and cooler to + o i II II III
I Partlycloudy
I i nigh ere probably tomarrow show ow fIn e a anight fi tng t on me JC JCNUMBER LAST ST EDITIO N Ni J JruMBER
NUMBER 6065 WASHINGTON SVdSHtNGTON SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 15 1908 r PRICE ONE OENr
n
FIVE LIVES TAKEN TAKENIN TAKENNi
IN WAR AR OF RACES RACESNegroes RACESRetaliate
Negroes Ni egroes egroesWhites Retaliate Upon UponWhites UponWhites
Whites by b r Shooting and andRobbing andRobbing andRobbing
Robbing Man ManTHREE ManTHREE ManTHREE
THREE REGIMENTS REGIMENTSWILL REGIlVIENTSWILL REGIMENTSWILL
WILL BE ON DUTY DUTYJWob DUTYMob DUTYlYlob
Mob Lynches Hotel Porter for De Defending DeSending Defending ¬
fending Himself Prohibitionu Prohibition ProhibitionPresidential ProhibitionPresidcmtial
u
w Presidential Nominee Struck StruckSPRINQraCLJD StruckSPRINGFmLD StruckSPRINGFL
SPRINGFL SPRINQraCLJD ID Ill AUK 1IN8glOM 1IN8glOMretaliated 1LNegroesretaliated Negroes Negroesretaliated
retaliated on the whites whlt today toda by beat1rg beat beatIP
IP 1 1rg and robbing W H Bowe Do a clerk clerkIn clerk1n clerkIn
In the county treasurers otto and andleaving aDdleaving andleaving
leaving him tor dead In an alley 1ley AM AMnews Aanews AMnews
news of this th l spread through the town townthe townthe townthe
the sullen groups upll formed into a mobwiileh mob mobWatch mobwMch
Watch started for the black section sectionGovernor MetlonGovernor sectbnGovernor
Governor Deaeen called out the Fourth Fourthand Fourthand Fourthand
and Fifth Regiments u to assist aMl t the thetroops thetroops thetroops
troops that are already patrolling the thestreets thestreets thestreets
streets hoping to prevent a big crowd crowdfrom crowdfrom crowdfrom
from gathering gat while the First will willreach wmre1ch wiltreach
reach here early this thl evening eveningAs
As nearly aa can be ascertained by bythe bytLe bythe
the authorities Ave persons 818O have been beenWiled beenkillel1 been1al1eJ
Wiled but there are others oth < < s who were weretaken weretaken weretaken
taken home by their friends The known knownwounded knownwounded knownwounded
wounded number fiftyeight some of ofwhom otwhom ofwhom
whom are in a serious condition conditionBowe conditionHowe oondttionBowe
Bowe WM found bleeding bleedin from three threeballet threebi111 threebullet
ballet bi111 t wounds wou and taken to a hospital hospitalwhere hopltaJwhere hospitalwhere
where he recovered sufficiently uf clenUy to say saythat saythat 1 1that
that six men had attacked him He Hetried Hetried Metried
tried to beat them off but fell wounded woundedand woundedand woundedand
and after he had been kicked into In Insensibility ins ¬
sensibility 6 > he e was robbed The thugs thugstold thuptold thugstold
told him that scores more would follow followbefore followbefore followbefore
before we w get et through with this thisthing tbisthing thisthing
thing
The Dead DeadThe DeadThe DeedThe
The dead are areJAMES areJAMES areJAMES
JAMES G SCOnV SCOTT shot through the theJungs thelungs thelungs
lungs by h a stray bullet bulietLOOS buhetLOrI1
LOOS JOHNSON negrotLsough negro shot shotthrough Motthr
through thr > ugh the th abdomen as he attempted attemptedto
to flee ft e the mob mobCHARLES mobCHARLES mobCHARLES
CHARLES HUNTER nepo a aHayes em emas emiyeJ
iyeJ as a porter In the St Nichol NteholI
1i I tel 1 lynched 1ched after he had shot Jam JamHaYfs James JamesII
Hayes II a es a barber barberNegro barberNegro barberNegro
Negro unidentified lynched by mob mobafter mobaf mobafter
af after lO he had taken r refuge > 1 uge P under underfctlght a afreight afreight
freight car carJOHN carJOHN carJOHN
JOHN CAU3WKLL died Md of r wounds woundsreceived wountlareceIved woesreceived
received in noU noUPlans rioting riotingFlans
t tPlans
Plans were made early today by Governor Gov Governor Governor ¬
ernor Deneen for caring for ifegroes ifegroeswhose 1etIroewhose > iegmeswhose
whose homes hom were destroyed The State Statearsenals 5Itatearsenals Statearsenals
arsenals will ill be thrown open and tents tentswill tentswill tentswill
will be pitched at Camp Lincoln for fCKthe fCKtheacomm the theaccommodation theaccommodatfapo
accommodation acomm jrf jtae leomcesaGuards homeless homelessw bo boGuards
n
Guards wt11 111 be w place L Lpenal at both t tfnal tip tiprenal
penal and Camp Lincoln and th thwill the stile stilewill e ewill
will care for aU those who were burned burnedout burnedout bun ed edo
out o lIt The governor venaor was at his office officeall omceall oll1ceall
all last night helping in th the disposal of ofthe otthe ofthe
the troops troopsThirtyfive troopLThlrtyftve troopsThirtyfive
Thirtyfive places of business bostn occupied occupiedby oee5piedby
by negroes ne on Washington Wuhl to1i street between be between betWEen
tween Seventh and Twelfth streets streetshave atr6tshave streetshave
have been literally torn to pieces The Thenegro Thenegro Thenegro
negro quarters over these th places have havebeen hIlvebcen havebeen
been emptied and every window has hasbeen 1tubeen baabeen
been shot out All the open liquor in inthese Inthese inthese
these saloons was poured out The Thesealed Thesealed
5 sealed > aed packages were carried away by bytie byHe bytie
tie mob
mobBum
Bum Every Negro Rente RenteThe RoueThe HesseThe
The burning began one block north northof JHKthor
of the business bu houses ho that had been beenwrecked beenwrecked b en enwrked
wrecked on Washington Wuhln < < ton street > > Taking Takingn
1 In n a long rectangular section of the thecity theIt thecity
city It extending extend from Jefferson en the thesouth the5luth thesouth
south to Mason lUIOn on the north and from fromICInth fromNInth fromNinth
NInth to Twelfth streets the t e mob mobburned mobburned mobbursted
burned every e y house bou occupied by a ne negro negro negro ¬
gro
Met Ke deb Cuts Heee HeeeThe HHeThe HoseThe
The work of the mob wan systematic ayatematleVhen systematicWhen systematicWhen
When the fire department was summon summoned summa 8ummoed summaed ¬
ed to put out flames in the Black BlackBelt BlackBflt StackBelt
Belt the mob cut the hose when an aftlttempt anattempt j jAttempt
Attempt wa was made to extinguish the theflanes the1anu theRaines
flanes Efforts to prevent ptfN nt the flamesfrom flames namesfrom flamesrm
from rm spreading to adjoining quarters quartersoccupied quarterso
occupied o oc upled by the lower low grade of whites whitesweie wldtewel whitesweb
web weie e not molested molestedShortly JItOle molestedShortly ted tedShortly
Shortly after nightfall erowdsvassem erowdsvassembled erowdtJauembled crowds aesem aesembled
bled in the vicinity of the county count jail jailThe janThe jailThe
The mood of the masses was 1 ugly u ly and andappeals andappeals andappeals
appeals by Sheriff Werner emer were without with without wtthout ¬
out effect The sheriff offered to let a acommittee acommittee acommittee
committee from the crowd crOl search the thejail thejaU thejail
jail BBSuring them that both negroes negroeswere n negrceswere es eswere
were gone goneThen aroneThen goneThen
