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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
FOR UpufT OF THE NEGRO
COMING CONFERENCE OF EDU.
GATORS AT BOSTON.
President Thirkield Of Howard UNI
versity Will Give Others Bens-
At of His Experience.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass. August 15.-In a ma
tional conference Of college presidents.
church leaders and business and profess
sional men, interested in the mental,
moral and religious education Of the ne
gro. the greatest gathering Of celebrities
for a like purpose In the history Of the
country, President Wilbur p. Thirkield Of
Howard University. Washington. will take
a leading part. During the three days
the meeting will be In session he will
give the distinguished members Of the
conference the benefit OF his experience
and his views Of what should be done in
the future.
College heads and people interested in
work looking to the uplifting Of the negro
are arriving from all parts of the coun-
try. principally from the south. and are
loud in the praise of the idea and enthu-
siastic in the declaratin Of their belief
that much good will be accomplished.
Several radical ideas, II is said, will be
proposed. The session will begin Tuesday
and will be finished some time Thursday.
The conference will be held at Dyke
Rock College, the summer residence of w.
n. Hartshorn, who is chairman of the
executive committee of the International
Sunday School Association.
In all, tnlrty-tWo ihsltuliohs Vi iedlh-
ing will be represented at the meetings.
Three sessions will be held daily. morn
ing. afternoon and evening.
President Thirkield will deliver an ad-
dress ON 1.-The Present Needs of the Ne
gro," and will be followed by Rev. John E.
White of Atlanta, Prof. w. b. Matthews,
Atlanta, and President r. I. Pollard or
Selma University. Selma, Ala, who Will
give their views on the same subject
President ]. o. Spencer of Morgan Col
lege, Baltimore. is also on the program
for a tconspicuous part.
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KILLED BY SUBWAY TRAIN.
Man Trying to Escape Paying Fare
Loses Life

NEW YORK. August 15.-In an effort
to escape paying cents for ride in the
subway a man believed to have been Ed
ward ]. Maher was killed early today
near Franklin street on the express track
Of the underground roa.A According to
the story told by the te1et agent Maher
darted past the ticket chopper without
putting a ticket In the box and hurried
to the end of the platform.
When pursued by the ticket chopper
the man leaped from the platform and
dashed through the tube and disappeared
in the darkness. Shortly thereafter both
the ticket agent and the chopper started
on a search with lanterns for the missing
man. short distance from Franklin
street they found his body, horribly
crushed. on the northbound track, where
an express train had evidently struck
him. He was still breathing when found,
but died soon after reaching the hospital.
The police arrested James Devine, the
ticket chopper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
CHARGED TO BLACK HAND.
Explosion n Home Of a Man From
Whom Money Was Demanded.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE explo-
sion of a bomb in the hallway OF a two
story frame building at 1876 Hamilton
avenue, Brooklyn, last night threw the
residents of that section in panic and
shattered windows in many of the tene-
ments in the neighborhood. The build
ing in which the bomb was placed Is
owned and occupied by grocer named
Leopold Tacello.
He has his store on the ground floor
Of the building, and with his wife and
three children lives in the upper part.
All were sound asleep when there came q
terrific explosion, which could be heard
block away. Tacello. his wife and
children were thrown from their beds,
and in their night clothes rushed to the
street. Occupants of nearby tenements
also rushed to the streets in their night
clothes The police started an investiga-
ton. but Were unable to find who hau
placed the bomb in the hall Of Tacello's
building. He has received many letters
from the Black Hand Society demanding
money.
The damage to the building amounts to
about $1.500. Tacello and his family es-
capped serious injury.
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Partly Cloudy Today; Possibly
Showers.

