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SPECIAL NOTICES.
H'ANTF.I) NAM1S OK ALL PKH->ONS WHO
i;iw limn fi?H over switch lui' iit ?'?8th and M
*ts. last Friday p.m. Address Bos *_'0. Mc
l.eal'. Va.
Ill's OFTEN TIMES Ml ICG H'O.N'lttftCiL TO
JMINT \vf?*u nf --.uv tliwii let a |nl? go
undone. I'll pro\e It. And when 1 i-nint the
??Mint lasts ami pre
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|WK'I.I. l?FMo\sTltA Ti: TIIK HERR1MAX RE
I'MII to s one-cost ifitM. It's -vorth while
If von ?-:iri'11'nc'ml/.i1 mi PAISTIM!. RE
MODELING. HOI'SE REPAIRING. iiwvt.av.
|TIIE CARPENTEB PRINTING; CO.. INC..
Iiti itiii 1 I Ikr lift! mlpwal for emboss
Ing ami die stamp! list offlcp stationery. an
potiiK * 'inetits. invitation* and ;i11 other work
where "cl?*?" Is wanted. 1315 N.Y. ave. M.iMsS.
IV C. AMi MARYLAND AISENT
Ittfi. and Ohio Live Stuck In*. Co.
North Aroerha Fi re. Home Fire.
JAS. O. GRAY. fi03 Mas*. nve. n ?.
Inn MINUC DELICATE THE PRINTING JOR
the more Interested 1 am in senilis; it. I spe
cialize sniall work an<l refuse others. The re
sult shows in excellence.
LEWIS M. THAYER. "-'7 l-lth st. ti.w.
| l7n?l > l.i> RATES ON PACIFIC COAST Si IIP
iiienI s in conn j 1Mb ted carloads. SF/'FRITY
STOKAOI CO.. nut l.ltli. Packers and For
eign Sli.npcrs, Marine and Transit Insurance.
Ihi I.KTTI RHK \1>3 1 ALL I'lII.NTSO
iio envelopes V for
JO BILI-HEAPS J *1.00.
6?>1 14th st. n.w. Phone M. ?271.
Ask for price* on typewritten letter*.
Roof Work ExcflusiiveSy=
Ir.r dev..i ng all tat time and ftTotll to this one
I field W ? i: V. you tie Iter illlll iimn- efficient
lroof service titan any firm in Washington. Nat
Inral. Isn't It? Roofli nftM. Roof* painted.
lOall ns up!
PRONCLAD
H. J. MONTGOMERY
have never had n dissatisfied owntt
architect.
Bualder, 6135 114th St.
"Tenumessee" Whiskey
I?is best for juleps, highballs
land all summer drinks. Large
Ibottle 311
J'fooormaker Co
1231 E st. n.w.
?9 Phone M. 1158-M.
RESTORING PICTURES,
IREFIXISHIXG FRAMES.
Summertime is the best of all times to leave
the art objects with us fur the attention they
Deed. Rest of service.
I^Y'im ean pick up many gems of art here at
!b:s season, at particularly sm-ill prices.
iVerca&le, 11225 G
Millinery Retiring Salle.
Ile'ow cost. Latest stvle imported HATS aad
NOVKLT1KS. Must close July 31.
GROVE, IMPORTER,
7119 tlth St. N.W.
iDevelooing Films
lis Our Specialty.
We have special equipment for the
work and exnerts in < h.'rge.
IROLL FILMS D EV EI .OPE D
At 5c per roll.
M. A. LEESE
OPTICAL
th st.
"I NEVER DISAPPOINT.**
^an for Results.
?The printed matter you are planning to
use next fall will prove eminently effective
If you make use of our service and facilities.
THE SERVICE SHOP
r.vron s ad\ms
Dental Business.
KSTABLISHED 12 YEARS.
liood location. Large practice.
Modern equipment.
Can be secured from
.\ ELSON WILKCiN. Attorney at Law.
141.1 G st. n.w.
tarling's Printing Is Popular.
716 I Bth St.
iPaiautess Prices Make It So
[Pumps <& Water Systems.
Manufacturer* of Pumpa and Water Systetna.
"nse Couplings. Dealer* in Rnitines. Motor* aid
'indtnili*. A separate department for dealgnlag,
ittern inaklne and general machine work.
?at'I Hydraulic Co., Inc^
IBS GOOD HOPE ROAD. ANACOSTIA.
CHITSCH NOTICES.
