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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
DAUGHTERS OF 1912.
District Chapter of the Society Meets
and Transacts Business.

The District Chapter. Daughters OF ISL
Society held a large meeting at the Eb-
bitt House Monday afternoon. presided
over by the president. Mrs. Kate kearney
Henry. Reports of officers were read by
Mrs Frank Wilson. Miss Alice Douglass
Goddard Mrs. William Magruder Dove
Mrs. Noble Newport Potts and Miss Mar
garet McCabe. Mrs. Alexander Perry
and Mrs Mary Wright Gill were received
into the society. Mrs. George w. Trow-
bridge. Mrs Charles ]. Gates and Mrs.
Frederick W. AIatteson were welcomed as
new members.
The chapter was informed that Mrs. AL
bert l. Pitney would soon be able to re-
turn TO Washington
Mrs. Henry spoke of the ceremonies un-
der the auspices of the chapter given at
the Octagon House February II. Mrs.
Fillmore of Texas, who organized an 1872
society in her state, gave talk on the
work accomplished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Congress Street Church Meeting.

The annual meeting of the membership
OF Congress Street VI. p. Church was held
Monday evening in the lecture room OF
the church in Georgetown for the trans
action of general business and the cleo
tion OF officers. The following were
chosen for the ensuing year: W. H. Har-
rison. chairman; III. G. Grimes secretary
trustees. j. d. Cathell. W. II. Harrison
&. W. Edmonston. W. X. Stevens T.. H.
Scott. W. T. Ballard. c. F Wetzel. ". III
Marriott and ID. w Proctor; stewards J.
f. Stake. W. s. Selby, H. c. Grimes j s
troson. Joseph Clark, Stanley Hagins. r
:. Duval Frank Cogswel ana T. W
Grimes: delegate TO the annual conferenc.
"a he held in Baltimore April = W T
Ballard. and T. W. Crimes. alternate
The return OF the present pastor. Rev. K
ID. Stone. was unanimously requested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
.CHALONER'S GUN KILLS
Pistol Discharged in Struggle
With Wife Beater.
W0MAN'S LIFE MENACED
Followed by Gillard to Her Refuge
in "The Merry Mills
ACCIDENT, IS JURY VERDICT
No One Blamed for Death of Eng
lishman-Battle in Din
ing Room.
ACCIDENT, IS JURY VERDICT

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. March IL
A tragedy at his home. the Merry Mills
near Gotham, Va. at = O'Clock Monday
afternoon has thrust John Armstrong
Chaloner into prominence again.
A scene IN which he was an involuntary
actor ended in the death of an English
man. John Gillard. in the presence of Gil
lard's wife and children.
Gillard came to America two years age
from Australia. After a short time in
of Gotham and thence to Campbells
about two miles from the Merry Mills
He was in poor circumstances and Mr.
Chaloner had befriended him.
1t was notorious in the community thai
Gillard haDitually maltreated his wife
Monday while Ernie Money was with
Chaloner at the Merry Mills Mrs. Gillarc
and her children, the oldest of them a bo,
of fourteen, arrived and were admitted te
the dining room by servant
Was Beating His Wife.
Mr.. Chaloner being detained upstairs
with Money, Gillard. who had followed
his wife, reached the room before him
When Chaloner and his guest entered Gill
lard had his wife by the hair and was
beating her over the head with heavy
pair of tongs.
Both men interfered and tried 10 re-
strain Gillard both by force and persua.
sion. but he was in a frenzy. Being a
powerful man. it required both of them
and a negro servant to get Gillard under
even temporary control
When this was done the servant was
sent for rope with which 10 tie Gillard
Mr. Money was holding the man and
Chaloner stood by with his pistol TO in
timidate him.
Gillard. while the servant was absent
resumed the struggle and grasped the
pistol, which was discharged The bullet
struck HIM in the temple. causing instant
death
Inquest Held Yesterday.
Quintus l.. Williams the local magis-
trate and coroner. took chage OF the
body which was left in the room until
after the inquest. which was held yester.
day. The witnesses al the inquest were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Bow Succumbs to Shooting.

