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The Washington times., 1912-09-29
Takoma Park Home I.
Now Seems Assured

Past Grand Master Lurtin r. Ginn's
plan - assess the 1000 Masons and
Eastern Stars tin the city 81 each to-
ward raising fund or 10000 for the
Masonic and Eastern Star home in Ia
koma Park was indorscd at a meeting
OF the Grand Lodge OF Masons of the
District at a stated communication last
night in the new Masonic Temple.
At the meeting last night Grand Mas
ter B. w. Murch presented the matter.
He sa!d there were 1900 OF the grand
lodge and 1900 In the Eastern Star. and
that by giving 50 each the largest part
OF the money desired would be raised.
There IL on hand $4,000, leaving only
xy1, 900 to be obtained.
The Washington times., 1912-09-29

annual Offering Of the woman's auxil-
iary Of the diocese Of Washington.
Presidents, treasurers, and other Of
GERS Of the auxiliaries OF the various
parishes will give to the diocesan Of
ficers the collection OF each parish aux
Hilary for the year past shortly before
the service begins at 4:15 o'clock.
Miss Jane Wilkes, daughter Of Com
mander Wilkes. y. s. N, is the presi.
dent of the diocesan organization Of
this missionary body or the Episcopal
The offering will be laid on the altar
by the Rev. II. Slater Dunlap, OF st.
Johns. The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. J. J. Dimon, rector OF st. An
drew's.
st. Johns, Is expected home early In
November, II was announced today.
The Washington times., 1912-09-29
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912.

Davis. colored, aged eighteen years. as
he was standing In saloon here at
midnight. As Creamer fell his assail-
ant, brandishing the razor. fed.
,reniner was nurfIeu 70 ,ne Deie"are
weapon had lust grazed his windpipe.
Policemen Davidson and Crozier cap
tured Davis early this morning. He was
only released from the New Castle
The police are unable to learn the
cause Of the trouble.
The Washington times., 1912-09-29
TWO LADS RESCUE
FOUR FROM DROWNING
Boy Scout and His Chum Pull Two
Men and Two Women
From Lake.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. a.
with the skill OF trained lifesavers,
Frank Fuller. thirteen years old. and
Richard Keeler, fifteen. today rescued
The Washington times., 1912-09-29
SLASHES MAN WITH
RAZOR, THEN FLEES
Colored Man, Just Released From
Workhouse, Captured Later
BY Police.

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 2o.-George
Creamer. aged forty-one years. of
Pa. had his throat siashed
with razor in the hands OF Henry
The Washington times., 1912-09-29
Talks Them Up.'

"He talks well, doesn't he?"
"Of course. he talks well. He has oc.
casion, to talk well. He digs the ar
tesian kind Baltimore American.
The Washington times., 1912-09-29
OCAL DIOCESE TO
GET WOMAN'S GIFT
.0nnual Offering Will Be Laid On
St. Johns Altar This
Afternoon.

Ali the Protestant Episcopal parishes
! washington win be represented at
pecial service this afternoon at st..
bins Church. the occasion being the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11

