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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-30
STANDARD OIL
Final Steps Toward Forging
Chain of Evidence
BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS
At Federal Grand Jury Meeting Next
Monday.
BEST LEGAL TALENT AT WORK
To Weave Net Around Those AL
legged to Be Guilty of Violations
of Anti-Rebate Law.
EST LEGAL TALENT AT WORK

CHICAGO, July 30.-when the federal
grand jury convenes in Chicago one week
from today final steps will be taken toward
forging complete chain OF evidence
against the Standard Oil Company and
some of It's high officials, which the gov
ernment prosecutors hope will lead TO in
dictments and prosecutions under the anti
rebate law
To this end Attorney General Moody has
had some of his best legal talent at work
here for several days analyzing the evil
dence taken before the grand jury at
Cleveland a few weeks ago, and preparing
line of procedure that will fortify the
testimony already adduced.
The chief task of weaving a net about
those alleged to be guilty of lawbreaking
will fall to the lot of John J. Sullivan dis
trfct attorney for the northern district of
Ohio, who WAS in charge OF the investiga-
ton into the relations of the Standard Oil
Company and railroads at Cleveland, Ohio.
Legal Talent Engaged.
Others who will take part in the proceed
ings will be District Attorney C. B. Nor
rison recently assigned to take special
charge of prosecutions in monopoly cases;
Special Agent T. C. NJ. Schindler of the
federal Department of Commerce and La
Dor, who lahored for many months under
the direction Of Commissioner Garfield in
gathering material for the latter's report
on the transportation of oil throughout the
United States; Assistant Attorney General
o. E. Pagin and Assistant District Attor-
ney Francis Hanchett.
The proceedings will be based upon deals
between the company and railroads for the
handling of its product and the charges,
made for the same as compared with the
rate fixed for independent concerns.
There will also be evidence concerning al
legged discrimination in the matter of
storage charges in favor of the oil COM
pany.
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BITTER FEELING
OVER NEGRO'S ACT
Murderer of Farmers Family
Lodged in Jail.
HE CONFESSED THE DEED
Killed Mother, Who Tried to Prevent
Assault on Child.
TRIED TO HIDE CRIME BY ARSON
A Complete Confession Followed a
Sweating by officers After the
Arrest Early This Morning.

CANONSBURG, Pa, July 30.-Coroner
W. H. Sipe and Constable John ]. Miller Of
Canonsburg drove in to town at 7;30 o'clock
today with Elmer Dempster, nineteen
year-old negro. who had been arrested for
the murder of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and two
children and the shooting OF a third child
last evening
Dempster was taken to the Washington
county Jail at Washington, Pa, leaving
here on a trolley car at o'clock.
While no blood stains were found on the
prisoner, suspicion first rested on him last
night when 1t was learned that he was the
last person seen about the house before the
tragedy. Dempster was a helper on the
Pearce farm, and after the departure of
Samuel Pearce with his sister Miss Fanny
Pearce. for the Canonsburg railroad sta
tion Dempster is said to have been at the
scene of the tragedy booking after the
stock. He was taken from his bed at Q
O'Clock this morning and put through
course of sweating, which lasted until day
light, when. 1t is alleged. he made COM
plete confession.
The only things missing from the Pearce
home are s12 and few cents and tie re-
volver with which Mrs Pearce and her two
children were murdered.
Only Survivor Seriously Wounded.
Robert Pearce three years old, the only
survivor of the awful tragedy, who was
shot through the body. will be brought to
the Canonsburg general hospital In IN et-
fort to save his life
Many neigfsbors foeked to the desosa.ed
home today. Pearce. the bereaved husband
and father. Is still out there. No arrange
ments have been made yet as 20 the inter-
ment.
While imprecations were uttered against
the young negro, no violence was offered
10 him up to the time he was taken from
here on the street car
According to the story told In his cen
fession, young Dempster attempted an as
sault on the four-year-old daughter after
the departure of Mr.. Pearce, but was rTus
trated by the mother, who went 20 O bu-
reau to get revolver to shoot him. Tne
negro says he secured the gun fjst and
after killing the mother and shooting he
children set fire to the house to hide the
crime.
Feeling against Dempster is running high
Safely Landed in Jail
WASHINGTON, Pa, July 30.-Dempster
was safely lodged in Jail here at o'clock
The officers had an exciting trip from
Canonburg Two attempts were made to
take the negro from them.
Shortly after leaving Canonsburg a crowd
of about twenty men boarded the car. and
with shouts of Lynch him" and xiii
him.. dragged the prisoner and officers
from the car.
fierce struggle followed, but the officers
succeeded in keeping possession of the ne
gro, and finally drove the mob off at the
points of their revolvers. When Washing
ton was reached nearly 300 people had
gathered at the court house, but the crowd
was eluded by taking the prisoner through
the basement to the jail.
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AGITATION AMONG WoRKMEN.
Leaders Striving to Hold Back Inau
gural of Strike.

