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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
OCEAN LINER MOVEMENTS.

SOUTH WELLFLEET. Mass. Febru-
ary 2S-The steamer La Savoie, from
Havre for New York, was in communica-
ton by. wireless telegraph with the sta
ton here when 395 miles east Of Sandy
Hook at am. Will probably dock about
8 am. Saturday.
SIASCONSET, Mass, February IS
The steamer Amerika. from Hamburg,
was in communication by wireless station
here when 40 miles east of the Nantucket
lightship at $3.50 am. Will probably dock
about 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
The steamer Mauritania, from Liver
pool, was in communication when abeam
the Nantucket lightship at $50 o'clock
Will probably dock about o'clock this
afternoon.
SOUTH WELLFEEET, Mass, February
28.-The steamer Celtic, from Liverpool
for New York, was in communication by
wireless telegraph with the station here
when $50 miles east of Sandy Hook at
10 am. Will probably dock about $50
am. Saturday.
NEW YORK, February 2s-Tne steam
er Koln. from Bremen for New York.
was reported by wireless telegraph as
having passed Nantucket lightship at 9:3l
am. Will probably dock about 8 am.
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
OFFICIAL CoNTRADICTED.
Dispute Over Extension Of the Nine
Hour Law.

When the hearing before the interstate
commerce commission on the application
for an extension of the nine-hour law was
resumed today Mr.. H. A. Herbert. for
mer Secretary Of the Navy. made an ar
gument in behalf of the Seaboard Air
Line. He contended that owing to the
financial condition of the road it would be
a serious hardship for it to comply with
the provisions Of the law: that it could
not SO comply without embarrassment in
its operating expenses.
Mr.. Herbert pointed out that the Sea-
board recently had been placed in the
hands of receivers and that the receivers,
being new TO their work. ought to be af-
forded time to adjust themselves to the
present conditions in order that they
might protect the stockholders and bond
holders and this insolvent line.
Mr.. billiard. representing the Union Pa
cific system having stated that it would
be impossible for his line at various re-
mote stations to supply accommodations
to third operator, H. B. Perham. pres
ident of the Order of Railway Telegraph
ers. made statement to the commission
that he had received information from
points along the Union Pacific to the et
feet that it was entirely possible for the
extra operator to be provided with the
extra accommodations at the stations
named by Mr.. billiard. In support of this
statement he put on the stand e. l..
Stump. general chairman Of the Union
Pacific Telegraphers. who stated. in brief.
that in his opinion accommodations could
be furnished for the necessary additional
operator at all Of the stations mentioned
In Mr.. billiards. statement.
F. A. Delano Of the Wabash railroad
put the inability OF the Wabash to COM
ply with the law purely on financial
grounds.
Lucien Cooke of the Norfolk and West
ern said: "Our company does not come
before this commission asking favors of
it.: IL is just as much the duty of this
commission to pass upon this question as
il is mine TO present il. The time has
come for you to recognize the conditions
existing, and we believe that you ought
TO grant us the relief that we ask. We
expect to comply with this law, Sbut we
ask time to adjust ourselves to its pro-
visions on account of the unprecedented
conditions. financial and otherwise, which
have arisen since the law was enacted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
Making a Pet Of Poison Ivy.
rom the Chicago Record Herald

One of natures most widely distributed
gifts to the United, States is the poison
Ivy. also called poison oak. Every child
who is brought up in the country soon
learns to know it. and city people are
likely to have an unwelcome introduction
to it when they take an outing in the
suburbs. 1t Is so common. In fact, that
the curious experience of an Englishman
with the plant which Is described in the
London Spectator will probably arouse
more interest among American than
among British readers.
This man refers to the poison ivy prop
erly as Rhus toxicodendron. and is evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that it is
distinctly a California product. The truth
is that California has plant which Is re-
lated to the one in the east, though. for
tunately. for the states reputation. it has
no monopoly of such goods. But wher-
ever the Englishman's specimen came
from originally it was one of a lot cir
culated among the public by a we'll
known nursery gardener" who imagined
that he was selling plants of the order of
the Virginia creeper.
The complaining victim thought that he
had a prize and tended 1t carefully, and
from that time forth he suffered from an
inexplicable disease which he describes
infinitely. Five years elapsed before the
cause was discovered. but meantime he
worked on various theories. such as that
the disease was some obscure and virulent
form of eczema or erysipelas or blood
poisoning" After one attack another
would follow. and he relates this inter-
esting experience: The usual course had
been run and he was sitting, conval-
escent near a window about which the
vine grew when the symptoms began to
reappear and he went through all the
stages again. He says: This instance
appears to furnish clear proof that the
poison is not necessarily introduced by
contact, and also accentuateS the fact
that one attack does not confer the most
transitory protection against a second"
His idea that contact is not necessary
to cause trouble is hardly new one. and
probably a competent American physician
could give him all the information about
the poison ivy and it's wicked ways that
he has sought in vain. But the curious
thing for us is that he should have trained
it up as a rich treasure and that he knows
of other cases Of just such misplaced con-
.ddence. ,a-.~ sAsu..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
SOME NOTABLE DEATHS.