?lL%Oo\ LIGHT GOSPEL TEXT. 2Und AXD M
n.w.?'Met tiii-jrt lieiclu Sumiiiv nighi. July 'SI, at
:30 aiHUB. Ail ar? inrlte?I. J. MARIOS
AMPBKLL. LOI'LS C. SHEAFK.
SPIRITUALISM.
IEETIXGS MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY,
p.m. sharp; a message to eai-li; dally read
lug*. Mrs. J. E. MALTBY. M>7 Mt. Vernon nl.
n.w., back of Carnegie Library. Phone M. 3708.
Look After
Your Tee'h
See if your teeth are begin
ning to decay. Don't see them
go too far. IVin't t>e afraid?
we will tin them for you. and
while doing It we guarantee not
to hurt you.
So many beautiful teeth and
faces are ruined from neglect.
Then, remember, it cause* bad
breath and atomach trouble.
< Kir charges are very reason
able. ^
*ETS OF TEETH, 55, 57, $10
22-kt. Gold Crowns
Bridgework.
:} $5
On. PATT0N ft LEONARD,
PAINLESS DENTISTS,
910 F STriEET.
Union Dental Parlors.
P .me Maiu 1577.
Remember
the Xuinlier.
Births Reported.
Th* following" births have been report
to the health department:
John and Ajny Naylor, Ijoy.
William E. and Mary A. Laeey, l>oy.
Albert atid Jennie Kinjf. boy.
James and Mary Hall, boy.
James F. and Mary F. Groves, girl.
Frank M. and l^ene M. KdinK?'r, boy.
Janiest and Pomeroy Cathcart, l?oy.
Samuel S. and Marv J. Cooke, boy.
Daniel A. and ijlba M. Boyle, boy.
William AV. and Orace Cohen, boy.
William H. and Kthel Wilson, boy.
Frederick and Maggie Truman, girl.
Richard and Ressie Scott, boy.
William E. and lieulah L. Ray, boy.
William and Sarah Payne, boy.
Herbert and Rebecca Lancaster, boy.
Harrison and Mallnda Jones, girl.
John and Georgiana Hawkins, boy.
Nelson and Carrie Green, boy.
William and Nellie Briscoe, boy.
John A. and Ruth Bryan, girl.
John and Maggie Brooks, boy.
John and Agnes Banks, boy.
Deaths Reported.
The following deaths have been report
to the heaith department:
Henderson Kelbough, 76 years, Sibley
Hospital.
Elizabeth tJ. Getty. 85 years, 1.807 Cal
ifornia street northwest.
Mary V. Fleming, 78 years, 31147 Park
Rosa Starnell, 4?5 years, Gtorge
Washington University Hospital.
Btttie M Jeffries, 74 years, 1708 5th
treet northwest.
Edmund Carr. 01 years, 1115 Monroe
Rtreet northwest.
Dorothy E. Farron, 5 months. 1125 1
Street northeast.
Harriett Devere, 65 years. Home for
tged and Intlrm.
Sylvester Williams. 35 years, Emer
Sency Hospital.
Alexander Douglas, 40 years, Garfield
lospital.
Verna E- Wise, 11 years, 70 L. street
northwest.
William Turner, 62 years, Washington
kaylnm Hospital.
Sarah Armstrong, 60 years, 80 P street
jorthwest.
William D. Gaxkins. .14 vears. Polk
Street, Kenllworth. District of Columbia.
Naphrine Uoilins, J months, 1316 1st
Street southwest.
Hilda Jones, 4 months, Freedmen's Hoi
ItaL
SIDDONS DROPS IN
AT POLICE STAINS
i New Commissioner Picks Sat
urday Night to "Learn
the Ropes."
I ______
| HE FINOS ONE PRISONER
I DETAINED SINCE JULY 17
I Men on Reserve at Number One Drop
Their Pinochle Game for
a Chat.
Commissioner Frederick L. Sitidous be
lieves in familiarizing himself with the
work of the several branches of the
District government that have been as
signed to. him. and last night he began
paying friendly and official calls upon
members of the police department. His
visits were unannounced and his pres
ence at police stations created no little
surprise.
No better time could have been selected
by the Commissioner to pay such visits,
the work Saturday nights being heavier
than usual and more policemen being
about the stations. Not only was Com
missioner Siddons able to see the mem
bers of the force as they actually appear
in the performance of their duties, but
he was able to see something of the
underworld.
