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The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

Sharp williams, of Mississippi; Senator
Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee, will respond
10 the toast, Southern women" and
Senator ]. r. Thornton, of Louisiana,
president of the society, will be toast
master
A public meeting of the Stanton Club,
Of which Mrs Harvey W. Wiley is pres
ident. will be held in the main hall Of
the Public Library at O'Clock.
Banquet by C. l.. L.
A banquet will be given by the Central
Labor Union at the New Ebbitt in honor
Of Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison.
Among those who will attend as special
guests are Representatives William ].
Hughes, Of New York; Frank Buchanan,
OF Illinois; william ]. Cary, of Wiscon-
sin; John r Farr, Of Pennsylvania; /;
James P. Maher, of New York; David
]. Lewis, of Maryland; Victor Berger, of
Wisconsin; James T. McDermott Of nli-
nois; Isaac r. Sherwood. OF Ohio; Carl
G. Anderson, of Ohio, and John A. Mar
tin, of Colorado. all Of whom hold union
cards.
The University OF Pennsylvania Alumni
Association of the District OF Columbia
will hold its annual banquet at the New
Ebbitt this evening.
-Four companies OF the Boys Brigade,
Of this city, will celebrate the holiday at
the Y II. c. A. between the hours OF
Z and o'clock tonight.
Joseph /. Keefer delivered an illustrat-
ed lecture on Homes of Gen Washing
ton" at the Church Of the United
Brethren OF Christ last night He will
speak before the Georgetown, branch Of
the Central Union Mission on Friday
evening.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley addressed the
pupils OF the Friends School yesterday.
He spoke OF the great principles Of
patriotism and love OF country. An ad-
dress was also delivered by Thomas w.
principal Of the school
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
Introdure, A.yIum DtII.i

Upon the request Of the District Com
missioners, Representative Ben Johneon.
OF Kentucky, yesterday introduced In
the House OF Representatives a bill. Ipro-
yiding for the establishment Of home
for feeble-minded. imbecile. and yiiotic
children in the District The mfasufe
provides for an appropriation of $780,.
Oo9. The draft Of the bill was prepared
hy the Board Of CHARITIES.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

been designated by Vice President Sher-
man TO read the Farewell Address OF
Washington to the Senate. The readirg 6
will take place when the Senate con-
venes at O'Clock.
A solemn requiem mass fo- departed
members of the Knights OF Columbus Will
be held at st. Paul's Church, Fifteenth
and V streets northwest, at 10 O'Clock.
Rev. Father Mcguire, of the Catholic
University, will deliver the sermon. REV.
Father c. o. Rosensteel, chaplain Of the
Washington Chapter, will say mass.
Members will assemble in the parish hall
at $50 o'clock.
The Association of Oldest Inhabitants
OF the District of Columbia will hold its
regular meeting at the old engine House.
Nineteenth and H streets northwest, at
10 O'Clock to-day. Rev. Charles L. pate,
OF Dumbarton Avenue NJ. Z. Church,
will address the meeting.
The annual meeting of the Washington
National Monument Society will he reid
at the residence Of Adds B. Browne at
o'clock.
Hannis Taylor, L. L. D., will lecture on
George Washington and the American
Constitution" in the assembly room of
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic University of
America, at 40 this afternoon before the
students OF the university.
An exhibition drill with unique features
will be given in the riding hall at Fort
Myer this afternoon.
DIR. II. L. E. johnson, president of the
District OF Columbia Society, Sons Of the
Revolution, will preside at the meeting
of the society at the New Willard at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
The question of Panama Canal tolls
will be discussed at the Navy League
convention. which will hold its first ses-
sion at the New Willard this morning.
Navy League Banquet.
The league will hold its annual ban
ouet tonight at the New Willard. The
banquet viii be the occasion Of the first
public appearance since his return to this
country of W. Morgan Shuster. former
of Persia
good roads rally will be held at
FREDERICKSBURG. Va. this afternoon in
the interest of Richmond Washington
division OF the Quebec to Miami inter-
national highway.
Undoubtedly one Of the most brilliant
in celebration OF the holiday
will be the first annual banquet of the
southern Society of Washington, at the
New Raleigh Hotel The banquet hall
will be decorated with national flags,
flags of the Confederacy, and portraits
Of eminent Southern men who have made
for themselves places in history. About
be furnished by the United States Marine
Band.
"The South Of to-day will be the sub
ject OF an address by Senator Duncan L.
Fletcher, of Florida; Senator Joseph W.
Bailey, Of Texas. will respond to the
toast, .Marshali:" Jefferson viii be
the subject Of a speech BY Senator John
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
CHEMICAL BILL is PASSED.
House Action Reduces Duties About
30 Per Cent.

