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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SATURDAY; NOVEMBER 22,1913.
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IP IN FOUND
QUESTIONBOX TO BE
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PRIMARIES NEARING,
POLL TAX IS DUE
Alexandria Democrats,- to.Save'the Voting"Privi!ege,tMiistRay.
Within Next Two Weeks Hospital Charter Com-
mittee Prepares Its Report.
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DISCUSSING SUN
Telegraph Briefs
SCHOOL PROMOTERS
hlladrlphla. William Abel, ma
chinist, was found o-ulltv of murder for
klllinc Thomas Kane, twelve years old.
of Glrardvllle, Pa.. May 5. last.
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DM RIVER BUNK
Lawrence B. Burford Long Ago
Wrote Letter to Son Stating
His Last Wishes.
Lawrpnce B. Burford. agent of the
Erie railroad fn Baltimore, came, to
Washlnirfon today and made., arranse
mente for the funeral or his father.
William "k. Burford. sixty years old.
formerly, a prosperous real estate opera
tor, uhose body was found last evening
on the river bank In Potomac Park, at
the foot of Twenty-third street.
Heart disease, from wjilch Mr. Bur-
Sr4,,bad suffered for years, caused his
tJu'U'lsJjclleved. In his pocket was
fduna a Jetter addressed to his son, In
;b!ch'"'tje said he was In constant fear
ofjSUdd.Mideth.
''XlUp? alone as I do. I am earning
this 'letter for delivery to jou In the
events of such occurrence." the letter
read. "Should I die without funds for
a deceit burial. I ask that you see to It
that'T-am buried in St. John's Church
yard, Beltsxille. Md- at the least pos
sible cost, beside my dear old mother."
In conclusion, the letter read: "I wish
an inexpensive funeral, and the simplest
service possible. I ask this as the last
and onjy request of a. lonely and broken
hearted father, whose dally prayer Is
for;our Jong life, Rood fortune, and
happlncsl." '
.The" fetter, which was dated In "Febru
ary. 1910. also asked that "Dr. C. A. Fox.
of Beltsvllle.'and W. B. Davis, of the
Yar-DepaMment, be notified.
years ago Mr. Burford.was one of the
best known realty operators in Wash
ington. .He was a memherof a. promi
nent Maryland family. He h-.J an of
flee In H street and a card In his pocket
save an. address In Fifteenth street!
northwest as .his home. At that adaress
it wasald he' did not live there. Mr.
DaviS. who n as a schoolmate of Mr.
Burfordtlsald he had jiot seen him for
about a year and did not know where
he had been living.
The body, -which was found by Police
man Blllman, was taken to the Morgue.
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WILL CLOSE TODAY
NEWV YORK. "Nov. 22. With one last
rrand free-for-all coach race the only'
free offering the horse show at Madison-
Square 'Garden closes today, after
breaking all previous records for attend
ance and events.
From all over the world horses were
sent to compete in the, great show, and
.most 'of the crack events went to the
foreigners, nartlcularfy the Jumping con
tests.pattlcipa.ted. in by army officers.
jThe last! and biggest cup went to the
French- last night In the army Jumps.
Englah'dcame"secondr Cariada"thlrdrahd
the United 'States fourth after this con
'tfst ' had been completed with many
tDrJljiC Jade Hamilton, on Colonel Lip
ton's Skj scraper, threw In another one
by breaking all high-jump records in
putting his mount over the poles, lifted
to reven feet three Inches.
Miss Loula Long, of Kansas City, who
became the pride of the horse show
after her first drive around the tanbark.
took another second as a parting shot
In the afternoon harness horse contest.
Mlrs Cynthia Kearney completed the
feminist victory by winning In the sad
dle mount over twenty-one competitors.
.Boarding House
Thief Is Sought
A warning was sent out by the police
today against a young man suspected
of being a professional boarding house
this". The roan went to a boarding
htvu.se In the northeast section yester
da'y and said he wanted to rent a room
for himself and wife.
He selected a room in which he re
trained for about an nour. Later he
went out. and after he had gone dis
covery was made that several of the
bedrooms had been ramsacked. Noth
ing was stolen.
Tennesseean Reports
Being Fleeced of $130
The police today are looking for a
clever swindler who obtained $120 from
Samuel Scott, of Bristol. Tenn.. who
came to Washington yesterday in
search of employment. Scott sajs that
he met a young white man at the
Union Station who promised to get him
a job with the Washington Terminal
Company. He gave the man J130 to
"show to the officials of the company."
