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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
CASE FOR W|CKERSHAM
EXCESS FARE COMPLAINT RE-
FERRED TO HIM.
May Start Quo Warrarto Proceed.
ings Against Washington-Bal-
timore Line.

Corporation Counsel Thomas has
given as an opinion to the Commission
ers that any one WHO believes the
Electric Railway Company is getting
too many fares within the District line
should take his troubles to Attorney
General Wickersham. Mr.. Thomas says
that the Attorney General is the only
man who can start proceedings to find
out whether the company is charging
too much money for carrying passen-
gers from the District line to the Treas
ury.
The matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the Commissioners by Henry T..
West chairman of the District electric
railroad commission. He sent letter
transmitting one. from j. G.. Deaver. 526
9th street northwest. complaining that he
Is charged 10 cents from the treasury to
the District line, and asking whether 1t
is right.
Corporation Counsel Thomas opinion Is
as follows:
The act authorizing the extension
easterly of the Columbia railroad pro-
vides:
That only one fare for a continuous
ride over the route described in the COM
pany's charter and over the extensions
hereby authorized or any part thereof
shall be charged for each passenger.
This line is now part OF the wash
ington Railway and Electric system as
operated within this District. and no pen
atty is provided in section J. and i there
fore assume that the Commissioners have
proceeding contrary to the terms of its
charter the Attorney General may pro-
coed by quo warranto Or otherwise
against the company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
EMPLOYING PRINTERS GO
TO CHESAPEAKE BEACH

Employing printers, members of the
allied trades and their friends. three hun
dred strong. went to Chesapeake Beach
this afternoon for an outing. Chartered
cars for the use of the printers and MEM
bers Of the allied trades were attached
to the regular train leaving Chesapeake
Junction at o'clock. The party will
spend the afternoon in various amuse-
ments and will assemble for dinner at
$50 o'clock. Ii will board the regular
train leaving Chesapeake Beach at 8
o'clock.
The members of the committees in
charge OF the outing are as follows:
General comrlittee-Mark w Moore
jr.. chairamn: l.. NJ. Thayer, Charles F.
Crane, VIM. j. Brewer and c. r. Sud-
warth.
Finance committee-H. c. c. Stiles,
chairman: A. II. Everett. r. p. An
Eynon. Clarence L. Bright and Harry
Il. Darling.
Dinner committee-W. Seton Kent,
ers. Charles p. Hancock. j. r.. Ballou,
George II. Judd and L. G. Kelley.
Transportation committee w. B..
Shaw, chairman: Frank T. Parson,
George Gibson. Henry Brewood. Franc
+. Sherry. John G.. Hodges and VIII
liam =. Carpenter.
Clinton y. Brands is general secre-
tary TO all committees.
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TO TEST VALUE Of
AEROPLANES IN WAR
MarkSman Will Shoot From
Sky and Imitation Bombs
Will Be Dropped.

BOSTON. September 1O.-The practical
use OF aeroplanes as instruments of war
was to be further demonstrated today
at the Boston Harvard aviation meet at
Atlantic. Riding as a passenger with
Charles f. Willard in his Curtiss biplane.
capt. J. c. Sickel. L. s. A., planned to
take rifle shots at targets on the field
while the machine was in motion 300
feet In the air. Capt. Sickel is one of
the foremost sharpshooters i'm the coun-
try.
The power and possibilities of the Cur
tiss-Burgess biplane were to be tested
today by Glenn ". CurtiSs, the first pro-
fessional aviator to try out the machine.
Curtiss has become interested i'm the hi
plane. and announced that he would give
IL hard test.
The sky was clear blue AT dawn today
and n fcur-mile breeze from the north
was blowing across the field. Early in
the day spectators began to arrive and
record breaking crowd was expected to
witness tOday's flights.
special bomb-dropping contest will
be arranged for the last days Of the meet
The missiles will be fresh eggs instead
of plaster Of paris bombs, and they will
be dropped from an elevation of not less
than 1880 feet. Two trophies have been
offered for this contest. The first Is
cup. known as the City of Boston trophy,
presented by Mayor Fitzgerald OF Boston.
Another cup. presented by John Hays
Hammond. and known as the John Hays
Hammond trophy. is the second prize.
Each aviator will be allowed three eggs.
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death At END Of ROPE
MILITARY CONVICT'S SUICIDE
AT HOSPITAL FOR INSANE.
Makes Halter of Sheets and Hangs
Himself-Served in Army
in Philippines.

