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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
THE BRoAD-TIRE BILL.
Opinion of Commissioners Desired by
Senate District Committee.

The Senate committee on the District of
Columbia have referred to the District
Commissioners House bill 1887, generally
referred to as the broad-tire bill. The Com
missioners have been asked for sugges-
ton upon the advisability of adopting the
four-inch tire. with especial relation to it's
effect on the street surfaces of this city.
This action was taken in response to pc
tition signed by the presidents of the Board
of Trade, of the Business Mems Associa-
ton and of the Jobbers and Shippers AS
ISOLATION, and by the executive committee
appointed by MERCHANTS of this city. These
petitioners claim that the bill will work
great hardship upon the merchants of the
city. and will entail great expenditure of
money without any improvement in the
condition of the paved streets.
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THAW'S WILL.
Among the Papers Introduced il
Evidence at Afternoon Session.

NEW YORK, February 9-Mrs. Thaw re-
sumed the stand at the beginning of the
afternoon session yesterday and said that
when she told Stanford White of Jack
Barrymore having invited her to a party
he became very angry and said he would
send her away to school in New Jersey.
Mrs. Thaw continued in detail at some
length her relations with Barrymore, which.
she said, resulted in her being sent to
school.
ut all came about through a quarrel be-
tween Mr.. White. my mother and myself
over Mr.. Barrymore. One afternoon in the
tower of Madison Square Garden Mr.. Bar
rymore said to me. Evelyn will you marry
me?
Mrs. Thaw always pronounced her name
with long "e' :"
Il turned to Mr.. Barrymore and said, 4
don't know.
Mr.. White asked me IL would marry
Continued on Sixth Page)
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Mayor SchmitZ

of the schools. and the only course To pursue
was TO take advantage of the state law and
establish the separate schools This
done. The white children took the places
of the Japanese in the white schools and
oriental schools were established for the
japanese. This is the whole story in
nutshell"
How Change Could Be Made.
When asked as to how the japanese chill
dren could now be admitted to the white
schools if the delegation agree to make
the concession which the President will
ask Mayor Schmitz replied
THAT would be simple enough. We would
abolish the oriental schools, and then, I'M
der our law. the enforcement OF which. as
explained is left to the discretion of the
school board. the Japanese would then be
entitled to admission to the white schools"
The San Francisco delegation. which ar
rived here late yesterday afternoon, con-
sists of Mayor L. E. SchmitZ Lawrence +.
Walsh, president of the board of education;
jr.. members of the board; Alfred Romeo
vieri superintendent of schools; l.. F. Lef-
fngwell. secretary to the board. and t. j.
Williams, assistant city attorney
Secretary Metcaf and Secretary Taft VIII
probably be present at the conference this
afternoon, the former having gone to Cali
fornia several months ago to make re-
port to the President.
The impression Is gaining ground around
the White House that the school board Will
recede from it's attitude as to the japanese
children in the public schools of their city,
but It Is thought to be the intention Of
Mayor Schmitz to exact promise from the
President that he viii make a new treaty
with Japan In which japanese laborers wiz
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LOCAL BILLS INTRODUCED.
Measures Approved by the District
Commissioners.

Senator Gallinger today introduced the
following bills which have been approved
by the Commissioners:
To regulate the practice of pharmacy and
the sale of poisons in the District of Co.
lumbia.
Making personal taxes in arrears a per-
sonal claim against the person owing such
to the District.
Regulating the business of loaning money
on security of any kind by persons, firms
and corporations other than national banks
&C.
To amend the law with regard to the re-
ceipt of usurious interest
Authorizing the Commissioners to make
regulations to control markets and other
places where foods are sold and laundries
and similar places are conducted.
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PREsIDEs OVER THE HOUSE.
Speaker Cannon Resumes the Chair
After Short Illness.

