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The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
GERMANS TRIBUTE
TO WERNER KOCH
Speeches Laudatory to Life
Of Late Journalist.

Germans and Americans from every
station in life-the wealthy and the lowly
the diplomatist and the laborer-thronged
Saengerbund Hall last night to do honor
to the memory of Werner Koch, pub
Usher of the Washington Journal, a Ger
man weekly. who died March S last. Al.
though nearly eighty years of age, the
German printer worked at the case in
his unpretentious newspaper Office. III
Sixth street northwest, every day until
two weeks before he died.
Every German society in the District
was represented by delegates as wit
nesses of the deep sorrow which is felt
in every German home at the loss to this
community of a man Of the sterling char
acter of Werner Koch. One of the speak
ers said that Mr.. Koch contributed more
effective services for the consolidation
of the Germans of Washington and vi
cinity and to their obtaining public
esteem and respect than any other agency
and that. Notwithstanding his many
years of unceasing toll. he had but little
to show of earthly goods.
He worked for German culture and to
raise them in the public esteem. and his
labor has been successful beyond all ex-
pectations. For himself he gained but
little, so far as money is concerned, but
he gained the satisfaction of knowing
that he was giving his best for the fur
tberance of a good cause
Among those present were George W.
SpieT, DR.. G. VI. Kober, Gustav Lans-
burgh, Frank Claudy, Simon Wolf, DR..
f. A. Sellhausen. William F. GUIDE, John
Waldmann. Fred. Imhof. Christian Heu-
rich, Rudolph Saur, Jacob Karr, Charles
Dismer, l.. Excl, Louis Kettler, George
G. Seibold, Albert Iepper, Kurt Voelck-
her, Gustav Bender. Z. F. Mann, W.
Ruckdaeschel, John Wischusen, ]. L.ech-
ner, H. Schultze, A. Levy, F. Scheuer-
mann, Martin Wiegand, and others.
Delegations were present from the fol-
lowing societies: United German So
cieties, German Orphan Asylum Society.
Veterans of the Eighth Battalion, Arion
Gesang Verein, .Germania Maennerchor.
Verein Baden, Verein Bayern, Hessen-
darmstaedter Beneficial Society, Schwae-
bischer Beneficial Society, Occasia 'Bund,
Deutscher Beneficial Society, Platt-
deutscher Verein, Columbia Brewers
Beneficial Society. Columbia 'Bund. Ger
msn-Americsn Beneficial Society, German
UnterstuctzJmgsbund Washington Hahn,
No. /, A. o. D.; Butchers Beneficial So
ciety. Wilhelm Tell Lodge, ]. o. X. OF
P; Columbia Turnverein, Onkel Braesig
Society, Saengerbund; Teutonia Lodge,
No. 2 o. d.. H. s., Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No. 1ol. and others.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
PLACES OF INTEREST.

Library Of Conuess-Open a. m To 10 p. N on
secular days; from p m. TO 10 p. m Sundays
and on certain holidays. During July. August. and
September, closes p. m. Saturday.
Public Library-Open a. m. to p. m; holidays.
q. m. to p. m Sundays, to p. m
White House-Open 10 q. m TO p. N.
Unitsd States Cspitol-Open a. m to 40 p. m.
Corcorzn Gallery of Ar-Opcn Cfree) Tuesday,
Thursday. Saturday. 80 a: N, to p. m; SUNDAY.
20 TO 4:D Other days. . admission
State, War, and Navy Departments-open a m.
to 2 p. m CThe original Declaration Of Indepsnd-
snce is in the library at the State Department)
United States Treasury-Open a. m TO 2 p m
United States Patent Ofice-Open a. m to .
United States Pension Bureau-Open a m to 4
United States Post-once-Open a. N. to p m.
Washington City Post-otace-Open az hourA THE
desd-Ietter Office is the city post-othce.>
National Botanic Gardens-Open a. m. TO p n
Fish Commission-Open a m. to 4:O p. m
Army Medical Museum-Open a m to 80 p. m
National Museum-open a m to 4=o p n lin
cluding holidays).
Agricultural Deparment-Open a m 70 ~
p. m
Bureau o, Engraving and Prtntins-opea a. m
Washinrton Monument C5sSA feet in heighU-open
$50 a m to 40 p. NJ tEaeVatoc runs from a. N
10 4 p. m.l
Bureau q American Repuhlis-open a N TO
p. m
Smithsonian Institution-open T. m to 40
p. m. Gneluding holidSys).
Government Printing onace-Upeu 10 a. m to :
p. N.
Navy Yard-open 9 s. m. to $50 p n-
SouthHorth Cottage. 5oth and Prospect ave.
Key Mznsion-Home Of Francis Scott Key, author
Of The Star Spangled Banner" 3ls NJ street
northwest Oren daily, except Sunday, e. N. to
$50 p. m Admission free
IN THE SUBURBS
Arlington National Cemetery.
Chevy Chase and Kensington.
Geological PARK (open ali day).
Rock Creek Bridge and Park.
United States Naval Academy. Annapolis. Nd.
Mount Vernon 1.-THE home and tomb Of Washing
tou)-Open II a.. m. to p m.
Naval ObserTatory-Open a m. to .. N.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
ANDREW A, F. SPERRY DIES.
Civil War Veteran Was Clerk In
PoSf-officc for Thirty Years.

