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WASHINGTON. D. C.v TUESDAY. DECEJMBER 17, 1912. SIXTEEN PAGES.
NO. 2264.
ONE $ENT.
INSURANCEPROBE
ORDERED; MANN
RAPS JUSTICES
Says Gould and Atkinson Should
Not Permit Companies to
Use Their Names.
DUTY TO RETIRE AT ONCE
Local Jurists on Directorate of
Commercial Fire Insurance Com
pany Now Under Fire,
rollolng a unanimous report bj the
Rules Committer, the House yesterda
adopted tin. Johnson resolution calling
lor a nmrplns Congressional Investi
gation of the affairs of the Commercial
Hre Insurance Compan the Urst Ja
tional tire Insurance Company of the
I nlted States both with home offices In
the Southern Building the office of the
Superintendent of Insurance of the
IHstrlct. and the affairs of the firm of
Turtle Ulghtman A. Dudlev (In"),
underwriters for the two companies
Immedlatelv following the p issage
of the resolution Mlnoritv Leader
Mann of Illinois who had urged
strong!! that the measure te agreed
to seerely criticised two judges whose
names appear as directors of one of the
companies under Ore Judge shley M
t oulrt of the District Supreme Court
and Judge George V, tkinson of the
t ourt of Claims.
nil It ImiiriiiM r
1 ifernng to an advertisement of the
ommer i 1 1 Fire Insurance Compan
ii a 1k al paper Mr Mann said
"1 miller that there Is published
a. n tllrrelor ur this runpam Hun
l.rnrer tkinn, justice of the
lulled Mates Itiurt of Claims, nnd
a a illreetnr and tier president,
Hon slile) 51 Could, justice of
the supreme Court of the District
f (olumula I simply wish to put
on rerrd mi opinion that It Is
holh Improper for Ihi se on the
bench to be appointed or selrrletl
as dim tors and uIHrrra of life In
surance ronapanles or other com
panies, rsprrlall; those that are In
volvrd In business complications
and seeklnc to sell stork bj rm
plojlnc the names of honornblr and
rmlnrnt trentlrmen as directors.
I kn w tlm two (.entlemen and I
i not mtintl to critltli th m but I
lnh that it the upprihend their dut
th will retii from th -o companies
i i and the soontr the better
M Minn - r marks were grctUd with
ii oi i ur"-t of applause on the part of
the memo, ra protent and created some
tl in n the nature of a sensation
Th Rules Committee to which the
tnntinneil on Page Ten
IN OWN FAMILY
Senator Rayner's Will Filed tor
Probate in Baltimore Makes
Many Bequests.
W t i request that she continue to
! with her husband Mrs tMlliam D
It-n ncr daughter in law of the late en
a or Isidor Ravner of Mar land, is left
a annual income of $1 a)0 h the Ravner
v II probated vestcrdav in Baltimore The
Jl oto bequest Is left to Mrs Ravner In
her own right as long as she lives how-
er and is to be taken from William B
I ijmri portion of the estate
It is stated b benator Rajner in the
v ill that his wife and his son know of his
fts ling regarding (charitable bequests,
ii d that tor this reason he has made no
Irovision for charitv The onlj bequests
ir.de outside tht. Immediate fimily are
to two or the old ftmlly servants
Will Is I ength).
The will is a lcngthl) one the method
of the entailing of the estate being de
tinted minutelv It was mode on Feb
ruarj is 1909 and names his wife, his
fcon and the Safe Deposit and Trust Com
ranv of Baltlmort as trustees to carrv
out the mandate of the will
He leaves to his wife t ranees Jane
Itajner one half of the rents, issues
anu income from his estate for ithe
period or her life In such installments
as she shall desire and upon her death
one third of the one half of the Income
shall go to his son. while the remaining
tuo-thlrda of the one-half shall go to
the three grandchildren, Archlbold Coul
te Frances Jane and Isidor Rajner
The remaining one-halt of the Income
Is to be divided as follows One-third to
his son, William B Rayner and the re
maining two thirds to his three children.
