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The Washington times., 1913-07-19
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
SEEK DRILL PRIZE
Columbia Commandery Trying
Hard to Capture First at
Denver Meeting.

Columbia Commandery, No. ., knights
Templar is working overtime. Each
Friday night three degrees are worked:
the orders of the Red Cross. Temple and
Malta The drill team of Columbia Com,
nlandery is drilling every night and
Sunday morning. The Columbia Com
mandery won the second prize at Sara
toga in 1907. but is after first prize at
Denver next month. Following is
list of the members Of the drill team.
Captain, Frank E. Gibson: first lieu.
tenant, Charles D. Schackelford: second
lieutenant. c. Walter Hoover; Robert J.
Bell. Ralph E. Beillman. BENJAMIN K.
Cole. Herford T. Cowling. Salvatore
Desio. Michael A. D'Mana, George L.
Eisman. Virgil NJ. Fookes. Charles E.
Foster. Collin f. E; Flather. Harry l.:
Gordon, George E. Hebbard. Frank
Hesner. william r. F. Hines. William
J: Hin; Frank F. Koch william po,II H.
T. A. Robbins, L. P. Robertson. George
A. Smith, Harry A. Walls. Elmer G.
Wood. George Widmayer. George H.
Whiting. Robert z. l. Thomas, G. j.
Sibley, and Frederick Yates.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
JOHN {. CR|TTENDEN
CURED TOMORROW
Expires Following ParaIytic
"troke Entered Business
.. Capital in 1888.

Funeral services for John E. Crittcn-
den will be held at the residence 1850
Irving street northwest, tomorrow after
noon at o'clock Mr.. Crittenden died
yesterday following a paralytic stroke
He had been in good health up to the
time of his attack. Interment will be
in Glenwood. The Rev. J. ]. Muir prob
ably will conduct the funeral services.
Mr.. Crittenden was forty-seven years
old and leaves a wife. Fannie Letitia
Crittenden. and four children, Louise.
Alene, Margaret. and John jr., the
youngest five years old. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Crittenden came from prominent
Virginia families. of Culpepper county.
Mr.. Crittenden came here in 1888 to
go into business with W. II. Hoeke. and
last fall he took over the present busi-
ness on G street. He was a trustee Of
Emmanuel Baptist Church and connect
ed with other institutions.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
MRS. FANNIE A. GILBERT.

Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie A.
Gilbert were held this afternoon from
the chapel OF the J. r. Wright Com
pany, 1857 Tenth street northwest. The
Rev. Bernard Braskamp. assistant min
lister of the Church of the Covenant.
officiated.
Mrs. Gilbert died at the Homeopathic
Hospital Thursday, after a short ILL.,
ness. She was sixty-three years old,
and the wife of ]. ]. Gilbert, Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and con-
nected for many years with the field
work of the bureau.
Mrs. Gilbert was a native of Wash
ington State, having come here from
Olympia. She is survived only by her
husband. Mr. Gilbert will leave this
evening for the West with the body.
Interment will be in the family lot OF
the cemetery at Olympia
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
MRS. EMILY ]. ALDEN.

Funeral services for Mrs. Emily j.
Alden, widow Of the late William P.
Alden, will be held at her late resi-
dence, II r street northeast, Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Alden died
years old. Interment will be in Arling-
ton National Cemetery, in accordance
with the provisions of the Government
permitting this honor to widows of civil
war veterans.
Mrs. Alden came here from Columbus.
Ind. and had been prominent in many
lines of work here. She was q member
of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church She is survived by two sons,
Charles z. and Francis z. Alden.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Given Up by Bondsman,
Is Committed to Jail

Marion T. Clinkscales. colored attor-
ney. indicted Thursday on a second
charge of embezzlement, has been sur
rendered by his bondsman, Frank John
son, who was on his bond for $500 on
a former charge. johnson told Justice
Gould, in Criminal Court, that he
wished to surrender the attorney, so
the court committed Clinkscales to Jail
in default Of a new bond.
Clink kscales told the court he had paid
Johnson to 60 on his bond. but the
latter denied this. The attorney was
pocked up at City Hall by his bonds
man and taken into court
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Mrs. Fitzhugh, Prisoner
In Tombs, Critically III

