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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
CHURCH WINS AGAINST HEIRS
Bequest to Spiritualistic Society Of
Baltimore Upheld by q. s. Court.

RICHMOND. Va. November 6-An
opinion was handed down by the United
States circuit court of appeals here re-
versing a former ruling In a case invoiv-
ing $35.OOO bequeathed by the late Fred
erick Hickey Of Baltimore to the First
Spiritualistic Church Of that city.
Mr.. Hickey died in 1899. after providing
I'm his will that a tract Of a little more
than 5000 acres Of land. owned by him in
West Virginia should be disposed OF for
cash and the proceeds of the sale donated
to the Spiritualistic church In question.
Certain heirs of the deceased brought
suit on the ground that the laws of Mary
land forbid that a church can own more
than a specified quantity of real estate.
On being brought to trial the heirs won
out on this contention. Counsel for the
defendant church appealed.
II was held I'm the lower court that the
gift of the proceeds of the land in ques-
ton was equivalent to a donation OF so
much real estate. The appellate tribunal
has reversed the lower court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
PUBLIC VIEW INVITED.
Opening Of the New Theater In New
York This Afternoon.

NEW YORK. November 6.-Social in
terest centered today in the opening cere-
nlony with which the founders of the New
Theater are to turn over that structure
to the public this afternoon.
The event. which will be a notable one
IN the history OF the theater in America.
marking as II does the first serious at
tempt to establish a national play house
subsidized by private individual lovers of
the drama. will be marked by a reception
In which the elite Of the social, financial
literary and artistic world will participate
Speeches will be made by j. Plerpont
Morgan, who will act as spokesman for
the theater founders, Gov. Hughes and
Senator Root
The afternoon reception will be followed
in the evening by a private full-dress re-
hearsal of Antony and Cleopatra" with
which the theater will be formally opened
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
lAKES SURE OF SUCCESS.
Mother Sends Daughter Away and
Commits Suicide.

CHICAGO, November 6.-After buying
mourning for her older daughter to
wear. Mrs. Mary Gels killed another
daughter. Erma. one year old. and then
committed suicide by asphyxiation yes
terday. Mrs. Gels told her older daugh-
ter. Edna. ten years old. not to return
home from school for luncheon. In order
that she might be free from Interrupt
tion. Six months ago Edna frustrated an
attempt Of her mother to commit suicide.
but this time Mrs. Gels made certain
there would be no interruption Only
two days ago Mrs. Gels purchased a
black dress and some crepe for Edna.
The bodies were found In bed, with a gas
Jet open In the room. Mrs. Gels had
been Ill for more than a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
WALT WHITMAN'S BIRTHPLACE
Old House on Long Island to Be
Sold This Afternoon.

NEW YORK, November 6-The house
in which Walt Whitman. ''the good gray
poet" was born May 81, 1919. 10 to be
sold at auction this afternoon by the pres
ent owner. 1t stands on West Hills. L. l..
a substantial two-story- and-attic wooden
structure, nearly smothered in woods and
with many OF the windows broken.
"I never read whitman's works." says
Frank ]. Rogers, the owner. THE prop
erty in this vicinity is growing more val
uable and need the money. What the
purchaser does with the house or who
he may be is no affair OF mine"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Alabama Newspaper Man Dies.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, November c.
George Herkimer McCombs. for nineteen
years auditor for the Advertiser Company,
publishers Of the Montgomery Advertiser,
died at his home here. after a short i'll
ness. OF pneumonia. Mr.. McCombs was
ffty-three years old and a native of Ala
hama. He took an active and keen in
terest in the Knights Of Pythias. He
leaves a wife and two sons. Mr.. Nc
Combs had q large acqua intance among
newspaper men of the south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
W.CAMERON FORBES APPOINTED
BECOMES GOVERNOR GENERAL
OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Was Vice Governor Under Gen.
Smith, Whose Resignation Has
Been Accepted.

