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w - , v- ' w. t r f i ' Fair and Colder Tonight Last Edition NTJMBEET7287. f - Yesterdays Circulation, 46,509 WASHINGTON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1911. - Sixteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT. LISTLESSNESS OF : MEMBERS MARKS CONGRESS OPENING OF IS FELT Solons Straggle Into Cy After Brief Respite FrqH Summer. POLITICS WILL U5URP LEGISLATORS' EFFORT little Ihteres Shqvn as Senate and House Convene Galleries Thronged Wth Visitors. j By JUDSOtf C WELLIVER, recisely o.tf on every opening sbday of December for just 123 years past, Congress today convened In ita anrnTaT'aeflsion. Sharp on the Btroko of noon, Vice President Sherman and Speaker Clark rapped Senate and HouBe to order, and the memberB to their feet, to listen to the Invocation. It was rather a mild occasion. Congress got away from Washing ton three months ago, after a gruel ing experience with (blistering weather and the passage of purpose less tariff bills for politics and the i ri veto "sT! and. busy for the members, and they did not come back full of enthusiasm to the prospect of another long and wearing session. Members Arrive Late. 'Not In many years has the bulk of membership arrived bo lato for the opening. The midday trains toduy were bringing in scores of members, who had not been able, or enough con cerned, to get here an hour earlier than absolutely necessary, UstLcsBnebs, hopelessness, a feellrg of resignation to the inevitable siege that was about the state of mind of Congress today. Yes, It Is true that th last session before a Presidential election sometimes succeeds in doing real business ; Roosevelt's last ones De fore the elections of 1901 and 1303 both performed handsomely. But this year It's different. Nobody expects much to happen, nobody seems to caie whether It does; and the net result of a sessloi. beginning In that attitude la, common ly, a fat Congressional Itecord, and the usual stint In appropriation bills. The conviction of hopelessness about the session has been atrenK tinned since It became known that the President would have no tariff message at the opening, and that the Tariff Hoard had been unable either to formulate) deilnlle conclusions, or to agree on much of anything fundamental except the de sirability of sending Its facte and -flif-VMM along for Congress to worry about. Realized Fatuity. It was common observation today that if the President had "come across with a smashing tariff message and a Tariff Board to back It up to the limit," there might yet have been some doings. But the very atmosphere of the two rimbcrs, the feeling of the fatuity of all that found expression In half the greetings exchanged, the depressed feelings of the Republicans an) the r.crvcus tenilon airong the Democrats, who realUe the responsibility the sec tion lmpores upon them In relation to next year's campaign all these things made It anything but a hopeless, cheer ful, or confident opening of a session. Curiously illustrative of the fac-tlon-rent condition of parties, was the Incident of choosing a presiding of ficer pro tern, for the Senate. Last cession the Democrats voted for Ba con, the Republicans for Galllnger, the Insurgents for Clapp, and; no elec tion was possible. Today at the very outset the old quarrel was precipitated. The death of a relative of Vice President Sher man necessitated his absenco from the city for a brief time, and there was a .hurried conference, ana agree ment to celect Senator Curtis of Kan ess, to preside during this Interim no more. Factional and party acri mony thus surged to the top in the (Continued on Second Page.) WEATHER REPORT. FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT. Fair, coidcr tonight; temperature about 24 uegrees. iucnuay tair, slight- jy warmer. TEMPERATURES. U. 8. BUREAU. AFFLECK'S. 8 a. m 33 8 a. m 31 10 a. m .' 31 11 a. m 31 12 noon, 31 1 p. m 32 2 p. m ,.... 