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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
POWERS RECEIVE COPIES.
Agreement for Reconstruction o.
Antung- Mukden Railway.

PEkING, August %. = NJ. Ijuin. the
Japanese minister to China. has handed
to the diplomatic representatives of the
interested powers copies of the agreement
regarding the Antung- Mukden railroad,
signed at Mukden. between China and
Japan, August 10. This memorandum
separates the commercial questions con-
nected with the railroad from the po-
litical aspects of the case, and it is under
stood that Japan. in framing it, strove to
eliminate anything that would offend
Chinese susceptibiltties. To this end it Is
understood here Japan will hold the re-
construction of the line in temporary
allegiance, possibly until late in the period
of two years allowed for rebuilding. In
the meantime it is hoped that the political
questions will be settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
LOOKING INTO PRIMARY Law.
New York's Legislative Committee
Begins Session at Chicago.

. CHICAGO, August .3.-New York $
legislative committee, which was appoirt-
ed to Investigate the workings of direct
primary laws in various states, began a
two-day session here today.
The first fount in information was Mas
ter in Chancery G. Frederick Rush. who
in a carefully prepared statement out
lined the provisions of the now defunct
Illinois law, which failed TO survive test
case In the supreme court of the state.
Mr. Rush declared in favor of direct
primaries, severely scoring the party eau
Gus as undemocratic.
Roy O. West, chairman of the rcpubli-
can state central committee, and j.. d.
Shurtleff speaker of the Illinois house,
are expected to spread more light on the
experience Illinois has had with the
direct primary. Later the commission
will hold sessions I'm Michigan and In
diana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
AS THEY DO OUT WEST
MASKED ROBBERS STOP troll
LEY CAR IN CONNECTICUT.
Conductor and Motorman, Covered
With Revolvers, Compelled to
Cough Up"
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. August ...-In
true western style last night two masked
highWaymen stopped Il Connecticut Com
pany trolley ear bound from Lazy Lane
to Lake Compounce, by placing four
railroad ties across the tracks, and forced
the crew of the car, at the point of re-
NotVers, 10 give up everything of value
in its possession.
The line on which the hold-up took
place runs from the main line i'm South-
lngton through the woods to Lake Com
at the foot of steep grade near West
Southington. The trolley. which was in
charge of Conductor John Adams and
Motorman William Price. was suddenly
checked from being seriously wrecked by
the motorman, who saw IL pile of rail
road logs across the rails As soon as
the car was brought to !, standstil the
members of the crew stepped off the car
preparatory to removing the tics from
the rails. The masked men, who ap-
peared from the side of the road, armed
with revolvcrs, told them to throw up
their hands.
gers, Mrs. Helen Bolfis and her daugh-
ter. Miss Mabel Bollis of Bristol, sue
ceeded in escaping.
The masked men commanded the con-
ductor to take off his hat and place all
the money in his possession i'm it. While
this was being done the -motorman was
being covered by the second masked man.
When $40 had been placed in the hat
the conductor was forced to throw i'll his
watch. With a revolver at his head, the
motornan followed suit, placing $50
watch with the booty.
When everything of value had been TAX
en- from the crew the highwaymen re-
treated toward an unused road, still COW
ering the troleyman. Before leaving the
crew one of the masked men consderate-
ly gave the conductor 30 cents to be used
for change.
The men ran up hill road and disap-
peared in the woods. The trolley men
continued with their car to Lake. Com
pounce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
FASTEST STAR PICTURED.
Speed Measured by Prof. Hebel
Doust Curtis.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 22.-Thc
most rapid star iu the heavens has been
photographed and it's speed through space
measured At the Southern station of the
I.i.E Observatory situated at San Diego.
tlii". according 10 Prof Heber Doust
curtis. who returned yesterday on the
steamer A~>uaB tu resume his work on
Mount Hamilton. This star is known IN
astronomers IL Cordoba Zones 5H .3S =
Photographs of its spectrum through
which the speed has been calculated are
among a large number of negatives
brought by Prof. Curtis. During his stay
in the southern hemisphere he has been
carrying ont line of work begun BY w
W. Campbell, director OF Lick Observa-
tory, To determine the speed Of the solar
system through space
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
p1RIG1BLE BALLOONS M1sHAP.
Falls Into the Seine, but the Avia
tors Are Saved.

