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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
LAUR|ER BEGINS CAMPAIGN
Simcoe, Conservative Strong
hold, Hears First Speech.
PREMIER is WELL RECEIVED
r. L. Borden Devotes Speech to
Answering Sir Wilfrid's Argu-
ments for Reciprocity.

ottawa, Aug. 15.-Sir wilfrid Laurier
began his active electoral campaign to-day
at Simcoe, Ont, predicting. in rousing
speech, that the Liberal party will be re-
turned TO power In the forthcoming cleo
tons, and that the reciprocity agreement
will be ratified by November. Smcoe is
considered Conservative stronghold, but
a crowd estimated at ten thousand gave
the Liberal standard bearer a cordial re-
ception and a respectful hearing
Sir Wilfrid confined himself entirely to
the question OF reciprocity. For forty
years, he said, the policy Of reciprocity
had received the Endorsement and strons
support Of the men who had been at the
head Of the Canadian government. II had
been the goal Of the Liberals and the Con-
servatives both, he said, but the Conserva-
tive party OF to-day has turned its back
upon its former leaders. The Conserva-
tives. he added, had forced the election by
blocking the business Of the Canadian Par
lament in an endeavor TO make the gov
eminent abandon the reciprocity measure.
The government, he said. believes that
between Canada and the United States freer
trade in natural products would be Of great
benefit 10 both countries. but more benef-
cial TO Canada because Of the smaller mar
ket. Sir John Macdonald in 1866 had en-
deavored TO secure reciprocity, Sir Wllfrid
Laurier said, but it was refused. and the
tariff wall had been raised and raised until
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law reached the
prohibitive stage and made IL impossible for
Canada to trade with the United States on
fair conditions. Feeling between the two
countries consequently became bitter, Sir
Wilfrid said. and when the commissioners
were sent from Washington the Canadian
government took the position that it would
be a crime 70 civilization not 10 welcome
,heir offor
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WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission O. the American MuheuIn ~ ~
Natural History. Metropolitan Museum Of
A,t ana the Geological Garden.
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UNDERTAKINGS.
stenhrn Merritt Rnrinl and CT

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Chapeis. Private Rooms. Private Ambulances
Tel I39a Chelsea
stephen Merritt Burial and Cremation Co.
the world wide known undertakerE only one
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| in the world. Tel PA and i25 Chelsea.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
ROW OVER MARINE
BAND ALTERS PLANS
OFELKS LODGEHERE
Union Musicians Fuss
Keeps Capital Men Out of
Atlantic City Parade.

Washington Elks will not appear as
an organized feature Of the parade at
the twenty-fifth Grand Lodge reunion
OF the order at Atlantic City next
month.
Antipathy of union musicians toward
the United States Marine Band has
caused the Washington Lodge of Elks
to abandon a plan to take the Marine
Band and march in the big parade.
In past years the Washington Elks,
with the Marine Band, have been a big
hit of the Elks' Annual parade in con-
vention cities. Last year at Baltimore,
where the Elks' Grand Lodge met, the
local Elks were caused much embar-
rassment by the refusal Of union bands
to march II the Marine Band appeared
In the parade line.
Rather than cause repetition Of any
Ill feeling at the Elks' reunion this year,
the Washington lodge has voted to at
tend the convention as individuals, and
not as lodge.
Between one hundred and fifty and
two hundred Washington Elks are
expected to join In the merry whirl
Grand Lodge convenes July 10 Rosa
F. Downing is the official delegate to
the Grand Lodge from the Washington
chapter. and Charles H. Utermehle Is
alternate. In addition, several past
grand masters of the local lodge are ex
offlcio members Of the Grand Lodge,
and will go from Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
M'DONNELL
THANKS TAFT FOR
ATTENDING MASS
Pastor Who Preached at
Monument Grounds Speaks
Highly of President.

