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Evening star., 1909-06-21

| be a success A. C. Moses. chairman of
the button committee. said. at noon. after
| he had reached the point where he could
draw a long breath and get line on the
days operations. Nearly 100000 buttons
are out for sale and we have about 1850
persons working for u.s. We have done
the best we knew how in the way of put
ting out a well organized force and are
now busy keeping volunteers supplied
with buttons and attending to the various
details Of the work arising. We will not
know exactly where we stand until ABOUT
/ 6 o'clock this evening, by which time we
hope to be able to arrive at the actual
| figures the results"
While nearly every person in Washing
ton is buying button. many who buy
them do not wear them where they can
be seen. This is said to be wrong. The
ton will be attracted, and that Is what
the committee wants.
Emphasizes Certain Facts.
Some of the facts the committee Is
emphasizing are the following:
''All persons authorized to sell buttons
on the street have been supplied with
badges by the committee.
THE prices of the buttons are clearly
indicated by colors, as follows: Black
button, 10 cents: green. p cents: blue,
30 cents: red 81; silver. So; gold, $40. No
one should pay more than the value of
the button as indicated by the color
Buttons are on sale in all drug stores
and practically all of the large down.
town stores. as well as by special can
vassers.
Persons desiring further information.
or an additional supply of buttons, should
telephone Main 6616
Every one is requested to make COM
plete returns of sales before o'clock this
afternoon.
lob 1ox> a.
will help the committee materially.
Schools Doing Their Share.
While the buttons are being sold all
over the city with great success the pub
lie schools Of Washington are doing their
share. The supervising principals have re-
ported to the board of education that the
sale OF buttons among the pupils is prov
ing most satisfactory and it is probable
that very few buttons, II any, will be
returned by the schools.
That interest in the Fairgrounds
the following letter. which was received
sii1: ey Mr. Moses today fro" Arthur Cow
Il was appointed vice chairman Of the
building industry committee for Button
day. and I believe that l have already
done considerable work along with Mr..
Joseph Richardson to the end OF making
Button day a success-by the patron
age Of the people of the building indus.
try in general.
During the month of May. Miss Sill
vers. one of the teachers in the Ludlow
School. In connection with the supervis-
ing principal of that district. gave an
entertainment. The Merchant of Venice
In the Northeast Temple for the benefit.
SO l was informed. Of the Rosedale
playground. The entertainment was 50
we'll patronized that 1t had to be re-
peated a week later.
AS president of the Northeast Tenn
pie and Market Company. located at the
corner Of 18th and II streets northeast.
herewith tender the large public en-
tertainment hall free for the benefit of
the playground association for an enter
tainment or for such use as it NAV de-
termine to make of the same"
Evening star., 1909-06-21
WASHINGTON SCORES FOUR.
In First Inning Takes Lead Against
New York Team.

ANCW Iva n = OoAAA'
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. June 21.-Thcusands Of
fans Travelled to the American League Park
on the heights today to see the third
battle of the series between the High
landers and the Nationals, to see which
of the two teams that have recently been
in the darkest depths of slumpdom is
ripe to pull out of the hole.
The double e-header Saturday. which
resulted in an even break, simply
whetted the appetites of the bugs"
They came to the park today in the
knowledge that the game would be To-
blood. and that neither Manager STALL
ings nor Manager Cantillion would leave
any trick unturned to cinch the game.
Stallings sent in his youngster Warhop.
the man who has been going well recent
ly, to do the pitching in the hope that
he might check the fatal abiiity TO get
men on bases exhibited by the Nationals
of late. To oppose him Manager Cantii-
lon chose Long Tom Hughes, who once
wore the New York American uniform
and who can always be counted on 10
pitch his best against the Highlanders
Kleinow is behind the bat for New
York The great and only Charley Street
is doing the backstop work for the Ma
tionals. The umpires are KERN and
Sheridan.
In the first inning Washington madc
four runs off Warhop, while Hughes held
the home team safe without tally.
In the second inning two runs by the
Yankees cut the lead of the visitors in
half
In the third inning neither side scored.
Johnson took Hughes place In the box
for the Nationals.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
THIS IS BUTTON DAY
Practically Everybody 'HeId
Up" by Canvassers.
$1,000 WERE PUT ON SALE
Buying Begins With a Rush and
Continues During Day.
FOR BENEFIT OF FAIRGROUNDS
Chairman Moses of the Committee
Looks for Big Success-Re-
turns at S O'Clock.
FOR BENEFIT OF FAIRGROUNDS

