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WASHINGTON. T. 0.. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 18. i912.--FORTX-EIGHT PAGES.
NO. 1961.
FIVE CENTS.
AS PROGRESSIVE
S
Badical .Republicans Await
Word 'from Boose?elt
Next Wednesday.
NEW8 IS ENCODfiAGrING
All Headquarters Give Out State
meats Showing Conditions.
Satisfactory.
Roosevelt progressives are- In an ex
pectant attitude, waiting for the speech
which Col Roosevelt Is to make before
the constitutional convention at Colum
bus, Ohio, on February .a. The colonel
has told them that he will not make any
reply to the communication addressed to
him by eight governors or to the invita
tion extended by numerous visitors to
the Outlook office until after- he has
spoken at Columbus.
Many of the progressives are looking
forward to the Columbus speech as
sort of Presidential pacemaker. There
Is some curiosity here to know just what
CoL Roosevelt will say to the men en
gaged In the work of molding a. new
constitution for the State of Ohio. He
could talk of the Initiative, referendum.
and recall and other cardinal principles
In the progressive creed. He Is expected
to give his views on popular government,
and the progressives are waiting to note
the effect of this speech on the country.
Immediately after the speech CoL Roose
velt will give his answer to the gov
ernors.
La Folletle Not Feared.
The progressives say they are hear
ing some news that Is encouraging-.
Tor example, they had pleasing news
from Nebraska yesterday. They feel
very certain that Roosevelt will carry
the State. They have been worried
ot er the prospect that Senator La Fol
lette might put their machinery out t
gear in that State. The La Follette
followers show the same disposition In
Nebraska to rebel against the Roose
velt moement that they are exhibiting
in other localities, but they have been
counted and are said to be not suffi
cient!) numerous to Interfere with the
local Roosevelt movement.
James R. GarSeld Is" the latest can
didate for the Republican nomination
for President, and Is being groomed for
the Job by no leBS a person than Theo-
s"l.J "'.".,: .: .r' "-."J "'f?koaded to prison and to secure Indict-
-... ..,;.., . ;iire niii sums m
rounds Jlmmle " as he was affection
atel known during the Roosevelt ad
ministration, was Commissioner of
Corporations, Secretary of the Interior,
a member of the famous "tennis" Cab
inet, and Rooseelt's fair-hatred boy
in general
Garfield Looms tp.
Now. certain anti-Roosevelt politicians
claim to hae discovered that the efforts
of the colonel in stirring up antl-Taft
sentiment were not for his own personal
benefit, but to get control of delegates
to tnrow uartleld at the convention
Th-y even use this as a reason for th
enmity shown toward Taft by the Re-
Continued on Pace 3, Column 3.
REPUBLIC'S FUTURE
LOOKS VERY BAD
Shanghai. cb 17 With Yuan Shlh
Kai endeavoring to sidestep his recent
election to the post of President of the
Chinese republic and serious disturb
ances reported In the north, affairs In
China to-day took a turn that Is regard
ed here as far from promising for the
future welfare of the nation.
Chinas unsettled state became known
through two telegrams from President
Tuan, one to Minister of War Huang
Sing requesting the immediate dispatch
of troops to the north to assist In quell
ing disturbances in Manchuria, the other
to Minister of Justice Wu Ting-fang be
seeching him to secure the election of
Dr Sun to the Presidency In his tele
gram urging Dr. Sun's election. Presi
dent Yuang sajs.
"I am unable to control the Involved
situation In China because of my Im
paired health, and now that the re
public Is established. I feel that my duty
Is done The post of President would
only lead to my ruin and I ask your aid
in securing the election of Dr. Sun to
that post"
Gen. Homer Lea, who has been seri
ously HI, has taken a turn for the bet
ter and may fully recover.
Dr. Wu Ting-fang and Tang Shao XI
have been chosen by the republicans to
lepresent the new govenment In the
matter of Inviting Yuan Shlh Kal to go
to Nankin to assume the role of the
first President of the new China, ac-
ordlng to advices received yesterday
from Rear AdmlraL Murdock, command
ing tbo Asiatic fleet, now in Chinese
waters.
