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The diamond drill., 1912-01-06

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The diamond drill., 1912-01-06
CRYSTAL FALLS. COMMERCIAL CLUB

Club Room In Lindsay Building.
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The diamond drill., 1912-01-06

SFFICERS:-
Tfoss. COSLIN IsRns
T. A. HENRY. VIoH Pass.
W. ., REYNOLDS. sEc. THrNs
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT GLEN ECHO PARK
Crowd Keeps New Dip" and the
Other Attractions
Busy.

Attendance last night at Glen Echo
Park reached the figures of a holiday
crowd. and all the evcring the grounds
were filled and every amusement device
OF which the resort boasts was kept
busy.
After a shut down of a couple of
weeks while repairs and improvements
were being made, the Dip with it's
breath-snatching ride, ie again in opera
tion, and all last evening there was a
line waiting for a chance to take the
shoot down the dip. In making the
changes the management had installed
a number Of modern safety devices. and
the device bids fair to be even more
popular than ever.
Hundreds saw the free motion pictures
in the opcn-air stadium, and from early
in the evening until the farewell num-
per the big ,1ancins pavilion was
;hronged. and almost every selection by
the Charles o. Mills orchestra was
encored.
Thursday night there will be another
display Of fireworks, and the manage
ment is completing arrangements for
the biggest celebration of the Fourth in
the history of the resort.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
CONGRESSMAN IS
PAINFULLY BURNED
BY GAS EXPLOSION
Mississippi Legislator Tenn
porarily Blinded and
Scorched.

Congressman Hubert d. Stephens OF
Mississippi was painfully, but not seri-
ously burned about the face, neck and
hands by an explosion of gas early to-
day in the bathroom of his home, 11s
Maryland avenue northeast. A leaky
gas jet is believed to have been re-
sponsible for the explosion.
Getting out OF bed about o'clock this
morning Mr.. Stephens lighted the gas
in the second-hoor hall. With the same
match he attempted to light the gas in
the bathroom. AS he started to put the
match to the Jet there was a loud ex-
plosion.
The noise awakened the other men,
bers of the household, and Mrs. Steph-
ems jumped out Of bed and ran to ner
husbands aid Mr.. Stephens was tenn
porarily blinded by the explosion.
Home remedies were applied, and DR..
Geoge w. Boyd, of 121 Second street
northeast, was summoned. When the
physician arrived he found that the
burns about Mr.. Stephens head and
neck were not Of a serious nature, and
an examination showed that his signt
had not been affected.
The bathroom door was closed when
Mr.. Stephens got up, allowing the gas
which had been escaping for about two
hours to collect in the room. D. Boyd
said It was probable the Congressman
would be confined to his room for a
day or two.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
WASHINGTON AVIATOR
INJURED BY FALL
Amateur, Unconscious All Night,
Asks News Of
Machine.

Carl l.. Hamilton, twenty-eight years
old, of 80 Grant place northwest, is in
Casualty Hospital in a serious, but not
fatal, condition as the result of a fall
received in an aeroplane at College
Park. Nd, last evening at 7:10 o'clock.
Hamilton for some months has been
learning to fly, using one of the Rex
Smith biplanes. At Z o'clock last eve
ming he took a machine belonging to
Wilford Stevens. of the State Depart
ment, out of Its hangar and climbed
In.
He made several short flights, and
was preparing to make a spin around
CURED. He was about twenty-five feet
high, when in making turn the right
end Of the machine brushed tree
This unbalanced 1t and a smash-up re-
suited.
The aviator was thrown heavily to the
ground, and suffered the breaking OF
several little bones in his left hand
a badly bruised face and shoulders, q
slight concussion Of the brain, and
other minor injuries.
He was picked up in an unconscious
condition. placed on an automobile
truck used in hauling aeroplanes and
carried to Fifteenth and II streets
northeast, where an ambulance was
stationed
This morning Hamilton regained con.
seriousness and wanted to know of the
attending physicians at the hospita
how badly the machine had beer
over his own injuries, but took a cheer
full view Of the situation.
The injured man will be able to leave
the hospital in a few days.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
BATTLESHIPS SENT
TO NORTHERN CITIES
New England Will Have Fleet
Over the Fourth Of
July.

