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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Descendant Of Franklin Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, July >1O.-Dr Thorn
as H. Bache. great-great-grandson of
Benjamin Franklin. and one of the old
est physicians in this city. is dead at
his home in this city. He was eighty
six years old. DIR. Bache was a grad
and had a distinguished medical career
in the civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Fourteen Dwellings Burned.

BALTIMORE. Nd, July 10.-Fourteen
dwellings at Arlington. suburb, were
destroyed by fire of unknown origin early
today, entailing an aggregate loss of s1O,-
coo. Narrow escapes from the flames
were many and most of the people res
cued were in their night clothes when
taken from their burning houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Snake Tries to Stay. Horse.

NEWTON, N. j.. July 10.-Farm hands
on the estate OF Mrs. c. A. Demarest.
near here, last night found three-foot
pilot snake wrapped around the neck OF
their mistress fayorite saddle horse.
The snake had its fangs in the horses
neck and was dislodged with the greatest
difficulty. The horses conditios is Sc
rious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Eight Hits Out of Fourteen.

Lieut.. Scott was new to the ground and
to the machine, as was also his aviator,
Gaubert
Scott pressed the button by accident
and dropped one Of his fifteen shots be-
fore the target was anywhere near. With
the remaining fourteen projectiles lie
made eight hits, and practically all Of his
misses were lateral. That is to say they
were within the tangents of the target
circle at right angles to the line Of fight.
This indicated that the bombs were placed
all right, so far as Scott could control
them, but that the aviator was not flying
true over the target.
This was considered a great record for
America. The competitions will be at in
creasingly high attitudes and from the
greater heights. it is thought Lieut..
Scott will be able to do better work than
close to the ground. 1t is the first time
in the development Of aviation that any
attempt has been made to closely check
the value Of the aeroplane as an offensive
weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
KATz STILL MISSING;
NO TRACE YET FOUND
Grocer's Photograph and De-
scription Sent to Other
Cities by Police.

Max H. Katz, grocer at 1900 D street
northeast, who disappeared early Mon
day morning from in front of $50 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, has thus far
failed to send any message to his family
to suggest his whereabouts. The police
have failed to find any trace of him after
he was seen in the buffet at 6O4 Pennsyl-
vania avenue shortly after he left the
place Of business at $50 Pennsylvania
avenue.
Inspector Boardman today sent copies
of the missing mans photograph to the
police of other cities and to county con-
stables and sheriffs in nearby states.
Katz is described in the police circular as
being twenty-five years old, five feet
three or four inches in height. smooth
face and pale complexion. When he dis
appeared he wore gray coat, dark gray
trousers. brown soft hat and red tie He
carried gold watch and had about $500
Think He Is in City.
Relatives Of the missing man cling to
the belief that he did not go away from
the city. Just what has happened to
him, however, they are unable to say
Some of them fear he has met with foul
play and been robbed, while others are
clinging to the hope that he may be in
some house sick and unable to make
known his identity.
Mrs. Katz still firmly believes her hus-
band was murdered and robbed. His dis
appearance has so completely unnerved
ness in the store. She is extremely nery-
GUS, and every time the telephone in
her home or store rings she expects a
message about her husband.
Nj Of
ward of 500 for information leading to
the finding of her husband. A number
Of friends are assisting in the search.
Max never left Washington" Jacob
katz. his father, said today; He would
never have left his wife and child Of his
volition. for he was too devoted a hus-
band. Something happened to him to pre-
vent him from returning home"
Theory Of Suicide.
Some members of the police force ex-
pressed the belief that the missing man
committed suicide: that he may have
walked to the river from Pennsylvania
| avenue and 9th street Monday morning
and jumped overheard.
In trying to solve the mysterious dis
appearance the police recall that he had
| been sick some time. He really was a
| nervous wreck, they were told, and his
experience with a runaway horse last
month made him worse.
IF he went away" said one of his
neighbors this morning, 1T was because
he did not know what he was doing, and
| he was In such a nervous state that |
| hardly think he was responsible for what
he did"
| Inspector Boardman hopes the distfibu-
| ton OF the illustrated bulletins may bring
| information that will solve the mystery.
He takes no stock In the suggestion that
| KATE probably was murdered and robbed,
but thinks he may have wandered away
| from the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10

Stories by Wallace Irwin, William Fred
erick Dix. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mar
garet Bushbee Shipp and Thomas Craw-
ford Galbreath. and articles by Clarence
L. Cullen and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in our
next Sunday Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Crusade Is Vigorous.

