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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
WoMEN's GOLF TOURNEY.
Ideal Conditions at National Con
test at Chicago Today.

CHICAGO, October 9.-The second
round of the women's rational golf tour
ney began at the Midlothian links at 10
o'clock this forenoon. Teeing was under
:deal golfing conditions. dull sky and
air sufficiently fresh to make light sweat
srs comfortable.
For the second day OF match play, the
strong contingent of Boston players was
again in evidence, seven of the players
surviving, along with Miss Phipps of
Springfield, Mass. Mrs. r. n. Barlow,
the Philadelphia champion, was the sole
survivor of the four V ho qualified from
that city. Today's matches were strictly
sectional, eastern players being paired
with western players, with the sole ex-
ception of the match between Miss
Phelpe OF Brae Burn and Miss Pauline
Machoy of Oakley.
The pairs started off in the following
orde- today: Miss r. Steele and Miss NJ.
Curtis; Miss z. S. Porter and Miss E.
Young; Miss n. W. Phelps and Miss p.
Mackay; Miss c. Painter and Miss NJ.
b. Adams; Miss A. Phipps and Miss r.
NJ. HaZelton; Miss L. A. Wells and Miss
s. Ainslia; Miss H. S. Curtis and ciss NJ.
Martin; Mrs. r. II. Harlow and Miss NJ.
Helnler
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PUTS Oil LEDGERS
BEFORE THE COURT
Aim Is to Prove Illegal Monop-
oily in Trade.
CLARENCE G. FAY WITNESS
Pipe and Tank Line Properties Car
ried as Assets.
THIN WERE WRITTEN OFF
No Explanation of Why They
Ceased to Appear on the Balance
Sheets Of the Trust.
THIN WERE WRITTEN OFF

NEW YORK, October 9.-Transcripts Of
ledgers and ournals of the old Standard
Oil trust and several of It's subsidiary
companies were placed in evidence today
at the hearing of the federal suit against
the Oil combine for the purpose of prov
bill Of complaint that the Standard Is an
Illegal monopoly. Clarence G. Fay. as
sistant auditor of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, was again on the
witness stand today Frank B. Kellogg
the governments counsel, called atten-
ton TO The balance sheets Of the Standard
OIL Company of Kansas for 1895, on which
the stocks of the Southern Tank Line,
Mutual Oil Compay, the WhiteGolden Lu-
pricating Company. c. p Wagner & Co..
II. Garlick 4 Co and Protection Oil Com
pany appeared as assets. Mr.. Fay said
he could not explain why the balance
sheets in the following years did not
show what had become of all these assets
and why they were written off
Good Will Not Costly.
A balance sheet Of the Standard OIL
Company of New York for 1906 showed
Il carried its pipe lines as an asset which
II valued at $S4,S33 Mr.. Fay said he
supposed the Central Park pipe line was
Included in that asset. He did not know
why the asset account for pipe lines did
not appear in the c"mpany's books after
1906. The balance sheets Of the National
Transit Company showed that the Ma
tIonal Transit Company paid to the
Standard the rentals for the crosstown
pipe line from 1899 to 1865. inclusive. The
yearly amounts varied from sl,19l,li0 IL.
1901 to s238,19l Ia 1906.
Figures from the balance sheet oi The
Galena Signal Oil Company showed d
total asset of 1881 1893. of which the
plant investment was $S5V,863 and the
good will sa55i,o17, Mr. Fay said.
Charles I. White, assistant secretary
of the Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey. followed Mr.. Fay on the witness
stand.
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HOW THEY LIQUIDATED.
old-Time Trickery of the Standard
Exposed in Court.