The President has accepted the resigna-
ton of Gen. James F. Smith of California
governor general of the Philippines, and
Secretary Carpenter announced from the
White House today the appointment OF
w. Cameron Forbes Of Boston. who has
been vice governor general. 10 fill the
vacancy. Gov. Smiths resignation will
take effect November IL. at the expiration
Of his leave Of absence. he is now in
this country.
The governor general. it h.s been un-
derstood, has for some time desired to
give up his post in the Philippines and
return to California Since he left Manila
several months ago, Mr.. Forbes has
been acting governor general. The pres.
ent governor general went to the Philip
pines in 1898 as the colonel of the 1sa
California Volunteer Regiment. Some
years after going to the tropics the health
Of Mrs. Smith seemed to fail, and the
governor general decided that he should
leave the islands at the first opportuns
moment.
Decides to Resign.
When he returned to the states several
months ago on leave of absence he de.
cided to give up his office, and he at once
sent his resignation to the White House
He and Mrs. Smith are now at their home
In California.
Gen. Smiths labors in the Philippines
have been especially arduous. He sue
ceeded Gen. Luke Z. Wright after the
Tennessean resigned. Throughout his
term Gen. Smiths work has received the
heartiest approval of the President, who
on account of his residence in the islands
was perfectly familiar with all that Is
required of the governor general. Mr
Taft received his resignation with re-
luctance.
the position the President elevates one
who is perfectly familiar with the duties
OF the Office. Since Governor General
Smith left the islands Mr.. Forbes has
been acting Eovernni general. "a: GENES
from Massachusetts,. is a grandson OF
Ralph Waldo LnersoI. anu has ae.a i 10
governor general for about three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
New York Chinese Fight Duel.

NEW YORK. November 6.-Lee Gonk,
twenty-four years old. 10 dying in a hos
pital with q bullet hole through his
lungs. and Hung Chung. thirty-five years
old. had his left hip shattered In O pistol
battle In Chinatown last night. which
may develop into q tong war. Charles
Lung and Lung Fung. both OF the Society
OF the Four Brothers. are held as sus-
poets. Both the wounded are members
Of the On Leon Tong. which figured In
former murderous battles with the Hip
GinG Tong,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

NEWBERE. N. G., November S.-Ffre
that swept the shops Of the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad Company here yester-
day morning resulted In q half million dol
lars property loss. All OF the buildings
except the paint department were burned
TO the ground. number Of locomotives
and cars were also destroyed. More than
80 men will be thrown out Of employ
merit The origin Of the fire Is not known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
SENATOR ALDRIcH's BIRTHDAY
Will Discuss Currency Situation at
Chicago Tonight.

CHICAGO, November 6.-Senator
Aldrich. chairman Of the monetary COM
mission, arrived here today from Phila-
delphia- This is his first visit to the
west in twenty years.
Incidentally. the day marks the sixty
eighth anniversary Of his birth. He will
discuss the currency situation tonight
at the banquet before the Commercial
Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Bad Day for Nine. SteinheiI;
Several Witnesses Called

PARIS, November 6.--The judicial
vivisection Of Nine. Steinheil. accused
OF numbering her husband and mother
Nine. Japy, ended at 4:30 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
When Il was announced that the ques-
tioning had been concluded the woman.
who had SO unfiinchingly faced her in
quisitor for three days, appeared to
break down completely. She covered
her face with a handkerchief and Sob
bed piteously.
The day had not been favorable to
her. but IL might have been worse if the
Judge had possessed skill In question
ing equal to the prisoners In replying.
Jewelry Tells Against Her.
The testimony regarding her jewels
went especially against her. She ex-
plained that she took the real jewels to
Vertlogis house two weeks before the
crime was committed. She wore only
sham Jewels the night Of the murders.
She said she wished the jeweler SOulloy
to transform her real jewels. not, as the
prosecution urged TO enable her To say
they were stolen, but to prevent her
daughter from knowing she possessed
Jewels given to her by friends.
Nevertheless, she was compelled TO
agree that one OF the rings she had
given for Transforming contained a sap
phire that was given to her by her hus-
band. This admission reduced even
Nine Steinheii to a moments silence.
She then explained that having said the
ring had been stolen. she was compelled
TO have II transformed.
Mime. Steinheil Weeps.
She wept Indignantly when asked why
she had caused to be altered the mount
ing OF the ring containing a pearl which
she placed in Couillard's pocketbook.
This question gave the judge an oppor-
tunity TO add sneeringiy. II suppose we
are now reaching fainting point as a
theatrical effect.
Mime. Steinhel made clever use OF the
weak points OF French judicial investiga-
tions.
II am always being judged by i'm
pressions." she complained. MAGISTRATE
Andre said to me one day: Your dossier
does not count with me. What counts Is
my impression. and my impression is that
you are guilty"
Again, supporting her argument that
Justice often availed itself Of tactics
similar to hers In placing the pearl in
Couiliard's pocketbook. she began citing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
MYSTERY N COLORADO HOTEL
SUDDEN DEATH OF WIN. LIT
TIE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Deceased Identified With Prominent
Family in Tennessee-Woman
Held by the Authorities.