The chemical bill. reducing the duties
on the chemical schedule upon an aver
age Of 30 per cent, was passed in the
House yesterday by a vote OF I7s to 127
after Representative Dalzell had failed to
recommit the bill to the Ways and
Means Committee. The vote was prac-
tically along party lines, only one Repub-
lican-Representative Hanna, of North
Dakota-voting with the Democrats.
The chemical bill increases the duties
on the so-called luxuries of that sched-
ule and decreases the rates on what the
Democrats term necessities. Among the
articles carried free In the bill passed
yesterday, and which were dutiable, under
the Payne tariff law. are charcoal, sui
phur, santonian. strychnine. and borate
OF lime. The duties are materially de-
creased on crude chemical products.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
MAN FOUND DEAD ON RAILS.
Tack walker Makes Discovery.
Victim Probably n FOREIGNER.

Tack Walker Makes Discovery.
Victim Probably n FOREIGNER.
The body of an unidentified white man.
apparently q foreigner, was found on
the tracks OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
in the vicinity Of the Seventh street SUBJ
station shortly after o'clock last night.
The man had evidently been struck by
train while trying to cross the tracks.
The body was badly mangled. Only one
mark on the mans clothing gives the
police any hope OF learning bis identity,
This is a name found IN the hat. which.
partially indecipherable. looks to be
John BorsIlimio,"
Richard Dougherty, a track walker.
discovered the body and Immediately no.
tified the police. II Is not known at what
time the man met his death. but u is
presumed that ne was struck by a freight
train nOrth-bound about an hour before
the body was found. The body was re-
moved to the District morgue
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
HELD FOR TRIAL.

w. E. Talbot Alleged 20 Have OBJ
taIned JeweIry FrauduIentIy.
Charges with obtaining under fase pre-
lenses brooch valued at $500 from the
jeweIry store OF Charles Schwartz, SEA
Seventh street northwest. Walter E. Tai
bot, collector and salesman in the en-
ploy of the complaining witness. is be-
ing held for trial on March under 81, 900
bond. The bond was fixed yesterday in
the Police Court
Talbot IS said TO have borrowed the
brooch for the purpose of showing II to
a prospective purchaser. He failed to re-
turn u. According to Schwartz.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
WILL HOLD FEIs CoE1L.

washinEtoh Gaelic Society to CeIe-
brate Event March IS.
The Gaelic Society of Washington held
its regular monthly meeting at the New
Willard last night. when an interesting
programme was presented. consisting OF
songs BY Roy Glider and DIR. Samuel
Campbell Hotchkiss. Mgr. Shahan, the
president Of the society, read the poems
lof Egan O'Rahiliy. an Irish poet, who
lived from 1876 to I72e.
aAnhouncement was made that the So
ciety'4 Feis Coeil viii take place on
March ia
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
ASK A NEW TRIAL.
Attorneys for James H. smith Place
Petition Before Court.

Attorneys George C. Shinn and Claude
W. Owen, counsel for James H. Smith,
convicted on an Indictment charging
robber and assault TO kiln Morris BEN
net, set forth six reasons yesterday In
petition for a new trial
An application was also made for an
arrest Of Judgment under the first
count OF the Indictment on the ground
that no offense therein is charged
against the defendant under the laws
now In force in this jurisdiction.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
WILL SEARCH WATER FRONT.
Renewed Efforts BEING Made To
Find MissInR woman.

Orders were issued from police head
quarters last night TO search the water
front in an effort 10 ascertain II any
traces OF Mrs. w. H. Greever. wife OF
the Methodist Episcopal clergyman Of
Columbia, s. c., who mysteriously disap-
peared last Saturday afteSnoon while
walking In + street. can be found.
Despite the days Of search conducted by
the police and the husband Of the miss
ing woman, not the slightest ciew OF her
had been found up 10 an early hour this
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
Central EIect. Omcer..

