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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
WESTON'S RIVAL STARTS.
Ennis Believes His Irish Legs Can
Beat Americans Record,

NEW YORK. May 23.-John Ennis. the
Stamford. Conn. pedestrian who aspres
to break Weston's record of 10o days from
New York to San Francisco left the city
hall at 1918 am. armed with letters from
Mayor Gaynor to the mayors of Chicago
and San Francisco. Ennis will be sixty
eight years old on June 4. and is about
three years younger than Weston.
II got stirred up by a reported state
ment of WestOns that NJ one except a
person born in America could do such a
walk said Mr.. Ennis. I've got a pair
of good Irish legs. and l thought 1 could
turn out good or better stunt my
self"
Mayor Gaynor started Ennis on his long
journey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
CHARLES NJ. ALEXANDER,
Noted Choir Leader.

by the chairman. Rev. DR.. G. E. Mogg Of
Ohio. who stated that there were 1.i0
superintendents in Ohio in touch with the
home Office.
Others who reported for various depart
ments were: DIR. II. NJ. Hammell of the
teacher training department: E. Fl. Mich
OILS, advance division: w c. Pearce. ad-
ut division; ]. Shreye Durham. house
visitation department; William A. Brown.
missionary department. and Prof F. 8.
Goodrich. temperance conference.
Prof Goodrich stated that resolution
had been adopted at the session or his
department asking that the worlds sum
dav school convention appoint an inter-
national superintendent of temperance 10
give his full time to that department
This matter is to be taken uD later.
Special Conferences.
Chairman Lawrence announced that
there would be conferences Wednesday
and Thursday at the Mt. Vernon Church
of NJ. E. Church workers, and urged the
delegates to remain after the convention
for these two conferences.
Tomorrow will be the last day of the
convention proper. A place of meeting
for the worlds convention will probably
be chosen tomorrow, although II has
been decided that the international sun
day School Association. comprised or the
United States and Great Britain, Will
meet in San Francisco in 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
RECEIVER FOR TRACTION LINE.
Chicago Railway Company in Hands
of Federal Court,

CHICAGO. May 23.-Judge Grosscup
in the United States circuit court here
today appointed receivers for the Chi
cago Railways Company, which operates
the West and North side street car lines.
The receivership is believed to be a mere
legal move in connection with Judge
Balls recent decision holding the rail-
ways company liable for bond of the
moribund Consolidated Traction Com
pany.
The petition for receivers was filed
by the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company, which AYERS
the defendant owes it S69,549 for
machinery. Henry A. Blair and John
NJ. Roach were named as receivers
omoans in favor ass'nse of afe
bondholders Of the Consolidated Trac-
tion Company were entered today upon
Judge, Balls finding of last week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
SMELL MURDER RECALLED.
Victims Son Found Dead in a Cheap
Rooming House in Chicago.

CHICAGO. May 23.-Albert j. Smell, son
of the millionaire Amos ]. Smell. whose
murder here in 1883 created a widespread
sensation, was found dead In bed at a
cheap rooming house here today. He was
fifty years of age. He inherited a for
tune from his father and is said to have
set a fast pace while the money lasted.
He drifted steadily downward Of late
years, and for several years made hand
to-mouth living running errands on the
docks.
Willie Tascott. who was accused OF
the murder of the elder Smell. was never
found by the police, although the search
for him was continued for many years
Amos Smell was killed by a burglar
whom he discovered IN his house at mid
night The Smell murder was one of the
sensational mysteries of Chicago twenty
two years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
TONIC KILLS CHILDREN.
Boy and Girl Drink Too Freely
From Bottle of Compound.

ELIZABETH. N. j.. May 23.-Playing
house while mother went to market,
Louise Crouch. six years old, and her
brother. Johnnie, three years younger,
went to the ice chest and drank freely
from a bottle Of tonic compound which
they had seen their elders use. Both
died in convulsions latter.
An elder sister, Rosa. took the bottle
away when she found the children play
ing with it. They showed no symptoms
Of distress. and went to sleep when bed
time came, but woke later in great pain
and died within few hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Stock Broker Killed BY Auto.

