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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
TAFT AT bANQUETS
Addresses Police lieutenantS
and Cincinnati Society.
BUSY TIME IN new YORK
High Character Of Father of His
Country Dwelt On.
PRAISE FOR OFFICERS OF LAW
President, at Second Dinner, Says
Lawlessness Must Be
Suppressed.
BUSY TIME IN new YORK
PRAISE FOR OFFICERS OF LAW

NEW YORK. February G.-Sx hun
dred police lieutenants Of Greater New
York cheered President Taft last night
as he appeared smiling before them at
the Waldorf-Astorfa, late and almost
Informal arrival at the fourth annual
banquet. He had previously attended
and delivered an address before the So
cfety Of the Cincinnati in the state of
New Jersey. an aristocratic affair held
at the Hotel Plaza. Leaving there after
a speech which dwelt almost entirely with
the life of Washington, the President
made quick progress to the police gather
ing by auto.
Mayor Gaynor shared the honors with
Mr. Taft at the lieutenants' banquet and
there were present. besides the officers,
more than 300 men well known In politi-
cal, municipal and police affairs.
The dinner was held in the grand ball
room, but the Aston gallery was also call
ed into service. Many prominent women
looked on from the galleries and boxes.
Only Seventy-Two Present.
Only seventytwo persons, including the
President. were present at the Society of
the Cincinnati banquet. 1t was 50 ex-
elusive that the committee declined to
give out q list of guests or to furnish
reporters with the names OF the speak
ers or the menu.
Although the guest list was not made
known, there were present, besides MIR.
Taft. Capt. Archibald Butt, his military
aid; Gov. J. Franklin Fort of New Jer-
sey and United States Senators Briggs
and Kean of that state; Franklin MUIR
ply and John W. Griggs former govern
ors of New Jersey and others.
"a inf I,x-t he
president general of the society, Winslow
Warren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
FRATERS HEAR ADDRESSES.
Representative Campbell Gives His
tOrical Sketch.

''Diogenes was a member of the Sun
shine Club and DR.. Samuel Johnson be-
longed to the Down and Out Club de-
clared Representative Philip Campbell OF
Kansas, speaking on THE History Of the
Frat at the banquet of the Alpha
Sigma college fraternity at Rauscher's
last night. Continuing, the representative
said that once upon a time some one put
a pair of shoes at DR.. Johnsons bedroom
door while he was at college. and, while
it hurt his pride, the spirit Of his indomi.
table purpose never left him and he be.
came a giant OF literature.
Harry Covington of Maryland and r. H
Blocksley of Washington also made shor,
addresses. Mr.. BlOcksley spoke on the
chapter organization of Alpha Sigma In
the District. William HI. Hallam was the
postmaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
FOR AMERICAS cHRISTENER.
Saint Die Society Would Honor
Memory of Ringmann.

Cooperation of the government in hon
oring the memory of Matthias Ringmann,
who gave America it's name, is sought
by the Saint Die Society of New York.
Heinrich Charles. president OF the So
ciety, has written President Taft sug-
costing such cooperation. Mr. Charles
thinks the German poet who died in
StrasburS In the fall of 1911. should have
be ated tribute given his memory. MIR.
Charles writes Mr.. Taft:
Are the American people, as is alleged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
FALL WITH A SCAFFOLD
FIVE BRICKLAYERS HURT In
NEW OFFICE BUILDING.
Braces Pulled From Wall, Throwing
Men to Floor-None Is Sc
riously Injured.

Several bricklayers and their assistants,
who were working on the eght-story Of
flee building In course of construction at
635 F street northwest, were injured this
morning by being thrown from scaffold.
Four of the men were given treatment
at the Emergency Hospital.
Those treated at the hospital were Jesse
Preston twenty-one years old, 726 18th
street northwest; w. ii. Barry, thirty
eight years old, 1909 Marion street;
Fabius Howell, colored, twenty-seven
years old, 40 New Jersey avenue north
west, and John Bolton, colored, twenty
five years old, 1873 f street southeast.
Thomas Beall, sixty-five years old, sus-
tanned an injury to his hand and went
to his home. 2421 nth street northwest.
1t was stated at the hospital that none
of the men was seriously hurt. They
sustained bruises about their bodies, and
were suffering from shock, but all will be
able to leave the hospital before night.
The accident occurred about 30 O'Clock,
and those I'm the building feared whole
sale killing had occurred when they heard
the crash.
The scaffold upon which the men were
working was on the lower floor, and the
men fell only about seven or eight feet.
Braces Pulled From Wall.
The building is being constructed by
the Charles J. Cassidy Company. 1t was
stated by one of the men in charge
that the accident resulted from braces
being pulled from the wall and that the
scaffold did not break. When the scat
fold pulled from the wall the men slid
or were thrown to the floor.
Bolton was pinned to the floor by a
piece of timber, and 1t was at first feared
ne had been seriously hurt. He sustain
ed a painful injury to his arm and his
chin was slightly cut. Preston was
bruised about his side, while Barry sus-
tanned an injury to his back. Howell
hip was injured.
The police of the sixth precinct rem
dered what assistance they could. and
later notified the building Inspector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
Washington and Lincoln.

