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CANT FILLTHE BILL
Butler Ames Doesn't Create
Enthusiasm as Lodge's Foe.
ELECTION NOT EXPECTED
Machine of the Party at the Senator's
Call.
OPENS HIS HEADQUAAl
Lodge Abandons His Usual Trip to
Europe to Make a Vigorous
Fight in Massachusetts.
Special Krom a Staff Correspondent.
BOSTON. July 2d.?The fact that* Senator
Iatdge abandoned his usual trip to
Europe, and for the first time opened
political headquarters of his own, separate
from the republican state headquarters,
led some politicians here to think
that he takes seriously the declared intention
of Butler Ames to try to defeat
him for the United States senatorship.
Mr. Ames, it will be recalled, entered
the senatorial race Immediately after the
adjournment of Congress, by issuing
most sanguinary threats and avowing the
firm determination to defeat Senator
T.odge. Ames' friends say that Senator
Tx?dge's present course is indicative of
belief that the Ames candidacy is a
menace to Lodge's hold upon his seat in
the Senate.
Senator Lodge's friends assert that
such is not the case, that the opening
of separate headquarters was to prevent
the charge being made that he was using
the rtate machine in gubernatorial ana
state election to further his own po.itical
ambitions. They say the trip to Europe
was abandoned because of his realization
that the campaign this fall for state and
legislative offices means a fight and that
as one of the great republican leaders of
the state his place is In the field during
the campaign.
Little Enthusiasm for Ames.
I fail to find among prominent and influential
republicans the feeling that Mr.
Ames can defeat Senator Lodge. Mr
Ames does not create enthusiasm as an
opposition leader even among republicans
who would shed no tears if Senator
Lodge could be defeated. The preponderance
of sentiment as to Mr. Ames probably
Is that he is an ambitious and hopeful
young man. who is entitled to the
price of admission in the political game,
whioh he will be called upon to pay and
will pay cheerfully.
That ha is very much in earnest is unquestioned.
That he has unbounded confidence
In himself and is a tenacious
fighter Is also true. That he will add to
the gsysty of politics and to the vexation
of Senator Lodge is probable.
Mr. Ames Is proceeding upon the theory
that moat anything 18 -tfgeiy to nappen in
Hbs?ctusciffo politics tills tall, and some
think he Is not far out**t?f the way in
snoh s surmise. If the legislature should
be close, though best posted republicans
do not think It trill be dangerously close,
a condition might arise hi -which he could
block Senator Lodge's ambition, and
there would be some comfort In that to
31r. Ames, though he did not get the
senatorship himself.
Democratic Alliance Dejected.
Mr. Ames* friends declare positively
that he will not be a party to the democratic
proposition recently broached by
Fitzgerald, that In case of a close legislature.
with a small republican majority,
the Ames men should unite with the
democrats and elect Ames. He will not
listen to that: he is a republican, doesn't
want anything from the democrats. He
knows that such a proposition would condemn
him with the old-line republicans
who sniff at his democratic ancestry anyway.
But Senator Lodge Is taking no
chance with Mr. Ames. He Is watching
every move and coppering them where
he can. As one of Senator Lodge's
friends remarked today. Senator Lodge
plays politics as an exact science, demonstrated
mathematically. He leaves
nothing to chance. He la farseelng and
canny. That spirit, they declare, accounts
for his presence In the state at
this t!m? and his opening of p?rsonal
V i^cnia wars
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Bodge a Shrewd Manager.
Senator Lodge ha* the machine of the
republican party at hit call. He poaaaaeea
the reepect and confidence of republican*
In. cases where he doc* not command
their affection. Temperamentally he 1*
rot magnetic. He 1* reserved. exclusive.
If you please, hut a mighty shrewd political
manager when It come* to cold and
practical polities.
He would deem It an ineffable diegrace
to be defeated by aueh a Juntor
aa Mr. Amen, a reflection upon hi*
political acumen. There ia an element In
the party, I am told by prominent republicans,
whose feelings toward Mr.
Lodge have been shading down from
lukawarmness to Indifference and, finally
to dislike, hut It 1* questionable */hether
Mr. Ames 1m the man to warm that sentiment
into open hostility to Senator
Lodge and head it successfully.
I see no indication that the contest
between Senator l.odge and Mr. Ames, or
to put It more exactly. Mr. Ames' con
iui or oenator image's hold upon the
republican party, will affect the state
campaign to any considerable degree.
The first thing la to elect the legislature,
and It is exceedingly doubtful If predilection
of candidates for Lodge or
Ames will enter Into the attitude of
voters toward them.
Hall the Barrels.
Howevor, a section of politicians hall
Mr. Ames* entry into the contest with
acclaim. It will come as manna from
heaven at a time when famine threatened.
