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SwSf THE WASHINGTON POST MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 1906 FRAT MEN INVADE CITY National Convention Begins at New Willard To day TJ MEH SEEK CHABTEE Loci Fraternity Has Plans for Vigorous Fight for Admission to Phi DelU Theta Will Take Chapter House if Accepted Hope to Overcome Custom and Get It Now Grounds of Petition POLICE HOLD BEICKEE Delegations of Phi Delta Thetas from all parts of the United States poured Into Washington yesterday afternoon and last night to attend the national convention President Frank Mitchell arrived at on a special train from Chicago with a big crowd of middle and far Westerners Another big delegation from New York and the East reached here two bours later Among those who came with President Mitchell were John Wolf Llndley the only surviving founder of the fraternity of Fredericktown Ohio and Dr Potter Benton president of Miami University from which the first chapter sprang Mr Mitchell says the convention promises to have a busy week Besides routine business the convention will consider several applications from different college societies for admission into the fraternity The convention will be called to order at 10 oclock this morning on the tenth floor of the New Willard Hotel The address of welcome will be made by Will lam Compton president of the local alumni association Commissioner Mac farland will follow and offer the hospitality of the city to the visiting delegates After Scripture reading and Invocation by John Wolf Llndley John DeWitt of Nashville Tenn will respond on behalf of the officers and Hon Hugh Miller lieutenant governor of Indiana will respond on behalf of the alumni club Alexander Pope of Texas University will speak for the active chapters Programme for To day Following the announcement of committees the morning session will be adjourned In order that the different committees may get down to work nothing will be done in the afternoon except to hear the report of the committee on credentials To morrow night a smoker will be held at Rauschers and Wednesday night the frat men will enjoy a theater party at the National Thursday night a banquet will be held at the New Willard which promises to be memorable Among the prominent Phi Delta Theta who arrived last night are Senator 8 Rulck John Ballou Hays and Lamkin Beside the regular delegsjs to the convention many alumni and active members from different parts of the country are in the city After nurturing hopes for two jears Delta Phi Society a local fraternity in George Washington University will this week seek a charter in Phi Delta Theta The members of Delta Phi are Eugene 1 Bond Enoslnian Debating Society Harry Hartley secretary civil engineering society and a member of the George Washington University Glee Club Matthew Patterson vice president of the sophomore class and class orator Howard Dougherty Frank Summy Vrliersltv Glee Club Raymond Davis William Hand Wolverton Phi Delta Kappa of Dartmouth William Kemeys lifford A Rowley Victor Mindeleff Ho land Gary Louis Whiting varsity football team and Ernest Mechlin The society has club rooms at Fourteenth and streets and will take a chapter house should the charter be granted The Washington Alumni Club of Phi Delta Theta has approved the application Grounds of Petition In an elaborate petition which the Dolta Phis have prepared Is shown a cut of the new buildings which the university will begin erecting next spring at Van Ness Park Emphasis is laid upon tho fact that the scholastic standing of the university Is being raised every year A an illustration of this It is pointed out that In the law school in place of a three year course of ten hours a week all of which came late in the afternoon there Is now a three year course of fifteen hours reven of which come in the forenoon Despite the custom of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity to deny petitions until they have been before at least two national conventions there is a feeling In Washington where the worth of the applicants ond the merits of the university are best to be Judged that Phi Delta Theta will grant the charter at this convention Extension will be one of the principal subjects under discussion at the convention At least eight other Institutions will Believe He Hay Know Something About Robbery of Dreg Stores Louis Brlcker was arrested last night by Private Horns on the charge of car tying concealed weapons While Brlcker will be tried In Police Court this morning on the above charge the police say he will be held pending an Investigation Into his conduct of the past several months The police believe he may know something about the petty thefts in drug stores that have baffled them for some time During the summer months many robberies were reported to the police by the druggists On each occasion It was found that an entrance had been forced by way of the transom Investigation disclosed that two persons were always Involved In the robbery a man and a youth The method of operating was unique The child would be hoisted to the transom open It and drop Into the store