ST. PAUL, Minn,, May 23.-S B. Shot
we'll. stock broker. was killed by an au
tomobile last evening while on his way
home from the ball game. The machine
was driven by Miss Theodore Stuart. aged
nineteen. of Minneapolis. who was accom-
panied by her mother and sister and two
man relatives Miss Stuart is being held
without bail pending investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Thumping Health Bureau Bill.

The White House and Congress are be-
ing deluged with kilograms against the
bill pending for the consolidation of the
health bureaus of the government into
one concern. Some senator's and repre-
sentatives have received over one hundred
kilograms and they continue to come. Il
have been loaded with these telegrams,
said a White House caller today. The
Christian Scientists, osteopaths, eclectics
and various special lines of medical prac-
tice and mental science are the ones send
ing the kilograms. They charge that the
bill will create an allopathic trust, de-
signed to put the other lines of practice
out of business. / have seen nothing in
the bill to indicate this and believe there
is unnecessary alarm, but the impression
has gone all over the country that the
allopathic practitioners have arranged all
this to get control of the medical
branches of the government"
The President has taken no sides except
to favor a consolidation of health bu-
reaus for the interests Of public health
generally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
CHINESE LOAN COMPLETED.
Said to Have Been Concluded in
Paris Today.

LONDON, May 23.-It is reported in
financial circles that the HankowSze-
Chuen railway loan agreement was
finally concluded in Paris today. The
loan of $3O,O00.0O0 is to be devoted to
the construction of a railroad from
Hankow, China, to Canton, and from
Hankow west to Ichang, with an ex-
tension of the line ultimately into SEE
Chuen.
Great Britain, the United States, Ger
many and France participate in she
financing of the enterprise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
MILL OWNED BY NEGROES:
Hosiery Manufacturing Plant Is
Meeting With Success.

DURHAM. N. c., May 23.-Having
started up under most promising con-
ditions, the Durham textile mills, the
only negro hosiery mill in North Caro-
lima, has met with such success that it
Las doubled itsscapital and working quar-
ters. and within a month will have in
operation a number of new machines.
The factory is owned solely by ne
groes of Durham, arl the management
comes from the textile schools of the
country. 1t is the purpose of the COM
pany to make Durham the center of ne
gro hosiery mills in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
GERMANY WANTS OPEN DOOR.
Protests Against Warning to Keep
Ont of Persia.

BERLIN, May 23.-A serious diplomatic
controversy is in progress between the
German government on the one side and
Great Britain and Russia on the other,
regarding an open door in Persia.
Germany firmly protests against the
joint warning of the other two powers
to Persia not to grant railway conces-
sions to Germany. This warning was
delivered some weeks ago. and the dis
pute arose much as did the difference be-
tween Germany and France in Morocco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Special Conferences.
Need of Trained Teachers
Is Declared Paramount

At the conference on teacher train.
ing this morning in the main auditor.
ium of the First Presbyterian Church.
with Rev. DR.. Franklin McElfresh OF
Illinois. presiding. the principal address
was by Martin G. Brumbaugh. superin-
tendent Of schools Of Philadelphia. Prof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Refuse to Discuss Pardon.

The White House and Department of
Justice would not talk today about the
pardon granted to Oliver Splitter by the
President. but it is learned that the Presi-
dent signed the pardon last Friday or
Saturday at the request of the Attorney
General. who gave directions in his de-
partment that no one should talk about
the case in any fashion.
The pardon attorney. who has charge
of pardon cases. declared that he could
not say word. his instructions being
point blank to keep his mouth shut.
Attorney General Wickersham was at
the White House when word was re-
ceived in this city of the pardon of
Splitter. When he left he seemed sur
prised that any one should know of the
fact. who announced it and where
was it announced he sharply inquired.
When told that the announcement came
from New York. he said You had bet
ter send to the Department of Justice
TO find out about pardons, instead Of
going to New York for information"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
To Discuss Railway Fuel.