Remains lu Pnmll.
Ir an intricate fashion the will explains
1 ow the income shall go to the members
of the familv In the event of the death
of his wife, his son or his three grand
children, but the entire estate remains In
the familj and goes to the heirs alone In
any eventuality
One clause In the will directs that his
ion, 'William B Rajner, maj at any time
ask for and receive In one sum or In, In
stallments, 5 000 In addition to what is
given him besides It also provldees that
each of his three grandchildren may re
ceive the sum in the same way.
Another clause directs that In the event
that there are more children born to his
sen, William B Rayner, either by his
present vv Ife or In another marriage, that
each ma ask for and receive the same
sum, but that 375,000 shall be the extreme
amount used In this wav.
"Florida and Mnl Indian limited'
la Ajtlantlc Coa't Une 3 30 Pi m Onlj
Iraln farev tm itiT-t.oirlt sle n, i- J,i flr'
tando and Tampa tla, with one night I
out service. other ltd. '--- -'(J-
HOC K, u. Vnplf Ave X V. I
PRESIDENT'S SON MAKES
GOOD MAEK IN STUDIES.
DURING THE FAIL TEEM
Watcrtown Conn . December It
Charles P Taft, ion of President TaTt,
leads the Taft school, where he is a
student. In scholarship for the fall term,
just ened He attained a mark of W,
only four other members of the school
exceeding SO. Trie average for tho school
in scholarship was 71.
FLEETSMEEflN
MIGHTY BATTLE
Reports Differ as to Outcome
of Clash Between Greek and
Turk War Vessels.
London December 16. The most des
perate naval battle of the Balkan war
was .reported to-day as having been
fought oft the Island of Tenedos, dutslde
tho Dardenelles Dispatches recelv ed here
differ as to the outcome of the engage
ment. It Is believed, however that the
Greeks lost one cruiser and two destrov -ers
and the Turks one cruiser and one
destrov er
A dispatch to the Central News from
Athens states that to-dav the Turkish
fleet proceeded from the Dardanelles to
a certain distance from bid r I Bahr
where a brisk engagement occurred The
Greek fleet. Including the warship Dveroff
returned the enemv s fire for an hour and
subsequent! the Turkish fleet withdrew
to se k protection of the forts From
here three Turkish destrov era withdrew
to the Dardanelles on the approach of the
Greek fleet
Accord ng to the Dallv Telegraph s
Constantinople correspondent the naval
action off the Dardanelles resulted In the
Turks favor Greece s largest and most
modern warship thi armored cruiser
Girglos Averoff was hit bv four shells
and bidlv damaged Her starboard guns
were quicklv silenced, and the rest of
the Greek fleet withdrew The battle
continued against the Weroff alone but
later this vessel retired in the direction
of Piraeus The Turk sh licet suffered
no damage according to the Telegraph
OUTLAW PUTS UP
DESPERATE FIGHT
Kills Deputy Sheriff and Wounds
Three of Posse Before Being
Riddled with Shot.
