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>rty Imbles to the country?perhaps save
ImIt llv?'s In this lot weather. There WW*
ourteen witnesses In all who came before
:ie court
^ Each of them Is entitled by law to a
e of $1 ."iO anil five cnts a mMe for every
die traveled gnlng and coming. Roughly
Tils amounts to a total of $1,200.
After a hurried consultation among the
ftleers of the Salvation Army last night
hey dispatched a personal telegram to
lr. Rockefeller and askejl him to direct his
attorney to turn the money over to thein.
.'hey pWg-d themselves t" give an acountlng
and devote the money to the U3e
f the poor.
Rockefeller's Birthday.
ri.EVEUND, Ohio. July H? John D.
;ockefeller quietly celebrated Ills sixtyghth
birthday at Forest Hill, his suburban
one, today. .Mr Rockefeller spent most
( the day in looking over hla big estate,
tauy Improvements having Ween made on
he grounds since he left Cleveland last
J1 Sn!>S''i|uently a number of friends of
:v Uuey>!y culled at tlie residence.
iCE CREAM IMPURE
RESULTS OF TESTS MADE BY
HEALTH OFFICE.
As a rrsult of an investigation being
la.le by the healtl. department It is shown
! Is considerable adulterated Ice cream
.lanufactiin-il and sold in the District,
lealth Officer Woodward made a report
> tiie Commissioners this morning showing
iat out of seventy-five samples of Ice
ream analyzed by the District chemist,
lrty-four weft' adulterated and otherwise
-low the standard require 1 by law.
Inasmuch us the manufacture and sale
f impure i.'e cream is a violation of the
dtral "pure food law ' the Commissioners
.ill forward Or Woodward's report to the
Secretary of Agriculture, who has charge
{ the enforcement of the pure food law.
>r. Woodward considers this large perentage
of impure Ice cream a particularly
unsatisfactory condition as well as a men ^e,
and says some remedy Is imtieraive.
According to Dr. Woodward's report geltint*
and starch were the chief adulterants
ised In making the Ice cream. One sample
iken from a Greek place In Schott's alley
-fcow.-Hl that the Ice cream only contained
wo per cent butter fat or what Is comraony
known as pure cream). This is 13 per
ent below the standard required by law.
The majority of the samples showed that
nly 8 per cent butter fat was used.
CASE OF GASTON PHILIP.
Defendant to Be Arraigned Tomorrow
on Charge of Murder.
Gaston P. Philip. Indicted for first-degree
nurder In connection with the death of
.'rank MacAboy, the hackman. May 18
ist, will be arraigned tomorrow morning
:i Criminal Court before Justice Wright.
At the same time, it is expected. Attorneys
A. A. Hoehling. jr.. and Henry K.
Davis, his counsel, will move the court
o admit Vh'iip to bail pending a trial,
which cannot take place before next fall.
The grouiiGS of the motion have not
>en made public. as counsel expected to
take up the matter today, but owing to
"he rush of business before the court a
postponement was ordered until tomorrow
District Attorney Baker and his assistants.
C. H. Turner and Harvey Given, were
n court to oppose the granting of the motion.
The records of the courts show only
three cases in which persons charged with
first-degree murder in this Jurisdiction have
Tint ? rennireri ?r> rem.iln In lail until
trial.
Kinoaid, the newspaper correspondent;
Prank K. Ward and Robert B. Williams,
were allowed liberty on bail. Williams was
indicted November 1. 1*82, and admitted to
ail in the sum of $10,000. owing to Hi
iiealth. He died at Gaithersburg, Md.. in
December. 1S83. Kincaid and Ward were
iOth acquitted.
CHARGES FUXL RATE.
Southern Railway Withdraws WeekEnd
Favor on Bluemont Division.
According to reports a move that looks
Ike war on the two-cent-per-mile rate law
n Virginia has been Inaugurated by the
Southern railway, and the public, as usual
n such cases, is the sufferer. For many
vears past It has been the custom of the
Southern Railway Company to sell a cheap
week-end excursion ticket that enabled
residents of this city and Alexandria to
;o to points along the Bluemont branch
Saturday evening or Sunday morning,
spend Sunday and return home early Mon
lay morning In time for work.
This low-rate ticket was good on certain
rains, and was on sale until yesterday
norning when the special service was
withdrawn, and those desiring to visit
>olnts on the Bluemont branch had to pay
ibout double the uiiual ?i>eclal rate.
It is asserted by tho6e who have been
ising the Southern line on these special 1
rips that the change was only made after
he I'nlted States courts at AMivllle, N. C..
*st week sustained the constitutionality of
he two-cent rate law, which was affective I
luly 1. i
A Star reporter called at the Southern |
allway office in this city this afternoon to
;et a statement from the officials regarding
he withdrawal of the low rate service, but j
o one could be found wljo could give him '
my information on the subject.
FILES HIS ANSWER. i
* 1
Walter T. Holt Responds to Wife's Petition
for Maintenance.
Walter T. Holt, the local musician, whose
wife last week brought suit for mainte- t
nance against him. today filed hie answer
denying the allegations of cruelty and undue
IMlmacy with oth?w women.
He declares that his wife left him without
cause, and that he contributed to tier
support until June 1, l*.t06. when she, with
jui r.is consent, look botn ol their children
and went to Alaska.
He s;t}s he declined to further support
her unless he was allowed some control
over his children, whom he wished reared
in Washington, where hia business inter
ests are
Mr. Holt denies that hl3 income Is near
what 1.1s wife states, and declares his wife
is "extra vjigant, bad t- mp<?red and Insanely
Jealous."
Att.jrni-y Campbell Carrington appears for
the husband. *
EDWARD OFF TO IRELAND.
