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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
PROBING FIRST wIFE's DEATH.
Suspicion Excited at Time Former
Mrs. Crippen Passed Away.

LONDON, July 16-The police consider
the story of the shopwoman who told of
hearing reports. OF revolver practice in
the Crippen garden, in HiIldrop Crescent,
on different occasions, and later of being
aroused during the night by a woman s
screams significant when connected with
the fact that revolver was found nearby
where the body was inferred
1t develops that Crippen had in his DOS
session only $3.50 when he disappeared.
but according TO the police he took with
him the greater part of the jewelry that
had been his wife's. From this, they
figure that his funds cannot hold out
long. and that he will not be likely to at
tempt to dispose of the jewels.
, The police have concluded their exam
| ination of the Crippen residence and
grounds. having disposed of the theory
advanced by some that the premises had
oeen used as burial ground for bodies
other than the one discovered.
Probe First Wife's Death.
The French police are now on the lob.
Ihey are searching the former haunts of
the doctor at Boulogne-Sur-Mer Ostend
ana calais In an endeavor, which has SO
far proved vain, to find the doctor.
Crippen's personality was too marked to
enable MIN to escape discovery on the
continent EVEN IL he shaved Off his con-
spicuous mustache, discarded his specta-
cles and SO changed his wearing apparel
as to make him look like the understood
Londoner. of whom there are millions. the
police assert that it would sta be easy to
recognize him because of his pronounced
American accent, which he could not pos
sibly disguise. They argue that this az
cent will soon give a ciue to his hiding
place.
A new featue of the case has bobbeh
up. The police started an inquiry into the
circumstances of the death Of the first
Mrs. Crippen. who died about two years
before the doctor married Belle Gilmore.
Scotland Yard has offered c1 reward 70
any cabman who will come forward and
testify as to any fare he picked up al
Hflidrop Crescent since February. l.
Developments seem to snow that Grim
pen and the Leneve woman did not zee
from the home on Hildrop Crescent Sat
urday. They left casually at the usual
time in the morning and went to the doc
tors Oxford street office. where she was
employed as his stenographer They we're
Seen at the Office during the morning.
and left about O'Clock in the afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
FENclNG

Mrs. Volkens. land went when she was
a little girl to school ii in Union ave-
nue.. Williamsburg. She took course
in high school after that. and then be-
1T was through these people that she
met DR.. Crippen in rather an odd way.
The family had q country estate up state.
They went there one summer about twen-
ty years ago and took Belle with them.
She got sick and the local doctor
couldn't be found. 1t happened that
a physician named Hawley Harvey Grip
pen was visiting in the town and he was
called in to treat Belle
They became fond of each other at
the start, but it was several years be-
fore they were married. They CORE
sponded and later on when Belle had
gone on the stage and was travelling in
the west she met Crippen They came
to New York together and were married
here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
KNoTTlNG AND. SPL1crNe
JACK|ES LEAVE ON
THEIR TEST CRUISE
District Naval Battalion Try
ing Out Its New Training
Ship, the Ozark.

The Naval Battalion of the National
Guard of the District started this after
noon on its initial cruise aboard its new
training ship the L. S. S. Ozark, which
vas turned over TO the battalion about
two weeks ago. About 200 members took
Fart in the trial cruise, which is pre-
paratory TO the annual cruise, which be-
gins a week from today.
The Ozark has been made spick and
span from mast tops to engine room,
at o'clock this afternoon. The National
Guard sailors Will go down the Potomac
for short trip only, returning tomor-
row evening about 10 clock. The l.. s.
s Puritan was in charge Of the Naval,
Battalion for the last nine or ten years,
and the members of the organization will
today have an opportunity of comparing
the Ozark with the old monitor, which
has been turned back to the Navy De-
partment
An Up-to- Date Vessel.
Although she has smaller accommoda-
tions for the men than the Puritan had,
the Ozark is a thoroughly up-to-date ship,
and III taking her down the river the bat
TALON will. in the opinion of it's officers.
get excellent practice in manning a first
class war vessel, before attending the
maneuyers, which this year will occur in
the vicinity of Long Island sound.
Almost the entire strength of the bat
talon was aboard when the Ozark raised
ancnor this afternoon as both men and
officers took advantage of the Saturday
half-holiday and Sunday to get a little
preliminary practice before going on their
annual cruise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Sheet Metal Workers at Work.