Ocean Rate Wr Com In jr.
Sew Tork, Feb. 17. The announcement
that the Allan Line Intends to start
Canadian service from PlymoutbVra April
13 Is looked upon In shipping circles here
as a counter move against the Cunard
Company's operation of a line from Lon
don and Southampton to Canada. It Is
expected that there, will be a rate war
this spring- betw een this company and the
White Star and Cunard and the Cana
clan Northern lines.
George Fuller Golden Dies.
L s Angeles. Cat, Feb. 17. George Ful
ler Golden, the well known author tt
monologue, vaudeville sketches, and also
with some fame aa a poet, died here to
day nfter a long Illness. He was the
founder and the first chief of the "White
Rats,' the well known theatrical organ
ization Golden had the best record of
any American actor on the English
stage, and was twice called before the
King and Queen. He leaves a widow
and four children.
S1.23 Baltimore and Return.
Baltimore and Ohio,
Every Saturday and Sunday. Good to
return, until 9 -a. m. train Monday. All
trains, both ways. Including the Royal
Limited.
THREATENS Bid STRIKE.
It Will Be Nation-wide, Sara Union
Official.
Faducalt, Ky., 'Feb. 17. "A. nation-wide
strike of railroad employes will be con
sidered st a meeting ct labor leaders
and committeemen of organizations of
the -various railroads at a meeting to be
hfM In Ynmtan. Cltv Mrrh 4 If nnth.
lng can be accomplished at a meeting ot
leaders to be held In Kansas City, Feb
ruary 3V said J. W, Kline, or Chicago,
president ot the Brotherhood of Ralload
isiacksmltba and Helpes and chairman
of general presidents, to-day.
"I can speak only for my men." said
Mr. Kline, "but 90 per cent of black
smiths favor walking out. The Harri
man strike must not be lost."
Mr. Kline accused Gov. Brewer, of
(Jackson. Miss., of attempting 'to play
pclltlcs to effect a settlement ot the
strike.
HAY INVOLVE BAR
IN BRANDT CASE
lawyers Are PuDlicly'Charged with
Sending Valet to Prison and
Seeping Him There.
New Tork, Feb. 17. In addition to ihe
several separate actions now engaging the
authorities and Influential private Inter
ests in an attempt to lay bare the scan
dal connected with the sentence of thirty
years imposed upon Folka E. Brandt.
Mortimer L. Schlffa discharged valet,
leading members of the Stat Bar Asso
ciation to-day demanded an Investigation
of some of their prominent colleagues.
who are publicly accused of getting
young Brandt In prison and keeping- hk
there. They have determined that ac
tion must not be delayed later than Jus
tice Gerard's decision on the habeas
corpus writ ued out for Brandt, which
will be handed down Monday.
Coincident with this came the Informa
tion that Howard S. Gans, counsel for
Schlff. had engaged Louis Marshall, of
Guggenheim, Marshall & "Untermyer. as
assistant counsel with DeLancey NlcoU
to look out foi his Interests. Mr. Gans
reiterated to-day that he needed no Im
munity and would not accept.
District Attorney Whitman to-day be
gan a thorough Investigation of the re
port that threu of the letters taken .from
the room of Brandt were In the pos
session of Howard S. Gans, and a fourth
In Mr. SchlfTs possession. The district
attorney holds that the seizure of these
letters was Illegal, in mat iney were
secured wtbout a warrant. Also, cer
tain of the letters and papers found,
which should have been turned over to
the police, were turned over to Morti
mer L. Schlff or his representatives.
Definite developments In the case are
now suspended pending the decision on
the habeas corpus writ, wnicn in to be
handed down Monday. Commissioner
Hand, named by Gov. Dix- to Investigate
Jh$ whole affair, will begin his work
xoesaa. ana in toe nie&aunie, uia dis
trict attorney and the grand Jury are
concerned chiefly with Mr Whitman's
attempt to show that Brandt was rall-
,,. ...t ,h Tvrnn- ri
moo. is against the persons responsible
for tb amazing miscarriage of justice.
