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WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. '1911.-TWELVE PAGES.
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RAL
BOARD OF TIDE
US .MUSIS
Committee Urges Congress
to Take Action.
METHOD OBJECTED TO
liaising of Fund for Police and
Firemen Declared Wrong.
Public Order Committee of Board
of Trade Adopts SnsrsetIon of
The Washington Herald that Im
mediate Action Is Necessarr to
Care for Dlnecoats and Fire
Fighters Committeemen's Views
The efforts of The Washington Her
ald toward the pension movement for
policemen and firemen bore further
fruit yesterday.
Submitted to the Board of Trade was
an urgent appeal in the text of the
annual report of the public order com
mittee. That committee, dealing with
the question of pensions to policemen
and firemen, said:
CONDITIONS AKE CITED.
The failure by the Congress to -approve
a certain one of the recommen
dations the police and firefnen's pen
sion bill has resulted in an unfortu
nate situation In Iew of the recent
catastrophe, causing the death of two
brave flrei en. The present revenue
from the s-veral sources which by
law is set aside for the pension fund
Is totally Inadequate to meet the re
quirements. At present there is a de
f acy of about $14,000, and this
amount will be Increased unless meas
ures are at once taken to provide a
sufficient sum for present and future
needs.
Aside from the fact that owing to
the lack of sufficient revenue the pen
sions widons and children of police
men and tlremen have been, ofttlmes
materially reduced, there Is another
serious effect of the depletecTcondltlon
of the pension fund. It appears that
there are a number of partly disabled
and aged men on the police force "who
should be retired for general disability,
but are not so retired because the de
partment is loath to retire them in
the face of the possibility that they
will not get full pensions In this way
the e'ciency of the force is weakened
by the inadequacy of the pension fund.
Method In "Wrong.
The committee is of the opinion that
the present method ot raising the fund,
especially that part derived from fines
in the Police Court, is wrong in prin-clr'-.
as the policemen making the ar
rests may be indirectly Interested in
the fines obtained. Be that as it may,
there is no question of the need of an
Increased fund, and the committee is
In hearty sympathy with the Commis
sioners In their effo:.j to have Con
gress pass such a law as will fully
ind adequately meet the requirements,
and it so recommends.
A conference on proposed legislation in
he matter will be held to-day between
William F.'Gude, chairman of the Cham
ber's special committee on police and fire
men's pensions, and Walter A. Brown, of
the public order committee of the Board
of Trade, to which committee the ques
tion has been referred.
Both committee chairmen expressed a
desire to work In harmony for remedial
legislation.
End Justifies Means.
"I want to get the police and firemen
assured pensions. I'm willing to let the
end Justify the means in this case," said
Mr. Gude.
"I Intend to call on the Commissioners
and find out why the District Is expected
to pay all the pensions when so much of
the time and attention of the fire and po
lice departments is required by govern
ment property," said Mr. Brown. "I un
derstand that the bill as drawn up by
the Commissioners would force the Dis
trict not only to supply the regular
sources of Income for the fund, but to
make up any deficiency as well."
Former Show Girl
Asks Divorce from
Arthur Newmeyer
Wife Asks District Court for Per
mission to Resume Maiden
Name, Anna Israel.
Alleging misconduct and naming a co
respondent, Anna Israel Newmeyer, the
former show girl of "The Liberty Belle?"
and other companies, and a Georgetown
belle of several years ago, yesterday filed
suit for absolute divorce from Arthur G.
Newmeyer, former advertising manager
or a local afternoon newspaper.
In her petition she says her husband
Is now living In New Orleans where he
Is connected with the Daily Item at a
saiary or o,u a year. Mrs. Newmeyer
, alleges they lived happily together for
one year after their marriage, which took
place In New York City May 27, 1310.
8he avers when they were married her
husband wag employed as advertising
manager of a local newspaper at an an
nual salary of $6,000; that he was later
iransierrea to New York, where he earned
such salary at the time that she was com
pelled to leave him.
