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No. 17.172. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1907-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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TWO INDICTMENTS
IN
More Names to Be Added to
Criminal Court Docket.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
E C. Wilscn and Frank Buzzoni
Accused of Gaming.
PENALTY IS IMPRISONMENT
No More True Bills In Bucket Shop
Investigation?Brewery Workers
Charged With Conspiracy.
Kugene C. Wilson and Frank Buzzoni
were Indicted today by the grand Jury for
setting up naming tables by having fixed
places at which bets on the result of the
running of horse races might bs made.
The punishment provided for a conviction
under section W5 of the code Is not more
than flvo years' Imprisonment In the peni
tentiary.
An Indictment for setting up a gaming
table, It being alleged that the defendants
conducted a poker game July 2S, 1!XI7. at
the Mohican Club, on Pennsylvania avenue
between 14th and 15th streets, was also
returned against Fred G. Vogt. Philip B
Anderson and Edwin B. Smith.
Wilson Is under $1 <100 ball, furnished at
the time of his arrest last month, but Buz
zoni has not been apprehended, the In
formation received by the police being that
he sailed for Italy when The Star's cru
tade against gambling had drawn the at
tention of the police to him.
Bucket Shop Investigation.
No indictments touching other forms of
gambling were returned, and as the term
of the present grand Jury exp'res today It
Is possible tluit the bucket shop investiga
tion has failed to divulge sufficient testi
mony on which to Indict any more local
Mock brokers. It may b*>. however, that
the ("nlted States attorney has decided to
await the disposition of the five cases al
ready pending, in which will be mud ? plain
the applicability of tt, fe tion of the code
to * he form .if business carried un by the
all' ged bucket shops.
SI ould the law be upheld by thf> trial
Judge it is not unl ke'y that other brokers 1
may fall und. r the bun. as District Attor- '
ney Baker has declared no bucket shop
?lull be conducted in Washington If his
view of the law be sustained.
Charges Against Wilson.
Wilson, who was manager of a dairy
lunch room at 7th street and Florida ave
nue. is charged In the lnd'ctment with let
ting. AugtisJ 7 last, with William Rhodes
and Samuel C'arew -on the result of certain
horse races. The third count of th? Indict
ment charges that. August lo last. Wilson
"unlawfully d d s-t up and keep a game,
device and contrivance called bookmak ng
on the races, being a game at which inon-y
was then and there, and before the races
took Place, bet and wagered by divers per
sons upon the result of the races; and the
game was then and there a gambling de
vice. adapted devised and designed for the
money " '"8 " game or ci anco for
The fourth count a.leges that W.lson set
Up and kept a house for the purpose of
framing .and there caused divers persons
to gamble und bet upon the !?'es, "to the
fh'a'-urr-:iKf\an,l common nui-ance of ail
the Citizens oi the District ?f Columbia."
Frank Buzzoni's Case.
I-rank Buzzo-ii. the other indicted book
maker, is said to have he. n the proprietor
of a barber shop at the Hotel Vendome, on
Pennsylvania avem.e, und the indictment
aKu.nst h:m. widch Is similar to the one
against Wilson, a lege* that May :to iast
lie nnide wagers on the race., with Willi-,m
Waisn iu.d < hris;?pher Bamni i.ng :u.d ,1-u
set a p.a.e Where bets Couhi L ,u,d ?
Other Indictments.
An indictment for .-onsplrary re. i
turned agalns, Marry Sears. William!
Mellmuth, John J. Binder fi,.,. i !
Bey, olds. ,;e.?ge Miller. ? j
Manger, r lanz Bom. Robin M Batllle i
William II Byan. Wi!liarn Pod, Fred'
XMMfer. Albert Qutbrod, Henry d-hwelt
*' r. I.ouis Weingard. Albert !v iiiagel
August Baieriein. James Hutir aid
o . s Kemper Tl e me*, who ar? Mid to
tc.ong ,0 ,lie Brewer Workers' I'hlon
? re charged with inaliclouMj and uMaw
( '?""M.irlng. combi.,1: K )ltfreelnS
to-n^ie.:;, destroy the trade of certain
?;; .-oi't^t"rei'b;:f\'r to ?*n
?111 xpirai-v IS s Ll , ? i U
formed April s 1!h,? l? iu' '" bet""
lr 'HTlTr'nid ? *!'" rnh-? fourt
Kati.mVn' V ' l:r r,1"as from the
Jury had failed',..^ S
.ase Zf
htifi the indictment resulted.
