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The Washington times., 1911-01-26
DEATHS

BENNER-On Friday, January 20, 1911, at
the Emergency Hospital, LALLY c. BEN
NER. aged seventy-three years Residence,
sos II street northwest.
Funeral services were held last Satur-
day. January q. Interment was made in
Rock Creek Cemetery, at the close Of which
T. F. Mills quoted the following lines:
Dust to dust, to dust returns
''Not. the candle that eternally burns.
BERRY-On Wednesday evening, January 25,
1911, at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
A B. Watts 535 Ninth street southeast,
Mrs LAURINDA TEAL BERRY. widow of
the late James w Berry, in the eighty
third year of her age.
Funeral in Baltimore, Nd. Details in
those papers.
CAVERLY-On Thursday, January 26, 1911.
suddenly, of diphtheria. JULIA IRVING,
beloved wife Of Edward Caverly in her
sixty-third year. at 25S2 Fourteenth street
northwest.
ary q, at 8 D. m Please omit flowers.
CASEY-On Wednesday. January 25, 1911. at
1880 p. m, EMMA WEIR, widow of the
late Brig. Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey,
chief of engineers. L. S. A, and daughter
of the late Prof. Robert Weir, of the United
States Military Academy.
The funeral services will be held at 1919
X street northwest, at $3.50 p. m, on Fri
day, January q. Interment will be made
in the family burying ground in Rhode
Island.
FITz GERALD1pn Monday. January %, 1911
crime Gibln Fitz Gerald.
Mass at St. Mary's Church, Alexandria
Va, thence TO st. Mary's Cemetery. In
terment private.
GANTLEY-On Wednesday, January 25 1911
at 2:SO a. m, JOHN NJ, husband OF Sarah
NJ. Gantley.
Funeral from his late residence, 1872 Sixth
street northwest, on Friday, January q, at
$50 a. m.; thence to St. Patrick's Church.
where requiem mass will be said at 3
o'clock.
HANCOCK-On Wednesday, January %, 1911
at 2:SO a. m, Mrs. ANNA NJ. HANCOCK,
aged seventy-two years.
Funeral from the residence OF her SON.
A L. Hancock, 742 Gresham place north
west, on Thursday, January 26. at p. m.
Friends and relatives invited Interment
private. -. - ~
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Waits Welcomed in
Home of Governor

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 26.-The Ten
nessee governors mansion has it's doors
flung wide in reception to the people,
wearing everyday" raiment, and the
waif is as welcome as the heir to
wealth.
Responsibility to a general invitation
hundreds Of men and women, dressed
as they were at their labors, last night
dropped in to the home of Gov Ben
Jam!n w. Hooper, a political discovery
now, but once a founding.
Governor Hooper. who was raised in
founding asylum near the place
where as a baby he was picked up,
gave especial attention last night TO
making comfortable the many children
of the streets who shyly entered the
mansion with the others.
The Hooper children. four in number,
helped to make them have a good time.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Mrs. Harris Arraigned
On Charge of Forgery

When Mrs. Josephine Harris. arrest
ed on a charge OF uttering forgery In
connection with the case of Mrs. Adel
w. Wade, was arraigned in Judge
MulloWny's Court this morning, ShS
waived preliminary examination, and
was held TO the grand jury under bones
of $500. Her bond was signed by
Charles p. Fletcher, and within ten
minutes she had been released.
Although Mrs. Harris has repeatedly
reviewed her connection with Mrs
Wade. she refused to talk on her case
this morning, and her attorney, Rich
ard NJ Thomas, said no more state
pents about the case would be mace
until il comes up before the grand jury.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Burial in Michigan
For Mrs. H. A. Morrow

Funeral services for Mrs H. A.
Morrow, widow OF Gen. Henry A.
Morrow. and who died last midnight
after a short illness. will be held to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock at her
apartments in the Brighton. The Rev.
DR. Smith of st. Margarets Episcopal
Church, will officiate. Following the
services the body will be accompanied
to Niles, Mich, by her two sons, Major
Morrow and Malcolm Morrow, for in
terment.
Mrs. Morrow was born in 1899 in
Niles and received her early schooling
there. The year preceding the outbreak
of the civil war she married General
Morrow, than a colonel of cavalry.
Besides Major Morrow, she is survived
by four sons: Judge r. G. Morrow. of
Oregon; Major William Morrow, Capt
Frank Morrow, Malcolm Morrow, and
one daughter. Mrs. p. A. Boniface, wife
OF Captain Boniface, United States Cav
airy.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Changes in the Force of
Commerce Department