Then he realized he had been swindled
and reported the matetr to the police.
BARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet irtptntlon of inrrlt.
Help tn eradicate daaAruB.
Bea.ut7 to Grar or Faded Hair.
1"" "T. at UTBilrta.
Baltimore & Ohio
EXPRESS TRAINS
"Erery Hour on the Hoar"
To and from
BALTIMORE
WEEK DAYS
Tfckcta Good oa All Trains
Si. 75 KU T1IIP
TICKirrS GOOD TWO DAYS.
tiiclDulnK Date of bale.
$1.25
ItOUND TRll
Ttcke(n Good Golajc on baturdaya
and Snndaja. Good Iteturnlpc
LatU UrtJO A SI. Train, Monday
laclqslte.
GREAT HORSE SHOW
Anacostia Parent-Teachers' Association Adopts Novel Means
of Interesting Residents in Welfare of Pupils Fairlawn
Changes-Aspect Throu gh Many Improvements.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANAtOSTIA. D, C. NOV. n.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Anacostla prepared its program for the
season -at a meeting yesterday after
noon in the Van Buren School, irt w
street, h'ch was attended by many
of the,'pat ent's and the teachers in the
suburb. A committee .had uein engaged
in Interview lag-parents Jn the -town .to
make them-atxiuamtcd with the aims of
the association, and as a result a .num
ber who had .not taken part in any of
the previous meetings were prusent
wnen jurs. josepn iv.ng, me yicoiucn..,
announced the opening of the meeting.
The association adopted anoei plan
of arousing interest ih the work of the
schools ana of the organization among the
parents in the community, in aeciaing iu
mtrnilnri- tn.. nuesLon "box into the Van
Hnnn Hnhiinl .mil Keteham School. A
box is to be established in each school,
and people who are desirous of learning
anytuing about the school problems, the
courses pursued, or the Hie of the pup Is
In the class rooms will deposit their
uueries 4n these boxes. The questions
will be taken out and. answered at the
meetings ot the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation. The discussion centered principally
about the question of Ijome study.
Whether At Is beneliclal or not was de
bated, with a division In sentiment. The
majority seemed to favor it, provided
there was not an over amount, required.
The adoption ot -the program forthe
coming. season was entered Into. It was
agreed thar the January meeting wfll
take the form of an evening meeting to
which the-men of the, suburb will be to
uted. Judge Latimer, of the Juvenile
Court, -Is -to make ithei-address. Tile
February gathering wiir be an after
noon one at wnicn ur: jsva routmar is
tn be the SDeaker. In March there will
be an Inspection of the 'pupils: w ork in
the schools. In May the-annual elec
tion of orncers will be held. There -will
be nn meetings in December or April.
Committees were announced as fol
lows: Program Miss Little, chairman;
Misses GraA es, -Woodward,- Thonssen,
Mrs. R. A. Pyles, Mrs. M. E. Cornish,
Mrs. S. M. Frazler, Mrs. W. J. Latimer,
the Rev. V. Oscar Rcome, Jr the Rev.
G. Lcroy White, and the Rev. Georgia
M. Cummlngs; membership committee.
Mrs. A. G. King, chairman; Mesdames
R. L. Scaggs. 'ihorne. Charles Walsh,
J. C. Wlnterwerp. A. B. Garden, C. F.
Linger, and t Frank Bllnn; press com
mittee, Mrs. Charles -F. Roberts, chair
man J Mrs. J. W. Tolson, and Mrs. S.
M. Frazler
Many Improvements are 'being made
in Fan-law n, the former Christie home,
which-Tas subdivided"and is being de-
eloped by O. C. Brothers, Jr. Streets
are Being graded and 'otherwise Im
proved, and several houses are to be
built there. A number" have been put
up already. Brick buildings constitute
the typethat prevails lri" that sectlqn.
The jwork of opening up the Pitts,
tract, adjoining Cedar 71111, the home of
the late Frederick Douglass, goes on
dally, and will soon be completed. This
will be one of the most attractive sites
for suburban homes., in this region, as
it overlooks the city" and Is between
Anacostla and the Fortv Stanton dis
trict. Some, street extension? are likely
to be aBked'fdr In 'this territory.
Guy "Lincoln, of .Raleigh street. Con
gress Helshts,-.wULbuiId a-privaie. gar
age of metal In the rear of his home.
Howard Brady, an Anacostla buvlness
mnn h ivlnc a two-story addition
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built tc his home, in Nichols avenue.
