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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
K|NGMAN IS CHIEF
ENGINEER Of ARMY
Succeeds Gen. RosselI, Who
Reaches the Age of Retire
ment October II.

Col Dan q. kingman today was ad-
vanced to the grade of brigadier gen.
eral and to the post of chief of army
engineers. in succession to dis
tfnguished line of engineer officers.
Col kingman was born in New Hamp-
shire. and is a graduate Of the United
States Military Academy of the class of
1879. standing No. in his class. He
was assigned as second lieutenant
TO the Corps Of Engineers, his first duty
being with the Engineer Battalion at
Willets Point. He has been in charge OF
various engineering works, and was as
sistant professor of engineering at the
Military academy from August, 1878. to
August 1881. and was engineer officer
of the Platte from September, 1881, to
November, 1886
Many Works to Credit.
He was in charge of the improv ement
of the Yellowstone National Park from
July, 1883, to March, 1887 He also has
had charge of the fourth district OF the
Mississippi river for the purpose of
Improvement: OH special work Of con-
struction and repairs Of levee i'm
provement of the harbor, at New Or
leans and point of the Red river, and
has been member of various boards.
He received the thanks Of the legis-
lature of Louisiana May Il. 1890. for
the splendid services rendered during
the high water of 1890.
Col. kingman was also in charge of the
defensive works on the lake shores of
New York and water level observations
OF Lake Ontario to November :, 1895. He
served at Chattanooga, Tenn, in charge
of the improvement of the Tennessee
river, and various other engineer works.
Stationed at Savannah.
His latest assignment to duty. in March.
1906 was as division engineer of the
southeast division. in charge Of defensive
works on the coast of Georgia and of
various harbor improvements in his divi-
sion He has his headquarters at Sa-
vannah. In addition to that duty he is a
member of the national land defense
board. The new chief is siXty-one years
old. and therefore will have somewhat
more than two years to serve before his
retirement for age. He succeeds Gen.
Rossell, who retires for age October II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01

OF Landover, Md. were married this
morning by Rev. J. &. Ball, pastor of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church. The cere-
mony was performed in the parsonage at
30 eth street northeast. After the cere-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
jAPAN'S NEW NOTE
A SURPRISE HERE
State Department Not Looking
for Early Communication
From Toxic.

Some surprise was expressed at the
State Department today at the report
from Toxic that another note bearing
upon the California anti-alierfsland legis-
lation has been dispatched to Washing
ton. The Japanese note presented more
than a fortnight ago remains unanswer-
ed. 1t has been assumed that the nego-
tiations temporarily would be held in
allegiance until the return to Washington
of Counselor John Bassett Moore. who
has been in direct conduct Of the cores
pondence in its latest phases. Mr..
Moore has been on months vacation
and reached Washington today.
Once before in the course Of the nego-
tiations. however, the Japanese govern
ment saw fit to supplement one of its
notes of protest without awaiting a
formal reply to the first note.
Meant to Clarity Subject.
But in that case Ambassador Chinda
had in a conversational way discussed the
subject with Secretary Bryan, and it was
that the supplementary note
was supplied to clear up certain doubts
that existed in the State Department as
to the precise meaning of some portions
of the original Japanese note.
BY mutual agreement the principals
have sought to maintain the strictest Sc
crecy as to the various steps in the ne
gotiations. But 1t Is understood that
there has been a change of base on the
part of the Japanese government Prob
ably having reached the conclusion that
it might not successfully meet the con-
tention of the State Department that the
California land law is not in conflict with
the existing treaty, Japan may have de-
cided to seek a new convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01

