
prejudice against that kind of SOAP"
It's objection is entirely to the laundry
variety. For ourselves, we favor the
laundry brand, and feel especially able
to commend it to Virginia and to the
good Deacon Henphil of the Times
Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
OFFICIALS
CALLED HOME TO
S|FT BENN|NG CRASH
No Deaths Likely to Result
From Accident in Which
Score Are Hurt.

Calling officials Of the company back
to the city from their vacations the
heads of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company today began rigid
Investigation to fix the blame for the
rear-end collision on Benning road last
night In which twenty persons received
injuries and half a hundred more were
badly shaken up.
Though some of the victims lie in
hospitals and at their homes suffering
from serious hurts, 1t Is probable thar
no fatalities will occur as result Of
the accident.
Two of the most badly injured. E. D.
VI. Perkins. ssventy-five years old, OF 6a
v street northwest, and George L
Shafer. twenty years cid. OF Sl4 Indi'
ana avenue northwest. are resting COM
fortabIy at Casualty Hospital. and ply
sicians say they win recover.
Other victims at Casualty Hospital are
o, c. Posey, Of 622 Thirteenth stree;
northeast. and @. w. Rogers. Of Alex
andria. Va. who are expected to 9e aolS ls
so. Frank Dupont, who had his wounds
dressed ut Casualty. already is on his
way to his home at Wilmington. Del.
Favorable reports likewise come from
Mrs. T" A. wilkerson, AS NJ street
Raymond Greist, s2 Ninth street
c. ". Johnson. ss Eleventh street
southwest.
lanes Lear, 1916 North Capitol street
Lucius Emmons, $50 street nortn'
east.
Mrs. Emmons -and her one-year-old
baby at the same address.
w. L, Lent, 46 NJ street northwest
L. w. Erickson, 21 K street north
Miss Margaret shugrue, 1909 Lincoln
G. E. wasche, ns Eleventh street
northeast.
Heading the party that today visited
the scene of the accident was II. w
Fuller, general manager of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
and F. J. Whitehead. secretary or the
company, who will later be Joined by
]. T. Moffett, superintendent of trans
portatfon, who was on his vacation,
but is hurrying back to Washington, n
response to a telegram.
'I want to approach the investigation
with an open mind" Mr.. Fuller said
today Therefore, I don't want TO
blame anybody or fix a cause for the
accident until / have talked to eyewit-
nesses and prcbed the matter fully.
can say, however, that the curve,
though sharp, is not considered dan
The motorman of the rear car was
criticised today by F. j. Whitehead.
secretary of the company.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Pastor Who Married
.Astor Has to Preach
To Vacant Seats

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 10.-A con-
gregation of Just twenty-four women,
seven men, and twelve children greeted
the Rev. Joseph Lambert, pastor Of the
Elmwood Temple Congregational
Church this morning. His congregation
disapproves of the pastors action Of
yesterday in marrying Colonel Astor and
Miss Force at Newport.
The church over which DR.. Lambert
presides is fashionable one, but today
the attendance was far less than nor
NAL. owing to the displeasure felt by
many Of the staid church-goers.
The publicity which has attached to
Dr. Lambert is also displeasing to the
trustees and deacons of the church, and
today there was a rumor to the enec,
that DR.. Lambert had decided to re-
sign his pulpit and seek work In some
distant part of the country.
Charles E. Brown, head deacon, said
in an interview today that he was sur.
prised to learn that DR.. Lambert had
performed the wedding.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
ILLINOIS TO HOLD A GIANT
SPELLING BEE.

