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New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
GREAT DAM NEARLY FINISHED
Artificial Lake in South Dakota Will
Supply Water for 100000 Acres.

Washington, Aug. 1s.-The earthwork on
the big Belle Fourche irrigation dam, In
South Dakota, which Is one OF the largest
earth embankments in the world. practi-
calIy has been completed, according to ad-
vices received here by the Reclamation
Service.
The dam is 500 feet long. with maxi
mum height of Il5 feet. and contains AS
10000 cubic feet of earth. This structure
closes the outlet to natural basin, and an
inlet canal. 614 miles long and 40 feet wide
at the bottom. carries the waters OF the
TalIe Fourche River into the reservoir thus
formed . -
Belle Fourche project is completed Go miles
~ canals and laterals will carry the water
over 10000 acres of land. About 10000
acres already are receiving water.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ELFIE FAY IN BANKRUPTCY
Actress Blames Pet Monkey for
Her Financial Troubles.

Elfe Fay. the actress. fled voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in the United States
District Court yesterday. giving her Iis-
bilities as s2.573 e5 and her assets as $3.50
Nothing can be realized on the assets. as
$3.50 represents wearing apparel and 5000
costumes. both of which are exempted oy
law.
Well. I haven't done but two weeks
work since December and I did not have
the money to pay up. said the Belle or
Avenue A" yesterday at her fat. at Buck
ingham Hall. No. 910 Columbus avenue
Besides. IL wasn't my fault at ALL" she
continued. You see had a monkey. and
the dear little thing died without paying
a single debt, and it's banana bill was an
awful one. And had no way TO pay IT,
1t got me In trouble all the time il lived
II was sick last winter. and while was
playing at the Majestic. in Chicago. =
dentist put new filling in on top Of
bad one The tooth began TO hurt. and
every day 10 hurt more and more. When
an abscess formed I stood il as long as 4
could. and one night 7 Topped over in my
dressing room They carried me 20 the
hospital and operated on me for necrosis
Of the bone They took about half OF my
Jaw away from the inside.
LUZ II III SSlliHE OH MY SlOiSp S0sf
Miss Fay. fixing her eve on the 9th -
side of the sirshaft. The monkey go,
loose In the hospital and went into tfs
room of man who had just been brought
IN with the u T.'s-' I worked two weeks
ago at Keith & Proctor's. and then I went
down 10 Atlanta to burst into the Or
pheum circuit But on the way down
cruei conductor threw my dear little pet
In z
IN the morning The monkey died last
week after two days Illness from pneu-
monfa And could not pay his debts"
Among the secured creditors of the ac-
tress, who says she will appear in vaude-
Vile in Philadelphia in a week or two. are
the Hotel Marlborough Broadway and
Ssth street. $40: the Hotel Walton. PhiIa-
delphia. $74; the Hotel Albany. Broadu ay
and 10Th street. s5, and Henri Wolf
of No. 11S3 Broadway, $3.50 for household
furniture.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
HENRY /. JOHNSON.
By Telegraph 70 The Tribune.

by Telegraph TO The Tribune
Burlington, w. Aug. 19.-Henry l. john
son, formerly commander In the United
States navy and q graduate of the Naval
Academy, was found dead in bed in his
home, In South Willard street, this morn
ing Death was due to heart disease.
Mr. Johnson entered the Naval Academy
in 1859 and was one of the class which vas
graduated one year earlier because OF the
need of officers during the Civil War. He
was commissioned a midshipman on the
Tuscarora and later served on the Mis-
sissippi IN 1855 he was promoted to en-
sign and three years later was made
lieutenant. After the close Of the war he
served as chief of the bureau of equipment
at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and as in
struetor In mathematics in the Naval
Academy. He left tie navy in 1891. after
term of service OF about thirty years. and
had since led a retired life at his homo in
this city. He leaves a wife and one son,
Thomas Johnson, of New York
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ROOSEVELT LAYS STONE
Then Refuses to Visit Aviation
Grounds at Garden City.

