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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 101(5.
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Lodge of Perfection.
ALEXANDRIA, Vn., March .-The
crowning degree of thp Lodge of perfec
tion of Scottish Rlto Masonry, tho four
teenth, or I'errect Kltf, was conferred
with great Imprrsalveness last nlRUt uy
the oitlccra ot Wushlngton memorial
Lodge ot Perfection. No. H, or tlila city,
upon a larKO class composln k tub
spring reunion class of tho four Scot
tish Rite bodies In Alexandria.
There was present u largo number of
members of the Rite, as well as vli.ttors
Irom several Jurisdictions.
Those taking part In the dcKrco worK
were Arthur K. Cllft, venerable master;
William Lewis Allen, senior warden:
1'orcy 13. Clirt, Junior warden; 11. Noel
Uflrner, orator; Frank W. Latham,
master ot ceremonies: Doyd J. Richards,
expert; J. William May, assistant ex
pert; Uowcll)n P. Chauncey, captain or
the host.
Wvery night next week will be given
up to the conferring of the higher de
grees by tho Scottish Rite bodies, and
the work H to be concluded with a. ban
quet Friday night.
The following aro the dates 'for the
various degrees: Monday night 15th and
ISth degrees; Tuesday night, 30th and
ilst degrees; Wednesday night, 27tn anu
30th degrees; Thursday night. 31st do
grce; Friday night, 32d degree.
The law yesterday took charge of the
afTalra of William J. Bruff. his wire,
Helen nrurr, and thrco small chlicren,
Lillian, seven; William, four, and Mar
tha, two.
A week ago Hruff was arrested.
charged with beating Lillian, and an in
vestigation by the police snowed that
tho three children were not properly
cared ror by their parents, botn or
whom are In poor health.
There aru two other children In in
stitutions In Washington.
A commission composed of Justice R.
B. Washington, and Drs. M. O. De
lancy and Walter A. Warfleld, with
which Police Justice Caton also con
ferred, deckled that the family should
lie separated. Tho father was sept to
the Western Asylum for tho Insane at
Staunton, and the mother to an Insti
tution near Lynchburg. Tho children
will be turned over to tho Children's
Aid Society of Richmond.
Sister Mary Coronata, who was Miss
Helen Walker before becoming a mem
ber of the order of Sisters of tho Holy
Cross, and for seventeen years a teach
er of the commercial department of St.
Mary's Acadimy of this city, died yes
terday at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Colum
bus, Ohio. Slcter Coronata was great
ly beloved by the pupils and alumni of
the acade:n.
Mrs. Sarah K. Langford wbh found
dead from heart failure, sitting In her
chair, In her home In tho Cammrrorr
apartments, yesterday afternoon by her
daughter. Miss Fannie Langford.
Mrs. Langford was tho widow of
Warren Langford. and Is survived by
two daughters. Misses Fannie and Isa
bel Langford, with whom she lived,
and two sons, John and James Langford.
' Woman' in Peck Case
Found in New York
Mrs. Harry Horton, the Mysterious "Mrs. Walters,"
Says Plaza Room Was Music and Lan
guage "Studio."
NEW YORK, March 25. Sloe- Eyed, a
young woman of wonderful bounty, Mrs.
Margaret Hcrton, "the woman of mys
tery," today told tho story of her rela
tions with Dr Arthur Warren Walte,
maintaining that they woro entirely In
nocent. She l a contralto singer and
n student of the fore'gn languages. Bho
Is twenty-two years old.
i Her husband. Henry Mack Horton,
Inventor, electrical engineer, and dealer
In war supplies, believes his wlfo did
no wrong. Mtb. Horton expressed sor
row for Walte, and soVrow for the fact
that the po'son mystery might disturb
her musical career.
"My relations with Dr. Walto were
entirely Innocent," she sa'd. "I met
him at the School of Languages, whcio
we were both studying. I found that ho
spoke French wonderfully well, and
thought conversation with him would
bo Just tho thing for me. Wo went to
restaurants togother and talked French,
und we went to dances together and
talked French
"NothlnR to Conceal."
"When he suggested that we engage
a studio at the Plaza and use It during
1 readily assented. Thcic was nothing
wrong In It. I went back and forth
thero with him openly. We were never
there at night We were thero for ono
hour or two some afternoons, and
sometimes pel Imps a little longer.
