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Urges Start on Rock Creek
Valley Improvement.
FAVORS OPEN TREATMENT
Commissioners Will Ask Congress to
Allow $4,000.
NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Desire Is to Acquire the Necessary
Land Without Delay-Sketch
Of the Plan.

AS the first step toward the improve
ment Of the valley OF Rock creek from
Massa chusetts avenue TO the mouth OF
the creek by what is known as the open
valley treatment, the Commissioners are
going to include an item in their annual
budget of estimates to Congress this year
for an appropriation OF $5OO,OO0. This is
In accordance with a recommendation of
Maj. Jay J. Morrow. Engineer Commits
sioner.
Maj. Morrow says It is his Intention 10
use the $4,000 il granted. to acquire
such Of the land necessary TO. carry out
the project as can be had economically,
1t Is also proposed to ask Congress for
an annual appropriation for carrying out
the project. so as to provide for compile
ton within five or six years. Immedi-
ate action by Congress in approving the
plans and making the necessary appro-
priation for carrying the project is i'm
peratiye. according to Mai Morrow. as
filling is now being done along the banAs
Of the creek by private parties.
Open Valley Treatment.
In the District appI opriation act for the
fiscal year 1908 the Commissioners were
directed to prepare plans and estimate.
for the improvement Of Rock Creek. both
by the open valley treatment and the
closed conduit treatment They made their
report to Congress April SO, 1905. sub
hitting the recommendation OF the En-
gineer Commissioner for the open valley
treatment.
This provides for q main road to bt
constructed in the valley of the creek ex
tending from Massachusetts, avenue to the
river with paths and driveways parallelinl
II In a general way. and to treat the val
ley as park with the exception of the
section between l. street and the Potomac
river. which is planned to be a more OF
less formal parkway and park connec.
ton.
Width Of Proposed Park.
The width of the proposed park would
be about q maximum Of 900 feet and
minimum OF 400 feet.
In addition to the park driveways the
plan provides bordering roadways at tn,
street level. with a view to having th'
park almost entirely surrounded by
streets. Entrances to the park are also
provided at various points leading from
existing city streets. and bridges are alst
suggested for crossing the park at stree
level.
The estimated cost of the open-yaNe,
plan is 81. 1900 which is cheaper thar
any estimate made for treating the vale,
by what is known as the closed or con
duit plan. which involves the construc
ton Of large concrete conduit and film,
In to the level OF the surrounding streets
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Victim Of Shooting Dies.

WINCHESTER. Va, October 5.-North
Shirley. the young man who was shot by
Andrew Cloud September p. Is dead at
the home OF Jacob Lynn. near White
Hall. where he was taken Immediately
after the shooting. Cloud. who was given
q hearing before Bail Commissioner At
kinson here. was released on $4,000 bail
his bondsmen being a half dozen OF the
leading residents of the White Hall
neighborhood. At the hearing all the
witnesses were a unit in bearing testi.
mony to Clouds excellent character.
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KERN AT ASHEVILLE.
Parade Of Marching Clubs Celebrates
His Arrival.

ASHEVILLE, N. c.. October John
w. Kern. the democratic nominee for
Vice President. spoke at length on the
issues of the national campaign before a
large audience in the auditorium here to-
day. He reached here from Macon Ca,
late last night. and will leave tomorrow
morning for Greensboro. The meeting
here was preceded by a reception and a
parade of marching clubs from Asheville
and surrounding counties. through the
streets OF the city. j. Hamilton Lewis OF
Chicago. former representative in Con-
gress. from Washington, also spoke.
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Bad Sunday Record.

