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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
TWO-CENT RATE.
Missouri Court Holds Law Unfair as
It Stands

KANSAS CITY. Mo. June 17.-Judge
Smith Mcpherson of Red Oak Iowa. In the
United States district court here this after
noon. handed down an opinion growing out
OF the conflict between the circuit courts at
Kansas City and st. Louis and the federal
court here over the enforcement of the Mis-
souri, maximum freight and 2-cent pas
senger laws.
Judge Mcpherson retains and maintains
jurisdiction to adjudicate the validity of the
freight and passenger laws of Missouri. IN
Guiding the amendatory freight law Of 1907.
Whether the temporary injunction asked for
by the Missouri railroads to restrain the
state officials from enforcing these statutes
shall be issued, and ii issued. whether II
shall enjoin the enforcement of either the
passenger or the freight laws. one or both
WILL the court says, be considered a week
or more hence.
Judge Mcpherson said that his present
view Is that the 2-cent law should not be
put in force until II can be ascertained by
actual experience whether cents will be
remunerative.
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WILEY CHOSEN BY FRANCE
As One Of the Experts to Study Wine
Situation.

DR.. Wiley. chief chemist Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. and known through
out the world as food expert. has been
selected by the French government as one
OF the experts who will Investigate the con-
dition Of the French wine industry that is
now almost on the verge of causing civil
war In France. The point on which the
French government expects DR.. Wiley to
throw particular light is the adulteratron NJ
French export wines. which is said TO no re-
sponsible for the great decrease in forefen
demand. Dr. Wiley has been over France a
study of the export end Of the French I n,isa
business: He will san for France next weet
and probably will be gone all summer
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Kansas Wheat Estimates.

According to dispatches from Kansas. tho
outlook for wheat in that state is better
than it was when the government crop re-
port was issued June l. Ii is claimed
that the crop has improved eight points
since the government report was filed. Some
of the experts In Kansas say that this esti-
mate .s TOO high, but there Is at any rate
a noticeable improvement. The crop is very
low and stunted. In some places not being
more than knee high, but stiil is heading
out.
The services of headers will be required
in harvesting in all the western counties.
but the outlook Is fair Harvesting in the
central counties Will begin June 2f
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SYSTEM PLEAsEs CANADA.
American Railway Forms ,WiIl Be
Adopted Over Border.

The Canadian department of railways and
canals has notified the interstate commerce
commission that it intends to adopt in its
entirety the system of railroad bookkeeping
and railroad statistics that will be enforced
in the United States on the first of July.
This system is in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the Hepburn rate law, and is the
result of many months work between the
interstate commerce commission and the
traffic managers of all the railroad systems
The adoption of these books and forms by
the Canadian government will make an
absolutely uniform system of railroad ac-
counting over pra ctically all this continent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
IGNORED JIM CROW LAW.
Capt. Pigman Arrested for Refusing
to Change Seat in Car

FORT MONROE. Va. June 17.-Charged
with breach of the Jim Crow street
car law of Virginia, Capt. w. ]. Pigman,
paymaster of the battleship Iowa. was q
prisoner in the Hampton police court today.
Capt. Pigman declined to take another seat
when asked to do by a conductor on the
line of the Newport News and Old Point
Railway and Electric Company.
He was arrested but allowed to give bail.
Acting Mayor Richardson dismissed the
case but advised Capt. Pigman to heed the
requests of street car conductors in the
future.
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TRAGEDY IN DETROIT.
Carpenter Cut Wife's Throat and Then
Slashed Himself.

DETROIT. Mich. June 17.-Wiiliam
Roulo. a carpenter. aged thirty-fve, cut his
wife's throat last night in their home,
at 427 Beard avenue, and then slash
ed his own throat with the same razor.
Both of them died where they FELL in bed
room where their two children were sleep
ing.
Roulo and his wife had quarreled bitterly
during the past six months and Mrs. Roulo
had applied for a divorce. When the two
children, aged seven and five years. wax
ened this morning they found the bodies on
the floor and called the neighbors.
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Eight Men Hurt.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 17-Eight
men were hurt two seriously, by the par
tial falling of a bridge under construction
on the Stevenson extension Of the Southern
system this morning. The structure was to
span Battle creek near South Pittsburg,
Tenn. A work capsiZed and a eirder
fell the locomotive remaining on the track.
Foreman A. b. Smith and Timekeeper \.
V. Dunbar We're badly injured. The others
hurt were negroes.
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Army Transport Sails.

