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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
CONGRESS HIS HOPE
Man Injured in Government
Service Has No Legal Claim.
WINS COURTS SYMPATHY
But it Holds He Has No Redress at
Law Because of His
Negligence.
WINS COURTS SYMPATHY

Although Erskine r. K. Hayes has be-
come a helpless cripple for life as a
result of stumbling his toe on some boards
that covered an excavation in the base
ment of the bureau of printing and en-
craving. his appeal to the Court OF
Claims for financial aid from the govern
ment in the way OF compensation Tor
damages has been in vain.
The story of the accident that changed
him from a healthy, 1SO-pound man to
q deformed, helpless cripple: OF the ap-
peal he made TO the government, ana
OF the negative answer to that appeal.
Is told in the cold, formal language or
judicial opinions, filed in the Senate.
Corridor Dimly Lighted.
Mr.. Hayes was employed as an elevat-
or conductor at the bureau Of engraving
and printing. He was big. healthy and
athletic fellow when he entered the
building on the morning Of December 49,
1902, and started through one OF the
basement corridors to make some electri-
cal connections that were necessary be-
fore he could start the lift. The cor
ridor was dimly lighted that morning,
and Hayes was huStilng along 10 peen
his days work.
Then he stubbed his toe and fell. The
radius Of his left forearm was fractured,
and his back, particularly his spine. was
hurt. Here's what the Court or Claims
has to say about the effects Of that IN
jury: .
AT the time of receiving said Injuries
said claimant was sober. Industrious
and intelligent young man. about twenty
about six feet in height and weighing
about $50 pounds. Said injury to the
back Of the claimant resulted In serious
and incurable disease Of the spine from
III. 1ar
since such injury. and in consequence
whereof the claimant has become help
less cripple, unable to perform manual
labor. and will probably remain so during
from said injury has resulted In mark
ed deformity Of the same. causing the
claimant at all times considerable pain,
and he will probably remain an almost
helpless invalid for life. unable to DO but
little or anything for his own support
Has No Legal Claim.
The opinion of the court. read by Judge
Barney declares that the complainant
was guilty Of negligence. because he had
worked on the excavation and had passed
over the board covering many times be-
fore The court, toe. found that the gov
eminent was negligent In allowing the ex-
cavation to remain open for pro-
tracted period without permanent COW
ering and In having the corridor at that
point SO dimly lighted.
Mr. Hayes, the court decides, has no
legal claim against the government and
no equitable claim except through the
application OF the doctrine of comparative
negligence.
':The helpless and pitiable condition of
the claimant" says the court, appeals
strongly to our sympathies. but we must
find the facts as the evidence proves
them and state the law applicable to
the came an we believe II to be- leaving to
Congress to determine whether anything.
and IL so, what amount, should be paid
to the claimant by way OF bounty or
gratuity."
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New York city.
Sectional Meetings Held.

This afternoon the Russian, Swedish.
German, English and Canadian delegates
held sectional meetings, at which subjects
of interest to their own people were dts
cussed. Delegates from the Southern
Baptist convention and those from the
Northern Baptist convention also held
meetings.
Industrialism in its relation to the
church was the subject of several ad-
dresses at tonight's session.
The congress-the second which the al
lance has held-Will come to an end to-
morrow with services in many churches.
Monday several thousand of the visitors
will journey to Washington to be re-
ceived by the President at the White
House in the afternoon.
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SHARES IN EARNINGS.
System in Chicago Brings Revenue
From Public Service Corporations.

CHICAGO. June 24.-Chicago's plan of
sharing in the earnings of public service
corporations brought 1885. 102 into the city
treasury today from the Commonwealth
Edison (Electric) Company.
This is an increase of 10000 over last
year, when the company's franchise was
renewed on basis of per cent OF the
gross earnings going to the city.
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DR.. Christmas Building Aero.

