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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE VOL. XXXIII, NO. 32 WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1913 CHARGES ARE MADE LAWYER MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES. Gilchrist Stewart, Colored, Tells of Connection with Inquiry Into Theft of Letters—"Arrested" in Chicago—"Strong Arm" Men in Employ of W. R. Hearst Assaulted and Searched Him, He Says. Gilchrist Stewart, of New York, made serious charges Monday before the Clapp Committee of the Senate against employees of William R. Hearst, in connection with the inquiry into the theft of the John D. Archbold letters. Stewart is an employee of former Senator Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio. Mr. Foraker engaged him to get from William W. Winkfield, of Chicago, an acknowledgment in authoritative form and properly attested of Winkfield's participation in the theft of the letters from the files of the Standard Oil Company. Winkfield was then John D. Archbold's confidential messenger. In collusion with Charles Stump, a white man, also a bookkeeper in the Staffard Oil offices, a conspiracy was hatched, Stewart alleged, for the purpose of gathering and later selling important private correspondence which Mr. Archbold had had with national legislators, and, if possible, with members of the Federal judiciary. Winkfield had given early last fall an alleged statement of his relations with Stump, who is now dead, in the letter theft. Stewart went to Chicago December 17 last for the purpose of getting some supplementary evidence from Winkfield. While in a safe on the night of December 21, he testified, six stalwart detectives, whom he described as typical "gangsters" came into the place. "Are you Gilchrist Stewart?" demanded the leader of the party. "I am," said Stewart. "Then I have an order for your arrest," said the leader; "come with me." From the safe, Stewart was led two blocks to a place where two taxicabs were waiting. It was 3 a. m. when they arrived in front of a large office building. Stewart said that he was bundled into the retreatment of the building and hustled to an elevator. The car was shot speedily to an upper floor and Stewart surrounded by detectives, rushed into a handsomely fitted private office. At a desk sat a gentleman, who, according to the witness, addressed by the leader of the detectives, as Mr. Lawrence, Stewart testified that with Mr. Lawrence was another gentleman named Polack. "Have you searched the prisoner?" demanded the quasi-magistrate. "We have searched him and also searched the house," answered the chief plain clothes man. The "judge" and Mr. Polachk then retired, so Stewart alleges, to an inner room where they were closed for nearly "an hour. When they emerged they began firing questions at Stewart, demanding to know if he had any more letters from Winkfield. Stewart denied having any more and made vehement protest against the search of his house and his person. He remarked that he had a mind to sue the Hearst people for damages for, as he relates, he had noticed that the rubber mats in the hallway and elevator bore in large capitals the name "Hearst." A suggestion of suit caused Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Polachk to engage in an animated but whispered conference. Then they laughingly told Stewart that another man had tried in Chicago, five years ago, to sue Mr. Hearst for $100,000, but that the filing of a suit was as far as he had yet been able to get with it. After a further effort by Lawrence and Polachk to elicit more information from Stewart, he was permitted to depart for his home. "Am I not to go to the station house," demanded the negro, "No, you can go home whenever you get ready," said the "justice." Stewart told the committee that the Chief of Police of Chicago denied all knowledge of the charges against him, and said that the warrants were fakes. CUNNINGHAM'S DEMOCRACY. What Does the New Disciple of Democracy Want Now?—South Greater Than the North. The editorial page of The Bee is always full of things worth the attention and consideration of its readers everywhere. But from its tone of Negro Democrats, and how they are looked upon by the white Democrats at the South, it goes to show that The Bee's knowledge of the political affairs are very, very limited. So far as Negro Democrats are concerned, they, above all Negroes at the South, are more respected and are better protected than any of the loyal Negro Republicans. I make this statement, Mr. Editor, without fear of a successful and truthful contradiction by even the most wise colored politician of that section of the country. Then, too, with the doors of the thousands of common schools—to say nothing of the many colleges—thrown open to the colored people of this country, it looks strange, very strange, indeed, to hear a learned colored lawyer, one who was born and reared in the nation's capital, where he has enjoyed the privileges of drinking from the fountain of knowledge, come forth and declare that he is still too blind to see how a Negro can be a Democrat. I say, Mr. Editor, that all Negroes whose mental eyes have so far gone back on them deserve to be pitied. The colored people's failure to see and appreciate the many favors done the race by men of the Democratic faith will cause them to wander in the wilderness for many more years unless they cease to follow in the footsteps of the blind. You speak of Negro Democrats as fools. When you or any of the colored editors and writers class as fools such men as that fearless man, Bishop Alexander Walters, whose shoe latches many of the selfish Republicans are not worthy to stoop down and unloose, you but show to the intelligent world that you are sadly deficient in the things that you very much need. If we had hundreds of thousands of just such fools (?) as Bishop Walters, Editor Clement, of The Star of Zion, and J. Milton Waldron, and many other Negro Democratic fools (?) of their type it would be far better for the colored race. We say if such men as mentioned above are fools we pray God to give us more fools! for we haven't enough of them. Now, considering these facts, is it not but fair to conclude that the colored voter's love for these modern Republicans should grow cold? During these late years our leading colored Republican's requests have amounted to but little if anything, with the heads of these government departments. Indeed, we, as a race, have had a rough road to travel ever since the election of 1908. And 'twagging from bad to worse! A change will soon take place. And instead of a repetition of a speech that "Negroes would be singled to go so far and no farther," God whispered through the Chief Magistrate to be of our land and country "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform," etc. Truly, JOSEPH C. CUNNINGHAM. FAIR PLAY FOR THE NEGRO. Movement to Get Him Out of Army Will Not Succeed. Part of Plan of Extremists to Retire Him from Every Branch of Government Service—Frowned Upon by Wilson—Army Officers Praise Negro as Soldier—Officers' Conference. The proposal to disband the four Negro regiments of the army—the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry—suggested as one of the subjects to be discussed by the conference of the ranking officers of the army, to be held here on Wednesday, probably will not take serious form. Nevertheless, it is soberly broached, and represents a movement, incohate as yet, on the part of extremists in various branches of the Government and in Congress, to drive the Negro out of every part of the Government service; or, so far as he may be permitted to remain therein, to reduce him to the grade of servant. On the other hand, there have come from Mr. Wilson, the President-elect, more or less directly, authoritative assurances that he will not be a party to, or tolerate, any injustice to the representatives of any race. Prominent Negroes are much encouraged by what they hear of Mr. Wilson's attitude in this matter. Moreover, it should be added that some of the leading Southern Democrats are themselves determined to occupy a broad and generous position, with regard to the issue. THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN ATTORNEY GILCHRIST STEWART the patronage. At the same time, there is a large body of Southerners to whom the idea of a Negro in a political office—especially an office involving any control over others, more particularly over any white man—is intolerable. It is from sources imbued with this spirit that there have come the suggestion of disbanding the Negro regiments, scattering them perhaps in isolated squads among the white regiments, with the idea of elbowing them at last out of the army, as they have been practically elbowed out of the navy, excepting as they may remain in the capacity of servant messengers or other post of a comparatively menial nature. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Convention. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has just closed its fifth annual convention and first alumni reunion at the seat of the Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University. This is the first and only Negro Greek fraternity of national importance. Although it has been established only a few years, it has grown until it now has chapters in thirteen of the largest universities in the United States and Canada, a thriving graduate chapter in Louisville, Ky., and an alumni chapter in New York City. The fraternity was founded at Cornell University six years ago and the last chapter was established at Wilberforce University on December 14, 1912. The convention was a great success in every particular, the largest and best ever held. The reports of the delegates and officers showed the chapters to be in a flourishing condition. Many had secured and others were contemplating the securing of chapter honors. In connection with the convention was held the first alumni reunion. Several of the alumni members were present and took an active part in all the proceedings. Dr. Moses A. Morrison, D. D., of Wheeling, West Virginia, the first general president and an alumnus member of Beta Chapter (Howard). and Nathaniel A. Murray, one of the founders and an alumnus of Cornell, were the principal speakers at the reunion. There were many visiting alumni and graduate members in attendance, among whom were: Dr. A. T. Brock and Prof. V. T. Clark, of Louisville, Ky.; Geo. B. Kelley, of Upper Troy, N. Y. one of the founders, and Chanman, of the Alumni Committee; Dr. W. T. Capel, Huntington, W. Va.; Attorney W. O. Stokes, Dayton, Ohio; Dr. V. C. Kingslow, Blue Fields, West Va.; Dr. Hathpeek, Dayton, Ohio, and others. The officers elected were: Chas. I. Ganni (Howard), re-elected president; vice president, Raymond W. Cannon (Minnesota); secretary, Henry L. Dickason (Kappa), and treasurer, William P. Norcom (Michigan). The delegates were entertained royally by the members of the Kappa Chapter and the citizens of Columbus. The convention adjourned December 28. The sixth annual convention will be held at the seat of the Beta Chapter, Howard University, Washington, D. C. THOMPSON REBUKED. Our Own "Jim" Waters Takes Exceptions to the Pseudo Correspondent, R. W. Thompson's, Lurid Style, Though Not Chagrined Because He. Was Not Invited. Washington. D. C. Jan. 11. To the Editor: For mine own delection, as well as for the entertainment—yes, and the information—of such of your readers as care to peruse these lines, I propose to set down one or two points of difference. The one relates to the ways of the of the necauceax-riches, the trimmers and x few of the real ones among the colored folks (which latter, be it remembered, are supposed to be "gettin' more like de write folkes every day") Before me lie three newspapers, the New York Age, the New York Times and the Washington Post, and all of them were published within the seven days ending today. As I fix my gaze on the New York Times and the Washington Post I begin to be tossed in the grip of a mighty rage, which presently gives place to abject amazement, only to come right back when I tell you the reason I am sure you will feel sorry for me and lend the sustaining power of your sympathy. Now just listen. "Among the invited guests present," says the New York Times (speaking of a dinner party at the Hamilton in Bermuda) "were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Denny, of Washington, D. C." et al. At another place I note something about Craig Wadsworth being "among those present." "Among those present" (at another affair given in Washington, D. C.) says the Washington Post, "were Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Hale and Beekman Winthron." Now can you blame me for being exasperated? What colored newspaper in the whole United States would ever think of referring to the Damrosches that way? Indeed, ye colored "writing-up" would have said: "Among those present were Director of the New York Symphony Orchestra Damrosch and Mrs. Damrosch." "Second Assistant Secretary of State Chandler Hale and Mrs. Hale," and so on. Do you think any colored pen pusher, writing up a dinner party, would ever have referred to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy as "Beckman Winthrop"—just plain Beckman Winthrop? Perish the thought. And the same is true of Craig Wadsworth, second secretary of the American embassy at London. Next I turn to the New York Age. Ah, joy, what bliss—tis music to my ears. The "piece de resistance" is an account of a certain dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Napier. Beginning "Register of the Treasury and Mrs. J. C. Napier" opened the social season of the New Year last Friday evening," etc. this write-up seems to be all that punctifious taste could ask for, and yet—and yet, it contains some of the most glaring errors ever recorded since the morning and the evening made the first day. "Among the many noted (don't forget now, they were all noted—even if I was left out, it was an assemblage of noted people. See? What's that? Noted for what? Now don't be a boob; they were noted people, all of them). I digress; let me return. "Among the many noted persons invited by Register and Mrs. Napier were: Mrs. J. Gerald Tyler, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. and Mrs. Stansbury Boyce of Jacksonville, Fla.; Bishop and Mrs. John Hurst, of Baltimore; * * * Judge and Mrs. Robert H. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General W. H. Lewis, Auditor and Mrs. Ralph W. Tyler, Collector and Mrs. Whitfield McKinley, Prof. and Mrs. Kelly Miller, Assistant Superintendent and Mrs. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, Prof. and Mrs. George William Cook, Recorder and Mrs. Henry Lincoln Johnson * * * and so the bulb of luminosity goes on being expanded to cosmic proportions. But wait—what is this I see? Do mine eyes deceive me? Yes? No? No, they don't, for it reads "Mr. and Mrs. William H. Clifford." Why discriminate? Why not give Mr. Clifford a long title, too? He's as fine a man as ever stepped into shoe leather, and a friend of mine in whom there is indeed no guile. I resent his being referred to as just plain "Mr. William H. Clifford." Why couldn't he be called "Ex-State Senator Clifford?" Again, I read, "Dr. be "International Secretary J. E. Moreland and Mrs. Moreland." Again I read, "Rew. and Mrs. Sterling N. Brown"; it ought to be "Ex-member of the School Board S. N. Brown and Mrs. Brown." Another friend of mine is handed the deadly double cross, being put down as "Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Houston." Is that fair? Why not say, "Ex-Grand Master of all the Odd Fellows W. L. Houston and Mrs. Houston?" Eh? Is there any reason why all of our noted ones should not be accorded the same treatment? And there was Dr. J. R. Wilder, why not have said "Ex-candidate for Delegate to the National Republican Convention Dr. J. R. Wilder." What reason was there for ignoring Wilder's title? Alas, oye gods. "Special Assistant District Attorney James A. Cobb" is put down as plain "James A. Cobb". Was ever crime so foul as that ever done in all the earth? I think npt. "Cobby, old boy," says I to myself when I read it, "cheer up, lad; the worst is yet to come; the fourth of March is anchored just in the offing, old skate, cheer up. What if they did leave off your title and put you just barely ahead of that intermittent cross between a cheap cracker and an "Ex-colored Man," that's not half as bad as they treated me; for they wouldn't invite me at all." Well, what more is to be said, Mr. Editor? Nothing. It is to laugh. The white man, with all the money, automobiles, servants galore, is referred to as just plain "Beekman Winthrop," while the poor dinge with a smile and a pawn ticket wears a title that reaches from here to Kalamazoo. They ain't got 'em, Mr. Editor, that's jes all it is to it—they itin' got 'em. JAMES C. WATERS, JR. 1339 T Street Northwest. ATTORNEYS FOR GREEN RESIST DEATH PENALTY. Effort in Behalf of Colored Man Convicted of Felonious Assault An effort will be made to prevent the imposition of the death penalty on Nathaniel Green, colored, who was convicted late Monday afternoon by a jury in Criminal Court No. 1 of felonious assault on Mrs. Adelaide E. Grant, Christmas night, and whose punishment was fixed by the jury at death. As soon as the verdict had been received, which finding was made over the protests of Attorneys George H. Macdonald and Benjamin L. Gaskins, counsel for the prisoner, justice was served of the intention of the accused to file a motion in arrest of judgment. Question at Issue. This move on the part of counsel for Green will have the effect of bringing squarely before Justice Stafford the law question as to the right of the trial judge to decline to accept a plea of guilty. It is expected Justice Stafford will hold to his previous ruling that he has the right to do so and will overrule the motion to stay the judgment. In that event, he will proceed to pronounce the death penalty, and from this refusal, if recorded, and the imposition of sentence counsel for Green will note an appeal to the Court of Appeals. In order to allow the appellate tribunal time to hear and dispose of the appeal, the date for the execution of Green will probably be set for the latter part of March. May Be Delayed Until April. Should his counsel occupy, the time allowed them under the rules of court to prepare a transcript of record on appeal, it is doubtful if the case would be in condition to be heard by the Court of Appeals before April. It is expected, however, that expedition will be used in preparing the record and securing a decision from the higher tribunal. United States Attorney Wilson and Assistant United States Attorney Proctor will aid in hastening the matter to a hearing by the appellate court, as the question raised is important and should be passed on by the Court of Appeals. FIRST DAUGHTER OF "BOB" CHURCH Ready for Legal Fight—Mrs. A. J. Napier, First Child of the Lanented Race Leader and Business Man, in the City with Eminent Counsel to Contest Her Father's Will. Special Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent to the Chicago Defender. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 10—When it was announced some days ago that Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Napier of Vancouver, B. C., were in the city, the prominent citizens realized that the rumors of dissatisfaction among the heirs of the late Robert Church were true. Mr. Church, "Bob Church," as he was known in these parts, was Tennessee's foremost man of color. His recent death was heralded across the globe and his wealth was estimated at a million or more. He had several children prominent here and in other cities, but when his will was filed trouble began. *Mrs. Napier, his first daughter, became the object of attack from the other children. They claimed that she was but a half sister and was not entitled to share in the estate. Mr. Napier, prominent in the insurance and real estate business in Vancouver, B. C., determined that the best way to fight for his wife's rights was to be on the ground. So with the advice of eminent counsel in their home city, supplemented by a conference with a famous Chicago attorney, they are here ready as they say "for the fray." When seen by a Chicago Defender correspondent Mr. Napier said that there was nothing new to report, but that they were ready for the case President-elect Wilson has an opinion of his own. His Chicago and New Jersey speeches are very surprising to the non-progressives. The hotel Astor was stormed by 300 strikers this week. The Ohio River rises six inches per hour. There are 20,000 operatives out. John B. Gleason, of New York, has sued Mrs. Thaw for $53,000 counsel fees. The court has the case under advisement. The Chicago sharpshooters ride in automobiles to catch bandits. In New York City seven blind girls are employed as telephone operators and six in Baltimore. The Young Men's Christian Association, with two hundred lines and eight pay stations in Baltimore, have been operated by a blind girl for one year. It is announced that the German army is to be increased. The last two European wars has made Germany take notice. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, is to introduce a resolution providing for an extension of the emergency currency act beyond June 30, 1914. This act will enable the banks to meet a panic should any arise before the new currency legislation is fully developed. Last week sixty thousand garment workers, on srike, marched the streets of New York through the factory districts. They are demanding increased pay, better working conditions and the abolition of the child-labor law. Grand Master Morris has deducted $300 from the pay of the judges of the "Supreme Court of Odd Fellows." Editor James A. Ross, of the Detroit Informer, was banqueted by his friends in the Little Savoy Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y. He was also endowed for rendering deeds for the District of Columbia. Rev. J. Milton Waldron is mentioned for the Liberia Mission under the next administration; also is J. Silas Harris, of Kansas City, Mo. From present conditions horse flesh will soon pass into oblivion. The Board of Education refused to open the Evans case. On motion of Dr. Marshall, properly seconded, the request was denied. Howard University is on the increase this year. Several additional students have been added to the school. Ex-Governor Edward C. Stokes favors the Munsey harmony scheme. He says, get together is the slogan. North Jersey is to have reduced telephone rates, while the Bell Telephone Company wires in Camden. There is an immense increase in copper stocks. Copper shares were dispersed by the unexpected large increase in the stocks of the metal on hand that was disclosed in the producers' statement for December. The fear of the government officials is that a central bank would be controlled by Wall Street. Massachusetts selected Representative Weeks as the successor of Mr. Murray Crane. In Maine conditions are rather mixed. The vote for President and Vice President was cast Monday: Wilson and Marshall (Democrat), 435; Roosevelt and Johnson (Progressive), 88; Taft and Butler (Republican), 8. Total, 531. Every child that attends the public schools must be vaccinated. Children should impress their parents of the law. Gus A. Schultz, corporation attorney, has been indorsed for judge of the Juvenile Court. Mr. Schmidt is a popular official. THE KINGDOM Known As the Lily Whites. Editor of The Bee: There is to be organized in this city among a few colored families—a few are, trustees in the public schools—an organization known and styled the "Kingdom." A theatre party is suggested for Chase's Theatre under the guise of being white. If these or any Negro teachers in the public schools who are afraid or ashamed to let their identity be known they should be dismissed. A number of these same individuals started a lily white organization several years ago, but The Bee exposed it and it soon disbanded. Now we are to have the Lily White Kingdom. CLASPS WIFE AS SHIP SINKS SEVENTEEN LIVES WERE LOST Steamer Was Rammed In Chesapeake Bay by British Vessel and Went Down Like a Rock. One of the most pathetic incidents of the wreck of the steamer Julia Luckenbach in Chesapeake Bay was the death of Captain H. A. Gilbert and his wife in the pilothouse of the ship as it went down. When the crash came the wife rushed from her room into the pilothouse into the open arms of her husband There was not a moment's time for thought of escape and they died together. This story was told by five survivors of the Luckenbach, who were picked up by the Indrakuala. They repeated it to the officers of the revenue cutter Apacha and to a party from Crisfield, which visited the beached ship on Diamond Marsh, in Tangier sound. Again and again Mrs. Gilbert, who insisted on travelling with her husband, had told failends that if the ship ever went down she wanted to be as close as possible to her husband and that she did not want any one ever to try to rescue her if he was to be lost. From the reports of the men who were saved, all of whom owe their lives to jumping from the deck of the sinking ship or seeking a refuge in the rigging, it seems that she died as she had said she wanted to die. Men who saw the incident said that there was, however, no opportunity for any rescue of the captain or his wife. If there had been the chance the men of the Luckenbach say they would have been at her side to give her aid. The Luckenbach, from Port Tampa to Baltimore, was about to anchor off the Tangler gas buoy at the mouth of the Potomac, when the Indrakaula caught her and-cut her practically in two at the line of her No. 2 hold. She went down like a rock, and only the men on deck had a chance for life. The Indrakaula, badly damaged and in danger of sinking, drew off and beached to save herself. Eight of the survivors were taken from the tenmost part of the rigging, where for six hours they fought for life, while others, exhausted, dropped one by one to death. With a wind blowing at cyclonic velocity and the waves beating against them, the hardest ones held fast until their clothes were torn to shreds and they were on the verge of exhaustion, when the steamer Pennsylvania hove in sight and took them off. The report from the men on the Indrakaa was to the effect that not more than a minute elapsed before the ship sank. The pillothouse was the last part to be flooded The Apache has been in the scene of the wreck since Saturday looking for bodies The Luckenbach, with a single spar still projecting above the water's surface, marks the scene of the tragic crash in which so many lives were lost last Friday All vessels going up or down the bay are stopping to look for bodies, but none has been found so far There are five more survivors of the sunken vessel on the disabled Indrakaula, having been rescued from the sinking craft by the larger vessel One more, who was picked up by the Indrakaula's crew, died as a result of his exposure to the weather, leaving the death list at seventeen. FINDS HER SON SHOT 'Believed He Was Examining Revolver When It Was Discharged. Hearing a pistol shot from the bedroom of Alfred McKean, in Shamokin, Pa., his mother and another son hurried to the room and found him dead, with a revolver on the floor beside him. A bullet had pierced his brain. It is supposed he was slitting on the bed examining the weapon, when it was accidentally discharged. Shortly before the shooting he had been conversing with his mother. Record Revenue Receipts. The year 1912 established a new record in the amount of revenue receipts at the York, Pa., office of the Ninth internal revenue district. The sale of stamps for cigars, tobacco and liquor amounted to $1,223,008, a gain of $104,472. In the city and county of York 159 cigar factories were opened. Bank Burglars Get $15,500. Burglaries robbed the Bank of New South Wales at Surrey Hills of $15,500, chiefly in gold and silver. 1913 JANUARY 1913 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 I the belief of their privilege to do so under the right of free speech. McCarty Gave Palzer Beating. Luther McCarty beat Al Palzer to a frazzle in their fight for the white heavyweight championship of the world at the Vernon arena in Los Angeles, Cal, scoring what amounted to a knockout soon after the eighteenth round started. Referee Eyton stopped the fight during this round, as Palzer was hopelessly licked. He was just able to atagger to the center of the ring when the hell called him to his fate. The big fellow was a whipped man after the fifteenth round, but he managed to hold on through the fifteenth and sixteenth, three minute periods. He was groggy when he came on for the seventeenth round, but he showed wonderful nerve, and his ability to take punishment enabled him to stay the round out. He could hardly find his corner at the end. Congressman Leaps Off Ship. Congressman William W. Wedemeyer, of Ann Arbor, Mich., who suddenly went insane while on a visit to Colon, Panama, at the time of President Taft's recent visit to the Isthmus, jumped overboard from a ship on which he had been taken at Colon. His body has not been recovered. Mr. Wedemeyer went to the Isthmus with a congressional party at the same time that the-president visited there. On the voyage from New York he collapsed and was taken to a sanatorium in Panama, and later was placed in confinement in a hospital, where he became violent and raved about his defeat at the recent election. He developed a sulcidal tendency and was closely watched. Senator Resigns. Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, who sang his "swan song" last week, resigned from the United States senate. This action was expected, although Mr. Bailey said that he might not offer his resignation for several days, so that it would not detract from his speech in which he defended the constitution and assailed the plan of direct legislation as proposed in the initiative, referendum and recall. Mr. Bailey will be succeeded by his closest personal and political friend, Colonel R. M. Johnson, Democratic national committeeman from Texas. Johnson will hold the seat till March 4, when the term for which Bailey was elected will expire. Three Boys Drowned Four little boys while playing on the ice near their homes in Boardmanville, near Olean, N. Y., ventured out upon some thin ice and three of them were plunged to death in the water. Charles Fitch, the lone survivor of the quartette, ran frantically up and down the bank while his companions struggled for life in the stream. Before assistance could be obtained the water had claimed all three boys. The bodies were subsequently recovered and taken to their homes. The drowned are: Raymond Fath, aged eleven; Homer and Milo Williams, twelve and fourteen years old respectively. Seven Killed When Bridge Falls. The first day of the new year brought to the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad disaster. An engine of the heaviest type, pulling westbound freight train No. 99, plunged through a temporary bridge spanning the Guyan river at Guyandotte, on the eastern edge of Huntington, W. Va. Seven men were hurled to death and a half dozen more were seriously hurt. The dead are: F. E. Weber, engineer; Henry White, watchman; Emmett Wood, bridgeworker; Charles Haddle, bridgeworker; James Crawford, bridgeworker; Charles Coyner, bridgeworker, and J. G. Wheeler, bridgeworker. Mails 1000 Paving Bricks. One thousand concrete paving blocks, each in a separate stamped parcel, were the first instalment of parcels post mail to leave Gary, Ind. Two big drays carrying the blocks, wrapped and addressed, backed up to the postoffice. The postoffice force had to carry the 6000 pounds of blocks into the office to have the stamps canceled. The blocks are being sent out as samples by a manufacturer, who found that he could send them cheaper by parcels post than by express. "Newshoy" Dies at 105 Carsamus Paige, believed to be the oldest newsboy in the world, died at his home in Jollet, Ill., aged 105 years. He sold papers in the streets up to a few days ago. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR quiet; winter clear, $4.10@1.25; city mill, fancy, $4.75@1.25. RYE FLOUR quiet; per barrel, $3.60 @3.75. WHEAT quiet; No. 2 red, 97½@98c; CORN steady; No. 2 yellow, 54½@55c; GATQ quiet; no, white, 40½@41c lower roosters, 38c. FOULTRY. Live steady; hens, 14@ 16c; old roosters, 11@11½c. Dressed firm; choice fowls, 15½c; old roosters, 12c; turkeys, 23c. BUTTER steady; fancy creamy, 33c. per lb BUTTER steady; selected, 33 @ 36c. nearby, 30c.; western, 30c. PATOATES steady; 70@73c. bush. Live Stock Markets PITTSBURGH (Union Stock Yards) —CATTLE lower; choice, $8.75@9; prime, $8.25@8.65. prime, $8.25@8.65. SHEEP higher; prime wethers, $5.10 @5.35; culls and common, $2@3; real calves, $11@11.50; lambs, $5@8.75. HOGS steady; prime heavies, $7.65; heavy Yorkers, $7.90@7.95; light York ers and pigs, $7.95@8; roughs, $6.50 @7. J. United States Senator Jeff Davis died suddenly at his home in Little Rock, Ark., of apoplexy, in his fifty-first year. Senator Davis complained of feeling badly Thursday, but the family physician did not regard his condition as serious. Early Friday morning the senator called to his son, who was in an adjoining room, that he was ill and to summon a physician. A doctor arrived in half an hour. As he entered the room Senator Davis fell back dead. Up to the time he called his son, Senator Davis had apparently silent soundly The senator when he returned home from Washington for the holidays seemed in his usual health, and Thursday was out on the streets. He had not been feeling well, however, for several months. During his last political campaign in September there was general comment on the fact that he did not use the vigorous methods that characterized his earlier campaigns. Dles Trying to Save Boy. Morris Berger, a retired private of the United States army, and Herman Yabel, a nine-year-old boy, were drowned in a lake in Crotona park, in New York, when Berger tried to rescue the child. "You never saw me 'ronege,'" Berger told Frank Broger, a companion, as the two from the lake's edge saw two small boys break through the thin ice. "I can't swim," he added, as he and Broger dashed out across the ice and plunged in, "but I'll manage it, somehow." Berger grabbed the Yabel boy and both sank from sight. Broger held the other boy above water until men came to their rescue. Young Stevenson Kills Girl Adalai Stevenson, grandson of former Vice President Stevenson, accidentally shot and killed Miss Ruth Merwin, sixteen years old, in the Stevenson homestead in Bloomington, Ill. Some of the boys at a party at the home of young Stevenson's father, L. G. Stevenson, were students at a military academy, and during the evening decided to give some of their drills. They found an old rifle, and, as they thought, took out all the cartridges. During the drill the weapon, in the hands of young Stevenson, was discharged, the bullet striking Miss Merwin in the forehead, causing instant death Three Burned In Hotel Fire Three men were burned to death and a number of others narrowly escaped with their lives when the four-story Wilson hotel in Keystone, W. Va., burned The dead are: James L. Reynolds, a lumberman, of Buchanan county, Va., and two unidentified lumbermen. The men were asleep in the third-story of the hotel when the fire, whose origin is unknown, cut off their escape. The property loss was $60,000. Five Children at Birth: Five male children, all of them perfectly formed, were born to Mrs. Audrey Lassen, the wife of a carpenter, of Abbeville, La Two of the children were dead at birth, but the others lived intervals of from five minutes to more than an hour. The smallest of the children weighed twenty-two ounces and the largest tipped the scales at slightly over five pounds. Girl Asleep Eighty-six Hours. Grace Odell, eleven years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Odell, of Sterling, Ill., has been fast asleep for eighty-six hours. Physicians have used every means known to awaken her, but they have been unsuccessful. A recent vaccination is believed to have caused her long slumber. Acid Eumes Kill Firemen Lleutenant Herbert Eldridge, of the Portland, Me., fire department, dled as the result of inhaling nitric acid fumes while fighting a drug store fire. Deputy Chief William H. Stella also dled, and four other firemen were made very ill by the poisonous fumes. Solitary Confinement The punishment which replaced the death penalty in Italy—namely, life imprisonment with solitary confinement—is considered to be much worse than death itself. Murderers sentenced to life imprisonment invoke death to end their sufferings. Isolation, complete in the very sense of the word—enforced idleness, lack of exercise and sufficient food and continual surveillance in a cell so small as to almost render any movement impossible—such is the fate of a murderer in Italy. Solitary confinement lasts for five long years, sometimes for ten, but convicts can hardly bear it for more than six months. Invariably they are insane long before the term expires, and often they commit suicide. The fear of solitary confinement acts as a preventive to murder as much as and perhaps much more than that of capital punishment. It is quite true that the cases of murder have not diminished to any great extent in Italy since the abolition of the death penalty; but, on the other hand, they have not increased.—Chicago News. German Justice. A curious illustration of the princeple of responsibility abroad is afforded by a civil damage suit growing out of the breaking of a plate glass window in a German town. A witness had testified as follows: "As I was passing down the street in front of the window I saw a big stone come whirling through the air. I did not know whence it came. I saw it coming through the air, and I had just time enough to dodge to save myself from being hit by it." The witness was sharply questioned upon the point whether the stone that broke the window would have struck him had he not dodged it. He was then dismissed. Eventually the decision of the magistrate was this: "Inasmuch as if the witness had not unfortunately ducked his head the glass would not have been struck by the stone, he is hereby adjudged responsible for the breaking of the window and is ordered to pay to the owner the value of the same."—Chicago Inter Ocean. Stick to One Flow It is usually supposed, especially by the poets, that bees sip sweets indiscriminately from many a flower. Ho woos the Poppy and weds 'the Peach, Inveigles Daftydowndilly; And then, a deserter, abandons each For the petals of the Lily. The seasons appear rather mixed in the verse, which in other respects, however, reflects the popular belief about bees. It is far from being the true one. All bees, including the honey bee, show a strong tendency in collecting both nectar and pollen to be constant to one species of flower. This is manifestly for the advantage of both insects and flowers. In the case of a number of bees dying for only a small part of the season this habit has become so specialized that they visit only one or a few allied species of flowers which offer an abundance of pollen and nectar—London Post. Moving Pictures In Japan. The Japanese take the moving picture with the seriousness befitting the national character. They enjoy it thoroughly, but they like it best when it makes them sad. The favorite theme is the allegorical play that represents the warrior fighting for righteousness. Next in popularity comes the pathetic picture. The strictly educational film is also popular, and there is always applause for good scenery. But the love story is never represented in the Japanese moving picture. It would be an outrage to modesty and a violation of decency and therefore intolerable. Pictures derogatory to the dignity of officials and of policemen are forbidden, as well as those likely to instill revolutionary ideas in the minds of the young. A Dangerous Precedent The best case which I have seen of law versus justice and common sense is one which Montaligne relates as having happened in his own day. Some men were condemned to death for murder. The judges were then informed by the officers of an inferior court that certain persons in their custody had confessed themselves guilty of the murder in question and had told so circumstantial a tale that the fact was placed beyond all doubt. Nevertheless it was deemed so bad a precedent to revoke a sentence and show that the law could err that the innocent men were delivered over to execution.—London Graphic. By Comparison. "Say, mamma, my teacher'd make a bully highwayman!" exclaimed a boy as he rushed in from school. "Why, Freddy, what in the world do you mean?" inquired his astonished mother. "Why, she's always telling the children to 'hold up their hands.'"—Judge's Library. Took the Count. "Bobby, you have been fighting with that Stapleton boy again. Did you count ten before you struck him, as I have always told you to do?" "No, but I was told that somebody counted ten after he landed on me."—Chicago Tribune. A Woman's Age Guest—Delightful party you are having tonight, old fellow. Host—Yes, I am giving it to my wife. It is the twelfth anniversary of her thirtieth birthday.—Harper's Bazar. Millions of money are not better than millions of grains of sand at the gate of Eternity. Horse Sansé. When a collar hurts, the average horse winces upon being asked to throw his weight into the collar. Later he becomes what we foolishly call balky perhaps, and finally he fights like an army mule when some one tries to put a collar on him. That's knowing something! I am personally acquainted with a horse which simply hates a certain blacksmith who once upon a time nailed a bad fitting pair of shoes to his feet and inflicted sore feet upon this horse for all time to come. There are men in this world of ours cruel enough to fasten a horse with a heavy rope in a stall and then beat the horse with a chain. But such men have "bad luck," for forever afterward if the horse which has received this sort of discipline bears a chain rattle he will bolt in terror, whether hitched to a mowing machine, a carriage with children in it or a heavy wagon loaded with produce. This is either horse sense or horse revenge.—Farm and Fireside. Place Names In Russia The Russian has not applied his names without reason. In 1858, when he founded the capital of the Amoor province, he named it Blagoveschensk. This means "good news"—to all save the proofreaders in the newspaper offices. Three years later he founded the capital of Primorskaya and gave it a name that planly showed what it was intended to be—Vladivostok, "ruler of the east." Near the end of his great transcontinental railway he made a brand new city and called it Dalny, "farthest," a very appropriate name for a place 5,800 miles from the starting point of the road. A petty clan of the Suchan family, springing from the narrow, beautiful, but savage glens southwest of Changbalshan, founded the Manchu dynasty, which for more than 200 years ruled China. They took the dynastic name of Manju, or Manchu, in their own language meaning "clear." To this the Europeans have added a termination, and we have Manchuria, the "country of the Manchus."—London Answers. His Shaky Memory. The lawyers got a tartar when, in a recent trial in a southern city, they summoned to the stand an aged darky who had been an eyewitness of a fight that had occurred between a number of persons. "Tell us what you know about this fight," said counsel when old Mose had been placed upon the stand. "Flight?" asked Mose, apparently greatly surprised. "What fight?" "You know very well what fight is meant," said counsel. "Tell us about it." "I don't know nothin' about no fight," insisted the witness. "When was it?" "See here, Moses," exclaimed the lawyer; "no trifling—the fight day before yesterday. You know all about it. Tell us"— "Oh; be fight day befo' yisterday," said Mose. "Well, suh, you see. I slept since de day befo' yisterday, and I never kni rickcollect anything after It's been asleep." And that was all they could get from him.-Green Bag. Blind Dogs and Rats. Canines born blind or Towers that become blind by accident are able to smell and paw their way into the most inaccessible and out of the way places. It is practically impossible to starve them, lose them or trap them. Furthermore, blind dogs learn stunts just as quickly as those that see. Loss of sight in no way interferes with their ability to learn tricks, acquire habits or find their bed. Rats, as a matter of fact, if they use their eyes at all—a doubtful matter—can see little or nothing of the world. The retina of these creatures has no point of perfect vision such as is found in the higher animals and man; hence their noses, muscles, touch and hearing give them information about the world they live in.—New York Press. Gave Himself Away. A little girl was weeping bitterly in the street, and a benevolent old gentleman, patting her on the shoulder, inquired what was the matter. "I've lost a penny, sir." the child sobbed. The old gentleman promptly handed her a penny. She looked at him askance for a few seconds and then said 'In a tone more of sorrow than of anger: "Oh, you wicked old man! So 'on had it all the time!"-London Tatler. His Opinion of War. "What is your opinion of war?" "War," replied the old fellow, "is a bad investment. "The poor man goes out to fight and then. If he doesn't get killed, he has to come home and help pay the debts." -Drettol Free Press. Mighty Texas. Texas is so big that if it swung around in a circle_over the United States it would touch the great lakes to the northward, to the east would reach the Atlantic, westward the Pacific and southward the Caribbean sea. -Cassler's Magazine. A. Popular Recreation. "Where are you going. Sandy?" said one Scotchman to another. "Doon to the club." said Sandy. "And what foo?" "Just to contradeect a wee bit." Executive Ability. Little James—Father, what is executive ability? His father—The faculty of earning your bread by the sweat of other people's brows, my son. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.—Goldsmith. Vanishing Seamen. it used to be seamen. Now it is steamen. The change suits to a "t." The old time sailor has nearly vanished. Steam has put him out of the running. If a new Sir Joseph Porter were to come from the imagination of some new librettist he would no longer be told of gifted sailors "who could handle, reef and steer or ship a selvagee." There will be no present day Allingham to chant the glories of "the wet sheet and the flowing sea and the wind that follows fast to bend the willowy mast," for there are no longer sheets and masts enough to inspire his muse. For the matter of that, the entire song has gone out of sea life. When men "tripped anchors" and did it by manning a capstan and bending their backs rhythmically to the job, the mate sang chanties to them, music counted as an exhilarant, but now steam winches lift the anchors and what would be the sense of singing to a mass of iron and steel7—Cleveland Leader. Trees and Lightning. The relation of trees to lightning, as shown by a bulletin of the United States forest service, does not wholly accord with popular beliefs. It is found that trees are the objects most often struck because they are the most numerous of all prominent objects, they offer a short course to the ground, and their spreading branches in the air and roots in the soil present an ideal conductor to the ground. Any kind of tree may be chosen by the lightning, the greatest number in any locality being found among the dominant species. The likelihood of any tree being struck is increased if it is taller than surrounding trees, is isolated, is on high land. is deeply rooted and if its condition—as when wet—makes it the best electrical conductor of the vicinity at the time of the flash. Lightning may set a forest fire by igniting the tree or—what is much more likely to be the case—the humus about the base. First Recorded Alimony. An Egyptian mummy now on exhibition in London was wrapped in papyrus which scholars have found to be covered with inscriptions. Among others is one which indicates that at least one lady of the pharaonic period failed to agree with her life partner. The document is a petition to the proper authorities for justice against a spendthrift and abusive husband. "When I married Heracleides," writes the petitioner, "I brought 200 drachmas as a dowry. Besides this, my husband when he lost his property, found a home in the house of my parents. Is spite of this, Heracleides, after he had run through my dowry, cursed me, but me, deprived me of the necessities of life, wickedly deserted me and left me in misery. I pray you to force him to appear before you and to cause him to return to me the dower I gave him in creased by half"—New York Ameri can. Turks First Banned Tobacco. Turks first Banned Tobacco. Tobacco was first carried into Turkey by English sailors, and its use was quickly prohibited. As in Russia, a tradition was discovered prohibiting its use by the faithful. No hammed, it was said, had prophesied that in future ages some of its fat lowers would smoke a herb called to bacco, but these would be unbelievers Sultan Amurath IV. strictly prohibited its use. Search was made for smokers. Tobacco pipes were driven through their cheeks, and rolls of to bacco hung as collars around their necks. Thus arrayed they were mounted on asses, facing the tail, and driver through the streets as a warning to lusters after tobacco to be hanged—New York Sun. Eunhemisma For Death. "Decease" is now a regular form of word for death. But it began as a gentle-euphemism, "decessus" (departure) seeming much less harsh to the Romans than "mors." All languages abound in euphemisms of the kind, which go back to a superstitious reluctance to mention death plainly that gradually passed into a kindly desire to soften the idea. "Passed away." "departed." "gone," "expire" (breathe out). "no more," "demise" and even "the late" are expressions of this nature. Most striking of all is the Roman euphemism for "he is dead," "vixit" (he has lived). A Son to Her Conscience Hub (after a night out)—I feel like the two spot. I wish you'd telephone to the office that I'm in bed with the grip. Wife—That would be a life. Hub—How particular you women are? Fetch over that grip and lay it on the bed near my feet. There! Now will you telephone?