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The Washington times., 1913-05-22

Because he interfered with a dog tax
collector in the performance of his
duty, Frank Counselman. Of Bethesda
district, who pleaded guilty in the
police court here, was fined $40 ana
costs
70 Richard N. Hood and Grace Eleanor
TAYLOR, both Of this county.
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General Gibson Is 86;
Celebrates Birthday

Brig. Gen. Horatio G. Gibson. Y. s. A.
retired, of this city. Oldest living gradu-
ate of the West Point Academy. is OBJ
serving the eighty-sixth anniversary
Of his birth today. He was appointed
to the academy from Pennsylvania in
1s47.
tieth anniversary of his admission TO
West Point by delivering a commence
ment address To the cadets.
Others in public life celebrating their
birthdays today are Mime. Nazimove,
actress, thirty-four years old: Jacob
Gould Schurman, educator and diplo-
mat. fifty-nine years old: President
Charles II. Markham. of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company. fifty-two
years old; Sir A. Conan Doyle. creator
of Sherlock Holmes" fifty-four years
Old
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
MAN SAYS CAR HURTS
MADE HIN MURDERER
Slayer of Three, Adjudged In
sane Later Cured, Now
Sues Trolley Company.

CHICAGO. May 22-Charging that in
juries he sustained when struck by a
street car caused him to commit a triple
Staying, William H. Meutsch has filed
suit against the Chicago City Railway
Company for sI5.000
Meutsch was struck by a car. in
curing injuries about the head, on
January 20. 1905. Ten days later he shot
his two small daughters and infant son.
4 plea Of insanity caused him TO be sent
to the asylum for the criminal insane.
He was pronounced cured and releas
in 1910.
To support the insanity plea the trac-
ton company turned over its records
showing that Meutsch had been run
down. These records will now be made
the basis for the suit
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

Africa. A constitution of the new Eu-
ropean organization was also presented
and plans suggested for the offlcers 10
preside over the important new DIVISION
of the general conference
Foreign mission reports still come be-
fore this conference. The Scandinavian
Union. with 1854 members during the
quadrennial period, and with $ln. l49
given by its members in tithes and Oner-
igs, was head from. The British Union
Conference, through Pastor w. j. Fitz-
gerald. its president. of London. has. ac-
cording to his report fifty-ive evan
gelistic workers. two sanitariums, and
one publishing house. and one mission.
ary training. During the 9uadrennial
S24, ,l24 Is 100 per cent greater than dur
ing the former four years period. and
its tithes, $1l1.311. is gain of 20 per
cent. Spain. Switzerland, Portugal. and
other portions Of Europe. were heard
from.
Has Gained.
The Latin Union Conference. embrace
ing France. Portugal. Spain and Italy,
has according to Pastor L. P. Tfeche.
who is from Paris. France. gained in
membership by 6s3 members. and raised
its tithes from 1910 to $l4.307. and its
mission offerings from ss,7ls to $4,o65.
Prof. NJ. E. Kern gave a stirring re-
port of the work for the young people
of the Seventh Day Adventists. He
showed that since the organization of
the missionary volunteer department the
young people throughout their ranks are
taking up systematic Bible study, read
ing courses and are actively engaging
in missionary work. During the last
four years they have given more than
$4,000 for home and foreign missions
work through their local societies Prof.
Kern said that the young peoples or
ganization was primarily to convert
young men and women, and that II
had now taken firm root in all parts
of Europe. Africa, China, Korea, Japan,
and other parts Of the world.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
FIVE DIE As LINER
HITS HARBOR MINE
Several Badly Hurt on French
Ship Senegal at Smyrna.
Bleaching Saves Many.

SMYRNA. May 22.-Five persons
were killed and several seriously in
jured today when the French Mes
sa ageries Maritimes liner Senegal
struck a harbor mine, on leaving this
port. The vessel was beached as
quickly as possible. but the COM
pany's agents here said that she was
a total loss.
The Senegal carried upward of 200
persons. passengers, and crew. and
none were injured except those in that
part of the ship that came in con-
tact with the mine. The explosion
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
Indian to Speak Here.