I.o ngele Cal Dec IK. One deput
sheriff was ln-tintlj killed and thr
miinbtrs uf his p tse badlj wounded tins
afternoon in a desperate battle with Jam
Welch, in outlaw in a deep ravine in tli
Red Hill cotintrv nine miles eat at
Santa n i the battle culminating In the
death of tillch who fell with fourteen
bullets In Ills bold) as millimen deputv
sheriffs and armed citizens rushed his
stronghold
Th battle followed an attack committed
ti Welch uiKin twelve ear olds Msrtle
Huff on a ranch nine miles east if fcanta
na late last After the is-ault the lath
er and brother of the girl attempted to
capture Welch but were driven awav by
a storm of bullets
The diad
ROB! RT QLir.fc.s deputv -henff
shot throjph the head
JtMbS W bLCII outlaw aged about
twentv Ave riddled with bullets
The injured
Al Prater rancher may die
Texas "-tcev constable ''anta Ana sc
rlous
It Culver ranch land badlj
wounded
The crime which led to Hie bat'Ie was
committed on the Huff ranch Welch
lame upon Mjrtle and her fclstcr Jessii
while thev were tving up a dog in tle
jard He seized both girls and attacked
Mvrtle after tjln,r her sister securelj
I ittle Jeie worked herself free from the
ropes and gave the alarm
Surrounded in Itnv I no
After vainly trjing to capture Welch
Huff and his on gathered a posse of
ranchers and with lanterns searched all
night but no trace of tho outlaw was
discovered until a bherlfTs pose took up
the trail this morning with hou ids
Welcu was run to-earth in a deep ra
vine He opened fire on the posse at
long rango with a Winchester and Stacev
fell
The posse scattered and taking advan
tagc of ever cover offered bv the brok
en ground sought to surronnd Welch
Deputv Sheriff bquires raised his head
for a moment to peer over a rock, and
Instantlv W elch s rifle cracked The
whole top of Squires head was blown
away and his bodj rolled down the hill
Word was sent to Santa Ana. and Conf
)an U California National Guard wa
dispatched to the scene. After a study
of the ground the militia, maneuvered to
get atwfe Welchs position while part of
the Sheriffs posse held him at baj While
executing this movement Al Prater, a
ranch hand, was shot through the head
7 DAYS
For Shopping i
Before Christmas
Make the smile wider, the
laugh heartier, and the pock
etbook lighter
You wjll do this if jou
isit the stores now, for they,
are filled with happj, jostling
crowds
From early till late they
ire bus, 'every '-one good-natured,
barring tan occasional
grouch; and the clerks are
jh 1 because they see a
tliance to "enjoj the Christmas
icstivities.
Washington Herald
SHOP WHILE
Dreams of man whose
Asks the District Committee
For Account of Stewardship;
Cooper Would Settle Feud
Member from Wisconsin
Seeks to Place Con
troversy Upon Patriot
ic, Non-partisan Plane
n JOM I'll ! MN.
Aituatcd b a pitriotic ronpartisan
desire to harn the truth or falsity of
the rhares which lave bcn lodgel
ugainst the Diitriit Committee of tho
Hour to the effect that thi welfare of
the District has b'en subordinited to t
feud between the chairman and members
of that committee Representative Henrv
A Cooper of W Isconsln a leader of the
progressive movement in the House and4
in the countrj jesterdav introduced a
resolution which calls upon the House
District Committee tor information as to
the status of its calendar
The charges of which the resolution
seeks to learn the basis are that the
House Committee on the District of Co
lumbla has been negligent of the dutv
Imposed upon it In that a persontT
feud between members and the chair
men has subordinated the real duty of
the committee to consider and -pass
upon legislation proposed for the Dis
trlct as necessarj for the welfare of Its
citizens. It Is the mtural result of
charges and countercharges which have
been flung back and forth between the
chairman of the committee its member
ship and public spirited citizens of th'
District.
Menus of Settlement
I have introduced this resolution as
the fairest available means of settling a
controversy which reflects discredit upon
the National Congress and upon the peo
ple of the United States said Mr.
cooper jesterdav
From residents of the District and
from mj constituents have come com
plaints that the house through the
committee to which it has delegated its
powers of government over the Dis
trict, has been neglectful of the truth
Imposed upon It by the Constitution as
a co-ordinate branch of the national
government I have been informed
that the committee for some reason is
unable to assemble a quorum The
newspapers of Washington declare that
a lack of sympathy between the chair
man and the members of the committee
Is responsible for this Inability to con
sider District legislation
I am Informed that there are sev
eral measures of vital Importance to
the National Capital which are denied
consideration and report because ot this
Inability on the part of the committee
to get together
Of the truth or fal'Ity of these charges
I am not In In a position to judge, 6ut It
seems to me tljat Justice to the House,
to the committee, and to the nation de
mands that these charges be rat, either
witn an answer which will show on Its
face their falsity, or If the are founded
on fact, with an apparent disposition on
the part of the House of Representatives
to remedy the evil and to Indicate to the
nation a disposition to place Its steward
ship upon a higher plane than party af-
fllintlnn ' 1
Tnkcs "So des
The resolution which I -have Introduced
seek to accomplish this. It takes no side
In the controversy, it Is such a measure as
all parties concerned should be anxlousto
support. It seeks to- place the question onri
a pianc above partj lines or iactionatism
or, which is more Important, an exagger
ated sense of the requirements of Con
grczsional courtesi. Pcrsonaii , J am not
YOUR GOODS CAN BE DELIVERED.
