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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
SAVED LIVES OF THE CREW.
Torpedo Boat Engine Breaks-NarroW
Escape of Men.

The port engine of the torpedo boat
O'Brien was put out of commission by the
breaking of a high-pressure piston rod on
her preliminary trial trip off Fire Island
Tuesday. AS a result the official trial run
off Newport, scheduled to take place today,
was postponed, and the O'Brien was put in
dry dock at the navy yard in Brooklyn yes
terday, to be overhauled.
The piston rod snapped with a crash that
shook the little vessel from stem to stern.
The rod is seven feet long and, fourteen
inches thick, and after it broke was swing
ing through the air. pounding and beating
the machinery. The oilers and others work
ing about the machinery hurried away.
w. E. Van Sickle. the chief machinist, ran
into the engine room and succeeded in cut
ting off the steam. A great bar of steel,
heavy enough to have crushed the life out
of him, fell between Van Sickle's feet while
he was at work on the steam valve.
The O'Bren was taken over from the
Nixon Shipbuilding Company when it was
absorbed by the trust. She has sustained
injury after injury all her trial trips. In
her trial on Tuesday Lieut.. Woods says she
was making about twenty-five knots. He
thought she was doing well, and was much
elated at the prospect of successful trial
off Newport, when the crash came.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
GEORGE WASHINGTON TEAM.
Opens Season Tomorrow With Villa
Nova

Tomorrow afternoon the George Washing
ton University base ball team will play it's
first game at home The strong Villa Nova
players will be it's opponents, and a fine
game is expected. The next day Villa Nova
will play Georgetown, and the local fans
will be given an opportunity to draw con-
illusions as to the respective strength of the
two college aggregations.
George Washington has a bunch of ball
tossers this year which includes some of the
star players in the Sunday School League.
The team is far superior to the nine of last
season. as attested by the fact that it
played the Navy for ten innings, only losing
by 6 to s. Last year the Middies, somewhat
weaker than last year, defeated Columbian
by the score of Is to l.
A great deal of fine practice work was
gotten in this week. This afternoon Coach
White will put the boys through a brisk
hour of team work and batting, and when
the team lines UP tomorrow the men will be
in the pink of condition.
Van Welt will probably play third base, in
place of Orrison. Van Welt is developing
into a star infielder. and will prove a tower
of strength to the Buff and Blue. Mcmahon
will play left field in place of Van Welt.
Carl Hutchinson, the crack southpaw of
George Washington team. will do the twirl-
ing for the locals, and Moffett Bradley will
be behind the bat.
The game will start at 80 o'clock. Van
Ness Park has been fixed UP in fine shape
for the base ball season.
George Washington will line up tomorrow
as follows: Price, center field; Bradley,
catcher: Stevenson, second base: Bielaski,
shortstop: Weber, first base; Burkett, right
field; Mcmahon, left field: Van Welt or Or
rison. third base; Hutchinson and Holland,
pitchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
YOUNG HORSE OWNER.
Tickle Belongs to Miss Littlefeld, only
Seven Years Old.

There is at least one happy little girl IN
Washington today. and her name IS iheiina
Walden Littlefield She is the yonnses.
owner of thoroughbreds in America II not
in the world, and her little two-year-ola my
Tickle won the second race yesterday AFTER
noon at the Benning track
Miss Thelma is not more than seven year,
old. She is a daughter of Fred Littlenelo'
the Jockey, who rode for A. II. and D. II.
Morris for many years. and the grand
daughter of Wyndham Walden. the veteran
trainer, who in twenty years has won
stakes and purses worth a million dollars
with his charges. She is a horSeWoman py
breeding and inheritance.
Unlike most women of the turf. who
figure merely as nominal owners OF race
horses Miss Thelma owns her thorough
breds outright. Three years ago her grand
father gave her several thoroughbreds she
was successful with these, and with the
money won other horses were bought. Mer-
riness, the dam of Tickle, was one OF the
horses presented to her. This brood mare
was mated with Filigrane. and the progeny
was the little filly Tickle. The name was
selected by the young owner.
Tickle was a surprise to most of the race
goers at the track. Sungrow was the IA
vorite, with Cologne the second choice.
When it came to racing neither of the IA
yorites was in it, and Tickle beat them
easily,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
REFRIGERATOR CAR RATES.
An Investigation by the Interstat
Commerce Commission.