Mrs. Randolph FitZhugh, the former
awaiting trial in the
New York Tombs on a larceny charge,
is critically i'll. Physicians. hastily
summoned to her cell, declared that
she must be released from prison at
once if she is to recover. Her chief
counsel, Greed NJ. Fulton, and assist
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Former Chief WiIkie
Gets Railroad Promotion

John f. Wilkie. former chief Of the
Secret Service and former chief Of the
special agents division of the Treasury
Department has been promoted to be
vice president Of the Chicago Railway
Company. Mr.. Wilkie left the Govern
to the chairman of the board Of direc-
tors Of the company and, shortly after
taking up this work, was made vice
president.
Mr.. Wilkie, who has been here for
Chicago.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Judge Latimer May
Take Post Next Week

Judge J. Wilmer Latimer. Of the Ju-
venile Court, probably will be able to
assume his new office the middle Of
next week.
His daughter. now under quarantine
for scarlet fever. is improving rapidly
and the physician advises that the
newly appointed justice will proba bly,
he able to be out Of quarantine during
the coming week.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Baptist Congress in Europe.

STOCKHOLM, July i9.-The seeond
quinquenniaI European Baptist Con-
gress was opened in Stockholm today.
and will be continued until THURSDAY.
Baptists are stronger In Sweder than
in any other European country. except
Great Britain. The reports show there
are nearly 700 Baptist churches In
Sweden, with a total membership Of
53.0ss, and with nearly $500 children n
the Sunday schools.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Thieves Blow Open
An Abandoned Safe

A quantity of explosive, as well as
considerable energy, was wasted py
thieves who blew open the safe in one
Of the small frame buildings at tie
south end of the Highway bridge. which
tor a d>e after the passage of the
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Zion City Bars "Movies.' y

ZION CITY. Ill. July 1e.-The Dowie
ite majority In the city council passed
an ordinance prohibiting moving picture
shows, and empowering the chief of po-
lice to arrest smokers on sight.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19

ant counsel, Louis SpiegeI, planned
today to ask for a reduction of bail.
Mrs. Fitzhugh. according to New
York reports, is penniless. Her health
is shattered from the confinement of
the prison and from the prison fare.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19

loan shark law, was used by WASH
ington pawnbroker.
The place had been abandoned by tho
broker nearly O month ago.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19

Free Moving Pictures and Band Con-
cert at Randle Highlands Sunday even
ing. beginning 80 p. m. Take Capital
Traction cars going east marked 17th
and Pa ave. and transfer to Randle
Highlands car. Come out and enjoy
the cool breezes.-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
MAJOR GEORGE BUTLER.

Funeral services for Major George
Butler. a late employe of the Capitol
were to be held today at 3 o'clock al
the late residence, 323 Eleventh stree,
northeast Interment will be at the
family lot in the cemetery at Indian.
apolis. Mr.. Butler died Thursday. He
IS survived by mis- widow, Elizabeth T
Butler.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19

S7.5o To Philadelphia, $a.as To Chester
and s2.0O to Wilmington and return
Sunday, July goth, Baltimore and Ohio
r. r. by special train leaving Union
Station at 200 A. NJ. Returning leave
Philadelphia 7 100, Chester 1920. VIII
mington 7:42 p. NJ. same day Half
fare for children.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19

TO INSPECT-Take 18th off at Shepherd
walk and half Shepherd the
properties; take 9Th off Shepherd street and
Shepherd You will recognize the
critics by the Phillips & Sager sign
The Washington times., 1913-07-19


The pressed brick construction has substantial 3nch walls with
beams.
Each home adorned with three wide porches and front on
beautiful terraced lawns of considerable depth
These homes finished throughout in beautiful hardwood
(quareed white ok) floors laid hreench tongued and
grooved ubhoong with artistic border designs in the various
The second story bedrooms light and airy. There is
closet for every room and each of the bedroom doors
so1ned to facilitate both light and ventilation.
These homes equipped with the most modern hotwater
heating and lighting system devised The electric lights
equipped with the modern swtch SYSTEM system that not only
enables turning all the lights in with pressure of
buon but also enables turning of the cellar lights from the
Kitchen turning the downstairs hall light from upstairs and
turning of the upstairs hall light from downstairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03