Francis S. Reese, of Maryland, has
been promoted from clerk at 5000 to
storekeeper at $1,000 in the Bureau of
Standards. the Department of Com
merce and Labor announced today.
d. !. P McKenna, of Rhode Island,
resigned as clerk at $1,000. in the
Bureau of Manufactures, and was
transferred to the Department OF Jus
tiCa. Robert r. Miles. of Virginia, was
nromoted from cadet officer on the
lighthouse tender Maple at $500 to
second officer at 5000 on the Orchid.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Hearing on Canal Fair
Delayed by Illness

A hearing that was to have been given
delegations from San Francisco and New
Orleans on the Panama exposition issue
before the Senate Committee on Indus
trial Expositions today, was postponed
until Monday.
Gov. Jared Y Sanders of Louisiana,
who was to have led the discussion for
New Orleans, and General Foster. of
Louisiana, who has had general charge
OF New Orleans interest, were reported
on the sick list
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
MacVeagh Urges Bills
on Senate Committee

Secretary of the Treasury MacNeagh
was heard before the Senate Finance
Committee today on three Treasury
measures in which he is interested. and
which he already has urged before the
House Committee on Ways and Means
They are the bill to provide for an
issue of SlOh, ,OO0 0O Panama canal bonds
at , per cent without the circulation
privilege; the bill to authorize the re-
ceipt of certified checks drawn on ma
tional banks in payment of duties IN
imports and internal revenue taxes ana
for other PURPOSES. and the bill to allow
the issue of gold certificates against gold
harS- gold bullion and foreign coin.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Pittsburgers Here
To Urge Ship Canal

A delegation from Pittsburg headed
by Mayor Magee. was before the SEN
ate Committee on Commerce today in
behalf of the proposed ship canal
from Pittsburg to Lake Erie.
They pleaded for the Curtis amend
ment to the river and harbor bill
which would. if enacted, aid the canal
project The plan is to have thirty
counties of Ohio, West Virginia, and
Pennsylvania issue bonds and raise
the money for the canal
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Typhoid Fever Cases
Decreasing in Number

Typhoid fever continues to decrease,
according to the report of the Health
Department for the week ended January
q. There was one death from the dis
ease, five new cases were reported, ana
nine discharged as recovered, leaving on
hand eighty-one as compared with
eighty-six the previous week.
The record of other contagious dis
eases is as follows: Scarlet fever. 33;
measles, q: smallpox, >; chickenpox,
60, and diphtheria, %.
There were 129 deaths during the week,
siXty-nine among the white, and sixty
among the cOlOred population.
The births numbered 132, of which
seventy-seven were white and ffty-five
ColOred.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
tuberculosis Day to Be
Observed on April 80

tuberculosis Day." on which all the
churches in the United States are asked
to make the white plague" the subject
for special services. will fall on April
80, according to an announcement made
today.
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis in MAX
ing the announcement expresses the
nope that 100000 churches will observe
the occasion and that pastors will
preach appropriate sermons. More than
10000 sermons were preached on the
subject on Tuberculosis Sunday last
year.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Will Present Capitals
Claims for Exposition

Former District Commissioner Henry
r. F. Macfarland viii be heard by the
Senate Committee on Industrial Arts
and EXpOsitions on behalf of the par
tiyities incident to the opening of the
Panama canal Mr.. MaCfarland ad-
vised with Senator Jones, chairman of
the committee, today and was told he
would be allowed an opportunity to
present the case of the city of Wash
ington. He will speak for the joint
committee of the Board of Trade and
The Chamber of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Gigantic Sugar Scales
Proof Against Cheating

Twenty automatic scales for use on
sugar docks was today accepted by the
Treasury Department. They are to be
installed at customs ports. They have
been under test for their efficiency to
prevent frauds in Weighing sugar. The
eest was satisfactory.
The scale has a capacity of one ton,
and in one test weighed 100000 pounds
within 100 Of per cent of accuracy.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Plan Dancing PARTY.

