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S&5" , "nner'f WrmfcffTf mff m THE WASHINGTON HERAED. V3EDITESDAY, JANUA11Y 15, 1913. iLansfaoreh&Bro.l WILSON DENIES I 420 to 430 7th St. 1 1 117 f n 191; fith st 1 Iro. 420 to 430 7th St. 417 to 425 8th St. gora Skirt Braid Black and Colors, 5-yd. Pieces. Three for 25c Other Notions Specially Priced 10c large 1 foi .... U Crowle) s Blue Label C Needles papers for. ..... - Veedlcs all sizes: E for ... OC Hair .Nets. ItU 5c Basting Cotton, 5 spools for . Hair Nets. extra S needle Il-o. elastic of Hose Sup- 17c Odds and Ends porters. 25c and 10c allies. special pair . Mocking Feet, black and OC white t pairs for Wl. Collar Binds, best made, 6 for 25c Self-adjusting Hair Nets. Ofl each . vl. DEAL IN MAINE President-elect Not Party to Scheme to Elect Progres sive Republican. STANDS BY GARDNER Governor Sends Second Menage to New Jersey Legislature, Urging Prompt State Legislation. CHASE'S SCHUBERT PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS Wi Beat Pliyir Piiass for 25 pir Qoirtir. MUSIC FREE I"aTC &9fTPT n 1 money V? v If EH " Y i me ar; A before ySW you VVAIiL not II III after. IB HH H Jo. nail Chase. ' "I NEED NINE HOUKS' SLEEP," SAYS WILSON Trenton. V J Jan 14 'I need nine hours of uninterrupted sleep ever) twcnt)-four hours." said President-elect Wilson to a re porter to-day. If I fail to get that much sleep" the President-elect volun teered -I don't feel half right. Sometimes I think that mj men tal machlner doesn t net with that precision which it should whenever I have failed to get ray regular amount of sleep " Do tou contemplate getting nine hours of uninterrupted sleep everv night while )ou are Presi dent'" the reporter asked The question seemed to site the President-elect a shock If I don t Bet as much sleep in the W hlte House as I need," he replied 1 11 know the reason wh) and put a stop to it " SPECIAL FOR TUESDAY ONLY! new I prlclit IMnno guaranteed. 100 taitlit hanriftttme nevv K-Ila)rr I'lauo, S27r; rash: handnome new Uahy Grand. 300 ranh. Lowest prices and monthlv terms In the clt. W manufac ture You sae the agents profit und expense -e Mr Chase be fore jou bu a piano JOSEPH HALL CHASE PIANO CO., TM1T . ST. .. v.. 1U3S TTII ST. . W. SeTenth street store Open Every .1 enug. Street store Open Saturday Evening. Give V otre in licraM s $3 000 Contest. Waiscoats up P "Opportunities" Our Semi-annual Clearance Crusade is responsible for these cry radical reductions timel for jour needs S14.75 S18.75 ..S1.90 .52.45. ..1.00 .1.65 . .51.90 7n up to SI 50 ... 0 Manhattan CI IE 0 Mann ittan CI AQ ;si.88 82.45 73c Neck- OC jju Itroken lots of lats, up to $3 50 Soft Hats up i ml of , S1.60 LOUIS HIRSH 912 F Street N. W. MEN'S SMART FURNISHINGS The shop that sells the cleverest of men a uxings xor less. M. LEVITAN & CO. 3044 UTII ST. ST. V. We give Herald res.000 cnntut vntea. Call up Main 1419 for All Kinds of Printing Supplies. J. W. JORDAN 6Z3 D Street N. W. W. Gltw Veto Tb. UtraU. CU OaaUtL For the beat in photographic auppllea aee THE KAMERA MAN W. J. KROySE, && DOS O st. 3V, . w. We clre Ilcrald 835,000 contest Totea- Princeton. X. J , Jan It. President elect Wilson contrary to reports from Washington, lias not pen his indorse ment to an) plans for the election of a Progressive Republican as United States senator from Maine, the Democrats to combine with the Bull Moose Legislature with that end in view. Moreover, the President-elect has not agreed to an such plan in an) of the other doubtful States like New Hampshire, Illinois, and South Dakota Gov Wilson's desire is to have Democrats elected to the United Mates benate wherever that Is possible. He expressed himself cmphatlcall) on this point to-da). when his attention was called to the alleged deal in Maine, where, according to rumor Senator Oba diah Gardner was to have been sacrificed by the Democrats in favor of somo pro gressive who would agree to support Gov Wilsonts policies Indeed, Sena tor Gardner is coming here for a con ference with the President-elect to morrow, and he will then bo told that the President-elect