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The Washington times., 1913-10-15
JAMES H. MCKINNEY.

Funeral services for James Hall Nc
Kenney. for thirty-five years clerk Of
the United States Supreme Court, who
died at his country residence near For
est Glen, Md, several days ago, will
be held at his Washington home, 1923
Rhode Island avenue tomorrow. The
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe will officiate.
Burial will be. in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Nj. Mckenney was a native of Bel
Air, Nd, and came to Washington in
1858. He was appointed TO a clerkship
In the Supreme Court in 1885, and was
made clerk of the Supreme Court in
1880. He leaves two sons, Frederic D.
McKenney, counsel for the Pennsyl
vania railroad. and Charles A. McKen-
ney, a civil engineer.
The Washington times., 1913-10-15
Mans Throat SIashed,
Wife Is Locked Up

Washington Brooks. colored. fifty
years old. was taken to Casually Hos
pital by the police of the Eleventh pre-
cinct last night after being slashed on
the neck with razor. He was lying
in bed and. il is charged. was attacked
by his wife. Rosie Brooks, twenty-siN
wears old. Mrs. Brooks is said TO have
been patient in St. EliZabeth's Asylum
some time ago.
The surgeons found it necessary to
take twelve stitches in the wound in
brooks neck. He is unable TO appear
IN court against his wife. Policeman
t,rnest Brooks arrested the woman at
her home.
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LIEUT.. COL. FRED. FUGER.

Funeral services for Lieut.. Col Fred
erick Fuger, who died at the Walter
Reed Hospital several days ago. were
held at St. PauIs Catholic Church this
morning at 10 o'clock Burial was pri-
Vate.
Lieutenant Colonel FuGeT came to the
United States from Germany. where
he had been a private. He won a medal
of honor for heroism at Gettysburg
when only a sergeant, and rose from the
ranks, passing through every grade
Of noncommssioned and commissioned
officer until he retired as a major. By
act of Congress, later. he was placed on
the retired list as a lieutenant colonel
The Washington times., 1913-10-15
Feared Movie" Man;
Asked Police RsIp

A man who said he was Louis Fox.
jr., twenty-six years old, of zoe Lewis
avenue. Brooklyn, N. ". rushed UP to
Policeman Nussbaun at the Union sta
ton early today and. asked the officer
to protect" him from a motion pic
ture machine operator. who had been
following him with camera since 10
o'clock last night.
He wants to get my picture" Fox
said, '.and have been running for
hours trying TO dodge him -,
Nussbaum failed TO see tht photog-
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iapher. and told Fox 20 sit down
the smoking room and calm himsel
In the smoking room man with
white hat commenced bothering hir
so the policeman called the patrol WI
gon from the Sixth precinct station ar
sent the man to the Washington As.
lum Hospital for observation.
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OBITUARY NOTES.
WILLIAM G. Elmer.

Funeral services for William G. Elmer.
native of Baltimore, but a resident of
Washington for eighteen years, who
died at his home. 525 Irving street north
west, yesterday. will be held there Fri
day morning The body will be sent to
Baltimore for burial Mr.. Elmer was
born in Baltimore and moved to Wash
ington in 1885. Besides his wife he leaves
q son, George F. Elmer, and a daughter,
Mrs. Ella Z. Talbot.
The Washington times., 1913-10-15
WASHINGTON PROOF
Testimony Of a Resident of
Seventh Street

}. E. Lusky, 4l6 Sevent!,
ST., S. T., Washington, D. c..
says: "My kidneys were badly
disordered and caused my
back to ache ,persistently. |
was so weak, it was all | could
do 10 work. Whenever |
stopped or moved suddenly,
sharp twinSeS darted across
my-kidneyS. So many of my
friends had taken Doan's
Kidney Pills with success,
that | tried them. The cure
they made convinced me of
their merit"
The Washington times., 1913-10-15

