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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
SECRETARIES ELECTED.
Rev. A.. B. Leonard Retains Place
Occupied for Twenty Years.

BALTIMORE. May :0.-Elections for
The remaining secretaries and for the as
Slstant secretaries Of the various boards
Of TIE Methodist Episcopal Church were
continued at the general conference of
that denomination today.
Rev. Or \ T. Leonard for twenty
wears secretary Of the board of foreign
missions WaS T.taiued He received :'l'
votes against - for DIR. Homer {.
Stunts. field secretary of the same board.
Rev Or Thomas Nicholson. president OF
Dakota Wesleyan University. Mitchell, >.
-. was elected secretary of the new
board II Ct!ucafion. which will have its
office ~ New York city. Rev. DR. p. j.
MaVe"tE. fed secretary of the former
hoard Of education F'rccdmen's Aid and
sunday schools was named the addi-
ilou"i secretary Of the Freedmen'S AID
Society authorized by this general CON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
MILLER BRINGS SUITS.
Former Consul Seeks Damages From
London Newspapers.

PARIS MAY 3u.-J. Martin Miller. for-
mer American consul at Rheims, and who
was mentioned in the suit recently
brought in New York by Mae Wood
against Senator. Thomas {. Platt for di-
vorce. has instituted suits for de amatipn
of character against the London Daily
Mail and the edit on of the London Daily
Mail published i'll Paris.
He claims 5000 damages from each
paper for injury To his business reputation
in E.urope on account of the pubicat;o ION
by these journals o. certain matters al
legged TO have come out during tn" hear
ing Of the Wood Platt case. The papers
printed the substance OF Mr.. Miller,- al
legged statement produced by MSS Wood
In court
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THROUGH MARYLAND.
Company G, 1st Regt., N. G. D. G..
Having Enjoyable Outing.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md. May Tt ompanH
g. Isl Regiment, National Guard OF
the District of Columbia which is
taking d practice ride. left Camp sam
uel r. Smiley yesterday morning at
{ O'Clock and arrived al Camp +. H.
Eeumeyer here al & o'clock last even
ing. During the day the troop passed
through Gaithersburg. Middebroohe.
Nealsville. Clarksburg. HyattStown and
Crbana. AT clarksburg Private Carln
Joined the company.
Camp Neumeyer IS named after the
commissary general of the District of
Columbia militia. Maj. Neumeyer has
been warm friend of the organization.
and has assisted the project of the prac-
tlce ride In many ways
The boys are considerably elated over
the fact that yesterday they covered thir-
ty-three miles. In view of the fact that
they are accompanied by heavily loaded
supply wagons they not able to make
remarkable time. The road yesterday was
up and down hill nearly all the time. The
hills in some places were So steep that
the men had to hold on to the horses
names to keep from slipping from the
saddle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
FOUND WITH CRUSHED SKULL.
Woman's Body Discovered in the
Mississippi River.

ALTON. Ill. Nav :,o,-Wth the skull
and lower forehead crushed evidently
the result of a blow from a blunt instru
ment. the body of Il woman about forty
five wears old, clad in a slylishy tailored
blue serge skirt and other expensive gar
ments, was yesterday found floating IN
the Mississippi river. The features. though
swollen and distorted, bear unnisla ka bic
evidences of refinement. The only clues
to possible identification are two rings.
pendant and pin. and a scaDuiar and
crucitx found in the folds Of the skirt.
II was at first believed the body was
that of "A suicide. hut the police are OF
the opinion now that the woman was
murdered and the body thrown into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
RACING IN MIDAIR.
Great International Balloon Race
Starts in England.

LONDON, May D-The greatest balloon
race in the history of British aeronautics
was started this afternoon from Hurting
ham 1t is held in connection with the
International Aeronautic Federation.
which has just had its fourth annual con
ference here. The winning point is about
thirty miles distant. being the old country
inn at Burchett Green, three miles west of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

