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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
DEMANDS SUPPORT.
Mrs. Helen Sheldon Accuses Hus-
hand Of Neglect Of Dutv

Mrs. Helen G. Sheldon a boarding
housekeeper at No. 1877 F street north
west. today applied to the District Su-
preme Court to compel her husband,
James Sheldon. jr, an eighteen hundred
dollar clerk in the Department Of Com
merce and Labor, to contribute to her
support. They were married twenty-five
years ago in Buffalo, N. Y, and the wife
tells a tale of marital infelicity covering
half that period.
According to her declaration, filed
through Attorney Andrew Lipscomb, the
husband deserted her at Big Tree Cor
ners. N. Y, July Ii, 1895. and went to
Omaha. Neb. She followed him and found
him in the fall of 1896, and they returned
to New York state. She alleges that the
following spring he again left her, Ahis
time. she declares, penniless. in New
York city.
Mrs Sheldon tells the court she tried
to support herself in the METROPOLIS but
being fifty years old, was forced to an
ply to- the department Of public charities
Of New York. which sent her here. She
says her husband for the past fifteen
months has contributed only SIS a month
toward her support. She declares he
spends the remainder Of his salary on
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
CENTRAL PACIFIC OUT OF DEBT.
Anticipates Payment on Last Note
Due to Government

Acting Secretary Coolidge of the Treas
ury has received from the Central Pa.
cific Railroad Company $2.930 $50 90. in
payment of its twentieth and last note
and in liquidation of its total indebted
ness to the government under settlement
agreement Of February 1, 1890.
At that time its total indebtedness to
the government was SIS. Sl2. rs. The
company gave twenty semi-annual notes
to meet this bearing per cent interest.
On July "a the Treasury Department re-
ceived from the company a check for
$2.47O. 1913 in payment Of its nineteenth
note. The check received today anticI-
pated the final note due February l next.
This final payment discharges all OBJ
legations Of the bond-aided roads to the
government. with the exception Of $685.
191 due from the central branch of the
Union Pacific road. This road Is said to
be an unimportant branch. with small
resources. from which the government
has received practically nothing in the
way OF liquidating the debt except small
amounts credited for transportation.
Hereafter the government will pay cash
to the former bond-aided roads. with the
one exception named. for all Transports
ton services rendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
CHAIRMAN HITCHCOCK HERE.
Will Leave Thursday Night to Be-
gin Work in New York.

Frank H. Hitchcock. chairman Of the
republican national committee, and James
Williams. his secretary. arrived here this
afternoon from Cincinnati. Mr.. Hitchcoc {
stated that he would not be ready to an
nounce the appointment Of vice chair
man or the advisory committee Of the ma
tional committee for about a week. He
will leave Washington at midnight Thurs
day for New York, where Friday he will
take up the work Of preparing the head
quarters Of the national committee in
that city for active. business. Mr.. Hitch.
cock expects to have the work in New
York In full progress within few days.
Four years ago the active work of the
committee in New York was not begun
until between August Is and 20. so that
the campaign this year will be advanced
at least two wee IS over that Of the pre-
ceding national campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
COL. SIMMONS RETIRED
RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE SERv.
ICE ON OWN APPLICATION

BY direction of the President. Col.
Thomas w Symons. Corps of Engineers.
on his own application. has been retired
from active service after more than
thirty-seven years service. Col Symons
was a strong applicant for the position OF
chief of engineers the retirement OF
Gen. Mackenzie a few months ago. and
it was generally understood that he would
receive the appointment. But Col Mar
shall was selected and 1t Is understood
that Col Symons was very much disap-
pointed. Col. Symons is particularly Well
known in this city through his long serv-
ice here as superintendent of public build
ings and grounds. At present he - en-
ployed as consulting engineer Of the New
York canal commission. for which duty
he was given leave Of absence by Con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
ADMIRAL ARNOLD SELECTED.
Will Command q New Division OF
the Atlantic Fleet.

