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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-03
SPORTING
CALENDAR

New York, Aug, 3.-Important
sporting events on the calendar fos
this week include the following:
Today-AHnuaI races of the
Northwestern Hesa,Ja Association
will begin at the Ocouomowoc Lake
Club.
Entries close Tor fourteen renew
ais OF famous old stakes TO b. run at
at Sheepshead Bay in september
Competitive shot of Florida militia
rifle clubs at ST. Augustine.
Thursday-Anuual cruise of the
New York Yacht Club VIII begin at
Newport and extend to Maine ports.
Chicago Automobile Clubs annual
hin climb will be held at Algonquin,
Ill.
Yacht races for the Liptal cup
Will begin OF the coast of Southern
California.
F5ddy National As ocia.ion of
Amateur Oa-smel will begin thirty
seventh annual regatta at Detroit.
Baseball players OF University of
Wisconsin will meet at 81. Paul to
begin trip to Japan.
Saturday New Rochelle Yacht
club VIII start on annual cruise.
Monmouth Kennel Clubs annual
dos show opens az Long Branch.
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ROAD
At AUCTION

S.atesborO. Ga. Aug, "a real
railroad Will be put on the block
here today and knocked down 20 the
highest bidder II is the savannah.
Augusta & Northern. which was
promoted by former senator Lyan
Of New York The road is now
operated by Rowdrc Phiuizy as re-
ccivcr
The decree OF sale was hauIod
down by the cour at the application
Of w. j oliver, the contractor who
built .hc road from statosboro to
Louisville. We will receive the sum
or $2sG.515.S1 from The proceeds of
the sale
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STANDING OF TINE CLUBs.
SCHEDULE FOR TOU

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
Ddnyille at Lynchburg
Richmond at Portsm0u
Norfolk a. Roanoke
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MONTANA ELKS

sliles city Mont. Aug 3 .sThc
biggest roundup OF Elds I'm th, his-
tory OF Montana marked tho opcaing
today OF the annual state convention
OF the order. Big herds of the amt
Tered tribe are here from every city
OF the state and will remain three
lays, during which all sorts OF plo-
I.cr and wild West amusemcnts viii
g. on tap
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4 e: Savings a1ks

You
SAFE place where 1t is available an
investment that absolutely
20 70 % per cent the
te Shall investor
In
stanty offered the savings
mere ne place his
or Interest regularly the is
sen with that never
FIDELITY BANKING & TRUST co.
BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA
Authorized Capital, $3oo.ooo.oo
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BASEBALL
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

AT Lynchburg Lynchburg 3 Dam
willie =
Al Roanoke, Roanoke /; Norfolk
0.
At Portsmouth,: Portsmouth 2;
Richmond o.
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l.. J. HAYDEN.

2sO w. Broad ST.. Richmond. Va.
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NATIONAL LEA HE.

MI Monday games postponed on
account Of funeral OF President Pull
liam, OF the National League.
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The upper photograph is that or
Mrs. susan Merrill, who gave damag-
Ing evidence against Harry nhaw I'm
his trial now I'm progress, Mrs.
Merrill asserted that Thaw whipped
several girls I'm her boarding house.
Mills who is presiding al the trial.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
Kill FIGHT The STEEL TRUST
Independent Company to Make Tin
Plate in Pennsylvania.
Former superintendent OF Greer
Concern VIII Be with New
Company.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nay BY erecting i'm
mediately large tin mill az Aliquipps-
the Jones < Laughiin S-eel Company viii
enter into competition with the United
States Steel Corporation along new lines.
The independent company caused much
speculation recently. when il issued S15.-
oo0 600 worth OF bonds and announced that
not all the money would be put in their
iron furnaces at Aliduippa. II is admitted
here to-day in steel and financial circles
that most Of the Sl500o. 600 IS 10 be used
in building a tin plate plant and fighting
whatever move the corporation may make
toward retaining control OF the trade.
The Jones & Laughlin people are backed
by the entire independent army OF iron
and steel makers
The resignation Of Bert J. Ross, super
intendent Of the Greer Tin MI. at New
castle. owned by the American Sheet and
Tin Plate Company. disclosed the plans
CT the independents. It is admitted that
Ross viii go to the Jones & Laughlin
company. He is a recognized tin expert,
and will supervise the construction OF the
Alicuippa plant. which VIII now include
an immense tin plate mill
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
INCREASE PRICE OF RAILS
Class Used by Trolley Lines Sell for
$27 a Ton
Orders for $4,000 Tons Received By
Carnegie Steel Company IA
Two Days

