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-.&- I. - -"? - V',-XJlx?"- I'figvi '0", 'x-,"-l''5"y'i''v -- -. -r ye- mriA&. t Hsv(r?wiVt!gIv!j WEATHER FOEECAST. " Probably fair to-day, followed by unsettled weather. NO. 1690. PAY TRIBUTE TOLHFUT President Taft One of the Speakers. ORATION BY JUSSERANJD ; Beautifully Pictures Life of His Countryman. y Overlooking the City, Which the Volunteer Soldier and Engineer Conceived More Than a Hundred l'eari Ago, Host Appropriate Ex-ercises- in Connection with. Unveil lug of Memorial Are Conducted. Pierre Charles l'Enfant, son of France, soldier of the Continental Army, and designer of the Capital of the greatest republic the world has ever known, has come into his own. On the morningside of Arlington Heights, just at the brow of the green-clad hill that overlooks the city which is the child of his genius, Pierre Charles l'Enfant received the belated honors from a tardy but not ungrateful nation. A Presi dent, an Ambassador, and a Senator united in acclaiming the gallant Frenchman the premier designer of cities in all history. CONCEIVED BY HIM. The ceremonies were held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon before a throng of enthusiastic Washlngtonlans, who had taken the journey into Virginia for the purpose of showing their respect to the man whose mind conceived the scene upon which they gazed. In the Western sky the sun blazed :n early summer glory; overhead, the sky shone a metal lic midsummer blue; across the Potomac, clearly defined through the faintest of haze, glistened and glimmered the won derful city. The river gliding by In sil very grandeur served to furnish the mid dle grounl, but It was the city, with its white and its golden domes, the tall shaft of the Washington Monument penetrat ing the upper air, and rosy and buff and pearl tints of the houses and public buildings that furnished the real me morial to Maj. l'Enfant. Around the little flag-draped sarcoph agus on the hillside gathered William Howard Taft, President of the United States, and successor of that first Presi dent who was the patron and friend of 1'Enrant "With President Taft stood J. J. -Jusserand. Ambassador of France, who had come to share in honoring the brave man who had given first his sword and later the marvelous crea'lon of his brain to the new nation beyond the seas. So, also, came Ellhu Root, Senator from the Empire State New York once Secretary ol War and later premier in the Cabinet of President Taft's predecessor The band of the Corps of Engineers of the United States army, to which branch of the sen-Ice Maj l'Enfant had be longed, plajed the airs of his homo land and of the nation which had sen his triumps and his sorrows The invocation was asked, and then Miss Eleanor Carroll Morgan gave a tug at the halyards which bound the Stars and Stripes about the gray stone monu ment. In a flash the banner unfolded. In another Instant it was fljlng upward to tho masthead of a tall steel staff in front of Arlington House. A battery of light artillery banged out a major's salute The phalanx of blue and scarlet engineers stood at present arms, and the band crashed forth "The Star Spangled Banner." Address by President. Ninety years of oblivion were ended. Maj Pierre Charles l'Enfant had been honored. A cher of approval answered tho band and the cannons. Then Presi dent Taft stepped to the front of the stand. He said: "My fellow-cltlzens: "We are here to day to celebrate the last rites of the man who designed tho plan, tho execution of which has made Washington beauUful. There are not many who have to wait 100 years to receive the reward to which they are entitled, until the world shall make the progress which enables it to pay the Just reward. "Tho man whose memory we celebrate to-day had a highly artistic tempera ment, and he had the defects which not infrequently accompany that tempera ment; and it is that fact which has ob scured at Umes and. In some degree the merit of what he did and lessened the gratitudo that wo owe him for what he did. "Coming as a soldier from France, he entered the Engineer Corps of the army, and rendered distinguished service in the Revolutionary War. His skill as an engineer and his art as a designer led Washington to select him as the one to make the plan for the Capital City. Jefferson, the Secretary of State, in terested w ith Washington in making' that plan as successful as