Dry rot has appeared in the Abe
marie pippin orchard belonging TO j. A.
Roaz at Covesville, Nelson county Va
and within the past weak 2.Oo0 barrels are
said to have been rendered worthless for
the market This entails loss of $1,000
lin this single orchard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
GOOD ROAD CONGRESS
DISCUSSES HIGHWAYS
Logan Waller Page and Others
Read Papers on Various
Topics at Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich, October 1.-The ses-
sions of the American road congress, now
meeting here. were today devoted to dis
cussion of construction and maintenance
and contracts Among those who read
papers on various topics were Logan
Waller Page. president of the congress
who discussed selection Of materials for
macadam roads: A. r. Hirst state high
way engineer of Wisconsin. whose sub
ject was waterway structures, and Col
Edmund A. Stevens state highway COM
missioner of New Jersey. who told OF
macadam surfaces. The discussion OF
contracts was not to be held until late
today.
"of all the factors which go to make
up the perfect macadam road" said Mr..
age. there is undoubtedly none more
potent than that of the suitability of the
material which enters its construction.
There are two ways in which the en-
aineer may avail himself of the intorma-
ton necessary to a proper selection OF
road material. The first and only GER
tain one is to make an actual service
test on the material under observation
and under the same conditions OF tramc
and climate to which the proposed road
win be subjected.
Destructive Agencies.
1.-The second method is by means of
short-time laboratory tests to approx
mate as nearly as possible the destructive.
agencies to which the material will be
subjected on the road"
A properly designed waterway structure
should fulfill the following requirements,
according to Mr.. Hirst:
WATERWAY sufficient to CARRY off
nromptly the water coming TO ii; proper
foundations to bear the loads. resist
undermining and give long service; su-
perstructure designed to bear for long
period of years any load which may
legally be imposed upon it and so con-
structed as to serve the comfort and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01

mony the couple left for Harrisonbur-
Va, and will return next week TO live
at the home of the brides parents, at
Landover Mr. Woiford is native Of
Del Rio, Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01

Domenica Parotisa. an Italian workman
was killed and Frank Obatt seriously
injured at the quarry of the Standard
w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
Problem of Treaties.

With the Panama canal nearing COM
pletion, the question of treaties involv-
ing canal rights is looming large at the
State Department. and it is expected to
occupy much attention there, and pub
licly, this winter. The old quarrel with
Colombia is to come up again, and is
now being given consideration because of
the reported activity of a great English
contracting firm in Colombia
Some hitherto unWritten history of this
firms activity in Colombia. in connection
with possible English canal rights, was
commented upon today by a diplomat
familiar with that country's affairs, who
could not be quoted upon the subject.
The firm is S. Pearson & Son. limited
whose head Is Lord Cowdray. Lord Cow
dray was a partner Of Portirio Diaz, for
mer president of Mexico in various Next
can business matters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
CHICAGO FACES MENACE
OF PILED UP GARBAGE
Reduction Company Demands
Payment of $492, 600, Then
Ceases Work.

CHICAGO, October Mayor Harri-
son early this morning called special
meeting of the council for tonight to de-
terrn1ne some method Of disposing of the
city garbage. At midnight the plant Of
the Chicago Reduction Company, which
has taken care of the refuse, was closed,
following the ignoring Of the company 3
ultimatum. served yesterday upon city
officials, that unless 1t was paid s49e 900
in cash by Il o'clock I'VE will let the
garbage rot in Chicago's alleys
Orders were sent to the various wards
today by the company to cease the
collection of garbage. Householders
were urged for the time being to burn
their garbage or otherwise to dispose
Of it. For the present it was stated that
only refuse which was not animal or
vegetable would be collected by the
city. This will be dumped in aban-
doned clay holes.
The situation is regarded as very
serious, as there is always more or less
typhoid at this season. and the fly pest
which carries the germs of the disease
will be active for the next six weeks,
1T is said.
Docks Are Loaded.
Following the notice of the company,
Commissioner Of Public Works McGann
requisitioned every available scow and
garbage wagon and dumped l 800 tons OF
garbage on the docks at the company S
plant before midnight. 1t is said il will
take the plant two days to dispose of it.
The companys act followed the failure
of appraisers to agree upon the value of
the plant.
Mayor Harrison was hastily recalled
from Canada, where he was on a vaca-
ton. He held a meeting with his
cabinet which lasted into the early
hours Of the morning. when it decided to
call a council meeting.
Ofhcials in Quandary.
Suggestions that the plant of the COM
pany be seized are not regarded as prac-
ticable. In fact, the municipal administra-
ton is in a quandary over the matter.
A meeting of the council will be held
tonight. with Mayor Harrison, recalled
from his vacation. in the chair, but there
is no hope of immediate relief. 1t is said
that the investment in the reduction plant
was less than 100000 According to
Harold Almert. appraiser for the COM
pany in the negotiations to sell it to the
city, the profits for the last three years
have averaged $1S6,OO a year.
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]. B. Woford Takes Bride.

j. F. Wofford a clerk in the office OF
Secretary Redheld OF the Department of
commerce, and Miss Carrie L. Drummond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
Meant to Clarity Subject.
Nav Seek New Treaty.

