Are You
Thinking of
Buying an
Oriental
Rug?
If > on are?be aure aid aee
my aMorlmrnt and get my
price* Int.
I ran nave y?u from
10% to 15%
A\L> SOMETIMES MORE
llrcau.ir I hay direct from the
orient and my rent la very
low compared to *ooie other
dealer* in M'a?hln|ftoB.
Particularly noticeable
anionic ?>?)>' tine collection are
the wplenillil Mouwioul*. Klr
mannbahn, Anatolian*. Khlvaa?
Hokhoran, *>arotiWi? and Mahal*.
All Sizes at Prices From
$5 to $400
Whatever quality or ?Ue
run you may want, we hare It
at a lower price than you can
buy It elsewhere.
Oriental Rug Sale,
Entahllahed 1*94.
511 Twelfth St. N. W.
Ilepalrlng and Cleaning Done
by Armenian Expert*.
I?
Eye Talks.
BY RALPH MARTIN SAMUEL. ?
Failure of f!g!nn fr?m age. "Presbyopia."
Is not caused, as I- often erron ously sup
posed. by the flatti'tiin? or linking of ths? |f
eyeball. but by the diminution of the
powtr of aoormmodatlon to such an ex
tent as to interfere with the ordinary use i,
of the eyes for r*adinc. writing and sew
ing. P:ilnj? in the eyeballs or headache 1
after u>? of the eyes for ni-sr work, hold
ing reading matter farther from the eyes
and ninn::'.tf together <-f the letters when '
reading ;<r- attributed to this cause. The
reurie l\ 1- gla?se*. properly lifted and aj- jj
Jwted. which will resto'e perfect sig'jt !
and sive inftant relief to the eyes. If
you are troubled with yonr eyes call and
consult with me. I make do charge for
consultation.
SAMUEL,
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST.
120Q G St. N.W.
PIMPLES ON FACE
Would Itch and Burn. Caused Great
Disfigurement. Also Had Dan
druff on Scalp. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Cured Perfectly.
R. F. D. No. 2. Box 46. Matthews. Ga. ?
?' For three years or more I was troubled
with pimples and blackheads. At first my
face would Itch and burn and then the
pimples would break out. They looked al
most as if I had measles, causing great dis
figurement. They would make my face very
red and sore Then they festered and came
to a .lead and large boils, would come oa
tuy cuin and nose.
? 1 also had dandruff which caused ray
scalp to itch and bum. Tt itched and burned
so that I had to scratch it until it was irri
tated. The dandruff scaled off and showed
plainly in niv nair. It also caused my hair
to break off atffs become very thin. I used
several remedies which did not cur? and
pave l>ut little relief. \f'er 1 received a free
<i!ir !<? of f'uficur;. Soap and Oin cent I
.?. gan ..them according to directions.
1 ? ? urt-d two cakes of Cuticura Soap and
t '.o boxes of Cuticura Ointment which
cured r.i? perfect!} ?signtid? Miss Millie
M. Walker. July 31. 191J.
V - '.i on buy a tine toilet soap think of
? a i \ a.itages Cuticura Soap possesses over
the n.ost expensive toilet soap ever made.
In addition to being absolutely pure and re
freshingly fragrant, it is delicately yet effec
tive!;. medicated. Kiving you two soaps tp
on'- a toilet and a skin soap at one price.
< 'utkura Soap 2.r?c. and Cuticura Ointment
?Oc. are sold by druggists and dealers
throughout tho world. Liberal sample of
? ach mailed free, with 3--p. Skin Book. Ad
<ire*?!> >st-card "Cuticura. Dept T. Boston."
??"Men who -have and shampoo with Cu
ticura Soap will find it best for sXiu and scalp.
ROOSEVELT SEES SIGHTS.
Picturesque Beauties of Rio Janeiro
Viewed by Ex-President.
RIO JANEIRO. October 25.?An excur
sion cn the bay gave Col. Roosevelt an
opportunity today to view the picturesque
beauties of Rio Janeiro He was accom
panied on the trip by the minister of ma
rine. the Chilean minister, several offi
cials of the government and Brazilian
naval officers. Prior to this the former
President paid a visit to the naval school,
where he was received with military
honors.
During the course of the afternoon a
big delegation of teachers and scholars
of the superior schools called on Col.