"When I knrned Or. Walte was In
trouble, and was being questioned by
tho district attorney 1 left the hotel
at once, not winning to hnve my namo
brought Into tho chko for the salco ot
mv husband."
Mrs. Horton maintained with the ut
most carncMlfipns tfcnt she did not know.
until she saw It In the newspaper, that
Dr. Wnlte icglstcred "Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Walters. Now Rochelle." when h
took the room.
Confidence in Wife.
At the close of tho Interview Mr. Hor
ton patled her hand tenderly and as
serted his confidence.
"Because sho believes good of every
thing and everybody I have the utmost
and nhsnluto confidence In her freedom
from an intention to commit a wrong.
ii is not in her to do so," be said
vo Air.
LOCAL AND NEW YORK FINANCIAL NEWS
B 0 SHOW 11
TONE 10
ADVANCE
Several Issues in Stock List
Ease Off on Washington Ex
change, However.
While bonds manifested a firm tona
nnd Mended to advance fractionally at
today's session of the Washington Block
Kxchange. several Issues In the stock
list cased off.
Washington Railway and Electric pie
ferred Htock continued In good demand
at 82. the price that has prevailed for
several dayB, and led the market with
sales of 167 Mini of at that figure. A
totHl of $I.MV) worth of the 4 per cent
bonds of the company were traded,
I4.0M) worth at SI and a JJ0O bond at MU
Thp ilda on Cnntlul Traction and
Washington Oni flocks were lowered
frnctlonally. and that on Mergenthaler
Linotype Jlock uroppca im noinis 10 10.1.
One Mhnre of the latter stock sold at HSi.
The other sales Included a Rlggs
Ro alty (long) 5 per cent bond at 102,
our nthrrwln. llnnrrtlnleri AftnrnnnnH ' "CCCnce of New 'ork life and her con
our otherwise unoccupied afternoons , fl(,nK dp,,,,,,,,,,, for le lr(nlllp m
n .. a. .... . . tin h iv unnKi
uiirion inu wmoic anair an-i ":'. ..-i .-- u ...
nanr. In ll. ll..h nf .l... ,.. , IHHl a I'UlUMinc rll-Klili; runn vunnuii
"- ,,v- .."..... w.v ... . ,i.A. i r. ... irvi
young, unsuspecting woman led Into an
rinbarrasslng situation by a man wiser
than herself. Ho blames his wife's In-1
for the study of languages and music, hus come. Sho came from Cincinnati
dsted C at 100.
The American Serurlty and Trust
l Company has declared the regular quar-
lenj uiviucmi m ivi cvm, piiijnuiu
WAiTE SEES DEATH
FOR PO SONING PAR
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April in
March 31,
to stockholders of record
Funeral services for Mra. David N.
Rust. Jr . who died Thursday at her
home at Rraddock Heights, were held
this afternoon from Christ Episcopal
Church, .and worn conducted by the Rov.
William J. Morton, rector. Interment
was made In Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Funeral services for Julian T. Rurke.
senior partner of the firm of nurko and
Herbert, will lp held tomorrow after
noon at r o'clock from St. Paul's Epis
copal Church,
Headed by tho American Indiana
Guard Band in their pearlet uniforms,
Prof. Julius Kamper, director, tho mem
burs of Kalllnolls Grotto of the Veiled
Prophets, of Washington, marched
through tho streets of Alexandria last
night to Elks Home, where they took
part In a musical carnival, under tho
auspices of the Kalllpnlls alee Club.
The prophets worn met on upper King
street by Mayor Thomas A. Fisher,
escorted by Chief of Pollen floods.
Major Raymond W. Pullman was pres
ent to see that the Washington Masons
kept good order and reached their
homes after the "Jaunt de luxe of tho
season" as tho bllgrlmago to Alexan
dria had been billed.
The entertainment furnished hv the
Qlee Club was mai'e ua of vaudeville
acts. On the program were Prof. Jacqiio
Hcldenhelmor, pianist; Woerner and
Gross, "blackraco princes;" Chailes A.