Then some one in the crowd remembered remem remembered rentemb ¬
bered b red that Harry K Lober a mweteurant restau restaurant re tau taurant ¬
rant man had furnished the automobile automobileIn
In which the escape of the prisoners prisonershad prtMOnershad prisonersbad
had been effected effectedGo etreetedGo effectedGo
Go for Loners Lobe he shouted and by bythis bvthIs bythis
this time the mob was ready 1tI IWIy for any anything anythIng anything ¬
thing A rush was made upon Loherg JAbe JAberestaurant Lohersrestaurant j jrestaurant
restaurant five block away The pro proprletor pt ptprietor proprietor
prietor was as warned but failing taJU < < to aD anpreiate aDprehlte
pre prehlte slate tha seriousness MU n of the situation situationhe JlUuatJonhe
he did not attempt to escape Qe e was wastpushed WAfpushed waspushed
pushed by employes of o the th he place to toContinued toConUnued toContinued
Continued on Ninth Page PageWEATHER PapWEATHER PageWEATHER
WEATHER REPORT REPORTThe
The Western depression has h lost 1 t muchor muchof much muchof
of its energy while the Northeastern Northeasternhigh Nort1Ma8ternhigh Northeasternhigh
high area la stronger The two together togetherhave t togetherhave ther therhave
have caused quite general eral showers howe overthe over overthe Ol8tthf
the western portion of the country Jn JncMi Ifte1u incu
cMi ling the upper Mississippi valley and andths and1t andtt
ths 1t s sI southwestern upper Lake Lakeregion region regionThese rutonT1
I These T1 eee se showers were accompanied by bymoderate bymoderate bymoderate
moderate temperatures except in the theNQrthwe theNorthwest thaNorthwest
Northwest t where it is quite cool for the theseason th thseason theseason
season In the East and South fair fairweather taltweathe fairweather
weather continued with high temperatures tempera temperatures temperatures ¬
tures turesThere turesThere turesThere
There will be showers IIhOl tonight and andSunday andSunday andSunday
Sunday in n the lower Lake region and amitemperature andthe andthe
the Middle Atlantic State with falUng falUngtemperature fallln falllntemperature
temperature In the South the weather weatherwill weatherwill ther therwill
will be be generally 10 fair except in eastern easternFlorida easternFlorida tern ternFloridL
Florida FloridaSteamers FloridLSteame FloridaSteamers
Steamers departing ng today T for Euroports Euro European European ¬
pean ports will have Ye light to fresh freshwest fre h hwe
west we west t to northwest winds with withcloudy wtt en Y Ycloud
cloudy cloud y weather to the C Grand rauti Banks BanksTZDX BadtsSUN nlt nltSUN
SUN TABLJD TABLJDSun > ls lsSun
Sun rIfe risesSun 511 511Sun
Sun sets call callTID
TZDX TID > i TABL1S TABL1SFJgh rABLJDFJgh
I FJgh wmtar today Olrtip 11 p m mLow InLw mLow
Low water today e F feet t p Po m mHigh 111Hiph mHigh
High water f tJIIrw tstt1 jrw W lldf 1 7am m lit Udl p m mlavf mLOw mLow
LOw water r131rrv ra t rw 5jM mt 6 654 ip p m ml mj
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TRUST WORK CHARGE CHARGEON CHARGEON CHARGEON
ON SOUTHERN SQ UTHERN ROADS ROADSAlabama
Alabama Officials Protest to Interstate Commission CommissiojiAgainsr CommissiopAgainst CommissionAgainst
Against Rate Increase Held to Be Illegal IllegalFreight IllegalFreight IllegalFreight
Freight Association Attacked
Declaring that the Southeastern SoutheasternFreight Southeutvn SoutheutvnlPreipt SloutheastsrnFreight
Freight Association of Railroads was wasorganized Wallorpnlzed wasorganized
organized and is maintained under underagreements uaaderagrMmwnts underagreements
agreements and an for purposes purpo e which con constitute cont1tute conatltute ¬
stitute an illegal U1e al contract and con eoaspiraey conspirltsy consplraey
spiraey in restraint of trade and that thatthe thtthe thatthe
the nropeeed 0IWHi8d d rate increase Increa forms suppression sup suppression suppre ¬
pression pre lon of all 11 competition the railroad nUroadoom railroadcommieekm railroadcommission
commission oom tlllkn of Alabama through Chair Chairman Chairman Chairman ¬
man W V D Nesbttt today filed formal formalcomplaint formdeompl formalcompllint
complaint eompl nt against the Louisville and andNashville andNa andNashville
Nashville Na nlle and thirteen thlrt other railroads railroadsbefore rallrOtUlabefore railroadsbefore
before the u Interstate Commerce C roe Commission Com Commission Commlulon ¬
missionThe mission missionThe mlulonThe
The complaint recites that the th h4 pro proposed poP proposed ¬
posed P Hd advance if allowed will m form formtax a atax atax
tax amounting to 1600006 O or more in inthe Inthe inthe
the State of Alabama alone Articles Articlesof
of prime public utility u lity food t staples staplesand staplesand tapl tapland
and living necessities n tletl are most affected affectedThe affectedThe affectedThe
The narrow margin oAproftt obtained obtainedby
by the dealer the petition says will willnot willnot willnot
not permit rmlt him to absorb ab orb the entire ad advance adanee advance ¬
vance so that the consuming con umlng public publicwill publicill publicwill
will ill be forced to bear some proportion proportionof
of the additional tax represented by a aproportionate aHOportionat aproportionate
proportionate increase Incr in prices The Theeffect Theeffect 1helfect
effect of the increased rates inevitablywillrestrict inevitably inevitablywill
will willrestrict ill re restrict trlet the volume of traffic re reduce r rduce reduce ¬
duce the businessof business ot citizens of Ala Alabama Alabama Alabama ¬
bama and deprive the consuming eonlRlmln < < pub public publie public ¬
lic of the ability to purchase and use ueethose UNtho usethose
those tho commodities to that extent to towhich towhich towhich
which they are entitled entitledDynamite entitledBOMB entitledROCKSIOUSE
BOMB ROCKS ROCKSIOUSE ROCKSIOUSEDynamite HOUSE HOUSEACCUSE
ACCUSE BLACK HAND HANDDynamite HANDIntended
Dynamite DynamiteACCUSE Intended for RichItalian Rich RichItalian RichI
Italian I Grocer Claim the theNew theN theNew
New N ev York Police PoliceNEW PoliceNBW PoliceNNW
NEW YORK Aug A IkHurling every everyoccupant everyoecupant everyoccupant
occupant in the house from their beds bedsand bedcand bedsand
and wrecking wr cking the lower floor a dyna dynamite dynamite dynamite ¬
mite bomb wa wee exploded early today todayin to aY aYIn
in the hallway of a tenement at Itt IttHamilton 181Hamilton 1S6Hamilton
Hamilton avenue by Black Hand Handagents Handq8Dts Handagents
agents agentsMore q8DtsJiore agentsMore
More than a thousand scantily Wy clad cladItalians cladI1aJIana cladItalians
Italians living hi h the home and tens tenements teaement tensmints ¬
mints adjoining adjItta rushed to tii te street streetand stnetad streetand
and ad for more than an hour 1 great ex excitement exctte excitement ¬
citement ctte t prevailed prevailedThe
The bomb the police declare was wasintended WIUiIntended wasIntended
intended for Leopold Paoeelli a wealthy wealthygrocer wealthysrocer wealthygrocer
grocer living 1ttn on the first floor of the thehouse tbehoue thehouse
house and who had refused to give gluei60e0
