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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
TRIED TO KILL COUSIN.
Viennese Woman Admits Sending
Relative Poisoned Chocolates.
Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
VIENNA. September 10. 1910.
A Viennese woman of good family
Frau Castellez, has confessed to hav-
ing attempted to poison an elderly
maiden lady. her cousin. by sending
her poisoned chocolates.
The cousin, Fraulein Moraweck, re-
ceived by post on her last birthday a
box of chocolates. with a birthday card
inclosed. She noticed nothing re-
markable until she came to the third
layer, which consisted of chocolates
in the form of cockschafers. The first
taste of one of the chocolate cock
schafers was SO unpleasant that she
left the rest. Later she was taken
violently ill. Her doctor found that
the chocolate was poisoned, and he
informed the police, who after q time
arrested Frau Castellez, her husband,
and a young doctor.
Frau Castellez declares that she
owed her cousin some money. and as
she saw no means of repaying 1t she
decided to poison her. She nodded the
cockschafers hersef out of chocolate
paste. and mixed with it a poisonous
commonly used here. On
being arrested Frau Castellez attempt
ed to commit suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

Charlton again returned to Jail. Yesterday
was the young prisoners twenty-second
birthday, evidence introduced as to his
citizenship showing that he was born in
Omaha, Neb., September 81 1883.
1t was reported in the courtroom that
Charltons counsel had been disinclined
to have him appear personally at the
hearing, and it was apparent that some
pains had been taken by the authorities
to forestall circumstances which might
lead to any unpleasant experiences for
the young prisoner or to courtroom dis
turbance Court officers were plentiful
in the room. Some of them stood close to
the jury box. in which Capt. Henry H.
Scott, the dead womans brother sat di-
rectly facing the prisoner, and others We're
near the prisoners side. -.,...-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
.DEF|ES ALL HIS CRITICS
BALLINGER SAYS HE WILL Elk.
POSE HIS TRADUCERS.
Declares He Has No Apologies to-
Make and That He Stands Securely
Upon His Conscious Rectitude.

DENVER. September 22.-"When | get
foot-loose from public Office i intend to
devote a part of my time to giving to the
American people some idea of the purity
Of the lives Of my traducers," said Sec
rotary of the Interior Richard A. Bal
linger yesterday afternoon at q banquet
given in his honor by the Denver Cham
Der of Commerce and the Real Estate
Exchange.
1.-The public is entitled to know the
hidden springs of inspiration which
gush in torrents Of 'upiift' patriotism
from these self-appointed moralists, and
1 shall heartily enjoy using the search
light when the proper season comes"
The Secretary asserted the efficiency
OF the Interior Department was never
greater than today, and continued:
Il have no apologies to make to the
American people for any act during my
public career or in any private capacity
Standing securely upon my conscious rec
titude. I defy all my critics and all my
enemies, and with the deliberate purpose
Of fighting out the battle to the end ]
propose to administer the Interior De-
partment within the Constitution and
the law as I conceive 1t to be under my
oath of Office"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
JAILED POR FOREST FIRE.
Rancher Accused Of Starting Rlaxa
on National Reserve. 20

LOS ANGELES. CAL. September a.
Henry Clay Of San Diego was sentenced
yesterday by Judge Wellborn In the fed
eral court to four months in Jail for hav-
ing set fire to part Of a national forest
reserve last October
Clay. who is q rancher, has land Dor
dering the reserve. 1t was alleged he
wished to burn off the brush that az.
forded harbor for crop pests. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

other upon a pedestal. and twenty or
thirty large albums filled with views
Of Germany and photographs of Ger
man military heroes were found lying
about the place.
The geological exhibits in the palace
include a number Of stuffed dogs. cats
and pigeons, and one horse-all of
them former pets of the sultan: a
stuffed tiger sent to him from India,
and the largest pair of elephant tusks
ever seen. These are heavily mounted
in silver, and were the. gifts of an In
dian rajah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
Illegal to Wear Them.

