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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-12

all the buds as well as the roses. 1t
improves q forest and promotes the
growth of the younger trees to have the
Veterans removed When a tree has
reached maturity it begins to deteriorate.
slowly, perhaps. but surely: and II should
be cut down in order to command its full
value in the market. There are a suffi-
ests to furnish all the timber that is
needed. and a sufficient number OF trees
are maturing annually to supply the cur
rent demands, without destroying the
immature and growing young trees. 1t Is
only necessary for the lumbermen to en-
ploy foresters> who know the difference
and can select the trees that can be cut
Of clearing the ground and rendering 1t
worthless. he can exact from his timber
lands a steady income"
Manufacture Of spools.
Eight hundred million spools are manu-
featured annually in the United States
lion dollars. To make them eight million
feet Of white birch are consumed. Spool
making Is almost exclusively limited to
the state OF Maine. where there are
dozen or more factories The birch logs
are cut into bars from two and q half to
four feet long and one and a half to three
inches square. absolutely clear of knots
trees are cut in winter and the bars are
sawed in portable mills from which they
are hauled to convenient places and piled
crisis cross in order that they may become
thoroughly seasoned. They are protected
from the weather by movable sheds, and
when they are fully seasoned they are
shipped to the factories and run through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-12
To Preserve Timber Supply.

In reply to an inquiry as to how long
our timber supply will last at the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
HIS FREEDOM ONLY BRIEF
AGED MAN QUITS PRISON TO BE
REARRESTED.
Mcpherson Wanted Here as Fugitive
From Justice-Charged With
Passing Worthless Checks.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WORCESTER, Mass, August 22-Just
as acknowledgements William McPher-
son babe Warden Bridges adieu, after
spending three years behind the bars in
the Charlestown state prison, police in
spectors from Washington nearly pros
trated him with the news that he was
wanted there a fugitive from justice.
Detective Sergt. Alpha w. Parham of
Washington, conducted him to the post
Office building, where he was arraigned
before Commissioners Hayes, who con-
tinued his case until this afternoon
In Boston he was charged with having
passed a number of worthless checks and
elsewhere throughout the east he is said
to have practiced the same tricks. In
1901 he was sentenced to four years al
Trenton. and in 1905 he was promptly
claimed by Massachusetts officers and was
here sentenced to a term of three to three
and one-half years.
II thought l was free to begin life over
again, to turn over a new leaf and start
right. even at my advanced age" said
Mcpherson. 1 will not survive another
prison term
Massachusetts officials believed there
were no more charges against Mcpherson.
who has been q model prisoner, and they
thought the old man was really free at
last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
LIGHTNING SET OFF DYNAMITE
Explosion Near Pottsville, Pa, Kill
ed Two Tunnel Drivers.

POTTSVILLE, Pa, August 22-In an
explosion caused by a lightning bolt,
which set off charge of dynamite, two
expert tunnel drivers were killed and
another was probably fatally injured
while they worked far under the surface
of the earth in tunnel which had been
driven distance of 1900 feet into the
mountainside at Valley View. in the
western part of Schuylkill county, The
electrical fluid was carried into the un-
foreground chamber through the agency
of steel rails or through wire which
connected the surface with the interior
of the tunnel. Six men were working in
the tunnel when the lightning struck.
The dead:
Philip E1linger. thirty-two years old.
Valley View; leaves widow and three
children.
George Hollenstine, Valley View, aged
twcnty-three years.
The injured man is Morris Wolfgang.
leg shattered and may die, as the result
of shock.
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
les Ellinger and Hollenstine were pre-
pairing the charge when the lightning
struck at the mouth of the tunnel and a
minute afterward the dynamite exploded.
The bodies of the men were blown to
pieces. while Wolfgang was hurled a
considerable distance and was found bv
the three uninjured men, who had retired
in anticipation of the setting off of the
dynamite.
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HAD TO FLEE IN THE NIGHT
RETURNED GUESTS TELL TALE
OF oWLYoUT LODGE FIRE.
Most of Them Lost All Their Cloth
ing and Cash-Building Burned
Like finder.

