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The Washington times., 1912-05-09
Son Finds Father Dead
From Inhaling of Gas

Accidentally asphyxlated by illumi-
mating gas, George Stahl. a clgarmaker,
forty-six years, was found dead this
morning lying on a couch in the parlor
of his home. 3l3 Twelfth street south
west. Gas was flowing from an open
jet on the chandelier. which 1t Is be-
lieved Mr.. Sahl unintentionaliy turned
on when he came home about II o'clock
last night. He was fully dressed.
Awakened by the odor of gas about
o'clock, Mr.. Stahrs son got out of bed
and went to the first floor, where he
found his father. physician who was
summoned pronounced life extinct
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
"Cornplexion Secrets
Of An Actress"

In a recently issued volume bearing
the above title, the author says: "Con-
tinuous use OF grease paints, rouge and
the like, had ruined my complexion My
skin was colorless, wrlnkled, habby.
coarse, and punctured with large pores.
In England ! heard Of the virtues Of
mercolized wax; my first experience
with this marvellous substance convinced
me II was more valuable than all cos
metics combined. Now whenever my
complexion begins TO go wrong I get
an ounce of mercolized wax at the
nearest drug store. spread on q thin
layer of Il before retiring, washing II
off next morning. The wax. after a few
such treatments, seems literally to alb
sorb the worn-out cuticle, when a
brighter healthier younger-looking skin
appears.
For the enlarged pores, wrinkles and
fabbiness, / began using a solution of
saxolite, one ounce, dissolved in half
pint OF witch hazel: Bathing the face
in this soon relieved the condition most
wonderfully"
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
A LIBERAL OFFER
Anyone Can Try Samose, the Re.
markable Flesh. Forming Food.

When one Of the leading druggists in
Washington tells you that he has a
preparation which he so thoroughly be-
lieves In that he will refund your money
II It does not do all that Is claimed for
It, It shows that the article must have
unusual merits. 1t is in this way that
JAS o'Donnell Is selling Samose, the
Samose Is in reality a concentrated
food and restores life and vitality at
once to the blood. II mixes with the
ordinary foods and aids digestion: II ex-
tracts from the food that you eat the
fesh-forming and strengthening ele-
ments. building UP the tissues and the
general health.
Any one can get a 80 cent box OF this
remarkable flesh forming food, knowing
that their money will be refunded IL II
does not increase weight and restore the
system to health.
Sent postpaid on receipt OF price, 50
cents.
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
FLOYD ALLEN TO
GO ON STAND IN
HIS OWN DEFENSE
Defendant Receivers Spirit
Since Close of Prose-
cution's Case. :

WYTHEVILLE, Va, May 9.-Floyd
Allen, patriarch OF the Allen gang. will
take the stand In his own defense, ac-
cording to plans formulated by his
counsel today. This was practically the
only hint by his attorneys as to the
course Of their fight TO save Allen from
the electric chair for his part In the
Hillsville murders.
The defendant apparently has re-
covered his spirits since the /prosecu-
tion closed its damaging arraignment
OF facts against him. The exceeding
care with which detectives guard him
was instanced In an episode at the court
today. A spectator who sat Just be.
side the prisoner took a large jackknift
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
Convicts Fighting
To Stop Waters
In Part of State

BUNKIE. La, May 9.-Fifteen hun
dred convicts are fighting the floods in
various parts of Louisiana today. One
hundred convicts left here before noon
for Evergreen plantation, near Plaque
Mine, while $50 more were sent to Iber-
vile.
The town of Plauchevlle Is in the
path of the torrent sweeping from the
Terras break in the levee, and is threat
ened with destruction. Residents of the
town built a protection levee about the
town during the night, and hope to
save a portion of it at least.
Practically all the crops in Averetts
parish have been destroyed by the
food which has rushed through the
broken and abandoned levees between
Long Bridge and Moreauvile. Dog Tail
crevasse, near Bayou des Glaizes, Is
widening rapidly.
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
ElkS Have Social.

