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?ennsy!vania Road Official Raps Garfield FOR CERTAIN REFERENCES In Company's Relations With Stand ard Oil Traffic. SOME VERY SHARP CRITICISM The Commissioner's Aspersions De clared Inexcusable and Outrageous Perversion of the Facts. PHILADELPHIA. May S.-Vice President Thayer of th?> Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany t ? >day made the following statement concerning the report of Commissioner Garfield In the Standard Ol inquiry: "The report of Commissioner Garfield, so far as It refers to our company in Its rela tions with the traffic of the Standard Oil Company. Is an inexcusable and outrageous p- rversion of the facts. "It true that there has been in effect a special rate of 1? cents per barrel on oil - from Olean to Rochester, and It has not j been withdrawn. Tins rate was originally made In 1888 by the Western New York j and Pennsylvania railway, twelve years before the acquisition of that company by ; the Pennsylvania railroad, in order to re- ^ tain to the railroad traffic which would otherwise have gmc by pipe line. The traffic to bp transported was crude oil and unfin ished products moving from one refinery to another belonging to the same owners. "Attention was recently called to the wording of tbe tarllT which might be con strued to Include r> fined oil. and perhaps wa* so erroneously construed and applied In a few Instances, lnstgn flcjnt as corn pit red with the total traffic. The wording of the ! irlff was corrected s> as to clearly confine the rate to crude oil and unfinished products thereof, as intended. No Secret Rate. "It is not a secret rate and never has |,. en secret. The tarllT was not fi'ed with the Interstate commerce commission be cause it applied to traffic solely within the state of New York, and tariffs upon such traffic are never filed with the commission, whose jurisdiction covers only interstate traffic. "Jt was not made, as stated by the re port. for the purpose of combination witri other rites to pr dure secret, low. througn rate to New England, and was never, to our knowledge, us, d for such purposes "As the so-called 'saving of $11;>,<KK> in 1SM>4, I presume this is based on the uif ference between the special rate and the regular classification rate This conveys the impression that a large sum of money w - Illegitimately given by the railroad, which In view of the facts above explained is manifestly not true. "Reference is made to 'blind billing, as If It were some secret device. This also Is untrue. The explanation of so-called ?blind billing' is very simple: Hilling Is another name used by railroads for manl * testing, which is a record of the shipment made for use only of the railroad corn pan* <n making proper movement of the traffic and taking proper account of it. Tl * publl never sees a manifest, being In teresied only in ti e rate the bill of lading and freight bill. When Term ' Blind" is Used. "The term 'blind' is used when manifests are made without the details being shown, a practice not Infrequent and not peculiar to th- oil tratih Its purpose Is to save clerical work. This, was fully explained to Commissioner <iarfield's representative and it w :s dearly shown to him. in the case under -.eu.sslon, tt.at the actual freight money required by the Issued rate was col leetci and retained by the railroad com pany. , . After an exhaus.A'e examination by the l>epartment of Commerce our books and ? nt- ljeing freely produced, both on s--.it .' J interstate traffic?it appears that tl- onlv case that Commissioner Garfield was able to present for criticism in all our with the Standard Oil Company !a tls rate on oil between Olean and Rochester, two points in the state of New York, a distance of 1C9 miles apart, at each ?.f which points are located refineries of the Standard (Ml Company, and between w hi 'i a pipe line could readily have been constructed. The President's Message. Ir. the message from the President trans mitting the report of Commissioner Gar field, reference Is made to the relations of the railroad to the so-called sugar trust' at New York and ttie information com municated to the President that the so called 'sugar trust rarely. If ever, pays the lawful rate for transportation. As the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is known to participate largely In the carriage of thus traffic !'. wouid necessarily follow that such Information applied to that company, mid In view of this 1: is eminently proper ih.it tnswer thereto should be promptly mad. on that company's behalf. Having ) knowledge, I deny most positively and emphatically that such information Is true, ao tar as the Pennsylvania Railroad Comp- ny is cor erned; on the contrary, I ?.--it positively that the traffic of the so-called sugar trust' or other shipper of sugar has been carried for many years past at the lawful published tariff rate, iind that no rebat.- >r unlawful concession, direct or indirect, has been paid by our company on this traffic it !s ui fair and unjust to the President that 1 s! ould be mis.ed into believing tnat an> >a'h cond >n of affairs exists stated." MELLEN IS BRIEF. If His Road Has Done Wrong There is Recourse. NEW HAVEN. Conn . May ft.?In reply t , in Inquiry as to his opinion of that part f the (Airfield report on rebates alleged to hav. b ? n given by railroads to the Stand ard Oil Compuny, President Charles S MolU-n of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad ton ght made the follow ing statement: ' Mr. Mellon has nothing further to eay than in his remarks before the Boston Art <"lub He does not see how the Issue can lie drawn more clearly than was done there "If he or his company has committed any thing unlawful it weald s?'em proper that procefnlings should be taken to enforce the law Why Is tills not done?" SENATOR SCOTT'S MAN. He WTent One Better Than the Presi dent's Candidate. Senator Scott of West Virginia had a can didate for an office, and the senator was pushing lils constituent's claims before the President. There was a bar sinister, how ever. in the record of Senator Scott s man, and the President said that on account of his moral character he could not appoint him. Then the President renewed the nomi nation of Hen Daniels of Arizona, and Mr. Daniels was finally confirmed Whereupon, so the story is told around the Capitol, Senator Scott went to the President and said: "Mr. President, you have certainly not Investigated thoroughly the record of my candidate. It is very apparent you have not estimated his worth." "How Is that?" the President Is said to have remarked. "Well." replied the senator, "I see you have renominated Ben Daniels. Now Ben v :s only in the penitentiary once and my -.v " ?