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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
MRS. YERKES' WILL.
Widow of Millionaire Leaves Estate
to Brothers and Sisters.

NEW YORK. April THE will Of Mrs.
Mary Adelaide Yerkes. widow of Charles
T. Yerkes. which was filed yesterday for
probate, leaves to each of her eight
brothers and sisters one-ninth Of her
residuary estate; the other ninth to
nephew and niece. children OF a decea sed
sister Seven servants are rewarded with
81 900 each. and William Savory Lower.
to whom Mrs. Yerkes was once reported
to have been engaged, receives 5000 as
a faithful friend"
Mrs Yerkes' brothers are Thomas,
Lewis. William and Powers Moore. ali
of Philadelphia, and George Page Moore
Of Chicago. The sisters are Martha Ellen
Stockton of Philadelphia, Eliza Markley
Sanderson Of Bala, Pa, and Anna a.
Sims of Bronxville. n. Y. The latter, a
favorite sister. receives In addition to her
ninth. 100000 and all Mrs. Yerkes' Jew
elry and personal apparel. She left moth
ing to charity. The value Of the estate Is
not given. but ii Is regarded as consider
able. The widow inherited about $1,000
600. it is estimated. Of her late husbands
estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
FOR STATUE TO HAMILTON.
Senator Lodge Introduces Bill Pro.
viding for $4,000 Appropriation.

The erection in Washington OF a statue
to Alexander Hamilton is proposed in a
bill which Senator Lodge has introduced.
The measure directs that commission,
composed of the chairmen OF the Senate
and House committees on Library, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the presi-
dent and secretary of the Alexander
He milton Memorial Associa ton, shall Sc
lect a site for the memorial on land III
the District owned by the government.
The United States is to add $4,000 TO the
fund already raised and to be raised by
the memorial association to pay for the
statue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
STRIKERS AND POLICE CLASH.
Attack Upon Street Laborers Leads
to Fierce Battle.

PRINCE RUPERT. B. c., April T.
Four hundred striking street laborers en-
gagged in a battle with the police here
yesterday following an attack upon a
force of men working under police pro-
lection. During the fight Milan Niche
dich, a Montenegrin strikers, was shot
and probably fatally wounded. and sew
eral other men. including two constables.
were less seriously hurt.
Many citizens are being sworn in as
deputy constables. Many strikers have
been arrested and additional Jail accom-
modations are being arranged FOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
Drowned Woman His Wife.

BOSTON, April 7.-Whife assisting to
carry the body of a woman VINO had
committed suicide by jumping into the
Charles river basin from the West Bos-
ton bridge last night, Patrolman Timothy
W. Hurley lifted the sack placed over
the face and found the woman was his
wife, Mrs Mary E. Hurley, twenty-six
years old. The couple had been sepa-
rated for some time. Dependency Is
believed to have caused Mrs. Hurley's
act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
SEEING HOW IT WORKS.
Danish Minister Studying Woman
Suffrage in Colorado.

DENVER, Col. April Count Carl
Moltke, Danish minister to the United
States. is in Denver to investigate the
working of woman's suffrage in this state
for his government, which is considering
the granting of full suffrage to women.
including the right to be represented in
by their own sex.
Women in Denmark already have the
right to vote at municipal elections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
ROUGH SEA PREVENTS.
Atlantic Fleet Unable to Engage in
Night Practice.

The Atlantic fleet was unable to engage
in night practice on account of a rough
sea, but will endeavor to carry out the
program tonight. This will be the final
feature of the spring target practice ex-
ercise of the fleet, and Secretary of the
Navy Meyer was so advised by wireless
today from Rear Admiral Schroeder. COM
mander-in-chief of the fleet The target
masts would not stand I'm the high wind.
but the sea is moderating. the dispatch
added, and prospects for the practice to-
night are good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
A. s, Evans Condition Unchanged.

