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by persons who attended the mass meet
ing Of colored men and women at the
Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church
last evening. Efforts to obtain 5000 or
5000 signatures will be made, and the
petitions will be presented to the Presi-
dent with the appeal of the Lonax at
torneys for executive clemency for the
woman who has been condemned to die
on the gallows July 81 for the murder
of her husband.
About 1900 people crowded into the
church, on N street between Ninth and
Tenth streets, last night, and nearly as
mnay more stood in the doors, filled the
window sills and overfiowed the yard.
A number Of white people were pres
Speeches in opposition to the execu-
ton of the death sentence were made
by Samuel D. Truitt, the partner of
Campbell Darlington. and the. attorney
who, with Mr.. Darlington and John
Ridout conducted the defense Of. the
Recorder of Deeds; by E. M. Hewlett,
former judge; by Rev. Simon p W.
Drew, pastor of the church and CHAIR
man of the committee on mass meeting
and Rev. E. S. Williams.
Each speaker commended the enorts
Of The Washington Times 10 OBTAIN
communication Of the Lemax sentence
ClllLSuS VI llt
ored and white, TO sign petitions to the
President. Four hundred copies OF the
petition printed by the committee were
distributed, and each person RECEIVING
one promised to circulate II. When the
petitions are filled they are to be re-
turned to the pastor Of the Cosmopon-
tan Church.
Rev. A. ]. Russell offered a resolution
commencing The Times for leading the
movement for Communication OF sentence
in the Lomax case. commencing, the
prominent citizens Of the District who
have iuined the movement, and request
ing ali colored churches IN washington
to SET aside Sunday June Is, as day
for special services. at which prayers
shall be offered in behalf of the con-
demned woman and for the commuta-
ton Of her sentence by the President.
The resolution was unanimously ADOPT
ed.
The resolution was as follows:
Resolved, That the mass meeting
held this 18th day of June, 1911, extend
a vote of thanks to The Washington
Times, which has taken such an impor-
tNrt mart in launching and leading the
movement for Communication of the death
sentence of aMttie +. LomaX;
Resolved further, That a vote of
t',nr'-~ he extended Representative Ca
leb Powers for the important part he
has taken iE furthering the cause OF
the condemned woman;
Resolved further, That Sunday, June
is, be set aside as a day Of prayer in all
the colored churches in the city, which
are requested to hold special services
in behalf Of Matte E. Lomax and offer
PRAYER for her life"
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
HillSdale Citizens
Join in Movement
For COmmutatiOn

The Hillsdale Citizens ASSOCIATE ton has
added its voice to the protest against
the hanging of Matte Lomax. At a
well-attended meeting of the society,
the Rev. c. H. Parker offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved. That the HIllsdale Citizens
Association concurs in all that has been
done and said by The Washington Times
and the many other humane persons
in the interest of the Communication of
the sentence OF Matte E Lomax, and
sincerely implores the President to save
the citizens of the National Capital
from the disgrace of the hanging of a
woman.
Resolved further, That we consider
1t un-American and un-Christian to
take human life, and are, therefore,
unalterably opposed to capital punish
ment."
A copy Of this resolution. signed by
DR.. w. K. Scott, president. and G.
Tigner, secretary, will be sent to Presi-
dent Taft.
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Judge Wright's Critics
Unfair; Law Gave
Him No Alternative