LANCASTER, Pa, February 2S-Mrs.
Lydia A. White, aged eighty, a real
daughter of the American revolution, and
the youngest of them all, is dead. She
was in the enjoyment Of good health until
few days ago. when q severe cold was
followed by pneumonia. She was life
long resident of this city. Her father
was George Leonard, who served in the
revolution under Gen. Washington and
participated I'm the battles of Brandywine,
Princeton and Germantown. and she was
the daughter of his old age.
WILMINGTON. Del, February 2S.-
Mrs. Margaret Smith. aged 101 years and
six days, died yesterday at the residence
Of her granddaughter in this city. Mrs.
Smith was born in London Grove, Pa. She
distinctly remembered incidents of the
war of 1912, when she saw soldiers
sharpen their swords on her fathers
grindstone.
LANCASTER, Pa, February 2S.-Rev.
Dr. James Young Mitchell, pastor emeri-
tus of the First Presbyterian Church of
this city, died here aged seventy
six years. His fiftieth anniversary as
a Presbyterian minister was celebrated
College, Schenectady. N. Y, In 1884. and
then attended Princeton Theological Semi
nary.
BALTIMORE, Nd, February 2S-W.
Frank Leber, senior member of the firm
Of William Fuller G. Co., III South Charles
street. fell dead yesterday morning about
9:15 o'clock just as he stepped from
Carey street car at Lombard and Charles
streets. His death was caused by heart
disease. He had just alighted from the
car and was turning to walk the few
yards to his place of business, when he
began to totter and sway. apparently try
ing to maintain his equilibrium. Several
passersby saw him as he fell and ran to
his assistance, but they found him I'M
conscious. He did not live more than five
minutes, however, after he was taken into
the office, and was already dead when
the doctor arrived.
Mr.. Leber had been under the, care of
a physician for some time. but his illness
was not regarded as serious enough to
warrant any fear of death In the near
future. He was siXty-ive years old. hav-
ing been born in York. Pa, in 1913. He
came to Baltimore about forty-five years
ago and started into business on his own
account and was very successful.
NEW YORK, February 2S.-Barnett Bill
dersee, secretary of the West End Syna-
gogue. West SD street. dropped dead
last night in Lenox avenue, near 111th
street, while on his way to attend re-
igious service. He was accompanied by
his daughter, and had just come from his
home at 213 West 105th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
Charm Of the Orient.


Rich and poor wear the plated frock
coat Of somber hues, the absence.of q COL
lar producing a slovenly appearance, while
the snowy turban of the Arab and the red
fez of the Turk are replaced by the black
lambskin kolah and the brown felt skull
cap of the peasant. You ask why the car
penter should draw his plane toward him.
why the horse Is backed into his stall or
The boat dragged stern foremost on the
beach. You notice the footnote at the
top OF the page and that your morning
egg Is Invariably served with its small
end uppermost. But not, certainly, in
such trivial matters does the charm Of
the east reside. We are nearer an ex.
PLANTATION when we acknowledge the re-
lease from care and artificial conventions
which accompanies a relapse to the con-
.ditions of a freer and more primitive life.
To enjoy an ease, even luxury of life we
could not afford at home to have a ser
want for every task. to ride in Bombay or
Teheran when we would walk If in Pic
cadilly. to be free from the burdens of a
civilization which has created civic re-
sponsibilities and duties to ones fellow
men. to have no Young Mems Christian
Association to support or f1remans ball
to patron1Ze, to be able to play the role
Of self-indulgence to ones hearts con-
tent, and be, in truth a little king-in
these things, alas for many lies the secret
of this charm
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Some Strange Medicines.

