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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25

Investigating Committee Ad-
journs to ReassembIe in
Minneapolis September 5.

The Be llinger Pinchot investigating
committee met this morning and adjourn
ed to meet In Minneapolis September g.
when an effort will be made to agree
upon a report.
The report will be made public as
soon as agreed upon. This decision
was reached after a full and free dis
cussion among the members of the
committee. both republicans and demo-
Gratis. 1t was agreed that IL would not
be convenient for the members to as
semble again before September, and
Minneapolis was decided upon as q
meeting place most accessible to all the
members.
Senator Root will return from Europe
before the date set for the meeting, and
all twelve members are expected to be
present.
Several days ago Representative Mccall.
one of the republican members, intro
duced a resolution in the House TO au-
thorize the committee to make public Ats
report during the recess of Congress. The
and has not been acted upon. This mat
ter was under discussion by the investi-
eating committee this morning, and IL
was decided that the committee was en-
powered by the resolution under which
the inquiry was held TO make public its
report at its pleasure.
AS the committees findings will be
the report may have some bearing on
the political contest to be waged be.
tween the two leading parties for con.
troll of the next House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
WAY TO Facilitate
DISTRICT LEGISLATION
Chamber of Commerce Committee to
Discuss Means to Get
Action.

Congress failure to enact into law Q
number of measures for the government
of the District of Columbia has caused
much criticism on the part Of citizens OF
Washington.
A. Leftwich Sinclair. chairman OF the
law and order committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. told a reporter for The
Star today that he would call a meeting
of his committee at an early date and
propose to II that some plan be devised
whereby legislation for the good OF the
District might be more expeditiously put
through Congress.
Mr.. Sinclair said that several plans had
been suggested already by which the eiti-
sens Of Washington might have their In
terests more carefully attended to by Con-
gress, one OF which was the election Of .
delegate or delegates TO the national body
whose duty II would be to see that mat
tiers relating to the District were not side
tracked as they had been In the present
session Of Congress.
ut will probably end IN my appointing
q subcommittee of the COMMITTEES on law
and order to take UP the matter and make
Q thorough investigation, and. II possible.
to frame q plan and make Q report on II
to the chamber later" said Mr.. Sincieir.
No date has yet been set for the commit
tee meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
TO RECLAIM THE MAYNARD.
Purpose of the Recently Organized
Boy Scouts of America.

NEW York;, June 25.-The. Boy
Scouts Of America came formally before
the public last night at meeting In
the auditorium OF the West Side Y. M.
c. A.. addressed by Ernest Thompson
Seton, prominently identified with the
movement; Dan Beard. the illustrator
and writer, and Jacob Riis. The aim
of the organizers is to make useful
citizens of hayward boys by interesting
them in healthy, outdoor sports, with
the military idea. SO appealing to all
boys, kept we'll to the front.
Boys are naturally bad" said Jacob
Riis.a Il was a bad boy myself. But
often the bad boys turn out in the end
to be the best men,"
Mr.. Seton said that headquarters had
been established. and manual COM
piled, modelled after the manual in use
in England. where the movement has
made much Roadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
ATE THE CATS MEAL.
Two Detroit Residents Poisoned by
Meat intended for Tahhv