i60e0 6060 to the blackmailers blackmailersThe
The force fo of the detonation detona on rocked rockedthe I rockedthe cked ckedthe
the house lfrom from cellar to roof livery 1werywindow liverywindow ery erywindow
window wag blown out and ad the crashof crash crashof cntaLot
of falling glass added to the screams screamsof saoea saoeaor screamsof
of the women and children could be beheard behrd beheard
heard for many blocks blocksFart blocksPart blocksPart
Part of the stairs were wer blown away awayand awayand way wayand
and every door leading to the halls onall on onall n nall
all four floors n of the tenement had hadbeen hadben hadbeen
been blown away but no one was badly badlyinjured badlyinjured badlyinjured
injured injuredWORKHOUSE injuredWORKHOUSE injuredWORKHOUSE
WORKHOUSE BIDS BIDSEXCEED BIDSEXCEED BIDSEXCEED
EXCEED COST LIMITThree LIMITThree LIMIT LIMITThree
Three Firms Submitting Proposals ProposalsAll
All Go Far Above 85000 85000Appropriation 85000Appropriation 85000Appropriation
Appropriation AppropriationBWs
BWs Btd for the construction of an ad admntvtration admtnlttlraUon admcnistration
mntvtration building and male work worklie workhc
lie hc use on the grounds of the Washing Washington Washington aabine aabineton ¬
ton Asylum were opened in the District Dis Distitct Is Isn1ct
titct Building today all of them be being IMIng being ¬
ing above the appropriation of 8OGO 286000The 8OGOThe 000 000The
The proposals were as a follows Thonm ThonmsoiiStarret ThompsonStarret ThontpsouStarret
soiiStarret Company 119400 > O George A AFuller Auller AFuller
Fuller uller Construction Company 11S000 11S000and 11Soooand iiS0oand
and pavarini sir Wyne 111 111000 111000An 111An M MAn
An endeavor will be made to bring bringthe brln brlnthe bringthe
the bids within the limit of the appro appropriation applopd appropriatlon ¬
priation pd Uon and an failing in this the pro proposals propo proposals ¬
posals po 1a will be readvertleadWHOLE readvertieed readvertieedWHOLE rHilvert1MdWHOLE
WHOLE T < ILLAGE ILLAGEHE ILLAGEHE ILLAGEHE
HE AGREES TO MOVE MOVEHOBART MOVEHOBART MOVEHOBART
HOBART Okla AUf 18 1fiGrant Grant Har Harriman Harriman Harriman
riman a housemover has closed CJo eda a con contract contract contract ¬
tract with M V Martin representing representingthe repre entlng entlngthe
the town of Eschlti E cbiU in the big pasture pastureto
to move ninety building a distance of ofthree oCthree ofthree
three miles to the new site lte to be known knownas
as Bethel BethelIn
In the contract C ntract is included Inrlud d the village villageof
of Bell the two towns agreeing to tocombine tocombine tocombine
combine as one Kell has about sixty sixtyhouses sixtyhouses txtynou
houses nou e Mr Harriman has left to com commence commence commence ¬
mence the work of moving the two twotowns twoto twotowns
towns townsJAPAN to townsJAPAN fI fIJAPAN
JAPAN NOT TO SPEND SPENDSUM SPENDSUM SPENDSUM
SUM OF 25000000 25000000TOKYO 25000000TOKYO
TOKYO Aug 16 1IiAii Aft a result of ofsecret oteret ofsecret
secret eret cabinet conference of the premler pre premier premier ¬
mier with the army and navy authori authorities authorities authorities ¬
ties on Friday the government vernment today todayannounces todAYannounce todayannounces
announces its decision to postpone until
111 11 the ttStttlftOi wa > extra expenditures for forthe forthe forthe
the army and navy which hleh was to have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been expended next year as a poet poetbellum poIiItbeUum posthelium
bellum measure measurePARCELS measurePARCELS
i iPARCELS
PARCELS POST POSTWITH POSTWITH POSTWITH
WITH URUGUAY URUGUAYThe
The Treasury Trea ur 1 Department > today made madepublic madepublic madepublic
public the provisions prov1 lens of a parcels poet poetconvention poatconvention poetconvention
convention between the United States Statesand Stat Statesand JI JIand
and Uruguay effective ef ttv July 1 IMS 1 No Noparcel Noparcel Noparcel
parcel exceeding e eleven pounds in inweight Inwel Inwelht
weight wel ht tep is ppcm rwtoelW siinstbie and archil and andits andIts andits
its derivatives are absolutely pro prohibited proJJj prohibitod ¬
hibited JJj c
r
is
The petitioners affirm that the th Lou Louisville LeuJwlll LouIsyile ¬
isville and Nashville has a a oentinuetM oentinuetMline oontlnueus oontlnueusline tIe tIeline
line over its own rails ran and controlled controlledlines ooRtrelJedUn oontreledlines
lines Un southeastward from Ohio and andMississippi andlI andMississippi
Mississippi lI river crossings cl08 Inp that the theNashville theNa theNashville
Nashville Na hvllle Chattanooga and St Louis Louisis Lou Louhi
is similarly situated and the Atlantic AtlanticCoast AtltmtloCoaat AtlanticCoast
Coast line likewise IIkewl llkewiaefrming eftmlng farming a gigantic giganticnetwork gigantienetwork ttto tttonetlork
network of railroads throughout the theSouth tIMSouth theSouth
South The claim is made that the theNashville theNaahv1l1e theNashville
Nashville Chattanooga Ch ttanooga and St Louis Louisis L ul ulI
is I s owned by the Louisville Lout v1Ue and Nashvilla Nash Nashville Nhvll1 ¬
villa vll1 and the latter l tter in turn is 1 controlled controlledby
by the Atlantic Coast line Also the theLouisville theLoulttv1Ue theLouisville
Louisville and Nashville is 1 said to own ownthe 0l 0lthfJ ownthe
the South and North Alabama railroad railroadthe railroAdthe railroadthe
the Nashville Chattanooga and St StLouis atLoula StLouis
Louis is represented as Ii owning or about aboutto aboutto
to become the owner owner of the the Atlanta AtlantaXlrmtngham AUantatrmtngham Atlantahlrmingham
Xlrmtngham and Atlantic The Southern South Southern Sowthern ¬
ern naJlway away it is i alleged owns the Alabam Alai Alaibnmi Ala Alabam4
bnmi bam Great Southern and the Mobile Mobileand Mobileand loblleaDd
and Ohio The Illinois Central it is isstated Isatated isstated
stated is s under the control of the in interests intereata interests ¬
terests dominating the Central of Oeor Georgia Q Oeorgla or orgia
gia giaThe
The rate increase Is denounced as an anarbitrary aftftrbltrary anarbitrary
arbitrary and unlawful exaction anc ancthe amthe ancthe
the petition questions the right of theroads the theroads theroads
roads to take advantage of an abnor abnormal abnormal sheermal ¬
mal condition referring to the financial financialdepression ftnncla1depre financialdepression
depression depre aion which in its nature to nee useegsarily necessarily neeelJ8arlly ¬
essarily transitory Claim Is made madethat JDdethat madethat
that the net earnings of the roads now noware noware noware
are practically normal normalThe normalThe normalThe
The Southeastern and Southwestern SouthwesternMississippi SouthweternMlnllJslppl SouthwesternMississippi
Mississippi Valley VaUf Freight Association
both attacked as being conspirators conspiratorsMan contiplratorsGROWD conspiratorsCROWD
CROWD SEES DEATH DEATHUNDER DEATHUNDER
UNDER CAR WHEELS WHEELSIvIan
Man Run Down by Subway SubwayExpress SUbwayExpress SubwayExpress
Express at the Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn ¬