Mr. Ames is expected to spend
liberally, and it can be guessed what will
be the boys' needs this fall, what with
raform In publicity of campaign expenses
assuring a scarcity of funds and the dls
position upon the pert of erstwhile libera)
contributors to tighten up this year and
ell that kind of thing.
With Mr. Ames' bar'l in prospect ?ir
the republicans and Mr. Foes' bar'l for
the democrats the rank and file are beSnnlng
already to elt up and look cheerL
N. O. M.
CONTEST TO HEAD A. 0. H.
font Candidates for President Make
Hot Campaign.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 90.?A sharp
contest la on In the Ancient Order of
Hibernians over the national presidency.
Tha two most mentioned candidates for
the offloe ere Matthew Cummlngs, national
president, who la an avowed candidate
for re-election, and Prof. M. O.
Rohan of Wisconsin.
Tb? east seems to be pretty well unified
in Cummlngs. Almost equally so
the middle west seems solid In favor of
Prof. Rohan.
Thsre are two other candidates in the
field, State President James J. Regan
rf Minnesota and Joseph McLaughlin of
Pennsylvania- . . . . _
ROBBER KILLS RAWN
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! President of Monon Route
Shot Through Heart.
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INTRUDER INJURED, MAYBE
Railroad Man Went to Investigate
Suspicions Night Noises.
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TWO REPORTS ARE HEARD
Family Find Him Dying in Hallway.
Murderer Escapes?Used Jimmy
to Break In.
CHICAGO. III., July 20.?Ira G. Rawn,
| president of tiie Chicago, Indianapolis
! and Louisville railway (the Monon route),
was shot through the hqart and instantly
killed at 1:30 o'clock this morning by
a burglar who entered his summer home
in Winnetka, a suburb, fifteen miles
north of Chicago.
The burglar forced open the basement
door to enter the house, and was heard
prowling about the first floor. Mr.
Rawn went downstairs to investigate.
Members of his family i eard him say
"What do you want here? ' Two sfcuts
were fired immediately afterward.
Bawn Shot Through Heart.
When they'hurried to the first floor Mr.
Rawn was lying at the foot of the
stairs dying, with a bullet through his
heart. The murderer escaped.
The fact that the muruer was committed
by a burglar was establisned by
the finding of "jimmy" marks on the
doors which had been forced open. A
revolver with one empty cartridge ^as
found near Mr. Rawn s body.
No trace of the second bullet could be
found. The police believe that Mr. Kawn
wounded his assailant.
Two shots were heard. It is imposs:ble
to determine whether Mr. ijawn or the
murderer fired first.
Belief that the murderer was wounded
by Mr. Rawn was strengthened when
the police found a trail of blood about
100 feet along a stone walk opposite the
Rawn residence.
Inquest Is Held.
Coroner Hoffman and Deputy Coroner
Webster went to Winnetka early today.
A jury was empaneled and the inquest
begun shortly after 8 o'clock.
After taking Mr. Rawn's family history,
Coroner Hoffman postponed the inquest
until July 28.
Investigation by the police showed
that the burglar had forced open two
front doors In breaking into the house.
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axc wao ura l u uy Mr. rvawn ueiore ne
had time to ransack any of the rooms.
The burglar had apparently just entered
the front hall when he was heard
by Mr. Rawn, who started down stairs
with a revolver In his hand. Nothing had
been disturbed by the Intruder. .
The assassination is the clttfrfr* 'to a
reign of crime that has driven the residents
of the north shore suburb almost
to a frengy.
Story of Shooting.
The story of the shooting of Mr. Rawn
was told by Ralph Q. Cobum. a son-inlaw
of the victim, this morning.
"Mr. Rawn was awakened by sounds
on the first floor of the house," he said.
"He insisted on go'og down to ascertain
the cause, although Mrs. Rawn tried to
persuade him not to do so.
"He descended the stairs and had barely
reached the landing when every one
In the house was awakened by the roar
of two shots fired in quick succession.
"I rushed out, as did the others. We
found Mr. Rawn lying in his night clothes.
Blood was trickling from his breast.
"He struggled, turned over, tried to
speak and could not. We sent In hurried
calls for a doctor.
"Mr. Rawn died within five or six minutes
after the shot had been fired. He
did not regain consciousness.
Police Sent For.
"We Immediately summoned the Wlnnetka
police. It was they who found
the mark on the door which established
the fact that the crime had been committed
by a burfelar. Other than that we
have no ciew.
'The house was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Rawn, thslr daughter, Mrs. Btgelow,
and my wife and myself and our two
children. There were also three servants
in the house--the cook/ Mrs. Rawn's
maid and Mrs. Blgelow's maid. None
of the rest of us heard the burglar,"
A half hour after the murder had been
committed detectives were hired by relatives
of the dead man,
"We will offer a reward," said Mr.