DETROIT, Mich, June 25.-George S.
a Detroit accident insurance
solicitor, came home early yesterday to
poison the cat. Stopping at a market
and drug store, he bought a supply
of meat and arsenic. Mrs. Harrington
was not at home when Harrington ar
rived, and he decided. under such ad-
vantageous circumstances, to ex-
terminate all the cats in the neighbor-
hood. Mixing the meat and arsenic,
he placed them on the kitchen table
and went in quest of felines.
While he was absent Mrs. Harrington
arrived and hurriedly prepared supper.
She used the poisoned meat.
Doctors hold out slight hope for the
recovery OF either Harrington or his wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
Wife Does Not Believe Ferdor
Jumped Overheard.
THINKS NOTE Is A BLIND
Left It In Straw Hat On Jersey
City Ferry.
THREATENED TO END LIFT
Was Son-in-Law Of Wireless Vics
President Bogert, Who L.
Under Indictment.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Harvey ID. Fer
don Of 11os Walnut street, Philadelphia
committed suicide by jumping from the
ferry boat Cincinnati of the Desbrosses
street line today
The body has not been recovered.
A straw hat with a note in II wa
found on the deck. The note was ad
dressed to II. III. Ferdon, a brother Of the
suicide. at West Anderson street, hack
ensack, n. J. II requested that the
brother be notified, and also that wore
be sent to the American National Bank
New York city.
Ferdon WIS employed yy the firm Of
John Beach & Co, electrical contractors
of :04-2o6 North 4th street. Philadelphia
Wife Is skeptical.
Mrs. Alice Ferdon. wife of Harvey u
Ferdon. does not believe that her hus-
band ended his life. but, on the contrary
thinks he has eloped.
Ferdon disappeared from his apartment
at HOS Walnut street here during tn,
night. Ferdon talked with his wife las
night. she said. out she did not take ths
conversation seriously. he got into be:
a little later. When she was awakeneo
this morning his place was vacant, anc
on the desk In the room was the follow
"Good-bye. Alice: 1 am going to END i,
all by the way of the unprovocated law.
We have had coed many good times
together; you know that. Now comes
the end of the misery. Here is my COLO
watch and chain, which yCu SHAH give
to Kenneth. 1t is the only thing I pos
sess in this world. Don't worry, and good
bye. II. ID. FERDOE."
The missing man lived with his wife
~ hi, I'll
neht, I'm a handsome suite at the MARI
borough apartment. The hey is away Oh
a camping trip at Harrington. n. j.
Daughter Of Wireless officiai.
Mrs. Ferdon is a daughter of Samus
s. Bogert of New York vice president OF
the United Wireless Telegraph Company
who. with other officials ofthe company.
is under indictment for alleged misuse
of the mails. He did not approve of hi.
son-in-iaw, and advised his daughter 70
get q divorce, il is said.
Mrs. Ferdon said today that sshe and
her husband attended a social affair last
night. He seemed cheerful enough bu,
when they were in their room he spoke
Of ending his life. She thought he was
joking and turned the conversation 10
another channel. A few minutes latter
she went to bed, leaving her husband
writing at a desk. When che awoke this
morning Ferdon was gone.
Mrs. Ferdon said the note made her
uneasy, but that she didn't believe her
husband committed suicide. She said she
was afraid he had gone away with an
other woman, and that the hat and note
were left as a blind. She declared she
knew Of her husbands associations With
another woman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
A Robin and Its Home.
From the Scotsman


A correspondent whose home is an AYR
shire rectory gives some interesting par
ticulars Of robin which made a tempo
rary home in an ivy plant at the entrance
10 the house. Visitors to the house had
10 pass within a few feet of his perch,
Dut he took little or no notice. Next
winter he returned to his old quarters
He arrived In December and left about
the beginning of March.
He did not come this winter says the
writer, IN spite OF hard weather, though
he was frequently seen in the church
and hall when doors and windows were
opened on fine days. Last week, when
the frost was at its keenest, I was re-
turning home one evening at sunset. and
on approaching the front door Of the
rectory q robin nuttered down toward me
and then perched on the church porch q
tsw yards away. purposely left the
'front.' door open. and on returning q
little later great was my JOY to find that
robin had come back to u.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
Hamline Epworth League Holds Elk
ercises Tomorrow Night.

The officers Of the Hamline Epworth
League, who we're recently elected will
be installed tomorrow evening. Rev.
Charles f. Guthrie. pastor OF Hamline
Church will participate Jun the service.
The list Of those to be installed i'm
cludes: President, William l.. Evans
first vice president. William NJ. Caven-
der: second vice president. Miss s.
Annie Tichenor: third vice president,
Mrs. Flora NJ. LETTERS: fourth vice presi-
dent. Miss Bessie NICK. Harrison; Sec
Rotary, Ralph W. Benton; treasurer,
Mrs. Imogene Moore; chorister, Herbert
I. Halter, and pianist. Miss sadts =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
Bona Eide Circulation of The Evening
and Sunday Star.