lyn 1 Y YNEW n Bridge BridgeNEW
NEW YORK Aug 3fc 1LVbt While scores scoresof scoresof cor corDC
of men Ift and women leoked OH In horror horrorfrom horrortrom horrorfrom
from the platforms of the Brooklyn BrooklynBridge BroOklynBrldee BrookiynBridge
Bridge station of the subway today an anunidentified anunktened anunidented
unidentified man was run down and nd Instantly in instantly InstaaUy ¬
stantly killed by a southbound < l express expressas
as he was w trying to cross the tit tracks tracksfrom traelulfrom tracksfrom
from one platform to another anotherThe anotherThe anotherTime
The man was about twentysix t 1Ibc years yearsoti y yoM yearsOW
oti I feet T inches inched tall smooth shaven shavenwith 1Ib 1Ibwith shaveswith
with dark hairand baJr end tHl aye cw eyett According um mJ to toeyewitnesses toeyewttneue toeyewitnesses
eyewitnesses he wa ryas trying to cross the thetracks Udtrack6 thetracks
tracks from the southbound platform to tothe 18the tothe
the northbound platform when a south southbound MMlUabound southbound ¬
bound express thundered in inThe InThe inThe
The man becane apparently bswihfered bewild bewildered bewildered ¬
ered and stopped short In the middle middleof
of the expr express track The motormanArthur motorman motormanArthur mGtOrmaBArthur
Arthur Brown tried to stop hto b train
but could not The man was knocked
down dragged under two cars and his h
body frightfully mangled mangledMILLION mangledMILLION mangledMILLION
MILLION AND HALF HALFTO HALFTO
TO 0 BE B E PAiD P AnD OVER OVERTreasury OVERTreasury E ETreasury
Treasury Department Preparing to toReimburse t tReimburse toReimburse
Reimburse Penn R R for Union UnionStation UnionStation UnionStation
Station Improvements ImprovementsThe
The Treasury Department is prepar ¬
ing to turn over to the Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniarailroad Pen 8ylvnla
railroad a million and a half dollars dollarsa dollart
a t warrant for that amount having been beensigned
signed by Acting Secretary Coolidge to toay ¬
day ay The TI e money is 1 payment to the rail railroad raJlroad railroad ¬
road for improvements in
eonnectioa eonnectioawith eonnectioawith
with tho new Union Station in this thi city
made on i behalf iJehal of the District of Co ¬
lumbia lumbiaA
A smallsized Bma1J jj lzed ti tiCommissioners tempest in a teapot te pot has baspreceded haspreceded
preceded this payment the District
Commissioners refusin refusinforced
refusng payment
on the
Found that the
8taOon
was DOt
en enwent
tirely completed but the Pennaylvanl Penn lt
went Into court with 1th the matte
matter
r rNEW and ad
forced payment paymentNEW IMiyntentNEW
NEW ENGINE HOUSE HOUSEIS
IS INSPECTED INSPECTEDCommissioners INSPECTEDCommi INSPECTEDCommissioners
Commissioners Commi ioners West and Morrow to ¬
day Inspected in peeted tha new engine hous house and
the addition to the school building in
Langdon Lan don D C The engine house housewhich bouli8which housewhich
which is ready for occupancy cost
30000 530000Six 30000Six OOOOSix
Six room were added to the school schoolUNDERTAKERS
building which though not fully com
pleted will will be In readiness by the be
JJlnnl ginnIng g of f th the taU term The addition
coat 31001 31001UNDERTAKERS i iUNDERTAKERS
UNDERTAKERS QUIT QUITBUSINESS QUITBUSII1ESS QUIT
BUSINESS CEASES CEASESCARVER
CARVER Mass Aug l 1IThe The last
undertaker of oo six who wb were located In
this town of 2SW
people six
months monthsago monthsago monthsago
ago moved out today to pitch his tentsomewhere tent tentsomewhere tetltsomewhere
somewhere where there Is a chance
of ofmore ormore ofmare
more business businessDuring buslneesDuring businessDuring
During the last six
months of the thaundertakers theundertakers theundertakers
undertakers discontent dl content there has not
been a single there death in the place Tn Tnall In
all u of If 1907 there were only sixteen fua fuaerals fun u
erals
2000 SHEEP BURNED BURNEDIN
IN BUFFALO FIRE FIREBUFFALp FIREBUFF FIREBUFFALO
BUFFALO BUFF ALP N Y Aug WFlre for fora
a time this morning threatened to
wipe wineout wipeout wipeout
out building at the
ovary stock
yards yardsat yudsat yardsat
at East Buffalo and
was only
subdued subduedafter subduedafter subduedafter
after heroic work workThe workThe workThe
The flames broke out at 2 oclock from
same aom unknown soprce SO rce In the sheep
shed half a mile long and 3p0 feet fe9 wide
1000 sheep sheep burned The cattle snaA snaAwere Sheds
O WBH WBHThe
were saved savedThe savedThe
The loss will be over 30000 280000ss5 010 010X25
125 to Baltimore and Return ReturnSaturdays ReturnSaturdas ReturnSaturdays
Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsylvania
Railroad Tickets good returning until
Sunday night All regular trains except exceptt exceptthe
the t a Congressional Limited L1m1totLAdv L1m1totLAdvt Advt Advti Advt
t
J i
FIREMEN OVERCOME OVERCOMEFIGHTING OVERCOMEFIGHTINGFLAMES
FIGHTING FIGHTINGFLAMES FIGHTINGFLAMESNineteen FLAMES FLAMESNineteen
Nineteen Men Prostrated in inBlaze inBlaze inBlaze
Blaze That Destroys Cot Cotton Cotton Cotton
ton Warehouse WarehouseMANY WarehouseMANY v vMANY
MANY RISK RISKLIVES RISKLIVESTO LIVES LIVESTO LIVESTO
TO SAVE FELLOWS FELLOWSFlames FELLOWSFlam6S FELLOWSFlames
Flames Caused by Hot Sun Create CreateWild GreateVild CreateWild
Wild Panic in Tenement TenementDistrict TenementDistrict TenementDistrict
District DistrictPHILADELPHIA DistrictPHlLADJlLPR DistrictPHILADRLPHiA
PHILADELPHIA Aug 1 161Mre 161Mreoa ILFirecaused Fire Firecaused
caused oa by the hot sun Igniting cotton cottonIn cottonIn cottonIn
In the warehouse of Philip Dodlers DodlersFront DodlersFront DodlersFront
Front and Queen Qu streets this morning morningthreatened morningthrten8Cl morningthreatened
threatened deetru3on dna to the tenement tenementhouse tenementho tenementhouse
house ho district While fighting the thenames theflames I
names nineteen firemen ftrem were overcome overcomeby overcomeby i iby
by the flames from th thtt burning cotton cottonEleven cottonEleen cottonEleven
Eleven were wer taken to hospitals and are areIn areIn arein
In a serious rtous condition conditionThe COftdtUonThe conditionThe
The men were at work tossing bales balesof balesot balesof
of cotton out of the windows and drop dropped dropped dropped ¬
ped one by one Companions at the therisk therlllk therisk
risk of their own lives rescued re eued the themen themen themen
men and took their places only to tofall tofall tofall
fall unconscious themselves themselvesTenements o8fftMlsTenements themselvesTenements
Tenements in Danger DangerThe DangerTM DangerThe
The warehouse oarehou is S in the midst of a athickly athickly athickly
thickly populated tenement district dl trtet and andwhen andIh8n andwhen
when the great volumes of smoke which whichthe whichthe whichthe
the burning cotton generated rolled out outinto outInto outinto
into the street and so befogged it that thatit tltatIt thatit
it was 1 impossible to see from fro one side sideto sideto de deto
to the other the t e people ran from their theirhouses theirho theirhouses
