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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
OWNERS Of CATS GR|EvE
FOR THEIR STOLEN PETS
Issuing More Warrants Con-
sidered Woman Describes
Imprisoned Animals.

NATICK, Mass, March 1.-Chicf OF Po-
lice Hiram Brown had a conference late
yesterday afternoon with Judge Multi
gan on the advisa bility OF issuing war;
rants for other arrests in the Wellesley
College cat stealing episode. Judge
Mulligan said that he would talk the mat
ter over more fully with the chief later.
The chief has received info: nation
which she thinks involves others in the
cat stealing affair. Mrs. s. 4. Sweetser
reported that she had lost beautiful
Angora cat. and Lizzie. a celebrated prize
winning feline. was reported as missing
by Mrs. George Frye Both women live
in the vicinity Of the Bent home. and the
cats have been missing since about the
time that Mrs. Bent's e-hundred-dollar
Snuff1es disappeared.
Mrs. Joseph Clark, sister Of Mrs. Bent,
said:
My sister, Mrs. Elmer Bent: Melvin
Morse, a friend of ours. and myself ac-
companied Mr.. Woods superintendent Of
the Wellesley College yard, and Mr.
Squires who was found guilty of steal
ing Snuffles, to Wellesley last Saturday
1t was about ) o'clock In the afternoon
and we wished to search for the body Of
our pet. MT. w OOQS LOOK us INFO q barn.
II never want to see again what 1 saw
in that barn. In II were several cats
eight or nine. in small cages or boxes
along the wall. They were crying pit
eously.
Mr.. Squires let them out into the barn
They were very thin, apparently starving
The minute they were let out they rushed
for an old half-pint. empty dish, the only
receptacle for food in the place. When
they found nothing in it they began to
fight with one another. 1t was one Of
the most horrible sights l ever saw
There was no sign of food in the place.
Il said to Mr.. WOODS. Are these cats
ever fed?'
''Mr. Woods answered. why. yes, they
are fed at least once a day, any way
LAS we passed by one of the barn win
dows the cats jumped frantically up to
the windows, p;teously crying for freedom
or food
Just imagine how those cats would
fight and tear each other to pieces If
the half-pint dish was filed up and the
cats were all released"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
TO INVITE DELEGATES
T0WS|T WASHINGTON
Provision for Foreign Repre-
sentatives at Canal Fair
to Come Here.

Provision for q visit to Washington by
| the official foreign delegates TO the Pana-
ma canal exposition in San Francisco in
1915. and for official ceremonies in con-
nection Herewith, it is understood. will
be included in the naval appropriation bill
to be reported from the Senate committee
on naval affairs late this afternoon.
The committee has approved. it is IN
derstood. the Swanson amendment. pro-
| viding that the President. in inviting the
foreign governments to send fleets and
official representatives to participate in
the celebration of the completion OF the
isthmian canal at San Francisco, is au-
thorized to invite their fleets to assemble
at Hampton roads, and their representa-
tives to come to Washington to be for-
mally welcomed by the President of the
United States, and also asking the Presl-
dent, at the conclusion of the ceremonies
at Washington, to proceed to Hampton
roads and there review the assembled
fleets as they start on their voyage to the
city of San Francisco.
The inclusion of this amendment in the
naval bill was practically the result or
compromise reached at the time the OH
fixing San Francisco as the exposition site
was before the Senate. Fearing that the
adoption of such an amendment on the
resolution by the Senate would compli-
cate matters. by having it go to confer
ence so as to prevent action at this ses-
sion of Congress, the San Francisco sup
porters refused to accept the Swanson
proposition as a part of the exposition
resolution, but did promise they would not
fight it as a part of the naval appropria-
ton bill.
Their promise not to oppose it. it is be-
lieved. makes its adoption by Congress
easier, and it's adoption is generally pre-
dicted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
News Briefs.

