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seven large structures, all Of which are now
well on to completion, and will, it Is be-
lieved, be ready for occupancy before. the
snow flies. The frames OF the buildings
are of steel, which comes from Pittsburg,
delivered direct to the plant by the Balti-
more and Ohio, which has put tracks into
the grounds.
About $50 men are at work many of them
from the company's plant, but large num-
Der from Washington have found employ
ment, and have reason to thank the Firth
Sterling Company for coming to Washing
ton. The company's engineer, ]. r. Rose,
has charge of the work. He has temporary
offices in the Home Life building.
Buildings Cover Ten Acres.
The buildings now under construction
cover ten acres, the largest being the forge
shop, which is 127x3OO feet. Here will be
hearth furnaces.
When the company decided to locate the
plant here many persons set UP the cry
against smoke. In this they knew not Of
which they complained. There will practi-
cally be no smoke The company will make
gas by a process which generates no
smoke. The gas will drive huge dynamos
that will make the electric power.
This company makes the Winchester
ling armor-piercing projectiles in sizes from
five to thirteen inches. They supply the
United States navy, and one Of the reasons
for coming to Washington was to be in
direct touch with the department with
which they do business. The company's
plant at McKeesport is the largest Of it's
kind in the country, but it Is not large
enough to supply the demand for pro-
jectiles. and for this reason there is q
great desire to push the buildings to COM
pletion at Giesboro Point.
All the work on the buildings has been
done since April l of the present year. The
steel which has gone into the structures
has been fashioned in Pittsburg and was
delivered directly to the site by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. which has estab-
lished a siding into the grounds
Frontage Equals City Block.
The most impressive building of the group
is the forge shop. which has a frontage
equal to a city block. The dimensions Of
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WON'T REMOVE GUILTY TROOPS.
War Department Will Help Things
Along Instead.

Representations have been made to the
War Department by telegram and other
wise that it was feared by the authorities
of Texas that there was an intention to
remove the negro soldiers charged with
murder and riot at Brownsville, from the
jurisdiction of that state. To a semi-official
representation of this kind the following
reply was made by the officials of the
department today.
'"The War Department has no intention
of removing from the Jurisdiction of the
state of Texas any enlisted man who has
been accused or suspected of completely
in the recent outbreaks at Brownsville, nor
has the department any intention of with
holding any of these men from delivery
to the state authorities at the proper time.
The War Department will not cease its eff
forts to discover the guilty parties, and is
equally as solicitous and determined to
bring these parties to justice are the
authorities of the state of Texas"
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Changes in Lighthouse Service.

Capt. Henry McCrea, U. S. N, who has
been inspector In charge of the lighthouse
matters in the fifth lighthouse district for
several years past, will be relieved from
that duty September 80 and will be placed
on waiting orders. 1t is stated that Capt.
McCrea will be placed in command of one
Of the new battleships of the navy which
will go into commission very shortly.
Commander Edward Lloyd, jr, has been
slated to succeed Capt McCrea in charge
of the inspectors Office. and he will arrive
in Baltimore several days before he takes
charge of the Office to look the ground
over Commander Lloyd is a native of
Talbot county, Nd, and graduated from
the Naval Academy In the class of 1878. He
is now on duty at the League Island navy
yard. His last sea service was as executive
officer of the battleship Massachusetts,.
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Of terra Gotta sewer pipe, terra Gotta fiue
lining, drain tile and fire clay ware. The
output of the terra Gotta factory during
the last year was 1920 tons.
The Thomas Somerville Company has
agencies and sells material through its
agents in the following states: New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina. The firm is
also engaged in the export business.
There are employed in the plants seventy
five men and boys. The business of the
company has shown steady Increase each
year in tonnage.
member of the company, speaking of
the Greater Washington movement, said:
ITO enable Washington to build up a
wholesale trade with the surrounding ter
ritory this city needs, in our estimation, at
least four independent railroads more than
anything else we can think of. We are
satisfied that the merchants of Washing
ton, had they the same facilities other
cities have, could and would get their legit-
innate share of the business
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DISPLAY OF ACTIVITY.
Greater Washington Promoters
Adopt Action as WatchWord.
BUSY SEASON PREDICTED
National Capital to Share in the Gen
eral Prosperity.
LOCAL ENTERPRISES ON WAY
Half Million Investment at Giesboro
Point7Successful Manufacturing
Establishment Near Avenue.