houses ho in terror Most of them were werecantlly werecantHy warsscantily
scantily clad and In their mad efforts effortsto 8ttortto effortsto
to rush through the smoke and findfresh find findfresh ftndfrub
fresh air and the attempts l of the policeto police
to control them there ue was the wildest wildestexcitement wIJdeatetcltIIMDt wildestetcitement
excitement excitementThe etcltIIMDtThe
The doors of the warehouse warehouse rebOu e were werebroken werebrokeR werebroken
broken down and JHI the firemen ft rushed in inThere InThere inThere
There was wa no light to guide them In Intheir Intheir 1ntheir
their search MUO for the fire Ar and although althoughthey aJthou1they althoughthey
they turned the hose in all directions directionssmoke tllrecUoMoka directionssmoke
smoke oka shot out from every e one on of the theMO theDaJe thebales
MO bales of cotton cottonIt
It was decided c14ed to roll ro the cotton to tothe tothe tothe
the street as a the only way of stopping stoppingthe topPIngthe
the fire which hlcA threatened t r to destroy destroythe deMroythe destroythe
the entire neighborhood nel < < hborboedlt It took three threefiremen tbreearemen threefiremen
firemen to handle each oneMany one oneXany oneany
Many any were overcome oV me from the smoke smokeThey 8M01teThey smokeThey
They were treated t e4 on the spot t by phi physicians pbyalctana phisielana ¬
sicians from the Jefferson Pennsyl Pennsylvania Penneylvania Pennsylvania ¬
vania and other hospitals and ad adth when whenthey whenthey
they th y had recovered plunged again atn into intothe IntotheU intothe
the theU theUESPERANTQ building buildingESPERANTO betidingESPERANTQ
ESPERANTQ MEETING MEETINGBEGINS l1EETINGBEGINS MEETINGBEGINS
BEGINS IN DRESDEN DRESDENChurch DRESDENChurch DRESDENChurch
Church Services and Goethe GoethePlay GoethePlay Goe the thePlay
Play Will Be Features Featuresof
of Congress CongressDRESDEN CongressDRD CongressDRBBDBN
DRESDEN DRD Aug g 11Bsperanto It Esperanto JHNato te to tobe tobe tobe
be the vogue in Dresden for the next nextweek nextweek nextweek
week the occasion being the fourth In International International International ¬
ternational Esperanto congress oon r which whichopened whichopened Iitlchopened
opened here today todaySpeeches todaySpe todaySpeeches
Speeches Spe bM in Esperanto sermons to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow ¬
morrow in Bsperanto J Bible readings in inEsperanto InBperanto inBaperanto
Esperanto shorthand reports In Jte Jteperanto llaperanto D Dperanto
peranto and twentyfour policemen peMcemenversed JtOltcemenIn policemenversed
versed in the
universal tongue an answering answering answering ¬
swering the queries of the 900 fO Beperantovisitors Esperanto Esperantovisitors Ktlperantovi
visitors vi ltOllil will be features of the gath gathering pthertn gathering ¬
ering eringTodays ertn ertnTodays eringTodays
Todays session son opened ope ed in the pres presence prdence presence ¬
ence of the Premier of Saxony Count CountHohenthal CountHohenthal CountHohenthal
Hohenthal the Saxon minister of edu education education education ¬
cation Dr Beck the minister of the theroyal theroyal theroyal
royal household Herr von Betehen Betehenbach Relchenbads Retchenbaeh
bach the burgomaster bur mute of o Dresden and anda anda
a distinguished assembly Not a a word wordother wordother wordother
other than Esperanto was spoken durlgg dur during durm ¬
ing m the session sessionTomorrow sessionTomorrow eulonTomorrow
Tomorrow there will be a Protestant Protestantservice ProtestantHlce Protestantservice
service in the Church of the Cross Cro s and anda andCatholic
a Catholic service in In the Herz Jesuit JesuitChurch JesuitChurch JesuitChurch
Church both in Esperanto Monday MondayDr
Dr Ztmenhof inventor of the new newtongue nwtongue newtongue
tongue will arrive and be accorded accordedgreat a at a agreat
great t welcome welcomeThe welcomeThe come comeThe
The big card however will 111 be the thepresentation theprtatlon thepresentation
presentation of Goethes Iphigenle Ulphlgenleaut Iphigenleauf I hi enle enleant
auf Tauris in Esperanto In the the Royal RoyalTheater RoyalTheater
Theater TheaterMiss TheaterMiss e
Miss 1 1tftiaher Hotelier of the German theater theaterin
in New York will play the leading role rolewhile rol rolwhile rolewhile
while her father Emanuel Robber will willplay wuipIy willplay
play Thoas ThoasWORLD TbOfUJWORLD ThoasWORLD
WORLD RACING RA lNG AUTO AUTOBACK AUTOBACK AUTOBACK
BACK IN NEW YORK YORKWinning YORKfinning YORKWinning
Winning < Thomas Car Will Not Get GetReward GetReward GetReward
Reward Until Italian Car CarReaches CarReaches CarReaches
Reaches Paris ParisNEW ParisNEW ParisNEW
NEW YORK Aug BTho IS Tho Thomas Thomasautomobile Thomasautomobile Thomasautomobile
automobile winner of the New York YorkParis Y YorkParis 1k 1kParts
Paris International race accompanied accompaniedby
by its drivers George Shuster and Q QMiller OJftuer ahillier
Miller arrived today from Havre aboard aboardthe aboardthe aboardthe
the Lorraine The car was In good good con condition condition condition ¬
dition despite Its mad race of more than thanMUM thanlOoe
30609 MUM I1 B Driver Shuster said that thatwith thatWith thatwith
with a 9 little repairing re 1rlng It could duplicate dupli duplicate dupUcat ¬
cate cat Its performance performanceWhile performanceWhUe performanceWhile
While the Thomas foi followed wed the Ger German GermILn German ¬
man Protos car Into Paris I rls by four days daysIt
It won the race by reason of the thirty thirtydays thirtydav thirtydays
days dav allowance given It for concessionsthat concessions concessionsthat conce loM loMth
that th wore granted the Protos In th the trip tripto tripto tripto
to Vladivostok The prize will not beawarded be beawarded tieawarded
awarded until the Italian Zust car com completes Omplet88 aempietss ¬
pletes the trip The prize committee committeewill cmmlttMwiU committeewill
will probably not meet me t until the fall fallQUEZON talQUEZON
r rUEZON
QUEZON UEZON LEAVES LEAVESFOR LEAVESFOR LEAVESFOR
FOR HOT SPRINGS SPRINGSManuel
Manuel L Quezon the member of thePhilippine the thePhilippine thept
Philippine pt Uppine assembly as embly who upon his ar arrival arrlnl arrival ¬
rival here from St Petersburg yester yesterday yedterday eeter eeterdy ¬
day contrasted the powers of the Philippine Phil Philippine PhilIppIne ¬
ippine assembly aaeen bly and the Russian duma dumaleft dumaleft dumaleft
left Washington last night for Hot HotSwings HotSftrlngs Hotrings
Swings rings Va to talk over ov over r Philippine PhilippinerfiiH Phllh Phil > pine plnea
a rfiiH th1tS its with 1ho lhe Prwtdontlal e 1 candidate dndf ate
f 1 AGIT AGITATES TES JAIL REFORM t
1 I
DR WADE H ATKINSON ATKINSONPresident ATKINSONPr8lM1ellt ATKINSONPresident
President of the District Medical Society Who Has Ha Been Aroused to Action by bythe bythe bythe
the Disclosures of Conditions at the Jail
SHE KILLS HERSELF HERSELFFearing HERSELFAS I IAS
AS HUSBAND HUSBANDSLEEPS HUSBANDSLEEPSFearing SLEEPS SLEEPSFearing
Fearing Return of Cancer CancerWoman CancerWoman CancerWoman