From the Baltimore Sun.
In Norway and among the Indians the
hoof of the elk is regarded as a sovereign
cure for fits. 1t is only efficacious by
placing 1t on the heart with the left hand
and then rubbing it upon the ear. 1t thus
cures epilepsy.
In some districts fevers of all kinds are
supposed to be cured by taking the nails
pared from the fingers, tying them to a
crayfish and throw this behind the pa
tient into river.
Spiders and their webs have often been
recommended to cure various ailments
Their most popular employment today is
to stanch the flow Of blood from wounds.
a most fatal method, for although the
hemorrhage at once ceases the germs OF
erysipelas and blood poisoning are usually
included with the dirt present, and in q
few days the wound becomes angry and
inflamed. But, as the spider web advocates
claim, the bleeding stops at once. and
when the sufferer dies ten days later
from the infection providence gets the
blame.
In South America ague is cured by a
visit to a crossroads at dead of night five
different times, and there g. newly-laid
egg is buried. This Is almost as inval-
inquiring of rider upon a piebald horse
a remedy for whooping cough. His
answer is always regarded as sure cure.
The bites of serpents, especially rattle
snake and copperhead bites. are always
treated on the similia similibus curantur
principle-that is, by whisky.
Everybody who has had shingles. or
zoster. as it is called, has heard that II
the belt of blisters crosses the spine or
breastbone it will prove fatal. There is
no more truth in this than there is value
in the prevalent cure for the same disease
among certain old women. This consists
in taking the blood of black cat, taken
always from its tail, and smearing it on
the parts affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
ALTO RECANTS.
Withdraws His Confession of KILL
ing Father Leo.

DENVER. February 2S-Guiseppe Alto,
the slayer of Father Leo. after confer
ring with counsel appointed by the court
to conduct his defense. has repudiated
the signed statement made by him In jail
at Colorado Springs. as well as all his
other confessions
Il did not kill the priest, he fell dead, +"
Alfo declared last night
Il am Catholic and had gone to the
church to pray. did not go there to re-
ceive the sacrament. While was kneeI-
ing the priest came along and put the
sacrament In my mouth. 1t is against
the rules of the Catholic Church to take
the host without first having been to con-
fession. SO I spat 1t out The priest fell
PACK and L heard everybody jump up.
1t being strange place to me. / was
afraid. and / ran out"
Alto is in poor physical condition. He
has quite evidently undergone privations.
and his story of living on a single meal
a DAY at the free souphouse would seem
to be borne out by his drawn face and
weak frame
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
PLEADED FOR DEATH.
Murderer Wanted It Instead Of Long
Imprisonment

NEW YORK. February 2s.-Giovahni
Pisano pleaded with Justice bowling in
the court of general sessions today to
s"nd him to death in the electric chair.
y plea of guilty in the second degree
H. d been offered by Pisano's counsel AS
sistant District Attorney Ely had agreed
IL accept the plea and sentence, which
would not have been less than twenty
years, and not more than the natural
Term of life. was about to be pronounced
wien the prisoner demonstrated. Il do
not want to go to prison for the rest of
my life he said. through an interpreter.
II would rather die. l want to go to the
electric chair.
Tell the judge I have been abandoned
10y all my family" he continued to the
Interpreter. Tell him / am alone, and
] want him to sentence me to die
After conference between court and
Counsel the original plea was allowed
/" stand and the prisoner was sent back
t. the Tombs to await sentence.
'pisanS shot and killed. Luigi Mapolitano
al Hester and Mulberry streets last Oc-
tober. when Mapolitano was getting the
better of Pisano's brother in a street fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28

