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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
1T IS "GoFF."
Don't Say "Gowf" or "Golf" If You
Would Be Correct.

Don't Say "Gowf" or "Golf" if You
Would Be Correct.
London Correspondence New York Sun.
A Scotch golfer who played the game at
st. Andrews in 1885, before the era of rail-
ways and long before the English took up
the game, writes to the Times about the
English INSTRUMENTATION of the national
game. which. he says. distresses him. He
goes on to say that among gentlemen who
have been in England or India, and were
free from the pronounced Scotch accent.
the game was called gofe. By caddies and
those speaking broad Scotch 1t was called
govt. The phrase, folk play golf,' was
pronounced by gentlemen 'foke play gofe.
gofe rhyming with loaf, and by the caddies
"fowk play govt" There was a third
pronunciation, but 1t was an affectation-
gofY.
Those who SO pronounced it were sup
posed to speak high English, avoiding the
broad pronunciation of the letter "a" so
prevalent among the Scotch. and substi-
tuting Sc" For "e" they used the short
a." as, for example "heff-pest SWIM" for
half-past seven. The Scotch golfer con-
tinues: This particular dialect was great
ly admired by my fellow-countrymen. 1t
was known to them as Edinburgh English;
but even these did not sound the Il in golf
Could they have foreSeen what the actual
future mispronunciatiOn of the English on
taking up the game would have been, with
1t would have seemed to them so Eng
hsh.'"
The writer then quotes the rule that ~
before az ''k' and m Is silent if the pre-
ceding vowel is "a" or &C" and Is sounded
If 1t is e." '1' or "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
DENIED INDIGNANTLY.
Commissioner Ware Emphatically Con-
tradicts Published Statement.

New York newspaper published today
a long statement to the effect that frauds
on the civil service had been accom-
plished in the pension bureau, and cited the
case of Miss Nellie G. Terry of Wellsv1lle,
N Y. who was niece of former Pension
Commissioner Evans, and who, it was al
legged. was promoted from a minor position
in rural post office to be stenographer anu
private secretary to her uncle at salary
of 81 800 year.
The article containing the statement also
charged that there were numerous viola
tons of this kind in the bureau, and that
Commissioner Ware had been called up to
the White House for conference with the
President in regard to the situation.
Il have read the article you refer to,
said Commissioner Ware to Star reporter
in reply to question as to the truth OF
the statement, and will say in reply that
1t is not true that this Office has violated
the civil service rules in any way during
my administration.
He continued emphatically: THE Presi-
dent has never sent for me to discuss this
matter and there has never been any per-
son transferred from the unclassified post
al service to this Office during my admin
istration. Not one.
Miss Terry was appointed to her present
position after she had passed thorough
examination in the subjects relating to the
work she was to perform and was appoint
ed to her position here under my preoe-
cessor She Is an excellent clerk, there
are no better in her particular line, and
she came by civil service processes.
There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that the President summoned
me to the White House to discuss this mat
ter This office has observed the civil serv-
ice rules since the day / came into 1t, and
there have been no violations here
Mr.. Ware was very indignant at the pub
LEGATION Of what he states to be untrue.
and declared that there could be no pos
sibles foundat ton for such article. He
asserted that he had been most careful to
observe the civil service regulations in
every appointment to his office, and he did
not believe there was a single clerk in his
office who was transferred thereto from any
other bureau or department in violation OF
these regula tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Marine Corps Orders

r Capt. H. w. Carpenter. upon the expira-
ton of his sick leave. will report to the
marine barracks, League Island, Pa.
First Lieut.. H. j. Hirshinger, having
completed the special duty for which he
was ordered to Washington. D. c.. will re-
, turn to his station at the navy yard. Nor
folk, Va. ra
First Lieut.. Fl. D. F, Long. marine bar
racks. New York, order of 9th instant to
proceed to marine barracks. Boston, Mass,
for duty, revoked.
Capt. j. T. Myers. U: s. s. Brooklyn. upon
arrival of the Brooklyn on the European
station, will report to the commander-in-
chief of said station for duty as fleet ma
rine officer. relieving Capt G. C. Thorpe.
First Lieut. ]. s.. Bates has been granted
two weeks leave of absence.
First Lieut.. W.. E. Smith. from the ma
rine barracks. New York, to the marine
barracks, Boston, Mass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
LYNCHING IN MONTANA.
COMPANION OF RUNAWAY MUIR
DERER HANGED BY A MOB.
William Hardee, Who Killed His
Guard, Shot to Death by
Pursuers.

