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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
ROBBERY OF MUSEUM
NOT AN INVITING lob
Officials UnWorried Over New
York Tale of Proposed
Plumber.

There is a plan afoot to rob the Smith
sonian and National Museum Of SOME OF
their most priceless treasures, according
to a story unfolded to the New York
police by Thomas Alexander. a porter
In a drug store there, the name OF the
drug store being suppressed. not so much
for the sake of Thomas as the suspicion
that the store may be after some ad-
vertising. Anyhow, the New York de-
tective headquarters is quite excited over
the story and is looking up the antece-
dents of Alexander and of the man who
he says offered to take him into the plot
According to the officials Of the Smith
sOnian, it is a fine robbery scheme, too,
except for the fact that it is entirely i'm
practicable. The informant OF Alexander
and the head Of the dark conspiracy says
he Is a former employe Of a lock COM
pany. helped to fit the locks to the Smith
sonian cases and managed to get the i'm
preston Of the master key that will I'M
| lock any OF the cases.
Just Garry Them OF.
His plan Of campaign as unfolded to
Alexander was to walk into tho Ma
tional Museum or the Smithsonian. un-
lock some Of the cases containing the
rarest relics. secrete a few in his pock-
dened with potential wealth. The place
where the potential wealth was to be-
come a reality was when the officials
Of the Smithsonian found what had
been done to them and offered re-
ward of $4,000 for the return OF the
priceless relics.
The officials OF the Smithsonian today
characterize the plot as highly improb-
able. In the first place there Is no ma sfer
key that will unlock all Of the cases.
There are several master keys that I'M
Also no one lock company had a monopoly
Of making the locks, there being severai
companies represented. Further. II there
was anything stolen the Smithsonian
could not offer any reward for It's return
without a congressional appropriation, De-
cause 1t has not the money and nnally
there is nothing much worth stealing that
could be stolen.
Hard to Pick Genuines.
1t is true that the aggregate value OF
the Smithsonian collections runs into the
millions and there are some things that
have large Intrinsic value and others
that have an inestimable sentimental
value. But one Of the worst features OF
the whole arrangement Is that many OF
tho articles OF greatest value are inter-
spersed with plaster casts and limitations
that the museum experts themselves can
hardly tell from the genuine, ana even
If the dishonest friend OF Thomas Alex
ander came up to the museum with q
draw and loaded 1t without interruption,
a is declared. the chances are that he
would get a lot OF highly artistic replicas
and would find that the real things he
Was after were locked up in safe de-
post vault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11

Otis j. Hall. a fiagman on the Virginia
and Southern railway, was ground TO
death Sunday under a train at Appalachia.
Va.
Troops Nos. l and 2. Boy Scouts OF
America, Of Hagerstown, Md. Sunday
night attended services at st. Marks
Lutheran Church and listened to a special
sermon delivered by Rev. J. William Ott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
32d Annual September Sale
WHOLESALE REDUCTIONS OF 331 TO 60 Per Gel
Throughout Our Entire Stock of
Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Limoleums, Ell
Upholstery Department Specials.

43 pairs White and Ecru Scotch Lace Curtains all the
latest patterns Marked to sell for Special this CO Am
81 pairs Imported Duchess Effect Lace Curtains pattern
No. 597; 81 yards long and 60 inches wide. Marked g
. $50 pairs Rua1e Muslin Curtains yards long, As inches
wide heavy lace insertion and edge Marked sell @n 2S
for $500 Extra special pair NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9l 80
lot Imported White Irish Point Lace Curtains; full size;
all the latest effects Marked sell for SI2oo @M q
Special this SALE pair Observation-Disclosures. QUITO
pairs French Tambour Lace Curans 81 yards long,
on Sae the 1 ne" tone effect Marked 10 sell Tor
~
$40 yards Imported Irish Point and Tambo Sash Lace
inches wide Marked to sell for 75c yard Special 2zIL~
I lot Imported Oriental Couch Covers: all copies from
the latest rugs. Always sold for $1,000 Special eR Am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
District Alleges Gas Company
UnIaWfuIIy Uses Streets.
SUITS WILL BE ENTERED
N and Water Streets Southeast Are
the Ones Involved.
BOTH CLAIM OWNERSHIP
Company Said to Have Erected
Tanks on N Street and Engine
House on Water Street.