The three government hangers at the
northern end OF the line are nearly COM
pleted and the fourth one that houses
the new machine is entirely finished. All
the aeroplane sheds are set at the west
side of the field, about 100 feet from the
railroad track. Next to the government
sheds there is big double hangar where
DIR. w. w. Christmas is constructing a
machine. Next TO that there is tent
housing the old Rex Smith aeroplane that
has been brought back TO the park and
is being used for training flights. Then
comes the biggest building, the factory
that has just been completed by the Rex
Smith Company. Here there Is new
aeroplane being assembled. Finally. at
the south end Of the line there is another
tent housing Curtiss type of machine,
partially assembled by c. A. Dorian
The army camp is in charge of Capt.
Charles de Forest Chandler. There are
under him Lieut.. r. c. Kirkland, IN
charge of the government field: Lieuts
dew. Milling and Henry Arnold, who
have been trained at the Wright camp
and detail Of fifteen enlisted men of the
Signal Corps.
The army machine was brought out at
3:45 yesterday afternoon, and Lieut.
climbed to a height of about $40 feet In
three rounds of the field. and after staying
aloft q short time. came down in a spiral
glide from a height of about 1909 feet.
Flies Toward Washington.
The machine then was turned over to
Lieut. Milling. and he climbed TO about
the same height He had quite a flight TO
the south, toward Washington. but did
not attempt to make a flight into the
city He was in the air altogether fif-
teen minutes.
Then Lieut.. Kirkland was taken up as
a passenger by Lieut.. Arnold They did
not go over 100 feet high. and were In
the air little more than ten minutes.
AS soon as more money is available Tor
the War Department at the end OF the
fiscal year. the old Wright machine will
be brought back to Washington from
Texas and 1t is possible that Lieut.. b. d.
Foulois, who has been with II on the
Texas border. will be returned to Wash
ington for duty. This, however, has not
been definitely settled.
Toward the end of the evening the old
Rex Smith biplane was brought out and
several training flights were given. None
of the flights was at height greater
than thirty feet. Fred Fox, who has been
was commenced, made several straight
away alghts and nearly full turn In the
air
The machine was then given to Frank
HISTORIAN, the Bleriot aviator. who Is
trying the American machine. He made
several straightaway flights. and Charles
Peck, another pupil. was given a series
of grass-cutting flights and managed TO
get the machine twice off the ground. He
is looked upon by Mr.. Smith as pronis-
ing pupil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

Charles A. Diffenbaugh, editor of the
Mountain Democrat of Oakland. Md. has
been arrested on q warrant sworn out
by r. f. Sliger, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank OF Oakland, and foreman of
the recent grand jury, charging criminal
libel
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Trouble Over Title.

About the year 1918 there was some
objection to the manner Of holding
property. and 1t was commended that the
trustees should hold for the individual
church. Rev. Mr.. Stillwell. with some
followers. withdrew and formed an or
ganiza.tion, but his white followers
soon left him. The colored members,
however, did not return to the parent
body. but formed the A. M. E. Zion
connection in 1920. This is represented
in the District by the John Wesley
Church. organized In 1880. and six
others. The African M. e. Church, OF
which Israel was the first, has six
churches here but Israel has become
the colored NJ. q. Church.
The sentiment for reform In the
church was growing. Some Of the
voice in the selection Of the presiding
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DIED.

BROOKS. On Thursday, June =, 1911 st his
residence, 211 street northwest, HENSON,
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Erect House of Worship.

