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The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Mrs. Dodge Guilty
Of Manslaughter

GUILDHALL. VT, May 13,-After one
ef the most sensational trials ever held
IN Vermont, Mrs. Florence NJ. Dodge.
widow of a former sheriff and promi-
nent in the church affairs of Nuremberg.
was today convicted of killing William
Heath, a painter. while he worked at
her home in Lunenberg last September.
The jury. after celebrating all night.
found her guilty of manslauGhter.
. With the close of the case, there
stands out more prominently than ever
the question: why did Mrs. Dodge kill
Heath?' But it is improbable the Ques-
ton will ever be answered. The State
, made no effort to prove a motive. and
Mrs. Dodge has maintained that Heath
killed himself, either Intentionally or
accidentally. by dropping the former
sheriff's revolver on the flor.
Under the charge of the court
the jury could have found her
guilty either of second degree murder,
manslaughter, or have acquitted her.
The jury was out all night.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
NOW's Time to Protest
Against Cow Stables

Property owners and residents who
are annoyed by the proximity of a
stable or COW yard are asked by the
Health Department in a statement is
sued today to file protests against their
continued maintenance.
The police regulations provide that
TO person shall establish or maintain
COW Yard, stable. or pen within any
% the more densely populated parts of
the District, within 200 feet of any
building used as a dwelling, without
the written consent of the owner of
such building, to be renewed upon the
first day of July each year. Thirty
days notice being necessary for the re-
moval OF existing stables and cow
yards, protests must be filed before
Nav a.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Rabbits Take Their Woes
To Court, Leave Happy

Mrs. Nellie Rabbit and her husband,
Albert s. Rabbit. were in Police Court
this morning on warrant charging the
husband with nonsupport. and within. a
few minutes they had made their sec
ond Police Court reconciliation in, q
stormy marital career Of Just seven
months.
Mrs. Rabbit said her husband had
failed to give her a cent for three
months, following a Police Court recon
ciliation only, few months after their
marriage.
IF / had 500 month, gave her all
the money, and had 10 cents left, she'd
holler her head off for the 10 cents"
Rabbit told Judge Pugh. Assistant
District Attorney Given admitted his
inability 10 settle he marial tangle of
the Rabbit family.
Judge Pugh gave the couple some
fatherly advice, ana ordered Rabbit 10
pay SIS a month to his wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rabbit left the courtroom. with
their faces wreatned in smiles, prepared
TO make a new start.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
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crowd cheered him for the game figt

crowd cheered him for the game fight
he made.
1t was fearful ordeal that met the
men in the Avenue. 1t was their worst
nearly spent. In the country they had
a breeze, and the heat that rose into
their faces from the dirt was not vast
ing. But upon the asphalt there was q
hot, binding. whiting blast taat t moThtSo of tSo
men bore the ordeal without visible
weakening.
The enthusiasm of the spectators at
the finish was not abated until more
than a score of the contestants had
crossed the line. For many minutes
before the expected arrival of the
runners there was a crowd that was
parted by the police only to flow to-
gether again. The began cheering
before they saw the coming athletes
and gauged their applause to some
extent by the craping of necks far
ther up the course.
Cheers for Baltimore.
They cheered the Baltimore runners
generously and had lusty shout for
the first Washington men to come IN.
Tn eyendured the heat and the discom-
fort of crowding, and maintained -, a
good humor, and only reluctantly
moved from the street when the ex-
element for close finishes and good
time gave way to the straggling In OF
the laggards.
Four men ran under protest. One of
them was oJhn ]. Campbell, OF the
Memorial Athletic Club, who finished
fourth. Two other members Of the
same club, G. A. Dowden and Fred
Reeves, and an unattached member,
Walter Williams, of Baltimore. were
the others protested. The protests
were formally made to the registra-
tion committee, and the men started
The protests and the scratches, with
a rather humorous failure of the start,
er's pistol to make a noise when he frs,
pulled the trigger. and the tanning oi
one or two men, were the only unusua
features. The physicians who accom-
panied the runners, DR.. H. w. Moffiti
and DIR. w. B. Hudson, had only one
or two calls to attend or examine run
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Hope for Recovery
Of Chambers Victim

