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Evening star., 1909-03-02
JUSTICE GOULD A WITNESS
TODAY IN BAKER
WARNER DAMAGE CASE.
Former United States Attorney
Worthington Also Called to the
Stand by Plaintiff.

Associate Justice Ashley NJ. Gould of
the District Supreme Court testified today
in the trial of the $4,000 damage suit fled
by United States Attorney D. w. Baker
against Brainard II. Warner for alleged
libel Justice Gould told of the official
positions he had held in the District dur
ing the last decade. including the positions
Of assistant United States attorney and
later United States attorney. and his con-
nection with the prosecutions of alleged
gambling. including the Klein case. He
said he is a resident and voter in Mary
land. and went to Rockville with Mr..
Baker March 81 last, principally for the
purpose of attending to some business in
the clerks office at Rockville. and Incl
dentally to attend a conference of friends
of Gist Blair. who was suggested as a
candidate for national committeeman.
Justice Gould said he was present as a
spectator only at the political meeting,
and did not participate In It's deloera-
tions. At the political meeting. he said
the question of finance was not even
broached, because GiSt Blair had previ-
ously agreed to furnish the funds to meet
the legitimate expenses incident TO the
primary contest.
After the political meeting. the judge
said. an informal conference Of leaders of
Montgomery county who favored the Sc
lection of Mr.. Blair was held. At this
conference neither the question of funds
nor the race track was mentioned.
Leaning forward. and speaking deliber-
ately and with great emphasis, Justice
Gould further said that down to the ap-
pearance OF the article of March 2S last
he never heard the race track or any
body interested in 1t mentioned. either d.
rectly or Indirectly, in connection with the
Pearre Warner campaign or any aspect
of it.
Former United States Attorney A. S.
Worthington, testifying on behalf Of Mr..
Baker, said that an indictment which
merely charged the carrying on of book
making as business without describing
the elements of which the business con-
sisted would be bad.
Assistant United States Attorney Har-
vey Given told of his visit to the race
track April II, 1907, and the facts con-
nected with the arrest of Davis. the book
maker. He described the manner in
which betting was done at Benning after
the Davis decision, and declared the
method was as described in the indict-
ments in the Walters case. Mr.. Given
said his opinion was against the securing
Of the Walters indictment, but notwith-
standing his advice Mr.. Baker required
him to go before the grand jury and tell
that body of the transactions by the
boOkmakers
Evening star., 1909-03-02
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
German Is to Be Extradited From
Richmond, Va.

RICHMOND, Va, March 2.-Louis
Lowenstein of Beverungen. in the King
dom of Prussia, was arrested here last
night at the instance of the German con-
sui and charged with forgeries in more
than one hundred cases. The warrants
aggregate 100000 marks Or $4,000. He
will be extr,Dte under the peace treaty
between Prussia and the United States
made in 1852. LOwenstein was apprehe-
nended by fellow countryman who came
to America two months after the fugi-
tive left last June.
The fOrger, who confesses. to bes the
man wanted. will be prosecuted accord
ing to decree of the royal court of juris-
diction, one paragraph of which reads:
LAS Lowenstein has committed forgeries
in more than one hundred cases and has
caused many people of small means to
lose by his embezzlements in and about
Beverungen. there is a general bitter
feeling against him, and his extradition
is deemed desirable for the public well
fare The arrest was made In a baker
shop when the fugitive was in the act of
removing a pan of rolls from an oven
President Roosevelt was especially re-
quested to exert his influence in securing
the arrest.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Supreme Court Of United States Acts
in Railroad Case.

In deciding the case of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
VS.. George A. Sewers against the COM
pany the Supreme Court of the United
States yesterday construed a delicate
question concerning the application of the
laws of one jurisdiction in another. 1t
was an action for damages caused by an
accident which occurred in New MeAico
brought in Texas state court by Sewers
who was.a brakeman on the railroad and
citizen Of Arizona. The trial court
awarded 5000. and the verdict was af-
firmed by yesterdays decision.
The injury was sustained by Sewers
while riding on the tender of an engine in
assisting in switching. and the railroad
company contended that because he was
on the tender he was guilty of contribu-
tory negligence. The Texas court decided.
however, that as riding on the engine was
customary with trainmen it did not con-
stitute negligence. The railroad company
sought to have the disposition of the case
controlled by law of New Mexico pro-
hibiting the bringing in other jurisdic-
tfons of suits for damages sustained in
that territory. The Texas court held this
law to be applicable only to citizens Of
New Mexico and not binding on others
and the Supreme Court sustained that
view.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
DECIDED AGAINST RAILROAD.
New Haven Ordered to Dispose of
Trolley Holdings.