NEW ORLEANS. October 1.-Two shot
and killed and one fatally wounded was
the record for Sundays Quarrels in New
Orleans. Joseph Bowers. carpenter. was
killed by James Conner. a saloon keeper
who claimed he shot in se,f-defense
Tottie Gaddy. Q negress. was killed by
s. Blardone was fatally wounded by
Katie Kingston. in Q resort run by the
woman.
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Negro Burned to Death.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. October "a. A.
McLenahan. a negro. was burned to death
and several others had narrow escapes
when fire destroyed the two-story build
ing on the southwest corner OF Sd
avenue and 18th street. The negroes were
sleepins In the building and McLenahan
was trying to raise a window when he
was suffocated. The flames spread so
raptdly that he could not be rescued.
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Five Negroes Drowned.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, october "a
rowboat containing five negroes capsized
in the Tennessee river late yesterday and
all the occupants were drowned. Three OF
the victims were men and two women.
The party had rowed across to Moccasin
Bend. and while returning one woman be-
came frightened and in attempting to
lump from the boat the light craft was
overturned But one Of the number could
SWIM The other four chung to him and
sank None of the bodies has been re-
covered
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Money in Sight for Prohibitionists.

CHICAGO. October 5.-The prohibition
national party Is to receive 10000 to
carry on Its work against the liquor traf-
fic, according to announcement made last
night from the Chicago headquarters The
fund probably will not be available for
this campaign. The beQuest was made by
DR.. Charles E. Latimer of New York
who died at Palm Beach. Fla, September
20 According to the will. the amount Is
left to his wife during her life and at
her death 10 to revert to the prohibition
party. under whose banner he was q vet
eran.
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Heavy SIumps in Stocks
On War News From Sofia

LONDON. October 5-Dispatches from
Paris, Berlin and Vienna show that a
condition approaching panic prevails on
the bourses of those cities. There was a
heay slump In the whole range of securi-
ties at the opening Of the London stock
market today An hour later an attempt
at a rally was made. but a fresh decline
tinental panics. and the London market
at 2 pm showed signs Of getting quite
out OF hand.
NEW YORK. October 6.-Prices broke
with some violence at the opening of the
stock market today as a result Of heavy
European selling induced by the political
crisis m eastern Europe. International
Is. al
Losses Of two points were scored by st.
Paul and Canadian Pacific. while Union
Pacific. Great Northern preferred and
Baltimore and Ohio broke ~. Southern
or more. The decline. which was &C
CELEBRATED by a bear drive. was arrested
soon after the opening. when q moderate
rally set in.
1t was estimated that London sold fully
10000 shares Of the International stocks,
chiefly Union Pacific. Southern Pacific
and United States Steel, In this market
at the opening. Much Of this was for
continental account, particularly Paris
and Berlin.
Flutter at London.
LONDON, October 6-The stock ex-
change was thrown into a nutter tnis
morning by the proclamation of the in
dependence Of Bulgaria and the action
taken by Austria-Hungary with regard
to the political status Of the provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Consols fell
v and foreign bonds about one point,
due principally to continental selling.
Turkish bonds. which closed Saturday at
30. We're today offered at SIN.
The weakness extended to American
securities which by noon had fallen from
one to two points below parity.
Paris Broke Badly.
PARIS. October 5-Prices on the bourse
today broke badly on fears of a war in
the Balkans. Rentes opened 60 confines
down. Turkish bonds were $500, as
against 922O Saturday. Shares Of the OF
toman Bank were 657. as against 7.l6
Saturday.
Servian and other Balkan funds as we'll
as Russians shared In the fall The ex-
element gradually subsidized however
and the tone improved but the close was
barely steady. Russian Is were 81 .65
against $3.50 Saturday.
Berlin BoIrse Depressed.
BERLIN. October 5.-The political SIT
uation in the Balkans continued today
TO depress The bourse. and prices all
around were lower. Banks with interests
shares of the Deutsche Bank were four
points lower.
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Personal Mention.

Mr. Lester NJ. Spier Of this city will
sail for Europe from New York tomorrow
aboard the steamship Kronprins Wilhelm
Of the North German Lloyd line.
DR.. p. w. Murton has returned from q
two-month vacation in New Jersey.
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Two Rembrandts Discovered.

