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The Washington times., 1904-08-20
.LEBAUDY'S AIRSHIP
MAKES TWO ASGENSIONS
Wife of Aeronaut enthusiastically
Applauded for Daring to Ride.
Three Successful Trials.

PARIS. Aug. 20.-Plerre Lebaudy. the
aeronaut, made a second trial Of his
airship at Moisson this morning, and II
proved as successful as the one held
several weeks ago. The first ascension
this morning was made with JucluneS
the pilot and Ray, the engineer, in the
basket The second time ii carried
Deputy Paul Lehaudy and his wife as
passeng ers. This Is the first time a
woman has assembled IN a dirigible bal
loon. Three trips I'm all We're made. each
lasting twenty minutes.
AS Madame Lebaudy aIighted from the
ship she was enthusiasts tiCaIly applauded
by a large crowd which had gathered.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
WILL ASK LAW HOW MUCH
USE OF damn" JUSTIFIES
Merchant, Arrested at AsbuTy Park,
Held on Curious Allegation
of Assault.

ASBURY PARK, y. J., Aug n
Charles E. Horns charge Of assault and
battery against Policeman Joseph
Byrne. caused by Mr.. Horn using the
word damn recently. and his eject
r,ant from a bathing place. will be aired
before Monmouth next grand jury.
When the hearing set for last night
was called IL was discovered that Byrne
was under bonds for the grand jury,
not for a local hearing
Horn IS a retired flour merchant Of
Philadelphia He says he viii see
whether using the Wor Tlt,-, o1 nm Jus1-
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
PERRY BELMONT
GOES TO ELKINS

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont who
left Newport for Greenbrier White Sui
phur Springs, W. Va, early in the week,
left the latter resort with Mr.. Davis,
the Democratic nominee. in his private
car, for visit Of some days at Grace
land. the Davis West Virginia estate
at Elkius.
Arthur and Leon Fowler OF South
east Washington. returned home Sun
day, after a most enjoyable trip to Co
lOnial Beach. Va
Miss Claire Craigen. daughter Of DIT.
Craigen. OF Baltimore. is the guest OF
Mrs. Charles Norris, at her home, I75S S
Street.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
ORDERS INVESTIGATION
OF GUARDSMAN'S DEATH

The Secretary Of War today instruct
ed General Gillespie. Chief Of STAFF. to
telegraph Gen. Frederick d, Grant, com
rnander Of the Department Of the Lakes.
Immediately TO investigate the reported
killing of a member OF the National
Guard by regular soldiers. which oc-
CURED yesterday at Camp Armitage,
The e1Iardsrnan was killed, IL is re-
rorted. in a clash between cavalry
troops and the Eighth Ohio National
Guard.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

The commander Of the Russian tor
pedO boat destroyer Ryeshitelni WAS
very rude 20 throw the Japanese officer
overheard at Chefoo. and he found that
his visitors resented it to the extent OF
carrying of his craft. 1t always pays
70 be polite, as Sir Joseph Porter tried
TO enforce on Captain Corcoran, Of the
PinafOre
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
SEC. WILSON DEPARTS
TO SPEAK IN VERMONT

Secretary Wilson. Of the Department
of Agriculture, left Washington last
night for Vermont. where he will take
part both IN the State and national cam
paigns The Republican candidate for
governor Is a farmer, and the Secretary
Is TO make several speeches for him.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
DR.. GEORGE FRENCH
SAILS FOR ENGLAND

DR. George N French. disbursing
clerk in the Library OF Congress.
sailed today from New York on the
I.tr,ria for Europe. He will spend
his vacation in England ana scotland
He Intends TO talke In the latter coun-
try in a coaching tour
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

A Virginia bride has had her husband
arrested on the charge that he was
about 10 wed another woman. Verify
there are bold fellows in Virginia. Men
elsewhere are quite cowed after a sin
gle matrimonial experience.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
FIpsr FoOTBALL YICTTM.