wife puts off shopping until the day
RESOLUTION.
W lit re
f l he I lilt
mi
SOQi i Inhabitant
he Congress t f tl
is v
i nit
t ites for
and changing conditions affecting Its people, and
Whereas during the present longrtss manv important bills and
resolutions have been referre" under the rules of the House to the Com
mittee on the District of Coluinbi i ot tin House of Representatives and
Wh re-u. it las been charged In Hit publi prints of the District of
Columbia and h leat'ing citizens clvi associations and other organiza
tions of thi yald District tl at the said rommittee has railed to consider
man of these measuris he enactment of whiih into law It is alleged
would be of great bent lit to the people of the Nation s Capital and
Whereas these thirgiit reflecting upon a lummittec of this House,
and upon the House Itself should meet If untrue with prompt and flnal
refutation, and if trin should result In prompt remedial action b this
House; therefore be It
Resolved That th committee on the District of Columbia be an 1
it Is hereb requested Ti Inform the House at an earl da what truth If
an, there Is In thesi chirges and be It further
Resolved That the Committee on the District of Columbia be, and it
hereb Is requested to Inform the House as o the number and title of
each bill during the present Congress to the aforesaid committee and
upon which the committee has taken no action
aware upon which side rest the right
But I want to learn myeir and I think
it Is due the House and the combined con
stituency of Its members to know where
in lies the fault. If thire bi an
As Indicated In his remarks. Mr
Coopers attitude was entirely nonparti
san, when seen by a rei c sentativo of
The Washington Herald The Wisconsin
member took the stand that his rcsolu
Hon should not bo used us added fuel to
the flames, that it should be welcomed
b all parties to the lontrovors as a
means of clearing top the ituation
Mr Cooper s resolution is the natural
outgrowth of general discussion of the
unique sltuaUon now existing in the Dis
trict Committee of the House, In which
a lack of sympath between members of
the, committee and its ihiirman makes ft,
seeming!. Impossible even to consider
proposed District legislation
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Rules of the Houe Repre-
-"-V , jislsK
$ -tu disisisH
nEr.i . coornii,
SftttsenUtitt ncni Ttuconila,
before Christmas
ict of Columbia the seat f thi pel man nt Capltil
nil ioutainin,r Washington a citv of more than
wliilK diptiident under the Constitution uion
legislation needt d to meet changed
scntative Robert U Hcnr ot Texas who
Is known as one of the leaders of the
progressive movement In the Houfc mtm
bershlp Is the chairman If this com
mittee desires to adopt a nonfactional
view of the pre-ent situation, to con
aider the District as a national and not
a factional or part problem it will be to
a large extent reflected In the action of
the committee upon the Cooper n solu
tion If members of the House District Com
inittee or Its chairman feel sufllcimtlv
strong in thtir position to put It to the
test, the will do ever thing In their
pow'er to sccun a favorable report upon
the resolution and its passage by thi
House Tho Cooper resolution offers a
perfect and complete vchlckt for the
refutation of the charges made against
the District Committee of tho House
A failure on the part of the committee
to demand the passage of the resolution
will be accepted by the country as a
tacit admission of its unwillingness or
Inability to perform the duties and meet
the responsibilities Imposed upon the
House- by the Constitution.
