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-". ' "r -aj?. ' - T-"l?"v93Tr IT "r s&?;f 'a??3 ' - -7- r 4 ' THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY. JANUARY 5. 1913. SUFFRAGISTS TO FWACTION Women Planning Big Parade Want Use of Pennsylva nia Avenue. SYLVESTER OPPOSES IT Thousands of Dollars to Be Spent in City for Costumes and FloaU. Details of the most beautiful pageant ever staged in America nearlng comple tion and decided opposition on the part of MaJ. Richard SIv ester, superintend ent of police, to granting "permission for the use of Pennsylvania Avenue on March S for its presentation is the quan dary In which the .national suffrage workers find themselves. The women have set their hearts upon giving their supreme demonstration, for which, that it may be a brilliant, a memorable suc cess, they Intend to devote the next two months in tireless contriving on the fa mous thoroughfare of parades Penns I ania Avenue. This pageant is to repre sent a crowning display for jears of work. It Is to take a historic place among great parades held in America, and as a work of women. For this effort the women believe onlj Pennsylvania Avenue, the route along which so many bodies have marched, is fitting. MaJ Silvester, on the other hand, has issued a statement, that he deems it In advisable that the women shall hold their pageant upon the Avenue on March C Any other line of march he Is willing to concede to them, but sas he will not be able to provide them with sufficient police protection to make their use of the Avenue feasible on the day before Inau guration Ail available police strength will b needed, the major points out, for ktcping order on the Avenue during the inaugural parade the following da) That this protection be granted two davs In succession, he stated, would be to Im pose an Impossible burden upon the po lice force. Maj hjlv ester further points out In his statement that the Avenue will be filled with the Influt of Inauguration visitors, villi visiting civic and military bodies, or the daj which the women have clioicn. He also expresses the fear that the event might partake of the 'London methods,' which would mean the inciting to disorder ' and "vvhlcla he Is required to use every means to prevent." D-rij Mllltniicr. Officers of the suffrage committee hav ing the arrangements for the pageant In charge said last night that while they appreciate MaJ fcjh esters reasons for declining to give them the permission re quested, thej btlievc that they will be able to convince htm his objections can be met and arrangements taken to re move all grounds for them They deny that there will be an thing "militant" in their gala week or the least suggestion ' mllitancj" in their pageant, which tlicv plai? to be one of beautv. whose si..i-x -hull . r, nf ennvinrinir loric nml m pj of passion" I v u-ii it Iu.ve decided to fully ex-I tun their case again to MaJ S)Ivester. ' and also to lav it before the board of Commissioners. Several communications have been sent to the Commissioners asking that their requests be granted, and man) more are expected to follow. President James F. Oyster, of the Cham ber of Commerce. Joseph btrasburger. president of the Retail Merchants' Asso ciation, Isaac Gans, Influential official in lKth bodies and chairman of one of the ImiKirtant inaugural committees, togeth er with man) other prominent Washing ton -non and women, are interesting themselves In proccut!ng the women s request To prnl Tlltiuxniifln. Alanv thousands of dollars will bo ex pended in this city bv the tuffrage work ers In staging their great pageant All materials for tosstume. floats, banner, pennant.", and other necessary parapher nalia will be purchased rrom Washington merchants, was announced by Mrs. Ulenna b Tinnin, chairman of the com mittee on the pageant, who spent yes terday with members of her committee submerged in a sea of figures and ten tative estimates of needed supplies. Here are some of the estimates arrived at by the preliminary work of the com mittee Materials for more than LC0S rich medieval costumes for the actors in the pageant will be required, hundreds of caps and gowns will be purchased for the several contingents of college women vao will march, nundreds of banners, material for the construction of twenty- five beautiful float", and a few hundred horses for the floats and the several liodies of horsewomen will be rented for the occasion Another Item of expenditure that will be an unusually large one Is that of printing. As the pageant Is to be in the nature of a culmination, a crowning of all that has gone before, officers of the t'ongresslonal committee and leading women suffrage workers from all over the nation vfant tu have as man) of their rank and llle present as possible. The pageant is to be a celebration of triumph, an announcement by the women that the) believe the time