hopes the Democrats In Maine will stand by him to the end, win or lose. "The only thing In which I am in terested in any State lr a similar situa tion," said the President-elect to-day, .s the election of a Democrat. So far as I have Interested myself In the situation in Maine it has been In behalf of Oba diah Gardner for Senator I hope that progressive Democrats will be elected In all tne Sta'es." Confer nrlth Sanlsbnry. The President-elect to-day held a con ference with Willard It Saulsbur), who, according to report, stands the best chance of winning out in the tight for United States Senator In Delaware. Mr Saulsbur) said the Democrats In th Delaware Legislature have six votes to spare on joint ballot. The caucus will be held next Monda, and the legislative vote w'll be taken a week from next ednc--daj Mr SauHburv sa the op position seems to be centering its efforts on keeping a sufficient number of votes awav from the caucus to prevent hii selection, but he has reason to believe this scheme will not prove successful The Prcident-elect was asked bv the correspondents what he meant bv the statement in Mis . liicaco speech that h would surround hrmelf bj progressives fena oni progressives when he assumed the Pretidencj whether he meant Dem- ccratlc progressives or Progressives of anj partv "To tell the truth." he answered, "1 arr alwavs surprised at the parts of ra tpeeches that attract attention, because thtv are aluavs to mv mind, the obvious rarts That was a perfectly obvious position for me to take I had tiken It throughout the campaign Therefore. when I am asked for specifications. I haven't anj I wasn t thinking in speci fications at ail I was Just thinking in tind5-nte of mind The President-eleit war asitcd about the report that Rhlnelandcr Waldo was being urged upon him for governor gen eral of the Philippines. "The lirst mention of Mr Waldos name that has been made to me came to-daj from John Hanson Kennard," he sa'd In ndditlon to Scnrtor Gardner, the P-esldcnt-e'ect will have as visitors to morrow benator-tlect Ollle M James of Kentmkj and fcenator William J. Stone of Missouri The President-elect has accepted an In vitation to attend a private dinner to be given bj the New Jersev State senators r Atlantic Citj. January Si. He gave Ids promise to-daj to a committee con tlstlng of senators Johnson, Reed, and Davis. President-elect W oodrow W llson, in his eapacltv as Governor of Xew Jersej, sent his second annual message to the Legislature, which convened to-dav. It was his last formal appeal to the Legis lature for the completion of the pro gramme of progressive legislation for which he declared himself when he too office Foremost among the laws advocated are a ndical revision of the statutes governing corporations and better laws In the matter of drawing Juries. The Governor recommends the commission form of government for cities, and speaks strongl In favor of economics in the State administration In conclu sion he expresses the hope that New Jersey will ratify the constitutional amendments providing for a tax on In comes, and the election of .United States senators Dy direct vote or the people. GO TO AID OF DISABLED SHIP. Xew York, Jan U Officials of the pi imburg-American Steamship Companj received a wireless late this afternoon from the steamship Mlnnetonka. of the Atlantic Transport Line, that their ship, the Tlsa, was proceeding to the assist ance of the steamship Abjsslnla and ex Ptjkted to reach her before nightfall. Tbe position of the Abyslnnla Is given as about 300 miles southeast of Sable Island. The Tlsa left New York, Jan uary I and the Mlnnetonka is due here tomorrow. Wireless messages received from the agents of the White Star Line In Halifax earner in tne aay said the steamship Canada reported she had intercenteri tt wireiess of tne steamship Armenian and read that the Armenian had the Abjs-i slnia in tow, but that she had lost her Pgain in the fog later In the day. Ihe Abyssinia is a freighter with a crew of I torti. bhe carries no passengers. I Congress in Brief. . m:xatu. Senator Root Introdaced a bill to