The old barn was occupied by the Meth
odists until 1911. The year before they
had bought site ON 4th street between
South Carolina avenue and G street
southeast and erected thereon a house of
worship. The trustees were Henry Fox
all, John Bra shears. f. Middleton, A.
White. James Vansant. J. A. Chambers.
Leonard Mackall. John Gleason and
Jacob Hoffman. 1t was known for many
years as EbeneZer Church, later as
Fourth Street and East Washington, and
some years ago the congregation removed
to 9TH and G. streets southeast and took
the name of Trinity.
The third church established here was
the Foundry. During the war of 1872 the
foundry property of Mr.. Foxall, lying
above Georgetown. was marked for de-
Struction by the British. 1t was known
that Mr. Foxall had furnished the gov
eminent with cannon. Owing to a storm
the detachment that was to destroy it
was driven back, and Mr.. FoXall regard
ed this as a providential escape of his
property. Soon after the close OF the
war. in 1915. Mr.. FoXall erected a chapel
at the northeast corner of 14th and q
streets northwest and named it the
Foundry. presenting 1t to a board of trus-
tees for a church. The old site IS now
occupied by the Colorado building. and
a splendid edifice on 18th and Church
streets is the home of the Foundry or
EaniZation.
Though the colored members found ac-
commodations in the white churches.
there were colored people in the neigh
borhood of the Ebenezer Church who
organized a congregation as early as
1920. AT that time the African NJ. T..
Church had been formed in Philadelphia
under the lead OF the Rev Richard Allen
On Fourth street south OF . street a
society of colored people had a school
house and employed a waite teacher for
their children. Here In 1920 was what is
now known as Israel c. NJ. E. Church,
LIST and B streets southwest. It's birth
place was called The Chicken Coop
and later the congregation moved to
Simms' Rope Walk Corner" at Sd street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
When the Presbyterians moved from the
Little White Chapel under the HILL" on
South Capitol street. to the First Pres
byterian Church. on John Marshall place.
the Israel congregation purchased and
occupied the chapel until its site was
taken into the Capitol grounds about
forty years ago. and then built a fine
brick church at LIST and streets south
west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

DARNALL. On Saturday June d. 1871, to
Hysttsville. Nd, a daughter.
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MARRIED.

voEHL-FINNEGAN. On June g. 1911 at Aiez
andria, Va. KARL F. vOEHL and ANN
+. FINNEGAN.
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ORION In sad hut loving remembrance OF our
dearly beloved and only son, Z. PERCY
ORION. who departed this life June -,
1909 two years ago today.
IT'S not the tear at the moment shed.
When the cold earth has Just been thrown Der
him
That tells how beloved 10 the one that 10 dead
Or how deep in our hearts deplore him |;
IT'S the tear through many a long day wept.
IT'S life's whole pathway shaded:
IT'S the one remembrance fondly kept,
when all lighter griefs have faded.
BY HIS DEVOTED MOTHER AND FATHER.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-14
CHAPTER VII.
THE KILLER.


YALL0CK leaned still farther
over the desk end.
IF L do you'll get what you
s : are after and a good deal more
again Il am going TO ask you Il Il -
worth while to throw me overheard {
you've had my last word. Halloek,
and ali this talR about consequences
fhaf Won don't explain IS beside the
marx Get me that statement from
HIamisfer and do it soon. I ara not
going TO have it said that We are fight
me craft ID one place and covering It
{ ualloek Strengthened up AID but
toned his coat. -.
came as it is played here 70 the d les
go assI =, ought 70 De@rsEing You sWen.y-
s sa,,r hours to get oae of gunshet, nj +
Id I,aserwood. Instead % that am 90.
~ .'aaE = ID D gou = service. lou FeIaem-
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-14