CUMBERLAND. Md. March 17.-Roy
Robinette. aged twelve years, who was
shot Saturday afternoon last in South
Cumberland by Earle Powell. aged
twelve years died yesterday at noon as a
result of his injuries, and a post-mortem
examination showed that the bullet plow-
ed its way through the larger intestines,
perforated the yena cava and lodged IN
the vertebrate Whether the shooting OF
young Robinette was the result of
quarrel or an accident has not as yet
been determined Robinette alleged that
he was deliberately shot by Powell on
account of a quarrel the boys are said to
have had Friday. But Powell claims
that the shooting was purely accidental.
and that it occurred while he was shoot
ing at a mark. Young Powell was yester-
dav released on 5000 bail. Both lads
had been playmates for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Wireless on Fruit Steamers.

III Is said TO be very probable that the
steamers belonging to the fleet of the
United Fruit Company. running between
Jamaican ports and Baltimore with fruit
aboard, may be equipped with wireless
telegraphS within Il short time. The man
ayers OF the line are considering the
proposition TO place tae aerial message
wires and machinery aboard the ships
and it is said they are favorably inclined
10 the proposition. The steamers Brook
line and Barnstablc will be so equipped
should il be decided to do So. The steam
crs of the company running out of New
Orleans were recently equipped with wire
less apparatus and the success it has
been aboard those vessels will be largely
intiuent' al In causing the pacing of the
wireless ON the Baltimore ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Commercial Travellers Elect officers.

AT the last meeting of the United Com
mercial Travellers, in their hall in the X
of P. building. the following officers We're
elected: Senior counselor. w. w. Mans
field; junior counselor, {. b. Dooley; past
counselor, Albert Triplett; secretary and
treasurer +. " Smith; conductor. +. H.
Goodenough; page j. L. FAIR: sentinel
r. II. Jeter: executive committee, r. S
Bowie and b. NJ. Mundell. representative
TO Grand Council meeting, June. 1909, a,
Louisville. Ky. Past Counselor l.. A
Roberts; alternate, Past Counselor K. s
Bowie
A great amount of enthusiasm was dis
played and many plans adopted for the
I.rCD work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
OBJECTS TO ASIATIC.
Archdeacon Protests Against Jap
anese for Son-iu-LaW

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.-Arch-
deacon Emery of the Protestant Episco-
pal diocese has left his home I'm Marion
county, across the bay. because his wife
sustains their daughter in her determine
ton to marry Gungiro Aoki. young
Japanese. said to be related to Gen. Aoki.
When the engagement OF Gladys En-
ery to Aoki was first announced the fam
lily explained that he was a nephew or
the famous general and came of the old
Samurai family. Since then Aoli's broth
ers have declared that their father Is a
poor farmer and that he first worked in
the vineyards here and later as dish
washer.
The feeling here against the Japanese liz
strong. Aoki has good looks 70 recon-
mend him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17

and the Dead" with hostile criticism
marked on the margin in blue pencil.
Allowance Is Increased.
Several days ago counsel for Chsioner
appea red in court here and asked for an
increase in the allowance of $4,000 a year
which he gets from his trustee. lie said
ne needed at least $4,000 a year to main
tain his position proprietor of an estate
in Virginia. The application was granted
Chaloner is said TO be worth more than
S1.OO0OD. He has not been in New York
state since he ran away from Blooming
dale. fearing that he would be arrested as
An escaped lunatic as soon as he set foot
here. He asked for a writ OF prohibition
in the federal court here last year to
allow him to enter New York. but tho
writ denied.
Chaloner has been described by his rel
atives as an incurable paranoiac. The
experts who testified against him said he
had Authorizations that his stomach was
a I-eyden far and his body a silver case
and that he had X-ray eyes.
Several years ago Chaloner gave extern
sive circulation to a book written by him
in which he described his experiences at
Boomingdale. He announced last fall
that he had in preparation an arraign
ment of the lunacy laws OF New York
which he thought would result in their
amendment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Quits Uncle Sam for Private Business