Memorial day. 1908.
flags!
The soldiers sacred occasion. when time
stops in its flight and the former fighting
men of the Union are for the time lost
In retrospection!
The tramp, tramp. tramp of marching
feet is heard today all over this broad
soldiers of more than forty years ago
hut the faltering tread 1t is of venerable
veterans of the vanishing army.
Grim Reminders of Battle.
Sun-kissed and storm-tattered battle
flags are carried proudly aloft-grim re-
minders Of the days of carnage-recalling
memory pictures of the blue brigades of
Grant and Sherman and the gray legions
Of Lee and Stonewall Jackson as their
battle lines advanced and receded on the
sanguinary fields of Gettysburg, Antietam,
the. Wilderness and Manassas.
: The kaleidoscope of memory shifts. The
picture Is that of the battlefield. The can
non blasts and rattling musketry have
been silenced. The armies have passed
on Grim fellows they as they lay with
upturned faces in the pale summer moon
light in long windrows Of the dead-the pa
triotic penalty of the battle just fought.
As the veterans strew flowers on the
of cd en
to impassioned oratory. hear again plain
tive notes of TAPS sounding good might
and solemn dirges by martial bands. thus
IT Is that ever and anon the memory pic
lures of the past are shifted in rapid sue
cession from camp to march, to bivouac
picket post and firing line.
Memory Turns Back.
Once more they are youthful soldiers
men of more than twoscore years ago
Tragedy of war is re-enacted. Sleeping
warriors seem to live again.
Fierce battle shouts can he heard back
over lapse of more than forty years
Flash and rattle of musketry minsles
with the deep bass roar of batteries
Flashing blades and serried lines of blue
and gray and the tragic commine ling oi
the combatants live again in memory
Again the venerable veterans of today are
in the smoke and carnage of yesterday.
Now sounds of strife die away. The
panoramic picture changes to one of peace
and plenty in the twentieth century-Mas
~ i:t's The gray of the southland has
blended into Union blue The blue of ths
aged soldiers of the sixties is blending
into gray. just as when twilight falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

city. The course is tn he rircled ten
times. making A total of 80 miles to be
Travelled by the cars which finish the con-
test; The start was made al Sand Greek
at O'Clock The weather was fine, and
large crowds gather at Sand Creek and
other points along the course to witness
the race. The drivers of the ears entered
are: Harold Brinker c. A.. Clark. Fl. r.
EltDanks II. G. colburn. Clarence Lovern.
Linn MatthewSon George Herring, AL
bert Dctiaston and Lon Sanford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
Oyster Dredge Burns at Wharf.

NORFOLK. Va. May 3o.-A special to-
day from Chincoteasue. on the eastern
shore of Virginia says:
The large gasoline dredge steamer
Gladys. belonging to Charles +. Babbitt.
ir.. of this place. and said to be the larg-
est oyster dredge sout II of New York was
destroyed by fire today at her wharf.
There WAS aboard The loss is
81. .UtU. not covered by insurance.
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Prize Fighter Is Fined.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
DANVILIE. Va. May 3o.-Durins
wrestling bout here last night between
Tommy Ryan of Philadelphia and kid
Schultz of Norfolk. Va, riot WAS
threatened on the stage of local the
ater when the former slusged Schultz
during the bout. Ryan was heavily fined
today for his rough tactics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
Beach Hargis Attempts Suicide.

JACKSON, Ky. May 3n.-Beach Hargis,
in Jail here awaiting trial for the murder
of his father. Judge James Hargis, at
tempted suicide last night by morphine
He will recover.
Allen -Creech. now on trial for murder.
drank pint Of whisky containing strych-
nine today, and is in precarious con-
dition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
Ran Into Open Switch.

MIDDLETOWN. n Y, May :0.-The
express train on the Susquehanna and
Western railroad which left here today
for Jersey City ran into an open switch
in the yard collidins with an engine on
the siding and was derailed. Several
passengers were injured, but none of them
is believed To be seriously hurt.
Both engines were wrecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
HE MUST Be OBEYED
Naval Secretary Objects to
Vises by Bureau Chiefs.
HIS ORDERS TO BE FINAL
Mr.. Metcalf Notifies Officers of His
Supremacy.
NO FRICTION Is APPREHENDED
HIS ORDERS TO BE FINAL
NO FRICTION Is APPREHENDED
Consultation With Qualified Ad-
visers to Precede Any Directions
Regarding Technical Affairs.

