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The Washington times., 1911-11-19

GALE PLAYS HAVOC
With SHIPS ALONG
NORTHEAST COAST
New England Ports Haven
for Crippled Boats Es-
Gaping Disaster. :

BOSTON. Nov. 19.-Despite the terrific
gale that Is raging under clear skies,
early morning reports indicate that
New England shipping thus far has es-
capped disaster This is due principally
to the fact that ships have been in ports
awaiting a cessation of the heavy winds
which have been blowing for several
days.
At Vineyard Haven the schooner Abbie
and Eva Hooper, which was beached
yesterday, is reported as breaking up
on the surf, and her load of coal is be-
ing washed overheard. .-
The revenue cutter Acushnet towed
into Vineyard Haven from the Nam
tucket shoals the schooners John J..
Hanson and Ella Clifford, both of which
suffered from head seas and high winds,
which carried away some of the rigging
and broke anchor cables when they at
tempted to ride out the gale. s.,g
From Portland dispatches state that
the ytree-master J. r. Teel, from Bos-
ton, was towed into that harbor late
last night with all masts carried away.
She arrived Just in time, as the gale
have finished her. Captain Davis and
three men stuck to the ship after the
remainder of the crew had made their
esca pc in a small boat sent alongside by
the Norwegian steamship Brighton.
The revenue cutter Androscoggin and
the ocean-going tug Portland succeeded
in attaching a tow to the schooner late
last night, and the riding cable was
cut The Teel left Newport News Octo-
her q bound for WiscaSset, Me.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
CATHOLIC MISSION
CLOSES LAST WEEK
|. Of RELIGIOUS TALKS
Series in St. Patrick's Has
Been Attended Nightly
to Capacity.

The closing service tonight in the
mission conducted In st. Patrick $
Catholic Church during the last three
weeks w!il be devoted TO u lecture on
the question, "Is One Religion as Good
as Another?" his service, as have
been the others Of the last week. will
be for the special benefit of non Catho-
lies.
The series of services that will close
tonight las been attended by audi
cnces that have filled st. Patricx's large
auditorium. and the use that has been
made of the question box shows, nc
cor,ling to those who have had charge
OF the series, that deep interest has
been taken in the mission. 1t s eN-
yertcd The church will be crowded to-
night at the closing service. ~
The clergymen who have held the
mission, the Rev. A. y. Roach. the Rev.
J. E. Wickham, and the Rev. j. n. Me-
Ginness aie from New York, and by
their lectures, sermons, and personal
contact with the people have made
p1Dny friends In this city.
The first week of services was de:
voted to women, the second week to
the men, and the closing week to dis
cussions of church doctrines for the
benefit OF non-Catholics.
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SOUTHERN CHURCH .
. FUND NEAR POINT
OF ACTUAL WORK
Great Memorial in Capital
Assured After Fifty Years
Dormancy.

with s217,000 now raised for the $780,
600 church to be erected In Washington
by the Southern Methodists, Dr. George
s.. Sexton, secretary of the Southern
Church Commission. upon his arrival
here announced that work on the struc-
ture will be started early next year.
when we have raised $27b,00O the
work will be begun" he declared. In
two years the $2l7,OO0 has been raised.
Before another month the sum will be
Increased BY $4,000, and before the first
of next July the sa75,OOO, will have been
subscribed. La
plans for the church have been pre-
pared. 1t is TO. be of the old Southern
colonial design. with mammoth pillars
Of marble. A feature of the building
will be nall assigned to the sixteen
Southern States which are aiding with
subscriptions. The main auditorium will
have seating capacity of 5000
The site has not been selected, but
several properties in the northwest sec
tion of the city. are looked on with
favor. In speaking of the decision to
build an enormous church, which does
not represent any denomination or sect
but typifies the spirit Of the South, DIR.
Sexton declared the idea is not a hew
one but originated before the War. He
said 1t was started In the general con-
ference in 1860, but during the years of
chaos and poverty caused by the war
nothing could be accomplished and for
nearly fifty, years the plan lay
dormant. Since 1909, when Dr. Sexton
took up the work, there have been
great results. "a b..
DIR. Sexton came to Washington yes
terday from the 129th annual confer
erce at Salisbury; Md. r...
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TO Lecture on Health
And Personal Hygiene