You have heard Of what Robert G.
Ingersoll said about Lincoln being a liv-
ing man to people to whom George Wash
ington was only a steel engraving.
cannot think that that comparison could
come to the mind of any one who had
read Washington's personal history. For
that brings him before ones eyes not
only as entitled to the deepest respect
and admiration, but attracting the warm
est affection.
He was not so brilliant as some OF
those who surrounded and co-operated
with him, yet he was one who stood head
Of his patriotism. his conquest of self
his persistency and a breadth OF con-
ception that exceeded the qualities Of all
the others. 1t was on his two terms In
the presidency that he brought out the
character that / like to contemplate.
Harder than all To bear was the dis
sension in his cabinet and the pOlitica
disaffection of the later years of his adj
ministratiOn. yet he maintained through
it all his progress along the line that he
had marked out for himself-making the
Union stronger, giving il a currency and
credit for the time of need, esta blishine
an army, and. above all, giving to the
central government an authority that en-
abled it. when it became necessary. to
suppress the whisky rebellion
Wave American Flags.
Truly remarkable was the reception
which the police lieutenants accorded the
President. When he first entered the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23

by foreigners, Indifferent and apathetic
to the most romantic and fascinating
episode of their history?
Matthias Ringmann. the genial poet.
charmed and moved by the music, meter
and melody and the glorious history and
suspicious meaning, Of the word Amerigo.
coined the name America in the
spring Of the year 1907, in the Vosgian
city of Saint Die He died i'm the flower
of youth. Four times 100 years have
come and gone without any acknowledge
ment whatsoever of his life's greatest
achievement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
Braces Pulled From Wall.

Favorable report. with amendments.
has been made blythe committee on COR
porations of the Maryland house on the
Dawkins bill fixing the rate of 121a per
cent of first-class fare for excess bag
gage. The one amendment of impor-
lance provides that this rate shall be
based on a fare of ) cents mile. and at
less than. that fare shall be increased
in proportion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
TWO SHOT BY NEGRO
Prominent Young Men Des-
perateIy Wounded.
FANCIED INSULT THE CAUSE
Angered Ruffian Empties Revolver
in Smoking Car.
VICTIMS TAKEN TO HOSPITALS
Friend of Wounded Men Dragged
From Moving Train While Try
ing to Hold Desperate.
,ICTIMs TAKEN TO HOSPITALS

NEW YORK. February 2;,-Harrison
Higbee and Leslie Lord, young men So
cially prominent in north New Jersey,
were wantonly shot down and probably
fatally wounded today by an Infatuated
negro in the smoking car of New Jer-
sey Central train, I'm which they were
riding to their homes I'm Newark.
Accompanying IIigbee and Lord were
Gale Young of New York and his cousin,
Roger Young. of Newark Soon after the
train left Jersey City the negro. who
was accompanied by another man Of his
race and mnIatto woman accused the
four young college men of making re-
marks about the woman. Lord was
about to reply, but Higbee told him to
keep quiet.
Don't you tell me to keep quiet
yelled the negro as he leaped to his
feet and drew a revolver; I'll quiet you,'
and he opened fire on the four young
men.
Bullet Penetrates Stomach.
The first bullet went through Lord
stomach and he dropped to the floor.
The second shot plowed into Higbee's
chest, and then Gale and Roger Young
leaped at the negro. But he continued
shooting. the shots causing a panic in
the car and passengers stampeded for
the doors or hid under seats.
Gale Young went down .under a blow
on the head, but Roger held on to the
man, who had emptied his pistol. and
who was SO powerful that he dragged
Roger Young with him to the platform.
Dragged From the Train
Young held on, however, and when the
negro leaped from the train while it was
making twenty miles an hour Roger
Young went with him. In striking the
embankment Young's grip on the negro
was broken and the desperate disap-
peared in the darkness. His companions
also leaped from the train and got away.
When the train was stopped the wound
ed men were taken to a hospital in Jersey
City. where it was said they probably
would die.
Roger Young was found back on the
track half mile, badly stunned, but not
seriously hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-23
Beautiful Women Present.