and I'm not aouDt1ng tnat you ntvet
every word OF it, But-they'll murder
you"
THAT is neither here nor there
what they will do to me. I handled
them with gloves at first, but they
wanted the bare fist. They've got 1t
now. and, as have said before, we
are going to fight this thing through
TO a complete and artistic finish. VINO
goes east On 2O2 today q
1T is Judson's run, but be is laying
off,
What is the matter with him
sick ?,
mo; Just plain drunk
Fire him won't have a single
solitary man il the train service who
gets drunk. Tell him So
AL right; one more stick Of dyna-
mite, with cap and fuse in it, turned
loose under foot prophesied McClos-
key gloomily. hudson goes"
Never mind the dynamite. Now.
what has been done with Johnston,
that conductor who turned in s. as
the total cash collections for hun
dred and fifty mile run2'
i've had him up. He grinned and
said that that was all the money there
was; everybody had tickets
You don't believe it?''
mo. GrantDy. the superintendent Of
the Ruby mine, came in on Johnston's
train that morning, and he registered
a kick because the Ruby Gulch station
agent wasn't out of bed in time to sell
him a ticket. He paid Johnston on the
train. and that one fare alone was
$780,
Iidgerwood was adding another mi
mute square to the penciled checker
board on his desk blotter.
Discharge Johnston and hold back
his time check Then have him ar
rested for stealing, and wire the legal
department at Denver that want him
prosecuted"
Again McCloskey's rough cast face
became the outward presentment of d
soul in anxious trouble.
Call it done and another stick Of
dynamite turned loose" he acqui
esced rs there anything else?"
Eyes. What have you found out
about that missing switch engineer
Nothing yet. I'm hunting for proof"
Against the men you suspect? Who
are they. and what did they do with
| the engine?'
McCloskey became dumb.
Il don't dare to say part Of it until
can say it all, Mr.. Lidgerwood You
hit too quick and too hard. But tell
me. one thing-have you had to report
the loss Of that engine to anybody
higher up?"
a shall have to report it to General
| Manager Frisbie. of course, if we
don't find it.
"But haven't you already reported
| it?"
"No-that is, I guess not. Wait a
minute. -
A touch Of the bell push brought
Ha11ock to the door Of the inner Office
"Halloek. have you reported the dis
appearance of that switching engine
to Mr.. Frisbie?s asked the superin
tendent.
The answer seemed reluctant, and
was given in the single word Of as
sent
sWhen9' asked Lidgerwood.
ssTn the weekly summary for las
week. You signed it, said the chic
clerk.
Did I tell you to include that par
ticular item in the report?' Lidger
wood did not mean to give the in
quiry the tang Of an implied reproof
but the fight with the outlaws wa
beginning to make his manner incl
| sivn
4 i 111aelz
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-14

a ~. ,net operator. nunora. rnae yea
ui ssel few days ago2'
Bart Rufford, his brother, the look
~. g Redlight's place, has invited
= lew friends to take notice that he
=inlends to kill you. You can take 1t
straight. He means it. And that was
what brought me up here tonight. not
that memorandum on your desk calen-
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-14

Qkassp
IT'S II WORTH WHILE TO THROW ME OVER
] BOARD?o
| For a long time AFTER the door nad
/ Jared to its shutting behind Halloek
Lidgerwood sat at his desk idle and
abstractedly thoughtful. Twice with
in the interval he pulled out small
drawer under the roll top and made
] as IL be would take up the weapon it
contained. and each time he closed
the drawer to break with the tempta-
! ton to put the pistol into his pocket.
Later. after he had forced himself
| to go to work, door slammed some
where in the dispatcher's end of the
building. and automatically his hand
shot out to the closed drawer. Then
/ he made his decision and carried it
out Taking the nickel plated thing
from it's hiding place and breaking 1t
/ to eject the cartridges. he went TO the
end door Of the corridor. which opened
into the unused space under the raft
ars. and flung the weapon to the far
fhest corner of the dark loft.
LidgerWood had found little difficulty
in getting on the companionable side Of
Dawson. SO far as the heavy muscled
silent young craftsman had d compan
ionable side and an invitation TO the
family dinner table at the Dawson cot
| tage on the low mesa above the town
| had followed as matter of course.
Once within the home circle, with
Benson to plead his cause with the
meek little woman whose brown eyes
held the shadow Of a deep trouble.
| Underwood had still less difficulty in
arranging to share Benson's permanent
table welcome.
Lidgerwood's acceptance as table
boarder in the cottage on the mesa
being Hospitality prompt. be was com
ing and going as regularly as his over
sight of the 800 miles Of demoraliza-
ton permitted before the buffoonery Of
the Red Butte Western suddenly laugh
ed itself out and war was declared. In
the interval he had come 30 concur
very heartily in Benson's opposition
TO Gridley as Faith Dawson's possible
choice.
There was little to be done in this
field, however Gridley came and Went
aot too often, figuring always as a
friend OF the family and usurping no
more of Miss Dawsons time and at.
tention than she seemed willing to
bestow upon him. Lidgerwood saw nc
chance TO obstruct and no good reason
for obstructing. At all events Gf1dley
did not furnish the reason.
After the storm broke there were
no more quiet evenings on the cottage
porch for harassed superintendent
Tidgerwood came and went as before
when the rapidly recurring wrecks die
not keep him out on the line. but he
scrupulously left his troubles benlne
him when he climbed to the cottage
on the mesa.
Quite naturally his silence on tn
one topic which was stirring the Ree
desert from the Crosswater hills Il
Timanyoni canyon was a poor MASK
The increasing gravity Of the situatloi
wrote itself plainly enough in his race
and Faith Dawson was sorry for him
giving him silent sympathy unasked
not wholly unexpected. The foW1
talk OF Angels. what little OF It reach
ed the cottage. was harshly conden
natory Of the new superintendent
After the mysterious Disappearance
Of the switching engine mystery 81
s1nSnlvad and asaparoY,tIv T1uS0IVa Die
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one topic which was stirring the Red
desert from the Crosswater hills to
Timanyoni canyon was poor mask.
The increasing gravity Of the situation
wrote itself plainly enough in his face,
and Faith Dawson was sorry for him.
giving him silent sympathy unasked Il
not wholly unexpected. The town
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-06
Mrs. Belmont's Farmerettes
Get Busy Down on the Farm