Acting on a charge preferred by the
Department OF Justice that the Washing
ton Gas Light Company is unlawfully oc-
cupying portions OF n and Water streets
southeast, the District Commissioners to-
day directed Corporation Counsel Thomas
Immediately to begin legal proceedings
to determine title to the land
Two tanks on N street and an engine
house on Water street. which. 1t Is al
legged. have been built by the company on
government-owned property. may be or
dered removed II the proceedings termi-
nate in favor OF the District.
The Commissioners action is regarded
as significant, coming. as it does. upon
the heels of their refusal to grant an
application made by the company for the
closing of the block bounded by NJ and N
streets and 10Th and 18th streets south
east. In this square. 1t is said the COM
pany has made improvements that extend
over certain streets and alleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
Hard to Pick Genuines.

Anthony Staubly, ST., Union veteran
of the civil war and for many years
tinsburg. w. Va, died Sunday night He
was seventy-four years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
Decision Against Petitioners,

1.-The Yellow Ticket by E. F. Ben
son. the noted English novelist, is one
Of five prize entries to appear In our
next Sunday Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
Comment In the Italian Colony.

The Italian colony. in discussing the
character OF Antonio Melano, describe
him as native of Calabria. and say that
he worked as a shoemaker there and also
served two years in the army. Some of
them seem TO believe that he was dts
missed from the army because Of I'M
sound mind.
sam Fabrizo, shoemaker at 81 G
street says that he knew Melano in Italy,
where he was regarded as a pretty good
fellow. He has a wife and two children.
says the shoemaker. and belongs to q
couple of Italian fraternai societies.
Me.ano. saws Fabrizo, has been In des-
titute circumstances recently and has re-
ceived considerable aid from the societies
70 which he belonged and from other fell
Iow-countrymen. Fabric himself has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
ChiffOniers.

Regular Sentember
price. Sale price
$1,000 Chiffoniers. .............. S675
$12.oo Chihoniers. ............ S8.25
$14.oo Chiffoniers. .............. So25
$1,000 Chiffoniers. .S1o25
$500 Chiffoniers. .S11.5o
$4,000 Chiffoniers. $12oo
S22oo Chiffoniers. $3.50
$4,000 Chiffoniers. .$1475
$500 Chinoniers. $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-11
Mrs. Radeloff's Story.

Detective German this morning went to
Hyattsville to interview Mrs. Nettie Ra-
deloG, who was with Harry Smith just
before he disappeared She said that the
people with whom she is living at
Hyattsville are moving away and wanted
to get rid 90 their dog. For the purpose
of trying to sell Ii she brought II to
Washington and offered 1t at Schmid s
store. where She afterward engaged the
boy 10 lead il for her.
The disappearance of the boy when
she had dispatched him for change
worried her. she said. and she could
not conjecture what had happened to
him. She waited in front of the dru@
store. then asked a man on the corner
If he had seen which way the boy went.
She made the same inquiry of the jani-
tor of the Jefferson apartments, next to
the drug store. She left the dog with
him and started off to see if she could
find the boy.
Failing. she returned to the jefferson
apartments 10 get the dog. A woman
who was standing on the steps told her
that the janitor had gone TO his home on
Washington street. She told the woman
that she had sent the boy for change and
that he had disappeared. and that she in
tended TO have the boy take the dog back
to Hyattsyille for her
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
Benton UN|T WILL
Be SURVEYED SOON
Commercial Club has Assurance that
Work will be Done as Soon as
Men are Available.

Secretary Gardner of Commercial
Club is in receipt of a letter from
Senator Poindexter which would
indicate that the Benton reclama-
ton survey is next in order on the
departments schedule and will be
made as soon as the men are avail
able from the other work in the
Yakima Valley.
The recommendation of the board
of army engineers, who recently
made a preliminary examination OF
the various government projects, is
that the Benton unit be considered
first and survey made of same be-
fore any further projects in the
Yakima valley are taken up.
The promoters of the $26, 900, DOC
high line project are opposed to this
idea and are working to have the
storage reservoirs completed and
legislation put through which will
permit the government to sell them
water for their scheme.
The army engineers in this re-
port express the opinion that the
high line unit will be impracticable
of completion for many years,
either by public or private enter
prise, on account of the immense
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
OPERATE FOR APPENDICITIS