Steovens, "potentate of entortolners;"
Klrik C. Miller, "the shake 'cm up
drummer'" Fred Kramer and h'la
"flchnltzelbank warblers;" C, It. Po
penoe, "saxlnhono soloist;" Edward
Hutchinson, "monarch of songland;'1
Charlos P. Shackelford, "sultan of
vaudeville;" nave Wolf, "the whistling
wonder;" Wilbur Fookes. "the great
female impersonator." and S, i Shreve
lh a "mandolin melange." Thero was
dancing "after tho entertainment
brother, Fiank A. Walte. of tho N'iw
Yoik IMIilIc L.brurx. iu rived to try to
' sc the dfMlitt.
i Wniicn Wnlte. the father, an Iron
i giay halted mnu of about to yean., sat
I In the office of llcllevde looking about
i nun siouiy m r coin vo(l way na olio
i "'' ,,ew"s',l that something momeiituus '
hud h.npprned. but was unable to uranp
what It alt meant.
Tho dentist's parentH had arrlvpj '
j threo limns earlier and had been met
I by their roll. Fiank, who Immediately
took them to hi home ,ii KOI Hull
I avenue, The Uronx.
Tile ncciifpd man a mot pr linn nit
NEW RIVER SERVICE
IN OPERATION TODAY
Potomac Company Puts on More
Boats to Accommodate Traffic,
Local Bond Market.
GOVERNMENT UOND8.
llld. Asked-
II. S. Reg. 2s ! ...
V. b. Coupon 7s I !
(J. H. Reg. 3's 102V4 Wi
I). H. CouiKin 3's W: 101
U. H. Reg. 4's lim
if. B. Coupon 4's llltt ...
D. C. 3.65's 1U ...
OA8 BONUS.
Geo. Gas Cert. Ind. 5's 1U8V4
Georgetown Gas B's 103V4
Wash. Gas B's 11W
Col. Gas St. Elec. Vn ?i
Col. Gas ti Elec. Deb. 6's W
RAILROAD DON Dtl.
Cap. Traction R. R. &'s 10',H
Ann. Pot. Guar, fa Wi
Anuccstla & Potomac 5's 37 ii
City u Suburban 6's 102fe
Metropolitan R. It. S's .',. 104
Wash. Ry. & Elec. 4 s Kl
MISCELLANOUS BONDS,
n'.jl ntomoc Elec. Cons. B's. . . 100
Potomac E'oc. Lt. B's 104V4
C. & P. Telephone 6'a 103
Anicr. Tel. At Tclga. 4's 3i
Amer. Tel. & Tclga. 4W's 103V4
Graphonhcne .S's 90
Wash. Markol B's. 1XT7 83
Wash. Market S's. 1017 93
W. M. Cold Storage B's M
X. ft W. Steamboat S's 103
Rlggn Realty B's (long) 102
Rlggs Realty S's (short) 100ft
PUHUC UTILITY STOCKS.
10S
107 Vi
107
103
1"0'
W'4
103
29U 30 I 30Vi
71 71 I 71
em til KM
ASH C9 I 69Vi
2SH SSHI 24l
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-AU 7B I 75
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Dentist's Alleged Confession
and Story of Woman Make !;, n goo.i heami for smo Vl.are
J i The shoc'n of receiit events "ni" tlic
Gripping Tale.
Columbia Nat. Rank
Commercial Nat. Hank....
Dlstrlrt Nat Rank . . .
Far. & Mech. Nat. Hank
IVd-ral Nat. Hank . .
I Lincoln N'lt. Rank
I Metropolitan Nat. Bank..
The Potomac and Chesapeake Steam- n a Mt i mk..
boat company touay inauguraieu a TRUST COMPANY STOCKS,
temporary schedule embracing the American Sec. Ac Trust 2MI
service of thrco steamers to accommn-' Nntlonal Sav. & Trust 267
Cnnltal Traction
Wash. Ry. & Elec. pfd.
Wash. Ry. & Elec. pfd..
N. & W. Steamboat...
Washington Gai
Georgetown Gas
American. Tel. & Tclga
TYPE MACHINE STOCIva
"Mergenthaler Linotype .. 1K3
Laustiiii Monotype "7
MINING STOCK.
Greene-Cananea 4a
NATIONAL BANK STOCKS.
Amer. Nat. Rank 151 lfi-i
Canltnl Nat. Ermk 21B
.... . ...