Congress Heights. James Feddon, an
other lnialntb roan In AnacostH. will
erect a large two-story brick ofllce at
1S11 Good Hope road. Col. A. E. Ran
dle is having alterations made at his
Pennsylvania avenue home. In the aub-
j urban .uisirci.
Lieut. Plemmons. Seret. Raedy and
Policeman C R. Brov n made a, clever
capture for "tne Alf xanuna. va.. autnor
ltles yesterday morning in Anacostla.
A telegram .was, received in the city
asking that John Peverill. white, twen-
j-ty-seven years old, be arrested for lar
ceny. JU-. w-as cnargea mat ne nao oro
ken Into a freight car. He was reported
to be in hiding here.
When the police "went to a house in
Good Hope road, and demanded to see
.Peverill, a woman's voice answered
that he was not there. Sergeant Ready
stationed himself In the rear of the
house. The others "stood about it at
other places. When a man tried to rush
cut the rear door after the summons of
the "police, ha ran Into the arms of Ser
geant Raedy. He was frightened, and
said he had taken refuge in the house
because some one had threatened to
Lhoot him. He wns delivered to the
Alexandria police In a few hours.
The marriage of Mis Iola Elizabeth
Cator and Milton Aubrey Harris -iook
place on "Wednesday evening In the par
sonage of the Anacostla Methodist
Episcopal Church, the Rev. G. Leroy
White. th pastor, officiating.
The bride. a popular and widely-known
Anacostla -girl, worei a traveling suit' of
king's , blue broadcloth, with hat to
match, and 'a corsage bouquet of orchids
and lilies- of the valley. Miss Frances
Cator, her sister, who attended her, was
attired In a dark blue coat suit and
carried pin rosebuds. The groom was
attended by Robert Harris, his brother.
Pink and "white were the colors used
Jn the decorations of the dining ruom
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
,Cator, lieo.CJchaJs aenue. the parents
or tne nriae, wnerc a smau reception
was held. After a Bhort trip Mr. and
Mrs. Harris will make their home In
Richmond, Va., where the groom has
lived for a number of years. The brldo
has been associated with church and
social activities here since girlhood.
Charles Matthews, of 61 Third street
northeast, and Edward Kelly, of (5S
Third street northeast, young white
men. fl:sur.ed In a runaway accident In
Good Hope' road yesterday. A shaft on
fright anil ran away. The men had a
nrl1nna .!ri dnttrn thA Inri'r hill btlt
'managed to stay In the swaying can-
veyancc wnicn wan uuuuicu u "
extent of $5. Th.e occupants were not
hurt.
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his right wrirt while trying to assist
another driver whose horse had fallen
to the street. Mr. Carver swung from
his Wagon with the Intention of help
ing the other driver, but the reins he
had hooked to the wagon broke, and he
was thrown to the ground.
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Twining City, was recovered yesterday
byWJHIamDavlb,or mat piace, wm
tied it up at the shore. It Is fifteen feet
long and 'five feet wide. The police
were notified.
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Kaaftn City, Kan. llenrj I.erAI-
den. Judge of the Wyandotte county
district court. In Kansas City. Kans..
a lineal descendant of John and Prls
cilla Alden, died at the age of sixty-six.
Dfmcr. William . WINon, Secre
tary of the United States Department
of Labor, arrived in Denxer as Presi
dent Wilson's special representative to
Investigate the coal strike In southern
Colorado.
2Sit Aiirk. The largcxt bet on the
Harvard-Yale football game recorded
was made at Fred Schaum's place In
the financial district, when a Brooklyn
man bet J1.-W0 on Yale against 2,0U0 of
Harvard money.
Atn YorkTbe "Taxlcab tritaf re
ceived a knockout blow when the Su
preme Court handed down a decision
holding valid the taxicab ordinance,
passed bv the board of aldermen, re
ducing rates and regulating cab stands.
San Franclacov In a apeech, before
the Sausallto Club. Representative Wil
liam Kent attacked the sionroe doc
trine, and declared that It was gradual
ly being abolished by President Wll-
Kanftn Ot?. Matron make the
best uossible teachers for the young, ac
cording to prof. Earl Barnes, who lec
tured before the Missouri University
Extension Center here.
Meridian, Mlaa. A maaked anil
armed robber entered te bank of Hed
elburg. Miss., forced the cashier and
others into the vault, locked it, and
took $3,000. A posse is in pursuit.
Baltimore. Gov. Knitcne '. Foa nt
Massachusetts, notified Mayor Preston
of his acceptance of the invitation to
become an honorary vice president of
"The Star-Spangled Banner'' Continen
tal Commission'.