is near when all over these 1'nlttd States the ballot will be given them, and It is to represent their pledge to use the ballot for progress and welfare of their country. AH true suffragists will come to Wash ington and witness the pageant, mem bers of the committee believe. This will mean an Influx of many dollars. The women visitors, it was explained, spend more freely than the men. They like nothing so well us to' go shopping In a strange town. and. it Is pointed out. that with the advantages offered for parting with all unnecessar) change b) this city's many up-to-the-minute marts, an unusual amount of business should be done. Most of the suffragists who come to witness the pageant are expected to stay throughout Inauguration week, and for such the committee will plan many entertainments. Among th prominent women suffra gists who are to participate are Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, or New York Clt), president of the International Suffrage Association, the Rev. Dr. Anna Shaw, of New York, president of the Natlnaal Association for Wom.ui Suffrage. lma Jane Addams, of Chicago, and Mrs. James Lees Laldlaw, of New York City, auditor of the National Association for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Richard Y. Fitz gerald, of New York City, recording sec retary of the National Association. Additions and new committees an nounced jesterday were: Women voters. Mrs. Stella McCalla. .California: Austra lians, Mrs. Leslie Street. Australia; Art iste, Mrs Irving Moller. and Mr. and Mrs. Julius Knhnnew members on the advisory committee. BERGD0LL REFUSED LICENSE. Philadelphia. Jan. 4. The sensation al and law-defying career of Grover C BergdolL the )oung aulomobillst and aviator. Is at an end for the present as far as the State of Pennsylvania Is con cerned, as he was to-day refused a. 11- i cense to drive a motor car during; the.) 5 ear 1913 by the State Highway Com- jnismoaer at iiarriaourg. KEPT SECRET TWO YEARS. Mr. nnd -Sir. Kd.iTard G. Ivahlrrt Announce' Their Mjirrlnc-c. A surprise was sprung yesterday with the announcement, that the marriage of Edward G. Kahlert' and Miss Anna S. Cammock took place over two years ago In Wilmington. Del. Their friends bad not known of their being married. TIr. Kahlert Is the owner, of one of the stores of the O Street market, and both he and Mrs. Kahlert are from well known Washington families. Before their marriage Mrs. Kahlert's parents died, leaving her practically on her own resources. She entered the mall bag department of the post-office. Some time ago some one Interested himself In the affair, and Investigating the will, found that the woman was due a large sum of money that she had never col lected. It turned out that her share of the estate was about 1230,000. Democrats Yield to Republi can in Capitol Arrange ments for Inauguration. Senator W'intbrop Murrav Crane ol Massachusetts jesterday was unanl mously selected chairman of the Senate Committee which will have charge of the arrangements at the Capitol for the j inauguration or rresiaent-eiect vvuson. Senators Bacon of Georgia and Martin of Virginia, will serve on the committee. The Democrats graciouslj I elded the honor to the Republicans, and everybody agreed that Mr. Crane, who is going out of the Senate on March 4. voluntarily, should arrange for the new Democratic -administration. Senator Crane's most Important duty will be to ride In the carriage with the Resident and President-elect from the White House to the Capitol on the day of the Inauguration and to etcort the President-elect cut of the Capitol Build ing through the great east door and out upon the platform at the east front, where the Chief Justice will administer the oath of office. Senator Crane will also be compelled to wear a silk hat Fund It cache. ln,znS. The total subscriptions announced by Chairman Thorn, of the finance commit tee, were JO.Ki The new subscriptions received were M, Goldenberg. JjOO. Z. D Oilman. S10: J. Maurj Dove Co. $50. Er nest G Thompson. $10. Klojd E. Davis, J100. James K. Oj'ter. SlOO, W F Ham, $1(0, P J Nee, J1G0. fred Drew. JWO. J. Eris Howell. J100. Berrj & Whitmore Companj. S150. E Gerstenberg. SoO. Adam Weschler. J100. I P May Hardware Companj. J100. William P Lipscomb & 50. William H West. J100. C. C. Calhoun. SK0. James M. Green. JOOO, George P. Eustls. J1.000 MaJ. Grn Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the arm) and grand marshal and chairman of the committee on military organizations of the Inaugural parade. announced that the following would com prie his staff Col. Edwin St. John Greble. vice chairman of the committee en military organizations. Co It. T. Al len chief of staff. Col II C. Hodges, Jr. adjutant general. Lieut. John C II Lee. Engineer Corps, secretary; MaJ. Gen W. W. W'otherspoon. commander of the regular army division. Including the West Point