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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20
MANY At NEWPORT TENNIS
HARD-FoUGHT CONTESTS AN
TICIPATED By FOLLOWERS.
Former Champion Clothier and Irv-
ing c. Wright in Match Game
Today-Two Matches Settled.

NEWPORT, r. l., August 20.--The ex-
pectation of hard fought contests was
sufficient to crowd the Casino courts to-
day with several thousand followers Of
the tennis game. Playing conditions to-
day were even better than yesterday,
there being a breath Of autumn in the
air. while the turf showed few signs of
the hard play Of the two previous days.
A majority of the spectators sought the
court in front Of the clubhouse in order
to see the former champion, William J.
Clothier. Of Philadelphia, in his match
with Irving c.. Wright of Boston. Cloth
ier's cool, calculating game against Lit
tie yesterday had made him a strong
favorite for the finals.
The committee decided to play the
matcn between former Champion B. {.
Wright and w. F. Johnson of Philadel-
phia on the grandstand court.
The other important matches among
ranked players were scheduled as fol-
lows: K. Leroy OF New York against
F. ]. sulloway of Boston: Semp Russ.
San Antonio, Texas, against H. L. West
falE New York, and ]. D. E. Jones. Prov
idence, against Hugh Tallant, New York.
Two Big Matches Settled.
Two big matches were both settled in
straight sets, Beals c. Wright disposing
of w. F. Johnson IN g., IS. 60. while
Clothier put out I. c. Wright by the
score OF IS, So, Is. The hardest
fought match up to noon was that be-
tween Nat Emerson Of Chicago ind J. A.
c. Colston Of Philadelphia, which went
four sets before the western player won.
Summary, third round continued-W. j.
Clothier defeated 1. c. Wright, 3, e.
IS.
N. Emerson defeated ]. A. c. Colston
60, @S, SO, Ga.
Seymour johnson defeated Brisbane
Penniman, 6-1, 60. 81.
r. Gambrill defeated G.. c. Allison by
default.
Gardiner Beals. 6-1, &c. 81.
H. L. Westfall defeated Smith Russ,
6-1, 81, 63.
B. c. Wright defeated w. F. Johnson,
Ga, is, 60.
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SEARCH FOR TWO GIRLS.
Detectives Trying to Probe MYSTERY
Of Kenosha Disappearance.

KENOSHA. Wis, August 2o.-Detec-
tives today are trying to penetrate mys-
teries surrounding the disappearance Of
Gertrude and Dorothy Beihn, daughters Of
Jacob Beihn. ono Of the wealthiest resi-
dents Of southern Wisconsin. The girls.
eleven and fourteen years old, respective
ly, have not been seen since their par
ents left them sitting in a hammock on
the lawn at home Monday night. Many
people believe the girls were kidnapped
and are held for ransom.
Another angle is tho receipt by Mrs
Beihn. who is the stepmother OF the MISS
ing maids, Of q note several weeks ago
warning her that q plot was on foot to
steal the girls.
Members Of the household say that
Monday night a closed carriage was
driven up to the Beihn gate. It is de-
clared that a man was heard sharply
commanding the girls to enter and that
they obeyed him. The horses then were
whipped and the victims rapidly carried
away.
After an unsuccessful search by rela-
tives and local authorities, Mr.. Beihn
came to Kenosha last evening and en-
gagged detectives to work upon the case
The girls mother has been dead for sew
eral years. Twelve months ego their
father married Mrs. Anna SchenkenberR
of Milwaukee. The stepmother appears
to have been we'll lixsd by the children
and not q word Of dissatisfaction at their
home life has ever been uttered by them
in public.
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ROGUE TOURNEY.
Clark of Springfield and Browning of
Norwich Close for Championship.

