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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE.
Bicyclist May Die as a Result of
the Collision.

Illod Dement, lies insensible with his
life despaired Of, in Emergency Hospital
as the result Of a collision between the
bicycle he was riding and an automobile
Dement,, who is thirty years of age and
dwells at 93S street southwest at about
| 20 O'Clock this afternoon was run down
by an automobile driven by j. Schriver
Dement, was knocked insensible and has
not regained consciousness. His condition
is serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
Competition Barred.

I'm erecting building" said Mr. Nes-
bit. II can secure competition in every
thing except in mail chute construction.
There the Rochester people have a mo-
nopoly.'
by a series OF acts covering a period
OF five years. said Mr. Naulty. 1.-THE
Fairfax system has been prevented from
engaging in business by the methods
adopted by the officials of the Post
Office Department to sustain the Roch-
ester monopoly. We have been prevented
from furnishing mail chutes not only to
government buildings. but to private in
dividuals. Some years ago I had to give
up contracts for 5000 worth of our mail
chutes because the Post Office Depart
ment would have required eXorbitant
bonds which / could not furnish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
SAY THERE is MONOPOLY
IN MAIL CHUTE BUSINESS
F. T. Nesbit and Edwin F. Naulty
Make Charges Against
P. o. Department.

Charges that there is monopoly in the
mail chute construction business of the
country because the Post Office Depart
ment will not approve chutes manufac-
tured by any other concern than one In
Rochester, y. Y, were made today be-
fore the committee on expenditures in
the Post Office Department by +. T
Nesbit, a contractor and builder, and by
Edwin Fairfax Naulty, president OF the
Fairfax United States Mail Chute Sys-
TEN. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
Others Invited.

Others invited are Webb {. Hayes.
Scott HAYES. Mr.. and Mrs. Burchard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherford, Prof and Mrs
Harry F., Smith, Annapolis. all OF the
HAYES administra ton; Gen. and Mrs.
Fred Grant, L. S. Grant, jr.: Mr.. and
Mrs Jesse r. Grant and their daughter,
Miss Nellie Grant: Mrs. Sartoris, OF the
Grant administration: Mr.. and Mrs
Robert I. Lincoln of the Lincoln admin
istration: Mrs. Mary \. McElroy, MIR. and
Mrs Chester A. Arthur. Miss Nellie
Arthur of the Arthur administration, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew J. Patterson of Tennes-
see OF the Johnson administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER.
Action in Case of Ohio Properties o
Wireless Company.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 16-A. j.
Pearson, an attorney, today was APP
pointed receiver of the Ohio properties of
the United Wireless Company The re-
ownership, it is said. was made neces-
sary by the recent conviction in New
charges of using the mails TO defraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
CAMP FOR DISTRICT GUARDS.
Arrangements Nearly Complete for
Site Near Frederick, Md.

Arrangements have nearly been COM
pleted for site near Frederick. Nd, for
the summer camp and maneuvers of the
National Guard of the District of Column
bia Although several details are at
present incomplete, there is every reason
to believe thai a large area of pleasant
country within twenty minutes ride of
Frederick will be finally selected as the
spot wherein the Districts militia will
encamp during the fifteen days in August.
beginning with ,.-e Eth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
O'Reilly May Secure Bail.

NEW YORK. June 1S-A certificate of
reasonable doubt was granted today to
Daniel O'Reilly. the criminal lawyer
recently convicted of compromising a
felony. and sentenced TO five months IN
the penitentiary. He will apply for bail
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
America Willing to Teach.

