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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
INQUIRY TO BE THOROUGH
Soldiers Accused of Threat to Lynch
Negro Prisoner.
ASSAILANT OF PRIVATE SCOTT
Injured Mans Condition Said to Be
Improving-Has Good
Chance of Recovery.

Investigation Is the order of the
hour at Fort Myer. and it is evident
that the search for participants in the
attempted raid on the Alexandria coun-
ty jail early Friday morning will be
thorough. The degree of punishment
to be meted out to the soldiers for their
infractions Of the military law-which h
include leaving their quarters at night,
going of the post without leave and
the intent, however abortive was its
execution. to violate the civil law by
the lynching Of the negro Robert Jack
son-has not yet been determined, and
II Is more than likely that the whole
affair will be embodied in a report to
be made early next week to the head
quarters OF the Department of the East
in New York.
FRANK d. Scott, private in d Battery.
80 F1eld Artillery. the soldier who was
siashed with razor on Falls Church
trolley car the night Of the Jeffries- ohm
son ngnt, and whose serious condition as
the result OF a wound received at Jack
sons hands awakened the thirst for ven
geance in the minds Of his fellow-soldiers
today was stated to be considerably i'm
proved.
Peritonitis. which developed. apparently
reacneo Its crisis yesterday, and there
were several hours i'm which Scott's life
hung as by a thread, but he rallied and
this afternoon the surgeons in charge of
the post hospital at Fort Myer declared
tne patlent mad more than an even chance
for recovery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
BOYS IN PITCHED BATTLE.
Race Feeling Aroused as Result Of
Reno Fight.

PITTSBURG. Pa. July 9.-Race preju-
dice still smolders in youthful breasts on
the South Side as a result Of the Fourth
of July fight Yesterday a score or more
Of boys. white and black. had a pitched
battle at summer playground school and
the superintendent was forced to call
the police reserves to rout the combat
ants. twenty-five youngsters between
the ages Of ten and fourteen years were
battered by little fists. and the teachers
fcI. ar hour turned their attention to
washing CORY faces and treating bruised
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09

LEIPZIG, Saxony. July 9.-Charget
with delivering German military and ma
val secrets to the French government
Anna Zarlemga today was sentenced to
six years In jail.
Accused of similar offenses, Albert
Lueck and Alois Weisskopf each received
q sentence OF four years imprisonment
and Karl Lueck was given two years in
JAIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Sold on the Bulge.

They sold promptly on the bulge, and
forced prices back a cent during the
first half hour. AT the top July sold at
1@n. September at los, December at
,l.O6 and May u91D at 100.
NEW YORK, July 9.-The wheat prices
shot up 2s4c per bushel this morning as
a result of yesterdays sensationally bull
ssh government report on spring wheat
conditions which the traders here in
terpreted as almost calamity. A large
;Enount of short wheat was covered on
the bulge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Big Fire in Charleston. S. C.

CHARLESTON, s. c., July 9.-Fire last
night gutted FIVE large wholesale estab-
lishments on Meeting street and caused
$3.50, COO damage.
TWO fremen and one telephone line
man were overcome by smoke. but re-
gained consciousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Killed on His First Job.

PITTSBURG. Pa, July 9.-Having
found his new FL Dorado. John Eatake.
Slav. went to work in the Homestead
steel mills yesterday. his trst job In
America. y few hours later a pile OF
heavy steel plates crushed his life out
He leaves a wife and three children IN
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Informed Against Own Son.

HUNTINGTON. Pa, July 9.-Jacob D.
Sizer, state fish warden, made informa-
ton against his own son and compan-
ion. charging them with violating the hsh
laws of the state. They were prose-
cuted before a justice last night, and
when the young men were fined SO each
Sizer came forward and paid his son
fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
No Threats Made.

And the colloquy which followed, ac-
cording to Jailer Crack and according to
Capt. Horn, did not include a threat of
any kind, but Crack had some little diff
Guilty In convincing them that he was
telling the truth when he said he had
anticipated their move and that he had
sent Jackson to the Fairfax county jail
for safe keeping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Bomb Kills Bankers Dinner Guests

LISBON. July 9.-The Secolo says that
at Monivar. Spain. yesterday a bomb ex-
ploded under the table OF Senior Gallardo,
a banker. during a dinner he was giving
TO some political friends. Two of the
guests were killed, thirteen were injured
and the house was partially destroyed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Pensions to Policemen's Widows.