The Washington Railway Relief AS
sociation will give a complimentary en-
tertainment and dance to the women
friends of the members at the National
Rifles Armary, 9lS G street northwest,
next Tuesday evening. The entertain
ment will commence at S:l5 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Two Boys Make Escape
From Training School

Two siXteen-year-old boys escaped
this morning from the National Train
ing School for Boys, in the BIadensburg
road. They are Clarence Purdy, white,
and James Fennick, colored. The po-
lice have sent out general alarm for
the hOYS.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Talk on Temperance.

A talk on THE Power of Example in
Temperance Reform" which is the
fourth lecture in the university course,
will be given in the assembly hall at the
Catholic University of America at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon by the Rev. P. J.
O'Callaghan, c. S. P.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
Foot Crushed bV Car.

His right foot crushed under the wheel
of an East Capitol car, Albert Russell,
twenty-four years old, of 100 Fourteenth
street southeast. is patient today in
the Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
MARRIAGES

DONOHOE-HU st. Johns Church.
Clinton. Prince George county. Nd, by the
GUv p. C. Minnehan. CLARENCE F.
DONOHOE, Of Washington, d. c., and Miss
CLARA O. HURTT.
10 cards Baltimore sun and Prince
George county papers please CopyD
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
IN MEMO RAM

RRENNAN-In memory Of my dear wife
DELLA A. BRENNAN, who died one year
ago today January rs, 1910.
May she rest in peace.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26

BUY YOUR DIAMONDS DIRECT
from the cutter. See DEFIBAUGH, the
Jewsler, q H st. N. W.
BY ARRANGEMENT with the family
DIR. Melville p Eslin has taken charge
of the office and dental practice Of the
late DR.. D. E. Wiber, at 1923 F St N. W.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26
SPECIAL NOTICES

OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS
LIGHT COMPANY, Washington, D. c.,
January 10, 1911. The annual meeting of
the shareholders of the Washington Gas
Light Company, for the election of di-
rectors and for such other business as
may properly come before said meeting,
will be held at the office of the Com
pany, Nos. 413-417 Tenth street N. w.,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1911, at IL
o'clock noon. The polls will be open
from u o'clock noon to l o'clock p. m.
WILLIAM b. ORME. Secretary.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26

Is the sale price for over
coats selling regularly at
$1,000.
The Washington times., 1911-01-26

For overcoatS that have
sold regularly at $500.
Select now.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
OPPOSES ARBITRATION
WITH GREAT BRITAIN

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
We have government and all the
appurtenances thereof. We should have
the genius to run our government in
our own way without the slightest in
termeddling with any arbitration, or
any foreign interference whatsoever.
We should aspire to be perfect masters
of this continent. If we fall short of
these aspirations it's weakness and dis
trust of ourselves that causes it. II
the foreign affairs part of our system
of government is weak and unable to
cope with other nations. let US stand by
our blunders, but a foreigner has no
more right to meddle with them, or IL
they do let us turn all our affairs over
to an arbitration board, declare our dis
trust of ourselves and that as one part
of our system is party managed for us
we will turn it all over to be managed
in the same satisfactory manner.
Germany smiles at all this silly rot,
and keeps her martial spirit up, and by
sovereignty of nature is today supreme,
and will one day assert 1t. That day is
sure to come. England apprehends 1t
and wants to put us where she will
have no apprehension concerning us.
We hope our Senate win retain its pre-
negatives. GEO. c. TANNER.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
OF CLEANING OUT
ALLEY SLUMS.

Suppose you owned little home in
the District of Columbia that was as
sessed for taxation at S4,000-and
there are a great many such homes.
Then suppose the new plan for cutting
minor streets through the blocks that
now contain alley slums were enacted
into law. How much would it cost
you?
1t would cost you just 40 cents a
year for few years.
The new plan contemplates special
tax levy of cent on each 500 of value
of the real estate and improvements
in the District for the purpose of
providing a fund with which shall be
paid small part of the expense of
converting alley slums into minor
streets. The bulk of the expense
would be assessed as benefits to ad-
jacent property.
Are you willing to pay that 40
cents? Are you sufficiently anxious
that the slums be eradicated to de-
part from the "half and half" princi-
pie of District taxation far enough
to accept the passage of a bill con-
tanning this provision?
Consider it from another angle. The
special tax levy will produce about
$4,000 a year. In one way and an
other everybody in the District will
contribute to that fund, whether or
not they own real estate. If the tax
were equally divided among all citi-
zens it would amount to a fraction
more than cents apiece.
Are we ready to put up 9 cents
each-less than the dime that thou
sands of us would spend for cigar or
an ice cream soda without giving it a
second thought-in order to rid the
city of the alley slums that now dis
grace its name?
There is good reason to believe Con-
gress won't look kindly on any pro-
posal for alley elimination that re-
quires an expenditure of Government
funds. Let us do the job ourselves,
and get it over with. The benefits
would outweigh the cost many times
oyor
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
CHASE COMMIT TEE
Of TWENTy.ONE IS
TO MEET TONIGHT
Plans on Foot to Unite
Bodies for Improvement
of Clerks Condition.