—Boston Transcript. Happy Home To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. -Dr. Samuel Johnson. True Greatness Life is made up of little things. It is but once in an age that occasion is offered for doing a great deed. True greatness consists in being great in little things.-George Macdonald. Literary Item "Does your husband do any work around the house?" "Nothing except split a few infinities."—Indianapolis News. Nothing Mean There "I say, Uncle Jack, I dreamed you save me half a crown last night." "Did you, me boy? Well, you can keep it"—Lord Tatler. One Prisoner Given Seven Years, Eight Get Six Years Each, Two Four Years, Twelve Three Years, Four Two Years and Six One Year and One Day The thirty-eight labor union leaders convicted in the federal court on Saturday of conspiracy in connection with the interstate transportation of dynamite, were called up for sentence in Indianapolis, Ind. One prisoner received seven years, eight six years each, two four years each, twelve three years each, four two years each, six one year and one day each. Five prisoners were given their liberty through suspended sentences. One, though he pleaded guilty, was given a suspended sentence, making a total of thirty-nine prisoners disposed of. Frank M. Ryan, head of the Ironworkers' union, was given the heaviest sentence, a prison term of seven years. Others were given terms ranging from one to six years. Olaf Tweitmoe, of San Francisco, convicted on charges of aiding in plotting the destruction of the Los Angeles Times building, and Eugene A. Clancy, also of San Francisco, were given six years each, as was also Herbert S. Hockin, once secretary of the international union. Terms of imprisonment were imposed as follows: Seven years—Frank M. Ryan, president of the Ironworkers' union. Six years—John T. Butler, Buffalo, vice president; Herbert S. Hockin, former secretary and formerly of Detroit; Olaf A. Tvietmoe, San Francisco, secretary of the California Building Trades Council; Eugene A. Cleyan, San Francisco; Philip A. Cooley, New Orleans; Michael J. Young, Boston; J. E. Munsey, Salt Lake City, Utah; Frank C. Webb, New York. Four years — John H. Barry, St Louis; Peter J. Smith, Cleveland. Three years — Paul J. Morrin, St. Louis; Henry W. Legleltner, Denver; Charles N. Baum, Minneapolis, Minn. ; Michael J. Cunnane, Philadelphia; Ed- ward Smythe, Peoria, Ill.; Murray L. Pennell, of Springfield, Ill.; Wilford Bert Brown, of Kansas City, Mo. ; George Anderson, of Cleveland, O. ; Michael J. Hannon, Scranton, Pa. ; Ernest G. W. Basey, Indianapolis; Will- am J. McCalin, Kansas City; William E. Reddin, Milwaukee. Two years—Fred Sherman, Indiana- polis; Richard P. Houllihan, Chicago; Frank J. Higgins, Boston; Frank K. Palinter, Omaha. One year an one day—Edward E. Phillips, New York; Charles Wachme- lster, Detroit; Fred I. Mooney, Dul- uth; James E. Ray, Peoria, Ill.; Will- lam C. Bernhardt, Cincinnati; William Shun, Chicago. Sentences on the following were suspended: Patrick F. Farrell, New York; James Cooney, Chicago; James Coughlin, Chicago; Hiram R. Kline, Muncle, Ind.; Frank J. Murphy, Detroit. On motion of the government, Edward Clark, Cincinnati, confessed dynamiter, who testified for the government, was given a suspended sentence. One of the six men who were given their liberty by suspended sentences, Clark, confessed to blowing up a bridge with the help of Hockin. He appeared as a witness for the government. Ortlie E. McManigal, another confessed dynamiter, was not sentenced at this time. The sentences of one year and one day were imposed so that these men might be confined in a federal prison. Prisoners with terms of less than one year are kept in the county falls. Federal Judge Albert B. Anderson had many of the prisoners whom, he sald, he considered less guilty than the rest, brought before him to make statements. Thus for an hour and a half the judge in a conversational way asked them whether they believed in dynamiting as a method of promoting a strike. All of them professed innocence. All the prisoners who received prison sentences were taken to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan. Prlson and EInrs For Editors R. S. Sheridan and C. O. Broxon, publisher and managing editor respectively of the Boise, Idaho, Capital News, and A. R. Cruzen were found guilty of contempt of court by the state supreme court and sentenced to ten days in the county jail and fined $500 each. The paper had printed and commented editorially upon a message to the people of Idaho from Colonel Roosevelt, criticising adversely a decision of the court by which names of Progressive candidates for electors were barred from ballots in Idaho. Cruzen was charged in the complaint with being interested in the newspaper. The costs also were assessed against Cruzen. In the answer filed two weeks ago by Sheridan and Broxon, representing the Capital-News Publishing company, they admitted responsibility for publication of alleged contemptuous articles in the Capital-News, and in explanation said the articles were published Notions as to "Lost Arts." Current tradition credits the ancients with many "lost arts." It is still common to hear people say that means unknown to us must have been employed to erect the pyramids, that the Damascus blade is beyond the power of modern cutters and that the art of nardening copper died with some little brown Aztec. In point of fact, larger stones than any found in the pyramids have been quarried in Malne, carried across the sea and erected in buildings in England and France. If any one cared to pay the cost there are plenty of contractors who would build a replica of the largest pyramid and would not take so very long about it. It is doubtful whether a "Damascus blade" will stand as much as a good modern hand saw or the spring of a cheap clock. Copper can be hardened by modern methods to equal any specimen that has been left to us by the ancients. Many arts that are supposed to be lost are simply abandoned because there is no modern need of cultivating them, and others are not even abandoned, but employed every day and improved upon.—New York Tribune. Old English Press Gangs. In the past the news of a shortage of men in the navy and the hint of action by the admiralty would have put the merchantman on guard. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, for instance, there was a call for sailors for the navy, and "persuasion" was the rule. "The press in the Thames for the last three days has been very severe. Five or six hundred*seamen have been laid hold of." Thus runs one of many entries in the papers of the period. It was not always peaceful "pressing" as this item in the Times of 1705 will prove: "There was a very hot press on the river Friday night last, when several hundred able seamen were procured. One of the gangs in boarding a Liverpool trader was resisted by the crew, when a desperate affray took place, in which many of the former were thrown overboard, and a lieutenant who boarded them was killed by a shot from the vessel."—London Chronicle. A Bit of Kitchener's Tact. The Egyptian Bedouin is not compelled to pay taxes or to render the ordinary obligations of citizenship, which in Egypt includes military service. Soon after the outbreak of the war between Turkey and Italy a delegation of Bedouins approached General Kitchener and told him that they wanted to go across the border to the assistance of their hard pressed fellows in Tripoli. The English general admitted with unexpected readiness that their request was reasonable, but he reminded them that by granting it he would be creating a precedent which would make them liable for military service with the Egyptian army. The delegation withdrew, and Kitchener was not troubled any more with requests for leave to cross the border. Scotsmen and Funerals Englishmen, says fan Maclaren in "Books and Bookmen," bear themselves well at marriages, where Scottsmen are at a disadvantage because the cautious Scotch eye is focused upon an uncertain future. But the Scottsman shines at a funeral as one of the luxuries of life: "Peter," says one mourner to his neighbor at the tall of a walking funeral, "div ye see Jamie Thompson walking in the front side by side wif the chief mourner and him no a drop o' blood to the corpse?" "Fine I see him, a forward, upsettin', ambeutect body. He would be inside the hearse if he could"—the most awful and therefore most enviable position for a sober minded Scot. The House of Romanoff. The house of Romanoff passed out of existence with the death of its last survivor, Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, who was succeeded as ruler of Russia by her nephew, Peter-of Oldenburg, duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son of her younger sister, Grand Duchess Ann. It is from this ear, who relapsed as Peter III., that the whole of the reigning house of Russia are descended, and they are, therefore, not Romanoffs, but Oldenburg. Faid Her a Compliment. Dr. Johnson never had a reputation for paying compliments, but it is related that once when Mrs. Slddons, the great actress, called on him in Bolt court and the servant did not readily bring her a chair he said. "You see, madam, wherever you go there are not seats to be bad!" The Two Sides. "There are two sides to every argument," said the ready made philosopher. "Yes," replied the gloomy person, "but it makes a difference which side you choose. There are two sides to a piece of fly paper."—Washington Star. Nicely Fitting. "It was a very appropriate birthday present our young friend, the lawyer, got, wasn't it?" "What was the present?" "A new suit"-Exchange. Reticence Cautiously avoid talking of the domestic affairs of yourself or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip. Theirs are nothing to you—Lord Chesterfield. You. Whenever you find a man who is a failure you will also find a patient little woman making his excuses to the world.—New Orleans Picayune. The American Home Life Insurance 5th and G STREETS, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a real home company, organized and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, and has been doing a life, health, and accident insurance business in Washington for nearly twenty years. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. has paid over 7,000 claims to its policy holders, amounting to over $250,000.00. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. owns the largest building owned by any insurance company in Washington, D.C. and is one of the first companies to comply with the new insurance law. Those Perfect Pairs "Now, Alice," said Mrs. P. to her newest domestic, "while I'm out just pare the potatoes and put them ready. I shall not be long gone." About an hour later Mrs. P. came back from her shopping expedition, bringing the meat that was destined to accompany the potatoes to the dinner table. Alice was calmly seated on the floor, around her a goodly collection of the delectable tubers. "Good gracious!" exclaimed the horrified mistress. "What in the name of all that's wonderful are you doing?" "Dolin', ma'am?" replied the fair mald of all work. "Dolin' what ye told me, indeed. I've done the best I could, too." Then she pointed to the potatoes. "I've paired off all of them, ma'am," she mumbled, "but, try as I will, I can't find a mate for this little beggar!" —Pearson's. Where the Apostles Fished. The abundance of fish in the sea of Galilee is to this day the wonder of travelers. Most of the fishing done by the Syrians involves the use of nets probably identical in construction with those of the apostles, and the best evidence of the fishing having through the centuries been done with nets is to be found in the ease with which most of the fish may be deceived with the help of any bait, natural or artificial. The pellucid water of this beautiful lake, with its over changing reflections, is in striking contrast with the muddy deeps of the Jordan, but the silt in that river, however unsightly to the eye, does not seem to inconvenience its fish, which are extraordinarily plentiful even in the lower reaches before it falls into that deathly lake which the Arabs call the sea of Lot—London Outlook. Granite, the Bedrock of the Earth. Granite is the bedrock of the world. It is the lowest rock in the earth's crust and shows no signs of animal life. It is from two to ten times as thick as all the other layers of rocks combined. No evidences of life of either animal or vegetable are apparent in granite. The presence of lime is due to animal life. Some scientists assert that all the lime in the world has at some time been a part of some animal. This includes human beings. A Portrait of Wordsworth. One of Charles Lamb's friends said to him that he had never seen Wordsworth. "Why, you've seen an old horse, haven't you?" asked Charles Lamb. "Yes, I suppose so." "Then you've seen Wordsworth."—Pall Mall Gazette. Not Hard Headed. Griggs—I hear that young Sapleigh has run through his inheritance and is looking for a job. He won't have as soft a thing as he has had. Briggs—Oh, I don't know. He'll have a soft thing as long as he doesn't lose his head—Boston Transcript. Incorporated Under Act of Congress Approved June26,1887 CAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 Monte Carlo Robbery "They are greater robbers at Monte Carlo," said a traveler, speaking of high charges, "than anywhere in the world. The German tourist is sneered at in Monte Carlo because when he enters a barber shop he always asks what the charge is to be before he sits down in the chair. But what is a man to do in barber shops, where it is no uncommon thing to be charged $2 or $3 for the simplest operation? "And it's the same thing in the hotels. I know a man who took a suit at a Monte Carlo hotel without asking the price of anything—and in the restaurants of such hotels it's a common thing to find no prices even on the menus. Well, when this man came to pay his bill it was enormous. But he paid it. Then he said: "Have you any twenty-five centime stamps?" "Yes, monsieur,' said the clerk. 'How many do you wish?' "My friend smiled blandly. "Tell me first, please,' he said, 'what you charge for them here?'" Exchange. A Wonderful Gun. Since the introduction of gunpowder as a propellant and the general use of firearms in warfare and hunting there has been a more or less insistent demand for mechanisms that would give the soldier or hunter a number of shots at his command without reloading and enable them to be rapidly discharged. The first patent for a firearm of this description seems to have been issued by the British patent office in 1718 to James Puckle, a citizen of London, for a gun mounted upon a tripod, having a single barrel and a revolving cylinder. Strangely enough, one of the claims set forth in this patent appears almost verbatim 135 years later in a patent taken out by Rollin White, an American inventor of a revolving pistol. Another curious claim of the patent was: "The mechanism permits the use of square bullets against the Turk and round bullets against Christians." Moreover, so great is the rapidity of fire that ships armed with the gun cannot be boarded by any attacking force."