Rear Admiral Conway H. Arnold has
been elected by the Navy Department to
command a new division Of the Atlantic
fleet. soon to be formed Of the battleships
Idaho. New Hampshire. North Carolina
and Mississippi. Rear Admiral Arnold 10
now on duty in this city as president OF
the naval examining and retiring boards.
1t is the present intention OF the de.
partment to send this new division to
Provincetown late in September. where
the battleships will have target practice
and maneuvers. The division will also be
utilized ink the ceremonies attending the
Homecoming of the big Atlantic Meet in
February next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
TO ATTEND POWERS FUNERAL.
Speaker Cannon Names Committee
From the House.

Inc Following members Of the House
have been designated by Speaker Cannon
to attend the funeral Of Representative
Powers OF the fourth district of Maine.
whose death occurred yesterday. and who
VIII be buried from Union Church. Pitts
field. Me-. at 10 o'clock Friday MORN
ing: Burleigh. Littleheld and Allen.
Maine; Sulloway and Cufrier. New Hamp-
shire; OConnell. Lowering. Mccall. Law
renee. Peters and Gillette. Massachusetts:
Fowler. New Jersey: Mann. Illinois
Hamilton. Michigan; Draper, New York
McHenry. Pennsylvania. and Henry Con-
necticut.
On the part OF the Senate Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks has designated Senators
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
CUBAN COMMANDER HERE.
Arrival of Gen. Guerra, Chief of the
Insular Army.

Gen. Guerra. commanding the Cuban
army called on Gen. Bell. chief OF STAFF.
at the War Department today. H, has
lust finished a visit Of inspection of the
large posts at Fort Leavenworth and Fort
Riley. Kan. and the maneuver camp at
Chickamauga. and is about to visit the
Military Academy at West Point and tic
arsenals at Watervliet and Springfield
Gen. Guerra is accompanied by two aids.
Mai Marti and Capt. Landa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
District Getting Ready for Placing
Schools on Wheels.

Bids from contractors for the con-
struction and furnishing Of thirteen port
able school buildings in the District were
received by the Commissioners today.
They were opened at noon by Daniel e.
Garges chief clerk Of the engineer de-
partment. and the bid of the ST. Johns
Manufacturing Company of $2l,S14 was
the lowest.
The other bidders and their prices were:
W. H. Childs. S3O.O42; Mckay & Morris,
$4,000 and the Quicker Company, 50 $50
for only five buildingD. Awards will be
made by the Commissioners In q few
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
Boni's Suit Put Of,

PARIS. July 20.-The suit brought by
Count Boni de Castellane against his
former wife, who is now the Princess
de 0agaA for the possession Of his
three children has been postponed until
the fall term of the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-29
Son Of Mrs. Vanderbilt.

G. Winthrop Sands was a son of the
present Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt by her
first husband. Samuel Sands, who was
Killed at the Meadowbrook' Hunt some
years ago. Mrs. Sands Rutherford was
married to w K Vanderbilt in 1903.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17

was for years baked in my efforts to
start the road drag movement there
because of the lack of central insti-
tute authority in those states, weak
ness which has since been remedied.
Now, Wallace's Farmer of Des
Moines, Ia, had given considerable
space to the King drag, so wrote to
Its editor, asking advice. My letter to
him was brought to the notice of Cen
eral Manager Ashton of the Chicago
and Northwestern, leading to the spe-
cial train campaign over the North.
Westerns Iowa lines in the spring of
1905. The Burlington carried on a
similar campaign the same fall, and
in the following winter we had the
pleasure of seeing a road drag law
passed by the Iowa legislature.
The rise of the road drag to fame
has been marked by number of OPP
perfume accidents, each of which has
had an influence on the outcome. In
fact, as 1 stated in previous article.
the inception of the King drag system
was itself largely accidental. And the
success of my letter to Mr.. Wallace
was another instance, being due to the
accidental coming together of Messrs.
Wallace and Ashton in Des Molne1
bank, they never having met before.
At the bank the conversation drifted
to corn, and Mr. Ashton went to Mr..
Wallace's office to see some fine sam
pies. BY chance my letter lay open on
the desk as they passed, and Mr.. wal
lace remarked, There, Mr. Ashton, is
matter in which you and all railroad
men ought to take an active interest"
Mr. Ashton gave heed and began an
investigation which ended in my en-
gagement to make the tour of his road
In April.
Another such occurrence which CON
meets later on with the one just re-
lated had its beginning when the
brother OF our rural free delivery car
rier visited him in 1902 This brother
accompanied our carrier over the
rural mail route and saw what the
King drag was doing. He returned to
his farm home near Sac City, Ia, built
a drag and made n road which he
came the talk OF the vicinity. The
township authorities decided TO expert
ment with the new method, built
drags, hired men and teams, made n
close record OF expenses and noted re-
suits.
1t happens that Sac City is a Chicago
and Northwestern town, and when Mr.
Ashton visited there to investigate he
was shown the roads and the records
The showing satisfied him, and he at
once wired me TO visit his office at the
first opportunity. is It not clear that
the writing Of this telegraphic message
began on the day that the visitor from
Sac City Journeyed over our rural
route?
Not long after this railroad work in
iowa the Alton in Illinois and Missouri
aud the Santa Fe I'm Kansas adopted
the same general plan Of campaign.
and all three or these states have since
fallen into line by enactng road drag
laws.
These campaigns by the railroads and
the publication by the Saturday Even
ing Post OF an article bearing on the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17