Despondent, lonesome and sick OF the
service after wearing Uncle Sans blue
Jacket uniform only three months. b. I.
Street. while alone in his tent at the st.
Helena naval training station. made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide by firing
.32-caliber bullet into his side just be-
low the heart
Mrs. Minnie Hahn, wife of Frederick
]. Hahn, professor Of English. mathe-
mates and German In Mount st. Mary Q
College. died at Emmitsburg. Nd. Sat
urday night after a months illness
Because Richard Martin kicked him.
John Coles threw a rock at the former.
striking him on the head, infiicting Q
wound that made an operation necessary
at Lynchburg Va, hospital
Edward A. Weaver of Hagerstown, Md,
who left that city last year for Ohio.
leaving behind a wife. has been arrested
at Mansfield, Ohio, on the charge of big
amy.
Five armed men rode into the town Of
Glover, Va, before daylight Monday. blew
open the safe of the Bank OF Clover and
escaped with $4,000 in cash. Residents
aroused by tine explosion rushed into the
street only to be met with a fusillade OF
shots from the revoivers Of the two men
who stood guard outside the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
WRITES HIS FAREWELL
AS GAS IS KILLING HIM
Suicide Tells of His Love for
Life as Death vapor
Fills Lungs.

READING, Pa. March Coroner
Wagner has made public letter
written by Emil Anderson, aged
twenty-five years, owner of a moving
picture show, who committed suicide
by inhaling gas in a small ticket Of
flee in front of his theater. Anderson
wrote the letter while the gas was fill
ing the room, finishing 1T just before
he collapsed. While his thoughts were
coherent, his hand wavered and the
pencil made almost illegible strokes on
the paper, falling finally when uncon-
seriousness overlook the writer.
The scattered sheets were found in
the ticket room. but were kept by the
coroner until today. He asked for no
sympathy. having received none dur
ing life. He said that it takes brave
man to face death. and as the Vapor
slowly filled the room he said that life
was never dearer to him than at that
moment. .
His letter. given in part. tells Its
own dramatic and tragic story:
People who commit suicide general
Nv leave a note or a few lines explain
ing their motives for the desperate
deed. but what does the world care II
person is fool enough to take his own
ufee That is his business A dead
person needs no sympathy. When the
ewes are closed in death then 1t Is
too late to pity the victim
"Takes Nerve to Commit Suicide"
eft NAV seem cowardly to some people,
but indeed. he who ends his own eX-
istence is no coward. 1t takes man
with nerve to rush into the presence of
his Creator uncalled for. Maybe the
agony at the door of death is punishment
enough for the offender. Life never
seemed sweeter, dearer than now. when
the cold hand of death is grabbing my
soul. Oh, how I wish 1 Gould live and
be as happy as before. but. alas, too late.
1 am too sick at heart, too discouraged
to survive my troubles. / have lost all
my money, am penniless and have moth
ing to live for.
$50 ends the story. 1 would not wish
NV worst enemy III l had one) to go
through the agony of my last moments.
| feel the deathly vapOr fill my lungs,
and, duliing my sense, the fear, the hor-
rid fear of DEATH Oh, how terrible the
thought of the cold cemetery, the lone
grave among others, seems: there will
De no one to shed tears on the hillOck;
there will be no tombstone, no sorrowing
friends / am a stranger, all alone. l
have suffered and alone l will die. Hop
ing the wounds my soul received from
disappointment will be healed in the land
of shadows, where the river of fOrgetful-
ness flows. there where earthly sorrows
and cares do not reach, there is a heaven
for tortured souls l do not blame any
one for what has happened; but l wish
to say this: Do unto others as you wish
others to do unto you So goodbye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
"Thurley" Concluded.

Only one more issue after this next one
and that thrilling tale. 'Thurley Rux-
tom will be brought to a close. In the
next installment in our Sunday Magazine
Thurley gets hack to home and Alice, and
everything appears to be lovely again,
but there Is the untangling of all the
threads of mystery still to be done, and
the strain on our patient readers is not
by any means ended yet. For instance,
Thurley lends Gaillard, her sirhood
lover, $30.G00 of Alice's money, without
even so much as asking that generous
person permission. This seems to throw
everything aglee, but, of course, you
know all stories in our Sunday Ma azine
must end happily for all the good people
involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
FORMING CABINET HARD JOB.
Selection of New French Ministry
Proves Difficult Task.

