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Evening star., 1909-09-01
MAKE AN EARLY START
Gunners on the Marshes Be-
fore Break o. Day.
Low TIDE BAR TO SPORT
Bird Hunters Unable to Get Boats
in Action.
POLICE ARE ON THE GROUNDS
Many Sportsmen Report Success.
Reedbirds. ortolan and Black
birds on Market Benches.
POLICE ARE ON THE GROUNDS

NeSlecting to consult the tide table,
many gunners were the local marshes
this morning hours before the water was
nigh enough to permit their boats to get
near enough to the birds Sport was,
therefore. delayed until after daybreak.
High tide was scheduled for $50 O'Clock.
| but sunners mana ged to get their skiffs
through the oats before tnat hour, thanks
TO the southeast wind which caused high
water There was the usual long process
sion of early morning first-day gunners
out on the public road this morning. being
unwilling to wait for the first outgoing
electric car.
There were shotguns, musllets and ali
sorts of implements of warfare in use on
the marshes. some using smokeless ammu-
milton and others the muzzle charges of
ordinary powder and shot Birds soon be-
| came wild and scattered over the big
marshes about the vicinity of Benning
occasionally going to the fields and woods.
Under the law shooting within 200 yards
of a road, bridge or place of human habita-
tion is prohibited, and signs We're posted
to warn the gunners of the limits of the
shooting grounds. Early in the morning
the launched Maj. Sylvester reached Ben
ming bridge with Policeman ST Lewis in
command, and the officer remained about
there long enough to warn sportsmen that
violations OF law would mean arrest and
punishment.
Warned Not to Transgress.
Several trips We're made between the
Anacostia bridge and the Benning road
by the launch. stops being made at in
tervals, and occupants of small craft
told what they might and might not do.
A Star reporter accompanied the launch
on one of the early morning trips There
was but little disposition shown by the
gunners to do any shooting In the pro-
hibited territory.
You must keep to the other side of
the channel, the officer shouted to sew
eral who were on the west side of the
stream. The law prohibits the shooting
of birds within 2G0 yards of a dwelling.
There We're several gunners almost di-
rectly in front of the house that had been
occupied by John r. Early. alleged leper,
but some OF them were there only to
look for what the sportsmen call float
ers' They are the birds that are lost
after being brought down by gunners,
although the number of such birds is not
great most of the lost ones dropping
where the oats are thickest. and from
where they are unlikely to wash TO the
channel.
The enforcement of the onO-yard limit
said George Miller. one of the crack
shots on the branch. will be the means
of greatly protecting the birds The big
gest lot of ortolan ever bagged OF the
| branch were killed within the limit. but
| the strict watch kept will be the means
of giving the birds a place where they
| may breathe ca sier, and where they will
| receive protection and remain longer and
| get fatter.''
| Reduces Number of Fishermen.
| The presence on the branch of the hun,
dreds' OF gunners had the effect Of great
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Building Permits Issued.

Tie following building permits were Is
sued today:
To +. j. Heider, for one two-story brick
and frame residence on the corner of
Wisconsin avenue and Garrison street
northwest: architect, A. H. Sonnemann
builder, r. Sonnemann; estimated cost
$500.
To Zepp Brothers. for eight two-story
brick and frame dwellings,, from Ola to
go Quincy street and from J15 to o21
Rock Creek Church road northwest: ar
chitect, A. II. Beers; builders, Zepp
Brothers: estimated cost, $1,000
To Zepp Brothers. for four two-story
brick and frame dwellings at 80 to 512
Quincy and at Sill and 513 Rock Creek
Church road northwest. architect A. f.
Beers: builder, zepp Brothers; estimated
cost, $4,000.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
UF II

this week and think it was reedbird,
said one of the hunters this morning,
land there may be a few sparroWs
served
Last evening pair of mallard ducks
were seen to pass Benning bridge going
north, and this morning one mallard was
seen returning from that direction IL
is believed to be one of the two FIRST re-
ferred to. Doubtless the other was shot,
Evening star., 1909-09-01