Forecast For Sunday and Monday.-For
the District Of Columbia and Maryland.
partly cloudy Sunday. possibly showers
and not so warm. Monday fair; light
northeast to east winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy Sunday,
probably local showers. slightly cooler in
northern portion. Monday fair; light to
fresh northeast to east winds.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
cast-Not much remains Of the western
low area Of the last three days. but with
the high pressure to the northeastward 1t
has caused continuance of the unsettled
and showery weather in the Rocky noun
tain region. and from Nebraska and the
DakotaS eastward into Wisconsin and
northern Illinois. Heavy rains fell in
Iowa during Friday night. especially at
Des Moines. where 40 inches fell. There
was no other rain of consequence except
some local showers In southern Virginia,
the Carolinas and eastern Florida.
High temperatures continue in the CEN
trail valleys. the south and southwest, but
in New England, the middle Atlantic
states and the lower lake region it is ap-
probably cooler. In the west tempera-
lures are moderate. although they have
risen considerably over the northern dis
tricts.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be light to
fresh north to northeast; on the south
Atlantic coast light and mostly southerly;
on the east gulf coast light and variable:
southeast to south; on the lower lakes
light to fresh northeast to east. and on
the upper lakes fresh east to southeast.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, $50 am. and 1854
pm: high tide, IL % am. and 1850 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 6:25 am. and 6:45
pm; high tide. 12:15 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:14 am; sun sets.
1855 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:15 am.
Moon rises. 1901 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and fncandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERs FERRY, w. Va. August Is
Potomac clear and Shenandoah muddy
this afternoon.
Temperature.
Midnight, 81; 2 a.m...7s; 4 am. 70: &
am. rs; am, n; 10 am, 81; II noon,
81; 2 pm. 8S; pm, 50: 6 pm, 81;
pm. 70: 10 pm. 76.
Maximum, SS; minimum, "a.
Relative humidity.
Eight am, 20: pm. 81.
Rainfall q pm. to p.m-), o.
Hours Of sunshine, IA.
Per cent of possible sunshine, 100.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi
mum. 70; minimum, 90.
Temperatures in Other Cities.
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who keeps busy in Maj. Henderson's

VINO keeps busy IN MAI. Henderson 8
fancy menus, is down at the western end
of the street. The next door Oklahomans
have woman to watch their belongings
the wife of one Of the team officers. The
District rifemen feel that they are likely
to be robbed any day or night as was
Maj. Palmer at Sea Grit, several years
ago. when a thief entered his tent at
night and took lot of valuables.
Visitors of all gradations are fiocking
into camp-tramps from Sandusky. Tole-
do and the nearby tracks of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad.
rustic grangers. who emerge from the
surrounding woods or arrive in hayracks
and buckboards and picnic on the firing
lines all day; dignitaries who accompany
Buckeye politicians. Diverting discus
sions on the administration building and
clubhouse piazzas of the merits of Taft
ana Bryan accompany the clatter of RI
hery. When the debate wanes the poll
ticians mediate on the virtues of a mas
sive steam roller snorting I'D and down
the main avenue, smashing the thorough
fare into shape before the next flood.
STAFF Of Executive Officer.
Lieut.. Col r. K. Evans, U. s. A., who
will be the executive officer of the ma
tional matches, has announced his per-
sonal staff. It is as follows: Assistant
SAcCuIlV0 OIlCST ana CnlcI range Omccr,
Maj. ]. T. Dickman. 18th Cavalry; assist
ant chief range officers. Capt. w. s. Scott,
LIST Cavalry; Capt. D. ]. Baker, 9th In
fantry; Capt. w. Sayre. 9Th Cavalry: chief
pit officer. Capt. G. G.. B. Smith, 4th In
fantry; adjutant, Capt. S. Upton, LIST In
fantry; assistant adjutant, First Lieut..
r. D. Carter. 10th Infantry; surgeon,
Capt. H. F. Pipes. Medical Corps; as
sistant surgeon. Fist Lieut.. A. H.
Tasker. Medical Corps: quartermaster and
commissary First Lieut. L. L. Dietrich,
18th Cavalry; assistant quartermaster and
commissary. First Lieut.. B. T. Merchant,
18th Cavalry: statistical officer, First
Lieut.. w. A. Mitchell. Corps of Engineers;
ordnance officer, Capt. w. A. Phillips,
ordnance department.
Brig. Gen. Ohm c. Speaks Of Ohio who
Is acting as executive officer during the
National Rife Association matches. has
put United States Army officers In charge
of the various ranges. Capt. E. A. Book
miller of the 9th Infantry has the short
ranges. Capt. r. Harrison of the 7th In
fantry the mid range; Capt G. H. Jamer-
son. 18th Infantry, the 8O0-yard range,
and Capt. R. o. Van Horn Of the 18th In
fantry the 1.O00-yard range. The revolver
range Is in charge of Col. Barger Of Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
COMPANY z, I'd d. c.
Marine Corps Dangerous"

