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Evening star., 1907-08-08
THE NATURALIZATION LAWS.
Abuses and Reforms Described by q.
s. Consul Van Dyne.

Recent sweeping and radical changes
made by Congress in the laws relating to
naturalization and citizenship, after these
statutes had lain practically unchanged for
nearly hundred years, have given great
value to treatise on the Law of
Naturalization of the United States"
by Frederick Van Dyne, present United
States consul at Kingston, Jamaica. and
formerly assistant solicitor Of the Depart
ment of State.
This particular volume Is specially de-
signed to meet the needs of judges and
clerks Of courts having jurisdiction in nat
uralization cases, Of United States at
torneys appearing for the government
therein and Of diplomatic and consular Of
flcers and other officials dealing with ques-
tions relating to citizenship and naturaliza-
ton. 1t will also be Of interest to general
readers and students of public affairs.
Mr.. Van Dyne practically credits Presi-
dent Roosevelt with reforming the nat
uralization laws which had become ILL
adapated to modern conditions. especially
in view Of the influx Of more than mil
lion Of foreigners each year. Under the old
laws lax and unsatisfactory methods of
naturalization had grown up. opening the
way to gross frauds against our citizenship,
including perjury. false impersonation and
traffic in false and counterfeit certificates
VI ClllZSuSulp. LII SOulo CdSSS dleHS nave
landed in the United States for the first
time having in their possession certificates
emitting khem to the full rights Of citizen
ship.
The various laws passed by Congress in
the last two sessions at the suggestion Of
the boards appointed by the President to
consider abuses in naturalization and citt-
zenship and the proposed remedies are care
fully classified and annotated and described
In the volume, which Is supplemented by all
of the executive and departmental orders
and regulations bearing on this subject.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
VACANCIES IN THE ARMY
Gen DuvaQ Directs How Thew Are
to Be Filled

Gen. puvall, acting chief of staff. has
Issued general order providing that the
vacancies that existed in the army July
!, 1907. shall be filled as follows:
ta.) By the appointment of enlisted men
OF the army who have successfully passed
the examinations prescribed In general
orders No. 80. War Department, May IL
1906
o. Vacancies remaining after provision
shall have been made for the appointment
OF enlisted men who have successfully
passed the prescribed examinations shall
be held Tor the appointment, after competi-
1--WE examination, OF not to exceed six honor
graduates OF the class Of 1907 of the insti-
tu,l"hs Oh learning to which officers OF the
army are detailed professors of military
science ana tactics and whose students
nave exhibited the greatest proficiency In
military training and KNOWLEDGE
&C. vacancies remaining after provision
shaH have been made for the appointment
OF enlisted men and honor graduates who
have successfully passed the prescribed eY
aninations may be filled by the appoint
ment. after competitive examination OF
such candidates as may be DESIGNATED NV
the President for examination
All candidates from civil life, including
honor graduates Of Institutions Of learning
Will be subjected to the examination pre-
sCribed in general orders No. 81 War De-
partment. March 20. 1907 for appointment
10 the Coast Artillery Corps
All candidates, whether from the army or
from civil life who do not successfully pass
the examination for the Coast Artillery
Corps. but who successfully pass the ex-
animation for cavalry. field artillery and
infantry, will be arranged in the general
merit list of their respective classes ac-
cordlng to their standing in the subjects
prescribed for the examination for those
arms and Will be eligible for appointment
therein.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Tonight and Tomorrow; Not So
Warm Tomorrow.

