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who -wanted to make a hit with
- lovely lady.
.So when the soldier boya- are making
the hit with their martial appearance
the band will bo stirring the hearts
of those fair ones who come to see?
?nd remember ladles, with a dozen
bands available the men In charge ol
the camp chose a Washington band tc
play for your delectation.
Not only Is the 2d Infantry Band
honored, but the 1st Infantry Band has
been chosen to play at dress parade
.Saturday.
Wlille the District National IJuard Is
out In the sun. with all sorts or military
Instruction and with newspaper men
feverishly watching- their every mo* to
let the folks back home know v/hatr the
dear boys are doing, there are a few
other Washington soldiers pegging qitfety
away without even knowing what a
press agent Is. These are the regulars.
The engineers from Washington barracks
" J- the isth Cavalry from Kort .viyer are
having just exactly the same things to
do are the D. C. N G.
To the engineers must he given full
'orjjt for laying out the hlg camp of
itruotion and getting the effective sanfr>
and plumbltig regulations in shape.
Phjmbing doesn't sound very military or
warlike. hut there would he real slaughter
without it. Pipes are laid all over
the campground. and all a soldier has
to do. should lie wish to indulge in so
effeminate a thing as wash his face. Is
to turn on a spigot at the end of a.
pipe somewhere tn his company street,
'"lean fac. s in the j?. C. N. G. are therefore
arranged for in good part by the
ho ii ? live down on l'ncle Sam's
r ' e at the foot of 7th street southwest,
Washington, b c.
Uply Things for an Enemy.
That was their regular work, hut the
Instruction they are undergoing is much
like that of the guardsmen, except of ?
more techniral nature, it would seem.
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T!i?\v C<>r out yesieruay ami injm ? 101
or tho must virions' looking brush-heap
things t'.at an enemy would want to see.
They arr railed ahattls, and consist of
young saplings rut down and laid close
together, with every twig and branch
sharpened to needle sharpness and sticking:
right out at the enemy. No chance
remains for an enemy to wriggle over
that thing. It would give him the most
complete operation for appendicitis ever
received by any soldier.
in addition they went out and made
bomb proof and shrapnel-proof trenches.
The old veterans who come up here almost
daily to see where the shrapnel
bnrst over their heads could not but admire
the complete isolation that one of
these modern bomb and bullet proof
trenches afford a soldier.
They are ordinary trenches, as far as
the cutting into the earth is concerned,
but over them logs and branches are intertwined
in most ingenious and unique
fashion. Stones, earth and grass are
heaped upon, the flooring of logs, and
when the whole is complete there are
apertures just big enough for a short and
ugly rifle to poke through and bark and
spit at the enemy.
The engineers have a shed full of the
most ingenious looking road machinery
and iron-clad automobiles. Something
like a bulldog monitor on wheels and out
??f water, these things look like. They
carry enormous searchlights and will be
>*ed In the night battles which ake place
n?xt week.
The cavalry from Fort Mver is working
on rear and advance guard work,
away out in the old battleground. They
me hardy and lean looking men, and, of
course, are splendid riders.
Spinal Meningitis Epidemic.
The epidemic of spinal menigitis is not
checked, and there is no authoritative
reason given as yet why this disease
should suddenly run through the cavalry
horses, unless it be that the ground
on which the camp was pitched was in
rectea t?y stable utter from a farm
whereon two horses died of meningitis
two years ago. The Pennsylvania state
veterinarian is expected daily to make a
study of the <ase.
The District Guard's Signal Corps met
with a disappointment when Company A
of the Tniied States Signal Corps was ordered
to some point other than Gettysburg.
as this regular outfit is considered
t lie "crack" signal corps of the world,
and the Washington ho>s were looking
forward to getting much good out of
working with the regulars.
,'s it is they are working away quietly
hy themselves, with Capt. Nugent of the
'f ast Artillery Corps as their instructor.
They are anxious to get their wireless
stations up, but there is no chance of
these being in service for a day or two.
The stations are ready to use, but the
men are being put through the drill with
the wigwag flags at present. Two squads,
under Corp. W. E. Ilayghe and Corp.
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tell each other things with the flags. It
look* foolish to see a husky chap standing
up all by himself on a little hillside
and tnrking motions as if he were trying
to sweep the cobwebs off the sky. But
such is war. He is probaby telling Private
Spooks, over on the next hill, that
the advance guard is ail ready for breakfast,
so cease firing and come on home.
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Do All the Signaling.
These two rquads. therefore, will be relied
upon during the maneuvers for all
the signaling that is to be done. That
will be really practical work. Field telephones,
held telegrrfc>hs, wireless, smoke
rockets, night rockets and wireless?in
fact, ail the known and practicable
means of communication and signalingwill
be rushed to death during those
busy days, and it will be the duty of the
1>. C. N. (j. signal outfit to do it all. The
umpires w ill have one squal of slgnalalers
aud the fighters have others, so all the
long-distance talking will be done through
the work of the District wigwaggers and
telegraph operators.
Hardest worked of all the men at camp,
and there are really some who work
harder here than they do back home, are
the men who have to attend to feeding
and clothing man and beast. The quartermaster
and commissary department is
not s> spectacular as the artillery and the
re*t of the gallant troop, but It is certainly
missed when it is not around on
time.