DENVER, Col, November 6.-Accord-
ing to the News. a man who was found
dead in q room at the Antlers Hotel In
Colorado Springs yesterday is William
Lyttle, q member of one Of the oldest
and most prominent families in Tennes-
see. which family is related to that Of
former President Benjamin Harrison.
Lyttle's father was said to be Evander
Lyttle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. and w. F.
Lyttle, a Confederate general. and one
grandfather.
Cause Of Death Not Known.
The cause Of Lyttle's death is still a
mystery. The woman, Miss Jennie Mitch
ell. recently Of this city. but who halls
from Chicago. who had been with him
for two days previous. and who was in
his room in Colorado Springs when his
death was discovered. is being held pend
ing investigation. She declares at Lyt-
ties request she administered a dose Of
aromatic spirits of ammonia, and that
then they both proceeded to take a nap.
When she awoke Lyttle was lying dead
on the bed.
Lyttle is also said to have been mixed
up in. the shooting of a negro in Chicago
In August. 1NS, Following a trip through
the tenderloin with a girl he claimed was
his sister. The latter committed suicide
few days later in the Auditorium An
mex.
Suicide Of Mary Lyttle.
CHICAGO. November 6.-The suicide OF
Mary Lyttle at the Auditorium Annex
created a sensation in Chicago and in
parts Of the south In August, 1903 The
woman was registered at the hotel as
Mrs. Henry Glover. Montgomery, Ala
The suicides identity was established
when Mrs. Ewander Lyttle of Murfrees-
boror, Tenn. came to Chicago and claim
ed the body as that of her daughter.
1t was found at the time Miss Lyttle
was related to Mrs. Carter B. Harrison
Of Murfreesboro. and a relative OF the
late Benjamin Harrison.
The stunning trip resulted in the shoot
ing of Jacob Smith, a negro musician.
by the man now believed to have been
William Lyttle. Smith recovered. Lyt-
tie escaped after the shooting and it Ia
believed that fear of the notoriety which
would follow the ARRAY caused the young
woman to end her life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Oldest Member Of Elks Dies.

FREMONT Ohio, November 6.-Dr
William v. Ames. eighty-eIght. a promi-
nent physician. reputed to be the oldest
member Of the Elks In the United States,
died here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Rockefeller Buys Pine Trees Abroad

SpecisI Cablegram TO The Star.
PARIS, November GA dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Eclair says: John d.
Rockefeller has purchased 5000 pine
nees. costing over $4,000. from nursery
men Of Gouda. q town of the Netherlands,
in South Holland. Mr.. Rockefeller In
tends to plant theoo trees In . park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
Controversy Is Discussed.

The receipt OF the message from the
consistory of the University Of Copenha-
gen. which was spread quickly among SCI
entific men of the city. served today to
fan the flames OF the Cook-Peary contro-
versv. At the Cosmos Club. i'm the offices
of the geological survey. and of the coast
and geodetic survey, at the weather bu-
reau. at the Navy Department and at
other places where scientific men are to
be found. the reply of the university was
the chief topic of conversation.
whether the National Geographic So
ciety should have made the request:
whether the university should have de-
clined the offer; what effekt the refusal
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
CUTTING OUT WORK FOR A
BIG DISCOVERER.

