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The Washington times., 1914-04-20
POOL ROOM CRUSADE
NOT AGAINST CLUBS
Movement Aimed Only at Places
Operated for Gain, Says Cor.
poration Counsel.

Legitimate clubs whose pool and bill
lizard tables are MT operated for profit
or gain are not to be included In the
crusade to be instituted by the prose-
cutting officials against the pool rooms,
according to q statement of Conrad
II. Syme, corporation counsel. today.
An act of Congress, approved Feb
uary 25 1897. provides that it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
keep any billiard or pool table ''in any
saloon, room or place of business with
in the District Of Columbia for public
use or profit or gain, without a license
therefor"
The law provides also that all such
places shall be closed on Sunday. land
also during the hours that saloons are
required to be closed"
Mr.. Syme said today that it does not
appear to have been the intent of Con-
gress to include in this provision clubs
whose pool rooms are frequented only
by their members, and are not conduc-
ted for profits"
TT is the intention, however" said
Mr.. Syme. ito prosecute vigorously
those clubs that are organized primar-
lily for playing pool and billiards, and
which charge for the use of the tables
a sum sufficient to make their opera
UGH pIOIltdUie. ~ nuiHScI VI sum S,ecs'
We are informed, have been organized.
All will be required to obtain licenses,
and will be compelled to close between
the hours of 1 and a. m"
The license fee for pool or billiard
table is 81 a year. The penalty for
conducting a poolroom without license
Is a fine of So or three months i'm
prisonment, or both. For keeping the
poolroom open on Sunday during the
hours when the sale of liquor is forbid
den the penalty is a fine of not less
than s. nor more than $40.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
THE TIMES EXTRA
! FIRST ON STREET
News of Huerta's Refusal to
Salute Given Public IS Min
utes Ahead of Competitors.

More than fifty thousand Washing
tonians last night gave thanks to The
Washington Times because it was the
first paper to give them the news OF
Huerta's final refusal to salute the
United States flag. and the only paper
to give them all the news about It.
The regular edition of the Sunday
Times had Informed them of all the in
portant developments in the Mexican
situation UP to o'clock in the after
noon. Then came the edition in the
evening which completed the story.
TILE TIMES WAS ENABLED TO
GIVE WASHINGTON ALL THE
NEWS OF THE IMPENDING TROUs
BILE, AND To GIVE 1T FIRST.
Georgetown residents read of The
Huerta defiance in The Times fifteen
minutes before any other Washington
paper reached that section, Willie Ana
costa, Petworth, Brookland, and Co.
lumbia Heights residents received the
extra edition Of The Times at least
TWENTY-FIVE minutes before the arrival
Of the other papers.
All over the city The Times was in
the hands OF its reaGers from ten to
fifteen minutes before its competitors.
In all, there were 5000 copies of the
extra Of The Times sold by newsboys
during the two hours following the re-
ceipt Of the O'Shaughnessy message.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
HOLIDAYS
ARE ENDED TODAY
Vacation Over for $4,000 Chill
dren and LOO Teachers.
Exercises at Central.

Vacation is over, for school children.
Glasses were resumed in the Wash
ington public schools today after
ten-day Easter period. The 5000 school
children and 100 teachers begin the
final lap of the school year which ends
with graduation exercises June IL.
Today at Central High School. Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood will present conf
missions to the various officers of the
high school cadet regiment. Appropri-
ate exercises will mark the awards
and an address will be delivered by
Major General Wood. Members Of the
board Of education will be present
Other activities will be resumed dur
ing the week. The annual inter-high
school baseball championship games
are scheduled to start at American
League Park tomorrow. On Saturday
the annual indoor inter-scholastic rifle
tournament will be held at the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
The various spring PLAYS, festivals
and luncheons for the benefit Of vari-
GUS activities in the high schools are
scheduled to follow shortly.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
STAY CLEAN" TO Be
C|TY'S NEW SLOGAN
Cooperation of Housewives and
Others Sought to Keep
Washington Spick-Span.
"Stay Clean"