Today the officers and men of those departments
ere just ijeginning to catch up
writ some of their lost sleep. When they
arrived here from Washington there
was everything to be done. Forage and
bedding had to be obtained for the horsej
, rl f h motl *. r\ or of a lift in
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to eat. The regular commissary and
quartermaster department* closed up
* i?>p Just about the time the Washington
t~aln? pulled In. and the D. C. N. G. outfit
had to do some real hustling around
the country for fo-age. After that tht
-~arnp arrangements had to be made,
ear.itaty provision* attended to. and altogether
I? was a hard pull until everything
v,s? *n .'-hape.
Relics, Relics, Everywhere.
The man who comes to Gettysburg and
sees not the battlefield nor takes an interest
In the post card and guide book
trade is marked. He wanders up and
dov. n the busy little streets of Gettysburg,
end somehow or other there Is east
shout him an aura of aloofness that separates
him from every one eise. Foj
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and those who come here go to see Itand
then leave dollars upon dollars with
t' e merchants who sell views, handles
buliets end books?all appertaining ti
that great fight so many years ago.
The first thing the IMstrlct gunrdsmer
found In this town was an opposing armj
of men, women and children, whose ont
object In life la to sell some one mis.
cellaneous pins and badges, all hearini
some reference to TJitlo Round Top 01
?"ulps HUI or something like thet. Th<
principal trade seems to be In guld<
books. The great produce Is plowsd-ui
bullets. One cannot buy a stamp with
out raising the suspicion that he Is ahou
to send away a post card with a pletur<
of some hero In brome overlooking t
lithographed scene of skyline and rollini
battlefield where once the mlnle hatli
prepared the way to a pension.
When the soldiers go Into g store, thi
ciera* rail into the pi leu of photo
graphs of the battleground and brlnt
out hundreds of them. A visitor wh<
wants to buy a box of digestion tab
lets at a drug store Is supposed to bu;
40 cents' worth of views at least
Every store, no matter what else I
deals In, ha* watch fobs with some bat
tie emblem on them. Every hat pin 1
modeled after an Implement of wai
They turn the Scriptures the other wa?
at Gettysburg, and Instead of beatlni
their spears and things Into plough
and pruning hooks, they convert thel
scarf pins and fountain pens Jnti
miniature semblances of bayonets an*
carbines.
When you say you do not want an;
guide books and that you don't Intern
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i to visit the battlefield they are sad,
and look on you as benighted, and go
*ito work with redoubled vigor to sell
i |a book containing reproductions of
('everything on the field, so that you will
?ome day. perhaps, be sorry that you
*\Jd not go out to see it all.
Stneets filled at Night.
! Atanight in Gettysburg the streets are
? filled with boys in khaki, who crowd
inclose upon one another listening to the
Importunities of sidewalk venders, who
vtould sell bangles and bracelets for the
g.t Is that were left behind, and every
baogto has a martial Jangle and every
bracelet bears witness to the fact thai
Gettysburg would not be on the map if it
ha*! not been for the days of 1833.
there is a round open space in the center
of the town, as round as any place
ever was, yet it is called "the square."
Jn It the aoldters throng every night. It
is surrounded with stores, all sorts of
stores, for all sorts of things, and yet j
tl?e battle relics trade reigns supreme.
"This is the place for your real battle
rettcs," proclaims the little sidewalk
meschant. "Bullets from Gettysburg" Is
the calm announcement from the more
pretentious dry goods man. "Souvenirs
of the battle," aays still another sign,
and every man who boards a Gettysburg
hack has to watch very closely or the
horses will take him straight for the
nearest field over which those old-time
warriors-struggle. E. G.
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Feldheim and IVlolyneaux
Locked Up?Latter Admits
Shooting Smith.
Clifford L. Feldheim and Thomas J.
Molyneaux. members of Troop C, 15th
Cavalry, charged -with being implicated in
the shooting Monday night, on the Aqueduct
bridge, of William L. Smith, colored,
resident of Rosslyn, were formally turned
over to Detectives Burliogame and. Warren
this morning by Capt. Newbill, acting
post commander. The troopers were
brought to the city this afternoon and
locked up to await the result of Smith's
wound.
The arrest of the two men was brought
about by the prompt action on the part of
Capt. Newbill in making a thorough investigation
of the shooting and the partial
identification of Feldheim by Policeman
Short. The acting commander at the post
learned Tuesday night from some of the
troopers that Feldheim and Molyneaux
were the men who were placed under arrest
In the Fort Myer car at Rosalyn, and
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ne immediately oracrcu mem iu mc
guardhouse.
Denied by Prisoners.
Strenuous denials were made this
morning by the prisoners. They" deny
that they had any trouble with the
negro or that they were in the car
when Policeman Short entered. There
were other soldiers in the car at th
time, and it is believed they gave information
which caused Capt. Newbill
to order the two troopers to the guardhouse.
At the time Policeman Short told
the men they were under arrest he
realized that he was without authority
to maintain the arrest, being in Virginia
and not in the District of Columbia.
and he did not feel that he should
go too far in his effort to bring about
the capture of the man who shot
Smith.
Capt. Xewbill communicated with the
officials at the War Department before
turning the troapers over to the civil
authorities, although he did not feel
that It was absolutely necessary for
him to do so. All he insisted upon was
a proper identification of the men and
the presentation of a warrant issued
by a competent officer.
Policeman. Picks Out Feldheim.