*?'??? " f RHODE ISLAND ASHORE REPORTED HARD AND FAST OK YORK SPIT BAR. Special DInpAti-h to The Star. PORTSMOUTH. Va., May 5.?The battle ship Rhode Island is ashore in the Chesa peake hay. While proceeding from Boston to Yorktown for target practice this morn ing the big fighter went aground on York Spit bar. and the latest heard from her was to the effect that she was hard and fast. Her plight was made known to this navy yard by wireless telegraph as soon as her commanding officer realized that she could not be worked off the sand bar' with her own engines. For fear of injuring the splen did vessel he decided to await the arrival of assistance, which was rushed from the navy yard In the shape of the naval tugs Hercules and Mohawk. These two power ful vessels will pull on the grounded war ship at high tide this evening, and it Is be lieved that she will be floated without In Jury. The Rhode Island was on her way from Boston to Yorktown to test her great guns. The battleship Virginia will be placed In commission at the navy yard In this city on Monday. Commander Seaton Shroeder will assume command of the splendid vessel on that day. her crew being transferred aboard from the receiving ship Franklin. The marine guard assigned to the vessel will arrive here from New York and Philadel phia tomorrow morning. Roulette tables. German hazard tables and other gambling devices which cost at least J4.500 were burned to ashes this af ternoon by the city sergeant on the Jali property. The gambling paraphernalia was that seized several months ago in the house occupied by George Elderkln, Crawford and Water streets, and the burning of the stuff this afternoon was in accordance with orders of Judge James F. Crocker of the court of hustings. Elderkin. who was ar rested at the time the tables were seized by the police, was. on condition that he sur render the property, dismissed. WEEKS DEFENDS NAVY REPLIES TO RECENT SPEECH BY BURTON. General debate on the naval appropriation bill terminated with the close of yesterday's session of the House, one paragrapli of th>i bill telng read in order to make It the continuing order before the House ad journed. International arbitration, the reduction of our armament, a carefully prepared address on the achievements of tlie navy and a de fense of the naval program for togeth er with a speech in favor of a monument or. Kings Mountain battlefield were the features of this legislative day. Those who addressed the House formally were Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri, Mr. Johnson of South Carolina. Mr. Webb "of North Caro lina, Mr. Tirrell and Mr. Weeks of Massa chusetts. Mr. Foss of Illinois, in charge of the bill, stated that the naval budget probably would be completed after two days' de bate under the five-minute rule. Mr. Payne, the floor leader, thought it would take a day longer. An appropriation of $.'10,000 for the build ing of a monument at Kings Mountain bat tle ground was the subject of a speech de livered by Mr. Webb (N. C.). "I raise the point of no quorum." said Mr. Clark (Mo.). And the chair "in his mind's eye" counted a quorum. Mr. Tirrell (Mass.) was recognized to ex plain some of the reasons why there are so many desertions from the navy, whlcu he attributed to the enlistment of boys un der ?ighteen years of age. Mr Tirrell said that there was not a post office along the Massachusetts coas" that did not contain a flaming poster with magnificent battle shtps In the distance and a natty petty officer In the foreground in viting the young men of the land to Join the navy ;;n<i telling of the benefits to be | d< rived therein. | "A fraud order ought to be Issued I against that," said Mr. Mann (111.) senten t:ously. Mr. Clark (Mo.) said It was a great mis tnke to put the stigma of desertion on a boy who had out of pure patriotism enlist ed In the navy and who later found he was not suited to its requirements. "A boy un ci. r i ighteen years of age Is still a boy am should be so treated," remarked Mr. Clark. Mr. Loud (Mich.) said he had taken a boy out of the navy on exactly similar ilres and there had been no stigma attach ing to his discharge. "Then the navy has one rule for you (pointing to the republican side) and one rule for us (indicating the democrats)," said Mr. Clark (Mo.). Mr Weeks (Mass.) a graduate of the Naval Academy, replied to the address or Mr. Burton (Ohio) made Friday, who In sisted that for international peace the naval program as presented in the bill should be curtailed. Mr Weeks contended that t.'ie hill was a fair one and in the very nature of things should be passed. He insisted that a large navy today was not for the purp ?ae of menacing a neighbor, but for the pur pose of protecting our growing commerce Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), In a speech some time ago when the hazing bill was before the House, made the statement that twenty-six ships had been lost In twenty five years, and he deduced from this tnat the personnel must be not of the highest. This statement Mr. Week9 answered at great length, reviewing the loss of every ship since the civil war either by accident, typhoon, sunken rock or whatever the cause, and gave the officer in command, re sult of Inquiry and court-martial. If such there was. \Mth the close of Mr, Weeks' speech, which met with very liberal applause, gen eral debate ceased, and the first paragraph of the bill was read. The committee then rose, and at 4:10 the House adjourned un til tomorrow at noon. IT MADE PARDEE SMILE WHEN HE READ SENATOR TILL MAN'S ATTACK. I Special Dispatch to The Star. ATL?ANTA, Ga., May 3.?ITnlted States Judge Don Pardee, who, according