possible, assisted the artist with his suggestions, and sent him the plans of many European cities. Jefferson was himself an architect of high skill. Washington was a surveyer, and knew the ground. Both were patriots and statesmen with lofty Ideas of the Nation's Capital. There is not any doubt that tho suggestions which both these great men gave to l'Enfant assisted him much In the work which he had to do. Nevertheless, the working out of the suggestions, the compliance with the purposes of those men whose directions he was following, required the genius that he exhibited and gave as the plan we have. "I would not for a moment detract from Captain Elllcott's merit. Himself a surveyer. he modified or followed the .suggestions of modification that "Wash- CoBtlaaed ea Face 5, Colama ft. THE WASHINGTON HERALD UNION MEN HELD AnEMPTON HALL Conspiracy Similar to Mc Namara Case Alleged. SEVEN MEN SUSPECTED Detectives Trail Conneis for Eight Months. Operative Land Iron Worker After Long Trail Escape to Canada Planned Accomplice Arrested Fol lowing Consultation vrlth Prose cutorReleased on First Arrest for Look of Evidence. Los Angeles, Cal., May 22. Two men are prisoners in the private chambers of District Attorney John D. Fredericks here to-night, and both of them are accused of enter ing a conspiracy to dynamite the million dollar Hall of Records building here on September 8, 1910. r One of them is B. H. Conners, a former structural iron worker of this city, and the other is James Hendricks, who has .been promi- Inently identified with the local ! st"ke situation here. SEVEN' IMPLICATED. After the two men had been closely questioned by Detective S. L. Browne, It was announced by District Attorney Fredericks that additional arrests would follow this evening. It is understood that seven men have been implicated In the alleged plot to dynamite the build ing, and It is charged that a woman, known to the authorities under the name of Miss Ross, will also be taken into custody. For three months Chief Detective Sam uel Browne, of the district attorney's office and his men have been following Conners, and his arrest came to-day as he was making preparations to leave for Seattle. When told that he was "wanted at the district attorney's office. Conners made an attempt to secape. The arrest of Hendricks camo only a few minutes after Conners was in the private office of the district attorney. Hendricks was found at his home, arid when told that he was under arrest he made protestations of his Innocence and denied that he knew Conners, and claimed that he knew nothing of the alleged plot to destroy the Hall of Records, which is being constucted here by the Llewellyn Iron Works, one of the companies which has fought the structural Iron workers In this city. Conner Slugged Officer. When the alleged attempt was made to dynamite the structure, Conners was placed under arrest. He was found lurk ing near an entrance to the building, and when a policeman challenged him, Con ners struck the officer, and at that time made a temporary escape. He was then taken into custody and taken to the Ipity jail. tor several weeks Conners was held a prisoner, but no evidence was secured against him upon which a felony com plaint could be based. He was finally prosecuted, however, on a battery charge and was sentenced to fifty days in the city jail on a charge of assaulting the policeman who had taken him into cus tody. After serving his sentence Conners left Los Angeles and for a time was.- em ployed at The Needles. He was located there by Detective Browne and an opera tive has been his constant companion since that time. Conners made no movement in this city that was not known to the District At torney, and to-day, when it was learned that he had planned to go to Canada, Browne determined to arrest him. Late to-night District Attorney Fred cricks stated that he had called a special sesslorf of the grand Jury to meet to morrow morning. Several of tho suspects now under surveillance will be sum moned before this body and probably In dicted and arrested during the day. No additional arrests were made to-night. Madison Square Garden Made Huge Nickel Show New York, May 22. The audi torium of Madison Square Garden will be turned Into a moving pic ture show on Thursday, with a woman's orchestra as an added attraction. For twenty years the garden has not paid its expenses in the sum mer after the departure of the