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The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
BLOODHOUNDS ARE USED
INSTEAD OF DETECTIVES
Railroad Superintendent Who Finally Landed Band
of Dangerous Criminals.

the dogs have assisted In clearing VI
many burglaries and other crimes in
various Long Island communities. One
interesting instance was that OF a little
girl abducted by an italian at Hunting
ton. The entire surrounding country was
searched day and night by residents and
local policemen without result. Someone
telephoned to the Long Island police
headquarters, and three hours after
starting the hounds had located the girl
and her abductor.
A store at Rockville Center was robbed
several times in a way that baffled de-
lection. Instructions were given not to
disturb any of the evidence left by the
thieves. with the result that when they
made their next visit they were arrested,
the dogs having followed the trail d.
rectly to the burglars home.
When the Catholic church at Westbury
was robbed the hounds tracked the bur
glars to their hiding place. where the
stolen church vessels were recovered.
Test cases are continually provided for
these sleuth dogs by an expert trainer to
keep them in training for service at the
shortest possible notice. That they are
feared and hated by the criminals who
work on Long Island is proved by the
fact that efforts have been made to
poison them All such attempts have
failed because the hounds are never let
loose, and are taught not to take food
from any one but their keeper.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
NEWS OFWALL STREET

earnings have improved, with the result
that the railroads, in normal times the
biggest spenders Of money, have again
gone into the market for rails, equip
ment. and other materials, and are en-
gagged again in new construction.
Trade Shows increase.
These railroad expenditures have not
become at all lavish; they are still small
as compared with the expenditures of
boom times. Yet they have been suffl-
cient to produce Of themselves an in
crease In the volume Of general busi-
ness and have been effective in the re-
covery OF the steel trade. Last month,
particularly, railroad orders for rails,
bridge materials and equipment increased
in gratifying fashion.
In the steel trade itself, It is reliably
estimated that the volume Of business
at the close Of June was greater by Is
per cent than at the early part Of jan
States Steel Corporation form a criterion.
Improvement in steel and iron has been
greater than in many other lines. The
textile trade, for instance, has not dis
played many indications OF recovery.
= But the copper business has greatly
improved and the gains in steel and cop
per, ordinarily very good barometers, are
sufficient TO show that generally there
has been a moderate but nevertheless a
steady and healthy improvement since
the first OF the year. The main question
at the end Of the six months period Is as
to whether the improvement Is to con-
tinue
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
FORMER DICTATOR
OF JERSEY DEAD
/" Duke of Gloucester" Passes
Away in Ireland.

Philadelphia, July 2-william J.
Thompson, the Duke Of Gloucester"
political dictator Of New Jersey less than
twenty years ago and owner Of the
Gloucester race track. passed away to-
day at Belfast, ireland. his birth place,
to which he returned, broken In health,
entangled financially, and with all his old
prestige gone.
He left Belfast IN his boyhood, more
than fifty years ago, and In that half
century which intervened between his
departure and his return to Ireland he
occupied a unique position In New Jeer-
sey politics, II not In the politics Of the
nation He came to America a clean
minded, honest Irish boy, trained as only
e poor honest mother can train her own.
Fifteen years ago he was rated as
worth something like s2ooo.ooo. In April
Of the present year ne was defendant In
proceedings Of involuntary bankruptcy
brought IN Trenton by two Of his largest
creditors. shortly before that the Glou-
oester Ferry Company. In which Thomp-
son was heavily interested. went into the
hands OF receiver. This did not signify
BY any means though that the Duke Of
Gloucester was without resources. His
friends estimated that his assets prob
ably aseresated frora slnao 900 t. s25qou0 At
chs tina
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03

| New York, July 2.-The end Of the
first half Of the year finds all condi-
tions better than at the beginning. In
some respects the improvement is not
decided; yet everywhere there has been
an improvement and IN some most i'm
portant particulars the advance is ex-
tremeIy gratifying. The first OF Janu-
ary found every one anticipating a
readjustment Of business and no one
knowing just what course the readjust-
ment would take. The decision in the
railroad rate cases was not then handed
down.
The long pending Standard OIL and
American Tobacco cases made it impos-
sible for any manager of a corpora
tion to say whether or not he was GRIM
inally engaged. The trend Of politics
had been only roughly defined. Little or
nothing had developed regarding the
probable result Of tariff agitation. No
one could sell new securities at reason
able terms. Business in all lines was
abnormally depressed. Progress gener-
ally has not been rapid since then, but
in the readjustment essential before the
return of prosperous times a great deal
has been accomplished.
The railroad rate question, the first I'M
portant matter to be decided. was an
swered against the application for high
er rates and several railroad managers
complained bitterly against the decision.
Nevertheless, adapting themselves to
conditions as they knew them, railroad
managers applied themselves to business
rather than to oratory, and railroad
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
SECRETARY WILSON
HOLDS DOWN LID
all Other Cabinet Members
Out of Town.