" reducing the number of fishermen Oh
the branch the anglers fearing TO take
the chances where stray shots were proo-
able Several of the anglers VINO speha
most of their time about the brancn az
this season neglected to recall the open
ing of the cunning season ana appeat eu
there as usual. but the echoes OF gun II,
inc had the effect of turning them back
number of them remained. however,
and did their angling from the prldge
Persons visited the lighthouses at Ben
ming this nornig merely 10 asceI.ali ll
ahout the houses and discussed the sport
Some recalled the great numbers OF pifds
they had killed on the marsh years ago
declaring the game was more pientllti
then than now WIlie otheia thoueh' "
the contrary.
..rhe wholesale slaughter OF the birds
has been carried on to such an extent
that they are scarce, suggested one
sportsman, land there is not the sport
in shooting them that there was years
ago.
Just as many birds. interrupted an
other Of the older sportsnen. "and just
as much sport as ever. but the trouble
with you Is that you are getting too old
to enjoy 1t. You know when a fellow
is young he enjoys the excitement much
more than he does when he gets old.
But he added, .'some OF us never
get old. and I'm one of that class.
Birds on Market Benches.
One by one the sportsmen returned
from the marshes with bags of reedbirds,
ortolan and blackbirds, those who had
good luck supplying friends with the
toothsome delicacies, while others were
killing the BIRDS for market. In the local
markets early this morning some dealers
had reedbirds and ortolan to offer their
customers before the first of the gunners
had left the marshes. These birds, it is
stated. had been In cold storage since
last season. Later in the day the dealers
had fresn-klled birds to offer. Reed
birds were in greatest demand TO be
served on toast I'm restaurants. and deal
ers were asking from % cents to 81 a
dozen for them. Ortolan were sold at
81 -, a dozen and blackbirds al 20 cents.
And many man will eat a blackbird
Evening star., 1909-09-01

retary, S. W. Rutherford. made q state
ment to the convention on the progress
made by the association within the ten
years of its existence, and DR. r. w.
Brown, president, read q paper in which
he predicted a remarkable growth for
colored insurance associations +. r.
Taylor. treasurer, made a report showing
thar the finances of the association are in
good condition.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
GIRL SHOT BY STEPBROTHER
12-YEAR-OLD SISTER WOULDN'T
MARRY HIM.
Wrote Her Love Notes and Dogged
Her to School-Mother and i.
Aunt Fired At.

NEW YORK. September IA pretty
little twelve-year-ol girl with nothing
more sensational in her mind than some
extra arithmetic and geography lessons
which she was trying to learn SO that
she could go on with her class when the
public schools open next month. was shot
three times yesterday by her stepbrother
because she would not promise to marry
him
Stella Friedman of Ill East 1OJth street
her was Arthur Winterstein, more than
twice her age Winterstein borrowed
s. from SteIlas mother with which to
buy the revolver.
After sending three shots from it into
the body of the child he fired one at the
mother and the last at Stella's aunt
Neither of the bullets intended for the
women took effect. WifferStein grudEe
against them was that they had both
tried TO protect the girl from his attempts
to make love.
Three Bullets Hit Her.
Ha fired at the child point blank when
sbe was not more than three feet in
front of him. All three bullets hit her.
she was taken to Harlem Hospital, where
it was said that her chance for recovery
was very slight.
Her assailant was held without bail by
Magistrate House In the Harlem police
court
stella's mother. . widow. married Jacob
Evening star., 1909-09-01
A Wild Bees Home.

iVtn St. -SicnoIds-
A wild bees home, as we all knoS
serves the purpose of storehouse .
well as OF place for the young to gros
and develop. The entrance used by III
bees Is often very small, but 1t aiway
leads into large room. The wax ia
their honey and broodi cells is the onl
thing in the least Ike furniture whic
they require. Tire firnfer and more bas
the walls and floors. the better for them
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Colored Insurance Men Meet.

