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The Star's
Coupon Day
LUNA PARK
Tuesday, August 24
These coupons, if presented at
Luna Park Star Day between 11 !
o'clock a.m. and midnight, will
1>?- accepted for admission to the
features named. It will be seen
hat one of the coupons, with
10 cents additional, entitles the
holder to a railroad round trip to
Luna Park. Another, with 10
ccnts. entitles the holder to the
use of a pair of skates in the
skating rink at Luna Park.
Remember. Star Day is next
Tuesday. Oip the coupons and
preserve them until that date.
Then take the electric cars at I2th
street and Pennsylvania avenue
and go to the popular pleasure
resort for a jolly good time.
There will be a program of ath
letic events arranged by Manager;
Cioodfellow. in addi.ion to the
?nam* other features.
run oovron.
J The Evening Star. Too Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
i Aerial Swing at Luna Park
Star Day. Tuesday, Aug. 24. ,
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The KwrinR S:;ir. The Sunday Star.
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This Coupon is good tor
One Ride 011 the
1 Roller Caaster at Una Park j
j Star Day. Tuesday, Aug. 24..! j
i The Eveuing Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
' Funny Chateau at Luna Park
I Star Day. Tuesday, Aug. 24.
The Evening Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
Carrousel at Luna Park
j Star Day. Tuesday, Aug. 24.
The Eveftlng Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
Shaot tie Chutes at Luna Park
j Star Day, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
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! The Evening Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
Ye Old Mill at Luna Park
| Star Day, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
| The Evening Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon is good for
One Admission to
Mutiun Pictures at Luna Park
1 Star Day, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
5-CBYT COOTOSn.
I The Evening Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon and 5 cents is j
J good for One Admission to
! Trip ta the Mean at Luna Park
I Star Day, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
I Tbe Ft r>uU>g Star. Tbe Sunday Star.
This Coupon and 5 cents is
good for One Admission to
Hunan Laundry at Luna Park
j^Star Day, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
I The Evening Star. Tbe Sunday Star.
' f his Coupon and 5 cents is
good for One Admission to
JohRStown Flood at Luna Park
; Star Day, Tuesday. Aug. 24.
I Th.- Ert'iilng Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon and 5 cents is
good for One Admission to
Social Twirl at Luna Park
j Star Day. Tuesday. Aug. 24. j
10 CENT COUPONS.
! The ?v< nlug Star. The Sunday Star.
This Coupon and 10 cents is
good for < )ne Railroad
Return Trip to Luna Paik
Star Day. Tuesday, Aug. 24.
j Th?* Evening Star. Tbe Sunday Star.
This Coupon and 10 Cents is
good for
Oae Pair of Roller Skates
To !n Skating Kink at Luna Park.
Star Day, Tuesday. Aug. 24.
Tear off coupons before pre
senting them at the entrance of
the amusement placcs. ...
'RIDE WATER NORSE
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Fine Opportunity to Learn
How, Tuesday Next.
ITS STAR DAY AT LUNA!
Fifty Dollars for You if You Score
Success.
FINE SPORT IN OTHER LINES
Athletics. Roller Skating. Motion
Pictures in Program of Surprises.
Clip Coupons Today.
Did >ou ever ride a water horse.
No? Then you <*an !'ave a tr5 at U
next Tuesday at Luna Park. Star da>.
And if you ride the marine monster suc-;
cessfully Manager Good fellow will present;
you with $50?in gold, if you so elec.,
Bathing suits will he supplied those who,
desire to tackle tlie sea horses in their
native element?the water.
Everybody who desires to take the out- j
ing to Luna Park Star ila>, next rues |
day. will find a whole column of coupons
in another column of today's Sunda\ Star.,
Clip the coupons and have them in readi-j
nees for Tuesday. Some of them will
admit the holder to most of the features
absolutely free. Other* will admit to
the higher priced amusements by the pa>
ment of 5 cents additional. One of the
coupons and 10 cents additional will pay.
for the railroad round trip to tne resort j
across the Potomac. The coupons are
self-explanatory. Clip them today and
put them away. .
Fine sport is promised from 11 o clock
a.m. until the gates close at midnight, j
There will not be a dull moment. Ihe
park will be brightly illuminated by elec- ,
trie lights. There will be the whirr of,
revolving things, the promenade of -he j
pleasure seekers, music by the band and .
what not. Manager (loodfellow and 1 nc
Star Newspaper Company have arranged (
a program ot surprises for all who \isit
Luna Park Star day. next Tuesday.
The Del Ray base hall team will cross i
bats with the Shappirio Athletic Club in
a championship contest, and there will oe .
other athletic events, besides the perma
nent amusement* of the resort.
Water Horses Will Cavort.
Much of the fun of the day will center j
about the pool in which the water horses
will cavort and defy the patrons of lh?''
Star and the park to ride them. There
will be .550 in'sight for the man, boy,
woman or girl who can successfully mas
ter a sea equine. It is understood that
a veteran cavalryman who chased Indians
over the plains in the good old Indian
lighting days, and who was in turn
chased by the wily redskins, will attempt
to ride the water horses and win the
prize. At anv rate, there will be "some
thing doin* " in the equestrian line in the
pool at Luna Park next Tuesday.