"Stay Clean"
This Is to be the motto of the clean
city committee. under whose direction
an army of workers co-operated last
week in the war against dirt. The
third annusl campaign for cleanliness
ended Saturday. In every way it was a
success. With less dirt to handle. more
was removed than in the previous cam
paigns. Last year $500 tons of refuse
were carted to the city dumps. The
estimates made by DR.. Arthur l.. Muir
ray. secretary of the committee, is be-
tween 5000 and 1000 tons.
Plans for keeping the city clean will
be discussed at meeting of the execu-
tive committee in room 200. District
building. at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The purpose of the committee now is
to keep aroused the interest of the
housekeepers ard the various agencies
that have contributed to the success of
the movement" said DR.. Murray today.
More can be accomplished by keeping
the city clear than by spasnodic cam
paigns. a little continued effort by
those VINO have enlisted under the ball.
ner of thu clean city committee will ac-
coinplfsh wonders"
will be to keep the public Informed as
to the proper methods to be used in
keeping the city clean, will be appointed
this afternoon. 1t is probable also that
an appropriation will be made for the
distribution among housekeepers Of cir
cuiars containing suggestions for i'm
provements In sanitary conditions.
Plans for the removal of high board
fances and substitution of some type of
open fence in their place. also will be
discussed by the committee. The prin-
cfpal purpose of the board fence, Dr.
Murray declares, is to hide dirt. The
committee may suggest to the Com
missioners that they amend the build
ing regulations to prohibit the board
fence.
The thanks of the committee were is
sued today to the citizens associations,
pupils of the public schools, Boy Scouts
organizations, Police, Health, and Fire
departments. housekeepers. and other
agencies which aided in making the
campaign a success.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Sons of Revolution
Delegates Leave City

After congratulating the District So
ciety upon the election of James A
Semple. Of this city, as treasurer gen.
eral of the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, the last of the delegates
to the triennial convention Of the gen.
eraI society are leaving washington to-
day.
The novelty of holding the convention
aboard the steamer Southland, while
visiting the many tidewater historic
points of Virginia, proved most enjoy
able, and the presence Of the French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand as
guests OF honor added much to the &C.
casion. Regret was universal that the
exigencies Of the Mexican situation pre-
vented Secretary of War and Mrs. Gar
rison from accompanying the party,
which numbered nearly go persons.
The appointment OF a committee to
take steps toward the erection in this
city Of a monument to the French adj
miral. Joseph Paul de Grasse. was au-
thorized.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
CHURCH BILLBOARD
DRAWS IN CHILDREN
Attendance Increased by Use
of Unique Poster, Declares
the Rev. l. M. Chambers.

Take your children to church. Give
them the right start" %. e.
A large six-sheet billboard, showing a
thr/ng Of children entering "a great
church door, stands in front Of the Nc
Kendree NJ. z. Church, and down in
the right-hand corner is the above
quoted admonition.
For two weeks this unique piece Of
CHURCH advertising has attracted the
attention of passersby ON Massachusetts
avenue. near Tenth street. and for the
last two Sundays the church and Sun
day school attendance has beer unit su-
ally large.
The Rev. L. Morgan Chambers, rastor
is certain the two circumstances are
related The poster shows in the upper
right-hand corner picture of Christ
surrounded by a group of little folks,
and near it is the scriptural quotation:
Suffer little children to come unto me
and forbid them not. for of such is the
kingdom of Heaven" These two para
graphs are all the reading matter to be
found on the board. Three groups Of
electric lights in refiectors. illuminate
the sign at night.
The sign was placed in front of the
church without charge by the Ameri-
can Sign Company. with which the
Washington Sign Company Is affiliated.
at the request of the Rev. Mr.. Cham
bers. 1t probably will remain there
for another month.
Two members will be added to Nc
Kendree Church in a short time as a
result of the brilliant sign. Within the
last ten days two persons have called
on the Rev. Mr.. Chambers and told him
that the sign recalled to them their
childhood days in church. Both were
members of out-of-toWn churches. but
since coming to Washington had given
up church attendance Now, they have
written for their church letters and
will join the church here when these
arrive.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Angelo Bovello Funeral
To Be Tomorrow Morning

The funeral Of Angelo Bovello. father
of John B. Bovello. the musician. who
died yesterday at his residence. S4
North Capitol street, will be held to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock. The
Rev. j. b. Pittar will celebrate requiem
mass at st. Aloysius' Church. Inter-
ment will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Mr.. Bovello. a native of Palermo,
Italy, was 81 years old. He came to
this county nearly forty years ago. He
resided in Baltimore few years. after
which he came TO Washington and had
lived here since. His wife, seven sons,
John B., Joseph Nunzio. Samuel.
Charles. Anthony and Vincent. and one
daughter, Paolina, survive.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
DECISION BLOCKS
LUNCH ROOM PLAN
Comptroller Downey Rules
Against Equipment in New
Postoffice.