The success Of the United. States Ma
rine Corps team in winning the first three
places in the championship company team
match is taken by the camp as a sig.
nificant preliminary to the national match.
The Marines, who trained at Williams
burg, Va, for q month and then for an
other month at Sea Girt and came here
two weeks ago, shot with marked steadi-
ness. The winning team rolled up 463
Sergt. p. 8. Lund scoring 50 out Of the
possible 1OO-a score which Sergt. Baptist
plicated. At 200 yards high scoring was
by Sergt. De Loach. who made 46. while
at 600 yards Sergt. Baptist led with As.
The District team will compete steadily
next week in the National Rife Associa-
ton matches. Maj. Robbins plans to have
teams from the LIST and I'd regiments ir
the championship reg1mental skirmist
match and the championship regimental
match. both Of which will begin Mon
day morning, the latter not being I'm
ished, however, until Tuesday. The skir-
ment in 1901. 1902 and 1908. The ma.
rines took 1t in 1904 and 1906. the Engi-
neers Corps, U.S.A.. in 1905 and the 20
Infantry. Washington. last year. The
championship regimenta1 match was won
in 1900 and the LIST Regiment. District OF
Columbia, in 1901. The 9Th Massachusetts
was the winner in 1908 and again last
year. II Lieut.. Putnam were member
of regiment instead Of the Signal Corps
the District would have put three reg.
mental teams into the matches.
Will Enter Individual Matches.
In the Wimbledon match Monday after
noon-the 1.000-yard battle for the
flve-hundred-dollar Wimbledon cup pre-
sented by the National Rifle Asso-
citation of Great Britain-Maj. Rob-
bins will need all the sixteen men.
The whole team personnel will also
be in the Leech . cup individual match
Tuesday-a 500. 800 and 1000 yards con-
test. which. like the Wimbledon. affords
national match. In the Ohio state Rifle
Associations match Wednesday for the
Herrtck trophy-a match similar to the
Dryden at Sea Gir-the District will have
two teams of eight men. Next Friday
and Saturday are set apart for the pre-
Nnainary practice for tho national match,
which will open Monday morning. August
a.
Certain members of the District team
who left their blankets in Washington.
as was done last year. are rejoicing over
the arrival OF the extra supply MAJ Rob-
bins imported from home. A lot OF Ian
terms ne had sent here have been dds.
tr1Duteo among the men. several OF
them Maj. Henderson has strung in the
District mess ilall-the fairy garden"
The absolute lack Of guard protection
to the rinemen's camps Is a matter of no
little concern to many OF the visiting
teams. The army detachments have
their camps regularly guarded. but the
rifle teams are exposed to any sneak
thief who takes 1t into his head to ran
sack tent or a street. And II he be In
uniform he will in nine cases out OF, ten
be able to make a passable excuse. even
at night.
In Fear Of Thieves.
The District camp is deserted most Of
the day, except that Andy Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Telephoning without Wires.

special Cablegram 10 The Star.
PARIS, August 15.-Three officers of
the navy have solved the problem OF tele-
phoning without wires, and. thanks to new
apparatus, they have apparently reached
perfection point August they con-
Quoted a series of experiments between
Paris and Dieppe, a distance of 150 kilo-
meters. with perfect results. Songs and
conversations between the two points
We're distinctly heard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Kentucky Horses Sent to Keene.

'F'eCIdI DISPatcu % 3ue Star
LEXINGTON. KY, August 15.-Johnnie
Miller will leave for New York today OIL
tomorrow with two carloads Of thor
oughbreds consigned to James R. Keene
The shipment will consist of twenty-five
warnings. thirteen colts and nine FLIES
six brood mares and one stallion. It Is
not known what disposition will be
made of these thoroughbreds. 1t Is
possible that the yearlings. which have
English engagements, will be sent abroad
and the mares and stallion will be
placed upstate and bred on shares. Sat.
urday next another carload of yearlings
Will be sent to New York. and this ship.
ment will clean up the yearlings at Cas-
Teton stud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Sheep Sheds Burned.