Guests who returned to town today tell
the story of the burning Thursday night
of Owlyout Lodge. a summer hotel in
Clinton county. n. V. operated by Miss
Edith c. Westcott and Miss Alys T.. Bent
ley of this city.
The fire started in a room in which
there was an oil tank. and spread so
rapidly that the 100 guests in the hotel,
many of whom We're Washington people.
barely escaped and had no time TO save
their clothing or other effects.
Miss Angelina Simnton, a clerk in the
office of the District board of education
and residing with her mother at 18th and
s street northwest, who was one OF the
guests at Owlout Lodge, arrived home
at 1890 am. She was more fortunate
than most of the guests. for she managed
to save her pocketbook and some wearing
apparel Miss Siminton occupied a room
with Miss Ada Burch OF this city and
when awakened by the fire grabbed her
clothing and purse and ran for safety.
In the purse was a return trip ticket TO
this city and $40. and with these funds
she came home. All the remainder of her
money and clothing was destroyed in the
fire. Soon after arriving home Miss
Siminton started downtown to one or
the department stores.
All nthe Same Boat.
MISS Slml1lStOn says lIldl Will lew Ca
ceptions the guests at the lodge lost
practically all their property. The lodge.
which was big frame building. burned
like finder and the guests escaped In
their night clothing. Several of them
received slight bruises. Miss Alys T..
Bentley, one of the owners of the hotel,
had her hair burned and her feet Bills
tered.
One life was lost, that OF boy en-
ployed about the lodge. The boy could
have been saved, too, had 1T been known
that he was i'm the building.
Residents of the cottages in the vicinity
of Owlout Lodge were kind to the
burned out people, taking them into their
homes, furnishing them with clothing and
playing the Good Samaritan generally.
Friends and relatives of the Washing
ton guests who lost their effects and
money in the fire have been sending them
funds by telegraph today. Many of them
will not be able to make the journey to
Washington until they get something to
wear.
Loss Is Heavy.
Miss Westcott and Miss Bentley had
considerable sum of money invested In
Owlyout Lodge. and recently had over
hauled and modernized the building and
were doing a fine business. Little insur-
ance was carried, and the loss will be
heavy.
Miss Alma Goodman was another or
the Owlyout Lodge guests who arrived IN
the city early this morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
PLOT, SAYS MRS. BALL
None Such, EmphaticalIy De-
cIares Mrs. Newton.
AND SHE DIDN'T RUN AWAY
W. R. C. President Went on Outing
to Chesapeake Beach Only.
CHARGES BY DEPOsED OFFICER
Says "Clique of Women" Determined
to Gust Her From Organization.
Explains Her Side of Row.
CHARGES BY DEPOsED OFFICER