Those who are fond of roller skating
mav indulge in that pastime to their
heart's content. One of the coupons in
today's Star, with 10 cents additional, will
entitle the holder to the use of a pair of
skates in the spacious skating rink,
where the young folks do all manner of
st-nts on the rollers.
Some of the most popular and clever
District athletes have announced their
intention to participate in the events in
their line, and help make Star Day an
occasion long to be remembered.
Clip the Coupons.
If you clip the coupons It will not c#rt
you a penny to ride the animals of the
merry carrousel, to take a ride skyward
and then earthward and around-and
about in the aerial swing, or to indulge
in a wild ride on the roller coaster. The
coupons will also admit you free to the
mvsteries of the funny chateau and give
you a ride down the steep decline and
into the lake over the shoot-the-chutes
route. The holder of one of the little
tickets Is entitled to a free ride over the
romantic river in a boat to ye old mill,
while the "tlnk-a-link-tink" of the guitar
and notes and other sweet music are
wafted from scenic nooks and surprises
meet the gaze at every turn.
The motion pictures, giving scenes in
other lands and human-interest plays
and comedies of life, may be seen fice
with another of The Star's coupons.
Some of the Delights.
Still other coupons In today's Star with
5 cents additional will admit the fold
ers to the human laundry, where the
beholders of the queer mechanism arc
permitted to pass through the rollers
like a collar or a cuff in the process of
being ironed. They will also secure ad
mission to the feature wherein you may
make a trip to the moon, and get close
observations of the great heavenly bodies
-comets, shooting stars and other won
ders of the ether world- Five cents ad - ^
ditlonal to other coupons will entitle the
holder to view the horrors of the. Johns
town flood, and witness the effect of the
great avalanche of water sweeping a fair
town out of existence and wiping out
I hundreds of human lives?with a view of
Johnstown today, as it has grow n out
of its wreckage at the time of the
disaster. Also a whirl In the social tw ?rl i
with its peculiar se.nsatlons.
Do not mtes a trip to Luna Park next:
Tuesdav Star Day, and by all means do
not forget to clip the coupons from an
other culumn of today's Star if you do
slri to enjoy a day of fun without cost.
TWO RECORDS BROKEN.
Chicago Wins Honors in San Fran
cisco Athletic Contests.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21.?Chicago
carried off the honors at the all-stars
athletic field meet in ihe stadium here
today, defeating the Olympic Athletic
Club, by four points. Chicago scored 53
points: Olympic, 49; New York, 37, and
Boston, 10.
Two records were broken, one by
Ralph Rose of the Olympic Club, who
put the sixteen-pound shot 51 feet 3-5
inches, beating his record made at Se
attle; the other by Joseph Horner of
the Chicago Athletic Association, who
hurled the javelin 14ft feet. As an of
ficial javelin was not used, this record
was not allowed. The individual hon
ors of the meet were divided by Rose
and Horner, each scoring fourteen
points.
The most exciting event was the one
mile relay race, in which Chicago was
barely nosed out by New York through
the running of Noble ?f the New York
team.
SON OF CANDIDATE DIES.
Samuel J. Rohrer a Victim of
Uremic Poison.
Special Dispat'-li to The Star.
HAOKRSTOWN. Md.. August Ul.-Sam
uel J. Rohrer, son of Daniel A. Rohrer,
president of the board of county enmmis
sionerj-, and who today was renominated
I by the republican convention in Hagers
town, died today at the home of his
father at Trego, this county, following
an illness of ten days, of uremic pois
oning. aged thirty-four years. He was
agent and telegraph operator for the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at Kensington,
Montgomery county, having been In the
employ of that company nearly all his
life. He was taken ill while visiting at
ids father's home. His wife and three
children survive.
Grace Van Studdiford Seeks Divorce.
ST. T.OI'IS, August 'Jl.?? Jraf e Van
Studdiford. comic opera star, filed suit
today for a divorce from Charles Van
Studdiford, a member of an old St.
Ix?uis family. Desertion Is alleged in
ibe petition.
THREE MORE LIVES
ARE EOST IK SMASH
AT SPEED CARHIYAl
(Continued from First Page.)
breaking the one made by Chevrolet in
the 2."iO-mile race Thursday.
Kellum Breaks Down and Weeps.
Kelluin and Aitken tried every way in
their power to get their car* in shape to
continue, but were forced to Kit by as the
cars which they had been lending flashed
by them. Kellum broke down and wept,
when he found their car would not be j
able to continue the elusive chase after ?
victory.
Shortly after Aitken's car was with-1
drawn Mevz's first mechanician. Robert;
Lyne. collapsed in the National repair pit, '
and Kellum was substituted for him
Merz's car had gotten into trouble on the ?
far side of the track, and Lyne had run ?
all the way across the infield in the beat- .
ing sun, and this, combined with the emo-:
tlonal excitement of the moment and his
efforts to help Merz. caused him to fall !
Into a dead faint. He was able to gasp !
out that he wanted a new battery for the
car. !
Kellum, eager to get back into the ex-j
citing battle, grabbed a battery and,
started off across the field. After a little ;
work on the car he and Merz were able to
get it undor way. and they continued the
dizzy grind around the track, which was
becoming more lumpy every minute.
Had a Chance to Win.
As Kellum passed the National repair
pit the first time after getting the car
back into the race he waved his hand in
a joyful salute to his fellow-workers.