There has been no change since yester-
day In the condition Of Arthur S. Evans.
a Chicago attorney, who is seriously i'll
in a hospital here with pneumonia. with
which he was stricken soon after his ar
rival, . few days ago. He came to the
city to see his brother. Lyndon Evans.
take his seat as new member OF the
House Of Representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
FtREMEN TO THE RESCUE
WHILE HUNDREDS WATCH
Rene Gives Way When Climber
Nears Safe Footing.
WHISTLES FOR AN AIRSH1P
Not Seriously Perturbed by Expert
ence, But Too Nervous to
Continue the Work
Today.

George l.. Brown. a steepIejack, OF 2015
West Lafayette street, Baltimore. got
himself stuck for an hour and a half be-
tween earth and sky on the steeple of
81. Mary's Church. 5th street northwest,
between G and II streets. this morning
and the fire department had to go to his
rescue.
Brown had gone up to put a little gilt
on the big cross which surmounts the
pointed spire, but his subsequent per-
formance in getting his block and tackle
jammed and then falling off the steeple
1t the moment when a big husky fire
laddie was right there to grab the jack
in his arms made a grand show for sew
eral thousand people, who gathered on
all sides Of the block.
Spied by Policeman.
Robert Hughes. the crossing policeman
At 9th and G streets, happened to look
northward up 9Th street about $50 o'clock
this morning. He noticed that there was
. man crawling flylike up the outside of
the very sharp and very tall and precip-
itous steeple.
Brown was making a trial Of going up
the east side Of the steeple. and had
stepped out from a little window over
. hundred feet above the street. and was
sitting in his ''bo suns chair" which was
swinging to his rope tackle. He was going
to pull himself up hand over hand. Po-
hceman Hughes looked at the jack for
hve minutes. Then it suddenly dawned
on him that the steeple climber was in
trouble, for he stayed in one place. PO-
Ncenan Hughes took another observa-
ton and called the captain of No. truck:
steeple.''
Stuck on the steeple-stuck on the
stseple? What do you mean?"
-. Firemen Get Busy.
There's q man hung up on the steeple
ITO feet in the air and he can't get up
or down.
Oh said No AS captain. and in
few minutes his men and his truck were
on the scene.
long double ladder was shot out from
the PROV of the truck wagon and leaned
against the church front, but no fireman
could get anywhere near the place where
Brown was dangling in the air unable
to move. All the time he was there he
was wniStlfng Dusy little tune, WnlCn
he afterward confessed was Come JO-
sephine. In My Flying Machine"
By this time about a thousand curious
persons were in front of the church.
wondering if the place was afire and
also wondering why no fire engines were
on hand. There were more foolish ques-
tons asked than one could take count
Of in a long mornings work. Next door
to the church to the south is ST Mary s
School and nearly every one there was
excited. People who lived behind the
church. however, were getting the choice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
Cigarette Smokers Suicide.

NEW YORK, April 1.-After refusing
a pipe which his father urged him to use
in lieu of cigarettes. Emil Senius, a
young insurance agent, committed sui
eide in his home just before midnight
bv inhaling gas. He was an excessive
cigarette smoker and was threatened
with consumption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
NEW HOME OF ART
Adequate Building to Be Erect
ed for Freer Collection.
MAY FACE THE MUSEUM
Tentative Selection Of Site Has Been
Made-Second Gallery a
Need of Future.

