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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
TH|RK|ELD ON CULTURE
HOWARD UNIVERSITY HEAD
ADDRESSES LARGE MEETING.
Pays Tribute to Memory of Founder
and Recounts Some Institu.
ton Triumphs.

How best to teach men and women to
do things; how to bring things TO pass
and to instill culture, not merely for cul-
lures sake, but culture for service were
expressions put forward by DR.. Thirkield
president of the Howard University, last
night, at meeting under the auspices OF
the Bethel Literary and Historical Asso-
citation. at the Metropolitan A. NJ. E.
Church.
The meeting was held in the interest
of the Howard University. Louis G.
Gregory. president of the Bethel Asso-
citation, presided. 1t was largely attended
by the faculty, student body and friends
. of the university.
Speaking for the university as a whole
President Thirkield expressed himself as
being particularly proud of the cordia
greeting the school was receiving at the
hands of the people it was primarily de.
signed to benefit; that the hearty well
come indicated that its methods and re-
suits were approved, and that it held q
new commission to go on with the good
tuork
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
TO A SKELETON.

Behold this ruin! Twas a skull
Once Of ethereal spirit full.
This narrow cell was LIES retreat;
This space was Thoughts mysterious seat
What beauteOus visions filled this spot.
What dreams OF pleasure long forgot!
Nor hope. nor joy, nor love, nor fear
Has left one trace Of record here.
Beneath this moldering canopy
Once shOne the bright and busy eye:
Hr.t start net at the dismal void
II social love that eye employed,
II with no lawless fire 1T CLEANED,
lat Through ttc Jews Of kindness beamed,
That eve shall be forever bright
When stars and sun are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift and tuneful tongue:
II FalsehOod's honey it dsdained
IL Cnuiu not praise was chained;
II told III Virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle concord never broke
f''ts silent tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity!
Say. did these fingers delve the mine,
Or with the envied rubies shnef
70 hew the rock wear gem
Can little now avail To them;
But IL the page OF Truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These. hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame.
Ayails il whether bare or shod
These feet the paths Of duty trod?
II from the bowers OF Ease they fed.
To seek Affections humble shed;
IL Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned.
And home to Virtues cot returned
These feet with angel wings shall vie,
And tread the palace OF the sky!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
BALLINGER STORY DENIED.
White House Officials Have Heard of
No Wickersham Report.

White House officials discaim knowl-
edge of any report said to have been
made to President Taft by Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham generating Secretary
Ballnger IN connection with the Alaska
coal land cases. The intimation Is that
President Taft has not asked one cabinet
officer to report to him as to the con-
duct of another, and this afternoon it was
stated that if any such report has been
prepared by the Attorney General it was
at the request of Mr.. Ballinger himself
and is supposed to relate to Mr.. Balm
gers connection with these cases before
becoming Secretary of the Interior
The impression prevails that there is
probably misunderstanding as to what
the Attorney General has done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
Summary Of University History.

The speaker gave a brief summary OF
the history of Howard University and
some of the triumphs it had recorded
through it's alumni, paying tribute to the
memory of its founder and patron, Gen
TO- O. Howard. and making personal ref
erence to a number Of graduates who had
gone out from the several departments OF
the school.
Following DR.. Thirkield's address, DR.. J
r. Wilder of the Howard Medical School,
spoke for 1.-The Alumni" referring in de-
tail to the reciprocal relations that should
ever exist between graduates and their
alma mater.
Judge G. w: Atkinson, from the law de-
partment and representing the board OF
trustees, analysed numerous types OF
mankind that had come under his obser-
walton.
John c.. Dancy, representing the stu
dents, and Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences. representing
the faculty of the university, each ad
dressed the meeting.
Upon the close of the addresses the vest.
ed choir of the university and the univer.
sity glee club, together with the univer-
sity brass band rendered selections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
TOTAL OF EXCISE TAXI
CORPORATIONS EXPECTED TO
PAY $25 600, 900.
Estimated by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue for the
Fiscal Year 1910.