Announcement is made Of five lee
lures on health and personal hygiene.
in the series in the public school
buildings of the city under the joint
auspices of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION and the Woman's Clinic.
Parents, teachers, and pupils as well
as the general public, are invited.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
DR.. Elnora Cuddeback Felkmar will
speak to the pupils in Normal School
No. 2 -."' -r
At o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Dr..
]. C. Tappan will speak at a meeting
of the Brookland Home and Teachers
Association, in the Brookland school
building on THE Cause and Preyen-
ton OF Nervousness in Children" DR..
Felkmar will give talk to mothers
and teachers at the same hour on
Tuesday afternoon, in the Morse
School, in r street, between New
Jersey avenue and Fifth street north
west, a.. .a c.' .| -
The Washington times., 1911-11-19

and seas swept over the decks Of tho
vessel. One great wave dented in the
railing OF the bridge, but the damage
was slight after the downpour OF water
had passed. The Russian ambassador
was met at the pier by. the entire stHf
OF the Russian embassy at Washington.
On the pier was Baron Schlippenbacn,
the Russian consul general to New York,
and the following members Of the Rus
sian embassy: Count Koescheff, charge
d'affaires; NJ. Nabokoff, M. Bimitroff,
and NJ Debach, SECRETARIES; Baron Ux-
kull, the Russian military attache, and
Lieutenant Wassigess. Russian naval at
tache.
The Russian ambassador asked to be
excused from discussing the passport
question or to talk of Russia's influence
In Persia.
"I am accredited to the United States,
and cannot discuss other countries"
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Dancing Sailor Fells
Man and Lands in Cell

Attired in a sailors suit, William
Boyd, who abandoned his seafaring life
only few weeks ago started up Penn
sylvania avenue early this morning to
celebrate. His antics attracted attention
and a crowd gathered around him when
he began to do. the hornpipe.
In his enthusiasm William accidentally
bumped into James Ross. colored man
and when this pedestrian resented the
jostling, the former sailor hauled off and
hit hi mso hard he fell PROSTATE to the
sidewalk William was taken to the
Sixth precinct station and a charge OF
assault was entered against him.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Sell to Minors; Fined.

Selling tobacco to minors Is the Of
fense for which fines of IS each were
Robin in United States branch of Po-
lice Court yesterday.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
DR.. Davidson Takes ...
: -, Saturday Holiday

DR.. w. M. Davidson doesn't see why
a school superintendent shouldn't have
an occasional Saturday holiday as well
as the school children, so yesterday he
took one. .. -.
He started out by helping Mrs. David
son put the finishing touches on the
work Of getting settled at their new
home, at 3106 Seventeenth street north
west. In the afternoon the Superinten-
dent appeared on Georgetown Field, too
late to purchase a reserved seat ticket.
He climbed to a hill and peered over
an array of automobiles at the game
until an official spied him and gave him
a seat on the bench with the substi-
tutes. .a..
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Citizens Committee to
Pass on Transfer Bills

A meeting Of the executive commit
tee Of the citizens conference on uni
versal transfers has been called by
Chairman Charles w. Darr for Tues
day night at the rooms Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. The committee will
meet to compare the Commissioners
universal transfer bill with that
drawn by the committee and ap-
proved, by the conference. 81
Copies Of the bill. furnished by DR..
William Tindall, secretary of the
Board Of District Commi issioners. have
been sent, to the members Of the citi.
zens' executive committee for consid-
Grafton before the meeting Tuesday
night. 1t is expected that there will
be no difficulty in agreeing on mea-
sure which will be satisfactory both
to. the conference and to the Com
missioners.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Sister Charges Brother
With Incorrigibility

woman of twenty-one charging a
brother, who Is one week less than
seventeen years old, with incorrigibility
occurred in Judge De Lacy's private
office at Juvenile Court yesterday
The boys parents are dead, and since
he became an orphan his sister has
acted as his guardian.
II tried this case in private" Judge
De Lacy said, because 1t is a case of
stubbornness on the part of this boy,
who will regret it when he thinks 1t
over think 1t would be a great in
justice to the boy and the young woman
IL this case was brought into the lime
light. Therefore / have ordered the
information filed be kept secret"
The boy was put on probation to await
the final disposal of his case next week
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
DON'T WAIT

Send your name 10
= Sasii %sii ysS asa : We su,i ,w,,I y
box OF Biei,s Nerve
Tablets on trial II
Ithey prove that they will
restore you to health.
give back your vikor.
md make you feel sttong.
,ealthy. and vigorous, edual
o the preasures OF life. send
10 81: otherwise we ask moth
ng-not a penny, we leave 4
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Accused of Theft
Of Ham From Store

