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The Washington times., 1912-07-08
SUSPECTED SHIPS
NOT ALLOWED TO
GET TO WHARVES
Health Officials Taking Un-
usual Precautions
Against Plague.

No vessel from Cuba or Porto Rico
was permitted TO tie up to a wharf at
any port of the United States today.
All ships coming from these islands
afflicted with the bubonic pleague were
compelled to anchor away from shore
and to discharge their cargoes by
lighters.
Even more stringent regulations were
ordered at Havana today than yester-
day regarding the disinfection Of cargo
and the inspection of passengers. The
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice repeated it's cry to its men that
nov is the time to stamp out the
plague and to prevent its reaching the
United States"
No new cases were reported in sle
neighborhood Of Havana today, Dut
from Porto Rico, which Is badly af-
feeted In certain districts, came a
cable saying that a fresh case had de-
veioped at Santuroe. which Is fifteen
miles distant from San Juan. In the
same neighborhood examination showed
that many rats had become infected.
Officers Of the Marine Hospital Serv-
ice took steps today to cooperate with
the health officers of all Atlantic a.
Gulf ports The authorities of Louisi-
ana in particular were prompt. in re-
spending and 1t became evident, aCc0~-
ing to the Marine Hospital Service, that
New Orleans, the city where yellow
fever was stamped out by sanitary
measures. would be a leader In
fight against the bubonic plague enter
ing this country.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
OFFICERS Of Liner
BLAME NAVY MEN
FOR COLLISION
Declare New Hampshire
Was Anchored Directly
in the Channel.

NEWPORT, r. l., July s.-Responsi-
bility for the ramming of the battleship
New Hampshire by the big passenger
steamer Commonwealth of the Fall
River line will not be determined until
after the board of steamship inspectors
completes it's investigation. The owners
of the Commonwealth blame Capt.
James e. Oliver, of the battleship, say
ing that he anchored directly In the
channel The warship's crew and COM
mander insist the big fighting machine
was anchored exactly at the spot order
ed by the admiral commanding.
There ts no question that the real
cause was navigating through a fog.
Although running at reduced speed. the
steel PROV of the Commonwealth opened
the stern of the New Hampshire above
the protecting deck and smashed both
her gun and berth decks. Fortunately
there were no persons at the point OF
impact on either craft, and there were
no casualties
Temporary repairs were made on the
New Hampshire at her anchorage today
so that she could be sent Under convoy
to the BI okfyn Navy Yard dock for
repairs. The Commonwealth also will
be In retirement for several days while
new bow plates are being riveted into
place. There was little panic among the
LOO passengers on the Commonwealth,
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Man AccueS Friend
Of Robbing His House

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July SIN
gratitude Is the charge made today
against one of the four automobile boy
bandits, whose arrest startled the twin
cities, by DIR. c. E. Mills. He alleges
that Frank Mccarthy. after being re-
ceived in his home on the footing Of
intimate friendship, used the opportun-
tty thus afforded to rob him of prop
erty valued at $500.
Mrs. Mills, who was a classmate of
McCarthy's in the West High School,
Is In serious nervous condition as a
result of the disclosures that have
shown Mccarthy to have been impli-
Gated in the robbery of her home.
DR.. and Mrs. Mills were married
November 16 last. Soon afterward Nc
Carthy was entertained on several oc-
casions. In this way he managed to
get the "lay of the premises" which
knowledge he is alleged later to have
used in looting the place.
The articles taken from the Mills nat
consisted of silverware, cut glassware
Jewelry, and trinkets and keepsakes.
all OF whca were wedding gifts given
the bride before her marriage.
After the arrest of the founr young
men Mccarthy denied the robbery, but
1t is asserted that one of his compan-
ions admitted II and said the booty had
been disposed of in various places in
the twin cities.
The four boys are now in the county
jail in default of furnishing bail OF $50.
W; W, Drake. of Aberwald. and
and identified property valued at more
than $l,2QO which was stolen from his
found in the room OF Mcintosh, who
has admitted the theft
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
ARMY POLO TEAMS
PREPARED TO OPEN
SER|ESOF CONTESTS
Tournament to Decide on
Best Aggregation Will Be
Held at Potomac Park.