all their might for three hours TO
get il under control. The building
was flied with infammable materi
ais, boxes, papers, chemicals and
greases. The building itself, which
was two story, with basement and
attic, was insured, with fixtures for
$4,000, and the contents for $500.
The loss is much greater, however,
for there was an unusually large
stock on hand, and a large quantity
of goods all ready for shipment. IL
is a total loss, only the she'll of the
building remaining, and the COM
pany will tear down the ruins and
rebuild at once.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
held their annual holiday sale in
the Grand Army Hall last Wednes
day afternoon and evening, with
gOOd aLLenuan~0
per, with hash, salads and other
good things, that evening.
The annual fair and sale of the
Congregational Ladies' Aid society,
was held in their vestry Thursday
afternoon and evening, with fine
display of fancy and useful articles,
candy and food. In the evening a
concert and organ recital was given
of St. JohnsDury as organist. A de-
lightful program was given by Mrs.
dichmOnd, and she was assisted in
Two numbers by Mrs. J. j. Hutch
inson and Mrs. Henry Cowles in a
duet, THE Lord is my Shepherd, 4"
and Lorenzo Eaton in Nevin's RIOS
ary." The music included a variety
of selections and was greatly enjoy
ed
DR.. D. r. Brown has returned
from New York City, where he has
been taking a special course of lee
lures.
Mrs. Celia Wells and Miss Mary
Shorey of St. Johnsbury have been
visiting their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
George ShOrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wing have
moved here from Sherbrooke, P. O.,
and will live with Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Burns, during her continued ILL
ness.
Mrs. w. L. Dyer has been i'll for
a few days.
Henry Brown and family have
been spending a few days with his
parents at Orleans, and Mrs. Geor-
gianna Wallace visited her sister,
Mrs. M. J. Robinson at West Derby.
Jacob Jock has bought a place at
st. Johnsbury Center of G. E. Jen-
ness and moved there.
Mrs Abbie Rider of Fitch Bay, P
O., is stopping with her daughter,
Mrs. James J. Hutchinson.
Mrs. Isabel Dyer was called to
Lawrence, Mass, last week by the
illness of her mother, Mrs.
Kershaw.
Mrs. Charles Fisher has been Wis
iting in Maiden and Lexington
Mass.
Charles Stevens made a short Wis
it to the Rev. and Mrs. E. G. French
at Newbury last week.
Miss Katherine Vail has returned
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from a few days visit to Boston.
Misses DLouise Ball and Eunice
Rice of Newark were in town last
week.
Mrs. George Wheeler has been
spending a few days with her sis
ter, Mrs. A. L. Guthrie, at McIndoe
Falls.
Mrs. Flora Griswold of St. Johns
bury Center has been visiting her
son, Russell Griswold, for a few
days.
The Music Circle held a rehearsal
at the school building Monday eve
ming.
The Mothers Circle held their
December meeting with Mrs. Theo
Harris at Lyndon Center last Thurs
day evening. The subject was
From the Child's Standpoint" and
paper was given by Miss Susan
Cunningham, with music and read
ings.
There will be a Domestic Science
demonstration in the Institute chap
Ell this afternoon on the subject of
Cheese and Cheese Dishes
Mrs. Clara Bean is clerking in
WATERWAYS ten cent store during
the holidays.
The students of the Institute and
many of his friends sent cards to
Mr.. Vail last week congratulating
him on his recovery from his recent
operation. The Lyndon club sent him
a box of carnations. ALI are glad to
feel that he is on the road to health
again.
Mrs. Roy Gage has been engaged
to sing in the Congregational
church at East Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Patterson of
Brockton, Mass, have been spending
a few days with his mother and
sister, Mrs. Jane Patterson and Mrs.
Charles Hoffman, on Pudding Hill.
Town schools reopened for the
winter term Monday, Dec. 2, ex-
cept that in Mt Hunger district,
which began Dec. 9. Charles Chayer
is to teach this school in the place
of Miss Addie Ranney, who has re-
signed.
Misses Muriel Stockwell and Myl-
dred Stockwell from Boston were in
town a few days recently.
George Bosworth of Gardner,
Mass, is working in John Cables
barber shop.
Mrs. H. J. Hubbard and daughter.
Pearl, were in Portland, Me-, and
Boston last week.
Robert Edgson has been visiting
in Lennoxville, p. Q.
The work of uniting the two tel
ephone systems has begun and will
take several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hunton have
been spending a lew days in Green's
boro.
The Village Improvement society
held a dance in Music Hall Satur-
day evening.
Miss Lillian Adams has been Wis
iting for a few days in Lancaster
Colebrook and other New Hampshire
towns.
DR.. Alvin M. Cushing, a promi-
nent homeopathic physician Of
Springfield, Mass, whose death oc-
Cured recently was well known in
this vicinity. He had spent much
time with relatives here, and fol
the last 20 years had passed his
summers with his sister, Mrs.
George Spencer at st. Johnsbury
He was a native of Burke, born in
1929, educated at Newbury Acad-
envy, Dartmouth and Woodstock
| Medical schools. DR.. Cushing mar.
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LyndOnville
Jesse Spencer Suffered Loss in Re
cent Fire-Village and Per-

