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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
OFFICER KILLS HIMSELF
MYSTERY SURROUNDS SHOOT
ING IN PHILIPPINES,
Lieut.. Janney Had Attended Dinner
and Went Home to Get
Revolver.

MANILA. March 14.-Second Lieut..
Clarence NJ. Janney, 18th Infantry. killed
himself Saturday at Fort William Nc
Kinley. Considerable mystery shfoUds
the case, and 1t Is not known whether the
killing was intentional or by aecsden&.
Army inspectors are now holding an in
vestigation.
Lieut.. Janney, accompanied by his wife,
attended dinner party at tina hn,lae Of
Lieut. Col Robert +. Ames. JannAy loft
the party and went to his quarters. He
secured a revolver and returned u the
house Of Lieut.. Col. Ames, on the way 60
which he fired one shot, presumably in
the air. He entered the house and -four
ished the revolver. There was "a ex-
plosion, and Janney fell with q bullet In
the head. He died instantly.
1t was at first reported that Lieut. COi.
Ames had shot Janney, and guards placed
him under arrest, but he was SUBSEQUENT
ly' released.
Lieut.. Janney was born In Virginia In
1881. He was first private in the 12th
Infantry, hut was appointed second Hen
tenant February II, 1907, professionally,
and accepted a few days later.
Lieut. Clarence NJ. Janney OF the 18th
Infantry. who, according to a dispatch
from Manila. killed himself. either acct
dentally or Intentionally last Saturday.
was well known in this city. He lived
here for several years. He was q native
Of Leesburg, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
A Literary Discovery.
From the London Times.


In the Berlin Gegenwart of Septem-
Der % Herr Ignatz Jezower communicates
an interesting and somewhat amusing
literary discovery. In D'Israelis Curl
osities Of Literature edition 1900 there
is long account, professedly taken from
the travelling pocketbook'' of IAN anon
ymous gentleman of the singing of stro-
phes from Ariosto and Tasso by the Vene-
tan gondoliers. The account is quoted by
HObhouse In his notes on the fourth cantO
of "Childe Harold QS1O in connection
with the lines:
In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more,
And silent rows the songless gOndolier.
Hobhouse, who had himself heard the
gondoliers singing Tasso as they rowed.
remarks upon the truth and charm of the
description. with the exception of some
phrases a little too ambitious and ex-
travagant. 1t now turns out that the
anonymous gentleman" was no less q
person than Goethe. DIsraen must have
translated the passage from Wieland's
journal. the ''Teutscher Merkur." where
dem Observation-Disclosures Herrn. ."
These "Auszuge," it may be observed,
were originally part Of q private diary
comp osed by Goethe In 17S6 for the eye
of Frau v. Stein. and published for the
first time by the Goethe Geselschaft in
1886 In spite Of the fact that the descrip-
ton was transferred by Goethe to the
first volume of the ''rtalienische Reise. !"
in 1916 three subsequent German transla-
tors of "Childe Harold have failed to
recognize the original source Of the pas
sage and have laboriously translated
Goethe back again from English into Ger
man! The demonstrations are given by the
Gegenwart In parallel columns with the
Gaethan original, and they form an in
teresting study in style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
.F|BB|NG IS HER UNDO|NG
COLORED GIRL ACCUSED OF
THEFT TALKS TOO MUCH.
Declares Mistress, Who Pleaded for
Leniency, Had Not Paid
Her Wages.

