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Evening star., 1911-08-25
Jesse |. FRAZER HELD,
CHARGED WITH ARSON
Former HostIer Suspected of
Setting Fire to Knox
Express Stables.

Jesse l. Frazier, a hostler formerly en-
ployed by the George w. Knox Express
Company, was today held under $1,000
bond in the United States branch of the
Police Court to await the action OF the
grand jury on a charge of arson. He
pleaded not guilty and through Attorney
r A. Hughes waived preliminary hear
ing.
1t is alleged he set fire to the stable
of the George w. Knox Express Com
pany Wednesday afternoon. and was ar
rested after Investigations made by Fire
Marshal Nicholson and Detective Corn
well. Cox and Berman of the central Of
flee.
Witnesses Summoned.
Frazier was captured yesterday MORN
ing on Pennsylvania avenue near Az
street. after an all-night hunt by the
police. According to those who are in
vestigating the fire, there are several
witnesses who will give important testi-
mony in the case. Among those sum-
moned are David III. Pugh Of 1919 Emer-
son street northeast; William s. Knox.
William Finchern and Henry Page, all
of the Knox Express Company; Fire Mar
shall Nicholson of the District of Column
bia fire department: Michael Lynch. and
Henry Pratt Of the police department.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
FRENCH SPRINGS SPRUCE UP.
But They Will Do It at the Expense
of the Visitor.


In France a special commission has
for long time been engaged in consider
ing the best means of developing the min
eral water resources OF the country. After
four years Of persevering effort 1t has in
duced parliament to pass a law authoriz-
ing take de sejour.
The payments under the new system
will be analogous to the kur take of the
corresponding German and Austrian
health resorts. The tax is based on the
rent paid by all visitors coming from out
side the commune and remaining for
more than five days; all persons who ac-
company visitors, whether as relatives
or servants, are also liable.
The average charge will be very small,
probably from five to ten francs for each
individual. 1t is expected that the pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the neglected
accessories of the ordinary mineral water
estabiishment-parks. public walks, meth
DDS of treatment and SO on.
In the tax the mineral water resorts
possess an important instrument of de-
velopment, which will be serviceable or
not according to the manner In which
the municipal councils make use of IT.
In some Of the councils the majority con-
sists OF hotel keepers, who Immediately
took advantage of the opportunity of doing
away with all the town dues toctrois) on
articles brought into the place; they
Evening star., 1911-08-25

to criticism OF library rules, which is
broader in its application than to reading
room etiquette reader in shirt sleeves
and suspenders claimed that he had been
required by the rules to put on his coat,
whereas other readers were undisturbed.
though they also were in shirt sleeves
but without suspenders. Mr.. Andrews
very sensibly and conclusively replied
that the difference is one between dress
and undress." That phrase presents the
whole case II needs no elaboration and
there is no answer to IL. But the impor-
tant point is that as. to shirt sleeve
dress" Tin contradistinction Of shirt
sleeve "undress) no effort is made to
popularize II. If suspenders remain out OF
vogue as a part of external dress. why
not some sort of shirt-blouse or Jump
err that could be worn over them con-
veniently and usually in warm weather?
This would solve more questions than
those of decency in reading rooms. There
are decent persons and many who can
not afford, with reference to time as well
as money, to wear two kinds OF clothing
on the same day, one kind from which
they may remove the coat and still be
dressed and another from which they
cannot remove the coat without being
undressed. A warm-season style Of dress
for men. to be worn with or without a
coat at pleasure. would put them on an
equality with women in q respect in
which they are now pathetically and
often aggravatingly inferior.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

would do credit to the most virile, active,
growing section of the Pacific coast or
any other region in the world.
The Massachusetts legislature. recog-
nizing this situation. proposes to spend
out of the state funds $9,OOO,O 600 for ex-
tensive development work of Boston
harbor with view to increasing the
dock facilities of that port. Massachu-
setts Is doing this on the ground that the
progress of Boston will inure to the
prosperity of the whole state, and that
an undertaking so broad as that which
is now planned. and of which this $9,-
100000 is only the initial outlay. ought
to be undertaken by the state instead of
by the city itself.
Another illustration Of the activity of
New England Is seen in the campaign
which has been undertaken by the rail-
roads in the organization of the New
England lines Industrial bureau. This
bureau has been organized for the pur-
pose OF aiding in the development of
towns and cities and country districts.
II has prepared fourteen separate cir
cular forms for gathering data about all
the towns and country places of New
England. This elaborate Information to
be gathered about every point tributary
to these railroads will make 1t possible
for the bureau to become a great factor
in the upbuiIding Of all parts of New
England.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
His Record in War.
The Endurance Race.
,m the New York World