William Sly, eldest son OF MIR.
and Mrs. E. NJ. Sly, was operated
on for appendicitis at the Walla
Walla hospital Wednesday after
noon. The case is rather a serious
one, but it is thought at this time
that the operation will prove sue
cessful. Mr.. Sly returned Thurs
day, but Mrs. Sly will remain at
the bedside of the sick boy until he
has recovered sufficiently to be
brought home.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
BIG BLAST IS SUCCESS
SAYS Chief ENGINEER
$50. 900 Powder Shot LOOsens q Mil.
lien Tons of Rock on O.-W. X.
& \. Work

Four hundred thousand pounds
of blasting powder, discharged in
two electrically-fred shots, tore
more than 100000 tons of rock
from the face of a high cliff over
looking the Snake river, Saturday
afternoon, and made possible the
saving of 60 miles of road construc.
ton on the third division of the
Oregon Washington Railroad &
Navigation company's system al
Ayr Junction, near Starbuck. The
two shots cost $4,000.
F. L. Pitman, chief engineer Of
the division has said that the work
was successful in every way, tho
the last shot was more in the nature
of an explosion, as it hurled the
rock with greater velocity and LEFT
the roadbed in a broken condition.
However, the rock was we'll broker
and is easy to handle. Meantime
freight and passenger trains will b.
routed over other lines. One hun
bred men now are at work on thu
roadbed.
The full strength of the powder
was obtained, Pitman said, anc
the amount of rock broken dowr
may be judged when it is known
that 10 days will be required tt
clear the roadbed for trains"
George Chew of Spokane, who
had charge Of the blasting work
started operation on May l with {
crew of men and completed tn
loading the afternoon on August II
He used 10000 kegs of powder il
the coyote holes'', aggregatint
more than 5000 feet Of drilling il
rock. The powder plant used tt
fire the shots was installed be
hind the cliff. The two units wer,
fired in 80 minutes.
The spectacle was witnessed b,
200 sight-seers, including two
women, Mrs. H. R. Rudd and Mrs
N. H. Bogue, who drove 80 miles
across the country. Hundreds o
fish in the Snake river were killec
and stunned by the two violen
blasts and much of the broken rocl
was hurled across the stream. NJ
one was injured.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
SHOW EVERY NIGHT

The Princess Theatre is now
showing every night, after the hot
weather lay-off. Manager Banta
has had good crowds all this week
and especially last night when the
regular show was augmented by
the appearance of Valmore, the
Mimic. Valmore is all right as a
laugh-producer. He will appear
again tonight friday and there
will also be a band concert this
evening.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
SECOND POULTRY SHOW
EARLY IN JANUARY
A Thousand Entries Expected-Harry
Collier Engaged as Judse-Valu-
able Prizes Offered

At the meeting of the Benton
County Poultry Association Satur-
day, it was decided to hold the Sec
ond annual poultry show the first
week in January. Harry Collier,
one of the best known judges in the
west has been engaged for that week
to score the birds, the entries of
which, it is expected, will total
nearly thousand.
The birds will be scored and the
prizes awarded on the score card
plan, each individual bird being
rated. The prizes will consist Of
cups, as we'll as cash and merchan-
disc, and the committee is now at
work preparing the premium list,
which will be published early next
month.
1t is anticipated that there will
be at least three times as many en-
tries this year, as last-both on ac-
count of the increased interest taken
in the show and the increase in the
number of fine birds that are being
raised.
While the county could not this
year appropriate sum in the in
,terests of the poultrymen, the MEM
bers of the association have decided
to carry their plans thru without
the county's aid and for that reason
the entrance fee for the birds has
been raised to 25 cents.
The Kennewick valley has proved
to be an ideal place for the raising
of fancy poultry and the local fan
ciers have taken this method of adj
vertising the fact thru the west.
The show is not a money-making
scheme but simply an inducement
for raising the standard of the
! breeds.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
lERSONAL II
PICkUPS Il
~@9-@