A spelling bee, after the old fashion,
but on a gigantic scale, is to be pulled
off in Illinois. 1t is to begin next Mon
day and last until next Spring. The
contestants will be all the high school
pupils in Kane county, 1850 in num-
Der. The area will embrace sixteen
townships and five cities.
This is the very mammoth among
spelling bees-the behemoth, the Great
Pyramid, whatever is greatest and most
impressive. 1t is a high tribute to the
interest in the old-time spelling bee
the principles of which are still to be
applied, though the proportions are far
beyond all precedent.
The educational authorities in Kane
county are thoroughly agreed that the
average high school graduates spell
worse than Josh Billings. They not
only fall down on such freak words as
tranquility" with its senseless double
ell, but they can't spell ''victuals,' and
they stumble over "naphtha,' and have
to have two trials at expense" 1t be,
comes humiliating in after life, and the
said educational authorities are de-
termined that the graduates of the high
school in that section of the country
when they go out into the world, shall
at least be able to spell.
The bee is to be carried on by a
process of elimination. The best spellel
in each class room will first be chosen
by the law of the survival of the fittest
and then the champions of each room
will compete for the championship Of
the school. After which the champions
of the various schools will compete
and so on until the best speller in al
the county has been found.
Under this arrangement it is easy
to understand that the proposed spell
ing bee, or series of spelling bees, will
last for a good many months, and the
spirit of emulation will run high by
the time it becomes an intercity con
test. Elgin and Aurora, for instance
will become as much excited as they
would over baseball game.
The older people are already becom
ing excited over the Forthcoming tour
nament. They are summoning some de-
lightful "reminiscences of the spelling
bees which used to enliven the Friday
afternoons in the little red schoo
house, in the days when the bluebscl
spelling book was the touchstone o.
excellence.
1t seems but as yesterday that they
were struggling with "baker" ant
''lady' and shady" and the like, ant
it brings back the days of their youth
There can be but little doubt that the
attendance will be large whenever tn,
public is invited to be present, ant
what is best of all the net result vii
be higher degree of efficiency in tn.
matter of writing the English Language
according to accepted modes of spelling
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Rixey Commitment
Surprises Prosecutor

&C. Jones Rixey's bond Of $4,000 stin
insures his appearance IN court on Sep
tember Is. no matter what a county
lunacy commission mad decide, and I
intend to use every EFFORT to begin his
trial on that date"
This statement was made today by
Samuel g. Brent, Commonwealth at
torney for Virginia. Following the an
nouncement that the former head Of the
defunct Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust
Corporation had been adjudged insane
by lunacy commission.
Mr.. Brent does not know the details
yet of Mr.. Rixey's commitment, having
received telegram late last evening
saying: Mr.. Rixey committed to in
sane asylum by lunacy commission this
afternoon. Duplicate evidence and
papers mailed. VIII see you Monday"
The dispatch was signed by John s.
Barbour, one Of Mr.. Rixey's ave attor-
neys.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

imposstble;. but II would necessltate
his retirement As Secretary Of the In
ing time might prove quite as en- e
barrassing as to md another man Tor
head of the national committee.
Why Loeb Is Favored.
Mr.. Loeb is perhaps the choice OF
more Republicans, for the national
chairmanship. than any other one per-
SON. He knows the game and he
has a marvellous acquaintance. More
over, he would be regarded by thou
sands of people as sort Of earnest Of
the amiable attitude OF Theodore
Roosevelt.
But Mr.. Loeb is commonly regarded
as much more likely to handle the New
York State campaign. 1t is conceded
by all authorities that Mr.. Taft can
not be elected without New York. That
do not always make; but they make II
now. The Republicans might lose,
even IL New York went their wayi
nobody suspects that they can win II
II goes against them.
Mr.. Loeb Is by common consent the
man to manage New York. Yet 1t might
be decided 20 make him national chair
man, and Mr.. Stijnson the New York
chairman. Mr.. Stimson Is strong with
the Eastern progressives. hut the West
cEhCE6 hIJW AhICIl dDouL IihA4s anu
they have little enthusiasm for a man
who lost New York when Theodore
Rooscl cit was backing him to the full
est extent.
It nav be unfair to Mr.. Stimson. but
that Is the way the Westerners regard
him.
Cranes Power With Interests.
Senator Crane was the angel of the
1903 campaign. He has not increased In
public estimate since that campaign.
Indeed, there is widespread impression
that Crane was vastly overrated durins
the earlier period of his transit across
the national political sky. and that he
Is more accurately appraised right now.
However. Senator Crane has power with
the big business and financial concerns,
and the possibility that he will. at least,
continue the important advisory capac-
ity that he sustained three years ago Is
generally conceded.
And Nelson w. Aldrich ts TO live u
Washington next winter.
That means a good deal, IN the view
of political wiseacres.
Mr., Aldrich is the wisest agent OF the
interests that can be found.
1t may be part Of his mission here
to inspect conditions and decide wheth-
er Wall Street shall be Republican or
Democratic in 1872
Acute politicians in both camps sus-
.pect just that.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
HILLES ABILITY Is
GET TING TRYOUT
President Taft Will Determine Whether or Not He Wants
His Private Secretary as His Manager for the
Coming Campaign
By JuDsoN c. wELL1vER.

