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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
ONLY ONE IN FOURTEEN.

Cleveland is larger and buster city
than Washington, with a large proper
tion of foreign population, and yet the
number of arrests averages only one
In fourteen persons.
Baltimore is a larger city than
Washington, and yet the number of ar
rests averages only one in fifteen per-
sons
Buffalo has a record of one arrest
in every twenty persons.
Cincinnati has more population than
the entire District of Columbia. and
the arrests average one in twenty
two persons.
Detroit is city resembling Wash.
ington in nearly all Of its character
isties In that city the police arrest
only one in thirty.
But in Washington the figures show
that. upon the average, one person In
every ten has his name upon the books
OF sStion-house. and is taken to the
Police Court.
WHAT is THE REAsOSs
This means either one OF two things.
The population of Washington is either
iaw-breakiRg, disorderIy, immoral. or
vicious, or else the police make too
many trivial arrests.
Are the Washington people persist
ent and willful violators of the law
If so, they ought 10 be punished
But look at the figures again.
The number OF arrests shown bv the
last annual report of the police de-
partment was s5.9I0. Based upon the
figures of the police census. which
show a population of 543.OO0-a total
far in excess OF the Federal enumera-
tion-the arrests averaged one in ten.
How many Of these arrests were just-
fed?
Let the figures answer.
The number of cases dismissed was
7o7s- One person in every five was
arrested unnecessarily. The number
of cases nolle pressed was 1.72l. This
number. added TO 7,07S. makes s7s9
One person in every four was arrested
without substantial Justification. Per-
sonal bonds were required in 1881
cases. and sentence was suspended in
400 cases
This makes a grand total Of IO.7g5
eases wherein the courts decided that
the arrest should not have been made
In the first place, or that the ORense
was not serious enough 10 warrant
fine or imprisonment. And the num-
Der of cases In which this decision
was reached was ONE-THIRD of the
entire number of arrests!
Seven Thousand Cases Dismissed.
Just think how much money and
time could have been saved If the
courts had not been compelled to act
upon the SEVEN THOUSAND cases
which were dismissed?
What is the trouble?
Are persons in Washington arrested
and taken TO the station-houses and 10
the Police Court for trivial effenses
and upon unnecessary charges?
There are thousands-literally thou
sands-of regulations for this city.
Police regulations. building regula-
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SHOT FIVE TINES.
Chicago SalOonist Slain in Street
by Black Hand.

Chicago. June 5.-Philippo Catalano was
shot five times by a stranger who was
walking with him in State street at 2
o'clock this morning. A Black Hand mys-
terry Is suspected. With Catalano, besides
the murderer. was Edgar Acoeta. a law
yer, who recently came to Chicago from
New York. Catalano died half an hour
after the shooting.
According to Aeoeta the shooting was
without provOcation. He and Catalano
had spent the evening together In
restaurant the stranger came over TO
their table and engaged in conversation,
ard al started home together
Catalano had conducted a saloon and
resort at West Park street and Fifth
avenue until four months ago. when il
was closed through the efforts Of the
DOlice
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
20. HENRY" DEAD
AFTER OPERATION
Popular Short Story Writer
SuccumbS in New York.
MASTERS ENGLISH AND SLANG
sydney Porter Also Able TO Coin
Words which Soon struck Fancy
of Renders-HaG Interesting Career
in Texas and Central America IJe-
fore Drifting to New York.