circus. This has been one of the reasons for trying to sell the building. There will be seats for nearly 5,000 persons. During the day a specially constructed .daylight screen will show the pictures, and at night the ordinary sheet will be used. REFORM BILL READ. Viscount Haldane 'Objects to Sis agreeable Features. Sprciil Cable to the Wmihkjtoa Bcnld.' London, May 22. Lord Landsowne's reform bill passed Us second reading In the House of Lords to-day. Viscount Haldane said he thought the bill excluded a good many peers- who were very "Valuable and handed over the Housetothe caucus and whips. The governmenChe said, did not de slre to be the lap dog of politics, but to secure for the liberal party a fair chance in the.BacouaUoak . t WASHINGTON, D. C, NO SNAKE TEMPTED EVE; ANANIAS. HAD APOPLEXY Heresy Charges Before Presbyterian Assembly Made Against Pastor, Following Sensational State ments from Pulpit. Atlantic City, N. J.. May 22. Fits of "blues" suffered by Moses were responsi ble for passages In tho book of Moses. Christ and Lazarus attended a party where games were played, and danced with the Bethany sisters. Jesus did not mount the topmost pin nacle of the temple of Jerusalem with Satan, because It was a physical Impossi bility for anybody to accomplish this because of lack of room. Parting of the waters of the Red Sea was not a miracle, but merely drying out portions of the sea in the change of seasons. There is no devil. Christ met death in a perfectly natural course of events at the hands of a mob of Jew fanatics, and the crucifixion was not planned by Him. EXCITING ADVENTURES FOLLOW SEA HONEYMOON Heroic Rescue, Attack by Pirates, and Beheading Drive Away Dull Monotony of Trip to Hongkong. Special to The Wuhlngtoo Herald. New York, May 22. Romance, adven ture and heroism were Just a few of the little incidents that caused so much good fellowship between Capt. Frank Downs and his crew on the four-masted steel bark Juteopolls, which reached port to-day after a trip to Hongkong and back. When the bark was In Baltimore a little more than a year ago the skipper met Nelly Carter, and, after ' a three week's courtship, Nelly changed her name, and as Mrs. Downs went aboard the Juteopolls and made the voyage around the Horn for a honeymoon trip. The bark spent 153 days in making Hongkong and then went to Canton. While In Canton River the mate, Harold J. Symonds, started for a swim. The mate says that the Chinese longshore men do not like baby girls. He did. not know this when he saw a twelve-months- IMPORTER TO PLEAD. Duveen to Bely on Mercy of Court for Art' Praud. New York, May 22. Henry J. Duvoen, head of the art and antique Importing house of Duveen Brothers, will plead gulltyto-morrow In the United States Circuit Court to conspiring with other members of the firm to defraud the gov ernment by undervaluing Importations. United States Attorney Wise will urge Judge Martin to Impose a prison sentence. Wants -No Tainted Salary. Pittsburg1, May 22. Dr. Wlsart, a -professor at the local theological seminary, has refused to -call to a Chicago church of which Wheat King- .Patten is the benefactor, although the offer meant double the salary the doctor Is sow re celvlng.. V - v - aUaekteteae'a Viewers, Are gagirW. Magnificently davelosaa: "laUwlH. TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1911. WILL YOU WALK INTO MY Evo suffered from evil in her own heart. The snake tempting story Is only a para ble. Jonah never existed. There Is no mediator between God and man. Ananias and Sapphlra expired from ap oplexy or heart failure. Uzzah was not struck dead to expiate his violation of God's command, but probably died from a weak heart. These were the startling utterances and writing attributed to Rev. William Grant, graduate of Union Theloglcal Seminary and a pastor In the Northumberland (Pa.) Presbyterian Church, In the testimony of members of his congregation read from the assembly records of his trial for heresy In his own presbyterjr before the judicial commission of the General Pres byterian Assembly, In executive session here to-day. old girl tumble off a sampan. Her par ents watched her sink. The sailor swam with her back to the sampan, but the Chinese poked him away with bamboo poles and forced him to take the baby back to his own ship, where the skipper's wife took care of her. Pirates that Infest the Canton River learned that the crew of the Juteopolls had