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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
GOT LICENSE IN BALTIMORE.
Father of Prospective Bride Says
She's Only Sixteen.

Ann Olivia Mockabee and Harry Zanelli
Of this city were named in a license Is
sued by the marriage license clerk In
Baltimore this morning. About the time
the license was issued. Mr.. Mockabee.
father of the girl. called at police head
quarters in this city and consulted In
spector BOardman.
His daughter he stated. is sixteen years
old She failed to return home last night
and her absence alarmed other members
of his family. Ann. he stated. being one
of ten children. She was employed as
clerk in a 7th street department store.
Inspector Boardman telephoned to the
Baltimore police and learned Of the is
suance of the marriage license. At the
home of Zanelli, 1913 + street, surprise
was expressed at the reported marriage
of the young man.
Inspector Boardman was told that Ia
nelli gave his age as twenty-five years
when he obtained the license. the age OF
the young lady being given as twenty
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
HA! TRACED AT LAST.
Col. Choptank Discovers Alleged
Source of Roosevelt Death Rumor.

SOl. SuOpJouA O1SCOVcIS hlleKSu
Source Of Roosevelt Death Rumor.
Col. Choptank was sitting in the lobby
Of the New Willard this morning. a look
Of reverie and rapt admiration upon
his face.
what is 1t, colonei?" a friend asked
him.
II was just thinking OF that rumor
of Roosevelt's death, which has had us
all guessing and anxious for several
days. They tell me that this report had
its source no farther removed than
Washington"
How was that?'
why, they say that the Roosevelt old
guard got into a kind of panic tho
other day. Here was Taft getting the
glad hand all over the country. Aldrich in
the limelight with his monetary reform,
Uncle Joe a central figure even though
butt Of attack, Gaynor to the front, the
Wright brothers flying high. and Roose-
welt silent and unheard from in the jun
gle. Something had to be done to get
him before the public. In sheer desper-
alton they decided to work on the SYM
pathy nerve and killed him off for few
days.
Can you beat it?" unused the colonel.
as he meandered off toward the bar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
FOREIGN BANKS,

PARIS. November 9.-Closing-rhree per
cent rentes, 90 francs 40 centimes for the
account
Exchange on London, 25 francs 8 CEN
times for checks.
BERLIN, November 9.-Exchange on
London. 20 marks 40 pfennigs for checks.
Money, 4 per cent.
Rate OF discount for three-month bills.
~ per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
PAN-AMERICAN PROGRAM.
Committee Meets to Arrange 70,
Conference at Buenos Aires.

Secretary Knox today presided at a
meeting OF the committee on program
held in the diplomatic room Of the State
Department for the next Pan-American
conference. which takes place in Buenos
Aires July next. The members Of the
committee on program are the Secre-
tary Of State, ex officio; the ambassador
Of Brazil, the ambassador Of Mexico, the
minister Of Costa Rica. the minister Of
Argentine. the minister Of Peru. the min
iste of Chile. the minister Of Cuba and
Mr.. Barrett. the director of the inter-
national Bureau of American republics.
Mr.. Wilson, assistant secretary of state.
was also present.
There was submitted tentative
program, hitherto agreed upon, and this
was approved by the committee. Tomor-
row 1t will go before the full meeting of
the governing board of the international
bureau. which is to meet at the Depart
ment Of State.
At today's meeting, in the absence of
the ambassador OF Mexico and the min
lister of Peru, those countries were rep
scented by their charges d'affaires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
BOND DEBT OF DISTRICT.
Report Of q. s. Treasurer Showing
Amount to Be $1O,114,l5O.

The annual report of the treasurer of
the United States on the sinking fund of
the District of Columbia, made public to-
day. shows that the outstanding bonded
Indebtedness of the District at the close
of the fiscal year ending June 30. 1909.
was $40. 114.15O. there having been retired
during that year $48s. 600 OF bonds. Since
the close of the fiscal year there have
been further retirements of the debt by
the purchase of s4i8.350 OF the 3.65 per
cent bonds, reducing the indebtedness
considerably below $l0.O00.000 and cut
ting off interest charges aggregating
$16.291.77.
The District Commissioners have been
requested to ask Congress for $975. 40S for
account Of the sinking fund In the year
1911. and 5000 for the current expenses
Of the sinking fund Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
MRS. M. B. CLAGETT DEAD.
Member of Old Maryland Families
and Lived in Washington.