Occupants of prison cells attracted his
attention. One prisoner, Eugene Roths
childs, a native of Germany, who was
held at the first precinct station, proved
a particularly attractive subject. The
young man has been in the hands of
the police since July 17, when he was
arresttni by Detectives McNainee and
Vermillion for the bureau of immigra
tion.
"What opportunity has the young man
to get exercise?" inquired Commissioner
Siddons, a little anxiously.
"He is taken out twice a day," stated
the desk sergeant. "He was out a few
minutes ago."
"I'm g-ad to hear that," the Commis
sioner remarked.
Confined in Witness Room.
Rothschilds is confined in a witness
room on the second floor of the station
instead of occupying a cell, his quarters
being exceptionally comfortable for a
person under arrest The Commissioner
looked through the building and sug
gested that electric lights should be
provided for the upper floors as for
the lower floor. He was told by the
desk sergeant that requests lor lights
had been made in the past. '
"1 have had very little experience in
police stations," the Commissioner said.
"I recall having been here many years
ago to see about a man who had been
arrested. I read of his arrest and wired
his son. The son wired back for me
to get him out of the station, and I
did 90. I think- that is about the ex
tent of my experience.
"I want to see things how they are,"
the Commissioner said to a reporter,
telling of his visits. "I thought I would
just drop in and see what was going
on. meet the men and get acquainted,
and in that way I can form a better
idea of things."
Few of the men in the police stations
recognized the Commissioners when he
called. He soon made himself known
and introductions followed. He greet
ed the policemen cordially and made
them feel that he was anxious to learn
what he could of the system of dealing
with prisoners.
Pinochle Game in Progress.
It happened that Capt. Hollinberger
was absent from the first precinct sta
tion, the fiwt station visited, but the
desk sergeant and men on reserve were
on hand to greet him and show him
about the building. Four men seated
at a table in the sqOadroom were
playing pinochle when the caller en
tered.
"Gentlemen," said the desk sergeant,
"I want to introduce you to Commis
sioner Siddons."
The men arose, shook hands with
their new Commissioner, and the latter
had a pleasant word for each of them.
A chat followed, and the caller went
away in his automobile to pay his re
spects to the police of other precincts.
lumberoeBfight
; AGAINST DIRECT SALES
I
Boycott Manufacturers Who
Deal With Consumers, Sec
retary Testifies.
CHICAGO, July 2ti.?Protection to its
members without "armed guards" by
procuring for them freedom from sales
direct from manufacturers to consum
ers is the object of the Northwestern
Lumbermen's Association, W. C. Hollls
of Minneapolis, its secretary, testified
at the hearing in the government suit
against the so-called lumber trust today.
Mr. Hollis is expected to be the most
important witness for the defense. L
C. Boyle of Kansas City, counsel for
the defendants, confined his examination
today to the purpose and history of the
Lumbermen's Association.
Sought to Secure Harmony.
"What do you mean by the clause in
your constitution offering protection to
members in the association?" asked Mr.
Boyle.
"Our purpose was to produce harmony,
among the manufacturers and the retail
lumbermen," Mr. Hollis replied. "By
the word "protection* we meant If we
succeeded in getting this harmony it
would be freedom from direct sales of
manufacturers to contractors or other
j consumers."
"By protection, did you mean you had
armed guards to see that this freedom
from direct sales was secured?"
"No, we tried to bring it about by
conferring with such manufacturers to
give up the practice."
In reply to questions Mr. Hollis as
serted that the manufacturer did not
openly sell to consumers.
Covers Up His Trail.
"He always tries to cover up his trail,
for he doesn't want his customers to
know of the sale," Mr. Hollis said. "If
they did know of it, they would go else
where."
"Did you in any way afreet dealers
who were not in your association?" Mr.
Hollis was asked.
"We did not. Our members had a
rule, 'to do as we would be done by,'
and we would do nothing bui fall to
recognize manuiacturers selling direct
ly to consumers."
It was brought out that the associa
tion had a membership of 2,<>4. retail
dealers, while about 900 other dealers in
| its territory were not recognized.
State Legislator Succumbs.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.. July 26.?W. Ok
McLaughlin, member of the legislature
from Mecklenburg county for three terms,
died suddenly at his home near this city
today at the age of fifty-five years. His
death will necessitate the holding of a
special election In Mecklenburg county
to take his place as member of the spe
cial session of the legislature which has
been called to convene Sept 24.
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Council to Discuss Question of
New High School Building.
TEMFORARY ROOM WANTED
? _
Petition to Be Filed for Oood Roads
Election?Alexandria Fly
Fly Swatters Busy.