iheooore Roosevelt stoned at Garden
City on his way from New YORK TO Ovster
bay yesterday long enough to Law the cor
hers'one OF building which is being
erected there by Doubleday Page & ca
inc stone was ready to he laid when ba
arrived, so that all he had tn do was IN
sfread on the mortar. which he did after
ehe masons who did the work had been
assured that he was an honorary men,her
Of the union.
MI Roosevelt in his speech said that
the country was the peoples proper place
in which to live
ieel that everything which tends to
spreao the population from the cities and
II give fresh air to the men and women.
ano especially to the children. counts for
just so much more in the DEVELOPMENT of
our civic life" he said Business is con-
centrated as never before. II is one of the
problems our children and grandchildren
viii have 10 attend to-"
several hundred persons watched Mr.
Roosevelt as he laid the cornerstone and
cheered him when he finished speaking.
When II was suggested to Mr. Roosevelt
that there would be some flying at the
Garden City grounds close by, he is re
ported to have said to Frank Doubleday:
Il do not intend to be used for anybody $
advertisement" And he refused to go to
the aviation grounds
The remark was understood TO refer to
the controversy between Mr.. Roosevelt and
Clifford B. Harmon. the amateur aviator.
Mr. Roosevelt being reported to have said
to Mr. Doubleday yesterday:
Il do not know Mr.. Harmon. I never sa u
him, and have not received any invitation
from him such as he is said to have sent
me-
Asked about the published statement that
Mr. Harmon had said several days ago he
expected to take Mr.. Roosevelt flying with
him yesterday. Mr.. Harmon replied:
Il sent telegram to Mr. Roosevelt in
rtting him 10 go UP. ] got no reply. There
are two kinds of nerve--first, constructive:
second, destructive. don't believe Roose-
velt has nerve enough TO go UP in a flying
machine. He couldn't go up with me now
IL he wanted TO-"
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
BAvARIAN DUKE AT NEWPORT
Entertainments Planned for Mrs. Goe-
let S Guest.
\. re.erraph 70 The Tribune


Newport P l. Aug 1a.-Duke Francis
Josenh. of Bavaria. arrived here early to-
dav with Captain von Lossow, of the Ger
man army, and Count Won Wedei. OF the
German Embassy at Washington. for a
short visit with Mrs. Ogden Goelet He
could not nave reached Newport at better
time 70 see some OF the citys social hfe-
In fact, the duke had decidedly nusy
day. and by late tonight he had met ABOUT
all OF the summer colony here besldes q
large number of the officers from the At
lantic battleship fleet
-r,b,s noon Mrs. Goelet gave a luncheon
TO- ,,ar puests and dinner tonight, after
which the duke was taken to the dance
,ha, Mrs. Edward J. BerWind gave IN honor
of the visiting naval officers
Tomorrow evening Mrs Goeiet VIII give
dance in honor of her distinguished
guests.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING, WE'D
x;nd Hearted Justice Aided Couple
Eloping in Automobile.

Chicago. Aug. 19.-Justlce John > nos e ;
E,-.ns+on- turned speeding case INTO
.add;ng ceremony yesterday Clarence
-. "a Miss Carrie Boken, both OF
,1,.o- a-rived in Chicago in the morn
ing and obtained license at the County
r1e-,-,s once They were hurrying into
I-,.a,ston IN an automobile at full speed
lev thew were overhauled by policeman
- ,.,r,,,ooned TO court for violating the
speed ordinance ,,a who
we were trying to elude people VINO
,,,,-euine us" stone told Justice Boyer
.eDoeg anybody object TO your se''iiie
,rarried?" asked the justice
Yes: her parents do. but she is OF age.
said the bridegroom
well come up to the desk mere anu
will perform the ceremony said 'uS''Oe
Rover and he did.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
COLONEL WILLIAM P. SToDDARp.