PARIS. August o3.-The Bayard-Clem-
ent dirigible balloon. after making a
flight here today, fell into the Seine
The aviators on board the airship were
saved
The Bayard-Clement dirigible balloon
was built in Paris last fall. 1t is about
$50 feet long and has a capacity of $500
cubic meters. The car is built of steel
tubes. The airship is fitted with steel
covered engine house and a shelter for
the pilot and passengers. The motor is
attached to the frame by strings, so as
to prevent the vibration from being
transmitted to the frame work. The bal
loon is driven by a wooden propeller
about fifteen feet In diameter which
has q speed of $50 revolutions a minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23

federal regulation of food laws 1t is the
contention of some delegates that the
model state law, as framed by Com
missioner T.. +. Ladd OF South Dakota,
should prevail.
The federal law has been adopted TO
give Uniformity. said Secretary Wilson
in an interview TODAY. twenty-five states
have adopted the federal law without ma
terial change. The way To get a model
law is not 10 undo what has been done,
but rather to change the federal laws
where defects are found
George McCabe, solicitor of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, contends that to
change the federal law for the Ladd
model law would be unwise. The Ladd
followers assert that the federal law is
not suitable for the needs of all the
states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
CORPORAL CRABTREE ON TRIAL
Court-Martial at Camp Crook for
killing Company Commander.

OMAHA, Neb.. August .o3.-The trial by
general court-martiaI Of Corp. Lisle Crab
tree OF Troop Il, 81 United States CavaI-
~. on the charge of killing his company
commander. Capt. John G. Raymond al
Fort Des Mones. June ~, began at For,
crook near this city today. col Gardne,
OF the 18th Infantry, IS president OF the
court and Capt r. r. Buchan, Judge advo-
cate Of the Department OF the Missouri
= acting judge advocate.
The rest OF the detail IS Lieut. col. vii
liam \. Flassford. chief signal officer and
.ommandant OF Fort Omaha. Lieut.. Col
j. VI. Banister. chief surgeon, OF the de-
l,artment; Maj Omar BIndy OF the in.
spector generals department: Maj. w. r
Biauvelt. chief paymaster: Capts. W. L
Bennett. l.. Il. Simonds. II. r. Dalton
NJ l.. Crimmins. +. ID. Warfeld. Firs
I.ieuts. George II. White and Perrin L.
Smith of the 18th Infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
CLAIMS VALUABLE LAND.
Capt" Streeter Now on His Way
to Chicago.

CHICAGO. August 23-'Capt. Street.
er. who claims ownership of many acres
of land along tire lake shore of Chicago
i on his way here aboard the ship Car
rie j.. 10 make sortie on the persons
who have taken over land on the lake
shore. to the immediate north.
Tn" captain has enlisted the support OF
= few alleged millionaireS. residents in
Colorado ami Indiana. and confidently eS-
poets to recover his property when he
lands Al present hp is tied mp at Morris
i'll. ~ The canal, but expects to sight
Chicago within a few days, possibly to-
day.
The captain has made hut little progress
heretofore in his attempt to make good
lii, Squatter's rights 70 land valued at
something like S3o 100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
MADE CRAZY BY QUESTIONS.
Complaints and Protests by Tourists
Break Down n Conductor.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 23.-George
l.. Root. a tourist conductor of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
who was found wandering about the rail-
road yards in a half-demented condition
yesterday. attributes his mental break
down to the complaints. protests and
questions poured into his unwilling ears
by party of tourists of which he was I'm
charge on the trip to the coast from
Kansas City. In one of his lucid inter-
walls at the hospital he said that he was
d brother of f. p. Root. city ticket sagent
OF the Chicago Burlington and Quincy at
Kansas City. He declared that, the woes
of his charges after slight accident in
Colorado caused his mind to become ul-
balanced from worry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
THESE SOLDIERS SICK.
Connecticut Guardsmen Couldn' I
Stand Rigors of War Game.