| In order to emphasizes the supremacy of
the authority of the civil heads of the ma
| val esta ablishment it has been deemed nee
essary by Secretary Metcalf to issue
| General Order No. 66,' the design of
! which is to remove all possible doubt on
| the subject.
The text of the order follows:
| Hereafter all orders issued by the Sec
| retary or assistant secretary of the navy
direct to any commandant or other officer
| in the naval service shall be executed, and
the officer to whom such order is issued
shall promptly notify the bureau. or Sc
nior officer concerned, of its receipt and
execution"
Approval of Subordinates.
| In explanation of the necessity for this
order it is stated that under the system
which has prevailed from time imme-
mortal orders issued by the Secretary or
his assistant relating to purely technical
details of naval administration were in
| variably help up for action by the recip-
| lent until they had received tine approval
of the naval officer at the head of the bli
| reau directly concerned. The reason for
| that course of action was that the civilian
| heads of the department were not sup
posed to be competent. from lack of tech
nical training. to act in such matters
| without consultation with the naval bu-
| reau chief in direct charge of the partic
ular work in question.
| This was specially the ease in all mat
| ters pertaining to ordnance and cons1ruc-
tion work.
1t is now stated that nett her the SeCre-
tary nor the assistant secretary would
think of issuing an order for any tech
nical work without having first secured
reliable advice from competent naval
sources. and that the order just issued is
designed to secure the execution of the
orders of the officials named with
without the personal approval of an!
subordinate bureau chief.
Bureau Chiefs to Be Consulted.
1t is admitted. however. that it is ex-
tremely unlikely that the civilian heads
of the department would interfere in amy
technical matter in any bureau without
first consulting with the head of the bu-
reau concerned and ascertaining his
views on the subject
The naval officers who hesirous Of
changing he bureau system have pointed
out repeatedly that until the Secretary
has a naval adviser responsible only To
the Secretary all important orders rclat
ing to technical matters must naturally
emanate from the bureau chiefs
In view of the uniformly harmonious
relations existing between the civilian
+. heads of the department and the naval
bureau chiefs it is not believed any fric-
| tion will result from the new order of the
Secretary of the Navy.
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Autos in Endurance Run.

DENVER COL May :D-Nina autnmo-
biles raced today i'll the first annual
Rocky Mountain endurance contest over
A difficult thir;v-two-tulo course between
Sand Creek and Brighton. north .! this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
Mother Kills Child's Assailant.

NtN YORK. May 3o.-Declarins that
John Mara had committed an outrageous
assault on her Six-ycar-old daus htef, MrS.
Teresa Phillips shot and instantly Killed
Mara i'm HroohIyu today. She was az
resi- td
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

Ma idenhead. Thrty-one balloons, decked
with the flags of their respective countries
and carrying in their aggregate upward
of |" passengers. We're successfully sent
off in a gentle breeze from the northeast.
Several of the cars carried women pas
sengers. The nations represented are
France, Germany, Great Britain. Belgium
and Switzerland.
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Thousands Attend Ceremonies.

The thousands who made the pil.rina se
10 Arlington to pay homage TO tie ma
tons dead poured into the silent city
through the massive memorial gatewavs
or foot. in carriages ami other vehicles
The great majority went by the route
through old Georgetown and by way Of
the Aqueduct bridge through Fort Myer
The reVerberating crash of a cannon
shot at noon. the first gun ~ the ma
tionaI salute. gave notice To the mulrItu,i,
that the services al Arlington We're 10
begin. The shot was fired by "A United
States field battery stationed out be
yonG the Spanish war section near where
yet remains a visible reminder of the
DAYS of fire and smoke III the sixties u
slight ridge of earth which marks the
site of Il grim wartime fort. one Of "A chain
which defended Washington from attack
on the south.
Following the firing of the salute by the
gunners of the field battery Corp. John
Finn Of the G.. 4. r.. officer OF the dav
Continued on Eighth PageJ
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MULTITUDE AT ARLINGTON.
Representative Esch Delivers Ora
tion-Parade of Veterans.