Isaac Greyearth, full-blooded Sioux
Indian. twenty-three years of age. q
delegate to the World Student Christian
Federation, which will meet at Lake
Mohonk, n. Y, commencing June 2, Will
be in this city next Thursday. May .,
en- route to the convention, and Will
speak in Hamline Church that evening
at 8 O'Clock. He was reared in tepee.
and his story Of wild life, his conver-
sion to Christianity. and his prepara-
ton for work among his own people
will be a story Of interest
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

tore a hole in the ships bottom. and
wrecked the interior.
The Senegal was an iron, screw
baik-rigged steamship built in 1872
az Marseilles bv the Messageries Mar
ltime Company, for China trade. She
was 3io feet long. and had a forty
fcot beam. She was later put in the
Me Mediterranean.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

The program for the unvciling here
June 3 of the monument to the Con-
federate dead of this county has been
announced. Col Spencer c. Jones. COM
mander Of Ridgely Brown Camp OF
Ccnfederate Veterans. will be master
Of ceremonies. and Judge Edward C.
peter win introduce the speakers.
Among those who will deliver addresses
are Congressmen Thomas Hefiin OF
Alabama and Frank Clark of Florida
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
SCHOOLS ORATORS
! READY FOR CONTEST
Participants in Session at
Rockville on Saturday Are
Announced to Public.

ROCKVILLE. May 22.-Prof. Earle B.
Wood, county superintendent of public
schools, has announced the following as
the participants in the annual oratori-
cal contests to be held here Saturday
for prizes offered by B. H. Warner. ST..
of Kensington.
Winners of recent contests in smaller
schools of the county: Clyde Allnutt.
Arthur Cromwell. Charles Allnutt,
Frank Severance and r. Percy Soper.
winners OF contests among represen-
tatives Of larger schools: Melvin Myer-
", E. l. Prescott. William Chitty, Will
liam Allnutt, Walter Neel. Harold L.
Baker, Elliott D. Adams, and Edward
Janney.
The contest among the representatives
Of the smaller schools will be neld
Saturday morning. and the other con-
test win take place In the afternoon.
Charles B. Hanford, the actor, will de-
liver an address, and a Washington or
chestra will furnish music.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
Cataract on Eye Removed.

Former Senator. Nathan B. Scott of
West Virginia, who has been confined
Hospital for some time. for an operation
on his eye. is reported today to be
resting easily. and is expected to be
back at his office by Saturday of this
week. The cataract has been removed
and the patient is said TO be feeling
well.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
Citizens to Meet.

The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
North Capitol and lexington Citizens
Association will be held next Monday
night, in st. Martins Hall, North Capt.
tol and streets.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
ADVENT|STS WILL
REORGANZE WORK
European Field To Be Made
Separate Division With Head
of II Vice President.

Action towards reorganization of the
work of Seventh Day Adventists
throughout the world was taken today
at the general conference in Takoma
Park. The report of the committee on
plans was presented recommending the
organization of the European field In
a separate division. Officers. constitu-
ton. and rules and regulations will be
separate from the other bodies. but the
nresident of the new division will be one
Of the vice presidents of the general
conference.
The action was taken in response to
a memorial from the ninety-five con-
ferences and missions Of Europe. The
request was made in view of the
growth of the denominations work In
that country. Leaders of the denomina-
ton today declared the move was but
the first step in thorough reorganization
Of the work Of the Seventh Daw Ad-
ventists 1t is expected to be followed,
probably at the next conference, by
the organization of Asiatic, South Amer
ican, and other fields.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

Mrs. Alfredo Post Carhart, Of Wash
ington, delivered an address at the an
nual meeting of the Burden Bearer Cir
cle Of Kings Daughters. held last even
ing in the Rockville Christian Church
She rave an illustrated talk about the
customs Of the people Of Syria, among
whom she served several years as .
missionary.
The Washington times., 1913-05-22
By Vote of Conference.

The new European field was set apart
by vote of the conference today. 1t
will include Europe, Russion and Turk
ish possessions, in Asia, Persia, Arabia.
Afghanistan and that part Of Turkey
not included in Rhodesia. British
Central Africa and a portion Of South
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

Bethesda and Wheaton districts, this
county, are to have mounted constables
whose duties will be to patrol on motor
cycles the principal roads OF the dis
trfctg
The Washington times., 1913-05-22

The county commissioners will levy
special tax OF IS cents. Is cents, and
property in sections and and Mar
tin's addition. Chevy Chase, this county.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate passed the Indian APP
preparation bill carrying s11,00O,000.
Representative Goulden re-intro-
duced his bill for establishing a United
States National bank of America.
The bill changing the United States
legation in Spain to an embassy was
passed without opposition in the Sen
ate.
Secretary McAdoo asked 100000
appropriation for vessels to enforce
laws for protection of Alaskan fish
and fur animals.
Accepted Pennsylvania invitation
to attend Gettysburg celebration and
speaker authorized to appoint COM
mittee of twenty.
In executive session the Senate con-
firmed nominations of Charles NJ.
Galloway and Herman w. Craven, as
civil service commissioners. and u
number of midshipmen.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
GENE RAL.