NEW HAVEN August Gi-only a
fourth of the members Of the Connecti-
cut troop who went to the war games
before. Boston We're OF the transport
Meade when ii returned yesterday. OF
the 500 who started a week ago nearly
7e0 are on the hospital list. either here
or in Massachusetts.
Many men We're exhausted by the la ok
of TODD. the impure drinking water and
the inadequate protection from three
days ram which accompanied the in
vasion, and were sent home during the
week. while the others were left in the
hospital camps.
General 1alure of the commissary de-
partment Is regarded as the cause Tor
the large hospital list. No serious cases
nave developed and the members of the
companies are expected To recover soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
SAYS HE ISN'T GUILTY.
Formal Pleas.by D. L. Persch to In
dictments for Grand Larceny.

NEW YORK, August 2:..-Pleas Of not
guilty We're entered today by Donald l..
Persch To two indictments charging
grand larceny i'll the first degree in con-
nection with the Joyce Windsor Trust
Company $4,000 loan deal Perscht was
expected to make statement explaining
several features of the case that are still
more or less mysterious. but the proceed
insS in the court were purely formal
Persch's attorney entered his pleas and
he was sent back to the tombs without
more than dozen words being spoken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
BROWNS AT VIRGINIA BEACH.
Norfolk Youth Loses Life a Short
Distance From Shore.

NORFOLK. Va, August o3-Gerhard
Lauterbach. aged sixteen years, son of
Reinhard Lauterbach, was drowned while
bathing at Virginia Beach yesterday, but
a short distance from shore.
Another youth far out. feigning danger,
attracted all attention from young Lau-
teroach, who might have otherwise been
rescued.
Grover L. Cuthriell. aged twenty four.
son of Police Capt. George l.. Cuthriell of
Norfolk, was drowned at Rocky Mount
n G., while engaged in bridge construc-
ton Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
STORM WARNINGS ISSUED.
Disturbance Of Intensity Feared at
New Orleans and Galveston.

NEW ORLEANS. August 23.-Storm
warnings for the New Orleans and Gal
weston districts We're issued here at 10
O'Clock this morning by the weather bu-
reau. The disturbance is declared to be
of marked intensity and to be central
over the gulf south of the Louisiana
coast. 1t is apparently moving north
westward.
Warnings have also been issued for
Corpus Christ and Point Isabel, on the
Texas coast Masters and pilots engaged
in gulf shipping are advised to exercise
caution.
Torrential rains have been reported at
many points in the gulf states between
Florida and Texas today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
Acting Secretary Winthrop
Sees Fleet Target Practice.
TO SPEND NIGHT ON SHIP
Will Witness Work Carried on by
Searchlight.
TORPEDO BOATS YET IN YARD
Battleships at Anchor in Hampton
Roads Put to Sea With Adjusted
Sights and Fresh Supplies.

NORFOLK. Va. August 23.-Following
an inspection yesterday of the Norfolk
naval training station at St Helena where
general improvements are being planned.
and a subsequent inspection of the James
town exposition grounds. which the gov
eminent contemplates purchasing for "a
naval training and coaling base on Hamp-
ton roads Acting Secretary Winthrop of
the navy was today with Rear Admiia i
Schroeders Atlantic battleship fleet on
the southern drill grounds off Cape Henry.
where the fleet is now engaged i'll deep
sea evoiutions and target work. Just
how long Secretary Winthrop Will
remain with the fleet is not known. He
went out early today. and. although the
desired oeean swell for target firing under
such conditions was lacking. the weather
was clear. making gunnery demonstration
work, whole, quite satisfactory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
ROOSEVELT BAGS BIG GAME.
Kills Bull Elephant While Alone in
East African Jungle.

NAlRDBI. British East Africa August
g:.-Coi. Theodore Roosevelt who is now
hunting i'll Kenya,. one of the: seven sad
minstratve provinces of. British East
African protectorate. killed "A bull elephant
Saturday. The animals skin is being
taken care OF by Edmund Heller. the
zoologist Of the Roosevelt expedition, and
r. J. Cuuninghame, the British naturalist
Col. Roosevelt is hunting, without any
companion toward Mweru.
Kermit Roosevelt and Leslie \. Tarltou
of Nairobi are hunting along the -Gwaso
Nyiro the principal stream in. kcnya.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
Indians Burn Aged Woman.