—S. J. Fort in Outing. The Unicorn. The unicorn was one of the fabled monsters of antiquity. It was, according to a summary of the ophions of several of the old time writers, a beast about the size of a common horse, but with very short legs. The people of the middle ages believed in the existence of three kinds of unicorns—the magnificent white unicorn, which had a purple face and blue eyes and a single horn a yard in length; the eglisserion, which resembled a gigantic deer and had a very sharp horn growing from the middle of the forehead, and the monoceros, or common unicorn. The white unicorn's horn was of three different colors—white at the lower part, black as ebony in the middle and red at the point. Common unicorns were said to have had horns about eighteen inches in length, but so strong that they could easily kill an elephant. Policies in FULL BENEFITS and INCONTESTABLE from date Mr. Follett and little Edward were sitting meekly in the corner where they had been placed by Mrs. Follett, well out of the way of her evening's work. Little Edward was reading the "History of the Town of Dorby" to his grandfather. He had reached a genealogical labyrinth. "What does 'paternal grandmother' mean, grandpa?" he inquired, pausing for breath. "You look up paternal in the dictionary, sonny," said Mr. Follett. And he shoved the book toward his grandson. "It means 'fatherly,' like a father," read the boy. "I don't understand that, grandpa." "Well, now, see here," said Mr. Follett hastily as his wife left the room for a moment. "it's like this, I reckon. The father's the head o' the house so called and the same with a grandfather, but sometimes they're married to a kind of a masterful-well. I guess your grandma's what they'd call a paternal grandmother." Mr. Follett hastily finished as he heard brisk footsteps along the hall. "You get right on with your reading, boy."-Youth's Companion. A Buoy's Long Voyage. On Sept. 13, 1911, there was picked up on the beach at Cullivie. Papastour, in the north of Scotland, a life buoy, battered and stained, bearing the inscription. "Passed by J. Guthrie, San Francisco, Cal., June 1, 1905." The vessel Stanley Dollar was wrecked off the west coast of Japan in August, 1905, and the buoy, whose history is bound up with that of the ship, must have been floating in the ocean currents for six years until it landed in Scotland. Whether it went around the Horn or through the northwest passage or down by Australasia and around the Cape of Good Hope into the Atlantic will, of course, always remain a matter of doubt and conjecture. This buoy is said to hold the world's record for drifting the longest distance. It was six years on the way from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic and must have been washed into many a strange port before it was picked up on the Scotch island. -Harper's Weekly. The Horsehair Trick Almost every day illustrations are afforded of the marvelous ingenuity of the modern thief. Recently a couple of rogues nearly succeeded in extracting a valuable tie pin from the cravat of a man sitting between them in a music hall by means of an almost invisible horsehair stretching from the right blind of one thief to the left hand of his accomplice. The thieves by simultaneously raising their hands under the pretense of putting their pipes or cigarettes into their mouths fried, by pulling the horsehair taut, gradually to lift the victim's tie pin from its place. In this particular instance the trick was not successful, but it is often worked with advantage. If the pin falls to the ground unnoticed the thieves take the earliest opportunity of seizing it, or by a skillful manipulation of the horsehair the article may be made to slide down the almost invisible line right into the hand of one of the thieves—London Tit-Bits. Jack Johnson is yet in the lime light. It is doubtful to tell what his next move will be. Deputies of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate are on the trail of Wm. Rockefeller. An air ship would carry him out of their reach and jurisdiction. Ismay, of the White Star Line, has resigned active management. He continues his hold on the line. The passing of the "growler" was solemnized last Tuesday night in a manner that was hideous and unique. President Taft and party, who went to Panama, have returned, and the President is highly pleased with his visit. The Canal will be opened in August, it is believed. When Gov. Wilson declined a few days ago an invitation from President Tait to dine in the White House, he uset a tradition, which dates back to the early days of American politics. The refusal is the third of its kind on record. Relies of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, including autograph letters from notables all over the world, manuscripts and other mementoes of the poet, were destroyed by fire in Amesbury, Mass. The Toussaint L'Overture Building in Wichita, Kansas, was recently decided. The building cost $40,000, and is to be a part of the recent established separate school system. Fourteen hundred convicts in Sing Sing prison, including Charles Becker and the four gunmen who killed Herman Rosenthal, had a Xmas dinner that included all the luxuries of the season. Before the spread there were religious services. Admiral George Dewey, the most famous living American naval officer, celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday last Thursday. Miss Bessie Townsend, twenty-four years of age, has been appointed city controller in Atlantic City, at a salary of $1,500 a year. She will have cage of over $3,000,000, and the sale of all city bonds. The young woman's signature will be necessary for every cent paid out by the city. Mrs. Anna B. Powell, ninety-five years of age, one of the oldest and best known residents. of Delaware County, died after an illness of one month, having lived in the one house all her life. She died in the same room in which she was born. Where to Buy The Bee. Smith's, 4th and Elm St. N. W. Pope's Pharmacy, 1319 H St. N. E. Jackson & Whipp's, 1513 7th St. N. W. Board & McGuire's, 9th and You Sts. N. W. Reeves', 626 T St. N. W. Jones, 1020 You St. N. W. Gray, 12th and You St. N. W. Board & McGuire, 191236 14th St. N. W. Simmons', 20th and K Sta. N. W. Throckmorton, 1500 14th St. N. W. Morse's, 1904 L St. N. W. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton ave. Leonard Blagburn, 201 Morris Rd. Anacostia, D. C. Phone Col. 2678 AS ent, Ss . he ibe Wels : aie a Cire a] Pen | as Soci g "(oy lS Che IU an os eS Ne! RCE wt a 4 Ye. u* TAS Gs - ie SS eee st ee ae ORNs ce Bee and You Sts. N. W. They employ four graduates in pharmacy, skilled and experienced, and you get the re- sults in_perfect service. Mrs. Pearl M. Ayers, who has been visiting in this city, has returned to her home in Baltimore, Md. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Evans, of Win- chester, Va, passed through this city on their hodeymoon, en route to Har- risburg, Pa., where they will be ten- dered a reception. 7 Miss Bertha Jones, of this city, is visiting in Harrisburg, Pa. Miss Jones is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Everetts. Mr. Robert Williams is spending ate week with friends in Harrisburg, a. : : Chester Patience has returned to the city after 2 pleasant visit with relaayes: and friends in ‘Wilkesbarre, a. Mrs. Belle Gilmer, who bas been quite ill, is rapidly recovering. Mrs. Gilmer ‘is visiting her brother and sister in Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Bernard A. ‘Coles has returned to Howard University after spending quite a pleasant week with his_par- rents, Mr, and Mrs, Thornton ‘Coles, in Rose Hill, Va. Mrs. Bertie Freeman entertained a number of her friends in her home last Friday evening. The guests in- dulged in games and dancing, after which a large menu was served by the hostess. Mrs Sarah Hopewell, of Martins- burg, Va. is visiting friends and rela- tives in this city. J Miss Louise Banister, of Millwood, Va., will spend the winter here. Mrs. H.C. Franklin, who has been visiting her husband, Mr, Frank Franklin, of this city, has returned to her home in Louisville, Va. Mrs. Annie Brown is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Thomas, of Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Jennie Cutch, of Philadelphia, Pa,, is visiting relatives and friends here. Mr. E. Whiting, of | Philadelphia, Pa. was the guest of his mother last ‘Sunday. . + Miss Rosa Davis is visiting friends and relatives in Philadelphia, Pa. Madam Anna Lee Slade, dramatic reader of this city, will give a recital at Varick A. M. E. Zion Church in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Mary A. Parker, of this city, will be the guest of Mrs. “Howard Curry, 904 South Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Lucy Moore, of Philadelphia, Pa,, is on a visit to relatives in this city. Mrs. Edgar Starling, of this city, spent a fortnight in Wilmington, Del, visiting friends and relatives. Miss Lydia McClane has returned to her home in Philadelphia, Pa., af. * ter a pleasant visit with her friends in_this city. Mrs. J. Wellesley Bailey, of Ger- mantown, Pa., delivered a lecture in . this city at the Y. M. C, A. last week on “The Negro in Music.” Dr, and Mrs. Connor, who has beer residing in Indianapolis, Ind., for some time, will return to this city tc take up their permanent residence some time next week, They have 3 host of warm friends who regret ex: ceedingly their departure. Miss Jessie Du Vall, of T Stree Northwest, is spending the week with her aunt in Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Miss Mary Francis, Ennis, of Dela ware City, Del. was the holiday gues of Miss Vivian Thompson. Mrs. Carroll Langston who ha: been the guest of Register and Mrs J. © Napier through the Yuletide, re turns to her home in Nashville, Tenn. next week, . Prof. Geo. William Cook, secretary of Howard University and dean o the Commercial College, spent las week in Harrisburg, Pa. Office-holders are not quite as ap prehensive as they were, but hav their ears close to the ground to hea the slightest approach of the Demo cratic “bogie man.” Mr. George Ringgold is presider of the Board of Ushers at John We: ley, A. M. E. Zion Church, of whic Rev. W. C._ Brown is pastor. attend the funeral of his ‘mother. Dr, John W. Morse, at 1904 L Stret Northwest, is now prepared to sen hot soda.” : The following promotions in_ th public schools are announced: Mi: Rosa B._ Childs from second to_thit _ grade, Stevens school; Miss B. Martin, from third to fourth grade ar transfer from Logan to Smothe School; Miss I. T. Smackum. fro first to third grade, Logan Scho Appointments: Miss Ruth B. Peter Logan School; Miss R. V. Matthew Briggs School; Miss B. L. M. Tat Stevens School; Miss Fannie B. Be jer, Bruce School; Miss M. J. Kir Garfield School, and Miss MM. . Wade, Bowen School. ‘Miss May F. Tyson and Miss Edi E. Wright, teachers in the schoo resigned recently—to get marric Miss Tyson married Dr. RG. Bak Af Raltimore. and Miss Waocht m: Se ee ee en ate ca ee Both of the happy grooms are pros- perous dentists. After the show and throughout the summer evenings you will find the; big crowds promenading Fourteenth street, where they fall into the ever popular drug store of Board & Mc- Guire, 1912% Fourteenth street, or else you will find them at the busy corner at- Ninth and You Streets. Two places where everybody meets everybody else.” The Board of Education has de- ‘clined to re-open the case of Dr. W. Bruce Evans; who was recently re- tired as principal of the Armstrong Technical High School. Dr. Evans has a number of flattering offers to. take charge of schools in the West and South and will probably accept the station that promises the largest opportunities for the high-grade serv- ice he is so capable of rendering. ‘Through the activity ofthe Howard Park Citizens’ Association Samuel \. Smith has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to authorize the cutting of W Street through from Georgia to Florida, Avenue, to avoid s long detour that people living are now compelled to make to get in and out of the Howard Hill section. The Dill is likely to pass at an carly date. Rev. -Dr. R. A. Carroll, transferred from the New Bern, N. C., district of the A, M. E. Zion Church, has suc- ceeded Rey. Dr. C. D, Hazel as _pre- siding elder of this district. -Dr, Hazel has gone to the New Bern district. The exchange was made by Bishop Alexander Walters. <William Grayson, accused of em- bezzling $160.50 from James E, Churchman, has been held for the ac- tion of the grand jury under a bond of $500 by Judge Mullowney, of the Policé Court. Grayson_sold his un- dertaking business to Churchman, it appears, and failed to report the above amount, which is claimed by Church- man as his property. If you want first-class articles and fresh drugs, go to Dr. Morse, 1904 L Street Northwest, January 4. Mme. Marie Menard Gross, of Pitts- burgh, Pa., is spending a few days in the city with relatives. ‘Miss Mattie ‘Bowen continues ill at her home in Florida Avenue. Miss Bowcn has been in the public schools for a number of years and is one of the most active workers. Mrs, Bessie. L. Cartier, one ,of the best known citizens of this city, an¢ wife of_ Mr. Geo. A, Cartier, is in North Carolina to attend the funcral of her eldest sister, Mrs. A. E. Hen: derson. | Bishop George I.. Blackwell, pre siding over the , Seventh Episcopa | District of the A? M. E. Zion Church | spent a few hours in the city las Sunday with friends and, relatives. | Dr. Thos. C. Edwards will addres: {the Young Men's Ciub of John Wes ley A. M. E. Zion Church Thursday HFevening, January 23, on tlie subjec of “Oral Hygiene.” This is a ver; | promising auxiliary to the church an gives assurance of accomplishing |much good in the West End sectior fof the city. A special program anc | refreshments will be dispensed. ‘Mr. T. Spencer Finley, the mono | loguist and comedian, is’ in the cit ‘for a few days. )| The Sunday School of John Wes Jicy A. M. E. Zion Church, under th | superintendency of Mr. N.'L. Wyche ‘is progressing to an admirable degrec The school will start_on its intende (}“Trip to Palestine” Sunday mornin; ‘) at 9:30 o'clock and quite a few friend besides its members are going to’ em -| bark on the trip. :| Rev. W. C. Brown, pastor of Joh Wesley .\. M. E. Zion Church, an’ ;} his’ inestimable helpmect. spent th .| holidays at_Edenton, N. C, z -| Bishop G. L. Blackwell, of Phil: ,| delphia, preached at Galbraith A. 3 E. Zion Church last Sunday. ; ;| The new school bill, penditig: i ¢| Congress, asks for $150,000 toward t}new building for the M Street Hig School; $51,000 for a six-room add -| tion to the Birney School in Anaco: e| tia;.$8,500 for an annex to the Joh r|F. Cook School; $7,500 for the pu -| chase of ground next to the Brigs School; and $24,000 for equipment f t] Normal School No. 2. . |" The trustees of Fisk University m h]in New York a few days ago. TI election of a president was indefi itely postponed, and the field will ! tl thoroughly canvassed for the rig e/man_in the meantime. Interest manifested here because of the lar; e{ number of Fisk graduates in Was 3s| ington, and because of the promine ‘d| mention given the name of Pro \.| Kelly Miller in connection with ¢ \d | presidency. rs} Capt. James F, Oyster gains dai m| in strength for District Commission J and it is believed that President T’ 's,) will name him for that_high offi s,| some time this month. His selecti ¢,| would give unalloyed pleasure to t t-| 100,000 colored citizens of the Distr ¢,| of Columbia, who have ample reas L.