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The Washington times., 1911-06-07
ANNUAL CHARITIES
CONFERENCE IS ON
TODAY IN BOSTON
Governor Foss and DR.. Eliot
Among Those Who Are
to Speak.

BOSTON. Mass. June 1.-The thirty
eighth annual meeting Of the National
Conference of Charities and Correction,
which began a weeks sessions in Bos-
ton today, has brought together nearly
two thousand men and women who have
made a study of the best means of
caring for or reforming the incorrigibles
and defective; feeding the hungry, edu-
eating the ignorant, and reforming the
transgressor.
Prominent among those scheduled to
address the conference are Governor
Foss of Massachusetts,; DR.. Charles W.
Eliot. of Harvard; Sherman c. Kings
ley, of the Chicago Bureau OF Charities;
Miss Mary E. Richmond. of the Russell
Sage Foundation; the Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., of Columbus, Ohio; DR.. George
w Goler, Of Rochester; Jacob A. Riis.
the New York sociologist and author,
and Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary of
the National Consumers League.
In connection with the conference
will be held during the week
by the National Conference on Truant,
Dependent, and Delinquent
Children, the National Conference of st.
Vincent de Paul, the American Red
Cross, the Association Of Poor Law
the National Probation OFF,
GERS Association, and the National
Jewish Association for Social Workers.
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CUMBERLAND CIVIC
CEREMONY JOINED
WITH MASONIC FETE
Laying of Two Cornerstones
Takes Place in Single Day
at Maryland Town.

CUMBERLAND, Md. June THE
most notable event in the history of
western Maryland Missionary, and one
Of the most auspioious occasions at
which the Grand Lodge of Maryland
has ever officiated was the laying of
the cornerstone of the new Masonic
Temple here. This ceremonial was
followed by the laying of the
cornerstone of Cumberland's new
city hall to replace the structure de-
stroyed by fire in March. a year ago.
This new building with site will cost
about $4,000.
Not only did the Master Mason
lodges of Garrett and Allegheny
counties take part in the big parade
yesterday afternoon, but James w.
Bowers Lodge, No. 17S. of Hancock, Md,
sent large representation, and the
Masons of the border counties of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
sent large deputations
The parade with Harry A. Rem
ley, of Baltimore, as grand marshall,
covered the principal streets of the
city before reaching the Masonic
The beautiful white marble corner
stone was laid by Most Worshipful
Master Thomas ]. Shryock. Of Bal
timore, using a new solid silver
trowel which was presented by Will
liam c. Donnelly. of Baltimore, wor-
The address was delivered by Judge
George w. Atkinson. of the Court
of Claims, of the District OF CoIum-
bia, and former governor of West
Virginia. The Masonic octette of
Baltimore rendered selections.
The Washington times., 1911-06-07

Goldenberg's Information Desk Receives
Times Want Ads at the regular rata
For your convenience while shopping.
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Middle of August Is
New Adjournment Date

More adjournment talk is rife about
the corridors and cloak rooms of the
Capitol. The date keeps moving far
ther and farther toward the end OF sum-
mer. Not long ago. there was talk of
adjournment In June. Then 1t was
moved along to the middle OF July. Now
there Is talk Of the middle of August.
So far, there is nothing. decided, and
nothing can be decided as yet. 1t will
depend on the complications that arise
in the Senate over the reciprocity ques-
ton and the free list and wool. The
question of disagreement between the
two houses is something that cannot
be resolved in advance. However, va
rious expressions of opinion now IA
vor the idea that adjournment will be
possible about the middle of August or
q little earlier.
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DEATHS