Edward Bernard, a soldier-convict thir-
ty-two years OF age. committed suicide
early this morning by hanging himself
in his room at the Government Hospi-
tai for the Insane.
Bernard, who was confined in the mill
tary convict ward known as Howard Hall
was seen to be asleep in his room by a
guard early this morning during his
rounds. About q O'Clock Walter Green
an attendant, was passing Bcrnard's room
when he discovered the man hanging by
his neck from an iron guard across the
window. Green summoned assistance. and
the body was cut down. Bernard was
dead. Deputy Coroner White was mott
fed. and, after making investigation. gave
a certificate Of death by suicide.
Rope Made Of Sheets.
The insane man had torn his bed sheets
into strips and. made a rope of them
One end Of the improvised rope he tied
about the iron grating over his window.
Standing on the side of his cot, II is be-
lie~ed, Bernard placed the other end
about his neck. and then jumped toward
the floor. He is thought to have died
within short time.
Bernard was taken to the Government
Hospital for the Insane. last June, hav-
ing been brought from the Philippine Is
lands, where he was serving a term in a
prison there for some crime which he is
said to have committed while on the is
lands. During his confinement he became
insane and was removed to the United
States.
1t was stated at the hospital that Ber-
nard had told the officials there he for
merly resided I'm Massachusetts, before en-
tering the army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
PLANS TO STOP NEPOTISM.
Candidates for Civil Service Must
Make Family Declaration.

The civil service commission is de-
termined to enforce the law which pro-
vides that not more than two members
of the same family shall be appointed
to the classified service Of the civil
government. The commissioners have
discovered that this prohibition Is be-
ing violated and they have addressed
a letter to all the government depart
ments and independent Offices in the
District Of Columbia, asking the CO.
operation Of the officials in putting an
end 10 the violation OF the law.
The commission asks that the officials
OF the departments and independent
Offices shall compel all appointees to
make a. declaration in regard TO the
number of appointments in the govern
ment service held by the members of
their families before taking the oath
Of office.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued
TO the following:
George A. Wade. jr.. and Hattie NJ
Selby. both of PorA Tobacco, Md.
James p. Murphy and Josephine
Emerson. both of Boston. Mass.
Allen Barber and Bertha Smith
Charles L. Hallisy and Mary r. Tay-
lor.
Leffee B. Wolfe and Dora b. Jamison,
Doth of Newcastle, Va.
James Bell and Martha Martins.
George Hall and Josephine Fenton.
Hiram Gurvitz and Lottie Cotton,
Roy L. J. Newhouser and Mary NJ.
Phillips.
Theodore L. Mullican and Bessie T..
Daley.
John X. McIver and Melissa NJ.
Zargers.
James o. Henderson and Ella v.
Hamilton.
Paul Mehargne OF this city and Jen-
ME r. Ruby Of Harrisburg. Pa.
Francis c. Federiine and d. NJ. Fish
er. both Of Laurel, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
From the Spectator.

From the SptctdtUr.
In view of the forthcoming centenary OF
Charles Dickens. scheme has been put
forward by the Strand Magazine to raise
funds for the benefit of his grandchildren.
some OF whom are I'm straitened cir
cumstances. 1t is suggested that pos
SCISSORS of copies of Dickens works-the
total number extant Is estimated at -.
OOO OOO-should purchase a specially de-
signed penny stamp to afflx to each vol
urne II only a quarter of the copies i'm
circulation bore such a stamp a handsome
sum would be raised for the benefit of the
descendants of one OF the greatest of
benefactors. who. owing to the state OF
the law of copyright during his lifetime.
was prevented from securing to his heirs
more than an innnitesimal share OF the
profits earned by the sale of his books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
TO INSPECT SITES.
Treasury Department Agents Detail.
ed for Special Work.

