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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
YOUNG LOVER TAKES POISON.
Alleged to Have Been in Pursuance
of a Suicide Pact.

FAIRMONT, W. Va. August 6.-Dale
WetZel Mckenzie. aged sixteen years,
son Of Mrs. Kate Mckenzie. almost sue
cumbed in an attempt to carry out
suicide pact at Fairmont. He drank
quantity OF laudanum. which. 1t Is
thought, he secured while employed at
u Fairmont drug store.
The fact that his mother had ar
ranged to move to Washington and he
was to be separated from his sweet
heart, Mildred Chsfee, hurried him In
his plans. His mother had gone to the
drug store with him to secure letter
of recommendation from his former en-
ployer and while there he became 'des-
perately i'll. He was unconscious sew
eral hours before he could be brought
from the influence of the poison.
Wetzel wanted to wed the girl, who
Is even his Junior. and objection on all
sides Is said to have caused the suicide
pact to be formed. for previously the
CIR! attempted to end her life, but
through heroic efforts on the part of
physicians she recovered.
After this, 1t is thought. neither VIII
attempt anything rash in the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
ROCKVILLE.
ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 6. 1910
Mrs. Annie V. Brown Of Glen Echo.
this county. has filed suit in the circuit
court here for an absolute divorce from
in washington. The bill alleges the
couple were married in Philadelphia In
1905, and that two years later the
plaintiff was deserted. Attorney John
A. Garrett represents Mrs. Brown.
Alexander Gorham Of the vicinity of
Germantown, who was charged with
being implicated in the disappearance of
a heifer from the farm of William a.
Waters. near Germantown. was given a
hearing before Justice Reading in the
police court here yesterday, but Justice
Reading decided that the testimony was
not of a character tina. justified his
being held. SO he was released.
Zachariah Rich. young negro from
the upper section of the county, was
before Justice Reading in the police
court here yesterday to answer a charge
of assault and battery preferred by
Homer Moore. also colored. He was
adjudged guilty and paid d fine of IS
and costs.
Robert Willard, the thirteen-yea r-old
boy who several months ago stole a
horse from Morgan Boteler, farmer
of Colesville district. and robbed his
locality. of $40, was yesterday committed
by Justice Reading to ST. Mary's Indus
trial School, to remain until he attains
his ma tority.
Benjamin {. Hughes of this place ha :
purchased from Charles A. Beard a house
and lot in the western section of Rock
Vile for S3.oa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06

heroism. Hanson and five companions
went sailing July 4 in the bay off AL
catraz. Their boat capsized and the
men had practically no support to
which they could cling. Two of the
men were soon exhausted and sank. A
third tried to save himself. so Han
son devoted his attention to the re-
naming two. who were fast becoming
exhausted.
The record says that for more than
an hour, as the frantic men fought tor
hold on the overturned vessel the wind
and tide would carry them away help
less All that time Hanson repeatedly
swan to their assistance. buoyed them
up and got them back to the craft
again. Finally when Privates NASH
and Bates became unconscious from
exhaustion and cold, Hanson supported
their limp bodies in the water until ms
signal to the steamer Coalinga was
seen and the men We're rescued. Nash
afterward died of the hardships SUI
fered, and Bates was very i'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
TAXPAYER FARES WELL
FOR SCI. liz PAID HE GETS SERV.
ICES COSTING $172.o2.
City Controller of Chicago Gives
Figures Showing Benefits En-.
joyed by Average Family.