NEW YORK, October 9.-For the first
time in the history OF the government
assaults on the Standard OIL Company
facts and figures of that company's bus
ness when it was the Standard Oil Irust
of C.nio and the record of the trustees in
uSa.dation after the trusts dissolution,
who preserved the nfe OF the great Or
ganization until its reorganizato on rs the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
we're spread on the record yesterday by
Referee Ferris who is taking evidence
for use in the dissolution suit being
brought against the Standard company in
the St Louis circuit court, Prosecu
kellogg produced compilations of records
fro1,. those books of the trust period which
had heretofore remained beyond the prose-
cuto-'s reach, bat which recently had been
put in Mr.. Kellogg.s hands by Clarence
=. Fay. acting secretary of the New
Jersey corporation.
One Of the alt cations in the bill of in
dictment brought by the federal govern
Ineut against the Standard oil Company
OF New Jersey Is that when the ONO su-
prema court ordered the dissolution OF
the Standard trust in 1892 only the form
OF obedience t the COURTS orders was
gore through by the trustees, and that
10y exchanging trust certificates for a ma
jor!ty of the shares in the STANDARD IS
subsidiary companies the trustees re-
tainei sufficient control, as Individuals
In these companies TO carry them along
intact until the reorganization in New
Jersey. Tie absolute record OF these
stock exchanges the governments attor
'nayS could not name in the bill o. indict-
me ut, nor could proof of thi; allegation
% forthcoming until the books of the old
trust. which Fay found in his safe at 26
Broadway. had been got at
Nr. Kellogg pi icduced today transcript
of accounts from the stock ledger OF the
old trust showing that on April /, 1892,
just month after the Standard lost its
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year and six months old, had been for
gotten. She sat in chair in the 'front.'
room on the sixth floor when the bricks
roared down all around her. but BY some
strange chance they were warded OF
from her. A projection Of the roof formed
a sort oi canopy over her, and although
she was hemmed in by debris on every
side, the small remnant of the sixth
floor on which she sat was Tree and
clear. The stairways had been carried
away, but Fireman Noone of Truck No.
II climbed up the fire escape and in
sight Of large crowd took the little
girl down. She did not seem to be very
much frightened by her experience.
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SHOT HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
Columbus Man Then Turned Pistol
on Himself and Drank Acid.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 9.-Before
the eyes IF his two small children, Fred
Butt shot his wife TO death early today
at neI home. Then he turned the smoking
revolver against himself and pulled the
trigger and slightly wounded himself.
Pulling ar ounce bottle of carbolic acid
fl ON his pocket he drained the contents.
In an unconscious condition Butt was
rushed to the St. Francis Hospital. His
death is but matter of a short time
The man was a hard drinker and beat his
Wiie. and sne had separated from him and
applied for a divorce.
Won [ you let me live with you any
mOre?' he said when ne had forced him
self into the room. No" she replied. and
he shot her. Fe then shot himself and
poured the acid into his mouth while the
two children screamed in terror.
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DECREASE IN THE CROPS.
Estimates Compared With Last
Years Production.

The Agriculture Department today re-
ports the condition OF corn October l
at IS per cent, as compared with SO.2 per
cent last month, ana 90.1 October l.
1866. The average yie!u of spring wheat
is 1871 bushels per acre. as compared with
1877 bushels for 1906, and 14T bushels for
1905. The production Of spring and win
ter wheat combined is about 625, ,5S7 eco
bushels, compared " IN 7;;J go $40 bushels
as estimated for year ago. The aver
age yield OF oats is about 23.5 bushels per
acre, as compared with 3l.2 bushels for
1906
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FlREMEN WANT RAISE
FORMULATE A DEMAND ON THE
ERIE OFFICIALS.