A meeting of the committee OF
twenty one," of which p. B. Chase
Is chairman, to further discuss plans
for the campaign in behalf of the
civil employees of the Government,
and to receive reports of what already
has been done, is to be held at 726-727
Colorado building tonight ~.
Another movement in behalf of better
remuneration for Government employees,
started yesterday, may be united with
the campaign being conducted by the
Chase committee under the direction OF
former Senator Charles Dick Of Ohio.
This movement has taken the form of
an organization to be known as the
National Civil Service Improvement
Association OF the Business Men of the
United States, and officers were elected
at the first meeting yesterday afternoon
at 1917 New York avenue northwest.
While all the officers elected were not
present at the meeting the organization
was made up as follows: President, Full
ton r. Gordon; vice presidents, Louis P.
Shoemaker, John Joy Edison, Charles j..
Bell, and Milton E. Allies; secretary,
Joseph w. Buck, and treasurer, Isaac
Cans.
The plan of the new organization is
to gather in convention in this city
about 500 business men from every
section of the country May 81 and
June l to stir up national interest in
the civil employees cause.
Mr.. Gordon is sending out today in
vitations to the officers of about 500
Civil Service Retirement Associations
In various parts OF the country re-
questing that they send as delegates
to the convention business men In
their respective communities.
1t Is the present plan of the organi
Zation to hold the convention in Con-
vention Hall and to make 1t the oc-
casion for a mass meeting at which
will be prominent speakers. Invita-
tions are now being sent to leading
men requesting them to address the
convention.
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan. civil serv-
ice employe, urged those present to
join forces with the committee of
'21' and work unitedly. 1t was de-
clared that the new organization
would not antagonize any efforts now
being made in behalf of the civil
service employees. but that such efforts
would be supplemented through its
plans.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Settlement Work Leads
To Double Romance

NEW YORK. Nav 9.-Their romances
of an identical character, the Misses
Frances Eugene and Nance Price,
daughters Of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
L. Price. Of Brooklyn. will be married
in July. The wedding is to be a double
event. Miss Frances Eugene, who is
twenty-three wears old, will marry the
Rev. Arthur H. Bradford, pastor of the
First Congregational Church. at Spring.
field Mass. Miss Nance will be mar
ried 10 the Rev. Walter A. Hendricks,
who is soon to oe installed as pastor OF
the Presbyterian Church Of Laramie,
Wyo.
Miss Frances Eugene and her sister
have been interested In settlement work.
1t was while extending their labors on
the east side that both encountered
their respective bridegrooms.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
PEACE WILL NOT MAKE
US EFFEMINATE
To the Editoaof THE TIMES

To the EditoTof THE TINES:
There is no danger that peace will
make the modern American effemi-
nate. Not the slightest. His every
day occupations require nerve, gall,
dash, and all the manly qualities. The
engineer who dashes around a curve
at a speed of sixty miles an hour,
the iron worker who bangles from a
beam twenty stories high will not be-
come mollycoddles even If there
should n2ver be another San Juan.
Nor will our miners who face death
every day for SO a week. Nor will
our stalwart boys with their rough,
manly sports. That manly qualities
are given to war and not by war was
meant by the Duke of Wellington
when he exclaimed: "The battle of
Waterloo was won on the cricket
fields Of Eton and Harrow FACTS.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES
AND THE SENATE.