She charges that her husband' has not
contributed to her support since December
1. .1910, and claims she has no means of
livelihood. Mrs. Newmeyer asks the court
for permission to resume her maiden
name.
Inspect Onr Special Exhibit
At tie National Food Show.
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POISONER IS "AT PEACE"
Chicago. Nov. 7 Police activity in the
Vermllya- case will be centered to-morrow
upon a thorough Investigation of the
woman's connections with insurance or
ganizations. It is alleged that both C.
C. Boysen, the undertaker, and Dr. L.
L. Hertel were officially affiliated with
insurance orders with which Mrs. Ver
mllya Is said to hae had dealings. Al
though she was so weak to-day that only
her attorney, Joseph R Burres, and her
sister, Mrs. Laura Buckholz, were al
lowed to islt her in the county Jail
hospital. Mrs. Vermllya appeared as one
wholly at peace with the world and fear
ful of nothing. She was not in the
least agitated.
"When I am strong enough, I shall
make a detailed statement to my attor
ney, which, I am sure, will clear away
any suspicions that may rest upon me,"
said the prisoner.
Coroner Hoffman announced his Inten
tion of Interviewing Boysen and Hertel
after he has received a report from Prof.
Haines on his examination of the bodies
of Frank Brimmerkamp and Richard T.
Smith. Dr. Hertel Is said to have at
tended both Smith and Brimmerkamp.
These are the circumstances linking
Mrs. Vermllya's name with fraternal in
surance organizations which the police
are Investigating:
A statement by an official of the Wood
men of the World that she was" paying
the premium on a policy Insuring the life
of a person whose name the informant
could not recall.
Discovery that Mrs. Vermllya had work
ed Industriously to induce her friends and
relatives to take out policies in the Home
Guards of America. The fact that the
late Arthur F. BIssonette, killed by ar
senic, was to have become a member of
the Home Guards last Wednesday.
That Blssonetto was to havo had his
policy made out in favor of Mrs. Ver-
mllva.
That C. C. Boysen is secretary of a
Woodmen of the World lodge.
That I. L. Hertel Is general medical
examiner In Chicago for the Woodmen
of the World, and also for the Home
Guards of America.
That Mrs. Vermllya collected J1.000 from
the Mystic Workers of the World after
the death of her son, Frank Brimmer
kamp. GIFT FROMUEEN.
Mary Will Devote Coronation Pres
ents to Girls.
London,. Nov. 7. It Is announced that
Queen Mary will devote the 65.000 sub
scribed by the Marys of the empire asa
coronation gift to the establishment of a
seaside home for working girls. The
fund was largely subscribed to by the
women of Canada who rejoiced In the
name of Mary. r
200 MEN ENTOMBED.
Johannesburg, Nov. T -Two hundred
men havo been entombed by the sub
sidence of the Primrose mine. The work
of rescue la difficult and a, further col
lapse Is feared.
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THE WELL IS DRY.
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THRONE TOTTERS
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hrcoil Cable to The Washington Herald.
Pekln, Nov. 7. Realizing that there Is
no hope of saving the throne for the Man
chu dynasty, even though a liberal cabi
net supported it. the court is preparing to
flee. The prince regent-Jias engaged suf
ficient carts to transport the treasures of
the palace to a destination kept secret,
but his every move Is being watched.
The provinces north of the Tangtse
Kiang are clamoring for a straight re
public. The only force of Manchu troops
large enough to cope with the local sit
uation isn Pekln, but the indications
point strongly to the surrounding of the
capital by Chinese troops within a few
days. A great many of the wealthiest
families of the capital have already gone
to Kalgan.
All the Chinese commands in the vlcjnty
of Pekln are reported to be marching on
the capital.
A massacre Is feared. All legations are
strengthening their guards.
Wn Ting-fans' Orflee.
Shanghai, Nov. 7. Dr. Wu Ting-fang,
formerly Chinese Minister to the United
States, who Joined the rebel movement
yesterday, was to-day chosen director
of foreign affairs In the revolutionary
government. It has been known for
some time that Dr. Wu favored a re
publican form of government, and to
day's announcement caused no surprise.