Several Of the letters on the Iona x
case received by The Times have con-
tanned criticisms of Justice Daniel Thew
Wright, who presided over the trial Of
Matte I,omax and Imposed the sentence
of death upon her. Some writer's have
not hesitated to condemn Judge Wright
for sending the woman to the gallows
In justice to the court 1t should be
remembered that the law leaves no dis
cretion when the verdict of the jury is
murder In the first degree. No matter
what the personal feelings of the judge
he must impose the sentence provided
by law.
The law In some States gives the court
discretion in passing sentence. The law
in the District very explicitly makes 1t
the courts duty to impose the death
penalty. Section 79S of chapter 10, Dis
trict Code, is as follows:
Whoever. being of sound memory
and discretion. purposely. and either of
deliberate or premeditated malice or by
means of poison, or in perpetrating or
attempting to perDetrate any offense
punishable by Imprisonment in the peni
tentiary, kills another is guilty of muir
der in the first degree"
Section sol of the same chaptNf pro-
vides the penalty as follows:
The punishment of murder in the
first degree shall be death by hanging"
Judge Wright today was asked by The
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Why All This Fuss7
} Editor Of THE TIMES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES.
VIII you kindly tell me what is the
sense Of making all this fuss over a
colored woman who is to be hanged
next month? Isn't the woman guilty OF
cold-blooded murder? Isn't that enough
Then why should we dispute over the
death sentence, which Is correct and
just?
Mr.. Wolf wants to show the people
in the Capital City how much influence
he can use with the President Let US
hope that the President will sustain the
Judgment. ] am surprised to hear peo-
ple in Washington trying to defend a
criminal of such a character. c.
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Times for a statement of his course in
the Lomax trial and Of. his attitude
toward the appeal which is to be made
TO President Taft for Communication of
sentence. He declined to talk on either
subject, except to call attention to the
fact that some of the criticisms of the
Lomax verdict were unjust to him In
view of the law which makes It neces-
sary for him to impose the death PEN
atty when the jury renders a verdict Of
first-degree murder.
The papers in the appeal will be sent
to Judge Wright and District Attorney
Clarence r. Wilson for Endorsement by
the Attorney General or the President,
but II could not be learned today
will approve or disapprove the proposed
Communication of the sentence, Neither
would make a statement when asked
what their attitude would be, each sa!
ing II would not be proper for him TO
discuss the case before the. appeal
reaches them through official channels.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14

fiuence upon all classes who act under
the impulse of passion and who are
liable to ignore the law under the In
fiuepce Of this sentiment
Believing that II is the function OF
law to both encourage virtue and to
prohibit crime, We know that In this
Instance you will 30 execute your high
discretionary privileges as to make this
law perform, In the instance of this
unfortunate poor woman, these, It's
highest functions.
I'VE have pleasure in obeying those
whom we represent and Him whom we
serve in petitioning to you as above and
subscribing ourselves az follows:
ULYSSES G. LEEPER,
President.
&C. II. YOUNG.
"w. D. NAYLOR, ..
JOHN PORTER.
WIN, H. COSTON, .
Secretary"
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Lomax Shooting Justified.
Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES: 49,.
I simply wish to say II Mrs. Bonine
was justified in leaving her room and
going to Ayers room and killing him te
protect her honor, surely Matte e. Lo-
max was justified in killing her hus-
band. Cecil Lomax, to protect her life
which was at stake, under the hands OF
a british man, according to the testi-
mony presented by The Times.
never was, Sand never will be In
favor of capital punishment anywhere
and am certainly doubly opposed to II
in the District Of Columbia, especially
upon a woman, and more so upon the
grounds Of her conviction.
In my Judgment not only should we
petition for the Communication Of the SEN
tence to life imprisonment. but under
the circumstances. let every prayer be
that Matte z. Lomax go free.
God will surely bless The Times for
taking up this case.
REV. G. w. TURNER,
1925 New Jersey avenue N. w.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
African Ministers
Petition Dispatched
To President Taft

The petition Of the conference of
Ministers of the African Methodist Epis-
copal churches of Washington, asking
Communication Of the death sentence i'm
posed on Matte Lomax. was sent to
President Taft today by the committee
appointed to draft 1t. The appeal is as
follows:
ITO the President of the United States;
sir:
I'VE, the undersigned, your petit
TONERS, were appointed at the meeting
on the 18th instant of the ministers
conference Of the A. M. E. Churches or
the District Of Columbia, to draft and
present the following expression and
upon it to petition you as follows:
I'VE appreciate the laws OF the coun-
try and hold sacred those of the District
of Columbia for the prevention of crime
and especially for the prohibiting Of the
crime Of murder. and yet we do not sub
scribe to the penalty OF hanging when
the special law for prohibiting this
crime has been violated and that helm
Gus crime committed.
I'VE have been directed by those
whom we represent, TO ask you 10 COM
mute the sentence of Matte E. Lomax
to life Imprisonment and to urge that 1t
best interests of the community will be
thus best served, and that the morality
of the community will be thus conserved
and that the general knowledge of such
a Communication to life Imprisonment will
be a permanent deterrent to those most
liable to commit this offense in the fu-
ture.
Women are hysterical and their acts,
when under the influence of real, or
imaginary injury, are of passion. The
moving Of a bolt. the dropping of a
hody, the stretching of rope with the
awful resulting death of Its victim, OBJ
servation urges, do not prevent the re-
occurrence of this awful crime. The SEN
timent that death ends ALL Is other
than a deterrent. 1t is possibly an In
ducement to the commission Of crime.
"a day in prison is dreaded by all.
life IMPRISONMENT as the penalty for
crime Will have immeasurably more in
The Washington times., 1911-06-14