to a statement made by Senator Tillman In the Senate, ought to be Impeached. Is not dis turbed by the attack at t he statesman. Judge Pardee smiled at the suggestion of Impeachment made by Senator Tillman. He . tald: "In the matter of the valuation of roads for rate purposes, I followed the direction previously made by Judge Morrow In '87, Federal Reporter, page 22. "Besides, the Florida system has had nearly three years In which to pursue Its remedy If the temporary Injunction which I granted was wrongfully allowed. They could have had a hearing by the circuit court of appeals within flve months, and from there could have gone to the Supreme Court of the United States long ago. But from the time that the Injunction was is sued no attempt has been made to bring the case to a new hearing. "Besides." continued Judge Pardee. "I did in this case a thing never before done by any federal judge under like circumstances. I compelled the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to give a good and suffi cient bond, payable to the railroad commis sion of Florida, for any damages resulting from the Injunction should It be declared to have been wrongfully Issued. In fact. I Inaugurated that practice and recommended to Senator Bacon its Incorporation In any national rate bill that Congress may pass." GRANGERS TO PRESIDENT. Beseech Him to Stand Firmly for Rate Legislation. HARRISBl'RG. Pa., May 5.?The legisla tive committee of the Pennsylvania State Grange at a meeting here tonight formu lated the following telegram to President Roosevelt: "We. the legislative committee of the Pennsylvania State Grange, In behalf of our organization, beseech you to stand true to your original position on rate regulation. We pledge you the united support of 60,000 members to this end. and hope to win a ?square deal.' (Signed) W. T. Hill, W. T. Creasy, E. B. Dorsett, commit tea." BARNES' NOMINATION / Senator Tillman Does Not Pro pose to Be Bulldozed. MR. PENROSE'S EFFORT To Secure a Vote in Executive Ses sion. CASE MAY COME UP TOMOREOW When Resolution for Investigation of the Police Will First Be * Acted On. An effort was made In the executive ses sion of the Senate Friday afternoon to shut ofT debate on the Barnes case. Sen ator Penrose, chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads, moved that a time be fixed In the near future for a vote on the nomination of Mr. Barnes to be postmaster In this city, but he was at ohce met by a stubborn resistance on the part of Senator Tillman. "You will not bulldoze me by any such tactics," declared Mr. Tillman. "I propose to have this case discussed in executive session." The attempt of the Pennsylvania sena tor to curtail the discussion of the Barnes nomination and come to a vote at once followed a request by Mr. TlUrnan that, owing to the great demand for time be cause of the pending rate bill, the nomi nation be allowed to go over until after the rate bill has been disposed of and until his resolution providing for an investigation of the Mrs. Morris case and of the metro politan police has been acted upon in the Senate The Police Investigation Resolution. The request, that his resolution for an in vestigation by the committee on the Dis trict of Columbia be first disposed of was based upon the claim that In the orderly consideration of the case it should be first settled whether such an investigation was to take place. If the Senate should decide to order such an investigation the nomina tion would naturally be held until by com petent testimony it should be determined whether the police officers or Mr. Barnes was responsible for the forcible handling of Mrs. Morris. That is one of the important disputed points in the case. But the Pennsylvania senator brushed aside all these considerations for securing a proper hearing of Hie facts connected with the case and declared that the. debate must stop and a vote be taken. This brought out the declaration on the part of Mr. Tillman that he did not propose to be bulldozed and that he would rest upon his rights in the matter. The attempt to cut off debate was re garded as most unwarranted, because sen ators who have desired to address the Sen ate on the nomination have been unable to do so, Senator Culberson having been called from the chamber by the Illness of a member of his family before he concluded his -remarks on that question. No Way of Securing Information. Not only has the matter not been dis cussed at length, but when senators have undertaken to address the Senate on the Barnes case In executive session they have had vacant chairs for their audience. As their remarks have not been reported and 1-rinted there has been no way In which the senators not present could receive the In formation that they have desired to get be fore them. In the case of the open ses sions senators not present are kept fully informed of the proceedings by reading t'he Record. Hut in executive session the case has been quite different. There is an earnest desire on the part or many senators to have such facts as tney possess reach the senators. But under the conditions that prevail they are having the greatest difficulty in attaining that re sult. After It was seen that no progress could be made either by securing an agreement between the senators from South Carolina and Pennsylvania a motion to adjourn was made and carried. The matter of tne Barnes nomination will probably come up again tomorrow afternoon, or as soon as the consideration of the rate bill will allow time for that purpose. Senator Tillman has shown In the executive session his deter mination to have a hearing before the Sen ate votes on the nomination, and it is likely that he will be Insistent on that point. The Physician's Modified Statement. An interesting phase ot the Barnes case is embodied in a statement by Dr. H. ?J. Weaver of Asheville, N. C. Dr. Weaver declared In a letter that appears in the confidential report of the committee to the Senate that he treated Mrs. Morris for in sanity at Asheville two years ago. Recent ly Tie was Interviewed by the Raleigh News and Observer upon his statement concern ing Mrs. Morris, and he modified his first declaration by saying that Mrs. Morris had visited Asheville "several years ago" and that he was her physician. "As to the question of Mrs. Morris' in sanity," the report states, "the physician refused to make a statement other than to say that when he attended her she was suf fering with nervousness." THE BITUMINOUS ISSUE. President Mitchell Declined an Ar bitration Offer. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5.~President J. H. Winder of the Coal Operators' Associa tion received the following telegram to night, President Mitchell of the miners' or ganization practically refusing his ofTer of arbitration: "SCRANTON, Pa., May 5, 1906.-J. H. Winder, Columbus, Ohio: Telegram re ceived. Your proposition offering to sub mit to arbitration differences affecting wages which developed at Indianapolis joint conference, together with new Issues raised by those you represent since the ad journment of that conference was submit ted by mail to members of International effective board Immediately upon the re ceipt of your communicating. Members of this board are located in districts ex tending from the eastern slope of Alle gheny's to Pacific ocean and from Alabama to west Canada. Their replies could not he received at this date. However, a suffi cient number are In to Indicate the senti ment of the effective board, which is that any arbitration that would change differ entials fixed by mutual agreement in com petitive districts would be unwise and would not conserve satisfactory peace In bituminous industries. My opinion is that Inasmuch as your arbitration proposal in volves questions not in controversy and which might either by increase or decrease disturb well-established and mutually ar ranged differentials In and between vari ous competitive districts, It would not be acceptable to us. Shall notify you defi nitely of our board's decision within the next few days." "John Mitchell has evaded the arbitra tion issue," is the only comment made by Mr. Winder on the telegram. WYOMING IS EXCITED OVER ARREST OF MORMON BISH OP?POLYGAMY RAMPANT. BASIN, Wyo., May 5.?Excitement was created by the arrest yesterday of Bishop J. J. Jolly, head of a settlement In Big Horn county of (5,000 Mormons, on a charge of sustaining bigamous relations. Tbe arrest of Bishop Jolly will be fol lowed by tbe prosecution of nearly a score of other members of the Monnon Church In Big Horn county on similar charges, It Is said It is alleged that tbe Mormons had plan ned to divide Big Horn county, the largest county In Wyoming, to form a smaller county tfhat they could control. This rumor influenced the Gentiles to prosecute Mor mons for polygamous relations, It 1* said. PLEASED OVER RESULT GENEBAX SATISTACTION IK THE ANTHBACITB REGION. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. May 5.?General satisfaction was expressed throughout the anthracite coal region today when It be came known that the mine workers' con vention had decided to accept a renewal of the strike commission's award of 1W>3. After Ave weeks' idleness a great majority of the men appeared anxious to return to work, though all had been hopeful of better results from the suspension and the nego tiations with the operators. The fact that President Baer and the operators' committee wlH meet the miners' scale committee In New York on Monday Is generally regarded as an Indication that the operators are satisfied with the action of the convention. There Is some specula tion. however, as to what stand the opera tors will take regarding the length of time the renewed award shall continue. It is be lieved In some quarters that the operators will demand a three-years' agreement, but this. It Is said, will be vigorously contested by the miners. Neither side is willing, how ever, to discuss that question tonight. Change in Beading's Plans. The convention's action today will result In a change of the plans of the Reading Company. Preparations had been made to resume at some of the collieries next week. A large number of cars had been fitted up for the occupancy of special officers and workmen near the mines. It was the purpose of the company to start up Brookslde and Lincoln collieries. In western Schuylkill, on Monday. A large force of men were being assembled at Auburn, and were to have been sent from there to the mines and return in the evening. LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE FIBEMEN AND OILERS ON LUM BER BOATS QUIT. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 3.?The monthly men in twenty-one of the local elevators wero today ordered to strike on Monday If an attempt is made to unload grain with non-union men. The monthly men are em ployed in separating the different kinds of grain as it comes out of a vessel's hold, and their work cannot be performed by men unacquainted with the machinery and the location of the different bins. The union men claim this will checkmate the lake carriers in their attempt to elevate the 2.5(H),<HX> bushels of gTain afloat in the har bor. The coal handlers discussed the ad visability of returning to work, but it was finaliy decided to keep the men out. The efforts of the lake carriers to break the strike is centered on the docks. With the docks in operation enough non-union men. can be secured to move part of their lleet. This has been demonstrated at the ore tracks, where the ore handlers are not organized. Seven boats have unloaded and cleared from there since the strike began. The effort to start the grain elevators Monday, it is expected, will be a supreme test of strength between the unions and the lake carriers. The strike of the ore hand ers at the docks of the Buffato Furnace Company was ef fectively broken today by the employment of non-union men. No attempt was made by the strikers to molest the men at work there. 