1t is estimated that there will have
been collected from the special corpora
ton excise tax by July 1, 1910. $4,000. 600.
and that an additional s1O,OOO.OOO, col
lectible for the calendar year from Janu-
airy l, 1909, to December 81. 1859, will be
available subsequent to July !, 1910. max
ing the estimate for the total amount of
the collection for the fiscal year 1910
so OOO.ODO
In this way, in a twenty-seven-line
chapter. officially designating the new
law as 1.-The special corporation excise
tax" Commissioner of Internal Revenue
cabell, in his annual report, made public
today, discussed the corporation tax law.
Receipts the Past Year.
The internal revenue receipts for the
past fiscal year were $246,212, 71e; a de-
crease of s5.45323O from last years col
lections. but the receipts for the first
three months of the current year, $685.
period year ago.
1T is estimated says the commits
sioner, that receipts from corporations
in 1910 will amount to S10,oUWo. and
from all other sources to 1858 eOJ,OOO
making a total of $26S 100000 1t also Is
estimated that the receipts from corpora
lions In 1910 will amount to S2ooOo,WO
and from all other sources to $253,OOO,OOO,
making total of $2S0,OOO.OOO.
4 During the past year there was collected
on distilled spirits. $12S, 315 1S1; on fer
mented liquors, SOS, 30S, 497, and on tobac-
co, S51,SS7, IFS.
Beer production has decreased, and
tobacco and snuff manufacture has in
creased. There were 1S5, 691 1881 gallons
of distilled spirits produced during the
year. 100000 more than the previous
year.
Comparative Statement.
For the first three months of the cur
rent year, as compared with the first
three months of the last fiscal year,
spirits increased $1,791.272 tobacco. $685.,
IT'S; fermented liquors. S3O5,7 oleo-
margarine. 61,532; adulterated butter,
$6O24: process or renovated butter. $12.-
O16 filled cheese, playing cards. mixed
-four. etc, S22.345. The total estimated
expenses of the service for the fiscal year
ending 1911 is $500. $40. including $780,
600 for the corporation tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
Greatest Short Poem.
To the Editor Of The Star:


/ send you a copy Of the greatest short
poem in the English language ITO a
Skeleton
In the year 1925 it was found pinned to
the articulated remains of a human form
in the Museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons in London. in plain, bold hand
writing, the author preserving his incog-
nito by not attaching his name.
The curator of the museum sent the
poem to the Morning Chronicle, and a re-
sponsible party offered 80 guineas in gold
to any one who would make known the
real author of the great poem that has
ever since circulated through the world,
and even part of its deep philosophy has
been adopted, for its truth. into the elo-
quent ritual of knights Templar Mason
ry! JOHN A. JOYCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
Gen. S. P. Jennison Dead.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. December brig
Gen. Samuel p. Jennison. seventy-nine
years old. died at his ranch near here
yesterday after a brief illness.
Gen. JOHNSON in the civil war COM
manded the 10th Minnesota Infantry.
From 1872 to 1875 he was secretary Of
state of Minnesota and was later editor
of the st. Paul Pioneer Press and later
of the Red Wing (Minn.) Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
handbook men last summer. He made

handbook men last summer. He made
his bet with Wiles June 16, last.
AS soon as this case was disposed OF
Assistant United States Attorney Ralph
Given took up the case of Charles Scott
also charged with running a handbook.
A jury had been impaneled and the trial
had progressed for some time when
w. D. Coombs, one Of the jurors, was
suddenly taken ill.
The court took recess until tomorrow.
Mr.. Given has two other handbook
cases ready for trial, those of Ezra Col
Inns and John Mcconnell. AS soon as the
Scott case has been disposed Of these will
be taken up. Scott is represented in
court by Campbell Darlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
For Irish Home Rule.

NEW YORK, December 1T p
O'Connor, M. p. of the Irish Nationalisttl
in the British parliament, has sent an
other $1,000 to John Redmond. leader
of the nationalists, making total OF
$4,000 which Mr. O'Connor has for
warded for the cause of Irish home rule
during his six weeks visit to this coun-
try
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
RUSSIAN HERO DIES AT 100.
Was Given Pension for Bravery OF
Battlefield.