PARIS. March 1.-Antoine Monis is
experiencing some difficulty in form
ing a ministry. but it is expected that
he will announce his definite accept
ance of the premiership to President
Fallieres during the day. and it is
possible that he will make known his
associates tonight.
Former Premier Ribot has declined
the proffer of the ministry of foreign
affairs. and Senator Raymond Poin-
care, to whom this portfolio next was
offered has said that he will announce
his decision later.
NJ. CaillauX has definitely accepted the
post of minister of finance He served
in the same capacity in tine Clemenceau
cabinet.
Last night NJ. Monis announced that
NJ. Delcasse had accepted the portfolio OF
marine and NJ. Berteaux that of wa.
AS he was dashing about Paris in a
motor car today on his mission of cab
Matchmaking. NJ. Monis. who cid not dis
close his identity. was stopped en- route
20 the Elysee palace by a policeman who
summoned the chauffeur to court for
violating the speed regulations. The new
r.'eTir- continued his campaign after a
H::le delay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Attitude of Naval Officials.

For some unexplained reason the Off
Gals of the ordnance bureau Of the Navy
Department, having jurisdiction over the
naval proving grounds, declined today to
give any information regarding the mat
ter. 1t is known, however. that Com
mander Holden has had frequent con-
ferences with Rear Admiral Mason, chief
of the bureau, and is acting throughout
under specific instructions. Although not
officially stated. 1t is understood that the
naval authorities claim complete juris-
diction over that portion of the road
passing through the government reserva-
ton and that the gate in dispute is en-
tirely located on federal property. One
officer stated that there was no purpose
of closing the road completely, but SIM
ply to regulate the travel in the interests
of the government. He said that the
people in the vicinity had enjoyed the
privilege Of using the road SO freely that
they apparently had reached the conclu-
sion that the road was theirs by right.
One of the main reasons for restricting
travel over the reservation was the fact
that ordnance experiments are constantly
made and it is necessary to keep the
public at a distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Another Doyle Story.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's much-talked-
of story, The Iconoclast." which was at
first planned for a prize competitor ap-
pears in the next issue of our sunday
Magazine. 1t was Withdrawn from the
contest because Sir Arthur wishes to
enter two more up-to-date tales. He will
hardly write stronger story than this,
however. even if its action does take
place away back in % A. D.. four years
before the death Of Emperor Domitian,
when the circus. with all it's horrid tor
lures. was still the leading public amuse-
ment And the pictures are by Joseph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
WANT GATE REMOVED
Charles County, Nd, Residents
Seek a Mandamus.
RESISTED BY GOVERNMENT
People Desire Passage Through In
dian Head Proving Grounds.
NAVY DEPARTMENT OPPOSED
Officials Wish to Regulate Travel
Owing to Necessity for Frequent
Ordnance Experiments.
RESISTED BY GOVERNMENT
NAVY DEPARTMENT OPPOSED

An issue has been raised by certain
residents of Charles county, Md, as to
the right of the United States govern
ment to maintain a gate across the road
extending through the Indian Head prov
ing grounds on CORVALLIS Neck about
forty miles down the Potomac. Having
failed to prevail upon the government
authorities to remove the gate, the matter
was taken before Judge Beall at La
Plata, Md, on petition for writ of
mandamus against the county commits
sioners of Charles country to require
them to remove the gate. The case was
heard Monday with Deputy United States
District Attorney McLanahan represent
ing the United States government 1t
Is expected that Judge Beall will an
nounce his decision in few days.
Many unusual legal questions are in
volved in this case. and the result is
awaited with interest especially by the
officials of the Navy Department In
1913 the state legislature passed an act
recurring the removal of all gates from
pubic roads in Charles county except the
road leading from Glymont to CORVALLIS
Neck. In 1900 the government bought a
tract of land on the neck for the Indian
Head proving ground and in 1908 was
granted jurisdiction over it by the legis-
4
ern end of the tract to keep out cattle
and prying and curious people. About
200 acres Of land. inhabited by about
100 persons, lie beyond the reservation.
Road Put in Gateless Glass.
BY an act of the last legislature the
road leading through the reservation was
put in the same class as the other gate
less roads in the county. After request
Ing the government to remove the gate
at the reservation the county commits
sioners had it torn down. 1t was replaced
last September, when Lieut. Commander
j. II. Holden, superintendent. was di-
rected to maintain it with the force at his
disposal. When he asked for an explana-
ton of his orders, the superintendent was
directed not to maintain the gate with
the shedding of blood, but to take the
names Of the persons who tore it down
and report them. 1t was then that Fran
els E. Mattingly applied for mandamus
to compel the county commissioners to
remove the gate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
EARL PERCY TRAMPS
TO MILES ON WAGER
Usher at Decies-GouId Wed
ding Breasts Gale From Mon
treaI to Ottawa.