BOWEN-Departed this life Monday, June 5.
1911. at $40 p. m. at his residence. 1907
husband Of Dollie NJ. and father OF Annie
E. Bowen, aged forty-seven years.
HANKs-On Tuesday. June 6. 1911 at l:55
?. m. URIAH s., husband of CorneIIa A
HENsB-On Tuesday. June 6, 1871. at Sis
?. m, ADOLPH. husband Of Lucy Hense
In the thirty eighth year Of his age.
HUNTER-suddenly. on Monday, June s.
1sll. at 7:3O p. m, JAMES WILLIAM
Enrich Hunter @ o aged stf sRo EeaTs
INGRAM-Departed this life on Monday.
June 5. 1911, at 1l:3O p m. JOHN vi
INGRAM. eldest son OF the late Lucy and
Washington Ingram and brother of Charles
W. and Thomas H. Ingram.
KELLEY-Suddenly on Tuesday June 6.
1911, at u:30 a. m, MARY AGNES
KELLEY, wife Of John n. Kelley, Of
Garrett Park. Md.
JOHN WESLEY. husband of Mary s. Pet
erson and father Of Mrs. Mabel c. Smith.
PHELPS-On Wednesday June l. 1911, at
6:45 a. m, at residence, Clarendon, Va,
ADA M. wife of J. w. Phelps aged forty
Notice OF funeral later.
REEVES-Suddenly on Monday, June S. 1911.
JOHN l.. husband of Ida L. Reeves, aged
thirty-three years.
ROBIE-At Washington, D; G, June !. 1911.
Chief Engineer EDWARD DUNHAM
RoBIE, U. S. N, rear admiral (retired).
RUDAsILL-on Monday. June s. 1911. at
M:22 D. m, at Garfield Hospital, Mrs. NJ. J.
ECDASILL. wife Of P. J. Rudasill. aged
4ty-fve years.
vERMILLION-On Tuesday, June s, 1911. at
her residence, 3l3 First street southeast
after a brief illness. ANNIE E. YER
MILLION (nee Harrison), wife OF Aphonso
R. Vermillion.
WALSTON-On Monday June 8. 1911 after
brother of NJ. L. Turner, Lucy Williams,
and Lorenzo Walston.
ZURHoRST-on Wednesday, June T. 1911. at
his residence, 2O3 Third street southeast,
GEORGE P. ZURHORST.
Funeral will be held from late residence,
Friday, at 4 p. m.->
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4 FtHING OF SECURITY

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It is natures great helper in relieving
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A sworn statement Of purity is with
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If you need a medicine. you should
have the best.
II you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need. you will
find 1t on sale at all drug stores in bot
ties of two sizes. fifty cents and one
dollar.
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S1ays Fifty-Seven.

BERLIN, June 7.-Accused of fifty
seven murders, Alexander Zaryzin was
arrested today in Kazan, Russia, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Lokal
Anzeiger.
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nation, telling all about the kidneys.
when writing be sure and mention The
Washington Daily Times.
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Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Free
by Mail.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
GRAND JURY WILL
TAKE UP BERWYN
BLUE LAW NAT TER
Van Valkenberg Case Goes
Over To October, Follow
ing Waived Hearing.