cadets. Brig Gen Mills, marshal of the mllltla division. The committee on medals and badges was announced )csterday as follows: Richard N. Brooke, chairman. William P. Silva. Henry K. Bush-Brown. Mitchell Carroll. William B Closson. Henry E Cooper, E P. Reelde, and John Jo) Ed son Local transportation J. M. Stoddard, chairman. K. S Marlow. Dean Caldwell. William F. Downey. Carl Burgdoff. G B. Van Ness. George It) an. Jr.. K. F. Barker. Benjamin Woodruff, J. II Hanna. J T Moffat, A L. Cllne, J. Flckllng. A C. feteinbrenncr. and W. M. Woodward Additional members on reviewing stands are George Peck, R. C Balderson. wade II. Cooper. D. B Edmonston. Hugh O'Donnell, J. Wllmer Latimer. P. J. O'Connor. Col Robert L. Montague. Public comfort George F. Zeh. MYSTIalwluiOUNDS DEATH OF WIDOW Mrs. Bertha Shaffer, of Somerset, Pa., ' Found Dead in Bedroom ' of Home. Somerset, Pa . Jan. 4. The city Is In a fever of excitement over the mjstcrj" surrounding the death of Mrs. Bertha Shaffer, a widow of forty and of unusual beauty, whose body was found In the bedroom of her .splendid home In West man Street thls'afternoon The county authorities are putting forth every effort to ascertain whether Mrs Shaffer was murdered or whether she was the victim of poison. It was developed at the In quest that Mrs. Miaffer hsd died of uraemic convulsions, but the coroner's Jur) declines to furnish any further In formation at present, Mrs. Shaffer was-a. prominent figure In society and active In philanthropic works In this vicinity. Four )ears ago she was divorced from Dr. Perr) F. ShafTer. and recently she was made defendant In a SS.0O) damage .suit filed by Mrs. Helen Bailey on the charge of alienating the anect'ons or ner nusoano. Aiovn "aie;. bodr "... M? ."V r,a? ure&eeu. wa. iunu vn wnj ,w w .,u bedroom Her bedroom gave evidence of a struggle. Chairs were overturned and bric-a-brac scattered around the room as though displaced from their po sitions on the mantel by persons scur (line-, ft Is thought by some that the "woman was the victim of thieves, as she was the owner of much Jewelry and al a)s kept It, together with considerable money. In her home. Edward "Homer, a neighbor, told the coroner that ho heard a woman scream' Ing In the Shaffer house soma time after midnight. He did not go over to" make an) Inquiries, as he was not on the best of terms with Mrs Shaffer. Dr. Shaffer Is now a resident of York, Pa., nnd at present Is believed to be motoring with a party of friends In the South. ' Five Killed In Boston, Boston. Jan. 4. A slxt) -mlle-an-hour gale swept Boston and the Atlantic Coast at da) break to-day. Serious dam age was reported from many quarters. Grave fears were felt for vessels at sea and the" United States revenue cutters are out to render aid. Electric light. telephone, and telegraph service wa.M crippled. The streets were strewn with broken branches of trees. Five persons were killed In Greater Boston by falling branches or signs. Several horses were electrocuted by live wires and one horse killed by a superinduced current from a heavily charged pole. The barometer dropped to ZSJU. the lowest recorded In forty years. The schooner Monitor. bound from Quero with halibut. Is on the rocks on the northerly side of Five Pound 'island. Gloucester. RYANipDER Her Screams Bring Husband to Cellar as Negro Makes ' His Escape. While descecdlng a stairway to the cellar of her home. Mrs. Frederick Har old, thirty-seven Jears old, of 47 Qulncy Street Northwest, was attacked and choked by a negro lntruder.i-who escaped as the woman's husband ran to her aid esterday afternoon. Mrs. Harold screamed so loudly that her cries were heard by her husband, who was on the third floor. Hearing the footsteps of the husband, the negro threw Mrs. Harold against the wall and ran. The husband, after searching the rooms on the first floor, descended to the cellar and found his wife uncon scious at the foot of the stairway. The husband saw the street door to ie ceiiar open ami ran me street. He could see no one in either direction. He returned to his wife and carried her to a bed A physician who was sum moned found Mrs. Harold suffering from acute nervous shock. Because of the fact that the DLlncl Is still aroused over the recent attack made on Mrs. Adelaide Grant by the negro, Nathaniel Green, who Is now aualtfng trial on a charge that probably will mean a death sentence, police of ficials are making every possible effort to apprehend the negro, who attacked Mrs. Harold. BLOW OUT SIDE OF JAIL Uarsclnr Lrrn Nltro-iclycerlne to Effect Kaonpe. Cedar Rapids. Jan. 4. One man was killed and another Injured to-day In an attempted Jail delivery. In which nitro glycerins was used by convicts In the Linn County Jail, at Marlon, near here. The dead man. Patrolman John Collins, was shot In a fight inside the Jail. It Is believed he was struck by a bullet fired by a