In dealing with the subject of inter
Ellsworth Brown, United States com
missioner of education. declared the
United States must learn from Persia
in many respects but that it was
equally true that Persia must look to
this country for enlightenment on some
subjects and that America heartily
welcomes any effort on the part of
Persia to learn whatever we may be
able to teach
Mr.. Brown asserted a world standard
Of eGuca ton will some day he promul-
gated and the United States will play an
important part in bringing this about He
said he honed to see the eSta bltShment OF
an international Office of educational in
formation. conducted on the order of The
Hague. that all nations may have access
to knowledge of methods of education in
other countries and that the benefits to
he derived from such interchange of
ideas he fully realized.
Mira Ali I<uli Khan charge d'affaires
Of Persia. told of the modern educational
methods being pursued in that country
and the extent to which it is a factor In
the gradual regeneration of tho nation.
lie declared ii was his belief that with
the great reform introduced by the new
constitutional government Persia will
again attain to her former rank among
the great nations of the earth. and in
the near future regain all the power and
affiuence that once were hers.
He told of the steps being taken In the
education Of the present shah. who is
nov hut fourteen years old and how
from tho aptitude with which the youth
full monarch has assimilated western
ideas and methods If thought the people
Of the country have come to believe their
awakening of the nation from the sluin-
Der of centuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
WANT BINDING TIES
PerSian-American Educational
Society'S First Session.
RELATIONS WITH AMERICA
Speakers at Conference Pledge Sup
port in Improving Conditions
in Shah's Country.

\ representative audience composed of
delegates from commercial, educationa
and industrial institutions and bodies
heard means for the establishment of
closer relations between Persia and
America discussed at the initial session of
the first annual conference of the Per-
sian-Amercan Educational Society this
morning in the lecture hall Of the Public
Library
Many We're there to learn Of the objects.
methods and plans Of the society. while
others already versed in the subject. dis
coursed interestingly on the aims of the
body and the means by which they can
be accomplished
Among the speakers was Miss GhodSia
F. Ashraf. who has come to this country
through the instrumentality of the So
ciety 10 study and fit herself TO become a
teacher in her native land.
Miss AShraf described the improved
conditions in Persia in the last decade,
especially in so far as the women are
concerned. and ascrbed it to the dawn
of an era of education for them, due
directly to the establishment Of a strong
constitutional government IL the land of
the shah.
The meeting was presided over by vii
liam II. Hoar. president of the society.
who reviewed the history of the or
ganiZation since its inception a year ago
last January, and talked OF its aims and
objects
In his paper on Our Debt 20 Persia.
Mr.. Hoar declared the Persians are the
purest example of the stock from which
we are descended, and detailed what
Persia has done for America and the
world. declaring the philosophy of the
great Socrates and Aristotle was largely
influenced by Persian thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
Pittsburg Lucky.

From the Boston Globe.
Instead OF fussing about that hail
storm. Pittsburg ought to be pleased
at not having got a rain Of birthstone
and fire out of heaven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16

Mrs. Mildred Peyton kaber. wife Of
Dr. T l. Kabler. died Tuesday after
noon at her home. at Bedford Springs,
Campbell county, Va. She was seventy
three years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
WIZARD OF FINANCE"
CONVICTED Of FRAUD
Charles D. Sheldon Sentenced
at Montreal to Five Years
in Penitentiary.

MONTREAL June l6-"Guilty'' was
the verdict rendered today in the case Of
Charles d. Sheldon. charged with appro-
priating to his own use funds given him
by various clients for investment.
4 sentence of five years in the peniten-
tiary was imposed. The judgment was
rendered by Judge Langelier. who had
conducted the trial in the court of special
sessions
Charles D. sheldon first appeared In
Montreal in the fall of 1908. and a
once began advertising in a small way
in daily and weekly newspapers. The
game in which he posed as an eA-
ponent was what is Familiarity known
in the world of finance blind
pool" He claimed to be on the inside
of the stock market. and that he could
manipulate stocks and securities in
such a manner as practically to guar
antee from 30 to 30 per cent month
on his clients investments.
Allowed to Profit.
The first clients attracted TO the ven
ture were given large returns for their
money and became themselves great adj
vertising factors for the supposed wiz
ard of finance.
The amount of business turned over by
Sheldon became SO great that he had To
vacate the rather unpretentious Office he
was occupying a side street and take
up a large suite on ST. James street.
His advertisements. however became So
bold that newspapers. convinced that his
methods were not what he represented
them 10 be challenged the wizard" To
throw open his books
His departure October II created con-
sternation among his depositors, many
of whom were widows and people in
Strengthened circumstances.
March - he was arrested in Pittsbur2.
and soon afterward was brought here TO
stand trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
|RONWORK OF MAINE
CORRODED BY WATER
Plan to Float the Wreck Prob
ably Will Have to Be
Abandoned.