Moving memory pictures We're presented
today on the grassy lawns and unduiating
slopes OF Arlington.
The sunlight that glinted through the
stately trees about the historic Lee manor
was sifted through the foliage in golden
showers upon great gathering OF vet
erans and other patriotic people who had
assembled within the sacred confines 10
pay honor IL the nations departed war
riorS
Arlington MAS never more beautiful. nd
the ceremonies never So imposing nor ever
conducted with more so!cmnitN. In the
panorama were the deeper blue uniforms
of the venerable veterans of the vanish
In: Grand Army Of the Republc-the
fighting men uf yesterday. These were
in striking contrast with the olive-Sreen
KHAKI suits Of the soldiers OF today-l'ncle
Sam resularS-the bleI ding blue am;
gray of the Spanish War Veterans ard
the brigtI spring hucS of the spring
gowns ~ patriotic women vino were pres
ent i'm large numbers.
Even the showers of The early afternoon
but increased the glory OF the setting. and
failed 10 materially lessen the numbers of
those who had come to take part III or
look at the ceremonies.
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DEPARTED HEROES
ARE GLOR|F|EO BY
LIVING COMRADES
Soldiers of Yesterday Pay An
nuaI Tribute to Dead.
GRAVES ARE DECORATED
Aged Veterans Once More March in
Still Thinner Ranks.
EXERCISES AT ALL CEMETERIES
Deeds of Saviors of Union Recited in
GRAVES ARE DECORATED
AGED Veterans Once More March in
Still Thinner Ranks.
EXERCISES AT ALL CEMETERIES
Deeds of Saviors of Union Recited in
Oratory and, Verse and Song.
Cannon Boom National Sa-
lute-Music Played.

Wreathe the laurel and the myrtle,
Blend the lily with the rose:
Lay them on the grassy hiiiocks
Where our fallen hra-es repose.
Scatter DER our heroes blossoms.
At their shrine our tribute lay.
To our unreturning heroes
Cpusecrate Memorial day.
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Another Successful Flight.

GHENT Belgium. May :D.-Henry Far
man. the English aeroplanist, today Gov
cred l.24l meters. or tO33 .eet in his aero
plane with two men on board. His COM
panion was NJ. Archdea con. The feat was
performed in a dead calm.
BY this performance Nj. Farman wins
the bet made with NJ. Charron. in March
o: this year. NJ. Charron held that an
aeroplane would not be constructed with
in a year capable of carrying two per-
sons. one of them to weigh not less than
13, pounds distance of 1000 meters.
The odds were two to one against Far
man. He wins 81 900.
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Published Description Inaccurate

Commenting upon the description of the
Wright aeroplane recently published in
the newspapers. Mr. Wright expressed the
opinion that his brother was not RESPONSE
BILE for many of the statements placed
in his mouth. THE dimensions given are
Inaccurate" he said. "and it is palpable
that they were obtained from the patent
Office specifications which In some respects
are deliberately misleading"
Continuing. Mr. Wright said the advan-
tase of having two persons on the ma
chine for military purposes was that one
could take observations while the other
handled the mechanism. He said he
thought it would be six weeks before his
demonstrations in France would begin. II
is possible that Orville Wright will come
oyer. but this has not yet been decided.
French aeronauts are intensely inter-
ested in the prospect of a series of dem
onstrations with the Wright aeroplane in
France.
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Wilbur Wright Not Worried.

PARIS. May :D.-Wilbur Wright. one of
the Wright brothers. the American aero
planists was informed today that Leon
Delagrange. the French aeroplanist, had
succeeded iii flying 12.1.0 meters. or 1.911
miles al Rome He manifested consider
able interest in this performance and
said:
we are not worried We already have
tripled the distance made by NJ. Della
grange this morning. Our confidence in
our leadership rests upon the essential
difference between our machine and those
used in Europe. We have a practical
aeroplane capable of flying in the wind. :
Mr. Wright then proceeded to explain
that the problem of equilibrium had been
solved by himself and his brother by the
application of the helicoid principle. which
enabled them by twist of the surface of
the planes to right their machine against
the wind. On the other hand. he said. all
the European machines had thus far sta a
tionary planes. Herein. Mr.. Wright init
mated was the great secret of his sue
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DELAGRAaGE MAKES RECORD
HIS AEROPLANE FLIES OVER
SEVEN MILES.
Wilbur Wright Not Worried.
Claims Superiority for His
Flying Machine.