\. =. Chatfield. jr., vino for the past
three years has represented the pension
bureau as a special examiner at Wichita,
Kan, has severed his connection with the
government service and for the future
will make Wichita his home. During the
time Eugene Ware was commissioner OF
pensions Nr. Chattield served as his con-
iidential clerk lie was educated in the
schools Of this city. was graduated from
TIE George Washington law department
and adfnitted to the bar in 1904. lie will
ereagc in private business in Wichita.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
GAL oN1E AND H11 1EcKErARY
E.G Monty

killed a man. that the act was committed
in the defense of a helpless woman. This
case should prove. more than anything
else, that | am capable of taking care of
my own affairs.
A singular thing in connection with the
tragedy is that the standing clock in the
hall at the Merry Mills. which has kept
exact time for many months. and which
was attended by Gllard. stopped almost
to the minute of the time he was killed
The clock. handsome one, was made by
Thomas Ayres. the celebrated clocksmith
of London.
Chaloner says he purchased it many
years ago and that 1t was tone of the
many things that went wrong during the
years of his Imprisonment in Blooming
dale.
Chaloner Guards Victims Body.
All through the long night Chaloner sat
as a guard over the body of his victim.
There was no other person in the house.
"To test my nerve says Chaloner,
land to see whether I am the insane man
the New York courts regard me, / went
several times to look at the distorted
features. l realized fully the circum-
stances, and l knew how CHASTITY such
scene would appear to the outside world.
Il did not feel that / was murderer,
although l expected. to be taken to the
charlottesville Jail. and there to be tried
for crime. conviction of which would
mean the electric chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Mrs. L. T. Heffron Seeks Divorce.

Alleging desertion. nfdeli,y and non
support, Mrs. Lille T. lIeffron has filed
suit for an absolute divorce from Amos
lIeffron. They were married September
-, i:sN and lived together until March.
80, 'ttorney j. y. Toumey represents
the wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Capital Beneficial Association.

The annual election of officers of the
Capital Beneficial Association resulted in
John G. Miller being chosen president:
Gregor NJ. Nix. vice president G. Francis
Davis, recording secretary: Charles Ehr-
hsrdt. financial secretary; John May,
treasurer, and H. A. Miller, Joseph Alex.
Geier and w. Smalwood, trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Sent to Jail for Stealing Bicycle.

Fenton Gilbert, colored, was committed
to Jail yesterday for six months by Judge
Mullowny of the Police Court as re-
suit of a conviction upon charge OF
stealing a bicycle from Harry Mace. who
is said to live at I'LL New Jersey avenue,
the early part of last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
Studying the Bible.

A series of Bible studies is being held
al II Grant place by William buchanan of
Detroit, Mich. The hours Of service are
) and o'clock pm. All Bible students
are welcomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17

the widow and her fOurteen-year-Old son,
Chaloner. Money. and the negro servant.
The witnesses were separated, Chaloner
being the last to testify.
Mrs. Gillards story was that her hus-
band had threatened her life, and had on
Saturday and Sunday severely beaten
her. In great fear she had gone to the
Merry Mills for protection.
The servant admitted her to the dining
room. While she was waiting to see
ChalOner to ask his protection Gillard
entered seized her by the hair. and was
beating her over the head with pair of
tongs. She was covered with blood when
Chaloner and Money came to her assist
ance.
She said that they directed their efforts
TO restraining her husband. and that
Chaloner said they had no desire to hurt
officers of the law and let the law take
its course.
Thinks Husband Killed Himself.
Mrs Gilard said that her husband
seized the pistol and endeavored to turn ii
upon her. that during the effort the
weapon was exploded. and in her opinion
her husband had discharged it.
Her told the same story, except
that he was not prepared to say how the
pistol was discharged. He was positive
that his father intended to kill his mother
and that he would have done SO but for
Chaloner and Money.
The testimony of chaloner. Money and
the servant was of the same tenor.
A man who was present during the
inquest said that Mrs. Gillard had been
shamefully beaten and her head badly
cut in many places.
The room was still in the condition as
at the moment of the shooting, the Wom-
ans hat lying on the floor and hairpins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-17
DIR. Lyons.
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Clcanscs, beauties and
preserves the teeth and
purihes the breath.
u scd by people of
refinement for air oSt
Half a Century.
Jac-sa&w.1yr
Allowance Is Increased.

and the Dead with hostile criticism
marked on the margin in blue pencil.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
A Big Machine.