President Taft was formally thanked
to-day for his attendance three weeks
ago at the military mass at the Wash
ington Monument. The Rev. E. Del.
Mcdonnell. who preached the sermon,
and pastor of st. Aloysius' Church. ad-
dressed the men of the Third Sunday
Brigade today, following their receiving
communion. Father Mcdonnell took
occasion to comment on the respectful
behavior of all the thousands at the
military mass.
1T was a grand sight," said Father
Mcdonnell, ito see the devotion and
reverence Of that vast multitude, and l
must say that the behavior OF those
not of our faith was most respectful. /
wish here publicly to say tnat We were
glad they were there. and that we ap-
preciate the respect they showed
throughout our service.
we cannot but appreciate also the
presence of our Chief Executive. and 1t
Is, | am sure, the prayer OF all of US
that God may bless him and guide and
direct him Alright in the discharge of
his high and difficult office. 1t is not
the first time that Mr.. Taft has shown
US favors, and We of this parish espe-
cially have reasons to be grateful to
him"
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Ever shocked by a fish?

Ever shocked by a fish?
Wrap on wood before you answer, be-
cause maybe the very next time you
don your abbreviated bathing togs and
go pattering along the moist, sandy
beach you will be.
Not that you are to be embarrassed
by a member of the fnny tribe. The
shock will not be a figurative one 1t
will be literal, the real electrical kind,
for no less an authority than the Am
erican Museum of Natural History tells
Of the discovery of fish, equipped with
two electric storage batteries. so highly
charged that barefooted fishermen have
been knocked down when they stepped
on the odd specimen.
AS proof Of its claim that this ''live
wire" fish actually exists, the Division
of Fishes in the National Museum has
secured fifteen Of them. and they can
now be seen there.
The two little storage batteries which
supply the electric current with which
the fish repels an attack by Its enc
mics are recharged and used over and
over again. This fact, perhaps, Is re-
sponsible for the name torpedo fish"
which has been applied to It, The sub
marine torpedo boats in the navy are
propelled while under water by cleo
tric storage batteries. but when the
batteries give out the boat comes to
the surface and is run by a gasolene
engine, which generates electricity, re-
charging the batteries. The hsh, now
The Washington times., 1911-06-18

NAVAL MILI1IAMEN
TO LEAVE IN JULY
ON WARSH|P CRUISE
Local Battalion Will Be
Taken Aboard at Fort Mon
roe for Maneuvers.

Commanded by Capt. s. W. Stratton,
$50 members Of the District Naval Mill
tia will leave July 15 for a ten days
cruise on one os the big battleships of
the Atlantic feet. The battalion will
be taken aboard at Fort Monroe.
Capt. Archibald Davis. chief Of the
militia division Of the Navy Depart
ment. Is in Newport today. comforting
with the commander-in-cnief Of the At
lantic feet, with reference to the
maneuvers 10 be participated in by the
naval nlilitiame1 of the Seaboard
States.
The feature of the maneuVers this
year will be an attack by the American
feet against the coast Of Long Island.
The torpedo and submarine tiotillas. uII-
der command Of Commander Eberly,
will defend the coast against this at
tack. Upon the conclusion of the attack
all Of the State mjlitiamen will go to
Gardeners boy In Massachusetts,. for
target practice and drills. Approximate
ly 1900 officers and men will attend
this years n,aneuvers.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
CHANGES LIKELY IN
ARCHITECTS PLANS
FOR DEPARTMENTS
Fine Arts Body, 1t Is
Thought, Has Approved
Building Sites.

That the recommendations OF the ma
tional fine arts commission on the plans
for the buildings Of the Departments of
State. Justice, and Commerce and Labor
do not call for any change in the vexed
question of sites, but do call for some
material changes in architects plans OF
the three structures. Is the theory OF
those who have closely watched the
commissions work.
Tho new demand of the Department
of Commerce and Labor for more space
than had been contemplated. may COM
plicate the report, though IL any change
in the plan for that building Is to be
made on this occount. II will more likely
be initiated from some other source than
the fine arts commissions report.
President Taft will take plenty OF
time TO GO over the commissions report
carefully, and after he has done so and
has decided what to do about the rec
concentrations it will be made public.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
THESE FISHCARRY
STORAGE
Are the Real Live Wire Kind That Stun and Shock
Their Foes Even Knocking Man Down-Edi-
sonized Fish Story Up-to-Date

