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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
WHITE WOMAN'S ESCORT
PUNCHES NEGRO IN EYE
Gave Ofense by Sitting Next to
Her in Street Car-Pulled
Whisky Bottle.

Garfield Wheeler, a negro, of Mont
gomery county, Md, got a bang in the
eye on a street car last night because he
sat down beside white woman who was
out for car ride with a man escort. To
make matters worse for Wheeler the
disturbance he raised landed him in the
first precinct station house.
Wheeler boarded Pennsylvania ave-
nue. car at 9th street last night. There
seemed to be room enough for all. So he
made himself comfortable.
He had not had q chance to reach for
his car ticket when the man who started
all the trouble said to him:
What are you doing sitting alongside
of my lady friend?"
Garfield said he guessed he could sit
where he pleased. No sooner had he rid
himself Of these fatal words than the
white man anticipated that little Reno
affair by swinging violently to Garfield $
All was confusion. There were a score
OF ladies on the car. Every one of them
shrieked in unison.
Almost every one on the car started
to Get off at once, because some one said
Wheeler was going to shoot. This
prophecy must have been founded on
mere suspicion, because Wheeler car
ried no gun.
1t was a whisky bottle that he pointed
at the white man. Half dozen other
passengers jumped upon Wheeler's arm
at one and the same time and took it
away from him.
The man who did the hitting disap-
peared with his lady friend. When
Policeman I. T. Thompson appeared
demanding to know what all the fuss
was about, he found Wheeler telling the
crowd what he would do II the white
man dared come back.
The policeman told Wheeler to move
on. AS Wheeler was slow about it, he
locked up the negro.
A short while later a friend of Wheel
er's arrived at the station house and put
up collateral for his appearance in the
Police Court Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
HEARING ON HIGH RATES.
Railroad Advances Out of New York
to Be Discussed.

Orders were issued by the interstate
commerce commission yesterday provid-
ing for a consideration Tuesday. July II.
of the recent advances in Communication
passenger fares out of New York city.
The hearing will be held at the commits
sion's Offices in this city. The defendants
In the proceeding are the Erie railroad.
the New York Central. the Centxal of
New Jersey, the Philadelphia and Read
ing. the Pennsylvania. the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western and the Lee
high Valley. all of which operate out
of New York city and into or through
New Jersey.
The important question to be deter
mined is the Jurisdiction of the interstate
commerce commission over Communication
rates, and the arguments probably will be
directed TO that point particularly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
CLARKE COMES BACK
Abandons International Crop
Bureau at Rome.
HE IS GOING TO WORK HERE
Agricultural Department Anxious to
Take Him on Again-Ex-
periences in Italy.

c. c. Clarke, formerly assistant statis-
tician of the Department of Agriculture,
has returned to Washington and will
shortly resume work with the depart
ment.
Mr.. Clarke has been connected till re-
Gently with the international bureau of
crops in Rome. and has been since that
institution was established by the King
Of Italy.
The international crop reporting bureau
is represented by delegates from all the
great powers. They receive reports of
agricultural conditions all over the world
and make up world crop report that
Is official and of great value.
American Representative.
Mr.. Clarke was appointed the Ameri-
can representative soon after the bureau
was established. and has proved valu-
able man for the place. His relations with
the Italian government, and with the in
ternational board were pleasant.
When he decided to leave he was Of
The reason Of his leaving, however. was
the climate. as he did not like to keep his
children in Italy during the summers.
The mechanical arrangements of the in
ternatiOnal board are rather primitive.
according to the returned statistician
There is general lack of stenographers
and typewriters, filing systems and cal
culating machines, such equipment con
sidered essentials in an American sta
tistical office.
Installs a Photograph.
The lack OF a qualified internationa
stenographer was serious to Mr.. Clarke
He found that he was running so fal
behind in his correspondence that he fin
ally got an American photograph ant
couple of typewriter copyists and man
aged to keep them all busy.
He got away with a good deal of WORK
Some other members of the BOARD OTTER
dropped in to see the novel installation
work.
One of the Italian members of the
bureau, after studying the system for {
time, said:
should like to install plant of that sor
In my office. Do you know whether the,
make those machines to work in Italian?'
Officials Of the Department of Agri-
culture express considerable satisfaction
over getting Mr.. Clarke back. They say
there is a mass of supervisory work that
needs to be done in the bureau with
which he is familiar and where he car
be thrown in without further ado, while
a new man, even If able and not familiar
with the work, would require a long
course Of training.
1t is reported that application for Mr..
Clarke's position in Rome has been
bureau of statistics, who resigned and
went to Europe on the outbreak of the
cotton leak scandal, for which Holmes
has just paid fine of $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
PHONE COMPANY RECEIVER.
Charges of Manipulation By Rival
Corporation.