135 More Joined Strikers. DETROIT, Mich., May 5.?President. D. J. Keefe of the International I.ongshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers' Associa tion has received reports from his lieuten ants going to show that 135 mates have left their vessels at Lake Erie ports and joined the strikers. Rumors have been cur rent here that an important meeting of the strlk'ing marine workmen was to be held tonight at Buffalo, but President Keefe said he had no knowledge of such a meet ing. The local steamboat inspectors at Mar quette, Mich., after investigating the col lision of the steamers Sylvania and Bes semer, which occurred off White Fish Point in Lake Superior last June, have suspended for sixty days the license of Capt. Ehrhart of the Sylvania, and for fifteen days that of Capt. W. S. Hoag of the Bessemer. Nearly All Train Crews Laid Off. DULUTH, Minn., May 5.?Nearly all of the train crews have been taken off the ore-carrying railroads in this county be cause of the lake strike. The open pit mines have all been closed down. The underground mines will continue to oper ate. and their ore will be put in stock plies. Hundreds of men are out of em ployment. and before long the number, it is expected, will run into thousands. All vessels coming in here for cargoes are bein" loaded and sent out, but the num ber of arrivals from the lower lakes is beginning to decrease. Vessels Tied Up. MILWAUKEE. Wis., May 5.?Two steamers, the Stone ar.d Volunteer, from the lower lakes, started on return trips t< day. Vessels belonging at this port are tied up on account of the strike. The oi ly boats reported as leaving are those which l^ve contracts with crews lor round trips. Index to Unclassified Advertisements. PART I. Page. Palais Royal 4 Hub Furniture Company G Dean?Optician 0 George E. Corbett?Paints 3 Equitable Purchasing Company S I). G. Pfietfer?Pianos 6 W. B. Moses A Song?Storage B B. Rich's Hons?Shoes f> House A Herrmann?Furniture 6 Brentano's?Engraving 6 W. B. Butler Company?Paints (1 Byron S. Adams?Printer 6 H. S. Dental Association. 0 John F. Ellis & Co.?Pianos 6 Geo. F. Muth & Co.?Art Goods 6 To-Kalon Wine Company 6 J. E, Dyer?Sheboygan Water 6 Elseman A Co.? Clothing fl Lansburgh Furniture Company 6 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company 0 W. S. Thompson?Pharmacy 0 Family Shoe Store 6 Hodgklns?Paints (t John B. Eapey?Hardware 6 Lansburgh A Bro 7 8. 8. Shedd A Bro. Company?Gas Ranges.... 8 Columbia Planograpli Company 8 A. Kabn?Optician 8 J. Fied Gatcbell 8 Mayer a Co.?Furniture S Lever ton A Co.?Ladles' Goods 0 Peter Grogan?Furniture 9 Parker. Bridget & Co 10 Fidelity Storage Company 10 A. M. Donaldson 10 Postal Telegraph Cable Company 10 John K. Ellis A Co.?Talking Machines 10 Kretol Company 10 Washington Gas Light Company 10 C. fl. Realty Company 11 Pettlt A Company 12 8. J. Venable? Pictures 16 Chas. Kraemer?'Wines 16 L. P. Darrell?Advertising Agency 16 PART II. Page. Farker, Bridget 4c Co 1 PliiUpsborn?Ladles' Goods..... 2 Oslt A Bro.?Jewelers 2 Clark, Davenport a Co.?Furniture 2 Ogram's Gift Store 2 Win- M. Oslt a Co.?Ceres Floor 2 Mrs. C, Stlebel?Millinery 2 B. W. Devreaui -Ladles' Goods 3 Edward J. Qulnn?Wines g Julius J. Gerflnkle?Ladles' Goods............ 8 t'nstelberg?Jewelers 8 8. Kann, Sons a Co 12 PaRtIt. Pag*. Wm. Hakn a Co.?Shoes j Tbos. J. Fisher a Co.?Real Estate 1 Mlddaugh a Shannon?Seal Estate 1 B. 9. Saul Co.?Real Batata 1 Moore a Hill (Inc.)?Real Estate 1 James P. Shea?Real Estate 1 W. B. Moms a Sous?Furniture ? TROUBLE NOT ENDED * 1 More Commotion in McKinley Manual Training School. IRE OF PARENTS AROUSED Miss Ida Daly, English Teacher, Ac cused of Discrimination. HER VERSION OF CASE GIVEN Committee of Board of Education to Hear the Complaints Tomor row Evening. White the Gardner investigation has but Just been completed, and the Swartsell case Is yet fresh in many minds, the board of education tomorrow will be in the midst of the active sifting of more "charges," It having been decided that the industrial committee of the board shall sit in the Franklin building tomorrow evening to take up the allegations made against Miss Ida M. Daly, head teacher of English at the McKinley Manual Training School. Members of the board of education were asked last night whether there was any connection between the Gardner and Daly cases, and whether the latter was an out come of the former, but all members in terviewed stated that they knew little about the matter except as It was brought to their attention at the board meeting Fri day night, in the reading of charges pre ferred by Mrs. Nettie Ernst and Mrs. Annie Cox I.acner. Mrs. Ernst declared that Miss Daly discriminated against her Son Charles to such an extent that he was compelled to discontinue his studies,, and that when she went to the school to make complaint In the premises Miss Daly's attitude was insulting. On behalf of her son. Noble D. learner, Jr., Mrs. Annie Larner stated that Miss Daly's discrimination against him was such that It was necessary for him to drop English and to substitute another study. Young Larner petitioned that he be permitted to graduate, and that the study he substituted be allowed to take the place of English. In Hands of Committee. In reply to a question last night Mr. J. Holdsworth Gordon, president of the board of education, said he knew little concern ing the case. It had come to his notice in the board meeting Friday night. "The matter Is with the industrial com mittee." said lie, "and until the members of that committee finish their Inquiry and i report to the full board the allegations ! against Miss Daly will not formally come to me for action." Mr. Gordon declared that he would not discuss the merits of the case at all. I Concerning Miss Daly's record Superin tendent of Schools A. T. Stuart said she had been on the roHs for a number of years, part of which time she was a teaoh I er In the eighth grade. Subsequently she | became a teacher of English in the Eastern High School. When a vacancy occurred in the position of head teacher of English at the Mv'Klnley Manual Training School last | September, he added, she applied for and secured it. Mr. Stuart said that during his connection with the schools no charges had ever previously been made to him against Miss Daly, nor to the school board so far as he knew. Miss Daly's Statement. That the Daly and Gardner cases are closely allied was alleged by Miss Daly last night in an interview wth a Star repiorter. and likewise by Mr. Gardner, who was also interviewed concerning the matter. Mr. Gardner, however, preferred not to be quoted in regard to the Daly case. "The