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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
HEARS THE ARGUMENTS
HOUSE COMMITTEE CONFLICT
ING ITS GAS INQUIRY.
4. H. Goldsborough Begins Address
for the Company-Mr. Hazel
ton to Follow.

The public hearings on ,the resolution
introduced BY Representative Coudrey of
Missouri to prohibit the Washington Gas
Light Company from increasing it's out
standing Indebtedness having been con-
cluded several weeks ago, the House Dis
trict committee met last evening in the
House Office building to hear the argu-
ment Of Richard II. Goldsborough, at
torney for the gas company. and former
District Corporation Counsel Hazelton.
The latter urging favorable action on the
resolution.
Mr.. Goldsborough was unable to COM
plete his argument at last nights SEES
sion, and Will conclude next Monday
night. when Mr.. Hazelton will also be
heard.
Mr.. Whitwel Supplies Data.
Before Mr.. Goldsborough began his
argument last evening Sanford Whitwell,
assistant secretary OF the Washington
Gas Light Company, took the stand and,
in response to inquiries from Mr.. Cou-
drey. said he had prepared a statement
showing the gross earnings, the net earn
4ngs, the fixed charges and the dividends
annually for the past twenty-four years.
This information had been requested by
Mr.. Coudrey.
After there had been some discussion
of the figures presented by Mr.. Whitwell
Mr.. Goldsborough began his argument
He took up the charges against the COM
pany one by one and attempted to show
that There was no good and substantial
reason why the pending resolution should
be adopted or why the company should
be subjected to repeated inquiries and in
vestigauon, based on recurring attacks
1t is expected that the arguments of
both sides will be completed next Mon
day night, and the COMMITTEES will then
take action on the resolution at the first
opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Wants Pairing" Discontinued.

If the publication of the names of
paired members were discontinued the
daily attendance I'm the House would i'm
prove wonderfully. according to Repre-
sentative Sims of Tennessee, who has
introduced a resolution in the House to
put a stop to the practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS /
FEATS OF WALTER
JOHNSON'S PITCHING

Struck ont twelve men.
Gave one base on balls.
Struck out Stahi and Wagner.
with second and third occupied,
In the first inning.
Struck out the same batsmen,
with the bases full. In the third.
Had the bases full I'm the sew
enth, and one out, but did not
allow n hit thereafter.
First man ND In the ninth bit
safely and stole second, did not
score.
Had second and third occu-
pied in the tenth, and none out,
then retired the side without
allowing a score.
Had two men ON In the elev-
entb. No runs.
Allowed sixteen hits and one
run.
Helped to win his own game
with q hit in the final inning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Should Be Easy for Lanpford.

PHILADELPHIA, April 29.-Sam Lang
ford and Tommy Burns will meet In a
forty five-round fight before the Metro
politan Athletic Club. San Francisco,
September s. Langfords manager posted
SIS, 600 here today to assure the colored
mans appearance. The men will fight
for a twenty-thousand-dOl purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Wolgast Takes on Johnny Mario.

DETROIT, Mich, April 29.-Ad VOL
CAST has accepted an offer to fight
Johnny Mario Of New York at the Ma
tional Sporting Club in Pittsburg. the
date to be decided later. From Pittsburg
Wolgast will go east and meet all men
of his weight. June q he will fight in
San Francisco some one Of Tom Nc
Carey's selections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Ammunition About Gone.

During those five hours in which Wood
held the crowd at bay he fred at least
fifty shots from repeating rifle Of heavy
caliber and from an automatic revolver.
1t was with the revolver that he killed
himself for all the cartridges for the rifle
had been exhausted and there remained
only one more revolver cartridge when
the door was finally broken down and
the sheriff's posse and other armed men
got inside, only to find that Wood was
dead.
The chief of police shot down by Wood
was Charles Smith of Carlsbad. One Of
the bullets from Woods repeating rifle, a
heavy $3.50 steel-capped bullet, struck
the policeman In the arm close to the
shoulder while he was advancing to ar
rest the young man. Smith Is now in the
Passaic Hospital. where Ii was SAID late
last night that his arm wouiu probably
have to be amputated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Papke and Thomas Matched.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-Articles
were signed yesterday for a twenty-five
round fight between Billy Papke OF ILL.,
nois and Joe Thomas of San Francisco
in Coffroth's arena, in San Mateo county
Saturday afternoon, May II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
ANOTHER FOR WHITNEY.
Regatta II Wins Selling Stake in
Large Field.