When Policeman Short went to the fort
Monday night he selected Feldheim as
one of the men he had ordered under arrest
in the car. The shoes of the suspected
man were wet and muddy, but he
explained this by saying he had walked
through some of the high grass on the
reservation.
In the line-up at the fort Tuesday
morning Feldheim, it is charged, presented
another pair of shoes for examination.
They were well worn, and had
large holes in their soles. Capt. Xewbill
and the police declared they were not
the shoes that were shown the night before,
but Feldheim insisted to the contrary.
Molyneatix is from New York city, and
Feldheim is from Brooklyn. Tlte warrant
issued for the troopers on complaint of
Detective Warren alleges assault with a
dangerous weapon. Should Smith recover
tiie troopers will be given a preliminary
hearing in the Police Court, but in event
of his death the coroner will conduct the
preliminary investigation.
Molyne&ux Admits Shooting.
At headquarters this afternoon Molyneaux
admitted that he shot Smith. He
called Inspector Boardman and Detectives
Warren and Burlingame and stated
to them that he and Feldheim had trouble
with several negroes, and were assaulted
by them. One of the negroes, he said,
dropped b pistol, and he, Molyneaux, used
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I it In sell- lerense.
j Feldhelm substantiates this story.
FOUR MEN ACCUSED OF
TAKING BETS ON RACES
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: I Court Against Alleged Makers
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Formal charges were filed in the Police
' j Court late this afternoon by Assistant
1 j United States Attorney Ralph Given
against four of the eight men arrested
Saturday afternoon by the local police
alleging violation of the District handbook
law. The cases filed today were
' against Peter Shore. Joseph E. Downing.
' Patrick Malone and John Cole Martin, in
' 1 three, two, two and three counts, rei
pectively.
Shore is accused of accepting bets from
; Joshua C. Jubb July 13, July 14 and
! July 15 of |2 each; Downing Is accused
, of taking bets from James E. Jamison
July 13 and July 14 of $3 each; Malona
i i of accepting bets from Joshua C. Jubb
, July 12 and July 10 of 12 each, and
> Martin of taking a bet of 92 from Joseph
j Daniels July 15, a second bat of $1 from
i : the same person July It) and a third bst
r I Of 97 from C. L. Gllmore July 10. Eaoh
| of ths charges alleges a specific viola
I tion of section Hflft of the Dietrlct code,
r Shore, Downing and Malone were
r emong the eeven men arrested by tho
? first precinct eergeante and "Cole" Mar?
tin, ae he Is familiarly known, was ar?
rested by Dstsctlves Armstrong and Kel
ley of the sixth precinct. It Is not known
t when the men will be formally arraigned.
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, Paget Bound Millers Get Orders for
( Thousands of Barrels.
? SEATTLE, Wash., July 81.?Orders for
- thousands of barrels of flour are pouring
y into Pugot sound millers from the orient,
t marking a revival of business that haa
. been at a standstill for several years,
a The orders have been coming in for
* two weeks, and already enough business
^ has been booked for delivery aboard
s steamers sailing during July and Auguat
r to keep the mtlla constantly busy at a
if time when they are ordinarily idle tin*
d dergofng summer overhauling, Local
millers estimate that the July and Auy
ituat flow of shlmnents to China will
d aggregate a quarter of a million barreta.
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RtiSSO-JAPANES PACT 1
PLEASING TO CHINA,
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Peking Government maa Nations
Will Adhere to Terms j
of Portsmouth Treaty.
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PEKING. July 21.?Chinas reply to
the announcement of the recently concluded
Russo-Japanese convention was
delivered at the legations of these two a
countries today.
As had been expected, the Peking gov- ,
ernment does not fail to point out Its "
satisfaction at the expressed purpose
upon tke part of Russia and Japan to
adhere to the terras of the Portsmouth
treaty and over the mutual pledge for
the maintenance In Manchuria of the
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status quo and the principle of the open
door for commercial development. c
In this connection China lays special r,
emphasis upon article III of the Ports- t
mouth treaty, which reads as follows: '
"Japan and Russia mutually engage (1)
nnmniotplv anrl simultaneous- *
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Jy Manchuria, except the territory af- t
fected by the lease of the Liau-Tung }
peninsula, in conformity with the provisions
of additional article 1 annexed to
this treaty, and (2) to restore entirely
and completely to the exclusive administration
of China all portions of Man- ^
churia now in the occupation, or under '
the control, of the Japanese or Russian
troops, with the exception of the territory
above mentioned. The government 0
of Russia declares that it has not in
Manchuria any territorial advantages or ?
preferential or exclusive concessions in 1
impairment of Chinese sovereignty or in- 8
consistent with the principle of equal (
opportunity." 8
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China to Live Up to Treaty.
After noting that the Russo-Japanese f
convention engages' to maintain the 1
previous agreement regarding Manchuria,
including its ultimate retrocession to
China, the reply states that China will
act in accordance with the Portsmouth *
treaty and the agreement with Japan of '
ions, which confirmed the transfer and *
assignments made in the Russo-Japanese
treaty, and regulating the commercial and
railway interests in Manchuria. J
Copies of the Chinese reply were delivered
at all the legations and to the .
press simultaneously. The Chinese government,
fearing that the Russo-Japanese
accord may precourse an aggression in J
Manchuria and Mongolia, against which
it cannot make a successful resistance, .
seeks in self-defense to give the widest .
publicity to the earlier pledges of Russia j
and Japan. It Is generally recognised ,
here that the clauses and phraseology of f
the reply were specially drafted In accordance
with the policy of the United *
States, to which China looks for a backing.