The door generally could be opened and the man would enter take what he wished and walk out HENRY 0 BURGH DEAD Hotel Proprietor Succumbs to Brief illness WAS FRTFrTD OF NOTED MEN Attack of Heart Trouble Indnced by Indigestion Results Fatally HI Less Than a Week Spent Entire Life in Washington and Was Identified with Citys Interests Native of Maryland HERE TO VISIT HIS FIANCEE Bostons Distinguished District Attorney Makes Brief Call ohn Moran Hoped His Presence Would Be a Secret but Reporters Spoiled His Plans John Moran district attorney of Boston who was a candidate for governor of Massachusetts on the Democratic ticket in the recent election being defeated by Curtis Guild Jr was In Washington yesterday visiting the family of his fiancee Miss Martha Worthington He came unheralded as befitting a modest man calling upon his Intended bride arriving here Saturday evening He returned to Boston at 6 35 oclock yesterday evening Mr Morans visit to the Capital City was to have been kept a secret It is said he slipped away from his friends in Boston and when he left he gave directions which caused it to be denied that he had been in Washington In fact while he reposed in an easy chair in the Worthington parlor yesterday afternoon reporters in the next room were solemnly Informed that he was not there and that nothing was known of his whereabouts Late last night a member of the Worthington family explained that Mr Moran had come here to make a personal call upon Miss Worthington his fiancee and that it was his wish that nothing should be said about his visit He did not wish to be interviewed It was said and we of course respected Us wishes No date for the wedding has been set and it is not known when It will take place Certainly however It will not be In the Immediate future A party vas gathered at the Worthing ton residence 2 Cook row an at tractive portion of aristocratic George town last evening however which was strongly suggestive of rice and old slippers and wedding bells The party was assembled In the parlor when a number of reporters called the young ladles In white evening gowns and the entire house had a festive appearance Positive denial was made however that the wedding of Miss Worthington and Mr Moran had taken place 6000 JOB GOES BEGGING Henry Burch proprietor of the Eb bltt House and one of the best known hotel men In the country died yesterday morning at oclock in his apartments in the hotel Heart failure induced by an attack of indigestion was the cause of death With him when the end cam were his wife his daughter Mrs Hampton and his two sons Dr Thompson Burch and Harry Burch oi mis ciiy Mr Burch was taken 111 last Monday night while Mrs Burch was visiting her daughter at Louisville Ky They wero hastily sent for and reached the city last Thursday Until he was seized with the illness which resulted in his death Mr Burcn who was sixty four years old had enjoyed remarkably good health Native of Maryland A native of Leonardtown Md Mr Burch was brought to this city when a boy and spent his entire life here becoming identified with the Interests of the city and Its growth Entering th employ of Willard proprietor of the Ebbitt as a clerk forty years ago Mr Burch cast bis fortunes with those of the popular hostelry and became the genius of the place He became its proprietor two years ago after having been manager fifteen years To hotel men throughout the country Mr Burch was favorably known as one of the most successful men In the business and to the thousands of patrons of the hotel he was regarded as a personal friend Among the many statesmen who made the Ebbitt their headquarters was the late President McKlnley who stopped there on the eve of his Inauguration and throughout his Congressional career The Ebbitt always has been regarded as the stopping place for army and navy men and among these the genial hotel proprietor counted his friends by the score Funeral To morrow He cared little for travel or clubs A circle of devoted friends the company of his wife his children and grandchildren and the pleasure of social intercourse with the throngs of men of all professions and Interests with whom he came In contact sufficed to give him a varied and interesting life Mr Burch Is survived by his wife who was Miss Campbell of this city his daughter Ada the wife of Capt Hampton of the Quartermasters Department whose present home is in Louisville Ky and his two sons Dr Thompson Burch and Harry Burch of this city and five grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock to morrow afternoon Rev Dr Alfred Harding rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church will conduct the service Pallbearers will probably be chosen from among the employes of the Ebbitt Burial will be at Oak HM Cemetery SAYS CHECK WAS BOGUS japs nr ebisco schools Secretary Metcalfs Report on Their Exclusion Ready Victor Metcalfe Secretary of Commerce and Labor who went to California by direction of the President to Investigate the causes tor the exclusion ot Japanese children from the schools of San Francisco has completed his report and will submit It to Mr Roosevelt Immediately