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The Washington times., 1911-09-03
Germans to Gather
At Orphan Asylum
For Benefit Outing

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Ger
man Orphan Asylum has completed
plans for the annual Labor Day sup
per and entertainment for the benefit
Of the institution. The asylum grounds
and building IN Anacostta will be
thrown open tomorrow afternoon and
evening, and hundreds of members of
the German societies of the District
will participate.
Music for concert and dancing will
be furnished by a large orchestra. The
children will compete in list of sports.
There will be the usual booths and at
fractions Of a charity fair. A German
supper will be served.
The general arrangements for the
benefit are under the direction of the
officers of the aid society. The list OF
officers includes: Mrs. Katherine G..
Barthel, president: Miss Pauline WAL
Their, vice president; Mrs. Dora Boett-
cher, corresponding secretary: Miss
Louise Boettcher. financial secretary;
Mrs. Catherine Gain. treasurer. Mrs.
Karl Gain will have charge of the
kitchen, and Mrs. stelzy will have SUI
pervision of the sale of sandwiches.
The dining-rocm committee will include
Mrs. Barthel. Miss walther, Mrs.
Louise Necker. Mrs, Charles Roper
ling, Mrs. Kolmeier. Miss Katherine
Feifer, Misses Maggie and Emma
Brooks, Misses Rosie and Pauline Ems
ley. The sale Of paddles will be in
charge of Miss Louise Boettcher.
The fish-pond committee includes Mrs
Eunice Slotterbeck, Mrs. George Ruhl,
Miss Eva Kettler. and Miss Hermann,
and Miss Eule Rempp. Others will pre-
side at the ice cream booth.
The Washington times., 1911-09-03
LABOR NOW READY
FOR IT'S HOL IDAY
Washington Citizens Generally Will Join in Elaborate
Celebration to Be Held To morrow-Theusands Leave
City for Two-Day Vacation.

Athletic contests of various kinds ere
scheduled. Refreshments and badges
for the benefit of the Mcnamara legal
defense fund will be sold By young
women stationed about the grounds.
Mass Meeting Planned.
In the evening mass meeting viii
be held, at which Representative Buc-
hahan of Illinois Will be the principal
speaker. William Spencer, of the build
ing trades department of the American
Federation Of Labor, and Emmett L.
Adams, one of the best known labor
leaders In the city, also will make adj
dresses. Mr.. Adams will have charge OF
the meeting.
At all the Fairgrounds in the District
special Labor Day celebrations will be
conducted. Supervisor e. s. Martin
will have general control of these cele-
brations.
At the Georgetown playground an un-
usually interesting program has been
arranged. Besides several athletic con-
tests, a musical and dramatic program
will be rendered. Cinderella" will be
shown by the dramatic department, and
number of solos and chorus will be
grounds the program will consist prin-
cipally of athletic events. A Labor
Day meet from o'clock in The morning
till / o'clock in the afternoon is sched-
uled for the Rosedale Fairgrounds. A
brass band will provide the music al
the CORDOBA Fairgrounds.
Anacostia's Observance.
The principal Labor Day event for
Anacostia will be an all-day festival for
the Germans of the District on the
grounds Of the German Orphan Asylum.
in Good Hope road.
In nearby villages and resorts, the
Labor Day spirit also will prevail. The
Washington Grove Athletic Association
expects to have the most interesting
program ever conducted by the organi-
cation at tomorrow's celebration. Inc
Washington Cross County CLUB, ire
monts Washington Grove, Garrett PARK:
and the Central Y. NJ c. 4. clubs OF
Baltimore all will have representatives
at the Maryland grounds, and the meet
will be the hardest contested one IN the
history OF the club.
Alexandria Celebration.
Organized labor's first attempt to cell
ebrate Labor Day in Alexandria Will
he. made tomorrow, when Hundreds OF
Union men and their families Will go
to TIE Dyke, just south Of Alexandra
en- the Virginia railway,
and engage in festivities. The celebra-
ton will be held under the auspices o.
the Alexandria Trades Council. Be
sides the regular routine of a picnic,
there will be athletic contests, mass
meeting. and a musical program.
For the benefit of WashingtOnians who
NAV desire to spend Labor Day at Co
lonial Beach, a special schedule has
been arranged by Charles st. John, pres
idert of the Potomac and Chesapeake
Steamboat Company, for the steamer
st. Johns. The boat will leave the
Seventh street wharf at 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning. A special trip also
The Washington times., 1911-09-03