WHEELING, w. Va, July Wv. c.
Handlan and ]. E. Ewing were today ap-
pointed receivers for the National Tele-
phone Company by Judge A. G. Dayton,
at Phillippi. upon action taken by An
drew J. Howard of Indiana. a stakeholder
Of the company.
In the application 1t is alleged that the
Continental Telephone Company procured
$4,000, 600 in stock of the National with
out any consideration, that the officers of
the National are to be turned out and its
business conducted along other lines than
those formerly pursued.
The receivership will become effective
as soon as Mr.. Handlan. who is general
manager of the National, and Mr.. Ewing
an attorney. give bond in the sum Of
$5OO 600 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
MAI. JAMES WILSON DEAD.
Built Western North Carolina Rail.
road and Fought for Lost Cause.

CHARLOTTE, n. c.. July MAJ.
James Wilson, who built the Western
North Carolina railroad through the Blue
Ridge mountains. which at the time was
conceded to be the most wonderful piece
of engineering in America, passed away
al his home here tonight, at the age OF
eightyfour.
The greater part Of his life was spent
with this railroad. For many years he
was its president, rising from the posi-
ton of civil engineer.
He was a Confederate soldier. entering
the army when he left the university and
surrendering as major. Maj. Wilson was
the SON of Rev. DR.. Alexander Wilson, an
eminent Presbyterian divine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
M'MURRAY DENIES CHARGES.
Sends Disclaimer to Committee In.

Former Indian Inspector J. George
Wright, now one of the commissioners
to the Five Civilized Indian Tribes in
Oklahoma. was asked In a letter dis
patched yesterday TO cooperate with the
House committee created to investigate
contracts of attorneys with those In
dams. Mr.. Wright was asked to indi-
eate his views as to the meeting places
most likely TO produce light upon the
Dubject OF investigation. The COM
mittee has received from j. +. Nc
Murray of Oklahoma a disclaimer of all
" the charges made by Senator Gore
n connection with the contracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
ROBBERS LOOT STEAMSHIP.
Detectives Fail to Find Thief on
Liner America.

NEW YORK, July 2.-Detectives sum-
moned by wireless met the Hamburg
American liner Amerika down the bay
today to investigate a series of serious
thefts aboard. They did not find the
thief
Mrs. George Stratford. wife of a Jersey
City manufacturer, lost jewels valued at
more than 5000 and $50 in cash. She
laid the gems and money i'm a steamer
chair beside her and walked to her states
room. Returning few moments later
pair of diamond earrings was stolen
from one stateroom. valuable diamond
stickpin from another.
The Hamburg police had reported there
were thieves aboard the liner before she
sailed. but no trace of them could be
found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
GUTHRIE MAKES PROTEST.
Arguments Heard in Matter of Capt.
tai of Oklahoma.

GUTHRIE, Okla, July 2.-Devotins their
time chiefly to the contention that the
capital location question is judicial rath-
err than political, and therefore question
for the courts rather than for the gov
ernor. to decide, Attorneys Burford. Dale
and Horner in the supreme court today
presented the case of Guthrie. They re-
sisted the application for writ OF prohi-
bition sought by Attorney General West
to prevent the district court from carry
ing out it's DEGREES in the capital removal
fight.
The hearing Is to be concluded next
Tuesday with argument by Judge B. F.
Burwell of Oklahoma City in support Of
the application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
TOWNS FOR INDIANS ONLY.
Whites Will Be Excluded From Ok
lahoma Settlements.