Try Telegraph to The Tribune
Plymouth Mass, Aug. 19.-Coionei W III
lam Prescott Stoddard, formerly a menloer
of the Governors staff, treasurer or tne
Plymouth Mills Corporation, and one of the
most prominent and best known citizens OF
this town, died last night at his summer
home after an illness of many months
Colonel Stoddard was the third son or the
late Isaac Morton and Martha lie BaEon
Stoddard. of this town, and was sixty-hve
years old. He received his early education
in the Plymouth public schools and then
entered Harvard, and was graduated In tho
class Of '6s. He taught school for a while
and then went into the iron business with
his father-in-law, jeremiah Farris, OF this
town. Besides a wife, he leaves three
brothers and two sisters-Francis Stod-
dard OF New York; Charles B. Stoddard.
of Plymouth; George Stoddard, of Boston;
Mrs. James B. Brewster and Mfs. Anna
p Morrissey of Plymouth. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
MANY EsPERANTIsT MEETINGS
In Addition to Two General Sessions
Separate Groups Held Conferences.

Washington. Aug. 19-Ci. Grosvenor Dave.
director of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. in an address which he will deliver
before the sixth International Congress Of
Esperanto. will advocate holding the 1915
congress in New Orleans. Copies of Mr..
Dawes speech, printed In Esperanto, have
been prepared for distribution among tho
delegates.
IN addition to two general sessions OF the
congress to-day. branches which held seps-
rate meetings were the Esperantist post
office officials, theosophists. financisrs.
pacificists, vegetarians and teachers.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
MRS. ELIZABETH M. soYEsEN.

Mrs Elizabeth NJ. Boyesen, widow Of the
celebrated author. Hialmar Hjorth Boyesen,
died Of cancer at her summer home In
southampton, Long Island. last night. Mrs
Bovesen was we'll known In society in this
CITY and had a wide acquaintance among
literary people. She had been III for some
months After her husbands death, about
ten years ago, Mrs. Boyesen spent every
summer in her Long Island home. and had
q town house at No 36 West 6Sth street
Refore her marriage she was Miss Elizabeth
NJ Eeen Two sons survive her.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
Neglected Little Folk.

Here was q little girl who. tired with
the cares Of her five years. had stretched
out on the sidewalk. and with a stone step
for a pillow had fallen fast asleep, while
passersby stumbled over her little frame
Here was another, boy, who had Wedged
himself in a nook between two fence rail-
tnes and was sleeping the innocent sleep
of childhood.
Never once from one end to the other
of these two crowded streets could an OBJ
server escape from the piteous walls or
the babies.
Like continuous protest against the
lot in life to which fate had assigned
them, the cries arose on all sides In one
place a mother was coaxing her offspring
to nibbIe green cucumber to quiet 1t.
In another little mother of twelve
was urging decayed banana on her year
old charge to still its cries. But generally
the walls went UNDECIDED
Men and women sat and talked listiessly
in the entries and on the steps of the steep
cellarways or guarded the wares in their
pushcarts at the curbs. Most of them had
children somewhere, but the children ran
wild and cared for themselves until they
were needed to mind baby or run an err
rand, and then they came unmurnluring,
resigned to the only j they know.
Is the Fresh Air season over? Ought 1t
ever to end while these thousands waste
their little lives in streets where condi-
tions are beyond conception until they
have been actually seen? Is il possible to
exaggerate the benefit that two weeks in
the country would be to these tnnocents
that are being daily led TO the slaughter
and do not know enough 10 cry out
against II?
1t is not only heat that these children
need to escape-it is dirt and lack of care,
and an unending monotony of existence.
that endures the year around, and from
which relief can be given at any time.
Who will help the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
to AFFORD that relief7
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
JoHN cORT RETURNS.