Mrs. Don Stull has been seriously
Ill the past week.
Miss DOrthy Arnold, who has been
spending the past two months on
the coast. has returned to her home
here.
G. F. Van Dewater. district freight
agent Of the wv. r. & N. is in town
today looking after the matter OF
sidlngs to the creamery and mill.
Miss Estella Taylor will give a
party at her home this evening in
honor of Der friend. Miss Esther
WestfalI, OF Sunnyside, who is hel
guest.
c. &. Wilson and q. V. Decker left
Saturday for Missouri. where they
will spend few weeks visiting old
friends. 1t is likely that they will
finally locate there.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18

capital needed, and recommend that
the cost of the. Benton unit be ascer-
tanned before anything is done
toward securing water supply for
the high line,
In all likelihood the word OF the
army board will go, and the Ben
ton survey will be ordered some
time this fall.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
Thief GOT AWAY

Deputy Health Officer Calhoun
was on crutches this morning and
when asked if this all happened
while in discharge of his official
duties, be replied, mo, and yes"
Said he, about midnight | was
chasing a chicken thief, slipped, dis
located my ankle and had to lay of
a few minutes for repairs. My day
book bears the notation, Look
after the sanitary condition Of
Morain's Addition first thing in the
morning."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
Wanted

Wanted-an apprentice, at Thorn.
ton and Cameron's.
WANTED-A lady cook. and cham.
Der maid at kOontz Hotel. 87tf
WANTED-A water witch, to locate
water 10 miles from kennewick.
Box 11S. Kennewick. S7tf
WILL TRADE new bungalow and
Is lots In GrangevilIe. Idaho, for
kennewick city or country prop
erty. A splendid opportunity for
someone wishing to locate In a rich
grain and stock raising country.
Bumper crop this year. Town has
splendid future on account Of near
ness to large mining country. See
G. S. Hanna In G. b. Stewards
Store. 867
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-08-18
Classified
For Sale

1OI 00lC
HAVE good pasture for horses and
cows. by the month. K. +. Pratt.
86-7
FOR SALE-4O head of work horses,
cash or on time. See S. NJ. Locker.
by.
PEACHES FOR SALE-Early era w
ford peaches by E. d Spicer one
half mile north of Hover. Seventy.
five cents per box. S6-7
FOR oALE-Lightning hay baler,
good as new. Machine can be seen
at my ranch two miles south OF
kennewick. Price, $3.50, easy terms
w. B. Williams, North Yakima,
Wash. S6-7
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
BULLET ENDS LIFE
Of TONY vow PHuL
Fatal Outcome of a Quarrel
Which Started Over Woman
at Denver.

DENVER, May 20, : Jealousy
aroused in ST. Louis several months
ago by favor shown the two by 4
woman there and famed into flames
in Denver by the discovery that they
were rivals for the favor of a Denver
society leader, it is believed caused the
trouble that ended last night in the
fatal shooting of S. Louis (Tony) yon
Pbul Of st. Louis by Harold f. Hen
wood, who represents New York pro-
noting company in Denver. Won Phul
was shot down in the barroom of
the Brown Palace hotel as the hour
approached midnight. and in the fusil-
lade from Henwood S gun two by
ISLANDERS were wounded One of the
wounded, George Edward Copeland, a
rich mining man of Victor. Colo, was
shot twice, once in the right hip and
again in the left leg, and the other,
tractor Of Colorado Springs, received
a bullet IN the left thigh, Copeland
is in serious condition, while Atkiu-
son s recovery, according to attending
physicians, will be speedy.
Won Phul died twelve hours after
he was shot down. Three bullets
penetrated his body, the last lodging
in his spine. The surgeons pronounced
this wound fatal in almost every in
stance. but in spite of this warning
Won Phul left the smoking room
after his wound was treated, and
walked into the open air. He was
found several minutes later on the
sidewalk conversing with group of
men over the shooting.
Henwood strolled leisurely about the
barroom after the shooting, and as he
was leaving the room stopped and
whispered apologies To Atkinson, who
lay prone upon the tiled floor, He made
no attempt to escape, but walked
through the lobby of the hotel ac"
companied by n bellboy. until the ar.
rival of Chief Of Police Armstrong,
To the chief Henwood declared that
the blame lay with Won Phul: that Won
Phul, he had been informed, was 4
gunfghter, and that when he realized
that the breach between them was
becoming serious, he (Henwood) armed
himself for his own protection. Hen
wood s attorney stated today that he
had tho names of two witnesses who
would swear that Won Pbul was armed,
1t is claimed. however, by several
others, including physicians and
hospital attaches. that Won Phul had
no weapon of any kind, and friends
declare that they never knew him to
go armed.
Henwood' Is attorney announced that
his plea will be self defense, Henwood
displayed no emotion when informed
that Won Phul was dead.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
CLARENCE DARROW
IN CHARGE OF CASE
Chicago Lawyer Arrives in Los
Angeles to Defend Nc
Namara Brothers.