= Acting Secretary Charles ID. Hilles has
detailed agents OF the Treasury Depart
ment to visit cities for which new govern
ment buildings were provided at the last
session OF Congress. and TO inspect the
sites which have been offered In response
TO advertisements. William ID. Window
will visit Pennsylvania, New York and
the New England states. and Col. J. p.
Lew will visit the central western states
Mr.. Hilles will go to ST. Louis within
the next month and select a site for a
new subtreasury.
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Family Food Problem.
-om the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
How much does it take to feed three
boys and two girls when served from
a lunch basket on train? An Atchi.
son woman figured and figured. ano
decided that thirty ham sandwiches
twenty bread and butter sandwiches
forty cookies. two glasses of jelly, two
dozen deviled eggs, four-layer cake
and three pies would be enough. She
started with the five children at 8 in
the morning: by that afternoon not
crumb was left: by two of the
boys looked gaunt and pale. and at 6,
when she reached her destination, two
Of the children had starved to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-fouP
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermomet 3, A pm.
81; S S.m., IS: II midnight. CO. Sep
tember 10. 4 am, SO: S am, So: IL
noon, IS. pm, 30. Eaximum, Sc, at
pm. September .: minimum, 55. at
am. September 10.
Barometer-4 pm. $3.50; pm. 80:
IL midnight, zoos. am, 30.1s: am.
3O.22; noon, 1921; ? pm, 30.21
Maximum temperature past twenty.
four hours, SC; a year ago, Sc.
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Fend Off Cholera, Here
Danger Is Not Serious

All reasonable precautions are being
taken by government authorities in this
country to prevent the introduction OF
cholera infection that is now epidemic in
Europe. Three surgeons of the Marine
Hospital and public health service have
been detailed to look over the situation
on the ground, and they will see that the
Treasury regulations are enforced at the
various ports whence emigrants depart
! for the United States
Assistant Surgeon General Pettus, who
II now on leave Of absence i'm England.
has cut short his vacation and has gone
to southampton and Plymouth. Assist
ant Surgeon III. r. Carter has sailed for
EUROPE; and will investigate conditions in
Germany, Russia and Italy, while Sur
geon Geddings has been ordered to Mar
settles and Genoa for the same duty.
In Charge Of Treasury.
The Treasury Department has charge
Of such situations, and it's regulations pre-
scribe that where emigrants come from a
cholera-infected district they shall be de-
tanned at the port of departure for five
days TO give the infection a chance to de-
velop. which it will do in that time if II
10 going 10. Their baggage is fumigated.
ana they are then allowed to proceed
The duty of the Marine Hospital surgeons
10 principally TO look over the ground
and see what the infected regions really
are. and 10 see that the consular officers
carry out the regulations respecting the
detention and observation OF departing
passengers
- IL may be said for the soothing of
nervous people on the authority of the
government medical officials that there Is
little likelihood OF cholera gaining an
entrance to this country or of spreading
IL II should get in Cholera is no longer
a mysterious disease as il was In the
old days. Then pestilence would start
In Asia and stalk through Europe. There
was a saying at that time that IL travel
ed three miles day. and that was really
about the speed at which IL spread Ii
was not understood and the infection was
supposed TO be In the air. There was
almost an unlimited field for romance in
the great epidemic and the material was
utilized artistically in The Wandering
Jew and similar tragic romances.
Its Mysteries Solved.
For a number OF years it has been
known that cholera was purely a germ
disease and that II could only gain ac-
cess TO the system through eating and
drinking. The facts that were suspected
we're abundantly proven in the great
Hamburg epidemic of 1892 and physicians
and investigators who vigorously boiled
their drinking water and ate only cooked
food lived unframed in the midst of the
infection.
The facts then established were mt
into practice all over the world and whar
promised 10 be a big epidemic i'm Egypt
was stamped out by such methods short
~ afterward In spite OF the fact that the
population was ignorant and unruly.
With the population of the United
States cholera epidemic is not regard
ed as likely TO get started, and. il II
should. il probably would be easily con-
trolled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

George Lohr aged eighty-ive years. a
farmer and Confederate veteran, was
found dead In a field near his home north
of Timberville. Rockingham county, Va,
Wednesday. He had never been sick q
day in his life. 1t Is supposed that he
was overcome by the heat.
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Demagogues Incite Opposition.