ROME, May 3O-DelasranSe the aero
naut beat the worlds aeropane record
today, flying 1850 meters and remaining
in the air fifteen minutes and twentysix
seconds
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-31
LETS CAT OUT OF BAG.
German Manufacturers to Flood
America With Goods if Bryan
Should be Elected


The following cablegram to the New
what German manufacturers expect to
do should Bryan be elected:
Berlin, Oct. 3.-The gladiatorial
fight between President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Bryan has suddenly aroused Ger
man interest in the American Presi-
Dental campaign and columns are now
devoted TO extracts from the mammoth
campaign documents of the combatants.
German hopes of Democratic Dictory
hare been rerired and many merchants
and manufacturers hare suddenly
srolC,s optimistic about a rerision of the
tariff aChich aoiH enable them to flood
America acith their goods
The German manufacturers evidently
are shrewd observers. If Mr.. Bryan
should be elected and his downward
revision" doctrine with ultimate free
trade be carried into effect we would
soon be flooded with German-made
goods of every description, and our fac
tories could go out of business
Protective Tarin Theory.
On the other hand, should Mr.. Taft
be elected our friends the German man
ufacturers would not be able to break
through the wall of protection which
would be maintained for the benefit of
American labor.
The protectiye-tarin theory as de-
fined in the Republican platform, and
as adhered to by Mr.. Taft, is that in
order to maintain high wages in this
country there must be "the imposition
of such duties as will equal the differ
ence between the cost of production at
home and abroad, together with a rea-
sonable profit to American Industries"
Mr. Taft points out that the cost of pro-
duction Is determined chiefly by these
three elements: THE cost of material,
the cost of labor and the interest on
capital, or what is known as the manu-
facturer's profit"
1.-THE normal operation of protection,
where competition has free scope" Mr..
Taft asserts, sis to lower the cost of
producing and so to reduce prices to
the public. AS a consequence, after ten
years operation of a particular sched-
ule, it ought to result that the cost Of
production in this country is made less,
and therefore that the difference be-
tween the cost of production in this
country and abroad is less, and there
fore that the duty ought to be reduced
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-31

The function of the next administra-
ton is not to be spectacular in the en-
actment of great statutes laying down
new codes of morals or asserting new
standard of business integrity, but its
work lies in the details of furnishing
men and machinery TO aid the hand of
the executive in making the supervision
of the transactions (of corporations) so
close, so careful so constant. that the
business men engaged in it may know
promptly when they are transgressing
the line of lawful business limitations.
and may be brought UP standing when
ever this occurs. and may be prosecuted
when the violations of law are fragrant
and defiant, and promptly restrained
and penalized.-Judge Taft, at St
Charles, Mo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-31


st have heard it discussed, and Il
think it feasible for a dishonest man
or set of men to organize $4,000
bank. then create lot of fictitious de-
posits as the proceeds of lot of dunn
my notes, then let the bank close its
doors and call on the guaranty fund to
pay these deposits. Naturally, the de-
posts will be credited to men in no
way identified with the note itself.
1--WE had one bank failure in my town
for something like $1,0OO,OOO- This
would have taken more than five per
cent assessment on the deposits of the
state banks of Oklahoma. Supposing Il
bank had 100000 deposits on a capital
stock of $4,000. Fifty per cent, or one
fiscated to make up the one loss 1t is
more dangerous to the honest, small
banker than to the large one, because
the large one can prepare himself to
weather the storm.
"Under guise of this law an attempt
is being made to put all banks on an
exact equality. The man who has spent
a lifetime in building up an honorable
reputation is sacrificed for the sake of
ma king some poor, incompetent. dis
honest banker exactly equal to him. 1t
is a mistake to suppose that sacrificing
the assets of the solvent bank is going
to prevent the rascal from failing
There is more money in it for him to
fail, under this law, than there will be
TO
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-31
ROMAN rEMpLEslN FRANCE.
Structure at Mines Best Preserved
Building Of Ancient Rome

Mines, France.-The amphitheater
at Mines is among the most perfectly
preserved OF all the structures OF
ancient Rome. the crypts, the dens for
wild beasts, the subterranean dun
geons, the massive arches and super
structure, and the great circular tiers
of stone seats. all being SO perfectly
preserved that the French population
of the present day gathers here every
Sunday afternoon during the season,
to gioat over the bloody spectacle of .
bull fight, in the same arena where.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-31
TO MIDDLE WEST AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES REPUBLICANS


to
will able Taft Sherman VIII help?
Republican
tonal fttee.
w.
Assists
Whitney
illinois, Frederick H Smith, Peoria
Lafayette Mone4
E
O. L.
c. Wharton, Omaha.
Jew j w.
A Buchanan, Buchanan.
H. w.
o. W.
Assistant