PARIS, July 9.-The administrators of
the Carnegie Hero Foundation today
awarded pensions varying from $40 to
$500 annually to widows Of policemen.
firemen and other persons who lost their
lives in the performance Of heroic duty
during the Paris floods last spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Milling Plant Burned.

HAMILTON. Ohio. July 9.-Fire early
today destroyed the Semler Milling Com
pany plant. entailing q loss of $100.OO0.
The mill was stocked with wheat. corn
and other grain and IL a total loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Southern States Improve.

"In the southern states conditions are
about 3.5 per cent better than on July 1
year ago and "a above the ten-year av-
erage; in the north central states, east
of the Mississippi river, conditions are
81 per cent below a year ago and 4 per
cent below the average; in the North Cen
traI states west of the Mississippi river.
1o per cent lower than year ago. and
122 per cent below the average; in the
far western states. SO per cent below a
year ago. and 4.3 per cent below the av-
craze"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Active Inquiry in Progress.

Inc inquiry into the attempted assault
upon the Jail. with the alleged threats of
lynching, was conducted at the fort by
Capt. T. N. Horn, commander of d bat
terry In the absence of Col. Garrard.
commandant Of Fort Myer, who left to-
DAY Tor Gettysburg, Capt Horn also is
acting chief officer of the big military
post. and he Is working strenuously to
learn all details Of the affair of Thursday
morning.
The only fortunate circumstance in the
whole thing is that there was no attempt
at violence by the men, said Capt Horn
To-Day. There is no denial that they
went TO the jail, a good. large body of
them, and that they did ask the taller to
turn the negro over to them.
=, AT nrst when I heard the story l
thought the so-caalled march upon the
JAN must have been carried out by a
rev OF the men who were on their way
was not long in learning that the men,
forty or fifty OF them, did leave their
quarters: did slip through the guard
nnes whiie the patrol wasn't looking, and
aIo go 10 the jail and ask Jailer Crack
10 give the negro Jackson to them.
But there was no Overt act no at-
tempt at violence, no effort to assault the
Jailer or to force the Jail doors. and. in
fact Jafler Crack has not hesitated to
say that the soldiers treated him with
much consideration
After the Ringleader.
Capt. Horns search for the culprits i'm
the raid has largely been centered in the
finding Of a possible ringleader, a soldier
who may have inspired his fellows to
such wild escapade, but up to a late
nour this afternoon his efforts were fuit-
less.
Capt. Horn offered direct contradiction
TO the statements that several non-com-
missioned officers were among the raid
erS He said his investigation had dis
closed the fact that several of the nom
CONS had heard rumor of the intended
descent upon the Jail. and they not only
refused to join the party, but issued en-
phatic orders against it.
Although the identity of several of the
participants in the demonstration before
the Alexandria county Jail has been es-
tablished, none Of them has yet been
ordered under arrest at the fort, and
with the exception of specific order by
Capt. Horn that none of them must go
near the Jail, there has been no effort to
restrict the movements of the offending
soldiers.
AS an extra precaution Capt Horn last
night stationed sergeant and three cav
alrymen at the jail, and he visited the
emergency guard during the night, but
they reported that no soldiers had been
sighted anywhere near the institution
1t developed today that very ma
terlal factor in preventing trouble at the
Jail was the evidence of preparation i'm
advance with which Jailer Crack greeted
the appearance OF the would d-be lynchers.
Two small boys at Ballston, Va, over
heard two soldiers talking about plans
Tor the raid. and the news they carried
to their parents was quickly transmitted
to the Alexandria county jail AS a re-
suit the self-appointed avengers did not
even need to knock on the Jail door to
attract Ja1ler Crack He greeted them
as they crossed the road with the cheery
hail: Hello boys, 1 knew you were COM
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Mrs. Dyrenforth Doubts Ade-
quacy of Husbands Estate.
SAYS Boy IS NOT STRONG
Doesn't Think He Could Fulfill Re-
quirements as to Study.
NO PLANS FOR A CONTEST
Interested Parties Await Filing of
Petition for Probate
Of the Will.