Merz. who is "an Indianapolis boy and
the son of a policeman here, is a great
favorite and was greeted with a hearty
round of applause when it was seen he
was back in the running once more.
The car was then working in excellent
shape and, as other machines were drop
ping out regularly. Merz and. Kellum
hoped, that they might work their way
into an advantageous position and then
have some freak of the game or turn ot
fortune give them the race. Then came
the crash. . , .
Despite the tragedy the six cars left in
the rac* continued the trying ordeal un
til the accident to Bruce Keene in the
Marmon occurred. The officials there
upon decided that enough had been sac
rificed for the sake of speed and that
every man in the race was in danger or
.suffering similar fates, because of the
many ruts and holes in the track Keene s
car crashed into a post near the side of
the track after it had started to skid for
some unaccountable reason. Schiller, the
mechanician, sustained a slight fracture
of the skull.
Five Cars Still Running.
At the time the race ended there were
still five cars on the track. I-.ee Lynch,
in a National, was leading and had cov
ered 23f? miles in 4.13.31 4-10. De Falma
was second, only three-quarters of a lap
behind the leader. Stlllman, In a Mar
mon, was in third place, and Harroun, in
another Marmon, was fourth. According
to the statement made by the officials,
Keene, who had met with an accident
just before the race was stopped,t was
awarded fifth place, and De Hymel, in a
Stoddard-Dayton, was the only other man
on the track. , ^
A meeting of the officials was held after
the race and it was decided to call the
race no contest. The following statement
was issued by Referee S. B. Stevens:
"Owing to the physical condition of
the contestants, who had been subject
ed to the strain of a three-day race
meet, under trying climatic conditions,
I deemed it to the best interests of the
entrants and spectators to abandon the
race, therefore I rule no race and no
awards.
"In conclusion, however. I recommend
to the management of the Indianapolis
motor speedway and to the donors of
the trophies that suitable engraved cer
tificates of performance be presented to
all contestants in active participation
in this event at the time of its abandon
ment, and that they be signed by the
management of the Indianapolis motor
speedway, the donors and the referee.
Body Unidentified.
Up to a late hour tonight no one had
been able to identify the body of the
young man who was killed. At first it
was thought he was Benjamin Logan of
this city, as a lodge card bearing that
name was found in his pocket. Mr. Logan
had not been to the speedway, nor could
he explain how the card came to be in
the dead man's possession.
Homer Jolleffe was a farmer living at |
| Trafalgar, Ind. He was twenty-six
years old and unmarried.
I Kellum was a resident of this city, and
has been working for the National Com
pany for several years. He was thirty
five years old and leaves a wife and two
children. .
Nineteen cars, lined up in three tiers,
faced Starter Wagner at the beginning
of the three-hundred-mile race. They
were concealed behind a misty curtain
of smoke and vapor as they prepared
| to get under way. Their sputtering and
crackling resembled the noise of a mimic
battle.
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Party at Raleigh, N. C., in Wreck;
Girl May Die.
RALEIGH, N. C., August 21.?Miss
Musa Ellison, a popular young woman
of this city, was caught under a wrecked
automobile this morning, four ribs being
broken, head and lungs bruised, collar
bone dislocated, face scarred. In the
automobile ,a 3,000-j>ound White steam
er. were also three young men. one of
them Harrison Hoffman of Pennsylvania,
a leading member of the Ralelch base
ball team in the Eastern Carolina League.
He escaped with a few bruises, as did
Hubert W. Yatt, a prominent younb man,
who was driving his father's machine.
Miss Ellison has only a fighting chance
to live, the physicians report tonight.
The accident occurred on a narrow in
clined roadway leading from the state
asylum grounds. The front tire blew out
and the driver lost control of the ma- I
chine, which Jumped the embankment,!
going down the slope fifteen feet below,
turning over twice. Miss Ellison was
??aught under the wheels, and while re
ported dying this afternoon, has a small
chance tonight for recovery.
Hoffman sat next to Miss Ellison in the
rear seat and as the automobile made the
jump he tried hard to hold the young |
lady, but was thrown twenty feet across
the bank. Young Wyatt, who was dazed,
staggered at once under the machine,
which in its somersault had faced up the j
' bank, and dragged Mi^s Ellison out.
CONSPIRATORS' PENALTY.
Japanese Leaders in Strike in
Hawaii Sentenced.
HONOLULU, August 21.?Ten months*
imprisonment and a fine of $300 each
was the sentence imposed today by Judge
J. T. Debolt on President Makino of the
Japanese Higher Wage Association,
Editor Soga of the Nippu Jiji, the Jap
anese newspaper supporting the strike
of the Japanese plantation laborers, and
, Negoro and Tasheka, assistant editors
on that paper. The four Japanese were
found guilty August 18 of criminal con
spiracy in connection with the strike.
The limit under the iaw is a year s Im
prisonment and $400 fine.
Stands as a Pittsburg Victory.
NEW YORK, August 21.?By a tie vote
the board of directors of the National
League today sustained the declaion of
| president Heydler on the protested game
. of May 1."., when the Pittsburg team
! scored the winning run in a game at
' Brooklyn on a wild throw into the crowd.
The Brooklyn club held that under the
ground rules the runner should not have
advanced further than third base, and
appealed from the rulings of Umpire
Klem and Heydler. The game will stand
aa a FitUkmrg victory.