n. charge of manslaughter nendlntr
7tlf ?r ?? bartender at a
Slreet saloon, who was held by the
ofw'Tf.r.J !'/?.* r'-St,t"lS,hl' fcr "'?* death
J>r U . 11 lam H St. wart, colored, was ignored
b> the grand Jury The evldenc- showed
that the colored man hud been put out of
t rouble*ITW,n a"d re,JrneJ threatening
In a scuffle he was knocked down by the
bartender, and striking his head sustained
an injury which resulted In his death.
One Charge Ignored.
The grand Jury also ignored a charge of
forging a signature to u money order which
had been brought against Cleveland Perry
The following Indictments were also re
turned:
Otto Jones. housebreaking; Hillman
Hemphill. Doe Taylor and William Lancas
ter each charged with assault with dan- 1
g. rous weapon; Henry Smaliwood, forgery;
Th
N?? -"-,iclngnrC^:
Byers. manslaughter ?s R
emb, zzlement K ig ne M y,irr fn^.r''n'
ment and grand lare.-m ami \i-,n ' J l~
Morgan, housebreaking ?'?l?m L.
The Martin Indictment.
The indictment returned by the grand
Jury today against Thomas R Martin the
former real estate broker, now confined In
a sanitarium at Oatonsvllle. Md . as Insane,
charges him with embezzlement. Accord
ing to ti.e indictment. Maroh IS last Mar
tin had In his possession as agent for Mar
?ark'tJ N*- Norvell which, it is de
clared, he converted to his own use The
money. It is alleged, came into hi? posse,
?l?n In the form of a check from a local
building association.
Hearings Wiil Be Resumed Next
Thursday.
BOOKS NOW BEING EXAMINED
Evidence to Show the Old Trust Still
Persists
TO BE SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON
May Not Have to Call Henry M. Flag
ler?Thaws Shown to Hold Large
Block of Stock.
NEW YORK. September 20.?Frank B
Kellogg, the government counsel In Its
Bult to dissolve the Standard Oil Company,
Is expected to return today from W ashlng
ton, where he went Saturday to report
progress In the rase to the President and
Attorney General Bonaparte.
The hearing In the oase will he resumed
Thursday and meantime the government
representatives are going over such books
as the Standard Oil Company has placed
at their disposal ond otherwise preparing
for a resumption of the case.
The statement was made today that some
new evidence regarding the government's
contention that the present Standard Oil
Company is really a reorganization of the
old trust has been discovered. It had been
believed that it would be necessary to call
to the stand Henry M. Flagler, secretary of
the o'.d board of liquidation trustees, to
clear up this point, but it is said that such
a course in view of the new evidence will
not now be pursued.
Railroad Rebates.
Another examiner, it is announced, will
be appointed in a few days by the Missouri
court to sit with Examiner Ferris In the
taking of testimony against the New Jer
sey corporation. The duties of this addi
tional examiner will be to listen to testi
mony relating only to railroad rates on oil
and rebates, which are alleged to have been
granted to the Standard during its fight
against independent oil op rators. The two
examiners will sit together at every session
of the hearings after the question of rates
and rebates is taken up. owing to the tact
that much of the testimony will necessarily
be fragmentary and evidence on both the
rale and trust question will be placed upon
the record during the same day.
The hearings here will probacy last at
lc ast two and possibly three more weeks.
Testimony will also be taken in Washing
ton, Cleveland, Chicago and St. Eouis. This
shifting of base for the hearings is made
necessary by the fact that the government
subpoenas can only compel witnesses to
travel 1U<> miles to attend the hearing.
Thaws Are Interested.
The list of Standard Oil Company's stock
holders submitted last week by John G
Mllburn of counsel for the Standard Oil
Company shows that the Thaws of Pitts- j
burs are heavily interested in Standard Oil. !
A block of several hundred shares is held j
in trust for Harry Kendall Thaw. The name :
of ills mother also app-ars on the list as
holder of more than l.<><>0 shares, worth in |
execs of ?440.<*M. Eight members of the j
Thaw family own among them over fi\e
thousand shares. *
AFTER OIL SHIPPERS.
