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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
FUNERAL OF Col. AUGUR TODAY
BODY OF SOLDIER REACHES
HERE FROM PHILIPPINES.
Burial in Arlington Cemetery With
Full Military Honors-Escort
of Troops.

Full military honors will be paid tc
the memory of Col. Jacob 4. Augur OF
the 10th United States Cavalry. who diet
suddenly in Manila P. l., April IL. abou,
a month before his regiment sailed fol
the United States. 4 pathetic feature OF
the case of Col. Aueur is that he died
just a day before President Taft an.
nounced his selection for promotion to the
grade of brigadicr general to fill va.
cancy to occur a few weeks later.
The body Of Col. Augur was brough,
to this country on the transport Kill.
patrick, on which the soldiers Of his com.
mand made the passage home by way
of Suez and the Mediterranean The
transport arrived at New York Sunday
and the regiment left that city today
for its new station at Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont.
Not Enough Cavalry Here.
Arriving at the Union station abou,
3;45 this afternoon the remains of Col
Augur. accompanied by Mrs Augur and
two daughters. will be received by q
party of friends and detachment Of
United States troops. Owing to the alb.
sence of the 18th Cavalry from Fort
Myer there are not enough soldiers avail.
able to meet the regulation requirements
OF the case. The military escort from
the railroad station to the Arlington Gem
etery. where the interment will be made
will consists OF two batteries OF field ar.
tillery from Fort Myer. headed by tk<
10Th Cavalry Band. At the entrance tt
the cemetery the funeral cortege will be
met by two companies of engineers from,
Washington barracks and escorted to the
grave. where the usual ceremonies will ba
performed. Chaplain Pierce. retired, will
The honorary pallbearers will be Judge
Advocate General Davis. Commissary
General Sharpe. Surgeon General Tcrney
Col. John w. Pullman, Col. Joseph w
Duncan, 9Th Infantry; Maj. Eben Swift
9th Cavalry. and William B. Gerhard OF
Philadelphia.
Had Distinguished Career.
Col. Augur had long and distinguished
career. Although a native Of New York
he spent his early life In this city. and
was appointed to the army from the Dis
trict. He was graduated from the United
States Military Academy June, 1860, and
his entire service was in the cavalry
After tWenty-eight years service In the
9Th Cavalry he was made major of the
18th Cavalry. He served with that regi.
ment from June. 1897. until June. 1902
when he became colonel OF the 10th Cav
airy. and was with that regiment in the
Philippines when he died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Boy Missing Three Weeks.

t. w. kerper of PA 18th street north
east called at police headquarters today
and asked the police to locate his son.
Elmer Kerper. fifteen years of age. who
left his home three weeks ago and has
not since been seen. Mr.. kerper said
his son told his mother that he was
going to a drug store to make pur-
chase and that he did not return home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Gen. Worthineton No Better,

The condition of Gen. Henry G. Worth
ington. the last surviving palibearer at
the funeral of President Lincoln who is
at Garfield Hospital critically Ill, was
stated late this afternoon to be practi-
caily unchanged.
Gen. Worthingtons death it was said
may occur at any moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Killed by a Pitched Ball.

DES MONIES. Iowa. July 2T.-Harry
Rubes was struck over the heart by a
pitched ball during a base ball game yes.
terday near Spencer. Iowa, and died In
stantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Officers involved on Trial.
Court Will Wait for UtIey