Special Corrospondeftoe of Th?> Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 26. 1013.
The question of leasing a building as a
temporary high school may be presented
to the city school board at the next meet
ing of that body, it is announced. Sev
j eral members of the board, it is stated.
' are anxious to secure temporary quar
i ters, while others are unalterably opposed
I to such a procedure, being willing to wait
! until the proposed new high school is
erected.
For the past few days there have been
rumors afloat to the efTect that the board
| contemplated leasing a large private
dwelling house for such purposes. This
rumor was, however, emphatically denied
this evening by members of the school
board.
It was, however, intimated by one mem
ber of the board that the question of ob
taining temporary quarters for a high
school may come up.
The report of the joint committee on
finance and schools of the city council,
recommending the erection of a building
on some site other than that at Cameron
and West streets, recently passed the
board of aldermen and will now come
before the common council for consider
ation at a meeting of that body which
will be held August 12 next. There will
doubtless be a contention over the pro
posed site of the building and it may be j
that the lower branch of council will i
recommend that the building be erected
at Cameron and West streets on the lot j
purchased by the city for that purpose. The ;
board of aldermen, however, will not i
favor that site, and the matter will, It Is
expected, hang fire on the question of
location.
Want Oood Roads.
dents of Mount Vernon district, Fairfax j
county, asking Judge Thornton to call a
special election early this fall to allow
the residents to vote on a bond issue for
road improvements in the sum of $100,000
will be presented Judge Thornton in the
circuit court at Fairfax Monday next.
! This petition will be presented to the
court by a committee of citizens named
for that purpose. Should the measure go
through it is proposed to improve five
roads for a total distance of more than
thirty miles.
Play for Championship.
The championship series between the
Cardinal Athletic Club and the White
Sox will be commenced tomorrow at 2:30
o'clock on the cove diamond, near the
lighthouse. The games will be played in
the park and cove alternately, the best
four out of seven games. Good games
are expected.
Directors Chosen.
The Columbia Laundry Company at its
annual meeting, held tonight at the office
of Attorney Leo P. Harlow, elected the
following directors: Clarence F. Sowers,
D. K. Jackson, Arthur Copeland, William
Harrison and John Edwards.
S. H. Lunt, auctioneer, sold at public
auction at noon today for J. D. Nor
moyle and P. M. Bradshaw, trustees,
two lots of ground, with improvements,
on the east side of Patrick street be
tween Cameron and Queen streets, which
were purchased by Emma E. McCuen for
$2,725.
Several of the pulpits tomorrow will be
filled by non-resident clerggy. Rev. Wil
liam F. Hantzmon of Campbell circuit,
Va., formerly of this city, will preach at
the 11 o'clock services tomorrow at the
M. P. Church. Rev. B. A. Scull will
preach at both services at the Free Meth
odist Church.
The morning services at Trinity M. E.
Church will be conducted by Rev. George
Barber and the eyening services at this
church will be conducted by Rev. Charles
Boss, jr.,* both of Washington.
Fly Swatters Busy.
As the month of July draws to a close
there is considerable activity among the
eight leaders in the fly-swatting contest.
The three leaders will be awarded prizes.
The standing of the contestants follows:
Isabelle Cockrell, 200,250; Naomi Massey,
210,800; Frances Summers, 114,500; Alton
Dodd, 98,100; Julian Chauncey, 47,700;
Ethel Jett, 34,900; Anna Schllchting, 21,
200; Harry Magner, 15,400.
Funeral services for Miss Mary B.
Fleming, a former resident of this city,
who died in Washington yesterday, will
be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from Wheatley's undertaking chapel.
CRY Oil! FOR THE BALLOT
Hundred Thousand Non-Mili
tant Suffragists Hold Mon
ster Mass Meeting.
LONDON, July 26.?The long pilgrim
age to London of non-militant woman
suffragists culminated this evening in a
monster gathering at Hyde Park, at
tended by fully 100,000 women. Headed
by banners bearing the motto, "Reason,
not force," which is the battle cry of the
law-abiding national union of woman
suffrase soclties, the petticoatcd bat
talions, with bands playing and banners
flying, swept through the principal gates
of the park and converged at a central
point where seventy speakers addressed
them f;om twenty platforms.
At the sound of a bugle a resolution
was simultaneously adopted, amid cries
of tumultuous enthusiasm, begg.ng par
liament without further delay to give
women the franchise.
The vast concourse of women is be
lieved to constitute a record in any po
litical agitation. It furnished a p.c
turesque and impressive spectacle, and
drew enormous crowds of sightseers.