Standard Is Now Playing for Its
Revenge.
Sr rHnI Pispstrb ^e Ptiif.
CHICAGO. IB-. September 30.-When
President Jam's A. Moffat of the Stand- j
ard O 1 Company of Indiana gets through j
wi:h C.e grand Jury session at the Federal j
bunding tomorrow there will be no long j
list of indicted shippers to show for his j
trip, according to plans of the attorneys [
of the Standard Oil Company. This in- J
formation fime to the commercial world j
today and when it came the.e was an area |
of high barometer where a low pressure I
h.,d been holding forth for a week or more. J
Mr Moff'-tt arrived from New York this ,
morning. 11.- will have a conference with
his attorneys sorm-timf* today, and then he |
w 11 go over to the Federal building blight
arid early Tuesday morning to face the
special grand jury.
Attorney Moritz Rosenthal, chief mar
shal for the oil trust, came home last night
from New Yolk, where he had been plan
ning for the many defenses of the trust.
Mr. Rosenthal declined to say what Mr.
Moffett would do when he faced the jury.
"Mr Moffett will be here In the morning,"
he said. "Then he will go before the
prand jury Tuesday, and will just-fy his
comnipnt upon the conviction of the Stand
ard Oil Company. Mr Moffett will shov
the jury that his comment was proper
and within the limits of accuracy."
OCTOPUS HUNT CLUB.
Meeting of the Attorneys General in
St. Louis.
Special I)isr?t.'h to The Star.
ST. EOT'IS, Mo., September 30.?'The war
on the trusts was the general subject of the
meeting of attorneys general from twenty
two states that opened at the Southern
Hotel here at 10:30 o'clock this morning
and which will continue two days. It was
expected t") result in a permanent organ!
zat'on for the mutual aid In ousting trusts
from states. Attorney General Herbert S.
lladley of Missouri, who is generally cred
ited with bringing about the convention,
and who was the leader at the prelim'nary
conference here on August 13, sa.i: "The
attorneys general realize the defects in the
laws which they are called upon to enforce
and the disadvantage of lack of uniformity,
but whether any recommendations will be
made to tlie law-making powers remains
to be seen."
Attorney General William II. Dickson of
Colorado, who arrived last night from Den
ver, said: "We are strong for Roosevelt's
policies."
The program for the meeting is as fol
'?ASpaper, "The Standard Oil Trust," Wade
11 Ellis attorney general of Ohio; discus
sion led by James Hlngham. attorney gen
eral of Indiana. "Anti-trust I.aws." paper
by Jewell P. Eight foot, i ?3istant attorney
general of Texas: discussion by F. S. Jack
son, attorney general of Kansas. "Railroad
Rate legislation," paper by Herbert S.
Hadley. attorney general of Missouri; dis
cussion by W. T. Thompson, atto-ney gen
eral of Nebraska. "Conflict Between State
' J Federal Courts," paper by Edward T.
Young, attorney general of Minnesota; dis
cussion by R. V. Fletcher, attorney gen
eral of Mississippi, and V. S Webb, attor
ney genera! of California. "Capitalization
of Public Service Corporations," paper by
Dana Malone, attorney general of Massa
chusetts; discussion by W. H. Stead attor
ney general of Illinois. "A Statement on
Regulation of Public X.'tlllties," paper by
Wiiliain S. Jackson, attorney general of
New York.
TWO KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK.
Passengers Had Close Call in Derail
ment on the 'Frisco.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 30.?The
fast train on the "Frisco road, known as
the Meteor, due in St. Louis at 11:30 a.m.,
was derailed and wrecked near Dixon, 135
miles southwest of St. Louis, at 7 o'clock
this morning, and two persons were killed,
one seriously injured and the passengers
were badly bruised, but none killed.
The dead are Kngineer Chambers of
Springfield, Mo., ar.d Mail Clerk Frank E.
Crissy of St. Louis.
The only badly injured is Fireman
Stockstill of Springfield. Mo.
Tlie engine and forward portion of the
train overturned, the cars taking tire and
being consumed.