Second Visit of Their Rritish Majesties
I>ONDON. July 8.?King Edward and
Jueen Alexandra started this afternoon for
Ireland, the second visit since their accesrton
On the way their majesties will spend
tomorrow at Bangor and lay the foundation
stone of Jhe University of North Wales.
The royal yacht Is awaiting the royal party
at Holyhead and will convey them to Kingstown.
where the king and queen will arrive
during the morning of July 10 One of the
special objects of the king's present trip is
to visit the Dublin exposition.
Baptist Young People's Union.
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 8.?Yesterday,
the closing day of the national convention
of the Baptist Young People's I'nion. was
a record breaker In point of attendance and
enthusiasm. The great armory was crowded
to the doors In the evening and the overflow
held services in the Methodist Church.
Found Dead lu Bed.
DE9ERONTO. Ont.. July 8.-Dr. Ackland
Oronhyatkha. son of the last supreme
chief ranger of the Independent Order of
Foresters, was found dead in bed yesterday
He was thirty-eight year* old. Death
was due t(* heart failure.
Hurt by Falling Brick.
George Washington, colored, sixty years
of age, was treated at the Casualty Hospital
this morning for a severe Injury to his
right shoulder. He received the hurt by a
brick falling on his shoulder while he was
assisting In the tearing down of a house.
WAS GAS, SAID BRADLEY
Attack on Part of Harry Orchard's
Murder Story.
SAN FRANCISCO EXPLOSION
Attempt to Prove Dynamite Did Not
Wreck House.
EVIDENCE READ BY DARROW
Long Story Intended to Prove a Conspiracy
Existed Against the
Western Federation.
BOISE, July S.?The entire morning session
of the Haywood trial today was taken
up by the reading of testimony offered by
the defense on the subject of the explosion
at the house of Fred Bradley, in Washing
ton street, San Francisco, In 190.">. The testimony
was taken by a commission appointed
by Judge Wood, who Is presiding at the
present trial, and Is Intended to contradict
Harry Orchard's story as to the placing of
a bomb on the front porch of the Bradley
house as a part of the conspiracy alleged
against the Western Federation of Miners,
and of which the state asserts that the.
Steunenberg murder was an incident.
The defense during the stay of the commission
In San Francisco secured the testimony
of Bradley himself and-several others,
expressing the belief that the explosion was
due to gas, and declaring that the havoc
wrought by it was not caused by dynamite.
Orchard declared that the bomb arranged
by him to be exploded when the front door
was opened contained about ten pounds of
dynamite encased in a large section of lead
pipe.
The reading of the testimony, which was
taken in question and answer form, was begun
Immediately after the convening of
court at 10 o'clock. Attorney Clarence
Darrow undertook the long task, and seated
himself in the high witness chair facing
the jury.
Ans Rnmnnnv Gave Dn.
The attorney read first the testimony of
Walter H. Ltnforth. the owner of the apartment
house in which Bradley lived. Llnforth
sued the gas company just after the
explosion, and was awarded $10,000 damages.
With the Orchard confession as a
basis, the gas company Is seeking a new
trial.
FRANK A. LEACH CHOSEN
WILL SUCCEED ROBERTS AS SIRECTOR
OF THE MINT.
Frank A. I^eacn, superintendent or the
United States mint at San Francisco, has
been selected by Secretary Cortelyou as
the successor to George E. Roberts as director
of the mint. The announcement of
the appointment w ill be made after Mr.
Cortelyou declines to state what he Intends
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Mr.
Sortelyou declines to state what he lntenda
to do, but he is known to entertain a strong
regard for Mr. Leach and to have announced
that he had already made his selection.
Mr. I^each has been superintendent of the
mint at San Francisco for a number of
vpmr? Kut intr* nrnmirmnr?o hv harnip
work at the subtreasury during tthe earthquake
In San Francisco. He saved the
government millions of dollars by tire and
robbery, and was highly commended In official
reports.
A number of persons have been mentioned
for the position, among them L. A. Coolidge
of this city, but Mr. Coolidge has not
given any Intimation that he would take
the position if it were oltered to him.
INQUIRY INTO PEONAGE.
Charles W. Russell Examines Methods
of Employment Agencies.
Charles W. Russell, assistant attorney
general, has returned from New York,
where he has been engaged In an Investigation
of the methods pursued by employ
ment agencies In furnishing immigrants to
men In the south who are charged with
holding their employes in peonage. Mr.
Russell is specially employed In handling
the peonage cases, and he recently came to
the conclusion that it was through the misrepresentation
and fraud of the employment
agencies that so many men were held practically
in bondage.
DROWNINGS NEAR NORFOLK.
Two Recent Victims of the Bathigfi
Habit.
NORFOLK. Va , July 8.?Isaac Rothman.
aged nineteen years, of New York, traveling
for a concern at 2T>0 Bowery. New York,
was drowned while bathing at Ocean View,
Va.. Sunday. The body of Rothman In a
bathing suit was 3een on the bottom of the
bay by a negro who was out crabbing.
Rothman's clothing was subsequently found
in a bath house.
fl?nrpp R. Sllttnn Q CTf*t\ twontv-fKrea
Portsmouth. Va.. was drowned Sunday
while bathing in "Devil's Reach." a large
pond back of Portsmouth. He is supposed
to have been seized with cramps. The body
was recovered.
Made Insane by Heat.
NEW YORK. July 8.?Becoming suddenly
insane, probably from heat, while at work
on the new building of the Trust Company
of America at 37 Wall street today, a plasterer
ran amuck with a hatchet among his
fellow workmen. He attacked three of
them, two of whom were probably fatally
Injured.
| 1
^ O Articles
/Q For
Sale.
