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W ff Ute fmrnfem mte Fair and Colder Tonight. Last Edition NUMBER 70JI4. Yesterday's Circulation, 45,400 WASHINGTON, TRIDAY EVENING, NOVE3IBEII 15, 1013. Twenty.four Pages. TKIOE ONE CENT. HEW ENGLAND STARTS FIGHT T WITHDRAWAL OF SULTAN FROM EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DEMANDED IN ARMISTICE IAFT INSISTS MOSES TO QUI PROBE ORDERED PRESIDENCY OF TRMBOARD Opposes Plan To Re-elect Him at Meeting Late Today. OE GIRL'S DEATH IN HOTELBATH Boston Merchant, Last Seen With Stenographer, Held For Autopsy. P QUIT RAILROAD Hearings on Traffic Monop- 1 oly To Begin Next x Week. N. Y., N. H. & H. LINE SEVERELY SCORED Commerce Commission Experts 1 4 Have Developed Facts Regard ing Poor Service. ' By JUDSON C. WELLIVER. A determined ubsuuU on the trans portation monopoly which tho New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- load has established In New Eng land, will bo formally and publicly opened next week, with preliminary bearings at the offices of tho Inter state Commerce Commission. Soon after Congress opens, New England Interests will undertake, to fenllst Congress In the fight. A de mand for some sort of procedure hgalnst tho New Haven svstom is ex pected, though It Is not known whether this will take tho form of n anti-trust action or some pro ceeding under the interstate com tnerce laws. Now England Is Intensely wrought Up over tho railroad situation there. Peeling haB been Intensified by the Announcement, within a few days, fhat tho Grand Trunk railroad of Canada, has abandoned its plans to Invade New England, and establish tompetlUon with the New Haven. It s charged that New Haven financial Interests wero powerful enough to exact terms which amounted to a practical surrender of the ambitious plana of tho Grand Trunk. People Force Climax. Word comes from Now KnglanJ, furthermore, that when the State lipls Mures meet there tho coming winter the attacks on the New Haen will lie opened with more zest than lias evei I harnctcrlzed thm In the past The railroad situation has suddenly succed rd all other Issues as the one most ap fieallng to public Intcrert. An official tt the Interstate Commission suld to Hay. "It would appear, from reports reach ing us, that New England Is being wept b) an antl-rullroad agitation, tvhlch Is qulto us determined an J Molent as an) that Kansas 01 Cali fornia has cl knoun. The New Haven's success In thwarting the Grand (Trunk plans has brought the situation to a climax almost In an hour." It became Knoun toda that th In vestigation of the Now Haven s)stom. tin which the Interstate Commission Is How entering. Is to be qulto different from anjthtng else It has ever be foi e lindertal.en The financial hlstor of fCew liaen cntei prises In the Inst decade Is to lie delved Into and Illu mined In every aj that Is within the commission's drastic powers of Inquliy. J low sweeping and Intimate this pro- tedure is going to be Is suggested b) his statement, made by an official of he commission who has been In lIosj ouch with tho matter. Complete Monopoly. "When tho present management too't tontrol of tho New Haven about n flecado ego tho sjstem had. as I rrcol ect, about Ji5,OuO,000 capitalization iep. fesentlng about 4.U00 mUes of railroad n the decade that capitalization has Increased to about Jirti,0t,XjO, while tho inlleage of thu railroad r)stem haj In creased only about 100 miles "What became of tliac mune) ( "We know In general that vast .mounts havo hen expended In biiving control of trolley s) stems throughout New England Wo know tnut comrctlng roads have been bought up. that coast wise shipping has been taken over, and that In general a substantially complete transportation monopoly has been es- tabllslied throughout New England Wo now that moro monej has gone Into lin erection of summer hotels and thilr management, and arlous other entei bilses. . j, , "While these expansions and diversi fications of the company's activities have been afoot, tho stock of the mad lias fallen. In market quotations, as 1 lecolloct, from about ."00 to around 133 v want to know where this Immense Increase of capitalization