brother-officer, as nol weapon was found oh an) of the prisoners. An othc Policeman. Obsrles Glllln. was shot through the hand The attempt at escape was made by Harvey Lee, awaiting trial for bank rob ber)-, with a small bottle of nltrogljcer- Ine. Lee blew off the door of his cell, then blew a hole through the outer wall of the Jail. Sheriff John Ives heard the explosion, and with a revolver held Lee back. Policemen attempted to seize Lee, who threatened to throw a bottle which be said contained nltrogljcerlne. The police began shooting LECTURE ON MOZART TOART SOCIETY Daniel Gregory Mason Gives Third of a Series of Talks on Masters. Daniel Gregory Mason gave the third of his series of live lectures on "The Great Masters of Music." under the aus pices of the Washington Society of Fine Arts, in the assembly hall of the New National Museum last night Mozart was the great master considered. Mr. Mason opened his lecture with a few remarks on the problems of art in general. "The artist's problem." he said, "Is alwa)S to hit the happ) medium be tween the too easily understood, the ob vious, and the eccentric or stimulating In his effort he seeks, as a corrective for the too obvious. Irregularity or dis order, a spice, variety, the stimulation of Interest." In music the chief Opes of variet) arc rh)thm!c devices, such as sjneopatlun and shifted rh)thm: harmonic -Aurlet). such as modulation and the kal. Idosco plc play of Intervals He ul.-o spoke of the relation of IIa)dn to Mozart llaxln who was Mozart's senior u twents-four Jears. had brought music to the point of irrcgularit). that prepared It for the kind of subtle instinct, sense of beauty, and dellcac) of perception that Mozart pre-emlnentl) possessed He spoke of their Influence upon each other, of Mo zart's debt to Ha)dn in structural form, of Ha)dn's debt to Mozart In finish and wealth of detail Ha)dn learned from Mozart "a rounder phrase, a richer harmonization, a fuller command of the orchestra Mozart learned from Ha)dn a wider range of structure, gravity, and dignity of ex picsIon" But Mozart, far the greater genius of the two. added the wealth of luxuri tnt .maginatin to tne outline which he Inherited from the elder man. Mr. Mason gave a brief resume of Mozart's life; spoke of his delicate ph) slcal and mental organization; of his ex traordinary precoclt); of the marvelous correctness of his ear. He dwelt upon the duality of the man and the musician. Mozart. The musician was a seer of visions, a prophet: the man wns com monplace, uninteresting, not studious. not thoughtful, but convivial. No beauty of rhvthm or melody of narmomous modulation escapes Mr. Mason, and he has a 4iappy homely Il lustration to Illuminate each detail. Ills last Illustration was the first .movement f the G Minor Sjmphony. In which he called attention to the high contrast between tne second and first themes, the transitions, usually new melodies; Mozart's avoidance of the emptiness of Hajdns subsidiary themes. Hajdns themes were more or less perfunctory. The working out of Mozart's themes were more masterly, and of greater variety and resourcefulness I" summing up. Mr. Maso ason said ..that perfection or structural form, combined witn melodic nenness and suave diction, wealth of detail, elegance and polish. without sign of labor, but full of a fresh spontaneity, distinguished Mozart's mu sic The fourth lecture of the series will be given by Mr. Mason February 1. on tne fcariy vvorxs of Beethoven." SAVES BABY'S LIFE. Interne niovva In Infant' Mouth fur 3Iore Than Hoar. New York. Jan. 4 After the family phjficlan had given up for dead the new-born girl baby of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rafetz, of S3 East HJth Street Thursday night. It became known to day. Dr. Harry 'Fried, a Joung Interne In the Suydenham Hospital, brought the child to life after blowing his breath Into Its mouth tor more than an hour. The baby had been born more than an hour, and had given noslgns of life, when Dr. Fried answered the desperate call.ofthe half-crazed father. Th Voting interne worked more ihafi an hour- andc then announced that the child was dead, and nothing could be done. The- grief of the father and mother was so great that, tired as he- was, the young physician renewed his efforts to save the baby, This time he tried new tactics. !S began blowing his breath In the child's mquth and nostrils. After nearly an hour the little one's eyelids began to flutter and It gave a cry. The baby is reported to be & normal child la livery respect, and Is now thriving. $70,000 BAIL FttE RYAN. iSJMflMi'! Kft'3'fc.M. iH JOHN F. UVA., President of the International Associa tion nf Tit-Ma anrt structural Ironnnrk- ers convicted with thirty-two more la bor leaders, of Indianapolis, of dyna miting outrages, whose ball has been fixed at STO,000. Judge F. Ef Baker, of the United States Circuit Court. In