From the New York World.
The late John W. Gates. who was fire.
Quently spoken Of as "plunger," played
Wall street on system. and was thirty
or forty million dollars ahead of the
game when he died at the age OF fifty-six
Thomas A. Edison, luckily among those
guests who escaped unharmed from the
Carlton Hotel fire in London, Is now
sixty-four. lie also has his system, ap-
Piled TO living, by which he declares he
expects 10 attain the patriarchal age OF
10.
A man died in Minnesota lately only
eleven days short OF the century mark.
AS is too often the case. this near-cen-
tenarian was d hard drinker and an in
Seterate smoker. Maybe If he had lived
a temperate life he might have rounded
out the full hundred years.
But II all goes to show what an uncer
tain game life is. Some men take things
easy and pass off in their prime Edison
works sixteen or eighteen hours day,
intends never 10 retire. and is going
stronger than ever at siXty-four
The only positive assurance the wizard
inventor can have in regard to the long
span he looks to. and which all the world
cordially wishes him. is that he has
achieved 10 years worth of work al
ready.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Louisiana Negro's Pearl Find.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
A pearl weighing forty-seVen grams
and said to be one of the largest gems OF
its kind in the United States, was found
by negro pearl hunter few days ago
on Lake Bioteneau and sold here yester-
day for $3.50. and later it Is said for
1900 A Commerce street merchant
hou9ht II from the negro and then sold
II to a pearl buyer. 1t was examined
bv a number Of local merchants and
jewelers. and some placed Its value at
So 900.
The finding of pearls in mussels along
the shores Of the lakes north of Shreve-
port has attracted great deal OF atten-
ton for more than a year past. There
are two or three buyers who have motor
boats on the lakes. and pearl hunting
has become a lucrative occupation for a
number Of people. especially negroes
Most of the pearls are bought up at frow
SIS to $500 each and sold to New YORK
dea alers in wholesale lots.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

great mass of the public. The post card
fad, as fad. may be waning, but there
seems tobe no end TO the custom of
sending illustrated cards through the
mails So long as these illustrations are
kept within the limits OF good taste they
serve an admirable purpose. They are
truly educative, and their use should be
encouraged.
But the cards that are frankly indecent
or even suggestive should not he tolerat-
ed. Neither should those other cards that
are the modern successors OF the comic
valentines, and whose only possible pur-
pose is to hurt some ones feelings. They
are now making every day In the year
a fourteenth of February for men and
women of little wit and less sense OF
propriety. If the meretricious and the i'll
hammered could he entirely eliminated the
post card custom and, i'm consequence, the
entire industry OF making and selling
post cards would be placed on a firmer.
more enduring and more profitable basis.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
NEW ENGLAND HUSTLE.
That Section Wants More Industrial
LaurelS to Wear.
From the Manufacturers Record.

From the Manufacturers Record
Notwithstanding the fact that the ma
terial development of New England has
been so great that Massachusetts, has
about as many cotton spindles as the
fourteen southern states. and that the
value of its boot and shoe output Is
greater than the value of it's cotton
goods. and that it's wealth is so great
that the deposits in it's savings banks
nearly equal the aggregate national
banking capital of the United States,
that section is constantly moving for
broader development with an energy that
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Hotel Clerk Didn't Remember Him