Hope for the recovery of E. M. c.
Combs, the Virginia farmer who is in
the quarantine station suffering from
glanders, was expressed today by Of
ficials of the contagious disease service.
Mr. Combs condition, it was said, is
slightly improved.
DIR, J. A. Flynn, Mr.. Combs attend
ing physician, is experimenting In an
effort to find a cure for the disease
DR.. Flynn will lecture. on the case be-
fore the Georgetown University Medi-
cal Society tonight.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
TAFT LEAVES CITY,
WILL Be GUEST Of
MASONS At NEWARK
President Plans to Address
Trainmen and
Jurists.
TO SPEND TONIGHT
IN NEW YORK CITY
President Will Be the Guest of
Brother, Henry w.
Taft.

President Taft, accompanied by SEN
ator Briggs of New Jersey, Represen-
tative Mccall of Massachusetts,, Sec
retary Hilles and Major Archibald Butt,
left Washington at 1890 o'clock this af-
ternoon for Newark, n. J. to be the
guest of the st. Johns Lodge of Ma
sons at the $50 anniversary of the
lodges organization.
From Newark the President will go
to New York. He is due to arrive there
about 10 o'clock tonight, and will go
at once to the Hotel Astor, where he
will address the Conference for Reform
of Criminal Law and Procedure. He
will deliver a prepared speech before
this body.
Will Visit Brother.
The President will spend the night
with his brother, Henry w. Taft, in
New York, and will be joined there by
Mrs. Taft, who will go with him to
Harrisburg. Pa, tomorrow. The party
will leave New York tomorrow morn
ing and will reach Harrisburg about :
O'Clock this afternoon.
At Harrisburg, the President will ad-
dress the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. He accepted an invitation to be
the guest of this organization, present
Olmstead of Pennsylvania. The Exec
utive will spend the night at the home
of Mr.. Olmstead, and will return to
Washington on Monday morning. He is
due TO arrive here by noon.
Cairns Sees Taft.
Frank 5. Cairns, who was recently
appointed by the Persian government to
be director of taxation of that country,
called at the White House this morning
to pay his respects to the President be-
fore sailing for his post of duty.
Py the time he reaches Teheran, Mr..
Cairns will have travelled 5000 miles,
or Ihree-fOUrthS of the way around the
world 20 take up the work Of straight
ening out the financial tangle into which
the Persian government finds itself.
The new director said that he was in
Manila when the appointment came tC
him. and that he was forced to hurry
to the United States. close up his per-
sonal affairs, and then begin his trip
to Teheran.
Congratulates Cairns.
The President congratulate Mr.. Cairns
upon his appointment and wished hin
great success in the important mission
upon which he is now bent. He regards
the choice of an American for this eco
nomic work as highly complimentary
TO the people of this country.
Representative Danforth of New York
called to see the President for a few
minutes before the Executive left fol
Newark, y. J. Mr.. Danforth congrat
ment of Henry L. Stimson as Secre
tary Dickinson's successor. He said
that the President could not have
chosen a better man for the place.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
HEAD Of THE GAS
COMPANY IS OUT
FOR COMMISSION
President Mclean Indorses
The Times Editorial and
Its Proposals.
Continued from First Page.)