to be habitual users of liquor Some
legislation on the license question was
accomplished at the recent session and
it all was along the line of progress.
The temperance sentiment in Vermont
never was as strong as it is today. The
fact that Brattleboro has given a con-
stantly increasing no-lisence majority
has attracted attention elsewhere
and if the standard were to be low
cred the influence would be detrimental.
From a financial point of view also we
must keep the town in the no-icense
column 1t is a poor saloon that does
not take in $50 day. If that is con-
tributed by the wage earners it means
just so much less for necessities for
their families. License in towns which
now have it is unsatisfactory. 1t is our
duty to keep the town in the no column.
Mr. Smith said there were 1000 boys
and girls in this school district who
would be voters some day, and he urged
a no-license majority for the influence
it would have upon them. The audience
caught his point about the girls becom-
ing voters.
Mr. Hayward said there was but one
way to vote, and that was against the
license institution. The schools consti-
tute the most important function in our
town. The town is one mill, the schools
are another mill. If the machinery in
the town mill slips a cog the effect is
felt in the schools and they cannot
turn out the finest wheat. The saloon
puts shoddy into the finished product
1t draws upon the vitality of both the
town and the schools. The license fee
cuts no figure at ali. The open saloon is
the most destructive agency which the
school in license communities has to
contend against.
Mr.. Bond urged the voters to infrom
themselves upon the questions at issue
before voting. 81 have faith in the
people, - he said, eff they understand
! the question. !" Why should we vote no?
| First, for a clean town for Brattleboro
/ We are trying to get manufactures here
and we have splendid power for them,
although we are somewhat handicapped
in the matter of freight rates. We
want more labor, but we want a class of
laboring men who will check their bal
lots for no-icense. The state of Yer
mont is fast coming into its own. It is
! bringing in people who are striving to
find clean place in which to spend
their summer vacations. Those people
will turn their backs on a saloon-ridden
town. If we cater to them, as we
should, we must keep the town and the
state clean. Every man in this town
is deeply concerned in this question. A
no-license speaker in North Adams was
asked by a man in the audience, "What
is it to you7' Six weeks later that
speaker was married and on his wed
ding trip. The lives of both the man
and his bride were snuffed out because a
drunken man pulled the bell cord and
stopped the train. which was telescoped
by a train in the rear. "Let every
man make this personal matter. an6
when You enter the booth do voul
duty
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03
THE VETERAN
OF VETERANS
Edwin T. Brooks, with Record of 81
Years, is Oldest Railroad Man in
Continuous Service in United
states-In Brattleboro So Years.

The Boston Sunday Globe contained
an interesting illustrated article on
Railway Veterans of New England -
The name that leads all the rest in
point of service is Edwin f. Brooks.
station agent in Gardner, Mass, who
filed a similar position in Brattle
boro many years, and who still re
tains his membership in various
Masonic bodies in this town. Mr..
Brooks is IS years old and has been
in railroad work without a break since
1861, a period OF over 81 years. He
was in Brattleboro SO years, and in
addition to his duties as station agent
filed the position of superintendent of
the BrattlebOro & Whitehall railroad,
now the West River Railroad. Mr..
Brooks s record of railway service is
believed to be Unequalled in the entire
United States. Still hale and hearty
he can be seen behind the window
screen of the Gardner station each
day. When railroad officials suggested
retirement two years ago he scoffed
at the idea, telling them that as long
as he was in good health he was bet
ter off working than sitting round do
ing nothing. He based his argument
on the principle that man who has
/ little to do soon finds that he is not
able to do much Mr.. Brooks was the
/ first president of the Railway Veter-
ans association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03
FRANK w. WEEKS DEAD.
Civil War Veteran, Who Was Shot
Through Right Hip in Battle
of Chantilly.