There seems to be some skepticism on
the part of Mrs. Robert G. Dyrenforth
of this city, the widow of Col. Dyren-
forth, as to whether the estate which
the latter left is sufficiently large to en-
able the executors to carry out the ac-
centric provisions of his will, in so far as
they apply to his adopted son. Robert st.
George Dyrenforth, the boy who is ex-
pected to graduate from Harvard at
eighteen, enter oxford Immediately there
after. graduate from West Point ano
serve a time in the army. spend his sum-
mers in Europe and abjure Roman
Catholicism.
William H. Dennis. the attorney who
has been retained by Mrs. Dyrenforth to
look after her interests, said this morn
ing that there was a great deal OF oouDt
as to the value of the estate.
Entitled to Her Dover.
Mrs. Dyrenforth, will of course. be en-
titled to her dower," he said, land when
that is taken from the estate she does not
think there will be enough left to carry
out the provisions of the will regarding
the boy However, that is probiematicai.
"Any contest of the will which might be
made would have to originate with one OF
the children. Whether this will be Gone
has not yet been decided. Mrs Dyreh-
forth has been separated from little
Robert for so long that she is personally
not specially interested in the pecuhar
conditions imposed by the will upon the
lad Some of them might not stand the
test of law, in my opinion. / do not think
that the religious requirement would De
effective American courts have always
contended that religion is matter OF
conscience, and even should the Doy'
who was baptized a Catholic. decide 10
continue in that faith his doing SO coulo
not, in my belief, shut him out from
participation in the benefits of the Will
in so far as they apply to him..
Await Filing Of Petition.
I'VE can take no action whatever
until a petition to have the will pro-
bated is filed. and We will simply wait
for that to be done or course, should
there be an unreasonable delay on the
part of the executors, Mrs. Dyrenforth
would have the right to request the
court to direct the petitioners to bring
the will to probate. but we do not
anticipate any such contingency"
The Dyrenforth boy was the son OF
Dr. Robert McGrath, an army surgeon,
who married one of Col. Dyrenforth's
daughters Both of his parents are
dead, and he was legally adopted by
his grandfather. The boy was baptized
a Catholic in St. Stephens Church, this
city. He was taken away by his grand
father when he was six years old. and
lived with him since that time. Up to
the time he was taken In charge by
the colonel, Mrs. Dyrenforth had cared
for him.
Mrs. Dyrenforth said today that she
believed the boy too delicate to fulhll
the remarkable requirements OF her
husbands will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Large Increase in Acreage.

In the opinion of we'll informed sta
tisticians the falling off in the crop of
spring wheat was considerably eXag-
Serated throughout the country so far
as it's effect upon the great transporta-
tion companies and upon the total yield
of cereals is concerned.
1t was pointed out that the corn acre
age showed an increase of over five
millions of acres. while the condition
of winter wheat a more important crop
than spring wheat. showed an increase
for July over the report of June l.
The corn crop promises to be so large
that In the opinion of many of these
statisticians the amount of cereals to
he transported will exceed that of last
YEAR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
Lower Than in Ten Years.

The crop growth OF the United States
on July l was lower than at any time
during the past ten years. according to
a crop report of the Department of Agri-
culture issued today. The report says:
The general average condition of
crop growth in the United States on
July /, was about 30 per cent lower
than on July 1, 1909; 3-S per cent lower
than July 1, 1905, and "a per cent
lower than the ten-year average condi-
ton on July i.
In the New England states conditions
are 80 per cent better than year ago
and l. per cent above the average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09

for few days, having come from his
summer home at Hamilton, Mass, where
he intends to spend several months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
WEATHER.

Generally fair and continued
warm tonight and Sunday; light
southwest to west winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09

In Washington about every one
who reads at all reads The Star.
Largest circulation-daily and
Sunday.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-10
f|ND BABE IN SHED;
KEEP IT? YOU BET
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Krause De-
lighted Over Discovery of Little
Stranger-No Clue To Parents.