Pekln, Nov. 7. Gen. Wu, who was re
cently appointed governor of Shansl
province and whose death was predicted
when the announcement of the appoint
ment was made, was assassinated early
to-day -et Shi Kal Chweng. Thirty
Manchu soldiers rushed into the tent
where the general was sleeping and mur
dered him. He had been deposed as
governor, placed under arrest, and con
fined in the tent where he met death.
It was said that he had gone over to the
revolutionaries secretly and had be
trayed the Manchus.
The national assembly to-day formally
elected Yuan Shlh Kal as prime minister
of China. Shlh was appointed to this
post by the 'hrone about ten days ago
and ordered to come to Pekln forthwith,
but he Is still In the south trying to
conciliate the rebels.
Viceroy a Suicide.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Nankin, China, Nov. 7. The viceroy of
Nankin committed suicide to-night. His
instructions from Pekln" had ordered him
not to resist the revolutionists by force,
but to surrender peacefully. The Tartar
genera! commanding the Manchu troops
refused to obey these orders. The popu
lation to-night is In a state of panic.
Spedal Cable to the Wasblstton HmM.
Shanghai, Nov. 7. The American cruiser
Albany has received orders to proceed
forthwith to Amoy, where the revolution
ary situation Is reported as serious.
DUEL WITH SWORDS.
Paris, Nov. 7. A dramatic duel with
ewords was fought to-day between M. Le
Bargy, the- famous actor; and a publicist
named "Malherbe following' a controversy
waged between them In the press. Mal
herbe, was wounded twice and Le Bargy
was wounded once, but both refused to
reconcile their differences.
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less gas than any other range made.
PAINTINGS FAIL,
TREN HE FORCED,
SAT TRE POLICE
Artist Accused byjJNew York
v Detectives.
OPERA SINGER IN CASE
New York, Nov. ". Three detecUve
squads, striking simultaneously at dif
ferent points in the city to-night, cap
tured three men whom the police believe
to be the directors of the most perfect
forgery system ever revealed, and who
are suspected of having defrauded banks
of this country out of JGOO.000 In the last
six years.
Commissioner Dougherty declared to
night that the man who made possible
the. wonderful forgeries was still at
large. According to the commissioner,
this man is an artist, ,vho could not cell
his pictures, and so turned to the more
lucrative business of reproducing checks
painting them In with a camel's-halr
brush and turning them over to the
executive members of the banks. Dough
erty says the artist Is now in Europe,
traveling with a grand opera singer who
has been a member ot an opera com
pany. The men.arrested to-night are William
J, Schutzberger, of 12G3 Thirty-eighth
street, Brooklyn; Isadore Weiss, 220 East
Seventy-eighth street, and Charles Car
lesl, of Thirteenth street and Avenue A.
Carlesl Is the keeper of a salopn which
the police have had under watch many
times.
The specific charge against the prisoners
Is the forging of two checks on the Han
over National Bank In May, 1909. One of
the checks was for J6.GO0, the other for
J9,S9U- They were almost perfect repro
ductions of the Arm checks of Eugene
Meyer, Jr., & Co., brokers, and the firm
name was forged upon them. They were
Indorsed "A. Zeller." To perpetrate the
Hanover Bank forgery Schutzberger Is
said to have rented a loft at SOS Broome
street early in May, 1909.
Then, according to the police, he told
the superintendent of the building that he
was going to install a necktie factory.
and induced the superintendent to direct
him to a good bank In which to do his
banking business. The necktie factory
was equipped with desks and telephones.
and an office boy, when Its "proprietor"
deposited 300 with a trust company. Soon
afterward ho deposited the $6,000 forged
check, and a few days later, the $3,200
forged check. Then he drew out the face
value of the false checks and most of his
original cash deposit, leaving a balance
which was never called; for. The necktie
factory suddenly disappeared.
Detectives say Carlesl was the "brains"
of the band and that Schutzberger and
Weiss were the executors of his plans.
DUKE AND DANCER.
Sptdil Cable to The Wuhlogtoa Herald.