10 local business the company makes
specially OF getting out dimension
sizes for furniture factories in va.
r!ous sections, ana last year had a
car per week. which has Just been
completed, and which moved thou.
sands OF feet of Gull oak out OF this
section that would otherwise not
have beer marketed
A new contract for dimension
stock has just been closed with one
OF the largest consumers in the
United States, which will require
about million feet OF rough lum.
Der stock to Be cut up, shipments on
this order will commence at an early
date and the finished dimensions will
be supplied at the rate of three (3)
cars per month. This in itself will
be sufficient to keep the dimension
machines busy and will mean steady
work for the men in that depart.
ment. IL is the desire OF the con
pany TO keep the mill running to rs
full capacity all year. which means
the steady employment OF from so
TO GO men, and the distribution OF
over $4,000 per week in wages. The
company adopted the weekly pay
system several years ago, and the
employees receive their wages every
Saturday night. This encourages
the men to pay as they go and pro.
notes saving. and the experience OF
the concern is that IT results I'm a
permanent and better organization
or good men who are industrious
and ambitious to get along and loyal
to the employers, having the inter.
est of the company at heart.
The management is always on the
Lookout for opportunities to extend
operation and increase the develop
ment of the business. Several new
plans are under discussion that when
matured will add considerable to the
Importance OF the plant and benefit
the community. and it is the ambi
tlon OF the concern to give Bluefeld
and this section permanent and
growing industry which can be look
ed upon as a credit to this city an
the state OF West Virginia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
INDUS 7 RIAL
BLUEE i'll |, >

formed. tn businc,s management
remaining I'm the Aa9ds of Mcssrs.
Spciden ANA Mason. 10 whose energy
ana good management is due the
success OF the enterprise.
In 1903 a larger and more com.
p!ete building was erected to re-
place the mill they were at that tim,
occupying, and now machinery add.
"a. This additional room and equip.
mcnt seemed su [ cient for reason.
able growth OF siness for at least
live years. but {, 1906 it was de-
cided that the tkS;less had outgrown
The improved quarters and plans
were drawn for the present plant,
and excavation for the new mill was
started in May, 1906. The company
WAS already as far up the hollow as
tire mountain would allow, so moth
,ngremained but toremoye themoun-
tain. or enough OF IL to make room
i3r the new foundations. This en-.
tailed a great amount of work and
took considerable time. but was
finally accomplished and the result
is probably the most unique arrange.
ment in the country for business
OF the size anu description, as the
rN.ation OF the street grade to the
different floors makes each story
practically a ground floor at some
point. and although the building is
four stories high. the roof can be
reached from the hill behind.
The style of architecture used is
what is known as slow burning con
struction, the joists being hung in
steel stirrups on the same level as
the Orders, by this arrangement no
boxed up space is left between cell
inGs ana floors above. ard 10 accu-
mutation Of dust and inGamWah!2
material is possible. also ca "a stony
gets the benefit of the additional
space.
The building is noored through
or. with 3 inch maple manufacs IRA
at the plant with groove and slip
tongue, about eighty thousand feet
being required for this subnoor over
which a top floor Of 1916 inch pine
was laid making an even and duraie
surface.
The arrangement of the machin-
cry on the different floors appeals
TO the practical, and has been made
with a view to economy of labor
ana time. The power house is to the
rear of the main building and is so
constructed that in case of accident
or fire there, the trouble can be con.
fin to the boiler room which has
y" communication with the main
building. The power is furnished by
a battery Of boilers which supply
seam for the Westinghouse engines
in the main building. and also to
the dry kiln, as well as the heat
Ing system for the office. on the
ground floor of the main building arc
the engines, set on concrete founda-
lions and heavy machinery so placed
10 run with a minimum of vibra-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17