Reactionary demagogues in many parts
of southern Russia incite the population
against the medical attendants and the
Jews, declaring them to be agents Of the
plague The Governor of yekaterinosiav
fined the editor of Black Hundred news
paper 800 for circulating such reports.
DRESDEN. Saxony, September TO-
Two cases Of cholera at Heidenau, near
Ptrna, were reported today.
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.F|FTY-S|X SHOOTERS
IN CHAMPION MATCH

SEAGIRT, N. j., September 1O.-Fifty-
six men competed in the Seagirt cham
pionship match today for medal pre-
scented by Gov. John Franklin Fort of
New Jersey. 1t was shot at 200, GOO, 800
and 1000 yards. At the end of the 200
stage the twelve leading competitors
stood as follows:
Sergt. Snellen. New Jersey, Al; Capt.
Benedict. Ohio. A; Lieut.. Hodges, In
fantry; Lieut.. Camp, Infantry. and Lieut..
Steevers, Infantry, each. 43: Maj. Price.
New Jersey; Lieut.. Col. Tewers, New
Jersey; Capt. Wise. Massachusetts. Lieut.
Brant. L. S. A.: w. Hudson. New York;
Capt Kemp. New York. and w. L.
Reynolds. New Jersey, each A..
Lieut.. Col. Young's Score.
Lieut.. Col. G. b. Young Of the District
of Columbia, at the 2OO-yard stage, made
score Of 80 out of a possible 80.
At the end of the 600-yard stage the
ten leading competitors stood as fol-
lows:
Shaw, L.. 5. A.; Capt. Kemp, New York,
and Lieut. Hodges, Y. :. a., 30; w r.
Reynolds New Jersey, and Maj. Price,
New Jersey. 50; Lieut.. Rittenhouse. u.
$. A.; Sergt. Stedie. T.. S. Infantry, and
Sergt Sayer, L. 5. Infantry, IS: Lieut..
Dixon, u. $ A.. 81.
At the end of the 9OO-yard stage the
leading contestants had made the follow
ing total scores:
Capt Kemp. New York, 139; Lieut.
Shaw. L. 5. Infantry, 1873: Sergt. Sayer,
u. :. Infantry; Lieut.. Hedges, u. y. In
fantry: Lieut.. Col. Tewes. New Jersey.
and Maj. Price. New Jersey. 136; Corp.
Rolf. u. S. A.: J. w. Hessian, Con-
necticut, 49,; sergt stedie. L. S. A.;
Lieut.. Rittenhouse, United States 1nfan-
try, 134.
The Dryden Trophy Match.
The Dryden trophy match. shot yester-
day, the 1.OOO-yard stage completing it
yesterday afternoon. was splendidly
contested match throughout. When the
five teams finished the 2OO-yard stage
there was a difference of only ten
points between the leader. the United
States Infantry team, and the lowest
team at that range, New York, the
scores of each being 354 and 344 re-
spectively.
Both of the regular teams did some
fine work at 800 yards. and New York
was not behind them much. When the
line up was made. after the GOO-yarj
stage of the match, II was found that
New Jersey had dropped from third to
fifth place, the District OF Columbia went
from second to fourth place. while the
cavalry got place better. landing In
third. The United States Infantry
maintained its lead by eight points, q
decided advantage with which to go to
the hanger range.
Maintaining its lead at the 1,OOO-yard
range the United States Infantry won
the match with total score OF 1865
points out of a possible Loo The other
teams stood as follows: Second, New
York. 1.OIU; third, District of Columbia,
l,O5S; fourth. New Jersey, 1,O5l; fifth,
United States Cavalry, 1,O51.
The full score of the District of CO.
lumbia team was:
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Sylvester Scott Morgan died at Frede-
rick. Nd. of paralysis. He was s;xty-two
years old and had been in the employ
Of the Northern Central railway for
twenty-five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