Forecast'till pm. Friday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. fair tonight and Friday, not-s warm
Friday; light variable winds, becoming
mort rtheasterly.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Friday, not
80 warm Friday in eastern and central por-
tons: light variable winds, becoming north
easterly.
Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours, SO; a year ago, SO.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The development of an area of high
pressure in Lake Superior region has
caused a fall of temperature along the
great lakes; elsewhere the changes in tenn
perature have been unimportant. The rain
fall of the last twenty-four hours has been
light and mostly confined to Iowa, eastern
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
Fair weather with slight temperature
changes is probable for the next thirty six
hours in the Washington forecast district
except that lower temperature is probable
Friday In the eastern portions of the mid
die Atlantic states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light and variable. becoming
northerly; on the south Atlantic coast light
variable. becoming northeasterly, and on
the east gulf coast light and variable.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light variable winds and
fair weather to the Grand Banks.
inches) has been reported during the past
twentyfour rours: Omaha. LIS.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday;
79 1s mdaTht s. 81 Aasnst pm s.
am, 6s: am. IS; noon. So; ? pm. 80.
Maximum, 50. at 2 pm. August 8; mini
mum, 81, at 8 am. August 8.
p.m', 2s'ss: - midnight 5000. o' August u s
4 am. 30.O1; am, 1902; noon, 5000;
pm, 299S.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature recorded today by
Feast & Co.'S standard thermometer was
as follows: 9 am, SO; II noon, S2 PM,
95
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 1 40 am. and PA pm;
high tide, 7:2O am. and 1852 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:1S am. and 2:49
pm; high tide, 500 am. and $50 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, sos am; sun sets, 7:O8
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, sos am.
Moon rises. 4:21 am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted If
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, 50; condi-
ton, 10; Dalecarla reservoir, temperature.
10; condition at north connection, II; con-
ditiOn at south connection, %. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature 70; con-
dition at inf1uent gatehouse. II; condition at
effluent gatehouse, IS. Washington city
reservoir, temperature. 49, condition at in
fluent IL; condition at eff1uent. s.
Upr1ver Waters.
'HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, August s.
Both rivers are clear.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
JAPANESE ENGINEERS COMING.
Will Study Railroad Systems of the
United States

SAN FRANCISCO, August SIN pur-
sLance of its yearly custom to send repre-
sentatives to visit foreign countries and
the commercial and manufacturing centers
Of the world the Japanese government
has sent to America this year seven promi-
ncnt railway engineers and managers to
study out latest railway methods and i'm
provements. The Nippon Maru Monday
brought three japanese railroad engineers.
two railroad managers, one harbor engi-
neer from the financial department OF the
japanese government and one steamship
operating engineer.
After the railroad systems in this city
have tten inspected the party will go to
Los Angeles. Denver and Chicago, Kansas
City. Boston. New York and Philadelphia,
and Letter to Ogden and Omaha.
The visitors hope to return to Japan with
many new ideas to be used in the recon-
etruction of the new lines. The Japanese
government. one Of the engineers said, will
shortly undertake the building Of 5000
miles Of additional steam railways, MAX
iEg total of more than IL 600 miles in op-
er alton in japan.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
Naval Orders.

Lieut.. Commander c. Wells, from tempo
rary duty bureau Of ordnance. Navy De-
partment to Newport, r. L.: London, Eng
land; Weymouth gland. special ordnance
duty; thence duty bureau of ordnance,
Navy Department. Washington, D. c.
Lieut.. 7. D. Parker, when discharged
treatment naval hospital, New York, N. Y,
to the navy yard, Mare Island, Cal.
Ensign J. w. Hayward, to the navy yard,
Norfolk, Va, duty with reserve torpedo
fotlla.
K. c. Melhorn and J. A. Biello have been
appointed acting assistant surgeons in the
navy from August =, 1901.
Chief Carpenter w. c. Hardie. from naval
training station, Newport, r. l., to the
naval station, Culebra West Indies.
Mate w. Symonds, continue duty Inde-
pendence, navy yard. Mare Island Cal.
Mate c. Ray. from Independence, navy
yard, Mare Island, Cal, etc, to Philadel-
phia navy yard, Puget Sound, Wash.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
COMPILATION OF DATA.
Board of Control, Rock Creek Park, to
Publish History

Within the next month a detailed history
of the work of Rock Creek Park board of
control since its establishment, fifteen years
ago. will be published in book form for the
benefit of the public. The report is being
compiled by Daniel E. Garges. chief clerk of
the engineer department, and considerable
portion of it was written by Col. John Bid
die during his last year as Engineer Com
missioner Of the District and as a secretary
Of the board of control. Mr.. Garges has
served as clerk to the board for a number
of years and is thoroughly familiar with
the work and the history of the subject.
He was today authorized by Commissioner
Morrow. who succeeded Col. Biddle as sec
retary to the board, to complete the re-
port.
1t is the first report of it's kind that has
been compiled since the board of control
was created by Congress. The book will be
profusely illustrated. 1t is understood the
data will be in the hands of printer by
September.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
APPLY FOR APPOINTMENT.
Many Persons Desire Office Under
Board of Education.