If you are interested in
any of the articles mentioned
below, read the Sale Miscellaneous
Column on Page 12.
ivnsion tfosiness Teddy Bear
Brick* Furnacea
Iron ripe
Steel I'agM Organ
Flagging Furniture
Boilers Bonta
Radiators Shades
Boathouse Pianos
Slate Tenta
( ash Registers < ota
Pupplea Camping Supplies
Oo-Cart Wall Paper
Xleater Screens
A flfteen-w^rd advertisement
in the For Sale Miscellaneous
column of THE STAR for 3
days costs but 45 cents and
will find a purchaser for almost
any article?try It tomorrow.
ALLEGED RAGE RIOT
CHESAPEAKE JUNCTION CASE IN
JUVENILE COURT TODAY.
Arrests Made of Boys Under Sixteen
Tears?Row of Large Proportions.
About forty white boya and men and several
hundred colored men and women
clashed near Chesapeake Junction, at the
District line, about 9 o'clock last night. As
a result of the riot, which lasted for about
half an hour, George Hayes. Carter Davis
and Joseph Coleman, white boys, sixteen j
yearsx og afe. were arrested bv the nnliro
of the ninth precinct. The trio was arraigned
in the Juvenile Court this afternoon (
on a charge of disorderly conduct, and
Coleman on an additional charge of assault
on Venerable Brown, colored. Judge
DeLaey dismissed the charges.
Venerable Brown, who clai'ms to have been
assaulted, told of his part in the affair, and
said he was struck across the back with a
big stick in the hands of Coleman. Policemen
Thomas and Giles also testified regarding
the rioting, and of the calling of
the police reserves of three precincts to
<juiet the crowd.
Guns, Stones and Sticks.
Guns. Stonpfj Jinrf oHnlra ooi''
been used. A concert at Deanwood Park,
near Chesapeake Junction, yesterday afternoon
and evening, attracted a large number
of "colored men and women to the resort;
and to take the cars back to their home3
in the city the crowds llocked to Chesapeake
Junction about 9 o'clock. Trouble
had been brewing during the day between
certain white residents living near there, i
and the crisis occurred when the crowd of
colored excursionists gathered at the station.
Just after a car for the city had pulled
out. it is declared, a gang of white boys
and men. whose ages are said to rang*
from sixteen to forty-five years, suddenly
surrounded the crowd of colored persons
and began throwing stones and sticks ot
wood, regardless of who was struck or i
what the consequences might be.
Policeman Thomas, colored, of the ninth
precinct, was detailed to the station in citl- 1
zens' clothes, and when the clash occurred
he started for the patrol box, fifty yardh
away. The white crowd, he says, ss w the i
move, and at once he was the object of attack,
stones and even bullet3 being sent i
after him to prevent him from getting neat
the patrol box. i
Bullets Were Whizzing.
Afraid of the bullets which, he says, wer% 1
whizzing around the patrol box. Policeman
Thomas turned and ran in the direction ol \
the office of Dr. Jones, about two squares i
away. He was soon at the telephone In )
that office, and he cal'.ed to the ninth precinct
station for the reserves, declaring
that a riot had been started. Reserves from
the second, sixth and ninth precincts were '
sent at once to the scene. 1
Meanwhile Policeman^ Thomas returned ,
and found the crowd still there. He pulled
his revolver from his pocket, and with that '
he forced the crowd back across the Mary- .
land line, and he could go no further. He ,
was able to hold back the crowd until the
reserves arrived.
Five minutes after Capt. Daley and hlg ,
men appeared the crowd had been dispersed, j
and the three young men were taken into
custody, having been pointed out as leaders
In the rioting.
Attention Given the Injured.
Attention was next given to the Injured,
and three were removed In street cars to
the Casualty Hospital. The Injured were:
Addison Lawrence of Deanwood, at Casualty
Hospital. suffering from scalp
wounds, bruises of the body and a fracture
of the nose.
Robert West of Cottage Hill, D. C.. at
Casualty Hospital: Warily beaten- about the
face and body.
Jasper Fink at his home, near Berryvllle, t
D. C., suffering from a knife cut on right s
arm. 8
Spvpra 1 an<YJ 1? s
?u?3.ru unuui injuries. :
It is declared that much of the rioting
occurred on the Maryland side of the line c
and that the prosecutions will be taken up
in that Jurisdiction.
CONDITIONS NOT ALARMIN6
i
VIEWS OF DB. WOODWARD BE- i
UAA1J1AU AUJ5 fliAH TS. <
Inspection Made Last Summer Showed !
fair Conditions?Remedies Applied
Where Needed.
i
The conditions which the public health
and marine hospital service claim to have ;
found in two of the Ice plants In the Dls- i
trict in the course of the investigation made
during the summer 1906. and which were j
printed fully In yesterday's Star, were first |
brought to the attention of Dr. Woodward, <
the District health officer, last March. t
Since then he has personally Investigated
the ice plants, and in a statement to a
Star reporter today, said he found nothing (
alarming, and such conditions he found
that were not of the best were at once cor- j
rected.
The examination made by the health de- j
partment showed that one of the ice plants i
first referred to was m#>rMv th<?.
age department of a local' packing house' J
and did not sell ice generally. ,
Did Not Then iiist. )
The conditions reported by the public. t
health and marine hospital service did j
not exist at the time of this Inspection, 1
certain improvements having been made
which, it was represented, had done away
with them. The most objectionable of
the conditions reported by the public
health and marine hospital service at the 1
other establishment did jiot exist at the 1
time of the health department inspection,
according to Dr. Woodward, and action i
niu Lanni UJ llic UC^iinnilfnl to nave ]
corrected audi structural defects as were ]
found. j
These have, with a single exception, been ,
corrected. The making of the further lm- ,
provenvent called for by the health depart- (
ment has, It Is understood, been authorized ,
by the proprietors of the establishment and ]
will be undertaken as soon as the necessary .
labor can be procur?d.