The annual Dixie dinner was notable
for the presence of many beautiful wom-
en-. Southern airs and negro melodies.
sung and played, aroused the spirit OF
Dixie land. The ballroom was decorated
with flags OF the southern states. The
guests were grouped at the tables i'm ac-
cordance with the state of which they
were formerly residents.
William J. McAdoO of Hudson tunnel
fame presided.
Among the guests We're the following
William G.. McAdoO, Robert Adamson
Mrs. Simon Baruch. Mrs Barron G.. Col
lier, Findlay l.. Douglas. Henry f. Dim
mock. William ID. Gaillard. John X. Ken
drick. Miss Christine Graves, Robert Lee
Hatch. Mr.. and Mrs. .. III. Hartman,
William r.. Holloway j. Il. Lanier. Col.
r. c. Morehead, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
c. Morris, Dick s. Ramsey. Lindsay Rus
sell. Henry Siegel. +. Hopkinson Smith,
Rhinelander Waldo, Bruce Rice, Judge
Charles F. Moore and Miss Charlotte
Walker.
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Only Seventy-Two Present.
Expresses His Thanks.

Il want TO express my sincere thanks
for being made an honorary member of
the Society of the Cincinnati" said Mr..
Taft. II am especially glad that l have
been taken in by the New Jersey Gin
cinati, for I come from Cincinnati.
which was settled under a patent from
New Jersey, and l haven't the slightest
doubt that the city where I was born
and dragged out sooty existence until
went to the Philippines-took its name
from this Society of the Cincinnati. Of
which now / am an honorary member.
Il intended to prepare what Gov. Griggs
here would call an grafton until l was
told that it wasn't necessary. And then
was reminded of the girl who asked
her mother when she went to dancing
school whether she would keep time with
the music or with the boys, adding that
the boys did not keep time to- the music
So 1 wondered whether I should keep
time with the boys, or with the music of
those orations. so many of which Gov
Griggs has delivered on these patriotic
occasions.
Il don't know any one so much en-
titled to come together on Washington
birthday and celebrate his real life and
real character as the members of the
society which he organized from among
the men to whom seven years experience
in war together, had made a companion
ship the most dear.
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hall they rose as body, waving Ameri-
can flags. In moment more the room
was filed with the shrill noise of their
Then the Star Spangled Banner was
sung and later America
The President said. in part:
Il have come to tell you tonight that
am with you. For we are engaged Ill
the same duty, that of preserving the
law and defending the rights of the peo-
pie and in obtaining a square deal for
all.
'Snce I was twenty-one / can hardly
remember time that l was not hold
ing Office, and the duties Of each have
imposed upon me the enforcement of the
law, and in enforcing the law ] have had
the police to uphold my hand
Compliments the Police.
He referred to his contact with the New
York police at campaign and other times,
and complimented them highly for their
efficiency.
And am not jollying you in this re-
spect." he said, because ! feel that l
myself am defending the cause of law
and order that you represent, and because
know that your history a police
force has shown that when 1t is neces-
sary for you to move forward TO sup
press lawless violence, you take your life
in your hands, you know no friends, no
favorites, but do your duty AS you see
II, and that is the principle that we have
got to maintain in this country or else
we might as well give up the business Of
government
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-18
HALLEY'S COMET
 DUE TONIGHT Weather Man Alciatore Tells Everybody to Be On Lookout For Wanderer.
LOOK TO THE WEST
II Will he the sight oi Lifetime VIII hc Briliiant .omor-
 TOW Morning.
TOW lioTAin.e!.