Iobn Cort. president OF the National
Theatre Owners Association, will arrive
IN this city to-day. after an eight weeks
trim through the West. He is to preside
this afternoon at a meeting OF the directors
of the association.
The first of his attractions to open this
season will be Max Figman, in Mary
Isnes Pa" which is scheduled for the
Globe Theatre. Boston, on Labor Day. he
is to present In this city in October Mrs;
7 aslie Cart>r in a new play by Rupert
Hnehes and nc will also have ready for
production a new musical comedy called
'.IfnPa Boo.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
Fx.JUpGE HENRY MULLINS.

DanvilIe. Va. Aug. 1s--Ex-Judse Henry
Mullins. a well known Virginia lawyer.
died to-day at his home at Martinsville.
Henry County. He was ffty-three years
old. He served judge of the Henry
County Circuit Court from 1885 to 1895, when
he retired For a number OF years he had
been counsel for the Norfolk & Western
Railway. and president of the Peoples
Rank of MartinSVille
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
A. BURR BLoDGETT.

syracuse. Aug IA. Burr Blodset'
s,,nerintendent OF public schools OF TINS
city, died here to day after an operation LOT
sppendicitis He was fifty-nine years oiu'
He was educated at the De Ruyter Acao-
emv and Cazenovia Seminary, and pesai
teaching when twenty years old MT. bioo-
eett came to Syracuse in 1875 TO assume
the charge of a public school, and IN lssl
was chosen superintendent OF the pubic
schools. which Office he held until his dea'h'
He was active in the State Teachers Assn
citation. and in 1892 was president OF tha'
organization.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
OBITUARY..
ROBERT HUNTER.

Robert Hunter, for many years III .he
law division Of the Custom house. oie.
at Canaan, N. T., Yesterday, wnere ne hau
gone on a thirty days leave or absence w
seek health. Word Of his death was Te
ceiyed at the Custom House In the aAlef
noon, and 1t was reported that 1t was ouo
to heart disease. Mr.. Hunter lived AT NO
l31 Chauncey street, Brooklyn lie Is sur
yived by wife, a son and daughter.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
REUNITED AFTER 52 YhAh0
rhree Sisters and Brother Were Sepa
rated by Misfortune.

Marian. Ohio. Aug. 19.-Three sisters anu
I-o,ber met here to-day for the first tiiiio
a, eftv-tvo years, having been separate
,isfo,4une in childhood They met py
. an,ointment at the home of MIS- ieouo-
,r.Iand- one OF the sisters Mrs. Jane y"
yrnorter came from Santa. Barbara -
,,s Margaret ailendenning from Ha'e'
Mich and the brother, Joseph Coi'iS0'''
f-au, Houghton, Canada
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
QUITS PULPIT FOR STAGE.
Icy Telegraph 20 The 'Iri5urs,l

Chicago. Aug. l9-Instead of preaching
IN his congregation in the Ryder Memorial
Jrpiversalist Church, in Woodlawn. to-
morrow the Rev. Dudley G. Fosher will
annear in "A stubborn Cinderella" mus
cal comedy, at Racine Wis. Mr. Fosher
defends his change by declaring his bel -
tbat he can do as much good on the stag,
as in the pulpit.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
E,cHry-sIx TO WE'D sIxTY-FoUR.

IEy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
pos.on Aug l9-Eighty-six years and
the opposition Of his nine children Will not
h,ock the matrimonial plans of Thomas
scr,vens. of Hyde Park, Mass. On Tues
dow evening he will be married to Mrs.
C.-cu,a Watt. sixty-four years old, Of
Readville. Mass The marriage license has
aIrsafv been secured and the invitations
haye baan issued.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
A WI EDDlNG.
Try Telegraph TO The Tribune.

IRy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
Hoston Aug. 1a.-AnnOuncement is made
of the marriage at Old Orchard Me, OF
Professor Marshall Blakemore Evans of
the University of Wisconsin. and Eliza
beth Theodore Girose. daughter of the late
Colonel Grose of the army medical star
and Mrs C;rose, of Southampton. England.
The bride was born IN india, where she
Mr. Evans is graduate of Boston Univer-
sItv 's He received his doctors degree
in 1902 from Bonn University.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
CHILDREN STILL NEED AID.
Thousands in Ccngested Streets
Pine for Fun and Fresh Air.
WORK BY NO MEANS ENDED
Some Typical Cases for Relief
Revealed in Walk Through
Lower East Side.