creased area of. the wreck of the battle
ship Maine was exposed TO view at
1880 o'clock this morning when the
water level within the cofferdam had
been lowered to a total of ten and a
half feet below normal. The portions
of the Inflated warship now above the
water include the whole of the after
superstructure and most of the spar
deck aft of the port turret.
Thus are revealed the l0-inch guns
pointed aft with the tampions still In
their muzzles, all Of the engine room SUI
perstructures and confused masses of
iron forward. and apparently what formed
the upper part of the bow section
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
Probably Cannot Be Floated.

Everywhere the iron work exposed, If
not shattered by the explosion. has been
so corroded as to be reduced to mere
shells. making il highly probable that
the plans to repair and float any part of
the ship must be abandoned because of
complete structural degeneration.
No trace of bodies has been found in
the decks or superstructureS. The whole
interior of the wreck is choked With
mud that il is improbable that any at
tempt will be made to enter the ship until
tomorrow.
1t was expected that by nightfall the
water in the cofferdam would be lowered
a total of fourteen or fifteen feet
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-05-26
A. & M. G.. Announcement.

The Commencement exercises will be-
gin Sunday June 4, when DR.. Sc. Huey,
of st. Louis, Mo-, will preach the COM
mencement sermon. On Wednesday,
Alumni Day, Hon. c. t. Bookout, of
Indianola, Miss, will deliver the ad-
dress. Tuesday,several representatives
of the Senior class will deliver address
es. Wednesday, Hon Clarence Poe.
editor of the Progressive farmer a t
Raleigh, N. c., will deliver the COM
mencement address. He is splendid
speaker and brilliant writer.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-05-26

churches will be more or less lib
/ eral with Alexander.
Their object is, to haye Alex.
ander Throw The Mud, if he
will do that Act properly, his
followers will become so antag-
onistic to Vardaman that if
there should be second primary
they would possibly go to Percy,
through hatred for the lead
ing candidate If he can engen-
der such hatred that he will eter-
nally drive a few votes from
Vardaman. they feel that he will
have done we'll.
That is his mission in this cam
paign. Happily there will be
no second primary, but if there
should, [ have too much conf
in Divine Providence to believe
that the will of the people will
be thus thwarted and trampel-
ed upon and debauchery, false
hood, infamy and vice reign sup:
rene.
Every vote for Alexander in
the first primary means vote
preferable for Percy over Var.
daman. No man who is unwill-
ing to swallow Percy with his
unsavory reputation, can afford
to vote for Alexander, for they
are one in this campaign, Alex
ander was put in the race to
catch the ministers, who Varda-
man had in some way offended
with his plain talk when assail-
ed by some of their number.
But when the Sabbath comes
some of these gzill don their sane
timonious faces and iangest
coat aud repair TO the House 81
God. They will warn their
flock against the gambler. and
condemn the defamlng tongue.
Will tell them that a desecratOr
of the Sabbath is not only vio-
lator OF the laws of the State,
but sinner IN the ST ght of God.
They will bow upon bended
knee and raise their voices in
humble supplication before the
Grand White Throne, invoking
Divine guidance in all they do.
in all they say and in all they
think, Pray that the all seeing
eye of the Great [ Am, may ov-
er-look their flock and lead them
as children in ways of righteous
ness and guide them along paths
Of peace. They will point the
young to men of honesty, sobriety
and righteous deeds, and beseech
them to emulate the example of
the good and just. Point the
finger of scorn at the gambler
and drunkard, and beseech their
followers to follow not after the
ways of the wicked. Yet these
same men will 60 to the Polls
and cast ballot for a man who
has stood by and fought for the
whiskey element of his County
through thick and thin and prov
ed him self a moral leper both in
the sight of God and man. They
will do this, when there stands
man who has fought for prohi-
bition in every battle. Who has
stooda for a the majesty and
dignity of the law and gone forth
at every beck and call to make
the laws of the State revered
and respected and the laws of
God supreme.
OBSERVER.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-05-26
swallow without question, all ]