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In accepting the Chinese ngte, H. IJuln, t
Japanese minister to China, assured the ?
Chines# representatives that Japan did
not contemplate any manner of aggres- c
slon, and added that time would prove 1
that Japan was the true friend of China. I
SLEMP TO BUN AGAIN. !
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Other Nominations in Congressional
Distriots.
ABINGDON, Va., July 81.-C. n&saem ,
Ilemp vm renominated fur Con tress
yesterday at the convention of the ninth
dlttrtet republicans of Virginia, About
400 delegates were present, Theae was no
eon teat, Attorney Thomas j, Munoy of
Bland made the nominating speech,
WUMTtHOTOIf, W, Va? July 91,Demoorats
of the fifth West Virginia dietrlet
in convention here yesterday, nominated
Hankln Wiley of Point Pleasant to
oppose Representative James A, Hughes,
Who has been renominated by the republicans,
MAYSVI1,I,B, tty,, July pi,-Representative
Joseph 3, Bennett was renominated
by the republicans of the
ninth district yesterday*
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THE NOONDAY MEAL.
FAMOUS AS BEAUTY
Mrs. Young, Shot in Chicago,
Had Surpassing Charm.
S EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Orders Sent to Protect Interest in
Estate of Suiccide.
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teen, and Willfulness Often Oot
Her Into Trouble.
CHICAGO, 111., July 21?The .condition
>f Mrs. Alexander C. Young, who was
hot l>y Charles W. Rigdcn before he
ommitted suicide last Friday, showed
narked improvement today, according to
he hospital physicians. Mrs. Young sufered
a relapse yesterday.
She has directed her attorney to initiate
>roceedings that would protect her lnerests,
said to be considerable, in the esate
of the man who, after trying to kill
ier, took his own life.
Disposed of His Property.
A development of the day was the dlsovery
that a short time before the shootrig
Rigdon, either in the expectation of
eath or of a financial crisis, put all of
lis property under the control of a conern
known as Jay A. Rigdon & Co.
This company was organised for the
xpress purpose of conserving Rlgdon's [
nterests and of getting affairs in such !
hape that If anything happened to I
'harles W. Rigdon. Jay A. Rigdon, his
on. would have everything at his fln:ers"
ends.
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A considerable part of the property
urned over to the company is claimed
>y Mrs. Young.
Often Saved by Beauty.
WIL.DWOOD, N. J.. July 21. ? Mrs.
Smma Denfex, or Young, the woman shot
n Chicago last Friday by Charles W.
tigdon. a wealthy real estate broker,
vho afterward killed himself, is a steplaughter
who assumed his name, acording
to the assertions of Oscar A.
rronnem, a ahoe dealer, who has a small
itore in Holly Beach. She once lived in
,'ineland, N. J. Tronnem was very retl:ent
about giving any particulars of the
>ast life of his stepdaughter, but acrnnnrleitviul
that aha at itni ?Im>
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he wife of Alexander Young of New
fork, one of the attorney that defended
Poland B. Mollneux when he wae on trial
or hia life on the charge of murder, but
laid ehe obtained a divoroe from him a
ew yeara ago.
He also aald that ahe has been marled
to a Philadelphia millionaire, but revised
to give his name.
According to his aecount, the woman
vas very beautiful, brilliant and captlratlng,
and while she was always lniilneu
to be wayward and was continuity
getting Into trouble, her beauty and
laptlvating ways soon helped her out of
>er difficulties, Tronnem also acknowlidgod
that he knew Rlgdon, and said
hat Rlgdon came here two years ago to
oltoU his asslstanee In straightening out
lome trouble in whloh the woman had
>laoed him, He refused to give the parleulars.
Prettiest CHrl la Vlneland.
VHTOLAND, N. J? July Jl.?Bmma Tronitem
Prlnto Young, who woo shot In Ghlwtmn
B*rldav bv Charlei W. Rlardon.
wu known here m Brnmn Tronnem, She
paa aa(d to bo tha prettiest Ctrl in Vina*
land, At the ago of fifteen ah* began to
ktiraot admirers, and aha used to any htrial?
it waa a continual fight to keap tha
lovaatok away,
At tha age of eighteen ye&re alia formed
loqualnlanatft with wealthy admirers in
Philadelphia and New York, One New
York lawyer confessed to a friend while
on a visit here that he apent |10,000 in
one month in her company, In 10OQ she
marjried Aleaandar a, Young, a New
York lawyer, Newspaper acoounta of
(heir domestic troubles soon began to ap....
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District Commissioners Decide J
Against Request of the I
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School playgrounds will receive no part S
of the *17,000 appropriated by Congress
for the maintenance of the public playgrounds
of the city.
A decision to this effect has been reach- a
ed by the Commissioners following a *
formal recommendation by Auditor Twee- 1
dale, and as a result the school playgrounds
will be compelled to struggle 11
along as best they may with the meager t
appropriations made by Congress to cover '
their specific needs. r
Appeal Made by Board. *
The board of education at Its last meet- ^
ing of the year, July 1, cast longing eyes <]
upon the $17,000 public playground ap- d
propriatlon, and a resolution was adopted
"calling the attention of the Commissioners
to the very small appropriation
available from school funds for the
equipment of school playgrounds, and
asking if any part of the appropriation
for District playgrounds can be used in
leveling and equipping the larger school
playgrounds adjoining the Morgan, Garfield,
Powell and other schools."