With the President and most Of the
members Of the Cabinet out Of town, the
government for the next few days will
be conducted by the second tier Of off,
cials. Both Houses Of Congress ad-
journed from Saturday until Wednesday
and all the lawmakers who live in near.
by States hastened home. Most Of the
others hurried to seaside resorts.
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman spent
the weekend at their home in Utica
They will remain there over the Fourth
Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox are al
their home In Valley Forge, Pat The
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
veagh will spend the Fourth at Dublin,
N. H. Secretary OF the Navy Meyer and
Postmaster General Hitchcock are some
where on the New England coast.
Attorney General Wickersham will
spend the few days with his family at
Cedarhurst. Secretary Of War Stimson
will leave for his summer place at Hunt
ington, Long Island, to-day. On Thurs
day he will sail for Panama, where he
will make an inquiry into the activities
on the Canal strip.
Uncle Jimmie" Wilson, Secretary Of
Agriculture. is sitting on the lid. Oldest
in years and in point of service Of any
Of the Presidents official advisers, "'Uncle
Jimmie doesn't mind a Washington
summer.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03

New York. July 2.-Having failed to
cope with a band of dangerous criminals
who dynamited station safes and bur
glarized private residences, and the lives
of several railroad patroImen having been
sacrificed in the effort to capture the
offenders, the superintendent OF the po-
lice department Of the Long Island Rail-
road recently equipped himself with q
pack of seven bloodhounds, and the sue
cess Of the dogs in ferreting out the
thieves Is remarkable
For instance, copper-bound wires are
being cut on the Manhattan Beach divi-
sion, putting signals out Of order and
seriously affecting train movements
Taking the scent from the cold steel
rails, the dogs followed the trail to an
East New York liquor shop, from there
to the thIefs residence, thence to a junk
dealers, and finally to the Italian fore
man Of a gang Of laborers who had COM
mitted che theft.
A station on the east end OF the island
was broken into and the contents of a
ticket box stolen. A trace OF blood was
found on a piece of window glass that
the burglar had smashed with his hand.
He walked about a mile and a half and
then secured a rig. The bloodhounds
trailed him and he was captured, al
though he had a twelve-hour start and
was driving hard when overtaken.
Aside from tracking railroad thieves,
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
DESPONDENT WIFE
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Despondent because of quarrel with
her husband. Mrs. Frances White, twenty
years old, swallowed an ounce of carbolic
acid at her home, 1859 U street north
west, about noon yesterday.
An ambulance took her to Freedmen's
Hospital, where at late hour last night
size was reported out OF danger She
refused to discuss the attempted suicide,
but neighbors said she had seemed un-
happy for several weeks
When the ambulance responded Mrs.
White refused to go to the hospital, but
Capt Robert E. Doyle. OF the Eighth
precinct. carried her to the waiting con-
veyance.
During 1T Of insanity at his home,
1e2s Church street northwest. yesterday
afternoon Eugene +. Dorsey. negro,
fortysavs years old. attempted to COM
init suicide BY slashing his throat with
razcr. He was found lying IN pool
OF blood
His wife summoned DR.. G. A. Weaver,
OF 1914 q street. who. after rendering
aid, called for an amhuiancs. Dorsey
vas sent 70 the Washingten Hospital FOR
cbatrteki1ns
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
REV. E. HEZ SVEN REPLIES
PROSELYTING CHARGES
Preacher of Freak Sermons Declares He Resigned
Because He Objected to Church Being
Social Club"