CHICAGO. Aug. 20.-James Pine, ten
wears old. is the first football victim
of the year. In scrimmage he was
thrown on his head. and when his COM
panions picked him up he was uncOn-
scious. He died forty minutes later.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
FIFTY FRENCH JURISTS
LEAVE PARIS FOR ST. LOUIS

PARIS. Aug. 2O-F1fty French iurists
who will attend the International Con-
gress of Jurists at St. Louis. left Paris
fhis morning They sailed aboard the
French liner la Bretagne for New York,
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

General Miles says that Judge Parker's
speech was "A bow OF promise and a
star Of hope 20 millions in the Orient. q"
or course, that may be so, but the
Judge is most anxious about the votes
right 1T home.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
LEAVES HER ESTATE IN
TRUST FOR HUSBAND

Gertrude Reiners. by her will dated
August 10 last, just filed, leaves her es-
tate to Charles f. Garner and John B.
Buethling. In trust. for the benefit OF
her husband and children
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

The District Commissioners have de-
cided that the fertilizer company must
live up TO its contract. There IS GER
tainly good business precedent for the
. actor,
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
TO USE MONUMENT
FOR TESTING WIRES
Scientists Will Compute
Earth's "COmpressibility."
CONSENT WAS RELUCTANT
Geological Survey Finally Assured Sec
rotary Of War Shaft Would
Not Be Damaged.

The Washington Monument IS 20
serve a novel purpose in testing the
elasticity Of wires.
For some time past the Geological
Survey has been DESTROYS Of making use
Of the great obeIisk for conducting the
most elaborate wire testing experiments
ever held. THIS privilege was refused
by the superintendent Of the public
buildings and grounds on the ground
that as the Monument was a memorial
structure ne could not take the respon-
sibility for allowing scientists 70 make
use Of It. The matter then went before
the Secretary Of War, TO whom the SUI
perintendent Of public buildings and
grounds IS subordinate, and the Score
tary has now granted permission Tor
the wire tests 70 be undertaken upon
assurance that there Will positively be
no damage Of any kind 20 the obeIisk.
The experiments win have particular
interest TO scientists, because the. NAV
result in important discoveries as TO the
Interior o fthe earth.
Inside the Shaft.
DR.. J. r. Benton. one OF the officials
OF the Geological Survey. who will have
direct charge Of the experiments. said:
The exact purpose - the wire tests
Is 70 get the relation between the
stretching force and the amount OF
stretch. The wires viii be inside tubes
until very near the bottom of the uonu-
ment. when they will run free for sew
eral feet and 10 the end will be at
tached weights II may be necessary TO
leave the wires uD from two 10 six
months. The wires viii be inside the
Monument and II is doubtful IL anyone
except those conducting the experiments
will ever know that they are there. as
they viii not se noticeable.
The first wires listed VIII be Of steer
and copper Their length viii be about
500 feet, which is a greater distance
than has ever been carefully tested be-
fore This test is conducted by means
Of a cathetometer. which is an instru-
ment for meas Ting the most ininitesi-
nal amount Of stretch.
viii Deduce General Law.
important deductions are to be drawn
from the results since the law con-
Meeting the amount OF compression in
the earth with the COMPRISING force
Is the same as that connecting the
stretch with the stretching force. IN
this way Il Is hoped 10 determine some
thing about the COmpressiveness OF the
earth. a subject upon which there has
been little satisfactory investigation 50
far"
DIT Benton is an assistant to DIT G.
T. Becker, the chief wire expert OF the
Geological Survey. and DR.. Becker IS
now out Of the city, but the news that
his request for using the Washington
Monument for the tests VIII be com
municated TO him.
None Of the wires will be stretched on
the exterior Of the Monument IL is
probable that about a dozen viii be put
up at first. They viii be about 1-25 OF
an inch in diameter. Former tests Of
this kind have never been conducted
with wire longer than seventy-flve feet
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

That shark caught I'm the Potomac
River by Alexandria fishermen probably
strayed away from the Washington
shopping district in a moment OF alb
sent-mindedness.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
Points in Paragraphs.

The peanut crop IS a failure. but It
Will not cause any stringency at the cir
Gus until next year, so what does Young
America carer
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

The fair at St. Louis was not visited
by the cyclOne-nOr by anybody else
much. II the size Of the gate receipts
are reasonably accurate.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
MRS. OELRICHS'
WHITE BALL"
Women in White and Men
in Pink Coats.
MISS ROOSEVELT A GUEST
COtillOn Following the Dinner Led by
Harry Lehr and Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt, j.