Having waived preliminary hearing
before Judge Richard f. BealI. who was
responsible for his arrest on the charge
Of violating the blue laws, J. T. Van
Valkenberg's case will be considered by
the Prince George county grand jury in
October.
Mr.. Van Valkenberg operates a bakery
and confectionery store in Berwyn, Nd,
and last Sunday opened for business
regardless of the orders of Judge Beall
Mr.. Van Valkenberg was cited to ap-
pear in Judge Bealls court last night,
and, after a stormy session, Mr.. Van
Valkenberg waived to the grand jury.
One OF the interested onlookers at
last nights proceedings was Mayor
Louis J. Witkowski of Glen Echo,
who was indirectly responsible for the
crusade. Mayor Witkowski started
enforcement of the blue laws in Glen
Echo, Montgomery county. After two
weeks the wave of reform spread to
the adjoining county and Berwyn.
Whether Mr.. Van Valkenberg will
open his store next Sunday will de-
pend on the advice he receives from
his attorney tomorrow. He has not
yet determined what steps he will
take. The question as to legality of
arrest has been raised by the at
torney. 1t is contended that the man
who made the arrest had never been
appointed a constable by the county
auth critics, as is required unded the
Maryland laws.
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s ne &c start work on the tarjff. It has
oeen oupy with II since II did start.
Inc result OF the whole business Is
tnat everybody wants to quit. and has
wanted to quit for days. onIy the
strenuous insistence of the insurpent
leaders In the Senate has prevented ad-
1ournment earlier! Statesmen who are
usually urbane and mild of speech are
fussy and irritable. and anybody look
ing Tor trouble can find It.
Evidence of this is seen in the row
between Leader Underwood and Ollie
James, In the clash on the wool bill
between La Toilette and Smoot. in
which the Wisconsin Senator jumped
with both feet on the Utah Senator for
owning stock In a wooden mill; in the
incident in the Senate the other day,
when Senator Cummins and Senator
Oliver clashed. and in the case of Sen
ator Hepburn swooping down on Sena-
tor Bourne's Supreme Court bill and
calling 1t an outrage.
Such incidents as these seem to indi-
cate that what the Senate and House
need is rost. Everybody's nerves are
on edge, and It has been an unusually
trying session. A lot of the Republic
ans in each House never lose a chance
to blame the President for calling it in
the first place.
No set of schoolboys was ever more
eager for vacation than Congress.
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SUED BY HIS WIFE,
NOTED KENTUCK|AN
DIES FROM GRIEF
News Of Her Divorce Ac-
ton Breaks Major Castle
mans Heart.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Aug. 17.-Major
David Castleman. son Of Brig. Gen. John
Breckenridge CastIeman. of Louisville
KY, died here Yesterday from a broken
heart, following the receipt of a tele-
gram, from louisville telling him that
his beautiful wife had filed suit for di-
vorca.
Major Castleman had been in bad
health since last spring, and came here
on the advice Of physicians In the be-
lief that absolute rest would bring re-
covery. Three days ago the telegram
came telling him that Mrs. Castleman
had brought divorce proceedings The
shock was such that be laDsed into un-
consciousness.
When efforts OF physicians failed to
revive him he was taken to a private
hospital at 819 West Fifteenth street In
delirium he called continually for his
wife. 1t was plain that he was deeply
in love with her and could not be
brought to believe that she sought to
divorce him. He never fully regained
consciousness. Doctors who attended
him agreed that death was due solely to
broken heart.
Major CastIeman's sister, Alice Cas-
tleman, was called the most beautiful
woman in the world" by John Jacob
Astor twelve years ago. At that time
she was visiting the Quarter family
in New York and met Colonel Astor at
german at Sherry's.
Another sister, Miss Elsie Castleman.
married Elmer Railey, a horseman,
whose home is near Lexington, Ky.
p David Castleman, often called the
handsomest man in Kentucky, with the
exception of his own father, visited his
sister on the big Railey farm, and there
met mis- brother -in-law's sister. The
marriage Of David Castleman and Miss
Railey ten years ago was a big social
event in Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
Promises Revelations
Against Navy Yard

Asserting that there are scores of men
employed at the Washington Navy Yard
who violate, almost daily, regulations
and rules more binding than the one
which he broke and for which he was
dismissed, P. V. Mcdonald, former first
class machinist, is preparing to lay be-
fore Congress a list Of facts which he
says will create a sensation when they
become public.
Mr.. Mcdonald was dismissed from the
Navy Yard a few days ago He was one
of the principal witnesses which ap-
peared before the House Committee on
Expenditures in the Navy Department
at the hearings held last week. Before
the committee Mr.. Mcdonald testified
that he had used Government time and
money in repairing a boat owned by a
civilian eraploye Of the yard. who was
his superior. He testified that no record
that this time was used for other than
Government work was kept.
The startling Information brought out
at the hearing" Mr.. Mcdonald said to-
day, cannot compare with statement
OF facts as they really exist at the local
yard.
Scores of men down there, If placed
under oath. and promised immunity from
their superiors, will testify that they
spend many an hour doing private work,
for which the United States Government
must pay"
Mr.. Mcdonald says he has gathered
data which can be proved.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
Rev. Earl Whitley Near
Death In the Ocean