re peal the toll clause of the Panama Canal bill so as to prevent discrimination I favor of American ships. Senator Pomerene Introduced a reso lution to amend the Constitution so as to provide that Impeachment trials other than those of the President. Vice President, und members of the Supreme Court of the United btate". to be held in lommlttec? also enlarging the causes for impeachment. Senator Gore Introduced a bill to pro vide for changing the membership of the Supreme Court from nine to eleven members and making seven constitute a quorum. Senator Root introduced a resoluUon authorizing the President to arrange for a conference among representatives of the United States. Mexico and the Do minion of Canada for the protection of migratory birds. Furthei hearing was held before the Senate Committee on Commerce on the seamen's labor bill. Victor A. Olander, representing the Lake Seamen's Union-, appeared' In support of the bill The Commltteo on Indian Affairs agreed to report the resolution directing the Attorney General to investigate af fairs on the Crow Indian Reservation. W. W. Wlnflcld, colored, formerly em Plojed In the office of the Standard Oil Compan. told the Clapp committee of the alleged theft of Standard Oil corre spondence from John D Archbold's files. V Infield said he received less than HA as his share In the sales which wro negotiated bv Charles Stumph. another colored emplove. Gilchrist Stewart, a colored detective, employed by former Senator Forakcr, concluded his testi mony. Senator Cummins made an unsuccess ful effort to get consideration of the Works resolution providing for a single Presidential tenn of six vears. Senator Bacon offered an amendment to tho res olution, fixing the term at four vears and making the President ineligible for le-electlon Senator McLean of Connecticut deliv ered his maiden speech In the Senate. lie spoke in support of his bill to pro tect migratory birds bv the establish ment of zones The Senate snent mnr. than tnn hnnr In executive session dl-cusslne armv ap pointments by President Taft, chiefly the. nomination of W w W otherspoon, to be major gcnenl The opposition was led by Senitor Bristow. because Wother- spoon has been advanced over the heads of Gen. Tred Funston. of Kansas, and other officers The controvenv was end Hi bj the confirmation of Gen Wother spoon's nomination. OTHER STOLEN LETTEREVIDENCE Colored Messenger Corrobor ates Story Concerning Oil Correspondence. WORKING FOR F0RAKER Witness Tells Senate Committee How He Fooled Detectives in Chicago. William Winkfield. of Chicago, for mer!) employed as a messenger In the office of John D Archbold, of the Stan dard Oil Company, vesterday told the Sinate committee his version of the theft of letters from the private flics In tho oflice of Mr. Archbold It was the llrst appearance of the negro as a wit ness In the investigation Winktleld said ho resided at SHI Wabash Avenue. Chi cago, that he was formerly emploved on i railroad train in the Pullman service, but was now out of emplovment. The negro corroborated In the general details the story given to the commit tee by Gilchrist Stewart, the negro law vir employed b ex-Senator Toraker. Briefly, the story was that Winkfield was emploved by the Standard Oil Companv us messenger at the time One day he read In the New York American the stor about a telegram that had passed between the Standard Oil Com- I anj and some one In Washington "I spoke to mj chum, Charles .Stump, about It.' said the witness, "while we talked an office bov named Frank Mer- ull spoke up and said he could show us the telegram He got the letter book and showed it to us I took a cop) of the telegram and gave it to Stump, who t''sposed of it " Discovered In Ihcft. The witness explained that Stump was an emplove of the Standard al"o The cop of the telegram, tho witness ex p'alned. was published one afternoon on holida) In a Hearst newspaper. "I never knew an) thing more about the tak ing of letters and telegrams from Mr. rchbold s office until about four months later when one evening as I was on m) wa) home I remembered I