The summer is on the wane and the
worst Of the hot weather is over. There
will doubtless be trying days still. but the
nights will be comfortable. Is 1t time.
then. TO stop the Fresh Air work? A walk
through one of the crowded sections OF
the city is the only answer needed TO that
question
Walk up through Mulberry street some
day, and then back downtown through It's
near neighbor. Mott street You won't
find any fresh air, but there VIII be un-
limited quantities of Fresh Air material
There will be thousands on thousands
OF children in the streets, but there VIII
be no roses blooming IN their cheeks III
by some magic process the color could De
distilled from thousands Of faces there
would be scarcely enough TO tinge one
little rose petal with pink. Yet these are
all italian children.
Most Of these thousands of small chill
dren-the larger ones are at work-wiii
be trying to play.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
Just Tryinn TO Play.

But how can children play when their
only playground is cluttered with endless
pushcarts and street stands? How can
they play when they have never learned
how? How can they play when they nave
no toys-unless the two pieces of SUCK
that are necessary for "car game are
toys?
Why, on Mulberry street the boy that
has a soapbox wagon is prince, ana
youngster with a velocipede nothing snort
of a king, while ownership Of doll con-
fers queenly dignity on girl
Yesterday afternoon an observer might
have noticed a crowd at the corner Oh
Mulberry and Hester streets struggling 10
get a look at something in the centre
boy had just become the proud pos
SCISSOR Of a pigeon, and all the other boys
in the neighborhood wanted to look not
only at the bird but at its owner
A short distance down the street from
where the captive bird was the centre Oh
attraction, another smaller group was
struggling over a Timber birch switch
How 1t had got so far from It's native
environment none can tell-unless per-
haps It was q trophy some youngster had
brought back with him from Fresh Air
trip Near this group was puny little
three-year-old playing with a canthook
bigger than itself.
All OF these youngsters were dirty
They were pitiful little specimens, every
one. Their clothing was ragged, but tney
had never yet learned the difference be-
tween raggedness and wholeness- Their
hair was unkempt. In many cases thelr
poor little legs were bowed with too early
walking.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
GROWTH IN cANNoN's TOWN
census Shows Increase of 70.4 Per Cen'
:, p.nville's Population in Ten Years.

washington. Aug. ie.-The population %
,.a,,,lIe H.. is 27,s71. an increase OF 1l''''
., 7o4per cent, as COMPARED with 1s'Sof -
1900. ie
The population of Sioux Cit. Iowa =
- sos an increase of t4,7fI, or 49, pc
cent as compared with 33,1l1 in 1900
The bopulation Of Detroit is 4s'.7s6' 81 :,
crease Of iseos2 or So per cent. as e"''
r.a,ed with os5, io4 in 1900
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
MANY ANXIOUS TO HEAR T. R.
Strenuous Life and Big Stick
Slogans Born Before Hamilton Club

Chicago. aug. 19.-Although invitations TO
the Hamilton Club dinner TO Theodore
Roosevelt on September have been out
only one day, and plates are quoted at s. so
each. four hundred reservations were made
to-day and the entertainment committee
began figuring on larger quarters. The
present quarters will accommodate only $40
guests.
It was before the Hamilton Club that
.-the strenuous life' was launched and
the big stick was made a symbol of the
Roosevelt policies.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ACTRESSES BACK FROM EUROPE.