NEW YORK, October 9.-Railway fire
men on all eastern lircs, according to q
statement published today, are going to
der lard further increases in wages in the
near future. Railroad officials who have
been questioned on the subject say they
will not grant the demands, and one Erie
Official is quoted as saying that wages
are more likely to go down than up.
The division cfiaiIrnen of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen, 1t is stated,
will meet Grand Master ]. j. Hanrahan n
in Buffalo on Tuesday next to formulate
demands for what is termed "a general
wage readjustmcnt' on the rsIlro Dads in
the territory embracing all the lines east
OF Chicago. II is stated that the scale
Of wages is by no means uniform, and
the hremen'S officials are credited with
having declared thar an aggressive fight
will be made 10 obtain the adjustment
that is to be asked for.
Furr1ers' Strike Off.
NEW YORK, October e-The strike of
the furriers ended yesterday, 5000 men
returning to work. The me- wanted
closed-shcp conditions, which means rec
ognition OF their union About OF, thou
sand of the Hle1 gained their point it Is
stated, but the others will continue to
work under the open shop plan.
Higher Coal Scale.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, October s.-The United
Mine Workers made known their intention
today to approach the COL mine owners
with view of issuing a joint call to an
Interstate conference to consider a new
wage scale. The wage agreement ex-
pireS in April, and the miners will de-
inGnd a ligter scale. According to re-
ports the operators are not anxious to
enter into such conference, and should
they refuse d strike of the coal miners
may be precpitated.
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church, etc In speaking OF the amend
ment Mr. Ould called attention 70 the
fact that there are other American
churches.
DR.. Huntington of Grace Church. New
York, the father of the preamble, made
reply. He said that the purpose of the
preamble was to inject a little religion
into the or:-aaic law ot the churC". He
had always been IN sympathy. he said,
it'll the Protestant denominations, but
the Protestant Episcopal Church was, In
his opinion, a truly American church. He
maintained that there is now danger that
the church will be looked upon an an
mex of the Church OF England.
The debate was participated IN by Dele
gate Mcconnell of louisiana. Deputy Eans
of Pennsylvania. Deputy Prince of New
Mexico and Deputy Ringso.d of Tennes-
see.
A vote was taken on the Ould amend
ment and the amendment was lost.
The Canal Zone and Japan.
The house of bishops considered the
question whether the address delivered
before them by the Archbishop of the
West Indies. relating to white and negro
churches, be printed in full for distribu-
ton, the question being voted on and car
ried by d large majority.
A report from the commission on the
canal zone was received. TINS territory
is now under the Jurisdiction of the Amer
lean church 1t was formerly governed
by the Church Of England. Rev. DR..
Henry b. Bryan was created Archdeacon
of Panama, and also endowed with the
title OF priest in charge Of tie canal zone.
the cities of Panama ara Colon and parts
adjacent thereto.
The bishops considered the question Of
i petition from the Christians OF Japan,
inquirinS what would be necessary to the
creation Of a Japanese b.si.op TO officiate
IN his own country, and under what con-
ditions such dignity could be conferred.
The discussion on this question was not
closed
A Joint Session.
A Joint session OF the two houses was
held in st. Pauls Churcn in the after
noon, the business sessions having ad-
journed for that purpose. The general
81 bject, What Is the Responsibility OF
the American Church in the Far East?
was discussed by Rt Rev. Frank r
Graves. y. D.. Bishop OF Shanghai; ;Rt
Rev John McKim d. D.. Bishop of Toxic
and Rt Rev. Charles II. Brent, u. D..
Bishop Of the Philippines.
A reception to the general convention
was given at the Jefferson Hotel by the
Richmond churchmeil at night. The re-
ception was well attended, many of the
notable men of the church being present.
Run Over by an Auto.
A temporary suspension Of business in
the house of deputies was caused by an
accident In which Dr.. l.. NJ. Blac,<ford
principal of the Episcopal High School at
Alexan dria, Va, and a membor of the
house Of deputies, was knocked down by
an automob bile and slightly injured. The
accident occurred in front Of st. P2urs
Church. where the deputies are meeting.
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Welded A FORMER CONVICT.
Wealthy Woman Sticks to Man She
Loved Despite Disgrace.

. WORCESTER, Mass, October 9.-Miss
Cara Cecilia Leach. a wealthy woman OF
this city, has just been welded to John
w. Maher, a former convict at st. Johns
Church. the ceremony being performed
by the Rev. Thomas Griften The ro-
nance behind the wedding involves the
unwaverins devotion of woman of rank
for business man whom she loved
despite the disgrace following his arrest,
indictment for larceny and forgery and
consequent conviction for larceny and in
carceration for nearly four years in jail.
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GOLD IN NEW YORK.
AladdinLike Story From Water
Front Workmen.

NEW YORK, October 9.-Men In tho
employ Of the department of bridges who
have been making a series of borings
along the river front, it is announced to-
day, have discovered a vein Of gold-bear-
ing quartz under the East river in the
neighborhood OF he Brooklyn bridge The
ore extracted amounted to two pounds,
and the gold 1t contained, 1t is stated, was
estimated to be worth $40 On this basis
the vein would rLn s24 zoo ton.
TIE hnd belongs to the city, and further
Investigation will be made to determine
whether or not the find Is as valuable as
IT is said to arpe.r In digging under
New York and its adjacent waters there
have been several finds of rich ore, but
they have been In small pockets and Of no
great value.
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Woman Corporation Director.

NEW YORK, October 9.-Two new d.
rectors have been elected by the Reming-
ton Typewriter Company. One of them.
Miss Mary f.. Orr, entered the employ
of the company nineteen years ago ss a
stenGgrapher. This Is said 10 be the first
Instance n which ii corporation has elect
ed woman - so high Il place 1t is not
only rect gnitton of n" long and faithful
service of Miss Orr but also of the ua~t
played by women the DEVELOPMENT of
the Typewriter business
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Belmont Park First Race.

