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Evening star., 1911-08-14
ATTACKS TWO, SHOOTS SELF.
Three Persons Dying as Result of
Tailor,s Act.

NEW YORK, August 14.-Three persons
are dying In the Long Island Hospital to-
day as the result OF aii early morning
visit paid by John vecci, 1 mad tailor on
his neighbors. MIR. and Mrs. sJohn Ar
minia.
The Arminias we're asleep in their first
floor apartment on Union street, Brook
i,n. when yecoi burst into their bedroom
with a knife and pistol. He stabbed the
woman repeatedly In the face and abdo-
men, shot the husband and then dashed
into an adjDining soon, and emptied the
revolver into bis own body.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
PRESENT TO DISTRICT
Col. and Mrs. BIount Do
nate Strip of Land.
10 WIDEN LOVERS LANE
CoEdemnation Proceedings Fore
Stalled by Voluntary Dedication
Of Desired Property.
TO WIDEN LOVERS LANE

The gift to the District by Col Henry
r. Blount and Mrs. Blount OF twenty
foot strip OF land lying along the north
side OF Lovers lane and extending for a
distance Of 500 feet was announced to-
day.
AS the result Of ts1e dedication of the
property. condemnation proceedings for
it's acquisition. which were contemplated
in order that Lovers lane might be
widened. will not have to be instituted
4 bill providing for the propc sed con-
demnation recently was introduced in
Congress. The bill also provides that
the government dedicate a thirty-foot
strip OF ground from Montrose Park,
which lies along the south side of Lovers
lane. The total acquisition OF fifty feet
is to be used. in widening the thorough
fare from thirty feet. its present width,
to eighty feet.
When MIR. and Mrs. Blount learned that
the bill. which was prepared by the Dis
trct Commissioners. had been introduced
In Congress. they Immediately commune
ated 10 the Commissioners their viking
ness to dedicate the land on the north
side OF Lovers lane. The offer was ac-
cepted and the papers of dedicati have
been drawn and signed.
Covered With Shade Trees.
The strip of property will be taken from
the Oaks, the Blount estate Altogether
1t comprises 1900 feet. 1t IL. covered
with magnificent shade trees and will be
used as a parking for the street.
AS the government owns Montrose
Park, the bill. If passed, will provide for
the necessary transfer Of ground on the
south side of the street without con-
demnation proceedings having to be re-
sorted to.
Lovers lane, under the plans OF the
Commissioners and in accordance with
specific ations prepared in the office of
District Surveyor Hazen, not only is to
be widened to eighty feet. but it is to be
made as long again as 1t is. at present.
Its total length. il the improvement is
made. will be from r TO T street.
The Lovers lane improvement is
part Of general plan to provide a
highway from Georgetown to Zoologi-
cal and Rock Creek parks. The plan
and making other Improvements be-
tween r street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. From Massachusetts, avenue
through MASSACHUSETTS Avenue Heights
to Woodley road. thence to Klingle
Ford Valley road, and In the parks Is
the remainder of the route decided
upon for the highway.
Condemnation proce edings will be
necessary in number OF instances
but the dedication of the Blount prop
erty will save the District a consid-
erable amount, and will, at the same
time 1t is believed, enable work on the
proposed Improvement to be commenc-
ed at an earlier date. than otherwise
would have been possible.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
PLAYING IN THE CLOUDS"
Daring Aviator Remains in Air Long
After Nightfall.

CHICAGO, August 14.-Long after dark
last nigh. Oscar Brindley, a young avi-
ator who is entered In the international
and alighted near the String of campfire
signals which blazed across the grounds.
Brindley for twc hours and a half had
been maneuvering 1000 feet above the
earth. much of the time being out o.
sight
When he alighted from. his biplane he
said he was neither tired nor scared, nor
did he feel i'll from his experiences. He
said he had been playing in the
clouds.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
BOMB WRECKS WALLS.
Huge Holes Blown in Italian Tene-
ment House. New York.

NEW YORK, August 1.-two holes
large enough to admit horse and wagon
easily were blown In the walls of a five
story Italian tenement house on 1st street
here early this morning by the explosion
of dynamite bomb Ninety-five windows
wre shattered, and the eighty-odd persons
who lived in the building were sent sour
rying to the streets in panic. although no
one was seriously injured.
The police have no clue to the origin Of
the bomb.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Sentenced to Be Reprimanded.