Andrew Fuller. Sperry, seVenty-two
years old, for thirty years a clerk in
the registration division of the Post
office Department. died early yesterday
morning at his home, 1887 Q street north
west, after a brief illness.
Mr.. Sperry was a veteran of the civil
war, having served in the Thirty-third
Iowa Regiment. and was at one time the
editor of a newspaper in Ashtabula
County, Ohio. He is survived by two
sons, Arthur B. Sperry, of Pittsburg. and
Rev. Paul Sperry, of Brockton. Mass.
Although arrangements have not been
completed for the funeral. burial will be
made in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Run Down by Heavy Auto Truck in
Front of school.

Crushed beneath the wheels OF an auto
mobile truck of the Washington Dairy
Company in front of the John \. Logan
School, at Third and G. streets northeast,
seven-year-old Leroy Hood. a negro.
died at the Casualty Hospital yesterday
morning at Ii O'Clock. TIE accident oc-
Cured about a half hour earlier willis
the lad was on his way home.
Alfred-Wright, of 40 Il street south
east, driver of the truck, picked the boy
up few seconds after he was struck.
and placing him in the automobile, rushed
him to the hospital. He was later de-
tanned at the Ninth precinct station pend
ing an investigation by Coroner hewitt.
The body was removed to the morgue
and an inquest will be held this morning.
Wright who was formerly employed as
driver of the automobile patrol in the
Second precinct. is said to be compe-
tent chauffeur.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
HONOR MRS. DARwIN's MEMORY
Juvenile Court Adjourns-Funeral to
BE Held Tomorrow Morning.

Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Bas-
com Darwin, assistant probation officer
of the Juvenile Court and secretary of
the D. A R., who died Tuesday, will be
held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
in St Johns Church, Rev. DR.. Roland
Cotton Smith, pastor of the church, Off
ciating. Burial will be private.
A delegation from the d. A. r. will be
present at the services. Out Of respect
for Mrs. Darwin's memory, rhe Juvenile
Court adjourned shortly after 2 o'clock
for the remainder of the day, and the
flag was placed at half-mast.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
GOVERNMENT TO BURY SUICIDE
r. r. Mostyn to BE Inferred Mt San
Francisco.

The body of r. R.lMostyn. turret cap
tain of the United States cruiser Cali
fornia, and formerly of Hyattsville. Nd.
who committed suicide Tuesday in San
Francisco after killing his sweetheart.
Bessie Cook. and hotel clerk named
Hugo Rheim, will be buried by the gov
ernment in San Francisco.
Charles z. Mostyn, of Berwyn. a clerk
in the ONCE of the Auditor for the War
Department, said yesterday that his
sons body would not be brought to his
former home.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
Lowest Furniture Prices ts ss

Bargain Dpaked
allow
a 10 the reduce prices
Here are listed but comparatively few the There bar
offer
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TO-DAY.

Norfolk ard Washington Steamboat Company's
steamers fom foot Of Seventh street for Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk daily at 6:S .. m.
Steamer Charles Macalester for Mount vernon
leaves Seventh street wharf at 10 a. m and las
D. N. daily except Sunday.
Cans from Fifteenth street and New York avenue
every quarter hour for Zoo PAN. Chevy Chase. and
Kensington.
8 Washington Baltimore and Annapolis. Electric
Railway operates sixty-hree limited nains each day
between Washington and Baltimore. leaving Fif-
teenth st and New York are on the hour and hall
hOr.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
Woman Die. of Burns.

AS the result of burns received about
ten days ago. Mrs. Ann Johnson. eighty
years old. of 500 Virginia avenue south
cast. died at Providence Hospital yes
terday morning. Cornor hewitt yester-
death.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
auiet in santo DominEo.