Dixon Hgl Is a steep grade sixteen
miles In length, and the engine Jumped
the track while speeding down the grade,
tearing up a section of the track and
ditching several cars. The cause of the
derailment has not been learned.
BARK'S RESIGNATION STICKS.
Declines to Reconsider His Determina
tion to Quit Fair.
NORFOLK, Ya., September 30.?James
M. Barr, director general of the James
town exposition, who, following his re
cent resignation, was requested by the
board of directors to continue as the
executive head of the tercentennial, to
day sent his ttnal reply to the directors,
declining to withdraw his resignation
and asking to be relieved at once.
Mr. Uurr's letter was sent this forenoon
immediately following a conference with
Judge T. S. Garnett, chairman, and Rear
Admiral Harrington, I*. S. N'., retired, of
the committee named by the directors to
take up the direction of the ceremonials
work, with all expenditures in this de
partment to be approved by the director
general.
OUTBREAK OF BOKERISM.
Mission Building Destroyed and a
French Priest Killed.
SHANGHAI, September 80.?In the mails
received here today in regard to the out
break of boxerism at Kanchowfu, province
of Kiang-Si. last week, say that the build
ings of the Catholic mission and the China
inland mission there were destroyed as th ?
results of riots organized against "the wor
shipers cf the Great White God."
A French priest was killed, but the other
missionaries, including the Americans,
Messrs. Home and Marshall, are safe.
The Chinese officials have sent detach
ments of soldiers to Kanchowfu to restore
order, and have taken steps to protect tli
missionaries.
The authorities announce that the cholera
epidemic which broke out here toward the
end of August has now been stamped out.
Victims of Spanish Floods.
Special Cablegram to The S'tar.
MADRID. September 30.?It Is stated
that the number of deaths by last week's
floods at Malaga were llti, and eighty-six
bodies have been recovered.
Mrs. Endicott 111.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass., September 30.?Mrs.
William C. Endicott, wife of former Secre
tary of War Endicott and mother of Mrs.
Joseph Chamber'ain of England, is ill at
the Emiicott mansion at Danvers.
Mrs. Endicott caught cold In this city
last week while visiting friends. Her ill
ness inc.eased and the was taken to Dan
vers Friday.
Mail Clerks Hurt in Collision.
ST. LOL'IS, September 30.?Two mail
clerks were injured, two locomotives de
molished and many cattle killed in a
Tiead-end collision late last night near
Anaconda, Mo., between a south-bound
passenger train and a freight train on
the Frisco road, Mail Clerks C. E. Har
rel and H J. Chamberlain, both of St.
Louis, were injured, but will recover. No
passengers were hurt.
ONE OUT, FIVE IN.
NOTICE.
The price of this paper at
NEWSSTANDS and from
NEWSBOYS is
TWO CENTS.
There has been no change"
of any kind in the price of
the paper to newsboys, and
readers should pay no more
than the printed price.
INSURANCE MEN BUSY
BIG LIFE COMPANIES QUIETLY
PLANNING FOR ELECTIONS.
NEW YORK September ,10.?The big
j JIfe Insurance companies. It is an
nounci (1 today, have for some time past
been quietly preparing for their annual elec
tions under the Armstrong insurance law.
A year ago these elections caused a world
wide interest, because of the fight to defeat
the administration tickets of the Mutual
Life and the New York Life by the inter
national policyholders' committee, which
put a ticket of its own in the field for each
company. These opposition tickets were de
feated.
Although the policyholders' committee
after its defeat announced that the effort
to oust the present managements of the
companies would Vie renewed at the next
flection, no steps to that end have been
taken yet. so far as can be learned
The managements of the companies con
cerned. it is stated, have, for the most part,
renominated present directors. The admin
istration ticket of the New York Life, which
is just being sent to the policyholders,
shows that ten of the twelve men whose
terms expire in lins have been renominated.
The two who are to drop out are Alexander
E. Orr and Clarence H. Mackay. Mr. Orr,
who is over seventy years old. has long de
sired to retire, and Mr. Mackay's varied in
terests make it impossible for him to give
the insurance company the attention lie be
lieves it should have. Mr. Orr's place on
the ticket has been taken by Rowland H.