Among the speakers were Mrs. Cariie
Chapman Catt, Mrs. Charlotte Despard
and a number of members of the house
of commons.
TRUSTEE ANSWERS THAW.
Reply Made by Pittsburgh Company
to His Appeal for Funds.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., July 26 ?Counsel for
the Fidelity Title and Trust Company
filled an answer In orphans' court tonay
to the'petition of Ha:ry K. Thaw which
asks that tht trust company be directed
to pay him |:;0.000 from the Income and
runds he avers the company is holding
In trust for him. The answer recites
that Thaw has no property o: estate and
no Income except that accruing from the
trust estate of which the respondent
company is trustee.
It is further declared that much money
has been spent for Thaw's release from
Matteawan and that he has not yet been
declared sane, and further that he is an
ticipating the institution of further pro
ceedings for'his release which would re
quire a considerable amount of money.
The respondent declares that the court
has jurisdiction and will submit to any
order the court deems proper. It Is ex
pected a hearing on the petition and the
reply wll be held In the orphans' court
shortly. J
Will Decry Boxing Match as
Desecration of Commodore
Perry's Memory.
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, July 20.? Sail
yacht week, the first week of the Perry a
victory centennial which will continue
until August 31, was brought to a close
here tonight, with an elaborate displaj
of fireworks. That the attendance for
the week was far below the lowest es
timate is attributed to unusually cool
weather which predominated.
Ministers of the island announced to
night that they will preach tomorrow
on "The Desecration of Commodore
Perry's Memory," using as their text the
Delaney-Julian boxing match, which was
held here this afternoon and which was
stopped by the authorities in the eighth
round, because it was said to be too
much on the prize fi;;ht order.
A demonstration as noisy as the one
that featured her arrival marked the de
parture of Perry's reconstructed flagship
Niagara when she sailed out of the har
bor at sunrise in tow of the U. S. S.
Wolverine, with the Essex, for Monroe,
Mich., and Toledo.
The whistles of large craft and the
bells of small boats kept up a continual
din for nearly a half hour. Two miles
northwest of Put-in-Bay the Niagara
passed through the scene of the battle
of Lake Erie from which she emerged
victorious one hundied years ago Sep
tember 10 next. Flags were at half
mast, except on the Niagara, and her
officers and crew stood at attention
wherever possible, with heads bared.
While many of the sailboats partici
pating in the centennial regatta at
Put-in-Bay this week will get away some
time tomorrow, many wi.l remain for
the boat races and the second install
ment of the Perry celebration next week.
WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer Today; Showers
Tonight or Monday.
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land?Fair, warmer Sunday; showers at
night or Monday; light to moderate
south winds.
Low pressure prevails generally over
the western half of the country, except
in Montana, and showers resulted in
upper Michigan, the northwestern states,
the northern and central Rocky moun
tain and plateau regions and portions or
California. Thunder-showers also con
tinued in the south Atlantic and gulf
states. From the Ohio valley eastward
and northeastward the weather was
It is warmer in the central valleys
and the lake region, with temperatures
considerably above the seasonal average
over the former districts. In the east
and south temperatures are moderate,
while In the northwest and from the
Rocky mountain region westward they
are much below the seasonal average,
except in eastern Washington.
There will l>e showers Sunday quite
generally west of the Rocky mountains,
except in the coast states, probably con
tinuing Monday. There will also be
showers Sunday in the plains states,
the Missouri and upper Mississippi val
leys and upper lake region, and showers
Sunday night or Monday in t.is Ohio
vallev. the lower lake region, the mid
dle Atlantic states and New England;
local thundershowers will also continue
in the south Atlantic and gulf states.
It will be somewhat warmer tsunday
in the Atlantic states, the lower lake
region, and cooler in the plains states,
the Missouri and upper Mississippi val
leys It will be cooler Monday in the
Ohio valley, and somewhat warmer in
the extreme west. '
The winds along the north Atlantic
coast will be moderate, mostly south;
on the middle Atlantic coast, moderate
south, except variable on the Virginia
coast; on the south Atlantic coast, light
to moderate south; on the east and west
gulf coasts, moderate south; on the
lower lakes, moderate southeast to
south, becoming variable; on the upper
lakes, moderate south, shifting to west
and northwest Sunday night.
Tide Tables.
Today?Low tide, 8:53 a.m. and 8:43
p.m.; high tide, 2:05 am. and 2:25 p.m.