Delegates from seven states attended
the convention of the National Benefit
Associations agents, which was held to-
dav at the home Office, at 900 F street
northwest Prof. j b. Watson, interna-
iionai secretary OF the Y NJ. c. A. (col-
orsdD. delivered the address OF welcome,
and responses were made by r. VI. Fer
nanders of Camden, y. j.. and J. Louis
Peters OF Staunton, Va. The general sec
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Winterstein three years ago. He haA
Two children by former wife Ther
We're Arthur and Augusta The newIr
married pair, with their children, began
house
Stella was then only nine years old
but her beauty caught the fancy Of ho
stepnrother from the first. He spent AZ
the money he earned in a bake shop q
buying the child presents Finally -
became so persistent that Stella cres
10 be afraid OF him
Mother. l wish Arthur wouldn't bux
and kiss me the way he does and r,o
al over the house for me- she com
planned.
Why. he is only fooling, child pe
piled her mother.
But about year ago the mother aae
the rest OF the family woke I'D to d,
lact that he wasn't fooling. Wintat,
STEMS own father was as Indignant 4.
anybody else and sent him away frm,
home to support himself
Promised to Let Her A1one.
The son came back about six month
ago after nearly a years absence wf,
promise not to bother Stella any NOR.
But the promise wasn't kept long. n,
infatuation OF her stepbrother becan,
more obnoxious than before. but he w,
more careful not TO let the rest or Il,
family know about it.
"lhterstein took to writing love nnd.
10 the child and waylaying her on RI
| way to and from school 10 tease her !
run away with him and be his wif.
sometimes he managed to catch her i
the hallway and steal kiss
All this upset the girl so that she r.
behlnd IN her lessons. so when schor
closed last June she was told that IL g.
could not make up her geography az
arithmetic IN an examination this f.
she would have to drop back 2 ola.
! That has troubled her all through var
tion and she has been STUDYING har
whenever she could escape her stfu
brother
To make sure of avoiding him ves.,y
day she left. her house TO 90 to the sfcr
kept by her aunt. Mrs. Ella Richani.
al No l6S, Lexington avenue.
shortly after she had gone out NInt,r
ftein came In and aske dior her. IS,
mas gone over TO her Aunt Elias 10 stud
her lessons and YOU mustn't bother he,.
replied the childs mother
All right, mother, | won't If ~,
will lend me 81 I'll promise that sta,:
viii have no more trouble"
Bought Pistol in a Pawnshop.
Good-natured Mrs. Wintelstein let hlr
have the money and he went direct 70
nearby pawnsilop on Sd avenue an
bought the pistol
An hour later he appeared at the Lex
lngton avenue store, where Mrs. Wirp
stein lad gone in the meantime to ca
on her sister Ella. The little girl vi
behind the counter very busy with so,
decimal fractions when the man came IN
DO you love me. Stella?" he asked.
NO. Don't bother me-, replied tn
girl without looking UP from her book.
Once more do you love me-" shoute
the man as ne leaned over the counter.
Frightened by his changed tone, tn
girl jumped up and faced him. Ther
was no revolver in sight.
You know / love you as my brothe1., :
she said.
Brother nothingi' snarled Winter
stein, and he began to shoot.
When she fell the man turned on Sf
two women who were crouching in terri
in corners OF the store, and fired frs
at one and then the other. His trean )
bling hands made both shots go wide o
their marks.
Policeman Carr had heard the slot
and ran to the store just in time Z
catch Wdntersteln as he was going out.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

From, tho phi.adelphia North American:
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Almond Held for Grand jury.

Thomas Almond, charged with embez
element from his employer, A. Ghiselli &
Co. tailors. on Pennsylvania ayenna
waived preliminary examination in Police
Court today and was held In $500 bona
for the the grand jury. Almond is ac-
cused of making collections and then
making off with them. He was arrested
by Detective Pat O'Brien several days
ago.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
9biIipsbnrn
THE OUTER i GARMENT SHOP
COS 10 6i4 ELEVENTH STREET
New Fall Suits.

