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The Washington times., 1911-06-24
0. POSSUM, RESCUED
FROM DEATH, TO Be
.FATTENEDFORFEAST
Riggs House Discovery Will
Meet Fate Designed for
Him Long Ago.

Mr.. o. Possum, emaciated and almost
unconscious from lack Of food for weeks
when accidentally imprisoned and for
gotten In the cellar of the old Riggs
House, was rescued from a death by
starvation yesterday afternoon by work.
men razing the historic hostelry.
Today, Mr.. Possum is recovering from
the effects of his long enforced fast.
Mr.. Possum has lived for at least
three weeks without food. Attention of
rescuers was attracted by him yester-
day afternoon, when negro workmen
were alarmed at his cries for help, ac-
companied by loud scratching upon his
prison.
A. Johnson, foreman OF the Monumental
Metal Company, in charge Of razing the
hotel building. headed a rescue party
and released Mr.. Possum. He was given
food and water and at once revived.
name given to o. Possum by his res
cuers, who plan to fatten him and enjoy
a 'possum feast soon, for Mr.. o. Possum
is a weak, scrawny, blind and cadaver-
Gus beast today.
Mr.. johnson brought "B'rer Possum"
to the office of The Washington Times
today to be photographed in celebration
of his rescue and before he is fattened
for a feast.
Col. o. G. Staples, former proprietor
of the hotel, says the 'possum is proba-
bly, one Of three or four animals bought
about nine years ago for a banquet.
The 'possums escaped, and have since
been living like rats in the hotel.
Workmen at the hotel are now on the
lookout for more live possum meat.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
BOARD Of TRACE
To HOLD LAST Of
SEASONS SESSIONS
Meeting Called for Next Fri
day to Hear Reports
of Committees.

The last meeting OF the Board OF
Trade until its fall meeting will be
held at the New Willard Hotel next
Friday night. President George H.
Harries today wired Assistant Secre-
tary Shuster to send out notices for the
meeting.
Three regular annual reports of COM
mittees still remain TO be considered.
The report Of the transportation COM
mittee which has not yet been consid-
cred by the Board of Trade is that In
which the committee reaches the con-
clusion that the Board OF Trade should
go on record in opposition 10 the pro-
posed public service cmmission, a bill
for the creation of which is now before
Congress.
The proposed amendments 10 the by
laws directed to more effective delinea-
ton between the work and personnel of
the Board of Trade and Chamber of
Commerce are also scheduled to come
up.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
MOVING Of TREES
WITH PLAYGROUND
NOW IS PLANNED
Mt. Pleasant Association
Confers With Expert on
Proposition.

Officials of the Washington Play
ground Association now are investigat-
ing the practicability of providing with
full-grown shade trees any Mt. Pleas
ant playground that may be selected.
in case the plan to acquire the present
one at the northwest corner of Four
teenth street and Columbia road fails.
An expert in this work, who was
brought to Washington to advise a
Congressional committee upon the pos
sibinty of moving two large historic
trees in the Botanical Garden. has
been communicated with. He has been
asked to give an estimate of cost of
removing the trees which now furnish
shade to the Mt. Pleasant playground
to any nearby lots that may be taken
for playground purposes.
The suggestion made in The Times
the other day by E. z. Knott that the
trees be moved met the approval of
A. c. Moses, president of the associa-
ton, who gave directions that full in
formation be obtained.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Captain Potts Escort
For Togo in America

Admiral Togo, of Japan. will have
Capt Templin NJ. Potts, Of the United
States Navy, as his special escort while
he is seeing the United tSates in Au-
gust. Captain Potts will accompany
him during the seventeen days he is on
this continent meeting him in New
York and staying with him until he
sails from Vancouver.
The japanese admiral is to visit all
the largest navy yards Of the Govern
ment, and to inspect battleships afioat
and on the marine ways. Receptions
will be given him by President Taft.
Secretary Knox. Of the State Depart
ment, and Secretary Meyer. Of the
navy.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
ANACOST|A TO HAVE
STRICTLY SAFE AND
SANE JULY FOURTH
Brotherhood of Methodist
Church to Hold the Only
Public Celebration.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOsTIA. D. c.. JUNE q