Plans of officials and employees of the
city postoffice for a lunchroom in the
new postoffice building were given a
blow when George E. Downey, Comp
troller Of the Treasury, decided
that the Postmaster General had no
authority to use Government funds i'm
installing equipment for such use.
II postoffice employees were entitled to
subsistence at Government expense, the
Comptroller says, there would be no
question that this equipment would be
a necessary furnishing. But they are
= rot entitled to such subsistence, and,
furthermore, the Comptro Ter holds, the
fact that 1t was the plan to conduct
this lunchroom not as a Government
function. but by private lessees for per-
sonal gain, adds to the improperly of
providing such a convenience at Gov
eriment expense.
Chief Clerk Merritt Chance, of the
Postoffice Department. had anticipated
no objection to the use OF part of the
appropriation for furnishing the build
irg.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
FACE A SIGHT
With ERUPTION
RESINOL CURED
Etched and Burned Until Resinol
Brought Relief at Once.

Philadelphia. Pa. Dec. s. 1913: II
had small pimple on the side of NV
face. and it kept getting larger and
larger. 1t had spread over one cheek.
and as 1t would spread water would
come from 1t and every place the water
would touch. another sore would form.
IT itched and burned and my face was
a sight. ] used several salves and
ointments that were recommended. but
none helped. until l tried Resinol Soap
and Resinol Ointment. which relieved
me at once. and after using II about
two weeks, my face was entirely clear.
] cannot praise Resinol enough"
(Signed) Mrs. Rose Muller. 1913 Sny-
der Ave.
Physicians have prescribed Res'nol
for nineteen years and every druggist
sells Resfnol Soap Csc, and ResinoI
Ointment (50c and 81. Don't be de-
celved by the useless Substitutes"
which few inscriptions dealers Of
fer. For free trial write to Dept. CIR,
RsAinol. Baltimore. Md.-Adyt
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
STEAMER HITS BERG,
ICE RIPS OPEN BOW
French Liner California Has
Propeller Smashed in Crash
Off Banks in Fog.

NEW YORK. April 20.-SteaminG
through a dense fog off the treach-
erous Newfoundland banks. the
French liner California. which dock
ed here TODAY. rammed a mountainous
iceberg on Thursday.
Her bow was crushed in, and sew
eral plates were ripped open. letting
in a flood of water. In backing away
the California smashed a propeller
blaze. but she did not call for help.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
AUSTR|A'S EMPEROR
IS REPORTED DYING
Francis Joseph Confined to His
Room for Fourteen Days.
Anxiety Shown.

LONDON, April 20-Emperor Francis
Joseph, the aged ruler of Austria, IS in
q serious condition, dispatches recelv ID
here today admitted. In some quarters
II was rumored that his majesty was
dead
Alarming reports We're circulated in
Vienna, despite official statements is
sued from the palace that the Emperor
was suffering only from severe cold.
1t developed today that the Emperor
had been confined to his room for four
teen days. He has been so hoerse that
ne has not been able to speai-
Francis Joseph is eightv-fOur years
old. and his slightest indispoeition he's
always aroused the greatest anxiety.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
IF HEADACHY, DIZZY,
BILIOUS, 'CASCARETS'
Clean your liver and waste
clogged bowels tonight!
Feel bully!
Get a 10-cent box now.

Get a Decent box now.
You're bilious! You have a throbbing
sensation in your head, a bad taste in
your mouth, your eyes burn. your skin
is yellow. with dark rings under your
eyes; your lips are parched. No wonder
you feel ugly, mean, and ill-tempered.
Your system is full of bile not properly
passed off. and what you need is a
cleaning up inside. Don't continue be-
ing bilious nuisance to yourself and
those who love you, and don't resort to
harsh physics that irritate and injure.
Remember that most disorders of the
stomach, liver, and bowels are cured by
morning with gentle. thorough Casca-
rets-they work while you sleep. A 10
cent box from your druggist will keep
your liver and bowels clean, stomach
sweet, and your head clear for months.
Children love to take Cascarets, be-
cause they taste good and never grippe
or sicken-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
To Follow Famous Trail.