OTTAWA, March 1.-After walking
from Montreal, nearly 12) miles. along
the railway track. Earl P, rcy, olCest sen
wager by arriving at the governor gen
erals residence here in time for the din
ner in celebration of the anniversary of
the battle of Paardeburz.
The earl, who was formerly under sec
cretary for India. is an A. D. c. to Earl
Grey de was returning to this city after
acting as an usher at the Decies-Gol,ld
wedding in New York. He left Montreal
Saturday morning. Relays of boots and
warm though light clothing awaited him
at various places along the line.
One Man He Couldn't Fool"
At Plantagenet one of these points.
the man IN charge refused to deliver the
clothing, saying the earl was an i'm
poster. He couldn't be convinced that
the roughly dressed man before lin wa;
an earl.
But the earl, undaunted, pushed for
ward. and despite the handicap succeed
ed in winning out. Sunday and Monday
he faced severe gales, bat he cane along
at the rate of over thirty-seven miles a
day. The railroad track was slippery,
and his achievement is regarded as a
great feat. He was untouched by the
frost, and only his tired limbs len.ld
him OF the long tramp.
The amount of the wager is known
to he large. TIE other pat to it is not
known and the earl won't tell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Bell as Loving Cup.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The Old Neuenheimers Society, which
has just celebrated its coming of age,
claims 1000 members. all British people,
who were students at Neuenheim College,
opposite the famous castle of Heidelberg
Once year they recall, their early days
in Germany at a dinner held in London.
An interesting passage in the proceed
ings is the solemn ringing Of the college
bell. which Is then inverted, filled VIII
champagne. and passed round as lov..,g
cItp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
ANOTHER AMERICAN
IS PLACED IN JAIL
Accused of Causing Dynamite
Explosion at Ensenada,
Mexico, Is Report.

SAN DIEGO. Cal. March 1.-Passengers
arriving here last night by steamer from
Ensenada brought the report that an
American is in Jail at Ensenada as a re-
suit OF dynamite explosion there Fri
DAY night. Considerable loss of property
Is said to have been caused by The explo-
sion but no one was injured
The American. whose name has not been
learned, was Immediately arrested on sus
picion of being implicated.
According to the passengers, there is
considerable feeling against the Ameri-
cans In lower California.
The gunboat Guerrero arrived at Ense-
NADIA and landed troops. 1t was said that
several detachments of federals left Ense-
NADIA presumably marching in the direc-
ton of Mexicali
No further news has been receiraa oo,,
corning Harry G. Dell. the American
rested at Tia Juana and taken In Fin.
senada ~ Ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
STORIES BY
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
One Man He Couldn't Fool -

The board of supervisors OF Augusta
county. Va. Monday considered the uues-
ton OF holding an election to bond the
county for si.O60,G00 for reads.
Announcement has been made in Lynch
burg, Va, CT the engagement of Miss
Mamie Duval Glass, daugf ter CT Mr.. a Id
Mrs. +. c. Glass. to Edward Howard
MayGield, the marriage to take place a.
Court Street Methodist Church. The
of cG rlmt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
One American Killed.

ne Killing of thirteen prisoners. in
ciuo'ns one American, in the Jail de-
livery at Chihuahua, Mexico, Sunday
was reported to the State Department.
IN telegram from American Vice Con-
SUI Leonard at that point Mr. Leonard
SAID that forty-two prisoners escaped
and that twenty still are at large.
Disturbances are increasing along the
northern frontier Of Mexico. and the
situation necessitates the close watch
Ing by American troops of practically
every foot of the boundary line in or
der to preserve the neutrality Of the
United States. This condition of af
fairs was shown by advices received nv
the war department from the COM
handing officers of the United States
troops There are constant reports of
the passage of contraband articles. and
the soldiers are kept busy running
down rumors and maintaining an eff
fective patrol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
PyTH|ANS FILE ANSWER
TO SUIT FOR RECEIVER
Cite Action of Federal Court
and Enter Plea in
Abatement.