YEKATERINOSLAV, Russia, July 30
There is very great agitation among the
workmen in this industrial district, but the
leaders thus far have successfully prevented
a strike, urging the necessity for continu-
ing work until the signal is given from Mos
COW and ST. Petersburg.
At Yuzovka and Yekaterinodar, however,
without waiting for the general signal,
many factory and mine workers have
struck.
The foreign manufacturers at Yekate-
rinoslav have made representations to their
governments regarding the necessity of
protecting foreign subjects. three foreign
managers of mills having been attacked
during the last week. German manager
was shot with a revolver and killed while
leaving his factory, a Belgian manager
escaped death through the Intervention of
a policeman, whom the workmen shot dead,
and a French manager was compelled to
flee under menace of death.
The garrison here has been reinforced by
a detachment of dragons.
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A FUGITIVE RETURNED.
Former Mayor of Paterson, N. J., Back
to Face Charges.

PATERSON, N. J., July 3o.-Former
Mayor William H. Belcher, who surren.
dered himself at the county Jail early to-
day, after having been a fugitive from
justice for about year. told the story of
his wanderings. He said that he went To
Bartlett, N. H, to recover from rheuma-
tism, and stopped there for a time under
an assumed name. Il have been in Pos
ton and the White mountains" he said
Only once left the country for a short
trip to Canada. 1 have been in prettv
nearly every state in the Union since 7
went away. / have not seen a face
knew since I left Paterson. i am glad to
be here although am priioner"
What have you done wits the money
you got? he was asked
THAT is a subject of which am not
willing to speak at this time" renlie1
Belcher. IF 100000 is gone some one
else must have got 1t and blamed IT ON
me; but / shall fmplicate no one in what
did. shall stand alone. The stories
that 1 am going to implicate several on
GERS In the city government are false
There were many times when was ab-
sent when / weufd have welcomed arrest ;"
dozen indictments have been found
against Beicher in which he is aceused of
embezling about $150,080. The Manches-
ter Building and Loan Association. of
which he was president, was forced to 20
into bankruptcy.
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WORST WRECK ON LINE
TWO CREWS AT WORK CLEARING
N. Y. CENTRAL TRACK.