Hazard, a prominent manufacturer of
Peacedale. R I., while William R. Inniss,
general manager of the Studebaker Manu
facturing Company in New York, takes the
place of Mr. Mackay.
The Date for Election.
The date for the election of these direct
ors Is At>ril 1. Under the amended law ths
ticket has to be filed with the state super
intendent of elections seven months befora
the election. It is, therefore, now on tile,
as are letters of acceptance from each of
the nominees, according to a provision of
the amended law.
The Mutual Reserve, whose elections take
place on April 22. has also iiled its ticket,
all the Incumbents being renominated.
The Equitable. which must have its elec
tion on December 4. has'also renominated
the members of the present board whos?
terms expire with the year, with the excep
tion that Ludwig Nissen, a- diamond Im
porter of New York, takes the place of
Joseph Bryan of Richmond, who has re
signed.
The annual election of the Mutual Life
does not come until June 2. and the admin
istration ticket lias not been selected.
CHICAGO'S WAVE OF CRIME.
Bloody Record for Sunday at Big
City on the Lake.
CHICAGO, September 30.?Chicago ap
peared yesterday to have been seized by a
veritable wave of crime, and when the last
reports of the day were in the police were
confronted with two baffling murder mys
teries. one murder and suicide and one kill
ing in which the murderer fled and left his
victom to die later at the Alexian Brothers'
Hospital.
In addition there was another attack
upon a white girl by a negro, the victim in
the last case being a child six years old.
As a result of this almost unparalleled
criminal activity the police in every stutisn
of the city were given instructions to be
unusually vigilant and to arrest all sus
ncl?ua characters under the new vagrancy
crimes:"'"8' a summary of yesterday's
r!ve^yh?n^Ln1?r^Mfled, man taken from
I'M ,hands "e<J at"1 clothln weighted
Ury to /oive glVe8 P?"Ce "eW mUrdtr m>'s"
atBfoot ?Jf J"^ph,f5enis*?l taken from lake
at foot of tiJtii street: police scent murder
I Ro4rycanpr|aTV lnV7tlgatlnK the death.
I 4l, u . ^rlce murders his wife because
cide a y crles 4,1 then commits sul
i_folin Goss' 'truc-k on the head with an
i ers" Hr^nlitn]qUarr<^1' dieS at A,Pxian Broth
iuT i ' murderer escapes.
Hilda Anderson, six years old. is the lat
fjf.hV 111 of alt?ok b>' negroes and the
da>* reported to the police within ten
fatal auto accident.
One Man Killed and Four Hurt at
Pittsburg Early Today.
I Special Dispatch to The Star.
I PIn SB! RG, Pa.. September 30.?One
man was killed and four Injured in the
overturning of a l.ig automobile on Grant ,
boulevard at Jones avenue shortly before
1 o clock this morning. The dead man is
Chares E. Cooper of 17c>7 Green street.
Harrlsburg, assistant resident clerk of the |
state legislature and member of the Mount
i Vernon fire company.
The Injured" are County Commissioner
James A. Clark of 541 Park avenue; John
S. Schah of 11 Mound street south, the
chauffeur for the Keystone Automobile
t ompany. now under arrest at the centrnl
station: Charles Blessing, at Welt Penn
sylvania Hospital, and John Cilley of Har
risburg, at Monongahela Hospital.
,, ' was due to the breaking of
the steering knuckle of the automobile.
BIBLE STUDENTS MEET.
District Man Among the Speakers at
Norfolk Convention.
NORFOLK, Va? September 3<>.?Today's
session of the annual meeting in the south
of th ? Millenial Dawn Bible students* con
vention was devoted to a "question serv
ice," conducted by Rev. C. T. Russell of
Allegheny, Pa., and addresses by Mr. Rus
sell, Alex Graham of Boston and E. H.
Thompson uf Washington, D. C.
This is the last this year of the several
sectional and annual conventions held un
der the auspices of the Watch Tower Bible
and Tract Society.
There are upward of 1.000 in attendance.
Th- convention continues through next
Sunday.
GEN. KAULBARS DISMISSED.
Much Hated Russian Officer Deposed
From Office.