Polo teams representing various
branches of the Army from Fort Sill,
Okla, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, Fort Myer,
Va, West Point Military Academy, the
Philadelphia City Troop and officers on
duty at the War Department today re-
ported they are ready to begin the
tournament scheduled to commence
Wednesday in Potomac Park.
The officers are paying their own
expenses, including the shipment of
their ponies and providing quarters
here.
Arrangements for the meet were prac-
ucally completed In secrecy. At the
conclusion of the tournament a team
will be selected from the entrants in
the games and this team will go to
Narragansett Pier, r. l., for the polo
tourney which will begin July 20 and
continue until August a.
Several practice games have been ar
ranged for this afternoon on the field in
Potomac Park. The first regular game
Wednesday will be between the team
representing the Eleventh Cavalry and
the five from West Point. On the fol-
lowing day. the Sixth Artillery team
will play the poloists from Fort Myer.
On Friday the Third Artillery team will
play officers stationed at the War De-
partment, and the winners of THESE first
three days will meet one another in
elimination contests: The Philadelphia
City Troop will play the winner OF
the series.
A team composed of the best players
will then be selected for the Narragan-
sett games.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
WEHRKAMPS GIVEN
AID BY RELATIVES
WHENEVER NEEDED
William Knabe Comes to
Take Charge of Tragedy
Victims.

The bodies of Mrs. Mary c. Wehr-
kamp and her daughter, Miss Katherine
wehrkamp, who died of asphyxiation,
the one a victim of homicide, and the
other of suicide. will be taken to Bal
timore for burial tomorrow.
William Knabe, Of Cincinnati, vice
president and treasurer Of the Knabe
Bros. Company of Cincinnati and New
York, plano manufacturers. arrived in
this city yesterday, and claimed the
dead women as his aunt and cousin,
whom he had not seen for twenty
years. He has taken charge of the
bodies. and will take them to Balti-
more tomorrow, but further than that
he has made no plans for the funeral.
Mr.. Knabe was horrifed at the death
of his relatives. He expressed great
surprise that they should have been
poverty stricken, as conditions sur
rounding them plainly showed. He said
that relatives, particularly. his brother.
Ernst J. Knabe, president OF the big
piano concern, had been aiding them
financially.
Mr.. knabe was able to clear up the
mystery as to their identity by saying
they were from Baltimore, and still
have relatives there. Mrs. Wehrkamp
was the widow of Louis E. wehrkamp,
of Baltimore, who has been dead about
twenty years. She was before her mar
riage Miss Mary Beck, sister of Mr..
knabe's mother.
Ernest Knabe, president of knabe
Brothers Company, was telegraphed
and was also much surprised and hor-
rifed. He had recent letters from them.
and had no idea that thcra was any
plan Of self-destruction.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
FORMER WEALTHY
HORSEMAN IS DYING
IN CHARITY WARD
Frank Whitney, Once Mil
lionaire, Awaits Inevitable
in Ohio Hospital.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, July s.-Awaiting
the inevitable. Frank Whitney. once q
wealthy man of leisure. is today dying
In the charity ward Of the city hospital.
whitney is now hfty-four gears old, and
has crowded more Joy and sorrow into
his years than the average individual
in a life time.
His father was william F. whitney,
In his day known as the lumber king
of Michigan and the Northwest, his
vast forests extending over miles and
miles of that State.
In the heyday OF his prosperity. Whit
ney, the elder, with the generosity of
Midas, lavished money on his children.
of whom there were three, a son now
dead, Frank, the subject of this story.
and Mrs. william Pettibone, whose hus-
band, q multi millionaire and head OF
the Warnock Company. of New York.
lives with his wife in the fashionable
Marie Antoinette Hotel of that city.
Frank Was Favorite.
Frank vas always the fathers fav-
orite, and when the son developed q
passion for fast horses and Eastern
race courses It was the elder whitney
who indulged him in the caprice. In this
way Frank became the owner of Anna
Elizabeth, Espania, and other horses
which made his name famous on the
turf throughout America.
1t was IN the late eighties when the
roller skating craze developed in the
Fast that Frank saw an opportunity TO
make money, and with the aid of his
father. opened the Princess skating rink
at clinton and Linn streets. this city.
the only one in the West. Another ven-
ture. an electric light concern, which he
opened opposite ths Gibson House. also
yielded a harvest OF wealth.
Feels Call of Paris.
About this time he married a wealthy
young woman OF Bradford. Pa, and
was literally rolling in money. In lS9!,
William T.. whitney died at the Hotel
Cadillac, Detroit. of pneumonia. When
the will WAS probated II was found that
Frank Whitney was the heir to $l00, 600
in cash besides a million dollars worth
OF other property. The con had been in
Paris two years before, and the lure Of
the boulevards was in his veins.
With his young wife he sailed for the
French metropolis. where they resided
in the aristocratic Rue Rlchelieu, and
later in the Champs Elysee.
Among the gay equipages that drove
along this famous drive none were more
gorgeous than that of Frank Whitney.
The wife died before the golden dream
ended. and 1t was just four years after
he received his inheritance that Whit
ney was practically a pauper.
Helpless In Charity Ward.
He returned to this country and tried
In vain to gain a fresh foothold. The
friends of other days gave him the cold
shoulder with the exception Of a few.
Prior to his admittance to the hospital
he held the position of gatekeeper at
Coney Island.
Now he is paralyzed and helpless. de.
pendent upon the city and such succor
as a few stanch friends can give him
The hospital physicians hold out no
hope for his recovery.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
LITTLE TOT. FALLS
FROM F|RE.ESCAPE
IN SEEKING DOLL
dr
Plunge of Three Stories
Fractures Skull of Brook
lyn Girl.