Mrs. George II. Sheldon, wife of the
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, died at her home in New
York.
United States Senator Isaac
Stephenson celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday at his home in Mari
nette. Wis.
fully armed men has been formed at
Hopkinsville. Henderson county, KY,
to oppose the night riders.
Thirty federal soldiers were execut-
ed by the insurgents under General
Francisco Villa, said American refrl-
gees arriving at Ell Paso. Tex. by
handcar from the interior of Chihua-
hua state.
Mrs. B. Wolfe of Ferndale, Sullivan
county, near Monticello, N. Y, tried to
spank her young son, and in so doing
upset an oil stove. In the fire that
followed twelve business houses and
three dwellings, including the Wolfe
house, were destroyed. The loss will
reach 100000.
In the West Side Court in Denver
jury found Harold F. Henwood
guilty of murder in the first degree
The jury. according to o., n. Hilton,
who selected it, was a prototype of
the jury which acquitted Mrs. Ger
trude Gibson Patterson, who. on the
morning of September %, 1911, shot
and killed her husband, Charles A.
Patterson, four months and a day af-
ter the Henwood tragedy.
DIR. Guy o. Brinkley, physician of
Savannah, Ca, was shot to death in
his office by Mrs. Eugene II. Whis-
nant, a widow, who after firing six
shots at the physician, sent seventh
bullet through her temple, falling life
less across the body of her victim.
Mrs. Maggie Au France, reputed to
be the wealthiest woman in Wyoming,
was among the prisoners recently Or
dered to be released on parole from
Leavenworth, Kan. Mrs. Au France
was received from Cheyenne six
months ago to serve one year for
white slavery.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
WASHINGTON.

Maurice Francis Egan, minister to
Denmark. is slated for an appointment
by President Wilson as an ambassa-
probably Austria.
The state rate decisions which
marked the session of the Supreme
Court are regarded by some as mere
ly the beginning of fight by the rail
roads against low rates.
Senator Shafroth is receiving a
large number of editorial comments
from various parts OF the country on
his Joint resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment as to when
Congress shall convene and when the
terms of President and vice president
shall commence. These editorial COM
ments are unanimous in their approx
al of the changes proposed by Senator
Shafroth. and indicate a general de-
sire on the part of the people that
Congress shall convene Immediately
after election. instead of waiting for
nearly year, under the present sys-
TEN.
The President nominated the follow
ing postmasters: Colorado-Clark
Cooper, Canon City, and w. J. Brown.
Rocky Ford Wyoming-Mary f.
Hurst. Greybull; Nels Simpson, Cam
bria.
Senator Shaffroth was advised by
the Secretary of Agriculture that five
experts would be sent from the de-
partment of Agriculture Immediately
to Greeley, and surrounding points,
to study the potato situation with the
view of determining, If possible, the
causes OF crop failure and deterioration
OF the product.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
SPORT.
STANDING OF WESTERN LEAGUE.

Two German airmen were killed at
the Johannisthal aerodrome at Ber-
lin, Germany.
The remains of Eddie Quick, former
Western league pitcher, who died at
Rocky Ford, were taken to Denver for
interment.
In the intersectional golf compe-
tition between the Middle West and
the Pacific Northwest the latter won
but single match at Tacoma. Wash.
with a score of 1876 out of 200 tar
gets, Bart Lewis of Auburn, ILL.,. won
the national amateur trapshooters'
championship event at Dayton. Ohio.
Manager Tom Jones announced at
San Francisco that he had matched
Jess Willard for ten-round fight with
Al Williams of Cleveland, Ohio, at
Reno. New, July 4.
Fired by the recent example of Miss
Emily Wilding Dawson during the
derby, a male suffragist committed
suicide by flinging himself in front of
August Belmont's four-year-old Ira
Gerry during the race for the valuable
Ascot gold cup at Ascot, England.
A. p. McCarty, father of Luther Nc
Carly, filed claim against the estate
of his son. now in the name of Mrs.
Rhoda McCarty, widow of the late
pugilist, for sSi5 in the Probate Court
of Springfield, Mo. 1t is an itemized
statement of money paid by McCarty
TO his son after the latter's marriage.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
FOREIGN.