Second Lieut.. John 4. Sloan, Coas,
Artillery Corps. was recently convicted
by court-martial. convened at For,
Monroe, Va, of the charge OF drunken
mesa In public place. He was sen .
fenced to be reprimanded
Gen. Grant. commanding the East
ern Division, approved the sentence
although he said he deemed 1t lenienf
Expressing regret at this disgraceful
occurrence" he said he trusted that
this young ofiicer will fully profit by
his experience in this case and by his
future conduct show that he appreci-
ates the great lentency shown him BY
the court"
Evening star., 1911-08-14
CAPT. CARTER TELLS
COMMITTEE OF WOES
Former Army Engineer Com
plains to House Members of
His Treatment,

e Former Capt. Q. NJ. Carter. the amy
engineer who served in prison and who
was required to forfeit several hundred
his alleged connection with the harbor
scandal at Savannah, Ca. today COM
planned bitterly before the House commit
tee on expenditures in the Department OF
Justice in regard to his treatment. He
informed the committee that Richard II.
Weyman of Chicago, the special master
of the federal court who took the evil
dence in Carter's case, told him several
days ago that the conduct of the case
was a terrible travesty on justice.
Weyman probably will be summoned as
witness.
"Cooked-Up" Testimony"
Carter denounced the activities OF
Marion Erwin, special counsel for the
government. and E. /. Johnson. an engi-
neer employed as an expert witness. He
said these men had kept themselves on
the government pay roll for twelve years
by cooking up testimony and inten-
tioral delays He declared that all of
his private papers and property, seized
by government agents had been kept;
that he had been unable to recover even
lock of his dead wife's hair and
piece of the flag that flew over Fort
Sumter.
Carter asked that the committee make
full investigation of the case. He
denied any part in the alleged Greene
and Gayncr frauds, and said his hope was
TO give the truth to the public.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Shaded by Ancient Trees.
Examine Ensign Who Disappeared.

NORFOLK. Va, August I4-Ens!gn
Robert NJ. foung OF Concord. n. c., who
mysteriously disappeared from The de-
stroyer Perkins at Brooklyn some time
ago, having reported q, the Norfoi Ma
val Hospital after being in a sanitarium
at Charlotte, ~. c.. was today examined
by a naval medical board, which will re-
port to Washington.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Takes Law in His Own Hands.

DURHAM. Conn, August 14.-Because
the only grand juror in the town was i'll
and could not entertain complaint made
by Arthur Jackson against fellow farm
hand for assault, Jackson last night shot
from his bedroom window and killed Ar
thur Walker as he passed. The tive. men
uuarreled last week. and jackson was
roughly handled. His failure to get re-
dress through laGal. means led to the
'ahoptinG.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Conference Report Submitted.

The conference report on the campaign
publicity bill was reported to tife Senate
today by Senator Dillingham;. chairman
OF the Senate conferees No action was
taken. the report going over on request
by Senator Borah that it be printed before
being s2pted on.
Evening star., 1911-08-14

to her in connection with her govern.
ment employment.
Then, after the third degree examina-
tion was over. Miss Davis left the de-
partment for her home and. she told
the committee today, was "shadowed
TO her very door.
Miss Davis said that after reporting
to the solicitors office Detective Walsh
OF the secret service escorted her into
Secretary Wilson's Office.
Il have brought Miss Davis in here,
she testified today Walsh said to the
Secretary of Agriculture. to have you
assure her that her position in the de-
partment will not be teopardized by
anything she may say.
The Secretary. according to Miss
Davis testimony today. assured her
that she would not be harmed in any
way.
Behind Locked Doors.
Then. Miss Davis said. the Secretary
left and Solicitor McCabe entered the
room. locked the door and questioned her
closely. After the examination was over
Miss Davis was not permitted to go back
to the bureau of chemistry for the rest of
the day. but was put to work elsewhere
in the department. And when she went
home that evening she was shadowed to
lived.
The examination of Miss Davis by the
solicitor was made. she said, in an at
tempt to secure information concerning
DIR. keblers connection with the Phila-
delphia drug house of which he was an
employe before he became connected with
the department. DIR. kebler testified on
the stand the other day that he owned
one share of stock in that concern. on
which he received from IS to $12 a year
in dividends.
Did YOU appreciate being taken by
those men and locked up in a room and
Representative Floyd asked.
Il certainly did not the witness EN-
phatically replied.
Not in Secret Service.
Miss Davis testified that when Walsh
took her before Secretary Wilson he told
her he was a secret service man detailed
to the Agricultural Department.
Walsh is not now in the secret service
and according to the Treasury Depart
ment has not been In the secret service
for two or three years. .
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Truce in Glasgow.