Auditor Tweedals squelched the hopes
of the board of education in this emphatic
language: ^
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"The District appropriation act for the p
fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, under the v
head of public schools provides, first, an 3
appropriation of $1,000 for equipment. ?
grading and improving six additional s
school playgrounds, and, second, an ap- s
propriatlon of $l,20o for maintenance and c
repair of twenty-four playgrounds now
established. . 8
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/115 V'UUfii con nan o(/cv,im auj pi uv iucu
for school playgrounds and lias limited E
the amount which may he expended *
upon such playgrounds, it must be held >'
that no part of the appropriation of $17,- t
000 for public playgrounds can be applied e
to school playgrounds, as requested by *
the board of education." n
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Machinists, Assuming That Present
Wage Scale Is Maintained,
Enter Protest. 1
The report of the naval board recently
appointed to consider the Question of
wages at the Washington navy yard'has t
been received at the Navy Department. *
It will not be acted on until after the a
return to^hls city of Assistant Secretary c
Wlnthrop, who has special charge of the c
matter. In the meantime the report is T.
treated as a confidential document. '
Through some source, however, the y
members of Columbia Lodge, Internation- e
ai Association of Machinists, have aseei- J
talned that the report sustains the pree* ?
ent soheduie of wages at the yard, as I
based on the rates paid for similar work
In private establishments In this vicinity.
A oontmtttee representing the lodge visited
the Navy Department a few days
ago and protested against the approval <
of the report, I
Although praotioaliy admitting that the ,
wages paid gt the navy yard are as hlg]i :
m those paw ror loo nm? swq or work ;
In Baltimore and Alexandria, It war ar- \
cued that the poet ?f 1'vlng In Washing- }
ton Is much higher than It Ir In those \
pities, It war represented that the pres- i
ent socle of wages at the yard went into
effect three yegrs ago, and that the cost
of Hying has been materially increased
Ince that time, The committee considered
It only reaaonable that there should be a
St least a Slight Increase in wages te ,
correspond witn Increased expenses, 1
Assistant Secretary Winthrop undoubt- 1
sdly will give the Oommittee a hearing
next week before taking final action in y
the mattes, _ _ _1. B
i
MNJASE CLUE
5irl Suicide in France Thought
to Be Miss Leneve.
>0INTS OF RESEMBLANCE
foung Woman Ended Her Life at
Hotel at Bonrges July 13.
'OLICE CONFIDENT OF IDENTITY
)fficials Hot on the Trail of Man
?
Who Stopped at VernetLes-Bains
.
BOt'RGE?, Fran^, July 21.?A young
roman who committed suicide nt a hotel
tere July 13 now is believed to have been
Sthel Claire Leneva, the companion ol
Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen. There are
trlklng points of resemblance. The
?union was a toreigner and gave toe
tame of Jeanne Mare. The police of
'arls and London have been notified.
Much mystery surrounded the suicide,
["hough r?f:ing as a Frenchwoman, it
ias recognized that the guest, who arived
at the hotel shortly before she
tilled herself, was not of French birth.
Vhen the lifeless body was discovered in
ler room every effort was made to deermine
her identity or to get some trace of
ler friends and acquaintances, but wlth>ut
success. The suicide was young,
robably about twenty-five years of age,
ather slight in build and of prepossessng
appearance.
When nothing could be learned regardng
her antecedents the matter dropped
from public discussion, only to be revived
today when the authorities received from
Scotland Yard photographs of Mis:
Geneve, Crippen's typist, who disappeared
from London on the day that the police
ost track of her employer. Those who
tiad seen the body recognized In the
likenesses a remarkable similarity, and
lirected the attention of the police to the
arobability that the suicide and Mis:
Leneve were one.
Scotland Yard Notified.
Further inquiry strengthened this
theory, and the local officials telegraphed
their beiief to the police of Paris and tc
Scotland Yard.
VERNET-LES-BAINS, France, July 21
-The French police are hot on the trai
if the man thought to be Dr. Hawley H.
^rippen. He is believed to be still ir
"ranee. His announcement of a proposed
rip to Spain is declared to have been a
ubterfuge, and was successful In throwng
t'ip police off the track for a short
ime.
Today a warrant was issued for Henrj
>raubaut, otherwise known as Henri Tar*>t.
Persons who saw the man during th<
top in this city Sunday say he is idential
with Dr. Crippen, photographs oi
rhom were shown them by the police.
The suspect left here Monday morning,
turchasing a picket for Mont-L.ouis. Beore
leaving he telegraphed to Montjouis,
engaged a carriage to meet him
here and convey him to Puigcorda,
Ipain, ten miles distant. The detectives
earned of this and notified the police
in the other side of the Spanish boundary
o be on the lookout for the man, and to
.pprehend him If he turned up, as exacted.
f
Did Not Beach Mont-Louis.
The traveler, however, did not reach
lont-Douis, and later it developed that
le left the train at a station between
hat place and Vernet-Les-Bains.
When the authorities learned that the
nan was in all probability still in Prance
hey swore out a warrant for his arrest,
ind the police along the line of the raiload
over which he traveled were intruded
to make a thorough search and
else the suspect wherever found.