Candidates are besieging Capt. James F.
Oyster, president Of the board Of education,
with applications for the dictatorship Of
drawing, made vacant by the death of Mrs.
Sarah f. w. Fuller and the secretaryship,
from which James L. Farmer resigned to
continue his work for the jamestown eX-
position. 1t is said that the matters men,
toned will not be considered by the board
for several weeks, possibly, although a
meeting will be held next Wednesday.
Some Of the members of the board of
education and many of the officials of the
schools are out of the city, and it is likely
that no appointments will be made or
changes adopted until more Of those in
teIeSted return.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
TO REPLACE THE CULGoA.
The Panther Will Accompany the
Naval Vessels to the Pacific.

1t has been found impracticable to equip
the supply ship Culgoa as repair ship to
accompany the Atlantic fleet on it's cruise
to the Pacific. The transport Panther,
which Is now out of commission at the
League Island navy yard, Philadelphia. will
therefore be placed in commission as a re-
pair ship. The Culgoa having considerable
refrigeratine space, 1t was at first planned
TO utilize 1t as a repair ship and a supply
snip combined. 1t was argued, however
that If the vessel was detained during the
cruise to render repairs TO disabled ship.
the supplies which ii carried would be use
less Therefore. its only function during
the cruise will probably be that of a supply
ship.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
WANT RECEIVER NAMED.
Creditors Of w. ]. Zeh Company B,
fore Referee in Bankruptcy.

Application was today made before E s.
McCalmont. referee In bankruptcy. to have
a receiver appointed to take charge Of the
assets OF the w. ]. Zeh Company, recently
adjudged bankrupt. The creditors, by At
torneys +. II. Thomas and ]. B. Daish,
complain that the property OF the company
Is In danger Of beng disposed Of in some
way not to the best advantage OF the cred
tors; that large and unnecessary costs are
pelnS incurred In the running of the busi-
ness Dy the assignee; that the assignee is
conducting the business without cons,lIta-
uon with or advice from the creditors and
that the creditors have no voice in the
management.
The application will be heard by Referee
McCalmOnt next Monday.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
COTTON FOR THE ORIENT.
Improvement in Expediting South+
ern Shipments.


In report made to the bureau Of manu-
factures of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, Special Agent William Whittam,
jr., notes an important Improvement in ex-
pediting the shipments from the south Of
cotton goods intended for the orient Call
ing attention to the fact that in the past
there has been much uncertainty in the de-
livery Of such goods owing to delays on
the railroads, he says:
This has all been changed, following the
individual activity of the western railroads
in attempts to secure as large & proportion
as possible of this important business. The
New York buyer Of cloth for China speci-
fes the route it shall take therefore each
western freight agent in that city i'm
presses upon his transportation department
the Importance Of not only expediting con-
signments Of cotton products. but in so far
as possible an effort Is made to send them
through on a regular schedule. At least one
southern railway has adopted the plan of
marking each car containing cotton cloth
or yarns with a placard reading cotton
factory products. and instructing its en-
ployes to push forward cars SO designated
with all possible dispatch. The factory rep
resentatives. working with the local freight
agents trace such cars assiduously. and
the western roads. realizing that quick and
regular delivery Is the principal advantage
they can Offer rates being equal by all
routes, strive strenuously for speed and
regularity.
"These combined influences have resulted
in making 1t possible to get cotton goods
from the mill to Pacific ports within a given
time, and gives the shipper reasonable as
surance that the consignment will connect
with steamship sailing on a regular sched-
ule for China and Japan"
In this connection it is mentioned that
negotiations are under way with the rail-
roads to secure even greater ceierity than
is now shown in oriental shipments, the
bureau appreciating the Importance Of do
ing everything possible to hold the hard
earned oriental trade.
Mr.. Whittam speaks of the recent falling
off of the eastern trade but traces 1t to the
excessive demand for home consumption.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
WILL MEET OCTOBER 1e.
Call for the Philippine Assembly to
BE Issued

cablegram was received at the insular
bureau this morning from the governor
general of the Philippine Islands, saying
that in anticipation of the arrival of Secre-
tary Taft at Manila October IA, he had de-
cided to call a meeting of the Philippine as
sembly. Just elected. for October 16. This
action Is in accordance with provision
of the law for the government of the is
lands which requires the assembly to be
called within three months from the election
of the delegates. The last election was held
July 80. and the three months period will
eXpire October 80.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
TIRED AFTER TEN YEARS
Then Chapman Shot the Woman and
Himself