About five hundred Misses and WOnlens Suits
are ON misunderstanding an excellent choice for
girls going away to school, September vacation
lists and who appreciate the fact that early
buying insures better value and better attention
to alterations than possible during the rush
season. We are also showing complete assort=
ment of the Silk Jersey=top Dresses Excel
lent values inn suits and dresses at
$4,000 $500 S35.OO
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Taft Would Favor This City.

President Taft, Alexander Graham Bell.
the Secretary of War and the Secretary
of the Navy are all Washington people
directly interested in the science of avia-
ton. and believe Washington as the
scientific center of the country offers
itself as the most natural place in the
world 10 hold the meet. There would
have to be some very material induce
ment offered in order to bring the carni-
val to this city, but it is thought that
the business men here would be able to
the way of an inducement offered by
other cities.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Mrs. ID. G. Martin OF Hagerstown. Md.
has received word that her sister. Mrs.
Jennie Buckle, wife of a shoe merchant
of Lincoln, ILL.,, had died i'm hospital at
Peoria, ILL.,, Of ~ operation.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

1t pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds OF situations are fiiied
through Them.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Final Observation-Disclosures of Summer Stocks

prices that lowest e ever
Suits. noHs' S.. 90
""s) $500 $1,000
Rajah twopte up s45oo... S14.75
owopie up S 600
models $25.OO
Serge $500 $3.50
Tub Dresses S3. .95
Tub Dresses sso SIS. 90
Linen Frocks. $3.50 to .@5
pomgee Dresses 7.o5
Pongee ST S. 90
Panama S4.95
Broadcoth capes.... .95
Long Black Silk $1,000
Tub Skirts ......... ST go
Silk Petticoats. oo........S3.5 $50
Princess Slips to .05
Lingerie Waists. up to $50
Lingerie tos6............$2.2 S.. Is
Waists were up to SOC
Mussed Lingerie Waists. Q soc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
FINN LOCKING FOR A YOUNG oRGsUs.
Hopes Some Rich Man Will Apply for Job
as His Probation Officer.

MAGISTRATE Battery Dan Finn hopes sohe
Young millionaire with good pair or blceps ana
ability TO handle scrappy prisoner Will reao
what hs said in jefferson Market court yesterday
morning and apply for the job of PROBATION olneer
In his court For second choice he taVors silaeo
youth" who played his college footoail team De
cause he has no probation officer now Maglsua'e
Finn had TO place male prisoner in charge OF MISS
Maud Miner, who. while possessing two degrees
from Smith College. hardly meets the magistrate
idea Of a probation officer. After this action ne
said:
NV probation officer was taken away from me uS
Police Commissioner Bingham because cIiu sii
the Police Department in the course OF my JuaoIai
duties The law allows me TO appolnt NY ~" :
probation officer. can appoint any poliSetnaH ab
general down at No. 800 Mulberry street TOOK away
from me bur the question would then oe-Rho
would pay his salary? Bingham could hold II uR;
So arm thinking of appointing some young HILL
ionaire who can act as my PROBATION oLncsL5 20
empowered 10 carry revolver, nightstick hana,,
cjiffs wear any sort of q uniform he chooses anu
make arrests I'd like to get young Regglee an
derbilt or one of the young Gouds or any OF thoss
athletic Juvenile Croesuses who follow the hounos
in the exciting chase OF the anise seed Dag Wtlen
the Meadow Brook Hunt Club is on the rampage
across the stretches Of Long Island. , - ..
I really think that this would be WORK ZOE tnSIh
far better than destroying the vegetables OF IhHo-
cent farmers And if my appointee wanted To- ne
could sue the city for salary. ana III guarantee
that he'll get It, s., 400 year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
IN THE BROKERAGE MARKET.