Walter Wellman's article attacking
the claims made by DIR. Cook has found
very strong backing in the statement
Just issued by Prof. Herschel G. Parker,
of Columbia University, who was a
member of the party that accompanied
the doctor to the Mt. Mckinley region.
Prof. Parker begins by saying that
DR.. Cook is not man of scientific at
tainments or even training. "If placed
in the streets of Lewiston" says the
professor, who, being in Maine himself
at present. naturally uses down East
Illustrations placed in the streets
of Lewiston with the finest instruments,
I very much doubt if he could calculate
his latitude and longitude with absolute
accuracy" He adds: MY experience
with Cook has demonstrated that he
knew nothing about mountain climbing
and had no scientific training. All the
measurements and care of the two
hvpsometers fell to me-"
But Prof. Parker's most impressive
statements bear on what DR.. Cook
himself recorded of the Mt. Mckinley
expedition. Whereas DIR. Cook speaks
of the mountain top showing open
lodges or sky-scraped granite blocks,
Prof. Parker declares that cas- a matter
of fact the peak of Mt. Mckinley is
solid ice, while the open lodges are
thousands of feet below" The doctors
report that he fixed upon the height
of the mountain by means of his
barometers is contradicted by Prof.
Parker, who says fatty: THE highest
barometer scale we had was for only
$4,000 feet. How could he read his
barometer 2O,39O feet when it would
scale only $4,000 feet ?"
Prof Parker goes into details in his
attack on the Mt. Mckinley report and
his statement as a whole Is ore of the
obstacles DR.. Cook must encounter
when he takes up the work of proving
his ascent of the supposedly invincible
peak.
After all, discovering poles and
scaling defiant heights seems easy com
pared with the task of convincing the
world that the feats were not fakes.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03

New York subcommittee, with Robert
Bacon at tn head. In letter to the
members of the New York subcom-
mittee, President Taft explains the
need for establishment of an endowment
fund.
It is pointed out by the President
that the funds for relief work received
by the American Red Cross in the last
five years amount to nearly S5,OOO,OOO,
and prove the confidence the public has
in the society. Experience has shown
that in cases Cf great disasters, such
as those of San Francisco and Italy,
large contributions are received by the
Red Cross, but in the constantly re
curing disasters where smaller com
munities are stricken the contributions
are too small TO meet the need. IL is
ito meet this situation that the income
from an endowment fund is needed.
Moreover, the President urges that
the Red Cross should have a balance on
hand so il can at once enter on relief
work in case of a disaster without be-
ing forced to lose valuable time by
rafting for contributions. 1t is four /
that the American public contributes
generously in case of great disasters,
but when it comes to getting large
membership contributing small annual
dues it is difficult.
The result is that the American Red
Cross falls behind the Red Cross of
other countries in important respects,
and it Is to put it on the best possible
working basis and on plane of
efficiency as high as the Red Cross of
any other nation that the appeal for
an endowment fund is made to public
spirited men and women all over the
United States.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
Mr.. MORGAN AND THE
EQUITABLE.
Mr.

Until very recent time it was one
of the accepted traditions of finance
that the Morgan and Standard Oil
groups in banking, investment, and
transportation, were rivals. At times
they were reported at swords points;
at others they were even suspected of
cooperation in particular matters; but
almost universally they have been look
ed upon as the two great rival groups.
The day when Hill and Hartman
fought in Wall Street for the control Of
Northern Pacific, Hill with Morgan's
backing and Hartman with that of the
Standard Oil, marked the high tide of
this warfare. That proved a drawn bat
tie, but it shook the financial world.
In more recent times the disposition
of these two great groups has been to
harmonic their interests. When Mr..
Hartman was near the point of death
he sent for Mr.. Morgan, who had never
been his friend, and some day we may
know what truce was arranged at that
death bed interview At any rate, there
have been enough developments to
make plain that cooperation between
the groups formerly determined rivals
has been brought about. Mr.. Morgan
became a director in the National City
Bank, the great Standard Oil engine of
finance; the Morgan interest went into
Union Pacific, and now, the most start
ling development of them all, it is an
nounced that Mr.. Morgan has bought
control of the stock of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society.
Even this seems to represent a part
of the program of Hartman. Hartman
wanted the Equitable, but Ryan wrest-
ed it from him, and Hartman swore he
would have his revenge. "Not yct-but
soon,v he said when asked if he had
squared accounts with Ryan.
Why Mr. Ryan should have been will
ing to give up so rich a prize as control
of the Equitable. with its near $780,
100000 of assets. can only be con
jectured at this time But whatever
may be the motives back Of the change.
it becomes increasingly apparent that
Mr.. Morgan has become the dominant
parsonage in American finance. From
the day when he appeared as the steady
ing and conserving force, as the crisis
Of the bank panic Of the fall Of 1907
until this hour, Mr. Morgan has steadily
risen nearer and nearer TO supreme com
mand in the financial world
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
NAGEL WILL GIVE
BALDWIN A HEARING