Frank Willard Weeks, SO, died Fri
day AFTERNOON at lis O'Clock at his
home, 8 Pearl street, after a period
of eight years of invalidism. His
last illness was of four days duration.
Mr.. Weeks had never been well or
free from pain since he sustained
severe wound in the right hip in the
battle of Chantilly.
Mr.. Weeks was born in Boonville,
n. Y, July 9, 1S43, a son of John and
Lucy (Smith) Weeks. He lived there
until nine years of age, when with his
parents he moved to Northfeld, Mass.
He continued to make his home there
until he enlisted for the war in Com
tpany D, 21st Massachusetts regiment.
The regiment was sent to Annapolis
and then became part of Burnside s
expedition and participated in the bat
ties of Newburg, Roanoake Island, the
second battle of Bull Run and Chan
lilly, where Mr.. Weeks was shot, a
mimic ball going through his right hip.
He fell and was brought off the
| field by comrades and placed with
others of the Federal wounded in an
old barn. There they remained 10
! days with their fostering wounds I'M
attended until the arrival of ambu-
/ lances, in which they were taken to
Washington Mr.. Weeks remained in
the Clifton hospital in Washington
three months and was finally able to
travel on crutches and was given a
| furlough He returned to Northield,
but at the expiration of his furlough
he was still unable to walk without
the aid of crutches and applied for
his discharge from the service. This
was granted as he was so wounded
that he would never again be fit for
military duty. Mr.. Weeks was only
10 years old when he received his
wound, and from that day to the day
of his death he never was free from
pain.
He worked on farm in Vernon af-
ter he was able to resume active Ia
Dor and on Oct. 8, 1864, went with
Alice Graves of Vernon to Deerfeld
where they were married by Rev.
James X Hosmer and they returned to
Vernon. Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks contin-
ued to live in Vernon several years,
moving later to West Mortified and
finally in 1881 to Brattleboro, where
street, which has since been their
home.
. Mr.. Weeks conducted a barber shop
y
when he sold out owing to failing
health and for four years was engaged
! in the milk business, but eight year:
ago he was obliged to retire from al
} active employment. In spite of his
infrmities he was always cheerful ant
hopeful. He was an unOstentaneOu:
: man, and a firm believer in the. gold
J en- rule, which he always practiced.
He leaves his wife and one daugh
ter, Mary, Mrs. Spencer W. Knight
: who with her husband has lived il
: the Pearl street home since her mar
e riage. The funeral was held this af
! ternoon at O'Clock at the house, Rev
Roy NJ. Houghton of the Congrega
: tional church conducting the service
!. The bearers were relatives, J. L
: Stockwell, S. w. Knight, John E. Gal
: and Fred C. Gale The burial viii
: take place in Christ church cemeter.
Q in Guilford.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03
Educational Commission Meets.

The commission to investigate the educa-
tional system and conditions of Vermont,
appointed by Gov. Fletcher at the last
session of the legislature, met in the offices
of the Carnegie Foundation for the Adj
vancement of Teaching in New York city
last week.
Judge John Fl. Watson, chairman, Of
Montpelier: Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia University New York; Theo-
dore n Vail of Lyndon; Percival w. Gle
ment of Rutland; Horace F. Graham of
Craftsbury; Frank III. Brooks of St. Johns
bury; James B. Estee of Montpelier, and
Allison E. futile of Bellows Falls, were
present, this being all the commissioners
except Eli II. Porter of Wilmington, who
was unable to attend.
The matters before the commission for
consideration pertained to a proposed ed
ucational survey of this state to be made
as soon as may be.
/ Such a survey was considered necessary
to the efficient performance of the work
of the commission, and steps were taker
/ to that end, though the details were not
/ fully worked out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03
PAID $500 FINE AND COSTS.
William s. Paddock of Somerset Re
leased from Newfane Jail

William S. Paddock of Somerset,
who was arrested in his home Feb. 10
and found guilty of keeping liquor
with intent to sell, a fine of $500 be-
ing imposed, appeared in municipal
court Saturday afternoon, coming from
Newfane Jail, and asked that the
state's attorney file an information
against him. This being done, he paid
the fine of $500 and costs of $10.14
and started for his home town. He
had been .languishing in Jail while eff
forts were in progress to raise the
money to release him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03

Small talk sometimes begets big
trouble.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-08-21

Idaho has a summer climate that should be almost as val
liable as the winter climate of California, if we would but dc
something to exploit it. We have Island Park and the Up
per Snake river country; beautiful Bear Lake; Ketchum and
the hot springs and mountains and forests adjoining: all the
mountains and lakes of the Salmon river country; Payette
Lakes; Occur d Alene and Pend O'Riene Understanding
to please every variety of normal human being on earth. In
the rich Middle West, and in the cast, money cannot buy
comfort during the heated summer; here, one could hardly
be purposely uncomfortable.
What an asset these would be to Idaho. and what a boon
to the people who want and would gladly pay for such com
What if every person in Idaho would make it his or her per-
sonal business to boost this neglected. resource among all the
friends outside? Why not some form of official boosting to
start it off right?
One of the most emphasized points in the meeting Of the
Eastern Idaho Press Club at Paris the first of this week, was
the unrecognized value of these health resorts, and of the Ida
no summer climate for health and pleasure seeking. The
state press will help--but it needs everybody to do the sub
ject justice.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-08-21
ALCOHOL FoR MOTIVE POWER.