upon the tatters arrival In Washington If the President returns here In time a Cabinet meeting will to all probability be held Tuesday when the Met calf report will be considered at length by the President and his advisers It Is understood that Secretary Met calfs report will throw no new light on the situation that It is largely a recital ot the conditions that exist and that it well merely bring home to the administration In an official way that the people of California as their attitude is expressed through State and municipal authorities intend to stand pat Secretary Metcalf has absolutely refused to say anything about either his trip to California or his report I cannot discuss the matter he has replied to all questioners The results will be laid before the President and by him made public If they are made public at all WEPT BY WAVE INTO SEA Body of Lieut Commander Garrett Was Not Recovered Naval Officer Who Lost His Life Wednesday Was Stationed la Washington at Different Periods Miss SchneiderWedsin Baltl more Telegraphs Home 5 COUPLE PEAKED OPPOSITION Said that Father and Mother Objected to the Match Because Henry Dennis the Bridegroom Was of Different Religious Faith Young People Continue to Home of Mr Dennis in Zanesville 0 Noted Scientists Refuse to Consider Smithsonian Vacancy Board of Regents Have Perplexing Task in Selecting Successor to Late Secretary Langley Because of the low salary which accompanies the position making unavailable many of the persons who are considered fitted to be the successor of Prof Samuel Pierpont Langley as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution the members of the board of regents have a series and perplexing task before them when they meet in December to fill the vacancy Unless some person comes forward who Is willing to sacrifice financial Interests for the honor which the position carries it is doubtful If the position will be filled when the regents meet Scientific men of high standing acceptable to the regents have It is understood indicated that they would not accept the proffer of the place at the present salary of 6000 a year Among these are said to be Dr Henry Osborn of New York and Dr Jordan of California both of whom were regarded with favor bv the resrents Dr Osborn is so have men In Washington hoping to sc 1 closely engaged with his work as an ln cure coveted charters and others will vestlgator that he would not even con have representatives here paving the way sider a proposition to abandon It In favor to apply at the next convention The complete list of applicants is Theta Phi Lawrence University Alpha JSeta Phi University of Arkansas Trl dentla University of South Dakota Kap of administrative duties alone and Dr Jordan would not give up his salary of 10000 a year as president of Leland Stanford University The selection of a new secretary was to have been made in May last but was pa Phi Alpha University of Idaho Tuu postponed until December 4 A member ti Tiiimn win TTtivr of th board of regents has intimated Kappa Epsilon Illinois Wesleyan Unlver that another postponement will occur it ity the Rose Polytechnic In oeing necessary he says on account of ctltute Artec Club Iowa State College the vacancies caused by the death of the club at Stevens Institute of Technol two regents wno were members or the cgy and the Delta Phis of George Washington University Registration of officers delegates ard Visitors will begin this morning at 830 clock on the tenth floor of the New Willard The convention will begin at 10 oclock 250 DIAMOND KETUBNED Mrs Rubenstein Refuses to Say How She Regained Possession of Ring The 250 diamond ring belonging to Mrs Ellas Rubenstein ot 714 street north west which so mysteriously disappeared three months ago has been returned I dont care to give an explanation as to how It came into my possession Mrs Rubenstein sad last night It has befa returned and that ends the case so far as the police are concerned In September Mrs Rubenstein gave a feuchre party at Jier residence She was requested to prepare some salad and in flolng so removed from her fingers several valuable diamond rings One valued at 30 disappeared The police were appealed to but up to yesterday no prog gress had been made STRICKEN IN CLTJBROOMS House of ReDresentatlves TO HONOR LANGLEYS MEMORY Dry Goods Merchant Causes Arrest of Thompson of Norfolk Roland Thompson thirty seven years old who claims to be an expert accountant of Norfolk Va was arrested last night by Detectives Trumbo and Grant on description furnished by Charles Berman proprietor of a dry goods store at Ull street northwest who says that Thompson got 22 from him on a bad check The prisoner is held at Fifth Precinct station pending an investigation It Is claimed that on last Thursday Thompson called at the store and purchased a silk waist in return for which he gave a check for 22 Several days later Mr Berman was notified by his bank that the check was worthless Immediately he notified the police giving them a fairly good description of the man Saturday night a woman living in close proximity to the First precinct entered the station and Informed