GLASGOW. August l4.-After a Sunday
of rioting, the striking employees of the
municipal street car system called truce
today pending the outcome Of confer
ence between representatives of the two
parties to the dispute restricted serv-
ice was permitted without molestatfon of
the cars and their non-union drivers and
conductors, but the authorities prepared
for all eventualit1es.
All OF the infantry and artillery were
confined to their barracks under arms
ROTTERDAM August 1.-THE engi-
neers and stokers On all docks struck
today for ar increase in wages. The
harbor traffic is disorganzed.
SOUTHAMPTON, England. August II.
The strike movement reappeared here
today when the coal trimmers refused
TO coal the American line steamer Phila-
delphia unless their wages were increas-
ed The steamer is scheduled to sail
for New York Wednesday.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Promises Of Immunity.

Miss Davis told today how the secret
service man, the solicitor and finally
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson had
repeatedly promised he- immunity il
she would testify against Kebier, as
suring her that she would be taken
care Of and that no harm would come
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Cunard Liner Held Up.

The CunaYd officials announced this aft
ernoon that the steamer Caronia will bs
unable TO sail for New York tomorrow
Between yOU and 800 saloon passengers
TIE greater number Of them Americans
will be delayed.
Christian street. located in rough
quarter OF Liverpool, was the scene OF
rioting this afternoon. The police and
soldiers quickly routed the mob but not
before a saloon was wrecked The mer-
chants are boarding up their store win
dows with the expectation Of trouble to-
night.
The railroad companies thus far have
ignored the suggestion that the railroad
officials and strike leaders hold con-
ference with a view to reaching a settle
ment Of the strike, and at a meeting OF
the strike committee this afternoon Tom
Mann announced that unless reply was
received in the interim. the entire num-
called out tomorrow. II this is done
1900 workmen will be involved.
Strike Fever Epidemic.
LONDON, August 14.-The strike
fever has become epidemic In Great
Britain. From one end of the country
to the other men either have struck
or are threatening to do SO and even
the WOiuSIl dAu tAiN AAAo Al eiAO ciiAoAiOA
factStes Of the large cities are demand
ing better conditions of labor.
The streets of London are commenc-
ing to resume their normal appearance.
The men began work early in the day
in an endeavor to make up for lost
time. At the docks only a portion Of
the men returned to work and a good
deal of uneasiness prevailed as many
of the men refused to accept the set
A. cd 1.y- thn{y nod dare nd
demanded unconditional surrender on
the part of their employers.
The same description fits the situation
at the railway station, where many of the
porters and carriers are demanding great
er concessions than had been agreed upon.
Great quantities OF meat and provisions
held up at the docks and the railway
stations last week were found when dis
charged this morning to be damaged, and
were taken out to sea and thrown over
board The meat ships are being coaled
and the refrigerator plants started again.
Railroad men throughout the country
have assumed threatening attitude and
a complete tie-up of the railroad systems
the country is feared.
The locomotive engineers adopted a
resolution in favor of a national strike.
This followed the action Of the 1000 Lon
don railway men, of the Great Central
and Metropolitan lines, who last night
decided to call a general strike on the
surface railways and subway lines in
the London district next Saturday unless
their grievances were adjusted in the
meantime.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
Affects Whole Port.