Roosevelt at the Guanabara Palace.
efficacous
fcr tfcjrfT M
stomach FEVER
TROUBLES CASES
Will Quickj^ Relieve
CONSTIPATION
HEADACHE
CONGESTION
INDKjtSTlON LOSS OF APPETITE
At all Druggists or from 5ole Agents
E.FOUGERA *tfCOjnt..N.Y
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All Temperance Organizations
in Land to Unite in
Campaign.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
IN OHIO NEXT MONTH
Educational Methods Declared to
Be More Essential Than
Ever Before.
Recognizing the fact that the stage
In temperance reform has been reached
when temperance educational methods
are more essential than ever before,
representatives of temperance organi
zations, churches, etc., throughout the
country are to gather at Columbus,
Ohio, November 14, at a general con
ference to discuss the subject. This
conference will follow the biennial
convention of the Anti-Saloon League
of America, which is to be held in that
city November 10 to 13.
Members of a council of one hundred
from all portions of the United States
have issued a call for a general na
tional convention, when all temperance
organizations are to unite in a com
prehensive, nation-wide program of
education.
Those in this city who signed the call
for the convention and who are to at
tend are Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, Sen
ator Morris Sheppard of Texas, Repre
sentative Fred S. Jackson, Representa
tive Edwin Y. Webb of North Carolina,
Representative Richmond P. Hobson of
Alabama. Edwin C. Dinwiddie of the
national temperance legislation bureau.
Rev. Dr. Wilbur F! Crafts, Stephen
Morrell Newman, Mrs. Suessa B.
Blaine.
Those Interested in Call.
This call includes the names of federal,
district and state judges, senators and
representatives, members of state legis
latures, governors and former governors,
national and state leaders of the Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union, Antl
Saloon League, prohibition party. Tem
plars of Honor and Temperance, Interna
tional Order of Rechabites. Sons of Tem
perance, National Temperance Society,
Scientific Temperance Federation, Na
tional Inter-Church Temperance Federa
tion, international reform bureau and in
ternational moral and social commission,
bishops and other national leaders of
practically every Protestant church in
the United States, as well as ministers
and laymen in the Catholic Church; rep
resentatives from practically every church
temperance society, national leaders of
Christian Endeavor, the Epworth League,
Baptist Young People's Union and Chris
tian Union, the International Young
Men's Christian Association, representa
tives of labor organizations, prominent
public officials, university and college
presidents, editors of religious and re
form publications, bankers, manufactur
ers, prominent merchants, representatives
of numerous large business enterprises,
various national and state officials, at
torneys, sociologists, scientists and the
chief special officer of the United States
Indian service.
Saloons Are Reduced.
In the call sent out for the convention
it Is stated that "at the present time more
than 70 per cent of the area of the United
States Is under no-license, and more than
46,000,000 of the people are: living in no
license territory. One-fourth of all the
people in the United States now living in
license territory live in six cities. In all
the sixteen states of the southland there
are fewer saloons than in the single city
of Chicago; while there are thirty-s:x
states of the Union where the aggregate
number of saloons Is less than the number
existing in New York. In short, the
liquor traffic, drfc*en from the rural sec
tions of the nation, has intrenched itself
in the great centers of population, creat
ing thereby a mighty city problem, which
now challenges the united forces of right
eousness in every commonwealth of this
republic.
Cities Industrial Centers.
"The cities arc the Industrial and com
mercial centers of the nation. The mil
lions of bread winners, which make u[j
on* of the most substantial parts of our
city citizenship, are. in a very large de
gree. deplorably ignorant of the relation j
existing between alcohol and industrial
problems. Th> business world is uni
form^.! as to th. part alcohol plajv in the j
accident and waste column of the busi
ness ledger. This knowledge is being
slowly forced upon the employers of labor
and the laboring men themselves bj
means of the Insurance liability laws
w iiich are being enacted by the several
state legislatures, together with other
state and federal requirements for the
conducting of industrial enterprises; but
the necessary Information on this subject
inu>t go to thet!?- men in a more direct and
specific way if we art soon to marshal the
forces of the commercial and industrial
world against the iiquor traffic.
Campaign Held Necessary.
"These conditions loudly call for a
campaign of temperance education, na
tion-wide in its scope, which shall have
for its object both the creating of.
more sentiment against the traffic in
these centers of population and the
j calling into existence of more Intelli
gent and aggressive co-operation upon
the part of the reform forces in the
rural sections.
"This campaign should include the
compiling of literature acceptable to
all organized temperance forces; & se
lection of books, pamphlets, leaflets,
tracts and other literature best adapt
ed to present needs, and a general plan
for the systematic distribution and
study of such literature. This campaign
should also include a genuine revival
of temperance pledge-signing, without
preudice to any pledge-signing move
ment now in the field, but. rather, with
a view to creating conditions whereby
the work of all such organized move
ments may bt* carried on with larger
success than
Congresses Suggested.