PURCHASES SITE
FOR NEW BUILDING
Young Women's Christian Associa
tion Becomes Owner of Valu
able Downtown Property.
The sale of property at the southeast
corner of Thirteenth and I streets north
west to the Young Woman's Christian
Association as a site for a magnificent
new home for the organization, was an
nounced esterday by Edmund K. Fox,
of the A. F. Fox Company The price
paid for the property Is said to have
been about S103.000.
The purchase was consummated after
several months of negotiations, in which
many prominent downtown corners have
been considered.
The property Includes certain lots in
square 26, and the premises known as
1$-1S-1J30-1SM2M I street northwest.
and S19-K1-K3 Thirteenth street north
west. These properties have a frontage on I
street of 106U feet and a frontage on
Thirteenth street of 115 feet, and the Im
provements consist of brick and frame
dwellings which were erected many
years ago.
The Young Women's Christian Associa
tion have for many years been In serious
need of a good building to house the
great work which they are carrying on
among the women of this city and the
board of managers have been striving
hard tb find a location suitable tor their
home. Jn many cas's the owners wanted
tool arge a price and In other locations
the surroundings were not adapted for a
building o fthls kind.
The president of the association states
that within a short time tbey will start
a whirlwind campaign o raise the money
for their new building, wnicn will be
from seven to nine stories high, and will
contain ell the necessary rooms for the
work of the association. There will also
be a cafe, gymnasium, swimming pool,
libraries, reading rooms, educational class
rooms, and two Hundred or more rooms
which can be occupied at a reasonable
figure b ythe young women of the city
or by transients who -visit vvasmngton
so frequently and desire these accommo
dations. This city nas long Deen in need
of such a building for this purpose as
many strangers who -visit the city for
sightseeing. &c. write tor accoxnmoaa-
tions of this class and as most of the
other cities of the country possess such
a home. It has now been found essential
to establish sucii in vvasnington.
URGE HOMEBULE TOR ISLES.
London, Feb. 17- At a great Liberal
homo rule demonstration In Trafalgar
Square to-day, demands were made for
home rule for scouana ana waies as
well as Ireland, and It was freely pre
dicted that If the Irish home-rule bill
became n fact. England would make
friends with thoucands ot men who have
helted to make the United States, thus
making possible a closer and Invincible
relationship between Great Britain and
America.
"W. G..C. Gladstone and other members
of Parliament addressed the audience,
which was so vast that speakers talked
from seven different platforms, that all
might heat.
S40.2I 1a California.
Arizona, New -Mexico, Mexico. Tourist
weeper, personally conducted, without
change. Berth. J9. Washington-Sunset
Route. A. J. PcstOn, Q. A., 9(5 F, 70S 15th.
WASH ARMY LINEN
"AND AIR FEUDS1
Ainsworth Is Haled Jtefore
Committeo on War
Expenditures.
RAY CASE lIIi0R ITEM
Wood and Edwards Will Be Asked
to Aid in "Spring
Clean-up.",'
A subpoena tor MaJ. Gen. Fred C
Ainsworth, who was removed from the
office ot Adjutant General of the army
on Thursday by Secretary of War Stlm
son and by the President's direction, was
Issued yesterday by the House Committee
on Expenditures In the War Department.
The subpoena Is returnable at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning.
Although It was stated at the commit
tee headquarters that the subpoena tor
Gen. Ainsworth had been Issued In con
nection with the case ot Ma, Beecher B.
Ray, of the array pay corps, who. It Is
alleged, was saved from court-martial by
President Taft on three separate occa
sions, because of his political work In
the 1903 campaign. It Is known that tho
committee has much more than this in
mind. As a matter of fact, the Ains
worth case, the row between the line and
staff of the army, the use ot the army
as a political machine, and the personal
feuds that are said to threaten the effi
ciency of the military organization will
all be thoroughly probed.