We love our hooks and eyes, but oh
sou buttons
This goes with all the women In town
today and perforce. with all the men
also because they wouldn't know how
to handle hooks and eyes If they had
fhem-except few we'll trained married
men,
And the best part OF II is that the chill
dren of Washington will profit by the
results. For the sale of buttons means
the establishment Of more children s
Fairgrounds.
This Ii Button day." and from the
morning and early afternoon sales 1t
looks like really big occasion.
There we're placed on sale in various
parts Of the city this morning 81 600 but
tons. Before 9:30 o'clock every one of
the 5000 black buttons. which sell for
Evening star., 1909-06-21
WRONGOO|NGOF OUR SENATORS
TREY SMOOTHED HAIR WITH
JAPANESE BRUSHES.
So Declares Advocate Of Duty, Who
Would Stop This Condition by
Higher Protection.

Republican members of the finance
committee were startled this morning by
the information that they were brush
ing their hair with Japanese hair
brushes.
Senator Aldrich. chairman of the COM
mittee. felt his smooth head. Senators
Lodge. Flint. Smoot. Penrose. Burrows
and McCumber ran their hands through
their hair in CONSERVATION.
j. c. Bonner of Toledo. Ohio, who
wants the duty on hair brushes increased
from 40 to so per cent. was responsible
for the excitement. He appeared before
the committee. with the information that
did 1t.
One senator who heard of what had
happened remarked this afternoon that
perhaps that accounted for the bill
which the committee had reported and
which Senator Dolliver not long ago said
was as hard to understand as IAN orr
entail puzzle"
Mr.. Bonner was not told whether the
duty would be increased or left where 1t
Is. He seemed satisfied with the stir he
had made.
Evening star., 1909-06-21