Discussions within the Woman's Relief
Corps of the District of Columbia far
from being assuaged have been augmented
and will probably be subject Of argu-
ment before the national convention OF
that organization, which meets during the
G. A. r. encampment in Toledo, Ohio,
August 81 to- September ).
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, past depart
ment president, recently suspended for
one year by Mrs. Emma l.. Newton, de-
partment president, has issued state
ment in which, among other things, she
says Mrs. Newton, assisted by clique
of women, has determined to GUST her
from the corps.
Mrs. Newton Denies Plot.
'Please say that L don't care to make
any comment" said Mrs. Newton when
asked for a statement in response to Mrs
Ball this afternoon.
Asked if members of the Women's Re-
lief Corps had combined to suspend Mrs
Ball from the organization, Mrs. Newton
entered emphatic denial.
And you can contracdist a published re-
port" she continued, that left the city
hurriedly yesterday The fact is Lincoln
their annual outing at Chesapeake Beach
And Of course 1 went. We had a large
crowd and every one enjoyed himself"
Mrs. Ball in her statement said hel
more than year. when she defeated
Mrs Newton for department president
And after her election to the presidency
according to Mrs. Ball. she was harassed
by Mrs. Newton and her friends.
when the arrangements for the Gen
nj ne n q yxrar inC tod h
the Commissioners" Mrs. Ball states 81
received the communication which Mrs
Newton claims l opened and on which
she bases her charges.
Mrs. Balls Side of It.
This is where she allowed her imagi-
nation to get the best of her. The letter
she has reference to was addressed to
me. not as president of the Woman's
Relief Corps, but to Isabel Worrell Ball
individually and privately, and the letter
Relief Corps to participate in the cere-
monies in connection with the removal
of Gov. Clinton's body from Congressional
cemetery to the Union station.
Il called up Commissioner Macfarland's
private secretary. Mr.. Hibbs, and told
him he would have to address a comml-
nication to Mrs. Emma l.. Newton, presi-
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps, and
he Informed me it was too late, S the
matter had been turned over to Gen. J.
Franklin Bell. chief of staff U.S.A.
II then called upon Col. Alvord. adju-
tant general Of the army, and told him
of the matter, and at the same time asked
permission for the Isabel Worrell Ball
Flag Association to participate. and he
granted it. He said he would communi-
cate with Mrs. Newton, and he did so.
"He then asked me to help him to the
extent of taking charge of the women.
He did not know what to do with them.
as 1t was against all ethics Of the army
for women to march with men in a pa
rade. I informed him I did not care to
borrow trouble; but he insisted upon it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
FREEMAN IS SIGNED TO WE'D
TO MAKE LIFE PARTNER OF
MISS GILBERT.
Nationals First Baceman Is to Be
Married on Monday-Quite
Romance.

Playing first base is hard on the fin
gers and especially so when the player
has to take a lot Of "pick-ups' from short
throws.
Jerry Freeman has had such trouble
with his finger nails that he has had
to have them manicured every day late
ly. Joe Cantillon says Freeman is get
ting to be perfect Beau Brummel.
And as for his hands, says Joe. they
are no longer a base ball players hands
They look like pink little baby's club
by fists
But something is' back of it all. And
as usual. there lisa woman in the case.
Jerry was walking down the street one
day last spring with a friend. and they
passed in front of barber shop. Then
and there, Jerry's heart palpitated as il
had not done before Not only did it dc
this, but it pirouetted and backed up. re-
fusng to assume its normal functions unit
Jerry consented to walk into the barber
shop and sit down at certain little table
where a certain manicurist sat. and then
it's processes were less normal than be-
fore.
Jerry's friend saw the lady. too, and
walked fast. trying to get there first
But playing first base teaches one lot
of tricks. And Jerry spiked his friend
and reached the home plate by the
There was some manicuring done-but
not enough. So when she patted his
fingers and handed him over to the
cashier he declared that If one manicur-
ing is a good thing then two manicurings
would be better. So down he sat for
more.
And eventually the little strokes of the
orange wood sticks became weaker and
weaker. And the two heads drew closer
and closer. And finally there was no
mancuring going on at adjust a heart
to heart talk. And 1t was not anybody
else's business-except the prOprietor's s,
and that person didn't see.
So Jerry found out that a gentleman
had to be manicured daily Once in the
morning and once at noon and once again
toward the close Of the day-just about
the time the mancurist was getting ready
to think of going home. And there are
not many girls in the city who can have
Jerry Freeman to see them home.
And now that Jerry has his hands fixed
he is going to be married. Talk about
your romances! This is real one. For
the very pretty girl who softened up his
fingers has put dent in his heart as big
as Jerry's own black mitt that he wears
out at the park.
So next Monday evening Miss Lula Gil
bert will marry Mr.. jeremiah Freeman
in the parsonage of St. Marks Lutheran
Church, sol c street southwest. The hour
is SIS. Rev. j. L. Frantz will join their
hands in holy matrmony.
And when the fans see Jerry again
they will all shout: Congratulations. old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
NOT ENGlANO'S RIVAL ON. SEA
GERMANY WITHOUT NAVAL
ASPIRATIONS, SAYS PRESS.
Lloyd-George's Mission Not Directed
Toward Agreement Curtail-
ing Armament.