Little Rock. N8 1S.-G O'Clock A M0-Colleetions will be slow ta. day. Those who are batting it eff Vntil tomorrow to see fl they will rave to pay or not While seien- lists say there is nothing ill the tail of the comet which will affect the hu- man race, yet ,all are skeptieal to q greater or lesser degree and until
 o:lS tonight all Will be a bit on the anxious sGat. According to District Director Alciatore of the United states Weather Bureau the earth twill begin to pass through the tail of the comet tonight at 9:50 and for .S minutes the journey will be con 5inued. If nothing happens before l0:4S the people will then know they gre s.1fe through another impending catastrophe. District Director Mcia- tore East night predicted a clear and ceol day for today. with clear skies tonight. If his calculations are cor rect, all sorts of queer lights are eX- nected to be seen in the west Dis ulct Director Alciatore says it will be the sight of a life time if the sky is Gnly clear, though the queer western tights will be all that can he seen to show the earth is passing through the tail of the comet Tomorrow morn- ing as usual, the comet will appear in the Eastern sky, close to the sun and more brilliant than it has been at any time yet. Tomorrow night. soon af- ter sunset, the comet will be seen in the western sky, and continue to ap- ear there nightly dimishing rapidly in brilliancy until it finally disap- pears, to reappear again in about 75 years. There are many of the Hitter ate class in this city who actually fear destruction when the earth pas ses through the tail of the comet to- night District Director Alciatore as watched the course of the comet possibly more closely than anyone else in Arkansas, making study of the heavenly wanderer He says that the scientists of the Philippines will have the first choice of observa- tjons of the comet when it passes with it's tail about the earth. This part of the earth is so situated that the comet, if it is dense enough, will produce a total eclipse of the sun to- morrow. He says the Philippines have the best apparatus in the coun- try Tor such study and all records made by them will be the most con- l,lete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-18
LOCAL fLKS WANT
 THE CONVENTION Will Go After Stat Let ing at Great Gathering ill
 Little Rock Tomorrow.
0FfI CIAL P R c z. E. AM
tas Been Announced tA#'ta Ruler Nifhal Will ta>t Eota of
 Entire Lodge.
7 lniap. Eodoe

At the regolar meeting Of fIe mem 3etS of the Piuc Bluit Lodge ef Ffl5s. No. D, held last night. it WIS de- eided to go after the next State con Nehtion or E1l5s and the prospects for alhRlng the great gathering 10 this city in 1911 .1re very bright In- stead et namin delegates to represent the local lodge on the convention floor at th" Little Rock meeting to- morrow. the ledge instructed Exalted Ruler Currin N. Nichl 10 east the yote Of the lodge in all matters that come t"toro the convention
 \ committee, composed of \. w Lowe, Sterling Barrow and Ralph i'.irris was named to look after the badges, to be used at the capital, and let everyone know that Pine Bluff hlks are as live d bunch as they look and they are arraneing to pree- ent one of the most original badges To bo seen during the meeting. "Wjn~ d& Baker was appointed q committee of one to confer with the Iron Moun- tain flilread officials in an effort to secure an entire train crew of Elks. 10 handle the special train which will leave Union Station tomorrow morn- ing for the capital, carrying more than hundred Elks and their ladies to the big gathering.
 It is understood that Fort Smith and Hot Springs are also anxious to secure the next meeting of the E1ks and with Pine Bluff in the contest, the light for the next meeting gives pro- mise of being one of unusual interest. The Pine Bluff lodge will have the support of the members of many other lodges in the state and with larye delegation from this city 1t is gener- ally believed that the local boys will come away from the capital city with flying colors. All the Pine Bluff Elks will go to the capital in attrac- tive uniforms and will be acccompani- cd by band to enliven the trip.
 Arkansas Elkdom will be received and entertained at the capital in keep ing with the reputation both of the city of Little Rock and the order. Plans for the Elks reunion are con- I.lete and only the details are to be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-18
CHAPEL MAY BE
 GRAND CHANCfLLFR
Little Rock Correspondent Says He is Slated for Highest Honor to be Con- ferred at Grand Lodge Meeting of
 Pythians Here This Week.