33 8 a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 noon 1 P. m 2 p. m TIDE TABLE. Today High tide, 6:12 a. m. and 6:31 p. m. Low tide, 12:28 a. m. and 12:23 p. m. Tomorrow High tide, 7:05 a. m. and 7:23 p. m. Low tide, 1:19 a. m. and 1:13 p. m. BUN TABLE. Bun rises , 7:02 Sun sets 4:33 U Li SESSION 4 U JrwtArl iBbMHIiiiiiiiiiiSuH sLiBHiiraiLBflrfLLLLLH I'lftLBQiiBlLlBLsLLLHI 1 IBIhLikLLHI CHAMP CLARK. Cop right. Q. V. Back. TOF DISMISSES SUIT FOR L ,. Government's Demurrer in Indian Territory Case 'Is Sustained. Suit for land worth 62,000.000 In Indian Territory was practically dismissed in the United States Court of Claims at nuun louuy, wnen uniei justice Btanton J. Peels road tho decision of the court sustaining the Government's demurrer to the petition, of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas case Involved alternate sections of land in Indian Territory, under an alleged grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The land sought was claimed under land in question Is part of the Indian Territory tracts covered by tho Indian treaties, and if the Government had lost the present suit It would have had the Indians to deal with, or at least the Indians would have lost more than $80,000,000 worth of land. ' Besides this decision, the court found , for the Purcell Envelope Company, of . Holyoke, Mass., grunting a Judgment of I given George F. Archer, of A'rkansas. is3,i.i.it. a juagment oi w.uuu was for claims of damage done his lund by river improvement work on the Mis-. SaSf iftamnnu.-5S5r! The envelope oompany got a contract to furnish the Government with stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers in l9S to tun four years. Postmaster General' Charles Emory Smith revoked the order and tho com pany brought buit for $500,000. The American Trading company wins a judgment against the Chinese In demnity fund of $106,S83. The claim is one of- many growing out of the Boxer troubleb. In a $90,000 suit between the Govern ment and the I.ouljvlllo and Nashville railroad the Government's demurrer was overruled by the court today. The suit grows out of an alleged account ing between the Government and the I.milbvlllo and Nashville respeitlng the use of an ownership of a branch road In Tennessee. There Is announced for trial In the Court of Claims tomorrow the matter of the suit of Frank G. Farnhnm against the Postofflce Department. Farnham Is tho man who Invented stamp books and his present claim is to establish his right to sue for what the Government hasTmade out of the sale, of the books. Associate Justices Howry, Booth, Barney, and Atkinson were on the bench with Chief Justice Peelle this afternoon. H TO BE EXAMINED Senate Committee to Await Ex amination Before Meeting to Consider Bills. Senator Galllnger said today ho will call a meeting of the District Commit tee for ono week from Friday, No meet-j Ing will be called for this weak, ns the members want to study thn situation, look over bills on the calendar r r in troduced, and get their bearings. Senator Johnston is expected to press the Sunday rest bill as soon as possible. That bill Is pending; on the Senate calendar. CO CLAIMS 621010 AD DISTRICT'S NEEDS DISTRICT SEEKS $,(2,954,720.50 El Commissioners' Estimates 'for-Next Fiscal Year Are Announced. INCREASE NEARLY MILLION DOLLARS Greater Salaries for Employes Sought Many Improve ments Desired, The Appropriations Committee of the House made public today the es timates of the District Commission ers for the expenses of the District during the fiscal year of 1913. The Commissioners recommended appro priations of $12,954,720.60. The District appropriation billfor the current year carried 12,061, 286.50, or nearly one million dollars less than the amount asked for next year. Liberal Increases In salaries for hundreds of employes of the District Government are recommended In the estimates. The Commissioners them selves ask for an increase of salary from $5,000 to $6,000 per annum, stating that they may with propriety do so, since the terms of the present civilian Commissioners expire before the appropriation would become available. Nearly every branch of the District service has employes for whom the Commissioners ask better pay. Urge New City Plants. The Commissioners recommend the rertIonf-aTVnuiticrptn tsphaK'"Dltnt.