London. Nov. 7. Mme. Mathilda Klehes
slnsVa, the Russian dancer, arrived in
London --day to take Pavlova's placets
prima ballerina In the Covent Garden
opera. She Is accompanied by Grand
Duke Andrew, who Is a first cousin ot the
Czar, being a younger brother of the
Grand Dukes Cyril and Boris.
With the Grand "Duke Andrew and her
five-year-old son, who has strongly mark
ed Romanoff .features, she occupies a
suite of eight rooms at the Hotel Savoy
Mme. Klehesslnska Is enormously rich".
When she consents to appear at the Ma
rlnsky Theater, In St. Petersburg. It Is
from sheer love of her art.
This is her first appearance outside of
Russia, where she Is constantly seen In
the grand duke's society. How London
will take the spectacle of the duke and
dancer openly ocuppylng the Imperial
suite at one of the leading hotels remains
to be seen.
THE ELECTIONS.
New York has elected a Republican assembly. The victory is
largely the result. of the fight against Tammany, no national issue
being iavolved. BrcoklyrfsTRepublican majority of 20,000 is a
rebuke to the judicial scandal which followed the nomination of
Willett. Tammany has carried its ticket in New York City by a
narrow margin, as compared with its previous victories.
New Jersey has also elected a Republican assembly. This is
a defeat for Woodrow Wilson, and it is noticeable that the largest
Republican gains arc in Essex County, showing that the Democrats
resent the defeat of James Smith, jr., for the United States Senate,
through Gov. Wilson's efforts. Wilson's failure to carry his own
State will have an adverse effect upon his chances for the Presi
dential nomination.
Ohio4cities in which municipal elections were held have gone
heavily Democratic. In Columbus the Republican ticket ran third,
the Socialists taking second place. Cox's condidate for mayor, who
was supported by President Taft and Representative Nicholas
Longworth, has bjen defeated, and Cincinnati is Democratic. The
heavy Democratic vote polled throughout Ohio must necessarily be
regarded as an indorsement of Gov. Harmon. Cleveland went Dem
ocratic by the unusual majority of 15,000.
Kentucky is Democratic, and former Senator McCreary is
elected governor, while Representative Ollie James will be sent to
the United States Senate.
Rhode Island is Republican.
Massachusetts has evidently re-elected Gov. Foss, but by a
greatly reduced majority as compared with last year.
New Mexico is Democratic by about 6,000 majority.
Maryland has elected Goldsborough, Republican, for gov
ernor, defeating Gorman, whose campaign suffered on account of
the exposure of election frauds in Baltimore.
Philadelphia elected Rudolph Blakenburg, the reform candi
date for mayor.
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia went Democratic.
DEFEATED IN CLOSE EA0E.
nox. Arthur pub gorman.
Democratic candidate for eoremor of Maryland,
who was defeated yesterday
QUITS UNDER FIRE.
Minister Who Married Col. Astor
Eetires from Pulpit.
Providence, R. I., Nov. 7 Public criti
cism has proved too strong for Rev.
Joseph Lambert, the Providence Congre
gational clergyman who officiated at the
marriage of Col. John Jacob Astor and
Miss Madeleine Force, and he has re
signed ns pastor of Elmwood Temple.
Although the church has not yet acted
on his resignation, Mr. Lambert de
clares that It is final. Discussing his ac
tion to-day. Dr. Lambert said:
"Lots of unkind things have been said
about me, especially by the ministry of
this city. I do not feel, under the cir
cumstances, that I can continue In the
work, as I could not put the same spirit
Into It as before.
"I am going Into business, and shall
retain my membership In the Elmwood
Temple at the request of the trustees.
My resignation Is purely voluntary, and
was not taken as the result of any ac
tion by the people of the church. At a
meeting of the trustees last month they
urged me to stay.
"After all has been said, the worst
thing the ministry can say is that I
married n man who had been divorced
for committing, a statutory offense. It
was simply "his money which called at
tention to the marriage, and if it had
been a poor man nothing would have
been said."