will state that had stomach trouble of some
kind; l was sweed: my breath was short; had pal.
pitation of the heart; had energy and l was
dizzy. I took bottle of Syrup Pepsin and my
bloat Is all gone; have more heart trouble feel
good in every way l had tried everything could
hear Of and nothing did me any good until COM
menced the of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
am very thankful to for such a medicine which
can heartily endorse and recommend to all who
suffering from stomach troubes-J. F. DANIELS
Saron, Texas
The Washington times., 1911-06-14

VIII let you know what your
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little girl Dorothy. 1 had had
different kinds Of medicine and
doctors, bat have never In my
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will recommend 1t to all my
friends.
MRS. NJ. JOHNSON,
152 Dayton St., Kenosha, Wis.
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The Washington times., 1911-06-14
5 Advocates of Hanging.

have preached to mothers for years to be careful what
they give their children for bowel trouble Not everything
is fit for the delicate organs of child Cathartc pills are
too strong even when crushed broken in half, and salts
and purgatves are both too strong and badastng Then
what is the remedy 1t should be liquid, in which the
taste is disguised so as to make paatab and must be
mild and not grippe The remedy that fills these require
ments is
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
DR.. CaIdweII's Syrup Pepsin

and druggists have sold for for quarter of century
Mothers are giving to their children today who given
by their parents when they children and the grand
parents still using it. There is better laxative obtain
able for children and old folks for these especially
need gentle though the less effective remedy 1t is
guaranteed for constipation liver trouble sick head
ache heartburn stomach etc. Given to the child be-
fore retiring, in the morning arising it will be relieved
in few hours and brief of directed will prevent
recurrence of the trouble To prove my claims will send
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Runaway Boy Caught.

The police We're this afternoon noti-
fed by the Baltimore authorities that
thev had taken Clarence Smith. a six
teen-year-old bov of 90S X street north
west, into custody on a charge of being
q fugitive from his parents. The lad
was reported missing to the local de-
partment on Monday night last.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
This Laxative for Children Free

This baby Is
m y grandson.
His name is
Mckinley Dix
on and I have
W I I nesses to
pro We I h a I
Syrup Pepsin
has made this
boy what he is
in health. After
he began using
Syrup Pepsin
he gained from
l to ~ pounds
q week. His
weight was "a
pounds at four
months of age;
he had no trou-
BILE in cutting
teeth. He has
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Many Praise Times
For Interest Taken
In the Lomax Case

Among the many letters received by
The Times in the Lomax case are the
following:
Attacks Advocates of Hanging.
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
/ submit a letter from one who really
knows some of the inwardness of this
The Washington times., 1911-06-14

ten twelve teeth and is only six months old. You
may copy part of my letter you wish, for 1t is
true and will stand in the Last Day-G. w Witten.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-27
N otas Hipic a s

En- las carreras del domingo hubo mu-
chas sorpresas. De los favoritos solo re-
sult6 vencedor "Gacho'' que hizo una
buena carrera.
En- la primera "Lee' yenci6 facilmsn-
to a sus contrincantes y do un dividaa~
do de$2,43
En- la segunda gan6 'Pirata'' llegan-
do segundo Estrella''. Dividendo, s., "a
En- la tercera "Gacho" di0 un dividendo
de 80 c. ''Tom' hizo ell segundo, pues
" Africano" Sc agot0 en- la lucha con
"GachO''
"Magnolia' era ell favorito para la
cuarta carrera y sus partidarios cre1an
que iban 4 robar Pero no hubo tai cosa.
Jlbaro', que 10 tiene por coStumbre,
dio la gran sorpresa saliendo delante y
sosteniendo toda la carrera; segundG
Brillante Dividendo $3.50.
Para Ia quinta carrera habia gran
espectaci6n. Al sonar ell disparo cogi6
la pista Salvador y la sostuvo hasta rem
dir la carrcra & pesar de los esfuerzos
de San Patrik por arrebatarsela. Ell
jurado empato estos dos championes pa
ra primeros; para segundo "Danilo"
Salvador" pae6 IN dividendo de IS c.
San Patrik. 2e :entavos.
Fin las carreras de aver resultaron
vencedores "Niagara'. "Figaro" Sal
vador V Army empatados, Meteoro, Cefi-
70. Los dividenlos f1eron todos buenos.
FL pubhoo Sali5 aver del Hip0dromo
disgustad1simos de las decisiones del iu-
RADIO que fueron professionals varias veces.
La falta de espacio nos ha impedido
hacer de las carreras del domingo lu-
nes la resela cue nos propon1amos no
obstante, en- njln1eros sucesivos senala-
remos ale1nAs dofciencias que resultan
en- manifesto reriuioio del pubGco EN-
general
wy
MFL1C0S FAT81f ACEUTECOs
ForTrularjo p~sctico
lie
\ --fTer&R&o23e& de Fnvrnaeolog1a)-
Ysui acknowledgements
w. eI u DLETTE Eara 3aw wT7r
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-27
Artistas de
primer orden