de ciding that the dynamiters, who are now In the Federal penitentiary at Leaven worth, should be admitted to ball on a writ of supersedeas granted by the court, fixed the amount of ball at 110,000 for each year that the labor men were sentenced. .Ryan's sentence, the longest term of all. Is seven jears. Continued from pace one. at the mass meeting, and copies of the resolutions will be sent to those most Hkel) to be Interested. The plans of the District Commis sioners have not-been made known, but it was said reliably last night that they will prepare a' police regulation which will be of such character as tq re mind ever) Mar) land automobile owner or driver that speeds or backs or skldj into any little dcv'atlon from tne lhs irlef ruls to aovern traffic that the DiS' trlct Is the guy that put the sense In license It Is raid the Commissioners have re eivei lettent from some of the most In fluential citizens of the Capital, urging retaliatlve action b) the District against Marvl.ind These citizen-. It is rciatea, have st forth their reasons, personal and generak for their requests. Outlook U Urlshl. Wlthsviiat the motorists, as residents of the Capltul, can do, and what the District Commissioners, as omciais. can do. the outlook I" brighter for District motorists who use the not over good roads of Mar) land Therefore, this ad vice from a prominent motorist of the District Is worth) of notice -DUIrlct motorU. do not buy jour Maryland license yet. Wall "" thlnar la Rolng to happen. Keep your money, and don't let the Man land offl rlals have It. In n Utile while yon enn get yoat iieenae in a pniprr - and at a proper price. Ttt ajl of lhoe wnja of setting; nt Maryland Ihere wn ndded laat nlsht n vvnrd about the asllntlon for n road nny from Wnnhlaxton to tielOaborar as n memorial to I Ineoln, Inatead of a monument on the Mall. n approved by the Lincoln Memorial Commlaalon. Maryland ConKreaamen aome of lliera anil Mnrjland cltUena aome of tkem want the rnodnny berauar part of It ould be In Mar) land. I.aushter la nil the ananer that Is civ en Marlanden who want that rond In their Male by persona who know r rondwaj law a. WOULD DIVORCE ACTOR. Wife nf Ur Wtill Hopper llrlDC" e- llnn III New lork t ourt. New York. Jan 4 Mrs. Ellen Be gen Hopper, known to the stage as Nella Hi rgeii. began an action for absolute divorce against l)e Wolf Hopper, the comlt opera star, to-da) before Su premo Court Justice Scudder. In the Nassau Count) Court. The bill of par ticulars was signed l John F. Craven, who made affidavit that Hopper com mitted indiscretions while In his coin pan) In Jul) last. No children have re sulted from the marriage, and Mrs. Hop per asks for no alimony. No defense was Interposed by the comedian. Jus tice Scudder reserved decision. Mrs Ellen Bergen Hopper Is the fourth wife of De Wolf Hopper. He mar ried his first wife In Ohio, before he entered upon his stage career, but was later divorced, and married Ida jiosner, a member of the old McCnll Opera Com tutnv. of which Horner was leading roan. Another divorce verdict made It possible for Hopper to marry the diminutive Edna Wallace, At this time it was be lieved, he was engaged to Delia Fox. Edna Wallace Hopper fled her husband's company while they were piaiing in rvmitan." and was granted a divorce Veil Tterren was named as co-respond ent- She was.tho divorced wife of JamesJ Bergen, an aclor. She and Hopper were married on October i 1S99. RUN DOWN BY AUTO; MAY DIE IK HOSPITAL Edward Dick, Fifty-two Yean Old, Struck by Anto Dri-en by Howard P; Jones. Edward Dick, fifty-two ears old, of 61S Florence Street Northeast, was run down and probably fatally crushed b) an auto driven-4 by, Howard P. Jones while crossing the street at Maryland Avenue and Fourteenth Street North east shortly after 7b'cIock last night. Jones believed the aged man wari md when he picked up his uncon sclous form, placed htm in the auto and started for Casualty Hospital. Physicians soon ascertained that Dick's most serious Injury Is a fracture of the skull. Dick's'leftnce wasbadly cut and the entire leg Is bruised. His left arm Is lacerated and ctntused and he sustained Injuries to thei back, although It is be lieved he escaped Internal-injuries. He had not regained consclbusness at a late hour. Dick Is said to be blind In one e) c. Jones, who lives in Wine AvenueHy attsville. Md, told the ..police of the Ninth precinct tliat he cculd not aye Id the accident. - Wooley Ite-nounrra "Irrn." Battle"' Creek. Mich.. Jan. l John G. Woolev. In 1900 Prohibition candidate for the Presidency, residing at the Battle Lrrec.K7 Banaiunum, aiaira- iumiot mat lie f - rcivvinced the Prohibition party because It had proved Jtseir. to be useless. He points out that the peoplehave. In cam paign after campaign, clearly determined thnti thev do not Care to 'deal with the Hqueriquestion through a national