"This campaign should also include
the holding of anti-alcohol congresses,
purely educational in character, in all
sections of the country In order that
the truth about the character and ef
fects of alcohol may become known to
all classes.
"Moreover, while the campaign con
templated in this call is limited to edu
atlonal work, it should be prosecuted
?vith a view to making' It a powerful
factor In the general movement
throughout the nation for constitu
tional prohibition."
The Anti-Saloon League convention is
to open Monday evening November 10,
with Bishop G. M. Mathews of Chicago
presiding. Sessions are to be held
daily until Thursday evening, during
; which prominent public men and worn
; en will deliver addresses
But Eleven Answer Boll Call.
Speria! D!?p?tch to Th* 8t?r.
ELK GARDEN. W. Vs., October 25.
The annua! reunion of the McNeill
; Partisan Rangers of the Confederate
army in the civil war. held here. M-aa
, attended b> eleven members. At one time
j 130 men answered the roll cail. This
command made a bold dash into Cum
berland and captured Federal generady
Crook and Kelly while they were asleep
In their hotel, '
COMMISSIONER SMS
ESCAPES A COLLISION
Motor Truck Narrowly Misses
His Coupe?Orders the
Arrest of Driver.
For the second time since he has been
a member of the board of District of
Columbia Commissioners Frederick L?
Slddons yesterday narrowly escaped
serious. If not fatal, Injury when a
coupe In which he was being driven to
the municipal building came near being
run down by a big: motor coal truck on
15th street south of Pennsylvania ave
nue.
Only the quick work cf his driver In
pulling Into the sidewalk averted a col
lision. as the heavily-laden coal van
shot across 15th street from the park
south of the Treasury building, bear
ing down almost directly upon the
Commissioner's vehicle, which was go
ing north on 15th street. So incensed
was Mr. Slddons over the recklessness
of the chauffeur that he proceeded as
rapidly as possible to the municipal
building, where he Issued instructions
to have a member of the police de
partment dispatched Immediately to
locate the driver of the wagon and
place him under arrest.
Had Runaway Experience.
Several weeks ago. while being driven
to the municipal building. Commis
sioner Siddons had an experience In a
runaway which came near resulting
seriously. A high-spirited horse, former
ly owned by the fire department, to
which the Commissioner's coupe was
attached, became frightened at an
automobile, and ran for a distance of
more than twelve squares before it
could be brought under control. The
vehicle careened wildly as it was car
ried at high speed along several
streets, but did not collide with any
other conveyances. *
Commissioner Siddons 1s not the only
member of the board of District offi
cials to order the arrest of a chauffeur
because of reckless driving or viola
tion of the traffic laws. His civilian
associate on the board. Commissioner
Newman, some time ago ordered the ar
rest of a taxlcab driver, whom he had
observed cut diagonally across into K
street from the Avenue of the Presi
dents when. In conformity with the
traffic regulations, he should have
turned into K street in the line of
travel.
The new board of District officials is
interested in the subject of proper con
trol of traffic and will more than like
ly take up at an early date the Dis
trict's present traffic laws with a view
to making any alterations or additions
which It considers necessary. It is un
derstood the Board of Trade may ask
the Commissioners for a hearing on a
set of traffic regulations now being
considered by a committee of that body.
It is expected that the request, if
made, will be granted.
SHE MAY HEAD HUE
Mayor Harrison Considers Ap
pointing Mrs. Britton in
Chicago.
CHICAGO, October 25.? A woman for
chief of police of this city is being serious
ly considered by Mayor Harrison, accord
ing to a story in the Evening Post today.
The mayor has not made known his
choice for successor to Chief McWeeny,
resigned, but the Post learns that Mrs.
Gertrude Howe Britton looms large in the
mayor's canvass of the field. The mayor
declined to discuss the matter.
Mrs. Britton is a woman of independent
means who has for years been promi
nent as a social worker.
She is familiar with police work; Is a
member of the police examining board of
the city civil service commission and lec- |
turcs in th?- police 8>-hools.
It was not lone atro that Mayor Harrison t
appointed ten policewomen tor special
service, including censorship of dancing :n
jyabiic t alis. Thfry w? re Instructed today
to r< port 10 Maj. Funkhouser, second as
sistant deputy of police to receive in
struction
Births Reported.
The following births have been report
ed t.i the. health department.:
Arthur L. and Bertha L. Townsend,
boy.
Edward A. T. and Mary E. MacPherson,
girl.
