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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
NINTH STREET CORNER
BRINGS $35 A FOOT
Howe Totten Purchases Property at
g Street and Will Erect Big
Office Building.

The property on the northwest corner of
G and 9th streets northwest, 100 and 702
9th street. has been purchased by Howe
Totten. The property contains AGO
square feet and the price paid is under
stood to have been in the neighborhood
of $50 a square foot.
This property has a frontage of so feet
, inches on 9th street and 76 feet on G
street while No. 702 has depth of 100
feet to an alley. 1t is improved by two
three-story brick buildings. rented for
business purposes exclusively, having
four stores on the ground floor and office
suites on the second and third. When
the existing leases shall have expired
Mr.. Totten intends to erect a modern
eleven story office building, with stores
on the ground floor, on this site, plans
for which are now being prepared by the
Thompson Starrett Company of New
York.
The sale was made by Messrs Van
Reuth and Rowzee of the Jordan COM
pany. representing the purchaser, and
r. w. Graham, representing the seller.
w. c. Dodge. The price paid, about S3J
per foot. in view of the recent sales of
inside property in this immediate neigh
borhood, is considered very reasonab BILE.
since the property is situated on one of
the busiest railway transfer corners in
the city, faces two important business
throughfares and abuts on a public alley
i'm the rear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
BOY STILL MISSING.
Nothing Heard About the Absent
Henry Smith. Aged Fourteen.

Henry Smith. fourteen years old. re-
Gently reported to the police as having
disappeared from the home of his mother,
Mrs Lizzie Godfrey, 2O4 D street north
west, is still missing. His mother, who
is employed in dining room on 18th
street. is anxious regarding his where
abouts.
Inspector Boardman was told by the
boys mother that he had been in COM
pany with a painter known as Jack
Sickles, and she thinks he may have gone
away with him. Tuesday. when she re-
ported her sons disappearance, the moth
err said she thought the boy was camp
ing along the river with Sickles and
others.
Mrs. Godfrey has seen Inspector Board
man several times. The last time she
visited that official she suggested that
her boy had probably gone to Baltimore,
Philadelphia or some other city. Inspector
Boardman said there was no suspicion
that the boy had been kidnapped
Il suppose he just went away as so
many boys do at this season of the
year. the inspector stated land when
he gets tired he will come home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
ROOT CONTINUES ARGUMENT.
Insists on G1erica Having Voice in
Fisheries Question.

THE HAGUE. August limited
States Senator Root, continuing his
summing-up arguments in the New
foundland fisheries case before the ar
bitration tribunal today. dwelt at
length upon the alleged iniquity of the
anti-American legislation upon fishing
rights adopted by the Newfoundland
legislature. This legislation would, he
declared, if upheld, render the Ameri
can rights under the treaty Of ISIS
purely illusory.
He maintained that If the privileges
granted under the treaty were subject
to British sovereignty, as argued by
the British representative. England
could prohibit fishing for cod in the
waters in question for six or sixty
years without the United States being
a BILE to raise any objection. America.
he continued. was now asking the arbi-
tration tribunal to recognize her right
to veto any such regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
REFUSES TO QUASH.
Indictments Stand Against Browne.
Charged With Buying Votes.

CHICAGO. August 4. Judge Kersten
today refused to quash the indictments
against Lee ONeil Browne, democratic
minority leader of the Illinois legislature
charged with purchasing votes for WILL
liam Lorimer tor United States senator
The court deferred judgment on the plea
of Brownies counsel that the testimony of
Representatives Link, Meyers and Beck
meyer to the effect they had been paid
or offered money for voting for Lorimer
be barred from the second trial Of
Browne. The first trial resulted in dis
agreement after the jury had been out
10 hours. Judge Kersten later announced
that his decision regarding the testimony
of the other legislators would be rendered
when the prosecution sought to put them
on the stand. The first 100 veniremen
appeared In court today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04

According to a statement of an officer
familiar with the militia law of the Dis
trict, If these men, as they claim, were
never actually sworn in, and yet per-
formed military duty, several interesting
legal problems will be involved in their
trial. To give false age in enlisting, the
officer pointed out, is a serious military
offense, being equivalent to fraudulent
enlistment" and yet. if the men were
never sworn in. the question arises wheth-
er it was actual fraudulent enlistment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Sues to Recover Savings.