Organizer p. F. Quinn Of the Sheet
Metal Workers Union said today that
only sixty members OF the union were
out of work in Washington and that
he will soon hnd employment for them
In Baltimore and other nearby cities.
where the shops are working short
handed.
The Washington shops. he said, are
working with non-union men. There
Is practically no hope OF getting his
men back to work on their own terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Practiced in San Diego.
Old Corner Stone as Relic.

The corner stone OF the old ST. Mat
thew's Church, at III and 18th streets
northwest. was removed by the excava-
tors Thursday last. and has been turned
over by the contractors to Mgr. Lee, the
present rector. The stone was laid seven
ty,three-years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
CR|PPEN HIDES TRAIL
CONTINUED from First Page.)

to make trip on the continent Melinda
gathered that the quarrel was about a
woman
"Crippen wasn't what l would call a
drinking man, but Belle seemed to be
afraid to have him drink. One night at
dinner in my house the doctor followed
me to the pantry and begged me for a
drink of brandy. / told him where he
could find the brandy but he asked me
to get it for him.
Belle saw me getting it, and asked me
what l was doing. When 1 told her she
said that if I had any love for her /
wouldn't give him drink.
.: If Peter (as. she called him) got two
drinks of brandy. 1 would be afraid to
go home with him.. she said.
Belle told me about a year ago that
she had been married to the doctor four
teen years For the last twelve years she
had lived in England and on the CONT
nent.
Il can't understand how Crippen. who
was such little man, could have dis
posed of Bellies body. She Wss fine,
big woman. weighing perhaps one hun
dred and eighty pounds, while he was
weak and weighed only bit more than
one hundred pounds"
Scott's Remembrance Of Crippen.
William E. Scott picked up a good
many facts about Crippen in ten years
acquaintance with the man.
mad &c to said meet M him oy
night. while he was in France, under
cover because of some shady trans
action or other He had no beard then.
though he wore a good-sized mustache
sandy in color and drooping at the ends.
He was using an alias, just what 1
have forgotten.
He took me to a village a few miles
from the resort and introduced me to
this woman about whom there has been
SO much talk, Ethel Clare Leneve. She
III say for her that she was not only
pretty, but fascinating. She knew how
to talk. She spoke French perfectly. and
she told me she had been educated by the
nuns of a convent at Dion.
Il learned, too. that she and the doctor
had met in 1903 AT that time Miss
Leneve was typist for a French COM
pany that ran the DrOuet Institute, a cor
respondence school clinic, which got into
trouble. DR.. Crippen was mixed up with
the concern in some way, and he met
Miss Leneve there.
She Is about five feet four inches tall, l
should say, with dark, expressive eyes, a
fne complexion and an excellent though
slender hgure. She was not common
looking woman by any means, but very
modest appearing girl.
DIR. Crippen appeared to me to be head
over heels in love with her. Certainly
their conduct while / was around was
most lover like.
Il got to know a good deal about Grip
zen during my stay in France. He
seemed to be tender hearted. affectionate
and gentle. He didn't look like he
would harm fly.
But he was vain fellow. He told me
he considered himself the greatest con-
noisseur alive in the art of waistcoats
Every day he appeared in a different
waistcoat, a garment Of startling pattern
and colors.
His wastcoats reminded me of the
kind you see often IN men of certain
class that hang around the English race
tracks. He affected jewelry Of a pro-
nounced type, big stickpins and rings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Hurt by Fall on Stairs.

While descending the stairs at her
home. 1140 10th street northwest. yester-
day afternoon Mrs. Mary Dorsey. fell.
Her arm was fractured and she was pain
fully bruised about her body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Rapidity Of Evaporation.