New York, Nay 5-Announcement vas
made to-day that the price Of light steel
rails. which have been selling as low as
S1-5o. had been put % 10 So ton This
class of rail is used largely by trolley
roads ard industrial lines. which for
many months have made little demand for
them Improved monetary and business
conditions. however. have enabled these
interests 10 float several good bond is
sues. and they have come back into the
market
The raise n price is interpreted as
being a reflex OF the increased demand
Steel men say that the whole industry
IS showing a better tone, and that there
Is even some possibility OF a general sd-
vance IN prices IN the near future. Steel
car companies IN particular are showing
increased activity, while inquiries for
structural shapes continue undiminished.
Inquiry from agricultural implement
makers promises large tonnage IN the
lar trade
These indications OF revival are fur
theT emphasized by the orders already
booked. It Is reported that inside Of two
days last week the Carnegie Steel Com
pany had received orders for $500 tons
OF rails. plates. and shapes. This com
pany, according 10 dispatches from Pitts
burg. is now working fully Is per cent OF
IT'S capacity double turn Out Of thirty
plants twenty-Seven are n operation. en-
psoying force CT about 400 men
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
MRS. BROEAH SUES FOR LIBEL
Blames Telegraph Company for Ae-
eepting Husbands Messages.
Twenty or Thirty TeIeErnms Play
Prominent Part In Her
Divorce salt.

New York. May MARY Blair Brokaw.
wife Of ". Gould Brckaw, has begun a
damage suit for libel against the Western
Union Telegraph Company. in the Su-
preme Court Of Nassau County. where
her suit for separation from her hus-
band also IS pending
Mrs. Brokaw alleges that the Western
UniCn Company. in accepting and trans
mitti1g certain messages written by her
husband. lbelled her. She contends thar
statements rejecting on her character IN
these messages were entirely groundless,
and that the telegraph company in turn
ing the messages over 10 its employees
for transmission disseminated a libel
against her
Mrs. Brokaw instances IL her COM
pIaint twenty or more messages which
she alleges constitute libels. Some Of
these messages were sent 10 her mother.
Mrs Joseph A Blair. OF Chittenangc,
Chemung County, this State. and others
20 Mrs. BrOkaw herself Included among
the telegrams are two or three that Mrs.
BrOk8W referred 10 in the complaint Of
her suit for separation
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
PLEA FOR AMERICAN DRESSES.
TafIors' Association Wants d. AR.
to Oppose French Styles.

Mrs. Scott, president general Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
has received a request from Robert
Pluym, the president Of the Lad
TaIIors' Association. recently formed Il.
this city. 10 give her support and enlist
that Of the Daughters IN behalf Of the
association.
The aim OF the tailors' association is
nothing less than TO discard the idea that
France IS the leader OF woman's fashions.
and 70 patronize American fabrics. styles,
and tailors. The Lady Taiiors' Associa-
ton declares French dresses cannot
be worn By American women without first
being remodeled TO 1T American figures,
which are infinitely more perfect than the
French. Mr.. Pluym further asserts that
French dresses and gowns make women
look ike dolls. ard that American women
should be fitted with clothes which are
stylish and at the same time dignifed.
By Datronizing American taiiors, says Mr..
Pluym. millions of dollars viii be kept
IN this country, and a new American fa-
dustFy viii spring Up, giving employment
70 thousands OF practical dressmakers.
designers. and artists.
Mrs. Scott is requested to take the
matter Up at ths next board meeting Of
the society.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
ARREST SUGAR MAN
Checker. Accused of Fixing
Scales, in Tolls Again.
INDICTED on a NEW CHARGE
This, Likely, VIII Be Last Arrest in
Investigation UntII Additional Evil
dence Is in Hands of Attorneys.
Witnesses Said They Saw KehOe
TamPering with weights.