PHILADELPHIA, December Fish
mayer Surkin. who during the reign of
Nicholas 1 In Russia was given a life
pension for bravery on the battlefield.
died here at the home of relatives last
night, aged 100 years. Surkin came to
America six years ago. When he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01

twelve years old he served in the Russian
army and for twenty-five years served in
the ranks.
taken prisoner by the Turks and held for
some time Surkin had sixteen children
and nineteen grandchildren. OF his i'm
mediate family only two are now living,
Abraham Surkin and Mrs. Dora Feldman
of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01

last night at largely attended meeting
of Atlanta business men when announce
ment was made of the completion of a
fund of $35O.OOO. which brings the total
terrain institution to the million-dollar
mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
BUYS Lot on Belmont Road.

DR.. Walter s. Harlan has sold
through Thomas j. Fisher &. Co., to w.
w. Lawrence, a lot on Belmont road
The lot has q. frontage Of II feet. It is
understood the price was $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
College Gets 100000.

ATLANTA. Ga, December Am en-
dowment fund of $1,O0O,OOO for Agnes
Scott College. Decatur, Ca, was assured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
HORSES TRY SPEEDWAY
OWNERS TAKE SPINS FOR CAR
NIVAL DECEMBER II.
Only Speed Wagons Permitted or
the Course for the Protection
of the Track.

Another try-out matinee is in progress
at the new speedway this afternoon since
/ o'clock owners OF fine horses have been
limbering up their animals or letting
them out in speed brushes preparatory
for the carnival December II. The haz-
ards and obstacles which have been In
use at Benning for the past five years
were in place and owners of hunters and
Jumpers are having a fine opportunity Tor
a try-out over them.
In accordance with the decision reached,
ONLY speed wagons were allowed on the
course during the matinee. This rule
will be enforced. it is announced. at fu-
ture matinees and ON the day of the car
nival, because, it is explained. the two
wheel vehicles are believed to injure the
course.
At a meeting of the committee of ar
rangements last night at Gheen's sta
bles it was decided that next Tuesday
should be the last day for try-outs pre-
ceding the carnival. 1t was also decided
to hold a meeting of the Road Drivers
and Riders Association at the Metropolt-
tan Hotel tomorrow night at o'clock to
agree on final details for the horse show
and carnival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
Rules for Speeding.

The rules for speeding on the course
were posted yesterday by direction of
Col. Cosby They are the same as were
announced when the speedway was
opened.
Announcement was made yesterday
that O. d. Shank of Philadelphia has
been chosen as one of the judges OF the
carnival events. Gen. Clarence Edwards
will be the chief judge. The third judge
is vet to be selected. Several names are
under consideration. 1t is said, and the
announcement of the choice will be made
within a few days.
President De Graw of the association
expects a number of out-of-tOWn entries
for the carnival events. Many inquiries
have been received concerning the pony
and hunter classes.
Lady drivers are also to be recognized.
It has been decided to award handsome
umbrella to the one making the best
showing at the carnival. Contests are
also expected between the crack" steeds
belonging to the officers at Fort Myer,
who it is said, are anxious to have
special event arranged for them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
CITY CAN SECURE
STATE MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE MEETING
Members of the Organization
Are All Anxious for the An
nuaI Convention To Be Held
In Richmond.
CITY COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER PROJECT
This Meeting Would Bring
Three Hundred Delegates
Here and Expense Attached
Is Very Small.

Richmond can have the meeting of
the Indiana Municipal League in 1910.
If it wants it. and with but little ex-
pense to the city. The proposition will
probably be brought up before the next
council meeting and members asked
to sound their constituency as to how
they consider the matter.
The league meets during the month
of June. as a rule, holding a three
days session. The meetings are usu-
ally attended by about 300 municipal
officers of the different cities of Indi-
ana. All cities from the first to the
fifth class are members of the league,
including Indianapolis, Evansville,
Terre Haute, South Bend and Fort
Wayne.
Expense Quite Small.
About the only expense attached to
the meetings is for some form of enter
tainment. This usually consists of a
banquet and trip over the city. either
in automobiles or the street cars. 1t
is estimated that the expense would be
between $500 and 1000
1t is believed that the merchants of
the city will welcome the holding Of
the meeting here. The Y. M. B. c. and
the Commercial club also, would no
doubt lend assistance as it would be
an excellent means OF advertising the
city
The proposition of holding the meet
ing here this summer was presented to
Mayor Schillinger last summer at La
port. He, because he felt the city
could not stand the expense at that
time. asked to have the meeting here
postponed one year. which proposition
was practically accepted by the league.
Many of the officials of cities in the
northern part of the state are anxious
that the meeting may be held here, as
they - like II see Richmond. Ev-
ansville and other southern cities feel
the same way about the matter.
No Opposition to City.
It is not known that there will be
any contest if Richmond delegation
announces that it wants the meeting.
Goshen, Gary and one or two other
cities may be Richmond's opponents.
however.
Mayor Schillinger, who is an active
member of the league. and is on the
program committee, left todax-for La
fayette, where he will meet wi\h the
other members of the committee to
outline a program for this years meet
ing. As the recent session of the leg.
islature changed many laws, there will
be no dearth in the matter Of subjects
for consideration this year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
Unfortunate Woman Was the
Wife of the Tobacco King
And Was a Leader in
Washington Society.
PLANNED HER DEATH
At A DINNER PARTY
On Returning Home From So
cial Affair She Locked Her.
self in Her Room and Turn
ed on Gas.