The interstate commerce commission will
begin hearing in Chicago May 8, which
will cover the charges relating to the re-
frigerator car lines and the various rail-
roads operating these cars. The investiga-
ton will be exhaustive, and it Is expected
that much important information regarding
the operation of these lines will be OBJ
tanned.
The investigation is to be made because
of the refusal Of the Armour car lines to
obey an order of the interstate commerce
commission after that body had determined
that the rates of this corporation on fruit
from Michigan points to Boston and other
places were UNJUST and unreasonable. The
decision was rendered last July, and in
cluded the Michigan Southern and Pere
Marquette railroads, yet neither the roads
named nor the Armour company have re-
adjusted their rates, in accordance with the
orders of the commission.
The jurisdiction of the commission over
the refrigerator car lines has been aues-
toned, but the commission held that where
the cold storage was part of the business
of the railroads the latter, as well as the
car lines. were amenable to the interstate
commerce act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Threatened Soft Coal Strike.

bituminous district may go on strike next
Saturday morning. The joint scale COM
mittee held two sessions at Altoona yester-
day, but was unable to reach a settlement.
National Secretary Treasurer Wilson gave
out the following statement:
UNLESS the operators agree to pay the
present rate of 62 cents per ton before
April 1, the miners in the district will lay
down their tools in body on that day.
We have not been convinced that reduc-
ton is necessary at this time, and it is I'M
reasonable to ask it in the face of exist
ing conditions. The trade is better now
than it has been for eighteen months. The
matter is Up to the operators. If they do
not grant our demands. there will be the
greatest strike in the history of the dis
trict.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Arrest of Suspected Mail Robber.

After many days of search the Boston
postal authorities yesterday ran down the
man whom they consider one of the chief
hooters of mail on the big night mail and
express train which runs between Boston
and New York. Frank o. Pearce is now in
custody and when he was arrested had
some of the plumber taken Tuesday night, the
inspectors say. Pearce has been clerk on
the train which leaves Boston at 1876
pm. each day. Three post Office inspectors
went to his home in East Somerville yes
terday. When they entered the house they
say Pearce intimated that he knew what
they were there for. Upon being requested
to show his money he pulled out roll Of
bills in which were number OF marked
81 bills and handed the money to the in
spectors He was then formally placed un-
der arrest. He was arraigned before Com
missioner Fiske, charged with larceny of
money from letters, and his case was con-
tinued for hearing on April 4. Bail was
fixed at $1,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
TO REINSTATE HILDRETH
Jockey Club May Lift Ban Against the
Noted Trainer.

Sam Hildreth, the noted trainer. who
five years ago was told by the Jockey Club
stewards to go west, and who each season
has been refused a license to train in the
east, will be granted permission to do SO
this year The stewards of the Jockey
Club have decided that he has been pun
ished sufficiently. and in a few days he will
be granted license He is under engage
ment to Z. E. Smathers, the Pittsburg mill
lionaire turfman.
The cause of Hildreths suspension has
been a constant subject of discussion in
turf circles. Two reasons have always
been advanced One was that the stewards
of the Jockey Club did not like his training
methods and the other that his fight with
John Il. Madden at the Morris Park race
track was the cause for his disbarment.
In 1900 Hildreth was training the horses
belonging to the late w. c. Whitney. Dur
ing the spring meeting at Morris Park
Baliyhoo Bey and was defeated. The
next day the colt became seriously Ill and
for long time lowered between life and
death. 1t was during this period that Mr..
Whitney paid Hildreth a two years salary
and turned Ballyhoo Bey over to Madden.
Mr. Whttney's action was caused, il was
stated by his friends. by the sickness of
Baliyhoo Bey. He did not mind tine defeat
of the colt. but he thought the trainer
should rot send a horse to the post when 1t
was on the verge of illness.
Htldreth never forgave Madden for taxi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
CAUGHT AFTER 2 YEARS HUNT.
Louis Guggenheimer Held for Alleged
Postal Thefts.