. 210 3
,. VJi 210
n. . .
. 240
140 142
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141
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New York Stocks.
All tntlHe flnna In fnrkfl .r. tin th !.!
I f dollars ind fractions thereof.
Quotatlonf urnlhed by W. n. Illbha A
Co.. numbers of New Yoa Stock Kxtliame.
iiuum uuiiainr. ,
Yea.
. , IIIch.Lnnr.Cli'e.tiioie.
Alnftka O. M. Co WW 20 I0WI SOVi
aiiis cnai go
Am Bt sug com 7m
Am Can M
Am C & p M
Am Ice Security J3V4
Am Linseed Co .3
Am Locomdtlve 7m
..." IV4 100 101 I lOlVi
?'", . " : M, R M,il M
.'" T.e, . Tcl m l30W 'MM ' I30
Am Woolen Co M j,w 5IV4 6,,k
Anaconda m BW M,k, MV4
,, ,, ,nV '. ,,)3M K3V4 icaviii03;
llaldwln Iico Work0iW Wt lot I I0IW
Baltimore S: Ohio.... tei, MH g8W ( ,4
n. tr. uoouricn 73,
lirooklyn Rap. Trai mv,
II. Sc S. Cop. Co.... oiVi
Calif. Petrol J
Canadian Pacific 168
Central Leather ii
Chesapeake & Ohio. M(
Chlno Con. Cop &i
Chi. & Great West. 13
C. R. I. & P. Ry.... g
i
HEAVY SELLING ON
W
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CHANG
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Chl Mil. & St P..
Chicago & N. W-...
Col. Fuel & Iron....
Corn' Products
Cruclblo Steel Co...
Crucible S. Co. pfd..,
Dlstillora Securllcs.
Erie
Eric. 1st pfd ,
Great Northern Ore.
Guggenhclmcr Expl
lnrplratlon Copper.
Intcrboro Metro
Inter. Harvester 110
Lackawanna Steel... to
l.ehlgh Valley n
Maxwell Motor C0...70H
Maxwell At, Co. pfd.. MV
Miami Copper set.
Neada Con. Copper i?i
724 73 I 7
MM SI KJH
90 CO I 01
MH 21W1 sm
I87't I67U 1 I6S
M(4 51 HI AH,
tin 63S I M
US S3tl S3H
13 13 I I3H
I7. 17HI I7H
01 Bl'.l 05
Sharp Break Caused By Sink
ing of Englishman and Tor
pedoing of Sussex.
I71 IS7H I J7H I ItTh
40 m. J5HI 46
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NEW YORK, March 25. Sinking of the
Dominion liner Englishman and torpe
doing of tho channel boat Sussex caused
heavy selling on the stock exchange
shortly before tho close of the market at
noon today.
Prices broke sharply, but buying was
strong, and the decline was stopped be
fore the close. The market had bean
dull and featureless earlier In the morn
ing. Mexican Petroleum, one of the stocks
pronouncedly affected by tho Mexican
situation, opened 1U8U. up .
Marine preferred was up 72. Baldwin
1W4. up H, and Industrial Alcohol 164,
off M.
Dr. McKelway to Speak at
Socialist Headquarters
Dr. J. McKelway, secretary of the
National Child Labor Bureau, will
hpeak at the headquarters of the So
cialist party. Ml K street northwest,
tomorrow nlKht at 8:15 o'clock. H!a sub
ject Mill be "Child Labor n National
Evil."
Miss Efitellc Weaver will speak on
"Infant Welfare Work." '
The mcctlpg will be open to the public.
37il 37H
B3HI 5.1V,
41HI 44.
21 I 21
47lj I 48
I7UI tBli
110 I 110
77UI 78
77HI
C0UI 63
. . 1 Tne "Poo'"' musical program which
3S I 5414 wan to havo been given at tho National
17 1 its Press Clu'j tomorrow afternoon, as a
Press Club Postponement.
225 1 N. Y. Central 05H 105S lO&Vi I lOSVi I-adles' Dav function, has been indeft
date the residents of the Maryland and
Virginia counties who aro piactlcally de
pendent upon Potomac river boats for
communication with the outside world.