Mr. Macfarland's Statement. i
Commissioner Macfarland, when asked
for an expression upon the ice conditions,
said: 1
"When we received In March last the first <
report of the public health and marine hospital
service upon the investigation asked
by the Commissioners as to the typhoid fe- (
ver situation, although It stated 'ice cannot
a uj wuicn nits in lection
of typhoid fever is spread, owing to
the fact that the great majority of bacterlc.
are killed in the process of freeling, our
studies indicate that Ice plays little, if any, ]
part in spreading the Infection of typhoid
In the District of Columbia.'
"1 asked Dr. Woodward, the health officer,
to obtain from the public health and marine hospital
service any details as to what the
report called 'the unclean methods used at
the factories' and do alt that he could under
the law to remedy those methods. Dr.
ttuuuwoiu luun appiu[iiiaie ttCllVD.
"Of course It will lake further ^.ctlon by
Congress, which we shall recommend at the
co ling session, to carry out thtf recommendations
of the public health and marine
hospital service report as follows: "It Is
recommended that the manufacture of ice
and the traffic In natural Ice in the District
of Columbia should be placed under close
sanitary control of the local health authorities.
a.nd that bacteriological and chemical
facilities should be supplied for the
frequent examination and control of this
product.' "
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ST. LOUI8. July 8.?Jesse R. Grant of
New York, son of Gen. U. 8. Grant, and H.
H. Childers. formerly In charge of the de- ?
part.nent of speakers of the democratic na- <
tlonal committee, arrived here last night f
from New York and are making headquar- i
ters at the Southern Hotel. t
APPLAUDSTHEPLAYING
Rockefeller Enthusiastically Follnu/c
the Rntfore
iwff? uiv mviivi wa
CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
Says He's Too Old to Take Part in
Tournament.
GREATLY ENJOYS THE SPOBT
Contests for the Olympic Cup Opened
on the Course of the Euclid
Club at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 8?John D.
Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate,
celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday today
by wathing the play for the Olympic cup on
the Euclid Club links. Shedding his coat,
rolling up his trousers and jamming his
soft straw hat firmly on the back of his
head, the man reputed to be the richest In
the world trudged along In the midst of a
crowd of golf enthusiasts, watching the
play of Walter J. Travis and W. C.
Fownes. He applauded their good plays,
expressed sorrow for their lead shot, and
In general enjoyed himself to the full In
observing the play of these two crack amateurs.
No secret service men accompanied
him. Almost unobserved he joined the gallery
following the Travis match at the
ninth green, and trudged along with them
over the last nine holes. He was particularly
Interested In the play of the veteran
Travis.
"Why don't you play In the tournament?"
asked a newspaper man.
"Oh, I am getting too old. my boy; getting
too old," said Mr. Rockefeller. "It's
too much of a nervous strain."
"Well. Travis took up the game pretty
late In life," commented the newspaper
man.
"Yes, that's true." said Mr. Rockefeller,
and then added: "That's an argument In
Favor of us veterans; but he is not so old
ia I am."
Then he peeled off his coat and followed
&long.
Travis sliced badly, driving to the elevsnth
green, and got deep Into the weeds.
He took no chances, but played straight
?ut In the course instead of toward the
jreeri.
Rockefeller Philosophizes.
"Generally speaking," he said, "the man
echo la the best diplomat, and is straight
himself, will come out ahead. But there
was a case?Oy-yoy?that was a good shot."
Mr. Rockefeller exclaimed as Travis holed
>ut a twenty-foot putt. "By jove, that was
fine!" and slapped his knee and repeated.
'That was fine!"
Then Mr. Rockefeller rolled up his
irousers, fixed his hat more firmly on his
lead, threw his coat over his arm, and folowed
along. On the thirteenth green Travis
lopped his second shot, and rolled into the
railroad tracks.
"Oh, too bad, too bad." said Mr. Rockeeller,
but the next moment he was vigorously
applauding a nervy play by the
veteran Metropolitan golfer, who. Instead
>f dropping back for the loos of a stroke,
>layed his ball where It lay deep in the mud
ind close to the bang, getting out beauttully.
Fownes was nervous and took three
>utts.
"What delayed you, Billy?" asked a friend
n the crowd.
"Oh, the going was poor," said Fownes,
grinning.
"That's the spirit I like to see." said the
Standard Oil magnate. "That's sportsman ihlp.
Ah. that was a good one," and he
itooped down to watch the flight of
'ownes* drive, a terrific ball far down the
ourse.
Play Begins Promptly.
Play, open to teams of four from any
folf association in the world, was started
promptly at 9 o'clock this morning over
started promptly at 9 o'clock this morning
:he links of the Euclid Country Club,
rhls is preliminary to the national amateur
jolf championship, which begins tomorrow,
ren teams of four took part In the Olympic
:up content, the Massachusetts Golf Association
entering a team this morning?Hugo
Johnstone or Myopia ana tr. w. v? lunemore.
Q. F. Wlllett and T. G. Stephenson
it the Country Club. Brookllne. K strong
southwest wind was.blowing. Walter Egan
?f the Western drove the first ball, getting
siway nicely and holeing out in four.
Archie Reld of the Metropolitan, his playing
partner, also got away well and made
tour for the first hole.
The honor of possession of the Olympic
trophy is generally regarded as lying between
the Western and Metropolitan teairm,
although the Western Pennsylvania and
the Royal Canadian teams are very dangerous.