LOS ANGELES, August s-Thoras
Chapman, aged fifty years, an expert
accountant. shot and mortally wounded
a woman with whom he had lived for ten
years, and then blew off the top of his
head. Both are conscious at hospital, but
neither can recover. Chapman came from
Detroit. Only recently it was made known
that he was not married to the woman.
She was Barbara Hayward Of Sacramento,
Cal, but 1t is stated that she has been mar
ried to Raymond Wise. also of Sacramento.
Accol ding to statements made to officers
Chapman met the woman al Battle Creek
Mich, where she was training for q nurse.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
Motoring in Mt. Rainier Park.

Mount Rainier National Park, under the
shadow of Mount Rainier or Mount Ia
coma. according to whether one lives in
Seattle Tacoma, may be traversed by
automobiles by a regulation just issued by
the Secretary of the Interior. Mr.. Gar
fields recent visit to the state of Washing
ton. where many requests for the privilege
of motoring in the park were made to him.
Is the direct cause Of this order. II this
practice Is found to work we'll in Mount
Rainier Park, motoring may be permitted
In other national reservations Of the sort.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
Personal Mention.

Solicitor Edwin p. Hanna of the Navy
Department is acting judge advocate gen
eral OF the navy in the absence of Capt.
Diehl. who is spending his vacation In New
England.
Commissioner Macfarland departed today
for Lake George, y. Y, where he will re-
main until September.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
CHINAMAN. ADOPTS BOY.
White Lads Relatives Transfer Rights
to Laundryman.

POTTSVILLE, Pa, August s.-Through
document filed in the Office of the re-
corder of deeds Of Schuylkill county here
yesterday Charlie Sing, Chinese laundry
man, becomes the foster father Of Charles
Hunt. Philadelphia white boy.
The boys mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother. all of Philadelphia. are
parties to the agreement They agree that
the boys name shall become Roy 500 Sing
that Charlie Sing shall be his father and in
return the boy becomes the legal heair OF
the laundryman.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
NANCY MILLER PARDoNED.
Killed Another Woman in a Quarrel
About a Gosling.

President Roosevelt has pardoned Nancy
Miller, who was convicted about six years
ago in Indian Territory Of manslaughter for
killing Alice Brake in dispute over a gos-
ling. The woman was sentenced to pay a
fine Of $500 and to serve ten years in the
Ohio pententiary.
She has been imprisoned for about six
years and the President. thought she had
served sufficient time for her crime. The
pardoned woman is the mother Of six or
eight children, who need her help.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
The Postmaster Generals Collection.

Postmaster General Meyer is collecting
the photographs and autographs Of the men
who were in the American diplomatic serv-
Ice at the same time he was Mr. Meyer
has made similar collections at his retire.
ment from the various official positions he
has held, whether elective or appointive
the largest being that formed after he
left the great and general court of Massa-
chusetts.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
Naval Movements.

The Milwaukee has arrived at Punta
Arenas. Costa Rica; the Illinois at New
York and the Ajax and Abarenda at Brad
ford.
The Prairie has sailed from New Haven
for Boston, the Brutus from New York for
Philadelphia. and the Preble from Mare Is
land for Puget Sound.
Evening star., 1907-08-08

David Ramsey and Miss Anna Bert NAL
lonce, both of Grafton. W. Va were mar
ried al Oakland yesterday evening, despite
the objection of the parents Of the BRIDE
who refused to give their consent on ac-
count Of their daughter being under are.
Evening star., 1907-08-08

II is stated that George E. Mccoy of
Cniontown. Pa. has purchased and will de-
velop 500 acres of coal lands on Holly and
Elk rivers. I'm the vicinity of Sutton. Pa.
on the Coal and Coke railroad
Evening star., 1907-08-08
NON-UN|0N SKELETON
Bones of Strikers ALLEGED Vic
tim Found
AS STEVE ADAMS CONFESSED
Statement Repudiated, But Grave
Found Where He Said.
CRIME COMMITTED JUNE, 1901
Barney, a Timber Man, Slain in Mine
for Working When Strike
Was On.