Henceforth NJ. BRAND. backed by NJ.
Lepine. proclaimed that the wearing Of
any of these ribbons will be illegal. ANY
man or woman sporting them will be
called up. as tie writer Villiers de rIsle
Adam once was. He used to wear a Diff
ferent colored ribbon in his buttonhole on
different days. according to the mood he
was in-pale pink when he was optimistic
white when he felt particularly good
dark purple when he was gloomy.
Unfortunately, one day. when he had
high spirits and had put red ribbon
in his buttonhole, he was summoned
for illegally wearing the Legion Of Honor
which he was far too little Of a popular
writer ever to have received.
The difference made by the new meas
ures is that Villiers would nowadays be
held for wearing any ribbons at all. even
one of no known order. But some legal
authorities seem doubtful whether NJ
BRAND and NJ. Lepine are not acting ultra
wires Do buttonholes belong to the gov
eminent? asks one rebellious man. Even
at the council of the Legion of Honor 1t
is seriously questioned whether any one
can be legally forbidden to put in his
buttonhole any ribbon he likes SO Ions
as it is not that of any known order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
Resignation of Cant. lie Wald.

The President has accepted the resig-
nation Of Capt. Leon T. lie wald.
medical department. to take effect the
25th instant. Capt. Le Wald Is from
New York. and entered the military
service in October, 1902. He is gradu-
ate of the Army Medical School in this
city. and has held the grade Of captain
since October, 1897.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

coat II must apologize, my friend po-
ltely said. for not knowing what order
it is you are wearing, sir"
mo harm done; 1t is the badge of a Sc
cret society,"" answered the wearer.
In France the Society for the Promo
ton Of Virtue bestows a black and green
ribbon; the Last Farewell Life-saving So
ciety. a black and red one: the National
Humane Society. a red, white and blue
one; the Society Of the Public Veal. a
blue and green one; the Dispensary of
Boyer blue and red: the Pantin Help So
ciety violet. with a red edge; the HUI
manitarian League. red, edged with blue
the Polytechnic Life-saving Society. red
and white, and a score more bodies give
others of many cOlOrS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

An epidemic Of infantile paralysis has
broken out In Centreville, Md, q number
of children ranging in age from two to
four years being affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
Register for the Prize Essay Competition.