Mrs. Ethel Ambos' plea to Judge Null
lowry in the Police Court this morning
that her erstwhile servant, Sadie Carter.
colored. who was on trial for stealing
Mrs. Ambos' clothes, be fined / cent and
given her liberty awaited little. Sadie was
fined $50 instead and committed to Jail
for sixty days in default for lying to the
court
Madam, 1 can't comply with your re-
quest: the girl has lodged the issue and
dfbbed,' remarked the court to Mrs. Am
bos. Let her look elsewhere for mercy
The request OF Mrs. Ambos who lives
at 100 Q street, came, after she told the
court how the girl, who was in her en-
ploy for about two months. suddenly left
with about thirty-f1ve dollars worth of
her mistress wearing apparel.
Wants Her Fined One Cent.
I've most of 1t back now, judge said
Mrs. Ambos. $50 be lenient with her.
She's had a lesson.
How lenient?" asked the court 4
can go as high as $3.50 and as low
let me seas low as a cent"
charge her cent. Thatll do re-
Sadie promptly lost all chance of
light punishment by telling the court
she didn't intend to steal the clothes.
but took them, as security for unpaid
wages.
She amt pay. me TO a month, a
month an hat, two month, fo'teen
dollahs. fifteen dollahs-I dunno" said
Sadie. sullenly.
wages bad been paid in full the day
before she left. The heavy sentence
followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
MAbRAY CASE IS SLOW
NEW ARRAY OF WITNESSES
PRESENT THEMSELVES.
Two of Defendants Discharged Be-
cause Canadians Would
Not Testify.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, March IA
A new array of witnesses presented
themselves to testify in the case of John
c. Mabray and associates, charged with
extensive swindling by fraudulent use of
the United States mails, when the Sec
ond week of the trial began before Judge
Smith Mcpherson in the United States
district court today. These included
handwriting experts, new alleged victims
Of the defendants and some defendants
themselves who have turned government
witnesses.
The government still has about seventy
five witnesses to examine and the num-
Der to be questioned by the defense is
indefinite.
Willard Powell. one of the defendants,
learned today of a fine Of $1,000 assessed
against him by the judges for the action
of a horse he rode in a race ten days
ago at Jacksonville, Fla. Powell in the
present case is charged with having
"steered'' Joseph X. Walker into horse
race, which cost the latter $1,000.
On motion Of United States District
Attorney Temple, the complaints against
Fred 8. Null and Jones r. Morrison of
Superior, Wis, two Of the defendants,
were dismissed, and by direction of the
court the jury returned a verdict Of not
guilty. Later Col. Temple stated that
the witnesses against these men are in
Canada and will not come here volun-
tarily to testify, and the government has
no means of compelling them to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Perils of Navigation in Oklahoma.

From the Kansas CITY Times
Navigation OF the North Canadian river
as far UP as Woodward has always been
beset with many trials and dangers. The
steamship City of Woodward, which
started on down river cruise several
days ago. is having hard time. Here is
part of the daily log, in the neighborhood
OF Aston: Nothing more was sighted
unth we reached the railroad bridge of
Aston, where We rammed pier g. knock
Ing il fully six inches out Of plumb. The
next encounter was sandbar which wa :
soon overcome and we proceeded on down
stream only to encounter twenty-three
more sandbars N rapid succession. Hav-
ing got clear of these We succeeded in
picking UP a barbed wire fence, which
was lucky event, for the posts were
used for ffrewood. Things moved on
smoothly from this time on, EXCEPT on
one occasion when the ship attempted to
climb a tree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
DEEP WELLS FOR CITY WATER.
How Memphis Is Supplied From Far
Below Ground.
From the Municipal Journal and Engineer.

From the Municipal Journal and Engineer.
The wells which furnish the water sup
ply of Memphis are 800 or more feet
deep and scattered over considerable
area. The height of the ground water in
them is lowered by pumping TO quite "A
distance below the surface, and the
water is collected into pump well by a
tunnel about ninety feet deep which ex-
tends from the pumps to all the weNs-a
very expensive construction.
The capacity of the existing wells has
been almost reached and the addition of
others within their area would do little
to the total supply. In considering the
best method of increasing the supply Mr..
Writ J. Wills. chairman of the water
board, conceived the idea of locating an
individual pump at each well, TO De
driven by electric motor and be auto
matte Several manufacturers were ask
ed to submit a proposition for accom-
piishing this, but only two developed
feasible plans, and to one OF these con-
tract was let for installing one unit, to
be complete by December 10. The water
department meantime drove we'll to be
used, this being about 500 feet deep ana
demonstrating under test its ability 10
furnish $50 gallons per minute, as called
for by the contract.
The plant is located in chamber about
nine Ieet ueep, pidSSh Juol pCic" siAS
street surface in the central part of the
city, This chamber was built by the
city, In the well, which rises into one
end of the chamber, will be placed
Hill Trip impeller pump. which Will
raise the water to the surface. The i'm
peller shaft will extend about seventy
five feet below the surface, or about
thirty feet below the present surface OF
water in the well. The shaft is connect
ed by bevel gears to a horizontal shaft
which is driven by 1J-horsepower
electric motor, friction clutch being
interposed between gears and motor
The water raised by the fmpelier pump
passes from the we'll through SNORT
branch TO a rotary force pump. by which
ii is forced into the main under pres
sure of about fifty pounds. This force
pump is directly connected to the same
motor as the impeller pump, and they
are so proportional that the latter VII!
furnish the water at the rate required
by the former. An efficiency of 90 per
cent is guaranteed, based on current
consumed and water pumped against q
head of fifty pounds.
The water Is forced directly into a dis
tributing main which passes the. well.
check valve being placed between force
pump and main to prevent a back now
from water main to wei; II TINS sloula u
close the water pumped would escape
into the gutter through an Outlet II
other individual plants Of this KIND are
installed an automatic stopping and
starting device will probably be addeo 10
obvate this waste of power and water.
The advantage of such a plan, IL sue
cessful and fairly economical, Is evident.
Wells could be scattered throughout an
entire city, utilizing large area or wa
ter stratum, and large feeder mains
would be unnecessary, except one lead
ing to a reservoir If storage is desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
FRENCH LITERARY DANDY.
Barley d'Aurevilly's Centenary Re.
Gently Celebrated.