CHICAGO. H., August Elm support
of his contention that a family can live
in Chicago at a smaller public expense
than In any other large city in America
City Controller Wilson has issued many
columns Of figures showing that the
average property owner In Chicago gets
service costing more than 81 per cent
of the annual taxes paid by him.
For his average property owner he Sc
lecced man owning a three-thousand-dol-
la residence and having wife and three
children. He estimated the real estate tax
at $46.lO and the water tax at 81 70, total
Of $3.50, adding possible personal prop
erty tax Of s7.5T. giving total of SILL.
For this. he held, the family would re-
ceive services costing Sl72.02 and IL the
county, state and similar services be in
cluded he estimated the total benefits
at s195.25.
Basis for Calculation. -
in his basis Coz calculation Mr. wifson;
considered the population OF the city as
o. 500, 600. and used the assessed vaIua-
ton OF. the property and the total product
from taxation as the basis for fixing the
tax rate at s4.61 per 500, upon which lie
reached the total taxation in his hypotlet-
teal case.
His estimate os the cost of services
furnished was based OF the property
owners share in the various forms OF
operation. itemized in part
as follows:
Police protection, $il.>o; fire protection
ST: health protection, Sl.lo; removal Of
ga rbege, $50: cleaning and pairing
street. ETC.. x3,:.J: maintenance OF house
art ion n
operation and improvements of water
works. SOLO: public library. 40 cents;
schools, leach child. $3.50. silc.lI: bene-
lit of parks and boulevards, So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
MARYLAND CROPS GOOD
FARMERS ON EASTERN SHORE
REAPING A HARVEST.
Are Getting Good Prices-Tomatoes
Bringing So a Ton and
Corn So.

Crops in Maryland. particularly on
the eastern shore, are bumper crops
this season, and the farmers are reapine
a rich harvst," said William E. Shan
non of this city. who has a large farm
near Easton, Nd. in an interview with a
reporter for The Star yesterday.
I'VE are not only turning out big
crops, but we are getting good prices
for them." continued Mr.. Shannon. 1.-THE
yield on my farm has been the best
for the last fifteen years. 1 am get
ting from twenty-nine to thirty bushels
of wheat per acre. The corn is most
promising and the tomatoes very good
THE tomatoes we sell at 50 a ton and
the corn at So a ton. These prices, how.
ever, were made many months ago,
when we contracted to supply the can
neries. BY contra cting way ahead of
the harvest. sometimes before the seed
is in the ground, the farmers have been
able to change their business from what
was largely u game of chance to a sure
basis. More mortgages have been paid
off on farms on the eastern shore since
this practice began than in years before
The farmers are becoming more and
more prosperous there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS HEAVY.
Amounted to $126, 800. 4s0 for First
Four Months Of Year.

AS evidence of the material prosperity
of Australia, Henry d. Baker, American
vice consul general at Sydney, reports to
the bureau of manufactures that during
the first four months of this year eX-
ports from the country amounted TO /$126,-
$50, 49,, which was SO, 10000 in excess
Of the imports, and that the balance sheet
of the Bank of New South Wales shows
increased deposits of $15,0Oo,O00 in
single year.
During the same time, he says, the
sydney bank clearing increased more
than l.; per cent. Never before, he adds
have the banks of Australia held so large
an amount of specie.
There is a good prospect Of Australia
breaking all previous trade reports. ne
saws. and the wool clip appears fairly
assured. During the nrst thiTd Oh .nls
year the imports increased by mere than
10 per cent and the exports by more than
20 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06

cantaloupes are being raised in the south
this year, the indications are that the
growers will average from $50 to $500
net profit an acre.
A factor which has contributed largely
to the benefit of the farmers on the east
ern shore is the increased facilities for
Transporting their goods to the markets.
William F. GUIDE. president of the
Chamber Of Commerce. who recently has
visited the eastern shore. said yesterday
that he saw peach orchards bearing
thousands and thousands of peaches and
that the crop would be record one this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Case of Too Much Cousin.

RICHMOND, Va, August 6.-"l guess
it's a case Of 100 much cousin. I always
,old Mary that cousins would have trou-
BILE. and sure enough, here it is said
George Chidress, aged twenty-five years.
of Gladstone. Va, at the first police sta
ton. where he ard his pretty little wife,
who IL his first cousin, are being held
for forging the name Of T. p. Chlldress,
9 cousin. following their arrest at the
home or Mrs. Michaels, another cousin,
In South Richmond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Employees and Passengers.