Charged with marching out of the
grocery store of Samuel Coblens, at 331
II street southwest, with ham without
the formality of paying for 1t, Richard
Wilson. colored, is locked up at the
Fourth precinct station.
A policeman intercepted Wilson be-
fore he reached home and alleges that
he found the ham under Wilson's coat.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Colored Man Shot
By Younger Brother

Shot five times in the left arm,
Charles Smallwood, colorei, who lives
in the rear of s22 First street north
west. today lies at Homeopathic Hos
pital. while his brother. Ferd Small
wood, aged eighteen years, is held at
the Sixth precinct station to await trial.
The brothers lived together, and when
the elder demonstrated with the younger
for returning to his home after mid
night a quarrel followed. Several OF
the shots went through the bone, and
physicians say amputation of the arm
may be necessary.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19

run down, have dizzy speiis.t are Hefy-
ous. Lack strength, Vim, vigot. tvftat
ity, poor Memory. Appetite. are sthin,' pa1ns
address at once for a box on Ttriai. When
sure that, they are what we claim for them
by actual trial. then you pay us 81. but II
uncertain. you pay nothing. Let fus prove
II to you. Write today. - ,sEt
BIEL MFG. Co. Dept. 1880. Denver, Cob.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
NEW RUSSIAN ENVOY
AND Wife ARRIVE
TRIP
M. Bakhmetieff and Wife
Among Passengers on
Wind Tossed Provence.

NEW YORK Nov. 1s.--winds of hur.
riearie force swept across the route of
the big steamship Provence, of the
French line, which was delayed by
heavy. seas, and got In TODAY with many
notabIes on board, including the new
states. @. ..Bakhmetief, who was accom-
panied by Nine. Bakhmetieff and his
encourage.
At times the ocean was very rough,
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Baltimore Minister
Declines New pastorate

BALTIMORE. Nd, Nov. ls.-Rcv.
DR.. Harris E. Kirk, pastor of the
Franklin Street Presbyterian CHURCH.
announced today to his congregation
that he has declined the call to Calvary
Church, In Philadelphia, because lie be-
lieves his services are needed more
here than there.
The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Fire in Cigar Store.

Fire engines drew up In front Of Gni
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. this
n, OF ming. but the blaze in the cigar
store Of w. A. Hall had beon extin-
guished before their arrival. Waste
pf,rtr was set on fire by n lighted
cigarette, end the flames did IS damage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
SlgldE1Nn
Baseball In the Senate.

Sunday baseball vas taken up in the
senate in committee of the whole and
after one amendment was proposed
the bill was referred back To- the judi.
Ciary committee for correction. The
bill under consideration was 5. +. SO,
by Bartling of Otoe. The bill az in.
troduCed ]rc.CnaCts the present Sunday
law and provides that nothing in the
law shall be construed to prevent or
prohibit the playing Of lawn tennis,
golf or baseball on the first day Of the
week, commonly called sunday. nor to
prevent any village. town or city from
controlling, regulating or prohibiting
the playing of baseball within it's cor.
pOratc limits. Skilos of Butler. who
said he was not exposed TO the bill,
offered nm amendment stating that
nothing in the law shall be construed
to prevent any county board from pre-.
venting, regulating or prohibiting
baseball within a county outside or
city limits. No action was taken on
the amendment. Other changes and
corrections were proposed In Il friend.
ly manner and the bill by general ON
sent was referred back to the commit
tee on Judiciary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
AN HISTORIC CHAIR
Used by Founder Of Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows.
Seat Occupied by Thomas Wlldey,
Noble Grand Of the First Lodge
Of the Order Organized
in America.