Suit has been filed in the District Su-
preme Court by Bessie Chapman. a
trained nurse of Baltimore, against DR..
Orlando Quicker of this city. Miss Chap
in Cuba, in 1905. she gave to Dr. Quicker.
who was engaged in the practice Of rr1edi-
cine in that island. the sum Of 81, eco to
invest for her. that sum representing her
savings. She alleges that the doctor did
not invest the money, but converted 1t
to his own use. She seeks to recover
$1,000. which she says is due her. 1t is
explained that DR.. Quicker was until re-
Gently the vice president and general man.
ager of the National Benevolent SAM
tarum, located on Chaplin street in this
city. Attorney j. Dawson Williams an
pears for Miss Chapman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
MR.. LLOYD IS CHEERFUL.
Democratic Chairman Finds Repub.
lican Disaffection.

Representative James r Lloyd of Mis-
souh. chairman of the democratic con-
gressional committee, returned today from
tour of the west. Fresh from confer
ences with party colleagues and observa-
tions in number of states. he claimed
that 1.-THE democrats will carry three con-
gressional districts and the governorship
OF California that the regular republicans
Will vote for the democrats i'm Kansas as
the result OF the recent insurgent victories
In the primaries that insurgency has de-
veloped among the republicans in New
Mexico in the selection OF delegates for
the constitutional convention and that the
democratic prospects were good in Utah
and other states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
WANT ROOSEVELT TO SEE.
Striking Miners Invite Him to Visit
Greensburg-Irwin Field.

GREENSBURG, Pa, August 4.-An
open letter addressed to Theodore Roose
welt was forwarded from the executive
offices of the officials of the Union of Soft
Coal Miners on strike in the Green's
burg Irwin field today, asking the former
President to visit the strike zone and
make an investigation similar TO the on.
just completed in the anthracite field of
eastern Pennsylvania.
The letter. which was signed by the
union officials, lightly sketches the strike
in this district from the coal
miners standpoint. and it was dispatched
with the unanimous approval of the vari
Gus local unions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
ALIMONY IN ARREARS.
Claim Made in Suit Filed by Mrs.
Mabel T.. Carr.

Seeking to compel her former husband
to pay her back alimony to the total
amount Of IS, 1OS, with interest, Mrs Ma
bel f. Carr has filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against Henry c. Carr.
In the bill of complaint, which was filed
by Attorney L. p. Loving on behalf of
Mrs. Carr, it was stated that the plaintiff
in this proceeding was granted an inter-
locutory judgment of divorce by the su-
perior court of Alameda county, Cal,
December TO- 1907. and that court al
lowed her $125 per month in alimony for
the support of herself and their minor
child From the date of divorce to the
present time it is shown that total OF
81. OS3 should have been paid to Mrs. Carr,
hit she submitted a statement showing
that she had been paid only $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR.
Revenue Cutter Service Celebrating
One Eundredth Anniversary

me revenue cutter service, the terror of
smugglers. seal poachers and marine law
breakers generally, is celebrating the
loth anniversary of its establishment to-
DAY From Berins sea to California and
throughout Atlantic waters the officers
and crews of every vessel are observing a
holiday under orders from Presi, emf Taft
and Secretary MacVeagh
The ceremonies aboard each vessel will,
include the reading of an address written
by First Lieut.. c. NJ. Green of the Ensi-
neer Corps of the service. In this address
he recftes the history and service OF the
revenue cutters and their men. and finds
much TO be proud OF in the country's his
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
SAVED BY LIFE GUARD.
Man Rescued From Drowning in
Surf at Ocean View.