end. and what testimony we have OBJ
tanned we have turned over TO New
York.
Il am satisfied that Miss Sigel was not
here and that she was murdered in New
York shortly after she left home Nednes|
day morning
Unpleasantness Anticipated.
s. ". Tang. immigration inspector.
whose wife had this unpleasant expe-
rience with the police yesterday. told a
Star reporter that there are number of
Cinnamon about this section Of the coun-
try who have American wives and sweet
hearts. or American lady friends. There
are many Chinese students in this city
at this time, and they go about TO public
places with ladies'
He realizes that at this time they are
bound TO attract attention. and some I'M
pleasantness may be caused There's are
several students at the Chinese legation
he said. and ii is not an uncommon thing
for them to go out with ladies. He thinks
there is no truth in reports that Leong
or Miss Sigel is here.
Many telephone messages have been re-
ceived at police headquarters from differ
ent parts of the city during the past two
days giving information about supposed
clues The latest one was received about
noon today. the sender of the message
giving the information that the man
Leong. whose likeness had appeared in
the papers. had been seen to enter a
laundry. The man was found by Detec-
tive Pratt. who recognized him as cook
in the employ OF a Washington news
paper man.
Chinese Clue Punctured.
1t was learned by a Star reporter today
from H. r. Howser. a ticket agent for
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. at its
! office. 1417 G street northwest. that the
three Chinamen. reported to have passed
through Chicago last week were former
residents of Washington on their way tc
Hongkong.
Mr.. Howser. who has sold thousands
Of tickets to Cinnamon on their way
home, keeps a record of each of them
He Is positive that the three men were
not the ones who were wanted in Ne"
York.
He said one Of the men to whom he
sold a ticket last week is Ar Now. q
valet, employed by Admiral George
Dewey. who was employed by the ad
miral at the battle of Manila and later
returned to this country with him HE
has been in a hospital here. receiving
treatment for his eyes. 1t Is expecte-
he will later return.
Two Laundrymen.
Luther Sam. another of the men. haa
conducted a laundry at 1907 18th stree
northwest for the past three or foul
years. Mr.. Howser said he had knowr
him for six or seven years. He is fifty
| two years OF age.
Lee Toy, the other man, was a laundry
| man, and has been here for number oi
years. He has gone back to his home tc
spend the rest of his days. He is old and
| has saved a large sum OF money.
Two other Cinnamon left Washington
about two weeks ago. One had beer
| employed in a restaurant on Pennsyl
| vania avenue. The other was a member
| of one of the Chinese companies on Penn
| sylvania avenue. The former went tc
China, while the other only went as fal
| as Chicago.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
ACCUSED AS LOTTERY AGENT
WASHINGTON MAN UNDER AR
REST IN BALTIMORE.
Morris Schlitzer Charged With Hav'
ing Tickets in Possession and
Offering Them for Sale.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. June 21.-An
Austrian giving his name as Morris
Schlitzer Of 1888 7th street northwest.
Washington. D. c.. was committed for
court this morning by Justice Lewis at
the southern police station on two charges;
first. on the charge of having In his
possession a number Of lottery tickets
and records of numbers drawn at lot
terry. and second. on the charge OF sell
ing and offering for sale lottery tickets
on the Hungarian lottery.
Michael Derwart, saloon keeper at
100 Hull street. is responsible for the
arrest Of Schlitzer He notified the police
OF the southern district that about the
middle of May a man had come into his
saloon and after inquiring for a resident
Of the neighborhood. had offered to sell
him a lottery ticket which he refused to
purchase. Yesterday he learned the man
was again in the neighborhood and ne
notified Sergt. Joseph Griffiss. who. with
Policemen Deitz and Nicholas Hayes
picked up Schlitzer.
At the hearing this morning Franz
Jacobs 1923 Beason street. testified he
had purchased ticket from Schlitzer
May Is for 81. Michael Kline, 1924 Tow
son street. and Jacob Doggendorf, 1888
BeaSon street, also teStlned tnat SchiltIel
had tried to sell them tickets on the
lottery. and told them they were likely
to win $4,000 for 81, but they could not
see 1t that way. and had refused to buy
SchlitZer also had in his possession a
number of his business cards. which
clas ssed him as a real estate dealer at the
Washington address. When asked IL he
wanted to make statement Schlitzel
told the court the complainants had
played their game and he would have
nothing to say at this time.
At 1893 7th street northwest Is Fried
mans job printing establishment. The
proprietor said this afternoon that he
had known Morris Schlitzer for severa
years. as he frequently had his printing
done there. and some months ago asked
permission to use the Office as an address
for receiving his mail. Schlitzer had
letter heads printed advertising himself
as real estate dealer with his address
at the printing Office.
Schlitzer changed his residence fire.
quentiy, Mr.. Friedman said. and he,
Friedman, never knew exactly where he
lived. He also had circulars printed in
the Jewish language advertising lots fol-
sale by a local company. for which
Schlitzer Is said to have worked.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
HOTEL WILL REMAIN OPEN.
T. A. Mckee Buys Furniture and
Good Will of the METROPOLITAN.

T. A. Mckee. proprietor of the Hotel
Gordon and secretary OF the Hotel Men {
Association Of Washington since its or
ganization. bought the fixtures. furniture
and good will of the Metropolitan Hotel
this morning at public auction for $4,000
Within an hour after the sale was COM
pleted the hotel was again opened to the
public.
Mr.. Mckee said this morning that the
hotel had never really been closed, as
many OF the patrons remained for the
new management. and Saturday afternoon
only the dining room was closed. The
business was bought from the Metropolis
tan Hotel Company. Mr.. Mchee says
he will run 1t In connection with the
Hotel Gordon, and one is an uptown
and the other a downtown hostelry they
will not compete with each other
He says that the house is TO be com.
pletely modernized by the owners. who
will spend about $4,000 on improvements
Mr. Mckee will refurnish many of the
rooms and make numerous other improve.
ments. The repairs will be done one moor
at n time. so that 1t will not be necessary
to close the hotel.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
SAVED FROM PoTrER's FIELD.
L. G. c. Morris, Englishman, to b
Cremated at Congressmen's Expense