W. w. Russell. American Minister to
Santo Domingo, has left Santo Domingo
City on board the gunboat Petrol for a
cruise around the island. He will visit
the principal cities of the country. The
first stop viii be al Macoris. Minister
Russell advised the State Department
yesterday that conditions there were
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16

Special Dinner Concert, The Raleigh,
Sunday. March 19. $50 p. m. Orchestrs
Of twenty musicians.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
PLAGUE at Port OF spain.

~COne case of plague has developed at
Port OF Spain. Trinidad, according to ad-
vices reosived At the State Department
yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16

Fresh Cut. Homegrown Flowers
jonquils. yiolets, &C. liza = st.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16

See Special Notice: $500 HOmel'
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16

In favor With particular housewives. Sci
entificaliy lmade and baked. Grocersss
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
Pullman Sleepers Gao M
At Prices Up to RSU.VV
Premiums

We are the distributors of the premi
uns on Proctor & CANDLES Star Soap
Bring all the wrappers to our store
for these gifts.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-16
Office Desks and Furniture

We carry a complete line of both Flat
and Roll Top Office Desks, on which Our
regular prices are much lower than those
of houses dealing in these goods exclu-
sively.
To call attention to this department we
offer number of Desks at specially re-
duccd prices.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
ANACOSTIA.

Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. wife Of Rev
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. Of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, was pres
service Of the Missionary Society Of the
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church,
and delivered the principal address OF
the evening. Rev. George NJ. Cummings
pastor Of the church, also spoke.
The open-air services under the
auspices of the united churches Of Ana
costa will be inaugurated on Sunday next.
The churches to be represented at these
services will include the Anacostia
Methodist Episcopal Church, ST. Ter
esa's Church, Emmanuel Episcopal, Ana
costa Baptist, Garden Memorial Pres.
byterian. and possibly some Of those In
Congress Heights and Twining City
Rev. Samuel w. Graffiiu. pastor of the
Methodist Church. Is in charge Of the
arrangements.
Rev Karl N. Block, D. D., chaplain
at the Woodberry Forest School for Boys,
in Virginia, conducted the services yes
terday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
in the absence Of the rector, Rev. W. G,
Davenport, who is at Colonial Beach in
Children. Rev Mr.. Block will continue
TO assist Mr.. Davenport during the sum.
mer months.
Rev Martin p. Egan, assistant rec
ter of ST. Teresa's Church here, con-
ducteI the services yesterday at St Ig.
natius Church, Oxon Hill, Md, while
Rev. Charles NJ Bart, pastor, celebrated
the high mass and preached the sermon
at St Teresa's
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
GOULD NAG NEARLY
WINS GRAND PRIX
Combourg Just Beaten in An
nual French Classic.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, June 25.-If justice had been done
in the race for the Grand Prix de Paris
to-day, Frank ]. Gould would have been
the winner Of the most valuable race In
the world, with his horse. Combourg. AS
1t was, he was only beaten by short
head, and throughout the race the horse
showed superiority over the other sixteen
magnificent picked horses of the year.
In the last quarter Combourg was shut
in for three lengths. and a protest was
entered by Jockey Reiff, which the stew
ards refused to grant. However, Com
bourg made a pluc<y fight. and had the
race been fifty yards longer he would
have won, as he was gaining steadily.
In awarding the race to the Marquis de
Ganay for his horse D'Atout, 1t was half
an American. victory, anyway, for the
Marquise de Ganay was Miss Ridgeway,
Of Philadelphia.
With half dozen American Jockeys in
the race, including o'Neill. Rein, osCon-
nor, Turner, Henry. and Donohue riding
in the Grand Prix. it looked like day
at Sheepshead Bay.
Frank J. Gould was all smiles and
said: 'I may not have won the Grand
Prix, but from the performance Of Com
bourg to-day, know that own the, best
horse in the world. This satisfaction is
worth more to me than the prize money
of the Grand Prix. Though $4,000 is a
large sum to pay for a horse, Combourg
justified all my hopes and my confidence
in the Judgment of the racing manager,
Fred Calhoun"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
NEWSOF WALL STREET
General Market and Financial Conditions Salts,
factory for the Month of June