Residents of Anacostia will spend a
quiet Fourth of July according to the
prospect at present There q only one
public observance of the Gay planned
SO far, this comprising a church cele-
bration by the Brotherhood Of the Gar
den Memorial Presbyterian Church. Up
at the Government Hospital fCI the In
sane a safe and sane Fourth will pre-
vail, with a small fireworks display in
the evening.
Louis n. Bicks, member Of John A.
Logan Post, No. 13. G. A. R., and asso-
ciated with an Anacostla business firm,
has returned to his home IN Nichols
avenue from Baltimore, Nd. where he
was summoned by the death Of Harry
Bicks, his eighteen-year-old grandson.
The young man was drowned while
canoeing with a companion at River
View, on the Patapsco river. near Bal
timore. His body was recovered only a
short time ago. The companion with
whom he was boating was rescued.
Mr.. Hicks went from Anacostia to
attend the funeral services, which were
held from st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Baltimore, and the choir boys, of whom
the deceased had been one. participated
The Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church and the EmmaneI Protestant
Episcopal Church have combined to
hold a goat and pony show here the
the former church to apply a part Of
the proceeds TO the debt on the new
Methodist Hall, in Fourteenth street,
while the sum allotted 20 Emmanuel
Church will go toward the Episcopal
Home for Children, at Hilloright. Prof
Dunbar, who maintains a training res
ervation in Anacostia for goats and
other animals, will show his charges on
the occasion named
Children's day will be observed to-
morrow in the new Methodist Episcopal
Church at Camp Springs, Prince George
county. Nd, and many will go from
this section to witness the exercises.
The Rev. DR.. Huddleson. Of Tenley-
town, will be in charge, and the con-
gregation expects tomorrow to learn
the name Of the new pastor who Is to
be appointed to the circuit through the
efforts Of the Rev. W. F R. Sumwalt,
district superintendent, Of. Washington.
Mrs. s. ". Grafflin, the wife of the
pastor OF the Anacostia Methodist Epis-
copal Church, is again Ill in Providence
Hospital, where she has undergone a
surgical operation. Her copdition is
reported to be favorable TO her recov-
cry.
Funeral services for James Bennett
Osborne, who died suddenly on Wednes-
day morning at his residence in V
street, were held yesterday from his
late residence. The Rev. Willard G.
Davenport, the rector Of the Emmanuel
Protestant Episcopal Church. officiated.
The pallbearers were Capt. William 7.
Anderson, Charles Padgett, Norman H.
Cole, George Beckheimer, c. r. Brown,
and J. F. Reagan. The remains were
Inferred in the Congressional Cemetery.
Price Greenlaw, a Twining City chauf-
feur, was yesterday fined 80 in the Pu-
lice Court, for violating the speed law
In the East Washington Heights dis
trict recently.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Mosely, in Will, Gives
Legacies to Old Friends

Bequests of $3.50 to lifelong friends
are made in the will of Edward L
Mosely, former secretary of the Inter,
state Commerce Commission. A copy
of the will, filed at his old home al
Newburyport, Mass, has been filed with
the Register Of Wills.
William c. Cuseck, of Newburyport,
a friend, is given $1,000. and two wash
lngton friends, Harry s. Milstead and
Bloom D. Chapman, are given legacics
og $3.50 each.
Mr.. Mosely directs that the residue OF
his widow, Mrs. Kate Montague Mosely
and a daughter. Katherine. The will,
executed January IA, names the tesla
tors brothers. Charles and Frederick
MoSely, as executors.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Full Meaning of
The Word Patriotism

What is patriotism? Is it a narrow
affe 'tion for the spot where a man was
born? Are the very clods where we
tread entitled 10 this ardent preference
because they are greater? No. sir; this
Is not the character Of the virtue, and
il scars higher for its object. II Is an
extended self-love. ninglins with all
the enjoyment Of life. and twisting IT.
self with the minuteSt flaments CT the
heart. It Is thus We obey the laws OF
society. because thev are the laws of
virtue In their authority we see, not
the arrav of force and terror. but the
venerable image of our coUntrys honor.
Every good citizen makes that honor his
own. and cherishes. 1t not only as
precious, but as sacred. He is willing
to risk his life in its defense. and is
conscious that he gains protection while
he gives it.-Tndianapolis Sun.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Publicity Subcommittee
Of Chamber to Meet

committee of the publicity committee
Of the Chamber of Commerce, which
has been appointed by Isaac Cans to
devise methods for advertising Wash
ington as the best residential city, will
call meeting Of his committee within
a few days.
The committee which has been an
pointed to do this work is composed OF
w. S. Corby, W. T. Galliher, A. D.
Marks, Fleming Newbold, e. c. Gra-
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Owen Explains His Bill
For Health Department

Senator Owen of Oklahoma in n
speech in the Senate defended his bill
for the establishment Of Government
department of health. He attacked the
League for Medical freedom as an or
ganization that had been ''plisled by the
agents of the patent medicine interests"
Senator Owen said his bill was so
drawn as to give no school of medicine
an advantage over other schools. He
said tire rights of private citizens were
carefully guarded in the measure, and
its chief purpose was to establish gen.
crsl precautions against disease and in
fection. educate the public in sanitation,
and tn meeting the dangers Of con-
tAg1on.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Three Frustrated by
Heat; Sent to Hospital