Brawny labor, recognized by all as the
force that makes the world go around,
will have its inning tomorrow In Wash
ing the seat of the National Govern
ment, where so many of the union labor
leaders are located, Labor Day prom
Uses to be fittingly celebrated.
The Government, recognizing the serv-
ices of the men who toll with their
hands as well as their brains, has set
aside this day in their honor.
Never before has Washington made
such preparations for Labor Day cele-
bration. True It is that thousands of
Washingtonians have left the city for
overholiday stays at nearby resorts and
cities, but the majority Of the people
has remained in the city, and tomorrow
will join hands in observing the great
holiday.
Many Attractions Offered.
More attractions and amusements for
the Washington public have been pro-
vided this year than ever before. The
present year has been a fairly prosper
GUS one. Labor Day finds Washington
with but comparatively few men out OF
employment and none on strike.
The city in consequence will enter into
the celebration with a whole heart, and,
Of class or creed, the sons OF
toll will find the entire population join
ing In their festivities.
The Government buildings, with three
exceptions, will be closed to the public,
and the thousands of employees, many
of whom started on their holidays yes
terday afternoon, will remain away from
-.
The Library of Congress. however.
will remain open to visitors from
o'clock IN the afternoon until 10 o'clock
in the evening. The Public Library, at
Ninth and K streets, will remain open
from o'clock tomorrow morning until
the same hour tomorrow night.
The Smithsonian Institution and the
National Museum buildings Will be open
TO the public from 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning until 4:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Thousands Leave City.
The opportunity to spend two days
and a half out of the city offered to the
thousands of Government employees and
employees of private Establishments
which closed at noon yesterday was
crashed with enthusiasm. Thousands
left Washington Immediately after work
closed yesterday.
Benning Celebration.
Probably the biggest celebration OF the
day will be held at Benning under the
auspices of the Central Labor Union.
for the entertainment Of
thousands have been made by special
committee of twenty, and indications
ere that the grounds will be packed.
provided tomorrow Is a fair day. The
a rmy aviators at College Park have
promised to make flight to Bennlns
and return some time during the day.
This will be the first opportunity of the
laboring men and their families to see
an aeroplane in flight.
The celebration at, Benning viii be
AFFAIR. From ~ CLOCK IN
night the grounds will be open. Motor
cycle races, in which there viii be
score of entries, will interest thousands
The Washington times., 1911-09-03
ALL FAIRGROUNDS
WILL HAVE SPECIAL
EVENTS TOMORROW
Supervisor Martin to Have
General Direction of Labor
Day Games.

Each of the eleven Fairgrounds of
the District will celebrate Labor Day
with a special program, arranged by
the teachers and other workers In
charge.
The programs are similar in their
main features. and comprise baseball,
field events and other athletic sports
games, dances and music. On some OF
the grounds brief addresses viii be
made.
The exercises will begin at o'clock
tomorrow morning and last until the
afternoon, some of the Fairgrounds
workers having arranged to have the
children at play until or S O'Clock.
Those in charge of the individual
grounds will direct the children i'm
nsediately under them. z. s. Martini
supervisor of the Fairgrounds OF the
District, will assume general direction.
The Washington times., 1911-09-03
'SCURR|LOUS NOTES
|. CEASE, AND FRIENDS
AGAIN ARE UNITED
Easton, Pa, Breathing
Easier-Miss Dewitt to
Be Arraigned Soon.

EASTON, Pa. Sept. 3.-Since the ar
rest OF Mis- Harriet Dewitt, accused Of
sending anonymous and scurrilous let
tiers, there has been a feeling of relief
in the community and many friends and
neighbors who had become estranged
have again become firm friends Since
the woman was firsI questioned IN June
last no more anonymous letters have
been received by any persons in Easton.
Mrs. George Dewitt. mother of Miss
Dewitt, Is Frustrated with a serious
nervous attack, the result of the strain
that has followed her daughters ar
reEa. In an, interview, Miss Dewitt said
that while surprised that she should be
held on the charge made against her,
she would be ready At the time of her
trial. in Philadelphia In two weeks tn
prove that there are other persons
whose names have not been mentioned,
who were suspected OF the letter writ
ing.
1T has been a source OF great salts
faction to me that so many OF my
friends have called at my home to as
cure me that they are confident l had
nothing whatever to do with those vie
letters"
The Washington times., 1911-09-03
DramatiZationS and
Music on Program for
Georgetown Children