Ever since the disappearance from Lonlon
of Dr. Crippen and the subsequent
liscovery in his Hilldrop Crescent resilence
of the dismembered body, believed
y the police to be that of his wife,
mown on the stage as Belle Elmore,
here has been great interest in the case
hroughout France, and the police have
>enfc their energies to aid in solving the
nystery- They believe that they are folowing
up the right cltfe to Crippen's
Thereabouts. Nothing has developed in
his country concerning Ethel Claire Leleve.
Crippen's typist, of whom sight
ras lost when the doctor vanished,
fuiy y.
IjOXDON', July 21.?The police today
llscovered a small amount of jewelry
yhlch Dr. Crlppen pawned before he dis.ppeared.
The officials have been disiosed
to believe that Miss Leneve met
vith foul play. They cannot otherwise
iccount for her silence. There is no
harge against the young woman and the
.uthorities have been anticipating that
he would communicate with them aa
oon as she was aware of the hue and
ry for Dr. Crippen.
The slowly moving international police
ystem had brought nothing to Scotland
rard up to this evening regarding the
mrsuit of a suspect near Vernet-I-.eslains.
France. The officials have nothlg
further than the newspaper dispatches
o base their opinions upon, and expressd
themselves as convinced that if the
'"rench police believe the stranger seen
tear the Spanish border to have been
Irippen they would have communicated
irlth headquarters here before now.
Circumstantial reports were afloat this
fternoon to the effect that Crippen and
liss L.eneve had been arrested In Wales,
>ut, like scores of other rumors, their
ruth was denied by Supt. Froest as soon
s they were circulated.
Mrs. Crippen's jewelry was missed after
er disappearance and, according' to the
>ollce, Crippen carried it away. A
ound-up of the pawn shops resulted in
he discovery of a few of the Jewels toay.
WATSON MAT NOT RECOVER.
Horseman Badly Hurt by Being
Thrown in Cross-Conntry Race.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 21.?It was
earned today that George Watson, jr.,
ha wall known horseman, la not likely
o recover from injuries reeeived about
? month ago, when hs was thrown on a
rots-country rids at the Harkaway
Country Club, In McDonald. At the Hoaaopathlc
Hospital, where he lies with a
raotured hip and Internal injuries, it Is
leclared that dangerous complications
Ave sat In. His mother and alster are
* Ul. XJhm
rW iitP uoumudi iuti ?? Hiouit *vnq a irsvrtixttent
entrane In the recent Sewleklcy
{eights horae ahow, he and hie father
telna known the country over as horse
i read era end tportamen.
Two Boyi Reported Mining,
Qeorge Volokos and Frederick Lynch,
taeh fifteen years old, are reported missng.
The former lives at 18 S street
torthwest, while the home of tne latter
e at 11 8th street eoutheaet. The police
iave been asked to locate the hays,
-.ynoh, they were told, went away Monlay.
Volokoa hee been away only two
laye.
Coxiwtin J, A, Helnon Xi Buioido,
John A. Neleeon, coxswain, United
Itates Navy, committed auioide on beard
he U, 0. 8. California at Vallejo, Cat,
'uesday,
Nelson had been in the service ten
ears. He was a native af Mjoljatan,
Iweden, where his motheF is living.
APPEAL TO COURT IN A
ALASKAN RATE CASE Sl
Attempt to Compel Interstate
Commerce Commission to ^
Exercise Jurisdiction.
Sti
Has the District Supreme ?"ourt super I
viaory jurisdiction over the interstate
jcommerce commission? May that court
define the duties of the commission and
compel it to perform its duty under the Nt
act to regulate commerce?
These two questions are put up to the
local tribunal today in a petition for man- Co
damus filed against the interstate commerce
commission by the Humboldt
Steamship Company of Seattle, Wash.
The petitioners state that they are
engaged In operating a steamship line
from Seattle to Skagway. and that
some time ago they filed a petition 7
with the interstate commerce contmls- ,qa
sion asking that certain carriers in , .
Alaska, composing the Alaska Yukon
' route, be required to file their tariffs f "
and schedules of rates for transporta- cot
' tion in Alaska, and also asking that pr<
? the Alaska carriers be required to form -|
through routes and Joint rates with the
! Humboldt Steamship Company.
Jurisdiction Is Alleged. rio
The petition sets forth that the com- 'f'*,
mission lias jurisdiction over the car- *
riers in Alaska, hut avers that the comsgni
mission erred, as a matter of law, in
i holding it did not have jurisdiction.
The petition asks that the court compel
the commission to execute and enforce
1 the act to regulate commerce as provided ^
by Congress, and particularly to require be
the Alaska carriers to tile and publish
their rates according to law. " .
The decision in the Humboldt Steamship
Company was predicated upon a decision t-*11
, in a general inquiry and investigation b> ?
. the commission concerning its jurisdiction du
over water carriers and railroads in >j?r
Aiasna. in mat uecision niur 01 ine cum- .
rriissioners hold that they had jurisdiction, ec
btit there was a strong dissenting opinion Sfl'
I by Commissioner Clements and two of
i others of the commissioners. gh
* Others May Bring Suit. '
I en
The outcome of the proceeding will be j
watched with interest, because it has been
I
supposed hitherto tiiat a defeated com- gt
' plainant before the commission had no
remedy whatever by way of appeal to
the courts. This is the first proceeding tj5
' ever undertaken to mandamus the com- co
mission to compel it to perform its duty
under the act, and if it shall be proven an
I that the Supreme Court of the District
? "** * * * ? ? luMio/ii/it ion m.