Miss Dorothy Donnelly. who played the
,oo5;,, mart in MADAME X last season.
arrived here yesterday from Southampton
-, ,be White Star liner Adriatic She said
the strenuous work of the season com
,,o,Ied her TO take a rest of three months
ab-oad Miss DonneIly's hobby is paint
tngs" and between rests she visited many
public and private galleries in, in England
e. ar+-ess also was a passenger. She
win GO to Des Moines, Iowa. within week
=. 80, a., Mrs Dot
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ECUADOR mouRNs FOR MoNTT

~1s5 aqUi Aug. i2.-The government y
'epor Issued : decree to-day @stap
period of national mourning
@ sympathy with the people o'
=, ne Death of President PEDRO A"i''l
ss over the government buildings h"'
he consulates in foreign ports are u
esu
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
1900. 1910.

pishest temperature Yesterday. so degrees tat
n M: lowest. IS tst = a m.i average. -
average for corresponding date Of last wear. ~
average for corresponding date of last thirty
three years, ~
i<,cai forecast: Fai. to-day and SUNDAY; light
to moderate northeast 70 east winds.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
TO THE EMPLOYER

Do YOU want desirable help quickly
SAVE TIME AND EXPENSE by con-
sulting the file of applications of selected
aspirants for positions of various kinds
which has just been installed at the Up
town ONCE of
THE NETWORK TRIBUNE.
No. 1864 Broadway.
Between Seth and 31th Streets
Office hours: a. m to 8 p m
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
JACOB STERN.

Buffalo, Aug l9.-Jacob Stern. lawyer
well known throughout Western New
York, died to-day from apoplexy. He was
formerly Surrogate of Erie County.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20

Local OnicisI Record.-rhs following Official
record from the Westher Bureau shows tho
changes in the temperature for ths last twenty
four hours In comparison with o. correspond
ing date of last year:
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20

Contributions. preferably by check. money
or express order. should be made payable
TO the order Of the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
and mailed to The Tribune. New York.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
CEMETERIES.
THE woODLAwN CEMETERY

Is readily accessible by Harlem trains from
Grand Central Station. Webster and tsruu7s
avenue troIlsvs and by carriage. Lots $3.50 VI
TeIephone 1855 Gramercy for Book OF Nte~s
or representative
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
MARRIED..

sYKES-WALKER-On THURSDAY N. 18Th ot
August, Ray Hudnut Walker. daughter ot Mrs
George w. Scott, OF Terre Haute, IND, ~
Thomas Francis Sykes, Of Scotch Plains. y J.
by the Rev. Andrew r. Underhill, at the
Church of the Ascension, New York
Notices Of marriages and deaths must be
accompanied by full name and address
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
THE WEATHER REPORT.
Official Record and Forecast.--W ashingt

Official Record and Forecast.-W ashington.
Aus 1e-Moderately low temperatures continue
in the Atlantic states. but in the interior they
have risen generally. with a return to nlidsum-
mer conditions In the Northwest. with falling
pressure There were general showers IN the
Atlantic states and local thunderstorms in the
GujT states while in the interior states fair
1ea,ber prevailed. except In the central and
southern Rocky Mountain region. portions of the
pakotas and Western Minnesota. where there
80 also local thunderstor1ns. Local showers
III continue Saturday and Sunday in the south
Atlantic and east Gulf states. and In the moun-
tain districts Of the extreme SouthW west
steamer. departing Saturday for European
ports will have moderate north to northeast
wtnds and fair weather to the Grand Banks
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20

Forecast Tor SpeciHI LcHr''' V' r1e1''eI II
New York fair today and Sunday; slightly
warmer Sunday in the interior; light to moderate
northeast to east winds.
For New England. fair to-day and Sunday;
slightly warmer Sunday in western portion;
moderate north to northeast winds.
For New Jersey. fair to-day and Sunday;
warmer Sunday In western portion; light to mod
crate northeast to east winds.
For the District Of Columbia and Eastern Penn
Eylyania fair to-day, with moderate tempera-
ture Sunday fair, warmer; light northeast to
east winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Western New
York fair to-day; Sunday fair: warmer; light
to moderate east to southeast winds.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
Official observations Of United States weather
hureaus taken at p. ID. yesterday. follow:
Temperature. Weathe,

Official observations of United States weather
ak at d.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
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