BELMONT PARK RACE TRACK, N
Y, October 9.-First race, for thr sc year
olds and upward; seven furlongs: Don
Enrique, III (Knapp). to 1 and to g.
won; Zienap, 90 (Goldstein), s to l place
second; Dolly Spanker, l06 (E. Dugan), =
to ! 10 show. third. Time l.25 %. Prince
Hamburg, Melbourne. Cressina. Frank
Lord, Sir Edward. Lad of Langdon and
Gid also rc n.
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Cubans Studying Our Courts.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Sur.
NEW YORK, October 9.-Gen. Carlos
Garcia VeleZ, Cuban commissioner of
prisons, and Senior Felipe Diaz Aluz,
Judge of the first district court o. Havana,
were pectators in the I'ombs police court
this morning Gen. Velez and Judge Aluz
are members of a con- mission appointed
By Gov. Magoon to study the courts and
prisons of the United States. They have
recently been attending the prison con-
gress in Chicago. Gen. Velez said yes
terday that he was particularly interested
IN the chiidrens court, of which there is
no counterpart in Cuba. He hoped that
similar courts would sool be introduced
into the island.
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Close Call for Siamese Diplomat.

GLOUCESTER. Mass, October IN
Ratanayapti. acting Siame e minister at
Washington, and IL. Chcun, an attache
of the legation, had narrow escape from
death off Little Good Harbor beach yes
terday. They were out in sailbCat,
which was upset In the storm but chung
to the keel of their boat FOR half an hour.
when they were rescued by Roscoe Par
sons and Herman Rowe. two Gloucester
lnen.
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Regards Wife as Common Propertv
Special Dispatch to The star


Pull abELPHIA, Pa. October o
Charles Griffith. seventy-nine years old.
or Morristown vas held in $500 bail by
Magistrate Grelis on tha charge of ale
mating the affections OF Mrs Elwo3Q
Miller of Ha 1ayunk, sixty-five years old.
In his defense Griffith said in court: II
got right to take any woman | like IL
she Will go with me. | got a right to anv
mans wife If she likes me better than
him. faint wrong: it's human nature "
Mrs. Milier's husband was the com
plainant.
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CAR STABLES BURN
WILD FIRE PANIC
Stampede of 800 Horses in
the Darkness.
TENEMENT JEWELLERS FLEE
Thrilling Rescue of a Eaby Girl by
Fireman.
CRcKER's AUTO WAS WRECKED
Immediate Damage Was About
S25O,oOO, But the Spectacle Was
Worth the Money.
TENEMENT JEWELLERS FLEE
Thrilling Rescue of a Eaby Girl by a
Fireman.
TRcYER's AUTO WAS WRECKED

\ fire. which worked great
damage to the J4th street car
barns. at I4th street and Avenue
y, early this morning, bristlcd
with incidents from its beginning
until the time the weary hremcn,
led BY Chief Croker, had it under
control. Chief among these was
the smashing OF Crcker's auto
mobile while he was on his way
to the fire with Capt John Rush,
and Their miraculous escape from
death: the routing out Of about
1900 people from adjoining tene-
mcrjs. and the rescue Of a child
after a rooi had crushed through
in which she was; the escape
from almost sure death OF a num-
Der OF firemen who slid down a
rope to safety. and the stampede
of hundreds OF horses.
NEW YORK. October 9.-The imme-
dlate resul; of the car barn fire this
morning was to cripple the 18th, the
ChristoDher and 2Sd street car lines
and tn Belt line. ABOUT 125 cars
were destroyed Manager f. A. De-
loney said after the fire that the dam
age would amount to at least s2J000O
caused the fire. a high wind and poor
wat3, pressure added to the difficulties
Croker and his men had 10 contend with
The chiefs familiar red car was speed
an hour when as the machine crossed 18th
street the ball bearing cone of the left
front wheel broke. the wheel came off and
went thrGI Ugh an iron fence as Il the fence
had been so much card5Ord. and on three
wheels the automobile tore along up be-
tween 18Th and 18th streets, ripping up the
asphalt and bringing up in 'front.' of the
Eye and Ear Hospital. In spite of the
speed with which It skidded along. neither
the chief nor Rush were drown out, a cir
cumstance they were VI ole to explain
later on. The chief finished his trip to the
fire on foot.
The car barns occupied four stories at
523 10 J45 East 14th street. extending for
a distance OF 800 feet along that street
and running back into 10Th street
Four hundred horses were uuartered on
the first. second and third floors.
Stablemen took out the horses in the top
floor. Scarcely had they been rushed
down the runways and emerged into the
street When the north wall collapsed or
the place whore they had been. The 30t
horses stPmpeded like cloud of cavalry
toward the East river and wild seem
ensued. Those in their path fed to the
right and left and Policeman Walter
Thornton was caught in the midst of the
terrified brutes and kicked In the right
leg. He removed to Bellevue Hos
pital.
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To Raise the Price of Beer.
cial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The Stlr.
BUFFALO. N. Y. October a-Accordins.
to statements made here this morning the
Buffalo brewers exchange has decided to
raise tho price of beel 81 a barrel. be-
ginning November l. The increase It IS
said. is nsccssitated by the increased cost
OF material and labog
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Horses Close Call.