, or tyoiumma nas supcrviaui j juhouh uv.. ,,,,
I over the commission it is said that a con- at
siderable number of defeated complain- th
ants before the commission will seek re- vi<
dress in that court.
The Humboldt Steamship Company is afl
I represented by Attorneys Charles D. ex
Drayton and John B. Daish. fir
! DEALE'SlyTFOUNDS
t
wj
r CHOIE BOY WAS DROWNED IN eli
THE COAN RIYEB fo
lai
sh
Was Swept Off Yacht by Swinging m
Boom ? Would-Be Bes- d"
j
t / cuer Fails. toon
ab
1 av
The body of George Deale, the eleven- ru
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. mi
' Deale of 9 3d street northeast, who was de
drowned Tuesday afternoon in the Coan J
river, near the mouth of the Potomac, 0j'
was recovered this .morning. pri
The body will be^?rought to this city of
tomorrow morning and funeral services ha
will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow after- gJj
noon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3d
t and A streets southeast. Rev. Dr. W. gh
, Li. De Vries, rector of the church, will bu
officiate. Burial will be in Congressional
cemetery. Companions of the boy
will act as pallbearers. <
Young Deale was a member of the vest- ra
ed choir of St. Mark's Episcopal Church tic
and was one of the party of fifty choir th
boys who went on an excursion to Scot- th
land, St. Mary county, Md. The party m<
was under the direction of Rev.? Dr. De
Vries, his assistant, Rev. R. A. Curtis
and Henry Blair, a lawyer of this city.
! Dr. De Vries wanted to return to Wash- fr<
1 ington Tuesday afternoon. The members ob
! of the party boarded their yacht and 1
crossed the river at Cornfield harbor. N<
1 While in the harbor they became be- I
calmed. The engineer was endeavoring cu
~ ?* wKam oti/lr^Anlv a
IU 9ian inc cukiuc micu ouuu^iu/ ?*
breeze sprang up, and without warning
the boom swung around and Deale, who .
was standing on the deck, w7as knocked
. overboard. George Buliough, a clerk in seI
the rural free delivery division of the evi
. Post Office Department, who was in the Qf
. party, jumped overboard and caught
Deale as he came to the surface.
; m<
Boy Slips From His Grasp. gei
In his plunge overboard, however, Mr. <Buliough
swallowed a quantity of water, ed
and while endeavoring to eject it the
boy slipped from his grasp and sank. Mr.
Buliough was himself nearly overcome by *
his exertions and had to be assisted 8t
aboard the yacht.
CHI
Shortly after the boy went down sev- j
eral members of the party dived about pr)
the spot, but were unable to recover the Tb
body. The yacht returned to Scotland and th<
Rev. Dr. De Vries came to this city to thl
inform the boy's parents of the drowning. j
Dr. De Vrles received a telegram from
his assistant this morning stating that p.
the body had been recovered.
Mr. Bullough, who made the unsuccessful
effort to save the boy, Is a member
of the Washington Canoe Club and a fine ?
athlete. He Is regarded as a strong mi
swimmer, and had he not swallowed so da
much water It la believed he would have
saved the boy. "
The outing of the choir boys this year, Co
which Is an annual event, is the four- 1
teenth that has been given. Deale had cje
only been a member of the choir since
February. pn
of
DISCUSS BUSINESS MATTERS. J
* ' dta
Commeroial League of America's Ses- ,0
sions at Narragansett Pier. 1
NARRAGA2CSETT PIER, R. I., July !jj
21.?Only one session of the Commercial
League of America was held here today.
After the regular forenoon meeting the of
delegates boarded a boat and sailed up 1
the bay, where a claim bake had been pre- 1
pared for them. mu
The morning session was a brie.* one. at
A paper by S. W. LUtleflelds of Provl- l,n
denoe on "Commerce and the Bankruptcy
Act" wae read by Cheater Bar- '
rows, the author being unable to attend
because of Illness, "Corporations as
Commercial Collection Agencies" wae the
subject of an address by Frodorlek H.
Demnan of Naw York, and Edmund M. .
Bloman of Detroit spoke on "Lawyers' f
Clubs." ehi
Tomorrow the convention will ojaae with pel
the eleotlon Of officers and tha selection t?.(
of a plaoe for tha neat convention, A v
eloao contest ia expected for the offloe *y
of president between A. V, Cannon of *hl
Cleveland and J. Howard Reber of Phlla- mil
delphia. <j
' be*
Her' Jer??y Clubhouse Bums, ?pi
MORRI8TOWN, N, J | July Sl.-The a *
clubhouse, stable#, carriage house and uti
racquet oeurt of the Whlppany River sur
Club wera destroyed by Are today, ?
Porty horses, including twenty polo ^
ponies, wore brought safely from the Dfti
stables. The loss 1b about $JKtG0Q, its
1
LARM OVER WRECK
vitch on Grand Trunk Tampered
With, Is Report.
VIGINE CREW IS SCALDED
rike Sympathizers Restless, Is
Montreal Report.
) DISORDER OF ANY SORT
nditions Improved, Declares Company?Perishable
Freight la
Rotting.
\
'ORnXTO, July ".'1 Grand Trunk of*l.ls
today began Investigation of an ?c- (
lent originally reported to have beer
? result <?f an attempt to wre'-k the
npany's Muskoka-Ruffalo night e*
^ss.