The War Department Is informed that the
transport Logan has sailed from Manila
for San Francisco. via Shanghai and Chin
kiang, with sick. 43; insane. 81 general pris-
oners, II; 7th Cavalry, officers "a: enlisted
men, 545: 26th Battery Field Artillery, Off
GER l; enlisted men, 72 casuals, 80. Med
cal officers with troops-Craig r. Snyder
first lieutenant medical Department.
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Of agriculture and commerce. holding the
office until the premier again retired.
The officials OF the Japanese embassy are
ignoring the report from Toxic of the re-
ported recall OF Viscount Aoki. the ambas-
eador to Washington. They say they have
no information on the subject and dis
credit the report.
The ambassador pleaded indisposition to-
day when a Star reporter sent his card to
him The ambassador referred his caller
10 Mr. Miyaoka. the counsellor of the en-
bassy. and the latter dismissed the matter
by saying that he had no news on the sub
ioCt.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS

NEWPORT, R. l.. June 1.-THE steamer
iceland. from Antwerp for New York, was
reported by wireless telegraph from the
Nantucket shoals lightship via the torpedo
station here as having passed the light
ship at TAO am. today. Will probably dock
about 7:3O In. Tuesday.
PLYMOUTH. June 17.-Arrived: Steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II from New York for Bre-
men.
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YALE FRESHMAN CLASS.
Robt. A. Taft Of This City Tied for
WoolseY Scholarship.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. June 17-At the
BatteIl Chapel exercises this morning 1t
was announced that the Woolsey and Hurl-
burt scholarships in the Yale freshman class
would be divided by lot between Robert
Alphonso Taft Of Washington and Samuel
Michael Cohen Of Hartford. Conn. the win
ner taking the Woolsey scholarship. which
is the highest scholarship of freshman year.
Young Taft Is the son of Secretary Of
War Taft This is the first instance in
fifty-one years in which the Woolsey schol-
arship has been divided.
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LONG CHASE FOR LUNATIC.
Ends at Sand Patch Tunnel in Death
of Unfortunate.


PITTSBURG, Pa, June ia long chase
from Washington. D. c.. to lockwood. Pa,
after a crazy man. ended in the death of
the lunatic John Clayton. at Sand Patch
tunnel. at the top Of the Allegheny noun
tains, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Several days ago the lunatic escaped from
six guards and made his way by foot into
the farming districts. Of Washington
county. Md The officials there placed him
on board a train and started him for
Washington. He had been aboard the
train only a short time when he leaped
through car window.
The officers started on his trail again
and traced him to the vicinity of Confiu-
ence. Pa. There they learned he was at
Sand Patch. When they were closing in
on him he stepped in front of the Du-
quesne limited. He was picked up and
carried to lockwood, but died at the sta
ton.
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Government Defeated.

PARIS, June 1.-THE government was de.
feated today In the chamber of deputies on
the sugar clause of the wine bill. designed
to prevent fraud Finance Minister Caiilaun
insisted on a supplementary tax of 65 francs
per hundred kilos on sugar used In the man.
ufacture of certain wines. but the cham
ber rejected the proposal by 304 to 30 votes,
whereupon the session was suspended.
1t is expected that me government will
compromise on the lower rate suggested by
the northern deputies.
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Ten Saloons Closed.

STE GENEvIEvE. Mo-. June l7.-Ten
saloons yesterday closed their doors and
for the first time in 172 years the town was
dry" The action was taken on the advice
Of the prosecuting attorney. Ste. Gene-
We've was founded In 1735. and since its
founding drinking places have never been
closed.
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Won Schooner Yacht Race.

race from Dover to Heligoland was won by
the British-built Clara. owned by Max Won
Guilleaune of Cologne. beating Lord Dun
ravens Cariad by TO seconds. Time. 70
hours 30 minutes. The American built
Navahoe now owned by Herr Waetjen Of
Bremen. was among the competitors.
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PERSECUTION REGRETTED.
Text of Resolution Adopted by
Japanese at Toxic.