ANNAPOLIS. Md. July 27-At the
opening Of today's session of the Sutton
inquiry Commander Hood ruled that all
witnesses must be heard prior to the ar
rival next week Of DIR. Cook and Lieut..
Utley.
The ruling was in elaboration of the
announcement of the court. made Friday.
to the effect that the taking OF testi-
mony would go on until all witnesses
now present had been heard. The an
nouncement today met with a vigorous
protest from Mr.. Davis
Il may go as far as to say to the
court" remarked Mr.. Davis. that If
the ruling of the court is rightly under
stood by me l shall be greatly embar-
raised in having to produce at least one
witness prematurely."
II had intended TO procure a witness.
moreover. following Surgeon Cooks tes-
timony. 10 go into the matter of the ex-
animation of Suttons wounds | had
further intended to recall Lieut.. Adams
Tor further questioning after the testi-
mo1y OF Lieut.. Itley.
We feel that we shall be greatly handi-
capped II We are not permitted to conduct
our case in this manner
Final Ruling Of Court.
The judge advocate concurred in the
views Of the Suttons' counsel The mo-
ton OF Mr. Davis was finally allowed.
The court rules" said Commander
Hood. that the previous ruling shall be
understood 10 leave the counsel for Mrs.
Sutton the privilege of calling such wit
nesses they please later on before the
conclusion CT the taking of evidence"
The ruling was made on MIR. Davis in
curry that the summing up by counsel
would take place in the same order as
IN tn examination of witnesses. namely,
The judge advocate first, Mr.. Birney Sec
ond and Mr.. Davis last. This was
changed, however. at the demand OF Mr..
Birney. and last place was granted to
him.
In asking for the privilege of the final
summing up Mr.. Birney practically adj
mitted that his client. Lieut.. Adams had
been put In the position of the defendant
May il please the court" he said lin
view of the attitude of counsel on the
other SIDE. during the. events OF this
trial. Mr.. Adams has been placed in the
attitude of defendant. In view of this
phase Of the case. ] feel that We are
entitled to last place in the order OF
summing up and to all the advantages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

There was one discrepancy in Kenne-
dy's evidence which 1t is difficult to rec
oncle. and it may be he was mistaken.
He insisted that during the first fight
the automobile was standing by, and the
chauffeur was also present, whereas
Owens insists he left before the fight
begun.
Kennedy also declares he heard no one
call out Sentry as was stated by
owens and Griffith. 1t Is possible that
when Sutton called out Kennedy" and
asked him to return the chauffeurs
thought there was call for sentry"
This is one explanation by the Sutton
people. Kennedy swore positively that
none Of the officers carried any weapons.
While endeavoring to impeach his tes-
timony the judge advocate declared that
sergeant major had been sent with
kennedy because his commanding ON
GER considered him unreliable.
Mrs. Sutton regards kennedy's evi.
as it does that Of Owens. that Adams
and not Sutton. was the aggressor. This
is the first time. too, evidence was Of
fered showing there had been a fight
between Sutton and Adams.
Kennedy took the stand in the after
noon and Immediately after DR.. Albert
p. NJ. Mccormick had testified as 10 the
location of the bullet wound In Sutton's
head. Even in this instance the doctors
disagreed. DR.. Pickrell said the ball
entered at the top Of the head. Dr.
Mccormick locates it near the top on the
right side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

In the course of his narrative he also con-
tradicted the statements of the chauf-
feurs Owens and Griffith. but the discrep-
ancy had no bearing on the fight. At any
rate. he did not plead forgetfulness nor
ignorance, and while some of his facts
may have been distorted. it was plain
enough that he was not actuated by de-
sire to shield or place the officers in an
unfavorable light.
He told his story in a straightforward
manner. recounting the occurrence as he
remembered it. II he was guilty Of falsi-
flying. and no reason could be assigned by
anyone why he should do SO, he had
rehearsed his story so we'll that the law
yers failed to find an opening for attack.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-08
HONOLULU Still
ON 7. X. K. MAP
Manager Avery Insists
No Change Is
MOOted