BOSTON. March by a decision of the
supreme court today the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
is ordered to dispose of its trolley holdings
in Massachusetts, by July 1, 1909.
The decision is the result Of the bill in
equity brought by the attorney general in
May, S90s. and the courts decision ap-
plies to the Worcester and Southbridge,
the Worcester and Blackstone Valley. the
Worcester and Webster. the Webster and
Dudley. the Springfield and the Berkshire
street railways
The decision upholds the ruling OF a
single justice of the supreme court, from
whom the New Haven company ap-
pealed on the ground that these trolley
companies were held by the Consolidated
companies of Connecticut
Evening star., 1909-03-02
coLL1ERY GAS ExPLoDEs.
Twelve Men Badly Burned-Many
More Entombed.

wILKESBARRE. Pa, March q
Twelve men we're badly burned by an ex-
plosion Of gas today in No. IA colliery OF
the Erie Coal Company at Port Blanch-
ard, Pa, near here. 1t is feared many
of them will die from their injuries.
Fire followed the explosion and num-
Der of men are entombed back of the
fire, but how many the ofiicials are un-
able to state. A large force Of rescuers
are at work. A section Of hose has been
run into the mine. and with full head
of water the officials expect to get con-
troll of the fire in q short time.
At 10 o'clock two men were taken out
dead. The colliery, when working at its
full capacity. employs 600 men. but that
many were not at work when the ex-
plosion occurred.
There is considerable excitement about
the mouth of the mine. Relatives Of the
entombed men are gathered in large num-
bers and their grief is pitiable.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
PRESIDENTS BUSY AFTERNOON
He Receives Many Delegations and
Other Callers.

President Roosevelt is to have a busy
afternoon. At 2:3O o'clock he received the
new minister from Haiti H. Paulous
Sannon, who presented his credentials.
Brief and cordial greetings were ex-
changed between the new minister and
the President.
Right after this the President shook
hands with the Original Roosevelt Club
of st. Paul, several hundred members.
headed by Hugh T. Talbert.
Then came the choir boys of st. Paul's
Cathoiic Church OF Washington. headed
by Right Rev. James T. Mackin, the
presentation being made by Rudolph F..
Bartle. The choir is said to be one of
the best in the country, and the President
complimented its members highly after
they had rendered number of selec-
tons. He was warm in his praise of
Ernest I. Winchester. the choirmaster.
Diplomatic Corps and Ladies.
At $3.50 o'clock the President received
and bade farewell to the diplomatic corps
and ladies, there being large turnout Of
foreign representatives. The reception
was unique in that it was requested by
members of the corps
This evening at 8 o'clock President and
Mrs Roosevelt will dine with Secretary
and Mrs. Straus.
Crum's Resignation Accepted.
President Roosevelt has received and
accepted the resignation of w d. Crum
as collector of customs at Charleston.
s. c. The resignation is to take effect
March 4. and will unquestionably relieve
the incoming President of one Of the most
questions that could have
come before him. The democrats of the
Senate succeeded in preventing the con-
frmation Of Crum and President Roose-
welt declined to withdraw it. Foreseeine
the handwriting on the wall, after March
4. Crum sent in his resignation. It is
practieally certain that he will be sue
ceeded by a white man.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
How to Bear Invalidism.


Incurable illness or disability is tbs
hardest human fate there is-except re-
morse or disgrace-and 1 have perhaps
rashiy undertaken to suggest to some at
tentive sufferer how to bear 1t.
But the first word Of all which I would
utter is this: Do not bear 1t! Do not bear
1t, if you can help 1t. Do not bear 1t
until you have proved to your own con-
viction ''past all doubling. truly
that it must be borne. There Is nothing
about which it is easier to be mistaken
than uncomfortable physical sensations.
They may. or they may not. mean what
they seem to mean, or what you think
they mean. There are no slaves In the
world that so naturally become tyrants.
They are disloyal and hence deceitful.
Do not trust them too far. Pass then un-
der severe scrutiny.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Crum's Resignatio Accented.
PROFITABLE SNAKE KILLING.
A Rattlesnake Hunter Who Collects
Bounty and Sells Oil and Skins