Special Palileirram to The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, September 30.?Gen
Ivaulbars. governor general of Odessa, has
been dismissed from his post. -
G?'n. Kaulbars commanded the first Man
fhurinn army during the latter part of the
Japanese war and was blamed by Gen
Kuropalkin for the loss of the battle of
Mukden. Soon after his return from the
front he was appointed to the governor gen
eralship of Odessa. During his term of of
fice two attempts to assassinate him were
made and he received threats constantly
I.ast April he hired a villa for the summer
in the suburbs of Odessa, and just before
he was to have moved In sixteen bombs
were found on the premises. He was ac
cused of secretly encouraging the Black
Hundred In its attacks on the Jews though
he continually promised the latter his pro
tection, and events went to confirm the sus
picion.
More than once Premier Stolypin has In
terfered on behalf of the Jews In Odessa
over Kaulbars' head, and last February
when Stolypin sent orders tc Gen Glago
lleff, who was acting as governor In the
temporary absence of Kaulbars, it was re
ported that Kaulbars had been removed and
would not return.
THE POSTAL COMMISSION.
Held an Executive Session of About
Two Hours Today.
The postal commission held an executive
session at the Capitol this afternoon. The
commission met between 12 and 1 o'clock
and remained In sessioji a couple of nours.
It is understood that reports were received
from the expert accountants who have been
investigating the accounting methods in
the Post Office Department.
Secretary Will Leave for Kobe
on Wednesday.
LUNCHEON WITH TERAUCHI
Reassurance the Keynote of His
Speech Tonight.
TO SET AT REST IDLE RUMORS
Spent a Quiet Sunday?Conference
With Minister of War?Warm
Greeting From Populace.
TOKIO, September 30.?Secretary Taft,
In the course of his speech at the munic
ipal dinner to be given In his honor to
night, Is expected to deny emphatically the
reports that the relations between the
United States and Japan were at any time
strained. This had developed as a result of
the publication in the Asahl of a special
dispatch from London asserting "on high
authority" that the Washington statesmen
"are tired of the hectoring attitude of Jap
anese officialdom, hence the dispatch of the
American battleship fleet to the Pacific and
the changed tone of the Japanese since the
orders were Issued."
In view of the extremely friendly attitude
of the Japanese toward Mr. Taft the pub- I
licatlon of the dispatch caused uneasiness
and surprise here. The Japanese news
papers sent representatives to Mr. Taft.
who Immediately said he would give a re
ply In his speech tonight.
Mr. Taft has been engaged all the morn
ing in writing his speech. He was the
guest at luncheon today of the war inin
later, Lieut. Gen. Terauchi.
Program Changed.
The program mapped out for Secretary
Taft has again been changed. He and his
party will leave Toklo for Kobe Wednes
day at 6:20 p.m.
Preliminary to throe days of social and
diplomatic activity. Secretary Taft and
his party spent a quiet Sunday rest
ing In the Palace of Shlba, an an
cient and picturesque residence belong
ing to the Imperial family. During ti e day
numerous Japanese dignitaries and officials
called upon the Secretary, many of them
accompanied by their wives.
Charlie Taft organized a base ball game
on the famous lawn of the castle with a
number of Japanese youths. It was In
tended to play the game yesterday, but his
fptlier objected and caused a postponement
until today.
Lengthy Conference With Terauchi.
Among the most Important of the call
ers on the Secretary yesterday was Lieut.
Gen. Terauchi, the imperial minister of war,
who had a lengthy conference with Mr.
Taft. Some Importance is ueing attached
to the fact that there have been two con
ferences between the two war ministers,
and on account of the mutual admiration
and the influence of Lieut.Gen.Terauchi. it is
believed in certain quarters that the ground
work is being laid for an entente con
cerning immigration, which, it Is conceded.
Is the on.y point on which there Is dif
ference of opinion between tlie two coun
tries.
It Is intimated that If the opportunity
arises during his conference with the em
peror October 2 Mr. Taft mac broach thTs
subject to him and leave its future arrange
ment to Mr. O'Brien, the American am
bassador. Diplomatic circles, however, do
not credit this rumor, it being ass ?rted
there that Mr. Taft is not on a direct mis
sion. The probability of such an occur
rence. however, is freely discussed among
the Japanese.
Other Callers Yesterday.