Overcome bv heat while standing in
front Of 1905 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. G. q. Easley, of 411h G street
southwest, was Yesterday afternoon re-
moved to Emergency Hospital in an au-
tcr1obi!e belonging to ]. /. Weaver. Of
Chevy Chase. After treatment by the
hospital physicians he was able to go
TO his home.
William Brooks, a negro, living on
Delaware avenue southwest, was pros
trsted while working at POS Fourteenth
street southwest, yesterday afternoon.
He was removed to Emergency Hos
rital, and after treatment returned to
his home. Eliza Johrson. a negress. of
Willow Tree allev southwest, was also
civsn treatment at Emergency Hospital
for heat prostration when brought from
2l6 F street southwest. She returned
10 her home.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Many on Mckinley
School Honor Roll

The honor roll of the Mckinley Manual
Training School, just compiled, bears
the names Of seventy-one technical stu
dents whose ranking entities them to
place. The list Is headed by Miss Anne
Mitchell. and of the first ten in the list
eight are boys and two are girls. The
full honor list follows:
Anne Mitchell, Az. 97.42; Gerald Gros-
ner, BIS, 1854; Robert Wilson, D4, 80. {;
William Pidgeon, FL, 96.07; Ralph Keet-
er. DC, 1856; Hugh Phillips, E2, 1856;
Elfresh. E2. $50: George Haines, G2.
a5.3; Laurence VIII, Do, 95.U7; Paul
Woodward, D3, 95.07; Margaret Birdsell,
B2, %: Thomas Clark, B1, IS; Helen
Sheriff, "A. 94.93; Benjamin Damn. B5.
s!G: WayerIy Taylor. F22,, s4:5S; Hugh
s4.2; Edward Lewis. CA. s4.2; Robert
Showers, Fl. 93.6; John Petrie. B4, s34;
solomon Shapiro. BS. S3:3; Ralph Gold
smith. D4. sS.2; George Cohen: Al, 81
Wasserman, e, $50; Harry Rook, B5,
90. .33; George Hummer, AS, s23; Charles
Sando, F2, 92.17; Joshua Bennett, DIG, 92;
Edward Allen G2, 90: Ebert Nash; ca.
Ss5; Lester Ktgchner, y, fS BS, sl.Si In Nina
Cs. s1.s: Lillian Glenn. AZ, sl.76;
Harold offutt, DIG, s1.6; Frederick
Windridge, Fl, s147; Arthur King, BS,
9l4; Leslie Teller, D4, 91.4: Albert Gers
dorf. Al, 91.27; Rezin Pidgeon, E2, sl.25;
Julia Levy, A6, 91.2: Walter Grigsby,
Cs, 9113; Warren Seltzer, Cs, 91.l; Frank
stoever, CS, GIL: Roy Head, DIG. 9l.OS;
Walter Saunders. B6. 81; Evelyn Spell
den, DIG, 1894; Monroe Stockett, G4
ss1 %sIier c1EsPSs Ss1sstoB Ran9ns P9 s F. Esmin @
Patrick. E4, 9O.7; Grace Wright. A
sn.67: Ethel Deardoff, Az, so.67; Edward
Thrall, CS, 906: Francis Nesbit, B4,
sO.53; Spenser Michael. Cs. 904S; Mar
Iorie Nettleton. B2, 9o.42; Arma Rush.
vid McNaff. Ct. 9O.25; John Fisher, Fl.
so2; George Thrall. F., s0.11; Henry
Berliner, c., 9O.0S: Carl Miller. D4. SCOT;
Eugenia Lansburgh, "A, s006; William
Upton, CS, 30: Ernest Blau, D4. 80;
drn Fl %
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Takoma Parkers to
Talk Road Extension

A public meeting will be held this
evening In the chapel Of the Takoma
Presbyterian Church. in Maple avenue,
to discuss the application Of the new
owners OF the Baltimore and Washing
ton Transit Company. to extend its
tracks from the District line to the East
Washington Sanitarium In Takcma
Park, Nd.
The road at present runs from Four
teenth and Kennedy streets east to Car
roll avenue. where iuncture Is made
with the District line
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Vacancies for Chemists
In Wiley's Department