CHICAGO, May 23.-The second an
nual meeting of the International Railway
Fuel Association began here today. Fuel
which from a cost standpoint is the most
important commodity purchased by rail-
roads, will be the subject Of considera-
ton until next Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Famous Collection Burned.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ. May 23.-
Hadley Hall. the science department Of
the University of New Mexico, was de-
stroyed by fire today. Loss. 500, 900. The
famous Indian Historical Museum and
geological collection belonging to the uni
versity were destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23

Announcement.
With its circulation and advertising pat
ronage at very much the highest point
ever reached in its history, the manage
ment of The Evening Star, after mature
deliheration. has concluded to make its
sale price hereafter one cent per copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
TEACHERS PENSIONS
Bill Reported in the House by
Representative 0|cott.
PAID LESS THAN LABORERS
plan for Retiring District Peda.
gogues After Service of at
Least Five Years.

Representative Olcott Of New York, re-
porting to the House today the bill pro-
viding for a public school teachers re-
tirement fund in the District of Colum-
bia, says that the teachers who will be
benefited are:
Teachers who have taught thirty years
fifteen of which have been in the Dis
trict Of Columbia public schools.
Teachers who have taught twenty-five
years in the District of Columbia public
schools.
Teachers who have taught twenty
years. ten of which have been in the
District Of Columbia public schools, and
who are mentally or physically incapaci-
tated
Teachers who have taught at least
five years or less than twenty years in
the District Of Columbia public schools
or who are incapacitated physically or
mentally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23

terian Committee On Evangelistlc
Work.
All the wrinkles which were formed in
the worlds sixth Sunday school conven-
tion when the color line was drawn on
the negro delegates were smoothed out
today, when Booker T. Washington WAS
made life member of the organization
and the necessary subscription Of $l,oOo
was promptly pledged. mostly by dele
gates from southern states.
A white delegate from Kentucky nomi-
mated Mr.. Washington. saying:
I'VE may all have our own ideas OF how
the negro problem is to be worked out.
but we owe 1t as tribute to the Christian
negroes of the world to make Mr.. WASH
ington life member"
II carried gun marching with Robert
K. Lee for three years.. shouted another
delegate from the floor. "and I'll give .
hundred dollars for that name.''
The subscription was quickly made
up.
Other life memberships were created.
all at the rate of $1,000 each. Women
delegates of the w. c. T. u. subscribed
of that organization. Others were
voted for Lady Henry Somerset o.
London, for her work in the cause
of temperance; Bishop John II. Vincent,
L
Hugh Cork of New Orleans. Mrs. F. B.
Meyer of London. wife of the presi-
dent Of the convention; E. o. Excel
and Herbert H. Moninger.
Method of Subscribing.
The large map OF the eastern hemi-
sphere was partly covered with paper
disks. which were taken off as each SO
was subscribed, until but seventeen re-
manned, which were purchased by gen.
eral secretaries of the association.
Chairman Marion Lawrence announced
that the reports of the eight simulta-
neous conferences which had been held
this morning at various churches in the
city would be received
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner. chairman or
the elementary division, gave report of
her department, and stated that nearly
one half of the Sunday school workers
were represented in that department.
The home department report was given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Signal System Used.

"Did you arrange system of signal
lights in the scale houses?" suddenly
asked the prosecutions attorney.
Yes sir" Splitter answered.
Splitter then related how the signals
were used TO warn the weighers of any
gudden danger.
How were the lights worked?'
by a switch in my Office. replied
Spitzer. who said that the switch was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
SEYLER FACES Jury
Charged With Numbering Jane
Adams at Atlantic City.
JURORS QUICKLY SELECTED
Accused Man Appears Unconcerned
as Ordeal Begins.
CLAIMS IT WAS ACCIDENT
Left Wife and Children to Spend
Evening With His Alleged
Victim.
QUICKLY SELECTED
CLAIMS IT WAS ACCIDENT

MAYS LANDING, N. j., May %
Charged with having been responsible
for the death of Jane Adams. eighteen
years old, at the Million Dollar Pier, in
Atlantic City the night of February 4
William Seyler was today called to face
jury in the Atlantic county court. The
disappearance of Jane Adams and the
finding of her body in the surf nine days
later created a sensation in this section
of New Jersey.
The evening of February Jane Adams
who had been employed in various shops
along the Boardwalk, left the home of hel
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams, at
210 North Missouri avenue. to go to the
pier and listen to a concert there. Her
younger sister, Alice. who was fifteen.
went along. Their mother knew Alice
was to meet Orvis Seyler. the twenty
one-year-old brother of William, who was
twenty -eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Uncertain About Tail.