BERLIN. October 1.-Two Rembrandts
have recently been discovered In Ger
many. One Of these. found in the coilec-
ton Of the family Of Count Schall- Bian-
cour in Saxony. represents the painters
mother with book. 1t Is thought to be
fine specimen Of Rembrandts earlier
work. The other. in collection Of a
Berlin family. represents the baptism of
Queen Candace by the Apostle Philip.
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Six-Day Missionary Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS. October 5.-The in
ternational missionary convention of the
Church Of Christ (disciples) will begin
q six-day meeting here on October o.
Preparations are being made by local
committees to care for 5000 delegates.
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NO HOPE FOR RI. REV. T1ERNEY
Bishop Of Hartford Diocese Stricken
With Apoplexy.

HpecfaI DISPATCH 10 The Star.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. October 5-The
condition OF the Rt. Rev. Michael Tieraey,
Bishop of the Catholic diocese OK Hart
ford. was critical at an early hour this
morning. No hope of his recovery IS hold
out and fear is felt that he may not live
until night.
He was stricken with a severe stroke
OF apoplexy last night
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Not Proved.
From the Richmond Times Dispa tch.

NO one has yet proved. however. that
Mr.. Haskell was the author Of the
"Junius' letters or that he was the main
guy In the gunpowder plot.
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BERLIN. October 5.-The political SIT
uation in the Balkans continued today
to depress The bourse. and prices all
around were lower. Banks with interests
In the orient were especially affected. The
points lower
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~, on returning from your work some
afternoon, you find a queer looking
cross, or circle, or some other un-
II decipherable hieroglyphic roughly
chalk-drawn on your front gate or
vour porch you may be assured that you
are a marked man.
This does not mean that the Black
Hand, has chosen you for its prey. 1t
means only that that vast Heterogeneous
"genus homo" known as the hobo Is
nassing through town on his annual Win
ter soiourn toward a warmer cline, and
that, having applied, mayhap, at your
door for, food, clothing or money mas
marked your house. according to the re-
cention he received that his brother wan
derer may read as he runs and proht
thereby.
Not a winter passes but hundreds OF
these homeless soldiers of ill-fortune pass
through Washington singly. but, never
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stretched toward the river. Pulled his
stake just before you woke up: heard
him 60 The Kids voice didn't even
tremble.
Quick yelled. The matches! Start
Then a big cold hand gripped my
heart; the Kid had given me the last
match that day; had wanted to smoke.
''All hell behind us and a horse for
two. A thirty-mile heat with the mus
tangs Of the devil. and double weight to
carry. 1t made me sick-dizzy sick. l
forgot everything. Oh. gentlemen when
you face hell-fre you'll know If your
For minute we stared into the west
"a minute years long. Big pink waves
of smoke rolled into CULTS of purple and
disappeared in holes of murk Above,
the bloOd-red surf frothed and sparkled
and fell in yellow showers. Great blan-
kets of dense gloom dropped from the sky
and smothered out the hellish morning.
hurting momentary night down the howl
ing wind! Then keen. zigzag blades of
fire ripped through the belly of the night
II felt the Kids hand grasp mine. Oh,
God. the feel of his hand. One horse
for two Frenchy,' he said. quiet as a
man who proposes another drink at the
bar. One of us makes a run for his life
and the other He motioned careless
ly toward hell One more deal of the
cards, Frenchy, and the last for one of
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in the giving than in the taking. That's
the way 1t always goes: one gives and one
takes-and God pity the man that only
takes!
why did bet on the deuces? Oh. the
dirty deuces! Don't know the game? l
know every card like kid knows his
mothers face. Didn't know 1t was the
last ditch for me and no hope? tell
you. gentlemen, I didn't play 'em! The
devil played 'em for me-the black devil of
the dirty deuces with the fiery feet that
have been kicking me hellward for three
aching years!
Look at the cards! Look at 'em!
There's blood on every one Of 'em, and
they stink with the writhing flesh Of a
friend in the fames!'
Frenchy took another drink and his
manner changed. The violence of his de-
lirious outburst gave way to quietness.
He spoke in a low, penetrating voice,
