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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
ADMITS HE TOOK BRIDES.
Testimony in Farnum
Alleged Bribery Case.

COLUMBIA, s. c.. September 23.-Sen-
sational testimony was given by Joseph
B. Wylie. a former member of the state
dispensary board, at todays session In
the trial of James s. Farnum, the former
liquor dealer and brewer, who is charged
with bribery. Wylie swore that he had
received commissions or brides of sew
eral thousand dollars for ordering whisky
and beer from houses represented by
Farnum He also testified that there
was an understanding between them by
which Farnum sent the drafts payable to
Henry Samuels. now mayor of Chester,
8. c., who cashed the same and turned
over the proceeds to Wyl:e.
Nearly $4,000 had been received by him
in this way, Wylie declared. during the
eleven months he was a member of the
dispensary board. He made these adrais-
sions he testified, because his attorney
had advised him to tell the truth and that
by doing so he would escape being prose-
cuted Afterward he made a written con-
fession. he said, to Attorney General
Lyon.
A severe and thorough cross-eSamina.
ton by Attorney P. H. Nelson failed to
shake the main portions Of Wylie's tes-
timony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
COUNTER CHARGES BY HuFTy
MAKES ALLEGATIONS OF IN
FIDELITY AGAINST HIS WIFE.
Papers in Cross Bill Also Sealed
He Is Permitted to See His
Children.

Naming as correspondent an intimate
friend CT eighteen years standing, NAL
colin Hufty, local attorney, today filed a
cross bill charging his wife, Mary Page
Hufty. with infidelty in answer to. a like
charge made by her in her suit for abb
solute divorce and alimony filed about ten
days ago. Mr.. Hufty also filed an an
swer to the wife's petition in which he
denied seriatim the charges of cruelty, in
temperance and infidelity alleged against
him.
Answer Also Sealed.
The answer and cross-bill were also
sealed from publication by order Of the
court. and the details of the counter
charges and denials are unobtainable, as
were the charges OF the wife. Attorney
George P. Hoover, counsel for the hus-
bane, is authority fer the statement that
the alleged acts OF infidelity on the part
of the wife are alleged to have occurred
during the past summer at Asbury Park.
n. j.
1t was in the vicinity Of this resort that
Mr.. Hufty, August 30 last. found his wife
and two children, and with the aid of
friend and an automobile assumed Gus
tody of his two boys, two and six years
old. and brought them to this city.
Although continued from last Thurs
day until today. no hearing was held
in court today, but Attorney Henry E.
Davis, for the wife, and Mr. Hoover held
consultation with Chief Justice Cla-
baugh in chambers. AS d result of the
conference the chief justice signed an
order continuing the custody o. the
two children to the mother pending
further order of the court.
May See His Children.
By the order Mr.. Hufty is given the
right to. have the older child, Malcolm.
jr.. from IL o'clock of each Saturday
until ) O'Clock pm. Of each Sunday.
during which, times he may not take
the child beyond radius Of ten miles
of the District of Columbia.
The mother may take the children to
Falls Church, Va, but nowhere else
outside the District
The chief justice also directed the hus-
band to pay SIS per month alimony
pending further action in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
MUST PROMISE SECRECY.
Census Supervisors Receive Instruc-
tons About Their Work.

Letters informing them of their appoint
ment. subject to confirmation by the
Senate. have been sent to 49, of the 800
census supervisors, who are to direct the
enumerators work, beginning April 10
The supervisor in taking the oath of
office must swear or affirm that he will
not disclose any information contained in
the schedules. lists or statements obtain
ed for or prepared by the bureau of the
census to any person or persons except
those designated by the director"
Each supervisor is directed to inform
himself fully on all parts of the census
law relating to his ONCE. Printed in
structions will be forwarded to him be-
fore his active duties commence. Before
receiving his commission each supervisor
has given to the bureau satisfactory as
surance that he has discontinued all po-
litical activity.
The distinction Of being the first of the
$50 supervisors to qualify for the respon-
sible position has been earned by William
+. Brown Of the first district of New
Jersey In which Camden Is situated.
Mr. Browns oath Of office was sub
scrrbed and sworn to before the county
clerk yesterday. and was at 1880 o'clock
this morning in the hands Of Chief Ar
thur %. Seamore of the supervisors d.
vision Of the bureau of the census. all
the requirements having been complied
with by Mr.. Brown. It only took few
minutes to place him on record as the
FIRST qualified supervisor Tor the census OF
1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
PAPER BY DISTRICT MAN.
One of the Features Of Tax Associa
tons Convention at Louisville.