La Crosse Cor. Minneapolis journal,
II. T. Brown OF Newton, Wis, claims to
De the only rattlesnake hunter in the
northwest, and one of the few in the
United States. Hunting d'amond-marked
rattlers Is his occupation and forms his
sole mode of earning living. Oftentimes
his income for single week is over 500.
Two modes of earning living are open
to Brown, one to hire himself to q farmer
for week as an expert rattlesnake killer
on a salary basis. and the other as a free
lance, in which he roams the country.
collecting the bounty on the snakes he
kills. Browns price for his services a
week is $50. and he guarantees to rid a
160-acre farm, If not too rocky, of all the
snakes in week and destroy their homes
For fifteen years Brown has been hunt
ing snakes and making living at, 1t. In
all that time he has not been bitten. He
goes out much as the expert angler goes
after fish. HIS secret of catching snakes
Is just as elusive as that of anglers get
ting fish, He will not divulge the snake
holes he has found. although he says find-
Ing them Is an easy matter when one
knows how. dozen rattlers in q single
nest Is not an unusual record for Brown.
One day last fall, while working in the
hills south of La Crosse. he killed thirty
one snakes The next day he foraged in
nearby townships and killed fOrty-two.
The state pays so cents for each rattler,
while the skin and oil add to the profitable
nature Of snake hunting. Brown gets s.
an ounce for oil, and good skin will
bring $1.5O. The biggest snake captured
last fall was in the town Of Pennington.
1t bore twenty-five rattles.
A stout hickory club is Browns only
weapon in his hunting. He never allows a
snake to get directly in front Of him and
moving away, for in that position a rat
tier can strike a deadly blow. Brown fol-
lows the snake from the side, without
fear OF strike. He says one may place
his hand within an inch Of a rattlesnake's 8
head on the side and be safe from danger
THE rattlesnake cannot strike from the
side." he declares.
when the snake turns, il you can get
him to do so, strike your blow quickly and
firmly The occupation is not hazardous
If you know what you are doing. but
won't vouch for a beginner. ! have had
a few snakes strike at me, but when the
rattlers tail is away from you and you
are at his side you are safe. Sometimes
take my dog with me. and he can smell
rattlesnakes. All dogs can, and he serves
as an alarm clock for the reptiles. Rat
tlesnakes like rocks. but they won't live
where there is much noise That is why
they aren't found in quarries, but only in
wild places.
"I once made $l2s in a week but ! can't
keep 1t up I average between $50 and
$lOO a week during the summer but in the
winter I don't do anything. Huh! I'd
rather hunt diamond-marked snakes than
work In q store"
Evening star., 1909-03-02
SAVING NIAGARA FALLS.
Senate Adopts Resolution Extending
Act Of 1905.

The Senate today adopted the House
joint resolution extending for two years
the operation Of the act of 1906 for the
preservation OF Niagara Falls.
The original bill was intended to pre-
serve the scenic beauty of the falls by
regulating the withdrawal of water from
the Niagara river, but its existence was
limited to three years on the theory that
during that time a treaty agreement with
Great Britain for the International regu-
lation of the use of the water of the
stream would be reached. This expecta-
tion has not been realized and the meas
ure, which is about to become a law. is
for the purpose of affording proper pro-
lection for another period Of two years.
before the expiration OF which time it is
confidently believed a treaty will be ne
gotiated. The resolution lacks only the
signature of the President to make it a
law.
The American Civic Association has
been active In pressing the measure.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
The Mild Cynic.
the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Everybody's business is the gossips S
business
It's easy to be philosopher If you have
a good income.
The world is filled with lovers of the
self-love brand.
No girl treats a young man better than
he sees her treat her mother.
Patients are doubly charged when ply
sicians give them electric treatment.
A man must not expect to live In clover
simply because he marries grass widow.
The opinions your enemies have OF you
are always more matter OF fact than the
opinions Of your friends.
Some men remind us Of camels: while
they may go for several days without
drinking. they nevertheless get their backs
up.
Some men are like postage stamps: they
lose their value when they get stuck on
themselves.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
MAKE THREE ARRESTS.
Health Office Inspectors Watching
the Sale of Food.