Mrs. Mary Bowie Clagett died suddenly
at her home. Western, Upper Marlboro
Md, Sunday. Mrs. Clagett was a men,
Der OF the Bowie family OF Maryland
She was the mother Of Charles T. Clag-
EFT. manager of the contract department
Of the Chesapeake and Potomac fele-
phone Company. in this city. and Of Hal
b. Clagett OF the firm of Miller. Clagett
& Co.. wholesale grocers 617 C street
She was also an aunt of w. w. Bowie
Washington freight agent of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company
Mrs. Clagett lived - this city many
years The Clagetts ar one of the old
Est families in Ma tIhG, having settled
there between 1910 and 1860.
The funeral will take place from Trim
ny Church. Marlboro. at IL o'clock to-
norTow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
CRUEL FATHER PUNISHED.
Compelled His Baby to Dance at
End Of Chain.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, November o.
AS soon as Horace Scanhorn, who forced
his little baby to dance in saloons at the
end Of a chain. finishes an extended SEN
tence in the workhouse. he, will appear
before Judge Stubbs Of the Juvenile court
for further punishment
Scanhorn visited several saloons with
Raymond. two and one-half years old.
and conducted a series of shows In which
the boy was the star performer. The tot
danced while the man held a chain fas-
tened about his neck, and worked as the
daddy" terked. the witnesses said.
After each show" Raymond passed
his teddy bear cap and collected as many
nickles and dimes as possible. At the
conclusion of one Exceptionally hard
'act," Raymond drank beer, which Scan
horn provided. the witnesses declared.
Judge Whallon fined the man 800 and
costs for giving liquor to the baby. and
S. and costs for being intoxicated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
TO ISSUE SPECIAL PASSES.
Tickets to President Taft's Address
at Missionary Convention.

Foreseeing huge attendance at the
opening session of the coming convention
of the Laymen's Missionary Movement
Thursday morning. because of the ad-
dress by President Taft. and especially
because it will be his first speech after
his return from a swing around the coun-
try. the executive committee today de-
cided to issue special passes to the in
augural session to members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce and the Board of Trade
and to high government officials in the
city.
To issue these passes the executive
committee appointed a special committee
composed of George w. F. Swartzell.
Judge Stanton j. Peelle, s. w. Wood
ward, Byron s. Adams and John b. Sle-
man, jr. All the sessions of the conven-
ton. it 10 announced, will be open to the
accredited delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
NEW MINISTER TO SAIL.
WI Ting-fang's Successor Engages
Passage for United States.

SHANGHAI, November a-Chang Yin
Tang, who has been appointed to succeed
WI Ting.fang as minister TO the United
States. will leave here November 10 by
the steamer Mongolia for San Francisco.
He will be accompanied by a group of
twenty students.
The minister already has been DELAYED
two months on account OF Illness but he
has now completely recovered. He does
not speak English. but is familiar with
foreign negotiations, having been secre-
tary to some Of the leading statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
COOK REPLIES TO CHESTER
SIGHT OF MIDNIGHT SUN NO
EVIDENCE.
''This Is the Unbiased Gentleman
Who Wants to Pass Upon His
Records, Says Explorer.