Tonyq h be lie tina you
The
of High
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
IN THE y|[D|z KIOSK
Collections of Abdul Hamid
Spared by the Looters.
NOW BEING CLASSIFIED
Dispersion of Household of the For
mer Ruler.
PENSIONS GIVEN HIS WIVES
Present Sultan Not Man of Lux
ury-Grounds of the Park Opened
by His Wish to the Public.
BY WILLIAM r. CURTIS
ecial Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 20. 1910.
Yildiz Kiosk, which means THE Pavil
ion of the STAR the mysterious residence
of the late Sultan Abdul Hamid, is now
open to the public, at least to those
who have sufficient influence to obtain
permits upon application through their
| ambassadors. YidiZ Kiosk is the name
of a beautiful little palace in which tina
former sultan gave audience to ambas-
sailors and other persons whom he was
willing to receive, and he occasionally en-
tertained guests at dinner there. The
building is of artistic design, the material
is the most chaste white marble, the in
terror fittings are sumptuous and the view
of the Bosphorus and the Asiatic shore
from the windows is one Of the most
beautiful that can be imagined. 1t was
built in the early part of the last century
by Abdul Mejid, who reigned from 1889
to 1851, and was the residence of the
mother of Abdul Hamid when he was
elevated to the throne.
The park, which comprises about 700
acres, is nearly all forest and is laid out
in most attractive manner. Since Abb
inclosed by double walls, with space of
800 feet between them, which was pa
troIed constantly by soldiers. Other
buildings have been erected around the
kiosk from time to time until they now
number about twenty and include a
charming little theater where plays and
operettas were given for the entertain
ment of the ladies of the harem. There
are several barracks for the military
guard, quarters and offices for the staff
of secretaries and clerks. quarters for
the military officers on dnty, conserva-
tories, an armory, museum and even a
machine shop.
The palace for the harem, which was
in charge of the late sultan's elder sister,
is situated in the midst Of an Italian gar
den, upon which much care and money
was expended. The building itself is not
of Importance, but is very large and re-
sembles modern summer hotel. It con-
tains several large drawing rooms which
are sumptuously furnished, and three or
four hundred living rooms. which were
necessary for the accommodation of Abb
dull Hands family.
The household, as has been disclosed
since his overthrow, was composed Of 80
ladies of all ages and races including sew
eral French, German and Italian and at
least one English woman. Perhaps there
was more than one, but so far as has
been disclosed the old gentleman had no
AmoriPonc iS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
WEARING OF RIBBONS
FORBIDDEN IN FRANCE
Felony to Sport One in Button
hole Unless It Has Been Is
sued by an Order.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS. September ~. 1910.
Begged once by friend to give the red
ribbon to an old man whose dearest
wish it was to be decorated, and who
was bedridden. Gambetta said. Does
he never leave his ROOM Never, was
the reply. Then tell him to put red
ribbon in his buttonhole straightaway.'
If he gave that advice today Gambetta
would be compounding felony. Nj.
BRAND, the prime minister, has issued a
severe circular. which the project of po-
lice has backed up with threatening COM
ments. enjoining upon all persons in pub
lie authority TO take immediate steps to
denounce, apprehend or otherwise bring
to book any individual either wearing
in his buttonhole the ribbon Of an Or
der TO which he has no right or even
wearing any ribbon other than that Of an
officially recognized order which he pos
sesses.
Cruel Blow to France.
This is a cruel blow for a great num-
Der of persons in a country where titles
are no longer conferred. In the United
states a French friend of mine was once
ut a public banquet, sitting next to an
American who wore large star on his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
REJECTS INSANITY PLEA
IN CASE Of CHARLTON
Court Takes Application for
Return of Wife Murderer to
Italy Under Amusement.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., September o.
Porter Charlton lost the opening skir-
mish yesterday in his fight to escape extra
dition for the confessed murder at Lake
Como, Italy. of his wife. Mary Scott
Castle. Charlton. Judge Blair, before
whom he was arraigned. declined to adj
NIT a plea of insanity. and took the APP
plication for his return under advisement.
An attack on the treaty with Italy under
which extradition is asked thereupon be-
came the main prop of the defense.
Several alienists who have had Charlton
under observation were in court ready to
testify to his mental incapacity. but were
denied a hearing under Judge Blair S
ruling. Objection was offered by Prose-
cutor Pierre Carver, who represented the
state, when an attempt was made to call
them to the stand. He argued that the
question of extradition must be settled
at Washington. In UNFOLDING this con-
tention, Judge Blair said:
do you suppose that if 1 were sitting
as committing magistrate the prisoner
would have the right to put In plea of
insanity? have decided not to hear such
a plea.
Dossier Is Submitted.
prosecutor SdTNeu TeSteU HlS case dllcE
presenting in evidence the dossier of the
crime sent to this country by the Italian
government. Cartons counsel at once
asked for the dismissal Of proceedings, ON
the ground that no proof of the allega-
tons in the dossier had been offered. but
Judge Blair overruled the motion. r.
Floyd Clark. one of Charlton's attorneys,
then attacked the treaty with Italy.
He quoted from the Italian penal code
statute passed in 1890. providing that
no Italian citizen shall be extradited, and
said this was a virtual abrogation of the
treaty. He argued that a treaty must
be equally binding on both nations, and
that If Italy were not bound to surrender
her citizens. neither was the United
States. In case of Charlton's dismissal
he promised that he would be placed in
u sanitarium at Washington.
May Go to Secretary Knox.
If Judge Blair's ruling is adverse to
Charlton. the case will be certified to Sec
rotary Knox, who will pass on the ques-
ton of extradition. Charlton's counsel
professed the greatest confidence last
night that in such event their argument
against the Italian treaty would be up
held.
Pending the decision by Judge Blair.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
WALDR0N sums Up CROPS
IN WESTERN north OAK.