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry of the Department
of Agriculture, has three vacancies in
his department for ambitious chemists.
Two medico-chemical analysts will be
appointed from a list of eligibles Sc
cured by the Civil Service Commission
in an examination to be held July q.
These jobs will pay $500 a year each
In addition, DR.. Wiley has an op-
pointment waiting for the man who
passes the highest exaination on July
20 as a food technologist. This position
will pay the same salary as the other
two.
Washington's young dental graduates
also have the door of opportunity
opened 10 them by the Civil Service
Commission. An examination will be
held August 10 secure eligibles for ap-
pointment as dental inferno at the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane. This
position will pay $500 a year.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Two Colored Girls Are
Bitten by Stray Dogs

Jessie Harrison, a f1fteen-year-old
negro girl living at 1918 Fourth street
northwest, was last night bitten by a
dog belonging to Rose Dodson, of Az l
street northwest. She was treated at
nearby drug store and returned to her
home.
Julia Allen, thirteen years old, also
colored, of 4S34 Forty-frst street north
west, was bitten on the leg by a dog.
She was taken to Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Priest Will Celebrate
First Mass Tomorrow

The II o'clook mass in St Patrick's
Church tomorrow morning will be sung
by the Rev. Samuel Peck, and will be
the first mass at which he has ofticiate{l
as celcbrant. He will be assisted by tho
Rev. Eugene Connolly. Of the Immacu-
late Conception Church. as deacon, and
the Rev. James ]. CConnor. of ST.
Augustine's, as subdeacon The Right
Rev. William T. Russell D. D., will
preach the sermon.
The Sunday School of st. Patrick $
will close and prizes will be distributed
by Mgr. Russell following the 8 O'Clock
mass.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Children Get Prizes
For Essays on Flag

Prizes for the best essay on the ''Ev-
olution of the Flag" offered by the
Marcia Burns Chapter, of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, are
proudly possessed today by Harold
Donald Criswell, age eleven years. and
Frederick Bryan, age nine years
Grave Averill received honorable men
ton in the contest, open to children
under sixteen years of age.
At the meeting of the chapter, its
founder, Mrs. Ellis Logan, regent for
four years, was presented with a sill
yer loving cup and bouquet Of roses.
The meeting was held at the residence
Of Mrs. Logan, 1853 Irving street.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Department Wars on
Egyptian Wheat" Sellers

A fight on swindlers who are selling
wheat grains to farmers with the state
ments that they were obtained from the
tombs of Egyptian mumrnies. and Of
superior quality, has been started In
the Department of Agriculture, II was
declared today. A grain of wheat Is
dead after ten years, say Department
officials, and of no use as seed after
that time
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Young Man Hurt When
Thrown From Motor Car

Suffering from injuries incurred when
thrown from an automobile delivery
wagon at Mt. Pleasant and Irving
streets nothwest in a collision with a
street car, Joseph Cohen. 507 Ninth
street southwest, is today in a serious
condition at Garfield Hospital.
Cohen was one of four young men in
the delivery wagon. AS the wagon
neared the corner II crashed into a
street car and turned turtle All four
men were thrown to the pavement, and
the machine was practically wrecked.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Fat Men in Tug of War
Against Revenue Boat

BOSTON. June 24-After the crew had
shifted the cargo Of human avoirdupois
to avoid a list. the Nahant steamer got
under way today with some 1000 men,
hers Of the New England Fat Mems
The important event Of the day at the
shore is a tug of-war between the club
and the revenue cutter Gresham. The
club members have agreed to pull the
cutter up on the lawn in front of their
hotel or pay for dinners all around
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Mine Blast Kills One
And Four Are Injured

WHEELING, W. Va, June 24-one
man is dead and four are seriously in
jured as a result of an explosion which
occurred in Mine No. 9, of the New
River Colliery Coal Company, at Ec-
cles, w. Va.
The dead-wALTER NEAL.
The injured-Will Harvey. NJ. A.
Hancock, G. L. Richardson, and Fire
Boss Barrett.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Wabash Also Denied
New Fare Adjustment

Following the denial of the petitions
of the Baltimore and Ohio and Cinoin-
natl and Ohio railroads to arrange their
fares in multiples of 8, thus disregard
ing the sum of the intermediate fares,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
today issued a like order with regard
to similar requests from the Wabash
railroad.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Robbed in PoStomce.

Report was today made to the police
by Frank Schus, of 35 Elm street, Albany,
N. Y, that while mailing letter in
the central postoff1ce his pocketbook
had been stolen from a table few feet
away. The wallet contained SO in
money and several valuable papers.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24
Bright'S Death Feared.