KILLED AT NEW BRUNSWICK
GEORGE A. MacLEAN AND SON
IN AUTO CRASH.
Four Women Were Also in Car, and .
Were Huit When It
Struck Tele.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. August 21,? |
Two members of a prominent Chicago j
family met death in an automobile acci- :
dent here this afternoon. George A. Mac- \
Lean, jr., whose parents were returning
to New York, after having made ar-1
range merits for his entering Princeton j
University, was almost instantly killed. :
His father. George A. MacLean, said to
be a manager for Marshall Field & Co.,
Chicago, was so seriously injured that
he succumbed in a hospital here tonight.
Of a party of seven, including a negro
chauffeur, none escaped injury. Mrs.
MacLean was injured internally and is
in a precarious condition. Miss Dorothy j
MacLean, a daughter, about twenty years j
old, had both arms and both legs broken.
Miss Jeanette and Miss Harriet McDon- '
aid. nieces of Mr. MacLean, also *>f Chi
cago. were also seriously injured. One !
of them had her thigh and arm broken.
Steering Gear -:"ent Wrong.
The MacLeans came on from Chicago
to Install young MacLean in Princeton,
and were making the journey to New
York by auto, preparatory to leaving for
Chicago tonight. Near this place, while
the car was going at a good clip, some
thing went wrong with the steering gear,
the machine dashed to the side of the
road and crashed into a tree. All of the
occupants were thrown out violently,
and young MacLean landed on his head
with such force that death was prac
tically instantaneous.
The proprietor of a nearby hotel wit
nessed the accident, and, calling some em
ployes, hurried to the assistance of the
Injured. All were either unconscious or
In a semi-conscious condition, lying scat
tered about the wrecked car. Surgeons
and an ambulance were Quickly called
from St. Peter's General Hospital here,
but young MacLean was beyond aid.
Death of t>c lather.
His father, with the others, was rush
ed to the hospital, and while a hasty ex
amination did not seem to indicate that
Mr. MacLean's injuries were fatal, he
died shortly after 9 o'clock tonight. He
had sustained a broken arm, a broken
thigh and was hurt internally.
It had not been ascertained tonight
whether the car belonged to Mr. Mac
Lean. The negro chauffeur was the
least seriously hurt, but both his arms
were broken. Miss Jeannette McDon
ald's condition is serious. One of her
ribs is fractured and it Is feared that
her lungs may have been punctured.
The car was almost a complete wreck.
POLICEMAN LOCKER UP
SETH W. VAN DEVER CHARGED
WITH THEFT.
Discovered Carrying Away a Ham j
From a Georgetown Gro
cery Store.
Seth "IV. Van Dever, twenty-nine years
old, a policeman of the seventh precinct,
is locked up at, his own station in
Georgetown under the charge of house
breaking. He js charged with stealing a
ham valued at $1.38.
Van Dever has been a member of the
police force for two or three years. Re
cently he has had what is known as the
station house beat, extending along Wis
consin avenue above M street. He went
on duty early last night. After midnight
Inspectors Boyle and Wilson took up the
watch on Fisher's grocery store at Wis
consin avenue and N street. Fisher hav
ing reported small losses by theft.
To their amazement they say they saw
Van Dever enter the shop, letting him
self in with a duplicate key. In a few
minutes the policeman came out carrying
a ham. Boyle and Wilson promptly ar
rested him. At the station house Van
Dever could scarcely speak. He was
utterly dumfounced. They stripped him
of his equipment and badge and locked
him in a cell.
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FLAMES IN MONTEREY.
Central Fart of the Mexican City
Said to Be Burning.
MEXICO CITY August 22.?Word
reached here after midnight tonight that
the central portion of the city of Monte
rey Is burning and that the federal tele
graph office Is on fire. All telegraphic j
communication between Monterey an<I
this city and Monterey and Laredo has
been cut off. It is not known whether
the fire has any connection with the po
litical disturbances at Monterey, but the
fact that it started i nthe wholesale drug
store owned by the son of Gen. Trovino,
commander of the Monterey military
zone, and the opponent of Gen. Reyes,
is considered significant.
CROOKEDNESS IN FENNSY FEN.!
Deficit of $82,000 Ferreted by Noted
Bankers Doing Time.
PITTSBURG, August 21.?Discovery has
been made, it Is alleged, of a deficit of
$82,000 by a board of auditors appointed
to fix the financial status of the western
Pennsylvania penitentiary. The Investi
gation was started following a recent
change of administration, and was con
ducted by a number of prominent bankers
now serving time in the institution.
The $82,000 is accounted for In the book
keeping. Brooms and broom material to
that amount Is stored away. This extra
ordinary purchase has submerged the
finances of the big prison.
The hosiery department, it is said, has
been running at a loss of $1,800 a year,
while rugs and carpets have been sold for
less than was paid for the manufacturing
material.
For some time to come, or until the next
state appropriation, the expenses of the
penitentiary will be met with borrowed
money.
FAST TRAIN NOT WRECKED.
Unfounded Rumor Fegarding Penn
sylvania Railroad Chicago Flyer.