Brocktun, Mass.-Hcrewith Is pre-
Thomas Wildey, the founder of tho
Independent Order OF Odd Follows,
when he was noble grand OF Wash.
ington lodge, the first lodge OF Odd
Fellows organized in America. This
lodge was organized Mt the tavern OF
the Seven stars. I'd street, Baltimore.
Aug &c. 1919. The chair was left TO
James l.. Ridgcly by Wildcy Mt his
death.
Ridgely was for many years promi.
ncnt In odd Fellowship in baltimore,
holding the Office Of grand sire and
later secretary Of the sovereign grand
lodge. II was given by Ridgely 10
James H. Downs OF baltimore. who
was also prominent in Odd Fellowship
md n representative to the sovereign
grand lodge from Friendship lodge OF
Baltimore. Mr.. Downs died In Ralti-
more at IN, nge OF 81 years In 1904.
After his death the chair was given
by his widow to her s~on.in-law, Ed
ward e. Harding, whose home IL ut 80
Florence street, Brockton.
Mr.. Harding IL n member OF Ply.
mouth lodge OF Abingdon. The chair
was shown some time ago at an Odd
Follows fair. held In Brockton and Is
highly valued for its historical inter
eat. II Is the intention of Mr.. Harding
that after his death II shall either go
TO some lodge Of odd Fellows, or pos.
sibly be sent to Baltimore to be placed
with n valuable collection OF memen.
toes and historical articles held in
that city. connected with the founding
Of Odd Fellowship in America.
when II was given by Mr.. Rldgely
TO MIR. Downs far less attention was
paid TO tho preservation OF historical
articles than is done at the present
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
Midas, Woman In the World.

Pavelsgo, Observation-Disclosures to be
the oldest woman in the world, a peas
ant living in this village was born, &C
cording to the register in the Greek
orthodox church here, in 1884, The
woman whose name Is Baba Valiska,
has spent 100 years of her life work
ing In the fields. She now lives on
an income contributed by her descend
ants, each of whom-and they number
over lOo--down 10 her great'great
grandchildren, contribute a small sum
for her support. Nine. Vallska Is In
full possession Of her senses. Her cid
est son Is well on in the 9O's, and still
works IN the fields, These cases are
remarkable, even among the long-lived
bulgarian peasants,
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
Historic Odd Fellows Chair.

time. 1t Is stated that Mr.. Ridgely
verbally stipulated that the chair
should never go out of an Odd Eel
lows family.
II is not unlike many OF the chairs
used in the smaller Odd Fellows lodges
at the present day. The wood is old
English oak. The chair Is in an ex-
cellent state OF preservation and even
the covering OF the upholstering is In
a fair condition. There Is n brocaded
velvet back and arms with crimson
velvet seat. The wood itself is mas
sive and with little or no carving.
At the house in Brockton the chair
has been seen by very many visitors,
and as the photograph shows, there
ia n card at the front OF the chair
stating briefly its history. There is a
tradition that the chair was brought
from England. to Baltimore by Thorn
as Wildey In 1925, when Wildey Wis
tied England in order to obtain all
the information possible from the on.
GERS and members OF the Manchester
Unity that might in any way be use
full TO the order In this country.
II that Is tue. this vas six years
after the order was first started by
Wildey in Baltimore. There Is no
question but that Il was used In Bal
timore both by Wildey and Ridgely'
both OF whom have monuments In
baltimore concentrating their work
for the order.
Wildey was born in London, Jan. IL,
1882. He was the first noble grand OF
Washington lodge, the first grand
master of the grand lodge OF Mary
land. the first grand sire OF the grand
lodge OF the United States, which or
fce he filled for eight years. and IN
1895 he was made travelling agent for
tho grand lodge OF the United States.
and in this capacity he travelled all
over the country, establishing and en-
couraglng the order wherever ne
went. He died in baltimore, Oct. IL
1861, AT the age of so years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
I'D a @ OsS
IS rHE Me
OE TAG eEST MEDICINE
~for COUGHS q COLDS
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE
educational Posters by the Thousand
to Be Displayed All over
United States.

During the hex three months, the
oil boards of the United States will
display 10000 educational posters on
tuberculosis, according to an an
nouncement made by the National AS.
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven.
ton Of tuberculosis.
This will conclude the campaign be-
gun q year ago. when the National
Bill Posters association donated free
space to the tuberculosis cause. the
Poster Printers association offered
free printing and nine paper manu-
f~acturers gave the paper for the post
ers. The combined value Of these sew.
eral donations for this three.month
campaign is nearly 500, 100.
The posters are In six different de.
signs and are all printed in three col.
ors. They are seven feet wide and
nine feet high. Already nearly $500
Of these posters have been hung on
the bill boards OF 46 different cities.
and It is planned to distribute 10000
more before April ! In over 400 towns
and cities. Any anti-tuberculosis So
ciety in the United States may re-
oeive free Of charge, except for rams.
portation, as many Of these posters as
IAN be hung on the boards in Its ter
r1tory. The National association with
the tuberculosis committee of the Ma
tional Billposters and Distributors are
conducting the campaign.
The posters show In graphic form
how fresh air. good food, and rest
oure tuberculosis; how bad air. over
work and closed windows lead to con
sumption; and how the careless con-
sumptive the health of his
family by splitting on the floor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
University Endowment Bill.