NORWICH, Conn. August 20.-ESSie
Clark of Springfield won from c. p.
Browning Of Norwich in today's morning
play of the rogue tournament. but lost
one to Harold Bosworth of New London.
AS Bosworth has played one less game
than Clark it may be said the players are
even In the standing. with two lost each.
This probably brings the first division ma
tional championship up to one or the
other of these players.
The morning results follow:
First division-Hogeland defeated c. p.
Browning; Eddie Clark defeated c. P.
Browning: w. Fl. Wahly defeated w. l..
Robinson; H. Bosworth defeated Eddie
Clark; c. c. Williams defeated H. +.
Webb: /. J. Baker defeated Prof. Jacobs !:
William Hogeland defeated ]. F. Garlic
ton: H. Bosworth defeated ]. H. McDon-
old; W. H. Whaly defeated T. Rudd.
Second division-Dr. Brooks defeated F..
FELTON,; A. NJ. Pyle defeated J. D. Miner.
Third division-G. Huntington defeated
F. B. Prentice: F. B. Prentice defeated
w. Sullivan; G. H. Goldey defeated p.
Chase.
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BRIOEeRooM.1o-BE GONE
DECAMPs AT HIS WEDDING
HOUR WITH ALL THE GIFTS.
Wins Confidence Of Home, Robs
Aunt Of Intended and Leaves
Latter Broken-Hearted.

ROCK ISLAND. ILL.,, August 2O.-After
making all arrangements to marry MISS
Blanche B. Eldridge last night. having
the house where the ceremony was to
have taken place deliberately decorated.
Jewett E. Warren. supposed to hail from
Atlanta. Ga. has disappeared. leaving
his intended bride in distress.
A dispatch from Atlanta says neither
the city nor the telephone directory shows
any j. e. Warren.
1t Is alleged that Warren has taken
with him about 5000 belonging to Mrs.
Mary E. Cramer. aunt of Miss Eldridge.
and all the jewelry purchased for the
niece.
The police say that Warren has 80 well
laid and executed his plans that no GRIM
inal charge can be lodged against him.
A year ago Warren came to town. OBJ
tanned employment as electrician, met
Miss Eldridge, and in time became a
the confidence Of Mrs. Cramer and her
niece, he was given charge Of Mrs. Cra-
mer's business affairs.
Everything His Own Way.
Mrs. Cramer had a bank account Of
$500. and being ignorant OF business
forms signed blank checks and gave them
to Warren to fill out and cash, it is al
leced.
A few weeks ago Warren had announce
ments of his engagement to Miss Ed
ridge published. The wedding was fixed
for last night. Several hundred guests
were invited.
The bride had an expensive trousseau
and much jewelry. Warren said he had
money. and the women supposed he was
bearing the expense from his own re-
sources. Warren left the Cramer home
yesterday professedly to procure the IL
cense, engage the services Of a clergyman
and attend to other final details for the
wedding.
That was the last seen OF him. Mrs.
Cramer found her account overdrawn at
the bank and several big bills outstand-
ing. and that all the wedding jewelry
and even the deed to her home was gone,
she declares.
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AND FILE FOR SWlSHER
CANDIDATE SURE OF VICTORY
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Assurances From All Over State That
Taft Will Get Big
Majorities.

HARRISBURG. w. Va, August 10
Charles w. Swisher. regular republican
nominee for governor. arrived here yes
terday and will be here most OF the time
until the speaking campaign opens.
When seen at the state headquarters
here Swisher said he never felt better In
his life. and. In reply to questions as to
the conditions of his ticket, said:
II am daily in receipt of numerous let
tiers from all over the state. which bring
much announcement. These letters con-
tain not only strong personal promises
and pledges, but also splendid assurances
of loyaI sentiment toward the state ticket.
They are replete with expressions Of the
loyalty of the rank and file of the party
to our ticket.
"Of course Immediately after the
Charleston convention. there was more or
less difference of opinion as to conditions
i'm various parts of the state. but md
that everything is getting better daily.
and the republican voters are Inning up
i'm a most gratifying manner for the regu-
lar ticket Conditions, l believe. are i'm
proving rapidly. and / feel. along with
many Of my enthusiastic friends. though
conservative in the survey of conditions.
that the state will give Mr. Taft and the
state ticket a large majority
Scott for Swisher.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. August 10
Following closely upon Senator stephen
r. Elkins' declaration in favor OF
Swisher and the regular republican ticket.
Senator y. b. Scott. West Virgtnia's other
United States senator. has come out In a
strong letter denouncing the Scherr bolt
and signifying his intention of doing all
in his power to elect the Swisher ticket.
The letter was received by Chairman
Matthews, and is as follows:
Il have yours of the 18th and note the
contents. I cast my first vote while in
the army for Abraham Lincoln. and
have voted the straight republican ticket
ever since. ! am too old now to Join
new political party. and even should !
have felt like supporting Mr.. Scherr the
platform on which he stands is a revoiu-
ton of condemnation of Senator Elkins.
Gov Dawson and myself. I shall do all
in my power to elect the ticket nominated
by the regular convention. and have not
the slightest doubt of it's triumphant sue
cess at the polls in November
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RUSS INFLUENCE IN PERSIA.
Exerted Quietly But Firmly Against
Wave Of Reaction.