NEWMARKET. Eng. April 29.-The
two-year- old selling plate race was run
today, and won by Fl. p. Whitney's Re-
gatta III geldng. The Grape filly was
second and Linggi third. There were
eleven starters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Prevention Of Interference.

The main object Of the proposed law,
it was explained by the older spea lers, is
20 prevent the interference of messages
asnt from different stations. What is
lesired is the regulation of wireless teleg-
.uphy. which will give each sending COM
jany a private roadway for its messages.
That is possible by the assignment Of
wave lengths to the different companies
or persons who receive licenses under the
bill Were each to use a wave length
different from that used by any other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Three Dead. Several. Injured.

CORNWALL. Ont, April 29.-Three
persons were burned to death and sew
eral injured i'm fire here early today.
The Rossmore Hotel and number of
stores were destroyed and the Colqu
houn block considerably damaged. Loss,
$4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29


Capt. E. B. Cassatt was over from
Philadelphia to see Layminster win the
fifth race. 1t was his first success OF the
season. but now that the ice is broken
the tri-color may be seen in front many
times.
McMurtrie and Gwyn Tompkins are tied
for the steeplechase honors Of the meet
ing. Each has won three races. Ross
fenton, who won for TornpkinS yesterday,
Is most likely steeplechase prospect. He
fenced beautifully and outgamed Tourney
In the drive home. If the green horses
Tompkins has shown here are fair sam
pie OF what he has in the stable he should
be the king bee of the cross-country fra
ternity this season. =
Word was received yesterday that
James Mclaughlin would ship his good
New York Sunday Fauntleroy is. of
course, coming for the Preakness stakes.
He ran his first races over the Pimlfco
track last spring and developed into one
OF the best route-traveling two-year-olds
that raced about the New York tracks
last season. He raced at Jacksonville dur
ing the winter and was favorite for the
derby there. but had been sick early in
the season and ran disappointingly after
a hurried preparation. Fauntieroy Is
his victory in the Preakness would be
popular one.
Owners of prospective starters for the
Clabaugh stakes Saturday are not nearly
so clipper as they were before the first
race, yesterday, after Mrs. r. w. Wal
denis beautiful FLY, Chiffon Belle, had
gailoped away with that event in such
style. 1t was generally
agreed that she would be the hard one
to beat in Saturdays stake. Chiffon Belle
was green as grass and had to be led
to the barrier. but she was all business
when 1t came to racing and simply play
ed with her field, winning with her ears
pricked as if she had only been out for
a pleasure jaunt. Her race was most i'm
pressive and should improve her, as she
will know better what is expected of her
She was put on the schooling list, but
this will not prevent her from starting in
the Clabaugh. There will be no lack Of
interest in the race because of Chiffon
Bellies great showing and every one is
to take the chance of eating
her.
OF equal Importance with the racing
yesterday was the announcement of the
weights for the Preakness stakes, the big
three-year-oid event to be run on the
closing day of the meeting. The weights
were posted at the secretary's office just
after the fifth race. and the horsemen
quickly gathered around to discuss them
Dalmatian is. of course. the top weight
His impost is 12S pounds. the top weight
the best two-year-olds shown last year
and impressed a majority of turfmen as
the youngster most likely to make a
distance runner. He has not raced this
year and nothing is known of the inten-
tons of his owner. s. C. Hildreth. but it
is not expected that the colt will be ship
ped over from New York
The weights are:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29

James Paul, until recently prominent
confectioner at Lynchburg. Va, has just
filed a petition in bankruptcy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29

Capt. E. B. Cassatt was over from
Philadelphia to see Layminster win the
fifth race. 1t was his first success Of the
season. but now that the ice is broken
the tri-color may be seen in front many
times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29

Tim Donohue had his first mount of the
season yesterday on Tourney. He put mp
a gilt-edged ride. but Tourney was not
quite good enough to beat Rossfenton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
Reasons for Protests.

