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left Louisville at 9:15 o'clock last. night
for st. Louis. was wrecked by landslide
two miles from this city at 1910 o'clock
this morning. Fireman Reynolds was
killed and several passengers bruised.
The landslide came just as the train
was passing under high blum. The
locomotive and baggage car were swept
from the track by the avalanche and
carried 200 feet. Two passenger coaches
were derailed, but remained upright.
Two Pullmans kept to the rails.
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rading as a woman. His gait. effeminate
| mannerisms and. manner all combine,
| says Mr. Neave, to make such a make
up easy for him.
Adelene Harrison. writer of dramatic
| lyrics, records how Mrs. Crippen made
| him up as a woman on one occasion,
pasting down his mustache The illusion
mustache gone. and with Crippen's slight
| figure. impersonation Of woman would
be very easy.
According to the published statement
| is believed to have been Dr.. Crippen e
companion when he disappeared from
| his home. in a hurried visit to her on
/ July Q professed the greatest anxiety
| over the possibility that she was not
| Crippen's legal wife.
| After the announcement Of the death
| Of Belle Elmore. DR.. Crippen introduced
the Leneve woman as his wife, although
there has been no proof forthcoming, SC
| far, that marriage took place,
Orders to French Police.
PARIS. July ISM. Lepine. prefect of
police today issued instructions to the
| rest upon discovery DR.. Hawley H. Grip
| pen, the American. who Is wanted in
London on the charge of having slain
| MS vile, h1IoWn III tuS tucdtIICdi "oi III
| as Belle Elmore.
! The French search for the fugitive has
taken an original turn. The police here
believe that Crippen is masquerading as
| woman. and the descriptions sent out
include this probable disguise
| The authorities of Dfeppe, Calais, Cher
| bourg and other coast towns have been
| warned especially to be on the alert. as
| 1t is thought quite likely that II Crippen
| is not already in this country he will
| take advantage of the first opportunity to
enter a port on the continent.
The police are also learning what they
can OF the suspects visits to France in
recent years, and also what is known
here regarding. his supposed companion,
Ethel Clara LAneve, who was employed
by him as stenographer, and later, ac-
cording to the British police. supplanted
Mrs. Crippen in the affections Of the hus-
band The case with its shroud Of mys-
terry has excited much interest in this
country.
Search Of Liners Vain.
NEW YORK. July 1s.-Detectixes today
inspected the passengers on the steamer
Minnetonka, from London. and the Chi
cago, from Havre, on their arrival to-
day, in pursuance Of the search for Dr..
Hawley Harvey Crippen. No trace Of the
missing physician was found on either
steamer.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 1A-The
Immigration officers failed IL Ascov@r
any person resembling DR.. Hawley Grip
pen on board the steamship Haverford
which docked here today. The Haverford
sailed from Liverpool July !. carrying 796
passengers.
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KENTUCKY STORM CENTER.
Second Visitation in Three Days
With Destructive Results.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 1S.-For the
swept by highly destructive storms yes
terday. Crops loosened by the heavy
rains were blown out of the ground. while
rain and hail storms dashed vegetation
to pieces and sent streams out Of their
banks. The damage to crops is estimated
at so per cent, wheat suffering most.
Only one death caused by the floods has
thus far been reported.
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PEACEMAKER IS DEAD.
Shot While demonstrating With
Group Of Fighters.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 1S.-While re-
monstrating with a group of seven
foreigners. who were fighting in front of
night, Negro Botnar, forty-four years
old, was shot dead by one of the men.
Botnar's wife and five children were wit
nesses Of the staying and his eleven
year-old son Peter proved q hero by
dashing at top speed after the fleeing
foreigners, causing the arrest OF two
Of them.
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FALLS DEAD AT FUNERAL.
Father of Aviator Recently Killed
Has Fatal Apoplectic Shock.