NEW YORK. July &-Angelina Man
zie, who has reached the ripe age Of
Ave years. and Marguerite. fell from
the fire escape on the third floor Of 2l5l
Bergen = street. Brooklyn, yesterday.
Both cracked their skulls. but both
were doing very well indeed. thank
You. in st. Mary's Hospital. last night:
Marguerite's last name is not mem
toned here for the good reason that
she has none. She is Angelina's ragged.
dearly beloved doll.
Small Miss Angelina, with Marguerite
in her tender arms. was wooinE the
breeze on the fre-escape platform.
Marguerite's wax eyes closed and Miss
Angelina, with that hne maternal love
that girl babies feel for their dolls.
went to lay Marguerite on the plat
and be breesed on.
Angelina's hand was not steady. per-
haps; anyhow, something went wrong,
and Marguerite. without as much as q
cry. fell through the opening OF the
platform. Angelina, little moher,
shrieking, made a plunge for her doll,
and she fell, too.
They lay side by side on the yards
rtOuS paNSiHSHt' nd Suctltt was not
less sensslcss than Angelina, whose
eyes were closed now.
Angellna's mother screaming in her
anguish. rushed down to her child, all
the women's neighbors lamenting loudly,
gathering around. Angelina's mother
plucked her up exclaim:ng:
"oh. Angelina, speak to me. Are you
hurt?''
The pofi:e came. then DR.. Schumway
in an ambulance. He saW in a minute
that Angel!na's skull was fractured.
Please take her doll along, she
loves it," pleaded Mrs. Mamie. with
that superb maternal consideration
that mothers daughters inherit.
The learned surgeons at st. Mary 6
operated on Angelina Immediately.
They trephined the skull, cut out the
piece Of bone from her Uranium that
was pressing on her brain. tied an ar
terry that was bleeding. Angelina
came to, her senses: Marguerite lay on
the pillow beside her.
"oi:, Marguerite. CRIED the girl,
plucklng up the doll. Speak to me
are yCu hurt
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
SUMNER OUTINGS
WORKERS SET DAYS
TOCOLLECT FUNDS
Booths Will Be Established
in Stores and Theaters
to Receive Money.