Paris Correspondence New York Tribune.
The centennial celebration of the birth
of Jules Barley d'Aurevilly, author of
Les Diaboliques," the drastic critic, the
man Of fearless independence, who for
powers of human observation may bear
comparison with BalZac, and yet who is
one Of the least understood of writer's,
even among his own countrymen, gives
actually to Eugene Grele's biography of
Frances greatest literary daaldy.
On December's first Sunday Robins
bronze bust of Barley dAurevilly. with
upturned head flowing hair and distended
nostrils shifting the salt Atlantic breeze,
was unveiled at the little Norman COM
mune of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vi comte, his
native village.
Barley d'Aurevilly. who died in 1898.
was one of the most remarkable figures
eclect!cism as well as in daily life. His
impassioned short stories," LES Dia-
boliques," have the intensity Of Edgar
Poe and the huInor and "gauloiserie' of
volumes-"Les Oeuvres ct les Hommes
due XIXme Siecle''-one finds passages of
literary and dramatic criticism aas trench
ant, more subtle and az te as brilliant as
anything written by salnte-Beuve
Barley dAurevilly devoted three hours
a day to his toilet and attire. His trou-
sers. usually pearl gray, with black velvet
stripes. were as carefully composed as
the "Eclogues or Virgil. His waistcoat
was an irdescent Had. his coat was
sonnet, his cravat an epigram and his
wonderful head. with long flowing luxu-
RANT hair. tortured by curling irons and
tyrannized by pomade, was an epic poem.
Barley dAurevilly wrote with heroic
pen of solid gold. He used crimson ink
and sea-green paper. He scorned a blot
ting pad, and sprinkled his illegibla SEN
fences with clouds of golden sand. The
impression when reading one of Barley
d Aurevillys letters was like that caused
by gazing upon a gorgeous sunset He
carried a silver-framed Louis XIV mirror
in his pocket.
Nine Alphonse Daudet describes his
peculiar way of drawing it forth and
scrutinizing his own features before
launching some new scheme. fad or fancy,
in which he analysed and dissected the
mentality of his hearers with the cold
steel precision of a surgeons scapel tenn
pered with Neronic cruelty
After this operation he would assume a
Byronic pose and caress his cravat, in
variably folded with consummate art
worthy Of George Brummel or of a
Comte d'Orsay. Barley d'Aurevilly has
at last found some measure of his win
dication" in. the bronze bust by Rodin
portraying the author of "L'Ensorcelee''
resting upon rose-colored granite pedes-
tai, with proud. disdainful features. gaz-
ing at the sky, in his native Norman
town, Saint Sauveur-ie-Vicomte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Fascination Of Egypt.
From the London Chronicle.