NEWBURGH, N. Y, July 30.-Two
wrecking crews are at work this morning
clearing the debris of the wreck OF the New
York Central's Pacific express, which ran
into siding one mile and half south Of
Newburgh at II o'clock last night, result
ing in the death of Robert G. Wells, the
engineer, of Albany. and Edward Warren,
fireman, of New York and injuries to
about a dozen passengers, none OF which
will prove fatal. There are three tracks at
the point where the accident occurred but
they were all torn up or badly twisted for
a hundred feet or more.
The wreck was the worst that has oc-
Cured on the Hudson river division since
the New York tunnel disaster 1t seems
miraculous that there were no casualties or
serious injuries among the passengers es-
pecially with regard to the twenty or more
men who were in the combination smoking
and baggage car, which, when the locomo-
tive turned over after ploughing for forty
feet into the great heap of gravel which
had fallen down upon the track, shot up
and then turning almost at right angles.
came down with a crash across all three
tracks. Joseph Sheen of Poughkeepsie. who
was found in the forward part of the
smoker felt the floor knocked from under
him, and as the car landed, without turning
over, he was dropped into the river and
swan ashore unin5ured.
Thrown From a Window.
DIR. e. E. McCambridge of Poughkeepsie
was thrown through window and, with
another man, fell upon the tender. which
had turned over on its side and lay i'm
bedded in the gravel bank. Neither was
hurt to any extent. Other passengers had
equally narrow escapes, getting Off with
slight cuts and bruises The most seriously
injured was E. w. Kelley of Poughkeepsie
who sustained broken shoulder, but many
were stunned.
Fireman Warren was dead when ne ana
the engineer were lifted out of the iocomo-
tive. which turned at right angles from the
train darted across the track, and turning
on its side lay on the embankment with
the front of the boiler in the river. The en-
sineer died three hours later. John cars
tens baggageman, was thrown through
window of the smoker and received very
deem cut on his wrist, notwithstanding
which he seized lantern and ran north 10
nreyent any southbound train from running
into the wreck. The second ana thiro
coaches were slightly telescoped, out OF the
eight cars that composed the train only
the first three left the rails, although the
track was so badly twisted under some OF
the others that the cars inclined to one
side and the panic among the hundred pas
seneers was at first general throughout the
train.
A southbound freight had just cleared the
point when the slide came down IN front Oh
the northbound express.
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VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION.
Two Killed and Three Injured at
Vincennes. Ind.

VINCENNES, Ind, July 30-Harry Bor-
ders and Lafayette Iichey were killed and
twenty other workmen were injured by
the explosion of a boiler at the plant of
the Vincennes Paper Mill Company today.
The property loss is $4,000.
OF the injured the worst hurt is Charles
Connors. who was blown fifty feet through
the air.
The boiler was hurled through the roof Of
the boiler house. Falling 100 feet distant,
II badly damaged the Harrison mansion
home of William Henry Harrison, wheh> he
was governor of the northwest territory
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REGRETS FROM FRANCE
OFFICIALS ACT PROMPTLY ON
ENGLAND DEATH INCIDENT.

PARIS. July 30.-The French embassy at
Washington has been instructed to express
the deep regrets of the French govern
ment at the killing of Lieut.. Clarence Eng
land, navigating officer of the United States
cruiser Chattanooga, who was mortally
wounded st Chefoo July % by a rife bull
let fired from the French armored cruiser
Dupetit Thouars while the crew of the lat
ter were engaged in small-arms practice.
The authorities here are awaiting fuller
reports before establishing the responsible
ity for the accident and determining on the
disciplinary measures to be taken.
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A H1LL-cL1mB1Na CONTEST.
Forty Eight Autos Entered for Event
In New Hampshire.

BRETON WOODS. N. H. Jr.y 3o-Forty-
eight automobiles were entered for the hill
climbing contests arranged for today for
the motorists who had participated in the
1,1oO- mile road run from Buffalo, N. Y, to
the White mountains.
The course for the hill climb was to the
Crawford House from a point about two
miles below.
The heavy showers of last night with
intermittent rainfall during the morning
made the road so slippery that the officials
decided to postpone the morning start. I'm
less the road dries sufficiently this after
noon the run may be postponed until to-
morrow.
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ON ZION CITY OWNERSHIP
The Announcement Made in an Ad-
dress Yesterday
BEFORE 100 OF HIS FOLLOWERS
Is More Concerned Over Courts De-
nunciation Of the Restoration
Host Oath" as Treasonable