GLASGOW, Mont. June 19.-Wfinam
Hardee the condemned murderer. who with
three other prisoners escaped from the city
Jail in this city two weeks ago after killing
one guard and beating almost to death two
others. was shot and killed late Monday
afternoon in the Bad Lands, seventy-hve
miles from this city, after desperate bat
tie with the posse under Sheriff Cosner.
Charles r. Hill, one of the posse, re-
ceived wounds from which he died In 4
short time. Fred Mckinney, Hardee's out
law companion. succeeded in escaping af-
ter the battle, but his capture Is believer
to be certain.
When the news reached this city late last
night a mob was quickly formed The
guard at the jail was Overpowered, and
Jack Brown, one of Hardee's companions
who was recaptured. was taken from his
cell and hanged from a window in the
county court house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
VIRGINIA PILOTS WIN.
Highest Court of State Upholds Pilot
age Law.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NORFOLK, Va. June 1S.-The Virginia
court of appeals at Wytheville. has hand
ed down a decision reversing Judge Martin
OF Norfolk. who held to be unconstitutional
the law imposing compulsory pilotage upon
all coasting schooners entering the Virginia
capes for ports in this state.
Under the present law. which the highest
court of the state upholds. schooners COM
ing into Virginia ports from other states
must employ a Virginia pilot necessarily.
The case decided today was waged by New
York shipping people who protested against
the charges of the Virginia pilots.
This decision is far reaching and places
many thousand dollars annually in the
pockets of members of the Virginia Pilots
Association. The case for the pilots was
fought in the supreme court by United
States Senator Daniel. r. G.. Marshall and
Judge ID. Tucker Brooke. Robert NJ.
Hughes appeared for the New York ship
owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
SITUATION IN MOROCCO.
The Popularity of the Pretender Said to
Be Increasing.

Mr. Hoffman Philip, American vice and
deputy consul general at Tangiers, Moroc-
co, who is in this country on brief trip
for his health. called at the State Depart
ment this morning to pay his respects to
the officials and make an informal report
upon the situation at his post. 1t appears
that the conflict between the Sultan Of
Morocco and the pretender is increasing in
bitterness.
1t is a mistaken idea to suppose that the
pretender has little chance of oyerpower-
ing the government forces His popularity
has increased greatly during the last few
months and the sultan Is believed to be
losing with his subjects France. England.
Russia and Germany are keeping close
watch on the situation and the pretender
hopes for support from at least two of
these powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
NEW RUSSIAN CRIMINAL CODE.
Lenity May Be Shown by Trial Judges
Allowance for Good Conduct.

From the New York Times
The new Russian criminal code has now
been promulgated. In it two important
principles are, for the first time, repudiated
the rule of inflicting sentence according
to the exact letter of the law, and the non
curtailment Of the sentence as a reward
for good conduct
Formerly the jury pronounced a prisoner
guilty under one or another article OF the
code, to which article the penalty was at
tached. The judge had absolutely no dis
cret1on In the matter, and the crown prose-
cutors always aimed to eXpound the law so
as to have the severest penalty inflicted.
according to the new CODE the jury is
merely to fix the question of guilt, while
the judge uses his discretion as to how
much more or less within the limits pre-
Scrfbed the criminal shall receive
AS to the second principle involved, the
life sentence, or without term" as the
Russians call it, still stands, but after
twenty years Of trreproachable conduct this
sentence may be RENTED. Moreover. soli-
tary confinement will be enforced only for
brief period at the beginning Of sentences
and also for the shorter sentences served
in prisons in European Russia Women
are exempted from the death penalty in all
cases, except only for crimes against the
person Of the emperor, empress or crown
prince In all other cases. women and
minors will be sentenced to penal servituds
without term" in place of the death pen
also not ipso facto dissolve family ties as
at present.
The old criminal code contained no ar
ticles which could be made to apply against
collective demonstrations against authority.
The new one does contain them. It has
paragraphs dealing with every phase Of
sedition, with the grades Of criminality
carefully defined. After the police have
cried "Disperse' to crowd. any person
failing TO make the best of his way homo
will be liable to minimum sentence OF
three months Imprisonment. The penalty
is increased in accordance with the number
of police or troops employed. According
to the new code, there is no such thing as
passive resistance in Russia: at the same
time, theoretically at least. 1t makes indis-
criminate shooting by the police or troops
impossible, for If the order to dispense Is
not obeyed it becomes merely the duty of
the authorities to arrest the delnquents.
Another concession is made in the new
code to popular equity by subtracting the
time passed in prison before trial from the
final sentence inflicted. How large this
concession Is will be understood when it Is
said that 1t is not unusual in Russia for a
person to spend two or three years in jail
while awaiting trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Ordered. by Commissioners.
ne Commissioners have ordered:

The Commissioners have ordered:
That Robert A Conard. Lawrence p. Fay
and Thomas r. Senior are hereby appoint
ed chainmen in the sewer division, engi-
neer department. at 1925 per day each, for
a probationary period Of three months, APP
pointments to take effect when the several
appointees report for duty; and
That Stuart J. Cass. chairman in the
surveyors office at 81 % per day. is trans
ferred to similar position in the sewer d.
vision at SO per day; transfer to take eff
feet when he reports for duty in the sewer
division;
That Frank c. Wight is hereby appointed
chairman in the Office of the surveyor, D.
c., at So per day. to take effect when
he reports for duty;
That the roadway of Ontario avenue
from Columbia road to Poplar avenue be
paved under the permit system, at an est
mated cost of "a. AGO. one-half of which
amount has been deposited by parties in
tereSted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today as fol-
lows:
F. III. Duehay. one seven-story freproof
apartment house, SIS Connecticut avenue
northwest; cost $500, 600
Middaugh & Shannon. six two-story and
cellar brick dwellings,, % 4-26-2S-30 and 30
Randolph street. Bioomingdale; cost
$4,000.
Frank B. Essex. one two-story and cellar
brick dwelling, 2J6 Sth street southeast:
cost. 50. 800
William Linkins, one two-story brick
dwelling. 222l 18th street northwest; cost.
$1,000.
7. ]. Baker. one frame private stable in
rear of Emporia near 9th street. Langdon
Park; cost, $500
Don Cameron. repairs to p Lafayette
place northwest; cost $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Powerful German Dynamos.

The rapid development of electric central
stations in Germany has resulted in the
construction of powerful dynamos. Re-
porting to the State Department, Consul
General Guenther at Frankfort says that
the Rhenish- Westphalian electricity works
at Essen has ordered rom the Brown
Bovert Company at Mannheim steam tur-
bine to furnish power for a dynamo of
5000 volts and one for 1000 volts. These
two electrical machines will require about
10000 horse power. The whole apparatus
occupies a space less than nine feet in
height and width and about sixty feet in
length. The 10000 horse power turbine has
a length of only about twenty-one feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Army Orders,

Capt. Edgar Russell, Signal Corps. will
proceed to Seattle. Wash, on official bust
ness pertaining to the installation of the
Alaskan cable, and upon the completion of
that duty will return to his proper station
in this city.
Contract Surgeon John r. Bosely. United
States army, will proceed from this city to
Governors Island, N. Y, and report in per-
son to the commanding general, depart
ment of the east. for assignment to duty.
First Lieut.. Clifton c. Kinney. 9th IN
fantry, has been granted four months
leave of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
MAY CALL OUT MILITIA.
Richmond Street Railway Strike As
Stunning Serious Proportions.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
RICHMOND, Va, June 19.-The Virginia
Passenger and Power Company has taken
its five cars from the tracks and gives as
the reason that the police protection is not
sufficient to allow them to operate the
system.
The cars have been egged and filth has
been thrown into the faces of the strike
breakers. This means that the militia will
be called on. The company says that 1t
cannot say when the cars will be operated
again.
Governor Montague is not In the city. but
the soldiers can be called out through the
lieutenant governor.
The conditions here are extremely serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
POWDER EXPLOSION.
Three Men Fatally Burned in Pennsyl-
vania Mining Town.