Saturday. June IS, 1910. ..52,43s
Sunday. June 10. 1910. :. .43,yeO
Monday. June 20, 1910. :. .5O,Do5
Tuesday. June Fl, 1910. :. .5l,207
Wednesday,. June %, 1910. 81, OSo
Thursday. June %, 1910. 5O,0e8
Friday. June "a, 1910. 5O,007
l solemniy swear that the above
statement represents only the
number of copies OF THE EVEN
ING and SUNDAY STAR circu-
lated during the seven days ended
June "a. 1910 that is. the
number Of copies actually sold,
delivered. furnished or mailed, for
valuable consideration, to bona
fide purchasers or subscribers
and that the copies SO counted are
not returnable to or do not remain
in the ONCE unsold, except in the
case of papers sent to out-of-
town agents only, from whom a
few returns of unsold papers have
not yet been received.
J. WHIT. HEBRON.
Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper
Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this twenty-fifth day Of
June, A. d. 1910.
w. SPENCER ARMSTRONG,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
TENNIS CABINET MEETS.
GARFIELD AND PINCHOT OYS-
TER BAY VISITORS.
Care Taken to Keep News Of Con.
ference Away From the News
paper Men.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y. June 25.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt held a long talk yester-
day with James r. Garfield, his Secretary
of the Interior, and clifford Pinchot, the
chief forester, whom President Taft de-
posed. But what they said and what
bearing. If any. their talk had on the ma
tional political situation is known only to
themselves. Every precaution was taken
to keep the news a profound secret.
That the three men talked politics is
conjectured here, but this conjecture is
supported by but one bit of f1insy cir
curnstance. 1t Is this: just as the two
visitors were about to leave, Col hoose-
welt excused himself from other guests
and conferred for some time privately
with Messrs. Pinchot and Garfield.
Oyster Bay Worked Up.
Oyster Bay, which is somewhat self
conscious politically, took no end of an
terest in the visit of Messrs. Garfield and
Pinchot. and yesterday afternoon the
Oyster Bay Pilot appeared with an edi-
torial utterAnce to the effect that Roose-
welt, Pinchot and Garfield were very busy
forming a new national party.
Mr.. Garfield and Mr.. Pinchot, who on
their arrival refused to discuss the sub
ject of their visit, were as elusive az
ever when they left town at $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Medill Mccormick
Of the Chicago Tribune, who came down
from New. York In q big touring car,
took them back with him. AS they
passed through the village they took care
to dodge interviewers. The car scooted
through the town like a scared rabbit.
Day Of Entertainment.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent the day in enter
tanning his guests. Besides Messrs. Gar
field, Pinchot and Mccormick, he had
with him "Jack'' Greenway OF Coleraine,
Mimi: Capt. Edward Boreig OF Califor.
MIA, William McGinty OF Ripley, Okla
Edward e. Emer4on of Boston-all old
Rough Rider cufnraAes-Leslie Tarlton
and Claude Triton. Englishment who or
ganized his African expedition; Francis
j. Heney, the San Francisco graft pres
ecutor, and Mrs. Heney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
CaneIejas Refuses to Revoke
imperial Decree.
CATHOLICS THREATEN WAR
Premier Proposes to Appeal to Court
to Preserve Order.
ALFONSO HELD TO PROMISES
Ministry Counteracts Influences
Brought to Bear on Throne
For Its Overthrow.