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
II would like TO have the same room
I had the last time / was here: believe
IL was No. L." said Andrew Anderson,
eighty-one years old. OF South Bend. Ind.
to Clerk Ernest Reul at the Hotel Sher-
man last night.
"Gee!' replied the clerk: ''tkat must
have been before my time. When were
you here last, Mr.. Anderson"
I'm the spring of 1S4S, / rode to Chi
cago from our Indiana town horseback.
and this is my first visit here since that
time," he answered
Evening star., 1911-08-25

have devoted themselves almost en-
tirely to this department of work have
accumulated stock of experience
which the general individual could
never expect to obtain. and in this
storehouse Of precedent there is found.
in nearly every instance. the solution
of any Immediate problem which may
appear.
ly mechanical operations by power
driven machinery, under the advice of
snecialists, and avoid the use Of human
EFFORT as much as possible. except In
matters of direction and control. thus
removing the source OF much ineff1-
cheney and using mems heads rather
than their hands"
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Manuscript of I'm Memoriam.' y
From the London Chronicle.


Tennyson, like Thackeray. seems to
have been careless about his manu-
scripts. Some weeks after leaving his
lodgings in Mornington place. Hampstead.
he wrote to Coventry Patmore from the
Isle of Wight telling him that he could
not find book OF elegies--a long butch
er ledger like book and that he had
some obscure remembrance of lending IL
to Patmore. IF So" he concluded, "ail
IL well; IL not. will you go TO my old
chambers and institute a vigorous in
auiry?''
Patmore, not having the book. went TO
.Mornington place, but was assured by
the landlady that no such article had
been left there. He insisted. however.
on going to his friends old rooms. up
two pair of stairs" to search. and there
in small cupboard. where Tennyson had
kept bread and tea and butter he found
the lost book of elegies'-the manuscript
of "In Memoriam."
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Offending Post Cards.

From the Cincinnati Times Star.
In their intention to put a stop to the
sale of post cards that offend public de-
cency and arouse personal feeling. the
postal authorities may feel assured OF the
most earnest wishes for success OF the
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Hot Weather Dress for Men.

From the Chicago Public.
C. w. Andrews. librarian of the Crerar
Library. In Chicago. has explained
question of masculine dress in response
Evening star., 1911-08-25

could then buy provisions more cheaply
than before, but naturally they old not
reduce the price of their rooms.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

"The Sweet By-and-By'' is the title of
the song in our next Sunday Magazine.
A painting by Chase Emerson aocompa-
nies the song.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
,H|GHWAYMAN IN MASK
KNEW VICTIMS NAME
Addressed Auto Owner in Fa-
miIiar Terms, But Didn't
Hesitate to Shoot.

SoMERvILLE, N. j.. August GA
plank laid across the tops Of two barrels
and apparently indicating closed road
brought an automobile TO a stop a mile
outside of this place just after dusk last
evening. In the car were Charles NJ.
Dumas and his wife, who live here. and
who were coming back from harvest
home. They had just passed the estate
Of James b. Duke and had run over a
little bridge when the fare OF the acety-
lenes showed the obstruction.
Dumas took 1t for granted that this was
an indication of a strip of turnpike under
repair, but II was getting late and he
did not care to turn around and go
another way. So he got down and lifted
the plank away, throwing II beside the
road and intending to go ahead eau
tously. As he turned back toward his
car he heard a man say:
Put up your hands. Dumas"
Knife and Revolver.
Beside him in the road was thick-set
man of not quite medium height Dumas
looked him over and saw that in one
hand he had a revolver and that In the
other knife's blade caught the flash
of the motor lamps. There was black
and well up over his eyes
In spite Of the weapons that he faced
Dumas turned around and began to crank
his machine. The stocky mans gun an
swered this move and the motorist felt
swift pain In his right arm. He dropped
the crank and whirled around.
Charlie, you're an obstinate cuss.
commented the holdup person as he walk
ed up close and drew Dumas watch and
chain from a waistcoat pocket Then he
stopped over to examine what he had got.
AS he leaned beside a lamp Dumas gave
the crank whirl with his left hand.
Mrs. Dumas. who hadn't said a word up
to this time, called to her husband to
come quick. 1t needed no advice to get
the automobilist into his car in one jump.
Mrs. Dumas had the engine singing for
him by the time he reached his seat.
The man in the road had just time enough
10 step away from the front wheel as
the car started. He yelled something and
sent one more bullet after them. This
one didn't do any damage.
No Trace of Robber.
Dumas, who has a big ice cream and
candy store here. hustled into town as
fast as he could come. He looked up the
town authorities right away and told
them about what had happened. County
Detective George d. Totten jumped into
an automobile and went out to the bridge.
Several other motor cars were called. too.
and they spread out along the highways
in the neighborhood. They weren't able
TO find sign of the man who had Dumas
watch.
AS soon as he had his arm looked after
Dumas began to speculate on the iden-
tity of his assailant. 1t seemed that the
other man knew him, inasmuch as he
called him by his first name. But there
wasn't anything familiar about his voice
or what little of his face could be seem
Evening star., 1911-08-25
DEATH OF MAI. HUBBELL,
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR
Former Resident of Washington,
Who Won Distinction
in Battle.