NEWPORT. Aug. 20.-The leading So
cial event Of the season occurred last
night. II was the bal Blanc" given by
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs at her villa.
Rosecliff. and was attended by nearly
all Of the cottagers.
The decorations were gorgeous. and
the display Of gowns and jewels was
the most striking ever seen I'm Newport
The women appeared in white costumes
with powdered hair. while the men. as
rule, wore pink hunting coats. white
satin breeches with rhinestone buckles,
and white stockings and slippers. The
attendants were also dressed I'm white.
Preceding the ball there were several
dinners. the largest being that given by
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, at Crossways.
at which the guest Of honor was Mrs.
Oelrichs. Other large dinners were Civ
en- by Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mrs Dan
lei 3. Fearing, Mrs. George 3. De For
est and Mrs. David King
Mrs. Oelrichs Receives.
On arrival at RosecliR the guests were
received by AIRS. Oelricks, who was as
sisted by Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt.
jr-, her sister. The ball was in the IA
nous ballroom, which is decorated in
the style Of Louis XIV, and the dinner
was served on the terrace facing the
cliffs.
Following the dinner there was a
cOulOn. which was led by Harry s.
Lehrs dancing with Mrs. William K
Vanderbilt. The favOrs were very costly
and were imported for the occasion by
Mrs. OclriChs. The driveway leading
from the avenue 20 the villa was lined
with white lights. the trees were studded
with electric lights. and the flower beds
about the lawn were also aglOw. Among
those at the ball was Miss Alice ROOse-
welt, daughter Of President Roosevelt.
who is the GU Il Of the Misses Mills
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
Surrounded by Liquor Dealers.

This paragraph follows as the conclu-
sion Of the letter:
And now. though you are surrounded
by such advisers and supporters as
George B. Cox, Of Cincinnati, the great
brewer; Mr.. GreenhUt, who stands at
the head Of the liquor trust. and many
others who have become wealthy con-
tributors TO the campaign fund for your
election. yet on the principle that it Is
better to be right than TO be Prest-
dent may / suggest that you furnish
TO the country an illustration OF moral
courage, parallel with the physical cOur-
age you exhibited at San Juan Hill. by
striking hard blows during your cam
partnership between the Government
and the present sum Of all villainies.
And this help on the glad day when
such acts Of cruel savagery as dtsgraced
our country yesterday, and so fire.
quently in other States, during the last
ten years shall be at an end"
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
Felt Anguish of Victims.

But I also saw and felt some Of the
anguish Of those whom these Wretches
had outraged, robbed, and murdered 1
saw. too. the time-but sixty years hence
when the negroes in America shall
have Increased to 100000. and the cry
of What shall we do with the negro2
be changed TO What shall the negro do
with usT
Then follows an argument that behind
these lynchings lies a spirit that might
makes right" that rum fosters this
spirit and that the President encOur-
ages the use Of rum by serving II at the
Whifa Hnllaa
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
URGES ROOSEVELT
TO RENOUNCE RUN
Silas Swallow Writes Presi-
dent an Open Letter.
REAL CAUSE OF LYNCHING
Encourages Executive to Rival Physical
Courage With Moral Courage
Despite Bad Associates.

Silas G. Swallow. ProhibitiOnist Candi-
date for the Presidency. has addressed
an open letter 20 President Roosevelt on
the double subject Of lynching and
liquor. The letter begins.
Harrisburg. Pa, Aug IS
ITO His EXCellency.
President Roosevelt
My Dear President. Permit me to
find relief in expression. after a sleep
less night, In the vigils Of which the
mind would not obey the mandates Of
the viii, but followed the lines Of siren
nous thought begotten by the previous
evening dispatches.
81 saw. and ! think in spirit felt, some
what OF the anguish OF the three
wretches in Georgia who were yesterday
basely murdered by a mob Of American
citizens which in its savage might, sat
urated their bodies with oil and burned
them alive, and TO the most heartrend-
ing death.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

Gen. James w. Tyner and Mrs Ty-
ner are spending the season at At
lantic City, and are the guests at the
Shelburne.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs W. II. Frazer have
closed their house here and gone 70
Somers Point. y. J., where they find
excellent fishing, sailing, and Grabbing.
They are living at the Aldine, and viii
remain for q lengthy visit.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

The Chinese minister, Sir LANG, left
Washington LIST evening accompanied
by his young daughter and sons, and
will spend a moath at Amherst, Mass.
He was in the city but a few hours,
having returned here from Mexico yes
terday morning
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24
DR.. Parkins, Who Has Charge Of
Matter. Had Hard TO Pass
Customs Officers.
WANTED EXAMINATION PAPERS.
He Finally Got Them Through - Fix.
ami nations Will be Held
April y.