New York. June 5.-Sydney Porter. one
Of the most popular short-story writers
in America, under the name of o. Hen
~. died this morning at the Polytechnic
Hospital He had suffered for several
years from complication of diseases.
among them cirrhosis of the liver DR.
Charles Russell Hancock performed an
operation on the author yesterday. in
serting a drainage tube. but without hope
that any permanent benefit would re-
suit
Mr.. Porter lived for two years OF more
al the Hotel Caledonia, Is West Twenty
sixth street 1t was from his apartment
that he telephoned DR.. Hancock on Fri
day last that he was very ILL., DR.. Han
cock after a brief examination, had Mr..
Porter removed to the Polytechnic and
telephoned to Mrs. Porter. who was at
Greensboro, n. c., where Mr.. Porter
was born. She started on Saturday and
arrived in New York tonight
For some time before the end came,
Mr.. Porter suffered no pain He was
conscious just before he died, and smiled
at the doctor and the nurse, the only
ones at the bedside
Master of short Stories.
For the past eight years few contrib
utors to he magazines have been more
welcomed by publishers and public than
20. Henry" He was one of the masters
Of short-story writing in this country.
possessing gift of fine humor as well
as an ability for dramatic narration. AL
though ne could write a tale in ire
proaehable English, he was one of the
few who could make slang really funny.
He had, too. a knack Of coming slang
words and slang phrases that stuck In
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages.
l-Road Heads to See Taft To-day.
Quick Wire Saves Woman.
%. Henry Dies in New York.
Moonshiners Shot IN Raid.
Dalzell Wins by Close Vote.
Many Arrests in Washington.
2-B. s. Cowl Killed by Gas.
War over Rail Bill
Seating Area TO be Changed.
3-June Weather Predicted.
Long Aero Flights Planned
Mickey Ryan Has Nom De Guerre.
Saengerbund Trip Postponed.
Editorial
5-In the World of Society.
w. D. yesterday Dead
DR.. Manning Addresses Boys.
+Sporting News and Gossip.
feminine Notes and Fashions.
S-AdditionaI Sports.
9-Letters from the People.
10-G. w. u. Baccalaureate.
Mass for Graduates.
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W. B. Hibbs. proprietor of the lofty
Hibbs Building, on Fifteenth street, was
one OF the heroes in a drama Just before
l o'clock this morning, when he respond
ed 10 a call for help by leaping from his
bed on the tenth floor OF the building and
summoning a private physician 10 the aid
of Mrs, William Lester, wife of the
building superintendent, who had been
stricken with apoplexy in her apartment
on the third floor
The husband was awakened by the
woman's grOans. and. rushing into the
corridor of the building, he called for
help. Frank Reece, elevator operator,
heard his cry, and he dashed across the
street, where he found telephone.
Thought Woman Was Dead.
Send doctor; woman has just
dropped dead in the Hibbs Building"
This was all the elevator man could
say. He dropped the receiver and ran
back 20 the building, as soon as the tel
ephone operator had connected him with
the Emergency Hospital
Within few minutes the gong Of an
ambulance sounded on the midnight air,
a physician bounded through the storm
doors Of the building, followed by an Of
fieer. moment later, a physician whom
Mr.. Hibbs had summoned came from the
opposite direction.
Reece had rushed back to the Lester
apartments and offered further services.
Mrs. Lester was slowly recovering con-
sciousness. When the Emergency Hos
pitai physician arrived she had almost
regatned her senses. The physician gave
her temporary treatment. It was found
not necessary to send her to the hospital,
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saliva Not Tolerated on Diamond AT
Waterloo, Tenn.

Waterloo. Tena.. June 5.-Visiting as
well as local baseball pitchers. with the
sDitoall as a specially. viii be subjected
TO a fine or imprisonment in future.-ac-
cording to action taken by the city
fathers at a special Saturday.night ses-
sion.
That the so-ealled spitbaH Is disgust
ingly insanitary. and that it is not in
tended for gentlemanIy ball players" vas
the sentiment expressed by the council,
which made the punishment for violators
a fine of S for each offense. the council
men explaining that If visiting teams
cared to, they could make special ar
rangements before each game to pay
fines on the ground for each pitcher each
time he used the splitter, this without
going to the ealaboose or without delay
of the game.
The fathers recently ordained that the
BARRIERS must not eat onions while on
duty, under penalty Of S fine
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Former senator Defeated.
sIbIey ProbahIe Winner.

Franklin. Pa. June 5.-Out OF a total
vote Of approximately 25OOO in the Twen-
ty-eighth Congressional district, Joseph
c. Sibley, of Franklin, has probably de-
feated Nelson p Wheeler. of Endeavor,
tor the Republican nomination for Con
gress by less than 200 majority, accord
Ing to the latest returns at 10 o'clock to-
night Whoever Is finally the victor in
the contest viii likely have another hard
fight In November, for William J. Breene.
OK Oil City, the Democratic candidate, Is
prominent lawyer. great orator, and
man Of wealth.
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DALZELL BEATEN,
INSISTS OPPONENT
Former Mayor Black Threat.
ems TO Make a Contest.
POLITICAL SENSATION NEXT
Figures Given Ont by Representa-
sfye's Backers Are Constantly
Dwindling-An Democratic Mem
hers from Pennsylvania Renomi-
mated and May Be Elected.