BULLDOG KILLS CHILD
Bessemer. Ala.. Dec. it With his Jaws
locked on the throat of five- ear old
Jasper Goff, a vicious bulldog strangled
the child to death to-day before It was
shot b a neighbor of the Goff family
The child was dead when It dropped from
the dog a mouth.
.rno Hurt In flrrcL
Cumberland Md, Dec IS. Two train
men were hurt when a Baltimore and
Ohio passenger train No 4, eastbound.
was derailed and rolled oer an embank
ment thirty-flve miles from here earlj
to-day The Locomotive strucV a bowl
der on the tracks
Cuba to Pus merlrnii
Haana, Dec. 16. The Cuban coern
ment deflnltel decided to-daj IP Issue
notes for the several million dollals still
duo the American contractors fur con
struct Ins the nen system or seuifs for
Havana. i
Winter IlomeM for Itealth or rirsirrr
located tlune nml reached li soitthrrn
Jtailna) Write for booklet and ron, tilt
interns lor oiwiica iniormaaon vnict s.
'ror. Fifteenth Street aud 30- F jtrta
Isortbwejt. )
PABIS" STEIKE A FAILURE.
Paris,, Dec 18. The "war against
war" strike called for to-day was a flat
failure and the widespread labor move
ment planned to discourage the general
European, conflict thrft alarmists have
talked about waa crushed practically be-'
fore U started There was an enthusias
tic demonstration by Paris workmen, but
It was only a disorganized riot. W indows
were broken In several tram cars and
one tramway conductor waa severely Injured
BUTTER PRICES
. TO TAKE DROP
"Price Committee" of Elgin
Board Aboi.sI.eti and Sup
plies May Be Disgorged,
Chicago, Dec. 16. One hundred and
twenty million pounds of butter Im
prisoned In cold rtorase and hitherto
protected from a hungry nation bj the
price committee of the Hgn Butter
Loard wai rqbW-d to-da of Its guardian
Dealer are now ftarful lest the market
shfll be overwhelmed and the price of
r utter arop to xomethlng In keeping with
lis alue Consumers and representatives
of lite Ftdcral Department f Justice aro
nulling In a session of th t Ij.in Hutter
board at .lgln to-da it session punctu
ated by threatem-d fi-t rights and b an
rctual bolt of the reactionaries tht price
quotation committee was abolished
This committee met ontc a wek and
aibitrarll) fixed a week! price that
sered as a I mi is throughout th routttr
This action was taken before the ted
ral agt nts liad a chart c to wne the uf
Ultra of the board witli notice of the dis
solution suit Tiled against the combine un
der tht hherman antl trust !aw
But In spite f the fact that the
Mprice committee was the bull ee of
the r-dt-ral target It 1 announce 1
that the gornnitnt will kcip on
shooting Just the same
We ar- going to be peed In fol
lowing up our suit said United Stale
District ttorn U Ukerson The
first thing is to t service on the d
fondant Then a special examiner
will hear th eldtnt Inttnd to
make the defend int complete thMr
evidence a speedily as poslbl
loangrr M Irldn
Rut in the meantime the price com
mittee Is officially d-ad and James P
lounger of Chltago is hailed ah Us
slaer rmcd with nrl irt prox
ir he deMndtd upon th meeting to
ri m announce I hi px rpoe, and iked
thoe present what thij wre going to
do about It
For . nt t-en ars ou fellow hae
been making me tak our medicine
Tied Aounger Sow 1 m kouif, to make
you take the same 1 m going to wipe
jour price committee out of existenc
Mr President I aked for a suspension
i r the rule- f r h pnrrww f m-.d r
prir o ui uitei
In tht wild siene th it folio ved ".ounc r
vmd his proxle and with the aid of
hi hand of followers oted the upen
i n or the rules b ItC to 1 Jo- ph
Newman b-ler of the nactlonarit . was
n his feet wrlth a perpttual pitt -t
In the midst of the no mincer
houtcil a motion to anient the U Uws
lt ahollbhlng the pri e committee