and the black fame Of his eyes held his
hearers.
1.-The Kid and had been riding across
a big stretch of brown grass for two
days, and our tongues were thick with
thirst / remember how he gave me the
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theless. vast numbers, driven south by the
severe cold of the north.
At this particular season of the year
hobo traction considers the Capital city
the official junction of it's unnamed and
widely diverging road. In addition to
being practically halfway house between
the north and the SOUTH Washington has
a widespread reputation for generosity.
and it is by this quality that the hobo
must live.
1t is vast, unorganized people. this
world of men who. either from force Of
circumstances or from sheer inclination,
superinduced by laZiness. have become
victims of the "wanderlust" They are
bound by no restrictions. either of ma
tionaiity or Of class and, so far as their
own voltion is concerned, they recognize
only two laws: First the primary law Of
all creation. which, in their own rough
wording. reads. Look out for yourself ;
second an application Of the Golden Rule,
worked out from general to a particu-
lar setting. which might be translated:
MAKE 1T as soft as you can for the bum
that follows YOU"
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began to move away. With lightning
sweep of the hands Frenchy drew his
guns and banged them down violently on
the table before him. stay where you
are. gentlemen!' he said. I'm going to
talk and 1 want an audience. When I'm
done talking I'm of on the long TRAIL
and the first man that moves goes with
me!'
There had always been a winsome some
thing in the voice of the man. It was
now commanding, irresistible. The loung-
ers stood still and stared dumfounded
upon this terrible new version of an old
legend.
Frenchy picked up four cards from his
hand and held them up fanwise before
his enforced listeners. Look at 'emr' he
shouted hoarsely. Look at 'em! Let
'em burn through your hides into your
souls! Oh, you don't see anything, Ell?
Don't one Of you dare to grin!'
One hand fumbled nervously with the
guns.
What do you see? 1 say what do
you see? Four deuces? That all? Til
tell you what see. see the red. warm
hearts Of two friends. I see diamonds
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And it is in their application of this last
rule of action that you may expect to
find your home defaced with chalk marks.
What the Signs Mean.
According to the approved lexicon of
Hobo Land" simple circle means Kind
lady, good handout" A cross may be
Interpreted to read "Sympathetic. but
needs a strong line of talk before she
will come across" A straight line means
that one may obtain food in that par
ticular house. but no money nor wearing
apparel, while a curved line indicates to
the elect that. with the exercise OF the
proper amount Of fineSse, one may OBJ
tain any one of the aforementioned ar
ticles, and possibly all three. If you
would not have your wife so annoyed
rub out these marks. and speedily. But
if you find instead of these a circle with
a cross inside, let it remain. AS long
as that mark is visible your household
will be given a wide berth by the gen.
tlemen of the road. for circle contain
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ing a cross means Beware" Possibly
you have a vicious dog-possibly the
missis" threatened to summon a police
man, or she may have even presented the
frayed and bedraggled seeker after aid
with an unexpected portion of scalding
water.
At any rate, you may be sure that the
man who made the mark has mentally
classed you among the undesirable citi-
zens of his world, and you may be equal
ly sure that his word as expressed
through the medium of bit of chalk
will be accepted verbatim by each and
every one of his companions of the road.
Marvellous ingenuity is often displayed
in the marking of these signs. The man
who makes them knows that they will
be erased if they are too Self-ev1dent.
He, therefore contrives to place them
where they are perfectly apparent to those
for whom they are intended, and yet will
escape observation from others. A ia
vOrite place is on the curbing directly
in front Of the house in question, or on
the lowest step of the front or rear
porch. On other occasions 1t will be
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sleep there were bubbling springs and l
drank and drank and drank. and every
gulp was sweeter than the last.
"Then the dreams changed and the
many bubbling water holes of sleep went
dry. and fine hot dust sprayed up out OF
the chinks where the water had flowed.
Then the wind Of sleep grew hot and hot
ter. 1t scorched my face and sent thln