MADRID, June 25.-Premier Canalejas
declared today that IL negotiations be-
tween the Spanish government and the
Vatican over the revision of the Con-
cordat were broken on Rome would be
responsible.
The full text of the Vatican's re-
ply" he said, has not been received
yet We know from the telegraphic
summary that it does not constitute
a response to our note. but is confined
exclusively to a protest against the
imperial decree of June IL, and is there.
fore an invasion of the states sovereign.
ty, which is not toierable.
1.-THE church falsely accuses us of an
attack upon the Catholic religion. We
are simply defending the sovereignty of
the state.''
Courts to Suppress War.
Premier Canalejas added that il the
Catholics persist in threats of civil war
he would have recourse to the courts.
A dubious element in the situation is
the attitude of King Alfonso, upon whom
great influence is exercised to cause him
to overthrow the Canalejas ministry. At
the same time the premier IL holding the
monarch to a strict fulfilment OF the
promises which he says Alfonso made
when the present cabinet took ONCE.
Canalejas' religious reform policy has
aroused the bitter antagonism of the
Spanish episcopate and Of Catholic So
cieties throughout the country. At re-
cent meeting Of the Catholic Defense So
cieties 1t was announced that, before the
polieies outlined were permitted to be-
come law, Spain would undergo peril.
Gus crisis. as Catholics preferred civil
war to the laic school system.
Canalejas' Religious Program.
Upon the radical government assuming
power Canalejas announced that he would
further the program Of religious freedom
mapped out by the preceding ministry.
This included a revision of the concorda'
and the compelling of unauthorized re-
iigious orders to seek authorization under
the law adopted In 1857.
The establishments Of some religious
orders not complying with the terms
OF this law have been since closed by
the government.
An imperial decree of June IL permit
ted non-Catholic religious edifices to
display the insignia for public worship
The Vatican protested on the ground
that the status quo should be con-
tinued until the revision OF the con-
cordat had been completed.
Canaletas replied that IL the issue OF
the decree was coupled with the re-
vision negotiations the latter would be
broken of. The Vatican remained firm
in it's attitude that the subject of the
decree must be first disposed OF.
Following a cabinet meeting yesterday
Canalejas announced that the papal pro-
test against the decree would be ignored
and the governments program as an
nounced carried out.
semi-ofIicial announcement. however,
indicates that the government, desiring
an amicable settlement OF the contro-
yersy, will give the Vatican an oppor-
tunity to modify its attitude in the mat
ter Of it's protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
Big Gift to Railway Mems Home:

CHICAGO. Ill. June 2S.--A gift of
100000 to the new home for aged and
disabled railroad employees, at Highland
Park. north shore suburb, was
announced yesterday. The donor is
Hamilton Carhsrt Of Detroit. manu-
facturer. who says that railroad men
have helped to make him. wealthy. and
he wishes to show his appreciation. The
new home was dedicated in April, and
has accommodations for about 100. Mr.
Carharts gift viii clear it Of indebted
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
APPROPR|AT|NG. FOR
FOUR BIG BUILDINGS
Deficiency Conferees Provide
for Projects Authorized in
Another Measure.

Conferees on the general deficiency APP
preparation bill have made provision for
the beginning of the work Of making
plans for four new public buildings au-
thorized by the omnibus public buildings
bfll-the post ONCE and the buildings for
the departments OF State, Justice and
Commerce and Labor.
The public buildings bill authorized the
letting of contracts for the construction
OF three-milion-dollar post office build
ing for the District and provided that
S10OG0 should be available in the next
fiscal year. There was also authorization
In the public buildings bill for the draw
ing OF plans for the three new depart
mental buildings and 100000 was au-
thorized to be available in the next fiscal
year. But the public buildings bill is
not an appropriation bill. and it was gen.
orally thought that no appropriations
would be made to carry out it's authori-
cations until the next session of Con-
gress.
Two Projects Provided For.
Only two Of the projects in the big
public buildings bill were provided for
With actual appropriations, and they were
the projects for the new post office and
departmental buildings. An amendment
to the general deficiency bill, agreed upon
In conference. appropriates $4,000 for
the preliminary work on the post Office
plans and $50, 600 for similar work on the
plans for the departmental buildings
The conference report on the general
dencfency bill was agreed to by the Sem
ate yesterday afternoon. but after the dis
closures by Senator Gore the bill was sent
hack to conference. A new report was
made to the Senate about noon today, and
1t was Immediately agreed to. When the
House accepts the report the appropria-
ton will be made for the preliminaries
FOR four new public buildings in the Ma
tfonal Capital.
The Sundry Civil Bill.
The final conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill was also
presented to the Senate and agreed to
this afternoon, and like action in the
House was expected at once.
The fight between the Senate and the
House as to whether supervision over
Investigations of structural materials
should be held by the bureau of stand
ards or the bureau of mines was de-
cided in favor of the bureau Of stand
ards. The Senate also agreed to
amend the new law creating bureau
OF mines SO that the specific clause
which gave IL jurisdiction over such
Investigations should be repealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
BATONN CASE DROPPED
DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST WIFE
DISCONTINUED.
Famous Whip" Was Ready in
Court, Acting as His Own
Lawyer.