Charles Dewey Hilles, Secretary to
the President, Is today the favorite
candidate for chairman of the Re-
publican national committee for 1919.
Whether he will be designated as
commander in the war of 1919, de-
pends on the facility he displays in
the next few months in handling po-
litical situations.
II not Hilles. then the chairman may
be-
William Loeb, jr.,
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane,
Walter L. Fisher,
Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War.
or some man not yet seriously con-
sidered for the post.
President Taft Is trying out Mr..
Hilles with a variety of political COM
missions. He has been sending his
Secretary about the East on trips of
investigation of political conditions,
with the view to ascertaining, first.
how the land lies with reference to
1912, and second, how well Mr.. Hilles
knows the political game.
Hitchcock Eliminated.
For more than a year Frank II.
Hitchcock, the successful manager OF
the last national campaign. has irdi-
Gated that II was not his purpose OF
expectation to manage the 1912 CAM
paign. Notwithstanding his insistences,
he has been looked upon very generally
as the man on whom the mantle OF
leadership would fall.
But In the last few weeks II has come
to be quite generally accepted that Mr..
Hitchcock will not be the commander
again. He has become deeply engross-
ed with the business problems of the
Postoffice Department. He has keen
ambition to make a rsCcrd OF business
efficiency at the head Of the greatest
business establishment in the country;
ard. finally, with perception Gf the
political EIoprieties, he believes that
one man cannot, save in exceptional
cases, manage two campaigns success
fully.
Fishers Ability.
The President has several arrows In
his managerial CULVER. Secretary Fish,
er is one of the most skillful political
manipulators In the country, and Is cred
ited with more influence among pro-
gressives than could be welded by any
other man whom the Administration
could secure as it's political manager.
His succession to the chieftaincy OF
the national committee would not be
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Peace May Lose Foot
Mashed by Steel Rail

Suffering from injuries received when
a street car rail fell on his foot. Sydney
Peace lies In Casualty Hospital today
In danger of being compelled 10 have his
foot amputated.
Mr.. Peace, who lives at 1913 New
HAMPSHIRE avenue northwest, Is fore
man Of the repair gang Of the Capital
Traction Company, which has been
working on the tracks near Peace Mon
ument. Yesterday afternoon, while
helping his men to lay a rail, the steel
bar slipped and fell on his foot Sew
eral bones were fractured and the en-
tire foot was badly mashed.
Casualty Hospital physicians said this
morning that amputation might yet be
necessary owing to the severe contu-
sion
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Chinese Warship Will
Get Rousing Welcome

NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-Thundering
guns from forts IN the harbor and a
great din from steam whistles of craft
Of every kind will greet the ears Of the
Chinese crew of the Hal Chi, the first
Chinese warship ever to visit an Amer
lean port The cruiser will arrive this
afternoon and all Chinatown Is prepar-
the best time they ever had at foreign
port.
The Chinese sailors will be allowed
to land and the Orientals are expected
to make Chinatown the hevleist place
IN all this big city for the next few
days.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Bailey Decides to
Remain in Texas

GAINESVILLE, Tex, Sept. 10.-Sen-
stor Bailey has reconsidered his de-
Termination to leave Texas and settle
In New York. Instead he will remain
In this State and probably practice
law In Houston and Galveston. Al
though he and his friends decline to
discuss the matter, 1t is reported that
there is a possibility that he may ul-
tirnateiy agree to remain in the Senate.
All day Saturday the Senator was
closeted with prominent Democrats who
came to him to urge him TO remain in
the State, and go back to the Senate.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
THE PROBLEM OF THE SoILED
LINEN.