- Cambridge, Ma. William A. Me-
nnnnirt of Arllncton. who killed his
wife as he was returning from-church
tc..... rtinor?. ciitttv tn mtirutfr in
the second degree and was sentenced to
Imprisonment for lire.
Tolcjtiw Ihrec hundred iiutlien of
Formot-a have been arrested by tho
Japanese foi plotting with the
Chineso to loot sugar plantations on
the island.
r.ihnltor. A Snanlxh. fleet at Al-
huccmas, Morocco, shelled a camp of
nostlie natives. unvnn men. ..
mountains with heay loss.
Barcelona, S?nln. A girl vrna ahot
to death and seventeen rioters were
-.nii.. .i'mtTw1..r1 In n hrittln here be-
tween students and police.
Berlin. Emperor William, who If
Bick vith a cold, was slightly worse,
and his traveling plans weie can
celed. '
Cairo. ,Krpt. A final attempt will
be made to "restore the failing health
of the Czarvltch of Russia by glvinK
him a loner treatment at the sulphur
baths here. Ho will arrive in the
near future,
Berlin. A a result of the xnwini;
agitation of the Nohsectarian League,
composed of socialists, free thinkers,
and atheists, the strike against the
state church, is reaching largo pro
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ALEXANDRIA. VA.. NOV. -J.
Two weks from Tuesday the tlmcfor
the pa In? ot the poll taxes In order to
permit votlnjf In the Democratic pri
mary to be held next spring and the
Sineral election to be held on June 9,
when a number of city officers will be
elected, will expire. It Is expected that
there will be a rush of citizens to the
office of City Treasurer Thomas -W.
Robinson, during the next few days.-to
n.. v tnelr .taxes 'In order to cast their
votes In the election. After December
1 a penalty of 5 pjr cent will be added.
According to the law all persons who
take part in the next election must pay
their poll taxes six months previous.
Only persons who are qualltled to vote
in the generate election can vote In
the Democratic primary, which Is now
held under tbe auspices of the State.
The date of the primary has not been
decided as .yet .by the city. Democratic
committee. but it must .ber held -sixty
days previous to the date of the gen
eral election, which Is June 9.
Among the officers whose terms will
expire next September are four alder
men and eight members of the city
council. Thej-rare Aldermen J. M. Hill
fromthe first ward. F. F. Marbury
from the second ward. Kenneth W. Og
den from the third ward and C. J. W.
Summers from the fourth ward; Coun
cllmen John Leadbeater and "Urban S..
Lambert, from the tlrst ward: Robert
M. Graham and Julian Y. Williams,
from the second ward; Albert D. Brock
ett and J. Fred Blrrell from the third
ward and Thomas Chauncey and D.
Moxlev Low, from the fourth ward.
MY. Blrrell cannot be a candidate for
re-election, as he has been elected a
member of the' Virginia house of.' dele
gates. It Is thought that 'all the other
candidates--will stand for re-election
and will have opposition.
At a meqtlng of a special committee
of the board of trustees -of the Alex
andria Hospitals selected to revise the
charter, held last-night; a subcommittee.
composed ot uaraner l,. Joothe ana
James R. Catop, was appointed to go
over the charter and mako a report to
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the committee. The understanding reach
ed by the committee.- that, every white
religious denomination In the city would
be represented on the board of trusteej
and the board of lady managers, will be
Incorporated In the charter.
n the corporation court today a do-'
cree was entered In the suit of W. F.
Jones against Samuel Hancy and others
aprointing Aylett B. Nlcol guardian -at-lltum
and referring a number of msttera
to C. I?. Cogan, commUstoner, for a
special 'report.
In a second raid on the ration ot
George's. Finch, on North Royal street,
yesterday afternoon, the police 'recover
ed two wagonioads of goods nhlch are
believed to have been stolen from rail
way ccrs and from the Potomac yards,
near this city:
John Lawter, a well-known Confeder
ate veteran, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrev .Isaac Sinclair. ,qf .315,
Queen street;. at";4rVyesreta&y. after
noon, after a short illness. He wajj seventy-four
years old. He Is survived by
seven children. Palmer, Joseph, Edward
and 'Frank Lauler, Mrs. Charles 'De
Moll and Mrs. Isaac SJnclalr, of this
city and Mrs. A.' J. Grov, of 'Vash
Ington. Mr. Lawler was jo. former" mem
ber of the Alexandria police force.
The Alexandria County Public Service.