ever, does not have to come to the sur
face to recharge its batteries.
Give a Powerful Shock.
In a bulletin issued by the American
Museum. J. Russell Coles says Of the
torpedo fish,"
They can give a powerful shock,
and I have been knocked down many
times when experimenting with this
fish. yet could make no record OF this
peculiar form of electricity, as 1t had
no effect on my battery testing needle,
and IT would not light little electric
lamp that required but two and a hall
volts"
The electric ray. which has the harm
less" scientific name of Narcine brasil
iensis, 'is of the skate variety with a
broad, fiat, nearly oval body" says the
official Information issued by the mu-
scum. when at peace 1t .swims around
but II attacked the battery is discharged
and 1t kills its prey with the electric
current so provided"
Biggest of Fish Stories.
Even the small electrical fish are
capable OF numbing the human hand,
and considerable interest is being taken
in the experiments conducted with the
school of fifteen at the museum. The
fish were obtained of the west coast
of Florida.
the National Museum is likely to be
accused of nature taking, but, unlike
the emulator of Ike Walton, whose big
one got away" the museum has the
goods. II you don't believe it, go and
get your shock.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
William M. Rice'S Sister
And Heir Dies PennileSs

DFS MONIES. Iowa, June 1S.-Mrs,
Marie F. Schuler, eighty-six years old,
sister Of and direct heir to the millions
left by William Marsh Rice, is dead at
her humble home in Oak Park. a suburb,
Mrs. Schuler. who had supported her
self during the last few years by wash
ing, died with a fortune Just out OF
reach. The eleven-year fight of Attor-
hey Albert T. Patrick. now in Sing Sing
prison, charged with numbering the mil
iionaire, Is drawing to a close.
Mrs. Schular had been notified short
" before her death that she would
share in the estate.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Miss Monahan, Victim of
Gas Accident, Improved

Miss Ella B. Monahan, the Treasury
Department clerk who was overcome
Wednesday by gas, is reported much
improved today. She is expected to be
able to go to her home. in Chevy Chase,
in about a week.
Treasury Department officials admit
that the stringent rule against employees
leaving the room in which they are
working should have been waived when
1t was learned the gas was leaking.
Every precaution will be taken, they
say, to prevent a repetition of the acci-
dent.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Maccabees in Contest
For Membership Banner

There is a spirited contest between
the Maccabee lodges for the District
banner, which will be awarded on July
l to the lodge that initiates the great
est number Of new members during the
first six months OF the year. The con-
test is narrowing between National
Tent, No. /: Georgetown Tent, No. 6,
and District Tent, No. s.
Washington Division, No. /. will be
represented at Cleveland. Ohio, on July
Is, where the supreme encampment of
the Uniform Rank, OF the k. .. T. M,
will be held. The event starts on July
l6, and continuesl until July %. D. w.
Gall is the representative ~ the su-
prema tent.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Wiley Would Bar Mails
To Patent Medicines

Advocating the CHASING of patent
medicines as poisons and combustibles,
DR.. H. W. Wiley. chief of the board
Of food and drug inspection. favors the
barring of the medicines from the mails
He says that he has received many
complaints from people who have had
patent medicine samples left on their
doorsteps and found by the children.
In some instances the children have
taken these medicines and become
deathly sick.
DR.. Wiley favors legislation that will
make the present promiscuous sale Of
patent medicines impossible. He be-
lieves that only medicine prescribed by
a practiCing physician should be taken,
because 1t is found that the patent
medicine which to some proves harm
less, to others proves very injurious.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
MARYLAND'S GRE tina
GREEN AGAIN MECCA
OF CAPITAL YOUTHS
Two Others Are Given Ii
censes to Wed at
Rockville.