Our Old friend, Deacon Hemphill, OF
the Richmond Times-Dispatch, rumi-
mates Interestingly upon the result of
the Senatorial primary in Virginia.
Deacon HemphilPs newspaper started
out to support Martin and Swanson;
received a mild shock to its sense of
public decency when the railroad lobby
letters and Tobacco trust stock specu-
lations were exposed; intimated, at the
last minute, the opinion that these
things were not credita5le to the in
cumbents, and then, its feelings as
suaged, settled back to await the
count.
Surveying the general result, and
standing in the towering presence Of
that 10000 majority for Martin and
Swanson, the Times-Dispatch takes q
new view of those revelations. 1t finds
that the real wrong was not in the der
elections of the Senators, but in the
vicious course of the opposing candi-
dates who exposed the facts!
"The methods adopted by the op-
position" says the Times Dispatch,
"were unfortunate. The washing of
the soiled linen of the Democratic
party has not reflected honor upon the
party or the State"
1t is good to have the Times-Dis-
patch's confession that the linen WAS
soiled. Will it indicate what should be
done about soiled linen, under its lady
like code? Plainly, the Times-Dispatch
doesn't want it washed; it says as
much. Would it have the discolored
garments tucked away under the stairs
in the dark? Does it think cleanliness
would be promoted by leaving the dis
reputable garments to reek in their
corruptionH Would it rather live in
community where everybody prefer
red to wear dirty clothes, in order to
avoid the offense of maintaining laun-
driesf
1t may be admitted that the laundry
is not an esthetic establishment. But
it is difficult to believe that sanitation
would be improved by demolishing the
laundries and forgetting that the linen
was wretchedly dirty.
1t is easy enough now to assume a
lofty attitude and say that Messrs.
Jones and Glass pitched their fight on
low plane. But did theyi Is it
more discredtable for Mr.. Jones to ex-
pose the alliances of Martin with the
railroads, than for Martin TO MAIN
TAIN THOSE ALLIANCES! There
are plenty of people who believe the
essence of crime is not in the commits
sion, but in getting caught. Seemingly
the Times-Dispatch attenuates it still
farther, and thinks that the essence
of wrong is not in doing it, or in get
ting caught in the doing, but in
CATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DO
ING IT, To that view a prompt and
enthusiastic subscription is impossible.
The Times Dispatch bewails that the
viciousness of speeches against the
Senators Contributed nothing to the
effectiveness of the fight, and exposed
this State and its political conditions
to the reproaches of the whole coun-
try" Seemingly, the Times-Dispatch
would not mind having Virginia eter.
nally wearing the soiled linen; what il
dislikes is that these discreditable gar.
ments should be exposed to the re-
proaches of the whole country"
Virginia win not get far toward re.
form while it views reform efforts
thus. Virginia can't wear the. soiled
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

Washington but throughout the world.
Her work has given her unique place
In the hearts Of the people of all coun-
tries, and It is hoped that in spite Of
her advanced age there may yet be q
turn for the better In her condition.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
Collector Wanted for
EmbezZlement Is Taken

Herbert Bryant, for whom the police
nave been hunting for two months on
q charge Of embezzling 500 from the
White Cross MIX Company, was lo-
Gated today at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-
where he had enlisted In the army.
The Washington times., 1911-09-10
AUGUST CIRCULATION.
Daily,

The net total circulation OF The washington
Times daily during the month OF August
was 1,s10, 225, all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number, when ol-
vided by "a, the number Of days OF puolca-
ton, shows the net daily average for Aug
ust to have been 1857.
sAugust, 1911, includes 1e1W Rochester
Deducting these figures, the average daily net
circulation for August 10 shown 70 nave
been z,S2Q
The Washington times., 1911-09-10

1t isn't quite clear why Glen Echo
should have called it a Mardi Gras, but
whatever it was the people seemed to
have enjoyed 1t.