New York, June 25.-The June days last
week from financial point Of view were
more like the June days OF Wall street
tradition than they were earlier IN the
month. The stock market was fitful and
uncertain, at times exceedingly dull, at
other times distinctly weak, but, at all
times showing a strong undertone and
with no indication that any other than
strictly professional operations were be-
ing conducted in II.
The most prominent feature Of the pres
ent state OF affairs continues to be a more
cheerful state OF business sentiment and
a moderate Improvement In business it
self This II the word spoken by all the
trade journals whose field Is that OF q
particular industry. It exhibits itself IN
better railway earnings, in larger bank
clearings, and In numberless definite,
even II limited, ways. 1t is all based
fundamentally upon the helpful and en-
couraging decisions of the Supreme Court
in the antitrust cases, upon the gener-
ally satisfactory crop outlook, the low
stocks of merchandise everywhere, the
accumulation Of pent-up business ene1gy
that Il Is known has taken place during
a long period Of business torpor and
economizing and upon the general opera
ton Of the forces OF economic resiliency
IN these united 5Iales aIter q IOur years
quiet spell following year Of financial
trouble
Depends on the Crops.
No doubt a great deal depends this
wear upon the crops. II always does
in every year, and in the present sea-
son, as usual, the crop scare people are
J resuming their characteristic activities.
About three weeks ago the cotton crop
was ruined. According to current tales.
by drought and prematurely hot
weather. but the needed rains have
fallen, the drought has been broken
everywhere over the cotton belt, and
the indications are at the present moment
for the largest cotton crop in the coun-
try's history. 1t Is true that the cotton
season Is long and that there is much
time yet for more scares of the kind
witnessed at the beginning of this
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
CRUISERS RETURN
FROM GUANTANAMO
Naval Boat Races Between
Crews AgOnse Interest.


New York. June 25.-The armored crSIis-
ers Montana and Washington. OF the
fifth division Of the Atlantic feet. ar
rived to-day from Guantanamo by way
of Hampton Roads, where they spent
three days permitting bluajackets and
marines to take shore liberty.
The Washington flies the flag OF Rear
Admiral Sidney L. Staunton. = With the
Tennessee, the NORTH Carolina, ana the
Washington. she took three regiments OF
marines down to Guantanamo to be pre-
pared for any emergency that might IN
volve the United States with Mexico.
At Guantanamo the twelve-oared cut
ter crews of the North Carolina ana the
Washington contested for the champion
ship of the division, Ensign Rufus King,
Of the Montana, was the coxswain for the
men Of the Montana. This Is an inno-
walton and win be hereafter a regular
thing In naval boat races
Ensign King was stroke IN a crack
crew at Annapolis. His cutter won by
about cruisers length, and the men
of the Washington. according to cur
rent estimates, lost $2sOOO or less that
they had put up in small bets against
$4,000 or less raised by the men of the
Montana.
There was also an ensign on the base
ball teams Of several cruisers Ensign
E. G. Kippel, of this city, played first
base on the Washington team, and help
ed it to keep pretty closnsto the leading
team, the North Carolina Of the At
lantic Fleets League.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
RoBs COLLECTION PLATE.
Masked Man Holds Up Treasurer Fl
wheeling Church.

Wheeling Church.
Wheeling. w. Va, June z5.-Hardly
twenty feet from the pulpit from which
Rev. W. H Fields, Of the First Christian
Church was exhorting congregation Of
400 persons to lead better lives. the
church treasurer, Brook E. Adams, this
morning was robbed at the point OF q
big revolver by a masked man who es-
capped in safety. The robbery was COM
into the main auditorium and the door
between was open.
The collection had 9ust been taken. the
communion dispensed, and Mr.. Fields just
started to preach on THE duty of God
and man." when Adams retired to the
anteroom with the collective plates. As
he completed counting the money and
was about 10 take his pew In the church
he looked up to find himself confronted
by a masked man with q big gun.
give me that money" the fellow said.
well, take it' Adams replied, but the
desperate evidently suspecting treacnery
made Adams pick up the money and hand
1t over. Then with the gun still pointed
at Adams he backed slowly toward the
door and dashed down an alley.
Adams notified DR.. J. A. Monroe, a
church official, and between them they
decided not to inform the pastor Of what
happened until after the sermon. When.
however, Just before the benediction was
pronounced Mr.. Fields announced what
had happened, panic nearly ensued.
The collection was small to-day,
amounting only TO about So.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26