From official but probably reliable in
formation that has reached Washington
from Japan it is gathered that in this
latest phase the Japanese government
instead of seeking to substitute the
Knox treaty of 1911 with an entirely new
of general scope, is inclined to
seek an agreement that will in conven-
tional terms recognize the right of Japan
csc to land ownership in any state OF the
United States on even terms with the
citizens of any other nation 1t is de-
clared that such is probably the nature
of the note from Toxic which is reported
to be now on its way across the Pacific.
The position of the state Depart
ment regarding such a proposition re-
mains TO be developed. but some of the
officials direct attention to the fact that
the objects sought to be emphasized by
the Japanese government would require
the submission of treaty to the Senate.
and thus cause a prolonged discussion OF
the whole subject of Japanese immigra-
ton and land ownership.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
WEST ERN.

Chicago was chosen for the next
biennial session OF the International
Christian Endeavor in July, 1915.
One engineer and two firemen were
killed in two railroad accidents at
Jackson, Mich. both wrecks being of
Michigan Central trains.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will
rest at Grand Canyon three or four
days before starting on a 150-mile
ride, he announced at Williams, Ariz.
"a saloonless United States" in
1920 is the goal sought by the Chris
tian Endeavor society, which met in
Los Angeles in international conven-
ton
Swan Johnson. sixty years old, at
Salina, Kan, shot and killed Henry
Parohl As years Old, because, he
says, Parohl owed one of Johnson 6
sons SIPS for work on the Pa-ohl
farm.
The lives OF twelve persons We're
crushed out and fifty persons were in
jured when two Pacific electric rail
way cars crashed together with ter
rifle impetus at Vineyard station, be-
tween Venice and Los Angeles.
B. L. Walters, an amateur aviator,
fell 90 feet when he attempted to fly
from st. Charles to Elgin, H., in bi.
plane, which he built himself He
will recover. Walters had flown six
miles when a puff of wind turned his
machine completely over in the air.
Charles Wachtmeister of Detroit,
| ,ne of the men convicted at the dyna-
mite conspiracy trial at indianapolis,
was given his freedom from the federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan, on
parole. Wachtmeister was sentenced
to the prison for year and a day. He
applied for parole in June.
| The Kuhn interests are operating in
| Carey act The acreage under seven
of the Kuhn projects amounts to l.
242.532 acres and the projected cost
OF putting the land under water for
| cultivation, according to figures sup
| piled by the Idaho state land depart
ment. will amount to s30,s50,0 ,000.
Bids for the Greeley, Colo, postof
flee will be advertised for at once, ac-
cording to announcement of the su.
pervising architect of the treasury
department at Washington. 1t is an,
uounced also that plans for the Grand
Junction postoffice will be revised to
bring the cost within the appropria.
lion made for the building. The only
,id received so far. $4,000, has been
rejected.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
Dubbs President Of Colorado Bar.

Colorado Springs. = Officers were
elected by the Colorado Bar AS
sociaton as follows: Henry A. Dubbs,
Denver. president; Frank J. Annis,
Fort Collins, vice president; John J
Hendricks, Trinidad. second vice
president; William II. Wadley. Den
yer, secretary-treasurer Mr.. Wadley
was reelected for the fourth consec-
utive time. The selection OF the next
meeting place was left to the execu-
tive committee. A special committee
was authorized to consider the ad-
visibility of establishing an advisory
legislative bureau to whip into shape
bills introduced in the Legislature and
measures initiated
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19

The first break in the Cabinet OF
President Wilson may come in the fall
with the retirement of James c. Nc
Reynolds, of New York and Tennes-
see from the office of attorney gen
eral
All the wars" that have been
fought between labor and capital. all
the efforts that both have made to Sc
cure legislation which would profit
them, and the tangled skein woven
about their relations in the last ten
years are to be investigated by Con
gress.
A bill proposing new homestead
of 1880 acres, providing that, instead
of cultivation, the entryman may sub
stantially improve the land to the
value of $1.2o per acre, and granting
the right to take such lands to cit,-
zens not now eligible to make home
stead entry because of having used it,
has been introduced by Representa-
tive Mondell. He calls it a grazing
homestead and supplemental grazing
entry" and believes Western condi-
tions make it imperative that such
legislation be enacted.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
SUES FOR WIFE'S SHARE
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS OF STRAIT
TON ESTATE is BEGUN.
Mrs. S. G. Kennedy, Of Lead.iile, Says
Dead Mine Maenste Deserted
Her in 1875.

! Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver-The sensational suit
which Mrs. S. G. Kennedy OF Lead
Vile threatened to file a year ago
against the estate of Winfield Scott
Stratton, claiming a widows share OF
the millions he left to charity, and
accusing Stratton OF bigamy. naming
herself his deserted wife, was filed in
the District Court. Eleven year after
the man who made Cripple Creek
famous went TO his grave, leaving as
monument to himself his millions
for building the Myron Stratton home
the skeleton which, If her charges be
true. he had hidden in his closet, is to
be dragged TO light in court.
The suit was brought against the
trustees OF the Stratton estate, Tyson
s. Dimes D. H, Rice and William Len
nox, the Myron Stratton Home, do
mestic corporation not for profit, and
the International Realty Company.
1t asks that Mrs Kennedy be given
a widows share-one half-of Win
field Scott Stratton's estate, valued at
between ss,00000 and s1o.oooooo. and
That after one-half of the estate is
given to Mrs. Kennedy the other half
be used by the trustees without delay
to the extent of 81 ,0O0,O 900 for the pur-
chase of grounds and in erecting. fur
nishing and equipping necessary
buildings for the Myron Stratton
home in accordance with the last will
OF Winfield Scott Stratton. The rest
to be invested in good and sufficient
interest bearing securities, as pro-
vided in the will for the maintenance
of the Myron Strattcn home.
In asking for the last named judg-
ment, she charges the trustees of the
Stratton estate have paid themselves
more than $4,000 0o0 above the real
value of their services as trustees,
and that for several years at least
$4,000, 900 has been available for
the trustees to carry out the provi-
sions OF the Strattou will and build
the Myron Stratton home.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
WASHINGTON.

Representative Hullinss introduced
bill under which farmers, banding
together in an association, may bor-
row from the government money on
farm mortgages.
A bill authorizing the President to
construct a railroad in Alaska and to
mine coal in that territory was intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Poin-
dexter of Washington.
BY unanimous consent the Senate
passed the bill making Oregon lands
withdrawn or classified as oil lands
subject to entry under the home
stead or desert land laws
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion held that the Denver & Rio
Grande railways ownership of the
Utah Fuel Company and its competi-
tfon commercially in interstate coal
markets is in violation OF the commod-
tiles clause of the interstate commerce
law.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
10000 mussuLMANs MURDERED
Stories Of Atrocities by Bulgars Con
firmed by Consul at SaIoniki.

London-The Greek army has oc.
cupied Nevrokop after an engagement
with the Bulgarians. The Bulgariane
were routed Official dispatches re.
port that only 120 out of 1000 inhab
itants of the city of Doxato escaped
the Bulgarian massacre by sword and
fire. Nearly all were women and child,
rem who were brutally treated before
being hacked or burned to death.
Saloniki Turkey.-Full confirma.
tion OF the reported sacking and burn.
ing OF the Macedonian town of Seres
by the fleeing Bulgarian troops and OF
the crucifixion, hacking to death or
burning alive of many inhabitants has
been sent to the Austro-H Hungarian
government by Consul August Kral OF
Saloniki
Another horrifying story of mass.
acre reached here from Doiran, forty
miles to the northwest OF Saloniki
Mussulmans there have made a writ.
ten declaration. countersigned by
three local Bulgarian priests, that the
Eulgarians slaughtered 10000 Mussul
mans who had sought refuge in Dot
ran from the surrounding districts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
HAD SOME WAY TO TRAVEL
Thirsty Man Had Not Thought Of Pos
sibiiities When He Made Con-
tract With Guide.