Speaker Cannon occupied the chair when
I House met today his recent illness
showing in his manner and voice.
Immediately after the approval of the
journal Mr.. Foss chairman of the naval af-
fairs committee, after conference with
the Speaker and the committee on rules,
asked that general debate on the naval APP
propriatio bill now pending in the House
be considered closed, SO thai when the
bill is again taken up it may be under the
five-minute rue for amendment. In making
the request Mir. Foss said that the condition
of the public business demands that the
House pay heed to the passing of the days
and the approaching adjournment of Con-
gress. The House then, at 12:2J, adjourned
for the day out of respect to the memory
of Mr.. RiXey.
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Considering the District Bill.

The subcommittee on the District of CO.
lumbia of the Senate committee on appro-
priations held a hearing today, when the
District Commissioners, members of the
board of charities, members of the board
of education and Supt. Chancellor were
present. The Commissioners advocated va
rious items of their original estimates
which were not included in the District
bill as it passed the House.
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FOUR DIE IN WRECKS
ACCIDENTS DUE TO
VARIOUS CAUSES.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, February 9.-Limit-
ed passenger train No. 203 on the St. Louis
and San FRANCISCO railroad due here at $40
O'Clock this morning from Kansas City and
Memphis, struck broken rail eight miles
west of Birmingham and with the excep-
ton Of the rear sleeper the entire train was
wrecked.
The dead are:
Baggagemaster White, who was making
Fireman G. T. McFluray. buried under the
locomotive, which turned over
Seriously injured:
Norman Brooks. engineer Birmingham
NJ. G. Spence, Memphis express messen-
ger.
s. NJ Cossett, Memphis, postal clerk.
G. Stubs, fagman.
r. P. Cameron, New Albany, Miss, postal
clerk.
William Schick, employee of Frisco rail-
road.
broken glass and flying splinters, but none
seriously Conductor Baldwin of Memphis
was also slightly hurt.
Two Die in Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX, N. s., February 1.-TWO per-
sons were killed and several injured in a
collision on the Halifax and South Shore
railway, near Malone Junction Lunenburg
county.
Those killed in the accident were Will
liam Kirk, engineer, and James Armltage,
fireman, of the Montreal express, which
sde-swiped the locomotive of the freight
train, which had run up on the main line
from the freight track.
One track was cleared today and traffic,
which had been interrupted for several
hours by the wreck, has been resumed.
Limited Hits Coke Train.
PITTSBURG, Pa, February .9.-The Man.
haitian limited on the Pennsylvania, which
left this city for the east at 1855 am, was
wrecked near Wilmerding, a suburb, fifteen
miles from here by running into a freight
train loaded with coke, which was taking a
siding The passenger locomotive left the
track, the mail car and combination Smok-
ing and express car were burned and three
freighters were demolished. The engineer
of the limited and three mai! clerks We're
injured. They are:
Peter William, engineer, Pittsburg, badly
scaded
w. F. Lenhart. mail clerk, Harrisburg,
bruised
H. n. Rentschler, mail clerk, Harrisburg,
bruised.
w. ]. Acorn, mail clerk, Harrisburg,
bruised.
The many passengers on the limited were
thrown to the floors, and while all were
bruised none was seriously hurt
cially made known. Through passengers
were later transferred to train No II, and
continued the trip east
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MAY CONTINUE FOR MONTHS.
The Brownsville Inquiry by the SEN
ate Committee.

The Brownsville inquiry was not resumed
by the Senate committee on military affairs
today The inquiry may continue at inter-
walls for several months. Many men for
whom subpoenas have been issued have not
been found, and others are in Texas at
tending the court-martial of the white off,
GERS of the discharged negro battalion. The
investigation has proceeded far enough to
convince the members of the committee that
the only way to get at the bottom of the
affair is by the slow process of examining
every man to see what he knows. Thus far
only few members of Companies b and d
have been on the stand, and no evidence
has been secured Indicating that these men
were guilty of the offenses charged against
them. 1t has been brought out that Com
broken open. and the examination of MEM
bers of that company is expected to be of
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Movements of officials.