PHILADELPHIA. August 21.?A rumor
gained circulation tonight that the Penn
sylvania railroad's eighteen-hour flyer be
tween New York and Chicago had been
involved in an accident in the west, but It
proved to be untrue. The rumor origi
nated through a freight wreck near Lilly.
Pa., and an accident to a passenger
train near Youngstown, Ohio. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company officials say
that their fast trains met with but little
delay by the wreck at Lilly, and that the
eighteen-hour train doeB not go west by
way of Youngstown.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. August 21.-Engineer
J. B. Robinson of Alliance. Ohio, was
killed tonight when his train, known as
No. 215, on the Erie and Pittsburg divi
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad, was
wrecked at Youngstown, Ohio.
When near Youngstown the engine left
the tracks and turned turtle. No one ex
cept Robinson was injured.
Guests of Ambassador Hill.
BERLIN. August 21.?Ambassador and
Mrs. David J. Hill gave a dinner tonight
to the American national waterways com
missioners now here studying the German
system of Interior water routes. Consul
General and Mrs. Alexander H. Thackera
and the embassy staff were among the
guests. After the dinner there was a re
ception, to which many Americans were
invited. The commissioners will leave for
Dresden tomorrow evening.
"Uncle Alexander's" Name ;
Written at Station House. !
HAS "MISS JINNY" ALONG
Aged Colored Man Who Makes
Money as Soothsayer.
CLAIMS TO BE 101 YEARS OLD
But His Memory of Events Queers
? 1
His Statement?Behind Bars
Till Tomorrow.
"Soothsayer" is the occupation given on I
the blotter of the second precinct police
station for "Uncle" Alexander Shanks.
colored, who became a guest of Acting
I,ieut. Sanford last evening. Persons of
that occupation are not as common now
adays, it will be. readily admitted, as in
the olden days; but that does not indicate
that the.appellatlon is wrong, for "Uncle"
Alexander is from past generations.
Wishing to be conservative and modest in
his claims, he told the police lie is 101
years old; but as he talk* of being a
prown man at the time of 1812, it would
seem that he is too conservative at plac
ing the span of his life at only one little
year over a century* Policemen of the
second precinct pointed out that a few
years one way or the other do not matter
when the century mark has been passed.
As Interesting as was found this human
relic of the past, the policemen around
the station house took a greater interest
in "Miss Jinny" and the iwo little
"Jinnys" that accompanied "Uncle Alex
ander" to the station house. Their names
are not entered on the books of the sta
tion. but they are held In custody just
as carefully as is "Uncle Alexander."
And it is really "Miss Jinny" that does
most of the work in carrying out the
business which, it is alleged, "Uncle Al
exander" is engaged in?telling fortunes.
"Done Been Stole."
It was "Miss Jinny" who received
the most attention of the police when
they called at the home of "Uncle Alex
ander'^ at 1119 9th street last night.
No sooner had Acting Lieut. Sanford
and Policeman llughlett stepped into
the house than they made inquiries for
"Miss Jinny."
" 'Miss Jinny,' she has done been
stole." explained "Uncle Alexander," ac
cording to the police.
The police records of "missing people"
did not show the name of "Miss Jinny"
and so the blue coats were insistent.
They expressed themselves as most anx
ious to see "Miss Jinny." But the host
was positive that "Miss Jinny" was of
suc.h a. retiring disposition, where police
men are concerned, that she would not
care to appear.
Finally "Miss Jinny" was pulled from
a shoe box. where she had been resting
under a shoemaker's kit. "Miss Jinny,"
you see. is composed of the bones from a
monster and rare fish, the wishbones of
chickens and sections of the skin of a
snake, all r.icely wrapped in a piece of
red flannel. "Miss Jinny" is about six
Inches long, with a circumference
throughout of about two Inches. She was
given her name by "Uncle Alexander."
"Miss Jinny's" Wisdom.
To Desk Sergeant Giddings "Uncle
Alexander" demonstrated the wisdom of
"Miss Jinny" as he stood at the rail of
the station house desk. He suspended
"Miss Jinny" by a string from his finger
and started her swinging in the air.
"Now, you all tqjl 'Miss Jinny* which
way to swing," remarked "Uncle Alex
ander."
"Swing north and south." instructed
Desk Sergeant Giddings, fixing his
penetrating eye on "Miss Jinny." Soon
she began swinging north and south.
When he called for east and west
movement "Miss Jinny" responded.
"Miss Jinny" Is useful, according co
the explanation given to the police, in
determining what is the matter with
persons who come to "Uncle Alex
ander" for helD.
"You see." he explained through the
bars of one of the dark cells of the sec
ond precinct station last night, "people
come to me who can't find work and I
find out what i? the matter wif dem and
tells dem how to git It."
"Do they get work after you tell them
how?" he was asked.
"I gives dem a piece of luck and tells
dem how to git wuk," explained "Uncle
Alexander." "Ef dey doan't git it and
bring back dat piece o' luck, I returns
dem dere money."
"Is business pretty good?" the prison
er was asked.
"Dey's too many who doan't wanH
wu'k," explained "Uncle Alexander."
"Dey like to go to de barroom instead
o' comin' to me. Dey's too many lazy
folks now."
"You also remove spells, too, don t
you?" was next asked.
"Dat depends on wat kind o* spell we
finds," explained the prisoner. He de
clared he was able to remove some spells
that keep people from getting work.