After North Carolina voted to be .
dry state its citizens became very sus-
picious OF strangers.
One day a commercial traveller went
up to an old negro in a little town in
the eastern part of the state and said
to him:
Say, uncle, II you will lead me to
some place where I can get drink
I'll give you two dollars"
The old darkey looked him carefully
over, accepted the two plunks. and
said: "All right, boss, just foller me-"
He led the thirsty one through the
town, on through the suburbs. into the
country. and then started due west
After they had traversed about f1ve
miles in silence and still nothing In
sight, the man asked:
Look here, Nose! Where are we
going after this drink"
Yves gwine over into Kentucky,
boss; we can't get nuthin' in dis state"
Judge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
FOREIGN.

The Balkan states appear to again
be in the melting pot. There is no
sign of peace at present.
Sylvia Pankhurst was released
from Holloway Jail in London, as the
result of her hunger strike.
NJ. Lepine, ex-prefect of Paris, who
recently retired from that office, was
elected Republican deputy for Mont
lrison.
Reports of revolution and at
tempts against the lives of King Fer
cinand and Premier Daneff are un-
founded.
The greatest military activity pre-
walls at Constantinople, and troops.
artillery and provision conveys are
being brought across the Bosphorus
from Asia Minor.
Heavy fighting is reported all
around kiu-Kiang, province of Kiang-
81, on the Yang Use Kiang, says a
Peking dispatch. The fighting is the
result of the occupation of the city by
northern troops.
decree of divorce was granted at
Munich, Bavaria, to the s2-year-old
Duke Ludwig Of Bavaria against his
second morganatic wife who when
she was ballet girl at the Bavarian
court opera was known as Antonio
Barth.
The sacking and burning OF the
town of Seres by the defeated Bull
sarian army and the accompanying
outrages on women and atrocities on
men were fully confirmed in a dis
patch from a wellknown Greek cor
respondent.
Floods in the Maros- -Tcrda district
of Pennsylvania, Hungary, have caused
the loss of eighty lives, according to
Central News dispatch from Buda-
pest. Fifteen villages have been des-
troyed- In many places the water is
five feet deep.
clossal hotel, the cost of which to-
gether with the value of the site will
approximate $6,250,000, is to be erected
on the ground now occupied by st.
Georges hospital on Constitutional
hill, opposite the entrance to HYDE
park in London.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
COLORADO STATE NEWS

Christian Endeavor at Loveland. will
probably conduct his work from the
inside and not from the outside, as
vas expected. Vanderveen. who took
a leading part in the Loveland meet
ing, was arrested here on a charge
Of passing a bad check. 1t devel-
oped that he had been out on parole
cnly thirty days, during which time
he had so far advanced into the
good graces of the Grand Junction
church people that he was sent to
the Loveland convention as a dele
gate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-19
HENRY LANE WILSON SUM-
mONED BY PRESIDENT TO
WASHINGTON.
INVASION IS FORESEEN
DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES EXPECT
AFTER CONFERENCE.
western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. July II - President
Wilson, after conference with
Secretary Bryan over the latest as-
poets of the Mexican situation, pre-
sented by the inquiries of foreign
powers as to the attitude of the Unit
ed States. ordered Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson at Mexico City to pro
coed to Washington Immediately for a
conference. Ambassador Wilson will
hurry north on either the battleship
Michigan or Louisiana from Vera
Cruz, If any delay would be entailed
by waiting for commercial steamer.
Officials here believe that the almost
total interruption of railroad traffic
between Mexico City and the United
tSates win force the ambassador to
make his trip by water. He is not ex-
pected here before July 23d at the
earliest
1t is believed in official and diplo-
matte circles that an important an
nouncement OF the attitude OF the
United States in the pending situation
will follow the ambassador confer
ence with the President and Secretary
Bryan. Commenting upon the an.
nouncement that Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson had been summoned
from Mexico City to confer with Pres.
ident Wilson regarding the situation
In Mexico. Secretary Bryan said this
step had been in contemplation for
some time.
New York.-On the eve of return
ing to Mexico on the steamer Moro
Castle. Emeterio de la Cara, Jr.
pseudo ambassador Of Mexico to tht
United States, bitterly denounced
President Wilson for his attitude in
persistently refusing to recognize the
Huerta government