pro-' iilbiuon lav. , - . RESCUED SEAMEN NOW NUMBER 14 Continued from pace one, Pennsylvania hove in sight I called to him. but he was gone. "We were six hours .In that rireinc But there were men on the Pennsylvania, When they saw our signals of distress they put away In small boats. In spite of the tremendous seas. The boats would get near -us and then be carried fifty feet In the air on the crest of a wave and lost to sight, but those men stuck and took every one of us off. First Officer Hunt was unconscious when they reached him. He had been hanging to the rigging with ones "hand and holding an unconscious man on his perch with the other.' The Indrakuala Is commanded by Capt, Smith. The steamer Columbia, of the Delaware River Transportation Company, put Into Trtnton this afternoon twenty hours late from Philadelphia, after a wild night on tht Delaware River. She was buffeted about tor ten hours and several times nearly capsized. She carried, besides her crew, eight passengers, fourof whom were women. Several cities report to-night that street railway traffic and wire communi cation, crippled by last nights storm, have not yet been restored. At Roches ter, N, Y., telegrams were sent to their addresses by special delivery mall. Rochester reports two deaths. George Lelss. eighty-two jears old. having frozen to death In a snow bank and a broken electric light wire killing n Ital- icn laborer. A faint wireless message s picked un lata to-day at Newport from light ship K. oft Nantucket. Shoals, sajlng that she had weathered the worst, storm of muv seasons. Her wireless operators had been unable to reach their station on the deck since Friday evening on ac count of the waves dashing over It The steamer Plymouth reached lew- port to-day more than six hours late. and the steamer Providence was com pelled to remain there all night, sending her passengers to New York by special train. PEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF CONGRESSIONAL PARTY f ON THE PANAMA RELIEVED Fears for the safety of the Congres sional party returning from Panama on the steamship Panama, which sailed last Thursday from the Isthmus, were re lieved )esterday when It was learned that Friday's hurricane did not extend further south than Cape Hatteras. Thirty members of Congress and their families are aboard the Panama. Among the passengers are Mrs. Clark and Miss Genevieve Clark, wife and daughter of the Speaker of the House. Senator Ken son and w'fe of Iowa, Representative Pepper of that State, and Representative Hammond of Minnesota are also aboard the Panama Earl) )esterda) friends and relatives of members of the Congress party began to express concern over the safety of the Panama, fear being expressed that the steamer was In the path of yester days storm. Inquiries as to the location of the steamer were made at the offices of the Isthmian Canal Commission In this clt) Attempts w'erc made to get Into wireless communication with the Panama, but without result This was not regarded as significant by the officials, who said that the Panama would not be within the range of the wireless instruments until to-day. At the offices of the commission the statement was made that there was no cause for alarm In the failure to receive a re sponse to the wireless calls. Inquiries made at the Navy Department and Weather Bureau b) persons Interested brought forth the Information that Fri day's storm did not reach the lanes to be traversed by the Panama on Its northbound trip. BRITISH STEAMER RAMS BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA Norfolk. Va Jan. 4 Becoming un manageable In the terrific storm that wept this const last night and to-day, the British steamer Fife collided with the battleship South Carolina in Hamp ton Roads early this morning. The Fife had several of her plates and a portion of her railing torn away. The South Carolina sustained slight damage to the davits supporting her lifeboats and had some paint rubbed off her sides. The Fife, after her encounter with the battleship, continued to drift help leas nruund In Hampton Roads. She came near striking the battleship Mich igan. The schooner Bessie Whiting is re Dorted in distress near Hatteras and several unknown vessels are said to be In need of assistance In the vicinity of False Cape. GALE SWEEPS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VLos Angeles, Cal. Jan. 4. A thirty- four-mile gale, the severest known here In sixteen ears, swept over Southern California to-day doing considerable damage to the gfowing crops, and causing a practical cessation of shipping along the coast. About Los Angeles It took the form of a sev ere sandstorm, and the sky was darkened throughout the day with clouds of dust and sand. Trees were uprooted, and several frame build ings blown down. 1 he princlpil damage to the fruit crops was to the oranges, the high wind be ing gji;ral