Will Subpoena Wood.
To-morrow, It Is unde.stood, additional
subpoenas will be Issued for MaJ. Gen.
Wood, Chief of Staff of the army, and
for Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of
the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War
Department, and one of the President's
closest friends.
At a meeting ot the Committee on
Expenditures In the War Department
yesterday the decision to Issue these
subpoenas was reached. The chairman
and members ot the committee seemed
to feel that while the War Department
may regard the Ainsworth case as dosed
by the acceptance of that officer's ap
plication for retirement, this view does
not extend toy Congress. Consequently.
It Is proposed to examine thoroughly Into
the whole matter, many members of the
House who are not members of the com
mittee and who are not familiar with the
details of the departmental row express
ing the belief that there should be a
general washing ot dirty army linen, a
thorough airing of army feuds, and a
real spring hoosecleanlng.
Members of the committee are confi
dent that with Gens. Ainsworth and
Wood appearing before them, that real
light will be thrown for the first time
upon the personal differences between
these two distinguished officers, both of
whom rose from itry humble positions
to eminence In the army, and that the
line and staff fight will also be thor
oughly ventilated.
Things quieted down a bit yesterday
at the War Department Gen. Wood
notified nit the officers who were re
quested Friday and the day before to
serve on the Ainsworth court-martial
that their services will not now be
needed. All of the officers slated for
membership on the court are on the re
tired list. I'nier the law a retired offi
cer cannot be compelled to serve on
active duty except In time of war. Ac
cordingly It was first necessary to ask
them whether they were willing to serve
before Issuing the formal order. Only
twelve officers were required by the
court, but about two dozen living in
Washington and elsewhere throughout
the country were asked. In order. In case
some declined, there would be no delay
In assembling the court. It had been de
cided to convene the court at Fort Mver
March 5. The necessary orders would
have been issued yesterday had Gen
Ainsworth not applied for retirement.
Is "on Probation."
.It was explained officially yesterday
that while the President granted the re
tirement with the understanding there
would be no further disciplinary action
taken oh the official conduct of Gen.
Ainsworth up to the date of his retire
ment, that did not In any way preclude
the possibility of a court-martial In case
these or similar offenses should be re
peated. Gen. Ainsworth has been given
to understand that he Is on probation.
and being no longer an official of the
War Department, he Is barred by the
regulations from having any dealings
whatever with members of Congress In
the Interest of legislation, except by
permission of the Secretary of War.
This does not preclude Gen. Ainswonth
answering any questions put to him on
the stand by any congress committee.
Secretary Stlmson stated yecterday that
no successor to Gen. Ainsworth would be
appointed for some time.
The order retiring Gen. Ainsworth, by
direction of the President, was rormaliy
published to the service yesterday. The
letter of Secretary Stlmson-to Gen. Alns-
worm, dismissing mm irom nis omce.
will be recognized as, a reprimand, and
win stand as sucn upon nis recora.
Representative Watklns. of Louisiana.
yesterday Introduced a resolution calling
for all correspondence n tho Ainsworth
case. The Representative desires sent
to Congress all Communications, memo
randa, and Indorsements to which the
letter of Secretary or war stlmson de
posing the Adjutant General had refer
ence: In his resolution. Mr. Watklns de
clared that Inasmuch as the Secretary's
communication was read before Con
gress; justice demands that -the entire
correspondence be heard by Jts members.
Dlctoerrnph In TJnlon'a Office.
Indianapolis, Feb. 17. A dictograph In
the off.ee ot President Rvan. ot the
Strustural Iron Workers' Union with con
nections leading to a room on the floor
below was discovered this afternoon. The
alctograph has been In .operation foe
several months without me Knowledge
ot the occupants, and It Is said nearly
every conversation that has taken place
there has . been recorded by stenogra
phers In the room below, thus furnishing
a great mass ot evidence for the Burns
detective agency.
Best Service to California.