I'VE protest against this bill for these
reasons" explained the youthful Mr..
Stokes.
First, we believe that in actual prac-
tice the provisions of this bill would dis
criminate heavily against the amateur
and In favor of the commercial wireless
companies, which are for the most part
only stock-jobbing corporations and
members of great trust.
Second, ii is impossible and mprac-
ticabie in some of its features.
Third, it is ambiguous and capable OF
Interpretation unfair to amateurs and
students of wireless.
Fourth, il is unjust to a large body Of
manufacturers.
Fifth, it is contrary to the best in
terests of the United States as nation.
Sixth, ii passed, il would stine the
ambition and really great inventive
genius of American boys.
Should the bill become law. it would
require, to enforce it, force of at least
LOO to $500 expert wireless engineers,
whose salaries would be not less than
500 a month each-with system of
double stations in each Locality to gd
triangulation, scattered all over the
United States, which wound cost the
government millions of dollars to estab-
fish and millions every year to operate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29

Winners after ) pm Thursday, April 2S,
the time of publication of the weights, to
carry five pounds extra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
PIMLICO TRACK NOTES.

Alpers will be over from New York to
ride Rising Star in the Glenmore steeple-
chase today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
POSSE HELD At BAY
Maniac Gave Battle, After
Brutal Assault on Girl.
CHOSE DEATH TO CAPTURE
Sent Bullet Into His Own Brain
When Armed Men We're
Upon Him.
CHOSE DEATH TO CAPTURE

NEW YORK. April 29-Barricading
himself in a two-story clubhouse on the
bank OF the Hackensack river near the
little town of Carlsbad, n. J., Clarence
Wood, a young cripple and member of
a well known family of Rutherford. held
sheriff's posse at bay for five hours
yesterday while bullets riddled the frame
building. Then, after dangerously wound
ing a chief Of police, he turned his re-
volver on himself and sent a bullet into
his brain just as hundred or more
armed men, having mustered courage
enough to charge the building, were
about to break down the doors.
Before the lighting began young Wood
had attacked Miss Anna Kipp. a popular
member of the Rutherford social set,
whom he had lured to the boathouse early
in the morning under the pretense that
she was to be one of a party of half a
dozen mutual friends who were to go on
a launch party dwon the Hackensack.
After attacking her with bludgeon and
trying to strangIe her, Woods nerve
seemed to fail. for the girl escaped his
grasp and staggered several hundred
yards along the river bank to hotel,
where she gave the alarm.
WRECKED the CLUBHOUSE.
1t was to avenge the attack on the girl
and capture Wood dead or alive that the
sheriff's posse was formed. Wood is
supposed to have become suddenly de-
mented after his brutal attack on Miss
Kipp. for during the hours in which he
held the crowd Of armed men at bay, fir
ing now and then to let them know that
he was still prepared for the attack, the
young man practically wrecked the inte-
rior OF the clubhouse, smashed the bot
tom of several canoes with a Ratchet,
nearly demolished the club piano, slashed
most OF the pictures with a knife and
wrecked most Of the club furniture.
Another evidence that the man was ap-
parently insane lay In the fact that after
his attack on Miss Kipp he raced up
stairs to the second floor Of the club and
began to play the piano in a manner
which Jared even the ears of the river
men at work near by. That was before
the alarm had been given by Miss Kipp
and before the shooting began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
PLEA FOR THE BOYS
Youthful Advocate Urges Free
dom in Wireless TeIegraphy.
DEPEW BILL Is OPPOSED
Commissioner Chamberlain of Bu-
r@u of Navigation Speaks in
Favor of the Measure.

On the ground that it would put a
damper on the inventive genius of the
American boy and would tend to create
q great trust that would control the very
air we breathe, w. e. u. Stokes, jr.,
fourteen years of age, and three of his
boy companions of the Junior Wireless
League of New York protested to the
Senate committee on commerce yesterday
against the Depew bill to regulate radio
communication.
The other members of the league to
appear before the committee were
George Eltz, Frank King and Ernest
Amy. E. T. Chamberlain, commissioner
of navigation of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, argued in favor Of the
bill in behalf of the government, and
James II. Hayden and r. w. H. Clay of
the National Electric Signal Company of
Pittsburg asked that some amendments
oe made to the bill.
The fourteen-year-old wireless operator
from the metropolis received the close at
tention of the members of the committee.
and he advanced many reasons why the
dill, at least in it's present form, should
not be enacted into law. He was the
spokesman for the American boy of am
DltiOu.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
Trouble for Hubby.