Louis Guggenheimer, who, the post office
inspectors say, is the most adroit forger
who ever operated on government money
orders, was held in $500 bail by United
States Commissioner Shields in New York
yesterday on a technical charge OF for
gerry. He was remanded to the Tombs to
await hearing on April T.
The prisoner was arrested Tuesday by
Post Office Inspector Boyle. after chase
that has lasted the better part OF two
years. According to Boyle $4,000 at least.
and possibly $4,000, has fallen into tne
hands of Guggenhefmer through MS
shrewd manipulation of government paper
Guggenheimer is about twenty-nne years
old. although he looks younger. HIS fea-
lures are sharp. There is little or nothing
about his appearance to suggest the 1orger
whose operations have netted him tor-
tune.
So skilled has the prisoner proved him
self in his work, according to Inspector
Boyle, that he has operated extensively IN
the greater cities of both the east and mid
die west, while the government detectives
were searching for him high and low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
STUDENTS WATCH THE PRACTICE
Ideal Base Ball Weather Favors the Ma
tionals at Charlottesville.
Il plsrstch to The Evening Star.

Special plsrs TO The Evening Star.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, March 30
Now that the Nationals are getting into
form there is always quite a group of
students, with sprinkling of ladies, to
watch the men go through their morning
practice. Many of these enthusiasts sit
in the grand-stand for a couple of hours
and watch the play. Such was the case
this morning.
Ideal base ball weather still prevails and
the players are taking advantage of 1t to
the full.
Early this morning there were many
clouds. and at one time it looked pretty
gloomy. but by the time the Nationals had
left the gymnasium for the ball grounds
the sun ZINE out brightly.
After all hands had tossed the ball
around for a few minutes Manager Stahl
directed the men to the bat-case and told
them to get busy" Patten was sent in
TO do the twirling and Knoll the backstop
work. Patten was requested to use plenty
of speed and pitch as If he were In cham
pionship game. Balls and strikes We're
called by Stahl. There was no infield
simply an outfield, with Shaughnessy in
right, Heydon in center and Jacobson in
left.
Later Townsend and Hughes. who were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Golf Notes,

The Golf Association of Philadelphia has
published in pamphlet form it's full schedule
for the season 1t is one of the most ambi-
tious programs ever attempted, and the
Quaker city golfers can count on plenty of
entertainment.
The Palmetto handicap began at the Pal
metto golf links. Aiken, yesterday with
twenty-eight entries. Mrs. c. M. Hinkle
and s. ]. Colford. jr., tied with net score
of 10. The tie will be played off today.
Charley Fox, the professional at the
Scarsdale Golf Club. says that the course
is now in good condition for play. Weather
permitting, an eighteen-hole medal play
handicap will be held on Saturday.
Leighton Calkins, secretary of the Met
ropolltan Golf Association, has allotted the
dates of July q, Is and p to the Shinnecock
Hills Golf Club for its annual invitation
tournament.
The Massachusetts Golf Association will
hold the state amateur championship Sep
TENDER % to 80. on the links of the Country
Club, Brookline No date has yet been
set for the open championship, nor has
the course been decided upon.
The Golf Association of Philadelphia is
still in doubt as to where to hold the match
with the Metropolitan Golf Association team
on May 20. The match last spring was at
Bala; before that at Huntingdon Valley,
Merton and Wissahickon. All links look
alike to the New Workers when they are
guests on a special occasion of this Sort so
there is no special hurry to fix the date on
their account. The Washington-Philadelp
match, fixed for April %. will be on the
Columbia Golf Club course, this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Ex-Jockey a Suicide.

A young man jumped into the North river
from 39th street pier in New York early
last evening, leaving a note on bulkhead
Two men saw the leap and ran to the
waters edge with rope. This they threw
to the suicide when he came up, but he re-
fused it. and carried out his purpose. The
body was recovered. The note read:
Notify my uncle, William Bennett of
$50 7th avenue"
Bennett identified the body as that of his
nephew, William Barber, twenty-five years
old, who lived with him. Barbier's brother
John of 105 East S5th street said that the
Joyner and the Whitney stable until Will
liam c. Whitneys death. Then he lost his
job and had to go to work in a candy store
on Broadway. He fell in love with a girl
employee. but she married another man, and
Barber became Respondent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30