Newman moed to li the moth n on the
table but seeing that he was hopt.lel
b atn he urged his followers to leave
th meeting which the rill
Then twrvthing was Iran ruil ami tl e
prte oinmitte was put out i f I j
nesM h a ot of 1 j to 0 The Ncwnw i
faction wav lKaten ifier -0 n f
premuo nd the Menteen ar r bt 1
Hon of loingt. ind the insurgent was
triumphant
MURDERER ELECTROCUTED
llnlteo Del Ohio I'n yHU life f -r
lninc or Three
Opining N 1 !e liMatto 11
Ohio wis ekLtrocuud at ing bing prv n
earl today for the murder of hi
mother sister and niece on Noenlr 1
1911 ftir filing good b) to e laetit
lleiker the Roenth il gunmen and the
ret of the eight rn men left in hi
that, hout th Italian w UkM alm
thrciish the little green door and tnt
ed h.niiJf In the hair
On his walk to the chair he carried a
cruelftx In his right hand and was sac
c omnanied h C haplaln ih.am I
Ca.shl i, wt"o repeated the pners of the
Catholic Church for the doomed man
Thi man thr ugh undersized uhs jow
i rfull It nit and the rvM-tsnre nhih
he furniId to the current uf 1 rv& iis
wis o Kr -t that two contae s wre
rvci u i red t ' his life lie wr is pro
nounced dead b Prison llnI lan ran
wix and one hi If mirutes after he n
ttred the dath chamber
mong tie w.ine;s.es if the exe ut n
were seril official of King Count
New irh.
MENTIONED FOR CABINET.
Photo br CIUKdlnst.
1IOX. 1 nICtv M. IIOIGII, '
One f fortic it km t cf the Wet
hrsaprakc and Ohio II j- In the West.
Three fast trains .lalh ltlaklns western
connections at flnilnrtii Loulsxille Chi
cago and bt LouK 3 1., 6J ind 11 in
p m 133 K 8(rett 5U Pcnns.vlv uu-v
Menu.
One hundred fialls n minute cm he
drlcti lr a pn-Jmntlcally opiratcd mav.
atine hammer Invented by an Illinois
man.
WILSON GIVES
INDICATION OF
CABINET IDEAS
intimates that He May Not
Select Men Because of
Party Affiliations.
RETURNS FROM BERMUDA
President-elect Goes to Trenton
Soon After Landing in
New York.
Vw ". ork Dee 1 1 ith President
elect U llsou s return from his four
weekfc vacation in Bermuda to-day tho
llr.-t Inkling of the character of the Cab -net
he proposes to assemble waa had
Oo llon will not adhere strictly to
tue old plan of appointing political lead
ers and part workers who would seem
to hae earned recognition by their
achievements in behalf of the party.
This much can be stated rieflnltel
lntead he will select men who hava
been conspicuous for th-Ip ability as ex
ecutives and who possess th qualifica
tions ne esiar to a uccessful admin -tration
of affair? This (haracter of
Cibnet ofTicials the Oternor will se
lect -en if he has to go outside parti
lines
Tins i the first line the public has had
r the new ( abinct it was gUcn 03 the
C.inrnor h mlf in a dl-eusMon of "x
tracts from his IIItor of the mrian
I-ofIe In this work Go Ison dis
us?f th two i leveland Cabinets, a -Ii
-
i lcelnnd's Policy.
' U eland ha 1 thoucht of himsei'
wjvs as au admlnist.ativc ofh n t
as a I-irty leader ft uas not a
that U male up his rtrst Cabinet ipoit
thit ht-or In his lirst Tablnet there
wue ns"ii like Thomas F ! aid of
'Xlaware I ucus Q C Umar of Mls
hislppi Uilham V ila& of Uiyon
nn and Dun M D cklnson of Michigan,
wh had I een cloven in nccordance with
w Hiecugniz-d precedents n suihTnat
ters !. is of their wnit in part
'oun lis but tho -tt nen rm-n sj far
hs 11 ght be of hi own p r ona) sr -tic
t whom he -hove m.t for th 1 n
fhjn e among politicians or in r I ttra
canxasH. but bau. he knew th ir e -fkiene
as men of business In his sc
on 1 (. abinet the ehment of personal
chowe ws still more noticeable The
Secretary of State had leen a distln
gihed 1-eiJera! judge an I had been n
lu s abu et cf Mr rthui had bit ho
oth r 'av it rued from his former Re
publican awciatei to support Mr.