These figures deal only with employees
on duty and passengers. The statistics
present the record Of standard railroads,
called steam railroads in distinction
from electric railways. There We're ID
killed on electric railways and G63 in
jured.
The total number of casualties in this
quarter is swelled by two great disasters
an avalanche in the state of Washing
ton and a derailment in Iowa, both In the
month Of March. In these two disasters
III persons We're killed and o. injured
In other respects the present. record
shows no remarkable differences as COM
pared with the corresponding quarter one
year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
BEAUTIES Of DRESDEN
MOST ARTISTIC AND CLEAN.
EST CITY IN EUROPE.
Conclusion Reached by Those Fa.
miliar With Conditions There.
Model Of Sanitation.

common error among those who do
not personally know the city Is that
Dresden Is an interesting. but medieval
town, rich in artistic attractions, out
bereft Of those advantages and comforts
which the modern tourist demands. Moth
ing could be more misleading. and on this
point there Is confederation from one OF
the keenest of all municipal students, DR..
Henry s. Lunn, who some time ago con-
Quoted a party of municipal experts on
a tour through Germany. His party, ne
afterward said, was prepared TO De oe-
lighted with the architectural attractions
of Dresden and with the wonderful arr
collections, which draw visitors from all
parts of the civilized world.
To them, as to most people. Dresden
was known chiefly as the home OF the
most beautiful picture In the Worio, the
Sistine Madonna They had, however, to
recognize that the city, not content with
artistic renovn. was developing to great
extent on the unitarian side and Is now
q nlanufa ct uring center o. coHsiueraDie
importance. These new enterprises. how
ever have not been suffered TO spoil tie
beauty o. Dresden, which has acquired
none of tie dirt and squalor with when
the foreign visitor is often TOO pain
fully familiar in his own large industrial
centers.
About as Large as Boston.
In extent Dresden is little smaller
than Boston. Mass. the population being
nearly the same. There are two municipal
covering bodies. the rat or council,
and tie municipal deputies.
The council consists of sixteen paid and
TWENTY-FIVE unpaid members, all tie paid
members tamorg whom are the ooer-
burgomastero being expected TO devote
their whole time TO the service OF the
city. The schools are splendidly equip
ped. and the cost of maintaining them
amounts to upward of sl,o1o,0OO per an
mum.
\ technical art school is provided By
the state and there are so-called crafts
schools for almost every trade. There
are classes for cooking and domestic
training for girls In several OF the pri-
mary schools. Ii is to the energy ana en-
terprise of their municipal fathers that
owe most of the nImberlos; improve
ments effected in the city ard suburbs.
Artistic and Cleanly.
1t is rather paradox to ii.id the most
artistic city in Europe also the cieanest
city in Europe. but neither distinction
can be denied TO Dresden. Indeed, the
cleanliness of the streets strikes the
stranger instantly after having seen Ber-
lin and other large German centers. AZ
the present moment, too. the gigantic
sewerage system. conceived .aao prose
cuteti at cost OF many million dollars.
is approaching completion. and Dresden
then will be mode, of public sanitation.
These are admirable virtues for city,
and it Is as well that they should be CIR
culsted abroad SO as to refufe the many
misconceptions which exist iii regard TO
the lovely capital OF Saxon3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Berries Bring Good Returns.

The berry crop, which has just been
marketed on the eastern shore, showed
large returns for the growers running
from $40 to 1926 an acre. Good returns
have been received also upon the vege-
tables and fruits. The cantaioupe crop
promises to be very large At present
the truckers are getting from S25 TO
$3.1J a carrier. each carrier containing
forty-hve canta ioupes. This stock is
shipped to northern markets. AS few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Diving Mothers Plea Frees Son

RICHMOND, Va, August 1.-THE pitt
ful calls of dying mother for her err
Ing son, q convict In the Virginia peni
Tertiary here. softeDej the heart OF the
governor. and a pardon, granting free
dom to Hammer Burnley of Lynchburs.
was yesterday lssucd by Gov. Mann at
the instance of many friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
REWARD FOR HER0ISM.
Soldiers, Brave Effort to Save
Drowning Comrades Recognized.

Private Lester Hanson OF the 4th
Company prison guard at Alcatraz,
Ca. has received a certificate or merit
from Gen. Wood chief of staff for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
DEATHS AND |NJUR|ES|
RECORD OF THE RAILWAYS FOR
THREE MONTHS, 1910.
Number of Casualties Increased
Over Corresponding Period of
the Previous Year.

A considerable increase in the number
of persons killed and injured or the rail-
ways of the United States during the
months Of January, February and March,
1910. is shown over the corresponding
period of last year. The total number
killed during the quarter was 1,1OO and
q ,232 were injured. This was an in
crease of 1876 killed and Clio injured as
compared with the corresponding period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Parkersburg's Mayor to Fly.