Declaring that members OF the Second
Baptist Church were responsible for at
tacks made upon him, Rev. z. Hez Swem
delivered a sermon in the Capital Bap-
list Church last night in which he re-
piled to charges that he had solicited"
members Of his former pastorate to Join
his new house of worship.
He made a specific denial Of the fact
that he had resigned from the pulpit O:
the Second Baptist Church because some
members objected to the sensational
titles Of his sermons He declared he
could, II he chose. mention the names of
members Of the Second Baptist Church
who inspired what he termed a news
paper attack" upon him.
Opposed Social Club.
II attempted to make the Second Bap-
tist Church a spiritual body. but some
members desired the church to be a So
cial club, and to use the church build
ing for feasting, because their God Is
their digestive apparatus" he declared.
II opposed entertainments. theatrical ex-
hibitions, and eating in the church build
ing.
II did not believe in obtaining funds
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
FREE LIST BILL
Is FIGHT CENTER
Field for Reciprocity Seems
Clear in Senate.
DEMOCRATS ARE INDEPENDENT
senator Johnston Explains Stand of
Party AIiies-RepubIican Insur-
gents Must Hunt Alone-wait of
Two Years May Bring Power, Il
PrODheey-stronE Leader Wanted.

Legislatively the Capital is as idle as
painted ship upon a painted ocean
these July days, and will continue to bt
until after the return Of statesmen from
seacoast and mountain on July 5.
The backbone of the insurgent oppo-
sition to Canadian reciprocity seems wilt
ed and vote will probably be taken
within two weeks, and reciprocity adept
ed. Then will come the question Of pass
ing the House free list and wooden bills
through the Senate.
The progressive Republicans insist that
they wish to adopt a free list bill and
also bills revising all the other i'm
portant schedules, but the majority OF
the members feel that such measures
should be framed in view OF the Repub-
lican principle Of protection.
The progressives seem willing to aban-
don the provision OF the last national
Republican platform, which calls for
reasonable profits" but they are not
willing to reduce the tariff below the
figure needed to afford protection suffl-
cient to cover the difference in the wage
cost Of production.
I'VE will not bulge an inch to meet
fkSpuDiICdH bdiu OchdtoE
Johnston, of Alabama. Democrat. yester-
day. I'VE voted for the insurgent amend
ments to the Payne-Aldricn bill. because
II was the only chance we had Of getting
lower rates, but we are not disposed to
Join with them again. We will stand by
the bills sent over from the House, and
will be glad to have the insurgents sup
port in passing them. If we are not able
to put them through this time it will be
only two years when We will have the
votes in the Senate to adopt these Demo-
cratic measures"
Five Votes Necessary.
Only five progressive Republicans, united
with the Democratic side, II the minority
forces can be kept intact. will be re-
quired to pass the woolen, cotton, free
list, and other tariff bills.
Should Senators La Toilette, Cummins.
Clapp, Poindexter, and Works vote for
the Democratic bills In the event they
are not able to secure favorable action
upon the amendments they will propose
1t will mean thoroughgoing revision. That
there is, q probability Of this result is
now being predicted.
But no one is willing to venture an
authoritative prediction as to what will
be done. The lack Of effective leadership,
due TO the absence OF a cohesive major
ity, makes the situation muddled and the
future most uncertain.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
eAxns TO-DAY.

Bankers Lesgue-Amsrieaa Security " Fiui
National
Capital City Leagus-Eastern 70. Marines
Commercial League-Times Va Mosea
Departmental Leaeuc-NaEy vs. Agriculture.
District Lskgue-Bweau Vs. Columbia l0l.
Independence LeAgue-National Union ". Kendall
Marquette League-Tennallytown Ts Ccrcoran.
Olympia League-Whita Haven ". Southland
R r. Y. II. @. A. League-Station vs. southern.
Southern League-LAWNV vs. Bookkeepers.
Suburban League-TAkoma ". Park View.
Sunday School Lesgpe-AnAcostiA vs. Sherwood
Colored Departmental League-Intezior W. Agricul.
ture
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
Randall Attends Funeral.

At the funeral services OF w. A. Haley
on Saturday afternoon at the family resi-
dence, 1907 T street northwest, Thomas
A. Randall. at one time a prominent
member and soloist Of Haley's Band, was
present. Randall is now enlisted with
the U. S. Naval Academy Band. but
came to the city to attend the last rites
performed over his former leader. Pan
dali returned to Annapolis yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
REAL ESTATE LOANS
Made at Lowest Rates of Interest,
W. q. WALKER, 729 18th St. NV.
TEACHER ELUDEs REPORTERS.
Refuses to Answer Why She With
held TruesdeIPa DipIoma.