Fame and fortune awaits the statesman who Will make it
possible to revise the internal revenue laws SO as to allow the
untaxed production Of alcohol for power purposes. Gasoline
IS becoming scarcer and higher in price under the present
enormous demand for a source Of portable power letter than
steam. Alcohol is as effective, and can be made anywhere,
cheaper than gasoline at present prices. The high price of
gasoline will be a national calamity to our generation Of au-
tomobilists and traction farmers, unless a cheaper substitute
is found. Alcohol is this cheap, efficient substitute.
1t is true, this will bring a revolution in taxation, and al
most in morals: at least, in the handling of great question
of taxation and morals. 1t is doubtless the sincere desire of
most men to eliminate drunkenness. The business man
would regulate the liquor business by taxation; and rcogniz-
ing it as a luxury and a source Of state expense, would tax it
heavily for real and for exemplary damages as well as to con-
troll its effect on morals. The prohibitionist would destroy
it utterly; alcohol for power or any other purpose could new
er be part Of the prohibitionists creed. Yet it is doubtful
whether either has seen the light or the right in either bust
ness or morals. To legalize the wrong is immoral, to tax it
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-08-21

That ''oficial discoverer for Idaho" idea has had a datter-
ing reception; it shows what the people hope for and want OF
a government--not Il mutton headed follower of musty pre-
cedents, with eyes to the rear like a crab or a coward: but
looking forward, and forecasting and proftng by events yet
and conservative official who only obeys the written law
no matter how scrupulously--is only half honest. He should
be a creative force for the common good; he should be a pio-
neer in discovering ways to serve the state. But since the
general run of public servant seems to have fallen short ofthis
ideal, let's have one man especially delegated to do what the
others can or don't do; like the utility man" III a baseball
team, who fills in the ragged holes in every position.
Let's hire a utility man for Idaho. to discover and teach
us how to use the dormant resources OF the state. He would
be worth a score of technically accurate clerk fficials who
might sing the written laws concerning their office from A to
lizard without missing a note.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-08-21

lars ($1,500) to provide for side
walks in and for said village, said
bonds to mature five hundred dol
lars ($500) January LIST of each
of the years 1918, 1919 and 1920.
3. The issuing of bonds, pursu-
ant to ordinance number 20, to the
amount of five thousand dollars,
$4,000, to provide for the purch-
ase of a building site and the con-
struction thereon cfa public building
for the use of the village, such
bonds to mature five hundred dol
lars $4,000 January 1st in each of
the years 1922 to 1881 inclusive
Said respective ordinances do, a.
mcng ether things, provide that
there shall be levied an annual tax
to pay the interest on the bonds
mentioned in said respective ordi-
nances as it falls due and also to
constitute a sinking fund for the
payment Of the principal of such re-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-08-21
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Village Of RichfieId.

Notice is hereby given, that pur-
suant to ordinances numbered 81,
rs and 20, there will be held at the
Recorder Publishing Co. office. in
the Village of Richfield, County Of
f~7incoln, and State of Idaho, on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1913, a special election
Of the qualified electors who are tax
ayers of said village for the pur-
pose of votingfor or against the fell
lowing several propositions:
l. The issuing Of bonds, pursu-
ant to said ordinance number 81, to
the mou Of two thousand dollars
.($2,0O0) to provide for the funding
of outstanding Indebtedness of the
said village evidenced by and consist
ing of warrants described in said
ordinance, such bonds to mature five
hundred dollars ($500) on January
1st of each of the years 1915 to
1918 inclusive.
@. The issuing of bonds pursu-
ant to said ordinance number %, to
the amount Of fifteen hundred dol