Pittsburg, June 5.-There is still doubt
about whether John DaIzell viii be re-
turned to the next Congress. Ex-Mayor
Robert J. Black. Of McKeesport. who
opposed Dalze!l in the Thhtieth Penn
syIvania district, tonight claims a vic
tory. and says the returns Of tomorrow
morning will prove his case. Dalzeu's
hackers also claim victory but by fig
ures which have been constantly dimin-
ishing-
Ats o'clock tonight Dalzelrs manager.
William H Coleman, decided that his
candidate would win by 800 votes. a drop
of 500 since noon.
Black. who was formerly mayor Of Nc
Keesport and who has a strong personal
following because Of his avowed friend
ship for the laboring classes. insists ne
has been nominated. Tonight he said:
With an honest count. I viii be return
cd the winner. II the count Is against me
finally tomorrow, shall move with speed
and confidence There is no possible
doubt that I received the most votes.
am satisfied that all day there has
been a move on TO count me out and de-
clare Dalzell the winner of the primaries.
The holding back Of returns from Dal-
zelrs strongholds show this. II has been
going on since last night.
some Not Yet Reported.
There are districts not vet reported.
Last night they held. out the strong Dali
zeH districts until far into the morning.
for nothing more than to see how many
votes were needed to beat me At day
break they made the claim of SEQ. This
has now dwindled to 800 by their own
figures. but want to see the final count
promise the political sensation Of tie
decade IL declared beaten, because I
know 1 got the votes'
In the other Congressional districts an
of the slated Republican candidates ex-
cept three were renOminated after hot
contests in half dozen districts.
Incomplete returns indicate that Repre-
Alfred d. Garner, of Schuyl-
kill County, a Cannonite. and William H
Graham. of the Twenty-ninth district,
have been defeated.
Former Senator Defeated.
Jesse l. Hartman defeated former
Senator Jacob c. Stineman in the Blair
district by S.Seo plurality
In the Twenty-hrst district, former
Senator Lewis Emery was defeated for
the Republican nomination by Charles A.
Patten.
In the Twenty-ninth district, Pittsburg.
Graham was defeated for
the Republican nomination by Stephen
6. Porter, who had the support OF the
State organization.
All of the present seven Democratic
were renominated and
their election is assured Indications are
that the Democratic representation In the
next Congress may be slightly increased.
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Summer Tourist Rates,

Daily to Adrondacks. catsliil. and Ale
gheny Mountains; New England. North
ern New York. Canadian Provinces. Nova
Sc otia. and Atlantic Seashore resorts.
Also to Pacific Coast and Rocky Moun-
tain section. ii You contemplate a trio
for pleasure or business by rail or water.
consult agents at lfI7 G or sig Pa. ave.
TEey viii furnish booklets and be helpfu.
70 you
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and Maryland--Partly cloudy to-
day; tomorrow. unsettled; light
TO moderate variable winds, most
ly westerly.
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OUT AGAIN, IN AGAIN.
Convict to Be Pardoned So He Can
BE Prosecuted.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 5.-The gov
ernment authorities have induced Gov.
Hadley to announce that he will pardon
Lee J. Jaynes, of Jackson County. who
Is serving a five-year term in Missouri
penitentiary for forgery, so that he mav
be prosecuted for eounterfeiting.
While serving his sentence. Javnes baa
been making counterfeit dollars and half
dollars. In some mysterious wav he oh
tained babbitt metal. quantity of lead
some bismuth. block tin, and other ma.
terial used by counterfeiters,
He constructed molds Of plaster of
paris. The articles were found in his
cell,
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whitney May BE canslidate.

Boston. June San effort is being made
to force the Democratic Congressional
nomination In the Fourteenth district on
Henry NJ. Whitney next fall. Congress-
man Eugene n Foss has reiterated his
determination not 20 be a candidate
again. Mr.. Whitney has not yet given
mis- consent to run.
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Catcher FatalIy Hum.

San Francisco, June 5.-Catcher Jesse
oFndorff, OF the Los Angeles baseball
team. Coast League. was badly hurt to-
day by a ball which hit him in the head.
causing conclusion of the brain. His con-
{. .ion Is serious
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But One in Every Five Meets With Dismissal.
Remarkable Police Showing.
A CONDITION WHICH NEEDS REMEDY
One-third of Cases Before the Courts So Trivial as
Not to Warrant Fine or Imprisonment.
Lesson Taught by Other Cities.