years ago the gas company would have
opposed any such program.
The editorial also contained the fol-
lowing declaration:
What Washington needs is a COM
mission clothed with proper author
tty. and permanent in character.
whose Investigations would be CO.
investments in the District could be
understood and made plain. The
right men with the right powers
would repeat the successful regula-
ton of corporations which has fol-
lowed in the wake Of public service
commissions wherever they have
been properly constituted.
That declaration is also indorsed by
the president of the Washington Gas
Light Company. i
Another paragraph from the editorial.
which Mr.. Mclean says he approves in
toto. is this:
Equitable prices for gas IN WASH
ington and Georgetown.
The appraisal Of properties of pub
lation of profits on the basis Of a
proper return on capital actually in
vested.
President McLean's Endorsement.
Mr.. Mclean was visited by a repre-
sentative Of The Times today. in his
offices at 1909 H street northwest.
Have you read the editorial in The
Times he asked Mr.. Mclean.
Il have. / read 1t last evening with
great interest"
What do you think of its proposal
that Washington have public service
commission"
II wish to say that 1 agree absolutely
with it,
DO you think we ought to have a
commission and have II right away?
Yes; l advocate the immediate es-
tablishment OF a public service COM
mission for the District of Columbia"
Mr.. Mclean declined to commit him.
self to any particular public service
commission bill. or to any details as TO
what the commission should be en-
powered to do, further than to say he
advocated the kind of a commission
outlined in The Times editorial, which
would be a commission empowered with
the fullest authority to control and
regulate the local public service cor
pOrations.
Chances of Legislation.
With gas company opposition to a
public service commission removed, and
with gas company influence thrown ir
its favor. the chances for the passage OF
a bill creating a commission are ma
terially improved If the other corpo'
tions follow the lead of the gas company
the bill should become law at the
present session.
If the gas company will work for a
public service commission cne-half a:
hard as it has worked against remedial
gas legislation in the past, the battle
for the creation of a commission Will ot
/ half won.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Baltimore Runners Capture Honors in Marathon

burg road and Fifteenth street to Mary
land avenue, Washington, by Stanton
square, around the Capitol building
grounds on the B street side to First
street, to Pennsylvania avenue, then
to the finish, at Thirteenth street (Mun-
sey building), compelling the journey OF
twenty miles.
The record for the course is hours
II minutes 81 seconds, made by Ensor,
Washington, 1903.
On a large bulletin board in front Of
the Munsey building there will be q
complete checkers board. which will
show what Is the position of each run
ner at the different points along the
course. The first checkers point Is at
Beltsville, the second at College Park,
at Fifteenth and H streets northeast.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Ohio Dairymen Complain
Commerce Commission

Complaints by hundreds of Ohio Iliry-
men against more han score Of the
largest railroads in ;he country were
TODAY presented to the Interstate Com
merce Commission in formal hearing.
The Buceye dairymen demanded a
sweeping revision of rates to adjoining
States and the West and South.
The commission also heard arguments
in the cases of two Pitsburg foundries
against the Pennsylvania and the Cen
traI Railroad of New Jersey. involving
rates of machine castings between Pitts
burg and New Orleans.
Decisions in both cases were reserved.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Injunction Granted
Messenger Company

A permanent injunction against do
ing business under the name of the
District Dime Messenger Service was
today granted against the company
by Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court, at the request of rival
company having a name almost similar.
The Dime Messenger Service brought
suit against the new company, set
ting up alleged prior rights to the
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Publicity Bill Goes to
Senate Subcommittee

At a meeting of the Privileges and
Elections Committee today, the cam
paign publicity bill and also the bill of
Senator Root to make possible the cleo
ton Of United States Senators by a
plurality, were referred to subcommit-
tees.
The subcommittee were not an
nounced. The Lorimer case did not
eome uD.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Speaker and Mrs. Clark
Gone to Atlantic City

Speaker Clark, who has been indis-
ton this afternoon for Atlantic City,
where he will remain until Monday
night. He will return in time to preside
over the House when 1t meets next
Tuesday. The Speaker was accom-
panied by Mrs. Clark.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Alumni Dinner.

The members of the District Of Col
umbia alumni of the University Of North
Carolina will hold a ganquet at Rausch-
er's tonight. r. o. f. Davis is chair
man Of the committee on arrangements.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Fan Mathematics.

the mathematical department of the
Newton Technical High School, makes
| his pupils figure baseball batting and
fielding averages to teach them mathe-
matfcs
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Hoods Sarsaparilla

this Spring. 1t will make you feel
better, look better, eat, and sleep
better.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13
Roots, Barks, Herbs,