C1Oh'S convention at LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE. KY. September BIN
terest in today's session of the Inter-
national Tax Associations convention
here centered in the report Of the resolu-
tions committee relating to the sugges-
ton Of Allen Ripley Foote, president. and
others. that the association go on record
as a body in condemnation Of the re-
Gently enacted federal corporation tax
law.
Upon the action Of the convention in
this respect will depend largely. it is an
nounced. the suggestion Of Gov. Augustus
e. Wilson Of Kentucky, chairman of the
convention, that a meeting of the govern
ers of all the state be called to consid-
err uniform tax legislation and means of
forestalling what has been designated as
federal interferences with state revenues.
Todays program included papers on
Uniform Accounting, by Duncan Nc
Innes, accountant in the department Of
finance, New York city; THE Only
License Tax System in louisiana" by
w. o. Hart, special tax commissioner,
New Orleans; Taxation Of Mercantile
and Manufacturing Corporations. by
William George Bruce of Milwaukee. and
w. H. Corbin, state tax commissioner Of
Connecticut. and Uniform Listing of
Real Estate" by L. q. Powers of the
census bureau, Washington, D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
COTTON MARKET EXCITED.
New High Records for the Season
Advance Of IS Points.

NEW YORK, September 23-A fresh
wave of bullish excitement fairly carried
away the cotton market today with every
delivery on the list making new high
records for the season, and with prices
scoring an advance from yesterday s, close
OF 80 to IS points or over $3.50 bale.
Business was the most active in general
so far this season, and heavy buying by
western houses. particularly In view Of the
dull wheat market. caused reports that
Mr. Patton. the big Chicago operator.
was advising his friends to transfer their
interests from wheat to cotton.
Southern and local bulls were also big
buyers, and bullish enthusiasm based upon
reports of material damage to the crops
as a result of the recent storm and a
bullish census statement of last years
American consumption was further en-
couraged by reports that manufacturers
had become frightened and were calling
cotton right and left for future delivery.
December cotton here sold up to 1894
and May to 1912 during the early after
noon, these prices showing an advance Of
about ~ cents pound from the low
level OF last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
MCLUNG TREATS SUCCESSOR
NAMED BY PRESIDENT FOR
UNITED STATES TREASURER.
Now in Charge Of Yale University
Finances, and Was Former Col
lege Foot Ball Star.

Lee McClung Of Knoxville. Tenn. at
present treasurer Of Yale University. has
been selected by President Taft as treas
urer Of the United States to succeed
Charles H. Treat
Announcement to this effect was made
at the White House this afternoon. An
nouncement is also made that Mr. Treat.
who resigned, to take effect October 10,
has consented to remain in his present
position until November l.
Although Mr.. McClung has tempo
rarily been living at New Haven, where
he has been doing important work in
connection with the finances of Yale. his
home is still Knoxville. where his family
resides. Mr.. McClung was for years con-
nected with the Southern railway and
also engaged in important business en-
terprises In Tennessee. 1t was his bust
ness and financial knowledge that caused
his selection as treasurer of Yale.
Mr.. McClung was one of the foot ball
stars at Yale some years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Report Seems Untrue.

BERLIN, September 23.-An investiga-
ton Of the circumstantiaI and sensational
reports circulated in the United States
for the past few days that there had been
fatal anti-Jewish rioting at Kieff. Rus
STA, last week, in which hundreds of
persons were killed or wounded, shows
that the rumors not only lack any con-
irmation whatever. but are given spe-
clfic denial by several reliable persons
on the spot.
The Jewish benevolent societies of Ber-
lin have communicated with their Klein
agents, who have assured them that net
a Hebrew in Kieff has been hurt nor
penny's worth of Jewish property de-
stroyed.
1t is increasingly evident that the story
of this fatal rioting arose from COM
parativeiy minor incident in the suburbs
of Kiefr September II, when band of
of Jews. Order was quickly restored and
no one was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
MRS. SCOTS FUNERAL.
Brief Services at Home of Her
Daughter Tomorrow.