CHICAGO. July 30-John Alexander
Dowie will appeal from the decision of
Judge Landis of the federal court declaring
Zion City trust estate and holding that
Dowie has no individual proprietorship in
the estate.
Dowie himself made the announcement
that action toward an appeal has been
taken at a meeting yesterday at Shiloh
House. Zion City, attended by nearly one
hundred of his supporters.
Notice of appeal will be sent at once to
Judge Lands and Attorneys Patrick C.
Haley and Emil C. Wetten expect to have
the appeal perfected within two weeks
Whether the appeal will be taken to the
United States Supreme Court or to the
United States circuit court of appeals has
not been decided definitely.
In his address Dowie appeared to be more
concerned over Judge Lands denunciation
of the restoration host oath as treason
able than any other point in the opinion.
He declared that the judge himself in his
oath of Office was compelled to put God
above man and family ties
Received No Money as Trustee.
With regard to the trust estate finding he
declared that he had never received money
as trustee. but that 1t was always simply
a matter of contract, evidenced In writing.
showing all payments to he debts, payable
In one year on call.
If the election ordered by Judge Lands
be carried out. he said the people of Zion
will be violating the whole theocratic idea,
the very foundation stone Of the church.
He emphasized that the people had not
called nor placed him as head of the
church. but that he, as Gods chosen man.,
had admitted each individual member into
the church. He held. further. that Judge
Lands erred in confining the vote to those
living in Zion City. These constitute only
one-fourth Of the entire church, and there
by three-fourths of the members are pre-
vented from having voice as to their
spiritual leader.
simultaneously with the Dowie meeting
Overseer Voliva conducted the regular Sun
day services at the tabernacle. The meet
ing was attended by $500 persons. Voliva
did not make the slightest reference to the
new conditions.
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OLDEST WOMAN DEAD.
Passing OF Indiana Resident, Aged l12
Years

LA PORTE. Ind. July 30.-Mrs Ferdi-
nand Reese, the oldest woman in Indiana.
and, perhaps, in the United States, died
here today, aged 112 years. According to
documents in her possession she was born
in Volgravitz Poland. in 1894, and after
marrying and burying two husbands In
Poland came TO America in 1870, settling
at Buffalo, n. Y, where she married Fer
dinand Reese.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Reese removed to La
Porte. Her husband died two years ago.
In 1917, when Napoleon and an army of
100000 invaded Russia she saw the
French emperor. and on her deathbed
recalled wildly the circumstances of his
visit to Volgravitz, which he devastated
She. among others, escaped by fleeing
into the woods. She attributed her long
life to her simple method of living. She
had two meals of eornbread and black
coffee daily.
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SECRETARY SHAW ENJoINED.
Temporary Rule in Connection With
Greene-Gaynor Case.

Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of the Treas
ury, was today temporarily enjoined by
Justice Gould of the District Supreme Court
from paying to John F. Greene and Will
liam T. Gaynor the proceeds of s25,00Q
worth of United States bonds presented for
payment through Henry Clews & Co. of
New York some time ago. The bonds are
two years overdue and are said to have
been purchased with funds embezzled from
the United States In the Carter-Greene-
Gaynor transactions. The Injunction is
without prejudice to the rights of the other
defendants to apply for its dissolution.
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TROOPS AT cH1cKAMAuaA.
Encampment Formally Opened a
Chattanooga Today.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. July 8o-The
encampment Of regulars and national guard
at Chicamauga National Park opened for
mally today. The troops now there are the
18th Cavalry. 18th Infantry, Sd and 4th
Field Batteries of the regular army and
the list Virginia infantry. I'd Albania In
fantry and Sd South Carolina Infantry OF
the national guard. The first period of In
struction ends on Friday next. and on Sat-
urday the militia regiments will leave for
home. their places to be taken by conn
mands from other states
The field hospital equipment has not yet
arrived. although 1t started twelve days ago
from Washington. There are surgeons.
hospital nurses and non-commissioned Of
icers Of the department In sufficient force
but they are without tentage and s.ppli.
ances. The troops are In camp, the re9u-
lars in one body and the militia Ia an
other, q short distance apart, near the
hill on which Gen. Lyttle was killed in the
battle Of ChickamauGA-
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ATTEMPTED TO WRECK TRAIN.
Alleged Effort of Terrorists to Get
vladimir.

CHARLEROI. Belgium, July 30.-An at
tempt was made last night to wreck the
northern express from Paris. A rail was
removed, the engine and tender were ditch
ed and the engineer and fireman were
killed The cars, however. remained on
the tracks and the passengers were unin-
jured
1t is reported that Russian agitators were
responsible for the attempt TO wreck the
express, owing to their expectation that
Grand Duke Vladimir was proceeding to 81.
Petersburg on that train. The railway Off
cials say the grand duke was not on the
train. They have no trace of the men who
committed the outrage dynamite cart
ridge is said to have been used for the pur
pose of removing the rail.
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Thought His Wife Dead at Paris.