CAIRO, in Illinois, the scene of the latest
lynching horrors. is the best known of
the many United States towns named aft
er the Egyptian oity. There are at least
eighteen of them. Egyptian place names
for some reason have appealed stron "ly to
American town manners. We find eight
cen Alexandrias also; Memphis scores
eleven or more;. Thebes two Though one
or both, of course. might be in honor of
the Boeotian Thebes): Nile three. and
Egypt itself seven. Rosetta and SueZ
score one apiece. And there is one khe-
dive. though. curiously enough, not a
single Pharaoh. Moses however, has two
lakes q bayou and a mountain group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Statement by Manager.
Bracing Up the Sta1.
From Success Magazine.

1t was the new city EDITORS first night.
summoning a veteran Of the stan, he
said:
I'm going to brace up this force.
want a couple of crackerjack descrtp-
tive writer's. such as Rex Beach or Jack
London. and / want bang-up humorist.
Know of any that we could get?'
I'm not sure about the descriptive
WRITER'S was the hesitating responae.
"but / know of bully good humorist."
Fine for you. Who Is he!
..Iyen. now mind YOU this isn't his
real name-but they call him Mark
Twain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
The Waiter Remembered.
rom the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Seymour Tin restaurant)-The waiter
acts as If he had a grudge against you.
Ashley-Yes. he's mad because he took
the last tip / offered him.
Seymour-What was the tip7
Ashley-A tip to buy a stock that tum-
bled twenty-five points today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
More Damage Caused.

At ) o'clock this morning, after it was
believed that the fire was under control.
and the Buffalo fire department, which
had been asked for assistance, had been
notified not to come. the flames commu-
nicated to Erie Hall, occupied by the
Bijou Theater, which was destroyed, as
was the ]. S. Briggs block, occupied by a
saloon and restaurant. The loss on the
two buildings was $4,000 and that on the
contents $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
The Great Decider.
From Judke.

From Judge.
Mrs. Grammercy-What is your opin-
ion about the right Of women to vote?
Mrs. Park-It's enough for me to know,
my dear, that it Is fashionable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Can You Guess I?

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Yeast-Do dogs carry rumors. do you
suppose?
Crimsonbeak--Oh, no; ,rumors dy. The
things dogs carry jump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14

Mr.. Figg-Gasser says he kept perfectly
cool last night when that burglar got into
his home.
Mrs. Ffgg-So his wife told me. She
found him trying to hide in the refrig-
erator.-Boston Transcript,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Caught Under Falling Walls.

The falling of telegraph poles caught
number Of persons in a network of wires,
and George King, a fireman, had both
legs broken. John Hansen, captain of the
fire police, was instantly killed by fall
ing wall. Alfred Shoesmith had his skull
fractured and julie Obert was seriously
injured.
The Gokey office building was occupied
by stores. a business college and Office.
The estimated loss on this building is
100000 and that of tenants S16OWO. The
loss on the Sherman House Is S150,OOO and
on it's furnishings $4,000. In the hotel
building We're the Postal Telegraph Com
pany's office. the offices of the jamestown
Street Railway Company and OF the
Chautauqua Traction Company. The
Postal lost all its lines. The Western
Union Telegraph Company's service was
paralyzed and the telephone service also
was cut off
The loss on the Gokey factory building
and to its tenants is S1JO,OO0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14

as proposed In bills pending in Congress.
The league favors the admission CT moral
~ and physically fit immigrants Without
increase of head tax or an educational
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
FAMOUS CANVAS STOLEN
PAINTING WORTH $4,000 CUT
FROM IT'S FRAME.
Theft Committed While Many Per.
sons Were in View-No Clue
to Rogue.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14-Care-
fully cut from it's frame while a score OF
persons wandered about the other works
of art, the famous painting, The Shep-
herd and Flock by Jean Francois Mil
let, was stolen from the Art Museum
in Golden Gate Park yesterday. No one
saw the thief remove the canvas, and
the police are without the slightest clue.
The painting is valued at $4,000.
The peinting is the property Of Miss
Sarah NJ. Spooner Of this city, who II
now travelling in Europe. It WAS pM-
chased from T. D. Trimon OF the Rue
Paris. The canvas 10 twenty
one feet ip length and seventeen feet
tall.
Statement by Manager.
Two other paintings Of equal value
were loaned to the Art Museum. BY Miss
Spooner when The Shepherd and
Flock was hung. They are Dupre's
Twilight and a landscape by Charles
the curator of the museum. says that
shortly before the theft was discovered
he saw a poorly dressed man Juggling .
bundle from the institution, but q crowd
was visiting the hall at the time and he
attached no Importance to the incident.
The painting was insured against IRE
for $4,000.
The picture hung with others In q large
room and people were passing constantly
along the corridor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
New Trust Breaker Named.