|to_believe he is their sincere frier “| "Dr. ‘W. L. Smith, 4th and E| Agitation for 2 Negro building at} the Clapp Senate Committee, which is investigating the alleged larceny of certain letters from the ‘files of the Standard Oil Company. Mr: Stewart, doing some clever detective work for Senator Foraker, tells of some inter-| ‘esting developments which clears the ‘name of the distinguished Ohioan of all charges of improper conduct in connection with this much-abused corporation, A colored messenger, W. W. Winkfield, of Chicago, former- ly in the employ of the Standard Oil Company, is involved in the contro- versy over the lost letters. Associate Justice W. L. Houston, Editor H, P. Slaughter, of the Odd Fellows’ Journal, Deputy Grand Mas- ter Henry Lincoln Johnson, and other high functionaries of the G. U. O. of O. F,, are in Philadelphia this week, attending a meeting of the Sub-com- mittee of Management. \s this is the first session of this august body since the exciting episodes at the Atlanta meeting of the B. M. C, last Septem- ber, it may be reasonably expected that there is “something doing” aleng about now in the Quaker City, Mrs. R. B. Peters, wife of the well- ‘known letter carrier, died last Sunday at the family home, 1714 Tenth Street Northwest, from which place she was Buried Wednesday. Mr. Peters “has the sympathy of a host of-friends. | * Numerous improvements are in progress at Freedmen’s Hospital. un- der the supervision of Dr, W. A. War- field, the surgcon-in-chief. “Black Patti’s Troubadours” are underlined for the week of February 3 at the New Howard Theatre. , Mme. Marie Menard Gross, former- Ty of this city, now a resident of Pitts- burgh, is a headliner this week at the Dudiey Theatre, and is a singer of more than usual merit Others on Manager Henry's excellent bill are the Rex Trio and John Smith. The S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral So- cicty has been revived, and a brilliant season of music is promised for the spring. The girls’ and boys’ glee clubs of Mott School have been in. sorporated in the chorus and are | proving to bea valuable acquisition The Alpha Democratic Club is tc march in the inaugural parade. A. E. Manning, of Indiana, A. B Cosey, of New Jersey, Dr. J. B. Oli ver, of Indiana, and Lawyer Patter. |son,-of Oklahoma, are among, the throng mentioned’ for the Haitiar Mission. The compromise between the Dem ocrats and Republicans in the Senate |to the effect that President Taft's nominees for Army and Navy promo: | tions and diplomatic posts are to be | confirmed, is interpreted to mean tha! | Fred R. Moore will be permitted tc | depart in peace as the fully-commis | sioned Minister to Liberia, | _ The spacious and histaric “Hillside | Cottage,” formerly the home of tha }eminent _ statesman, Congressmrar .| John M. Langston, has been modern: ized by the installation of a fin || steam-heating plant, said to be one o ,|the most complete equipments to bi found in the city. The work wa: .|done by Mr. J. C. Todd, a colores || man, and experts pronounce the jol “A No. 1." The Langston homesteac Jis now occupied by Mrs. J. M. Lang s|ston, the widow of the famous Vir ;|ginian, and with her are Register o t|the Treasury and Mrs. J. C. Napier the latter being her daughter. » >} The ball of the Inaugural Welcom: 1) Club at Convention Hall will be th 1] stellar feature of the inaugural sea 1] son. -|_ Assistant Attorney General W. 1 Lewis, who has just returned from -|visit to London and Paris, says h 1] saw no signs of a “race problem [while across the pond. t| Former Register of the Treasury | W. Lyons has been in the city for set s|eral days on legal business. He | -| practicing law at Augusta, Ga., his ol y home, although his family is residin t] temporarily in the capital while tl y|children are in school. Miss Hoy d] Lyons, the eldest, is teaching in th g| Washington schools. n| “Major R. R. Wright was here la: J] week, wrestling with Congress in th interest of the bill asking an appre -| priation of $250,000 in aid of a cel y| bration of the fiftieth anniversary « the issuance of the emancipatio -| proclamation. A mammath expositic e] is wanted, | Mr, and Mrs. J. N. Aden, Mr. an | Mrs. Samuel Jones, Miss Genes dj Campbell, Mrs. Robinson .and M g| Carl Bruce were guests in the hon s{of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowan, 3: -|U Street Northwest, on Mond: night, January 6. The party attende n} Howard Theatre, afterwards returnir d|to the residence of Mr. and M1 e| Cowan, where 2 grand supper, whe turkey in all of its appetizing “gra .-| and gravy,” most beautifully prepare I.| was in evidence. Miss Mary R. Smith, of 20 in| Twelfth Street Northwest, receiv ajon New, Year's Day from 2 to hj o'clock p.m. She was assisted by h ji-| friends, Miss Nona E. Clark, Mi s-| Elizabeth Stanley and Miss Max The Conners to Return, ~ Dr. W, H. Conner, for many years an attache of the Pension Office, who went to Indiarapolis, Ind, some time ago to seek health and wealth in the practice of medicine, will probably re- turn to the capital and resume his piste in the federal service, Both the r. and Mrs. Conner are popular her: and their return will be warmly wel- comed. For a long time Dr. Conte! was superintendent of the Sunday School of the Metropolitan A. M. E Church, | A Testimonial Reception, An elaborate and beautiful testi- monial and reception was tendered to Prof. Wellington A. Adams last Thursday evening in Room No. § of True Reformers Hall, Twelfth and U Streets Northwest, by the True Re- former Choral Society of Washing- ton, D. C, Miss Lula Burnett, presi- dent; the Alexander Memorial Bap- tist Church Choir, Mrs. E. West, president, and a number of music pu- pils of Prof. Adams. +The ladies were dressed becomingly for the occasion and the room was decorated with foliage. A number of plates were laid and the table was burdened with many of the best deli- cacies of the season, and in the cen- ter was a vase of fragrant flowers. Mrs. S. F.. Lewis, Chief of True Reformers and honorary president of the Choral Society, made impressive remarks, Before Mrs. Lewis resumed her seat she handed Prof, Adams an envelope containing cash as a testimonial o! those whom he serves and expressed regret that it was not more. Prof. Adams received the envelope Avith a bright smile and thanks to all. Mu-So-Lit Club Elects Officérs. The Mu-So-Lit Club met Friday night at the Washington Conserva- tory of Music, yo2z T Street Northwest, and elected the follgting officers for the ensuing year! President, G. Luther Sadgwar; vice _ pregident, Charles E. Hall; corresponding secre- tary, R. W. Thompson; recording sec- retary, Maurice C, Clifford; financial secretary, W. H. Haynes; and treas- urer, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley. “Interesting addresses were _de- livered by Assistant Attorny Gen- eral W. If. Lewis, who told of his ex- periences during a tecent trip to Lon- don and Paris; Major R. R. Wright, president of the Georgia State Col- ored College, who spoke hopefully of the prospects of the Negro exposition in commemoration of the fiftieth anni- versary of the race’s emancipation, in aid of which he is seeking an appro- priation of $230,000 at the hands of Congress; and by Mr. J. Finley Wil- son, national organizer of the Im: proved Order of Elks, who elaborated upon the value of united effort on the part of such high social, intellectual and professional workérs as made up the membership of the Mu-So-Lit Club. The club will present the pro- gram at Howard University February 14, celebrating the birthday of 'Fred- erick Douglass. A committee was ap- pointed to offer plans for a suitable jnaugural function in March. The club agreed to participate in a gen- eral citizens’ moyement for a testi: monial for the widow of the late S Coleridge-Tsaylor. The_ initiative is being taken by the S. Coleridge-Tay- lor Choral Society, which had the honor of first introducing the grea! Anglo-Africarocomposer to the Amer ican public. A club home is in a fai way to be realized, judging from « flattering offer that is being taken un der advisement. ° Mr. Jones ‘Entertained. Mr. William Jones, of Hartford, Conn., has been in the city for at least three weeks or more, the guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph U. Holmes, 525, Twenty- first St. Northwest. Since his stay in the city he has been a gitest of honor at several dinners, one by Mr. and Mrs. Creed Tucker, Rev. and Mrs. Carter, Mr. and Mrs, Buck Thomas, Mr. James Lee and, the Jast tea by Mrs. Mollie Woodson, Mr. Jones i: one of the leading and active citizen: of Hartford, Conn. and his reception in this city has been one that he and his friends will long remember. The C. ¥. W.C. A. The quarterly meeting of the Col- ored Young Women’s Christian Asso- ciation was held Monday evening in St. Mary's Church Hall, The presi- dent, Mrs. Bettie G. Francis, presid- cd and called the meeting to order. ‘Mrs. Anna J. Cooper was made guardian of the Camp Fire Girls. Mrs. Coralie F. Cook became a life mem- ber. The address of the evening was giv- en by Miss Nannie Borroughs, presi- dent of the National Training School for Girls. Her subject was “Girls.” The speaker laid great stress on the care of girls, physically, socially and morally. The address was delivered in that delightful and inimitable man- ner for which Miss Burroughs is not- ed. A vote of thanks was tendered Miss Burroughs for her instructive and interesting lecture. An Héiress to the House of Furniss. Cards have been received here by friends announcing the birth of a daughter to the American Minister and Mrs. H. W. Furniss at Nito Villa, Lotionville, near Port-au-Prince, Hai- ti, December 17, 1912. The little heir- ess to the “House of Furniss” has been christened “Elizabeth Toni Fur- niss.” Many congratulations’ have ~ gone from this country to Minister and Mrs. Furniss in recognition of their good fortune. Operatic Concert. Remember the Operatic Choral Concert at the Howard Theatre Sun- day, February 2, 1913, by the Wash- ‘ington Conservatory af. Music ‘Choral Society. . Dr, Smith, Fourth and Elm Streets Northwest, extends to his many pa- trons a happy New Year, January 4. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE FOR A GREAT PAPER. A TRUE EXPOUNDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIB- ERTY. ONE DOLLAR FOR THE YEAR 1913. ~ IF YOU SUBSCRIBE NOW AND PAY UP ARREARS. 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It is 2 very sentimental piece of music for lovers: Phone, Main 4856. ~ OPEN ALL DAY G ai J. RONAINE: Cian, ine Wines, Liquors and 436 L ee N.W. . TENER REMOVES CAPT. DELANEY WON'T PART WITH PAPER Chief Factory Inspector Claims Contractor Sanderson Left Document In His Care and Hints at New Culprits Governor Tener dismissed from office John C. Delaney, the Pennsylvania state factory inspector, "for the good of the service." Captain Delaney has for several weeks past been under charges of lax enforcement of the state factory laws. Last Friday he gave an interview to a Philadelphia newspaper, in which he said he had in his possession an alleged "confession" made by John H. Sanderson, the state capitol contractor, who was convicted of fraud and died pending his appeal. In this alleged "confession," Delaney said, Sanderson declared that the real-culprits in the capitol scandal never had been apprehended nor had their names ever been mentioned in the course of the investigation. Captain Delaney also said that the "confession" was locked in a safe, and its contents never would be revealed by him. Mr. Sanderson's widow, now a resident of New York, Captain Delaney added, was the only person who might ever reveal the secret of the hidden paper. She, he said, might do so at some future time in order to vindicate her husband's memory. Pennypacker is the only one to date who can be sure that the breath of suspicion will not demand an explanation, for he is the only one in connection with the gigantic and criminal grab who, Delaney says, "is as free from any part in the division of the spoils as a newborn babo." The true reason for the astounding revelation of Delaney that he has such a confession will be searched for by Attorney General Bell, who will confer with Governor Tener. Captain Delaney will be present at this conference and will be asked who are the "bigger men" named in the confession and never brought to justice. Delaney has said that he was offered $100,000 for this confession, and that he refused it; that he will not make it public under any consideration unless the widow of Sanderson says that she is will that he should do so. Why Delaney should refuse $100,000 for the paper and now stir up the disquieting suspicions it will be the duty of public officials to point out. It is expected that the governor will issue a statement after the conference with Bell and Delaney. Politicians profess to see in the remarkable announcement of the chief factory inspector an effort on his part to strengthen his position in Harrisburg, where he must eventually meet the charges of child labor associations, the Central Labor Union, the State Federation of Labor and the Consumers' League, that he has not taken cognizance of numerous infractions of the state factory laws. Delaney's term expires in May. His position carries with it a salary of $5000 a year. Former Governor Pennypacker is very anxious that Delaney should turn over the confession to the attorney general, but there is considerable doubt in the minds of lawyers that he can be made to do so. Even if the statute of limitations has expired, if any politicians are connected with the capitol scandal they can be driven from public life by the publicity given them. Delaney does not propose to willingly part with this dynamite-laden document. "No man will ever know its entire contents while I have anything to do with it," he said, "or unless Mrs. Sanderson would desire its publication. Even then I am not sure that I would let it out of my possession. All that I will say is that the big men who were guilty escaped." "Will you make it public if you leave the hill?" he was asked. "I don't expect to leave the hill." It was reported in Harrisburg that Tener would ask for Delaney's resignation, but the governor declined to state what action he might contemplate,regarding the chief factory inspector. His advice to Delaney is to give the-paper up. Former State Treasurer William H. Berry does not doubt that Captain Delaney has the confession. "I have always been perfectly satisfied," he said, "that the men who were the chief beneficiaries of the capitol contract manipulation were not the men haled into court. I found definite traces that some prominent men, not officially identified with the administration, but influential in the Republican organization, had the bigger finger in the pie. I wanted Mr. Scarlett, the state's attorney, to go after them when I discovered the traces on the books to which I refer. I was convinced later that the state's probe would have been sufficient." Mr. Berry declines to name the men whom he says were involved in the conspiracy, but he did say: "They were the brains of the conspiracy; they undoubtedly laid the plan for this enormous rake-off in the construction of the state capitol." SAMUEL D. FELKER. Is First Democratic Governor of New Hampshire In 30 Years. A. H. TAFT DISTRUSTS HAGUE TRIBUNAL President Taft is willing to submit to arbitration the questions at issue between Great Britain and the United States over the Panama canal tolls, but he does not favor arbitration by The Hague tribunal. This fact became known upon the president's return to Washington from New York. Although he has not yet given the matter of a tribunal much thought, the president probably would prefer a special board of arbitration composed of a nequal number of citizens of the United States and Great Britain. Such was to be the composition of the arbitral court he proposed to settle any vital question arising between nations when he spoke in behalf of the arbitration treaties. The president has expressed to his friends the view that at The Hague all Europe would be against this nation and that the moral pressure on the court would be enormous, because all Europe is interested in Panama tolls just as much as is England. In a court on which only Great Britain and the United States were represented, it is argued, there would be a much greater chance of a fair decision. Several Democratic senators have voiced the opinion that a special tribunal be created to arbitrate this dispute. FOOT CUT OFF; CRAWLS MILE Pumpman In Mine Injured a Mile From Foot of Shaft. While at work as a pumpman in a mine at Luzerne, Pa.. Walter Kemp had his foot caught by the plunger of a duplex pump and it was cut off above the ankle. With no companions about, Kemp had to crawl almost one mile to the foot of the shaft. There he signalled for a carriage, and when he reached the surface he crawled toward the engine house and swooned from exhaustion. Although his condition is serious, doctors say Kemp will recover 5 LIVES FOR NAKED LAMP Explosion In Colliery Comes When Gas Pocket Goes Off. Five men were fatally burned by the explosion of a pocket of gas in the Oxford mine at Scranton, Pa., one of them dying within an hour. The men were engaged in building a wall to shut off an abandoned portion of the mine, when one of them stepped into the pocket of gas with a naked lamp, and the explosion followed. The injured are: Joseph Walsh, Patrick McNamara. William Morrison and John Granville When John Rufft and his family returned to the home, near Nuremberg, Pa., after they had made a holiday visit to one of their friends, they found that their home had been destroyed by fire. They lost everything. It is believed traces accidentally fired the building during the absence of the occupants. Says He Killed Snake in Chicago In view of the fifty-seven varieties of weather Columbia county, Pa., has experienced recently, it is not surprising that Cameron·Theal, living above Nescopeck, reported that he killed a four-foot copperhead snake on the snow. Mrs. Cleveland Taft's Guest. Mrs. Grover Cleveland and her affanced husband, Professor T. J. Preston, of Princeton, are to be guests of the President and Mrs. Taft at the White House Saturday evening and will be guests of honor at dinner. National Religious Training Schoo THE WATER TOWER Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation. 