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 2.-Indian
chiefs attending Big Sun or Willow
dances at Big Jake's crossing near CIin-
ton, Okla, announced today that they
had decided to build a number of towns
in which only Indians would be permitted
to live.
1t is believed this would do much to
break up the rowing habit among the red
men of western Oklahoma and give them
better opportunities in an economic way.
j. w. Strongheart, grandson of Sitting
Bull. in advocating various reforms among
the Indians said more religion and less
politics was needed in the Indian missions
and schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
McCUMBER AT CAPITOL.
Senator, Better, Expects to Start for
Home Wednesday.

Senator McCumber Of North Dakota.
made happy by the nomination received
in the republican primaries in his state
last week. was sufficiently recovered
from his long siege Of illness to visit
the Capitol yesterday. He announced
that he would depart for North Dakota
Wednesday. On the eve Of his cam
paign he underwent an operation, April
II. and he had been confined to his
home ever since, suffering great pain.
He was to have taken part in that
campaign.
He expects to make speeches in the
campaign preceding the general election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
TWO BABES UNDER TRAIN.
Mother of One in Hospital TO,
Operation.

PITTSBURG. Pa, July 2.-While the
mother Of two-year-old Alexander Biagfn-
mia was being taken to the hospital today.
her child and his playmate. Mary Mesco,
twenty lone months old. with whose par
ents the boy was to live, crawled on to
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie tracks, near
the Mesco home. in Gallatin, and both
were ground to death beneath fast
northbound passenger train
The mother is about to undergo an
operation and does not know of the death
of her child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. July 2-Re-
wards amounting to $1,000 were offered
today for the arrest and conviction Of
the murderers of Miss Anna wend,er.
whose body was found in the river near
here Thursday night. No arrests have
been made. The father of the young
woman offered a reward of $500, Gov
Hadley $500. Sheriff Hagner $lO0 and
Kansas City paper 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Count de Lesseps' Rapid Flight.

MONTREAL, Quebec. July Count
de Lesseps had the machine in which he
crossed the English channel in working
order today. and made a cross-country
flight from the scene of the aviation meet
at Lake Side to Montreal and return, a
distance of approximately forty-five
miles He made the journey in 40 min
utes 3-5 seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
BIG HORSE SHOW IN FALL
ROAD DRIVERS AND RIDERS
ASSOCIATION PLANS.
Event Which Will Rival New York's
Fashionable Function Is
Aimed At.

Local horse lovers are enthusiastic over
the prospects for a horse show next fall
~h1cn VIII surpass the famous Madison
Square Garden horse show that draws
thousands to New York every year.
President p. v. De Graw Of the Wash.
tngton Road Drivers and Riders AS.
ISOLATION. In speaking upon the subject
yesterday afternoon to Star reporter
said:
Our recent meeting at the Metropolitan
Hotel was interesting and successful
Great enthusiasm was shown by the
members not only over past ACCOMPLISH
ments. which have attracted attention
elsewhere. but over the brilliant pros.
poets that seem to lie directly ahead
In the near future
Prospects Explained by De Graw
I've are on close terms of connection
with the Philadelphia association. With
the reorganized board of directors and
the esprit du corps which exists be-
tween the Washington and Philadelphia
associations. it is believed to be possible
to hold in Washington, in the autumn. a
high grade horse show, which will enable
the association to make a handsome do.
nation to the most deserving local char
ties
1t is this result for which President De
Graw has been striving for several
years. Until now the time did not ap-
pear ripe for the effort. II all goes well
the indications, it is declared, now point
to grand carnival, with entrants from
Washington and vicinity and from the
Quaker city.
Worlds Champions May Show.
Among the latter it is believed the
world championship pair of the road.
sters. the property Of E. T. Stotesbury,
the Philadelphia banker. honorary presi-
dent of the Road Drivers and Riders AS
ISOLATION Of that city, and treasurer OF
the national republican committee, may
be exhibited.
Mr.. De Graw said there were lots of
assurances Of splendid entries for the
next show. He preferred not to mention
them in detail just yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
TREASURY SURPLUS GROWS.
Estimate Now Is That It Will
Reach Sill 600. 600.