Source of Trouble.
The doings of "Miss Jinny'' and "Uncle
Alexander'' were a source of complaint
to the police, and a warrant was sworn
out charging the old colored man with be
ing an unlicensed fortune teller.
"Uncle Alexander" has seen much his
tory made, in the United State?, he says.
He was born a slave and worked as a
slave when a youngster. He speaks o?
the civil war with great familiarity. He
was then in North Carolina and remained
there for many years after the scone at
Appomattox courthouse.
He. says he came to Washington
"when Harrison was President" and has
been here since. He told the police,
they sav, that he makes some money
out of his power to remove spells, but
his principal income is from repairing
shoes. Although he claims to be 101
years old, he bends his gray hairs over
a shoe bencli every day.
He will have an opportunity to tell
of his business in the Police Court to
morrow morning.
ENTRIES ARE ALL IN.
;
Indications of Large Display at
Manassas Horse Show.
Special Correspondence of Th<- Star.
MANASSAS, Va.. August 21, 1?09.
The entries for the Manassas horse
show, to be held here next Wednesday
and Thursday, have been closed, and
every indication points to the coming ex
hibit as the largest and most successful
one in the history of the organization.
The horse show has become the great
fete day of the year in the county, and
year by year the grounds have been en
larged and beautified, and the accommo
dations amplitid to meet the requirements
of the steadily increasing attendance.
The show was intended originally as a
mere exhibition of horses and colts of
every description, from the heavy draft
and farm horse to the most aristocratic
high-stepper whicli delighted the eye and
tickled the fancy of milady of many mil
lions But last year, for the fifrst time,
racing was introduced, and so successful
and popular was this feature, that this
year arrangements have been made for
several races each day.
Situate on the edge of a beautiful grove
at the junction of the Southern and
Mansassas branch railroad, a few miles
from the foot of the Bull Run mountains,
the grounds are an ideal place for a large
openair exhibition. Several large tanks
furnish an abundant supply of water,
and a water sprinkler is ready for use to
keep down any suggestion of dust.
Nearly 400 entries have been made, and
the names of many of the exhibitors are
familiar in equestrian circles from Madi
son Suuare Garden to Florida.
The .following, who have been'appointed
as judges, have signified their intention
of serving: S. W. Taylor of the Rider
and Driver. New York; Dr. John L.
Went*, known as the "king of harness
hordes," of S.ranton, Pa.; Maj. K. Gutick
of New York. Col. P. H. O'Bannon of
Sperryviile, Va.. and E. H. Vansiekled
g? Auburn* Va.
WELLMAN TRIP IS OFF!
(Continued fr^rn First Pajf.)
great height wo mot a strong current
of wind. Tho motor ws:- still r<mnin<
smoothly and we wore traveling thirty
five miles an hour northeast. l<and ?a
disappearing to tlio south.
Effect of Loss of Rope.
"Wellman left the bridge and went
forward to consult Vaniman. They
agreed that the loss of the guide rop.\
which destroyed vertical equilibrium
of the ship, made a continuance of the
voyage impossible, nr.d we opened the
valve to get the ship lower.
"Wellmun took Hie wheel and steered
toward Vogelsang. The s:iip was bat- ;
tling against a strong wind. The pro
pellers, working powerfully, enabled u*
at times to gain a little. but ;?t other
times we lost ground We descended
slowly, and in the lower altitude found
the.wind less violent. Finally w< Struck
an altitude where the wind was light,
and we were able to make about eight
miles an I)our. Then the motor stop
ped. probably on account of the loss
of equilibrium.
"The snap* of the balloon as it wa>l
when we started was now lost through
the letting out ot" so much gas at ;? high j
altitude, and the engineers set about rc-i
inflating it to restore its original lorm. j
"Wellman called to Vaniman to gc-t out |
the retarder and to replace the guide j
rope in case we should get year the sur
face of the water. Vaniman found great
difficulty in arranging tr.e tackle in this
unexpected manner, but the retarder was
finally let down.
"With the motor stopped, we drifted
northward over the ice fields in complete
! silence. Wellman caught sight of two
ships far to the south, which proved to
bo the Fram and the Arctic, carrying a
Norwegian expedition.
"A little later the engineer succeeded in
starting the motor, and our course was set
southwest, Wellman having declared he
would return to his camp. The retarder
was floating on the sea or sliding over ice
fields. Occasionally loops in the impro
vised guide'rope would catch in the ice
and it was necessary to swing the ship
around in order to release it.
Line Held by Ice Floe.
"Near the edge of the floating ice the!
line was caught and held fast by an ice j
floe. The steamer Fram had seen us and
come near, and Wellman shouted to the
crew to send off a boat to release the
line, not wishing to cut it l>ecause it
would be useful In making a landing.
The Fram sent off a boat and released
the line. Meanwhile Wellman and Vani
man consulted and decided to have the
Fram try to tow the America back to
the camp.
"The Fram took the airship in tow and
proceeded for two hours, towing us slow
ly. The wind )>eoame stronger and the
airship jerked and careened from side to
side. Vaniman suggested that the Fram
send a boat to trail from the rear end
retarder rope.
"This was done and the ship rode
easier for half an hour. At the end of
that time the tow-rope began straining
the steel car in a violent manner again
and Wellman decided to come down to
the surface of the water in order to per
mit the taking oft of the instruments,
the crew and the dogs.