Secretary Metcalf is going to Annapolis
Monday to address the graduating class of
midshipmen.
Secretary Taft left Washington today for
New York where he will attend a dinner to
be given tonight at the Yale Club by the
Yale class of 1873.
Assistant Secretary Newberry of the navy
will leave here this evening for New Or
leans. where he will board the naval yacht
Mayfiower and visit and inspect the naval
stations at Pensacola. Key West and Guam
tanamo, Cuba
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Atlantic Liner in Collision.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, February a.
The Atlantic Transport Line steamer Me-
nominee. from Antwerp yesterday for Phil
adelphia, put in here this afternoon badly
damaged as the result of the collision off
Beachy Head during the night with the
French coasting steamer President LIE Roy
Lallier.
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WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
Omnibus Lighthouse Bill Passed by
the Senate

The omnibus lighthouse bill was called up
In the Senate today by Chairman Frye of
the Senate committee on commerce and was
passed without discussion. The committee
amendments were read and agreed to. and
within three minutes from the time the
subject was mentioned the bill was pa ssed.
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PENNSYLVANIA BANK CLOSED,
Newcastle Institution Said to Be In
solvent

solvent.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, February ga
telephone message from Newcastle, Pa,
says the Newcastle Savings and Trust
Company failed to open it's doors this morn
ing.
The notice of the suspension of the bank
was posted last night in ten different Ian
guages, the concern having numerous pa
irons of foreign birth. 1t is said the sus-
pension was caused by large lines of credit
extended to local firms and individuals
The bank. it is understood, will have about
$3.50, GOO to meet it's outstanding accounts
of $500, 900.
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Gang of Criminals Arrested.

PARIS, February 9.-The police have ar
rested the ringleaders of a gang of fifty
criminals who have terrorizeG the depart
ment of Pas-de-Calais and the Belgian
frontier for two years committing thou
sands of ro5beres and murders.
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Collided With Freight Train.

NEW YORK, February 9.-The Pittsfield
express on the Harlem division of the New
York Central, du. at Grand Central station
early this afternoon, was in head-end COL
lision with a freight train near Dover
Plains just after noon today One passen-
ger was slightly injured. All of the train
men escaped.
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The friend Of Mrs. Ihaw. who protected her until
SIN aud rhaw were married.
tratn OF these stories. but their eject on
TAaw m.Hd. This fact was impressed on
thu 5asy Yesterday wheIiNthe court at the
rcgues; Of IN" district attorney. Informed
III, jury that uader the law the prosecution
could not Introduce evidence with the object
Of disprovins any statement that Evelyn
N,sui, T..sM las made except the state
men, that she tod her husband ali the
Thugs she Las testified to
The Te1dsrloia TattIings.
That NJ jerome WI stre.uousiy object
TO tho lurtacr intro1a,t.ou of what he
tcrneI ";1ta.res Of the Tcaderloin" was
plainly shown late yesterday, when he
claimnd. and VAS sustained by the court.
tha, as Ut there had been no evidence to
slow that Thaw is now or ever was insane,
and that until this was shown any more of
these stories would be entirely immaterial
This ruling by the court may bar any other
stories that Evelyn Thaw may have to tell,
until such time as it has been shown that
there is a reasonable doubt as 10 the proper
balance Of Tnaw's mind at the time of the
shooting.
II this is done. then the floodga;es are
likely 10 open for the admission of almost
an. thing that Thaw may have told his wife
OF she told him. that he heard in any
other way that to any extent might have
been contributed to the unbalanclng OF his
mind. Several attempts were made yester-
day 10 show that Thaw was OF unsound
mind. but the district attorney was success
full in blocking them for the time being.
Want Thaw's Will.
1t is expected that Mr.. Delmas of coun-
sci for Thaw will make a vigorous effort
on Monday TO introduce Thaw's will in
evidence. 1t is said to be a remarkable
document and Is believed TO be strongly
relied upon by Mr.. Delmas to show the
effect upon Thaw of the stories related
TO him by Evelyn Hesbit. 1t is said to
have been written on loose sheets of pa
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THAW'S WILL MAY
co TO THE JURY
1t is Said to Be a Very Remark
able Document of Much
Importance.
MONEY TO FIND MURDERER
Defendant Thought He Might Be
Killed and Wanted to Have As
sassin Detected.
EVIDENCE THOUGHT SHOCKING
Chattanooga People Will Hold Big
Mass Meeting to Prevent Such
Publicity - Case Before
Canadian Parliament.
EVIDENCE THOUGHT SHOCKING