SIcIudICu dL SOuSicSSAAcA GApeASC.
The body of Leslie c. c. Morris. the
Englishman who died at Sibley Hospital
last week. will not be buried at potter
field or dissected by medical students.
Members of Congress who live at the
Dewey Hotel. where Morris was a guest
for several months prior to his death.
have taken up a collection. They will
have the body crsshated. The ashes
will be sent to England as soon as trace
is found Of the dead mans relatives.
Morris. supposed to have been re-
mittance man. came to Washington four
or five months ago and took up his resi-
dence at the Dewey. He was attractive,
pleasant. we'll educated and made him
self well liked by everybody in the
hotel.
He said he was agent for several
southern publications, put out by a New
York firm. He did not tell anything
about himself except to indicate that he
was Of gentle birth and a drifting
When he died at Sibley Hospital OF
pneumonia his body was about to be
sent to a medical. college for dissection
when congressman living at tue Dewey
took a hand. They held a meeting last
evening at which were present practical
~ all the guests of the hotel. including
Representative Graft of illinois, Crum-
packer of Indiana. Hamilton of Iowa.
Burke Of South Dakota. Ransdell OF
Louisiana. Freeland Of New York, Mar
tin Of South Dakota. Townsend of Michi-
gan, Bolstead of Minnesota and Wilson OF
Illinois.
The meeting was called to order by Mr.
Graft. Mr.. Townsend was elected chair
man.
Resolutions were adopted setting forth
that whereas Mr.. Morris was generally
and deservedly popular on account of his
kind and genial disposition and his agree
able and cultured manner. commit
tee Of three be appointed to arrange for
the cremation Of his body and the reten-
ton OF the remains until the committee
may locate his relatives and communicate
with them concerning his death and ex-
tend TO them our sincere sympathy
Representatives Burke and Graft and Dr.
S. P. Brown were appointed the commit
tee. They will communicate with the
London police and endeavor to have a
search made for the relatives OF Morris.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
CLOSE CALL FOR THE CRUISER
WILSON LINER SAPPHo COL
LIDES WITH WARSHIP.
Blow Was at an Angle or Battleship
Would Have Been Cut
In Twain.

DOVER, June IA serious naval
disaster was narrowly averted Saturday
nigiat. when. In Q dense fog. the Wilson
liner eappho coilided with the British
third-class protected cruiser sappho. off
Duugeness. The blow struck by the
liner was at IN angle or the chuiser prob
ably would have been cut In two. The
liner was practically undamaged and pro-
ceeded on her voyage. The cruiser was
seriously damaged and has been beached
here.
The cruiser had just been commissioner
for maneuvers. She carried crew of
40 ofacers and men. When 1t was dis
covered that she was making water rapid
ly the bulkheads were closed. signals
were sent up and minute guns were fired.
Two lifeboats from Dungeness. aided by
the cruisers boats. safely transferred 200
OF the crew TO the shore. The others.
with their omcers. remained aboard.
Gradually the water flooded the cruiser.
ouenching the fres and extinguishing the
electric lights. The cruiser lay helpless
until o'clock in the morning, when tugs
arrived from Dover BY the aid of the
pumps and collision mats the Sappho was
put in condition TO weather the trip to
Dover. TO which port she was successful
ly towed and beached in the naval har-
Dor.
None Of the crew was injured. The war
ship will bes patched up and refioated to-
morrow, after which she will be taken 10
Portsmouth for repairs.
Similar to Former Accident.
Except for the fact that there was nc
loss OF life. the accident 10 the war ves-
sel bears marked resemblance to the cut.
ting down of the British cruiser Gladiator
by the American line steamship ST. Pau
off the Isle Of Wight in April, 1905 On
that occasion the vessels were steaminS
through a snowstorm.
The Wilson liner came upon the Sapphe
without warning. appearing suddenl,
through the dense fog. The crew displayed
remarkable discipline. even when anxiety
was increased by the plungng of the
cruiser. in total darkness. through the
failure OF the electric lights. The liner
tore away the port seaboat from the
cruiser and rebounded She passed by
the cruisers stern and. was swallowed uI
BY the fog and was not seen again. The
naval ofacers say that they saw the liner
a. she came alongside, but nobody seem
Evening star., 1909-06-21
ed to think that there would be COLI
sion until the ship actually was struck.
RED STAR LINER DAMAGED.
iceland. in Crash With Unknown
Vessel During a Fog.