New York, May 5.-Thomas Kehoe, one
Of the men whom the government charges
with manipulating the sugar scales on
the Williamsburg docks Of the Have
meyer & Elders Refinery. was arrested in
Brooklyn to-day by the United States
marshal for that district. and was held
BY Judge Chatfield, in the United States
Circuit Court. in $3.50 for examination.
When arrested KehOe was out on bail
having been indicted on a similar charge
aoout two years ago by the Federal
grand jury, in Brooklyn.
This arrest followed an indictment
found By the Federal grand jury last
Monday, on evidence presented by special
assistants to United States Attorneys
Stimson and Dennison, who are prose-
cutting the alleged sugar fraud cases. No
other arrests VIII be made until addi-
tional evidence is in the hands Of the
government
KehOe is the man who, the government
says. was caught actually using the
fraudulent spring appliance on the sugar
scales This is said TO have been Giscov-
cred IN November. 1907. KehOe has been
q checker in the employ OF the American
Sugar Refining Company for about
twelve years.
On the trial OF the sugar cases IN the
United States District Court witnesses
testified Of having seen KehOe tampering
with the scales on various occasions be
tween 1876 and November, 1907.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06

Chicago. May 5.-Bigger chains for the
Dogs OF War" were asked for to-day
in numerous resolutions presented at the
business session Of the Peace Congress
AT Orchestra Hall, following the unani-
nous adoption OF the report prepared by
the, committee on resolutions-the plat
form Of the second national peace con-
gresS.
AT its closing session the congress be-
came virtually an international confer
ence. England. Germany. China. Japan,
Sweden and Norway. through their dip
lomatic representatives. added their
voices 10 the protest against war that
has gone Up from Orchestra Hall in the
last three days.
All of these nations were pledged to
support the iabors OF The Hague Peace
Conference. Socialism was rebuked when
the congress. by an almost Overwhelm-
ing vote. declined TO adopt q resolution
introduced by 4 N Simons. a leading
Chicago socialist. The resolution which
Mr. SimOns offered as an addition to
those prepared by the resolution com
mittee. pointed out that the causes OF
war lie in present commercial and indus
trial conditions, and urged that organiz-
ed labor throughout the world be urged
TO work for peace through socialism
Wu Tiug-fang. Chinese Minister 10 the
United States. declared that the yellow
peril was nonexistent. and that the re-
organized Chinese army was not designed
to be used beyond the borders OF the
Celestial empire.
In speaking for the British empire,
Counselor Inaes pointed out the frequent
expressions Of King Edward as evidence
Of the interest OF his country in the gen
eral movement for peace. Although he
did not see international disarmament as
Immediately possible. he expressed the
hope that the day was not Tar distant
when armies and navIes might be IN
necessary.
Secretary Ballinger's address, coming
from q member OF President Tsft's on
cial family. had the closing place on the
programme.
The conference ended this evening with
a banquet at the Auditorium and Audi
tcrium Anrex.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
FEDERATION CLOSES SESSION
Election Of Officers at Meeting in
the Afternoon.
Mrs. Charles VI. Pepper Named as
President of the Organization.
Reports Are Read.

Election Of officers yesterday afternoon
closed the annual meeting Of the District
Of Columbia Federation Of Women's
Clubs in the Eighth Street Temple.
The following were chosen: Mrs. Charles
n. Pepper. president; Mrs. josephine A.
Rich. first vice president: Mrs. W Z. An
drews. second vice president; Mrs. Lydia
Adams-Williams. recording secretary:
Mrs. J H Stokes. corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Flora J. McCreery. treasurer.
Mrs Helen r TindaH. auditor: Mrs.
Ellen Cromwell, general federation secre-
tary.
The opening session was held IN the
morning, with the president, for the year
ended, Mrs. J. Finney Engle, in the
chair Annual reports Of omcers and
chaiTnen OF committees were read.
Among those who reported were Presi-
dent Mrs Engle, Vice Presidents Mrs.
c. N. Pepper and DIT. A. z. Portman,
Secretaries Mrs. Grace P. Hopkins and
Mrs. J. H. Stokes. Treasurer Miss Flora
NcCreeTy. Auditor Mrs. H. R. TindaT,
AID The general federation secretary. Mrs.
E s. Cromwell
Affairs Of the organization were shown
TO be in excellent condition.
Committee reports by the chairmen
were made as follows: Art, Mrs. S. J.
Croissant; child labor. Mrs. E. s Mus
sey; civics. Mrs. r. Vandergrift: club ex-
tension, Mrs. J. II. Stokes; editorial, Mrs.
Engle: waterways. Mrs l. a Williams;
education, Mrs n. B. TullOch; forestry.
Mrs. J. A Rich, household economics.
Mrs. c. P. Hopkins; legislation, Mrs
Mary S. Lockwood; literature, Mrs. z. S
Emerson; press. Mrs. c. NJ Pepper;
printing. Mrs II. B. Sperry; reciprocity.
Mrs. v. z. Andrews, and social. Mrs
:. Il Weiss
The closing session in the afternoon
Eas devoted to the reading Of reports by
the presidents of various organizat tons
affiliated with the federation
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
BOYLE JURY READY
Testimony inth kidnapping
Case Begins To-day.
URGE ANOTHER POsTPoNEMENT
Woman Who Is Passing as the Wife
OF KidnaPper Laughs in the Face
OF officer Serving Subpoena Direct
ing Her 20 Present Letters in Court.
Calls Attorneys "wise OneS.'