The Labor Day program for the
Georgetown Fairgrounds is the most
elaborate yet submitted to Supervisor
Martin. 1t includes a piano solo by
Elsie Montgomery; piano and violin
solo by Esther and Grace Balsar;
songs by a chorus of girls. and a min
uet by twelve girls; a dramatization
of the song, 1.-THE Garden of Roses"
by fourteen little girls in rosebud
costumes: and a dramatization of
cinderella" in which the cast will be
Cinderella, Rose Royse; Sisters, Mar
garet Mcintyre and Angelus Inscoe;
Mother Lillian Callahan; King, Viola
Smith: Queen. Ada Hughes; Mes
senger, Molly O'Connor; Fairy God
mother, Kathleen Popkins.
The Washington times., 1911-09-03

T..
viii be made on Tuesday after Labor
Day. when the boat will leave at the
same hour In the morning.
At Mt. Rainier.
The annual Labor Day excursion OF
the d. A. X. of L., No. 60. to Marshall
Hall will start tomorrow morning. The
steamer Charles Mecalaster will carry
the excursionists to that resort.
An all-day carnival will be conducted
AZ Mt. Rainier tomorrow, and the Labor
Day celebration viii be continued
through Tuesday night. the National
Training School Band will furnish
music, and State Senator German will
he the orator Of the day. merry-go-
round for the benefit of the '.kiddies'
has ben installed, and the women Of
the Maryland hamlet viii engage In a
ake-baking contest, The carnival will
be under the auspices Of Mayor Plant
and the town council. There will be
no charge for admission.
The Washington times., 1911-09-03
Wilmington Man Hangs
Himself to a Rafter

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept 3-Miss
Myrtle Brown, niece of Albert John
son, sixty-four years old. was shocked
this morning to find the body of her
uncle hanging from a rafter in the
shed kitchen of his home
Johnson had arisen some time during
the night. and going below, placed a
rope about his neck and standing on
a chair, fastened the other end around
the rafter. He then kicked the chair
away.
Johnson had been in LII health for
some time.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13

to convince Jim Butler his that there was more
the surface than the of man could conceive shorty as
brought the wealth of the Bullfroe country D"t o "
know what revealing when he made the srke tnat re-
sounded from Boston to Seattle -
Cripple Greek was another gold accident Fhteen years
before the excitement 1891 lot of bunco steeers came down
from eadve and alted ground Then they went PACK TO
the carbonate camp and proclaimed their discovery through
the occult channels reach the of the most ignorant
The result was stampede down Ute Pass estimated nat
5000 people poured into what was then known as the
Mount Piseah in single day. Assayers with OUTFITS
were in the class, and the imposition was quickly
exposed thousands took their way ournuy over
the back Leadvie after vainy trying to ycn the men
who nut up the Job gold there but 1t remained
for roor old derect to find His knowledge did him no
good and actually required before the people q Col
orado became there gold under the SHADOW
Of Pixies Peak They had been bitten once and their
were another experience Yet cripple creek
yielded $780, in the following generation ana the men
proted who made locations ana STUCK
to them in spite Ct dire rredic ions
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13
WORLDS STEEL FEDERATION.

highly notable congress Of the iron masters OF the world
now being Brussels the first gathering of its kind ever
held 10 discuss questions general interest and importance to
he iron industry and Also it is aid to form perman-
ent international organization of steel and iron workers.
The American steel industry well represented at
the meeting among those present and having prominent
part in proceedings being Charles M Schwab Judge H.
Gary Farrell According to announcement the
conference the purpose of establishing better under
standing among steel producers of the world, and it IS
said no attempt will made fix prices regulate the market
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13
TELL'EM ABOUT 1T.