Coburn, "and spare no expense m capture
the assassin."
l.sst April the Rawns moved from their
residence In Chicago to Wlnnetka.
Mr. Rcwn hatj three daughters, nil married.
They are Mrs. Robert C. Rrlnkley,
Mrs. Ralph G. Coburn and Mrs. D. N.
Blgelow.
Once a Telegraph Operator.
Mr. Rawn was fifty-five years old. having
been born August 20. IMS, at Delaware,
Ohio. He entered the railway service
In IWO, beginning as a telegraph operator
for the Rig Pour.
After rising to be trainmaster with that
road he went to the Kentucky (>ntr?i
railway In 1HH7 a* master of transportation.
Two years later he became division
superintendent and superintendent of
transportation of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad.
In lhOO he was made general superintendent
of the Baltlmoro and Ohio Southwestern.
He became general manager of
that system In HKH and in 1007 was made
vice president, Ui charge of opernHon of
the Illinois Central lines. About n year
ago he was elected president of the
Monon.
HEB "LAUGHABLE" ETJSBAtf\"
Woman Send* Menage to Clerk of
"Candy" Court.
PITTSBt.'IlO, Pa., July 20.?"I farebid
you give Sadlford Tennani any divorce.
He le my laughable husban',
(Signed) "LfCRETJA TENNANT."
The ubove missive, addressed to the
clerk of the "cundy court," found Its
way to W. H. Coleman, clerk of the
county court, yesterday. The divorce
records were saarched, but there waa
no ?*iQ?nr# ni nnv iwei naving been
filed by "Santford Tennant." kuoretla'a
fears, apparently, were groundless.
BOY FIREBUGS LTTTRT) FLAMES.
Twelve and Thirteen Year Old
Youths Do |50,000 Damages,
CHICAGO, July aa?The youngest pyromanlao?
In the history of Chicago were
arrested today, and have confessed to
setting Ore to eight buildings in two days
The boy* are Leroy Holxner, twelve
years old, and Harry Hanaon, thirteen
The boya said they liked to see the
flames.
The total loss caused by tho boya is as.
Umated at 9&0.000.
LIGHT ON MYSTERY
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Mrs. Young, Shot in Chicago,
Lived Here Last Year.
RIG DON OFTEN VISITED HER
Man Roused Corcoran Street One
Night by Smashing Windows.
WOMAN LEFT CITY SUDDENLY
Disappeared Without Stopping to
Take Furniture Away?Once
Wealthy Broker Buried.
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Tl o nf m vctor,* whifli Tiac 1?PPT1 I
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thrown around the movements in Washington
of Mrs. Alexander Young, who
was shot in Chicago by Charles W. Rig- j
don, was lifted today. It was learned j
that little more than a year ago Mrs. J
Young lived at 1812 Corcoran street ;
northwest, and that Rigdon was a frequent
visitor there during hei^ occupancy
of the house.
1 But tiie woman, who went by the nam"
! of Mrs. Aimie Young, left the house suddenly
after she had been living there
about three months without even moving
away the furniture. Since her sudden
disappearance she has not been seen at
the Corcoran street house, but it is
known that she has been in Washington.
Mrs. Young's sudden disappearance
<ame shortly after an episode in which j
Rigdon figured and which caused much .
excitement in the neighborhood of the
house in Corcoran street. One night in!
April last year Rigdon arrived at the
house. It was dark. He could get no response
to repeated rings at the doorbell.
There was no key to let him In and no
trace of Mrs. Y'oung. Exasperated, Rigdon.
it is declared, seized his cane and
smashed all the windows on the lower <
floors of the house. The sound of breaking
glass drew a crowd quickly. The
rumor spread that some one was being
murdered, and a call was sent for the
polite. But before the policemen arrived
Rigdon had vanished.
Went Away Suddenly.
A few days after this Mrs. Young dis- '
appeared. One neighbor said today that !
she had gone to a Maryland suburb with
the purpose of buying a house there.
But she wrote to another that she had
met reverses ia the stock market and
was going to California. Later- letters
were received here from her in California.
Mrs.* Young was described as tall, handsome.
about twenty-eight or thirty years
old, and Rigdon as a man between ilfty
and sixty years of age. Rigdon always
was dressed with great care and in decidedly
' sporty" okHhes. It is said that
he always had plenty of money to spend
and seemed to be a man of means.
Before Mrs. Young moved to the house
in Corcoran street she lived with her i
motlier and her sisters at 1334 ll>th street
northwest, near Dupont Circle. This possibly
is responsible for the report from
Chicago that her mother lived at "1334
Circle avenue. Dupont Circle." Mrs.
Young went under the name of Mrs.