Mercer. Pa. May 5.-The jury which
wiz Try James Boyle for the kidnapping
OF little Willie Whitla. CT Sharon. March
IS last. was completed at o'clock this
evening. and the taking OF testimony viii
be begun tomorrow morning
An attempt was made to-day 10 have
It further postponed. and Il was not until
0-clOck this afternoon that the case was
called by Judge Williams. Of Mercer
County. Il required but little time 20
select the jury. only twenty-eight men
being called. The jury is composed most
" OF farmers Of standing in the county
Boyle took a lively interest IN the Sc
lecting OF the jury. and al least two Of
the challenges were made by ex-Judge
Miller. BOyle's counsel. al the alleged
kidnappe-'s whispered suggestion
The woman who is passing as Mrs.
Boyle. wife Of the kidnapper, and who
wiIi be tried here next. was The center
OF much comment to-day. She was serv-
Cd with papers. ordering her into court
tomorrow IS a witness against Boyle in
the kidnapping case She laughed in the
face Of the officer who served the sub
poeaa, but when she read that she was
expected 90 DTlnS INTO court Win rer tle
three letters which had been sent by the
kidnappers 10 Whitla and returned by
him when the $4,000 ransom was paid
over. she became quite sarcastic
Wise men, these attorneys: amt
they2" she said They are asking nc
20 bring into court something that I
haven't got nor ever b2d. and they
know I never had them suppose some
OF these wise ones VIII try 20 make ne
prove that I di5n-t have the letters
The prosecution this afternoon received
from Chicago the copy OF a marriage
certificate showing that Anna NeDer-
mott. supposed 10 be Mrs. Helen BOYLE.
was married there February 4. l9s5. 70
one Edward Shoeffer. The claim Is made
that she was never married 10 Boyle.
and cannot claim exemption from testify
ing against him.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
{. S. Dsp. Of Agriculture. ws.thsr Bursaa.

Nes1-nSIol. AeQleS12T. Nay >, l=-s-e 2 n
The Western wam wave advanced over the Gen
tral Ealleys WEDNESDAY. with Jemptrature above 3
degrees II The Mississippi and Missouri valleys In
The extreme Northwest there vas q decided fan II
temperature.
Showers occurred IN New England and northern
pcTtiCn of the Middle Atlantic states. Elsewhere
the weather was fair
During Thursday the wsTn wave vii advance over
the Atlantic states. and the temperature VIII fan
rapidly u the WCst and Northwest.
The cool wave win extend ever the Mississippi AID
lower Ohio valleys by Thursday night. snd VII reaca
the Atlantic ssaboaTd Friday night OF SATURDAY
The advance Il the cooler weather VII Be- sttended
by Ts-n and severe wind storms.
Thc winds along the New England and Middle At
lzutic casts VIII bc mJizTatC T. bTsk s0uthe1y; or
tho South AtntiC coast moderate southeTiy; OF tie
GE coast increasing ssutherly. beconling high: On
the Lover Lakes southessteriy gales; Oh the Upre-
Like uortaeTIy gales
Steamers departing Thursday for European ports
VIII hFve Increasing saethery winds and partly
cloudy weather % the Grand Banks.
storm warufncg arc dlzulQrpd on rls f-ro7- rrru
ard the Wcst Gulf coast.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
FALSE ALARMS TURNED IN.
Two Boxes Near Convent Are Runs
and Police Seek Offenders.