NEW YORK, February 9.-The nature of
District Attorney Jerome's cross-examina-
ton of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. who has al
ready spent two days on the witness stand
IN the defense of her husband, was the
principal subject of discussion today Mrs.
Thaws direct examination has continued
almost without interruption for two days,
and there is yet no indication as to when
she will be handed over to the district at
torney for cross-examnation.
The prosecutor has difficult problem to
face in this -cross-examination. With the
truth or falsity of the stories the witness
has testified she told her husband, he has
nothing TO do. The statement that she told
him these things Mr. Jerome cannot posi-
bly, disprOve His strongest chance in cross
examination is to make her stumble in the
story as she has retold it or compel her to
admit telling the defendant other things
about her past life which would tend to
minimize in his mind the effect of the story
OF her relations with Stanford White.
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White Could Not DENY.

He can introduce evidence. if he has it.
generally affecting her credibility a wit
ness. but as for the main statements in her
testimony-the stories which made her re-
cital the most shocking ever heard in
court in this city-Stanford White himself
II he were alive. could not go on the witness
stand and deny them.
The point in the case is no: as to the
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Women Will Protest.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. February O.
call was published this morning for a mas
meeting OF women tomorrow afternoon
the interest of the purity and sanctity c
the home. The object is to protest agans
the publication of the detailed testimon
IN the Thaw case. All pastors in the cit
will read the call tomorrow and urge al
tendance of women of their congregations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
SOME FINE BARGAINS

At the Howe and Stetson Co. Stores.
 The Howe X Stetson company stores have been for many years the favorite department establishment of this city for multitudes of ladies. who are well pleased and satisfied with their experi- ence there. At the present time the store is more popular and attractive than ever before Under the present ownership many decided improvements have been made and new system in- troduced which adds greatly to the comfort and convenience of, shoppers, and insures prompt attention and no delays or inaccuracies, number of real bargains are specified in their ad- vertisement in to-day's Journal and Courier, They are well worth reading. A visit to the store and an inspection will demonstrate that, at the prices designated, they are well worth buy ing.
 And not only to-day, but every day, the inducements at the Howe & Stet- son company stores are decidedly sum- cient to merit the large and steadily increasing trade which is the result of the enterprise and .liberality of the new and progressive owners.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29

ing house. Tt is not such a very com plicated matter-not half as much so as the engine that was suggested at the outset. even if one should take in the telephone and telegraph depart ments that some firms maintain and add all the physical and mechanical appliances of the banking building or offices, It works very smoothly when things are going well in the street It is capable of standing strain in stormy times in proportion to the care with which it has been operated in fair weather. It is a powerful agent for good or ill, acording as the head of the house" may be disposed. His is the power of initial action; the rest of the component parts must move in their predetermined course. They have the human alternative of refus- ing, but that only means separation and replacement, after which the ma chine runs on as 1t did before.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29

District of New Haven. ss. Probate
 Court, May 24, 1907 ESTATE OF EDWIN 5. WHEELER. of New Haven, in said District, in- solvent debtor
 The executrix of the will of Samuel F. Merwin, late of New Haven, deceased, the trustee in insolvency of the estate Of said debtor, having exhibited the ac- count of said deceased with said inso'- vent estate to this4Court for allowance. it is
 ORDERED, That the 31st day of May, 1907, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at a Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said District, be appointed for hearing on the allowance of said account, and on the appointment of a trustee in insolvency to succeed said deceased trustee, and that notice of tha time and place of said hearing be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District
 By the Court
 JOHN L. GILsON.
 m27 St Clerk
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
GREAT DAM ACROSS CONNECTICUT RIVER. To Greatly Aid Brattleboro Immense Horsepower
 at Electric Plant.