The Rev. Earl Wilfiey, pastor Of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church, last
Friday was near deaths door from
drowning, according to letters which
reached members Of his congregation
today.
DR.. WIlfiey was swimming at Bethany
Beach. Del, where he and Mrs. Wihey
are spending their vacation. At a short
distance from the shore, DR.. Wil1ey
fell into a hole. When he first rose to
the surface, John P. Eddy, OF Pittsburg,
saw his plight. and swan to his as
sistance. Mr.. Eddy's strength failed him
before he had reached DR.. Wiley, and
several men, who saw the difficulty OF
the swimmers, then helped them to safe
footing.
DR.. Wilfey was revived and later went
to his home.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
HAS NO APOLOGIES
FOR TRUST GOBBLE,
ROOSEVELT. STATES
Desires To Take All Blame
For Tennessee Deal
During Panic,
IGNORED MOTIVE OF
STEEL CORPORATION
Action Taken Simply To Protect
Public, Former Presi-
dent Ayers.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Emphaslzlng
his desire to shoulder the entire re-
sponsibility for permitting the Steel
Trust to gobble up the Tennessee Goa!
and Iron Company during the panic
days of 1907, Col Theodore Roosevelt,
in a signed editorial in the Outlook, to-
day declares he has no apologies to
offer to the public for what he did.
Nobody need feel either concern or
hope as to whether anything done by my
Administration will be discovered,% he
says, for the excellent reason that
there is nothing that was hidden. 1t
was not my business, neither was 1t In
my power, to search the hidden domain
of motive, and my action was condi-
toned, not upon what 1 believed to be
the motives actuating the Steel Corpor-
proposed taking would be enormously
to the benefit of the community at large
at that particular moment.
Motive Unconsequental.
Whether the chief motive Of the ac-
tion was to absorb the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company, or whether the chief
motive was to save the threatened New
York firm from failure Moore G. Schley,
stock brokers', and thereby stop the
panic, was Of no concern to me. That
both motives were in its mind thought
possible, and still think possible. What
was the predominant motive was of no
consequence. My concern was that the
action should be taken and the situa-
ton saved in the interests OF the peo-
re of the United States.
Most people have short memories, but
If anyone will look back and think the
situation over carefully, he will under
stand ii was not a question of saving
any bank or trust company from failure
the question was of saving the plain
people, the common people of all parts
Of the United States from dreadful mis-
cry and suffering, and this was what my
action did.
'One of the questions put to me in
dicated disbelief that the action taken
was really efficient in stopping the
panic. At the time, and for some months
thereafter, no man would have ventured
to express such disbelief unless prepared
10 be greeted with derision by every
human being who knew anything what
ever of the actual facts.
Value of Action.
THE action taken was, in my iudg-
ment the only action that could stop
the panic, and it most certainly was of
enormous, and, in all human probability, |
of decisive, influence In actually stop
ping It.
Certain other questions related to the |
enormous value Of the coal and ore lands |
Of the T. c. L This has no bearing on |
the purchase of four years ago.
T1,o
self affect the status of the steel cor
poration SO far as the Sherman Law
was concerned. 1 dealt with facts as
they were, not with facts as they might
afterward become"
In connection with the editorial, the
colonel also prints his prepared state
ment, which he made at the time he
was on the stand before the Stanley
Congressional Committee.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
CONGRESS. EAGER
FOR A VACATION
Frequent Clashes Indicate Nerves Of Statesmen Are
Badly Prayed BY Long Stay In Captal-An
As Anxious As Schoolboys To Get Away.


Congress has reached the stage where
1t gets mad at the slightest provocation.
The long extra session. through almost
the entire hot season. has been too
much for the tempers Of the statesmen.
An extra session Of Congress once IN
while is troublesome enough for the
participants. but It is not long since
the Senator's and Representatives had
to revise the Dingley law. The next
year came the Congressional campaign,
and this year the extra session.
1t has been no snap to be a Senator
or Representative since the Taft Ad.
ministrat ton begin.
The Senators have suffered most. There
are fewer Senators, and they have more
work to do than House members.
The pace that has been hit in the
Senate for the last few years has been
swift. 1t has been no place for weak
lings. In the case of the present extra
session. while 1t took the Senate good
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
BLEEDING GUMS

When your gums bleed and are sem
sitive. 1t is the warning of Riggs Dis
ease, and unless cared for at once the
teeth will get loose and fall out.
There is only one home treatment
known for this condition-Calrs Anti
Riggs, used instead OF the ordinary
dentlfrice. This quickly relieves the
painful and dangerous infection. makes
the gums hard and the teeth FIRM. Get
a 5cc bottle from Peoples Pharmacy,
Seventh and X streets, and have your
teeth firm and sound for a lifetime
Used and indorsed by leading profess
sional people, who realize the attrac-
ton Of perfect teeth.
If you suffer from sore mouth caus-
ed by a new plate. Calls Anti-RigGs
v III give quick relief.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
COMPASS PL ANT
SCIENCES WONDER
On the Western Plains the Leaves Point Due North And
South With Certain Regularity-First Discov-
cred BY Early Hunters And Explorers.