|
tell you"
So far as the history of Ok.
tibbeha County goes, she has
never had a race for any Of
flee before constable, justice of
the peace or supervisor not ex-
cepted-in which the only quail
flying element necessary to GER.
tain candidates, was abuse, Sian
der, falsehood, mud and conceit.
If Mr.. Alexander had more to
offer, he failed to deliver it. If
he was possessed Of better and
more fitting elements, he did not
So impart them.
But this brings US down to the
PLAIN, flat, serious question:
"What is Alexander running for
any Way?" 1t takes no small
sum of money to travel a whole
year and deliver a speech every
day in the week and some times
two or three, advertise these
meetings, pay railroad fare Gf
he pays any, hack hire, hotel
bills and at the same time main
tain an office IN jackson with
high priced politicians to man.
age his campaign, distribute his
literature, answer his political
letters, arrange his speeches and
all the expenses incident to a
Senatorial race extending over
two years time. Besides this
he makes the boast that has
been q busl nAsss. ness success and de-
rives SIS, 900 annually from his
practice alone, all which he
must forego to run for $500
position with no hope of getting
it.
J. say, what is he running for
any way? He will not carry
a County in the State and his
friends do not claim he will. Did
you ever hear them point to
a County he expects to carry?
He must carry about twenty to
get in the End primary, and for
ty to be elected He was reared
IN Alfalfa, and we all know, he
will not carry that county. He
began his law practice in Oktib-
beha with one of the best law
firms in the State, under the
most favorable surrounding and
has relatives here. You have
heard no one say he will carry
Oktibbeha, have you? He now
lives in Kinds County and that
county was sworn to be so favor
able to Vardaman that Dulany
had to get change of venue
Then am too insistent to ask,
What is he running for? He is
not accused by his friends of be-
ing fit subject for the Lunatic
Asylum, but personally boasted
while here that he had been a
business success. So he must
know what he is doing from a
business standpoint also. His
campaign is one Of the most eau
site assault upon the integrity of
one of his opponents, while of
the other he has only the most
complimentary things to say.
While here he referred to Varda-
man 237 times and mentioned
Percy only 5 times in his speech.
If elected, he must also defeat
Percy, who is the present in
cumbent, and it seems that he
must know this as we'll as I.
Then why wall about a joint
debate with Vardaman and pour
out the burdens of his wrath up
on him, accusing him Of violat.
ing the most sacred trusts known
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-05-26
AND HE HAS SPOKE.
Mr.. Editor