Beginning tomorrow the members of the
Jobbers and Shippers Association will
adopt action as their watchword and &C
tivity will be displayed along all lines of
advancement for the Greater Washington
movement. Meetings of the board of di-
rectors, the several committees and of the
association proper will be held and other
means adopted to make the coming fall and
winter season one of prosperity. Acting
Secretary Charles E. Howe says there are
good reasons for believing that the busy
season will begin with the autumn this
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DESPERATE FIGHT WITH EAGLES
Experience of Chamois Hunter on
Narrow Ledge.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA, August ga channels hunter
named Hess had a desperate fight with
eagles on narrow ledge overlooking a
precipice in the mountains above Engel-
berg. He had located an eagles nest and
climbed up alone with the object of cap
turing the young Birds
About thirty yards from the nest he laid
down his rife, which hindered his move
ments AS soon as he reached the nest,
in which were two eaglets, the parent birds
swept down from neighboring height and
fiercely attacked him.
For twenty minutes a desperate struggle
took place, Hess defending himself with a
knife, expecting every moment to be- swept
off the ledge. At last Hess succeeded In
killing the male bird, and its mate flew
away. Hess, though bleeding from severe
wounds, arrived safely at Engelberg sew
eral hours later.
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SMART CAPTURE.
Motor Cycles Used in overhauling
Smugglers.

01AuSS ACAos
Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA, August pa smart capture
of a smuggling expedition has taken place
on the Franco-Swiss frontier. Capt. Alber-
tint, French chief Of customs at Annecy,
learning that a quantity Of tobacco was to
be smuggled into France, formed an am
bush, with three assistants, in a lonely
road.
When landau drawn by two magnifi-
cent horses came dashing along toward
Annecy the captain jumped into the road
and ordered the driver to stop. Unheeding,
the carriage party swept on, attempting to
ride over the officers. but the latter were
speedily in pursuit on motorcycles. One. of
the horses was shot, two occupants of the
carriage escaped but the driver, who
proved to be a notorious smuggler, was
caught, and the carriage horses and large
quantity OF the best tobacco were confis-
Gated.
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Chase-Chace Family Reunion.

Arrangements have been made for the
seventh annual reunion of the Chase-Chace
Family Association, to be held at Hotel
Vendome. Boston. at 1890 am, Thursday,
September 8. 1906. Ex-Gov. Bates and rep
resentatives of several of the leading fam
lily associations Of New England are to be
guests of the Chases on this occasion. An
invitation to attend the gathering Is ex-
tended to all of Chase-Chace name or de-
scent,
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MILDLY Saves a MILDLY.

Rear Admiral Sands. superintendent of
the Naval Academy, has recommended that
a life-saving medal be awarded Midshipman
c. c. Gill of the first class at the Naval
Academy for rescuing Midshipman Claude
A. Jones of the same class, who was in
imminent danger of being drowned during
recent storm in the Severn river near
Annapolis.
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secretary says that the boilers offered by
the Oil City Boiler Works failed to fulfill
certain important requirements" among
which, he says, they have never been
built on shore or for any naval or merchant
vessel" which is a requirement of the law.
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Otherwise, there might have been witnessed
another example of the Turks keeping rival
Christian churches from fighting. In the
mean while, the Bulgarians declare their
intention of renewing Sundays disturb
ances, in order to force the departure of
all the Greek clergy, whom they accuse of
melting the Greeks to attack Bulgarians in
Macedonia
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Boiler Scrap Settled.

Acting Secretary Newberrv today decided
the controversy over the boilers for the
warships New York and Massachusetts in
favor of the Babcock and Wilcox Company.
In his Endorsement of the case the acting
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Plant Handles Large Tonnage.