ROCKVILLE, Md, June 1S.-Licenses
to marry have been issued by the clerk
of the circuit court here to Miss Violet
May Jones, aged seventeen, of Washing
ton, and Daniel L. Ghear, aged twenty
one. of High Falls. KY, and Miss Ber-
tina Smith, aged eighteen, of Fairfax,
Va, and Walter Bishop, aged twenty
one, of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander +. Prescott,
who live near Norbeck, four miles from
Rockville, Nd, have been entertaining
in honor Of the Misses Bettina and
Pinkie Prescott. About thirty Of the
young people of Rockville and vicinity
were their guests, among them being
Misses Mary and Elizabeth Dawson,
Aline Mcfarland, Alice Cashell. Anna
and Louise Mobley, Elsie Beck, Louise
Larcombe, Lucy and Bessie Brewer,
Katherine Hughes, Helen Brunett, Eliz-
abeth and Lavinia Knight, Messrs.
William Beck, Clements Offutt, George
and Vinson Peter, Brownell Riggs. Rob-
ert Peter, Edward Cashell, Basil Mob
ley, Camillus Stokes, Stephen Crom-
well. Frank Higgins, Jesse Higgins.
Mark Shields, Edwin Jones, and others.
Mrs. Prescott and Miss Priscilla Daw-
son were the cnapeTOnS.
George w. Mullican and William c.
Bean, of Rockville. have paid $1,000 for
the Corcoran Hotel, in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Bouic have
returned from their honeymoon and are
temporarily making their home with
the bridegroom's mother. Mrs. William
V. Bouic, jr.
Harry H. Buck has been placed in
charge of tho headquarters established
in Baltimore by State Senator Blair
Lee, who is seeking the Democratic
nomination for governor OF Maryland.
James Abby Henderson, son Of Judge
James B. Henderson, Of Rockville, and
a member of the Rockville bar, has an
nounced his candidacy for one OF the
four Democratic nominations for the
house of delegates. He represented the
county in the last house of delegates.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Thief Is Driven Into
Cellar, But He Escapes

A former employe who left with a key
still in his possession is supposed to be
the masked thief whom Frederick A.
Schmidt found in his store, at 1912 G
street, last night. No arrests have as
yet been made, although the First pre-
cinct police admit that a negro is being
closely watched.
Schmidt was preparing to close the
store when the robber was discovered
hiding behind a counter. Under threat
of death the robber was driven into the
cellar, from which, however, he made
his escape before the arrival of the
police. Investigation showed that en-
trance to the store probably had been
gained through a door at the rear,
which had been fastened for the night
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Citizens to Ask Pardon
For Convict Life-SaVerS

QUITMAN. va. June 1s.-Citizens Of
this county began a movement this
morning to obtain the pardon of the con-
victs who yesterday risked their lives
to save the family of William Lewis
from his burning house.
The convicts were camped near the
house when the fire started early in the
morning, and as they rushed to the res
they were trying to escape. The con-
victs rescued all seven members of the
Lewis family by an improvised ladder.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Wedding Guests Ill.

PALMER, Mass. June 1s.-One hun
dred guests Of the Flynt-Gard wedding
here, are seriously i'll with ptomaine
poisoning, due to eating crab meat. The
Flvnt family Is the leading one Of Pal
nrer, and the wedding Wednesday was
attended by 800 persons from all parts
Of New England. Many Of these guests
are still here. suffering from the effects
Of the bad crabs.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Rain Fails to Keep
Crowds From the Beach

Visitors at the bathing beach today
found the pools not much wetter than
the circumambient air, and very little
cooler. Yet there was g fair crowd out.
1t seems to take a little more than
mere chilllness to keep the patrons Of
the beaches away. Those who were
usual.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Policeman ReScues Two
Women From Fire

NASHUA, n. H, June 1s.-Through
Increasing volumes of smoke from burn
ing wuolens, Patrolman Wheeler piloted
two young women and an eight-year-
old girl down the narrow stairs of the
old Goodrich block to safety late last
night.
He saw the women rushing around on
the top floor, and had hard work to per-
suade them to stop packing valuables
into a suit case and make their escape.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Scholarship Award
For Gerald D. GroSner

Gerald D. Grosner, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isidor Grosner, has been awarded
the University of Pennsylvania scholar
ship at the graduation of the McKin-
ley Manual Training School.
The scholarship is awarded to the
student standing highest in the grad
uating class for the full four-year-
course.
A coincident in connection with the
attaining of this high honor, is, that
Mr.. Grosner was at the head of his
Ci1ss Iuur years ago, when he passed
from the eighth grade of the Webster
School to the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Wedding Guest Held
For Attacking Girl

WILMINGTON, Del. June 1S-Ar-
rested late last night at a wedding cell
ebrauon, Boleslaw Wischowski, aged
twenty-eight years, must answer to the
charge Of attacking Florence Schelick,
aged fifteen years. Both were guests at
the wedding. The girl had occasion to
go upstairs and Wischowsh followed.
She said she would have screamed, but
he held a revolver in her face.
It was learned today that the man
wanted to marry the girl, but her par
ents objected because Of her age.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Electrical Engineers to
Hold Session in Chicago