Title to a good Nebraska farm OF
100 acres has been offered to the uni
versity as a gift from the owner, with
the reservation hat he and his wife
shall be allowed to retain the rental
income until their deaths. There is no
law on the statute books now author.
izing the acceptance of the gift. Rep.
resentative Bassett OF Buffalo has un'
dertaken to pave the way for this and
similar donations by introducing house
roll No. 1893, which allows the univer-
sity governing board to accept a gift
or bequest conditional on the income
being reserved to the donor for a
stated period.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
Reduction in Saloons,

Hatfield of Lancaster has introduced
a bill which provides for regulation OF
the liquor traffic along the line first
adopted by the city Of Lincoln. He
would have restrictive legislation take
the form Of limiting the number of
saloons. He provides in his bill for
only one saloon in each city of l,5OO
population or less, and II additional
saloon for each additional 1000 popur
lation. Under this bill Grand Island
would be entitled to ten saloons, Ne
braska City to five, most of the cities
of the second class in the state from
one to two, and Omaha not to exceed
125 saloons. This bill would cut out
more than half the saloons In the
state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
Gouernor,s Office Hours.

Governor Aldrich has been Obliged
on account of the numerous callers at
his office, to M that during
the session of the legislature he Will
receive visitors who desire to meet
him socially between the hours Of 2
and 4 p. m, and those who desire to
meet him on official business are re-
quested to call prior to 2 O'Clock. I'm
less some rule OF this nature is adopt
ed It will be impossible for the gov
ernor to dispose of his official business
and at the same time greet and shake
hands with friends.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-02
II: !! li:@A3HA.

The Lutheran college at Seward Is
figuring on a $4,000 music hall.
The Farmers State bank has opened
In its new home at Central City.
The Peru normal glee club furnished
music for the corn show at Lincoln.
Burglars raided several stores at
Silver Creek and got away with con-
siderable loot.
Work on the oil well at Sheldon is
progressing and indications are be.
coming brighter.
The Union Pacific will seed several
hundred miles of its right of way in
Nebraska to alfalfa.
The session of Nebraska volunteer
firemen at Alliance was one of the
most successful yet held.
The state poultry show at Hastings
is said to have been most successful,
about 1000 birds being on exhibit.
The farmers grain and live stock
association of Nebraska met at Lin
coin with about 200 delegates pres
ent.
A four.year.old boy named Ernest
Stehr at Norfolk had his feet so badly
frozen that they will have to be am
putated.
The railroad station at Herman was
broken into and a number of express
packages taken out and opened, but
nothing OF value was missed.
The South Nebraska Millers' Club,
at it's meeting at Lincoln, passed a
resolution favoring New Orleans as
the location for the Panama-Pacific
exposition.
A reward of 5000 has been offered
for the apprehension and conviction
of the party who attempted to burn
the county poor house at Broken Bow
Sunday morning.
The surviving members Of company
e, First Nebraska regiment, who
served in the White River Indian war
OF 1898. will gather together at a
banquet at Fremont.
John II. Ames, a pioneer citizen of
Lincoln. died Wednesday. He was
siXty-four years of age. Mr.. Ames had
been in falling health for owe a year,
but only for the past month has he
been confined to his bed.
At tht western stock show at Den.
yer Nebraska winners included J. c.
Dunn, Dalton; o. ]. Browntield, Co.
zad; Cal. Mccormick, Lewellen; John
Movich, Lewellen; Robt. Taylor, Alb,
bolt; Mousel Bros. Cambridge, and
Harrison and Harrison, Indianola.
At the state corr snow in Lincoln
John Herold of Lewiston, a tenant
captured first prize for the acre Of
ground yielding the largest number
OF bushels, w. Il. Lonergon of Flor
ence, Neb., was second and Reuben
Blodgett OF Gage county was third.
The crowded condition OF the state
house has driven the house ~standine
committees to seek rooms for theil
meetings outside. A committee ap
pointed for the purpose, reported the
engagement of three rooms, n at the
Lincoln, one at the Lindell and one a
the Royal hotel at 500 a month eacl
committee purposes.
The state printing board was or
ganiZed Wednesday with Auditor Bar
ton as president and Secretary O
State Wait as secretary. Governor Al
drich is the other member Of thu
board. Harry G., Thomas of Lincoln
was ~ elected clerk OF the board.