has gone, and Whether the Investments that have hcen rnado have been profitable. We have fcood reason to bellevo that some of sheni have not been " Continuing, this official explained that (Continued on Pago Thirteen ) t WEATHER REPORT. rvilll'j-AsT I OK Till: DIM'KICT rail' utid colder tonight, Saturday fair. TEMPUHATUKKS I' K Bl'RBAU I ATFLECK'S. a. m 0 a. m n t sum in 43 I 9 a in SO 0 a. m 1 a m i noon l n m 43 I 10 a m .... f 41 It a III 62 tl 4b 4l 12 noon 1 p in. "1 p m. 2pm TIDU TADI.E. Today High tide, U i a m and I! 3 p m ; low tide, B 48 a m and 7 OS p m Tomorrow High tide, U 52 a m and I 27 p. m , low tide, 7 3S a m and 8 OJ j) m nt'x TAin.r: P un rises 6 41 Sun sen , 4 17 EDWARD H. DROOP TO GET THE PLACE Other Changes in Offices of Or ganization Expected by Decision. That Arthur C. Moses will dccllno a nomination and re-election as president of tho Board of Traile, and that Udward H. Droop will bo elect ed as his successor ut the meeting of tho board of directors In tho li brary of tho Wilard this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, arc tho surprising facts learned today from Mr. Moses and members of tho board of di rectors. It had been generally conceded that Mr. Moses would bo re-elected to tho presidency, as ho was elect ed only a few months ngo to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas C. Noycs, and In his short occupancy of the position had Inaug urated several important campaigns, notably that for tho extension of tho McMillan park plan. It was under stood that Mr. Moses would be given another term In which to tarry out this and other projects. Business Matters Interfere. Some members of the board, howcvci, declared that Mr. Moses did not isrc to serve a full term because of buslnrss matters that would cause him to b In the Weet part of tho time. Mr. Droop, foi many scars treasurer of the Uoard of Trade, uud t lectio' first vice president at tho time of Mr. Muses' election as president, was picked as tho man to taku his place. This, however, was not a matter of public Information, and the public gen erallv, as well as sonic members of the Board of Trade, bcllevid that Mr Moiea would again be given the posi tion. Meantime, Mr. Droop's friends h id conducted a quiet campaign In Ills be half, and w hen Tho Times made a care ful canvas of more than two-thirds uf tho thirty directors, It could b" seen that ho had considerable following. Never a Candidate. Mr. Moses st ited today that bis had never been a candidate for re-election, although ho had told some of his friends he would serve, cgalu If elected. llu stated today, how cvei, that he would losltlvcl) decline the nomination. In spite of this pusltlvo statement, It Is thought his namo will be presented. The campaign lor funds In curr) out the McMillan park extension pliii, recently Inaugurated by Ml. Mos.cn. Ib probably thu most Important step ever taken by the Hoard of Trade, and a considerable, uine.uui hu ui readv been iulse.1 for this puipusc The fact that Mr. Mosi s stated when elected thiee months ago that ho would not be ar uppllcanl lot ie electlon Is the only ground that could he uscerialncd upon umili I lie op position to him Is based It las been tho custom for thu Hoard of Trade to elect tho first vlie president to the highest position lilt mis prcceuent was set in instances where the retiring president had served his full term, and Mr. Moses friends take tin position that slnco Mr. Moses has served only about onc-fouilh of a full term and Is In a better position than an other to push the McMillan park plan and other reform to a suc cessful conclusion, he should be re elected E. C Graham, now second vlee presi dent uf the board, Is on thp boards to bo advanced to the 11 rat vlee presidency tills afternoon Secretary William John F)non probably will be le-elected with out opposition, C. J Gockeler. trtasunr, and John It Itrnir, general counsel It Is uncertain who will 1m nominated foi the second vlco presldcncj . PRESIDENT WILL GO AWAY AT MIDNIGHT Stops in New York on Way to Meeting of Yale Corpora tion at New Haven. President Taft will leavo Washington at midnight for New York Tomorrow