The players were sent away at
Intervals of five minutes. Fully half of the
contestants played too strongly for the
cross wind and hooked Into the long grass
to the left, but generally got out well, ar.d
tours were the rule for the first hole. Eben
Byers, national champion, and Fred Hereshoff
both drove beautiful balls and took
tour for the first hole. Chandler Egan of
the Western and George F. Lyon of the
Royal Canadian took five. Egan sliced
badly on his drive, but recovered well, although
short of the green. He missed an
?igmt-foot putt for a four. W. C. Fownes
?f Oakmont. playing with W. J. Travis,
came within two Inches of holelng out in
three on the first hole after a hooked drive.
Travis took five, his second shot being dehv
thp wind And Landiner consider
ably to the right of the green. A large gallery
followed this pair aroumd the course.
Many High Scores.
The wind Increased to a gale as the
morning wore on and many high scores
resulted. Waltar Egaa finished the first
nine holes In 45; his score showing two Ta.
Archie Reld of the Metropolitan made 40;
3. H. Stanley of the Ohio State, 3*.?; Nat
Herreshoft of the Metropolitan, 42, and
Eben Byers of the Western Pennsylvania,
18; Jerome Travers of the Metropolitan
made 38, with sixes on the fourth and sevsnth
holes. Chandler Egan, 'after his bad
?tart, played championship golf and went
>ut in 37. His card for the first nine follows:
Dut. 54445443 7?37
George Lyon of the Royal Canadian
[iifciut* w auu ?* an on xv. *? wu ut wio
Western, 41.
STRIKES ARE NUMEROUS
OPERATIVES IK VARIOUS LINES
STOP WORK.
Dock Laborers Attack Non-Union
Hern In Rotterdam?Ulnars
Have Trouble.
ROTTERDAM. Holland. July 8.?The attl
UQK ul Lilt: uucjl ittuurent wuu toll urn. agaiuai
he use of elevators In unloading- grain
>hips Is increasingly militant. Attack" on
he men who refused to Jo4n the ino"enent
are eo frequent and threat* aamige
shipping and other property are so
>erslstent that a large force of c.valry has
>een posted on the quays rrd police patrols
lave been detailed for the protection of
iteamers loading or unloading.
Thft lronclad Piet Heln Is patrolling ths
River Meuse, the Ironclad Retnler Klaeszen
9 guarding the port and the cruiser floor d
Ira baa t will arrive here tomorrow.
Firemen Missing.
NEW YORK, July 8.?With her crew on
itrlke, the German steamship B&rh&rossa
>f the North German-Lloyd line came into
ort today from Bremen manned by British
tailors and firemen who were engaged to
ake the strikers' places.
"will probe wreck
COMMISSION GETTING FACTS
ABOUT CLARENDON CRASH.
Original Investigation of W., A and
F. C. Road Still Open on State
Board's Docket.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
"RICHMOND, Va? July 8.-The following
statement was given out today by the state
corporation commission in connection witli
the recent wreck on the Washington, Arlington
and Palls Church electric road:
"The commission will possess Itself of al!
the facta concerning the wreck, and take
such steps as these facts and circum
"The original case of the commonwealth
at the relation of the commission against
the Washington. Arlington and Fall!
Church railway is still on the docket of the
commission, and the commission is free tc
issue such supplemental orders in this case
as may seem right and proper."
Col. Willard, a member of the commission.
said today that he had received only
one formal complaint, that of Mr. Brown,
uiuugn ne iiau receivea a numoer or tetters
inclosing clippings from The Star, and that
these communications will be made into a
part of the complaints. Crandall Mackey,
commonwealth's attorney for Alexandria
"?t>unty, has sent a newspaper to the commission,
giving an account of the findings
of the coroner's Juny, but he lias sent no
formal communication to the. commission
as yet.
Wilbur Loveless, who was injured in the
wreck, had his left foot amputated at the
Georgetown University Hospital yesterday,
whore he was taken following the accident.
His condition today was reported to be
much improved. When the young man was
taken from the wreck his left leg was found
to oe Dadiy crushed, and every effort waa
made by the physicians to avoid an operation,
but It was found that amputation of
the foot was necessary.
WllSIam Mock, the motorman of the
wrecked car, whose lower limbs were badly
crushed, is reported to be improving and
the physicians now believe he will recover
without the necessity of removing any ol
his limbs. The other wreck victims are improving
rapidly.
THE RUNYAN BOBBERY
TRUST COMPANY OFFICIALS
' THINK THEFT WAS PLANNED.
Spwitl Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 8--Offlcera of the
Windsor Trust Company believe that the
robbery of the $D6,</iO of the trust company's
funds by Chester Runyan was planned
before hand. They have Information
which leads them to think that the fact that
the robbery was going to be committed
was known In the Tenderloin Saturday or
sooner, though the officers of the trust
company did not Know of Its occurrence
until Monday after the robbery had been
committed. Their belief Is that all the
plans for a place of concealment had been
made by the defaulting teller before he decamped,
and that an advance of funds had
even been made to guarantee a hiding
place for him before he left the bank with
a full suit case.
t-resiaent John A. Young of the trust
company said today: "I am Inclined to
think that Runyan had all his plans for
escape made before he went out of the
bank on Saturday. I think that he made
an agreement with the woman that she
should furnish a place of concealment for
him. and had given her $3,000 in advance to
guarantee it. This, in part, would account
for the quick disappearance of the missing
$25,000.
"The fact of the robbery was known In
the Tenderloin, I believe, Saturday night.
or even sooner. loaay we Will examine
the safe deposit box of the woman in the
Liberty Safe Deposit Company, and we
hope to get some trace of tlie missing sum
there."
Supt. Thorne of the Pinkertons said today
that his men had not as yet got any clue
to the missing money.
HOW IT SEEMS TO HEPBUBN.
In Iowa, He Says, Nine-Tenths of Republicans
Want Roosevelt Nominated.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa was In
the city today.