Ernest Tribelhorn has sold for q client No ss
East 18TH street. SIX glory tenement house. On
lot 25x1022 feet.
Kurz & Wren have sold a lot. 27x1O5 feet. On the
west side OF Third avenue 80 feet south OF 17stn
street
Margaret Denig has sold No. 6s5 East B4th street.
a four story building. lot 25x100 feet, TO Johanna
schosser. who gives IN part payment Ne. i4i Cltn-
ton avenue two story dwelling house lot Oak
look irregular
The Katonah Construction Company has sold No.
1916 Minford Place. four story hathouse, on plot
81 6xlO0 feet, to Carrnine Cion, who gives in ex-
change No. 25s3 Briggs avenue two story dwell
ing house on lot Sxa feet, extending through to
Poe Place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
THE sUFFRAaETTE GIRL -
Ants Import Songs By Mrs. Frederic Har-
rison for Campaign Use.

The ant.-sufras1sts evidently believe that music
hath charms 20 scothe the savage breast OF INC
suffrasette fer they have imported from Enslane
sst Of anti" songs for use in the campaign dne
words are by no less Q parsonage tnas Ars F1eo'
erie Harrison, wife Of the author OF taat nane'
and the following song, TO the tune ef On pear
What Can the Matter Be-" is considered tns gem
Of the collection;
THE sIFyRAoErTE GIRL
Oh Sssr, What can the matter be?
Dear, dear! What cap the mater PEI
Oh. dear What can the matter De-
She promised she'd bring me q vote that ssoula
To cure ever trouble, Of ali care to ease me;
She promised in future no sWeetheekt Should Ieaee
no Counting the surragette Girl"'
And it's Oh, dear! etc, etc
She proanised vote SIS should get ne my own Hsy
A matinee hat double wages ana eli play;
She rang big bell mid good deal Of horse pay
Because she's . suftragette Girl
Al, me- am fam for the days ren1snoers
Win love 81 the home, 50 In June as peceEoer.
For father and husband, names gracious ana ten
der,
Ara not for the sssragette Carl
For -rerk in the home, IL Is plain desradatioH,
But work ia an ONCE ie work for the nationt
The creche for tbs babies. and canned FOOD our
ration
VIII DO says the sufragette Girl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
A MARKET FOR LOTS
ONE PLOT TO BE IMPROVED
Plans Filed for Broad1cay apart
ment House to Cost 5000, 900.

a small volume of business was transacted yes
terdav in the real estate market One CT the lead
inc transactions was the sale by Harry White for
Cus+avtrs L. Lawrence of plot 1oOx1OO Feet at
the northwest corner of 17sth street and Wordsworth
avenue The buyer is q builder, who viii improve
the site.
Jacob Rosenbaum sold for William Weber plot
s5x11O feet on the north side OF 1SOth street, 1AA
feet east of Fort Washington avenue
Plans have been filed with Buildings Superfn-
+ardant Murphy for a six story apartment house
+o M h,,iIt for Emanuel NJ Krulewitch. at the north
east corner Of Broadway and 177th street 1t will
have a Broadway frontage Of 1910 feet and depth
of 10a feet It will contain torty-two suites OF
apartments The design is by Nevtlls & Basgs,
architects The cost will be 100000
Plans have also been fled for q nine story ana
basement garage to be built for the Island Realty
Cornpanv of which r G. Babbage is president. at
the southeast corner OF Broadway and 9th street.
with respective frontages Of SIS and 11s feet the de-
sign being in the style Of the English Gothic from
drawings by Francis H Ki1nbaf The building Is
to cost $4,000.
of the plot at No 142 Liberty street with a three
story and basement building, to be erected for A
L. White and F. NJ Hilton owners, at a cost OF
$4,000 Francis H Kinball Is the architect
Plans have also been fled for enlarsing the Ave
story dwelling house. No. West 18th street, owned
BY Mrs William H Field. and making II over into
bachelor apartments with stores on the ground
floor and for making over the four story dwelling
house no. SO East 10th street, into an ONCE and
store building the change Of occupancy being made
for Mrs Ernesttne c. Gardiner as owner. Ths
Weber Building Company and Max Muller are the
architects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
REALTY NOTES.