lie SEodG ALEXANDER mas come
and gone, and there is such q
quletude upon the people of this
town as was never before wit
messed. If people were ever
disappointed IL the statesman
like be ,rings Of favored candi.
date his old time friends in and
about Starkvllle must be such
people. Take from his two and a
half hour speech all unfavorable
criticism of Vardaman and elab-
crate praise of himself and the
remainder can be delivered in
ten minutes, with time to let.
He called Vardaman's name
1O1 times, and referred to him
237 times, while for only one
short interval while he was
praising himself, did be refrain
from referring to that distinguish
ed gentleman for forty seconds
throughout his while TRADE Of
abuse.
In the first place, it is not
right that tax payers should
have to pay juries and witnesses
enforced to listen to candidates
present their claims. You haye
as much right to come and detain
my laborers from their work and
ask me to keep up the pay as
you have to stop those working
for the County and require the
County to kes1P5up kkesP up the pay. The
puollc roads needs the money.
The school houses and schools
need it. The poor need it; and
if Alexander must have the
Courts to enforce people to listen
to his TRADE, he should be fore,
ed to pay the bill.
And what did he say, barring
the Mud and Dirt he Threw?
First He said, 1T takes
neither a courageous man nor a
statesman to be a critic and a.
buse another" He succeeded IN
convincing all who did not know
this salient fact before that he,
for once, had told the truth.
Second-The only services ren
dered the State emitting him to
the support of the people for
their highest Office was that he.
"was about 25 years ago Chair
man of the Oktibbeha County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee during which short interval
he made two short speeches in
the County; one at Agency and
one at Ennis. And at that time
there was only one plank in the
platform and one sentence in
the plank, which was composed
of three short words: Garry
the Election." And Judging
from his deliverance here and
the style of campaign he is car
rying on all over the State that
25 years of cold storage has only
tended to intensity that party
faith and crystalline it into his
ideal of Democratic principals
and party fidelity.
Third-At the conclusion OF
each charge Of theft. embezzle-
ment and misappllcation of public
funds entrusted to his keeping,
laid at his most distinguished
opponent, which came about as
often as he called Vardaman' S
name, he would punctuate such
charge with that august expires
sion. characteristic of Alexan-
der, only, and say 'you are
learning something now. You
didn't know that did you?," as
much as to say: Il have come
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-05-26

| ihepi cbI llOlCSU
They are neither mad nor
fighting any one,
They have no political lax to
grind"
They are not disappointed
''ple hunters seeking venge-
ance.
They have had no favored or
pet corporation hurt.
They are supporting Varda-
man because they believe him to
be an honest man.
Now, if Mr.. Alexander will
produce proof of just one of the
charges he brings and convict
Vardaman either before a jury
of his countrymen, or in the
public eye, these honest people
will turn their backs upon Varda-
man. They will not, knowing
Iy, support thief, an embazzeler,
or one guilty of misappropriat.
ing public funds.
Alexander is a lawyer and
knows the heavy burden is
upon him to prove his charge,
Prove Just one act of intidellty
and the honest people will turn
their backs upon Vardaman for
ever.
And don't you know Percy and
Alexander would do it if they
could? Don't you know John
Allen would do it if he could?
D. Do you doubt that Noel would
stab in the back if he could catch
him in the dark? GoG you
know il the Railroads will sup
ply Percy and Alexander their
old musty records and files, they
would also destroy Vardaman If
they could? Don't you know
that Carpet Bagger. tnat Missou-
ri Ass that brays SO loud, would
Mt hesitate to kill him?
They have tried all these
things. They have gone before
the Grand Jury. They searched
the files OF the G. & s. |. Rail
road offices. They sent their
faithful dog. Moore, to the diff
ferent Institutions of the State
and had him purloin their re-
cords without warrant Of law o.
permission, for purpose of prov
ing things. But every move made
has been confronted with facts
that easily cleared Vardaman of
any blame. Such is their venge-
ance that they would not hesi,
tate to stoop to the deepest to de
stroy him, and all they can do is
TO make charge after charge
without the slightest semblance
of proof to support it. Alexan-
der is one Of their tools and a
party to the outrage. Though
he will not carry a county in the
State, he is filling an important
mission. uuholy as it is in this
campaign.
Percy has no moral stamina and
stands before all the people, a
convict, violator of the law and
desecrator of the Sabbath. The
moral and best element of people
in the State will not support him
willingly. He not only came
out of Washington County black
ened with crime and besmirch-
ed with conviction for violat'
ing our laws, came forth, a pro-
duct of one of the most detesti-
bile and debauched midnight
secret election ever pulled off in
this State. He needs moral sup
port. If he can get man like
Alexander as his Twin running
mate he will more reasonably