Several cities along the coast Of New
England will have battleships to aid in
the celebration OF July 4.
Battleships of the first division Of the
Atlantic fleet Florida. Utah. Delaware,
and North Dakota, and ships Of the
second division, louisiana, Kansas, New
Hampshire, and South Carolina, at the
discretion OF the commanders of the
divisions, will be assigned to spend the
Fourth at Newport, r. l.; Quincy,
Mass; Belfast, Me-: Bar IIarbor, Me.
Bristol, r. l., and Gloucester, Mass.
In addition, the battleship Massac hu-
setts, with midsnipmcn of the Naval
Academy on board, and the Iowa and
scout cruiser Chester, with naval mill
tianen on board, Will also be in New
England waters on the Fourth of July.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
CLERKS TO LOSE
WAGES UNLESS
BUDGET PASSES
Critical Stage Reached BY
Veto of Money
Bill.

Unless Congress within the next fivc
days passes the legislative, executive
and judicial bill, and the army and
navy appropriation bills, thousands of
Government clerks will be thrown out
of work. They will get an enforced
vacation without pay until such time
as the legislators decide to pass the
budgets.
In other words, the United States is
facing a crisis that is unprecedented
in the history Of the nation and threat
ems to stop the wheels Of Government
after July L
By statute the Government is forbid
den to employ a clerk without paying
him: that is, a fine of 500 day Is pro-
vided against any department that ac-
cepts the gratuitous service from any
employe.
Chaotic State Near.
Congress has only three days in which
to prevent a chaotic state of affairs
In the Government, inasmuch as the
two houses of Congress do not convene
until Thursday and the fiscal year ends
Monday.
The legislators themselves will be un-
able to draw salary unless they pass
the several budgets.
While great care Is taken by bureau
chiefs to point out that no clerks OF
employees are to be dismissed to meet
the emergency they say that the
clerks will be idle until the big meas
ures are enacted into law.
The effects of this state of affairs are
hardly realized in Washington. Should
Congress fail to pass the supply bills
soon thousands would be financially EN-.
barrassed for several days at least and
maybe longer. The army of clerks in
this city and the thousands dependent
hardships that are hard to realize.
AS the situation stands now 1t Is ex'
pected that the House and Senate will
not pass the necessary legislation fol
appropriations on July 2, making the
budgets retroactive.
Similar Case In 1879.
In 1879 a similar situation confronted
the War Department, when Presiden
Hayes vetoed an army bill because /
contained general legislation forbiddint
the use of troops at the polls. For sew
eral weeks the army officers and mel
received pay orders instead of cash, anc
the army was forced to obtain food ant
clothing by contracts which later wer,
liquida ted by the appropriation provided
by Congress.
Already the Secretary of War and tn
Secretary Of the Navy have issued or
ders notifying officers and enlisted mel
July ! until Congress provides appro
priations. Both the army and navy, un
der a constitutional provision. may
however provide food, clothing and sup
plies by contract until such time as tn
legislators decide to grant appropria
tons.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
PLATE PRINTERS
WANT PERMANENT
COMPROMISE MADE
Union Will Discuss Hand
Press Situation In Engrav-
ing Bureau Tonight.

The washington Plate Printers
Union, which Is Local No. 2 of the In
ternational organization, will consider
the power and hand press situation In
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
at a regular monthly meeting to be held
this evening in Typographical Temple
Officers of the union said this after
noon that they will consider how to
get the Senate to restore to the sundry
civil bill the original compromise propo.
sition, which was dropped by the House
Appropriations Committee"
This compromise proposition stipulates
that not more than one-fifth Of The
notes and bills printed next year at the
bureau shall be run Off on power
presses
The Plate Printers Union would, ot
course. prefer to see the old law con
tinued indefinitely, but following at.
presses entirely, they desire to see SONS
permanent compromise made.
Not much attention will be paid t.
Director Ralph tonight 1t is stated
We shall be too busy considering tn,
situation in the Senate
bill will be drafted and offered a
the next session of Congress. accord
ing to present plans. providing that tn,
head Of the Bureau Of Engraving an,
Printing shall be a practical plat
printer. In support OF this 1t will b.
urged that the head Of the Government
Printing Office is required to be a prac
teal printer.
Such q bill would deprive Directo,
Ralr h OF his rlace. Mr.. Ralph. as here
tofore, declines to discuss the efforts o
the Central Labor Union to get hi
Job"
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
GANDIL ALL SMILES
WEARING NEW SUIT
Wins Outfit for Making Most Hits
Against the Ath-
letics.