Brief funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock for Mrs.
Eleanor Gorgas Scott at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Hobart Brooks. The body
will be taken to Shelbyville. Ind, for in
terment.
Mrs. Scott was the widow Of the young
er brother of President Benjamin Harrl-
sons first wife and cousin OF both Col.
w. c. Gorgas, United States Army. chief
sanitary officer of the Panama canal. and
the late Representative William Dor
sbeimer of New York She died at the
Rrooks' residence 2472 Ontario road, early
today after an illness of eighteen months.
Mrs. Scott was daughter OF the late
solomon A. Gorgas of Shelbyville. Ind.
and was born in Rochester. Ohio. One of
her earliest associates was Miss Ida Sax
ton, who afterward was Mrs. William
Mckinley.
Mrs. Scott resided most Of her married
life in Indianapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
AUTO JUMPS TREsTLE.
Three Women Killed and Three Men
and a. Woman Hurt.

SEATTLE. Wash. September "a
Three women were killed and three
men and a woman were seriously in
jured when an automobile containing
eight persons jumped off a trestle at
4th and Weller streets, short distance
from the Union station here, today.
AS soon as the car landed on the tide
fats, twenty-five feet below, the gaso-
line tank exploded and flames shot up
thirty feet. 4 fire engine was called
and the f1remen dragged woman from
under the blazing automobile after they
had been throwing water on the wreck
age for several minutes.
The driver. Henry Hizer, who had
been twice arrested for reckless driv-
ing, was taken to the city Jail. He es-
capped unhurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Printers League Election.

NEW YORK, September 23.-The
Printers League of America in it's first
national convention today elected these
officers: President, Charles Francis, New
York; first vice president, John w. Har-
tie, Chicago. Ill.,; second vice president,
]. X. Harrington. Oakland, CAL; secre-
tary, E. Gregory, New York; treas
urer, William H. Van Hart, New York.
The league is an organization of mas
ter printers employing union labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23

Following an exhibition at Suffolk, Va,
of the Selis-Floto shows. lara L. Card,
one Of the performers. was married to
Fred c. Alispaw, an elephant trainer OF
Idaho Falls. Idaho. This 10 the third
matrimonial venture for the bride, who IL
just twenty-five. Her first husband was
divorced and the second was killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
SHOOTS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
Latter is Dead; Turns Pistol on
Himself,

LEWISTOWN. Pa, September a.
Arthur Allen, the proprietor of the Key
stone Hotel at Mifiin station. near here.
shot and instantly killed his fve-year-old
daughter early today, and then shot his
wife and himself, INJECTING only slightly
wounds. Allen had been drinking.
railroad Waterman heard him throw
ing furniture and other things about the
lower part Of the hotel. and then heard
three shots In the bedroom above: After
Aliens wound had been dressed he was
taken to Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
KlEFF POG1OM REPORT DENIED
RERLIN DISPATCH TO WOLF
DOES NOT CONFIRM STORY.
Jewish Agents on Scene Give As
surance That No Massacre OF
Semites Happened.

Simon Wolf has received cable dis
patch from Berlin saying that no con-
irmation is obtainable there OF the re-
ports of massacres at Kieff.
The State Department this afternoon re-
ceived advices that there had been rioting.
but not of serious character. near kieff,
September s. No Americans were killed
or injured. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Gen. Reyes to Leave Mexico.