ing charge of Ballyhoo Bey. He always
declared that 1t was the Kentucky horse
mans influence with Mr.. whitney that
caused the millionaire to pay him on ana
DISCHARGE him. This ill-feeling toward
Madden was increased when Madden won
the Futurity with Ballyhoo Bey.
A month or so later, while at the MOTIFS
Park meeting, Hildreth and Madden met,
and in a short time both men. strong
physically, were fighting like demons.
Friends interfered and separated them. It
was on account of this episode, the report
was, that the Jockey Club acted.
Hildreth has trained horses for Il. r..
Smathers for the last three years he
has won number Of valuable races IN
the west and at one time was the owner
of the western champion. McChesney. Dur
ing the winter Smathers entered num-
Der of two-year-olds in the eastern states
He has in his barn nearly forty tWo-year-
oIds. These youngsters were entered ex-
tensively in the fixed features OF the east
ern turf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30

twenty seven years ago, has the heat been
SO great at this period of the year as it
was yesterday. The suffering was intense
especially among the Iaboring men Pat
rick Culligan of Wheat street, was pros
trated In the afternoon. and now lies In
critical condition. Many persons were re-
ported to have been overcome in the hottest
part of the day, and work In many places
was abandoned. Reports from the United
States weather bureau show that ithaca
was the hottest town In the United States
at noon. The temperature rose above
50 degrees in the shade. and In the
sun the temperature rose far above any
previous record. On March 10, 1908, the
temperature rose to 10 degrees which was
then above any record there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
BLUE AND GRAY WON.
Fourth Presbyterian Nosed Out In
Good Game.

The Fourth Presbyterian Sunday Schooi
and Georgetown University teams played
an interesting game yesterday afternoon on
the Georgetown field, in which the college
team came out victorious by score OF 0 TO
4. Both teams were in fine condition ana
played fast. snappy game. There were
but six innings played on account OF the
late starting of the game.
Bradley's drive for a home run, which
sent the leather over the right field bank to
the woods, was a corker. Hub Hart did
good work for the winners. getting two hits
out of three times up. Jones was on the
rubber for the Fourth, and allowed but five
hits and famed two batsmen. brennan for
the college team allowed seven hits and Sc
cured three StrikeOutS, The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30

in New Orleans declares that the south
paw is working with all his old-time speed.
Kansas City are TIE Association clubs who
will do all their Pfactieingdon home parks.
Outfielder Hahn Of the New Orleans team
has made quite ahsimpress4on on the Amer
Pelicans by his clever work In right field.
He Is distantly related to Noodles" of the
Cincinnati team %
In . game recently AGAINST Atlanta, Tur-
total of seven. Flick, Laipie and Bradley
made four each, aid the emtire team made
twenty-seven. Wonder IL the Atlanta
pitchers have control of the spit ball.
Green Sullivan and Callahan are leading
the White Sox in batting, and in a recent
game with Montgomery made three hits
apiece, as did Tannehill. The other MEM
beers Of the team made fivercollectively.
There are very few people who are inter-
ested in base bali that believe Hugh Jen-
nings' statement that there will be three
major leagues in the field within the next
few years. Two major organizations find
1t pretty hard shedding to keep ahead of the
financial game.
Lewis and Babb are in fast race for
shortstop on the Brooklyn team. The Cor
nell student has possibly a slight advan-
tage on fielding, handling ground balls
with wonderful accuracy. His throwing
is clean and fast. Babb Is hitting well and
that helps his chances. He may be the
regular shortstop, with Lewis retained as
extra lnfielder, for any position except first
base.
The Altoona base ball management sue
ceeded in signing Vic Willis. the Boston
National League pitcher. after negotiations
extending over several weeks. This sets at
rest the rumor that he is to play with
York, where he was claimed. ]. A. Wigs,
formerly a Chicago pitcher and now draft
ed by Brooklyn, has also signed an Altoona
contract. With these acquisitions, Altoona
has staff of pitchers second to none in
the Tri-State.
"Bnr' Dahlen. the shortstop of the New
York National League champions may be
out of the game for several days, and for
short time 1t was feared that he was suf-
fering from blood poisoning. He went to a
Nashville surgeon and was operated upon,
and if nothing worse develops will be able
to get back into harness in a short time
President Harry Pulliam yesterday an
nounced that the following contracts and
releases had been approved: Contracts
With New York, Michael Donlin, Claude
Elliot; with Boston,, p. j. Moran, Charles
c. Fraser. I. M. Young. 1. K Wilhelm.
Thomas ]. Needham.. Fred Tenny, E. ].
Abbatichio. H. s. Wolyerten; with Brook
Ign. o. L. Jones, H. G. Lumley, Philip
Lewis. ]. H. Doescher, L. E. Ritter,
Charles Malay. Edward McGamweu; re-
leased, by New York to Providence, ]. J.
Dunn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Only Pullman Company Spared.