KnriMri ,- tAnrisL. Latter neraonallr
conducted five times weekly without
change. Berth. J9, Washington-Sunset
Route. A. J. FostoQ. 9C8 J" tU, 7 IStb at.
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' '- '''. - sail- sj fi .a
V&Wh 4fllW I Strike."
BANKER IS INJURED
LIFTING CURRENCY
President Sample, of Citizens Sav
ings, laid Up with Wrenched
Back from Odd-Accident
His back wrenched as the result of
having lifted a heavy bundleot cur
rency, James A. Sample, casltfer of the
United State Treasury and president of
the Citizens Savings Bank of this city.
Is confined to his bed under the care ot
a physician. Although Mr. Sample's In
jury Is not regarded as serious. It will
be several days before he wlU be able
to resume his duties.
Mr. Sample Injured himself while at
work In the currency vaults of the Treas
ury Thursday. He was .making an In
ventory of a number of bundles of cur
rency In a small balcony In one of the
vaults. In order to examine the bun
dles. It was necessary Xo move the ma
jority of them to different positions In
the balcony.
Mr. Sample had lifted several large
packages of currency, when he came
across one that was somewhat larger
than the rest. In lifting the package.
Mr Sample In some way wrenched his
back, and he dropped the huge bundlo
from his hands. Tho Injury was quite
painful, and he realized that It would be
impossible for him to continue his ex
amination of the currency. Later In the
day the pain Increased to such an ex
tent that It became necessary to take him
to his home. His family physician was
summoned, and Mr. Sample Immediately
took to bis bed.
Tester-day Bettor R. waters, treasurer
of the Citizens Savings Bank, said that
Mr. Samples condition was- much Im
proved, and that It was thought his In
juries were only temporary. He said
Mr. Sample hoped to be aoie to resume
his duties In a few days.
ALS0FS BRIDE TOO
BUSY IN SHOPPING
New York, Feb. 17, Mrs. Edward B.
Alsop, the ninetcen-j ear-old bride of the
seventy-flve-y ear-old millionaire, is too
busy shopping and receiving congratula
tions In New York to start on her wed
ding tour to tho South. She and her hus
band Intend to leave for Jamaica or the
Bermuda Islands, however, within a day
or two.
Mr. Alsop said that after a Drier trip
somewhere In the South they would re
turn to Washington, which will be their
futuns residence.
TO STOP STRIKERS
SENDING AWAY TOTS
Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 17. Following
the departure to-day for New York of
100 children of strikers. In their cam
paign for sympathy. Col. E. L Sweetser,
In command of the militia here notified
William Yates, of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, that the sending away
of children In tho future would be pro
hibited unless the parents expressed
their consent to the satisfaction of the
military authorities. In a statement to
night CoL '8weetset; said":
"The strike leaders collected a lot of
children, -many of them under five ars
ot age .and sent them to New York and
other cities like a lot of animals for the
purpose of collecting money and for no
other reason. It was a most inhuman
thine to do. I do not bIieve the oar?
ents of these children want this done, or
I have reports that In some cases they
are Intimidated into letting tneir chil
dren go and some of these little ones
are not the children of strikers."
Cnranlete rejection of every demand
made by the Central Labor Union to
the textile mill owner Is contained In
the final answer of the mill men, sent
to the general union committee this aft
ernoon.
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Tla-. Thea-ter. Licensed Pictures. I
Empress Theater, Independent Pictures. I
LooKumover.
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WOMAN HELD AS
MURDER WITNESS
After a three-day search the police
labt night took Into custody. Delia
Schools, a colored woman living at 340
E street southwest. In connection with
the murder of San HIng, who was
found In his shop In Fourteenth street
last. week.
She Is held at the Fourth precinct
station as a witness In the case.
STRIKE SITUATION
IS GROWING WORSE
Crisis Will Soon Be Beached in
the British Coal Mine Trouble.
Government May Intervene.