This follows very closely the nor
NAL distribution. Conditions were
favorable until the Goth of June whel
series of hot winds commenced
which lasted at intervals until wei
into July. at times these were very
severe.
The favoring conditions of any ex
ira moisture in the soil from the sea
son of 1909 were largely Offset by the
high temperature of 1910. A warm
season decreases the available rain
fall by increasing the evaporation
Thus 80 inch rainfall in Texas may
be no more than Is inch rainfall
with us.
Yields of 1910.
A study of the yields of grain sent
for exhibition to the dry farming con
gress at Spokane which meets next
month, will be worth while. Three
wheat, one barley and one alfalfa are
shown in the cut. The wheat to the
deft is the we'll known Kubanka, ole
of the best of the durum varieties
The wheat shown grew on spring
plowed wheat stubble, packed once
with a sub-surface packer. The
packing increased the yield slightly
The five plots that the sample came
from yielded 2S.S bushels per acre
One of the plots yielded 81 bushels
The wheat next to the Kubanka is
the Girka wheat. This is Russian
wheat; the heads resembling our fife
wheat in appearance but the berry is
somewhat softer. The best plots OF
this yielded rs bushels to the acre.
This wheat was grown on corn stub
BILE and the corn had been MANFRED
The Girka wheat is very promising
for dry years and it makes an en-
cellent -four.
The wheat to the right is the Tur-
key Red winter wheat. The plot
that this grew on suffered some win
ter killing but in spite of that the
yield was % bushels to the acre.
The culture of winter wheat will
doubtless increase in the future.
The barley shown is the Swan
Neck, a pedigreed Proved barley.
The best yield of this was 40 bushels
per acre, grown on corn land. There
seems to be no doubt but that the
Proved barleys are best suited to this
section.
The alfalfa is full of seed pods but
no yield was obtained on this. Alfalfa
promises to be a good crop for seed
production for western North Da'
kota.
In conclusion it may be stated that
the season of 1910 has greatly increas.
ed the confidence of the farming in
terests in this section of the state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
PAYS FOR farm
With first CROP

Dickinson, N. D., Sept. 17:-Last
spring J. H. Shurtliff bought half
section of land, including the J. q.
Campbell homestead on Green river,
a few miles northwest of Gladstone.
He paid SIG per acre and if he had
only plowed up a little more land
in the spring he would have finished
the payments with the first crops,
and he is not much short as it Is.
Fifteen acres of the first cutting
of flax was threshed Oh Wednesday.
1t yielded 213 bushels, little better
than IA bushels to the acre, and the
three loads marketed Dickinson on
Thursday brought $511.29, or a lit
tie over $50 per acre. This flax was
sown the first of June, on river bot
tom land, and is about four bushels
to the acre better than IS acres un-
threshed that was sown on up land.
From 100 acres of wheat land Mr..
Shurtliff threshed 1900 bushels Of
grain. The quality of both flax AID
wheat is the very best and the dock
age is small.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
HOW PLANK GOT HIS START
Simply Closed His Eyes and cvI Loose
-Afterwards Studied tho Game
and Pitchers.
BY EDWARD S. PLANK.

~ EO"~HO .. TINNN.
They all say l got my start the day
of the battle of Gettysburg, but they
exaggerate somewhat l was born In
Gettysburg In 1875, and that gave the
boys chance to say things. l ad'
NIT the 1875 without trying to get
away and scalp half dozen years on
my age as some of them do.
At any rate l think | am rather a
freak as a baseball player because l
seldom have heard of any case any
thing like my own.
AS l told you was born in Gettys'
burg and l played some baseball
around there in an amateur way. and
without giving the game much
thought.
started to college about the time
most OF the other fellows are get
ting enough. was twenty-five when l
was began pitching for the Gettys'
burg college team, and l was big and
strong and fast and wild and inexpe'
rienced and everything else that goes
to make up a college pitcher. l sim.
ply shut my eyes and cut loose and
most of those who didn't strike out
got bases on balls, and have suspect
ed since that lot of them struck out
just to escape from standing up there
at the bat.
Seriously l think the real reason for
my start was that l was older, strong
er and better developed than the av-
erage college man. That made me
stand out among them and 1t attract.
ed the attention Of professional clubs.
l had not thought OF baseball as
profession at all until offered q job,
and l Joined the Athletics in May,
1901, after school closed, knowing
about as much about major league
ball as know about who will make
q three base hit In the morning game
next Decoration day. Suddenly l saw
that there was more to 1t than
throwing as hard as possible and
curving them. saw would
have to do some thinking and began
to study the game. Queerly enough
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