NEW YORK, November 3-Although
he announced early in the evening that
he had retired to a quiet place away
from New York. DR.. Frederick A.
Cook caused to be issued through a
friend last night a statement in answer
to Rear Admiral Chester Of the National
Geographic Society, who discredited the
Brooklyn explorers claims in a speech
made at Washington.
DIR. Cook said:
This is the unbiased gentleman who
displayed such anxiety to pass upon my
records. and who now desires to go to
Copenhagen as an unpre1udiced witness.
Do the American people wonder that
have kept my promise to the scientists of
Denmark?
No Evidence of Error.
THE only point raised by Admiral
Chester is the suggestion of erroneous To-
cation by the midnight sun. This sight
of the midnight sun on April is no evil
dence of our position.
Though the days had been clear, the
northern skies had not been clear at night
for many days previous to this. A
low haze or clOudiness obscured the hori-
zon and the sun sank into this.
I'VE did not use the sun at night for
nautical observations. Nor did we stay
awake all night to watch effects.
The original data. which / will send
to Copehagen November % by a special
messenger, who will take passage on
the steamer United States of the Scandi-
navian-American lire, will be accom-
panied by an analysis which 1 am how
preparing. and which will, / hope, make
it unnecessary for me to attend before
the University of Copenhagen to explain
tnb ri t1o
original record of my observations.
My unaltered original field notes and
my instruments when l recover them,
will of course be available for examina-
ton by the National Geographic Society
upon the condition that Commander Peary
agrees to submit his original data and
instruments for examination at the Uni
versity of Copenhagen"
Cook Swallowed, Says Secretary.
1t is announced by Capt William Os-
bon of the Arctic Club that Cook has
gone into seclusion for the purpose of
preparing his records for examination by
the scientists of the University of Copen-
hagen. How long he will remain out of
sight and just where he Is hidden away
are secrets.
Capt. OsbOn merely says that DR.. Cook
is still in New York. and denies a story
that the explorer has already started on
a rumored expedition to Patagonia.
In explaining why DR.. Cook had dropped
suddenly out Of sight from his apart
ments. his attorney. Henry w. Wack.
charged that DR.. Cook had been sur
rounded by paid detectives at the hotel.
and was. in fact, kept under the most
careful system of espionage.
The attorney refused to tell where DR..
Cook had gone, because. he said, this
same system Of sleuthing would be re-
sumed upon the explorer the minute his
enemies found where he had gone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
TAKES UP JoHNsoN's DEBTS.
New Company Assumes $500, 900
Obligations Of Old Concern.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, November 9-An
echo of Mayor Tom L. Johnson's an
nouncement last year that ne had lost
his large fortune through his operations
in Cleveland came yesterday. when 1t be-
came known that $500 900 in debts of the
Johnson Company and the Sheffield Land
Company, two OF Mayor Johnson's en-
terprises. will be taken over by the newly
formed Sheffield Realty Company. which
was organized Immediately after the cleo
ton in which Johnson was defeated. A
portion Of the stock Of the new concern
will be rendered to the shareholders of
the old companies. but 1t could not be
learned whether Mr.. johnson would par
ticipate. A meeting of the promoters OF
the deal was held In the mayors office.
Exactly what portion Of the assets Of the
two companies belong to Mayor Johnson
has never been made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
Night Waterman Found Dead.

AMERICUS. Ga. November 9.-with
the head battered In by a club-ax. which
was lying nearby, the body of Night
Waterman Durham was discovered In the
office of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company's fertilizer works here yesterday
by the day Waterman. Robbery Is be-
lieved to have been the motive for the
murder. the mans pockets having booh
rided Of all contents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
Writ Of Error for ]. D. Harris.

RICHMOND. Va. November 9.-The
supreme court today granted a writ Of
error in the case of ]. D. Harris, the
Warrenton school teacher who shot and
killed w. A. Thompson. editor of the
Warrenton Virginian. on April "a.
Thompson attacked Harris and was
beating him when the shots were fired
Thompson died In a Warrington hospital
the day following the shooting.
Harris was sentenced to serve four
years In prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
HER MEMORY FAILS HER
Journalists Tell of Confession Of
False Accusations.
FRIENDLY TO HER, THEY SAY
Jeweler Soulloy Ordered to Trans
form Her 0ems-She Refuses
to Explain.
Special Cablecram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. November e.-1ne Jeweler
Soulloy was the first witness I'm the Stein
he'll murder case today.
Nine. Steinheil fought over his testi-
mony inch by inch. Her order to trans
form certain Jewels Is regarded az the
most suspicious evidence against her.
Every jewel that Soulioy spoke OF
brought Interruptions from Nine. Stein
he'll. She repeated her story Of possessing
jewels in duplicate. The advocate gen.
eral called this statement feeble
Soulloy said the Steinheils were per
sonal friends Of his. He added one little
fact to illustrate Mime. Steinheirs powers
in days gone by. He said she often
obtained his excuse from military
service.
Various witnesses testified In regard
to the Jewels which Nine. Steinheil
possessed. One said a new art ring had
been ordered from him in 1905.
Judge Valles-By whom? Chouanard?
(Chouanard is an ironmaster. who was
mentioned as a friend Of Nine. Stein
heil)
The jeweler-Excuse me from answer
ing; professional secrecy binds me.
Judge Wales then invited Mime. Stein
he'll to give q fuller explanation concern
ing her jewels. She declined. saying she
had already gone into that subject thor
oughly.
Journalists on Stand.
Journalist Hutin. to whom Mime. Stein
he'll confessed she had placed a pearl ring
how, after making this confession. the
Go aP
M. Steinheirs model
After he had pointed out that such an
accusation must be without foundation
Nine. Steinheil cried in anguish: You
do not believe that I killed my mother
and my husband, do you?" Then she ac-
cused Alexander Wolf. the son Of her
cook.
Mime. Steinheil then accused Hutin and
another journalist named La Bruyere OF
torturing her on the night they inter-
viewed her. She said they frightened her
by saying the house Of her cousins, the
Meissonieres, was watched. and the Stein
he'll house on the Impasse Ronsin was
barred to prevent the mob from lynch
ing her and her daughter.
Nine. Steinheil insisted that she did not
know what she was saying at the time.
She was In a state Of nervous collapse,
she declares.
Mime. Steinheil Forgetful.
A newspaper man by the name Of Bar
by, who was present on the night when
Nine. Steinheil accused young Wolf. the
cooks son. said the prisoner whispered
for some time with Marietta Wolf, his
mother. and afterward told him (Bar-
by) that she said to Marietta: I'm case
am arrested and the truth is known what
shall you do?"
To this Marietta replied: DENY every
thing
Barby then described how, Immediately
after this talk, Mariette made two at
tempts at suicide by gas and with a re-
volver.
Replying to a question by Judge Wales,
Nine. Steinheil said she was unable to
remember anything at all about these
happenings
La Bruyere. another journalist, con-
hrmed the testimony Of M Hutin. He de-
clared that, instead Of torturing Mime.
Steinheil. the feeling was such that
everybody embraced when they left the
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09