The Parish church at Rowley Regis.
near Dudley, was destroyed by fire
with loss of 100000. The fire is at
tributed to suffragettes.
The plague at Canton, China is in
creasing. There were six deaths re-
ported, bringing the total number of
deaths, since April 4. up to 204.
At Fort De France, Martinique. a
severe earthquake shock was felt. 1t
caused considerable excitement but
no damage or loss of life has been re-
ported.
Pope Plus doctors have persuaded
him to pass two months of complete
rest in the secluded and cool apart
ment of the Vatican now used as an
observatory.
Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth
to son. This is the sixth child born
to Queen Victoria. the fourth being
still born. King Alfonso and Victoria
Ena, princess of Battenburg. were mar
ried May 81. 1906.
An anti-American mass-meeting held
at Toxic was attended by not more
than four hundred persons. These
were working men, idlers and agita-
tors. The speeches were of compar-
atively mild order.
Three school children are dead. five
others and a teacher are MORALLY
wounded and fourteen additional child
rem and two men seriously wounded
as the result of mailman with auto
matte pistols running amuck in a
Catholic school at Berlin, Germany.
Eighty women were burned to death
at st. Petersburg by villagers enraged
at the importation of cheap girl Ia
borers to work on a sugar estate in
the district of Piriatin. in the prov
ince of Poltava. southern Russia. ac-
cording to the Kiev newspaper Liza.
min.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
EnsIewood Flooded BY cIoudburst.

Denver.-Englewood was inundated
by one of the worst floods in the his
tory of Colorado Friday afternoon. A
wall of water more than three feet
high, caused by a cloudburst over the
Dry creek and Plum creek territory.
flooded the banks of High Line ditch,
swept down the bed of Little Dry
creek, struck the bridge crossing
South Broadway at Englewood, and in
five minutes had covered the lower
parts of the town under from twelve
to fifteen feet of water.
Earl C. Blaine was killed by light
ming three miles east of Englewood.
The team he was driving also was
killed. In the higher portions of
Englewood, where the business estab-
lishments are located. a foot of water
covered the floors of stores and banks.
Estimates place the amount of dam.
age at between $4,000 and $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
SCALES ON BABY's HEAD

$40 East Washington St.. Portland.
Ore.-"When my brother was one
month old a layer of scales or scabs
began to form on the top Of his head.
The trouble began as a rash. The
scales increased until several layers
thick. The crust was thick and yellow
and looked to be all in one piece. but
came OF in large scales. His hair
came out in punches and baby became
almost bald His scalp itched and
burned SO badly as to make him cross
and fretfui.
I'VE used every remedy recommend
ed by our friends without success.
Then we started with the sample Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. wash
ing his head good with the Cuticura
Soap and then applying the Cuticura
Ointment. Before they were used up
We could see an improvement in his
condition and bought some more. The
scales loosened and came of easily.
In about two months after We started
to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment
the scales had entirely disappeared
and his hair started to come in thick
ly. Cuticura Soap and Ointment eff
fected a complete cure" (SignsO
Miss Ella Ehrlich. Mar. IL, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
THE WORLD. IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EiGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Harold Whitlock IS years old, was
killed at Los Angeles while testing a
continuance he had arranged to kill
cats.
Fire completely destroyed the car
repairing shops of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad company at Salt
Lake.
The voters of Seattle authorized \
bond issue of s3,0O0.OOO for the devel-
opment of terminals on the east wa
terway under direct public ownership
and operation.
Two men were killed and third in
jured in a grade crossing accident
tire miles west of Oxford. Neb., wheh
an automobile was struck by Bur
lington passenger train
Fifteen of twenty shots fired from
one of San Francisco's mortar battery
defenses struck target five and one
half miles out at sea. For night prac-
tice, this is regarded as an unusual
score.
Rest in bed is the greatest curative
agent there is In cases of active tu-
btiSuiooio VI TIC iuh6o' aSSoiuihb ~
n paper by DIR. John w. Finn, of Pres
colt, Ariz.. read before the American
Medical Association at its meeting at
Minneapolis.
Women of Cook county. ILL.,, will cele-
brate their recent enfranchisement by
an automobile fete and a mass meet
ing in Grant park on July 4. The
equal suffrage bill, which Governor
Dunn has said he will sign within a
few days will go into effect July l.
When Deputy Sheriff George
Thompson went to the home of
Moses Martin at Creston, Ia, to
serve a warrant upon him on a charge
OF assault with intent to kill. the of
ficer found the man hanging dead in
the cellar. He had committed sui
eide.
Major Sydenham w. Ancona, eighty
nine years old. believed to have been
the last surviving member who served
in the national house of representatives
in 1861 died at Reading. Pa. He was
a Democrat and served In the thirty
seventh. thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth
congresses and had personal ac-
quaintance with notable men of the
Civil war period.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
National Pres. Association officers.