Maj. Augustus Hubbell. a veteran of
the civil war. who resided in Washing
ton for many years. died recently at
his home in Brooklyn. He was buried
with military honors in the Mountain
Grove cemetery, at Bridgeport, Conn,
q Grand Army post having charge of
the services.
Maj. Hubbell. who was seventy -tw O
years of age, leaves wife, who is a
sister-in law of Senior Cayetano Ro-
nero. former secretary of the Mexican
legation and later Mexican ambassador
to England. and two daughters, Miss
Josephine Hubbell and Mrs. Samuel S.
PolSen.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Native of Connecticut.

Maj. Hubbell was born in Bridgeport.
Conn, in 1888, the son of Charles b.
Hubbell, prominent citizen and at
one time mayor of that city. Follow
ing the war Mai. Hubbell lived in this
city until he moved to Brooklyn which
was several years ago. He recruited
the 18th New York Volunteers at the
outbreak of the civil war. During the
war he received five commissions, and
was mustered out with the rank of
brevet major for meritorious service.
His Record in War.
His war record was as follows: En-
listed September /, 1861: second lieu
tenant. 1861; first lieutenant, 1852; cap
tain of Company +, 59th New York,
1863; captain and oOmmissary of sub
sistence of the I'd Division of the I'd
Corps. 1868; brevet major, 1864. and
honorably discharged in August of that
year. He engaged in seven battles
while with the Army of the Potomac.
Besides his connections with the G. A.
X. in Brooklyn and Bridgeport. Maj.
Hubben was former member of
Meade Post of Washington.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

WE TIE BOWS FREE-why not
have a sash length of these to
inch Brocaded Ribbons, in white,
light blue. pink and maise. that are
worth 79c yard. Choice tomorrow.
yard,
Evening star., 1911-08-25
These at 1Oc a Copy

Let's NJ a k e Love
Among the Roses,
Harbor of Love,
Hot Time in Jungle
town,
Billy,
Who Are You With
Tonight?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19

doesn't need the money: he knows
the last wrinkle on the transform OF
the big interests as does Heney HIM
self, seeing that Lafferty came to Ore
gon six years ago as government spe-
cial agent in the famous Mitchell.
Puter- Mckinley land fraud trials.
Il don't think congressman should
be given leave to print anything they
don't deliver on the floor OF the
house is one of his ideas.
II guess We would have a smaller
postal deficit IL Uncle Sam didn't
have to carry tons of make-believc
speeches over the country. | am go
ing to introduce a bill looking to end
the "leave to print graft" 4r
Lafferty is SO years old. Since leay.
Ing the service of the government he
has been engaged In fighting for the
Siletz settlers their battle to get from
the Hartman land monopoly govern
ment lands that the corporation re-
fuses to give up.
Eafferty was prosecuting attorney
back In Montgomery county, Mo-, be-
fore he was 30. He was the first man
to prosecute the bucket-shop srafters
who skinned the farmers with their
thimbIe-rigged games in Montgom-
cry City, and back there yet the ma.
tives talk about Lafferty as they do
about Champ Clark. whose close friend
I<afferty is.
Lafferty will be for a revision OF the
tarin downwards and for the widening
OF the powers of the interstate com
merce commission
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19

ager Henry w. Savage's directing
care II has covered several times the
theatrical highways OF the United
States and Canada. Still under his
direction II invaded England, played
eighteen weeks In the SALISBURY
theater. London. and for eighteen
months has been, and still is, one OF
the most successful attractions tour
Ing the English provinces. II was
taken TO South Africa by company
organized to present a number of
American musical comedies there and
was made the opening attraction aud
scored hit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19
MISS LEwYN HAS MUCH
TO LEARN AND UNLEARN