School. the total cost of which IS esti-
mated at 81, 100000. Congress included in
tho current appropriation bill $500 001
70 rbeglnning the work. Provision, it Is
Understood is made also for new East
ern High School and for a sfxteen-room
school building in Park View, which is
Iegaried by the Commissioners a< one
OF the greatest needs OF the public edu-
cational system.
The board last year asked for an APP
preparation Of s12S,OO for this building.
but ii was not included in the District
appropriation bill The estimates in
Clude also an item toward the con-
strUction of the. new NJ Street High
School for colored pupils. the total cost
of which is estimated at $4,000. Con-
gress has appropriated sl50,OoO for be-
ginning the work.
AS recommended by the wharf, com
mittee, the Commissioners, ii, is under
stood. have asked for an appropriation
of $1,000 for the preparation of sur
veys. plans, and estimates for the i'm
prOvemeut of the harbor front the cost
of which is estimated by engineering
officials at $1,000 600.
In this connection hut considering Il
as separate item. provision is made
also for model municipal fish market.
the cost of which is estimated at sl75,-
OG0
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Telegraph Briefs

BnltimOrd-NIss Lily Buchanan,
daughter Of Mrs. j. II. Buchanan and
a member of one of the best-known
families in the smart set here. eloped
to Elkton, Nd, with William Wal
lace Thomas, a Chicago, banker.
BOston.-GOy. Eugene n. FOSS Of
Massachusetts,, three times elected as
Democrat, has filed nomination
papers as an Independent candidate
for reelection.
Racine, Wis.-After having bcen
mortally wounded while shooting
ducks from a boat on Eagle Lake,
Robert White, aged nineteen, rescued
from drowning Walter Williams.
companion, who had fallen overheard.
Baker, Ore.-A severe earthquake
shock of more than 4 minutes dura-
ton was felt along Snake river, on
the Idaho-Oregon line The towns
affected were Homestead, Ore, and
Ballards Landing, landUre and Cup
rum. Idaho.
BaItim"re.-Childs Trick. son of
Henry c. Frick, of. Pittsburgh and
New York. and Miss Frances Shoe
maker Dixon. daughter of the late
Isaac H. Dixon, of Baltimore. were
married at old St. TauTs Protestant
Episcopal Church here
SandwRh, Mnss--Captain Perry
was drowned and his crew of four
men had narrow escape from death
when their large trap fishing boat
was driven ashore on the desolate
beach at Scorton. ten miles from
here.
Newport, IL. I.-DnriuE the gnIe of
last night Gunner's Mate Harry \
Clarity, second class, was washed
overheard and drowned frum the
United States destroyer PauldinS or
Block Island.
Paterson. \. 1.-THE NshIev 4
Bailey silk plant here was sold for
s11b,400 at purlic auction. The as
sessCd valuation is $500. 900. and the
actual valuation was placed at near
iy 100000
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Central Warehouse Asked.

Included in the estimates is an APP
preparation for a central warehouse and
storage house for the, receipt and distri-
button, of supplies purchased by the
District, as recommended by a subcom-
mittee of the House District Committee
which investigated the Districts pur-
chasing office and NJ. c. aHrgrove pur-
chasing officer. This is one of the
needs of the District which Mr.. Har-
grove has urged for several years
Liberal provision is made for street
improvements, the plan of the Commits
sioners being to spend the bulk of the
appropriation in the northeast and
southeast sections OF the city. No pro-
vision is made for extending the orna-
mental lighting system in the north
west section of. the city, but an appro-
priatfon rs asked for the improved light
ing of PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast
The estimates include also. il is un-
derstood.- .-an item for beginning the con-
struction of a new municipal hospital
and the new District reformatoTy on a
SITE recently acquired adjacent to the
workhouse at OccOupan. In the erection
of the reformatory it is planned to en-
ploy the labor of. the workhpuse prison.
ers.
Provision is made also. it is said. for
two additional public comfort stations
at wisconsin avenue and NJ street
northwest ard Fifteenth ard II streets
northeast
Provisions. also are made for new
municipal lodging house, al a home
for inebriates. -
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DISTRICT ASKS FOR
S14,0OO,OOO FUND
Commissioners Send Budget to
Treasury Under Policy of
General Advancement.
Continued from First Page,