Honolulu Is still on the Togo XII
sen Kaisha map and will continue
to conspicuously figure as port OF
caIl for the fine japanese liners as
they voyage between China and
Japan ports and San Francisco.
The persistent and perennial ru-
NOR heard about the clubs and ho-
tel corridors in the various Asiatic
treaty ports that the present traffic
agreement between the Togo Kisen
Kaisha and the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company has sustained seri-
Gus rupture sufficient to cause the
companies to seek their separate in
terests is given emphatic denial by
, Assistant General Manager w. II.
Avery, who passed through Homo
lulu on Monday as a passenger on
the liner Chiyo Maru.
| One of the many stories emanat-
| ing from the coast was to the effect
that the japanese liners would soon
cease to call at Honolulu port be-
cause of the break in the agreement
row binding the steamship lines,
With the elimination of the Hawa-
liam capital the T. X. X. liners would
be enabled TO make u much faster
passage across the Pacific, as the
vessels would proceed from Yoko-
hama to San Francisco direct and
would cover the distance in a lit
tie over ten days.
| "The Togo Kisen Kaisha will not
break with the Pacific Mail line and
enter into a running agreement with
the Western Pacific Railroad. as was
reported, according to W. II. Avery,
assistant general manager of ths
Iline. According to coast inter
view with Mr.. Avery, the present
traffic agreement. which has been In
effect for ten years, was satisfactory
I, to the Japanese line. Il Is a con-
tract, however. with no time limit,
and It may be terminated b. either
party on six months notice. 1T is
the purpose of the company" said
MIR. Avery, ito develop the South
| American coast trade. So far It has
proved to be profitable and can be
made more so. The service will
shortly be increased by the addition
Ola new steamer. She is craft OF
10000 tons and is capable of max
Ing IL knots on her run. While in
Yokohama l attended the meeting
jof the directors of the Togo Kisen
Company, and would say right here
/ that the company was thinking OF
amalgamating with the Nippon Yu-
Isen Kaisha. which operates steam
. ers between Japan and Puget Sound
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-08

A STEAMSHIP company with a cap
ital of $4,000. 900 Is being organized at
Hamburg to establish line to Gal
weston, Tex.
THE SiX-MASTED schooner which
is being built at Bath. Me-, will be used
in the coal servlc, between PhIlalcg
phia, Baltimore Virginia and Now
England ports. She will be the larg
est craft OF her rig afoat. Her dlmen
sions are: Length. $50 feet. width, 81
feet. and depth. 30 feet. She will bl
launched this month.
JOHN NORRIS formerly connect
ed with the liner Siberia, has been
appointed chief engineer of the Port.
land steamer Rose City. succeeding
John Jackson, who has been grant.
ed leave OF absence and is on @
vacation trip to England. william
Keenan,. who has been first assistant
engineer OF the Manchuria. has beer
appointed chief engineer OF the Kan
sas City.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-08

There are log of fishermen around
the waterfront at present. and a big
run of mullet has come IN the harbor.
Bread bait and a very small book on
a fine line. seems to be the right sort
OF tackle to use In landing the daint,
fish.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-08

II you have a Stelnway piano You
are sure yen have the best. It's In {
class by itself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24
JESUP, WHO DONATED MEMORIAL
 LIBRARY, LEAVES SI3,35z, ,43s

New York. July 24.-The appraisal of che estate of Morris K. Jesup. who died in last January, places the value at SIS, 1852, ,435, divided into $11, ,346,543 of personal property and g cos, ,S92 in real estate. There were debts amounting to SPA, 894 and administration expenses Of S10,O The executors collected commissions amounting to $402, ,0OO which are deducted from the personal estate The net value of the estate is SIP, S14, ,S94, disposed of in sixty-t three bequests. Maria De Witt Jesup, the widow, is residuary legatee. After the siXty-three bequests. including $1,- 100000 to the American Museum of Natural History, are deducted, the widows share of the estate is $9,617,- c91. She will be obliged, under the law. to pay a transfer tax of 1 per cent. on her share, but she has insisted also on paying the inheritance tax on the sixty-two other legacies, so that they will go to the beneficiaries with out cost expense.
 Paintings are valued at s195715. Mr. Jesup donated the Jesup Memorial Li- brary to Westport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24
WESTERN SENATOR'S WON'T HAVE FREE
 RAW MATERIALS
Especial from United Press.3