PARKERSBCRG. w. Va, August g.
Mayor W. b. Pedigo has announced he
will take an aeroplane fight in
Wright aeroplane here during the CEN
teuntal celebration, the week OF Sep
TENDER ). Mayor Pedigo will go UP AZ
a passenger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Have the Star Follow You
Wherever You Go.

II you are goins out OF town
for few days or for the season
The Star. nine times out OF ten.
can s,ring you the fir news
from Washington.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06

sirs. Ei@a1eth Rtycr. aged sNenty-
seven years widow OF William r. Reyer.
TO many wears tolgate kecpc on the
Mars.1 turnpike. died of cameo OF the
stomach at her home near HaSeI stown.
Nd Thursday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Hoped for Advancement.

From these concerns l hold fine let
tiers Of recommendation. By their aid
l got place with the Russo-ChineSe
Bank agency in New York in 1907. My
wages were but s1,30O year, but few
cents more than S23 a week. 1t wasn't
much, but l saw chances Of advance
rlent. The head of the agency got a
and ] worked with the hope of succeed
ing him ON his retirement.
Honestly / worked so hard that more
and more work came my way. / kept
AT it and did all l could, until not only
did l have all the routine work to do,
but the manager and officers let me do
more and more of the special and con-
fidential work, until / had the run OF
the banks business from A to T.
And this is just the one great fault
that ] find with the banking system. AS
i wrote the agency in my letter of con-
fession, they should never have allowed
such a condition to exist.
In the course of business had many
invitations to lunch with members or
wealthy brokerage firms and with high
bank officials. They were men Of wealth
or Of large salary, and the lunches to
which they invited me often cost them
as much as ! earned in week. OF
course, now and then / had to return
the compliment.
About two years ago / met Emma
Vosel. twenty-five years old. fell in
love with her. / tried to make the best
impression ! could, and I fear / gave
her the impression that I was banker
when / was merely clerk. Then she
promised to marry me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06

CharleS Y. Davis of Flemipgion. w.
Va, who was injured in the mines there
several days ago. died Thursday night at
the Miners Hospital, Fairmcnt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Looked Easy to Him.

But all had TO do was TO turn and
take out securities TO cover the demands.
And so cid II. II was so easy.
Then one day another memora ndum
came. This showed that was loser of
about $4,000 in the cotton market. The
total appalled, me. BY one sudden turn
in ,ess than ten days the cotton market
iur ped ny way and my loss Of 500 Oou
was wiped out and | was about even on
the transaction. But my other deals had
not turned to m. credit. They steadily
piled I'D losses agsinst me.
eat last was forced To ADMIT that |
COULD not stem the tide. l realized that
il would take tire fortunes OF the Rookie.
teIlers. tie Morgaas ard all the res, un-
leys luck were with the outsider 7
WAS an outsider.
I'm a. few days there were some 3..oO
sl,sres of Pennsylvania stock certificates
many. knew that they We're In Wall
street. Just where / didn't recall | Gid
know that it was Impossible for me to get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
STREET LURED HIM
Wider Tells the Story OF His
Downfall.
FAILS TO REALIZE HOPES
Eaters the Stock Market in Pursuit
of Sure Thing
CINCH FOR SHARKS, HE SAYS
Robs Bank of Which He Was
Cashier to Meet Demand
for Margins.
CINcH FOR SHARKS, HE SAYS

NEW YORK. August S.-Erwin Jo-
ham Wider. cashier of the Russo
Chinese Bank Agency at No. so Pine
street. yesterday told the story of how
and why he stole about s6S0,000 in Sc
curities from the agency's stronghold.
Il am here in the Tombs prison,
confessed thief. and am facing a term
Of years in the penitentiary for my
crime said Wider. While 1 do not
make light in any way of my unfortu-
nate mistake, / believe that / should be
entitled to as much clemency as the
law will allow. In this hope l am more
than willing to tell all L can remember
about my populations.
Just as soon as possible I want to
begin my term of imprisonment. There
is no escape from it. and the sooner I
begin the sooner 1 will be freed to be-
gin life again. l shall plead guilty
through my personal attorney, Leon B.
Ginsburg OF No. 1872 Nassau street
u came to the United States from,
Germany nearly four years ago with
expert knowledge OF the banking bust
ness. ] brought letter of recommen-
dalton from the noted Discount Bank
OF Frankfort on Main, where l worked
for four years, and got a small position
With the commission firm of l.. Is.
Moore & Co., No. 83 Worth street
Then j got place at advanced wages
with the Tradesmen's National Bank OF
Pbiladelpfia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
Overwhelmed by Wife's Grief.