Aimle Tronnen, or Trojman, while living
in 10th street. She was supporting her
mother and sisters, it is said, and was
frequently away on business trips.
When Mrs. Young went to Corcoran
I 6treet, however, her mother and sisters
I <^id not go with her. Mrs. Oscar J. Trojlhan,
as her mother calls herself, went
te a boarding house in 13th street between
K and L. streets and the sisters
went to board in R street.
Furniture Stored.
Mrs. Young's furniture, which she left
behind her in her hurried exit, it is understood.
has been removed from the
house and stored. About five months
ago she called up the owner of the Corcoran
street house on the long-distance
telephone and asked whether she could
have possession of .the house again if
she paid the back rent. She was told
that she could have the house, but nothing
more was heard from her.
CHICAGO, 111., July 20.?Perhaps the
most pathetic feature of the tragedy of
last TVlday, In which Mrs. Emma Young
was shot and Charles W. Rlgdon killed
himself, was presented yesterday at the
funeral of the once wealthy mining
broker.
Service in Little Boom.
The service was read In a little darkened
room In the rear of an undertaking
establishment, and only four persons were
present, three of these being relatives.
Two carriages followed the heanse to
Graceland cemetery, where the body
was cremated. Mrs. Young's final letter
to Rlgdon Indicated that she considered
he had mistreated her In various ways;
that ho had denounced her as a "leech"
nn<l una ioiu nor wm no na.u uu jluiuioi
confidence In her. In return she told him
that ha had "put hep through pace* that
had made drinking Idiots out of stronger
women than she"; that she didn't care
for his love or that of anybody else In
the future, and that he evidently had
"got tired of her mush,"
The letter then says: "I am pretty firm
In my doc\slon to never again invite or
tolerate your contempt."
Mrs. Young's husband, from whom she
had lived apart for some years. It is
now believed was Alexander C. Young, a
lawyer of Hoboken, N. J.
CHINAKAN FATALLY SHOT.
Police in Collision With Orientals in
Alleged Gambling House.
BAN FRANCISCO, Cat,. July 20.-!n a
battle between Chinese and police in a
raid on an .alleged gambling house In
Chinatown last mgnt. won* uicr was
fatally shot, policemen were knocked
down, kicked and beaten, and many
orientals clubbed. More than two hun*
dred Chinese were arrested, charged with
rambling. About flfty gamblers esoaped.
Disguised aH a Chines^, Policeman J.
E Holmes obtained entrance to a game.
When money wan placed on the table he
blew his whistle to summon aid. He was
immediately assault*!.
Other policemen started through a side
door of the clubroom and were met by
a horde of Chinese. A general battle followed.
After James McFacherr. an officer
had been beaten to the floor, he drew
his'revolver and shot Wong Dick. Frightened
by the shooting, the Chinese quickly
eurrendeed.
Fearing further violence, reserves were
summoned to Chinatown and placed on
guard duty.
He-trial of Bribery Charge.
CHICAGO, July 20.?The second trial of
Lee O'Nell Browne, an the charge of
bribery In connection with the election of
William Lortmer to the United States
Senate, will begin August 1. A continuance
to that date was granted today.
The first trial of Browne resulted In the
jury being discharged because of disagreement
after being out 115 houra.
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STRENUOUS
AEROPLANE FAILS
BLAZING TO GROUND
Aviator Ehrmann's Machine
Struck by Lightning While
in Air.
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BARCELONA, July 20.?While he was
making a cross-country flight today Aviator
Ehrmann's aeroplane was struck hy
lightning and fell blazing to the ground.
The aviator escaped uninjured, which is
regarded as almost miraculous.
There has never been a more startling
aerial exhibition than that which Ehrmann
unwillingly afforded, and those who
witnessed it could hardly believe their
eyes when the airman emerged from the
singed framework none the worse for his
experience.
In Path of Sky Bolt.
He was sailing along at a moderate
height when he got in the path of a sky
bolt. Instantly the aeroplane was enveloped
in flames, its canvas wings
shriveled up, and, clinging to the skeleton
of hls( craft, Ehrmann came down with
a thud.
Aviator Ehrmann heretofore has not
figured prominently in flying events, and
the novel accident occurring to him tod*v
brings him into prominence for the
first time.
BURGLAR WOUNDS GIRL.
Bullet Hits Her in Shoulder as She
Tries to Run.
CHICAGO. July 20.?Mies Katie Tomara.
twenty-one years old, was seriously
wounded early today, after a struggle
with a burglar whom she discovered In
her bedroom.
Miss Tomara attempted to seize the
man, and then tried to get out of the
room to give an alarm. As she ran out
the man flred two shots, one bullet lodging
In her right shoulder. The man
escaped.
MAN HILLED IN SMASH-UP.