DENVER, Col, August s.-A special to
the News from Telluride. Col, says:
What is said to be the skeleton of w. j.
Barney. the timber man employed on the
Smuggler- Union mine. who mysteriously
disappeared in June, 1901, was exhumed
King basin twelve miles from town, by
Gen. Bulkley Wells, manager of the Snug
gler Union Mining Company, and others.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
Just as Adams Confessed.


According to Gen. Wells account, the
skeleton was found in an improvised grave
and its location was pointed out by Steve
Adams, now in jail in Idaho, awaiting a
second trial on the charge Of murder, when
he was here in June, 1906, in the custody Of
Wells.
After Adams made the alleged confession,
which he afterward repudiated, and in
which he is supposed to have acknowledged
being the assassin Of Arthur Collins, for
merly general manager of the Smuggler-
Union mine, and to be familiar with the
places where the bodies of W. ]. Barney
and Wesley Smith, shift boss of the Lib
erty Bell mine, were buried, he was brought
down here by Gen. Wells to point out the
graves Of the missing men,
Skeleton and Teeth Removed.
When Wells and Adams went up into the
Gold King basin there was more snow on
the ground than had been expected, and,
several years having elapsed since the body
had been buried, Adams was unable to de-
termne exactly where the grave was. He
showed Cen Wells the place, according to
the best of his recollection. Adams evil
IDENTIFY gave an accurate description OF the
spot, for 1t is understood little diHcuty
was experienced in uncovering the grave.
A part of the skeleton. including the
teeth. was brought TO town by Gen. Wells
for identification.
Barney Worked After Strike.
Barney incurred the illwill Of the union
here by working at the Smuggler-Union
mine after the strike in April 1901. 1t was
this strike that caused the riots on July
of that year.
Adams is said to have told Wells that
Barney's body was stripped of Its clothing,
which was buried some distance from his
body. and that afterward the body was
taken up and buried in another place.
While here In 1906 Adams Is said to have
pointed out to Wells the fir tree, in the
darkness of which he claimed to have stood
when he fired the fatal charge Of buck
shot into the back of Manager Collins. He
also is said to have told Wells where he
threw the cartridges after removing them
from the gun.
Evening star., 1907-08-08
TWIN BROTHERS SHOT
SUPPOSED POLISH PRIEST SUS-
PECTED OF THE CRIME.

PITTSBURG, August S.-Ludwig Sczegiel
said to be an unattached Polish priest of
Chicago. walked into a South Side hotel at
I'LL Carson street. early today, and, with
out warning. it'll said, whipped out 3s-
caliber revolver and opened fire upon the
two proprietors, twin brothers, named Ste
ven and Andrew Starzynski
Both men were fatally wounded. Steven
died within hour. and the physicians say
Andrew cannot recover.
The cause of the shooting Is shrouded in
mystery
Suspect Sullenly Silent.
Sczegiel, who was arrested. maintains a
sullen silence and nothing could be learned
from either Of his alleged victims.
When Sczegiel came to Pittsburg, about
ten days ago, he went to the hotel kept by
the brothers, accompanied by a woman.
whom he introduced as his housekeeper
They secured an apartment of two rooms.
The woman, who gave her name as Fran
cisca Sprock, is held as a suspicious person
She denies all knowledge of the shooting
Sczegiel, 1t is said, had been drinking heav-
lily ever since he arrived in the city.
Had Reprimanded Priest.
1t was said by Mrs. Starzynsk, wife of
Andrew, that about ten minutes before the
shooting a noise was heard in the apart
ments occupied by Sczegiel and the woman.
Her husband, she says, sent upstairs and
reprimanded the pair for making a dis
turbance. He then went downstairs and
Joined his brother in the dining room. In
a few minutes. she says. the priest ap-
peared in the doorway and opened fire.
Part of the prisoners dress is clerical,
although his attire does not indicate to
what denomination he belongs The police
authorities believe the man is not mem
ber of any clerical order. but that he had a
purpose in assuming the priestly garb.
Not Known in Chicago.
CHICAGO, August S.-The name of Lud-
Wig sczegiel does not appear in the city
directory. and inquiry among clergymen OF
the Polish churches failed to reveal anybodv
who knew of him