PARIS. July 3o.-The husband of Angelo
Meyer. who resides at Long Branch. n. j.,
has cabled 10 the American embassy here
as follows:
Investigate my wife's death at Elysee
Hotel"
Investigation showed that Mrs. Never is
alive and we'll She is unable to account
for her husbands belief that she is dead.
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c. q O. Rate Case Hearing Continued.

RICHMOND, Va, July 30.-The hearing
of the Chesapeake and Ohio freight rate
case was continued before the corporation
commission today. An admission Of the
defendants witness that he had overlooked
a rule In the commission rate sheet Great
ed something Of a sensation. the common
wealth claiming that II destroys a great
deal OF the previous testimony which was
the railways chief reliance.
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Gen. Ainsworth Acting as Secretary

Gen. Ainsworth, military secretary, as
sumed the duties of acting secretary of
war this morning In addition to his regu-
lar duties. Secretary Taft and Assistant
Secretary Oliver are spending their vaca-
lions at Murray bay, on the ST Lawrence,
and Gen. Bell, chief of staff is In the west
locating sites for new buildings at Forts
Riley and Leavenworth, Kan. and at Fort
Benjamin Harrison. near Indianapolis.
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French Cabinet Session.

RAMBoUILLET, July 30.-The cabinet
held its first session here today at the
chateau occupied by President Fallieres as
summer residence. Plans for the early
application of the law providing pensions
for workingmen were adopted.
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THE CRUISER WASHINGTON.
Formally Turned Over to the Govern
ment Today.

CAMDEN, N. J.. July 30.-The cruiser
Washington, built at the yards of the New
York Shipbuiding Company in this city,
was formally turned over to the govern
ment today. The cruiser will not go into
commission for several days.
No ceremonies marked the transfer Capt
Hyland of the League Island navy yard
Philadelphia. gave the shipbuilding firm
receipt for the cruiser and the vessel pro
ceeded to League Island to await official
entry into the United States navy.
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Papal Encyciical Expected.

ROME. July s0.-A .papal encyclical
against Christian socialists. Italian and
foreign. is expected to be issued tonight
IL Is understood that It will deal also with
the situation OF religious AFFAIRS in France
growing out Of the separation of church
and state.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP MovEMENTs.

NEW YORK, July 30.-Arriyed: Minne-
tonka, from London.
CAPE RACE. N. F.. July s0.-The Cunard
Line steamer Ivernia, from Liverpool for
Boston, was In communication with the
Marconi station at 8 am. today when the
steamer was 10 miles east.
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TOOK 1e MEN TO BURY HIM.
5000 People at Burial of an Indians
Farmer.

ANDERSON, Ind, July 30.-Five thou
sand people were attracted to Anderson
cemetery yesterday by the burial of Joseph
Rodecap, farmer and the heaviest man
in Madison county. Mr.. Rodecap weighed
4eo pounds His coffin was feet wide, ~
inches deep and 7 feet long. No hearse
could carry 1t because OF its size and
wagon was used al funeral car
Ten men were required to carry the cofftn
and sixteen men to lower 1t into the grave
Mr. Rodecap died of cerebral embolism. He
was fifty-one years of age.
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PANIC AT CHURCH.
worshipers Overload a Ferryboat-
Five Drowned.

WARSAW. July So.-while the Church OF
Wiianow. a suburb of Warsaw. was filled
with worshipers today an unknown per-
son outside began firing rapidly with a
revolver. A panic followed, the church
service was broken up, and the congrega-
tion. In wild effort to escape crowded
on board ferry boat, which sank, drown
ing Ave persors
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Trepof's ASSASSINATION Denied.

ST PETERSBURG. July 30.-The rumor
IN circulation last night that Gen. Trepon
had been assasslnated turns out TO be as
baseless as the report to the same effect
which was current early last week.
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THE PERSIAN TROUBLE.
Objectionable Grand Vizier Has Been
Dismissed.

TEHERAN, Persia, July 30.-The grand
vizier, whose ultra-reactionism made him
very unpopular, has been dismissed. He
opposed the granting of reform, which re-
suited In popular demands for his dismissal
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