That have great medicinal power. are
raised to their highest efficiency. for
purifying and enriching the blood, as
they are combined in Hoods Sarsapa
rilla, which is Peculiar to, Itself.
4O,366 testimonials received by ac-
tual count in two years-a record un-
paralleled in the history of medicine.
Be sure to take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

the present treasurer of the United
States stands probably uneuualed in in
dividual brilliancy, individual independ-
encc and foot ball initiative"
What largely made Meetings. victori-
Gus, team of al famous was it's favorite
.twenty-thirty" play with McClung car
rying the ball. ard in d succession
of seven or eight plays his actual aver
age was nineteen and fraction yards to
the run. while his possible average was
nearer twenty-four yards. for two OF
these runs carried the ball over the
goal line.
And l have it on the authority of MI
Camp that Meetings. team was never
scored upon by any opponent, and ran
up isS points i'll thirteen games-an av-
erage of thirty-six to the game.
While only a freshman ut Yale McclunS
made the star play n the famous Yale
Harvard game of 81. III which on the
Harvard side played Lake. afterward
lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
The new assistant attorney general OF
the United States, William II. Lewis,
whose recent appointment was of interest
because he is partly of negro descent
PLAYED three years as center rush at Am
herst where he became captain of the
varsity eleven. and later played two
Years in the same position at Harvard
becoming the most noted center rush
that university ever knew. He coached
for two years at Harvard after Sradua-
ton and has heen designated by Walter
Camp as IAN ideal center.
That former foot hall star who has
entered the federal judiciary is George
Woodruff now United states district
Judge in Hawaii. He also served as as
sistant attorney general of the United
States aud for a time acted as Secretary
of the Interior in 1907. After earning
fame as crew man and star guard at
Yale in the class of 50 he went to the
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Ice in China.

Lieut. :. T. Budd. l. :. NJ =. is in
charge OF the only ioe-making plant in
north China. Consul General Samuel y.
Knahenshue of Ticntsin reports. 1t Is
located in the grounds of the American
legation guard at Picking. This plant pro-
dnces ice for the use of the legation and
of the members of the guard. There are
no brcweGfes in the consular district.
There are no cold storage warehouses
and no meat-paclSing houses using refriS-
orators The Chinese use Ice very large
w which they cut in winter from tic
rivers and ponds put up in large rectan-
.ylIlar heaps on shore and cover WITH
several feet of clay. This Ice Is laFsciA
used by foreigners. but ii cannot ="
used to cool drinks. as the waters o.
these ponds and rivers are not "&iF
muddy but filthy. For drinking TO
foreipners4 use either bottled waters from
springs in the mountains or distinct
water Tie bottles are kept on ne, oht
the ice itself is never introduced into any
drink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

Young one up for inspection. and tell
me, honest Iniun now. if YOU don't think
he's "a ringer for yours truly
The Truth Teller eazed long ana ear
nestly into the co,,ntenance OF the little
enc Then he turned a resolutc couhte-
nance upon the young dad and said:
NO, ! do not think the child resembles
YOU in any way whatever
bis face nushing. why. that's queer
E.yerv one else thinks SO. You're tn
first man or woman I've met who, after
taking even one short slant at TINS Doy
o mine. hasn't told me .Ea. ne ne, iJ 1binii
exactly like me. w id' iiiane' -"
he doesn't?' 49,,
"Nothine whatever makes me think he
doesn't" was the calm reply OF the We
racious One, but, on the other nanu
nothing whatever makes me, think he
docs am compelled to state that, in my
oninion. your infant Is too young. and
his face-I say his because | in1ef from
your language that the infant IS pos-
his face is as yet too immature 10 cause
him to look like an H, ~, IN c .i1 looks
Therefore l don tIiiih INC ''''a
The Newpop stared hard at the truth
teller and swallowed hard several times
and wrath began to bedew his eyes
Say look ahere, neighbor, he SAID &c
tho Veracious One, i've been noticing
that you've been sort O. trying to put EN-
over ON me lately What's the trouble!
What have l ever done to you? Out with
it You've got nothing against me. have
your
Nothing in the world. my dear sir,
said the man dedicated to truth for a
day at least. lon the contrary. | have
the highest regard and respect for you
but that fact is entirely insufficient as ]
think you must admit. to cause me 10
stultify myself by stating that consider
that your child resembles or favors you
when as the plainest matter of fact, II
would be impossible for the greatest
biologist in the world to truthfully claim
that your child looks like anybody on the
face of the globe.
Biologist. hey" gasped the Newpop.
who was holding the infant almost upside
down in his seethedness. Say, what are
YOU handing me that biologist thing for,
anyhow? Biologists are these scientlhc
bugs that study monkeys and things like
that amt they? Well. say. look ahefe,
you're not going SO far as to compare
my child with a monkey. are YOU
Your common sense ought to indicate
to You that [ am doing nothing of the
sort replied the Truth Teller. i am
merely stating the fact, namely: That in
my opinion your child not only does not
resemble YOU in the slightest degree, but,
so far as | can see, does not resemble
any SrOwnup person..
The Newpop muttered a lot Of husky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