- a garbage disposal plant, an Investiga tion "of thn feasibility of generating water power at Groat Falls, and various Important street Improvements. It Is recommended that the Board of Edu cation be given $125,000 for completion of the Normal School building for colored pupils, and un appropriation of $150,000 to start work on the new M street tiign A-i.ooi The sum of $250,000 is asked to begin work on the now Central High School building Appropriations amounting to several hundred thousand dollars are recom mended for annexes to various crowded school buildings throughout the city. A new police boat, to cost $10,000, Is desired. Appropriations also are asked for grading and Improving Llngle road. Rock Creek drive, Plncy Branch valley highway. Fort Davis, and Fort Dupont parks, and Mt. Hamilton park. Among some of the more important recommendations In the estimates arc tho following: The sum of $100,000 Is asked for Im proving the Anacostia flats. General Recommendations. Executive office: The Commissioners urge that their salaries be Increased ' from $3,000 to $6,000 per year, saying: i "Tho nresent board of Commissioners, has no personal Interest in the abovo recommendation, since the official terms of tho two civilian Commissioners will expire In January, 1913, and the Com mtssloner detailed from the cnglnoer corps of the army, Is, of course, sub ject to other. alignment at any time, The boaid m;iUc the recommendation because It recalls the difficulty of tho President when the Immediate prede cessors, of the present civilian Commis sioners resigned, In llndlng mmen, who. in lew of tho limited salary, would con.-oit to assume the responsibilities of the oftice." The Commissioners recommend that the salaries of several employes In their departments be Increased. An Increase for District veterinarian from $1,200 to $1,600 is asked, and it Is suggested that an allowance of $1,000 per annum be made for medicines and other hospital supplies. In the purchasing division it is recom mended that the salary of tho purchas ing ofttcer be Increased from $2,750 to $3,000; the deputy purchasing officer from $1,600 to $1,700. Increases are asked for several clerks. Inspection Division, Building inspection division: Tho principal assistant Inspector of build ings is recommended for an increase In salary from $1,800 to $3,000; five assistant Inspectors from $1,200 to $1,300; fire es cape inspector from $1,400 to $1,500; civil (Continued on Sixth Page.) MAY BEHEAD SUSPECTS. TIBN TSIN, Deo. 4. Seven revolu tionary suspects were arrested within the Austrian concessions. Ono wa sum marily executed and six thrown Into dungeons. Thay "a, 111 probably bo be-1-eaded. M ire German marines were landed here to protect German interests. WILL HOLD HUGHES. Manager Griffith of the Nationals has decided to hold Tom Hughes, tho vet eran pitcher, for a trial with the team next Tear. He is not sure that Hughes is "all in" as a major leaguer. ROM CONGRESS GET , Last Minute News Told in Brief l . V Are You AGOODFELLOW? BY HELP SANTAAS COOD FELLOW Only Twenty Days Remain Between Now and Glad- some Christmas Eve. BEGIN RIGHT AWAY TO AID CHILDREN Everybody Urged to Join in Wor thy CauseSeveral Letters Tell of the Joys of Givirt By THE ST. NICHOLAS GIRL. How about it? Have you sent your name to Tho Washington Times' Association of GOOD FELLOWS yet? If you have not done so, there 1b no time to lose, because there aro but twenty days between now and Christmas evo. Next week, and the week after that, you will be having troubles of your own, If you are really a GOOD FELLOW, because you will be busy preparing a Merry Christmas for your own loved ones, tho little people of your family, if you are a married man; your best girl and her little brothers and sisters, If United states District Attorney Chartea you are not married but hone to hn w- M,ller anJ previous to leaving for mur"ea DUl nPe to be CIeveland Burn8 8evereiy criticised some time; you little nephows and Samuel Oompers, president of the Amcr nleceB, If you aro an old bachelor ,con Federatlon of Labor, for his con Rnr vnn , u i , ... ' tlnue denial of having, any knowledge BUt you ought to begin right HOW, of the eullt of the ilcNamarabrathW to think of the people whoihave no' ,5urn7ftr yltW CTevftand-'prab-CfoOD' FELLOWS'' to-l00lr-but-f6? f && tMAT5S&& o?fe&& thelr bapPlnossat this season, when GVervhnHv ni.crhf . ,. ..... , t,..v iv, uo uuppy, out when, more is tho pity, there are many who are