The crusade against rats in the various
American ports is being conducted vigor-
ously. The mayor of Galveston. after a
conference with state and city health
officers. has arranged for bounty to be
paid for rats killed in the city.
A call was sent from Galveston for
many copies Of a bulletin compiled by
Past Assistant Surgeon Colby Rucker on
the eradication and prevention of bubonic
plague In this bulletin DR.. Rucker lays
particular stress upon the need for kill
ing off the rats to prevent the introduc-
ton and spread Of plague. He says:
Plague is primarily a disease Of ro-
dents. and secondly disease of man.
Mans safety from the disease lies In
the exclusion of the rodent and his para
sites. This Is the basis Of all preventive
and eradicative work. Tho eradication,
therefore, means the eradication Of ro-
dents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10

The large vault in the store Of COuncll-
man J. w. Masters. Fredericksburg. Va.
was broken open some time Monday night
or early Tuesday morning. The thief Sc
cured SO in money, several money or
ders and some checks. Other money in
the safe was overlooked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
AMERICAN IS FAR AHEAD
IN PRIZE COMPETITION
Lieut.. Scott ExceIs in Bomb
Throwing From Airship
Near Paris.

America seems destined to be about
$4,000 ahead as the result Of French
generosity in the development Of aviation
Reports have been received by the Aero
Club of America of the preliminary re-
suits in the military bomb-dropping com.
petition now being held near Paris. II
seems to be a case Of America first and
nobody else anywhere.
OF course the whole of the 10000
probably will not come to this country,
but NJ. Michilen, the wealthy French pa
ton of aviation. has offered an aggregate
of that much in prizes for the bomb
dropping contest, and. according to all
reports, the only competitor who is max
ing showing worth the name is former
Lieut.. Reilly Scott. retired West Point
err, who had his device for aerial bomb
work at College Park last summer and
made a good record there.
Bests His Competitors.
Lieut.. Scott seems to have the only
mathematical system for dropping bombs
and so far has cleaned up his French
competitors. When his apparatus was
tried at College Park it was decidedly
heavier than was necessary. It weighed
sixty pounds. and Lieut.. Milling, who
was operating the aeroplane from which
the device was worked, afterward report
ed that it could be reduced to forty
pounds with ease. The tests at College
Park occupied only three days and the
aeroplane used was not powerful enough
to get proper elevation. In the French
tests big Astra- Wright was used with a
seventy-horsepower motor and even this
did not make the required altitude of
$50 feet unqueStiOnably.
The experiments in this country were
encouraging, but the government was
not spending any money developing the
aeroplane as fighting machine, so when
NJ. Michelin came forward with his prize
it was a case of Il love my country, but
oh, you twenty thousand" Lieut.. Scott
went to France. where the preliminary
tests have just been made over the mill
tary aviation grounds at Mourmelon. Be-
sides Lieut.. Scott, there were in the COM
petition Lieut. Bousquet, Lieut. Mailfert
and Lieut.. Lafont.
In the preliminary fight of the contest
Lieut.. Lafont scored no hits at all. The
height was 600 feet and the target was a
thirty-foot circle Of canvas on the
ground. Lieut.. Mailfert placed two out
of fifteen shots in the target Bousquet
was not ready to fly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
GIVES THE KEYNOTE
Chairman HjIleS Sounds Battle
Cry of Republicans.
TAFT REGIME LAUDED
Achievements Made Grounds of Ap.
peal for Continued
Support.
TAFT REGIME L.

Chairman Hilies of the republican ma
tional committee last night gave out q
statement in which he sounded the key
note of the campaign of the regular re-
publican party. The statement follows:
THE republican party approaches the
presidential campaign with confidence
in the solemnity of its cause and in the
integrity and ability of the candidates
who represent that cause. Progress with
order is good doctrine for the republican
party today as it has been since the day
of its birth.
Progress of Nation.
Real progress Is not theory, but an
achievement. No American citizen should
be deceived into an exchange Of his
birthright for q vision. The progress of
the nation toward better things does
not come from defamation, but from &C
tuaI results. More has been accomplished
in the last three years under the admin
istration Of President Taft than was ever
before accomplished by an American
President in the same period of time.
"A distinct line Of demarcation between
the republican party and the democratic
party is revealed in the platforms adopted
at Chicago and Baltimore. One Is an ear
of achievement: the other is a promise
containing a denial of the good that has
been done.
Built Upon Rocks.
Upon the solid rock OF the rights OF
the individual as granted by the Constitu-
ton. the republican party builds its struc-
ture of optimism. The democratic party.
on the other hand, in the opening SEN
tence of it's address to the electorate, be-
trays its occasional quality by denying
the right of Congress-. a right again and
again confirmed by the Supreme Court, to
establish protective duties for the benefit
of American industries. 1t declares as
false the vital issue of the constitutional
liberties of the individual. Such liberties
are now assailed by those who advocate
the overthrow of the independence of the
judiciary. 1t would leave the individual
defenseless in the protection of those
rights declared inalienable under the Con-
StifntiOD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Flyless Chicken Ranches.