TEHERAN. August 2o-The Russian
influence in the Persian capital is being
exerted quietly but firmly against the
wave OF reaction which threatens to fol-
low the dissolution Of parliament M.
Hartwig, the Russian minister. who has
made it a practice to abstain from inter-
vention in the internal affairs Of Persia,
yesterday had an audience with the shah
and advised him as a friend to put a
check on the fanatic mullah, Sheik Faz-
lula. who has been delivering reactionary
addresses to gatherings of the lower
classes in the Dzhami Mosque
The sheik appeals to the passions and
endeavors to incite to excuses which
might result dangerously to Europeans
One Of his arguments Is that the consti-
tuition conflicts with the religion of the
land. He has urged also that there be a
general strike on the day Of the elections.
The shah At once forbade Fazluiia to
continue his speeches. under pain of the
most severe punishment.
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TRYING TO Save HllEK
BOTTOM OF OLD WELL NAY CON-
CEAL MURDER CLUE.
Details of Young Woman's Disap-
pearance Three Years Ago On
earthed by Detective.

CHICAGO. August 20.-The Inter-Ocean
today says:
At the bottom Of an old abandoned well.
half filled with debris. on the Henry ME-
mann farm. near Downers Grove. IL be-
lieved to lie concealed the body OF q girl.
the discovery OF which may save Herman
Billek from the gaiiows. The corpse is be-
lieved to be that of Anna Stuck, q pretty
German girl who once stood high In the
affections Of William Niemann, who
afterward became Emma Vraxls husband.
States Attorney Hadley and Coroner
Matter Of Du Page county decided yes
terday to dig into the unused we'll In .
search for the girls body.
Details of the young womans mysterious
disappearance in August, 1905, which led
to the belief that she was thrown INTO
the well. were unearthed by detective.
II the body is found IL viii be considered
almost positive evidence that the murder
of Anna Stuck was the first I'm the series
which included the six members OF the
Vrazl family and Henry Niemann. such
development would be CONSIDERED aoso-
lutte proof of the innocence of Herman
Billek and would start the officer OF the
law on a new trail in the search for the
murderer OF the persons whom Billek -
now under sentence of death for killing.
The Detectives Conclusions.
Anna Stuck worked for several years ut
the home OF Henry Niemann. She had
charge of the children after the death
of Mrs. Niemann. did the cooking for the
family and attended to many OF the elder
Niemann's business affairs when he be-
came Ill.
She Is said to have been insanely 5eal-
Gus of one person-Mrs. Niemann-at that
time Emma Vraxi. When Mrs. Vrazl hired
Herman Billek to bring the spirits TO
his aid TO draw the attentions of William
Niemann to the charms of the fair Emma
and win him for a husand for her. Blllek
advised Emma to make visit to the
farm.
Her appearance at the house angered
Anna Stuck. 1t was her belief that she
was to be succeeded as mistress OF the
household, a thing she had long feared.
In a council OF war held In Henry Me
mann's house she declared she would
leave the house IL Emma Vrazl remained
there She disappeared a few hours later.
1t was said she went back to Germany.
Her relatives say they have never heard
from her since the day of her departure.
Detectives assert that they will be able
to show that one of the persons now sus-
pected Of having killed Henry Niemann
gave orders to Ill up a we'll and was also
anxious that the whereabouts OF Anna
Stuck should not be questioned.
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CONVICT Is BOURBON DUKE.
Alphonse Gregorius, Burglar, May
Be Pardoned to See Dying Mother.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, August o0.-De-
claring that Alphonse Gregorius, con-
victed in 1906 Of burglary and sentenced
to seven years imprisonment in the Mis-
souri, state penitentiary. Is a duke Of the
old Bourbon house of France, Father
Gretchen a Partisan priest, in a letter
to Val Mason. local attorney, received
yesterday, asks that efforts be made to-
obtain the convict's pardon. in order that
he may return to France in time to see
his invalid mother before she dies.
References are given by Father Crotch
EN- to prove Gregorius' connection with
the royal family. The letter has been
sent to q priest at Jefferson City.
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STABBED BY BURdLARa
st. Louis Widow Telephones Police
and Then Faints.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. August 0.-Seeing a
light on the second floor when she re-
turned to her fashionable home on South
Kings Highway boulevard last night, and
believing that the place had caught fire.
Mrs. Sophia Dunlop. forty-hve years OF
age. hurried to the upper story to ind
herself confronted by two burglars. They
knocked her down, stabbed her in the
right temple and escaped. The injury is
said to be serious.
Mrs. Dunlop. who is the widow OF a
former superintendent of the Terminal
Railway Association. lay unconscious for
several moments. When she revived she
went to the telephone. called up the po-
lice and then tainted.
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CRICKET AT NoTTINoHAM.
Americans Had All the Best Of TO.
days Game.