A tentative site has been selected for
the building which will be erected to
house the great art collection presented
to the government by Charles r. Freer of
Chicago The officials of the mthsonian
Institution, who will have charge of the
collection, have made no official an
iouncement in regard to the site, but Mr..
Freer has been inspecting the plans for
the proposed art gallery and it is under
stood that definite action will be taken
before long.
The Smithsonian officials would like to
get the two blocks fronting the new Ma
tional Museum building on B street.
There are two vacant squares available
about 300 by 200 feet in the aggregate.
These are now used for temporary mar
ket stands
Mr.. Freer, who gave the art collection
to the government, wants to have the
building erected to house it, during his
prospective building from a number of
architects and is now comparing and
studying them.
Paintings Chiefly Whistlers.
The collection that he has given the
government consists principally of
Whistlers. SO far as the paintings go. but
there is also a wealth of oriental ma
terial. such as embroidery, ivory carving,
ceramics and bronzes. 1t will not take
large building to house the collection
when 1t reaches Washington. but 1t is
expected that the building will be
as handsome and artistic in it's way as
the collection itself. There is another
possibility that is looked forward to by
the Smithsonian officials, and that is that
there will eventually be two art gal
leries in front of the National Museum in
stead of one The collection Of pictures
that the Federal government has begun
to accumulate Is constantly growing. and
would grow a good deal faster than it
does except for the rigid requirements
that necesstate the refusal of a good
many offers.
Outgrew Its Quarters.
This collection was formerly displayed
in the! old National Museum building, but
1t outgrew the quarters there and as soon
as there was space available in the
new building it was housed there. The
size Of the collection, however. will even
tually require the building Of national
gallery, and it is hoped by the Smithson
ian authorities that il the Freer gallery
does not occupy all the open space oppo-
site the National Museum the other half
Of the square may be devoted to q ma
tional gallery for the government collec-
ton of paintings, thus housing it more
satisfactorily and leaving more space
available for miscellaneous stuff in the
National Museum building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
QUIT GROUNDED SHIP Mine BLAZING TOMB
PASSENGERS BEING Taken From Fifty to SeventFWe Men
the Princess Irene. Believed to Be Doomed.
NO APPREHENSION IS FELT FLAMES PREVENT RESCUE
Sands Second Opening Required by
Long Island Cut Of by the Fire
MANY TUGS READY TO AID WOMEN TEAR THEIR HAIR
c.rd. ord listened To to Reach Are
BandC unsuccessful
FLAMES PREVENT RESCUE
Second Opening, Required by Law,
Cut Of by the Fire.
WOMEN TEAR THEIR HAIR
Frantic Scenes at Pit Mouth When
Attempts to Reach Men Are
Unsuccessful.

SCRANTON, Pa. April Fifty to sew
enty-five men employed in the Pancoast
mine of the Scranton Coal Company al
Throop are entombed In the inner work
ings. with all chance of escape. II is be-
lieved. cut off. Fire is raging along an
entire vein, owing to an engine house
having been set ablaze
The mine is equipped with two open
ings. but the location of the burning en-
CINE room is such as to have cut of es-
cape by these routes.
Far Below the Surface.
The fire is in the workings 80 feet be-
low the surface. officials. scores or
workmen, volunteer firemen and the
Throop fire department are working TO
get 10 the men supposed to be i'm one
part of the mine.
The fire is repored to have started in an
engine room at the head of the slope
from an unknown cause.
Three hundred men were in the mines
when the alarm was given. and on ac-
count of the great excitement il is i'm
possible to learn just how many managed
to get out. Unless the men thought to be
trapped are soon reached il is feared they
will all die if they have not already been
smothered by smoke.
Smoke Battles Rescuers.
At 1:3O o'clock this afternoon it was
learned that it was impossible to reach
the men for some time, owing to the
smoke and the great distance they are
below the surface. At that hour 1t was
admitted by one of the officials that there
was a fire in the mines, but the Official
was unwilling to even venture an opinion
as to how many men were trapped.
The news of the fire spread rapidly. and
hundreds focked to the mouth of the
shaft. Women were frantic and tore their
hair and clothing in their despair, and
many of them had to be taken from the
scene.
I Both Openings Cut OF.
Under the mining laws OF Pennsylvania
a second opening in mines Is required
and 1t was believed that the mine work
ers would all be able to get out OF one
Of the two exits.
An investigation showed, however, that
the fire is SO located as to cut off escape
from both openings.
When the seriousness OF the situation
dawned upon the mining officials the
rescue station at Wilkesbarre was imme-
diately notified. and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad emer-
gency car was sent to Throop with the
crew.
They carried with them oxygen helmets
and other equipment to fight the fire.
Throop is about four miles north OF tins
city and the Pancoast mine is i'm the
town. 1t is said that a majority of the
men in the mine are foreign laborers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
South Dakotans to Celebrate.