"Out In Iowa." said Mr. Hepburn today,
"President Roosevelt Is the choice of ninetenths
of the republicans and of about fourtenths
of the democrats for the nomination.
That is about (he way the matter standi
mere, dui me people uo not seem 10 ub
thinking much about it. With the Roosevelt
idea eliminated they seem to me to o?
about equally divided between Taft and
Cannon."
BWCKLES ON THE HARNESS.
c?President
of Board of Education Beady
for Work.
Capt. James F. Oyster, newly elected
president of the board of education, buckled
on the harness of his office today and
started in by making: himself more familiar
with the duties devolving upon him.
"Have the burdens become heavy yet?"
he was asked.
"Well," the president replied, "there's
that stack of mail ?n my desk. I haven't
letters are on school business. I'm willing
to get right down to business. It is going
to be hard work and mighty little play
for the board of education this year.
"First of all I hope for a report from the
committee on rules, which has been deliberating
for nearly a year. With the
rules straightened out we shall have a
method of procedure by which ""^we may
accomplish results without waste of time.
"By an oversight I omitted In my little
talk to the board Saturday to speak of the
acquisition of our two new members,
Messrs. Hoover and Horner. Mr. Hoover
is a Washington man, born and reared
here, and familiar with the conditions of
the problems that confront us. and Mr.
Horner was most highly recommended by
the appointing court I look upon them as
valuable additions to our body."
Building Permits Issued.
Inspector Ashford issued the following
building permits today:
To Chajles Howard, one two-story brick
dwelling at Nichols avenue, Anaeostla, estimated
to cost $1,200; architect, A. M.
Craig; mniaer, rayton.
To Frank Riggs, seven two-story brick
dwellings, at 1710 to 1730 V street northwest;
estimated to cost $16,000; architect,
A. M. Schnelderr builder, Peter Fersinger.
To M. M. McLean, one two-story frame
dwelling, at 120T Kearney street: estimated
to cost $2,800; architect, C. A. Harbaugh;
builder, A. Jeffery.
To D. J. Cheesmaji. one two-story frame
dwelling, at 1021 Newton street northeast;
estimated to cost $5,000: architect, Charles
G. Lynch; builder, Potomac Concrete Construction
Company .
OCEAN" STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS.
NEW YORK. July 8.?Arrived: Steamer
1 Barb&rossa, from Bremen.
GLASGOW, July 8.?Arrived: Steamer
Columbia, from New York.
SIA8CONSET, Mass., July 8.?The steamer
Noordam. from Rotterdam for New York,
was In communication by wireless telegraph
I' with the station here when 312 miles east
of Sandy Hook, at midnight. 7th. Will
probably dock about 7:90 a.m. Tuesday.
Tha oto , ma,- VrnAnlo.j * . _ 7
.UUV.,.mui, hum Antwerp
for New York, was reported ten miles east
of Nantucket lightship at 8:30 a.m. Wtll
probably dock about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Boy Fractures Arm.
Basil KUlman. colored, seven years of age.
residing at 1004 Loudoun place southeast,
fell and fractured his right arm while playing
ball in front of his home this morning.
He was taken to *ha Casualty Hospital for
treatment - ,
: MO TRICE GF J, A, KEMP
i
Former Chief Clerk Remains
l Among the Missing.
NAME DROPPED FROM ROLLS
t Severed Connection With Police De*
i p&rtment July 3.
| PROMOTION FOR EDWIN E. HESSE
Sending Out Descriptive Circulars.
| Amount of Shortage?Action At
fecting Property at Rockville.
James Arthur Kemp, whose whereabouts
are not yet known to the police or his
friends, is no longer being carried upon the
rolls of the police department. Commissioner
West and MaJ. Sylvester, at a conference
at the District building today,
agreed that his connection with the police
! department ceased the 8d of this month,
i when he absented himself and failed to return.
Maj. Sylvester recommended the promotion
of Mr. Edwin B. Hesse, his private
sioner West.
Mr. Hesse has spent about fourteen years
| In the District service, four years as private
secretary to Joseph Parris. when the
latter was chief of the fire department. Mr.
; Hesse #has been MaJ. Sylvester's private
secretary during the past ten years. His
official duties did not bring him In contact
with Chief Clerk Kemp to any great extent.
; but he is familiar witn the routine or tlio
r office.
Mr. Hesse Is a native of this city, having
been born here thirty-five years ago. He
Is a son of Mr. John C. Hesse, who has
. been in the government service here for
many years. The new chief clerk is a
popular employe of the police department,
and his selection gives general satisfaction,
as well as being in the nature of a civil
i service promotion. Mr. Hesse is prominently
identified with Masonic organizations,
being the present gr,and warder of
the Grand Commandery. He is a past
master of Acacia Lodge. F. A. A M.; a
member of Washington Naval R. A. Chapter
and past master of Orient Commandery,
, No. 5. He is also member of the Mystic
Shrine. Mr. Hesse is married.
Congratulations In Order.
.News of the promotion of the private
secretary to the superintendent soon reached
the District building and police headquarters,
and the new chief clerk was soon
showered with congratulations. The firat
emnlovment of Mr. Hmsa In the District
, service was when he was appointed a
stenographer at police headquarters four'
teen ye>Strs ago. Because of his valuable
> service he was promoted to chief clerk ot
the Are department, and he remained there
until MaJ. Sylvester found a way to give
him a more remunerative position. The
bond of the new chief clerk will be (5,000
instead of 13,000, as heretofore.
Inspector Boardman has been extremely
active during the past few days In his efforts
to locate Kemp. Not only has he sent
messages broadcast, but he has had detectives
go to places where he had reason
to believe some trace of the alleged defaulter
might be found. The inspector said
this afternoon that he was as far at sea as
ever; that no trace of the missing man has
been found, and that he has not the slightest
idea of his whereabouts. A dispatch
from Norfolk this morning told of the attempted
suicide of a man in that city, the
message saying the would-be suicide had
said something about spending $40,000. and
concluding: "It's all In the evening papers."