NOTTINGHAM. August 2o.-The gen.
tlemen OF Philadelphia met the Noting
hamshire eleven In q cricket match here
today. The home team won the toss and
went in: King and Hordern opening the
attack on behalf Of the Philadelphians.
The visitors had all the best OF the game.
seven wickets falling before the lunch in
terval, for total Of Ill runs.
The bowling and fielding Of the Phila-
delphians left nothing to be desired
Kings bowling was especially tricky
Many Of his halls were quite unplayable,
and the remainder Of the home teams
wickets was dismissed in short order
after lunch. for total Of l39.
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Death Comes Suddenly.

Christopher Hunter. seventy-eight years
OF age. who lived at 261 NJ street SOUTH
west. died suddenly about noon today. He
had complained OF feeling sick. and his
wife had sent a message to a physician
to call and attend him. Before
the physician responded. however, her
husband became worse and the ambulance
from the Emergency Hospital was sum-
moned. The elderly man died before the
ambulance reached the house, and Act
ing Coroner Glazebrook will have to issue
q death certificate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20

RON III DIE.
The engineers in the navy have a very
effective way OF killing sharks. They seal
up a dynamite cartridge in an empty can
and put the can inside a large piece OF
pork. The pork is thrown overheard on
a wire which has been connected with an
electric battery. When the shark takes
the bait the engineer presses a button.
which explodes the cartridge and kills the
fish.
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SEALING CRUISER SEIZED.
japanese Newspapers Bitter Over
Russian Sentences OF Death.

VICTORIA. B. c.. August 2O-Seizure
Of another Japanese sealing cruiser, the
Efuku Maru. by Russians for alleged
raiding at the Copper Island seal rock
cries In the Kommander group was
reported by the steamer Shinano Maru last
night. The seized schooner was lowed to
Vladivostok August I.
Japanese newspapers received by the
Shinano Maru have bitter articles regard
ing the sentence to death OF six of the
arrested seal hunters Of the seized schoon-
er Miyo Maru at Nicolaiefsky for at
lacking the guards. The Hochi Shimbun
says:
There is in Japan a proverb which
says: "Old wounds are always in danger
of bleeding"
The affair may be only a trifiing incl
dent. but in case the death sentence is
executed no one can predict the future
relations between japan and Russia.
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Savage Exhibition Stopped.