The South Dakota senators have invited
the President to attend the celebration
of the fftieth anniversary Of the organi-
zation of the territory Of Dakota, to be
held at Yankton June 11-17 The Presi-
dent wants to be in Washington at that
time.
Elihu Root. jr., this afternoon intro
duced to the President. in the east room
of the White House, about fifty members
Of the Intercollegiate League who are
in the city from New York and else
where.
Ex-Gov. Davidson Of Wisconsin is said
10 be slated for United States minister
to Bogota. His nomination Is being
urged by Senator Stephenson Of that
state.
Senator Perkins Of California today in
trOduced to the President Representative
Stephens of the Los Angeles district of
California. RepresentativeA.John Dalzell
introduced friends from Pittsburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
One Million Annually.

For the establishment Of the univer-
sity, the bill proposes an appropriation
of s1,0oO,0OO annually for ten years. and
for maintenance there is to be appropri-
ated 100000 annually, with an ad-
ditional 100000 each succeeding year
over the sum Of the preceding year
until the sum shall reach $1,000, 900 an
nually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
UNIVERSITY IN CAPITAL
0NWASH|NGT0N'SPL
Senator Borah's Bill to Estab'
|ish National Institution
of Learning.

The bill to establish the United States
University has again been introduced by
Senator Borah. Established in the cap
ital of the country, it is to be the crown
Of the educational system Of the nation.
and it's special object will be ito provide,
along broad lines, vocational and general
forms of education suited to the training
OF individuals for the service OF the pub
lic'' The university is to be authorized
to confer an honorary degree to be known
as the George Washington degree" in
consideration Of some distinguished serv-
ice rendered to the nation.
Other Provisions.
1t Is provided that the material pro-
vision for national university made by
George Washington. in the form of
grounds selected and set apart as a site
for the institution. and Of stocks in the
Potomac Company, shall so far as prac-
ticable be restored and shall forever be
known as the Washington foundation
The government of the institution is to
be vested in a board of regents and a
university council. On the board of re-
gents are to be, ex-of1icio. the President
of the United States, the Chief Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor and the commits
sioner of education and twelve members
to be appointed by the President with
the advice and consent of the Senate. The
regents are to have control of the tinan-
cial administration Of the university.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
NO APPREHENSION Is FELT
Vessel Has Sunk Deeper in Sands Of
Long Island.
MANY TUGS READY TO AID
Ocean Voyagers Aboard Liner Played
Cards and Listened to
Band Concerts.

LONE HILL LIFE-SAVING STATION.
L. l., April 7.-Transshipment of passen-
gers from the Princess Irene was begun
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. when a surf
boat bearing fifteen women left the
Irene's Ieeside and headed for the re-
lief ship Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm.
The sea is rough, but no apprehension
is felt for the safety of the passengers
as they are transferred from the Irene
TO the relief ship
There was absolutely no fear for the
safety of the passengers, who, in tact.
showed no apprehension over their en-
forced stay on the shoals. Some or the
ocean voyagers played bridge whist in
the cabin while others attended the band
concert. Neither did the steerage pas
sengerS show any fear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
Included in the Council.

On the council are to be the members
of the board Of regents. the president
Of the university and fourteen men,
bers. to be selected by the board of
regents-one member each from the
National Educational Association, the
Association Of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations. the
American Association Of State Uni
versities, the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science. the Amer
ican Federation Of Labor. the Amer
lean Federation Of Arts. the American
Home Economics Association and the
American Social Science Association
large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
Cannot Explain Accident.