stag social was given by the Elks'
Club at sls H street northwest last
night. -Four hundred members and
guests were present. A program con-
sisting OF vocal selections, plano selec-
tions. boxing exhibition, broad
sword exhibition. wrestling, and spar
ring was given.
The Washington times., 1912-05-09

from his pocket and during a lull in
the proceedings tinkered with II ner-
vously.
Floyd Allen apparently paid no atten-
ton TO Il. but one of the detectives
quietly reached over and took the
knife. After recess the spectator was
Riven his knife again with a stern lee
ture about putting weapons within
reach OF the prisoner.
The Washington times., 1912-05-09
A Very Special Sale of
Window and Door Screens

The fly season is close at hand,
and II would be well for you to
make preparations before the pests
get into your house. We've all
sizes. in both Continental Hard
wood Adjustable screens and Sher-
wood Mctel Screens. Specially
priced as below.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
UPSETS SYNDICATE'S PLAN
Sale of Madison Ave. Plot Checks
Denartment Store Project.

7, u,as learned Yesterday that John =
sceIsa had bought No. 306 Madison avenue
on a lot 16.5xi0O feet. BY that purchase
the plans Of a syndicate to acquire the
block front on the westerly side OF Madlson
avenue between 41st and 42d streets "ere
unset II IS under stood that II that proJec'
had been successful big department STORE
would have erected a building for It's own
use on the entire site.
The denartment store wanted plot ABOUT
oooXt5 20 feet on each street. II the transac-
t,on had been successfully negotiated II
would have involved about 100000.
syndicate headed by Frederick Johnson mas
collected at this point large part Oh '"e
site wanted.
As the original idea OF the drygoous
store cannot be carried out now MT. JONI
son and his associates will proceeo WIZ"
nlans TO build twenty-story business
building AT the southwest corner OF '-u
street and Madison avenue on plot 'front.'
ing $50 feet on Madison avenue and l4A rect
on 42d street. with an i fronting % ieet a'
Nos. 10 and 81 East 41st street.
According to report yesterday the syn
dicate plot and the adjoining plot whlcn
waa TO be used for n drygoods store "ouiu
have been improved as one parceI IL 'hl'
hitch had not occurred. The building "ould
have been a thirteen-story structure u -
said. and the three upper floors were "
have been occupied by companies IN winch
c. X. G. Billings is interested. one concern
is the Peoples Gas Company. OF chicago
and another the Union Carbide Company.
The syndicate recently obtained an option
10 purchase No. 900 Madison avenue owned
hy Mrs Senn,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
MORE LYNCHING IN ECUADOR
Allies of Generals Killed and
Burned bV Quito Mob.

Guayaquil. Ecuador. Jan. 29.-Details OF
the Unprecedented outbreak Of popular
feeling al Quito on Sunday show that other
rebel leaders besides General Eloy Alfaro'
FlaviO Afaro, Medardo Alfaro, Ulpian2
Paez and Manuel Serrano were lyncheu'
The revolutionary generals. who left this
city at midnight on Thursday, arrived III
the capital al 4 O'Clock in the morning on
Sunday and were at once imprisoned III
the Quito penitentiary.
As soon as the populace learned OF the'I
arrival a mob of five thousand gathered
outside the prison and attacked the guards
The soldiers endeavored TO keep them from
forcing an entrance and fired a number Oh
volleys. killing several persons. but theS
were unable to control the furious nloo'
which rapidly tore down a portion oil the
Jail walls.
A crowd Of armed men then entered the
penitentiary, dragged the generals from
their cells and killed them, together WIN
others who supported the revolution ana
who were imprisoned, including Colohei
Luciano Coral, editor Of the radical paper
Eel Tempo" The bodies of the reVOlu-
tionaries were then dragged through the
streets to the cemetery of San Diego
where a fire was built and the corpses
burned in the same way as was that oi
General Montero here.
The fury of the populace is attributed to
the tremendous losses suffered by both
armies in the battle at 'Yaguachi on JAN
uary 16.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
Cement SHOW OPENS
Varied Use of Material Displayed
ar Madison Square Garden.