to place this institution on a plane
where ii Will render better service to
the public. Need of this, it is stated, is
shown by the fact that the library has
5000 books used in the schools, which
last year had a circulation of $3.50.
The Commissioners, it was stated.
seek an initial appropriation for be
Great Falls, but the exact method Of
forwarding this estimate has not been
determined, and will be made public at
a later date.
One Park Project.
In line with the purpose to ask for
appropriations only for what they con-
slider the. actual needs of the District,
the Commissioners. it is understood.
have matte proYision for only one. park
project The northeast, which is lack
ing in park facilities, will be the sec
tion benefited. Provision is made. it is
said. for the purchase of the Patterson
tract of eighty-one acres, lying north
OF Florida avenue. and bounded on the
east by the Columbia Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb. on the west bv New
York avenue, and on the north by FAIR
view avenue
Careful consideration was given by
the board to the purchase of the Bel
mont tract formerly the part Of the
Barber estate. but it finally decided. it
is understood. no TO include the item
in the budget 4 strenuous fight has
been waged by the citizens for the ac-
QUESTION Of this property which is ideal
ly located for park purpose, and il was
with regret, it was said. that the Com
nissioners reached the decision not to
ask an appropriation. for its purchase
New High School.
Liberal provisions have been made for
the support of the schools. tho total, IT
is understood. aggTegating approximate.
ly s3,5Co0c3. Among. the largest individ-
ual items is an appropriation toward the,
construction of the new. Central High
The Washington times., 1913-10-15

Paterson. \. 1.-THE NshIey \
Bailey silk plant here was sold for
s11b,400 at purlic auction. The as
scssCd valuation is 100000, and the
actual valuation was placed at near
iy $50Gc0O.
The Washington times., 1913-10-15
Sandwich, Mass.--Captain PER-

Newport, IL. I.-DnriuE the gnIe of
last night Gunner's Mate Harry a
Clarity, second class, was washed
overheard and drowned frum the
United States destroyer PauldinS ort
Block Island
The Washington times., 1913-10-15

Every, day II Special Sale Day with rs, II
You Judge by the values we offer In unen's
ssfts' and 'oyercoats. Every garment we sell
y % good n You can get elsewhere for
@l6y00-snd cur standard 0ne-priee marking
On any suit overcoat In tie house In
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-31

age is always a mark of good breed
ing
A man never offers his hand first
to a lady, but he should be quick to
respond if here is outstretched.
When greeting mothers and daugh-
tiers one should be particular to greet
the mother first. Also, one should
ignore all others UNI Ill she HIS greet
ed her hostess.
Nothing is worse taste than two
women kissing each other in public.
1t has been held up to derision by
the jokesmith for ages.
Men in public elevators are not
supposed to take off their hats, but
in places like the halls and eleva-
tors of hotels their hats should al
ways be held in their hands.
A well-mannered girl never acts
in such a way that she calls the
attention of strangers to herself She
neither laughs nor talks loudly and,
above all else, she never allows any
stranger to think she is unduly in
terested in him.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-31

BABY THROWN AT MANS FEET
An unusual scene took place in
Judge Kearns' courtroom yesterday
when a mother threw her five
weeks'-old baby at the feet of man
she charged with being the father.
And, with to tch of real manhood,
the man, who was putting up court
fight to prove the child was not his,
reached down tenderly for the baby
and said he would care for it always.
The woman was Miss Weromiska
Koterabsh. She had Frank Adam
oUsk arrested on paternity charge.
The man strongly protested his inno-
cence g.
Yesterday the girl was seated with
her aunt in a corner of the court
room. The baby, wrapped in shawl,
was on her knee. Suddenly she
arose, walked over to the accused
man and tossed the baby at his feet.
She picked up the shawl and walked
out of the court.
The man said he would hire a
housekeeper and raise the child.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-31
LEARNING TO THINK is IMPORTANT

In her lectures Mrs Pankhurs tells how high Official her country
by
of sentence ten Imprisonment minute Lager than
the minister petition
The allowed furnished
son only.
cell IN solitary confinement
AS the result
after the failure mnts
revolutionary
have to do before they get a hearing.
So window unused golf and set
buildings ablaze
All conented Americans quite
hensble
Also
thinking smashing Happy
think without to
she-Bu Jack DEAR fancy HeThat all right
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-31

She-But, Jack dear, fancy COM
ing in such shabby clothes to ask
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-31

papa's consent. He-That's all rig
1 once had a new suit ruined.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-16
FR|SKY SENATE PAGES.