charges against me are not genu ine," she said. "I have the proof that they are entirely without foundation." She then outlined the cases from her standpoint, saying that her statement was practically the same she had given in the Gardner Investigation. "Noble D. Larner failed In English the second quarter," she said. "His mark was on a basis uf four or five examinations and a recitation mark. He took the ex-_ aininatlon regularly prescribed for condl-" tloned students, fainilairly called 'Matinee Examination.' in which he failed. He asked for another examination in a short time on the plea that he wanted to make the base ball team. He was given this examination and Mr. Klupfel discovered him cheating. I ruled his paper out. His mother, I un derstand, came and denounced Mr. Klupfel in the presence of Mr. Gardner, who, In stead of supporting the teacher, supported : the parent. "Afterward, In asimilar interview with the mother and Mr. Gardner, the boy was I brought in, and, before his mother and Mr. | Gardner, admitted having consulted his ! notebook, but pleaded lamely that he was looking for punctuation rules. He admitted before all of us that I had told him to put all books and notebooks on the floor and had no excuse for his disobedience. The mother, so Mr. Gardner tells me, went home satisfied that there might be something in the cheating charge, but immediately re quested that the boy be allowed to drop English, on the score that the work of the English department Is too heavy. Mr. Gard ner tells me that Mr. Chamberlain ha.? per mitted Larner to drop English temporarily. "Larner remains out of the English class the rest of the quarter, which is practically all but two or three weeks. A few days before the end of the quarter he comes to me with the statement that Mr. Gardner says he has no objection If you want to give me an examination in English. "I told him he had had his privilege to take another examination, and that he had abused it, and that I could' not give him another. He went to the principal, who commanded me to give him this examina ? tlon. I at-rsented, filing a protest. Notwithstanding Protest. 'I was ordered to give the examination in spite of this protest. I appealed the case to Mr. Chamberlain, who stated that he thought the principal had the right to command me to give an examination after the matinee examination. Upon my In quiry whether this did not mean that he could command me to give another and then still another, he said he thought that did not necessarily follow. "The new rule making one condition de bar pupils from lnterhlgh school athletics will be but a sham, similar to the ones ! pointed out to Mr. Needham In June, 1905, i M"Pressure Is to be exerted upon the teach ers to pass pupils whether they are qualified or not Surely if one condition in scholar ! ship should debar a pupil from athletics. | cheating surely should. I call attention to I the cheating of the oarsman. Daly, in the final examinations at Yale last June, where uDon he was Immediately debarred from 1 rowing in the lnter-colieglate contest, i Since this is the first case of a teacher beC ordered in the McKinley by Mr I Gardner's own admission, to give additional I examinations, and the only case in the high schools before mentioned, it is an im portant precedent. ' "Ernest was suspended from English olaes for repeated failure in recitations. The principal sent him home until his mother should be seen. After an Interview with his mother, in which she threatened me with orte of the trustee#, the principal reinstated the bay. During an interview which took place in the office the mother became excited and as there was quite an audience I withdrew. After the reinstate ment Ernest still came unprepared, and was aaked to hand In his work after school. I found him In the act of copying the work from one of the boys, and took both papers, which I still have. I reported the case to the principal. Ernest was absent from the mnyiinh class for two days, as a punish ment, although part of the time I saw him In the study haH." r.?fn?rr Declines to Talk. ? When Mrs. Larner was seen at her residence, 10th and Massachusetts ave nue northwest, last evening by a Star re porter she said: "I regret exceedingly that this matter has gotten into the papers." TEN YEARS FOR GOLL MILWAUKEE BANKER DENIES A NEW TRIAL YESTERDAY. M1I.WAUKB1S, Wis., May 8? Henry G. Ooll. former assistant cashier of the First National Bank of this city, who was con victed on nineteen counts In the United States district court a week ago of mis applying funds of the bank, was late this afternoon denied a new trial by Judge Quarles and sentenced to ten years In the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Ooll will be allowed to remain in Milwau kee a few days before being taken to prison. Counsel for Goll argued for a new trial the greater part of the day. holding that under the statutes the court did not have jurisdiction to try the case at a special term. United States District Attorney But terfleld cited where the court had the pow er under special act of Congress. Defendant Had Fair Trial. Judges Quarles. after reviewing the argu ment of counsel for the defendant and Stating that the defendant had an abso lutely fair trial, denied the motion for a new trial and also a motion for an arrest of judgment. The attorneys for the defendant then gave notice of an appeal upon a writ of error to the circuit court of appeals. Forty flve days were granted In which to tile a bill of exceptions. Before sentence was passed. (Soil asserted that he was Inno qent.: Ooll was Indicted at the same time that the federal grand Jury returned true bills against his former superior Frank <1. Blge low. who was president of the First Na tional Bank, who pleaded guilty to defalca tion about a year ago and received the same sentence. Bigelow was the principal witness at the Goll trial, and testified that many of Goll'a acts were committed at his direction, but that he had no knowledge of some of them. FEEDING THE HOMELESS RULES ADOPTED AT SAN FRAN CISCO AND SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.?A conference devoted to the problem of husbanding food supplies