Association, which has for Its object' the
improvement of the public service and
utilities in the county, will Join with
the Talis Church Citizens Association
in a mass meeting at the Alexandria
county courthouse on next Tuesday.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is to give a hearing on December -3 to
the petition of the Falls Church people
for a lower fare over the line of the
."Washington-Virginia Company between
Falls Church and intermediate points
and Washington, and this meeting Is -to
arouse enthuslasm-'and to acquaint the
residents along the. line wlththe facta.
Commissioner Newman, of the .District
of Columbia. Mayor Fellows,' of .Falls
Church, and a number' of prominent
Alexandria county' men are expected tp
address the meeting. K ', t
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A 'Jtell-diesied man. who described
himself as Aloysfua. Welsenback. forty-
three years old. of Newport Kyi.' wu
arrested at the House. Qtlce Bulldint;
toay by Policeman Thompson, of tha
Fifth precinct,. and sent, to tha Washing
ton Asylum. Hospital for observation as
to his mental condition-!
Welsenback werit up ,jo the watchmarf
at one of the entrances and asked' for a
permit Jto see members of ' Congress
about "the damage. that was -being done
to the'earth by the sun."
"I am the man that damaged the
sun." Welsenback told Policeman
Thompson. "I put It down southeast.
Now the sun Is damaging the earth." '
wnen taxen to the station house and
searched. Welsenback; was found to
have $222. In his possession. - '
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mother on her death bed, Christine
Grauer elopedwlth. Edward Zlebrock.
and- was disinherited ot'a 11060,000 es
tate. 'Her husband's a-plumber," sild
friends, "she should wqrry."
ATREATIFCONSTIPAIEft;BlLIOUS,SICK, '
USE GENTLE;imlFOMSYRUPdTFJGS,,
Delicious "fruit laxative"
. cleanses -stomach, liver
and bowels.
A. harmless cure for sick headache,
biliousness, sour' stomach, constlp'atlon.
indigestion, coated '.tongue, sallowness
take "California syrup or Figs. - for
the cause .ot ajl i such misery-comea.l
irom a. lorpia iiv-eraaa siusgisnrugneisr
A. tablespoonfql" tonight, means all
constipation poison, waste matter, fer-
nfemlng food; and sour bile cgently
Av?. KM,.
THE
States
At The Kaufman Clothing Co.
Hart Shaffner and Marx
Suits and Overcoats
$20 to $35
Nationally famous clothes for men of all sizes and ages.
Our Wcll-Known "K-MAKE" Clothes'
$12.50 to $20
Excellent values in stylish clothes for men who prefer
these prices.
Smart Gentlemen's Furnishings of all kinds
reaspnably priced.
Announcment was made today t?y En
atlneer Commissioner Harding, chalrmai
of the Public Utimies,Commlslon,.tha-the-investigation
Into the' payment br
theWashngtbn- Railway and ElectrU.
Company- or a,. I per cent dividend ot -Its
common stock will be resumed a
the conclusion or the hearings befon
the Congressional committees on th.
District appropriation bill. The hearlnj
before the subcommittee on the D4
trict of the -House Appropriations Com
mittee, of which Congressman Page b
chairman, began Monday, and probablj
will last a woek or ten days. '
At the conclusion of yesterday's ses
sion, which, lasted fromlS) until
p. m., the hearing was lJourned t
await the call of. the chairman. Begin
ning Monday tbe commission has neK
dally sessions which have lasted froa
three and a half to seven .hours. Prog
ress is reported. but Commlslonei
Harding wilt venture no predlctlonai
to how Idng the' investigation will lasC
Indications are, that It will cover. 1
Period of a month or mare- Colons
Hardlngvw!lt-raake no statement nt tlh
investigation until the concliis!cof th-
to the commission. Upon de, finding!
In this report will bedecMad whether!
C'iIIc hearing will be held oy the ful
rd.
moved out of our system by niorntni
without griping: Please don't think ot
'.'California Syrup of Tigs" as tt- physic
Don't think you are drugging yourst
or your children, because this Jel'.ciour
frujt laxative cannot'' cause Injury
Eve,n the'most delicate- child can tak
it as safely as a robust man. It is th
most.harmless, effective stomach, live:
and bowel cleanser, regulator and' tonli
'ever devised.
Your only difficulty -may be In get,
ting the genuine, so ask jour- drugglsr
fori a. 3 cent bottle, of "CaHforftU
Sjrup of Figs." then see that it Is madi
by the California. Fig; Syrup Company.
This city has many' counterfeit "Hi
syrups." sowatcU-oiit. "Advt. -
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