Miss Barbara May Luedke, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. August e. Luedke Of
Laurel, Md, and August Horst OF Balti-
more were married at the home of the
brides parents by Rev. Mr.. Richards Of
the Lutheran church of Fulton, Howard
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
Cook-Peary
North Pole
Game.

A few copies of the in
teresting game published
in Sundays Star have been
printed in colors on card,
board, and may be had at
The Star office for 10
cents each. while they last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09

Money. Az per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
short bills Is 4a.a4h per cent.
The rate Of discount I'm the open market foe
three month bills is e-l6a4M per cent
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
WATSON WINS
Some Of the Prize Money at
the Races at Newport,
Rhode Island.

NEWPORT, R. l.. Sept. Flour
thousand and ten dollars was
awarded in prices at the Newport
Horse Show this week, c. w. Wat
son. of West Virginia, taking $945.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, with his ell
tries from Oakland Farm, took
s765.
The remainder of the prizes were
as follows:
f. H. Weatherbee. New York,
$500; w. A. McGtbbon, New York.
$500; Somerset Farm, Etst Mill
stone, New York, $685.; Sandy Point
Farm, r. c. Vanderbilt, Portsmouth,
sos; Grand View Farm, Lancaster,
Pa. 5000; Elmwood Farm, Sea
Girt, n. j., $3.50: Mrs. e. c. Bow
en-, New York. $3.50; George Wat
son. New York, $75; Frank Palmer,
Lancaster, Pa. $50; Andrew Nor
rison. Glen Ridge, ". j., $50; Julian
Norris, Kenswick. Va, s45; Pontiac
Stables, Bayside, l.. H.. $45; Mrs.
Belle Bleach. Blain, Newport, r. l..
$40: Fire Department, Newport
R. L., $40; B.. e, Davis. New York.
$35; Miss Mabel G. Hooley. North
Plainefield, N. j., $25; Miss Eleanor
Gusgenheim, Elberton, N. j., $40;
George Watson. Jr.. New York. $40;
James Peever. New York. $40; r.
vington Farms, Sewickley,. Pa. $40.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
COURT. BUSY
Number of Orders Entered in
Litigation Before Judge
Charles w. Lynch.

In the chancery cause of Clyde
Bailey against the Southern Oil CON-
pany, the plaintiff was summoned to
bring into court September Is q
statement of settlement by the
Eureka Pipe Line Company
as well as other papers
bearing on royalty.
Sale of land was decreed in the
case of j. r. Glendinning against
James Davis ct al.
The report of the special commits.
sioner in the case of Elihu T. Parks
against Hdram R. Dawson was con,
firmed.
Sale of property was decreed ii
the cause of William Il. Leonard
against Augustus NJ. Hursey.
The suit of Swift & Co. agains
Jonathan E. Kidd. on an accom-
owed by w. B. Hutchinson, now
bankrupt. which suit was brough
against Kidd on the ground that h,
was a partner Of Hutchinson, wa.
placed on trial.
Roger j. Fontalne was granted dl.
vorce from Denlsse Fontame.
"A demurrer was argued in the case
of Caroline NJ. Jacks n against j. V
Thompson and others.
The appeal case of Lloyd p. Har,
against chauncey p. Rush was sub,
United to Judge Lynch in lieu of
jury.
The first case on the trial docket
for Monday morning is the damag,
suit OF Edward Hogan against the
clarksburg Hospital Company.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
]. Il. BEANS CHOSEN
Grand Chancellor of Knights
of Pythias Who Meet at
Elkins Next.