Summer outings" days, on which the
campaign for funds with which to main
tain the several onting camps for the
children of the city's poor and their
mothers is to be waged. have been set
as July II and IS.
On these two days booths will be es-
tablished in the different downtown de-
partment stores and theaters, where
contributions to the fund for the upkeep
of the charity camps will be received.
1t takes just 800 a day to keep the
camps running.
The booths will be established at
Woodward and Lothrops, the Palais
Royal, s. Kann's Sons g. Co, Lans-
burgh & Bro, Dulin & Martin, Golden
berg's, Hama & Co. and the Columbia
and Poll Theaters.
Nothing will be sold at the booths.
They will be fitted with booklets and
maps explaining the work being done
at the charity camps and showing pic
lures of the children at play at the
camps.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
ESCAPED RACCOON
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEFT OF SUPPLIES
Animal From the Wilds of
Maryland Causes Con-
sternation.

I,oayes of bread and bottles of milk
by the dozens have been stolen the past
ten days in Twelfth street northwest,
between @ and H streets, and yet the
thief cannot be caught. The police have
given up the chase.
About a month ago Edward Schmid,
the bird man, in Twelfth street, received
a raccoon from the wilds Of Maryland.
He kept 1t in q cage In his store, put
about fifteen days ago II made its es-
cape, For several days it nid u,ioe aoous sna ~
small rats, Finally It made Its escape to
the top Of the, building. ,-.-.-
The "coon's' whereabouts were re-
Gently discovered on the top OF TN"
building occupied by the GeoFse Tsss hSw. %Ss
started, minus coon .dogs. but e
curnine creature gave his pIrsuers tfe
70 by. Mr.. Schmid had about given up
hopes of ever catching the animal, wnen
miss pSSsiI ioaves Of bread that were left each
morning by the bakers wagon. Os,
casionaily milk bottle would be found
empty.
service building, corner of Twelfth and
q streets, but promptly upon seein
that he was pursued climbed over Oh
another roof and down the chimney. >
When the news reached J. LAKE
T. Moffett of the washington Railway
and Electric Company, and Preston I.
King, Of the Chesapeake and Poton:ac
Telephone Company, two oil the CIV E :
most noted raccoon hunters, they coulo
hardly resist the temptation 10 oneI
their services In going atter the eseape'
A hunt will take place this afternoon
ana evening. In which Mr.. Schmid eA-
poets to capture the coon.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
MILLIONS INVOLVED
IN BUILDING WORK
PLANNED |NCAP|TAL
Inspector Hacker Makes Re-
port for Operations Here
in June.

Five hundred and fifty-four build
ing permits. involving an expenditure
OF $4.s34,361. were issued during the
month of June, according to the
monthly report of Morris Hacker,
building Inspector, submitted to the
today.
The permits include 1877 brick
dwellings, $6ss,393; 149 brick repairs,
$1s4,97b; the Arlington Hotel. $4,000
900; 1ve stores and dwellings, $4,000;
two apartments. $4,000; three office
buildings. $4,000; one bakery. $685.
900; one theater, $4,000, and thirty
one frame dwellings, $4,000.
The following summary shows the dis
tribution of improvements in various
parts Of the District and their cost:
Buildings-Northeast,$ $22, 900; southeast,
H6, 800; northwest, $8,414, ,254; southwest,
=, 900: county seos, ,is3; total. n, 1a .6S
q. R@epairs-Mortheast: Rep e l52; soutneast' nst
$2,963; county, $19,563; total, S212,7a
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Warrant for Fisher
On Charge of Arson