A journey from Philadelphia to Cam
bridge, Mass, following the route
Washington took when he journeyed to
take command of the Revolutionary
army. is being planned by the Sons of
the American Revolution In celebration
of July l. Automobiles will be used.
The pilgrimagers will be escorted along
the line by patriotic military organiZa-
lions of the several States through
which they pass.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
DIR. Montgomery BIames
Both Labor and Capital

That labor and capital are both at
fault. and that both do what they are
compelled TO do, and nothing more, is
the opinion Of DR.. James Shera Mont
gomery, pastor of the Metropolitan VI.
z. Church. who delivered a sermon last
night on THE Necessity of a Margin"
They give just what they feel they
must" said DR.. Montgomery, both
stop when the whistle blows, both work
by the clock"
The Washington times., 1914-04-20


SIX PAGES
Yesterdays Times, Post,
and Star, contained SIX
pages in all-of Palais
Royal store news. The
news of the seasons best
values earned these six
pages.
If the rain kept you
away today, please ar
range to be here tomor-
row.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Values are $1,000 and up to $35. 90

House Dresses, stan
dard at S1.00, OF wash
materials in light and
dark colorings. piped in
white. All sizes up to Al
at only 43c for choice.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Skirts now

Some Of wash materials. some
can beauty shade only.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Waists now 29c

Last Of various lots are punched
hurry for those daintily trim
med with reliable laces and en-
broideries
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
SULzER GIVES LIE TO MURPHY
DECLARES TAMMANY LEADER
DIDN'T GIVE MONEY BACK.
Another $4,000 That Tammany Chief
Returned to Brady, He Says
Murphy to Be Witness.

New York, Feb. 2S. Charles F.
Murphy, leader Of Tammany Hall. did
not give back the S2j, 900 campaign
contribution of the late Anthony y.
Brady in 1912. as Murphy said he did,
according to the sworn testimony of
William Sulzer, deposed governor of
New York.
Sulzer, a witness yesterday for the
second time at the John Doe inquiry
into political graft, testified that Muir
ply had told him that he turned the
$50 00 over TO the Democratic state
committee. He added that Murphy
also said he had fixed it" SO that it
would be reported in the committees
list of campaign contributions under
the name of a dummy, 1t is the $25,-
000 which SulZer says was first offer
ed to him and which he refused to &C
cept.
Murphy in a recent public state
ment said hat he had given the money
back to Brady. He probably will be
called in the near future TO tell his
story, under oath.
Sulzer conceded yesterday that Muir
ply had given the sum of So. 900 back
to Brady, but that it was not the same
$4,000. The $4,000 vas paid TO Bra.
dy, according to Sulzer, to compromise
a suit for $4,000 which he said Bra.
dy had brought against Murphy.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
Lefty Louie" Denies Rumor.
N. P. EMPLOYEES ASK RAISE
Conductors and Trainmen Present De-
mand for Increase in
WaQes.

Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 27.-Demand
for a general increase in wages has
been made to the Northern Pacific by
the conductors and trainmen through
the. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the Order of Railway Conductors,
according to announcement made by
George T. Slade, vice president of the
Northern Pacific, who, with President
j. NJ. Hanniford. is in Tacoma on an
inspection of the entire line.
Mr.. Slade declined to discuss what
attitude the road would take. 1T is re-
grettable that it just at this
time" Mr.. Slade remarked. He was
unable to state just what were the ex-
act demands. He said that General
Superintendent j. b. Richards of Ia
coma. who is now in st. Paul, and G..
A.. Boodell, general manager of the
lines east Of Paradise, Mont. will con-
fer with representatives of the EN-
ployes in st. Paul.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
KING GEORGE JOINS BALL FANS
Ruler Of England Enthusiastic Spec.
tator at Giant-White Sox
Game.

London, Feb. 2S.-The king of Eng
land saw what any thirty-third degree
fan in the United States would crave
to see. He saw the New York Giants
and Chicago White Sox battle II in
nings of a ball game, with the Giants
on the short score. The final count
was 5 to 4 in favor of the Chicagoans.
Despite the soggy diamond, King
George and the 10000 spectators saw
a splendid display of the American
national game. His majesty showed
intense interest in every play. When
Faber. in the middle of the match, re,
tired Chicago with three men on bases
and only n out, the king a~pplauded
as wildly as any of the American
fans.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
SLAYER OF HUSBAND TO DIE
MRS. SUFFUM CONVICTED OF
POISONING MATE.
VIZ. =: April 5 Set as Date for Her
Observation-Disclosures
Cold ~Demeanor.