TOXIC. June 1.-THE text of a resolu-
ton which has been adopted by the con-
stitutIonal party is as follows:
The persecution of our compatriots is
deeply to be regretted for the sake of both
America and Japan, but We must not for
get that there exists between the two ma
tons the closest friendship. which might
almost be called an alliance. In face Of
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Advise Calmness.

TOXIC. June 17.-Leading members OF
the constitutional party held a meeting
this afternoon and passed a resolution on
the American question. recommending. i'd
view Of Its Importance. calmness and pru,
dence and also the ACCESSIBILITY Of trusting
to both governments for satisfactory
solution.
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PUZZLE OVER SCHMITZ
UNIQUE SITUATION OF SAN
FRANCISCO MAYOR IN PRISON.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.-When the
supervisors meet today 1t Is expected that
the preliminary steps will be taken to re-
organize the city government. While 1t may
not be deemed advisable to read Mayor
Schmitz out of his ONCE today. action will
be taken should no legal obstacles inter-
vene in the meantime which will lay the
foundation for such step. ) 1t Is recog-
nized by the graft prosecutors that If the
mayor is permitted to transact official busi-
| ness at the county Jail he will be able to
make the claim that he is as well able to
perform the duties of his office in prison as
any other place. For this reason the prose-
cutors will endeayor to have the super
visors act as soon as it can legally be done.
With the obedient supervisors in control
one of the first steps will be the reorganiza-
ton of the police department, and this will
be followed by changes in the board Of
works 1t will be impossible. however, to
effect such a reorganization without whole
sale dismissals. In order to Gust Chief OF
Police Oman 1t is necessary. it is said. to
remove the present police commission, and
the present members of the board of works
may have to go.
Alarm Among officials.
Since the conviction of Schmitz there has
been considerable alarm among those Of
ficials who hold their Jobs by grace of the
mayors favor. While it may be necessary
to sweep out of Office a large number Of
Schmitz appointees, no one will be disturb
ed, it is said, who has attended to his
duties.
No change has been made In the plan al
ready announced to replace one of the SUI
pervisors by a prominent citizen and then
elect this citizen to acting mayor. The
name of the prominent citizen has not been
made public.
The attorneys for Mayor Schmitz. now in
Jail awaiting sentence for extortien Of
which he has been convicted. announce
their determination to take his case to the
United States Supreme Court If Judge
Dunno overrules their motion for new
trial on June q and the appellate court
makes a similar denial.
J. C. Campbell Of counsel for Schmitz
said today:
1T is hardly to be expected that Judge
Dunno will grant our motion for new
trial. but his refusal will not put an end to
our activities. We will appeal to the su-
preme court Of the state and to the higher
tribunal at Washington il necessary"
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Victim Of Shooting Dies.

CELINA. Ohio. June Hilary Martin
of Spencerville, who was shot by John
Lynch of Dayton Saturday night. died last
night Lynch is in jail. He refuses to
talk. Jealousy is supposed to be the mo-
tive of the shooting.
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Gravesend First Race.

GRAVESEND, N. V. June 17.-First
race. handicap; all ages; about three quar-
ters of a mle-Grimaldi, 3 to l and to ;
first: Ben Ban. to l place, second; Ial
third Time, Ito.
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the professions of the government at
Washington and the American people in
general, such incidents as are reported to
have occurred must not be taken as ex-
pressions of their will. 1t is believed there
fore tina tthe question if properly handled.
ton.
I'VE must refrain from becoming excited
over unlawful conduct on the part of the
people and thus injuring the national
cause. We expect that proper settlement
will soon be reached through peaceful
diplomacy"
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LovELEss LIBERATED.

Was Held TOT Alleged Liquor Law
Violation-Gives Bond.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 17-Walter
Loveless, well known in Washington sport
ing circles and formerly proprietor of the
Rock Spring Hotel on the Conduit road
was this morning released from jail at this
place. where he had been confined for sew
eral weeks on two charges of violating the
local option law Of the county. Bail in the
sum of 500 was furnished by the United
Surety COMPANY of Baltimore. The cases
against Loveless will be tried at the No
vember term of court.
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Downtown Temperature,

& Co.'S standard thermometer was as fol-
lows; 8 Am. 70; II noon, 81: 2 pm. 90. =
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Ordered to Keep Quiet.