The senior class of Central High School
yesterday elected officers as follows:
lawrence Heller. valedicforian: Roy
Sexton. historian; Rebecca Ensign. poet
ess. Willard A. Pollard was elected to
the editorship OF the Year Book, while
A. p Reeves was chosen business man
apr. Il was decided that class night
prophecies should be abandoned this year
and play substituted. The class will
hold senior night celebration and .
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
INJURED BY COLLISION.
Miss Gertrude Gordon Cut by GIas
In Auto MIx-up.

In Auto MIx-uP.
An automobile collision at the inter-
section of Eighteenth and NJ streets
northwest last night resulted in serious
injuries to Miss Gertrude Gordon, 1900
Sixteenth street northwest, who was hit
by flying glass. In the car with her was
Mrs. r. r. Rogers, OF 1229 Nineteenth
street northwest, and the chauffeur was
Gray Russell, 22z2 NJ street northwest.
Dr. ]. Curtis, Of s12 Fifteenth street, at
tended Miss Gordon at hts home. The
occupants Of the other car were uniu-
tured, and rushed away from the scene
Of the collision before their identity was
made known
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
WIFE ASKS ALnMoNY,
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Nelson Places
Marital Woes Before Court.

Mrs Elizabeth A. Nelson yesterday
hled suit against Halve g. Nelson, gro
Ger, Of Ilss and 111O Connecticut avenue,
for legal separation and permanent all
mony. II is alleged by Mrs. Nelson that
her husband owns dwelling at Oceanic.
N J., valued at 5000. and has an IN
come exceeding $500 annually: maintains
an automobile for his own pleasure. While
she was compelled TO secure the aid CT
the Associated Charities
Chief Justice Ciabaugh cited the hcs-
band to show cause tomorrow why he
should not be ordered to pay almony.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
.Indrr Purh III from Cola.

Judge James Pugh owing = a heavy
cold. did not preside over the United
States branch OF the Police Court yester-
day. He probably will not be able TO
preside for several days, Judge Mui-
,iovny held court IN both branches
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
FOR REFERENCE BUREAU.
House Library Committee VIII
Hear Prominent Men.

Distinguished men Of national and In
ternational reputation will appear before
the House Library Committee at the
hearings to commence February IS Tor
the purpose of urging the enactment OF
the bill introduced by Representative
Nelson. OF Wisconsin providing for the
establishment OF a legislative reference
bureau in the Library OF Congress
The bill provides for an appropriation
OF ;l50.00O for the establishment Of the
bureau and its maintenance during the
fiscal year ending June %, 1913.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22
copfedrrate NnrnI Man mead.

Gainesville. Tex. Feb. 2L--capt. A. J.
Meriwether. commander of the Confed-
crate ship NIobe during the civil war,
- dead here, aged eighty-nine.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-22

LargeEt Morning Circulation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
ASTOR BABY rs
STILL INTERESTING
Its Hall Brother cabIed Over to Have
Some Flowers In the
Nursery.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-The young
est John Jacob Astor, twenty-four
hours old, was as much ian object Of
popular interest today as when he en-.
tered the world and figuratively clos
ed his tiny fist about s3.ooo,0o0. DR..
Edward B. Cragin issued bulletin
early today announcing that both the
young mother and the baby We're do
Fl ing nicely"
Gossip was still active with the pos
sibilities of will contest to put the
posthumous son of Colonel John Jacob
Astor on an equal footing with Will
lliam Vincent Astor, his half-brother
! Henry A. Gildersleeye. counsel for
Mrs. Astor, said that he considered a
| will contest improbable, but did not
say 1t would not be made.
/ Mrs. Astor has always expressed
entire satisfaction with the provisions
made by her husband by the ante-nup
tial agreement and by his last will,
he said. Mrs. Astor has never asked
me- for advice concerning the provi
sions for posthumous child and the
question has never been discussed.
consider contest highly improb
] able
The Astor baby was not many hours
old before there came cablegram O
congratulations to the young mother
from Vincent Astor, Colonel Astor''
son by his former marriage, who !:
motoring in Europe with his mother
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. The message
was closely followed by a great bunch
! of American beauty roses. from
| Fifth avenue florist, bearing Vincent''
card.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
No Bare Leas Allowed.