Los Agentes teatrales de Milan ofre-
cen a la S0ciedad Art5stico TeotyuI I'm
conjunto de artitas notables para la pro
xina temporada de opera.
Basta reproducir los nombres, casi to-
dos conocid0s en- ell mundo del arte:
Las sopranos dramaticas Racconelh y
Dc Roma la lirica Jua1aSto Caracciolo
la tiple ligera Dora Donear la contral-
to Vdcconl; los tenores Magues, Del BY
y T0mM,dsi'n; el baritone Dadone y el
bajo lucent.
Esperamos que Sc cuaje Ell proyectO
para deleitarncs con un coniunto de
artlstas tan nOtables.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-27
Embarque de cafe

Carga tomada aqui por ell vapor es-
panol Manuel Calvo para los siguientes
puertos: ~
'Cadiz" por j. Ochoa y Hermano,
so sacos cafe 5000 ks.
Luis Roger, 10 cajas vino, $50 ks.
Barcelona Sucrs. de Pintueles Co.,
56 sacos cafe, 5432 ks.
Sucrs de L. Villamil Co., 1876 sacos ca
fe, .12.674 ks.
Sues de L. Villamil Co. 26 sacos CO.
COS, 1.O92 ks.
, Piza Hermanos, ~ jaulas piilas,
1852 ks.
Sobrinos de Izquierdo Co., Is sacos
cafe, 2.450 ks.
'Sevilla," Sobrinos de Izquierdo Co.
25 sacos cafe, 2450 ks.
"Valencia," Cucrs de L. Villamil Co.
so sacos cafe, 2100 ks.
"Genova" J. Ochoa y Hermano, II
sacos cafe, 1860 ks.
Total: 427 sacos. 34.19O ks.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-27
iiULTIMA NOVGDAD!!
EF LA L1BRxErA DEL BoLErIK MKRoANrxL

EK LA GHBREErA BoLErIK MKRoANry1
~ o<. Con franqueo
Ell amor mis- anores, Poeslas por oarlos Fernandez
Shaw.
I'll PeregrIno Entretenilo, por Cyro Bayo Gs etva
Religion, Filosof1a, Sociasmo, por Federico Bngels
Siervo y 'Girano, por 4. Martinez olmedla ee tvs
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-27

Cuadro de Historic de Goya,
D MIA w. Et. "rOLETENs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-15
Ono Thing She Could Do For Him.

One Saturday afternoon recently q
frail little man started to cross Broad.
way at FortS-second street just when
all sorts OF fast moving vehicles were
whirling their matinee patrons up
Broadway. At the same instant o
very feshy lady started from the curb
directly opposite with the same pur.
pose in mind.
By remarkable luck both succeeded
in escaping the passing wheels; but. az
fate would have it, the little man,
whose eyes were busy ogling the traf-
&c on either side Of him, darted plump
into the oncoming woman at the mid
die Of the street. The result vas Il
sickening collision. with the little man
down and out.
you should have looked where you
were going" said the fleshy woman.
bending over the victim on the curb,
10 which he had been carried by a
traffic policeman. "But IS there any.
thing can do for you:"
yes he replied family, opening
his eyes moment Get the number
OF the automobile that struck me-
Lippincott's.
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HOLY Lands OF All RELIGIONS.