the sergeant that a man had visited her house earlier In the week and had obtained from her 31 by giving her a check for that amount which afterward proved to be of no value Her description tallied with that given by Mr Berman About 7 oclock last night Detectives Trumbo and Grant while crossing Pennsylvania avenue near Thirteenth street met a man who answered the description ot the alleged swindler He was placed under arrest and taken to police headquarters BUNDERS REVEL IN MUSIC A dispatch received by the Bureau of Navigation at the Navy Department states that Lieut Commander Leroy Garrett of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross who was drowned last Wednesday while the vessel was 500 miles west of Honolulu was swept overboard by a wave The dispatch which was dated Honolulu also says the body was not recovered XJeut Commander Garrett was a resident of New York but was well known in Washington having been stationed here several times for brief periods during his long naval career He entered the Naval Academy in September 1ST5 and his first assignment was on the Alert from 1879 until IKsl In March 1883 ho was appointed ensign and In February 1891 was promote to a lieutenancy He was stationed aboard the Albatross In the winters ot 18S3 and 1885 spending the summers In the service of the Geological Survey He was also detailed for two years to work in the Yellowstone Park for the Smithsonian Institution and the Geological Survey For the past two years Lieut Commander Garrett had commanded the Albatross which In addition to its work for the Fish Commission also performed duty for the Coast and Geodetic Survey Speaking of his death yesterday Irving Dunlap chief clerk of tne Fish Commission said Lieut Commander Garrett waa a splendid officer and a man of fine character INSURANCE WAR BITTER A telegram received yesterday morning informed Mr and Mrs Charles Schneider 3320 Sixteenth street of the marriage of their youngest daughter Mathilda and Henry Dennis of Zanesville Ohio which took place Saturday evening In Baltimore Mr and Mrs Schneider It Is said were opposed to the marriage because of the fact that the young man Is a devout Catholic while the young woman Is a member of the Lutheran Church Miss Schneider has known Mr Dennis for several years and last summer the young woman announced her engagement to all her friends though It Is said Jier father denied any knowledge of It and would not give his consent This state of affairs however did not In the least worry the ypung people who went right along and made arrangements to marry Mr Dennis even renting and furnishing an apartment in Zanesville to which he could take his bride The bride who is a very pretty young woman left the house Saturday afternoon Informing her mother that she was Just going downtown She met her fiance and went to Baltimore where they were married Mrs Schneider with a true mothers love for all the work and fuss of a wedding Is broken hearted because the girl had nothing with her but the clothes she was wearing Mr eiil Mrs Dennis after sending the teiegram yesieraay morning left Baltimore for their home in Zanesville where they will receive a warm welcome from the relatives and friends of the bridegroom Mrs Dennis is tho youngest of Mi and Mrs Schneiders daughters as well as the last ono to be married Their other daughters all of whom live In Washington are Mrs Charles King Mrs Frank Firer and Mrs Carl Loeffler The friends of Mr and Mrs Dennis believe that the paternal forgiveness and blessing will be granted before long Mr Schneider the father of the bride Is a well known business man ESPEY TO STAY AT 0 Manager of Policy Holders Committee Tells Campaign Methods Scrugham of New York manager of the international policy holders committee has Issued a circular to the policy holders in which he says In the face of positive denials both by affidavits filed In the courts and statements In the public press by the officers of both the New York Life and the Mutual Life Insurance companies that they are using the agency forces of these companies to campaign for votes for the administration tickets in direct violation of every legal and moral right of tho policy holder in these companies we are latest circulars being sent out to agents latters circulars being sent out to agents throughout the country by the general committee of agents of the New York Life Insurance Company and also some of the latest campaign instructions issued to the agents of the Mutual Life Insur ance company He further says The companies names and trade marks the office forces the office rents stationery and paid employes are being used in this campaign He suggests following the precedent es tablished by the State of Michigan that superintendents of insurance be instructed to cancel Immediately the license of any agent found canvassing for vote for the administration ticket or any other ticket These agents says the circular are employed and paid with policy holders money to secure business for these institutions and not to canvass for votes They are furnished false and misleading campaign statements trick ballots mark