morning the President will attend u re ception at the College of tho Cits of New York and later go to tho Chil dren's Village of the Now York Juvo nlle Asvluin Satuidu) night. Instead of staving with his bl other, Henry W. Taft, the riesiueni win slop at tno VValelorr-, Astoria 1 hut ivtulng he will attend the ellnnoi of the Lutus Club, after vlBltlng thu Hebrew Mholteilng Guurd lan Orphan Asjlum On Sunday tho Picsldeut will dine with his brother In New York, and will leave Monday morn'ng for New Haven to attend n meeting of the Yale Corporation Ho will return to Washington Monday night, Instead of Tuccdav, as 11 rut In tended Wanted: A Wife To tell her husband he looks best In a DODUi: SJOO HAT" and saves a ilol lar Paving moiu li over-paving The Uodgu Hat btoie-501 Ninth N. S. Advt. QUEER POWDER IS FOUND IN WATER Man Who Accompanied Her Denies Knowledge of Woman's Condition. ' HOSTON. Nov. 15 With Arthur T ' Cumnilngs, n prominent product merchant, held in Jail in connection with tho inyBterloua death of hlH stenographer. Murjorlo O Powers, whoso body was found In a bath tub full of hot water. In a biiiuII hotel, Modlcal Examiner Magrath today an nounced that ho would porform an autopsy. Whether his autopsy will clear tip tho case was considered doubtful at pollen headquarters to clu. Cummlngs, who Is well known In business circles throughout this city and New Kngland. was visited again by his wife, who expressed the ut most confidence In him Find Powder in Water. Whether thu ease Is a parallel to the death of Avis l.lnnell. for whoso mur der the Kev. Clarmeo III. he-sou dlrnl In tho chali, differing In dituil, u, n of tho questions lonfioutlng tho pollie Th.. watet, In win. I, the girl was found Wh.1 !'.Vir. ''"w"J!."ld "'"tallied some other substaiico Ilk. poccd.i. a.iotdlng t.. .iifcirmutlc.li gained l,iy, ,,, a glass which had contained gin Is wild lyi have been found on a table tin room it was also learned today that the girl was subject to fainting spells, nun ... iiuy.ni.ii mm nrr urnlh was ac cidental added still another usntet. ciitniiilngs Is alleged t.. hnve admit), t that ho obtained u room fur 1 lm (f uud his Htep.jifr iih. i lu tin noli', in d HKlHt.re.l a j I Lavls and wir... Particular ulgnlllc alien Is itttHihi-d i,j the police to tlm fact that Cummlnus trlcphone.1 to Jll Powers' homo when she did nut aj.p.ar at work .visterdav morning, showing, the police say, that li expected lur to spend Wednesdav night at home, and that he then went to the hotel and was them when tho girl s bods was found He was ai reste.1 within un houi after the discov ers was made Denies Responsibility. After his arrest c'ummliiKs clinic d that he was responsible for Miss Powers' condition Aa Cummlngs can onl be held in cut) -four hours on n suspicion charge, the pollco declared tndu) that un -offense" will be chirgid ngalnst hlin What speclllc charge will ,t mu.le, the) refused to divulge Miss Powers left homo ediie'nj, nfter giving lie r mother i pirtlng l,Us ostenslhl) to go to tho theater to dilve awav 'thej blues ' When the ijlrl full. 1 to appear tho following inoititiig, the fimllv hcrame alarmed anel It was then that u .vounger slit, r lepnrtcd u tele phone me ssaf,e. fiom Cummlngs stating that Miss power hud nut irrlve.l it tho ortle e It was not until n clock vestcrdav that tho fumll) learned of Miss Powers' death At Hint time, uccordlng to the medical examiners' report. Mis Powers hid been dead about twelve hours. The dead girl had Ilve.l hero all her life and was the main support of the famllv li. i father having been In capacltnteel foi sever il vears The girls mother said todav that she did not remember ever having s en Cum inlngB. Discoveries Favor Him. The police toda unearthed several points seemingly In favor of Cummlngs, and apparently bearing out his asser tions of Innocence They have learnee. that he telephoned to Marjorle Powers' home last evening after lh girls sis. tr, I.llllnn, had asked him over the tele phone If he knew why Marjorle had not gone home to dinner. It Is said that Cummlngs told tho pollco he became alarmed and several times cnlled tho hotel where Marjonc had gone with him