'he engine and two cars of the train
re derailed just outside of the city liraThe
enRincer and fireman were asusly,
if not fatally, scalded Pasaenrw
received a severe Jolting.
Trst statements were that a switch had
fui tampered with. Later it was said
reading of rails might have caused th?
cident.
Strike Sympathisers Restless.
ilOXTREAl,, July 21?Reports har?
en received at Grand Trunk raltwaj
ad<piarters here which indicate rest*
isnesa on the part of strike sympaizers.
Statements that attempts were mad*
ring the night to intimidate Grand
unk crews at the Bonaventure "yardl
I the company to procure special police
llOilo oo r?l t' Ql w<m\<v il a# n oitm* amSs
uauo ra 1 i > wcia* iiiiicuir ?
police have been sent to Richmond and
erbrook.
Statements current last night tbst th?
gineers would strtke In sympathy,
tlch for a time caused worry, wort
idently based on telegrams from Chief *
one of the Brotherhood of I^ocomoe
Engineers, urging his men to remain
utral and giving specific instruction!
at no engineer act as pilot for greon
nductors.
"Freight" continued to be the slogan
id the problem in the strike today,
rhe 3,000 striking conductors and trainen
continued to be conspicuous by thai!
isence, not only from their posts, which
ey left Monday night, but from public
ew anywhere.
rheir leaders, speaking for them, refirmed
that all are quietly awaiting an
pected time when the railroad wlil
id resumption of its freight business
lpossible and will make such wag?
ertures to the strikers as will indue*
em to return.
Conditions Improved, Is Claim.
At company headquarters, however, II
is stated that the strikers had been
minated wholly from the situation.
A bird's-eye view of the Grand Trunk 1
ur-thousand-mile system lrom Portnd.
Me., to Detroit and New England
owed distinct . improvement In eondl?ns,
it was said. It was stated that
any important essentials toward remption
of shipping were worked oul
iring the day.
^rom the viewpoint of many cities and
wns affected the freight situation is In- ^
easingly serious. Ice companies are unie
to get ice. The Canadian Pacific is
oiding possible trouble by refusing t?
n ice cars on Grand Trunk sidings, and
jch perishable freight seems doomed to
struction.
tt Stratford, Ont., 200 men have beat
rown out of work by the closing down
packing and milling companies delved
of supplies. Owing to a shortage
coal the electric light company thara
s put out street lights.
The Wabash railroad, affected as to tta
ction over the Grand Trunk from
agara Falls, Ont., to Windsor, Ont., is
zing nearly complete passenger service*
it there is no freight moving.
400 Freight Can Tied Up.
CHICAGO, July 21.?The Grand Trunk
llroad strike assumed serious proporins
here today when it became known
at 400 loaded freight cars are lying in
e road's yards here and cannot ba
jved because of lack of men.
tn attempt is said to have been made
the railroad to get 200 strikebreakers
>m this city. Only forty-five men wars
tained.
The local freighthouse remains closed.
) freight is accepted.
Co disturbances of any kind have ocrred.
Strikebreakers Weaned Away. ,
JOSTON, Mass., July 21.?With the pasnger
service restored on practically
ery line in New England, the officials
the Grand Trunk and Central Vsr>nt
railroads today turned attention to
>ving freight trains and relieving eonstion
the tie-up has caused.
... * ?- a A.s. Uad.
)ne rreigni iram ui mcmj v?i? iu??
with beef if on its way to Portland,
?ere the stopping of freight traffic
reatened a meat famine,
because of the strike the German
>amship Rhelngraf rail** from Mystic
tarf today with only a portion of her
rgo.
teports of desertion of imported strike?akers
are received from several points.
ie railroad officials claim, however,
sy have more applicants for positions
in they can care for.
ENGLISH STRIKERS' SETBACK
nances Refused by Society of Railway
Servants.
JEW CASTLE, July 21.?The Am algaLted
Society of Railway Servants toy
refused to recognise and finance the
ike against the Northeastern Railway r
mpany.
This attitude on the part of the soty,
which embraces the whole country.
>bably will prove fatal to the aucoeae
the strike.
'he strike is fast demoralising the lnstriea
dependent upon the line. The
organisation of trafllo threatens ruin
many shippers.
n addition to the 12,000 railroad men
10 are out it waa estimated today that
ly 00,000 workers In the collieries, shlprris,
Ironworks and other plants have
;n rendered Idle through the Inability
the companies to move their uroduets
'he loss on perishable goods, fish, milk
1 the like Is enormous. Whole catches
the herring fleets Intended for Tarmth
and J^owestoft ourers are rotting
the different shipping points along the
e of the railroad.
WAGES BETRAY HTTRDERER.
igitive Caught Seeking Letter
With Honey Order.
LARR1BBURG, Pa., July 21? Aftar a
ise of more than six months the state
ice department today was informed
it R had eeoured the arrest at Uttca,
Y? of Samuel Andrloue. formerly of
smnkln. on a charge of murder com
tted in Northumberland county.
'he man la charged with having staht
Antonio Slechltanio to daatii and dlajeared
Immediately after the crime,
tat? policemen kept on hla trail ard
few days ago learned that he wae lu
lea inquiring for registered mail, prened
to contain money earned in flhakin,
but whioh he never got becauee
hla flight,
'he arreat wae made at the Utlra poet
ce and requisition proceedings were
rted today to secure tha man.
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