SOLINGEN, Rhenish Prussia, July 1S.-
The father of Oscar Erbsloeh, who was
killed July 13, when the benzine tank Of
the dirigible balloon Erbsloeh exploded,
died from apoplexy at his sons funeral
The apoplecttc stroke was brought on
by shock following the aeronaut's tragic
death.
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As long as a standing army Is re-
CURED In this country and the laws plo-
vide for the maintenance of such an IN
army Gen. Wood continued, 1T shouid
be young, active and aggressive army.
An Army of Veterans.
! LAS it exists today it may be described
as an army of veterans. When such Is
the case there is danger of loss Of en-
thusiasm The soldier who has seen
from five to twenty years of service does
not accept instructions as readily as the
recruit. We are acquiring no reserve OF
experienced men. Universal service as
practiced in some other countries wouio
not be accepted in the United STATES
| do not say either that necessity caiis
for it here or that it would be a sooo
thing for us
Il have just returned from Argentina,
where universal army service is an IN
stftution. The term in the army Is one
year and in the navy two, the latter
branch of the service being longer be-
cause instruction is more difficult TO ac-
Quire.
This service in Argentina has exerted
a tremendous influence for good In citi-
Zenship. Young men who otherwise
would not have learned to read and
write have received rudimentary educa-
ton. They are worked into material IN
which patriotism takes root and grows
rancher the sons of the rich and others
favored above the average, shoulder
muskets side by side and rub against
each other. Argentina learned her first
lessons from French or German officers
At the present time only nine German
instructors remain. Argentina has de-
veloped her own military instructors.
Double West Point Corps.
Our army is growing older in its per-
sonnel. Men are being retired constant
y on half pay, and unless the govern
ment sees fit to shorten the term Of en-
listment half pay will continue to be an
obligation which must be met. There
could be twice as many men receiving
instruction in West Point as there are
today without any more cost to the gov
ernment than would be represented by
additional board bills. The teaching staff
can instruct, without change, twice as
many men as are being educated now.
Congressman are not filling the places
which lie in their power to fill.
1T would be impossible to discuss any
plans which I may have in view until
after have conferred with my superiors.
Any announcement of radical changes.
should they decide to make any, must
gestions which ! will make, but I cam
not say anything about them until they
have been approved.
Speaking of aviation in its application
to army service, he said:
This is subject which should be agi-
tated. From progress thus far made I
would say that the small dirigible balloon
has been most successful and the results
are most promising. The dirigible already
has proved 1t would be useful as a scout
ing machine. 1t has demonstrated its
ability to carry an observer over bat
tlefleld. who could view generals whole
plan. locate field works, lines Of commu-
nication and other details of a military
plan.
"At present the aeroplane seems to be
limited in usefulness for military pur-
poses, because conditions for the start
and for alighting must be entirely favor
able
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Represented by Natives.

Eefefring to the subject of the Argen-
tie Republic, the general declored:
Americans should have more of that
-rade. Our manufacturers now are most
- represented by natives. With the least
misunderstanding they transfer their al
legiance to makers Of the same machines
in Germany or England. Americans
should send Americans to be their
agents
'England's annual trade with the coun-
try yields her net revenue of E30,0OO,-
COO. Germany takes the next biggest per-
ton. We send there scarcely anything
except agricultural implements. There
should be a direct steamship line to
Buenos Aires. At present 1t is quicker to
so to New York by way OF England.
Argentinos would rather. when they 60
10 Europe, to do so by way Of New
York.
Avoid fight, but take all reasonable
means to be adequately prepared II fight
must come" Gen. Wood said. Survey
ing the International horizon, he could
see nothing that looked like a war cloud.
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brooms and horse equipment of all kinds
and everything else necessary for a
camp of instruction had been laid out
and assorted beforehand. Every article
from conical tent to an AK handle had
been previously marked under the di-
rection OF First Lieut.. William A. Duvall.
superintendent Of the Center Market
armory, who had charge of storing the
property.
In what was said to be record breaking G
time the property was transported to the
freight station and loaded on the cars.
Fart of the time 1t rained hard, but the
work continued without interruption. Even
the men at the freight station, who are
the guardsnaen on the expeditions manner
ia which they performed their task.
Colors for designating each organiza-
ton had been selected by Lieut.. Duvall.
CONTINUED on secon@ Page)
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President Taft's Cruise to Be.
ain This Afternoon.
ABOARD the MAYFL0WER
Consents to Land at Three Points for
Speeehmaking.
Tut WILL IGNORE POLITICS
Conference at Beverly Today With
Republican Leaders on the
Ohio Situation.