Revised estimates made at the Treas
ury Department place the surplus in
revenues for the fiscal year 1910. which
closed June 80. at $11,o00.000. This is
about $1.500.0o0 more than was es-
timated Friday.
Total payments to date on account
of the corporation tax amount to $1S,-
2SS,S47. Reckoning on what probably
is in transit, the estimate is that APP
proximately IS to 80 per cent of the
total assessment Of $27.000.000 has
been paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
HOARDED GOLD IS MISSING.
Last Hiding Place of $1,000 Dis.
covered bv a Thief.

BRISTOL. Va, July 2-After hiding
$1,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces for
fifty years at different spots on his prem
Uses, John Hopper of Washington coun-
ty, Va, two weeks ago secreted the yell
low coin under the kitchen of his home
When he went to get the money yes
terday to look at and count it. it was
missing. There is no clue to the thief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
GEN. ROBE DEAD.
Victim of Acute Indigestion at Six
ty.Fiye Years of Age.

SAN DIEGO. Cal. July Brig. Gen.
Charles Franklin Robe. U. S. A, retired,
died suddenly at his home here today of
acute indigestion
He was sixty-five years old. and had
been on the retired list since 1903.
Gen. Robe saw service In the civil war
with a New York regiment. He was
commissioned in the army. July %, 1855;
was promoted to the rank of colonel in
1900, and retired with the rank of
brisadier general In 1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
TRIES TO ROB GOVERNOR.
Pickpocket at Reno Selects a Closely
Guarded Dignitary.

RENO, New. July 2.-An injudicious
pickpocket, evidently newly arrived and
unfamiliar with the facts Of Nevada S
celebrities. was caught in the act of at
tempting to pick the pockets Of Gov.
Dickerson in hotel lobby today.
A member Of the state police who had
been guarding closely the Nevada chief
executive promptly took the thief into
custody. The governor has not yet reg
istered formal complaint against the
prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Futurity to Be Run August %.

NEW YORK, July Announcement
was made tonight by the stewards of the
Coney Island Jockey Club that the fu-
turity, the most valuable race in Amer
lea, will be run at Sheepshead Bay, as
scheduled, August %. It had been ru-
mored that the race would be transferred
to Saratoga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
BRYAN HOME AGAIN. .
Declines to Discuss Candidacy for
the Senate.

LINCOLN. Neb., July Wv. J. Bryan,
who reached home tonight from his Eu-
ropean trip, declined to discuss political
matters from a national standpoint, or
the effort that is being made by his
Nebraska friends to launch him as a.
senatorial candidate. Mr.. Bryan pleaded
unfamiliarity with local conditions since
he left. He said that he would attend
the democratic state convention to be
held at Grand Island this month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Roosevelt Building" in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY. July 2.-"Edificio
Roosevelt is the name that has just been
given to a large Office building in the
heart Of the business district In Mexico
City. The owner is a Mexican and an
admirer of the former President of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Three Deaths in New York.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The hot wave
claimed three more victims in New York
today, not counting two suicides partly
ascribed to the weather.
The MAXIMUM temperature for the day
was only S8 degrees at 4:30 pm. but
the humidity was excessive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
RED TAPE MMS Taft
HAS TROUBLE GETTING TAGS
FOR AUTOMOBILES.
Gov. Draper Comes to Rescue of an
Embarrassed Chief
Executive.

