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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
EAL ESTATE DEAL
SALE OF HUIDEKoPER TRACT OF
THIRTY-TWo ACRES,

tract of land lying west Of Georgetown
College grounds and on the line of the ex-
tension Of T street and west Of 37th street
has been sold. 1t was known as the Huids-
koper tract and has been bought by Mr..
A. E. Randle. There are thirty-two acres
comprised within the lines Of the property.
It Is understood to be the purpose of the
new owner to make q subdivision.
The residence of Miss Wells, 1909 Con-
necticut avenue, has been leased by Repre-
sentative ]. Van Vechten OIcott of New
York city. The property is in charge OF
Peachy Hagner, real estate brokers'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
"capt. Coepenick" Tried.

BERLIN, December 1.-The trial Of Will
helm Voigt, rendered famous in Germany
as Capt. Won Coepenick," owing to his
bold robbery of the treasury of Coepenick
and the arrest of the burgomaster of that
town. October 18. with the assistance of a
number of soldiers who had been imposed
upon by voigt. began today. There was
great pressure for admission. 1t developed
that Voigt as an ex-convict found 1t i'm
possible to secure a fixed abode or regular
work. The police expelled him from town
after town, and he had been ordered to
leave Berlin just previous to robbing the
treasury Of Coepenick, but he succeeded in
eluding the police and remaining in this
CITY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

that the money had been appropriated by
the garment workers to call a strike of the
Transfers
Did you see the money paid by Norenr'
Yes. did"
What did you do with the money
Il kept $500 for my personal use EXCEPT
$40, which l gave to Noren.''
Did you see the others each hand Noren
SOP e''
Yes"
Was there any discussion while Noren
was there. as to what the money was to be
used for?''
The witness did not answer this question
directly, but said:
Drivers Called Out.
AFTER Noren left we went to Shea,s hotel
and to his room. There heard Shea say
to jeremiah Mccarthy: We will have to
make good in the morning"
What happened the next morning."
The teamsters of Montgomery, Ward &:
Company were CALLED out..,ss---ez-----.-a.. .-..
The witness declared that he had said to
Shea at that time that the strike had not
been called In accordance with the rules of
the Transfers union. and that he believed
a mistake had been made in calling the
strike at all.
Young then described number of meet
ings attended by labor leaders, at which
he had been present. At one of these
gatherings he said instructions were given
by Shea that no union driver would be per-
mitted to haul any goods in or out of the
store of Montgomery, Ward e. Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
CHANCE FOR AMERICAN GIRLS.
School President Wants Them to Cook
BuckWheat Cakes

KITTANNING, Pa. December 1-Dr. J.
G. Orr of Leechburg, Pa, president Of the
Armstrong County School Directors Asso-
citation, at it's annual convention last night
electrified his hearers in a speech when re-
ferring to dissatisfaction of teachers over
existing conditions he said:
Let them go to work in the kitchen.
Then wouldn't have to employ a for
eigner to cook my buckwheat cakes as I
do now. I'd have an American girl"
The association passed a resolution con-
demning a proposed plan of pensionng
school teachers OF the state and urged the
county legislative representatives to oppose
such bill when it Is presented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
German Tariff Lovefeast.

BERLIN, December 1.-The American
tariff commissioners are getting on well
with their inquiry, though they will hardly
finish their work before Christmas. Besides
listening for four hours daily to the pres
entation Of the German case. the Amer
leans have been able to remove some of the
misconceptions regarding the American
tariff and customs administration. The ut
most cordially prevails between the Amer
lean and German commissioners. and the
German government officials are showing
the Americans much social attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
English Voters Bribed.

LONDON, December IA parliamentary
return Of the official expenses Of the candi-
dates of the recent general election shows
that 1t cost the go members of parliament
IS, 1884, go to obtain their seats, an average
per vote Of 0S cents. The sums privately
disbursed would substantially increase the
total, judging from the evidence of some
of the bribery trials which followed the
electiouS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
German Insurance Defaulters.