SAVED BY FENDER.
Six-year-old boy, Hit by Car, Has
Narrow Escape.
Torn from his mother's side and hurled
Into the air when struck by a southbound
Seventh street car. six-year-old Morris
Smellnesky was saved from ielng ground
to death shortly after 7 o'clock last
night when he landed In tho fender of
the car. Knocked senseless by the blow
of the car, he was carried a distance of
fifty feet before the motorman was able
to bring his charge to a stop. The child
suffered only a few cuts and bruises.
Accompanied by his mother, Mrs. M.
Smellnesky, of 214 Seventh street south
west, he- was crossing the tracks' en route
to his home when the accident happened.
Eyewitnesses say the child ran In front
of the car, despite tne vigorous efforts
of the motorman to warn him of the
danger by ringing the belL The mother
realized the danger, and had Just grabbed
hold of the little boy when the car struck
him.
Thinking the car had killed her child,
Mrs. Smellnesky followed it, and grab-bed-her
little-one In her arms.. In. a few
seconds the boy opened his eyes and de
clared that he waB not, "much hurt."
Mob Xoracbes Xejrro.
Mobile, Ala.-, Nov. 7. A mob to-day
took "Judge" Mosely, a negro, into the
brush near Eockport, Miss., and lynched
him. Mis body was riddled by bullets.
He had assaulted and almost killed J.
H. Covington, a White man.
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'Who defeated Arthur rue Gorman in the election
yesterday.
I,0ff0-FOOT LINER.
White Star Will Eclipse Both the
Olympic and Titanic.
Belfast. Nov. 7. It is reported here that
the White Star Line has placed an order
with Harland & "Wolff, shipbuilders, for a
1,000-foot liner which will eclipse the
Olympic and Titanic.
Both the builders and the White Star
officials decline to make any statement,
but the report was Indirectly confirmed
at a meeting of the Belfast Harbor com
missioners to-day when It was decided to
ask an engineer to report on providing
docking facilities to accommodate a ves
sel larger than either the Olympic or
Titanic.
Mgr. Agius Slated
as Successor to
'Papal Delegate
legate to Philippines Will Come to
Capital Holy SeeAHonors
Mgr. Cerretti.
The Washington Herald learned last
night on reliable authority that Mgr.
Agius, papal legate to the Philippines,
will succeed Cardinal-elect Falconlo as
apostolic delegate at Washington.
A distinction heretofore never con
ferred upon an American has been given
Mgr. Cerretti, of the apostolic delegation,
the holy see having made him charge
d'affaires of the legation. This honor
has upon rare intervals been conferred
upon France, Austria, and Italy, but the
holy see. In conferring this signal honor
upon an American- Catholic, has broken
all Vatican precedents, and the appoint
ment is only additional evidence of the
Increasing Interest being manifested in
American Catholics Jy the papacy. The
charge d'affaires is the legate of the
Pope, his official, representative, and its
holder enjoys extraordinary powers sel
dom enjoyed by the apostolic delegate
himself..
Local authorities think that the deter
mination of the' holy father to appoint
Mgr. Agius 'Is due to the fact that It
was largely through the Jatter's efforts,
working In conjunction with Secretary of
War Taft, when- the present President
was sent upon his trip to the 'Philip
pines by former President Roosevelt, that
the restoration of peace In the Islands
was jnadepoMlble. '
At a meeting of the Knights of Colum
bus, held last night. In their -clubroom,
plana -were formulated to; give. Cardinal
elect Falconlo" a rousing 'demonstration
upon his leaving the -city Sunday Tor
Rome to receive he red hat. Mgr. Fal
conlo will leave at 3 o'clock In the after
noon, and the Knights, accompanied by
Mgr. Shahan, rector of Catholic Uni
versity, will assemble at Union Station
at 2:30 to give the prelate a farewell
recestlpa.
GOLDSBOROUGH
VICTOR BY 5,000
OVER GORMAN
Maryland Returns Slow
Owing to Large Ballot,
but Indications Are the
Republicans Have Car
ried the State by Safe
Majorities Few Pre
cincts in Baltimore Have
Completed the Count
Democratic Candidate Runs Be
hind Vote of Mayor Preston,
and Followers Are Dejected.