NEWPORT. June 25.-The suit Of Aurel
.Batonyi against Mrs. Burke Roche. ].
Henry Work and others is ended. This
Is the suit by which the famous whip
sought to recover from his former wife
and the other defendants damages to the
amount of $4,000 for property which, he
alleged, they had converted three years
ago. when he was barred from Two Mile
Corner Farm, where he had been living
with his wife.
The suit was discontinue yesterday
without costs to either side. after Batonyi
had passed through a struggle as his
own counsel that left him very limp
Just why it has been discontinued and
under what terms may not be known, as
the disconttnuance was announced after
. conference Of two hours by Batonyi and
the lawyers for the defense in the Judges
chambers The announcement appeared
TO be keen disappointment to the throng
In the courtroom, especially TO many
finely gown society women who had an
ticipated keen enjoyment in listening to
the details revealed and in watching
Batonyi In the role CT lawyer
Like Real Lawyer.
Messrs- Nolan. Kochne and Work were
on hand to defend the case They
smiled, but vigorously opposed Batonyi
when he asked for a change of venue
Batonyi presented an affidayit to sue-
tain his motion. The court after read
Ing il declined to grant the motion.
The whip In true lawyer style noted
an exception to this and also to the
statement OF the court that the jurors
were waiting his convenience
Finally the court ordered the case to
proceed. The court aided the whip by
stating his case to the jury, naming all
Of the defendants.
Then Mr.. Work, one OF the defendants
who Is also one of the counsel for Mrs
Burke Roche, his cousin, stated the de-
lenses side. which was that Mrs Burke
Roche, as Mrs. Batonyi. paid for all OF
the property which the whip now claims,
including the racehorse named In his
complaint. Mr.. Work disciaimed all par
ticlpation In the action regarding the
property.
1t was at this point that the Judge
summoned Batonyi and the lawyers TO
q conference which ended in the Aiscon-
tinuance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
Record Trip by Submarines. J.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June 25.-
The submarine boats Grampus and Pike,
conveyed by the supply ship Justin and
the tug Fortune. arrived OF this port
last night from San Francisco. This
IL said to be the longest voyage ever
made by submarines under their own
power, excelling the record OF the
Viper on the Atlantic. The engines Of
the Grampus are said to be giving some
trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25

The examination Of the comets spectra
brings out the fact that while the head is
practically q continuous line of light,
though varied, the light OF theA tail lie
quite uniformly developed along three
bands. Such a phenomenon as this. it
was said at the institute, has been OBJ
served in the case Of the Daniels comet
and others, but nobody seemed able to
identify the bands. They were not hydro
carbon, hydrogen or cyanogen.
DIR. Fowler at the South kensington
Laboratory discovered that carbon mo-
noxide at a very low pressure and with
electrical discharges gave three charac-
teristic bands. These carbon monoxide
bands are the strong ones In the tail.
where one would expect tenuity and
where it is pretty certain that there are
electrical discharges.
The evidence is strong, therefore, in the
light of the photographs. that tine tail
Of Halley's comet was carbon monoxide.
acted upon by electricity. The head. on
the contrary. shows cyanogen very
strongly. hydrocarbon bands and re-
dected sunlight. The observations show
that the head and tail are very unlike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
Rivers and Harb0rs Bill
Analysed by President

criticising the rivers and harbors bill Is
as follows:
sentatives:
II have approved the bill H. r. co6S6.
entitled. An act making appropriations
for the construction. repair and preserva-
ton of certain public works on rivers and
harbors. and for other purposes and,
while ! have signed the bill. I venture to
submit a memorandum Of explanation
and comment.
Important Projects Covered.
The bill Is an important one and con-
tains many excellent feateees. It pro-