and finally went in the pi ire anel was there when tin bcxlv wa found He gave his cornel name to the police and told them where he could be found nt an) time Tho girl s mother, prostrated b) grief, today salel "Nobody ran mako mo believe my daughter committed suicide I onl trust Unit she waH not murdered I can ee the po'sllnllt) that bet eK ith was an aocldem, for she alwa)s hn been subject to fainting spells Hi . cvii, I elo not understand how fie could have gone to that hotel with Mr Cummlnus Mm was a good clrl ami never his given us arv trouble ,n fa i as we know slui had only a f. u tile n aeiiialntunees foi all of whom we could vouch Was Support of Family. "Marjorle was our miln support tnd shu icallzed her big n sponslblllty I never saw Mr Cuinmlugs, nor have l cvei hearJ Marjoilo speak of him ex cepting casually as a glr' would ahout her emplojei About heven weiks mo Biurjorie was criiumcn vvun rn i iipui and had several fainting spells Oiim wlce she appcareel well Hep feinting spells ccme shoillv uftei sho hud eaten hei hrcakfi.Ft, unci Just befoio she wm. OHiii-1 co cue onie Tho girl H bod) was at the" . irth Orovo sttieet n'orcil toela), w li.ro Midlcnl HMinln.i Magiath was pcr foimlnp an nutops) It a lepnitcd that two Haivard chemists weru usslstlng him In an un animation qf the stomach Just he foi c starting the autops), Hi Magrath said I have nude no statement to am one ibout Dili cise, and will not until 1 odock when will see th. iiewspapei men at District Xttnrncv IMIetlira of lice At that tlm th.i dlBtu.t attorney and I may make a satcment." ........ .... ,... , , . , w ,,, , , , ,,, 1ii v:vv mmjmi . , . , i isb" 4?mB j J.). r. at- 1 w ."?tcy7, iibk -j.iBr'. m - - - 'U' , . " Jmm m vrt j.t.timi r .mMmr- . ih yj! t. .k. -h A -ic jl! "-. amt 4.;ki ii&iat &t xJJn';. i i-ActHiiiiiHiHHiiliiiiiiiB lHHiill -, .ciw " vis - V t, ... t v H '-ME 4 ' Va-' - ''-" PI - ""?i)i'Mii'i -f v t ' .'. .11 H.'HfJJI mMMmmiiw MME. RIJAAT PASHA, Founder of the Red Cross in Turkey, Who Has Collected Large Sums of Money and Personally Directed the As. sistance Given Sufferers in the Balkan Wai. Peace Proposal, Awaiting Czar Ferdinand's Approval, Insists on Balkan States' Right to Large Territory Allies Desire Big War Indemnity Bulgarian Forces Keep Up Activity. SOFIA, Nov. 15 The proposed armistice between the Balkan allies and Turkey has been drawn up and awaits Czar Ferdinand's urrlwtl from the front to approve its it was officially stated hero today. Until it has been stated by authorized representatives of all the combatants, it was added, Uulgarla will not cease Its military activity. Tho terms wero Bald to Include possession by the Bulgarians of Constantinople and Adrlanople, b the Servians of Monastir, by tho Greeks of Janlna, and by the Montenegrins of Scutari These conditions It was understood, wore only preliminary to what will bo asked when permanent peace be made. The allies will then insist on retontlon of all tho territory they havo occupied, in the Inter AS HOPE IS LOST Great Vitality Enabling Him To Fight Dis- ease. Ho grave Is henatnr Isldor Ha) net s condition this afteinoon that prac tically no hope It now held uut for Ms recovery, anel although Ills great vl tallt) H enabling him to make a gal lant light agilnst the ellseaso which has seized him, he Is slowl) weaken ing unele r tl strain. Altliouhh Muffeilng gieat pain, hlB mind Is cleu and vigorous '1 he but tle he Is making against the compli cations wMeh have racked Mn frame, and have reclined him marl) eighty pounds In weight In thiee weeks, Is tho wondei ot his ph)slclans ami his family "My father Is showing wonderful vi tnllt) under tho conditions," Bald W. 11 lUjlitt toda) ' His condition Is so critical that none of us Is blliiil as to what t really means It Is said the t-cnalors present condi tion Is dated fiom the night ho took pail 111 the debate with llurkc Coekrali, 111 liultlmoie, last month, when, autlnst the advice of Ills ph)sli I inn, ho spoko steudllv for three houis and made one of the gleatst ulatluns of his career. Southern Winter Resorts Now Opening Inc lulling Aslievllle, Ihe Laud uf tho .Sk All.cn, Xtigiistu, Columbia, Hum