John F. and Annie M Bowes, boy.
Louis and Frieda Laubinger, girl.
George M and Hilda Hunt, boy.
William W. and Margaret C. Roberts,
boy.
Col. George and Ruth Richards, boy.
Kenaphon B. and Minnie H. Turner,
girl.
James F .and Lillian A. Sirlouis. boy.
George S. and Lula A. Patterson, girl.
Carrol and Hattie George, girl.
Henry and Ella Berry, boy.
Eli and Ruth A. Brooks, girl
Charles and Carrie Lewis. bo>.
Frederick and Sarah Summerville, boy.
Charles E. and Sadie F. Pratt, boy.
Richard and Ella Epps. boy.
Louis and Elnora Turner, boy.
Benjamin and Mabel Chase, girl.
Robert and Hattie O'Dellas, girl.
Deaths Reported.
The following deaths have been re
ported to the health department:
Elizabeth McCafferty, 72 years, the
Carolina apartment.
Emma St. L. Kell. 57 year, George
Washington Hospital.
John S. Sheer, 54 years, Washington
Asylum Hospital.
Thomas Hubbard, 21 yeaiw, Garfield1
Hospital.
Benjamin W. Carpenter. 61 years,
George Washington Hospital.
Charles G. Sampson, 44 years. 1420
30th street northwest.
Rachael Robinson. 60 years, 1742 Sea
ton street northwest.
James West. 14 years, Freedmen's
Hospital.
Herman C. Stone. 29 years, 739 4th
street northwest.
Caldwell Rohman. 5 months, 88 Logan
place northwest.
Jim Smith. 27 years. Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
Henson Martin, 40 years, Freedmen's
Hospital.
Nathan Robinson, 13 years, National
Training School for Boys.
Peter C. Robinson. 34 years. 1048 Jef
ferson street northwest.
Richard Miller, 4 months, Children's
Hospital.
OFFICER TAXES OWN LIFE.
Capt. Corcoran of 13th Cavalry Com
mits Suicide by Shooting.
EL PASO. Tex., October 25?Capt.
Thomas M. Corcoran, troop C., 13th Cav
alry. committed suicide by shooting
Friday night at the Columbia, N. M?
border patrol camp, according to advices
received at Fort Bliss. No reason was
advanced for the act.
lie was In charge of the United States
border patrol in the Columbus district.
4
Supreme Body of Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite
Adjourns.
COMPLETION OF TEMPLE
PLACED UNDER CONTRACT
Probable Cost of Structure Above a
Million?Honors of Knights
Commander Conferred.
The Supreme Council of Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
for the Southern Jurisdiction of the
United States brought Its biennial ses
sion to a close late yesterday after
noon. Immediately following the ad
journment the great majority of those
in attendance departed for their homes.
Except the decisions reached con- i
cerning the new House of the Temple,
in course of construction at 16th and
5 streets northwest, and the election j
of five local men as knights command
er of the Court of Honor, the Supreme j
Council did nothing of special interest |
to Masons in the District of Columbia.
The local bodies of the rite?Mithras I
Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chap
ter Rose Croix, Robert de Bruce Coun
cil of Kadosn and Albert Pike Consist
ory?will continue under the arrange
ment made for the management of
their affairs by an executive committee
by Sovereign Grand Inspector General j
Charles E. Rosenbaum some years ago i
and a deputy for the Supreme Coun
cil appointed by Sovereign Grand Com
mander James D. Richardson.
Contract for New Temple.
The contract for the completion of
the new temple has been executed by
the executive committee of the Su
pieme Council with the Norcross
brothers Company and it will invoive
the expenditure of between $4iO,OUU
and $42u,0uu. This, however, will not
uiuluue ine interior furnituie anu fur
idanmgs. wmcn are expected to be
uoni nandsuine anu costiy, in Keeping
Wiin ine general inteuiion or nutum*
tne new hiruuiure uie most benuiuui
masonic euince in the world, ine con
uuei maue in juit, wilii Auon
AieAanuei W'eimnanii tor the two niad
si\e etune li^uies ot tne hyiiniA at tne
enliauce to me new lempie, at a cuoi
ut ?li.ODO. win ue executea accoiuing
lO tne ueoigns ueteriiiiiiea upon uy tue
executive committee. a ne new sti uc
tuie, wnen coin dieted, will nave cost
ueiweeu a. miinuu ana a quarter and a
million anu a nail ol uonais.
ine council at mis se&oion, it is said,
found nioie uusineas awaiting us at
tention tiian ever ueioie. aiuiusi con
tinuous beaoioiio li?tve ueen ueiu uaiij
auu many matters anectiiig me i_aie,
its ouiuiai oifeaii and its lnenioers have
ueen aiapoaeu ot.