NORFOLK, Va. August Capt. Tony
Miller of Richmond. brother of Polk Mil
Ter, was rescued from drowning late yes
terday afternoon at Ocean View by one Of
the life guards. Capt Miller ventured
out too far, was caught by the current
and when the guard reached him he was
completely exhausted.
Physicians worked on him for half an
hour before consciousness was restored
and he was declared out of danger. A
man and woman whose names could not
be learned, and who also came from Rich
mond, were pulled out of the surf by a
life guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
VETERAN OPERATOR DEAD.
James B. Watt Oldest Press Teleg.
rapher in Point of Service.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August flames
b. Watt. the Oldest telegrapher in point
of service in the Associated Press. died
at his home here today at the age Of
Sixty-two.
Mr.. Watt was an expert. and in the
course of his long career at the key had
handled the stories of the assassinations
of the three Presidents-Lincoln, Garfield
and Mckinley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
APPROVED BY TAFT. d.
Gen. Wood Has Estimates Agreed
Upon for Army Maintenance.

Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff
of the army, came back from Beverly to-
day with President Taft's army policy in
his portfolio.
President Taft and Gen. Wood went
over all the War Department estimates
for the coming year and decided upon
general expenditures for the maintenance
for the army. The President and Gen.
Wood, 1t is understood. are in perfect ac-
cord as to the probable increase of Of
ficers, which has been contemplated in
connection with the plan to bring the Ma
tional Guard of the states into closer re-
lation with the regular forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Sherman in the Mountains.
ROESCH TO GET DIPLOMA.
Pie-Eating Incident Not Held
Against Oregon Midshipman.

Midshipman Herbert o. Roesch OF
Oregon will not be court-martfaied De-
cause he umpireI pie-eating contest OF
lower classmen. TIE Navy Department
has decided the affair was too trivial TO
be taken seriously.
Roesch's diploma had been withheld be-
cause il was said he had hazed the fresh
men by compelling them to eat pie.
Roesch replied that he merely umpired
the contest, and pointed to the tradition
that q first-class man never hazeS fresh
men. He will get his diploma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Nearly 5000, 900 Available.

Adding an unexpended balance from
previous appropriations there is now
S1S6, 900 available for the continuation of
the improvement. Col. Langfitt says that
money will be expended, beginning within
the next three months. according to the
following schedule:
Retaining that portion of Potomac
Park lying eastward of the railroad en-
bankment to the full projected grade by
dredging in the Washington channel to
the amount of 1,50O,OOO cubic yards,
$143, 900; repairing and relaying sea walls,
S26 600; Waterman, care of property,
maintenance of outlet and inlet gates,
etc, $4,000; contingencies, engineering,
etc, $4,000. Total, $1S0,OO0. 1t is stated
that these amounts undoubtedly will
have to be modified somewhat as the
work progresses. 1t is proposed to have
the dredging done by contract and
the work on the sea walls by hired labor
Those methods are regarded by Col.
Langf1tt as the most economical and ad-
vantageous to the government
The work proposed" he says, will
complete the lower portion of Potomac
Park and enable it to be developed in
conformity with and added to that por-
ton lying on the west side Of the rail-
road embankment.
The material will necessarily have to
come from the Washington channel, it
being the most available. economical and
advantageous place Of procurement and
the only place from which sufficient ma
terial for the amount of money avail
able can be obtained to complete the fill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were is
sued today:
To II. r. Howenstein. for one two
story brick dwelling at 1419 Potomac
avenue southeast; architect. l.. T. Will
liams; builder, II. r. Howenstein; esti-
mated cost, 5000.
To DIR. f. X. Hill. to repair dwelling
and store at T2l 18th street northwest;
architect, Claughton West: builder, James
I. Jones; eliminated cost, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Petitions for Closing of Garage.