William H. Bright. who is in a critical
condition as a result OF a severe stroke
Of paralysis on June 10, has not rallied.
1t is expected by his physicians and his
nurse that death will occur socn.
The Washington times., 1911-06-24

Price Greenlaw, a Twining City chauf.
feur, was yesterday fined 80 in the Pc.
lice Court, for violating the speed Law
In the East Washington Heights dis
trfct recently.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-19
GREATLY ATTACHED TO IT
Husband Who Had "Married Money" Acknowledged the Truth to Ills
 Friends Query.

Apropos of beautiful young wife, worth $40.000.oo0, who had just d. vorced her penniless husband in or der to marry again. Henry E. Dixey the comedian, said at a dinner in New York:
 The young man who marries for money has none too easy a time of it. His rich wife is likely to tire of him and throw him out In a few years, or else she Is likely to limit his allow ance to 25 or 50 cents a day
 I married money man once said to me.
 Wasn't there woman attached to it?' I asked.
 Yes, you bet there was,' he ex- ploded. So much attached to it that she never parted with a penny"
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-19
KIDNEY TROUBLE
 CAUSES LUMBAGO Remarkable StoUAhout Great Remedy

l cannot refrain from writing to say that your Swamp-Root has benefited me greatly. Last year l had severe attack of lumbago. Was bad for long time, and on seeing your advertisement, 1 de- termined to give 1t . trial. did 70 and in two weeks was cured. gave . bottle to poor woman who could scarcely walk. She came to me in four days to tell me she was all right and most thankful. I had another attack last November and was 50 bad that l could not rise from my chair without assistance and could hardly lace up my boots. at once sent for moro Swamp-Root and after taking two bcttlea. l am more than glad that I am well again. My age being seventy-three, am the moro convinced of the excellence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root.
 Yours very truiy,
 HENRY SEARLE, l4lo Arch Street. Little Rock. Ark.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-19
Aoe of OYsters.

Oysters grow only during the sum- mer and especially during the long. warm summer at that. and are scarce y big enough for the mouth before the third year. It is easy after look Ing over bunch of shells to tell how old an oyster is. A summer hump and he winter sink come across the shell every year, but after the seventh or tenth year full growth comes; then. by ooking at the sinks between the humps it is hard to tell anything more about Miss Oysters age. Oysters i've to be twenty years old.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-19
WOMAN RULES TOWN
Elected Mayor of City in State
 of Kansas.
For Two Years Town Will Be Com pletely Under Woman's AdmInIs- tration-Male Holders of Hiah
 Offices Walk the Plank.

Hunnewell. Kan.-Mrs. Ella Wilson. the newly-elected mayor of this city. for the first time since her election consented to explain her plans for cleaning up the municipal govern ment, which in her pre-election speeches she declared to be full of graft and Godlessness"
 Mrs. Wilson's first announcement was that she would appoint Mrs. Rosie E. Osbourne. defeated candidate for police judge, to be superintendent of police, while Mrs. E. E. Hilton. who ran for town councillor and failed. will be appointed city clerk.
 While Mrs. Wilson did not specific ally admit 1t, the declaration Is made that under compromise plan male officers will be elected from the high. CT municipal offices entirely and that for two years at least Hunnewell will be completely under a woman's ad- ministration.
 There is no doubt of the radical in- tentions of the women. Mrs. Wilson has declared that the occasional" liquor traffic will at once be stopped and bootleggers will be sent to jail. Poolrooms must pay license and all grating is to be abolished
 Mrs. Wilson has jumped into world wide fame in day because she is the second woman mayor ever elected in the United States and the first woman ever given a chance to rule a city surrounded with women officials to do her bidding. The first woman mayor in this country was Mrs S. NJ. Salter, who was elected mayor of Argonia, Kan, 24 years ago.
 Here Is the first public utterance of Mrs. Wilson since her election. In 1t she outlines her policies and aims and voices her determination to elim.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-19
LOST FAITH IN WHITE MAN
Eskimo Tested Efficacy Of Telephone Scheme, and Realized He Had
 Been Deceived.

An interesting story is told regard ing the efforts of an Eskimo to con- struct a telephone line. The Eskimo came into possession of a piece of wire of considerable length and never having seen wire before he asked Professor McMillan of the Peary north pole expedition what 1t was and what 1t was for. He was told that the white man strung it on poles stuck in the ground and a voice talking to an instrument at one end could be heard at the other end. After some search the next morning the Eskimo was found to be engaged in telephone con structon work of his own. He stuck some sticks in the ground and hung his wire on them. He held one end of the wire in his mouth and talked to it a. the top of his voice. Then he ran as fast as he could to the other end and held the wire in his ear with the expectation of hearing his own words repeated.
 When he failed to hear any sounds the expression on his face revealed his opinion of his white friend.