A Washington, July |24-'Don't make any bets or promises that you'll not shave or have another haircut until hides go on the free list, because don't want you to look like Rip Van Winkle.'
 This was the advice given to-day by a prominent Senator to one of his newspaper friends and it voiced the feeling of confidence which exists among the western Republican Sena- tors on the whole question of free raw materials. They are perfectly willing to make concessions in the rates but they stand pat against the proposition to remove all duties from hides, coal. iron ore and lumber.
 So far as. Senator Aldrich is con- cerned, his personal interests and the material interests of the section from which he comes would be served through the putting of all these arti- cleS on the free list. He has been striving to secure the reductions which President Taft wants. He has person ally taken the views of a large num- Der of Senators under consideration He has informed the President that it IS impossible, however, to pass a bill through the Senate and House with these things on the free list.
 What the President wants is as low rates as he can get with due regard to the protsct1ve policy of his party. He has satisfied himself as to the amount of the concessions which he can secure and it can be stated posi- lively that he will not only sign the bill but feels that he can congra tulate the country on its real downward re- vision character. With the duty on hides cut to 71s per cent. and the rates on leather, boots and shoes reduced materially from existing law; with coal reduced from 67 cents to 40 or 45 cents per ton; with lumber reduced from g per thousand to SIPS; with oil free and iron ore cut from 40 cents down to about ten, which is the present figure talked of, the President feels that the new tariff can well be de- tended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24

Gov. Weeks veto of the bill lessen ing the number of votes in the board of Pardons for the granting of a par don, the present law requiring a un- animous vote, is a strongly-reasoned document. His points are that crim- fnal acts 'should be made as unat- tractive as possible; that an accused person can only be convicted upon a unanimous verdict of 12 jurors; that the bill is ''the first step on the wrong road" and might be followed by other steps in the same direction; that if the board of Pardons is too large, it's membership should be reduced; that its votes have always been unani- xnous; and that if the statutory penal ties for crime are too severe, let them be reduced but '1et not false senti- ment lessen that protection which is the right of our law abiding citizens
 A most excellent interpretation of the veto is nfade by the Courant which says: Where the person has the right of trial in which there must be a unanimous jury for conviction, then the interests of society equally deman6 that the body undoing the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24

Western merchants and manufac- turers have devised a plan of appar- ently successful competition with the mail order houses. They have organ ized what is called the Berkley sys- tenn. There are now 5000 country stores in the system and their orders are combined, which enables them to buy as cheaply as do the mail order houses, perhaps even more cheaply. In, addition, they have the advantage of displaying the goods instead of selling from catalogues, and the goods are widely advertised. Manufactur- CTS of staple goods are also in this system and ship direct to the several stores Should this Berkley system work successfully, and become of countrywide operation, the mail or der houses may, eventually, be driven out of business, or their trade at least be cut down very materially.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24

There appears to be little opposition amonsr the Congressional opponents Of tree raw materials to free petroleum. This is easily explained. Standard oil which is said to have acquired control of the great oil fields in Mex leo. naturally desires to import the product free of duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24
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PLATES OPINION IN
 ADMIRALTY CASE