Another of Mr. Taft's callers yest rday
was Leveus E. Wilfley, representing Amer
ican commercial interests In Snangha ,
who is anxious concerning the attitude of
the United States, in view of the ta k oi
the dismemberment of China, and w.io
came here to request that Mr. Tail make
a positive statement concerning this oil
the occasion of the dinner to be giv -n
In his honor by the American Association
of Shanghai. It is understood that Air.
Wlifley was informed that S creta y Taf;.
would make no statement on the question.
Secretary Taft and his family look a long
drive in the imperial carriage yesterday ait
erno^n. The route which the carriage would
take had not been announced, but the
crowds in the streets recognized tiie Ameri
can Secretary of War and greeted h in
with chies of "Banzai!" and bows and
smiles. It was quite evident that ihe en
thusiasm was spontaneous. Ti.e Jap-ins-j
believe Mr. Taft is a p-ace envoy.
SHOT THROUGH OPEN WINDOW.
Engineer at Sharon Steel Fia.it Mur
dered by Unknown.
SHARON, Pa., September 3<?.?Frederick
Dahringer. engineer at the Sharon plant of
the American Steel Foundry Company, was
murdered early today by being shot in tiie
head with a rifle. The shot was fired
through an open window while Dahringer
was sitting in a chair.
Two foreigners?George Shlnno and John
Bola?have been arrested and Will be held
pending an investigation.
John Pinta, the fireman, says he saw a
man peering into the window a few min
utes before tiie shot was fired. The rifle
was found in a car near the plant.
It is said Bola, one of the men under ar
rest, was recently discharged by Dihringer.
He disclaims knowledge of the murder.
Capital for Mexican Power System.
NEW YORK, September 3D.?A combina
tion has been made between two powerful
American-Canadian and British groups of
capitalists for the construction and opera
tion of electric lighting, traction ami power
systems in Mexico, which will represent
an Initial Investment of fuily JijOKl.O:!!.
New Yorkers are primarily interested in
the first named syndicate. Among them
are William Lamman Bull of the banking
house of Edward Sweet & Co.; Frederic
S. Pearson, formerly chief consul..ng engi
neer for the Metropolitan street railway.
Sir Will'am Van Home of Montreal Is also
an investor. New Yorkers are largely con
cerned in a project to construct and oper
ate a mammoth sugar refining plant In
Cordoba, Mexico.
Rossiyn Land Company Incorporated.
Special IMspntch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va., September The
state corporation commission Saturday
granted a charter to the Great Falls and
Old Dominion Land Corporation, Rosslyn,
Va. Incorporators: F. S Bright, preskl nt;
J. W. Craig, secretary; R. L. Welde. all of
Washington, D. C. Capital stock, maxi
mum. $100,t?00; minimum. $50,(100. Objects
and purpose*, real estate business.
Weather.
Partly cloudy tonisjit and to
morrow.
ALL m TURNING
TO McKINLEY'S TOMB
Record Crowd at Ceremonies in
Canton Today.
TIMELY CESSATION OF RAIN
Bad Day Had Been Feared for Roose*
velt's Address.
HE ARRIVES ON SCHEDULE TIME
Hiss Helen McKinley, Sister of th?
Late President, 'Will Unveil
His Statue.
CANTON, Ohio, September 30 ?In the
presence of an Immense throng of people
gathered at the Pennsylvania station, the
train bearing President Roosevelt and his
party reached the city at 10:15 o clock this
morning, promptly on schedule tim?.
Vpon leaving the train, the reception com
mittee entered carriages and accompanied
the President to the Central High School:
The carriages were occupied as follows:
First carriage?President Roos-velt,
Mayor A. R. Turnbull of Canton, Secretary
Doeto and Chairman J. Whiting, jr., of the
reception committee.
Second carriage?Sucgeon General Rixey
of the United States Navy. Assistant Sec
retary to the President I.atta and two se
cret service officers.
Thl d carriage?Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou, Justica William R. Day, Secre
tary of the Interior Garflold and local com
mitteemen.
These carriages were followed by several
others conveying additional members of
the reception committee.
The streets leading from the Pennsyl
vania station were lined by thousands of
sr-ectators. At the railway station the
crowd was so dense that the party had
some difficulty in ente-ing the carriages,
but there was no material delay, owing
j to the strict guard maintained by the
militiamen. The streets werfe roped oft
and the crowd was forced to remain upon
' the sidewalks. Soldiers, one stationed every
fifty feet, stood at attention outside the
ropes. The pavement was kept absolutely
clear for the carriages and escort.