Much Scratching of Ballots in
City and in the Counties De
lays the Counting of Votes.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7, 2:30 a.
m. Sixty of 323 precincts at this
hour give Goldsborough, Republi
can candidate for governor, 7,057,
and Gorman (Dem.), 6,014.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7. Hon. Phil
lips Lee Goldsborough, who resigned
the position of collector of internal rev
enue to become the Republican candi
date for governor, claims his election
to that position to-day by an estimated
plurality of 5,000 over State Senator A.
P. Gorman, the Democratic candidate,
and son of the late United States Sena
tor A. P. Gorman.
-. This is the end of" one of the most
bitter struggles in" Maryland politics,
and incidentally brings abo?fne elec
tion of the secrnd Republican governor
in the history of the Commonwealth.
The first Republican governor was
Lloyd Lowndes.
B1TTEK FRIMAIIV FIGHT.
Maryland Is normally a Democratic
State, and under ordinary conditions a
Democratic nomination for governor is
tantamount to an election by 10,000 ma
jority. In this campaign Gorman went
through a bitter primary fight, defeating
State Senator Blair Lee by one vote In
the convention, and following the elec
tion were all manner of fraud charges.
These the grand Jury of Baltimore In
vestigated, and IS election Judges were
presented for fraudulent acts.
Chairman Murray Vandiver, of the
Democratic State central committee. Is
claiming the State for Gorman by S.C0O
majority. He Is also claiming a two-
I thirds vote in each branch of the legis
lature.
"While our returns are Incomplete,"
said Gen. Vandiver, "our reports from
every section of the State Indicate the
election of Senator Gorman by S.000 ma
jority." At mldnlqht the returns from the elec
tion in Baltimore and the counties of
Marjland were not sufficient to Indicate
the results either on the State or city
tickets.
Ballot n Lonir One.
Because of the length of the ballots It
required many hours for the Judges and
clerks to count them. As far as the net
gains are concerned the thirteen precincts
give about the same comparative vote as
in the mayoralty election last spring,
when Mayor Preston carried the city
by 799.
As yet none of the strong Democratic
wards of East Baltimore has been heard'"
from fully, and neither have the Inde
pendent uptown wards. The voting In
these wards was exceptionally heavy and
the returns will be greatly delayed.
No complete returns have been received
from the counties, but the reports Indi
cate that they cast about the same vote
as four years ago, and that the results In
them will be nearly the same. In the
election four years ago Gov. Crothers
carried the counties by 4.0CO majority.
Democrats are claiming Baltimore Coun
ty by 2,000 majority for Gorman. The vote
was heavier than it was four years ago.
With one-half of Dorchester County
heard from. Mr. Goldsborough stated to
night that he would carry the county by
00 majority.
Ti'hilo Mr. Goldsborough had no re
turns, he stated he was hopeful of being
elected. Mr. Emerson C. Harrington, the
Democratic candidate for comptroller,
who also lives In Dorchester, is claiming
It for the Democrats.
Republicans Confident.
Republicans at midnight are claiming
the election of Phillips Lee Goldsborough
for governor. By the early returns from
Baltimore and estimates from the coun-
ties they claim a plurality of about .5,000
for Goldsborough over Gorman. Accord
ing to them, tho Indications are that
the city will give Goldsborough' a ma
jority of about S00, while his majority
in the State outside the city will be In
the neighborhood of 'XCOO.
Western Maryland, they claim, will
give Goldsborough a large majority,
which will not be overcome by the Demo
cratic majorities In the central counties.
Including Montgomery.
The Fifth Congressional district, they
sax; . after deducting . the Democratic
at rotflrhold Howard County will sir
GoldsBorough over 700 majority. '
(Sets Reduced Majority.
The Eastern Shore, ihe Republicans
state, will probably give Gorman, a re
duced majority: not enough to over
come Goldsborough's majority In Baitl-
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