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ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. Ia
Since stockings had been added to
the things they had to look out for,
the bathing beach life guards today
were objects of suspicion to every
woman bather.
Life for the bathers was made in
teresting when Director of Public
Safety Bartlett ordered that bathing
suits must be covered while women
were on their way TO the water. Bart
lett followed this up with an order
that bare-legged bathers would be
barred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
they Did Not Drown.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CLEVELAND, o.. Aug. 15.-That
w. f. Shively, wealthy married con-
tractor and Miss Ruby Carr, 20, his
stenographer. are alive was proven to-
day when the girls mother received a
letter from her daughter. II am in
Detroit. and WE'LL wrote Miss Carr.
'Mr. Shively is in Detroit, too. will
write to you again soon, shively and
the young woman disappeared and it
was first supposed they had been
drowned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Dies Tomorrow in the Electric Chair
for the Murder of Her EN-
ployer, Shortly After
Dawn.
IS IN BEATT1E's CHAIR
Girl Is But Seventeen Years of Age
and Awaits Her Doom With
out Sign Of
Emotion.

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RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 15.-yirginia
Christian, negro girl. must die in
the electric chair tomorrow for the
murder Of her employer, Mrs. Ida
Belotte. Governor Mann made It
plain today that he will not interfere
in the first execution Of a woman in
the history of the state.
The girl is II years old. The ap.
proach of death has not changed hel
attitude of sullen Indifference. Priests
today strove to awaken the con
science of the condemned girl, but
with small success. She accepted
their ministrations without emotion.
Jail authorities plan to put her tt
death shortly after dawn tomorrow
morning in the same chair in whic1
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., was shocked
to death
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN REVOLUTION
Nlcaraguan Rebels Would Have Cap.
tured City But For American
Blue Jackets.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SAN JUAN DEL, SUR, Mic, Aug.
15.--Members OF the peace commits
sion from the Central American arbi-
tration court at Carriage, Costa Rica,
are on their way today to Managua
where they will try to affect COM
promise between President Diaz's
government ana ex-War Minister
Mena, the revolutionary leader. 1t is
feared here, however, that General
Mena will not talk peace until he has
been whipped, and American interven-
tion is earnestly hoped for.
But for the fire Of the United
States blue jackets, and marines In
Managua, messages from there say,
the revolutionists would certainly
have captured the city yesterday, Its
native defenders being completely de-
moralized and the revolutionists actu-
ally in It's outskirts. Their artillery
fire, according to all accounts, was
deliberately directed toward the Uni
ted States legation.
The number of killed and wounded,
reports say, runs high into the hun
dreds, including scores of women and
children. 1t is certain General Mena
knows the hospitals have been struck
by his shells, but the revolutionists
seem entirely indifferent to the safe
lty of non-combatants Of OF the
wounded. Should they capture Mana
qua everyone is sure massacre
would follow
No news has been received of to
days developments, but at last ac
counts the revolutionists were plain
ly preparing for a fresh attack.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Half-crazed Fanatic Being Brought TO
Denver Under Suspicion of Be
ing Slayer of MIss
carixen.
WILLIAM, THE APOSTLE
Claims TO Have Been Sent by God 10
Cut Down the Trees Which
Are Bearing No
Fruit