SOUTHAMPTON. June 21.-It will take
two or three weeks to repair the damage
to the bows Of the Red Star line steam
ship iceland, that was in collision Sat
urday night east OF Dover with an un-
known vessel. The iceland was pro-
ceeding slowly through a dense fog when
she struck the other vessel amidship.
Boats were Immediately lowered from the
steamer. but no trace OF the other ship
could be found. After remaining In the
vicinity of the accident for a considera-
BILE time without finding any vestige OF
wreckage the iceland proceeded to Dover
and thence to Southampton.
The liner sustained no damage other
than in the bows. All saloon passengers
and most Of the second and third class
passengers will be transferred to the
Oceanic, sailing June 23. The remainder
will come on the st. Paul June o6- The
cargo will be transferred to one OF the
vessels Of the Atlantic transport line.
No news of the vessel with which the
Zealand coliided has been obtained. but
the crew Of one OF the boats lowered by
the liner declare they saw her vanishing
in the fog, and it 10 presumed that she
was not badly damaged.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
Veterans Thank President

Ralph L. Curtis, W. H. Louder and NJ.
r. Seldsn. committee representing the
United States Ex-Soldiers and Sailors As
sociation, called at the White House to-
day and presented to the President a reso-
luton Of thanks for the tribute paid in his
Gettysburg Memorial day speech to the
men of the regular army
Evening star., 1909-06-21
Printing Pressmen in Convention

OMAHA, Neb., June 21.-The twenty
first annual convention OF the Interna-
tional Printing Pressmen's Union Of North
America began here today with more than
200 delegates present. Addresses were
made by Mayor j. c. Dahlman, Col. T.
". McCullough. managing editor of the
Omaha Bee; Frank A. Kennedy, editor OF
the Western Laborer: George l.. Berry of
San Francisco and others. Tonight the
delegates will be the guests OF the
knights of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
ture not only with Leon. but with. at
best one other Chinaman.


best. one other Chinaman
Chu Gain, manager and part owner of
the Port Arthur restaurant. is prisoner
in the Tombs police court. He has told
the police many things already. of how he
received letters from Elsie Sigel. and how
she assured him that She cared for no
other. and how he had received anony-
nous warnings from jealous rival TO
leave her alone. The police believe he can
tell much more.
The Port Arthur is the ne plus ultra of
the chop suey house. II does a large
business and is owned by an association
of several wealthy Cinnamon Resides
>being its head Chu Gain is an officer of
the Chinese Empire Reform Association,
the big society OF Americanized Cinnamon
in this country. He has his hair cut by
American BARRIERS. His clothes are made
to order by an uptown tailor.
He insists that Elsie Ssel never came
to the Port Arthur apartment without
her mother or other uptown friends. ex-
cept once with Leon. Chu admits he was
Jealous of Leon and hated him bitterly.
On the other hand. the police have a
creditable report that Icons roommate
called on Chu as late as last Monday
night and received $500 from him to en-
able him to make his escape from the
city.
Evening star., 1909-06-21

10 cents each, were gone and the % and
% cent buttons were going rapidly.
The 10-cent buttons were never intend
ed for grown persons, anyhow. They
are the children's buttons. The grown
ups. ii is declared, should at least buy
the 25-cent green buttons. If not the
hieher-priced ones.
Sale Begins With a Rush.
Headquarters of the button committee,
in the old Metropolitan Bank building,
was a whirlpool of activity by o'clock
this morning. Volunteers boys and girls
were on hand promptly at that hour. re-
ceived su!4lies of buttons and sailed
forth to sell them. The sales we're so
good that many of the volunteers were
back at headquarters by $50 o'clock
calling for more buttons
All day long the bicycle squad of sew
enty-fve boys was kept busy delivering
fresh supplies to volunteers, who called
up headquarters by telephone and an
Scores Of automobiles few back and
forth, filed with chaperons and pretty
girl volunteers, going to their places of
duty.
In all the hotels and stores buttons
were purchased freely. The merchants
of the city. and men engaged in every
branch Of business. keeping up the active
interest they haze manifested in the play
grounds movement since 1t was started,
did everything in their power today to
promote the sale of buttons.
In hundreds Of store windows. on the
doors of private residences and on auto
biles, delivery and all sorts of vehicles
were displayed the red or blue placards.
signifying that the owners or proprietors
had been tagged.
Chairman Noses Expects Success.
I'VE are confident that Button day will