BUFFALO, n. Y. August 15.-FYre
which broke out early today in the sheep
sheds of the New York Central stock
yards at East Buffalo destroyed all OF
them and some adjoining buildings Be.
tween 1900 and 1900 sheep and calves
were burned. The loss 10 estimated at
500 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
CRI1|C|SES THE PRESIDENT
PEACE UNION SPEAKER AL.
LEGES INSINCERITY.
Hobson Also Target for Deprecatory
Observation-Disclosures Reflects
All It's Officers.

MYSTIC, Conn.,. August 15.-PreSideni
Roosevelt and Capt. Hobson were the OBJ
jects of further structures at the hands OF
the Universal Peace Union today. VIII
liam C. Ferris of Wilmington, Del, said
that President RoOsevelt's call for Sc
many big battleships showed how insin-
Cere is his professed position in favor OF
peace
Capt. Hobson, he said, called himself
a worker for peace, but he was farther
from this than the majority of other
men.
Mr. Ferris address was on the ways
and Means of Promoting Peace and
itarism which. he said. existed in this
country at the present time.
Other speakers were Rev. Alfred E
Love of Philadelphia. president of the
union; Charles P. Hastings of Philadel.
phia. and Francis Gallagher of Provi.
dence. r. /.
Favors Abolition Of Navy.
The peace union went on record as
favOring the abolition of our navy, which
position it believes is justified by the fac,
that the American feet left unprotected
first the Atlantic coast and now botf
coasts and no trouble has occurred. mol
is there any prospect of any. A number
of other resolutions were adopted
The peace union reelected all it's Of
ficers, as follows:
President, Alfred E. Love of Phila-
delphia
Secretary, Prof. Daniel Batcheller, Ger.
mantown, Pa
Treasurer, Charles p. Hastings. Phil.
adelphia-
Corresponding secretary, Mrs. B. A
Lockwood, Washington.
Business manager, Miss Arabella Car
ter, Philadelphia
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DISTRICT WINS PRIZE
Finishes Second in Champion
ship Revolver Match.
Marine CORPS DANGEROUS
Captures First Three Places in Com
pany Team Contest.
WEEK OF PRACTICE AHEAD
Neutrality-suspicious. Will Enter Indi-
vidual Competitions for Train
ing and Experience-Camp
Poorly Guarded.
OF PRACTICE AHEAD

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio. August 15.-In the
championship revolver team match here
today. which Squadron A Of New York
won for the sixth successive year, with 500.
the I'd District Of Columbia took second
place and $50, with 71s. Troop A Of Ohio
scored Cos and the LIST Ohio 631. The New
York squadron made 523 at slow fire and
2s6 at rapid. High score for the District
was 176 by Heidenreich.
The score followa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Commissioner Capers In Berlin.

BERLIN. August 15.-John G. Capers,
United States commissioner of internal
revenue. and Charles f. Champion. chief
chemist of the internal revenue depart
ment. have arrived In Berlin for the pur-
pose of investigating the German govern
ment's methods in inspection and control
Of denatured alcohol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Death Of Porter Sheldon.

JAMESTOWN. N. Y, August 15.-Por-
ter Sheldon. aged seventy-six. died sud
denly at his home here today He was
a member Of Congress from the thirty
fourth New York district in 1868. and was
member of the Illinois constitutional
convention in 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
PICKING UP BUSINESS.

The business you merchants do
now is velvet. You've got goods
and got to get rid of them, and
you can fix the price to assure
ready sale.
The SURE way to let the buy
ers know what you have and what
price you'll sell it for is your
Star ad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
What Kermit Will Learn.