You can imagine the rapidity of evap-
grafton when 1 tell you that all the water
poured into the Caspian every year Is
sucked up by the sun. Year after year
the average level does not vary much. but
Is lower, as I have already suggested. in
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SON TELLS OF LETTER.
Crippen Wrote That His Beautiful
Wife" Was Dead.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. July 18Th. o.
Crippen of this city, son of Dr. Hawley
H. Crippen, who is sought by Scotland
Yard detectives for the alleged murder
Of his wife, has looked in vain for the
letter received from his father in Feb
ruary. announcing the death of Mrs.
Crippen.
Although the missve was not brought
to light, he said the substance was about
as follows:
Dear Son: l am very sorry to write
you that my beautiful wife died ntly
in San Francisco. suffering from pIeuro-
pneumonia
That was the last word l had from
my father said Crippen. II have not
seen him in sixteen years and he sell
dom corresponded with me.
"Since I was two years of age I had
lived with my grandparents up to the
time Of my recent marriage. had never
seen my stepmother and she had never
been in Los Angeles"
Practiced in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO. CAL. July 16-County
| records show that Dr. Hawley Harvey
crippen came here in 1888 to practice
medicine His state certificate was is
sued in April of that year. 1t shows him
| to have graruated at the Homeopathic
Hospital Of Cleveland. He was then un-
married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Masonic Base Ball Game.
Thief Gets Four Shirts and a Coat

Henry Reuter-, who conducts lunch
room at 2O1 street northeast. asked the
police today to recover four shirts and a
lcoat that were stolen from him at his
place Of business last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16

NEWARK, n. j., July 16.-President
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University
has announced that he will accept the
democratic nomination for governor OF
this state if he is convinced that ma
jority of the party sincerely desires him
to run. In formal statement. dated
at his summer home in Lyme. Conn, and
published in the Newark News yester-
day afternoon over his signature, Presi-
dent Wilson thus defines his attitude:
There has recently been SO much talk
of the possibility of my being nominated
by the democrats of New Jersey for the
governorship of the state and 1 have
been asked by SO many persons whom I
respect what my attitude would be toward
such a nomination that it would be an
affectation and discourtesy on my part
to ignore the matter any longer
Diffident, But Consents.
Il need not say that / am in no sense
a candidate for the nomination and that
1 would not, under any circumstances
do anything to obtain it. My present
duties and responsibilities are such as
should satisfy any man DESTROYS of rem
dering public service. They certainly
satisfy me. and / do not wish to draw
away from them
But my wish does not constitute
my duty, and if it should turn out 10
be true, as so many well Informed per-
sons have assured me they believe 1t
will, that it is the wish and hope of
decided majority of the thoughtful
democrats of the state that ] should
consent; to accept the party's nomina-
ton tor the great Office of governor,
shall deem il my duty. as well AZ
an honor and "a privilege to do SO.
Decision in Other Hands.
Il cannot, and do not, venture to as
sumo that this is the case 1t remains
to be seen whether il is or not. 7
should not feel personally disappointed
if 1t should turn out otherwise But
it is clearly due to the many public
men and the many representatives of
the public press who have urged me
to say how l feel about this very i'm.
portant matter that I should make this
statement rather than seem to avoid
their legitimate inquiries"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
MESSAGE PLEASES TAFT
SECRETARY MACVEAGH'S, Elk.
HIBIT OF FINANCES.
Large Excess in Ordinary Receipts
Over Ordinary Expenditures.
Amount of Surplus.

BEVERLY. Mass. July 16.-President
Taft was highly pleased when he re-
ceived letter from Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh stating that the
splendid showing of federal finances an
nounced June so last had been improved
by revised returns showing additional re-
ceipts of about 100000.
The Secretary's letter. dated Dublin. y
H.. July II. explains itself, and is as
follows:
NY ear Mr. President: I send YOU
the following which find on m, arrival
here. l am sure ii will interest you.
THE daily statement for June 30. 1910
shows an excess in ordinary receipts over
ordinary disbursements of s9.4O2 49, 0s
From additional returns of June transac-
lions. so far received. the excess or sur
plus. OF ordinary receipts has grown tc
s14.95I .51961. and the excess of all dis
bursements over all receipts has there
fore been reduced from s2J.sS4 ,644 81
shown on the June 80 statement, to $40,
::s5.,J6. 20
Panama Canal Payments.
But for payments from the general
fund during the year of s33 oil ,s7337 for
'"V oioho Nohdi' n surplus OF all re-
ceipts over all disbursements would be
shown of s13.o16. 1867. as follows:
Surplus of ordinary receipts, s149Jl
51s.67. Deduct from the debt redemp-
tons OF S16o.923 and national bank notes
retired in excess o. lawful money deposit
Cd therefor. s6I+.i1s. a total of 81 .375. 400
leaving s13.5I6 1861
The fiscal year figures are still sub
iect to revision after receipt of complete
returns.
Very sincerely yours.
FRANKLIN MACVEAGH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Boosted of Conquests.