BEVERLY, Mass, July 1S.-President
Taft arranged to leave Beverly late
this afternoon for a ten-day cruise in
Maine waters. The presidential yacht
Mayf1ower. all white and spruced up for
the trip, dropped down to Beverly from
Gloucester yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Taft and 'the members of his family
have been looking forward to the
cruise with a great deal Of pleasure.
There will be no convoy, but the May
will be in wireless touch with navy
stations along the coast the entire
time the President is aboard.
Schedules Three Speeches.
The trip to Maine was planned at
first wholly as a vacation outing. At
the last moment the President con-
sented to make three speeches at diff
ferent points in Maine.
The addresses will be entirely in
formal. however. and Mr.. Taft will not
touch upon politics in any way.
The first visit ashore and the first
speech will be at Eastport. where the
Mayfiower will arrive Tuesday at noon.
The second speech will be at Bangor Sat
urday, the 23d, and the third will be at
Rockland Tuesday, the 26th. Mr.. Taft
will spend three days at Bar Harbor,
where he will golf each afternoon. The
Mayfiower's itinerary in a general way
10 as follows:
Monday, July 1s-Leave Beverly.
Tuesday. July 19-At Eastport.
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. July
20, 81 and 22-At Bar Harbor
Saturday. July 23-At Bangor during the
afternoon, spend the night at the home
Of Senator Hale at Ellsworth.
Sunday and Monday. July "a and 25-
Cruising near Bar Harbor and Isleboro.
with stop at the latter place.
Tuesday, July 26-At Rockland.
Wednesday, July 27-At Biddeford Pool.
Thursday, July 28-Arrtve at Beverly.
Personnel Of the Party.
The personnel Of the party on the May
flower is as follows: The President. Mrs.
Taft. Master Charles Taft, Horace D.
Taft, brother Of the President: Prof. and
Mrs Louis 7. More Of Cincinnati; A..
siytant Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs
Beelunan Winthrop, Miss Mabel Board.
man and Capt. Archibald w. Butt.
The President had q further conference
today with Senators Burton and Dick and
Wade II Ellis. chairman Of the Ohio re-
publican state executive committee. re.
gIrdiuE Ohio politics.
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Personnel Of the Party.
BALL GAME Is OFF TODAY;
DOUBLE HEADER TOMORROW

Owing to unsettled wsathsr conditions
and wet grounds, the game between the
Nationals and Clsvehnds scheduled foe
this aftsruoon has bssn called of. There
win 30 two samss tomorrow, the nsst be.
SHINING at 2 pm.
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Changes to Be Considered.

nong the changes To be considered
,nrtening of the term of enlistment In
regular army.
he organization of time expired men
~ powerful reserve.
fhe assignment of regular army om-
s as instructors to the National Guard.
\ definite system of schooling for ma
nal guardsmen, beginning with ele-
pntary lessons the first year, field ma
lsuvers the second, and concluding with
sham battle tactics the third
Reforms concerning appointments TO
\, est Point, so that the school may be
Utilized to its full capacity instead OF
half. condition which exists at present.
in the absence of approval from Presi-
snt Taft and Secretary of War Dickin-
SON, Gen Wood will not discuss plans
which he may have IN mind.
Cen. Wood said he was impressed with
the progress and kndliness of the Argen-
tine people and the people of South
4 merfca generally. The Argentine citi-
zens were very friendly to America and
their chief regret seemed to be that there
was no limo of steamships running di-
ectty to New York from Argentina. They
said that II q fast and regular line of
SHIPS w1s established it would receive
y ssyeDx LIBERAL patronage. The general
feeIine Was for closer commercial reia-
I .gns with the United States
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WRECKED BY LANDSLIDE.
Train Fireman Killed and Passen.
esrs Injured BY Accident.

IEAwN1v1LL& N.Y. July O-L0uis-
Vile. Asnassson and o. Lauis west.
aeuaa -sssssasf- tssiaass'e-, LA which
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Field Guns on Gondolas.