Christians call Palestine the Holy
Land because it was the birthplace OF
the Christian religion on earth rs we'll
as that of the Saviour. whose birth,
ministry and death nre inser2rably
associated with the history Of Jerl-
salem and vicinity. TO the Moham-
medans Mecca, in Arabia, IS the holy
land, it being the birthplace Of No
manned, the saviour Of the followers
Of that faith.
India is the holy land Of the Chinese
and other oriental Buddhists, it being
the native land of Sakya NUM-, the
supreme Buddha. Ellis, one Of the
several divisions Of the ancient Pelo-
ponnesus, was the Mecca and the Jer1l-
salem Of the ancient Greeks. The
temple Of Olympus Zcus was situated
at Ellis, and the sacred festivals were
held there each year. With Achaia
it is at present q part Of Greece. The
believers in the Sinto religion make
annual pilgrimage to Sitsa Kara, the
Immense stone pillar where their SUI
irene ruler last stood while talking
TO mcn.-New York World.
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AIesatroria Gazette.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEB. u
MAKING Insurance Maps.

In making insurance maps certali
features are considered essential, ant
the growth Of the system has proved
their wisdom and changed them onl!
as regards the amount Of detail tlta
has been incorporated. OF first impor
lance were the colors to show the dif
ferent materials used In the construc
ton of a building. Naturally rec
seemed a proper color to signify brlcE
and yellow to signify wood. These
colors have always been employed fol
these materials. Other colors have
been added from time to time, thu.
blue for stone, gray Tor iron, etc.
In fixing signs and characters fol
such details as stairways, fire escapes
dumb waiter shafts, ETC., a principa
object was to make them plain anc
distinct. They must be easily under
stood by an underwater without ref
erence to my key or marginal foot
notes.
This object has been carried out
with the result that when these insur
ance maps are examined by an insur
ance man today each sign or charac
ter has such an individuality OF its
own that 1t can be easily distinguished
and IS not confused with another
Casters Magazine.
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CHAMP CLARK AND THE PREsi.
BESCS.

During the debate on the Canadian
reciprocity bill in the House yesterday
Representative Champ Clark. OF Mis-.
souri,, made few remarks upon his
position with regard TO the dem ocratic
presidential nomination.
Mr.. Clark was being quizzed as TO the
similarity of his views and those Of
President Taft on reciprocity with the
whole world, when Representative
Norris. OF Nebraska. suggested that
there might be rivalry between Mr..
Taft ami Mr.. Clark for the democratic
nomination. Mr. Clark, amid shouts oil
laughter, declared that in such 4 con,
test he would get the nomination hands
down.
And while we are on the subject.
added Mr.. Clark. i might just rs well
make my position clear. I'm not run
ming for president. I'm not counting
insomnia or sitting up nights Fostering
my head about Clark delegates 10 the
democratic convention. But I'm not
| foo, enough To run away from noml-
nation that hasn't boon offered 10
| me-
In the meantime, its sort OF pleas
ant 10 have The newspapers refer toyou
in that connection.
Mr.. Clark was loudly applanded on
both sides OF the chamber.
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The eipziu Book Fair.

Leipzig is the largest publication cen
ter in the world More books and pc
riodicalS are printed there than any
where else, and more people are en-
gagged in making and using printers
supplies than in London, New York
Berlin or Paris. Many OF the order!
for these publications. come from Eng
land, France, Austria and other coun
tries because the mechanical work car
be done In Leipzig much cheaper thar
elsewhere. More than half OF thu
transactions in books take place ut tht
Leipzig book fair, which occurs every
year Mt the jubilate, the first week II
Easter, when booksellers and publish
ers FROM Mi parts of Germany assem-
BILE To compare and balance accounts
and to make contracts for the mex
yenr
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Sealino a Mine.

The brilliancy Of the clear autumn
night was dimmins i'll the first faint
light of the dawn when the work OF
sealing the shafts began. Up into the
cloudlcss sky, through the tangled steel
work OF the tipplc, Il tall tower OF
black smoke 800 feet high poured up
into the still air and faded into the
dawn In two hours the black pits
were covered, first with layer OF
rails, and then on this was laid Il solid
bed OF concrete, and two hours later
only Il few thin wisps Of smoke that
poured mp through cracks along the
edges Of the great seal, like steam
beneath the lid Of n teakcttle, told or
the inferno that was seething i'll the
mine 400 feet below. With the air cut
off and the shaft sealed the fire could
live only so long as sufficient oxygen
remained to feed the famc$.-Atlanuc
Monthly.