needles of fire into my brain. And then
I was standing up coughing and rubbing
my eyes, and the Kid was beside me.
What did we see?
''The wind had veered about while we
slept. All hell was climbing up the west
and booming wind swept bowling devils
through the smoky twilight. Above the
unnatural dawn long black ragged arms
reached out into the zenith and cIoaked
the stars. 1 heard a horse snorting and
Juggling at his lar1at.
"'Good God, Kid? 1 wheezed. let's be
OFF,
.-The Kid turned his face upon me and
smiled-that slow, brave smile haunts me
night and day.
his hand toward the miles OF dark that
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hard. Strange, you ponder. how a man
with such good record should be unable
to find work of any sort-but he is con-
tinung.
My savings began to dwindle,'' he tells
you, with pathos in his voice that would
do credit to an emotional actress. His
wife and child began to lack the necessi-
ties of life. And then the boy became ill,
and. with no money to procure the proper
medical attention. died. All that the
weaver of this tale could beg and borrow.
he tells you. went to defray the funeral
expenses, and now his wife is supporting
herself by sewing. which nets her possibly
s. a week, while he is searching for work
in other cities. He does not like to ask
for charity. He is a worker-and in spite
of your better judgment-the earnestness
in his voice makes its appeal. He has had
no luck in this city. he is even hungry.
He has no money and his shoes-which
he shows you in verifi4ation Of his state
ment-have outlived their usefulness.
Throughout the entire telling of this
story you discover the apparently unmis-
taxable ring of truth-with the not infre-
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Frenchy dropped his head into his arms
on the table and groaned. When he lifted
his face again his eyes were wet
-Four deuces-and they burn holes in
the dark whenever shut my eyes! And
all day I see four pairs of devils dancing
in the sunlight till my head swimsr'
Frenchy dropped his head upon his
chest and breathed deep. uneven breaths
for space.
The Kid had only a pair of face
cards. he continued. "A dinky little pair
of face cards. And for a second the man
in me came to the surface and L threw the
four hand down and stamped on it and
said I wouldn't leave him. And what
did the Kid do? Began with all the
blackguard adjectives of the language and
ended with coward and threw the bunch
in my teeth. You're the first man that
ever. called me a gutter Frenchy' he
said. II played my hand, didn't I? What
would you do to man who'd ask you
to take your money back when you d
lost? If I'd won do you think wouldn't
leave your carcass here to stew, you
cussed fool?"
And then something in the back of my
head woke up and howled: You won
it's yours-a chance for life-fair play
he'd go If you lOst-he'd gor And there
was roaring in my head and the flaming
night whirled round and the bitter words
stung me and my heart hardened-and-
I-went.
Il found the Kids horse saddled and
bridled. I cut the lariat and leaped
astride. l jabbed the spike spurs into the
frightened brute till he roared with pain
1 had forgotten everything. l was a fear
without a body flying through a darkness
that coughed smoke and spit light. And
then at last things quit whirling and
felt the steady lift. lift. lift Of the good
brute racing with all the devils down a
heart-breaking stretch for the river.
Il turned about in the saddle. Half the
sky had turned into an open furnacei
rolled on into the twilight of the east,
Blood!-a seething. billowy sea Of red
blood, with great red. purring cat-tongues
tapping it greedily! Gaudy giant flowers
purple. yellow, red, green-bloomed for a
moment in strange garden of dreams
and nodded in the wind and fell and
bloomed again and fell! The internal
moment. Then 1 heard the rumbling-
the unceasing thunder 1t was louder
than before. l thought Of the 10000
sharp hoops gaining. gaining, with whips
of fire flashing them in the rear And
then thought of the Kid back there
MY heart sickened. The hot wind that
scorched my face accused me: the choking
air accused me. 1 could see him lying on
his face even then with the mad hoofs
beating him into pulp: l could see the
writing of his body as the heat in
creased; I could smell the stencil of his
sizzling flesh,
Il reeled in the saddle. yet the mad
wish to live dashed my hands TO the POM
mel. But this was only for a moment
The meanest worm that ever wriggled in
a dunghill holds fast to his life. l forgot
the Kid again: l remembered only myself
and that l must ride to win. / pulled the
horse down and held him steady. Never