ton II Is here that The shipments
OF rough lumber are lumber direct
from the cars. in cases where the
stock Toes not require to be kiln
dried or from the dry-kiln trucks
which run in from the kiln on 81,
rails direct TO the machines.
when the lumber is surfaced and
ripped IL is loaded on the elevator
which runs between all floors and
is taken to- the second floor on which
are placed the nooring machines.
heavy mOulders, cut on saws. etc.
and here II is transformed into hol-
low back flooring. quarter round and
mouldings of all kinds or cut up
into dimension sizes for special or
ders and factory purposes or into
such stock as is required in the wood
working department on the floor
above. Dozens OF floor trucks are
brought into use here which convey
the lumber to the different machlp -
and take the stock required to the
third floor, which is arranged as Q
complete carpenter shop, and Is
equipped with turning lathes, scroll,
saws, rip tables, glue and bending
tables, etc. etc, and on this floor
Is handled all kinds OF special work,
doors, sash frames, blinds. gothic
or colonial windows. church furni-
ture, office fixtures, tables desks.
and in fact everything that can he
turned out by an up-tn date plant.
Our representative was surprised al
the variety and quality o. work ~
this department, and was imprvsseJ
with the arrangement OF the various
machines and the amount OF space
occupied, each workman havin% am.
pie room and plenty OF light an
ventilation. A beautiful office rail
ing and partition just completed
provoked his admiration on one ham
and not far away stood a solid oak
pulpit and reading desk made to or.
der for n church in one Of our pro.
gressive mining towns, and across
the room gothic windows and doors
Tor the same edifice. 1t is the boast
of this department that they can
make anything for which n sketch
can be furnished, and samples of
their furniture work can be seen
In the office of the company which
Is fitted throughout with desks cab
inetS, tables hook caSes and Gvturos
all of which were manufactured AT
the plant and are equal TO any fur.
niture of the same class that is
turned out by the largest factories
in the country.
The completeness of the plant ena.
Dles the company to accept orders
for entire house bills, including all
the different items of finish required
and this in addition to their com.
pleta and well assorted stock of all
kinds of building material such as
they do not themselves manufacture
makes it possible for them to make
carload shipments containing every.
thing necessary for house from the
sewer pipe connections to the shin
giles on the roof.
In conversation with the manager
he stated that the plant has had an
uninterrupted run during the recent
financial furry and orders for house
bills have been booked that will con.
tlnue to keep it busy. In addition
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17

A representative % ihc Daily
Leader spent very pleasaA. anil
profitable morning this ,d a; :ho
plant of the Saxon Lime ana LImoc.
Company ON Roanoke street. lnu
was greatly surprised auG pleased 40
note the wonderful STRIDES tni, c..
terprising concern has male duliDa
the last few years.
To anybody familiar tn the sItr
of this company's operation as II
appeared ten years ago. and changes
and Improvements that have been
made. seem little short of miracles.
Most OF the residents Of BIuefeld.
who have lived here for ten years.
remember what was then known as
Cooper's mill and their recollection
will be rough and rugged mountain
gulch. typical of the unsettled por
tion of this country containing little
of Improvement excepting the mill
building and carpenter shop. and a
few small shacHs of rough hem
lock.
The visitor today finds, we'll paved
streets with sanitary sewerage. cleo.
trio lights and granolithic sidewalks.
and instead of the small frame build.
ing, he is delighted with com.
plete modern up-to-date plant. con.
sisting OF a lour story concrete
building 75X15O feet, with l. 5Ox149
feet, having in connection a
standard dry-kiln of the latest
type with a capacity of $4,000
feet of lumber and completely
equipped with modern wood working
machinery of all kinds from double
surfacers and heavy moulders TO the
finest of scroll and rip saws.
The history of the company is an
interesting study of evolution and
development In 1898 the principal
officers of the present company. Mr.
Geo. y. Speiden, president and gen.
eral manager, and Mr. Hoge Mason
secretary and treasurer, recognized
the opportunities offered by this 10.
cation for the development of an
important plant and formed a part.
nership under the style of Geo. y.
Speiden & Co., to purchase the Coop
er mill and establish a planning mill
and general material business. These
gentlemen were not mistaken in their
ideas of the possibilities along this
ilne as is evidenced by the present
extent of the plant, and when it
was considered advisable to use more
capital. the present company was
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
NOTICE.