was held at the Presidio today. Among those In attendance were MaJ. Gen. Gree.ly, Brig. Gen. Funston. Dr. Devlne and AHan Pollak. All present agreed that rigid economy should be practiced In fu ture distribution. At the conclusion of the conference, Gen. Greely said: "The condition of the food supply will render it possible tj issue very little ex cept floor, which will last ten days, pota toes. coffee and rice. Meat, we are buying In small quantities. I have been officially notified that the congressional appropria tion of $2,500,000 has been exhausted In the purchase of supplies, and I may state that the money alloted to my use is gone for the same purpose. It has been agreed that the supplies now on hand must be care fully husbanded in order that they may be diverted into the proper channels for as long a period as possible. Record of Supplies. "We are Issuing but two-thirds of the quantity of food that was distributed prior to the time the regular army took charge of the system. The teams engaged In hauling and distributing have been reduced from 500 to 262 in number. The last official re port showed that supplies were issued on Thursday to 201,000 persons. I hope that | today's report will show rations issued to j fewer than 200,000. I "The census of each district Is being care fully computed. I am convinced that there is regular repeating, and since thousands of men are reported to have obtained em ployment there should be a material re duction In the number of those entitled to relief. I am willing to diminish the food supply at any time, but I shall not take such a step until I am advised by the com mittee. "We have recommended the patronage of cheap restaurants, which may be opened in many places throuhout the city, and are certain to prosper. By furnishing a whole some meal for 15 cents they will be as sured of support by the working people, and will greatly relieve the situation." Ferreting Out Abuses. The police and military authorities are ferreting out persons who have abused the free supplies privilege. Detectives are as sisted by numerous anonymous letters, tell ing of the hoarding of stores. These let ters are in almost every instance found to state the truth. A letter came last night saying that Charles B. Trlbell. a member of the relief committee, had not neglected to look out for himself. The detectives found at his home, so tliey say. a store of provisions, tents and bedding sufficient to last for many months. They took away from his home supplies valued at ?75, but this amount did not represent all that was found at his home. The detectives also seized at I the home of Mrs. Levlline $500 worth of I military blankets, bedding and clothing. The records of Coroner Walsh dispose of the widely circulated stories that many persons were shot and killed as ghouls by I soldiers during the great fire that fol I lowed the earthquake of April 18. Of all i the bodies handled by the coroner only one*was found In which death was due to gunshot wounds This exception was He btr Tilden, killed by a civic guardsman, who had the mistaken Idea that an auto mobile In which Tilden was riding was used for looting. Stories of Shooting False. "My office has reports showing 358 deaths," said Coroner Walsh today. "In the time of great excitement we heard of many cases of shooting, but the fact that wo never got the bodies convinces mo that the stories were false. In all the 358 causes, with the exception of Tilden, death was due to fractured skulls, crush ed body or asphyxiation." The Pacific Mall Steamship Company, having received advices that an attempt is making to divert oriental traffic to Seattle on the plea that San Francisco steamer lines cannot handle It, is sending out word that its dock and wharf were in no way in jured by fire or earthquake and that the trackage leading to their pier Is Intact, thereby enabling th? company to handle business as rapidly as before the disaster. This condition is also true of the Toyo Klsen Kaisha and the Occidental and Oriental lines, which use the same dock. Prompt Freight Service. Agents of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company In the west and In the orient are advised that they can contract for freight with the assurance that It will be handled promptly at San Francisco. These agents are also advised that pas sengers for the orient need not worry about hotel accommodations In San Francisco, as they will be cared for by the company. It necessary, they will be put aboard ship and lodged and fed without expense until the steamer sails. Assurance Is given that all oriental steamers from this port will from now on run according to schedule. Paul Cowles today called to the attention of the citizens' committee, of which he is a member, the fact Chat the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph companies have been rendering the city efllcent aid in the transmission of the mayor's telegrams free of charge. He thought some recognition should be made of this service. The mayor said that he was cognizant of the service, and if it had not heretofore been called to the attention of the com mittee It vu due to an oversight. A vote of thanks was extended by the commit tee of 50 to these companies and to the Associated Press. Mr. Dalsell's Auto Damaged. The automobile belonging to Representa tive Dalxell, carrying District license 2006, came into collision with the rear end of a Oaplt- Traction car on Pennsylvania ave nue last night about 11 o'clock. The ac cident oocurred near the Intersection of 8d street northwest, the automobile going against the car with considerable force and breaking the front axle, putting the horse less carriage out of commission. There was not much delay caused to street car traffic by the accident, as the broken au tomobile was soon removed from the track. Nobody was Injured ... \ . J PLOTAWTSP?? Lively Politics on in the Badger State. THE LA FOLLETTE SCHEME To Discredit Senior Senator in Con gressional Fight. BY DEFEATING HIS FRIENDS Otjen to Be Opposed In Milwaukee by Two Candidates?Babcock the Storm Center. SfWH-lal DiupMch to Th<? Star. MILWAITCEE. Wis.. May fl.