Perhaps the hearing Of the Flon-
zaley quartet. Tuesday evening. dis
couraged rather than encouraged the
members OF the Detroit String quarter.
but the fact remains that the latter
Organization did not play as well.
Wednesday afternoon. In Temple Beth
FL. as In previous concerts this sea-
son. Then, too, II is difficult for an
auditor not to make comparisons when
the opportunity TO compare the two
organizations came within "a hours.
although recognizing that the one has
been In existence for years and mas
tremendous advantage over the other.
whose members are just beginning TO
get acquainted aud who are surround
ed by none OF the artistic and ma
terial things which has made the
Flonzaley quartet what II Is.
The program. Wednesday afternoon,
opened with Haydn's quartet No. 4,
and OF the four movements. the sec
ond and fourth-the adagto and al
legro-were played the best. Dvorak's
quintet In A major, In which the quar-
tet had the assistance at the piano
OF Miss Helena Lewyn. the soloist or
the afternoon, closed the program. IL
was interesting and agreeably played
and created the wish in the mind or
the habitual attendant at these con-
certs that Quintets appear oftener on
the programs.
Miss Lewyn played three solos
Chopin's Ballade In @ minor. Schn-
bert-LisZt's Gretchen am Spinnrade.
and the wedding march and dance OF
the Elves, from Mendelssohn's Mid
summer Nights Dream" music.
Miss Leywn showed the results OF
long hours and days OF hard finger
practice, and, also. that she had given
so much time to perfecting technical
facility that she had forgotten all
about developing Interpretation and
feeling and an acquaintance with the
composers. Miss Lewyn Is ill-advised
In Offering herself as piano soioist
outside of conservatory pupil con-
certs, for she Is far from having &c
quired the necessary musical educa-
ton TO present herself as public
performer. Extracting sounds from
keyboard as a dentist would refrac'
tory tooth, is not piano playing. mol
Is the use OF the loud pedal from the
beginning to the end Of three com
positions exactly In accord with the
composers intent and notatlons. Miss
Lewyn has much TO learn and not
little TO unlearn.
The program will be repeated Thurs
day evening. The next group OF con
certs will be given Feb. 10 and 10
and will present Nine. Elsa Ruegger
the 'cellist of the quartet as soloist-
happy announcement!
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19
GIRLS WHO WORK
SHOULD KNOW THIS

Writing on beauty topics for the
Philadelphia inquirer, Mrs. Mae Mar
tyn says: Liquid preparations are
fast supplanting face powders, as Il is
found their continued use has tend
ency 10 clog the pores. causing black.
heads and other blemishes.
II hnd," she says, when face pow.
dcrs are tabooed and liquid is used.
the muddy condition soon disappears
and the skin takes on pink glow o.
health.
~One OF the best and most popular
lotions - made by dissolving 4 ounces
Of spurmax In IL pint hot hot water,
then adding 2 teaspoonfuls glycerine
This n much easier 10 apply than
DoVdcr, and 30 simple and iDexpen-
Hro 70 make that every woman should
14<e u on her dressing table, while
~ uee wilI be found Invaluable for
@cGh - blotchy skins.'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19

AGRA, India, Jan. 1S.-"The most
beautiful building In the world"
It's well worth all the dust and dis
comfort OF long Indian railway jour
'ney, this Mai Mahal. And as we gaze
upon It's glittering dome. In It's mar
BILE white perfection. we are quite
ready to believe. with many OF the
artists and architects OF the world,
that the Tai Mahal is indeed the most
sublime structure that the hand Of
man has ever reared.
The Tai Mahal stands as monu-
ment to the love of Shah Jehan, the
great mogul. for his favorite wife. We
know but little about this woman.