This IS to certify that the Jung
Brewing Company, a corporation Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, has made applica-
ton to the county court Of Mercer
county, West Virginia, for a license
to sell at wholesale porter, ale. beer
and drinks OF a like nature for the
period beginning on May +, 1908.
and ending on June 3Oth. 1909. In
the W r. Stinson building at "a and
IS Bluefeld avenue in the city Of
Blueneld. West Virginia.
Given under my hand this the
LIST day Of April. 1908.
Teste: EST1LL BAILEY, Clerk.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
NOTED ROAD EXPERT
D. Ward Kings Connection With
Move For Better Highways.
BEGAN CAMPAIGNING IN 1902
Split Log Drag Work Started In 1885,
Rise Of the Device to Fame Marked
BY Several opportune Accidents
How Railroads Took II Up.

BY Several Opportune Accidents
How Railroads Took II Up.
Copyright. 1908. by ID. Ward Kingl
In closing this series of articles am
requested TO write a brief history of
my connection with the movement for
better roads. The road problem" be-
gan to engage my attention very soon
after 1 came to Missouri, which was
I'm 1879
The split log drag work. which start
ed In 1896, received a certain amount
OF notice from the public I'm 1898 or
1899, but nothing was done by me pub
licly until December, 1901, when !
addressed the state meeting Of the
Missouri Good Roads association at
Chillicothe.
My campaigning commenced I'm April
or May, 1902, under the direction OF
our state board OF agriculture. and
have worked with II more or less ever
since. In the fall OF 1902, when the
board opened its regular series OF in
stftuIcs, / addressed them, and I'm the
next few years l visited Indiana. Ohio.
Michigan and Nebraska, travelling for
months in the employ of the various
states.
In spite OF the fact that live within
thirty miles of Iowa and Kansas,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
ARIZONA FOR TAFT.

Tucson. Ariz. April 17.-Presl.
dent Roosevclts administration Will
probably be Endorsed and two dele
gates pledged for Taft elected at the
Arizona Territorial Republican CON
vcntion in Tucson tomorrow.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
SALE or UNCLAIMED
EXPRESS MATTER.

We will sell at public auction AT
ZI5 Princeton avenue. Blucdeld, W.
va May 10 all unclaimed express
shipments
w. r DTCKEY.
TO- V-It-M Agent
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09
BOWLING %4$szSSup SPORTS OF ALL SORTS "%%$$s% HOCKEY
WILL PLAY FOR THE
WORLDS POOL TITLE.

Thomas Hueston, the worlds champion
pool player, who formerly made his home
in East Newark, and Jerome Keough, the
Buffalo expert. will play a match game for
the championship Of the world at st. Louis
early next month. The exact date has not
yet been decided. but it is expected that
the match will be played about Febru-
airy /.
Hueston has successfully defended his
title for one year, and If he defeats
Keough in the coming match the diamond
trophy, which is the emblem of the cham
pionship, will become his personal prop
erty. If Keough wins, he will nave to de-
fend the title for one year before the dia-
mond trophy will be his own.
Pool experts pick Hueston to defeat the
Buffalo player in the match next month.
The blond champion has aiken Keough's
measure before. and he is confident that
he can do it again. If he repeats his vic
tory over Keough It will be necessary to
put up a new championship emblem and
hold a tournament. as the present trophy
will belong to Hueston.
Hueston and Keough played their cham
pionship match in New York. Tn every
block OF the play Hueston did the better
work, and he defeated his opponent rather
easily. Both men have improved since
then, and those who saw the champion
beat the Buffalo man declare that he will
duplicate his victory when they meet
again.