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 1S.-The twenty
eighth annual convention of the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers
will open here June 26. The 1.G00 dele
gates will have their headquarters in
the Hotel Sherman.
The meeting will be opered with a
ball, and on TUESDAY morning. June 81,
the real work Of the convention will
beYin
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Farmers Day to Bring
Big Crowd to Newark

NEWARK, Del, June 1S-Several
thousand visitors are expected here to-
morrow on the occasion of the fourth
annual farmers day, held under the aus
pices of the Delaware College expert
mental station.
The college conducts a big farm, and
the object of these meetings will be to
familiarize the farmers with expert
ments in farming that are being made.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
Girl CanoeiSt Drowned.

BOSTON, June 8.-Miss Ruth Stew
ard. Of Dorchester. nineteen years old.
was drowned in the Charles river yes
terday when she tried to change seats
in canoe. Her escort, F. G. Blaisdell,
tried to rescue her, but failed.
The Washington times., 1911-06-18
American, Kings Artist.

PHILADELPHIA, June IS-Philadel-
phia has the honor of furnishing the
artist for the coronation, John Mcclure
Hamilton, a Philadelphia who has for
some years lived in London. He was
commissioned by King George to paint
the picture of the ceremony.
The National tribune., 1911-02-23


. The men first to reach Lincoln in
the box after his assassination" have
been almost as numerous as the body
servants of George Washington, who is
said never to have changed his body
servant the last 25 years of his life.
VIM. III. Flood, of Washington. who was
a personal friend of Eiftcoin, died at
his home here in Washington last week.
and it is said that he waSi really one OF
the first in the box after, Lincoln was
shot by Booth at ford's Theater. Mr..
Flood had been talking to President
Lincoln that morning, and had an APP
pointment with him for the next day,
when he and the, President were to
talk about the old days iii Illinois. Mr.
Flood was 102 Years old on the day on
which he died. and is survived by his
widow and three Children In speaking
Of the awful tragedy Mr.. Flood said:
IT was an Ensign in the Navy at the
time, and Was attached to the u. S. S
Primrose, stationed in the Potomac. Or
the evening of April IA / was invited
to Ford's Theater by my Captain, Silas
Owen. He had heard that President
Lincoln would attend the performance
Our American Cousin and, of course
I accepted the invitation.
I'VE went in uniform, but / did not
carry arms. We sat in the third row
from the stage. and could see the Presi-
dents box. While / was talking with
Capt. Owen a shot rang out from the
Presidents box. Immediately after a
man jumped to the stage, shouting Sic
semper tyrannis' ! recognized him AT
once as John Wilkes Booth.
I'm getting to the stage he tripped
over some bunting and fell, but imme-
diately picked himself up and rushed
across the stage, waving a long knife
No one moved until he was out of sight.
The National tribune., 1911-02-23
How to Get Rid
of Catarrh
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way, and it
Costs Nothing to Try.

Those who suffer from catarrh know
it's nIiseries. There Is no need of this
suffering. You can get rid of it by a
simple. safe. inexpensive home treat
ment discovered by DIR. Blosser, who.
for over thirty-siX years, has been
treating catarrh successfully.
His treatment is unlike any other
1t is not spray, Gouche. salve. cream
or inhaler. but is Il more direct and
thorough treatment than ony of these
1t cleans out the head, nose, throat and
lungs go thar you can again breathe
freely and sleep without that stopped
up feeling that all catarrh sufferers
have. 1t heals the diseased mucous
membranes and arrests the foul dis
charge. SO that you will not be con-
stantly blowing your nose and splitting
and at the same time. il does not poison
the system and ruin the stomach, as
internal medicines do.
If you want to test this treatment
without cost, send your address to DR.
J. W. Blosser. 800 Walton street. At
lanta. Ca. and he will send YOU by re-
turn mail enough of the medicine e
satisfy you that it is all he claims for II
as q remedy for catarrh. catarrhal head
aches. catarrhal deafness. asthma. bron-
chitis, colds land all catarrhal complica-
lions. He will also send you free an
illustrated booklet. Write him imme-
diately.