AsSAubcB ~ ANSWER She
held TruesdeIPs Diploma.
Miss Carrie ]. Christianson, instructor
in English at Mckinney Manual Training
School who is charged by Horace
W. Truesdell with being responsible for
Withholding his graduation diploma be-
cause Of alleged prejudice against him,
eluded reporters last night.
She lives at the Olympia, Fourteenth
and Euclid streets northwest, but every
body about the apartment, from elevator
boy to telephone operator, had the same
message, that Miss Cnristianson is out
and may not be back until late
Miss Christianson, as a member of the
Mckinley school. took part in the inves-
tigation and condemnation Of the frater-
mites, recommending their abolition.
Truesdell is an active member Of the
Adelphio Society.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
vonaermiIler spends o1iss 3.

Louis Vondermillsr. vho shot and killed
his brother-in-Iaw N Alexandria county.
Va. spent quiet day IN Jan YESTERDAY.
awaiting the resumption ST the trial 10.
day. vondermiller's defense Is INV defi-
nitely established as insanity, a. the de-
fsnse has put up q number OF witnesses
20 show that he was Of . s.alghty.s ,i,s-
position
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
HEAT WAYE HITS
WEEK END ARMY

Continued from ra.s one.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
AVIATOR TO FLY
TO WASHINGTON

Continued from Page one.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03

Largest Morning Circulation.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
crops De.troyed.

ST. Louis. July 2-This was the hottest
DAY Of the year in the Mississippi Mis-
souri,. and Ohio river valleys. crops and
pastures are reported burning up. and
the weather bureau forecasts but little
relief. The maximum temperature here
was 81 degrees. from to 5 p. m, at
the top Of the Weather Bureau OBJ
sarvafory. hut the government kiosk
thermometer on the street recorded 1O6sk
degrees
Only one death and four proalratfons
were oficially reported to-day In st.
Louis Two were overcome on street
cars. ana another wa1 stricken watch
ing the National League baseball game
Mexico. No. reports i1e "A the shade:
el' eareens pastures. and oats burned W
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
Seven Are Prostrated.

Cincinnati, July IA temperature Of
1Oa degrees was registered in Cincinnati
this afternoon at 8 o'clock on Walnut
Hills. Seven prostrations occurred in the
city proper. 1t was the hottest day here
for this time Of the year in the last
twelve years. Had it been a working day,
says Forecaster Devereux, there would
doubtless have been as many as sixteen
or twenty prostrations.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
Boy Loses Life.

Lafayette, Ind, July 2-The thermom-
eter reached 1o4 degrees here to-day, and
there were many prostrations. The ex-
cessive heat is indirectly responsible for
one death Earl williams, seventeen
years old, told his parents he was going
to creek and cool on. An hour later
his father received word he had been
drowned in wildcat Creek. He was
seized with cramps and went down in flf-
teen feet of water
The Washington herald., 1911-07-03
Heat Affects Firemen.

Pittsburg, July 2-Ten firemen were
injured or overcome. $4,000 property
loss was caused, and the mercantile CEN
ter Of Pittsburg was threatened by a
spectacular IRE that destroyed ''The
Fair" department store at Market
street and Third avenue at noon to-
dy Physicians say that many of the
hremen really collapsed on account Of
the heat Of the day that they had suf-
fered before being called to face the
market street furnace.
The evening world., 1911-12-18
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE as SENT
TO CONGRESS.

The President IN his MESSAGE to th,
senate saId.
by Instructions which | caused the
secretary uf state to transmit, to the
American Amhass,dor AT st. P%ctrrsbur,
on the 10th day of December. 1911, thor,
was given TO the Imperial Russian GOV
eminent under date ~ the l1'h day of
hecembcr, 1911. official notification on
behalf OF his Government or intention
to terminate the operation of the treats.
OF ana naNlgation ~ Dec. l..
1879. between he United States and Rus
sii upon the expiration of the year COM
mencIus on the Isl ~ Janua-y. iPl"
the notification contemplated by Article
f. of the existing treaty having been
embodied In the following note ~
dressed by the Ambassador to the Min
!s,cr for Foreign Affairs,
Tinker instructions from my Govern
mrni. ana Ia pursuance Of the CONVEX.
statilna held hy he Secretary of Stut,
Nith tnc Russian Ambassador at WAsl-
ington. | have q the honor 10 give O.
the llnperi7l Russian Government on
behalf az ths United states. the oiroi.
notification contemplated by Article T..
oI tuo i,,ts ~ 80. whereby the opera.
The evening world., 1911-12-18
N DISGUISE FIRE
ladies CAPTURE
BOLD F|REBUGS
CONTINUED from First Paxe.)