He wasn't what you'll call handsome
among women. He limited that he had
them all running after him in London.
"Crippen was something of a gambler
He lost a lot of money betting on the
English races, but he was always able to
make money. With this man MARI ne
was a proprietor of three or four Of these
so-cailed medical institutes that manu-
facture medicine for the cure or deafness.
These institutions were gold mines,
have heard, but the doctor was such a
spender that he seemed to be broke most
OF the time.
He was really a good physician. intel
ligent and versed in his profession. In
the United States he was considered,
believe, a reputable physician. In Eng
land he was disreputabie according to the
ethics of the profession. He advertised
in the papers and he was connected with
companies that had been denounced by
press and judge.
Went From Philadelphia to London.
There is no doubt from what I know
of the man and his connections that he
will be kept we'll supplied with none,
wherever he is.
He doesn't look bit like the picture.
that l have seen of him In New York
newspapers. He looks younger and no,
SO solemn the pictures make him out
He had no beard and his face would bt
changed a lot II he took of the mustachs
saw him wear.
"He should be- pretty we'll known IL
New York. In 1880 he was assistant sur
geon at the Aurei Hospital in Eas
I'D street, and in the same year he wa.
lecturer on refraction in the New Yori
| Ophthalmic Hospital.
AFTER that he went with Munyon II
| Philadelphia and eventually to England
| I know that he got his medical degre.
| from the Cleveland Hospital College II
1884,
Mrs. Kate yolkens. a half sister o
| Belle Elmore, tells about Bellies earl,
| life:
"She was thirty-eight years DID," sal,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
TRAVEL ON CASPIAN
Many Small Vessels Ply This
Wonderful Inland Sea.
GREAT INFLOW; NO OUTLET
Drainage From Vast Area Absorbed
by Evaporation.
RUSSIANS ARE IN CONTROL
Own the Steamship Lines and Rail-
roads With Which They
Connect.
RUSSIANS ARE IN CONTROL

BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
| Special Correspondence OF The Star and the
I Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16

cargoes of raw cotton, wool and other
natural products from territory as large
as the Mississippi valley. The Russian
manufacturers now depend upon Turke-
stan for the largest amount of their raw
cotton and the product Is increasing in
volume rapidly.
Moscow Is the source of suppl for ali
kinds Of merchandise required in central
Asia, and paternal government protects
the manufacturers against the competition
Of the rest of Europe.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08

When Burns sang "The best laid
plans of mice and men gang aft aglae'
he did not have the Reno champion
ship fight and the moving picture syn
dictate in mind. But no line in all liz
erature fits the situation better so far
as those enterprising gentlemen are
concerned.
When they cheerfully transferred
100000 to the two prize fighters for
their interest in the moving picture
films they no doubt regarded as
one of the finest and most profitable
investments they had ever made. On
the face it looked it. 1t looked like a
million and so in their exurbance they
took the public into their confidence
and gloated over their prospective
good fortune.
But There's many a slip" between
the taking of the films and the bank
ing of the profits. From one end OF
the country to the other there is pro-
test against the showing of the pic
lures. 1t is probable that they will be
barred out of the South entirely. In
all of the large Northern cities, with
much friction already existing between
the whites and the negroes, the police
ban is likely to be put on them. The
church people are at work and their
united influence is apt to deal a hard
er blow than even Johnson can hit
DR.. Pickard, of Savannah, says that
the introduction of the negro into
the prize ring sounded the death
knell of that sport" This is likely
to be the case. There is a general
revolt against the showing of the pic
lures of the fight and the feeling
against prize fighting in general is
apt to become SO accumulated that even
Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico are
apt to feel the pressure of it.
But one can we'll imagine the glum
looks Of the moving picture syndicate
as they see their million dollar profits
melting into thin air. And one can
also appreciate the grin that spreads
from ear to ear on each prize fight
|ers face as he thinks of the money he
coppered in advance. This is the
only amusing feature of the prize
fight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-08
ALL SHOULD COOPERATE FOR
GOOD OF CITY AND COUNTY.