Switoh Engine Bumps Into Nickel
Plate Train.
CHICAGO, July 20.^-One man was killed
and another seriously Injured today
when a switch engine crashed into a
nickel plate passenger train at 43d street
A number of passengers were bruised,
but none seriously hurt. The engineer of
the switch engine was killed and the fireman
hurt.
The accident was caused by an open
switch.
CONFESSES TO BOBBEBY.
Prisoner Admits He Aided in Hold*
ing Up Hail Train.
FAIRFIELD, Cel., July 20.?Admitting
that he was one of the two men
who held up end robbed the ChlAe and
Japan fast mall near Benlcla the night
of April 17 laet, James C. Brown, who
with Carl Munbar was arrested Saturday
night by Constable Mlohael Judge,
made a full oonfesalon of the affair
last night to Sheriff MaDonald. According
to the sheriff Brown stated he
and Dunbar secured only 910 from the
registered mall pouohea.
Two Miners Buried Under Slate.
CALIFORNIA, Pa., July 20.?Two
miners, both foreigners, were Jellied and
one eeriously Injured early today, when
tons of slate In the Vesta mine, near
here crushed them ga they were leaving
the lower- shafts at the end of their
night's work.
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TIMES I^T 'GRASS
CANNON TO RECUPERATE
WAS SOMEWHAT FATIGUED BY
KANSAS STUMPING TOUB.
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Illinois Campaign?On His
Way Home.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 20.-Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon arrived in Kansas City
this morning from Marion. Kan., where
last night he closed his Kansas stumping
tour in behalf of the "standpat republican
congressmen" vrho are seeking renomination.
Speaker Cannon left for St. Louis at
9:30 a.m. He will go from St. Louis to
his home in Danville, III., either tonight
or tomorrow morfting.
He was pretty well worn out last night,
but when he reached Kansas City he
said he was feeling well. Despite his
seventy-four years and his temporary
collapse at Winfield last Saturday, the
Speaker is determined to get into the
fall campaign.
Proposes to Take Best.
Mr. Cannon will stay in Danville a few
days, but before the end of the month
will go to Mackinac, Mich., for a rest
of a week or ten days.
"The Illinois primaries will not take
place until September 15." said Mr.
Cannon today, "and as far as I know
there is no opposition to my renomination.
I expect to spend about two
weeks campaigning in my district, but
I shall probably do it before the primaries,
in order to get the matter out
of the way before the heavy work of
the fall begins.
Enlists in Campaign.
"When the regular congressional campaign
opens I shall be at the service
of the national republican congressional
committee.
"I feel able to go through the campaign.
There won't be a new party.
I recognize no 'Insurgent' republicanism.
"I believe that the presl%; republican
delegation from Kansas will be renominated.
a3 It ought to be."
MARINES SHOW DARING.
Salvage Cargo of Gasoline and Save
Quarters From Flames.
SAN JUAN* P. R., July 20.?The Amer
lean marines at the naval station here
had a lively time today with a cargo of
gasoline that blew up a coastwise schooner
and then all but burned. up the naval
station.
The vessel, bound for Ponce with 1,000
five-gallon-cans of the oil, was moving
calmly out of the harbor when an explosion
in the hold blew most of her
load into the water, and setting the craft
afire forced the crew to Jump overboard.
One or the sailors was Injured.
The first excitement over, the marines
attempted to salvage the gasoline and
by dint of hard work recovered many of
the cans. These were placed on the
naval station wharf, where presently a
second explosion occurred, and the station
quarters of the marines were wrapped
in flames. The marines manned the
pumps, and through their pluck and persistency
saved the buildings from destruction.
STOEES PROVIDE TAXICABS.
Chicago Merchants' Plan for Convenience
of Patrons.
CHICAGO, 111., July 20. ? Two 8tate
street department stores yesterday inaugurated
a taxlcab service for the convent*!
ce of their patrons.
The Innovation enables any customer
to take a taxloab from the stores for an
uninterrupted Journey within c defined
district of about one mile In radius for
the charge of but 00 cents for from one
to five passengers. The district Includes
all of the terminal railroad stations and
all of the downtown hotels. For travel
to any destination within the city and
outside of the district referred to a discount
of 10 per oent from the regular
taxloab rates la also allowed.
It Is said that Chieago will have, as a
result of this arrangement, the cheapest
taxloab service of any city in the United
States.
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)PPER STATE.
BAR TO SETTLEMENT
OF WAGKAMAN CLAIMS
Daniel B. Clarke's Heirs Protest
Against the Recently
Prnnnserl Hnmnrnmisp
The compromise between H. Rozler Du.lany
and the Catholic University of
America .regarding the latter* s claim
against the bankrupt estate of Thomas
E. Waggaman, its former treasurer, is
not to have clear sailing. The heirs of
the late Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, father-inlaw
of Mr. Waggaman, three of whom
are children of the former treasurer, today
filed a protest to the proposed settlement.