BERLIN. August 22-David Lloyd
George. chancellor of the British ex-
chequer. who has been on the continent
for some days past, continued his in
quiries today regarding social legisla-
ton.
He visited number of insurance Of
fees in Berlin and received specialists
from the government department of pen
for Hamburg tonight.
1t now seems that the question of naval
ornaments has not been mentioned be-
tween Lloyd-George and the statesmen
of Germany. The whole idea that Lloyd
George came to Germany on a special
private mission to discuss the possibility
of an agreement regarding the reduction
of naval armament. as a sequence to
the meeting of King Edward and EN-
peror William, appears now to be with
out foundation.
The German press has reproduced at
length the English comment and specu-
lation on Lloyd-George's visit. But there
has not been a single paragraph in any
government or semigovernment journal
indicating the Willingness of GERMANY to
join with Great Britain In a naval agree.
ment. The constant reiteration has beer
that the German navy is not being built
with hostile designs against anybody but
only for the general protection of Ger.
man commerce abroad, should occasion
arise
Die GrenZboten, which contains a week
ly review of foreign affairs. written by
a person whose statements are guided by
the foreign Office, disavows this week
that the German government has any
thought of contesting Great Britain's DO
sition sea power. Continuing, the
writer says that inasmuch as Germany
commercial marine has been developed
in complete independence of that OF
Great Britain. in the same manner Ger
many Is building a navy commensurate
with her eversea interests and her mer-
camille fleet.
If Great Britain considers that her DO
sition has been rendered in any way in
secure, Germany cannot object to Great
Br1tains building two warships for every
one that Germany LAYS down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
The Fly.
From the Londen Chronicle.

from the LOnu0n CurOnICIe.
In the case of the fly We have modern
science once more giving q rational version
of an old superstition As the carrier
of deadly bacilli the insect may be con-
sidered only less terrible than if he were
literally a devil incarnate. as our fore
fathers believed him often to be. So
fond, indeed. were evil spirits considered
to be of taking the forms of flies that
"fy" became one word for a familiar
demon. "A file. otherwise called a dwell
or familiar" wrote Scot. the sixteenth
century denouncer of belief in witchcraft
Beelzebub (the Lord Of Fiies). however
seems to have been so called not as their
demon king but as the deity who would
drive them away for a consideration
Just SO the Greeks addressed both Zeus
Of flies."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

operations of this severe statute by inn
plication especially in view of the fact
that i'm my judgment the offenses of
which these young men were undoubtedly
guilty can be adequately punished with
out resorting to the extreme penalty of
expulsion. 1t is the certainty of punish
ment rather than the severity that deters
the commission of offenses. At the same
time. ii should be made very clear to all
the young men at the academy that
obedience to the regulations imposed and
the observance of proper department
toward the younger members is exacted.
Here's the Punishment.
II therefore recommend that Cadets
Rossell and Weaver be dismissed from the
academy and that the other six be sus-
pended with loss of all pay and allow
ances until June H. 1909 when they will
join the then third class. This is the
course recommended by Col. Scott. and
l am inclined to think with him that 1t
will be better to have them remain in
their homes during the year of suspension
rather than to go over the same course
which they have just finished. which
would he the case We're they turned back
year and allowed to remain at the acad
envy. He tells me that this is the usual
procedure i'll such cases.
The President having approved the rec
ommendation that Cadets RoSSell and
Weaver he dismissed from the academy
with loss of all pay and allowances until
June H. 1909, when they will join the then
third class. the necessary orders to carry
out his directions were issued at once.
Settled at Sycamore Hill.
In the conference at Sycamore Hill,
participated in by the President. Secretary
Wright and Col. Scott. it was suggested
that all of the eight cadets he suspended
from the academy for one year without
pay or allowances. Supt. Scott insisted,
however. that the maintenance of dis
cipline ut the academy required even more
drastic punishment than would be con-
tanned in order of suspension. He
pointed out that the two first classmen
We're confessedly the ringleaders in the
hazing and that they ought to be dealt
with more severely than the others He
felt that if drastic action were not taken
by the authorities in this case his in
fluence superintendent would be weak
ened materially. With this view the
President and Secretary Wright finally
agreed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
WHILE THE GLOVE Is UP.
Then No Man Can Be Arrested in
This English Town.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The quaint custom of ''proclaiming the
fair at Honiton has just been observed.
The town obtained the grant of q fair
from the lord of the manor SO long ago
as 1857, and the fair still retains some of
the picturesque characteristics of bygone
days.
The town crier. dressed in picturesque
uniform and carrying a pole decorated
with gay flowers and surmounted by a
large gilt model of a gloved hand, public
ly announces the opening of the fair az
follows: 'Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The fair s
begun, the glove is up No man can be
arrested till the glove is taken down.
Hot coins are then thrown among the
children.
The pole and glove will remain dis
played until the end Of the fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