BERLIN, December 1.-Messrs. Suto,
Thomas and Dohrmann. three represent
atives of the San Francisco Insurance
claimants who have not been paid by three
German companies and one Austrian COM
pany, have arrived here and are making
temporary official calls and looking over
the field before pressing the companies for
settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
FREE
Souvenir Post Cards
Greater Washington View,

A coupon In tomorrow's Star will
entitle you to two Of q series Of
sixteen Souvenir Post Cards that
have been prepared by The Star.
Do not fall to get copy Of tomor-
rows Sunday Star, cut out the
coupon and present 1t at The Star
office Eight coupons will get the
entire Get.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Huge Stock Increase.

MADISON, Wis, December 1.-The Chi
cago. Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad to-
day filed articles with the secretary of
state increasing the company's capital stock
$40. 00o.00 For 20 doing the company
paid $150,0OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
FOUR WERE KILLED
WRECK ON THE RUTLAND NEAR
vERGENNEs.

VERGENNES, VT, December Flour
persons are known to have been killed and
it is feared that others lost their lives
while several were seriously injured, in a
wreck on the Rutland railroad near here
today. gravel train ploughed into the
rear end of a passenger train. Two pas
senger cars Were wrecked and caught fire
None of the dead has been positively iden-
titled.
One of the bodies found is believed to be
that of Mrs. w. A. Lawrence of Bristol
wife Of Deputy Sheriff Lawrence of Addison
county. Another of the bodies is that of
a woman, while the other two found were
80 badly charred that it was impossible to
tell whether they were men or women
A mixed train from Rutland was taking
The siding at Vergennes station in order
to allow the south-bound mail train to pass.
A heavy gravel train following crashed into
the mixed train, which was composed of
Two passenger cars and a caboose The
caboose was smashed and the passenger
cars were hurled on end. and then toppled
over the edge of fifty-foot embankment,
Whlch drops at an angle of forty-five de-
grees to small brook. The cars did not
fali the entire distance, however, remain
ing on their sides on the slope. This posi-
cult.
Wreck Caught Fire.
Almost Immediately the wrecked cars
caught fire and several of the passengers
were unable to escape from the flames. The
local fire department responded, but as the
station is three-quarters of a mile from the
village and there is only one hydrant near
the scene Of the wreck their work was
greatly delayed and hampered.
Inc hremen and persons living nearby
made every effort to assist the passengers
ana those most seriously hurt were taken
to farm house near the station The less
severely injured were brought to the Stew
ems House in the village
Mrs. Arthur Latterl of Bristol was badly
hurt and several other passengers whose
names have not been learned, sustained
more or less serious injuries.
Engineer George Murray Of Rutland, In
charge Of the gravel train, who jumped
with his fireman just before the trains
came together, was unable to give any ex-
PLANTATION of the cause of the accident,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Chief Of Police Shot.

KAZAN, Russia, December 1.-Chief OF
Police Chepoto Of this city was shot and
killed while leaving a theater here last
night. The assassin was arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

and plans have been arranged to capture
or kill him. Governor Curdy of Samar wires
that the breaking up of Chief Pablo's band
signifies the death knell of Pu,ajanism in
the island
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Improving Battle Ground Cemetery

The quartermaster general of the army
has awarded the contract for the construc-
ton Of a brick outbuilding at the Battle
Ground National cemetery on the 7th street
road to J. w. Thomas of. this city. who was
the lowest bidder for the work. at $1416
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Weather.

Fair and much colder to-
night; tomorrow fair, much
colder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Negro Fined for Striking a Lady.

Negro Fined for Striking a Lady.
Monroe special to Charlotte Oh
server: Henry Robinson, young
negro, was before Magistrate M. L.
Flow this morning charged with hav-
ing struck Mrs. Marion Tucker with
a hickory stick last Saturday even
ing. Mrs. Tucker said she was driv-
ing on the road south of town; when
she met two wagons and had to
drive down into the ditch beside the
road to pass them, and Robinson,
who was walking alongside Of the
second wagon, struck at her with
the hickory, hitting her in the back.
She was not hurt, she said, but
was considerably frightened. Rob-
inson pleaded not guilty, but refused
to go on the stand. His brother
Will, however, who was in the first
wagon, saw him strike Mrs. Tucker
and so testified. Henry was fined
$50 and costs, which were paid by
Mr., AL. Fletcher, for whom he
works.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Petition for Pardon.