HT.
Ell PASO. Tex. August 23-Beieving
witch brought on a smallpox epidemic
that caused the death Of many Of their
children, the Indians OF Huet jotzingo near
Pueblo. Mexico. ii was learned today
burned to death an aged woman, named
Juane Demirez. They barlicaded all the
exits of her house, set tire TO il and
watched her perish in the flames The
woman was very old and was regarded
by both Mexicans and Indians as a witch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
SECRETARY WILSON TO TALK.
Federal Regulation Of Food Laws
Features National Convention.

DENVER. Cox. August 23.-Secretary
of Agriculture James Wilson. DR.. II. w.
Wiley, chief chemist Of the Department
of Agriculture. and food experts from
almost every state in the Union. are here
to attend the opening tomorrow of the
national convention of pure food and
dairy commissioners. - -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
Battleships Leave the Roads.

The battleships Connecticut, Nebraska,
Minnesota. Ohio and the Georgia, which
hal been ut anchor in Hampton roads
since Saturday, adjusting gun sights and
receiving ordnance stores we'll as
fresh meat and vegetables. put to sea
under skies of blue at o'clock this
morning. The auxiliary Yankton fol-
lowed.
The scheduled battle practice" work
did not take place today and will not
be witnessed by Secretary Winthrop, un-
less he remains with the fleet several
days longer At the Norfolk navy yard
tins forenoon il was said the torpedo
boats Nicholson and OBrien and the
battle practice barge No. >, which are
to be used as actual targets in the bat
tie work. have not yet left the yard, and
that they would not be carried TO sea
until after tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
BOSTON GETS TREAT
District Guardsmen Parade
Today in Bean City.
AND GET "GLAD HAND" TOO
Gov. Draper of Massachusetts, Re-
views Them.
HORSES GONE. ALL ON FOOT
Uniforms Looked Splendid, but the
Shoes, Oh, MY, Don't
Mention En-!
AND GET "GLAD HAND" TOO
HORSES GONE. ALL ON FOOT

Special From a Staf Correspondent

i Sncfial FROM Il SIAN correspondent
BOSTON. Mass. August o3-Never be-
fore in the history of the organization,
say the officers of the brigade, have the
troops OF the National Guard Of the Dis
trict of Columbia been given such enthu-
Siastic applause was accorded them
the streets of Boston To be reviewed by
GOV. Draper. The people seemed to for
get that the District soldiers represented
! the lst Brigade of the Red Army Corps,
which captured Boston. and hailed them
only troops from the National Capital
and as guests of the city OF Boston.
Most enthusiastic of all those who
cheered the District boys were the mem
bers of the Blue army, who lined the
streets attired in citizens clothes and
showing only by their tanned faces that
they had just taken part in strenuous
campaign. Every time the troops halted
they We're invited To leave the ranks. but
the District soldiers showed their disci-
pline by not yielding TO temptation. Fur
thermore. word had been passed through
the ranks that the transports would leave
Immediately after the parade, and those
who desired to stragsle did not dare trust
themselves to the maze of BoSton's streets
and run a good chance of being left be-
hind.
The brigade formed at the docks short
ly after noon. Each man was clad i'll
fresh khaki uniform which had been
stored in boxes on the transports. Each
man wore his red hatband. and the only
part of the equipment that showed plain
ly the results of the campaign We're the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
Watching Target Practice.

The target work witnessed by Secretary
Winthrop today consisted of gunnely aim
at target rafts at anchor while the ships
steamed over the drill grounds at different
speeds. Wireless communication between
the ships at sea and the Norfolk navy
yard being all in code. the results of the
target work could not be ascertained
during the day.
Acting Secretary Winthrop during the
target work of the day tranSie by
launch from one battleship TO the other
as they were called in turn to the target
ranges. 1t was his desire to witness the
behavior Of the big guns while in actual
operation. and this could be done only on
shipboard where the gunnery practices
We're in progress and the guns We're being
fired. Mr.. Winthrop is expected to re-
main d sea with the feet tonight so as
to enable him to witness the night target
practice made possible by the powerful
searchlights carried by the warships, and
which the ships have not been engag ging
in for some nights past,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
DENIED BY MINISTER GARCIA
REPORTS OF ANOTHER INTER
VENTION IN CUBA DENOUNCED.
Declares That His Government Is
Pleased With the Administra-
tion of Affairs on Island.