London. Feb. 17. The situation In the
British coal trade reached an acute stage
to-day when a rush for Insurance by the
colliery owners sent the rate at Lloyds
against a national strike up to SI'.i per
cent. The owners are Insuring their resi
dences as well as their mining properties.
Up to tc-nlght more than $00,000 miners
had handed In their notices to quit work
February 3, and the remainder, which
number about 30,000, will take similar
action on Monday.
The government Intimated to-day that
It would take the crisis In hand early
next wek, but wnat action the authori
ties contemplate taking Is largely a mat
ter of conjecture. The well-informed Pall
Mall Gazette expresec the opinion that
the governments efforts will be directed
along lines similar to those pursued in
the recent railroad strike and that a royel
commission ot ten will be appointed to
Inquire Into the minimum wage question
on the condition that the men remain
at work, pending the findings of such a
commission.
Sir George Asqulth. bead of the gov
ernment board of trade, who" has been
successful In the past In mediating labor
disputes, took a pessimistic view to-day
of the situation.
It Is estimated that a supply of coal
sufficient to last only two weeks Is now
In stock. Attempts will be made to land
Imported coal, but this will be occotn
Pllshed only with the greatest difficulty.
The Federation of National Transport
Workers has pledged Itself not to handle
"blackleg" coal, and similar action will
likely be taken by other unions whose
members are engaged In the handling
ot Imported fuel.
Statisticians figure that the strike will
cost (he nation upnard of 11500,000 dally
and grow costlier as It progresses. This
stupendous sum include the Ios in wages
to 1,000,000 men and losses In profits to
railroads, coal companies, and Industrial
enterprises, which will be compelled to
suspend on account of lack of fuel.
PLAN IS TO REDUCE
HIGH LIVING COST
MaJ. Henry Leonard. U. & M. O. ot
GK D street southeast, according to dis
patches received from Albany, N. 1.. Is
one ot the directors In the Army end.
fNavy Co-operatrre Company, Incorporated
in that city yesterday. The board oi
directors of the company Includes a num
ber of army and navy officer! among
whom are Rear Admlra Adolph Marls,
MaJ. Gen. Charles F. Roe. and CoL
William Graves. Bates, of New York City;
Lieut. CoL Cyru Radford, of Philadel
phia', and Commander Luke McNamee, of
Brooklyn.
The purpose ot the corporation, which
Is capitalized at JWO.OCO. Is to reduce, the
cost of living by conducting- a general
mercantile and manufacturing business
and selllns the products at the lowest
possible remunerative rates.
The main offices of the company win
he located, n NeWburgh, ?S. Y. It has
mi oeen seuieq wuen tue 1-uiiHim.iua
will open a branch office In Washington.
When it does. It Is probable that MaJ.
JJc'onariL'will be Ji chargf.
Pal Stait- Miami and f?nha
via Atlantic rvuutt Llni. Leava 7 ID u. m.
All - steel, electric-lighted Pullmans. Su-
'.perlor roadway, Hl New York ave. nw.-
PRESIDENT HADLEK
GIVES 'PHONE TALK
Tale Head at Hew Haven Addresses
Chicago Alumni at Banquet
1,000 Miles Away.
New Haven. Conn., Feb. 17. Sitting In
the library of his Whitney avenue hanK,
President Hadley, of Yale, talked LOOO
miles by 'phono to-night to the Yale
alumni In Chlcijo. assembled for their
annual.-banquet. A telephone extension
waaplaod at the plate of each diner.
President Hadley invited several family
guests to Ills home to hear him make his
record-breaking long-distance speech. He
said-
"Mr. President and Yale men of Chi
cago: For j ears we have been told that
the great need of Yale was to keep In
touch with all sections ot tha country.
rand particularly with the West. How
Yale was to do this no one has told us;
no one until to-day. when the committee
of Chicago alumni said the word and It
was done.
"I see no limit to the effects of this In
novation. Looking at the situation as a
member of the Yale faculty, I wonder
whether It Is going to revolutionize the
organization of colleges of the country
For what can be done with graduates
may also be done with undergraduates.