Los ANGELES. May 25-Clarence
Darrow OF Chicago. who Is TO lead the
defense for the Mcnamara brothers. the
alleged dynamite plotters accused OF hav-
Ing slain twenty -one men in the Times
explosion. arrived today and at once
plunged into the work of mastering the
principal details OF the case. a large
office force has been organized by the
labor leaders 60 handle the great mass of
detail involved in preparation for the
trial.
Darrow. who was here two years ago
10 undergo n surgical operation. does not
appear entirely well. but said that he
felt strong enough TO undergo the strain
of a legal struggle more severe than that
which marked the trial of Meyer and
Haywood in Boise.
He lost no time in getting down to
work From the train he was taken in
an automobile directly to the jail. There
he talked for more than an hour with
John j. Mcnamara, secretary OF the IN
ternational Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers association, charged with hav-
ing been the directing head OF the dyna-
mite conspiracy and then conferred with
]. b Mcnamara, accused of placing the
bomb which destroyed the newspaper
plant and the lives OF IFS men.
After these conferences he went to the
headquarters OF the defense committee
and talked with job Hartman, who has
had charge OF the cases since the de-
parture OF Attorney Leo Rappaport, chief
COUnSet D1 Inp iron w GrRPFS a9SOC]1IlOn.
Darrow declined TO discuss n suggested
change Of venue. SAYING that although
II had been his experience that in cases
involving labor questions fairer trials
could be obtained In city than In n
country court the question had yet 10
be decided in the present case.
'1 am seeking opinions on that score
now" he said. II wish first 10 become
familiar with the situation.
The grand jury continued today its in
vestigatlon OF the alleged attempt to blow
up the county hall of records When 1t
adjourned late today there remained sew
cral witnesses to he questioned.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
STEAMER STRIKES ROCK;
MANY LIVES ARE FAST

PANAMA, May 25.-The National
Steamship company steamer Taboga
struck rock off Punta Mala on Tues.
day and sank n short time afterward.
Of the 100 passengers on board only
forty are known to have been saved.
The Taboga had cargo OF cattle
and was on her regular coastwise trip,
The scene Of the accident Is about
station. which makes it difficult to ob-
tain details of the accident
The United States gunpoat York
town left here today for the scene of
the disaster.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
THRIFTY PEOPLE.

Why be satisfied with per cent
when you can be absolutely secure in
obtaining 7 per cent? Just now the
National Savings and Trust company
has for sale series of safe bonds ma
turing the 1st day of January of 1912,
and ench year thereafter until 1921, in
denominations Of 500. 5000 and $1,000.
We can sell them TO net You z per cent
if taken soon. CIet into the habit Of
buying bonds They are the most con
venient form of wealth. No taxes, no
assessments. no uncertainty. Interest
coupons payable at regular intervals,
We recommend these bonds. Do you
understand the responsibility we there
by assumed Write or call for more in
formation. We will gladly explain dc.
tails
NATIONAL SAVINGS q TRUST CO.,
II East South Temple Street,
Telephones 1861.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
Children CrY
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a s r . RIA

Saltair opens tomorrow. Trains every
45 minutes, CSC round trip.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
HOUSE COMMITTEE TO
LOOK OVER THE REPORT

WASHINGTON May 25.-President
Taft probably will permit the results Of
the Investigation of the steel trust. made
By the bureau OF corporations. TO be sent
10 The house committee now engaged in
inuuirine into the United States Steel
corporation
Under the law the report Of the bureau
goes TO the president but u was said al
The White House tonight that Mr.. Taft
has no objection to the house committee
looking IL over.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
Via the Salt Lake Route Every Sund

Trains every 10 minutes 10 Saltair.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26

s;altair opens tomorrow. Better than
ever