LONDON. June ia dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company from st.
Petersburg says that a manifesto signed by
100 ex-deputies of the left party has been
issued calling on the people to remain quiet
for the present.
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$4,000 for the capital OF the firm OF Peck.
ham a. Mercer. and SIS, 900 set aside foe
further operations on the market.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
WILLOWS FROM
NAPOLEON'S TOMB
Twigs From Fine Old Trees
Planted in Cool Spring
Park

Willow twigs, The off-shoot Of the FAM
Gus old willows which cast ther shade
across the tomb of Napoleon, now adorn
Cool Spring Park. They were planted
there this morning at the direction of the
Park Commission.
The twigs are the glnt Of Alfred II.
Way, of Hockessin, who cut chem from
an old willow tree on the Way property
there. The shoots OF these trees came
from the famous willows at Mount YER
non, the home of Washington, twigs Of
the Mt. Vernon trees having been brought
TO this country from Napoleons tomb By
General Lafayette and transplanted by
him az Mt Vernon.
Mr.. Way says he remembers his father,
the late Jasper c. Way, bringing the
twigs Of the Hockessin trees from Wash
ington in 1913. Since that time the willows
have founshed at Hockessin and have
been admired by many persons.
1t will be five years. however, before the
beauty of the new twigs planted IN Cool
Spring Park this morning viii be seen.
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FORBES TELLS OF
UNDUE INFLUENCE
Probable That Forbes Will
Contest Will Go to
a JURY

Hearing in the Forces will contest
continued this morning with Dexter
Forbes, the caveator. under eXamna-
ton Mr. Forbes gave testimony con-
corning undue influence which he as
serted Mrs. Hartmann had over his
father at various times, but could not
say that Mrs. Hartmann exercised such
influence over his father at the time he
executed his will. The cross exani-
nation of Mr Forbes will be taken vi
this afternoons
Mrs. Sarah T. Aiken. a niece Of Mr.
Forbes. was examined at the hearing
yesterday afternoon. She lived at the
house at one time, but left immed-
lately after the death Of Mr. Forbe.
because she could not agree with Mrs
Hartmann,
one Of the interested counsel SAID
that the case would occupy the atten-
ton OF the register for at least another
week.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
EXAMINING COLONEL
AYRES CONDITION

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire
NEW YORK. July 17-An eNamina-
tion by army surgeons into the mental
and physical condition of Lieutenant
Colonel Ayres. ordered before a spec
ial examination board to decide wheth-
er he shall be retired for physical dis
ability is I'm progress this afternoon.
The examiners are the medical mem
bers of the examining board. They
will report their findings to the full
board tomorrow. The examination is
being conducted in private.
The only public work of the exam
lining board today was to authorize
Major Guy L. Edie surgeon and Cap
tain S. IL. Adams. assistant surgeon,
to examine Colonel Ayqres. Other
members Of the board are Brigadier
General j. NJ x. Davis, Colonel c. A.
T. Hatfield and Lieutenant Colonel w.
II. Evans.
Colonel Ayres appeared before the
board and was granted permission to
object TO any of the examiners. He
expressed his satisfaction, however,
with the members. There was no mem
tion of tn sensation at West Point
or the experiences of Mrs. Ayres who
has ben barred from the military re-
servation there although it is gener-
ally believed that the movement 10 re-
tire Colonel Ayres. grows out of his
defense of his wife in which he gave
an interview to newspaper men criti-
cising certain army officers. Mrs.
Ayres did not appeare at the hearing,
although she was preparing to do 50.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
FIVE MINUTES TO
CHANGE BRIDGES
Baltimore end Ohio Railroad
InStaIIS Steel Structure at
KiamenSi
WITHOUT DELAY TO TRAINS