Saturday evening last a 80
horse power, six cylinder Thorn
as car reached Missouri Valley,
enroute from Denver, COLORADO,
to Chicago. They started from
here going east, but as the roads
were so bad they came back and
shipped to Chicago, whore they
will take in an automobile show.
They left Denver on Thursday
evening, and were fifty hours
in covering to distance to Mis-
souri, Valley. There were three
men in the party and they ran
day and night. This is, perhaps
one of the largest machines that
has ever been in this city, and
those interested in automobiles,
took the opportunity to look the
monster over.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11

The Woodbine Twiner says:
"a little the craziest thing per-
petrated by bunch of law-ma-
kers supposed to be sane and
reresenting an intelligent con-
stituency is the bill just passed
by the Iowa legislature empow-
ering the county boards of SUI
pervlsors to place a bounty on
rattle snakes. Such a measure
would be all right in the Dake-
tas, but there is no occasion for
it in Iowa. 1t is safe to guess
that there is not on the average
of one RATHER to the township
in this state. The law can do
no burt, it will not break up the
tax payers, or anything of that
kind but the utter tomfoolery
of the thing. The rea-
ding clerk while reading the
bill to the members had to stop
nee or tw ice to suppress a
spasm of laughter A tax of fifty
cents on Iowa babies and a boun-
ty on rattle snakes the Iowa
legislature can adjourn when
they get tired and think they
have done something. If they
want to do something further
for the state a small bounty on
bedbugs might be added before
the assembly breaks up"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
Banks.

1t was in the City of Brother
ly Love that the first bank was
established in 1881. It was in
.corporated by congress unde L
the name of "The President,
Directors and Company of the
Bank of North America. "
Three years later the second
bank in the country was open
ed in Boston and was called the
Massachusetts bank.
In the same year the Bank
of New York was founded.
The first United States bank
was founded in 1856 and the
second in 1916 in which year
the first savings banks were
established, one in Philadelphia
the other in Boston. Scrap
Book.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
Cost of Soldiers Roster

The appropriations committee
are trying to figure out some
way to reduce the total cost of
the roster of Iowa soldiers now
being printed. At first $500
vas asked and secured to Go
the work. It is half done ard
S12,500 is wanted to continue
the work. There will be lC-
900 sets of eight volumes, ard
hey are costing about S1.25.
1t means the state will have
100000 tied up in this work.
Aplan suggested is to have a
much smaller edition and then
have stereotype matrices made
for use in some future editions.
The work entailed great addi-
tional labor on Adjutant Gener-
al Thrift, who has just retired
from office, but it is possible
that Colonel Grossly will con-
tinue in the direction of the
compilation. Harvey Reid is
at work on the historical portion
Of the work. The report of
Adjutant General Thrift, in
the hands Of the printer shows
that aside from this work his
office has accomplished a great
deal in the way of bringing TIE
guard up to a high standard,
eluipping the companies with
modern implements and secur-
ing the best possible discipline.
The Saunders bills relatir g
to the office of sheriff are those
prepared by the sherltfs' assoc
citation. One of them makes it
clear and positive that a sheriff
gets mileage for serving papers
and is retroactive, so that mile
age earned will be secured.
the others make compulsory,
rather that permissive, the pay
of $1,000 for a first deputy in
some counties and 5000 in
others and with regard to pay
ment for boarding prison ers.
1t appears that in some counties
mileage is withheld, in others
there is a constant effort to
compel lower salaries for depu-
ties, etc. The sheriffs want
these laws fixed SO there will
be no question: about what is
meant. Capital.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
Public Sale

We, the undersigned, will
soil at public auction at the
Bruce Morehouse home, on the
old McGavren farm, two and
one-half miles southeast of Mo
Valley, on Mon. Feb. Is, 1909
sale at IL NJ, free lunch at
11:3O.
II horses and Mules, one
team, weight about 2700, age II
and IL; l span roam mares, age
5 and 6, weight 1900; / good
sucking mule colt; l chestnut
sorrel horse, weight 1000; /
team, weight 2700; 3 good work
horses; / span mules coming 5,
weight 2200.
IL head Of cattle, seven head
yearling steers, 2 cows 6 and Z
years old, will be fresh soon, l
heifer, 2 mich cows.
As head of hogs, twenty
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
MAsONs TO BUILD HOME
Fort Dodge, 10. Feb. 4.-The

MAsoNs TO BUILD HOME
Fort Dodge, 10. Feb. 4 The
Fort Dodge Masonic lodge has
purchased a 60 by 140-foot lot
in the heart of the city and
will erect a three-story building
valued at $4,000, for use as a
Masonic temple. The site is
we'll chosen, as it will have open
grounds on each side, one where
the high school is located and
the other where the Swedish
church structure is located The
first floor will be arranged for
a wholesale house or fac
tory and the second and third
will be devoted to the lodge
quarters, and will vie with any
in the state. The Masonic or
der is very strong here and the
venture is sure to be a success.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11