The Clarke estate has a claim
of $140,000.
By the compromise the university was
to receive about $-%0,000 in cash and securities
in settlement of its claim of about
$900,000 which had come into Waggaman's
hands as treasurer.
No exception is taken to the proposed
settlement with John F. Waggaman,
brother of the bankrupt, who virtually
surrendered a claim of $230,000 to the
creditors of his brother.
The exceptants are Ellen M. Morse,
Juliana Rachel Waggaman* Daniel,
Daniel B. Clarke Waggaman and Mary
Agnes Waggaman Willett, as heirs-atlaw
and next of kin of Dr. Daniel B.
Clarke.
Papers Declared to Be Void.
In Opposing the compromise the
Clarke heirs, through Attorney W. E.
Ambrose, allege that the bill of sale
and deed of trust referred to are each
void in contemplation of law as against
the trustee representing the creditors
of the bankrupt; that even if the validity
of the instruments were not doubtful,
there Is no such apparent validity
In them as justifies the extremely favorable
terms of the proposed compromise
in respect of the university.
It is also urged that If any compromise,
such as is proposed, were made the university
should receive only securities
similar to those to which the other creditors
would be entitled and should not
be given choice securities as contemplated
by the compromise. Finally, the heirs
say, the proposed compromise is against
the best interests of the general creditors
of the bankrupt.
The result of the filing of this exception
will be the naming of a day to
hear the matter in court. This may be
agreed on by counsel during the summer
recess or the hearing may be postponed
until the fall term of court.
GERMANY WANTS TO KNOW.
Asks Turkey to Explain Shooting of
* a German Subject.
BERLIN, July 20.?The foreign office
today Instructed the German embassy
at Constantinople to demand an explanation
from the Turkish government
of the shooting of a Germdn subject
by three natives near Haifa, Syria.
The German Cable Company reported
that the man was killed in the presence
of a Judge and the German consul during
a cburt proceeding.
DIPLOMAS AEE BELATED.
Midshipmen Get Evidence of Graduation
Withheld in Jnne.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 20.?After being
denied their diplomas at the regular graduation
in June and held over because of
deficiency in the final examinations, Midshipmen
Charlton Eugene Battle of Columbus.
Ga., and Howard Adams Flanlgan
of New York city today received their
covoted sheepskins from Supt. JBowyer
of the Naval Academy. At the same time
the two young prospective pacers of the
quarter deck were detached from the
academy and ordered to shipboard. Battle
will go to the Massachusetts and
Flanigan will go to the North Carolina,
but both will be given brief leave before
reporting aboard ship.
The cases of Thomas Ashcroft Nicholson
of Henderson, Ky.. and Herbert O.
Rouseh of Pendleton, Ore., who were also
held up on their graduation, have not yet
been disposed of.
CRIPPEN NOT ABOARD I
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Police Fail to Find Physician
* on the Kroonland.
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CASE UP IN PARLIAMENT
Labor MembeV Wants to Know Why
Doctor Was Allowed to Escape.
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MANY HUMORS STILL AFLOAT
* 1
Doubt as to Whether Man Seen at
Vernet-les-Bains Was Murder
Suspect.
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NEW YORK, July 20.?Another supposed ,
clue to the whereabouts of Dr. Hawley j
vc> wnuse arreoi un? uunuun i j
police have requested, was run down today
wtth the arrival here of the steamer
Kroonland, and another disappointment
was added to the growing list. There
was no sign on the Kroonland of the
American physician in whose London
house a hodv believed to be that of his
wife, known on the stage as Belle El- g
more, recently was unearthed, and who
was thought to have fled to this country
In company with his stenographer, Ethel 11
Claire Leneve. v
Cable advices that there was ground for tl
the belief that Dr. Crippen and his companion
boarded the Kroonland when that
steamer called at Dover on her way from tl
Antwerp to New York the day the doctor
disappeared caused a close inspection of
the liner's passengers here. tl
The search was without tesult, however,
and the Krootiland's officers said
that no one answering Dr. Crlppen's de- tl
scrlption took passage on the steamer, jj
either at Dover or at Southampton, where
the steamer called later for slight repairs fi
to her machinery. One man, who after- 0
ward proved to be a clergyman, and his
wife were subjected to some scrutiny, but P
had little trouble in proving their identity. ti
Matter in House of Commons. h
LONDON, July 20.?The Belle Elmore
murder mystery got into the house of w
commons today, but the attempted airing
of the police end failed. Home Secretary
Winston Churchill declined to answer
questions on the subject on the ground v
that the government held it to be unde- d
sirable to discuss the details of the police
inquiry at present.