Tho Jiew schedule will remain In
reports she rnrt in lapeis, which she
and her hiiohnnd lirmnlil n., ilin ti.lr
while ciinilni I'nM m'ntrr-ti.i 1,.. tk
Frank Walto strongly ndvlsed that who effect until the regular spring schedulo
. n-st for a dav or fti 'joforo tiylng to becomes operative April 1. It was de-
;' -, " iit-. ' pikiivii uy lliu 1 uiuiiiuu aim v-n;oiJvn.
11 unii i want 10 ark for the 1111
(Continued from First Page.)
In Bcllcvu-s Hospltul looking gruesome- usual nrlvllegcs." the doctor's father.
ly lorwara 10 uruwi in me ciuuiiiu umu ( nii) lacou, geniio spoken ma,n,
for his Beif-conrcssca snare in mo.;;-
poisoning of John E. Peck, his million
aire father-in-law, one of tho most
nmnilng poison mysteries In history Is
being speedily unfolded today.
It Is a more gripping tale than tho
chapter on "Toxicology" In Dumaa'
"Count of Monte Crlsto." Twisted In
with the mystery Is "another woman."
Sho has been Identlded as Mrs. Mar
garet Horton.
From February 22 until March IS, Dr.
Walte maintained n studio for her nt
the Plaza Hotel, one of tho moat pal
atial In New York.
Tho outstanding facts In tho case In
BUt If It ln'l n.lllmr inn ..!. T Jt
Ilko to go In nnd see my boy to rhcur
him up. If only for h minute. There's
something all wrong I don't know
what. My boy was a good boy. I'm
su.r' h was all the time he was
abroad; I know that from the fre
luoncy of his letters and tho kind of
cttcrs he wrote home. Even If there
Is little chance of seeing him, I folt
I ought to come down here and asl:
hat everything posslhle be dono for
his comfort "
ROCKVILLE.
Slate Senator Frederick N. Zlhlman,
wlin Ih seeking the Renuhllrnn (-nn.
tho hands of District Attorney Swann ' gresslonal nomination to succeed David
and tho police today were: ) J. Lewis, has appointed Harry A. Daw-
John E- Peck, millionaire of Grand , son. of Rockvllle. his political ngont for
Rapids, Mich., died In tho apartments
of his eon-ln-law March 12, from tho
effects of arsenic pdlsonlng.
After denying steadfastly for two days
that he know anything about the
poisoning. Dr. Walto now admits that
he purchased arsenic March 9 and gave
It to Peck because the latter "wanted
to die."
Walto credits his father-in-law with
committing sulcldo because of lone
liness that followed his wife's death.
Ho says ho purchased the poison at
Peck's request.
r'nntmrilrtlnir Dr. Wa to's story of
Innocent participation In the 1
Is the testimony of Dora Hllller,
who savs sho saw Dr. Walto put "some
Montgomery county. A meeting will bo
held here next Tuesday to organize a
campaign commlttco In behalf of the
Zlhlman candldncy.
Cases have been disposed of In tho
circuit,. -ourt hero as follows: Annlo
Smith, executrix, against Samuil K.
"ready and others, judgment for SS7.G7;
itrw- pJun,n,er "Balnst Hcman
"rlggs judgment for S.11.0; M. j. urovo
Lime Company against William H.
Ware, judgment for 1189.67 James E
W for,'?V,KM,r',!,t(J,:mrB M- Mottf an
Avno says sno saw ur. " i" ."- son against Raymond P. Lelzen- 11 lJ
thing from a vial" In Peck's soup and ment for 1164.75; Uriah 1 ' W finVnn
agalmjt Susan
guorlte Pink.
t.
IVUIIIII llllll .11111-a
"..." nuniic i-iim. lincmonf tn tutn-..
n of a detective ti ai ur, v iiuo wneellng Metal Comnanv nn-alnst fjer:
inairecwy 10 orii.o icr iiuo iu-,niud wire. Judgment for J13(!53- Pcrcv
to something she did not see. to, prco ngnlnut Wllforrt w ' ,'.i
his own story of "innocent par-1 Jnmes M. Mount. iiim;,' V" ...A o,.
M
ANACO$TIA.
Iprf the nlvht hefom ho died
Strengthening her testimony
cnargi
tried
fylng
suimort
tlclimtlon
Prosecutor's Theory.