ed envelopes and every device that can be used to deceive policy holders and divert tho real issue nnnin rnno nnUTO uunu ruiLO rAriLniojx cii ah dhtiimiimii Womens 1750 Cravenette Raincoats 1250 Collarless semi fitting back trimmed with plaits Colors black tan olive and Oxford gray Rain neither wets nor spots them They will keep you dry on rainy days will keep you warm on cold days I LansburghBro I I 420 426 Seventh St 1 MOTHER SEEKING HER SON Deposed Foreman Declares He Will Not Resign from Office Refused to Say Whether Differences Have Been Patched Up Union Will Go to Congress Max Bendlx and Miss Blanche Duf fleld Stir Bis Audience Noted Men Will Participate in Meeting at Smithsonian Institution The life and services of Samuel Pierpont Langley secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1887 to 1906 will be commemorated at a meeting to be held In the lecture room of the National Museum Monday evening December A large gathering of persons distinguished In the scientific world and in the various walks of life has been Invited by the board of regents to be present Chief Justice Fuller ot the United States Supreme Court who Is chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution will make the introductory remarks of the ceremony Hon Andrew White will deliver a memorial on behalf of the board of regents Prof Pickering director of Harvard University Observatory will speak on Prof Langleys contributions to astronomy and astrophysics and Octave Chanute of Chicago will make an address on Prof Langleys contributions to aerodynamics Police Said Alleged Gambling House Suspecting that gambling was being permitted at 3210 Gray street northwest Sergt Bean and Officers Morgal and Vandever raided that house early yesterday morning and found about fif teen men busily engaged in shooting craps and playing cards The proprietor George Fltxhugh was arrested and taken to the Seventh precinct and the others were summoned to appear In Police Court this morning Junior Order to Give Dance The first annual ball of the Potomac Lodge No 17 Junior Order of Machln lsts will be given Wednesday evening at Masonic Temple street corner rsmth northwest The lodge which was organ ised less than a year ago has been most successful in Its membership and an increasing Interest has been noted in the work Old Soldiers Clothes and Watch Stolen Otto Kuhl man of Chicago who Is stopping at the Soldiers Home reported to the police yesterday that while at a Washington hotel last week Ms coat aud vest and a gold watch and chain were city he will be tne guest oi io aioien irom nis room iu twun au JR Devereux 1620 street vesugaung tne case First Public Concert of German Singers at the New National Theater Is a Distinct Success Herman Kahn Seized with Fatal Illness While Talking to Friends While talking with friends at the Mer eantUe Club Ninth and streets north west at yesterday afternoon Herman JCahn fifty five yearr old a traveling salesman was suddenly stricken with ttaralrsis and died shortly after beine taken to George Washington University i Hospital Mr Kahn had resided In Washington for twe years He came here from Chicago and Mrs Kahn has not decided whether the body will be buried here or In Chicago The funeral will be held at the family home 1111 Harvard street north west probably to morrow afternoon Archbishop Ryan Here To day Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia will arrive In Washington to day to be present at the meeting of the board of trus th Catholic University of which he Is a member to morrow Wnlle in the The audience which attended the first public concert of the Saengerbund at the New National Theater last evening filled nearly every seat In the building It was unlike the usual concert audience of this city in that It brought with It an en thusiasm and warmth for music The German audience is responsive to the good things overwhelming the per former with applause and appreciation This audience will overlook slight faults and even grave errors If the main part of the performance be good and such is the inspiration of Its good humor and friendliness upon the artist that he puts forth his best effort The kindly humor of last nights audi cno was reflected In the performance of the soloists Max Bendlx the violinist and Miss Blanche Duffleld soprano both of whom are from New York Mr Ben dlx played with a firm mature tone excelling In the accentuation and the general style ot his delivery His one fault was that his bow was occasionally pressed too heavily upon the strings The dash and brilliancy of his work captivated his hearers and he was recalled several times granting two encore numbers a Czardas of Hubay and a violin arrangement of Poppers Elfen tans for cello Miss Duffleld was the winner ot applause fully as appreciative as that bestowed upon Mr Bendlx her encore numbers being Unterm Machaendelfaum by Hollaender and Liza Lehmanns The Cuckoo Her resonant high notes and the purity and clearness ot her enunciation contributed In no small part to her success The numbers sung by the Saengerbund were well given Der Kaefer und die flume by Velt a humorous selection