The Supreme Lodge OF Knights of
Pythias, against which John H. Turpin,
a certificate holder of the fourth class.
recently began proceedings for a receiver
and an injunction. today filed in the
District Supreme Court plea in abate-
ment. The Pythians claim that Judge
Anderson, in the federal court of 1ndi-
ana, at Indianapolis, has assumed juris-
diction of both of the subject matter of
the suit and the assets of the corpora
ton, and out Of comfy this court should
at least decline to proceed with
hearing of the matter pending the de-
cision of the Indiana court
Indiana Case Cited.
Through Attorneys J. P. Goodrich of
indianapolis and Thomas p. Littlepage
of the local bar the court is told that in
the Indiana case counsel for the plain
tif1s there expressly disclaimed any juriS-
diction of the District Supreme Court
and declared that any decree of this tri-
bunal would be pOwer!ess of enforcement.
The claim was there made, according to
the plea of the knights of Pythias, that
no order of this court could be enforced
because no assets of the corporation ex-
list within the confines of the District of
Columbia.
The rule to show cause issued against
the order is returnable Friday, and at
that time the question of assuming jurs-
diction or awaiting the result of the In
diana cases vii! be decided
Petition for Receiver.
In his petition for a receiver Mr.. Tur-
pin charged mismanagement and claimed
that about $4O0.OOo had been diverted by
the corporation and it's officers from the
treasury of the mortuary fund of the
fourth class for the purpose of establish
ing and fostering the fifth class of the
insurance branch of the order By this
alleged Acknowledgement. it is claimed.
the fourth class mOrtuary fund has be-
come insovent and an attempt has been
made to increase the insurance assess
ment exorbitantly.
Turpin declares he has been called on
to pay SD a month for $1,000 certih-
cate which when issued called for the
payment of only $500 monthly assess
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
6akB .Unn1patly
Fenna. Ave. and Seventh St.
T his Store
and the
Spring Clothes

Our only argument is quality.
But quality in detail = fabric
quality; workmanship quality;
the. quality Of the models;
the quality of the fit; and guam
tity-quality.
We have the facilities to make
the Saks-Clothing the FINEST
THAT CAN BE PRODUCED.
Our artists and journeymen are
concerned only with the merit of
what they make. Their place on
our pay-rolls is fixed by skill and
cleverness. They know nothing
of the retailing price. Their best
must go into every seam. If we
didn't control our workrooms our
Clothing from lowest to highest
grade couldn't partake of that
uniform excellence which it does
nor could it have that individu-
alitv and distinctiveness which is
now so markedly a characteristic
of it.
The new models for spring are
brilliant creations - strongly
original; essentially fashionable;
manifestly satisfactory even at
So. 80, where the Suits start; to
$40. where excellence and ele-
gance are exhausted.
The buying now should be of
the new styles - and the spring
weights. We are completely
ready.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Property Changes Hands.

| The order not being complied with, he
was again notified a month later and a
third notice was served on him December
IL, 1906? Subsequently, it was discovered
by the District officials that the property
no longer stood in the name of Warren
but had been transferred to Jesse l..
ConWeli. who was soon notified it was
incumbent upon him to comply with the
fire escape order. Then it was learned
that the property had been transferred to
George ID. Farr. Farr received notice
Again, the petition states, the apart
ment house changed hands. This time
W. d. Slaven appeared on the record as
proprietor. The fire escape commission
notice was soon in Slaven's hands An
other transfer was effected almost imme-
dlately. The new owner this time was
r. S. Wolfe, who. when served with
notice. informed the authorities that he
no longer owned the property, that title
to it had been transferred to Charles
Selden. jr.. October Z, 1910.
The court is asked to decree a discoy-
cry by the defendants to who is the
owner of the property and to compel the
owner to erect the required fire escapes
Should the owner refuse. then the court
is requested by the Commissioners to is
sue an injunction to prevent the further
occupation of the building as an apart
ment house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

Walter Coleman, a nine-year-old boy,
was taken to the Memorial Hospital,
Richmond, in q critical condition after
DIR. w. E. Broadrus of Glen Allen ran
said to have suddenly crossed the street
In front of the machine.