Washington, March GA verdict OF
suicide was returned today by Coron er
Neville, after long investigation and
autopsy on the remains of Mrs. Pierre
Lorillard, Jr. 4 letter is said to have
been found addressed to her husband,
which set forth her intention of COM
mitting suicide, and also contained an
explanatory statement, which the cor
oner declined to make public.
Weary Of Society.
Weary of society, and face to face. as
she believed with years of physical suf-
fering, Mrs. Lorillard. Jr, aged 40,
wife of the tobacco magnate, commit
ted suicide by asphyxiation at her
home near the fashionable Dupont cir
Gle yesterday.
Her tragic death has shocked the
first social circles of the capital as
nothing else in years. In spite of the
coroner's certificate of death by sui
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
VACANT LOTS BETTER FOR
GARDENS THAN FOR WEEDS

Have you any vacant lots that are
not being cultivated? If you have, why
not send your name to the Associated
Charities and tell that you would be
willing to have them cultivated
There is a city ordinance against
permitting weeds to grow and if some
needy person secure permission to
make garden on your lots, he will
keep the weeds down at any rate.
That will save you the necessity OF
paying for the weed cutting. Maybe,
too, he will bring you a mess of beans
or peas and at the end of the season
you may be given busheI OF pota-
toes. OF course that depends alto
gether on the gratitude of the person
who tends the lot
Death to the Weeds.
The city might be beautified. and
well tended garden patches offer far
more beautiful appearances than rag
weed heavy with pollen that irritates
weak lungs and throats. causing hay
fever. thistles that grow three feet
high. burdock, dogfennel and hun
,h1nda. pf. .raxietiaeAoeno1Rnes ne1a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26

Rows of cabbage, beets, pea and bean
vines, the green or yellow corn stalks
all look a great deal better than
weeds and stubbles.
Then there is the economical side
of the question. About 500 families
seek assistance during the winter
from charitable organizations and the
township trustee. They ask first of
all for food. They win go without fire,
If necessary, but they want some
thing to eat Taxes must be paid and
a portion is spent for the maintenance
of the poor. The time of year has ar
rived for planting gardens and. it is
argued. If the vacant lots were turned
over to some families with permis-
sion to cultivate. ii would save por-
ton of the tax The more people al
lowed to grow their winters supply
OF potatoes themselves. the less viii
be the demand on the trustee. II II
pointed out. The less the demand the
greater the reduction in the poor
fund. Every little bit added to Whist
you've got, makes just . little htt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
Evidence Pointing to This in a
Piece of Cloth Found Yes
terday by a vincennes Of
fiCer.
OTHER PEOPLE THINK
THIS ACT IMPOSSIBLE
They Strongly Suspect Former
Sweetheart of the Woman
Is Responsible for DEATH
Odd Case.