Tomorrow?Low tide, 9:52 a.m. and 9:37
p.m.; high tide, 2:55 am. and 3:21 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rofe, 4:56 a.m.; sun sets,
7:17 p.m.
Tomorrow?oain. rises, 4:5i a.m.
Moon rises, 11:47 p.m.
The City Lights.
Public electric arc and electric incan
descent lamps are lighted fltteen minutes
after sunset and extingu.shed forty-five
minutes before sunrise; public gas lamps
lighted twenty minutes after sunset an<J
extinguished forty minutes before sun
rise. Naphtha lighting service has been
discontinued.
Yesterday's Temperatures.
Midnight, 62; 2 a.m., 60; 4 a.m., 58; 6
a.m., 00; 8 a.m., 70; 10 a.m., 78; 12, noon,
81; 2 p.m., 83; 4 p.m., 84; 6 p.m.. 81; 8
p.m., 77; 10 p.m., 73. .Highest, 84; low
est, 58. .
Relative humidity, 8 a.m., 55; 8 p.m.,
.63. Rainfall (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.), none.
Hours of sunshine, 12.4. Per cent of
possible sunshine, 86.
Temperature same date last year?High
est, 78; lowest, 06.
Up-Biver Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERb FERRY, W. Va., July 26.?
Potomac river clear and Shenandoah
mucldy this evening.
Temperatures in Other Cities.
Rainfall.
8 p.m.to
Max. Min. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Ashevllle, N. C 7? 6ft 70
Atlanta, Ga 84 70 72 0.50
At.antic City, N. J.... SO ft* 72 ....
Ulsmarck, N. D 80 58 72 ....
rtostou, Mass "2 HO 74 ....
Bullulo, N. Y t>2 00 76 ....
Chicago, 111 86 OO 82 ....
Cincinnati, Ohio 90 #4 80 ....
Cheyenne. Wyo 78 50 68 ....
davenport. Iowa 92 62 90 ....
iMMiver, Col 8S 54 74 0.01
Lea Moines, Iowa .... 5)4 &4 8ft ....
Duluth, Minn ...60 54 52 0.36
<.a Ives ton. Tex 811 80 82 ....
Helena, Mont 60 50 58 0.18
Indianapolis, Ind 88 ftl .. 0.18
Jacksonville, Kla 90 74 18 0.0"J
Kansas City, Mo HO ' 7- 90 ....
Little Kock, Art *8 72 86
Los Angeles, Cal "2 60 (>v> ....
Marquette, Mich 78 58 76 0.04
Memphis, Tenn 88 72 78 ....
New Orleans, Lb 88 - <6 80 0.08
New York, N. Y 78 66 70 ....
North Platte, Neb 94 64 8ft ....
Otnaha. Neb 98 70 92 ....
Philadelphia, Pa 80 66 74
Pittsburgh, Pa *4 60 80 ....
Port.and. Me 78 56 68
Portland, Ore 7- 60 7? ....
Salt Lake City, Utah.. 78 5ft 74 ....
St. Louis, Mo 92 72 86
St. Paul, Minn 92 6- 88 0.01
San Krauclsco, Cal.... 6* 5* 62
Springfield, 111 9? 8ft
Tacouia, Wash 74 .. ?2
Tampa, Fla 90 72 80
Toledo Ohio 82 60 74
&?&? MISS 86 70 82 0.18
MATT. POUCH ROBBER FREE.
Leaves Leavenworth Federal Prison
Clad in Expensive Clothes.
LEAVENWOKTH, Kan., July 26.?
D, essed in an expensive suit of clothes
made in the prison tailor shops of
goods he had purchased when he
knew he was to be released, Charles
Stevens alias Charles Savage, the
negro convicted at Kansas City five
years ago of a fifty-thousand-dollar
mail pouch robbery, stepped from the
federal prison this afternoon a free
man.
He was met outside the prison, how
ever, by a deputy United States mar
shal,' who arrested him on the specific
charge of cutting open a mail sack. ?
Leavenworth banker furnished $2,00e
bond. The mail pouch was taken from
a car at the Kansas City Union depot.
RAILROAD STRIKE
NOT TO BE CALLED
Articles of Agreement to Arbi
trate Wage Fight Are
Signed.
ACTION IS BIG VICTORY
FOR MEDIATION BOARD
Carriers Withdraw From Stand
Which Threatened Peace
ful Settlement.