Woman Places Revolver Revolverto
to Breast and Fires Fires1EW Fires1Cw r rNEW
NEW YORK Antj 16 Wra Mrs Jennie JennieS J8h le leS
S Arthur wife of o Robert Arthur ArUaurbreker a abroker abroker
broker shoe herself 1M MIt in the heart at her herhome Iterat herhome
home at East Twvntvslxth orw th street mm mmAvenue aM aMWOl andAvenue
Avenue WOl 7 Btoep 1iII SWnepthssd hend wI Bay at 4 41S < if a am am am
m today She be died 1D8tantl7Mra instantlyMrs instantly instantlyMrs
Mrs Arth Arthur in hex night Dl < < bt attire walk walked walked walkad ¬
ed from her room to her husbands htmbandesleeping 1tUlllMulclIeepln husbandssleeping
sleeping Ieepln apartment nt to kill tit herself hen 1t Ap Apparently ApU8fttJy Apparently ¬
parently she was u influenced by a desire desireto emreto
to look at him for the last time u The Thesharp Thesharp Thesharp
sharp crack of her Mr revolver that she sheheld abeheld sheheld
held so closely to her breast that it itstaged itpel itsinged
staged pel her night dress arou aroused ed Mr MrArthur JillArthur MrArthur
Arthur ArthurMrs ArthurI ArthurMrs
Mrs I Arthur was nftytwo years old oklobut oldbut j jbut
but still retained talned striking atrlkln traces of her hMyouUtul heryouthful I Iyouthful
youthful beauty Some time ago she sheunderwent sheua4erwent sheunderwent
underwent an operation for cancer cancerA eaJ1 cancerA r rfew
A few days ago 0 unmistakable unmi takabJe symp symptoms symptome lY1ftptom ¬
toms tom of a return of the dread malady maladymade naaad naaadmade maladymade
made their appearance It t is J supposed supposedby
by her friends rtend that her dread of death deathfrom deaUafrom deathfrom
from the cancer led to her suicide suicideEDNA wieldEDNA suicideEDNA
EDNA MAYS SISTER SISTERTO SISTERTO SISTERTO
TO MAKE HER DEBUT DEBUTArrives DEBUTArrives DEBUTArrives
Arrives in New York After Two TwoYears TwoYeftrs TwoYears
Years Study Abroad AbroAdSelects AbroAdSelectsLight AbroadSelectsLight Selects SelectsLight
Light Opera OperaNBW Operarn
NBW N rn w YORK Aug la 1IKJ ILMiss > Mlse Margue Marguerite Karguerite Marguerite ¬
rite May sister t ter of JCdna May and suggesting sug suggesting BUgge ¬
gesting ge Un in her erratic clt1e girlish loveliness lovelinessthe JovaU e s sthe
the demure Belle f New York cameto came cameto caDleto
to New York to today toda ai > on board the Cu Cunard Cunard Cunard
nard liner 1I r J wtJiia Ia Miss May Is young younger ¬ I Ir
er r than her sister now the wife of ofOscar ofOscar I I0Ieat
Oscar Le LeVlsohu risohn and has been studying studyingabroad 8tudylnlabroad studyingabroad
abroad for two tW years preparatory to togoing togoing togoing
going on the stage stageShe stageShe tqeShe
She will appear with FTiUl Scheff in inlight InUght inlight
light opera this season under the man management management management ¬
agement OL o Charles B Dillinghani and andher andher
ands
her friends predict redlet that her suceesp suceespwill 8UceeItwill sucoe sucoew111 s
will equal the meteoric rise of her hirsister hersister h r rslater
sister sisterTERRIFIC slaterTERRIFIC sisterTERRIFIC
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE STRUGGLEENDS STRUGGLEENDS STRUGGLEENDS
ENDS IN DEATH DEATHPHILADBLPHIA DEATHPHILADJILPHIA DEATHPHILADBLPHIA
PHILADBLPHIA Pa Aug 15Fel IiFollowing li 15Fel10wing Fal Fallowing ¬
lowing a terrific struggle > > with his wife wifeand wlCeaftd wifeand
and fourteenyearold f daughter In their theirhome theirhome theirhome
home on Lyceum street in Roxborough Roxboroughat
at S oclock this morning Frank buyer Myera 1
shot of himself hhn lt through the thetemple thet
a 8 weaver later 1 1t8fllle
weavesand and died three hours later at atSt atSt atSt
t temple e eweaves
St Timothys Hospital I
Water Flows in Shoshone Sho hone Reservoir ReservoirReclamation ReservoirReclamation ReservoirReclamation
Reclamation Service Is Notified
A message received at the office of the theReclamation thaReclamation he heReeIamaUOft
Reclamation Service this morning an announced announcd announced ¬
nounced that the hl hlfrb h pressure gates gat in inthe Inth inthe
the th outlet tunnel of the Shoshone Sho bcne res reservoir reeervoir 86 86ervtoir ¬
ervoir have been aueeeMJfully installedand installed installedand In taUed taUedand
and that water is I nortn flo cing through the thetunnel thetunnel thetunnel
tunnel today This nJs narks an Important Importantstep Importantstep importantstep
step in the construction con tructtcn of what will be bethe bethe bethe
the highest kUibe t dam in the world which whiohthe whlohthe whichthe
the Government te l erecting In n the thecanyon thecanyon thecanyon
canyon of the Shoshone Sho bone riverJn dyer In north northera norther1 northert
era Wyomtes Wyam for the storage of water waterto
to Irrlgat S 601100 o WO OO acres of land in the thavicinity th3yiclnlty thevicinity
vicinity of Couy C y These gates are placed placedin
in the outlet tunnel passing through the theao thesolid thesolid
ao solid d granite cliff around the right end endof endor endof
of the dam The elevation or df the Inlet Inletof Inletot Inletof
of this tunnel tunn is 330 feet below the top topof topof topof
of the dam and the reservoir re ervCllr capacity capacitybetween capacitybetween capacitybetween
between the month of the tunnel and andthe dndthe andthe
the crest of the wptttway 1IIpIUWY18 is fiDd bCOO X > acre acrefeet acrefeet acrefeet
feet For the purpose ptltJ OM of controlling the thedischarge thediaCtatle thedischarge
discharge of water through tAr this tW outlet outlettunrel outllMtunrel outlettunrel
tunrel the three thr fcurge enatriron ea Meon lron sluice sluicesatea sluicesat6l1 sluloegated
gated hale he1eb sean > installed installed
HUSBAND ARRESTED ARRESTEDDESERTION
DESERTION DESERTIONCHARGED DESERTIONCHARGEDPretty CHARGED CHARGEDPretty
Pretty Young Wife in Bris Bristol Bristol Bristol ¬
tol Tenn Makes Sensa Sensational Sensational Sensational ¬
tional Accusation AccusationBRISTOL AccusationBRISTOL AccusationBRISTOL
BRISTOL Tenn Aug flUPael Paul Ciaepresideet CHae CHaePfesfdeat ett e ee
Pfesfdeat e ld8ftt of the TipCtty Lumber Ce Ceaad Ceeand
and a prominent young YOGII htMiteeee b IIae s man manwas 1Itl1rr manrae
was arre arrartad rr te4 test night DJc t em a setMatieaal setMatieaalcharge seueetteaalcharge tteBl tteBldtarp
charge of desertion preferred by his htspretty hispr hispretty
pretty pr < < ty young yurl < < wife wit formerly Miss Nellie NellieKIMwgttr NellieKUllaPl NellieK1IIMger
KIMwgttr KIMwgttrIt
It is charged in the warrant that thatCline thatCline
Cline willfully deserted his hl family and andutterly aadutterty andutterly
utterly failed to provide for his wife wifeand wffeand wifeand I
and infant baby babyThe babyThe babyThe
The arrest caused a sensation sensation5ZECHENYFS seDSt1onSZECHENYIS sensationSZE
SZE 5ZECHENYFS CNENYIS COUSIN COUSINTRIES COUSINTRIES COUSINTRIES
TRIES TO T KILL LL SELF SELFYoung SELFYoung SELFYoung
Young Count Failed in New York YorkBusiness YorkBusiness YorkBusiness
Business Venture Begun After AfterVanderbilt AfterVanderbilt AfterVanderbilt