"Chick" Gandil, crack first baseman
OF the Nationals, this morning strolled
down Pennsylvania avenue wearing a
broad smile and a brand new suit OF
clothes, both being the direct result
Of the game last Tuesday. when the
National star made his first appearance
here In a Washington uniform.
To the Washington player making the
most hits in the game played with the
Athletics last Tuesday, Saks & Com
pany promised any suit OF clothes In
the house "Chick" was the winner
IN tho contest. This morning he visited
the clothing firm. and Isaac Cans. the
manager. took him through the store,
showed him the stock, and told him
to help himself. He did. Hence the
smile and the new suit.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
Kills His Boarder,
Then Shoots Self

SKOWHEGAN, Maine, June 25.-After
shooting and killing George Spencer, a
boarder at his home, Bert Lane, aged
fifty, turned his rifle upon himself with
deadly effect as the sheriff stood at the
door demanding admittance. The shoot
ing of Spencer was witnessed by Lane 6
nine-year-old son, Harry. His father
told him, he said, that 1t was acci-
dental.
According to the boy, Lane was COM
ing down the stairs swinging his rifle,
when Spencer entered the door. A
minute later the rifle cracked and
Spencer fell dead.
A wife and four children survive
Lane, while Spencer. who was about
forty-five years of age, is survived by
a wife and three children
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
Mrs. Dudley In Hospital
From Gas Poisoning

In the Casualty Hospital. today. Mrs.
Anna Dudley twenty-eight years old,
Of 262 Fifteenth street southeast, is re-
covering from the effects of inhaling
illuminating gas in her home, last even
ing, with suicidal intent.
Before turning on the gas, Mrs. Dud-
ley wrote a note, in which, according to
the police. she said she was tired Of
living and had written a letter to her
him that when he received II she would
be dead.
Arthur Dudley, the woman's husband.
who Is a carpenter. found her In an un-
conscious condition in the bath room
when he returned home from work last
evening.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ANACOSTIA n. C.. June 2t

ANASOSliA, ~ ~ SSANH -N'
Anacostians are elated over the de-
velopments before the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the hear
ing Of their case against the transfer
companies
President Burr, of the citizens as
sociation, last evening procured the
names and actresses of fifty business
firms on two streets in the town, the
point having been raised as to the
number of merchants affected by the
proposed store door delivery, which
Is among the benefits sought.
Those who testified were Charles r.
Burr, Alexander b. Garden. who told
how the automobile trucks of the
express companies pass his plant in
Minnesota avenue and deposit his
goods in a suburban station in Ana
costa instead of making delivery at
Ms place of business; H. c. Talbert,
William H. Mushake. and Thompson
Brothers, who explained the system
of added charges. and William J. Lat
inner.
Citizens interests in the issues
raised assert today that there was
practically no defense offered. and
they are certain they will win. Briefs
will be filed by the opposing sides
within thirty days.
Just what are the rights of an adver.
tiser who plants his signboards along
the public hig' ways will be determined
probably in a few days by reason of a
situation that has been under investi.
CATION by the police of the Eleventh pre-.
cinct, who propose to obtain a decision
Noticing that signboards describing
the qualities of a brand Of paint had
| made their appearance along Pennsyl.
vania avenue extended and down into
Prince George county, Nd, policemen
started the Investigation.
The claim Ia made that the sign.
boards here have been erected on pub
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
ANACOSTIANS SEE .
EXPRESS VICTORY
Citizens Confident Interstate Commerce Commission
Will Decide Case In Their Favor-Many Attend T
Hearing-Other News. From Suburb.

lie space and without the issuance Of a
permit.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
Lone Robber Gets
Mail Pouch From Train

LONGVIEW. Tex. June 25.-A rob-
OF a train on the international and
Great Northern railroad. covered three
clerks with his guns, carefully select
ed one mall pouch out of a pile of
several, kicked II from the car. then
alighted while the train continued at
full speed.
The hold-up occurred near Port
Bolivar What was in the pouch Is
not known, apparently. except to the
robber. A posse is after him.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25