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 15.--Arrange-
ments were concluded today for bring
ing to Denver a man giving the name
OF William the Apostle" who waa
arrested In Colorado Springs on sus-
picion of connection with the murder
OF Miss signe Amelia Carlzen who
was found slain with an ak here. The
man, who is half crazed religious
fanatic, Is said by the Colorado
Springs police to have declared he was
sent by God to cut down the iniquir
GUS and to destroy barren women.
Mrs. Fl. B. Hall. of Denver, today
identified photograph of the suspect
as man who stopped at her home q
week ago and delivered what she con-
sidered an insulting lecture.
She said the mans presence was so
offensive that she had to leave the
house while he ate some food she
had prepared.
Captain of Police Leyden said today
that he had received few days ago
the following letter:
when He maketh requisition for
blood, He reckoneth not with the in
nocent. When the tree bears no fruit,
1t shall be cut down. Note the word
cut and let all parasites of mankind
beware.
(signed) "rhe Sign OF the Ak"
i The word "cut" was heavily under
4 scored In both places. This caused
: the police to believe a religious fan
attic was the Carlzen murderer and led
to the arrest of "William the Apostle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
TWO Hundred Thousand Old Soldiers
Who Have Been Waiting Several
Days for Their
Checks.
GET THEM SATURDAY
President VIII Sign Bill Tomorrow
and Agencies Arc All Ready to
Send Out the Money
at Once.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-Two hun
dred thousand veterans, whose pen
sions have been held up owing to the
controversy in congress over the
abolishment Of pension agencies, will
probably receive their overdue checks
Saturday This assurance WAS given
by government officials today, follow
ing the announcement that the senate
had yielded to the house In the pen
sion agency dispute. The house will
agree to the pension conference report
today, the bill will be enrolled and will
be signed by the president tomorrow
Checks are already prepared FOL
mailing at all the pension agencies
and as soon as the president signs
the bill authorization for their pay
ment will be telegraphcd from Wash
ington. All the pensioners, it wal
said today, ought to receive thei
checks by next Tuesday at the latest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Another Veto.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-President
Taft today sent to congress his sec
ond veto in three days. He returned
without approval the legislative. exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill,
because of the bills provisions for a
seven year tenure rule for all clerks
In the government civil service, and
also because 1t provided for the abol-
ishment of the United States COM
merce court.
The message made tart reference to
'recall of the judiciary by the means
proposed in the bill.
4 have the arguments upon which
this proposed legislation is urged, and
cannot find in them a single reason
why the court should be abolished ?
the president said, except that those
who propose to abolish 1t object to
certain OF Its decisions. | am utter
" opposed to the abolition Of court
because its decisions may not always
meet the approval Of the majority OF
the legislature. It is introducing Q
recall of the judiciary which in Its
way is quite as Objectionable as the
ordinary method proposed. Next te
impartial and just judgment, great
desideratum In judicial reforms toda,
is the promotion of the dispatch o.
business, and the prompt decision o.
cases. The establishment OF the com
merce court has brought this about II
substantial way while reducing the
average from two years to six months
and the procedure becomes better nn
derstood, this period Of six months
will be further reduced"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
The PHI Rollers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Aug. 10
When today's session of the annual
convention of the National Association
of Retail Druggists convened, the dele
gates were expected to follow the rec.
concentrations of the committee on
legislation in voting to oppose the
Sherman antitrust law or request the
laws amendment to legalize combina.
tions between retail dealers having
as their object the protection of es.
tablished prices on proprietary com
modities. Officers will be elected to-
morrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Reporter Might DO Il.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.--"Is a sal.
ary of s25 a week sufficient to sup
port three persons "
Unable to answer this question the
United States immigration officials
today passed 1t up to Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor Nagel.
When Mary Fleming age 56, and
her sister Cecilie, IS, landed at New
York several days ago with s115 In
their possession, the immigration Of
ficials feared they would become pub
lie charges. They said that a cousin
John F. Byrnes had agreed to support
them. Byrnes said that he got $50 a
week as reporter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Mena is Mean.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua,
Aug. 15.-President Diaz peremptorily
refused today to consider restoring
General Mena to the position of war
minister, for dismissal from which he
is trying to overthrow the Diaz gov
ernment. 1t is the only condition up
on which Mena will cease hostilities
Many were killed, 1t was learned to-
day, during the rebel battle Of Mana
qua. including number of women
and children. News of further fight.
ing is hourly expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
DIG UP THREE BODIES
TO LOOK FOR POISON

husband and step children of Mrs.
Fred A. Hartmann frost, the German
town saloon owner, who with her bar
tender, Edmund Guenkel is held for
the death of her second husband.
Frederick frost.
The viscera of the Hartmann father
and children will be examined, and 1t
is expected that il suspicious OF
Christian Hartmann of New York. that
his brother died in February 1911 Of
poisoning are proved true, it win fur
nish additional evidence that frost
was murdered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15
Turks Want to Try Him.

s[United Press Leased Wire Service,l
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. To-
Turkish officialdom is trying hard to
find an excuse for claiming jurisdic-
ton in tre case Of Lieut.. H. G. Mon
tagn who shot and killed his fellow
Englishman, Dayan, Sunday, by acci-
dent, Montagu says. BY virtue OF for
eigners extra-territorial rights in Tur-
key, the British embassy now has the
lieutenant in custody and intends to
try him. For his pro-Turkish writ
ings. as correspondent in Tripoli
Montagu is immensely popular with
the Turks and If they take charge OF
his case, as he himself asks, it is Ger
tain he will be acquitted.