CHARLEROI. Pa. June 19.-Three Slav
miners were fatally burned by powder ex-
plosion in the home OF Nate Glazes one
OF the victims in the mining settlement of
Twilight last evening
Three cases of powder were in a back
room OF Glazes house He. Mike Zinta
and simon Jnur were in the room smoking
their pipes when the explosion occurred.
None of the victims can recover all being
burned from head TO foot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Government Bonds.
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE June l9.-FL0UR-Dul unchane
ed: receipts, l3,5l7 barrels.
WHEAT-Stesdy; spot and June. sol, aS0lA: July
f3iI3A. August, 7S bid; steamer No. red 7Ss
IGN; receipts, 9.575 bushels southern by sample
18as0A do. on grade, 76a.sS0A.
CORN-Easer; spot and June, 56aJ6h July. 55t,
a58; steamer mixed. 53a53h receipts. 81 027 bush.
els; southern white corn, 52a571a; do yellow, %
asst.
oATS-Firmer; No. white As; No. mixed AZ
a421a: receipts. 4. S26 bushels.
RYE-Firm No. 2. 81; No. western, IS;
ceipts. II bushels.
HAY-Firm unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-ouet; steam to Liverpool,
per bushel. 1hd. July Cork for orders, per quar-.
ter, Is. I'D. June.
BUTTER-Cnchanged.
EGGS-Unchanged.
CHEESE-Unchansed
SUGAR-Unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Prohibition Won.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
NORFOLK. Va. June 19.-After a ter
rife battle between prohibitionsts and sa-
loon men Ciaremont Va. went dry" by
20 majority. When the result was an
nounced the town almost went wild Fac
tory whistles We're blown and church bells
rung to announce the deliverance of the
town from saloons. The negroes to a man
voted the dry ticket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Two Shot by Negroes.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, June 19.-John
Newbury. bridge carpenter OF West
Plains Mo. was shot and killed and Rob
Cross. bridge carpenter of the same place,
was shot and seriously wounded by two
negroes on a Santa Fe freight train today
near Sherman. The negroes escaped The
sherin and posse are searching for them
and they will be summarily dealt with II
caught
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Florence Stoddard Dead

BINGHAMTON, n. Y. June 19-Miss
Florence Stoddard. the only daughter of
Secretary of the Territory of Arizona Stod-
dard. died last night at the home of her
grandfather. Judge Celora f. Martin of the
court of appeals. in this city She was
twenty-five years OF age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Applies for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Charles H. Blankford this afternoon filed
a petition for writ of habeas corpus to Sc
cure his release from the workhouse. He
claims that he is illegally detained because
he is being required to serve out the bal
ance of a sentence in connection with an
offense for the commission of which he was
pardoned by President Cleveland. Justice
Anderson has fixed the hearing at / o'clock
next Wednesday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Took Phi. D. Degree at Cornell.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
ITHACA, n. Y, June 19.-Christobel For
sythe Fiske, Phi. B. and NJ. A. of Washing
ton. d. c., took the advanced degree of
doctor of philosophy at Cornell University
commencement. The thesis was English
Chroniclers and Playwrights. Study of
the Political and Domestic Life of England
as Treated in the Drama"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Woodmen Admit District.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June 19-The head
camp of Modern Woodmen today decided
to admit Virginia. Kentucky. the District
of Columbia and Arizona. Tennessee
Texas. Arkansas and New Mexico were re-
jected.
The special rerating committee was not
ready to report at the morning session ana
asked until o'clock to complete its work.
The head camp will probably be in session
until Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
THANKED BY THE GEAR
AUTHOR OF BOOKS ON BEssARA.
BIA GIVES COPY TO NICHOLAS.
Later Reported to Have Attacked on
the Street and Seriously
Stabbed.