lie space and without the issuance of a
permit
Anacostia boys gave an exhibition of
strenuous application to the task of pre-
pairing the reclaimed area of the Ana
costa flats west OF the Anacostia bridge
for an athletic field last evening. Hav-
Ing been told by the officials whom they
their request for the occupancy of the
ground had been granted, three-score
youths and boys Joined in the work OF
making the start last evening.
With hoes, plows, and rakes the Job
was started, and in short time sufh-
cient ground had been gone over and
plowed up to form the baseball diamond
This will be the first thing to be COM
pleted, after which other fields will be
laid out. At present the boys desire to
begin baseball and arouse the interest OF
citlZens In the games that will soon be-
gin on the river front, the forerunner OF
the recreation places which will be pro-
v,ded when the Government finishes the
shore OF the Anacostia river.
Gilbert ]. Osterman will return herr
from Wilmington, n. c.. this week
former home. several weeks ago.
Leo Feaiey.. who is a student IN st
!narles college,, baltimore, Md, II
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Fcaley, hit
parents in v street.
o. A. Emmons. president Of the Con
gross Heights Citizens Association, hal
removed with his family to so,itheas
Washington, having taken a house a
1870 @ street southeast His Congress
Heights residence Is being accupied b,
the family of Raymond Reynolds, unit
recently Of McKessport. Pa.
The Rev. George NJ. Cummings. pas
S costIa Ga % has on,etaa bs noriod n ana
duty as chaplain at the Government
Hospital for the insane. The services
Will reach an end for the summer mex
Sunday, with the Rev. Charles H. But
Ter, of Washington, officiating.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25

Leo Feaiey. who Is a student in st.
Charles College, Baltimore, Md, is
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Fcaley, his
parents in " street
The Washington times., 1912-06-25

Gilbert ]. Osterman will return here
from Wilmington, n. c.. this week,
and he will join Mrs. Osterrnan here
she having reached Anacostia, their
former home, several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
Henry M. Teller Ill.

Friends of former Senator Henry NJ
Teller of Colorado are alarmed by re-
ports which come from Denver, which
say he Is suffering from heart trouble.
and that his condition is serious. He
is eighty-three years of age.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25

This is the beverage beyond
compare, and is appropriate for
all times and occasions. Whole
some and refreshing-a delight
to the eye and the palate-the
perfection Of brewing.
The Washington times., 1912-06-25
COlOred Man browns.

A colored man. believed to be l.. H.
Jones, of this city, fell off the wharf
at Motley Hall, a colored river resort.
about ten miles down the Potomac,
and was drowned last night The
Prince George county, Md. authorities
are endeavoring to recover the body
today.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
COLORS AND THE BRAIN

Juse as there are hues that soothe
the mind through the eyes-green for
instance-so there are colors which
may after time so irritate the nerves
as even to unbalance the intellect
Purple Is one Of these. According to
a specialist in colors. a month in a
room containing no color but purple
would unhinge the mind of a person
with the strongest nerves. In Its eff
fects on the nerves purple. 1t is said
Is the most dangerous color there Is
It's effects are slow and insidous.
causing melancholia and suicidal ma
MIA The color that inflames the mind
Is red A few weeks in surroundings
entirely scarlet would arouse a sort of
frenzy eliminating in homicidal ma
MIA. Blue Is said to be kind OF drug
in its effect on the brain. 1t excites
the imagination and gives craving
for music and sensation, but 1t has
reaction that wrecks the nervous sys-
TEN. Yellow In excess sometimes
causes hysteria
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
When to Use Kerosene,

Not all housekeepers realize the va
Tioua uses to which kerosene may be
put. 1t is one of the most valuable
cleansing agents that can be kept in
the house.
A spoonful of it put into a clothes
boiler will make the clothes whittier
and sweeter than without it, nor will
there be any odor from the use OF
such n small quantity. In connection
with clothes, It may be said that a
raw lemon, sliced, peel and all, will
have the same effect in boiler.
This preparation is efflcacious In re-
moving heavy grease from children's
clothes, especially that gathered from
automobiles and oiled streets. The
greasy portion OF cloth is laid In a
small basin and the spot is covered
with kerosene. 1t stands for an hour
more. when the cloth is rubbed be-
tween the hands or with dry cloth.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
PATIENTS HEAD AS PAYMENT
Oklahoma Doctor Waited Twenty-Five
Years and Now Wants Settlement
According to Contract.

Middlesborro, Ky-Representatives
of DR.. Blair of Apache, Okla, were
travelling through the mountains of
eastern Kentucky recently to Whites
burg. where they will claim the head
from the body of Smith Fouch, prom
ised % years ago as payment for DR..
Blair's services in saving Fouch's life.
Fouch was shot in the eye. DR.. Blair
performed a hazardous operation. and
discovered he says. that Fouch was
able to perform normal functions
with a bullet in a lobe of his brain.
After Fouch's recovery he said he
could not pay the doctor but offered
to will the doctor his head. The doc.
tor accepted and when Fouch died
two days ago he left a note asking
that DR.. Blair be reminded of the
Request.
Fouch's kinsmen say they will per
nit decapitation OF the body. DR..
Blair wants to prove Fouch lived 25
years with a bullet In his brain.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
CARE OF HOME TREASURES
Methods Of Cleaning That viii Add to
Their Appearance and
Preservation.