had left m) ke)s. I went back after them and found stump going through Mr Archbold's desk, which watt unlocked. tump was very much scjred and said that there would bo something in it for me ' necrlvrd J,r.no. The witness said that Stump explained to him that he and his brothcr-ln-Utw, a man named "Zlirnu " or "Clmmer,' who worked In Vese) Street, were doing bus iness together, in marKcting Mr Arch bold s correspondence Stump agreed to lako the witness In on a basis of one third of what was received lie ioia me inai ilia nesjaier men wanted him to git all th letters he could obtain from Mr Archbold s tiles. esng-ofnllc lffr nHMrn in S. njlim nnrl others In Washington " I itiu jou Kit e uie iiaiiit" ut an) vi thec newspaper men" asked Mr Clapo Winkfield named a "Mr. Kdd" as one whose name lie had he-ird Stump men tion On thq da mentioned the wit ness said two letters written to Mr. rchboId and two letter-eop)lng Iiooks were taken The boks were taken at ' SO in the afternoon, and Stump told him thev were returned the following momirg at V o clock. The witness trs. titled thit Stump told him he received !l,OX for the telegram, of which witness received one-third "How much was paiJ In all for the let ters and telegrams ' I can onl) saj how much I received. It was less than tt.Yi0" replied Wink field He said he never had knowledge of an) other thefts of letters, telegrams, or letter-book flies except those he had testified to He never saw afterward what purported to be copies of them He had heard from Stump that only S.O0 was paid b) 'the newspaper men" for the use of the letter-file book over night. Stump told him that J1.CO0 s?aeh was paid for the letters Stump, he explained, left Standard Oil emplo) earl) In 1903, soon after the theft. th witness quit In June following Winkfield testified that he never knew of but two letters being taken, and when he saw more than that number pub lished, he asked Stump, who claimed that he dldn t know, where the) came from Passing from the details of the raid on Mr. Archbold s letter file. Chilrman Clapp cirricd fie witness to Chicago. who gathered him In. Thejr came in laxicaus. "You meun all thirty were In taxi cabs V . v "No," replied the witness, but on re flection he reconsidered and said, "Yes." 'How many went with )ou Into the, .Hearst newspaper offlceT" Eight or ten." was the reply. Stewart Raid that ho hoped to be able soon to give the committee the name of the man II wno pnotograpned tne Archbold letters. Mewart denied that he had ever been employed by the Standard Oil Company or Paul Cravath. "I have never talked with anybody connected with tho Standard Oil about tne case, said the witness. "Who empio)ed your Lx-senator Forakcr," was the reply. Ana ne paia our i suppose he will pay me." was the answer. PRESIDENT TAFT'S PLANS FOR FUTURE nousr . After defeating the Cullop amendment to nulllf) the executive order placing fourth-class postmasters under the civil service, the House passed the post-offlce appropriation bill, which carries approxi niatel) SITS 000 000 Representative Murdock again brought up the prohibition Isue which was thrashed out Momla) He moved to re commit the bill, with instructions that It be reported back containing an amend ment prohibiting tho transmission through the malls of letters, circulars. icwspapers and magazines, publishing wnisKj aavcrtlsements. Representative Sherley of Kentuck) raised a point of order against the motion and after parllamentar) skirmish It was ruled out of order on the ground that It was not germane to the bill under a rule that amendments seeking to reduce expendi tures ma) be considered as germane Speaker Clark held there wan no wav to determine that the amendment would reduce expenditures, and that therefore It could not be entertained This re lieves tho House of a vote on tho pro hibition Issue The Glass subcommittee of the Banklnir ana currency committee continued Hearings Festus Wade, of the Amer ican Rankers' Association, defended the .vldrlch currene) plan The Wajs and Means Committee con tinued Its tariff hearings The Committee on the Llbrari