;New jjaemoers Crowned.
At its unai sets.on yesieraay aiternoon
tne aupieiue council crowned its new
uieuiocis, Trev anion una in nuso,
so?eieifeii grand iiiopeutor eeueiai .u j
ivluiiiesota, aiid jjauiei Jtlori'i* iiauey,
sov ei eigu giand inspector lor u?.ia
xioma, in us niiing t?ie vacancies caused
uy me ueain in march, i'Jii, ot iueu
lieutenant uranu ouiimiaiiuer oainuei
ii,. ^uams oi Aiiunesota, and later ot
?k Uiiani ?>usoy, soverttigu brand In
spector general in Ualanoina.
V\ ltn tiiese excepwiona tne personnel
will remain as neieioloie, annougn
some ox tne meinoeis, sovereign uraad
iiiiJiJcCLors ueneral ueorge r leinnig
.duore, now lieutenant grand com
mander; Henry >1. 'leiier, now grand
prior: Charles E. KUBenoauin, now
braiid chancellor, and chants a rancis
liuoK, now grand minister of stale,
nave receiveu advancement in the
ollicial line of tlic council.
Those members of tlio local bouiea
who were elected to receive the honors
of kni^its coinmandor of in.- court of
honor were Rev. William Tayloe Syn
(ioi*, rector of the Church of tin* In
carnation and chaplain of the local I
bodies, as well as of Toniple-Noye.s I
uodgo. No. 82, F. A. A. M.. Capt. Horace j
P. Mcintosh. C S. N., retired; Georg< ,
R. Davis, Charles G. F. Toepper am! j
Sulaimaan Daavid, whose services in
tlie work- of the rite were deemed
worthy of special honor. No member of j
the local bodies was advanced to the |
decree of honorary inspector general of j
the thirty-third decree at this session j
of the Supreme Council.
An executive session of the Supreme
Council yesterday moTning was closed hy
re,-ess at 1 ;.'W) o'clock and resumed :igain
at 2::i0 o'clock. Part of the morning was
devoted to consideration of plans affect
ins the otlicial organ of the Supreme
Council. In the evening, the thirty-third
degree of'the rite was conferred upon a
large number of those elected to receive
it, whbse names were published in The
Star Wednesday.
Inspector General Hailey.
Mr. Hailey, the new inspector general
for Oklahoma, was born February 9, 1841.
at New Orleans. La He was made a
master Mason September 10. 1877, in Mo
Alester Lodge, No. 9, McAlester t!en
Indian Territory: a Royal Arch Mason
May 5. in Indian Royal Arch Chapter, No.
T knighted in Coeur de Lion Command
en'. No. IT. at Parsons, Kan.; made
a Royal and Select Master June 20, 1SSS,
In Union Council, No. 3, at McAeister;
was made a master of the royal secret
October 2i>. by Robert W. Hill, dep
uty for the Supreme Council, at Muskogee.
Ind Ter : elected a knight commander |
of the Court of Honor October 19, ls97;
coronetted an honorary inspector gen
eral of the 33d degree October 20, 1899.
He has served as worshipful master in
both McAlester Lodge, No. 9, and Hailey
viiie Lodge, No. 245; high priest in In
dian Royal Arch Chapter; deputy grand
master of the Grand Lodge in Indian Ter
ritory; is past eminent commander of
Mc \lester Commandery, No. 3, and sen
ior grand warden of the Grand Com
mandery of Indiian Territory.
Hugo's Masonic Record.
Mr. Hugo was born July 1848, at
Bodinoc, Cornwall, England. He resides
at Duluth. Minn. He was made a mas
ter Mason April 6, 1872, In Minden Lodge,
No. 253. G- R- a Ro>'al Arch Mason
in Hiram Chapter. No. 2, G. R. C., March
>3 1875; a royal and select master, March
6 1887. in Duluth Council, No. 6; a knight
templar. In Duluth Commandery, No. 18,
FeDruary 16. 1886; a master of the royal
secret, December 4, 1887. In Minneapolis
Consistorv. Minneapolis, Minn.; was e.ect
o<\ knicht commander of the Court of
Honor October 22, 1S90; grand cross of
the Court of Honor. October 20. 1895. and
coronetted honorary inspector gen
eral October 22. 189u, by the late Gen. Al
w*rt' Pike In this city. He was received
into the Royal Order of Scotland at
Washington, October 20. 1890; is vice
President of the Masonic Library Asso
ciation at Duluth, Minn., and president
nf the Duluth Historical Society; is a
member of Palestine Lodge, No. 79; of
Kevstone Royal Arch Chapter. No. 20.