been given shore leave. Unluckily for the pirates and fortunately for the bark Capt. Downs kept his men aboard that night. A little before midnight tho Chinese pirates attacked the bark, but the warm reception accorded them from half a dozen lengths of steam hose sent them scampering away. Some of them were captured later, and tho mandarin sent an invitation to Capt. Downs to witness their execution, which was done in tho old-fashioned way by a headsman, who clipped off head after head until there were no pirates left. Then the Juteopolls hoisted sail and started for home. LOCUSTS ARE DUE. Virginia Farmers Fear Attack of Hungry Insects. Spcdal to The Washington llffiM. Richmond, Va.. May 22. The charts of the agricultural department show that the advent of the seventceri-year locust in Virginia this year will be widespread. The extent o the ravages committed by the locusts may be judged by the cargo of. bones brought into this port last week by the English baric Glendovey, Capt James W. LarlcUv The ship carried forty-Are tons of the bones of animals which had starved on the plains of the Argentine Republic last year as the result of the ravages of lecusts. vWheat apd oth6r grain was destroyed to the extent of millions of dollars and thousands cf head of cattle, sheep, and horses died. PMHr klaaket a wsskea wttk Ivrysa J52iu-Ift . y ! ,rv r TWELVE PAGES. PARLOR? WIFE FATALLY SHOT. Angry Husband Uses Revolver in Lawyer's Office. Greenfield. Ind , May 22. John Holll day, of Wilkinson, shot and fatally wounded his wife to-day In a law office In this city whllo sho was In consulta tion with a lawyer preparatory to filing a suit for divorce In the Circuit Court. She wai sitting at the table with a member of the law firm when her hus band entered and began to beg her to live with him. On her refusal he shot her In the face. She fell to the floor and he shot her again, this time In the neck and shoulder. He was then arrested. PTOMAINE POISON FROM CHICKEN PIE Twenty-six Taken III and Two Are Dead. Peabody, Kans.. May 22. At a meet ing of the Pleasant Hill Missionary Soci ety at the home of a farmer living three miles north of here twenty-six people wero poisoned froim eating chicken pie in which ptomaine had developed. Two of them have died since and the other twenty-four are now in a dangerous con dition. UPRISING FEARED. Revolution Planned Against Portu gal Government. London, May 22. Tho predictions of an uprising in Portugal, which has fallea thus far to materialize, are becoming more substantial. The Daily Mall is au thority for the statement that the Portu guese colony In London has received the grave news that a counter revolution is imminent at Lisbon and Oporto. Many important arrests have been made, thus Indicating, It is believed, the govern ment's anxiety. " SIXTEEN DROWNED? Sailors Hissing in Storm and Ship wreck. Portland, Oreg., May 22. Thirteen lives are thought to have been lost in a heavy blow off the Oregon coast last night and to-day from a crew of thirty three carried by the steam schooner Woshgalore, which Is wrecked on a sunken reef off Hunters Head. Fear Is feat for three others that com prise the crew of the little gasoline schooner President, which was seen last night oft Tillamook adrift and helpless HUMORIST IS JLL.v Third Operation in Four Months May Be Fatal. Special to The Wasbiseton llenld. ' Hartford, Conn., May 22. Arrange ments were made hero to-day for a third, hazardous operation on Charles" Battell Lcomls, the hum jrlst. ' Fears are enter tained for his rewery- Loomt was stricken at his home In Torringfdrd, and though two operations have been performed within four months he has net improved. His ailment puz zles" the doctors. ?- Fear for Aaed Emperor. Vienna, May 22. Repeated official as surances have failed to allay the popular apprehension concerning the condition of the aged Emperor Francis Joseph. Re ports continue that' he la suffering from Increasing pnysicai weakness and the tone of the bourse was' somewhat pesel ahisflo la; baseqatacaT i ALONE OVER THE SMOKHNS Newly Elected Officers Re- fuse to Serve. OFFTERDLNGER KESIGNS Deserts Ship of the Association for Clerks. Elmer E. Falne Refuse Presidency and Percy S. Foster First Vice Presidency Willard W. Brown Ex pected to Resign as Second Vice President Grant Leet, Third A'Ice President, Quits Office. Secretary Joseph -W. Buck left the smoking remains of the Na tional Civil