A group Of amateur poultrymen, living
just over the District line on the Rock
vile road. who for q number Of years
have been greatly bothered by droves OF
flies around their chickens, have at last
solved the problem of fiyless chicken
ranches. After trying various expert
ments at fly-killing the chicken fanciers
found that air-slaked lime spread under
the roosts not only rid the places of flies,
but at the same time destroyed all odors
The lime also was found to increase the
value of the refuse from the chickens as
fertilizer.
Before the lime method was discovered
the insects at times were so numerous
that the poultrymen felt they were more
successful as fly ranchers than as chicken
breeders. Examinations of the premises
showed that the flies were not multiply
ing in the coops, but that a stable more
than 1000 feet away was the breeding
place Of the insects.
This stableman, according to the neigh
bors, allows the manure to accumulate II
such quantities that many OF the nearby
homes are infested with the flies which
have been bred undisturbed in the manure
piles. The chicken men have made nu
merous complaints to the owner of thu
stable. but with no results. AS the stable
is not In the District, nothing can be done
by the health authorities OF Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Work Is Progressing.

Passed Assistant Surgeon R. H Creel.
in command OF the forces marshaled in
Porto Rico by the marine hospital serv-
ice against the plague. reported to Sur
geon General Blue today that the work is
going on most satisfactorily, and that he
has seventy subordinates working under
him. His laboratory force is we'll organ
lied, and the field men are being taught
the mysterious art of catching rats.
through which the plague is believed to
be carried Surgeon General Blue re-
marked today that "a good rat catcher
Is the noblest work of Cod
A report gained ground yesterday that
a case Of plague had been discovered in
Santiago, Cuba, but DR.. Juan Guiteras.
director Of sanitation in Cuba, has wired
that the report is untrue and there is no
plague in Santiago.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Won Ezdorf
of the marine hospital service has re-
ported his arrival at Havana, where he
has been detailed to take charge of the
outgoing quarantine for American ports.
The Cuban authorities have established
quarantine camp at Mariel for passengers
entering Cuba from Porto Rico and this
leaves free the quarantine station at
Triscornia for passengers who are leav-
ing Cuba for Florida and other American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
Stable the Pest Source.

All of the poultrymen blame this one
stable for most Of the flies in the neigh
borhood, and suggest il the manure can
not be removed often that to cover the
piles with lime will stop the breeding OF
the flies and at the same time the manure
will not be injured as fertilizer. In fact.
the chicken men are of the opinion that, If
anything. the air-slaked lime adds to the
fertiliZing properties of the manure.
Apropos of the campaign against the fly
now being conducted by The Star, the
chicken men have taken added interest in
the methods Of Kidding their places of the
pests, and hope to have this the last sum-
mer that they will have to contend with
the nuisance. Many scientists, reputed to
| flies never migrate more than 20O feet from
their birthplace, but the chicken men DIS
agree on this point, asserting that they
have traced the flies that bothered them
to the stable, which is more than 1000
feet away. Possibly the chicken men
have discovered some new variety OF the
fly which has the marathon instinct
greatly developed.
Praise for Stars Crusade.
Praise Of the campaign of The Star
against the fly is given by many mer-
chants and restaurant men all over the
city.
I'VE have been bothered with flies for
SO long," said a fish merchant today,
| that it might be said we are accepting
their presence as q necessary evil, and
except for trying to keep flies off Of the
stock we do not really attempt to rid
our places OF them. Because we have
been bothered with them for years Is no
reason that they cannot be exterminated,
and 1 am sure that every merchant in
the city who sells foodstuffs of any de-
scription heartily Endorses The Stars
campaign. and expects to see good re-
suits in future summers from the un-
| ceasing work of the boys and girls. Nc
matter how much care Is taken in keep
| ing any place clean, as long as file sare
around there is much room for improve
| ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
WORK OF nine DAYS
Nearly Three Million Flies
Killed, by SWatters in July.
FITZGERALD STILL LEADS
Burdette Scores Yesterday, How
ever, Turning in Majority.
STARS CRUSADE COMMENDED
Merchants and Restaurant Keepers
Pleased With Results-Better
Outlook for Future.
FITZGERALD STILL LEADS
STARS CRUSADE COMMENDED