They Arc Great Mimics and Discuss
eurIesque Legislation.
They are the greatest mimics in the
world. They can take of the idiosyn-
crasies and humorous pecuharities Of
the sena tors to 1T"
Sometimes when the senate is not
sitting and too many visitors and page
bosses are not around to observe the
proceedings the pages themselves go
into solemn senatorial session, One
will 1mpersonate the vice president.
another the chief clerk, and so on.
Various other boys will pretend to be
either their favorite senators or the
senators Of home states. Each boy oc.
cupies the seat to which the real sen.
ator Is entitled.
Bang! goes the vice presidents gavel,
and the extraordinary session of pages
has convened. There Is always an
argument as to which senator shall
be recognized when the regular order
Of business is reached. Every conceiv
able current subject is discussed, with
a goodly sprlnkling Of baseball legis-
lation." which always carries with it a
rider by which each page senator shall
be entitled to an annual self renewing
pass for all the seasons games.
A bill which is almost sure to be
introduced is one which proposes to
increase the salaries Of the pages and
shorten their hours Of duty.-Robert u.
Heine In Leslie's Weekly.
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HEAT AND THE BODY.

We Arc Able to Drink Liquids That
Would seald Our Hands. b. a,
The human body can stand far
greater heat If it be dry than if it be
wet, and, strangely enough, it can
stand far hotter liquids inside than
out.
For example, the average tea drinker
sips tea at temperature of about
40 degrees F.-sometimes as high as
145 degrees. But he cannot bear his
hands In water at 120 degrees or his
feet in water higher than 112 degrees.
Few people can stand a bath in water
at 105 degrees. =.
In parts Of central Australia men
live in an average temperature of 115
degrees f. in the shade and 40 de-
gress in the sun, while ISL degrees
has been registered. In the Persian
gulf the thermometers on ships vary
between 1872 degrees and 40. A re.
cent explorer in the Himalayas re-
ports that he found at a. m. in De-
cember and at more than 10000 feet
altitude temperature Of 131 degrees F.
Drs. Bleyden and Chantrey, two Eng
lish scientists, desiring to ascertain
how high a temperature the human
body could stand. shut themselves in
an oven. OF which the heat was gradu-
ally raised and they were able to bear
it until the thermometer registered PIP
degrees F., the boiling point of water.
St Louis Post Dispatch.
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A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET.
Tragic Story Of tho Origin Of tho Fa-
mlliar Expression.

Tragic Story Of tho Origin Of tho Fa-
n,'Iiar Expression.
"A skeleton In the cupboard is
familiar express sion which has tragic
origin. The story is that certain
widow in England had son in India,
but owing to his failing health his
mother became very anxious for. his
return. One day she received a letter
from him containing the strange re-
quest that she should find some one
who had no care or trouble and ask her
to make six shirts for him.
Anxious to accede to his wishes, the
mother hunted long and finally found
a lady who apparently fulfilled the
condition. The lady listened in silence
to the request land then invited the
widow into her bedroom, and there she
opened cupboard, which contained a
human skeleton,
Madam" she said, II endeavor to
keep my trouble to myself, but every
night my husband compels me to kiss
that skeleton, which was once his RI
val, whom he, killed In duel many
years ago. Think you that I am hap
pyT
Then the mother wrote to her son of
the fruitless errand, and his reply was:
II knew when gave you the COM
mission that every one had his cares,
and you, mother, must have yours.
Know, then, that l am condemned to
death and can never return to Eng
land. Mother, mother, there is a skele-
ton In every housew
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6. A. R. MEETING
At CHATTANOOGA
STIRRING SCENES RECALLED az
MENTION OF HISTORIC HOMES
AND BUILDINGS OF 1868.
Houses In Which Generals Grant,
Thomas, Rosecrans, Commanders,
Hold Conferences During the Days
Of Carnage.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-There are q
number Of buildings yet standing In
Chattanooga that did service for the
Union Army in 1863, the mention Of
which will doubtless recall stirring
times to several thousand old soldiers
who expect to attend the Attn annual
encampment in this city in September.
Among these are houses that served as
headquarters for famous generals, hos
pitfalls for wounded soldiers and
morgues for hundreds who were killed
in battle. In turn buildings are also
standing in which social functions
were held before and during the war;
Some of these buildings are in good
repair, but many of them show the
ravages of time and the elements.
One Of the oldest buildings, if it does
not rank first In point of age, in the
Chattanooga vicinity, Is a mission
house at Byrd's mill, few miles east
of the crest of Missionary Ridge where
the great battle was fought. This
house was erected by Gideon Black.
burn, of Pennsylvania, in 1903, who
came west as a Missionary to the
Cherokee Indians. Blackburn was the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-16
SHE LIKED SAILING.
% the Wise English spinster Lived Up
10 Her Contract.