winning first place In the favor of the audience Tunis number was sung a second time after prolonged applause The orchesUal numbers were played with finish and an attention to the details PEOPLE TOO BUSY TO PHAY Preacher Says They Neglect Church for Social Affairs Rev A Devries rector Of St Marks Protestant Episcopal Church formerly the Pro Cathedral of the Diocese of Washington returned to the city Friday from Boston where for three weeks he conducted a mission in St Marks Churoh in that city and occupied his pulpit yesterday Dr Devries reminded his congregation that the day known In the church as stir up Sunday the end of the present church year was a time for retrospection calm deliberations and new resolutions for the work before them He said this is a busy age and people are inclined to neglect Christian work for social and temporal affairs TAFT EEDUOTNG AGAIN A Espey will not resign from the Government Printing Office He said last riigh that he never had Intended to re sign and he sees no reason now why he should do so He was not disposed to discuss his difficulty with the officials of the Government Printing Office Mr Espey god humoredly but emphatically evaded answering questions concerning his work at the Government Printing Office saying I am not going to resign He was equally silent concerning the differences existing between Mr Stllllngs and the Bookbinders Union If Mr Espey was reticent to talk con cerning the state of affairs at the office Feeney the president of the union Police Asked to Look for Rock Miller Who Is Missing Disappeared from Boarding Place in This City Last Week Once in the Government Service Fearing that her son Rock Miller Is wandering the streets suffering from fold and hunger Mrs Jennie Colson or 1375 street soutneast nas asicea the police to look for him and if they find him to hold him until she can be notified Miller disappeared last week from the home of Mrs A Volk 447 street northwest where he had been boarding for some time and so far as his mother knows he has neither money nor warm clothing Miller is thirty two years old and for some years has been 111 and unable to support himself He has had to depend upon his mother who works In the Census Bureau He was formerly in the Post office Department but on account ofhis health he had to quit the government service Because It was thought a change of residence would be better for him he went to board at the house on street several months ago A few days before he disappeared much to the surprise of his family he took a place as a window cleaner When he had earned about 6 he ceased working and after waiting around for a few days disappeared Miller Is a physician and graduated at the head of a large class from the Hammond University In Minnesota when he was only wenty one years old Since his graduation he has not practiced his profession Credit for All Washington Thanksgiving Furniture and Chinaware on Credit Dont let Thanksgiving find your home badly prepared for the reception of guests If anything is lacking in furniture rugs draperies chinaware or bedding come and order it to day and we will have it in your home to morrow Dont worry about the money we will gladly arrange the terms to suit you without any extra expense PETER GROGAN 817 819 821 823 Seventh St Bet and I Streets The Laundry Question Can Be Easily Solved By phoning any of our offices or dropping us a postal and well call for your bundle We are sure you will be satisfied with our work as it Is the BEST Yale Laundry Equipped Tkronihont with Electric Foirer Office end Works 437 New York ere Phone 2S3 Main Oflce 5L1 loth it Phone 101 SPECIAL NOTICES THE FIFTH SEMI ANNUALi Dividend of two and one halt 312 per cent has been declared on the preferred stock of the Washington Railway and Electric Company parable DECEMBER I 1906 to stockholders or record November 20 1906 Books for the transfer of stock will be closed from November 20 1906 to December 1 MM both dates Inclusive JA3 LACKEY Secretary INGROWING NAILS AND SORE FEET instantly relieved DR WHITE Chiropodist 1111 Pa ave Hours 3 to 6 Sunday 9 tot Phone 453 WEATHER CONDITIONS Something New in Glasses The Leese Invisible Bifocals 2 lenses in one without the unsightly dividing line In this new Uu of oore we here nearly made two leseee In one that le weT9 Eliminated the dUacmahle fllrldlog line Aik to aee them Moderately priced HimifHtarhj Cplith 614 Ninth St A Leese ff 100 a Larga Bottle Shoomakers Tennessee Whiskey A tip top ipeelfle tor throat and lone affectlona Not merely a mans vhlaker bat a iamtlr 11J ior aafe and efficaclou to sue Ponf or old when alllas tl a bottle and to he had oar at the 1331 ST2EET Phona MaintlSSM Ladies banking business especially invited and especially provided for in a department for their exclusive use Interest Allowed on Checking Accounts 4600000 Capital and Surplus American Security and Trust Company Northwest Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue Send for Our Booklet SH00MAKER CO Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington Sunday Not 28 After two dayi ot ateadlly falling preasure orer the Northweat a