"This was successfully carried out and
all were taken aboard the Fram.
"Then the wind freshened suddenly and
the cable tow parted. The America j
floated away rapidly, the Fram following.!
finally recovering her.
"Strange to say the America was little
damaged and air her parts will be used
in a new airship. The motors and other
machinery were undamaged."
PAYMASTER FATALLY SHOT
THEN BOBBED OF $2,000 BT THE
ASSASSIN.
Was on His Way to Pay Off Work
men When Attacked by i?an
in Ambush.
BLUEFIET,D. W. Va., August 21.?Shot
from ambush by an unknown assassin
whose motive undoubtedly was robbery,
W. H. Oakley, paymaster of the Franklin
Construction Company of Rock, W. Va.,
died today just as his slayer took from
him $2,000 in cash which he was prepar
ing to pay the company's employes.
The murderer fled to the mountains
closely pursued by a posse of fifty men
determined upon summary vengeance. At
a late hour tonight word reached here
that the fugitive had been captured and
lynched, but this report lacks confirma
tion.
The shooting occurred within 500 feet
of the express office at Rock. Oakley
had just secured the money for Ills pay
roll there, and was on his way to pay off
the men when he was dropped In his
tracks by a shotgun charge flred by an
unseen hand. Several persons saw Oakley
fall, but before they could reach his
side the slayer had left his place of con
cealment by the roadside, had robbed
his victim and had made good his es
cape. <
Those who saw the crime said It was
a most cold-blooded one, and the com
munity is greatly wrought up over the
murder.
Chief of Police Newkirk and Deputy
Sheriff Carter left Bluefield this after
noon with bloodhounds to assist in the
chase.
It is said the unknown man who did
the shooting was recognized by the wit
nesses as a supposed tramp, who had ;
been loitering in the vicinity of Rock fori
several days.
Oakley was a young man and was to j
have b en married during the early au- I
tumn.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., August 21.?The
presesce of mind of a negro driver
thwarted the attempt of ten Italian high
waymen to hold up the Pocahontas Con
solidated Collieries Company's pay wag
on, containing $15,000. between Norfolk
and Shamokin collieries this morning.
The robbers opened fire on the wagon
under cover of the coke ovens which line
the mountain road. The driver fell
backward in the wason to escape thp
fire, but before he did so he whipped up
the team of mules, causing them to run
away.
Pay Roll Clerk J. B. Crawford was i
slightly wounded in the shoulder by one 1
of the bullets lired into the wagon. Joe i
Cofer, his assistant, was the only occu
pant of the wagon besides the driver.
When the robbers saw they had failed
to stop the wagon, they fled Info the
mountains, but three of their number
were captured later at Anna wait, W. Va.
A posse of several hundred men are in
pursuit of the other men.
CHARGED TO DELAUNAY.
Pillaging of Mount Saint Michael i
Church Three Years Ago.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, August 21.?Among the manyj
robberies for which Delaunay. the man
who shot the deputy chief detective of
Paris, is held responsible, is that of pil
laging the historic treasure of the fa- ?
mous old monastery church of Mount
Saint Michael, in Normandy. Tlwr crown ?
of Saint Michael, estimated as worth ?2i).-'
000. was stolen three years ago. and no '?
clue could be found to the thieves. It is
now known that Delaunay. on the day
before the tragedy in which he himself
put an end to his life, askecj an acquaint
ance to pawn a diamond at the Mont de
Piete. which advanced on the jewel.
The ston^ has since been examined, and
it has been proved thai it is one of the
diamonds belonging to the crown of Saint
Michael. The conclusion is that the rob
bery must have been committed by De
launay. who stripped the crown of its
brilliants and pawned thein separately.
Erie Business Man Accused.
ERIE. Pa.. August 21.?Linus Metz, a
prominent business man of this city, was
lodged in Jail here today in default ofj
heavy ball on a charge of making false
entries in the books of the Working
men's Building and Loan Association, to'
cover an alleged shortage of $."i0.000. j
Mets was secretary of the association.
Session of Four Hours and a
Half With President.
MR. MEYER THE ADVISER
Composition of Foreign Tariff Board
Under Discussion.
REFORM LEGISLATION. ALSO
President Taft Advocates Open-Pool
Policy Toward China?Talk?
With Minister Crane.
Spro.vi! Pienslrh tf? The Star.
BE VERIFY. Mass.. August 21.-There
was a cabinet discussion this afternoov
at t!:c Taft <-ottage that began at
o'clock and lasted until the lamps liad
to be lighted on the automobiles wliirh
were to carry the visitors away. The
President's advisers were with him for
four hours and a half. Secretary Mac
Veagh. Attorney General Wickersham and
Secretary Meyer made up the council,
an! in the time that they were there
were thrashed out the Important ques
tions on which Mr. MacVeagh and Air.
Wickersham are spending their time dur
ing the i-ecess of f'oupress.
Secretary Meyer was called down from
his home at Dublin. N. H.. a* an ad
viser. to give his opinions, unprejudiced
bv the Careful study that the other t*"
cabinet ministers are making of their
problems and as one familiar with the
general principles of the Taft adminis
tration. Even in the long time that to
day's conference lasted it was not possi
ble to reach such an understanding on
all matters as the President desires. F< r
that reason the three will return again
tomorrow afternoon.