Do you know that last year the average made
by the police the National Capital ONE n EVERY TEN
PERSONS?
Do know that in Washington people pro-
portion to the population than almost any city in the United
States?
is fact
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ROAD PRESIDENTS
MEET TAFT TO-DAY
Wickersham to Be at White
House Conference.
AIRING FOR RATE SUITS
Santa Fe Head Among Those
to Attend.

Urges Hearing for Companies In
voIved in Federal Injunction and
Dissolution Proceedings Intended
10 FruStrate General Raising of
Freight Rates and to Destroy COM
mittees that Fix Rates.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06

President Taft got back to the White
House last night from his four-day trip
III the Middle West and was Immediately
informed by his secretary of the arrange
ments Tor his conference with railroad
presidents to-day
The meeting was arranged at the re-
quest Of President f. P. Ripley. of the
Santa Fe system, who represented that
the railroads involved in the govern
ments dissolution and injunction suits
desire to be heard.
It IS understood that F. A Delano.
president of the Wabash. and S. F. Eel
ton, president OF the Chicago Great West
ern, viii be at the conference.
President Taft will see Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham this morning and viii
go over with him the developments in
the railroad situation. He left Washing
ton Just after the government had OBJ
tained its hurry-up injunction against the
Western Trunk Line committee.
The facts in the case had been laid be-
fore him by Mr. Wickersham. and he
had eoncurred N the plan. While Mr..
Taft was away increased rates were or
dered by the Chicago and Ohio River
committee, representing twenty-four
railroads in the Central West, and by all
the Eastern trunk lines.
WiclIersham To Explain.
Mr. Wickersham will explain these de-
velopments 20 the President and win give
him the results of an investigation which
his Office has been making into the cir
cumstances surrounding the filing Of
rates by the Western Trunk Line COM
mittee.
The railroad presidents will have their
innings az the White House in the after
noon. Attorney General Wickersham Will
be present Mr.. Taft's friends say the
President will ask the railroad men TO
answer the evidence which shippers OF
the West laid before the Department Of
Justice.
Mr. Wickersham has said that this
evidence tended to show that the rail-
road presidents formally met and voted
upon an increase in rates, and instruct
ed the Western Trunk line committees
agent 20 file them with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Mr.. Taft's
friends say that If the President is con-
WINGED that the facts are as alleged, 1t
IS extremely doubtful If the railroad men
will get him to recede from the position
taken.
The railroad men. on the other hand,
viii direct President Taft's attention to
The attitude which the administration has
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YALE PITCHER IN BAD.
Murfey Not to Get Degree Because Of
Student Riot.

New Haven. June 5-One Sheffield SEN
ior who win not get his degree com.
mencement because of the student riot
at Savin Rock last week is Spencer I.
Murfey, East Cleveland. Ohio, one of the
varsity star pitchers.
Through a ruling of Director Chitten-
den. Of Sheffield Murfey was not al
lowed TO pitch in the Yale-Princeton
game yesterday. He will not get his Y
either. it is said
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QUICK WIRES AID
STRICKEN WOMAN
W. B. HibbS Figures in a
SkyScraper Drama.
PHONE BRINGS DOCTOR
Stirred from Slumber on Tenth
Floor of Building.

Supt. william Lester, Whose Wife
Became Suddenly III About L
O'Clock This Morning, Loses No
Time I'm ArOusing Proprietor and
Elevator Man, whose PrOmptness
May Have Saved WOman's Life.
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THREE DIE IN FIGHT
WITH ARMED POSSE
DesperadOes and Officers
Clash at a Circus.