Sen-ice Improvement Association last night for Boston, With the resignation of Henry T, Offterdinger, treasurer of the or ganization, the one who had stuck to the guns with the determined secretary, and with the resignations of officers elected at a reorganiza tion meeting yesterday afternoon at the Dewey Hotel, Mr. Buck is left as the single official, who, if he fol lows the example set by his com panions, will send a letter of resig nation to "himself. , ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Those elected yesterday at a meeting at which seven men were present are Elmer E. Paine, of the Associated Press president: Percy S. Foster, first vice pres ldent: Willard W. Brown, second vice president; Grant Lect, third vice pres ident. All these have resigned with the exception of Mr. Brown, of the Dewey Hotel Company, who is in New Hamp shire, but word Is expected soon that he, too, has resigned. The resignation of Mr. Offterdinger, last night, would have come as a sur prise had not that kind of action been so prevalent. Mr. Oftterdlngcr said that Jjjpon hearing, yesterday morning of the hopeless "condition of the association, he prepared his resignation, but Mr. Buck called upon him in tho afternoon and persuaded him to remain treasurer, claim ing he had persuaded Mr. Paine to be come president. On this condition, Mr. Offterdinger withdrew his resignation, but on learning, last evening, of the refusal of Mr. Paine to serve, he at once sub mitted his resignation to Mr. Buck. "My reason for this action." said Mr. Offterdinger, "is that the mistakes al ready made by the association would defeat any good that might possibly come from the plans." Mr. Paine said Mr. Buck called on him yesterday afternoon and discussed in detail the affairs of tho organization. asking him to preside at a mass meet ing planned, to be held on June 1. and urging him to accept office In the asso ciation. Mr. Paine promised to presiae at the mass meeting, but positively re fused to be connected officially with the organization. In Sympathy with Clerk, "I am heartily in sympathy with the cause of the government clerks, and will do all In my power to help them but I can't afford to get Involved In this controversy." said Mr. Paine. "A week or two ago," said Mr. Foster, "I was surprised to find my name as one of the members of the Civil Service Improvement executive committee printed on their letterheads, as I had no notification of appointment. Mr. Buck saw me Saturday, and urged me to take the presidency ,of the associa tion, but I told him I, thought it best not to accept until the status of the or ganization had been clearly presented. Mr. Buck promised me faithfully to send all the facts concerning the asso ciation and to see me personally on Monday. "I have received no papers and have not seen Mr. Buck since. I was surprised to see my name in the papers as first vice president and, of course, immediate ly resigned. I don't. like the means of procedure of either Mr. Buck or the or ganization, and, although I am deeply in terested in the improvement of the gov ernment's clerk conditions, I cannot re main a member of the association." It was Intimated that Mr. Buck left for Boston to invite President Emeritus Eliot, of Harvard College, to speak at Convention Hall at the proposed meeting on June 1. Mr. Buck has been making vigorous efforts in behalf of the rnlly, but because of the depleted ranks of the association It seems doubtful If the meet ing will materialize. Mr. Buck had plan neu to have the Marino Band furnish music. The primary rupture of the organiza tion was caused by a speech made by the original president, Fulton R.. Gordon, In wnicn ne advocated unions of govern' ment employes-- and strikes, and also by a speecn ot air. buck, who advocated the horsewhipping of Congressmen who voted to Increase their own salaries but failed to vote for an Increase, for gov ernment clerks. - Mr. Buck Is a clerk In the office of the Auditor for the Interior Department. Views ot Vntom Labor. While the split in the ranks of the association was not. discussed by the Central Labor Union last; night .Emmet Adams, speaking for John B. Colpoys, secretary of the Central Labor Union, said: "We consider the break the natural outcome of an unorganised body. It is hoped the government clerks will see tho folly of, following false gods, arid' band together aader the leadership ct tne American reaerauon ox Loor. -An Invitation Is exteaded to the clerks, and we can assure thetavif they come' to our- body they vwill receive what, they -Waist U It U pesatMa ta-oMata aaythlssX LARGEST MORNING CIRCULATION. ONE CENT. IN ATTEMPTING Accident May .Result Fatally to Young Elyer. HEROIC DASfl IS CAUSE Spectators Saved;from Death by; Sudden tJtop. Aviator Risks Life to Prevent In- Jury to Many Shock IIdiU Jannusl 10( Feet Through Air Walks fronnj Smash-up to Automobile Internal Injuries Are Serious. 