A message was sent to Mallory Bousch.
chief of the Norfolk police department, asking
for additional Information concerning
the Identity of the man who had cut his
throat. Later In the day he received a message
from Chief Bousch saying the man
was not Kemp. A descriptive circular containing
a photograph of the missing man
was prepared by inspector Boardman this
morning, and several thousand copies of it
will be mailed to the police authorities of
this and other countries.
Official Description.
i . The circular, offering a reward of $100,
announces that Kemp is wanted for embezzlement,
and describes him as "white,
forty-six years old (looks younger), five feet
six or seven, 150 pounds, stocky build, yellow
or sallow complexion, light-brown hair.
i thin on toe and back of head; blue eyes,
very short, croppy, llgjit-brown mustache;
rut nn l*ft thumb affahlp tstllr^r vcrv
lite. When last seen, on July 3. wore a
I dark suit, round-cut, single-breasted coat,
stiff-brim straw h*t; quick in movements
and rapid walker; an expert stenographer
and telegrapher by profession, and will
likely seek similar employment under an
assumed came.
"Kemp was formerly chief and property
clerk of the police department, and as such
was known to many members of the police
departments of the Vnlted States.
"He disappeared from this city on the
3d instant, and is known to be short from
$4,000 to $7,000 in his accounts.
"One hundred dollars will be paid for his
arrest and delivery to an officer of this department.
"Kindly have inquiry made for this man,
especially at race tracks, poolrooms, variety
theaters and snortlne resorts, and. if fonnH
cause his arrest."
A half-tone cut of the mtesing man la
part of the circular.
May Try to Leave Country.
There Is a possibility that Kerorp will
make an efTort to leave the country, the
police think, it being: stated that he has
relatives In Germany. It Is" not known
Just what amount of money he had with
him when he went away, but tiie detectives
think he probably had several
hundred dollars, as he was seen with the
safe open the morning he disappeared. It
Is now hplifiVAH that Ka mne 11
? ??- ..v ???, mcic iur 111 e
purpose of getting money out of the envelopes
in which cash that was to be.used
as evidcuee was Kept. The belief is expressed
by some of those engaged in the
search that he took several hundred dol- |
lars that morning, although there is absolutely
no way by which the police can
obtain any definite Information. At the
time he was at the safe. It is stated, an j
official of the department said something i
to him about his early morning work, and
he replied that he was cleaning out the
safe.
Detective Cornwell, who went to Philadelphia
to follow the clue obtained from
a Baltimore and Ohio railroad conductor,
returned to this city this afternoon. He
was unable to And any trace of Kemp.
Amount of Shortage.
Maj. Sylvester said today that the several
funds of the departm?nt have been robbed
by Kemp to the amount of more than $7.000.,
although the examination of the records
and the property in the safe has not been
concluded. Other officials fear the amount
taken will rpflrh noarAr
ing company will pay $3,000. leaving a
deficit of more than H.OOO, which will have
to be made up in tome other way. Four
families are anxiously awaiting the result
of the investigation, desiring to know how
and when, if at all. they will receive the
money due them. The claims filed by members
of Kemp's family and relatives amount
to about $6,000, and the other claims, including
mortgages and notes, will make the
total so great that the faVm property will
not satisfy all of them. Had it not been
that so many attachments were issued
against the property, some of the Washington
losers assert, very few of the persons
from whom Kemp borrowed money in
this city would make an eCfort to recover.
"But," a resident of this city who loaned
Kemp money on his personal note remarked,
"there Is no reason why I should
not make an effort to get my money when
others are engaged in a scramble for
theirs."
Several members of the police department
hold notes foi $50 and $100. such persons
having loan vi Kemp in the aggregate more
than $1.0r.C it is believed. It Is known
that a large number of business men ac- '
I cepiea 111s hums lur sums 01 money rang- *
Iiir from $30 to fcJOO. but a numtwr of thern
have concluded they will make no effort
to recover the money.
"So far aa I am concerned." a man who
let him have fSiKI ?<M. "I am Ku'.nft to t.iku
up the two notes lie gave me and say
nothlr< ahout It. I am sorry the young
man has Rone wronir amf I recret that f
let him have the money to spend as lie U
reported to have spent It. tint I am willing
?,l m dlrd I " -
a??uin IUIIII 11 II Will neip lli
square the trouble and save him."
Views of Friend*.
Komp had a great many friends who aro
willing to do as the one quoted paid he
would do. Many of them have expressed
themselves as being willing to cor.trltv.Ue to
? fund If enough money can be obtained to
square his accounts with the police department
and get a promise from government
officials that he will not tie prosecuted Hail
the amount taken been considerably mintller
than It Is, friends of the missing man state,
no trouble would have been experienced in
gi'tting money enough together to have effected
a settlement hut they realize that
they would have trouble in obtaining
$10.4)00. The chief clerk was always no
pleasant and accommodating that 1\" made
a friend of almost evert- one who lu.l
business dealings with him.
The deeper the investigation the mori?
the police are learning about the man who
served -%o many years in the department
uh stenographer, chief clerk and property
clerk. It was not until after his flight that
ttie officials learned that he hai been In
the habit of taking automobile trips with
Ill* rtiurps llirmi anu OlIHT women. i:<? \
now know that such was the cgn>, and
they also know that such luxuries uro
expensive, realizing that a man with i
salary of a year cannot indulge in
them unless he has some other income
His race horse experience also was a surprise
to MaJ Sylvester and others. Some
of them knew that lie played the races,
but it was not until after he had none
that they learned that he was a "plunger."