George l. Baldwin, the inspector
of Chinese fmmi Eration for Baltimore
and Washington. VIII probably have
the final hearing of his case before
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel tomorrow. He is charged with
having sold information of the depart
meut to a Chinese boy for $50.
His case was To have been heard
today. but his counsel, George P.
Hoover, secured a postponement Of
#. and promised TO see the Secretary
this afternoon and fix a date for the
final hearing.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
DEVELOPING RELATIONS
wITHLATIN AMERICA.

II is too early TO conjecture the mai
outcome of the complication between
this country and Nicaragua, but II
seems certain that relations between
the United States and Central America
are about to be placed on completely
new basis. The possibility looms large
that the whole sentimental position as
between the United States and the
latin republics to the south may be
involved.
The United States can hardly get a
fair hearing on the merits of any
vigorous policy it enforees toward any
of the small countries of this continent.
II Is inevitable that there must be
iealousies and suspicious of the motives
of this Government. The people of
Central and South America are fearful
of the purposes of the Washington
Government. The mistake of 1916 will
not be outgrown for generations. The
annexation of Panama will have to be
achieved before very long, and that
VIII be another count in the South
American Indictment against Uncle Sam
az great land pirate.
Panama is better off for being con-
trolled by the United States. SO is
Cuba: so is Santo Domingo; so is
Texas: so will be Cen&l America in
due time But that isn't the point with
peoples who fear the end of their in
dependence, the destruction of their
autonomy. There Is no more delicate
problem in diplomacy, in any foreign
office in the world, than the everlasting
one of relations between this country
ar the other republics of this hemi-
sphere. There is, in a peculiar way
need for a continuity and fxity of pro
gram and purpose
The impression prevails at this time
sthat Secretary Knox Is pursuing a
& policy which would hardly have com
nended itself to Secretary Root, or have
been accepted by him, in the Central
American situation. Mr.. Root inaugu-
rated great effort to bring about bet
er understanding between the countries
pf the Three Americas. IT is earnestly
10 be hoped that there will be no such
*marked change Of program as will undo
all that has been gained in that regard
and perhaps convict the United States
8 pr insincerity and vacillation. That is
ne greatest danger before the State
department at this time; and no mat
& ter how punctiliously correct every
rnove may be there will remain, in.
vitably, the danger of being misunder.
TODD and misrepresented.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
civic FEDERATION FOR OLD
ACE PENSIONS.

Gradually the movement for the es-
Establishment of some sort of pension
! nd retirement system for aged EN-
ployes of the Government is gaining
force. Decry IL as certain members of
sHouse and Senate may, thinking of
gfcials and public men are coming more
pnd more to perceive that it is imprac-
Eticable and wasteful for the Govern
knent to 60 along year after year with
large number of superannuated en-
ployes on its hands out of whom it is
endeavoring TO exact service.
The injustice Of turning out such
employees is manifest, and the injustice
Of blocking the promotion Of more
efficient employees by the retention Of
persons who have grown unable TO do
as much as they could do in their
prime is also plain. From the stand
point Of economical administration the
system is Unbusinesslike. It would
seem 20 beeclesr that a retirement sys-
tenn must be provided, unless there is
20 be a limited tenure Of office, which
l. hardly practicable.
Latest in the way of re-enforcements
70 the movement for a pension and re-
tircment system comes the Civic Fed
Grafton. It develops that this body
has taken eognizance Of the situation
and considered it at recent executive
sessions in New York. While the plans
OF the federation are not disclosed, IL
appears that early in the coming ses-
sion of Congress, representatives Of that
body will urge Congress through the
proper committees TO take some action
looking TO the retirement Of Govern
ment employees in the classified service
and to furnishing them some form OF
support for their old age
Generally speaking, the heads of
executive departments in Washington
have become impressed with the wis
dom Of a pension and retirement sys-
TEN. The movement is distinctly gain
ing strength in Congress. The Civic
federation action is an indication that
the general public is taking hold OF the