and serves as illustrious deputy master of
Duluth Council of Royal and Se.ect Mas
ters He was eminent commander of Du
luth Commandery, No. 18, Knights Tem
,.i_r and afterward grand commander of
Minnesota in 1892-3. He has been vener
able master of North Ster Lodge of Per
fection No. 6, since 1889; wise master
(A T' C.) of Pierson Chapter. No. 4,
Kniehts Rose Croix, since 1890; preceptor
of Zenith Council, No. 3. Knights Ka
dneh since 1890, and venerable master of J
KaLlosh in Duluth Consistory, No. 3, since
189? all betas bodies of the rite at Du
luth. . t
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TAKOMA PARK CHURCH
READY FOR DEDICATION
|
Ceremonies This Afternoon by
Seventh-Day Adventists.
I
Conference Notes.
Arrangements have b^en completed lor
th< dedication of tlie Seventh-Day Ad- :
ventlft Church in Takonia Park at y i
o'clock this afternoon
Elder A. G. Danielle, president' of the ]
general conference, will preach tho dedi- i
catory sermon, and Elder I. H. Evans,
president of the North American divi
sion conference, will deliver the dedica
tory prayer. R*v. r>r. T. C. Clark, pas
tor of the Takonia Park Presbyterian
Church, will give the scripture reading. 1
Elder E. E. Andross of Mountain View,
Cal., president of the Pacific Union Con
ference of Seventh-Day Adventists, will
give the opening invocation, and Elder
\V. T. Knox, treasurer of the general
confercnce, will niako a statement re
garding the building. There will be
special music.
No Debt 011 tiie guiding.
Another feature in connection with the
new church is that it will be dedicated
free from debt. Services have been held
in the edifice during the past two
months. Included among the invited
guests will be the delegation of Union
conference and local conference presi
dents. medical superintendents of va
rious sanitar.ums. managers of denomi
national publishing houses and other 1
leaders who have been in Takomci Park
for the past twelve days attending the
annual fall council of the General and
North American d.vision conierences
The counc.l will hold a morning session
today hue will adjourn in the afternoon
lor the dedication services.
Yesterday Observed as Sabbath.
There was no session of the council
yesterday, as the day was olserved as
the Sabbath. A number of the visiting
clergymen occupied pulpits in the local
churches. Eider G. F. Watson of Keen,
Tex., who is the president of the South
western Union conference, preached in
the headquarters church at Takoma
Park; Elder Charles Thompson of Min
neapolis. preached at t.:t A'ash.n^tou
Foreign Mission Seminary chun.ii . i.ider
E. E. Andross of Mountain View. Cal.,
occupied the pulpit at the Mtmorial
Church; Elder S. E. W.ght of Nashville,
Tenn., president of the Southern Union
conference, preached at Alexandr a, and
the Eighth Street and Arlington churcnec.
were also in charge of visiting preach
ers.
OLDEST LIVING LUTHERAN.
Rev. Dr. Gerhardt of Martinsburg
96 Next Tuesday.
Special Dispatch to Tbe Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., October 25?
Next Tuesday Rev. Dr. William Ger
hardt. Martinsburg, W. Va., will be nine
ty-six years old. He is the oldest member
of the Lutheran Church in the United
States. In honor of his birthday he
will be tendered a postal card shower
of almost international proportions. Dr.
Gerhardt is still active. He is the father
of West Virginia Pythianasm and his
birthday will be celebrated by the Pyth
ian Sisters of Columbia Temple at the
Pythian Hall in Martinsburg. A number
of grand officers will be in attendance.
Rev. Dr. Gerhardt is a native of Ger
many. Tie came to this country with
his parents when he was but a few
years old. They settled at Pine Hill,
Somerset county. Pa. At the age ot
seventeen the agn began teaching school.
Subsequently he worked his way through
Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and
entered the Lutheran ministery. For
five years fie was president of a Luth
eran college la North Carolina. After
the civil war he became superintendent
of schoods of Martinsburg. \V. Va.. a
position which he held until his retire*
ment on account of old age.
ELBERT H. OAKY THREATENED.
Chairman of Steel Corporation |
Guarded by Detectives.