1t than natural when things 60 wrong in different
PARTS of the country blame it all the other fellow
Occur dAlenes today hundreds of properties
which little development make them dividend
rayers least sef-supportine
1t is fact that money has been paid out
in dividends in than has been expended de-
yelc But still several properties with showne that JUS
ty expenditure of for development lying
idle from lack of funds.
condition caused because people have money
but more fact that many have fallen victims
the shark ak and hesitate risk their seaynes again
which is but natural.
1t is past believing how easily successful business
men have by faks with glowing promises of
dividends these business might by the
else Of ordinary discretion have learned that instead of merit
orous property the ak endeavorng to sell him an
in a property which had not as yet rock in place.
There today which the investor anywhere
esr The returns mining does PEOPLE, in order to eliminate
the sharks and fakrs and decrease the element Of chance
should thoroughly investigate the character of the men at the
head Of the concern they would they about
r. become interested in other lines of business.
People with merorious properties and in need Of funds
should 90 to the people with their proposition and invite nvs
oation and through only the mining industry
achieve the prestige it riehtfuly deserves
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13
THE WORLDS DEBT TO THE pRospEcroR.

From the days when Jason forth with argosy cap
the Golden Fleece down through the pages history
the first finding Of gold in California the element accident
has been of the strongest features of mining The
found the fleece and returned home with bacon
design that Marshall led explore
ripping of Suffer Ceek 1848 found cold
but when he did he did know of his good fortune until
his wife threw the weghy pebble kettle
lit remain there night In the morning the dross had
been dsspated and the bottom of the pot shining
whose character could be mistaken That
rush that drew hundreds of thousands from all quarters
universe But school child of the knows what
sued
Australia wonderful gold to chance and the
energy of convcs who down their prisons they
heard the finding of hundred pound yellow NUGGET South
Africa repeated this experience and almost every camp the
the generation emphasizes the old prospect
ors adage that ''Gold is where you find It,"
Coming closer home clear that the Occur dAlenes
would have remained mystery of had
that the Idaho credit with
Bunker Hill and Sullivan the discovery of the greatest
silver mines record George Warren who died penury
father of the copper mines of Bsbee gre
tended that he knew anything of the value of his find
disposed Copper Queen company its
foundation in the fussng around Of little French Canadian
from Chateauguay county, New York. where they would
know gold they it, and his discoveries confirmed by
Sam Mcdonald giant from Asren Colorado who knew of
nothing but The Vulture of Hassayamra,
of Arizona located by ignorant
lean who gained nothing from millions beyond little
ephemera glory.
indulge esome reteraton of the foregoing facts but
come back Colorado where they propose establish
scientific prospecting bureau it is we'll mention that Lead
Vile its goes Tabor and August Rschie neither of
whom knew anything about minerals until they found them
selves in the foreground of ownership They found gold but
Leadve made major millions of lead carbonates and
then back silver with relapse gold during 1893 and
known of the largest producers of zinc the
continent.
The find of Henry Stimer which made Golded another
Of the diosyncracs Of adventure Here the desert
within miles Of the famous mines Of Montezuma whose
worked forty and shipped SWANSEA Wales
for reduction the gold earth lay exposed
the desert with almost pure gold the surface Yet Gold
field discovered until eight ago. Tonopah owes
its origin of burro who kicked up enough dust
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13
FARMERS CLOSE SHELTER.

At last the smoke farmers of Shasta county, California
seem to have won their FIGHT against the Baaklaa shelter OF
the National Copper company at Coram AS noted in
our columns United States circuit presided over
Judge Morrow has ordered the Baaklaa plant TO cease
opera within IS this plant that the Cott
re controlling fume installed While this ys-
tenn was large degree successful it did not satisfy the
farmers who evidently require absolute perfection in ume con-
troll Unless this attained it looks if the copper smelling
business would become thing of the in California
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13
ANNOUNCEMENT.

The publishers of The Wallace Miner wish to announce
that arr has assumed the edtorhp Of the
he having Joined the company past week 1t is the nen
ton to give readers of The Miner thorough and correct
account mining industry in the Occur dAlenes and also
condensed report mining in general in the state of Idaho
The of the paper will be the confidence
of its subscribers This impossible unless be taken in
the gathering writing of mining news and this end the
editor will devote his entire attention
space will be given properties of the variety
and all articles before published will be investigated and verified
The Miner large number of subscribers in the and
fully their inability keep posted the operations of
companies this section except through the medium of this
rarer.
Mr. Mel cod has long been resident of the Occur dAenes
and we'll newspaper circles in this vicinity He has
large acquaintance with people eed in the mining indus
try and familiar with the location and character of properties
and is only reasonable that he is in position
and give thorough of the min
inc industry in the Occur d'Aenes
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-07-13