A petition has been filed with the
Governor for the pardon Of Charles
Zssett, who is serving a life sentence
for murder. Hewas sentenced to be
hanged, but his sentence was COM
muted by Governor Ellerbe and he
has now been in the penitentiary
for about eight years. Issett was
tried in Bamberg before Judge Watts,
the prosecution being conducted by
Solicitor G. D. Bellinger. His father
is a native of Switzerland, who came
to this country in 1849, was natural
lied and fought in the Confederate
army. The attorney for Essett, Col.
Robert Aldrich, desires to appear be-
fore the board of pardonsn next month
and present the case Columbia cor
respondence News and Courier,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
.Dispensary War In Springfield.

COLUMBIA, Dec. 13. Conditions at
Springfield, in Orangeburg county,
are serious, on account Of a dispen-
sary war that is raging fiercely in.
that town.
Recently series of incendiary
fires has occurred and among other
buildings, that in which the dispen-
sary is located, was burned down. It
is intimated that the anti -dispensary
people caused this latter blaze and the:
anti-dispensary people declare that
they will shoot anybody who makes
that charge. Chief Constable Ham
NETT sent an officer to investigate
but this inquiry has developed moth
ing material in the line of evidence,
however. @
A delegation has requested Gov.
Hayward to close the dispensary, but
the governor has declined to take
this action, declaring that the au-;
thorities Of Springfield are the proper
people to maintain law and order.
The intendant, who is understood to
be anti ti-dispensary, wants it closed.
Since the governors refusal to in
terfere in the matter, it is not known
here what steps the Springfield in-
tendant and other officials will take
to bring about a cessation Of the
warfare.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Established 1891
METHODIST CHURCH STATISTICS
A Statement of What Was Accom-.
plished the Past Year Along
Certain Lines.

The following statistics were read
at the session of the South Carolina
conference of the Methodist church
IN Columbia.
The statistical secretaries submit
ted a report of the tabulated results
sof their work, as follows: There are
ID this conference "a local preachers,
and IS, ,597 lay members, an increase
.of 2,l37; 1888 infants have been
baptized, and 1904 adults; $50 Sun.
day schools with Att officers and
teachers and 42,471 scholars; 7a
churches valued at 81, 1,344, ,707; l9O
parsonages, value $3S4, ,7O3; 10 dis
trict parsonages, value $4,000.
Three colleges and three fitting
schools whose total valuation reaches
the sum of S545, 900; total endow-
ment, $iO4, ,402.52; total number OF
professors, 6S; of pupils, 1,066.
The joint board of finance report
ed through Judge j. Fuller Lyon,
the treasurer. The following figures
win give an idea of the financial
status Of the church for the past year:
Collected for bishops fund, ST.
1853. .O6 an increase over last year OF
$78.74;; conference collections, $10,-
s998.N increase of $262. 10; foreign
missions, SIS, ,044.5 SO, increase Of $780,
%; domestic missions, SIS, 161. .H, IN
crease of $518.01; church extension,
s$5, 5,O59. .46, increase Of $190.37; educa-
lion, Sc, ,565. .79, increase of $910.Z
minutes, 1928. IS, increase of S21 20;
Pane and Lane college, $5n.41, IN
crease 1884. The total amount
handled by the board of finance was
S58.576.15.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Love q La Mode.

The Magazine Heroine sighed as
she put her hand on the shoulder of
the Magazine Hero.
Billy" she said, where did you
get that hat?"
He smiled.
Turn over to page 116 of the ad-
vertising section, and you will see.
The finest hat for the money in the
world. And yours?"
SAT Madame Ricou's, the milli-
ner's. Her ad. is on page Al, Front
Section"
He gazed at her a moment in
speeches. admiration, at her fault
less shirtwaist (notice of sale was
given in these columns last month"; I,
at her wonderfully hanging skirt
(see McGregor's display ad., second
inside cover) and at her neat shoes
(colored insert). Then he said:
dolly you are all to the good.
There is nothing about you that I
don't like
She tossed her head (McBurn's
Hair-dressing Establishment proud
ly as she nestled close to his waist
coat Dangers Tailoring Emporium,
page a.
Il can say the same thing of you,"
she whispered Ego to Jackard's for
engagement wedding rings-page
1881, "for, dearest, have we not
both of us been tried and tested by
the public long enough to be war
ranted?"- Mason in the Decem-
Der Delineator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Fitting School Notes.