The lockout applies to the whole port
of the Mersey, but does not affect the
passenger traffic. The Cunard Steam
ship Company is preparing to disem-
bark all Of the Lusitania's passengers
and as much Of the freight as possible
at Fishguard. where the steamer is
due at o'clock.
Col Concannon of the White Star
Steamship Company issued a state
ment to the effect that the strikers
not having resumed work in body, 1T
has been found necessary to close
down all work of the cargoes for the
present. Although there has been no re-
cTudescence of the state of war that ex-
listed last night, matters were SO threat
ening today that the war Office practically
took charge OF the situation and large
military reinforcements were expected
One of the parks was prepared for an
encampment. The only was of moving
provisions was to convey them with
strong detachments of soldiers who were
provided with ball cartridges.
The strike committee has written to the
railroad companies suggesting a confer
ence with q view to settlement.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
British Ship Owners Shut Out
Men at Liverpool.
WORK IS REFUSED 10000
Retaliation for Alleged Failure of
Employees to Keep Agreement.
STRIKE FEVER SEXES ENGLAND
Woman and Girl Workers Join in
General Demand for Better
Conditions.

LIVERPOOL. August 1.-THE threaten
ed lockout by the ship owners became
effective today. when $4,000 dock men
were refused employment until they de-
eide TO abide by the terms of their recent
agreement.
Last week the employers complained
that in spite of compromise effected. sec
tional strikes had taken place, seriously
inconveniencing the trade. Friday fifty of
the leading ship owners formally noti-
fed the lockers union that unless all
sections of the strikers resumed work by
noon today steps would be taken TO stop
all work at the port Many of the strik-
ers accepted the utimatum and returned
to work this morning, but the coal hsav-
ers generally refused to obey the orders
of union officials to resume their occupa-
tions.
Accordingly. the employers resolved
to carry out their threat.
Evening star., 1911-08-14
WEATHER.

Unsettled tonight. Tuesday,
fair and warmer; light variable
winds.
Evening star., 1911-08-14

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
County Taxes Become Due

The taxes OF Stevens county become
dug on the first Monday in February.
become delinquent on June !. and bear
Is Der cent interest thereafter until
paid.
II one-half Of 1910 taxes is paid by
May 81, 1911. the remainder Will run
until Nov. 80, 1911 without interest,
PROVIDED the total amount OF the tax
must not be less than 81; and further
provided that if said last half Is not paid
on or before Nov. 80, 1911, interest on
same be computed from June l, 1911.
Three per cent rebate allowed on 1910
real estate taxes if paid in full in one
payment before March Is, 1911.
The average tax through the county Is
43 mills. The valuation OF the various
towns of the county covers but one-third
to one fourth of the actual valuation
Colville Examiner.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
What CoIville Thinks Of Local Option

After trying the local option game for
a time, and finding it not what it was
claimed to- be. Newport and Marcus
have followed the action of lone and
voted back the saloons as Lesser evil
than the sbo:tle-and- blind-pig road to
speedy death.
Thus Colville and Kettle Falls are the
only towns in the big county of Stevens
which retain the Boyd P. Dotv brand OF
liquor doctrines. And it might be noted
in this connection, although probably
having nothing to do with the matter,
that Colyille and Kettle Falls pay more
than 80 per cent more tax than any other
towns of the county.-Colville Exam
liner,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Chronicle on County Division

An editorial in the Chronicle has this
to Say of the division of Stevens county;
"People residing in the territory from
which it is proposed to create new
county of Pend Oreille are advancing
some strong reasons why they should
be cut off from Stevens county. the
principal one being that the topography
of the present county lie such as to make
it impossible for those living in the east
ern part to reach the county seat with
out the loss of two or three days. time
and many miles of travel. Some divis-
ion is likely to be made sooner or later,
and it is better to do it before the affairs
OF the county have reached stage where
it would be difficult to adjust them and
give each div lsion a square deal.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
No Laws Delay Hero.

In Perak. in the Malay peninsula.
lawyers find no business, for modi-
fed form of trial by ordeal decides all
disputes. In place of the legal practi-
toner the pleader is native boy who
Is assigned to one or the other Of the
sides and Is given a bamboo tube in
which is sealed the pleading Of the
person or party whom he represents.
When all Is ready tive stakes are
driven into the bed of a stream, and
by aid Of a bamboo pole the heads Of
the two boys are submerged at the
same time. By grasping the stakes
they are enabled to remain under wa
ter for quite awhile after their natural
inclination would bring them to the
surface, but at last one of them gives
In and, releasing his hold of the stake,
comes to the air. He Is Immediately
seized. and the tube he holds is cast
aside. The other lad Is led ashore, his
tube opened, and the document con-
tanned therein stands as the decision in
the case
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
PaternaIism In Groceries.