Cle eland fresh recruit in the Demo
cratic rank The Presidents object was
t u -round himself with not a part
counsel lut with capable h.ads of de
paitmtnt lr hold to he cr st ct
pi ipl cf -ii t 11 msttrr ipon
wh ii h was aitro.Lhd doming hU
on 11. tion with his part 1 some seno
ntlr
j.e Sev
THOMAS N, PAGE
FOB LONDON POST
Reported to Be Wilson's Choice
for Ambassador to Great
1 Britain.
fol'iuins msutaiun it i s ary
cif tiite Kno veterda President TafC
dt ded thnt would not tppoint a
successor to U I teH Knd Vmbassador
to Gnat Uritain who died u Ixindon
unda nnoun anient of 1 i Ie tlou
nas niad Jl th hilr Ho is,-
It Is understood tint the Treidi m i
informal on that lr mdrnt lc lis t
has somi one umli r tonsdration f r -!
pointtnrnt ti th lndon I- mbassy
I Mt'oh 4 ml It Is al"o wM tha Mr
Tift did not - to rt uimn in pres
t nt mrnibrr of tit diplomatic smi
thi- Brit i rs ns- if mo irs hs csta'
1 si nient to 1 jndon onl to lose his
olli nl md in t f w months
I iidu t i f the nEotiati ns n tho
niuina (anil i ntroNorsj will rot b
arretted I the I"n sklent s ile-sion as
'practicallv -ill thi dlsi-us ons hetncni
the two Koeri milts ln takin plac
it a.hlnBtn tliroiish ml assador
Ilir ir I f retarx if state Knox.
I tirrss Uitp n, nii.ati!).
Th I itih l-niliass irstcrdix sent
to t ii- - it Uepartment a cfI' f th
follow ng instrm lions sent muassidor
Ur hv si I duard (.re British Min
ister f rort-lpn AfTalrn
I oti si ul I expn-ss ii'ep nnalh of
His 1 ij tv Koxemment md t eir
S tat regret t the cam or - nui
law R-d He lul en l'areil himself
personil to ee- nt he'e who knew
Mm e teel that we hae lost a friend
nnd we sympathise sincerelx and deep '
with th I nlted st ites In the los that
is bfillen tl em
The report-1 offer of the butsh go-
crnment to pli i watshlp a tie J
I rosal of tli fimiU or mbisfndo Itfl
(lor the pu-po-e if irneyliiB his liodx to
the I nited State has not heen officially
received here It will un loubtedl i
accepted Ihe I nlttd State has fr
iquentb extended the same courtes to
1 other governments
! In connection with the Presidents an
nouncement e-tertiav it was reported
tliat Pnsldent-elect Wilson has decide 1
upon 'lhonias ePon Page the ell
Known author as th man whom he will
ppolnt Ambassudcr to Great Britain
tiiforioeil li Cnrncixir.
It was stateil that Andrew Curneglo
jelled upon Mr Page at his home in
hlns,-ton during his llt last week
.ami informed, the Mrglnlnn thit he wa
I to receive the appointment The fa t
t that Mr Page l issocittctl with II
Carnegto in his efTorts to further the
cause of international peace Is regarded
Ian lending some support to the rumo
Air I'ngc Is a man Of ronsldcrvb
. wcnlth. and i Known to h1v fond
I ness for ll'e abroad speudin? his s im
I rners In I.ngland and ou the Contlntnt
'eearly every jear.