In a statement as to the crops in
western North Dakota, Superintend
ent Waldron of the Dickinson exper
iment station, says:
There have always been strong sus'
picions that that portion of North Da
kota lying west of the Missouri river
is really untitled for farming, and is
adapted only to the range. This view
has been shared by many of those
living in the district as we'll as many
outside. We all know that years
will come when the rains do not fall
and then of course crops will be
more or less a failure. And it is
also recognized that even in average
years, proper methods must be used
to conserve the rains that fall.
Results in an Average Year.
We have not been certain what re-
suits would be obtained in strictly
average year. The past few years
have been favorable for crops and the
results of those years do not afford
a proper measure of what may be ex'
pected for the district over a l'1g
period of years. Land values are
not settled as long as we are uncer'
tain what the land will do with a
rainfall of about fifteen inches pei
year. The farming results OF
Stark county for 1910 are of peculiar
interest and value. We have had al.
most a perfectly normal year and the
results ought to indicate more or less
fairly what may be expected for a
period of years. These results apply
not only to this county, but for a
considerable portion of the state. The
results obtained here can be dup1i-
Gated elsewhere with the same rain
fall and similar evaporation and other
conditions.
Results from the Experiment Station.
The results obtained from the ex-
pertinent station located here are OF
much value in sizing up the general
farming conditions of the district.
The plots are similar to the fields OF
the farmer and the results obtained
here can be and are, duplicated BY
the careful farmer. Their chief value
lies in the exactness of the results
obtained. Careful notes are taken
during the growing season and the
yields can be relied upon.
Weather Of 1910.
The rainfall from March LIST to the
time that the grains were cut
amounted to $50 inches. This is
something over half of the normal
rainfall of the year. The rain was
distributed as follows:
March, 50 inches.
April, III inches.
May, 1926 inches.
June, 3.02 inches.
July, 2.07 inches.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

Dickinson and may lose her right
hand.
Brooms are being manufactured at
Dickinson.
Kidder county will hold speclaI
caucus to nominate commissioner
to succeed Commissioner Bllhnes'
wha has resigned.
A new patent peanut stand is the
weeks novelty at Steele.
Steele will have the luxury of cut
stone crossings.
The payrolls of the coal mines at
Wilton will run $4,000 to $4,000
month.
The Wilton schools have opened
for the year and Prof. Ross is the
principal and Miss Alice Williams be-
gins her second year in the primary
department, in which she has given
excellent satisfaction.
There are lots of duck hunters at
Long Lake.
Frosts have killed garden truck in
the vicinity of BraddOck.
Quick justice in Morton county. A
forger was arrested, pleaded and SEN
fenced to the pen in three days after
the crime was committed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
HIS CAREER WAS ACCIDENTAL
Harry McIntire, One Of the Winning
Pitchers on tho Chicago Team,
Tells Of Start.
BY HARRY MCINTYRE.

copyright. 1910. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
My baseball career was rather an
accident from the outset l never had
the slightest idea of earning my live.
lihood playing ball or of taking 1t up
as a profession. The truth is that
was inclined to 60 into the priesthood
when was small boy, and my other
ambition was to be a locomotive en-
gineer.
From the time first can remember
loved baseball and played 1t, always
as pitcher, If the other fellows would
let me, and when they wouldn't let me
pitch played somewhere else. It was
at the Brothers school at Dayton, O..
that first belonged to an organized
team. was backstop for the catcher,
and very proud to chase balls that
went past him. began to study pitch
ing then, for we had good pitcher on
the school team, and l watched to see
what he did to puzzle batters. One
of the priests had been pitcher at
school, and he taught me some more.
l remember when he told me that
keeping cool and never losing the TEN.
per was a better way Of winning than
pitching curves.
Pretty soon our class team let me
pitch, and after a time we tackled the
school team and beat them SO l was
put on the school team. l began to
think knew it ALL and 1t took several
beatings to show me how little knew.
When left school was looking for a
job and a friend of mine, who was
playing on the Kankakee Ill.) Y. M.
C. A. club asked me to come over
there and pitch for that team. I
looked on it just as summer vaca-
ton, but made good there and found
myself getting along so we'll l COM
menced to study pitching seriously as
my profession. 1t was hard work with
many dlscouragements, but l stuck to
it. Every time batter made hit
of me l studied to find why he had hit