To clean old pewter. experts usually
find it best to dip the plates and tank
ards, as the case may be. In basinful
of hot water in which soda crystals Of
borax have been dissolved.
The water should be almost hotter
than the hands can bear, and the
pewter must be washed with hard
nail brush and plenty of soap. To
make 1t shine there is nothing to equal
ordinary metal polish of a reliable
make, to which few drops of petrol
cum have been added. The dishes
must then be washed In warm soap
suds and finally rubbed when dry with
powdered whiting. or while still wet
with whiting paste.
A paste Of whiting, soap and milk Is
the best for dust-stained alabaster or
naments. The paste must be left to
dry on. and then washed away, the
surface being then dried with a cloth
and then with flannel.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
FavorIte Brown Bread,

Two cups sweet milk and l of sour,
2 cups of meal and l of flour, l cup OF
molasses and IL teaspoons of saler-
atus. with a pinch of salt. Mix meal
and flour. Add the cup of molasses
or use half molasses and sugar. then
the sour milk and the sweet after.
Just before pouring into the dish that
you intend to steam in, add the soda.
A flve-pound lard pail makes a good
dish and set on block or cover In
verted in your kettle. Be sure that
the water is boiling in the kettle when
the mixture is put in, as this is quite
thin and wants to set quickly. Do not
look at 1t for at least an hour, and be
sure that there is water enough so as
not to require rehlling before this
time at least. Keep 1t steaming for
three hours. and tell me how you like
1t. (Meal is Indian meal) Water can
be used instead of sweet milk.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-23
fine BREAKFAST DISH
MOST APPETiZiNG WAY OF PRE-.
PAIRING SAUSAGES.
Cooked In Methods Described, Any
Lover Of These Detachable Nor
sells May Partake Of Them
With Enjoyment

In vain does the cry OF Socrates
come to us, down the ages-"Beware
of foods that persuade you to eat
though not hungry, and of liquors that
prevail with you to drink though not
thirsty"
A breakfast of sausages, wheat
cakes and fragrant coffee is all that
is needed to make us forget the hen
pecked sage's warning.
Here are ways of cooking sausages
SO all lovers OF the delectable morsels
may eat them safely:
Instead of frying sausages, put them
to cook in enough boiling water to al
most cover Add no fat. Simmer
gently until the water is evaporated
Enough grease will now be rendered
from the meat to fry them. and the
casing will be unbroken. Lift the
links from the frying pan and roll in
flour. Fry until the coating Is crisp
and brown.
The flour prevents the sausages
from breaking open and does ont al
low the rendered grease to be reab
sorbed If little ground sage be
mixed with the flour the flavor will
be improved.
The new method OF paper-bag cook
cry is excellent for cooking sausage
cakes. Shape the cakes place In bags
press out the air. and cook in hot oven
fifteen minutes. Open the bottom OF
the bag and drain out the fat from the
pork. Serve on n hot platter.
Broiled sausages with rice give q
well-balanced dish for wintry days
breakfast. Place small link sausages
on the broiler with dripping pan be
meath, broil slowly, and serve around
a mound of creamed rice.
Sausages with baked creamed pota
toes-To every pound of bulk sau
mived herbs. A good mixture to make
and keep on hand for such season as
this IS two ounces of ground sage, a
fourth OF an ounce Of cayenne pepper
one ounce of thyme, one ounce Of ma
Joram. and one Of celery salt. Shape
into cakes and fry for five minutes
Fill baking dish with diced potatoes
cover with cream, lay the sausage
cakes on top. and bake in hot oven
fifteen minutes, or until the cream Is
absorbed and the meat n good color
Where sausage is liked but cannot
be eaten on account of its richness
It may be made at home and mixed
with lean beef or veal In the proper
ton most approved. Two parts lean
meat to one part pork will give a mix
ture in which the pork favor Will still
predominant.
Homemade sausage Is much In IA
vor. since the commercial product al
contains filler" presumably some
cereal or stale bread. The food-chop
per now found in every kitchen does
the grinding as well as the butchers
and the particular housekeeper has
the satisfaction of knowing Just what
the ingredients OF the sausage are.