Cement in every conceivable FORM lapor-
en- wing devices for its mixing and appica-
,,op az we'll as many odd and novel modes
showing it's adaptability for replacing wood
and stone as a building material, are on
oxb,b,tion at the second annual New YORK
Cement Show, which opened last night at
Madison Square Garden
Nearly every cement company In the
Eostern mart OF the country and several
tror, the West and Canada. representing a
,otaI canital estimated at s250,0ooOO occupy
oro or more of the three hundred booths
,h.t cover the floor of the Garden and ex-
,ord around the lower gallery. making the
.xbihition the largest of its kind ever held.
striking feature of the show Is the
,ioasipp wav in which the auditorium has
heor decorated. A huge green canopy en-
,,oIons the ceiling. hiding the steel girders,
and from the roof at either end of the
ardan Is hung an immense scenic curtain.
,,,oasuring 210 by IS feet, representing the
localities OF cement in beautifying coun-
try estates
In the various booths the backgrounds Of
,,h,cb are composed of conventional sec
.,ors NJ tan and gray cement STAFF work,
aro exhibited cement houses, some fur
,,sbsd and lighted by electricity. boats.
harrs chicken coops. bridges and various
forus Of arch construction. water and feed
.rourhs. fence. telegraph and hitching
rosts bathtubs. staircases. statuary. nre-
nIaees. tile and interior decorations pipes
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
SHIPPERS FILE 222 "KlCKS''
These Will Be Basis Of Express
Co. Hearings in Washington.

Tho Tnterstate Commerce Commission VIII
begin tomorrow In Washington an eHaHl'
nation OF the express companies ana tne'r
business. II Is expected that Important
facts egardlng the methods OF the compa'
MICS and the charges imposed upon Shippers
viu he brought out during the investigation
The inquiry was undertaken at the IN
s,ance Of the Express Rate Conference
co,r,osed Of 2ll organizations OF business
men throughout the country. Its aim Is 10
correct unreasonable rules and prac'i''S
and 10 reduce exorbitan; rates.
The machinery OF the Investigation was
set in motion by the conference on NoVem-
her "a. 1911 Two hundred and twenty -t"o
speclhc complaints OF rules ana praCuceS
which were alleged TO be unreasonable were
laid before the commission. Among theSe
complaints were the following
DeIavs due 10 disregard Of routing IN
s,ructions from shippers and indirect rout-
ing intended to increase profits.
DELAYS in delivery. in returning undelN-
cred goods and in settlement OF claims
pastr,ctions in free delivery and upon the
size Of packages. ,..-
Discrimination in rates ana excessive
rates for valuation.
Double collection Of charges and over
charges for fictitious weight
The counsel for the Express Rate Confer
ence are John ". Griggs and BENJAMIN -
Fairchild The State OF Iowa VIII De repre-
sented by Attorney General George Cosson'
Dwight y. Lewis. assistant commerce coun,
sci. and by member of the state Board OF
Railroad Commissioners. Attorney Genera'
W. II. Stead. Of Illinois, will attend the
hearings II he finds 1t possible TO do So Inc
state Of New Hampshire will be represented
by sherman f. Burroughs as special coun-
sci. and the Public Service Commission Oh
Ma rviand will probably be represented.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE
Three Students Held After Burning OF
College in Canada.

Farnham, F. O.. Jan. 29.-Three students
of the Holy Cross College. which was de-
stroyed by fire this morning, were arrest
ed to-day charged with incendiarlsm.
When the fire was discovered, about $50
a. m, It was beyond control, and the fire.
men could devote their efforts only to pre-
venting IL from spreading. There we're
about one hundred and fifty boarding pupils
in the college at the time, and they all got
out safely, though number Of them had
narrow escapes.
II is charged that there was some trouble
I'm the college because some Of the boys
wanted to go home for a holiday. They
were denied permission by the director.
and II is stated that they revenged them
selves by firing the school.
One OF the boys. j. =. Marchaud, Of Mon
treal, eleven years old, is alleged 10 have
made a confession.
The college is the property Of the Broth
ers Of the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
who own a number Of similar academies in
different parts of quebec. An official state
ment issued this afternoon places the dam
age at S12jO00 and the insurance at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
for smoking. coffins and tombstones and