NEW YORK, July 28.?The threatened
strike of NO.000 conductors and trainmen
of forty-five eastern railroads for higher
wages and improved working conditions
will not be called. Articles of agreement
to arbitrate under the Newlands act the
questions at issue were signed today by
the employes' representatives and the
conference committee of railroad mana
gers.
The agreement was not reached until
the managers had withdrawn the pro
posal that their own grievances against
the men also should be arbitrated. This
claim, the managers announced today,
they had relinquished to ''protect the
public" from a tie-up, which the em
ployee Intended to force if the railroads
persisted in pressing their point.
Board Gets Credit.
Today's peaceful outcome of the dis
pute was the result of efforts made by
the board of mediation and conciliation
recently created in the hurriedly passed
Newlands act to meet the situation. The
board, consisting of Judge William Lea
! Chambers, Judge Martin A. Knapp and
G. W. W. Hanger, brought about today's
agreement after conferences with the dis
putants which continued more than a
week.
With the elimination of the eight griev
I ancps for which the railroads desired
consideration, the articles of arbitration
I comprise, without alteration, the sixteen
j original demands presented bv the con
ductors and trainmen. The only point
gained by the railroads was a provision
i that the award of the board of arbitra
tion, to be later constituted of six mem
bers, shall take effect October 1 next
instead of May 1 last, the date requested
by the employes.
# Signers of Articles.
The articles were signed on behalf of
the men by W. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and
A. B. Garretson, president of the Order
of Railway Conductors, and for the rail
roads by Ellsha Lee, chairman of the
conference committee of railroad man
agers.
The members of the mediation board
returned tonight to Washington, where
they will report to President Wilson. The
board will not again be called into ac
tion unless the four arbitrators nomi
nated by the railroads and the men fall
to agree on a fifth and sixth to complete
the arbitration board. In that contin
gency the mediation board will select the
two necessary members.
Lee Presents Letter.
Following Chairman Lee's statement
today that the railroads waived their
claims against the men in order to '"pro
tect- the public," President Lee of, the
trainmen presented to the mediators a
letter setting forth his views concerning
the demand of the employes that the
railroad's grievances should not be arbi
trated.
"Proposals were submitted to each of
the eastern railroads about January 6,
1013," President Lee's letter read in
part, "and the roads authorised the man
agers' conference committee to represent
them on those propositions, and, so far
as we were advised, on nothing else.
"In ail the negotiations up to the enact
ment of the Newlands act there was no
suggestion by the managers that other
matters would foe introduced for settle
ment.
Traces Course of Bill.
"Meantime a movement for a change
in the Etrdman act had been participated
in by both parties, the amending bill
was prepared and introduced in the Sen
ate, and there was a hearing on it be
fore a joint committee of the Senate and
House June 20, at which the railroads
and the organizat.on were officially rep
resented. A few days after the bill pass
ed the Senate and was pending in the
House, a conference was he.d w.th Presi
dent Wilson, at which the same interests
were more largely represented.
"Neither at the joint committee hear
ing nor at the White House conference
was there any hint of the railroads' in
tention to bring up other questions for
arbitration. Not until July 16, the day
after the passage of the Newlands bill,
was there any new grounds of disagree
ment introduced by the railroads.
Bights Are Recognized.
"There has never been a time when we
had even the remotest idea that the law
governig arbitration was enacted for
the benefit only of the employes. On the
contrary, we recognize the right of the
railroads to invoke its provisions at the
proper time a,nd in the proper manner,
but we certainly will not concede the
employers a riyht to sweep aside the
prescribed method of presenting gr.ev
ances, which is through the officers of
the individual railroads to the regularly
constituted organization committees on
their lines."
GIFT TO OFFICER'S WIFE
War Department Takes Notice
of Presentation by
Enlisted Men.
The War Department recently came
into possession of advices to the effect
that the enlisted men of one of the com
mands of the army had clubbed together
and purchased a gift which they pre
sented to the wife of their commanding
officer at the time he was relieved of
duty with the command. It was appre
ciated that the present was bestowed
in recognition of much disinterested
work for the benefit of the enlisted men
and their families?notably in the case of
widows and orphans at the post?per
formed by the wife of the officer. It
became necessary, however, for the War
Department to take some notice of the
incident. It is held by the Secretary of
War that the presentation to the officer's
wife is of a character to affect detri
mentally the disciplinary relations of the
command in which it occurred and Is
also In violation of the spirit of cir
cular 77, War Department, 1909, and of
section 1*84, R. S. It is stated in the
offlci# comment on the subject:
"It noes not evidence that careful at
titude toward matters affecting the dis
cipline of the service to be expected of
an officer of the experience and educa
tion" of the officer immediately con
cerned, and "It is believed that, beyond
inviting the officer's attention to the
attitude of the War Department, no fur
ther action in the case is called for."