mel villi, Chin lesion, Savannah, l'lurl- ilu .New UiluiiiH Convenient lialn service Agents, via .sou the in Uullvvii) Consult I iu win st uuu auu c at. N W Advt. i s urt . - r'iPlIUliiiiH . - ).. f& im w .r ' vr nationalization of Constantinople nnd 8 ilonlkn, the opening of the Darda nelles, a bit, war Indemnlt), ond tho bultan s complete retirement from European affairs Bulgars Take Forts. LONDON. Nov. 15 -Tho Itulguilani toda) were capturing fort after fort In Constantinople s last lino of defense, while waiting for news of tho peace negotiations between 'J uiks Uulgarlatis and Though messages from Itussla wero not quite so hopeful concerning the peaceful solution b) the powers of the Problem of partitioning Uuropeun Tur ke), foielgn office officials hero con tinued optimistic. They wero suro that Austria does not Intend to resort to lorce in settling the dispute as to con trol of thu Adriatic coast, they said, provided the matter 1b left open to se't tleincnt by arbitration after the war After that Itussla will oo certain to agree to this and If Itussla agrees, no matter how much Hervla may ellsllku tho uiiaugc'incit It will havo to submit View of Ferdinand. Czar l'erdlimnd of Uulgarla was re potted determined not to grant the eight da)s armistice asked by the Turks unless ub.colutel assured tlvll pe-imancul peace will fnlluw It imiiiedi utel) 'lu Mianintcu this It was undei stoud he Insisted on the surrender of thu ChataIJa forces, tho capitulation of the belcasueied towns of Adrlanople, Monastir and bcuturi, tho cession to tho allies of all I ho terrltor) they havo captured and admission of tho Uul garlans to Constantinople, vvhlcih, how ever, he clues nut Intend to hold Iuiil. That thu Tuiks would consent to Buch mcrlllccs was deemed unlikely but diploniitH believed a compromise) would be icachoJ Thu Turas objected especially It wn knui.ii tu the liuihm'iin ciitmuco Into Constantinople This wai not entirely a sentlmeutul objection There w.io practical reasons foi It Ho long us the ciipitul i. mains In Turk'sh hands, the leaders of tlu Ottoman Ruvciuiicut wen. said to believe, tho Ignorant misses of the Tuiks will not .cullr.) how luiill) tluv have been beaten and mav even be cajoled Into thinking the) have won, ,ib Hie) did uflei the wai with ItimMu, but If the uctuullc na tin lliilgiuluns lu Constantinople It will ic voliUfiui will b lnuetlci.il liievltabl lie un possum u. nuinr nicni anil eif course, ictniuancl uudcrstaudb (Continued on Second l'uge ) 4mxfrtsm& 'Ji) ' ' t . 4 "?. '.?'tt$fJ ON VERGE OF WAR Vice President Li Demands Move in Dispute Over Outer Mongolia. SHANGHAI, Nov. 13 -War between China and the Czar was considered a serious posslblllt) herotodiv President Yuan Hhl Kal oppose s It, but messages from Hu Chang said that Vlco Presi dent I.l Yuan Hung, who Is us strong and Influential a man as Yuan, was In sisting on It Hacking 1.1 In his demand aro the Piovlnelil governors almost to u man, the ami), the cabinet and the national osscmbl). If the President resists this united pressure It was thought extreme ly Ilkel) his government will fall. The Itusso-Chlneso dlsputo Is over fuller Mongolln, a territory nearly onc thlrd the slzo of Hut ope Certain of he Mongolian princes reccnll) declared their Independence. Itussla ucog l.lzed It. Tho Chinese asserted th it but a few men weie behind the eleclaiatlnn, an I that KiibsU hired them to Issuo It, meaning re HI) to grab the entire tcr iltor) u all events it s not denied that Russian truops have been occup) Ing strategic points cvei since Much iisentmcnt wan expressed b Chinese heie toda) at the atll inli- of tho poweis which b) tlielt ele I iv In reiognlzliu; th. new republic, were de clared to have m ids It cine foi pieelu toi) nutlons-ltusvla and lindane! vnnc e si . ill icleiie.l to to im ins the counts in i nianmi which woull be liiiiuisllili li id ici ognltlnn rendeied illliloni i'h cNcliiiig b uiccssaiy ,ue llmliiuike to military actluu. Miraimcs Does Not Feel That He Should Attempt To Lead Republicans. INTENDS TO DEVOTE HIS TIME TO LAW Hopes To Follow in Footsteps of Harrison, and Build Up Practice. President Taft told some1 of