BOSTON, July 2.-President Taft and
his military attache, Capt. Butt. have
been tied hand and foot in the red tape
Of Massachusetts officialdom, and it was
only by the Intervention of Gov. Eben S.
Draper that the tangle was unsnarled.
Automobiles caused all the trouble
When the President arrived at Beverly
for the summer Capt. Butt took up the
question of registering the Taft auto
mobiles with the Massachusetts, highway
commissioner.
Cannot Collect Fee.
Attorney General Malone. however
served notice on the commission that the
government cars do not require registra-
ton and the commission was not legally
entitled to collect any fee from the Presi-
dent of the United States. that if the
cars are not registered they cannot bear
number plates.
Such a condition would subject the
President, the executive office attaches
and the members of the Presidents fam
lily to excessive annoyance, as car
without number plate would be stopped
by every policeman encountered.
Number Plates Denied.
tOrney general il it had authority to issue
number plates for the presidential motor
cars without a license fee, but the at
torney general ruled that the commission
had no such rights.
1t was at this point that Gov. Draper
came to the rescue. The governor is al
lowed contingent fund for the enter
tainment of official guests. Out Of this
fund enough money is taken to place
number plates on the eight Taft auto
mobiles that legally should not be regis
tered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
B. N. Duke Getting Well.

DURHAM. N. c.. July "a special
train carrying B. n. Duke, his wife, son,
physician and nurse left tonight for At
lantic City, where Mr.. Duke will spend
his convalescence from typhoid fever. Mr..
Duke is reported entirely free from dan
ger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Police Thoroughly Beat
Swamp, But Find 1t Empty.
TOO LATE WITH CORRIDOR
Fugitive Probably Escaped Before
the Net Was Spread.
HARRY WALKER Is WANTED
Police Lookout" Asks for His Ar
rest on Charge of At
tempted Arson.

Look out for Harry Walker. white
twenty three years old. smooth face, dark
mixed clothes: probably has on a cap
usually wears no collar; wanted by No.
for attempted arson
Such a message was sent out from the
ninth precinct police station last evening
when the police realized that their man
hunt In the marsh and swamp between
Benning road and the race track would
end at night without the capture of the
man who is alleged to have sought refuge
in the marsh. So far as the police have
been able to learn. nobody saw Walker
yesterday morning near any or the
houses where the torch was applied
Mrs Charles Strube directed the atten-
ton of the police toward Walker by al
leeing that she had trouble with him and
that he had threatened to get even Rob
ert Leonard. occupant of one of the
houses under which fire was started, is
brother-in-law of Walker. and he does
not suspect that the latter is the one
who started the fire. failing 10 under
stand why he would want to destroy MS
own sisters home and possibly burn her
to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Five Deaths in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA. July 2-Heat. inten-
sified by high humidity. was responsible
for five deaths in this city today, besides
causing much suffering. particularly
among the poor. The government ther-
mometer reached the maximum of only
eighty-nine degrees, but the atmosphere
was heavy with moisture, and a mist
the city during the entire day and even
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
TEACHERS GATHER ASSAULTED BY THUG
William HeImus Knocked
SenseIeSS and Robbed.
ATTACKED IN REAR OF SHOP
Cries Bring Neighbors and Police.
Seized by Throat in
Dark Yard.

William Helmus, seventy-five years old,
in the wholesale liquor business at 1918
14th street northwest, was murderously
assaulted shortly before midnight and
robbed of more than SO in cash.
His gold watch, empty posketbook.
eyeglasses and pocket handkerchief were
found on the lot on the rear of his place
of business, where he was SO roughly
handled. Helmus was left by his as
sailants in an unconscious condition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-06-30
SKIN HuMoR rs YEARS

"Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years l suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely COW
ering my head, neck and shoulders, so
even to my wife, l became an object
of dread. At large expense l consult
ed the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment vas Of no avail, nor
was that of the -- Hospital, during
six months efforts. I suffered on
ana concluded there was no help for
me this side of the grave. Then l
heard of some one who had been cured
by Cuticura Remedies and thought
that a trial could do no harm. In a
surprisingly short time l was COM
pletely cured. S. P. Keyes, lat Con
gress St., Boston, Mass, Oct. IL, '09."