One Of the substantial manufacturing es-
Establishments in the District of Columbia
is the Thomas Somerville Company, which
covers an extensive area embracing Nos.
316 to 800 18th street and $40 to 1913 1874
street northwest. The products of the
company include plumbers, steamfitters'
and engineers supplies. Connected with it
Is the Nationaf Terra Gotta Works. A brief
sketch Of the company was given to a Star
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this structure are 300 by 127 feet and 81 feet
in height. Features Of this shop when COM
pleted will be its large steam hammers and
open-hearth furnaces. Powerful dynamos
will supply the plant with electricity. 1t is
said the dynamos will be driven by gas gen.
Grated from coal by a process which is
absolutely smokeless. Another feature of
the forge shop will be a line of central
columns designed to carry 100 tons by trav-
cling cranes.
A large tank on the grounds will have a
capacity Of $4,000 gallons of water, which
will supply the boilers and cooling lathes. A
large pier has been constructed on the
river front and railroad facilities will be
supplied by sidings on the Alexandra
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Many Westinghouse visit the place and
watch the wizard workmanship now III pro-
greSS
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A Series of Special Offerings
in WOmen'S Wearables

That we consider exceptionally
attractive-as the goods are all
seasonable and desirable, while
prices are far lower than obtain
anywhere else for goods of such
high character.
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For Bryan While He Lives.

Bryan was Endorsed with whoop for 1908
and one delegate wanted the Endorsement
for the peerless one for President to last
cas- long as he has breath in his body"
President Roosevelt was praised for fol-
lowing the trail blazed by Bryan, and credit
for rate regulation was given to Senators
LaFollette and Tillman.
Mr.. Riley, the nominee for Congress, Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
PLACER MINING IN INDIA
The First Genuine Gold Brick Of In
diana Gold from Morgan County.
Indianapolis News.