There is disposition on the part of
some astronomers to believe that Haley
comet really did part with its tail, and
is now putting forth another. Prof. Frost
Of the Yerkes observatory. suggests that
this theory is a possible one. He said
that he had considered the theory care
fully, and that he regarded 1t as likely
that the comet may have ceased its activ-
ity in producing a tail, as did Borelli' S
comet in 1903. E
The Rev. Daniel ]. McHugh. professor
of astronomy In the De Pauw University.
has advanced the theory that the comet
is now generating a new tail. and ex-
presses the belief that the old tail was
torn from the comet by the force OF un-
usual electrical repulsion, caused by the
sun spots. which were so much In evi-
dence Wednesday. the day the comet
made a transit across the suns face
Prof. McHugh has pointed out that this
was no unusual occurrence; that Haley g
comet lost its tail in 1885, and that there
are evidences that 1t lost 1t again in
March of the present year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
OPINIONS OF MEMBERS
Some of Them Hopeful of Making It
Two Weeks Earlier.
DEMOCRATS SEE PRESIDENT
Senators Bailey and Bacon Among
Today's Callers at White House.
Health Bureau Bill.

Statesmen at the White House today
talked discouragingly about an early ad-
journment of Congress.
1t will be July ID unless the weather
gets unusually hot said Representative
Champ Clark, democratic leader of the
House.
Yes. it looks like July Is to me- was
the way Representative Victor Murdoch,
insurgent leader of the House, put it.
Il think we can make it by July L."
remarked Representative Longworth, who
Is going to New York June IS to meet
his distinguished father-in-law, Col.
Roosevelt, and join in the celebration OF
his return.
1T looks to me as If we could get
away by July H. Senator Smoot OF Utah
prophesied.
Il don't think we will be as late as
July 10TH" Senator Crane declared, but
am not at all certain when it will be.
when / was guessing July l l was told
the date was absurdly late, but now l
hear much talk of July II, which seems
to be nearer the time said Senator Dick
of Ohio.
II don't see why we cannot adjourn
by July L." remarked Representative
Crumpacker of Indiana.
LAS long as things 60 the way they do
now in the House and Senate there is no
telling when we will ADJOURN ventured
Representative Kennedy of Ohio. But
having won out in the primaries In my
district 1 am prepared to stay here as
long as anybody"
Thus went opinion among those who
talked with the President during the
day.
Mr.. Taft had hoped to be able to get to
Beverly, his summer home, by the 1st
of July, but his hopes in this direction
appear to be doomed.
Democrats Make Calls.
Senator's Bailey and Bacon, democrats.
had interviews with the President. They
are among the best friends, personally.
the President has, but politically they are
joining the insurgents and anybody else
in fighting him in Congress.
Hes the salt of the earth and 1 hate
to differ frcm him politically" remarked
democratic visitor today.
Senator Bailey saw the President In
connection with the federal judgeship OF
the eastern district Of Texas, for which
there is a strong fight, with Representa-
tive Russell, democrat, the probable nom
inee.
Senator Bacon talked to the President
in behalf of Maj. Wilcox Of the army,
now in the Philippines. The instructor
of modern languages at West Point Is
soon to retire and Maj. Wilcox, who Is
a Georgian, is urged for the vacancy.
Mai. Wilcox is the author Of work ~
French and English that is used in the
army of this country and for which the
French government decorated him. He Is
said to have the Endorsement Of the rae
nlty of West Point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Proportion of Benefits.

1t is explained that the amount of
benefit will be:
''Six-tenths of the average annual
salary for the five years Immediately
preceding date of retirement.
"A teacher, retired between five and
twenty years teaching, receives such
proportion of the full annuity as the
number of years she has taught bears
to twenty years. For example, five
years teaching entities to one-quarter
of the full annuity; ten years teach
ing entities to one-half of the full
annuity"
Mr.. Olcott adds that teachers have
been and are SO poorly paid that it is
impossible for them to save compe-
tence for old age. In the United States
the average salary of teachers is less
than that Of laborers."
He mentions that the report Of the
bureau of education on salaries shows
that In ~ out Of 4S cities the yearly COM
peDsation Of laborers exceeds that Of the
elementary teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
No View Had Last Night.