Twice within a half-hour alarms OF
FIRE were turned in at midnight in the
vicinity Of the convent OF the Little SIS
ters Of the Poor. at Second and H streets
northeast Investigation disclosed that
both boxes were pulled by negroes. Po-
lice Of the Ninth precinct are seeking the
offenders
Il was few minutes after y o'clock
when box s.. At Second and II streets,
was pulled. When the engines arrived,
bringing with them a crowd Of excited
persons who believed the Home for the
Aged was on fire, no trace Of the four
negroes who are believed 10 have sound
ed the alarm was found.
When box So was sounded az I2:0
O'Clock il was again thought the chari-
table institution was on FIRE and excite
ment ran high The noise made by the
FIRE apparatus awakened the aged IN
mates Of the building and Il was with
difficulty the nuns in charge qCieted their
charges
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
STEWART'S WILL FILED.
Omit to Provide for
Any of Ny Children

u Intentionally omit 10 provide herein
for any Of my children. or FOR the issue
of any deceased child Of mine, or for any
child OF mine who may be born after the
making Of this viii
This statement is contained in the viii.
fled yesterday, of William N. Stewart
o. Bullfrog. New. who died April q last
His entire estate is left TO his wife, May
Agnes Stewart. who is named exeeUtrix
witheut bond. The instrument IS dated
December 4 1895.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
DISCUSS TARIFF PROBLEMS.
Economic Club Gives Fourth Dinner
at the Hotel AstOr.

New York, May 5-''Tarin problems"
occupied the attention Of the Economic
Club Of New York at its fourth dinner
OF the season this evening. The ballroom
OF the Hotel AstOT was crowded from
go till midnight. President A Barton
Hepburn was il the chair
No speech was listened 10 with more
interest than that OF Kenyon Cox, who
spoke against The tariff on works Of
art Mr. Cox was as serious and en-
phatic as he always looks, but he enliv-
ened his speech with humorous references.
Theodore ?. ShOnts talked on Wages,
prices, and the tariff Henry R Towne
on a permanent tariff commission" and
W BOurke Cochran made what man in
the corridor called an "'ellroarin' free
trade speech eight columns long under
the title The tariff and the people
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
Inefficient Service.

From Tit-BitS
'Halloa, old chap. where are you of
to- said one man to another.
I'm going over to the post-ofnce TO
make complaint about the dilatory de-
livery.
What's the trouble7'
why. that check you promised TO
send me ten days ago hasn't reached
ne yet"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
SEMINARY STUDENT DIES.
Miss Nina r. Scheidt Passes Away az
Home in NOrristown. Pa.

Nina r. Scheidt, a student at the Ma
tional Park Seminary in this city, died
at her home in Norristown, Pa, on Mon
day night She contracted typhoid fever
while on her way home from school for
the Easter holidays
Tbs young woman was eighteen years
old and most popular with her class
mates at the seminary. She was the
daughter OF Adam Scheidt, president CT
the Penn Trust Company, OF Norristown,
Pa
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
Rite. for Mrs. mckinney.

Funeral services for Mrs Islander L.
Mckinney. widow Of Christopher c. Nc
Kinney, who died yesterday morning,
will be held at O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon AZ her former residence. lie
r street northwest She was seventy
six years old. Mrs. Mckinney had many
friends in Washington. and was well
known III Charleston. s. C. and Cleve-
land. Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
Funeral of Mrs. Prcntis,.

Funeral services for Mrs. Emile S,
Prentiss. widow Of DR.. D. Webster Prem
tiss. formerly one Of the prominent ply
sicians OF Washington. Wal be held to-
morrow 'afterpocn at I:sa O'Clock from the
Church Of the Ascension Rev. J. Hem
nIng Nelms viii odiciate.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
CARRIER PLEADS GUILTY.
Court Imposes Fine on Western
Railroad

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
way Company has entered a plea OF
guilty on two counts Of an indictment for
violations Of the EIkins act. which pro-
hibits departures BY common carriers
from the lawfully established rates The
court has imposed a fine OF $500 and
costs o. each count
The United States attorney Tor the
Western district OF Missouri advised the
Department or Justice 20 this effect yes
terday- The fine imposed IS deemed ade-
CUate. because the railroad did not favor
certain shippers at the expense OF others.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
Officers Are Honored.

Officers Of the navy. who visited Ven
ezueIa when the Maine. North Carolina
and Dolphin took William I. Buchanan to
Caracas early in January 70 settle the
disputes between this country and Ven
ezuela, have been conferred the decora-
tons Of the Order Of the Bust Of Bolivar.