Americas cannot afford to fall
down in the slightest degree in It's
reception and entertainment OF the
Georgia Weekly Press Association the
coming week.
This will be the largest and most
representative gathering of the week
ly newspaper proprietors and editors
that has ever been held in Georgia.
In addition there will be several prom
inent newspaper men here from other
sections.
The large attendance this year is
due to the fact that the meeting is
&c lie held in Americas. Americas
and Sumter county have been SO ex-
tensively advertised during thu past
two or three Years that there is a de-
sire in all parts of the state to be-
C me acquainted with the city and
county about, which so nue.. has been
heard. In their letters of acceptance
many of the newspaper publishers
have so stated.
The meeting of the Press Associa-
ton here can be made the greatest
advertisement Americas and the sur
rounding country have ever had.
There is no doubt of that Over one
hundred newspapers of the state will
be represented. There is not a lead
ing paper in Georgia that will not
have its representative here. Every
section, too, will be included. From
Dade county to Glynn and from Ra-
bun to Decatur they are coming, eager
to see Americas, eager to see Sumter
county, prepared to be delighted with
their entertainment, prepared to car
ry away impressions that will re-
dound to the good of this city and
county.
Some of our people are not awake
to the Importance of this event. With,
out exaggerating, there has been no
meeting held in Americas in the past
twenty years that promises so much
good, that promises to bring so many
advantages in its train, as this gath
ering here next week. of the editors of
the weekly papers of the state. It
is doubtful if there will be another
meeting here in another twenty years.
Every year there are several places
working for the convention. Americas,
then, must show itself in it's right
dolors this time. 1t must sustain
it's reputation in every respect. To do
otherwise would be a blot on the fair
name of the city.
Committee are at work making the
necessary arrangements. Citizens
should show their interest, their pa
triotic pride in Americas, by heart
liz cooperating with them.
There should be no narrow, selfish
policy in matter that is of such
prime Importance to the city and
county.
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=: Powerful MOney-SaVing Event.
JOYNER'S STOCK TAKING SALE.
Prices Smashed to Make Ready
Unmatchable Bargain Feast
n to the
every
Saturday July 2
STOCK-TAKING PRICES:
SC Good Embroidery l S-4c.

1000 yards of fine embroidery edging
in good quality and worth anywhere
SC yard, here now in this sale l Sac
Sc Fine Embroidery Lee I'd.
500 yards Embroidery Edging and IN
sertion, worth and 10c yard, to go
as an extra special, now 1-2c yard.
10 Yards Fancy Lawn Csc.
10 yards of fine, sheer fancy Lawn in
lots Of pretty colors and worth up to
pink and blue, to go for ......25c
10 Yards of Dress Ginghams 25c.
10 yards of good, strong durable Dress
Ginghams in many patterns of grey,
pink, blue, to go for :. :. 25c.
&c Sea Island 3 3-4c Yard.
1000 yards of fine Sea Island or Sheet
ing that can't be bought today at the
price of this sale :. :. 34c Yard.
Sc Yard. Wide Sheeting sc Yard.
Sc full yard-wide Sea Island in good,
strong quality, here while it lasts at
Sc UnbIeached Drill sc Yard.
Sc extra good stout unbleached Drill
ing to close out quick at yard :. &c
See the &c Yard Table.
About 5000 yards of fine Lawns, Dress
Ginghams, Calicoes, Drapery and
remnants on this table at yard &c.
&c Good Calico 4 3-4c Yard.
A great lot of good Calico in both
light and dark colors in many pat
terms, now yard :. :. :. 3-4c.
Zoe Fancy Lawns &c Yard.
Pretty patterns of fine, sheer Organdy,
Lawns and Muslins of 10c quality, to
close now yard :. =. >. :. &c
IL Lee Fine Lawns Lee Yard.
All IL 1-2c and 15c fine lovely colored
Lawns and Batiste in figured or
floral patterns to go in this Sale at
yard 1-zc
12 lie Fine Goods Lee Yard.
Apout 10000 yards of yard-wide
Bleaching. Dress Bingham, sheer,
white Lawn, colored stripe Rep,
Chambray, ETC., at yard :. :. Z LIE
ALI DrygOOds Sacrificed.
IL Lee MuscOgee Hickory Sc yard
Regular II lie extra heavy Muscogee
Hickory, In both brown and blue
stripes, now yard :. -. :. :. :. SC.