Wheeling. w Va, June SIN a pitched
battle early to-day between a posse of
deputy sheriffs and twenty desperadoes
who had shot up a wild west show at
Devon. w Va. last night. Frank Blank
enshOp, ringleader of the gang. two of
the posse. Deputy Sheriff James Dotson,
and Bud" Sheppard. We're killed.
Edward Halliday and James Anderson
were fatally wounded and two others
of the gang are expected to die. Seven
OF the posse were slightly wounded In
all more than 800 shots were fired.
Another clash is feared, and the State
authorities have been urged to hold
troops in readiness TO take z hand.
There were 5000 persons in the show
tent when a fusillade of shots threw
them into a panic. Deputy Sheriff Dot
son picked out three brothers, Geek,
Lloyd, and Frank Biankenshop. as the
men responsible for the commotion and
started to arrest them. They eluded him
and fed through the streets Of the town
with a score of their companions.
While a posse of five extra deputies
and fifty armed citizens was being formed
the desperadoes got up into the hills
Routed from there by their pursuers.
who were well equipped with guns and
ammunition. the Blankenshop gang
hustled over into Kentucky.
Hand-to-hand Fight.
Dotson and his men, however, kept on
their heels and soon were engaged in
fierce hand-to-hand conflict with the gang
Meanwhile. twenty-five more deputies had
been sworn in. Sheppard was shot while
trying TO disarm Geek Blankenshop. Dep
uty Dotson fell dead with bullet in the
head.
Anderson received two bullets in his
breast and Halliday was shot through
the left lung Two desperadoes who were
wounded have not yet been identified.
Frank Blankenshop. though terribly rid
died, succeeded in crawling to a spot
about 200 feet from the battle ground.
where his body was found to-day.
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Popular Excursion, baltimore & Ohio
r. r.. June I2.

s1.00 to Harpers Ferry. Charleston.
Summit Point, Stephenson, and Winches-
ter and reurn. Special train from Union
Station 500 a. m, returning same day.
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MUST KEEP BALL CLEAN.

Continued ON Page 5, Column
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SPORTING GOSSIP
BASEBALL NOTES.

Addie Joss. the Cleveland pitcher,
says that long rest has made his
pitching arm as strong ~ ever.
BY winning over one hundred games
this season the Athletics established
. record In the American league.
Jimmy Burke, who used to play
third base for the Chicago White Sox,
has signed . contract to manage the
Indianapolis team.
Charlie Hickman was . bear In the
American association the past season.
Old piano Legs" playing with Toledo
had batting average of .3ll.
Bill LANCE will come from Califor.
mia to Chicago for the worlds series.
The Windy City fans will give Little
Eva" a great reception.
Arellanes. Pape and Graham. three
former Boston American players. are
playing with the Sacramento team of
the Pacific Coast league.
When the strength Of the teams be-
hind them IL considered. Pitchers
Bender and COMBS of the Athletics
haven't anything on Russell Ford of
the Highlanders.
Gus Schmeltx was married in New
York recently to Miss Gertrude Meek.
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Worlds Series Of Former Years

15-The climax professional baseball
championship between the Chi
the Philadelphia
American will begin Mon
this city Western metropolis
viii played off in following First
Philadelphia: Philadelphia third
fifth will be
another
Philadelphia Chicago time play
Windy City Sunday the series should not be
completed the will be
termined by the toss Of . coin.
probably the weather being
high
should
championships five
Who masteru guild
produced
been developed into . pennant winner in two
brought
in 1905
while oued mixture and The battery
which almost principal part in deciding the
worlds SERIES Is almost entirely
Athletics practically
Windy National
which has league and
worlds championships in that period.
The players OF the clubs VIII nave mighty juicy IL
nanc after the conclusion series predicted
chat 100000 divided
Providence
winning the SERIES
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Knox College vs. Beloit College 1t
Beloit, Wis.
Cornell College Vs. Lombard College
at Mount Vernon. Ia.
Drake University VS.. Coe College at
Des Moines. Ia.
University Of North Dakota vs.
Carleton College. at Grand Forks, N.
D.
Macalester College VS.. Pillsbury
Academy ut st. Paul, MINI.
Culver Military Academy vs.. South
Bend High at Culver. Ind.
Ypsilanu Normal College VI. Alma
College ut Ypsilanti. Mich.
Waynesburg College vs.. University
Of Pittsburg, at Pittsburg, Pa.
Montana Agricultural College VI.
Montana School OF Mines. at Butte
Mont.
Oregon Agricultural College vs.
Alumni at Norvallis. Ore.
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FOOTBALL NOTES,

Tom Shevlin. the old Yale star. will
return to New Haven and help coach
the ELI squad.
Tho university of Chicago has a
great punter in Wilson. He 10 q dan.
gerous drop kicker at so yards.
This fall the Harvard and Yale
teams will make the trip from New
York to West Point and return by
boat instead Of by train.
So far this season Pennsylvania
has made progress with tho forward
pass. The Quakers intend to work
the long toss to the limit.
The Yale football management has
announced that only two tickets to the
Yale-Harvard game will be allowed to
each alumnus and undergraduate.