sOnal News
Jesse Spencer has gone to work
in the railroad shops. He lost in
the recent Dairy Association fire
about $40O worth OF household
goods. They were stored in the loft OF
the building, after he had moved
to his present location, and were
not insured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Martin have
adopted a little boy. They have NOV
ed from the third story of the Nor
ris block into Mrs. Charles Blake
house on Charles street.
Mrs. G. M. Campbell entertained
the Christmas Club and a few guests
very pleasantly last Wednesday af-
ternoon. All brought their sewing
and fingers flew, as fast as tongues
A delicious supper was enjoyed.
William Clark of Los Angeles
Cal, has been for several days the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Martha
Clark. Mr.. Clark has just buried his
wife, bringing her body east tC
Potsdam, N Y.
DR.. and Mrs. Ralph Dodge and
daughters, Theresa and Louise of
Hyde Park, Mass, are spending a
few weeks with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Dodge.
Mrs William Lumbert and child
rem are with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Murch, this month. Mr.
Lumbert has recently gone to
Tampa, Florida, to locate, and his
family will join him there after the
holidays.
Mrs. Charles Stuart is on the sick
list, being confined to her bed at
present.
for several days, but is improving.
Mrs. G. b. Hutchinson has been
in Stanstead with her daughter,
Mrs. Irvine, for few days. Mrs.
Irvine and her two little daughters
go soon to Quitman, Georgia, where
they will spend the winter with an
other sister, Mrs. J. w. Spain.
Mrs. George Ide, after spending
Thanksgiving with her daughter,
Mrs. Granville Wheeler at Bristol,
N. H., went to Springfield for a few
days with her sister, Mrs. Wilcomb
who has just been to the hospital
for an operation and is recovering
comfortably
Mrs. Charles Lewsey underwent a
very severe and difficult operation
on the kidney at Brightlook hospi-
tai last week. At the last report her
condition was favorable.
Some miscreant has cut the rope
on the flag pole at the library, SO
that it will be impossible to
raise the flag until some one can be
found to climb the pole and repair
damages.
The Needlework Club held a
pleasant meeting Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Edwin Hough.
Eunice Silsby is kept at home a
sufferer from chicken pox.
The fire which destroyed the
Dairy Association building last
week Tuesday evening was discov-
cred a little after six O'Clock, when
it had evidently been burning in
side for some time The cause of the
fire is still a mystery, but it prob
ably came from an overheated fur.
mace. 1t was a most obstinate fire
and the firemen had to work with
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ried Elizabeth Pearsons of Bradford
a sister of the philanthropist, d. X.
Pearsons of Chicago. She died in
1880, and he is survived by two
sons. Burial services took place in
Bradford last week Tuesday.
Clarence H. Senter of Montpelier,
special agent of the Phoenix Insur-
ance Co., was in town Monday to
adjust the fire loss of the Dairy
Association.
Miss Bertha Blodgett is ill with
the whooping cough.
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Miss Catharine Emery is on the
sick list for a few days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07

ing the progress of the flames.
 Escaping Illuminating gas added to the dangers encountered by the fire men and also did much to make the fire more stubborn to fight.
 After working for an hour outside Of the building, several firemen enter ed the stairway leading to the second floor. Half a dozen of them were car- ried to the street a few minutes later unconscious from the smoke and es- caping gas Police Sergeant Arthur Prout and Patrolrnan DooIey discover ed Driver Thomas Monohan lying on the stairway in an unconscious condi- ton about 8:45 o'clock. He was car lied to the jewelry store of J. Lustig across the street, and the ambulance corps was summoned. Before it ar rived, Lieut.. Chambers of No en- zine was carried to the street. As he lapsed into unconsciol1eness he called feebly, Get Hayden; he's inside Hayden was found stumbling about, almost overcome, in the narrow stair way.
 The three were rushed to St. Vim cents hospital Immediately after wards, Capt. Burns of No. 4, and Bremen DeForest, Flanagan, Noona Il and Reiiey, were carried from the building to the temporary hospital in Lustig's store. There they were treat ed by DrS. c. L. Banks and E. B. Ives and later were taken to the hospital Fireman Charles Burke, of Engine No 2, was taken to the hospital after his engine company had returned to much from smoke and gas and was given treatment at St. Vincent's early this morning He was discharged to- day. 2
 A number of other ffremen were temporarily overcome by the powerful fumes and smoke, but continued at work after a brief respite.
 It was after midnight when the last engine company was given orders to
 pick up-'' Four feet of water in the cellars told how the fire had finally been conquered Chemical No. i was called to the scene of the fire after blaze broke out anew. A half hours
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07