Growing abundantly on the prairies Of
certain of the Western States is a plant
which for many years has attracted the
attention Of observers fro mits striking
habit of holding its large lower leaves
upright, with the edges pointing north
and south. So strange has this pecu-
lIarly appeared that the early records
Of travellers concerning the plant were
for many years discredited by scientists.
Abundant observations, however, during
a course of years confirmed those rec
ords, and, moreover, some Of our more
familiar plants have been found to ex-
hibit this polarity.
The early hunters and explorers in the
West noticed the peculiar characters
tic of the Silphium, or rosin weed, as It
is often called, but 1t was not until 1912
that any record was made Of it. In that
year an officer Of the United States
army wrote an article in which he said
that so truly did the edges of the leaves
point north and south travellers were
enabled to guide themselves by them.
In 1S43 he made further statements to
the same effect. So incredulous was the
public mind upon the subject that six
years later he reiterated his statements
before a body of scientists in Cam
bridge, and adduced the testimony of
his brother officers in proof of his as
sertions. Other testimony began to
come in from Michigan and the West.
until all became convinced OF the exls-
tence Of a veritable plant compass on
the prairles.
When the. existence Of the compass
plant was fully established, men began
to speculate upon the reasons why the
leaves should stand perpendicularly
with their faces to the east and the
west and their edges to the north and
south.
The army officer first mentioned
The Washington times., 1911-08-17

thought that the leaves contained
enough IRON to render them magnetic
but a chemical analysis disproved this
supposition. He then advanced the
theory that the great amount of rosln
the leaves contained rendered them sus-
ceptible to the electric currents that ap-
peared to pass longitudionally over the
earth. AS rosin is not a conductor of
electricity, this theory was untenable.
The famous botanist, Asa Gray Of
Cambridge. finally suggested the true
explanation. 1t is this: that both sides
of the leaf are similarly constructed
and both equally sensitive to light; both
sides would therefore make an equal
struggle for sunlight, causing the leaf
blade to twist upon its stalk until 1t
becomes perpendicular, exposing one
side as much as the other. Subsequent
microscopical examinations have proved
that both sides are thus constructed In
the same manner and that Grays Is
the correct explanation.
The compass plant is one Of the great
order Of compositae, which includes the
asters, the sunflowers, the dandelion,
the thlstles, and many others. The
flower might be called a large yellow
daisy two inches IN diameter. The
stout flower stalks rise as high as a
mans head. The large and peculiarly
cut leaves which are borne on long
stalks from the root are the ones which
constitute the compass. In dark as we'll
as in bright weather these leaves as
sumo their peculiar position. The
leaves along the stem, which are small
and raised well into the light, do not
exhibit marked polarity.
The common garden lettuce Is a COM
pass plant. II It be allowed to go to
seed, the leaves along the stalk or stem
will be seen to point north and south.
In this case, however, the peculiarity
is not so we'll marked as in the others,
owing, probably, to the modification of
the plant by long cultivation.-New
York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
Deaths.
WHITE.

William S. Saunders, "A years. 1864 Cali.
fornia street northwest.
Kate P. Windsor, Is years, 130 Hackman
street southeast.
Ada Haynes. Is years. Emergency Hos
pital.
Walter 8. Carroll. 81 years, United
States Soldiers Home.
John III. Lynch, q, Walter Reed Hospi-
tai.
Julius c. Hartick, "a years, 725 Park
road northwest
Ernest D'Amico, months, Children's
Hospital.
Harry s. Haley, 4 months, 2S2 Twen-
tieth street northeast.
Infant Of George w. and May B. Cox,
tr.. II hours. Georgetown Hospital
COLORED.
Daniel Woodhouse, IS years, 455 Eye
street northwest.
Elizabeth Black, 7e years, Home for
Destitute Colored Women.
Elizabeth Wilmore, 81 years, Washing
ton Asylum Hospital
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
Marriage Licenses.

WHITE.
Ross D. Rynder and Mary A. Atwell.
both OF Washington
Seorge NJ. Leimbach, jr., and Ethel ].
Nelson, both of Washington.
Charles E. Herring and Rhoda Nc
Cahan, both OF Baltimore.
Benjamin /. Goldberg and Kitde
Schwab, both of Washington.
COLORED.
Samuel W. Hebron and Clara James
both of Washington.
Herman Jackson and Agnes Purnel.
both of Washington.
Columbus J. Christopher, of Culpener
Va, and Nellie Walker, OF Washing
ton.
Joseph Morton and Charlotte Sebwell,
both of Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-08-17
Earth Shock Recorded
On Seismograph Here

An earthquake shock Of moderate but
continued intensity was recorded on
the seismographs at Georgetown Uni
versity between s and s o'clock last
night Father Tondorf, tn charge Of
the Instruments. estimated today that
the earthquake was probably 1000 or
5000 miles distant, in the Pacific ocean.