1 CHICAGO. October ^6.?Threatening ;
| telephone calls ami menage* to the j
! hotel apartments of JSlbert II. Gary, i
chairman of the United States Steel I
Coip<>ration. today caused the steel man, i
it is reported, to call In the assistance |
of private detectives and to isolate his 1
rooms from outsidt: communication.
! Judge an<l Mrs. Gary have Oeen stopping
! here during the sessions of the American
| Iron and Steel Institute. The most re
| cent uf the threatening communications
is said to have been'roeeived this mum*
ing.
"I have taken every precaution." -Mr.
Gary is quoted as having said to one
of the steel company presidents. "This
seems to he only the vaporing o? an in
uitjnant man."
Mrs. Gary denied having received any
written commun.cation. according to the
report, but the telephone hell in the
Gary apartments is said to have been
ringing almost constantly since tneir
arrival, until Mr. Gary ordered it cut
off and no communication allowed with
i his rooms unless the person calling tully
! identified himself.
! IN HONOR OF HIS MEMORY.
! Street Cars Stop Five Minutes Dur
ing Funeral of Adolphus Busch.
ST. LOUIS. October 20?The funeral
of Adolphus Buscli, who died two
weeks ago in Germany, took place here
this afternoon.
At the hour of the funeral street cars
throughout the city were stopped for
five minutes, and in many downtown
offices work was suspended. While the
small company within the Busch man
sion listened to the eulogy by Charles
N'agel, former Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, thousands stood waiting
outside and along the park drives and
residence streets over which the fu
i eral procession was to pass.
Freiherr Von Lersner, a member of
the German legation at Washington, in
the name of the Germag emperor placed
a wreath on the coffin.
REDFIELD IS RE-ELECTED.
, Again Heads Society for Promotion
of Industrial Education.
? GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. October 25.
| At the closing session here this after
noon of the National Society for the
Promotion of Industrial Education the
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, William C. Redfield, Secretary of
i the Department of Commerce, re-elected;
vice president. George C. Warner, New
York, and treasurer, Fred B. Pratt, New
York.
CROWDS SEEK HOMESTEADS.
Registration Closes for Nebraska
Land Reservations.
NORTH PLATTE, Ne>.. October 25.?
The last day of registration for lands in
the North Platte forest reserve and Fort
Nlebrara military reservation brought the
largest crowd since the booths here were
opened. Every train was crowded and
ten notaries were busy during the early
day caring for those who came seeking
homesteads. The booths will close at
midnight tonight.
Judge Written has prepared elaborately
for the drawing Tuesday. It will be held
on the stage of the local opera house, two
little girl* drawing the envelopes from
gho boxe*
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS.
Causes Postponement of King's Re
ception to Ambassador Willard.
MADRID, October 25.?At the opening
of the Spanish parliament today a vote
of confidence In the govermont was re
jected to ion.
As a result of the vote Premier Koman
on**s tendered to King Alfonso the resig
nation of himself and the members of
his cabinet.
It is expeoteri that the ministerial cri
sis w ill be quickly elided, but It lias had
the effect ot postponing t.ie king's j'eeep
aion of the new American ambawador,
Col, Joseph E. WUlard.
REAR ADMIRAL MAYNARD DIES
Officer Whose Vessel Fired First
Shot in War With Spain.
NEWTON, Mass.. October 23.?The
death of Rear Admiral Washburn May
nard, a r? tired naval officer, at a private
hospital here last night was announced
todny. Since his retirement Admiral
Maynard has lived at Narragansett Pier,
R. 1. He was born in Tennessee slxty
nine years ago. Three sons survive him.
WaFhburn Maynard was In command
of the gunboat Nashville in th-e Hpanlsh
American war. The gunboat was active
in the early part of the war. and her men
did valiant service in cutting cables at
Cienfuegos. The Nashville fired the first
shot of the war, sending a shell across
the bows of the Spanish merchantman
Buena Ventura April 22. lS&S.
MINERS AGAIN BATTLE.
Guard Killed in Colorado and Striker
Is Shot.
TRINIDAD, Col.. October "Jo.?In a
battle between striking miners and
guards this afternoon which lasted
from 2:30 until 5 o'clock one of the
guards was killed and a striker waa
shot through the arm.
The fight started when deputies who
had gone to the station to meet the
train were fired on by strikers who
had intrenched themselves at the
Overhead bridge, half a mile away.
Many shots were fired, but all at long
range.
WOULD SELL TO FOREIGNERS.
Secretary Redfield Urges American
Manufacturers to Action.
ST. PAUL. October 20.?Addressing
members of the St Paul Association of
Commerce tonight, William C. Redfield.