For several years Kemp was a patron of
local theaters, having gained the reputation
of being one of the "front seat men' at a
variety house. It was while attending
such performances, it is stated, that h>
became fond r,t the girls behind the footlights
and atterward was infatuated with
one of the chorus girls in a traveling
troupe, the one who was called "Queenle"
ami who called him "Kempy." She has
not yet been found.
What Commissioner West Says.
After a week-end trip to the Blue Ridge
Club, near Harpers Ferry, Commissioner
West returned to his desk today. Regard
Ing the disappearance of Arthur Kemp,
chief clerk of the police department. Mr
West said that the defalcation was a
great shock to him. He knew Kemp well,
both officially and personally. Kemp succeeded
him as chief clerk of the police
department twenty years ago. and he
looked upon Kemp as one of the best
men In the service, free from all vices
common to the average man. and he
trusted him.
"Why, I would have trusted Arthur
Kemp with a million dollars," Commissioner
West mated.
When Commissioner West learned of
Kemp's strange disappearance he talked
with MaJ. Sylvester over the long-distance
telephone from Harpers Ferry.
Period of Transgressions.
Members of the police department ar<*
discussing the question as to what length
of time the alleged wrong-doings of thedeposed
chief clerk covered, and as to
what he did after leaving headquarters
last Wednesday morning. It Is still the
belief of a number of his friends that he
has committed suicide. One of his relatives
recalled that he stated several weeks
ago that If he ever became Involved financially
he would kill himself.
Persons employed at police headquarters
are now able to recall many Incident**
which lead them to believe that the chief
clerk was In deep financial trouble several
weeks a*o, and that he had neglected
to keep up the work of his office.
Thus far nothing has been found to indicate
that Kemp took any diamonds or
other Jewelry from the packages, the cash,
between $2,500 and )4,000. being all that
was removed.
Mrs. Ida V. Wrenn. slater of the missing
man, who holds his notes for ft,511.73,
culled to see MaJ. Sylvester at police headquarters
this morning. The questions of
the disappearance of her brother and of
the claims filed against his property were
dl3cussed.
ANOTHER ATTACHMENT.
Action at &ockville AJiectixig Arthur
Kemp's Property.
Special Diapatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md? July 8.-Another attachment
was issued by the clcrk of the
circuit court here today against the property
of J. Arthur Kemp. It being a claim
by Dr. William H. Trail of Washington for
$85 for dental services. The processes so
far Issued represent claims aggregating
111.071. These. with the mortgages,
amounting to $5,600. make a total of $17,571
against the property. Judge Henderson Issued
an order directing the clerk of the
circuit court to record the mortgage for
(1.1UU held by Mrs. Annie C. Allen of
Washington, a sister of Kemp. This mortgage
was executed eleven years ago, and a*
more than six months had elapsed an
order of court was necessary In order to
have It recorded.
Messrs. W. H. Beard, U. M. Rlcketts, R.
B. Bean and J. Kdward Kemp, who were
appointed to place a valuation on the Kemp
property, appraised it at fcSMWO. In the
opinion of those who are familiar with
property values in this section, this v&lua
Hon 13 considered mgn. ana me general
opinion seems to be that in the event of the
property being sold at public sale it would
not bring that amount by several thousand
dollars. It is believed to be probable that
proceedings wil be instituted by some creditor
who has not yet Hied his claim, and
who would consequently get nothing until
the prior claims are satisfied, to have Kemp
adjudged a bankrupt. The mortgage would,
of course, be paid, but the other claimants
In bankruptcy proceedings would be on the
same footing, and the time of tiling claims
would cut no figure.
LAST BITES OVER DEAD.
Funeral of Mrs. Susan E. W. Fuller
This Afternoon.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs.
Susan E. W. Fuller, formerly directress
of drawing In the public schools of the
District, who died Saturday evening, will
take place in the chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. Arthur
Mercer of Baltimore will conduct the
services. The pall bearers will be Messrs.
A. T. Stuart. J. A. Chamberlain. J. R
Keene and John Httz, and the interment
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Fuller came to this city from New
York about thirty-six years ago to accept
a position as a member of the faculty
of a private school. She studied art at
the Cooper Art Union in New York. After
a residence of about two years in this i
city she was appointed directress of draw- '
Ing in the public schools and held the posl
| tlon until her death. She was a member ot
the New Jerusalem Church, of which Rev.
Dr. Sewall Is the pastor. Dr. Sewall Is
now In Europe.
Mrs. Fuller was seventy-si* years of
age. It is stated she began to fall about
one year ago. but later seemed to Improve.
During May, however, she again complained
at times of feeling ill. Her condition
gradually became worse until the end
came as stated.
Two sons. Mr. Theodore Fuller of this
city and Mr. Charles Fuller of Alabama,
survive her. In speaking of Mrs. Fuller today,
one of her associates In the public
school work said that she was an excellent
teacher of drawing and had also done a
great deal of creditable work In oil. "Sir*
stood for ail that was best In the work.
It was stated, "and her Ideals at all times
were high. She had a lovab e disposition
and was held In high personal esteem by
the teachers who were under her direction."
Heat Prostrations.
Two cases of heat prostration were treated
at the Emergency Hospital today. One
of the patients was Mrs. Viola Sutherland,
twenty-one years of age, living at 317 M
street southwest. She was shopping about
noon and was in front of 722 7th street
northwest when she was stricken. The
ambulance was summoned and the sick
woman was removed to the hospital. The,
other victim of the weather was Joseph* f
Hunter, thirty-eight years of age, who told !
the police he has no fixed place of residence
in this city. He was taken sick while al
<3th and C streets northwest. It Is thoughl
both patients will recover.