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. 4. Literary Department. 5. 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"You often suffer from headache," she returned in a cutting tone. Banks drew his chair up to the table with unnecessary noise and refrained from further attempts at conciliation for the rest of the day. A well dressed business man climbed nimply up a telephone pole in the heart of town yesterday and swung himself out hand over hand on a heavy cable. Half way, to the next pole he stopped and, hanging by his hands, looked down at a man who stood at the foot of the pole he had ascended. "Come on and do your worst," he cried. "Ha, ha! I dare you!" The man on the ground seemed about to follow, but turned away at last, shaking his head. "That is the second to escape me today," he muttered. "People are getting too wild for any use." "What became of the first?" asked our reporter. "He jumped into the river," replied the life insurance agent. — Newark News. Chaucer's Face In a Stone. In a geological branch of the British museum the visitor is shown a wonderful specimen of natural limitation in a small "ribbon jasper." This stone, the material of which is not unlike that of other banded agates, has upon its surface a perfect miniature portrait of the poet Chaucer. Every detail is startlingly correct. There are the white face, the pouting lips, the broad, low forehead and even the whites of the slightly upturned eyes. The attendants say that it is utterly impossible to convince even some of the educated visitors that it is not an artificial production. Putting It Mildly. She was only sixteen stone and three-quarters, so that when she trod on a banana skin she subsided very gently. A polite shopkeeper came out to assist her to rise from a box of his best new laid eggs. "Oh, I do hope I have not broken them!" she cried. "Not at all, madam," said the polite one; "they are only bent."—London Globe. Time's Changes. 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Or your favorite pipe's? You can do it, approximately. The value of gold fluctuates. Usually it runs in price somewhere between $19 and $20 an ounce. Let's take the latter amount. It's easier to figure with. Gold is weighed by troy weight, twelve ounces to the pound. In other words (at $20 an ounce) $240 a pound. Do you weigh 150 pounds? Then your weight in gold is about $30,000. (The "capitalization" of a man who gets an $1,800 a year salary.) Is your girl's weight 110 pounds? She is worth only about $26,400. Nearly $10,000 less than yourself, though you probably won't acknowledge it—to her. If your pipe weighs two ounces its weight in gold is $40. Your ten pound baby is worth only $2,400 in gold. So you see "worth its weight in gold" is not such axorbitant praise after all.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wit of Philip of Macedon. Plutarch tells the following stories, good in their way, of Philip of Macedon: In passing sentence on two rogues he ordered one to leave Macedonia with all possible speed, and the other to try to catch him. No less astute was his query as to a strong position he wished to occupy, which was reported by the scouts to be almost impregnable. "Is there not," he asked, "even a pathway to it wide enough for an ass inden with gold?" Philip, too, according to Plutarch, is entitled to the fatherhood of an adage which retains its ancient fame about "telling a snade a spade." Another story tells how Philip removed a judge, because he discovered that the man's hair and beard were dyed. "I could not believe," Plutarch reports the king as saying, "that one who was false in his hair could be honest in his judgments." Tennyson and Tobacco. Tennyson's devotion to his pipe is well known, but the following story of it will probably be fresh to most readers. A friend had driven him from Plymouth to visit an old lady who stood in no awe of the poet. The visitors were invited to remain for the night, but on Mr. Tennyson's stipulating that if he did he should be allowed to smoke in his bedroom the old lady bridled up. That she could not allow. Bedroom smoking was not only objectionable, but dangerous, and for no one would she relax her prohibition rule. Mr. Tennyson proving equally obdurate the hostess' own carriage was ordered out, and he was sent in it back to his hotel at Plymouth, whence, however, he returned the next morning to breakfast—From Mrs. Walford's Recollections. This Theory Is Now Doubted. The increase of temperature observed is about 1 degree F. for every fifteen yards of descent in the earth. Takings then, as correct, the present observed rate of increase, the temperature would be as follows: Water will boil at the depth of 2,430 yards; lead melts at the depth of 8,400 yards; there is red heat at the depth of seven miles; gold melts at twenty-one miles; cast iron melts at seventy-four miles and soft iron melts at ninety seven miles. At the depth of 100 miles there is a temperature equal to the greatest artificial heat yet observed, a temperature capable of fusing platinum, porcelain and indeed every refractory substance we are acquainted with.-Humboldt's Cosmos. Von Moltke at Cards. Count von Moltke, Germany's great field marshal, never lost a battle, and it annoyed him to lose a game of cards. A biographer says of his old age: "The family were trained to let him win if they could without his noticing their maneuver, and they would reckon up the sums to the smallest amount. 'It is really wonderful that I have won in spite of my bad play,' he remarked to me once rather suspiciously, but he abided by the result." Light of the Stars The light of the stars has been measured and the following results have been obtained: The light that we receive from stars of the first magnitude, like Vega, is equal approximately to a forty-thousand-milllionth part of that of the sun. It is calculated that the total light received from the lesser stars is equal to that of 3,000 stars of the first magnitude, or a sixth part of that which is sent to us from the moon. Classic. "And are your daughters musical?" we ask. "I guess so," he replies rather sadly. "One of 'em can sing things at the top of her voice so you can't understand a word, and the other can play the plano with her hands crossed."—Exchange. Our Language. M. De France—You wind up ze clock to make him go? English Tutor—Exactly. M. De France—Zen what for you wind up ze beesiness? To make it stop? Some Class They say he is a fine after speaker. Steve—Yes, he always ways. "Walter, bring me the checks."— Cincinnati Enquirer. Now's the only bird lays eggs o' gold. -Lowell. The Punishment of the Bagno. In former times the punishment of the bagno (bath), one of the most cleverly cruel inflictions ever devised, was administered in Venice, where the water of the lagoons played so prominent a part in its penal system. The punishment was as follows: The prisoner was placed in a vat the sides of which were slightly in excess of the average height of a man. In order to hold in check the rising tide of a supply of water which ran into the vat in a constant stream the criminal was furnished with a scoop with which to bale out the water as fast as it came in. The respite from death by immersion thus obtained was more or less prolonged, according to the powers of endurance possessed by the victim. But imagine the mortal torture, the exhausting and even hideously grotesque efforts, the incessant and pitiless toil by night and day, to stave off the dread moment fast approaching when, overcome by sleep and fatigue, he was unable to struggle any longer against his fate. Compliments Said a certain eminent actor, who at the age of fifty-nine looks no more than thirty-five: "I try to keep my hair on and my stomach off—that is the true secret of perennial youth." Then he told one of his famous stories illustrative of the horrors of corpulence. "A fat man," he said, "could-not help laughing one day at the ludicrous appearance of a very bow legged chap, one of those arch looking chaps, you know. "Though a total stranger to him, the fat man slapped the bow legged chap on the back and said: "By jingo, brother, you look as if you'd been riding a barrel." "The bow legged man smiled and poked his forefinger deep into the fat man's soft, loose stomach. "And you look as if you'd been swallowing one," he said."—Washington Star. A Town You Should Reach. A TOWN YOU SHOULD Reach. The pleasant town of Get There lies far up a rocky hill, across the sands of Courage and above the swamp of Will. The path that leads to Get There leaves the pleasant thoroughfare and wanders off 'mild rocks that grind and briar vines that tear. And thousands pass along the road that leads to Nowhereville and grumble at the few who climb to Get There on the hill, and others start the thorny path and seek the town to gain, but falter at the swamp of Will and turn them back in pain. Oh, happy town of Get There, shining in the morning sun, you only show the toiler how yet higher peaks are wont! The truest recompense you give for self denying years is but the promise old, yet new, that conquers doubts and fears. For no one lives at Get There, but with heart and purpose set on better things, from peak to peak they climb up higher yet. — Rural New Yorker. He Favored Brevity. A bishop once rose to address the house of lords and began by saying he intended to divide his speech into twelve heads. Lord Durham thereupon got up and begged leave to interpose for a few minutes to tell the house an anecdote. He was returning home, he said, a few nights before and passed St Paul's cathedral just before midnight. As he did so there was a drunken man trying to see the time. Just then the clock began to strike the hour and slowly toled out 12. The drunken man listened, looked hard at the clock and said: "Hang you, why couldn't you have said all that at once?" After this narration the bishop condensed his remarks—London Globe. Walrus and Bullets The most vulnerable spot in which to hit a walrus is the back part of the skull. The forehead, being several inches thick in bone, almost invariably turns bullets even if solid ones are used in a big rifle, as should always be done. 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It is praised by people in all sections of the country. Send 10 cents for a sample jar. Agents wanted. Write for terms. Mme. L. C. PARRISH, 95 Camden St., Boston, Mass. Phone 888 R Tremont. Mention this paper when writing. Read The Bee if you want a live DAVIDSON AND HILL ATTOR- TORNEYS Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. No. 19470, Administration. This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration on the estate of Hattie C. Johnson; late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 23rd day of December, A. D. 1913; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 23rd day of December, 1912. Given under my hand this 23rd day of December, 1912. EUSTIS B. JOHNSON, 1916 13th St. N. E. Attest: JAMES TANNER. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Pro- bate Court. SHELBY J. DAVIDSON, CHAS. S. HILL, Attorneys. JAMES F. BUNDY, ATTORNEY. Supreme. Court of the District of Col- umbia, holding Probate Court. No. 19488, Administration Docket. E- state of- Frederick Johnson, De- ceased. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Mildred Johnson, it is ordered this 30th day of December, A. D. 1912, that Oscar Hall and John Alexander and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Monday, the 10th day of February, A. D. 1913, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and The Washington Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. JOB BARNARD, Justice. Attest: JAMES'TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Prob- bate Court. JAMES F. BUNDY, Attorney. CHARLES H. HEMANS, SOLICITOR. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in re, Joseph Edward Jones, Change of Name to James Daniel Sneed, Equity No. 31479. Notice is hereby given that on the twelfth day of December, 1912, a petition was filed, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by Joseph Edward Jones praying a decree changing his name to James Daniel Sneed for reasons set forth in said petition. CHARLES H. HEMANS, Solicitor. GEO. F. COLLINS, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No. 19451, Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber,'of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the estate of Robert Ward, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 13th day of January, A. D. 1914; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. sale estate Given under my hand this 13th day of January, 1913. MINNIE WARD, 302 F Street Southwest. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Court GEORGE F. COLLINS, Attorney ALEXANDRIA NEWS. ```markdown ``` The funeral services of John Holsendorf, who died Tuesday morning, took place at Roberts Chapel M. E. Church Thursday, January 16, at 2 p.m. Though the deceased had been in failing health for a long time, his demise was quite a shock to his friends here and in Washington and Atlantic City, where most of his time was spent. "Johnny," as he was familiarly known, was very popular among the younger set here, as he was also in Atlantic City; and, though most of his time was spent away from home, the boys were always glad to see him back if only for a day or so. He was a member of the "Morning Star Lodge No. so, I. B. P. O. E., of Washington, D. C., and a number of social organizations. A mother, Mrs. Mary Holsendorf, a sister, Mrs. Louis Baker, and two brothers, Dr. Ellis, of Porto Rico, and Mr. William Holsendorf, of Atlantic City, survive him. Services were conducted by Rev. Stewart H. Brown. D. D. Members of the Morning Star Lodge served as pallbearers. Interment was in Bethel Cemetery. At the regular meeting of the Waldorf Pleasure Club, held Tuesday, January 6, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Frank O. Jackson, president; Milton E. Robinson, vice president; Herbert I. Lucas, financial secretary; Granville J. Tancil, assistant secretary; William Young, treasurer; H. Clay Smith, sergeant-at-arms; Elijah H. Hardy, dancing supervisor; Fred F. Howard and David B. Wair. After routine business had been transacted, the club retired to their banquet hall, where cov- Only at 909 7th St. Nobranch stores ers had been laid for eighteen. That the sumptuous repast was enjoyed by all was proven by the fact that the viands rapidly disappeared. Mr. Granville Tancil acted as toastmaster and in a concise though complete address gave unstinted praise to the reelected officers—Frank O. Jackson, Herbert Lucas and William C. Young. He also took time to commend Mr. Elijah H. Hardy, who has so successfully managed the dancing at all their social functions during the past year. The club expects to give another one of their big select receptions on or about March 6, 1913, at which time Mr. Hardy says he expects to eclipse all previous efforts. Prof. Numa P. G. Adams, professor of chemistry at Howard University, will address the Methodist brotherhood Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Roberts Chapel M. E. Church. Mrs. Caroline Harris and her daughter, Mrs. Lula Smith, of Ryan, Va., were the guests of Mrs. Mary F. Brooks during the week. Mrs. Essie Madella Strother has returned to her home in Harrisburg, Pa. The School Improvement League entertained the children of the chorus on Monday afternoon at Hallowel School. Refreshments were served by the following teachers: Miss Laura M. Dorsey, Miss Harriet Thornton, Mrs. Sarah Gray and Prof. John F. Parker, assisted by Mrs. Maggie Evans and Mrs. Lottie Lee. Mr. Edward P. Dixon, president of the league, addressed the children. The condition of Mrs. Matilda Sunday, January 12, being the regular meeting day for the Lord's Supper at the Second Baptist Church, although the weather was somewhat unfavorable, there was a very good attendance. Both the morning and evening sermons by the pastor, Dr. Powell, were instructive and of deep impression. Bro. Robert Ford and Bro. Otis Wade were read into the official family of the church, while Sister Dora Stone received, together with these brethren, a welcome hand of fellowship. The Sunday School session was well attended by both young and old. The Bible Class, with the pastor as teacher, is showing real interest. The Sunday School literature for the quarter was distributed among the several departmental classes—Primary, Junior, Advanced and Senior—while teachers and classes at work in different parts of the main church room showed a real live and busy Sunday School; and one coming in at this hour would have been filled with a glad feeling as he listened to lesson exposition, the joyous singing of the children and caught the spirit of the occasion. Mr. Henry Rector and Sisters Jones and Collins were among those present at services from West End. Miss Aramnithea Parker was a welcome visitor to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Parker, on Sunday, coming out from the city for the day and returning on the after-service car. Miss May Smith, the industrial teacher for the schools of Fairfax County, has returned to her work and will have her home with Mrs. Susie Campbell at Falls Church, having changed her, central working point from Vienna back to Falls Church. So Mrs. Campbell now has the excellent company of both teachers, Miss K. C. Cartier, the principal, having been with her for a month preceding the holidays. Miss' Edna Lucas has her home at the residence of Mrs. Henderson. Mr. Melvin Tinner is now busily engaged on a contract of work at Herndon, Va., and reports business in that section fairly progressive. Mr. Tinner is a plasterer, well digger and all-round brick worker and is constantly busy. He is one of our most energetic and thrifty citizens. We were sorry to find Mr. Geo Gorhim sick in bed, and hope he may not have a long siege of it. He is another of our ever active and substantial citizens. The Fairfax County Teachers' Association convenes with the public school at Herndon Friday morning, January 17, at 10 o'clock. An interesting session is anticipated. We hope to get a full report of it for the next issue. The United Citizens' Association of Fairmount Heights met at the public hall 'Wednesday night, January 8. Many of the officers and members were present and discussed the matter of lights for Fifty-eighth and Sixty-first Streets, and the giving of an entertainment during the month of February. The matter was referred to the executive committee, of which Sergeant F. Colman, Mr. Finley Wilson, the grand organizer of the Elks Lodge, addressed the association on the eighth day of January and created a great interest among the citizens for the order he represents. Sunday, January 1, 1913, was an all-day at the M. E. Church. Sunday School from 9:30 to 10:45. Preaching service from 11 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Waiting for a funeral from 1:30 to 3, the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Spencer of Cedar Heights from 3 to 4:30, the Epworth League from 6:30 to 7:45, and the night services from 8 to 9:30. Oysters and Clams. Wholesale and Retail. Meals at all Hours. ROBT. T. MURRAY, Proprietor. 600 T St. N. W., cor. Florida Ave., Washington, D. C. Horner's Dairy Horner's Dairy Perfect Pasteurized Milk and Cream. Raw milk if desired, Our Specialty. Fine grades of Creamery Butter, Fresh laid eggs. Eight wagons give you prompt, reliable and efficient service. Corner Eighth and M, Northwest. Phone, North 1872. PETER GROGAN & SONS CO. It's time to be thinking about new Furniture and Carpets. Look through your home and see what will be needed—then come to US. Here is a store where you will realize that a feeling of good will pervades every business transaction. We take more than a mere buying and selling interest in our customers. We're interested in their homes and in their desire to make them comfortable and attractive. Our experience and advice is valuable to them, both in this direction and in the matter of economy. Our interest takes the helpful form of making it possible for them to have the things they want, the qualities that will show the most value, and to have them when they want them. We tell you not to hesitate in saying that you wish your purchases charged. We're not going to bind you with notes of any description nor charge any interest. Here it is simply an open book account, such as you carry with your grocer—except that we do not ask you to pay in a lump sum at the end of the month, but divide the account into such amounts as will suit you. We make these arrangements with you; we make them according to your statements and wishes; and we do not go outside our store for information regarding your private affairs. PETER GROGA 817-823 Seveny Rev. Tolson, of Toy City, preached an excellent sermon at 11 o'clock, Rev. Sprague, the pastor, preached an appropriate funeral sermon at 3, and Rev. Hunter, of Lincoln, D. C., preached he 8 o'clock sermon. Special efforts instituted to bring up the departments of the church, which are somewhat behind. The official board of the M. E. Church held its semi-monthly meeting at the church January 13, 1913. Arrangements were made for a concert January 27, and a Lincoln's birthday exercises on February 12, 1913. Mr. J. A. Campbell was elected to make arrangements for a fair to be given by the church during February. The Northeast County Citizens' Association held its annual election of officers on January 9, 1913, and the following officers were chosen: Dr. Willis W. Jones, M. D., was re-elected president to serve his fourth term; Mr. Homer Mee, vice president; Rev. G. H. Strother, recording secretary; Mr. Chas. Westley, corresponding secretary; Mr. C. J. Nixon, sergeant-at-arms; Mr. Ernest Bell, chaplain, and Mr. Wallace Chapman, chairman of the executive committee. Much good was accomplished by this association during the past year and the members doubled their resolution to do more in the future than in the past. Lawyer James F. Bundy was in the community January 14 on legal business. He is the popular secretary-treasurer of the law department of Howard University. Rev. Dr. Ernst S. Williams preached and administered communion at the Union Mission M. E. Church, of which Rev. R. A. Hart is pastor, Sunday night, January 12. He preached an instructive sermon and there was a spiritual awakening. Rev. Williams spoke to the Methodist Episcopal Ministers' Union January 14. His subject was a review of the 1912 book of discipline. Rev. W. H. Kent visited the Union Mission Sunday night. He is pastor at Staunton, Va. Why will a chief of a division in a bureau of an executive department of the United States government address one clerk as "C. or D." and another as "Mr. C. or D." We would like to have the opinion of the Washington Bee. Sad Death of the Wife of Bishop Phillips of the C. M. E. Church. Special to The Bee. Nashville Tenn., January 15.—The funeral services of Mrs. Lucy Tappan Phillips, wife of Bishop Charles Henry Phillips, of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, were held at Caper's Chapel C. M. E. Church, Monday afternoon, January 6. Mrs. Phillips died at "Sunshine," her residence C. B. HORNER Special to The Bee. S Dairy Coupon Present this coupon to driver or office and a 5 per cent discount on your milk if at retail prices HORNER'S DAIRY 8th and M St. N. W. AN & SONS CO. in this city, January 4, after a complicated illness of nearly four years. Rev. R. T. Brown, D. D., of Birmingham, Ala., a life-long friend of the Bishop, conducted the ceremonies. He declared in his opening remarks that indeed a great woman in Israel had fallen. Rev. T. H. Copeland, of Clarksville, Tenn., read the Scripture lesson, which was followed by a beautiful selection by a quartette from Meharry Medical College. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Johnson, ex-presiding elder of the Nashville District, C. M. E. Church. Prof. J. W. Work, Mrs. Work, Mrs. Hadley and Mr. A. G. Price, constituting a quartette of Fisk University, touchingly sang the familiar old jubilee song, "In Bright Mansions Above," a favorite of Mrs. Phillips. John W. Patterson, the lawyer, charged with embezzlement and under sentence of four years' imprisonment, had a hearing in New York City Wednesday, where he was located by his bondsman, A. J. Gaskins, after a long search. Patterson "jumped his bond," and is now making a vigorous fight to prevent the New York authorities from issuing extradition papers. Manager A. J. Thomas is still worrying how to provide seats for the people who insist upon seeing his premier shows at the Howard Theatre each week. The offering for the current week include Miss Lillian Brown, a pretty singing and dancing artist, assisted by Prof. DeMont, a clever cartopist and lightning calculator; Misses Price and Taylor, in neat sketch; Thomas and Ward, one of the profession's neatest teams, in bright talk, artistic roller-skating and graceful dancing; the Zieglers, trapeze and flying rings act; closing with the Peees in a musical and comedy juggling diversions. Gray & Gray's Health Hints—No. 1. Take no chances with your health. Care and skill characterizes every prescription compounded at Gray's Call or phone to the Triangle Printing Co., for estimates. It is one of the most up-to-date printing offices in the city. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., is manager. Two new presses will be installed beginning the New Year. FOR SALE. Lunch room; good trade from Howard University and other colored institutions in that locality. Bargain for some industrious colored person. Price, $125. Equity Business Brokers, 1227 N. Y. Ave. Jack Johnson gave the Illinois authorities another scare this week. Jack is always in the limelight. Washington, D. C C. F. HEIM FOR SALE. NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN 1506 7th St. N. W. CANDIES. FRESH CANDIES MADE DAI'Y. One pound, 15 cts; 2 lbs., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 10 cts.; 3 lbs., 25 cts. New Nuts, 1 lb. 15 cts. Candy, 10 cts. box. 6 boxes, 50 cts. Candy 15 cts. box, 4 boxes, 50 cts. DON'T MISS THE NUMBER 1506 7th St. N. W. JAMES F. OYSTER Telephone Main 4820-4821. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGG 900-902 Penna. Avenue. Square Stands: Center Market, 5th and K S Market. Washin SEE AND EGGS. Penna. Avenue. 55th and K St. Market., Riggs Washington, D. C. TICLES AT A PHARMACY PERFUMERY THAT HOLDS ODOR on and Suburbs pass the door. A PHARMACY (AMSTRONG) Drugs. Streets Northwest. ATIONS ALWAYS FRESH. MAIN 3252. Colored Detectives Wanted. Square Stands: Center Market, 5th and K St. Market. Riggs Market. Washington, D. C TOILET ARTICLES AT THE ASTORIA PHARMACY GET A FINE BOTTLE OF PERFUMERY ITS ODOR Cars to the Northeast Section and Suburbs THE ASTORIA PHARMACY (W. ARMSTRONG) Fresh Drugs. Third and G Streets Northwest DRUGS AND PREPARATIONS ALWAYS PHONE MAIN 3252. THE ASTORIA PHARMACY GET A FINE BOTTLE OF PERFUMERY THAT HOLDS ITS ODOR Cars to the Northeast Section and Suburbs pass the door. WANTED—Colored men, be a detective. Earn from $100 to $200 per month. Send reference and 50 cents for full particulars. Sidney P. Dones, 401 Central Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Wanted—Apprentices. Wanted—Several apprentice girls to learn Dressmaking, Ladies' and Gent's Tailoring. Good pay while learning. Apply Mrs. R. L. Pannell, 403 Florida Avenue Northwest, City. Wanted. Having twenty-five years' experience in cutting and making, also tailoring generally, would like to correspond with one that would like to go into a Merchant Tailoring business in Washington, D. C., or Baltimore, Md. Experience unnecessary. Write E. T. Jones, 500 Raleigh St., Bluefield, W. Va. FOR RENT—Seven room dwelling, No. 110 Howard Avenue, Anacostia, D. C.; latrobe and open grate heat; front, side and back porches; large yard and garden; lot contains more than 11,000 feet of ground. Rent, $15.00 per month. R. L. Pendleton, 609 F St. N. W. Phone Main 1145. WANTED: Agents, male or female, to sell our Hair Dressing and Scalp and Hair Cleaner, in the City of Washington. Can make big money. We furnish everything and credit you. Wanted—Typewriter. Wanted—A competent lady typewriter and bookkeeper. Also two collectors. Write to Box T, Bee office. A suitable person can obtain a good position. Address Box T. Bee office DRUGGIST. Phone Lincoln 2760. HOLIDAY WINES AND LIQUORS AT For Holiday Toilets Murray's is the place to go. 201 D Street S. W. Mention The Bee. Restaurant, 216 Ninth Street N. W. It is the place to get best beers and whiskies. Fine lunch and dinner daily. When you are at the Center Market call on Mr. Hennessy. It is the place for first-class wines, liquors and tigars. Breakfast, lunch and dinner always ready. The greatest hat stores in the city. Only places where the up-to-date hats are made fresh from the block. Give your friend a Brodt flat for Christmas. Brodt's stores, 419 Eleventh Street Northwest, and 503 Ninth Street Northwest. HAYS HAIR Pomade Any one with kinky, coarse hair that is stubborn, will always get satisfactory results from HAY'S HAIR POMADE even if all others have failed. — Highly Perfumed — Present this adv. with 25 cents, and get a large jar; and free sample of HARFINA SOAP, at O'DONNELL'S PHAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. 004 F ST. N. W. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Philo Hay Spec. Co. Sole Manufacturers Newark, N.J., U. S. A. P. K. CFACONAS & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Wines and Liquors, Florida Oanges c. I. Lily Fruits and Vegetables. HOME DRESSED POULTRY Dried Fruits and Nuts of all Kinds. 900 Louisiana Ave. N. W. Telephone M in 700-1-1- Washington, D. C. Phone N. 406. Don't forget to go to the Esmeraldo, on the boulevard. Phone for a box of oysters before you leave the theater. Phone N. 406. GEORGE W. MURRAY DRUGGIST. The Most Reliable Druggist in the Southwest. Studio. The Clio Studio, 135 West 136th Street, between Lenox and Seventh Avenues, New York. Most elegant and comfortable place in Greater New York. Permanent or. visiting guests. References. Mrs. Annie C. Williams, Manager. d-21-4t Justh's Old Stand. We have recently bought 240 pairs bran new pants and the way we mark them in plain figures should interest any poor man who wants something nice, as they are from the very best maker, who makes the best pants on the market. Hurry if you want a pair. One price. Justh's Old Stand, 619 D. If you want first-class job work call or phone for estimate. Triangle Printing Co., 1109 Eye Street Northwest. Wanted FOR RENT. WANTED. Richmond, Va. d-21-4t M. J. COLLINS Wholesale and Retail Family Liquor Store 1435 H Street N. E. Washington $ _ {2} $ D. C. BRODT'S HATS.