We are now in one of the most
critical and trying periods Of the
school year-that of examinations.
''The horrid things" as they are
sometimes called, are now in full
blast and it is only the thoughts of
Christmas and of being home in a
few days which dispel the gloom and
brighten the sad hearts.
Work will be discontinued on the
21st, when the holidays will begin
and last until January3d. The cam
pus is full of Christmas talk and all
are looking forward with much
pleasure to the ''home going"
At the last meeting of the Kilgo
and Sheridan societies officers for the
second term were elected. They
were as follows: Kilgo, Prof. w. D.
Roberts, president; John Huffman,
vice-president; Rhett OFT, first critic;
Isaac Anderson, second critic; Ern-
est HERS, censor morum; Eugene
Alderman, floor monitor; Richard
Addison, secretary. Sheridan, Prof.
J. C. Guilds, president; Miss Katie
Carter, vice-president; Miss Adrine
Padgett, critic; Miss jamie Belle
Saunders, secretary; Miss Lizzie
Rhode, treasurer; Miss Beulah Dukes,
censor morum; Miss Ida Muller,
monitor.
Among our visitors this week were
Messrs. Sheddie Arant and Creighton
Skinner, two former students. We
are always glad to have our old stu
dents come back to see us.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
LITTLE NELLIE ROYAL KILLED.
Her Mother Was Native of Ander-
son County.

ANDERSON, Dec. 12.-News has
been received here of the clubbing
to death of little Nellie Royal, the
ten-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Royal, independent mis-
sionaries to China. The child was
playing on the banks of river near
her home at Shanghai and was club
bed to death by three Cinnamon.
Mrs. Royal was Miss Sullivan, Of
near Pelzer, before her marriage,
which took place in China. She has
visited this city and the little girl
was here about five years ago. The
news of the terrible death of the
child came from a paper published
in Zion City, III.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Honor Roll Denmark School.

First grade Weters Califf, Clara
Wyman, Mildred Lee, Hoyt Kearse.
Second grade Fitz Hugh Cox,
John Martin, Christabel Mayfeld,
Virginia Hutto, Leon Roton.
Third grade Abram Hallman,
William Hallman, Walker Hog, Earl
Cain, Agnes Coca, Willie Califf, Vol.
sey Kearse, Jesse Folk, Marshall Gil
lam, Counts Smoak, Helen Milhous,
Charlie Arledge, Maud Ellzey.
Fourth grade Josephine Faust,
Ethel Wicker, Reynold Wiggins, Vir-
ginia Faust, Annie Hacker.
Fifth grade -Tindal Califf, Wildon
Cain, George Hallman, Hammond
Crum, Leon Watson, Stanwix May
field, David Folk, Julia Goolsby, Tom
McCrae.
Sixth grade-F. H. McCrae, Jen-
ME Hallman, Roy Tyler, Martha Ray,
Malcolm McCrae, Annie Collins,
Lois Ray, Onie Brux, Claudia Nix.
Seventh grade Olive Pearson.
Eighth grade-Azile Nix, Ruby
Guess, Sadelle Guess, Marion Riley,
Walter Rice.
Ninth grade Pansy Smoak, Alma
Folk, Harry Wroton, Aston Wroton.
Tenth rade-Lottie Kearse.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETING.
The Executive Committee r1et In CO.
lumbia Last Week and Selected
June 2S as the Day for the
Visit to Jamestown.