Before Mr. Wickersham arrived to com
plete the trio of cabinet men whom ti e
j President had called to his home. Mr.
! Taft had an interview with Charles I*.
; Crane, the new minister to China, in
which the President outlined this govern
ment's attitude toward China.
Commission of Experts.
The foreign tariff board, which the
name which the commission of maxi
mum and minimum tariff experts will
probably have, was the subject on will li
Mr. M^pVeagh reported to his chief. The
! Secretary of the Treasury asked for more
time in his selection of the board. He
brought with him a list of about forty
names of those whom he considers tittcd
for this task and available to undertake
it. The personnel of the l?oard was dis
cussed for a great share of the afternoon.
Whether it will be composed of three
members, as has been considered ntosi
feasible, or of live, was not deflnite|\
fixed. Mr. Taft believes that he will
! make these appointments and fix their
salaries before he leaves Beverly.
Attorney General Wickersham brouplt
with him a tentative draft of the recom
mendations which he will submit for dis
cussion at the conference in New York
| August oO. He came to Beverly with the
| intention of gathering the President's
ideas on .the legislative reforms which will
be the function of the meeting to submit
to Mr. Taft for incorporation in his mes
sage to Congress next fall. There are
some subjects with which this commission
will have to deal which Mr. Taft think s
will be easy to formulate in recommenda
tions to Congress.
Expects But Little Trouble.
For example, he believes that the re
organization of the Interstate comnier-??
commission will not be hard to outline.
He anticipates little trouble in framing
suggestions for the control of overcapi
talization of corporations and the ovcr
. issue of stocks and bonds. It will be
more difficult, Mr. Taft is couvinced. to
draw up the amendments to the anti
' trust law. These will be some of the sub
jects on which the President will speak
to his audiences on his western trip. Be
."ore he leaves Beverly he expects to
spend a good of time in hunting sub
jects for these speeches. In the speeclt
1 which he will make before the Boston
?Chamber of Commerce September 14 he
Is going to explain the occasion for his
western trip.
The cabinet council was adjourned un
til tomorrow.
One of the plans approved by the
President is designed to relieve tit?
interstate commerce commission of
much of the work that Is now heaped
upon it. It is intended hereafter that
investigations into violations of tho
Interstate commerce law from whk.it
prosecution was the result shall be
conducted directly, either by the De
partment of Justice or by the hurra't
of corporations in the Department of
Commerce and Labor, instead of as
now, by the Interstate commerce com
mission. It is belle\ed that such a plan
will be better for the railroads and for
the people, and at the same ilmr it
will remove from the Interstate com
merce commission any criticism that it.<
action with regard to criminal c;ise-<
might influence its action respecting
freight rates.
The President desires a reorganization
of the duties of the Department of Jus
tice, the interstate commerce commission
and the bureau of corporations, looking
to the effective co-operation of tii/sse
agencies.
The day. taken as a whole, was as busy
as any President Taft ever spent in
Washington. He had several ca. ?f=. in
addition to the members of his cabinet,
and took up. other matters than the
amendment of the interstate comnv :ve
commission and anti-trust laws.
Open Door for China.
The President told Mr. Crane today
that he believed in an open-door policy
toward China. He believes that t'.;
United States .should assist China in u *
development and should be of aid to ths t
country in becoming a nation independent
of other governments. Further, Mr. Taft
told tae new minister that the United
States ought to combat the idea that the
retarding of China would be of mate-in;
heneflt to this country. He emphasized
the opinion that it was not to our Interest
to place any hindrance in China's way
toward development.
Mr. Taft does not believe in the oi 1 ? r
colonial idea that it rs to a country
advantage to deal with another nation m
which it is possible to buy up its products
at a small price in order to sell them in
some other country where a higher pri-;e
can be obtained. Broadly, he told Mr.
Crane that he believed a country mo;-t
developed was the country most to be
sought in trade.
Will Sail October 6.
Mr. Crane expects to sail frdm this
country Octolier ti, but it was agreed that
he should see the President before lie
leaves. lie is staying with his brother,
S. R. T. Crane.
Ambassador Reid is expected at the
home of W. J. Honrdman at Manchester
next week. The President has reached
no detinite conclusion in the matter of
selecting a successor to Mr. Reld.
Today Mr. Tafl won a match sit g"lf
of up and to play against Col. Vied
Crosby of this state.
Ettore Ximenes, the Italian sculptor,
who was introduced to the President l>y
the Italian ambassador at Washington,
called at the cottage this afternoon and
presented to President Taft a statue of
himself. The President posed for Mr.
Xltnenes at the White House. The lit
tle statue is about eighteen inches in
he*ght and Is a full-'eiigth representation
and excellent likeness of Mr. Taft.
Possibly a Suicide.
JACKSON. Miss.. August 21. Frank
Hallam. jr.. aged twenty-eight y?**rs. >*?n
of l?r. Frank Dallam, shot hints--If
through the temple with a .:5!-c*libcr
revolver at the home of his father ill's
afternoon ami lived but three hour?, li*
was found seated In a rocking elisor
before a large mirror. No reason i*
known for the supposed suicide. I'rien Js
,,f tiv- family claim that the shooting
was accidental.