-Practically every congressman In Wisconsin will have sharp opposition for renomlnatlon this fall, and already candidates are blossoming out In many counties. The factional war be tween I>a Follette and Spooner plays no small part In the trouble, and the La Fol lette men are endeavoring, by securing the # | defeat of congressmen who favor Spooner. to make the people believe that the senior senator has lost hts Influence. This, together with the eft >rt of La Folletto men to pledge all legislative candidates against Spooner, Is a part of the Li Follette campaign to ruin his oolleague. His con gressmen. who have supported Spooner and the stalwart wine of the party In the past, have opposition from La Follette men, and even fhosje who remained neutral are not without enemies on both sides as a result of their refusal to take shies. In Milwaukee, for Insrtanc, Representative ' 'Otjen Is to foe opposed by candidates from factions a-s a result of his attitude in both gubernatorial fights. and also as a result o" his actions during the contest for master. The successful candidate wad chosen owing to his insistence on another man. when he could have won some sup- ?" port by recognising the factional light ;.t the outset. He will he opjx *s?m1 by Or. Jobse, La Follette candidate, and by \V. 1. (ireene. the stalwart candidate for the post office. , Scheme Against Babcock. Representative Babcock will l>e the center of the most severe light, and It is probable that Judge Mahoney will lie the leader. It Is likely, however, that the I,t Follette m?i will try to win away his support by running a candidate Hgalnst him in the prlmarle* in each county. At a largely attended rwetlng of republi cans at Ashland the candidacy for Congress of James H. Madden of this city was for mally launched. Pol. Tennant. a member <>' Gov. La Follette's staff, presided, ana prominent half-breeds and stalwarts Jolnei hands in supporting Madden. The republicans so far are united on th?> question and will remain so without there i> Interference from outside. This Is In Judge Jenkins' district. An Appeal to La Follette. Senator I*a Follette Is being appealed to by his supjM>rters In Wisconsin to call off the gubernatorial candidacy of his speaker, 1 rfine L. Lenroot of Superior, as many I*a Follette men In Wisconsin believe that the I^enroot boom is doomed and that 1 defeat at this stage of the political tight in Wisconsin, when Spooner's -seat mus: be secured for one of the faithful I .a Fol lette men will be fatal to La Follette's am bition. La Follette, however. It is said, has re fused to turn to the support of Gov. David son. The Davidson boom, meanwhile, is making considerable headway, and as "o has the support of many of the state house ? employes, he has a lirge leail over 1-an root, who has La Follette's backing, but re one in the state who can be Implicitly trusted. Lenroot is Persistent. I>enroot, like La Follette. refuses to stop the war for governshlp. and the outcome of the contest will probably b>- the align ment of Davidson, with the platform of -harmony, but agitation lor any further needed railroad reforms, against Lenroot whose battle cry will be down with th-t stalwarts. The Davidson men are of the belief that the time has com'- to reunite the party on a progressive ba>is. but win the Spooner-La Follette fight eliminated. The Lenroot men say that the war 011 Spooner will never be ended until I.a Fol lette has ousted every supporter of Spooner from office in the state. TAFT GUEST OF HONOH AT NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY OF 7TH REGIMENT. NEW YORK. May 5.?Secretary of War W. H. Taft, who came to this city today . from Washington, was a guest and speaker tonight at the 100th anniversary celebra tion of the 7th Regiment, New York Na tional Guard. During the afternoon the regiment paraded up 5th avenue and was reviewed by Secretary Taft. Prominent army and militia officers from all parts or the country were present. The toasts In cluded the following: "The Nation," Secre tary Taft; "The State of New York," Lieut. Gov. Bruce; "The Regiment," Gen. Horace Porter. Col. Daniel Appleton was toast master. Secretary Taft said, in part: "It has been said that a republic could - get along without an army. Of course war Is hell and must be avoided by any hon orable concessions that can be made. An army is not for show; an army Is not to look at; an army is not a mere symbol; an army is to tight. If we could be sure that there would be no war then we could have no armies. But if we have an army at all it must be to light. "We need to make preparations and then we can meet the issues that must neces sarily come. It Is recognized that the militia is to provide us with the equipped and drilled men. "It Is because of this that the President directed me to come here and testify to _ you, the most conspicuous regiment In the country, that he so regards you as does every one who has at heart the interest of the country. Your centennial is an event of national importance. You are a great regiment and the mother of regiments which are entitled to recognition as the *. moat valuable asset this country lias." PURSUED AND CAPTURED. Young Colored Man Gives Crowd a Lively Chase. A young colored man running east on Louisiana avenue In front of police head quarters last night shortly before 12 o'clock and a crowd of excited men pursuing him attracted the attention of the officers who were on duty at police headquarters. Be fore any of the officers could Join In the pursuit, however, the colored man had been pushed over the fence in front of the District building: and placed under arrest by Frank Hewston, one of the telephone operators at headquarters. The operator took him to headquarters, where he was turned over to Policeman Canfleld of the sixth precinct. "He took a pair of shoes," shouted one of the men in the crowd. "Where is my lead pencllT" shouted an other. The prisoner denied that be had taken , any shoes, pencil or other property. He save his name as Granville Backus and was locked up. After being arrested It was sug gested that he answered the description ot the man who assaulted and robbed Mrs. Fields, and the Anacostla police were noti fied to have a witness look him over this morning.