which is isolated from the living rooms
and surrounded by soundproof walls?
Perhaps the most gifted musician IN
the family is Miss Dolorita. who still con-
tinues her studies under master OF
New York. She is unusually attrac-
tive girl. being fair. tall and slender.
with a profusion of soft brown hair She
figured at a very Interesting function
since coming to the capitalize unNeu-
ing of the bronze bust of Thomas Moore
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. Miss
O'Gorman spent some weeks here with
her father at the Shoreham and caught
passing glimpse of social life. She at
tended one of the garden parties at the
White Rouse and all the larger social
functions given during the spring. She
has q sweet soprano voice. <ind Is also
clever pianist. She will be a welcome
addition to the younger contingent OF
the senatorial set. which has been nearly
bercft of attractive girls for several win
ters past The othey New York senator;
Elihu root, has but on daughter. ana
she has been the wife Of Lieut.. t. S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

done Taking q deep interest in the O's
who have reached place in the national
legislature. Judge O'Gorman has found
that Arthur p German from Maryland
and another German who served in ante
bellum times from New England are the
nearest approach to his name. There
have been in the Senate, O'Briens OCon-
nells O'Connors, O'Cradys, O'Farrells.
O'Haras O'Rellys and O'Ncils. but he is
the first OGorman The lower house has
had, since the year 1174. when the list
OF delegates begins. every variety of . S
which the extensive vocabulary of Ire
land can show, but at present there IS
blu, one. George +. O'Shaunessy Or
Providence, r. i.
Senator and Mrs O'Gorman Will be
married thirty years the day after New
Year. and they retain their youthful
spirits and energy in a marked degree.
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and inarticulate things III his throat. ard.
seeing his state OF mind. the NeracIoIs
One passed down the street and took mis-
car.
He took a seat in the car alongside an
adipose lady employed in one OF the de-
nartmentS whom he had known for neal
" a quarter of century. or since her
girlhood on Capitol Hill She wore a
cheerful morning face. and greeted the
Truth Teller most graciously. She told
him that he was looking well. anu then.
a bit coquettishly, asked him if lie no.
ticed anything unusual about her.
1T has been more than month since
you've seen me, YOU know" she said
archly, "and I'm perfectly sure that You
must, if you look at me. observe some
thing about me that will seem like
change to YOU.
The Truth Teller scrutinized her care
fully.
p" ne said. Il must attribute it
20 my poor recollection or failing eye
sight, or something of which | am not
aware. But | certainly cannot see any
thing unusual about you, except tfat You
ar\ ! am pleased to observe. looking eN-
treINely we'll"
'BM, my dear SIR the adipose lady
said, \er smile becoming bit forced,
surely you must notice how enormously
I've lost N weight
The VerAcious one looked at her again,
this time n king in her figure carefully
''Um-m-m. No, | don't seem to observe
that. madam" ne said to her. Have
you really lost flesh recently?
Fifteen whole pounds" she exclaimed
triumphantly. i've been banting terri
bly, for nearl six weeks, and I've taken
on fifteen whole pounds. Never take
any breakfast or lunch any more-eat
nothing but dinner. And, dear me. I've
had to take all of my clothes in, and
expect in a month more I'll be pos
lively emaciated. It's so queer that you
don't notice it. Everybody else does. II
once. and comments upon ii as soon as
mention 1t to them.
Madam, said the Truth Teller. stern
in his resolve to stick to the Nothing but
Thing, nothing would give me greater
pleasure than to be able to agree with
the opinion of your friends in this
spect. But ii is wholly impossible. As
a matter of simple truth it was my inn
Iression. when | first entered the ear
and sat alongside OF you, that YOU had
actually gained in weight; and | remen-
her now that [ wondered vaguely why
so exceedingly wholesome and good look
ing an old friend permitted herself TO
Sir broke in the adipose lady, her