Petition for an injunction requiring Al
bert J. Groves to close his garage in the
rear of 1910 l. street northwest has been
filed in the District Supreme Court by
Attorneys Birney & Woodland on behalf
of William A. Fenwick, proprietor of a
hotel at zoos, 1910 and 1912 18th street
northwest The plaintiff claims that the
noise made by automobiles at the garage
is continued at all hours of the day and
night and that it constitutes such a
nuisance that guests in the hotel threaten
to leave II it is not stopped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Act Creating the Park.

The flats. by the river and harbor act Of
March 3, 1897, were declared to be
public park, under the name of Potomac
Park. That section lying westward of
the railroad embankment, containing 300
acres of land and Ill acres of inclosed
water area, has been filled to the full
projected grade. 1t has been turned over
to the Office of public buildings and
grounds, and developed by the latter Of
flee as a public park.
According to Col. Langfitt the work re-
quired to complete the existing project is
dredging in the Washington channel.
raising that section of Potomac Park
comprising 1913 acres of land) lying east
ward of the railroad embankment to the
projected grade, relaying a portion of the
masonry sea wall and the completion OF
the training dixie. He says that mainte-
nance work will be required from time to
time in the removal of freshet accretions
from the Virginia channel. but that no
such work will be required In the tidal
reservoir or the Washington channel
above Arsenal Point, as the curtain gates
at the inlet to the reservoir will be low
cred to prevent freshet flow and sedi-
mentatiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Husband Sues for Divorce.

Charging habitual drunkenness ana
consequent neglect of household duties, as
well as numerous acts of cruelty against
his wife, George w. Lawrence. mas
brought suit in the District Supreme
court for a. limited divorce from Catha-
rine Lawrence. The couple were married
In this city in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
VOTERS AT THE POLLS
IN STATE OF TENNESSEE
Choosing Judges and Attorney Gen
eral and Nominating Four Con-
gressional Candidates.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 4.-Ten-
nessee today is electing supreme court.
court of civil appeals, chancery and cir
cult judges and attorneys general, and is
nominating four congressional candidates.
successors to l.. P. Padgett, r. w. Sims,
Finis ]. Garrett and George w. Gordon.
The overshadowing interest in the con-
test, however, centers in the bearing on
the political fortunes of Malcolm r. Pat
telson, twice governor of Tennessee and
nominee now for third term before the
Novemher election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Population of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Ohio, has a population of
364. 1853, according to figures enumerated
for the thirteenth census and made public
today by Census Director Durand. This
Is an Increase OF 1861. or lis per cent,
as compared with 325, 800, the population
in 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Saws DR.. Cook Is in Colorado.

DENVER, Col, August 4.-The Denver
Post prints an unconfirmed report mat
Dr. Frederick A. Cook of north pole no.
toriety, is spending a vacation In the
mountains near Glenwood Springs where
j. r. Bradley, his former fnancial oacK-
er, has q summer home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Fire Loss, $500. 900; 8 Persons Hurt.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, August 4.-E1ght
persons, seven of whom were city nre-
man. were slightly injured last night IN
a fire which destroyed one of the smith
McCord-Townsend Dry Goods company
warehouses and caused $30O.OOO damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Officers of the Battalion.

The commander of the Naval Battalion
of the National Guard Of the District is
Samuel w. Stratton, director of the ma
t;onal bureau of standards. He was
Commissioned February Is, 1905. He is
a nhysicist by profession and a doctor
~ science and doctor of engineering.
He has had considerable experience in
the naval militia, having served as en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Kills Wife, Commits Suicide.

CHADWICK, H., August 4.-Enrased
because mis- wife had filed suit for d.
yorce, John Divelbisi, aged fifty, last
night shot and killed the woman anu
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Sues for Legal Separation.

Suit for legal separation was filed in the
District Supreme Court yesterday by
Clara E. Grosvenor against her husband
Fred L. Grosvenor. Attorney Wilton j.
Lambert appears for the petitioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
STEAMER CREW MUT|N|ES
CAPTAIN OF VESSEL QUELLS
DISORDER WITH REVOLVER.
Five Young Woman Passengers Ter.
rifed-Were Making Special
Trip for Pleasure.