note WAS addressed to the policeman
and reques TED him to beat It," as his
presence was spelling a plant" The
"peddler" delivered the note and the
patroiman faded.
He had scarcely vanished when Brant
and Greenspan came out Of the saloon,
followed at a distance by the white
Wing" They walked briskly to No.
7s and entered. using u pass key. They
we're gone about twenty minutes. The
moment they appeared at the front
door again Marshal Brophy loft his win
dow and went out to meet them. He
aid his revolver into his overcoat pock-
Ut a. he went out and . few seconds
later he needed 1t.
The Instant he grabbed for the pair.
they struck out at him. They fought
savasely until tho two 'laborers'' got
there and assisted Brophy. The ped
dlers" had burst into the house the mo-
ment they heard . blast from Brophy's
whistle. He blew the signal as no
stepped out Of his place Of concealment.
There was q lively blaze In a ward
robe on the third floor OF the house, as
he'd been predicted. After Brophy had
taken his prisoners to Fire Headquar-
ters. he stated Brant had confessed
setting not only this mornings IRE. but
others. The prisoners were arraigncd
later In tho New Jersey Avenue Police
Court and held.
The evening world., 1911-12-18
SANFORD GIVEN
TEN YEARS FOR
CAUSING DEATHS
Leader of Queer Sect in Re.
ceiving Sentence Again
Claims Divine Guidance.

PORTLAND. Me. Doc. 1s.-Ten years
In the Federal prison at Atlanta was the
sentence imposed to-day upon Rev.
Frank W. Sanford. leader OF the Holy
Ghost and Us Society OF Shiloh, for
causing the deaths Of six persons on the
yacht Coronct.
Sanford was calm during the six
minutes 1t took for Justice Hale TO sen.
tence him. Unaccompsnied. he walked
into court and formally surrendered
himself TO a marshal. Asked II he had
anything to say before sentence was
pronounced he murmured:
God is beside me. lie told me to-day
not to talk. He knows what IL in me.
lilo pitics every one In the world who
does not look to Shiloh
SANFORD was hurried into Jail ana
Will be sent 10 Atlanta on n train that
leaves here at 7.i5 this evening.
The Shiloh colony will continue as In
the past. the only difference being In
the leadership. which passes to Rev..
Charles T.. Holland. who Is at the head
OF the movement IN North America,
according to Mr.. SANFORD.
The evening world., 1911-12-18

faith II concerned. his sole insistence
In this entire controversy has been that.
AZ an American citizen. his rights must
be protected by his own Government In
the same way as those of any other
American. Had the Jew been content
with LEGS he would not he worthy of
American citizenship.
w nov rest content"
You have been in this ngh, a long
time the reporter suggested to Mr..
SchiI.
II have" he replied. but this fight
has been going on for centuries"
Louis Marshall, whom Mr.. Schir said
deserved the great credit for the sue
~cessful outcome OF the movement, was
informed or The Presidents action by
an Evening World reporter in Part VI
OF The supreme Court. After expressing
satisfaction over the news Mr.. Marshall
said:
Il don't know whether the President
mas the absolute power to ~abrogate the
treaty with Russia. I am of the opin.
ion that, to mako II binding, the abro-
cation will have to be conourred In by
Congress. For that reason I do not care
to say more than that I am very much
pleased with the good news you bring to
me-"
Daniel Guggenhe4m. the head OF the
family OF that name, looks upon the
action OF President Taft as an ofhciai
act OF equal Importance as the action Of
the late Grover Cleveland In the defense
OF the Monroe Doctrine. He said to an
Evening World reporter:
The abrogation OF the treaty between
Russia and the United States II Of the
greatest Importance and II will com.
pare In Importance with the stand taken
by Grover Cleveland at the time he
supported the Monroe Doctrine by tell.
ing England to keep her hands of In
disputes In countries to the south OF US.
At that time a great many people
thought President Cleveland had made
"A great mistake. but his action Is now
appreciated all over the world and its
Importance accepted by even the most
conservative Americans.
President Taft has shown the world
in this passport question that the
United States proposes 10 prevent dis
elimination against citizens Of this
country without respec. to race, creed
or religion. HIS act Is a brave one and
IN the end he will receive the praise
which went to President Cleveland in
the matter Of the Monroe Doctrine. Both
acts are international in character and
tend to increase the " and import.
ance Of this country abroad"