Greeted by Children.
All along the line of march to the Central
High School building, a distance of about ?
half m'J?. the President was gretid by
cheers and wavng of hats and handker
chiefs. President Roosevelt arose repeated
ly, and, when near the school house, stood
up all the tim?. bowing and ra s::ii? his hat
in acknowledgment of the greetings tena
C As he neared the school building tile 1,700
children, grouped and dressed to represent
the national Hag. arose in a body and sang
??America."
The president a 1 party and escort coun
termarched in fr nt of the chlldr n I port
the return the Pres dent s can- age Ht pped
a moment while Pr. s d -nt Rousev ,t saluted
the children. They returned tlisa.ute
w'.th cheers.
Contrary to expectations, the J resident
did not stop to s,.eak. I ut was dr v.-n ui
rectly t> th? r \ w eg stand where ton
parade pass d. The parade beg in at 10::?0
a.m., and oc~upl*-d aLout on * liuui a d a
i:alf in pass r.g.
The parad ? was in charg-? of S -nator
Charles Dick, chief marshal of the da^.
Senator Dick,.who is stiff r ng fnm rlieu
matism. was unable to )>rv -de tli ? parad i.
on hors^ack. as orig nally intended, hot
rode In a carriage. TI.e chief marshal s
a ds wet- t apt. Ia I. Morrs m. Ohio
National Guard i L? eut. John I j- liKli
T'n.t d Stat s Inantry; Lieut. 1. o U. I)a:i
nemHier. llt.li I n ted States 1 atantry;
Lieut. John C. Moore, 7tli I ml-d Stat s
'"pr sVd nt Rios v It. surround-d by mem
bers o'" the reception committee, t.t'ier co Ti
nt tie-s d'stifiuisb -J gu sts and other* ad
mitted only by ticket, occupied a central po
t.t on in the grand stand.
The section of the city immedia! ly sur
rounding the reviewing stand was rop.d
oft" we 1 as other parts of the down
town Sir. e'.s. and al other routes traversed
by the Pr sident, and all were heavily
guarded. . , ,
At tiis point the soldiers stood shou.der
to shoulder, ar.d no one was allowed near
tije chief mcecutive. lie was clos y guard
ed b\ buret service operatives, who a'.so
walked by the side of Ills carriage.
Was Roosevelt Weather.
The weather conditions this morning were
favorable for a successful day attending
the dedication of the McKin.ey memorial.
The day broke clear and crisp. All the day
yesterday thousands of people poured into
the city to witness the ceremonies, and by
night the city was filled and every available
space in hotels, boarding houses and pri
vate residences was taken. Many 'ate
comers were compelled to walk the streets
all n ght, and among these were a few men
of prominence who had neglected to reserve
" Saturday night it began to rain This kept
up mo:-t of the night, and yesterday morn
ing it had modified to a steady dr "'e.
This continued a I day, and the commit
tees on various details were discouraged,
but did not give up hope that the morrow
wou'd prove to be pleasant. 1 he.r fondest
hones were realized.
var y th's morning the streets were close
ty packed with many thousands of visitors^
Throughout the morning trains continued
to arrive at short intervals bringing addi
tional crowds By o'clock everything
was In readiness for the dedication iere
jnony Cantonlans had learned well the
lesson of caring for large.jowdsasa^:
Kln'.ey, S 'was The
mrUingCthatCas" miner over visitors
were cared for who had made the pilgrim
age to this city to greet the candidate.
Plans for the Day.
TJle President will review the parade this
forenoon. This will he foil,wed by an elab
orate luncheon to the President, attended
liv many prominent persons.
Following the luncheon the President will
be taken to the monument, two miles w*
of the city, where the ceremonies proper^
" Vmong'the prominent guests here eart*
today w ere Secretary of the Treasury
fleor'ge H. Cortelyou, formerly private sec
retary to President McK nley. and one of
the trustees of the M K'.nlcy Memorial As
sociation; Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of
the national republican committee; formel
QuV. Murphy of New Jersey; Gov. Andre*