his callers today that he did not feel it was up to him to undertake to re organize and rehabilitate the Repub lican party Tho President mado It clear that ho wu8 willing at times to make speeches and to help keep tho party to constitutional lines, but he has no intention of leading a rehabilitation movement. The impression has got abroad that the President Intends to set a re organization movement on foot with the object of heading off tho at tempts of the Progressive Republi cans to control the part) The Presi dent does not intend to assume lead ership in an effort of this kind He told callers toda) he Intended to de vote most of his attention to law and nut politics Tired of Game. What tills Is taken to mean hue is that President Taft Is tlrcu of the po litical game. Ho was drugged Into poli tics In the first place against his will He made no secret of the fact that he pie fined r place on the Supreme Itrnch ti tho "resile ) tbt' other Influences II t nnd r. wuu'druvAi Into poll li j Now he li going back to the Un ' end stick to It, and, while he will un,T c'oubtcdly be heard from from time to . time, adjuring the couiary to stick to the Constitution afuT not depart from the old paths of the Itepubllcan pirn, ho is not going out and beat the tom toms and tr) to keep himself In th public e.yc as a political llguro nnd the leader of the Old Guard Republicans Much has been heurd about Washing ton lately to the effect that President Taft had only to wait and that his vindication would tome, and that In 1916 he would loom up as the strong mun of tho Itepubllcan part) . that th' nomlnotlon would again come to him and that he would then be far sttonger In the eyes of the country than In tho recent election sonie of the friends of tho President have cherished this hope, and will, no doubt, continue to cherish It Hut, apparentlv, the President Is under no such Illusion Apparent!), Im feels that he stands small show of remaining In the public e)e as a politi cal leader after he retires from the Presldenc), and he is going to att ac cording!) and devoto himself to the work which, after all. has been his life work, and Is the actlvllv which more than anv other, appeals to him, numel), tho law. f Harrison's Career. It Is not unllkclv the President re members that Denjamln Harrison, after leaving the Ircsldenc), practiced law with succesB. and was highly honoied as a member of the bar. Mr. Harrison withstood alt temptations to re-enter political life, and was probably the gainer b) It In moro ways than one President Tuft seemingly Is own re of the ftict that It would be uttnl) out of the question for him to lead n re organization movement which would ap peal to the progressive ltepubllcans. Tor him to attempt this would be like flaunting a red rag lu tho face, of a bull. This would bo the vny wa) not to achieve the rehabilitation of the Itepub llcan part). It Is one thing to lssuu statements of views or mako speeches from time to time as tho President will do, anil another thing to tr) to assume active leadership Tor the Pusldcnl to tl) to lead the Republican putt) fuithei would be to make himself the target foi bricks from all directions from the pro gressive HepuWIcnns of his part) nnd piobably from man) of the Old Ouard The disclosure of the position of tin Picsldent tends to throw light on what s In fact the attitude of mam Ifepub lleana of prominence without regard tu faction This Is to wult mid see what the Democrats are feeing to do and whether the Wilson Administration Is going to please the progressive spirit of the countr) or disappoint It SEVEN MINERSSHOT IN ATTACK ON TRAIN Governor Expected to Declare Mar tial Law in West Virginia Strike Zone. CIIAULi:.VrON. Va Nov 1 -He polls received here today that seven miners wero shot and badl) wounded oe the i.vllwa) police, and that two non union nun were I urt. led to a f ui thu repent that Govcmoi Glasscock Is e pecte.l to dn Ian (initial law In th coal stl ke Zeil e UtVclll btilklm, miners uie said tu have 11 . I un a tnln bearing private .let. lives ami uonun.iin workmen 'lh tumble occ urcii nt f til. u ieik Junction uud uvei tuo shots were exchanged. fc.i f 1