Little Ialley, y. Y, Mar. Mrs.
CYNTHIA Buffum was found guilty of
murder in the first degree in hav-
inc poisoned her husband, Willis Buf-
FUN. The jury reported after five
hours and 20 minutes deliberation.
Willis Buffum died on his farm near
here on August "a last. Mrs. Buffum
was charged with poisoning him be-
cause Of her infatuation for another
man. At the time Of her arrest a CON
feSsion was obtained from her by the
authorities. 1t is understood that a
majority Of the jurors voted for con
victiOn from the first ballot. Four
were for conviction of murder in les
ser degree.
Justice Brown said in his charge
that if the jury decided that improper
methods had been used to secure the
confession Of December 10 in which
Mrs. Buffum said she poisoned her
husband, the jury should not con-
slider it. The confession in itself, he
said, was not sufficient to convict, I'M
h,BF Nv no II ~ WI lIhG a
crime of murder, first degree, had
been committed.
In response to a question from a
juror, Justice Brown said hat the
death OF Laura Buffum from poison
ing after the similar death of her
father could be considered only as it
illustrated the symptoms of poisoning
and its effects on the human system.
So great was the interest in the
trial that the country folk began to
arrive here at ) o'clock in the morn
ing. They brought their lunches and
sat in the court room until the jury
retired.
Justice Brown at once pronounced
the death sentence upon Mrs. Buffum.
fixing the week of April } for her
execution in the electric chair at
Auburn. She has been taken there.
When Mrs. Buffum hear the ver-
dict she maintained her cold de-
meanor She was standing when the
foreman announced the jury's finding
and she remained on her feet without
wavering. Beside her sat her mother
and her little son Francis, who awoke
to hear the sentence. She kissed
him goodbye. Her attorney at once
moved for a new trial.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
NEW LINER BUILT FOR SAFETY
Britannia Designed to Prevent Rope
ton of the Great Titanic
Disaster.

Belfast, Ireland, Feb. IS. The
launching of the Britannia, the 10000
ton White Star liner, marked an i'm
portant development in CONSTITUTIONAL
safety so far as engineering ingenuity
can insure it.
Work on the Britannia, intended for
the transatlantic service, had only
just been started when the Titanic dis
aster occurred, and as a result OF that
accident the plans of the new liner
were almost completely remodeled.
She is a triple-screw steamer, 900
feet in length, and there has been
introduced into her construction every
device possible to prevent a recur-
renee of disaster which overlook the
Titanic.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
Feiar. Death; Escapes Death.

Gloversville, N. v. Feb. 25.-Feign.
ing death and falling into a bathtub,
Mrs. James Mcconnell eluded her en-.
ragged husband, who had fired twice
at her. The first shot hit the rim of
her glasses and cause a slight flesh
wound in the forehead. The second
was Embedded in her hair. When the
second shot was fired Mrs. Mcconnell
dropped apparently l~ifeless into the
tub and her husband, believing he had
killed her, left the room and shot him,
self twice in the head. At the hospi.
tai he 10 expected to die.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
BIG SNOW STORM HITS SOUTH
Weather Records Of From Eight to
Twenty Years Broken-Freez-
ing at New Orleans.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 27.-The South
and Southeast is shivering as a result
of a general snowstorm which blank
eted the Atlantic seaboard as far south
as southern Georgia and reached to
the gulf states. Weather bureau rec
ords of from eight to twenty years
were broken.
The heaviest snowfall was reported
in Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
North and South Carolina. At Macon.
Ga, the precipitation reached a depth
of six inches. while an almost equal
amount was reported at Augusta and
Savannah.
Thermometers at New Orleans, Mo-
bile and other gulf points lowered
about freezing point.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
Plans Transatlantic Fiioht.

Paris, Feb. 2S. - Alexander Dumas,
an engineer, laid before the French
Aerial Navigation society, presided
over by Prince Boland Bonaparte, the
result of his studies of the problem
Of a transatlantic aeroplane fight.
Under the Plan of NJ. Dumas the trip
would take 81 hours. exclusive of
stops, Of which there would be two
the Azores islands and New Found.
land-for fuel and provisions. The ma.
chine advocated by M. Dumas would
be q huge triplane. having an average
speed Of about 81 miles.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-06
Four TO Die in April,

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 27.-"Gyp the
Blood" Lefty Louie" Whitley Lewis"
and "Dago Frank" the four gunner
jointly convicted with former Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker for the
murder Of Herman R~osenthal. tie
gambler. will be e%Iectrocuted during
the week beginning April l3. The date
was fixed by the court of appeals
when the judges signed the four death
warrants. The exercise of executive
clemency by Governor Glynn now is
all that can prevent the death of the
gunner.