Gen. Carlos Garcia NeleZ. Cuban min
lister to the United States, has returned
to this city after a conference with Pres
idcnt Taft at Beverly, in regard to the
political and commercial conditions in
Cuba and the relations existing between
the government of the island and that
of the United States. The relations be-
tween the two nations, lie said. We're
entirely satisfactory. and he cIaracteriz-
ed as the widest stories reports put
out from certain prejudiced sources that
third Intervention by the United States
in Cuba was possible The minister was
vehement in declaring that there was
not the slightest need nor reason for
such step, and that there was an as
surance by high authority that none was
contemplated.
My mission" said Gen. Garcia, lis
to promote good feeling between the two
viii always be an ally of the United
States. We are the younger brother of
the United States, and we freely ac-
knowledge our debt To this country; We
owe ii much. Wild stories have been
invented about existing conditions in
cuba. They tell of the possibility of
another insuIrcction and another inter
vention. Neither of these is thought of.
UpE cUult IleIp ne dnNthlfg conceived
that would he further from the truth.
Approval of This Government.
This government regards with pleased
interest our manner in managing our
affairs. We are doing the best we know
now to build up a government and coun-
try such as the United States would like
US to have There is no excuse for the
stories that | have mentioned which it
would seem are circulated with clearly
malicious intent. They are baseless and
tend to create bad feeling. President Co
mez has the government well IN hand and
has the support of the people OF course,
there is an opposition party as there
should be in every well regulated repub-
lie. The union OF the factions of the lib
eral party is also good augury.
Il hope To bring about an even better
understanding between the Americans
and the Cubans. They should study each
other. There are great opportunities for
the enhancement Of the commercial rela-
tions between the two countries. which
il is a4so part of my mission here to
bring about. Cuba expects the next to-
bacco and sugar crops to be about the
largest she has had. The financial con-
dition of the country is good. and there
can be no reason why money should not
be forthcoming for the crops. especially
when there could not he offered better Sc
| curity for the money than is given in
| Cuba"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23
Weather.

Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday; slightly warmer to-
night.
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The state herald., 1909-02-05

about the middle of March and going
into dormant state for winter about
the first of September. An orange tree
around Lindsay begins to bear when it
is three years old and reaches the nor
NAL state when it is five or six years
old. You will think it strange, perhaps
and little exaggerated when / say
that an orange tree never ceases to
bear so long as you keep it in healthy
condition and well cared for, neither
does 1t die with old age only by neglect
or disease. There is 10 tree that will
appreciate good care as much as an or
ange tree and none will show neglect
more quickly.
The orange crop is gathered twice a
year-in the fall and spring. The
Washington Navel oranges are gather
ed from the first of November to the
first of January. This is the winter
orange and the staple crop. They be-
gin to gather them when they have
scarcely begun to ripen. as soon as a
yellow spot the size Of your thumb nail
is seen on the sunny side of the orange
it is considered ready to be shipped, nj,
though it is far from being ripe. 1t is
really las green as grass" on the out
side and as sour as vinegar on the inside
When carefully picked and rolled in
fancy paper and packed tightly in box
it is then placed in an alright refriger-
ator car and shipped. A little sulphur
is placed in one end of the car and set
to burning slowly and when the car ar
rives in Chicago, Denver or New York
the fruit is ripet?) and ready for use.
To get a good orange you should wait
until about the first of February to buy
and then be sure and ask for a Lindsay
orange and you will get ii.
The spring crop, the Valencia orange
is gathered about the first of May.
These oranges remain on the tree about
10 months. The blossoms, the green
oranges and the ripened fruit can be
seen on the tree at the same time.
My next letter will deal with the cost
Of producing an orange orchard. the
price of real estate, the climate, the
water etc. Yours, o. S. Gard.