throughout the whole of the citrus belt. The effect, aside from knocking much of the fruit from the 'trees, has been to bruise the oranges, which will have the result of reducing the grade. The dam age cannot "be estimated before the! oranges are picked and graded preparu-j tory to packing. I Amerlka Fast Acroand. New YorlC Jan. 4. The Hamburg American liner Amerlka. with SOo pas sengers and a crew of 500 aboard, j-an aground this morning off Stat en Island on account of low tide, and Is still fast in the mud. Capt. Knuth had hoped to float his boat with the high tide early to-night . but the big ship did not move. The tide in New York Bay to-day was the lowest fh thirty years, following the record-breaking tide of the day before. which sent huge, combers over the w all at Battery Park. CASTRO FAILS TO SAIL FOR HAMBURG AS HE PLANNED New Tork. Jan. 4. CIprlano Castro, former President of Venezuela, did not sail for Hamburg to-day, as he . had planned, but. Instead, Is still In his quar ters on Ellis Island, pending a. hearing on a writ of habeas, corpus Issued to day and returnable next Monday. v At that time Castro's attorney. George Gor don Battle, will aslr for ball pending a hearing on a supplementary order Issued by the Federal court, and. If it Is granted. Castro will. In all probability, be permitted to land on American soil. The order for next Friday Is directed against the Immigration authorities, and they are cited to show cause why Cas tro Is being detained. Castro s attorney. Mr. Battle, ques- tions the legality of excluding-.Gen. Cos- T tte. BURNED CHILD DIES. " I.lttle fuicr Scoann, Still Clasping Dolly, 'Brestkn Her I-oat Clasping In her tiny arms a cloth doll baby which Santa Claus had brought her or. Christmas Day; little Lucy Scognfi, four jears old. who was burned whlla playing in the kitchen of her parents home at COS Maryland Avenue Southwest shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday morz Ing. breathed her last shortly arter ( o'clock last night In the Children's Hos pital. i Although suffering from excruciating pains, the, child retained consciousness until th last and smiled in recognition -when her father and mother leaned over the cot and spoke her name. The child was burned while plajlng by the range In the kitchen, of her home. Her mother had Just gone upstairs to lattend some household duties when a Ecreani huw ujo Kin c&uaeu uie motner to run down the steps. The child had stuck a piece of paper In the fire In the stove and withdrawn the Improvised torch. Her dress was Ignited, and shs was covered with flames In a few min utes. s Mrs. Scogna could not smother the lira until the child had been fatally burned. Dr. Benjamin Newhouse responded In an ambulance to a call sent to Emergeno Hospital, and the girl was removed to the Institution without delay. .First-aid remedies were applied and the little pa tient was then removed to the Children's Hospital. Death occurred about seven hours after the child was burned. WILSON'S WORKDAY LASTS FIVE HOURS Pats in Time on Letters and Docu ments of State and Then -Takes Long Walk. Princeton. N. J . Jan. L President-elect Wilson to-day worked away In his study fcr Ave consecutive hours on letters and documents of state, and then swung out Into the open air for a brisk hour's exer cise.. He was not disturbed by callers throughout the day and felt relieved that he had been able to do a little quiet work by himself. . The Governor walked vigorously. He stopped here and there to greet friends, called at the post-office to mall some let ters, and hiked out to the outsk'rts of town. On the way back he directed hit course through the university of which he was for so many years the head. It was apparent that the old scenes were very dear to him. "How I wish I'Md been an architect." he exclaimed once, as he cast his eye over the beautiful architectural scheme of the university, said to be unparalleled on this side of the ocean. That Is native stone over there .' he said, as he pointed with his cane to Cuy ler Hall, being erected In memory of Cor nelius C Cu)Ier. T). a clarsmatc of Gov. Wilson's, killed In an automobile acci dent In France two ) ears ago. The President-elect explained thje construction and purposes of all the buildings to the corre spondents who walked with him "It has been said that the buildings of Princeton are planned for fifty )ears ahead." one of the correspondents asked him. Yes," replied the Governor enthusias tically, "that's true, as I helped to plan them m)self" I On the way home the Governor dropped j In at a hardware store. He Imisted that the other patrons be watted on ahead of ( him Then he bought a ball cf twine for household use tried It to see If it was strong, and continued on his Journey. The President-elect will spend to-mor-rcw at home Recover Miner' Bodlca. I Joplin. Mo. Jan. 4. The bodies of the three miners who were burled beneath) a hundred tons of debris In the Im- pcrlal zJInc Mine when they were trap ped Just as a charge of dynamite was going off. were recovered early tq-day. All were crushed bejoud recognition. The men had prepared thirty-five charges of dynamite and had given the signal to be hoisted up when the hoist ing machine!