Are w e to have a Chicago section of Yale
all listening to the same lectures hun
dreds' of miles apart Will the- offices of
our deans and directors become mere cen
tral telephone exchanges?
"And there Is another aspect to this
whole matter As a semi-professional
after-dinner speaker. I am impressed with
the grave consequences which this new
style of orator' Involves. Whether Its
net result will be good or bad I do not
venture to predict. It will do the speaker
gocd by relieving him of the railroad
Journc)
It will do him harm by compelling
him to speak without having the pleasure
ot seeing his audience In return, and It
may expose him to the necessity of hav
ing to make sev era! after-dinner speeches
In the same evening a burden which
custom has hitherto Imposed only on the
president of the United States.
Formerly, when I said I had promised
to speak to the alumni of Chicago on
Saturday, It was an Indisputable reason
against trying to speak to the alumni of
WHkesbarre on the same levenlng. and
a strong prima facie reason against try
ing to speak to the alumni of Washing
ton on the evening before.
"Now. I see no limit to the demands
upon the speaker, and no answer which
will be conclusive both from his stand
point and from that of the committee
that Invites him, except the plain, un
varnished statement. "I have run out ot
Ideas. "
ATLANTIC CITY MAY
GET CONCRMlTWALK
Atlantic CltJvN j, fb. u.-pians are
beginning to'taKe shape to raze the
present Boardwalk deck and supplant It
with a nytxlem and architecturally beau
tiful concrete walk, similar' to the one
at Brighton, England. Engineer J. W.
Howard, of New York, son of the late
Gen.O. O. Howard, has been In con
sultation with a committee ot the city
council, but no definite plans- have been
submitted as yet. nor even an approxi
mate estimate given ot the aggregate
cost.
The -work. It started, will be done grad
ually and in sections, Tmd the construc
tion of the seven miles of new promenade
will consume a period of years.
AVIATOR J1 AT.T.S SIXTY PEET.
William -Half, CnuKbt In Air Hole,
Is Badly Injured.
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Wlllfam Hoff,
a San Francisco aviator, fell sixty feet
with, his aeroplane this afternoon at the
Emeryville aviation meeting and sus
tained injuries that may result fatally.
Hoff was competing In the all-nations
event with Parmalee and Lincoln Bcachy
when his machine, which was in tha rer,
was caught In an air hole and over
turned, dashing, him to the ground.
Tils bodv vran burled under the wreck
age, and In addition to a broken leg and
severe cuts about the head and body tied
sustained iniernni injuries, lion was
formerly mechanic for Eugene "Ely. the
Oakland, blrdmariv who was killed last
fan.
Largest Horning Circulation.
FI OF HOT
BLAZES MERRILY
EB
PresidentTaft, Ambassadors,
and Distinguished Guests
Enjoy tho Evaning;
COMIC COURT OP HONOfi'
A Presidential Steeplechase, Bur
lesque on "BobinNHoc-d," and
Other Features.
Every Presidential candidate was a. tar-'
get last, night, and the members of th
Grldiroii Club were the sharpshooters.
How the bullets whistled! And every
once In a while there came a heavy shell
that plowed ita way right through tho
ranks of tho would-be nominees.
It was a merry war. Nobody was se
riously hurt, and Inasmuch aa there was
much laughter and no tears. It wra the
kind of war that President Taft, ardent
advocate of peace, heartily enjoyed. A
lew scattering shots must have reached.
Oyster Bay, for Roosevelt's name was
quite frequently and Irreverently men
tioned. Even Henry Watterson. in far
oft Florida, probably heard the detona
tions of the burlesque court of honor and
wondered who had pulled a gun. And
Harmon and Wilson and Champ Clark:
and all the rest of the Presidential bunch
were not forgotten.
It was In the very nature of things,
with much political excitement in th
air. that the skits and comedies and
songs and shafts of wit which enlivened ""
the evening should haVw all centered
around the approaching campaign. Tho
Gridiron Club does not wait for things
to happen. It plunges ahead and pic
tures things as they ought to be. Where
fore, read and be enlightened.