At a recent tea party where the fare
provided could not by any means be
termed palatabls guessing game was
instituted. and the lady who won Il
was asked to say what she would have
as q prize. She greatly nattered her
young hostess by requesting a slice of
the cake with which some of them
had desperately struggled at tea time.
"Why did you ask for that stuff?' q
disappointed and still hungry youth
asked her. you know very well 1t
isn't At to eat"
II have a definite purpose In view"
answered the young lady. carefully
placing the piece OF cake where there
would be no possibility OF her forget
ting II. II mean to make my husband
eat it-if necessary, to force II down
his throat crumb by crumb-and thus
convince him that somewhere In the
wide. wide world there Is an even
worse cook than he imagines his In
experienced young wife to be."-Pear.
sons Weekly.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24

Arthur Rackham's fall illustration,
will include pictures for "Rhinegold'
and THE valkyrie." translated by Mar
garet Armour from the Wagner II
bretti.
Among early novels will be . new
book by Edward c. Booth, author oi
THE Post Girl" II also 10 a story oi
life and love in the authors native
Yorkshire country. and It will appear
under the title Of The Doctors Lass. y
A novelist Of a generation ago. Mrs
Marie Walsh. has Just died In New
York. She was the author Of wife Of
Two Husbands" The Lost Paradise
and THE Romance Of a Dry Goods
Drummer" She dramatized Miss Brad
don's novel Three Times Dead"
Why do women writer's favor the
pseudonym "George?" There were
George Eliot" and George Sand" and
at present there is George Fleming"
Julia Constance Fletcher. "Georg
Schock." q Harper writer. completes
the -four Georges" But there II now
room for George v.
Under the will Of Mark Twain, Clara
Langdon Clemens. wife OF Ossip Ca
brilowitsch, sole surviving daughter.
inherits his home at Redding, Conn.
and all other real and personal estate.
This she will enjoy without power Of
anticipation and free from any control
or interference Of any husband she
may have"
Walter Pulitzer, son Of Albert Pulit.
zer, formerly proprietor Of the New
York Journal. whose death was some
months ago recorded. announces that
he will take up his fathers Memoirs"
where the latter laid on and incorpor.
ate them In biography Of the journal.
lst and an account Of the progress Of
journalism In his day.
Mrs. Humphry Ward has not scored
an English success with Lady Mer.
ton, Colonist" The Saturday Review
thinks the story very thin and thread.
bare. I'VE never read n novel OF Mrs.
Humphry Ward In which the charac.
ters were so sketchily outlined and
80 uninteresting. But the book will
be popular because II idealizes the cant
OF the hour"
The publication OF the complete edi'
tlon OF the works and correspondence
OF Calico. undertaken by the Italian
government In 1890. Is at an end. the
concluding volume having just been
issued. II is the twentieth. II con.
tains indexes to the whole set and an
"Indice biografico" OF Gaiileo's contem-
poraries. The edition Is published at
Florence. where Calico died. Its full
title Is lie opere di Calico Galiiei:
Edizione Rationale soto gil auspicii d.
Sua Magcsta II Re d'Italia."
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24

ner invitations and weekend parties
till In self.defcnse he took a trip TO
the east. narrowly escaping ensnare.
ment there.
Besides being rather distinguished
looking. Reynolds by this time was an
Official OF n concern known from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and financial.
ly was far too attractive to be per.
mitted to go to waste as he was from
feminine point OF view. Possibly II
he had been let alone Reynolds would
have married and settled down like
other men. but this natural caution
was intensified by these episodes. The
result was that at 10 he was cheer.
fully called a woman hater.
The Fosters had known Reynolds
for years and were conversant with
all his Ideas. peculiarities and convic.
t!ons. so II irrltated him. on going
down 10 the Foster country place for
a week. that Len" Foster should talk
about Miss Adams all the way Il
seemed that Miss Adams was TO be
there, too. After twenty minutes OF II
Reynolds rebelled,
See here!" he exploded. "Yom
waste your breath booming Miss
Adams 20 me! don't care II she Is
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
MORE FARMERS WANTED.
No Danger os an Oversuppiy "a
Years 60 Come.