s'Te meet the requirement of a 1 s ituation disclosed by the Bridgeport wreck. similar in all aspects to the
 accident under consideration, no new devices have been installed serious l 1y investigated, nor have any at- tempts been made by this railroad to even experiment with devices intend l ed for the purpose of these ener gencies. Devices to automatically
 stop trains are in constant use in ! tunnels and elevated railroads in and about New York. In the adaptation i of some similar device, to use on such 1 a railroad as the New York. New Haven S1 Hartford, the practical l operating difficulties are by no means l inseparable.
 -'The whole result of such consi@ | eration as officials of this railroad l have given the subject is pessinis- l tic hopeIessness indicated by the testi-
 n1ony that we are at our wits end,
 ''The public interests involved and decent regard for the safety of the ! lives of those who travel do not jus i tify a great railroad in passively at his own cost develops to full per ] lection appliances which will -abso- 1utely' prevent the occurrence of such
 All big railroads. the report de-
 clared, should themselves devote
 money and time to development of l such devices.
 1 Commissioner McChord wrote the
 report. Usually, such documents are I merely prepared by subordinate in
 spectors. McChord dwelt on the fact i that the commissions recommen . tions are not all mandatory but said: ::
 eff railroad directors and managing 1 officials remain passive and give to
 such occurrences no such serious con i sideratfon as the situation demands, 1 then it becomes the duty Of public
 officials to bluntly and plainly point l out to them their duties as trustees
 of the safety of the travelling pub lic"
 ssNo action.'' the report stated, twas 1 taken by any of the opera ting of such as the serious situation de- ] manded. Railroad officials declared l that there had been 'stiffening up 1 Of discipline but there had been no attempt to reach cases of speed in i each case of that allowed by the rules i at bridges where speed Is limited by
 that at the bridge at westbort, rules
 were habitua1Iy violated even after i the accident near this point.
 The appa1ling railroad catastro- 1 lively call upon all connected with
 railnoad management for more vigor- ous efforts to secure safety for those l who travel.
 'The mental attitude toward these
 occurrences is well shown by the vice-president of this railroad in charge of the engineering and main tenance of way when he said then l why should not a train be wrecked
 that runs by signals?'
 wreck prevention is the highest | duty of railroads. This obligation is
 not satisfied by merely making rules ! which prove insufficient in operation
 If the human element repeatedly | fails, then safety requires that the
 highest degree of mechanicaI skill be i applied to properly supplement the
 human element at the particular point i of danger.
 Railroads ought to united1y exper- in, ant r-,sfI- t2eo ~ts+~--~~++~ ---.-- -A--
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
ACCUSED NEGRESS
 CLAIMS PATRONAGE OF MANY N0TABLES
Alleged Pickoc<et is Held For
 Trial in $500 Bail

A peculiar case was presented for consid era ion before Judge Patrick J. McMahon, of Waterbury. presiding in the city court today, when Christian League Woodyear, an eighteen-year- old co1ored girl of. 274 Noble avenue, was arrafgned for theft from the per son, her accuser being James Cisero a barber of 1928 East Main street. Cis- ero alleged she with another colored Crescent and Noble avenues on the night of November 27, abstracting money from his pockets. Probable cause was found and the girl bound over under $500 bonds for hearing in the Superior court.
 To Court Officer Finnegan, appoint ed guardian, the young woman stated that no less a parsonage than Mrs Elizabeth P Grannis, noted charity worker,~ was not only her duly ap- pointed guardian but had reared her since she was nine days old. Her mother, who had afterwards married and was at present residing in Bridge port, said the girl was an old retainer in the Grannis family and through the League for the Promotion of Social Purity, of which Mrs. Grannis is pres ident, she had been sent through the New York public schools and later to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. where she became protege of Booker T. Washington.
 According to letters in the possession of the prisoner she is a member of the bear an excellent reputation in the eyes of Calvin Derrick, superintendent of that organization. So insistent in her statements and demands that Mrs. Grannis be informed of her predica- ment was the Woodyear girl that the p'olice will permit her to communicate with her supposed guardian today.
 William Hall, of New York, charged with the theft. of a bicycle said to be- long to Howard Wheale, a local tailor, fined $7 and costs.
 ETy-if %<o ness, becoming so violent in a cell be- fore court this morning it was found necessary to transfer him to St. Vim cents for treatment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD IS BITTERLY CONDEMNED FOR
 RECENT WESTPORT WRECK