this record the fathers name Is given as
George f. Gala of Portsmouth" and
the mothers name as Carrie L. Gala OF
Epping." This entry does not appear In
the same handwriting as that in which
other births of 1880 are recorded, but is
said by those WHO have examined the rec
ords to resemble the penmanship dis
played in entries made several years
later.
= Confer on Extradition.
CONCORD, n. H., February 2S.-Attor-
ney General Eastman and County Solici-
tor Batchelder held a conference at the
state capitol today with Gov. Floyd and
Secretary of State Pearson in reference
to the extradition of Paul e. Roy, &C
cused of the murder of George A. Car
llins at Newington, January . 1t was
expected, according to the attorney gem
eral, that the papers in the case would
not be ready for transmission to the
State Department at Washington before
tomorrow.
The attorney general said that. in view
Of his deliberations with the county solicit
tor, the governor and secretary of state,
he was firmly convinced that Roy could
DO extradited from France and brought to
New Hampshire to stand trial for the
crime of which he is accused.
Up to noon the conferees had been
spending their time in examining the au-
tborhies bearing on the matter of inter-
national extradition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
BANK INFORMATION
SENT TO THE HOUSE TODAY BY
SECRETARY CoHTELYoU.

Secretary CortelyOu today sent to the
House of Representatives his response to
House resolution of January 10. 1908. The
information called for and furnished en-
braces the following:
A list showing the total number of
national banks in operation August %
1907. and the total amount of capital
stock and surplus of such banks on said
date.
A list showing the total number of ma
tional banks in operation December 3,
1907. and the total amount of capital stock
and surplus of such banks on said date
A statement showing the balance of
public moneys held in each national bank
designated as a depository of the United
states at the opening of business October
l. December / and January !. with totals
showing by states the balance held on
the dates named.
n list showing the character and
amount of securities required and held by
the government as security for the de-
post Of public moneys in the depository
banks August -. December 3 and at
the close of business December 81, 1907.
"A statement showing the capital stock
OF each national bank, the amount of ma
ing August 90 and December 3. 1907. and
showing such additional circulation as
has been taken out since the third day of
December, 1907, to and including January
l, 1908.
This completes the answers to the i'm
portant resolutions. four in number
three from the Senate and one from the
House-calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury for information regarding
Treasury operations in connection with
the panic of last fall. The work or COM
piling the necessary data has been a Sc
we're strain upon the employees in the
financial bureaus of the department Be-
ing an addition to their regular duties,
much Of the work had to be done out
side the usual Office hours.
The exhibits forming part of the an
swers to these several resolutions are
very voluminous. and embody mass of
detailed information never before COM
piled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
COMING TO SEE TAFT.
Attorney General Ellis Named in
Connection With Lieut.. Governorship


COLUMBUS. Ohio, February 2S-The
vis of Attorney General Ellis to Wash
inTton to confer with Secretary Taft has
given credence to the report that he Is a
candidate for the nomination for lieuten-
an; governor in next weeks convention,
which was in circulation here last week.
out generally discredited. The office OF
lieutenant governor has been generally
Used in this state as ''shelver" for pol
iticians. and for this reason 1t was not be-
eved that it would be attractive to an
active and ambitious young man like
Ellis.
In taking the office of lieutenant gov
.rnor now. however. Mr.. Ellis will take
two fairly good chances of succeeding to
ne Office of governor. In the first place,
tiov. Harris is now seventy-four years
aid, and though his health is good. his
life expectancy is not great. But in addi-
ion 10 that. il is more than possible that
SOW. Harris may be the choice of the
,arty for United States senator to succeed
Mr.. Foraker, who, il seems. will proba bly,
not be reelected. The state convention
lex; week will not, as usual, nominate a
candidate for senator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
TAFT TO TALK IN BAY STATE.
Plans for His Reception at Spring
field Next Sunday.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. February 2S-
Arrangements are completed today for
the reception 10 William H. Taft, Secre-
airy OF War. in the Court Square Theater
Sunday afternoon under tfe auspices of
he Y. NJ. c. A.
He will arrive in Springfield from New
York at l: % pm. Sunday. and will be
driven to hotel. Mr.. Taft will not be
given formal reception. as he much
prefers 10 rest. although he will be en-
,ertsined at luncheon at the Nayassett
club. T.. w. Beattie. jr., who is looking
alter Mr. Taft'S i. political interests in this
scction. and other republicans will confer
with him. He will leave Springfield at Z
2. m FOR Worcestcr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
MARYLAND LAWYER DEAD.
Passing Of George w. Smith, OF
Hagerstown, Aged ~ Years.