vincennes, Ind, March 26.-The cor
oner is today continuing his inquest
into the mysterious poisoning of Mrs.
Culbertson. Both suicide and murder
theories still have strong adherents.
The mysterious woman in black to
whom reference has been made, was
located at her mothers home in Chi
cago. Her name is Mrs. Eta Long
well. widow. and she denied emphat-
ically over the telephone that she had
anything to do with the case. She
claimes she can prove an alibi. She
expressed her willingness to come to
Vincennes if wanted. but the officers
do not desire her at present. Mrs.
Longwell formerly lived here but has
been in Chicago since last July. Auth
critics are inclined to the suicide the
ory, but continue the investigation.
Officers Discovery.
The finding by Patrolman James
Hughes of a piece of muslin cloth in
trunk in the room of Mrs. Culbert-
son which corresponded exactly with
the muslin cloth with which the
woman's head was bound when she
was found dying in a shed. is the
clinching bit of evidence. according
to police belief, that the woman took
her own life.
That it would have been physically
possible for Mrs. Culbertson, who was
trained nurse. to have taken the
acid and then bound up her head and
rlo nMI {y 3
the belief of all who have studied the
case. A local physician declares it
would have been possible for her to
have taken quantity of acid into her
mouth and by keeping air out of the
mouth held the poison for some min
utes before swallowing it, meanwhile
arranging bandages and other evil
dence.
Find No Trace Of AssaiIants.
The further fact that the police
have been unable to get trace OF
the mysterious two persons. man
and woman, referred to in Mrs. Cul-
bertson's last articulate words, as
those who forced her to swallow
something. adds to the belief that the
murder idea was but part of the
woman's suicidal plot, cleverly plann-
ed and executed with scarcely fault
in detail.
Although the suicide theory is gain
ing impetus. the police have not aban-
doned action in following the murder
theory. All day and tonight they have
been seeking woman. admitted to
have been a former sweetheart of Rus
sell Culbertson. the dead woman s
husband
There Is no secret concerning the
identity Of the woman and her name
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
EGGEMEYER ELECTED
Popular Young Man Chosen
Exalted Ruler of Local
EIks Lodge.
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED

AT the meeting of the Elks last even
ing in the lodge rooms of the Wayne
Aerie of Eagles. annual reports were
read and the election of officers for the
ensuing year. The different reports
showed the organization TO be in ex-
cellent condition. Ii was also an
nouneed last evening that the plans for
occupying the new home about April
-. would be carried out as planned.
The officers for the ensuing year are:
Exalted Ruler-W. +. Eggemeyer.
Esteemed Leading Knight. c.
Price.
Esteemed Royal Knight-Dr. F. F.
Anderson.
Esteemed Lecturing knight-Prof.
w. d. Waldrip.
Treasurer-A. W. Rees.
Secretary-A. E. Morel.
Tyler-John Palmer.
Trustee-Jacob Lichtenfels
Board of Governors-A. A. Burr.
BENZ. Price, Elmer Eggemeyer, L. E.
Tiff and Edgar Norris.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-26
EIkhart and Orange Counties
Went Dry Yesterday
With a Whoop.
ELECTION IS UNEvENTFuL
HARD FIGHT MADE az BOTH FAC
TIoNS DID NOT RESULT ~ ANY
TROUBLE At THE POLLS
GOOD MAJoRlTlES.

Indianapolis, Ind. March 26.-Elkhart
and Orange counties added their voice
to the statewide option movement at
the polls yesterday by substantial ma
jorities. In the former county a
strenuous fight had been waged by the
liquor interests and it had freely been
predicted that this county. containing
two large cities. Goshen and Elkhart,
would vote in favor of the licensed sa-
looms. For this reason there was more
than the ordinary amount Of interest
shown in the outcome of the voting.
Figures received from Elkhart coun-
ty are practically complete and show a
majority of nearly 800 against the sa-
loon. The election day events were
not in the least exciting and no trou-
BILE of any kind is reported from any
of the polling places.
A Strenuous Fight.
In Orange county there was also a
strenuous fight by the liquor interests
who have legally been shut out Of the
county due to the remonstrances in
force there The fact that French Lick
and West Baden, two famous resorts.
are situated in this county added in
terest to the fight. since it was known
that many Of the sporting fraternity
had been endeavoring zealously TO
have the county vote wet and antic-
ipated a return of many other privileg.
es along with the open saloon. The
temperance sentiment of the county.
however, proved too strong for the
liquor element, and a majority. unof.
ficial. placed at 677 is recorded
against the business. No untoward
incidents marred the days events in
Orange county and a large vote was
polled.