The crusade against the sale of impure
food to inaugural visitors is on In earnest
today, and at an early hour this afternoon
three arrests had been reported to the
health office.
Inspectors E. c. Stoy, j. L. Norris and
r. E. Beckham were started out early
this morning to patrol the main business
streets Of the city to see that the health
regulations regarding the sale of food are
not violated on the temporary refresh
ment stands or by peddlers of sandwiches
from baskets.
During the morning the inspectors found
two men selling sandwiches from baskets,
there being no wrapping around the arti-
cles or covers on the baskets. The vendors
were taken to the first precinct station
house
Inspector Norris found stand in 14th
street near the District building, in front
of stable and alongside of the door. He
regarded the location of the stand as in
sanitary. and escorted the proprietor to
the station house.
The three inspectors will continue the
work throughout the inaugural period.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Church in the Open Air.
From the Westminster Gazette.


The experiment Of holding services in
the open air instead Of inside the church
is being attempted by one of the Con-
gregational church ministers at Bendigo.
The parson in question, according to an
Australian paper just to hand. having in
mind the badly ventilated condition of
many churches and the fact that the con-
gregations are not always composed of
those who are in the best of health. has
decided that if his people are agreeable
the Sunday evening services shall be con-
Quoted for the remainder Of the warm
weather in the open air. There are. no
doubt, many people in this country who
would like to see this experiment tried
over here on hot Sunday evenings.
Evening star., 1909-03-02

have engaged rooms and are expected to
arrive tonight and tomorrow
At the Raleigh Hotel three distinguished
governors and their staffs have their
headquarters. They are Gov Eben s.
Draper of Massachusetts, Gov E. S. Stu
art of Pennsylvania and Gov. George H.
Prouty of Vermont. Judge James Wick
ersham, delegate-elect from Alaska. is
also at the Raleigh. Judge Wickersham
says that Alaskans are greatly pleased
that Taft is to succeed Roosevelt at the
White House.
Cots for the Late Corners.
The hotels and lodging houses along
Pennsylvania avenue east of 7th street
judging from the crowds passink in and
out of the offices. have about filled up
with inaugural visitors, and those who
are yet receiving new guests are utilizing
cots and mattresses. In fact, it was an
nounced in two of the lower avenue ho-
tells that this means of accommodating
guests was resorted to yesterday. and
room has been provided at each Of the
hostelrieS for about 500 people apiece
who will arrive this evening and tomor-
row.
Probably nowhere along the avenue are
the street takers" doing a larger busi-
ness than in that section from the Peace
Monument to 9Th street. In casual
walk 1O3 takers were counted in this ter
ritory. selling anything from nickel presi-
dental badges to canes and whistles.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Concrete Also Is New-old.
ON the London Spectator

From tne LOnGOu CpectdtU.
Concrete itself is, OF course, very old.
The concrete stairs Of Colchester and
Rochester castles still show the marks
Of the incasing boards; the dome OF
Agrippa's Pantheon. which is a hundred
and forty-two feet in diameter, 10 OF
concrete. and fragments Of concrete
buildings are found in Mexico and Peru.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-March /, pm. At; s
pm, "A; IL midnight. 43. March 2,
am, Al; am, A; L noon, so; pm,
SO. Maximum. SO, at 2 pm. March 2;
minimum, Al. at 4:30 am, March 2.
pm. 3OO3; II midnight. 28.95 March 2,
4 am, $3.50: 8 am. 297S; noon. 2O.73.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, Al.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
those made by the undertaken. He was
not cross-eNamined
DR.. Eve Discusses Wounds.

DIR. Duncan Eve. one of Nashville's s
surgeons of thirty-five years practice.
was then called The wounds described
by DIR. Gla sgow were related to DIR. Eve,
and he was asked if the wounds sd de-
scribed were fatal
IF the first wound described-the one
In the left side-did not kill him at once
and fell him instantly he would he pros
trated at once by the shock and would
soon die
The second wound also through the
side. was described. The doctor said:
"It was mortal
IF a person standing up received these
two wounds. one right after the other,
what would you eXpect?''
Ct Il death -
Evening star., 1909-03-02
MUST COME HERE FOR TRIAL.
Commissioner Shields Orders T. n.
Prices Removal to This City.