for smoking. collins and tombstones and
countless other objects.
Some OF the models shown represent the
n,ant of the Portland Cement Company.
the concrete town of Nantlcoke, Penn.
where all the buildings are fireproof and
the expense Of a maintained fire depart
ment is saved, an $500 bungalow and the
Gatun dam at the Panama Canal.
In the basement, where the heavier ma
cbinery is on exhibition. Is shown the type
Of cement gun" utilized by the govern
ment In the cement construction work on
the canal.
While most of the objects shown repre-
sent the latest departures in the use OF
cement, Just to show that the idea only
and not the material Itself is new. speci-
men of the oldest known cement In exist
ence. a chunk taken from the foundation
Of the Temple of Romulus. built In Rome
twenty-five hundred years ago. is exhibited.
The exposition will be open every day
from 10 o'clock in the morning during the
remainder of the week.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
TO AMEND ELECTION LAW
Hinman Says 1t Bars lndepen-
dents from State Offices.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Alhany Ian. 29-Assemblyman Hin
man. of Albany County, announced to-
risbt that he would introduce tomorrow
q, hill which would strike from the cleo
,iop Iaw the provision requiring that
nerson signing an independent certificate
sbau on one OF the days of registration OF
eucb wear be registered as a qualified
o,oc,or Mr.. Hinman said that the amend
ment Of last year to the election law tnat
M nerson can sign certlhcate or nae
rendent nomination unless registered in
sucb wear. absolutely precludes the noml-
ration Of independent candidates Tor state
offices.
Mr. Hinman stated that the last day
for filing an independent petition with
tho Secretary of State falls on the same
aav as that design ated as the first day or
reeistration. The Appellate Division has
declared that an elector can sign an IN
nendent petition provided he register SUBJ
seouently on one of the days OF registra-
,ion and that the officer counting the
naues TO determine whether the certih-
cote should be received shall count only
s,cb names as shall be registered.
Aro,ber section OF the electior law said
NJ Hinman. provides that the Secretary
NJ state must certify TO the county clerFs
witbIn fourteen days before election the
nominations OF all candidates, that is. on
october %. As the last day Of registration
,s designated as the third Saturday befor''
election, II gives the Secretary OF State
only two days TO pass upon cert 'hcatss by
examining them and counting the regis
tered voters upon the independent certih-
Gates. The Albany Assemblyman sai1 thai
aven ~ the Secretary OF State were willing
IN work on Sunday he could not 40 SO be-
cause II would be impossible TO him to
,ave the registration lists from the re-
snective counties and 1t would He a phvsi
col ,mnossibility for him to obtain such
lists in time to certify the nomination III
.o,, nIiapce with the election law.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30

children survived him many years. In lS5l'
the year after he ascended the throne. the
King-who held the tite of Earl of Nun
ster in Ireland-created his eldest natural
son. George, Earl OF Munster, Niscount
Fitz- Clarence and Baron of Tewkesbury,
all in the peerage of the United Kingdom
and raised Sophia Mary. Elizabeth, Fred
erick. Adolphus. Augusta and Augustus 10
the presidency OF SONS and daughters OF a
marquis. The Earl of Munster was a ma
jor general in the army, lieutenant of the
Tower and governor of Windsor Castle.
The Late Dukes Mother.
Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence married In 1921
William George Hay seventeenth Earl CT
Erroll. and died in 1856, leaving several
children Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth
tIay second, daughter Of the seventeenth
Earl of Enroll and Elizabeth Fftz-Clarence,
married James Duff, NTH Earl of Fife, in
,sas Her only son was the late duke.
One of her daughters was Marchioness of
Townshend; another Uady 1sa) wife Of
william Wilson, and another Uady Agnes
wife of DR.. Alfred Cooper, the famous spe-
ciaIist in diseases of the skin. Lady lisa
was divorced from her first husband,
Adrian Elias Hope, in 1873 on account OF
her Intimacy with a member OF the AUS
trIan Legation, and in 1850 she married MI
Wilson. Lady Agnes. who has been mar
ried three times. was divorced from her
first husband. Viscount Duffiin' eldest son
of the Earl of Kinnoull. in 1876 her name
then being coupled with the Duke OF MARI
borough. In the same year she married
Herbert Flower who died In 1881, ana IN
1882 she married DR.. Cooper. Lady Towns
bend. the eldest of the sisters, was marrleh
in 1865 to the fifth Marquis Of Townshend.
Some years ago she ran away with Lord
Henry Thyme. brother of the Marquis OF
Bath. but returned to Lord Townshend
after he had severely thrashed LORD Henry
THYME
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
ALUMNI TO RAISE MILLION
Brown Fund to Enlarge Salaries and
Give Teachers Pensions.