13 AEROPLANE ACCIDENTS. - May 31 FIe killed, lOO Injured by falling: aeroplane at Kursk, ItnxMla. May 21 Henri Maurlse Ber teaux, French mlnlater of war, killed at Iasy-des-Moullneaux, near Paris. May 21 John X. Sparling, seri ously Injured In aero wreck at Klnlock Park, St. Louis. May 22 Anthony Jnnnua, seri ously Injured In accident at Bris tol, Tenn. May 22 M. Hardot, Injured in fall of aeroplane at Rhelms, France. May 22 One killed, two dying, in accident to Swandt'a machine at Augsburg, Germany. To prevent the possible killing of" spectators at the Bristol, Tenn., aviation meet yesterday afternoon Anthony Jannus, the Washington flyer, dashed his Rex Smith aero- plane on a bank while running fifty miles an hour, sustaining many se rious injuries in the fall. Jannus was taken to the St, Luke's-Tiospital m Bristol, where ? it was found he was suffering from a fractured collar bone and shoul der and internal injuries, which may prove fatal. The aeroplane was demolished in the terrific plunge to the ground before the great crowd, many of whom were saved from death by tile heroic aviator. HURLED 10O FEET. When the aeroplane crashed Into the bank, the shock was so great that the aviator was hurled 100 feet up the knoll toward tho crowd for whom he risked his life. When Jannus struck the ground ho landed on his shoulder and was able to get up, walking plucklly to an auto mobile, while the crowds cheered his cool nerve. He insisted that he was not hurt, but a few moments latsr, as the automollle was tearing to the hospital' fainted. A hurried x-ray examination showed his lnterial Injuries were perhaps fatal. When Jannus left the ground for hi final spin through tho air it was only for a trial spin. There was a largo crowd, which was practically unmanageable, and after waiting for over thirty minute! while efforts were being unade to move the crowds from the spot where Mr. Jan nus Intended to land, he started on hi flight. He made a complete circle of ,the course with his Rex Smith machine un der perfect control. After making n dex terous turn, he flew oft in the direction of the knoll at the opposite side of the course at the rate of about forty -nlles nn hour, thinking the way clear for , safe landing. When near the knoll ho detected near ly 100 persons on It as a vantage point, making it Impossible for him to land there without causing the death of many. Risked Ilia Life. The daring aviator, risking his life for the safety of the crow, turned his ma chine directly downward, and came with a terrific crash Into the bank. There was a panic In the crowd until cooler persons ran to help Jannus, but before they could reach him. the plucky aviator managed to pull himself to his feet and walked from the machine's debris. He was prevailed upon to go Immediate ly to the hospital, and fainted on the way. Manager J. S. Berger said he pleaded with the crowds all afternoon to keep back from the spot where Jannus In tended landing, and succeeded for a time, but In the excitement niter the machine left the ground it was Impossible to keep the spectators from rushing to the knoll. Several times at College Park Jannus had narrow escapes, but his cool grit saved him each time- During his recent exhibition flights at Potomac Park Jan nus on several occasions met with acci dents, the most serious a fall in the Po tomac River, and. several days later, he snrrowly escaped -with his life when his machine turned turtle and hurled hkn thirty feet through jthe air. A number ot Washington society girls made flights with Jannus whijo he was exhibiting here. Jannus. father. Arthur J. Jannus, a civil .engineer. lS63Blltmpre street north- west, was notified of his son's accident and will make arrangements- as soon as possible to go to Bristol. Cohalaa Geta Savrt.v Albany: May li Gov. Dlx's nomination of Daniel F. Cohalan as a Supreme Court "Justice m the 'First district waa oosslrsMd-hy tM,MM V Y-Z. rr' v1