No Danger Of IN OversUppiy fov
Years 60 Come.
There Is no great danger that the
supply OF farmers will be a drug on the
market for some years TO come. Tho
treasury departments actuaries esti.
mate tho population OF the country
now at ninety million. At an average
consumption OF so bushels OF wheat a
year for each person. Il will take a
little less than 50O.000.00 bushels 10
supply white bread for the country, to
say nothing OF other varieties. This
meanf something more than one hun.
dred million barrels OF -four 10 be
ground. distributed and baked into
bread for delivery at the consumers
tables.
But this is only one OF the many de-
mands which a population moving rap.
idly toward one hundred million souls
makes every day OF the year. The
country consumes probably not less
than Thirty million head OF live stock
a year. This includes cattle. hogs and
sheep. but takes no account OF poultry
and poultry products. nearly all OF
which have TO be supplied from the
farms Of the country.
The two branches OF farming which
require the least labor for their sue.
cessful prosecution. and the most
thinking. are those which have much
TO do with the increased cost OF liy.
ing. They are poultry and poultry
products and live stock growing
Within an hours ride by rail- OF near.
ly every eastern city there are lands
which lend themselves readily TO oc-
cupatlon for these purposes. With
modern facilities for transit TO and
from the cities and towns the posi-.
bilities OF development of these par.
tieular sources OF future supplies
would seem at this particular time to
be especially inviting.
As for the alleged drawback that
schools and other institutional adyan-
tages are inferior In rural and sub
urban communities. there are some Sc,
rious doubts In the matter. City
schools are crowded because Of having
to work by the wholesale. In contrast
with the personal attention which Is
possible and practicable In the rural
and suburban schools. Moreover, the
conditions OF living make greatly for
the physical II not for the moral ad.
vantage of the rural over the urban
Street Journal.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
MURDER OF HERMIT THRUSH.
Crime of IN. Hatcher Dird. Expect
ed to ktit the sparrow,

4
ed to kiii the sparrow.
ornithologists say that Prospect
park In Brooklyn Is right on the north
and south bird route. the Cincinnati
fimes'Star's New York correspondent
says. Because OF that faet-and be-
cause II Is protected from every one
but tho lawless ltalians-it ordinarily
contains a greater variety OF bird l,fe
than any other similar park In the
country, perhaps. Thirty varieties
have often been counted there OF a
morning II was only the other day
that tragedy OF the feathered world
was reported. A hermit thrush-rar.
est OF all song birds-had been mur-
dered by the shrike, or butcher bird.
and his soft little body impaled upon
thorn. The guardians OF the park
were ordered TO kill the shrlke on
sight I'VE liked him while he con-
fined himself TO diet OF English spar
rows" said the superintendent. "but
he's like the other foreigners against
whom We contend here; very little
liberty goes 10 his head"
lie walked on as he spoke. On
little patch OF green sward half
dozen European starllngs we're bobbirg
about, They had been brought to
this country by rich New Yorker not
long ago and placed on his Staten is.
land estate, They look like blackbirds,
except that their tails are short and
their bills are brilliantly yellow. On
a bench by the walk snan sat. lean
ing forward. watching them. The su.
perintendent spoke 10 him. DO you
know what they are?" he asked.
"Mein Gott. yes" said the man,
never changing his pose. "In thirty
years | haf not seen them-not since
the day ran away from mein fader's
house In Germany to seek mein for.
tune. That day heard them
sing"
lie put his head In his hands and
burst into tears.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24
OF sufficient hydrograhpic and other

OF sufficient hydrograhpic and other
data.
Az west Texas was pioneer In an.
Client irrigation so II II In modern. as
irrigation along the lines now prac.
ticcd began 10 develop first In this sec.
tion OF the State. The first ditch IN
the vicinity OF Del Rio was construct.
ed In 1868. On the Pecos one OF the
present large systems was built In
1873. another In 1887 and another In
1896, II might have been expected
that the older systems In the vicinity
OF III Paso would have suggested ear.
lier extensions under present methods.
but work OF this character did not he.
come active until about 1889 or 1891
Al Fort Stockton and for the Nueces
drainage area Il began ms early as
1875, on the Concho. San Saba. Llano
and other tributaries of the Colorado
river irrigation systems began 10
spring M about 1873, and possibly
earlier. and these were added 10 about
1879. hut this work became most act.
I've In the '90s.