CHICAGO, H., August 4-During q
special trip from Duluth to Gary, Ind,
with five young woman relatives OF off,
GERS of the United States Steel Corpora
ton on board, the crew of the ore steam
er Douglas Houghton mutinied early yes
terday off the Chicago harbor ii was
learned today. and it took Capt John
Parke one hour with a revolver to quell
them
1t is said the mutiny started because q
deck hand had been locked in the ships
brig for peeping into a cabin window at
the woman passengers.
Claim Extra Pay.
A two-week trip was all but over when
the crew, led by Peter Peterson, freed the
prisoner and mutinied. The sailors later
said they rebelled because extra pay had
been withheld. The sailors were all dis
charged on reaching Gary.
The young women, Cecilia Kirk, Cleo
McClusky, Louis Maxwell. Edith Ander-
son and Mrs. Louise Maxwell. fled to their
cabins and remained there in terror until
Capt. Parke with leveled weapon had
forced the less Obstreperous sailors to lock
up the ringleaders and clear away the
broken furniture.
Capt. Parke says he will prefer charges
against the men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Prime Issue Involved.

A supreme court free from the domino
ton of the executive is the prime issue
involved. This issue grows out of the cele-
brated Cooper case. three Of the judges
of the present supreme court having
charged Patterson with attempted coer-
cion in connection with this case,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Fight Bush Fires in Manitoba.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, August 4.-Se-
rious bush fires are burning all through
the Crow s-Nest pass region, from Frank
to Fernie For the past three days gangs
of men have been fighting the nres at
Frank and Blairmoore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Twenty-Four Foot Channel.

1T is estimated that the procur ement
of about 100000 cubic yards of ma
terial from the Washington channel for
completing the said fill will make q depth
of twenty-four feet in the Washington
channel for width OF 400 feet, beyond
that a depth OF eighteen feet, to within
about fifty feet Of the sea wall and a
depth of about five feet at the sea wall
In addition to completing the reclamation
under the project, this increased depth of
channel will be most advantageous to
trance to and departure from their
wharves and docks. and also afford more
commodious anchorage facilities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04

The post Office at Chaneysville. Md, a
few miles north OF Flintstone, connected
with the general store OF Arnold Jewell.
was robbed OF 500 in cash and $50 in
money orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04

tween Sweltering humanity and the HUI
nudity of the atmosphere. This does not
amount to much in Kansas or Arizona.
where there is no moisture in the air to
speak Of But in the humid region, es-
pecially on the Atlantic coast, the humid
ity plays an important part in the feel of
the temperature.
For instance, there is sometimes a day
in this region when it has seemed rea-
Sonably pleasant, feeling as though the
thermometer were about 81. When the re-
port of the weather bureau comes out
in the evening it is seen that there was
really temperature of 81. The report
does not say so. but the difference in
feeling was due to the low humidity.
On the other hand sometimes it has
felt all day as though the thermometer
were about 105, and when the weather
report in the evening announces, that the
maximum was only 93 the newspaper
reading public declares that Prof. Moore
was not on his job as he should have
been. AS a matter of fact. however.
Prof. Moore was truthful and the trou-
BILE was due again to the humidity. which
was unduly high.
apparent Temperature.
The officials of the Department of Ag-
riculture have been figuring for some
time over table of apparent tempera-
lures There is a recognized dew
point" and tables have been compiled
showing what this point will be with
various readings of the wet and dry bulb
thermometers. There are also instruments
for recording the humidity. but the gen.
eral public knows nothing about them
and would not care to compare the read
ings of the thermometer and the dy
grOmeter.
At the same time it would be per-
fectly easy for the experts of the bureau
to work out a table of apparent tenn
peratures'' based on these two readings.
Such a table would soon come to have a
definite meaning to the person who reads
the weather reports, and there Is a seri-
Gus proba bility OF such figure being in
cluded in the temperature readings for
the day.