ST. PETERSBURG. June 19.-The car.
the Novoe vremya announces. has accepted
a copy OF book on Bessarabia written by
M. kroushevan. the editor of the ants
semitic organ in Kisheneff. the Bessarabetz
(the articles in which are held to have been
largely responsible for the massacre of
Jews at Kisheneff). and. it is added has
commanded that the author be thanked in
the name of his majesty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Albatross Sails for Alaska

SEATTLE. Wash. June 19.-The govern
ment steamer AIbatross. with the special
congressional committee appointed to in
Nestlgate the fish and fisheries OF Alaska
aboard. sailed last night for NanaImo.
where the work OF the commission will be-
gin The damage u the Albatross was not
as serious as was thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
FILED FORMAL DEMAND.
Japan Heads Powers in Seeking
Chinese Open Door

YOKOHAMA. June 19.-The Japanese
minister at Picking yesterday filed a formal
demand with the Chinese foreign office for
the opening of MulSden and Tai-Tung- Chou
To foreign trade.
The Chinese officials replied that circum-
stances were not favorable to the opening
of the cities mentioned The American and
British representatives, are supporting ia
pans demands.
Minister Conger is also demanding the
opening of Hardin. Manchuria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
SEIZED BY SHERIFF
DEPUTY PLACED IN CHARGE OF
THE CHATTANOOGA.
Writ Had Been Issued by the Supreme
Court Commissioner-Mr.N Nixon
Declares It Unnecessary.

Secretary Moody today received dis
patch from Elizabethport, N j.. announc-
ing the seizure by the sheriff of the cruiser
Chattanooga, now building at the yard of
the New York Shipbuilding Company, one
or the companies of the United States Ship
building Company. The Secretary took the
telegram to the cabinet meeting
What the Sheriff Says.
ELIZABETHPORT. N. j., June 19-Sher-
IN Cortel said today that he had placed a
deputy in charge of the Chattanooga and
would keep him at the Crescent yard unless
he received orders from some higher au-
thority to withdraw him. The sheriff added
that he had simply performed his duty in
Selling the vessel in accordance with the
writ issued by the supreme court commits
sloner. and that he knew nothing about the
merits of the case.
He had mot heard anything from the
Navy Department at Washington, but he
1elt he would be fully protected in SELLING
the Chattanooga by the highest courts in
New Jersey.
Lewis Nixon. president of the United
states Shipbuilding Company, said today:
Inere was no necessity to sue out n war
rant OF seizure against the CHATTANOOGA
Iwo-thirds of the money due on the boilers
mad been paid and the balance will be paid
within the time specified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Recommends Accordance.

The inspector Of buildings has forwarded
to the Commissioners a proposal of Thos.
A. Brown & Son for painting the structural
ironwork in the roof of the new workhouse
and has recommended the acceptance Of
the same. The proposal was for 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Permitted to File Answer.

In the matter of the estate Of the late
Nathaniel Mckay. Justice Anderson today
granted leave to Mrs. Jennie w. Pope Nc
Kay, who claims to be the lawful widow of
the deceased, to file an answer to the petit
ton asking that the win of the testator be
admitted to probate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Will of Edward A. ouintard.

The will of the late Edward A. Quintard,
son-in-law of former Governor Alexander
r. Shepherd. dated April 81. 1903 has been
filed for probate. The entire estate of the
testator is left to his wife, May Shepherd
Quintard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Stabbed on the Street.

1t was announced from st. Petersburg
June H. that NJ. Kroushevan was attacked
by party of Jews In a street at st. Peters
burg that day and was stabbed In the
neck by a former student Of the Polytech-
mic school at kien. The dispatch added
that the wound was not believed to be
mortal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Fireman Kicked BY Horse.

A. ]. Baigagni. fireman attached to No.
3 engine company, was kicked by one of
the horses at the engine house about noon
today. He was taken to the Casualty Hos
pital for treatment and later went to his
home. 215 F street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Forty-Fifth Commencement.

CHICAGO. June 10-Northwestern Uni
versity held its forty-hfth commencement
last night at the Auditorium and sent out
the largest class in its history. degrees be-
Ing conferred upon JGl graduates. over fifty
moro than last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
Nellie v. Smith Obtains Divorce

Justice Anderson. in Equity Court No. /
this afternoon signed decree granting
Nellie v. Smith divorce from Charles ".
Smith on the ground of desertion The
custody of the two children of the couple is
granted to the mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
ARNOLD SURRENDERS.
Former Head of Get Rich Quick" Con-
Germ Comes Home
/ Dispatch to The Evening Star

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
ST. LOUIS. Mo. June he. ]. Arnold of
'get-rich-quick" fame. proprietor of the
Arnold Turf Investment Company, surren-
dered TO Chief Kelly today. accompanied by
his attorney. He offers bond in any amount
He is charged in indictments with fraud and
has been missing since the failure of his
company in February last