Following an investigation of the cir
cumstances of a fire early yesterday
morning in the home of Eugene Fisher
Arlington Heights, Va. in which Fisher,
his wife, and four young children mar
rowly escaped death, Commonwealth
Attorney Crandal Mackey of Alexandria
county this afternoon issued a warrant
for Fisher on a charge of arson. Fisher
is under treatment at the Washington
Asylum Hospital. and the warrant was
forwarded to the Washington police to
serve.
CaptainMackey says that from his in
vestigation Of the case he learned that
Fisher returned home about o'clock
yesterday morning and set the house
on fire by knocking a kerosene lamp
over with a bottle Mrs. Fisher Is at
the home Of a sister at 1915 Gales street
northeast. She appealed to the police
yesterday for protection.
The four children were asleep when
the house was set on fire, but escaped
with their lives. The little home, valued
at 81 500, belonged to Mrs. Ellen Glover,
and was not insured.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Baby's Charred Bones
Found in Wreck Debris

CORNING, N. Y, July S.-The charred
spinal column of year-old baby has
been found In the ashes OF the debris
at the scene of Thursdays wreck. This
brings the total number of victims up to
forty. The discovery caused surprise, as
1t had been thought all the missing had
been accounted for. SO far there is no
clue to the identity OF the child.
Through identihcations all the other
bodies have been claimed. Today the
body OF Miss Emma Wagner, of Jersey
City, was claimed by her father, while
Mrs. C. Irwin's body was claimed by
her husband, who reached here from
Philadelphia. He says she carried $4OO,
but only $40 was found.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
"Open Air" Sleeping
Frowned on by Judges

The judges Of the District Police Court
are opposed to the what is commonly
termed among q class Of vagrants
known as hoboes. as "open air" treat
ment sleeping in the public parks and
under the canopy of the skies alone.
That such opposition prevailed was
made known at the trial of Albert
Lewis, nineteen years old, who was ar
raigned on a charge of vagrancy. Lewis
told the court that he was in quest
for a position, and had tramped to
Washington.
Taking the open air treatment" In
quired the court. You ought to know
that the law Is opposed to your sleep
ing any place where you feel like lying
down"
Lewis was turned over to the proba-
tion officials, who were given instruc-
tions to find out whether or not the
man had a domieile. His fate rests on
the investigation.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Local Horses Will Be
Entered at Manassas

Plans for attending the Manassas
horse show to be held at Manassas, Va,
July II and lS are being made by a
number of washingtonians. The pres!-
dent of the show is M. c. Hazen, sur
veyor of the District.
Among the local exhibitors will be
Major Henry T. Allen; Lieutenant Over
Thomas Bones, c. F. McCauley, and
NJ. c. Hazen. The horses will be ship
ped to Manassas next Monday
Mrs. NJ. c. HaLen and Mrs. ]. o.
Gheen will chaperon two automobile
parties. DR.. z. M. Colvin, Dr. A. r.
Bronaught. George B. Pumphrey, and
others are arranging to motor 10 the
show.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
PIRATES CAPTURE
VESSEL DISABLED
| IN SEVERE STORM
Crew of Italian Bark Tells
Thrilling Story of
Attack.