Judge James P. Platt has filed an opinion in the district court of the United States which is of much inter est to those who filed libles against the steam tug Baxter, sold at auction while tied up in New London harbor some time ago.
 The Baxter was first libelled by Seamen who had wages due from the owner of the tug, and later libles were filed by merchandise and other credi- tors in seaport towns. The matter was referred to B. E. Marvin, clerk of the court. as master. to pass on the claims and aDportion the fund re- maining among the libellants. It was said at the time the Baxter was to be sold. that she should bring $15,000, but she brought only $500 and after Clerk Marvin filed his report some of the claimants to the fund filed exceptions to its being accepted. The report has been accepted, however. by Judge P1att.
 Judge Platt states that no one criti- cises so much of the report as deals with seamens wages and preferred fees and costs, and to that extent it is accepted at the outset. There is then left for distribution a balance of contest rages. q am convinced" states Judge Platt, that it will be an act of wisdom on the part of these belligerent proctors to accept, with grace, the more than half loaf of fered them by the clerk as master, even if his conclusions have been ar rived at somewhat irregularly. If they continue their warfare, they may dis cover. when they open their hands at the end of it. that. while clutching at what they think is substance. they have. in reality, been grasping a shadow. After serious consideration it seems to me that the facts leave the final conclusion in sufficient doubt so that it is my duty to accept the re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24

went on, that is, so far as I am con- cerned. Only the laws of man stand between us, and these we did not make. We are not responsible for what has been made nor for certain things Whlch have transpired."
 s Asked if she had ever married Boyer the young woman replied she could not answer the question.
 When I met my husband, in 19O4, l thought he had been divorced she said. When my husband obtained a separation thought that was di- vorce, but the fact that I was wrong does not make any difference in my feeling for MT. Boyer. He is most lovable man and could not be guilty Of all the wrongs laid at his door. What we have done is not wrong. It Is right, although it may not have been in keeping with the social laws man has made"
 Mrs Boyer" smiled when the sub ject of her stage career was brought up. She said she had never been known on the stage as Ted Barring siri. sdnI nor nao Sne ever been A 'n0'uS
 T came East from my home in Cal ifornia and was graduated from New York's best dramatic school,' she ex- plained. ''Then, for few weeks sang a small part in The Casino Girl.' This was merely to learn the stage. One of my best friends was Maybelle Gilman, now Mrs. ". E. Cory. I appeared under the name of Ruth Woodcroft, but when I entered the dramatic field I called myself Ar dine Atherton. My father was Hen ny Woodcroft Hammond, of London. l am we'll connected in New York and California, one of my uncles being a Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in New York. I shall not give his name.
 ''The trouble between MT. and Mrs. Boyer began nineteen years ago. This re ,0% Ivy %sv,,o %1ox hox n0- rated. You know she is old enough to be my mother. And her son, well, he is about my own age. Old friends of my husbands family know all about friendly. I have called on Mrs. Boy er's daughter socially and also know her son we'll"
 According to the woman Boyer's wealth has been exaggerated.
 '.He owes me a considerable sum-" she said, "as I told Charles Boyer to- day when I called upon him. As for the $50O00 legacy from Mrs. Amelia Sherman, mother of MT. Boyer, I do not care for penny of it. If that is what prevents Mrs. Boyer from ob- taining a divorce she can go ahead"
 She emphatically denied Boyer had dressed as a woman and gone to his Mount Vernon home in an automobile. She characterized the report as too ab- surd to be believed even by gossips.
 It was said at the New York offices of Blandy, Mooney & Shipman, attor- neys for Mrs. Boyer, Wednesday, that action would be taken against Boyer under the Connecticut laws. This makes it a felony for a man to live with a woman other than his wife.
 Charles H. Boyer. President of the firm of L. Boyer Sons, said Wednesday his brother Frank is no longer con- nected with the firm. He added he did not want to become involved in any difficulty between a man and his wife, so he knew nothing of the matter. He last heard from his brother in May. At that time Frank was in California.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-24

Massachusetts has an anti-lobbying law which requires every person or corporation interested in legislation to report under oath the names and com pensation of such Legislative counsel or agents'' as wefe employed to pro mote or oppose legislation. It does not work as expected. At the recently closed session of the Legislature, it appears that though hundreds were employed, but one Legislative agent" or lay lobbyist received money as such, the amount being s1,701, while the Legislative counseP' or lawyer lobbyists all appeared on the corpora tions' pay-rolls as drawing regular salaries. Though the law reveals the facts, it does not check the practice.