We had the pleasure of NEE.
ii ,g in the Times Office, on Sat-
u day last, Sergeant Lewis B.
M ,ssie, son of L. e. Massie, of
Washington, Va, who left this
county some years ago. He
will be remembered by many as
treasurer of Harrison county,
and left here some years ago.
The son came back to visit the
land of his birth, the home of
his childhood. He finds many
changes here since his depart
ure some fourteen years ago
then a mere lad, now a fine,
manly man, every inch a SOL
dier. With him was a comrade
Sergeant Joseph A. Meyor, of
the same army division. We
were glad to meet young "Bern
Massie" again, not only on his
own account, but also as the
son of our old friend L. e.
Massie.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11

head brood sows, ] pedigreed
boar, the balance are young
sows and barrows. Duroc Jer.
seys.
One riding cultivator,
hampton mover, new, L work
harness, | farm wagon, j set
single harness, l Canton lister,
l disc harrow, l enagate scoop
board, ] harrow, other farm
implements. s tons hav, abou
400 bu. corn, and perhaps 400
bushels.
Terms u months credit on
all sums of $40 and over, pur-
chaser giving note at s per cent
interest with approved security;
under $40 cash. 2 per cent off
for cash.
Bruce Morehouse, M. b. Allmon
Proprietors.
upper, Auctioneer.
j. S. McGavren, Clerk
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
Public Sale

The Undersigned will sell at
public sale at his farm six mites
southeast of Mo Valley, two
miles west Of Beebees osn Tu
Feb. 16, 1909 sale at 10 a. ".
free lunch at noon.
Four head of horses, one spar
of horses, weight about 200:
one span driving horses, weight
about 800.
20 head of cattle, Z mich.
cows, 4 heifers with calf, nine
calves. 20 head Jersey Red
hogs.
One farm wagon, l spring
wagon, 1 riding cultivator, ]
riding disc, l self binder, ]
Deering mower, l new corn
planter, l 2 section harrow, ]
walking lister, riding pillow, /
lister drill, l cream separator.
Iowa; 4 dozen chickens, and
other articles too numerous to
mention.
Terms - month credit on
MI sums of $40 and over, pur-
chaser giving note at s per cent
interest with approved security
under $40 cash. 2 per cent off
for cash. Henry Cohrs, Prop.
Dan McCune, Auct.
w. j. Burke, Clerk.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-11
Public Sale

Public Sale
D. P. Donovan's big public
sale Tuesday, February %, 1909.
Having decided to move to Ida
he | will offer for sale without
reserve the following escribed
property at what is known as
the M. Finnerty place, situated
Ii miles northeast of Beebee-
town, 8 miles southeast of Log
an, 8 miles east of Mo. Valley
and IL miles northwest of Nicola
Ia horses and mules Con-
sisting of / team of mules Z
years old weight $500; / team
of mules 6 and Z years old
weight 2400; ] black team of
geldings; 5 and 6 years old
weight 3400: l black team of
geldlngs 9 years old weight
2700; l black horse s years old
weight 1000; l team of drivers
4 and 5 years old weight 2200;
l mare heavy with foal, 4 years
old weight 100; l colt coming
2 years old; l stallion S years
old weight 1900 The above is
a very good bunch of horses and
mules, and in good flesh.
30 cattle among which are a
few choice mich cows.
so head of hogs. All brood
soWs.
Machinery. / Mccormick
binder, 8 foot cut, just cut 40
acres; | John Deere suIky plew:
2 stirring plows;; 8 new Dapar-
tura cultivators; 3 Badger rid
ing cultivators; 2 timber wac
ons; 2 hay racks, sets Of heavy
Concord harness almost new; /
carriage; | top buggy; ] Kemp
10Th century manure spreader;
l planter and check rover; j
sled; SO bushels early Ohlo po-
tatoes;; ! 2 horse power gaso-
line engine; l 200 egg incuba-
tor. Stoves, household goods
and other articles to numerous
to m ntion.
Terms: $40 and under cash,
over that amount q years time
on Z per cent hankable paper.
2 per cent off for cash. Goods
must be settled for before re-
moval. Plenty of free lunch
at noon. Sale commences
promptly at 10 o'clock.
D. P. Donovan, Prop.
Topper & Son, Auct.
S. Hermsen, Clerk.