Three teams of horses were used to
haul the field pieces of the 1st Battery
to the freight yard, where. with the AM
bulance and Signal Corps wagons, they
were placed on gondolas. Tentage, Of
fcers' baggage, cots, tools, rakes. water
cans, stoves, garbage cans, pitchforks,
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promptly and with such system as was
done today, and several officers of the
regular army who witnessed both the
preliminary preparations and the actual
loading said the manner in which it
was done would be a credit to the
troops of the regular establishment.
Early this morning several four-horse
wagons reported at the Center market,
the Missouri avenue and the 1st Sepa-
rate Battalion armories, where details
from each command awaited them. The
loading under the charge of experienced
officers and non-commissioned officers
began at once.
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WHAT ARMY NEEDS
::;.'ood Would Have Younger
Men in the Ranks.
ERE TO ASSUME DUTIES
wv Chief of Staff Returns From
South American Trip.
IMPORTANT WORK AWAITS
~rogram of Reforms to Be Consid-
cred When Secretary Dickinson
Returns to City.
ERE TO ASSUME DUTIES
IMPORTANT WORK AWAITS

he United States needs an army of
,trong aggressive young men. declared
Mai. Gen Leonard Wood. who arrived
here today to assume actively the duties
of the chief of staff of the army. He was
appointed to that Office in April last on
the expiration of the term of Maj. Gen
I. F. Bell. but before he could enter
..ctively on it's duties he was sent by
'resident Taft to represent the United
ates government at the centennial ceie-
-ation of the Argentine Republic at
uenos Aires. On his way back to the
rited States he spent few weeks IN
..rmany and England.
Gany important military questions
ait Cen Woods consideration. Chlef
these are the estimates for the main
;sance OF the army for the next flscai
ar These estimates naturally are
,.;ic as they must cover expenses on
r footing as we'll as on a peace basis
teral propositions for increasing the
iency of the purely military arm also
ripe for discussion between the ch1ef
taft and the Secretary of War, with
70 their submission to Congress at
next session.
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ON CR|PPEN'S TRAIL
Scotland Yard Thinks He Is
Aboard the KroonIand.
MYSTERY OF CASE GROWS
French Police at Work on Theory of
Woman's Disguise.
APPEAL MADE BY FATHER
Asks Ethel Leneve to Surrender
Herself to Police-Doubted
Legality of Marriage.

LONDON, July 1s.-The latest theory
of the Scotland Yard officials is that Dr.
eve may be aboard the steamer Kroon-
land, which sailed for New York from
Dover at IL o'clock on the night of July
9. the day the two disappeared.
The steamer is due at quarantine a,
New York before II o'clock tomorrow
night.
AT Dover the Kroonland was boarded
by one New York man and number of
passengers from London. Crippen and
his companion are supposed to have left
on the afternoon of July 9. Crippen was
last seen going from his Office at !
o'clock. They had ample time to catch
the Red Star liner at Dover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-18

In Washington about every one
who reads at all reads The Star.
Largest circulation-daily and
Sunday.
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Wemaa's Make.Up Easy.

Mr.. Nsave Eeiess Suggestion, which
has been made Independently by other
aeQpsiHtsass.- that cEppea % nasaus.
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy and continued
cool tonight. Tuesday fair, with
slowly rising temperature.
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26
JUST A NATURAL MISTAKE
Gussle, in Fancy Costume, Astonished
the Doorkeeper for
Moment nt------

Gussie was knock-kneed, angular
and round-shouldered. He had a ter
rible squint, and a mouth like a steam
roller. All the same, he reckoned on
making something of a hit at the
fancy dress ball, and his costume was
as elegant as his figure was un-
lovely.
With fast beating heart he stepped
1auntily from his automobile outside
the town hall. where the ball was be-
ing held. The hall porter stepped back
ward at the unsightly apparition.
Great Christopher Columbus!" he
gasped as he regarded Gussie.
mo, no. my good mani" chirped
Gussie, as he tripped through the por-
tails. "Chawles the First, my dear fell
low-Chawles the First!"-London An
swers.
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26