One hundred horses were imprisoned on
the top floor by the debris OF the falling
wall. whicn closed tie exits. and there
while the hre roared and ragged around
them, tLcy were helpless. The fremen
kept the flames from getting near them
10y hard work.
The crews Of engines Nos 3 and >,
We're first on the gro-n nd The men of
these crews started to mount upward
toward t.c blaze, hut they lad a diff
cult time getting there. because the
staircase was f;,l from tI- seat of trOu-
h., When they WeT- working under the
roof oi tie fourth floor Cnief Croker
SAW that Che mIussrG roof was about
to give way. ana n, shouted up To them
To run fvr their Ls-s. Dropping their
ly.es. th'.r AXIS and rig which might i'm
pccJ Their progress, the men scum led
toward the Avenue Il SIDE and were
soon buried in pItch darkness groI-
ing their way toward the exits IN Ave-
nue y. guided every now ard then by
the flames and columns Of sparks. Thy
men finally hurnped against an elevato-
shaft IN IA" da-ku IS Her they
reaS he'd oUt and found rope and. hav-
Ing tested II. one -fter another cUIled
Ills leg around q and slid down into
finally got out il safety.
The Gavin IN OF the wall on the 18th
street Side oi the building also sEnt tn"
frrIncv running at top speed to avoid
TO get their apparatus oUt of the way,
and engines ana > and water tower
no were more or less UamaEed IN the
shower. The men JLst got clear.
Rescue Of the Baby.
Wh"u Tire west wall fe!l II crashed
down on The roof and sides of tie build
ing at 52l East 14th street. which was
filled with Italian IA aI:e.. The tenants
had warning enough 10 ct out. p'lng
into the street T,N-m,A carrying their
children aud whatever household goods
they ouuld sci2c in the excitement;
Scarcely WeTe they oUt WREN tae rooI.
walls ard Top floors gave way aad Tell
into nuns In the street the ..oust
hold bo,uTEirgs and baggage OF the fee
ing Italians Grated much congestion dnd
there night HtvN been srrIo-s panic
had not tgy Rev Father Dean II the
Church %. t'- IiluaCulatr C0uccI Ion.
with several other priests. .?rear1d
among them IL their Tr',stly ga-ps and
stiiIvd ia" panic Oy .TeiHing 20 them
soothiugly.
The rita and sixth floors OK the build
ing collapsed as far as the fourth foul.
Everybody was thoUsat to have cleared
out beforehand but later IL was found
that y cholas Sorveri1 who. with hs
wife and seven chilGrcn. lived on the
top floor, had one E;tIc daughter un-
accounted for. In the haste Jennie, a
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JUST COME TO TOWN"

Senator Clarence D. Clark OF Wyoming
sor4e of his property. A lot of his friends
were around today trying to get in on
the ground floor." Now is the time to
subscribe.
Senator Daniel and Senator Martin of
Virginia were in town today
And Bryan coming to Richmond this
week.
Representative Jim SheIma of New
York. chairman of the republican congress
sional campaign committee, slipped into
town today He was looking rosy as
usual. indeed, about the complexion If a
fuil-blown American beauty. He le.. at
i2:50.
representative Loudensla ger, secretary
Of The republican congressional campaign
committee. was caught visiting Washing
ton for 4 few hours. He blew in. but did
not light Loudly" as his friends aHec-
MIR. Harry S. New, acting charmaa OF
the republican national committee, is
spending few days n our midst.
Near arrival: M. Elmer Dover, secre-
tary Of the republican national committee
is expected. Looking for him every min
ute.
(At this point our reporter was seized
with an alleged Sherlock Holmes nspira-
tion. What! the Chairman and the $ Gre
tary of the republican national commit
tee. and the chairman and th,. secretary
Of the republican congressional committee
in town? Something doing, of course.
However, nothing to 1t. Just coincidence }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09

Near arrival: M. Elmer Dover, secre-
tary of the republican national committee
is expected. Looking for him every min
ute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09

Mr.. Harry S. New, acting chairmaa OF
the republican national committee is
spcnGng i few days Il our midst.
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Proposition for Change Of Nam.

The proposed preamble to the constitu-
ton, passed by Monday. was again taken
up. Delegate Ou!d of southern Virginia Of
fered an amendment to the proposed pre-
amble, striking out the word American. -
and making the sentence read this
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rbs Evening Star Newspaper Compar =.
THEODORE v. MOVES, President,