With 81, 900 900 as their goal, the alum
nj of Brown University and many others
interested i'm the welfare of that college
have undertaken To raise an endowment
fund for the purpose of increasing the
salaries of the faculty and pensioning
those members who have reached the age
of seventy years and have also passed
twenty-five years in the service of the
university. The endowment fund will
also he applied TO the maintenance Of the
John Hay Library and the support of the
women's college. Pembroke. Already. it
is announced. $5sS,125 has been contrib
uted to the fund
A committee Of alumni i'm New York
city has been formed to cover the metro
nolitan district, under the craftsmanship
Of Edward O. Stanley. '76 This commit
tee plans 10 work one hour each day for
three weeks ON Wednesday, February
81 II viii meet AT lhe Brown Club, No.
"a west 44th street, TO bring in signed
pledges obtained.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
RIOT BEGINS LISBON STRIKE
Workmen Prevent Soldiers from Send
ing Out Streetcars.

Lisbon, Jan. 29.-The inauguration Of a
general strike in the Portuguese capital
to-day In sympathy with the agricultural
strikers in the Evora district was accom-
panied by disorder. The strikers stormed
the street railway sheds and succeeded in
preventing the military from sending out
cars. Large numbers Of workmen, includ-
ing printers. are joining the strike.
The government, which fears the strike
movement will spread to OportO and to
santarem, in Estramadura. has consigned
all the regiments to barracks.
No newspapers appeared to-day, and the
theatres are closed. The street railway
service is suspended. the last car which
attempted to break through the strikers
having been dynamited.
Several dynamite bombs stored In a gar
ret in the Rua Gloria exploded to-day. do
ing much damage, but no one was hurt
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
FIGHTING, DESPITE TRUCE
ArmiStiCe Is Renewed, but San
culinary Conflicts Continue.
PREMIER YUAN IS ACCUSED
Believed to Have Incited the
Various Recent Assassinations
Other Acts Criticised.