w. W. Ludlow, chief clerk of the Treas
ury Department since 1875. when he was
appointed by Secretary Shaw. resigned
that place today and was transferred &c
a vacant position in the division of print
ing and stationery at salary OF Si.SH
a year. Tho post of chief clerk pays
so,5Oc James J.. Wiimeth, an accountant
I'm the office Of the controller of the Treas
ury. has been designated as acting chiei
clerk
A statement issued from the office 81
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Hilles
today sets forth that Mr.. Ludlow relin-
quished the duties OF chief clerk and was
transferred to the lower position ION hi:
own application" making no mention OF
any friction that may have led 10 the
shift. The official statment of the demo
ton of Mr. Ludlow sets forth that "or
two previous occasions he applied TO bt
relieved of the onerous duties of chief
oil
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Cavalry Not Visible.

The cavalrymen. leading their horses
through the morning mist, were invisible.
but the animals could be plainly discerned
as a detachment passed the gray hillside
i'm the half light, and disappeared
Field cooking wagons. each with two
compartments aolding ninety quarts of
soup and sixty quarts OF coffee, were sta
toned near the firing line, and at these
the troops were frequently refreshed dur
ing the action. The emperor moved from
place to place during a portion OF one
day. and tasted the soup prepared for his
soldiers. The commanders of both armies
reported officially that they We're greatly
assisted the first day OF the mimic
warfare by the observations made by the
crews of the dirigible balloons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

Office, later was detailed to the printing
division of the State Department, and
subsequently was transferred to the divi-
sion of printing and stationery in the
Treasury Department. He was appointed
private secretary to Assistant Secretary
Keep in 1897, and in May, 1893. Secretary
Shaw appointed him chief clerk.
Ii is of interest that three of. Mr.. Lud-
lows predecessors as chief clerk are en-
ployed i'm the Treasury Department.
namely Messrs. kimbail. now at the head
of the life-saying service: Swasey. in the
office of the auditor for the Treasury. and
Bracket in the internal revenue bureau.
Mr.. Wilmeth, who has been designated
as acting chief clerk. entered the govern
ment service from Arkansas in 1895. after
a civil service examination, as clerk in
the Office of the auditor for the Post Of
flee Department. He is a native or Che
walla, Tenn, and is forty years of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Delay Is Inexcusable.

No plea should be entertained for a mo-
ment that would delay the putting to an
end the reign OF lawless violence.
1T is not merely your duty, but your
right. you people OF Columbus, YOU peo-
pie of Ohio. TO insist on knowing all the
facts that led up to and brought on this
strike, and pass judgment upon it,.
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DEATH LIST GROWS
Nearly $4,000 Victims of ChoI-
era in Russia.
TOTAL OF 170,363 CASES
Slight But Steady Abatement Re-
ported by Sanitary Bureau.
CONDITIONS IN THE VILLAGES
Mortality Greatest There Through
Peasants Hostility to the Ply
sicians and Nurses.
TOTAL OF 170,363 CASES
CONDITIONS IN THE VILLAGES

ST. PETERSBURG. September 10
The cholera epidemic continues TO claim
thousands OF victims, but encourage
ment is found in the report of the SAM
tsry bureau, which of late have shown q
steady falling of in the total of cases.
During the week of August % to sep
tenber , there were $50 new cases,
with i,fNJ deaths, against 5.659 new
cases and 1880 deaths in the week pre-
vious. The total Of the season Is no.
S.ri cases and 81, tG6 deaths.
The figures for the week ending last
Saturday show deaths in the stricken
provinces as follows: Kiev, 219; Yeka-
tcrinoslav :i2s: Kursk, 152; Voronezh
IA: Don Cossacks. IA: Sarato. 2o1: Sa-
mara. ga. Simbirsk. 1l6; kazan. 81;
Tamhov. aua; kuban, III: Stavropol, VI;
DaEheStan. los. and these deaths in the
cities Of trans Caucasus: Kutais. 81; TIL
lis 81; karS - and Eriyan, 81.