! Delivery of more than 400, 600 flies yes
terday by contestants in The Stars cru
sade against the insects brought the total
slaughter for the first nine days of July
| to within striking distance of the three
million mark. Since the beginning of the
mated The record for the entire month OF
June was but little better than three mil
lions.
Layton H. Burdette made the best show
ing of the day. increasing his score by
40, 600 points, while Lawrence Fitzgerald.
who is in first place, turned in 112,000 in
sects Fitzgerald's lead over Burdette.
his nearest competitor. is better than 2Oo.-
600 points on the months showing.
William Steiner, Lillian Portion and the
Virginia avenue playground were among
the score boosters yesterday Steiner
score was $4,000, Lillian Portions 42,4OO
and that Of the playground 1900.
Leaders in Contest.
The six leaders in the contest are the
following: Lawrence Fitzgerald. $1,000;
Layton H. Burdette. 649.400; William
Steiner. 49, 500: J. Mark Trice, 225,SOO;
Walter Thought, $4,000, and Lillian Por-
ton. 175,6OO
The Virginia avenue playground made
its first appearance in the race yesterday,
and. in fact. this Is the first time mu-
nlcipal playground has entered any OF the
local anti-f1y contests Information has
reached DR.. Murray, supervisor OF the
campaign, to the effect that other play
grounds are preparing to follow suit.
Activities against the dJ by the youths
of Washington have been developed to
the extent that about half million OF
the insects now are being killed daily.
The slaughter Of the past few days has
produced daily average that approx
imates this amount.
Never IN the history of the National
Capital have the disease spreaders been
disappearing at such rapid rate, ana
local health authorities are convinced
that by the end Of summer the prac-
ticabilfty of swat the fly crusades Will
have been definitely established. and. at
the same time, a general Improvement
in the health of Washington Will have
been noticed.
"All indications Point to the children
of Washington making a national record
for fly killing. one that will stand long
time" said DR.. Murray today. THE pres
ent months campaign Is the best one we
have yet had. i look for the August and
September crusades to be even better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
acre yield, 3l7ff total production. 1900.

600.
Hay-Condition, So; acre yield. Ia;
total production. not given.
Apples-Condition, 679
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
PLAGUE FATAL TO q.
Thirty-Three Cases of Bubonic
Disease in Porto Rico.
SITUATION SERIOUS ONE
Public Health Service Wages Unre-
hitting Warfare to Pre-
vent Spread.

The bubonic plague has claimed twenty
one victims In Porto Rico during the
present epidemic in the island, according
to reports received at the public health
and marine hospital service here today.
Another new case, resulting fatally, was
reported from Puerta de TERRA, near
San Juan. In all, thirty-three cases have
been reported from the island.
No new cases were reported from Cuba,
and it is said that the one case in Ha-
vana has not yet proved fatal.
The officials Of the public health and
marine hospital servicce and the health
officers of all the American ports on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts have entered
into the fight to prevent the introduction
Of the plague into this country with the
greatest determination.
At present the situation in Porto Rico
is most serious. Santurce, where the
plague has broken out. is the home of
considerable wealth and many Americans
are living there. The plague cases in the
island have been located in the following
places: San Juan, % cases, Is deaths:
Santurce, cases, 3 deaths; Carolina, 2
cases, deaths; Arroyo, 1 case, l death.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-11
IOWA DECLARES
FOR ROOSEVELT
Prsgressives Dominate Re-
publican State Convention
and Bolt Taft

DIES MONIES, July 1O.-CoIonel
RooseEelt Won decisive victory in
the republican state convention here
to-day and the Taft administration
and the managers of the recent ma
tional convention at Chicago We're Sc
verely rebuked. The republicans Of
Iowa were left free to vote for either
Taft or Roosevelt by the action of
the delegates. The matter was left
entirely to the individual conscience
OF the voter" and platform con-
tanning a direct attack upon the le-
9Ntty of the Chicago convention
adopted by an overwhelming vote.
The progressves dominated the
t:o1ryFmtion from the beginning tn the
end. despite hard struggle led by
Governor Carroll, Taft adherent, to
secure endorsement of the national
platfrom, the amendment offered by
Iowa's executive containing this en-
eiorsement was laid on the table by
"A vote of 773 to 342.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-11
THE DRAFT STALLION.
Work the Only Test Of Strength ane
Staying Qualities.

Staying Qualities.
There is no good reason why draft
stallion should moi work. and there are
good many REASONS why he should
work. said J q Arbnthnot bn the re-
port of the Kansas live stock rpgi.tr,
board. ANY man who Is a hor~eman in
the true sense of the word can work
one or even two stations nave wv"
percheron stations that worked I"
gether last summer. and neither WIS
broken to harness until the preceding
spring. We hltched them when one
had been worked three times and the
other five or six times. After they
had been worked together few times
one man handled them alone. We kept
a jockey stick on them wheD hitched
and taught them that when they had the
harness and blind brides on there was
to be no fooling. Many n time we IN
hitched from the manure Sl>render and
took them into the barn. Embarrassed
them and changed their brides to try
mares and then put them right back
into the harness.
Work Is the only proof OF the strength
and staying qualities OF "a work horse
! have known draft stations to do II
good business when they We're so I'M
sound that il raStrated ana tried ou
a horse buyer would moi make II hid
on them. As stations they could top'
good many people
The American trotter has won thu
Admiration nt tn" world an account "i
his speed and rntiurant" aS exhibited
in many hard fought battles on i1''
track Surh endurance and siI4'eG