not Time Now to Begin. Begin right now to thinw nf f ,! wistful-eyed little people, who will have tno,lr7 workers to take action on tho no merry Christmas unless you and sev- confe8S,on ,r the McNamaras Is cx- eral hundred others join this association.10 b Called M B00n a R'an without delay, and start In to brine to i I ,, every one of these little boy .and rfrla nte"0.ejP Ja,T W' ,NoeI has been em- ashey'lTvT ' M fSSI as they Ive. , accountants and stenograpners was em- Be assistant to Santa Claus, that first PJZed t?dfty. i ru"h lhe probe of tho and best of GOOD FELLOWS, because workers' documents. lie nas oeen looking after the little ones and bringing them happiness every year since the Star of Bethlehem first shone; because his heart Is so expansive that he tries not to forget even the poorest and smallest of his children. But what can Santa Claus do without assistance? Think of the colossal work ne unaertakes every year! He needs you, Mr. GOOu FELLOW, and he needs several hundred more like you. and ho copted,.bv bth 'ds In the McNamara isn't particular, either, whether you are Ca"e' she accePtpl 500 as earnest a man. If you aro a woman he win re- JlfyI,onua brlb whlch was to ,otal celvo you Just as cordially Into this as- , T would Inrtuence her nus- soclatlon of. GOOD FELLOWS, and you t t0 dl8reKard evidence against needn't be discouraged If you are a James B- McNamara and to vote for an small boy or girl, for there nobody ii acquittal, camo the announcement from K.i,6mia,l I.00 .yoHPB ,be enrolled the district attorney's office today that In the list of Santa Claus' aids to be a niiitriot iiinm. Z , . , ' , y' nal GOOD FELLOW. district Attorney Fredericks is with- For Instance, this morning this letter hold'nB much evidence of the gravest came to my deBk. among the hundreds Importance. It is unequivocally stated of pleas from little boys and girls, who lhat much of the evidence la of such a will have no Merry Christmas unless character that it has not jet been ex we GOOD FELLOWS help: I Plained by persons connected with the "Dear St. Nicholas Girl: ! bribery charges and the McNamara ue- "I am a little girl four years old. who ense. has pretty near everything she wants, Mrs. Bain declares specifically that and I have helped mamma gather to- "o was given tho money after her hue gether all my old toys for some little Pand qualified as a Juror, and that she children who need them, and I wish turned It over to the district attorney all sorts of good things to all Santa I10 be held as evidence. She says sho Claus' boys and girls.' Came From Hyattsville. This letter was not signed, but It came from Hyattsville, Md., and with it was a huge basket, filled with toys, which wll) gladden many hearts on Christmas morning. Right on top of the basket there sat a big cinnamon colored Teddy bear, smiling up to tho St. Nicholas girl with a wink In his beady eyes, and saying in perfectly good Teddy bear language: "Take me to some nice little girl who ha.s never had a Teddy bear to love, but who will eve me very much and be good to nw. and not throw me around In dark coi ners." There's a little four-year-old GOOD FELLOW, and we hope to welcomo a dozen more like her before many days. (Continued on Fifth Page.) TAFT NAMES TURNER. President Taft today announced tho appointment of former 8enator George Turner, of Washington, as a member of the International Boundary Commis sion. He succeeds the late Thomas H, Carter, of Montana, who died in this city about three months ago. MOTOR TAX UPHELD. The Supreme Court In a decision ren dered today upheld a law of tho State of Pennsylvania imposing a tr pJ-,1, on ' r DOZEN OFFICIALS III LABOR WORLD FACINC ARREST Reputed to Be in Greatest Criminal- Conspiracy in v History. BURNS CRITICISES PRESIDENT GOMPERS Continued Denials of Knowledge of McNamaras' Guilt Is Cause. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 4. With tho admission here today by Federal offi cials that prominent labor union ofn cials are under surveillance in con nection with what is reputed to be one of the most extensive criminal conspiracies in history, the crust of which was broken by the confession of John J. and James B. McNamara, arrests are expected here shortly. ElEht detectives of William J. Burns are here today preparing for the climax of the Federal Investiga tion, when, according to Bcml-offlcial Information, at least twelve promi nent labor leaders will be arrested on indictments charging complicity in a plot for the Illegal carrying of explosives on passenger trains en gaged In Interstate commerce . Criticises Gompers. Following his conference 'here wltn All SvaVralJicllS'S -!S -jmmiik caora, Thp whereabout)! nt TTrnnL- vt n.. president of the International Associa tion of Bridge and Structural Iron workers. 1S causing much speculation here today. Probe to Be Rushed. A meeting of the executive board of Woman Confesses She Accepted Bribe . To Influence Juror LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. -Following a statement by Mrs. Robert Bain, wife of the first permanent luror ac. -iiuui icu wno gave it to her. Picture Identified. George N. Ickwtiod, the prospective MtNamiia Juror, ho worked with tho district attorney's detectives in brinqlmr rbout he arrest jf Bert H. Franklin, chief of detectives of tho McNamara defense, has, itls oi sorted by .he prono cution, identified a picture of one of the defense s attorneys as the man who Joined Franklin a few minutes after the money was passed to Lockwood. Detec tive Samuel Browne and his assistants, who participated in tho arrest, declare this attorney was on tho scene Immedi ately after the money was passed and just as the arrest of Franklin was made. Despite the many conflicting reports of other arrests, it was also stated by (Continued on Second Page.) TROOPS FROtf MANILA. MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood has Issued orders for the retu-j to this country of the Seventh andTwentieth Infantry from Manila. Th wl roturn aboa the transport Sh6rman, whlch ,8 4ue sail for San 'rnclsco about December BISHOP hRENT HONORED. A dispatch , to the State Department states that fiuhoo Charts ir. iirnk chairman otho American delegation to u!?Jni?W.llortat-opium odnferonce. now! 5VWiW T-" H4HA hij baen lect- J . 1 LITTLETON SCORES CRITICS IN BARBED SPEECH TO HOUSE CONGlcBaSMAN M. W. LITTLETON. BAKER TO SAY IF . BRITT WAS MAI) HE Contractor Called on by Police to Help Solve the Mickle Case. J. N. Baker a contractor, will be given an opportunity by tho policy probably this aiternoon to determine whether Lawrence BHtt, who was a roommate of James Smith in the home of John "Walker, Is the man he says tried to seH him a monkey-wrench wrapped In brown paper on the afternoon of the day Will iam . Mickle was murdered with a monkey-wrench, which had been wrap ped In brown paper. Captain Boardman of the Police Head quarters detectlv'e force made this an nouncement to The Times, following a statement made by Mr. Bakfr in which ne said that the picture of Lawrence Brltt printed in The Times resembled closely the man who had called upon him tho nfi-rrmo,, r ., ii,i . SAW WITH WRENCH Brlttwas taken to the District aT " ?, " J "" "'"' Con(freMman torney's office this morning for examl-L,"ron.8ald: nation by the Federal officials as to Just Thla league secretary, whose name h?,Y..muoM ne konws about the murder is Henry B. Martin, appears to be all of yilliarn H. Mickle on November 16, there Is of the leacue either tn m. In his store, on Seventh street. nhinZrv L J,T .. ' Brltt was previously questioned by c"nery- money, purpose, policy, or con offlclala at Police Headquarters, and """. stuck to his story that ho know noth- "For yers this man Martin has nov 15s -Sr i. r,me' &n. tha h was in ered ab,-ul the Capitol, meddllnx wltn the Walker home all that evening. His aii sorts of legislation hnrtnn hi-i answers were apparently not entirely f" legisiauon, button-holing satisfactory to the hpanniinrtnrs Htnfr Congressmen and Senators; calllne them and he was taken before Assistant Dis trict Attorney Given. Brltt wus brought In by Sergeant Mc Cormick. of the Ninth precinct. Ho (Continued on Seventh Page.) SCOTWlCTEO TO RESIGN TODAY Former Senator Slated To Retire As President of U. S. Trust Company. Former United States Senator Scott probably will present his resignation as president of the United States. Trust Company to the directors of that insti tution late this. afternoon, effective De cember 20. It is understood