The Balmoral Hotel property, comprising the
easterlv block front in Lenox avenue between
11atb ara I14th streets, which sold recently.
was transferred yesterday by the Sphinx Realty
Company TO Leonard Well.
Alfred J. Emo has sold to Thomas Tevlin. OF
Jamaica the Moore farm on Great Neck Road
New HYDE Park. Long Island The property ad-
Joins the Denton estate
snowber & Co. the brokers in the sale of
Nos SSi ana 2S5 Central Park West for Theresa
Goldsmith to Louis M. Jones.
Charles n Rosentha denies that he has sold the
northeast corner OF Claremont avenue and lid
street
The West Side Taxpayers Association Will hold a
Meeting tonight at Ne. 2s7 West 34th street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Tie petitions in bankruptcy filed yesterday In
the United States District Court were as fol-
lows:
voluntary Benjamin s samuels dealer In n. }s ,T,
elrv and silverware, at No 9s9 Broadway; iiaDIIl-
ties $4775 q; assets 1912 80 The Sa4 8o
Maiden Lane. sl.726 IS on jndgm1ee5Rt In the 0u-
irene Court entered on April il, 1929 -. w..
voluntary. Joseph F1ddelmnna-ns No o. west ent
II6th street; liabilities, $l.02! SO; assets con-
gist Of household goods worth So. -
Involuntary against the II. & H Manutact ur-
ing COMPANY makers OF metal goods al No; S64
West 25th street by Henry Altmayer Harry r.
win and Henry Armstrong, with claims ae fber
gazing $500 "a Preferential payments 10 other
Creditors amounting to $4,000 are alleged Limo O.
saw Russell appointed receiver. with a BOND or
$500. The stock and fxeures stated by the Peti.
fioners 10 be worth $4,000 They also allege thar
the III & II Company has concealed and MADE
sway with large part of its assets The amount
of liabilities is not stated
Schedules OF Leopold Gassner address not
given in the papers) shoy Liabilities Of sl5 ~
described bills notes std - sn he a1f s
bities claims amounting 70 s445!i 20 are stat %
H Fleet 10, 50 East 1sth 8. street sSS:sso 81 N
8 Elias Hamburg, $10e64 50; Gandig d BlnIn
No 81 East 18th street &1lsSs6 s.: state Bank
Grand street. sI6,014 25; n Stephens CO, 10.
as West 4th street. ss.e5a 10; MANNER & ALL
svvede No 80 East 10th street, $1,000. and r.
salrn, Leipsic S6,0s6 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
IN THE AUCTION ROOMS.
Il Three Story Green5cich Street
Building Sold for S3I 100

k w Saydah bought yesterday at a trustees
sale held by Herbert A Sherman the Real
Estate Exchange salesroOms. Nos. Il and IS vesey
street, a thres story building. No Sc Greenwich
street. a plot 25.3x1O0x irregular for S31 100
The other auction offerings yesterday resulted al
follows:
By Herbert A Sherman: 134 Greenwich st. : " Ger
cedar 81, 25x1O0x56x irreg. sly bldg.
knocked down at 500 900
81 washington st. :. 261 II OF Morris 25x7a:
withdrawn
Zoe. i1x2410 5 tnmt and store T Brady AIT
3 Cohen ct al; Couackenbusn z A attvs. Ludvish
ref: amt due Sllo16 Is. taxes etc $40 sub prior
mtge OF 10000 to the defendant for S32.302
627 70 641 18Th 81. $50 II Of Home ave,
15ox1oo four sly Oats; A PhiIorick Bro azt
Ignatz Florio Cooperative Assn Among COrleOnest
ct al: Sackett & L. attys; A Massey ref. amt lue
S18.s9o 10: taxes. etc. S2.10s As. rntge -
$4,000; 70 Tenbrook for ST. 5000.
Macy pl. Hewitt pI 25x1o0 vacant. 7 Z
Macy et al agt' Sarah Mishkind- Osborne & I
P Morrissey. ref: amt due. S5.oO5 50. taxes enc,
S6O5 IS; withdrawn