With these facts clearly beroro them,
tho district attorney's office Is now In
clined to the following theory:
Dr. Walte, without money In his own
right, met and became enamored or
Mis. Horton. That he needed more
Union Trust 12
Washington Loan & Trust.... 227
Continental Trust 121
SAVINGS BANK STOCKS.
Home Pavings 335
Bank of Com. & Eav 12
East Wash. Sav. Bank 12t
Security Sav. & Corn. Hank . i.
FIRE lNBVUANCE STOCKS.
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comnanv 10 laxe care 01 iraiuc. a nor- o'""1"" '.,lv ...... .,w ....
iinn nt whirl, tir.nfnr hnn hi-n hn. I Corcoran Flro Insurance so
died by the Marylland, Delaware and ' 'cmJ" F5;'7nl!T'nC1, 4
...i, 11. in.. nnrUuA.1 f.nm iV. ' wat t'liion rirc ins...,
I'rnnBvlvn'nl. rnllron.1 In the Interim. I TITLE INSUR'ANCR ST
win tn nui nt nnorntinn Thursdnv. .Columbia Title Instirance. . . .
Tho .iMtn.r Wnkplli.lil loft liotv. nt 71 MISCELLANEOUS ST
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8
OCKS
i
OCKS.
o clock this morning, and will make . nnpin-wacKa i.
landings on the liver proper from l- l Paner Mfg. Co lii
Liverpool point to Nomlnl. Gtapl-ophone com US
Monday and Wednesday she will leave Oiaphophono pfd.. l
at 4 p. in., and will go as far as Lower. ll'TCh,: """" Storage 100
Machodos creek. The steamer Frederick SSc"1,ty 4BlorJ5.KV'. '!
(icliarv will leave here Sunday. Tues-"""""'"'" "" '"
Norfolk & West I2H HIS lzl I Its
Northern Pacific lit
I Pennsylvania R. R... MH
Pittsburgh Coal Co.. ts
'Ray Con. Copper.... it
Rail Steel Spgs., com 40
Rep. Iron & Steel.... tm
j Reading PH
Southern Pacific K)V
'Southern Railway.... 21
' Studebaker Corp ms
.Tennessee Copper.... MH
1 Third Ave. R. R..
j Union Pacific
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21 I
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nltely postoned.
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210
day, and Thursday, and will make
landings between Liverpool Point and
Colonial Beach and Mattox creek. On
tho Tuesday trip sho will go Into Up
per Machdodoc creek, and on the Thurs
day trip to Brents.
Tho etenmer Gratitude, will mako dally
trips to landings between this city and
urlnders and Proctors In Mattawoman
creek. Work Is being pushed on the
new steamer -Majestic to havo her
ready to go on tho route April 1, If
this cannot be done sho will take up
servlco April 8,
HYATTSVILLE.
Tho county tnxTato on real and per
scnal property for this year will bo
$1.49 on tho lldO. According to tho an
nouncement by the board of county
commissioners, tho sum of $J66,193,75 has
to be raised, and with the taxable
property of tho county assessed at $17,
Tfil.tCfi, tho Increase of fourteen conts
over last year was unavoidable. The
assessed valuo of taxablo stocks nnd
bonds In tho county is placed at $J34 -3ll,
and a tax of 30 cents on the $100
Is placed on it.
Dlehl Manufacturing Company ngalnst
i?r,5!.wI Tn'madgc, Judgment !or
uP rM'Jnt2rpt K' Jackson and Wll
nnlli" ;"' ?" "Fln8t William n.
rr.1,0?' IottAcd ,"."'' Pn' Thomas & Co.
5i?M8t A' C' a,crrlem, judgment for
$127.53.
Charles F Brooko has Introdirccd a.
This Is registration day for the voters
of Capitol Heights. Tho books aro
open from 2 o'clock this afternoon until
7 o clock tonight, and on MnnH.v 11.0..
I will bo open from 10 In tho morning
until 8 In tho evening.