pounds. That means that Mr.. Street had
10 exert himself sufficiently To stop a
weight OF forty-eicht pounds. il IL had just
started 10 drop or, by simply applying
the rules of mechanics. he caught ball
having a force OF S.115 foot pounds. III you
viii remember foot pound means the
energy required to lift one pound one
foot. so that the bail was coming with
an energy that would lift one pound OF
beefsteak 3.115 feet in the air-why.
Mabel. where are YOU? Darn those
Kids
Oh. Chez; What's the Use.
But outside on the dar,ened porch all
thoughts of Charles Gabby Street and his
marvellous catch were put away I'm the
background. while George showed Mabel
"A better stunt-how To get two people into
a hammock at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
ENTERS A DENIAL.
Supervising Architect Says Granite
Columns Are Not Discolored.

A rumor abroad today to the effect that
a narrow streak of discoloration had been
discovered i'm granite column which had
been set in place on the east side of the
Treasury building was denied by Super
vising Architect James X. Taylor. AL
though the workmen have not more
than one of the big pillars in place.
there are several men at work on the
east front of the building, and are drill
ing and hammering all day long. Treas
ury officials and clerks at work on that
side of the building have to keep their
desks and papers covered with large
sheets of cheese cloth on account of the
activities of the men with the drills. The
report of discrimination of the work is
derided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
TO PREVENT BETTING.
Executive Committee Of Coney
Island Jockey Club Meets.

Special Dispatch to The star
NEW YORK, August Pas result
of the meeting held today by the execu-
tive committee of the Coney Island Jockey
Club the racing interests Of the state are
to make another effort to prevent
betting by the public, and thus conform
with the provisions of the Agnew-Hart
anti-racing bills.
1t was decided that the best interests
of racing in the present crisis would be
served by continuing, as planned, the
meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club
at Sheepshead Bay, beginning August 70
and continuing until September II.
II was resolved to hold all the regular
stake events and such overnight handicaps
as are usual. with the exception OF the
two Fridays-September 4 and 11-when
the gates will be closed because or the
absence of any special stake or handicap
events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Archery.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Lack of popular interest In the archery
contests at Shepherds Bush proves that
this Is not sport for the millions now
adays; but the circumstances in which
archery was revived toward the end OF
the eighteenth century suggest that 1t
might be an excellent thing for a gener-
alton of desk-workers. 1t is recorded
that Mr.. Waring. who lived with Sir
Ashton Lever at Leicester House. 'hav-
ing, by continual business. contracted an
oppression upon his chest (arising prin-
cipally from sitting too closely at his desk
and pressing his breast too much against
II, and which the most eminent in the
faculty had in vain endeavored to re-
move), resolved to try the effects of the
resulted Sir Ashton Lever followed Mr.
Warnings example. and the society OF
Toxophilites was founded.
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Dismissed From Gotham Force.

NEW YORK. August 22.-David H.
Shellard, the Brooklyn policeman who is
charged with homicide IN connection with
the shooting of Babara Reig in the Irv-
ing Square Park shelter house July 23
has been dismissed from the police force
The charge against Shellard was absence
from his post without leave.