The Texas senate passed the Williams
intangible assessment bill yesterday. which
places new taxes on almost every corpeca-
ton in Texas. In order to pass the bill its
friends had to omit the Pullman company.
II that company had been included, it was
asserted, 1t, would become common
carrier, and negroes could ride and sleep
In Pullman cars in any part of Texas. The
omission of the Pullman company made
two converts to the bill which gave It the
necessary two-thirds vote for immediate
consideration, and the bill was rushed
through the senate. There Is no doubt that
the house win concur in the omission OF
the Pullman company and that the bill will
become law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Featherweights Getting Busy.

The interest being manifested in the bat
tie between Young Corbett' of Denver
and Kid Sullivan of this city, scheduled
for tomorrow night before the Eureka
Athletic and Social Club, at the Fourth
Regiment armory, Baltimore, is evidenced
by the number of challenges that have
been received from prominent feather
weights and boys near that weight
throughout the country. The names of the
challengers include Eddie Hanlon, the
clever Pacific coast boy who gave Sulli-
van such a royal battle in Baltimore last
season; Harry Lewis, the clever Philadel-
phian, with whom "Sully" went six rounds
recently in. Philadelphia: Aurelia Herrera,
the clever Mexican: Tin" Callahan of
Philadelphia; Tommy DAILY, the Balti-
more boxer; Kid Herman of Chicago,
Benny Yanger, Young Erne.'' Charley
Neary of Milwaukee and Maurice Tomp-
son of Butte Mont
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ASKED TO SEND FLEETS.
Nations of the. World Invited to the
Jamestown Celebration.

The President has issued a. prociama-
ton inviting. the nations of the earth to
be represented by their military organiza-
tions and naval vessels at the celebration
to be held in the vicinity of jamestown,
Va, from May ID until November /, 1907
The proclamation is as follows:
by the President of the United States of
America.
"a PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Congress of the United
States has passed an act, approved March
8, 1903, entitled an act to provide for cele-
brating the birth of the American nation,
the first permanent settlement of English
speaking people on the western hemisphere
by the holding of an international naval
marine and military celebration in the
vicinity of jamestown, on the waters OF
Hampton Roads in the state Of Virginia, to
provide for the suitable and permanent
commemoration of said event and to au-
thorize an appropriation in aid therefore
and for other purposes
And whereas section 3 of the said act
reads follows:
=. Section g. The President of the United States
Is hereby authorized TO make proclamation of said
orated, inviting foreign nations TO participate by
the sending of their naval vessels and such repre-
be proper. .
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by said act, do
'Si ScS oO'iaiS duu pioCidiu lidl THERE
shall be inaugurated in the year 1907, at
and near the waters of Hampton Roads, in
the state of Virginia, an International
naval, marine and military celebration, be-
ginning May ID and ending not later than
November ], 1907, for the purpose of COM
memorating in fitting and appropriate
manner the birth of the American nation,
the first permanent settlement of English
speaking people on the American continent,
made at jamestown, Va, on the 18th of
May, 1867, and in order that the great
events of the-American history which have
resulted therefrom may be accentuated to
the present and future generations of
American citizens;
And. in the name of the government and
people of the United States, l do therefore
invite all the nations of the earth to take
part in the commemoration of the event
which has had far-reaching effect on the
course of human history, by sending their
naval vessels to the said celebration and
by making such representations of their
military organizations as may be proper.
In testimony thereof / have now set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done in the city of Washington this Goth
day of March, 1905, and in the independence
of the United States the 10th.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
.'By the President
'tAI1VEY A. ADEE
Acting Secretary of State"