The first genuine brick Of Indiana
gold ever cast is now in the possession
Of the Gold Creek Mining company. 1t
is made Of gold taken from the first
two or three clean-ups Of the first gen.
uine modern mining operations in In
diana which have been begun on the
company leases on Gold and Sycamore
creeks in Morgan county. The brick
is small one when compared with a
paving brick-a shade over four inches
long. and an inch and a half wide and
about fourth of an inch thickAbut
it weighs 1914 pennyweights one grain,
States approximately $190.10. The gold
is Of 22-karat fneness. A second brick
will be cast within the next week or
ten days. The company expects to have
on display in Indianapolis within a
month $1,000 worth of these bricks.
The gold fever that has been grow
ing in Indiana little by little in recent
years since Ri. Royse, as wild man
or a prophet crying from the hills of
Morgan county, began four years ago
to insist that there is enough gold in
those hills to pay off the national debt,
will probably be broken or become ram
pant within the next two or three
months. Two placer mining machines
Of the type such as is used in Califor,
MIA are now operating under the direc-
perts, and three more plants are being
built by three companies in the Nor.
gan county hills back of Centerton- The
estimates on the operation of the ma
chine that is now running on Gold
creek indicate that the dirt from tor
| to bottom Is averaging almost, If not
! fully, 81 a yard.
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city = were in that sense socialists from
these two cities.
Among the first arrivals in 1855 was
Adolph Setter, who built a log cabin
a little west Of the present site of what
is now New Ulm and established q
primitive country store, having for his
customers many of the Indians from
what was known as the lower agency.
Here it was, on NOV. IL 1856, that.'thes
New Ulm Turnverein had its brit b.. The.
Setter building was about l2xl4 feet
in size and barely high enough for.ssa
tall man to stand erect IN.
On Sunday afternoon. either at Sci
ter's or at Fred Behnke IS, also a public
resort, the settlers would come together
and the topics of the day would be de-
bated.
Organized by Thirteen.
Old settlers distinctly remember the
large cottonwood tree which stood high
above it's fellows, welcoming the,
breezes Of summer among its leaves
and barring it's unprotected limbs to the
blasts of the winter. 1t was under the
branches of this tree on q beautiful
November day that tables and seats
were arranged in the open all, and thir-
teen young men organized the Turner
society
The tree was eight feet in diameter
and, surviving the Indian raid, finally
Welded to the rayages OF bee hunters
and campers, who built fires about it un-
til, in 1866, it passed away in smoke.
Indians Burned First Home.
The first hall or meeting place was a
frame structure built in 1858 on the
site Of the present building. It was con
structed Of lumber sawed on the banks
| of the river by a mill operated bys tho
colony and was the first building FOR
the holding Of dances and public par
ties in the town 1t stood until 1852,
1 when it was destroyed by the Indians.
Altho work was plenty in those days
and the people, had enough to eat and
wear, yet the scarcity of money was a
remarkable circumstance Everybody
! who owed anyone gave orders on some
one else in payment. A man did not
expect any cash for his labor; it was
an order on store, saloon or hotel. In
the building Of Turner hall ony few
dollars changed hands. The sawmills
and carpenters took their little slips
! Of paper and got what they needed in
trade. All the money expended in its
construction was for the glass and the
4 nails that went into:it, and this item
4 was small one of it's actual cost.
i Out Of the thirteen original members
q the officers chosen were, president, Will
liam Pfaender; secretary, p. Gersten-
4 hauer; treasurer, Adolph Setter; in.
4lstructor. William Hummel, and trustee
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{ Itl7S -TTFIs9 ! /.
j. G. Toberer. OF these officers there
are living today Gerstenhauer, Hummel
and Toberer. Gerstenhauer is in
Winona, Hummel in Spokane and Tober-
er in this city. Besides these there are
only one or two others of the original
charter members alive.
New Brick Building.
After the Indians had destroyed the
hall and about two hundred other build
ings, there was a period Of three years
when the society was without a home.
Most of the men of the city were in
the army in the south and business was
at a standstill, but upon their return
at the close of the war, preparations
were made for the rebuilding Of the
hall. On July 1865, the cornerstone
of brick building was laid and the
following spring the block was dedi-
Gated.
In 1872 what was know as the east
wing was added to- the structure and
this, as well as the main part Of the
building, was used for a long time as a
school. The society continued to grow
until it became too large for it's new
home and began to look about for
larger quarters.
Another in 1899.
1t was decided in 1899 to build and
plans were asked for. and finally
adopted calling for structure 6Ox1l2
cornerstone was laid on Sept. 9, 1900,
amid imposing ceremonies. Colonel
William Pfaender, the founder Of the
society, delivered the German address
and A. j.. Alvin the address in Eng.
lish.
The place was dedicated on Jan. 26,
1901. People came from all over the
state and banquet was served. AS
the building stands today it has cost
the society a little more than $4,000.
1t contains theater with seating
capacity of 700 and stage accommo-
dating as large troupes as ordinarily
play in any of the cities of the state.
1t has a gymnasium in the basement,
large dining room and kitchen, sew
eral card rooms, a lecture hall and a
small hall that is used by the militia
company as an ar1nory and saloon.
a beautiful park belonging to the So
ciety adjoins the hall and in the rear
Is a pavilion where open air concerts
and entertainments are provided.
Inc character of the Turnverein is
essentially German, but in it are found
many different nationalities. The SUI
perlntendent OF the Sunday school is
a Scotchman and does not understand
the German language.
Story Of Its Origin.
The story of the origin of Turner
societies is unique and lays at the
foundation of the German empire.
There was a time in the history of the
German people when they were phys.
ically weak and unable to cope with
foreign invaders. At the time Ma.
poleon invaded Prussia and dominated
the country the Germans were power.
less to resist the oppression and Fred.
erich l.. Zahn conceived the idea OF
physical culture as means of devel.
oping his countrymen into stronger
and moro enduring race.
His efforts were rewarded and gradu
ally his system was embraced unit
the whole empire had adopted it after
fashion. In 1911 at Berlin the first
gymnasium was established and event
ually systematic training and exercise
were made compulsory part of thu
instruction Of the youth Of the land.
:. The result manifested itself in thu
} character Of the later generations o:
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AT THE BALL GAME
The Hard Luck That Overlook Quiet
Man Who Deplored Roughhousing.