Peklng. Jan. 29-Whlle II is officially
stated that the armistice has been renewed,
the revolutionists are displaying signs OF
great activity. The revolutionary army.
which is advancing IN the direction of Su
Chow-f fu in the north Of the Province OF
Kiang-Su. the central base of Chang Hsun.
commander OF the imperial troops, yester-
day occupied Ku-Cheng. in the Province Of
AMI Wei, on tho Pu-KOw railway to Han
kow. The revolutionists are also reported
TO have driven back the imperiallsts at
Tong Chow. Both engagements resulted in
heavy casualties. and appeals have been
made to Isl Nan-fu and Tien-Tsin Tor Red
Cross assistance.
The capital OF Northern China generalyl
are I'm a condition OF acute suspense. Inc
people are expecting the abdication of the
throne TO be declared tomorrow. The meet
ing between the Manchu and Mongolian
prInccs to-day was a stormy one. but no
decision was arrived at.
The extensive military precautions In the
vicinity of Premier Yuan Shih-kats resi-
dence were resumed this evening
Various assassinations which have taken
place recently. including that OF General
WI Lu-chang, who was Killed at shi hal-
chwang I'm November, are now SAID 70 nave
been carried out under the orders OF Pre-
mIer Yuan. The attempt on General Lang
pi on January q in the streets or Pekins
,s also placed 10 the credit OF the adherents
NJ Yuan. Shih-kai. General Liang-fl Is
dying.
premier Yuar's methods of conducting
the negotiations between the throne anu
foreign legations The Premier's Cantonese
renubI,can followers carry on negotiations
with the rebels. They also falsiiy docu-
men.s and intrigue against the cur =,
tho name OF Yuan Shih-kai. II is helleVeu
that Yuans policy is to accept comp o''''eS
with the rebels which are SATISFACTORY "
himself and TO repudiate otheTs ""'0"
make his position doubttul.
A ,ourtb successive imperial edlct. issueH
,o-day insists that Premier Yuan accept
tho n,arouisate offered him by the 'hrohe'
According 70 Chinese etiquette the premier
-, nov refuse the title, as such an
ootior would prove his disloyalty yuan
cbib-kai.s plea that he is unworthy OF the
Lo,,ar is regarded as suspiclously persls-
tent. ,,
ca serious are the reports from MouKden'
IN CONSEQUENCE of numerous oficlal mul
ders of revolutionary suspects ana 'he
,orror-strIcken condition of the Chinese
population, that the Japanese Lee"'io' nv
,oars that action will become necessary
Moukden. Manchuria, Jan. Zine rreSi-
dort of the municipal council and TWO
.,Ao-s y, the Progressive Society have
nna,, ossassinated. Suspected revolutionists
are being executed daily.
London. Jan. 3o-A japanese heet arrived
., port Arthur yesterday for man@uVres'
The real object Of the warships' according
80 Tho Picking correspondent of THE Daily
wau " probably is to watch the movements
:, On. Chinese revolutionary cruisers ana
TRANSPORTS at Chi-Fu.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
sRoussARp NEXT SENATOR.

New Orleans. Jan. 2s.-The ele"tion of
Representative Robert r. Broussard. as
United States Senator to succeed Senator
John r. Thornton, was assured this after
noon by the withdrawal from second
Democratic primary of the candidacy OF
Governor Jared Y. Sanders. The Demo-
cratic nomination is equivalent to election.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
CAPTURED UNDER WHITE FLAG
Motor Launch for Turkish Government
Seized BY Italian Cruiser.

Hodeda, Red Sea, Jan. 29.-The Italian
cruiser Piemonte came To anchor Off Ras
Kethib about nine miles from this city.
Yesterday She lowered a boat flying the
white flag, which entered the bay and
capt,Ired a motor launch belonging to
Thorneycroft & Co., which was flying the
British flag.
Thorncycroft & 60. have supplied con-
siderable number Of these launches to the
Turkish government for use in the revenue
service, and this small craft was about to
be handed over for the same purpose.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES.
PARIs.-c9LLESTIoS o, OF % THE LATE

NJ. N. F. LAIR DUBREUIL. rue Favart. and
NJ. ". BAUDOIN. 10 rue Grange BateliAre, Paris,
auctioneers, assisted by NM. Durand-Rusl and
Son. is rue Laffitte, Paris, and NM. J.. g. q.
Bernhe!m Jeune. 25 boulevard de la Madeleshe.
Paris. experts. Will sell by public auction, At the
Galerie Georges Petit, rue de Seze, Paris, on
March 2, 1912, at 2 p. m, the collection OF NJ.
lean Dollfls 'nrst salsl comprising MODERN
Boudin, Constable, Corot, Courbet, DauhlgnA
Daumier, Delacroix. Daz, j. Dupre, Fortuny.
Francais. Gericault, Ingres, lsabey. Jongknd
q. Michel. Monticello. Pisssro Renoir. Ribo,,
Ricard. Pm. Rousseau. TIL. Rousseau. Roybet,
sisley. On view: Private February 20: public.
March l.