MONTEREY. Mexico. September 23.-
1t Is rumored here that Gen. Bernardo
Reyes, governor of this state. is about
to leave Mexico. 1t is believed he will go
to Europe. Gen. Reyes has offered his
residence for sale and has. resigned the
presidency of the local casino, the high
est social position In the state 1t is mot
believed. however. thar he will leave the
state until after the elections. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Maybray Indictments Dismissed.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. September
23.-On motion Of the United States dis
trict attorney here today the two indict-
ments found against ]. c. Maybray,
charging him with using the mails to de-
fraud in connection with the promotion
of alleged fake races In this city, were
dismissed by Judge Mcpherson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
BROKERS IN SCHEME
Stock Insurance Fees Divided,
Say Inspectors.
PAID FOR new BUSINESS
Startling Conditions Dug Up by
Post Office Authorities.
LETTERS BRING INFORMATION
Directors and Officers Believed to
Have No Connection With Ma
tional Trust Company.
PAID FOR new BUSINESS
LETTERS BRING INFORMATION

The deeper they dig the more startling
are the disclosures. say the post once
inspectors. regarding the affairs of the
National Trust Company of Washington.
whose secretary and treasurer. Henry M.
Lewis, was arrested Tuesday for using
the mails in the furtherance of scheme
to defraud.
Since the arrest of Lewis the inspectors
have had many letters and personal in
terviews relating to the operations Of the
concern. Information thus cleaned in
dicates that 1t was the purpose of the
company and its promoters to accept the
1 per cent fee for guaranteeing stock.
pay half to certain brokers who were
Gaping for the concern and put the re-
mainder in their pockets. trusting that
holders of stock in good concerns whose
stock was insured would never need to be
Unidentified, while the investors in bad
stocks would deem it wiser to keep silent
than bring themselves into notoriety.
Witnesses Far, Far Away.
The developments. say the inspectors.
are so extensive and SO startling that
there is a strong probability the hearing
set for Monday may have to be waived to
give time to get witnesses here from a
distance. There seem to be witnesses in
all parts of the country.
One man, 1t is said, supposed to have
been hunting quail with a rife in his
home in Kentucky. arrived yesterday with
he intention Of dealing with the officers
eff the National Trust Company in true
Kentucky style. He is said to have met
Mr.. Lewis at the Office of his lawyer.
1t required the combined efforts of the
lawyer and his clerk. with great deal
of diplomacy. so the story goes, to keep
him from wreaking vengeance then and
there. He finally left the Office. Mr..
Lewis, says the inspectors, called back
later in the day with a proposition to
compromise the claim at so cents on the
dollar, which was refused.
A letter from one man who had intend
ed to get the company to insure the stock
of the concern in which he was inter-
ested states he was informed by Mr..
Lewis himself that he paid to brokers
who got business for the company SO per
cent commission for their efforts and
sometimes more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
May Be Key to Conditions.

The marginal numbers opposite the
names and addresses in the ledger that was
| seized have been carefully studied by the
| inspectors, who believe they furnish a
key to further information. Indeed, it Is
said the investigation thus far has dis
closed results which may lead to further
arrests
D. S. Fletcher. whose name appears In
the literature and letter heade Of the Ma
tional Trust Company of " ashington as
vice president, called upon the city post
master yesterday and gave him written
authority to open all letters received for
| the company in the presence of the In
| spectors and himself.
Mr. Fletcher Is the man who told The
| Star reporter yesterday that he had been
| made vice president without his knowi-
edge. and his only connection with the
concern was in clerical capacity.
The inspectors state their belief that
| they have unearthed a scheme of stupen-
dous proportions whose ramifcations ex-
| tend not only throughout the United
States. but beyond. 1t is their expressed
secured by Lewis and those interested
| with him from concerns whose stock has
| been "guaranteed' with the promise to
sell it.
porter today that 1t was his belief that
many people whose names were used
as directors or in other official capaci
ties had had nothing to do with the
| concern in the past five years. Indeed.
he said. Mr.. Huston, whose name ap
pears to have been loaned to the COM
pany, probably for a consideration, and
Lewis are the only ones who seem to
have a real legal connection with the
National Trust Company Of Washington
today. Later developments may snow
differently.
1t is probably true, he added. that Mr.
Huston has no financial interest in the
concern and knows nothing of its illegiti-
mate operations, but by lending it his
name he has given it a standing outside
of banking circles the value of which
is hard to estimate. In banking circles,
he added. the concern seems to have been
known and sized up at its true worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Prisoner Very Nervous.