- the Wise English Splnster Lived Up
TO Her Contract.
The following true tale is a most Gu
dous instance Of living well on moth
ing year without breaking the laws
Of the land. Many years ago steam
packet company Of Liverpool wished
to buy q piece Of land which was
owned by "stay at home spinster,"
as her neighbors described her. She
sold her land at very low price, but
insisted upon a clause being inserted
in the agreement giving her the right
at any time during her life to travel
with companion in any Of the COM
pany's vessels.
When the agreement was closed she
sold her furniture and went on board
the first outgoing ship belonging to the
packet company. For years this wise
spinster lived nearly all the time upon
one ship or another, frequently accom-
panied by a companion, according to
the agreement. This was always per-
son who otherwise would have been a
regular passenger, but who purchased
her ticket at reduced rates by paying
the spinster instead Of the packet COM
pany. The company offered her more
than twice the value of the land If she
would give up her privilege, but this
she would not do. Her reply was.
"You got the land cheap, and like
sailing, so we both should be satisfied"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-16
rENNYsoN AND SCOTT.
Why tho Ono Did and the Other Didn't
Accept tho Laureateship.

Why tho Ono Did and the Other Didn't
Accept the Laureateship.
When Sir Walter Scott was offered
the laureatesh1p in 1918 he declined
the post because, as he wrote to Lady
Abercorn, 1.-THE necessity Of writing
odes twice year is difficulty which
no one ought to encounter who has
any poetical character to lose: at least
I am sure l should find it insurmount-
able. The thing might be easily done
in a decent sort Of way as old White
head himself describes it:
Whose muse obliged by sack or pension.
Without subject or invention.
Must certain words in order set
AS innocent as Gazette, ~ .4
Must some half meaning half disguise
p And utter neither truth nor lies"
Tennyson received the letter Offering
him the laureateship one morning be-
fore he was out Of bed. On rising he
imme diately wrote two replies. one ac-
cepting, the other declining the offer,
and determined to consult with his
friends at dinner which to tend. Ever
afterward he would jokingly DECLARE
that be accepted the honor because
Venables assured him that il he be-
came laureate he would always. when
dining out, be offered the liver wing
Of q fOwl."-London Chronicle. IA
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Haava'a I oak Matrad.n

OF f1ddles lost, stolen or sfayed the
most notable instance within recent
times is the disappearance OF the vio-
lin belonging to; the great player Ysaye.
It was Stradivarius, made51n 1882,
and one Of the violins shown In the
loan collection of musical instruments
at South Kensington in 1886. It was
the practice Of Ysaye, as Of every other
great player, to carry with him two
violins, so that In case Of accident he
might have one to fall back upon.
The stolen one was left unattended In
the artists room below the orchestra.
It vanished, and In consequence Of the
hue and cry that resulted the instru-
ment has never come to light again.
Nor can the possessor Of such violin
bring it to light while the present gen
Grafton Of experts is alive, for infalli-
bly, it would be recognized.-st James
Gazette. -
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first missionary sent to this section
by the Tennessee presbytery. He
by the Tennessee presbytery
The building around which greater
interest centered after the occupation
OF Chattanooga by the Union troops
perhaps than all others, is the old
.Crutchtleld hotel, now the Read House
"a modern brick hotel building since
erected on the site of the Crutchfield
house. After the battle of Chickamauga
the Crutchfleld house was used az an
army hospital. Hundreds of wounded
soldiers were carried from the field OF
'Ch1ckamauga, a distance of ten miles
from Chattanooga, and cared for in
this hotel. It was also headquarters a
great deal OF the time for Union com
manders. Many important conferences
were held there, the state of the Union
cause discussed and plan laid for mill
tary operations. In turn this house
has sheltered all of the military off,
Gals OF the Confederacy that were as
signed to this territory, including Pres
ident Jefferson Davis, of the Confed
crate states, members of his cabinet
and other men high in the councils OF
the south. --,..
In war days there was Crutchfield
farm on the Tennessee river few
miles above Chattanooga that will be
remembered by every survivor of the
Union army who was with Gen. w. T.,
Sherman at the battle of Missionary
Ridge. Gen. Sherman first crossed the
Tennessee river at Browns ferry be-
low the city and marched up the north
bank until he was opposite the mouth
Of South Chickamauga creek. Here
he recrossed the Tennessee, landing on
the Crutchfield farm. His object was
to attack the position Of Gen. Patrick
Cleburne on Missionary Ridge at Tun.
mel Hill. Desperate fighting occurred
ct this point, and the gruIchdeld holaa.