Vanderbilt Wedding WeddingNEW
NEW YORK Aug 15Count 1C Count Riehard Riehardvon Rlohardyon Riohardvon
von Arkovy a relative of Count Ladis Ladislaus Ladtslaus Ladislaue
laus Szechenyi and one of the guests at atthe atthe atthe
the latter wedding to Miss Gladys GladysVanderbilt GladysVanderbilt GladysVanderbilt
Vanderbilt having made a failure ot otthe orthe ofthe
the career in business which he under undertook undertook undertook ¬
took in New York against his fathers fatherswishes fatherswJsbes fatherswishes
wishes tried to kill himself today in inhis Inhis Inhim
his home in the Almont apartments 78 78West 11Vest TEWest
West Eightyeighth street by Inhaling InhalingIlluminating Inhaltng1Uumlnattn inhalingilluminating
Illuminating gas gasCount gasCount S SCount
Count yon Arkovy was found uncon unconscious unCOnscious unconscious ¬
scious In bed b d by Paul Paze with whose whosefamily whosefamily I
family he lived He was taken to the theJ theJ
J T Hood Wright Hospital where it was wassaid wassaId wassaid I
said that he had only the slightest slightestchance 8l1gk st stchanee
chance of recovery He Hebad had fastened a agas agas agas
gas tube to his mouth by winding Wln lng a atowel atowel atowel
towel about ab ut his head headHis headHis headHis
His struggles as the gas began to tohave tohave I
have its effect loosened
mat the Improvised I Ibndg
bandage and andasphyxiation thus prevented pr Vltnted complete completeasphyxiation I
asphyxiation asphyxiationMAN asphyxiationMAN
I IMAN
MAN IS ARRESTED ARRESTEDAFTER ARRESTEDAFTER I IAFTER
AFTER CHECK DEAL DEALCharged DEALCharged I II ICharge I
Charged with having cashed a bad badcheck badcheek badcheck
check > Clarenee E Treckor twon twentythree twontythree twontythree ¬
tythree years rs old of 3S80 if g street 8treetnorthwest etreetnor streetnorthwest
northwest nor hwest was arrested arre ted by Detectives DetectivesBurlingame Detoctf98Burllnb1LlDe DetectivesBurlingame
Burlingame and Weedon this morning
Complaint against Tracker was made
by Luther Schriner who alleges that
he cashed the check for Tracker and
that It wa turned down doW by the Lees
burg Va Bank upon which it was
drawn
The Shoshone Dam blocf g a n narrow narrowgorge narrowgogo narrowgorge
gorge In the river it win wiUnso rise 310 feet feetabove teetaboyo feetabove
above Its foundation it Is 108 1C feet long
on the bottom and only 176 17 feet long on
top The dam will create a lake with Withsunorfitml a asuperficial asuperfklai
superficial area of lf about ten
square squaremiles squaremiles squaremiles
miles and an average depth of some something something someDung ¬
thing like seventy feet Twelve miles milesbelow mtlesbelow milesbelow
below the dam a diversion dam has hasbeen gas tasbMn gasboon
been built in the river turning the thestream thestre thestream
stream stre m through a tunnel three and one onefourth onefourth onefourth
fourth miles long into a large canaL canaLThe canaLThe canalThe
The system has now reached r aohed a point pointwhere poIntwhere pointwhere
where water can be delivered to 15000 15000acres 15000orM iso isoacres
acres orM and settlers principally from the themiddle theIHlddle themiddle
middle States are now takin taking up their theiroats theirgorses
homes gorses on this land Alalfa Alfal t wheat wheatoats
oats barley and the hardier vegetables vegetablesand
and fruits can be produced abundantly abundantlywhen y
when water is applied appU d The land istraversed Is tetraversed Istraversed
traversed by the Chicago Burlington Burlingtonand I
and Qulnoy railroad and there is an anabundance an1tundance anabundance
abundance of fuel in the coal C al mines m In os inthe in inthe
the he vicinity and lumber In the nearby
forests Probably ifl 1 1Oe00 fOO OO acres for whichwater whICh whwhwater whIChater I
water ater Is now available are open toertry to toentry 10entry
entry entryr z >
r 1
JAIL CONDITIONS connDr CONDITIONSROUSE
ROUSE ROUSPHYSICIAN ROUSPHYSICIANDr k PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANDr
Dr Atkinson Promises to toFight toFight toFight
Fight for Health of Dis District District D 1S 1Strlct ¬ +
trict Prisoners PrisonersCQNSUMPTIVE PrisonersEqNSUlvIPTIVE PrisonersCONSUMPTIVE
CONSUMPTIVE HELDRELEASE HELD HELDRELEASE HELDRELEASE
> RELEASE REFUSED REFUSEDCommissioner REFUSEDCOinmissiQner REFUSEDColilmissioner
Commissioner West Although AlthoughWilling AlthoughWilling AlthoughWilling
Willing Cannot Order Sick Pris Prisoner Pri Prioner Priseones ¬
oner sent ent to Hospital HotpitalThat HopitftlUThat
That moll 80 eondltione ttio e as exist at t tao taoJaH tnujn tuefan
fan should sb Ul4 be permitted ed in Saoorumal a etvlttz etvlttzuOftnmnity sIWHsed sIWHsediOnamunlty
oorumal uOftnmnity at this tha late 1t day 1 is amantng ama ins
When a man mal 1IUtt suffering from tuberculosis tnberculoetecan tubeacu108tcan
can be penned ed ep m Ja a oell and d deprived deprivedof
of the fresh air that mean life In to him himand himand
and of toe t e food oo l thai tla t is s neowwary to togive togive 0 0gtve
give him a chance te fight for his life lifeit Ute1t lifeit
it ts s time that humanity stepped to and anddemanded anddemanded anddemanded
demanded that oosdttleas ODft ftJens b ho reme ¬
died diedThis dtedThis diedThis
This statement made seed by Dr Wade WHeAUdftsOll J JAtkinson if
Atkinson president of t the t e Medical Me Acl ana anaSurgical an4Su andSurgical
Surgical Su l Society of the District of o Co Columbia columbia Celumbia ¬
lumbia is but one ora of the many maD of exclamations ex exclamations exc1amat1on ¬
clamations of astonishment utoal bmeDt and protest protestthat protHtthat protestthat
that greeted the disclosure by The TheTimes TbeTme TheTames
Times of the presence of the victim or orthe otthe ofthe
the white plague in the crowded CIOWdedcorridor prison prisoncorridor prisoncorridors
corridor corridorPhysicians corridorPh corridorsPhysicians
Physicians Ph and ktyiien Iaya oJ8ft all over Waan
ington In tOft expressed exJ rflilHd IndtsnaCkm I that the
Department D HUtJftent af r
Joettee sMedd sb id pursueegeh pursue pursuesaeh pursueooh
ooh a policy in it Its management t of the thejail theja thejail
jail ja and that a prisoner K IOer mast Mu t b b6 al allowed all atlewed ¬
lowed l wed to waste cway while w lle tour t ur hundred hundredother htmdredoth hundredother
other oth Inmates Inmat are ar are4bxposed xposad tO M to Infection InfectionWill bIeetJonWill fnfeetionWill
Will Agitate Referm RefermI
I am sure that the physician pby lchlftll of tho
District wilt be only too glad gIa to co cooperate c0operate cc ccoperate ¬
operate with The Times in securing securingremedy a aremedy aremedy
remedy for such conditions said Dr
Atkinson WIII While I never have hy made madean maJaft madean
an ft Inspection lupectJ I1 of the institution Sa tItutIoa I am antinformed
informed by those who w o have ba that there thereis
is absolutely ab olutely no excuse for them themHumanity themHumanity themHumanity
Humanity would Suggest that some someeffort someettort someeffort
effort be made to save the tb mans mA life lifeand Uteand lifeand