A petition in bankruptcy was filed In
the federal court at Huntington, W. Va.,
[Thursday by the Huntington Chair Com
pany. The liabilities are fixed at 1157,
246.32 and the assets at 170,461.87.
?
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ELECTION EXCITING
AT ARUNDEL-0N-6AY
James C. Courts Gets Commis
sionership by Ballots in
Crepe de Chine.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ARUNT>ELrON-THE-BAY, Md., July
26.?The country is saved again. James
C. Courts, clerk to the committee on ap
propriations of the House of Representa
tives, was elected today on a mixed bal
lot to a position on the board of seven
commissioners for this Utopian village.
Along with Mr. Courts the country is
further saved by the election of his six
associates on the board, among whom
are five well known Washingtonians?
Amos T. Medford, Edwin C. Graham,
Nicholas N. Shea, Thomas W. Smith and
Michael I. Weller. All those named
spent the last few days of the week here,
mending their political fences and round
ing up the vote. Although there was no
opposition, as the opposition had gone
fishing, the vote was overwhelmingly in
favor of the regular ticket.
Largest Vote Ever Cast.
When the ballots were counted it was
found that the excitement pending the
outcome had resulted in the largest vote
ever cast in Arundel-on-the-Bay, and
twenty entire votes were taken from the!
ballot box. Owing to the iar^e propor- j
lion of the female suffrage element which i
took part in the election, rumor sayeih, ?
several of the votes had been wrapped j
in crepe de chine and had the appealunce j
of valentines.
Although Mr. Courts had the easiest !
time of any of the candidates, it was j
regarded as ominous by the E. C. t
Graham faction that Mr. Courts had i
remained silent until almost the last j
moment as to where he stood on the
tariff and the "corn tassel currency."
it was almost fatal' for him that he
tried to hedge on these subjects, but at
the last moment he came out boldly
and declared for a reciprocal tariff on
Chesapeake bay soft-shell crabs, and
as for currency, he declared flatly that
he was for more of it.
Polls Were One Cigar Box.
The polls, which consisted of one
cigar box, were opened at 3 o'clock.
During the time they were open it is
said that the tides in Chesapeake bay
stood still, and that the water birds
and crustaceans went into retirement
until the result had been announced.
After the ballads had ceased flutter-.
ing the board of ejections, comprising I
the candidates and the other twelve?
voters, opened the ballot box and'
counted the results. One remote dis
trict. where the vote had been out
crabbing, was delayed by some three,
seconds, owing to a particularly large I
crab getting away from the net at the :
last minute. However, an appeal to
the board was made and the belated
ballot was cast.
There were loud cheers for Thomas
W. Smith, who was elected mayor, in
addition to being made again a member
of the board, and as the successful can
didates locked arms and looked sea
ward across the Chesapeake the water
was ruffled with the outstretched claws
of Chesapeake bay crabs riving a
Chautauqua salute to the victors. Also
upon the horizon lay a rakish craft
with a man stretched at full length
upon the deck.
That man was the Opposition. He was
the man who went fishing and did not
vote.
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By His Watch
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timekeeper; Elgin
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If he tolerates an inaccurate, shabby
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times out of ten?in classing him among
those who lack the instincts of punctual
ity and practical time saving.
A reliable W atch is regarded by the
successful man as a business necessity.
You can depend upon the Watches in
our stock?Waltham, Elgin, Illinois
movements.
A good Watch is not necessarily ex
pensive. Then, too, we invite you to use
our credit privileges. Pay 50c a week
while you enjoy the use of a good Watch.
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SEVENTEEN SEEK FORTUNE.
Lees by Wholesale Try to Prove Kin
ship to Dead Publisher.
CHICAGO, July 26.?Seventeen Lees
who believe they may prove some re
lationship to William Henry Lee, a
wealthy publisher, who died, leaving an
estate valued at 1300,000, have communi
cated with Public Administrator Bishop,
who for several weeks has been search
ing for relatives of the decedent. Thus
far none has been able to prove rela
tionship with the man who died without
leaving a will.
On his deathbed he made frantic at
tempts to talk, but was unable to do so.
his tongue being paralysed.
Under the law the estate will revert to
the state unless some relative appears te
claim it within twenty yearg^