month. There IL no escaping the fact.
however. that June, one OF the most
critical months OF the year for cotton,
Is now almost at an end, with the
plant standing IN good shape.
Ideal cotton crop conditions during
the month Of June are those when a
certain amount of rain but not too
much falls over the cotton section. Ex-
cessive rains during this period means
disaster and from this cause proceeded
the short cotton crop in the year 1909.
The cotton crop Is worth more to this
country than any other, as was so
abundantly testified last year. It is,
therefore, OF the utmost favorable i'm
portance that the promise for 1t is SO
good at as late time in the year as
the present date.
AS regards wheat, there Is no denying
that the early promise OF an extensively
large crop has been. somewhat impaired.
1t Is equally clear that the stories of
crop damage have been exaggerated, and
that up to the present time the reason
able probability still holds Of q large
harvest.
Bond Sale q Success.
No other Interpretation is to be placed
upon the result Of the government's
Panama Canal bond sale than that for
the first time in our history our credit
stands upon as high a basis as that of
any other nation in the world, when due
account is taken Of all the circumstances
entering into the problem, notably the
income tax that is collected by foreign
governments upon their respective bonds
and the huge volume OF these issues as
compared with our own. As such, the
matter Is a national financial Develop
ment Of the first rank
AS concerns immediate conditions, the
money situation the world over Is gain
ing in strength, and from such data as
have already come to hand there is rea-
son for strong expectation that the con-
dition Of the national banks Of the
country submitted In response to the call
OF the Comptroller Of the Currency as
Of June will exhibit, when they are
fully disclosed, an immense improvement
over the figures OF March z, the time OF
the last previous call
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
FASHION FANCIES
OF THE MOMENT
The Newest Bandeaux, Coro-
nets, and Belts.

The latest things In coinure ornaments
are bandeaux, coronets, combs, and bar
rettes, made Of black and white ivory
white ivory that is trimmed with black.
These are not intended, as might be sup
posed, for second mourning
The fashion has come over from Eu-
rope, where black and white has been
perforce worn much Of late, and like the
black and white ribbon garnitures on
hats, It is being taken up enthusiastically
by even young girls.
There are many shapes and sizes in
the finer grade ivory ornaments. OF the
bandeaux. perhaps the most stylish en-
circle the couture completely and is
about one inch and a quarter wide and
finished back and front with q Jet me-
dallion.
The remainder Of the band is white in
an open pattern, faced and trimmed with
black. Similarly the half bandeaux, cut
in some cases in quite elaborate patterns,
show black facings and trimmings, and
the combs have front line of black
down the teeth, which are far enough
apart to show the white sides. There are
huge braid hairpins to match these.
For Evening Wear.
Another new coiffure decoration suita-
BILE more particularly for evening wear
includes high bows and bows shaped like
butterflies, made entirely Of scales sewed
to net foundation like beads, each show
ing some one color scheme-pink, green,
red, lilac, and so on. These cost less
than the worries, and are worn with fancy
shell pins.
Sparkle and gay color are the keynote
Of the newest belts designed for summer
wear. Any color Of the rainbow, and
more, too, may be had in the plain Ieath-
er belts, finished with plain or with an
elaborate buckle, and which are especial
ly etylish for cotton gowns. Pale blue,
pearl gray, turquoise, scarlet, nile green.
emerald green, are among the shades Of
fered in the shiny leather varieties.
Equally stylish are the tinsel trimmed
belts with buckle OF silver, Of gold, or of
Jet, and which are about one and one
half inches wide. Like the feathers, these
are intended for general wear, and they
may be had in almost any color.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
|BOATHOUSE FIRE
HAS THIRD VICTIM
Valet Dead and Two Others
in Serious Condition.


Nantucket, Mass. June %.-Thers is
only an even chance for the recovery
OF Thomas Kerr. Of New York. from the
burns he sustained last night in his
unsuccessful attempt to save the lives
of Miss Helen Wilson. of New York. and
Miss Kindred De Haven. of Brooklyn.
when the boathouse of William Barnes.
jr., was destroyed by fire.
Ulysses Panud. a Frenchman, twenty
one years old. employed by Mr.. Barnes
as valet, died at midnight OF his in
juItes. Thurlow Weed Barnes. "a. Har-
ward student and SON Of Mr.. Barnes, Is
also In a serious condition, but the ply
sicians say he win undoubtedly recover,
His arms, face. and legs were burned
and he inhaled considerable smoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barnes, jr., ar
rived here late this afternoon and are
at theSbedside of their son.
The remains Of Miss De Haven and
Miss Wilson left here for New York by
the afternoon boat.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
HARVARD BANNER
SWIPED BY YALE
Freshmen Crew Draws First
Blood on Rivals.

New London. June 8.-Both Yale and
Harvard rowing camps were deserted to-
day, the rowing squads Of each being
taken for all-day yachting trips on Long
Island Sound. The change from daily
camp routine which the oarsmen have
undergone for three weeks was relished.
When the Eli freshies awoke this morn
ing they found the Harvard freshman
banner floating from their hagpole, un-
der the Yale 1914 nag. They danced
around the trophy, which they believe
some Yale sympathizer took from the
Harvard fiagpole during the night The
Harvard freshmen are indignant at the
loss Of their class flag. II was taken
under their very noses, as the two cox
SWANS and two managers were asleep
on the porch not ten feet from the flag
stan when the banner was hauled down.
Another banner was telegraphed for and
arrived by special messenger.