MARSEILLH August CA savage
exhibition was witnessed on a private
estate near here yesterday. A tiger and
a bull were placed in a stout cage and
goaded to combat by the spectators. The
bull wounded the tiger in the first en-
counter. but at this point the police
made a. descent upon the crowd and broke
up the spect acle.
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BRYAN's MULE BAD.
Hurts Newspaper Man and Is Put
to Work.

FAIRVIEW, Lincoln. Neb., August co.
AS result of the injury yesterday to
an eastern newspaper man who under
took to ride the trick mule Mascot, sent
to Mr.. Bryan by the Minnesota State
Agricultural Society. the democratic can
didate has determined to permit no fur
Their experiments Of the kind. The affair
came near ending In a tragedy.
The correspondent is still confined to
his bed. with q physician In attendance.
This morning the mule was Iut to the
more practical task of pulling a grass
cutter over the lawn Of the Bryan home.
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Eludes Mothers Vigilance.

Mrs. Redmond and her daughter were In
a room on the upper floor Of the house
at the time they conversed regarding the
poison. The mother went out to call a
friend Of the family and ask him to take
the poison from the girl. She was gone
about two or three minutes. long enough.
however, for Ella to go to the bathroom,
mix the fatal dose and swallow it. The
poison robbed the victim of consciousness
In a short while. She was hurried to the
hospital before her father could be sum-
moned home.
81 guess Ella has done it this time.
was what Mrs. Redmond said to her
husband when the latter reached home.
4 few minutes later he received word
that his daughter was dead.
1t is stated that Miss Redmond was
a patient at Providence Hospital a few
weeks ago, having been sent there for
treatment for the complaint mentioned.
The Redmond family formerly resided
at Middleburg, Loudoun county, Va,
having moved from there about three
years ago.
Acting Coroner Glazebrook gave the
necessary death certificate and steps
were taken to have the body removed
from the hospital to the family home
this afternoon. Arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been completed.
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MERCURY TAKES A TUMBLE
DROP IN TEMPERATURES PROVES
MIGHTY WELCOME.
Two Deaths Yesterday Due to Pros
tration by Heat-One Man
Under Treatment.

A helping hand was extended by the
weather bureau last night, and the Their
mometer took a most beautiful tumble,
much to the sorrow Of the soda fountain
man and other liquid distributors. Yes
terday was suitry. hot and sticky, and
the change last night was a welcome re-
lief in more ways than one. When the
weather man was interviewed today he
was sitting back in his chair with a
medium-weight coat on. Yesterday he
was in his shirt sleeves and doing a lot
Of wishing.
The thermometer at 1 o'clock this after
noon registered II degrees. while yester-
day at the same time 1t was SS-a drop
worthy of mention. The weather will be
fair and cooler tonight, with north to
northeast winds, but the weather man
has no advance Information as to what
tomorrow and the day after will bring
forth.
Two Deaths Due to Heat.
There was considerable physical distress
last evening due to the high temperature,
and two deaths resulted fro heat pros
tration.
age, employed as cook on a dining
overcome by the heat while on the way
from Baltimore. where he resides. to this
city. He was unconscious when he
reached the Casualty Hospital and death
followed. The necessary certificate was
given, and the body was taken to. Bal
timore for burial.
Alonzo Thompson, a coIored infant. died
at the home OF the mother. 3028 7th
street. its death being FASTENED by the
hot weather. There had been no physi-
clan in attendance. and 1t was necessary
for Coroner hewitt to give a certificate.
The mother Of the child requested that
the District authorities bury the body.
John ellis, a pensioner. who was de-
tanned at the sixth precinct police sta
ton. became ill last night about II
o'clock. He was given treatment at the
Casualty Hospital
The Official temperature yesterday was
e, but the downtown thermometers made
1t 50, and it was the more unbearable
through the high humidity. In the even
ing. however, it cooled of considerably.
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Hot Sunday.
Erom the IudianaDOlis n,

From The IndlandpOIIs news.
While an especially hot Sunday tends
to lessen the number Of automobile ac-
cidents, it appears to increase the num-
Der Of droWnin2s considerably.