New York. March 24.-Dr, George r.
Parkin representative OF the trustees Of
the Cecil Rhodes scholarships who has
just arrived from England to make ar
rangements for the holding Of prellmin.
airy examinations In the United States
and Canada had brief encounter with
the customs officers over the inspec-
ton of his baggage, The latter con.
tanned the examination papers and the
inspector declared he must examine
them. The doctor made vigorous pro.
test. and Collector Stranahan quickly
notified his deputy TO desist The ex.
aminations will be held simultaneously
In this country and In the Dominion
April 10, at places selected by the van-
Gus committees In charge In this coun-
try composed Of the presidents Of uni
versities and colleges
"The trustees Of the scholarship fund
are now simply feeling their way" said
Dr.. Parkin, "and the method OF select.
ing the first scholars may not be good
for all time. During the last year we
have been receiving suggestions on the
matter OF examinations from all OF the
leading educators In the English speak.
ing world, and nov we are trying to
work out the substance Of these sug-
gestions. We first want 10 make sure
that the men who get the scholarships
are qualified TO enter oxford according
to the oxford standard, have brought
with Inc examination papers In subjects
which a fellow must pass before he is
eligible TO enter Oxford, and the men
here who pass them are qualified as
competitors for one Of the scholarships.
This examination Is only the prelmn.
airy step, and because man passes he
does not necessarily go to Oxford. The
papers are about on grade with those
used In the entrance test at Harvard
except that n knowledge oil Greek Is re.
Quired,
America Is world power and she
now must have men with world kucwl-
edge TO represent her abroad. oxford
Is tho place where those men will get
that training thatwll III them 10 stand
with the statesmen Of other great coun-
tries"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24
CONSERVATION IN
R0A.C0NFORMIST RANKS.

London, March 2i-Consternatlon
has been caused In British non.con.
formIst circles by a speech OF Robert
W. Perks, Liberal member OF parlia.
ment for the Louth division Of Lincoln.
shire, delivered yesterday at the omen.
ing OF Methodist basar at Louth. In
which he vigorously critlcises the Rev.
Reginald John Campbell, minister OF
the City Temple here. Both men are
pillars OF non.conformity one Of them
being practically the head Of the min.
istry and the other one Of the most
prominent laymen, The two main
points OF Mr. Perks attack were the
Rev. Campbell's recent presentation
at court by the bishop OF London and
the projected surpliCing OF Mr. Canp.
bells choir OF the City Temple
II am sorry" said Mr.. Perks 80
see a few days ago when Mr. Campbell
wished 10 80 TO court that ne asked
the bishop OF London TO present him 10
the king, What would have been said
IN the days gone by II Puritan preach.
ers, prosecuted not by parliament as
they are now. but by n feeble Stuart
King, had asked Archbishop Laud To
present them 10 King Charles? Mr.
Campbell would have heen far better
advised II he had asked the veteran
leader OF -conformism, the Rev.
James Guinness Rogers, to Introduce
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24

the paper prepared for her and which
she avows she did not understand The
witnesses TO her denial, all reputable
citizens of Utah, some of them well
acquainted with her and her affairs,
and who know the story In the Tribune
70 be false, took notary public with
them and went again to obtain
her sworn statement, but she
had been spirited away and
Is Kept In seclusion and they have not
been able to find her after repeated en-
deav0rs.
As the Tribune declares that the poor
crippled creature, who has been grossly
mlsrepresented, still Stands by her
guns" which we do not believe, we pro
pose that Mr., thinner produce her I'm
the presence Of three reliable non Nor
mon C.. liens and the persons who have
been Tsmed In the articles that have
been p, shed, so that the truth NAV
be mace plain and the falsehoods by
whomsoever uttered may be exposed
We want the matter thoroughly inyes.
tlgated. We believe the entire story
has been worked up by the man Zlm.
mer, whose true character ought IN be
made known TO the public Also the
course OF the woman In the case" and
the Elders who have been accused OF
trying TO marry her should be disclosed
we do not propose to allow the SLAM
ders that have been published by the
German preacher 10 go unrefuted.
whether he Is willing to come 10 the
light or not Every fair newspaper here
ought to be willing to aid In the sun.
preston or at least the settlement. of
such scandals as that which has been
SCI on foot and sent to European Jour.
nals. Let us have the facts estab.
llshed, '''O'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24
Further Statements as TO the
Kompe Story in the
Tribune
A MINISTERIAL FALSIFIER.
Woman Whom He Figures So Promi.
nently With Has Been Spirited Away
DOCS He Know Where She Is2