National Press Association Officers.
Colorado Springs. = Among the
striking features Of the last days ses-
sion of the National Press association
were a paper prepared by Smith Nc
Pherson. United States district Judge.
Southern district of Iowa, and
speeches by H. s. Neal. professor in
the school of Journalism of Kansas
university; George Hough Perry, New
York city advertisement specialist.
and Frederick Marvin, editor of the
Pueblo leader and Pueblo Chieftain.
]. Clyde. Osborn, editor of the
American Printer of New York, was
elected president, George E. Hosmer.
editor of the Morgan County Herald
OF Fort Morgan, Colo. was named vice
president. George Schlosser, Sioux
Falls. S. D., reelected secretary, and
w R. Hodges, editor of the Herald
Dispatch, Sleepy Eye, Mimi, reelected
treasurer. The executive committee
w. E. Collins. New York: s. w. Round
tree, Texas; w. C. Hotaling, Mich
igan: Frank Rederus. Illinois; F. o.
Edgecomb. Nebraska; E. H. Tomlin-
son, New Jersey.
The following members from Colo
RADIO were elected to the national coun.
Gil: Alva w. Swain, Pueblo: Walter
Walker. Grand Junction; ID. P. Saun-
ders, Brush, and G. F. Hosmer, Fort
Morgan.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
FIND HENWOOD GUILTY
CONVICTED OF KILLING GEORGE
E. COPELAND IN DENVER.
Verdict of Murder in First Degree
and Jury Fixed the Penalty at
Death-New Trial Asked.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chronology of Henwood Case.

Asss ss IsSs
Of ,Ss sasts aP Being
&c. yHa fh% OVER with Mrs whS% hR
May as. ,lsr1.-von Phui dies at st.
Nay 81. fsii.l,Henwood pleads not guilty
June ns %araf ieli.M afsid dies at st.
%Sns psii-Jonn W Syringe .a sl!s.
elsssf 10 f5s fnS cf on the Won
sh Jahs r. y isPff3adss greeley v. Whit
.,:fs e fs Tor ms Springer ,ssiifle. FOR
June 20. ls11.-Henwood convicted of
SSs H. 81 .sfSas @Riford
Hs nss s. new trial. Court ~
rI Eh ms Judge C. Butler 1n
motion to free HenwOod on the Won Phui
May rs. .1sls.-sscond trial of the Cope
l.5 5an sai Is. Difss@pi.trie. Attorney John A
Rush causes arrest Of John n, Carver on
s.r ss z Snis:. SSdo.lna
June II. 1sls.-John W. Springer testi-
firsss n aeFrse murder, ana ssnssassd e mans;
to the Supreme Court OF the United States.
Denver.-Flinging aside the testi-
mony of the defense that Harold F.
Henwood acted as a protector of the
home of John w. Springer and the fur
Their defense that Henwood fired upon
and killed Sylvester l.. Won Phul in
protection of his own life, the jury
that tried Henwood returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
I'VE. the jury. find the defendant.
Harold Frank Henwood. guilty of muir
der in the first degree as charged in
the information herein. and fix the
penalty at DEATH"
Henwood was arraigned upon the
charge of killing George E. Copeland.
who had nothing whatever to do with
the affairs Of either Won Phul or Hen
wood, in the barroom of the Brown
Palace hotel on the night of May "a.
1911.
Henwood, knocked down by Won
Phul, arose. drew a revolver and emp
tied 1t. He mortally wounded Won
Phul and Copeland and permanently
crippled James NJ. Atkinson of Colo
RADIO Springs. who. with Copeland,
was standing at the bar at the time.
Henwood's attorneys have filed an
affidavit that he is INDECENT. and asked
for a new trial.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27

Nine United States engineers and
employees drowned in Mississippi when
survey boat capsizes in storm near
New Madrid Mo.
Two boys drown in whirlpool rapids
of Niagara falls.
Two boys and two girls drown in
Missouri river near Kansas City when
boat overturns.
Broncho buster drowned while surf
bathing near Los Angeles.
One man drowned at Leadville, So.
Oak
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-06-27
FIFTY HURT IN WRECK.
Crew Attempts to Burn Evidence; II
People Drowned.

Rochester. N. Y.-Fifty persons
were injured. some of them seriously.
when a Pennsylvania railroad excur-
sion train was derailed near Sterling
station. The train was filled by ex-
cursionists bound for Olean. Rock City
and Bradford. Pa. Defective ties are
said to have caused the wreck. Efforts
to burn them were prevented by a
sheriff.