they are able to catch him easier than if he went into some hole here in the city and kept still.
 ''The more recent case is the n1ur- der of Rosenthal, the gambler. Those who did that deed also came in an der, and got away in the same way. It was all done in a moment, and oft they went. Conflicting number of taxicabs were given by citizen onlook- CTS. With very little to go by the detective force of the city within a few hours had the cab brought to the station house and in a short time sev- made. It took some weeks to make the final arrests. These two young murderers went into a house in re- mote part of the city and stayed there. But they were found. And yet, owing to the sensational state lie officials. the notion was sent abroad that the police tried to shield these criminals. Nothing more un- just was ever said of the force here. The criminals were all promptly found. The District Attorney was fur nished with complete case. Then the ones who hired the murderers turned states evidence against Beck CT, and showed that he instigated them to do the murder, and thus he was indicted and convicted of the murder.
 '1n place of standing in the way to shield their fellow officer, the po- lice did their whole duty in tI-, mat ter. I could go on multiplying instan- ces to show the efficiency of our de- tective force. They do fine things every day. Of course I am novice in such matters and I suppose would make 9 very poor detector of crime, but I cannot help som etimes being greatly interested in the work of the police in this line. Of course they come to tell me about it, and I like to listen to it, to make them feel good, and to encourage them, if for no other reason.
 s'I should not leave the subject without saying that we have a splen- did police commissioner, MT. Rhine lander Waldo. Up to the time of the Resentha1 murder the entire press
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
Report of Interstate Commerce Commission Scores Company For Neglect 10 Comply With Specific Instructions to Install Safety Devices and Exercise
 Greater Caution in Train
 Running
Commission After Censuing Engineer Clark, Says in H Es sentals This Accident Was Duplicate of Disaster to
 Federal Express in This City on July ii, 1911

Washington, Dec. 7.-Bitter condemnation of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company for negecng to comply with specific instructions stall safety devices and exercise greater caution running contained in the Interstate Com missions report, today the Westport, Conn., wreck which occurred October To nonobservance of the commission rules and pessimstic hopeessness of titude the part of the railroad officials, the ascrbes the Westpor catastrophe and it's attending loss of life and limb
 The commissions report which a lengthy docu- nent prepared by Commissioner McChord, naustive of the of railway wrecks and solemn warning to all those who trustees of the peo pes safety that they must cooperate working to cut down the appalling death list from accidents.
 The commission by inference, censured En9ineer Clark of the wrecked tfain for dsregarng regulations regarding curtaiment of speed but held the railroad mostly to blame for the rigid requirements of high speed trains.
 In all essential particulars, the report ''this accident duplicate of the accident to the Federal Express at Bridgeport, the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad July H. 1911 which resulted in the death of IA persons and the injury of 54
 The commission is satisfied that the neglect to
 ply with the recommendations in it's report the Bridge wreck largely contributing of the West port accident and it's accompanying loss of life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07

until device of practicabflfty for general use shall be available.
 Railroad managers and their en ployes, as well as state and federa committees must unite in deter mined effort to reduce these harrow ing railroad disasters to the limits of unaVoida ble.'
 And the commissioner quoted the tragic and lengthy death and injury list for 1909 and 1910.
 Complete technical instructions re- quiring heavier cross overs and great CT obserVances of safety signals near them were prescribed. That a larger averted the Westport wreck, was ai- so asserted. Proper measures for safety. the report continued had not been provided where cross-overs which may be used safely only at low speed are protected mercy by signals securing reduced speed" as In the case of Westport.
 Excessive speed as a factor in train accidents deserves serious con sideration," McChord continued. The remarkable increase in speed and weight of trains within recent years and the crowding of tracks and fer minals caused by movement of enor- traffic, have greatly increased the duties of employees and multiplied the chances of error on their part.
 Tn recent accident investigation. it appeared that the general inspector of transportation of one of our largest railroad systems said:
 Excessive speed is the cause of 75 to so per cent. of the catastrophfes in the last few years.
 When asked who was to blame. the official said: The public, in my opinion, because they ride on the rail road that has the fastest train
 But did the pubic have knovzI- edge that any railroad was operating it's trains at such high speed as to make. travel upon that road unsafe it's patronage would quickly be with drawn"
 Discussing specifically the West port wreck, McChord dismissed as "a mere technicality" the defense of the New Haven that no finding was ms de by the commission on the Bridgeport wreck, citing that copies of the re- port were sent officials and "ft was therefore apparent that the officials did not take adequate measures to prevent recurrence of the Bridge port accident