Secretary of Commerce and L<abor. urged
American manufacturers to operate more
extensively In foreign countries, declaring
that vast foreign territories were not re
ceiving the proper attention of the
American manufacturers.
Mr. Redfield. who came to St. Paul on
personal business, was the guest of the
local organization at a dinner.
Leishman Denies Marriage.
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 25.?
John G. A. Leishman, the former Ameri
can ambassador to Germany, said te
night that the report that the marriage
of his daughter, Miss Nancy Leishman,
to the Duke of Croy had taken place
yesterday at Geneva was untrue. Both
religious and civil ceremonies, he added,
will take place here next Tuesday.
Ren Shields, Song Writer, Dies.
NEW YORK. October 25.?Ren Shields,
dramatist aud song writer, died today
at his home in Massapequa, Long Island.
H? had been ill nearly two years. One of
his famous songs was "In the Good Old
Summer Time." For m long period he was
on the vaudeville stage and wag noted
m A wit sad as mm after-dinner speaker.
>?
JAMES N. BENTON DIES.
Was One of Montgomery County's
Best Known Citizens.
Sin-Hal I>I*patvb to The Star.
ROOKVILLE, Md.. October 'Jo.?James
N. Benton, one of Montgomery county'*
best known citizens, died this afternoon
? at his honv near Darnestown, aned sev
| enty-eigbf year Ills death followed an
I Illness <j! about :i year, lie is survived
: t?y Ills widow. who wan ft. Miss IliKglns
j of this county. The funeral will take
' place at 10:.'K> o'clock Monday morning,
I from the family residence.
Mr. Benton wits a litelonu resident of
Montgomery county and for many \?ar?
was successfully engaged in farming,
i He served t.*o terms as a in ;inber ?>f the
I board of county . oiiimissioncrs and one
| term a1- president of tin- board.
I An investigation disclosed th it thMe
| death of Charles Showers, t!??* farm la
borer, ivhos'' dead body wa found 111 a
wood ft alongside tie road near Middle*
brook, this county, tiis morning. and
| who it was thou -ht mi^ht liu\e met with
i foul play, was due l?i carbolic ui id. pre
sumablj self-ad ministered. A U>ttl. con
taining some <>i' do- fluid was fouuti near
the t?od; .
FAREWELL TO MGR. CURRIER.
, Bishop of Matanzas Soon to Go to
Cuban Post.
doner union between t.e- United
States and the Latin countries of
America w;;> ad\<f:(,*.vl :>y Mgr.
Charles Warivn Currier. bishop of Ma
tanzas, and vice president of the Span
ish-American Atluneum i>f Washing
ton, at a reception held in nis honor
by that organization at 1 _2J Connecti
cut avenue northwest last evening.
The e\ent marked a formal farewell
to the Kuest ofc honor, who is soon to
go to Cuba.
He ?oniplimented and praised the
members of the organization on the
I work they had done to make closer
i this union. He was very sorry to
leave the United States, he said, and
hoped to return soon. Dr. F. J Yanes,
president of the Atheneum, presented
Mgr. Currier.
Musical numbers were given by Mrs.
Erodes Hamilton and Miss Irma Mont
gomery Gibson recited. About two hun
dred guests were present^ Including
Dr. Alberto Membrano, minister from
Honduras; Dr. Julio Betencourt, min
ister from Colombia, and Dr Francisco
I I'eynado. minister from the Dominican
republic.
CHARGES FOR SERVICE.
Marconi Company No Longer Trans
1 mits Noon Position Messages Free.
Reports of noon positions made by
steamers on the north Atlantic to the
nearest naval radio station, whence the
information was sent to those interested,
will have to be discontinued in many
Instances. When the reports were in
vited by the naval radio board it was
with the understanding that they- were to
be sent free of cost to the government
in the Interest of shipping generally. Re
cently the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company of America notified the United
Slates hydrographic office that, com
mencing November 1, the regular ship
charge of 4 cents per word would be
made on all messages sent from ships
equipped with the Marconi company ap
paratus.
As the government will not pay the
rate, Marconi-equipped ships wll] be ad
vised that messages from them regarding
noon positions will be refused. As many
steamships are Marconi-equipped the re
fusal of the Marconi company to con
tinue the service for the benefit of ship
ping will cause a heavy curtailment In
the noon position service and will pre
vent owners and those interested from
keeping track of their ships.
The Contrast.
From Fliegende Blsetter.
He?I don't And the song of the night
ingale so exquisitely lovely as you do.
Bhe?It's only when you're with ma chat
It seems so beautiful.