NEW YORK, July S.-When the
steamer Allemania arrived in port to-
day, a thrilling story of shipwreck and
attack by pirates was told by thirteen
sailors Of the Italian bark Geene. on
board the Allemania, and rescued by the
latter boat when in desperate plight at
Inagua, the Bahamas.
According to the story told by tho
rescued sailors, the Genee set out from
lnagua on May 1s, bound 70: Marseilles
with a costly cargo OF hardwood, and
when short distance out from port
had encountered severe storm which
carried them out of their course, and
threatened to send them to the bottom.
Ordered to Surrender.
After working the pumps for several
days the crew were on the point OF de-
serting the bark and taking to the
boats when number of small sailboats
came alongside, and the occupants Of
these boats. numbering more than one
hundred, armed with guns and re-
voivers. boarded the Genee and ordered
the crew to surrender.
An attempt was made by the crew to
,ecuttle the Genee and a fight ensued in
which the defenders were badly worsted.
They were then ordered into the small
WltHOUI WultT Ut pTONaSiOHS.
After rowing aimlessly for two days.
the crew of the Genee made land at
one of the smaller Bahamas and hoisted
q signal Of distress. which was seen
by the Lookout on the steamer ALLIE
mania, whicl. rescued them, nearly dead
from exposure and hunger. 1 British
revenue cutter was dispatched in pur-
suit Of the pirates. No report of \
capture had been received by the Alle-
mania up to the time OF leaving Inagua
for New York city.
Search for Pirates.
All of the members of the Genee crew
were on board the Allemanta when she
arrived here todav except the captain,
joseph ~appello, and the first mate, VINO
remained at the Bahamas to prosecute
the search for the pirates. The United
States Government will be asked to CO.
operate with the British authorities in
putting a stop to the activity of the
pirates in Bahama waters.
Some months ago the steamer Prince
Joachim, plying between the West In
dies and New York. went aground at
about the same point where the crew
of the Genee was shlpwrecked, and
was boarded by pirates, Who ransacked
the ship for valuables and robbed the
passengers.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
'.HAIR THAT GIVES FATHER TIME
.~r' THE LAUGH''

We are just about as old as ne LOOK
People judge US. by the way we LOOK.
The man or woman with Grey hair 10 be.
ginning to Get in the "Old Timers Class"
This Twentieth Century does NOT want
GREY hairs-it wants the energy of Youth.
The biz things are being done by the
YOUNGER generation.
There's a sort of "Has Been" look
about those Grey Hairs" There is always
one to criticise and smile scornfully.
Father Time 10 stern disciplinarisn.
Get the best Of him. Give him the laugh.
Do not be Has Been" It's unnecessary.
Use HAYS HAIR HEALTH
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Sail Is
Planned for Tonight

A delightful moonlight trip down the
Potomac will be made by the excursion
steamer st. Johns tonight, and a huge
crowd of those seeking surcease from
the oppressive heat OF the city will
make the journey.
The st. Johns will leave the Seventh
street wharf at Z o'clock. and go down
to Indian Head and return, making a
forty-mile trip. Music, dancing and an
excellent cafe service will be features
The charge 10 16 cents for adults. and
Is cents for children.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Church to Vie With
movies" for Favor

TOLEDO, Ohio, July SIN an organ
lied effort to wrest public favor from
moving picture shows and saloons so
cial service workers attending the In
ternational Baptist Young People, q
Icy of providing church entertainments
for young people that would prove
more attractive than those supplied by
popular amusements opposed.
The convention will conclude Sunday
evening.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Portland Filled With Elks.

PORTLAND, Ore, July Silks re-
union week opened under favorable
auspices today. While thousands Of
Elks arrived Saturday and Sunday. the
real inflow did not begin until this
morning. The convention of the grand
lodge opens in the armory tonight with
prayer. song, and speeches. The entire
town streets, depots and hotels are
thronged with enthusiastic crowds and
the familiar Hello Bill" is to ba
heard ON every hand.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Gives Estate to Bishop.

The will OF NJ. e. NJ. Goodwin. which
was offered for probate today. named
the The Rev. p M, 4 Burke, bishop OF
$4,000 estate. Edwin A, Goodwin was
appointed administrator of the estate
when Bishop Burke declined to act as
executor. 90.
The Washington times., 1912-07-08
Police Fear Bloodshed
At Irish Celebration

LONDON, July S.-Plenteous bloodshed
in Belfast Is predicted before the end
of the Orange celebrations Of the battle
OF the Boyne anniversary, July IL.
Already the government is arranging
to send large bodies of troops and po-
lice, and the $1,000 nationalists living in
Belfast have been warned by their lead
ers to stay indoors next Friday.