Ever since the body supposed to be Sl
that of the actress wife of Dr. Hawley
H. Crippen was unearthed in the cellar ?
of their Hilldrop Crescent home the dl
officials of Scotland Yard have been
severely criticised for having permitted o
the doctor to escape them, after having
been for nine days under suspicion. p
The general dissatisfaction wdth the b
conduct of the police was expressed in
the lower house today by William J.
Thorne, a labor member, who put a
series of questions to the home seeretary
designed to develop why the authorities
had lost track of a man tl
against whom a suspicion of crime had
been directed. Mr. Churchill's decltnation
to be drawn Into the matter was v
briefly but positively stated.
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Diiuaea me urcuuai mca. n
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Scotland Yard is still without In- "
formation other than that contained n
in the newspaper dispatches concerning: ?
the report that Crlppen appeared recently
at Wernet-les-Bains, France. Ac- E
cording to these stories the fugitive r<
spent a night in the French city. When
his presence was learned gendarmes Q
were sent to arrest the suspect, but a
when they arrived at his hotel the n
traveler had left for Spain. .
The fact that these stories make no
mention of Ethel Claire Leneve, Crip- &
pen's typist, who dropped out of sight
when her employer disappeared, 'is
noted by the police. They are Inclined
to the belief that the woman would
surrender herself If she were alive and w
not under duress. II
The usual batch of fatherless runVors c
was afloat today. Among the number b
was ope to the effect that the arrest of
Crippen at a port on the south coast of ?
England waS imminent. Sup#t. Froest of b
Scotland Yard promptly declared the re- p
port untrue. t<
Answered His Description. ^
PERPIGNAN, France, July 20.?Inves- }}
tigatlon today at Vernet-Les Bains indi- u
cates that the man who arrived there a
Saturday and stopped over night answer- p.
ed the police description of Dr. Hawley
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H. Crippen jranted in L-onaon in con- h
nection with the disappearance of his
wife. Belle Elmore. S]
The suspect, however, was alone. The p.
French police have been looking: for a
man with a woman companion. The suspect
left Vernet-Les-Baini-- on a Sunday
morning train after purchasing a ticket
for Cerbere, a hamlet of southern France Vi
near Cape Cerbere, which marks the b
eastern end of the boundary between
France and Spain. It is thought prob- t!
able that the traveler has crossed into T
Spain, but efforts to discover his %here- w
abouts since his departure by train Sun- t]
day have oeen. futile. ^
PINCHOT MEANS B A LUNGER. "
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"Man Whose Name I Do Not Men- ?
tion in Public Addresses." b
SAN FRANCISCO. July 20?Gifford n
Plnchot made his first speech last night gl
in California in behalf of Hiram Johnson. G
the IAncoln-Roosevelt League candidate
for the republican gubernatorial nomlna- n
a
UUI1.
So large was the crowd that he was
forced to address an overflow meeting
afterward.
Mr. Pinchot. made no dir%ct reference h<
to Secretary Ballinger, but several times W
referred to the "man whose name I do m
not mention in public addresses."
LYNCH INDEMNITY DEMANDED, 5
to
Administrator of Dead Anti-Saloon 88
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Detective Files Claim. fe
NEWARK. N. J., July 20.? George Bo- in
hon, president of the Mercer National hi
Bank, at Harrodsburg, Ky., and administrator
of the estate of Carl Etherington,
the anti-saloon detective lynched Hi
here July 8, has made formal demand
T lxHncr nnnntv anthnrltlps 'for ! si
U)IVI* I ?? v p ?- w" ? V?
$5,000 damages authorized 'by the estate to "<
be paid by the county to the estate of ln
persons lynched. ?1
Later Bohon stated he would bring "<
suit In federal court for $40/)00 damages ar
against former Sheriff Llnke and his tr
bondsmen. fj
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A. H. MARTEN'S BEREAVEMENT. to
Mother of Virginia Politician Dies qu
Suddenly at Beach. io
NORFOLK. Va., July 20.-Mrs. Bettie br
Martin, aged seventy-two years, mother
of AJtvah H. Martin, republican national th
committeeman from Virginia, died sud- ur
denly last night at the summer home of So
her son at Wllloughby Beach. so
Mr. Martin was in Abingdon. Va., at- m<
tending the ninth district republican con- wl
gresslonal convention. qu
1AY SOLDIERS
THINGSOF PAST
Realization Comes When Real
Life of Modern Camp
Begins.
'RIVATE HAS NO PICNIC
IN ANNUAL TRAINING
)istrict National Guardsmen Begin
Work at Gettysburg.
IN THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY
Engage in Simple Maneuvers.