peans and. unhappily, by British merchants. The
sultan. who is under British protection. derives
large revenue from It, but although negotiations
with him for its prohibition might require diplo-
matte handling owing to his treaty obligations
with at least other power. It is the only efec-
tive means Of avoiding the outpouring OF blood
and treasure the Indian forntier.
AT present the efforts OF the British navy are
handicapped by the fact that the Photographed
conditions OF Muscat indeed OF the whole lit
toral Of the gulf, do not allow preventive ships
TO go very close to the coast 1t is this fact which
enables the gun-running dhows to escape the vigt
lance OF British cruisers.
Thus the dhows which put out from Muscat
with their contraband cargoes adopt the simple
plan of hugging the coast within the shallow-wa-
ter limits If they are making for Koweit which
Is the center OF the gun trade for Mesopotamia
and western Persia they can proceed all the way
In comparative safety. otherwise they sail Just
far enough to be in position to make dash for
Jask some other port on the Makran coast,
where their cargoes received for conveyance
by caravan ella Baluchistan to Afghanistan and
the northwest frontier Khels.
Fhe two most active firms engaged in this
trade owned by a Baluchi and a Frenchman
There are also in Muscat numerous small shops
engaged in the trade. and numbers OF the agents
are "ban{as" from India. Mysterious cargoes are
also dropped overheard in the dead of night Into
swift sailing dhows and got away to obscure
places along the eastern coast. 1t will be impos-
sible to check this growing peril TO England's
peace in India without large number OF small
draught patrol boats and efficient coastguard
ON the Makran coast.
mo craft" says Mr. H. Warrington Smyth, In
Mast and Sail In Europe and Asia" has played
q greater part in the worlds history than the
dhow The lateen yard is as much the emblem OF
The Faith as Is the Crescent true baggara.
Nagala or Arab dhow, the probable parent of all
The lateen-rigged offspring, Is now mostly to be
met with in the Red sea and eastward to the Per
sian gulf, Karachi Bombay. along the Malabar
coast md down the coast Of Africa to Zanzibar,
making its voyages with the fair wind of the mon.
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26

and mother-ofpearl and fish are also Of some COM
merclal Importance. The chief port is Muscat. II
is situated between two hills and looks out to sea,
shown in the view of the Persian gulf accom-
panying this article.
The population of Oman is estimated at 1,50O-
0OO and consists Of several tribes of Arab origin.
partly nonadc. The negro element is very
merous.
Muscs WIS taken by the Portuguese in 1903
and remained in their hands until the middle of
the seventeenth century. when the Arabs of the
Interior secured possession of 1t. The imams or
sultans Of Muscat afterwards made extensive con-
quests In eastern Africa, including Zanzibar, Nom
bas and ouiloa, Oman at the climax OF It's
power and commercial prosperity in the first half
OF the nineteenth century, when the authority OF
the imams or sutans extended over the Persian
territories Of Larisan and Mogstan, the Islands OF
Bender Abbas part of the coast of Baluchistan. and
the long strip Of African coastland including Fan
zibar, Monbasa and Quiloa. together with the
island Of socotra. The present ruling family origi-
mated in Yemen and was first established in the
imamate In the person of Ahmed ibn Said In 174l.
The rise Of the wahabi power In Nedjed resulted
in considerable loss Of territory. In 1856, on the
death Of Sultan Said his possessions were divided
between hs two sons, one receiving the African
territories and the other Muscat, with the Persian
possession, These last were lost in 1875. Sultan
Thuwany, Who succeeded in Muscat, was assass
mated In lsss by his Sem, who reigned but a
short time and was driven out by his uncle Seyyid
Fesa ibn Turki The power OF the imam is exer
cised very little beyond the capital, Muscat, the
name OF which is therefore probably better known
in popular usage than that OF the whole state
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26

HE feeling is growing
throughout the Indian
army and Indian gov
ernment circles that
Britain Is approaching a
bigger campaign on the
northwest frontier than
has been seen in recent
years Not only are
large sections Of the
tribesmen like the Nah
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-26

sud Wazris and others exhibiting
Isigns OF increasing turbulence. but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full Of modern
arms and ammunition. while more Is
pouring into them every day by every
SECLUDED track leading through Balu-
EChistan and the Afghan hills.
In addition to this. the present
Ameer. abandoning his fathers policy.
has allowed thousands OF modern RI
fles manufactured In the arsenal at
Kabul to reach the hands Of his own
ttribesmen. and the probable co-opera-
tion OF the latter In a frontier war
tagainst the Indian Raj may easily in
volve the British government with Az
ghanistan as well.
All this. as every Indian officer
Knows, is involved In the continuance
of the persistent gun-running which Is
marking the growing war fever on the
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. 1t is not too much to
say that the peace and safety Of India
depend upon the suppression Of this
trade, and yet, owing chiefly to the
ipaucity Of British naval resources
there, she can do little or nothing. .
Nnscat. at the entrS ice of the gulf,
Is The chief center of-this nefarfous
ltranic. which is carried on by Euro