Who would ever think that one IA.
pound mite of humanity could create
such stir in a grown-up neighbor
hood OF staid and sober householders
The folk up around the corner ofPres
| ton and Ellery-sts. are not given much
+, to excitement, being for the most part
law-abiding German citizens who love
their homes and all they stand for.
But when Mrs. Charles Krause, llv-
ing at No. 167 Preston-st. walked out
into the shed In the rear of her home
at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday morning
and came upon a slumbering baby
boy, all pink and white. she became
very agitated and her agitation quick
ly spread around the surrounding
neighborhood
All morning. the Krauses have been
holding reception to the women,
and the waif, who was abandoned In
the Krause shed, already Is heir-ap-
parent to the Krause goods and chat
tells. Mrs. Krarse brought him into
the house. holding him tenderly In
her arms. Mr.. Krause gazed at It in
diately telephoned to police headquar-
tSlo, dShluB thcHh WHAT ne ouOulu w
with II.
do with it?" asked Mrs. Krause
in mild establishment, do with It?
Why. Wen keep 1t, of course
Mr. Krause demurred at first, but IL
didn't take very long to win him over
and the first thing you know. he was
knocking Off work and Dusying him.
self with plans and specifications for
the well.being of the new addition to
the Krause household
This new Krause kid is a fine,
healthy specimen OF robust childhood.
The neighbors are having simply aw-
full arguments as to his age. Some
insist that he has been on earth
about two weeks. Others say it's only
about a week. But Mr.. and Mrs.
Krause are having even more siren
uous debate as to what they will call
him.
The Krauses have never had any
children OF their own and the propo-
sltion is very new and very strange
to them. Mrs. Krause leans very
strongly to the name Preston, be-
cause that's the street the little thing
was abandoned on. Mr.. Krause con-
fided TO The Times over the telephone
that he was pretty sure he wasn't go
ingfi to have much to say about the
naming of the child, but declared that
along in the afternoon. he was certain,
Mrs. Krause would have arrived at a
decision and II anybody wanted to
find out what the kids name was go
ing to be. he could call up the house.
This little baby boy had no regular
baby clothes on when Mrs. Krause
found It. He was wrapped up care
fully in a worn woman's dress-prob-
ably its real mother's-and around
the dress was wrapped a night gar
ment OF very coarse texture. The
child lay sleeping peacefully on some
old bedding that was halfburned. The
Krauses had had a fire few days
ago and the bedding had been placed
out in the shed.
One thing Is certain. Mrs. Krause
won't give up that cooling youngster.
She said so Wednesday morning. She
wants TO convey her thanks to who
ever left IL in her shed.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-10
WOMAN FOILS PLAN TO
ROB POSTOFFTCE SAFE
She ls Awakened BY Her Dog and
Telephones Police-Yeggs
Flee.

one W AWdkoUeo by HcT 10Y anu
Telephones Police-Yeggs
Flee.
YPSILANTI, Mich, Aug. 10.-The
Ypsilanti postoffice was entered by
burglars at 1870 this morning, ten
minutes after the night watch had
made his rounds and just after POI
liceman had left the ONCE. Mrs. VIC
tor Leblanc, living opposite the ONCE
on Pearl-st, was awakened by her
dog, looked cut and saw two men go
ing into the back door and a third
standing a block away on guard.
She telephoned Postmaster Lister,
who called the police. Patrolman
Pierce started at once for the postof-
fee. The telephone girl rang the po-
lice gong, SO Night Watch Morey
started north and east two blocks to
the Office. Mr.. Leblanc stood in his
doorway with a revolver as the third
man ran down Pearl-st. into the Of
fee, but did not fire. The men ran
out of the front door and were gone
when the officers reached 1t.
The safe had not yet been opened,
and II is feared 1t may be loaded with
nitroglycerine Chief Gage and Post
master Lister found buggy tracks go
Ing east, fresh since the rain late In
the evening. They followed the
yeggs In a motor till they lost the
track east OF Dearborn. An attempt
had been made Friday night to chisel
into the postoffice window.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-10
MAYOR GlII0l
BETTER 8uT 81
OUT OF DAGgEI
New York Executive, stzioken I
By Discharged City xmplsye \
With His Wife ana 49, n
For Food.
Unless Infection Sets in DuIIst W
Be Removed From Throat A11r
ant To Get Speedy Trial.