II decided to go home again. My wife's
grief was SO great that for a time my
mind almost gave way. l was Ill for
days-I don't remember. I went away on
a Saturday recall-where. had no idea.
was again Ill. When / was feeling bet
ter I found myself.
ION the following Friday I made up my
mind that the only thing to do was to
surrender myself. l telephoned my law
yer and said that was on the way to his
Office and that we would go before the
district attorney. In the Railways about
Mr.. Ginsburgs offices were many detec-
tives. None spoke to me. l went in and
passed out again. Even on my second
return no one accosted me. We were ac-
tually on our way through Fulton street
to Mr.. Motifs Office when central Office de-
tectives arrested me.
Next Wednesday I will be sentenced.
I may serve FIVE to ten years in Sing Sing.
But 1t was really the banks fault 1t was
the failure of the higher officials to OBJ
serve the simplest rules Of prudence.
"Oh, if II had not been for the irresisti-
Bile temptations. the visions of greas
wealth, the hope o. distinction held out
by the lure of Wall street. 1t was my un-
doing. hope 1t may be lesson to others
In positions of trust. 1t may save them.
was a dupe.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
On the Downward Way.

ger as when I was at my fiancee's home
or out with her, or at lunch with my
friends downtown. 1t was on one Of the
latter occasions that my first ideas Of
getting rich quick were put into my
head.
I've got sure thing in the stock
market. WIDER said one of these men at
luncheon in a Fulton street restaurant
one noon. DO you want a piece Of easy
money? Better get aboard. It's cinch.'
1T was a cinch-but for the sharks Of
Wall street. ] thought it was a chance,
but I never had a chance.
Il have forgotten the first stock he told
me shout. 1t was either Baltimore and
Ohio. or Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
He said that rise was surely due-he
and that night, when I was locking up
the cash and securities, the thought
flashed over me that here was an oppor-
tunity for me to make money easily. The
idea that it was dishonest never occurred
70 me. I was blinded by the fact that I
had the means Of an easy fortune, with
on, much trouble and no worry, at my
command. Why not put up some of the
banks securities as margin and partici-
pate in the fine melon cutting that was
being planned?
well, l did it, 1 used my own name,
and there was never a suspicious ques-
tion asked me. They just took my money.
I furnished the fuel; they tended to the
FIRE. And II was merry blaze.
Wins a Small Sum.
The stock went up and went down.
helieve profited a small amount on my
first deal. That was enough. Here under
by own hands lay the foundation of the
fortune 1 hoped for. ] started to build
and did 50 we'll that / have erected a
strong house of steel bars for myself on
mis- foundation.
II never kept any OF the memoran-
duns the brokers gave me- | had oc-
counts with Dick Bros J. S Bache &
Co. Josephthal, Laucheinn & Co. and
others OF lesser note. As to the memo
randums they sent me they were usually
Of but one Eind-'More margin. More
nargin,'
AT one time some months ago I re-
member that my accounts apparently
showed a fairly good sized profit FOR
me- debated with myself at the time
if ! would close out then and stop but
me lure was too strong. had married
a baby girl had come TO US and my ex-
penses were far more than S23 week
could meet. We lived well. in the same
STYLE that others OF our friends did who
got higher wages than l.
''Sut IL was not real happiness II
was roughly jolted just was plan
ming 10 quit my specializing. had a
finger In many pies. as you Yankees say
and I. was hard 10 clean up the profitable
ones without taking losses.
Especially was this true of my spccu-
lations In cotton. James 4. Patten of
chicago and his millionaire pool were
c,n.'ulsing the market. When I bought
:. little they sold. loss for me More
margins" II sold. they bought and
ciarnered for more. II was Moro mar
gins. all the time ! hated to see a
eroker's messenger come In 20 me-
knew what he wanted-'Mcre margins.