y
II amNopposed to rowdyism and bql-
Meeque as he settled back in his seat to
witness the baseball game between the
home team and their hated rivals. It
is the one thing that is a detriment to
our great and glorious What's thatq
Did that wooden-headeda numbskulian
call that a strike on our man? Why,
that was no nearer strike than the
recent disturbances in the coal fields!
housing works Has grea n1s to sougn
national game. Now, for my part, if
the decisions Of the umpire, who is
generally a clear-headed and much
abus----- Did you ever hear the like
of that's He called that fine hit a
foul. Why, it couldn' t be fairer If it
had been peroxide blonde. can It
sit still and see this much longer. 1t
makes me hot enough to boil beans on
top of Pike IS peak. =
ssTo continue our talk. AS was re-
marking, if I couldn't conduct myself
in decorous Why, the robber!
That man was out if ever I saw man
put out. He could not have been more
effectively separated from the base with
the aid Of q Dakota Divorce Why
doesn It he chloroform us if he is going
70 yeRR Inc game IIom us thdt way
Is that the umpire who was reported to
have had brain fever last winter9 Why,
he can prove an abb on that charge:
81 certainly do detest this arguing
at ball game. Why, there is no more
| beautiful sport than baseball If it is
PLAYED without kicking-- Did you
hear that, Jones9 He called that man
safe and you sit there without raising
| your voice in protest, All ha! So he s
gooing to lick our captain, chs Well
We can all take hand at that. Come
on. Jones''
When the smoke of battle had cleared
away and Mr.. Meeque had been re
moved from the sewing machine al
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s s that that they ' az physically fSi and
mentally capable Of coping with any
Of the powers Of the world.
The membership of the New Ulm
society is, something over one hundred.
At one time it was the dominating
influence of the city, debating it's gov
eminent and electing whomsoever it
pleased. Nor was its. power confined to
the city, for New Ulm for years con-
trolled the county elections. But the
sciety Of the power it once had and
now it seldom advances a candidate of
its own choosing.
Chief Place of Entertainment.
Turner hall has ever been and is now
practically the only place of general
entertainment in the city. The Bo.
hemian character of the people who re
sort there of an evening, the freedom
that is tolerated, the provision for
amusement and the courtesy of the
bar to those who like to drink, com
bined to make the place one OF great
( attraction. ~
The first day Of the ching
celebration will be devoted exclusively
to the members Of the New Ulm So
ciety and their families, but beginning
with the second day the visitors viii
have an opportunity. There will be
all kinds Of athletic events and con.
tests and prizesaof great value, also
addresses from prominent men Of the
national organization.
The charter members of the society
were William Pfaender, Charles Koekne
Adolph Setter, George Guetlich. Henry
Kneif, Henry Haub, Eugene Gersten
/ hauer, William Hummel, Ernst Brandt
j.. G. Toberer. George Feini Angus
schell and William Peterman. Only
four Of these are living. Pfaender
SO long the society's president, diet
in the. past year. He was state treas
! urer four years and was the last O.
] the Lincoln presidential electors from
4 this state. He won distinction on thu
4 battlefield of Shiloh.
The present officers are Albert Stein
4 hauser, first speaker; Charles Hauen
A stein, second speaker; Armand Petre
first secretary; r. NJ. Pfaender, secon,
secretary; Fred Pfaender,, treasurer
. 3 a. f.
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THE HOTEL DENNIS

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Special to The 10, rnal.
New Ulm, MINI, June 29.-Begin
ming Nov. IL the New Ulm Turnverein
days will be used and there will be in
attendance turner's from all over the
western part Of the United States.
The New Ulnl society is the oldest
turner society in the state. It has q
certain standing in the societies ofsthe
national organization that is unique
and forceful. There are in the list of
national officers three men who were at
one time members Of this society. The
called, Of the national organization, is
Hefman Lieber, one Of the first members
Of this society; the second speaker,