disturbance dereloped and It central to nlfht OTer the Lower James RlTer Valley It attended hy rains to the aouthward aa far aa Oklahoma and eastward Into the Upper Mluiulppl was not although he stated he was notiv na VT relon To the non anxious to fight the battle before the Secretary Gained Fifteen Pounds of Undesirable Avoirdupois on Last Trip Secretary of War Taft Is hard at work reducing weight again He Is slowly getting rid ot the few pounds he gained on his recent Western trip Every time tha Secretary goes away which is often he Increases avoirdupois This last trip he took on fifteen pounds At the rate of losing a pound in three days it will take him a month and a halt to get down to the weight he had before his departure from Washington SAYS STRANGER ASSAULTED HIM public at least at this time President Feeney said that unless there is some change in the state of affairs in the Government Printing Office and things are more to the liking of the officials and members of the union a political Issue will be made of the situation by the union men Mr Feeney added that Senators and Representatives were higher authority than Public Printer Stllllngs and they would be appealed to by the union unless Mr Stllllngs changed his policy Failing to get relief in this manner organized labor throughout the country will be asked to take the matter up and hold the Senators and Representatives as well as the administration responsible for the so called demoralization of the printing office If the men were working for a private concern a great many things In the government ofllce would have to be changed said Mr Feeney last night and they would have to be changed very soon We do not ask as much of the government as we do of private individuals and we think that some consideration should be shown us We do not want to be pampered but we do want as good treatment as we get from private concerns of whom we require a great deal more The matter will be gone over thoroughly at the next meeting of the Bookbinders Union which will be held to mor row week and It is quite probable that at that meeting some definite action will be taken Until thejnatter comes up before the union it would be Impossible to say what will be done The committee which has been trying Foreman Ashlon tor dismissing A Tan ner will also report at the next meeting of the union The members of the com mittee have refused to let aBy of the members know their findings In the case having even kept the officials in tho dark until they make their report STABBED FOB SINGING Vincent Lungo Has Wound Dressed at the Emergency Hospital Vincent Lungo fifteen years old of 118 First street northwest walked into the Emergency Hospital yesterday afternoon and asked that his eye be dressed Ive been assaulted by a stranger the boy told the physicians We were walking along the street he continued when he turned and slashed me across the eye with a knife The wound was only a slight one and after It had been dressed the boy left the hospital Tbe police are looking for the boys assailant Injured in Falls from Street Cars Mrs Ij Ponts U2 Park place northeastnortheast tell from a moving street car at Seventh and streets last night ana was painfully cut about tbe face She was taken to the Emergency Hospital James Adams forty five years old XU i i 1 kkUaa a wnicn iqia 01 xnorougn renearan unueri eauiui uiU tk 1 krone tit tt thlt an excelent fllrector xne accompani ouneenin auw car i me row ZXZZiZZZrAilSr nt 73ii meni ai ooca jmi iuidi uu ments were played with skill by Mr Xander Italian Taken to Hospital in Serious Condition Five Arrests Because the melodious tones that Issued from the throats of a score or more Italians did not meet with their approval five men early Sunday morning set upon the Italians at Second and streets northeast and In the melee Joseph Monzelll twenty six years old of 409 Fifth street northeast was stabbed In the back fourl times When tbe wounded Italian reached the Casualty Hosoital he was found to be In a serious condition Several physicians attended him all day yesterday and late last nlsht his condition waa much improved As a result of the assault Clarence Hook Thomas A Blley Daniel Williams Edward A Sutton and Richard Jackson aro held at Ninth precinct police station on charges of assault and disorderly conduct They wilUappear In Police Court this mornlnc FELL FBOM STREET GAB Aged Hyattsville Man in Serious Condition at Emergency Hospital James Hunter seventy flve years old Is at the Emergency Hospital suffering from bruises about the body and head supposed to have been received by falling from a ear at Hyattsville Md some time yesterday afternoon weetward ot the atorm anow la falling with rapidly riling preaaure Local anowa and ralna also continued in the Southwest while In the Ohio Valley the East and South the weather waa fair Temperatures are higher east ot the Rocky Mountains except In South Dakota Nebraska and the South Atlantic Statea There will he rain Monday In the Lower Arkansas the Mississippi and Ohio valleys the Upper Lake and the greater portion of the Lower Lake region and snow In the Northwest There