Paternalism with a vengeance Is prac-
dced In certain New York groceries.
1t Is benevolent paternalism. though.
"Ma wants two pounds Of sugar.
said child to patriarch in the trade.
He consulted a calendar on the wall
81 guess you'd better take only a
pound today" he said. land go kind Of
slow on that The week is only half
gone, but you have already eaten up
three-fourths Of your allowance. Tell
your mother So
The child promised to deliver the re-
port on financial depression.
THAT Is the only way on earth to
keep those people from running into
debt" said the grocer. 1.-The system
Is common in this neighborhood I do
1t at the customers request. Every
pay day women with spendthrift hus-
bands and an extravagant disposition
Of their own deposit enough money
with the grocer and butcher to see the
family through the week. They In
struct US to let no one overdraw the
amount, and except In cases where ex-
ira food is actually needed we stick to
our end Of the bargain. New York
Times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Why He Wanted References.

At q credit mems dinner one of the
veterans told this story: In the recon
struction days a man from a Missis-
Sippi valley town came to our western
house one day. We had sold him be-
fore in small way, and he always
paid. He had enlarged his business,
be told us, and wanted bigger line
than usual. but before making his Sc
lections he wanted US to give him ref
erences. We expressed surprise at
such an unheard of demand, but he
said, My two brothers-in-law have
gone in with me, and they're very par
ticular as to whom they do business
with So we sent him to our banks.
and he came back, said we were all
right, picked out big line of goods.
and in sixty days he busted We
couldn't collect a dollar. Two years
later met the man in Cincinnati and
told him we had become rec0nciled to
our loss. But will you please tell me,
| asked, why did you want references
as to our creditY Well, you see. be
answered, / wanted to know If you
could stand it. Exchange.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
New Postal Card Coming

Within the next few weeks there will
be a new postal card put out by the
postoffice department, which is smaller
than the regular cards now in use. The
new card will be three by FIVE inches
and instead of the usual black ink will
be printed in red ink and bear profile
picture of Abraham Lincoln.
The new card, which will be known to
postmasters aud mail clerks as No. s.
will take the place of the *" style of
card. which has proved unwieldy to
handle and sort.
Business firms which wish to print the
cards may purchase them from post
masters in sheets containing 18 each
ready for detachment. The old style
card was 5-l6 wide and 9-l6 long.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
More Boosters Needed

More boosters and less boomers
is what the Northwest needs. To
understand this one should read
the article on community publicity
in the Pacific Northwest Commerce
by Howard Elliott. president of>the
Northern Pacific Railway. Ac-
cording to his version, the booster
is the man who exploits a meritor-
ious proposition. one which will
make good; while the boomer is
not so particular about the thing
he promotes. In other words, the
boomer is primarily interested in
present gain, while the booster is
looking ahead for future results.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Horrors of Rokhara.

The terrible deeds that once made
Bokhara byword are now prohibited
by the Russian government Prisoners
are not permitted. for instance, to be
dragged through the streets by gal
Looping horses. Nor are they thrown
from the top of the high tower called
the Minar Katan. This was the usu-
all punishment melted out to evildoers
In the old days. Watched by thou
sands Of spectators, the poor wretches
were flung from that giddy height on
to the fagstones beneath.
Bokhara has many chambers of hor-
rors, unwholesome for western eyes to
see and the description of which
would certainly be unfit for publica-
ton. Perhaps the most horrible of
these Is pit where prisoners were tor
tured by vermin, which were so nu-
merous and ravenous that in the alb
sence Of human prey they were fed
on chunks of raw meat.-Wide World
Magazine.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Mother Leaves Children

After waiting. from early yesterday
afternoon unail y o'clock last night At
3 confectionery store at E2O2s Boone
avenue for his mother to return, 10
ysar-old Elmer Anderson went to the
police station last night, where he was
given lodging.
The boy told the officers that his
mothers name is Lucinda Anderson. but
could not give his home address further
than that it was on Napa street. he
said bis mother told him she was going
down town to do some sewing and that
if she did not get back by 9 o'clock that
she would not return until morning.
The boy said he has 2-months-old SIS
ter, whom his mother left with neigh
bors. The mother and two children
came here about month ago from New
port.-Spokane Review.