The President today sent to the Senate
the nomination Of William s. Kenyon Of
Fort Dodge, Iowa, to be assistant to the
attorney general. in place of Wade Ellis,
resigned. Mr.. Kenyon is at present one
of the general attorneys of the Illinois
Central road with headquarters in Chi
cago, and is considered one of the best
posted men on corporation law in the
country. AS assistant to the Attorney
General he will become the trust break
ing expert of the administration and the
right hand man Of Attorney General
Wickersham.
President Taft also sent to the Senate
the nominations of Thomas o. Thompson.
to be collector of the custims at New
Lndon Conn.,, and of Walter /. Lille. to
be collector of customs for the district of
Michigan.
Rep esentative Clayton of Alabama had
an interview with the President about the
case of Warren S. Reese, nominated few
days ago to be United States attorney Of
the middle district of Alabama. Charges
were filed against Reese, and the Presi-
dent had action withheld until he could
make investigation. Mr.. Clayton told the
President the charges were without foun-
dation, and he believes the President will
permit the nomination to be confirmed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
France Willing to Treat.

France has shown a greater desire to
settle the differences with the United
States than has Canada. The latter coun-
try has exhibited considerable unconcern
SO far as to what is DONE The manu-
facturers of Canada are said to be IA
vorable to tariff war with the United
states, while the farmers and other
classes do not want such a contest. The
manufacturers are high protectionists and
at the same time are jealous of the In
roads of American goods into that coun-
try Canada has officially made no propo-
sltion and there is little upon which to
act. mat country apparently stands pat
ana is leaving the worrying to the Amer
ican administration, merely claiming that
are already exceptionally low.
SIR James Mcdonald, the Canadian
newspaper man. who has come to
washington on business and pleasure,
mas an engagement to confer with
President Taft this afternoon over the
tariff relations between Canada and
the United States. He regards 1t as
vitality important that the two coun-
tries should have harmonious CONNER
cial relations Neither country has
ANYTHING to gain, he says, by applying
their maximum rates to each others
goods There should be perfect free
dom OF trade and nothing to mar the
pleasant relations now existing
When Sir James Mcdonald sees the
president there will also be present
Messrs. Emery, Reynolds and Sanders
or the tariff commission. Charles NJ
Pepper. tariff expert of the Department
OF Commerce and Labor; Secretary
Knox and Henry NJ. Hoyt. counselor of
the State Department, and Senator's AL
drich and Crane With the exception
OF the Canadian and the two senator's
the other officials We're in conference
with the President a. long time Satur-
day afternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
LOSS BY FIRE LARGE
Business Part of Jamestown,
N. Y, Swept by Flame.
BUFFALO ASKED FOR HELP
Large Section of Two Squares in
Center of City Burned.
DAMAGE PUT AT 100000
Captain of the Fire Police Killed
by Falling Wall-other Fire
men Badly Injured.
BUFFALO ASKED FOR HELP
DAMAGE PUT AT 100000

JAMESTOWN, n. 7, March 14.-Be-
ginning Saturday night and ending this
morning. jamestown was visited by a
series of the most serious fires 1t has
ever had, resulting in a loss of 100000,
the death of one man and the serious
injury of three others.
John Hanson, captain of fire police. was
crushed by falling walls The injured
were Alfred Shoesmith. skull fractured,
will die: George King, both legs broken.
and Joel Obert, back hurt, internally in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14
Fire in Two Squares.

The buildings destroyed include the
Gokey factory building. the Gokey busi-
ness block, the new Sherman House, the
Erie Hall block, and the j. F. Briggs
block
section of two squares in the center of
the city.
The fire first broke out Saturday night
in the Gokey factory building, and It
was believed the flames had been COM
pletely extinguished, but at O'Clock this
morning they broke out afresh and COM
municated with the Gokey business block,
the largest office and busir block in
the city. The flames spread so rapidly
that they were soon beyond the control
CT the local department. Buffalo was
appealed to for aid. There was ample
time for the guests of the Sherman House
to leave the building, but there was no
time for saving any property.