will he rata Tuesday In the Lower Lake region the Middle Statea and New England rain or snow In the Ohio Valley and Upper Lake region and possibly enow In the Upper Mississippi Valley In the South the weather will be generally fair Monday and Tuesday It will be wanner Monday In the East and colder Tuesday In the central valleys and tin Upper Lake region The winds along the New England coast will be fresh southwesterly becoming variable on the Middle Atlantic coast light to fresh southwest to south on the South Atlantle coast light to fresh northeast to eaat on the East Gulf coast light to fresh eaat to southeast on the West Gulf coast fresh southeast to south on the Lower Lakes fresh to brisk southerly and on the Upper Lakes Increasing south to southwest possibly becoming high and shifting to northwesterly Monday night Steamers departing Monday for European porta will hare fresh winds mostly southweso south with Increasing cloudiness by Tuesday to the Qrand Banks Local Weather Report Temperature Midnight 3J 2 a it 4 a 84 I a 33 3 a 37 10 a 43 12 noon 64 2 4 40 8 34 3 41 10 27 Maximum 0 minimum 34 Relative humidity a 57 2 3 63 Rainfall 8 to 3 0 Hours of sunshine 3 Per cent of possible sunshine 100 Temperature same date last year Maximum 33 mist mum 43 Ju Temperatures In Other Cities Temperatures Sunday In other cities with rainfall for twelve hours ended at 8 Rain Max Mln lam fall Assevuie so 24 43 Atlanta Oa 32 44 4 Atlantle City 4 34 44 Bismarck Dak 28 12 23 Boston Mass 12 22 44 Buffalo 44 33 42 Chicago III 48 38 43 Cincinnati Ohio 34 30 to Cheyenne Wyo 32 22 28 Davenport Iowa 44 32 44 Denver Colo 44 28 33 Des Moines Iowa 40 38 40 Oalveaton Tex T2 32 33 Helena Mont SO 14 28 Indianapolis Ind 32 22 48 Jacksonville ria 33 34 2 Kansas City Mo 44 42 44 Little Rock Ark 70 43 38 Marquette Mich 40 33 33 Memphis Tenn 70 43 34 New Orleans La 78 E4 38 NewTorkN 30 34 43 North Platte Nebr 43 28 22 Omaha Nebr 44 40 44 Pittsburg Pa SO 20 48 Salt Lake City Utah 22 20 10 St Louts Mo 18 St Paul Minn II 34 Springfield 14 23 to Vlcksburg Miss 73 12 33 The Demand for Millers Self raising Buckwheat so extensive that no flm elsas grocar can afford to be without IV It always satisfies those who Insist on having THE BEST Properly leavened ABSOLUTELY PURE E7At eroeers No consumers supplied Earnshaw Bro WHOLESALE GROCERS 11th and sta se Your monogram engraved one quira cf paper stamped and one package of envelopes all for 8125 HAUSLER CO Stationers and Engravers Phone 2057 1320 St WM COLBURN JOS COLBURN COLBURN BROTHERS CONTRACTORS FOR CEMENT PAVEMENTS COLORADO BUILDING THO rE 123 Granolithic and cement paving waks atepa cop ings basements and stablest We call special atten i tlon to our line of Holl I day Diaries for 1907 All styles rich effects Tou 2 buy of us at wholesale price Drop in and look the new designs over I i ANDREWS PAPER 9 COMPANY Incorporated 627 29 LA AVE 626 28 8T I CERES JHr Ceres Flour makes more bread makes kit vAaie irVM httpi rtrearl than I i any other flour manufactured Beware or imitations or tne oraau tirw FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS To days Sun and Tide Table High tide 415 a 4W Low tide 1103 a ra 1140 Sun rises 351 acta 442 slightly Injured are considered serious Meeting of Abracadabra Club The Abracadabra Club waa entertained Wednesday evening by Mrs I Story CSS Astreet sontheast Those favorably reported for membership by the executive committee were Mr and Mrs En gle Mr and Mrs McKee Mr and Mrs George Potwln Among the features of the entertainment were a paper by Mr Myron I Story on Washington ex periences in tbe war times and one bj Mrs A Barber on a visit to Guate mala or what she saw and learned by proxy tlirough a recent Journey in that country by her son Miss Emily Doherty read a selection from Dr Van Dyke freshments and Informal conversation con cluded the evenings entertainment ALTHOUGH Electric Light is generally and rightly considered as an iHurainant its wonderful value as an advertising medium should not be lost sight of by tbe merchant who is striving to keep his store in the publics mind Potomac Electric Power Co CMtract Dept 213 Mth St NW Thousands of families use it daily with great satisfaction BurcheUs Bouquet Coffee 25c Pound 1325 kIprom IK Rr IB 1 STEINWAY AND OTHER PIANOS PDR00PacTs 925PannAYeHW Consult Us Whenever Wines and Liquors are required for banquets and dinners VCe carry the largest stock of selected Dry Wines In the city especially Saut ernes Pricesare lowest consistent wltt high quality Ask for new Price List Just Issued Colonial cT 9lh and Sts Trade mark The fine it Steamed Oy iters and the beit Steaks Chops Salads 6t at reasonable pricei We cater to people who appreciate good cookng and good service Lunch for business men from 12 to 2 SANITARY OYSTER HOUSE 1422 Pennsylvania Av Edward Colford Pros Pkons 2141 Gifts for the Man Not a bit too soon to begin thinking about Xmas only a month off yot know Make your selection now Pocketbooks 50c to IS Blllbooks 50c to S3 Two fold Books 50c to IS Boodle Books 35c to Gents Purse ZSc to SX50 Card Csm 25c to 25 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