-) broke. Before the hoist could be lowered the dynamite went off. V simple iturhmrat for a rtano to retnt mm nf a miule bonk bttc; blovn about bj a tuttte j ins teen pilnitca tiy an uuloan .UolAV SIMm ftmOMFlM Announces Special January Reductions in Craftsman-Made , Furniture and FurnishiigsT The products of the Craftsman Shops arjorth one hundred cents on the dollar at any season of the j ear. But now that the holiday btisine'ss is over, we wish to reduce our stocks. To accojripHsh this a quickly as possible, we offer the following- special reductions: f . Our entire stock of Rugs and Curtains has been reduced 10 to 23 pjfr cent. l ' All CraftsmanyFurniture and Willow Fur niture the fWst examples of the old-time craftsman icU&ls of earnest and thorough work manship jjfre offered at from 10 to 25 per cent - off reguljfr prices. x handsome assortment of Electric Table Lamjis, in iriany unique 25 to -50 per cent from f - ij viaiisuuuiuiuici u 1512 H SllN. W., WasWngton 29 West 3Hth St, New York FIANCEE IS LEFT AUTOAND$25,OG0 Washington Girl, Separated by Death from Suiter, Is , Remembered in WOL NO COMFORT IN LEGACY Intended Bride of Ckarles W. Muuuag Gets Handsome Beqsest from Los Angeles Resident A CS,0OQ life Insurance policy and K.O0O motor car are the solaces that Charles W. Manning, who died recently In Los Angeles, left pretty Miss Letty Feathers ton, twenty-year-old daughter of Nathaniel F. FeatherstOn. paymaster of the Internal revenue service, and the Intended bride of Manning, who was ex pected to come to Washington this week and be married. At her borne. 10O5 C Street 'Kortheast. Miss Featherston. whose father Is a member of an old Vriginla family. Is nursing her sorrow, with little comfort in the legacy that her lover's death had brought her. She met him when she was Just sweet sixteen, while she was vis iting friends In North Carolina, his boy hood home. He was In the navy then, and Just ten jears older than his sweet heart, and their pretty love story, so grimly ended now, held all the romance that youth, with Its hope and beauty, amd the splendid duty of the navy, with Its call to far-off tea and Its-cruel sep arations, and Its heroic opportunities can give. Serer Got Ovtr It. He was handsome, too a fine figure of a man. He and Letty Featherston. with her dark e)es and hair and winning smile and winsome ways, fell In love at once and never got over It. even when death separated them forever. Probably that Is why Miss Featherston would not talk of the matter. The will by which Manning bequeathed her a. for tune was died In Los Angeles, where be had recently made his home and where he was stricken with a sudden and fatal attack of appendicitis. According to re ports from Los Angeles, Manning be queathed SS.000 and the motor car to Miss Featherston and 5.000 to his sister. Mis Helen Manning, In New York. Mr. Manning had a life that was all romance. He left his heme in North Carolina when he was only seventeen )ears old and went West. After various fortunes, he went Into the automobile business. In which he amassed consider able property. Hnllatrd In Nav). Then he enlisted In the navy, and on the big battleship of the fleets traveled Into all four corners of the world. He succeeded In the navy as he had suc ceeded in business. He worked and watched and studied. He became a pettv officer and was steadily promoted. He was ambitious, and h's ambition turned to medicine Finally it called him out of the navy, which he left In 19uS, in tending to stuay for the medical profes sion with the purpose of returning to the service with a commission as surgeon. In order to maintain himself while he studied, he established his automobile business In Los Angeles, and to the property he had when he left the navy li added until his estate was worth nearly 176.006. earrh Ralna for Bodies. Chicago. Jan 4 Firemen and policv to-day searched the ruins of the home of Mrs. Margaret Broad for the body of the woman and her twb-year-old son George. Mrs. Broid and her child were burned to death when the house was set afire by George and his brother Stanle) It Is believed the children were plaln:r with matches. Mrs. Broad left them alone a few minutes. When she re turned the house was In flames Neigh bors rescued Stanley and made valiant efforts to save the others. designs, will be sold at off regular prices. Manufacturer 01 Craftsman Furniture & Furnishings jfrfsB Han.if , nl ) . ; - i .iV -ff' - 3jr-i.j&-3aT y-i.j z&&2m838iaz .v3ieXOi'&i - vJl'-5JL.',v.y.t,''' 'i-4rjav.f--'. fif -S.iSo2L5ilr "S"'-