The question now under consideration
by Kermit and Mr.. Chapman is the best
kind of Photographic outfit to take. 1t
is expected that the camera alone, with
the several lenses. including a powerful
long-range lens, will cost about $3.50. He
will have to snap" birds hopping and
flying. and wild animals in motion.
But the mechanical operation of the
camera and a thorough understanding Of
its mechanism. so that he can repair 1t in
the event of it's getting out of order far
from the haunts of men. is but a small
part of what Mr.. Chapman will teach the
Presidents son.
One of Chapman's Favorite Methods.
Mr.. Chapman's success has been due to
the fact that he has been able to get very
close views of birds. One of his favorite
methods is to construct a blind, cover it
over with brush. and then leave it for
weeks until the birds have become thor
oughly accustomed to it. Then he has
slipped into it before the birds are astir,
and has often been able to get good neg
atives of rare birds which hoped about
unconcernedly only a few feet from his
lens.
Another favorite device Is to hang a
piece of burlap over bush and leave it
there for several weeks while on another
expedition. and then creep under 1t and
wait. OF course. the camera must be ar
ranged so that in swapping 1t there is no
noise. The slightest suspicious sound
would spoil everything.
1t is not unlikly that a taxidermist Of
either the American Museum of National
History or the Smithsonian Institution
the skins of the big game which the Pres
ident expects to kill. He has always been
exceeding friendly to the museum here
and his father was one of its founders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

Midland Valley Railroad Company for
rating freightage on shipments of cial
without weighing them. thereby over
charging complainant S1374
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WILL TAKE SNAP SHOTS
Kermit Roosevelt in Training
for African Trip:
TO PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS
Receiving instruction From F. n.
Chapman.
LATTER IS AN ORNITHOLOGIST
Has Often Visited President and
Discussed Birds and Animals to
Delight of Both.
TO PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS
LATTER IS AN ORN1THOL0GIST

NEW YORK, August 15-kermit Roose-
welt is to be the photographer with the
Presidents party on the African hunting
trip. In preparation for this important
work the young man is studying with
NJ. Chapman. the ornithologist.
The responsibility which will rest on
Kermit's shoulders will be heavy, for all
his fathers accounts Of his adventures in
the jungles Of the dark continent are to
be illustrated. 1t is also understood that
the President is anxious to bring back
photographs Of rare African birds and
other animals taken in life for several of
the big museums, including the Smith
sonan Institution at Washington and the
American Museum of Natural History
here. The President was anxious to have
Mr.. Chapman accompany him. but when
this was found to be impossible 1t was
decided that Kermit should get a COM
plete camera outfit and be trained in its
us by Mr.. Chapman. Mr.. Chapman has
been a frequent visitor at the White
House. He is great friend of the Presi-
dent and they both delight to discuss birds
and animals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

The District camp is deserted most OF
the day, except that Andy Johnson,
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attractive at bargain
in olowingi
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Or. BULL WEAKER; NURSE DIES
SHE SUFFERED BREAKDOWN
CARING FOR SURGEON.
Slim Hope for Patient-Wife at
Bedside-Condition Little
Changed

NEW YORK, October l5--while DR.
William T. Bull lay gravely Ill and grow
ing weaker IN his home, a, 81 West 18th
street. last night word Was received that
Miss Rebecca j. Evans, who had suffered
= nervous eakdosvu as y result OF nurs-
ing him during his present illness, was
cad in London. Ont
T.le melancholy coincidence deeply at
iected the members OF the eminent sur
seon's household.
For the las; thirteen years Miss Evans
has been secretary and office nurse for
DIR. Bull. She was taken III several weeks
ago and went 20 her home in London.
where she became prostrated by the news
that Ills condition had grown worse.
Miss Evans was born in Ontario forty
years ago. She entered ST. Luke's Hos nj
al Training School for Nurses In 1893
and was graduated two years later Since
that line she has been with DR. Bull and
when he became II she took care OF him
until her strength failed.
At Or. Bulls home the following bu,le-
in was issued at II O'Clock last night:
"Dr. Bull seems somewhat weaker this
evening. Otherwise his condition rena ins
the sam. DIR. JOSEPH a BLAKE
IL was said that only the slightest hope
for DR. Bulls recovery is felt Airs. Bull,
with the ply sicians and nurses, is con.
stantly at his bedside.