It is not the intention to send
THE MINER to any person whose
subscription has expired. If you
are receiving the paper and are
in arrears please remit promptly
to avoid missing any issue. The
subscription price is 81 per annum
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-12
DETECTIVES TO SCENE is
WRECKED.
ROBBERS MAKE SAFE ESCAPE
Trainmen OF Another Train Attempt
To Stop Robbery, But Reach The
Scene Too Late-Robbers Force
Engineer And Conductor To Aid
(By ASSOcidtcd PreS8.)

savannah, Ca Zee. I2.-Ihe first
section Of the Atlantic Coast Line
train numbo,. .isbt- ,o,th. h.. ornd wen.
,.i
'''' ''"''.'..' '..7' ''''.' "'> ''EH'
coda. and t'l. mail car fansackod.
Several sacks OF registered man were
...l.a l.,., 8. rolf,y,5 tho robbors
.lo,.r .. .un ...copd .nctinr
Ts,o I'D. he.. lcarded tho train af
uard,.;llo and ncforo If vas oni or
..unt .f ,.. .tat.on. ,bo. o,oip,,,. u.s
..,.el 81, 4ton ot fine nof,t of r,vor,.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-12
GROOM 81; BRIDE 81.

One of the most unique marriage
ceremonies. so far as the contracting
parties are concerned, that it has ever
fallen to the lot of Rev. E. J. Currie to
perform, took place over in Petal this
morning. Mr.. II. d. Bundy, age G7,
and Mrs O. \. Jenkins, age 81 were
the elderly lovers made one and hap
py on the occasion referred to. Mr..
and Mrs. Bundy have long been highly
respected residents of the neighbor-
hood i'm which they live, and both
came to Mississippi from Georgia.
They are receiving the congratulate
rions of their many friends and neigh
ho!s ON the step just taken.
The newly weds left today for an
attended bridal tour, going first to
shreveport. La thence to points far
Their west, and will be gone some time
lcfore returning home.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-12

keeping the fire within the one build
ing, but saved the walls of that build
ing. In this they were aided to an
extent by the rain then falling
The origin of the fire is not known.
The building is the property of Dick
Thornton Of Meridian, and was under
lease to d. J. Sutherland. Among
the private property owners who suf.
fered losses were: ID. j. Sutherland
an automobile, some vulcanizing ma.
chinery and other property: Cal Gun.
ningham, float and several other
vehicles; S. l.. Heidelberg. nice
buggy or trap; c. II. Mckay, a buggy
C. J. Thornton, several vehicles: w
c. Strahan, a new Brush runabout
Six windows of the new Federal build
ing were broken by the heat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-12
Thornton Stable and Other
Property Destroyed BY Fire

Fire discovered at about I o'clock
in the old Thornton stable on West
Pine street, practically destroyed the
large building, together with a num-
Der of vehicles. several automobiles
and other property belonging to vari-
Gus private parties. The total insur-
ance on the building is $4,000 in com
panies represented by NJ d. King and
A. A. Montague and will more than
cover the loss in that respect. The
private property amounting to three
or four thousand dollars, was not in
sured.
The fire had gained great headway
when the alarm was fire turned in,
and though arriving with this handi-
cap, the fire department put up a
great fight and not only succeeded in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-12
BANQUET To bishop GUM
AN IMPORTANT CIVIC EVENT

trial to no one and the court is salts
fed with his story the trial will pro-
ceed.
Fear that Waldron has killed him
self is growing. He was in a highly
agitated state when last seen on Sun
day night as indeed, he had been al
most every day since he was chosen
juror.
He objected to serving when he was
first selected, saying his dairy inter
ests would not permit his absence.
Later he was taken i'll and begged
piteously for his wife and children
After that his wife wrote him daily
and he seemed better contented.
Saturday his children went into the
court room to see him From his seat
in the jury box, he smiled and nod
ded. When court adjourned, he grasp
ed them in his arms and kissed and
fondled them. Yesterday was Sunday
and a dull day for the jury. Some of
the jurors played games and others
read Waldron sat alone, playing his
old and battered violin Home, Sweet
Tome was his favorite tune 1t was
oo his Inns when he retired early this
morning
Even if Waldron's escape should ~o
suit i'm q mistrial which would rcou