COLUMBIA, December 14.-There
was meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the State Press Association
here tonight at which there were
present: President Elbert H. Aull,
R. L. Freeman, J. C. Mace, William
Banks, C. M. Galloway and August
Kohn. The meeting was called to
consider three matters. The first
was in regard to the effort Of the
postoffice department to require the
payment Of postage on newspapers
distributed in the counties Of publ
cation. Atpresent a newspaper does
not have to pay postage on its home
circulation, but pays postage on all
papers going outside Of its home
county.
The committee requested the presi-
dent to communicate with the Sena-
tors and Representatives from this
State and protest against such rul.
ing and find out the real situation.
IF necessary a committee will go to
Washington to appear before the
committee.
The executive committee decided
upon June 18th as the day for the
Press Association to visit the James.
town Exposition. The jamestown
authorities have been anxious to get
a date for the South Carolina editors
and it was decided tonight to make
one gala day of it. The South Caro-.
lima commission has selected June q
as Carolina Day.
The State Press Association will &C
to Charleston, according to a pre-
viously accepted invitation, some
time between May 6 and 16. The
exact date will be agreed upon after
a conference with the Charleston
committee.
The matter of newspaper transpor'
tation in view Of the new rate bill
was discussed, but no formal actor
was taken on the matter, as it was
thought best, for the present, fol
each newspaper to make its own ar
rangements.
There will be a meeting here nex'
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock to con
slider legislation with regard to
libel law. The Importance and neces
sity for such legislation is deemed tx
be vital.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
PRINCIPAL DEAD.
Death of Lizzie Menafee, Founder OF
voorhees, Industrial School.

Voorhees, Industrial School.
News was received last Saturday
of the death of Elizabeth Wright
Menafee, colored, principal Of the
VOORHEES, Industrial School for ne
groes at Denmark Her death oc-
Cured last Friday at a sanitarium
in Battle Creek, Mich, where she
had been. for some time in the hope
that her health would be restored.
She was about thirty-three years old.
She had been in bad health for sew
eral months, and during the past
summer told us that her health was
gone and she was going away for
treatment. First she went to the
hospital in Augusta, but she got no
better, and went on to Battle Creek
for treatment. The body was brought
back and buried at the school this
week.
Lizzie Menafee was good woman.
In all our business transactions we
had found her one Of the most
prompt and reliable persons we had
ever dealt with. Her word was her
bond, and her sound common sense
and fine business judgment enabled
her to make a success Of the school
at Denmark, where ninety out a hum
dred would have failed. Her ideas
on the race question were sound, and
she believed in training the negroes
to work, only giving them enough
education to do their work intelli-
gently. In April 1897, nearly ten
years ago, she came to Denmark
without a cent, to found an indus
trial school for negroes. She started
with nothing, yet in ten years she
has built up a school whose equip
ment is worth about $780, 900. Al
though a woman, we regarded her
as great leader of the race, and she
worked along the lines Of Richard
Carroll and a few others. She was
married last June to Martin A. Mena-
fee. treasurer of the school.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Drowned in q Washtub.

GREENWOOD, Dec. 12.-The little
FIVE year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Ellis, who live ten miles
south of here, was drowned this
morning in a washtub. The little
child climbed up in a wheelbarrow
standing by the tub and fell in the
tub of water. She was there twenty
minutes before being discovered.
DR.. Ward, the nearest physician,
was telephoned for, but the little
child was dead before he could get
there.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Entertainment at Govan.

Govan, S. c., December II.
Editor Bamberg Herald, Dear Sir
Please announce through The Her
aid that festival and Christmas tree
will be given at Govan school house
on Monday evening, December Mth.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend. j. E. CHANDLER,
Principal Govan High School.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Presiding Elder Coming.

The new presiding elder of the
Orangeburg district, Rev. James w.
Kilgo, will make his first official visit
to the Bamberg Methodist church
next Sunday, and will preach in the
evening and possibly at. the morn
ing service. The first quarterly con-
ference for the new year will be held
next Monday morning in the ladies'
parlor of the church.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-20
Young Lady Attacked by Negro.

.'
Columbia special in Charlotte OBJ
server: An unknown negro attacked
Miss Elizabeth Yopp on her way
home in,L laurel street at a late hour
last night. The negro got away with
her purse containing So, q part of her
wages for the week at the 10 cents
store where she sold candy. Miss
Yopp put up game fight, her strug-
giles resulting in the loss of much OF
her apparel. Two negro hackmen,
Charles English and Jim Gray, have
BEEN arrested, and it is thought that
sufficient evidence, though it is not
sparticularly strong, has been Sc
cured to connect them with the affair.