Clouds last night prevented any view
of the comet, which is now said to have
a comparatively small tail. The tail is so
small, and the comet has become so in
significant an object, that when Profess
so" Harold Jacoby of Columbia Universi-
ty gazed upon it from Riverside, New
York Saturday night he turned back to
his home to get his map to make sure
that it was really the comet that he saw.
Prof David A. Todd, who made an as
cent in balloon from Amherst Friday
evening. and who landed near the Ca
madam border, had no better success in
viewing the comet than had Prof. Charles
l.. Doolittle of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, who went up from the Aeronau-
teal Recreation Society's grounds at
Point Breeze the same evening. Neither
saw anything of the great wandering
star owing to the dense clouds through
which they passed, although Prof. Todd
arose to a height of almost two miles, or
about half mile higher than the balloon
in which Prof. Doolittle was a passenger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Average Of Salaries.

The report shows that the average sal
ary paid to teachers. including high
school principals or heads of departments,
in Washington was s697.33 in 1907, SOL 73
in 1902. s7O514 in 1903, $7OsO7 in 1904
$732.83 in 1905, $734.51 in 1906, $S12.31 in
1907, $S32. 56 in 1908, $S76.f3 in 1909 and
$9l1.66 in 1910. general average for
the ten years of $711.31
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Warned to Be Careful.

Splitter said that in the fall of 1905 he
received a certain telephone message
which caused letting up in the frauds.
He said he did not know who sent the
MESA ge which warned him to be careful
of the wire springs, as the government
was watching the docks.
Spitzer said that following the raid in
November. 1867, by the government he
was informed by Mr.. Gerbracht that the
weighers ana himself would be taken care
of
When the six weighers were discharged
what happened?''
Il paid them the same wages every
week at my home" was the reply of Mr..
Splitter who said that the money was
given him each week by Mr.. Gerbracht.
who left the money in a package at his
garage.
when did this money cease?
when | was sentenced last February"
answered Mr.. Splitter.
Splitter said he knew Secretary Heike,
but did not connect him in any way with
knowledge of the false weighing.
Cross-examination of the witness was
deferred. Prosecutor Stimson said Splitter
became conscience stricken while m prison
and desired to tell all he knew of the al
legged frauds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
Left Wife at Home.

According to Alice's version Of what
followed, she and her sister met the two
brothers. William said nothing to his wife
about going to meet a girl. He left her
at home with their two children.
The four went to the pier, listened to
the music, watched the dancing and some
moving pictures and then journeyed to
the far end of the pier, which was dimly
lighted.
When Alice and Orvis started back she
called to her sister, and Jane started to
follow her. Then, she afterward said,
William grabbed Jane by the arm and
pulled her back. Jane shouted, He won't
let me gor' Alice thought they were hav-
ing a good-natured struggle and went on
home with Orvis. That was the last she
saw of her sister alive.
When Jane did not return home her
mother, who had been suspicious of Will
liam Seylers attentions, dressed and went
to his home at 2314 Baltic avenue. She
demanded to know where Jane was. Sey-
Ter said he left her at the pier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23
turned whenever a government official

turned whenever government official
was seen to approach.
Splitter said that an electric light
had been used in the scale houses Tor
many years, but that he made change
in the signal system by installing red
lights. In reply to an Interrogation OF
the prosecutor If he had ever reported
the weighing frauds to any one, Splitter
replied that he had informed a man
named Leroy. who worked in the Wall
street office Of the sugar trust.
Splitter told OF conversations he had
had with former Cashier James F.
Bendernagel and eNSuperintendent
Frank Gerbracht two of the defend
ants The witness said that when he
wanted to raise any Of the checkers
wages he was obliged to put the mat
ter before Bendernagel and Gerbracht.
He also confirmed the testimony OF
other witnesses that the. checkers OF
the government weighers were favor
ed over those of the city weighers in
the matter of wages. He said every
effort possible was made to conceal
this from the other workers on the
dock