Two bills affecting public service
corporations in the District of Colum-
bia were introduced in the Senate yes
terday and referred to the District
Committee. The business of providing
legislation for the control and regu-
lation of public utilities therefore be-
comes an issue in both wings at the
Capitol, with the chances for real,
effective action seemingly good.
One of the Senate bills provides for
universal transfers on Washington
street car lines, and was offered by
Senator Works. The other creates a
public service commission in the Dis
trict and was offered by Senator La
Toilette. A universal transfer bill has
already been introduced in the House.
Its author is Representative Ander-
son of Ohio, who has also introduced
resolution providing for an inves-
tigation of the Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Company by the House
District Committee, and a bill fixing
telephone rates in Washington. Sen
ator La Toilette has also offered a
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of the Washington gas companies.
This measure has been referred to the
Committee on Corporations Organized
in the District.
All of the legislation which these
measures are calculated to provide is
badly needed, but it has been badly
needed for many years, and Congress
has not yet been moved to enact it.
The particular y encouraging aspect
of the situation today is the makeup
of the new District Committees. On
paper it looks as if bills and resolu-
tions to improve conditions of local
public service corporations now have
a chance of getting out of committee
and onto the floor OF both houses,
where their chance of passage would
undoubtedly be better than it has been
for a long time.
There is no question that the House
District Committee is determined to
construct some real, regulatory legisla-
ton. Over in the Senate the District
Committee now contains a substantial
progressive minority in the persons of
Works and Kenyon on the Republican
side, and Lee and Pomerene on the
Democratic side. These men will be
heard from if the Gallinger majority
attempts to pigeon-hole bills affect
ing the public service corporations of
the District.
With progressive measures coming
over from the House, and with a
progressive minority of four in the
Senate District Committee, ready to
make a fight for them, it ought to
be pretty difficult for the public
utility companies lobbyists to head of
legislation to compel the operation of
their properties in the peoples in
terest.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Eighth Street Temple
Women Begin New Term

The annual election of officers Of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Eighth Street
Temple was held last night Mrs. JOS
eph Abel was installed president: Mrs.
NJ. Newmyer, vice president; Mrs. z
Strasburger, treasurer. ard Mrs. s. ".
Gusack, secretary.
Mrs. A. Selinger, Mrs. c. Flesher, Miss
Ida Frfedberger. Mrs. L. Sanger, Mrs.
genheimer, and Mrs. B. Sinsheimer COM
prised the new board of directors. A
musical program followed. Miss Flor
ence Herman rendered a piano solo, ana
Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shircliff sang. ac-
companied by E. Droop. Dr. A. Simon,
L. H. David. and ]. Eiseman spoke
briefly.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
VIII SONLOOKS LIKE
DEMOCRATS'QIOICE
Presidential Boom of Form er Princeton Head Gaining
Headway Rapidly-Strong in South and With
Eastern ProgressWes
By JOHN sNURE.

The Woodrow Wilson movement is be-
coming of such proportions as to fill
with alarm the friends of the other
candidates for the Democratic nomina-
ton for President.
While 1t is a long way to the Demo-
cratic national convention of next year,
and many things may happen in the
meantime, there is no question that as
the course of politics is today, the Will
son movement is taking hold of the
various Democratic strongholds with
remarkable rapidity.
1t begins to look as II the governor Of
New Jersey would go to the convention
with the nomination nailed down so Sc
curely that Zone of the other aspirants
would have half a chance.
Old politicians in Washington express
establishment at the rapidity. of the
spread of the sentiment that Wilson Is
to be the Democratic nominee. 1t has
been only a little while since the talk
here was that there would be a close
race. In which Governor Judson Har-
mon. Champ Clark, and Governor Will
son would be the participants.
Harmon Out.
But, as the situation stands now, Coy
eInor Harmon is practically out Of the
running. Probably Governor Harmon
does rot know this and lot of his
friends don't know it. But the facts
are hardly open to dispute as a reason
able proposition of politics. II there is
one thing that has been made clear in
recent weeks SO far as the Democrats
and the Presidency are concerned 1t is
that no man need expect to gain the
nomination who has the opposition of
William Jennings Bryan.
The largest single influence in the
Democratic party today is Bryan. Any
man who is nominated against the will
the Bryan following that IL would be
idle to nominate him.
Speaker Clark has the friendship of
Colonel Bryan. And there is no doubt
that he is a strong political factof so
far as 1912 is concerned. If the record
of the House in this session and the
next is such as to appeal TO the coun-
try, Mr.. Clark will. be strong in the
eyes of the country. He has a strong
hold on the South, being a Southern
man himself
But Eastern Democrats of the pro-
gressive cast are friendly to Wilson,
and believe he Is the best man to make
the race This is one element OF Will
sons strength. Another thing is that
he has powerful Southern support. He
Is even more OF a Southern man than
Speaker Clark. He was born in the
South, and though he has identified him.
self with the North, it is fact that