"Maryland Day" wa8"observed at tho
local high school here yesterday after
noon. Charles W. Clagget addressed
tho pupils on "Tho Cornorstono of Our
Federal Union." Tho girls' glee club of
tho school gavo soveral selcotlons. A
number of parents of tho pupils wcro
jmis. tiorton. inai ne neeaeu mnro i.m nnthnriiint. ..;;.. ", ' "
money than he had to maintain her and " Tn 1S1,. cPun.V n"lwlon-
hls home. i.n rJ, . ' . uo ,,on1" In the amount of
That Walto saw the Peck millions nl-om to I-innSvinS rnnd leading from
PJ w'y?" W-clutche;:. had the poison I b'o'condlioile S"S' lS '"i0.
uven unuiBCDveruu, iinoincr uenin noma ninnr .1,0 m;i n;...ii;...i " ...o
havo occurred within a short time, bring- n.iiftS, Toart contributing not less
I T.(w...
Joseph E Cadrll has been made third
HKtlstant engineer nt thn Government
Hospital, cucccedlng J. M. Francis, resigned,
V.'lllhm If. Barter will ercst atwo.
storv dwelling at 232fi Q street, to cot
about $3,000. S. TJ. Snyder will build
two two.story frame dwellings nt 2344
nnd 234.1 q street John Hernth will
erect twa two-story dwflllntr at 15"Jf and
1511 Twenty-fifth utreet. E E Bwry
will mako Improvements to nremlacs nt
Minnesota and Pennsylvania avenues.
J. B. Leuder will hulld an addition to
hla premises at Alabama nvenuo and
Wllfoler road.
The Randlo Hlihlands Citizen' As
sociation will meet next Mnruliy nlaht
nt tha office of the 1" H. Kenlt y Com
pany nt Pennsylvania nnd Mlnneicta
avenues.
Ing the Peck millions Into Walte's1
nanus.
This the office supports with the
allegation that Immediately after tho
funeral of Pock, Dr. Walte urged hlrt
wife, Mrs. Clara Lpulso Peck Walle,
to make hor will, leaving him the
t.ole benenclary. He at tho time, stys
the district attorney, agreed to make
his will leaving her tho beneficiary.
Dr. alto's dire need for money Is
supported by the fact that last fall
ho procured $46,000 from his wife's
nunt. Miss Catherine F. Peck, saying
he had a aplondld opportunity to In
vest It for her.
Shortly afterward ho opened a spec
ulating account with a downtown
brokerage firm for $30,000. The re
m.a'J,n& 'A0-0.00 ?e sent to a brother,
Clyde Walte In Grand Rapids, It has
been Impounded.
Dr. Walto had bet n lying motionless
on tho cot In Bnllevue Hospital for nn
hour, when his father, a comrrlsslon
merchant of Uiand Rapids, xnl hla
John W. Hnll has filed suit In tho rlr
cult court hero for an absolute dlvorca
from Mrs. Al Uo L. Hall, who Is under
stood to be living In Canada.
School Exercises.
Graduation ceremonies for tho George
town Hebrew School, at Twenty-eighth
and N streets noUhwest, will bo held
nt the school tomorrow afternoon nt 3
0 clock. Tho speakers will Includo
Rubbt B. Ororsmnn. Attorney Louis H.
Gottlieb, nnd Dr. L. Glusnck.
Mission Head to Speak.
An Illustrated lecture on tho work of
rescue being conducted by the various
missions Is to bo given at the Cairo,
Tuesday evening, by Herbert Kline, su
perintendent of tho Gospel Mission. All
interested urc Invited to atteni.
Today's Sales.
Worhlngton Railway 4's, $l,UW7jl,
$1.0KIJj8I. 1'.,,WII0MI l&WtiSlU.
Rlsgh Realty (longrB's. i.iuotjUU.
Washington Railway preferred, 2Vfl!2.
2WH2. oOS-
After call:
Washington Railway preferred, 23WS2,
264 .
Mergenthaler, ltilCS.
Washington Railway preferred, 2-ftV-',
jutrw, o-'.
i'otomac Electric consolidation 5's,
$l,WOtJl0O.
present.
..nailiMr?. P' Lroy Jone8 wl en
i??.. ,-! alternoon a number of tho
h'olio oV0nhe8rbt.ayd,aUghtCr Mary" "l
Real Estate Transfers.