A story concocted by one G. A, Zlm-
mer, a German preacher In this city.
not known to the public except through
the falsehoods he has circulated and
that have been refuted by hundreds Of
his fellow-countrymen, appeared In q
recent issue OF the Salt Lake Tribune.
and was so grossly untrue that several
gentlemen here. conversant with some
OF the circumstances alluded 10 I'm the
terrible tale determined to find out
Its real origin. II was claimed 10
have been told by Mrs, Franz Kompc,
whose address was given, and II was
alleged that she made It IN the form
OF an affidavit witnessed by notary
public. They therefore called upon the
woman who, with tears and protesta-
lions declared she had never made such
statements az those In the Tribune. She
was told that all that was wanted was
the truth as TO whether she made them
or not. She signed written specific
denial both In her present and maiden
name, which was witnessed by four per-
sons and which r. now In evidence,
They traced up the AFFIDAVIT affair,
and found that thinner took her TO
man who has desk In n saloon on
Second South street, where she signed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.
Admiral Togo Sends Account of
The Fifth One.

Toxic March 2i.-Vlce Admiral Togo 8
report OF the fifth attack on Poit Ar.
thur on March % reached Toxic tonight
and Is as follows;
THE combined fleet acted according
to the plan arranged.
Two ilotlllas Of destroyers were out.
side Port Arthur. as instructed, from
the night Of the 2lst until the morning
OF the 22nd, Although during this time
our desttoyers were under the fire of the
enemy they sustained no damage. The
main fleet arrived Off Port Arthur at 5
o'clock on the morning Of the END.
II dispatched a part of the fleet In
the direction Of Pigeon bay and ordered
the battleshlps Full and Yashima to
make an indirect bombardment against
the inner side OF the port, During the
bombardment the enemy's ships gradu-
ally came out Of the harbor and at the
time when the indirect bombardment
stopped. which was about O'Clock the
number Of Russian ships was five bat
tleships, four cruisers and several de.
stroyers. We believed the enemy was
trying by making n movement OF their
fleet to draw us near the forts The
enemy's ships shelled US indirectly and
many OF their shots fell near the battle.
ship Full, but our ships sustained no
damage. About o'clock our vessels
withdrew on the port"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24

copy Of an Indictment returned
againrt Dennis by the federal grand
jury. Discussion OF the Indictment con.
tinued several days, resulting In the de.
cision that there was not much danger
TO Dennis In the Indictment but be-
cause Of Senator Buttons position II
was deemed best for him not TO appear
as general counsel In defense OF Dennis.
On March 26, 1908, in the Rialto build
ing when Mahoney paid Burton the $500
he and Burton discussed the advisable.
lily Of Burton still remaining In the en-
ploy OF the Rialto company. Burton
said II the Rlalt0 company had any let
ters from him II would be just as we'll
to destroy them, as, owing to his POSI-
ton his motives might be misconstrued.
Witness said he (Mahoney) thereupon
told Burton he had two Of Buttons let.
tiers on his desk, and destroyed them BY
tearing them up. One OF the letters
destroyed, witness stated, related to
telegram sent by Burton to the Rialto
company from Washington that 8. NJ.
MCGOWAN, Indian agent, who was In
the Indian Territory. had made COM
plant against the company.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-24

The reorganization OF the Hartman
roads will not be confined to the oper-
ating department, Equally big changes
are scheduled for the traffic admins
tration.
In this connection Salt Lake will not
be forgotten.
Traffic Director J. C. Stubs and III.
Illus Kruttschnitt viii 20 to Portland
this week. AT the end Of next week
Mr.. Stubs will come TO Salt Lake,
when there will be another meeting
similar 10 that which was held by the
operating officials here on Monday
The contemplated changes, II is as
serted, will include the appointment
OF three traffic managers, possibly four.
At present Mr.. Stubs plans contem-
plate the changes to be made in Omaha,
San Francisco and Salt Lake.
In Omaha, according to the slate, Ben
Campbell. assistant 10 Mr. Stubs, VIII
have his headquarters as traffic man