Without the least hitch the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad old steel
bridge al Kiamensi was removed this
morning and a new steel structure was
hauled into position to span Red Clay
Creek.
The entire operation of replacing one
bridge with another was conducted
without interfering with train service
in any way. and occupied less than
five minutes
1t was about Ills o'clock when the
rails connected with the old bridge
were cut. and strong hawsers were
rigged to the old bridge and the new
structure, which were laahed Together.
The new bridge rested on a temporary
trestle beside the bridge 1t was to re-
place.
Less Than Five Minutes.
When everything was ready the word
was given. and an engine began to
haul on the l:awsers. For two minuetes
the engine tugged and hauled. and
NANNA1 AAtN ~ AAtaR AiNNA RAA NAA NNttf"
porary tracks and the new bridge slid
into position At thee EXPIRATION OF
two minutes thee ngille was shut down
temporarily, and after an interval )i
less than a minute 1t resumed strain
ing the robes.
In less than five minutes the new
bridge was in exactly the position de-
sired. 1t did not take long to faster
il into place ana to connect the rails
An additional engine was on the scene
ready to assist in dragging the bridge
into place. but its services were moi
required. as the engine that failde al
the crucial moment on Sunday was
equal TO the task to-day.
The new bridge is Of steel 16 fee
long. and was built by the youngstown
Construction Company. 1t weighs
about 1900 tons.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
TO
STEAL BODY

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
CLINTON, H.. July 1l-Attempts al
stealing the body Of Mrs. Peter a.
Magin. from the Clinton cemetery,
have been frustrated by the authorities
What might have been a plot TO fore
stall the purpose OF the state in eX-
amining Mrs. Magill, or a move by
Magirs enemies was discovered last
night. Ghouls prowling about the
cemetery attracted the attention OF
citizens.
They notified the assistants states
attorney and the cemetery was hue
riedly visited the grave found intact
and the guard about 1t. There Is IN,
most intense excitement.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
WILL HAUL DOWN THE
TEMPERANCE BANNER

There was considerable surprise ex-
pressed yesterday afternoon by a
large number of patrons of South Side
Park when. as they We're about to
ent6r the bah grounds their attention
was attracted by large sign. painted
upon the fence surrounding the ball
park. on which was the inscription;
Saloons cannot run without boys.
Have you one to spare? Think it
over"
Not a few patrons Of the game, who
had been in the habit OF going over
the bridge on every occasion upon
which the local team was at home re-
fused to enter the gates and turned
back as soon as they saw the fiaring
announcement.
To-day the sign will be removed,
either by those parties who directed Il
placed there or by the management OF
the Wilmington baseball team. The
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
rhe Nnture student,s cnt.

"John Burroughs. the famous nature
student. dined with me one nigh" "
said a magazine editor Of New York
Among my guests was a nature writ
er OF the New York school, This
young man told a wonderful story
about the intelligence Of oysters. he
sail he was going 70 put the story in
4 new book. Mr. Burroughs gave a
Try laugh and said:
Let me tell you about a cat. This
tory Is quite as authentic as the othcg
)ne. and It should 60 for your book
licely. A Springfield coup,c had cat
hat age had rcadc-ed helpless, anG
they put it out OF It's misery by means
Of chioroform. Trey buried it in the
garden and planted a rosebush over
It's remains. The next morning a IA
miliar scratching took them to the
front door. and there was the cat walt
ing = be lrt in.. with the rosebush un.
der its
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
X-RAY LOCATES
A BROKEN BONE

While George Turner and James
Hutchinson were at work 25 feet above
the ground on a scaffold at the Lobdell
Car Wheel Company's plant the scat
fold broke, and in the descent both
men were buried in the debris. That
they escaped instant death is consider
ed miraculous.
Turner was the mora serious Injured
and not until he underwent an N-ray
examination in the office of DR.. James
H. Morgan was the extent of his in
iuries known. They consisted of a
dislocation OF the right shoulder blade
and minute fractures OF the bone IA
the arm. which injuries were properly
treated. Hutchinson escaped with a
few bruises.
Evening journal., 1907-07-17
TO MEET
WITH CHANGERS
Plan TO Have a Big Joint
Celebration Of Labor
Day

A. r. saylor, S. II. Fairlamb and VIII
liam Eberhardt, representatives OF the
Central Labor Union. conferred with l..
Scott Townsend this morning relative to a
joint celebration Of Labor Day at Horse
Show Park on the first Monday In SEP
tember by the labor ihterests Of the city
and the grangers Of the county The
grangers will hold their annual fair al tire
park the first week in September and il
is understood that the arrangement for a
joint celebration at the park on Labor
Day is mutual between the interested
parties.
IL Is the plan OF the Central Labor
Union which acted in the matter last
evening TO have distngu' shed grangers
deliver addresses to the farmers on the
occasion. The usual Labor Day parade
viii precede the celebration at the park.