Westford-Owen II. Fowler jt ux. to Wllburn
?rodsnMk""' -a-una:
Deanwood llelgnts-rllelen C. Hunt to i:il
tb cents"). ' l0' " Llck "' 10 ""'"
Klevcnili and IrylnKalreetanorlhwest-Martha
C l.ovy et vlrj Jamca T., to Ctiarlta II
Dean.. lot 39 block 17. Mt. JM.ant and
Pleasant Plains, $10 (atampa .M),
BrnnRliain I'laca-Charles II. l)-an at ux. to
K'f. no fcT lMTCl ,,e,,cr','c!,
Now llumpshlra aenuo and I. atreat north-
Congress Heights Kxtcnilnn -Edward W
Womack et ux. to George I). Jllack, lot J7
square MU7. $H.
Alley between N and O. Twenty-Mrs: and
Tenty-sccond atreeta northwriit.eiie V
ItnwIlnKa ct ux. to Dlalrlct of ColumlU.
pnrt orlnlnUI lot aquare 69, S150.
KUhtcenth nnil K atreeta northwtitt -Wash
Incton l)an and Trust Company, trustee lo
ilarrv II, W'lllson, lota U and :, part orle
Inal lot M. equaro 1W. .000. B
Wholesale Produce Market, j
EGOS Nearby. fresh. He per 1J01.,
Southern, Mo per dox.
ClIlCKaK New York, new, c wr lb,: flat,
isatje.
1IL'TTEII-Klln print. 40o per lb. j tub. o
per lb. ; process. 29c per lb.
LIVK raULTItY-llcns. I70t;'.4o per Ib.t
live turkeys, UQlie per Ib.i cprlnc chickens,
234C30 per lb,
LIVE STOCK Veal cahes. best, UWllUo
per lb., heavy, lOOlOHio per lb.; fat sheep.
&8Uc per Ib.t lambs. 9c par lb.
KIIEY, PnifB t OO.
VEOETAIlLnS-IQuotatlona furnished tv
Taylor Wade)-l'olatoes. I3.J3 1-3 per bbl.;
onions, t.6 per bu., 12.73 per sack; cabbage.
Minstrels of Columbia
Heights Give Show
A minstrel show nnd n number of
vnudovllle sketches wero given last
night nt tho Wilson Normal School by
the Columbia Heights Athletic Club,
under tho direction of Kdwnrd Muth.
Those who took principal parts In tho
minstrel show were Louis Millard. Inter
locutor; Goorgo Tobbs, Charles McKlm
mle. Arthur Knrr. Tyron Jenkins, K!ls
worth Mnrlow, and Dewey Peacock.
Tho vaudeville sketches Included In
strumental solos, a monologue, recita
tions nnd ilnnces. Tyron Jcnklna gavo
a monologuo, Mrs. Minnie Hock Smith
played a trombono solo, Miss Bolva P.
Ilock sang a vocal solo, Miss Paulino
Horton recited, and MId Martha
Dougherty danced tho Highland Ming in
native costume,
A one-act playlet entitled "Busby'a
Corners." was given by Stanley Schuui,
Mrs. William 11. Holmes, William Hl
lon Robert Kroms. Catherine Vernon,
Helen Mann, Kdlth Denham. leather
Denham, I.cfcllo Perry, Rudolph Rlslnii
er , Kiln Pauldorf. Kvclyn Glcason, nnd
Kenneth Charlton.
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FINANCIAL
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U. S,
U. S Steel
Utah Copper
Va.-Car. Chemical.
Wefctcrn Maryland.
Westlnghouse IZlec
Conservationists to
Have Conference
The Nntlonal Conservation Congress
has called n conference to bo held hero
May 24. to consider national defense.
President Wilson will be Invited to
speak and invitations will Also bo ex
tended the members of tho Cabinet nnd
of Congress.
Mobilization of the resources of the
country for defense vrlll bo tho chief
topic to ba discussed.
Tho conservationists have been mak
ing a caieful 8tuty of the Industries of
tho country with n view to securing nil
tho data posstblo In reference to the
usefulness of tho various industrial con
cerns In n practical national defense
scheme.
Prominent men representing all Indus
tries. oNperts In Industrial specialties
that havo not yet been established In
the United States on a firm basis,
transportation oxpcits, scientists, college
presidents and Inbor leaders -will bo In
vited to nddress tho congress.
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