Forrest is very nervous, and contin-
ued to tremble throughout the entire
proceedings. Not once did he raise his
eyes. and did not once take any notice
Of the twelve men who are to decide
his fate. Forrest had been given a seat
in the usual dock for prisoners. but the
efforts of women to get near him forced
Judge Briscoe to order that he be
placed nearer to the counsel table and
out of the reach of the crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Concern Not in Good Standing.

Another man whose concern had had
its stock insured Mr.. Lewis concern
writes that when he went to one Of the
legitimate trust companies of his own city
with the stock he was summarily fired
out and the information given him that
the trust company did not propose to
deal with the Washington concern, nor
with any one who did.
Among the books and papers seized at
the time of the arrest Is a large ledger
filled with names and addresses, opposite
each of which is a marginal number rum
ming from l to Z.
The inspectors say employees Of the
company who were pressed closely as to
the purpose Of this book informed them
that it contained the names and adj
dresses of individuals and concerns from
which the local company hoped to get
business and fat fees, while the marginal
number located the agent or capper who
had secured the name and address and
who was expected, in the event the
stock was insured, to sell 1t at a small
commission.
At the time Of his arrest say the in
spectors, Lewis was asked II he had not
a record of those concerns with which
he had done business. He is said to have
admitted he had, but that In some way 1t
had been lost and it's loss had just been
discovered by him. Employees who were
questioned upon the point said they never
knew there was such a book and had
never heard Mr.. Lewis say that it was
lost or refer to it in any manner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Sin Eaters.

"Sin eaters" of the old days, like
"mutes" Of quite recent times. were
hired performers at funerals. In con-
sideration of siypence in money. a
bowl Of beer and crust of bread these
slres, as they were called-"long. lean,
ugly. lamentable rascals'-would by
eating over the body take upon them
selves all the sins of the deceased and
so free him from afterward walking
the earth as ghost, so that his soul
might rest In peace. This custom pre-
vailed all over Wales and the adjoin-
ing English counties and was observed
even down TO 1886 The usage Is said
to have arisen from mistaken inter-
probation of Hosea iv. 8. "Thcy eat up
the sin of my people" The more like
ly origin of this strange custom Is the
Levltical scapegoat. A much later rem
nant Of this obtained Mt Amersden, Ok
fordshire, where, after every funeral.
a cake and a fiagon of ale were brought
to the minister in the church porch
London Standard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

During the South African war Rud-
yard Kipling discovered at Cape Town
a hospital without bandages and in
desperate need of them. This. too, was
In city where bandages were for sale
In many shops. He told an acquaint-
ance that he was going to meet that
want, and the gentleman at once Of
fered 10 pay for all the bandages that
Mr.. Kipling would buy and take to the
hospital. A cart was quickly loaded,
and then the author was informed that
under army rules the hospital authori-
ties could not receive supplies from n
private individual.
"Well," said he, ~ will dump the
packages on the pavement before the
door and then tell them to come out
and clear up the litter. Perhaps they
can get them into the building in that
way without tearing any red tape"
He drove OF with the bandages, and
the supplies We're somehow smuggled
Into the hospital.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
rh. Arehit.eturs Of Madaira.

We saw no suggestion OF modern
architecture or European innovation,
no blot anywhere except a single mo-
torcar. Without knowing anything
on the subject ! should say that the
architecture OF Madeira is a mixture
OF Spanish and Moorish, like that OF
Mexico. only it is better than any
thing In Mexico. From the ship the
stucco, tile rooted city is fiawless, and
as we steam away and night comes
down and lights break out and become
jeweled necklace along the waters
edge our one regret is that we are
leaving 1t all behind.-Albert BIgelow
Paine in Outing Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
Thought He Was Mad.

The late Count de Lesseps was trav.
cling on one occasion in French rail
way train In compartment with two
commercial travellers. 1ge
81 beg your pardon, SIR, said one OF
them, fancying that he belonged to
their fraternity-"are you not trav.
eler"
Certainly / am" said the count.
1--WE thought so. What is your lineT'
"Isthmuses."
"Wh-wh-what." asked the puzzled
eommercial-"what are theyT
II am introducing ship canals" said
De Lesseps gravely.
The commercial travellers feared that
they had fallen in with lunatic and
were making preparations to escape
when the count handed them his card
and put them at their ease.