report ed the Senate resolution approving the plan of the Fine Arts Commission for the erection of the memorial to Abra ham Lincoln on the banks of the Poto mac River In Washington The commit tee did not recommend the substitute plan of a memorial hlghwav between Washington and Gettysburg URGES PROGRESSIVE LAWS. Cov. James M. Cox "end. rirnt Mc- aar to Ohio I.CRalattfre. Columbus. Ohio. Jan II A long an J comprehensive list of recommendations, ranging In importance from a request that moving picture shows bo censured to a demand for the Initiative and refer endum. Is contained in the first mes sage of Gov James M Cox to the Ohio Legislature to-da). The message recalls man) of the aaTasOTiSKS-iitsKs-SI Present Chief Executive to Make His Permanent Home at New Haven, Cona. President Taft practically lias com pleted his plans for tho next )ear, after leaving the White House. These plans Include a visit to Augusta, Ga . to which point He will proceed directly from the White House on March 4. the ful fillment of his duties as Kent professor oi jaie university during the spring terrn. and a vacation spent at his old summer homo at Mnrmv rt. r The President will not return to Beverly, where he has established his ummer capital' sinre v,.fnn. t- t dent, and will expatriate himself from his native state, Ohio, and become a citizen of Connecticut ' becretar) Hllles. It U .i, .... and a personal stenographer, will re main with the President for a short time after March 4 The President will not return to the White House after me- inauguration or Gov Wilson but will probabl) leave the clt) at once for Augusta In respone to an invi tation received some time ago he and his rami!) and Secretary and Mrs Hllles will be the guests of the muni clpalit) of Augusta until March 7 Mls Helen Taft will accompany her parents on this trip, but Robert and Charles Taft will probabl) remain in school The President will arrive In New Haven In time to take up his new duties at the beginning of the spring term at "ia amI wjj Mop at the Hotel Taft At the cloe of the te-m In June he will proceed with Ms family to Murra) Ba) He will return to New Haven in the fall, where he will occup) a home which will be purchased in the meantime The Oldeat Remedy Knoira l5JV s,.ld,l,r -oler All phvsielans pre scribe I for all troubles of the stomach, liver, and bone's. 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Initiative and refer endum, reduction In hours of labor for women and restriction of right to em jlov children In fictorlcs, rc-ifflrmation of constitutional amendment for direct election of United States Senator, legulatlon of liquor traffic so the ques tion ' slnil cease to be a football of politics." laws to safeguard investors and law providing for censorship over movies Many others, some originally proposed by Gov. Harmon, are made. Christ Stewart. emplo)ed b) former Sen ator Forakcr was in Chicago trjing to get the witness to make a statement, VMnkliell told or nn experience with ' detectives almost ns thrilling as that related b) Stewart, who was a witness, yesterda) I Mevinrt on stnml. The hearing was Interrupted at this j point by the meeting of the Senate It will be continued this morning Before Winkfield took tho stand )esterJay morning, Gilchrist Stewart, the negro law)cr, was cross-examined by Senator Pomerene Stewart said the "detectives" who carried him away in Chicago last December presented two "warrants." Stewart told Senator Pomerene that there were about thirty of the "detectives" i . 1 1 r LHjk . Trn vp S&ibaS' Butter Appeals to those who want a pure, rich, and delicious butter. For years it has been a popular favorite Comes to you fresh from the most mod ern and sanitary creameries in the world. biggest mm J bargains Wm4r Mil Ever Offered in This Section. 737 to 741 12th St. S.E. Just South Pa. Ave. Six rooms and bath. Hardwood finish throughout Large lots and parking to alle). Double porches, 7 by 16 feet. Holland window shades Extra large closets. Lots 1 8 by 117.50 to 30-ft. alley. Mirror doors. 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