HOBOKEN, N. j., Aug. 10.-UnI4
infection manifests itself there vl
be no operation to remove the ~
bullet from Mayor Gaynor's thr01l
This was agreed on by the doCtc
In attendance today following = o@
ond inspection of the x-ray plates IN
en- yesterday afternoon.
II was stated that IL was remox
able that the pieces OF lead could ho~
landed where they did without oov1
ing important blood vessels. In g
der to get them out II would b noo<
sary to cut In among veins and aYt<|
les with the probability OF . looo
blood that would weaken the pat1Q
To avoid this 1t was agreed that III
would be no probing unless the r
or's temperature rises or there e.
outward indications that infectjou a
present In the wound.
A call was sent out for all Of O.
doctors in the case to meet at the IT.
pital at noon to discuss the caoo.
plan OF treatment for the Won
which would keep II clean and al
its rapid healing was to be devio(
and a general study of the pate
made by the gunshot wound oxpo<>
All agreed that the condition Of O.
patient this morning WIZ cuziuoHtl
satisfactory although there Wa 4
disposition to declare him out 4
danger as yet
In his room on the fourth 81
front OF the hospital, the mayor ~
The Detroit times., 1910-08-10

very cheerful. Mrs. Gaynor and th1|
nurses were constantly In attendants
and the wounded man Joked feeb1X
with them. He was hungry and sa>4
so. Occasionally he would suggoG
that the nurses bring him some reo1
solid food and he bewailed to his wiz
the fact that coffee and broth were
far from being a satisfactory breaIt
fast for vigorous man,
Occasionally he would have diffcub
ty breathing. This was due to The
presence of the bullet which set up ri
slight irritation. His temperature wae|
one and one-quarter degrees above nor
NAL, indicating that there was no Tn
lection whatever in the wound.
Since he was taken to the hospital
the mayor has not mentioned his A.
sailant. He seems to have taken o.
for granted that the assault was COM
(Continued ON Page TwO.D
The Detroit times., 1910-08-10
STATES HAY CROP
WORTH 100000
Michigan Association Holds Annual
Convention Here-This Years Price
To Be Around $12.

Price Of hay per ton this
year .................S 11 TO $12.
Price of hay per ton for last
of 1909 crop ..........$t sic to SIT
Amount of hay harvested in
Mich. this summer 2,7oe 900 acres
Value of this seasons hay
crop ................. $J0 ,0OO,00u
These facts and figures were CLEAN
ed by The Times from w. l. Biles
president of the Michigan Hay as.
sociation, which opened its tenth an
nual convention in the roof garden
convention hall OF the Hotel fuller,
Wednesday morning.
The hay crop in Michigan has been
a good one this year." said Mr.. Biles.
The hay is also of an exceptionally
good quality. The crop was harvested
from 100000 acres and Is worth $780,
O00, 900"
What is the price of hay likely to
be in Michigan this Year," Mr.. Biles
was asked.
The price has not yet been fixed, "
he replied, but I expect II will be
between S11 and $12. This will be
cheaper than the old hay was sold
for. The last of the crop of 1909 was
sold for as much as SIT per ton. The
high price ruled because there was a
shortage Of the product. This year
there is what you might call normal
crop and the price may, indede>. be
lower than S11. There is also chance
that IL may go above SIP a ton, but
the price will likely be, as | said, be-
tween Sill and $12.
de- nf dol atoo
from all over the state at the con-
vention. The association has a lot of
routine work to handle. but 1t believes
in the old motto of Making hay
while the sun Shines" and IL will not
let the grass grow under its feet while
IL is in session. In fact, the mem
bers plan to NOW business down SO
fast that they will be able to bind up
their bales of literature and station
cry, fork over the amount of their
bills to the fuller management and
return to their own green pastures In
the evening.
In his annual address, the president
reported that the association was in
fiourishing condition and doing
much to help the members in the pur-
suit OF their business. He also refer
red to the condition of the crop last
year and the prospects for the coming
year.
At the close of Mr.. Biles' address,
committees were appointed for the
nomination of officers and other work.
The new officers will be elected at
the close of the afternoon session.
Frank imond, chairman OF the
board of directors, read the report of
the directors, while Albert Todd read
the report of the committee on trans
portation. w. II. Meacham brought
the morning session TO a close with
a paper on Should hay be sold for
future Shipment"
At the afternoon session, which
opened at 1880 o'clock, Charles e.
Townsend, candidate for senator, was
scheduled to speak on Rate legisla-
ton" George F. imond, of Mayville,
on Crops and conditions" and c.
Noyes, OF Jackson, Mich, on why
am | in the hay business?"
Committee reports will follow these
speeches, and a statement from the
secretary on the finances OF the or.
ganization and the election and install
lation OF the new officers will bring
the meeting to close.