Little Rock, May 16-Perry Chap rel, a leading insurance man of Pres colt, was in Little Rock today en route to Pine Bluff to attend the an nual state convention of Knights of Pythias. Mir. Chapel is now vice. grand chancellor of Arkansas and as it is customary to elevate the officials each year, he is due to become the grand chancellor of Arkansas at the Pine Bluff Meeting. Mr. Chapel will probably be the next superintend- ent of the Arkansas Reform School 9 majority of the penitentiary board, as it will be at the time of the next selection is made, having signified it's intention of voting for him for super intendent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-18
GRADUATES FROM
 HIGH SCHOOL Miss Elleine Harrison. Vale dlctorian, and Miss Dora Waterman, Salutatorian. ' X K E CIsEs MAY 3l Fifteen Young Ladies and six Young Men to Receive nipiomas-
 The Graduates,
!, | X K CIsEs MAY 3l

Fifteen sweet girl graduates and six young men, members of the 1910 graduating class of the Pine Bluff H=gh School, were notified yesterday that they would receive diplomas on the evening of May 31. at the annual commencement exercises in the High School auditorium. It is possible that three more members of the class will receive diplomas on this date as they have back work to complete, and 1t is not known yet as to whether they will be successful.
 The first honor of tie class fell to Miss Elleine Harrison, who will be Naledictorian. Miss Harrison is the daughter of J. J. Harrison. who is prominent in local typographical cir cles and foreman of the Graphic. She has record of being ene of the brightest young ladies in school and ill the Pine Cone of 1908 this honor is accorded her Miss Dora Water man, daughter of Col and Mrs. Gas Waterman, who received second hon. ors, salutatorian, was close second to Miss Harrison, the latter winning hy three-siXteenths of a point. The grade was one of the closest ever re- corded in the history of. the High School. Misses Bernice Thalheimer and Willie May Toney tied for the third honor of the class, that of es- sayist, as did Earl Woods and Levin Flournoy, for class orator. The third honor will be awarded this after noon at the school, when the two young ladies and the two young men will be given their essays to read and speak.
 The class as whole is one of the most promising that ever received d- plomas from the High School, and well may the parent feel proud of mem- Der of the 10 class. In the class is included some of the most popular PUpIlo Ol IIlc SCllOOl uIIQ diSO SOllle u the brightest.
 Among those who have earned the cherished diplomas are Misses Elleine Harrison. Dora Waterman Bernice Tfalheimer, Willie May Toney Ethel Schloss, Mary Carmical, Lucy Gresham Leinard Byrd. Annie Martin, Mildred Gwen, Grace Tankersley, Readma Dansby, Irene Crawford Jessie Eil- bolt and Hattie Halsey; Earl Woods, Levin Flournoy, Virginius Alexander, James Mcclellan, John Pierce and Cliff ford Foster.
 It is expected that Col. s. M. Tay Tor, president of the School Board will present the diplomas on the evening of tho commencement exercises. So far the faculty of the school has not decided as to whether the graduates will be allowed to receive flowers on the stage but the stage and auditor ium will be decorated for the occas- ion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-18
PYTH|ANS HAVE
 CAPTURED CITY Grand Lodge Delegates and "Dokeys" Royalty En-
 tertained Here.
F A BRILLIANT PARADE
Was a Feature Nesterday-Lively Discussion Over Grand Cham
 ce!Ior's Report.

With three hundred delegates and past chancellors in attendance, the thirtieth, and what is regarded as the most successful grand lodge meeting sas, convened here yesterday morn ing. The entire day was an event. ful one for the visitors, who are be- ing given a royal reception by the members of the local lodges. From the arrival of the special train from Little Rock early in the morning un- til late last night rarades and music have been features, while the grand lodge session was of unusual inter- est.
 The grand lodge was called to or der by Past Grand Chancellor J. w. Dollison, of Rector, who introduced Mayor w. L. Toney and City Attorney w. B. Sorrells, of this city, who well oomed the guests in eloquent speeches. Mayor Toney presented the Grand Chancellor with the prover- bial key to the city. MT. Sorrells spoke in behalf of the local Pythians. Responses were made by Past Grand Chancellors Jack Bernhardt, of Du- mas, and J. J. Doyne, of Conway. The savel was then turned over to Grand Chancellor w. A. Moore, of Junction x Cifv who Onenad tho brand 1od oe } 1groper. This announcement was fol- lowed by the conferring of the grand lodge rank on 150 past chancellors from various surbordinate lodges in Arkansas.
 The annual committee reports were received and adopted. Grand Chan cellor Moore in his report recom- mended that the district meetings be continued and that the news letter be enlarged. He also recommended taht the supreme representatives from Arkansas urge a change in the su- preme law. so as to secure the issu- ance of dismissal certificate from subordinate lodges upon request, when accompanied by the required fee. The first two recommendations were unanimously adopted, but the third precipitated a lively discussion which continued for nearly two hours. The last recommendation was finally adopted on roll call.