and humanity demand that the hundreds hun hundreds hundreda ¬
dreds of men enclosed enelo ed by those t OIie thtetc thtetcwalls tbl tblWaJ thicicwe
walls we WaJ prisoners though they may 1 b be
8b should and ulil not be exposed expo < < to the danger dan e of
infection Jn such a manner I would wouldfay wouldy
say y that It is 1 aJmcNIt a crime to allow
S such dL a condition of A4atrio to eX exist lt
The first requirements for the treat
Jne11t of tuberculosis are fresh air ana
tre fresh b eggs and Dd D milk 1Jt When 1 was 11 toM
that t the e man never was allowed out
docr i aa there is pD yaM to the prbsan p
and 04 that he ioi ioiof
W s given vA 011I7 Old Ow cooreq
fate fay of the prison t 1 was amazed Some tiouiel
thing tag must mu t bedone be done and lid tbTlneaieii the malic maiie4 l
fraUsnUty of the District of Columbia a
will be b e only too eager goer to do tt its share > > 14Lre
I shall take the matter up whentife when n tile
Medical icaI l sSteS S
and Dd
Surgical Society JD4iIe meets t tWest tlilii tliliiWeet thtsWest
West Is Praised PraisedPraise PraitMdPral PraisedPraise
Praise Pral e ks heard oa all sides on the theaction theaction
ae action oA of Commissioner West m Ja direct
ing in that th UN prisoner be taken to the
tuberculosis tulenul hospital ho ItaJ but him Jd authority
hi the > matter matt te questioned que d0ne4 and It is not
believed he has U the power to order the theman th
man removed He 1 111 merely tKktn taking the theonly theonly
only step that the District government governmentcan
can take to aid the t e man and save ve the theother theother theother
other inmates from infectionWarden infection infectionWarden JatecUonWarden
Warden McKee baa ao authority authorityeither authortt authortteither authorityeither
either to remove the tb prisoner PIiMa although althoughhe
he has said that he would be only onl too tooglad tooglad tooglad
glad to do dollOmetbin something If 1 he could He Heis 11ehi lIeis
is not even allowed a cent for the pur purchase purebue purchase ¬
chase of eggs and milk for the prisoner prisonerand prison prisonerand r rand
and has no other place to put him than
in the cell The cells ceU are fe the cells of
the prison of a hundred years ac as asregards asregards 8 8recards
regards sanitary ttary provisions The pris prisoner prIsoner prisoner ¬
oner still to confined in the Institution
The efforts of Warden War aa McKee lcX to xil iJ
the prisoner pri oDer also 180 have brought fortli forelmucli fortimuch
i much praise Vainly he sought 8Ou ht to have
the man removed to some place whtm wh rn
he could be treated in a humane man mannfr Innner manner
nfr ner > a3dlnvaili and In n vein he asked e4 that he be beallowed beaUowed beallowed
allowed to furnish him with the diet dh t
necessary to his treatment trtmeaLBad treatmentBad treatmentBad
Bad SamtatioR SamtatioRThe
The sanitary nltary arrangements at the Instltutlon in instittttten InaUtuUon
stittttten have long been theswbjeet tM aembiect aJect of ofcriticism ofcrttJotam ofcriticism
criticism by phygfolaaeand Dfc vXlet rtetftcJAIL of officials officials ¬
ficials Time after fter tI
time aa appeal 1 was wasmade wasmade wasmade
made to remedy the conditions But Butthey ButUUi Butthey
they UUi y never have been remedied and andtie andCia andthe
tie sanitary arrangements acrau < < t at the In Institution Instlt1ItOIl institution ¬
stitution are the same today to ay as Ii they theywere theywere theywere
were thirty years ago 0 when the Jail Jailwas Jailwas
was erected erectedWith erectedVlth ereecedWith
With the expenditure of a few thousand thou thousand thouand ¬
sand dollars it could be made a model modeljail modeljidl modelall
jail all as it was well built Jut beyond beyondt
it t the u District workhouse Wttrtdto has been been8t beenenlarged oeenenlarged
enlarged 8t larwed several vera times and improved improvedat 1m roved rovedat
at great expense expe until it t is 1 considered considereda OO 8klred 8klreda
a model cell house houseWoodwards houseWoodwards houseWoodwards
Woodwards Opinion OpinionHealth OpinionHMltb OpinionHealth
Health Officer otrJ < < W C Woodward Woo ward is isstrongly i9stroncJy tostrongly
strongly of the opinion that jail pris prisoners prisoners prisoners ¬
oners suffering 8ufferl from tuberculosis tubercul t should shouldbe
be removed tc some institution In UtutloB for the theoare theere theoars
ere and treatment of the diseacx d1sMc notonly not norettly notonl
only onl for their own sake but for the thesake thesake thesake
sake of those with whom they come in inoontaot InOOfttaot fucontact
contact oontaotTubereuloals OOfttaotTuberculO1ds contactTubereuloak
Tubereuloals said akl Dr Woodward Woodwardtoday WoodwardtcHIa Woodwardtoday
tcHIa today ta undoubtedly a contagious dis diseaxt dlrteut diseast
east and proper car CAre should be pro provided provl4ed provided ¬
vided f for r consumptive IJtte patients ts There Thereis
is a 8 statute which provide that Inmates Inmatesof
of penal l lla institutions when Buttering Butteringfrom 8utterlngfrona sufferingfrom
from a contagious disease dI eaee shall be re removed rEJIIoved removed ¬
moved to some roedleal m lld institution for fortreatment tortteatmea1 fortreatment
treatment While not wishing wt blg to taka takaiseue takals takeIssue
Issue ls ue with the courts In the present t in instance IDstiUlee instance ¬
stance I can see no reason why prison prisonera pn prisonems on onI8
era I8 at the Jail who are suffering with
tub tutettteei 4uloeia u1o ltl should not be thus provided pIOV1d pIOV1dfOlr
for
Cars Against Spread SpreadWhile SpreadWhile SpreadWhile
While the disease d cannot be classed classedwith ClS6edwith classedwith
with smallpox or scarlet fever it is isundoubtedly isundoubtedly isundoubtedly
undoubtedly contagious and great care careis careIs careIs
is required to prevent its spread The TheHealth TheHealth TheHealth
Health Department Dep rtm8Rt te 1 about to begin beginthe beg1nthe beginthe
the enforcement of the law requiring requiringthe
the registration regi tratlen of all eases of tuberculo tuberculosis tuber tuberculosis ¬
culo culosis l in the District Dl trlot Physicians are arerequired arerequired arerequired
required to report re to the Health De Departmeat Department Dcpertinent
pertinent Witb within dne week after the thediscovery tiledii5 thediscovery
discovery dii5 OetY of the disease d the name age agesex acescx agesex
sex color and occupation of the patient patientCulture patientcUkure patientCulture
Culture cUkure stations have been established eatabH establishedin hed hedtn > j jin
in drug stores 11tr st ree throughout every scti 8 Ct1l Ct1lot > u uof t tof
of the city to which the Health HeaJfh18ttmnt De Department Department ¬
partment is sending bottles for theeolleetlon the theeolleedon theooUeotion
eolleedon of sputum of suspected per per9as persons
1 sons which hJeh Is analyzed at the Health HealthDepartment H8filthDepartrnt HealthDepartment
Department laboratory 18lteratolJGUttu laboratoryfCbiitttiad
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