Capt George 4. Goddard of the Lone
Hill life-saving station spent all last
night aboard the Irene and came ashore
this morning in the station surfboat.
II had long talk with Capt. Petersen
of the Irene.' said Capt. Goddard soon
after he came ashore, land he was at
loss to explain how he ever got ashore.
Capt. Petersen told me that he had been
sounding regularly and that the last
sounding showed eighteen fathoms. The
next he knew the Irene was on the sand
spit
There was not the slightest sign of
panic or excitement among the passen-
gers. They have eaten their meals reg
ularly and have been entertained by band
concerts. Even in the ladies' cabin there
were no signs Of fear and ! observed
several persons sitting about reading and
playing whist. The steeraee passengers
were restless, but not panicky.'
Preparations to take off the Irenes pas
sengers went forward eXpeditiouSly all
during the morning. Capt. Frank Rorke
of the Blue Point life-saving station went
out to the Irene in surfboat carrying a
breeches buoy line, which was attached
to the bow Of the Irene. This was done
as an emergency measure in case
storm develops.
Many Lines Run Out.
The Irene looked like an immense
spider in a web of tow lines, which ra-
dated from her stem and stern to the
bobbing fleet of revenue cutters and tugs.
Near noon, as the tide began to food
strongly, the Irene's big propellers began
churning the sea while the tugs strained
laboriously to free the steamship from
the shoals. The sands, however, held the
big ship fast.
An accommodation ladder was let down
on the lee side Of the Irene down which
the passengers are being taken TO the
boats for transfer to the Prinz Friedrich.
Capt. Charles w. Baker of the Point of
Woods life-saving station said at noon
that the northwest wind sounds good to
me, as it will knock the sea down and
fiatten out the ground swell.
The position of the Irene" said Capt.
Baker, lis about the same as last night,
though she has worked inshore a little
more. She is embedded in the sand and
I think. from stem to stern and for this
reason 1 don't think she will spring a
leak
A breeches buoy connects the steamship
with the shore, while three life-Saving
crews stand by the life-saving boats on
shore. Near the Irene, smashing about
in the seaway are the revenue cutters
Seneca and Mohawk. with a little fleet OF
tugs awaiting to aid in transferring the
passengers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that OF
any other Washington newspaper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-07
interview Simon
 Pure Aboriigine Univerity of California Scientists Find Rare Specimen of
 Primitive Man

San Francisco, Sept. 7.-Antropol- ogists of the University of California announce that they have been found "the most uncontaminated Aborigine in the known world"
 They have secured from him, on photographic records, over 300 words of his language, and expect to. exhaust or so. The tribal and folk lore se-
 cured from him thus far are consid- cred of great value.
 The man, driven from the noun tains by forest fires, was caught near Oroville, few days ago attempting to steal meat.
 "Ishi," the anthropologists call him,
 the southern Yahi Indians, his tribe.
 At his theory of the origin of fire
 the scientists almost danced with joy. It connects intimately with the n.y. thology of other California tribes, and tribes east of the Sierras, and with
 that of the Greeks and Romans. Ic
 involves a superior or supreme being,
 the coyote who stole the fire, and
 transmitted it to the Yahis, either When "Ishi," wearied of talking,
 Prof Waterman offered him a bow
 and crow The old man-Ishi is
 over sixty-brightened up, and walk
 ed outside. A hat was put on a
 post 100 feet away and Ishi sped his
 first arrow through the centre of its crown. His method of handling the sbow ds said to be different from
 Ishfs one garment has been re-
 placed by trousers, shirt and necktie. He refuses to remove any of them ev- en at night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-07
Dynamic Found In Floating Crane
 Al Navy Yard
Especial from United Press. )

Especial from United Press.) Boston, Sept. 7-The discovery of several sticks of dynamite on a float ing crane in the lower end of the bay at the Char1estown Navy Yard, has aroused the officials there to start an investigation with secret service men assisting.
 Sticks, enough to have blown many thousand pound crane to tiny bits,
 wreck the whole lower part of the navy yard and annihilate a force of
 several hundred, were found, 1t was said. by worfmen at the yard, within five feet of where laborers were swinging great sledgehammers. A hundred men, mostly iron workers. repairing the monster crane, yester- day at Pier g. There were several hundred other workmen in the imme- diate vicinity One false smash from any one of the score of sledgeham- mers being swung nearby and not one man could possibly have escaped, ae- cording to those who were working there at the time.
 The explosive was concealed in the framework of the crane. There was no use for it there, said the work
 men.
 It is stated at the yard the detec- lives will handle the case, if only to
 run down any careless workman who
 may have left the explosive so expos
 ed