Speclal Dlspatcn 10 Inc Staf
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, February 2s.-
George w. Smith, jr.. for many years a
leading lawyer of this city, died at noon
today, following an illness of eighteen
months from uraemic poisoning, aged
seventy-four years. For forty years Mr..
Smith was the law partner of the late
Gov. William r. Hamilton. He was
formerly an editor in the county, and
served as member OF the legislature. a
school commissioner, and was vice presi-
dent of the Hagerstown Fair Associa-
ton.
He was the oldest practicng attorney in
HagerstoWn. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr.. Smith is sur
vived by his widow. two daughters at
home. and q son, Capt. Lauran f. Smith,
now in Colorado for the benefit of his
health. He was a brother of Mrs. Robert
Scott Of Washington. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28

CHINA SENDING A PROTEST TO
THIS COUNTRY.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 2S.-From
advices received from the orient 1t is
understood that WI Tang fang. the newly
appointed Chinese minister at Washing
ton, who will arrive in San Francisco to-
day on the steamer Siberia, is the bearer
of an appeal from his government to
President Roosevelt to use the friendly
offices Of the United States in behalf of
the preservation of China's interests in
Manchuria.
1t has been a matter Of gossip in diplo-
matte circles for some time that the gov
eminent at Washington is contemplating
the sending of formal note to the pow
ers containing a protest to japan against
Japan's ACKNOWLEDGMENT in Manchuria
but It is now known for the first time that
it is the intention of China to ask this
countryS aid in the protection Of her
interests.
Understanding Probable.
There already has been some discussion
between the representatives Of Japan
and the Washington government rela-
tive to Japan's Manchurian policy. and
the way has been paved to full and
amicable understanding.
President Roosevelt's initiative in the
matter is consonant with the previously
declared policy of this country relative to
the open door in MSnchuria. and it is
upon this former declaration that the
appeal of China, which .Wu Ting-fang
carries. is based.
In Wu's official party will be Ho Wing
Shew. the newly appointed consul Sener-
nj to San Francisco: WI Shew Chinn
secretary of the Chinese legation; Ii
Taing Chez. charge d'affaires of the Chi
nese legation at the City of Mexico; Lii
Yung Yew. charge d'affaires of the Chi
nese legation at Havana. and Lai Hee
charge daffaircs of the legation at Lima
Peru.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
5000 at Chicago Poles Funeral.

CHICAGO. February 2S-The funeral of
Frank H. Jablonski, one of the foremost
Polish nationalists and newspaper men in
America. was held. yesterday
Following services in Holy Trinity
Church two special trains conveyed the
funeral party to st. Adalbert's cemetery
Three Thousand persons attended the
services. Representative members of the
Polish NATIONAL Alliance were present
from all parts of the country. The de-
ceased was forty-fve years old. His
death followed q very brief Illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
Oppose a Receivership

PITTSBURG, February 2s.-Papers were
filed in the United States district court
today by Representative J. G. Beale, Ed
ward Hill and Daniel Kline, partners in
the Leechburg Banking Company Leech-
burg. Pa, denying that they or the COM
pany are insolvent or iiat any acts of
bankruptcy have been committed
In answer to the petitions filed against
them they also oppose the effort to have a
receiver appointed by the United States
district court February II a receiver was
appointed for the company by Judge Pat
ton in the Armstrong county court.
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KILLED HIS BURGLAR.
Man Then Hid the Body, Fearing
Legal Punishment.

NEW YORK, February 2s-In des-
perate battle with four men who at
tempted to rob him as he was about to
close his saloon In East oath street early
today Thomas Craven shot one of the
robbers dead and put the others to flight.
Then in a panic of fear lest the killing
might mean a long term of Imprisonment
for him Craven concealed the body of the
dead robber in a hallway outside the sa-
loon and hurried to his home without
notifying the police. When the officers
took him into custody, less than an hour
later, he at first denied all knowledge of
the killing, but finally made a full state
ment
The three men who escaped from the
saloon after their companion had been
killed also are under arrest. The man
who was killed was known only as Scar
Reilly. Those who were later arrested
gave their names as John Kenney, Frank
Reilly and Albert Dobson.