Mr. Scott's retirement was suggested by tho knowledge that the control of the trust company's capi tal stock is now held by Eldridgo E. Jordan and Interests friendly to him, and that it is proposed to ro-eleot Mr. Jordan president of the company at the annual meeting In January, if not soon er. . Air. Jordan was elected president of me unneo. states Trust Company in rioruury lam. oi Deing m harmony with certain of tho members of the bdard of directors, he resigned, and Senator Scott was elected in July, Since then several members of tho directory uavo resigned, disposing of their holdings to interests friendly to Mr. Jordan. The latter was recently elected a vice president. The United States Trust Company va cates Itatpresent quarters, occupying Its Un.i"1,"?. ro.?.ra ln tle Southern building within the next week. It is understood th quarters which te com pany will vacate have been leased from January . The building Is not one that could be used for any, other than bank lne purposes. , SAYS ATTACK JS ey tS ii If Congressman Defends Stand in Steel Probe, Giving . Lie to Accusers, k CHARGE OF INTEREST CALUMNY, HE ASSERTS Declares Martin,; League Secre tary, Has Been "MeddlirJg" for , Years Cuts From Bryan. By THEODORE TILLER. Asserting his independence of "the Intolerant outside influences repre-'' Bented by William Jennings Bryan," and mercilessly scoring others who ' have criticised' his attitude lb the ' Steel trust Investigation, Congress man Martin W. Littloton, a Now York Democrat, delivered a sensational and bitter speech on tho floor of the House this aiternoon. The New York member, who be came famous as a .criminal lawyer, and who saved Harry K. Thaw from the electrlq chajr; was In, nVtriling mood. He arose .to" a qticBtion of, perional. l1vllege'immedlatelyTaiter , the formalities ?f opening 'the new ' session of the House.' Reading frem a newspaper attack, published In the New York- Press, which accused Mr. i Littleton of being "an ally of tho Steel trust" because ho wanted to curtail the scope of the Stanley com- mlttee's investigation, Mr. Littleton launched into an excoriation of his critics. Shafts Aimed at Martin. The shafts of his elcquCfe weri esp. clally directed toward Henry B. Mar tin, secretary of the National Anti Trust League, whom Mr. Littleton i-ucrges wnn inspiring mo newspaper attack to aid "bctr1 Street. Interests In Wall Referring to the AnU-Truat League, whose secretary, he said, has ctrqu- "- "T -" " "iiBiea even num me noorp una piaying tne-part of an earnest worker for reform lfglsl- ' tlon. At ifmes when members havanot met his approval or have denied hlaiiin portupltles, he has caused circulars clothed In tho language of an earaesi appeal and Inspired by the spIrltvof blackmail to be sent out over the coup try, holding the offending member up to public contempt, charging him with oi Ing the representative of the Standard Oil Company or some other concern un der public condemnation." Reading from W. J. In Tho Commoner, wh J. Bryan's editorial whfch declared that Air. Ultleton Should hn rotlr. , fmm the Stanley committee because he was reactionary, Mr. Littleton explained' his position In ,ho Stanley controversy. Ho had never advocated stopping the in vestigation, he said. He had merely expressed the opinion that the commit-' tee had no legal right to proceed with certain lines of inquiry, since the Qov- (Contlnued on Fifth Page.) IN CONGRESS TODAY f SENATE. The Senate met at noon for the opening of the regular session of the Sixty second Congress. Session lasted twenty minutes and for mal business was transacted. Senators Hoke Smith and Obadlah Gardner sworn ln. Owing to death of Mrs. Sherman's moth er. Senator Curtis was named to pre side over tho Senate temporarily. Senate District Committee will meet a week from Friday. White House Callers. SENATORS. Page, Vt. Bacon, Oa. Jones, Utah. Richardson, Del. Brown, Neb. Guggenheim, Col. Penrose, Pa. Crane, Mass. Lodge, Mass. Brlggs, N, J". CONGRESSMEN. Burleson, Tex. Catlln, Mo. Hamilton, Mich. McCreary, Pa, Cnimpacker, Ind. Qlllett, Mass, F03S, IIL OTHER VISITORS. Governor Fobs. Massachusetts. . Commissioner JuUson. , INSPIRED BEARS m - m ""1 1 a?a "VTt til ' "KS Vl3 rx 'VJ M h i J I v .ia ,"jkii,!.. i- 4.