Breakfast Eaten by Many Under
the Open Skies, Mess
Tents Not Being Up.
peria! From a Stuff Correspondent.
GETTYSBURG. Pa.. July JO.-Down at
re railway station early this morning a
ery much bedraggled private in one of
He District regiments leaned against a
ost and told every one within hearing
Hat lie was "on his way."
This was a private who had looked upon
He camp grounds last night, had seen the
dling multitudes as the officers ordered
Hem around tn the efforts to get up the
ig brown tents before nightfall, and who
gured out that it is a fine thlnfe to be an
fflcer, but a mighty tough thing to ba a
rivate, especially when there is a good
Hree-dollar-and-a-half-a-day job back
ome.
So he went to town before the tents
ere raised and never came back.
The Soldier's First Lesson.
The difference between officer and prlate
is just about the first thing a sol.
ier learns in camp. Back in Washing>n
the difference to the ordinary obprver
seems to be one of uniform. But
ut here at the camp of instruction the
Ifference hits them where they live. The
mcer gets It all done for him. and the
rivate not only has to do his own work,
ut he has to do a great deal for his
fficers.
On those cold mornings it Is better to
A an <r?tn oe * '
v ? ** utuwt u > i ai XI was very cold
Ills morning when reveille sounded
hroughout the big camp, and it had been
ery cold all night.
The first reveille is blown through a
legaphonc at camp headquarters, and
egimental reveilles flow like a flock of
lusical sheep all through the various
utfits. MaJ. Eben Swift, U. 8. A., who
alked to the officers last right, told the
>. C. N. G. that there is no use having
ivetlle drag out at long intervals.
"When it is blown here, at headuarters,
it ought to be taken up right
way throughout camp. Why. the other
loming we were kept awake a whole
our after reveille by bugles blowing at
?n-minute intervals all over the place."
Privates Routed Out.
Reveille is supposed to be the time
rhen the whole camp gets up. True,
:'s 5:30 a.m. when it blows, but the
Ivlllans back home think that when the
ugler splits the dawn with his brassy
gll the whole camp tumbles out. Don't
elleve a word of It. The poor dear
rlvates do the getting up. They have
?n minutes to dress in and then, with
leir clammy legs and arms still stiff
'1th the cold of the long nignt. they go
Trough a bone-racking process called
setting up." It looks like "breaking
_ ?? ?ru *i
p. i nen mey ciean up tne camp and
ill one another names for getting in one
nother's way.
During this time the officers are rutying
eau de listerine de vigor in their
air and getting slicked up.
But, of course, they have all had their
hot at doing the privates' work in days
ast, and are now exempt.
Guardsmen on the Battlefield.
The District guardsmen hiked out t?
arious parts of the battlefield soon after
reakfa8t this morning to go through
ictical maneuvers of a simple nature,
hey had to march several miles to get
here they were to work, and of course
hey had to march the same distance
ack again. The battery had tactical
cercises in the morning and a talk from
;gular officers in the afternoon
The battery mess tents were not up at
reakfast time this morning, and the
len gave a true Imitation of the soldier's
fe as they squatted around with their
reakfast in their hands.
They were not alone in this lack of
less tents, either, as nearly all the oranizatlons
ate their breakfasts under
ettysburg's blue sky.
Gen. Harries arrived In camp last
Ight, having come from Washington in
motor car.
The Civilian Transformed.
Isn't It odd what a difference a few
>urs make! Only a few hours ago
'ashington saw a couple of thousand
llcf-mannered young men attending to
leir regular routine duties as business
?rsons around the marts of trade and
is various government departments, and
>day the cares of military duty have
iddled themselves heavily on these samellows
and made them absolutely dlfrent.
Garbed in military khaki. Wash
gton's National Guardsmen yesterday
tstled oft in the four sections of the
ng troop train that toiled wearily up
le hills to Gettysburg and immediately
'came engaged in camp life as if their
/es depended on it.
As soon as they arrived here there were
toutings and bustlings, orders and a lit*
e confusion. Men who have been pushg
the pen for a year began to wear
isters on their hands from handling the
savy camp equipment. There were tents
id tents and tents to be run off the
ain. There were cannons and caissons,
nbulance wagons and poles, ropes, camp
ts, great crates of groceries, and all
rta of provender to be hauled up hill
the various camping grounds of the
Istrict of Columbia outfit.
Men whom Washingtonians see going
itetly into office buildings on work days
sre suddenly transformed into dashingoking
horsemen in brand-new riding
eeches and spurs. They were military
>king, but not quite so military looking
they will be after a few hikes into
e Pennsylvania dust, for some of their
dforms are Just out of the bandbox.
,me of the officers have their uniforms
recently from the tailors that the
?n present a sort of show-window look,
lich. however, will lose itself very
ickly in the hard grind of camp anil
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