The new dam across the Connecticut river, five miles below Brattleboro, Vermont, will make a great difference in the industries of the town, and it is entirely possible that !, second dam will be built for storage purposes near the Hastings rapids, two miles north of Brattleboro. The main dam will ex- tend from point on the Vernon shore on land recently owned by Charles D.. Johnson, across the head of an island of rock eastward to the western ex- tremity of peninsula known as Cooper's Point, on the Q. s. Higgins farm in Hinsdale. The conditions are particularly favorable, the river just below Cooper's Point aking bend of a mile and half around an ox-bow promontory. Across this promontory a canal will be cut, and at the eastern end of the canal will be located the electric powerhouse. This will in crease the fall, making a total fall of twenty-six feet. The power develop ed will be 5000 horse power for twen- ty-four hours, which is equivalent to 12,ooO horsepower ten hours a day.
 The dam will have spillway of about 800 feet, and the crest of the dam will be twenty-four feet and seven inches below the floor of the Hinsdale bridge at Brattleboro The dam will raise the water six or seven feet under this bridge, and it will cause the water to set back about seven miles, to the supension bridge 1.-two miles north of Brattleboro. In high water the island opposite Brat teboro will be submerged, also about twenty-five acres of the Brattleboro retreat meadow. but at other times practically no damage will be done to the retreat property, and the athletic field on the island will be available,
 Lake Seven Miles Long.
 The lake created by the dam will 1 be about seven miles long and mile wide in places, affording a fine oppor- tunity for the use of motor boats and other craft. A rolway for the an nual log drive will have to be pro- yided. but whether through the canal or over the dam will be determined later. The dam will have drainage area of about 6bOO square miles
 Concrete. reinforced by steel tie rods, will be used in the construction of the dam. This is much superior to masonry, The dam will be of the gravity type, extending back under the water so thatit will not have q ten dency to overturn during high water. The powerhouse and the canal also will be constructed of concrete. A large part of the machinery will be built especially for this plant The power developed will be greater than the powers on the Merirnac river, which have built up the cities of Low elli Lawrence and Haverhill, and il wills be second in New England only to those on the Connecticut river al Holyoke and on the, Androscoggin river at Lewiston and Rumford Falls
 In the contract with the Connecticut
 River Power Co. specific reservation Is made of 5000 horsepower for the l use of new industries in Brattleboro
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
ROSY TEACHERS
Look Better in the School-ROOm Than
 the SaIlOw Sort.

Young folks naturally like comedy objects, and a good-looking, healthy teacher can do vastly more with pu- pills, everything else considered, than the skinny, dyspeptic teacher can. The instructor in Latin and mathematics in young ladies seminary had an ex- perience worthy the attention of any teacher.
 She kept running down little more each year until finally a genuine case of nervous prostration set in and she was confined to her bed for eight months, perfect wreck, physically and mentally. She and her friends thought it was due to overwork, but she now knows it was due to improper food.
 Of course the physicians were called in, but there is almost nothing that can on well-selected food and proper care. She was put upon Grape-Nuts; all medicines, also tea, coffee and iced drinks, were taken away. She had Postum Food Coffee once a day. The larger part of her food was Grape Nuts, for this food is made with spe- cial reference to rebuilding the gray matter in the brain and nerve centers.
 The lady says: T had been reduced to 95 pounds in weight when I began using Grape-Nuts. The new food was so delicious and strengthening that I felt new life ct once, I have now de- veloped into a perfectly healthy hap py, stout woman, weighing 135 pounds, the greatest weight I ever attained, and have a wonderfully clear. fresh, rosy complexion, instead of the sallow, bil- ious hue of the past.
 Now I never have a symptom of dyspepsia nor any other ache or all; am strong physically and I particularly notice strength of mind. I never ex- perience that tired, weary feeling after hard days labor that used to appear. My brain seems as clear and active at night as it was in the morning, and I am doing twice the amount of work ! ever did
 There's a reason" Read 'The Road to Melville" in pkgs.