PARKERsHURG. Sept. 1.-The
grand lodge Knights of Pythias of
West Virginia decided to meet at
Elkins next year and after electing
the following officers adjourned:
Grand chancellor. Jarnes Fl. Beans.
Elm Grove. w. Va; grand vice chan
cellor, S. P. Montgomery. Tunnclton.
W. Va: grand prelate. w. II. Dun
bar. Parkersburg; grand keeper of
records and seal. Maner jenkins.
Piedmont; grand master of exchequer.
N. II. Smith. Keyser: grand master
At arms, w. i. Stout, C!arksburgs
grand inner guard. Samuel S. Nuzum.
Fairmont: grand outer guard, John
ArbenZ. Elm Grove, w. Va: grand
trustees. James S. Matthews, Charles
ton: supreme representatives. Oscar
&. Wilt, Salem: alternative. Jasepr T.
chenowith. cameron: Pythian Home
board, ]. w. Daley, Cameron; Charles
w. Hall. Charleston: Rev. j. d.
Garrett, Wayne; James B. Burkhold.
Martinsburg.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
EDWARD H. HARTMAN.
EDWARD II. HARTMANN
PROSPECTS.
OF BIG OIL STRIKE
Both Oil and Gas Are Found
in Wells Drilled at
Quiet Dell.

Land owners in Quiet Dell and its
vicinity and the operators who are
drilling oil wells there have the most
sanguine hopes that the new field
there will turn out to be big pro-
ducer. The South Penn Oil Company
has found good showing of oil in
the we'll going down on the b. r.
Long farm. 1t is in the Big Iniun
sand now but will be drilled deeper.
A flow of gas has been struck in
the well being drilled by the same
company on the Robert Fox farm
on Club run and there is also small
showing of oil.
The Devers well on the Charles
Roy farm, being drilled iby the
South Penn has strong pressure of
gas and a good showing of oil. So
strong was the pressure that the
furnaces had to be moved farther
away from the we'll.
Gas has also been found in the
well on the Abner Stout land.
These indications are considered
very good for the striking of prof
liable field and already there is
considerable oil excitement in that
section.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
z. II. HARTMAN DEAD
tiles fraetionally of. but the market
generally firm.

! H y 4
ARDEN. N. j., Sept. 11-one OF
1.-The last men to talk with E. III. Har.
|riman before his relapse last Sum
day was j. P. Morgan. The financier
came to Arden House Thursday OF
last week and was with Mr.. Harri-
man nearly two hours. 1t is believ-
ed at this conference, plans were laid
70 support the financial market in
the event OF Harriman's death or in
case his health forced him to aban-
don all business activity.
The Hartman funeral continued
to be the main topic of conversation
In this vicinity today. Messages OF
coincidence continue to arrive at Ar
den house.
The little clue to the cause OF
Harriman's death is given by the
death certificate prepared by DR..
Llye which will be fled tomorrow
1t gives the cause as heart failure
lsuperinduced by internal complica-
ltions.'
The action, OF the Union Pacific
the Southern Pacific railroad sys-
tens in suspending operations for
five minutes during the funeral Sun
day Will be followed by most of the
other railroads In which the dead
|tlnancier was interested and by other
interests.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-09-16
DEPUTY CLERK
OF United States Court at
Parkersburg is Not APP
pointed Yet.

No appointment has as yet been
made. of deputy u. S. court clerk to
succeed l.. V. G. Morris at .Parkers-
burg. when the later is transferred to
Phllippi next month. Circuit Clerk S.
II. Harrison Is expected to go to
Parkersburg the first of next week,
when it is probable that he and his
colleague. Col. C. Il. Kefauver. will
appoint a deputy. 1t is said. on good
authority. that the new man will he
either Edward q. Neal, OF +. p. Meats
office. or WIN II. Terry, the well
known attorney. Both are good men
and we'll qualified for the office. be-
Ing efficient stenographers and equip
ped with the legal training that would
help considerably to fit them for the
duties of the office.