MINEOI.A, L. l., March 5.-(special Tel
egram. Mrs. o. II. T. Bemonts farmer
cites, who are to make the Brockholt es-
tate blossom and produce like the vale Of
Kashmir, without the help Of mere man
got down to brass tacks Saturday.
Fourteen of them. all from the Bronx,
Manhattan. came down TO Hampstead to-
day with hopes high and dress suitcases
filled with farm clothes. Those farm
clothes are very important features Of
Mrs. Belmonts farm project for suf-
fragettes.
Mrs. Belmont designed them herself after
much thought and several conferences
with persons who are trying 10 lift
femininity from the .thralldom OF the
present and place IL upon a perfectly in
dependent plane, even when II comes to
farming.
As soon as the fourteen new farmerettes
Joined six others az their new headquar-
1ers zone Of the comfortable farm houses
on the llOO-acre Brockholt estate at
IIempsteadl, making twenty farmerettes
in an. they unpacked their dress suitcases
and got right into their farm togs Then
they emerged. the nrst typical farmer
ettes-to start at the top: Each wore a
broad -brimmed slouch hat. that looked odd
hristing with hatpins. Next below ap-
peared blouse Of blue. full. but chic
with comfortable sleeves, but not too much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-06
Legal Battle for
Custody Of Heiress
w. P. Gibson OF Bloomfield, Neb., and
Stepdaughter, Mrs. Frank Eortham
of Marshalltown, Ia, Want Gold.

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. March 5.--(Spe-
cial)-A fight for the possession of a child,
the daughter of w. p. Gibson. a farmer
OF near Bloomfield, Neb.. and the half
sister of Mrs. Frank Northam of this city.
which reached the exciting stage of gun
play and threatened shooting broke into
justice court here today. when Gibson had
his step-daughter Mrs Northam, arrested
on the charge OF threatening to shoot him.
The child Leila Gibson, aged Is, is an heir
of the late Martin Braddock and the
father is the child's guardian.
The child came here with her father
four months ago, but after the father re-
turned to Nebraska he was unable to get
the child away from her step-sister and
have her return home. He came here and
after being unsuccessful in an effort "a
get a search warrant that would admit
him to the Northam home, he accom-
panied by a constable, went to the house
II Is charged that Mrs. Northam showed a
revolver in his face and ordered him of
the place. He then had her arrested
Mrs. Northam alleges that Gibson has
squandered the chld's money and the
father alleges that 1t is because OF the
child being an heir to the rich estate
that her step-sister desires to have contro
OF her. The child has disappeared from
the Northam home and Mrs Northam al
leges she does not know where she is.