Dlstlnsjnlshed Gathering;.
The audience was. worthy of the ocea-t
sion and the occasion was worthy ot the
audience. The President of the United
States headed the list of guests, and tho
British, German, and Russian ambassa
dors gave by their presence an Interna,
tlonal dignity to the event. Speaker
Clark was there, together with ex
Speaker Cannon, whose attendance at si
Gridiron function Is as certain as death
and taxes. Cabinet officers. Senators, and
Representatives, army and, navy offlV
cers. distinguished men from eviry part
of the country but what's the use? Ara
not the names ot the fortunate ones all
appended hereto as Exhibit A? But don't
forget that even the editor of the Out
look was present not the contributing
editor. He remained at home to pre
pare a speech which he Is to deliver this
week. It was just one of the ordinary
editors, who doubtless found enough to
write about to keep him busy for a
week.
In a Floral Bower.
Ding-a-ling! Dlng-a-Ung!
The dinner bell sounded after the)
guests had spent a pleasant half hour In
the large reception room of the New
Wiilard, and then the gathering, num
bering over 100, filed Into the banquet
halL As usual, their eyes rested upon
a charming picture. There waa a won
derful floral display, focused In a bower
ot American beauty roses, that extended
from the floor to the lofty celling and
spread In fragrant profusion over a gen
erous space. In the center of this
Lower was a huge electric gridiron, the
brilliant radiance of which encompassed
President Garthe, who handled the din
ner with ability, and President Taft. who
laughed heartily and added to the enjoy
ment of the guests with his happy
speech. There were flowers everywhere.
banked against a forest of palms and
ferns, and the air was laden with the
perfume of the spring blossoms. Small
outdid himself In the matter of beauti
ful decoration, which Is saying a great
Continued on Pace 4, Column 3.
SING OZARK DAWG SONG.
To Be Official Chant at Missouri
Convention.
Joplin. Mo., Feb. 17. Missouri's Ozark
"dawg song" has been accepted as tlst
official song fcr the Democratic State
convention, to be held hero on February
20. Copies have been printed, and every
delegate and spectator at the convention
will get one. All will be expected to Join
In the chorus, when the convention band
strikes Jp "You gotta quit klckln ray
dawg aroun."
This song that the Ozark Mountain
caV.aa.slng begins like this:
rr tfcr I cctne to town
The bojr kiJPcMj uj icg iron'.
Mtkts no dlffruneUf lw 13 houn'
The sutts Hop kkxzCnir dc inning
The very life and alrVd. food and
forest of the mountains la ilkJJ1 song.
Stanza two:
Chi w d meat wad Mve d heme; L .
Ol' Bine Keck lis od Talljboor.
Mftkes no difimDce If 1m is s, hoon",
YM-zottA fKdt a-kletu mr dnrx- iroua.
WEDS AT AGE OF EIGHTY-IOUB,
Mexican War Veteran Takes Bride
Sixty Years Old.
Harrisonburg. Va.. Feb. 17. Levi
Sager. eighty-four years old, and SJrs;
Diana Sager, sixty years old. both from
Cootes Store, Rockingham County, were
married here this, morning. Mr. Sager
fought through both the Mexican war
and the civil war. He is vigorous and
active, and bids fair to reach a hundred
years.
Baron von Aerenthal Dead.
Vienna, Feb. 17. Baton A. L. von
Aertnthal. .for many years minister ot
foreign affairs, died at his home here to
night. The baron was taken HI several
week ago and grew constantly worse,
Realizing that the. end waa near, th
last sacraments of the church, were ad
ministered to the dying, man during th
afternoon, the erv coming several hours
later. The King this morning; on ad
vices -hat von Areninai s case was
honeltss. appointed Count Berchtold
minister of foreign affairs. and he at
once assumed the duties of his office.
lm.Mi.wmnt.
Empress Theater. Independent Pictures.
Plaza Tneater. ucenseu xiciurm.
"Lookumovar."