Pr1ce'S Removal to THIS CITY.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 2.-United States
Commissioner Shields today held Theo-
dore H. Price, the former cotton king for
removal to Washington to stand trial
there on the charges of conspiracy with
Edwin Holmes and Frederick Peckham to
defraud the government by means Of the
Department of Agriculture's cotton re-
ports. The argument on the warrant for
removal has been heard by Commissioner
Shields for several weeks past.
Indictments are standing against Price
Washington.
Argument on habeas corpus proceedings
will be heard by the judge Of the United
States circuit court this morning.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
Feminine Paragons.
From Die woche. Berlin.

From DIE WOche. BefIin.
The aristocratic English lady is the only
member of her sex who can manage to
give and attend receptions and parties.
go to balls and bazaars. hunt. travel ac-
complish thousand duties-and yet be q
good and devoted mother.
Evening star., 1909-03-02
UNION PRESSMEN WIN.
United States Court Decision Estab-
fishes 6-Hour Day for Work.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, March 2.-The
union men win In the lonE-fought case
Of the Typothetae OF American against
the International Printing Pressmen's
Union.
A decision rendered this afternoon by
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals establishes an eight-hour day for
work
Evening star., 1909-03-02
valez Confirmed Cuban Minister.

HAVANA. March 2.-The senate has
confirmed the nomination of Carlos Gar
cia Velez to be Cuban minister to the
United States
Evening star., 1909-03-02
BOTH SIDES INSIST
Legislative Appropriation Bill
Held Up.
TWO HOUSES IN DEADLOCK
Conferees Trying to Reach an
Agreement.
AMENDMENTS THE ISSUES
Neither Party Shows q Disposition
to Yield a Point-Meeting
This Afternoon.
TWO HOUSES IN DEADLOCK
AMENDMENTS THE ISSUES

The Senate and House conferees on
the legislative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill which is deadlocked be-
tween the two houses by reason of the
refusal Of the House of Representa-
tives to concur in the Senate
amendment increasing the salary OF
the President, Vice President. Speaker.
the judiciary and creating an under sec
retary and assistant secretary of state.
got together this afternoon in an attempt
to reach some sort of an agreement.
But there is only one way in which
an agreement can be reached" said one
of the House conferees to a Star re-
porter this afternoon, g and that is by a
complete backdown on the part of the
Senate"
This conferee might have added. with
truth. that the Senate Is not very much
in the habit of backing down and that
IL 1t does give In to the House this time.
all along the line. then the House will
have right to feel very much elated In
consequence.
Salary Increase Opposed.
The conferees on the part of the House
Representatives Bingham of Pennsyl-
vania, Gillette of Massachusetts, and
Livingston of Georgia-are not them
selves unalterably opposed to the SEN
ate salary increase amendment, but the
demonstrated temper of the House is
such that they do not care to bring in
report that they have concurred in
any of these amendments. which seem
to be so Objectionable to the leaders in
the lower branch OF the national legisla-
ture.
If the conferees are unable to come
together this afternoon the House will
probably sit down and do nothing. so
far as the legislative bill IL concerned.
until the Senate shows disposition to
"be reasonable" from the point view Of
the House. On the other hand. the Sen
ate conferees said that their body will
not yield-and there you are. OF course,
one or the other has got to give away.
and there may be proposition made in
both houses to sort Of strike fair
average or balance on the points at is
sue.
Sundry Civil Bill Conference.
The first conference on the sundry civil
bill will be held late this afternoon or to-
night 1t is not thought that the sessions
of the conferees on this measure will be
protracted. The House conferees will In
sist upon the elimination from the bill of
the Senate amendment giving the Pres
ident So. 900 year for travelling expenses
and upon the restoration to the bill OF the
House paragraph directing the President
to exercise supervision of the annual es-
innate, SO that the proposed expenditure
submitted to Congress may be somewhere
near the probable revenues for each fiscal
year.
The House conferees will also insist
upon the restoration of the paragraph
eliminated in the Senate authorizing the
construction on the old hall OF records
site of a 100000 building for the geo
logical survey and other Offices.
The conferees were in session only a.
brief time. and adjourned without hay
ing. come anywhere near an agreement
They planned to meet again this after
noon.